2026-10-06 - Business, Housing & Zoning Committee

00:20[ GAVEL ]

00:20>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

00:22WELCOME TO THE REGULAR BUSINESS,

00:27HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE

00:27FOR OCTOBER 6, 20. MY NAME IS

00:29JAMAL OSMAN AND I'M THE CHAIR OF

00:30THIS COMMITTEE. I WILL CALL

00:34ORDER FOR THIS MEETING. WE'LL BE

00:35USING SPEAKER MANAGEMENT FOR

00:36THIS MEETING SO PLEASE MAKE SURE

00:38YOU SIGN UP. AT THIS TIME, I'LL

00:40ASK T CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL

00:43SO WE CAN VERIFY THE QUORUM.

00:51>> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.

00:53>> PRESENT.

00:54>> WARREN IS ABSENT. SHAFFER IS

00:55ABSENT. CHAVEZ.

00:58>> PRESENT.

00:59>> CHUGHTAI.

00:59>> PRESENT.

01:00>> VICE CHAI CHOWDHURY.

01:01>> PRESENT.

01:01>> AND CHAIR OSMAN.

01:02>> PRESENT.

01:03>> THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS

01:05PRESENT.

01:05>> LET THE RECORD REFLECT W

01:07HAVE A QUORUM. COLLEAGUES, OUR

01:09AGENDA IS FRONT OF US. WE WILL

01:11BE BEGINNING WITH CONSENT

01:14AGENDA. ITEM CONSENT AGENDA 1

01:17THROUGH 8 ITEM 1 APPROVE SIX

01:21LIQUOR LICENSE. TWO APPROVES 31

01:22LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWALS. THREE

01:27APPROVES ONE GAMBLINLICENSE.

01:27AND ITEM 4 ACCEPTS A GIF FOR

01:32TRAVEL FOR MINNEAPOLIS

01:34FOUNDATION FOR PATHWAY

01:35PROSPERITY CONFERENCE. FIVE

01:37ACCEPTS A GIFT FOR TRAVEL FROM

01:39THE LINCOLNNSTITUTE OF LAND

01:42POLICY FOR THE BIG CITY PLANNING

01:44DIREORS INSTITUTE. ITEM SIX

01:49ACCEPTS A GIFT FOR TRAVEL FROM

01:51THE ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC PICY

01:53ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT FOR

01:55INNOVATION DAY CONFERENCE. SEVEN

01:58RECEIVES AND FILES THE ANNUAL

02:022025 TAX DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS

02:03FOR THE CITY'S USE OF TIF. ITEM

02:06EIGHSETS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR

02:09OCTOBER 20, 2026, TO CONSIDER AN

02:10ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE SAFE

02:14OUTDOOR SPE ESPECIALLY LICENSE

02:15AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS. AND I

02:17WILL MOVE TO REFER THIS ITEM.

02:22SORRY. I WE REFERRING THIS ON

02:28COW OR KEEPING IT HERE? OKAY.

02:31ALL RIGHT. AND ALSO ITEM 8 I

02:34WILL --

02:35>> CHAIR OSMAN, THAT'S A

02:36REFERRAL FOR ITEM 18 TO MOVE TO

02:40COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, WHICH

02:41CHAIR CHOWDHURY -- OKAY.

02:46>> OKAY. ITEM 18 IS DIFFERENT

02:49ITEM. WE ARE ON ITEM 8 WHICH IS

02:52WE'RE SETNG A PUBLIC HEARING

02:55OCTOBER 20, 2026. AND ALSO WITH

02:57NO OBJECTION, I WOULD LIKE TO

02:59ADD COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON AS

03:00A CO-AUTHOR FOR THIS ITEM. ALSO,

03:04I WILL MOVE TO REFER ITEM 18 TO

03:08THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

03:09SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 13TH, DUE

03:12TO TIME REASONS THIS ITEM IS NOT

03:14ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BUT IS THE

03:16LAST ITEM UNDER RECEIVE AND

03:17FILE. WITH THAT, DOES ANY OF MY

03:22COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR

03:23DISCUSSIONS ON THOSE? SEEING

03:30NONE, I WILL APPROVE ALL ITEMS

03:32AND FILE ITEM 7, SET ITEM 8 FOR

03:37PUBLIC HEARING AND REFER 18 FOR

03:41COW ON OCTOBER 13TH. ALL THOSE

03:42IN MOTION SAY AYE.

03:43>> AYE.

03:44>> THO OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE

03:45AYES HAVE IT AND THE MOTION

03:48CARRIES. NOW WE'LL MOVE TO OUR

03:49DISCUSSION ITEMS, WHICH IS ITEM

03:519 THROUGH 16. OUR FIRST

03:55DISCUSSION ITEM HAS BEEN

03:58DISCONTINUED FOR FEW TIMES ON

04:00BHZ CYCLES. MOST RECENTLY IT WAS

04:04AMENDED TO THE LICENSE FEE

04:05SCHEDULE. IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE.

04:07DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY

04:09QUESTIONS? I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER

04:10CHEZ.

04:10>> THANK YOU, CHAIR OSMAN. I

04:12WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION T

04:15POSTPONE THIS ITEM TO THE

04:18OCTOBER 20TH -- NOPE. THIS WOULD

04:21BE THE NEXT BUSINESS, HOUSING

04:22AND ZONING COMMITTEE, WHICH

04:23WOULD BE, YUP, OCTOBER 20TH. IF

04:25I CAN GET A SECOND AND I'LL

04:27EXAIN WHY.

04:28>> SECOND.

04:29>> SO WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH

04:30STAFFN THE FIGURES THAT WE

04:34REQUESTED LAST CYCLE. AND WE'RE

04:34STILL FINALIZIN THOSE NUMBERS.

04:36SO THAT IS THE REASON FOR THIS

04:37DELAY. AND HOPING THAT WE GET IT

04:41FIGURED OUT NEXT WEEK. AND THAT

04:43IS MY EXPECTION TO THEN SEND

04:44TO FULL COUNCIL.

04:50>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SEEING

04:53NO ONE ELSE ON THE MOTION TO

04:54DELAY THIS ITEM ONE MORE CYCLE,

04:56ALL THOSE IN FOR SAY AYE.

04:57>> AYE.

04:58>> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE

05:01AYES HAVE IT AND THE MOTION

05:03CARRIES. DISCUSSION ITEM 10 IS

05:06DISSOLVING THE MINNEAPOLIS

05:07DEVELOPMENT FINANCE COMMITTEE.

05:08THIS WAS CONTINUED AS WELL FROM

05:10THE LAST BHZ MEETING. I SEE OUR

05:13STAFF HE. MYLES, PLEASE GO

05:15AHEAD AND GIVE US PRESENTATION

05:16ON THIS ITEM.

05:18>> RE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME

05:21IS MILES MERCER, I'M IN THE

05:24BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GROUP. I AM

05:26ALSO THE CHAIR OF THE

05:27MINNEAPOLIS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE

05:28COMMITTEE. AND I'M HERE TO SEEK

05:33THE DISSOLVE -- DISSOLUTION OF

05:35THAT COMMITTEE BEFORE YOU TODAY.

05:38THE COMMITTEE HAS A LONG

05:40HISTORY. IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR

05:43OVER 25 YEARS ADVISING THE CITY,

05:47AND PREVIOUSLY THE MINNEAPOLIS

05:51COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY ON

05:51THE STRUCTURING ON PACKAGES TO

05:53DEVELOPMENT PACKAGES. THINK

05:55ABOUT LOANS OR TAX INCREAMENT.

06:04GREAT STREE FINANCING LOANS.

06:07IT IS A COMMITTEE MADE UP OF

06:10BOTH EXTERNAL EXPERTS AS WELL AS

06:11CITY STAFF FROM CPED AND THE

06:12FINANCE DEPARTMENT. AND WHAT HAS

06:17HAPPENED IS WITH THE RISE OF THE

06:19REFORM OF THE APPOINTED BOARDS

06:21AND COISSIONS, A QUESTION ON

06:23MY MIND HAS BEEN WELL HOW DOES

06:26THE DEVELOPMENT FINANCE

06:27COMMITTEE FIT WITHIN THOSE

06:28ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS TO THE

06:30ABCs. AND THE SHORT ANSWER IS IT

06:32DOESN'T. IT DOESN'T REALLY.

06:33BECAUSE ONE, WHEN IT WAS

06:34ESTABLISHED BY COUNCIL, IT WAS

06:38EXPLICITLY NOT OPEN TO THE

06:40APPOINTED -- THE OPEN

06:41APPOINTMENTS PROCESS. THE

06:44MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE DO

06:45REQUIRE SOME VERY SPECIFIC

06:47TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT

06:48FINANCE AND REAL ESTATE. AND

06:50SOME OF THE MATERIALS THAT WE

06:53WORK WITH ARE SENSITIVE

06:54FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON

06:54DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. AND SO

06:58AFTER CONSULTING WITH T CITY

07:00ATRNEY'S OFFICE, WITH CITY

07:02CLERK'S OFFICE, WE'D LIKE TO

07:04DISSOLVE THE MINNEAPOLIS

07:06DEVELOPMENT FINANCE COMMITTEE IN

07:07ITS CURRENT INCARNATION. BUT

07:10RESURRECT IT AND IN A DIFFENT

07:13FORM BECAUSE IT DOES ADD VALUE

07:17TO CPED AND FINANCE STAFF AS WE

07:20PUT TOGETHER THESE DEALS AND PUT

07:23TOGETHER -- NEGOTIATE THESE

07:24TERMS OF THESE FANCE

07:27ASSISTANCING IT PROVIDES AN

07:32AUDIT TRAIL FOR FUNDING SOURCES.

07:33IT DOES HAVE VALUE IN THAT WAY

07:36THAT WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE. WE'D

07:38LIKE TO CREATE A NEW FORM OF THE

07:41DEVELOPMENT FINANCE COMMITTEE

07:42THAT ADVISES CPED AND THE

07:44FINANCE DEPARTMENT ON THESE

07:47FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, AND

07:48WOULD CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A MEMO

07:51THAT RESULTS FROM THOSE

07:52DELIBERATIONS THAT WE WOULD

07:54CONTINUE TO PUBLISH ON THE LIMS

07:56FILE FOR ANY RELEVANT FINANCING

07:58OR ACTION.

08:00>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH

08:01FOR THAT PRESENTATION. I SEE A

08:05FEW COLLEAGUES HERE. I'LL

08:07RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

08:08>> THAYOU, CHAIR OSMAN.

08:10THANKS, MILES, FOR BEING HERE. I

08:12PULLED IT OUT BECAUSE WHENEVER I

08:15HEAR THE WORD "DISSOLUTION" I

08:17THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIGURE

08:18OUT WHAT THAT MEANS. IT MEANS

08:22THE MINNEAPOLIS FINANCE

08:23COMMITTEE WOULD BE DISSOLVED. I

08:24GUESS WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE

08:26IS MAYBE A FOLLOW UP OF

08:28CURRENTLY WHAT DOES THE -- IS IT

08:31A COMMITTEE? WHAT DOES THIS

08:32COMMITTEE DO EXACTLY AND WHAT IS

08:34THE PROPOSAL F THE NEXT

08:36ITERATION OF THIS AND WHAT WILL

08:37THAT DO? AND THE REASON I'M

08:40ASKING THAT IS I WOULD LIKE TO

08:43SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING BEING

08:44RESOLVED WITH THIS. I WANT TO

08:46HAVE A FULL PICTUR THE OTHER

08:48QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS DOES THE

08:51CITYOUNCIL HAVE ANY ROLE IN

08:53THIS? I'M ASSUMING THAT'S NO.

08:55BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF

08:57WE'RE GIVING UP SOMETHING WITH

09:03THIS.

09:05>> CHAIR OSMAN, I'LL START

09:07SECOND, CITY COUNCIL'S ROLE NOW

09:09IS YOU ALL OR YOUR PREDECESSORS

09:12AUTHORIZING THIS COMMITTEE I

09:13THINK IT WAS BACK IN 04 TO

09:16ADVISE THE CITY, ADVISE THE CITY

09:18COUNCIL ON THESE FINANCING

09:18PACKAGES. AND SO WHATE'

09:21DOING NOW IS, AGAIN, BECAUSE THE

09:27DFC DOESN'T REALLY FIT WITHIN

09:28ABCs, WE'RE DOINGWAY WITH THAT

09:32FORMAL AUTHORITY THAT WE ARE TO

09:33COME AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO

09:34THE CITY COUNCIL. IF YOU WERE TO

09:38SEE A DFC MEMO THESE DAYS, IT

09:41REFERENCES MAKING A

09:42RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY

09:43COUNCIL. SO WE WOULD NOT BE

09:47MAKING RECOMMENDATION NOT IN

09:48WRITING ON OUR MEMOS TO THE CITY

09:50COUNCIL. WE WOULD JUST BE MAKING

09:54A RECOMMENDATION THAT REALLY I

09:56THINK IN ALL PURPOSES, IN ALL

09:59PRACTICAL PURPOSES OVER MANY

10:00YEARS HAS BEEN A RECOMMENDATION

10:01TO CPED AND FINANCE AND STAFF

10:04ABOUT HOW TO FINANCE, HOW TO

10:06STRUCTURE THESE DEALS. AND SO B

10:09DISSOLVING THE DFC, THEN THIS

10:17CURRENT AUTHORITY FROM CITY

10:21COUNCIL GOES AWAY. SO THEN WE

10:22HAVE TO CREATE NEW AUTHORITY,

10:24WHICH WE WOULD DO BY JOINT

10:26AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FINANCE

10:28DEPARTMENT AND CPED TO STILL

10:29PROVIDE THIS ADVICE. I WOULDAY

10:34IN TERMS OF THE ACTIVITIES OR

10:36THE ROLES OF THE COMMITTEE, I

10:37THINK IT WILL BE THE SAME.

10:41RIGHT. WE WOULD STILL BRING OUR

10:44DEALS AND REPORTS TO THIS

10:46COMMITTEE, DISCUSS THEM WITH

10:47THEM, GET THEIR FEEDBACK, AND

10:51INFORM HOW CPED AND FINANCE

10:52THINK ABOUT THESE DEALS, WHICH

10:55ISFFECTIVELY THE ROLE IT PLAYS

10:55TODAY. AND SO, I'M TRYING TO

11:00REMEMBER YOUR FIRST QUESTION,

11:00TOO.

11:01>> YEAH. I MEAN, FOR ME, I WOULD

11:06JUST LIKE A FOLLOWP MEMO IN

11:09WRITING SO I CAN SIT DOWN AND

11:11LOOK AT WHAT IT CURRENTLY DOES.

11:13WHAT ROLE THE CITY COUNCIL HAS.

11:15WHAT IT WILL BE FOR THE NEXT

11:17ITERATION OF THIS. AND IF

11:18ANYTHING IS GOING TO BE LOST,

11:21AND WHAT AUTHORITY THE CITY

11:22COUNCIL HAS. YOU EXPLAINED A

11:24LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT BUT I WOULD

11:26LOVE TO GET MORE DETAILS. BEFORE

11:29WE VOTE ON IT IN CITY COUNCIL, I

11:30WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT

11:32LOSING SOMETHING, GIVING

11:34AUTHORITY AWAY AS THE CITY

11:36COUNCIL BY ACCIDENT WITHOUT

11:37FULLY KNOWING EXACTLY THOSE

11:39PARTICULAR DETAILS. I THINK A

11:42FOLLOW-UP MEMO ABOUT WHAT

11:43EXACTLY DID THIS COMMITTEE DO

11:45BEFORE, AND WHAT IS THE NEXT IT

11:49WHAT AUTHORITY IS THE CITY

11:50COUNCIL GIVING AWAY POTENTIALLY,

11:52POTENTIALLY NOT. WE'LL FIND OUT

11:53MORE DETAILS AND THEN GO FROM

11:55THERE AS WE VOTE AT FULL COUNCIL

11:57NEXT WEEK.

11:58>> OKAY.

12:00>> VICE CHAIR CHOWURY.

12:01>> THANK YOU. THANKS, MR.

12:05MERCER, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION

12:06AND ANSWERING SOME OF THOSE

12:07QUESTIONS. BECAUSE O THAT, I

12:08HAVE MOST OF WHAT I WANTED

12:11ANSWERED. CLARIFIED. THE ONLY

12:14QUESTION I HAVE IS IF YOU COULD

12:17JUST LEND SOME VISIBILITY INTO

12:19WHO THE STAKEHOLDERS ARE. YOU

12:22DON'T HAVE TO GIVE PEOPLE'S

12:24NAMES. BUT MORE SO WHO ADVISES

12:28WHAT ENTITIES AISE CPED STAFF

12:30ON THIS.

12:30>> YEAH. CHAIR OSMAN, COUNCIL

12:32MEMBER CHOWDHURY, THE MEMBERS OF

12:36THE DEVELOPMENT FINANCE

12:37COMMITTEE HAVE VARIE OVER TIME.

12:38AND WE ACTUALLY ARE AT A LOW

12:41POINT IN THE AMOUNT OF MEMBERS

12:42WE'VE HAD. BUT THE TYPE OF

12:45MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE AND THAT WE

12:46WOULD LOOK FOR ARE ONES THAT

12:48HAVE SOME SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE

12:50IN FINANCE OR REAL ESTATE. SO

12:52THE EXAMPLES OF THE MEMBERS WHO

12:56ARE ON THE COMMITTEE TODAY. WE

13:00HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM

13:02ASSOCIATED BANK WHO WORKS ON

13:03RESIDENTIAL LENDING OR

13:05LTI-FAMILY SORT OF LENDING. WE

13:07HAVEN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT

13:09WHO HAS HAD JOBS IN A COUPLE OF

13:12DIFFERENT LOCAL BANKS. BUT NOW

13:14IS AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT WHO

13:16PROVIDES FINANCIAL CONSULTING TO

13:17DIFFERENT SORTS OF PROJECTS. WE

13:19HAVE TWO RETIREES. ONE HAD A

13:23LONG CAREER IN AFFORDABLE

13:26HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FINANCING

13:28WITH PROJECT FOR PRIDE AND

13:31LIVING. ANOTHER ONE HAD A LONG

13:32CAREER AS AN APPRAISER OF REAL

13:36ESTATE. THEN WE HAVE MEMBERS OF

13:37CITY STAFF. SO WE'VE GOT

13:39REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FINANCE

13:41DERTMENT, THE DIRECTOR OF

13:42DEVELOPMENT FINANCE. WE HAVE THE

13:44DIRECTOR OF CPED'S HOUSING

13:48DEPARTMENT, DIVISION. AND THEN

13:50ME.

