City Council October 17, 2024   10/17/2024

Attachments

  • Call to Order

    • 1. Roll Call.

    • 2. Adoption of the agenda.

    • 4. Referral of petitions, communications, and reports to the proper Committees.

  • Administration & Enterprise Oversight Committee

    • 1. Gift acceptance from Law Enforcement & Emergency Services Video Association: travel and lodging expenses

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 2. Gift acceptance from the National Board of Public Health Examiners: travel, lodging, and per diem

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 3. Gift acceptance from the Environmental Health Association: lodging and conference registration

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 4. Gift acceptance from the National Academy of Sciences: travel and lodging expenses

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 5. Gift acceptance from Center for Financial Empowerment Fund of travel and lodging expenses

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 6. HUD Community Project Funding grant acceptance for the Farmer's Market Sustainable Modernization Project

      • Accepting a Community Project Funding grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in the amount of $850,000, for the Farmer's Market Sustainable Modernization Project, and delegating authority to the Finance Officer to be the City's authorized representative for communicating with HUD.

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Passage of Resolution appropriating funds to the Department of Finance & Property Services.

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 7. Stable and affordable housing options for senior and elder residents

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved, does not require Mayor's signature

    • 8. Fees for use of City-owned resources ordinance

      • Directing the City Attorney's Office to draft an ordinance that would establish the authority to collect fees for off-duty use of city resources and associated administrative costs.

        • Passed 5-1-0 Approved, does not require Mayor's signature
        • Passed 9-2-0 Approved, does not require Mayor's signature

      • Passage of Ordinance amending Title 9, Chapter 171 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances relating to Fire and Police Protection: Police, adding provisions related to fees for use of City-owned resources by external entities.

        • Passed 13-0-0 Approved
        • Passed 6-0-0 Approved
        • Passed 13-0-0 Approved

      • Passage of Ordinance amending Appendix J of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances relating to License Fee Schedule, adding fees related to City-owned resources referenced in Title 9.

        • Passed 13-0-0 Approved
        • Passed 4-1-0 Approved
        • Passed 9-1-0 Approved

    • 9. Fee study for Police Department off-duty use of city resources

      • Approving a legislative directive related to a fee study for Police Department use of off-duty resources including vehicles, uniforms, materials, liability insurance, and all associated administrative costs.

        • Passed 5-1-0 Approved
        • Passed 9-2-0 Approved

      • Receiving and filing a report responding to a legislative directive requesting a fee study for Police Department off-duty use of city resources.

    • 10. Police Department protest response legislative directive

      • Approving a legislative directive related to the Police Department's response to a protest on June 6, 2024.

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Receiving and filing an update on the administration's response to the Police Department protest response legislative directive.

    • 11. Bid for Pump Station 9 Variable Frequency Drive Replacement

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 12. Bid Event for Hauling and Disposal of Waste Materials

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 13. Bid for Hydraulic Packer and Tipper Parts and Service

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 14. Bid for Non-Emergency Boarding and Securing Services

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 15. Bid for Emergency Boarding and Securing Services

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 16. Contract Amendment for the Convention Center Video Surveillance Upgrade Project

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 17. Contract amendment with Abdo Financial Solutions, LLC. for Senior Advisor – Public Financial and Fiscal Consulting Services

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 18. Contract amendment with CoStar Realty Information, Inc. for access to real estate information database

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 19. Contract amendments with various immigration legal services providers offering free immigration legal services to City residents

      • Authorizing an increase to contract COM0007519 with Mid Minnesota Legal Aid, in the amount of $50,000 for a total amount not to exceed $100,000, for immigration legal services.

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Authorizing an increase to contract COM0007507 with International Institute of Minnesota, in the amount of $10,075 for a total amount not to exceed $35,075, for immigration legal services.

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Authorizing an increase to contract COM0007516 with Volunteer Lawyers Network, in the amount of $36,000 for a total amount not to exceed $106,000, for immigration legal services.

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 20. Contract amendment with Clearwater Analytics, LLC for various investment services

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 21. Contract amendment with Egan Company Fridley Campus Electrical Rehabilitation Construction project

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 22. Contract amendment with Metro Youth Diversion Center for MinneapolUS Strategic Outreach Initiative

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 23. Contract with Wold Architects & Engineers for architectural and engineering design services for South Minneapolis Community Safety Center

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 24. Gift Acceptance from Generation Housing: registration, travel and lodging expenses

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

  • Budget Committee

    • 1. Appointed position in the Civil Rights Department: Deputy Director Civil Rights

      • Adopting findings that the proposed position of Deputy Director Civil Rights meets the criteria in Section 20.1010 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances, City Council to Establish Positions; and approving the establishment of the position in the unclassified service, evaluated at 685 total points, and allocated to Grade 15.

