>> GOOD AFTERNOON! WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CLIMATE & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE FOR APRIL 10, 2025. I'M KATIE CASHM, CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS, STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBL PARTICIPATION. THEREFORE
ALL SPTHESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE CAPTIONING AS A METHOD TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY TOHE COMMUNITY SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH. SO CAPTIONERS CAN TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. THAN YOU. I'LL ASK THE CLERK
TO CALL THE ROLL. >> CLERK: COUNCILMBER VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> OSMAN IS ABSENT. CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT.>> CHOWDHURY IS ABSEE CHAIR KOSKI. >> PRESENT. >> CHAIR CASHMAN. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLE WE HAVE A QUORUM. I'M AWARE WE'LL
HAVE A TORNADO DRILL IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES. DON'T BE ALARMED WHEN THAT HAPPENS. NOT A DRILL. IT'LL BE THE SIRENS. OKAY. SO WE WILL START WITH OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ITEMS 3 THROUGH 11. ITEM THREE IS PROJECT
DESIGNATION AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 2025 CONCRETE PAVEMENT REHABILITATION PROGRAM. IM FOUR IS CONCURRING WITH THE CITY ENGINEERS VARIANCE REQUEST FOR MNDOT FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF CEDAR LAKE
ROAD. ITEM FIVE IS REQUESTING THE MINNESOTA COMSSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION TO MAKE ADDITIONS AND REMOVALS TO THE MUNICIPAL STATE AID SYSTEM WITHIN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. SIX IS AUTHORIZING A PIPELINE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY ON 22nd AVENUE NORTH BEEEN 2nd STREET AND WEST
RIVER ROAD. SEVEN EXPRESSING THE CITY'S SUPPORT FOR UNIVERSITY OF A AND FOURTH STREET SOUTHST RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. EIGHT IS UPPER HARBOR TERMINAL, RENALLAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. NINE IS ACCEPTING A
GRANT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVES FOR GEOTHERMAL PLANNING. 10 IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR MAY 8 TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE RELATING T AMENDING THE OUTDOOR STADIUM NOISE. 11 RECEIVING AND FILING THE 20-YEAR
STREETS FUNDING PLAN 2025 UPDATE. ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA 3 THROUGH 11 THAT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ? >> I'D LIKE TO PULL OUT ITEM NUMBER FIVE FOR A QUESTION. NOT
A SEPARATE VOTE BUT I HAVE QUESTIONS. >> SURE. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, EXCEPT ITEM NUMBER FIVE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AY OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? AYES HAVE IT. THON
ITEM NUMBER FIVE. WHICH IS THE REQUEST TO THE MINNESOTA COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION TO MAKE ADDITIONS AND REMOVALS TO THE MUNICIPAL STATE AID SYSTEM WITHIN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ FOR YOUR QUESTION. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CASHMAN. I STAFF COULD HELP ME ANSWER -- I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE ITEM. CAN YOU HELP UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF HOW WORKS. D. >> DIRECTOR SEXTON? >> I GUESS I WOULD BE LOOKING TO OUR STAFF, MOST LIKELY JENER HAGAR TO RESPOND TO THAT.
>> GREAT. WCOME MS. H HAGER. WHAT THE REVISIONS AND WHAT THE PROCESS LOOKS LIKE. >> THANK YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR CASHMAN, COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, PLANNING, AND PROGRAING FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
OUR MUNICIPAL STATE AID SYSTEM, SYSTEM OF STREETS THAT WE COLLECT GAS TAX DOLLARS TO HELP SUPPORT. WE CAN ALLOCATE UP TO 20% OF OUR STREET NETRK TO THE STATE AID SYSTEM. SO IN MINNEAPOLIS, WE HAVE ABOUT 200 MILES WEAN ALLOCATE TO THE
SYSTEM. AND SYSTEM REVISIONS ARE AN ANNUA PROCESS WHERE WE CAN REVIEW OUR SYSTEM AND REQUEST CHANGES. CHANGES MIGHT BE BASED ON CHANGES TO THE NETWORK OVERALL, AND TAKING A OK AT HOW FUNDING IS ALLOCATED
FOR THE SYSTEM AND RIGHT SIZING AND MIMIZING THE FUNDING THAT WE CAN COLLECT AS A RESULT OF THAT. >> THE PROCESS WOULD BE THE CITY REQUESTS AND THEN THE COMMISSIER WOULD DECIDE? >> MADAM CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. SO WE PUT OUR
SUGGESTIONS TOGETHER. WE GET FEEDBACK FROM THE STATE AID OFFICE ON THOSE CHANGES. AND WHETHER WHAT WE'RE LKING FOR MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE AID SYSTEM OR NOT. WHICH INCLUDES INTERCONNECTIVITY OF
THE SYSTEM. ONCE WE HAVE CONCURRENCE, WE GET A COUNSEL RESOLUTION AND AUTHORIZED TO MAKE THOSE SYSTEM CHANGES. >> AND TODAY THAT IS THAT COUNCIL RESOLUTION? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> OKAY. COOL. THANK YOU. >> SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION
ON THIS ITEM, I'LL MOVE THIS FOR APPROVAL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? THAT CARRIES. NEXT UP WE'LL TAKE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ITEM ONE IS REGARDING THE STORMWATER MAGEMENT
PROGRAM. 2024 ANNUA REPORT. WE'LL BE CONTINUING THIS ITEM TO MAY 8 SO STAFF CAN PRESENT AT THAT TE. HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE HERE TODAY, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. SO WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN, WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. BUT
IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, YOU COULD COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. SEEING NO ONE HERE FOR THAT PUBLIC HEARING, AT THIS TIME, I'LL MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS TO MAY 8th. ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE
MEMBERS? SEEING NONE. ON THE MOTION TO CONTINUE TO MAY 8th, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE MOTION CARRIES. NEXT PUBC HEARING NUMBER TWO IS PROJECT APPROVAL AND ADOPTING ASSESSMENTS FOR THE NEW NICOLLET AVENUE
CONSTRUCTION. HERE TO KICK OFF THE PUBLIC HEARING IS ADAM HALE FROM TRANSPORTATION, ENGINEERING, AND DESIGN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CASH MI CASHMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I' I'M
HERE PRESENTING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FORHE NICOLLET AVENUE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. CITY PROJECT NUMBER 10046. THE PROPOSED PROCT WILL CONSTRUCT AND RECONNECT NICOLLET AVENUE FROM LAKE STREET TO CECIL LANE
INCLUDING THE BDGE OVER THE MIDTOWN GREENWAY. AND RECONSTRUCCECIL NEWMAN LANE TO FIRST OF A SOUTH. ELEMENTS TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF TODAY'S PROPOSED PROJECT INCLUDES FULL REMOVAL OF EXISTINGOADWAY, NEW PEDESTRIAN RAMPS, SIDEWALKS,
BIKE FACILITY ON CEC NEWMAN LANE, NEW PAVEMENT, NEW CURB AND GUTTER, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, NEW SIGNAL STREET LIGHTING, AND UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO INCLUDE NEW SIGN AGEND NEW PAVING MARKINGS. THE TOTAL PROJECT
COST IS $26 MILLION. THE TOTAL STREET CONSTRUCTION ASSESSMENT IS $425,318.37. THIS IS BASED ON THE 2025 UNIFORM ASSESSMENT RATES. THE RATES ARE $2.98 FOR
NONRESIDENTIAL AND $1FOR RESIDENTIAL. THESE ASSESSMENTS ARE PAYABLE OVER A 20-YEAR PERIOD. THE REST OF THE CITY FUNDING SOURCES A VALUE CAPTURE FUNDS, STORMWATER FUNDS, AND FUNDS. CITY STAFF HAS
CONDUCTED NUMEROUS OUTREACH ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF THE PROJECT. A VIRTUAL PREASSESSMENT MEETING TO PROVIDE THE OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT, DISCUSSLAN IMPROVEMENTS, AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE ASSESSMENT METHOD AND PROCESS WHICH WAS HELD ON
APRIL 1. TODAY PUBLIC WORKS I ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER THE WORK TO PROCEED ADOPTING THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, AUTHORIZING SALE OF ASSESSMENT BONDS, AND AUTHORIZING ABANDONMENT AND REMOVAL OF AREAWAYS IN CONFLICT WITH THE PROJECT. THAT
CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I STANDBY FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND THE AMOUNT OF $425,318. AS WELL AS
REQUESTING FROM THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND TAXATION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO ISSUE SALE OF ASSESSMENT BONDS IN E SAME AMOUNT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THAT
REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS WORKS? WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CASHMAN. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE,Y
NAME IS JEFF, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN PUBLIC WORKS. SO FOR THE REIMBURSE -- THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REIMBURSEMENT. SO FOR, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
FUNDING, WE WORK WITH FINANCE AND PROPERTY SERVICES DIVISION OF THE CITY. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY SELL BONDS. WE COORDINATE WITH TM SO THEY KNOW OUR ASSESSMENT AMOUNTS. THEN THEY SELL BONDS. BECAUSE
WE HAVE TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION NOW. WE CAN'T WAIT 20 YEARS FOR E ASSESSMENTS TO BE PAID. AND THEN THE PEOPLE, THE PROPERTY OWNERS PAY THEIR ASSESSMENTS THROUGH HENNEPIN COUNTY PROPERTY
XES. AND THEN IT GOES FROM THERE TO THE CITY. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. AND ONE MORE QUESON, WHILE YOU'RE UP HERE. HOW MANY PROPERTIES ARE IMPACTED? OR HOW MANY PROPERTIES ARE BEING ASSESSED? >> CHAIR CASHMAN, WE'VE GOTABO,
10 10 PARCELS, 10, 11, 12. I CAN LOOK AT THE EXACT NUMBER, IF THAT WOULD HELP. >> THE ESTATE IS OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I'M GOING TO PROCEED TO OPEN THEUBLIC HEARING. LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. LOOKS
LIKE WE DO NOT. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN THE PUBLIC HRING? SEEING NONE. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. SEEING NONE. I'LL MOVE THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSESAY IN, NAY. ABSTENTIONS? THAT MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. SO WE WL NOW TAKE UP THE DISCUSSION
ITEMS. THE FIRST IS ABOUT ALLEY FUNDING AND REPR. HERE TO PRESENT ON IS KATIE WHITE. WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY OUR GUEST, COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO, WHO I BELIEVE WAS COAUTHOR ON THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. SO
WELCOME, MS. WHITE. >> GO GOO GOOD AFTERNOON. A SENIOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNER IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROGRAMMG. I'M PRESENTING THE DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSE. THE PRESENTATION REPRESENTS A
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH TEAM MEMBERS FROM TRANSPORTATION MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR, AND SURFACE WATER AND SEWERS, WHICH ARE THE DIVISIONS THAT ECUTE REPAIR WORK TO THE ALLEY SYSTEM. THOSE STAFF ARE HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. I ALSO WANT TO CREDIT TRANSPORTATION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAI FOR
PROVIDING MOST OF THE PICTURES, WHICH REPRESENT FORMER AND CURRENT ALLEY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE CITY. THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE TEXT IS ATTACHED IN LIMS IN THE FILE AND PRESENTED ON THE SLIDE. THESE ARE THE TOPICS I'LL BE COVERING IN THE PRESENTATION TODAY. THERE ARE
3,576 ALLEYS ACROSS MINNEAPOLIS. TOTALING 377.4 MILE THE ALLEYS PRIMARILY SERVE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER ACCESS, WASTE MANAGEMENT, AND STORMWATER PURPOSES. MOST ARE 12-FEET WIDE ANMADE OF CONCRETE PANELS. MOST ALLEYS WERE CONSTRUCTED
OVER 70 YEARS AGO, WH THE EXPECTATION OF PROVIDING A 60-YEAR LIFESPAN. TYPICALLY EACHEAR, THE CITY HAS BEEN RECONSTRUCTING ONE ALLEY PER YEAR. WHICH COSTS AROUND $500,000, IF IT'S A SIMPLE DESIGN. IN ORDER TO RECONSTRUCT TH ENTIRE ALLEY SYSTEM, PUBLIC
WORKS WOULD NEED OVER $ $1.7 BILLION. SINCE THE ALLEYS ARE FAIRLY UNIFORM, THE PROBLEMS ON THE ALLEYS ARE PRETTY CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. MOST ALLEYS HAVE EXCEEDED THEIR USEFUL LIFE. CRACKING A HEAVING OF THE CONCRETE PANELS IS COMMON.
