2026-10-22 - Climate & Infrastructure Committee

00:21[GAVEL]

00:23>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MY

00:24NAME IS ROBIN WONSL AND I AM

00:28THE CHAIR OF THE CLIMATE AND

00:29INFRASTRUCTURE.

00:29I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER OUR

00:32REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING FOR

00:33TODAY, THURSDAY, OCTER 22,

00:362026. BUT BEFORE BEGINNING THE

00:38MEETG I WANT TO OFFER A

00:39FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL

00:40COMMITTEE MEMBERS, STAFF, AND

00:42THE PUBLIC THAT THESE MEETINGS

00:44ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE

00:45GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

00:47THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE

00:49REALTIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTH

00:51METHOD TO INCREASE THE

00:52ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS

00:55TO THECOMMUNITY. THEREFORE,

00:57ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL

00:58OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO

00:59THAT OUR CAPTIONER CANS FULLY

01:02CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL

01:04COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST.

01:05WE ASK THAT ALL SPEAKERS

01:07MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY

01:09OF THEIR COMMENTS. AND WITH

01:10THAT, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO

01:13CALL THE ROLL.

01:17>> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. CHUGH

01:20>> PRESENT.

01:22>> CHOWDHURY?

01:23>> PRESENT.

01:24>> PALMISANO?

01:25>> PRESENT.

01:26>> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON.

01:27>> PRESENT..

01:27>> CHAIR WONSLEY.

01:29>> PRESENT.

01:30>> WE HAVE SIX PRESENT. LET THE

01:31RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM.

01:33I'LL REMIND MY COLLEAGUES WE ARE

01:35USING SPEAKER MANAGEMENT AS

01:36USUAL. SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE

01:38SIGNED IN. IF YOU'RE

01:40EXPERIENCING ANY TROUBLE, YOU

01:41KNOW WHERE TO FIND THE CLER.

01:42EXCUSE ME. FOR MEMBERS OF THE

01:44PUBLIC THAT ARE HE FOR THE

01:46PUBLIC HEARING, IF YOU WISH TO

01:48ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE, WE ASK

01:49THAT YOU REGISTER WITH THE

01:51CLERKS TO MY RIGHT. AND ANYONE

01:53WHO HAS SIGNED UP, YOU WILL BE

01:55GIVEN TWO MINUTES TOTESTIFY.

02:00THAT SAID, WE WILL START OFF

02:02WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA PORTION

02:03BEFORE GOING INTO THE PUBLIC

02:04HEARINGS AND THE RECEIVE AND

02:08FILE. I WILL READ THE CON ITEMS

02:11FOR DISCUSSION. NUMBER TWO I

02:12AUTHORIZING ACQUISITION OF PERM

02:13INNOCENT AND TEMPORARY EASEMENTS

02:16RELATETO NORTH 2nd STREET

02:18BIKEWAY. THREE IS PROJECT

02:21DESIGNATION AND COST ESTIMATE

02:22ADOPTION FOR THE 35th AND 36th

02:24STREET RECONSUCTION PROJECT

02:25AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR

02:29DECEMB 5, 2026. FOUR IS

02:32AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH

02:33HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR THE

02:34NORTHSIDE GREENWAY PHASE 1

02:36PROJECT. AND THE PASSAGE OF

02:38RESOLUTION FOR THE RELATED

02:41APPROPRIATION. FIVE IS PROJECT

02:42DESIGNATION AND COST ESTIMATE

02:46ADOPTION FOR THE MINNESOTA

02:47DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

02:48UNIVERSITY AVENUE NORTHEAST

02:50PHASE ONE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT,

02:51AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR

02:53DECEMBER 10, 2026.

02:55SIX IS A PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION

02:57LEVYING VARIOUS PUBLIC WORKS

03:00SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND ADOPTING

03:01THE ASSESSMENT ROLLS.

03:04SEVEN IS PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION

03:07REDUCING THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT

03:09FOR 715 24th STREETAST RELATED

03:12TO THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING

03:15FLASHER.

03:16EIT IS AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT

03:17WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS PARKS AND

03:18RECREATION BOARD FOR THE URBAN

03:20TREE AND GREING PILOT PROJECT.

03:23NINE IS AUTHORIZING A PERMANENT

03:25DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENT

03:26AGREEMENT WITH MINNEAPOLIS PARKS

03:29AND RECK POPULATION BOARD FOR

03:31THE OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND

03:32REPAIR OF STMWATER

03:35IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED WITHIN BRY.

03:40TEN I ACCEPTING A SOLE BID FOR

03:45HEAVY TRUCK AND EQUIPMENT WORK.

03:4811 IS AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE T

03:51AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT AMENDMENT

03:51WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF

03:53TRANSPORTATION FOR THE USE OF

03:55LAND UNDER I-94 BRIDGES.

03:5913 IS AHORIZING A CONTRACT

04:03WITH TOLZ, NG, DUVALL,

04:08ANDERSON AND ASSOCIATES FOR THE

04:11CONNECTING CAMDEN RAIL CROSSING

04:13ELIMINATION PROJECT.

04:1614 IS ACCEPTANCE OF GIFT ACCEPT

04:19COLLEGE. 15 IS REFERRING TO

04:20STAFF THE SUBJECT MATTER THE

04:23COMCAST CABLE TELEVISION

04:24FRANCHISE ORDINANCE.

04:25THAT SAID, COLLEAGUES, IS THERE

04:29ANY DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS OR

04:33ANY QUESTIONS?

04:38ALL RIGHT. NOT SEEING ANY.

04:41I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL THOSE

04:44ITEMS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AAYE.

04:46THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES

04:47HAVE IT, AND THAT -- OH, MY BAD.

04:50ANYONE WANTS TO SAY NA OKAY

04:52GREAT. THE AYES HAVE IT AND

04:53THAT MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT.

04:56MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC

04:57HEARINGS. NEXT WE'LL TAKE UP A

05:00PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS ITEM

05:02ONE, WHICH IS RELATED TO WATER

05:03AND SEWER SERVICE LINE REPAIR

05:04ASSEMENTS.

05:08AGAIN, FOR EVERYONE IN

05:09TENDANCE AND ESPECIALLY THOSE

05:10WHO MAY PARTICIPATE IN OUR

05:11HEARINGS OR COMMENT PERIOD, LET

05:13ME OFFER THIS NOTICE.

05:15THESE HEARINGS ARE RECORDED AND

05:17BROADCAST. BOTH THE RECORDING

05:18AND THE BROADCAST ARE CLASSIFIED

05:20AS PUBLIC DATA UNDER THE

05:22MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT DATA

05:23PRACTICES ACT.

05:25BY ATTENDING AND PTICIPATING

05:26IN THESE PROCEEDINGS, YOUR IMAGE

05:29AND ANY TESTIMONY OR INFORMATION

05:31THAT YOU PROVIDE WILL ALSO BE

05:32SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE UNDER THAT

05:35LAW. THAT INCLUDES BY BUT IS

05:37NOT LIMITED TO YOUR ATTENDANCE,

05:39ME, AND OTHER PERSONAL DETAILS

05:40YOU PROVIDE, AS WELL AS ANY

05:43TESTIMY OR COMMENTS YOU

05:45PROVIDE WHICH INCLUDES WRITTEN

05:47SUBMISSIONS YOUMAKE, WHICH ALSO

05:49INCLUDES OR WILL BE INCLUDED IN

05:51THE RECORD OF THE MEETING.

05:52SO WITH THAT SAID, I'LL INVIT

05:56UP JEFF HANLON, GREAT, PRINCIPAL

05:59PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER,

06:01TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING AND

06:02DESIGN, TO GET US STARTED.

06:05>> TNK YOU, CHAIR WONSLEY,

06:07MEMBERS OF THE CLIMATE AND

06:09INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE.

06:10MY NAME IS JEFF HANDLAN, A

06:13PRINCIPAL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

06:15OVERSEEING PUBLIC WORKS SPECIAL

06:15ASSESSMENTS.

06:16I'M HERE RIGHT NOW TO INTRODU

06:19THE PUBLIC HEARING ON WATER

06:22SERVICE LINE AND SEWER LATERAL

06:24REPAIR SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.

06:26EACH PROPERTY OWNER IS

06:29RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR WATER

06:30SERVICE LINE AND SEWER LATERAL.

06:33CITY ORDINANCE ENABLES A PROCES

06:43OWNER FAILS TO REPAIR THEIR LINE

06:44OR MORE OFTEN, IF THE PROPERTY

06:46OWNER REQUESTS, THERE CAN BE A

06:47SPECIAL ASSESSMENT TO FUND THE

06:49REPAIR OF THE LINE SO THATHE

06:52CHARGE IS SPREAD OVER FIVE, 10,

06:5615, OR 20 YEARS, INSTE OF THE

06:58PROPERTY OWNER HAVING TO PAY

06:59THEIR PLUMBER ALL AT ONCE.

07:03THE PROCESS INCLUDES AN

07:05ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING IN FRONT

07:06OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING

07:08OFFICER, WCH IS A MORE

07:10CONDUCIVE FORMAT TO PRESENTING

07:15TESTIMONY AND REVIEWING

07:18MATERIALS THAN THIS FORMAL

07:20PUBLIC HEARING AT THE CLIMATE

07:20AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITT.

07:24THIS YEAR'S ADMINISTRATIVE

07:25HEARING OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 9,

07:28AND ONE PROPERTY OWNER ATTENDED.

07:32AFTER HEARING THE TESTIMONY AND

07:34CONSIDERING THE SUBMITTED

07:36MATERIALS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE

07:38HEARING OFFICER ORDERED THAT THE

07:41SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS BE ADOPT

07:42AND LEVIED IN FULL. PUBLI

07:47HEARING -- PUBLIC WORKS IS

07:51REQUESTING CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT

07:54A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE

07:57SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS TO BE

07:59LEVIED.

07:59PROPERTY OWNERS ATTENDING

08:03TODAY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR

08:07SPECIFIC PROPERTY, ROSS JONACH,

08:12ANKA FROM WATER TREATMENT

08:16DISTRIBUTION, AND PAULEATING

08:17FROM MY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT STAFF

08:19ARE AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS FURTHER

08:21WITH THEM OUT IN THE HALL DURING

08:25TH DISCUSSION PORTION OF THE

08:27AGENDA HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

08:31>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR.

08:33HANDALAN. WITH THAT, I'M GOING

08:34TO PROCEED TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC

08:38HEING. TO OUR CLERKS, IF ANYON

08:40>> MADAM CHAIR, THERE ARE NO

08:42MEMBERS SIGN UP AT THIS TIME.

08:45>> ALL RIGHT. MAKING OPEN

08:47PITCH. IS THERE ANYONEHO

08:48WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE

08:50COMMITTEE AND TESTIF

08:53ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ONE

08:55WISHG TO ADDRESS THIS BODY, I

08:56WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC

09:00HEARING.

09:01COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY

09:03QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS

09:04ITEM? I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER

09:07CHUGHTAI.

09:08THANK YOU, MADAMCHAIR. I'M

09:09WONDERING IF THE DEPARTMENT

09:10MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE

09:14CITY ENGINEER'S SPECIAL

09:15ASSESSMENT OFFICE. WHAT IS

09:16THAT?

09:17I'M SURE WE'VE SEEN IT ON

09:18SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PUBLIC

09:20HEARINGS BEFORE, BUT I DON'T

09:21KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT, AND WOULD

09:23LOVE TO GET SOME MORE

09:25INRMATION.

