>> ALL RIGHT. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SOREN STEVENSON, THE VICE CHAIR OF TH COMMITTEE. CHAIR ROBIN WONSLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, WILL BE VERY HERE VERY SHORTLY AND SHE WILL TAKE OVER. I'M GOING TO
CALL TO ORDER OUR REGULAR MEETING FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2026. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS,STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE
REALTIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCRSE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH, SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSLATE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK THAT ALL SPEAKERS
MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. AT THIS TIME I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL SO WE CAN VERIFY THE QUORUM FOR THIS MEETING. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> WARREN.
>> PRESENT. >> CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT. >> CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON. >> PRESENT. >> CHAIR WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> WE HAVE SEVEN PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. I WILL
REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THAT EWITH'RE GOING TO BE USING SPEAKER MANAGEMENT, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH SIGNING UP, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW-UP WITH OUR CLERKS OVER THERE. AND THEY CAN GET YOU ALL SITUATED. ALSO, FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE HEREOR
ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE, WE DO ASK THAT YOU REGISTER WITH THE CLERKS TO THE RIGHT. YOU CAN ALSO PROVIDE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS OR MATERIALS TO INCLUDE IN THE PUBLIC RECORD. PUBLIC WORKS STAFF WILL ALSO BE
AVAILABLE AFTER THE PRESENTATION TO CONNECT IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. WITH THATOUR AGENDA IS IN FRONT OF US -- >> MADAM CHAIR, JUST A QUICK CORRECTION. BECAUSE OF THE ROOM AT CAPACITY, WE'RE DOING SIGN-UPS IN THE HALLWAY.
>>SORRY. CAN YOU SHARE THAT AGAIN? >> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING SHOULD SIGN UP IN THE HALLWAY OUTSIDE. YOU SHOULD HAVE PASSED IT ON THE WAY IN. THERE'S A HALLWAY -- THERE'S A TABLE IN THE HALLWAY. >> THANK YOU FOR FLAGGING THAT,
CLERK. SO JUST TO REITERATE, IF YOU ARE HERE OR LOOKING TO SIGN UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, WE DO HAVE STAFF IN THE HALLWAY BECAUSE WE ARE AT MAX CAPACITY. WHAT I WILL ALSO ASK BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO PRETTY -- OR ONE PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL ITEM ON OUR PUBLIC
HEARING, IF YOU ARE CITY STAFF, ONCE YOU ARE DONE, YOU KN, HEARING YOUR ITEM, YOU WOULD ASK THAT YOU LEAVE THE CHAMBERS TO MAKE SPACE FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL SO THAT MEMBERS IN THE OVERFLOW CAN ALSO BE PART OR COME INTO THE CHAMBERS. SO THAT SAID, WE DO HAVE THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF US, WHICH
WILL BEGIN WITH CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS REFLECTED AS ITEMS 3-17. I' READ THAT FOR THE RECORD. SO THE FIRST BEING NUMBER THREE IS AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2026
METROPOLITAN COUNCIL REGIONAL SOLICITATION RELATED TO FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDS AND FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION SOLICITATIONS FOR REGIONAL SALES AND USE TAX FUNDS. NUMBER FOUR IS AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATN FOR
WHITTIER SAFE TO ROUTES TO SCHOOL PHASE 2 PROJECT. NUMBER FIVE IS ACCEPTING THE LOW BID FOR NICOLT AVE PLANTING AND MAINTENANCE. NUMBER SIX IS ACCEPTING VARIOUS BIDS FOR RENTAL OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT WITH OPERATOR. SEVEN IS ACCEPTING
VARIOUS BIDS FOR RENTAL OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT WITHOUT OPERATOR. EIGHT IS ACCEPTING THE LOW BID FOR 2026 CLEANING AND LINING RESTORATION ONLY PROJECT. NINE IS ACCEPTING THE LOW BID FOR 3rd STREET NORTH SANITARY SEWER RECONSTRUCTION OJECT.
10 IS AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH MINGER CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES INC. FOR THE BOSSEN TERRACE SANITARY AND STORM SUER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. 11 IS AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH MORCON CONSTRUCTION INC. FOR THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE PARKING RAMP
SECURITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. NUMBER 12 IS AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH SHORT ELLIOTT HENDRICKSON INC. FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE 2nd STREET NORTH BIKEWAY
PROJECT. 13 IS AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH PCI ROADS, LLC FOR THE GOLDEN VALLEY BUTTER LIE VALVE INSTALLATION PROJECT. 14 IS SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JUNE 18 TO CONSIDER THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION OF TIM SEXTON
TO THEPPOINTED POSITION OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR. 15 IS APPROVING B HONKING TRUCK PARADE EVENT PERMIT, JUNE 18, 2026. 16 IS APPROVING THE 612 DAYS BLOCK EVENT PERMIT, JUNE 12,
2026. AND 17 IS PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION RELATED TO THE REDESIGN OF HIGHWAY 280, THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR ANY ITEMS THAT
ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? I DO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY IN QUEUE. >> YEAH, THANK YOU, CHAIR WOLEY. I JUST HAD SOME SHORT QUESTIONS ON ITEM NUMBER 15 AND ITEM NUMBER 16. THEY'RE BOTH
BLOCK EVENT PERMITS. ONE FOR BIG HONKING TRUCK PARADE AND THE OTHER FOR 612 DAY. >> OKAY. SORRY, JUST GETTING A PEN. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN? ITEM 15 AND -- >> AND 16. >> ITEM 15 AND 16. >> YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL THOSE
FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION? AWE >> YEAH, JUST QUICK DISCUSSION. NOT LOADING. BUT I WILL PUT MYSELF I QUEUE. I WOULD LIKE TO PULL NUMBER 17 ALSO FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION.
AND MOTION. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. WITH THAT, COLLEAES, I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEMS 15, 16, AND 17. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR S AYE. THOSE
OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THE AYES HAVE IT. THAT MOTION CARRIES. NEXT WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM 15, AND COUNCIL MEMBER, WOULD YOU BE OKAY IF WE TAKE UP BOTH 15 AND 16? IS THERE STAFF WHO CAN COME AND SPEAK TO THESE ITEMS? AND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS RAISED
BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> CHAIR WONSLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, TIM SEXTON, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. WE'RE ACTUALLY WAITING FOR ONE OF OUR STAFF TO COME IN, SO I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WHATS A GNG ON. IS IT OKAY IF EWITH MOVE FORWARD TO THE OTHER AGENDA ITEM AND I'LL GO GRAB THEM? THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, AWESOME. WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 17, WHICH I PULLED SO THIS IS RELATED TO THE HIGHWAY 280 RESOLUTION. I AM GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM. EARLIER THIS WEEK MY OICE MET WITH
PUBLIC WORKS LEADERSHIP WHERE WE LEARNED THAT THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY COME TO OUR COMMITTEE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS PROJECT, SO I AM GOING TO POSTPONE THIS TO OUR JE 18
CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE MEETING. I'VE SPOKEN WITH CITY STAFF. I'LL ALSO SPOKE WITHIN THE LEAD AUTHOR OF THIS RESOLUTION, WHICH IS COUNCIL MEMBER INVILLE. AND EVERYONE IS IN SHARED AGREEMENT THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MN-DOT HERE TO PRESENT DIRECTLY. WITH THAT, I WILL ASK FOR A SECOND. ALL RIGHT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR WITH POSTPONING THIS ITEM TO THE JUNE 18 C&I MEETING, SAY AYE. THE AYES HAVE IT. GOING BACK TO ITEM 15 AND 16. I SEE STAFF IS HERE. WOULD YOU
LIKE TO COME TO THE PODIUM? THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, FEEL FREE TO DIRECT YOUR QUESTIONS. >> YES. THANK YOU, CHAIR WONSLEY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO CHAMBER FOR SOME QUICK QUESTIONS. MY FIRST QUESTION IS REGARDING BOTH OF THEM, SO JUST WANTED TO
CHECK FOR DEVIATIONS. THAT ONLY THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOURS OF OPERATION DEVIATION? D COULD YOU ARTICULATE WHAT IS THE STANDARD WITHIN THE CODE OF ORDINANCE? >> CHAIR WONSLEY, CHOWDHURY, WE
HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIME FRAMES DEPENDING ON WHETHER IT'S A BLOCK EVENT OR A PARADE OR RACE. AND DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION WITHIN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. SO THE BIG TRUCK PARADE HAS A TIME FRAME THAT TYPICALLY WOULDN'T ALLOW A PARADE IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS STARTING BEFORE 6:00 P.M.
WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR THE TIME FRAME TO BE MOVED TO 5:00 P.M. TO ALLOW THIS SINCE IT'S ON NICOLLET MALL. WE HAVEADE BUS ROUTE AROUND OR MADE CONCESSIONS FOR THE BUSES TO GET AROUND. AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ALL THE
CROSS STREETS OPEN. AND FOR THE 612 AREA, IT'S ON A FRIDAY, MIDDAY, WHICH TYPICALLY WE WOULDN'T SEE A BLOCK EVENT WITHIN KIND OF THE CITY STREETS BEFORE 6:00 P.M. ANYWHERE ELSE.
>> GREAT. AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION ON THE 612 BLOCK PERMIT EVENT. I NOTICE THAT ON -- IN THE FISCAL NOTE IN 2027, THERE IS TOTAL EXPENDITURE OF $2.
I JUST WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF BUDGET IMPACT. AND IF THERE WAS AEASON FOR THAT. >> THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A TYPO FOR $2? FOR 2026? >> YEAH, THAT IS WHAT I SAW. >> IF THAT WAS MAYBE JUST A TECHNICAL ERROR, THAT IS OKAY.
>> I THINK THAT IS A TECHNICAL ERROR. AND THE LAST FEW QUESTIONS ARE ON BIG HONKING TRUCK PARADE. COULD YOU JUST SHARE FOR THE DATE ON JUNE 18 HOW TRANSIT ON NICOLLET AVENUE
WILL BE DEVIATED? AND FROM WHAT TIME TO WHAT TIME? >> SO BUSES WILL BE MOVED OFF OF NICOLLET RELATIVELY SOON OR RELATIVELY -- BEFORE RUSH HOUR STARTS. SO TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET PEOPLE USED TO
GETTING TO THE OTHER STOPS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO MOVE SOMETHING MID RUSH HOUR. I BELIEVE FOR THE BIG TRUCK RADE THEY ARE GOING TO USE MARQUETTE AND SECOND AS THE DETOURS.SOMETIMES THAT SWITCHES TO HENNEPIN. BUT THEY KIND O GO BACK AND FORTH WHEN
THEY DO NICOLLET MALL AS FAR AS WHAT DETOURS THEY'RE GOING TO USE. DEPENDING ON WHAT ELSE MIGHT BE TAKING SHAPE IN THE CITY. AN DO WE HAVE A PLAN TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THAT TO TRANSIT RIDERS ONCE THAT OCCURS? I'M SURE WE'RE PARTNERING WITH METRO
TRANSIT ON THAT. >> METRO TRANSIT TAKES THAT ON AND SIGNS TH BUS STOPS TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE DETOURED AT. >> EXCELLENT. AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION THAT I HAD ON THE BIG HONKING TRK PARADE IS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS IS A NEW
EVENT FROM LASTEAR AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS MOVING FORWARD AS A CITY. IS THIS A CITY OWNED PARADE EVENT? OR IS IT -- WHO IS, LIKE, THE OWNER OF THIS? >> IT IS BEING PUT ON LISA
GOODMAN IS THE ORGANIZER. >> SO IT'S THROUGH OUR CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. DO WE HAVE ANY BUDGET IMPACT THAT WE'RE TAKING ON TO PRODUCE THIS EVENT? OR ARE WE -- ARE WE GETTING SUPPORT FROM SPONSORS? >> THERE IS A LOT OF SUPPORT OM THE SPONSORS. THERE'S A
LITTLE FINANCIAL FROM US AS WELL. SUPPLYI SOME OF THE BARRICADES OUT THERE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT IS REALLY CLARIFYING. I'M JUST GOING TO ASK FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW-UP IF THAT'S ALREADY TO JUST GET FINANCIAL PICTURE ON THE BIG
HONKING TRUCK PARADE WHO WE GET SPONSORSHIPS FROM, H MUCH, AND HOW MUCH WE'RE CONTRIBUTING YEAR TO YEAR. I JUST WAS SETHING CURIOUS ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS IS A NEW EVENT COMING OUT OF YOUR NEW ROLE. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL OF MY
QUESTIONS. THANKS FOR TAKING SOME TIME TOENS A THEM. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, WOULD YOU LIKE FOR STAFF TO HAVE THAT MEMO COMPLETED AHEAD OF OUR FULL COUNCIL MEETING? TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION? JUST SO WE CAN HAVE THAT NOTED AS WELL? >> YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF
STAFF NEEDS TO FOLLOW-UP WITH THOSE QUESTIONS, WE CAN DO THAT OFFLINE. BUT WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF BOTH ITEMS 15 AND 16. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL RIGHT. THOSE OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE
IT. THAT MOTION CARRY. NEXT WE'LL TAKE UP THE PUBLIC HEARING FLECTED IN ITEM NUMBER ONE ON THE AGENDA JUST AS SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION RELATED TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. ANYONE WHO SIGNEDP FOR BOTH ITEM ONE AND TWO RELATED TO 38th
STREET AND CHICAGO WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES EACH TO TESTIFY. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO KEEP YOUR COMMENTS RELATED TO THE ITEM THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY. ALSO, I'LL ADD THAT WE WILL HAVE STAFF PRESENT WHO CAN MEET IN THE ROOM OR PREFERABLY OUTSIDE
IN THE HALLWAY FOR THOSE WHO DO HAVE FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR RELATIVE ASSESSMENTS. ALSO, FOR EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MAY PARTICIPATE IN OUR HEARINGS OR COMMENT PERIOD, LET ME OFFER THIS NOTICE. ESE HEARINGS ARE BEING
BROADCAST AND RECORDED. BOTH THE RECORDING AND BROADCAST ARE CLASSIFIED AS PUBLIC DATA UNDER THE MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES ACT. BY ATTENNG AND PARTICIPATING IN THESE PROCEEDINGS, YOUR IMAGE AND ANY TESTIMONY OR INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE WILL ALSO BE
SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE UNDER THE LAW. THAT INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO YOUR ATTENDANT, YOUR NAME, AND OTHER PERSONAL DETAILS YOU PROVIDE, AS WELL AS ANY TESTIMONY OR COMMENTS YOU PROVIDE, WHICH INCLUDES ANY WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS YOU MAKE, ICH ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE
RECORD OF THIS MEETING. OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE LORING PARK RESURFACING PROJECT. THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPEN AT OUR PREVIOUS MEETING ON MAY 14. IT WAS CONTINUED TO THIS MEETING TODAY TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE HAD
AMPLE TIME TO ATTEND AND TESTIFY. I HAVE BEEN ALERTED THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE OFFICIALLY SIGNED UP TO TESTIFY ON BEHALF OF THIS ITEM, BUT I WILL MAKE ONE LAST ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ANYONE IN OVERFLOW OR HERE IN THE
CHAMBERS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SIGN UP FOR THIS ITEM AND TESTIFY, PLEASE COME FORWARD. ING ONCE, GOING TWICE, ALL RIGHT THEN. SO SEEING NO ONE SIGNED UP TO
TESTIFY FOR THIS ITEM -- WAIT, I FORGOT I WAS SUPPOSED TO OFFICIALLY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT. WELL, LET ME CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING SINCE NO ONE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. I'M GOING TO SEE, COLLEAGUES, IS
THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM YOU ALL RELATING TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT? ALL RIGHT. LOOKING, NO ONE IS IN QUEUE FOR DISCUSSION. THAT SAID, I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THE
EYE EYES HAVE IT. THAT MOTION CARRIES. WITH THAT, OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE 38th STREET ANDHICAGO AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION NOW INVITE UP ADAM HAHOE, THE PRINCIPAL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER
WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO GET US STARTED WITH A PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR WONSLEY AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ADAM HALE, A PRINCIPAL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER WITH THE TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS. TODAY I'M HERE PRESENTING FOR
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 38th STREET AND CHICAGO AVENUE GEOE FLOYD SQUARE STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. CITY PROJECT NUMBER 1003 -- THE RECONSTRUCTION OF 38th
STREET AND CHICAGO AVENUE HAS EVOLVED THROUGH A LONG COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS. THE PROCT WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IN 2018 AND HAS BEEN SHAPED OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS THROUGH EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT,
PLANNING EFFORTS, TECHNICAL ANALYSIS, AND CITY COUNCIL DIRECTIVES THAT HAVE NOW SET THE STAGE FOR IMPLEMENTATION. IN DECEMBER 2025, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE FLEXIBLE OPEN CONCEPT LAYOUT.
