. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. I'LL BE CALLING ORDER THIS MEETING APRIL 14, 2026. MY NAME IS COUNCIL MEMBER JAMAL OSMAN AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT TO
REMIND FOLKS THAT THIS MEETING ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THEY INCLUDE REAL-TIME CAPTIONI 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
TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEECH AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENT. WE WILL BE USING SPEAKER MANAGEMENT, SO PLEASE SIGN UP. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL SO WE CAN VERIFY A QUORUM.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> WARREN. >> PRESENT. >> SHAFFER. >> PRESENT. >> CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> AND CHAIR OSMAN. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE SEVEN MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. OUR AGENDA IS IN
FRONT OF US. WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA. ITEM 3 TO 15. ITEM 3 IS APPROVING ONE LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWAL. SORRY, ONE LIQUOR LICENSE. ITEM 4 IS APPROVING 22 LIQUOR LICENSE
RENEWALS. ITEM 5 I APPROVING A GAMBLING LICENSE. ITEM 6 IS APPROVING STREET NAMING OF BIRDELL BEEKS WAY TO REPLACE 21st AVENUE NORTH BETWEEN PENN
AND QUEENS. ITEM 7 IS APPROVING LEGAL CORRECTION TO A LAND SALE RESOLUTION. ITEM 8 IS AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT WITH MET COUNCIL FOR COOPERATIVE FUNDING FOR FAIR HOUSING PLANNING. ITEM
9 IS APPROVE AGREEMENT FOR UPPER HARBOR TERMINAL. ITEM 10 IS GRANT PARK DEDICATION FEE WAIVER TO MALCOLM YARDS PROJECT. LASTLY 11 AND 12 ARE ORDINANCE BEING REFERRED TO THE STAFF. 11 IS RELATED TO HOTEL REGULATIONS. 12
IS RELATED TO SAFE OUTDOOR SPACES. OKAY, WITH THAT, DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY ITEMS THEY'D LIKE TO PULL? >> CAN YOU PLEASE BRING YOUR MIC CLOSER TO YOU? THANK YOU.
>> I WILL PULL ITEM 6. ARE THERE ANY OTHER? CITY ATTORNEY. >> I'M JUST IN QUEUE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> GOT IT. THANK YOU. >> WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE ALL
ITEMS EXCEPT ITEM 6. >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> AND THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. >> CHAIR. >> YES? >> I'D LIKE TO VOTE AYE ON ALL ITEMS EXCEPT 11.
>> OKAY. >> WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR VOTE TO BE ON 11? >> NO, PLEASE. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION CARRIES. NOW, I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR OSMAN. I
JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO ITEM 6. ITEM 6 IS ABOUT MS. BIRDELL BEEKS WHO WAS BORN IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. FROM A YOUNG AGE, MS. BIRDELL DEMONSTRATED STRENGTH,
RESILIENCE. SHE BECAME A MOTHER AT JUST THE AGE OF 14. A RESPONSIBILITY SHE EMBRACED WITH DETERMINATION AND GRACE. AND SHE WOULD GO ON TO RAISE THREE CHILDREN WHOM SHE LOVED FIERCELY. THROUGH THE CHALLENGES OF BEING A TEENAGE MOTHER, MS.
BIRDELL PERSEVERED. SHE PURSUED A CAREER IN HETHCARE BEGINNING AS A CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT AT SEVERAL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TWIN CITIES. HER DEDICATION LED HER TO NORTH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE FULFILLED HER
GOAL OF BECOMING A NURSE. OVER THE YEARS, MS. BIRDELL SERVED IN MANY ROLES INCLUDING PEDIATRICS AND AS A FLOAT NURSE, TOUCHING COUNESS LIVES THROUGH PROFESSIONAL, EMPATHY AND SKILL.
MS. BIRDELL WAS DIAGNOSED WITH KIDNEY FAILURE IN 2004. HER STRENGTH AND THE DEEP BOND WITHIN HER FAMILY WERE SHOWN ONCE AGAIN WHEN HER DAUGHTER SELFLESSLY BECAME A KIDNEY
DONOR. BIRDELL RAISED HER CHILDREN IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. IN 1994, SHE MOVED TO HER BELOVED HOME ON 35th AND LOGAN AVENUE NORTH WHERE SHE LIVED UNL HER PASSING. THAT HOUSE BECAME THE HEART OF THE FAMILY
AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. A PLACE OF LAUGHTER, COMFORT AND CONNECTION. KNOWN FOR HER CARING SPIRIT, BIRDELL WAS OFTEN CALLED UPON IN MOMENTS OF GREAT NEED. HER DAUGHTERS REMEMBER MANY NIGHTS WHEN SHE WAS CALLED
INFORMING HER THAT THE PATIENT WAS TRANSITIONING AND WANTED BIRDELL TO BE THERE. OFFERING COMFORT, DIGNITY AND COMPASSION DURING LIFE'S MOST VULNERABLE MOMENTS. BIRDELL WAS TRULY THE PILLAR. SHE HELD EVERYONE TOGETHER THROUGH CHALLGES AND
DISAGREEMENTS, ENSURING THAT CONFLICTS WITH TALKED THROUGH WITH RESOLVE AND LOVE. HER HOME WAS A GATHERING PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND COUSINS AFTER SCHOOL, FAMILY AFTER WORK, FUELED WITH CONVERSATIONS AND
LAUGHTER. BIRDELL WAS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE BLOCK'S GRANDMOTHER. HER HOME WAS A SAFE HAVEN FOR CHILDREN WHERE THEY WENT IF THEIR PARENTS WEREN'T HOME. HER DOOR WAS ALWAYS OPEN AND HER PRESENCE
BROUGHT A SECURITY TO ALL WHO ENTERED. TRAGICALLY, BIRDELL'S LIFE WAS GUT SHORT WHEN SHE BECAME AN INNOCENT VICTIM OF GUN VIOLENCE. HER LEGACY OF LOVE, SERVICE, AND COMMUNITY LIVES THROUGH HER CHILDREN, FAMILY,
AND THE MANY LIVES SHE TOUCHED. SO THE STREET REMEMBRANCE IS GOING TO BE IN HER HONOR. MS. BIRDELL WAS CERTAINLY A PILLAR Y HAS REQUESTED THIS STREET
RENAMING IN HONOR OF THE TEN-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HER UNTIMELY DEATH. AND SO COLLEAGUES, I'M JUST HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY AND LET YOU ALL KNOW HOW MUCH SHE MEANT TO NOT ONLY THEM BUT THE ENTIRE NORTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT? I SEE NONE, I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE IM 6. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> AND THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE MOTION
CARRIES. NEXT, WE WILL PROCEED TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. ITEM 1 IS WE HAVE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING HOUSING REVENUE BOND TO THE BOTTINEAU COMMONS AND LOFTS
HOUSING PROJECT. I WILL HAVE HALEY M. FROM SPCPED TO GIVE US THAT PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR OSMAN, AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS
HALEY McSPARREN AND I'M COORDINATOR FOR CPED. TODAY I WILL BE PRESENTING INFORMATION ON THE BOTTINEAU COMMONS AND LOFTS PROJECT WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE BOTTINEAU NEIGHBORHOOD IN WARD 1. BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A REQUEST T AUTHORIZE THE
ISSUANCE OF UP TO $13.4 MILLION IN HOUSING REVENUE BONDS ON BEHALF OF THE PROJECT. BEFORE DESCRIBING THIS REQUEST FOR BONDS, I WILL PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT. THE BOTTINEAU COMMONS AND LOFTS PROJECT IS THE PRESERVATION AND REHABILITATION OF TWO PROPERTIES IN THE
NORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS ARTS DISTRICT DEVELOPED AND OWNED BY SHERMAN ASSOCIATES. BOTTINEAU COMMONS IS AN APARTMENT BUILDING CONSTRUCTED IN 2003 WITH 119-RESIDENTIAL UNITS. CURRENTLY, 69 UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE AT 60% AMI. 25 UNITS
ARE AFFORDABLE AT 30% AMI. AND 25% UNITS ARE MARKET RATE. AFTER REHABILITATION, THE MARKET RATE UNITS WILL BECOMEFFORDABLE AT 60% AMI, FOR A TOTAL OF 90% UNITS AFFORDABLE AND 2 UNITS
AVAILABLE. BOTTINEAU LOFTS IS LOCATED ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM BOTTEAU COMMONS AND INCLUDES TWO BUILDINGS. ONE HISTORIC BUILDING THAT WAS CONVERTED WITH 33 RESIDENTIAL UNITS. AND ONE TOWNHOME BUILDING WITH FOUR
UNS. AFFORDABILITY LEVELS WILL BE MAINTNED AFTER REHABILITATION WITH 24 UNITS AFFORDABLE. AND 15 UNITS AVLABLE AT 30% AMI. AFFORDABILITY WILL BE MAINTAINED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 40 YEARS.