13:51>> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

13:53YEAH, IT SEEMSIKE A GOOD GROUP

13:57OF EXTERNAL EXPERTS WITH OUR

13:59INTERNAL EXPERTS. MY

14:01UNDERSTANDING, GIVEN WHAT'S IN

14:02RCA AND IN YOUR PRESENTATION IS

14:04THE TOUCH POINTS WITH CITY

14:05COUNCIL IS LARGELY THAT MEMO. WE

14:07DON'T DO ANY APPOINTMENTS. SO

14:09THIS IS REALLY INTERNALIZING

14:10WHAT THE STRUCTURE IS SO YOU

14:13HAVE THE GROUP OF EXPERTS. SO I

14:16WILL MOVE THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL

14:19AND ASK FOR A SECOND.

14:22>> SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU

14:24MUCH, MR. MERCER, FOR THAT

14:26INFORMATION. I WOULD LIKE TO

14:28RECOGNIZ WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY

14:30COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFERND

14:31COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. ALL

14:34RIGHT. ON THAT MOTION, ALL THOSE

14:35IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

14:36>> AYE.

14:37>>ND THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

14:39THE AYES HAVE IT AND T MOTION

14:43CARRIES. NEXT DISCUSSION IS

14:44CONTRACT FOR METRO BLUE LINE

14:46EXTENSION PLANNING SERVICES.

14:48THIS WAS CONTINU FROM OUR LAST

14:51BHZ MEETING. DO ANY OF MY

14:53COLLEAGUES HE ANYTHING TO

14:54START WITH DISCUSSION? COUNCIL

14:55MEMBER WARREN.

14:59>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. CHAIR

15:02OSMAN, I APPRECIATE YOU. IAD A

15:07MEETING WITH OUR BLUE NE

15:11EXTENSION PLANNING COMMITTEE AND

15:13SPOKE WITH THEM LENGTH ABOUT

15:17THE INTENT FOR THE $750,000

15:22CONTRACT THAT WAS GOING TO BE

15:28UTILIZED DURING THIS TIME AROUND

15:32COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND

15:33PLANNING WITH RESPECT TO THE

15:35WORK THAT IS BNG DONE AROUND

15:38THE BLUE LINE IS THAT WAS ONE OF

15:40MY GREAT CONCERNS THAT THERE WAS

15:41NOT A LOT OF COMMUNITY

15:44ENGAGEMENT THAT WAS HAPPING.

15:45AND SO THERE IS A PLAN IN ORDER

15:48TO IMPLEMENT A LOT OF THA AND A

15:52NUMBER OF PARTNERS WHO ARE

15:54PARTICIPATING IN THROUGH THAT

15:55PROCESS. DO YOU WANT -- I SEE

15:57FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. DO

15:59YOU WANT TO TALK T IT?

16:01>> APOLOGIES. I JUST WANTED TO

16:04ADD FROM OUR AGENDA SETTING, CO

16:08BELIEVE STAFF HAS A PRESENTATION

16:09THAT THEY WANTED TO GIVE ON TS

16:11ITEM. I THINK THEY HAVE

16:12SOMETHING.

16:12>> OH, THEY DO. WELL WONDERFUL,

16:15THEN I DON'T HAVE TO DIG TOO

16:17DEEP. THANKOU FOR THAT, VICE

16:19CHR. APPRECIATE YOU. OKAY. SO

16:21WE'LL GO WITH THAT. LET'S DO

16:21THAT.

16:23>> EXCELLENT.

16:33>> THANK YOU,HAIR OSMAN,

16:34COUNCIL MEMBS. SO WE DO HAVE A

16:37PRESENTATION. OH, YOU DON'T HAVE

16:38A PRESENTATION? DO YOU HAVE A

16:41PRESENTATION?

16:44>> [ OFF-MIC COMMENTS ].

16:44>> OKAY. MY COMPUTER ALSO

16:52CRASHED RIGHT BEFORE THIS

16:52MEETING AND ALL OF MY NOTESRE

16:53GONE. SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO

16:56GRAB THOSE BACK UP AGAIN. DO YOU

17:02HAVE IT?

17:05>> I WILL DO IT.

17:08>> OH YEAH, THE FLASH DRIVE WAS

17:09IN HERE?

17:13>> [ OFF-MIC COMMENTS ].

17:13>> I THINK WE HAVE ONE.

17:19>> TWO DOCUMENTS. ONE IS THE

17:21SCOPE AND ONE IS THE

17:22PRESENTATION. WHAT'S THE SECOND

17:25ONE?

17:43>> ALL RIGHT. THANKS F HAVING

17:46US HERE.

17:46>> YOUR MICROPHONE IS OFF.

17:48>> IT'S ON NOW.

17:49>> THERE WE GO.

17:51>> I'LL JUST GIVE A HIGH LEVEL

17:53PROJECT GUIDELINE OF THE BLUE

17:55LEVEL. WE HAVEN'T PRESENTED TO

17:56THIS BODY I QUITE SOME TIME

17:58RELATED TO THE BLUE LINE. I

18:00COULD GIVE A BIT OF AN UPDATE

18:02ABOUT THAT. BUT REALLY FOCUSED

18:05ON THE RFP PROCESS AND THE SCOPE

18:07OF WORK IN THAT. SO THE PROJECT

18:09BACKGROUND. SO THE BLUE LINE

18:12EXTENSION IS A PROJECT THAT'S

18:13BEING JOINTLY LED BY THE

18:16METROPOLITAN COUNCIL AND

18:17HENNEPIN COUNTY. THE CITY IS

18:18FUNCTIING AS A PARTNER IN THAT

18:20WORK TO FORM THE DESIGN OF THAT

18:21ROUTE. BUT WE ARE NOT LEADING ON

18:22THE PROJECT. IT'S A 13.4 MILE

18:27ROUTE THAT' GOING TO RUN FROM

18:29DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS, A

18:31CONNECTION OF THE BLUE LINE,

18:32EXTENDING THAT UP THROUGH NORTH

18:38MINNEAPOLIS, ROBBINSDALE. THIS

18:41WILL BE A RIGHT FM THE BRICK

18:46LIN PARK TO MSP AIRPORT AND THE

18:52MALLF AMERICA. COMPLETED THIS

18:55PROJECT IN 2024 WHICH ALLOWED

18:57FOR THE IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL

18:58REVIEW TO BE COMPLETED WHICH WAS

18:59DONE IN MAY OF 2025. THE NEXT

19:04STEP IS A SUBMISSION OF A FULL

19:05FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT. SO THIS

19:07IS THE FINAL KIND OF FUNDING

19:10PAAGE FOR THE LINE WITH THE

19:12GOAL OF THE START OF

19:13CONSTRUCTION LATER NEXT YEAR. SO

19:20STATIONERY OF PLANNING IS THE

19:23NEXT STEP. FROM THE FTE'S

19:27PERSPECTIVE, THEY'RE FOCUSED ON

19:31PLANNING HALF A MILE.

19:34CONNECTIONS. THE STATION -- THE

19:36LIGHT RAIL PLANNING PROCESS

19:38ITSELF THAT HENNEPIN COUNTY AND

19:40METROPOLITAN COUNCIL IS LEADING

19:41REALLY FOCUSES ON THE TRACKS AND

19:42THE STATIONS. SO THE STATIONERY

19:44PLANNING THINKS ABOUT THE IMPACT

19:46WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE

19:47NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IT'S IN. HOW

19:48ARE PEOPLE GOING TO GET TO THAT

19:50STATION SAFELY? HOW ARE THEY

19:51GOING TO GET FROM THAT STATION

19:54SAFELY? WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS ON

19:55DEVELOPMENT GOING TO BE? HOW DO

19:58WE MAXIMIZE THE TRANSIT

20:00INVESTMENT WITH HIGH QUALITY,

20:02HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT. AND

20:03ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S

20:05GOING TO BE REMNANT PARCELS LEFT

20:07OVER AFTER THE ACQUISITION AND

20:09HOW DO WE BEST POSION THOSE

20:10PARCELS TO BE USED PRODUCTIVELY

20:13AND NOT JUST ABOUT VACANT OR

20:15REMNANT PARCELS INDEFINITELY.

20:17THAT'S KIND OFSSENTIALLY

20:19LOOKING AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE

20:20THAT'S SUPPORTING THAT STATION

20:21AND HOW DO WE DO THAT THAT'S

20:29CONTEXTUALLY. LED STATIONERY

20:31PLANNING WITHIN OUR

20:35MUNICIPALITY. BUT THAT'S NOT

20:36ALWAYS THE CASE EVERYWHERE.

20:38HENNEPIN COUNTY HAS LED PLANNING

20:40IN OTHER SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES.

20:41SO THEACKGROUND ON THIS

20:43PARTICULAR RFP. W ISSUED THIS

20:47RFP TH CPED AND PUBLIC WORKS

20:48IN PARTNERSHIP ISSUED THIS RFP

20:52INPRIL OF 2026. THE GOAL WAS

20:54TO SEEK A TEAM THAT WOULD HELP

20:57THE CITY DO OUR STATIONARY

20:59PLANNING AROUND THIS STATION,

21:01EA OF THE STATIONS WITHIN

21:01MINNEAPOLIS. SO THIS PLAN IS

21:03GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON HOUSG,

21:05BUSINESS GROWTH, WORKFORCE

21:10DEVELOPMENT, THOSE FIRST AND

21:11LAST CONNECTIONS AND RESILIENCY

21:12WHICH IS A FOCUSN

21:15ANTI-DISPLACEMENT. THE FINAL

21:16PLANS WILL INCLUDE STRATEGIC

21:18IMPLEMENTATION STEPS. THIS IS

21:20REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF IT.

21:20IT'S NOT JUST A PLAN TT GS

21:23AND SITS ON THE SHELF. IT'S

21:25IMPLEMENTATION WITH NEAR AND

21:27LONG-TERM STEPS IN ORDER TO

21:28IMPLEMENT THOSE PLANS. AND WE R

21:36IN JULY, WE CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS

21:39WITH THE SELECT -- WITH THE TOP

21:44SCORING PROPOSERS IN AUGUST. THE

21:46FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS IS A

21:49$700,000 FEDERAL GRANT THAT'S

21:50BEING PASSED THROUGH THE

21:53METROPOLITAN COUNCIL. WE WERE

21:56AWARDED THIS IN APRIL 2024, AND

21:59WORKING TOWARDS THIS PROCESS.

22:00THE FUNDING WILL SUPPORT THE

22:02FUNDING EFFORTS FOR LAND USE,

22:04TRANSPORTATION ECONOC

22:05DEVELOPMENT ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.

22:07SO THECOPE WITHIN THE PROJECT,

22:09IT IS ALL SIX STATIONS THAT ARE

22:10LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF

22:11MINNEAPOLIS. AND SO THE REALLY

22:16OPPORTUNITY AROUND EACH OF THESE

22:18IS TO DO SOME DEEP LEVEL

22:19ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PEOPLE THAT

22:21ARE GOING TO MOST BE IMPACTED BY

22:23THIS PROJECT. WE WANT TO DEVELOP

22:26A CLEAR VISION FOR FUTURE

22:27OUTCOMES THAT THE COMMUNITY

22:30WANTS AT EACH OF THESE STATION

22:32AREAS. WE WANT TO SUPPORT

22:38IMPLEMENTATION THROUGH TARGET

22:39STRATEGIC STRATEGIES AMONG THE

22:41PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS. WE

22:42RECOGNIZE THAT THE CITY OF

22:44MINNEAPOLIS IS NOT THE SOLE

22:46STAKEHOLDER HERE. PART OF THE

22:48PLAN IS UNDERSTANDING WHO OUR

22:51PARTNERS ARE AT HENNEPIN COUNTY

22:52AND MET COUNCIL. PARTNERS IN THE

22:54PRIVATE SECTOR IN PHILANTHROPY

23:00TO HELP IMPLEMENTHESE PLANS.

23:01AND REALLY, WHAT ARE THE

23:03COMMUNICATION ROLES AND RESPONS

23:05DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND PARTNERS

23:06IN THE PUBLIC. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE

23:07A COMMUNITY MEMBER OUT THERE, IT

23:10DOESN'T REALLY MATTER IF IT'S

23:11THE CITY IN FRONT OF YO

23:14HENNEPIN COUNTY, METRO TRANSIT,

23:17IT BLENDS TOGETHER FOR FOLKS. SO

23:22TH SCOPE OF THE STATIONARY

23:23PLANNING WITH A STRONG FOCUS ON

23:27ENGAGEMENT AND DEVELOPING

23:29VISIONS. WE WANT TO IDENTIFY

23:31PRIORITY SITES AND CATALYTIC

23:34DEVELOPMENAROUND EACH STATION

23:35AREA. WE WANT TO CONDUCT AN

23:39IMPLEMENTATION STUDY AROUND

23:41THOSE MID-TERM AND LONG-TERM

23:43COONENTS SHOULD BE. WE WANT TO

23:46IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE CAPITAL

23:47IMPROVEMENTS ARE. THERE'S GOING

23:53TO BE FIRST AND LAST MILE

23:55PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S

23:56NEEDED. THAT REALLY IS GOING TO

23:58BE A COMPONENT OF THIS. WE WANT

24:00TO INTEGRATE NEIGHBORHOOD

24:02RESILIENCE STRATEGIES WITHIN THE

24:03PLANNING AND THE PROGRAMMING

24:06THAT REALLY SURROUND AND IMBED

24:07THESE AREAS. AND THEN WE'LL

24:09CREATE MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

24:12AND STATIONARY PLA THAT

24:14ULTIMATELY WILL BE PRESENTED TO

24:15YOU ALL FOR ADOPTION OR RECEIVE

24:17AND FILE. SO THE PROJECT TEAM I

24:20THINK ONE THING THAT REALLY ROSE

24:21TO THE TOP FOR US WITH THIS

24:23PARTICULAR PROJECT TEAM WAS THE

24:24FOLKS THAT REALLY HAVE BEEN

24:27IMBEDDED AND DONE DEMONSTRATED

24:29SUCCESSFUL WORKITHIN THE

24:31NORTHSIDE UP UNTIL THIS POINT.

24:32SO WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG

24:35ENGAGEMENT TEAM. A REALLY STRONG

24:37DESIGN TEAM THAT UNDERSTANDS THE

24:38NORTHSIDE, LIVES IN THE

24:41NORTHSIDE, WORKS IN THE

24:42NORTHSIDE, THAT I THINK WAS

24:43REALLY IMPACTFUL. I THINK, YUP,

24:46SO SOME OF THEIGHLIGHTS OF

24:48THEIR PROPOSAL THAT REALLY ROSE

24:50TO THE SURFACE WAS SUCH A STRONG

24:53FOCUS ON GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT

24:55AND WEAH CREATION. REALLY A

24:57DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE

24:58WANT TO CONNECT WITH

25:00NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENGAGEMENT,

25:02AND REALLY LIFT PEOPLE'S VOICES

25:05UP TO THE SURFACE WHEN IT COMES

25:07TO GENERATING THESE IDEAS AND

25:08HOW THAT IS GOING TO LOOK AND

25:11FEEL WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

25:12THEY PROPOSE THE FORMATION OF

25:14WORK GROUPS THAT WOULD BE

25:15FOCUSED ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF

25:17PLAN ELEMENTS THAT ALSO HAD

25:19BALANCE WITH TECHNICAL FEEDBACK

25:21ONHE IMPLEMENT STRATEGY. SO IT

25:22WAS BOTH ON THE QUALITATIVE AND

25:25QUANTITATIVE APPROACH TO HOW

25:26THEY WERE GOING TO DO ENGAGEMENT

25:27AND REALLY FILTER THAT

25:30INFORMATION. THEY IDENTIFIED

25:31BUDGETED STIPENDS FOR

25:34COMMITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS

25:34FOR STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION,

25:36WHICH IS ALSO A UNIQUE ELEMENT

25:40OF THIS FEATURE. IF THEY'RE

25:44ASKINGEOPLE FOR THEIR TIME,

25:49WE'RE PROVIDING FOR THAT. STRONG

25:55EXPERICE IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE

25:56PLACES AS WELL. AND

25:58STRENGTHENING LONG-TERM CAPACITY

25:59FOR COMMUNITY TO INVEST IN

26:01PEOPLE, PLACE, AND COMMUNITY

26:03INSTITUTIONS WHICH CREES THE

26:04COMPONENT THAT IS SO IMPORTANT

26:06HERE. IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS,

26:07WE'RE LOOKING TO EXECUTE THE

26:09CONTRACT THIS MONTH. WE WOULD

26:11BEGIN ONBOARDING WITH THE

26:12CONSULTANT TEAM THROUGH THE END

26:13OF THE YEAR WITH THE PLAN TO

26:16KICK OFF ENGAGEMENT IN JANUARY.

26:18WE ANTICIPATE THIS PROJECT WILL

26:20TAKE 12 TO 18 MONTHS BEFORE WE

26:23REALLY ARE COMING BACK AND

26:25COMPLETING FINAL DESIGN. BUT

26:27ENGAGEMENT WILL BE THE FIRST,

26:29ENGAGEMENTND DISCOVERY THE

26:31FIRST SIX MONTHS. SO THAT WILL

26:34GET US INTO MID SUMMER. SO WITH

26:37THAT, I'D BEAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

26:40QUESTIONS. JIM VOL WHO IS ALSO A

26:43PROJECT MANAGER WITH THIS

26:45PROJECT IS AVAILABLE AS WELL.

26:45>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT

26:46PRESTATION. COUNCIL MEMBER

26:48RAINVILLE.

26:52>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU,

26:55DIRECT McMAHAN. COULD YOU

26:57PLEASE GO BACK TO SLIDE 8?

27:04>> IS THAT SLIDE 8?

27:07>> AND I'M JUST LOOKING AT THAT

27:11PLYMOUTH STATION AND THE HALF

27:13MILE RADIUS. HELP ME WITH MY

27:15AGING EYES HERE. SO DOES THAT GO

27:20DOWN, WHEN IT GOES DOW

27:21WASHINGTON AVENUE, DOES IT GO TO

27:23THE INTERSECTION OF 6 AVENUE,

27:277th AVENUE, 5th AVENUE, HOW FAR

27:31DOES THAT PLANNING GO DOWN? IS

27:33JIM STILL HERE? JIM, YOU GOT

27:35GLASSES ON.

27:37[LGHTER]

27:38>> GETTING OLD.

27:39>> I CAN'T SEE.

27:40>> DO YOU MEAN ON THE SOUTHSIDE

27:42OF THAT?

27:43>> YEAH. THE DOWN RIVERSIDE. HOW

27:47R DONE WASHINGTON WILL THE

27:49STUDY GO?