THE MOST RECENT COUNCIL ACTION IN ACTUALLY DESIGNATED THE PROJECT LOCATION AND IMPROVEMENTS, ADOPTED THE REPORT RECEIVING THE PROJECT COST ESTIMATE AND AUTHORIZED THE CITY ENGINEER TO PREPARE A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AND SET THE ASSESSMENT PUBLIC HEARING FOR
JUNE 4. THIS PROJECT INVOLVES THE RECONSTRUCTION OF 38th STREET F AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF CHICAGO AVENUE FROM 37th STREET TO 39th STREET. THESE STREETS WERE LAST RECONSTRUCTED MORE
THAN 60 YEARS AGO. THE ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND INFRASTRUCTURE HAS REACHED THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE AND NEEDS FULL REPLACEMENT. THIS PROJECT WILL BE BUILT IN
TWO CONSTCTION PHASES. PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN THIS MONTH AND INCLUDE 38th STREET EAST OF CHICAGO AVENUE, AND CHICAGO AVENUE SOUTH OF THE D LINE V.R.T. STATIONS AS SHOWN IN BLUE ON THE MAP TO THE LEFT. PHASE TWO CONSTRUCTION WILL
OCCUR THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 2027 AND INCLUDES 38th AND CHICAGO AVENUE INTERSECTION. 38th STREET WEST OF CHICAGO AVENUE AND THE REST OF CHICAGO AVENUE INCLUDING THE D-LINE V.R.T. STATION AS SHOWN IN GREEN ON THE
SAME MAP. CONSTCTION THIS YEAR WILL CLOSE THE SOUTH LAKE OF CHICAGO AVENUE AND THE EAST LEG OF 38th STREET TO VEHICLE TRAFFIC AS SHOWN ON THE MAP TO THE RIGHT. ACCESS TO GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE, BUSINESSES, AND
HOMES WILL BE MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT CONSTCTION. THE TOTAL COST OF THE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS $15.1 MILLION. THE PROJECT IS FUNDED THROUGH MULTIPLE SOURCES INCLUDING CITY FUNDS, STATE AID
FUNDS, AND SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS TO ADJENT PROPERTY OWNERS. CITY ORDINANCE AND STATE LAW ENABLE ASSESENTS TO PAY FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. IT IS CITY POLICY TO ASSESS ADJACENT PROPERTIES ON ALL STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS PAY ONLY A PORTION OF TH PROJECT COST, AND THE ASSESSMENTS ARE BASED ON AN ANNUAL UFORM ASSESSMENT RATE. ASSESSMENTS DO NOT CHANGE BASED ON THE COST OF THE OVERALL PROJECT. SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS WILL COVER APPROXIMATELY 4% OF THE TOTAL
PROJECT COST. THE 2026 STREET RECONSTRUCTION UNIFORM ASSESSMENT RATES ARE -- $3.20 FOR NONRESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. $1.12 FOR
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. PROPERTY OWNERS PAY -- SORRY. PROPERTY OWNERS MAY PAY FOR THEIR ASSESSMENT IN A SINGLE PAYMENT BEFORE 2028, OR OVER A 20-YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING IN 2028 IF THE ASSESSMENT AMOUNT IS OVER
$150. TO HELP ILLUSTRATE THE PAYMENT OPTIONS, THIS EXAMPLE USES AN ASSESSMENT AMOUNT OF $5,600. IF PAID OVER 20 YEARS, THE ANNUAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT WOULD BE $280.
THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT PLUS SIMPLE INTEREST RESULTS IN AN ESTIMATED FIRST YEAR PAYMENT OF $545. ANNUAL PAYMENTS DECREASE OVER TIME AS THE BALANCE IS PAID DOWN. PROPERTY OWNERS MAY PAY THE FULL
ASSESSMENT BEFORE IT IS LEVIED, AVOIDING ANY INTEREST. PROPERTY OWNERS MAY ALSO PAY OFF THE REMAINING BALANCE AT ANY TIME DURING THAT PERIOD. A DEFERMENT OPTION IS AVAILABLE FOR SENIORS AGE 65 AND OLDER,
INDIVIDUALS WITH A PERMANENT AND TOTAL DISABILITY, AND MILITARY PERSONNEL ORDERED INTO ACTIVE SERVICE. TO QUALIFY, THE PROPERTY MUST BE HOMESTEADED AND THE ASSESSMENT MUST BE $750 OR GREATER. A DEFERMENT POSTPONES THE PAYMENT OF THE ASSESSMENT BUT
DOES NOT REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE AMOUNT OWED. FOR PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES, OUR STANDARD PROCESS IS TO MAIL NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS FOUR WEEKS BEFORE THE PUBC HEARING.
FOR THIS PROJECT ASSESSMENT NOTICES FIVE WEEKS IN ADVANCE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. IN ADDITION, PRIOR TO MAILING THE NOTICES, PUBLIC WORKS STAFF CONDUCTED DIRECT ASSESSMEN OUTREACH TO PROPERTY OWNERS AS PART OF OUR PRECONSTRUCTION OUTREACH EFFORTS.
PUBLIC WORKS STAFF HOSTED A VIRTUAL PRE-ASSESSMENT INFORMATIONAL MEETING ON MAY 18 TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT AND EXPLAIN THE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY AND PROCESS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS IS AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
WEBPAGE. PROPERTY OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT OFFICE AT PW SPEAL ASSESSMENTS AT MINNEAPOLIS DOT MN DOT GOV. TODAY PUBLIC WORKS IS REQUESTING
CITY COUNCIL TO PASS RESOLUTIONS ADOPTING THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND AUTHORIZING SALE OF ASSESSMENT BONDS. SEPARATELY, PUBLIC WORKS IS ALSO REQUESTING CITY COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE ABANDMENT AND REMOVAL OF AREAWAYS IN CONFLICT WITH THE PROJECT.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'LL STAND BY FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION, ENGINEER HALE. WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF FOLKS SIGNED UP TO TESTIFY.
AGAIN, BEFORE I OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, SOME SPOTS HAVE OPENED UP IN THE CHAMBER. I WOULD TO MAKE SECURITY AWARE THAT WE SHOULD ALLOW FOLKS TO CO IN FROM THE OVERFLOW TO THE CHAMBERS SO THEY CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE. WITH THAT, I WILL NOW OPEN UP THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THE FIRST PERSON SIGNE UP TO TESTIFY IS JULIA JOHNSON. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME FORWARD.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CITCOUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JULIA JOHNSON FROM WARD EIGHT. THIS MORNING I WENT OUTSIDE TO SEE NO PARKING SIGNS IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN WAS ALSO TOLD TO US A COUPLE OF
WEEKS AGO AT THE COMMUNITY CIVIC -- THE COMMUNITY VISIONING COUNCIL FOR G.F.S. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THE CITY TD US, RIGHT? AND THEY HAVE SPRUNG THIS ON US. THEY HAVE GIVEN --
GONE BACK ON THEIR WORD OF SAYING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY INVVED PROCESS THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE FEEDBACK, BUT INSTEAD WE'RE BEING BLINDSIDED. WE ARE QUICKLY TRYING TO CATCH UP TO WHAT THE CITY HAS MANDATED TO
HAPPEN. AND THIS TAX AESSMENT OF $636,000 IS GOING TO HARM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HARM THE LOCAL BUSINESSES. IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO MAKE MY RENT GO UP. IT'S GOING TO CAUSE PEOPLE TO GET DISPLACED TO BE DISCONNECTED FROM THE BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY
THAT HAS BEEN BUILT. AND ALL OF THIS IS NOT HAPPENING AT THIS TIME BY COINCIDENCE. THE CITY HAD PLANS FOR 38th AND CHICAGO AFTER DECADES OF DIVESTMENT TO THEN SUDDENLY COME IN AND INVEST IN THE AREA IN THE
WAYS THAT THEY SAW FIT, NOT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS, BUT WHAT INVESTORS WANTED TO INVEST IN F. SO THAT THEN WE COULD BRING IN MORE -- RAISE THE COST OF LIVING IN THE AREA AND BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DISPLACE THE PEOPLE
WHO LIVE HERE, WHO ARE BORN HERE, AND TO THRIVE HERE AND CONTINUE TO GET DISINVESTED FROM. INSTEAD, THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO PAY MORE AFTER NOT RECEIVING ANY INVESTMENT FOR DECADES. I AM HERE TO SAY NO TO THE SPECIAL TAX ASSESSMENT.
INSTEAD, WE NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL TAX FREEZE. HOW ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST CAUSING HARM TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND AGAIN, EVERYONE WHO TESTIFIES, YOU CAN ALSO PROVIDE WRITTEN
COMMENT SO THAT IS ATTACHED TO THIS FOR PUBLIC RECORD. OUR NEXT SPEAKER OR TESTIFIER IS MIKAYLA ZIEGLER. MY APOLOGIES IF I SAY YOUR NAME INCORRECTLY. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SAY THE
CORRECT PRONUNCIATION. >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MIKAYLA ZEIGLER, A RESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND BOARD MEMBER OF CAN-DO AND I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT THAT WILL BE FOLLOWING RESENTS AND BUSINESSES OF 38th AND CHICAGO
AND IMPLORE YOU GUYS TO BE CREATIVE. THE CITY HAS PREPARED, AS WE JUST LEARNED, TO ASSESS THE COMMUNITY THERE OF OVER $600,000 BECAUSE OF THE IMMINENT CONSTRUCTION. AND WE'RE ALL AWARE THAT THAT IS A RELATIVELY NORMAL PART OF CITY CONSTRTION, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT
TO ACCENTUATE THAT NO PART OF THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN NORMAL, AND A NORMAL LAST HALF OF A DECADE WOULD HAVE BEEN A WELCOME RESPITE FOR MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE HIT HARDEST BY THIS ASSESSMENT. THIS IS NOT A NORMAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, AND THE REDESIGN AND RECONSTRUCTION OF
THIS AREA IS A DIRECT RESULT OF A CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS EMPLOYEE MURDERING GEORGE FLOYD THERE. THE CITY INVESTMENT IS REALLY NEEDED IN THIS COMMUNITY, BUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED TO THIS ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION
PROJECT MAKE THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PARTICULARLY EGREGIOUS. ROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC SIGN PROCESS, THE CITY TALKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT RACIAL HEALING AND REFLECTING COMMUNITY NEEDS, BUT NEITHER OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE IF THIS ASSESSMENT IS LEVIED AS NORMAL.
WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A NEW DAWN FOR THE SARE WILL LEAVE BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS INDEBTED BY AS MUCH AS $60,000 AND THE PAYMENT RETRACT THE DEBT OWED TO THE CITY GOVERNMEN THAT CAUSED THIS HARM IN THE FIRST LACE. WE WANT TO MAKE SUR
PEOPLE CAN STAY HERE. IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF A HEALTHY COMMUNITY, A SAFE COMMUNITY TO HAVE LOCALLY CONNECTED BUSINESSES, BUT THESE THINGS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME TO FRUITION IF SUCH A HUGE ASSESSMENT IS LEVIED ON THIS ABLE BELEAGUERED GROUP O
BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS. AT A COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSION, WE WERE TOLD THERE IS NO LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR ALLEVIATING THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, BUT I KNOW MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS DID NOT RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL TO DO THINGS AS
NORMAL. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SUBMIT YOUR WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT YOU COULDN'T FULLY SHARE WITH US TODAY AND THE CLERK STAFF CAN ALSO HAVE THAT BE RECORDED. NEXT IS LANE BROWN AND ON THE DOCKET IS MILEY STH AFTER
THEM. >> I AM LANE BROWN, THE CO-DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION AND I COME WITH 33 DIFFERENT PROPERTIES, ENTITIES, RESIDENTS, HUMANS WHO LIVE HERE
AND WANT TO STAY HERE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'RE HERE TO SUBMIT A FORMAL GROUP OBJECTION TO THE ASSESSMENTECAUSE WE HAVE ALREADY PAID SEVERAL TIMES OVER. OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE
EXPERIENCED EXTRAORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES IN AN INCREDIBLY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. THESE CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE BEEN AMPLIFIED AGAIN AND AGAIN BY STATE VIOLENCE THAT THIS BODY HAS A DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR OF HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE AND WE NEED YOUR HELP TO DO SO, BUT NOT OFF OF OUR BACKS AGAIN.