CURRENT AFFORDABILITY RESTRICTIONS ARE SET TO EXPIRE IN 2034. REHAB WORK FOR ALL BUILDINGS INCLUDES SIGNIFICANT CONCRETE REPAIR, ROOF REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT, IMPROVEMENT TO COMMONS BUILDING AREAS, INCREASE
ENERGY EFFICIENCY, SAFETY UPGRADES, AND IMPROVEMENTS TO UNIT INTERIORS INCLUDING KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, AND FLOORING. PRIMARY FINANCING OF THE PROJECT INCLUDES HOUSING REVENUE BONDS. 4% HOUSING TAX
CREDITS, RESUBORDINATED DEBT FOR HOUSING, AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SHERMAN. TOTAL COSTS ARE APPROXIMATELY $43.5 MILLN. SHERMAN HAS APPLIED TO THE CITY FOR TAX EXEMPTND REVENUE
BONDS. THE BONDS WILL BE ISSUED IN ONE OR MORE SERIES AND USED TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION AND LONG-TERM DEBT. THE BONDS WILL GENERATE APPROXIMATELY $14 MILLION IN 4% TAX CREDIT EQUITY. THIS BOND REQUEST IS THE LAST REMAINING FUNDING THE PROJECT NEEDS AND WILL POSITION
IT TO CLOSE IN MAY 2026. ALL OTHER PROJECT FUNDING IS COMMITTED. STAFFS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF UP TO $13.4 MILLION IN TAX EXEMPT HOUSING ARE EV KNEW BONDS. AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WE'LL HAVE THE QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC
HEARING. NOW I'M GOING TO PROCEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEE IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT. SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND SEE IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. SEEING NONE, I -- OH, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU. IT'S GOOD TO BE IN COMMITTEE ANDOT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. YEAH, I JUST WANTED
TO SAY THA IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT WE'RE MOVING ALONG ON SOME PROJECTS, ESPECIALLYN THE BOTTINEAU AREA. I KNOW THAT THERE IS A PRETTY STRONG NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS. SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK O
THIS. THANK YOU TO THE APPLICANT ON THIS, AND THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF FOR WORKING ON THE HOUSING REVENUE BOND. AND I WILL MOVE THIS FOR APPROVAL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I T WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR THEIR WORK
ON THIS. I WANT TO DO A SHOUT OUT. THIS USED TO BE IN MY WARD. AND I SEE ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS IS HERE TODAY, MR. SHERMAN.O THANKS FOR COMING DOWN TODAY. BUT I WAS IMPRESSED AT HOW CLEAN AND NE THE BUILDINGS WERE. AND WHEN I DID TALK TO THE RESIDENTS
WHEN I WAS DOING MY VOTER OUTREACH, NO ONE EVER COMPLAINED ABOUT THE VOTER MANAGEMENT WHICH IS AMAZING. YOU'RE RUNNING A GOOD SHOP OVER THERE. KEEP UP THE GO WORK. >> WONDERFUL. WITH THAT MION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY,
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> ANDHOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. NEXT, THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE FEW LAND SALES APART FROM
MINNEAPOLIS PROPERTY PURCHASE PROGRAM. I WILL WELCOME RYAN FROM CPED TO GIVE US MORE INFORMION ABOUT THIS. WELCOME, SIR. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR OSMAN, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. GOOD AFTERNOON. TODAY, WE ARE
REQUESTINGPPROVAL FOR THE SALE AND REDEVELOPMENT OF FIVE CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES LOCATED IN THE FALWELL, HAWTRNE, AND JORDAN NEIGHBORHOODS. THESE SITES ARE 3414 AND -- GIRARD AND
19th STREET, AND 2122 ILLION. THEY REPRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY TO TURN LONG-TERM BOARDED BUILDINGS INTO STABLE HOME OWNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. BY PARTNERING WITH PROVEN DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS IN THE MINNEAPOLIS HOMES DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM. WE ARE MOVING PAST PREVIOUS CAPACITY CHALLENGES TO ENSURE THESE HOMES ARE BUILT EFFICIENTLY. OUR GOAL IS TO BRIDGE THE FINANCIAL GAP FOR FAMILIES AT OR BELOW 80% MEDIAN INCOME OR AMI, AND STRENGTHEN
MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITIES. THESE PROPERTIES WERE APPROVED FOR SALE THROUGH THE MINNEAPOLIS HOMES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. NOTICE THE FUNDING AVAILABILI. UNFORTUNATELY, LAND SALES WERE CANCELED BECAUSE INITIAL DEVELOPERS EXPERIENCED
CHALLENGES TO CLOSE AND BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON THESE PROJECTS. THE CITY REMARKETED EXCLUSIVELY TO PROVEN DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AT LEAST ONE PREVIOUS MINNEAPOLIS HOMES PROJECT, AND WE HAVE REDUCED THE SAS PRICE FROM THE MARKET
PRICE TO $1 TO ENSURE PROJECT IS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLED. FOLLOWING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS IN 2025, IN OCTOBER 2025, THE CITY RECEIVED
APPLICATIONS FOR THESE SPECIFIC PROPERTIES. EVALUATED THESE BIDS BASED ON STRICT CRITERIA FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS HOMES. THE FALWELL, HAWTHORNE, AND JORDAN NEIGHBORHOODS WERE NOTIFIED IN
DECEMBER 2025 WITH NO OBJECTIONS OR CONCERNS BEING RECEIVED. THIS ACTIONECOMMENDS -- HOME OWNERSHIP AT OR BELOW 80% MEDIAN INCOME. WHILE THIS RESULTS IN A
NET SALE LOSS, THIS WRITE-DOWN A DELIBERATE INVESTMENT TO BRIDGE DEVELOPMENT GAP AND MAKE THESE HOMES TRULY AFFORDABLE. BEYOND HOUSING, THESE -- RETURNS THESE VACANT LOTS TO THE
PROPERTY TAX ROLES. DEVELOPERS ARE REQUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE CAPACITY TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION IN 12ONTHS OR LESS FROM THE DATE OF COUNCIL APPROVAL. THIS RECOMMENDATION REPRESENTS A RESPONSIBLE AND STRATEGIC PATH FORWARD FOR THESE
FIVE PROPERTIES WHERE MOVING FROM VACANCY TO OCCUPANCY BY PARTNERS IN A PROVEN PROGRAM FRAMEWORK. I RECOMMEND THEIR APPROVAL OF THESE SALES AS NOTED IN THE ATTACHED RESOLUTIONS. AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. >> APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. I WILL PROCEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND SEE IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
FOR THAT PRESENTATION. COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, AND I'M
EXCID FOR THE OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND BECOME HOMEOWNERS HERE IN THE WARD, AND EXCITED TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENTS UNFOLD HERE IN THE HAWTHORNE AND JORDAN COMMUNITIES
IN WARD 5. SO THIS IS EXCITING. I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH PRG AND MOLINA INVESTMENTS. I DON'T KNOW ESTORE MASTERS. >> YEAH, HE'S -- THAT DEVELOPER
IS ONE OF OUR -- HE'S DONE A LOT OF OUR FUNDED PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. >> OKAY. >> BUT HE'S A HIGH PERFORMER ON THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE. OKAY. AND THESE ARE SINGLE FAMILY? >> YES. >> THEY'RE ZONED FOR SINGLE F FAMILY?
>> YES, ALL FIVE ARE. >> THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD. >> THANK YOU. ONE MORE QUESTION. >> YUP. >> SORRY. I HAVE A QUESTION. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU SAY WE GOT 50 APPLICANTS. >> 15 SUBMISSIONS. >> 15? >> YES.
>> SO THE NUMBER OF DEVELOPERS THAT ARE INTERESTING PURCHASING THE LAND AND DEVELOPMENT IS HUGE. I KNOW WE'RE ONLY FORWARDING FIVE LANDS. BUT WE HAVE SO MANY PLANS IN SOUTHSIDE,
I KNOW I'M LOOKING AT THE DIRECTOR OF CPED THERE. WOULD LOVE TO SEE THOSE PROPERTIES TO BE, YOU KNOW -- >> REDEVELOPED. >> TO BE DEVELOPED. I HAVE MENTIONED MANY, MANY TIMES THAT THERE ARE PROPERTIES OUT THERE
JUST COLLECTING DUST AND IT'S A WASTE OF TAXPAYERS. AND ALSO, THEY DO CREATE SOME PROBLEMS, ENCAMPMENTS AND DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD CHALLENGES, SPECIFICALLY. SO I KNOW PROBABLY I'M THINKING ONE OF THE
CHALLENGING THINGS THAT WE MIGHT NOT ABLE TO TAKE 20. IT MIGHT BE STAFF TIME. I GET THAT. THAT COULD BE A CHALLENGE. BUT IN THE FUTURE, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A LIST OF MORE PROPERTIES THAT ARE BEING OFFERED TO DEVELOPERS.
ESPECIALLY DEVELOPERS THAT ARE WILLING TO -- THANK YOU. >> CHAIR OSMAN AND COMMITTEE, WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SCORING OUR 2026 REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS FOR SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. SO YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE THAT COMING IN THE NEXT -- GO AHEAD.
