>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS AISHA CHUGHTAI AND I'M CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER OUR ADJOURNED MEETING FOR OCTOBER, 27th, 2025. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS, STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE
BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REALTIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE
AND TRANCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL SO WE CAN VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. >> COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> PRESENT.
>> WONSLEY IS ABSENT. RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> ELLISON IS ABSENT. OSMAN IS ABSENT. CASHMAN. >> PRESENT. >> JENKINS IS ABSENT. CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> CHOWDHURY IS ABSENT.
PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR KOSKI. >> PRESENT. >> CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT. >> THAT IS EIGHT MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM. I WILL ALSO REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE WILL BE USING SPEAKER MANAGEMENT TODAY, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE TO
SIGN IN. TODAY WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS RELATED TO THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDED 2026 BUDGET FROM THE CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE AND THE CAPITAL BUDGET. I WILL FIRST INVITE DEPUTY HEALTH COMMISSIONER PATRICK HANLON TO BEGIN THE CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE
PRESENTATION. WELLSOME, SIR. >> CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COUNCILMEMBERS, PATRICK HANLON, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF SUSTAINABILITY, HEALTHY HOMES AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. TODAY I'LL BE GOING OVER OUR CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE 2026 RECOMMENDED
BUDGET. AS A REMINDER THE CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE IS A MAJOR INVESTMENT THAT WAS CREATED BY THE MAYOR, PASSED BY COUNCIL AS A FIRST STEP OF THE CITY'S CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN. THE CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE IS FUNDED THROUGH A PORTION OF THE FRANCHISE FEE. THIS IS THE FRANCHISE FEE IS A LOCAL CITY-BASED TOOL THAT'S BEEN USED
TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, AND IT'S PART OF A COMMUNITY LED APPROACH THAT CAME OUT OF A SERIES OF CITY-BASED ALTERNATIVES TO MUNICIPALIZATION OF GAS AND ELECTRIC UTILITIES. WE HAVE OTHER ITEMS LIKE THE CLEAN ENERGY PARTNERSHIP AND OTHER WAYS THAT WE WORK WITH OUR UTILITIES, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT CAME OUT OF SOME
OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. THESE ARE THE PARTNERS. WHEN I GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE LIST, THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, CITY ENTERPRISE STAFF, AND THERE'S PROBABLY TWO MAIN PARTNERS NOT ON HERE THAT
ARE SOME OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE UTILITIES IN THE COUNTRY WITH BOTH EXCEL AND CENTER POINT THAT ARE KEY PARTNERS IN THIS WORK. THE 2026 RECOMMENDED CLIMATE LEDGEACY INITIATIVE BUDGET. THESE ARE ESTIMATED ALLOCATION BASED ON THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDED
BUDGET. THE ALLOCATION TO THE PROGRAM AREA OVERALL, WE HAD TOUGH CUTS AS YOU ALL KNOW ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE, AND FOR THE MOST PART, THE CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE, THE BUCKETS OF FUNDING THAT ARE LAID OUT ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE THERE HAVE
REMAINED CONSTANT FROM 2025. THE ALLOCATIONS REFLECT OUR EMPHASIS, THE CONTINUED EMPHASIS ON EQUITY SAVINGS FOR RESIDENTS SO MAKING SURE WHATEVER PROJECTS WE'RE DOING, PEOPLE GET FINANCIAL SAVINGS, SAVINGS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS OF COURSE, CLIMATE
SEQUESTRATION, AND INNOVATION. THE FRANCHISE FEE FUNDING SUPPORTS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE WE HAD $8.4 MILLION OF CLIMATE PROGRAMMING AND GREENHOUSE GAS PROGRAMMING THAT WAS ADDITIONALLY FUNDED BY P-CAR POLLUTION CONTROL ANNUAL
REGISTRATION FEES THAT GOT US BACK TO THE CLOSE TO $10 MILLION WE HAD BECAUSE OF THE TEMPERATE WEATHER CONDITIONS LAST YEAR WE HAD LESS FUNDING THAT CAME INTO THE FRANCHISE FEE THAN EXPECTED, BUT WE ARE IN THE $10 MILLION RANGE. 52% OF THE OVERALL FUNDING HAS GONE TO DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES, SO THAT IS SOUTH
SIDE GREEN ZONES, NORTH SIDE GREEN ZONES, ANY INCOME QUALIFIED PROGRAM PROPERTIES THAT QUALIFY FOR THOSE PROGRAMS, AND THEN NONPROFITS THAT SERVE PEOPLE IN LOW-INCOME SITUATIONS. THE MAIN BUCKETS OF THE CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE ARE WEATHERIZATION, DEEP GREENHOUSE
GAS REDUCTION, AND WORKFORCE, EARNEN FORESTRY, THE POLICY AND COORDINATION OUTREACH, CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE WITH OU OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THE ADMINISTRATION TO, THAT IS THE, THE BASE PROGRAMMING TO KEEP, TO SUPPORT A LOT OF THIS WORK. CARBON SEQUESTRATION, HOME GROWN
CIRCULAR ECONOMY, AND THEN ZERO WASTE INITIATIVES. I WANT TO PUT THIS ON HERE JUST AS A REMINDER OF OUR FRANCHISE FEE. THE FRANCHISE FEE THAT WAS INCREASED TO SUPPORT THIS WORK. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE IN THE
RESIDENTIAL CATEGORY OF IN THAT MIDDLE IS THE FRANCHISE FEE THAT WAS USED TO THE AVERAGE IMPACT ON THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER THAT WAS USED TO FUND A LOT OF THIS WORK. ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE IS THE ESTIMATED SAVINGS NAT COME OUT -- THAT COME OUT OF A LOT OF OUR WEATHERIZATION PROGRAMMING
FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. AND THEN ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE IS THE UTILITY COSTS, THE AVERAGE UTILITY COSTS THAT THESE HOMEOWNERS FACE, AND THAT'S THAT RED INCREASE WAS A 2022 RATE INCREASE. THERE ARE TWO RATE INCREASES THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH BOTH UTILITIES.
I BELIEVE THE XCEL ENERGY RATE IS UP AROUND $160 ON THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER, SO I JUST WANT TO LAY THAT OUT AND THERE ARE NUANCES TO THAT. THAT IS PART OF GETTING TO CARBON FREE FUTURE AS WELL IS SOME OF THE INCREASES THAT THEY HAVE, BUT ALSO AI AND
DATA CENTER INCREASES AND COSTS OF UTILITY COSTS THATT ARE BEING PLACED ON UTILITY RATEPAYERS. THE FIRST CATEGORY I MENTIONED WAS WEATHERIZATION AND DEEP GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS. THIS IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST USE OF THE CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE FUNDING. IT PREDOMINANTLY GOES
TOWARDS WEATHERIZATION AND GETTING OUT TO RESIDENTIAL -- FOLKS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THERE IS ALSO MONEY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, GREEN INDUSTRIAL, LARGE GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY. THE MAIN METRICS OF SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CATEGORY ARE WE --
THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT ARE DONE GETTING THOSE -- THAT FUNDING INTO EQUITY, SO INTO DISTRESSED AREAS, SO THAT IS THOSE GREEN ZONE AREAS OR LOW-INCOME QUALIFIED PROPERTIES, AND 54% OF OUR FUNDING GETS INTO THOSE AREAS. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THAT GRAPH ON THE RIGHT, WE
HAVE HAD A TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PROPERTIES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET TO BECAUSE OF THE CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE FUNDING. AND ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER IS THE RECOMMENDED 2026 RECOMMENDED BUDGET IN THAT ALL OF THESE CATEGORIES COMBINED. THIS IS
THE RESIDENTIAL FOCUS. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT WHERE A LOT OF THIS FUNDING GOES. IF I WERE TO TAKE THIS MAP AND TAKE ALL OF THE PROGRAM FUNDING THAT GOES BACK TO 2013, WE SET THIS PROGRAM UP FROM THE BEGINNING TO BE VERY INTENTIONALLY INVESTING
IN THE NORTH SIDE GREEN ZONE, SOUTH SIDE GREEN ZONE, AND IN EQUITY. SO THIS MAP LOOKS VERY SIMILAR IF WE WERE TO LAY OUT A LOT OF DATA. ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, IF WE'RE INCLUDING MULTIFAMILY, THE LEFT-HAND SIDE IS RESIDENTIAL ONLY. AND THE INVESTMENTS LOOK SIMILAR AS MOST
OF THE INVESTMENTS GOING INTO THE NORTH SIDE -- INTO NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AND INTO SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. WITH PROGRAMMING THAT IS AVAILABLE ACROSS THE CITY, AND THAT'S INTENTIONALLY HOW WE TRIED TO CREATE THE PROGRAM IS THAT MORE OF THE FUNDING GOES INTO THESE COMMUNITIES, BUT IT IS STILL A
RESOURCE THAT IS A AVAILABLE ACROSS THE CITY. AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE NORTH SIDE GREEN ZONE, IF WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS DATA THIS WEEK IS 3.3% OF PARCELS IN THE CITY. AND THEY RECEIVE ABOUT 10 --
9.8% OF THE, OF PROPERTIES ARE IN THE NORTH SIDE GREEN ZONES, AND THEN ABOUT 15% OF THE FUNDING. SO THEY OUTPERFORM THE NUMBER OF PROPERTIES EVEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE SPECIFIC ELA AT THE NORTH -- SPECIFICALLY AT THE NORTH SIDE GREEN ZONES, OUR PROGRAMS ARE GETTING INTO AND ADDRESSING EQUITY AND HOW WE GET
THE MONEY OUT INTO COMMUNITY. THE NEXT CATEGORY IS WORKFORCE. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HITTING SOME OF THESE BIG NUMBERS THAT WE NEED TO HIT TO REACH OUR CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN GOALS, OUR GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION GOALS, WE NEED TO HAVE THE WORKFORCE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WORK. AND SO
CPED IS LEADING THE CHARGE ON THIS WITH, WITH THEIR PROGRAM CONNECTING YOUNG ADULTS. I SHOULD'VE TAKEN OUT YOUNG ADULTS. IT'S ADULTS TO ACCREDITED TRAINING AND WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES IN GREEN FIELDS. AND THEN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT PLAY AS SUPPORTIVE ROLE IN EXPOSING YOUTH AND YOUNG
ADULTS TO PROGRAMS IN GREEN CAREERS SO THAT THEY'RE EVEN AWARE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE. SO IN SOLAR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND EVEN TRADITIONAL FIELDS LIKE HVAC AND HOW THAT CAN PLAY A ROLE IN ENERGY SAVINGS. SO THE KEY BUSINESS LINES ARE CPED WITH THE GREEN WORKFORCE, HEALTH
DEPARTMENT, AND GREEN CAREER EXPOSURE. THESE ARE THE METRICS OF SUCCESS LOOKING AT THEY'VE TRAINED 206 FOLKS THIS YEAR. 31 PEOPLE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE GREEN CAREER PATHWAYS, SO THAT'S GETTING INTO MORE, INTO THE CAREER FIELDS, AND THEN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY PLACED
INTO WORK IS 25, AND THOSE NUMBERS MAY -- 29, AND THOSE NUMBERS MAY SEEM LOW, BUT THOSE ARE ACTUALLY CONSISTENT WITH A LOT OF WORKFORCE NUMBERS AND THAT'S GETTING PEOPLE WHO WERE EITHER UNDEREMPLOYED OR UNEMPLOYED INTO THESE FIELDS. SO THAT'S A LOT OF SUCCESS IN JUST THE SECOND YEAR OF THE PROGRAM IN GETTING PEOPLE
TRAINED. THE NEXT AREA IS URBAN FORESTRY. OBVIOUSLY TO PLANT MORE TREES, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH A, A TECHNOLOGY OR INNOVATION THAT MATCHES TREES IN ALL THE BENEFITS THAT IT BRINGS TO OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF AIR QUALITY, AESTHETICS, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, CARBON AT THE QUESTERATION, ESPECIALLY --
SEQUESTRATION, ESPECIALLY ON THE FIGHT ON CLIMATE CHANGE LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY. THERE ARE THREE MAIN LINES OF SERVICE. THE URBAN FORESTRY PROGRAM, AND/OR SORRY THAT IS THE CITY TREE SALES PRAPROGRAM, THAT IS THE RESIDENTIAL GIVEAWAY THAT I THINK ALL OF THE YOU ARE AWARE OF IN YOUR COMMUNITIES AND GETTING AWARENESS OUT FOR FOLKS
TO GO PICK UP THEIR TREES, COMMERCIAL CANOPY SO THAT US GOING OUT TO AREAS WHERE WE KNOW WE NEED MORE CANOPY IN THE CITY AND DOING PLANTINGS ON THOSE COMMERCIAL SITES. AND THEN GREEN ZONES PLANTING IS BEING REALLY INTENTIONAL ABOUT GOING TO THE GREEN ZONES AND DOING PLANTINGS WITH FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY. METRICS OF SUCCESS
IN THAT PROGRAM, WE'VE PLANTED OVER 5,000 TREES OF, WITH THE TREE SALE PROGRAM, COMMERCIAL CANOPY ABOUT 462, AND THE GREEN ZONES 391 TREES. I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF W WE NEED -- WORK
WE NEED IN THIS SPACE, THE GREEN ZONES, THAT IS TO GET THE WORD OUT IN THE GREEN ZONES AND GET PLANTING OUTS INTO THE GREEN ZONES. AND AGAIN ON THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER IS THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET IN EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES. THE NEXT CATEGORY I'LL GO INTO IS POLICY OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS. THIS IS MAKING FOLKS
AWARE OF ALL OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE OUT THERE, AND THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM. IT BRINGS IN MARKETING DOLLARS WHICH IS REALLY UNIQUE TO HAVE IN GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMING, TO GET THE WORD OUT TO PEOPLE SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S
AVAILABLE TO THEM. WE FOCUS, WE HAVE INTENTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS, I'M GOING TO JUST KEEP REPEATING NORTH SIDE, SOUTH SIDE GREEN ZONES AND HAVING INTENTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE OUT THERE AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE AS WELL. SO IT'S NOT JUST
THE MARKETING THAT WHERE PEOPLE ARE SEEING THAT BUT THAT THEY'RE HAVING RELATIONSHIPS. WE HAVE SEVEN NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WORK WITH TO ENSURE WE HAVE THOSE CLOSE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AS WELL, AND THOSE ARE MOSTLY AGAIN IF IN THE NORTH SIDE, SOUTH SIDE, AND GREEN ZONES AND THAT WE USE
METER MARKETING WHICH IS A ORGANIZATION THAT IS, A ATTEMPT THAT IS USED ACROSS THE INTER-- A COMPANY THAT IS USED ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE HERE SO WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE CONSISTENT MARKETING. WE HAVE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DASHBOARD WHICH WILL BE COMING SOON, SO THAT'LL PUT SOME OF THIS INFORMATION, SOME OF THESE
METRICS IN YOUR HANDS SO THAT YOU CAN IN THE COMMUNITY'S HANDS SO THAT THEY CAN SEE HOW THEIR MONEY IS BEING USED. AND THEN WE HAVE GROUPS LIKE THE CLIMATE LEGACY ROUNDTABLE, THAT IS A GROUP THAT IS HELPING TO ADVISE ESPECIALLY AROUND EQUITY ON HOW WE CAN MAKE THESE PROGRAMS EASIER TO USE AND BETTER FOR
PEOPLE THAT ARE IN ROME SITUATIONS -- LOW-INCOME SITUATIONS. METRICS OF SUCCESS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE'VE REACHED OVER 17,000 PEOPLE THROUGH DIRECT OUTREACH AND MARKETING. CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS HAS BEEN
A, THE PROGRAMMING THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING IN TERMS OF THE IMPACTS ON GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION. THEY HAVE EV CHARGING, EV CAR SHARE, LED THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS. THERE HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAS
BEEN INVOLVED WITH AROUND PLANNING THROUGH BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES. THEY'VE GOTTEN MONEY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, AND SOME REGIONAL GRANTS AS WELL THAT IS REALLY BOLSTERED THIS PROGRAM. IT HAS REALLY RETURNED A LOT OF IMPRESSIVE RESULTS IN TERMS OF
GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS. NOT ONLY GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS BUT DOLLARS SAVED SO IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OVER 250,000EV CAR SHARE TRIPS, 70,000 PUBLIC EV CHARGING HOURS, AND OVER $2 MILLION IN EMISSION
FREE MILES DRIVEN. AND $22 MILLION SAVED FOR PEOPLE. AND WE, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO WITH OUR BOTH OUR GREEN COST SHARE PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM AS WE REALLY TRACK THE DOLLARS THAT ARE SAVED, AND THERE IS INCREDIBLE AMOUNTS OF MONEY THAT IS BEING SAVED BY THESE PROGRAMS AS WELL.
