[0:18] >> ALL RIGHT. IT IS 1:35.

[0:22] LET'S GET STARTED. WE HAVE

[0:26] FOUR, SO -- COMMUNICATIONS, ARE

[0:28] WE READY TO BEGIN?

[0:31] >> CHAIR, VICE MAYOR STEVENSON,

[0:32] THE MEETING IS READ IT IS

[0:35] BROADCASTING.

[0:36] >> GREAT. GOOD

[0:37] WELCOME. MY NAME IS SOREN

[0:39] STEVENSON. I'M THE VICE CHAIR

[0:40] OF CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE

[0:41] MEETING. I'M GOING TO BE

[0:42] CHAIRING TODAY'S MEETING.

[0:44] I'M GOING TO CALL TORDER THE

[0:45] REGULAR MEING FOR THURSDAY,

[0:46] AUGUST 6, 26.

[0:48] BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I

[0:50] WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY

[0:51] REMINDER TO ALL COMMITTEE

[0:53] MEMBERS, STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC

[0:54] THATHESE MEETINGS ARE

[0:54] BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER

[0:57] PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

[0:58] THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE

[1:00] REALTIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER

[1:00] METHOD TO INCREASE THE

[1:02] ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS

[1:05] TO THE COMMUNITY.

[1:06] THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO

[1:07] BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR

[1:08] SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS

[1:10] CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE

[1:13] ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST.

[1:13] WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE

[1:15] THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR

[1:18] COMMENTS. I'LL NOW HAVE THE

[1:20] CLERK CALL THE ROLL.

[1:23] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

[1:25] >> PRESENT.

[1:25] >> WARREN.

[1:26] >> PRESENT.

[1:28] >> CHUGHTAI IS ABSENT.

[1:30] CHOWDHURY?

[1:30] >> PRESENT.

[1:31] >> PALMISANO IS ABSENT.

[1:33] >> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON.

[1:35] >> PRESENT.

[1:36] >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE

[1:37] HAVE A QUORUM. I'LL REMIND MY

[1:39] COLLEAGUES WE'LL BE USING

[1:40] SPEAKER MANAGEMENT TODAY, SO

[1:41] PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE SIGNED

[1:43] UP. FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

[1:44] THAT ARE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC

[1:46] HEARING, IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS

[1:47] THE COMMITTEE, WE ASK YOU

[1:48] REGISTER WITH THE CLERKS IN THE

[1:50] HALLWAY. YOU CAN ALSO PROVIDE

[1:52] ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS OR

[1:53] MATERIALS TO INCLUDE IN THE

[1:54] PUBLIC RECORD.

[1:56] IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS

[1:57] ABOUT YOUR ASSESSMENTS, STAFF

[1:59] CONTACT INFORMATION AND

[2:01] MATERIALS ARE ON THE PUBLIC

[2:02] TABLE TO MY LEFT.

[2:05] WE'LL START WITH OUR CONSENT

[2:08] ITEMS, WHICH I'LL READ FOR THE

[2:10] RECORD. ONE, APPROVING THE

[2:12] GOFER GARDEN LARGE BLOCK EVENT

[2:15] PERMIT. TWO, APPROVING THE

[2:17] ANNUAL TARGET TOGETHER CORE WEEK

[2:19] BLOCK EVENT PERMIT. THREE,

[2:22] APPROVING THE TARGET TOGETHER

[2:23] CORE WEEK COMMUNITY CELEBRATION

[2:26] BLOCK EVENT PERMIT. FOUR,

[2:28] APPROVING THE LORING ALLEY LIVE

[2:29] 2026 MUSIC FESTIVAL. FIVE,

[2:32] APPROVING THE MODE BY FLICKR

[2:34] LARGE BLOCK EVENT PERMIT. SIX,

[2:38] AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACT

[2:39] AMENDMENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY

[2:40] FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE. SEVEN,

[2:42] SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR

[2:44] OCTOBER 8 TO CONSIDER 2027

[2:47] PROPOSED SERVICES AND SERVICE

[2:49] CHARGES FOR SPECIAL SERVICE

[2:52] DISTRICTS. EIGHT, ADOPTING A

[2:53] REPORT DESIGNATING THE 2027

[2:56] STREET MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT

[2:57] FOR NON-GOVERNMENTAL TAX-EXEMPT

[3:01] PARCELS. AND SETTING A PUBLIC

[3:02] HEARING FOR OCTOBER 8 TO

[3:03] CONSIDER THOSE ASSESSMENTS.

[3:06] NINE, ADOPTING A REPORT

[3:08] DESIGNATING THE 2027 CITYWIDE

[3:12] LIGHT OPERATION ASSESSMENT FOR

[3:14] NON-GOVERNMENTAL TAX-EXEMPT

[3:16] PARCELS, AND SETTING A PUBLIC

[3:17] HEARING FOR OCTOBER 8 TO

[3:19] CONSIDER THOSE ASSESSMENTS.

[3:20] TEN, AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACT

[3:23] AMENDMENT WITH THE SAINT PAUL

[3:24] FOR THE E.V. SPOT NETWORK

[3:28] PROJECT AGREEMENT. ELEVEN,

[3:30] AUTHORIZING CONTRACT WITH

[3:32] UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON URBAN

[3:33] FREIGHT LAB IN SUPPORT OF THE

[3:35] SMART GRANT STAGE 2 PROJECT.

[3:38] TWELVE, AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACT

[3:39] WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

[3:40] CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION

[3:42] STUDIES IN SUPPORT OF THE SMART

[3:44] GRANT STAGE 2 PROJECT. 13,

[3:48] ACCEPTING BID FOR LARGE DIAMETER

[3:50] CURED IN PLACE PIPELINING 2026.

[3:56] 14, AUTHORIZING CONTRACT

[3:58] AMENDMENT WITH Z COMPANIES

[4:00] INCORPORATED FOR ENGINEERING AND

[4:02] DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE

[4:03] NORTHSIDE GREENWAY PHASE ONE AND

[4:04] TWO PROJECT.

[4:06] 15, AUTHORIZING CONTRACT

[4:07] AMENDMENTS WITH BOLTON AND MENK

[4:09] INCORPORATED AND ALLIANT

[4:11] ENGINEERING INCORPORATED FOR

[4:13] ENGINEERING AND SERVICE DESIGNS

[4:14] FOR THE 38th STREET AND CHICAGO,

[4:18] GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE STREET

[4:21] RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. 16,

[4:22] AUTHORIZING CONTRACT AMENDMENT

[4:23] FOR ALLIANT ENGINEERING

[4:25] INCORPORATED FOR THE BLOOMINGTON

[4:26] AVE AND MINNEHAHA PARKWAY

[4:29] HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT

[4:30] PROJECT. 17, APPROVING

[4:32] LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO

[4:34] ZERO WASTE FUNDING. COLLEAGUES,

[4:37] IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION O ARE

[4:39] THERE ANY ITEMS THAT ANYONE

[4:40] WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR

[4:41] DISCUSSI?

[4:50] >> SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION,

[4:51] I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE

[4:55] CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN

[4:57] FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED

[4:58] SAY NAY. THAT MOTION CARRIES.

[5:01] NEXT WE'LL TAKE UP OUR PUBLIC

[5:03] HEARING REFLECTED ON ITEM ONE IN

[5:04] THE AGENDA.

[5:05] YBODY WHO IS SIGNED UP FOR

[5:06] THESE ITEMS WILL BE GIVEN TWO

[5:09] MINUTES EACH TO TESTIFY. ONCE

[5:12] AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC

[5:13] QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR

[5:13] ASSESSMENTS, I WOULD INVITE YOU

[5:15] TO REVIEW THE MATERIALS ON THE

[5:17] PUBLIC TABLE TO MY LEF AS

[5:18] YOU'LL NEEDO WORK WITH STAFF

[5:19] TO RESOLVE THOSE.

[5:21] FOR EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE AND I

[5:23] ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MAY

[5:24] PARTICIPATE IN OUR HEARINGS OR

[5:26] COMMENT PERIOD, LET ME OFFER

[5:28] THIS NOTICE. THESE HEARINGS ARE

[5:30] BEING RECORDED AND BROADCAST.

[5:31] THEY ARE CLASSIFIED AS PUBLIC

[5:32] DATA UNDER THE MINNESOTA

[5:33] GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES ACT.

[5:35] BY ATTENDING AND PARTICIPATING

[5:37] IN THESE PROCEEDINGS, YOUR IMAGE

[5:39] AND THE TESTIMONY OR INFORMATION

[5:41] THAT YOU WILL PROVIDE WILL ALSO

[5:42] BE SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE UNDER

[5:44] THAT LAW.

[5:46] THAT INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED

[5:47] TO YOUR ATTENDANCE FOR A NAME

[5:50] AND OTHER PERSONAL DETAILS YOU

[5:52] PROVIDE AS WELL AS ANY TESTIMONY

[5:54] OR COMMENTS YOU PROVIDE WHICH

[5:56] INCLUDES ANY WRITTEN SUBMIIONS

[5:57] YOU MAKE WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN

[5:58] THE RECORD OF THIS MEETING.

[6:03] PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE

[6:04] SIDEWALK REPAIR AND CONSTRUCTION

[6:05] ASSESSMENT.

[6:06] I'M INVITE ERIN JOHNSON, SENIOR

[6:09] TRANSPORTATION MANAGER,

[6:10] ENGINEERING DESIGN TO GET US

[6:12] STARTED. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD.

[6:15] >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON.

[6:15] CHAIR STEVENSON, MEMBERS OF THE

[6:18] COMMITTEE, MY NAME IS AARON

[6:20] JOHNSON, SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

[6:21] IN THE TRANSPORTATION

[6:23] ENGINEERING DESIGN DIVISION OF

[6:23] PUBLIC WORKS. I'M RESPONSIBLE

[6:26] FOR THE SIDEWALK INSPECTIONS

[6:29] OFFICE AND EACH YEAR THE PUBLIC

[6:32] WORKS DIVISION, OR SORRY, PUBLIC

[6:35] WORKS CONDUCTS A SIDEWALK

[6:37] REPLACEMENT PROGRAM TO REMOVE

[6:38] AND REPLACE SIDEWALK PANELS THAT

[6:39] HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO BE

[6:41] HAZARDOUS OR DEFECTIVE.

[6:45] THE PROGRAM AREAS ARE FINALIZED

[6:47] AHEAD OF THE CONSTRUCTION

[6:48] SEASON, SELECTING THESE AREAS

[6:50] ARE BASED ON HOW LONG IT HAS

[6:51] BEEN SINCE WE HAVE BEEN TO THAT

[6:54] AREA AND ALSO WE TAKE INTO

[6:56] CONSIDERATION TRYING TO AVOID

[6:59] LARGE, MAJOR CONSTRUCTION THAT'S

[7:00] CURRENTLY HAPPENING IN THE CITY

[7:01] OF MINNEAPOLIS.

