1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the city of Minneapolis; creating a study
1.3 	panel on the governance and management structure of
1.4 	the city; providing membership of the study panel;
1.5 	appropriating money.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. MINNEAPOLIS STUDY PANEL ON CITY GOVERNANCE.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Creation. The Minneapolis study panel on
1.9 	city governance, hereinafter called "the study panel," is
1.10 	established.  The purpose of the study panel is to study the
1.11 	form and structure of city government in the city of Minneapolis
1.12 	and to make appropriate recommendations to the Minneapolis City
1.13 	Charter Commission, legislature, or other branch of government
1.14 	any proposed changes to enhance the quality of life for all
1.15 	citizens of Minneapolis.
1.16 		Subd. 2.Membership. The study panel shall consist of
1.17 	seven members who must be residents of the city of Minneapolis.
1.18 	The appointing authorities of the study panel are as follows:
1.19 	one member to be appointed by the governor; one member to be
1.20 	appointed by the mayor of Minneapolis; one member to be
1.21 	appointed by the Minneapolis City Council; one member to be
1.22 	appointed by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board; one
1.23 	member to be appointed by the Minneapolis Public Library Board;
1.24 	one member to be appointed by the Minneapolis Downtown Council;
1.25 	and one member to be appointed by the Minneapolis School Board.
2.1 	Membership on the study panel must be by unanimous consent of
2.2 	the other members.  If any member of the study panel objects to
2.3 	the appointment of any other member, the appointing authority
2.4 	must submit another appointment to the study panel that would be
2.5 	subject to the unanimous consent of the members.  The study
2.6 	panel shall elect a chair from among its members and meetings of
2.7 	the study panel shall be at the call of the chair.
2.8 		Subd. 3.Compensation; expenses. Members of the study
2.9 	panel shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed
2.10 	their necessary expenses in carrying out the business of the
2.11 	study panel.  The city of Minneapolis may contract with any
2.12 	person or entity to provide staff services for the study panel
2.13 	and may determine the compensation of staff as it deems
2.14 	appropriate.
2.15 		Subd. 4.Duration. The study panel's activity shall be
2.16 	limited to one year from the effective date of sections 1 and 2,
2.17 	and the study panel shall cease to exist on that date.
2.18 		Subd. 5.Purpose and mission. The study panel shall
2.19 	examine the governance and management structure of the city of
2.20 	Minneapolis with a view toward improving and enhancing the
2.21 	quality of life for all citizens of Minneapolis.  The
2.22 	examination may include, but is not limited to:
2.23 	(1) the extent to which the current Minneapolis city
2.24 	governance structure enhances and carries out the goals,
2.25 	priorities, and budgetary constraints of the city and its
2.26 	citizens as a whole;
2.27 	(2) whether there is sufficient citizen and city department
2.28 	input prior to city decision making;
2.29 	(3) how the overall objectives of the city are carried out
2.30 	and coordinated with the various city departments;
2.31 	(4) if the city and its taxpayers have been getting a fair
2.32 	return on public expenditures;
2.33 	(5) if the city is able to receive and direct other funding
2.34 	sources for the purposes and objectives of the city and its
2.35 	citizens;
2.36 	(6) if the current governance and management structure
3.1 	enhances and continues the city's superior job and workforce
3.2 	planning;
3.3 	(7) whether the city's planning for information technology,
3.4 	which has been recognized as some of the finest in the country,
3.5 	integrates well with the current city governance and management
3.6 	structure;
3.7 	(8) if the city can continue its present commitment to
3.8 	long-range planning in the manner it has in the past to
3.9 	adequately take care of its capital assets;
3.10 	(9) if the city governance and management structure can
3.11 	continue to facilitate the current favorable long-term analysis
3.12 	of future needs as a means of long-term decision making;
3.13 	(10) if the citizens advisory groups and neighborhood
3.14 	groups, which in the past have played an outstanding role in the
3.15 	governance of Minneapolis, are poised to continue that process
3.16 	in the future;
3.17 	(11) if the current governance and management structure of
3.18 	the city that has encouraged such an outstanding sense of
3.19 	community for the people who live, work, learn, and play in
3.20 	Minneapolis has the likelihood of giving an increased sense of
3.21 	commitment and confidence in the neighborhoods and the city as a
3.22 	whole;
3.23 	(12) if the current governance and management structure of
3.24 	the city will continue to strengthen the civic involvement of
3.25 	the citizen and organizational members of the community as it
3.26 	has for so many years; and 
3.27 	(13) if the current governance and management structure of
3.28 	the city will ensure that neighborhood-based planning remains
3.29 	the foundation of the city and it will continue to lead to
3.30 	creative and innovative approaches to management and governance
3.31 	of the city.
3.32 		Subd. 6.Report. The study panel shall, by February 1,
3.33 	2006, report to the Minneapolis Charter Commission on the
3.34 	results of its examination of the governance and management
3.35 	structure of the city of Minneapolis along with any
3.36 	recommendations to streamline or modernize that structure to
4.1 	enhance the quality of life for the citizens of the city.

4.2 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 4.3 	$50,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the city
4.4 	of Minneapolis to provide funding for the study panel created by
4.5 	section 1.  The appropriation shall be deducted from the local
4.6 	government aid payable to the city of Minneapolis in fiscal year
4.7 	2006.

4.8 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 4.9 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective July 1, 2005, and are
4.10 	repealed effective June 30, 2006.