ASPHALT OVERYS HAVE BEEN USED TO CORRECT SOME CONDITIONS BUT NOT AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR ALL THE ISSUES ON THE ALLEYS. CURRENTLY THE COMBINED TOTAL OF FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THE WORK IS $470,000, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE LATER ON. SOMETIMES AN
ALLEY CONDITION EXISTS BECAUSE OF STORMWATER DRAINAGE CONCERNS. THERE ARE ABOUT 460 STORM DRAINS IN THE ALLEYS, REPRESENTING ABOUT 13% OF THE ALLEY SYSTEM HAVING A STORM DRAIN. THESE STORM DRAINS WERE PRIMARILY MADE FROM CLAY TILE IN
THE 1930s AND '40s AND IN DETERIORATING CONDITION. EACH DRAIN REPLACEMENT COSTS APPROXIMATELY $300,0. I GOT A SLIDE AHEAD. I APOLOGIZE. PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTS ALL COMPLAINTS ABOUT ALLEYS, ALLEY CONDITIONS TO 3-1-1. THIS
INCLUDES COMPLAINTS COMING FROM PRIVATE OPERATORS, RESIDENTS, COUNCILMEMBERS, AND STAFF. WE'LL LK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 3111 AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE REPOSITORY OF ALLEY NEEDS EXISTS ENTIRELY BASED ON 3-1-1 DATA. AFTER A COMPLAINT IS RECEIVED,
TRANSPORTION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR AND SURFACE AND WATER AND SEWERS WILL EVALUATE THE CAUSE OFHE ISSUE AND MAKE A REPAIR DECISION. THERE ARE WIDE VARIETY OF TREATMENTS THAT MAY USED TO REPAIR AN ALLEY. RANGING FROM SWEEPING, PATCHING, ASPHALT OVERLAY, STORMWATER
REPAIR, OR FULL RECONSTRUCTION. FUNDING IS ALLOCATED BASED ON AVAILABLE SOURCES, PRIORITIZATION DATA, AND EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS. HOWEVER, GIV FUNDING CONSTRAINTS, THE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS EACH RUEST AT THE SCALE NEEDED. PUBC WORKS
DIRECTS ALL -- I THINK I'M OFF A SLIDE AGAIN. YEAH. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE TREATMENTS AND THE AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR THEM. TELEVISING IS THE PRIMARY METHOD THAT SURFACE WATER AND SEWER USES TO GATHER A CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF THE DATA
REQUIRED TO KEEP OUR ASSESSMENT MANAGED TO ASSET MANAGEMENT PROGRAM MAINTAINED. OVER 50% OF THE STORM AND SANITARY SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN TELEVISED ALREADY. INCLUDING 46% OF ALLEY DRAINS. TELEVISING COSTS ABOUT $5,000
PER ALLEY, AND $1,475,000 IS AVAILABLE ANNUALLY FOR THE ACTIVITIES. AS I SAID EARLIER, EACH ALLEY DRAIN REPLACEMENT COSTS ABOUT $300,000. AND WITH $1 MILLION AVAILAB EACH YEAR IN THE CAPITAL PROGRAM CALLED SWALY, THE DIVISN IS ABLE TO
COMPLETE TWO OR THREE SUCH REPLACEMENTS ANNUALLY. SURFACE, WATER, AND SEWER RELIES ON THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROLS, SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX WHEN PRIORITIZING PROJECTS WITH AN EQUITY LENS. WHEN WTHINK ABOUT THE PAVEMENT CONDITION OF
THE ALLEY SYSTEM, RIDE QUALITY IS LESS OF A PRIORITY. THE PICTURES HERE SHOWN ONE ALLEY WITH HEAVING. ONE WITH ROUGH SURFACE. BUT BOTH ARE CONSIDERED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION R THE PURPOSES OF HOW AN ALLEY SHOULD FUNCTION. ACTUALLY, THAT TOP PHOTO I THOUGHIT WAS MY ALLEY. IT
LOOKS LIKE MY ALLEY. I WOULD SAY MT ALLEYS IN THE CITY LOOK LIKE THE TOP ONE. USUALLY, THOUGH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AN ALLEY AND EXPERIENCING CONCERNS OR ISSUES, GRADEND ELEVATION
ARE ACTUALLY THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES IN RESOLVING ALLEY ISSUES. NOT HEAVING AND NOT SURFACE CONDITION. GREAT DATA LIKEHAT IS LABOR INTENSIVE AND DIFFICULT TO COLLECT. BEGINNING IN026, PUBLIC WORKS WILL PILOT THE REALLOCATION OF EXISTING
RESOCES TO COLLECT THIS DATA FOR FUTURE PRIORITIZATION AMONG ALLEYS IN NEED OF REPAIR OR RECONSTRUCTION. AS STATED EARLIER, EACH ALLEY RECONSTRUCTION COSTS ABOUT $500,000. AND EACH YEAR THE CAPITAL PROGRAM'S PV006 AND
PV0063 PROVIDE A COMBINED $47,000 TOWARD ALLEY REPAIR, REHABILITATION, AND MORE RECONSTRUCTION. AND THE DIVISION TNSPORTATION MAINTENANCE AND REPAREUSES THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY PRIORITY SCORES, THE TOP SCORES, WHEN
PRIORITIZING PROJECTS. THERE ARE ABOUT 75 ALLEYS THAT REMAIN UNPAVED IN MINNEAPOLIS. WHILE EACH IS DIFFERENT, COMMON ISSUES WITH UNPAVED ALLEYS ARE: GARAGES OR DRIVEWAYS DISRUPTING THE GRADE OR ELEVATION. INSUFFICIENT GDE OR ELEVATION CHANGE ALONG THE LENGTH OF AN
ALLEY. PRIVATE STRUCTURES BUILT IN THE ALLEY SPACE. DEAD END NEIGHBORHOOD SENTIMENT, CONSTRUCTABILITY CONCERNS, LACK OF ASSESSMENT INTEREST OAR A, OR ABILITY AND MORE. SOME ARE DIFFICULT TO BUILD WITH THE POTENTIAL TO DAMAGE NEARBY
STRUCTURES DUE TO THE DIFFICULTY OF BUILDING NEW INFRASTRUCTURE IN CONSTRAINED SPACES. UNPAVED ALLEYS ARE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE TO BUILD. COMPARED TO RECONSTRUCTING EXISTING ALLEYS. IN A RECENT INVESTIGATION, ONE UNPAVED ALLEY HAD STORMWATER
COSTS ALONE ESTIMATED AT $.8 MILLION. THAT'S BEFORE PAVING, GRADING, AND SURFACE COSTS FOR A NEW ALLEY. PUBLIC WORKS HAS ENGAGED A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM SINCE 2024 TO ANGE THE PROCESS OF
COMPILING AND SUMMARIZING 3-1-1 COLAINT DATA. NEW CATEGORIES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO 3-1-1 TO ROUTE COMPLAINTSES TO PUBLIC WORKS. THIS DATA IS COLCTED AND UPDATED EACH WEEK. THIS
WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION BACK TO THE ORIGINAL 3-1-1 CALLER. IF AN ALLEY IS DETERMINED TO BE NEEDING MORE THAN A RESURFACING, IT MAY BE MARKED AS "UNABLE TO RESOLVE." AS T NEEDS EXCEED THE CURRENT RESOURCES. I WORKED WITH THE CLERK TO ADD ANOTHER
SLIDE BUT IT DIDN'T GET ADDED. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I WILL CALL ON VICE CHAIR KOSKI. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I
JUST WAS WONDERING IF YOU CAN JUST CLARIFY -- THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT'S A BIT DAUNTING TO THINK THAT THE ENTIRE BUDGET IS ABOUT THE SAME BUDGET OF OUR YEARLY CITY BUDGET. BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS TO
KNOW, COULD YOU -- WHAT IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT? IS IT ABOUT $.4 MILLION THAT'S ALLOCATED? I'M JUST TING TO -- EACH YEAR, IF I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT PER SLIDE HERE. >> SUR WHICH SLIDE ARE YOU REFERENCING SPECIFICALLY? >> SO IT JUST -- I'M LOOKING A
SLIDE -- I BELIEVE THE DATA-DRIVEN MANAGEMT STRATEGY STORM SEWER. IT SAYS $ $1.475 MILLION THERE AND ANOTHER $1 MILLION. IS THAT ABOUT ALLOCATED FOR ALLEYS, $2.5 MILLION. >> CHAIR CASHMAN, MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR THE COMMISSION. THE $1.4 MILLION IN TELEVISING IS JUST TELEVISING. NOT ACTUAL REPAIR. >> OKAY. >> IT'S CLOSER TO $1 MILLION THAN $2.4. >> OKAY.$1 MILLION FOR REPAIRS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I KEEP THEM SEPARATE. BUT IF
WE'RE JUST THINKING ABOUT -- SO REPLACEMENT AND REPAIRS IS $1 MILLION. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. >> ALL RIGHT. I'LL JUST RECOGNIZE WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY IN THIS MEETING. AND NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS DISCUSSION AT YOUR COMMITTEE TODAY. UMM, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS GIVES US IMPORTANT CONTEXT TO SPEAK WITH RESIDENTS ALL OVER OUR CITY ABOUT THEIR ALLEYWAYS. I'VE LEARNEDDED A ED A LOT ABOUT TELEVISING
PIPES AND WHAT IT'S LIKE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. I REALIZE WHAT A USEFUL TOOL IT CAN BE. ALBEIT IT, IS NOT AN EXPENSIVE. 75 UNPAVED ALLEYS. I KNEW ENOUGH WHEN SOMEONE CALLED MY OFFICE SAYING THEY LIVED ON THE ONLY ONE, THAT THEY
WEREN'T THE ONLY ONE. I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WERE R5 75 ALLEYS WORTH OF COMPANY THERE. WE HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS TO BALANCE IN OUR CITY FOR COSTS. I LOVE HOW IN ONE OF MY AREAS, FLOODPLAIN PROJECTS, I'M SURE THERE ARE DOZENS OF FLOODPLAIN PROJECTS GOING ON AROUND THE
CITY, UMM, THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING INTO AEY IMPROVEMENTS. THE STORM DRAIN UNDERNEATH THE ALLEY IS ONE WAY TO KEEP WATER FLOWING. AND THAT ISHERE SOME OF THE REPAIR WORK MIGHT BE IN A COUPLE PLACES. AS
PART OF THOSE PROJECTS, TOO. BUT I JUST -- I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS TODAY. AND I THINK AS WE LOOK TO BALANCE COSTS AND BUDGETS ACROSS OUR CITY, I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN GIVE THIS SOME MORE DESERVED
ATTENTION IN THE FUTURE. THANKS! >> CHAIR CASHMAN, IF I MAY. TO YOUR POINT, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE LEARNED IN CREATING THIS PRESENTATION AND DOING THE RESEARCH TODAY IS THAT SOMETIMES WHEN TRE'S A FLOOD CONDITION IN AN ALLEY, TELEVISING TEACHES US THAT E ISSUE IS ACTUALLY
LOCATED ELSEWHERE. IT'S JUST THE SYMPTOM IS BEING EXPRESSED IN T ALLEY. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE GOOD USEFUL TOOLS THAT TELEVISING GIVES US. WHEN WE INVESTIGATE THESE ISSUES. >> AND IF MAY, UMM, ISN'T ONE OF THE POTENTIAL TREATMENTS THEN
TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO -- THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD ALLOW WATER TO GO DOWN THE FLOOD DRAIN BUT THEN ACTUALLY NOT COME BACK UP IN THOSE INSTANCES THAT YOU MENTIONED? SO IT'S NOT KIND OF CROPPING UP INTO THE ALLEY AND FLOODING. BUT IT'S -- THERE'S, LIKE, A VALVE ON IT, SO
TO SPEAK. >> SURE, CHAIR CASHMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I WOULD DER TO WILL FROM SURFACE, WATER, AND SEWER. >> I DIDN'T MEAN TO GET INTO A DISCUSSION OF THIS. I THINK IN GENERAL, THERE ARE TREATMENTS WITHIN THE EXISTING PIPE THAT YOU CAN USE TO MANAGE SOME OF
THESE FLOOD CONDITIONS. WHAT I MEANT FROM THE FLOODPLAIN EFFORTS OR PLANNING GOING ON IN ONE OF MY AREAS, IT'S REALLY THAT -- IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WATER IS GOING TO FLOW WHERE IT CAN. AND IF THEY COULD KEEP IT
WN THERE, THEY COULD GET IT TO FLOW INTO A MORE PRODUCTIVE SPACE AND NOT JUST SIT FOR WEEKS. >> MR. CHUTE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION?? >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. YES. WHATOU'RE REFERRING TO IS A
BACKFLOW PREVENTER. WE PUT THOSE ON CERIN SITUATIONS TO PREVENT THE WATER FROM BACKING UP THE SYSTE IT IS A TOOL. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS A PERFECT TOOL. BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE LOOK AT WHEN PROVIDING FLOOD RELIEF FOR
ALLEYS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION! I'M NOT SEEING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE US. I WI ASK THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THIS REPORT TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BEFORE WE PROCEED, I WANT TO ASK IF COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY AND COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN WOULD LIKE
TO BE MARKED AS AN AYE VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND OUR FIRST TWO PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. >>ES, PLEASE. >> YES, PLEASE. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE UP PRESENTATION ONNEIGHG
FROM BEN BRASSER FROM TRAFFIC AND PARKING SERVICES. WELCOME. >> CHAIR CASHMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'LL BE JOINING BEN. I'M LEN, THE DIRECTOR OF THE PARKING SERVICES DIVISION OF
PUBLIC WORKS. I'LLET BEN INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND TAG TEAM THE PRESENTATION HERE. >>OOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CASHMAN. I'M BEN BRASSER, PRINCIPAL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER WITH TRAFFIC AND PARKING
SERVICES. >> WELCOME. >> SO, OF COURSE, WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. THESE ARE THE STREETS WE USE EVERY DAY TO WALK TO THE PARK, TO TAKE A STROLL WITH OUR FAMILY, MAYBE TO ENJOY RECREATION OUTDE OUR FRONT DOOR. THESE ARE SO IMPORTANT TO US. AND WE'RE SO CONCERNED WITH SATY AND LIVABILITY IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS. AND, OF COURSE, FOR MANY YEARS SPEEDING HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE CITY. HAT I WANT TOP SAY, FOR SEVERAL YEARS, PUBLIC WORKS HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE SPEEDING. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE DID ABOUT A HALF A DOZEN YEARS AGO IN 2019, WE WERE THE LEAD CITY TESTIFYING AT THE LEGISLATE IN AN ATTPT TO
GIVE CITIES THE RIGHT TO SET SPEED LIMITS ON THE ROADS UER, OUR AUTHORITY. PRIOR TO THAT TIME, ALL ROADS WERE UNDER SINGLE JURISDICTION AND OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS CARED A MANDATORY 30 MILES PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WE HAD NO ABILITY TO
CHANGE THASPEED LIMIT. DUE TO THE LOBBYING EFFORT AT THE LEGISLATURE IN 2019, PASSAGE OF A BILL, CITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE CAN SET THEIR OWN SUPPLEMENTS. AS YOU KNOW IN 2020, W UNDERWENT A DETAILED STUDY TO DETERMINE THE RIGHT SPEEDS FOR OUR STREETS. WE
APPLIED THOSE STREETS. WE CAME UP WITH A TOOL CALLED A TWO-TIER SYSTEM. 20 MILES PER HOUR IN THE RESIDENAL STREETS. 25 ON THE COLLECTORS AND ARTERIALS. AND I SMILE WHEN I TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURE. IN THE SUMMER OF 2020, WE PUT UP OVER 1400 SIGNS TO ENACT THE NEW SPEED
LIMIT PROGRAM. IF YOU RECALL, THAT WAS THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC. EVEN OUTSIDE WE HAD TO WEAR MASKS. WE HAD LITTLE SEPARATION WHEN WE PUT UP THE FIRST OF THE SO-CALLED GATEWAY SIGNS. WE PUT A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THE PHYSICAL NETWORK. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF
PUBLIC OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT OF ONGOING PR CAMPAIGN. WE NOTIFIED PEOPLE WHAT THE SPEEDS ARE. MORE SO, WE WANT TO BUILD A CULTURE OF SAFETY IN THE CITY. WE WANT TO KEEP THE SPEEDS DOWN. IT'S IMPORTANT TO US. OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT 20 IS PLENTY. A WE CONTINUE TO HAVE
ISSUES WITH SPEEDING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THAT'S WHY ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, IN 2022, WE INITIATED THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM. WITH A SERIES OF SMALL-SCALE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL INTERVENTIONS. THE IDEA THEY CAN DETER SPEEDING, PUSH DOWN THE SPEEDS, AND TRY IT MAKE OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS MORE SAFE AND LIVABLE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE TREATMENTS AND OTHERS. AND MORE DIRECTLY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS RAISING THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. AND I'L WRAP UP WITH SOME VIEWS ON WHAT WE LOOK TO FOR THE FUTURE. THANK YOU.