[7:04] IN 2025 OUR WORK RESULTED IN

[7:07] SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT AT 1,805

[7:10] PROPERTIES.

[7:13] INVOICES WERE MAILED ON APRIL

[7:17] 15, 2026.

[7:18] NOTICES OF THE ANNUAL PUBLIC

[7:20] HEARING WERE MAILED ON JULY 9,

[7:21] 2026.

[7:23] THE PROPERTIES THATAD NOT YET

[7:25] PAID THEIR INVOICE AT THAT TIME.

[7:28] IF THEY PAID THEIR INVOICE AFTER

[7:29] WE MAILED THE PUBLIC HEARING

[7:31] NOTICE, THEY WOULD STILL HAVE

[7:32] RECEIVED THE PUBLIC HEARING

[7:35] NOTICE. THIS HAS CAUSED SOME

[7:39] CONFUSION AND THIS WILL BE

[7:41] ADDRESSED IN FUTURE YEARS. CITY

[7:46] ORDINANCE REQUIRES PROPERTY

[7:48] OWNERS TO MAINTAIN THE PUBLIC

[7:49] SIDEWALK ADJACENT TO THEIR

[7:50] PROPERTY.

[7:51] THE ORDINANCE ALSO AUTHORIZES

[7:52] PUBLIC WORKS TO REPLACE DAMAGED

[7:54] OR DETERIORATED SIDEWALK PANELS,

[7:58] AND SO RECOVER ASSOCIATED COSTS

[8:00] THROUGH THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT

[8:06] PROCESS. PROPERTY OWNERS MAY

[8:07] CHOOSE TO HIRE THEIR OWN

[8:12] CONTRACTOR AND INSTEAD OF THEIR

[8:16] OWN CONTRACTOR.

[8:17] ONCE THE WORK HAS BEEN

[8:19] COMPLETED, THE PROPERTY OWNER

[8:20] RECEIVES AN INVOICE. THEY HAVE

[8:23] SEVERAL OPTIONS. THEY CAN

[8:24] EITHER PAY THE INVOICE IN FULL.

[8:26] THEY CAN CHOOSE NOT TO PAY THE

[8:27] INVOICE AND IT WILL BE ADDED TO

[8:29] THE NEXT YEAR'S PROPERTY TAXES

[8:30] AS A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.

[8:33] AND THE THIRD OPTION IS THEY CAN

[8:34] REQUEST AN ADMINISTRATIVE

[8:36] HEARING IF THEY DISAGREE WITH

[8:38] THE ASSESSMENT FROM THE SIDEWALK

[8:40] REPLACEMENT WORK THAT WAS

[8:40] PERFORMED.

[8:43] AND AT THESE HEARINGS AN

[8:45] INDEPENDENT HEARING OFFICER

[8:46] REVIEWS THE CITY'S CASE,

[8:48] CONSIDERS PROPERTY OWNER

[8:49] OBJECTIONS AND ISSUES A RULING.

[8:51] PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE THE ABILITY

[8:53] TO PAY THEIR OUTSTANDING INVOICE

[8:57] FOR THE SIDEWALK WORK DONE IN

[9:01] 2025 UNTIL NOVEMBER 15, 2026.

[9:06] AT THAT TIME THE UNPAID INVOICES

[9:08] WILL BE PROCESSED AND BE ADDED

[9:09] TO THE PROPERTY TAXES FOR --

[9:12] SORRY, 2027, AS A SPECIAL

[9:14] ASSESSMENT.

[9:16] AS OF THIS MORNING, AUGUST 6,

[9:19] THE TOTAL PROPOSED ASSESSMENT

[9:26] AMOUNT IS $1,561,060.70. THIS

[9:27] FINAL -- YEAH, THIS FINAL NUMBER

[9:28] WILL BE LOWER AS PAYMENTS ARE

[9:30] MADE UNTIL NOVEMBER 15, 2026.

[9:33] PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDS APPROVAL

[9:35] OF THE RESOLUTION ALONG WITH

[9:39] ADOPTION AND LEVY OF THE SPECIAL

[9:42] ASSESSMENTS.

[9:42] I WILL REMAIN HERE FOR ANY

[9:43] QUESTIONS.

[9:45] >> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO

[9:47] PROCEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC

[9:49] HEARING. THE FIRST PERSON

[9:52] SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IS SAMANTHA

[9:53] TYLER.

[10:02] >> HI. SAMANTHA TYLER. NOT

[10:04] SURE WHAT ELSE I AM SUPPOSED TO

[10:06] SAY HERE. I MORE SO HAVE

[10:08] QUESTIONS THAN ANY SPECIFIC,

[10:09] LIKE, CONTESTING OF IT.

[10:12] WE JUSTOUGHT THE HOUSE, AND SO

[10:15] IT WAS NOT DISCLOSED IN ANY OF

[10:16] THE PAPER WORK FROM THE PREVIOUS

[10:18] HOMEOWNER ABOUT THIS WORK BEING

[10:19] DONE.

[10:20] AND I'M NOT REALLY SURE BECAUSE

[10:21] WE JUST GOT THE LETTER IN TH

[10:23] MAIL -- LIKE, I HAD NO IDEA THIS

[10:26] WAS HAPPENING. SO I'M MORE HERE

[10:29] TO, LIKE, PUT A PAUSE ON THAT

[10:30] GOING ON TO OUR HOME TAXES WHILE

[10:32] WE FIGURE OUT WAS THE PREVIOUS

[10:34] HOMEOWNER SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR

[10:36] THIS? AND IT DIDN'T BECAUSE

[10:37] IT'S NOT THE FIRST THING THAT

[10:39] THEY DIDN'T PAY FOR. AND WE'VE

[10:41] HAD TO HAVE THE TITLE COMPANY

[10:43] TAKE CARE OF FOR US. SO I'M NOT

[10:46] REALLY SURE WHEN THIS WAS DONE

[10:47] BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN DONE

[10:48] SINCE WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY

[10:49] OBVIOUSLY.

[10:52] OR WHAT PROCESS IS SUPPOSED TO

[10:54] BE. I'M NOT REALLY SUR WHAT

[10:56] I'M SUPPOSED TO DO.

[11:00] >> THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO

[11:02] ADDRESS WITH STAFF DIRECTLY.

[11:04] >> OKAY.

[11:05] >> WE CAN'T REALLY ADDRESS THAT

[11:07] HERE.

[11:07] >> OKAY. SO I NEED TO TALK TO

[11:09] STAFF TO GET IT, LIKE, PAUSED

[11:10] AND TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF IT

[11:12] AND SUCH? OKAY.

[11:15] >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE

[11:22] VIRGINIA KELLY, THEN CYNTHIA

[11:25] HENRY, AND BRIANNA CORY.

[11:32] >> FIRST OF ALL, I AM NERVOUS.

[11:34] I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A HEARING

[11:37] BEFORE. BUT I LIKE TO SAY THAT

[11:43] I PURCHASED A DUPLEX. AND

[11:45] BECAUSE IT'S BEING A DUPLEX, I

[11:49] GOT A CORNER AREA. AND MY THING

[11:53] IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY

[11:56] WANT MEO PAY IS, LIKE,

[12:00] OVERWHELMING. I WORK A JOB

[12:03] EVERY DAY.

[12:05] IT'S JUST OVERWHELMING. THEY

[12:07] WANT ME TO PAY $3,600 AND SOME,

[12:13] AND IF THEY NEED TO FIX THE

[12:16] SIDEWALKS, I'M COOL WITH THAT.

[12:18] NO PROBLEM.

[12:22] THE THING IS RIGHT ABOUT NOW, I

[12:32] JUST ND TIME TO MAKE PAYMENTS

[12:34] OR DO PAYMENTS FOR THE AMOUNT

[12:35] THAT THEY ASKED ME TO PAY FOR.

[12:39] I'M HOMESTEAD, SO I LIVE IN THE

[12:43] DUPLEX. AND I HAVE -- I DID NOT

[12:46] HAVE NO IDEA THAT I WOULD BE

[12:47] PAYING THAT WHEN IT WAS FIXING

[12:53] THAT. UNTIL IT CAME IN THE

[12:57] MAIL. AND ALSO, I THOUGHT I WAS

[13:03] RESPONBLE FOR THE SNOW AND THE

[13:06] ICE. THAT IS IS WHAT I ASSUMED

[13:08] I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR. I

[13:10] NEVER HEARD OF NEW SIDEWALKS AND

[13:12] YOU GOT TO PAY FOR THAT AND SO

[13:20] THIS JUST POPPED UP OUT OF THE

[13:22] BLUE. AND I'M NERVOUS.

[13:29] IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I DON'T

[13:34] RENT THE OTHER SIDE. THAT IS

[13:35] FOR MY CHILDREN.

[13:44] >>HANK YOU.

[13:45] >> THIS SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING

[13:46] THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO TALK WITH

[13:47] STAFF WITH AS WELL TO GET THE

[13:49] INFORMATION ON THE SIDE, AND

[13:50] THEY CAN WORK WITH YOU ON

[13:52] PAYMENTS OR SOMETHING.

[13:52] >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR

[13:53] LISTENING, YOU LM I PAID

[13:55] TO VACCINATE AND KEE HEALTHY

[13:57] SINCE I LIVED IN THE HOME. THEY

[13:59] DESTROYED THE ROOTS WITHOUT

[14:01] CONSULTING WITH THE FORESTRY

[14:03] DEPARTMENT WHICH IS PART OF YOUR

[14:05] OWN FOREST POLICY THEY REVIEW

[14:07] BEFORE THIS WORK TAKES PLACE,

[14:08] THEY REVIEW FORESTRY BEFORE THEY

[14:10] DO ANY WORK. TS DID NOT

[14:11] HAPPEN AND I HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY

[14:13] LEARNED I AM NOT THE OY

[14:14] PROPERTY FOR WHICH THIS WAS THE

[14:14] CASE.

[14:17] SO THEREFORE, THIS IS ALSO IN

[14:18] VIOLATION OF OUR OWN MINNESOTA

[14:21] STATUTE -- LET ME FIND THE NOTES

[14:22] HERE.

[14:28] 429.051, WHICH STATES THAT AN

[14:29] ASSESSNT CAN'T EXCEED THE

[14:30] VALUE IT ADDS, AND TO DATE THIS

[14:32] PROJECT HAS COST ME FAR MORE IN

[14:36] L

[14:37] PROVIDE TO THE PROPERTY.