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Passage of Ordinance amending Title 2, Chapter 20 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances relating to Administration: Personnel, approving the salary schedule for the position, which has a salary range of $149,740 to $177,507, in accordance with the adopted compensation plan for appointed officials effective October 17, 2024.

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 2. Pollution control annual registration program for carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e)

      • Passed 8-2-0 Deleted from the agenda
      • Passed 11-0-0 Deleted from the agenda

  • Business, Housing & Zoning Committee

    • 1. Stonegarden, 5401 CHICAGO AVE Minneapolis, MN, (Ward 11) submitted by Stonegarden LLC, for an On Sale Liquor with Sunday Sales, No Live Entertainment license

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 2. Variance and site plan review appeal: John Goetz, 5005 Lyndale Ave S

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 3. Liquor license renewals for October 8, 2024

      • Cambria Downtown Minneapolis, 1020 HAWTHORNE AVE Minneapolis, MN, (Ward 7) submitted by CAMBER LODGING LLC, BLLiquor, LIC399677

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Hilton Garden Inn Minneapolis - University Area, 511 HURON BLVD SE Minneapolis, MN, (Ward 2) submitted by MCR Fund II Property Management LLC, BLLiquor, LIC395950

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Insight Brewing Co, 2821 HENNEPIN AVE E Minneapolis, MN, submitted by Insight Brewing Co LLC, BLBrewery, LIC337807

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Insight Brewing Co, 2821 HENNEPIN AVE E Minneapolis, MN, submitted by Insight Brewing Co LLC, BLBrewery, LIC337808

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, 425 PORTLAND AVE Minneapolis, MN, (Ward 3) submitted by Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, BLLiquor, LIC395085

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Bar Zia, 420 4TH ST S Minneapolis, MN, (Ward 3) submitted by Keep It Real LLC, BLLiquor, LIC77725

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Cafe Target, 1000 NICOLLET MALL Minneapolis, MN, (Ward 7) submitted by Bon Appetit Management Co, BLLiquor, LIC79908

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Downtown Residence Inn, 45 8TH ST S Minneapolis, MN, (Ward 7) submitted by Graves Hospitality Corporation, BLLiquor, LIC78277

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Eagles, 2507 25TH ST E Minneapolis, MN, (Ward 2) submitted by FOE Aerie 34, BLLiquor, LIC78212

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • La Boulangerie Marguerite, 300 13TH AVE NE Minneapolis, MN, (Ward 3) submitted by Baker and Lover - Minneapolis LLC, BLLiquor, LIC410184

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Litt Pinball Bar, 2021 HENNEPIN AVE Minneapolis, MN, (Ward 10) submitted by Multipliers Lit LLC, BLLiquor, LIC409001

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Lynlake Brewery, 2934 LYNDALE AVE S Minneapolis, MN, (Ward 10) submitted by Lynlake Brewery LLC, BLLiquor, LIC383542

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Minneapolis Marriott City Center, 30 7TH ST S Minneapolis, MN, (Ward 3) submitted by Marriott International Inc, BLLiquor, LIC78645

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Moxy Minneapolis Uptown, 1121 LAKE ST W Minneapolis, MN, (Ward 10) submitted by Graves Uptown LLC, BLLiquor, LIC359576

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • The Hewing Hotel, 300 WASHINGTON AVE N Minneapolis, MN, (Ward 3) submitted by AHG Hewing Licensee LLC, BLLiquor, LIC75822

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 4. Gambling license approvals for October 8, 2024

      • Edison Community & Sport Foundation, 220 LOWRY AVE NE Minneapolis, MN, submitted by Edison Community & Sport Foundation, BLGeneral, LIC418949

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • FOE #34, 1428 NICOLLET AVE Minneapolis, MN, submitted by FOE #34, BLGeneral, LIC419067

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • FOE #34, 1333 NICOLLET MALL Minneapolis, MN, submitted by FOE #34, BLGeneral, LIC419078

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 5. Commemorative Street Name Addition: Council Member LaTrisha Vetaw, 36th Ave N, between Penn Ave N and Queen Ave N

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 6. Food vendor location options and regulations

      • Approving a legislative directive related to food vendors and information on options for expanding the number of locations for permitted food vendors.

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Receiving and filing a presentation in response to a legislative directive related to food vendor regulations and information on options for expanding the number of locations for permitted food vendors.

    • 7. Program Year 2023 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Funding Recommendations

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 8. Land Sale: 1029 22nd Ave N

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 9. Land swap between the City of Minneapolis and Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority (HCRRA) in the vicinity of the New Nicollet site

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 10. Spring 2024 brownfield grants from the Metropolitan Council’s Tax Base Revitalization Account (TBRA) and Hennepin County’s Environmental Response Fund (ERF)

      • Accepting a grant from the Metropolitan Council's Tax Base Revitalization Account (TBRA) for the following project: Native American Community Clinic and Housing, 1213 E Franklin Ave ($352,800).