ADMINISTRATION. THIS IS NOT THE MOST EXCITING PART BUT IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO RUN THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. OUR CONTRACTING, OUR CONTRACTS HAVE QUADRUPLED SINCE THE CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE INCEPTION. THIS HAS GIVEN US
THE ABILITY TO SCALE, AND SO THAT WE'VE SET UP PROGRAMS AND THAT WAS THE IMA FROM THE SART IS TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SCALE TO REALLY WORK ON CLIMATE CHANGE AT THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM. SO WE HAVE CONTRACT EXECUTION SUPPORT. WE'VE HAD ENTERPRISE SUPPORT, SO
WE'RE STARTING TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE FROM AN ENTERPRISE PERSPECTIVE WITH OW OUR DIRECTOR OF CLIMATE EQUITY ACTION AND WE HAVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THOSE HIGH LEVEL CONCEPTS WITH LEADERSHIP AND THEN DRIVE THEM WITH OUR OPERATIONS ACROSS THE
ENTERPRISE AND GET THEM INTO SERVICES THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THE CITY FROM AN OPERATIONAL LEVEL. WE'VE HAD OVER, I MENTIONED OVER 200 CONTRACTS EXECUTED, 70% OF OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS NOW SET INTO MOTION SO WE'RE ACTUALLY TRACKING ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF OUR CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN. AND WE HAVE INTERDEPARTMENTSAL CORE TEAMS INITIATED SO THAT'S
CITY FACILITIES, WORKING ON DECARBONIZATION, RESIDENTIAL DECARBONIZATION WITH FOLKS LIKE REGULATORY SERVICES, WITH CPED, CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE FUNDING FLEXIBILITY, CLIMATE METRICS, I MENTIONED SOME OF THOSE DASHBOARDS, AND THEN LOOKING ON THE HORIZON AT SOME OF THE POTENTIAL LIKE THE
NETWORK GEOTHERMAL. CARBON SEQUEST RATIONS. THIS IS ANOTHER AREA IF WE'RE REALLY GOING TO HIT OUR GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION GOALS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE ELEMENTS OF CARBON SEQUESTRATION. OUR BIOCHAR PROGRAM IS THE ONLY CARBON SEQUESTRATION PROGRAM IN THE
CITY, ONE OF THE FEW IN THE COUNTRY. AND BIOCHAR JUST TO REPEAT THIS IS A TAKING WOOD WASTE, PIERALLIZING IT AS 700 DEGREES CELSIUS AND TURNING IT INTO A BENEFICIAL ELEMENT FOR
SOILS. WHEN YOU PIERALLIZE THE BIOCHAR, YOU TURN INTO A CARBON SEQUESTRATION THAT IS IT SEQUESTERS CARBON FOR OVER 1,000 YEARS, S SO OUR KEY BUSINESS LINES IN THIS AREA ARE PRODUCTION OF THE BIOCHAR, USE
OF THE BIOCHAR, ROADSIDE APPLICATIONS, THERE ARE MANY BENEFICIAL USES. WE PARTNER AND LOOKING FOR CARBON CREDITS FOR
RESALE OR TO MEET OUR OWN GREENHOUSE GASOMETRICS. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THAT PROJECT OVER NEAR MELLEM YARDS THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW. HOME GROWN CIRCULAR ECONOMY. THIS IS THE SMALLEST PIECE OF THE CLIMATE
LEGACY INITIATIVE BUT WE BELIEVE THERE IS A LOT OF VALUE IN IT, ESPECIALLY IN THE FUTURE. THERE IS ALMOST 10% OF OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS COME FROM THE EMBODIED ENERGY AROUND THE FOOD THAT WE GROW AND THE FOOD THAT WE CONSUME. AND SO THESE, THIS FUNDING GOES TOWARDS URBAN FARMING, FOOD RESCUE, PROJECT
GRANTS. THESE PROGRAMS, THESE 14 COMMUNITY GRANTS ALONG WITH A LOT OF OTHER WORK THAT THE CITY IS DOING AROUND FOOD RESCUE AND SUPPORTING FRESH FOOD IN NEIGHBORHOODS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY AS WE TALK ABOUT PROGRAMS LIKE SNAP BEING CUT, AND SO HAVING THESE KINDS OF SUPPORT IN THE COMMUNITY IS
HELPFUL. AND WE SEE THIS AS AN AREA THAT IS ON THE HORIZON FOR OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISS MISSIONS AND CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN. THE LAST PIECE I'M GOING TO GO OVER IS OUR ZERO WASTE PROGRAMMING. ZERO WASTE FUNDING WAS USED TO EVALUATE LONG-TERM STRATEGIES TO GET TO ZERO WASTE.
SO WE HAVE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT FIVE INNOVATIVE WASTE GRANT PROJECTS THEY'RE DOING OUT IN COMMUNITY. A LOT OF THIS CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE FUNDING IS FUNDING THAT IS GOING DIRECTLY OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT THEY HAVE USED SOME OF THE FUNDING TO LOOK AT ZERO WASTE REDUCTION PLANNING AS WE TALK
ABOUT ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON WITH THE HERC RIGHT NOW AND HOW WE CAN LOOK AT OUR WASTE DIVERSION PROGRAMS, RECYCLING CAMPAIGNSE, TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE USING THOSE AND THEN GETTING THOSE INOVATIVE WASTE GRANTS OUT
INTO THE COMMUNITY. DOWN BELOW IS THE TIMELINE OF EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS OF EVALUATION, AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS, AND THEN WASTE REDUCTION GRANTS. AND SO THOSE ARE ALL COMING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. THESE ARE THE MAIN NUMBERS OF SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE PROGRAM SO
FAR. OVER 40,000 PEOPLE REACHED. THAT IS DIRECT, DIRECTLY GETTING MESSAGING OUT TO FOLKS. OVER 10,000 PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED DIRECT ASSISTANCE, SO THAT'S GETTING A TREE, THAT'S GETTING A WEATHERIZATION GRANT, GETTING CAR SHARE, THAT IS GETTING DIRECT SERVICE WHERE IT DIRECTLY BENEFITED SOMEONE IN
THE CITY JUST OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, OVER 10,000 PEOPLE. THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION ESTIMATES OVER ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, 25,000 TONS, AND I HAD TO CHECK THIS NUMBER A FEW TIMES ON THE EPA CALCULATOR BUT OVER 63 MILLION MILES DRIVEN BY GAS
POWERED CARS THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT THAT WE'VE TAKEN AWAY BY ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. AND SO WE ARE GETTING INTO THE SPACE WHERE WE ARE OPERATING AT THE SCOPE OF THE CLIMATE PROBLEM. WE'RE NOT, NOT THERE YET. SERVING OVER 2,000 PEOPLE IN LOW-INCOME SITUATIONS,
AND THEN I MENTIONED THE DOLLARS SAVED. THOSE ARE REAL DOLLARS, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DOES A GREAT JOB OF ACCOUNTING WITH THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY DO IN THE GREEN COST SHARE PROGRAM. WE COUNT EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR OF EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM OF MONEY THAT PEOPLE WILL SAVE, AND THESE ARE THE ESTIMATED LIFETIME
SAVINGS THAT PEOPLE WILL GET THROUGH THE PROGRAMS IN EFFECT. IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE THOSE BOTTOM TWO LINES OF THE $110 MILLION TO THE EV CAR SHARE AND THE $254 MILLION IN ESTIMATED PROJECTS SAVINGS TO THE GREEN COST SHARE WORK, THAT
IS ABOUT THE BENEFITS THAT WE'RE GETTING AS A CITY THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS. SO $364 MILLION OVER THE LIFETIME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE. THAT'S NOT COUNTING THE PROJECTS THAT WE WILL BE DOING. AND AGAIN I JUST WANTED, THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE.
I JUST WANTED TO STRESS THAT THIS IS AN EQUITY FOCUSED PROGRAM, SO 54% OF THE SPENDING IS IN DISTRESSED AREAS AS WE'VE SET UP -- THAT'S INCLUDING OUR ADMINISTRATION. SO AS WE GET MORE AND MORE PROGRAMMING, THAT NUMBER WILL GET HIGHER AND HIGHER BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE UP IN THE 59%, OVER
60% IN TERMS OF FUNDING THAT GETS OUT INTO ADDRESSING EQUITY IN THE CITY. AND THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF OUR BUDGET UPDATE FOR THE CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE. AND I WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. COMMISSIONER. COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS RELATED TO THIS PRESENTATION? I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER. GREAT WORK THIS YEAR. WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT IN THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK, AND I BELIEVE I HAD ASKED FOR A FOLLOW-UP JUST ON THE ENERGY SAVINGS THAT WERE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE WEATHERIZATION AND RETROFITTING
THIS YEAR. SO I THINK THAT'S LIKE REALLY IMPORTANT METRIC, MAYBE THE MOST IMPORTANT METRIC TO SHOW TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THESE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING IN OUR FRANCHISE FEES ARE DIRECTLY GOING TOWARDS LOWERING YOUR ENERGY BILLS. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS ESPECIALLY
IMPACTFUL THAT YOU MENTIONED HOW AI AND DATA CENTERS ARE DRIVING THE COST -- ARE GOING TO DRIVE UP THE COSTS OF ENERGY FOR REGULAR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS LIKE OURSELVES, AND SO IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN CLEAN ENERGY SYSTEMS IN OUR HOMES SO THAT WE
CAN KEEP THOSE COSTS LOW, AND SO I HAD ASKED THAT FOR A FOLLOW-UP. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE ANY UPDATE ON HOW YOU MEASURE THAT. >> YEAH, CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN, WE WILL BE GETTING THAT MEMO BACK TO YOU. THESE PRESENTATIONS WERE ACTUALLY SCHEDULED ON THE SAME DAY PREVIOUS -- ON OUR LAST
ROUND, AND SO WE'D BEEN PLANNING ON GETTING YOU THOSE RESULTS BACK PRIOR TO THE NEXT CLIMATE INFRASTRUCTURE MEETING. SO WE HAVE THOSE VERY CLOSE TO BEING READY FOR YOU. >> GREAT. THANKS. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT IN CASE ANYONE ELSE HAD THAT QUESTION TOO, AND WE HAVE A PLAN TO GET THAT INFORMATION. I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT URBAN
FORESTRY. DO YOU KNOW THE COST DIFFERENCE IN HOW MUCH WE BUY THE TREES VS. VERSUS HOW MUCH WE SELL THEM THROUGH OUR CITY TREES. SAID ANOTHER WAY, LIKE HOW MUCH IS THE CITY SUBSIDIZING IN THE TREE SALE. >> YES, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, AND I USED TO HAVE THESE NUMBERS WHEN I WAS MORE INTIMATELY
INVOLVED WITH THE PROGRAM. IT'S, I THINK THEY'RE $25 FOR A TREE. SO THAT'S THE COST OF FOR A RESIDENT. AND THEN IT'S THE TREES ARE AROUND $125, $150. >> OKAY. >> FOR A TREE IF YOU WERE TO LOOK LIKE A BACHMAN'S. I MAY BE
OFF IN THE NUMBERS SLIGHTLY BUT IT'S IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. >> THAT'S HELPFUL, THANK YOU. AND THEN JUST WANTED TO ASK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ZERO WASTE PROGRAMMING. AND HOW THE METRICS OF SUCCESS WILL BE MEASURES FOR THOSE PROGRAMS
GOING OUT. >> I HAVE PUBLIC WORKS FOGS BEHIND ME AND I THINK THEY CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION BETTER. >> DIRECTOR, IF YOU'LL BEGIN BY INTRODUCING YOURSELF. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, DIRECTOR CHUGHTAI AND COUNCIL. DIRECTOR OF SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING.
SO YOU ASKED HOW THE METRICS CAN BE MEASURED. WE'VE GOT THE RECYCLING CAMPAIGN WE'RE PUTTING ON RIGHT NOW FOR, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GAUGE PARTICIPATION WITH THAT, AND THAT'S GOING TO STEER US TOWARDS EVENTUAL MANDATORY RECYCLING. AND THAT'S I THINK ONE MEASUREMENT THERE IS LEVEL
OF ENGAGEMENT. TWO WE HAVE THE WASTE GRANTS. WE'LL MEET WITH ALL OF THOSE COMMUNITIES, FIVE DIFFERENT GROUPS AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO SEE HOW THEY PRODUCED AND WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO SHOW, WHICH WE CAN BRING BACK TO COUNCIL FOR RESULTS ON THAT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE, THE WASTE STUDY FEE GOING ON RIGHT
NOW, WHICH WE HOPE TO USE TO START WORKING TOWARD COMMERCIAL ZERO WASTE GOALS. >> MM-HMM. OKAY. WELL MORE TO COME ON THAT. I KNOW WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION ON SOMEF OF OUR ADVANCEMENTS TOWARDS OUR ZERO WASTE GOALS THAT WILL BE HEARD IN THIS WEEK'S CLIMATE AND
INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, SO OTHERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THAT CAN ATTEND. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. NEXT I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. I KNOW THAT WHEN WE
ORIGINALLY LAUNCHED THE CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE FROM MY RECOLLECTION THAT THE AREA OF CHANGE WAS LET'S USE OUR LOCAL CAPACITY TO TRY TO SCALE UP INVESTMENT AND TRY TO CAPTURE SOME OF THE BENEFITS IN THE
FEDERAL DOLLARS. THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE PROBABLY NOT COMING ANYTIME SOON, AND SO I'VE BEEN RETHINKING HOW WE WANT TO APPROACH THIS AND YOU KNOW AS I LOOK AT OUR BUDGET, WE HAVE $9.5 MILLION GOING DIRECTLY INTO INVESTING INTO SOME OF THOSE INTERVENTIONS, AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SHIFT MY THINKING
TOWARDS WOULD IT BE BETTER TO USE SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR DEBT SERVICE FOR BONDING SO THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY DO INVESTMENTS AT A LARGER SCALE AND BE A BRIDGE TO A MORE SANE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY OPINION ON THAT.
>> CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, SO THE QUESTION IS, BY TAKING THE $9.5 MILLION AND PUTTING IT INTO BONDING. >> USE THAT TO DO DEBT SERVICE ON BONDING, SO WE WOULD ISSUE MUNICIPAL BONDS TO TRY -- AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT OUR -- WHAT
THE STATUTORY LIMITATIONS WOULD BE ON THIS PATHWAY, BUT THE IDEA HERE IS DO $100 MILLION OF INVESTMENT USING BONDING, AND THEN HAVING THE $10 MILLION, I'M NOT DOING THE MATH 100% ACCURATE WITH HERE BUT LIKE THE IDEA IS
USE THIS TO BASICALLY PAY, DO THE DEBT SERVICE ON BONDING ON A HIGHER DEGREE OF INVESTMENT AND CLIMATE ACTION, RATHER THAN THE DIRECT USE OF THESE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE INTERVENTIONS, BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO START SCALING UP A LOT FASTER THAN AT THIS PACE,
BUT THAT'S NOT WITHIN A REALISTIC LIMIT OF THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT, RIGHT? WE'RE ALREADY HEARING A LOT OF PUSHBACK ON THE MARGINAL INCREASE IN THE FRANCHISE FEE WE'RE TRYING TO BRING FORWARD TO MAKE UP FOR SOME OF THE GAP THAT WE SAW IN
THE FORECAST, BUT, SO THE IDEA IS USING THE FRANCHISE FEE TO PAY DEBT SERVICE FOR A LARGER INVESTMENT ON CLIMATE ACTION IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT. >> CHAR CHUGHTAI, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THAT POSSIBILITY. WE'D BE OPEN TO CONVERSATIONS
AROUND THAT. I KNOW THAT DEBT MARKETS ARE TIGHT RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT, AND I'M NOT AWARE OF SPECIFIC TOOLS IN THAT SPACE, AND I DO KNOW T THAT A LOT OF OUR GOALS WERE SET WITH THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN COUNTING ON AN INCREASE IN FEDERAL FUNDING AND SO NOW IT'S,
IT FEELS MUCH MORE LIKE WE'RE FIGHTING THIS ALONE SO THESE DOLLARS HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO BE EVEN, TO EVEN DO ANY OF THIS WORK AT A LOCAL LEVEL. BUT WE'D CERTAINLY BE OPEN TO CONVERSATIONS WITH PROBABLY OTHER FOLKS IN THE COMFORTPRISE TO -- ENTERPRISE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND IF THERE ARE
OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE. >> YEAH, LET'S START THAT CONVERSATION. OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE RESOLVE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS. BUT I THINK IT'S A LONGER TERM VISION THAT WE SHOULD AT LEAST EXPLORE. >> SURE. >> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU. I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE IN QUEUE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I WILL ASK THE CLERKS TO FILE THIS REPORT, AND WE WILL WELCOME OUR NEXT PRESENTER. THANK YOU AGAIN.