[14:38] IN FACT, THE DESTRUCTION OF THE

[14:40] TREE HAS DEVALUED THE PROPERTY

[14:43] SIGNIFICANTLY. IT PROVIDED

[14:44] SHADE. I NOW HAVE AN OVEN IN

[14:46] FRONT OF MY HOUSE VERSUS A

[14:48] USABLE, ENCLOSED PORCH THAT I'M

[14:50] BEING TAXED ON. ANYWAY, I HAVE

[14:52] IT ALL DOCUMENTED AND WL

[14:53] SUBMIT IT TO THE APPROPRIA

[14:54] STAFF MEMBERS, BUT SINCE THE

[14:56] PROGRAM MANAGER IS HERE, I

[14:58] TALKED TO LINEA AND RUTH ON HER

[15:01] TEAM BECAUSE THIS WAS A VERY

[15:02] MISMANAGED PROJECT, AND MULTIPLE

[15:04] PEOP AGREE.

[15:04] IT WAS POORLY EXECUTED. HE

[15:07] DESTRUCTION CREW AS I CALL IT

[15:08] DID NOT DO THEIR JOB

[15:09] APPROPRIATELY AND MANY OTHER

[15:10] PEOPLE HAD ISSUED. SO I WOULD

[15:12] ASK YOU AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS

[15:13] TO NOT TAKE THE LOWEST BID ALL

[15:16] THE TIME BECAUSE THEY SUCK.

[15:21] SO ANYWAY, THERE IS A GREAT

[15:29] OPPORTUNITY AND RESIDENTS WHO

[15:33] WANT TOAKE CARE OF THEM. I

[15:34] COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT I'LL

[15:38] STOP. IF THERE ARE ANY

[15:39] QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.

[15:40] THANK YOU.

[15:41] >> THANK YOU.

[15:41] >> BRIANNA CORY, JENNY LAZARD.

[15:48] AND NUMBER SIX --

[15:50] >> YEP. I'M THE PROPERTY OWNER

[15:52] AND WARD FOUR, RECENTLY BOUGHT

[15:55] MY PROPERTY BACK IN DECEMBER.

[15:58] AGAIN, I WAS LIKE THE FIRST

[15:59] LADY. THIS WAS ALL NEW TO ME

[16:00] AND I WAS GOING TO COME AND ASK

[16:02] YOU TO DEFER THE PAYMENT SO I

[16:03] CAN HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GO

[16:04] THROUGH ARBITRATION WITH THE

[16:05] SELLER OF THE HOME.

[16:09] SINCE THAT IS POINTLESS, I WANT

[16:10] YOU TO THINK MORE DEEPER INTO

[16:11] THE PROJECTS. I AM HEARING FROM

[16:13] THE NEIGHBORS THAT THERE ARE

[16:14] TREES THAT ARE UPROOTING THE

[16:16] CONCRETE HERE. SOUNDS LIKE ONE

[16:17] POOR DECISION IS LEADING TO THE

[16:19] CITIZENS HAVING TO PAY FOR THAT

[16:21] MONEY, FOR THAT PROJECT THAT WAS

[16:22] DONE.

[16:23] AGAIN, I'M A NEW HOMEOWNER HERE

[16:25] IN THE CITY.

[16:25] I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS

[16:26] HAPPENING AT MY PROPERTY AHEAD

[16:28] OF TIME. DIDN'T GET TO, WHICH

[16:29] IS FINE. BUT WE CAN'T BE

[16:31] RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SIDEWALK

[16:33] SOMETIMES AND THEN OTHER TIMES

[16:34] WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE.

[16:40] DEEPER INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN

[16:41] THE FUTURE. THANK YOU.

[16:42] >> THANK YOU. NUMBER FIVE,

[16:45] JENNY LAZARD, NUMBER SIX, MUSE

[16:49] LANG, AND NUMBER SEVEN, SELENA

[16:52] GODDING.

[16:53] >> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TALK TO

[16:54] SOMEBODY, TOO, TO SUBMIT,

[16:55] BECAUSE I'M RETIRED. THIS IS

[16:59] OUTRAGEOUS. AND THEY HAD TOLD

[17:00] ME BEFORE THAT THERE WAS A

[17:07] COULD HAVE HIRED OUR OWN T WE

[17:08] CONTRACTORS TO DO THE SIDEWALKS,

[17:09] AND I THINK A BUNCH OF US HERE

[17:11] ALREADY KNOW A BUNCH OF PEOPLE

[17:12] THAT COULD HAVE GOTTEN THIS DONE

[17:14] A LOT CHEAPER.

[17:15] SO THAT WAS MY INPUT FOR THE

[17:17] DAY. MORE COMMUNICATION.

[17:19] THANK YOU.

[17:22] >> THANK YOU. NEXT IS MIXED USE

[17:26] LANG, NUMBER SIX. NUMBER SEVEN,

[17:28] IS SELENA. NUMBER EIGHT IS

[17:29] RIC.

[17:31] APOLOGIES IF I GOT YOUR NAME

[17:32] WRONG.

[17:33] >> NO, THAT IS ACTUALLY FINE,

[17:34] THANK YOU. SO I'M JUST HERE

[17:36] TODAY BECAUSE I AGREE WITH

[17:38] EVERYO ELSE. THE

[17:40] COMMUNICATION WAS VERY POOR. I

[17:42] SAW THE DATE ON THE NOTICE, BUT

[17:43] THEN IT WAS LIKE BY THE TIME IT

[17:45] ACTUALLY REACHED ME IN THE MAIL,

[17:46] IT ONLY GAVE ME A COUPLE DAYS

[17:50] FOR THE FIRST HEARING. I CALLED

[17:51] AND I EMAILED. I GOT NO

[17:53] RESPONSE.

[17:54] FOR MONTHS AN MONTHSND MONTHS,

[17:56] THE DEADLINE WAS COMING UP TO

[17:57] PAY. NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN

[17:59] THERE'S THIS NOVEMBER 15 DATE,

[18:01] BUT I KNOW ON MY NOTICE IT SAID

[18:03] JULY 17. SO I FEEL LIKE FOR

[18:05] YOUR RESIDENTS, THAT'S KIND OF

[18:07] PUT US IN A SCARE TACTIC. YOU

[18:10] DID THIS LAST SUMMER. YOU COME

[18:11] BACK THIS SUMMER AND SAY, HERE,

[18:14] HERE'S A $4,000, $5,000 BILL

[18:15] THAT YOU HAVE LESS THAN TWO

[18:16] MOHS TO PAY. AND THEN T

[18:18] PAYMENT OPONS.

[18:19] IT'S LIKE NO ONE TOOK INTO

[18:22] ACCOUNT THERE IS DISABLED

[18:23] PEOPLE, THERE'S VETERANS, PEOPLE

[18:24] ON FIXED INCOMES,UT YOU DON'T

[18:26] GIVE PEOPLE THE TIME. IT'S LIKE

[18:28] A PANIC TO GET THIS MONEY PAID.

[18:30] YES, WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO BE

[18:31] GOOD. WE WANT OUR SIDEWALKS TO

[18:32] BE NICE.

[18:33] BUT FOR US TO NOT OWN IT AND IT

[18:36] BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY, I THINK

[18:37] SOMETIMES THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN

[18:38] MORE COMMUNICATION WITH THE

[18:39] RESIDENTS ON HOW THIS PROJECT

[18:40] WENT FWARD.

[18:43] AND THEN THAT'S JUST MY TAKE ON

[18:44] IT BECAUSE -- AND THEN TO SAY

[18:46] THAT IF I DO, IF I'M NOT ABLE TO

[18:49] COME UP WITH THIS CHUNK OF MONEY

[18:49] RIGHT HERE AT THIS TIME, OH,

[18:51] WE'RE GOING TO GIVER YOU A

[18:52] COUPLE OPTIONS, BUT IT'S BASED

[18:55] ON THE COST.

[18:56] THIS COST TO ME MAY BE OKAY.

[19:00] THE SAME AMOUNT TO THIS PERSON

[19:02] MAY PUT THEM IN TREMENDOUS

[19:04] FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. SO FOR

[19:05] THERE NOT TO BE ANYONE LOOKING

[19:07] OVER THAT TO SAY LET'S LOOK AT

[19:09] FINANCES, AND LET'S SEE WHAT YOU

[19:10] HAVE AND WHAT KIND OF PAYMENT

[19:11] PLAN WE CAN GET YOU ON, IT WAS,

[19:14] LIKE, NO, IT WAS HERE OR IT IS

[19:16] NOTHING.

[19:17] OR THEN WE TACK IT ONTO THE

[19:18] PROPERTY TAX SO YOUR MORTGAGE

[19:19] GOES UP AND NOW WHAT? I CAN'T

[19:21] PAY. I'M FORECLOSED. BUT WE'RE

[19:23] TRYING TO BUILD UP THE CITY, BUT

[19:24] AT THIS POINT IT FEELS LIKE

[19:26] EVERYTHING IS BEING THROWN AT

[19:27] US, AS HOMEOWNERS TO RIP

[19:29] EVERYTHING THAT WE WORKED SO

[19:31] HARD APART.

[19:41] >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE

[19:43] SELENA NUMBER 7. NUMBER 8

[19:46] RICHARD, AND NUMBER 9, BYE.

[19:49] SELENA?

[19:51] >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND

[19:52] COUNCIL. SO I'M SELENA. I'M

[19:54] WITH THE 4134 FREMONT PROPERTY.

[19:58] I DID RECEIVE THE NOTICE, BUT I

[19:59] FEEL LIKE THE DEADLINES WERE

[20:01] JUST SLAPPED ON TO ME VERY

[20:04] QUICKLY. I AM NOT OBJECTING. I

[20:06] WILL BE TAKING CARE OF THE

[20:07] SIDEWALK REPAIRS BY YOUR

[20:09] CONTRACTOR.

[20:10] HOWEVER, I DO AGREE WITH

[20:11] EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED

[20:14] TIME.

[20:14] I HAVE SEVEN OTHER PROPERTIES

[20:15] AND THESE NOTICES A JUST

[20:17] COMING IN SO QUICK AND IT

[20:18] DOESN'T REALLY GIVE US OPTIONS,

[20:20] ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S OTHER

[20:21] PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE

[20:22] CARE OF AS WELL. THANK YOU.

[20:26] >> THANK YOU.

[20:28] NEXT IS RICHARD, NUMBER 8.

[20:30] NUMBER 9, BYE. AND NUMBER 10 I

[20:36] MYOSHI.

[20:38] >> HI. MY NAME IS RICHARD. I

[20:42] LIVE IN THE KENNY NEIGHBORHOOD.

[20:47] SO THE PROCESS THAT I BECAME

[20:49] FAMILIAR WITH WHEN THEY WERE

[20:51] COMING UP WITH THE WHOLE

[20:52] SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT IS THEY

[20:53] CAME OUT AND MARKED UP THE

[20:56] SIDEWALKS AND DETERMINED WHICH

[20:57] PANELS WERE GOING TO BE

[20:59] REPLACED. I CONTACTED THE

[21:00] PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RIGHT

[21:01] AWAY AND TRIED TO GET SOMEBODY

[21:02] TO COME OUT AND WALK THE

[21:06] PROPERTY WITH ME BECAUSE I WAS

[21:07] IN DISPUTE OF IT FAR LONG TIME.