>> THANKS, ALAN. AS ALAN MENTIONED, WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE TO APP LEGISLATIVE DIRECTE PASSED BY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER. THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE CONTAINED TEE PARTS WHICH WE'LL COVER IN THE THREE T TOPICS. NEXT THREE TOPIC
OF THE PRESENTATION. FIRST, WE'LL GIVE A GENERAL UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE NEIGHBORHOODT INCLUDING A BREAKDOWN OF THE REQUEST WE RECEIVED. AND THEPRE COMPLETED OR PREPARING TO COMPLETE. SECOND, WE'LL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OFROGRAMS THROUGHOUT PUBLIC WORKS, WHICH ADDRESS TRAFFIC CALMING OR TRAFFIC
SAFETY. AND, THIRD, LOOK TO POTENTIAL EXPANSIONS AND CHANGES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM. TOP MEET THE DEMAND FOR THE TYPE OF WORK IN NEW WAYS WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR IN THIS GENERATION OF THE PROGRAM. SO TO START OFF WITH AN UPDATE ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE PROGRAM. I KNOW MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ARE FAMILIAR
WITH THE OVERALL IDEA. BUT AS A REFRESHER, THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM RECEIVES REQUESTSROM THE PUBLIC ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO CONSTRUCT TRAFFIC CALMING TREATMENTS ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. REQUESTS CAN BE SUBMITTED THROUGH AN ONLINE FORM. THEY'RE SCORED BY OUR TEAM AND HIGH-SCORING
REQUESTS ARE ULTIMATELY SELECTED FOR CONSTRUCTION. IT'S IMPORTANT TOEMEMBER THE VARIOUS CRITERIA THAT DETERMINE WHETHER A SPECIFIC REQUEST IS ELIGIBLE TO BE INCLUDED IN T PROGRAM. FIRST OFF, IN THE CURRENT FORM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM ONLY TAKES REQUESTS ON A CERTAIN
SUBSET OF STREETS IN THE CITY. THE LOCATION MUST BE ON A CITY-OWNED STREET, AND PUBLIC WORKS DECIDED DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE REQUESTS -- NOT TO INCLUDE REQUESTS ON HIGH-INJURY STREETS OR MUNICIPAL STATE AID STRES. WE ALSO DON'T ADDRESS
AREAS THAT ARE ACTIVELY UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR PLANNED T UNDERGO A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. ONCE A REQUEST IS SUBMITTED, IT'S SUBJECT TO A SCORING EVALUATION, WHICH INCLUDES A TRANSPORTATION SCORE AND A CMUNITY SCORE. WHEN IT COMES TO ELIGIBILITY, THERE'S A MINIMUM TRANSPORTATION SCORE THRESHOLD THAT A REQUEST
HAS TO MEET IN ORDER FOR US TO CONSER T TELL JIBL FOR CONSTRUCTION. T CURRENT GENERATION OF THE PROGRAM WILL ENTER THE THIRD YEAR. WE IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE
PROGRAM, WE RECEIVED ABOUT 750 REQUESTS OF WHICH 590 WERE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSTRUCTION. AND OUR BUDGET THAT YEAR ALLOWED US TO INCLUDE ABOUT 40 REQUESTS IN A PROJECT AREA. IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE PROGRAMWE RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL 270 REQUESTS, 120
MET THE CRITERIA TO BE ELIGIBLE. AND LAST SUMMER, WE CONSTRUCTED PROMPTS WHICH ADDRESSED 50 REQUESTS. LEADING INTO OUR CURRENT CYCLE, WE HAD A PRETTY STRONG SUR OF ENGAGEMENT AND INTEREST LAST YEAR, WHICH RESULTED IN OVER 800 NEW
APPLICATIONS. 380 MET ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. THIS YEAR, WE PLAN TO BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT ENOUGH TREATMENTS TO ADDRESS ABOUT 120 REQUESTS. SO THAT BRINGS US TO SOME EXCITING AND TIMELY NEWS THAT WE'RE MOVING AHEAD WITH OUR PROPOSED PROJECT AREAS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION. THIS YEAR WE PLAN
TO CONSTRUCT 49 PROJECTS, AGAIN, A PROJECIS A LOCALIZED STRETCH OF A COUPLE OF BLOCKS RECEIVING SOME TRAFFIC CALMING TREATMENTS. 49 PROJECTS FOR CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR. SPREAD ACROSS ALL 13 WARDS. WE HAVE SELECTED THE LOCATIONS OF THE 49 PROJECTS BASED ON THE REQUESTS WE'VE
RECEIVED. AND ARE MOVING FORWARD INTO THE ENGAGEMENT PHASE FOR THE THIS YEAR'S WORK. NEXT SOLICITING FEEDBACK ON THE PROJECTS FROM RESIDENTS TO INFORM WHAT PARTICULAR TRAFFIC CALMING TREATMENTS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AND WHERE SPECIFICALLY WHIN THOSE PROJECT AREAS THEY'LL BE PLACED.
AGAIN, FROM PROJECTS AND PROCESS FOR THE YEAR, THE APPLICATIONS WERE DUE LAST FALL. WITH THE SCORING AND EVALUATING TAKING PLACE EARLIER THI YEAR. THIS IS THE WEEK WHERE WE ARE NOW. WE'RE NOW -- WE HAVE -- HOW WE'VE BEEN HAVING THE COMMUNICATIONS AND NOTIFICATIONS
AND POSTING INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT SELECTIONS HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE'RE NOW IN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PHASE, WHICH CONSISTS OF SEVERAL OPEN HOUSES OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, AS WELL AS AHANCE TO PROVIDE INPUT THROUGH THE ONLINE TOOLS THROUGH MAY. FOLLOWING THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGENT AND INPUT, PROJECTS WILL BEGIN TO BE CONSTRUCTED THIS SUMMER. AND LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE FALL. THEN LOOKING AHEAD ALREADY TO THE NEXT YEAR, THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT A REQUEST TO INCLUDE IN THE 2026 CONSTRUCTION SEASON IS AUGUST 1 OF THIS YEAR. TO
REMIND YOU THE TYPES OF TREATMENTS IN THE TOOLBOX. WE EXPECT THE PROJECTS WILL CONSIST PRIMARILY OF THE TOP TWO TREATMENTS SHOWN HERE. NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING CIRCLES AND SPEED HUMPS. WE SO SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THE PROJECT AREAS WITH TREATMENTS AND CONSTCT MEDIAN AS TRAFFIC
CALMING MEASURES, AS WELL. THE SECOND SECTION OF OUR TOPICS TODAY, WE'D LIKE TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF OTHER PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CITY, WHICH ADDRESS TRAFFIC CALMING AND SAFETY. IF WE WANT TOP ANSWER THE QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS
PUBLIC WORKS DELIVERS WHICH ADDRESS TRAFFIC CALMING. IT'S HELPFUL TO TAKE A SP BACK AND IDENTIFY SOME OF THE ELEMENTS AND GOALS WHICH COME TO MIND AND COME TO DEFINE TRAFFIC CALMING. EFFECTIVE TRAFFIC CALMING COMES WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOME SORT OF PHYSICAL MEASURE. WHICH CAN BE SELF-ENFORCING. FOR
EXAMPLE, A PHYSICAL MEASURE WHICH HAS TRAFFIC CALMING EFFECT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EXACTLY THE TREATMENTS I SHOWED. LIKE A SPEED HUMP OR TRAFFICIRCLE. IT CAN BE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PHYSICAL ELEMENT. LIKE A CURB EXTENSIOOR BUMP OUT. A MEDIAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET OR INTERSECTION, OR SIMPLY
NARRING THE STREET AND LANES. ALL OF WHICH ENCOURAGE SLOWER, SAFER VEHICLE SPEEDS. A DESIRED OUTCOME OF TRAFFIC CALMING IS SLOWER SPEEDS. SOMETIMES THE REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES ON A PARTICULAR ROUTE, OR MAKING A PARTICULAR MOVEMENT. THESE ELEMENTS AND OUTCOMES HAVE THE DESIRED EFFECT,
ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM ON LOW-VOLUME NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. O IMPROVING NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY LIVABILITY. AND WE, OF COURSE, AGAIN PROVEN SAFETY BENEFIT FOR THE TREATMENTS THAT RESULT IN SLOWER VEHICLE SPEEDS.