09:25>> A STAFF WHO CAN SPEAK TO

09:28THIS QUESTION? MR. HANDALAN.

09:31>> CHAIR WONSLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER

09:34CHHTAI, THE CITY ENGINEER'S

09:37SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS OFFICE IS --

09:38THAT IS THE OFFICE THAT I

09:41OVERSEE IN THE TRANSPORTATION

09:42ENGINEERING DESIGN DIVISION OF

09:44PUBLIC WORKS.

09:45>> GOTCHA. AND ALL THINGS

09:47RELATED TO SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS

09:49HAPPEN HERE?

09:50>> CHAIR WONSLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER

09:54CHUGHTAI, THERE ARE MANY TYPES

09:56OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS THAT THE

09:58CITYADMINISTERS. NOT A OF

09:59THEM ARE ADMINISTERED BY PUBLIC

10:02WORKS, BUT MYTAFF ADMINTERS

10:03THE PUBLIC WORKS SPECIAL

10:05ASSESSMENTS.

10:06>> GOTCHA. PERFECT. THANK YOU

10:09VERY MUCH.

10:11>> JUSTHECKING TO -- I SEE

10:14COUNCIL MEMBER PALMINO.

10:15>> MADAM AIR, JUST A COUPLE OFC

10:21MENTION TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT

10:22PROPERTY OWNERS ARE RESPONSIBLE

10:24FOR SEWER LATERALS IN OUR CITY.

10:27IT'S NOT LIKE A STREET

10:29ASSESSMENT OR SOME PUBLIC

10:32RIGHT-OF-WAY.

10:32IT IS CONSIDERED OWNED BY THE

10:34PROPERTY OWNER, AND THESE ARE

10:36FOR PRIVATE SEW REPAIRS THAT

10:39PEOPLE CHOOSE TO HAVE ASSESSED

10:40OVER TIME AND PAY OFF. SO THIS

10:43IS SPECIAL ASSESSMENT IS

10:46VOLUNTARY. THE CITY, PROVIDING

10:47A SERVICE SAYING THAT WE WILL

10:49VOLUNTARILY ASSIST YOU. THERE

10:51IS PUBLIC GOOD IN HELPING PEOPLE

10:54TO REPAIR OR REBUILD THEIR SEWER

10:57LATERALS.

10:58THERE'S PUBLIC HEALTH BENEFITS

11:00TO THAT. PROPERTY OWNER CANS

11:02CHOOSE TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT WITH

11:03THE CITY INSTEAD OF PAYING THEIR

11:05PLUMBER DIRECTLY BASICALLY.

11:09SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD -- I'M

11:12GLAD WE DO THIS. I HAVE PEOPLE

11:13IN MY WARD THAT HAVE USED THIS

11:14KIND OF HELP BEFORE. IT'S A

11:16ETTY GOOD DEAL. SO THANK YOU

11:20FOR CONTINUING TO ADMINISTER

11:22THIS PROGRAM.

11:23>> GREAT. NEXT I SEE COUNCIL M

11:26NOTE F THE RECORD IS HERE IN

11:28ATTENDANCE.

11:29>> THANK YOU FOR THAT, CHAIR.

11:33THANK YOU FOR THIS PROGRAM. I

11:36HAVE A QUESTION. WE HAD A

11:39PRESENTATION NOT TOO LONG AGO

11:42ABOUT THE INSURANCE THAT

11:45INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS ARE ABLE

11:48TO OBTAIN.

11:50DOES THIS AID WITH THE EASE OF

11:52THIS ASSESSMENT? OR DO THEY

11:55WORK TOGETHER? OR NO? OR NOT

11:57SO MUCH? CAN SOMEONE PROVIDE

11:58SOME CONTEXT ON THAT?

12:04>> HI. I'M ROSS JONA WITH

12:08SERVICE WATER AND SEWER

12:09DIVISION. COUNCIL MEMBER

12:10WONSLEY, CHAIR WONSLEY, AND

12:11UNCIL MEMBER WARREN, THE

12:12INSURANCE PROGRAM WE'RE STILL

12:13WORKING ON GETTING THAT

12:15LAUNCHED. AND SO THESE

12:15ASSESSNTS WE ARE LOOKING AT

12:17TODAY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE

12:20INSURAE PROGRAM.

12:20BUT IN THE FUTURE, IF SOMEONE A

12:24HOMEOWNER ECTS TO SIGN UP FOR

12:25THE INSURANCE AND HAD THE REPAIR

12:27DONE, THERE WOULD BE NO NEED TO

12:28THIS ASSESSMENT.

12:29AND SO THE HOMEOWNERS THAT DID

12:33THE INSURANCE, THEY WOULDN'T BE

12:34FACING THIS EXPENSIVE COST THAT

12:36WILL BE PUT ON THE PROPERTY

12:37TAXES.

12:38OKAY. AND SO THE COST IS

12:40BEING PUT ON THEROPERTY TAXES

12:42IS FOR HAVING THE LINE EXAMINED

12:44AND FOR THE LINE NOT BEING

12:47REPAIRED.

12:47>> CHAIR WONSLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER

12:49WARREN, TYPICALLY A HOMEOWNER

12:52WILL HAVE HAD IT EXAMINED AND

12:54PAID OUT OF POCKET AND THIS IS

12:56FOR THE REPAIR.

12:57>> OKAY, OKAY.

13:00THANK YOU.

13:01>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

13:02>> OKAY. NOT SEEIN ANYONE ELSE

13:04IN QUEUE FOR DISCUSSI. I'M

13:06GOING TO MOVE APPROVA OF THIS

13:08ITEM. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY

13:11E. ALL THOSE OPPOSEDAY NAY.

13:13THE AYES HAVE IT AND THAT MOTION

13:15CARRIES.

13:18BEFORE GOING TO OUR NEXT ITEM,

13:21WHICH IS NUMBER 16, I DO WANT TO

13:22ASK COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, WOULD

13:24YOU LIKE TO BE RECORDED AS AN

13:26AYE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA?

13:28ITEMS NUMBER 2-16?

13:30>> YES, PLEASE, AND THANK YOU.

13:33>> SORRY. MY BAD. 2-15. OKAY.

13:37GREAT. NO OBJECTION THERE,

13:38WE'LL HAVE THAT RECORDED BY THE

13:40CLERKS.

13:41MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER 16, WHICH

13:44IS OUR DISCUSSION ITEM THIS IS

13:47RELATED TO THE COMMERCIAL AND

13:49MULTIFAMILY ENERGY DISCLOSURE

13:51REPEAL ORDINANCE AND WHAT'S

13:53CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST MEETING.

13:59AND I AM TRYING TO PUT MYSELF --

14:02OKAY. WE'VE HAD -- THE SPEAKER

14:04MANAGEMENT RESET. BUT I PUT

14:07MYSELF IN QUEUE BECAUSE I

14:08ACTUALLY WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION

14:09TO RETURN THIS TO AUTHOR. WE'VE

14:11HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS

14:14WITH COUNCIL MEMBER -- SORRY,

14:16VICE CHAIR STEVENSON, AS WELL AS

14:17CITY STAFF, COMMUNITY PARTNERS

14:19AND OTHER COLLEAGUES. AND IT'S

14:20VERY CLEAR THAT THERE NEEDS TO

14:22BE FURTHER DISCUSSION TO BE HAD

14:24AROUND HOW WE MAXIMIZE EXISTING

14:27RESOURCES, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE

14:28MEETING OUR CLIMATE AND EQUITY

14:31GOALS.

14:31AND THIS POLIC AND OTHER

14:33POTENTIAL COMPLEMENTARY POLICIES

14:36AT THE STATE LEVEL SHOULD BE

14:38FURTHER EXPLORED AS WE'RE

14:40WORKING TO ADVAN OUR

14:42BUILDING'S DECARBONIZATION

14:43GOALS.

14:44SO WITH THAT, I WILL MAKE A

14:46MOTION TO RETURN THIS TO AUTHOR.

14:47CAN I HAVE A SECOND?

14:49>> SECOND.

14:51>> GREAT. OKAY. SEEING IF THERN

14:55THIS ITEM? NOT SEEING ANYONE.

14:58I WILL JUST ASK THE CLERK TO

15:00CALL THE ROLL.

15:01>> COUNCIL MBER VETAW.

15:03>> AYE.

15:04>> WARREN, AYE. CHUGHTAI, AY

15:07CHOWDHURY, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE.

15:10VICE CHAIR STEVENSON, AYE.

15:12CHAIR WONSLEY, AYE.

15:13>> WE HAVE SEVEN YAY YAYS.

15:15>> ALL RIGHT. THE AYES HAVE IT

15:17AND THAT MOTION CARRIES. OUR

15:19NEXT ITEMSRE RECEIVE AND FILES

15:21FROM STAFF, AND THESE REFLE

15:25ITEMS 17 AND 19, SPECIFICALLY

15:27THEY HAVE PRESENTAONS, BUT I

15:28WILL NOTE FOR ITEM 18, WHICH IS

15:31RELATED TO RIGHTURN CONFLICTS

15:33WITH BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT

15:34WAS A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE.

15:37THAT REPORT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED

15:38AND UPLOADED TO LIMS, SO UNLESS

15:42COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS

15:43THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO POSE O

15:45THINGS THEY WOULD LIKE TO

15:46DISCUSS RELATED TO THIS ITEM, I

15:49WILL DIRECT THE CLERK TO RECEIVE

15:52AND FILE THIS REPORT.

15:53SO LOOKING IN THE QUEUE, WHICH I

15:55REALIZE IS NOT RESET YET.

16:01THERE IS ANYONE WHO WOU LIKE

16:03TO POSE QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM?

16:05I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN.

16:06>> THANK YOU, CHAIR WONSLEY. SO

16:12THE RIGHT TURN CONFLICTING WITH

16:16BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, SO ARE WE

16:20ELIMINATING RIGHT TURNS OR

16:21SAYING THERE IS NO AUTHORIZED

16:22RIGHT TURNS? ARE WE PUTTING A

16:27BIKE GREEN LIGHT ON STOPLIGHTS

16:29WHERE THERE IS BIKE

16:30TRANSPORTATION?

16:31I'M CONFUSED AT WHAT'S HAPPENING

16:34HERE.

16:36>> I CAN HAVE VICE CHAIR SPEAK

16:37TO THIS ITE BUT THIS IS A

16:40LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT

16:41COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, MYSELF,

16:44AND VICE CHAIR STEVENSON THAT

16:46ASKED STAFF TO PRESENT.

16:47A COUNTING OF THE SIGNALIZED

16:49STREET INTERSECTIONS WHERE THERE

16:52IS TWO-WAY BIKEWAY CROSSING

16:54THERE.

16:56SO THIS WAS DONE IN

16:57COLLABORATION WITHUBLIC WORKS

16:58TO GET INFORMATION ON THAT.

17:00BUT I WILL, OF COURSE, PASS IF

17:02THERE IS ANY ADDITIONAL CONTEXT,

17:04OKAY.

17:05AND PASS IT TO VICE CHAIR

17:07STEVENSON.

17:07>> THANK YOU, CHAIR WONSLEY.

17:09>> SO THIS ISN'T ELIMINATING --

17:12THIS IS RIGHT TURN ON RED, JUST

17:13ON RED.

17:14SO THIS ISN'T IS ELIMINATING

17:16RIGHT TURN ON RED ACROSS THE

17:18ENTIRE TY.