[21:09] AND YOU GUYS DON'T RETURN PHONE

[21:11] CALLS. YOU MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE

[21:14] DEPARTMENT DIRECTLY.

[21:15] YOU HAVE YOUR 311 OPERATORS

[21:17] CREATING BARRIERS AND BLOCKS TO

[21:18] BE ABLE TO CONTACT PEOPLE.

[21:19] I FINALLY STARTED WORKING WITH A

[21:21] GAL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE

[21:23] FAMILIAR WITH HER OR NOT, BUT

[21:24] SHE IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE

[21:28] PUBLIC DEPARTMENT, MS. JENNIFER

[21:33] HAGAR. MS. HAGAR GAVE ME IN AN

[21:37] EMAIL INDICATING THAT SOMETIME

[21:37] -- THERE'S NO SET DATE.

[21:39] SOMETIME IN LATE 2025, EARLY

[21:44] RECEIVE A BILL AND OWNERS WILL

[21:46] ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICE IN THE

[21:47] MAIL.

[21:48] I'M BEING TOLD NOW THAT THAT

[21:52] DOCUMENT, WHICH SAYS

[21:55] UNDERSTANDING YOUR BILL WAS MY

[21:58] NOTIFICATION TO REQUEST A

[22:03] HEARING. I'D BEEN IN CONTACT

[22:04] WITH HER FOR A YEAR. I BROUGHT

[22:12] MULTIPLE PHOTOGRAPHS. I BROUGHT

[22:15] THEM HERE. NEVER DID ANYBODY

[22:16] COME OUT TO THE PROPERTY,

[22:17] CONTACT ME ABOUT THE PROPERTY.

[22:31] SO THIS IS THE FAILURE OF

[22:34] COMMUNICATION. I AGREE WITH

[22:36] THIS WOMAN WHO SAID THIS

[22:37] COMMUNICATION IS HORSESHIT. AND

[22:39] NOW I'M BEING TOLD TO COME HERE

[22:41] TODAY TO PRESENT MY CASE, AND

[22:43] NOW LEARNING THAT THIS ISN'T THE

[22:44] RIGHT VENUE.

[22:45] SO YOU TELL ME. WHAT AM I

[22:47] SUPPOSED TO DO?

[22:48] >> THANK YOU.

[22:49] >> SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ANSWER

[22:50] ANY QUESTIONS? YOU'RE GOING TO

[22:51] SIT THERE AND LISTEN.

[22:52] >> GO AND GET THE INFO OFF THE

[22:54] TABLE AND THEY'LL BE HAPPY TO

[22:56] WORK WITH YOU.

[22:57] >> WELL, IT'S ABOUT TIME, BUT I

[23:01] DOUBT IT.

[23:02] >> THANK YOU.

[23:03] >> NEXT IS WHAT?

[23:04] >> BYRON PERKINS.

[23:06] >> I'M SO SORRY ABOUT THAT.

[23:08] NUMBER NINE. NUMBER 10, MIOSHI

[23:11] AND NUMBER 11, TANYA PETERS.

[23:15] GOOD AFTERNOON, BYRON.

[23:17] >> GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND

[23:18] GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY OF THE

[23:19] COUNCIL. I AM BYRON PERKINS, A

[23:22] HOMEOWNER IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS.

[23:23] I AM LOOKI A THIS IS BILL FOR

[23:28] $719.75.

[23:30] ME BEING A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF

[23:32] PUBLIC WORKS, WATER AND SEWER

[23:34] DIVISION, WORKING IN THE PUBLIC

[23:35] WORKS DEPARTMENT, HAVE

[23:37] WITNESSED EVEN LABOR PUTTING

[23:39] TREES IN THE BOULEVARD WITH THE

[23:42] PARK BOARD. I DON'T THINK IT'S

[23:45] FAIR TO ANY OF THE CITIZENS THAT

[23:47] LIVE IN MINNEAPOLIS AS A CREW

[23:49] LABOR FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS

[23:51] SURFACE WATER AND SEWER

[23:53] DIVISION, PUBLIC WORKS. I HAVE

[23:55] PUT TREES IN THE BOULEVARD AS A

[23:58] LABORER WORKING FOR THE CITY.

[23:59] IT IS NOT FAIR FOR US HOMEOWNERS

[24:01] TO PAY FOR THE CONCRETE PANELS

[24:03] WHEN WE PLANT TREES IN THE

[24:04] BOULEVARD WHEN THE TREE ROOTS

[24:05] ITSELF LIFT THE PANELS UP. BUT

[24:08] Y'ALL WANT US AS CITIZENS TO PAY

[24:10] FOR THAT. THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

[24:13] THAT'S NOT RIGHT AT ALL.

[24:15] I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR FOR

[24:16] EITHER OF THE CITIZENS OF

[24:17] MINNEAPOLIS TO HAVE TO PAY FOR

[24:19] CONCRETE REMOVAL AND SLABS OF

[24:21] CONCRETE WHEN THE PARK BOARD

[24:22] ITSELF PLANTED TREES IN THE

[24:25] BOULEVARD, NOT US! WE NOT ASKING

[24:26] FOR THE TREES. WHEN I BOUGHT MY

[24:28] HOUSE, THERE WAS NO TREES IN THE

[24:29] FRONT OF MY HOUSE. THE PARK

[24:31] BOARD PUT TWO TREES IN FRONT OF

[24:32] MY HOUSE.

[24:33] THE TREE ON THE RIGHT IS MESSED

[24:35] UP. THE ROOTS ON THE RIGHT IS

[24:37] MESSED UP SO BAD IT HAD TO

[24:39] CHANGE THE PANEL. WHY SHOULD I

[24:42] PAY R A SIDEWALK WHEN IT

[24:43] DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH

[24:46] MY PROPERTY? OKAY.

[24:47] RIGHT-OF-WAY. MY PROPERTY IS

[24:48] BEHIND THE SIDEWALK.

[24:52] WHY SHOULD US CITIZENS, WHY

[24:55] SHOULD WE BE FOOT WITH THE BILL

[24:57] WHEN WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH

[24:59] THAT. WE DIDN'T PUT THE TREES

[25:00] IN THE BOULEVARD. THE CITY DID.

[25:03] NOW Y'ALL WANT US, TAXPAYER,

[25:05] CITIZENS TO PAY FOR DAMAGE THAT

[25:07] THE CITY DID! I DID SOME MYSELF

[25:08] AS AN EMPLOYEE.

[25:11] MAKE THIS MAKE SENSE. Y'ALL

[25:13] WANT ME TO PAY $720 FOR A PANEL

[25:15] THAT I DON'T HAVE NOTHING TO DO

[25:16] WITH?

[25:16] >> THANK YOU. >> THAT 'S ALL I

[25:18] GOT TO SAY.

[25:18] >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[25:21] >> NUMBER 10, MYOSHI. NUMBER

[25:27] 11, TANYA. NUMBER 12, JAY.

[25:29] >> HI. MY NAME IS MYOSHI,

[25:32] PROPERTY OWNER AT 2323 NEWTON.

[25:34] I DID ALREADY APPEAL THIS

[25:36] ASSES

[25:37] WAS DISMISSED. AND I DID

[25:39] RECEIVE ANOTHER LETTER TO SHOW

[25:40] UP TODAY, SO I DON'T KNOW IF

[25:41] THERE IS A MISCOMMUNICATION

[25:43] BET

[25:46] ASSESSMENT HAS ALRDY BEEN

[25:48] DISMISSED ON JUNE 9.

[25:50] AS WELL AS WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS

[25:51] SAYING HERE AS WELL AS FAR AS WE

[25:53] SHOULDN'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

[25:54] THESE FEES, EVERY YEAR OUR TAXES

[25:55] GO UP.

[25:57] PART OF THAT FUNDING GOES

[25:58] TOWARDS THE PARKS, THE PARKS AND

[26:00] REC AND THE PARK BOARD. THEY

[26:02] SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING

[26:03] FOR THESE TREES. WHERE IS THAT

[26:05] MONEY GOING? AND THEY SHOULD BE

[26:07] MORE MINDFUL IF THEY PLANT

[26:08] TREES, WHAT KIND OF TREES ARE

[26:09] THEY PLANTING? WHEN THEY SEE

[26:10] NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE

[26:12] GETTING ASSESSMENTS FOR THESE

[26:13] ROOTS, THEY SHOULD LOOK AND SAY,

[26:15] OKAY, THERE'S A PROBLEM HERE.

[26:16] THEY NEED TO RE-ASSESS THAT.

[26:18] AND WE SHOULDN'T BE RESPONSIBLE

[26:19] FOR THAT. YOU'RE GOING TO PRICE

[26:21] THESE PEOPLE RIGHT OUT OF THEIR

[26:22] HOMES. I KNOW MINNEAPOLIS IS

[26:23] BIG ON PUBLIC HOUSING -- I'M

[26:25] SORRY, NOT PUBLIC HOUSING, BUT

[26:27] AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT YOU ARE

[26:29] MAKING IT UNAFFORDABLE WHEN YOU

[26:30] CONSTANTLY INCREASE THE TAXES AN

[26:32] ASSESSMENTS. THINK ABOUT THAT.

[26:33] THANK YOU.

[26:34] >> THANK YOU.

[26:34] >> AND ALSO PLEASE CONFIRM THAT

[26:37] IS IS THIS MESS ANDOU AREN'T

[26:39] GOING TO CHARGE ME FOR SOMETHING

[26:40] I HAVE ALREADY APPEALED.

[26:41] >> CONTACT THE FOLKS FROM THE

[26:42] TABLE. THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO

[26:44] CONFIRM THAT FOR YOU. THANK

[26:45] YOU.

[26:46] >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

[26:46] >> THANK YOU. NUMBER 11, TANYA

[26:49] PETERS. NUMBER 12, JAY

[26:51] MITCHELL. AND NUMBER 13,

[26:57] APOLOGIZE, KITE OR NUTE LEE.

[26:58] BUT TANYA.

[27:00] >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS

[27:01] TANYA PETERS.

[27:04] I AGREE WITH THE ONE GUY THAT

[27:07] SAID THE ROOTS ARE CRACKING THE

[27:12] SIDEWALKS. WE SHOULD HAVEN'T TO

[27:14] PAY FOR THAT. I HIRED THESE

[27:17] PEOPLE, DYNASTY TREE EXPERTS AND

[27:20] THEY CRACKED THREE OF THE

[27:21] BLOCKS. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO

[27:22] GET THEM TO PAY FOR AND THEY

[27:24] WON'T RESPOND. I AM NOT SURE

[27:26] WHAT TO DO. I HAVE VIDEOS TO

[27:30] SHOW THEY DROP THE TREE PARTS

[27:31] AND CRACKED UP THREE OF THE

[27:33] BLOCKS AND THEY WON'T PAY. I

[27:34] DON'T FEEL LIKE I SHOULD HAVE TO

[27:35] PAY AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO DO.

