Agenda

Receiving and filing the Mayoral report relating to the local public health emergency resulting from imminent health conditions caused by the presence of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).

Receiving and filing the Mayor's Declaration of Local Emergency - April 12, 2021, and Emergency Regulations 2021-2-1 and 2021-2-2 resulting from civil disturbance and threat to public health, safety, and welfare.

Passage of Ordinance amending Title 12, Chapter 244 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances relating to Housing:  Maintenance Code, amending provisions related to occupancy.

Passage of Ordinance amending Title 1, Chapter 2 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances relating to General Provisions: Administrative Enforcement and Hearing Process, adding and amending provisions related to administrative hearing procedures.

Passage of Ordinance amending Title 4 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances relating to Animal Care and Control, adding and amending provisions related to lifetime license applications and rabies procedures:

1. Chapter 63 Licenses and Permits.
2. Chapter 65 Public Health Considerations.

Withdrawing an appeal submitted by Anthony Bender, on behalf of REEF Kitchens, regarding the decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment denying a variance (PLAN12108) to the enclosed building requirement for the property located at 519 Cedar Ave. 

Authorizing an increase to Contract No. COM0002373 with Aloha Landscaping, Inc., in the amount of $125,000 for a total amount not to exceed $275,000, and an extension through Dec 31, 2021, for additional yard maintenance services, all in accordance with City specifications. 

Authorizing an increase to Contract No. COM0002147 with Metro Lawns, LLC, in the amount of $125,000 for a total amount not to exceed $275,000, and an extension through Dec 31, 2021, for additional yard maintenance services, all in accordance with City specifications. 

Passage of Resolution approving the Historic District designation (PLAN12253) of the Mary Lochren Student Rooming Homes Historic District which includes the following three (3) properties: 1103 4th St SE, 406 11th Ave SE, and 410 11th Ave SE.

Passage of Resolution identifying the need for and authorizing the submittal of pre-development grant applications to the Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Demonstration Account (LCDA) program for the Chicago-Lake Rebuild project, located at 810 Lake St E, and the Phoenix project, located at 2941 Chicago Ave S, and to the Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Demonstration Account-Transit Oriented Development (LCDA-TOD) program for the 3030 Nicollet project, located at 3030 Nicollet Avenue S. 

Authorizing a $750,000 Great Streets Gap Financing Loan to Juxtaposition Arts, Inc., or an affiliate entity, for its arts campus expansion at 2015 Emerson Ave N and 1100, 1108 and 1110 West Broadway

Consenting to a first mortgage refinance with subordination of existing City debt and loan modifications for Broadway Flats Affordable Housing at 2505 Penn Avenue North, which loan modifications include a loan term extension to 2061 on City debt; and the execution of all agreements and documents necessary to facilitate such actions.

Passage of Resolution approving the budget and the continued operation of the Governmental Program at the MacPhail Center for Music at 501 2nd St S.

Confirming the following Mayoral appointment for a three-year term beginning Jan 1, 2021, and ending Dec 31, 2023: Lucy Thompson, Seat 10, Ward 10.

Passage of Resolution amending the 2021 General Appropriation Resolution to roll over funds from 2020 to 2021 for items that were delayed or not completed during the 2020 budget year for several operating departments. 

Approving the following Council appointments for two-year terms beginning January 1, 2021, and ending December 31, 2022: Jake McCormik, Seat 1, Ward 1; Zakaria Aden, Seat 6, Ward 3; Kai Gudmestad, Seat 26, Ward 13. 

Approving the Worker's Compensation claim of Shannon Barnette by payment of $120,000 to Ms. Barnette and her attorneys Meuser Law Firm, and authorizing the City Attorney's Office to execute any documents necessary to effectuate the settlement.

Approving the Worker's Compensation claim of Jeffrey Mercill by payment of $170,000 over three years to Mr. Mercill and his attorneys, and authorizing the City Attorney's Office to execute any documents necessary to effectuate the settlement.

Approving the Worker's Compensation claim of Justin Churchill by payment of $150,000 over three years to Mr. Churchill and his attorneys, and authorizing the City Attorney's office to execute any documents necesarry to effectuate the settlement.