17:19THESE ARE THE PLACES WRE RIGHT

17:21TURN ON RED IS MOST DANGEROUS

17:23FOR CYCLISTS BECAUSE, WELL, FOR

17:26A VARIETY OF REASONS, BUT ONE OF

17:28THE MAIN ONES IS OFTEN TIMES

17:30THERE IS SOMEONE GOING IN A

17:31DIRECTION THAT YOU' NOT

17:32EXPECTING.

17:32AND SO RIGHT TURN ON RED HAS THE

17:35TENDENCY IN THESE PLACES TO

17:39RESULT IN PEOPLE BEING HIT BY

17:41CARS.

17:41OR OTHER WAY AROUND, SO WHAT

17:43WILL HAPPEN A LOT OF TIMES IS

17:44SOMEON WILL TAKE A RIGHT AND

17:46SOMEONE ELSE WILL BE BIKING HERE

17:47AND THEY WILL HAVE THE

17:49RIGHT-OF-WAY. THE CYCLIST HAVE

17:50THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, BUT THE CAR

17:52WON'T SEE THEM. THEN THEY'LL GO

17:54OVER THEIR HOOD.

17:55AND THAT CONCUSSION AND INJURIES

17:57AN THAT SORT OF STUFF. THIS IS

17:59A PARTICULAR PLACE WHERE RIGHT

18:00TURN ON RED IS PARTICULARLY

18:02DANGEROUS.

18:03>> THIS IS THE LEGISLATIVE

18:04DIRECTIVE THAT WILL PRESENT THE

18:04INFORMATION THAT GIVES THE

18:06COORDINATES AND WHERE THIS IS

18:07AROUND THE CITY?

18:08>> SO FROM MY UNDERSTANDING,

18:09RIGHT NOW WE'R MOTIONING TO DO

18:11A RECEIVE AND FILE, SO STAFF HAS

18:13ALREADY PROVIDED THAT

18:14INFORMATION AS ATTACHED TO THE

18:16LIMS FILE.

18:17>> OKAY..

18:18>> WE WOULD JUST RECEIVE AND

18:19FILE THAT, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS

18:21CAN TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND DO

18:22WHATEVERHEY PLEASE WITHIT.

18:24>> OKAY. THANK YOU KINDLY.

18:27>> NO PROBLEM. I WILL MOVE THE

18:28MOTION TO HAVE THIS BE RECEIVED

18:29AND FILED. I'M JUST DOUBLE

18:32CHECKING, VICE CHAIR STEVENSON,

18:33IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT? OKAY,

18:37GREAT. IF THERE IS NO

18:38OBJECTION, CLERKS, PLEASE FILE

18:39THAT REPORT. GNG TO ITEM 17,

18:41WHICH IS RELATED TO ZERO WASTE

18:44FUNDG, THIS IS A RESPONSE TO A

18:46LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE AUTHORED

18:47BY MYSELF AND A NUMBER OF OTHER

18:52COLLEAGUES RELATED TO THE ZERO

18:54WASTE FUNDING STUDY.

18:56I WILL INVITE UP THE DIRECTOR OF

18:58SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING TO GET

18:59US STARTED WITH THE

19:00PRESENTATION. >> GOOD AFTERNOO

19:03WOLEY, COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I

19:04AM THE DIRECTOR OF TH SOLID

19:06WASTE AND RECYCLING DIVISION.

19:08I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE

19:11RESPONSE TO THE L.D. THAT WE

19:12RECEIVED IN AUGUST.

19:18SO LITTLE BACKGROUND, BEFORE I

19:20DIVE INTO ALL THAT, SO SOLID

19:22WASTE AND REPSYCH SLG AN

19:23ENTERPRISE FUND, WHICH MEANS OUR

19:25FUNDING COMES FROM THE RATE

19:26PAYER RS AND NEEDING THE SOLID

19:29WASTE.

19:30WE DO NOT PROVIDE COMRCIAL

19:33COLLECTION AND RECEIVE THE

19:34FUNDING TO DEVELOP THAT PLAN AND

19:35THAT INCLUDES COMMERCIAL,

19:36INDUSTRIAL, AND MULTIUNITS OVER

19:39FOUR UNITS.

19:41AND IN 2025-2026, THE CLIMATE

19:44LEGACY INITIATIVE FUNDS ALLOCATE

19:46FOR ZERO WASTE STRATEGIES IN A

19:48CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.

19:49A PORTION OF THE FUNS USED O

19:52CONSULTANT FERM TO EVALUATE THE

19:54ORGANIZED COLLECTION PATH THAT

19:55WE HAVE CHOSEN TO PRESENT --

19:59FIRM TO EVALUATE THE ORGANIZED

20:01COLLECTION PATH THAT WE HAVE

20:02CHOSEN TO PRESENT.

20:04ON THE L.D. REQUEST OR

20:05INRMATION REQUESTED,

20:06ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR

20:07PATHWAY TO IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABLE

20:09DECATED MECHANISM FOR ZERO

20:12WASTE. THE RECOMMENDATION WERE

20:20THE IMPLEMENTATION MODEL, FEE

20:21BASIS AND STRUCTURE, AND THE

20:24BUILDING MODEL. THE REQUEST BY

20:26COUNCIL WAS A TIMELINE THAT

20:28COULD BE DONE IN TWO TO THREE

20:30YEARS OR FOUR TOIVE YEARS.

20:31AFTER REVIEWING THE INFORMATION

20:32AND TALKING TO THE CONSULTANT,

20:34THERE IS NO WAY TO SHORTEN IT

20:36FROM THE 107-MONTH PERIOD, WHICH

20:38IS 9.5 YES. WITHIN THE

20:41STATE'S GUIDELINES AND POLICIES

20:44AND ORDINANCES AND LAWS IN PLACE

20:45REQUIRE THAT AMOUNT OF TIME TO

20:46DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENT THE

20:49PROCESS.

20:49FUNDING MECHANISMS OTHER THAN

20:52FRANCHISE FEES IN THE SHORT TERM

20:55WAS THE SAME COMPONENT AND

20:56PARTNERING AND COLLABORATING

20:57WITH OTHER DIFFERENT DIVISIONS.

21:10SO ON -- SO THE FUNDING

21:15MECHANISM IDENTIFIED BY

21:16CONSULTANT STUDY WAS A DEE DIVE

21:18ON ONE MECHANISM ORGANIZING

21:19COMMERCIAL COLLECTION. MORE

21:20THAN FUNDING ONLY MECHANISM THAT

21:22ALSO PROVIDES NEEDED DATA AND

21:24OVERSIGHT FOR CIM, WHICH IS

21:26COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND

21:27MULTIUNIT SECTOR. SO THIS

21:29PARTICULAR IDEA ORLAN THAT WE

21:31HAVE IN PLACE FOR ORGANIZED

21:33COLLECTION ALLOWS US TO COLLECT

21:34DATA THAT WE CAN USE TO DEVELOP

21:35OTHER PROGRAMS, OTHER

21:37INITIATIVES TO CONTINUE TO WORK

21:38IN DIVERON AND ZERO WASTE.

21:41THE THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE ONE

21:42MECHANISM WAS EXPLORED AND IS

21:45THE ONLY MECHANISM THAT PROVIDES

21:47MORE THAN JUST FUNDING. BOTH OF

21:49WHICH WILL SUPPORT

21:50IMPLEMENTATION OF EFFECTIVE

21:51POLICIES AND PROGRAMS AND MOST

21:52TIME EFFICIENT MANNER.

21:57SO ORGANIZED KEY COLLECTION

21:58DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK

22:02AT WOULD BE FOR QUICK SUMMARY,

22:05FRANCHISE FEE AND BID BUILDING

22:10MODELS AND PART OF THAT PROCESS

22:12IS IDENTIFYING A COMMIEE FULL

22:13OF BUSINESS OWNERS, HAULERS, AND

22:17THAT WOULD BE TOGHER CREATING

22:19THIS PLAN OF HOW AREAS TO BE

22:20ZONED, AREAS TO BE ORGANIZED AND

22:21SUCH.

22:25CHARGES CUSTORING BY

22:26GENERATION PROVIDES AN INCENTIVE

22:28TO REDUCE WASTE GENERATED.

22:31IMPLEMENTATION ZONE AND MULTIPLE

22:32HAULERS AND REDUCES

22:33ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS BY KEEPING

22:35HAULERS IN ONE GEOGRAPHIC AREA,

22:36SO THEY DON'T HAVE AN OVERLAP OF

22:38MULTIPLE HAULERS IN ONE CITY

22:40STREET, DOWNTOWN, OR AROUND THE

22:42AREA.

22:43SO IT'S ENVIRONMENTALLY

22:46SUSTAINABLE. CONSULTANT

22:47REMMENDED ZONES BY CUSTOMER

22:49DENSITY, BUT WOULD LIKELY START

22:51WITH GEOGRAPHIC DENSITY UNTIL

22:54CUSTOMER DENSITY IS UNDERSTOOD.

22:56THAT MEANS BECAUSE WE CAN'T

22:57COLLECT THE DATA COMMERCIALLY,

23:00ONCE WE BEGIN THE PROCESS, WE

23:02START WITH SPECIFIC ZONES AND

23:03START WITH COLLECTING THE DATA.

23:06AT THAT POINT WE'LL HAVE THE

23:08DATA COMING IN TO COLLECT BY

23:08DENSITY.

23:13SO SOME CURSORY STEPS WOULD BE

23:16WORK WITH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO

23:18DEVELOP AUTHORITY. ASSIGN

23:19RESPONSIBILITY, DELEGATE

23:20ENFORCEMENT POWERS F

23:22WASTE-RELATED WORK IN THE CIM

23:24SECTOR. RIGHT NOW THERE IS N

23:26EXISTING CITY DEPARTMENT

23:27DESIGNATED FOR NONRESIDENTIAL

23:29SECTORS. WE WOULD LOOK AT CODE

23:30CHANGES THAT REQUIRE AN ASSIGNED

23:32FUNDING NEEDED. AND TO INITIATE

23:35THE PROCESS AND ORGANIZE

23:36COMMERCIAL COLLECTION.

23:40AS FAR AS THE REDUCED

23:43IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE, ONE OF

23:46THE ORGANIZED COLLECTION

23:48PROCESSES INITIATED STATE

23:50STATUTE PRESCRIBES A PROCESS TO

23:51BE FOLLOWED WORKING THROUGH THE

23:53PROCESS, ESTABLISHING A SOLID

23:54WASTE OPTIONS COMMITTEE. THE

23:56COMMITTEE EQUAL WAITS METHODS,

23:59CRITERIA, AND GATHERS MORE

24:00INFORMATION FROM COMMITTEES AND

24:03PREPARES THAT RECOMMENDATION.

24:04THEN THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

24:05PROCESS STARTS, TAKING INTO

24:08ACCOUNT STATE STATUTES, STANDARD

24:09PROCEDURES FOR OPENING CODE,

24:12SCHEDULING PUBLIC HEARINGS

24:13ADOPTING CHANGES AND THE

24:14CONSULTANT DETERMINE THE MINIMUM

24:15AMOUNT OF TIMFOR THIS TO TAKE

24:19LEGAL IMPLEMENTATION.

24:22POTENTIALLY FEASIBLE THAT THAT

24:23COULD BE SLIGHTLY REDUCED. AND

24:26THAT THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND

24:27AMOUNT OF RESISTANCE WAS LESS TO

24:37SHRINK THAT TIMELINE AMOUNT.

24:46AND CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE

24:49DOLLARS PAGE RIGHT HERE. ND

24:51WOULD BE CLIMATE LEGACY

24:53INITIATIVE DOLLARS AND TO

24:54INCORPORATE THE ZERO WASTE PLAN

24:56AND FOOD WASTE, AND ZERO WASTE

24:59AND POSSIBLE FUNDING STRATEGY,

25:01RESEARCHING AND OTHER TYPE OF

25:02FEES.

