Marked Agenda

Passage of Resolution adopting the assessment, levying the assessment and adopting the assessment roll for PACE energy financing in the amount of $80,000 for a solar project for ELFE Bros. LLC located at 2808 Washington Ave N.

Passage of Resolution adopting the assessment, levying the assessment and adopting the assessment roll for PACE energy financing in the amount of $88,000 for a solar project for Judson Memorial Baptist Church located at 4101 Harriet Ave S.

Passage of Resolution adopting the assessment, levying the assessment and adopting the assessment roll for PACE energy financing in the amount of $58,776 for a solar panels and related equipment for Raimis Construction LLC located at 1515 19th St E.

Passage of Resolution adopting the assessment, levying the assessment and adopting the assessment roll for PACE energy financing in the amount of $240,000 for HVAC equipment for CFPA Development Project LLC located at 3754 Pleasant Ave.

Passage of Resolution adopting the assessment, levying the assessment and adopting the assessment roll for PACE energy financing in the amount of $50,960 for solar panels and related equipment for Sommers - Haas project located at 504-506 24th St E.

Approving an application submitted by St. Stephen's Human Services for an interim use permit (PLAN12281) to allow for up to forty-four beds in an emergency shelter within an existing building until April 1, 2026 for the property located at 510 8th St S, subject to conditions.

Approving application for Fuzzy's Taco Shop, 701 WASHINGTON AVE N Minneapolis, MN, submitted by JMJR, LLC, BLLiquor, LIC391746, for an On Sale Liquor with Sunday Sales, No Live Entertainment License, subject to final inspection and compliance with all provisions of applicable codes and ordinances.

Denying an appeal submitted by Heidi Nau regarding the decision of the Board of Adjustment denying a variance (PLAN12134) to the required interior side yard setback located at 3037 Dupont Ave S.

Denying an appeal submitted by Bob Bailey and Mohagen Hansen regarding the decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment denying a variance (PLAN12139) to the enclosed building requirements associated with Los Campeones Gym located at 1324 Quincy St NE.

Authorizing a five-year basic service agreement with Northpoint Health and Wellness Center, Inc. to provide tenant resource center services not to exceed $25,000 per year, subject to future appropriations.

Authorizing a grant agreement with the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority in the amount of $1,000,000, using Community Development Block Grant funds removed from the Higher Density Corridor Housing program, for the installation of sprinkler systems at four high-rise buildings.

Passage of Resolution approving the landmark designation [PLAN12189] of the Tyler St NE John Cook House, located at 948 18th Ave NE.

Directing City Attorney’s Office to work with the Council authors and staff from the Community Planning and Economic Development and Regulatory Services Departments to draft an Opportunity to Purchase ordinance and return it to the BIHZ committee by July 1, 2021 for further action, based on the following framework: 

1. The Tenant Opportunity to Purchase applies to all rental housing in the City of Minneapolis, with the following exemptions: 1-4 unit buildings owned by an individual (not an LLC) who has five or fewer rental licenses; 1-4 unit buildings that are homesteaded, relative homesteaded, or partially homesteaded; five-plus unit buildings that received a certificate of occupancy within the last ten years. 

2. Establishes a private right of action for all covered properties in the city. 

3. Allows a tenant, tenant organization, tenant partner, or qualified organization to exercise rights, in a “waterfall” that gives tenants the first opportunity, and qualified organizations subservient rights. These rights should run concurrently. 

4. Before offering a property for sale, a property owner must provide tenants and qualified organizations with a right of first offer. In order to make an offer, a tenant, tenant organization, tenant partner, or qualified organization must register their rights. 

5. Tenants may assign their rights only to a tenant partner that meets baseline criteria regarding the management of rental properties. Tenant partners must inform the City that they will be serving this role before any assignment of individual tenant rights. 

6. If the tenant, tenant organization, tenant partner, or qualified organization does not register their right to make an offer, the sale may proceed without additional requirements under the policy. 

7. If a property owner chooses not to accept the first offer from a tenant, tenant organization, tenant partner, or qualified organization that has registered their rights, the tenant, tenant organization, tenant partner, or qualified organization has a right of first refusal. 

8. The timeline for each of these elements will be based on the timelines identified in the Opportunity to Purchase Policy Options report completed by consultants to the City. 

Further directing the Community Planning and Economic Development and Regulatory Services Department to work with the Council authors to address outstanding policy details, including but not limited to the following: 

1. Criteria for City support of tenants and qualified organizations, by building rent levels and/or income of tenants, and requirements that would be tied to City support; 
2. Effective date(s) for this policy; 
3. Possible compliance alternatives; 
4. Potential exemptions for certain types of transfers of ownership; 
5. Types of buildings other than standard rental properties that may be covered or exempted; 
6. The process for identifying tenant partners; 
7. The process for identifying qualified organizations; 
8. Staff resources required to implement this policy; 
9. Resources the City should make available to external partners in order to maximize low-income tenants’ exercise of their rights; 
10. Outreach and education necessary to successfully implement this policy; and 
11. Additional resources and/or regulations required to ensure compliance. 

Approving policies and procedures to be followed during meetings of the Local Board of Appeal and Equalization.

Passage of Resolution promoting medical and scientific collaboration between Minneapolis and Cuba.