27:51>> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMB, CIRCLE

27:55IS JUST A DISTANCE SO IT CAN

27:59EORETICALLY GO A BLOCK MORE OR

28:01LESS. IF THERE'S A SECTION

28:02YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, WE COULD

28:03MAKE SURE WE GET TO THAT. IT'S

28:06CLOSE TO TARGET FIELD. I DON'T

28:08KNOW THE EXACT. THAT'S NOT A

28:10HARD BOUNDARY.

28:12>> A LITTLE SQUISHY, LIKE ALL

28:14THINGS.

28:14>> YEAH.

28:15>> SO IS IT SAFE TO SAY, THOUGH,

28:18IT'D GO TO 6th, MAYBEth

28:21AVENUE, ROUGHLY?

28:22>> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, D

28:24SAY THAT'S SE.

28:25>> SAFE. OKAY. THANK YOU. I WILL

28:27BE VOTING FOR THIS TODAY. I AM

28:30IMPRESSED. DID HAVE MY STAFF

28:31UPDATE. AND THANK YOU, JIM, FOR

28:35DOING THAT. THEIR EXPERIENCE IN

28:37NORTH MINNEAPOLIS WITH THEIR EX

28:39THEY'LL BE VERY GOOD. AND IT'S

28:40REALLY GOOD TO HAVE OUR CITY

28:43PLANNERS LEADING THIS EFFORT

28:44INSTEAD OF THE COUNTY PLANNING.

28:46NO OFFENSE AT THE COUNTY

28:48PLANNERS, BUT CITY PLANNERS, WE

28:50HAVE MORE AUTHORITY OVER. AND

28:52PERSONALLY, I THINK THEY'RE A

28:53LOT SHARPER THAN THE COUNTY

28:55PLANNERS.

28:56[LAUGHTER]

28:58>> ALSO, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S

29:00BEYOND US TO DECIDE IF THIS IS

29:02GOING TO BE AN LRT LINE OR A BRT

29:05LINE. WHAFTEVER IT'S GOING TO B,

29:09WE'LL HAVE THIS PLAN THANKS TO

29:11THE GD WORK OF OUR PLANNING.

29:14THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES. THANK

29:15YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AGAIN,

29:18I WILL ING -- WILL BE VOTING YE

29:24ON TS TODAY.

29:25>> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.

29:26>> THANK YOU. I HAD A QUESTION

29:28ON THE NUMBER. ON THE LIMS FILE

29:31IT SAYS $750,000. AND ONOUR

29:33SLIDES IT SAYS $700,000 OF

29:35FEDERAL GRANTS.

29:37>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL

29:40MEMBER SHAFFER --

29:41>> I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS

29:43ANOTHER INPUT OF FUNDING WITH

29:47THAT $50,000 DIFFERENTIAL.

29:48>> THERE ISNOT. I THINK IT

29:52MIGHT JUST BE A TIMYPO.

29:56>> NO. THEET COUNCIL HAS SAID

29:59THERE MAY BE AN ADDITIONAL

30:04$50,000 -ISH. THAT WOULD COME TO

30:10YOU TO CEPT. IT'S A LITTLE

30:15CONFUSING. YOU'VE ACCEPTED IT.

30:18YOU'VE ACCEPTED IT. AND THE MET

30:20COUNCIL HAS IDENTIFIED ANOTHER

30:22$50,000. BUT WE'D HAVE TO BRING

30:24THAT BACKO BE ACCEPTED. WE

30:26WANTED TO PUT IT UP TO THE

30:28AMOUNT SO W DON'T HAVE TO KEEP

30:29COMING BACK.

30:30>> THANK YOU FOR THAT

30:31CLARIFICATION. THAT WAS MY OWN

30:33QUESTION.

30:33>> GREAT. VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

30:35>> THANK YOU, CHAIR OSMAN. YEAH,

30:37EXCITED TO GET THIS PRESENTATIO

30:42INCREASING TRANSIT ACCESS IS

30:43ALWAYS A GOOD THING. ESPECIAY

30:45WHEN WE'RE GETTING FUNNG TO DO

30:47SO. I JUST WANTED TO ASK IN

30:52TERMS OF THE FUNDING WE GOT FRO

30:54THE FTA, IS IT CONDITIONED UPON

30:57THE FACT THAT THIS HAS TO BE A

30:59LIGHT RAIL EXTENSION? THIS IN

31:05PARTICULAR? IT WAS BROUGHT UP T

31:09BUS RAPID TRANSIT INSTEAD. I

31:10JUST WANTED CLEAR THAT UP.

31:14>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL

31:17MEMBER CHOWDHURY, SO THE FUNDING

31:19FOR THE STAONARY PLANNING

31:22ITSELF IS NOT CONDITIONAL. THE

31:27FTA REQUIRES STATIONARY PLANNING

31:29REGARDLESS OF MODE. THAT'S A

31:31SEPARATE DECISION. I WILL SAY

31:33THAT MUNICIPAL CONSENT WAS BAS

31:37ON THE FACT THAT THE PROJECT IS

31:43THERE'S PROBABLY A BIGGER

31:45PROCESS ASCIATED WITH ALTERING

31:47THAT MODE AT THIS POINT, WE'LL

31:49PROBABLY HAVE TO COME BACK

31:51THROUGH MUNICIPAL CONSENT AND

31:53HAVE SOME OTHER CONVERSATIONS.

31:55THIS PROJECT I THINK SITS OUT OF

31:56THAT DECISION AND PROCESS.

31:58>> GREAT. THIS ISNSURING THAT

31:59THE CITY GETSO BE THE ONES

32:02THAT PLAN OUT THE STATIONS.

32:04BECAUSE IF WE DIDN'T VOTE FOR

32:05THIS AND MOVE THIS AHEAD, THEN

32:07IT WOULD GO RIGHT TO THE COUNTY.

32:09THEY WOULD DO IT INSTEAD.

32:10>> THRGH THE AIR, COUNCIL

32:11MEMBERCHOWDHURY, I GUESS WE'

32:14SAY STATIONARY PLANNING IS A

32:15REQUIRED ELEMENT. AND SO I THINK

32:18IF THE CITYHOSE NOT TO

32:20PARTICIPATE IN STATIONARY

32:21PLANNING, THAT'S NOT TO SAY IT

32:24WOULDN'T STILL OCCUR. LIKELY

32:27HENNEPIN COUNTY WOULD TAKE U

32:28THAT RESPONSIBILITY IN ORDER TO

32:29CHECK THAT BOX

32:30>> OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU SO

32:31MUCH.

32:33>> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN.

32:34>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU

32:37SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

32:40THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN

32:41THAT A TRAIN IS COMING. THIS IS

32:44THE STUDY AROUND STATIONARY

32:47PLANNING AND ALL OF THOSE

32:48DIFFERENT THIS THAT ARE BEING

32:51DONE IN SUPPORT OF THE

32:52COMMUNITY. BECAUSE THERE'S STILL

32:57A FUNDING GAP WITH THE LIGHT

33:00RAIL AS IT CURRENT STANDS.

33:02>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL

33:04MEMBER OSMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER

33:05WARREN, I WOULD SAY THAT'S

33:06CORRECT. THIS IS A STUDY THAT IS

33:13BEING DONE IF A TREND COMES.

33:14>> IF A TRAIN COMES.

33:16>> THIS IS WHAT IS REQUIRED AS

33:17PART OF THAT PROCESS.

33:18>> CORRECT.

33:19>> THE PROCESS TO FUND THAT

33:21TRAIN, TO GET THROUGH THE FULL

33:23FUNDG GRANT AGREEMENT PROCE

33:25IS REALLY SEPARATE FROM THIS.

33:26>> RIGHT. BUT THIS IS PART OF

33:30THE REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THIS

33:32INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE AND

33:33SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE

33:37IN ORDER TO SUPPORT WHATEVER

33:39NARRATIVE AND INITIATIVES TO BE

33:41THE END RESULT.

33:43>> CHAIR OSMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER

33:44WARREN, I WOULD SAY THAT'S

33:45CORRECT.

33:46>> YES. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. I

33:49APPRECIATE YOU.

33:50>> ALL RIGHT.

33:53>> SORRY.

33:54>> I SEE COUNCIL MEMBERSHAFFER.

33:55>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I HAVE ONE

33:57MORE QUESTION. IS THERE A

33:59DEADLINE ON ACCEPTING THESE

34:01FUNDS IN LIGHT OF WHAT COUNCIL

34:02MEMBER WARREN SAID AROUND THIS

34:05WORK NEEDS TO HAPPEN

34:07IRREGARDLESS? OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS

34:10AN INVTMENT OF STAFF TIME

34:11THAT'S INCORRECTLY, RIGHT? IF

34:13WE'RE HIRING CONSULTANTS,T'S

34:15GOING TO BE OUTSIDE OF STAFF.

34:16BUT I WAS CIOUS IF THERE'S A

34:19DEADLINE OF ACCEPTING THESE

34:21FUNDS AND USING THEM.

34:22>> CHAIR OSMAN,OUNCIL MEMBER

34:23SHAFFER, THERE IS A DEADLINE. WE

34:26SIGNED A GRANT AGREEMENT. I

34:28COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT THAT DATE

34:29IS. BUT THERE IS A DEADLINE BOTH

34:31WITH THE MET COUNCIL IN TERMS O

34:34OUR USING THE FUNDS, AND

34:37ULTIMATELY, THE FTA WHO ISSUED

34:39THE FUNDS. I THINK TO COME

34:41REGARD WE DID BACKSLIDE THIS

34:44PROCESS A BIT WHEN THE FUNDING

34:49GAP THAT WAS KIND OF REARING ITS

34:52HEAD EARLIER THIS SUMMER WAS

34:54THERE. IT'S FEELING LIKE THERE'S

34:57ME PATH FORWARD AT THIS POINT

34:58AROUND THAT. AND THE REALITY IS

35:05IF THISROJECT PROCEEDS, WE

35:07REALLY NEED TO GET ON THIS. IT'S

35:09TO THE POINTOW WHERE THE

35:12DESIGN AND THESE STATIONARY

35:13PLANS IS GOING TO BE IMPACTING

35:17DECISIONS THAT HENNEPIN COUNTY

35:18MIGHT BE MAKING AROUND LAND

35:20ACQUISITION AND HOW THEY'RE

35:22STRATEGICALLY AUIRING

35:24PROPERTY. AND THEY NEED OUR

35:26INPUT IN ORDER TO MAKE TSE

35:27DECISIONS THE MOST EFFECTIVELY.

35:28>> THANK YOU.

35:30>> RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I

35:32WILL MOVE THIS ITEM FOR

35:33APPROVAL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY

35:34AYE.

35:35>> AYE.

35:35>> AND THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

35:37THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE MOTION

35:39CARRIES. NEXT ITEM IS 12, WHICH

35:43IS TAKING AWAY BUSINS LICENSE

35:45OPERATING CONDITIONS FOR

35:47DRIFTWOOD LOCATED AT 4415

35:49NICOLET AVENUE. I'LL INVITE THE

35:51STAFF TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT

35:52MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS. WELCOME

35:57NAGER LINGO.

35:57>> THANK YOU, CHAIR OSMAN. MY

36:00NAME IS AMY LINGO, MANAGER FOR

36:02BUSINESS LICENSING. THIS IS TO

36:04REMOVE CONDITIONS FOR THE

36:07DRIFTWOOD. THESE CONDITIONS WERE

36:08INITIALLY PUT IN PLACE IN 2009.

36:11THEY WERE REMOVED AS PART OF A

36:15PROCEDURAL CONDITION CLEAN UP AT

36:17ABOUT 2018-2019, BUT NEVER

36:20ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH THE

36:20COUNCIL PROCESS. SO WE ARE HERE

36:22TO CORRECT THAT. WE ALSO WENT

36:23THROUGH WHEN WE REALIZED THAT TO

36:25LOOK AT THE CONDITIONS TO DECIDE

36:27WHAT NEEDED TO STAY, WHAT DIDN'T

36:29NEED TO STAY. A WE MADE THE

36:31DECISION GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE

36:33BUSINESS, THE CONVERSATIONS WE

36:35HAD, THEIR BUSINESS PLAN, THAT

36:38ALL COITIONS SHOULD BE REMOVED

36:39AT THIS ME.

36:40>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. SEEING NO

36:41ONE ELSE -- OH, I SEE COUNC

36:44MEMBER VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY,

36:44PLEASE GO AHEAD.

36:46>> YES, THANK YOU, COUNCIL

36:47MEMBER OSMAN. I ACTUALLY HAVE

36:52SOME QUESTIONS. I'M ASKING ON

36:55BEHALF OF THE WARD 8 OFFICE

36:58BECAUSE THEY SAW THIS COMING ON

36:59TO THE AGENDA. COULD YOU PLEASE,

37:08MS. LINGO, SORRY,'M TRYING TO

37:10GET MY NOTES UP AND I'M HAVING A

37:15LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE. OKAY. SO

37:21THIS IS THE QUESTION THAT'S

37:22BEFORE US. ONE OF THE LICENSED

37:25CONDITIONS THAT'S BEING REVOKED

37:27IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE

37:29BUSINESS TO INSTALL SPEED BUMPS

37:32IN THE ALLEY TO ADDRESS

37:34INCREASED TRAFFIC THAT THE

37:35BUSINESS GENERATES. CAN YOU

37:37SPEAK TO WHY THAT ISEING

37:38REVOKED?

37:38>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR

37:41CHOWDHURY, SO THE REASON WHY WE

37:43ARE AGREEING T REMOVE THAT

37:44CONDITION IS IF YOU LOOK IN THE

37:47PUBLIC WORKS IT STATES THAT BLO

37:50REQUIRE CONDITIONS. AND THIS

37:51BLOCK IS NO LONGER -- THAT ALLEY

37:53ISN'T USED JUST BY THAT BUSINESS

37:54AT THIS POINT. THAT INTERSECTION

38:02IS INCREASING IN ALL OF ITS

38:03BUSINESS ACTIVITY. PUTTING THE

38:06ONUS ON JUST THIS ONE BUSINESS

38:08DIDN'T FEEL APPROPRIATE AT THIS

38:09TIME.

38:09>> OKAY. GREAT. AND JUST A

38:14FOLLOW-UP TO THAT, HAS THERE

38:16BEEN ANY COMMUNICATION WITH

38:17PUBLIC WORKS A ALL TO ADDRESS

38:19ANY OF THE TRAFFIC CALMING NEEDS

38:24THAT WILL RESULT FROM I GUESS

38:26ESSENTIALLY THIS REQUIREMENT FOR

38:27A SPEED BUMP IN THE AREA THROUGH

38:30THIS BUSINESS LICENSE? HAS THERE

38:32BEEN ANY CROSS DEPARTMENTAL

38:33CONVERSATION THERE?

38:34>> THROUGH THE AIR, COUNCIL

38:35MEMBER CHOWDHURY, I DO NOT

38:36BELIEVE SO BUT I WILL HAVE TO GO

38:38BACK AND CHECK AND LET YOU KNOW.

38:40>> OKAY. GREAT. AND I AM SURE

38:42THAT THE WARD 8 COUNCIL OFFICE

38:44WILL WANT A FOLLOW UP BOTH WITH

38:48PUBLIC WORKS AND BUSINESS

38:49LICENSING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

38:51AND SO THE LAST THING IS, IT

38:53SOUNDS LIKE ONE OF THE OPTIONS

38:58TO CONTINUE THE SPEED BUMP IS TD

39:02HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FUND

39:04IT. IS THAT KIND OF THE OPTION

39:06THAT'S BEING PRENTED THERE IN

39:07THE AREA?

39:10>> CHAIR OSMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER

39:11CHOWDHURY, THAT IS CORRECT. IT'S

39:13NOT THAT WE ARE REMOVING THE

39:15NEED FOR THE SPEED BUMPS. WE'RE

39:20REMOVING THE ONUS ON ONE

39:25BUSINESS. THERE COULD BE AN

39:27AGREEMENT FOR BUSINESSES THAT

39:29ALL ABUT.

39:30>> THIS IS JUST MINE. HOW DID

39:32THEY EVEN GET A REQUIREMENT ON

39:34THERE THAT THEY HADO PUT A

39:35SPEED BUMP.

39:35>> THIS I 2009, I WAS NOT

39:38INVOLVED SO I DO NOT KNOW THE

39:39ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.

39:40>> BECAUSE ION'T THINK I'VE

39:43EVER SEEN THAT AS A CONDITION.

39:47THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.

39:49>> I'LL MOVE THIS FOR APPROVAL.

39:51ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

39:53>> AYE.

39:53>> THOSE OPPOSED S NAY. THAT

39:58ITEM CARRIES. NEXT IS LICENSE

40:04SETTLE CONFERENCE RMENTATIONS

40:08AND BUSINESS LICENSE OPERATING

40:10CONDITIONS FOR LOS ANDES LATIN

40:14BISTRO.

40:14>> THANK YOU, CHAIR OSMAN, AND

40:16COMMITTEE MEMBERS. ITEM NUMBER

40:1813 CONSISTS OF A PROPOSED

40:21LICENSE SETTLEMENT FOR LOS ANDES

40:24LATIN BISTRO. THE SIGN LICENSE

40:26SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IS LINKED

40:28IN THE LIMS FILE AND EXPLAINS

40:29THE BACKGROUND AND HISTORY AND

40:32LAYS OUT T SANCTIONS I THE

40:35MATTER WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO YOUR

40:36APPROVAL. THIS MATTER HAS BEEN

40:37ONGOING FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS NOW

40:40AND CENTERS AROUNDWO CRIMINAL

40:45SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARG AGAINST

40:50CHRISTIAN KETO. WITH REGARD TO

40:55THE SECOND CRIMINA OFFENSE,

40:57WHICH WAS ACCEPTED BY THE

40:59PRESIDING JUDGE. HE WAS NOT

41:01ACTING IN A MANAGERIAL OR OTHER

41:05CAPACITY FOR THE RESTAURANT

41:07DURING THAT OFFENSE. ESTABLISHED

41:08AND ACCEPD ON THE RECORD OF

41:09THE CRIMINAL PROCEEDING WOULD

41:13LIKELY NOT SUPPORT -- THE

41:17PROPOSED SANCTIONS VARY

41:19SUBSTANTIAL. -- IT INCLUDES AN

41:22ADMISSION BY THE LICENSEE THAT

41:27ADEQUATE CAUSE -- TWO WEEKS

41:30LICENSE SUSPENSION TO OCCUR, A

41:33$5,000 FINE AND AN AGREEMENT TO

41:37FORMALLY TRESPASS CHRISTIAN

41:39KETO. I SHARE THE SENTIMENT OF

41:43AMY LINGO THAT THIS SETTLEMENT

41:46IS APPROPRIATE. POSITIONS THE

41:47MATTER FOR PROGRESSIVE ADVERSE

41:49LICENSE ACTION IF NEEDED AT ANY

41:53POINT IN THE FURE. YET, DOES

41:56NOT PUT ANY EMPLOYEES OUT OF

41:57WORK AND RECOGNIZES THAT THE NEW

41:59LICENSG OWNERSHIP GROUP HAS

42:01BEEN COOPERATIVE AND HAS

42:03SUCCESSFULLY RUN THE BUSINESS

42:04WITHOUT ANY SUBSEQUENT

42:05VIOLATIONS OR ISSUES FOR MANY

42:06MONTHS NOW. AND WITH THAT, I

42:09WOULD STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS

42:10THAT THE COMMITTEE MAY HAVE.