25:07AND TO ORGAZE INTO OTHER

25:08COMMERCIAL COLLECTION AREAS TO

25:09TAKE AWAY THE STAFF

25:13AVAILABILITY. LASTLY, THE CLEAN

25:15FUNDING IDEA THAT WAS RULED OUT

25:18AND QUALIFIED AS RISKY TO BE

25:20SEEN AS AN ILLEGAL TAX RATHER

25:22THAN A FEE TO REQUIRE

25:25LEGISLATION FROM THE STATE FOR

25:28MINNEAPOLIS TO IMPLEMENT.

25:30SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NEEDED

25:35WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT.

25:37AND A ZERO WASTE PROGRAM

25:38MANAGER. THAT POSITION IS

25:40POSTED. IT CLOSES TOMORROW

25:41NIGHT. AND WE HAVE GOOD

25:43APPLICANT POOL TO BEGIN

25:44INTERVIEWING FOR THAT.

25:45SOLID WASTE OPTIONS COMMITTEE AS

25:46WELL.

25:49THE L.D. ALSO ASKED FOR

25:51RESOURCES NEEDED, WHICH THIS IS

25:53A LIST OF THINGS THAT WE COULD

25:56USE TO IMPLEMENT. SO PARTNER

26:00COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES

26:01HAPPEN IN THE COUNTY AND STATE

26:02OF MINNESOTA. AND INCREASE

26:04ACCESS, OPPORTUNITIES,

26:05EDUCATION, TECHNICAL SUPPORT,

26:10GRANTS. OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS

26:14WILL BE CPED, REGULATORY

26:17SERVICES AND I.T.

26:18AND HAULERS, BUSINESSES, AND

26:20COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

26:25SO IN SUMMARY, FOR THE L.D.,

26:28INFORMATION REQUESTED, MECHANISM

26:29TO SUPPO PATHWAY FOR

26:30SUSTAINABLE ZERO WASTE FUNDING,

26:32KEY DECISION ON ORGANIZING

26:34COMMERCIAL COLLECTION DEVELOPED

26:35BY SOLID WASTE. A TIMELINE TO

26:37IMPLEMENT, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT

26:39BEING 107 MONTHS. ADDITIONAL

26:40RESOURCES AND IDENTIFIED PROGRAM

26:43DEVELOPMENTS. THE SHORT-TERM

26:45FUNDING, CLI DOLLARS, ALL THE

26:47FUNDING MECHANISMS ARE ALSO

26:49LONG-TERM. AND EVALUATING OR

26:50IMPLEMENTING OTHERS WILL DETRACT

26:53FROM ORGANIZED COLLECTION

26:54PROGRAM ROLL OUT.

26:55AND COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES,

26:57WHICH WOULD BE CONTINUED TO

26:58EXPAND CURRENT PARTNERSHIPS WITH

27:00HENNEPIN COUNTY, INCREASE

27:01COLLABORATION WITH OTHER CITY

27:02DEPARTMENTS AND ENGAGE EXTERNAL

27:05STAKEHOLDERS, WHICH WOULD BE THE

27:06HAULERS AND THE PUBLIC.

27:11SO THAT'S MY PRESTATION. I'LL

27:12STAND FOR QUESTIONS.

27:16>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. THERE'S

27:18A COUPLE OF US IN QUEUE STARTING

27:20WITH MYSELF. HAVE A NUMBER OF

27:21QUESTIONS, AND THEN LIKELY WE'LL

27:23MAKE SOME COMMENTS AT THE END.

27:25SO JUST STARTING FOR

27:27CLARIFICATION, WE DO NOTAVE A

27:30ZERO WASTE MANAGER HIRED

27:31CURRENTLY. YOU MENTION THERE IS

27:33AOSTING UP?

27:34>> YES, CHAIR WONSLEY.

27:36CURRENTLY THE POSTING WAS

27:37EXTENDED FOR AN EXTRA WEEK DUE

27:39TO LACK OF APPLICATIONS. SO WE

27:41EXTENDEDNE MORE WEEK, AND SO

27:43IT'S CLOSING TOMORROW NIGHT, BUT

27:45E EXTRA WEEK DID ALLOW US TO

27:47RECEIVE MANY MORE APPLICANTS.

27:49>> OKAY. DO WE FEEL CFIDENT

27:51THAT WE COULD HAVE SOMEONE HIRED

27:52BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR IN

27:53THIS POSITION?

27:54CHAIR WONSLEY, YES, I FEEL

27:55CONFIDENT THAT WE WOULD.

27:57>> OKAY. AS YOU'RE AWARE, THIS

28:01BODY ADOPTED A RESOLUTION BACK

28:02IN 2024 WITH THE COMMITMENT TO

28:05SUPPORTING THE CLOSURE OF THE

28:06HERC WITH THE EARLY TIMELINE OF

28:092028.

28:10AND WANTING T GET A SENSE OF

28:14HOW THE FREY ADMINISTRATION OR

28:15THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION HAS

28:16BEEN ABLE TO DIRECT THE

28:18DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU

28:19NAMED THERE HASN'T BEEN IN THIS

28:22PRESENTATION, LIKE, EXPLICIT

28:23WHAT DEPARTMENT ISOLDING THIS

28:25WORK.

28:25BUT WANTING TO SEE IF -- SINCE

28:28THE RESOLUTI PASSAGE, WHO WAS

28:30SO FAR DESIGNATE TO IMPLEMENT

28:34REDUCTION OF ZERO WASTE? OR

28:37WASTE?

28:38>> CHAIR WONSLEY, I'M NOT SURE

28:40I'M FOLWING YOUR QUESTION

28:420%.

28:43>> HAS THERE BEEN EXPLICI

28:46DEPARTMENTS ASSIGNED BY THE

28:47MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION TO

28:48IMPLEMENT ZERO WASTE

28:49INITIATIVES, ESPIALLY AFTER

28:50THE PASSAGE OF THE RESOLUTION IN

28:532024?

28:53>> I'D HAVE TO FOLLOWUP WITH

28:54THAT ONE, CHAIR WONSLEY.

28:56>> OKAY. I WILL NOTE THAT FOR

28:57STAFF FOLLOW UP AND CAN ALSO

28:59SEND THE CLERKS THE QUEION ON

29:02THAT ONE.

29:04ALSO, YOU MENTION OR AT LEAST

29:05ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS

29:06THERE NEEDS TO BE A WORK GROUP

29:08ESTABLISHED.

29:09I WANTED TO GET A SENSE T --

29:12HAS THERE BEEN AN INTERNAL STAFF

29:14WORK GROUP PROPOSED AROUN ZERO

29:16WASTE? I HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST

29:17WHEN THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION

29:21HAS PRIORITIZ DOWNTOWN

29:22ECONOMIC INITIATIV AND

29:25DEVELOPMENT AND THERE HAS BEEN

29:26INTERNAL STAFF WORK GROUP TO

29:27PULL IN STAKEHOLDERS TO ADVANCE

29:29THAT WORK FORWARD. SO I WANTED

29:31TO SEE IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT

29:33HAPPENED ALSO PERTAINING TO ZERO

29:34WASTE.

29:35>> CHAIR WONSLEY, AT THIS POINT

29:36THERE ISOT A COMMITTEE PULLED

29:38TOGETHER, AND I WOULD SAY THE

29:39MAIN REASON IS BECAUSE THE

29:40FUNDING WE HAVE IS AN ENTERPRISE

29:42FUND CANNOT DIVERT WORK AND

29:44EMOYEES TO A CMERCIAL

29:46COMMITTEE TO OPERATE AND EXAMINE

29:47COMMERCIAL WORK.

29:48>>OH, JUST ONLY RESIDENTIAL

29:49WORK THEN.

29:52>> CORRECT.

29:52>> OKAY. AND CAN YOU PROVIDE AN

29:54UPDATE ON -- I BELIEVE LAST

29:56YEAR'S BUDGET AMENDMENT, I HAD

29:57TO JUST PULL THIS UP, OR WITHIN

30:01THE BUDGET, WE DID REQUEST OR

30:06APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO ESTABLISH

30:08THE ZERO WASTE WORK GROUP. IS

30:09THERE A STATUS UPDATE ON THE

30:11COMPOSITION OR WHAT'S HAPPENING

30:12WITH THAT?

30:13>> CHAIR WONSLEY, WE'RE STILL

30:15WAITINGOR THE CITY CLERK'S

30:16OFFICE TO VALIDATE WHERE WE'RE

30:18GOING TO GO AND APPROVE WHERE

30:19WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THAT

30:22COMMITTEE. THERE WAS -- I WANT

30:23TO SAY REORGAZATION OF THE

30:24COMMITTEES, AND THERE WAS A

30:25POTENTIAL FOR SOME OVERLAP, SO

30:29THEY WERE STILL WORKING ON HOW

30:30THAT WAS GOING TO WORK, SO WE'RE

30:32WAITINFOR A RESPONSE FROM THE

30:33CLERK'S OFFICE IN ORDER FOR US

30:34TO MOVE TOWARD.

30:35>> DO WE KNOW BASED OFF STAFF'S

30:38EXPERTISE AND RECOMMENDATION,

30:39COULD THAT FFILL THE

30:41REQUIREMENT TO HAVE AN APPOINTED

30:42WORK GROUP?

30:43>> CHAIR WONSLEY, THIS WOULD BE

30:44THE WORK GROUP THAT THE STATES

30:46APPOINTED WOULD BE DIFFERENT

30:47FROM THAT GROUP. THIS WOULD BE

30:48TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO MOVE

30:50FORWARD ON ZERO WASTE.

30:52>> WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE WHY

30:53THEY COULDN'T BE FOLDED INTO

30:55ONE?

30:55>> CHAIR WONSLEY, I WOULD HAVE

30:57TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT WHY THEY

30:59CAN'T BE ONE.

31:00>> OKAY. NOTE THAT FOR STAFF

31:02FOLLOW UP AS WELL. AND I WOULD

31:04LIKE TO ALSO GET CLARITY, SINCE

31:10COUNCIL PSED THE RESOLUTION IN

31:122024, JUST GETTING A SENSE OF

31:14WHAT WORK HAS HAPPED OVER THE

31:16PAST FOUR YEARS SINCE THAT. HAS

31:19IT ONLY BEEN THE ONGOING OR

31:21ESSENTIALLY THE ZERO WASTE

31:24FUNDING? HAS THAT BEEN THE MAIN

31:25PRIORITY SINCE THEN AND

31:26COMPLETION? OR IN HELPING US

31:29ADVANCE OUR WORK AROUND ZERO

31:30WASTE?

31:31>> CHAIR WONSLEY, WEID DO A

31:33CONSULTANT STUDY TO EXAMINE THE

31:35COST OF THE HER CLOSURE AND HOW

31:37BEST TO ELIMINATE AND DISPOSE OF

31:39THE WASTE WE ARE CARRY AND

31:41HAULING RIGHT NOW. SO WE DO

31:43HAVE OPTIONS IN THE EVENT OF A

31:45HERC CLOSURE. THAT IS THE FOCUS

31:47OF THE CONSULTANT GROUP TO

31:48PREPARE US IN THE EVENT FOR THE

31:50PREPARATION OF THE CLOSURE OF

31:52HERC.