THIS SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LEAVES US ALL VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT. AND WE'RE REQUESTING AN NEED ABATEMENT, A DISMISSAL AND FORGIVENESS OF ANY ASSESSMENTS LEVIED AGAINST THIS INTERSECTION. TODAY. YOU HAVE IN YOUR POWER TO LET US STAY HERE. T HELP US BUILD A
COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. AND THAT WE DESERVE. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> NEXT WE HAVE ALICIA SMITH AND
UP NEXT IS PATRICE -- >> PATRIC >> THANK YOU. >> PATRICK. IS UP NEXT AFTERWARDS. THANK YOU. >> GOOD DAY, COUNCIL. I WOULD
LIKE TOONSIDER THAT GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE IS RIDICULOUS AND IS CONSIDERATE OVER THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHO TAKE CARE OF THE SPACE WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG WITH THE SPACE, THE RESIDENTS AND CARETERS TAKE CARE OF IT. WHEN THERE IS SOMEBODY IN NEED T CARETAKERS IN
THOSE CONNECTED TO THE SPACE TAKE CARE OF IT. CAN DO HAS BEEN DOI A LOT OF WORK IN REGARDS TO SUPPORTING THE NOT EVEN THE NEIGHBORS BUT THE MEMORIAL AND EVERYTHING AROUND IT. ONCE AGAIN TO CONSIDER THE
SPACE AN ABANDONED SPACE OR ABANDONED THINGS WHEN THEY ARE BEING TENDED TO AND LOOKED UPON TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS WITH WHAT WE HAVE WITH THE LOW RESOURCES THAT WE ARE GIVEN.
IN REGARDS TO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE ASSESSMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, HOW DARE Y'ALL ASK FOR SUCH THINGS WHEN THERE'S NOT NO INVESTMENTS. THERE'S NOT NO ACKNOWLEDGMENT. THERE'S NOT NO SUPPORT NOR
RESOURCE. JUST THE DISREGARDING OF NOT JUST THAT INTERSECTION BUT THE WHOLE CORRIDOR BECAUSE WHEN THESE -- WHEN THIS INTERSECTION IS IN NEED T CORRIDOR HELPS TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE STAY IN THEY HOMES. IT'S THE CORROR THAT MAKE SURE PEOPLE KEEP THEY BUSINESSES AND
GET WHAT IT IS THAT THEY NEED. THEY TEND TO THE HOMELESS. THEY TEND TO THE HUNGRY. THEY TEN TO JUST THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED. TO DISREGARD THIS SPACE FOR WHAT IS SHAMEFUL. JUST
SHAMEFUL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND NEXT I HAVE PATRICK. MY APOLOGIES I CAN'T PRONOUNCE THE LAST NAME. ND THEN GERALDINE MICHAEL.
>> HELLO. PATRICK RHODIE. RHODIE. I'M A RESIDENT. I'M THE ONLY RESIDENT ON 38th. MY HOUSE IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. I DID NOTHING TO DESERVE WHAT I'M LIVING THROUGH. I HAVE BEEN
THERE FOR OVER 30 YEARS. I'M TAKING OVER WHAT MY DAD BUILT. I GOT 11 KIDS THAT I WATCH OR AT A TIME SOMETIMES.
I CAN'T AFFORD $600,000. I CAN'T AFFORD NONE OF THAT. THAT'S WHY I'M UP HERE. IF YOU PUT THAT TAX ON ME, THAT'S GOING TO PUT MORE TAXES INTO THE TAXES THAT I'M EVEN PAYING ON MY MORTGAGE.
SO YEAH. IT'S VERY EMOTIONAL. IT'S NOT THE SAME SPACE, BUT I WOULD LIKE IT TO STAY THE SAME. I DON'T WANT IT TO CHAN. I DON'T NEED NO CONSTRUCTION OVER THERE AS A RESIDENT AND BEEN OVER THERE FOR LONGER THAN
A LOT OF THESE BUSINESSES. I DONE SEEN ALL THESE BUSINESSES COME AND GO. SO FOR ME, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO STAY WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY EXTRA MONEY, AND I'M A
WORKING MAN. I TRY MY BEST AND I STILL CAN'T DO WHAT MY DAD DID. IT'S GOT HARDER, AND HE GOT FOUR KIDS AND I GOT TWO, SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE Y'ALL GOING WITH THIS, BUT DON'T TAX ME OR
THE RESIDENTS ON 38th FOR SOMETHING WE DIDN'T DO. >> THANK YOU FOR COMING TO TESTIFY. NEXT WE HAVE GERALDINE MICHAEL.
AND THEN AFTERWARDS, BRIDGET STEWARD. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS GERALDINE MICHAEL. AND I AM CONSIDERED A SINGLE
PARENT, BUT I'M A SENIOR NOW. I HAVE LIVED IN MY HOME SINCE 1993. AND WHEN I MOVED , I HAD TO DO A LOT OF REMODELLING, AND I CANNOT UNDERSTAND -- I
LIKE IMPROVEMENT. I LIKE NICE THINGS, BUT WHEN IT COME DOWN TO US SENIOR, WE ONLY GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY A MONTH. AND I LIKE TO KNOW, THEY HAVE
SAID THEY WANT THE SENIORS TO LIVE IN THEIR HOME, AND WITH THE COST OF LIVING, YOU CAN GO TO THE GROCERY STORE. I DON'T HE TO TELL YOU ABOUT HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS, HOW EXPENSIVE THE LIGHT, THE GAS, CLOTHES AND EVERYTHING
ELSE, AND INSURANCE ON YOU AND INSURANCE ON YOUR HOME. ONLY THING THAT THEY HAVE SAID THEY WAS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SENIORS ARE ALLOWED TO LIVE IN THEIR HOME. I HAD SURGERY BACK
IN MAY. I HAD A KNEE REACEMENT, AND I NEED ANOTHER ONE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DOIT, AND THAT COST A L OF MONEY. ANDHEN YOU HAVE TO GET PEOPLE TO HELP YOU. THAT COSTS MONEY. SO I LIKE TO KNOW, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH US SENIOR? IT SEEM LIKE WE JUST BN PUSHED IN
THE CORNER AND FORGOTTEN. AND THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY, SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE HAVE BRIDGET STUART AND AFTERWARDS IS ELLEN -- AND
MY APOLOGIES, I WON'T TRY TO BUTCHER THE LAST NAME, BUT STILL ELLEN IS UP NEXT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AND AGAPE MOVEMENT. PATRICK IS MY NEHBOR. I KNOW PATRICK FROM WHEN I WAS HIS YOUTH, HIS SISTER'S YOUTH CHEERLEADING COACH. I WATCHED
THEM GROW UP. I GOT A PHONE CALL EARLIER THIS WEEK FROM CAN DO AND ASKED IF WE COULD GIVE OUR 15 PASSENGER VAN TO BRING THE SENIORS HERE SO THEY COULD EXPRESS WHAT THIS ASSESSMENT MEANS TO THEM. BUT I'M ALSO HERE AS A BUSINESS
OWNER TO EXPRESS WHAT THIS ASSESSMENT MEANS TO US PLEASE UNDERSTAND, WE HAVE BEEN HIT HARD. YOU ALL KNOW - YOU ALL HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS WITH US. SOME OF YOU FROM DAY ONE. SOME
OF YOU ARE BRAND-NEW. WE ARE EXHAUSTED. WE ARE EMOTIONALLY EXHAUSTED. WE'RE MENTALLY EXHAUSTED. WE'RE PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTED. AND NOW YOU'RE ASKING US TO CONTINUE TO BE FINANCIALLY EXHAUSTED. WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO BE
DISPLACED. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HEARING COMMUNITY AND HAVING COMMUNITY WRITE LETTERS, YOUR COUNITY IS RIGHT HERE TALKING TO YOU. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO YOU FROM THE DAY I STOOD IN FRONT OF YOU AND SAID WE'RE LIVING INSIDE THE WIRE IN NEW JACK CITY.
IT HAS NOT CHANGED. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MAKE THE CHANGE? PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE STOP PLAYING WITH US. STOP HOLDING US HOSTAGE. WE DESERVE MORE. THE
INFRASTRUCTURE, I SAT ON THAT CCT TEAM WITH A NEIGHBOR DOWN THE STREET. WE GAVE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM? GO BACK. IF IT CALLS FOR A DELAY OF 60 DAYS, DO IT. YOU OWE IT TO US.
DO NOT RUSH THIS BECAUSE NOW IT'S ON THE TABLE. WE HAVE WAITED FOR SIX YEARS. 60 DAYS A DELAY OF ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH AND GETTING IT RIGHT? STUDY IT. >> THANK YOU, BRIDT.
NEXT WE HAVE ELLEN AND AFTERWARDS WE HAVE SPEAKER NUMBER NINE, MICHAEL OLSON. HI. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME FORWARD. >> MY NAME IS ELLEN HUCK
SCHMIDT, AND I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY VISION COUNCIL. AND I HAVE OBSERVED, WORKED WITH, SAT WIT BRILLIANT, SMART, DEDITED PEOPLE TO THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS A WONDERFUL GROUP. THEY CARE FOR EACH OTHER. THEY CARE FOR THEIR AREA. GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE IS SO CARED FOR, AND I'VE GONE THERE AND
DONE MY OWN BLESSINGS, MY OWN GRIEVINGS. IT IS A WONDERFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS REASONABLE. NOT ONLY REASONABLE, I INSIST THAT YOU LISTEN TO THEM. NO ONE HAS FOR
YEARS. PLEASE! TAKE THESE PEOPLE'S NEEDS INTO CONSIDERATION. THEY ARE MY NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, ELLEN. NEXT WE HAVE MICHAEL OLSON AND AFTER
MICHAEL, WE HAVE ERICA THORN. >> HI. THANK YOU. I AM A RESIDENT OF THE 3800 BLOCK OF CHICAGO AVUE. I'VE SUBMITTED WRITTEN COMMENTS AS WELL, SO I'M JUST GOING TOEEP THIS RELATIVELY BRIEF, BUT I DON'T
BELIEVEHAT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS AS WAS STATED EARLIER JUST A MATTER OF DETERIORATING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SOMEHOW MAGICALLY HAPPENS TO BE WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE SQUARE AND NO FURTHER ON 38th STREET OR CHICAGO AVENUE THAN THE BOUNDS OF THE SQUARE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT STREET WOULD HAVE MAGICALLY JUST DETERIORATED EXACTLY IN THAT BOUNDARY AND NOT OUTSIDE IT, WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE CAUSE OF THE RECONSTRUCTION IS, OF COURSE, IN FACT, THE PRESENCE OF THE MEMORIALS AND WHATNOT IN GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE.
AND IN WHICH CASE THAT WOULD MEAN THAT IT IS THE DIRECT RESULT OF THE ACTIONS OF CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS EMPLOYEE THAT THIS PROJECT IS GOING THROUGH. AND I WOULD SAY THAT IF THERE IS
NOTHING IN PLACE THAT TO ALLEVIATE OR CHANGE THE FACT THERE NEEDS TO BE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS DONE, WHICH I'M NOT DEBATING THE PROCESS TT WAS DONE TO ARRIVE T A THOSE AMOUNTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S BEEN LAID OUT VERY CLEARLY.
BUT IF T REASON FOR THE PROJECT IS, IN FACT, THE ACTIONS OF THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTNT, I WOULD ASK THAT THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS INSTEAD BE DEDUCTED FROM THE BUDGET OF MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND NOT THE RESIDENTS OF THE SQUARE. THEY HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY.
THEY'VE BLOWN THROUGH WAY NOR OVERTIME THAN WAS BUDGETED. $600,000 IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET FOR THEM, AND IT'S THE WORLD TO US. SO THAT'S MY REQUEST. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE
ERICA THORN, AND AFTER ERICA, WE HAVE LINDA. >> THANK YOU. >> HI. THANK YOU. >> I'M ERICA THORN. I LIVE AT
3241 COLUMBUS AVENUE. OWNER OF THAT DUPLEX SINCE 1998. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ADAM HAS BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE IN MEETINGS THAT I HAVE BEEN IN WHEN WE SAY, WELL, WE JUST CAN'T
DO THAT. AND ADAM GOES BACK TO HIS ENGINEER FOLKS AND THEY PRESENT A DIFFERENT PLAN. SO THEY PRESENT SOMETHING THAT HAS SOME OF WHAT WE ASKED FOR. SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
I WANT TO NAME TWO OF THE BIG PROBLEMS IN THE MANY MEETINGS I HAVE BEEN IN WITH THE CITY. ON BUT ONE IS THAT AGAPE WAS CHOSEN IN THE HIGHLY PUBLICIZED PROCESS YOU DID TO TAKE CARE OF THE
PEOPLE'S WAY WHEN THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO VOTED VOTED FOR RISE AND REMEMBER. THAT IS HARD FOR US TO TAKE. I MEAN, IT FEELS LIKE A BETRAYAL TO ME CERTAINLY. AND THEN ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS THAT
FINALLY IN MEETINGS THEY SAID THEY WOULDN'T -- THEY WERE N GOING TO MOVE THE CENTRAL FIST OR THE GLORIOUS GARDEN AROUND IT. AND SO I WAS, LIKE, YAY, OKAY. ANDHEN THE NEXT DAY I HEAR
THAT JORDAN WAS TOLD THAT IF IT'S DAMAGED IN THE COURSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION, THEY'RE GOING TO DO NOW, THEN HE IS LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO THE THING WHEN HE HAD ALREADY BEEN -- TO THE FIST. WHEN HE HAD ALREADY BEEN TOLD THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE
INSURANCE ABOUT THAT. SO THIS KIND OF STUFF IS VERY HARD FOR US, AND WE'LL ALL HERE WITH OUR HEARTS AND WE'RE ALL HERE BECAUSE OF WHAT HAS OCCURRED NOT ONLY AT GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE, BUT
OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 60 YEARS AT LEAST. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE LINDA, SORRY IF THIS IS WRONG, SCHRUTZEL. PLEASE CORRECT THE RECORD WHEN YOU COME UP HERE.
AND AFTER YOU, THERE'S VANCE GELLER. THANK YOU. >> I AM LINDA. I HAVE LIVER ON 39th AND 10th FOR 50 YEARS. I AM VERY PROTECTIVE OF M NEIGHBORHOOD AND I AM REALLY QUITE ANGRY ABOUT THE SPECI TAX ASSESSMENT.
I HAVE A QUESTION. WAS THE SPECIAL TAX ASSESSMENT MENTIONED AT ALL DURING ANY OF THE COMMUNITY MEETING? I DID NOT GO TO THE LAST ONE. >> DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, THIS IS JUST FOR RESIDENTS TO SHARE THEIR TESTIMONY. WE DON'T DO Q&A. BUT YOU CAN NOTE THAT
FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD. >> IF IT WAS NOT SHARED WITH THE RESIDENTS, WHY WAS IT KEPT A SECRET? THAT IS KIND OF GOT SHL GIVE YOU SOMETHING GOOD, BUT NO FURTHER MORE, I DON'T THINK
THERE SHOULD BE ANY SPECIAL TAX ASSESSMENTS FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WAS CAUSED BY THE POOR BEHAVIOR OF THE THIRD PRECINCT COPS, AND I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 50 YEARS. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR
IT. NOBODY ON THAT CORRIDOR SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THEITY WHO DID NOT TAKE CARE OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD EVER. SO NOW YOU'RE GOING TO CHARGE US FOR SOMEBODY ELSE'S BAD BEHAVIOR? I DON'T THINK SO.