42:11>> THANK YOU SO CH. ARE THERE

42:13ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE

42:15MEMBERS? SEEING NO. OH, I SEE

42:23VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

42:24>> THANK YOU. I'M JUST SPEAKING

42:27FOR MYSELF, I THINK THERE'S A

42:29LOT TO PROCESS HERE. ON MY END.

42:35GIVEN WHAT CITY ATTORNEY FUSSY

42:38S SHARED WITH US AND THE

42:40SETTLEMENT THAT'S BEFORE US.

42:45OBVIOUSLY, THE CRIMINAL ACTIONS

42:50BY CHRISTIAN KETO ARE JUST

42:52HORRIFIC AND HORRIBLE AND HAVE

42:56MADE SO MANY YOUNG WOMEN FEEL

43:00UNSAFE, AND THAT WEIGHS HEAVILY

43:02IN THIS CONVERSATION. I THINK IT

43:04WOULD BE WISE TO MOVE THIS

43:05FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION.

43:08SO WE CAN HAVE MORE TIME TO

43:10PROCESS THIS. AT LEAST SO I CAN

43:12HAVE MORE TIME TO PROCESS THIS.

43:14AND I'D ASK FOR A SECOND.

43:15>> SECOND.

43:18>> ALL RIGHT. T ITEM IS MOVED.

43:24WITHOUT REMMENDATION AND GOT

43:28SECONDED. COUNCIL MEMBER

43:29CHUGHTAI.

43:29>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I THINK

43:33FIRST I'LL THANK MR. FUSSY AND

43:35MS. LINGO FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.

43:39I KNOW THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO YOU

43:41MANY TIMES ON THIS AND I'M NOT

43:43THE ONLY PERSON CONTACTING YOU,

43:45AND I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO

43:47CARES A LOT ABOUT GETTING THIS

43:51RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR

43:52WORK AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS HAS

43:54BEEN A YEAR IN THE MAKING.

43:59SECOND, I WANT TO THANK T

44:04INCREDIBLY BRAVE WOMEN, THE

44:11INCREDIBLY BVE CLDREN THAT

44:13CAME TO US AND TOLD US WHAT

44:15HAPPENED TO THEM AND HOW THEY

44:17WERE TREATED IN THEIR WORKPLACE

44:18AND HOW UNACCEPTABLE THAT WAS.

44:24AND IT'S NOTUST THAT THEY

44:25DIDN'T FEEL SO GOOD ABOUT AN

44:27INTERACTION, IT'S THAT IT WAS SO

44:33SEVERE THAT IT RESULTED IN

44:34CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. SUCCESSFUL

44:36CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. I JUST I

44:40CAN'T SUPPORTHIS. AND I

44:42APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF WORK

44:43THAT'S BEEN DONE HERE. I

44:45APPRECIATE THAT THESE ARE

44:46CONDITIONS THAT ARE THE HARSHEST

44:48THEY COULD POSSIBLY BE OUTSIDE

44:50OF REVOCATION OR DENIAL. BUT I

44:53JUST CANNOT SUPPORT A LICENSE,

44:56THE RENEWAL OF A LIQUOR LICENSE

45:01WHEN THE APPLICANT HAS LIE TO

45:04US, WHEN THE APPLINT HAS HAD

45:09EMPLOYEES ASSAULTED ON THE JOB.

45:14AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY

45:17COLLEAGUES TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE

45:20OFFLINE CONVERSATIONS WITH ME.

45:21YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE

45:26TO STRONGLY ADVOCATE FOR -- I'M

45:28GOING TO CONTINUE TO STRONGLY

45:29ADVOCATE FOR THE DENIAL OF THIS

45:35LICENSE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

45:36>> ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ONE

45:39ELSE, ON THE MOTION TO FWARD

45:41TH ITEM WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION

45:42TO THE FULL COUNCIL, ALL THOSE

45:43IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

45:45>> AYE.

45:45>> AND THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

45:48THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE MOTION

45:49CARRIES. THANK YOU SMUCH. ALL

45:50RIGHT. NEXT ITEM IS DISCUSSION

45:57AS WELL, WHICH APPROVES THE FALL

46:012026 BROWNFIELD GRANT

46:02APPLATION. I'LL INVITE THE

46:03STAFF TO GIVE US MORE DETAILS.

46:05WELCOME, SIR.

46:06>> HELLO, I'M KEVIN CARRO. I

46:11AM AND FOR T NEXT 67 DAYS WILL

46:13BE THE PRINCIPLE PROJECT

46:15COORDINATOR IN THE BUSINESS

46:17DEVELOPMENT OF CPED. I'M HERE TO

46:19TALK ABOUT 14 APPLICATIONS THAT

46:20WERE ON THE VERGE OF SUBMITTING

46:23TO VARIOUS GRANTORS, WITH YOUR

46:24CONSENT. AND I'LL POINT OUT TO

46:30COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, I HAVE

46:31TWO PAIRS OF GLASSES AND NOT ONE

46:32HERE. SO TO TELL YOU A LITTLE

46:35BIT ABOUT THESE PROJECTS, SOME

46:36OF THESE YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE.

46:38THERE ARE BASICALLY SEVEN

46:39PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS HERE. THE

46:42REASON WE HAVE 14 APPLICATIONS

46:44IS BECAUSE THESE PROJECTS OR

46:46PROGRAMS CAN INVOLVE MORE THAN

46:47ONE GRANTOR. SOME OF THEM ARE

46:51APPLYING TO THREE GRANTORS, SOME

46:53TO TWO, AND SOME TO ONE. GOING

46:59TO THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. SIX

47:01TO HENNEPIN COUNTYOF THESE

47:04SEVEN PROJECTS, ALL BUT ONE HAVE

47:05SOME SORT OF HOUSING CONNECTION

47:07TO THEM. I'LL RUN THROUGH THEM

47:10BRIEF. WE HE 250 FREMONT,

47:13WHICH YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE.

47:15THEY'VE HAD SOME GRANT FUNDS

47:17PREVIOUSLY AND COMING BACK FOR

47:21MORE. WE HAVE CITY OF LAKES

47:22COMMUNITY LAND TRUST. YOU SEE

47:24AT EVERY YEAR. THEY COME BACK

47:25ONCE A YEAR AND SEEK ADDITIONAL

47:27FUNDING FROM HENNEPICOUNTY TO

47:29DO REHABS FOR EXISTING HOMES. SO

47:31THE MONEY THAT THEY'RE HOPING TO

47:33GET THIS TIME WOULD REHAB 17

47:36SITES IN MINNEAPOLIS THAT HAVE

47:38EITHER LEAD-BASED PAINT OR

47:42ASBESTOS. LOGAN AVENUE FLATS IS

47:47NEW WITH 48 AFFORDABLE UNITS.

47:55LO LOFTS IS NEW. MURPHY

47:57WAREHOUSE IS THE ONLY PURE

47:59COMMERCIAL PJECT WE HAVE.

48:01THAT'S A VY INTERESTING ONE.

48:05400,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE

48:07FACILITY AND THEY'RE GOING TO

48:08DEMOLISH TWO-THIRDS OR

48:10THREE-QUARTERS OF IT AND THEY'RE

48:14GOING TO CREATE 243,000 SQUARE

48:19FEET OF NEW OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE

48:21SPACE. EXPANSION PROJECT YOU'VE

48:22SEEN THAT BEFORE. Y'VE

48:24APPROVED APPLICATIONS TO THAT

48:24PROJECT BEFORE. THAT'S A

48:26COLLABORATION, INTERESTING ONE,

48:29BETWEEN CLAIRE HOUSING AND THE

48:32MISSISSIPPI WATERSHED

48:35ORGANIZATION AND SPARK Y, A

48:38NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. THEY'RE

48:39SEEKING ADDITIONAL FUNDING. THEY

48:40PLAN TO PUT 33 AFFORDABLE

48:44HOUSING UNITS ON THAT SITE. AND

48:46BUILD FEET FOR SPARK Y, WHI

48:49THEY'LL USE FOR EDUCATIONAL

48:51PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH. AND THEAST

48:54PROJECT, YOU'VE ALSO SEEN

48:55BEFORE. THIS IS THE CHEHAM

48:58DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE ALREADY

48:59GOTTEN SOME FUNDING FOR THAT

49:00PROJECT. MOST OF THAT WILL GO TO

49:03THE PROJECT ON THE NORTHERN HALF

49:06OF THAT SITE. THAT'S GOING TO

49:09HAVE 98 AFFORDABLEUNITS. WE'RE

49:12GOING BACK TO GET ADDITIONAL

49:15FUNDING FOR THE SWEENEY PROJECT.

49:16THAT WILL HAVE ABOUT 200 UNITS.

49:19SOMEF THEM WILL BE AFFORDABLE.

49:20BETWEEN THE TWO PROJECTS

49:23TOTHER, ABOUT 38% OF THE UNITS

49:25WILL BE AFFORDABLE, WITH MOST OF

49:27THEM BEING ON THE TRELLIS SITE.

49:39ALL OF THOSE ELEVATORS ARE

49:43CONTAM

49:44CONTAMINATED. THETEEL ONES

49:45HAVE LEAD-BASED PAINT ON THEM.

49:47SO IT'S A BIG, BIG CLEAN UP

49:49PROJECTS. WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF

49:52MONEY BEFORE IN A PRIOR ROUND

49:52BUT WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME

49:54MORE. THOSE ARE THE APPLICATIONS

49:56THAT WE'RE ON THE VERGE OF

49:57SUBMITNG. IF YOU APPROVE THIS

49:58AND IT GOES TO THE COUNCIL AND

49:59THE COUNCIL APPROVES IT, THEN

50:01THESE APPLICATIONS WILL GO TO

50:05THESE GRANTORS ON TWO DIFFERENT

50:06DATES. COMING UP PRETTY FAST.

50:10THE OTHER APPLICATION IS GOING

50:12TO DEED AND TO HENNEPIN COUNTY

50:14ARE DUE ON NOVEMBER 2ND. THEY'LL

50:16TAKE TWO MONTHS, THREE MONTHS TO

50:17REVIEW THEM. AND WE SHOULD KNOW

50:21PROBABLY BY FEBRUARY OR EARLY

50:23MARCH IFNY OF THESE GRANTS ARE

50:27AWARDED. THE TOTAL AMOUNT BEING

50:28SOUGHT IS ABOUT $6 MILLION. I

50:30WON'T BE HERE BY THEIME

50:32SOMEONE COMES BACK TO ACCEPT

50:34THEM. BUT I'LL KEEP MY FINGERS

50:36CROSSED.

50:36>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST A

50:39QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE

50:41METROPOLITAN ONE. HOW MANY

50:43APPLICATIONS DO WE RECEIVE AND

50:44AUTHORIZE A YEAR? AND ARE THERE

50:48APPLICIONS WE DON'T ACCEPT

50:49THEM AS A CITY?

50:50>> WE SCREEN THEM PRETTY

50:52RIGOROUSLY BECAUSE THE GRANTORS

50:55EXPECT US TO DO THAT. THEY SEE

50:57THE CITY A THE GATEKEEPER FOR

50:59THOSE PROJECTS. WE AS CITYTAFF

51:01AND YOU AS THE COMMITTEE AND THE

51:04COUNCIL AS A WHOLE BELIEVE

51:06THERE'S A PROSPECT OF THEM

51:08ACTUALLY HAPPENING. THEY DON'T

51:09WANT TO FIND THEMSELVES IN A

51:11SITUATION WHERE THEY PICK ONE

51:12PROJECT OVER ANOTHER AND AWARD

51:14THAT MONEY AND THEN THAT PROJECT

51:15DOESN'T GO FORWARD BECAUSE IT

51:18TIES UP THATTHER PROJECT. SO

51:20THEY LOOK TO US TO SCREEN THEM

51:22PRETTY RIGOROUSLY, WHICH WE DO.

51:25WE HAVE SOMETIMES -- WHAT WE'VE

51:26OFTEN TRIED TO DO WHEN WE GET

51:29PRE-APPLICATIO FROM PROJECTS

51:30THAT WE DON'T THINK ARE READY,

51:32RATHER THAN COMING HERE AND

51:34HAVING TO RECOMMEND AGAINST

51:35THEM, WE HE SIDEBAR

51:37CONVERSATIONS AGAINST THOSE

51:38DEVELOPERS AND SAY WE REALLY

51:39DON'T THINK YOUR PROJECT IS

51:41READY. WE REALLY DON'T THINK WE

51:42CAN RECOMMEND IT TO THE COUNCIL.

51:43WE WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE TO

51:45GO TO THE COUNCIL AND RECOMMEND

51:48AGAINST IT. SO IN VIRTUALLY ALLE

51:58TO WITHDRAW THE PRE-APPLICATION.

51:59>> FOLLOW UP.

52:01>> WE DON'T JUST CUT THEM LOOSE,

52:03WE TRY TO BRING THEM BACK INTO

52:05THE SYSTEM WHEN THERE READY TO

52:07GO.

52:07>> THANK YOU. I'LL RECOGNIZE

52:08COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

52:09>> THANK YOU, CHAIR OSN, AND

52:10THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. REALLY

52:12EXCITING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

52:14WORK THE ONLY THING I'LL FLAG

52:16IS IF YOU CAN ENSURE WE REQUEST

52:20AN EARLY SIGNATURE FROM THE

52:21MAYOR GIVEN THE TIGHT TILINE.

52:23>> YES, THANK YO

52:25>> WONDERFUL. VICE CHAIR

52:26CHOWDHURY.

52:27>> THANKS, CHAIR. I JUST WANTED

52:29TO SAY I GUESS IT WASN'T THE

52:31LAST ME. IT WAS REALLY GREAT

52:32TO SEE YOU AGAIN. GET TO HAVE

52:34YOU PRESENT ONE MORE TIME.

52:35MAYBE. MAYBE YOU'RE GOING TO

52:36PRESENT ONE MORE TIME. WE DON'T

52:37KNOW. I'M NOT GOING TO PUT ANY

52:39BETS ON THAT AT THIS POINT.

52:40>> I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY

52:42TO SORT OF EXTEND MY FAREWELL

52:43TOUR.

52:43[LAUGHTER]

52:47>> AT LEAST AWEEK. I MIGHT BE

52:50BACK. I'M NOT SURE. WE'LL SEE.

52:51PROBABLY NOT.

52:52>> MAYBE AT THE TOP OF A COUNCIL

52:55MEETING, WE'LL SEE.

52:55>> ALL RIGHT. WELL TNK YOU,

52:57SIR. APPRECIATE YOUR

52:58PRESENTATION. I WILL MOVE THIS

52:59ITEM FOR APPROVAL ALL THOSE IN

53:02>> AYE.

53:03>> AND THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

53:05E AYES HAVE IT AND THE MOTION

53:09CARRIES. THANKS LOT. ALL

53:09RIGHT. SO WE ARE ON ITEM 15,

53:18ICH AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT

53:19AMENDMENT WITH TRI DEVELOPMENT

53:22TO MODIFY AFFORDABILITY LEVEL

53:2414th AVENUE TOWNHOMES. I'LL

53:26INVI THE STAFF TO GIVE US

53:28DETAILS. OKAY.

53:29>> THA YOU, CHAIR OSMAN,

53:31MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, SHERRY

53:34SHOQUIST, REAL ESTATE

53:36DEVELOPMENT. PLEASED TO BE

53:38BEFORE YOU TODAY REQUESTING

53:38AUTHORIZATION OF THE

53:41MODIFICATION OF AFFORDABILITY

53:42LEVEL TERMS LOCATED ANG THE

53:46MIDWAY GREENWAY, THIS PROJECT

53:47OFFERS 10 TOWNHOME UNITS WITH

53:51THREE ONE-BEDROOM, ONE-BATH,

53:54FOUR TWO-BEDROOM, 1.5 PATH. THE

54:06PROJECT IS CERTIFIED DESI.

54:08TRIO DEVELMENT LLC IS PRESENT

54:10IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS TODAY. WHEN

54:15THIS PROJECTAS FIRST APPROVED

54:18IN '21 AND 2022, T DEVELOPER

54:24PROPOSED -- AFFORDABLE TO

54:27HOUSEHOLDS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

54:29THE CITY OF LAKES COMMUNITY LAND

54:30TRUST. DUE TO CHALLENGING MARKET

54:34CONDITIONS, THE DEVELOPER

54:36REQUESTS A MODIFICATION AND

54:38AFFORDABILITY LEVELS FROM UP TO

54:4160% TO UP TO 80% OF AREA MEDIAN

54:43INCOME. LOW TO MODERATE INCOM

54:48HOUSE HOLDS AND HOME BUYERS ARE

54:51IMPAED GENERALLY BY INCREASED

54:56COSTS IN BASIC EXPENSES AS WELL

55:00AS SPECIFILLY BY THE INCREASE

55:01IN INTEREST RATES, WHICH RESULT

55:04IN A LOWER MAXIMUM LOAN A BUYER

55:07QUALIFIES FOR UNDER STRICT DEBT

55:08TO INCOME RATIOS. THE DEVELER

55:11AND CITY OF LAKES COMMUNITY LAND

55:12TRUST HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY

55:14MARKETING THE DEVELOPMENT TO

55:16HOME BUYERS UP TO 60% AREA

55:18MEDIAN INCOME, AND HAVE ONLY

55:21RECEIVED IN TRUST FROM BUYERS

55:23BETWEEN 61% AND 80% OF AREA

55:25MEDIAN INCOME. THIS CHANGE WOULD

55:28NOT PRECLUDE HOMEBUYERS WITH

55:31INCOMES AT OR BELOW 60% AMI, OR

55:35BETWEEN 60 AND 80% AMI. IF

55:38APPROVED, ANY UNSPENT FUNDS

55:39WOULD BE RETURNED TO THE CITY.