>> PLEASE. >> SORRY. >> THANK YOU. CHAIR OSMAN, SHERRY RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE MANAGER WORKING CLOSELY WITH MR. NESINGEN. WE DO HAVE MINNEAPOLIS HOMES FINANCING RFP UNDER REVIEW
RIGHT NOW. WE EXPECT TO GET THE NEIGHBORHOOD NOTIFICATIONS OUT THIS WEEK AND BRING THOSE PROPERTIES FORWARD AS WELL. THE EXACT NUMBER IS YET TO BE DETERMINED. BUT THAT WILL GO FAR IN ADDRESSING THE VACANT
PROPERTIES THAT CPED OWNS TO BRINGHEM BACK INTO AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP AND OTHER OPTIONS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THE PROPERTIES THAT MR. NESINGEN BROUGHT TODAY ARE VACANT REHAB
PROPERTIES. THERE MAY BE ONE OR TWO REHABS IN THERE BUT IT WILL BE PRIMARILY NEW CONSTRUCTION. WE DO HAVE A HANDFUL OF OTHER REHAB PROPERTIES THAT MAY REQUIRE FUNDING, AND WE HOPE TO BRING THOSE FORWARD THIS YEAR AS WELL. >> OKAY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. SEEING NO ONE ELSE, I WILL ME APPROVAL FOR THIS ITEM. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> AND THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON
THE DAIS. BUT NEXT ITEM IS DISCUSSION ITEM. ABOUT THE JOHN COOK APPEAL. THIS WAS LAST DISCUSSED ON OUR LAST BHZ MEETING IN NOVEMBER. IT'S BEFORE US NOW. AGAIN, I WILL HAVE
SENIOR CITY PLANNER ROB FM CPED TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF FRESH MEMORY ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE JOHN HOUSE -- JOHN COOK HOUSE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR OSMAN. GOOD
AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M ROB SKALECKI ON THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION TEAM IN THE PLANNING DIVISION. AS CHAIR OSMAN SAID, THIS IS FOLLOWING UP FROM AN APPEAL THAT WAS CONSIDERED BACK IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. SO THE BUSINESS,
HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THE APPL AT THEIR NOVEMBER 20TH, 2025, MEETING. AND A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AT THAT TIME AND CLOSED FOR THE
JOHN COOK HOUSE LOCATED AT 948 8TH AVENUE NORTHEAST. THE APPEAL APPLICATION AND THE TIMELINE THAT GOES WITH THAT. STAFF DRAFTED A MEMO FOR THIS
MEETING. SO THE TYLER STREET NORTHEAST JOHN COOK HOUSE WAS DESIGNATED IN 2021 FOR ITS SIGNIFICANCE OF SOCIAL AND ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY UNDER CRITERIA 4 AND 1. LOCAL EXAMPLE
OF A BRICK QUEEN ANN HOUSE. JOHN COOK WAS A MASON WHO BUILT THE HOUSE FOR HIMSELF IN 1889. THE AREA OF NORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS WHERE THIS IS LOCATED HAS SIGNIFICANT POPULATION OF
SCANDINAVIAN IMMIGRANTS AT THE ME. SO THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE OF SWEDISH AND NORWEGIAN DESCENT. IN ORDER TO APPROVE A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS APPLICATION THAT INVOLVES THE
DESTRUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART ANY LAND MARK IN THE CITY, HAD TO MAKE ANY FOLLOWING FINDINGS. ONE THAT IS IT NECESSARY TO CORRECTNY UNSAFE CONDITION AT THE PROPERTY. TWO, DETERMINING WHETHER REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE
EXISTS, THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSIDER BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO PROPERTY, THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROPERTY, AND THE ECONOMIC VALUE OR USEFULNESS OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE INCLUDING ITS CURRENT USE, COST OR FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVE USES. SO JUST A FEW
SLIDES AHEAD HERE. THE HPC VOTED TO UNANIMOUSLY DENY THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING BASED ON THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS THAT ARE LISTED HERE THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY RETAIN SIGNIFICANCE,
RETAINS ALL SEVEN ASPECTS OF HISTORIC INTEGRITY. THE PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN MAINTAINED AS REQUIRED BY THE LOCAL PRESERVATION ORDINANCE. NO UNSAFE OR DANGEROUS CONDITIONS EXIST AT THE PROPERTY, AND THAT THERE ARE REASONABLE
ALTERNATIVES. ON NOVEMBER 20TH, WHEN BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THE THAT I JUST NOTED, AS I MENTIONED, THE OPINION HEARING WAS HELD THEN AND CLOSED. BUT ON
THAT SAME DATE, THE CITY DID RECEIVE A WRITTEN REQUEST FROM JACOB STEIN ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER TO EXTEND THE DECISION MAKING PERIOD FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS FROM THAT DATE OF THAT WRITTEN REQUEST. SO
BHZ COMMITTEE WAS NOTIFIED AT THAT TIME OF THE PROPERTY'S EXTENSION AND VOTED TO REFER THE ITEM BACK T STAFF. MEANWHILE, TRYING TO FIND A BUYER FOR THAT PROPERTY IN THAT TIME. THE
EXTENSION DOES END ON MAY 20TH, 2026. STAFF CONTACTED THE PROPERTY OWNER IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE POSSIBLE SALE, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER DID NOTIFY STAFF THAT THERE WAS INTEREST FROM POTENTIAL COMMUNITY BUYER BUT THAT FELL THROU IN EARLY 2026.
THE PROPERTY OWNER DID THEN LIST THBUILDING PUBLICLY ONLINE IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR. STAFF IS NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS OF THE SALE. WE DID GET LETTER FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER'S ATTORNEY WHICH IS ALSO
INCLUDED FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CONSIDER. JUST UPDATING THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO DEVELOPMENT IN FINDING A BUYER. STAFF IS NOW BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO ENSURE CITY COUNCIL CAN MAKE A DECISION BEFORE THAT MAY 20TH DATE, AND JUST A REMINDER THAT COUNCIL
MUST DECIDE ON THE APPEAL OF HPC'S DENIAL OF A CERTIFICATEF APPROPRIATENESS APPLICATION THAT'S SEEKING TO DEMOLISH THE LANDMARK. WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. JUST TO CLARIFY,
THIS IS NOT A CONTINUED ITEM. DO WE STILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING? NO PUBLIC HEARING. JUST A DISCUSSION ITEM? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SORRY. I DON'T SEE MY SCREEN. BUT I DO LIKE TO
RECOGNIZE COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE WHO IS FROM HIS WARD WHO ALSO HAS MAYBE SOME UPDATES FOR US. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR OSMAN. YES, THIS PROJECT OR THIS HOUSE IS OF GREAT INTEREST TO A GROUP OF
COMMUNITY WITHIN WARD 1. AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET A NEGOTIATED MOU TOGETHER TO OFFER THEM TIME TO TRY TO PUT TOGETHER AN OFFER. I KNOW THAT DURING THE SURGE, EVERYONE GOT PULLED INTO OTHER
PRIORITIES. AND I THINK THIS COMING BACK AROUND THIS CYCLE WAS A REFRESHER FOR OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE TIMELINES THAT THEY'RE WORKING UNDER. THERE WAS A COMMUNITY MEETING LAST WEEK WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND A POTENTIAL OFFER THAT WAS GETTING GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THAT MEETING LAST
NIGHT. AND I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT OFFER HAS BEEN RECEIVED YET. BUT I KNOW THAT PART OF THE MOU THAT WAS AGREED TO WAS CONDITIONED ON AN OFFER, ANDLSO SET ASIDE SOME FEES THAT WERE OTHERWISE BE
ACCUMULANG DURING THIS TIME. IN SPEAKING WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEYS, WE DO HAVE UNTIL MAY 20TH. IF THIS GROUP NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION WOULD BE TO RELOOK AT THAT MOU AND PERHAPS ADOPT ANOTHER ONE. WE DIDN'T
WANT TO DO A TIME CRUNCH FOR TODAY. SO I WAS HOPING WE COULD HOLD THIS DECISION FOR ONE MORE CYCLE SO THAT WE COULD GET ALL OF THOSE DETAILS NEGOTIATED. I'LL LEAN ON THE CITY ATTORNEY IF I GOT ANY OF THAT WRONG. SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S PRETTY ACCU ACCURATE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. CITY ATTORNEY. >> THAT WAS AN ACCURATE SUMMARY OF OUR DISCUSSION. >> OKAY. NDERFUL. COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> YEAH, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO DELAY THIS ACTION ITEM ON THIS ITEM UNTIL THE BHZ COMMITTEE ON APRIL 28TH.
>> SECOND. >> WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SETH. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT MOTION TO DELAY THIS ITEM FOR ONE MORE CYCLE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> AND THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
THE AYES HAVE IT, AND THE MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT DISCUSSION IS 2025 MET COUNCIL LIVABLE COMMUNITY ACCOUNT GRANT AWARD. I WILL HAVE CHERRY
SHOWQUIST. SHERRY SHOWQUIST. THANK YOU, CHAIR OSMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I AM HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO PROVIDE FIRST AN OVERVIEW OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM GRANTS, MORE GENERALLY.
AND THEN SPECIFICALLY, I WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE REQUEST BEFO YOU TODAY. THE BACKGROUND ON THE GRANT PROGRAMS THROUGH ITS LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT PROGRAMS, THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL PROVIDES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH ACCESS TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING GRANT RESOURCES IN SEVERAL PROGRAMS, PRIMARILY INCLUDING THE LIVABLE COMMUNITIES DEMONSATION ACCOUNTS, AND THE LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVE ACCOUNT, LCDA AND
LHIA. THESE GRANTS HELP TO EXPAND LIFE CYCLE AND AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION IN THE REGION. BOTH GRANT PROGRAMS AREIGHLY COMPETITIVE AND OVER SUBSCRIBED EACH YEAR. TO DESCRIBE THE APPLICATION PROCESS, DEVELOPERS
OF MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL PROJECTS DO NOT NEED TO APPLY FOR LHI GRANT FUNDS THROUGH THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, BUT RATHER APPLY DIRECTLY TO MINNESOTA HOUSING AT THE STATE AS PART OF THE ANNUAL CONSOLIDATED PROPOSALS PROCESS.
MINNESOTA HOUSING AND THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL STAFF REVIEWED EACH APPLICATION AND DECIDE WHICH AGENCY WOULD CONSIDER PROJECTS FOR FUNDING. LHI GRANTS MUST BE MATCHED BY A 1-1 RATIO, IN OUR CASE, THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, WITH LOCAL
DOLLARS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACTIVITIES. IN MINNEAPOLIS, THE MATCH IS USUALLY PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPER AND/OR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUSTFUND. IN CONTRAST, DEVELOPERS OF SINGLE FAMILY HOME OWNERSHIP PROGRAM PROJECTS APPLY
DIRECTLY TO THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL FOR LCDA AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP GRANT FUNDS. THE ONE FOR ONE MATCH IS NO LONGER REQUIRED, AND THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL DID THIS TO INCENTIVIZE MORE AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP
AND HELP REDUCE THE RACIAL DISPARITIES AND HOME OWNERSHIP IN THE REGION. MOVING ON TO RECEPTIVITY. THE MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL PROJECTS ARE REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE THAT AN AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL FROM THE RECIPIENT
MUNICIPALITY SIGN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEPTIVITY FORM APPLICATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR FUNDED BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL. PROPOSED PROJECT IS LOCATED IN A MUNICIPALITY THAT PARTICIPATES IN THE PROGRAM, THAT THE
PROPOSED PROJECT HAS AN AFFIRMATIVE FAIR HOUSING MARKETG PLAN, AND THAT THE RECIPIENT MUNICIPALITY OR DEVELOPER WILL MATCH GRANT AWARDS ON A DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR BASIS. ON SEPTEMBER 25TH OF 2025, THE CITY COUNCIL
AUTHORIZED THE DIRECTOR TO MAKE NECESSARY CERTIFICATIONS TO THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AWARDING LHIA FOR FUNDS BY THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. LCDA FUNDED
GRANTS STARTING IN 2026, THESE HOME OWNERSHIP GRANTS DO NOT REQUIRE E ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEPTIVITY FORM. THE MET COUNCIL WILL ACCEPT A CPED DIRECTOR'S REPORT. THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL PROCESS FOR
ACCEPTANCE OF ALL OF THE LIVABLE COMMUNY ACT GRANTS IF AWARDED, REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL. MOST OF THE PROJECTS RECOMMENDED FOR LCA GRANTS ALSO HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR CITYUNDING FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST
FUND OR THE MINNEAPOLIS PROGRAM. THAT IS YOUR OVERVIEW BRINGING ME TODAY BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL THE SPECIFIC REQUEST TODAY. THE DEVELOPER PEDZO DEVELOPERS LLC HAS PROPOSED TO REHABILITATE
HOMES EARNING UP TO 60% OF THE AMERICAN AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR LESS. WITH THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT WITH THE CITY OF LAKES HOME OWNERSHIP PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITYF MINNEAPOLIS. TO DATE, PEDZO STAR HAS BEEN
AWARDED ONE OF E FOUR PROPERTIES UNDER THE MINNEAPOLIS HOMES PROPERTY PROGRAM AND IS EXPECTED TO APPLY FOSH THE ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES THIS YEAR AND POTENTIALLY IN THE COMING YEARS. THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU TODAY IS TO ACCEPT A GRANT FROM THE 2025 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
LIVABLE COMMUNITIES DEMONSTRATION ACCOUNT AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP GRANT PROGRAM IN THE AMOT OF $229,212 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF FOUR REHABBED HOMES SOLD TO HOUSE HOLDS
EARNING BETWEEN 21 TO 60% AREA MEDIAN INCOME. PEDZO STAR PROPERTIES, LLC, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION. AND ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. COULD YOU JUST
FURTHER DETAIL OUT THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE LAND TRUST AND THE PERPETUALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM, AND HOW THIS GOES TOGETHER? >> YES, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, CHAIR OSMAN,
WE HAVE TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE PERPETUAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN MINNEAPOLIS HOMES FINANCING PROJECT. ONE IS BUILT WEALTH MINNESOTA AND THE OTHER
IS COMMUNITY LAKES TRUST. THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAKES COMMUNITY LAND TRUST AND PEDZO STAR PROPERTIES IS SOMETHING THOSE TWO PARTIES WORKED OUT TOGETHER BEFORE THEIR APPLICATION. IT DOES PROVIDE A DEEPER LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY.