>> THANK YOU, LINDA. NEXT WE HAVE VANCE GELERT AND AFTERWARDS, P.J. HILL. >> YES. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS -- EXCUSE ME, VANCE GILLERT. I LIVE AT 38th AND
ELLIOTT. I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 11 YEARS. AND I HAVE WATCHED HOW THINGS HAVE ELVED IN THAT AREA. I PAID ATTENTION TO HOW THE PLANNING WAS GOING, BUT WHEN THE PLANNING WAS LAID OUT, IT NEVER SAID THAT THE CHANGES IN THE STREET WERE GOING TO GO DOWN
38th TO PASS MY HOUSE. AND AS A RESULT, I AM GOING TO LOSE ALL THE PARKING ON THE 38th SIDE AND ALL THE PARKING IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. NOW MY HOUSE IS A HOMESTEADED DUPLEX. IT IS TWO UNIT. I JUST DEVELOPED OUT THE BASEMENT, ALTHOUGH I'M NOT
GOING TO RENT IT. IT IS TO VALUE THE PROPERTY. AND I FEEL THAT THIS WORK IS GOING TO DEVALUE MY PROPERTY. IT SAYS ON THE ASSESSMENT THAT IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT MY PROPERTY, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO.
THAT PLUS THE LOCATION IS JUST NOT IDEAL. IT'S BEEN DEVALUING IN THE ASSESSMENTS OVER THE YEARS IN TERMS OF WHAT THE VALUE -- EXCUSE ME, OF THE PROPERTY IS. THE OTHER THING THAT I WASN'T
REALIZING THAT WAS HAPPENING IS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GEORGE FLOYD, WHATEVER, IT IS, MEMORIAL, WHAT HAVE YOU, ALTHGH NO MEMORIAL IS SET UP FOR THE EXACT SPOT AND TO ALLOW THE ART WORK TO CONTINUE, THAT THE FIVE FISTS WILL REMAIN. ONE HAS BEEN OUTSIDE MY WINDOW
FOR THE LAST FIVE AND A HALF YEARS. NOW, HERE THE IDEA OF SOLIDARITY, BUT TRUMP USES IT. CHARLIE KIRK FOLLOWERS USE IT. IT IS NOT A SPECIFI BLACK POWER THING. IN EVERY SOCIETY A FIST IS A
THREAT. AND I SAY THAT IT LEADS TO THE NEG TIFRTY OF THAT AREA. AND -- IT LEADS TO THE NEGATIVI. IT AMPLIFY IS IT AND FEEL THE PROGRESS OF THIS THING HAS REALLY AFFECTED ME. AND I HAVE SUBMITTED A LETTER. I WILL APPEAL THIS.
I FEEL IT IS A TAX AND NOT AN ASSESSMENT. >> AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. AGAIN, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT ANY WRITTEN COMMENT. NEXT WE HAVE P.J. HILL. AFTER P.J., WE HAVE BILL GRAVES.
>> HELLO. I HAVE OM PREPARED REMARKS. MY NAME IS P.J. HILL AND ITAND BEFORE YOU AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, CHURCH GOER ON 38th AND CHIGO MY WHOLE LIFE, AND ALSO A PROPERTY OWNER AND BUSINESS OWNER. LET ME START WITH THIS. I SUPPORT THE INVESTMENT IN 38th
AND CHICAGO AND REVITALIZING OUR COMMUNITY. REBUILDING THE STREETS, IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY AND HONORING BROTHER GEORGE FLOYD FORMALLY WITH HOW WE DO THINGS. WHAT I STRONGLY OPPOSE IS A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AND PLACED ON US AS PROPERTY OWNERS
AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN THERE AND STAY THERE HAD. FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS, PROPERTY OWNERS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN THIS CORRIDOR HAVE CARRIED AN EXTRAORDINARY BURDEN. WE HAVE LIVED THROUGH UNCERTAINTY, REDUCED FOOT TRAFFIC. WE HAVE LIVED THROUGH PUBLIC SAFETY
CHALLENGES, RISING COSTS, VACANCY, AND JUST SIGNIFICANT DECLINING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. PROPERTY OWNERS ARE RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE DID NOT CREATE THESE CHALLENGES, BUT WE HAVE LIVERED THROUGH THE
CONSEQUENCES ERY SINGLE DAY. BUT YET AND STILL WE PAID OUR TAXES. WE MAINTAINED OUR BUILDINGS. WE'VE SUPPORTED MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES. WE PROVIDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE KEPT OUR BUSINESSES OPEN DESPITE TREMENDOUS CHALLENGES.
WE BELIEVE THIS COMMUNITY DESERVES MORE THAN THIS TO HAVE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN PLACED ON IT. AND THE CITY HAS HAD YEARS RESOLVE THESE KEY ISSUES INCLUDING -- A LIKE THE MAIN ISSUE IS REDEVELOPMENT OF THE
VACANTAS STATION. IT HAS BEEN IN LIMBO AND HAS CAUSED TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON ALL OF US. AND TODAY I AM HERE TO SAY THAT THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS STAYED AND FOUGHT AND LIVED THROUGH THE HARD TIMES SHOULDN'T BE ALSO
PUTTING THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON TO KEEP EVERYTHING ALIVE. AND IF I AM REAL, I HAVE T GIVE THE BUILDING BACK TO HIM BECAUSE HE CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP IT >> THANK YOU, P.J. PLEASE, AIN, FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT ANY WRIEN COMMENT.
NEXT WE HAVE BILL GRAVES. AND AFTER THAT IS LAWRENCE, WHO IS UP NEXT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS BILL GRAVES. I AM A WARD ONE RESIDENT, BUT AS P.J. MENTIONED, FINANCING PARTNER IN OWNING THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE.
I WOULD NOT BE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IF NOT FOR THE CITY STAFF PERSON MURDERING SOMEONE IN THATUARE. I WAS APPROACHED THROUGH THE POWDER HORN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THREE AND A HALF
YEARS AGO BY TWO -- TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO IS DOING VERY WELL UP UNTIL THE POINT WHEN GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED. ALL THE TENANTS EXCEPT ONE HAD LEFT. AND HE WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO SUSTAIN THE BUILDING. BUT MY COMMITMENT WAS TO
PURCHASE THE BUILDING IF ONLY TO RETURN IT TO COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP, AND THAT IS MY INTENT AND WHY I AM HERE WITH YOU TODAY. WITH THIS ASSSMENT ALONG WITH THE BURDEN OF THE, I THINK,
EXCESSIVE TAX THAT IS BEING PLACED ON THE BUILDING, P.J. HILL IS NOT ABLE TO PURCHASE THE BUILDING BACK FROM US. I ASK THE CITY TO BE A PARTNER TO US IN REVITALIZING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BY TAKING THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, BILL. NEXT WE HAVE LAWRENCE AND AFTER LAWRENCE, KATIE DYLAN. >> HI. LAWRENCE WILLIAMSON. LIVE ON 3800 BLOCK OF CHICAGO. AND KIND OF FEEL LIKE A SLAP IN
THE SPACE TO HAVE THE HIT TO THE COST OF LIVING AND THE LIVERABILITY. THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO ARE ANGRY ABOUT IT AND CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE MEETING AT 1:30. I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE OUT THERE. AND OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF DISAGREEMENT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE SPACE AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED, BUT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS HAS TAKEN ENOUGH FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS IT IS. AND WE DON'T REALLY NEED MORE
COSTS PUT ON TOP OF US. I THINK THERE SHOULDN'T BE EXTRA COST. >> THANK YOU.
[CALLING NEXT SPEAKERS] >> I AM KATIE DILLON. I AM A RESIDENT OF THE BRYANT NEIGHBORHOOD AND LIVE ON THE 3800 BLOCK OF CHICAGO FOR 15 YEARS. I WANT TO FOCUS MY COMMENTS TODAY ON THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. THE PROPOSED
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. IT FEELS LIKE TO THIS POINT IT'S BEEN LLED AS BUSINESS AS USUAL, BUT I HOPE WE CAN AGREE THE SITUATION IS ANYTHING BUT USUAL. WE ARE HERE, OF COURSE, THAT GEORGE FLOYD WAS KILLED BY A
CITY EMPLOYEE. AFTER THAT, A LOT OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. THE BLOCK WENT THE ENTIRE NEXT SNOWY WINTER, 2020-2021 WITHOUT ANY CITY SNOW REMOVAL SERVICES. IT WAS LITERALLY NEIGHBORS WITH SHOVELS AND TARPS. AFTER THE
CITY REOPENED THE STREET TO REGULAR TRAFFIC AND IN ADDITION TO THE MONERS AND VISITORS, WE HAD QUITE A BIT OF INFLEX OF TRAFFIC AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. WE HAVE ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES FOR TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES FROM THE CITY AND HAVE GOTTEN NONE. THIS ASSESSMENT CERTAINLY PLACES
A HIGH COST BURDEN ON THE NEIGHBORS AND IS IN ADDITION, IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH THE JUSTICE RESOLUTION THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY NEIGHBORS. IT'S ALSO BEEN FRAMED AS A BENEFIT TO PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT IT FEELS LIKE THE
BENEFIT IS TO THE CITY TO GLASS OVER WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND GOD FORBID, TRY TO FORGET WHAT HAS HAPPENED. CERTAINLY I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER A DIFFERENT APPROACH THAN ASSESSING THE PROPERTY OWNERS. GET CREATIVE, RIGHT? I HEARD SOME CREATIVE SOLUTIONS THROWN
OUT TODAY AND I URGE YOU TO GET CREATIVE. WHILE I AM UP HERE, HI AND SHOUTOUT TO MY NEIGHBORS. IT IS ALWAYS HEARTENING TO SEE YOU HERE. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MIKAYLA WOLVES AND KAY
BOLLINGER. >> MYKAYLA ROLFUS WITH CAN DO. WE DOOR KNOCKED THIS WEEK AND CONNECTED WITH 28 PROPERTIES ON 38th AND CHICAGO. OF THE INDIVIDUALS SURVEYED, ONLY THREE WERE AWARE OF THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. AND MORE THAN HALF WERE NOT
AWARE THAT CONSTRUCTION COULD BE BEGINNING IN LESS THAN A WEEK OR JUST OVER A WEEK. THE COMMUNITIES AT THAT INTERSECTION THROUGH RED LINING, DIVESTMENT AND OVERPOLICING. IN RECENT
YEARS ITAS BECOME THE GLOBAL FACE OF STATE FUNCTIONED KILLINGS AND THE EPICENTER OF AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT. BUT CURRENTLY WE ARE FACING THE VERY REAL AND RAPIDLY
ACCELERATING THREAT OF GENTRIFICATION AND FURTHER ASSESSMENT AT THIS TIME WOULD BE DEVASTATING TO AN ALREADY STRUGGLING ECONOMIC ECOSYSTEM. THIS YEAR ALONE CAN DO HAS PROVIDED EMERGENCY FUNDING TO FOUR OF THE BUSINESSES LOCATED WITHIN G.F.S.
WE HAVE COORDINATED OVER $100,000 IN FOOD SUPPORT TO NEIGHBORS AND THE RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL ALONE HAVE FUNDRAISED AND DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN $700,000 IN RENT RELIEF. SO WE'VE ALREADY PAID.
AND NOW WE'RE BEING ASKED TO FUND THEIR OWN GENTRIFYCATION AND DISPLACEMENT. HOW MANY MES WILL WE HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE AND SAY NO? WE HEARD THE COUNCIL'S DESIREO REPAIR TRUST WITH OUR COMMUNITY, AND HERE IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
TO START. THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION WHICH REQUIRED UNPRECEDENTED SOLUTIONS. AND I'VE SEEN HOW CREATIVE THIS COUNCIL CAN BE, AND I BELIEVE YOU WILL DO IT AGAIN, SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MIKAYLA. NEXT WE HAVE -- SORRY, I BELIEVE IT'S KEY. KEY BOLLINGER. AND AFTERWARDS, LACHELLE CUNNINGHAM IS NEXT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. EXCUSE ME.
I AM KEN BOLLINGER IN THE BANCROFT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 38 YEARS. I GOT TO TELL YOU RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN TO A LOT OF THESE MEETINGS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SIX YEARS. AND NOT ONCE DID I HEAR THE TERM
ASSESSMENT MENTIONED. HAD THAT BEEN MENTIONED, IHINK WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT TOTALLY DIFFERENT LOOK FOR THIS INTERSECON. MOST OF US THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL WE WANTED WAS OUR INTERSECTION BACK OPEN.
TODAY JUST TO GET HERE, I HAD TO WALK AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT BLOCKS TO CATCH A BUS STOP THAT I ORDINARILY WOULD WALK A BLOCK AND A HALF TO. AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR SIX YEARS. MANY OF YOU ARE PROBABLY TOO YOUNG TO KNOW THIS, BUT BEFORE
2020, THE CIT OF MINNEAPOLIS HAD BEEN WORKING ON THAT INTERS I BELIEVE IT WAS CALLED THRIVE 38 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEY WERE TRYING TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO COME
AND DO BUSINESS IN THAT INTERSECTION. THE WAY THAT IT'S DESIGNED NOW, 'VE ALREADY HAD SOME BUSINESSES LEAVE THAT INTERSECTION, AND WITH THE SIGN GOING FORWARD, I CAN'T
IMAGINE ANYBODY TAKING THE BUSINESS PLAN TO A BANK D WANTING A LOAN AND HAVE THE BANK LOOK AT IT AND SAY, WELL, WHERE ARE YOUR CUSTOMERS GNG TO PARK? AND STAYING -- AND SAYING, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, LET'S DO IT. I THINK IT'S TOTALLY
UNREASONABLE AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT I LIVED IN MY HOUSE FOR 38 YEARS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT PROBLY 50% OF THE PEOPLE ON MY BLOCK ARE RETIRED NOW ON FIXED INCOMES.
AND TO ASK TS MUCH MONEY FROM THEM GOING FORWARD -- >> THANK YOU, KEN. >> GOING FORWARD, I THINK, IS A TRAGEDY. >> THANK YOU, KEN. YOU CAN SUBMIT ANY OTHER COMMENTS THROUGH OUR WRITTEN PROCESS.
NEXT WE HAVE LACH LEKZ -- CUNNINGHAM. AND THEN JANELLE AUSTIN. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. MYAME IS CUNNINGHAM AND I AM OWNER OF CITY FOOD STUDI AND FOUNDER OF
HEALTHY ROOTS INSTITUTE. I AM HERE AS A PROPERTY OWNER AND SOMEONE WHO HAS INVESTED MY TIME, MONEY, AND ENERGY INTO HELPING THIS CORRIDOR SURVIVE AND GROW. WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT 38th AND CHICAGO, THEY OFTEN SEE A PLACE DEFINED BY A TRAGEDY T A THE HANDS OF OUR VERY OWN CITY OFFICER.