THERE WE GO. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS THE CAPITAL BUDGET. I WILL INVITE LIAM O'BRIEN FROM THE FINANCE AND PROPERTY SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO BEGIN THIS PRESENTATION. WELCOME, MR. O'BRIEN.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, VICE CHAIR KOSKI AND COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M LIAM O'BRIEN A SENIOR ANALYST WITH THE BUDGET DIVISION AND I'LL BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET. I WANT TO BEIN GOOD BY EXPRESSING MY SINCERE APPRECIATATION TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. AND THE YEAR ROUND EFFORT THAT
GOES INTO IT. THEIR COLLABORATION AND COMMITMENT ARE ESSENTIAL TO MAKING THIS PROCESS SUCCESSFUL. TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL START WITH AN OVERVIEW OF HOW THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH I WILL REFER TO THROUGHOUT THE
PRESENTATION AS THE CIP, IS DEVELOPED, AND WHAT ROLE THE CAPITAL LONG RANGE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, REFERENCED THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION AS CLRKS LIC HAS IN THAT PROCESS. THEN I'LL SUMMARIZE THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDED 2026-2031CIP FOCUS OGEN 2026 FUNDING AND BUDGETED
SPENDING. FOLLOWING THAT, THE BANKING INVESTMENTS AND DEBT DIVISION WILL DISCUSS THE CITY'S DEBT LEIVEDZ. FINALLY, PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENTS WILL PRESENT THE DETAILS OF THEIR RECOMMENDED CAPITAL REQUESTS. THE 2026 MAYOR'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET BOOK IS NOW ONLINE AND
FULLY INTERACTIVE. ITS CAPITAL SECTION INCLUDES LINKS AND REPORTS SUMMARIZING FUNDING SOURCES, BUDGETED SPENDING, AND A CAPITAL DECISION OVERVIEW HIGHLIGHTING DEPARTMENT REQUESTS, AND CLIQUE'S REC . THE SECOND LINK LEADS TO CLIC
WEB PAGE WHERE YOU CAN VIEW THE REPORT AND CAPITAL REQUEST FORMS SUBMITTED BY DEPARTMENTS IN MARCH. THE CIP IS A SIX-YEAR PLAN THAT'S UPDATED ANNUALLY. THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS THE CITY PLAN SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE OPERATING BUDGET. ALTHOUGH
APPROPRIATION IS ONLY ADOPTED FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE CAPITAL PLAN. WHICH IS 2026 FOR THE CURRENT 2026 TO 2031CIP. THE C IP TAKES A YEAR TO DEVELOP AND ADOPT. FROM JANUARY TO MARCH, CITY STAFF AT THE PAIRED AND SUBMITTED THEIR CAPITAL BUDGET REQUEST, BUDGET STAFF
THEN REVIEWED THE SUBMISS MISSIONS AND POSTED THEM ONLINE FOR PUBLIC ACCESS AND CLIC REVIEW. IN APRIL CITY STAFF PRESENTED THEIR CAPITAL REQUESTS TO CL CLIC AND ANSWERED
QUESTIONS FOR TWO FULL DAYS. RATED BUDGET REQUESTS USED ESTABLISHED COUNCIL APPROVED SYSTEM, AND CREATED NUMERICAL RANKINGS FOR EACH PROJECT. THESE RANKINGS ARE THEN BALANCED AGAINST AVAILABLE UNRESTRICTED
FUNDS TO REPRESENT CLIC'S CIP. IN JULY THEY PRESENTED THEIR BUDGET. IN AUGUST CLIC PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR RELEASED THE 2026 BUDGET AND ONLINE BUDGET BOOK
OUTLINING THE RECOMMENDED CIP WE ARE PRESENTING ON TODAY. THIS GRAPH SHOWS PRIOR ADOPTED AND CURRENT RECOMMENDED CAPITAL BUDGETS OVER THE PAST 11 YEARS.
YOU'LL NOTICE THE 32% BUDGET INCREASE FROM 2025 TO 2026. MUCH OF THAT COMES FROM ROUGHLY $63 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR NICOLLET BRIDGE AND $37 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL ENTERPRISE BONDS WHICH ARE PAID THROUGH THE CITY'S UTILITY FEES. THESE ENTERPRISE FUNDS WILL REPAIR AND REPLACE AGING SANITARY AND
STORMWATER SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE. THE CAPITAL BUDGET REPRESENTS ON AVERAGE 16% OF THE CITY'S TOTAL BUDGET. FROM 2025 TO 2026, THE CAPITAL BUDGET GREW 4% TO THE, DUE TO THE HIGHER PROJECT ACTIVITY I MENTIONED IN MY LAST SLIDE. DESPITE THIS INCREASE,
CAREFUL FINANCIAL PLANNING ALLOWED US TO REDUCE THE ESTIMATED 2026 BOND REDEMPTION LEVY, THE PRIMARY LEVY IMPACTED BUY CAPITAL BUDGET BY $1 MILLION. THE 2026CIP IS
FUNDED FROM SEVERAL SOURCES. THE LARGEST IS A MIX OF LEVY FUNDED AND ENTERPRISE FUNDED DEBT, TOTALING $201 MILLION, WHICH REPRESENTS A 25% INCREASE FROM 2025. LARGELY DRIVEN BY EXPANDED PROJECT PLANNING, PARTICULARLY IN THE SANITARY AND
STORMWATER CAPITAL PROGRAMS. OTHER GOVERNMENT FUNDING WHICH INCLUDES STATE, COUNTY, AND FEDERAL AID AS WELL AS CERTAIN CITY REVENUES TIED TO CAPITAL WORK DOUBLED FROM 2025 TO 2026 TOTALING $115 MILLION IN THE 2026 CAPITAL BUDGET. THIS INCLUDES $58 MILLION FOR THE
NICOLLET AVENUE OVER MI MINNEHAHA BRIDGE PROJECT. FINALLY, ENTERPRISE REVENUE FROM CITY SERVICES LIKE WATER, STORMWATER, PARKING, AND SANITARY SEWER CONTRIBUTE $20 MILLION TO THE 2026 CAPITAL BUDGET. EXPENSES FOR THE 2026
CAPITAL BUDGET INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION COSTS WHICH TOTAL $266 MILLION AND REPRESENT A 26% INCREASE FROM 2025. A BY-PRODUCT OF HIGHER PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IN THE UPCOMING YEAR. DESIGN AND PROJECT PLANNING ACCOUNTS FOR $71 MILLION OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WHICH ROSE BY JUST UNDER
HALF FROM 2025. THIS COST IS NECESSARY FOR THE DIRECT DESIGN, PLANNING, AND COORDINATION, AND OVERSIGHT WORK NEEDED TO ENSURE CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED ON TIME AND MEET CITY AND COMMUNITY PRIORITIES. GENERAL OVERHEAD TOTALS $26 MILLION, UP 55% FROM 2025, REPRESENTING THE
INDIRECT ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT COSTS REQUIRED FOR THE SMOOTH PROGRESSION OF CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I'LL WELCOME UP THE BANKING INVESTMENTS AND DEBT DIVISIONS DIRECTOR
ALLEN HOPPE AND SENIOR MANAGER DAVE WHEELER WHO WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE CITY'S DEBT. >> WELCOME. >> GOOD MORNING, BUDGET COMTATE MEMBERS. I'M DAVE WHEELER,
SENIOR MANAGER FOR BANKING INVESTMENTS AND DEBT HERE ALONG WITH DIRECTOR ALLEN HOPPE TO PRESENT BRIEFLY ON THE DEBT SERVICE COMPONENTS OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET AS WELL AS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE DEBT MANAGEMENT FOR THE CITY AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET. TO BEGIN WITH I'LL JUST
TOUCH ON SOME OF THE TERMS WE USE, OUR FREQUENTLY ISSUED DEBT TYPES THAT YOU'LL SEE US REFERENCING. FIRST OF ALL, OUR BOND REDEMPTION LEVY, THIS THE R -- THIS IS THE LEVY CERTIFIED EACH YEAR TO PAY DEBT SERVICE ON PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST COMING DUE IN THE NEXT YEAR AS RELATES
TO LEVY FUNDED DEBT. THAT'S PROPERTY TAX SUPPORTED, GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, THE CITY HAS 2 MAIN TYPES, OUR PRIMARY AND LARGE OUTSTANDING DEBT TYPE IS LEVY FUNDED DEBT THAT FINANCES GENERAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS PAYABLE SOLELY FROM PROPERTY
TAXES. THIS WAS FORMERLY REFERRED TO AS NET DEBT BONDS. YOU MAY SEE THAT TERM FROM TIME TO TIME BUT WE'VE SHIFTED TO LEVY FUNDED DEBT IT'S A LITTLE MORE CLEAR, CONCISE DESCRIPTOR OF THIS TYPE OF BOND. SECOND TYPE CITY HAS SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN PONDS, THESE
ARE PRIMARILY CITY GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND PUBLIC WORK BUILDING PROJECTS THAT FINANCES THESE ARE THE NEWEDDED IN APPROVED CIPs AND CAN BE BONDED FOR ONCE THAT'S PRO
APPROVED. THE CITY ALSO ISSUES IMPROVEMENTS BONDS ASSESSMENTS TYPICALLY FOR STREET WORK AND RECONSTRUCTION AS WELL AS DISEASE TREE REMOVAL FROM PARK BOARD. AND FINALLY, GENERAL OBLIGATION UTILITY BONDS, THESE ARE PAYABLE FROM USER FEES AND REVENUES OF
THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS. OUR TYPICAL DEBT ISSUANCE CYCLE IS A RATHER LONG PROCESS. IT BEGINS WITH CLIC AS LIAM JUST WALKED THROUGH THAT PROCESS. FROM THERE. THOSE PROJECTS ULTIMATELY GO TO COUNCIL IN
DECEMBER FOR PROJECT APPROPRIATIONS AND DEBT AUTHORIZATION. THIS RELATES TO THE NEXT YEAR'S CAPITAL PROGRAM AT THAT POINT WE BEGIN OUR WORK WITH PROJECT MANAGERS THROUGHOUT VARIOUS DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS TO IDENTIFY THE NEEDS. PROJECT CASH FLOW NEEDS IN THE COMING YEARS FOR PROJECTS
THAT ARE READY TO BOND. FROM THERE, WE KIND OF HONE IN ON A BOND ISSUE SIZE FOR THE YEAR. AND PRODUCE A RESOLUTION. SUBSEQUENT TO THAT AUTHORIZATION
TO SALE BONDS WE WORK ON OUR PRELIMINARY OFFERING DOCUMENTS, COORDINATE WITH BOND RATING AGENCIES, S&P, FITCH, AND MOODY'S WE HAVE TRIPLE A BOND RATING FROM EACH AGENCY. AT
THAT POINT, WE BRING THE BONDS TO MARKET TAKING BIDS FROM UNDERWRITERS AND AWARD THE SALE TO THE LOWEST TRUE INTEREST COST TO THE CITY. ONCE THAT SALE IS CLOSED, THE PROCEEDS ARE PLACED IN PROJECT CONSTRUCTION FUNDS USED TO PAY THE PROJECTS AS THEY
INCUR EXPENSES. THIS IS A BRIEF LOOK AT OUR 2025 DEBT ISSUANCE. WE SOLD IN Q3 ON AUGUST 20th OF THIS YEAR WE ISSUED $134 MILLION PAR AT A 3.81% INTEREST COST TO THE CITY. AGAIN, THE MAIN BOND TYPE WAS
THE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY FUNDED DEBT AS WELL AS A SIZABLE PORTION FOR ENTERPRISE PROJECTS AND THEN A SMALL ASSESSMENT PORTION. HERE'S A LOOK AT THE CITY'S ESTIMATED DEBT CAPACITY AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. THIS INCLUDES THE 2025 BONDS OF THE
CITY HAS A STATUTORY LEGAL DEBT LIMIT OF ALMOST $2.4 BILLION. WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT $340 MILLION COUNTING AGAINST THAT DEBT LIMIT. THIS IS PRIMARILY JUST LEVY FUNDED DEBT THAT GOES AGAINST THIS DEBT LIMIT. IT'S A DEFINED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE
TAXABLE MARKET VALUE. SO WE USED ABOUT 14%. AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT'S RIGHT IN LINE WITH THE AVERAGE FOR THE LARGE CITY ISSUERS AROUND THE STATE. THEY USE KIND OF 12% IS ABOUT THE MEAN DEBT CAPACITY USAGE. AND
THEN THIS IS OUR YEAR END DEBT BALANCES BY TYPE, AND THE YEAR OVER YEAR CHANGE FROM 2024. AGAIN, OUR MAIN BALANCE IS IN THE PROPERTY TAX SUPPORTED DEBT AND ENTERPRISE FUNDS. SO WE HAVE SOME NOMINAL INCREASE FROM
LAST YEAR AND AGGREGATE. JUST NOTE THAT THE CONVENTION CENTER DOES HAVE A LARGE PAF COMING ON REFINANCING FROM 2020. THOSE MONIES ARE IDENTIFIED AND SET ASIDE TO MAKE THAT PAYMENT, SO THAT ISSUE WILL BE RETIRED THIS
YEAR. AND THEN LOOKING AT THE MORE HISTORICAL TREND FOR THE CITY GOING BACK 10 YEARS, NOTED ON THE OTHER SIDE THE CITY'S PEAK DEBT OUTSTANDING WAS BACK IN 2004, $1.02 BILLIAN SO WE'RE DOWN AT $851 MILLION AT YEAR
END, YOU'LL SEE THAT'S KIND OF BEEN TRENDING CONSISTENTLY ABOUT 2.8% GROWTH YEAR OVER YEAR IN OUR OUTSTANDING BALANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SO A VERY CONSISTENT, STEADY DEBT OUTSTANDING, AND ON A, ON AN
INFLATION ADJUSTED BASIS OF YOU KNOW VERY LOW YEAR OVER YEAR GROWTH. AND AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR ALLEN HOPPE. >> GOOD MORNING, COMMITTEE MIBS. I AM ALLEN HOPPE DIRECTOR OF
BANKING INVESTMENTS AND DEBT FOR THE CITY. I HAVE SEVERAL SLIDES I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH HERE. SO DAVE WHEELER KIND OF JUST COVERED UP TO NOW SO TO SPEAK AND I'M FLIPPING HERE NOW TO THE
GO FORWARD. SO HERE YOU'LL SEE WHAT'S IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2026. $15 MILLION OF ASSESSMENT OR IMPROVEMENT BONDS, $100 MILLION OF VARIOUS PURPOSE, AND ABOUT $100 MILLION OF
ENTERPRISE PROJECTS. OF THIS, 214 ONCE WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THAT DAVE DISCUSSED WHERE WORKING PROJECT MANAGERS ON EVEN THOUGH YOU GOT ALL THESE AUTHORIZATIONS HOW MUCH ARE YOU
REALLY READY TO SPEND THIS YEAR. AND BALLPARK NUMBER, MAYBE WE'LL LOOK AT $160 MILLION OR SOMETHING. WE WON'T KNOW FOR SURE PROBABLY FOR ABOUT SIX, EIGHT MONTHS FROM NOW ONCE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THESE, EACH OF
THESE PROJECTS WITH, YOU KNOW, MANAGERS, PROJECT MANAGERS, WE ASK THEM FOR A CASH SPEND FORECAST. AND OF COURSE WHATEVER WE DON'T BOND FOR THIS YEAR, WE'LL BOND FOR IN FUTURE YEARS. THIS GIVES YOU A PICTURE
OF WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING FOR THE 2026 DEBT SERVICE EXPENSE BUDGET. MOST DEBT SERVICE IS PAID IN DECEMBER, DECEMBER 1st USUALLY. THAT'S, THE LARGER PRINCIPLE AMOUNTS. OF COURSE WE PAY
INTEREST A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES DURING, DURING THE YEAR BASED ON THE KIND OF BOND ISSUE THAT WE'VE PUT OUT. YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT CATE CATEGORIES WHERE WE HAVE DEBT SERVICE. SO THE, YOU HAVE LEVY
TYPE DEBT, YOU HAVE ASSESSMENT DEBT FUNDED BY THE ASSESSMENTS. YOU HAVE DOWNTOWN ASSETS FUNDING SOME OF THESE PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS. SO QUITE A RANGE OF
REVENUE STREAMS TO COVER THESE VARIOUS CAPITAL FUNDING TOOLS. I'LL MAKE A -- THIS IS A LOT OF TEXT JUST, IF -- FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO GET INTO THE DETAILS OR A LITTLE MORE INSIGHT ON
VARIABLE RATE DEBT. I'LL SUMMARIZE IT AS WE HAVE SEVERAL PERCENTAGE POINT OF OUR DEBT INVARIABLE RATE DEBT, INVARIABLE RATE DEBT IS VERY VOLATILE. YOU CAN'T PREDICT WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE NEXT YEAR VERSUS THE MAJORITY OF THE DEBT WE SELL IS FIXED
RATE DEBT. ON THE OTHER HAND, HISTORICALLY, VARIABLE RATE DEBT IN THE LONG TERM HAS BEEN RELATIVELY CHEAP. THE PROBLEM WITH VARIABLE RATE DEBT IS, IF THE RATE GO UPS NEXT YEAR, DID YOU SET ASIDE THE MONEY FOR THAT SURPRISE? AND SO THAT
UNPREDICTABILITY GETS MOST INIT. ENTITIES BEING CONSERVATIE ABOUT HOW MUCH VARIABLE RATE DEBT THEY WANT TO HAVE ON THEIR BOOKS. IT'S ALWAYS A CONCERN OF THE RATING AGENCIES, SO WE CAN DO IT, BUT WE WANT TO THINK IT THROUGH CAREFULLY BEFORE WE DO IT. HERE IS A PICTURE OF OUR
ANNUAL DEBT REDEMPTION LEVY, AND IT INCLUDES A PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT FUND LEVY, AND SO THAT, THE FIRST THINGS THAT JUMPS OUT AT YOU IS THAT BIG SPIKE THERE FOR 2027 AND INCREASE EVEN IN 2026, AND AND
THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT OF FUND LEVY ITSELF, MORE THAN THE TRADITIONAL DEBT SERVICE LEVY, AND THAT'S TO FUND FOR THE ENTERPRISE, THE ERP SYSTEM THAT YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT. SO I'LL
MENTION THE PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT FUND BASICALLY IS CURRENT FINANCING FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHEREAS THE DEBT, WE'RE TYPICALLY DOING LONG-TERM FUNDING, AND THIS, THIS CHART BASICALLY BRINGS TOGETHER BOTH OF THOSE CONCEPTS, CURRENT AND
LONG-TERM. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT PIECES OF INFORMATION HERE, SO THE SLIDE ITSELF CAN BE A LITTLE COMPLICATED. BUTS GENERALLY SPEAKING YOU CAN LOOK AT THE
LEVY FROM 10 YEARS BACK AND SEE WHERE IT'S GONE OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU SEE IN THE VERY BOTTOM FOOTNOTE, A GROWTH RATE OF ABOUT 4.2%. A LOT OF VOLATILITY IN BETWEEN, BUT
GENERALLY SPEAKING, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF INFLATION. LET'S SEE HERE. AND THAT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS INFORMATION.