AND A LONGER REQUIREMENT OF AFFORDABILITY. >> OKAY. AND IS MY UNDERSTANDING CORRECT THAT WITH THE WORK THAT PEDZO STAR PROPERTIES WILL BE DOING, THIS WILL STILL BE PROPERTIES THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO PURCHASE
AND BE A PART OF? THAT'S KIND OF THE RELATIONSHIP? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> OKAY. WE'VE GONE THROUGH SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS OVER THE YEARS AND THIS IS A NEW PIECE FOR ME, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING KIND OF PUT IT TOGETHER. >> THANK YOU.
>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION. YOU SAID THE STATE REQUIRES TO HAVE THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES BASICALLY SPONSOR. HOW MANY WOULD YOU SAY DEVELOPERS GET AWARDED THROUGH THE MET COUNCIL THAT COMES TO US? I'M JUST
SEEING ONE HERE. >> ALL OF THE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE BUILDING PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS THAT APPLY FOR THOSE FUNDS MUST BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. SO YOU WILL SEE ALL OF THE APPROVED
DEVELOPERS BEFORE YOU. THIS YEAR I BELIEVE I THINK IT WAS IN FEBRUARY, THE RESIDENTIAL FINANCE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPERS THAT RECEIVED AWARDS THROUGH MINNESOTA HOUSING AND THE MET COUNCIL WERE BEFORE YOU AND
APPROVED. AND IN THE PAST, THIS PROJECT WOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF THAT PROCESS. BUT SINCE THE MET COUNCIL HAS NOW SEPARATED THE LHIA AND THE LCDA PROGRAMS, WE BROUGHT THIS PROJECT SEPARATELY FROM RESIDENTIAL FINANCE INSTEAD
OF PAIRING TOGETHER. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THAT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT OR QUESTION? SEEING NONE, I WILL APPROVE THIS ITEM. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> E.
>> AND THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE MOTION CARRIES. OUR LAST DISCUSSION ITEM IS SPRING 2026 BROWNFIELD GRANT APPLICATION. I'LL HAVE KEVIN CURL TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. WELCOME.
>> YES, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, I'M KEVIN CARROLL, I'M WITH THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT POSITION OF CPED. EVERY TWO YEARS OR SO I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TALK FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES ON BROWNFIELD GRANT FUNDING. YOU SEE MY
REPORTS OFTEN THAN THAT. I LIKE TO THINK THE REASON I'M NOT HERE EVERY TIME IS BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS WE'VE FINE TUNED THE PROGRAM. IT'S WELL OILED. IT'S KIND OF UNCONTROVERSIAL PART OF THE CITY ENTERPRISE. AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE BENEFITS TO THE
CITY AND ITS BENEFITS AND THE CITY COUNCIL. BUT I'D LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BASIS FOR THIS, WHY WE'RE HERE. BROWNFIELD GRANT FUNDING IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. MINNEAPOLIS HAS A LONG INDUSTRIAL LEGACY. AND AS A
RESULT, WHEN DEVELOPERS ARE LOOKING AT SITES VERY OFTEN THERE'S CONTAMINATION INVOLVED. IN MOST CASES, THIS IS SORT OF ACCIDENTAL CONTAMINATION. SPILLS, AND LEAKING TANKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE CONTAMINATION IS ALSO A RESULT OF FRANKLY, YEARS OF IGNORANCE.
MANY YEARS AGO WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL RISKS OF ASBESTOS CONTAMINATION. WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE IN THIS AREA
TO HAVE THREE LOCAL BROWNFIELD GRANTORS THAT PROVIDE FUNDING TO ADDRESS THIS. THAT'S IMPORTANT IN PART BECAUSE MOST COMMERCIAL LENDERS WILL NOT PROVIDE FINANCING OR FUNDING TO CLEAN UP CONTAMINATION. THEY'LL SAY WE'LL FUND YOUR PROJECT IF YOU CLEAN
UP THE SITE. IN OUR AREA, THEY GO TO THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. THE STATE OF MINNESOTA THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT PROVIDES BROWNFIELD CLEAN UP FUNDING TO METROPOLITAN COUNCIL. THEY CREATED THESE PROGRAMS IN
SEQUENCE, DEED FIRST, MET COUNCIL SECOND, HENNEPIN COUNTY THIRD. AND ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS IS THEY'VE BEEN IN CONTINUOUS EXISTENCE DURING THAT ENTIRE SPAN OF TIME. THEY COORDINATED THEIR PROGRAMS MANY YEARS AGO. SO THEY HAVE THE SAME
APPLICATION DEADLINES. SO EVERY MAY 1ST AND NOVEMBER 1ST, APPLICATIONS GO INTO ALL THREE OF THE GRANTORS. THEY REVIEW THEM TOGETHER. AND SOMETIMES A LITTLE HORSE TRADING. MAYBE THE MET COUNCIL MAKES UP THE
DIFFERENCE. IT'S A REALLY WORTHWHILE BENEFICIAL SYSTEM. I GO TO CONFERENCES SOMETIMES AROUND THE COUNTRY TO TALK ABOUT BROWNFIELD. THEY ENVY WHAT WE HAVE HERE. MANY HAVE GRANTORS WHO WORK COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT
OF ONE ANOTHER. AND OURS COORDINATE AND THAT BENEFITS THE CITY. THE CONTAMINATION IS ONE OF THE IMPEDIMENTS THAT DEVELOPERS OFTEN ENCOUNTER. WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE THESE PROGRAMS HELP US OUT. THIS IS MY
20th YEAR, AND DURING THAT TIME BY MY COUNT, THE CITY HAS GOTTEN 193 BROWNFIELD GRANTS. BECAUSE THE FUNDING DOESN'T COME FROM US, BECAUSE IT COMES FROM OTHER
PARTIES, YOU MIGHT WONDER WHY OR HOW THE CITY IS INVOLVED. FROM THE BEGINNING, THE GRANTORS HAVE TAKEN THE POSITION THAT THE CITIES ARE THE GATEKEEPERS FOR THEIR PROGRAMS. THEY DON'T WANT TO AWARD MONEY TO PROJECTS THAT END UP NOT USING IT. SO THEY EXPECT CITIES TO
BASICALLY LOOK AT THE PROJECTS, MAKE SURE THEY HAVE REASONABLE AMOUNT OF NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT, THEY HAVE THEIR FUNDING IN PLACE. THEY HAVE EITHER GOTTEN OR LIKELY TO GET LAND USE APPROVALS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. THAT'S WHY WE'RE INVOLVED. WHEN THE GRANT APPLICATIONS GO IN, THEY NEED TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT. SO THEY KNOW THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S SUPPORTED BY THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THESE REPORTS PERIODICALLY. WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS THE MOST RECENT STAFF REPORT. THESE
APPLICATIONS ARE COMING DUE VERY SOON. WE HAVE SIX PROJECTS IN THIS ROUND THAT ARE PLANNING ON SUBMITTING NINE APPLICATIONS TO THESE THREE GRANTORS. THEY'RE SEEKING AN AMOUNT JUST UNDER $6 MILLION. THE REASON THAT THERE ARE MORE APPLICATIONS THAN PROJECTS IS BECAUSE PROJECTS
HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPLY TO ONE, TWO, OR ALL THREE GRANTORS. THE LARGER PROJECTS TYPICALLY NEED TO APPLY TO ALL THREE IN ORDER TO COBBLE TOGETHER THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THEY NEED. ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE STAFF REPORT HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT BY
THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIVISION AND ALSO BY HOUSING. SEVERAL OF THE PROJECTS HERE ARE HOUSING PROJECTS. WE RELY HEAVILY ON HOUSING STAFF BECAUSE THEY'RE FAR MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE FUNDING STACKS THAN WE ARE. I CAN'T SAY THAT EVERY ONE OF
THESE PROJECTS HAS ALL THEIR DUCKS IN A ROW, BUT THEY HAVE ENOUGH IN A ROW FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND THEM TO YOU. WE THINK THEY ALL HAVE A REASONABLE CHANCE OF GETTING GRANT FUNDING. THE SPECIFICS ARE OUTLINED IN MY REPORT. I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT JUST ONE BECAUSE THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE
OF WHAT BROWNFIELD GRANT FUNDING DOES. YOU'LL SEE ON THE LIST A GRAIN EXCHANGE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. IF YOU SHIFT YOUR GAZE ONE BLOCK AWAY, YOU'LL SEE THE GRANT EXCHANGE BUILDING. IT'S THREE INTERCONNECTED BUILDINGS.