[27:39] >> REACH OUT TO THE FOLKS AT THE

[27:41] TABLE. THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN

[27:42] ISSUE THEY CAN HELP YOU WITH.

[27:44] >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, CAN

[27:45] YOU CLARIFY BY WHAT YOU MEAN BY

[27:47] FOLKS AT THE TABLE? THERE'S

[27:49] CONTACT CARDS.

[27:51] >> THERE'S CONTACT INFORMATION

[27:54] ON THAT TABLE RIGHT THERE.

[27:55] THOSE PAPERS AND CONTACT

[27:57] INFORMATION FOR PUBLIC WORKS

[27:59] STAFF. AND THAT IS WHERE YOU

[28:00] CAN GET AHOLD OF THEM.

[28:01] >> AND ABOUT WHERE THE TREES ARE

[28:03] LIFTING UP THE CONCRETE?

[28:05] >> THEY CAN WORK THROUGH ALL

[28:06] THESE ISSUES. THE TREES, THE

[28:08] CONTRACTOR, ALL THAT, YOU CAN

[28:09] TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT.

[28:10] >> THAT TABLE.

[28:12] >> THANK YOU.

[28:12] >> THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

[28:17] NUMBER 12, JAY MITCHELL. AND

[28:19] NUMBER 13, NAME THAT I CAN'T

[28:23] RIDE, KITE OR NUWT, BUT LET'S GO

[28:25] TO JAY.

[28:34] MAYBE JAY IS IN THE OVERFLOW

[28:35] ROOM, SO LET'S GO TO NUMBER 13,

[28:39] KITE, OR NEWT LEE FROM CAMDEN.

[28:44] >> WHAT NUMBER DID YOU SAY?

[28:46] >> NUMBER 13. MAYBE YOURS IS

[28:47] 14. THE NUMBERING IS A LITTLE

[28:49] OFF HERE.

[28:51] >> KATE.

[28:52] >> SORRY. I COULDN'T READ THE

[28:53] WAY IT WAS WRITTEN. I'M SORRY

[28:54] ABOUT THAT.

[28:55] >> OKAY. FIRST OF ALL,

[29:01] RIDICULOUS. GOT ME FOR $5,363.

[29:03] WE'RE A SINGLE FAMILY. NORTH

[29:06] GETS NOTHING EVER, EVER. WE GOT

[29:09] NOWHERE TO SHOP. WE GOT NOWHERE

[29:11] TO BUY THINGS, TO HAVE DINNER.

[29:13] IF WE DO, IT IS VERY SMALL, VERY

[29:15] LOCAL, BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH.

[29:16] YOU TREAT US TERRIBLY. YOU TAX

[29:19] US AS MUCH AS SOUTH OR

[29:20] SOUTHEAST. IT'S RIDICULOUS.

[29:21] AND NOW YOU'VE THROWN THIS AT

[29:24] US. I HAVE PICTURES OF MY CRAP

[29:27] NEW $5,000 SIDEWALK, WHICH YOU

[29:29] EXPECT ME TO PAY. WE ARE A

[29:30] SINGLE FAMILY. WE'RE STRUGGLING

[29:32] JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE.

[29:35] THESE SIDEWALKS ARE MAINTENANCE

[29:37] BIAS, BUT WE ARE ALL WALKING ON

[29:38] THEM. THE REASON WHY I THINK

[29:39] THIS IS GOING UP OR THAT THIS IS

[29:43] HAPPENING IS BECAUSE OF THE NEW

[29:45] AMPHITHEATER THAT IS GOING OFF

[29:46] 94 BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO HAVE

[29:48] NICE PLACES TO WALK.

[29:49] W, BEFORE YOU DIDN'T CARE

[29:50] ABOUT NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, AND NOW

[29:51] WE HAVE TO HAVE NICE PLACES TO

[29:53] WALK BECAUSE THE SUBURBAN PEOPLE

[29:54] ARE GOING TO COME INTO TOWN.

[29:55] AND THAT'S REALLY WHATS O GOING

[29:57] ON HERE. NOBODY CARES. NOBODY

[29:59] HAS PUT ANY MONEY INTO NORTH

[30:01] MINNEAPOLIS FOR THE LONGEST

[30:02] TIME.

[30:02] AND WE ALL KNOW IT. AND NOW THE

[30:04] SIDEWALKS ARE GETTING DONE AND

[30:07] YOU ARE THROWING THIS ON THE

[30:09] PEOPLE WHO -- WHY NOT BLANKET

[30:11] THE AMOUNT ACROSS ALL OF NORTH

[30:12] AND THEN RAISE OURS A LITTLE

[30:16] BIT? INSTEAD, YOU SINGLED OUT

[30:17] THE HOMES AND ARE DOING, EXCUSE

[30:19] ME, FINANCIAL DAMAGE TO ALL THE

[30:22] PEOPLE. ALL OF US. THERE ARE

[30:24] PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND

[30:25] VETERANS AND PEOPLE ON FIXED

[30:27] INCOMES. AND THIS IS

[30:28] RIDICULOUS. WE'RE A SINGLE

[30:29] FAMILY. I DON'T KNOW HOW I AM

[30:30] GOING TO PAY THIS AND YOU'RE

[30:34] GOING TO CHARGE ME INTEREST ON

[30:35] SHODDY WORK AND WE HAD NO SAY.

[30:37] THE VASTNESS OF THIS WAS

[30:39] RIDICULOUS. I CANNOT BELIEVE

[30:40] THAT YOU THINK THAT IT'S OKAY TO

[30:41] DO THIS TO NORTH MINNEAPOLIS

[30:43] AFTER THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN

[30:44] TREATED TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

[30:45] AND NEVER GETTING ANY OF THE

[30:47] AMENITIES THAT ANY OF THE OTHER

[30:48] CITIESET AND WE GET TAXED JUST

[30:50] AS MUCH. ESPECIALLY NOW. THANK

[30:54] YOU.

[30:55] >> THANK YOU.

[30:56] >> NUMBER 15, RACHEL JACOBSON.

[30:59] AND THEN NUMBER 16, KEN FRAZIER.

[31:03] >> GOOD MORNING. I'M THE

[31:05] PROPERTY OWNER AT 4046 DUPONT,

[31:07] AND I AM JUST GOING TO PIGGYBACK

[31:09] ON WHAT EVERYONE SAID OR AT

[31:10] LEAST THE SPEAKERS SO FAR ABOUT

[31:12] THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION. I

[31:15] UNFORTUNATELY WASN'T GIVEN THE

[31:17] OPPORTUNITY TO FIND MY OWN

[31:18] INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. THE

[31:19] FIRST I KNOWS I RECEIVED IN THE

[31:21] MAIL WAS ACTUALLY THE INVOICE,

[31:22] BUT IT WASN'T EVEN ADDRESSED TO

[31:24] ME. IT WAS ADDRESSED TO

[31:26] SOMEBODY ELSE. I'M ASSUMING A

[31:28] PREVIOUS OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.

[31:30] I HAVE OWNED MY OWN FOR OVER

[31:30] THREE YEARS, SO I'M NOT SURE WHY

[31:33] A DIFFERENT PERSON'S NAME WOULD

[31:34] BE ON THERE.

[31:36] AND THEN THE ONLY TIME THAT ANY

[31:38] OF THESE WERE ACTUALLY ADDRESSED

[31:39] TO ME WAS THIS NOTICE FOR PUBLIC

[31:41] HEARING.

[31:41] SO I WOULD HAVE LOVED THE

[31:43] OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO

[31:44] HIRE MY OWN PEOPLE TO DO THE

[31:49] SIDEWALK REPAIR AND THEN JUST TO

[31:51] SPEAK ON WHAT THE LAST LADY

[31:52] SAID, THE REPAIR WORK WAS VERY

[31:54] NOT -- IT WASN'T GOOD AT ALL.

[31:59] I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED NOT TO

[32:00] HAVE I DONE IN THAT WAY. THEY

[32:02] ALSO LEFT IT WET FOR I DON'T

[32:03] KNOW HOW LONG.

[32:04] AND THERE'S FOOTPRINTS ALL OVER

[32:06] IT AND PEOPLE WRITING THEIR

[32:07] INITIALS IN. NOW EVERY TIME I

[32:08] GO OUTSIDE I SEE WHAT LOOKS LIKE

[32:11] GRAFFITI ON MY SIDEWALK.

[32:13] AND I WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED ANY

[32:15] OF THE DOCUMENTS IF THEY WOULD

[32:16] HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED TO ME, THEN

[32:17] I COULD HAVE AT LEAST HAD THE

[32:19] OPPORTUNITY TO FIND OTHER

[32:21] METHODS OF THE WORK BEING DONE.

[32:27] >> THANK YOU. NUMBER 16, KEN.

[32:31] >> YES. GOOD AFTERNOON,

[32:33] COUNCIL. NAME IS KEN FRAZIER T

[32:34] PROPERTY OWNER AT 4339 LOGAN.

[32:37] THROUGH THIS. I USED TO HAVE A

[32:39] HOUSE ON BENSON AT 3523. AND IN

[32:43] THE EARLY, SAY, 13 OR 14, THEY

[32:46] DID THE SAME PROCEDURE AT MY

[32:48] HOUSE

[32:49] AND THE GUY WAS POURING THE

[32:50] CONCRETE, BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE THE

[32:52] HOOP IN IT. AND I SAID, MAN,

[32:54] THAT'S GOING TO MESS U AGAIN

[32:56] BECAUSE MY NEIGHBOR NEBLGS NEXT

[32:59] DOOR HAD IT DONE TWICE. CAN'T

[33:00] YOU PUT THE HOOP IN IT? HE SAID

[33:03] NO. THE THREE, FOUR YEARS LATER

[33:04] THE CONCRETE IS RAISING UP AND

[33:06] HERE HE COMES AGAIN. CAN YOU

[33:07] PUT THE HOOP THIS TIME? NOW HE

[33:10] PUT THE HOOP. NOW MY HOUSE

[33:11] AGAIN ON LOGAN, THEY CAME OUT

[33:13] AND WHEN THE GUY WAS MEASURING

[33:14] AND LOOKING AND MEASURING AND

[33:16] WHATEVER, I SAID, I CAN DO THIS

[33:17] MYSELF. YOU CAN'T DO THIS.

[33:19] IT'S GOT TO BE DONE BY THE CITY

[33:21] CONTRACTOR. I HAVE FRIEND OF

[33:24] MINE THAT ARE IN THE BUSINESS

[33:25] FOR $400 INSTEAD OF THE $900 I

[33:26] AM GETTING CHARGED AND THE CITY

[33:29] WOULD NOT BEND ON THAT. I COULD

[33:31] HAVE HAD THIS DONE AND TO THR

[33:33] REQUIREMENTS. THEY SHOULD ALLOW

[33:34] HOMEOWNERS TO GET IT DONE AND

[33:36] HAVE IT DONE TO SAVE THEM THE

[33:37] MONEY BECAUSE THE COST COMES TO

[33:38] US. IT DOESN'T GO TO YOU. IT

[33:40] COMES TO US. AND RIGHT NOW I'M

[33:42] STRESSED BECAUSE I'M ON A

[33:43] LIMITED FIXED INCOME, AND THAT

[33:45] WILL GO TO M PROPERTY TAX. AND

[33:47] LAST TIME IT PUT MY HOUSE INTO

[33:49] -- INTO TAX FORECLOSURE.