31:53AS FAR AS ZERO WASTE AND

31:54DIVERSION INTO COMMERCIAL

31:55SECTOR, WE STILL HAVE NOT MOVED

31:56FORWARD WITH THAT BASICALLY

31:58BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING THAT WE

32:00HAVE WITH THE ENTERPRISE FUND

32:01NOT BEINGBLE TO DO THAT WORK.

32:04>> HAS THERE EVER BEEN PROACTIVE

32:06OR PRIOR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT

32:09LINKING AS WAS RECOMMENDED IN

32:10THIS PRESENTATION OF HING THIS

32:11BE PART OF THE CLIMATE LEGACY

32:14FUNDS? SO THAT THAT COULD

32:15POSSIBLY SUPPLEMENT THE ONGOING

32:17WORK FOR THE ORGANIZED FEE

32:18COLLECTION?

32:19>> CHAIR WONSLEY, I VIED TO

32:20FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT ONE

32:22AS WELL.

32:23>> OKAY. I'LL NOTE THAT, TOO,

32:25IF THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION IN

32:27E CREATION OF THE CLIMATE

32:29INITIATIVE FUND IF ZERO WASTE

32:31WAS EVER CONSIDERED OR EXPLORED

32:33AS A PATHWAY FOR INCLUSION.

32:35ALSO WANTING TO GET SINCE OF

32:36WHAT FEDERAL OR STATE, AS WELL

32:38AS COUNTY GRANTS HAS THE CITY

32:41APPLIED TO THAT IS RELATED TO

32:43ZERO WASTE SINCE NOVEMBER 2024.

32:45>> I'M GOING TO -- CHAIR

32:47WONSLEY, I'M GOING TO CALL UP

32:49OUR PROGRAM ASSISTANT, RECYCLING

32:53MANAGE TO ANSWER THAT

32:54QUESTION.

32:54>> OKAY, AWESOME. HELLO, KELLY.

32:57>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM NOT

32:59THAT TALL. GOOD AFTERNOON,

33:00CHAIR WONSLEY AND COMMITTEE

33:01MEMBERS. HAPPY TO BE HERE.

33:03THE HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN VERY

33:04MANY GRANTS FROM THE STATE THAT

33:06HAVE APPLIED TO US THUS FAR

33:08SINCE 2024.

33:11WE DO GET SCORE FUNDING FROM

33:12HENNEPIN COUNTY, AND THAT

33:13FUNDING IS USED REGULARLY TO

33:16BROADLY PROMOT WASTE REDUCTION,

33:18REUSE, RECYCLING, PARTICIPATION

33:19IN THE ORGANICS PROGRAM. WE USE

33:22SOMEF THE CLIMATE LEGACY

33:23INITIATIVE FUNDING WE RECEIVED

33:25IN 2025 FOR THOSE, FOR THE

33:27COMMUNITY GRANTS.

33:29THAT IS A TYPE OF PROGRAM WE

33:31MODELLED AFTER O THAT HENNEPIN

33:32COUNTY OFFERS REGULARLY THAT WE

33:35DO ALSO PROMOTE ONGOING ALONG

33:37WITH ALL THEIR OTHER BUSINESS,

33:39MULTI-UNIT, ETC., GRAS THAT

33:40THE COUNTY HAS.

33:41WE WILL BE APPLYING HEREOR A

33:45MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL

33:46AGENCY ORGANICS MANAGEMENT

33:48GRANT. THAT IS DUE THE DAY

33:49BEFORE THANKSGIVING. SO THIS

33:52COMMITTEE WILL BE GETTING THE

33:53PERMISSION TO ENTER INTO THAT

33:55GRANT AND IN UPCOMING CYCLE.

33:58BUT OUR HOPE IS TO BE ABLE TO,

33:59ONE, RECEIVE THAT FUNDING. O

34:01CONTINUE TO PROMOTE ORGANICS BUT

34:03ALSO GET SOME PASS THROUGH

34:05FUNDING ONTO INVOLVE OUR

34:07COMMUNITIES EVEN MORE INELPING

34:10PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE ORGANICS

34:12RECYCLING AT THE RESIDENTIAL AND

34:14THE MULTI-UNIT LEVEL, WHETHER IN

34:16THE MULTI-UNIT ITSELF OR BY

34:18USING ONE OF THE DROP OFF SITES

34:19THAT ARE ESTABLISHED. AND SO WE

34:21DO PAY ATTENTION. THEREAS ONE

34:23GRANT WE MAYBE COULD HAVE

34:24APPLIED FOR, BUT IN TERMS OF THE

34:27AMOUNT OF FUNDING AND THEN

34:28ACTUAL CAPACITY TO MAKE SURE WE

34:30WERE DOING A GOOD JOB, IT WASN'T

34:33JUSTIFIED FOR US TO APPLY AT

34:35THAT TIME.

34:37>> OKAY. CAN YOU PROVIDE AN

34:39ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH FUNDING WE

34:41RECEIVED FROM THAT SCORE GRANT

34:43FROM THE COUNTY? AND THEN ROUGH

34:46ESTIMATE OF WHAT THAT MINNESOTA

34:49POLLUTION CONTROL GRANT COULD BE

34:50ALSO.

34:51>> YEAH, SO OUR SCORE FUNDING

34:52THAT WE RECEIVE EVERY YEAR IS,

34:54LIKE, 1.5, 1.6 MILLION DOLLARS.

34:58AND THAT IS USED FOR, LIKE, ALL

35:00OF THE GENERAL BROAD OUTREACH A

35:05FUNDS PORTION OF OUR STAFF

35:07PERSON WHO IS RECENTLY HIRED TO

35:09WORK SPECIFICALL WITH

35:10MULTI-UNITS FOR HALF OF THAT

35:13TIME. IT DOES OTHERUN AND

35:14EXCITING THINGS LIKE WE REALLY

35:16WORKED WITH NEIGHBORHOOD AND

35:17COMMUNITY GROUPS LAST YEAR TO

35:19TRY AND GET THEM TO HOLD MORE

35:20SWAP EVENTS, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW

35:23ESPECIALLY SINCE THE PANDEMIC,

35:24THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE

35:25HAVE THAT WEON'T NEED AND

35:27SOMEONE NEARBY COULD USE IT.

35:29AND IN TERMS OF THE POLLUTION

35:30CONTROL AGENCY GNT THAT WE'LL

35:32BE APPLYING TO, I MENTIONED WE

35:33WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME PASS

35:34THROUGH FUNDING TO INVOLVE

35:35OTHERS IN HELPING US SPREAD THE

35:38WORD ABOUT WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO

35:40PARTICIPATE AND HOW TO

35:41PARTICIPATE. AND WE WOULD LIKE

35:45RECYCLING CAMPAIGN AND EXPAND IT

35:47TO ORGANICS AS WELL. SO WE HAVE

35:50SISTER LOOKING CAMPAIGNS AND

35:52THEN USE THAT TO, AGAIN,

35:54CONTINUE TO PROMOTE

35:57PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM.

35:58WE WOULD LIKE -- IT WAS JUST

35:59WRITING ABOUT ALL OF THIS A

36:01LITTLE BIT AGO. WE WANT TO DO

36:06SOME OTHER WORK SPECIFICALLY

36:08WITH MULTI-UNITS AND WORK TO GET

36:10MORE COMPOST BACK OUT TO OUR

36:13COMMUNITIES. AGAIN, PARTNERING

36:15WITH NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY

36:16ASSOCIATIONS TO DO THAT, AND

36:17THEN WE WANT TO INCLUDE FUNDING

36:19TO ACTUALLY REDO THE 2022

36:21CAPTURE RATE STUDY AT THE END OF

36:23THIS GRANT PERIOD, WHICH WOULD

36:24BE IN SPRING OF 2029. SO WE CAN

36:27ACTUALLY VERY CONCRETELY SEE HOW

36:29WELL WE ARE DOING NOWITH ALL

36:33OF THE OTHER EFFORTS VERSUS

36:34BACK IN 2022 WHEN WE LAST HAD

36:36THAT NICE, THOROUGH EVALUATION

36:38NE.

36:38>> AND THE SCORE GRANT, THEN, SO

36:41WE WOULD GO INTO 2027 WITH THAT

36:43GRANT ALSO INCLUDING --

36:45SUPPORTING FOR OUR EXISTING

36:46STAFF AND CITY INFRASTRUCTURE.

36:47>> YEP, YEP. SO WE SIGN -- IT'S

36:50CALLED THE RECYCLING REFUND

36:52AGEMENT, WELL, IT'S LONGER

36:53THAN THAT. THE RESIDENTIAL

36:56WASTE REDUION RECYCLING REFUND

36:58AGREEMENT. WE SIGN THAT WITH

36:59THE COUNTY EVERY COUPLE OF

37:01YEARS, AND WITH THE

37:02IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE'S

37:03NEW EXTENDED PRODUCER

37:05RESPONSIBILITY FOR PACKAGING

37:08LAW, THEY ACTUALLYADE THIS

37:10MOST RECENT SCORE GRANT GO UNTIL

37:13WHEN THAT PROGRAMHOULD

37:14HOPEFULLY BE MORE FULLY ROLLED

37:17OUT.

37:18D AT SOME POINT AS A SERVICE

37:20PROVIDER IN THAT LAW, THE CITY

37:22WILL BE RECEIVING SOME REVENUE

37:24FOR OUR EFFORTS IN RECYCLING AND

37:26ORGANICS RECLING AS WELL.

37:28>> AY.

37:29>> I SEE A NUMBER OF FOLKS IN

37:31QUEUE. I DID WANT TO ALSO JUST

37:32QUICKLY FOLLOW-UP, AND I'LL GET

37:36BACK IN QUEUE. FOR THE LARGER

37:39GRANT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO

37:42APPLY TO AND GET COUNCIL

37:43APPROVAL FOR BEFORE

37:45THANKSGIVING. DO WE HAVE A

37:48SENSE OF WHEN WE WOULD GET

37:50NOTIFIED IF WE WERE AWARDED

37:52THAT? I'M ASSUMING NOT BEFORE

37:53THE END OF THE YEAR. THIS WILL

37:55BE PROBABLY SOMETIME IN 2027?

37:57>> CHAIR WONSLEY, COMMITTEE

38:00MEMBERS, THAT IS CORRE. THE

38:00POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY

38:03ANTICIPATES NOTIFYING FOLKS

38:04HOPEFULLY AROUND MAY OR JUNE OF

38:05NEXT YEAR TBE ABLE TO ENTER

38:08INTO AGREEMENTAND ACTUALLY GET

38:09THOSE PROJECTS STARTED. THEY

38:11WOULD GO THROUGH THE END OF THE

38:12JUNE OF 2029, SO IT WOULD ALLOW

38:14ABOUT TWO YEARS WORTH OF GRANT

38:17FUNDINTO COMETE THOSE

38:19ACTIVITIES.

38:19>> OKAY. GREAT. I'LL GET BACK

38:21IN QUEUE AND THEN MOVE ON TO

38:24VICE CHAIR STEVENSON.

38:28>> THANK YOU. THIS WAS KIND OF

38:31ANSWERED PREVIOUSLY, SO FORGIVE

38:35ME, BUT YOU -- HAVE YOU USED CLI

38:36FUND FOR ZERO WASTE IN THE PAST?

38:39>> FOR ZERO WASTE PROGRAMS, YES.

38:42>> AND HAS THAT BEEN LIKE AN

38:45ONGOING SOURCE THAT YOU USE FOR

38:46ZERO WASTE? O IS THAT ONE TIME

38:48HERE AND THERE?

38:49>> CHAIR WONSLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER

38:50STEVENSON, IT HAS BEEN ONGOING.