IT'S CURRENTLY ABOUT 80% VACANT. SHERMAN AND ASSOCIATES PLANS TO REDEVELOP ALL THREE OF THOSE BUILDINGS. THEY'RE GOING TO BE HOUSING INTO THEM. 80% OR 186 WILL BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THEY'RE GOING TO REDEVELOP AND IMPROVE CURRENT OFFICE SPACES AND ADD AN EVENTS SPACE. THEY'RE
ALSO GOING TO ADD SOME NEW GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL. AT THE MOMENT, THE PRIMARY IMPEDIMENT TO THAT PROJECT IS THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF ASBESTOS. THE CLEAN-UP COST IS $7 MILLION.
SO THERE ARE TWO APPLICATIONS IN THIS ROUND TO TWO OF THE GRANTORS SEEKING THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY. WE HOPE WE GET IT ALL IN ONE ROUND. IF NOT, WE'LL BE BACK AGAIN IN SIX MONTHS. IT MAKES PROJECTS THATRE CHALLENGING LESS CHALLENGING BY PROVIDING
THE FUNDING THAT YOU NEED CLEAN UP THE SITE. SO THOSE ARE MY PREPARED COMMENTS. I GUESS I'D LIKE TO END ON A PERSONAL NOTE, IF I COULD. I'VE ENJOYED DOING THIS WORK FOR THE LAST 20 YES. THERE ARE TWO MILESTONES IN MY LIFE THIS YEAR. DECEMBER 11TH OF THIS YEAR WILL BE MY 20th
ANNIVERSARY AND I'LL BE RETIRING FROM THE CITY. NEXT MONDAY I'LL BE 72-YEARS OLD. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT CITY EMPLOYEES HAVE USED BY DATES, BUT IF THEY DID, I'D BE APPROACHING MINE. SO THIS COMMITTEE IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE AND ENCOURAGING
DURING THAT ENTIRE SPAN. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, PERSONALLY, YOUR PRED SOS PREDECESSORS, ESPECIALLY YOUR LONG-TIME CHAIR GOODMAN. THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM. I'VE BEEN EMPLOYED FOR
A LONG TIME. I'VE GOTTEN MY FIRST PAYCHECK WHEN I WAS 14. THIS THE BEST JOB I'VE EVER HAD. I'LL BE HAPPY TO RETIRE FROM THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AS MY LAST JOB. I'LL STAND FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION, FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU STAYING ALONG AND DOING THE GREAT WORK. WE ALL APPRECIATE. I WILL RECOGNIZE VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> THANKS, CHAIR OSMAN. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK
TO THE CITY. WHEN I FIRST STARTED ON THE BHZ COMMITTEE, I REMEMBER YOUR FIRST PRESENTATION ON THE BROWNFIELD GRANTS REALLY WELL BECAUSE I WAS SITTING THERE AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS THIS AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO THE CITY? YOU DID A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING
IT, AS YOU ARE NOW FOR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE JOINED US UP HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR SERVING THE CITY AND MANY CITY COUNCILS BEFORE THIS ONE. AND ALSO, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. >> THANK YOU. >> THAT'S EXCITING. I'M AN APRIL BIRTHDAY AS WELL. SO WE'RE BORN IN A GOOD MONTH.
>> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. YOU LOOK GREAT. WHAT' THE SECRET TO YOUR YOUTH? [LAUGHTER]
>> AS MY COWORKERS WILL READILY ATTEST, I FOUND THAT I CAN CREATE THE ILLUSION OF YOUTH BY ACTING IMMATURE OFTEN. [LAUGHTER] >> THAT AND SOME SWIMMING AND OTHER THINGS. THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR ME TO GO. I THINK I'VE GOT SOME GRANDCHILDREN AND
HOBBIES I'D LIKE TO DEVOTE SOME ATTENTION TO. MAYBE DOING A LITTLE BROWNFIELD GRANT CONSULTING ON THE SIDE. IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL JOB. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ENJOY YOUR NEW-FOUND RETIREMENT. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> THIS IS MY FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR YOUR PRESENTATION AS A
NEW COUNCIL MEMBER. I FEEL LIKE YOU WERE CONCISE. AND YOUR OVERVIEW SET THE STAGE FOR UNDERSTANDING THIS PROCESS. THANK YOU. FOR ALL OF THOSE STATS THAT YOU GAVE, THAT YOU HAVE HAD A PART OF BRINGING TO LIFE MANY PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND I HOPE YOU
HAVE TIME IN YOUR RETIREMENT TO DRIVE AROUND OR WALK OR BIKE AND SEE ALL OF THESE PLACES THAT YOU HAVE INVESTED TIME AND ENERGY INTO AND CELEBRATE THAT WITH YOUR FAMILY. I AM JUST GRATEFUL TO SEE ALL THESE GREAT PROJECTS. I MEAN, WHAT A WAY TO GO OUT ON
SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE BEFORE US TODAY. I KNOW THE GRAIN EXCHANGE REDEVELOPMENT CREATED A LOT OF STIR IN THE PRESS EVEN JUST SEEING THIS ON OUR AGENDA. A LOT OF EXCITEMENT FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THAT MOVE FORWARD. OF COURSE, THE SEVEN
POINTS REDEVELOPMENT, EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT IS ON THIS LIST, AND FOR YOUR HARD WORK IN PULLING ALL THIS TOGETHER. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON STORIED CAREER. >> I APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT. ESPECIALLY THE WORK CONCISE. I'M IRISH AND I DON'T HEAR THAT VERY
OFTEN. AND I SHOULD MENTION THAT THE BROWNFIELD GRANT WORK, IT'S NOT JUST ME. WHAT YOU SEE IS THE PRODUCT OF THE COLLECTIVE WORK OF A LOT OF PEOPLE. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HOUSING, OUR LEGAL STAFF, THE PLANNING FOLKS LOOK AT ALL THE PROJECTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECT IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMP GUIDE PLAN AND ZONING RESTRICTIONS, ET CETERA. SO IT'S ALWAYS A GROUP PROJECT IN EVERY ROUND. I'M THE LUCKY ONE THAT GETS TO STAND UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT IT. BUT IT'S A GROUP EFFORT. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. COUNCIL
VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. MR. CARROLL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. HAPPY EARLY 72nd BIRTHDAY. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PLANNED RETIREMENT. I HOPE
THAT IN RETIREMENT YOU TAKE ON SOME NEW HOBBIES, INCLUDING, I REALLY THINK THAT YOU COULD HAVE A KNACK FOR STAND-UP COMEDY. I DON'T KNOW. I HAVEN'T HEARD SO MANY LAUGHS IN HERE IN QUITE A WHILE, ACTUALLY. I DON'T KNOW. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. >> YUP. >> AND THAT'S -- I'M SO
GRATEFUL. THANK YOU. >> APPRECIATE THAT. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ONE ITEM LEFT. WE WILL BE RECEIVING A
PRESENTATION RELATED TO A PET RESTRICTION RENTAL PROPERTIES. I WILL HAVE SARAH PRINER FROM LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH AND OVERSIGHT TO GIVE US THAT
PRESENTATION. WELCOME. >> [ OFF MIKE ] >> CAN YOU ASK CITY CLERK IF YOU
ASK A QUESTION. >> IT'S UP TO THE CITY CLERK TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. >> WE'RE NOT DOING PUBLIC HEARING. GO AHEAD, MA'AM. I'M SORRY. >> CHAIR OSMAN, COUNCIL MEMBERS,
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT PET RESTRICTIONS ON RENTAL PROPERTIES. AND THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. FROM LAST YEAR,
JUNE.
>> CLERK, CAN YOU ASSIST?
>> OKAY. TRYING THAT AGAIN. SO JUNE OF LAST YEAR, THIS COMMITTEE DIRECTED THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT PET RESTRICTIONS, AS WELL AS
AVAILABLE DATA ON PET SURRENDER. A NATIONAL LANDSCAPE OF POLICIES AND AN ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL CHALLENGES OR BARRIERS TO THE USE OF REGULATORY POLICIES HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. THE STRUCTURE OF
THIS PRESENTATION FOLLOWS THOSE FOUR REQUESTS. SO FIRST, THE OVERVIEW. SO WHY TALK ABOUT PETS AND RENTAL PROPERTY? HELPING RENTERS WITH PETS IS A BROADLY CONSIDERED A WAY TO IMPROVE
HOUSING ACCESS AFFORDABILITY, WHILE POTENTIALLY ALSO IMPROVING ANIMAL WELFARE. HOUSING ACCESSIBILITY FOR RENTERS WITH PETS IS NOT A SMALL ISSUE BECAUSE ACTUALLY OVER HALF OF RENTERS ARE PET OWNERS. THE
LITERATURE FOCUSES ON THREE KEY INDICATORS: THE AVAILABILITY OF RENTAL PROPERTIES THAT ACCEPT PETS, THE PRESENCE OF RESTRICTIONS PREVENTING DOGS BY BREED AND SIZE, AND THE PREVALENCE AND DEGREE OF PET
RENT AND PET FEES. TO ASSESS WHERE MINNEAPOLIS STANDS ON ALL THREE, I LOOKED AT RENTAL LISTINGS. I FOUND THAT ON A LOWER INCOME BUDGET, IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND A RENTAL THAT ALLOWS PETS IN MINNEAPOLIS. WHEN I LOOKED AT
ALL RENTAL LISTINGS ON ZILLOW, 70% ALLOW DOGS. BUT WHEN I NARROWED A SEARCH FOR TWO BEDROOMS WITH MAXIMUM RENT OF $700, ABOUT 2% LISTINGS ALLOWED SMALL DOGS AND -- SLIGHTLY LOWER
THAN MEDIAN INCOME, IT IS NOT THAT EASY TO FIND RENTALS THAT TAKE PETS, ESPECIALLY LARGE DOGS. THERE'S AN EXCEPTION IF A TENANT CAN DEMONSTRATE THEY REQUIRE A SERVICE OR EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL BY FEDERAL AND STATE LAW, THEY MUST BE ALLOWED TO RENT WITH A PET. REGARDLESS
OF THE LANDLORD'S NO PET POLICY. FOR THESE PETS, LANDLORDS CANNOT CHARGE ANY FEE OR DEPOSIT. THEY NEED A LETTER FROM A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL, AND LOWER INCOME TENANTS ARE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE
THIS OPTION. TO EXAMINE THE DEGREE OF BREED RESTRICTIONS AND PET FEES, I LOOKED AT 100 MINNEAPOLIS RENTAL PROPERTY LISTINGS THAT ALLOW PETS HAVE TWO OR MORE BEDROOMS. ROUGHLY
EQUIVALENT TO THE MEDIAN FAMILY SIZE AND RENT IN MINNEAPOLIS. OUT OF THOSE 100 LISTINGS, 82% HAVE A SPECIFIC PET RENT, SORRY,
NOT SPECIFIC, A PET RENT. ANOTHER 71% HAVE A ONE-TIME PET FEE THAT'S NON-REFUNDABLE. AND THEN 63% HAVE INDICATED A PET
DEPOSIT THAT IS REFUNDABLE. AND FOR CONTEXT, THERE'S ABOUT 10% OF RENTAL HOUSING IS CONSIDERED FREE OF MAJOR PET RESTRICTIONS IN THE U.S. JUST TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE. PET SURRENDER.