55:43STAFF WILL MAKE AWARD

55:49ADJUSTMENTS DURING PROJECT

55:50COMPLETION. IN SUMMARY, DUE TO

55:53CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS, STAFF

55:55RECOMMDS A MODIFICATION OF

55:57AFFORDABILITY LEVELS WHICH ARE

55:59STILL WITHIN MINNEAPOLIS HOMES

56:01FINANCING PROJECT PROGRAM

56:02IDELINES. I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE

56:03ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

56:04>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT

56:05PRESENTATION. I WILL RECOGNIZE

56:08COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

56:08THANK YOU, CHAIR OSMAN. THIS

56:10PROJECT IS IN MY WARD SO I DO

56:12HAVE A FEW WEEKS. SO I DO

56:17APPRECIATE THIS UPDATE. CAN YOU

56:19WALK ME THROUGH A COUPLE OF

56:22THINGS? FIRST, HOW LONG HAVE THE

56:25UNITS BEEN UP FOR? LIKE ONE

56:28MONTH, TWO MONTHS, THREE MONTHS,

56:29A YEAR?

56:32>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER

56:35CHAVEZ. THE MARKETING HAS BEEN

56:38ACTIVELY ONGOING TO THIS

56:40SPECIFIC -- THESE SPECIFIC

56:41ADDRESSES AND SPECIFIC UNITS

56:43THIS SUMMER. HOWEVER, THE CITY

56:45OF LAKES COMMUNITY LAND TRUST,

56:47WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS

56:50DEVELOPER, THEIR MISSION IS TO

56:53ACTIVELY ENGAGE POTENTIAL HOME

56:55BUYERS AT 60% AMI YEAR ROUND.

56:58>> WHEN IN THE SUMMER?

56:59>> I WOU DEFER TO THE

57:01DEVELOPER, WHICH IS HERE TODAY,

57:03TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATI ON

57:06THE EXACT TIMING OF THE

57:08RKETING. I WILL SAY THAT THE

57:10UNITS ARE NEAR COMPLETION BUT

57:11NOT QUITE DONE. SO ANY

57:15PERSPECTIVE HOME OWNER IS GOING

57:18TO TOUR THE PROJECT ARE NOT

57:20SEEING ANY COMPLETE UNITS YET.

57:22>> FOR SURE. WE'RE SAYING AS IF

57:26NO ONE IS APPLYING BELOW 60%

57:29AMI?

57:30>> COME UP HERE. INTRODUCE

57:31YOURSELF.

57:33>> WE'VE BEENCTIVELY MARKETING

57:35THEM --

57:35>> CAN YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF

57:37FOR THE PUBLIC?O TO THIS MIC

57:39HERE.

57:40>> I'M LA KUGLER, I'M ONE OF

57:43THE TRIO PARTNERS. WE'VE BEEN

57:45MARKETING THEM SINCE JUNE.

57:47>> A COUPLE MONTHS.

57:50>> YES. BUT WE HAV TALKED TO --

57:53THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDSF

57:58LOOKS. AND WE'VE TALKED TO

57:59DOZENS OF PEOPLE. SO WE DO FEEL

58:02LIKE WE HAVE TALKED TO -- I'VE

58:05PERSONALLY TALKED TO DOZENS OF

58:08PEOPLE. SO I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A

58:12LEGITIMA REQUEST.

58:14>> YEAH. I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE

58:15IT IS A BIG JUMP, RIGHT?

58:20>> THE INCOME RANGE IS REALLY

58:21ACTUALLY KIND OF NARROW. AND IF

58:24I CAN TALK, THERE'S ANOTHER

58:27FACTORN PART BECAUSE OF THE

58:30TOWN HOME, YOU KNOW, THE BIG

58:32CONDOMINIUM THAT FELL DOWN IN

58:36FLORIDA. FANNY MAY AND FREDDIE

58:40MAC IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA

58:43HAVE MADE VERY STRINGENT RULES

58:46ABOUT TOWNHOMES. THAT MEANS THEY

58:49WILL BE MUCH BETTER MAINTAINED

58:51IN THE FUTURE. BUT THE AMOUNT OF

58:53RESERVES THAT NEED TO COME FROM

58:55PEOPLE'S MORTGAGE PAYMENTS ARE

58:57MUCH HIGHER THAN THEY EVER USED

58:59TO BE. WHICH MEANS THERE IS LESS

59:02MONEY LEFT OVER FOR MORTGAGE

59:03PAYMENTS. WHICH MEANS OVER TIME,

59:06MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS WILL BE T

59:10IT MEANS IS THAT THERE'S LESS

59:12MOY FOR LOWER INCOME PEOPLE TO

59:13HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THEIR

59:14MORTGAGE PAYMENTS. AND TT VERY

59:17MUCH IMPACTS TOWNHOMES MORE THAN

59:20SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES. AND THAT'S

59:21AFFECTING THE TOWNHOME MARKET

59:24AND THE CONDOMINIUM MARKET VERY

59:24MUCH. AND THIS PROJECT IN

59:31PARTICULAR, HAS VERY HIGH

59:33QUALITY COMPONENTS. AND THAT

59:35AFFECTS THIS PROJECT A LITTLE

59:35BIT MORE. A LITTLE BIT OF

59:39COUNTER BALANCING THAT IS IT

59:42COS $8 A MONTH TO HEAT A

59:46TWO-BEDROOM TOWNHOME. AND

59:4834-DOLLARS A MONTH TO HEAT SO

59:55THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY DOES COME

59:57THROUGH AS A LITTLE BIT OF

59:57BALANCE TO THAT.

59:58>> OKAY. I'M ASKING QUESTIONS

1:00:02BECAUSE I THINK I WANT TO GET

1:00:05CONTEXT. THIS IS IN THE MIDTOWN

1:00:08PHILLIPS NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS IN

1:00:11A GREEN ZO. IT IS IN AN AREA

1:00:14THAT ADVOCATES FOR A LOT OF

1:00:15ISSUES IN MINNEAPOLIS. BUT ONE

1:00:16OF THEM IS AFFORDABILITY. AND

1:00:18PART OF THAT IS BEING ABLE TO

1:00:19AFFORD IN THE HOME THAT YOU LIVE

1:00:21IN TO ADDRESS A VARIETY OF

1:00:23DIFFERENT DISPARITIES. I DO

1:00:25THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I NOTE

1:00:26THIS IS IN THE PHILLIPS

1:00:28NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S PARTICULARLY

1:00:32IN THEIDTOWN FLIPS

1:00:34NEIGHBORHOOD IN AN AREA THAT IS

1:00:36STRUGGLING TO AFFORD RENT AND

1:00:38WE'RE BEING ASKED TO MOVE THE

1:00:44AMI TO 80% AMI. WHEN I DO KNOW

1:00:45THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS STRUGGLING

1:00:46WITH HOMELESSNESS. IT IS

1:00:49STRUGGLING WITH FORDABILITY.

1:00:50THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THESE

1:00:52QUESTIONS. I THINK WHY I'M

1:00:54MENTIONING THIS AND PULLING THIS

1:00:55OUT FOR DISCUSSION IS FOR A

1:00:57VARIETY OF REASONS. LAST CYE,

1:00:59WE WERE ASKED TO TAKE A SIMILAR

1:01:01ACTION. I'M CONCERNED MOVING

1:01:03RWARD THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET

1:01:05SO MANY ACTIONS BEFORE THE CITY

1:01:07COUNCIL TO DO SIMILAR ACTIONS

1:01:09LIKE THIS. I'M REALLY CONCERNED

1:01:11WHAT WE DID LAST CYCLE IN

1:01:13ANOTHER WARD, IN WARD 8, AND

1:01:17WHAT IT MEANT. IT WAS AIMILAR

1:01:20ACTION ABOUT GETTING RID OF

1:01:23RESTRICTIONS. I WANT TOAME

1:01:24THAT HERE. MY INTENT HERE IS TO

1:01:27HAVE A FURTHER CONVERSATION WITH

1:01:28ED AND ARE THESE GOING TO

1:01:30CONTINUE COMING DOWN THE

1:01:32PIPELINE? LIKE HOW MANY MORE

1:01:34TIMES ARE WE GOING TO FURTHER

1:01:36REMOVE THESE THINGS THA IS

1:01:38MEANT TO ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY

1:01:39IN OUR CITY AND BASED ON THIS

1:01:41ACTION, THE ACTION LAS CYCLE, I

1:01:42HAVE A FEELING THESE ARE GOING

1:01:44TO CONTINUE TO COME. I GUESS THE

1:01:46OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS THAT

1:01:48ORIGINAL 60% AMI, HOWAS THAT

1:01:50AGREEMENT MADE AND WHAT WERE THE

1:01:52REQUIREMENTSES IN THAT

1:01:55AGREEMENT? I WANT TO KNOW THAT

1:01:57WHEN WE'RE VOTING FOR THINGS, IS

1:01:59THAT GOING TO CHANGE NEXT YEAR,

1:02:0110 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. I

1:02:04SUPPORT THIS PROJECT BECAUSE

1:02:05IT'S A GOOD PROJECT. I'M

1:02:07MENTIONING IT HERE BECAUSE I'M

1:02:08CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE

1:02:09IMPACT OF ALL THESE OTHER

1:02:10PROJECTS AND WT IT MEANS FOR

1:02:12AFFORDABILITY IN OUR CITY.

1:02:14>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. COUNCIL

1:02:17MEMBER CHAVEZ, I WILL TRY TO

1:02:18RESPOND DIRECTLY TO WHAT I THINK

1:02:20ARE TWO POINTS THAT YOU MADE.

1:02:23ONE IS THE FIRST, HOW MANY OF

1:02:25THESE PROJECTS WILL COME THROUGH

1:02:27CPED? I AM NOT THE APPROPRIATE

1:02:28STAFF TO SPEAK TO THAT. I CAN

1:02:32SAY, HOWEVER, THAT MINNEAPOLIS

1:02:35HOMES FINANCING, THE MAJORITY O

1:02:43SINGLE FAMILY HOME, TWO

1:02:47TOWNHOMES, PERHAPS THREE

1:02:47TOWNHOMES. AND WHEN WE HAVE MORE

1:02:49TOWNHOMES TOGETHER I THIS CASE

1:02:51UP TO 10 UNITS, IT DOES -- THE

1:02:55SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE EASIER

1:02:58FOR LOW TO MODERATE HOMEBUYERS

1:03:01TO ACCESS A RTGAGE. AND THE

1:03:05TOWNHOMES ARE MUCH MORE

1:03:08DIFFICULT TO MORTGAGE IN THIS

1:03:09INCOME RATE. THIS PROJECT

1:03:11ORIGINALLY CAME TO MINNEAPOLIS

1:03:12HOMES FINANCING IN 2021 AND

1:03:142022. SO THE 60% AMI PROPOSAL

1:03:19WAS AT A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

1:03:22TIME IN OUR ECONOMY FOR A

1:03:2510-UNIT TOWNHOME. THE DEVELOPERS

1:03:27HAVE BEEN PERSISTENT AND

1:03:32CONTINUES TO WORK ON THIS

1:03:33PROJECT TO BRING IT TO ALMOST AT

1:03:35THIS POINT FULL DEVELOPMENT. SO

1:03:39I HOPE THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO THE

1:03:40QUESTIONS THA YOU RAISED.

1:03:42>> YEAH. I'LL SAY THIS, EVEN THE

1:03:4560% AMI IS NOT AFFORDABLE FOR

1:03:49MIDTOWN PHILLIPS. THAT IS A FACT

1:03:51IT IS NOT AFFORDABLE. AND NOW

1:03:54ASKING TO MOVE TO 80% AMI,

1:03:59EXTREMELY UNAFFORDABLE IN

1:04:02DTOWN. THAT IS A FACT. EVEN AT

1:04:0660AMI, THAT'S NOT AFFORDABLE.

1:04:07>> COUNCIL MEMBER, IF YOU CAN

1:04:08COME BACK TO THE QUEUE.

1:04:09>> I AM IN QUEUE.

1:04:12>> YEAH, YOU RAN OUT OF TIME.

1:04:14>> WE HAVE TIME NOW?

1:04:15>> SEVEN MINUTES.

1:04:16>> OKAY. IL GET BACK ON QUEUE.

1:04:18>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SORRY.

1:04:21I WANT TO HEAR YOU RIGHT. DID

1:04:30YOU SAY THE SELL WAS ON THE

1:04:32MARKET FOR 60 DAYS? THAT WAS THE

1:04:34TIME IT WAS ON THE MARKET FOR 60

1:04:35DAYS? IS THAT WHAT I HEARD?

1:04:38>> YES. BUT WE'RE JUST NOW

1:04:44HAVING A MODEL UNIT. BUT WE'RE

1:04:49NOT RAISING THE PRICE. WE'RE NOT

1:04:52RAISING --

1:04:52>> YOU'RE RAISING THE AMI.

1:04:56>> BUT ONE THING ABOUT THE LAND

1:04:57UST THAT'S IMPORTANT TO

1:04:59UNDERSTAND IS THAT WITH THE LAND

1:05:02TRUST, THE PRICEHAT IT SOLD ATL

1:05:07AT FOR THE NEXT 99 YEARS. SO

1:05:09BECAUSE THE PRICE IS THE SAME

1:05:1260% PRICE, IT WILL STAY LIMITED

1:05:15FOR 99 YEARS. SO IT WILL REMAIN

1:05:17MORE AFFORDABLE. WE HAVEN'T

1:05:20CHANGED THE AFFORDABILITY OVER

1:05:21TIME.

1:05:22>> I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. WHAT

1:05:24I HAVE AN ISSUE IS AND COUNCIL

1:05:25MEMBER RAISED, IS THE AVERAGE

1:05:29HOUSE TO SELL IN MINNEAPOLIS, IT

1:05:31TAKES ABOUT 30 DAYS. THAT'S JUST

1:05:34THE NUMBER. BUT NOW WE'RE ASKING

1:05:41COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HAVING

1:05:43DIFFICULTY OF EVEN, YOU KNOW, AS

1:05:46COUNCIL MEMBERS, A LOT OF

1:05:47CHALLENGES IN THIS AREA. OH, YOU

1:05:49GUYS NEED TO COME UP. I THINK

1:05:52IT'S REASONABLE TO SAY HAVING

1:05:54HOUSES THAT ARE AMI LOWER, 60%

1:06:00ARE LOWER TO BE ON THE MARKET

1:06:02LONGER THAN THE AVERAGE REGULAR

1:06:04HOUSE. IT DOES MAKE SENSE. AND

1:06:09OH, IT'S NOT SELL, LET'S MOVE

1:06:12UP. YOU GOT TO KNOW THE

1:06:15INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT

1:06:17YOU ARE ATTRACTING TO SELL THESE

1:06:19UNITS HAVE BARRIERS. AND THOSE

1:06:21BARRIERS ALSO MEAN IT DOES TAKE

1:06:23TIME FOR THEM TO COME AND MAKE

1:06:25READY. SO 60 DAYS IS TURNROUND

1:06:27AND IT MIGHT NOT WORK IN THIS

1:06:30NEIGHBORHOOD. I JUST WANT TO SAY

1:06:31THAT PART. COUNCIL MEMBER

1:06:35WARREN.

1:06:37>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I THINK

1:06:40THIS IS WONDERFUL. I WANT TO

1:06:42POINT OUT THE FACT THAT HABITAT

1:06:46FOR HUMANITY TYPICALLY RANGES

1:06:48ANYWHERE BETWEEN 30O 80% AMI.

1:06:51SO HAVING YOU REST ANYWHERE

1:06:53BETWEEN 60-80% AMI IS WONDERFUL.

1:06:55THE BIGGEST BARRIERS THAT A

1:06:57MAJORITY OF LOW TO MODERATE

1:06:59INCOME FAMILIES HAVE AN ISSUE

1:07:01WITH WHEN IT'S TIME TO QUALIFY

1:07:03FOR PURCHASE OR GETTING INTO

1:07:07PRE-PURCHASE PROGRAMS IS DTI.

1:07:09IT'S NOT AMI.O YOU GUYS ARE

1:07:11DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. AND WE

1:07:12KNOW THAT IT TAKES ANYWHERE

1:07:16BETWEEN 60 TO 120 DAYS TO G

1:07:19SOMEONE WHAT'S CALLED

1:07:20MORTGAGE-APPLICATION READY.

1:07:21WHICH MEANS THAT THEY'RE MEETING

1:07:23THE DTI REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS

1:07:25THE DEBT TO INCOME RATIO

1:07:27REQUIREMENTS WITH THEIR INCOME

1:07:28IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO

1:07:30PRE-QUALIFY FOR A HOME. SO GOOD

1:07:32WORK. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. I

1:07:34WILL SUPPORT THIS I KNOW THAT

1:07:37AS THE FORMER HOMEOWNERSHIP

1:07:41DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR TWIN

1:07:42CITIES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY,

1:07:43THAT WE HE HELPED A LOT OF

1:07:45INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN THAT 60-80%

1:07:48AMI FOR EVEN A LOT OF THE HOMES

1:07:50WE DEVELOPED IN THE EAST

1:07:52PHILLIPS NEIGHBORHOOD NEW

1:07:53CONSTRUCTION HOMES WITH HABITAT,

1:07:55PURCHASE HOMES IN THAT AREA AND

1:07:56THEY ARE RGING BETWEEN THAT

1:07:5860-80% INCOME RANGE, WHICH IS

1:08:00IMPORTANT THAT THEY EVEN NEED TO

1:08:02BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT

1:08:04PROPERTY TAXES AND INSURANCE

1:08:05RATES ARE S HIGH. SO THEY DO

1:08:07NEED THE INCOME AND EVEN ABLE TO

1:08:10QUALIFY, AND WE DO TAKE INTO

1:08:12ACCOUNT THINGS THAT WOULD ALSO

1:08:14MAKE IT AFFORDABLE LIKE

1:08:16DIFFERENT DOWN PAYMENT

1:08:17ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT ARE

1:08:18ALSO AVAILABLE TO FIRST- TIME

1:08:22HOMEBUYERS THAT WOULD ME THEM

1:08:23INCOME ELIGIBLE FOR THESE

1:08:24WONDERFUL TOWNHOMES THAT YOU

1:08:25GUYS ARE DEVELOPING. I WILL SAY

1:08:27KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. THIS IS

1:08:29A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY. NEW

1:08:32HOUSING. BEAUTIFUL FAMILIES

1:08:35BEING WELCOMED IN. I KNOW THAT

1:08:36IT'S SCARY, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY

1:08:40WORTH IT. AND JASON, I THINK

1:08:43YOURARD IS WORTH IT. THANK

1:08:45YOU.