NOW SOME OF THESE ELEMENTS I'M TALKING ABOUT CURB EXTENSIONS, MEDIANS, NARROWED LANES, THINGS LIKE THAT. IT MIGHT SOUND COMMON AND WIDE SPREAD, ESPECIALLY IN MINNEAPOLIS. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THESE DESIGN FEATURES ENCOURAGE THE SLOWER, SAFER VEHICLE SPEEDS WHICH CALM TRAFFIC ARE INCORPORATED INTSO
MUCH OF WHAT WE'RE DELIVERING IN PUBLIC WORKS TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF EXAMPLES. ONE PROGRAM WHICH COMES TO MIND IS OUR VISION ZERO PROGRAM. WHICH HAS BUILT LOW-COST QUICKUILD SAFETY TREATMENTS. ALONG THE NETWORK
OF HIGH-INJURY STREETS THIS PROGRAM IS ALSO CLOSELY TIED WITH OUR PLANNED UPCOMING ABILITY TOEVEL THE FEDERAL SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT. WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT FOR PERMANENT VERSIONS OF THESE SAFETY STREETS ALONG OUR NETWORKS OF HIGH-INJURY STREETS. ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY WHERE THE
CITY LEVERAGES FEDERAL FUNDING OUR USE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS. THESE PROJECTS NOT ONLY UPGRADE INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE NEWEST, SAFEST DESIGNS, BUT CONSTRUCT SAFETY IMPROVEMEN SUCH AS CURB
EXTENSIONS AND MEDIANS AT THESE INTERSECTIONS. THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM IMPLEMENTS SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING SOME OF THE SE TREATMENTS AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM ALONG NEIGHBORHOOD ROES NEAR ONE OR MORE SCHOOLS. THIS AIMS TO CREATE SAFE AND COMFORTABLE ROUTES FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES WHO WALK OR BIKE TO
SCHOOL. OR TO GET AROUND THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. RECENT PROJECT YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR IN THAT PROGRAM WOULD BE MAYBE THE CITY NEW SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECT OR THE GREEN CENTRAL SAFE ROUTES T SCHOOL PROJECT. ALSO, MORE SPECIFICALLY TGETS
PROTECTED BIKEWAY IMPLEMENTATION. ALL AGES AND ABILITS BIKEWAY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM. INCLUDES MEDIANS, RAISED BIKE WAY CURBS. RECENTEE HENNEPIN DUNWOODY BIKEWAY. THE
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROGRAM, WHICH LARGELY FOCUSES ON PEDESTRIAN FETY TREATMENTS AND INTERSECTION CROSSINGS. ALSO HAS ELEMENTS OF TRAFFIC CALMING BECAUSE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ELEMENTS LIKE MAYBE A MEDIAN CROSSING ISLAND ENCOURAGE THE SLOWER, SAFER VEHIC SPEEDS AT THE LOCATIONS. A MAJOR CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS WE HAVE TO MENTION IS THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS. THINK BIG PROJECTS LIKE GRAND AVENUE, FOURTH STREET DOWNTOWN, DOWELING AVENUE, BRYANT AVENUE, AND HENNEPIN AVENUE GOING ON NOW. RESULTING FROM OUR CITY'S BASELINE APPROACH TO HOW WE DESIGN STREETS. THESE PROJECTS COME WITH MANY OF THE FEATURES WE'VE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT OVER AND OVER. ALL HAVE THE BENEFIT OF ENCOURAGING THE SLOWER, SAFER VEHICLE SPEEDS. ALL AND ALL, THE CITYEDICATES CONSIDERABLE INVESTMENTS IN THE PROGRAMS THAT CONTAIN THE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND
TRAFFIC CALMING ELEMENTS. ALL WITHIN OUR BROADER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM IS ONE AREA WHERE WE FOCUS ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIVABILITY ASPECT OF TRAFFIC CALMING. RATHER THAN TARGETING THESE HIGHER VOLUME, HIGHER CRASH LOCATIONS LIKE IN MANY OF
THE OTHER INSTANCES. ONE OTHER PROGRAM TO MENTION IS THEUPCOMIA PILOT HOPING TO ADDRESS MORE TRAFFIC SPEEDS FROM THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE RATHER THAN THE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE. SO NOW WE'VE KIND OF REVIEWED THE STATUS OF THE PROGRAM AND
CONSIDERED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE OTHER TRAFFIC CALMING AND SAFETY WORK WE DO. WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AHEAD AT POTENTIAL UPDATES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE. OVER THE RECENT YEARS OF THE PROGRAM, AND CERTAINLY AS THE INTEREST IN TRAFFIC CMING HAS GROWN
THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE FE FIELD A CERTAIN TYPE OF REQUESTS. MANY COUNCILMEMBERS MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE TYPE OF REQUEST. BUT TYPICALLY INVOLVES BEING LOCATED ON A MUNICIPAL STATE-AID STREET, BUT NOT ON THE NETWORK OF HIGH-INJURY STREETS. AND ALSO NOT WITHIN THE AREA OF A UPCOMING PROJECT LIKE STREET
RECONSTRUCTION, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, OR THE TRAFFIC PROJECTS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. BUT THERE'S STILL A DESIRE COMMUNICATED FROM RESIDENTS FOR TRAFFIC CALMING OR TRAIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. THESE ARE STILL STREETS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, CROSS THE STREET TO WALK TO THE
PARK OR STORE, THEY'RE STILL PART OF PEOPLE'S NEIGHBORHOODS, EVEN IF THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE NETWORK OF STREETS WHERE WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON OUR PROGRAM. BASEDDEN THESE FACTORS AND COCIL FEEDBACK AT THE TIME OF BUDGET SEASON, WE'RE LOOKING TO USE THE PROGRAM TO EXPAND THE
REACH TO THIS TYPE OF STREET. THESE EXPANDED NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, WE'RE PLANNING TO PILOT THIS YEAR A SYSTEM TO IMPLEMENT TRAFFIC STREAFT TREATMENTS TO THE CATEGORY OF STREETS. WE PLAN TO USE A PORTION OF THE
BUDGET ALLOCAT IN 2025 TO INSTALL ALLOWABLE TREATMENTS ON MSA STREETS WHICH MEET THE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS. YOU MAY RECALL, MSA STREETS REQUIRE A DIFFERENT SET OF DESIGN STANDARDS THAN A TYPICAL NEHBORHOOD STREETS. NOT EVERY TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX WOULD BE
ELIGIBLE AT THE LOCATIONS. WE ULD BE ABLE TO INSTALL MEDIANS, WHICH STILL COME WITH TRAFFIC CALMING AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY BENEFITS WE WANT TO SEE. FOR THE PURPOSE OF PILOTING THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, A IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS TYPE OF TREATMENT, WE PLAN TO SELECT LOCATIONS WHERE WE HAVE EXISTING
FEEDBACK. AIDED BY THE SAME DATA METRICS WE USE FOR THE TYPICAL SCORING PROCESS. AND CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL TO BRING TREATMENTS TO THE EXPANDED NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS INTO THE FUTURE, WE PLAN TO DELIVER THESE TREATMENTS ALONGSIDE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM AND WITHIN THE SAME POOL
OF FUNDING. WE PLAN TO GROUP PROJECTS ALONG CORRIDORS -- ALONG CORRIDORS FOR THE STREET BECAUSE TRAFFIC SETY AND TRAFFIC CALMING ON THE ROUTES IS LIKELY TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN IMPLEMENTED THAT WAY. RATHER THAN AN ISOLATED INTERSECTION OR A BLOCK HERE AND THERE. WE WANT TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE
PRIORITIZE THE TREATMENTS ON THE STREET. THE HIGHER TRAFFIC LOCATIONS, MEAN THESE TREATMENTS WILL HAVE A HIGHER CRASH REDUCTION AND SAFETY BENEFIT POTENTIAL, AS WELL. THAT'S WHY WE PLAN TO PROACTIVELY DEVELOP A PRIORITIZATION LIST OF CORRIDORS THAT CAN INFORM PROJECTS TO BE IMPLEMENTED TO THE FUTURE YEARS. THIS PRIORITIZATION WILL
BE BASED ON SIMILAR TRANSPORTATION AND EQUITY CRITERIA, ASE USE ON OUR CURRENT PROCESS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. AND IN LINEITH THE RACIAL EQUITY FRAMEWORK FOR TRANSPORTATION, AND THE 20-YEAR STREETS FUNDING PLAN AS WE DO TODAY. AND NOW BACK TO ALAN TO
TAKE A LOOK -- ATHEY HAD AHEAD TO THE FUTURE. >> MEMBERS. AS BEN INDICATED TO US, WE HAVE TWO YEARS UNDER OUR BELT WITH CONSTRUCTION. WE'RE PROCEEDING RIGHT NOW WITH YEAR THREE. WE START ON THAT SOON. WE START TO THINK FORWARD TO
2026 AND BEYOND. AND AS BEN SPOKE ABOUT CHANGES. WE ALSO ARE PROPOSING A CHANGE IN HOW WE FUND THIS TO MAKE SURE THIS PROGRAM IS SUSTAINABLE. HISTORICALLY FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, THIS PGRAM HAS RESIDED WITHIN OUR OPERATIONAL BUDGET.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE PROGRAM, EACH INSTALLATION IS A FAIRLY SMALL DOLLAR, RELATIVELY SPEAKING FOR PUBLIC WORKS. WHEN WE PUT IT TOGETHER, IT HAS THE FEEL OF A CAPITAL PROGRAM. THE OTHER SAFETY TREATMENTS BEN TALKED ABOUT IN THE OTHER PROGRAMS, THOSE ARE WITHIN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET. WITH THIS YEAR
FOR 2026 BUDGET CYCLE, WE JUST RECENTLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO SUBMITTED OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE PROGRAM. WE HAVE MOVED THIS FROM OUR OPERATIONS BUDGET INTO OUR CAPITAL BUDGET UNDER LINE ITEM AND PPOSING $500,000 TOWARDS THESE TREATMENTS. AS WE LOOK AT THE FULL SUITE OF
PROGRAMS THE CITY HAS, THE PROGRAMS BEN REFERRED TO, WE FEEL WE'RE ADDRESSING MULTIPLE NEEDS WITHIN THE CITY WITH THE MULTIFACETED AROACH. WE'RE HAPPY TO BLEND THIS PROGRAM INTO THE ONGOING CAPITAL PROGRAM AND EXCITED TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM IN THE FUTURE IN A SUSTAINABLE
WAY. WE FEEL A PROGRAM LIKE THIS WITH A CAPITAL SIDE, IT GIVES US MORE CERTAINTY IN THE PLANNING. WE CAN TAKE A LONG-RANGE VIEW. WE'RE NOT MOVING AWAY FROM THE APPLICATION-BASED SYSTEM FROM THE RESIDENTS. BUT IT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER CORRIDORS, WE CAN DO SOME MORE CORRIDOR PLANNING. MORE AREA PLANNING. WE FEEL IT WILL
GIVE US AN EFFICIENCY FOR CONSTRUCTION AND A LITTLE BETTER SYSTEM OF HOW WE CAN PLAN INTO THFUTURE. AGAIN,, AS WE LOOK AT THE FULL SUITE OF PROGRAMS GOING INTO THE FUTURE, WE'RE EXCITED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CALMING. WE ARE EXCITED FOR THE PROGRAM TO CONTINUE ON TO THE
FUTURE. THANK YOU. >> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALAN. THANK YOU, BEN, FOR THE PRESENTATION. YOU GUYS JUST MADE MY DAY! AND WEEK WITH YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN SO INVESTED IN THIS PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, TRIPPING THE INVESTMENT WE MADE THIS YEAR IN THE BUDGET. REALLY JUST ON THE FEEDBACK FROM OUR RESIDENTS. AND I, MYSELF, GET DOZENS AND DOZENS OF REQUESTS FROM TRAFFIC CALMING INTO MY IN-BOX.. IT'S SOMETHING PEOPLE WANT TO SEE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WANT
TO BE PART OF CHOOSING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. WHICH IS WHY WE SO SUPPORT THE APPLICATION FORM THAT WE DO HAVE. I DID WANT TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SO THE FIRST ONE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU SAID
THERE WERE 120 REQUESTS THAT WERE MADE THIS YEAR. THAT WILL BE K INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT. BUT 49 PROJECTS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE MATH? >> ABSOLUTELY. SO, YEAH. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A PROJECT AREA, AGAIN, THE PROJECT AREA IS SOMETIS -- USUALLY IS A
STRETCH OF A COUPLE OF BLOCKS IN A ROW. AND MAY INCLUDE MORE THAN ONE TREATMENT. THERE MIGHT BE A PAIR OF SPEED HPS ON ONE BLOCK. AND THEN A COUPLE OF BLOCKS DOWN THE ROAD, MIGHT BE A NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING CIRCLE. >> I SEE. >> SIMILARLY, IF WE WITHIN THE
COUPLE OF BLOCK STRETCH, MAYBE MULTIPLE RESIDENTS SUBMITTED A REQUEST, THAT'S HOW WE MIGHT SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE MORE REQUESTS. MULTIPLE REQUESTS INCLUDED IN A PROJECT. THAT'S WHY THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS ADDRESS IS HIGHER THAN THE NUMBER OF ACTUAL PROJECT AREAS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN
YOU DIDENTION THAT YOU'RE NOW STARTING TO DO TRAFFIC CALMING ON MSA STREETS. IT'S MUSIC TO MY EARS! AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES ON GROVELAND, WHICH IS SUPER FAST. AND DANGEROUS. WT CAN WE EXPECT ON THE MSA ROADS? I
SAW MEDIANS AND CROSSWALKS. ARE THOSE SOME OF THE NEW ADDITIONS? >> CORRECT. CORRECT. SO THAT'S A TREATMENT, AS I MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT, THERE'S MITATIONS TO THE TYPES OF
SPEED REDUCTION AND DESIGN ELENTS THAT CAN GO IN ON THOSE M SA STREETS. SO THE MEDIANS ARE SOTHING THAT, AGAIN, WE FEEL KIND OF FITS THE RIGHT BLEND BETWEEN SOME THAT DOES HAVE TRAFFIC CALMING AND TRAFFIC SAFETY BENEFIT AND ELIGIBLE TO BE COND CONDUCT --
CONSTRUCTED ON THE STREETS. IT'S FINDING A MIX BETWEEN THE WAY THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND DEVOPED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. AND EXPANDING INTO A KIND OF A DIFFERENT SORT OF PARALLEL OPPORTUNITY. >> GREAT. AND THEN LAS
QUESTION IS ABOUT THE UPCOMING OPEN HOUSE THAT YOU'RE HAVING. YOU'RE KIND OF UNVEILING THE FIRST, I THINK THE FIRST ROUND OF SELECTED PROJECTS R THE YEAR. THAT'S NOT THE ENTIRE LIST OF PROJECTS, THOUGH, IS IT? >> CORRECT, CHAIR CASHMAN. SO THERE ARE SIX OPEN HOUSES COMING
UP. IN DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC AREAS AROUND THE CITY. EACH OPEN HOUSE IS INTENDED TO KIND OF FOCUS ON A SUBSET OF THE TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, LOCATED NEARBY. NOW, A RESIDENT CAN WELCOME TO
EAK WITH OUR STAFF AT AN OPEN HOUSE ABOUT ANYTHING. ANY PROJECT IN THE CITY OR TRAFFIC CALMING, GENERALLY. BUT THAT'S, YES. EACH OPEN HOUSE SORT OF IS GOING TO BE SET UP TO ADDRESS SORT OF A MORE LOCALIZED SUBSET OF THOSE PROJECTS. >> I SEE. SO THE FIRST ONE
BEING APRIL 1 IN WOODIER. >> CORRECT. >> THAT WILL ADDRESS ALL OF THE TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECTTHAT ARE WITHIN THAT AREA? OR, YOU KNOW, THE OPEN HOUSES ARE DISTRIBUTED GEOGRAPHICALL AND THE PROJECTS CLOSE TO THAT
LOCATION WILL BE DISCUSSED? >> YES. ABSUTELY. SO THE ONES THAT ARE CLOSEST IN LOCATION TO WHERE THE OPEN HOUSES ARE GOING TO B LOCATED ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE HIGHLIGHTED AT EACH OF THE OPEN HOUSES. AGAIN, THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME OVERLAP. AND IT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF
DRAW THE LINE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN WHICH ONES WERE HIGHLIGHT AND WHICH OPEN HOUSE. SO THAT'S WHY RESIDENTS ARE WELCOME TO COME TO ANY OF THEM AND SAY, YOU KNOW, GIVE FEEDBACK TO, YOU KNOW, TO THE EFFECT OF ANY OF THE OTHER PROSPECTS THROUGHOUT T -- PROJECTS THROUGHOUT TH CITY.