NATIONALLY, HOUSING IS AMONG THE MOST FREQUENTLY CITED REASONS FOR PET SURRENDER. PARTICULARLY THOSE EARNING $50,000 OR LESS. FOUND THAT AROUND 14% OF PEOPLE SURRENDER THEIR PETS FOR HOUSING-RELATED ISSUES. THAT'S
14% OF THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY INDICATED A REASON. BULLY BREEDS, PIT BULLS, BULL TERRIERS, ARE THE DOG BREED MOST
FREQUENTLY RELINQUISHED BY OWNERS. THE MOST PREVALENT BREED FALLS INTO THIS CATEGORY OF BULLY BREEDS. THEY'RE ALMOST ALWAYS INCLUDED IN RESTRICTIVE BREEDS BY LANDLORDS AND
INSURANCE COMPANIES, AND ARE ADOPTED AT THE LOWEST RATES. SHELTERS HAVE REPORTED SEEING RECORD NUMBERS OF SURRENDERED IN POST-PANDEMIC YEARS. ROUGH START REPORTED HAVING TO TURN AWAY ABOUT HALF THEIR APPLICANTS IN
2024. AT THE CITY LEVEL, THE NUMBER OF PET SURRENDER TO ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL DOUBLED. LOW INCOME HOUSE HOLDINGS AR--
ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL BEGAN COLLECTING DATA ON THE REASONS FOR PET SURRENDER HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. OF THE 2,077 ANIMALS SURRENDERED IN 2024 AND MOST OF 2025, 13% OF THE OWNERS CITED HOUSING ISSUES IF THEY
CITED A REASON. WHILE BREED RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT PARTICULARLY NEW, THE PROLIFERATION OF PET RENT AND
NON-FUNDABLE PET FEES HAVE PROLIFERATED. THE MOST PROMINENT EARLY ADOPTERS OF COMPREHENSIVE PET FRIENDLY REGULATIONS ARE COLORADO AND D.C. BEYOND THESE TWO, THERE ARE JUST A HANDFUL OF
SMALLER CITIES THAT HAVE TAKEN SIMILAR ACTION. AND SOME JURISDICTIONS HAVE BITS AND PIECES. IN 2023, COLORADO TOOK THE LEAD WITH PET FRIENDLY RENTAL ACT. LIKE ALL THE LAWS I LOOKED AT, COLORADO'S ACT PROHIBITS LANDLORDS FROM CHARGING NON-REFUNDABLE PET
FEES. COLORADO ALSO PROHIBITED LANDLORDS FROM CHARGING PET RENT MORE THAN $35 A MONTH OR 1.5% OF MONTHLY RENT. WHICHEVER IS GREATER. REFUNDABLE PET DEPOSITS ARE CAPPED AT $300. SO OPPONENTS
OF THE LAW WORRIED THAT THESE CAPS WERE TOO LOW TO PROTECT LANDLORDS FROM PET DAMAGE. THE ACT THUS ESTABLISHED A PET-FRIENDLY LANDLORD DAMAGE MITIGATION PROGRAM WHICH ENABLES LANDLORDS TO APPLY FOR STATE
DAMAGE UP TO $1,000. THE COLORADO ACT DOES NOT PROHIBIT DOG BREED OR SIZE RESTRICTIONS, BUT IT DOES REGULATE INSURANCE COMPANIES. THIS IS IMPORTANT AS LANDLORDS TEND TO POINT TO INSURANCE DEMANDS TO EXPLAIN DOG BREED RESTRICTIONS. COLORADO
PROHIBITS INSURERS FROM DENYING POLICIES OR INCREASING PREMIUMS BASED ON A DOG'S BREED. INSURERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO INQUIRE ABOUT BREED. THEY CAN ASK IF A DOG HAS BEEN DEEMED DANGEROUS AND DENY POLICIES ACCORDINGLY. BUT THEY
CANNOT ASK ABOUT THE DOG BREED. COLORADO ALSO REQUIRES ALL STATE FUNDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO ALLOW UP TO TWO DOGS OR CATS PER UNIT WITHOUT BREED OR WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS. AND COLORADO, AS
THE FIRST JURISDICTION, UNIQUELY PROVIDES EVIDENCE OF IMPACT. IT WAS A CONCERN THAT THE ACT WOULD LEAD TO MORE LANDLORDS JUST NOT ACCEPTING PETS AND DOGS ALTOGETHER. AND IT TURNED OUT THAT WHEN MONITORED BY
ACADEMICS, BEFORE AND OFF THE POLICY, THEY FOUND A TEMPORARY 5% DROP IN THE NUMBER OF RENTALS ACCEPTING PETS STATEWIDE. THE EVIDENCE HERE ON THE SLIDE IS FROM DENVER. THE GREEN LINE REPRESENTS THE POLICY CHANGE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A SLIGHT DIP AT 5% IN THE NUMBERS OF RENTAL UNITS ACCEPTING PETS. BUT IT COMES BACK. IT'S A TEMPORARY BLIP. SO IT COMES BACK TO THE PRE-POLICY LEVEL. OTHER CITIES
AND STATES HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO HELP PET OWNING TENANTS. BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, ADDRESSED ALL EXCESSIVE OR JUNK FEES IN RENTAL HOUSING IN ONE ORDINANCE. THEY INCLUDED PET FEES AFTER DISCOVERING THAT
LARGE LANDLORDS WERE MORE THAN TWICE AS LIKELY TO CHARGE PET RENTS THAN SMALL LANDLORDS. BELLINGHAM REQUIRES LANDLORDS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN CHARGING A REFUNDABLE PET DEPOSIT OR A MONTHLY PET RENT. AND THEY SET CAPS ON BOTH. THE BELLINGHAM
ORDINANCE ALSO REQUIRES LANDLORDS TO DISCLOSE ALL RENTAL PROPERTY FEES, INCLUDING PET FEES IN LISTINGS AND IN APPLICATIONS. CITY STAFF EXPLAINED THAT LANDLORDS WERE RELATIVELY SUPPORTIVE OF THESE TRANSPARENCY MEASURES.
BELLINGHAM INITIALLY DEVELOPED CITY ENFORCEMENT, BUT ABANDONED THE IDEA DUE TO COST. LIKE ALL JURISDICTIONS I REVIEWED, ENFORCEMENT IS THROUGH A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION. SO TENANTS FACING VIOLATIONS CAN SUE FOR THREE TIMES THE DAMAGES PLUS
COSTS. IN LOS ANGELES, THEY REQUIRE ALL OPERATORS OF MULTI-UNIT HOUSING WITH FUNDING FROM OR THROUGH THE CITY TO ALLOW AT LEAST ONE PET PER UNIT. THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS LANDLORDS
TO SET REASONABLE PET DEPOSITS, AND IT ORDERS THE CITIES TO WORK WITH THE BUILDINGS TO SET PET RULES. AND FINALLY, THE CALIFORNIA ALSO REQUIRES STATE -- THIS IS STATE LEVEL FINANCING FOR MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. IF YOU
RECEIVE STATE-LEVEL FINANCING, YOU NEED TO ALLOW AT LEAST ONE COMMON HOUSEHOLD PET PER UNIT. AND D.C. EFFECTIVE THIS COMING OCTOBER, D.C. WILL PROHIBIT LANDLORDS FROM SETTING
RESTRICTIONS ON DOG BREED, WEIGHT, OR SIZE. AND D.C. IS THE FIRST JURISDICTION IN THE COUNTRY TO TAKE THIS STEP. THE D.C. COUNCIL STARTED WITH DATA. AT WHICH REVEALED THAT 30% OF
D.C. RENTAL UNITS ALLOW PETS. ONLY 6% ARE WITHOUT BREED OR WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS. THE SAME SURVEY, RENTERS REPORTED THAT PET-FRIENDLY HOUSING IS HARD TO FIND. AND SO THE COUNCIL CONCLUDED THAT LOW-INCOME RENTERS WITH PETS WERE
INEQUITABLY BURDENED. PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH LARGE DOGS OF CERTAIN BREEDS. THE SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS SUGGESTS THAT BREED IS A POOR PREDICTOR OF WHETHER DOGS ARE DANGEROUS OR NOT. SOME ON THE COUNCIL ARGUED THAT THE CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF
CERTAIN BULLY BREEDS WITH COMMUNITIES OF COLOR CONTRIBUTES TO THEIR PERCEPTION AS DANGEROUS. THE ORDINANCE WAS THEREFORE CONSIDERED A MEASURE TO ADVANCE HOUSING ACCESS AND EQUITY. D.C.'S ORDINANCE ALSO
REQUIRES HOUSING PROVIDERS TO -- FINALLY, ALSO SOME STATES LIKE TEXAS AND FLORIDA HAVE LAWS PROHIBITING PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES FROM HAVING PET POLICIES THAT INCLUDE BREED RESTRICTIONS. MPHA, THE
MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY, ALLOWS TENANTS TO HAVE NO MORE THAN ONE CAT OR DOG WEIGHING NO MORE THAN 25 POUNDS. AND THEY ALSO HAVE PROHIBITED DOG BREEDS. SO LOOKING AT THE
FINAL THREE SLIDES HERE ARE ABOUT THE OPTIONS THE CITY COULD TAKE GOING FORWARD. AND LOOKING AT THE RATIONALES AND THE RISKS. THE OPTIONS ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. THE FIRST OPTION IS PROHIBITING DOG BREED AND WEIGHT
RESTRICTIONS IN RENTAL PROPERTIES. THERE IS A CLEAR RATIONALE. DOG AGGRESSION IS NOT SCIENTIFICALLY LINKED TO A DOG'S BREED OR WEIGHT. AROUND 20% OF MINNEAPOLIS RENTAL LISTINGS
NOTED BREED -- I'M SORRY, 40% IF WE TAKE THEM TOGETHER, OF THE RENTAL LISTINGS NOTED BREED OR WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS. AND MANY MORE LIKELY HAVE SUCH RESTRICTIONS, BUT DIDN'T INCLUDE
IT IN THE LISTINGS. SUCH RESTRICTIONS CAN BE A BARRIER OF HOUSING, PARTICULARLY FOR LOW INCOME TENANTS WITH LARGE DOGS OR BREEDS PROHIBITED. THIS INCLUDES BULLY BREEDS. THIS
UNDOUBTEDLY CONTRIBUTES TO MINNEAPOLIS' PET SURRENDERS. PUTTING PRESSURE ON ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL. THERE ARE RISKS TO PROHIBITING BREED AND SIZE RESTRICTIONS. SO FAR, ONLY WASHINGTON D.C. WILL TAKE THIS STEP IN OCTOBER. SO THERE'S NO
EVIDENCE EITHER WAY ON THE IMPACT. ONE CONCERN IS THAT BY PROHIBITING BREED RESTRICTIONS OR SIZE RESTRICTIONS, LANDLORDS MAY RESPOND BY DECIDING NOT TO ACCEPT DOGS AT ALL OR PETS.