38:54>> OKAY. AND IN THE

38:56PRESENTATION, YOU REFER TO THAT

38:59UNDER SHORT TERM. I GUESS, WHA

39:05DOES THAT MEAN?

39:06>> CHAIR WONSLEY, VICE CHAIR

39:08STEVENSON, SHORT TERM AS FAR AS

39:09WHAT WE CAN DO?

39:10>> I'M SORRY. YOU SAID USING

39:12CLI FUNDS IN THE SHORT TERM

39:15>> CHAIR WONSLEY, VICE CHAIR

39:19STEVENSON, SHORT TERM IS LIKE

39:21WHAT KELLY WAS DESCRIBING WITH

39:23PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH

39:24THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE

39:25COMMUNITIES ON IS WHAT WE USE

39:26THE FUNDING FOR. AND ALSO BE

39:28FUNDING THE POSITION OF THE ZERO

39:30WASTE PROGRAM MANAGER.

39:32>> OKAY. WHEN YOU SAY SHORT

39:33TERM, YOU ARE MORE MEANING LIKE

39:35SETTING UP THE PROGRAM IS HOW --

39:36>> CORRECT.

39:37>> WITH THE CLI FUND. OKAY.

39:39THAT WAS MY QUESTION. THANK

39:42YOU.

39:45>> NEXT IS COUNCIL MEMBER

39:46PALMISANO.

39:46>> TNK YOU FOR THIS

39:48PRESENTATION. CAN YOU REMIND US

39:50JUST IN GENERAL WHAT PERCENTAGE

39:52OF WASTE SENT TO THE HERC IS

39:54RESIDENTIAL VERSUS COMMERCIAL?

39:55>> CHAIR WONSLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER

39:57PALMISANO, I CAN TELL YOU THAT

39:58AS FAR AS THE CITY OF

39:59MINNEAPOLIS GOES, WE DELIVER OUR

40:02WASTE IS 23% OF WHAT GOES INTO

40:05THE HERC OF RESIDENTS OF

40:07MINNEAPOLIS. THE OTHER RT OF

40:09HERC, 50%, WOULD BE COMMERCIAL

40:11FROM WITHIN MINNEAPOLIS. AND

40:13THEN THE NEXT 50% IS OUTSIDE OF

40:15MINNEAPOLIS. HAULERS THAT ARE

40:17BRINGING IT IN TO HERC.

40:19>> THE COMMERCIAL WASTE IS ABOUT

40:20DOUBLE O RESIDENTIAL WASTE,

40:22AND THAT WASTE IS COMING IN FROM

40:25INPENDENT HAULERS, RIGHT?

40:26>> CORRECT.

40:27>> THAT BRINGS ME TO THIS.

40:28HERE'S WHAT I STRUGGLE WITH.

40:30WHAT IS THE INCENTIVE FOR

40:31COMMERCIAL USERS TO REDE THEIR

40:33WASTE? AND COULD TT BE PART

40:34OF ANY FUTURE PROGRAM?

40:37>> CHAIR WONSLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER

40:39PALMISANO. SO CURRENTLY THERE'S

40:42A STATE TAX FOR DISPOSAL.

40:44>> LIKE THE TONNAGE? IT'S $40 A

40:47TON.

40:47>> THAT CREATES THE SCORE

40:49FUNDING. OUR SCORE FUNDING

40:51COMES FROM THAT FEE. AND SO

40:53WHEN A COMMERCIAL HAULER OR A

40:55BUSINESS OR A BUILDING REDUCES

40:57THE WASTE AND TURNS FROM ASH,

41:00ORGANICS OR TRASH TO RECYCLING

41:02AND ORGANICS, THERE IS NO FEES

41:05OR TAXES ON THAT. THEREFORE,

41:07THEY'RE SAVING MONEY BY REDUCING

41:09THEIR M.S.W. FOOTPRINT.

41:11>> YEAH. YOU KNOW I'M OFTEN

41:13THRILLED BY OUR SOLID WASTE AND

41:16RECYCLING PROGRAM IN THE CITY.

41:17YOU HEAR THAT FROM ME, I HOPE.

41:20I HAVE ALSO BEEN A BIT SURPRISED

41:22AT THE NUMBER OF PLACES THAT USE

41:24PRIVATE HAULERS INSTEAD WHEN

41:26THEY COULD ABSOLUTELY BE USING

41:28CITY SERVICES. I WAS ABLE TO

41:30TRANSITION A SMALL BUILDING THAT

41:32HAD MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE USES THAT

41:34WERE, LIKE, PEOPLE'S OFFICES,

41:37HAIR SALON, AND PEOPLE THAT

41:39DON'T GENERATE LOTS OF WASTE OR

41:41THAT WASTE THAT NEEDS TO BE

41:44PICKED UP CONSTANTLY.

41:47THEY HAVE TRANSITIONED TO USE

41:48CITY SERVICES, AND THAT'S BEEN A

41:50BIG SAVINGS FOR THEM, AND IT

41:52ALSO IS A BIG SAVINGS FOR US,

41:54FOR THE ENVIRONMENTINGS OF

41:56HAVING ONE LESS TRUCK GOING DOWN

41:58OUR STREET.

42:01THERE'S PLACES LIKE BUILDINGS

42:02DOWNTOWN THAT THAT'S NOT

42:05PRACTICAL, BUT IN THESE SMALLER

42:07SPES, N ONLY TO REDUCE A

42:09TRIP FOR OUTSIDE HAULERS, BUT

42:11THEY COULD ALSO THEN USE OUR

42:12COMPOST AND RECYCLING, FOR

42:14EXAMPLE, RIGHT, IF THEY WANT TO

42:17PAY INTO OUR PROGRAM?

42:19>> CHAIR WONSLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER

42:20PALMISANO, THAT IS CORRECT.

42:23>> I HAVE SOME SMALL-ISH

42:25MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS IN MY

42:26WARD THAT DO THIS. IT'S

42:28ECONOMICAL. IT'S VERY

42:30ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY.

42:31IS ONE BUILDING THAT I WAS

42:32BROUGHT OUT TO BECAUSEHERE WAS

42:34A PROBLEM IS TO WHERE THEY PUT

42:35THESE BINS, THERE IS PROBABLY A

42:38DOZEN BINS.

42:40IT IS KIND OF LIKE A CO-OP

42:43MULTI-FAMILY COMPLEX, BUT THESE

42:44KINDS OF THINGS HELPED INCREASE

42:46OUR PROGRAM AND HELPS US ALL AS

42:49A CITY REALLY REDUCE OUR WASTE.

42:53DO WE EVER MARKET THESE KIND OF

42:55SERVICES TO WILD BUILDING

42:57OWNERS? I FEEL LIKE WE'RE N

42:59VERY GOOD AT TOOTING OUR OWN

43:01HORN. DO WE HAVE ANY RECENT --

43:03DO WE MARK OUR SERVICES TO

43:06BUILDINGS THAT WE MIGHT -- THAT

43:08WE THINK MIGHT FIT AND HAD ANY

43:10RECENT CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR

43:11PUBLIC SCHOO DISTRICT, FOR

43:12EXAMPLE, WHO PAY FOR PRIVATE

43:14HAULERS ALLHE TIME?

43:14>> CHAIR WONSENS WO, CNCIL

43:16MEMBER PALMISANO, I'M --HAIR

43:19WONSLEY, COUNCIL MBER

43:20PALMISANO, I GOING TO CALL

43:21KELLY UP AGAIN TO SPEAK TO THAT.

43:26>> SURE.

43:27>> ALL RIGHT. CHAIR WONSLEY,

43:29COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, WE DO

43:30NOT EXPLICITLY PROMOTE WE WILL

43:35WE ARE ABLE TO. WE DO THAT

43:36BECAUSE WE'RE NOT HERE TO

43:37COMPETE WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR

43:44THAT MANY SMALLER BUSINESSES

43:45THAT HAVE CIT PICK UP, WHETHER

43:47IT'S ALL GARBAGE, RECYCLING, AND

43:50ORGANICS OR JUST RECYCLING OR

43:52JUST ORGANICS EVEN. WHEN THOSE

43:55ORGANIZATIONS REACH OUT TO

43:56PARTICULARLY HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR

43:58THE GRANTS THAT THEY HAVE

43:59AVAILABLE, IF THE COUNTY THINKS

44:00THEY MAY BE A GOOD FIT FOR

44:04FITTING INTO OUR SERVICE MODEL,

44:07THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE

44:08CONSIDER, AND WE WILL SEND ONE

44:11OF OUR FIELD FOREMAN OUT TO

44:12VERIFY IF IT IS A PROPERTY WE

44:14CAN PROVIDE SERVICE TO AND GO

44:16THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS OF CITY

44:18COLLECTION SERVICE.

44:18ANY TIME THAT HAPPENS, WE DO

44:21STILL ENCOURAGE THE BUSINESS TO

44:24REACH OUT DIRECY TO THE

44:25COMMERCIAL HAULER, PARTICULARLY

44:27AROUND ORGANICS BECAUSE WE NEED

44:28RE OF THE COMMERCIAL HAULERS

44:30TO OFFER CARTED ORGANIC SERVICE.

44:34BECAUSE MANY OF THEM CURRENTLY

44:36ONLY OFFER DUMPSTERS AND MANY OF

44:37THE PLACES, AS YOU KNOW, DO NOT

44:39REQUIRE A DUMPSTER, BUT ONLY A

44:41CART, WHICH IS A BARRIER WE HAVE

44:43FOR MORE OF THOSE SMALLER

44:45BUILDINGS JUST OPTIN INTO

44:48ORGANICS PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF THE

44:49VOLUME THEY GENERATEIGHT NOW.

44:50>> YEAH, I MEAN, I GUESS I

44:52CHALLENGE MY COLLEAGUES TO HELP

44:54WI THIS, TOO. WE'RE NOT GOOD

44:57MARKETERS OF OUR CITY'S SOLID

45:01WASTE, BUT WE HAVE SOME

45:02EXCELLENT USAGE OF IT. AND I

45:05WAS SURPRISED EARLIER THIS YEAR

45:07WHEN I GOT PULLED INTO A

45:11CONVSATION ABOUT THE WASTE

45:12PICK UP AT SOUTHWEST HIGH

45:14SCHOOL, AND I REALIZED THAT WE

45:17COULD PROBABLY BETTER SERVE OUR

45:18SCHOOL DISTRICT THAN THEM HAVG

45:21A LARGE CONTRACT WITH A PRIVATE

45:22HAULER IN SOME CASES.

45:24MAYBE THAT'S PRACTICAL AND MAYBE

45:26IT'S NOT, BUT IT SURE SEEMS LIK

45:32GERALD. I'M JUST SAYING IN

45:33GENERAL I THINK THERE ARE BETTER

45:35WAYS WE COULD ALL UTILIZE THIS

45:38PROGRAM, SO THANK YOU.

45:39>> THANKS. I ADDED MYSELF BACK

45:42IN QUEUE. JUST CONTINUATION

45:44FROM THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE

45:45FUNDING LANDSCAPE FOR THE ZERO

45:47WASTE INITIATIVES.

45:49AND THIS MIGHT BE BACK TOWARDS

45:50KELLY. YOU MENTION SOME OF THE

45:53STATE AND COUNTY GRANTS TT

45:54WE'RE RECEIVING AND WE'RE

45:56PURSUING, BUT I WANTED TO KNOW

45:57IF THERE'SEEN ANY

45:59CONVERSATIONS WITH LARGE PUBLIC

46:02OR PRIVATE ENTITIES ABOUT THE

46:06WASTE REDUCTION STRATEGIST

46:08THEY'RE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT. I

46:09AM THINKING LIKE THE STADIUMS OR

46:11CONVENTION CENTER THAT IS UNDER

46:12OU OWN OWNERSHIP.