THERE'S ONLINE FEEDBACK TOOLS LIKE SUBMITTING POINTS OF FEEDBACK ON THE PROJECT LOCATION MAPS AS WELL AS FILLING OUT A SURVEY ONLINE. IF THE OPEN HOUSE ISN'T THE PERFECT FORUM OR THE, YOU KNOW, PERFECT TIME AND LOCATION FOR THAT, THERE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO THE PROJECTS, AS WELL. >> THANK YOU.DO YOU HAVE THE
FULL SCHEDULE OF OPEN HOUSES ARE LISTED ON THE WEBSITEERE? >> THE FULL SCHEDULE IS LISTED ON THE -- >> TRAFFIC CALMING WEBSITE. >> YES. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. NT COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CASHMAN. I WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO BOTH OF
YO FOR THIS REALLY GOOD PRESENTATI. TRAFFIC CALMING IS AN ISSUE AROUND THE CITY. AND THIS GIVES ME A LOT OF ANSWERS TO QUESTIO I'VE HAD. AND, ALSO, JUST TO ADD, ALAN, I'M DISAPPOINTED YOU DIDN'T DO A VIDEO ON THIS! CO COME
ON! THIS IS JUST SLIDES, ALAN! I WAS EXPTING ONE OF YOUR COOL VIDEOS! I LEARNED SO MUCH BETTER FOR THOSE! GET TO IT, ALAN! THANK YOU! [ LAUGHTER ] >> NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU
R FINDING A WAY TO MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS SAFE. I'M LOOKING A HERE -- THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT E-MAIL. IT FOCUSED ON EACH COUNCILMEMBER'S AREA. BEFORE I GET TO THIS YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE SOME STREETS THAT HAVE SAFETY ISSUES OR, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE, LIKE, MISSING STOP SIGN OR HIGH-TRAFFIC INJURY AND SO ON. THE CHALLENGES I HAVE AND CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT IN WARD 6 IS RESIDTS ARE NOT
FAMILIAR WITH COMPLETING THE FORM WHEN IT CES TO, YOU KNOW, "OH, FIXED HERE." OR, YOU KNOW, ACCIDENTS ARE NOT BEING REPORTED. I GET THOSE UPDATES WITHIN MY OFFICE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO FIND A WAY TO HIGHLIGHT
THOSE. AND, ALSO, NOW SPECIFICALLY I'M GLA THIS AREA RIGHT HERE. 21st STREET EAST. BETWEEN 11th AVENUE AND BLOOMINGTON. THE ISSUE -- THIS IS REALLY AN ISSUE WITH THE --
THE ISSUE IS 10th STREET IS THE ONE WITH THE HIGHEST INJURIES OR ACCIDENTS. LAST NIGHT I WAS AT A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AND THEY WERE ASKING ME
THIS QUESTION. I SEE THE 11th. IS THERE A WAY TO REALLY ADD ONE BLOCK, WHICH IS, LIKE 150th 10th STREET THAT IS MISSING A STOP SIGN AND PEOPLE ARE FLYING. ND NEIGHBORS ARE COMPLAINING. I KNOW IT'S A SPECIFIC QUESTION. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT LATER ON,
I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT, TOO. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR CASHMAN, COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. I'LL SAY GENERALLY I MEAN, THAT'S THE TYPE OF COMMENT -- THAT TYPE OF COMMENT IS EXACTLY WHY THE ENGAGEMENT PHASE IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GOIN IN BEFORE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION HAPPENS.
RIGHT. SO THAT EXACT TYPE OF COMMENT, "ONE MORELOCK OR, YOU KNOW, SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS" IS ACTLY THE TYPE OF CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE ENTERING INTO AND WILL BE ABLE TO INFORM. ALSO, JUST THOUGHT I WOULD MENTIONS
CERTAIN THINGS LIKE MAINTENANCE OF STOP SIGNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, JUST THOSE SPECIFIC TREATMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITH THE PROGRAM. BUT THAT FEEDBACK AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT IS PART OF THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS IS SOMETHING THAT IS HELPFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO
ADDRESS A MAINTENANCE ISSUE, IF THERE HAPPENS TO BE ONE OUT THERE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT I'L RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CASHMAN. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND, REALLY, EXCITED FOR THE PROJECTS TO HAPPEN ACROSS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I'M LOOKING AT SLIDE NUMBER 10. I
WANT TO GET A PICTURE MAYBE FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IF YOU SUBMIT AN APPLICATION ONE YEAR, IT'S ELIGIBLE FOR THAT YEAR AND THE FOLLOWINGEAR, CORRECT? SO IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS, IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN I FIRST STARTED THERE WAS 750
APPLICATIONS. THE SECON YEAR, TECHNICALLY, IF YOU CONSIDER THE NEW ONES PLUS THE ONES ELIGIBLE IS 1200. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE EAK DOWN OF HOW MANY APPLICATIONS WERE CONSIDERED IN YEAR ONE, TWO, AND THREE. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE HAS BEEN AN
INCREASE EVERY CAREER. IT SHOWS THE PROGRAM IS POPULAR WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR RESIDENTS CONTACT OUR OFFICE ON A DAILY BASIS ABOUT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE IT. I WAN TO GET THE MORE OFFICIAL BREAKDOWN OF HOW MANY ELIGIBLE -- NOT ELIGIBLE. YEAH,
ELIGIBLE PROJECTS HAVE OCCURRED IN EVERY SINGLE YEAR, I GUESS. >> CHAIR CASHMAN, COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. ABSOLUTELY. WN IT COMES TO ALL THE DIFFERENT DETAILED WAYS TO BREAK IT DOWN, AND CARRYOVER, NOT CARRYOVER? THERE ARE TONS OF WAYS TO BREAK
IT DOWN. FOR THE NUMBERS INCLUDED HERE TO KEEP IT, YOU KNOW, HIGH-LEVEL IS WHAT WAS KIND OF SHOWN ON THE SLIDE THERE. AN WHAT WE SPOKE TO. WE'D BE HAPPY TO DIVE INTO THE BREAK DOWN WITHOU IN MORE DETAIL. >> YEAH. A FOLLOW UP WOULD BE GREAT! AND, YEA JUST THANK
YOU. AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECTS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. CLERK, COULD YOU MARK DOWN A FOLLOWUP ON, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT WAY OF BREAKING IT DOWN THAT WOULD IDENTIFY HOW IT'S BEEN CUMULATIVE INCREASING OVER THE
YEARS? GREAT. NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR CASHMAN. I DIDN'T KNOW MR. KLUGMAN, WAS THERE SOMETHING MORE YOU WANTED TO ADD TO THE POINT. I WANT TO OFFER THE
OPPORTUNITY. I'M CURIOUS, AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. I'M MAYBE GOING BACK A MINUTE OR TWO. BUT I WAS THINKING OF SOMETHING. COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN, IF I TAKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. IT SOUNDS
LIKE THERE'S SOME POSSIBLY A DIFFICULTY OR IMPEA DENSE WITH EIMPEDENS. MAYBE A MISSING STOP SIGN OR SOMETHING THAT IS BROKEN OR SOMETHING.
CERTAINLY 3-1-1. IF RESIDENTS NEED ANY HELP, WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM. MAYBE ASE LOOK TOWARD THE 2026 YEAR AND LOCATIONS FOR TRAFFIC CALMING WILL BE DUE ON AUGUST 1. ANYTHING PUBLIC WORKS WITH DO IN TERMS OF OUTREACH WORKING
WITH YOUR STAFF, MAYBE CON COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER TO RCH IN THE PAST. LET'S WORK WITH Y IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN GET THE APPLICATIONS IN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> GREAT. COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY?
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. THIS IS REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL. I KNOW MANY MY WARD, AND IN GENERAL, REGIONALLY, WE'RE CONSTANTLY TALKING ABOUT
REDUCING CRASHES LEADINGO FATALITIES, INJURIES, TRAFFIC CALMING, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR E QUICK BUILDS OR TRAFFIC CIRCLES OR THINGS THAT NEIGHBORS ARE CONSTANTLY TALKING ABOUT. AND I'M REALLY PLEASED TO BE LOOKING FORWARD TO A MUNICIPAL
STATE AID ROAD TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECT PROGRAM. I KNOW MY OFFICE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU AND PUBLIC WORKS PRETTY EXTENSIVELY. WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BREAK IN OUR STATE REP. AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE, THE BARRIERS
AT T STATE LEVEL. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THO HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. I THINK WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS AND THINKING ABOUT MSA ROADS. BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE AT A POINT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DATA AROUND CRASHES AND FATALITIES,
WE SEE THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARD ADDRESSING THE ONES THAT ARE, LIKE, CITY DESIGNATED. AND THEN THERE'S A GAP WITH MUNICIPAL STATE AID ROADS. AND THERE'S A GAP WITH COUNTY ROADS. IT SAYS WE NEED TO FIND WAYS TO LEAN IN MORE TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE
INTERJURISDICTIONALLY ADDRESS THE CONCERNS. I THINK THIS IS A AN EXAMPLE. LEANING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WORK TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR THE MUNICIPAL STATE AID ROADS. INSTEAD OF SAYING "OKAY, WE HAVE THE BARRIER AND POINTING THE OTHER WAY." I THINK CONSTITUENTS WILL BE PLEASED TO SEE THIS KIND OF PROGRAM
AVAILABLE. I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE MUNICIPAL STATE AID PILOT. THE FIRST BEING ARE WE GOING TO SEE A SIMILAR APPLICATION PROCESS? AND HOW MANY PROJECTS ARE WE THINKING OF PILOTING? DO WE
HAVE A ROUGH ESTIMATE? >> FOR THE PILOT, TO ANSWER YOUR MOST RECENT QUESTION FIRST. FOR THE PILOT, WE PROBABLY HAVE THE FUNDING TO ADDRESS ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD OF 10 LOCATIONS IN THIS YEAR. SO, AGAIN, WHEN
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CORRIDORS, YOU KN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, A FEWER NUMBER OF CORRIDORS THAN MAYBE THOSE 10 SPECIFIC INTERSECTION LOCATIONS. AND FOR THE -- FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, PORTION, OUR PLAN IS TO NOT TO
RELY NECESSARILYN THE APPLICATION AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS WHERE WE TYPICALLY FOLLOW IT. LOCATIONS WHERE WE KNOW ABOUT FEEDBACK OF ISSUES. Y AWARE OF. THAT ARE PARALLEL TO
OUR REQUEST PROCESS. ALSO IT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TOP TO SUBMIT FEEDBACK ON A STREET THAT MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE. WE HAVE LOTS OF SOURCES TO BRINGN KNOWN INFORMATION ABOUT THE DESIRE IS FOR THOSE TREATMENTS OUT THERE. BUT THEN AS FAR AS
THE PLAN FOR HOW THAT PROGRAM MIGHT BE DELIVERED INTO FUTURE YEARS, IT'S A SMALLER, YOU KNOW, A SMALLER TOTAL MILEAGE OF STREETS THAN, YOU KNOW, EVERY BLOCK OF EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST. BLANKETING THE WHOLE CITY.
THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF ARE PLANNING TO DO MORE OF A PROACTIVE PRIORITIZATION FOR THOSE STREETS. RATHER THAN RELYING STRICTLY ON, LIKE, AN APPLICATION-SCORING-BASED PROCESS. AND, AGAIN, THAT ALSO, THEN, ALLOWS US TO, YOU KNOW,
TARGET THE AREAS THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, NO ONLY THE TRANSPORTATION CHARACTERISTICS THAT WE THINK ARE GOING TO HAVE THE BEST TNSPORTATION SAFETY BENEFIT. BUT, ALSO, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING TSE STREETS EB EQUITABLY AND NOT MISSING SOMETHING BECAUSE AN APPLICATION DIDN'T CE IN FROM
A RESIDENT WHO MIGHT NOT -- OR A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN AS PLUGGED IN AS ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S HOW WE SEE THE PROGRAM LIVING IN THE FUTURE. >> THAT'S GREAT. ARE YOU -- I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS HAVE APPLIED
FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING BUT THEN INELIGIBLE BECAUSE THEY WERE APPLYING FOR MSA STREETS. ARE YOU GOING TO BE LOOKING BACK ON THOSE O APPLICATIONS AND DATA? >> COUNCILMEMBER, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE SOURCES OF DATA THAT IS READILY AVAILABLE
FOR US TO GO BACK AND FIGURE IT OUT. FOR WHAT'S IN FRONT OFS NOW AND HOW TO KIND OF HELP PRIORITIZE THAT IN THE FUTURE. >> AND JUST FROM YOUR VANTAGE POINT, WHAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR RESIDENTS TORING FORWARD AN
AREA THAT HAS BEEN VERY HIGH SPEED. THEY MIGHT HAVE FOUND OUT JUST THROUGH REALIZING THEIR STREET ISN'T ELIGIBLE BECAUSE IT'S MSA. WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO BRING IT FORWARD TO PUBLIC WORKS? STAYING CONSISTENT ON 3-1-1 COMPLAINTS? OTHER WAYS OF
REACHING OUT? >> YEAH. CHAIR CASHMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY, THOSE WAYS CERTAINLY EXIST IN OUR -- THOSE ARE GREAT WAYS TO GET INFORMATION TO US. LIKE I SAID, THERE IS KIND OF A PARALLEL ABILITY TO SUBMIT SOMETHING ON AN MSA STREET OR HIGH-INJURY
STREET. SORT OF ALONGSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING REQUESTS. YOU KNOW, ONLINE. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL PLAN TO KIND OF DEVELOP AND SUPPLEMENT AND GROW A LITTLE BIT, TOO, ALONGSIDE THE, YOU KNOW, ABILITY TO CONSTRUCT SOME
OF THESE TREATMENTS ON MSA STREETS. MAKING SURE THERE'S A GOOD, STRONG WAY FOR FEEDBACK TO BE GIVEN AND RECEIVED. >> AWESOME. AND FOR MY CLARIFICATION, YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDRESSED IT EARLIER. THE PILOT WON'T BE FOR THIS FALL OR WILL IT BE? OR IS IT LOOKING INTO
NEXT YEAR? >> CHAIR CASHMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY, OUR PLAN IS TO TRY TO PILOT THE IMPLEMENTATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF SOME OF THOSE THIS YEAR. >> THAT'S EXCELLENT! THAT'S GREAT NEWS! MAKES M SUPER EXCITED. JUST LAST THING I'LL
SAY IS JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR EFFORT AND BEING RESPONSIVE TO COUNCILMEMBERS LIKE ME, WHO HAVE REACHED OUT ABOUT MSA STREETS OVER TIME. THIS IS JUST REALLY GREAT PROGRESS! I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THIS OUT TO RESIDENTS WHO HAVE ASKED ABOUT IT FOR A LONG TIME.
AND JUST THANK YOU FOR PULLING TOGETHER THE PRESENTATION.AND RESPONDING TO THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. THIS IS REALLY GREAT! >> COUNCILMEMBER -- VICE CHAIR KOSKI. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO CH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN ANTICIPATING THIS FOR A LONG TIME. I JUST WANT TO
JUST THANK YOU. I SEE THA THE SECOND AVENUE, I BELIEVE, IS ON THERE AS A WARD 11 ROAD FOR SUPPORT. AND MAYBE SOME OF YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU DON'T. BUT AN
AMAZING YOUNG GIRL NAMED PENNY WAKILLED ON THIS STREET. AND ALAN CAME WITH ME AND DROVE AROUND THE AREA WITH OTHER STAFF. TO VIEW THE STREET. WE
TOOK A TON OF TIME. ALL OF YOU DID. AND SO I JUST CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR ADDING THIS TO THIS PROGRAM. I CAN'T WAIT TO TELL THESE NEIGHBORS AND THEIR FAMILY THAT WE'RE TAKING ACTION
ON THIS. I KNOW SOMETHING THIS IS SOMETHING FOR THE NEIGHBORHO WILL BE GRATEFUL FOR TO HONOR PENNY AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS THA CAME TO HER AID I'M JUST GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO
TELL THEM, TOO, WHAT THE CITY IS DOING TO SUPPORT THIS COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> LAST QUESTION I HAVE HERE
IS -- LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS WHETHER SOME OF THE TEMPORARY INSTALLMENTS THAT YOU DID LAST YEARILL BE MADE MORE PERMANENT IN THIS PROCESS. >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN DIVING INTO
THIS YEAR ALREADY. ONE OF THE TREATMENTS THAT IS ACTUALLY INCLUDED ON THE LIST OF THOSE 49 PROJECTS IS NOT IN WARD 7. UT IT'S A DIFFERENT TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CIRCLE THAT HAS BEEN ON THE STREET FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT'S GOING TO BE INCLUDED.
AND GOING TO BE UPGRADED TO A PERMANENT INSLLATION. >> DO YOU KNOW THE STREET NAME? SO I CAN CHECK IT OUT. >> THAT IS THE ... DELAWARE STREET SOUTHEAST AND SAINT MARY'S AVENUE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION.
>> OKAY. >> THAT'S THE SE TYPE OF TREATMENT WE'RE UPGRADING IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION. IT'S BEEN OUT THERE FOR A NUMR OF YEARS.
AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BRING THOSE TYPES OF UPGRADES INTO THIS PROGRAM. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE A LOOK AND FOLLOW THE PROGRESS TO SEE WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO EXPECT IN THE FUTURE. SO SEEING
NO OTHERISCUSSION BEFORE US, I THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND I'LL DIRECT THE CLERK TO FILE THAT REPORT. OUR LAST ITEM TODAY IS RECEIVING AND FILING AN OVERVIEW OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROVIDING
ASSISTANCE TO LOW-INCE PROPERTY OWNERS. HERE TO PRESENT ON THE ITEM IS ASHLEY
DZIUK FROM POLICY AND RESEARCH. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CASHMAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I'M WITH THE CITY AUDITOR'S POLICY AND RESEARCH DIVISION. I'M HERE TO PRESENT ON ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. ON
FEBRUARY 6th, THIS COMMITTEE DIRECTED POLICY AND RESEARCH TO COMPLETE AN OVERVIEW OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IN MINNEAPOLIS. A LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS OF OTHER CITIES' SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS A REVIEW OF THE CONSTRAINT AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IN MINAPOLIS. I WILL START WITH AN OVERVIEW OF MINNEAPOLIS SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS GENERALLY
FIT INTO TWO CATEGORIES. TS IS NOT A PERFECT CAT GORZATION. I'M PUTTING THEM IN THE BUCKETS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PRESENTATION. THE FIRST ARE LEVIED ASSESSMENTS. MEANING THE CITY OR PARK BOARD IMPOSES A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ON A PROPERTY OWNER. THE SECONDRE PROPERTY
OWNER FINANCED. MEANING PROPERTY OWNERS CHOOSE TO USE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS TO FINANCE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE WORK ON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY. THIS INCLUDES NECESSARY TREE REMOVALS, SEWER LATERAL, WATER SERVICE LINE, A RETAINING WALL
REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS. LEVIED SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS ARE ONE OF THE PRIMARY TOOLS USED BY MUCIPAL GOVERNMENTS TO OFFSET THE COST OF QUALIFYING IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. THIS TYPE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT IS A FEE COLLECTED BY THE CITY FOR INVOLVEMENTS FOR SERVICES THE
CITY PROVIDES, WHICH BENEFIT RESIDENTS' PRIVATE PROPERTY. THESE INCLUDE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO A SERVICE UNPAID BILL OR FINE. STREET LIGHTING ON
NONGOVERNMENTAL TAX-EXEMPT PROPERTY. SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICTS, WHICH ADDRESS UNIQUE ITEMS IN A GIVEN GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND PARK BOARD ASSESSMENTS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED RECONSTRUCTION SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, RATES ARE BASED ON 25% OF THE STANDARD
PROJECT COST. ASSESSMENTS CAN BE PREPAID IN FULL BY NOVEMBER 15th OF THE YEAR BEFORE THE ASSESSMENT BEGINS. WHILE THIS IS THE LARGEST UP-FRONT COST, IT RESULTS IN NO INTEREST ACCRUAL. REPAYMENT TERMS DIFFER, DEPENDING ON THE
PROJECT. THE TERMS SHOULD NEVER EXCEED THE LIFE OF THE ASSET. MINNESOTA STATE LAW -- I'M SORRY MINNESOTA LAW STATES PAYMENTS CAOT EXCEED 30-YEAR TERMS, WHILE MINNEAPOLIS CODE STATES PAYMENTS CANNOT EXCEED A
20-YEAR. YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE, A NUMBER OF OF DIFFERENT PROJECT CATEGORIES REPAYMENT TERMS. 2025 INTEREST RATES FOR STREET RESURFACING AND RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS RANGE FROM 3.9% TO 4.7%. DEPENDING ON
THE REPAYMENT TERM. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE SCOPE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS, I'VE INCLUDED A NUMBER OF DATA POINTS ON THE SLIDE. THERE IS MUCH GREATER DETAIL AVAILABLE ON IN THE REPORT. TO PULL A COUPLE OUT. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING SIDEWALKS, FOR
EXAMPLE, WERE JUST UNDER $8.9 MILLION, AFFECTING ROUGHLY 3,079 PROPERTIES. THE SEWER REPAIRS IN THE OWNER FANCING CATEGORY, WAS MORE THAN
$1.1 MILLION FOR 74 PROPERTIES. SPECIALSSESSMENTS ARE GENERALLY CONSIDERED FAIR IN THEORY. AS THEY MAKE PROPERTY OWNERS PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT BENEFIT THEM SPECIFICALLY. HOWEVER, THEIR
ENACTMENT AND ULTIMATE OUTCOMES CAN BE INEQUITABLE IN PRACTICE. FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2019, IN SAINT CLOUD, ONE RESIDENT IN $100,000 HOUSE PAID $6,300 FOR A ROAD PROJECT WHILE THEIR NEIGHBOR, AFTE SUING THE CITY IN DISTRICT
COURT, PAID ONLY $4,000, DESPITE LIVING IN A $330,000 HOUSE. THIS MAY INDICE THAT ONLY HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE THE TIME AND RESOURCES TO SPEND APPEALING THE ASSESSMENT AND FILING A LAWSUIT WILL SUCCESSFULLY REDUCE THEIR
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. THEPECIAL ASSESSMENTS LEVIED ON THEIR PROPERTY. ADDITIONALLY, ALL THOUGH MINNESOTA LAW PROHIBITS LEVIED ASSESSMENTS FROM EXCEEDING THE INCREASED VALUE THE PROJECT PROVIDES TO THE PROPERTY, MANY CITIES, INCLUDING MINNEAPOLIS, DO NOT EVALUATE