[33:53] TAXES AND PUT THE PROPERTY TAXES

[33:55] OVER AND HERE THEY COME TELLING

[33:56] ME I HAVE TO PAY THIS OR LOSE MY

[33:58] HOUSE.

[33:58] AND I HAD TO COME UP WITH $4,000

[34:00] TO PAY THE TAXES SO IT WLDN'T

[34:02] TAKE MY HOUSE.

[34:03] AND I DON'T WANT TO BE IN THIS

[34:04] POSITION AGAIN. I THINK THE

[34:06] CITY SHOULD BE MORE NEGOTIABLE

[34:07] INSTEAD OF THIS, THIS, THIS,

[34:09] THIS. WE LIVE. WE HAVE TO

[34:11] LIVE. WE PAY. WE'RE PAYING OUR

[34:13] TAXES. I LIVE LIVING IN

[34:15] MINNEAPOLIS, BUT THIS IS

[34:16] RIDICULOUS. THAT IS ALL I WANT

[34:17] TO SAY.

[34:19] >> THANK YOU. IS ANYBODY ELSE

[34:21] HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?

[34:24] COME ON UP.

[34:31] >> HELLO. NICOLE DALLAS,

[34:33] PROPERTY OWNER ON 42nd AND

[34:36] DUPONT AND 46th AND OLIVER.

[34:37] THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THING.

[34:39] ONE, I DID NOT GET NOTIFICATION.

[34:41] THEY SENT NOTIFICATION TO THE

[34:44] WRONG ADDRESS AND THAT WAS ONLY

[34:45] A BILL AFTERWARDS. AND THEY DID

[34:47] RECEIVE OR SEND NOTIFICATION

[34:51] PREVIOUSLY AND BOTH ADDRESSES

[34:52] NEVER HAD ANY NOTIFICATION.

[34:54] THEY ALL WORK THEY DID ALSO

[34:55] CAUSED ME TO HAVE TO REMOVE

[35:01] 100-YEAR-OLD TREE THAT NOT ONLY

[35:02] DEVALUED MY HOUSE, BUT ALSO

[35:03] INCREASED AND I HAD TO PAY FOR

[35:05] THE TREE REMOVAL, WHICH EXCEEDS

[35:07] THE AMOUNT OF THE BILL FOR THE

[35:08] SIDEWALK. I DON'T GET THE

[35:10] CHANCE OR OPPORTUNITY TO FIX THE

[35:11] SIDEWALK. AND MY PORTION OF THE

[35:12] SIDEWALK ACTUALLY DID NOT HAVE

[35:14] ANYTHING WRONG UNTIL THEY CAME

[35:15] AND MOVED SOMETHING OUT OF THE

[35:17] STREET, DROPPED IT ON THERE AND

[35:18] SAID WE WILL HAVE TO DO THIS

[35:19] PORTION AS WELL.

[35:23] SO THIS JUST SEEMS THAT LIKE

[35:24] EVERYONE SAID, THE COMMUNICATION

[35:27] WITH THE COMPANY HAS BEEN

[35:28] HORRIBLE.

[35:28] THE FACT THEY ARE PLACING IT ON

[35:30] AND THERE'S BEEN NO PROJECT

[35:31] OVERSIGHT IS RIDICULOUS.

[35:39] >> THANK YOU.

[35:40] >> I DO NEED TO KNOW WHERE AND

[35:42] WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE AND

[35:43] TREE COVER AND COST AND EXPENSE

[35:46] AND MY HOME HAS HAD TO BE

[35:49] DEVALUED AND PAYING FOR AN

[35:52] INCREASE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF A

[35:54] TREE THAT WAS IN FRONT OF MY

[35:56] HOUSE AND IS NO LONGER THERE.

[35:58] AND THE PROPERTY TAXES WENT UP

[35:59] AND DEVALUED WHEN IT'S BEEN

[36:01] DEVALUED AFTERWARDS.

[36:02] >> IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK WITH

[36:05] STAFF, YOU CAN, WHO WOULD WORK

[36:06] ON THAT SORT OF THING, GO TO THE

[36:08] TABLE AND THERE'S CONTACT

[36:09] INFORMATION FOR STAFF THERE.

[36:11] IS ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK TO

[36:16] THIS ITEM? COME ON UP.

[36:25] >> HELLO. I AM HERE BECAUSE I

[36:28] AM THE OWNER OF A HOUSE IN NORTH

[36:30] MINNEAPOLIS. AND THE CITY

[36:33] ORDERED TO DO TWO PARTS OF

[36:36] SIDEWALKS, AND THEY CHARGE ME

[36:39] TOO MUCH. AND I WANT TO FIND

[36:42] HELP FOR THIS. FOR ME IT'S TOO

[36:45] MUCH WHAT THEY CHARGED ME. THAT

[36:47] IS WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

[36:48] >> GET THE CONTACT INFORMATION

[36:49] FROM THE TABLE OVER THERE.

[36:53] STAFF CAN HELP YOU WORK THROUGH

[36:54] IT.

[36:54] >> OKAY, THANK YOU.

[37:00] >> ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK TO

[37:01] THIS ITEM?

[37:07] [INAUDIBLE COMMENT]

[37:17] >> SO COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON,

[37:19] I THINK WE CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC

[37:20] HEAR AND FOR EVERYONE IN THE

[37:22] ROOM, WE'LL GO INTO A DISCUSSION

[37:24] PORTION WHERE WE CAN ASK STAFF

[37:25] SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS. I

[37:26] THINK THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION TO

[37:28] ASK.

[37:29] >> THANK YOU.

[37:29] >> OKAY. BEFORE WE CLOSE THE

[37:31] PUBLIC HEARING, I DO WANT TO ASK

[37:33] A COUPLE MORE TIME. IS ANYONE

[37:35] ELSE HERE TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM?

[37:36] IS ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK TO

[37:38] THE ITEM? IS ANYONE ELSE HERE

[37:39] TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM? LET'S --

[37:44] NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. I AM

[37:46] GOING TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC

[37:49] HEARING. IS THERE ANYBODY --

[37:55] ANY QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES?

[38:00] COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

[38:00] >> THANK YOU, CHAIR STEVENSON.

[38:02] I JUST NOTICE THAT THERE'S QUITE

[38:04] A FEW WARD FOUR RESIDENTS HERE.

[38:07] I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY

[38:09] HAVE MY CONTACT INFORMATION AND

[38:12] MY STAFF IS HERE.

[38:17] NORTH OF LOWRY AND UP. AND I

[38:19] HEARD MOST OF YOUR ADDRESSES.

[38:21] I'M A MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS WHO

[38:24] CAME HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER. AND

[38:26] I KNOW CHAIR STEVENSON SAID

[38:27] THERE IS INFORMATION ON THE

[38:30] TABLE, BUT YOU CAN REACH OUT TO

[38:31] MY OFFICE. MY STAFF WILL BE

[38:34] DOWN HERE SHORTLY TO MAKE SURE

[38:35] YOU HAVE OUR CONTACT

[38:37] INFORMATION. SO WE CAN MAKE

[38:39] SURE THAT YOU GET THE RIGHT

[38:41] STAFF AND GET CONNECTED TO

[38:42] PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP YOU NAVIGATE

[38:43] THROUGH THIS. WE'RE CERTAINLY

[38:51] HAPPY TO HELP YOU AND YOUR

[38:53] NEIGHBORS AND LIVE IN THE SAME

[38:55] AREA, TOO, AND SOMETHING WE NEED

[38:57] TO COME OUT TO THE BLOCKS AND

[38:59] BHAEFR TO CAULK THROUGH AND

[39:00] HAPPY TO DO THAT, TOO. AND MY

[39:02] OFFICE NUMBER IS 612-673-2204.

[39:06] AND WE PICK UP THE PHONE HERE.

[39:09] SO YOU CAN CALL AND OF COURSE,

[39:12] THE EMAIL ADDRESS IS ON THE

[39:14] CITY'S WEBSITE. BUT IF YOU NEED

[39:18] SOME ASSISTANCE F YOU CAME HERE

[39:19] TODAY AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU

[39:20] NEED STAFF ASSISTANCE OR MY

[39:25] ASSISTANCE, WE ARE HAPPY TO HELP

[39:34] AND WYATT FROM THE BUSINESS

[39:34] OFFICE IS WORKING THERE AS WELL.

[39:35] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY?

[39:38] >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR

[39:39] STEVENSON. JUST WANT TO START

[39:41] OFF BY SAYING TO FOLKS THAT CAME

[39:42] DOWN TO CITY HALL, THANK YOU FOR

[39:56] COMING DOWN HERE. AND JUST

[40:00] EXPRESSING YOUR CONCERNS. I'LL

[40:05] JUST NOTE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF

[40:07] DIFFERENT SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS

[40:09] THAT COME BEFORE US THAT WE DO

[40:12] DO HERE. AND IN OUR CITY CODE

[40:12] WHEN WE HAVE AN ALLEY

[40:13] RECONSTRUCTION OR SIDEWALK OR

[40:13] LIGHTING, EVERYONE PAYS INTO IT

[40:14] IF IT'S ON THEIR PROPERTY. BUT

[40:15] I WILL SAY THIS IS A NOTABLE

[40:15] INSTANCE WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN

[40:16] SEVERAL COMMUNICATION ISSUES

[40:17] THAT HAVE BEEN CITED, WHETHER

[40:17] IT'S GETTING INFORMATION BY

[40:20] MAIL, HAVING IT SENT TO THE

[40:24] RIGHT PERSON. AND JUST RECITING

[40:27] ISSUES WITH RESPONSIVENESS.

[40:31] I WANT TO FLAG THAT AS STAFF TO

[40:33] RESOLVE. AND I HAVE SENT THAT

[40:34] TO THE DIRECTTORS OF PUBLIC

[40:36] WORKS TO WATCH THIS HEARING.

[40:39] THERE ARE MORE ISSUES AROUND

[40:40] MMUNICATION THAN NORMAL THAT

[40:42] WE HEAR ABOUT WHEN WE HAVE THESE

[40:43] ASSESSMENTS, AND WE NEED TO

[40:44] ADDRESS THAT.

[40:45] I'LL ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS

[40:47] OF STAFF. THE FIRST QUESTION

[40:49] IS, COULD YOU JUST SHARE WHAT

[40:51] THE NEXT STEP IS FOR INDIVIDUALS

[40:53] THAT WANT TO APPEAL THIS AND GO

[40:55] TO THE HEARING?