46:14>> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY OR

46:15CHAIR WONSLEY, I WILLNVITE

46:17KELLY BACK UP AGAIN TO RESPOND

46:20FOR YOU.

46:22>> ALL RIGHT. CHAIR WONSLEY A

46:24COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I WILL NOTE

46:26THAT THE STADIUMS IN MINNEAPOLIS

46:28ACTULY DO A VERY GOOD JOB

46:31ALREADY. THE STATE AND CITY

46:32BOTH A LITTLE BIT OF OUR OFFICE,

46:34BUT PREDOMINANTLY THE HEALTH

46:37DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO U.S. BANK

46:38STADIUM OPEN ACTUALLY HAD MANY,

46:39MANY MEETINGS AT THE FACILITY

46:42WITH THE STAFF THERE TO MAKE

46:43SURE THAT WHAT WE RE BRINGING

46:46IN FOOD SERVICE PACKAGING WISE

46:47WAS GOING TO BE COMPLIANT WITH

46:48THE CITY'S GREEN TO GO

46:51ORDINANCE.

46:52FUN FACT, TARGET FIELD ACTUALLY

46:54SORTS ALL THE WASTE AFTER EVERY

46:55SINGLE GAME. THEY DO TOURS IF

46:57YOU WANT TO GO. UR STADIUMS DO

46:59REALLY WELL. THE CONVENTION

47:00CENTER ALSO DOES VERY, VERY

47:02WELL. I CANNOT PERSONALLY SPEAK

47:05TO THEIR DIVERSIONATES OR

47:07THEIR CONTAMINATION RATES, BUT

47:09THE LAST TIME I WAS OVER THERE,

47:11I SAID THAT THEY SHOULD ACTUALLY

47:13BE PUBLICLY SHARING A LOT OF

47:14THAT INFORTION MORE THAN THEY

47:15ARE BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING A

47:16VERY GOOD JOB.

47:17>> IS THERE A REASON WE'R NOT

47:20TRACKING OR IS THERE SOMEONE WHO

47:21WOULD TRACK FOR THE CONVENTION

47:24CENTER?

47:25>> CHAIR WONSLEY, THEY HAVE THAT

47:26INFORMATION.

47:27>> OKAY. YOU MENTION WHAT IS

47:29OUTSTANDING IS YOU SAID

47:32CONTAMINATION RATES OR DIVERSION

47:33RATES FOR THEM.

47:35>> YEP, SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO

47:37TELL YOU OF ALL THE EVENTS, ALL

47:39OF THEIR WASTE LAST YEAR, HOW

47:40MUCH WAS RECYCLED, HOW MUCH WAS

47:43COMPOSTED. HOW MUCH WENT TO

47:44THIS OTHER TYPE OF VENDOR. THEY

47:46DO FOOD TO ANIMALS AT THE

47:48CONVENTION CENTER AS WELL AND A

47:50LONG LIST OF DIFFERENT VENDORS

47:51AND WHAT GOES WHERE. THAT IS

47:53INFORMATION, LIKE I SAID, THEY

47:55GATHER REGULARLY.

47:56>> CAN WE NOTE MAYBEHAT IS

47:59ROUTING TO JEFF ESSENTIALLY? AS

48:00A STAFF MEMO FOR THEM TO SEND

48:03THAT INFORMATION OVER FROM MY

48:05UNDERSTANDING, I DON'T THINK

48:05THAT IS THE TE OF WORK THEY

48:07ARE PRESENTING TO THE BUSINESS,

48:09HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE

48:09WHEN THEY GIVE THEIR

48:11PRESENTATIONS OR EVEN THEIR

48:13BUDGET PRESENTATIONS, SO IT

48:14WOULD BE GREAT TO GET THAT

48:15INFORMATION FROM THEM DIRECTLY.

48:18AND ALSO FOR FUNDI OPTIONS,

48:20ARE WE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH ANY

48:25NONPR

48:29NONPROFITS PHILANTHROPY

48:30ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT HOW TO

48:31ORGANIZE THE ZERO WASTE

48:32INITIATIVES?

48:33>> CURRENTLY WE ARE NOT, CHAIR

48:35WONSLEY.

48:36>> THEEASON I ASK ABOUT OR

48:38PROVIDE THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS

48:39TO THE FUNDING SIDE IS BECAUSE

48:40WITH NO EARMARKS WITHIN OUR

48:42CURRENT CLI FUNDING FOR 2027,

48:45AND THERE IS STILL A LACK OF

48:47UNCERTAINTY, AND WE'RE APPLYING

48:48FOR LARGER GRANTS AND WE WON'T

48:51KNOW UNTIL SPRING OF 2027.

48:53AND I WANTED TO GET A SENSE OF

48:56THEN WHY THE PROPOSED CUTS TO

48:59OUR ZERO WASTE FUNDING

49:01INITIATIVES IN 2027. . IN THE

49:03CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE FUND,

49:05WE LEARNED THAT SOME OF THE

49:06THINGS THAT WAS JUST REFERENCED

49:07LIKE THE EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS

49:09CAMPAIGN WILL BEPROPOSED FOR

49:11ELIMINATION IF THERE IS NO

49:13RESTORATION OR COMMUNITY GRANTS

49:14LIKE I AM HEARING AROUND HOW

49:16COMMUNITIES CAN SUPPORT THIS

49:17PROCESS OF HELPI US MEET OUR

49:20ZERO WASTE GOALS AS WELL AS WHAT

49:24YOU FEATURED IN THE PRESENTATION

49:27ANDHARE OR GET RATIONALE FOR

49:29WHY WE CHOSE THOSE THREE THINGS

49:30TO ELIMINATE?

49:32>> CHAIR WONSLEY, THE BIGGEST

49:35REASON FOR THAT WOULD BE THE LAO

49:37TO FUND THE NEW POSITION OF THE

49:39ZERO WASTE PROGRAM MANAGER, SO

49:40THAT TOOK THE MAJORITY OF THE

49:42CLI FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED.

49:44WE HAD TO MAKE MOVES ELSEWHERE

49:45WITHIN THAT FUNDING TO

49:47COMPENSATE FOR THAT.

49:50>> OKAY. IT WAS JUST DEEPLY

49:52TROUBLING TO SEE AT,

49:53ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE

49:54CONSULTANT IS SUCH A BIG PIECE

49:57APPARENTLY THE ZERO WASTE

49:58FUNDING IN TERMS OF HELPING US

50:02TRACK HOW WE CAN BEST IMPLEMENT

50:05THAT. I WAS JUST SURPRISED TO

50:08NOTE WHAT DID WE DO IN THE

50:10ABSENCE OF A YEAR OF NOT HAVING

50:12THAT?

50:13>> ONE THING WITH THE NEW

50:14POSITION IS WE WILL COMPENSATE

50:15FOR THE LOSSES WITH A

50:17CONSULTANT. THIS PERSON WILL BE

50:17ABLE TO WORK IN THE SAME AREAS

50:19THAT THE CONSULTANT WAS WORKING

50:20IN.

50:21>> HMM, OKAY. I'M EXCITED TO

50:23SEE THAT PIECE.

50:24>> AND THEN JUST OVERALL BECAUSE

50:26IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE

50:27GOTTEN AN UPDATE ON THIS, HOW

50:29DEEFL WE ARE AS A CITY WITH

50:34MEETING OUR OVERALL ZERO WASTE

50:35GUY? ARE WE IN THE RED, YELLOW,

50:38GREEN? WHERE ARE WE AT?

50:41>> CHAIR WONSLEY, WE ARE -- WE

50:42HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO TO GET

50:44THERE.

50:44>> SO THE RED.

50:45>> SO THE RED.

50:48>> OKAY. A I THINK YOU SAW

50:49THIS AS WELL. I KNOW A NUMBER

50:51OF MY COLLEAGUES RECEIVED AN

50:53EMAIL FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDO

50:55IN REGARDS TO OUR PLANS FOR

50:572028, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE JUST

50:59RENEWED OR APPROVED RENEWAL OR

51:01EXTENSION OF A CONTRACT WITH THE

51:03HERC. CAN YOU SHARE IF THERE IS

51:04ANY PLANS THATHE MAYOR'S

51:06ADMINISTRATION HAS PROPOSED FOR

51:07STAFF TO EXPLORE IN TERMS OF

51:10ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES WE CAN

51:11HAVE BE PUT IN PLACE A WE'RE --

51:15BEFORE MEETING THAT DECEMBER

51:172027 DEADLINE OF THAT CONTRACT

51:18>> CHAIR WONSENS WO -- CHAIR

51:22WONSLEY, I HAVE TO NOTE THAT AS

51:25A FOLLOW-UP.

51:25>> I WILL NOTE THIS AS A

51:27FOLLOW-UP.

51:27>> AND THIS MIGHT ALSO BE

51:31RELATED TO THE QUESTION AND

51:32COMMISSIONER FERNANDO AND LIKELY

51:34A STAFF MEMO. I WOULDIKE TO

51:36KNOW WHAT THE COST WOULD HAVE

51:37BEEN FOR THE CITY, FOR NOT

51:38UTILIZING THE HERC IN 2027.

51:42AND THERE WAS SOMEEXCHANGES

51:44AROUND THAT IN THOSE EMAILS.

51:46AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT

51:49AS A FOLLOW-UP.

51:50AND JUST ALSO FOR CLARITY, WITH

51:54SLIDE 12, BECAUSE I THINK THE

51:57REASON WHY WE ALSO BROUGHT THIS

51:58L.D. AND IT NAMES THAT WAS A

52:00REQUEST FOR OTHER OPTIONS FOR

52:01THE EXPEDITED TIMELINE.

52:04AND IAN'T TELL IF THE SLIDES

52:06ARE PRESENTING THAT WITH CLI

52:08FUNDING, LIKE, SOME OF THE SHORT

52:10TERM, THOSE THINGS COULD ASSIST

52:12WITH THE EXPEDITED TIMELINE AS

52:14OPPOSED TO JUST ACCEPTING THE

52:15CONSERVATIVE PROPOSAL OF NINE

52:17YEARS. I WANTED TO GET CLARITY

52:19BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT CAME

52:21ACROSS CLEAR OF WHAT PATHWAYS

52:24EXIST FOR FOUR A FIVE YR

52:27IMPLEMENTATION.

52:27>> CHAIR WONSLEY, TWO PARTS

52:29HERE. THE FIRST BACK TO THE

52:31QUESTION ABOUT COST HAD WE NOT

52:32GONE TO HERC. ANDPPROXIMATELY

52:35$5.4 MILLION WOULD HAVE BEEN --

52:36IS THE SAVINGS WITH THE HERC

52:38CONTRACT.

52:38>> OH, OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN

52:41FOR THE --

52:42>>ENED A -- AND THEN ON THE

52:46SLIDES, CHAIR WONSLEY, TRE IS

52:48NO FUNDING MECHANISM THAT WE

52:49COULD KICK IN TO EXPEDITE THE

52:51PROCESS. IT'S LITERALLY ALL

52:54AROUND THE TIMELINE, THE

52:55ORDINANCE CHANGES, THE

52:57COMMITTEES, THE MEETINGS, THAT'S

52:59WHAT TAKES THE LENGTH OF TIME

53:00BEING NINE YEARS. SO IT

53:03WOULDN'T MATTER IF WE HAD

53:04ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO PUT INTO

53:08THE ZERO WASTE OR COMMERCL

53:09ORGANIZED COLLECTION, IT WOULD

53:11NOT EFFECT THE TIMELINE.