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Accepting grants from Hennepin County’s Environmental Response Fund (ERF), in the total amount of $267,220, for the following projects: Native American Community Clinic and Housing, 1213 E Franklin Ave ($137,250) and Passage Community Housing, 17 E 24th St ($129,970).

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Authorizing contracts or agreements with the Metropolitan Council and Hennepin County for the aforesaid grants.

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Authorizing execution of one or more funding agreements with each of the sub-recipients identified below (or an affiliated entity) and/or disbursement and related agreements for these grants.

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Passage of Resolution approving appropriation of funds to the Department of Community Planning & Economic Development.

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 11. Comprehensive plan amendment: Future land use guidance, 1626 and 1628 Washington St NE

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 12. Conditional use permit appeal: Jacob Saufley, 1801 Nicollet Ave

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

  • Climate & Infrastructure Committee

    • 1. Non-Governmental Tax-Exempt Parcel Street Light Operation Fee: 2025 assessments

      • Adopting a report designating the 2025 citywide street light operation fee assessment against properties exempt from ad valorem taxation, and setting a public hearing for Oct 10, 2024, to consider the assessments.

        • Passed 12-0-0 Approved

      • Passage of Resolution adopting the assessments, levying the assessments, and adopting the assessment roll for the 2025 Street Light Operations Fee Assessment Project 1337L.

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 2. Non-Governmental Tax-Exempt Parcel Street Maintenance: 2025 assessments

      • Adopting a report designating the 2025 citywide street maintenance assessment against properties exempt from ad valorem taxation, and setting a public hearing for October 10, 2024, to consider the assessments.

        • Passed 12-0-0 Approved

      • Passage of Resolution adopting the assessments, levying the assessments, and adopting the assessment roll for the 2025 Street Maintenance Assessment Project 1337M.

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 3. Special Service Districts (Legacy Districts): 2025 proposed services and service charges

      • Setting a public hearing for Oct 10, 2024, to consider the proposed 2025 services and service charges for the 48th & Chicago, Central Avenue, Dinkytown, Eat Street, Linden Hills, Lowry Hill, Stadium Village, and Uptown Special Service Districts (Legacy Districts).

      • Passage of Resolution approving the 2025 operating plans, special services, cost estimates, service charges, and the lists of 2025 service charges for the 48th & Chicago, Central Avenue, Dinkytown, Eat Street, Linden Hills, Lowry Hill, Stadium Village, and Uptown Special Service Districts (Non-428A Districts), and authorizing the Department of Public Works to proceed with the work.

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 4. Contract with Xcel Energy for the Upper Harbor Phase I Public Infrastructure Project

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 5. Updated Joint Powers Agreement for Continued Participation in the Bassett Creek Watershed Management Commission

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 6. Updated Joint Powers Agreement for continued participation in the Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 7. Updating Uniform Assessment Rates

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

  • Committee of the Whole

  • Public Health & Safety Committee

    • 1. Public swimming pool ordinance

      • Passed 12-0-0 Approved
      • Passed 5-0-0 Approved
      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 2. Hennepin County Healthy Tree Canopy grant for exploration of developing a Tree Preservation Ordinance

      • Accepting a grant from the Hennepin County Healthy Tree Canopy program, in the amount of $50,000, for exploration of developing a Tree Preservation Ordinance.

        • Passed 12-0-0 Approved

      • Authorizing a contract with the Hennepin County Healthy Tree Canopy program for the grant.

        • Passed 12-0-0 Approved

      • Passage of Resolution approving appropriation of funds to the Health Department.

        • Passed 12-0-0 Approved

      • Passage of Resolution amending Resolution 2024R-255 entitled "Amending the 2024 General Appropriation Resolution," passed Aug 15, 2024, by updating the funding and revenue code.

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 3. Joint Powers Agreement with the City of Bloomington for the City of Minneapolis to provide legal services to the City of Bloomington

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 4. Community Partner Contract with Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS)

      • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

    • 5. Maternal Child Health Block Grant

      • Accepting a grant from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), in the amount of $886,993, to support maternal and child efforts for the period of October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025.

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Authorizing an agreement with the State of Minnesota for the Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant from October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2029.

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

      • Passage of Resolution approving appropriation of funds to the Health Department.

        • Passed 11-0-0 Approved

  • Notice of Ordinance Introductions

  • Introduction & Referral Calendar

  • Resolutions

  • Unfinished Business

  • Closed Session

    • 1. Litigation matter of Pro-Life Action Ministries v. City of Minneapolis

      • Passed 13-0-0 Approved

    • 2. Litigation matter of Assad Awaijane, et al. v. Bittell, et al.

    • 3. Litigation matter of Patricia Day v. City of Minneapolis, et al.

      • Passed 10-0-0 Approved

  • Addendum