THERE ARE TWO REASONS TO THINK THAT THIS IS A RISK IN THE MINNEAPOLIS CONTEXT. THE FIRST IS THAT LANDLORDS MAY FEAR LOSING NON-PET OWNING TENANTS WHO DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT FEARS
ABOUT LARGE DOGS OR PARTICULAR DOG BREEDS. THE SECOND IS THAT LANDLORDS TYPICALLY POINT TO INSURANCE POLICIES. AND THEY CAN STILL DO SO TO SUGGEST THAT THERE ARE HIGHER PREMIUMS FOR DOGS OF CERTAIN BREEDS. IN
MINNESOTA, OUR INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE PROHIBITED FROM CANCELLING OR REFUSING INSURANCE BASED ON DOG BREED. BUT THEY ARE NOT PROHIBITED FROM CHARGING HIGHER PREMIUMS. MINNEAPOLIS COULD WORK WITH THE STATE TO STRENGTHEN ITS STATUTE IN THIS
REGARD BY PROHIBITING INSURERS FROM RAISING PREMIUMS. THE CITY COULD ALSO PROACTIVELY EDUCATE LANDLORDS ON THE AVAILABILITY OF PET-INCLUSIVE INSURANCE OPTIONS.
FINALLY, THE CITY COULD CHOOSE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE STATE TO PROHIBIT PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES FROM SETTING BREED AND WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS AS IN TEXAS AND FLORIDA. THE SECOND ACTION THE CITY COULD CONSIDER IS TO CAP PET FEES IN RENTAL
HOUSING. JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN THIS STEP DESCRIBE IT AS AN EFFORT TO PREVENT LOW INCOME RENTERS FROM HAVING TO CHOOSE BETWEEN A HOME AND A PET. FORCING SUCH CHOICES CONTRIBUTES TO GROWING NUMBER OF PET
SURRENDERS, CAN BE A BARRIER FOR HOUSING. PET-OWNING RENTERS IDENTIFIED PET OWNING FEES AS THE LARGEST COMPLICATION TO FINDING HOMES. LANDLORDS HAVE PUSHBACK ON THESE REGULATIONS.
THEY MAINTAIN THAT PET FEES AND DEPOSITS ARE NEEDED TO OFF-SET THE RISK OF PROPERTY DAMAGE FROM PETS. PETS CAN, OF COURSE, CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE. EVIDENCE, HOWEVER, SUGGESTS THAT THE AVERAGE AMOUNT TENANTS PAY
IN PET FEES EXCEEDS THE AVERAGE COST OF PET-RELATED DAMAGES. THIS SUGGESTS THAT SOME LANDLORDS MAY USE PET-RELATED FEES TO DISGUISE THE COST OF RENT OR SOME OF THE RENT. AND GIVEN THE WIDESPREAD USE OF PET-RELATED FEES IN MINNEAPOLIS,
THERE IS A RISK THAT CAPPING THESE CHARGES COULD CAUSE LANDLORDS TO INCREASE BASE RENTS. BUT THERE IS LITTLE TO NO ROBUST EVIDENCE ON THIS. AFTER CAPPING FEES IN COLORADO, THERE WAS NO SPIKE IN RENT. IT COULD
BE THAT THE COMPETITION FOR IN THE RENTAL MARKET IS ENOUGH TO PREVENT RENT INCREASES. ANOTHER RISK IS THAT IN THE FACE OF LOWER PET FEES, LANDLORDS DECIDE TO NOT ALLOW PETS AT ALL. BUT AGAIN, THE EVIDENCE IN COLORADO
SUGGESTS THAT WON'T HAPPEN. THE LAST RISK IS THAT IN RESPONSE TO LOWER FEES, MORE LANDLORDS WILL REQUIRE TENANTS TO OBTAIN RENTER INSURANCE WITH PET LIABILITY COVERAGE. PRIMARY LIABILITY FOR
PET-CAUSED DAMAGE DOES REST WITH THE PET OWNER. BUT LANDLORDS MAY STILL WANT ADDITIONAL COVERAGE. PAGE 18 OF THE BRIEF INCLUDES A SUMMARY OF THE CAPS AND PROHIBITIONS ON PET FEES FOR
FIVE JURISDICTIONS. THE LAST OPTIONS, NUMBER 3, THE DATA GATHERED SUGGEST THAT LOWER INCOME RENTERS IN MINNEAPOLIS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY FEWER PET-FRIENDLY HOUSING OPTIONS THAN HIGHER INCOME RENTERS. SO THE CITY COULD CONSIDER ADDRESSING THIS BY REQUIRING
THAT HOUSING WITH CITY FINANCING ALLOW ONE OR TWO PETS PER UNITS. LOS ANGELES ORDINANCE, AGAIN, DOES THIS FOR MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. REQUIRING THAT IF THEY RECEIVE FUNDING
THROUGH OR FROM THE CITY, THEY NEED TO ALLOW AT LEAST ONE PET PER UNIT. ALTERNATIVELY, THE CITY COULD WORK WITH THE STATE TO REQUIRE STATE FINANCE HOUSING TO ALLOW AT LEAST ONE OR TWO PETS PER RENTAL, AND THAT'S FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF COLORADO AND CALIFORNIA. BUT ANY SUCH
ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH CONSIDERATION -- SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION CONSULTATION WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO NEGATIVE IMPACT. THE LAST OPTION IS TO CONSIDER INCREASING TRANSPARENCY AROUND
PET AND OTHER FEES. SO THE MINNESOTA STATUTE REQUIRES LANDLORDS TO DISCLOSE ALL NON-OPTIONAL FEES. ON THE FIRST PAGE OF A RENTAL LEASE AND ADVERTISEMENTS FOR RENTALS. HOWEVER, PET FEES ARE OPTIONAL
FEES. THEY'RE CONSIDERED AS SUCH AND THEREFORE, TRANSPARENCY IS NOT REQUIRED. THE CITY COULD WORK WITH THE STATE TO REQUIRE LANDLORDS DISCLOSE ALL FEES, INCLUDING PET FEES IN RENTAL LISTINGS AND AGREEMENTS. STATES
SUCH AS CONNECTICUT, NEW MEXICO, CITIES SUCH AS NEW YORK AND BELLINGHAM, ALL HAVE LAWS WITH THIS REQUIREMENT. RECENT LAWS. AND THESE LAWS ARE SEEKING TO ENSURE PROSPECTIVE TENANTS HAVE COMPLETE COST INFORMATION BEFORE
THEY RECEIVE THE LEASE WHEN IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE TO BACK OUT. THE CITY OF BELLING HAM FOUND THAT COSTS, INCLUDING PET FEES WERE NOT ALWAYS CLEARLY COMMUNICATED AHEAD OF TIME, LEAVING SOME TENANTS EXPLAIN ABOUT BEING LOCKED INTO COSTS
BEYOND THEIR BUDGET. REQUIRING ALL FEES TO BE COMMUNICATED UP FRONT COULD ALSO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF INCREASING COMPETITION. IN THE MINNEAPOLIS LISTINGS I REVIEWED, PET FEES WERE OFTEN DIFFICULT TO
PINPOINT. IT IS NOT ALWAYS CLEAR IF PET FEES ARE CHARGED PER PET OR OTHERWISE. 30% OF LISTINGS DID NOT HAVE SPECIFIC AMOUNTS TO BE CHARGED. AND WITH THAT, CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I WILL SEE IF THERE'S ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS. VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR OSMAN, AND THANK YOU, SARAH, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I REALLY
APPRECIATE IT. SO THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT ECONOMY AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE BROUGHT FORWARD SOME TIME LAST YEAR. IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO THAT WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, AND WE DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE PRESENTATION HAPPEN AT THE FIRST
BHZ COMMITTEE. IT'S BEEN READY TO GO SINCE THE END OF THE LAST TERM. AND I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SHARE WHY THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT WAS COMING TO THE FOREFRONT FOR OUR COUNCIL OFFICES. AND IT'S REALLY TWO-FOLD. AND
THEY'RE RELATED. SO FIRST IS THERE ARE MANY CONSTITUENTS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO MY OFFICE, TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS' OFFICES ABOUT ISSUES WITH FINDING HOUSING IN THE CITY OF
MINNEAPOLIS WHEN THEY HAVE A PET. EVEN HOMEOWNERS HAVE SHARED WITH ME THAT THEY'RE READY TO DOWNSIZE, BUT THEY HAVE PARTICULARLY A BULLY BREED QUOTE UNQUOTE, A LARGER DOG, AND THEY WANT TO MOVE INTO RENTING
BECAUSE THEY DON'T NEED THAT LARGE FAMILY HOME ANYMORE, AND IT'S BEEN REALLY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO MAKE THAT CHANGE IN LIFE BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE LOCKED IN TO THE PLACE THAT THEY HAVE. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL VERY LOCKED IN TO WHO ARE THEY ARE. AND I WILL JUST UPLIFT IN
THE PRESENTATION THAT IT'S BEEN OUR UNDERSTANDING FROM CONSTITUENTS, AND ALSO TALKING TO ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PREDOMINANTLY IMPACTS PEOPLE WHO ARE LOWER INCOME, RIGHT? AND LOWER INCOME PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF LIMITATIONS IN TERMS OF
THEIR HOUSING OPTIONS. AND IT'S JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ADDS TO THE COST OF LIVING. AND THEN ALSO, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING OPPORTUNITY FOR UPWARD MOBILITY TO SAVE MONEY, TO HAVE STABILITY, THIS IS