1:08:46>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

1:08:47>> THANK YOU, CHAIR OSMAN. I DO

1:08:48THINK MY WARD IS WORTH IT WHICH

1:08:51IS WHY I'M ADVOCATING FOR

1:08:53AFFORDABILITY. DIAND I THINK TH

1:08:57WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 60AMI,

1:09:02WHICH IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. AND

1:09:04NOW INCREASING IT TO 80% AMI IN

1:09:08AN AREA THAT IS STRUGGLING

1:09:09ALREADY. I THINK THAT IS SENDING

1:09:14THE WRONG MESSAGE. THERE'S A LOT

1:09:16OF MARKET RATE HOUSINGN THE

1:09:19MIDTOWN FLIPS NEIGHBORHOOD. I

1:09:20REALLY DO HAVE CONCERNS THAT WE

1:09:22ARE PROMISED THAT 60% AMI, AND

1:09:25NOW WE'RE BEING ASKED TO EXTEND

1:09:27IT TO 80% AMI. I DO WANT TO

1:09:30FOCUS ON THAT.T'S NOT JUST

1:09:32THIS PROJECT. I HAVE A STRONG

1:09:33FEELING THAT THIS IS GOING TO

1:09:34START COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE

1:09:36FOR SO MANY OTHER PROJECTS

1:09:37BEFORE US IN THE FUTURE. THAT IS

1:09:39A BIG CCERN FOR ALL OF US

1:09:40BECAUSE IF WE'RE WORKING WITH

1:09:43PARTICULAR DEVELOPERS AND WE

1:09:44AGREE TO PARTICULAR AMI FOR

1:09:46PARTICULAR UNITS AND THEN FOUR

1:09:47YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, WE THEN SAY

1:09:49JUST KIDDING, WE'RE GOING TO

1:09:51INCREASE IT TO A DIFFERENT

1:09:53LEVEL, LIKE, ARE WE HEARING THE

1:09:55TRUTH TO BEGIN WITH? AND I'M NOT

1:09:57TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT. I'M

1:09:58TALKING ABOUT IN GENERAL. I AM

1:09:59GOING TO BE CONCERNED THAT WHEN

1:10:01WE HAVE AGREEMENTS ABOUT A

1:10:03PROJECT ABOUT A PARTICULAR AMI,

1:10:05ARE WE BEING TOLD THE TRUTH BY

1:10:08DEVELOPERS OR NOT? AND ARE THEY

1:10:11GOING TO SAY THE PROJECT IS NOT

1:10:13GOING TO HAPPEN UNLESS YOU

1:10:14CHANGE THE AFFORDABILITY RATE.

1:10:16AND THAT IS A BIG CONCERN I

1:10:17HAVE. THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT

1:10:19HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE I STARTED

1:10:21SEEING THAT LAST CYCLE. I FEEL

1:10:23LIKE WE'RE GOING TO START SEEING

1:10:24THIS COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE

1:10:25FOR A LOT OFPROJECTS. AS THE

1:10:27COUNCIL, AS THE COMMITTEE, IF WE

1:10:29DON'T HAVE THAT CONVERSATION,

1:10:31THERE IS GOING TO BE AN

1:10:35EXACERBATION. I JUST FEEL IT.

1:10:37ONE, I DID NOT KNOW THIS WAS

1:10:39HAPPENG. THIS WASN'T REALLY

1:10:41BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. SO I'M

1:10:43GOING TO DELAY THIS O CYCLE SO

1:10:45I CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS

1:10:46WITH STAFF ABOUT WHAT IT MEA

1:10:48TO HAVE THIS CHANGE IN THIS

1:10:51AFFORDABILITY. NEIGHBORHOOD ASSG

1:10:54COMMUNICATED TO NEIGHBORS IN THE

1:10:55AREA GIVEN THIS IS A B CHANGE.

1:10:57SO THAT IS AN ASK I'M GOING TO

1:10:58MAKE.

1:10:59>> ALL RIGHT. SECOND FOR THAT

1:11:03MOTION. I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL

1:11:05MEMBER VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

1:11:08>> THANK YOU, CHAIR OSMAN. S I

1:11:17JUST HAVE A QUTION ABOUT HOW

1:11:23LONG -- HAS THE COMMUNITY --

1:11:25SORRY. THE AONYM IN THE FULL

1:11:28NAME OF IT IS ALLUDING ME RIGHT

1:11:33NOW.

1:11:34>> CITY OF LAKES COMMUNITY LAND

1:11:35TRUST.

1:11:35>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE THEY

1:11:37BEEN DOING MARKETING FOR THIS AT

1:11:38THE SAME AMOUNT O TIME AS THE

1:11:40DEVELOPER?

1:11:40>> YES. AND THEY WORK WITH 60%

1:11:44AMI HOME BUYERS YEAR ROUND, AND

1:11:47ARE PART OF THEIR MISSION IS

1:11:50CONTINUE TO WORK, CONTINUING

1:11:52YEAR ROUND TO WORK WITH

1:11:54POTENTIAL HOMEBUYERS TO MATCH

1:11:57INDEX TO AVAILABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP

1:11:59OPPORTUNITY.

1:12:00>> AND THIS CAN BE A FOLLOW-UP

1:12:03MEMO. WHAT IS THE TYPICAL AMOUNT

1:12:06OF TIME THAT THE CITY OF LAKES

1:12:09LAND TRUST TYPICALLY ADVERTISES

1:12:12THESE TYPES OF PROPERTIES? YOU

1:12:13DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT RIGHT

1:12:14NOW.

1:12:19>> RIGHT. IT DOES -- WE CAN

1:12:21FOLLOW UP WITH AN EXACT AMOUNT,

1:12:23NUMBER OF MONTHS THAT IT TAKES

1:12:27TO MARKET CURRENTLY. TO PROVIDE

1:12:31THE MOST ACCURATE ANSWER TO YOUR

1:12:33QUESTION.

1:12:34>> MA'AM, I'M ONLY HAVING A

1:12:37CONVERSATION WITH CITY STAFF. AS

1:12:40A PRESENTER TO ASK QUESTIONS. SO

1:12:41MAYBE THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS

1:12:43FOR YOU, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK IF

1:12:45IT'S ALL RIGHT IF YOU TAKE A

1:12:47SEAT ATHIS POINT. THANK YOU,

1:12:49MA'AM. SORRY. COULD YOU REPEAT

1:12:58THAT ANSWER?

1:12:59>> TO PROVIDE THE MOST ACCURATE

1:13:02ANSWER IN TODAY'S MARKET, I

1:13:03WOULD LIKE TO CONFIRM WITH CITY

1:13:06OF LAKES COMMUNITY LAND TRUST

1:13:07AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO

1:13:08YOU.

1:13:09>> OKAY. THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

1:13:12AND THEN WHEN IS THE EXPECTED

1:13:13DATE OF THE COMPLETION OF THE

1:13:15BUILD? YOU NOTED THAT THE

1:13:16PROPERTY HAS BEENHOWN BUT IT

1:13:19HASN'T BEEN THE FULL COMPLETIONT

1:13:22WILL COMPLETE THIS MONTH.

1:13:24>> IT WILL COMPLETE THIS MONTH.

1:13:25OKAY. A THEN THERE WILL STILL

1:13:27BE MARKETING TOURS AFTER

1:13:29COMPLETION?

1:13:29>> CORRECT.

1:13:29>> OKA GREAT AND DO YOU KNOW

1:13:33HOW MUCH OF A PERCENTAGE

1:13:37COMPLETION IS AT PRESENTLY?

1:13:38>> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT

1:13:40THERE'S STILL SOME WORK TO DO IN

1:13:42SO OF THE UNITS INSTALLING

1:13:44SOME OF THE CUPBOARDS AND THE

1:13:48FINISHINGS IN THE KITCHEN.

1:13:49>> THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL MY

1:13:51QUESTIFOR YOU.

1:13:51I'LL JUST MAKE THE COMMENT THAT

1:13:58I THINK LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER

1:13:59AVEZ IS RAISING UP AN

1:14:03IMPORTANT QUESTION ABOUT

1:14:05AFFORDABILITY IN THIS AREA OF

1:14:06HIS WARD. WE ALSO HAD IN

1:14:13ABOUT -- THERE WERE CONCERNS

1:14:15THAT THERE WASN'T GOING TO BE

1:14:17AFFORDABILITY. THAT PROJECT IS

1:14:18BEING PROPOSED AS 60% AMI. AND

1:14:21EVEN FURTHER AFFORDABILITY FOR

1:14:23ALL OF THE UNITS IN THE ME

1:14:25NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THAT WAS

1:14:27BROUGHT UP NOT JUST BY ME, BUT

1:14:31BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER WHO

1:14:33REPRESENTS THE AREA HIGHLIGHTING

1:14:35THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE OPTIONS,

1:14:38AND AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP

1:14:39OPTIONS IN THIS PART OF OUR

1:14:42CITY. AND SO JUST APPRECIATE HIS

1:14:44COMMENTS ON THAT, AND LOOKING

1:14:47FORWARD TO FURTHER INFORMATION

1:14:50THAT WE CAN GET AND A PATH

1:14:51FORWARD.

1:14:54>> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFE

1:14:56>> YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR OSMAN.

1:14:58AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR

1:14:58PRESENTATION AND FOR BEING WITH

1:15:00US TODAY. I REALLY APPRECIATE

1:15:01IT. I DO THINK THAT WE MAY B

1:15:04SEEING SOME TRENDS IN THE

1:15:07OVERALL MARKET. WE HAD ANNE COME

1:15:10BEFORE US IN THE DEEPLY

1:15:13AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPACE WHERE

1:15:16THERE ARE PRESSURES THAT ARE

1:15:20MUCH BIGGER THAT WE AS A CITY

1:15:23COUNCIL MAY WISH TO IMPOSE ON

1:15:26DEVELOPERS BUT I TNK WE HAVE

1:15:28TO TAKE SERIOUSLY. IF WE WANT

1:15:31PEOPLE TO INVEST IN OUR CITY,

1:15:33THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE THE

1:15:34FINANCES WORK SO THEY CAN GET

1:15:36THE RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT

1:15:38IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE WITH

1:15:40THE CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS

1:15:41THAT WE ARE CURNTLY IN. SO I

1:15:43JUST WOULD LIKE TO ASK STAFF, I

1:15:45MEAN, WE HARDLY EVER SEE IN MY

1:15:48MIND, WE RARELY SEE TOWNHOME

1:15:50DEVELOPMENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS. IS

1:15:51THAT CORRECT? AND CAN YOU TELL

1:15:54ME MAYBE SOMEF THE MARKET

1:15:56REASONS WHY?

1:15:57>> WE HAVE A FEW TOWNHOME

1:16:00DEVELOPMENTS, AND THE MARKET

1:16:01REASONS CHANGE EVERY YEAR. WE

1:16:05HAD TWO THAT COME TO MIND

1:16:07RECENTLY WERE 628 EAST FRANKLIN,

1:16:09WHICH WAS ALSO A CITY OF LAKES

1:16:12COMMUNITY LAND TRUST PROJECT,

1:16:16AND TWIN CIES HABITAT FOR

1:16:18HUMANITY RECENTLY THE PAST

1:16:19COUPLE OF YEARS COMPLETED. THE

1:16:25AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT TAKES TO

1:16:27BRING HOMEOWNERS IN TO TOWNHOME

1:16:30UNITS IS LONGER THAN A

1:16:33SINGLE-FILY HOME OR A TWIN

1:16:35HOME. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER,

1:16:41AND T DEVELOPER ALSO MENTIONED

1:16:43THAT OBTAINING A MORTGAGE FOR A

1:16:47TOWNHOME IS MORE CHALLENGING

1:16:48THAN OBTAINING A MORTGAGE FOR A

1:16:50SINGLE-FAMILY HOME AND

1:16:51HOMEOWNERSHIP. AND THE CURRENT

1:16:58INTEREST RATES IS PRIMARILY

1:17:00WHAT'S DRIVING THIS REQUEST.

1:17:03THERE ST AREN'T 60% AMI

1:17:05HOMEBUYERS ARE HAVING MUCH MORE

1:17:08DIFFICULTY NOT JUST ACCESSING A

1:17:10SINGLE-FAMILY HOME OR A TWIN

1:17:12HOME, BUT BEING ABLE TO QUALIFY

1:17:14FOR A TOWNHOME MORTGAGE, WHICH

1:17:19IS MORE CHALLENGING. AND THAT IS

1:17:22THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THIS

1:17:23REQUEST TO COUNCIL.

1:17:25>> OKAY. WELL THANK YOU FOR

1:17:27COMING BEFORE US. AND I HOPE

1:17:31THAT WE CAN TRUST WHE STAFF

1:17:32TAKE THE TIME AND DEVELOPERS

1:17:33TAKE THE TIME TO COME BEFORE US

1:17:35AS A BODY AND TO BRING FORWARD A

1:17:37NEED THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT

1:17:40SERIOUSLY AND THAT WE CAN LISTEN

1:17:42AND NOT DISREGARD THE FINANCIAL

1:17:44STRAITS THAT COME OF OUR

1:17:45DEVELOPERS ARE FINDING

1:17:46THEMSELVES IN. WE NEED TO

1:17:48PROTECT AFFORDABILITY IN OUR

1:17:49CITY. BUT WE AO NEED TO

1:17:51PROTECT THOSE WHO ARE BRINGING

1:17:52THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO US.

1:17:53SO THANK YOU FOR YOU TIME AND

1:17:54FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

1:17:58>> NEXT ON QUEUE, WE HAVE

1:17:59COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.

1:18:03>> THANK YOU. SO COUNCIL MEMBER

1:18:07CHAVEZ, I WOULD LIKE THE CHANCE

1:18:09TO TALK TO YOU IN DETAIL ABOUT

1:18:11THIS. BUT SO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M

1:18:16THINKING HERE IS THAT YOU'RE

1:18:17RIGHT, THE MARKETS HAVE CHANGED.

1:18:18AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LKING

1:18:20AT. THAT'S WHY ANNE WAS HERE.

1:18:22THAT'S WHY THIS DEVELOPER IS

1:18:24HERE. WHE WE'RE ELECTED, WHEN

1:18:28WE WON THE 2021 ELECTION, SEEMS

1:18:32LIKE A LIFETIM AGO, RIGHT?

1:18:34MORTGAGES WERE 3.5%. NOW THEY'RE

1:18:377%. THAT KICKS THE AFFORDABILITY

1:18:40OUT OF ANY HOUSING PROJECT. WE

1:18:43HAVE TO BALANCE NOT ONLY THIS

1:18:45DESI TO HAVE AFFORDABILITY,

1:18:46WHICH I SHA WITH YOU, WE HAVE

1:18:49VELOPERS IN THE CITY OF LAKES

1:18:51LAND TRUST NOW IN THIS PROJECT

1:18:53WITH CAPITAL TIED UP, WITH

1:18:55INVESTMENT TIED UP, AND IF THEY

1:18:57CAN'T SELL IT, THAT'S GOING T

1:18:59SEND A MESSAGE TO OTHER

1:19:00DEVELOPERS AND THE CITY OF LAKES

1:19:02LAND TRUST TO NOT INVEST IN THIS

1:19:04NEIGHBORHOOD. SOON, THAT

1:19:05NEIGHBORHOOD WILL NOT HAVE NEW

1:19:07OWNER-OCCUPIED HOUSING, IT WILL

1:19:09JUST HAVE NEW RENTAL HOUSING. SO

1:19:11THAT'SIND OF THE THINGS I'D

1:19:13LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT

1:19:15PRIVATELY. ANDUST SINCE I HAVE

1:19:17THE FLOOR HERE, LISA, WE HAVEN'T

1:19:20SEEN EACH OTHER FOR PROBABLY TWO

1:19:22DECADES. BUT LISA WORKED WITH ME

1:19:25ON A PROJECT CONVERTING AN OLD

1:19:27CONVENT INTO A FACILITY FOR

1:19:31DEAF-BLIND MINNESOTA, WHICH NOT

1:19:32ONLY WAS AFFORDABLE, BUT IT

1:19:36HELPED THE PEOPLEO LIVE

1:19:38INDEPENDENTLY. THEY GO THERE AND

1:19:39THEY TRAIN FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS

1:19:41LEARN HOW TO LIVE

1:19:42INDEPENDENTLY. SO I CAN SPEAK TO

1:19:43HER CHARACTER AND TO HER

1:19:46HONESTY. WHEN SHE COMES BEFORE

1:19:48US, I TRULY DO BIEVE HER. SO

1:19:50THAT'S MY LECTURE FOR THE DAY. I

1:19:51LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU

1:19:53IN PERSON. THANK YOU.

1:19:55>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER

1:19:58RAINVIE. NEXT IS COUNCIL

1:19:58MEMBER WARREN.

1:19:59>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. 60%

1:20:04AMI IS LIKE $55,000 A YEAR FOR A

1:20:09SINGLE PERSON WITH A FAMILY OF

1:20:12FOUR IS ANYWHERE ABOUT $78,000

1:20:15TO $80,000 A YEAR. WE LOOK AT

1:20:1980% AT ANYWHERE BETWEEN 70

1:20:21SOMETHING, $80,000 A YEAR UP TO

1:20:23ABOUT $105,000 A YEAR WITH A

1:20:26FAMILY OF FOUR OR SO. WE ALSO

1:20:27LOOK AT THE FACT THAT WHEN

1:20:29PEOPLE ARE QUALIFYING FOR A

1:20:33MORTGAGE, ANYONE WHO HAS

1:20:35CHILDREN AGE 15 YEARS OR UNDE

1:20:36ALL INCOME THAT COMES INTO THAT

1:20:40HOUSEHOLD IS LOOKED AT AS INCOME

1:20:42THAT HAS TO BE REPORTED IN ORDER

1:20:43TO QUALIFY FOR A MORTGAGE OR

1:20:45DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM,

1:20:46SO THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO

1:20:48WHAT A LOT OF LOW TO MODERATE

1:20:50INCOME FAMILIES END UP RUNNING

1:20:53INTOS FOR OTHER SERVICE

1:20:55PROGRAMS THAT THEY RECEIVE

1:20:57WHETHER IT BE SOME TYPE OF

1:21:00RENTAL SUBSIDY OR PUBLIC

1:21:01ASSISTANCE OR THOSE TYPESF

1:21:02THOSE THINGS, THE CHILDREN'S

1:21:04INCOME IS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT

1:21:06WHICH QUALIFIES THEM IN THAT

1:21:07RESPECT, BUT WHEN IT'S TIME TO

1:21:09UTILIZE A MORTGAGE, THEN ALL OF

1:21:12THOSE OTHER INCOMES COME IN TO

1:21:15PLAY. AND SOMETIMES INDIVIDUALS

1:21:17END UP BEING OVER THE AMI AND

1:21:20NOT EVEN ELIGIBLE FOR IT AND DO

1:21:22NEED A HIGHER AMI IN ORDER TO BE

1:21:25ELIGIBLE FOR PURCHASE UNDERNEATH

1:21:27THE SCOPE OF THAT IF INDIVIDUALS

1:21:29KNOW AND UNDERSTAND HOW A

1:21:30MORTGAGE IS ORIGINATED AND WHAT

1:21:33ALL COMPONENTS AND HOW DIFFERENT

1:21:34VARIOUS INDEX ARE LOOKED AT WHEN

1:21:36IT COMESO THE HOME PURCHASE

1:21:37PROCESS. AM I ACCURATE IN THAT?