Approving the Worker's Compensation claim of Gregory Freeman by payment of $200,000 over three years to Mr. Freeman and his attorneys, and authorizing the City Attorney's Office to execute any documents necessary to effectuate the settlement.

Approving the worker's compensation claim of Curtis Drew by payment of $135,000 to Mr. Drew and his attorneys, and authorizing the City Attorney's Office to execute any documents necessary to effectuate the settlement.

Approving the worker's compensation claim of Jason Walters by payment of $190,000 to Mr. Walters and his attorneys Meuser Law Firm, and authorizing the City Attorney's Office to execute any documents necessary to effectuate the settlement.

Approving the worker's compensation claim of David Peterson by payment of $175,000 over three years to Mr. Peterson and his attorneys Meuser Law Firm, and authorizing the City Attorney's Office to execute any documents necessary to effectuate the settlement.

Approving the worker's compensation claim of Tammy Werner by payment of $95,000 to Ms. Werner and her attorneys Meuser Law Firm, and authorizing the City Attorney's Office to execute any documents necessary to effectuate the settlement.

Approving the worker's compensation claim of Maurice King by payment of $165,000 to Mr. King and his attorneys Meuser Law Firm, and authorizing the City Attorney's Office to execute any documents necessary to effectuate the settlement.

Approving the worker's compensation claim of Kyle Severson by payment of $175,000 over the course of three years to Mr. Severson and his attorneys Mesuer Law Firm, and authorizing the City Attorney's Office to execute any documents necessary to effectuate the settlement.

Approving the worker's compensation claim of Karl Olson by payment of $190,000 over three years to Mr. Olson and his attorneys Meuser Law Firm, and authorizing the City Attorney's Office to execute any documents necessary to effectuate the settlement.

Approving the worker's compensation claim of David Mathes by payment of $200,000 to Mr. Mathes and his attorneys Meuser Law Firm, and authorizing the City Attorney's Office to execute any documents necessary to effectuate the settlement

Approving the settlement of the claim by Alexandra Gandara Kraemer by payment of $3,500 to Ms. Gandara Kraemer and her attorneys, and authorizing the City Attorney's Office to execute any documents necessary to effectuate the settlement.

Approving the settlement of the matter of Paul E. Johnson and C. Taren Vang v. City of Minneapolis; Officer Nathan Sundberg, et al. Civil No. 20-CV-2415 (NEB/HB), by payment in the amount of $15,000 to the plaintiffs and their attorney, in exchange for the dismissal of the City of Minneapolis, Officer Nathan Sundberg, and all named or unnamed City of Minneapolis defendants, and authorizing the City Attorney's Office to execute all documents necessary to effectuate settlement.

Approving the settlement in the special assessment appeal Polzin, et al. v. City of Minneapolis, et al. (Court File No. 27-CV-20-16722), by reduction of the special assessment by $17,310.46, from the amount of $22,330.46 to $5,020, and authorizing the City Attorney's Office to execute any documents necessary to effectuate the settlement.

Authorizing an increase to Contract No. COM0002589 with LS Black Constructors, in the amount of $127,367 for a total amount not to exceed $8,556,643, for additional light poles from bid Alternate No. 3, building automation control revisions, and additional smaller changes for the Impound Facility Improvements Project.

Authorizing an increase to Contract No. COM0000037A with Gries Lenhardt Allen, PLLP., in the amount of $600,000 for a total amount not to exceed $1,200,000, for legal services.

Authorizing an increase to Contract No. C-44286 with Kevitt Companies, in the amount of $2,079 for a total amount not to exceed $4,005,298, for additional sitework for the Public Service Building Project.

Authorizing an increase to Contract No. COM0000147 with LeJeune Steel Company, in the amount of $11,665 for a total amount not to exceed $8,302,015, for additional tax exempt, structural steel supply for the Public Service Building Project.

Authorizing an increase to Contract No. COM00000793 with Grazzini Brothers and Company, in the amount of $27,290 for a total amount not to exceed $2,211,076, for increased tile and stonework for the Public Service Building Project.