OKAY. >> I'LL NOW WELCOME UP MARBY ALTMAN FROM THE ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. >> GOOD MORNING, I'M MARY ALTMAN
PUBLIC ARTS SUPERVISOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. I WANT TO THANK THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND PARTICULARLY LIAM O'BRIEN AND THE CAPITAL LONG RANGE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE FOR ALL OF THEIR SUPPORT DURING THE LAST YEAR AS WE'VE DEVELOPED THESE BUDGETS. SO THE ART IN PUBLIC
PLACES PROGRAM HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE MID-1980s, AND HAS BEEN TRADITIONALLY A PART OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. IT'S GUIDED BY THREE TYPES OF ARTISTIC VALUES AND GOALS THAT ARE PART OF ADOPTED CITY POLICY. THAT INCLUDES ARTISTIC GOALS,
STIMULATE EXCELLENCE AND URBAN DESIGN IN PUBLIC ART, VALUE ARTIST AND ARTISTIC PROCESSES, COMMUNITY BASED GOALS, INCLUDING ENHANCED COMMUNITY IDENTITY AND PLACE, AND INVOLVE A BROAD RANGE OF PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES. AND THE RESOURCE GOALS OF THE PRACTICAL GOALS, WHICH CAN INCLUDE CONTRIBUTE TO COMMUNITY
VITALITY, AND USE RESOURCES WISELY. THIS MAP SHOWS THE 100-PLUS ARTWORKS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED DURING THE HISTORY OF THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE 15 PROJECTS IN PROGRESS AND
COMPARES THEM TO THE AREAS OF CONCENTRATED POVERTY. SO THERE'S TWO PUBLIC ART PROJECTS IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM CURRENTLY. THE FIRST ONE IS ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, WHICH IS FUNDED ANNUALLY BY
ORDINANCE AT A MINIMUM LEVEL OF 1.5% OF THE NET DEBT BOND AND THE SECOND ONE IS A SPECIAL ONE-TIME PROJECT OVER FOUR YEARS, AND THAT IS UPPER HARBOR PUBLIC ART. WE REQUESTED SPECIAL FUNDING FOR UPPER HARBOR
PUBLIC ART. TRADITIONALLY THE CITY HAS FUNDED SEPARATELY OUT OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM MAJOR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS MOST RECENTLY INCLUDING THE NEW PUBLIC SERVICE BUILDING AND THE RENOVATION OF NICOLLET MALL: ... AND SO
THIS BUILD A PROJECT IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LEVELS OF FUNDING THAT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING IN OTHER PROJECTS. I'M SHARING. I SHOULD JUST GO BACK. I'M SHARING IMAGES OF THE HIGH LAKE MURAL WHICH IS GOING TO BE DEDICATED NOVEMBER 8th.
TYPICALLY I SHOW A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ARTWORKS BUT I'M FOCUSING ON ONE TODAY SO YOU CAN JUST LEARN MORE IN D DEPTH ABOUT ONE WORK IN PARTICULAR. AND THIS WAS DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED BY FOUR ARTISTS.
IT'S UNDER THE HIGH LAKE BRIDGE, IT'S A 6200 SQUARE FOOT MURAL, LARGE, THAT ALSO CONTAINS MOZAIC, LARGEST PAINTED AND MOSAIC MURAL IN THE CITY. SO ART IN PUBLIC PLACES AS I SAID IS TYPICALLY FUNDED THROUGH 1.5% OF THE NET DEBT BOND. THE
PURPOSE IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE LIVEABILITY AND VIBRANCY OF PUBLIC PLACES, BUILD PRIDE IN COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL IDENTITY, AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS TO EARN AN A LIVELIHOOD. THE PUBLIC ART ADVISORY PANEL SELECTS APPROXIMATELY THREE NEW PROJECTS OVER YEAR AND WE ALSO
FUND THROUGH THIS PROGRAM THE MAJOR CONSERVATION OF ARTWORKS THAT ARE IN OUR COLLECTION, AND SO TYPICALLY IT FUNDS TWO TO THREE MAJOR CONSERVATION PROJECTS EVERY YEAR. THE FISCAL SAVINGS VARIES FOR EACH PROJECT
DEPENDING ON WHO OUR PARTNERS ARE AND ALSO WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS WE'RE WORKING WITH. FOR HIGH LAKE WE WERE COLLABORATING WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AS THEY OWN THE WALL, AND MNDOT HAS CONTRIBUTED
TO THE INSTALLATION OF NEW MURAL LIGHTS AS WELL AS THE RETUCK FUNDING OF ALL OF THE WALLS UNDER THE BRIDGE. AND THE LOCATION OF THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES IS CITYWIDE, AND I JUST
WANTED TO SHARE ON THIS SLIDE. WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING TWO PROJECTS HERE. WE'RE DOING THE MURAL BUT WE'RE ALSO REINSTALLING THE LIGHTS THAT WERE INSTALLED IN 2007. THESE LIGHTS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED IN 2020 DURING THE
UNREST ON LAKE STREET, AND AND THEY WERE DAMAGED IN PART BY MNDOT CREWS WHO HAD TAKEN OVER GRAFFITI REMOVAL BY PUBLIC WORKS AT TAT TIME TO RELIEVE THEM FOR OTHER THINGS THEY HAD TO DO. ALSO WE HAD DAMAGE FROM CAMPFIRES UNDER THE BRIDGE, AND
JUST OVERALL FROM OTHER KINDS OF VANDALISM AND SO OVER THE LAST YEAR, THOSE 16 LIGHTS HAVE BEEN REINSTALLED. HIS VISION WAS TO HAVE A MURAL AT THIS LOCATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THOSE LIGHTS, AND SO HE HAS BEEN COLLABORATING WITH THE ARTIST ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MURAL AS
WELL. JUST TO HIGHLIGHT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN FOR EVERY PUBLIC ART PROJECT IS UNIQUE. IT'S BASED ON THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE WORKING IN, AND THEIR NEEDS AND THE PARTNERS WE'RE WORKING WITH. AS YOU KNOW THIS
IS AN EXTREMELY COMPLICATED SITE AT HI-LAKE, IT'S A BLOCK AND A HALF FROM THE FORMER THIRD PRECINCT, AND THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ENGAGED A LOT BY THE CITY AND OTHER BODIES SINCE 2020 ON THEIR VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CITY, AND SO WE TOLD THE ARTISTS WE NEEDED VERY IN-DEPTH
ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE THAT'S THE EXPECTATION IN THIS AREA RIGHT NOW. BUT WE ALSO TOLD THEM IT NEEDED TO BE UNIQUE. AND FUN ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE TIRED OF BEING ENGAGED ABOUT THEIR VISION FOR THIS AREA OF THE CITY. AND SO THE ENGAGEMENT INCLUDED DOZENS OF
ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING NINE RESIDENCIES IN LOCAL SCHOOLS AND ALSO MOSAIC MAKING WORKSHOPS IN THE COMMUNITY. IN TERMS OF UPPER HARBOR PUBLIC ART, THIS,
THE VISION FOR THIS PROJECT DOES ACTUALLY BASED ON A PROJECT, ANOTHER PROJECT BY SEITU JONES. SEITU WAS BROUGHT IN EARLY ON AS HERITAGE PARK WAS KIND OF A BLANK CANVAS IN THOSE DAYS, JUST
LIKE UPPER HARBOR'S SORT OF A BLANK CANVASSER IN TERMS OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND HE DEVELOPED A SERIES OF 16 ARTWORKS, SMALL SCALE ARTWORKS TO HELP CREATE AN YOCREATED AN
IDENTITY FOR HERITAGE PARK. WE'VE ASKED FOR ONE-TIME FUNDING OVER FOUR YEARS FOR UPPER HARBOR. THIS WILL SUPPORT FOUR TO FIVE PROJECTS, AND JUXTAPOSITION WAS HIRED BY BOTH PUBLIC WORKS AND THE PARK BOARD DURING THE PLANNING FOR THEIR PROJECTS WITHIN UPPER HARBOR,
AND THEY DEVELOPED A PUBLIC ART PLAN AND CAME UP WITH A VARIETY OF THEMES THAT WILL BE A BASIS FOR OUR WORK. THE TOTAL FUNDING THAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS FOR THIS IS $1.55 MILLION. AND I
WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. I SEE -- HOLD ON A SECOND. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M READING THE -- GETTING THE RIGHT, YEAH, OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE -- YEAH, COUNCIL CASHMAN.
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR KOSKI. I HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU. I CAN'T REMEMBER YOUR NAME. THIS IS FROM AN EARLIER SLIDE. IT WAS ABOUT SLIDE NUMBER 7. THAT SAYS THAT 2% OF CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR 2026 WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE VALUE CAPTURE SOURCE. AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD SHARE WHAT THE CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE THAT ARE PLANNED TO BE FUNDED FROM THAT VALUE CAPTURE SOURCE, WHICH IS LEVIED ON THE HOUSING
AND DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. >> WAS THAT LIAM? >> YEAH, I BELIEVE SO. IT WAS IN THE FIRST SET OF SLIDES.
>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP WITH AN ADMINISTRATIVE MEMO ON THAT QUESTION. WE DO HAVE THE INFORMATION ON HAND, BUT WE'LL JUST DOUBLE CHECK IT AND SEND IT ALONG. >> YEAH, AND I KNOW THAT SOURCE IS SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY IN THAT
STREETCAR DESIGNATED AREA, SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE WHAT IS PLANNED TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THAT SOURCE FOR 2026, AND THEN ALSO LOOKING OUT THROUGH 2031 IF POSSIBLE, WHAT THE PLANS ARE USFOR USING THE SOURCE. >> I CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE
26-31 USES FOR VALUE CAPTURE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU AND I'M NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS, SO I BELIEVE NEXT WE HAVE OUR MUNICIPAL BUILDING COMMISSION.
WELCOME. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ERIN DELANEY AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING COMMISSION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT SOME IMPORTANT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED APPROVAL FOR FOR
PROJECTS THAT I'LL REVIEW WITH YOU TODAY. JUST AGAIN AS AN OVERVIEW, THE CITY HALL COURTHOUSE IS JOINTLY OWNED BY HENNEPIN COUNTY AND THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. MBC STAFF ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL ASPECTS OF
THE BUILDING, INCLUDING SECURITY, CUSTODIAL, UTILITY, ADMINISTRATION TEAM, AND WE ALSO HAVE A TEAM OF BUILDING TRADES EMPLOYEES TO, AT THE MBC. WE HAVE A TOTAL RIGHT NOW OF 48 EMPLOYEES. THE MBC BOARD IS
COMPRISED OF COU COUNCILMEMBER VETAW AND THE MAYOR FROM THE CITY SIDE. THE COUNTY SIDE HAS COMMISSIONER IRENE FERNANDO AND THE SECOND COMMISSIONER IS MARRIAN GREENE. THOSE FOUR REPRESENT THE MBC
BOARD. AND THIS IS A BREAKOUT OF THE FOUR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED RECOMMENDED FUNDING FOR. YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE TOTAL IS JUST OVER $7 MILLION. AND BECAUSE OF THE JOINTOB JOINT OWNER SHP OF THE BUILDING THE CAPITAL
FUNDING IS SPLIT 50/50 BETWEEN CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND HENNEPIN COUNTY SO THE REQUEST TO THE CITY IS JUST OVER $3.8 MILLION. THE FIRST PROJECT -- LET'S SEE. THE FIRST PROJECT IS THE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, THE MBC HAS MANAGED PROJECTS ON ALL FOUR SIDES OF THE BUILDING, AND NOW WE'RE READY TO DO THE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, REMINDER THAT THE INTERIOR OF CITY HALL ACTUALLY IS AN EXTERIOR WALL. SO THIS IS
PHASE 5 OF THIS PROJECT. IT'S THE LAST PHASE. AND THE WORK CENTERS ON MASONRY REPAIRS, WINDOW SEALANT REPAIRS, HEAT TAPE REPLACEMENT, GUTTER REPAIRS, AND ACTUALLY WE'VE NOTICED SOME ADDITIONAL DAMAGE ON THE ROOF OF THE INTERIOR
COURT AS WELL. SO WE WILL WE BE WORKING ON THAT IN THIS PROJECT. SO THAT'S ON EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS. THE NEXT PROJECT IS HEAT EXCHANGERS AND PUMP REPLACEMENT. WE HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING A DESIGN STUDY THIS YEAR TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT
ESSENTIALLY THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY PUMPS IN THE WATER SYSTEM IN CITY HALL, AND THE EXCHANGERS FEED OFF OF THOSE TWO PUMPS. WE HAVE A CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM IN CITY HALL. THE FEAR IF THIS WORK ISN'T COMPLETED IS THAT IT COULD LEAD TO FREEZING
WATER IN THE CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM. SO THE REQUEST FOR THIS WORK IS $600,000. AGAIN THAT WOULD BE SPLIT TO $300,000 FOR THE CITY. THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE
ELECTRICAL BUS -- REPLACEMENT. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR $75,000 TO START A DESIGN OF THIS WORK. WE HAVE BEEN REPLACING BUS DUCTS AS WE DO INSTALLATION IN THE BUILDING, AND WE BELIEVE WE
HAVE -- WELL WE HAVE FOUR BUS DUCTS REMAINING THAT NEED TO BE CARVED OUT TO GET TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT. THIS IS A VITAL PROJECT IN THE SENSE THAT JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO WE ACTUALLY DID HAVE A VERY SHORT POWER OUTAGE IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE
BUILDING ON THE SECOND FLOOR. WHICH WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE OUTDATED AGES OF OUR BUS DUCTS. SO THAT IS MBC19. THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE FIRE ALARM
SYSTEM REPLACEMENT PROJECT. WE ARE COMPLETING THE DESIGN FOR THIS WORK THIS YEAR AS WELL. I INCLUDED A PHOTO IN THE SLIDE OF THE DOT MATRIX PRINTERS TO REALLY ALERT EVERYONE TO THE AGE
OF THE CURRENT FIRE ALARM SYSTEM. IT'S A HONEYWELL SYSTEM. IT'S ABSOLUTELY FUNCTIONAL RIGHT NOW, BUT NOW IS THE TIME FOR A REPLACEMENT. THERE ARE TWO PANELS IN THIS SYSTEM. ONE PANEL SERVES THE ADULT DETENTION CENTER WHICH IS
IF THE BUILDING AND THEN THE OTHER SERVES THE CITY COURTHOUSE BUILDING. THIS IS A CURRENT REQUEST FOR $1 MILLION. AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE SP SPLIT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY. THOSE ARE THE FOUR RECOMMENDED
FUNDED PROJECTS. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. >> I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO THE NEXT PRESENTER. >> OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE BARBARA O'BRIEN, THE DIRECTOR OF
PROPERTY SERVICES. >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR CHUGHTAI AND COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS
BAR BARBARA O'BRIEN, AND I HAVE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. PROPERTY SERVICES IS A VITAL DIVISION WITHIN THE
FINANCE AND PROPERTY SERVICES DEPARTMENT. DEDICATED TO DELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL FACILITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR PROPERTIES THAT THE CITY OWNS, OPERATES AND LEASES. OUR DIVISION PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING CITY DEPARTMENTS
THROUGH A WIDE VARIETY OF INTERNAL SERVICES, INCLUDING SPACE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT, FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, SECURITY, FACILITY
FURNISHINGS, AND INITIATIVES FOR ENERGY REDUCTION AND SUSTAINABILITY, ALONG WITH CUSTODIAL SERVICES. OUR TEAM ACTIVELY OVERSEES AND MANAGES A PORTFOLIO OF 62 FACILITIES ENSURING THAT WE -- THE NEEDS OF
THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS ARE MET EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY. WITH OVER $2,250,000 SQUARE FEET OF VALUABLE SPACE UNDER OUR CARE, WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF
ABOUT 40 FOOTBALL FIELDS OR NEARLY ONE AND A HALF OF U.S. BANK STADIUMS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO OPTIMIZING THE ENVIRONMENT WHERE CITY FUNCTIONS THRIVE. PROPERTY SERVICES EMPLOYS
EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES THAT CAREFULLY CONSIDER BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, CONDUCT THOROUGH FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENTS, WE ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH BUILDING CODES AND ADHERE TO PLANNING AND ZONING REGULATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, WE ALIGN OUR
EFFORTS WITH INSIGHTS FROM THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT WHILE ADDRESSING SPACE AND STAFFING NEEDS FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS. THIS COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH GUARANTEES THAT OUR INITIATIVES ARE NOT ONLY EFFICIENT BUT ALSO MEET THE
HIGHEST STANDARDS FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY AND WELL-BEING. PROPERTY SERVICES MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND EQUITABLE WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES AND VISITORS TO OUR
FACILITIES. IN LINE WITH THAT MISSION, AND IN COLLABORATION WITH VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS, PROPERTIES IS SERVICES IS PROPOSING 11 PROJECTS AS PART OF THE 2025 THROUGH 2031 CAPITAL
PROGRAM. THESE PROJECTS AIM TO ENHANCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC WORKS, ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL, EARLY VOTING SERVICES, AND VARIOUS ESSENTIAL OFFICE FUNCTIONS THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION. BY