WHAT I SEE EVERY DAY IS A PLACE DEFINED BY PEOPLE WHO POUR INTO IT EVERY DAY. INSIDE MY BUILDING, IMMIGRANT ENTREPRENEURS BUILD BUSINESSES, BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES AND ARTISTS CREATE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS GATHER, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS RECEIVE TRAINING
E TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT. FOOD MAKER, VENDORS AND ENTREPRENEURS TAKE THE NEXT STEPS TOWARDS OWNERSHIP AND ECONOMIC STABILITY. YES, OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS REVITALIZATION. BUT DON'T FORGET THE COMMUNITY IS THE
HEARTBEAOF THE REREVITALIZATION. FOR YEAR THF EXPERIENCED EXTRACTION OF WEALTH, ATTENTION, STORIES, POLITICAL RESEARCH, AND CAPITAL AND OPPORTUNITY FROM THIS PLACE. THE RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNER, ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS WHO HAVE STAYAVE HAD CARRIED THE RESPONSIBILITY OF KEEPING THIS CORRIDOR ALIVE.
THE8th STREET THRIVE VISION SPEAKS ABOUT INVESTING IN SMALL BUSINESSES, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCE. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS ALREADY HAPPENING HERE. AND AFTER YEARS OF DISRUPTION, UNCERTAINTY, LOST REVENUE, AND THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES
THAT STAYED ARE NOW BEING ASKED TO SHOULDER ANOTHER FINANCIAL BURDEN. THAT FEELS LESS LIKE INVESTMENT AND MORE LIKE ANOTHER FORM OF EXTRACTION. IF THIS CORRIDOR IS TRULY A PRIORITY, THEN THE PEOPLE ALREADY DOING THE WORK SHOULD NOT BE PAYING THAT PRICE. AND WE SHOULD BE INVESTING IN
THE COMMUNITY. AND FOR SIX YEARS WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS CORRIDOR MATTERS. TODAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW US TSE WORDS MEAN SOMETHING. I URGE YOU TO DISMISS THIS ASSESSMENT AND FIND ANOTHER PATH FORWARD. >> THANK YOU. OUR LAST SPEAKER
IS JANELLE AUSTIN. >> THANK YOU. MY APOLOES FOR BEING LATE. LAW ENFORCEMENT RAIDED MY BLOCK AT 1:30. ON MAY 25,2020, GEORGE FLOYD WAS LYNCHED BY THE MINNEAPOLIS
POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE CITY KILLED A MAN. AND ONE OF THE RESPONSES WAS MYSELF AND A COUPLE OTHER BLACK WOMEN FROM OUR COMMUNITY RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE STREET ASKING PEOPLE, WHAT DO YOU NEED? WHAT DO YOU
WANT? WHAT DOES JUSTICE LOOK LIKE? AND DEMAND 14 THAT CAME FROM OUR NEIGHBORS WAS A MORATORIUM ON PROPERTY TAXES. WE WERE TOLD THAT COULD NOT HAPPEN BECAUSE IT WOULD MESS UP THE ECONOMIC FINANCES AND ALAS, HERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO MAKE GOOD ON SOMETHING AND NOT TO ASSESS THESE TAXES ONTO NEIGHBORS WHO STOOD WITH US AND STAND WITH US AND IN DEFENSE OF BLACK LIVES BECAUSE THE CITY
KILLED A MAN. AND WHETHER OUR NEIGHBORS WERE BLACK, BROWN, BLUE, GREEN, OR ORANGE, THEY STOOD FOR WHAT WAS RIGHT BECAUSE WE KNEW IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A COMMUNITY, A NEIGHBORHOOD, A
SOCIETY, TO HAVE A CITY THAT DIDN'T THROWAWAY BLA LIVES. AND IF IN RESPONSE TO THAT THE CITY WOULD JUST COME AROUND AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU NEAT PRETTIER STREETS BECAUSE THE ONES YOU PROTESTED ON ARE NOT SUITABLE, AND WE ARE GOING TO
TAX YOU FOR IT, THAT IS NOT OKAY. MY NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT YES, THEY DO NT THE DEVELOPMENT. BUT THE CITY NEEDS TO BE TRANSPARENT AT WHAT COST? AND THE CITY NEEDS TO BE TRANSPARENT
AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUTY AS TO WHEN. BECAUSE WHAT HAS HAPPENED UP TO THE POINT HAS NOT BEEN RIGHT AND HAS NOT BEEN GOOD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS NOT BEEN JUST. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, JANELLE.
WE HAVE MADE IT THROUGH OUR LIST OF TESTIFIERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP. I WILL MAKE A PIT FOR ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN STILL PARTICIPATING IN THE PUBLIC HEARING WHILE IT'S OPEN TO PLEASE FIND A CLERK. COME INTO THE CHAMBERS TO SIGN
UP. GOG ONCE. GOING TWICE. OKAY. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COLLEAGUES, WE CAN PROCEED TO OUR DISCUSSION PORTION. I SEE VICE CHAIR STEVENSON IN
QUEUE. >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TODAY TO SPEAK TO THIS. YOUR VOICES SO OFTEN HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD IN THIS PROCESS. AND SO IT'S VERY POWERFUL TO
CO AND SPEAK TOGETHER WITH EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE. EVERYONE HERE IS HERE TO HEAR YOU AND THANK PUBLIC WORKS TO BE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND WORK WITH FOLKS OUTSIDE IN THE HALL. AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE PRESENTATION
THAT CAUGHT MY EYE THAT I WASN'T AWARE OF. IS SOMEBODY HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIO ABOUT THAT? WELL, MY QUESTION IS -- >> A FIRST, CAN HAVE -- YEAH. MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE AREAWAY ABANDONMENT. WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN? >> CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, MY NAME IS DONNELLWOOD. THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, ENGINEERING AND DESIGN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. AN AREAWAY ABANDONMENT AND
AREAWAY IS PART OF THE BUILDING THAT EXTENDS OUT TYPICALLY UNDER THE SIDEWALK. WE SEE THESE A LOT IN DOWNTOWN. SOMETIMES THEY ARE FOR UTILITY PURPOSES AND OTHER TIMES IT IS THE EXTENSION OF THE BASEMENT THAT EXTENDS IN THE CITY
RIGHT-OF-WAY. AND THE ACTION THAT WE'RE ASKING IS AUTHORIZATION TO ABANDON THE AREAWAY IF IT'S IN CONTACT WITH THE PROJECT. >> SO BASICALLY THAT MEANS IF A BUILDING HAS A BASEMENT THAT EXTENDS ONTO THE SIDEWALK, YOU WOULD BE CUTTING INTO THAT
BUILDING? THAT'S WHAT THIS IS? >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, IF IT IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE PROJECT, YES. AND IF IT'S NOT IN CONFLICT, TO MAKE SURE IT IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND ALLOWED TO STAY.
>> OKAY. I THINK WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE SAW THIS -- THIS IS A TECHNICAL TERM, AND THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THE ART WORKS ON TOP OF THE STREET GOING TO BE TAKEN AWAY. YOU ARE SAYING THIS IS BELOW GROUND, NOT ABOUT ART, MEMORIALS, THAT SORT OF STUFF. >> CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE, YOU ARE CORRECT. >> OKAY.. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT WAS IMPORTANT. I WANT TO FRAME UP WHY WE ARE HERE. WE'RE HERE BECAUSE GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED BY THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, A CITY O MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER
KILLED HIM IN 2020 IN THIS SQUARE AND THE COMMUNITY WASN'T HAVING IT. AND WE'RE STILL NOT HAVING IT. WE ARE NOT -- WE ARE N HERE AT SOME REGULAR SPECIAL -- SORRY, SOME REGULAR STREET RECONSTRUCON WHERE IT'S JUST
TIME FOR CHICAGO TO BE REDONE OR 38th TO REDONE, THOUGH IT IS TIME FOR THOSE THINGS. THIS IS NOT A REGULAR PLACE. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE OF THE ACTIONS OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I PERSONALLY NEVER THOUGHT THAT A STREET
RECONSTRUCTION WAS THE RIGHT RESPONSE. I WASN'T AROUND TO MAKE THAT DECISION AT THAT TIME, BUT AFTER A MAN WAS MURDERED BY THE CITY, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THE RIGHT RESPONSE IS TO REBUILD THE STREET. I THINK THE RIGHT RESPOE IS POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.BUT
HERE WHERE THERE IS A STREET RECONSTRUCTION AND WE'RE FACED WITH CONSTRUCTION STARTING ON MONDAY. SO WHAT AREE GOING TO DO NOW THAT WE'RE HERE? I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AN EMAIL TH I GOT FROM SOMEONE. THE UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION PLANNING FOR THE INTERSECTI OF
38th AND CHICAGO IS BEING APPROACHED JUST LIKE ANOTHER UTILITIES PROJECT, BUT ANY PLANNING SURROUNDING THIS HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT PLACE ACTUALLY NEED TO BE HANDLED IN A VERY DIFFERENT WAY THAN IT'S BEING HANDLED PRESENTLY. THE PRESENT COURSE OF ACTION PROPOSED BY THE CITY OF
MINNEAPOLIS WILL RESULT IN HARM, AMPLIFICATION AND OF AN ALREADY DEEPLY TRAUMA INFLICTED ON THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS NOT LIKE ANY OTHER STREET RECONSTRUCTION. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN BILLED TO THE COMMUNITY AS A GIFT. THE
WORD WAS NEVER USED, BUT IT WAS INSINUATED MANY TIMES THIS IS REPARATIONS FOR WHAT WAS DONE. THIS IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN EXPECTING AND THIS IS WHAT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS THINKS IS THE RIGHT RESPONSE, THE RIGHT HEALING, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AFTER THE CITY MURDERED GEORGE FLOYD.
AGAIN, I DID NOT PERSONALLY THINK THAT WAS THE RIGHT MO, BUT THIS IS HOW THE CITY HAS PRESENTED ITSELF. AND SO THE EXPECTATION FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS WAS THAT, OKAY, THIS IS THE GIFT. IT WILL BE A GIFT. SO WHEN A
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT WAS NOTIFIED OF A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT, THEY THOUGHT, WE'RE PAYING FOR THE GIFT THATYOU'RE GIVING US? THAT WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S INSANE. SO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. I MYSELF HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THESE CONVERSATIONS FOR YEARS.
I'M SITTING ON THIS DAIS AND I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR ABOUT THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. PERHAPS THAT WAS IGNORANT OF ME, BUT I WAS. A SO I'M NOT SURPRISED AT ALL AND IT IS OF NO ONE'S FAULT THAT YOU WERE SURPRISED TO HEAR ABOUT THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT EITHER.
THE CONSTRUCTION ITSELF IS GOING TO BE HARD ENOUGH ON RESIDENTS AND ON BUSINESSES NO MATTER WHA HAVING THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD, THE UPRISING, THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED WAS HARD ENOUGH ALREADY ON THE BUSINESSES AND
RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SO THE SPECIAL ASSESENT IS JUST SALT IN THE WOUND. IT'S KICKING SOMEONE WHILE THEY'RE DOWN. IT'S NOT RIGHT. ANOTHER EMAIL I GOT WAS, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE
BEEN SUBJECTED TO A LONG AND R LINING, DIVESTMENT AND OVERPOLICING. IN RECENT YEARS WE CAN THE GLOBAL STAGE OF STATE KILLINGS AND EPICENTER OF AN ENTIRE MOVEMENT TO TRAUMATIZE AND DESTABILIZE OUR COMMUNITY.
CURRENTLY WE'RE FACING A REAL AND RAPID THREAT OF GENTRIFICATION AND FURTHER BLACK DISPLACEMENT. AN ASSESSMENT WOULD BE DEVASTATING TO AN ALREADY UNSTABLE ECOSYSTEM. AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION, BUT I DO WANT TO CALL OUT THAT, WHILE
I DON'T THINK THAT THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION WAS THE RIGHT CHOICE -- THAT WAS A CHOICE MADE BY LEADERSHIP. THAT WAS NOT A CHOICE MADE BY PUBLIC WORKS STAFF ON THE GROUND THE ENGINEERS AND THE PLANNERS ARE NOT THE ONES WHO DECIDED THIS IO
TAKE. AND I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT AND EL VERY THANK TO FEEL THE FOLK WHO IS CAME TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS AENED WHO REALLY TOOK THE BRUNT OF A LOT OF COMMUNITY FRUSTRATIONND ANGER WHEN THAT
COMMUNITY'S FRUSTRATION AND ANGER WAS NOT AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AT CITY LEADERSHIP. THE RACISM IN OUR CITY. AND WE HAD PLANNER AND ENGINEERS RECEIVE IT. I THINK THAT WAS A
DISSERVICE TO THE FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC WORKS. AND I WILL BE MOVING THIS FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. I AM CONSIDERING VOTING NO AT FULL COUNCIL. HOWEVER, I WANT TO WORK WITH STAFF TO COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE BECAUSE THIS SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ISN'T RIGHT. I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT WE CAN WK
TOGETHER WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO GET THIS FIGURED OUT. I DO EXPECT US TO HAVE IN MY OPINION, I EXPECT US TO HAVE A SOLUTION BY NEXT WEEK. IF NOT BY NEXT WEEK, A PLAN, BUT AT
THIS TIME IT IS NOT EXACTLY FIGURES OUT AND I'LL BE DOING WORK WITH STAFF AND OTHER MEMBERS ON THIS DAIS TO GET TO THAT POINT. ANYWAY MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. >> SECOND.
>> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON HAS MOVED THIS ITEM TO FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED. THAT IS THE MOTION BEFORE US. WE WILL CONTINUE ON WITH THE QUEUE BEFORE TAKING UP THAT MOTION. WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY NEXT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR
WONSLEY. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF 38th AND CHICAGO AND THEEIGHBORING AREA FOR COMING INTO OUR NEIGHBOR IT IS GENUINELY GOOD TO SEE YOU, AND I HOPE WE SEE EACH OTHER UNDER HAPPIER AND
BETTER CIRCUMSTANCES. THAT'S THE GOAL. I BELIEVE WE CAN, AND I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING I FULLY SUPPORT MOVING THIS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. WE HAVE TO FIND A PATH FORWARD. THAT S CLEAR
FROM THE FIRST TESTIFIER AND THE FIRST TIME WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT LOST ON ME LIVERING IN OUR CITY BEING A SOUTH SIDER, GOING THROUGH 2020 AND LIVING HERE BEFORE 2020, ALL
OF THE HARDSHIP PLACED AND THE AMOUNT OF RESILIENCY THAT THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN PTICULAR HAS HAD TO DELIVER IN ORDER TO OVERCOME. IT'S TIME WE D'T CREATE ANOTHER CONDITION IN WHICH YOU HAVE TO OVERCOME. RIGHT? WE ALL DESERVE A BREAK. AND
BOY, DO THE PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS NEED BREAK. I HAVE SAT ON THIS COMMITTEE A NUMBER OF YEARS AT THIS POINT. I THINK I AM IN MY THIRD-ISH
YEAR OF SITTING ON THIS COMMITTEE. IT FEELS LONGER THA THAT, AND WE OFTEN TIMES HAVE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS COME BEFORE US. IT IS A DUTY OF TS COMMITTEE, AND WE'RE LIMITED BY PARAMETERS GIVEN TO US BY STATE GOVERNMENT ON THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR PEOPLE.