ANOTHER BARRIER THAT WE SEE. THE SECOND PART THAT IS ON THE TWO-FOLD MEPIECE OF IT IS WHEN COMES TO OUR ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL FACILITY. SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO HASN'T HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR THE ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL FACILITY THERE. THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH WHAT THEY HAVE. THEY TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THE ANIMALS THAT ARE SURRENDERED TO THEM. AND THEY ALSO ARE TRYING REALLY,
REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT PETS GET ADOPTED, BUT ALSO TRY TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS THAT ARE SURRENDERED. AND HOUSING REASONS, I THINK IT WAS 276 THAT WAS STATED AS A REASON IS A PART OF THAT. AND A LOT OF
BREEDS THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE WAITING FOR ADOPTION OR ARE SURRENDERED ARE BULLY BREEDS. REALLY, REALLY SWEET ANIMALS. BUT THEIR OWNER FOR WHATEVER REASON HAS HAD TO SURRENDER THEIR PET TO ANIMAL CARE AND
CONTROL. AND SO IT'S CREATED THIS PERENNIAL KIND OF ISSUE FOR OUR CITY SERVICES. AND I HAVE ALSO HEARD FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT ADVOCATES IN THE PET SPACE, A LOT OF THEM ARE
PARTNERS WITH THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. MY PIT BULL IS MY FAMILY IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT WE WORK WITH THAT HAS SHARED THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY CARE A LOT ABOUT DOING EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT JUST THE
FACT THAT THERE ISN'T A SCIENTIFIC LINK THAT SPECIFIC BREED LEADS TO A SPECIFIC TYPE OF AGGRESSION. AND SO THERE WILL BE MORE WORK THAT I'M PLANNING ON BRINGING FORWARD. I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD TAKE A DEEPER LOOK INTO
TO SEE WHAT WE CAN IMPROVE. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I DID HAVE FOR YOU, SARAH, IS IF YOU COULD KIND OF SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO WHAT YOU FOUND IN YOUR RESEARCH ABOUT THIS PERCEPTION OF LARGER BREEDS BEING
AGGRESSIVE AND KIND OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU FOUND THAT THERE ISN'T A TRUE BASIS FOR THAT, AND KIND OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE FOUND OUT ABOUT, MISCONCEPTIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT?
>> YES. THANK YOU. I THINK THIS -- CHAIR OSMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, YES, THERE IS A GOOD DEAL OF MISCONCEPTION IN THIS AREA. ONE STRIKING
STATISTIC IS EVEN THE BITE REPORTS THAT COME THROUGH. PEOPLE ARE IDENTIFYING THE DOG BREED VISUALLY JUST BY SIGHT WHEN THEY REPORTN DOG BITES.
THERE WAS A STUDY THAT LOOKED AT THE DNA MATCH BETWEEN THE BEST GUESS OF THE PERSON REPORTING AND THE ACTUAL BREED OF THE DOG. IT'S ABOUT 40% OF THE REPORTING OFOG BITES IS ACTUALLY THE
WRONG -- THEY'RE REPORTING THE WRONG BREED. SO THERE'S A LOT OF MISCONCEPTIONS AROUND THIS. AND THAT IN THE CONVERSATIONS IN
D.C., THEY USE THE ANALOGYO WHEN LANDLORDS WOULD PREVENT KIDS FROM -- TENANTS WITH TOO MANY KIDS OR KIDS OF A CERTAIN
AGE FROM RENTING, THAT WAS SORT OF DISCRIMINATORY AS DEEMED IN THE 1980s WHEN WE STOPPED THAT. THAT WAS THEIR SORT OF WORKING ANALOGY. ALSO, THE PERCEPTION OF THESE DOGS AS DANGEROUS MIGHT COME FROM PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR
OWNERS. BEING A PART OF A COMMUNITY OF COLOR. SO THAT WAS -- THOSE WERE SORT OF THE TWO CURRENTS THAT DROVE THE D.C. DECISION. THERE'S ALSO LEGISLATION IN CALIFORNIA TO
PROHIBIT BREED AND WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS. BUT THAT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. SO IT'S JUST D.C. THAT'S ACTUALLY MOVED FORWARD WITH IT, BUT IT'S OTHER PLACES THAT HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT IT. >> YEAH, THANK YOU. AND THE RESEARCH THAT I'VE DONE FROM A
LOT OF DIFFERENT VETERINARY HOSPITALS IS THAT THE ALIGNMENT OF DIFFERENT TRAITS LIKE LOCALITY OR AGGRESSION BASED ON PEDIGREE ALONE IS COMPLETELY FALSE. IT ACTUALLY HAS TO DO A LOT MORE WITH TRAINING. HOW THE
DOG IS BROUGHT UP AND HOW THEIR OWNERS ARE TAKING CARE OF TH. THAT MATTERS A LOT IN TERMS OF DOG BEHAVIOR. AND ALSO, I KNO THAT LIKE THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS A REALLY PET-FRIENDLY CITY ACROSS ALL OF OUR WARDS. I JOKE ALL OF THE
TIME THAT I REPRENT MORE DOGS AND CATS THAN I DO PEOPLE IN THE 12th WARD. SOMETIMES I WOULD SAY JUST IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD I PROBABLY HAVE MORE DOGS A CATS THAN I DO IN ALL THE ENTIRE WARD. I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS
PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND ALSO, THANK YOU FOR UPLIFTING THE KIND OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND HISTORY AROUND THE ASSOCIATION OF A TYPE OF BREED AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT MORE LIKELY HAVE THAT TYPE
OF BREED. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >> I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I'M A DOG MOM. AND I LOVE MY
DOG. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU GAVE WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD AND KEEPING IN MIND AND PEOPLE SHOULD ALSO REALLY PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT IF YOU DO HAVE AN ANIMAL AND IT MAY
BE YOUR EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL, THAT THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT Y REALLY SHOULD TALK TO YOUR PHYSICIAN ABOUT, ABOUT YOUR PET, YOUR COMPANION, AND WHAT THAT MEANS AS FAR AS GIVING THEM A OFFICIAL TITLE AND RELATIONSHIP TO YOUR FAMILY.
YOU KNOW. NOT JUST A PET, RIGHT? AND KNOWING THE THINGS AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT COME ALONG, YOU KNOW, WITH A PET. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF COMPLAINTS THAT I GET FROM RESIDENTS, EVEN
WITHIN MY WARD, IS ABOUT PEOPLE NOT CLEANING UP DOG FECES IN THE YARD OR INDIVIDUALS WHO MAYE NEIGHBORING YARDS WITH ONE ANOTHER AND NOT CLEANING UP OR
CLEANING UP ON THE BOULEVARD OR IN THE GRASS OR WHATEVER THE CASE IS. CLEAN UP AFTER YOUR ANIMALS. TREAT YOUR ANIMAL WELLS. AND YOUR ANIMALS WILL TREAT YOU WELL. AND I THINK PEOPLE A LOT OF TIMES DON'T KNOW THAT, LIKE, ANIMALS RLLY --
LIKE, THEY HAVE FEEL IFEELINGS, THEY REMEMBER THINGS. IF YOU DO SOMETHING EVIL TO AN ANIMAL, THEY RETAIN THOSE THINGS. TREAT YOUR ANIMALS GOOD. LIKE, LOVE YOUR ANIMALS. I KNOW THAT IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR PROPERTY OWNERS,
FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ANIMALS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE COME INTO A HOME AND THEY'VE DONE DAMAGE TO THE HOME. BUT WONDERFUL PLACES LIKE THE HUMANE SOCIETY, THEY OFFER THINGS LIKE PUPPY KINDERGARTEN. MY DOG WENT. IT WAS WONDERFUL. THERE'S DIFFERENT
PLACES THAT WILL HELP YOU TO TRAIN YOUR ANIMALS SO TT THEY ARE SOCIAL AND ARE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, LIVE PLACES. YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU EDUCATE YOUR CHILDREN ON HOW TO LIVE IN RENTAL PROPERTIES. YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOUR PET HAS THE
PROPER TRAINING SO THEY COULD LIVE WHOLESOME IN COMMUNITY AND BE THE COMPANION FRIEND THAT YOU WANT THEM TO BE, AND BE RESPECTFUL IN A SPACE. YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT YOUR SPACE AND YOU'RE RENTING THERE TEMPORARILY, DO ALL THAT Y CAN
TO ENSURE THAT YOUR ANIMAL RESPECTS THE PROPERTY JUST AS CH AS YOU DO. I KNOW IT'S CHALLENGING. YOU KNOW. BUT IT'S A PART OF OUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY BEING IN COMMUNITY. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, AND I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE RECEIVE
ALL OF THIS VERY WELL. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL DIRECT THE CLERK TO FILE THAT PRESENTATION. AN SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US, WITH NO OBJECTION, I'LL DECLARE THIS MEETING
ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.