Authorizing an increase to Contract No. COM0001068 with Empirehouse, Inc., in the amount of $4,344 for a total amount not to exceed $4,587,598, for additional interior glazing work for the Public Service Building Project.

Authorizing an increase to Contract No. COM0001122 with B&D Associates, LLC, in the amount of $7,400 for a total amount not to exceed $2,727,709, for additional masonry work for the Public Service Building Project.

Authorizing an increase to Contract No. COM0001347 with Grazzini Brothers and Company, in the amount of $10,026 for a total amount not to exceed $675,458, for terrazzo flooring work for the Public Service Building Project.

Authorizing an increase to Contract No. COM0000869 with Top-All Roofing, Inc., in the amount of $12,592 for a total amount not to exceed $2,036,177, for additional roofing work for the Public Service Building Project.

Authorizing an increase to Contract No. COM0001070 with RTL Construction, Inc., in the amount of $51,949 for a total amount not to exceed $5,574,467, for additional drywall and fireproofing work for the Public Service Building Project.

Authorizing an increase to Contract ­­­­­No. COM0000904 with Prindle Painting, Inc., in the amount of $8,377 for a total amount not to exceed $797,345, for additional costs associated with painting work for the Public Service Building Project.

Authorizing an increase to Contract No. COM0001069 with MA Mortenson Company, in the amount of $46,797 for a total amount not to exceed $6,618,288, for increased carpentry and casework installation for the Public Service Building Project.

Authorizing an increase to Contract No. COM0000416 with Modern Piping, Inc., in the amount of $240,336 for a total amount not to exceed $28,871,835, for additional mechanical work for the Public Service Building Project.

Authorizing a revenue contract with SMG, in the amount of $513,600, for bomb detection security services at US Bank Stadium during large scale events from April 1, 2021 - March 31, 2022.

Authorizing a revenue contract with SMG, in the amount of $360,000, for SWAT security services from April 1, 2021 - March 31, 2022.

Authorizing a revenue contract with SMG, in the amount of $75,000, to provide law enforcement equipment from April 1, 2021 - March 31, 2022, at US Bank Stadium.

Authorizing a revenue contract with the Downtown Improvement District (DID) for the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD), to receive up to $110,000 in buyback funds in of support of the Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District Summer Police and Police Reserve Program, from April 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021.

Authorizing an agreement with the City of New Brighton for the provision of wholesale water to New Brighton on an as needed basis.

Authorizing Cooperative Agreement No. PW 57-20-17 with Hennepin County, in the amount of $212,000, for the reconstruction of Penn Ave N, from Plymouth Ave N to 14th Ave N (County State Aid Highway No. 2).

Authorizing 2020 year-end budget procedures for the 48th & Chicago; 50th and France; 54th & Lyndale; Bloomington-Lake; Central Avenue; Chicago-Lake; Dinkytown; East Lake; Eat Street; Linden Hills; Lowry Hill; Lyndale-Lake; Stadium Village; Uptown; and West Broadway Improvement Special Service Districts.

Passage of Resolution authorizing Public Works to apply for and host an AmeriCorps member through the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's (MPCA) GreenCorps Program for the 2021-2022 program year, if selected.

Accepting the low bid of Veit & Company, Inc., submitted on Event No. 1291, in the amount of $12,391,379.75, to provide all materials, labor, equipment, and incidentals necessary for the Grand Ave S (Lake St W to 48th St W) Street Reconstruction Project, and authorizing a contract for the project, all in accordance with City specifications.

Accepting the low bid of Veit & Company, Inc., submitted on Event No. 1296, in the amount of $3,487,680.60, to provide all materials, labor, equipment, and incidentals necessary for the Plymouth Ave N (Xerxes Ave N to Penn Ave N) Street Reconstruction Project, and authorizing a contract for the project, all in accordance with City specifications.

Passage of Resolution opposing the use of “less lethal” weapons in the city of Minneapolis.

Directing staff to design and develop recommendations for the creation of an unarmed Traffic Safety Division, to be housed in a department outside of the Police Department, to be responsible for enforcement, education, and other activities that increase traffic safety; and report back to the Public Health & Safety Committee with a project timeline by the end of Quarter 2, 2021.