MARKET VALUE WHILE LEVYING ASSESSMENTS. INSTEAD, WE USE THE INFLUENCE AREA ASSESSMENT METHOD, WHICH HAS BEEN TERMINED TO BE A FAIR PROXIMATION OF MARKET VALUE INCREASE. WHILE SOME VIEW ANY SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS N TAKING
PROPERTY VALUE INTO ACCOUNT IS POTENTIALLY HANG EB EQUITY CONCERNS, ADDING PROPERTY VALUE AS A DETERMINATIVE FACTOR COULD ADD DIFFERENT EQUITY CONCERNS. STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT LOWER-VALUED HOMES ARE
OVERASSESSED MORE FREQUENTLY THAN HIGHER-VALUE HOMES. AND HIGHER-VALUE HOMES ARE MORE OFTEN UNDERASSESSED. IF PROPERTY VALUE IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN DETERMINING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, WE SHOULD DO IT CAREFULLY TOO ENSURE WE'RE
NOT ADDING ADDITIONAL INEQUITIES. MOVING INTO CURRENT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR MINNEAPOLIS PROPERTY OWNERS. THE OPTION TO
PAY SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS BACK OVER A GIVEN NUMBER OF YEARS, WHETHER LEVIED OR OWNER FINANCED IS ESSENTIALLY THE CITY PROVIDING A LOAN TO PROPERTY NERS. SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DEFERRALS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR CEAIN POPULATIONS. INCLUDING PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE OVER --
65 AND OLDER. OR UNABLE TO WORK DUE TO PERMANENT DISABILITY OR ORDERED INTO ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. HOWEVER, INTEREST ACCRUES UNTIL THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT IS PAID. BEYOND THESE TYPES OF COMMON ASSESSMENT LOANS AND
DEFERMENT, ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS FINANCED -- PROPERTY OWNER FINANCED SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS ARE EXPLORED IN THE NEXT SLIDES. SORRY. YOU'LL NOTICE THERE ARE -- THERE'S NO DISCUSSION AROUND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR CITY-LEVELED SPECIAL
ASSESSMENTS. AS NONE COULD BE IDTIFIED IN MY RESEARCH. SO LOAN AND GRANTS FROM THE LISTED PROGRAMS AND AGENCIES MAY BE RE FAVORABLE FOR PROPERTY OWNERS THAN FINANCING PROJECTS THROUGH SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. MINNESOTA HOUSING, FOR EXAMPLE,
WORKS WITH THE STATE-WIDE NETWORK OF LENDERS TO PROVIDE HOME IMPROVEMENT LOANS. THE PROGRAMS OFTEN HAVE DIFFERENT CRITERIA, BUT ALL INCLUDE SOME FORM OF INCOME ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT LOANS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ALREADY
ASSESSED PROJECTS. SO IF THE CITY HAS ASSESSED A PROJECT, IT WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE. BUT IF A PROPERTY OWNER IS PROACTIVELY ADDRESSING AN ISSUE, THEN TREE REMOVAL, SEWER LATERAL, WATER SERVICE LINE, AND RETAINING WALL
REPAIR PROJECTS WOULD LIKELY BE ELIGIBLE. MINNEAPOLIS' COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEPARTMENT HAS AN OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAMHICH PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS FOR NUMEROUS PROJECTS. IFELIGIE ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF GRANTS
OR DEFERRED OR FORGIVABLE LOANS. FOR RETAINING WALLS, SEWER LATERAL, AND WATER LINE REPAIR REPLACEMENTS AS WELL AS NECESSARY TREE REMOVALS. THESE FINANCG OPTIONS ARE PROVIDED THROUGH THE COLLABORATION OF FEDERAL AND STATE SOURCES. INCL
ALSO, LIKE CPED, THE CENTER FOR ENERGY ENVIRONMENT IS AN APPROVED LENDER FORINNESOTA HOUSING. THEY ALSO -- SORRY. THEY ALSO MANAGE OTHER NUMEROUS FUNDING SOURCES, INCLUDING FROM THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS' NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION
PROGRAM, WHICH FUNDS NEIGHBORHOOD-SPECIFIC GRANT AND LOAN OPPORTUNITIES. I ALSO HAVE WE BUILDING TOGETHER AND NEIGHBORHOOD HOME PARTNERS ON THE SLIDE. THOSE ARE TWO LOCAL NONPROFITS THAT PROVIDE SOME FUNDING FOR THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS FOR QUALIFYING
HOMEOWNERS. THE LISTED PROGRAMS FOR TREE REMOVAL ON THIS SLIDE CAN HELP PROPERTY OWNERS PAY FOR NECESSARY TREE REMOVALS. THE MINNEAPOLIS PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD PROVIDES THREE FINANCING OPTIONS, INCLUDING A DEFERRAL FOR SPECIFIC POPULATIONS, WHICH IS THE SAME AS THE CITY. AS
WELL AS REPAYMENT TERMS OF 10 OR 20 YEARS. THE MINNEAPOLIS' CONDEMN TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD AND FUNDED BY THE.S. DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTUR THE PROGRAM COVERS 100 H 100% OF THE COS TO REMOVE THE PLANT AND STUMP AND PLANT ONE OR MORE TREES. METRO BLOOMS ALSO HELPS WITH TREE REMOVALS. OWEVER, DUE TO THEIR LIMITED FUNDS, THEY ARE TARGETING OUTREACH TO RESIDENTS
LIVING IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES. N GENERAL, LIKE PRIVATE TREE REMOVAL, CITY FUNDS CANNOT BE USED TO PAY FOR WATER SERVICE LINE REPAIR OR WATER LATERAL. THERE IS SOME FUNDING AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS SPECIFICALLY FOR THESE PURPOSES
THROUGH THE LISTED MET COUNCIL AND STATE AND FEDERAL GRAS. MET COUNCIL'S PRIVATE PROPERTY INFLOW AND INFILTRATION GRANT PROGRAM IS MANAGED BY THE CITY'S SURFACE WATER AND SEWERS DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS. THEY RECEIVED $250,000 F 2025.
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AWARD 34 GRANTS OUT OF 132 APPLICATIONS. APPLICANTS ARE AWARDED IN AMOUNTS OF $5,000, $7500, OR $10,000, DEPENDING ON PROPERTY'S GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION. PROPERTY OWNERS CAN STILL UTILIZE SPECIAL
ASSESSMENTS FOR WATER SERVICE LINE REPAIR REPLACEMENT, THE NEED FOR THEM TO DO SO HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANY DECREASED, IF NOT ELIMINATED ALL TOGETHER. DUE TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL AND STATE LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT GRANT FUNDING.
$342 MILLION IN FEDERAL. AND $242 MILLION IN STATE FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO ENSURE THE STATE MEETS ITS GOAL OF REPLACING ALL LEAD SERVICE ARE LINES BY 2033. AND AS OF MARCH 19 OF THAT YEAR, MINNEAPOLIS HAS
COMPLETED 328 REIMBURSABLE LEAD LINES. WITH EMPHASIS ON DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, LEAKING SERVIC, AND CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER STREET PROJECTS. MORE DETAIL FOR BOTHD ON THE REPORT ON PAGES 22
THROUGH 29. NEXT I'M GOING TO QUICKLY GO OVER SOME EXAMPLE CITIES ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. A NUMBER OF CITIES, INCLUDING THOSE LISTED AN THE SLI, HAVE VARIATIONS OF A SUBSIDY OR GRANT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN
TYPES OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. PRIMARILY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENTS. ALL OF THEM HAVE AN INCOME ELIGIBILITY COMPONENT. I'VE INCLUDEDDED A CHART OF SA SAINT CLOUD'S INCOME LIMIT SHOWING THE WEL INCOME
LIMITS. I DIDN'T LOOK UP HOW TO SAY IT OUT LOUD. NORTH DAKOTA HAS THREE TIERS OF ASSISTANCE BASED ON INCOME. A HOUSEHOLD MAKING 60% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME WOULD RECEIVE A 50% ABATEMENT ON SPECIAL
ASSESSMENTS. 40% AMI, RECEIVE A 75% ABATEMENT. AND 30%, RECEIVES A 100% ABATEMENT. MANY MORE DETAILS FOR THESE PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE REPORT. AS A FEW CITIES LISTED HERE, ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL LOAN OR DEFERRAL
OPTIONS. BEYOND THE SAME ONES FERED BY MINNEAPOLIS. DETAILS VARY. AND CAN BE FOUND IN THE REPORT. AND I'M GOING TO MOVE INTO CONSTINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS IN MINNEAPOLIS. LIKE MOST OF THE EXAMPLE CITIES, MINNEAPOLIS COULD CREATE A SIMILAR SUBSIDY PROGRAM FOCUSING ON LEVIED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. DRAWING FROM THE EXAMPLES, ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS MIGHT ILUDE SOME
COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING: ONE, THE ONLY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT THAT WOULD QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM WOULD BE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENTS. TWO, SPECIAL ASSESSMENT MUST HAVE AN INITIAL BALANCE THAT IS GREATER THAN $500 OR SOME OTHER THRESHOLD. THREE, THE PROPERTY MUST BE OWNER OCCUPIED. THEPROA
QUALIFYING HOUSEHOLD INCOME. ASSISTANCE IS NOT AVAILABLE TO PROJTS IN NEW DEVELOPMENTS. AND PROPERTY OWNERS MUST BE CURRENT ON ALL PROOT TAXES AND SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.
MINNEAPOLIS COULD REQUIRE THAT INCOME BE AT OR BELOW 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. THIS WOULD MATCH INCOME LIMITS FOR NUMEROUS OTHER MINNEAPOLIS PGRAMS. THE CHART ON THE TOP RIGHT, ONCE AGAIN, SHOWS SAINT CLOUD, MINNESOTA'S INCOME REQUIREMENTS.
WITHIN THE LIMITS A PROPERTY OWNER QUALIFIES R A PERCENT REDUCTION BASED ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEIR INCOME AND INCOME LIMITS. SO IF THE INCOME LIMIT IS $50,000 AND A PEON MAKES $40,000, THEY WOULD QUALIFY FOR A 20% REDUCTION OF EIR SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. I'VE
INCLUDED THEHART OF NORTH DAKOTA. THEIR SLIDING SCALE OF ASSISTANCE. MINNEAPOLIS COULD USE THE 80% AMI INCOME LIMITS FOELIGIBILITY AND THEN SOME VERSION OF A SLIDING SCALE TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH ASSISTANCE IS
PROVIDED. SOME ADDITIONAL SUBSIDY PROGRAM CONSIDETIONS INCLUDE THAT ONE CREATING ANY TYPE OF NEW PROGRAM WOULD REQUIRE AT LEAST ONE NEW FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF POSITION. THE MORE COMPLICATED A PROGRAM IS, IT WOULD
POTEIALLY REQUIRE MORE THAN ONE ADDITIONAL FTE. INCOME VERIFICATION FOR AN INCOME ELIGIBLE PROGRAM CAN REQUIRE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME, DEPENDING ON THE COLEXITY OF THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. NUMEROUS PROGRAMS AROUND THE CITY ALREADY INDIVIDUALLY VERIFY INCOME
ELIGIBILITY.THERE IS NOT APPEAR TO BE A CENTRAL, YOU KNOW, CITY-WIDE VERIFICATION SYSTEM. WHETHER OR NOT AN INCOME-BASED SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS DEVELOPED, CREATING SUCH A UNIFIED SYSTEM MAY BE WORTH INVESTIGATING FURTHER. THIS WOULD NOT ONLY DECREASE THE STAFF TIME
NECESSARY TO VERIFY INCOME FOR THESE INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS, IT WOULD ALSO BE STREAMLINED PROCESS FOR RESIDENTS. THEY WOULD NEED TO, IN THEORY, APPLY OR PROVIDE PROOF OF INCOME ONCE ANNUALLY FOR ALL CITY PROGRAMS EY MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR.