INVESTING IN THESE INITIATIVES, WE ARE NOT ONLY IMPROVING OUR FACILITIES, BUT ALSO EMPOWERING CITY EMPLOYEES TO DELIVER EXCEPTIONAL SERVICES TO THE
COMMUNITY. BEGINNING WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT, THERE ARE TWO CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY PROGRAMMED. FR11 IS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING FIRE STATION 11. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE A NEW FACILITIES THAT WILL -- FACILITY THAT WILL MEAD
THE DEPARTMENT'S -- MEET THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S OPERATIONAL NEEDS AND MAINTAIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S CAPABILITY TO MEET THE FIVE-MINUTES RESPONSE, FIVE MINUTE OR LESS RESPONSE TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION
STANDARDS. FR15 IS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ALERTING SYSTEM ACROSS THE ENTIRE FIRE STATION PORTFOLIO, WHICH IS 19 STATIONS. THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY IN DESIGN AND WILL PROVIDE A FASTER RESPONSE TIMES,
INCREASE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, AND PROVIDE ADJUSTABLE ZONING WITHIN THE FIRE STATIONS THAT WILL ALERT AND WILL IMPROVE FIREFIGHTER HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
MPD05 IS THE MAJOR RENOVATION OR REPLACEMENT AND POTENTIAL RELOCATION OF THE EXISTING MINNEAPOLIS POLICE FOURTH PRECINCT TO MEET THE CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND THE
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE EXISTING FACILITY SHOWN IN THE IMAGE ON YOUR SCREEN HAS SPACE SHORTCOMINGS AND INADEQUACIES THAT NO LONGER ALIGN WITH PUBLIC SAFETY GOALS
AND STANDARDS. INITIAL PREDESIGN STUDIES WILL RESULT IN DATA THAT WILL INFORM DECISIONS TO RELOCATE OR FULLY REPLACE, AND WE ANTICIPATE THIS WORK TO BEGIN IN 2026 WHEN FUNDING IS
MADE AVAILABLE. MPD07 PROVIDES FOR THE UPGRADE AND IMPROVEMENTS OF MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT FACILITIES. IN MARCH OF 2023 THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS APPROVED THE TERMS OF A COURT ORDERED
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH MDHR. AS PART OF THIS AGREEMENT, SEVERAL FACILITY ASSESSMENT STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED. THESE STUDIES IDENTIFIED FACILITY SHORTCOMINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS BASED ON BEST PRACTICES FOR
BETTER, SAFER WORK ENVIRONMENTS FOR MPD STAFF AND VISITORS, AND VISITING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. ADDITIONALLY TO THE SETTLEMENT IMPROVEMENT OR SET SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, MPD 07 PROVIDES FOR FACILITY
IMPROVEMENTS TARGETING STANDARDIZATION ACROSS MPD FACILITIES, ENSURING COMMON FUNCTIONALITY. PSD11 IS THE
ENERGY CONSERVATION AND EMISSIONS REDUCTION PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM WILL ACCELERATE PROGRESS IN ENERGY CONSERVATION AND EMISSION REDUCTION THROUGH STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS ACROSS THE
CITY'S 62 FACILITIES. THIS PROGRAM IS CRITICAL TO REACHING THE GOAL OF ACHIEVING NET ZERO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM ALL CITY OPERATIONS BY 2040. AS OUTLINED IN THE 2023 CLIMATE
EQUITY PLAN. THIS PROGRAM WOULD INCLUDE INTERDEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION AND WILL POSITION THE CITY TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE THROUGH CRITICALLY THINKING AND TAKING ACTIVE STEPS TO CONSERVE
AND REDUCE. PSD15 IS THE SECOND PHASE OF THE TRAFFIC MAINTENANCE FACILITY UPGRADES. PHASE 1 AS YOU MAY RECALL WAS COMPLETE IN 2015, AND THAT PROJECT HAD A FOCUS ON THE INTERIOR SPACES OF
THE FACILITY. PHASE 2 IS, WILL ADDRESS THE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ARE ORIGINAL TO THE FACILITY BUILT IN 1961 AND ADDED ON IN
1970. THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO INCLUDE CEILINGS AND LIGHTING, ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION, ROOFING, LIFE SAFETY, AND IT WILL ADDRESS THE ADA DEFICIENCIES WITHIN THE
FACILITY. THE CITY HALL RESTACK PROJECT ALSO KNOWN AS PSD20 IS A JOINT PROJECT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, AND THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING CONDITION. PHASES 1, 2, ARE COMPLETE AND
PHASE 3 IS NEARING COMPLETION. TO DATE ALL MAJOR CONSTRUCTION IS NEARING COMPLETION ON SCHEDULE AND WITHIN BUDGET. THIS PROJECT HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE TO RELINQUISH SEVERAL
LEASED SPACES AND WILL RESULT IN A MODERN COLLABORATIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR CITY EMPLOYEES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR OUR CITY. WE ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FINAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE UPCOMING
YEAR, AND THE NEW FUNCTIONALITY THAT CITY HALL WILL HAVE A PLANNING STUDY WAS CONDUCTED IN 2023 TO EXAMINE OPTIONS FOR
RECONFIGURATION, EXPANSION, OR A RELOCATION TO MEET CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS. ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL, PSD22, SEEKS THE RENOVATION OF EXISTING FACILITY TO ADDRESS CURRENT DEFICIENCIES
OF FUNCTIONAL SPACE WITH THE POTENTIAL TO ADD A SECONDARY LOCATION TO MEET THE PROGRAMMATIC NEEDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNMET. PSD23 PROPOSES
A NEW FACILITY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING AND WELLNESS. THIS FACILITY WILL BE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FOR PRE- EMPLOYMENT
CONTINUED EDUCATION IN SERVICE CLASSROOM AND COMPUTER TRAINING NEEDS IN ADDITION TO PHYSICAL WELLNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES. THE EXISTING FACILITY IS LEASED, IT'S LEASED SPACE THAT DOES NOT MEET TODAY'S
TRAINING AND WELLNESS NEEDS AND CANNOT BE ADAPTED OR EXPANDED. MOREOVER, IT IS SPACE THAT IS CODEICATED TO -- DEDICATED TO JUST A SINGLE SECTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY, EMPLOYEES, MPD ONLY.
THIS PROJECT WOULD BE INCLUSIVE OF ALL PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES. PSD26 IS A SECURITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM RELATED TO PHYSICAL
SECURITY EQUIPMENT SUCH AS CAMERAS, FENCING AND GATES, ACCESS CONTROL DEVICES. MOST OF THE PHYSICAL SECURITY SYSTEMS WERE INSTALLED IN 2012 THROUGH 2014, AND ARE NOW NEARING THE
END OF THEIR LIFE CYCLE. THIS PROJECT WILL SUPPORT THE MODERNIZATION OF EXISTING AGED EQUIPMENT AND MEET INCREASING SECURITY NEEDS ACROSS OUR BUILT PORTFOLIO OF 62 OWNED AND
OPERATED FACILITIES. FINALLY, PSD32 INVOLVES THE PLANNING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION OF A COMPLETE RENOVATION AND BUILD-OUT OF THE 3,000 MINNEHAHA SITE, FORMERLY KNOWN AS MPD
THIRD PRECINCT. THE RENOVATION WILL RESULT IN A MIXED USE FACILITY THAT WILL HOUSE THE CITY'S ELECTIONS AND VOTER SERVICES OPERATIONS, AND A COMMUNITY FOCUSED TENANT AND WILL BE KNOWN AS THE MINNEAPOLIS
DEMOCRACY CENTER. THIS PROJECT WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO RELINQUISH FROM THREE SEPARATE LEASES, LEASE SPACES AND CONSOLIDATE ELECTIONS AND VOTER SERVICES FUNCTIONS. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN REALLY CENTRAL THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT
FROM THE DECISIONS TO RELOCATE ELECTIONS AND VOTER SERVICES TO THIS BUILDING AS WELL AS ONGOING INPUT DURING DESIGN, WHICH BEGAN
IN MAY OF 2025. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS RELATED TO ANY OF THE 11 PROJECTS JUST PRESENTED. >> WONDERFUL. WE'LL NOW
CONTINUE TO THE MPRB SECTION AND THEN COME BACK FOR QUESTIONS AT THE END. >> FANTASTIC. THEN I WOULD BE HONORED TO INVITE ADAM ARVIDSON FROM MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND REC BOARD. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR.
>> THANK YOU. >> GREETINGS, CHAIR CHUGHTAI AND COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS ADAM ARVIDSON, AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PLANNING AT THE MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND RECREATION BOARD. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO
PRESENT TO YOU TODAY THE CAPITAL BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE PARK BOARD AS A PART OF THE OVERALL CITY PROCESS. SOME OF YOU HAVE MAYBE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE, BUT I ALWAYS LIKE TO START BY TALKING ABOUT HOW THE PARK BOARD DEVELOPS ITS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM. WE HAVE WHAT WAS AT THE TIME THE VERY FIRST IN THE NATION EMPIRICAL DATA DRIVEN EQUITY METRICS, WHICH DRIVE THE SELECTION OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT GO INTO THE CIP. WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THE PARK BOARD METRICS IS THAT WE DO LOOK AT
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ASSETS IN THOSE PARKS IN OUR DECISION MAKING, BUT ALSO CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COMMUNITY AROUND THOSE PARKS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MERGE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH THE NEEDS OF THE ACTU ACTUAL ASSET, AND WE HAVE SEVEN DIFFERENT METRICS THAT TOGETHER CREATE A SCORE FOR EACH PARK AND
THEN THOSE SCORES LEAD TO PARKS INCLUSION IN THE CIP. THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2017, SO WE'RE A LONG WAYINIZE TO IT. AND WE ARE AT A STAGE THAT I LIKE TO THINK OF AS PHASE
2 OF MPP20, WHICH IS THE BIG FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PARK BOARD FOR THESE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. PHASE 1 REALLY FOCUSED ON PARKS IN COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAD SEEN LOT OF HISTORIC DISINVESTMENT OR HAD BEEN SORT
OF MARGINALIZED WITHIN FUNDING STRUCTURES, AND THOSE PARKS WERE PRIMARILY CLUSTERED ON THE NORTH SIDE AND IN THE UPPER SOUTH. AND THAT WAS REALLY PHASE 1, AND A LOT OF THOSE PARKS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW OR WE'VE JUST SEEN RECENT PROJECTS ROLLING OUT. WHERE WE ARE AT THE MOMENT IS IN WHAT I LIKE TO THINK OF AS
PHASE 2, AND THESE ARE PARKS THATT ARE ACTUALLY SCATTERED ALL OVER THE CITY. YOU CAN SEE BY THE MAP THERE BEFORE YOU, AND THEY ARE WHAT COULD PROBABLY BE DESCRIBED AS PARKS THAT ARE KIND OF TIRED OR DECLINING. SO THAT'S WHY YOU DO SEE PARKS STILL IN SOME OF THOSE CORE
COMMUNITY NEED AREAS LIKE SAY STUART PARK OR EVEN CLEVELAND PARK. BUT YOU'RE ALSO STARTING TO SEE PARKS LIKE PERSHING AND KENNY OR BELTRAMI THAT MIGHT NOT BE IN THOSE HISTORICALLY SORT OF
DISENFRANCHISED NEIGHBORHOODS BUT WE DO HAVE ASSETS THERE IN THOSE PARKS THAT ARE REALLY STARTING TO DECLINE. SO THE COMMONALITY BETWEEN MOST OF THE PARKS THAT ARE IN THE CIP NOW IS THAT THOSE PARKS ARE NOT BEEN INVESTED IN FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME, AND WE HAVE
TIRED PLAYGROUNDS, TIRED BUILDINGS, TIRED ATHLETIC FIELDS, AND THE LIKE. THE OTHER BIG THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS ANOTHER KIND OF RETREAD FROM LAST YEAR, WHICH IS FUNDING THE NORTH COMMONS VISION. SO LAST YEAR I PRESENTED TO YOU THAT OUR
BOARD HAD TAKEN THE BOLD STEP TO ENSURE PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTING THIS LANDMARK RECREATION CENTER AND FIELD HOUSE ON THE NORTH SIDE. THIS WILL BE A FACILITY THAT WE HAVE NOT EVER HAD IN THE CITY IN TERMS OF A MAJOR INDOOR FIELDHOUSE AND RECREATION SPACE.
SO WE DEDICATED ALL OF THE 2026 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT DOLLARS TO THE NORTH COMMONS PROJECT. THAT WAS MOVED, APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS LAST YEAR. IT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU JUST ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN I STOOD HERE.
AND THEN WE DID SUBMIT THAT THROUGH THE CITY'S CBR AND CLIC PROCESS TO GO FORWARD. SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THE 2026 YEAR OF THE CIP IS PRETTY MUCH EXCLUSIVELY NORTH COMMONS, AND THEN THE REHABILITATION FUNDS THAT WE NORMALLY DO. THIS PROJECT IS ACTUALLY CURRENTLY
UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IT'S PRETTY EXCITING. THERE'S A LOT OF BIG PILES OF DIRT OVER THERE AT NORTH COMMONS, AND WE ARE EXPECTING TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF OR TWO, AND THEN OPEN THAT PROJECT TO THE PUBLIC. WE ARE STILL SEEKING SOME ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING TO ASSIST WITH THAT PROJECT THAT
WILL BE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE WATER PARK PORTION OF IT. AND DOWN BELOW YOU ASK SEE THERE IS A LOT OF -- YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE LOT OF DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES IN THIS PACKAGE, INCLUDING FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL DOLLARS. SO THE MAIN CORE OF OUR SIX-YEAR CIP IS ALWAYS
DIVIDED INTO KIND OF TWO TYPES OF PROJECTS. WE DO HAVE OUR KIND OF LARGE ONGOING PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS. THESE HAPPEN AT IN THE CURRENT SIX-YEAR CIP IN ABOUT 37 PARKS OR MORE. AND THERE IS REALLY FOUR DIFFERENT PROJECT AREAS. THE PARKS CP,
WHICH IS THE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, THESE ARE EQUITY METRICS SELECTED PROJECTS IN SPECIFIC PARKS WHERE THE INITIAL, WHERE THE MAIN, THE OVERALL INVESTMENT IN THESE PARKS IS LESS THAN A MILLION DOLLARS. SO THESE ARE SOME OF OUR SMALLER PARKS. AND WE'RE
LOOKING AT 22 OF THOSE DIFFERENT PARKS IN THE SIX-YEAR CIP. THE GOAL HERE IS REALLY TO ENHANCE RECREATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALSO TRANSFORM THOSE PARKS BASES ON THE COMMUNITY VISIONS THAT'S CREATED OVER ABOUT A SIX-YEAR PERIOD TO TRY TO BRING OUR PARK
SYSTEM UP TO CURRENT STATE OF THE ART. THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK REHABILITATION PROGRAM OR PARK RP IS INVESTING ABOUT $26 MILLION ACROSS THAT SIX-YEAR WINDOW, AND THESE ARE PROJECTS WHERE WE'RE JUST TAKING CARE OF SOME OF THE FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS OUR
SYSTEM. EVERYTHING FROM HVAC SYSTEMS IN OUR BUILDINGS TO TRAILS, TO ATHLETIC FIELDS AND DIAMONDS TO THE BENCHES AND DRINKING FOUNTERS THAT ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT OUR SYSTEM. THESE ARE NOT PARK SPECIFIC. THE MONEY REALLY GOES WHERE THE IMMEDIATE NEED IS. WE ALSO HAVE AN ONGOING PLAYGROUND SPECIFIC
PROJECT THAT WILL INVEST $8 MILLION AT 16 PARKS ACROSS 16 YEARS. INTERESTINGLY, I JUST RECENTLY PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS THAT IN 2031, WHICH IS THE OUTMOST YEAR OF THE CIP, WE WILL ACTUALLY BE COMPLETELY CAUGHT UP WITH OUR PLAYGROUND PROGRAM IN TERMS OF
BEING ABLE TO REPLACE PLAYGROUNDS RIGHT AT THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE AND NOT BEYOND. SO THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE IN GETTING US CAUGHT UP ON THE TYPE OF FACILITY THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST USED AND ALSO IS POTENTIALLY THE GREATEST RISK IN TERMS OF SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY TO OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT USE THEM. SO THE PLAYGROUND AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM HAS BEEN VVERY SUCCESSFUL. AND THEN WE HAVE ATHLETIC FIELDS AND SITE. MACOMIS ATHLETIC FIELDS, VERY LARGE ATHLETIC COMPLEX IN SERIOUS NEED OF RENOVATION. WE
ALSO HAVE SINGLE PARK PROJECTS AT 20 DIFFERENT PARKS IN THIS CASE ACROSS THE CIP. THE SIX-YEAR CIP. THESE ARE PROJECTS AGAIN THAT ARE EQUITY SELECTED, AND HAVE BUDGETS OF OVER A MILLION DOLLARS. THAT BREAKDOWN BETWEEN A MILLION AND UNDER A MILLION IS THAT WE HAVE A KIND OF A UNIFORMATIZED
INVESTMENT IN A PARK BASED ON THE SIZE OF THAT PARK AND THE AMOUNT OF ASSETS IN IT. SO THOSE PARKS THAT HAVE MORE THAT ARE LARGER, END UP IN THIS CATEGORY, AND YOU CAN SEE THE LIST OF PROJECTS THERE. THEY'RE SCATTERED AS I MENTIONED EARLIER KIND OF ALL ACROSS THE CITY.