AND PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED ABOUT ALLEYWAY RECONSTRUCTION, SIDEWALK, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT THAT IS THE WAY THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS DOES. IT IS PART OF HOW WE KEEP OUR PUBLIC GOODS WELL TENLDED TO COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES. HOWEVER, THIS CASE HAS WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE
VERY UNIQUE AND EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES. AND YOU HAVE LAID THAT OUT AND COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON HAS LAID THAT OUT. I HAVE APPRECIATED THE NVERSATION HE'S LED WITH US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND HOW HE IS APPROACHES THIS.
AND I ALSO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM HAS DONE. YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN THIS AREA AND YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. I BELIEVE US AS A COUNCIL AND WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE DEPARTMENT CAN RISE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BE CREATIVE TO HAVE ANOTHER PATH
BECAUSE I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ON THIS ONE. THIS IS UNIQUE, IEXIGENT. THERE HAS TO BE A WAY TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER SOLUTION. I NO EFROM NOW UNTIL FULL COUNCIL, WE'LL BE
IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT. SO WANT TO APPRECIATE YOUR TESTIMONY. IT IS POWERFUL. IT IS HELPFUL, AND IT IS A GUIDING LIGHT. IF YOU HAVE ISSUES THROUGHOUT CONSTRUCTION THAT POP UP, PLEASE, OCOURSE, REACH OUT TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER. THAT IS
WHAT HE'S THERE FOR. PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET GOOD SERVICE AND CONSTRUCTION IS TOUGH, SO LET US AS A CITY DELIVER WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DELIVER TO YOU THROUGH THIS TO PROVIDE SOME EASE IF THINGS HAPPEN.
LET'S SOLVE THEM QUICKLY. THOSE ARE MY COMMENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. QUESTION FOR STAF I
UNDERSTAND THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT IS NORTH OF $15 MILLION AND ABOUT 4% OF THAT OR THE $636,000 IS PROPOSED TO BE PAID FOR BY THIS SPECIAL ASSESSMENT THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US TODAY.
CAN STAFF SPEAK TO WHAT SPECIFIC COMPONENTS OF THIS RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT ARE BEING PAID FOR VIA SPECIAL ASSESSMENT?
>> CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, COUNCIL MEMBER, I TAKE YOUR QUESTION IS, CAN I BREAKDOWN THE COSTS? OR WHAT ELEMENTS OF THE PROJECT ARE FUNDED BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS? >> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. >> IF I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION. GENERALLY SPEAKING, SPECIAL
ASSESSMENTS GO DIRECT TO CONCRETE ELEMENTS OF A PROJECT THEY GO TO THE CONCRETE SYSTEMS, LIGHTING. THEY ARE THE BRICKS AND MORTAR OF THE PROJECT. THAT'S A LARGE GENERALIZATION.
FOR THIS PROJECT I HAVE NOT BROKEN DOWN THE EXACT REVENUE AND EXPENSES OUT. AND HOW T CHOOSE TO AND EXPENSES. >> OKAY. THAT IS HELPFUL. AND I GUESS WHAT I AM TRYING TO GO
TO AT HERE IS, HAVING JT RETURNED TO THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE AND SERVED ON IT THE FIRST TERM IN COUNCIL, I REMEMBER A COUPLE OF SETS OF RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT RELATED ITEMS THAT CAME THROUGH
OVER THE COURSE OF THAT PROJECT. SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY TO HENNEPIN AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION, THAT IS WHAT I $35 MILLION, SOMETHING IN THAT RANGE, AND PAID THROUGH THE CAPITAL FEDERAL
DGET AND GRANTS AND SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND DID A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THAT. BUT THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY TO PAY FOR GARBAGE RECEPTACLES, LIGHTING, TREE OR PLANTERS,
THINGS LIKE THAT THAT THE SPECIALVICE DISTRICT HAD BIG -- BEING THE DRIVING SEAT ALONGSIDE PUBLIC WORKS STAFF IN TERMS EXACTLY WHAT LEVEL OF SERVICE THEY WANTED. AND THEN THAT IS WHAT SPECIAL
ASSESSMENT SPECIFICAY WAS FOR. I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE END WITH SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS TO PAY FOR THINGS LIKE THAT, OR IS IT THAT THERE IS A SUDDEN INCREASE TO THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT, AND THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE UP? SO THAT IS HOW WE
LANDED ON SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS INSTEAD OF PAYING THROUGH THE CAPITAL BUDGET THAT WAS ALLOCATED. >> CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, COUNCIL MEMBER, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. AND THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT. AND HENNEPIN SPECIFICALLY.
HENNEPIN AVEE HAD THE BASE UNIFOREIGN POLICY ASSESSMENT RATE WE APPROVE ACROSS ALL PROJECTS IN THE CITY. IN ADDITION, HENNEPIN AVENUE CHOSE TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND BASE LEVEL SERVICES, SPECIAL LIGHTING, IRRIGATION, BENCHES,
AND TRASH RECEPTACLES. THAT WAS AN ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT ABOVE AND BEYOND THE BASE LEVEL PROJECT. DOES THAT GET AT YOUR QUESTION? >> YEAH, SO THIS SORT OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT WOULD HAVE BEEN A FACTOR KIND OF REGARDLESS IN
THIS PROJECT'S CASE. AS A PART OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT? AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY THEN? >> CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU HAVE THAT CORRECT. ALL ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE, HAVE THE EXACT
SAME UNIFORM ASSESSMENT RATE APPLIED TO THEM. >> GOTCHA. >> SO HENNEPIN HAD >> GOT IT. I SEE EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE SAYING NOW. THAT IS HELPL TO KNOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR
STAFF. BUT I THINK SOMETHING THAT HAS STRUCK ME OVER THE COURSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT I SEE A COMMUNITY THAT IS IMPACTED IN THE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT AREA LIFTING SUP THE NEED FOR ADDITION UNTIL
INVESTMENT -- THE NEED FOR INVESTMENT, PERIOD, BY THE CITY AND BY GOVERENT AGENCIES TO IMPROVE LIVES, IMPROVE T QUALITY OF LIFE THAT EVERY RESIDENT IS DESERVING OF. AND THEN TO ALSO MAKE SURES THIS
IS A COMMUNITY THAT CAN DRIVE AND HAVE NICE THINGS, TOO, JUST LIKE EVERY COMMUNITY DESERVES. AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND UPLIFT THE AMOUNTF ALIGNMENT THAT WE AS YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, YO CITY ELECTED LEADERS HELP
YOU IN THAT WORK. AND IN PARTICULAR, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS AND PRIOR TO YEAR AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR 2026,
BRINGING FORWARD A $1.2 MILLION INVESTMENT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 38th STREET THRIVE PLAN, ONE THAT IS YEARS OLD AND WAS BUILT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW THIS CORRIDOR COULD BE THE BEST
VERSION OF ITSELF. ONE THAT IS THRIVING AND ONE THAT IS -- THAT HAS EQUITABLE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP. AND THESE ARE
THE RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED TO BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, BUT CERTAINLY THERE IS A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DOING THERE. AND THAT IS MADE HARDER BE I THE IMPACT OF SUCH A SIGNIFICANT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
SO REALLY LOOK FORWARD T SEEING WHAT TYPE OF CREATIVE SOLUTION WE ARE ABLE TO BRING FORWARD TO COUNCIL NEXT THURSDAY AND WORK ALONGSIDE COLLEAGUES AND STAFF
IN GETTING THERE. THANK YOU. CHUGHTAI. NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEER VETAW. >> AN I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR COMING TODAY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE IMPACT THAT THIS ASSESSMENT WILL HAVE ON THEM. AND IN PARTICULAR I WANT TO
SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE SENIORS BECAUSE ONE OF THE SENIORS SAID THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SEEN AND HEARD AND THIS IS A HUGE IMPACT ON THAT YOU ARE LIVES, AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT. I KNOW THAT IT'S TRUE FOR SENIORS, FOR NEW FAMILIES FOR EVERYONE.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS ARE A REAL THING. AND SO ALL OF US UNDERSTAND MORE THAN EVER THE FINANCIAL IMPACT THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS TAKEN OVE THE
LAST SIX YEARS, AND SO I WANTED SAY THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP AND OUR STAFF HAS COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE YOU ALL DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH TRAUMA IN THIS COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY FINANCIAL TRAUMA.
THAT IS ONE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THE CITY CAN HELP TO RELIEVE YOU, AND I KNOW THAT OUR STAFF UNDERSTANDS THAT AND WANTS TO MAKE SURE THA THE ASSESSMENT DOESN'T BECOME A BIGGER BURDEN ON THE THIS COMMUNITY.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU FOR SHOWING UP AND COLLEAGUES AND FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE WORK ON THIS TOGETHER. AND ALSO THE STAFF WHO, AGAIN, THEY DEEPLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT THAT THIS FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT COULD HAVE ON RESIDENTS, ON BUSINESSES, ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN -- SEONE SAID 40 YEARS THEY HAVE LIVERED
IN THIS COMMUNITY. I LIKE THE WOMAN WHO SAID WE LIKE NICE THINGS. WE ALL LIKE NICE THINGS. WE BUY A HOUSE AND RENT BECAUSE WE LIKE NICE THINGS AND WE WANT THE CITY TO DO THEIR PART. AND
WE LOOK TO THE NEIGHBORS AND THAT MEANS A LOT TO . AND I SPOKE TODAY BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO KNOW THE NORTH SIDE IS WITH YOU ON THIS,TOO. I DON'T REPRESENT THE SOUTH SIDE, BUT I CERTAINLY KNOW THE
IMPACT THIS HAS ON THE NORTH SIDE COMMUNITY. A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES IN THAT CORRIDOR ARE PLACES WE VISIT AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO VISIT THEM LIKE WE USED TO. WE DON'T GET RIB TIPS ON 38th AND CHICAGO LIKE WE USED TO.
LACHELLE IS A NORTH SIDE RESIDENT WHO HAS A BUSINESS, AND WE GOT IN A BIG FIGHT WHEN SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO SOU MINNEAPOLIS. SO I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT AND HOW THIS INTERSECTS WITH THE NORTH SIDE. SO I DON'T
REPRESENT THE SOUTH SIDE, BUT I LOVE AND WILL LISTEN TO YOUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, WHILE HE DOESN'T SIT ON THIS COMMITTEE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR WONSLEY, AND
I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR SHOWED UP TODAY TO TESTIFY, PARTICULARLY THE WARD NINE NEIGHBO WHO CAME AND EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERNS ON THE PARTICULAR ISSUE.
I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS, BUT I RECOMMEND SENDING TO COUNCIL WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION. AND IT IS MY EXPECTATION IT WILL GET FIGURED OUT. I HAVE BEEN CLEAR IN MY POSITION IN GENERAL ABOUT THE FUTURE OF GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE DESERVES A COMPREHENSIVE VISION AND NOT JUST THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. WH
THAT BEING SAID, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT AND I HOPE TODAY SERVES AS A REMINDER THE $1.2 MILLION WE ALL FUNDED UNANIMOUSLY IN THE LAST COUNCIL BUDGET CYCLE IN DECEMBER NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED. AND WE CANNOT LOSE A CENT OR A PENNY FROM THAT FUNDING.
AND IT NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND WE DESERVE TO HAVE A 38th THRIVING CORRIDOR AND WITHOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT $1.2 MILLION, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE GOING TO STRUGGLE MORE. I HOPE I AM TYING IT BACK TO THAT BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT. MY
HOPE IS WE GET AN UPDATE AS SOON POSSIBLE AND HOW THAT MONEY WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AND I AM NERVOUS IT WON'T BE. ANDERSON KELLIHER I DIDN'T WANT
TO SAY ANYTHING THAT MY COLLEAGUES SAID EVERYTHING BETTER THAN I COULD HAVE HERE, BUT I WILL SAY WE'RE ALL TOGETHER IN TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION BASED ON THE KIND OF PROJECT THAT THIS IS AND WHAT YOU HAVE ENDURED.
AND TO THAT END, ON REGULAR PROJECTS AND SOMEONE FROM PUBLIC WORKS AND IM LOOKING AT DONNELLWOOD, BUT IT MIGHT BE ADAM INSTEAD, SPEAK TO THE PROGRAM FOR SENIORS? WE DO HAVE
PROGRAMS THAT ENABLE SENIOR HOMEOWNERS TO DEFER ASSESSMENTS AND STAY IN THEIR HOME. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE BRING THAT INTO THE CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IN GENERAL,
WE ARE SENSITIVE TO THAT. SO THANK YOU, MR. ELWOOD. AND CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE DO HAVE THE DEFERMENT PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR SENIORS 65 OR
OLDER. INDIVIDUALS WITH PERMANENT AND TOTAL DISABILITY AND MEMBERS ORDERED INTO ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE. THE SPECIFICS OF THOSE HAVE STAFF AVAILABLE TODAY AND THAT CAN MEET OUT IN THE HALL AND TALK THROUGH THAT.
IN ADDITION, THEY CAN FOLLOW UP WITH MY OFFICE WITH HOW THAT PROGRAM WORKS AND HOW TO GET HELP FROM THAT PROGRAM. >> THANK YOU. >> I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN QUEUE. AS CHAIR, I WILL ALSO JUST ECHO WHAT MANY OF THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE SAID AMONGST THIS BODY. THANK YOU TO OUR RESIDENTS FOR CORMING AND SHOWING UP. I KNOW SOME OF YO HAVE SHOWED UP SEVERAL TIMES TO CITY HALL AND WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS THE FUNNIEST TREK. AND WHAT IS HAPNING
DURING WORK HOURS AND HEAR THE FEEDBACK TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE HAPPENING AT A TIME IN WHICH EVERY DAY PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THEM AND EVEN WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES AS OPPOSED TO HOW DO YOU COME DOWN AT 1:30 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO TAKE OFF WORK AND
FIND CHILD CARE AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS FEEDBACK. IN OF YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDING THIS FEEDBACK FOR YEARS AROUND HOW WE SHOULDN'T JUST BE, AS SOMEONE MENTIONED,
GLOSSING OVER THE HE ISRY OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE. I HAVE RAISED THOSE CONCERNS, TOO, AND WHY I WAS ORIGINALLY AGAINST THIS PROJECT AND THE UNDERSTOOD LYING
FEELS OF ERASURE AND WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THIS CORRIDOR AND COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENTS LIKE TO DO TO GIVE YOU A HALF, FILL IN THE BLANK,IFT OR
PROPOSITION WHEN THEY COMMIT HARM AS OPPOSED TO THE DEEP SYSTEMIC WORK OF IMPLEMENTING OUR 38th THRIVE. AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INVESTMENTS IN THAT CORRIDOR, I DON'T THINK IT NEGATES THE FACT THAT WE SHOULD BE GIVING YOU QUALITY STREETS WITH TRAFFIC CALMING.