1:21:42>> YES.

1:21:43>> THANK YOU. SO JUST WANTED TO

1:21:44POINT THOSE THINGS OUT BECAUSE

1:21:45WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS

1:21:48CREATE BARRIERS BECAUSE WHEN IT

1:21:51COMES TO HOME PURCHASE, ALL

1:21:54INCOMES ARE LOOKED AT

1:21:56DIFFERENTLY WHEN IT COMES TO

1:21:57THAT PROCESS. INDIVIDUALS WILL

1:22:01HAVE TO WRITE LETTERS OF

1:22:03EXPLANATION FOR CASH APPS THEY

1:22:04GET OVER THE AMOUNT OF $250.

1:22:12WHETHER IT'S CHILD SUPPORT,

1:22:13COURT ORDERED OR NOT. WHATEVER

1:22:15THE CASE IS, INDIVIDUALS END UP

1:22:19NEEDING MORE WIGGLE ROOM THROUGH

1:22:21THE PURCHASE PROCESS THAN THEY

1:22:26WOULD WITH SOMEONE RTING A

1:22:29PLACE. WHAT IT IS NOT IS AN

1:22:31INME BARRIER THAT'S BEING

1:22:32CREATED, IT'S ACTUALLY AN

1:22:34OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO

1:22:37DO HAVE INCOME WHETHER -- AND

1:22:38EVEN IF THERE'S AN ORDER FOR

1:22:40CHILD SUPPORT WHETHER IT'S BEING

1:22:42PAID OR NOT, THE COURT STILL

1:22:44TAKES IT -- OR THE MORTGAGE

1:22:47ORIGINATION OR THE FINANCE

1:22:49COMPANY STILL TAKES THAT INTO

1:22:50CONSIDERATION BECAUSE IT IS

1:22:51COURT ORDERED. AND THEY HAVE TO

1:22:53ADD THAT INFORMATION IN THERE

1:22:55FOR INDIVIDUALS EVEN WHEN

1:22:56THEY'RE BEINGADE ELIGIBLE FOR

1:22:58DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

1:23:00OR DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

1:23:01THAT HAS TO BE COUNTED. I JUST

1:23:03WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THESE

1:23:05ARE THINGS THAT HAVE TO COME

1:23:07INTO PLAY AND THAT ARE ACCOUNTED

1:23:10FOR. WEON'T WANT TO CREATE

1:23:12BARRIERS FOR LOW TO MODERATE

1:23:13INCOME FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO

1:23:16TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE

1:23:17OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

1:23:18UTILIZING THE CITY OF LAKES LAND

1:23:20TRUST, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL

1:23:22PROGRAM. AND I THANK YOU FOR THE

1:23:23GREAT THINGS YOU'RE DOING, AND

1:23:24THE FACT THAT YOU ALLOW FOR

1:23:26PEOPLE TO TAKE TIR HOME THAT

1:23:28IS NOT A PART OF YOUR PROGRAM,

1:23:30AND APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM WITH

1:23:32THAT HOME TO MAKE THE HOME

1:23:34AFFORDABLE FOR THEM. YOU GUYS

1:23:36GOT A LOT OF GOOD STUFF GOING

1:23:38OVER THERE.

1:23:38JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. I

1:23:42REALLY WISH THAT I COULD LAY IT

1:23:44ALL OUT AND LIKE PUT MYIND ON

1:23:49THE SHOOPTY-DOOP SO THAT PEOPLE

1:23:54UNDERSTOOD WHAT MORTGAGE

1:23:55ORIGINATION AND UNDERWRITING

1:23:57PROCESS AND ALL OF THESE

1:23:59DIFFERENT THINGS LOOK LIKE WHEN

1:24:00YOU'RE PURCHASING A HOME, WHICH

1:24:01IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE

1:24:02INCOME THAT YOU HAVE TO SHOW

1:24:03UPFRONT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF

1:24:05THINGS AND IN OTHER PROGRAMS

1:24:08THAT 60-80% AMI IS NOT A BAD

1:24:12PLACE. THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY

1:24:13GOOD PLACE, AND THAT'S A FAMILY

1:24:16THAT IS SEMI-COMFORTABLE NOTN

1:24:18LIKE OUT THE WOODS, YOU KNOW.

1:24:21YOU STILL ON THE HUSTLE. BUT

1:24:24IT'S A FINANCIALLY COMFORTABLE

1:24:31EMBARK UPON SELF-INVESTMENT INTO

1:24:34HOMEOWNERSHIP. IT'S NOT A DANGER

1:24:36ZONE, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THE BIG

1:24:40W, YOU'RE NOT LIKE WINNING,

1:24:41WINNING, WINNING, WITH ALL THE

1:24:43BELLS AND WHISTLES AND STUFF.

1:24:44BUT YOU GOOD. YOU KNOW. AND THE

1:24:49NEIGHBORHOOD IS A GOOD PLACE TO

1:24:50PURCHASE IN. I THINK EAST

1:24:52PHILLIPS IS A BEAUTIFUL

1:24:54COMMUNITY. AND I'M REALLY -- I

1:24:56ALLY WANT MY COLLEAGUES TO

1:24:59KNOW AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT

1:25:02AMI AMOUNT IS AND HOW

1:25:06INDIVIDUALS' INCOMES ARE VIEWED

1:25:08WHEN IT COMES TO HE PURCHASE

1:25:10VERSUS WHEN IT'S OTHER THINGS

1:25:12THAT YOU'RE DOING ON THE OTHER

1:25:15SIDE. I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE

1:25:17DISCUSSED. CANOU JUST DIG INTO

1:25:19THAT? YOU CAN. I MEAN, IT'S A

1:25:23REAL PLACE. I THINK THAT PEOPLE

1:25:26NEED TO UNDERSTAND. BECAUSE IF

1:25:28YOU HAVEN'T PURCHASED A HOME

1:25:29BEFORE OR WALKED WITH SOMEONE

1:25:30THROUGHHAT PROCESS,

1:25:34UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THE VERY

1:25:36IMPORTANT KEY COMPONENTS OF HOW

1:25:38INCOME AND FINANCE IS LOOKED AT

1:25:42PURCHASING A HOME. WHILEE'RE

1:25:44TALKING ABOUT THIS 60-80% AMI,

1:25:47THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GO

1:25:47INTO THAT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

1:25:49INCOME AND HOUSEHOLD SIZES AND

1:25:51DIFFERENT STUFF LIKE THAT THAT

1:25:53YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SO

1:25:54THAT YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT

1:25:58TURNING INTO AN UNTANGIBLE

1:26:02REALITY FOR RESIDENTS IN THE

1:26:03CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THAT'S

1:26:04REALLY GOOD AND STILL GETS THEM

1:26:07A GOOD LOAN TO VALUE WITH A LOT

1:26:10OF SPACE FOR DOWN PAYMENT

1:26:12ASSISTANCE THAT CREATES A REAL W

1:26:14FOR THEM TO ENTER INTO

1:26:15HOMEOWNERSHIP. THE END. I DIDN'

1:26:23>> I'LL BE QUICK, CHAIR.

1:26:24>> COUNCIL MEMBER, GO AHEAD,

1:26:27PLEASE.

1:26:27>> I'LL PUT IT MORE PLAINLY OVER

1:26:30HERE. 41% OF T MIDTOWN

1:26:33NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THIS PROJECT

1:26:34IS GOING TO BE AT MAKES UNDER

1:26:37$35,000. THE MAJORITY OF THE

1:26:38POPULATION BAS ON THEIR INCOME

1:26:40IN THE MIDTOWN PHILLIPS

1:26:41NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD NOT BE ABLE

1:26:43TO AFFORD BEING A TOWNHOME OWNER

1:26:49HERE. INCREASING THAT TO 80%

1:26:52FURTHER MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR

1:26:56THE MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD -- I'M

1:26:57NOT AGAINST HOUSING. I'M NOT

1:26:59AGAINST BUILDING MORE TOWNHOMES

1:27:01AND HOMEOWNERSHIP. I'M SAYING I

1:27:03WANT MY NEIGHBORS TO HAVE ACCESS

1:27:06TOHOMEOWNERSHIP. I WANT FOLKS

1:27:07THAT HAVE STRUGGLED TO HAVE HOME

1:27:10ACCESS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS

1:27:11NEIGHBORHOOD, MAJORITY PEOPLE OF

1:27:14COLOR, HAVING ACCESS TO THE

1:27:15OPPORTUNITY OF PURCHASING A

1:27:17TOWNHOME. TO HAVE THAT

1:27:18OPPORTUNITY TO BREAK THE CYCLES

1:27:20OF POVERTY AND BREAK THE CYCLES

1:27:22OF NOT BEING ABLE TO BE

1:27:25FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS. THAT IS

1:27:26WHAT I'M TRYING TO ADDRESS HERE.

1:27:29BY SAYING MOVING IT TO 80%, WE

1:27:32HAVE NOW MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR

1:27:35FOLKS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO

1:27:36ACCESS IT. YOU CAN SHAKE YOUR

1:27:37HEAD. THAT'S OKAY. NOT FOR YOU,

1:27:39STAFF. THAT'S ADDRESSING A SHAKE

1:27:40IN THE HEAD IN THE BACK. THAT IS

1:27:44MAKING IT HARD FOR PEOPLE THAT

1:27:45LIVE THERE. SO I JUST WANTED TO

1:27:47NAME THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT IS

1:27:50IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE BUILDING

1:27:50FOR PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,

1:27:52IT HAS TO BE FOR THE PEOPLE IN

1:27:55THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. RIGHT

1:27:56NOW IT'S NOT FULLY FOR THE

1:27:57PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I

1:27:59WANTED TO ADD THAT CONTEXT. I'M

1:28:02NOT SAYING I'M OPPOSED TO THIS

1:28:04CHANGE. I HAVEN'T EVEN SAID

1:28:06THAT. THERE HASN'T BEEN A

1:28:06CONVERSATION WITH MY OFFICE THAT

1:28:08THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I HAD

1:28:10TO FIND OUT THROUGH AGENDAS AND

1:28:12I HAD TO ASK THE CHAIR TO MOVE

1:28:14IT FOR DISCUSSION. I THINK IT'S

1:28:16IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT THIS.

1:28:17SO I ASK FOR THE DELAY FOR A

1:28:19CYCLE. I WOULD WANT TO HAVE

1:28:21CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF AND MY

1:28:22COLLEAGUES UP HERE ON THE DAIS

1:28:24TO HELP ME MOVED FORWARD. AT THE

1:28:26END OF THE DAY, I THINK WE

1:28:28SHOULD FURTHER RESTRICT OUR

1:28:29AFFOR

1:28:31AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND

1:28:32INTO PARTICULAR RESTRICTIONS AND

1:28:35LET THE MARKET DECIDE WHERE THEY

1:28:36WANT TO BUILD EVERYWHERE ELSE.

1:28:38>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR

1:28:39PRESENTATION. TH WAS A LON

1:28:42ONE. ON THE MOTION TO DELAY A

1:28:44CYCLE FOR THIS ITEM, ALL THOSE

1:28:47>> AYE.

1:28:47>> AND THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

1:28:49THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE MOTION

1:28:51CARRIES. NEXT, WE WILL GO ON

1:28:59DISCUSSION, WHICH IS APPROVES

1:29:01DECERTIFICATION FOR SEVERAL TIF

1:29:03DISTRICTS. I'LL INVITE THE STAFF

1:29:04TOIVE US THE DETAILS. WELCOME.

1:29:06>> THANK YOU, CHAIR OSMAN,

1:29:07COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS

1:29:09MATTHEW HENDRIX AND I'M THE

1:29:12MANAGER IN THE DEVELOPMENT

1:29:13FINANCE DIVISION IN THE PROPERTY

1:29:14SERVICES DEPARTMENT. OUR TEAM

1:29:16MANAGES THE CITY'S TAX INCREMENT

1:29:20OR TIF AMONG OTHER ASSIGNMENTS.

1:29:21FOR CONTEXT, TIF IS ENABLED BY

1:29:23STATE LEGISLATION, AND THE CITY

1:29:26ADMINISTERS OUR TIF PROGRAM

1:29:29UNDER ACTIVE SUPERVISION FROM

1:29:30THE STATE OF MINNESOTA'S OFFICE

1:29:32OF THE STATE AUDITOR. THE ACTION

1:29:34FORE YOU TODAY INVOLVES THE

1:29:37DECERTIFICATION OR COMPLETION OF

1:29:37FIVE TIF DISTRICTS AS WELAS A

1:29:39MODIFICATION OF A SIXth TIF

1:29:43DISTRICT. WHEN A NEW TIF

1:29:44DISTRICT IS CREATED, IT IS DONE

1:29:47AT THE BEGINNING OF A PROJECT

1:29:49DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. THE

1:29:49PROPERTY OWNER CONTINUES TO P

1:29:51THEIR REAL ESTATE TAXES AS THEY

1:29:53WOULD WITHOUT A TIF DISTRICT.

1:29:55HOWEVER, THE TAXES GENERATED BY

1:29:57THE INCREASE IN VALUE CAUSED BY

1:29:59THE DEVELOPMENT A PLEDGED TO TH

1:30:01NOT DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY,

1:30:04COUNTY, OR OTHER JURISDICTIONS

1:30:05THAT RECEIVE REAL ESTATE TAX

1:30:06PROCEEDS. THIS REVENUE IS CALLED

1:30:10TAX INCREMENT AND IS GENERALLY

1:30:13USED BY THE DEVELOPER TO REPAY A

1:30:15LOAN THAT THEY GET TO COVER A

1:30:17PORTION OF THE PROJECT COSTS OF

1:30:18THE DEVELOPMENT. ONCE THIS LOAN

1:30:20IS FULLY REPAID OR AFTER 26

1:30:23YEARS OF INCREMENT, WHICHEVER

1:30:25OCCURS SOON, THE DISTRICT IS

1:30:26REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE TO BE

1:30:30DECERTIFIED. WITH EACH

1:30:32DECERTIFICATION, THE REAL ESTATE

1:30:35VALUE THAT WAS DEDICATED NOW

1:30:38GOES BACK TO THE GENERAL TAX

1:30:40BASE. THIS ADDITIONAL TAX BASE

1:30:42DOES NOT DIRECTLY IMPACT THE

1:30:43CITY'S BUDGET, HOWEVER, IT

1:30:46OVIDES A TAX CAPACITY TO BEAR

1:30:48THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY. WITH

1:30:51THESE FIVE DECERTIFICATIONS AND

1:30:53THE MODIFICATION TO DISTRICT

1:30:55127, APPROXIMATELY $3.2 MILLION

1:30:56WILL BE ADDED TO THE CITY'S TAX

1:31:01CAPACITY IN 2027. THIS

1:31:02DECERTIFICATION ACTION HAS NO

1:31:03IMCT ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE

1:31:06PROJECTS THEMSELVES. IT SIMPLY

1:31:08INDICATES THAT THE TIF HAS

1:31:10CONCLUDED ITS ROLE IN REPAYING

1:31:11THE TIF LOAN, OR THE PROJECTAS

1:31:14MET THE STATUTORY LIMIT FOR HOW

1:31:16LONG THE TIF DISTRICT IS ALLOWED

1:31:17TO EXIST. WITH THE CHAIR'S

1:31:19PERMISSION AND AT THE VICE

1:31:21CHAIR'S REQUEST, I'D LIKE TO

1:31:23SPEAK VERY BRIEFLY TO THE OTHER

1:31:25TIF ITEM THAT'S ON THE CONSENT

1:31:27AGENDA. EACH YEAR WE SUBMIT A

1:31:30DETAILED FINANCIAL REPORT TO THE

1:31:32STATE AUDITOR ON EVERY TIF

1:31:34DISTRICT THAT HAS AN OUTSTANDING

1:31:38BALANCE. THE ANNUAL DISCLOSURE

1:31:39STATEMENT FOR TIF DISTRICT

1:31:40PROVIDES A HIGH LEVEL SUMRY OF

1:31:43THE FINANCES OF THESE 73

1:31:43DISTRICTS. STAFF HAS SUBMITTED

1:31:46THIS REPORT TO COUNCIL TO MAKE

1:31:48THIS INFORMATION PART OF THE

1:31:50PUBLIC RECORD, AS REQUIRED BY

1:31:52STATE STATUTE. THANK YOU FOR THE

1:31:53CHANCE TO PRESENT, AND WITH

1:31:55THAT, I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY

1:31:57QUESTIONS.

1:31:57>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT

1:31:58PRESENTATION. SEEING NO ONE

1:32:03EL, I WILL MOVE THIS ITEM FOR

1:32:05APPROVAL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY

1:32:06AYE.

1:32:06>> AYE.

1:32:07>> AND THOSE OPPOSED SAYNAY.

1:32:08THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE MOTION

1:32:12CARRIES. COLLEAGUES, WE ARE AT

1:32:13OUR LAST ITEM WHICH IS RECEIVE

1:32:14AND FILE. ON QUARTERLY UPDATES

1:32:20ON EMERGEN HOUSING VOUCHERS

1:32:22PROGRAM. I WILL INVITE JAMIE

1:32:25FROM CPED TO GIVE US A LITTLE

1:32:27BIT MORE DETAILS ON THIS ITEM.

1:32:31>> I'M JAMIE, AND I'M BEFORE

1:32:37YOU TODAY TO GIVE A BRIEF

1:32:39PRESENTATION ON THE PROGRAM

1:32:41CHANGES MILESTONES METRICS ON

1:32:44THE VOUCHER PROGRAM. THIS IS

1:32:47DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE

1:32:50DEMBER 2025 LEGISLATIVE

1:32:51DIRECTIVE TO PROVIDE QUARTERLY

1:32:52UPDATES ON THIS PROGRAM. THE

1:32:55MINNEAPOLIS EMERGENCY HOUSING

1:32:57VOUCHER PROGRAM IS

1:32:59CONCEPTUALIZED TO PROVIDE

1:33:01HOUSING FOR UP TO 100

1:33:04HOUSEHOLDS, 50 INDIVIDUALS AND

1:33:0550 FAMILIES EXPERIENCING

1:33:07HOMELENESS BY PROVIDING 36

1:33:10MONTHS OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE WITH

1:33:12THE AVAILABILITY OF SUPPORTIVE

1:33:13SERVICES FOR UP TO A YEAR. THE

1:33:16CITY PROVIDES FUNDING --

1:33:18>> SORRY. I KNOW THERE'S A

1:33:19COUPLE OF SLIDES.