53:14>> OKAY. HMM.

53:16AND THEN I'LL SEGUE TO COMMENTS

53:19BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH

53:20STAFF MEMO FOLLOW-UP. WHAT I'M

53:22GATHERING FROM THIS

53:24PRESENTATION, WHICH I THINK IS

53:25IN THE DISCUSSION, IT'S BEEN

53:28PRETTY ILLUMINATING THAT IT

53:32DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE REALLY

53:34ON TRACK TO MEET OUR WASTE

53:36REDUCTION GOALS.

53:38AND I THINK THAT IS CONCERNING

53:39BECAUSE WE DID ADOPT THAT

53:41RESOLUTION IN 2024 IN THE FACT

53:42THAT WE JUST APPROVED THIS

53:45CONTRACT THAT IS SET TO END IN

53:482027. AND HENNEPIN COUNTY IS

53:50EVEN INQUIRING WHAT IS OUR PLANS

53:52TO THEN BE PREPARED TO SHIFT

53:54AWAY FROM THE HERC OR WHAT IS

53:56OUR PLANS THEN TO SUPPORT THAT

53:58CLOSURE DATE BY 2027 OR REDUCE

54:00OUR WASTE? SO IT'S NOT BEING

54:01SENT THERE.

54:03AND IT'S NOT CLEAR, , NO, NO,

54:06IT'S ACTUALLY VERY CLEAR THAT

54:07RIGHT NOW IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE

54:08WE'RE ON TRACK TO MEET THAT.

54:12AND I KNOWE AS A CLIMATE

54:16COMMITTEE DID ADOPT ZERO WASTE

54:17AS A TOP PRIORITY. AND IT

54:21DOESN'T SEEM AS FROM WHAT WE'VE

54:23BEEN LEARNING TODAY THAT THE

54:25MAYOR'S ADMISTRATION HAS DONE

54:26EVERYTHING THAT IT NEEDS TO DO

54:29TO PUT US IN THE BEST POSITION

54:30TO BE READY BY DECEMBER OF 2027

54:34TO MOVE AWAYROM SERVICES WITH

54:35THE HERC.

54:38SO I REALLY SENSE GOING INTO

54:40NEXT YEAR THAT THIS BODY, THE

54:42COUNCIL IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO A

54:45LOT OF CLEANUP DUTY BECAUSE OF

54:48THAT INACTION OR SLOW ACTION TO

54:50REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE

54:52ALIGNING OURSELVES WITH THE

54:54GOALS AND INTENTS ARTICULATED IN

54:56THAT HERC RESOLUTION ADOPTED IN

54:592024.

54:59AND WE'VE GOT A LOT TO MAKE UP

55:02FOR BECAUSE IT IS MY HOPE THAT

55:03WE'RE NOT APPROACHING NEXT

55:05DECEMBER WITH -- PLEADING WITH

55:07THE COUNTY TO EXTEND THAT

55:08CONTRA FOR A NUMBER OF

55:09ADDITIONAL YEARS.

55:13AND I SEE DIRECTOR SEXTON

55:15APOACHING. ARE YOU OFFERING

55:17SOMETHING CONTRARY?

55:19>> MAY I?

55:19>> GO FOR IT.

55:21>> CHAIR WONSLEY, TIM SEXTON,

55:24PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. I THINK

55:25BY ALL MEANS WE WANT TO WORK

55:26WITH THE COUNCIL TOGETHER ON

55:28THIS AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

55:29I WANT TO POINT OUT THE FACT

55:30THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THIS

55:32YEAR, WE HAVE WORKED AND TWO

55:33LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVES THAT HAVE

55:35TAKEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF

55:36TIME FROM A SMALL STAFF TEEM. I

55:38DON'T WANT THAT TO BE LOST ON

55:39THE FACT AND UNDERSTANDING THAT

55:41WHAT ARE THOSE COSTS IF WE DO

55:42MOVE AWAY FROM THE HERC. THAT

55:44WAS A SIGNIFICANT EFFORT THAT WE

55:45PRESENTED A FEW MONTHS AGO.

55:48THIS CURRENT LEGISLATIVE

55:48DIRECTIVE THAT WE'RE RESPONDING

55:50TO TOOK A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF

55:52TIME.

55:53AND IT'S IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

55:54ITM NOT MINIMIZING THAT. AT THE

55:59SAME TIME, THAT IS STAFF TIME

56:00THAT OTHER WISE WOULD HAVE BEEN

56:01WORKING ON OTHER THINGS RELATED

56:02TO THIS. SO I THINK THERE IS AL

56:05THIS INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN

56:07PREPARED TO REALLY DIG IN AND

56:08RK TOGETHER ON THIS. I THINK

56:10WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT

56:12HASN'T BEE DONE, I FEEL LIKE

56:14THAT IS SMA -- SOMEWHAT OF AN

56:21UNFAIR ASSSMENT OVER THE PAST

56:22YEAR.

56:22>> DIRECTOR SEXTON, I'M GOING TO

56:24PUSH BACK ON THAT. THE

56:26LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE PROCESS

56:27EXPLICITLY NAMES THAT QUESTIONS

56:29THAT CANNOT BE ANSWERE IN A

56:31FORMAL INQUIRY, WHICH WE HAVE

56:32HAD MANY MEETINGS ABOUT OVER THE

56:34PAST FOUR YEAR, THEY NEED TO BE

56:36MOVED TO A LEGISLATIVE

56:37DIRECTIVE, WHICH DOES TAKE IO

56:38ACCOUNT STAFF TIME.

56:40AND THIS IS ALSO STAFF TIME THAT

56:42SHOULD BE HPENING ANYWAY.

56:43THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WE

56:45SHOULD HAVE ALREADY HAD ANSWERED

56:46IN TERMS OF THE ZERO WASTE PLAN

56:49PREDATE MISS OF US.

56:50AND WE CAME IN AND NOT SENSING

56:53MUCH PROGRESS ON THAT UNTIL

56:53COUNCIL AID, OH, LET'S FUND,

56:56LET'S CREATE A ZERO WASTE

56:58POSITION AND PURSUE CREATING A

57:01ZERO WASTE GROUP. WE JUST GOT

57:03THE ZERO WASTE FUNDING MECHANISM

57:06STUDY BACK EARLIER THIS YEAR.

57:07WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS

57:08HAPPENING. I WOULD PUSH BACK

57:09AND SAY, YES, WE DID EXACTLY

57:11WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO

57:12BASED OFF THE LEGISLATIVE

57:13POLICY. WE DID WORK WITH YOU

57:17ALL AND IN DEVELOPING THE

57:18LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVES FOR THE

57:19OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS. SO I'M

57:20GOING TO PUSH BACK ON THAT. I

57:22DIDN'T SAY FOR THE PAST YEAR.

57:24THIS PRE-DATES MANYYEARS. AND

57:26I AM SAYING THIS BECAUSE EVEN

57:28MAYOR BETSY HODGES HAD

57:31PRIORITIZED THIS WORK, WHICH

57:34AGAIN, GOES BEYOND MAYOR FREY'S

57:38TENURE.

57:39WE HAVE NOT SEEN MUCH PROGRESS

57:39AROUND HOW WE'RE REDUCING

57:41PATHWAYS TO THE HERC CLOSURE, SO

57:43I WILL PUSH BACK ON THAT PIECE.

57:44WHAT I'M NAMINGS GOING INTO

57:47NEXT YEAR, WE ARE ALREADY

57:49DEALING, THEN, WITH PROPOSED

57:50CUTS FOR ZERO WASTE, WHICH FELT

57:53LIKE -- WE'RE ALREADY BEHIND.

57:56WHY ARE WE ELIMINATING THE

57:58PATHWAYS TO INVOLVING COMMUNITY?

58:01THAT HAS BEEN FROM YOU ALL'S

58:02ACCOUNTS A CRITICAL PIECE OF

58:03TH WORK. AND THEN ALSO THE

58:06INFORMATION CAMPAIGN AND THE

58:08EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN.

58:09SO OF COURSE THERE IS GOING TO

58:10BE A SENSE OF DISAPPOINTMENT

58:12EN WE JUST RENEWED THIS

58:13CONTRACT WITH THE HERC

58:15INCINERATOR. SO I'M GOING TO

58:17PUSH BACK ON THOSE THINGS

58:19BECAUSE, YES, IT DOES FEEL LIKE

58:21WE ARE ON CRUNCH TIME FOR THE

58:21NEXT YEAR TO DO SOME REALLY BIG

58:24THINGS. SO AS I MENTION, WE'RE

58:26NOT IN THIS PREDICAMENT OF NEXT

58:27DECEMBER HAVING TO LITERALLY

58:31PLEA TO THEN RE-EXTEND OUR

58:33NTRACT. AND THAT PUTS US

58:34OPPOSITE OF THE COMMITMENTS THAT

58:36WE ARTICULATED IN THAT

58:37RESOLUTIONE ADOPTED IN 2024.

58:39>> CHAIR WONSLEY, IF I MAY, I

58:41SIMPLY WANTED TO CLARIFY THE

58:42FACT THAT I MIGHT HAVE MISHEARD

58:44YOU, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS

58:46THAT WE H BEEN MAKING PROGRESS

58:47OVER THE PAST YEAR. AND I THINK

58:48IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT NICK

58:50AND KELLY AND THEIR TEAM HAVE

58:51BEEN WORKING HARD TO GET THAT

58:52WORK DONE, ALONG WITH THE

58:55CHANGING, THE ZERO WASTE

59:02FUNDING MANAGER A SO I THINK

59:04WE'RE ROWING IN THE SAME

59:07DIRECTION.

59:07I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS

59:08CLEAR THAT WE SEE THIS AS A

59:10PRIORITY AS WELL, BUT ALSO TO

59:11COGNIZE WE HAVE A SMALL TEAM

59:12AND LIMITED RESOURCE. AND

59:13THEY'RE WORKING REALLY HARD ON

59:15THIS. I WTED TO MAKE SURE

59:16THAT THAT WAS CLEAR AND AT LEAST

59:17WE HAD THE CHANCE TO SHARE THAT

59:19PERSPECTIVE.

59:20>> THAIS WHY I WAS VERY

59:21TARGETED IN MY QUESTION AND SAID

59:22WHAT IS THE OVERALL PROGRESS IN

59:23MEETING THIS? I WILL SAY TS

59:25PRE-DATES YOU, DIRECTOR SEXTON.

59:27AND IF THERE WAS A PRIORITIZING

59:31OF THIS WITHIN THE

59:32ADMINISTRATIONI WOULD

59:33SHOULDN'T TAKE NOW WHERE IT

59:35PRE-DATES THE CLIMATE LEGACY

59:36INITIATIVE FUNDING.

59:37THATS WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION

59:38F WE TRULY NEEDED TO HAVE ROBUST

59:40FUNDING FOR THIS WORK, IF IT WAS

59:42A TRUE PRIORITY, WHY DID NOT

59:45EMBED THAT IN AN ACTUAL RIGHT

59:47SIZE AMOUNT. SO THAT IS WHAT I

59:49AM NAMING. IT'S YEARS OF

59:52STALLED DELAY THAT DOES FEEL

59:54LIKE IT IS A PRESSURE CANNON

59:55GOING INTO THIS YEAR. S THE NOT

59:58DISMISSIVE OF THE WORK THAT YOU

59:59ALL HAVE DONE, BUT THIS SAYS FOR