WE MADE INVESTMENTS IN THAT YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE THE HIGHEST QUALITY, MODERN LIGHTING IN THAT CORRIDOR. THAT ABSOLUTELY WE SHOULD BE PROVIDING ROBUST SUPPORTS TO BUSINESSES. WE KNOW THERE ARE REGULAR RESIDENTS THAT HELP KEEP
THAT CORRIDOR AND CARRYING OUT ONE OF THE LONGEST-STANDING PROTESTS IN HISTORY AS IT PERTAINS TO RAISING THE ALARM IN CONTINUATION POLICE VIOLENCE AND BRUTALITY IN OUR COMMUNITIES. YOU ALL HAVE DONE SO MUCH WORK AND HOLDING THAT DOWN. AND THE CITY HAS DONE VERY LITTLE TO
MATCH WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY POURED INTO THAT COMMUNITY. AND CONTINUE TO DO WITH YOUR VERY MODEST INCOMES AND
RESOURCES. SO I WANT TO SAY I DO SENSE COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE OPTION AND PLAN TO TAKE IN THE LIGHT AND RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE NEEDED WITH THE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE HERE.
AND THE GOAL OF MAKING SURE WE'RE POURING PERMANENT INVESTMENT DOLLARS INTO THIS INTERSECTION AS WELL. SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION. IT IS MY GOAL WE ALL COME TOGETHER BY COUNCIL, WHICH IS NEXT THURSDAY, WITH SOMETHING
THAT IS ACCEPTABLE THAT IS RESTORETIVE, THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD. AND I KNOW ALL OF US ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING AND HAVING MANY MEETINGS TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. AND WE'LL KEEP YOU ALL IN LOOP IN CASE YOU AREN'T ABLE TO MAKE ANOTHER TRIP DOWN
TO CITY HALL NEXT THURSDAY. PLEASE DON'T IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO. BUT IF YOU DO, WE HOPE WE ARE BRINGING SOMETHING FORWARD TO ALL ALSO SAY, I FEEL GRATEFUL THAT I SPENT MY TIME COMING DOWN TO CITY HALL AND MY EXPERIENCE AND FEEDBACK AND EXPERTISE WAS
TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. SO THANK YOU, ALL, WITH THE MOTION TO FORWARD THIS MATTER AND ITEM WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, I WILL TAKE ACTUALLY A ROLL CALL VOTE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> WARREN, AYE. >> CHUGHTAI, AYE.
>> CHOWDHURY, AYE. >> PALMISANO, AYE. >> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON, AYE. >> CHAIR WONSLEY, AYE. >> WE HAVE SEVEN YAY YAYS. >> THAT ITEM HAS THE VOTES OF EVERYONE ON THIS BODY, SO IT PASSES AND WILL BE FORWARDED TO
FULL COUNCIL NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU, ALL. MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS RELATED TO THE LEASE AGREEMENT AT 516 2nd AVENUE NORTH. AND THIS ITEM 18. ALSO, I WILL GIVE IT A BRIEF MOMENT
JUST SO WE CAN RESET THE ROOM. SO ACTUALLY, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, LET'S TAKE- LET'S TAKE A 5-MINUTE RECESS AND COME BACK AT
3:15.
. . . >> GIVING ONE MINUTE WARNING.
. . . >> HELLO, EVERYONE. WE'RE STARTING BACK ALL RIGHT. SO THE
NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER 18, WHICH IS A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSPORTATION FOR SPACE AT STORAGE AND 16th AVENUE NORTH AND I WILL INVITE THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT TO GET US
STARTED WITH THE PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> AND COMMUNITY SAFETY FOR THE MINNEAPOLIS DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BUT HONORED TO BE HERE TO SHARE ABOUT THE FREE COMMUNITY STORAGE PROGRAM. FIRST, WANT TO RECOGNIZE A FEW STAFF MEMBERS. JOE AND MY
SOCIAL IMPACT MANAGER, WHICH HAS DEVELOPED THIS PROGRAM, AND ESSIE WHO MANAGES IT. AND THE MOST VULNERABLE AT-RISK POPULATION. ANDERSON KELLIHER VERY PROUD OF THIS -- VERY PROUD OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS FOR ALLOWING US
THE SPACE TO DO THIS WORK. WITH THAT, I AM HERE TO SHARE WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO WIT THE FREE COMMUNITY STORAGE PROGRAM DOWNTOWN. A UPLE OF THINGS IS WE LOOKED A WE NEVER TURN A CLIENT AWAY. THAT IS WHY WE CHOSE RAMP B. WE ARE OPERATING OUT OF RAMP BOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. WE MET
WITH STREET VOICES FOR CHANGE FOR THOSE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE TO SELECT A LOCATION, AND A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT CAME OUT REALLY IMPORTANTLY IS BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. THE SECOND FACTOR WAS EMERGENCY SHELTER AND RESOURCES. ONE OF THE BIGGEST EMERGENCY SHELTERS,
HARBOR LIGHTS, IS ONLY A FEW BLOCKS AWAY. REALLY LOOKING WHERE SOCIAL NEEDS AND AT-RISK COMMUNITY POPULATION MEMBERS ARE AT. WE'RE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 9:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. OTHER THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT IS LOW BARRIERS. SO LOOKING AT MAKING SURE THAT
FOLKS HAVE ACCESS TO THE STORAGE PROGRAM. AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SERVING EVERYBODY REGARDLESS OF THE HOUSING STATUS. AND HONORING PRIVACY. WHAT WE USE IS A 50-GALLON TOTE. WE GIVE IT
TO THEM WITH A SERVICE AGREEMENT. THEY FILL IT IN, SEAL IT AND WE STORE IN IT A SECURED LOCATION IN OUR STORAGE FACILITY. SOME OTHER CLIENT NEEDS, WHY WE STARTED THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INDIVIDUALS
SEEKING THAT SECURE, RELIABLE STORAGE HAVE THAT WITH A CLIMATE STORAGE FACILITY. MANY TIMES THEY ARE AT RISK OF HAVING BELONGINGS STOLEN OR MOVED AROUND. OTHER THINGS IS LONG-TERM -- AS LONG AS YOU'RE CHECKING IN, WE'LL KEEP YOUR
BELONGINGS. YOU CAN COME AND GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY ANY TIME YOU NEED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9-5. A LOT OF STEREOTYPES OF FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS DO HAVE JOBS. THIS IS DEFINITELY SUPPORTING WORKFORCE. SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE THEIR BELONGINGS
THERE. WE HAVE A SMALL CHANGING ROOM. DEFINITELY HAVING THAT FOR WORK FORCE SUPPORT. AND SENIORS, IT IS PRETTY HARD TO CARRY YOUR BELONGINGS THROUGH DOWNTOWN. MAKING SURE YOU HAVE A PLACE TO SECURELY COME AND GO WHERE YOUR
BELONGINGS ARE. AND THE OTHER PART IS THE BUS TRAVELLERS. WE ARE CO-LOCATED BY JEFFERSON ANDERSON KELLIHER IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US.
AND THIS IS THE PICTURE AND DESIGN AND WE DO HAVE A LOCK AND TIM AND THE TEAM FOR SUPPORTING US AND THIS SERVICE WINDOW AND WE HAVE TWO OF THEM BETWEEN THE HOURS TO COME AND GO AS NEEDED.
AND SO ROUGHLY A LITTLE OVER FOUR YEAR. MANY OF US CLIENTS REFERRALS AND ALSO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR SOCIAL WORKERS. WE HAVE TWO HENNEPIN SOCIAL WORKS AND THE AMBASSADOR
PROGRAM, THE MAD DADS OUTREACH TEAM. WHEN THEY MEET PEOPLE VULNERABLE ON THE STREET TO KNOW WE HAVE A LOCATION IF WE SEE THEM WITH BELONGINGS AND HAVE A COUNTRY STORAGE PROGRAM FOR YOU YOU HAVE GO TO RAMP B AND USE IT. THIS IS WHAT BEHIND THE WINDOW LOOKS LIKE. ONE BIN PER
CLIENT. WE AVERAGE ABOUT 50 POUNDS THAT YOU CAN STORE IN IT. WE DO MEASURE IT TO MAKE SURE IT HITS THE WEIGHT REQUIREMENT. AS LONG AS YOU ARE CHECKING IN EVERY 14 DAYS, WE HAVE A 90-DAY RETENTION PERIOD WHERE WE LOOK AT WHERE IF THINGS ARE ABANDONED OR NOT. BUT WE MAKE ATTEMPTS TO
CONTACT THEM IF THEY DON'T CHECK IN. USUALLY WE ARE PRETTY GOOD AT CHECKING IN 14 DAYS AND A SECONDARY PERSON THAT WE CAN CALL AS WELL. WE DO EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE SURE WE TRY TO CONTACT THEM IF THERE IS A GAP IN TO THEM CHECKING IN WITH US AND LOW BARRIER. YOU DON'T NEED
TO HAVE A PHOTO I.D.. WE CAN TAKE A PHOTO OF YOU. SECURITY QUESTIONS, DATE OF BIRTH, SO YOUR PERSONAL BELONGINGINGS ARE YOURS, AND WHEN YOU COME TO RETRIEVE THEM, THAT WE ARE GIVING YOU THE RIGHT BIN. SOME OUTCOMES, WE HAVE SERVED
OVER 3,000 CLIENTS SINCE OCTOBER 2021. AND THIS THIS IS A BIG NUMBER THAT BLOWS MY MIND OF OVER 550 CLIENTS' BELONGINGS ARE STORED IN RAMP B RIGHT NOW. PRETTY AMAZING. 90 DAYS IS AVERAGE LENGTH OF SERVICE FOR A
CLIENT. THIS WAS A STATISTIC OR OUR MANAGER PULLED THAT WAS IMPRESSED WITH. MANY CLIENTS ARE RETRIEVING BELONGINGS BECAUSE HOUSING WAS THE REGION. THAT'S HUGE. AND 65% OF THE CLIENTS HEAR ABOUT THE PROGRAM FROM SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY. WITH THAT, THAT IS A
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR STORAGE PROGRAM. AND I WANT TO LEAVE IT WITH THIS, TOO, IS IF I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU A TOUR OF THE FACILITY, BUT IT IS A PROGRAM WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT IS
SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU, MR. ZAHN FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I PULLED THIS IMMEDIATELY AT AGENDA SETTING BECAUSE I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THIS PARTNERSHIP HAD EXISTED. AND COUNCIL IN OUR APPROACHES OF
ADVANCING A MORE HUMANE RESPONSE TO THE ISSUE AROUND UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IN OUR CITY AND WHAT HAS COME UP TIME AND TIME AGAIN IS TO PRIORITIZE THE PROVISION OF STORAGE SPACE. TO SEE THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WHERE
WE ARE DOING THAT, I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BRING THAT TO THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION AND ALSO TO LEARN HOW THESE SERVICES CAN BE ACCESSED AS WELL. SO THANK
YOU FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND GETTING CLARITY ON THE R.C.A. I SEE THERE IS A ZERO DOLLAR IMPACT -- OR NUMBER LISTED ON THE FISCAL NOTE ATTACHED TO THE R.C.A. NEXT TO THE NET BUDGETARY
IMPACT. I WANT TO GET CLARITY. IS THAT BASED OFF OF -- TRYING TO SEE BASED OFF OF OUR -- THE RENT BEING COLLECTED BY MN-DOT? AND D.ISMD. THAT IS COVERING THE COST? AND JUST
WANT TO GET A SENSE OF THAT OR MORE CLARITY ON THAT. >> CHAIR, I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO TIM DREW. >> SYSTEM PARKING MANAGER. THAT IS CORRECT IS WHAT AND HOW THIS
WORKS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WILL MOVE THE ITEM FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. THAT IS SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR STEVENSON. WE HAVE A FEW MORE FOLKS IN QUEUE STARTING WITH VICE MAYOR STEVENSON. >> I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
IN MY WORK, AND DOING HOMELESS OUTREACH AND TALK ABOUT HOMELESS PEOPLE AND I HEARD ABOUT THIS MANY TIMES. AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS WORK AND IT'S INCREDIBLE. I HEARD ABOUT IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE. I KNOW OTHERS AND
YOU SAID THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE HEARING ABOUT IT ALSO. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. >> THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR FIVE YEARS. I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN MY NEWER COLLEAGUES WERE UNAWARE OF IT.
I SAW THIS BACK THEN AS I DO NOW, WHICH IS FILLING A NEED THAT IS ARTICULATED TO US BY THOSE EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AND THOSE WHO WORK TO HELP SERVE THEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND THIS HAS BEEN
IMPLEMENTED, I THINK, IN SUCH A THOUGHTFUL WAY. TO HELP WITH GAPS IN IDENTIFICATION, IN HOW LONG THEY MIGHT NEED THAT KIND OF HELP, IN THE BUS NEAR TO THE
GREYHOUND BUS SYSTEM IN OUR CITY. I THINK THIS IS D.I.D.'S APPROACH TO THINGS. AND I THINK THIS IS PART OF YOUR REPUTATION. AND I AM VERY GLAD THAT CHAIR WONSLEY GAVE IT VOICE TODAY. THANKS FOR COMING TO SHARE IT, MR. ZAHN. THANK YOU, MR. DREW, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
>> NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR WONSLEY. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND YOUR WORK ON THIS. ME AND SEVERAL OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS HAVE BEEN, ON THE GROUND THINKING ABOUT OUR HOMELESS AND
UNHOUSED POPULATION, AND THEN ALSO WORKING ON DIFFERENT POLICIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE -- WHO AREN'T IN A PLACE WHERE THEY ARE SHELTERED INDOORS.
SOMETHING THAT HAS ALWAYS COME UP AS AN ASK FROM INDIVIDUALS IS STORAGE AND HOW VALUABLE AND INTEGRAL IT IS FOR THEM TO MOVE THROUGH CONTINUUM OF CARE AND GET TO PERMANENT HOUSING. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UPLIFT THAT, LIKE, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE STORAGE, PEOPLE LOSE THEIR
MEDICINE. PEOPLE LOSE THEIR IDENTIFICATION. PEOPLE LOSE THE VERY FEW POSSESSIONS THAT THEY HAVE IN LIFE THAT THEY CARE ABOUT AND IT IS SETS THEM BACK BY SO MUCH.