1:33:20>> OH, THERE ARE SLIDES.

1:33:23>> YEAH. APOLOGIES.

1:33:34>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.

1:33:36>> NO PROBLEM.

1:33:37>> I'LL GO BACK HERE. AS A BRIEF

1:33:40REFRESHER, THE MINNEAPOLIS

1:33:42EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHER

1:33:43PROGRAM PROVIDES HOUSING FOR UP

1:33:46TO 100 HOUSEHOLDS, 50

1:33:48INDIVIDUALS AND 50 FAMILIES

1:33:51EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BY

1:33:52PROVIDING 36 MONTHS OF RENTA

1:33:55ASSISTANCE TO THE FAMILY AND

1:33:56SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR UP TO A

1:33:58YEARTHE CITY PROVIDES RENTAL

1:34:00ASSISTANCE AND PROGRAM -- PROVI

1:34:04ASSISTANCE AND PROGRAM

1:34:06MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION.

1:34:08THE PROGRAM IS OPERATED BY --

1:34:13SERVICES THROUGH THEIR EXISTING

1:34:14PROGRAMS. I WAS BEFORE THE

1:34:18COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ON

1:34:18APRIL 7TH TO PROVIDE A PROGRAM

1:34:20UPDATE AND TO REQUEST

1:34:22AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO

1:34:26FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH MPHA.

1:34:30APPROVED THIS AGREEMENT ON

1:34:34APRIL 9TH. THERE HAS BEEN

1:34:36PROGRAM CHANGE AROUND SUPPORTIVE

1:34:37SERVICES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO

1:34:40REPORT. HENNEPIN COUNTY NOTIFIED

1:34:44THE CITY AND MPHA THAT THEY --

1:34:52BASED ON THIS, HENNEPIN COUNTY

1:34:56HAS PIVOTED ITS APPROACH FOR

1:34:58INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS.

1:35:01COORDINATED ENTRY TO THE VOUCHER

1:35:02PROGRAM TO HOUSEHOLDS THAT MAY

1:35:05HAVE LOWER CASE MANAGEMENT

1:35:06NEEDS. THE CITY AND ITS PROGRAM

1:35:09PARTNERS HAVE REACHED SEVERAL

1:35:11MILESTON SINCE THE

1:35:12AUTHORIZATION OF THE CONTRACT.

1:35:14THESE INCLUDE PROGRAM MANUAL

1:35:18FINALIZATION BY MPHA, MPHA AND

1:35:21HENNEPIN COUNTY ENTERING INTO A

1:35:24MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, THE

1:35:28TY DEVELOPING AND EXECUTING --

1:35:30STAFFING PLAN, AND MOST

1:35:32IMPORTANTLY, PROGRAM WORK

1:35:34COMMENCED IN JULY. IN JULY, THE

1:35:36OGRAM STARTED TAKING IN ITS

1:35:39FIRST REPORT REFERRALS FROM ITS

1:35:40PROGRAM, AND THE FIRST TWO

1:35:43HOUSEHOLDS WERE PLACED IN

1:35:44HOUSING IN MID AUGUST. T

1:35:46PROGRAM'S FIRST QUARTER OF FULL

1:35:48IMPLEMENTATION, 24-HOUSE HOLDS

1:35:51REFERRED BY HENNEPIN COUNTY

1:35:53COORDINATED ENTRY OF WHICH SIX

1:35:55HOUSEHOLDS HAVE DECIDED THEY DID

1:35:56NOT WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH

1:35:57THE PROGRAM. NINE HOUSEHOLDS ARE

1:35:59CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THE

1:36:03PROGRAM INTAKE WITH MPHA. OF THE

1:36:08NINE ENROLLED HOUSEHOLDS IN THE

1:36:10PROGRAM, TWO HAVE BEEN PLACED IN

1:36:12HOUSING. AND SEVEN AREURRENTLY

1:36:15IN THEIR HOUSING SEARCH. IN THE

1:36:182026 BUDGET PROCESS, THE PROGRAM

1:36:25RECEIVED JUST UNDER -- $50,000

1:36:27WAS PAID TO MPHA TO COVER THEIR

1:36:31PROGRAM START-UP COSTS DESCRIBED

1:36:32IN THE CONTRACT AND MY PREVIOUS

1:36:36REPORTS. MPHA HAS STARTED

1:36:38INVOICING FEES FOR ENROLLED

1:36:40HOEHOLDS. WE EXPECT TO BEGIN

1:36:45RECEIVING AS PART OF MPHA'S

1:36:48INVOICING. THAT CONCLUDES MY

1:36:50PROGRAM UPDATE PRESENTATION AND

1:36:51I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

1:36:53QUESTIONS.

1:36:53>> ALL RIT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

1:36:58SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS

1:36:58HERE. VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

1:37:07>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KEEP ON

1:37:10HAVING YOUR PRESENTATION UP AND

1:37:10THEN IT GOES AWAY AND THEN IT

1:37:15COMES BACK UP ON MY END. SO JUST

1:37:20TO GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER

1:37:21UNDERSTANDING. SO CURRENTLY

1:37:30$50,000 HAS BEEN DISBURSED.

1:37:36>> WE DISBURSED $50,000 TO MPHA

1:37:39FOR THEIR STARTUP COSTS THAT WE

1:37:42ALLOCATED $50,000 TO. IN THEIR

1:37:44MOST RECENT INVOICE, THERE WAS

1:37:46ABOUT $25,000 IN CHARGES AND

1:37:49THAT WAS FOR THE $3,500 PER

1:37:54HOUSEHOLD ENROLLMENT FEE. AND

1:37:55ONE MONTH OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE

1:37:57FEE THAT'S CRGED FOR EACH

1:37:58HOUSEHOLD AS THEY'RE ENROLLED

1:38:00PER MONTH.

1:38:02>> OKAY, AND THAT HASN'T BEEN

1:38:05FULFILLED YET.

1:38:05>> IASSED IT THROUGH FOR

1:38:07PAYMENT TODAY.

1:38:08>> OKAY. AND THEN FOR THE -- SO

1:38:11$50,000 FOR START-UP COSTS. AND

1:38:17SO FOR THE TWO INDIVIDUALS OR

1:38:20TWO HOUSEHOLDS THAT GOT A

1:38:22HOUSING PLACEMENT, THAT'S NOT

1:38:24REFLECTED IN THE AMOUNT THAT'S

1:38:25DISBURSED?

1:38:26>> NO. I EXPECT TO RECEIVE AN

1:38:29INVOICE FOR THEIR FIRST MONTH OF

1:38:30RENT COMING IN THE NEXT FEW

1:38:32DAYS.

1:38:32>> OKAY. DO YOU HAVE AN

1:38:37ANTICIPATED AMOUNT ON THAT.

1:38:39>> IT WAS ONE FAMILY AND ONE

1:38:40INDIVIDUAL, SO I EXPECT -- I

1:38:42WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK ANDLOOK.

1:38:45$1,100, $1,500 FOR THE

1:38:47INDIVIDUAL. AND PROBABLY $2,000

1:38:48FORHE HOUSEHOLD JUST BECAUSE I

1:38:50DON'T KNOW WHAT SIZE, AND

1:38:53TWO-BEDROOM UNITS ARE HARD TO

1:38:55FIND. THREE-BEDROOM UNITS ARE

1:38:56HARD TO FIND. COSTSRE HIGHER.

1:38:58JUST A GUESS.

1:38:59>> I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME

1:39:00SORT OF PICTURE ON THAT. SO THEN

1:39:08JUST TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT

1:39:12DISBURSAL TO MPHA. THERE WILL BE

1:39:15DISBURSAL MONTHLY?

1:39:16>> YEAH, SO THEY SEND US THE

1:39:18BILL EVERY MONTH. THE FIRST

1:39:19MONTH WE RECEIVED BILLING WAS AN

1:39:22AUGUST INVOICE TT I RECEIVED.

1:39:23AND I WAS WORKING ON THEM WITH

1:39:25THE DOCUMENTATION. SO I RECEIVED

1:39:27THAT DOCUMENTATION AND I PAID

1:39:29IT. WE PAY MONTHLY BILL TO THEM.

1:39:31IT WILL BE FOR THE ENROLLMENT

1:39:33FEE FOR EACH HOUSEHOLD THAT'S

1:39:35ENROLLED DURINGHAT MONTH. THE

1:39:37ONGOING ADMINISTRATIVE FEE PER

1:39:41HOUSEHOLD, 100 OR $125 A MONTH.

1:39:46AND ANY THAT WE ARE OBLIGATED

1:39:48OURSELVES. EVERY MONTH WHEN

1:39:49THEY'VE MADE A PAYMENT ON THE

1:39:52RENT, WE REIMBURSE THEM.

1:39:54>> THE TENANTS, THE TWO OF THEM,

1:39:57ARE THEY SIGNING MONTH-TO-MONTH

1:39:59LEASES?

1:40:00>> NO, THEY SIGN YEAR-LONG

1:40:02LEASES.

1:40:02>> SO THEN WHY DO A

1:40:06MONTH-TO-MONTH?

1:40:06>> THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES COULD

1:40:09CHANGE. THEIR RENTS COULD

1:40:10ADJUST. WE DON'T PAY 100% RENT.

1:40:12IT'S BASED ON YOUR INCOME. IF

1:40:15YOU HAVE ZERO INCOME, THEN YOU

1:40:17PAY ZERO RENT.F YOU HAVE SOME

1:40:20INCOME, YOU PAY SOME RENT. LET'S

1:40:22SAY TODAY YOU DON'T HAVE ANY

1:40:23INCOME, BUT TOMORROW YOU GET A

1:40:25JOB, THERE WILL BEN ADJUSTMENT

1:40:29OVER WHAT WE OWE AND THE PERSON

1:40:31WHO IS RECEIVING THE BENEFIT

1:40:33OWES.

1:40:34>> THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. THANK

1:40:36YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. AS WE

1:40:41HAVE SEVEN INDIVIDUALS IN THE

1:40:43HOUSING SRCH PORTION OF THIS,

1:40:52WHAT'S THE CITY'S PLAN AT THE

1:40:54END OF THIS BUDGET YEAR? WILL

1:40:56THE ENTIRETY OF THE ALLOCATED

1:41:00OVER $2 MILLION ROLL OVER? IS

1:41:03THERE A WAY TO ACCOUNT FOR THE

1:41:07SEVEN THAT ARE DOING HOUSING

1:41:09SEARCH AND THEN -- I'LL LEAVE IT

1:41:11THERE.

1:41:11>> I BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE PUT

1:41:13TOGETHER OUR ORIGINAL STAFF

1:41:14REPORT, WE HAD AN ASSUMPTION IN

1:41:16THE FINANCIAL NOTE THAT THE

1:41:17EXPECTATION WAS THAT TRE WAS

1:41:19GOING TO BE A ROLL OVER FROM

1:41:20THIS YEAR TO NEXT YEAR. I GUE

1:41:23I WOULD DEFER ANY QUESTIONS

1:41:25SPECIFIC TO BUDGET BEYOND THIS

1:41:26YEAR TO ERIC HANSEN, WHO IS THE

1:41:29CPED DIRECTOR. I CAN'T ANSWER

1:41:31THOSE MYSELF PERSONALLY.

1:41:33>> OKAY. AND THEN THIS IS

1:41:36REFERRALS JUST FOR QUARTER

1:41:38THREE. ARE YOU AWARE IF THERE

1:41:40HAVE BEEN MORE REFERRALS MADE IN

1:41:43QUARTER FOUR?

1:41:44>> WE JUST ENTERED QUARTER FOUR

1:41:46ON OCTOBER 1ST. SO MY

1:41:48UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY WILL

1:41:50BE RECEIVING UP TO 10 REFERRA

1:41:53A MONTH FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY TO

1:41:57FULFILL THE 10, IS HOW WE HAD

1:41:59BROKERED IT OUT UNTIL WE KNOW

1:42:01MORE ABOUT THE UPCOMING BUDGET

1:42:02CYCLES.

1:42:03>> OKAY. IAPOLOGIZE. A LITTLE

1:42:06DISTRACTED THERE FOR A SECOND.

1:42:11THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW.

1:42:12THANK YOU SO MUCH.

1:42:13>> ALL RIGHT. I SEE COUNCIL

1:42:15MEMBER WARREN.

1:42:19>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. HAVE YOU

1:42:22RECEIVED ANY REFERRALS FROM ANY

1:42:25PEOPLE WHO WERE PARTICIPANTS

1:42:26WITH HERITAGE PARK? ARE YOU

1:42:28GETTING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE

1:42:28COMING THROUGH THAT PROGRAM FOR

1:42:32THIS EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHER

1:42:36>> CHAIR OSMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER

1:42:38WARREN, UNLESS THE PERSON IS

1:42:42FROM HERITAGE PARK HASNTERED

1:42:44COORDINATED ENTRY, WE WILL NOT

1:42:47BE RECEIVING ANY --

1:42:48>> SO IT'S JUST THE COORDINATED

1:42:50ENTRY INDIVIDUALS, NOT

1:42:53INDIDUALS WHO ARE HAVING THE

1:42:59EXPERIENCE OF NEEDING TO

1:43:01TRANSFER INTO A STABILIZED --

1:43:03BECAUSE THIS IS A CHOICE VOUCHER

1:43:04PROGRAM, RIGHT?

1:43:07>> CURRENTLY THIS IS A CHOICE

1:43:10VOUCHER PROGRAM, BUT IT'S

1:43:11LIMITED TO THREE YEARS

1:43:13CUENTLY. YES, SOMEONE FROM

1:43:15COORDINATED ENTRY RECEIVES A

1:43:17VOUCHER FROM THIS PROGRAM THAT

1:43:18ALLOWS THEM TO RECEIVE UP TO 36

1:43:21MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE, AND THEY

1:43:22CAN CHOOSE WHERE THEY LIVE

1:43:24WITHIN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS

1:43:25SO LONG AS THEY CAN FINA PLACE

1:43:28FOR THE SOR OF CONTRACT RENTS

1:43:31THAT MPHA ESTABLISHES, WHICH ARE

1:43:33THE FEDERAL RATES FOR THIS

1:43:34PROGRAM OR EQUAL TO THIS

1:43:36PROGRAM.

1:43:37>> SO HOW ARE YOU GUYS MEARING

1:43:41LTH WITH THIS?

1:43:44>> THAT'S A HENNEPIN COUNTY

1:43:45COORDINATED ENTRY PROCESS. SO

1:43:47THEY ARE MAKING THE REFERRALS TO

1:43:50US. THEY ARE MAKING REFERRAL --

1:43:52WE ARE RECEIVING REFERRALS FROM

1:43:56COORDINATED ENTRY. COORDINATED

1:43:58ENTRY IS MAKING THE

1:43:59DETERMINATION FOR WHICH ONES

1:44:00BEST FIT THIS PROGR AS

1:44:01CURRENTLY SET UP.

1:44:02>> OKAY. AND YOU GUYS HAVE WRAP

1:44:05AROUND SERVICES THAT YOU'RE

1:44:06PROVIDING WITH INDIVIDUALS IN

1:44:08ORDER TO KEEP THEM STABILIZED?

1:44:10>> AS I SAID IN MY PRESENTATION,

1:44:11THERE WAS A CHANGE IN PROGRAM.

1:44:14HENNEPIN COUNTY'S FUNDING THAT

1:44:17THEY WERE USING IN HOPES OF

1:44:19BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE

1:44:21SERVICES FOR SINGLE INDIVIDUALS

1:44:24HAS CHANGED. THEY'VE LOST THEIR

1:44:26FUNDING FROM THOSE. AND

1:44:28CURRENTLY, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS

1:44:29IN LIEU OF BEING ABLE TO

1:44:31OBLIGATED OR BEING ABLE TO

1:44:32PROVIDE UP TO A YEAR OF

1:44:35SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR THOSE

1:44:36SINGLE INDIVIDUALS, THEY ARE

1:44:38TRYING TO MAKE REFERRA INTO

1:44:39THIS PROGRAM THAT HAVE THE LEAST

1:44:42AMOUNT OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICE

1:44:44NEEDS.

1:44:44>> OH. SO IT IS DIFFERENT.

1:44:49BECAUSE THE PERSONAL

1:44:50PROFESSIONAL STATEMENT OF NEED

1:44:51LOOKS DIFFERENT. OKAY. SO

1:44:54THAT'S -- THANK YOU FOR SAYING

1:44:54THAT. SO THEN IF THE NEED AND

1:45:00THE SHIFT IS DIFFERENT, THEN

1:45:03THAT'S HOW COME YOU DON'T KNOW

1:45:05WHAT THE MONTH-TO-MONTH RATIO IS

1:45:07THEN LOOKING LIKE. BUT I THOUGHT

1:45:10THAT ACCORDING TO COORDINATED

1:45:11ENTRY AND WHAT HAVE YOU, THAT

1:45:13INDIVIDUALS WERE REQUIRED TO

1:45:15ENTER INTO A YEAR LEASING AND

1:45:16IT'S NOT MONTH-TO-MONTH WITH

1:45:18THAT.

1:45:19>> NO, THEY'RE NOT

1:45:21MONTTO-MONTH LEASES. THEY'RE

1:45:22ANNUAL LEASES THAT PEOPLE ENTER

1:45:25INTO. THEY CAN CHOOSE TO

1:45:26CONTINUE THAT LEASE NEXT YEAR OR

1:45:28THEY CAN CHOOSE TO GO TO ANOTHER

1:45:29HOUSG. FOLKS ARE ENTERING INTO

1:45:32YEAR-LONG LEASES AS PART OF THIS

1:45:33PROGRAM.

1:45:34>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE

1:45:36ANY MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

1:45:39>> YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO

1:45:41MAKE ONE COMMENT, AND I COULDN'T

1:45:43FIND MY SPREADSHEET. BUT I

1:45:47BELIEVE SOME OF THIS FUNDING WAS

1:45:50TRANSFERRED TO STABLE HOMES

1:45:51STABLE -- NO, IT WASN'T.

1:45:52>> NO. THIS IS SEPARATE FROM

1:45:54THAT. SO THIS WAS A SEPARATE

1:45:55ACTION THAT OCCURRED AFTER THAT

1:45:57TRANSFER HAPPENED. THERE WAS A

1:46:00REINSTATEMENT OF THE EHV FRO

1:46:06PROGRAM.

1:46:07>> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

1:46:09THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS. I WILL

1:46:15ASK CLERK TO FILE THIS REPORT.

1:46:16THANK YOU. AND SEEING NO FURTHER

1:46:18BUSINESS BEFORE US WITH NO

1:46:21OBJECTION, I'LL DECLARE THIS

1:46:23MEETING ADJOURNED. THANKS,

1:46:23EVERYONE.

1:46:25[ GAVEL ]