[40:55] AND WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN?

[41:08] >> CHAIR STEVENSON, COUNCIL

[41:11] MEMBER OWDHURY, THE NEXT STEP

[41:14] FOR PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO

[41:17] APPEAL THEIR ASSESSMENT WOULD

[41:21] HAVE BEEN ATTENDING AND SIGNING

[41:22] UP FOR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING,

[41:24] WHICH WE HAD THREE OF THEM.

[41:26] THERE WERE 21 PEOPLE THAT SIGNED

[41:28] UP FOR THAT. AND SO THIS IS THE

[41:32] NEXT OPTION AND COME HERE AND

[41:33] ABLE TO OBJECT IN WRITING OR

[41:35] COME TO THE PB PUBLIC HEARING.

[41:39] THE NEXT OPTION IS TO TAKE THE

[41:41] CASE TO DISTRICT COURT.

[41:43] >> OKAY. SOEXPLAIN. WHAT YOU

[41:45] OBJECT IN WRITING AND THAT IS

[41:47] JUST SOMETHING FOR THE COUNCIL

[41:48] TO MAKE A DETERMINATION ON? OR

[41:53] WHERE DOES THAT OBJECTION GO? I

[41:54] THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

[41:56] AND KIND OF CLARIFYING THAT

[41:58] DISTRICT COURT PIECE.

[42:00] >> CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE

[42:02] COMMITTEE, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY

[42:02] NAME IS DON ELWOOD, THE DIRECTOR

[42:07] OF TRANSPORTATION, ENGINEERING

[42:09] AND DESIGN. SO TO GET TO THIS

[42:12] POINT, WE DID HAVE AN

[42:13] ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING. SOME

[42:14] PEOPLE CHOSE TO GO TO THAT.

[42:15] I HEARD ONE OR TWO PEOPLE TALK

[42:17] ABOUT THAT. I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH

[42:19] STAFF ON WHAT TO DO THERE.

[42:21] THE NEXT STEP IS THIS PUBLIC

[42:24] HEARING WHICH WE'RE AT TODAY.

[42:26] BY OBJECTING IN WRITING OR

[42:27] COMING HERE IN PERSON, IT

[42:29] PRESERVES YOUR RIGHT TO APPEAL

[42:30] AT DISTRICT COURT.

[42:31] IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO TO DISTRICT

[42:35] COURT, YOU CAN TAKE THAT PATH.

[42:38] OTHERWISE, THAT IS THE END OF

[42:39] THE PROCESS AND IT GOES ON YOUR

[42:41] TAXES.

[42:43] >> OKAY, THANK YOU. A QUESTION

[42:46] SOME FOLKS AND I HAVE ASKED IS

[42:47] ABOUT PAYMENT PLANS. BEING ABLE

[42:48] TO PAY THIS OVER TIME.

[42:50] WHAT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR

[42:52] FOLKS THERE?

[43:01] >> I NEED TO CHECK IF THERE IS A

[43:04] DEFERMENT OPPORTUNITY OR PAYMENT

[43:05] PLAN. I AM NOT EXACTLY SURE,

[43:06] BUT I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON

[43:09] THAT.

[43:09] >> OKAY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

[43:11] AND THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS FOR

[43:12] YOU BOTH. APPRECIATE IT. I'LL

[43:15] JUST NOTE TO OTHERS, ESPECIALLY

[43:17] IF YOU HAD A COMMUNICATION

[43:19] ISSUE, IT IS REALLY HELPFUL IF

[43:21] YOU CONNECT WITH THAT STAFF

[43:22] MEMBER AND OF COURSE, YOUR

[43:28] COUNCILEMBER. I AM WORRIED

[43:34] PEOPLE DIDN'T GET THE

[43:36] ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING NOTICE,

[43:39] AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS

[43:41] THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND IF YOU

[43:42] WANT TO FIGURE OUT FINANCING, IT

[43:44] SOUND LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO

[43:46] FOLLOW UP, MR. ELWOOD, WITH

[43:47] STAFF, BUT IF THAT IS SOMETHING

[43:49] YOU WANT, MAKE SURE YOU LOOP

[43:52] BACK WITH THAT TEAM.

[44:07] >> WHAT ROLE DOES THE FORESTRY

[44:10] DEPARTMENT AND THIS IS FOR

[44:11] STAFF, AND WHAT ROAD DOES THE

[44:16] FORESTRY DEPARTMENT OR WHOMEVER

[44:17] IS PLANNING THE TREES ON THE

[44:20] BOULEVARD PLAY IN THIS

[44:22] ASSESSMENT PROCESS?

[44:35] >> CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE

[44:36] COMMITTEE, COUNCIL MEMBER, IT IS

[44:38] A VERY GOOD QUESTION. IT IS A

[44:40] BALANCE OF TREE CANOPY,

[44:43] PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, HOW WE MAKE

[44:46] SURE WE HAVE BUILT OUT

[44:49] ENVIRONMENT FOR SIDEWALK AS WELL

[44:49] AS TREE CANOPY. THESE ARE

[44:52] ALWAYS DIFFICULT THINGS WE NEED

[44:53] TO BALANCE.

[44:57] ALL THESE AREAS IN THE CITY ARE

[45:00] DIFFERENT. YOU MAY HAVE A WIDER

[45:01] SIDEWALK, NARROW BOULEVARD, A

[45:03] WIDE BOULEVARD, SO EACH

[45:05] INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY MIGHT HAVE A

[45:07] DIFFERENT SPECIFIC PROBLEM OR

[45:09] ISSUE TO ADDRESS WITH TREES.

[45:13] >> OKAY.

[45:13] >> GLOBALLY, WE DO WORK WITH THE

[45:17] PARK BOARD ON TREE PLACEMENT OR

[45:21] WHEN WE HAVE A SIDEWALK PROBLEM

[45:23] NEXT TO A TREE WE DO WORK WITH

[45:25] THE MINNEAPOLIS PARK BOARD.

[45:26] >> OKAY. DO THE HOMEOWNERS

[45:28] BECAUSE I'M A HOMEOWNER, TOO, DO

[45:31] THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO OPT IN

[45:32] OR OPT OUT OF HAVING A TREE

[45:36] PLACED ON THE BOULEVARD AROUND

[45:38] THEIR CARRIAGE WALK OR IN FRONT

[45:40] OF THE HOME ON THAT LITTLETRIP

[45:42] OF GRASS THAT'S NOT YOURS BUT

[45:45] MINE BUT YOURS AND MINE?

[45:52] >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER,

[45:54] MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I

[45:55] WOULD NEED TO CHECK WITH THE

[45:57] MINNEAPOLIS PARK BOARD. THE

[45:58] PARK BOARD FORESTRY DIVISION IS

[46:00] RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL MINNEAPOLIS

[46:03] TREES.

[46:04] THE SPECIES, WHERE THEY'RE

[46:06] PLANTED, HOW MUCH EACH YEAR.

[46:07] >> OKAY. I'M AN ENVIRONMENTAL

[46:13] JUSTICE CHAMPION. I LOVE TREES

[46:14] AND I LOVE TREE CANOPY, BUT I

[46:16] THINK WHAT I'M HEARING HERE IF

[46:19] I'M LISTENING CORRECTLY IS THAT

[46:22] IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE AWAY MY

[46:26] AUTONOMY TO DECIDE WHETHER OR

[46:29] NOT I HAVE A TREE ONHE LAND

[46:31] THAT IS YOURS AND MINE AND MINE

[46:32] AND YOURS, BUT I'M IN TROUB IF

[46:34] I DON'T MAINTAIN AND IF I GO

[46:37] PLANT MY OWN HOSTAS OR FLOWERS

[46:38] OR WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS,

[46:42] THEN IT CAN'T BE A CERTAIN

[46:43] WHATEVER AND IAVE TO GET ALL

[46:44] THESE SPECIAL PERMISSIONS, BUT

[46:46] YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK ANY OF MY

[46:49] PERMISSION.

[46:49] I'M SUPPOSED TO WATER THE TREE

[46:51] AND DO ALL THESE EXTRA THINGS.

[46:52] WHEN THE TREE DOES DAMAGE TO THE

[46:55] SIDEWALK, THEN IT'S NOT AN EQUAL

[47:00] DISTRIBUTION OF WHO'S

[47:02] RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGE THAT

[47:03] SAID TREE HAS DONE.

[47:04] IF IT FALLS ON MY NEIGHBOR'S

[47:06] HOUSE OR IF IT FALLS ONTO

[47:08] WHEREVER OR IF IT TEARS UP THE

[47:11] SIDEWALK OR WHATEVER, AND SO I

[47:13] THINK TH IF YOU PUT IT THERE,

[47:17] THEN YOU AS THE PARK BOARD OR

[47:19] WHOMEVER, I DON'T KNOW,

[47:20] FORESTRY, WHOMEVER, SHOULD

[47:22] ULTIMATELY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

[47:25] WHATEVER DAMAGE THAT IT CAUSED

[47:29] BECAUSE NO ONE ASKED PERMISSION.

[47:31] I THINK THAT'S N FAIR.

[47:33] THOSE ARE SOME OF MY THOUGHTS.

[47:37] I WANTED TO ALSO STATE THAT I

[47:41] THAT BEING DONE AROUND THE WATER

[47:43] LINE REPLACEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE

[47:47] NORTH SIDE.

[47:48] I'M THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE

[47:50] FOR THE FIFTH WARD, AND ALSO

[47:51] EING THE WORK IN FOUR AND IN

[47:52] FIVE.

