[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] . . .