Approving the following Council appointment for an unexpired two-year term beginning Jan 1, 2020, and ending Dec 31, 2021: Melissa Burner, Seat 12, Ward 12.

Approving the settlement of the matter of Timothy J. Keane v. City of Minneapolis, Case No. 27-cv-19-13701, by payment in the amount of $32,492 to Mr. Keane and his attorneys, and authorizing the City Attorney's Office to execute any documents necessary to effectuate settlement.

Authorizing the settlement of the matter of Christopher Lutter-Gardella v. City of Minneapolis, et al., Case No. 27-co-20-4387, by payment in the amount of $4,456.50 to Mr. Lutter-Gardella, and authorizing the City Attorney's Office to execute any documents necessary to effectuate settlement.

Approving the settlement of the claim by Regena Stevenson by payment of $250,000 to Regena Stevenson and her attorneys, and authorizing the City Attorney's Office to execute any documents necessary to effectuate the settlement.

Authorizing the settlement of the claim Jon Shanahan v. City of Minneapolis, MDHR Ref. No. 71774, by payment in the amount of $20,000 to Jon Shanahan and his attorneys, agreement to adopt live closed-captioning services, and agreement to provide American Sign Language interpretation for making comments at public hearing upon request, and authorizing the City Attorney's Office to execute any documents necessary to effectuate settlement.

Authorizing a contract with Leadership for Networked World at Harvard University (LNW) for pro bono services related to City community safety work to be administered by the City Coordinator's Office. 

Authorizing an increase to Contract No. COM0002372A with Primacy Strategy Group (originally with Lockridge, Grindal, Nauen P.L.L.P before the merger), in the amount of $50,000 for a new total amount not to exceed $100,000, and an extension from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022, for continued federal representation services in Washington, D.C.

Authorizing an increase to Contract No. C99-13987 with Ungerboeck Systems International, Inc., in the amount of $26,680 for a total amount not to exceed 1,338,836.34, for mobile work orders and implementation.

Authorizing an increase to Revenue Contract No. C-44292 with Hennepin County Medical Center in the amount of $3,616.50 for a total amount not to exceed $402,284.50, for the City to provide computer-aided dispatch and related mobile equipment support services to Hennepin County Medical Center.

Authorizing a contract with Hennepin County, using Hennepin County’s agreement, to document each party’s fiber optic infrastructure when that infrastructure is shared or installed in the other party’s facilities, for a term of six years.

Directing the City Coordinator’s Office and the Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy to collaborate with the Mayor’s Office, the City Council, the City Attorney’s Office, Community Planning & Economic Development, Public Works, Intergovernmental Relations, and Finance to present the following items to the City Council on or before May 31, 2021:

1. A draft of an ordinance establishing a new Department within the City Coordinator’s Office that will serve as the centralized home for all of the City’s arts and culture work.
2. A draft budget for FY2022 detailing the costs of operating the new Department.
3. Identify on-going and one-time funding sources, whether existing and/or created by ordinance, to provide the resources to operate the new department.

Authorizing the submittal of a grant application to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, for the Resiliency in Communities After Stress and Trauma (ReCast) grant, in the amount of $1,000,000 per year for five years.

Authorizing the submittal of a grant application to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in the amount of $1,250,000 over three years, for the Older Adults Home Modification Program.

Authorizing an increase to Contract No. C-43836 with Black & Veatch Corporation, in the amount of $187,000 for a total amount not to exceed $1,898,776, for additional engineering services related to the 10th Ave Bridge Water Main River Crossing Project.

Authorizing an increase to Contract No. COM0000242 with VEIT and Company, Inc., in the amount of $47,160.11 for a total amount not to exceed $6,645,572.17, for additional project work and costs associated with unforeseen conditions on the Mid-City Industrial Phase 2 Reconstruction Project, all in accordance with City specifications. 

Authorizing an agreement with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, in the amount of $293, for a utility license to cross public waters for the replacement of sanitary sewer pipe under Bassett Creek in conjunction with the Irving Ave Sanitary Sewer Project.

Authorizing an agreement with Metropolitan Council, in the amount of $1,125,300, to cooperatively undertake the construction of a flood improvement project in conjunction with their sanitary force main project on Humboldt Ave S between The Mall and W 28th St in the East Isles neighborhood.

Approving City of Minneapolis comments on the B Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Draft Corridor Plan and directing submittal of the comments to Metro Transit.

Accepting the low bid of Huls Brothers Trucking, submitted on Event No. 1363, in an estimated annual amount of $2,200,000, to provide all materials, labor, equipment, and incidentals necessary for the hauling and disposal of agricultural liming material for the Public Works Department Water Treatment and Distribution Division, and authorizing a contract from April 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022, with an option to extend for two additional years through March 31, 2024, at the sole discretion of the City, all in accordance with City specifications.

Accepting the low bid of AVR, Inc., submitted on Event No. 1366, in the amount of $1,769,000, to provide all materials, labor, equipment, and incidentals necessary for providing ready mix concrete to the Public Works Department, and authorizing a contact for the service, with an extension of up to two additional 12-month periods, all in accordance with City specifications.

Accepting the sole bid of Wieser Concrete Products, Inc., submitted on Event No. 1375, in the estimated amount of $295,000, to furnish and deliver reinforced manhole structures, all in accordance with City specifications.