[47:55] AND I HAVE HAD MY CONCERNS, AND

[47:58] I'VE SHARE THEM BECAUSE I'M

[48:02] SEEING, AGAIN, THERE WAS A

[48:05] RESIDENT WHO MADE THE STATEMENT

[48:06] ABOUT THE LOWEST BID NOT ALWAYS

[48:08] BEING THE BEST OPPORTUNITY OF

[48:10] THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE

[48:11] BECAUSE IT'S REALLY, I MEAN,

[48:15] IT'S REALLY BOTCHY. THE WAY

[48:21] SIDEWALKS AND THE BOULEVARD

[48:22] THERE IS BEING TORN U AND THE

[48:23] GRASS IS BEING DESTROYED, AND

[48:25] THE WALKS ARE BEING DESTROYED,

[48:27] THAT ARE NOT, LIKE, WE DIDN'T

[48:29] SIGN UP FOR THAT PART. THE

[48:31] WATER LINE STUFF IS COOL, BUT

[48:33] I'M WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THAT'S

[48:36] GOING TO MEAN FOR A BUNCH OF

[48:41] OTHER RESIDENTS NAMING AS I AM

[48:43] DRIVING THROUGH COMMUNITY AND

[48:44] WATCHING A LOT OF THE THINGS

[48:46] THAT ARE HAPPENI ON THE

[48:48] STREETS AND STUFF. AND WE WANT

[48:49] OUR STREETS AND OUR SIDEWALKS TO

[48:51] BE BEAUTIFUL. WE WANT TO HAVE

[48:54] NICE, GOOD STREETS FOR PEOPLE TO

[48:56] DRIVE UP AND DOWN SO THEY'RE NOT

[48:59] TEARING UP THE RIMS AND SHOCKS

[49:01] AND STUFF ON THEIR CARS AND ALL

[49:02] THAT STUFF. WE WANT PEOPLE TO

[49:05] HAVE NICE SIDEWALKS THAT ARE

[49:05] WIDENED AND CLEANED AND PEOPLE

[49:07] CAN ROLL THROUGH, WALK THROUGH,

[49:09] WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS BASED

[49:11] ON THEIR AMBULATORY NEEDS AND

[49:13] WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT I DO HAVE

[49:17] SOME CONCERNS AND I THINK THAT

[49:19] THIS SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A

[49:22] SHARED RESPONSIBILITY OR AT

[49:23] LEAST AN ASK. SO DO YOU WANT

[49:27] THIS TREE HERE? IF YOU WANT

[49:29] THIS TREE HERE, THESE ARE MY

[49:33] RESPONSIBILITIES AND OVERSIGHT

[49:34] THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE OVER THE

[49:36] TREE, AND THIS IS YOUR

[49:37] RESPONSIBILITY AS THE HOME OWNER

[49:38] THAT THE OVERSIGHT YOU NEED TO

[49:40] HAVE OVER THIS TREE AND HOW

[49:41] WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THOSE

[49:43] AGREEMENTS ON THE FRONT END.

[49:44] THAT WAY IT MINIMIZES THE

[49:48] CONFUSION ON THE BACK END, AND

[49:50] THEN PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO

[49:52] CHOOSE. THOSE ARE JUST MY

[49:54] THOUGH. THE END.

[49:57] >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER

[49:59] VETAW?

[49:59] >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANTED

[50:00] TO QUICKLY MAKE SURE WE GOT ON

[50:02] THE RECORD THAT LEGALLY WE HAVE

[50:03] TO TAKE THE LOWEST BID. WE

[50:07] DON'T HAVE THE OPTION TO PICK

[50:13] AND CHOOSE WHO ARE OFFERING THE

[50:14] SERVICES. WE HAVE TO TAKE THE

[50:16] LOWEST BUSINESS AS A COUNCIL AND

[50:19] CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS.

[50:21] >> THANK YOU. I DID -- AND

[50:22] COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN?

[50:23] >> MAY I, CHAIR? I WANTED TO

[50:27] ASK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE A

[50:29] QUESTION. IF WE TAKE THE LOWEST

[50:30] BID AND THEY ARE NOT DOING THE

[50:31] BEST JOB, WHAT ROLE DO WE GET TO

[50:34] PLAY IN THAT?

[50:34] >> THE ROLE WE GET TO PLAY IN

[50:36] THAT IS HOLDING WHOEVER IS DOING

[50:37] THE SERVICE ACCOUNTABLE. SO IF

[50:39] YOU LIVE AT A PROPERTY AND YOU

[50:41] NOTICE THAT THERE'S SHODDY WORK

[50:43] OR SOMETHING THAT IS DONE,

[50:44] BEFORE THOSE PEOPLE LEAVE, THOSE

[50:46] THINGS HAVE TO BE REPORTED. WE

[50:47] HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY FIX IT.

[50:49] BUT LEGALLY, WE CAN'T SAY, I

[50:51] LIKE THIS -- I MEAN, THAT WOULD

[50:53] BE US GIVING PREFERENCE. THAT

[50:55] WOULD BE ME -- THAT WOULD GIVE

[50:56] ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, MY

[50:59] COUSIN DOES IT BETTER. OR I

[51:02] LOOIC THIS COMPANY BETTER, SO

[51:03] I'M GOING TO PICK THEM INSTEAD

[51:04] OF THEM. LEGALLY WE CANNOT DO

[51:06] THAT.

[51:07] WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THE LOWEST

[51:08] BID, AND WE HAVE TO HOLD THE

[51:09] FOLKS ACCOUNTABLE WHO WE'VE

[51:11] ACCEPTED AND SAY THIS WAS NOT A

[51:13] GOOD JOB. YOU LEFT AND THERE

[51:15] WERE -- SOMEONE SAID

[51:17] FINGERPRINTS OR HAND PRINTS OR

[51:19] LIKE WHATEVER IN -- THAT NEEDS

[51:21] TO BE REPORTED TO US AND THEN AS

[51:23] A CITY, WE NEED TO GET THOSE

[51:29] CONTRACTORS BACK OUT TO DO THE

[51:34] JOB. THAT IS THE ROLE WE WANT

[51:36] RESIDENTS TO PAY. PAY ATTENTION

[51:37] TO THE SERVICE YOU ARE GETTING.

[51:40] OKAY TO SAY THIS DOES NOT LOOK

[51:41] GOOD. THAT WAS BAD.

[51:42] I HEARD A MAN UP HERE WHO

[51:47] CLEARLY KNOW WHAT IS THIS KIND

[51:47] OF WORK WAS TALKING ABOUT. HE

[51:49] WAS TALKING ABOUT A RING OR NOT

[51:50] A RING. THOSE ARE THE THINGS

[51:54] YOU HAVE TO REPORT BACK TO THE

[51:56] COUNCIL MEMBER, TO 311, TO WHAT

[52:01] WE KNOW THAT THE PROJECT IS NOT

[52:07] GOING WELL.

[52:08] >> I FEEL LIKE I HAVE LEARNED A

[52:10] LOT FROM FOLKS HERE.

[52:12] UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO MORE

[52:13] QUESTIONS. THE PUBLIC HEARING

[52:14] IS CLOSED. BUT YOU CAN REACH

[52:16] OUT TO YOUR -- TO ANY COUNCIL

[52:18] MEMBER, BUT YOU SHOULD

[52:19] SPECIFICALLY REACH OUT TO YOUR

[52:20] COUNCIL MEMBER AND THEY ARE

[52:21] HAPPY TO ADVOCATE FOR YOU.

[52:27] I HAVE LEARNED A LITTLE

[52:28] SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY WE RAN

[52:30] THIS MEETING AS WELL AS SOME

[52:31] IDEAS GOING FORWARD ABOUT HOW

[52:32] THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS ARE, SO

[52:33] THANK YOU, EVERYONE, WHO CAME

[52:35] OUT HERE TO SPEAK TO US TODAY

[52:37] DURING THE WORK DAY. WE REALLY

[52:38] APPRECIATE IT. I KNOW IT IS NOT

[52:40] EASY TO GET OUT HERE. SO SEEING

[52:41] NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL MOVE

[52:43] APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM.

[52:46] AND CAN THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL

[52:50] ACTUALLY?

[52:51] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

[52:52] >> AYE.

[52:52] >> WARREN.

[52:54] >> AYE.

[52:54] >> CHOWDHURY.

[52:56] >> AYE.

[52:58] >> AND CHAIR STEVENSON.

[53:00] >> AYE.

[53:01] >> WE HAVE FOUR YAY YA

[53:03] >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. WE HAVE

[53:07] ONE DISCUSSION, BUT WE HAVE A

[53:08] COUNCIL MEMBER WHO NEEDS TO

[53:09] LEAVE, SO I DID WANT TO ASK

[53:14] STAFF FOR ENCOROME SOLUTIONS.

[53:18] IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED

[53:20] THE PRESENTATION ON OR CAN WE

[53:22] POSTPONE THIS TO C.O.W.?

[53:25] I JUST WANT TO HEAR AND MAKE

[53:26] SURE IF WE POSTPONE IT, THAT IS

[53:29] NOT RUINING ANYTHING FOR

[53:32] ANYBODY.

[53:34] IS THERE STAFF HERE TO SPEAK TO

[53:36] THAT?

[53:43] >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON,

[53:44] THIS IS WILL SCHAFER,

[53:46] INTERAGENCY COORDINATOR FOR

[53:48] PUBLIC WORK. WE HAVE POSTPONE

[53:49] TO C.O.W. NEXT TUESDAY AT 1:30,

[53:51] CORRECT?

[53:51] >> YES.

[53:52] >> THANK YOU.

[53:53] >> I WILL MOVE THAT WE POSTPONE

[53:57] -- I'M SO SORRY, CHAIR

[54:02] STEVENSON. BECAUSE OF THE

[54:03] PRIMARY ON THE 11th, IT WILL

[54:06] ACTUALLY BE ON THE MONDAY AT

[54:09] 1:30. SO IT WILL BE AUGUST 10

[54:12] AT 1:30. THAT IS WHEN COMMITTEE

[54:13] OF THE WHOLE IS SCHEDULED.

[54:15] >> OKAY. SO AUGUST 10 AT 1:30,

[54:18] LOOKING AT STAFF TO MAKE SURE

[54:20] THAT STILL WORKS.

[54:24] AUGUST 10 AT 1:30, LET'S

[54:26] POSTPONE THAT ITEM TO THERE.

[54:30] AND THEN FOR THE C&I WORK PLAN,

[54:33] CAN WE JUST -- I DON'T KNOW IF

[54:35] WE CAN BUNDLE THESE TOGETHER OR

[54:37] NOT OR TAKE SEPARATE VOTES AND

[54:38] JUST APPROVE IT AND MOVE ON.

[54:40] >> YOU CAN MOVE BOTH OF THEM AT

[54:42] ONCE.

[54:43] >> OKAY.

[54:44] >> AND COUNCIL MEMBER, IF IT'S

[54:46] ALL RIGHT, FOR THE C&I WORK PLAN

[54:48] F THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE

[54:50] WANTED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE

[54:51] PRESENTATION AND COUNCIL MEMBERS

[54:53] TO WEIGH IN ON, WE COULD ALSO DO

[54:54] THAT AT THE NEXT C&I MEETING.

[54:57] >> I HAVE A SMALL PRESENTATION,

[54:58] BUT IT'S NOT THE BIGGEST THING

[55:00] IN THE WORLD. SO WE CAN JUST

[55:01] APPROVE IT AND MOVER ON. WE

[55:03] POSTPONED IT, I THINK, BEFORE,

[55:05] ALREADY, SO LET'S JUST GET IT

[55:07] DONE. LET'S TAKE UP BOTH OF

[55:08] THESE TOGETHER.

[55:09] MOVING ITEM, WHAT IS THIS? 19.

[55:13] 19 TO C.O.W. NEXT MONDAY THAT WE

[55:15] SPECIFIED. AND THEN APPROVING

[55:18] THE WORK PLAN. ALL THOSE IN

[55:21] FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED?

[55:23] THAT MOTION CARRIES.

[55:26] AND I BELIEVE, CLERKS, THAT

[55:28] CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS? ALL

[55:32] RIGHT. THANK YOU.

[55:35] [GAVEL]

[55:35] . . .

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