THOSE PROJECTS GO INTO OUR CIP WITH A FAIRLY GENERAL DESCRIPTION CALLED PLAN IMPLEMENTATION. WE DO HAVE LONG RANGE PLANS FOR ADOPTED FOR EVERY SINGLE PARK. BUT WHAT WE DO WHEN WE START A PROJECT IS WE ACTUALLY CONSULT WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD BE BUILDING WITH THE ALLOCATED
DOLLARS IN THAT PARTICULAR PHASE. SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY PREDETERMINE WHAT THE NEED IS. WE DO COMMUNITY CONSULTATION OR SOMETIMES WE CALL THAT PARTICIPATORY PROJECT SCOPING. SO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AROUND THAT PARK GET TO HAVE A SAY IN HOW THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS SCOPED AND WHAT WE DO DESIGN.
SO WE KEEP THAT GENERAL, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S FIVE YEARS DOWN THE LINE. SO HERE'S THE GRID OF DOLLARS. YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE 2026 YEAR THERE'S A LOT OF ZEROS, EXCEPT FOR THAT NORTH COMMONS, THE PARK 36. I DO WANT
TO NOTE MOST IMPORTANTLY ON THE NEXT SLIDE THAT WRIER ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE CITY PROCESS TYPICALLY SO WE DO NOT HAVE A 2031CIP ADOPTED YET. THAT WILL HAPPEN IN ANOTHER MONTH AND A HALF. SO WHEN I SUBMIT THE CBRs THROUGH THE
CITY PROCESS AND THAT GET REVIEWED BY CLIC, THAT NUMBER IN THE BIG RED BOX IS SORT OF A A BIG NUMBER THAT'S A BIT OF PLACEHOLDER. AND THEN INVERY NEXT YEAR, WE KIND OF FLOW THAT INTO SPECIFIC PARK PROJECTS. AT THIS TIME I DON'T KNOW WHAT SPECIFIC PARK PROJECTS ARE
GOING TO HAPPEN IN 2031, SO WE PLACE THAT INTO THE PARK CP, AND THEN THAT GETS REVISED IMMEDIATELY THE FOLLOWING YEAR. SO WE STILL STAY ABOUT FIVE YEARS AHEAD, BUT JUST NOT SIX. AND I THINK AS I'M CONCLUDING HERE, I DO WANT TO JUST MAKE A
PLUG FOR AN ONLINE INTERACTIVE TOOL THAT WE DO HAVE THAT WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE CITY. THE TRUE CIP IS AN INTERACTIVE ONLINE TOOL THAT'S SHOWS ALL THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT SINCE 2017, WHICH IS THE BEGINNING OF THE
NP20 FUNDING AGREEMENT. IT'S BOTH REGIONAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE UPDATE THAT REGULARLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IF WE RECEIVE A BIG CAPITAL GRANT, IT GOES INTO THE TRUE CIP. IF OUR BOARD MAKES AN ADJUSTMENT MIDYEAR THAT GOES
INTO THE TRUE CIP. . SO YOU CAN GET TO THAT AT MINNEAPOLIS PARKS.ORG/BUDGET AND CLICK ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN TAB AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE AND FILTER AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING, PLAN TO HAPPEN OR
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN YOUR WARDS AND DISTRICTS SINCE 2017. AND WITH THAT, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT TAKING QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. I SHOULD INTRODUCE THE NEXT SPEAKER. EXCELLENT. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> I'M GOING TO, IT'S MY PLEASURE THEN TO PASS IT ALONG TO KATHLEEN MAYELL FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS KATHLEEN MAYELL, I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, PLANNING, AND PROGRAMMING FOR PUBLIC WORKS. AND I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY ON BEHALF
OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND A NOTE OF THANKS TO LIAM WHITE AND THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR HELP IN PREPARING THIS PRESENTATION. AS AN OVERVIEW, PUBLIC WORKS CONTINUES TO INVEST IN OUR A AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND
EQUIPMENT WHILE MANAGING BOND CAPACITY AND MANAGING CUSTOMER RATES. WE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE COST PRESSURE FOR CRITICAL COMPONENTS ACROSS ALL DIVISIONS. RECENT EXAMPLES INCLUDE STEEL FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND CHEMICALS FOR WATER TREATMENT. THE TRANSPORTATION
PROGRAM BALANCES FUNDING ACROSS COMPETING PRIORITIES, GUIDED BY OUR PLANS AND POLICIES INCLUDING THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN, THE RACIAL EQUITY FRAMEWORK FOR TRANSPORTATION, VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN, OUR 20-YEAR STREETS FUNDING PLAN AND THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN FOR PUBLIC WORKS. EVERY EFFORT IS MADE TO
LEVERAGE OUTSIDE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND INCREASE WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WITH OUR PROGRAM IN OUR LOCAL FUNDING. HISTORICALLY, THE CITY HAS BEEN VERY 6 SUCCESSFUL IN FEDERAL FUNDING GRANTS LOCALLY AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO SEEKING OUT ADDITIONAL SOURCES THROUGH
COMPETITIVE NATIONWIDE PROCESSES. COUNTY LED TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS ARE ALSO ADVANCING WITH THE SUPPORT OF FEDERAL AND STATE DOLLARS. PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDED CAPITAL BUDGET IS INFLUENCED DIRECTLY BY THE INCOMES MINNEAPOLIS METRICS WHICH ARE SOURCED FROM A VARIETY
OF PLANS AND POLICY DOCUMENTS. AS LIAM MENTIONED, THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE PROJECTS IN THE CIP BEING PRESENTED ON TODAY IS A CONTINUOUS CYCLE, AND THESE PROJECTS HAVE UNDERGONE MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF REVISION INCLUDING FROM THE CL CL IC COMMITTEE.
THE PUBLIC WORKS CIP PROJECTS ACROSS TRANSPORTATION, WATER, AND UTILITY PROJECTS. THE FUNDS THAT CONSTITUTE THESE PROGRAMS FROM LEVY FUNDED DEBT, FROM PROPERTY TAXES, GENERAL FUND TRANSFER AS DESCRIBED IN THE 20-YEAR STREETS FUNDING PLAN ORDINANCE TO ADDRESS ONGOING ASSET MANAGEMENT NEEDS,
MUNICIPAL STATE AID FUNDS, WHICH FUND HIGHER VOLUME ARTERIAL STREETS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, VIA FUNDS COLLECTED AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND DISTRIBUTED BY FORMULA TO THE CITY. ASSESSMENTS ARE FUNDS THAT COME FROM BENEFITING PROPERTY OWNERS AT A UNIFORM RATE. GRANTS FROM
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, STATE GOVERNMENTS, OR OTHER SOURCES, AND ENTERPRISE FEES AND BONDS USED TO FINANCE SELF-SUPPORTING UTILITIES FOR WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS. THIS PRESENTATION GOES THROUGH ALL THE PROJECT TYPES SHOWN ON THE SLIDE. FIRST WITH TABLES SHOWING THE CAPITAL
PROJECTS FOR EACH AREA, FOLLOWED BY HIGHLIGHTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THIS SLIDE TO BEGIN WITH SHOWS JUST A PORTION OF THE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS IN OUR PAVING PROGRAM. NOTE THAT PAVING HERE IS LOOSE AND ENCOMPASSES PROGRAMS AND
PROJECTS THAT ADVANCE TRANSPORTATION POLICIES AND INITIATIVES AROUND MODAL GOALS SUCH AS OUR ADA RAMP REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. OF PARTICULAR NOTE HERE IS THE PVO74 COOPERATIVE PROGRAM WHERE WE CONTRIBUTE LOCAL FUNDS TOWARDS THE SUCK ESOF PROJECTS BEING LED BY M
METRO TRANSIT, HENNEPIN COUNTY AND MNDOT. NOTABLE PROJECTS FROM OUR PARTNERS IS FRANKLIN AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION THAT WILL START CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR AND MNDOT'S UNIVERSITY AVENUE NORTHEAST RECONSTRUCTION, THAT WILL BEGIN WORK IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS. THIS SLIDE
SHOWS MORE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS IN OUR PAVING PROGRAM, INCLUDING SOME OF OUR MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS LIKE FIRST AVENUE NORTH DOWNTOWN, AND 35th AND 36th STREETS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE REST OF THE PROGRAMS, AND
PROJECTS IN OUR PAVING PROGRAM. ON AVERAGE, THE PAVING PROGRAM IS VALUED AT ABOUT $91 MILLION EACH YEAR, AND ENCOMPASSES $36.8 MILLION IN FEDERAL GRANTS FOR THE YEARS '26 THROUGH '29.
WE ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO LEVERAGE ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDS FOR LATER YEARS IN THE CIP. FUNDING IN THIS AREA MAINTAINS A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR ON CITY STREETS BY INVESTING IN NECESSARY RECONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, AND REPAIR PROJECTS. THE 20-YEAR STREETS
FUNDING PLAN CONTINUES TO GUIDE OUR APPROACH TO PROGRAMMING ACROSS TRANSPORTATION DIVISIONS. IT WAS UPDATED EARLIER THIS YEAR TO INCORPORATE THE USE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION EQUITY PRIORITY SCORES AND OTHER UPDATED DATA POINTS TO INFORM THE CIP. THE
PLAN INCLUDES A CRITERIA BASED SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMING THAT BALANCES TRADITIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT WITH EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS. ASSET CONDITION CONSIDERS THE CONDITION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, SAFETY DATA, AND UTILITY NEEDS. EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS CONSIDERS VARIOUS
RACE AND INCOME INFORMATION AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND OTHER DATA LIKE VEHICLE AVAILABILITY. OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLE FOR PAVING IS THE RIGHT FIX AT THE RIGHT TIME. STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AND REHABILITATION CAN EXTEND THE USEFUL LIFE OF OUR STREET
INFRASTRUCTURE, MAXIMIZING THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY'S INVESTMENT, AND POSTPONING MORE COSTLY STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OFFER OUR GREATEST OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE DESIGN AND FUNCTION OF OUR STREETS TO BETTER ADDRESS CURRENT USES AND
NEEDS AND TO ADVANCE OUR GOALS AROUND SAFETY, EQUITY, CLIMATE, AND MODE SHIFT. EACH YEAR, PUBLIC WORKS IS PROVIDED PROGRAMMING BONDING TARGETS FROM FINANCE. PER THE 20-YEAR STREETS FUNDING PLAN, PUBLIC WORKS MUST PROGRAM A GUARANTEED
MINIMUM AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR CITY STREET CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT. TARGETS FOR THE PAVING PROGRAM IS A SUMMATION OF THE BASE NET DEBT BOND FUNDING LEVEL, PLUS THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING PROVIDED IN THE 20-YEAR STREETS FUNDING PLAN. THE BASE NET DEBT BOND
FUNDING LEVEL IS DEFINED AS $10 MILLION, AND THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS THE 20 FROM THE 20-YEAR STREETS FUNDING PLAN ORDINANCE IS DEFINED AS $21.2 MILLION PLUS INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THAT EFFORT. EACH YEAR PUBLIC WORKS HAS PROGRAMMED THE
FULL AMOUNT OF FUNDING AS REQUIRED PER THE 20-YEAR STREETS FUNDING PLAN ORDINANCE, IN 2024, AND 2025, SPENDING AND PAVING PROGRAMS WERE JUST UNDER TARGET AS MONEY WENT TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAT ARE NOT REPRESENTED IN THE CHART, WHICH FOCUSES ON THE PAVING
PROJECTS, SUCH AS BRIDGE, SIGNAL AND INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. THESE PROJECTS INCLUDE NEEDED PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS BUMPOUTS, UPGRADED RAMPS, AND PROTECTED BIKEWAY INFRASTRUCTURE. THESE IMAGES
ILLUSTRATE SOME OF OUR RECENT CITY LED AND COOPERATIVE PROJECTS, INCLUDING HENNEPIN AVENUE, A COORDINATED TRANSIT PRIORITY PROJECT WITH METRO TRANSIT, AND THE FOURTH STREET SOUTHEAST BIKEWAY PROJECT. MANY
OF THE TARGETED PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE PROGRAMS LIVE WITHIN THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION VISION ZERO AND SIDEWALK FUNDED PROJECTS IN THE CIP. THIS FUNDING IMPROVES AND EXPANDS PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE NETWORKS OUTSIDE OF STREET RECONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS TO PROVIDE SAFE, CONVENIENT, AND COMFORTABLE MOACT OPTION -- MOBILITY OPTIONS T. INCLUDES MAJOR TRAIL MAINTENANCE PROTECTED BIKEWAYS, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, AND SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAMS.