ADDITIONALLY, SINCE THE CITY DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE DATA ON THE NUMBER OF PROPERTIES WHICH WOULD QUALIFY FOR A SUBSIDY PROGRAM, IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO ACCURAT ESTIMATE THE COST AND IMPACT OF A SUBSIDY PROGRAM. FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND THE CITY. THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE INDICATED THAT THE LAW WOULD REQUIRE ANY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO HAVENIVERSALLY APPLICABLE CRITERIA. WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO GUARANTEE ENOUGH FUNDING TO COVER THE SAME EXPENSES FOR EVERYONE WHO QUALIFIES. EXPLORING POTENTIAL
FUNDING SOURCES FOR THESE SUBSIDIES WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RESEARCH. AND GATHERING ADDITIONAL DATA ON IMPACT OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND POTENTIAL SUBSIDY PROGRAM COULD HELP US PLAN THE SCOPE OF
ANY SORT OF PROGRAM, AS WELL. MOVING ON TO INCREASING REPAYMENT OPTIONS. INCREASING REPAYMENT TIONS IS ANOTHER WAY TO ASSIST PROPERTY OWNERS WITH THE COST OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED,
MINNEAPOLIS OFFERS PAYMENT DERMENT OPTIONS FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS. HOWEVER, VERY FEW PEOPLE WHO CURRENTLY QUALIFY FOR DEFERMENT CHOOSE THAT OPTION DUE TO THE ONGOING INTEREST ACCRUAL. THE CITY COULD CONSIDER EXPANDING DEFERRAL ELIGIBILITY TO INCLUDE THOSE CING GENERAL ECONOMIC
HARDSHIP. HOWEVER, MINNESOTA STATUTE DICTATES WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR DEFERRALS. SO ADDING ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES OF ELIGIBLE PEOPLE WOULD REQUIRE A STATE STATUTORY LAW CHANGE. THE CITY COULD ALSO CONSIDER CHANGING CITY CODE, WHICH STATES
PAYMENTS CANNOT EXCEED 20 YEARS. TERM LIMITS COULD BE INCREASED UP TO 30 YEARS AND STILL BE WITHIN STATE LAW. HOWEVER, THE REPAYMENT TER SHOULD NOT -- SHOULD STILL NOT EXCEED THE LIFE OF THE ASSET. THEREFORE, THIS MAY BE MOST BENEFICIAL FOR
PROPERTY OWNERS LOOKING TO FINANCE VERY EXPENSIVE PROJECTS ON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTIES. PECIALLY RETAINING WALLS. THAT IS EXTREMELY RARE BUT AS RETAINING WALLS CONTINUE TO AGE, THAT WILL BECOME A MORE COMMON ISSUE. BOTH EXPANDING THE DEFERRAL ELIGIBILITY AS WELL AS
INCREASING REPAYMENT TERM LIMITS WILL LIKELY PROVIDE MINIMAL ASSISTANCE FOR SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS WITHOUTLSO ADJUSTING LOAN INTEREST ACCRUAL. CHANGESES TO INTEREST ACCRUAL COULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWINING: STOPPING INTEREST ACCRUALFTER THE TERM OF ASSESSMENT. OR
INVERSELY, CHARGING 0% INTEREST DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE REPAYMENT TERM. ANY OF THESE OPTIONS WOUL NEED TO BE FURTHER EXPLORED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND OTHER APPLICABLE CITY DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING PUBLIC WORKS AND
FINANCE AND PROPERTY SERVICES. AGAIN MEANING TREE REMOVAL, SEWER LATERAL, WATER SERVICE LINE, AND RETAINING WATER FOR REPAIR AND REPLACEMENTS IS LIMITED. USING CITY FUNDS TO PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY DOES NOT PASS
THE PUBLIC PURPOSE TEST. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS, THE CITY CHARTER WOULD NEED TO BE AMENDED OR THE STATE LEGISLATURE WOULD NEED TO ENACT A STATUTE THAT PROVIDES MINNEAPOLIS WITH THE AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT AN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. HOWEVER,
THE CITY COULD WORK TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION AROUND OUTSIDE FINANCING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS. WHEN PROPERTY OWNERS CONTACT THE CITY TO OPT INTO PROPERTY OWN FINANCED SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. THEY COULD BE INFORMED IF
THEY'RE ELIGIBLE, CPED'S OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM, OR OTHER PROGMS SUCH AS THOSE THROUGH THE CENTER FOR ENERGY ENVIRONMENT MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORED A MORE
ADVANTAGEOUS FINANCING OPTIONS. ALMOST TO THE END. I KNOW THIS IS REALLY DENSE. SO ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ASSISTANCE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: THERE IS AO AN OPTION IN THEORY OF CAPPING ASSESSMENTS. CAPPING
SESSMENTS ON CERTAIN PROPERTIES WOULD ESSENTIALLY DISTRIBUTE THE COST BURDEN OF THAT PROPERTY TO ALL TAXPAYERS. ANY CAP ON THE MAXIMUM COST OF A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT WOULDEED TO BE APPLIED EQUALLY TO A DEFINED PROPERTY TYPE, FOR EXAMPLE. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. THERE
IS ALSO SOMETHING CALLED CIRCUIT BREAKER FUNDING. AND THIS SCENARIO, THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD PAY THE FIRST X AMOUNT OF AN ASSESSMENT, SAY $2,000. OR LY UP TO X PERCENTAGE OF THEIR PROPERTY'S VALUE, AGAIN, .25%, PERHAPS WITH, AND THE CITY WOULD
PAY THE REST. SO ALL TAXPAYERS WOULD PAY INTO THE PROGRAM. WE ALSO COULD SIMPLY STOP LEVYING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OR FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. AS OTHER CITIES
IN MINNESOTA ARE STARTING TO DO. AND LASTLY, NONE OF THE RENTER ASSISTANCE, NONE OF THE OPTIONS EXPLORED HELP RENTERS OR, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WHEN RENT IS RAISED DUE TO SPECIAL
ASSESSMENT. GIVEN THE BROAD DISCRETION LANDLORDS HAVE FOR SETTING THE RE, HOWEVER, IT'S UNLIKELY THERE ARE ANY OPTIONS AT THE CITY LEVEL FOR ADDRESSING AT ISSUE. AGAIN, EXPLORING ANY OF THESE ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND SHOULD INCLUDE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, PUBLICORKS, AND
FINANCE AND PROPERTY SERVICES. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE PRESENTATION OR THE REPORT. AND I ALSO KNOW THAT MANY -- A NUMBER OF PEOPLE FM DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING PUBLIC WORKS THAT I WORKED WITH
ON THE REPORT ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANYTHING IN DETAIL I'M UNABLE TO DO. . >> >>: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I THINK THIS IS PRETTY DETAILED AND SOMETHING WE'LL BE ABLE TO REFER TO FOR A LONG TIME. ACROSS DIFFERENT CONTEXTS. WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS. ESPECIALLY IN
CONSTRUCTION SEASON. ABOUT HOW ALL OF THIS IS BEING PAID FOR AND WHAT OPTIONS RESIDENTS HAVE TO MAKE IT WORK FOR THEM. SO I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION TO START. IT WAS ONE OF YOUR FIRST SLIDES. WAS THAT ASSESSMENTS USUALLY COVER ABOUT 25% OF
STANDARD PROJECT COSTS. CAN YOU REMIND -- DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY? >> RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT COSTS. LIKE RESURFACING IS DIFFERENT AND OTHER CATEGORIES -- >> I SEE. THAS JUST FOR RECONSTRUCTIONS? >> YES. AS AS FAR AS -- NO ONE IS STANDING UP TO CORRECT
ME. >> I'M WONDERING. THE HENNEPIN AVENUE SOUTH RECONSTRUCTION, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS IT FINANCED 25% BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AND 75% BY, YOU KNOW, FEDERAL FUNDS? STATE FUNDS? >> YEAH. CHAIR CASHMAN, I WOULD WELCOME JEFF HANLON UP. I
THINK EVERY PROJECT IS A LITTLE DIERENT. EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A STANDARD RULE OF THUMB THAT IS APPLY. BUT JEFF CAN MAYBE SPECIFSPEAK MORE SPECIFICALLY . >> THANK YOU. YES. SO EACH YEAR I CALCULATE AND RECOMMEND
TO CITY COUNCIL A UNIT FORM ASSESSMENT RATES. THOSE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT RATES ARE BASED ON FUNDING 25% OF THE STANDARD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. BUT THOSE UNIFORM RATES ARE MULTIPLIED BY THE INFLUENCE
AREA. AND SO OUR METHODOLOGY IS CONSISTENT ACROSS THE WHOLE CITY. REGARDLESS OF TRAFFIC VOLUMES, CONDITIONS, OR INDIVIDUAL -- OTHER INDIVIDUAL PROJECT COSTS. THEREFORE, YOU WILL NOT NECESSARI SEE THAT
SPECIAL -- YOU CANNOT NECESSARILY TAKE ONE GIVEN PROJECT AND YOU WILL FIND IT DOES NOT FUND -- IT DOE NOT NECESSARILY FUND 25% OF THAT INDIVIDUAL PROJECT. >> OKAY. SO FROM YOUR RESEARCH, WAS IT, LIKE, IS IT A CITY
POLICY THAT DETERMINES WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS ARE FUNDED AT W♪HAT PERCENTAGE LEVEL BY SPECIL ASSESSMENT? >> YES. WELCOME. >> SUPERVISOR FOR THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS OFFICE. CHAIR CASHMAN, THE 25% CALCULATION FOR
THE PROJECT IS THERE'S TWO HISTORICAL PROJECTS THAT ARE USED T CALCULATE THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT RATE. THOSE PROJECTS ARE 100% NONRESIDENTIAL AND 100% RESIDENTIAL. AND THAT'S WHERE THOSE NUMBERS COME FROM. THEY'RE USING CURNT DOLLAR
ESTIMATES APPLIED TO HISTORICALLY UNIFORM PROJECTS TO CALCULATE THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT RATE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. I GUESS I WAS WONDERING IF IT'S A CITY POLICY FOR THESE OR IS THERE A STATE POLICY THAT'S ALSO INFLUENCING? >> I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT
EXACTLY. I CAN SAY HOW T NUMBER GOT IN MY REPORT WAS IN CONVERSATION. I WAS TRYING TO FIND AN EXAMPLE. EXEMPLIFYING THAT SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS ARE NOT COVERING 100% COSTS IF FOR -- FOR THE PROJECTINGS. HOW IT ORIGINALLY CAME TO BE, I DIDN'T FIND ANY POLICIES THAT A CITY OR
STATE LEVEL THAT IMPACTED THAT. BUT I WASN'T SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR THAT. SO, AGAIN, SOMEONE ELSE CAN SPEAK TO THAT BETTER? >> CHAIR CASHMAN, I THINK THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION LIES IN,
YOU KNOW, PAST CITY POLICY. MAKING -- WOULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT THE QUESTION. >> IS THERE A CITY POLICY THAT DETERMINES THE RATES THAT ARE SET, YOU KNOW, THE PERCENTAGES COVERED BY ASSESSMENT FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS. >> THANK YOU, CHAIRASHMAN, FOR
REPEATING THAT. SO PRIOR TO THE 1960s, THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS ASSESSED 100% OF PROJECT COSTS TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. THEN IN ABOUT 1980, THE CITY COUNCIL SET POLICY THAT CHARGED
25% OF THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT COSTS. 0 IT SO IT WAS, ACTUALLY, AT THAT TIME, 25% OF EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT COST. AND THEN IN -- LET'S SEE. 1960, 1980. THERE'S A CHANCE I MIGHT
BE GETTING SOME OF THE DATES WRONG BUT THE STEPS ARE CORRECT. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1980 AND 1998CITY COUNCIL SET POLICY FOR THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT RATE AND INFLUENCE AREA, WHICH WE USE
TODAY. SO THOSE ARE -- >> THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING. >> BASED ON CITY POLICY, PRIMARILY. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT VICE CHAIR KOSKI. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANYOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ AND I
BROUGHT IT FORWARD. IT'S BEEN TOPIC OF DISCUSSION THIS YEAR. I HAD A QUICK QUESTION. STOP UTILIZING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLBIT MORE ABOUT YOU SAID THE CITY -- WHAT
OTHER CITIES HAVE CHOSEN TO DO THIS? WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN BEING THE IMPACT? >> I WASN'T ABLE TO RESEARCH TOO MUCH OF THE IMPACT. IS STILL A RELATIVELY RECENT I'M TRYING TO FIND IT IN MY REPORT.
I KNOW THAT DULUTH -- OR SAINT CLOUD -- I SHOULD STOP SPEAKING UNTIL I FIND THE DETAILS. >> IT'S ALL RIGHT. TAKE YOUR TIME, PLEASE. OH, YEAH. SO,
YES. DULUTH, ROD CHESTER, AND NORTIELD HAVE CHANGED THE WAY THEY DO ROAD PROJECTS. I DIDN'T GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL. BUT TH DULUTH USES PROCEEDS FROM A SALES TAX THAT VOTERS APPROVED
IN 2017. IDINA IS -- WITH PROPERTY TAXES. THAT'S GOI TO TAKE A 20 YEARS TO TRANSITION FULLY, THOUGH. IT WOU WON'T BE AN INSTANT CHANGE. I DON'T
HAVE THEETAILS ON ROCHESTER. NORTHFIELD, KNOW PLACES LIKE DENVER, COLORADO NOW COLLECTS A FLAT ANNUAL FEE FOR MOST PROPERTY OWNERS FOR SIDEWALK PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY. SO ESSENTIALLY EVERYONE IS PAYING ROUGHLY $150 A YEAR. THAT
COVERS ALLIDEWALK PROJECTS. RATHER THAN ANY SORT OF UNEXPECTED SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ONCE EVERY 20 YEARS OR WHATEVER THAT AVERAGE IS. >>OT IT. >> THOSE ARE SOME EXAMPLES. >> THAT'S HELPFUL. YEAH. I MEAN, I'M AIOUS TO START EXPLORING SOME OF THESE
DIFFERENT OPTIONS. AND YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF THEM HAVE A COMPOUNDING EFFECT ON RESIDENTS AND THEIR THEY'RE STILL PAYING SOMETHING POTENTIALLY. IT'S A MATTER OF HOW OR WHERE. SO I THINK IT'S JUST, TO YOUR POINT,
LIKE, RIGHT NOW SOMETIMES IT'S COMES UNEXPECTEDLY. VERSUS MAYBE KNOWING A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME. OR BEING DISTRIBUTED DIFFERENTLY. SO ANYWAYS. I'M ANXIOUS TO JUST KIND OF EXPLORE SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS. SEE WHAT
MIGHT BE BEST AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO THIS BUDGET SEASON AND THINK ABOUT THE YRS AHEAD, TOO. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. REALLY RADIOBUST. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION
HERE. -- ROBUST. I GUESS MY QUESTION FOR YOU. MAYBE IT'S NOT JUST EVEN PAR. BUT PUBLIC WORKS WE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WITH PUBLIC WORKS. WE MAYBE THOUGHT THE BEST PLACE TO
BE WITH POLICY AND RESEARCH TEAM DO ANALYSIS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND EVENTUALLY FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A ROUTE WE WANT TO TAKE. JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO HEAR AND THE PUBLIC AND FOR OUR POLICY AND RESEARCH TEAM. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE GO FROM HERE. I
THINK THERE'S PROBABLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH OUR POLICY AND RESEARCH TEAM AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAVE FURTHER CONCLUSION CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE REPORT MEANS. AND FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S TOOLS TAILED TO MINNEAPOLIS THAT CAN BE EFFECTIVE, I WOULD SAY. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE HARD WORK. IT WAS A QUICK TURN AUND, ACTUALLY, TO BRING IT BACK HERE. AND I GUESS MY COMMENT IS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DARTMENT. IF YOU CAN FOLLOW UP AFTER THIS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT ROUTE WE WANT TO GO TOWARDS WITH THE CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN FROM THE REPORT. BUT
WELL DONE. APPRECIATIVE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT GREAT. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO FILE THE REPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> I BELIEVE WE HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TODAY. SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE STAND ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.