>> OFTEN TIMES BECOME WORSENED IN WHATEVER MEDICAL CONDITION THEY MIGHT FACE. I AM GRATEFUL TO BE RENEWING THIS AND TO BE HEE LIGHTS THIS TODAY. I WANT TO UPLIFT THAT OUTCOME AND 43%
SAID HOUSING WAS THE REASON FOR THE RETRIEVAL. THAT IS THE GOAL. THAT IS THE GOAL WE NEED TO GET TO. THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE GAPS THAT WE HAVE IS JUST THE TRIAGE AND THE EFFORT AND THE PERSONNEL AND THE CULTURAL COMPETENCY THAT TAKES
TO GET SOMEONE TO HOUSING. SO THIS IS A PART OF THAT ECOSYSTEM AND THAT STEP. SO GRATEFUL WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS ON FOR ANOTHER DECADE. IT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL. SO THANKS AGAIN. >> AWESOME. NO ONELSE IN
QUEUE, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING DOWN AND GIVERING THIS PRESENTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS STAFF FOR HELPING MAKE IT HAPPEN. THIS MOTION HAS BEEN SUPPORTED WITH APPROVAL AND WAS SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED --
RIGHT. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ALL RIGHT. THERE IS NO OPPOSITION. THAT MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, AGAIN. ONTO OUR LAST ITEM. NUMBER 19, WHICH IS RELATED TO THE PASSAGE
OF VARIOUS RESOLUTIONS TIED TO THE EXCEPTIONS OF GRANT AND GIFT FUNDING FOR THE RAILROAD CROSSING ELIMINATION GRANT. STAFF HAS PREPARED A PRESENTATION. AND I WILL INVITE UP ETHAN FOLLY FROM
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING -- >> YOUR MIC ISN'T ON. AND YOU WANT TO USE THAT ONE? I THINK THIS GREEN ONE -- IS IT TOO FAR? NEVER MIND.
>> I AM SO USED TO IT BEING AUTOMATIC. ETHAN FOLLY, ETHAN FAWLEY. AND THIS IS REALLY ALAN WHO HAS DONE THE LEADERSHIP WORK UP TO THIS POINT ON THIS PROJECT. I AM HERE AT A
TRANSITION MOMENT WHERE US AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ARE TAKING MORE LEADERSHIP AT THE NEXT STAGE OF THE PROJECT, BUT THIS IS ALAN'S WORK UP TO THIS POINT, SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT AS WELL. SO CONNECTING CAMDEN RAILROAD SEPARATION PROJECT, AND THIS IS TO ORIENT
PEOPLE TO THE HUMBLE RAIL YARD ON THE NORTH SIDE. AND THREE AT GRADE CROSSINGS OF HUMBOLDT AVENUE NORTH, 45th AVENUE NORTH, AND LYNDALE AVENUE NORTH. AND THESE DEAL WITH A LOT OF DELAYS
THAT COME FROM TRAINING COMING OFF OF THE RAIL YARD AT OFTEN REALLY SLOW SPEEDS. YOU CAN SEE OVER A YEAR WE HAVE ALMOST 600 DELAY EVENTS OF 15 MINUTES OR MORE. AND SO HERE ARE 11 THAT WERE AN HOUR OR MORE OF DELAY.
WHICH IS VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR THE COMMUNITY. WITH THOSE DELAYS COME SAFETY RISKS AS PEOPLE ARE WAITING AND WAITING AND KNOW THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT AND DO RISKY BEHAVIOR BECAUSE IT IS A LONG WAY AROUND
FOR PARTICULARLY PEDESTRIANS TO TRY TO GET AROUND AND CROSS IF THERE IS A DELAY. THERE IS FIRE STATION 20 IS ON NORTH OF
HUMBOLDT AVENUE NORTH. AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS THERE THAT EXPERIENCES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE IN THE CITY OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. AND MORE THAN 300 DELAYED RESPONSE TIMES BECAUSE OF THESE DELAYS.
BACKUPS AND TRAINS. SO WE REALLY HAVE THOSE CHALLENGES IN SAFETY, CONNECTIVITY, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, TRAFFIC FLOW, AND THAT
IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT WITH AT-GRADE CROSSINGS INTO THE OVERPASS OR UNDERPASS. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN YEARS IN
THE MAKING AND A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK AND ASKING FOR CHANGES HERE. WE WERE ABLE TO DO REAL WORK ON THIS IN 2024 WITH INITIAL ENGAGEMENT. WE HEARD STRONG SUPPORT FOR HAVING A GRADE SEPARATION IN THE AREA. AS PART OF THAT, AN
INITIAL FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT IDENTIFIED EIGHT FEASIBLE OPTIONS FOR WHICH IS A GRANT APPLICATION TO CONTINUE THAT WORK WITH MORE DETAILED PLANNING
STUDY AND INITIAL PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING. SO YOUR ACTION TODAY IS AUTHORIZING THE FINAL GRANT AGREEMENT AND OTHER PIECES
RELATED TO THAT. SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE FORWARD WITH THIS PLANNING STUDY. WE ARE -- THE GOAL OF THE PLANNING STUDY REALLY IS TO GET US TO A PREFERRED OR PREFERRED AL TERN TIFRS. -- AND TO PREFERRED ALTERNATIVES
TO SET US UP TO BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO FINAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOR ONE OF THOSE. WITH THAT IN MIND, YOU LAST MEETING APPROVED AN ACTION TO APPLY FOR FINAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION GRANT THROUGH THE
SAME PROGRAM, WHICH WE ARE WORKING TO APPLY FOR AND WILL BE SUBMITTING THAT APPLICATION IN THE NEXT WEEK. SO THIS PLANNING STUDY THAT'S PART OF TODAY'S ACTION WOULD FEED INTO THAT GRANT WHICH
HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE SUCCESSFUL ON AS WELL AND HOPEFULLY WE ARE CONSTRUCTING IN 2031 OR 2032 DEPENDING ON FINAL DETAILS AND HOW THIS COMES TOGETHER. THAT IS KIND OF THE DETAILS AROUND THIS. WE DO HAVE, LIKE, A STORY MAP AROUND THIS, WHICH IS LINKED
HERE FOR FOLKS, AND WILL BE IN PART OF THE PACKET. REACH OUT TO MYSELF OR ALAN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY RIGHT NOW. >> THANK YOU, MR. FAWLEY. THANK YOU FOR GETTING THIS READY. AND
I PULLED THIS DURING AGENDA SETTING. AND I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW IN QUEUE, BUT KNOWING THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT AND MATTER THAT YOU HAVE RAISED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AND WANTING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE SPACE TO SHOW
THAT YOU HAVE HAD FRUITS AND STAFF TO WHAT IS A LONG-STANDING ISSUE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AND WITH THE SCREEN SHOTS AND COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW IS IN QUEUE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. FAWLEY. THANK YOU, CHAIR WONSLEY, SO MUCH FOR FLAGGING THIS IN AGENDA SETTING. SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT YOU HAD DONE THAT. AND I THOUGHT, THIS
IS FANTASTIC WHO HAVE PULLED TOGETHER AROUND THE NORTH SIDE ISSUE. THE PRESENTATION WAS PRETTY MILD. ALAN AND I WATCHED SOME VIDEO THAT IS JUST TERRIFYING TO SEE PEOPLE WITH BABY STROLLERS TRYING TO COS THE TRACKS, BICYCLES, I MEAN, SO
MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. AND SO I CAME INTO THIS ROLE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WAS A HUGE ISSUE FOR NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. IT WAS SOMETHING I CERTAINLY COMMITTED TO. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE COULD GET TO WHERE WE ARE NOW ON THIS
PROJECT, AND I'M SO PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AS A TEAM. THIS HAS CERTAINLY BEEN HELP FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS PROJ FAN OF THIS FROM DAY ONE. WE
JOKINGLY SAY WE'RE GOING TO NAME IT THE ALAN BRIDGE OR UNDERPASS BECAUSE HE'S BEEN OUR SUPERHERO ON THIS PROJECT AND SOMETIMES MORE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT AND THE COMMUNITY AND IT WAS ONE
OF THE THINGS WHERE WE FELT LETDOWN AND MOMENTUM AND THICKS JUST, LIKE, FIZZLED OUT. BUT ALAN HAS KEPT US MOTIVATED AND SO HAS THE STAFFHO ARE
SUPERHEROS TO KEEP NEIGHBORS ENGAGED P. THIS GIFT AND ACCEPTANCE OF THIS MONEY TODAY IS A BIG DEAL. WE HAVE BEEN IN LIMBO FOR A CPLE OF YEARS. AND WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, DIRECTOR SEXTON ASSURED ME THAT THE ROUTING NUMBER AND THE CHECKING ACCOUNT NUMBER HAS BEEN SENT TO THE PROPER PEOPLE FOR US
TO RECEIVE THE MONEY. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THIS IS ONE OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES I NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, WE TALK ABOUT PICING AND UNARMED POLICING. BUT THIS IS TRULY A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE IN NORTH
MINNEAPOLIS. IF ANYONE HAS SEEN VIDEFOOTAGE OF WHAT HAPPENED, 10 MINUTES AFTER ALAN PUT A CAMERA OUT AT ONE OF THESE STOPS, SOMEONE TRYING TO GET ACROSS THOSE TRACKS, THE CALLS I HAVE RECEIVED BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE TIMES, I THINK YOU SHOWED 11 # TIMES WHERE THERE WAS
LONGER THAN AN HOUR. SOMEONE'S KIDS BEING ON THE SCHOOL BUS -- IMAGINE YOUR KID STUCK ON A SCHOOL BUS IN EITHER DIRECTION, NORTH OR SOUTH FOR OVER AN HOUR AND THEY CANNOT GET ST. SO MANY CITY BUSES. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN A COLLABORATION OF SO
MANY ENTITIES BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. SENATOR KLOBUCHAR WAS THE FIRST ELECTED OFFICIAL OUTSIDE OF MYSELF TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. I'M GOING TO SEE THIS PROJECT THROUGH. I'M NOT JUST GOING TO CALL THE RAILROAD ANDELL THEM TO MOVE THOSE TRAINS ON TIME.
I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE YOU GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE YOU NEED SO THAT PEOPLE CAN CROSS, GET TO THEIR FAMILY, GET OFF THAT SCHOOL BUS IN TIME. CROSS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THEY NEED TO AND SO WE'RE -- WE'RE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON
THIS PROJECT, AND AGAIN, PUBLIC WORKS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AT MAKING SURE THIS PROJECT IS REAL FOR THIS COMMUNITY, AND THAT WE KEEP TRYING. I'M EXCITED THAT WE VOTED TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP TO GET SOME FUNDING F THIS PROJECT.
IT'S SO COOL TO HEAR A DATE. 2030 OR 2031 WE CAN ACTUALLY BE DEVELOPING T ALAN KLUGMAN UNDERPASS. THAT IS SO EXCITING. I CAN NEVER THANK FOLKS ENOUGH. I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE END RESULT.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. THIS IS A PROJECT LONIME COMING. ALICE RAINVILLE WORKED ON THIS PROBABLY 40 YEARS AGO. AND THAT IS HOWE GOT THE FIRE STATION. THE FIRE STATION IN E NEIGHBORHOOD. COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN IS IN QUEUE, BUT SHE'S WAY FURTHER
SOUTH, BUT THEY'RE AFFECTED BY THIS ALSO. IT IS REALLY A NORTHSIDE CONNECTION ISSUE, A FIRST TIER SUBURB CONNECTION ISSUE. AND IT'S A HUGE PROJECT FOR THE CITY AND FOR NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AND I
THANK EVERYONE WHO IS INVOLVED THIS FAR AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW WE MOVE FORWARD ON THE CONNECTING PROJECT. >> COUNCIL MEMBE VETAW, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOTION TO I A -- TO APPROVE? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> AND I SECOND. THE ITEM IS
MOTIONED FOR APPROVAL. WE DO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO IN QUEUE. >> THIS HAS BEEN A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR DECADES. KUDOS TO YOU AND
TO COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW AND SENATOR KLOBUCHAR FOR AMPIONING THIS AND GETTING THIS DONE. AND THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR BEING WILLING TO TAKE THIS ON. THIS VERY LONG TERM AND UPHILL BATTLE OF A PROJECT
THAT YOU -- THAT WE STILL DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL SEE THE COMPLETION OF, BUT IT LOOKS A LOT MORE PROMISING NOW. THIS IS ABOUT A COMMUNITY THAT DESERVES TO BE CONNECTED AND SAFE. THAT IS A PRIVILEGE THE REST OF THE CITY ENJOYS. CONGRATULATION. I
THINK THIS IS A GREAT FIRST STEP AND WIN FOR T CITY. THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR OUR CITY. AND ESPECIALLY COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. AND COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> NEXT IS COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE. I WILL BE A LOT EASIER NOW FOR ME TO GET TO MY DAD'S HOUSE. AND IT WILL BE A LOTASIER FOR THE SCHOOL BUSES THAT WON'T BE LATE SO MUCH IN THE MORNING TRAVELING THROUGH
THE NORTH SIDE IF THEY GET CAUGHT UP BY THE TRAIN AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND JUST, AGAIN, THE SAFETY COMPONENT, SO I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR THIS. AND JUST BRINGING MORE OF A UNISON WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES
AND BRINGING THEM CLOSER TOGETHER. TO EASE THE TRANSPORTATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. THIS IS EXCITING. >> THANK YOU. NEXT I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW IN QUEUE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR WONSLEY. I
JUST ALSO WANTED TO THANK THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILROAD BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN TREMENDOUS PARTNERS IN THIS WORK. IT'S NOT A TRADITIONAL RELATIONSHIP, BUT WE'VE MANAGED TO WORK WITH THEM IN AN EXTRAORDINARY WAY WHERE THEY BELIEVE IN THE PROJECT,
TOO. THEY'RE PUTTING MONEY FORWARD ON THIS PROJECT. THEY HAVE HELPED US WITH OUR APPLICATION. I AM SO PROUD OF THE RELATIONSHIP MY OFFICE AND PUBLIC WORKS HAS BUILT WITH CANADIAN PACIFIC. THEY UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS AND CERTAINLY ON BOARD FOR
MAKING SURE THIS PROJECT IS FINISHED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ANDY CUMMINGS AND SO MANY OTHERS AT CANADIAN PACIFIC WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US ON THIS ROLLER COASTER RIDE FOR THE LAST YEAR OF SEEING
THIS PROJECT THROUGH. THEY REALLY HAVE BEEN A TREMENDOUS HELP IN -- FROM FINANCIAL TO LETTERS OF SUPPORT. THINGS THAT HAVE NEVER HAPPENED IN RELATION BETWEEN RAILROAD AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. THEY'VE CERTAINLY STEPPED UP AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT RELATIONSHIP.
>> BEFORE TAKING A VOTE ON THIS ITEM, I DO KNOW IT'S STANDARD PROCEDURE FOR WHEN THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE SUBMITTED TO JUST PUT THE CHAIR NAME ON THERE, BUT I WANTED TO SEE IF COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW AND WARREN, IF YOU WERE AMENABLE TO THIS IF THEIR NAMES COULD BE ADDED TO
THE RESOLUTION FOR BOTH THE GIFT ACCEPTANCE AND THE RESOLUTION OF AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE AS WELL. IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU BOTH?
OKAY, GREAT. OUR CLERKS WILL RECORD THAT. LET'S TAKE A VOICE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? OF COURSE NOT
HAVING THAT. THAT ISFORWARDED. AND WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON TODAY'S AGEN. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, I CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.