THESE PROGRAMS UTILIZE PROVEN AND EFFECTIVE QUICK BUILD SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO RAPIDLY REDUCE CRASHES ON OUR STREETS IN SUPPORT OF OUR VISION ZERO GOALS OF ZERO TRAFFIC DEATHS AND SEVERE INJURIES BY 2027. THE VISION ZERO PROGRAM SHOWS THE
SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION OF THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT, INCLUDING MNDOT'S PROVISION OF THE LOCAL MATCH. THE LAST TWO ROWS SHOW SIDEWALK SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING. AN AVERAGE OF JUST UNDER $23 MILLION IS AVAILABLE
ANNUALLY FOR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE IMPROVEMENTS. THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT AND THE MNDOT LOCAL MATCH INCREASES THIS FROM HISTORIC AVERAGES. THE GOAL OF THESE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IS TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE NETWORKS OUTSIDE OF
THOSE STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. OUR TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN MODAL NETWORKS, THE VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN AND OTHER POLICY DOCUMENTS SUPPORT THE IM. >> AARON HUSSEIN: LMATION OF THESE LOW -- IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE LOW COST, HIGH BENEFIT
PROJECTS. THE OPERATIONS OF OUR TRAFFIC AND LIGHTING GROUPS ARE REFLECTED IN THIS TABLE. THEY ARE SORTED BY PROJECT AREA NESTLED WITHIN THESE CATEGORIES. ON AVERAGE, $14 MILLION IS
ALLOCATED EACH YEAR FOR TRAFFIC AND STREET LIGHTING WORK. TRAFFIC AND LIGHTING PROGRAMS MAINTAIN A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL INFRASTRUCTURE. THESE INVESTMENTS ENHANCE MOBILITY FOR ALL MODES AND IMPROVE SAFETY. THIS INCLUDES UPGRADED TRAFFIC
SIGNALS AND STATE LIGHTING AND RETROREFLECTIVE SIGNAGE. THIS YEAR WE ARE PROPOSING TO CAPITALIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM. THIS HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN FUNDED OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND BUT IT'S HERE PROPOSED AS PART OF TR022 AT $500,000. STARTING WITH NEXT
YEAR'S CIP, THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM WILL BE SHOWN AS AN INDIVIDUAL ONGOING PROGRAM. THE NEIGHBORED TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM -- NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM IS VERY POPULAR AND IT ALSO COMPLEMENTS THE WORK ALREADY BEING DONE IN OUR VISION ZERO WORK. THESE
FUNDS DIRECTLY RELATE TO REQUESTS FROM COMMUNITIES AND ALLOW US TO RESPOND TO OBSERVE CONCERNS. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL TO OUR DATA DRIVEN WORK WE DO TO IMPROVE SAFETY, INCLUDING NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY THROUGH OUR VISION ZERO PROGRAM, THE ADA RAMP IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AND BICYCLE RELATED
PROGRAM FUNDING. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE UPCOMING PROJECTS ON CITY MAINTAINED BRIDGES. BR101 IS USED FOR SMALLER REPAIRS ANNUALLY. BRIDGES OVER THE MID20U7B GREENWAY ARE BEING
ADVANCED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HENNEPIN COUNTY RAILROAD AUTHORITY BY LEVERAGING FEDERAL BRIDGE FUNDING ADMINISTERED BY MNDOT. BRIDGES ARE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. THE BRIDGE GROUP
MAINTAINS A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR, PRIMARILY THROUGH THE REPAIR AND REHABILITATION OF EXISTING BRIDGES USING AN ASSET MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK. CURRENTLY THIS AVERAGES AT $20 MILLION PER YEAR THOUGH THIS AVERAGE IS HIGH DUE TO THE NICOLLET BRIDGE
OVEOVER MINNEHAHA CREEK. THE FLEET DIVISION HAS ONGONE CAPITAL NEEDS REFLECTED IN THIS TABLE. INFLEET DIVISION USED CAPITAL DOLLARS TO PURCHASE, MAINTAIN, AND REPLACE EXISTING
ASSETS. THIS INCLUDES NONPUBLIC FACING EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE POWER TO CITY VEHICLES THAT ARE OPERATED BY CITY EMPLOYEES PROVIDING SERVICES TO MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS. THESE INVESTMENTS ADVANCE THE CITY'S CLIMATE GOALS AS STATED IN THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN BY
REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION WHILE RESPONDING TO RESIDENT NEEDS AND ARE REFLECTIVE OF TRENDS AND NEEDS ACROSS THE AREA. FLT01 INCLUDES THE INSTALLATION OF SMART DEDICATED EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. WHAT MAKES THIS INFRASTRUCTURE
SMART IS THAT IT'S CONNECTED VIA SAIL NETWORK AND WE ARE ABLE TO MANAGE AND MONITOR USE, ENERGY COMPSONTION, AND CHARGER SCISSIONS. LOCATIONS PLANNED FOR INSTALLATION IN 2026 INCLUDE THREE POLICE PRECINCTS AND ADDING ADDITIONAL CHARGERS AT THE HIAWATHA MAINTENANCE AND SOLID WASTE FACILITIES WITH A
RA RATIO OF 3 TO 1 CHARGERS FOR -- SORRY, WITH A RATIO OF ONE CHARGER FOR EVERY THREE EVs, 50 TO 70 LEVEL 2 CHARGERS WILL BE ADDED EACH YEAR OVER THE NEXT 6 YEARS. FLT02 IS TO
REPLACE SHOP EQUIPMENT. IN 2025 WE REPLACED THREE IN-GROUND VEHICLE HOISTS, AIR CONDITIONER REFRIG LNT AND CHARGING MACHINES. WE WILL BE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL HOIST AT THE CURRY FACILITY ALONG WITH ONE HEAVY DUTY TIRE CHANGER. THE VEHICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROGRAM, F
LT03 FUNDS A MOTOR POOL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE TOTALING NUMBER OF VEHICLES AND REDUCE VEHICLE USAGE WHILE ENSURING CITY VEHICLES ARE AVAILABLE FOR CITY BUSINESS. LAUNCH MOBILITY WAS SELECTED AS THE VENDOR AS THEY OFFER A DIGITAL PLATFORM ARE RESERVING VEHICLES AND ARE
THE ONLY VENDOR ON THE MARKET THAT OFFER KEYLESS SOLUTION SO USERS WILL BE ABLE TO UNLOCK AND PRESERVE VEHICLES VIA SMART PHONE WITHOUT A KEY. IN 2026 WE ARE ALSO PURCHASING NEEDED EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE WITH THE FOLLOWING YEARS BEING MOVED FROM THE CAPITAL TO OPERATIONAL
BUDGET. THE PICTURES ON THE LEFT SHOWS ONE OF OUR LEVEL 3 CHARGING STATIONS. WE WILL BE ADDING FIVE MORE OF THESE IN 2026. IN THE CENTER IS ONE OF OUR 71 LEVEL 2 CHARGING STATIONS. THE TOP PICTURE AT RIGHT IS A TIRE CHARGER. --
SORRY, TIRE CHANGER, AND THEN THE BOTTOM PICTURE IS ONE OF OUR 12 PORTABLE LIFTS. THE PARKING FUNDED PROJECTS IN PK004 FUND UPGRADES TO THE 12 OFF-STREET
PARKING RAMP STRUCTURES THE CITY OWNS. UP TO 5 MILLION ANNUALLY IS USED TO FUND PROJECTS THAT KEEP THE PARKING RAMPS IN A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR. RECENT PROJECTS INCLUDE UPGRADED EXIT SYSTEMS AT HAWTHORNE AND OFF
RAMPS AS SHOWN IN THE PICTURES. WE ALSO REGULARLY INNOVATE OUR PARKING SYSTEMS TO ENSURE RELIABILITY IN GOOD CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. WITH THINGS LIKE ELEVATOR MODERNIZATION AND NEW HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING
SYSTEMS FOR THE RAMP LOBBIES. PHLAR TO THE PARKING -- SIMILAR TO THE PARKING PROGRAM, SANITARY PROGRAMS WORK TO MAINTAIN A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. THESE INVESTMENTS PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE EXISTING NETWORK, INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 840 MILES OF
UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE AND 12 LIFT STATIONS. AGING INFRASTRUCTURE IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY DRIVERS OF THE CAPITAL PROGRAM FOR THE SURFACE WATER AND SEWER DIVISION. THE DIVISION USES AN ASSET MANAGEMENT APPROACH TO COMBINE INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITION DATA WITH A LIKELIHOOD AND CONSEQUENCE OF FAILURE TO
ESTABLISH AND PRIORITIZE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO ENSURE CONTINUED SUCCESS OF THE SANITARY AND STORMWATER SYSTEMS. THE TUNNEL AND SEWER REHAB PROGRAM IS USED TO REHAB AND RECONSTRUCT OUR SANITARY SYSTEM. WORK PERFORMED UNDER THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES THE REPLACEMENT OF LIFT STATION
COMPONENTS, REHABILITATION AND/OR REPLACEMENT OF CRACKED OR FAILED PIPES, AND PIPE SEGMENTS, REMOVAL OF STRUCTURAL FLOW RESTRICTIONS AND MAINTENANCE HOLE REPAIRS OR REPLACEMENTS. THIS PROGRAM COVERS THE SANITARY SYSTEM REHABILITATION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WORK ASSOCIATED
WITH ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WHICH IS BUDGETED UNDER A SEPARATE PROGRAM. CONDITION ASSESSMENT DATA IS UTILIZED TO IDENTIFY THE HIGH PRIORITY AREAS WHERE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED AND MADE. THE INFLOW AND
INFILTRATION PROGRAM . THE REMOVAL OF I&I FROM OUR SYSTEM HELPS US MEET THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL'S ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CAPACITY GOALS, MINIMIZES RICK -- RICK OF COMBINED SEWER
OVERFLOW EVENTS AND REDUCES THE OVERALL VOLUME OF WASTEWATER SENT TO THE WATER TREATMENT PLAN. IN TURN, IMPACTS MINNEAPOLIS UTILITY RATES.
INPAVING PROGRAM IS UTILIZED TO FUND SANITARY SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS DRIVEN BY TRANSPORTATION REHABILITATION PROJECTS. THIS PROGRAM WILL MAXIMIZE CITYWIDE INVESTMENTS BY ALIGNING SEWER REHAB PROJECTS WITH STREET RECONSTRUCTION OR RESURFACING PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND FINALLY, SA99R IS A PROGRAM
THAT ALLOWS SURFACE WATER SEWER TO RESPOND TO REQUESTS TO PERFORM SANITARY WORK FOR OTHERS. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES A FINANCIAL COST CENTER TO ACCUM YULT CHARGES UNTIL THE TIME OF REIMBURSEMENT WITHOUT FINALLY IMPACTING OTHER PROGRAMS THAT THE DIVISION IS PERFORMING. THIS PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY
REVENUE FUNDS. NEARLY 50% OF THE SANITARY MAINS ARE OVER 100 YEARS OLD IN THE CITY AND 80% ARE 80 YEARS AND OLDER. THE SANITARY SYSTEM IS CRITICAL FOR PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENSURING PUBLIC HEALTH IS MET IN OUR REGION THROUGH THE
COLLECTION AND CONVEYANCE OF WASTEWATER TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. THE DIVISION MAINTAINS 840 MILES OF PIPES AND 12 LIFT STATIONS, CONDITION AND RISK DATA ARE UTILIZED IN PRIORITIZING PROJECTS TO ENSURE THE CONTINUOUS OPERATION OF OUR
SYSTEM. VARIOUS REHAB AND REPLACEMENT TECHNIQUES ARE UTILIZED, INCLUDING PIPELINING, OPEN TRENCH EXCAVATION, AND TRENCHLESS TECHNIQUES. SIMILAR TO THE SANITARY WORK, STORMWATER PROGRAMS WORK TO COLLECT AND CONVEY STORMWATER TO MEET
REGULATIONS, PREVENT NEGATIVE IMPACTS, AND IMPROVE WATER QUALITY. SW004, EPA STORMWATER REGULATIONS PROVIDES FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY'S CLEAN WATER ACT PERMIT, WHICH REGULATES HOW WE MANAGE STORMWATER AND PROTECT
OUR LAYS, CREEKS -- LAKES, CREEKS AND THE RIVER. THE PURPOSE OF THE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS TO REMOVE CLEAR WATER FROM THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM. THIS PROGRAM COMPLEMENTS ONGOING
INFLOW AND INFILTRATION WORK. SW001 IS THE STORM DRAIN PROGRAM. OUR SYSTEM IS COMPRISED OF 566 MILES OF STORMWATER PIPING, 24 PUMPING
STATIONS, 16 MILES OF DEEP DRAINAGE TUNNELS, OVER 400 OUTFALLS, AND 12 HOLDING PONDS. THIS PROGRAM FUNDS REPAIR AND REHABILITATION ACTIVITIES ON THE STORM SYSTEM TO MAINTAIN SERVICE AND MINIMIZE RISKS. PROGRAM
SW039 FUNDS OUR CITYWIDE FLOOD MITIGATION PROGRAM. THE PLANNING FOR THIS PROGRAM IS INFORMED BY HYDRAULIC MODELING OF THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM. THIS HAS BEEN A BASIS FOR IDENTIFYING AND PRIORITIZING PROBLEM AREAS THROUGH MAPPING AND ALSO FOR EVALUATING OPTIONS FOR MITIGATING ONGOING FLOODING
PROBLEMS THAT OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE CITY DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS. SWPDR ESTABLISHES THE ANNUAL FUNDING, SIMILAR TO THE SANITARY ABOVE, TO PERFORM DATA DRIVEN REPAIR AND REHAB TEA ACTIVITIES AS NEEDED TO THE STORM SEWER SYSTEM IN
COORDINATION WITH CAPITAL PAVING PROJECTS. THE PROGRAM WILL MAXIMIZE CITYWIDE INVESTMENTS BY ALIGNING STORMWATER PROJECTS WITH RECONSTRUCTION OR RESURFACING PROJECTS. SW99R ALLOWS SEWER WATER TO PERFORM REQUESTS TO PERFORM SANITARY WORK FOR OTHERS SIMILAR TO AS DESCRIBED FOR THE
SANITARY PROGRAM. AND WALY IS A PROGRAM FOR MAINTAINING THE STORM DRAIN SYSTE SYS SYSTEMS AND ALLEYS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE STORMWATER SYSTEM CONSISTS OF ABOUT 560 MILES OF PIPES, 23 PUMP STATIONS, AND OVER 1500 STORMWATER BEST
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. THE MAJORITY OF STORM MAINS ARE AT LEAST 50 YEARS OLD. THE STORMWATER SYSTEM COLLECTS, TRANSMITS AND ROUTES SURFACE WATER RUNOFF INTO SEVERAL SURFACE WATER BODIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. STORMWATER TREATMENT IS PROVIDED WHERE FEASIBLE TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY PRIOR TO DISCHARGE.
THE STORMWATER SYSTEM IS CRITICAL FOR FLOOD MITIGATION AND ENSURING WATER QUALITY IN OUR REGIONAL SURFACE WATER SYSTEM. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT IS REQUIRED TO MEET THE CLEAN WATER ACT PERMIT AND CITY ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS. THE
SURFACE WATER SEWER TEAMS ENSURES THESE REGULATIONS ARE MET THROUGH THE CAPITAL PROGRAM. THE STORMWATER AND SANITARY CAPITAL PROGRAMS ARE CRITICAL FOR ENSURING THE CONTINUOUS OPERATION OF THE STORMWATER AND SANITARY SYSTEMS, AND TO PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH, PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, AND SUPPORT A THRIVING COMMUNITY. THESE SYSTEMS TOGETHER ARE VAST,
INCLUDING OVER 1400 MILES OF UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE AND 36 PUMP AND LIFT STATIONS. THESE CAPITAL PROGRAMS HELP TO ENSURE THE $48 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY ARE CONVEYED TO A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR CLEAN WATER ACT PERMIT IS ACHIEVED. AND TO
END WITH, WATER. AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, OPERATING REVENUES MUST BE SUFFICIENT TO COVER OUR OPERATING COSTS AND A WELL PLANNED CAPITAL PROGRAM. WHEN MAKING RECOMMENDATION FOR WATER RATES, WATER STAFF ENSURE
BEST VALUE WATER SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO ALL MINNEAPOLIS CUSTOMERS AND THE FUNDS FINANCES ARE MANAGED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF CURRENT AND FUTURE CUSTOMERS. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE WATER TREATMENT AND DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE IS APPROXIMATELY $2 BILLION. A 20 TO $30 MILLION
ANNUAL CAPITAL PROGRAM RESULTS IN AN OVERALL RENEWAL INTERVAL OF 65 TO 100 YEARS, WHICH IS A RECOGNIZED STANDARD FOR A LONG LIVED ASSET OF THIS TYPE. ASSETS ARE MANAGED TO MINIMIZE LIFE CYCLE COSTS, AT AN
ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF RISK WHILE DELIVERING ESTABLISHED LEVELS OF SERVICE. WATER'S CAPITAL PROGRAM IS SPLIT AMONGST SEVEN PROJECTS IMPROVING TREATMENT AND PUMPING INFRASTRUCTURE. THREE PROJECTS IN DISTRIBUTION AND METERING AND THREE FACILITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS TO MODERNIZE SPACES WHERE OUR
EMPLOYEES WORK. THE REIMBURSABLE PROJECT WTR9R IS AN ANNUAL PASSTHROUGH APPROPRIATION TO THE PERFORM WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS REQUESTED BY OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR DEVELOPMENT, RENOVATIONS, AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. THE WATER
FUND IS A REIMBURSED UPON COMPLETION. IN SEPTEMBER OUR TAP WATER WON THE BEST IN TAP AWARD AT THE MINNESOTA PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION FOR THE SECOND
TIME IN RECENT YEARS. THIS IS A TESTIMONY MADE TO THE INVESTMENTS MADE IN DRINKING WATER AND THE DRINKING WATER TREATMENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO OUR STAFF OPERATING AND MAINTAINING THESE FACILITIES. THAT IS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION ON THE CAPITAL PROGRAM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND I'M LAST OF THE
SPEAKERS. >> I BELIEVE SO. I SEE A COUPLE ADDITIONAL SLIDES, LIAM, ARE YOU GOING TO COME BACK FOR YOU, OR ARE THOSE JUST THERE IN CASE NEEDED? >> COUNCIL, VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, THEY'RE AS NEEDED. >> AWESOME. EXCELLENT. SO WITH
THAT, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO WORKED TO COMPILE THIS CAPITAL BUDGET PRESENTATION EXPRKZ I WILL ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS RELATED TO THIS PRESENTATION. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >>> THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE PARKS. FOR YOUR CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND JUST LONG-TERM PLANNING, I'M WONDERING TO WHAT EXTENT YOU INCORPORATE DENSITY AND ACCESS TO PARKS IN YOUR FUTURE PLANNING PROCESSES. I HAVE A CONSTITUENT, AND A NUMBER OF CONSTITUENTS ACTUALLY, WHO'VE RAISED THE LACK OF PARK SPACE IN THE COMO NEIGHBORHOOD AS AN
ISSUE. VAN CLEAVE PARK IS HOW
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS THAT WE DO CONSIDER DENSITY IN PARK PLANNING. ONE OF THE WAYS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD DENSITY IS ONE OF OUR EQUITY METRICS THAT WE USE SO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE BECOMING MORE DENSE, THE
PARKS -- THE EXISTING PARKS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD GET ADDITIONAL POINTS SO WE'RE INVESTING IN THEM SOONER IT DOESN'T HELP IF THERE'S NO PARKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'RE IN A PARK GAP AND I CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE IN SOUTHEAST CO MOE
THERE'S GAPS THE TRUST AND PUBLIC LAND PARK CORPS UNDERSTANDS THERE'S NOT AS GOOD ACCESS AS OTHERS. SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS THAT SHOWS UP IN OUR PARKS FOR ALL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WE DO HAVE AFTERNOON
OVERARCHING MAP THAT IDENTIFIES WHERE ALL THE PARKS ARE AND STAFF WORKING TO CLOSE UP THOSE GAPS. SOUTHEAST COMO IS A DESIGNATED PARK GAP. THE CURRENT WORK WITH THE GRAND ROUNDS MISSING LINK WHICH PASSES THROUGH THE EAST END OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFICALLY
WILL SEEK TO CREATE ADDITIONAL PARKLAND ALONG THAT TRAIL SO IT'S NOT JUST A TRAIL CORNERED THERE WILL BE PARK-LIKE NODES AS WELL WE'LL BE COLLABORATING WITH A VARIETY OF PARTNERS INCLUDING THE CITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TO CHOIR ADDITIONAL
PARKLAND IN THAT LOCATION. OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALSO HAS A GENERAL STATEMENT LOOKING FOR PARK GAPS WHERE WE HAVE SEEN INCREASES IN DENSITY TO KEEP AN EYE ON, SO THE MAP IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAN BE
ADJUSTMENT IF WE'RE SEEING DENSITY CHANGES SO IN THAT SENSE THE COMO NEIGHBORHOOD IN PARTICULAR THERE'S A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORHOODS IN TOWN THAT HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT OR MORE SIGNIFICANT DENSITY INCREASES WITHOUT HAVING A WHOLE LOT OF PARK ACCESS. COMO NEIGHBORHOOD
IS ONE OF THOSE THAT WE DO HAVE OUR EYE ON BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF FUNDING FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT SOURCES INVESTING IN THE GROUND ROUNDS MISSING LINK WHICH IS OUR PRIMARY WAY OF KIND
OF MIRRORING VAN CLEAVE TO TRY TO GET SOME PARKLAND ON THE EASTERN NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFICALLY ON THE 27TH AVENUE CORNERED AS THE MISSING LINK GETS IMPLEMENTED. >> THAT'S HELPFUL, AND ONE THING I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS
ON YOUR RADAR -- TUTTLE SCHOOLS IS ACTUALLY UP FOR SALE RIGHT NOW FOR NMPS BUT IT'S PUBLICLY OWNED BUT NOT WITH THE PARK BOARD AND I THINK THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY HAVING SOME SORT OF COLLABORATION WITH SCHOOL BOARD AND PARK BOARD WHEN IT COMES TO
CREATING MORE ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC LAND IN THE COMO NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M HOPING THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON. >> YEAH, CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE, WE'RE -- WE'RE AWARE OF THE TUTTLE SCHOOL SALE. WE'VE BEEN COLLABORATING WITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVER AT THE
NORTH SIDE ON WILLARD PARK ON A VACANT SCHOOL AND WE'RE CERTAINLY AWARE OF TUTTLE SCHOOL. >> YEAH, KEEP ME IN THE LOOP OF DEVELOPMENTS BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING I'M PAYING ATTENTION TO.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT I'LL RANKING MEMBER -- COUNCIL MEMBER. >> CHAIR CHUGHTAI, MY QUESTIONS ARE FOR DIRECTOR MIELLE, AND THE FIRST ONE IS ABOUT THE ALLY
RENOVATION PROGRAM. EY RENOVATION PROGRAM. WE GET A LOT OF INPUTS FROM RESIDENTS AND COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS FROM THEIR ALLEYS FOR THE ALLEY RENOVATION PROGRAM IS IT POLICY PATCHING OR STORM WATER DRAINS -- OR WHAT IS IT? I
DON'T THINK THAT IT'S FOR ANY SORT OF RESURFACING OR MAINTENANCE. I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT ALLEY MAINTENANCE. I BET MANY OF YOU DO TOO AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT ISN'T WHEN WE HAVE THESE LINE
ITEMS IN OUR BUDGET. DIRECTOR HAGGAR. >> GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, JENNIFER HAGER CURRENTLY SERVING AS INTERIM DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN AND CITY ENGINEER FOR PUBLIC PROJECTS. THERE'S SEVERAL
PROGRAMS IN THE PUBLIC WORKS THAT DEVELOP PB06 AND PB03, AND ONE IS RECONSTRUCTING ALLEYS OR CONSTRUCTING ALLEYS THAT CURRENTLY HAVE NOT BEEN CONSTRUCTED TO STANDARD. OR RENOVATING EXISTING ALLEYS, AND
SO WHAT YOU DESCRIBED COULD FALL THOSE -- THOSE REPAIRS COULD FALL WITHIN THOSE PROGRAMS WHETHER IT'S POLITHOLE PATCHINGR TAKING OUT CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE ALLEY JUST TO MAKE IT FLOW
BETTER, THE WATER FLOW OUT OF THE ALLEY BETTER AND REPAIR SOME OF THE DAMAGED SURFACE. >> THANK YOU. BUT WE'RE NOT DOING ANY FULL RECONSTRUCTION OF ANY ALLEY UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG UNDERNEATH IT? >> MADAM CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO WITH HER STRATEGICALLY
REBUILDING ALLEYS WHEN THAT IS THE REPAIR THAT'S REQUIRED SO WHEN IT FALLS UNDER THE RIGHT FIX AT THE RIGHT TIME. SO SOMETIMES OR SURFACE WATER AND SEWAGE, FOR EXAMPLE, MIGHT BE GOING IN AND DOING AN ALLEY DRAIN. THEY'RE IMPACTING WITH HALF OF THE ALLEY WITH THEIR
PROJECT AND WE MIGHT COME IN WITH THE ALLEY REPAIR SO WE DON'T LEAVE A SHORT SEGMENT THAT'S UNADDRESSED. >> THAT'S HELPFUL. ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS ABOUT SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL. I KNOW THERE'S A PROCESS FOR
CHOOSING AND IMPLEMENT CANNING THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM BUT COULD YOU JUST BRIEFLY -- I'M NOT SURE IF ANYBODY HERE IS FAMILIAR WITH IT DIRECTOR MIELLE. THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM. CAN
YOU GIVE US A REALLY BRIEF SENSE HOW THAT PROGRAM WORKS, WHO'S SELECTING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS? >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, CHAIR CHUGHTAI AND COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM -- WE PARTNER WITH MINNEAPOLIS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THEM ON SYSTEM WIDE PLANS TO PRIORITIZE WHERE DIFFERENT INVESTMENTS CAN BE MADE AND IT IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE -- PROGRAM WITH THEM THROUGH OUR TEAM ON THE SAFE
ROUTES TO SCHOOL. SO THERE'S OFTENTIMES US -- SOME PLANNING WORK DONE AT A SCHOOL FIRST GUNPOINT TEES UP AND WE OFTEN APPLY FOR GRANTS THROUGH MNDOT TO -- FOR IMPLEMENTATION DOLLARS AS WELL FOR THOSE.
>> A PROGRAM THAT I HAD GOTTEN ONCE IN MY TIME WAS FUNDED THROUGH A TIGER GRANT AND I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY MET COUNCIL. IT WAS LIKE A BUS STOP LIKE A METROBUS STOP -- >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHUGHTAI.
METRO IS FEDERAL GRANTS AND SO IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR LARGER THAN A BUS STOP THAN A SAFE SCHOOL -- I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO. >> 47TH AND ZIRKCIES. IT'S MORE OF A EMBOLDENED CROSSWALK WITH
FLASHER LIGHTS AND JUST IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT ONE CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION. >> CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. I THINK THAT WAS A LARGER SAFE SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTHWEST AND HAD
ADDITIONAL WORK ON ZIRCIES, YEAH. >> IS THE FUNDING FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS AT GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE HELD SOMEWHERE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET BECAUSE IT IS MY HOPE THAT WE WILL FINALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH A PLAN, A
FLEXIBLE OPEN PLAN FOR ME BUT IS THERE ROOM HERE FOR WHATEVER FINAL DECISIONS ARE MADE AND WHERE'S THAT MONEY HELD. >> CHAIR CHUGHTAI AND COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, YES, THERE'S A CAPITAL PROJECT FOR GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE.
>> THANK YOU. WONDERFUL, AND FINALLY I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR DIRECTOR ARVANTSON AS WELL. I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE WAS
BRINGING UP AND I DID NOTICE AND THROUGH CAP IS REALLY GREAT. IT'S AWESOME TO SEE THE WORD SPECIFIC INVESTMENTS BUT I DID NOTICE THAT THE DOWNTOWN WEST NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS 9,000 PEOPLE AND GROWING WITH HOW MANY OFFICE TO RESIDENTIAL
CONVERSIONS ARE ON THE -- ARE ON THE TIMELINE HERE THAT THE DOWNTOWN WEST NEIGHBORHOOD HASN'T HAD A PARKS INVESTMENT SINCE 2017 AND THERE'S NO PLAN ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2030 FOR A PARK CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN WEST NEIGHBORHOOD. IS THAT IS TYPICAL FOR A
NEIGHBORHOOD OF 9,000 PEOPLE TO HAVE NO INVESTMENT FOR 13 YEARS STRAIGHT AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU NOTICED WHY DOWNTOWN REST AS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IS REALLY BEING LEFT OUT OF CAPITAL INVESTMENTS.
>> SURE, CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE, THERE HAVE BEEN INVESTMENTS ON THE RIVERFRONT IN THE DOWNTOWN WEST NEIGHBORHOOD. CERTAINLY ACROSS THE -- THE -- SINCE THE INCEPTION AT LEAST OF 2017 --
THOSE SHOWS UP AS REGIONAL INVESTMENTS NOT CITY INVESTMENTS THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BUT DOWNTOWN WEST IS -- IS A BIT UNIQUE IN THAT IT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. IT DOES HAVE GATEWAY PARK, WHICH IS AN UNUSUAL NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AND
THEN IT DOES HAVE THE RIVERFRONT. IN THE CIP THAT WAS JUST PRESENTED TO OUR BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND IS STILL TECHNICALLY IN DRAFT FORMAT, WITH HER MAKING SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS OR PROPOSING SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS AT GATEWAY PARK AND ALSO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE MINNESOTA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR SOME YEARS ON INQUIRING LAND TO BUILD A SKATE PARK ALONG -- >> UH-HUH. >> SECOND AVENUE, THE BREAK ROOM SCOOT PARK. WITH HER PROPOSING PARK BOARD INVESTMENT THROUGH
PARK DEDICATION IN THAT PROJECT IN THE CIP THAT'S IN FRONT OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS RIGHT NOW. 'CAUSE WE'VE, I THINK, KIND OF FINALLY ACHIEVED WITH MNDOT AN OPTION WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CHOIR SOME PROPERTY THERE. YES, IT'S A CHALLENGE
BECAUSE IT'S A HEAVILY BUILT-UP LOCATION WITH NOT A LOT OF SPACE WITH WHICH TO CHOIR PARKS, AND, THEREFORE, NOT A LOT OF PARKS TO INVEST PARK DOLLARS INTO SO THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN SHARE IS THAT WE'VE GOT THOSE TWO THE
GATEWAY AND THE BREAK ROOM WHICH ARE LIKELY FUTURE INVESTMENTS AND THEN THE KIND OF HISTORIC AND ONGOING INVESTMENT IN THE RIVERFRONT. >> UH-HUH. >> SO THE GATEWAY AND THE SKATE PARK WOULD SHOW UP AFTER 2030? WOULDN'T BE INCLUDED IN THIS
FORECAST? >> CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, YES, SO SOME OF THOSE -- SOME OF THE MONEY THAT I JUST MENTIONED FOR GATEWAY AND FOR THE BREAK ROOM SKATE PARK, THAT'S BEING PROPOSED IN THE PARK BOARD'S CIP THAT'S IN FRONT OF THE BOARD
RIGHT NOW SO UNTIL THEY ADOPT THAT, IT WON'T SHOW UP IN A TRUE CIP SO THAT'S PROPOSED IN THE DRAFT BUT NOT YET ADOPTED. THOUGH GATEWAY PARK DOES SHOW UP WITH A FUTURE INVESTMENT UNDER
MPP20 AND NO, I STAND CORRECTED. THAT'S A BRAND-NEW INVESTMENT SO IF THE BOARD ADOPTS THE BUDGET, THEN THAT WILL SHOW UP UNDER MPP MONEY ALSO BECAUSE GATEWAY PARK, I THINK, POSSIBLY BECAUSE OF --
IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE EARLIER QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE BECAUSE OF THE DENSITY INCREASE IN THE RESIDENTIAL THERE ITS EQUITY NUMBER CAME UP SO THERE'S A PROPOSED INVESTMENT IN GATEWAY IN ONE OF OUTYEARS IN ADDITION TO THE PARK DEDICATION MONEY THAT I'VE JUST REFERENCED TO YOU BUT THOSE WON'T IS HOPE ON THE
TRUE CIP UNTIL THE BOARD ADOPTION THE NEXT BUDGET BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST NEWLY PROPOSED. >> IN TERMS OF STRATEGIC PLANNING HOW DO YOU INCORPORATE DENIESITY NUMBERS WHEN WE SEE MORE RESIDENTS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
>> YES, CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, I THINK THE BREAK ROOM SKATE PARK IS ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT SO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE DOWNTOWN WEST AND, FRANKLY, ALSO THE NORTH LOOP WE'RE SEEING SIGNIFICANT RESIDENTIAL INCREASES AND SO
WE'VE TAKEN STEPS TO CHOIR -- ACQUIRE PROPERTY WITH PUBLIC ENTITIES LIKE MNDOT FOR THE BREAK ROOM SKATE PARK OR IN COLLABORATION WITH DEVELOPERS WITH THE NORTH LOOP PARK ON THIRD STREET AND SO WE'RE IN
THESE HEAVILY BUILT-UP NEIGHBORHOODS IT'S HARD TO FIND PARK SPACE AND SO WE HAVE THOSE ON OUR RADAR AND ARE TRYING TO FIND LOCATIONS IN MANY CASES FOR NEW PARKS LIKE THE BREAK ROOM SKATE PARK AND LIKE THE NORTH LOOP PARK SITE. THOSE HAVE BEEN
KIND OF SORT OF CARVED OUT OF THE EXISTING CITY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LACK OF A BETTER PHRASE BECAUSE WE KNOW THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE DENSEFYING WE HAVE LIMITED OPTIONS BUT WE TRY TO TAKE WHAT WE CAN TO ACHIEVE. >> OKAY, I'LL JUST NOTE IN THE THEATER DISTRICT IN THE
ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT THERE ARE SEVERAL SURFACE-LEVEL PARKING LOTS AND MANY OF THE OWNERS OF THE SURFACE-LEVEL PARKING LOTS ARE INTERESTED IN SELLING THOSE PARKS BECAUSE PARKING DEMAND HAS REALLY CHANGED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND SOMEONE THAT COMES TO MIND IS FIFTH AND HENNEPIN HAS
THE BOB DYLAN MURAL -- IT'S NOT BEING USE BUT IT'S A LOT IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS AND EVEN THE CITY HAS A LOT OF DOWNTOWN PARKING ASSETS THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR GREENERY AND WE ARE ACTIVELY TRYING TO BUILD A RESIDENTIAL POPULATION DOWNTOWN.
WE ADDED 2,000 NEW RESIDENTS TO DOWNTOWN LAST YEAR. . WE'RE AT 68,000 AND WE'RE STILL GROWING AND I HEAR FROM DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A PLACE TO BRING THEIR DOG TO RELIEVE THEMSELVES THERE'S NOT
ENOUGH GREEN SPACE DOWNTOWN. I'LL BE ADVOCATING FOR THE PARK COMMISSIONERS TO REALLY TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION AND I HOPE TO SEE SOME NEW SITES IN DOWNTOWN IDENTIFIED FOR FUTURE PARKS. THANK YOU. >> UH-HUH. >> WONDERFUL, AND I'M JUST GOING
TO QUICK INVITE DIRECTOR -- ACTUALLY MR. O'BRIEN BACK UP TO ANSWER AN EARLIER QUESTION. AND THEN I BELIEVE WE WILL RECEIVE AND FILE THIS PRESENTATION. >> LIAM O'BRIEN SENIOR BUDGET
ANALYST THROUGH THE BUDGET DIVISION TO THE CHAIR. TO RESPOND TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN'S IN THE 2 PERCENT LISTED ON SLIDE 7 -- SO THE PROJECTS THAT ARE FOR THAT 2 PERCENT IS NICOLLET AVENUE OVER
MINNEHAHA CREEK OR BR127, PV074 WHICH IS A MNDOT COOPERATIVE PROJECTS CAPITAL PROJECT. PV160 IS THE FIRST AVENUE SOUTH PROJECT. PV182, LAKE AT NICOLLET RE-OPENING AND THEN
PV109 WHICH IS TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO THE NICOLLET MALL. >> THANK YOU, AND HOW MUCH IS IN THE LAST ONE TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS FOR NICOLLET MALL? >> NOTHING IN 2026 BUT IN 2027, 10 MILLION AND 202810 MILLION. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU.
AND WITH THAT I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO FILE THIS PRESENTATION AND WE HAVE CONCLUDED ALL BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TODAY IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE STAND ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE.