. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME. I WILL CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL. IT'S MONDAY JULY SECOND, 2024. THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANKS TO EVERYBODY TUNING IN ONLINE. WE WILL START OUR MEETING AS ALWAYS DO IF YOU'RE ABLE PLEASE STAND TO REMOVE ANY COVERING YOU MIGHT HAVE AND ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH WORDS FOR ALL . ONCE AGAIN, THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT, COUNSEL. THANKS FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS AS ALWAYS COUNCIL IS TO OUR AGENDA. WE'VE GOT TWO UNDER INTRODUCTORY ITEMS TONIGHT. WE HAVE ITEM 2.1 WHICH IS THE INTRODUCTION OUR NEW EMPLOYEES AND WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF NEW EMPLOYEES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING THIS EVENING. AND ITEM 2.2 IS OUR 2024 ANNUAL UPDATE OF OUR OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING. ITEM THREE OUR CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER CARTER HAS CONSENTED THIS EVENING. WE HAVE 12 ITEMS ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT. ITEM OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES WE HAVE A TOTAL OF THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS. ONE ITEM 4.1 IS REGARDING THE VACATION OF PUBLIC DRAINAGE UTILITY SIDEWALK BOULEVARD AND SO ON AT NINE MILE WEST SECOND ADDITION. ITEM 4.2 IS A PUBLIC REGARDING THE VACATION OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT OVER AN ACROSS LOT LOT FOR BLOCK THREE IN THE FAR THIRD EDITION AND A 4.3 WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A CITY CODE AMENDMENT UPDATING OUR STANDARDS FOR ALARM SYSTEMS AND ITEM 4.4 IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING. WE WILL BE HAVING A DISCUSSION ON THE RESOLUTION REGARDING THE BALLOT LANGUAGE RELATED THE PETITION FOR A CARTER THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS CHANGE UNDER OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS WE'VE GOT SOME A NUMBER OF UPDATES ON BLOOMINGTON FORWARD PROJECTS ITEM 5.1 WILL BE AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER AND 5.2 WILL BE AN UPDATE ON THE BLOOMINGTON ICE GARDEN ITEM 5.3 AN UPDATE ON THE NINE MILE CREEK CORRIDOR RENEWAL PROJECT AND ITEM 5.4 IS AN UPDATE ON THE RIVERVIEW CORRIDOR TRANSIT PLANNING PROGRESS HAS BEEN UNDERWAY FOR SOME TIME NOW. KEVIN REAGAN BACK FROM RAMSEY COUNTY WILL BE JOINING US FOR THAT AND WE'LL WRAP UP WITH ITEM 5.5 AS WE ALWAYS DO WITH THE CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONS OR WORK TO BE DONE ON THE AGENDA? IF NOT I WILL MOVE THE AGENDA AS STATED IN THE SECOND MOTION AND THE SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO ACCEPT AGENDA AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE MOTION 37 ZERO AND WE HAVE AN AGENDA BACK TO OUR AGENDA. ITEM 2.1 IS THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES AND WE WILL START WITH MR. FAROOQI DOING AN INTRODUCTION IN OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD EVENING. IT IS A PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE A NEW MEMBER OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM HERE AT CITY OF BLOOMINGTON TO YOU ON VIA CATHY TO COME UP THIS DIRECTION AND WHILE SHE'S COMING UP BOLD FILIBUSTER A LITTLE BIT HERE WE HAVE NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOCUSED ON LEADING OUR EXTERNAL SERVICES TEAM. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE CATHY HAYDEN START WITH US TODAY AS A MATTER FACT IS HER FIRST DAY SO I'M SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE LATE THE EVENING. SO SHE'S GETTING TO EXPERIENCE THE BEST OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON ON THE FIRST DAY. SO CATHY COMES TO US AFTER 23 YEARS AT THE RAMSEY COUNTY WHERE SHE STARTED IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION AND WORKED HER WAY UP THROUGH THE RANKS TO EVENTUALLY BECOME THE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND AFTER THAT BECAME DEPUTY COUNTY MANAGER AND THE EXPANSIVE OF HER SERVICES THAT SHE OVERSAW WERE ABOUT HALF OF THE COUNTY BUDGET OVER 2000 EMPLOYEES AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY THEN THAT EXPERIENCE IS WHAT WE HEARD ABOUT CATHY AS A PERSON EVERYBODY THAT WE TALKED TO ON THE REFERENCE CHECKS AND THROUGH NETWORKS AND I THINK HEARD THROUGH THE INTERVIEWS IS THAT SHE IS A PERSON TREMENDOUS WARMTH. SHE IS EXCELLENT AT BUILDING RELATIONSHIP SHIPS AND SHE LEADS WITH THE PEOPLE FIRST MENTALITY AND WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER STEP INTO THIS CRITICAL ROLE. A COUPLE OTHER BITS ABOUT CATHY I DON'T WANT TO STEAL ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY PREPARED BUT SHE DOES HAVE SOME FAMILY ROOTS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND NOT ONLY THAT SHE WAS A COMPETITIVE FIGURE SKATER, SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER AT BIG SO SHE'S SHE'S FAMILIAR BLOOMINGTON AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HER SO CATHY THANK YOU SO MUCH IT'S NICE TO SEE ALL OF YOU IN PERSON. I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS GETTING TO KNOW THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. I'VE BEEN WATCHING SOME OF YOU ALSO FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. IT'S REALLY AN HONOR TO BE A LIFELONG PUBLIC SERVANT AND. AS JAMIE HAD STATED 23 YEARS IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND A LOT OF THAT WORK IS STARTING AT THE FRONT LINE LEVEL INSPECTING SWIMMING POOLS ALL THE WAY TO STANDING WITH THE GOVERNOR THE FIRST DAY THAT WE HAD A COVID CASE IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA HERE OR IN RAMSEY COUNTY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE FOR ME TO SAY NOT SIT HERE AND MY AND THERE AND AND I'LL GET THERE I'M VERY TO BE A PART OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGT WE LEARNING ABOUT THE CITY AND SEEING WHAT YOU ALL GET TO DO AND WHAT EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY DOES ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT PEOPLE LOVE THE CITY. IT'S VERY CLEAR AS I GOT TO MEET PEOPLE DURING INTERVIEWS HOW MUCH PEOPLE REALLY ENJOY AND LOVE WORKING FOR THE CITY AND I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO JOIN A TEAM OF REALLY DEDICATED PEOPLE EXCITED TO BE AT THE CITY LEVEL AND HONESTLY SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS MUCH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT STILL HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE BUT ESPECIALLY HERE WITHIN MINNESOTA YOU DON'T SEE THAT AT THE COUNTY LEVEL THE SAYING THAT YOU SEE IT AT A CITY LEVEL SO I'M EXCITED TO STEP IN , LEARN AS MUCH AS I CAN AND HELP MAKE THINGS MOVE. SO IT'S NICE TO MEET ALL OF YOU. WELL, IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING AND YOUR FIRST DAY. IT'S ALWAYS LIKE THIS. THIS IS ALWAYS PLEASE YOU KNOW YOU ALWAYS HAVE ALWAYS HAD THIS MANY BUT SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND GETTING TO KNOW YOU A BIT BETTER. BUT THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANKS. NEXT UP WE A NEW EMPLOYEE IN THE OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING AND THIS FAITH HERE I DID. THERE SHE IS. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I AM. OH, YOU CAN COME UP HERE. YOU EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE A NEW EMPLOYEE? THE OFFICE OF RACIAL CONCLUSION BELONGING TO WILLIAMS IS A AMAZING PERSON SOMEONE WHO I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS THROUGH SOME WORK THAT WE DID IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER BUT HE IS AN EXTRAORDINARY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FACILITY OWNER HAS ABOUT 15 YEARS OF RACIAL EQUITY PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE. HE IS ALSO LIKE REALLY ENGAGED ,HAS CONNECTIONS WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE. HE'S A FAMILY MAN. HE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT HIS NEPHEWS I'M SURE WHEN HE INTRODUCES HIMSELF BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT BECAUSE HE'S STANDING HERE NEXT TO ME AND I WILL LET ADRIAN QUICKLY INTRODUCE HIMSELF. THANK YOU. WELCOME. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU ALL HAVE KNOWN WHO WELL, THIS PERSON STANDING NEXT TO ME LEFT HUGE SHOES TO BE. I CAN'T EVEN SAY I'M FILLING THEM BUT I'M GOING TO TRY MY BEST TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY IN THE BEST WAY I KNOW HOW AND EVERYWHERE THAT I'VE BEEN AND ALL THE WORK I'VE DONE ENGAGING COMMUNITY FAMILIES AND, MAKING SURE THAT VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY ARE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE AND GIVEN THE CREDIT, GIVEN THE VALUE THAT THEY ARE DESERVED AND ARE ARE I HAVE A TENDENCY TO BE ALONG WITH IT'S ALMOST OUT RIGHT NOW . THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. LET'S FACE IT I DO HAVE A FAMILY MY WIFE AND MY NEPHEWS WHO ARE MY NEPHEW THEY'RE MY BOYS, MY BABIES. SO YOU'LL MAYBE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET SOMEDAY. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME. WELL, THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND WELCOME. GLAD TO HAVE YOU , ALISON. THERE SHE IS THE NEW PARK AND REC EMPLOYEE THAT ALISON IS GOING TO INTRODUCE US TO MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS. THANKS FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE INTRODUCING TO YOU AARON AND HE IS A NEW EMPLOYEE HERE AT THE CITY BLOOMINGTON BUT FILLING A ROLE THAT HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE MAY AND SO PERSONALLY AM VERY THANKFUL HE IS HERE BECAUSE THIS POSITION OVERSEES ALL OF OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS AND SO WE ARE VERY THANKFUL HE WAS READY TO JUMP IN WITH TWO FEET BUT I'M ALSO SURE YOU'LL SEE A LOT NEW THINGS COMING IN FROM HIM TOO. BUT I'LL LET HIM TELL YOU ABOUT HIMSELF AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO REALLY EXCITED TO BE WITH BLOOMINGTON A HISTORY OF WORKING WITH CITIES AND THEN ALSO A COUPLE OF THE LOCAL COUNTIES AND PARKS AND RECREATION AND REALLY EXCITED TO JUMP IN CAMCORDERS THIS 54TH YEAR THIS YEAR AND THAT'S JUST AN AMAZING DYNASTY AND CELEBRATION AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO START SOME OF THOSE TRADITIONS OF MY OWN THAT WILL 54 YEARS FROM NOW STILL GOING AS WELL. WELL, WELCOME ABOARD AND YES, YOU YOU CAME IN PRIME TIME FOR FOR YOU GOT DIVING IN BOTH FEET HIGH. IT WAS TODAY MY DAUGHTER SENT HER UP TO VOLUNTEER RIGHT WHEN I STARTED AND MY SON'S GOING TO TO CAMP NEXT WEEK SO I'M DIVING IN BOTH FEET WITH MY FAMILY TO FABULOUS WELL WELCOME ABOARD THANK YOU GET AND FINALLY WITH SOME NEW EMPLOYEES IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THANK YOU MARION COUNCIL WE GET A LITTLE BEHIND WITH STAFF INTRODUCING STAFF FROM THE CME DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SO WE'RE GOING TO CATCH UP TONIGHT WITH FIVE OF OUR NEWEST STAFF AND WE'LL START WITH MEGHAN WRESTR IF YOU WANT TO JOIN COME ON UP MEGHAN JOIN THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS TEAM AS THE OFFICE SUPPORT SPECIALIST BACK IN APRIL SHE PREVIOUSLY HELD POSITIONS WITH THE CITY OF WOODBURY AND THE CITY OF EAGAN AND SHE COMES TO US WITH THE MASTER'S DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LACROSSE. AND AFTER OBTAINING HER DEGREE MEGAN, TWO YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES PEACE CORPS. SO SHE'S BEEN A GREAT ADDITION TO THE TEAM FOR THE BUILDING GROUP. IT'S VERY IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING SERVING FOR THE TEAM DEVELOPMENT AND I THANKFUL TO KIM TO BE INTRODUCED. SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH US TONIGHT. THANKS MUCH. THANK YOU. AND NEXT TO INTRODUCE TO ROBERT NEWMAN, ROBERT ALSO JOINED THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS TEAM RECENTLY BACK IN JUNE. HE HAS OVER 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE H-BACK INDUSTRY AND PREVIOUSLY HELD POSITIONS AS A PROJECT MANAGER ESTIMATOR AND FOREMAN ROGER IS OUR NEW HVAC INSPECTOR WITH THAT TEAM AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE TYPE OF AND EXPERIENCE HE BRINGS TO THE TEAM AND HE'S BEEN A GREAT ADD NO I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK THAT EVERYONE AT THE CITY HAS BEEN SO WELCOMING AND SO HELPFUL IN ENCOURAGING AND TEACHING ME ALL OF THE CULTURE AND PROCEDURES AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AND THE IMMENSE KNOWLEDGE AND DEDICATION YOUR PEOPLE HAVE IN YOUR BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT IS TOP NOTCH. I REALLY VERY THOUGHTFUL, VERY DEDICATED PEOPLE. THAT'S VERY NICE OF YOU TO SAY, ROBERT YOU SO VERY MUCH AND WELCOME ABOARD. GLAD TO HAVE YOU. I'M IMMENSELY GRATEFUL THE OPPORTUNITY I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET INTO INSPECTIONS FOR OVER TEN YEARS. GREAT. SO AND ALWAYS YOUR FIRST JOB IS YOUR HARDEST JOB AGAIN GOOD JOB. YEAH, THANKS. THANK YOU. NEXT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU KAREEM SHARON HE JOINED THE TEAM BACK IN APRIL AS A PLANNING TECHNICIAN. HE'S A DEDICATED PROFESSIONAL WITH A STRONG PASSION IN CITY PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN. ONE OF OUR DESIGN ORIENTED FOLKS HE HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AND A MASTERS OF ARCHITECTURE FROM THE ACADEMY OF ARTS ACADEMY OF ARTS UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. SO HE'S A NATIVE NEW WHO BRINGS WHO HAS ENJOYED EXPLORING MINNESOTA AND WATCHING MINNESOTA SPORTS TEAMS. YEAH I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'VE BEEN HERE FOR THREE MONTHS AND I'M ENJOYING WORKING FOR THE CITY. I'M LOOKING TO A LONG TENURE HERE AND CONTRIBUTE IN ALL THAT I CAN WELL VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU AND TRUST ME YOU'LL GET OVER THE EXCITED ABOUT WATCHING MINNESOTA A LOT OF HEARTBREAKS YOU'LL LEARN. HELLO. WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU SO MR. MAYOR, YOU KEEP FORGETTING THE EXCELLENT MR. MAYOR. MR. MAYOR, YOU KEEP FORGETTING WE ACTUALLY HAVE WOMEN'S SPORTS HERE THEY'RE DOING QUITE WELL. THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER, COUNCILMEMBER OKAY AND NEXT I'LL INTRODUCE LOU EXPANDABLE WITH HE JOINED THE PORT AUTHORITY TEAM BACK IN JUNE AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANALYST LUKE HAS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AND A MASTER'S DEGREE OF URBAN AND URBAN PLANNING AND REAL ESTATE CERTIFICATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. LUKE TRANSITIONED FROM MONTANA WHERE HE WAS THE HOUSING COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY OF WHITEFISH AND HE ALSO WORKED FOR THE CITIES OF SEATTLE AND ANOTHER CITY BRECKENRIDGE IN COLORADO. IN HIS FREE TIME, LOU CAN BE FOUND RUNNING WITH HIS DOG ALONG MINNEHAHA CREEK OR WORKING ON HIS MODEL TRAIN COLLECTION WHICH I HAVE NOT SEEN YET BUT I'VE HEARD MANY PEOPLE REFERENCE. SO IF YOU'RE INTO TRAINS, TAKE A LOOK. THANK YOU KIM FOR THE INTRODUCTION. REALLY PLEASED TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL. I'M SURE THIS WON'T BE THE LAST TIME I ANTICIPATE COMING BACK QUITE A BIT. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING YOU ALL AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY WELL. THANKS FOR BEING HERE LUKE. THE PORT IS SOME VERY IMPORTANT WORK RIGHT NOW. SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD AND VERY MUCH TALKING WITH YOU. THANK. THANKS. AND I'LL INTRODUCE DAKOTA CRAWL. HE JOINED THE PLANNING TEAM BACK IN FEBRUARY SO WE'RE A LITTLE LATE WITH THIS INTRODUCTION BUT HE'S PRIOR TO COMING HERE DAKOTA WAS A SENIOR PLANNING PLANNER FOR THE CITY RAPIDS AND HE RECENTLY BECAME ACP CERTIFIED AND HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN URBAN AND PLANNING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. HE ENJOYS EXPLORING THE REGION THROUGH BIKING ALONG WITH A VARIETY OF TRAILS IN THE NATURAL LAKES. ALL RIGHT. WELL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE MANY PRESENTATIONS FOR YOU IN THE FUTURE. SO I'M SURE WE WILL. WELCOME ABOARD. THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND THANK YOU THANK YOU TO STAFF WHO DID THE INTRODUCTIONS. BUT THANK YOU AND WELCOME TO ALL OF OUR NEW STAFF MEMBERS AND ALL THE FOLKS HERE WATCHING AND EVERYBODY WATCHING ONLINE. THESE FOLKS ARE YOUR CITY STAFF MEMBERS AND SO REACH TO THEM, WORK WITH THEM AND SAY HELLO TO THEM IF YOU RUN INTO THEM ON THE STREET BECAUSE. BLOOMINGTON CITY STAFF IS AMONG THE BEST IF NOT THE BEST IN THE STATE MINNESOTA. AND WE JUST CONTINUE THE TRADITION AS THE PEOPLE WE BRING IN SO THANK YOU MUCH TO EVERYBODY AND THANKS FOR EVERYBODY FOR DOING THE INTRODUCTIONS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 2.2 IN OUR AGENDA. THIS IS OUR 2024 ANNUAL UPDATE OF OUR OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING AND FAITH. JACKSON IS GOING TO DOING THE UPDATE FOR US. THE THEME OKAY SO MAYOR COUNCIL THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO BE GIVEN THE UPDATE. IT WILL BE THE AMAZING TEAM THAT IS GOING TO CARRY THIS WORK FOR IT IS PRESENTED HERE TONIGHT SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ELIZABETH. MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING IN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER ON THE THE AGENDA SPECIFIC SO GOOD EVENING ALL WELCOME MAYOR AND COUNCIL I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING. THIS ISN'T JUST ANY ANNUAL UPDATE. IT REALLY TALKS ABOUT OUR PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE AND I WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT BACK BECAUSE AS POINT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTAND OUR THIS WORK HAS ACTUALLY BEEN GOING ON FOR TEN YEARS BEFORE MANY OF WERE EVEN ELECTED INTO THE CITY COUNCIL IS OF BACK IN 2015 WHERE YOU GUYS MADE A COMMITMENT TO RACE EQUITY WORK AND BLOOMINGTON PARTICIPATED IN THE GOVERNMENT FOR ALLIANCE OF RACE EQUITY. TWO YEARS LATER YOU GUYS EMBARKED UPON A STRATEGIC PLAN AND YOU ADOPTED A RACE EQUITY VISION THAT READ THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON WORKED COURAGEOUS TO ADVANCE RACE EQUITY. WE WILL BE A VIBRANT, SAFE AND HEALTHY PLACE WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL RACES THRIVE. TWO YEARS LATER YOU HIRED YOUR FIRST RACE EQUITY COORDINATOR 2019 MISS FAITH JACKSON AND AND ALL YOU GUYS KNOW THIS BUT SOME OF THE AUDIENCE MAY NOT KNOW TODAY'S FAITH'S LAST DAY AND SHE IS BLOOMINGTON'S FIRST CHIEF EQUITY INCLUSION OFFICER BUT SHE WON'T BE THE LAST AND THE WORK THAT SHE HAS IN THESE LAST FIVE YEARS HAS BEEN AMAZING. WE ALL KNOW THAT TRANSFORMATION OF CHANGE TAKES TIME. IF YOU'RE DOING WELL IT'S THREE YEARS EVERY DOING WHAT AVERAGE IS FIVE AND IF YOU'RE DOING THAT SO WELL IS USUALLY ABOUT SEVEN AND SHE HAS DONE AMAZING TO CHANGE THE CULTURE, PRACTICES AND CULTURE OF THIS ORGANIZATION TO ADVANCE RACE EQUITY IN THE CITY AND IN THIS COMMUNITY. THE RACE EQUITY PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED INCLUDED FOUR AREAS HIRING TRAINING SERVICES AND, OUR CITY SERVICES DELIVERY AND AUTOMATIC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT . WE ALSO CREATED RACE EQUITY ACTION TEAMS ACROSS THE CITY DURING THIS TIME AND IN 2021 THE BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL DECLARED RACISM A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. WE RACE EQUITY STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEES AND WE FOCUS ON KEY AREAS OF ECONOMIC STABILITY EDUCATION HEALTH CARE, NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT RACE EQUITY NOT ONLY WAS NOT JUST AN OFFICE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IT WAS IMPACTFUL WORK THAT ALL DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS ACROSS THE CITY TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY AND ADVANCING. AND AT THE AUDIENCE TODAY YOU HAVE MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FORMER STAFF LEADERS WHO HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS WORK TO HELP ADVANCE THIS WORK AND HELP SHAPE THAT CULTURE SO THAT IT WASN'T A ONE PERSON TEAM OR A TWO PERSON TEAM OR A THREE PERSON TEAM. BUT IT WAS THE WORK OF ALL 640 EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY BLOOMINGTON IN 2022 YOU GUYS INVESTED FURTHER IN THE STAFF TO BUILD THE OFFICE OF RACIAL ,RACIAL AND HEALTH EQUITY AND THAT'S WHY I SHARE THAT TONIGHT'S UPDATE IS NOT ONLY SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST YEAR IN THE PRESENT YOU'RE ALSO SEEING THE FUTURE IN LEON ASLA AN AREA THAT YOU HAVE HERE TODAY AND WE JUST HAD A LITTLE FAREWELL GATHERING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING SIT AND MISS JACKSON ACTUALLY EXPRESSED THE ONE GIFT THAT WE CAN GIVE TO HER IS TO ENSURE THAT WE SUPPORT THIS TEAM, OUR ORGANIZATION AND THE PEOPLE TO KEEP THIS WORK FORWARD SO WE CAN SEE THIS WORK HAPPENING IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS AS WELL. SO WITH THAT SAID, WE DON'T HAVE A POWERPOINT BUT WE HAVE A VIDEO THAT GOING TO SHARE THAT SUMMARIZES THIS GREAT WORK THAT THIS TEAM HAS BUILT THE LEADERSHIP OF MISS JACKSON . AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ARIANNA HERSELF ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT COME IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS HERE. SO THAT WILL START WITH THE VIDEO. WELCOME TO THE 20 2320 24 ANNUAL COUNCIL PRESENTATION PRESENTED BY THE OFFICE OF RACIAL INCLUSION AND BELONGING. THE PAST YEAR HAS BEEN A TRANSFORMATIVE ONE FILLED WITH INITIATIVES AND EVENTS THAT STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY AND PROMOTE EQUITY AND INCLUSION. THIS PREVIEW KIT FILE FOR OUR LAST REPORT ENDED THE SUMMER OF 2024. LAST MAY OUR INAUGURAL BALL IN BLOOMINGTON PROGRAM LINES OF TEN INTERNS IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND SOME OF CORPORATE PARTNERS MALL OF AMERICA AND LAQUAN HOUGHTON. WE CELEBRATED THE ACHIEVEMENT LAST AUGUST. THESE INTERNS PROVIDED VALUABLE EXPERIENCE AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES SETTING A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE CAREERS. IN AUGUST WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE POLICE RACIAL EQUITY ACTION TEAM HOSTING A COMMUNITY BARBECUE THAT INCLUDED A MINI RECRUITMENT SESSION FOR FUTURE OFFICERS. THE EVENT WAS IN ENGAGING AND A GREAT WAY TO BUILD TRUST AND INTEREST IN LAW CAREERS. LATER PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF EDINA RICHFIELD, EDEN PRAIRIE AND EAGAN WE CELEBRATED WORKMAN WEEK AS PART OF THIS CELEBRATION WE PARTNERED WITH LA RAZA RADIO STATION THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF VEHICLE SERVICES AND O'NEILLS MINNESOTA TO DELIVER A PROGRAM SEGMENT ON DRIVER'S LICENSE ALL. PROVIDING CRUCIAL UPDATES TO SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITIES LATER WE SUPPORTED THE WOMEN'S EMPLOYER RESOURCE GROUP AND THEIR LEADERSHIP PANEL WHICH PROVIDED INSIGHTS AND INSPIRATION FOR ASPIRING FEMALE LEADERS. LATER IN OCTOBER WE PARTNERED WITH THE CHAMBER TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT MONTH. ADDITIONALLY, OUR STAFF PRESENTED AT THE TWO CONFERENCE. THERE THEY SHARED THE INNOVATIVE WORK OF THE WORK ON THE BLOOMINGTON DESIGN COMMITTEE. WE WRAPPED UP THE YEAR SUPPORTING THE AID URGES PAST COURT PANEL. THIS PANEL IS CHAIRED IMMIGRANT STORIES AND CELEBRATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY. WE WERE PROUD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FIRST EVER CII I PUBLIC SECTOR RACIAL EQUITY DIVIDENDS IN THIS REPORT. BLOOMINGTON SCORED HIGH IN THE AREAS OF LEADERSHIP BUDGET, PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC POLICY. JAN SOLIS JOINED IN PARTNER CITY FOR THE NATIONAL DAY OF RACIAL HEALING WORKSHOP. IT FEATURED RENOWNED WHO INSPIRED US TO CONTINUE OUR WORK TOWARDS RACIAL EQUITY. WE ALSO WANT TO WELCOME TO BLOOMINGTON PROGRAM. TO DATE WE'VE ENGAGED NEW RESIDENTS MANY OF THEM WHO ARE NOW ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN CITY ACTIVITIES. WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM. REALTORS ARE NOW PROVIDING WELCOME GIFTS AT CLOSING SESSIONS CONTAINING CITY SWAG. INFORMATION ON LOCAL AND COUPONS TO SHOP AT LOCAL BUSINESSES. THIS INITIATIVES HELPS NEW RESIDENTS FEEL WELCOME AND CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY. NONE OF THIS WORK IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR DEDICATED COMMUNITY MEMBERS PEOPLE LIKE ELISE BALDERRAMA WHO GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND BY CANVASING NEIGHBORHOODS WITH FLIERS AND BRINGING ITS RESPECT FOR MEETING AND ALSO INVITING FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO INTRODUCE NEW RESIDENTS. THOUGH HE HAS DEVOTED COUNTLESS HOURS TO FOSTERING A WARM AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY IN FEBRUARY SUPPORTED THE LOVE WAVE EVENT FOR I KNEW IT ALREADY PRESENTS CELEBRATING LOVE FOR ALL. WE ALSO SUPPORTED BEBE AS HISTORY MONTH. PIONEERING CHANGEMAKERS HAVE BEEN HONORING THOSE WHO HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY. MARCH MARKED LIGHT OF OUR SUPPLIER DIVERSITY INITIATIVES ENSURING OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESSES ARE INCLUSIVE. WE ALSO TOOK ON NEW RESPONSIBLE BILITY NOW HANDLING HOW TO DISCRIMINATE COMPLAINTS AND WITH LOCAL AGENCIES TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL RESOURCES TO AFFECTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT IN MARCH WE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE RIGOROUS AUDIT BY WELCOME IN AMERICA AND MET ALL OF THE CORE REQUIREMENTS TO BECOME A WELCOME IN CITY. THIS ACHIEVEMENT UNDERSCORES OUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO CREATING AN INCLUSIVE WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR IMMIGRANTS. THE AUDIT PROCESS WAS EXTENSIVE INVOLVING MY SUPPLEMENTARY RESEARCH AND LEADING UP TO A THREE DAY IT WITH OVER 20 HOURS OF IN-PERSON INTERVIEWS WITH STAFF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. MOREOVER, BLOOMINGTON WILL THE FIRST CITY IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO ACHIEVE THIS PRESTIGIOUS. WE WRAPPED UP OUR MENTAL HEALTH POP UP EVENT. THESE EVENT CENTER CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICES IN ORDER TO NORMALIZE AND DESTIGMATIZE TALKING WITH ONE ANOTHER ABOUT INDIVIDUAL OR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DINAH AND BRACEWELL WE HAVE ENGAGED APPROXIMATELY 321 COMMUNITY MEMBERS. NORMALIZING AND DESTIGMATIZING MENTAL HEALTH CONVERSATIONS ACROSS GENERATIONS. THIS WORK IS FACILITATED BY OUR PARTNER LADIES TABLE SPEAKING OF MENTAL HEALTH THIS MAY THE MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY VRD POSTED A SUCCESSFUL EVENT BRINGING JOY AND TO MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. AND OF COURSE WAS WITHOUT BLOOM INTERN. THIS YEAR THE PROGRAM IS BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF INTERNS AND EMPLOYERS. BLOOM IN BLOOMINGTON STRIVES TO SUPPORT AND GROW A MORE DIVERSE AND ACCESSIBLE WORKFORCE FOR THE COMMUNITY BY MATCHING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH EMPLOYERS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ,NONPROFIT AND PRIVATE SECTORS. OUR INTERNS ARE DOING WORK. THE SECOND ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION DREW HUNDREDS DESPITE THE RAIN. IT FEATURED GIVEAWAYS COMMUNITY BUILDING FACE PAINTING EXPERT, SIGNIFICANT ACADEMIC THIS EVENT SUPPORTED BY GRANTS FROM BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON NORMAN DALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THE CHURCH OF NEW LIFE HIGHLIGHTED OUR COMMITMENT TO CELEBRATING CULTURE, HERITAGE AND PROMOTING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. CITY HALL WAS WITH ACTIVITY A TESTAMENT TO OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY. ADDITIONALLY, WE WELCOME NEWS THAT WE WELCOME A FELLOW MEMBER YOLA AS A FULL TIME ALPHA SUPPORT SPECIALIST. ELIZABETH RECENTLY JOINED AS THE NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND AARON WILLIAMS IS OUR NEW EQUITY INCLUSION PROGRAM. THEIR EXPERTIZE AND DEDICATION ARE INVALUABLE ECHOES THE TRANSFORMATIVE WORK OUR TEAM IS DOING DIRECTLY IMPACT THE CITY'S MISSION OF CULTIVATING ,ENDURING AND REMARKABLE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE. WE'RE FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR WORK OR IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET INVOLVED PLEASE VISIT WEBSITE. TOGETHER WE'RE BUILDING A MORE EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE BLOOMINGTON TEAM AND ARE ARIANA AND ISELA TO TALK OUR FUTURE WORK. WOW. TALK ABOUT PATHWAYS TO BUILDING COMMUNITY PATHWAYS TO THE INTERSECTIONALITY BETWEEN SYSTEMS WORK AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THIS OFFICE HAS DONE FOUNDATIONAL WORK AND HAS EXCEEDED THE EXPECTATIONS OF I CAN IMAGINE ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM. THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO EQUITY RIGHT THERE. THAT'S A TESTAMENT THIS COMMUNITY TRUSTING IN BUILDING WITH ONE ANOTHER. AND I MEAN THAT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO FAITH JACKSON EVERYBODY. SO I REALLY ARE REALLY APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO DO THIS WORK HERE AND. SPEAKING OF THAT, THE WORK THAT WE ARE CONTINUING DO THIS YEAR. XCEL AND I ARE GOING TO SPEAK ON THAT SO THE RIGHT TEAMS, THE RACIAL EQUITY AT ACTION TEAMS. THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF PAUSE I HEAR NOT MIND YOU I JUST GOT HERE EVERYBODY. THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A PAUSE I HEAR. SO WE'RE HOPING TO PICK THAT BACK UP REVAMPED THE EQUITY ACTION PLANS AND GET THOSE IN A CENTRALIZED LOCATION SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN WHAT EVERYONE'S DOING AND MAYBE FOSTER SOME IDEAS AND COLLABORATION SO YOU CAN GO. WE ALSO WANT YOU ALL TO SAVE THE DATE AND COME AND CELEBRATE BLOOM INTERNS THIS SUMMER WITH THE BLOOM GRADUATION HAPPENING ON AUGUST 16TH. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO MAKE IT WE WOULD GLADLY HAVE YOU ALL CELEBRATE OUR INTERNS WITH US AND THEN WE WILL ALSO BE CONTINUING THE WORK WITH THE WELCOME TO BLOOMINGTON PROGRAM FOR CONTINUING THOSE MONTHLY RESIDENT MEETINGS AND DIFFERENT LOCATIONS TO WELCOME NEW RESIDENTS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND. ACTUALLY STARTING TODAY WE ALSO HAVE WELCOME GIFT BAGS FOR OUR NEW RESIDENTS THAT HAVE CITY SWAG AND CITY INFORMATION THAT REALTORS AND RESIDENTS CAN COME AND PICK UP AT CIVIC PLAZA SO WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO SEE THE WELCOME TO BLOOMINGTON PROGRAM BLOOM. ADDITIONALLY WE ARE BUILDING A TRAINING PLATFORM. WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE AN RFP OUT TO HAVE SOMEONE DEVELOP A TRAINING PLATFORM GIVING PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO AND DO SOME EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN REGARDS TO EQUITY, HEALTH EQUITY, ANTI-RACIST AND BELONGING AND AND ALLYSHIP WORK. SO MORE MORE TO COME SOON BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING HERE IN THIS NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. COUNSELOR, ANY QUESTIONS ON STAFF COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN? THANK YOU. MAYOR I CAN'T LET THE TIME AWAY WITH AT LEAST HAVING MR. JACKSON COME BACK UP FOR ONE FINAL CALL. WE'LL BE GETTING TO THAT. I WANT TO GET TO THAT. I JUST WANT TO BE OKAY BECAUSE I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR THAT. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PRESENTATION, VERY GOOD. WELL, I IF YOU COULD COME BACK UP TO THE PODIUM BECAUSE AS AS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SAID THIS AND IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER THIS IS FAITH'S LAST DAY HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND WE DID HAVE A LITTLE GATHERING EARLIER AND IT WAS VERY NICE AND IT WAS NICE TO HEAR FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT VOICES ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT YOU'VE HAD ON THIS COMMUNITY. AND I CAN SPEAK PERSONALLY THE IMPACT THAT YOU'VE HAD. I MEAN WE COMMISERATED A ON THE THE EARLY DAYS SITTING BASICALLY TOGETHER WITH NOBODY ELSE IN CITY HALL IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE PANDEMIC AND BACK AND FORTH AND GOING THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND HAVING A LOT OF STARBURST AND GIVING A LOT OF THOSE AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU'VE SHOWN THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE WITH WITH EMPATHY AND WITH PASSION AND WITH COMMITMENT TO THE OF BLOOMINGTON IS GREATLY APPRECIATED AND THE FOUNDATION THAT YOU HAD BUILT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU I MEAN YOUR WISH THAT WE CONTINUE THIS THE FOUNDATION THAT YOU HAVE BUILT IS GOING TO IS GOING TO ADD IS GOING TO MAKE THAT MUCH EASIER BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A STRONG FOUNDATION AND IT GIVES US TO STAND ON AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU. GOOD FOR YOU. BAD FOR US BUT WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU AND EXCITED ABOUT YOUR NEXT STEP AND THE WORK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING . COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN WELL THANK YOU, MAYOR I COULDN'T SAY IT ANY BETTER SO I'M NOT GOING TO I HAD ONE QUESTION FOR HER REALLY AND YOU KNOW, JUST BEFORE I KIND OF WOULD DO THAT, MAYOR, I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU REALLY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AROUND THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AND ALSO THE MANAGER WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS IT WASN'T A REAL POPULAR THING TO TO KIND OF DO THIS. AND SO I'M JUST I'M TO BE A PART OF THIS TEAM THAT HAS BEEN WILLING TO TAKE CHALLENGES AND KIND OF LEAN IN TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO AS A CITY. AND I APPRECIATE AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU CAN'T GET AWAY WITH ASKING YOU LAST RIDICULOUS QUESTION THAT I ALWAYS LIKE TO ASK YOU. SO WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE OUR COUNCIL OR THE COMMUNITY AT BROAD AS WE AS YOU KIND OF MOVE ON TO YOUR NEXT STAGE? ANY ADVICE YOU CAN GIVE US? MAYOR BOSSY COUNCILMEMBERS I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT ONE BUT IN TRUE FAITH FASHION I WILL PULL AN ANSWER TOGETHER. MY ADVICE THAT I'M GOING TO GIVE TO THE COUNCIL I THINK WILL BE THE SAME REQUEST THAT I OF THE PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY EARLIER TODAY WHICH IS TO REALLY WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND THE STAFF WHO ARE LEADING THIS WORK. IT'S CHALLENGING WORK AND HAS BECOME EVER MORE CHALLENGING AND SO THAT SUPPORT IS CRITICAL AND IT'S AND SOMETIMES THAT JUST MEANS SHOWING UP FOR EVENTS SOMETIMES MEANS CREATING POLICIES AND BEING INTENTIONAL AND COMMITMENT TO THINGS AND STANDING UP FOR THINGS IN THAT WAY. BUT WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO SHOW UP FOR AND SUPPORT THE STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THIS WORK THAT WOULD BE MY ADVICE FOR THIS COUNCIL. THINK ABOUT WHAT SORT OF PERSONAL COMMITMENT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE AND THEN HOLD YOURSELF ACCOUNTABLE TO. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK MAYOR. SO YOU KNOW I COULDN'T NOT SAY SOMETHING. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FAITH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID, MAYOR, BUT I DO REFLECT ON YOUR FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS HERE WITH A PANDEMIC AND THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD AND HONESTLY I'VE NEVER SEEN A CITY EMPLOYEE HAVE TO ENDURE SO MUCH. YOU ARE ONE OF THE MOST PERSISTENT AND RESILIENT PEOPLE THAT I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE TO MEET AND TO GET TO WORK WITH AND I'M REALLY TRULY THANKFUL EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE GIVEN BLOOMINGTON. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND ELSE COUNCIL. I'LL DO MY REMEMBER DALLAS. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YES, OF COURSE I'D LOVE TO I HOPE THIS ISN'T THE LAST TIME I GET TO SING YOUR IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BUT ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US HERE I WANT TO ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT THE OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING IS ABOUT RACIAL EQUITY YES. BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT INCLUSION AND BELONGING AND THAT MEANS THAT THERE OTHER MINORITY COMMUNITIES OTHER MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES THAT GET THE BENEFIT. IT TRULY IS A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL BOATS KIND SITUATION IF WE WORK HARD AND WE HAVE THAT JOINT COLLABORATIVE POINT OF VIEW AND SO AS A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY I HAVE BENEFITED FROM YOUR LEADERSHIP EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD A LENS FROM YOUR YOU KNOW, LIVED EXPERIENCE AND INTERSECTIONALITY I APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH AND I I'VE LEARNED A TON FROM YOU AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW UP AND KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT BUT BE A PRESENCE I PROMISE WHEN I CAN TO DO ALL THAT WORK SO I'M PLEASED TO MAKE THAT COMMITMENT TO YOU IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU FAITH FOR FRANKLY HELPING ME WITH AN ISSUE THAT WASN'T ALL THAT FAMILIAR WITH WHEN I FIRST STARTED WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REFLECT BACK ON WAS YOU CONSISTENTLY TOLD US IS THAT THE LONG GOAL IS THAT WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE A JOB LIKE YOURS AND WE'RE NOT THERE YET. AND SO I'M GLAD WE HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP STEPPING. I'M SUPER HAPPY AT THE POSITION YOU PUT THIS COMMUNITY IN WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO DRAW IN MORE PEOPLE, MORE VOICES INTO OUR CONVERSATIONS, INTO OUR DECISION MAKING, MAKING THE COMMUNITY BETTER AND YOU'VE MADE THE COMMUNITY BETTER SO. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALSO COUNCILMEMBER, LET'S REMEMBER WELL ALL RIGHT. WELL, IF EVERYONE'S GOING ALL GO I THINK THE FIRST TIME I MET YOU FAITH I WASN'T ON COUNCIL. I THINK IT WAS DURING A I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU YOU YOU STEPPED UP AND YOU WERE THE SOFT SPOKEN PERSON AND LIKE WHO IS THIS LADY AND WHAT IS SHE KIND OF LEADING AND THROUGH THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE YOU'RE MORE THAN JUST YOUR SMARTS OUTSPOKEN VOICE. THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE SPEAKS LOUDLY TO THE VALUES THAT BLUETOOTH HAS AND I THINK YOU'VE MOVED US TREMENDOUSLY FORWARD IN MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO COME TO BLOOMINGTON FEEL WELCOME AND FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG HERE. SO THANK YOU EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR ANYTHING YOU'RE GOING TO DO AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE ANOTHER GREAT BLOOMINGTON STAFF GO ON DO OTHER GREAT THINGS FOR THE STATE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. MEMBER RIVAS WORRIES THAT I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY AS TO THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORT THAT YOU HAVE PUT INTO YOUR AND LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, I STARTED SO HAVE EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY HAS BUT I JUST THANK YOU FROM MY HEART FOR ALL THE EFFORT THAT YOU PUT INTO WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO CREATE AND YOU CREATED IN THE PROCESS AGAIN THANK YOU MR. BURGI THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I SAID MOST OF MY PIECE EARLIER BUT THERE IS ANOTHER VOICE THAT COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT AND THAT WAS FAITH'S PREVIOUS SUPERVISOR BEFORE ELIZABETH WAS THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MIKE SABLE WAS THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND HE HAS HIS OWN MEETING CITY MANAGER AND MAPLEWOOD NOW HAPPY FOR BUT HE'S SENT THIS ALONG SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE JUST IMAGINE ME BEING MIKE RIGHT? THAT IS FAITH. WE COULDN'T BE MORE OPPOSITE IN APPEARANCE AND WE COULDN'T BE MORE ALIGNED IN HOW WE APPROACH THE WORK. YOU'LL BE GREAT IN ANY AND I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. SO THAT'S ANOTHER VOICE TO ADD IN THE LAST THING I'LL SAY, MAYOR JUST A AMPLIFY AND COMPLEMENT WHAT ALL OF YOU HAVE SAID BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR FOLKS WERE WITH US EARLIER TONIGHT. THEY HEARD IT BUT THEY ALSO KNOW IT BECAUSE THEY'RE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH FAITH. THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE FIRSTHAND THE WORK THAT SHE DOES I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT MAYBE DOESN'T ALWAYS SEE HER AT WORK OR SEE MAYBE THE PRODUCT OF THAT WORK. IT IT'S A TREMENDOUS THING FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND FOR THE COMMUNITY WHEN YOU CAN POINT TO SOMEBODY AND SAY THAT PERSON WAS TRANSFORMATIONAL. AND SO IN THE FIVE YEARS THAT FAITH HAS BEEN HERE FOR THE WORK THAT SHE HAS DONE FROM WHERE WE WERE BACK IN 2019 TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, IT TRULY IS A TRANSFORMATION AND WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM YOUR WORK. THANK YOU, SAID MR. RUBY COULD I GET A 62ND RISK RESPONSE TO AND WE'LL START THE CLOCK? YEAH. OKAY I GUESS. WELL I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I DIDN'T MEET MY 15 MINUTE TIME FRAME SO I MIGHT GIVE CARTE BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I AND GO ON RECORD AND JUST REITERATE THE THANK YOU THAT I GAVE EARLIER SO WE WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS WORK OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND THANK YOU TO JAMIE AND OTHERS WHO WERE HERE THE TIME FOR CREATING THE POSITION AND MAKING THAT A PART THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM THANK YOU TO THE MY THE FELLOW OF THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND SUPPORT THAT YOU PROVIDED. THIS WORK WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE JUST ME ALONE. AND SO THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE ARE REALLY SORT OF MADE THIS AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO TWO MEMBERS OF THAT TEAM CARL AND ERIKA FOR NOT ONLY SUPPORTING THE WORK BUT FOR SUPPORTING ME PERSONALLY I WOULDN'T BE HERE STANDING HERE WITHOUT THAT. I JUST WANT TO SORT THAT OUT AND THEN PERHAPS MOST IF THERE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT IN HERE THE PEOPLE WHO'VE DONE THE WORK SO PANEL I THINK IS HERE SOMEWHERE FOR NOW. YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU DID COMING IN TO HELP BUILD THE OFFICE AND FELLA YEAH HE DOES EVER HE'S THINKING BUT NOT ONLY DOING THE WORK HELPING TO MANAGE ME WHICH CAN BE A CHALLENGE MYSELF. THANK YOU FOR THAT AND AN AREA AND FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND ELIZABETH FOR COMING IN AND REALLY SUPPORTIVE STAFF I APPRECIATE THE WAY THAT YOU ARE SUPPORTING THE STAFF AND. I'M PROUD OF WHERE WHERE WE ARE AND EXCITED TO SEE WHERE WE'LL GO. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. BEST OF LUCK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR PAST CROSSING AGAIN. VERY GOOD. AND NOW WE'RE ALL GOING OKAY WE WILL MOVE ON COUNCIL TO ITEM THREE ON OUR AGENDA OUR CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER HAS TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA. OKAY. I'M NOT FEELING AS EMOTIONAL NOW SOME YEAH BUT I HAD TO HOLD SO 3.9 I'M FROM COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND THEN 3.11 FROM COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO ARE THERE ANY OTHER HOLDS 3.2 COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS OKAY THREE ONE OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER HOLDS? OKAY. SO WITH THAT I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS 3.3 TO 3.8 3.10 AND 3.12. SO WHAT'S MY COUNCILMEMBER SECONDLY COUNCILMEMBER WHO WAS A COUNCILMEMBER TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND I HAD FOUR HOLDS AND A 3.1 COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH THANK YOU MAYOR I HELD THIS ONE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD DOCUMENT. I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT GOES FAR ENOUGH. I SAID THIS WHEN WE'RE REVIEWING IT I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SPONSORS POLICY AND HOW WE CAN REALLY DRIVE REVENUE FOR THE CITY, HOW WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE CURRENT DOCUMENT SAYS CORPORATIONS OR BUSINESSES WANT TO SPONSOR THINGS LIKE, NEGOTIATE SOMETHING. I THINK THAT'S GOOD. I THINK THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE. I THINK WE BE MORE DELIBERATE ABOUT IT PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE SCALE OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD. SO FOR THAT REASON I WANTED TO TO MAKE THAT NOTE AND SO OVERALL I THINK THE REST OF THE POLICY IS GREAT. I JUST THINK MORE WE'RE WORKING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ACTUALLY GET THERE SO FOR THAT REASON I'LL ACTUALLY OPPOSE IT BUT I THINK THE ITSELF WHAT'S IN THERE IS GOOD. I JUST THINK IT SHOULD GO FARTHER UNDERSTAND. NELSON AND YOU'VE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH YOUR COMMENTS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS ABOUT THIS. APPRECIATE IT. AND I THINK MESSAGE RECEIVED I KNOW THE PARK STAFF THAT I'VE TALKED TO ON THIS A THEY UNDERSTAND YOUR DESIRES AND YOUR GOALS AND THIS AND ARE TRYING TO BALANCE THAT I THINK WITH THE REALITY OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT ACTUALLY DOES HAPPEN. YEAH AND I ACTUALLY APPRECIATE THAT THERE I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE WORKING AND LOOKING AT THOSE AND TRYING TO FIND A WAY THEY JUST WEREN'T READY FOR IT RIGHT HERE. SO I'M TRYING DISMISS THE WORK THAT THEY THE GOOD WORK THEY DID. ALL RIGHT. SO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND TO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, IF YOU COULD MOVE THAT PLEASE I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON PARK IN PARK FACILITY NAMING AND SPONSORSHIP POLICY AND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO TO ACCEPT 3.1 AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES ONE WITH COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IN OPPOSITION AND I'M 3.2 COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS. MICROPHONE PLEASE. THANKS. I'D LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION IN TO THAT. I WORK WITH MEDICAL FILES AT WORK AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALLINA DIRECTLY GIVING THE MEDICAL INFORMATION TO PATIENTS TO THE POLICE. I JUST NEED TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON REGARDS TO THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT OF THE EXISTENCE THAT PROHIBITS ANY OF THE SHARING OF FILE MEDICAL FILES TO ANYONE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO I JUST WANT TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT THE DOCUMENT THAT IS CURRENTLY SITTING AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IF IS AVAILABLE TO US TO LOOK. MR. RUBY THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS DEPUTY ATTORNEY PETER ZUNIGA IS IS WITH US. YEAH, YEAH HE'S WITH US. HE CAN ADDRESS TWO BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY THIS ISN'T ABOUT SENDING MEDICAL INFORMATION IT HAS TO DO WITH THE INTERFACE OF OUR CAD SYSTEM. OUR COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH BETWEEN DISPATCH HERE AND ALLINA. SO REALLY IS MORE ABOUT DATA SHARING TECHNOLOGICALLY. SO PETER I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS ANY MORE THAN THAT MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER WAS CITY MANAGER FOR TWO YEARS. CORRECT IT'S ABOUT CONNECTING OUR CAD SYSTEMS SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN THEY RECEIVE A CALL FOR MEDICAL SERVICES THEY DON'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL ALLINA SERVICES SO THAT THE TWO SYSTEMS CAN CONNECT TO EACH OTHER. AND SO ALLINA IS REQUIRING US TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT SO THAT THE SECURITY REQUIREMENTS IN THE HIP ARE BY REVERSE? YEAH, I'M FINE WITH IT. I JUST THAT QUESTION I WANTED CLARIFICATION ON THAT UNDERSTOOD. AND ONE WILL HAVE EITHER MR. ZUNIGA OR OR THE CHIEF FOLLOW WITH YOU IF YOU NEEDED MORE INFORMATION HAVE MORE DETAILS. OKAY IT SOUNDS GOOD. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, WOULD YOU THEN AMENABLE TO MOVING ON HIM? 3.2 ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THE ALLINA BUSINESS AGREEMENT. WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER ON ITEM 3.2. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM 3.9 COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THANK YOU MAYOR ITEM 3.9 IS IN RELATIONSHIP TO A BUDGET RESOLUTION REGARDING ARPA ALLOCATIONS AND SINCE THESE DOLLARS HAVE TO DO WITH TREASURY DEPARTMENT I'VE BEEN ADVISED TO ABSTAIN FROM CASTING A VOTE WITH REGARD TO THIS OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION REGARDING ANY PERCEPTION DEALING WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE BACK IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID I JUST WANTED TO STEP OUT AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR THE HEADS UP ON THAT. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND THE 3.9 COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND MOVE TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION MAKING TO THE APPROVED BUDGET TRANSFERRING $979,257.20 FROM THE 4350 SMALL BUSINESS CAPITAL SORRY SMALL BUSINESS CENTER CAPITAL FUND BACK TO THE 2550 FEDERAL RELIEF GRANTS FUND TO MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO ACCEPT ITEM 3.9 ON HER CONSENT BUSINESS HAVE STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I AM OPPOSED AND ABSTAINING I ITEM 3.9 PASSES SIX ZERO WITH ITEM WITH OUR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN ABSTAINING ON THIS ITEM AND FINALLY ITEM 311 COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU MS. MAYOR. I ACTUALLY JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THIS ONE. I THOUGHT THAT WE CHANGED THE LICENSE STRUCTURE FOR NINE MILE BREWING SO THAT WE DID NOT HAVE TO DO THIS ANYMORE, THAT THERE WAS A AN EXTENSION OF THEIR LICENSE BOUNDARY, IF YOU WILL, THAT WAS DONE BEFORE OUR FORMER LICENSE LEFT. AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S NOT THE CASE. SO I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS I HAVE NO PROBLEM APPROVING THIS TONIGHT. THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. I THOUGHT WE FIXED THIS CLARIFICATION I THAT'S RINGING A BELL AS WELL AND I'M WONDERING MR. RUBY, ANYTHING THAT SHED LIGHT HERE ARE ACTING CITY CLERK JAMIE HANSON IS HERE. I'M GOING TO HAVE JAMIE COME UP IN ADDRESS THE QUESTION AND I THINK THAT OUR PLANNING MANAGER GLEN MARK IS TO IF THERE'S MAYBE SOMETHING THAT GLEN CAN YEAH . OKAY SO I HAVE MATT THAT IS WORKING ON OUR LICENSING RIGHT NOW I AM NOT AWARE OF THAT. I CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU JUST BECAUSE I'M RELATIVELY NEW TO THE POSITION BUT I WILL FIND THAT OUT AND GET BACK TO YOU AND SEE WHAT WE LOOK UP WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND IF WE NEED TO WORK OUT THAT TO HAVE THAT RIGHT IN THE FUTURE. COUNCILMEMBER SAID YOU'RE NOT OPPOSED TO IT. YOU JUST WANT A LITTLE CLARIFICATION. EXACTLY. YEAH, I THOUGHT WE HAD DONE WORK TO EXPAND THAT BOUNDARY SO THAT THEY DIDN'T NEED TO COME BACK TO US EVERY TIME THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING OUTSIDE, THAT'S ALL. AND IF WE COULD FIX IT THAT'D BE GREAT. OKAY, I DIDN'T DO IT. THAT'S FINE TOO. RING A BELL? I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE BOUNDARIES WERE BUT YEAH, WE'LL GET INFORMATION BACK. YEAH. OKAY GOOD. OKAY. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO UNDERSTANDING HOW INVOLVED THE OWNER OF NINE MILE HAS BEEN AND YOU KNOW, INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS I'M THAT IF THAT WERE THE CASE HE WOULD PROBABLY THROWN A FLAG DURING THE PROCESS HERE. SO LET ME JUST WE'LL DO SOME HOMEWORK IF APPROVES THIS WILL DO SOME HOMEWORK AND WE'LL REPORT BACK TO YOU AND JUST LET YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S TOTALLY FINE. YEAH I. I JUST IT'S IT'S INTERESTING TO ME AND SO I WANTED TO INQUIRE IT'S NOT GOING TO PREVENT ME FROM PASSING THIS OR PROPOSING THIS SO. I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE ON SALE LIQUOR LICENSE FOR BLOOMINGTON, BREWER AND TAPROOM LLC DOING BUSINESS AS NINE MILE CREEK BREWING COMPANY FOR EVENTS ON TEN AND SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 FOR SECOND MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SITTING BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER ON THIS WE HAVE A QUESTION COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AS I SAID A VERY QUICK COMMENT THAT I RECALL A DISCUSSION I DON'T KNOW IF WE ACTUALLY CHANGED ANYTHING AND OR JUST ASKED THE QUESTION IF WE COULD CHANGE IT. SO I WOULD JUST RE-ASK THE QUESTION IF THAT WAS THE CASE AND SEE IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THIS. YEP. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND THE SECOND ON THE TABLE REGARDING ITEM 3.11 AS STATED ON THE CONSENT BUSINESS TONIGHT NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER CARTER FOR LEADING US ON THE CONSENT THIS EVENING WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 4.4 OR 4.1 ON OUR AGENDA. THIS IS PART OF OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES. WE WILL START WITH A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE LOCATION OF PUBLIC DRAINAGE UTILITY SIDEWALK BOULEVARD FLOODED AND MAINTENANCE EASEMENTS OVER AND ACROSS LOT ONE BLOCK ONE NINE MILE WEST SECOND EDITION HENNEPIN COUNTY AS LONG OUR CITY ENGINEER IS HERE. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. YOU PRESENTED THE ITEM PRETTY WELL. THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T PLATTS AND WANT TO KNOW WHERE THAT ACTUALLY IS IT'S UP ON WEST EIGHTH STREET AND IT WILL BE THE WILL BE HELD UNTIL THE PLAT IS ACTUALLY RECORDED SO THE NINE MILE WEST FOURTH EDITION IS RECORDED. THAT'S WHEN IT ALL MAGICALLY HAPPENS SEAMLESSLY. I APOLOGIZE FOR STEALING YOUR THUNDER. ALL RIGHT. ANY TIME I WANT ON THE NEXT ONE I PROMISE. SO COUNCIL ON ANY QUESTIONS OF MISS LONG ON THIS? NO QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT, I WILL OPEN THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.1 A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING LOT ONE BLOCK ONE NINE MILE WEST SECOND EDITION HERE IN HENNEPIN COUNTY. ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.1 THIS EVENING DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK ROBUSTLY? THERE'S NO ONE ON THE PHONE LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY HERE IN THE CHAMBERS, COUNSEL NO ONE ON THE PHONE. NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE CHAMBERS. I WOULD LOOK FOR A TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN ITEM 4.1. SO MOTION MOTION COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.1 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSOLE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ANYTHING THIS IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD STUFF. IF NOT I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN MERRIAM WOULD ADOPT AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE VACATION OF PUBLIC DRAINAGE UTILITY SIDEWALKS BOULEVARD FLOODED AND MAINTENANCE EASEMENT OVER THE AND ACROSS LOTS ONE BLOCK ONE NINE MILE WEST SECOND EDITION HENNEPIN COUNTY MINNESOTA MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ACCEPT ITEM 4.1 ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO NEXT UP ITEM 4.2 MS. LONG WE'RE BACK FOR A PUBLIC HEARING THIS IS REGARDING THE VACATION A PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT CORRECT ON LOT FOR BLOCK THREE PATH ADDITION ALSO KNOWN 9030 PARK AVENUE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T SPEAK PLAT AND IT WILL BE RECORDED BY THE JURY AS BLOOMINGTON 45TH EDITION AND AGAIN WE'LL BE SIMULTANEOUS VERY GOOD COUNSEL QUESTIONS ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO JUST A CLARIFICATION I THIS IS THIS IS THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS OF SPLITTING THAT LOT ,IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.2 THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE VACATION OF A PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT OVER AND ACROSS LOT FOR BLOCK THREE FOR THIRD EDITION ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.2 THE SENIOR DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK AND THERE'S NO ONE ON THE PHONE LAST CALL FOR ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS COUNSEL NO ONE COMING FORWARD NO ONE ON THE PHONE. I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC IN ITEM 4.2 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT AND 4.2 NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE BY SAYING I I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ANYTHING TO ADD ON THIS COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO I WILL MOVE TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE VACATION OF PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT OVER AND ACROSS LOT BLOCK THREE FA THIRD EDITION HENNEPIN COUNTY MINNESOTA MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ACCEPT ITEM 4.2 ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING NO FOR THIS COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES 70A THIRD AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING THIS IS REGARDING CITY CODE AMENDMENT UPDATING OUR STANDARDS FOR ALARM SYSTEM AND I'LL LORRAINE DRAPER I BELIEVE IS HERE I WAS TOLD THAT THERE'S LORRAINE THERE SHE IS . GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT AS PART OF THE REVIEW PROCESS THE DEPLOYMENT OF A NEW FACILITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM STAFF IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THAT THE RELATED ORDINANCE WAS OUTDATED AND IN NEED OF UPDATING CHANGES ARE PROPOSED TO REDUCE THE COMPLEXITY OF PENALTIES AND TO ELIMINATE DOCUMENTATION THAT HASN'T EFFECTIVELY DETERRED REPEAT FALSE ALARM INSTANCES. PENALTIES ARE ALSO ADJUSTED TO MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT THE PROGRAM COSTS. VERY GOOD COUNSEL. ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS AND I KNOW THAT I SAW UNDERSTOOD CHIEF HODGES WAS ALSO A PART OF PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER AND SO WHILE ON BOARD WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EVERYBODY IS ON BOARD AND YES EVERYTHING'S GOOD AND VERY GOOD AND AGREEMENT NO COUNCIL QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. AS I MENTIONED THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ON 4.3 CITY CODE AMENDMENTS REGARDING UPDATING STANDARDS FOR ALARM SYSTEMS. ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 4.3 THIS EVENING IS THERE ANYONE ON THE PHONE REMEMBER NO ONE ON THE PHONE AND IS THERE ANYBODY LAST CHANCE HERE IN THE CHAMBERS COUNSEL NO ONE IN THE CHAMBERS COMING FORWARD, NO ONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THEM. POINT THREE I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.3. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION? COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN OH WELL I JUST THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO SAY JUST BRIEFLY I WAS JUST I WAS AMAZED AT HOW MUCH STAFF TIME FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SPENT ON THIS. IT WAS SHOCKING ME TO SEE THAT NUMBER. SO YOU KNOW, HATS OFF TO THE CITY STAFF FOR MAKING THAT MOVEMENT TO TRY TO KIND OF GET THOSE NUMBERS NOW AGREED. AGREED. COUNCIL MEMBER THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH, THANK YOU MAYOR. I APPRECIATE STAFF'S EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CALLS. AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER I KNOW THE FLIP SIDE OF THIS ALSO IS RESPONSE TIME TO AN ACTUAL SITUATION AND WHEN THERE'S THIS MANY FALSE CALLS THERE IS A PERCEPTION THIS IS ANOTHER FALSE CALL AND AND THAT THAT LEADS ADVERSE OUTCOMES FOR BUSINESSES WHEN THERE IS ACTUALLY THING I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE POLICE DON'T RESPOND AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN NOT CALLING THEM OUT FOR THAT. I JUST UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR TIME GOING PLACES AND NOT GOING TO WHERE THERE'S ACTUALLY A REAL SITUATION AND THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR ANYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY SO I APPRECIATE STAFF'S EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE ARE FOCUSED ON WHERE THEIR BEST TIME IS BEST SPENT. THANK YOU FOR THAT PERSPECTIVE. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON GREATLY APPRECIATED. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I JUST HAD A BRIEF QUESTION ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT THIS IS THAT DONE BY THE THE CHIEF'S OFFICE OR IS THAT DONE BY OUR COMPLIANCE OFFICE OR HOW DOES THAT WORK ACTUALLY LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO FIND PEOPLE HOW DOES THAT ACTUALLY. MR. RUBY MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THE I THINK THE FINE WOULD END UP BEING ADMINISTERED NOT THROUGH POLICE BUT THROUGH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE AND THE LEGAL OFFICE IS A CORRECT CITY ATTORNEY. YEAH, YEAH. CITY ATTORNEYS CHECK IN REALLY QUICK HERE AND WE'LL STAND BY . IT DOESN'T RUN THROUGH DOESN'T YEAH IT DOESN'T RUN THROUGH THE COMPLIANCE OFFICE OF LEGAL IT'S THE CITY CLERK FOR THE BUSINESS LICENSING AND THE AND RIGHT ON. YEP. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALWAYS IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, NELSON JUST A QUICK FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. WE'RE IN A BETTER POSITION TO ENFORCE THESE NOW. I THINK IT WAS LIKE THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO NOW BUT WE WROTE OFF SOME THESE AND THAT THAT'S BEEN CLEANED UP. RIGHT. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WE HAD THAT MEETING SO WE'LL ACTUALLY GET THIS MONEY. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I'M BEING OPTIMISTIC AND SAYING I HOPE WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO COLLECT ANY MONEY. RIGHT. BECAUSE WHAT ULTIMATELY IS SORT OF OUR PHILOSOPHY AROUND HERE AS WE STRIVE FOR COMPLIANCE RIGHT? AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO FEED PEOPLE OR FIND PEOPLE THAT CAN BE OVERLY BURDENSOME IN THAT REGARD. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS HERE IS UNDERSTAND IT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THAT MANY OF THE BUSINESSES A SERVICE THAT IS MANAGED IN THESE ALARMS RATE AND SO THE PROTOCOL IS THAT TYPICALLY THE IS SUPPOSED TO CALL AND VERIFY AN ALARM AND MANY OF THEM ARE JUST SKIPPING THROUGH THAT AND JUST SENDING IT RIGHT TO DISPATCH. RIGHT. SO YOU KNOW, PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET BETTER COMPLIANCE FROM THE VENDORS WHO ARE PROVIDING SERVICES TO BUSINESS BECAUSE ULTIMATELY BUSINESSES END UP EATING THAT COST. RIGHT. AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY FOR ANYTHING THEY'VE DONE OR NOT DONE. SO THANK YOU THAT ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IF NOT COUNCIL WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON IT AND 4.3 BELIEVE THAT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO WAS MAYOR ARE MOVING TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE UPDATING THE STANDARDS FOR ALARM SYSTEMS INCLUDING, UPDATED FEES AND PENALTIES AND MISCELLANEOUS UPDATES FOR CLARITY THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTER 14 AND APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO ACCEPT ITEM 4.3 AS STATED FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SUMMARY PUBLICATION I MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION DIRECTING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF WHATEVER WE JUST I GUESS I DON'T KNOW IT DOESN'T HAVE A NUMBER. SORRY ABOUT THAT MOTION MAY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION ON IT AND 4.3 NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I WAS THERE SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANKS TO STAFF FOR BRINGING THOSE ITEMS FORWARD FOR A PUBLIC HEARINGS. OUR FINAL ITEM UNDER ITEM FOUR IS 4.4. IT'S RESOLUTION REGARDING THE BALLOT LANGUAGE RELATED TO THE PETITION FOR A CHARTER AMENDMENT AND I THINK THAT'S A MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS ARE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. SO GLAD YOU STUCK US, MS.. MAJOR SHAD, IF YOU COULD FRAME THIS UP AND LEAD US THROUGH THIS DISCUSSION, I'D GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. SURE THING. THANK YOU. MAYOR REMEMBERS THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION WHILE WE'RE GETTING THE TEAM THAT WORKED ON THIS IN ADDITION TO PETER ZUNIGA AND LEGAL JAMEY IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND JANINE HILL IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AS AS THE MULTIPLE STAFF MEMBERS IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE SO THANK YOU TO THEM FOR THEIR FEEDBACK AND AND PERSPECTIVES DURING THE PROCESS AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL I THINK WE'LL START AND GO THROUGH THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AND THEN TEE UP SOME OPTIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. WE GO THROUGH IT. I APPRECIATE THAT SOME OF THIS MIGHT BE REPETITIVE FOR SOME IN THE ROOM BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE A CUMULATIVE BUILD FROM THE ENTIRE PROCESS SO EVERYBODY WHAT'S HAPPENING BUT THERE IS NOT TOO MUCH DUPLICATION SO WITH THAT SECOND SLIDE SO HERE IS AN OVERVIEW THE PROCESS AND I WANT FOLKS TO SEE THAT WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF IT THE SECOND TO LAST PART OF THE PROCESS WAS DONE DURING 3.3 OF THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT AND SO NOW THAT THE CLERK HAS CERTIFIED THE SUFFICIENCY, THE COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED A RESOLUTION CONSISTENT WITH THAT THE NEXT AND NEAR FINAL STEP IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE BALLOT AND SETTING THAT BALLOT LANGUAGE. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE TIMING OF THAT IS IMPORTANT WE HAVE IT HERE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT. THE ACTUAL BLOT LANGUAGE IS DUE TO THE COUNTY UNTIL THE 13TH OF AUGUST. SO SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL CHOOSE NOT TO BALLOT LANGUAGE TONIGHT THEY COULD GIVE DIRECTION STAFF AND WE COULD BRING IT BACK AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING ON AUGUST FIFTH. NEXT SLIDE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE COUNCIL TO SEE AN EXCERPT OF THE PETITION IT'S MANY MANY PAGES LONG IN ITS I MEAN MANY MANY TALL WORTH OF PAGES OF SIGNATURES AND THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME OTHER THAN THE SIGNATURES AND HERE IS THE TOP OF IT WITH THE PURPOSE STATEMENT AS WELL AS THE TITLE THE PURPOSE STATEMENT BEING THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS PETITION IS TO REPEAL RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND RESTORE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS TO. THEIR PRIOR FORM TEXT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS ON THIS NEXT SLIDE. SO THERE ARE THREE PARTS TO THE CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT IS BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THE IT IT'S AMENDING FORCE EXCUSE ME THREE SECTIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER I HAVE A SIDE BY ON THE NEXT SLIDE SO THE FIRST SECTION IS 4.2 AND THIS WAS REMOVED IN A PRIOR YEAR AND IT IS FOR REINSERTION INTO THE CHARTER SECTION 4.2 ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS DOES IS RESTORE THE PRIMARY ELECTION PROCESS IN THE ELECTION PROCESS AS A WHOLE THE SECOND PART IS 4.0 FOR THE FILING OF CANDIDATES. THERE WERE SEVERAL CHANGES YOU CAN SEE IN THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY THAT FOLLOWS THE LANGUAGE OF 4.4 IN THE IN THE CURRENT CHARTER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THERE WHAT WE ULTIMATELY IN OUR IN OUR CHARTER CURRENTLY IS A A REFERRAL SO TO SPEAK OF WHAT IS IN STATE LAW IN THAT THAT WE WOULD FOLLOW THE THE DATES AND REQUIREMENTS OF UNIFORM ELECTION LAW THOSE DATES COULD CHANGE IN OUR CODE PREVIOUSLY HAD VERY SPECIFIC NUMBERS IN IT AND WE TO BE CLEAR THAT WE WOULD BE FOLLOWING UNIFORM ELECTION LAW TIMING REQUIREMENTS WHAT THE CHARTER AMENDMENT SEEKS TO DO IS TO PUT BACK IN PLACE LANGUAGE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN THE CITY CHARTER WITH SPECIFIC DATES SECTION .07 IS IN OUR CURRENT CHARTER THE RANKED CHOICE VOTING DESCRIPTION IN THAT WE GOING TO BE OPERATING THE ELECTION OF MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS RANKED CHOICE VOTING AND 4.07 IN THE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT AUTHORIZES THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT REGULATIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE PROCESS THAT'S ON THE BOOKS. SO TO SPEAK SO IT WOULD IF WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IN 4.07 IS ESSENTIALLY THAT WE WOULD NEED TO GO BACK TO THE CITY CODE AND WE WOULD HAVE A SERIES OF CITY CODE AMENDMENTS TO PUT BACK IN PLACE A LOT OF THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS THERE PREVIOUSLY THAT WAS EDITED WHEN WE ENACTED A RANKED CHOICE VOTING NEXT SLIDE. SO AS I MENTIONED THE ACTION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS SETTING THE BALLOT LANGUAGE AND. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WENT INTO THAT. WE HAVE SAID MANY SEVERAL BALLOT QUESTIONS DURING MY TIME HERE AT THE OF BLOOMINGTON AND IT HAS OFTEN BEEN A CONVERSATION ON THE COUNCIL WHERE WE HAVE DISCUSSED THE WORDS THE LITERAL WORDS SIMILARLY AT THE CHARTER COMMISSION WE HAVE A VERY COMPRESSED TIME TONIGHT OR EXCUSE ME DURING THIS PARTICULAR YEAR AND WE TWO MEETINGS TO TWO REGULAR MEETINGS TO ULTIMATELY THIS BALLOT LANGUAGE WHAT IS PROPOSED TO YOU TONIGHT TOOK CONSIDERATION A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT THE INTERNAL STAFF TEAM CONCLUDED WERE IMPORTANT SPECIFICALLY THEY ARE LISTED HERE YOU HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL SETTING BALLOT LANGUAGE WE SEEK TO SET LANGUAGE THAT SCORES A GRADE LEVEL BETWEEN EIGHT AND 12 OPTIONS A AND B IN THE PACKETS ARE A GREAT GRADE EIGHT THE LANGUAGE WE HAD COED DEPARTMENT PULL THIS STATISTIC OUT THE LANGUAGE THAT IS A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH IS SPOKEN IN 18.5% OF THE HOMES IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND SO WE THINK THAT THAT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THEY'RE VOTING ON. SIMILARLY WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE CAN HELP THE ELECTION JUDGES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT THEY'RE IN KIND OF IN A DIFFICULT POSITION TO RESPOND TO IN A SUBSTANTIVE WAY. WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE PURPOSE STATEMENT OF THE PETITION WHICH I COVERED EARLIER IN THE SLIDES FREE AND FAIR ARE I DON'T WANT TO QUOTE IT DIRECTLY YOU HAD IT ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE. WE CAN GO BACK TO IF YOU'D LIKE SO WE WANTED TO HONOR THAT. THAT IS ALSO A REQUIREMENT OF THE LAW AND THEN THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT SECTIONS IN THE LAW THAT ARE REQUIRED. ONE OF THEM IS IN MINNESOTA STATUTES FOR 1012 SPECIFICALLY THAT'S THAT STATES TWO REQUIREMENTS THAT'S RELEVANT FOR YOU TONIGHT. ONE OF THEM IS THAT YOU ARE THE ENTITY THAT SETS THE LANGUAGE OF THE BALLOT QUESTION THE GOVERNING BODY HERE THE CITY COUNCIL AND. THE SECOND ONE IS THAT THE STATEMENT OF THE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT SHALL BE SUFFICIENT IDENTIFY THE AMENDMENT CLEARLY AND TO DISTINGUISH THE QUESTION FROM EVERY OTHER QUESTION ON THE BALLOT AT THE SAME TIME. SO IN MY JUST TO BE CLEAR TO YOU THIS PARTICULAR BALLOT WILL ONLY HAVE MAJORITY VOTING ON IT. IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY AS FAR AS WE KNOW AT THIS POINT. I DON'T ANY CHANGES FROM NOW UNTIL THEN HAVING A CITY COUNCIL OR MAYOR ELECTION ON THE BALLOT SO THE ONLY TYPE OF VOTING THAT WILL BE ON THE BALLOT IS MAJORITY VOTING AND THERE WILL BE NO RANKED CHOICE VOTING ON THE ON THE ACTUAL BALLOT. THE OTHER THING TO NOTE IS THAT BALLOT QUESTIONS APPEAR IN A VERY SPECIFIC FORMAT LIKE THE FONT, THE TYPE SIZE, A LOT OF VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS AND MINNESOTA RULES ABOUT HOW THAT QUESTION APPEARS. SO IT WILL APPEAR IN A SHADED BOX. IT'S A CITY QUESTION NUMBER ONE AND THEN THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU ARE SET TONIGHT WILL FOLLOW THAT SO IT WILL BE CLEAR THAT IT'S A SILLY QUESTION THAT IT IS NOT, YOU KNOW, A JUDICIAL ELECTION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHICH LEADS ME INTO A DISCUSSION ABOUT MINNESOTA RULES IT CONTAINS LOTS OF VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE FORM THE BALLOT. THE TWO THAT ARE MOST RELEVANT HERE TONIGHT ARE THAT THE TITLE OF THE BALLOT QUESTION CAN HAVE NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS. I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE ON PREVIOUS BALLOT QUESTIONS AND IT MUST THAT TITLE MUST BE APPROVED BY LEGAL COUNSEL SPECIFICALLY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THEN IT HAS TO BE A YES NO. AND SO THAT IS THE HIGHLIGHT. LET'S GO THE THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS IN YOUR PACKET AND AS I MENTIONED AN INTERNAL STAFF TEAM PUT THESE TOGETHER THESE ARE BOTH AGAIN ARE RATED AND WHEN I SAY RATED WE'RE USING THE GRADE LEVEL STATISTICS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE MICROSOFT WORD SOFTWARE SO YOU CAN RUN AN ANALYTIC AND IT GIVES YOU A DATA STATISTIC AND SO OF THESE ARE IN THE GRADE EIGHT LEVEL AND WE MADE I MEAN EVERYONE OBVIOUSLY CERTAINLY HAS OPINIONS ABOUT YOU KNOW, AS YOU ALL HAVE THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT ARE THE BEST WORDS. AND WE SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME DISCUSSING THAT AND I'M SURE WE WILL AGAIN TONIGHT BUT WE WE WOULD FOCUS ON THE FUNCTIONAL WHAT IS FUNCTIONALLY HAPPENING AS A RESULT OF THE QUESTION AS BEING ASKED AND WE WERE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THE WORDS THAT WERE BEING USED SO. FOR EXAMPLE IF WE USE THE WORD REPEAL IT BUMPS UP THE SCORE ON THE READABILITY OR EXCUSE ME THE GRADE LEVEL SO WE YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT WE USE THE WORD STOP AND CONTINUE. SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. THE OTHER THING THAT WE WERE MINDFUL OF IS THE POINT I MADE EARLIER ABOUT THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME VOTERS THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT RANKED CHOICE VOTING IS AND WILL NOT SEE IT ON THIS BALLOT. SO WE WANTED TO BE MINDFUL AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE EXPLANATION PHASED PHRASING ABOUT A YES VOTE MEANS A NO VOTE MEANS AND IN AN EFFORT TO TRY AND EXPLAIN THAT THE OTHER THING TO NOTE FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY NOT REMEMBER WE WILL ANTICIPATE ONCE YOU ALL SET THE BALLOT LANGUAGE A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, AN INFORMATION SHEET ON THE CITY WEBSITE THAT WILL EXPLAIN IN GREATER DETAIL WHAT IS OCCURRING AND THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE AT THE CLERK'S DESK AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO THE LAST THING ON THE NEXT SLIDE THAT I WANT TO DISCUSS ARE ACTUALLY THERE'S TWO MORE SLIDES THAT I WANT TO DISCUSS AND THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTION A LOT FEEDBACK FROM THE FROM VIA EMAIL THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY AND THERE AND I WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU. I KNOW IT'S ALSO BEEN PROVIDED IN THE REPUBLISH PACKET THAT IS THE QUESTION TEXT THAT IS HERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE AND I ATTEMPTED TO CRAFT A SORT OF AN OPTION C THAT DOES NOT APPEAR IN A RESOLUTION IN YOUR PACKET BUT IT IS A AN EFFORT ON MY PART THIS AFTERNOON TO AH TODAY RATHER TO COME UP WITH A BIT OF A COMPROMISE FOR YOU TO PERHAPS CONSIDER AND THE LAST ARE THE NEXT THING ON THE NEXT SLIDE THAT I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IS THERE WERE A LOT OF REFERENCES TO THE MINNETONKA BALLOT FROM LAST YEAR THAT WERE RELATED TO RANKED CHOICE VOTING. AND SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE THAT QUESTION IN FRONT OF YOU THIS IS THE EXACT QUESTION FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE THAT WAS ON THE MINNETONKA BALLOT LAST YEAR AS WELL AS THE PETITION PAGE EXCERPT SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN EARLIER JUST YOU HAVE A COMPARISON THERE SO I THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION AND AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC CONVERSATION ABOUT WORDS BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL. I THOUGHT I'D OFFER THAT AS A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW FOR YOU. THANK YOU. MANNER SHOWED COUNCIL QUESTIONS FROM HIS MANAGER, SAID COUNCILMEMBER LONGMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER CARTER COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN JUST CURIOUS MAYOR AND CITY ATTORNEY WHAT'S THE MINNETONKA ONE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW? WHAT'S THE GRADE LEVEL ON THAT ONE? DID YOU GUYS TEST THAT OUT? I WAS TRYING TO TAKE IT AND EMAIL IT TO MYSELF AND TRY TO DO THE SAME EXERCISE. BUT JUST CURIOUS IT IS AS IS MAYOR MEMBERS I BELIEVE IT WAS IN 15. I CAN DOUBLE CHECK THAT WHILE WE'RE SITTING HERE BUT I BELIEVE I RAN IT ON IT WAS 15. YEP LAST FRIDAY IN OURS IS IS IS EIGHT RIGHT NOW AND THEN THE ONE THAT YOU SUGGESTED AS A COMPROMISE THAT A 9.7 OKAY SO JUST A BIT ABOVE WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT THERE. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. THANK YOU MAYOR BUILDING ON THAT QUESTION WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT READABILITY, IS THAT READABILITY OR READING AND COMPREHENSION? MAYOR AND MEMBERS THAT IS THE GRADE LEVEL. THERE'S A I CAN COME UP WITH THE EXACT NAME OF THE GRADE SCORE THAT'S THE GRADE TEST RATHER THAT'S USED BY THE MICROSOFT WORD PROGRAM BUT IT IS NOT READABILITY OR COMPREHENSION. IT'S THE SPECIFIC GRADE. WE DON'T HAVE AN INTERNAL STANDARD THAT I'M AWARE OF WITH REGARD TO OUR GOAL FOR READABILITY OR COMPREHENSION. WE HAVE USED GRADE LEVEL AS A AS A PROXY IN MY YEARS HERE AT THE COUNCIL EXCUSE ME AT THE CITY AND SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO PROVIDE STATISTIC. OKAY. AND THEN TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE MINNETONKA HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THEIR LANGUAGE? DID THEY GET A LOT QUESTIONS? AND THEY DID BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING THAT FOR MINNETONKA WHEN THEY HAD THE VOTE, WHEN THEY HAD THE PUBLIC WAY IN , BOTH SIDES AGREED TO THE LANGUAGE AND SO IT'S KIND OF A NICE COMPROMISE AND I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS MADE SURE THERE WERE JUST ANY KIND OF MAJOR ISSUES WHEN PEOPLE COMPLETING THE BALLOT. YEAH ABSOLUTELY. I DID REACH OUT TO MINNETONKA AND ASKED ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE. THE QUESTION THAT WAS PROPOSED PUT FORWARD RATHER ORIGINALLY BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN THAT MATTER EXCUSE ME IN THE RESOLUTION LIKELY WAS NOT THE ULTIMATE QUESTION THAT WAS ADOPTED. IT A QUESTION THAT WAS SIMILAR TO AS DESCRIBED ME THE QUESTION THAT WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY USED TO PUT RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN PLACE AND SO THAT WAS USED AS THE QUESTION WAS PUT FORWARD FOR DISCUSSION. WHAT WAS ULTIMATELY ADOPTED IS LANGUAGE THAT GREW OUT OF THE DISCUSSION AT THE CITY COUNCIL LEVEL. IT IS ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GRAY LEVEL ANALYSIS DID NOT COME UP IN THE AND HAS NOT BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS A PART OF THE REVIEW PROCESS IN MINNETONKA HISTORICALLY. THE OTHER THING IS THAT IT WAS COMMUNICATED TO THAT BOTH SIDES I I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO SAY BOTH SIDES BUT IT IS A YES AND NO QUESTION. SO THE TWO MOST INTERESTED PARTIES IN THEM IN ITHACA BALLOT QUESTION DISCUSSION WERE INTERESTED IN HAVING REPEAL RANKED CHOICE VOTING AS A AS A AS A PHRASE IN THE QUESTION IN THAT ULTIMATELY YOU SEE AS REFLECTED IN THEIR QUESTION OR ITS QUESTION SO I GUESS WHAT I WAS REALLY TRYING TO GET AT IS DID THEY HAVE ANY ISSUES LIKE ON VOTING DAY WHEN PEOPLE WERE VOTING BECAUSE I THINK PART OF THE READABILITY CONSIDERATION IS TO AVOID CONFUSION OR THE ELECTION JUDGES GETTING LOTS OF QUESTIONS AND. SO DID MINNETONKA EXPERIENCE THAT WITH THE WAY THAT THEIR LANGUAGE IS OR WAS WORDED? MAY REMEMBERS I DID NOT ASK THAT QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THEY HAD ISSUES ON ACTION DAY . THANK YOU. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN MARY THIS IS PROBABLY MORE SO A QUESTION FOR MAYBE FOR YOU OR YOU KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF EMAILS WERE WERE OUT THERE IN TERMS OF KIND OF THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE CAN DO TONIGHT WITH REGARDS TO QUESTION AND THERE ARE SOME FOLKS THAT HAD WRITTEN THAT WE SHOULD VOTE THIS DOWN THIS EVENING AND I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE SCOPE OF WHAT IT SAYS WE ARE NOT AS A AS A COUNCIL OF YOU KNOW, MAKING A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT WE WE WANT TO HAVE RANKED CHOICE VOTING OR NOT THIS EVENING. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE'VE GOT A PETITION THAT HAS COME BEFORE THE CHARTER COMMISSION AND HAS GONE THROUGH THE PROPER STEPS AND COME AND THEN CERTIFIED INTERNALLY. MY STAFF AND OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THEN TO THE COUNCIL AND THEN HERE TONIGHT TO WORK THROUGH THE LANGUAGE AND THEN THIS WOULD GO ESSENTIALLY THEN AFTER WE GET THIS EITHER TONIGHT OR SOME OTHER NIGHT I WOULD GO ON TO THE NEXT STEP TO EVENTUALLY HIT THE YOU KNOW, HIT IT SO WE COULD VOTE ON IT. BUT YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF OUR SCOPE OF WHAT WE CAN DO, I WANTED JUST LET YOU KIND OF CLARIFY THAT IF YOU WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCILMEMBER THE QUESTION REGARDING RANKED CHOICE VOTING WILL BE ON THE BALLOT THIS FALL. IT WILL BE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER AND OR EARLIER I GUESS IF YOU VOTE EARLY IN THE CITY AND OUR ROLE IS TO BECAUSE A GROUP SUBMITTED A PETITION THAT WAS NECESSARY IT PASSED ALL THE MUSTER IN THE PETITION IT WAS MOVED FORWARD BY THE CHARTER COMMISSION. WHAT WE'RE SIMPLY DOING EITHER TONIGHT OR AT THE VERY LATEST AT OUR AUGUST FIFTH MEETING IS DETERMINING WHAT LANGUAGE THAT WILL BE ON THAT BALLOT. SO THERE'S THERE'S NO UP OR DOWN FOR US. WE'RE WE CAN'T SAY NO, WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT THAT IS NOT AN OPTION FOR US. IT WILL BE ON THE BALLOT. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW WE WANT TO PHRASE IT. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD. COUNSEL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. WELL COUNCIL I THINK OUR DISCUSSION WAS FRAMED UP VERY NICELY THANKING THIS MAN FOR FOR PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO PRESENT TO VOTERS IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THAT IS CLEAR AND THAT CAN WE CAN GET TO AN ANSWER ON THIS QUESTION ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. AND I WILL SAY I AGREE. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, THE STATEMENT MADE I MEAN OR THE WHAT YOU WERE IMPLYING THAT THE WORK THEY DIDN'T MEAN TO TALK OBVIOUSLY THAT THAT LANGUAGE SEEMED TO WORK CORRECT. I MEAN THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY MAJOR ISSUES. THEY DID COME TO A DECISION AND THEN THE TARGET TO CONTINUE RANKED CHOICE VOTING BUT AT THE SAME TIME I DO LIKE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE HERE JUST BECAUSE I LIKE THE NOTION OF SIMPLIFYING AND AS A AS AN, YOU KNOW, UNREPENTANT EDITOR TO TAKE OUT AS WORDS AS POSSIBLE AND THE NOTION OF QUESTIONING, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE SHOULD WE CHANGE THE CITY CHARTER? I THINK THE VAST MAJORITY OF VOTERS CARE IF WE CHANGE THE CITY CHARTER, WHAT THEY WANT TO KNOW IS WHETHER WE SHOULD CONTINUE RANKED CHOICE OR NOT. AND SO TO CONTINUE YOU KNOW, TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE IN WAY TO MAKE IT A VERY SIMPLE YES OR NO QUESTION. I MEAN WE LOOK AT OUR TWO OPTIONS HERE. IT'S JUST THE DO WANT THE POSITIVE OR THE NEGATIVE LOOK AT THINGS HERE. YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE CONTINUE YES OR NO OR SHOULD WE STOP YES OR NO? AND IT'S A WHAT DO YOU THINK IS BEST WAY TO TO PHRASE IT IN TERMS OF GETTING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY WITHOUT WITHOUT HAVING THE QUESTION ITSELF INFLUENCE THE VOTERS AND WHAT THE VOTER MIGHT THINK. AND I DO LIKE IN EITHER OF THESE TWO OPTIONS AS WELL THAT THE EXPLANATION THAT WE CAN PUT ON THE BALLOT PUTS IT PRETTY CLEARLY YOU KNOW, A YES VOTE MEANS WANT TO CONTINUE USING RANKED CHOICE VOTING A NO VOTE MEANS YOU WANT TO USE MAJORITY VOTING STOP USING RANKED CHOICE VOTING IT'S A IT'S LAID OUT THEY'RE PRETTY SIMPLE AND I AS I SAID, THINK THE FEWER WORDS THE BETTER TO TRY AND SIMPLIFY THIS I THINK TO TO MAKE THIS AS ACCESSIBLE TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO HEAR THAT 18% OF OUR VOTERS DON'T HAVE ENGLISH SPOKEN AS FIRST LANGUAGE IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD. I THINK TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO MAKE THIS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. AND I THINK JUST TO TO TO GET IT ON THE BALLOT IN A STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY AND TO A RESOLUTION ON THIS I THINK MAKES A LOT OF SENSE THOUGHTS ON THAT COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN AMERICANNESS THAT BETTER MYSELF I TOO LIKE THE MINNETONKA LANGUAGE THEN I KEEP LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES BUT YOU KNOW IF YOU'VE GOT TO TRANSLATE TRANSLATE THIS INTO DEMOGRAPHICS THE DIFFERENCE YEAH YOU KNOW JUST IF I HAD TO GO WITH ONE TO GO WITH A YOU KNOW DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW OR DO YOU WANT TO STOP IT? YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT A FOR ME WORKS SO I SAY ANY MORE ELOQUENTLY SAID COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THAN COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THANK YOU MAYOR. I'M A DIFFERENT MIND AND THAT IS THAT I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE THAT YOU KNOW THE VOTING PUBLIC PUT THEIR NAME ON A BALLOT MEASURE AND THAT BALLOT MEASURE THAT THEY SIGNED SPECIFICALLY HAD LANGUAGE THAT SAID DO YOU WANT TO REPEAL THIS AND RETURN IT TO ITS PROPER FORM? AND I THINK IT WOULD DO A BIT OF A DISSERVICE TO THE SPIRIT OF THE THE THE TO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT'S THE QUESTION ON THE TABLE. AND SO I'M NOT AGAINST SIMPLIFYING IT. BUT TO ME THERE'S A COUPLE OF KEY WORDS IN LANGUAGE THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT. ONE IS IT IS A REPEAL WE PASSED SOMETHING WE'RE REPEALING IT NOW THAT WORD HARD I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT THE PEOPLE THAT SIGNED WE HAVEN'T WE'VE WE'VE VALIDATED THE BALLOT OR THE PETITION AS VALID WE DIDN'T ASK THEM IF THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THAT WORD MEANT WE ACCEPTED IT AND SO I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD ACCEPT THE LANGUAGE HERE THE SAME JUST TO BE CONSISTENT ABOUT IT REALLY. I MEAN IT'S JUST IN HONORING THE PETITIONERS IN MY OPINION. SO THAT'S ONE THING I'D SAY SO THAT WORD IS IMPORTANT TO ME AND THEN THE OTHER WORD THAT'S TO ME IS THAT THAT THAT WHERE IT HAPPENS SO AND THAT COULD BE IN THAT EXPLANATION BUT TO YOUR POINT IS YOU KNOW IF WE REPEAL IT HERE THE THINGS THAT HAVE TO CHANGE THE WORDS THAT WE AGREED TO IN THE CHARTER AMENDMENT NOW NEED TO BE CHANGED BACK TO THE THINGS THAT THERE WERE SO FORUM IN MY OPINION KIND OF SORT OF NEEDS TO BE DEFINED SO TO ME THAT THAT WOULD MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR AND WE COULD DO THAT IN THE EXPLANATION PORTION OF IT. I UNDERSTAND THE POINT OF LIKE CLARIFICATION ON THE QUESTION AND THE EXPLANATION YOU COULD SAY LIKE THIS MEANS THAT THESE SECTIONS THE OF THE CHARTER ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO THESE YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS BEFORE WE AGREED TO THIS IN 2020. SO THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M AT. I ALSO THINK THAT AND MAYBE SO IF YOU'RE YOU KNOW MAKING ME CHOOSE I WOULD I WOULD SAY THAT PROPONENTS OF THIS REPEAL SHOULD BE GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE YES AS SO I PICK B OVER A TWO COUNCILMEMBER LOEHMANN'S POINT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROPONENTS OF THIS REPEAL WOULD THEN GET TO VOTE YES I WANT TO STOP I WANT TO REPEAL. SO I THINK THE YES QUESTION SHOULD BE FOR THE ACTION THAT THE THE THE PETITION HAS REQUESTED SIMPLY BECAUSE THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE HERE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION THE FIRST PLACE. SO THOSE ARE MY $0.02 ON THAT AND WE COULD TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF THE LANGUAGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT COUNCILMEMBER AND LET ME ASK YOU A SECOND POINT ABOUT THE MACHINATIONS ABOUT CHANGING THE CHARTER. YEAH. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GOING TO BE AS MS. MANAGER HAD SAID, THERE'S GOING TO BE A Q&A, THERE'S GOING TO BE THERE'S GOING TO BE A PUBLIC INFORMATION COMPONENT TO ALL OF THIS BOTH BY THE CITY TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT ALL AND BY THE DIFFERENT COLORED SHIRTS THAT WE SEE OUT HERE TONIGHT TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE. AND SO IN YOUR MIND IS THAT IS THAT PUBLIC INFORMATION, THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION PROCESS ADEQUATE TO EXPLAIN IS WE AS I SAID, AS WE GET INTO MACHINATIONS OF CHANGING THE CHARTER WHICH I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE NECESSARILY YOU KNOW, THEY LOOK AT YES OR NO QUESTION BASED ON WHETHER OR NOT IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE CHARTER. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT, MR. MAYOR, BUT THE WAY I WOULD SAY IT IS THERE'S A REASON IT HAD TO GON THE BALLOT AND THE REASON IT HAS TO BE ON THE BALLOT IS BECAUSE IT'S A CHARTER AMENDMENT CHANGE, NOT ANY OTHER KIND OF LIKE ORDINANCE OR LAW THAT WE PASS HERE AT COUNCIL. AND SO AS IT IS A REFERENDUM FOR CHARTER OF THE OF THE CITY ,I THINK IT'S WORTH ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THAT WOULD BE MY TAKE THAT AND MAYBE IT'S NOT THE SPECIFICS YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO A LOT OF DETAIL BUT THERE'S A REASON IT'S GOT TO GO ON THE BALLOT AND THAT IS THAT BECAUSE IT A CHARTER AMENDMENT CHANGES IN CHARTER AMENDMENT CHANGES GO ON BALLOTS AND I THINK IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE APPRECIATE THAT COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR. AS I WAS READING THROUGH THIS, THE BIG THING THAT KIND OF GOT ME UP WAS IN THE EXPLANATION WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT REINSTATIN MAJORITY VOTING BECAUSE IT'S NOT TO ME COMMON THAT WE USE RIGHT WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RANKED CHOICE VOTING OR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRIMARIES AND GENERAL ELECTIONS, WE'RE NOT REALLY TALKING ABOUT MAJORITY VOTING. SO I GOOGLED WHAT IS MAJORITY VOTING AND IT SOUNDS LIKE RANKED CHOICE VOTING OR IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE WE DO FOR VOTING. AND SO I THINK THAT PIECE TO ME NEEDS TO BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR ABOUT OKAY WE HAVE RANKED CHOICE VOTING IF WE STOP DOING THIS WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE AND THAT MEANS PRIMARIES IN A GENERAL ELECTION AND I THINK THAT TO ME REDUCES A LOT OF THE CONFUSION ESPECIALLY I MEAN YOU'RE RIGHT WE'RE GOING TO DO A LOT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH AND INFORMATION FROM ALL THE GROUPS HERE FROM THE CITY ITSELF. BUT HAVING BEEN THROUGH AN ELECTION, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T GET THE MESSAGE YOU DON'T RECEIVE INFORMATION OUT OF THE FLIER FROM EVERYONE ELSE. AND SO WHEN IT COMES DOWN THE ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE MAKING DECISION IT COMES AT THE VOTING BOOTH AND THINK HAVING THAT CLARITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE DECIDING BETWEEN RANKED CHOICE VOTING AND THEN A PRIMARY IN A GENERAL IS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERING EVERYONE WHO WILL BE VOTING THIS FALL. THAT'S A GOOD POINT COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. I THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER NO, I DID THE EXACT SAME THING. I WAS LIKE WELL WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF MAJORITY AND WE DON'T EVER USE THAT LANGUAGE. AND SO I AGREE THAT IT SHOULD BE MORE CLEAR WITH THE USE OF A PRIMARY IN A GENERAL ELECTION AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS ALSO LANGUAGE IN THE PETITION OR IN THE DESCRIPTION THE MORE KIND OF DETAILED DESCRIPTION IT. CAN YOU GO BACK TO OPTION C? SO I DO LIKE IN OPTION C THAT THE TITLE OR THE PURPOSE STATEMENT OR I GUESS THE TITLE I'LL JUST CALL TITLE SAYS CLEARLY THIS IS A CHARTER AMENDMENT AND THEN I THINK IT SHOULD BE VERY CLEARLY STATED RANKED CHOICE VOTING AND THEN IN THE DESCRIPTOR WRITE THIS SHOULD THE CITY STOP USING RANKED CHOICE VOTING TO ELECT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND REINSTATE A PRIMARY IN GENERAL VOTING SYSTEM OR WHATEVER? LIKE I THINK THAT THAT'S STILL PRETTY SIMPLE BUT IS IT PROVIDES MORE CLARITY AND FEEL LIKE IT IS MORE IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THE PETITIONERS WERE SAYING IN THEIR PETITION. COUNCILMEMBER LAMENT YOU KNOW MARY I HEY I AGREE WITH THAT THAT WHOLE IDEA OF REINSTATING THE PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTION I CAN ALONG WITH THAT YOU KNOW I YOU KNOW IN OF THE THE THE LANGUAGE OF CONTINUING IT I YOU KNOW I GET THE IDEA THAT THESE FOLKS HAVE OF PUT THIS FORWARD BUT WE KIND OF ALREADY HAVE A PROCESS THAT IT'S ALREADY TAKEN. SO MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO CHANGE WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE LANGUAGE. IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO CONTINUE WHAT WE'RE DOING. YES. OR DO YOU WANT TO GO TO NO? I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S MORE FAIR TO THE MAJORITY OF FOLKS WHO ARE ALREADY LIVING IN THE SYSTEM THAT WE ALREADY HAVE TODAY. I GET THAT THIS IS A YOU KNOW I KNOW IS WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR BUT I JUST WOULD PREFER TO DO IT. BUT I THINK THOSE CHANGES MAKE A LOT OF SENSE IN TERMS OF OF TAKING OUT THAT MAJORITY VOTING AND ADDING THE PRIMARY GENERAL ELECTION PIECE IF WE HAD TO GO WITH C YOU KNOW I COULD YOU KNOW I COULD I COULD GO WITH THAT I'LL DO I STILL LIKE THE MORE SIMPLER LANGUAGE BUT I COULD PERSUADED TO GO THAT WAY. COUNCILMEMBER REED, ARE YOU LOOKING TO GET IN ? YEAH. I MEAN HAS SAID EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID ABOUT THIS BUT SIMPLICITY IS THE BOTTOM LINE. I CAN TELL YOU FROM THE EXPERIENCE THAT I GOT THERE WHILE KNOCKING ON DOORS MOST PEOPLE WERE CONFUSED ABOUT RANKED CHOICE VOTING. THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO CHOOSE THE PERSON THEY WANTED TO VOTE FOR AND BASED ON THAT I MEAN EITHER EITHER WAY WE'RE ALL HERE. WE GOT TO LET RIGHT. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT THE PEOPLE THE BOARD AS IN ARE THE ONES THEY STRUGGLE WITH RANKED CHOICE VOTING BASED MY EXPERIENCE AGAIN I DON'T LEAVE WHERE ALL YOU LEAVE AND I JUST WALKED I ACTUALLY HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE DO SO I DO WALK MOST OF THE CITY BUT THE REALITY IS THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED GOT CONFUSED AND WE WHEN WE RECOUNTED EVERYTHING AND THERE WERE A LOT OF VOTES, A LOT OF BALLOTS THROWN AWAY BECAUSE PEOPLE HAD CHOSEN THAN WHAT THEY NEEDED TO CHOOSE. SO I AGREED AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE. I YOU KNOW, IF I HAD TO CHOOSE ONE OF THESE I WOULD GO WITH ME BECAUSE HIS IT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER FOR PEOPLE OUT THERE TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO USE RACV OR TO GO BACK THE PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTION THE EASIER THE BETTER. AND AGAIN I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE THAT I REPRESENT OR AT LEAST A GOOD PORTION OF THE PEOPLE THAT I REPRESENT YOU KNOW, I I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL EDUCATION OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE BUT JUST BECAUSE THEY HAD LIVED SIMPLER LIVES THAT THEY DIDN'T ASSOCIATE WITH HIGHLY EDUCATED PEOPLE ON A DAILY BASIS, THEY YOU KNOW, THE MOST COMMON LANGUAGE IS BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AND THE EASIEST WAY FOR THEM TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY VOTE YES OR NO ON AN ANY GIVEN ITEM THAT IS PRESENTED BEFORE. SO I LEAN THE SIMPLEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE TO THEM WITHOUT HAVING TO GIVE YOU ANY EXPLANATIONS THAT EVERYBODY HAS GIVEN. THANK COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. BASED ON WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, WE SEE OPTION C AGAIN PLEASE. I THINK THERE WAS ONE SET OF WORDS IN THE MINNETONKA ONE THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE IMPORTANT AND THERE ARE SOME SITUATIONS WHERE A PRIMARY ISN'T NECESSARY. SO IF THERE'S TWO PEOPLE RUNNING FOR EXAMPLE SO THAT IF NEEDED THAT THEY IN PER EMS I THINK WOULD BE VALUABLE TO HAVE SO IF WE ARE IF PEOPLE ARE GENERALLY COMFORTABLE AT ONE SMALL SET OF WORD CHANGES AND OPTION C WORKS PRETTY WELL I THINK IF WE JUST PUT THE IF NEEDED IN THERE BUT INSTEAD OF SAYING I STILL THINK I MEAN I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT THE SAME PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE THE PEOPLE THAT LIKE PUT THEIR NAME ON A BALLOT PETITION WITH THE WORD REPEAL ON IT. AND I JUST REALLY STRUGGLE WITH THE IDEA THAT NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN REPEAL IS NOT A GOOD WORD FOR THEM. WHEN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SIGNED A PETITION WITH THAT EXACT LANGUAGE I'M JUST KIND OF CONFUSED ESPECIALLY SINCE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PETITION AND YOU HAVE THE ADDRESSES A LOT OF THEM ARE YOUR DISTRICT. SO I MEAN IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S NOT LIKE YOU KNOW, IT'S WAS ALL IN ONE SECTION OF THE CITY OR ANYTHING. THEY WERE PEPPERED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE KNOW THING. SO AGAIN I I THINK IF WE SAID SHOULD THE CITY REPEAL USING RANKED CHOICE VOTING TO ELECT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND STATE YOU KNOW A PRIMARY IF IF NEEDED AND GENERAL ELECTION YOU KNOW PER THE PRIOR PROCESS OR WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY DONE AND DUSTED FEELS COMFORTABLE TO ME AND THEN YES IF WANT TO STOP YOU KNOW IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE ALONE WORKS FOR ME IF WE CAN GET THERE I'D BE REALLY HAPPY PERSONALLY BECAUSE IT JUST FEELS VERY COMFORTABLE, FEELS QUITE IN LINE WITH WHAT THE PETITIONERS HAVE ASKED FOR. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HONOR THAT AND IT'S NOT A LOT OF WORDS A LOT LESS WORDS THAN THAT WHEN IN 2020 WHEN IT PASSED BY 51% PLUS A COUPLE. RIGHT. SO I DON'T KNOW FEEL PRETTY IF I'M IF I'M NOT IN THE ROOM HERE I THINK THERE IS AGREEMENT THAT THE USE OF MAJORITY VOTING PROBABLY DOESN'T WORK AND SO TO SPELL OUT THE PRIMARY IN A GENERAL ELECTION IN PERIODS NEEDED, IS THERE AGREEMENT THAT WE PUT THAT IN THE QUESTION OR IN THE EXPLANATION? I THINK I THINK EVERYBODY WAS MOVING TOWARD PUTTING THAT IN THE QUESTION THAT MAKE SENSE. AM I CORRECT IN SAYING THAT BUT WELL BOTH YES IT COULD BE IN BOTH. YEAH. SO COULD PUT IN A BOWL. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I THINK AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO IS BRINGING FORWARD THE NOTION OF USING REPEAL AS OPPOSED TO STOP USING AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, WE'RE BACK AND FORTH WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A SAY IN THE POSITIVE IN THE NEGATIVE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE USING OR STOP USING WELL HOWEVER WE WANT TO DO IT SO COUNCILMEMBER I MEAN THE COUNCILMEMBER NELSON INFERS THE FACT THAT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON BACKS MY QUICK COMMENT ON THIS IS YOU MIGHT PUT REPEAL INTO THE QUESTION AND THEN THE EXPLANATION YOU STOP USING COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT MY SUGGESTION HAD BEEN FOR IT TO SAY CHARTER AMENDMENT REPEAL RANKED CHOICE VOTING WELL SO THERE'S CHARTER AMENDMENT RIGHT BECAUSE THAT WILL BE ON THE BALLOT SO YEAH IT'LL SAY CHARTER AMENDMENT HOW MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ARE ELECTED I GUESS THAT WOULD BE FINE IF WE USE THE REPEAL LANGUAGE BELOW BUT WE COULD ALSO SIMILAR TO THIS SUBMITTED VIA EMAILS THIS REPEAL OF RANKED CHOICE VOTING RIGHT I MEAN AND I'M SORRY GO AHEAD IN THIS MATTER FRED SO I'VE BEEN LISTENING AND EDITING LIVE WHILE I AT MY COMPUTER AND I HAVE A QUESTION HERE I COULD IF I COULD POP INTO THE I I'LL JUST READ IT. OKAY SO CHARTER AMENDMENT REPEAL RANKED CHOICE VOTING IS A THE TITLE AND THEN THE QUESTION IS SHOULD EXCUSE ME SHOULD THE CITY STOP USING RANKED CHOICE VOTING TO ELECT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND REINSTATE THE PRIMARY ELECTION IN IF NEEDED TO DETERMINE CANDIDATES IN THE GENERAL ELECTION? YES NO A YES VOTE MEANS YOU WANT TO STOP USING RANKED CHOICE VOTING TO ELECT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND A NO VOTE MEANS YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO USE RANKED CHOICE VOTING TO ELECT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL WELL AND COUNCILMEMBER I MEAN THE I HEARD YOU SAY THE WORD REPEAL AND IT BEING IN THE TITLE CHARTER AMENDMENT CALL AND REPEAL RANKED CHOICE VOTING VOTING I'M I'M NOT THE REAL PERSON I NEED TO I NEED TO SEE IT OKAY WORKING ON IT AND WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT, MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, I THINK THIS MAN DID A GOOD JOB. THEY'RE KIND OF CONGEALING ON ALL THE DIFFERENT WE'VE BEEN MAKING. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE THE ONLY COMMENT I MIGHT MAKE IS IN THE TITLE DO YOU TO BE SPECIFIC IN THE TITLE DO YOU HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC YOU KNOW KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE TEN WORDS TO WORK WITH HERE THAT IT'S FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS AS OPPOSED TO ANY OF THE OTHER KIND OF ELECTIONS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE BECAUSE THIS WILL BE ON A BALLOT FOR OTHER KINDS OF ELECTIONS THAT ARE NOT USING OR ENJOYS VOTING. SO DO YOU WANT TO BE EXPLICIT ABOUT THAT IN THE TITLE? IT'S THERE WITH BECAUSE WE SAY MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL SO BUT I THINK THE WAY YOU WROTE IT WAS CHARTER AMENDMENT REPEAL RANKED CHOICE VOTING FULL STOP AND SHOULD BE AD LIKE FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FOR MAYOR CITY MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS I THINK THAT'S AN EXTRA THREE WORDS AND I THINK IT KEEPS US UNDER TEN SO YEAH OKAY THAT MIGHT JUST THROWING THAT OUT IS A THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE SO IT'S CLEAR THAT IT'S JUST FOR THAT TYPE OF ELECTION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WOMAN QUESTION I'M SORRY I DIDN'T I'M SORRY I DIDN'T MEAN I DON'T KNOW IF I FORGOT YOU AFTER COUNCILMEMBER CAN'T REMEMBER MOMENT OKAY I DON'T SKIP ANYBODY SO JUST QUICK QUESTION WHEN WE PUT FORTH ORIGINAL BALLOT LANGUAGE WHEN WE FIRST PASSED THIS, WAS THERE A LANGUAGE SCORE ON THAT JUST YOU DON'T RECALL WHAT THAT THAT WAS WHAT THE TOPIC MAY REMEMBER IS THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THIS MATTER AND SO I WILL HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH BUT YES WE TYPICALLY HAVE DONE THAT. OKAY. SO WE TRIED TO BECAUSE I'M JUST HOW YOU KNOW HOW DO WE DO THAT? AND I'M ALSO CURIOUS WHAT THIS ENDS UP BEING AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH THIS. I THINK A GRADE LEVEL OF 10.9 IT'S KIND OF BETWEEN A MISSED MR. MAYOR, NOT TO NOT TO OVERSTATE THE OBVIOUS HERE BUT . YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T ASK THAT QUESTION WHEN WE ASKED YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN FOLKS THE PETITIONERS ASKED PEOPLE TO SIGN THIS, THEY DIDN'T ASK THAT QUESTION AND I AND I LOVE WE DO THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY FAIR AND VERY COMFORTABLE BUT ALSO DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT WE DON'T HAVE I MEAN WE HAVE WHAT 89% TURNOUT IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS? I MEAN WE ARE THE HIGHEST VOTING POPULATION OF MINNESOTA IF I REMEMBER THAT CORRECTLY. THE CITY THAT BRINGS THE MOST THESE ARE WELL, I JUST I DON'T WANT TO DISCREDIT THEIR ABILITY, UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ON FRONT OF THEM. I MEAN THEY'VE HAD 46 JUDGES IN FRONT OF THEM AND THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF GETTING, YOU KNOW, JUDGES ELECTED. RIGHT. SO I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT WE HAVE TO I MEAN IF WE GOT TO 12 AS OPPOSED TO EIGHT, ARE WE DOING IT OURSELVES DISSERVICE? I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK WE HAVE A VERY HIGHLY EDUCATED AND MOTIVATED POPULATION TO TO RUN THIS. I WOULD AGREE COUNCILMEMBER AND THAT NUMBER WAS ACTUALLY 94.2% A YEAR AGO WHEN THIS PASSED. SO WE HAD ALMOST EVERYONE WHO COULD VOTE IN BLOOMINGTON DID VULNERABLE RIGHT? YEAH AND I WOULD COUNTER I AGREE WITH YOU AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WITH THAT I MIGHT ADD THAT WHEN THE PETITIONERS GOT SIGNATURES THERE WAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR INTERACTION THERE WAS THE BACK AND FORTH. THERE WAS THE EXPLANATION WHICH IS THEN THE PUBLIC INFORMATION PIECE THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. SO IT WASN'T NECESSARILY JUST THE WORDS THAT LED TO A SIGNATURE I'M ASSUMING MORE OFTEN THAN I THINK THERE WAS CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AS WELL WHICH LED TO A SIGNATURE SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S NO, I THINK THAT'S VERY VALID. MR. MAYOR, I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT. I GUESS MY MY COMMENT WOULD BE THAT IF WE DO BELIEVE THAT THAT ENGAGEMENT IS GOING HAPPEN, THEN WE CAN ASSUME THAT BY THE TIME EVERYBODY GETS THERE THEY'LL, KNOW WHAT THE LANGUAGE SAYS AND THEY'LL UNDERSTAND IT IN WHICH CASE USING THE LANGUAGE THAT THE PETITIONERS PUT FORTH SEEMS THE MOST STRAIGHTFORWARD TO ME . SOMEBODY HAD THEIR HAND UP AND I MISSED IT. I CAN'T IF I SAID OH OKAY SO DO WE HAVE ANY ANY SUCCESS IN PUTTING IT UP ON THE SCREEN THAT WE CAN ALL SEE IT? IT'S OKAY. SO BEAR OUT ONE QUICK QUESTION COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, IS THERE ANY CONFUSION WITH THE WORD MUNICIPAL? I MEAN I UNDERSTAND THAT TO ME AND CITY BUT WOULD ANYBODY BE CONFUSED THAT THAT MIGHT MEAN ALSO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THAT'S A GOOD POINT AND WE EASILY CHANGE THAT TO CITY OFFICERS OR CITY OFFICERS. YEAH, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS WHILE TRYING TO GET IT UP ON THE SCREEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SEE THE CHANGES WE PUT FOR OFFICERS INSTEAD OF IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. SO KNOWING THAT THERE WE GO AND REALLY JUST TAKE A SECOND TO READ IT , DOES THIS REFLECT OUR DISCUSSION SO FAR, MR. MAYOR? I THOUGHT WE I THOUGHT WE WERE FINE USING THE WORD STOP IN THE YES, YES NO CLARIFICATIONS AND DESCRIPTORS BUT I THOUGHT WE AGREED THAT REPEAL SHOULD BE IN THE QUESTION ITSELF. SO SHOULD THE CITY I DON'T THINK I DON'T RECALL THAT AS A OKAY IT I'M MAKING THAT UP SORRY I THOUGHT I HEARD THAT AS AN OPTION NOT AS A CONSENSUS YES. OKAY, THAT'S FAIR. SO I'LL JUST MAYBE MAKE THE NOTE AGAIN. OKAY. THANK YOU. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THE PHONE I WANT TO PICK TONIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT I FEEL I FEEL LIKE IT'S I MEAN JUST YEAH, I DON'T KNOW I JUST I FEEL REALLY STRONGLY THAT THE PETITIONERS ASKED A VERY SPECIFIC QUESTION AND THEY WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET ON THE BALLOT AND THAT WE SHOULD PUT THEIR QUESTION ON THE BALLOT LIKE I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE LIKE MASSAGING IT MUCH PUT THEIR QUESTION ON THE BALLOT THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE ASKED FOR. IT'S WHAT WE CALL SYNONYMS REPEAL OR STOP OR KIND OF THE SAME WORD STOP USING SOUNDS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN REPEAL TO ME. LIKE STOP USING MEANS LIKE THIS TIME AROUND OR YOU KNOW I STOPPED USING THAT GAS STATION BECAUSE THAT GUY WAS A BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN I STOPPED PUTTING GAS IN THE CAR REPEAL MEANS I DON'T I DON'T I DON'T DO IT. I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S MY OPINION. YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN WHAT I SUGGEST IF IT'S IF REPEAL IS REALLY IMPORTANT WHY DON'T WE JUST PUT NEXT TO STOP REPEAL LET'S IT IN QUOTATIONS OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND PUT REPEAL AND THEN PUT STOP IN PARENTHESES EITHER WAY I DON'T I MEAN JUST I MEAN I MEAN I WHAT YOU'RE SAYING I THOUGHT AND YOU KNOW I MEAN I GET IT. YOU KNOW WE WE'VE GOT THIS FOLKS FOLKS ARE COMING FORWARD. WE'RE REPEALING THE AMENDMENT AND THEN WE'RE STOPPING USING THE METHOD AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT SHOULD SAY SAYS SHOULD THE CITY REPEAL THE CHARTER AND STOP USING RANKED CHOICE VOTING LIKE THAT TO ME FEELS LIKE EXACTLY WHAT THIS THING IS AND I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE JUST NOT SAYING IT. I GUESS IS WHAT I'M SAYING BECAUSE OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WELL I JUST WANT TO SAY I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO USE LANGUAGE THAT IS MORE ACCESSIBLE LIKE THAT IS THE PURPOSE RATE. BUT I WOULD SAY FOR ME I WOULD BE TOTALLY FINE WITH IT SAYING SHOULD THE CITY REPEAL RANKED CHOICE VOTING BECAUSE THE PURPOSE OF HAVING THE A YES VOTE MEANS AND A NO MEANS IS TO HAVE THAT FURTHER EXPLANATION IN SIMPLE CLARIFICATION. AND SO I WOULD BE FINE SAYING SHOULD THE CITY REPEAL THE USE OF RANKED CHOICE VOTING WITH THE DESCRIPTION A YES VOTE MEANS A NO VOTE MEANS USING STOP OR GETTING MISSING 19 HEADS ON THAT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH I AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK UNDER THE DESCRIPTION A YES VOTE MEANS I THINK THAT SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE SOMETHING ABOUT OR REINSTATING THE PRIMARY ELECTION SO THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT IF YOU PREFER THAT METHOD AS OPPOSED TO RIGHT AND I THINK WE MENTIONED THAT AS WELL SO CAN WE GET NODDING HEADS THAT WE DO USE THE WORD REPEAL SO IT'S THAT WHICH SAY SHOULD THE CITY REPEAL RANKED CHOICE VOTING AND THEN ALSO UNDER THE EXPLAIN IT THE EXPLAINER A YES VOTE MEANS THAT YOU WANT TO STOP USING OR REPEAL RANKED CHOICE VOTING TO ELECT MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND REINSTATE THE PRIMARY ELECTION IF NEEDED TO DETERMINE CANDIDATES. EVERYBODY GO TO THAT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO OUR LEGAL FOLKS? I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IT ONE MORE TIME. YEP. INTERRUPT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE COUNCIL. SO THE HEADING IS AS YOU'VE GOT IT THEIR CHARTER AMENDMENT REPEAL RANKED CHOICE VOTING FOR CITY OFFICES. THE QUESTION IS SHOULD THE CITY REPEAL CHOICE VOTING TO ELECT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND REINSTATE THE PRIMARY ELECTION IF NEEDED TO DETERMINE CANDIDATES IN THE GENERAL ELECTION? YES. NO A YES VOTE MEANS THAT YOU WANT TO REPEAL CHOICE VOTING TO ELECT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND REINSTATE THE PRIMARY ELECTION TO DETERMINE CANDIDATES IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. A NO VOTE MEANS THAT YOU WANT TO CONTINUE USE RANKED CHOICE VOTING TO ELECT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER. WHAT IT MEANS I THINK YOU SAID A YES VOTE MEANS YOU WANT TO REPEAL. I GUESS WE AGREED THAT IN THAT DESCRIPTOR WE WERE TRYING TO SIMPLIFY SO IT MEANS TO STOP USING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. JUST ON IT, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST ON THE OFF CHANCE THAT SOMEBODY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT REPEAL MEANS. RIGHT. AND SO JUST BEING REALLY CLEAR THAT THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO STOP DOING THIS THING THAT DOING OKAY. THAT'S FAIR. EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT MAYOR ? THIS MAN SHOWED THE ONE THING THAT GIVES ME PAUSE IN THE IN IN THE TURN OF PHRASE THAT SHOULD THE CITY REPEAL RANKED CHOICE THE ONE THAT YOU JUST READ WHAT'S ACTUALLY FUNCTIONALLY HAPPENING IS THE CHARTER IS AMENDED TO REPEAL IT'S NOT IT'S NOT THE CITY COUNCIL THAT'S REPEALING SO I RAN SHOULD THE CITY CHARTER BE AMENDED TO REPEAL AND LEFT EVERYTHING ELSE AS IS AND THAT IS GRADE LEVEL POINT THREE IF YOU WANT I CAN SEND THAT TO THE MR.. YEAH MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I THINK WE'RE GETTING CLOSE BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS NOT TAKE ACTION THIS EVENING. I'D LIKE US TO GO BACK AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'VE ASKED THE WORDING IS WHAT YOU'VE ASKED AND THEN COME BACK ON AUGUST 5TH AND HAVE YOU ADOPTED THAT NIGHT JUST SO WE DON'T GET CROSSWISE AND THAT GIVES US ANOTHER CHANCE JUST TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK IT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. WITH THAT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBER CARTER COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER THAT I'D ALSO JUST ASKED IF THEY REACH OUT TO BOTH GROUPS AND JUST GET ANY THAT THEY HAVE IN CASE WE MISS SOMETHING JUST SO WHEN WE GET IT THERE EVERYONE'S COMFORTABLE WITH IT. EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT IT IS AND WE CAN LET THE COMMUNITY DECIDE HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. YOU KNOW MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I, I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER AND I KNOW THAT MANY THEM ARE IN THE ROOM IF THEY WERE TO REACH OUT TO US SO WE DON'T GO TO WHAT WE THINK ARE OUR SELF-APPOINTED LEADERS OF VARIOUS GROUPS. RIGHT. WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S WHO'S REALLY INVOLVED IN THESE THINGS. RIGHT. SO IF THEY CAN REACH OUT TO US IF THEY HAVE THOUGHTS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR. YOU KNOW WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CONTENTIOUS ISSUES OVER THE YEARS WHERE MIGHT BE TWO SIDES OF AN ISSUE AND SO MAYBE EVEN POTENTIALLY HAVING DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVES, YOU KNOW SPEAKING DURING NEXT MEETING, MAYBE GIVING THEM 5 MINUTES OR WHATEVER TO JUST SIT TO IN PUBLICLY. I'M ALSO HAPPY IF WERE ABLE TO JUST PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK AHEAD OF THE MEETING BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REALLY DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUES AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF EMAILS. MM HMM. BUT DID YOU FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT JUST THAT YOU KNOW, THEY FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT TOO? YEAH. THINK IF IF THOSE FOLKS WHO COULD REACH OUT WITH ANY KIND FEEDBACK OR INPUT ON THIS, I THINK WE COULD BE WELL ON OUR WAY AND I WOULD TURN TO STAFF ALSO AND STRONGLY ADVISE AGAINST OVER EDITING AS WE AS WE MOVE TO ARGUE BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT A CONSENSUS OR AT LEAST GETTING CLOSE TO I THINK WHERE WE NEED TO BE SO LET'S NOT LET'S NOT GO TOO INTO IT. ALL RIGHT. THE COUNCIL EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT VERY GOOD ACTION. YOU KNOW MY MAYOR AND MEMBERS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS MATTER? I WOULD MOVE THAT WE CONTINUE 4.4 UNTIL OUR AUGUST 5TH MEETING AND ASK STAFF TO REDRAFT BASED ON THE INFORMATION PRESENTED THIS BY A COUNCIL SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO TO POSTPONE THIS UNTIL OUR AUGUST 4TH MEETING HAS STATED THAT AUGUST 5TH EXCUSE ME AUGUST 5TH MEETING EVERYBODY COOLING IT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES AT SEVEN ZERO. THANKS FOR THE DISCUSSION COUNCIL. I THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE HERE IN ONE YOU KNOW MOVING FORWARD I'M TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS AND A SERIES OF UPDATES NOW ITEM 5.1 IS AN UPDATE ON OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER AND AS CITY IS COMING FORWARD MAYBE WE'LL GIVE IT JUST A MINUTE HERE TO SETTLE DOWN AND FOLKS WHO DON'T WANT TO HEAR THE UPDATE ON THE BLOOMINGTON FORWARD STUFF DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY AND I'M SURE THEY'RE THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED I'M SURE IN THIS BUT IT'S ALREADY IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT. I ITEM 5.1 IS AN UPDATE COUNCIL AND 5.1 IS AN UPDATE ON A COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER AND CARTER IS HERE AND I KNOW OUR AND I KNOW OUR OUR CONSULTANTS ARE HERE AS WELL TO OFFER INPUT AND WE'RE GOING HAVE A GOOD DISCUSSION ON THIS. PLEASE GO AHEAD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THIS EVENING FOR ALL THREE OF THE PROJECTS AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER. JUST TO REMIND YOU ALL, WE ARE IN THE FEASIBILITY STUDY PHASE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT THAT INCLUDES A MARKET ANALYSIS, A SIMILAR SERVICE PROVIDER ANALYSIS, STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS, A STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY, A COMMUNITY SURVEY AND IDENTIFICATION OF CORE PROGRAMS AND FACILITY COMPONENTS AND ASSOCIATED PROGRAM SPACE AND OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS AND COST RECOVERY EXPECTATION OF FINANCIAL PROFORMA AND STRATEGY THAT'S A LOT WE'RE GOING TO BE ACCOMPLISHING A LOT WITH YOU ALL IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS. THE PLAN TO UPDATE THE COUNCIL IN JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER WITH THE HOPE THAT WE HAVE AN APPROVED FEASIBILITY STUDY WITH THE COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 16TH. AT THAT POINT WE'LL MOVE DIRECTLY TO SCHEMATIC. I JUST WANT TO TELL THE COUNCIL THAT IF AT ANY POINT YOU'RE NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH ANY OF THE OR THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE MOVING, PLEASE TELL US IMMEDIATELY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET FEEDBACK AND TO GET CONSENSUS FROM COUNCIL SO THAT WE DON'T STALL OR DELAY THE TIMELINE UNDER WHICH WE'RE WORKING. H.J. IS GOING TO BE REVIEWING THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING BUT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE A FEW MEMBERS OF THE PROJECT TEAM THAT ARE GOING TO BE SPEAKING. BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO START BY INTRODUCING OUR CONSULTANTS FROM TEGRA CONSULT ENG TEGRA IS SERVING AS OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT FIRM FOR THIS PROJECT AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE NATE PEARSON AND CAROLYN WOLF YEAH THANK YOU. MAYOR MEMBER WELCOME. COUNSEL YEAH, THANKS FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. TEGRA GROUP IS AN OWNERS REPRESENTATIVE GROUP AND WE WERE HIRED BY YOU TO PRETTY MUCH BE AN EXTENSION OF YOUR STAFF AND ALL THINGS LEGAL DESIGN CONSTRUCTION BUDGET SCHEDULING AND OVERSEEING THE PROJECT. SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE . MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. WE HAVE REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH THE PROJECT TEAM THUS FAR AND CONTINUE TO WORK AND SHARE WHAT OUR FINDINGS ARE WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT AND THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION OF BEING AN EXTENSION OUR STAFF TO HELP STAFF WITH ALL THAT YOU MENTIONED BECAUSE AND IS FANTASTIC AT RUNNING A PARKING REC DEPARTMENT AND DOESN'T NECESSARILY TAKE DOWN $100 MILLION BUILDING PROJECT SO THEY HAVE THAT EXPERTIZE IS VERY IMPORTANT AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR INSIGHT AND THE EXPERTIZE AND THE WORK THAT YOU BRING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NATE AND CAROLYN HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC AS PARTNERS ON THIS PROJECT. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT LEON FROM CONSULTING IS JOINING US VIA WEBEX TONIGHT. UNFORTUNATELY HE WAS AT THE AIRPORT AT 5:00 THIS MORNING FROM INDIANAPOLIS AND LEARNED THAT HIS FLIGHT WAS CANCELED. SO HE'S GOING TO BE JOINING US VIA WEBEX AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TED AND GLENN FROM HQ. THEY'RE GOING TO LEAD US THROUGH PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AMBRIDGE COUNCILMAN THANKS AND GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS MY NAME IS GLENN WAGUESPACK. I'M AN ARCHITECT AND DESIGN PRINCIPAL WITH H.J. A HOPEFULLY ALONG THE WAY ANNUAL CONSIDER US EXTENSIONS OF YOUR STAFF AS WELL. I'M HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUE TIM GUYETTE WHO'S OUR PROJECT MANAGER AND SO TIM AND I ARE GOING TO LEAD YOU THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE AGENDA IF I CAN GET THE NEXT IN TROUBLE ADVANCING THE SLIDES . THAT'S JUST NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. NO WORRIES. SO I WILL GIVE THE FIRST HALF WE'LL CALL IT OF THE AGENDA TODAY AN UPDATE THE DESIGN TEAM SO I REPRESENT ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS WHO WILL BE PART OF THE DESIGN TEAM OF THE PROJECT. I'LL GO OVER REALLY HIGH LEVEL PROJECT HISTORY. WHAT WHAT BROUGHT US TO THE CURRENT EFFORT TODAY ON TIM'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CURRENT PROCESS AND THEN SCHEDULE I'LL THEN TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AS PART OF THE SCOPE EFFORT IN THIS PROGRAMING PHASE REVIEW THE AMENITIES SORT OF A HIGH LEVEL AND THEN SHARE WITH YOU A FEW INITIAL STUDIES FOR PLANNING FOR BOTH PARKING AS WELL AS THE BUILDING AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO LEE AND YOUNGER PROS GO OVER THE ENGAGEMENTS SIMILAR PROVIDERS COST RECOVERY AND. NEXT SLIDE OKAY STARTING WITH THE PROJECT HISTORY AND YOU CAN GET ADVANCE ANOTHER SLIDE I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A FEW PREVIOUS TO OURS I'M STARTING WITH A NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN 2015 I'M JUST HIGH LEVEL THE FINDINGS THERE REALLY ABOUT WHAT UNMET NEEDS WERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SOME OF THOSE INCLUDED MULTI-GENERATIONAL PROGRAMING HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMING . WE'RE HERE FOR THE THE NEW COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS FACILITY AN INDOOR ACTIVE SPACE FOR WINTER USE AS WELL AS HEALTH SERVICES KIND OF A ONE STOP SHOP FOR THAT FUNCTION. THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS ANOTHER EFFORT WHICH WAS A MARKET STUDY THAT THE CITY DID IN CONCERT WITH THE YMCA AND THE SUMMARY FROM THAT WAS REALLY WHAT ABOUT PROGRAM SPACES? SPACES SHOULD BE INCLUDED AND THEY INCLUDED A BIT BROADER ON CATEGORIES AS WELL AS MORE SPECIFIC AQUATICS SPACES AND FITNESS SPACES PLACES FOR ADULT OLDER PROGRAMING AS WELL AS YOUTH AND TEEN PROGRAMING. SO MULTIGENERATIONAL PROGRAMING AND THEN IN 2019 WE HAD HCA HAD HELPED THE CITY WITH A AN UPDATE TO THE OR PRE-DESIGNED FOR THIS FACILITY THAT IF YOU'D GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE ESTABLISHED SOME A LIST SPACES A SCOPE FOR A POTENTIAL COMMUNITY AND WELLNESS CENTER AND SO ON THE LEFT YOU SEE A LIST OF SQUARE FOOTAGE IS OF DIFFERENT PROPOSED COMPONENTS A POTENTIAL FACILITY WITH A KIND OF BOTTOM LINE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF ABOUT 136,000 SQUARE FEET ON THE RIGHT YOU SEE KIND OF A COMPILATION OF THE DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS ONE THAT I DIDN'T MENTION THAT'S LISTED HERE IS THE BLOOMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SURVEY AND YOU CAN SEE THE HOTSPOTS, THE HIGH DEMAND POINTS STILL INCLUDED AQUATICS AND FITNESS ESPECIALLY AS WELL AS A CAFE AND COFFEE SHOP THAT'S STARTING TO COME UP WITH SOME OF THE CURRENT COMMUNITY SURVEY EFFORTS THAT AN HAD MENTIONED NONE OF RESULTS WE HAVE TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY BUT WE PLAN ON SHARING THEM LATER IN AUGUST AUGUST 26TH I BELIEVE IS THE DATE FOR THAT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SO FAR IN THAT IN THE AS THE RESULTS START TO COME IN IS SOME CONSISTENCY WITH THESE PREVIOUS EFFORTS. YOU KNOW, THESE WERE STARTED TEN YEARS AGO. THE CITY'S CHANGED A LOT EVEN THE WAY YOU ALL DO ENGAGE AND THAT'LL BE PART OF WHAT WE HAVE TO SHARE WITH YOU FOR THE PROCESS SO IS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CURRENT PROCESS AND SCHEDULE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS THE OVERALL PROJECT AND THIS BASICALLY TAKES US FROM THE FIRST MEETING THAT WE HAD RIGHT AFTER? THE PROJECT KICKOFF PRETTY MUCH ALL THE WAY THROUGH GROUNDBREAKING AND EVENTUAL RIBBON CUTTING HOPEFULLY SOMETIME IN THAT 2027 LAND NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. BUT WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS THE PROGRAMING AND PRE DESIGN PHASE OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE FEASIBILITY PHASE IN PHASE WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO GET AT THE GOALS THE VISION AND REALLY DEFINE THE PROJECTS WHAT'S GOING TO GO INTO THIS FACILITY AND REALLY HOW IMPORTANT TO GO THROUGH THE RANKING OF WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY. ALONG WITH THAT WE WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DELIVERY AND GLEN IS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ENERGY USE AND ENERGY USE TARGETS FOR THE FUTURE FACILITY WILL BE CONTINUING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES WE'VE ALREADY STARTED AS OF A FEW WEEKS AGO AND WE'LL BE ACTIVELY WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER JT DON TO REALLY BENCHMARK BUILDING COSTS AND RIGHT SIZE THIS BUILDING DESIGN AND SITE WITH THE OVERALL PROJECT BUDGET. TIM EXCUSE ME. YES CAN I GET YOU INTO THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT MORE JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU PICKED UP ON IT ON THE BROADCAST? OKAY THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. AND THEN LASTLY, AS IAN MENTIONED, WE ARE GOING TO BE UPDATING YOU CONTINUOUSLY THROUGH THE PROJECT AND WE HAVE THE PROJECT UPDATES SCHEDULED BOTH FOR NEXT MONTH LATE IN AUGUST AS WELL AS THAT MID SEPTEMBER DATE WHERE GOING TO BE BRINGING THIS ENTIRE FEASIBILITY PHASE TO A CONCLUSION? A QUICK, QUICK, QUICK. OH, THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. THERE ARE ENGAGEMENT STEPS, RIGHT? SO AS OF LAST WEEK WE DID A FOCUS GROUP WITH TEENAGERS AND THE CAMP CODA PROGRAM THE PARTNER WE WILL BE ALSO IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST PARTNERING WITH TODD POD TO TALK ABOUT PARENTS, YOUNG CHILDREN IN SEPTEMBER THERE'S A COMMUNITY AT CREEKSIDE EVENT THAT'S TENTATIVELY SET THE 28TH AND WE MAY NEED TO MOVE THAT AROUND WITH SOME OTHER SCHEDULING EVENTS AND THEN WE ARE PLANNING TO DO A TABLE AT THE FARMER'S MARKET ON OCTOBER 5TH AND THEN AS THIS PROJECT MOVES FORWARD WE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO KEEP EVERYBODY INFORMED AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS ALONG WITH ENGAGEMENT WORK IS THE ETSY'S STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY CRUNCHING NUMBERS AND TRYING TO SIFT THROUGH DATA AND WE'RE COMBINING THAT THE ONLINE AND PAPER SURVEY RESULTS THAT JUST CONCLUDED ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND ALL OF THAT WILL BE SHARED WITH COUNCIL ON THE 26TH OF AUGUST AND WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO GLENN. ALL RIGHT. AS PART OF THE ESTABLISHING THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY STRATEGIES BECOME IMPORTANT. SO I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THIS PROJECT ESTABLISHING A VISION FOR THE PROJECT, DEVELOPING STRATEGIES, WHAT THAT MIGHT MEAN COULD BE A SPECTRUM OF CERTIFICATIONS THAT ARE OPTIONS FOR THE PROJECT. WE'VE SHOWN PATH TO A ZERO ENERGY FACILITY SO THAT'S A POTENTIAL GOAL FOR THE AND THEN WE HAD MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AS PART OF OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. SO STARTING BIG PICTURE THIS SUSTAINABILITY VISION IS REALLY SUPPORT OF THE OVERALL VISION OF THE PROJECT. CAN THE THE NEW FACILITY SERVE AS A MODEL BOTH REGIONALLY AND EVEN NATIONALLY FOR PROGRAMING OPERATIONS AND IMPACTS ON THE COMMUNITY WELL? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY REALLY ALL ABOUT IMPACTS SO AND I WOULD SPLIT INTO INTO FOUR CATEGORIES ON THIS SLIDE A BUILDING PROJECT A NEW FACILITY CAN HAVE IMPACTS ON PEOPLE ITS ECOLOGY OF THE LANDSCAPE AROUND IT IMPACTS ON ENERGY USE WHICH IS MAYBE THE MOST OBVIOUS ONE BUT ALSO IMPACTS ON RESOURCES WE'RE GOING TO MAKE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DECISIONS DURING THE DESIGN OF THIS FACILITY THAT HAVE IMPACTS ON ALL OF THESE CATEGORIES AND IN A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT'S GOING TO CREATE GOALS AROUND THESE CATEGORIES THAT ARE CLEAR AND MEASURABLE AND THAT THAT WILL BE KEYS TO SUCCESS. SO IF WE CAN ESTABLISH A BASELINE FOR THE PROJECT AND I'LL TALK ABOUT A SPECTRUM OF APPROACHES MOMENTARILY BUT ALSO ALONG THE WAY ESTABLISHING SPECIFIC GOALS THAT THAT AFFECT OUR IMPACT PEOPLE ECOLOGY, ENERGY RESOURCE USE ALONG THE WAY AND PERHAPS EVEN SOME ASPIRATIONAL GOALS OR STRETCH GOALS WE LIKE TO CALL THEM. I MENTIONED THERE'S A SPECTRUM OF APPROACHES FROM SETTING SOME DISCRETE GOALS I ALSO MENTIONED CERTIFICATIONS YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH LEED OR THE MINNESOTA B-3 GUIDELINES. THOSE ARE A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS. WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS IS THAT IT KEEPS US ALL ACCOUNTABLE. IT MAKES US SET MEASURABLE GOALS AND THEN IN ORDER TO BE ACHIEVED CERTIFICATION WE HAVE TO MEET THOSE GOALS. SO IT SORT OF KEEPS IT KEEPS EVERYONE HONEST ALSO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON YOU ALL HAVE ESTABLISHED SOME SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES AND ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING EVEN MORE AND THIS PROJECT IS OCCURRING AT A GREAT TIME WHICH CAN REALLY PILOT SOME OF THOSE ASPIRATIONS AND GOALS FOR THE CITY. I MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A SPECTRUM OF CERTIFICATION ON THE LEFT YOU SEE SORT OF WHAT I'LL CALL STATUS QUO. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S QUITE ACCURATE BUT MEETING BASIC MINNESOTA ENERGY CODE IS SOMETHING THAT EVERY COMMERCIAL BUILDING HAS TO DO AND WE'LL HAVE DO IT HERE TOO BUT IT DOES THAT IS THAT WHAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS PROJECT A PRACTICES IN THE MIDDLE MIGHT BE SOMETHING LIKE THE MINNESOTA B THREE GUIDELINES IF WE FOLLOW THAT OR PERHAPS A LEAD CERTIFICATION AND THERE'S A RANGE OF THOSE TWO AND THEN ON THE RIGHT WHAT'S MORE ASPIRATIONAL AND YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE INTERNATIONAL LIVING FUTURES INSTITUTE'S LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE WHICH ANOTHER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM THAT IS ACTUALLY ASPIRATIONAL IN ALL OF ITS CATEGORIES OF IMPACTS THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THE REACH OF THIS PROJECT BUT WE THINK SOMEWHERE SOMEWHERE HERE IT WOULD BE WISE TO CONSIDER A CERTIFICATION PROGRAM AND THEN WE HAVE STARTED BENCHMARKING A PATH NET ZERO FOR THIS PROJECT. SO NET ZERO IS NET ZERO ENERGY. HOW MUCH DOES BUILDING USE AND CAN WE OFFSET THAT ENERGY USE OVER THE COURSE OF A OF A YEAR WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES LIKE SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS FOR INSTANCE? I WON'T INTO ALL THE DETAILS BUT WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT HOW SET THAT PATH FOR THIS PROJECT AND OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GROUP THAT THAT MENTIONED WERE TO COMPLY WITH A CERTIFICATION PROGRAM ON MINNESOTA B THREE IS IS REALLY GREAT BECAUSE IT IS SPECIFIC TO OUR REGION AND IT DOES REPRESENT BEST PRACTICES IN A WIDE VARIETY OF IMPACT CATEGORIES EVERYTHING FROM SITE TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR LIKE HEALTHY MATERIALS, GOOD INDOOR ACOUSTICS OR INDOOR AIR QUALITY INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AS WELL AS THINGS LIKE ENERGY AND WATER USE. SO IT'S A GOOD BASELINE FOR A HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDING AND THEN WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHAT I'LL CALL A STRETCH GOAL WHICH IS ZERO ENERGY FOR THE NEW FACILITY. WE THINK THERE'S A PATH THERE AND WHAT MAKES THAT ASPIRATIONAL IS THE FACT THAT AQUATIC IS POTENTIALLY PART OF THIS AND AQUATICS AQUATICS TAKES A LOT OF ENERGY PUMPING WATER YOU KNOW CONSTANTLY SO AND ALSO MOVING AIR AND HAVING HEALTHY AIR QUALITY. AN AQUATIC SPACE TAKES A LOT OF ENERGY AND SO THAT'S A THAT'S A CHALLENGE THAT WE'VE FOR OURSELVES AND HOPEFULLY ON YOU ALL WILL GO ALONG WITH THAT AS GOAL FOR THE PROJECT. I'M GOING TO SWITCH GEARS AND TALK GENERALLY WHAT AMENITIES WE'RE CURRENTLY THINKING OR CONSIDERING AS PART OF THE PROJECT ON A VERY HIGH LEVEL THE PROJECT IS AT ITS VERY BASE 130,000 GROSS SQUARE FEET OF NEW BUILDING AND THEN ASSOCIATED SITE WORK ALONG WITH THAT LANDSCAPE HARDSCAPE ETC. 100 I LISTED 136,539 GROSS SQUARE FEET HERE THAT CAME FROM THE 2019 REDESIGN. WE HAVE USED THAT AS A LAUNCHING FOR THE CURRENT EFFORT BASICALLY BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME CONSISTENCY IN THE TYPES OF PROGRAM IN PREVIOUS EFFORTS. IT'S JUST A STARTING. WE KNOW THAT THE PROJECT HAS A BUDGET WHICH IS 100 AND $401.4 MILLION PROJECT COSTS WHICH INCLUDES A $75 MILLION CONSTRUCTION COST AS WELL AS OTHER SOFT FEES PERMITTING INSURANCE ETC. SO THOSE ARE OUR BIG PICTURE CONSTRAINTS. THE NEXT LINE IS THE PARK PARKING STRUCTURE. THE PARKING STRUCTURE WHICH WE BELIEVE WILL WE WILL NEED A PARKING STRUCTURE BASED ON THE STUDIES WE'VE DONE IN THE SIZE OF THE FACILITY SOMETHING IN THE ORDER MAGNITUDE OF 590 TO OVER 600 STALLS AS THE PROGRAM SPACES AND THE OCCUPANCY AND SIZE OF THOSE SPACES EBB AND FLOW AS, WE GET FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND STAFF AS WE TALK TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE NEEDS. YOU KNOW THAT THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING COULD SHRINK OR GROW A LITTLE BIT BUT THIS IS ORDER OF MAGNITUDE THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT AND THE PARKING GOES ALONG WIT THAT AND 590 PLUS STALLS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED WILL TRIGGER SOME SORT OF SOME FORM OF STRUCTURED PARKING AND I'VE GOT SOME PLANNING CONCEPTS ABOUT PARKING SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT IN TERMS OF THE TYPES OF PROGRAMING THAT WILL IN THE BUILDING AND THE TYPES OF SPACES THAT ARE IN THESE SEVERAL CATEGORIES PUBLIC HEALTH AQUATICS COMMUNITY AND PROGRAM SPACES THOSE ARE SPACES FOR EVENTS AND PROGRAMS THE COMMUNITY CENTER ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES SO STAFF OFFICES, KIDS CLUB DROP IN CHILDCARE KIND OF PROGRAM ON BUILDING SPACES THAT EVERY BUILDING HAS STORAGE MECHANICAL SPACES ETC. AND THEN FITNESS PROGRAMS INCLUDING WALKING TRACK A THREE COURT GYMNASIUM AND SORT OF FIT TRADITIONAL I'LL CALL IT FITNESS PROGRAMING. WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED AN INDOOR PLAYGROUND IN THAT. SO THIS IS KIND OF HIGH LEVEL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT'S IN THAT 136,000 GROSS SQUARE FEET. OUR STARTING POINT. SO I MENTIONED WE'VE STARTED TO TAKE THESE THE PROGRAM SPACES THE AMOUNT OF PARKING AND START TO THEM ON THE SITE AND WE LOOKED AT SOLVING THE PARKING PROBLEM I CALL IT FIRST THESE TWO DIAGRAMS SHOW TO SHOW THE SITE LET'S AT THE ONE ON THE RIGHT FIRST LEVEL ONE THAT'S THE LEVEL AT GRADE STREET LEVEL THE RED BOUNDARY INDICATES THE PARCEL ON THE GRAY AREA ON THE NORTH END OF THE PARCEL 98TH BETWEEN NEWTON AND PENN THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE POTENTIAL BUILT AREA. AND THEN SOUTH OF THAT ON THE SORT EAST HALF OF THE OR THE NEWTON SIDE OF THE PARCEL THAT EXTENDS SOUTH WE'RE SHOWING STRUCTURED PARKING ON ABOUT THREE LEVELS SO ONE LEVEL BELOW TWO LEVELS ABOVE TO HIT ABOUT 600 STALLS. SO THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE SCALE OF POTENTIAL PARKING FOR A BUILDING SIZE ON THAT SITE. SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WITH RETAINING OPEN SPACE AND AMOUNT OF PARKING. OUR SECOND OPTION WELL WHAT IF WE THOUGHT WELL COULD WE PRESERVE AS MUCH OF THE OPEN AREA OF THE SITE AS POSSIBLE PRESERVE PARK AND PARK BELOW THE BUILDING? SO THIS SHOWS TWO LEVELS OF PARKING BELOW THE BUILDING WHICH WOULD BE IS INDICATED AND IN GRAY THERE'S NO BUILDING DESIGN YET BUT THE IDEA IS THAT WITH ZONE THAT PART OF THE THE SITE FOR BUILDING WITH PARKING BELOW IT AND THEN PRESERVE THE SITE TO THE SOUTH FOR FOR GREENSPACE AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE SOUTH WE'VE GOT JUST INDICATED ON THERE FOR SCALE A SPLASH PAD BOCCE COURTS A SOCCER FIELD AND THEN SOME GARDEN SPACE TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF SCALE. THE THIRD STUDY WHICH IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID WAS WELL WHAT WE JUST COVERED THE WHOLE SITE IN PARKING WHICH IS NOT DESIRABLE BUT JUST LIKE WHAT A 600 STALLS A PARKING MEAN AND IT DOES JUST ABOUT FILL THE WHOLE FOOTPRINT OF THE PARCEL ON ONE LEVEL AND SO THIS PARTICULAR STUDY THREE REALLY HAS TWO VARIATIONS I'LL CALL IT ONE WHERE YOU JUST SURFACE PARK THE WHOLE THE WHOLE THING AND THEN BUILD ON A LEVEL ABOVE AND THEN THE OTHER WHERE YOU BURY THE PARKING BELOW GRADE BUILD BUILD ON THE STREET LEVEL AND ABOVE AND THEN PERHAPS EVEN PUT A LID OVER THE PARKING ON THE SOUTH AND CREATE OUTDOOR SPACE ABOVE THE PARKING. SO THOSE ARE JUST THREE THREE AND A HALF I'LL CALL IT WAYS OF LOOKING AT HOW WE COULD ADDRESS PARKING ON A SEPARATE STRUCTURE INTEGRATED WITH THE BUILDING AND THEN SOME COMBINATION THEREOF. SO AS WE START TO DEVELOP THE BUILDING PROGRAM SPACES IN THE RELATIVE SIZE WE START TO TALK WITH STAKEHOLDERS, STAFF AND EVEN COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT THAT COULD BE ON THE SITE. THESE ARE SOME DIAGRAMS THAT JUST SHOW ADJACENCIES AND WE'VE GOT REALLY BIG PICTURE IDEAS WE AND WE NICKNAMED THEM THIS ONE WE'RE CALLING MAIN STREET SO THERE'S WHAT WE'LL CALL IN INTERIOR STREET THAT RUNS EAST TO WEST AND A MAIN ENTRY ON THE SOUTH AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE THAT'S THE DIAGRAM ON THE LEFT THAT JUST HAS THOSE ARROWS INDICATING THE STREET THE GENERAL CIRCULATION ORGANIZATION IN THE MIDDLE DIAGRAM ARE THE ZONES OF PROGRAM SO YOU CAN SEE THE GYM ON THE CORNER AND 98TH AND NEWTON AQUATICS ON THE CORNER OF 98TH AND PENN AND SO ON THE NORTH WEST CORNER AND THEN PUBLIC HEALTH ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THERE WITH YOU CAN SEE THERE WE'RE SHOWING A LITTLE BIT OF SURFACE PARKING THAT SERVES PUBLIC HEALTH AND THEN ALL OF THOSE ARE ORGANIZED ALONG THAT MAIN STREET LOBBY AND THEN THE DIAGRAM ON THE RIGHT JUST INDICATES WE KNOW WE WANT TO CONNECT THIS BUILDING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO THE SITE INDOOR OUTDOOR CONNECTIONS ARE GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR A RECREATIONAL FACILITY THAT PROMOTES HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND I'LL BACK REALLY QUICKLY SO FOR THESE THREE CONCEPTS WE JUST SORT OF RAN WITH ONE OF THE PARKING STUDIES SO THIS ONE HAPPENS TO HAVE THE INDEPENDENT OR SEPARATE STRUCTURED PARKING TO THE SOUTH THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE SITE EXTENDS DOWN TOWARDS THE PRESBYTERIAN HOMES. THE SECOND CONCEPT WAS NICKNAMED THE CENTRAL SQUARE SO LARGE CENTRAL PUBLIC LOBBY SPACE WITH ALL OF THE PROGRAM SPACES ORGANIZED AROUND IT AND SO THAT DIAGRAM ON THE LEFT SHOWS THAT CENTRAL AREA WITH THE CIRCLE AND THE ARROWS CONNECTING TO ALL THE SPACES IN THE MIDDLE PROGRAM ON SITE YOU CAN IN THIS ONE WE PUT THE AQUATICS ON THE EAST. PUBLIC HEALTH ON THE CORNER OF 98TH AND NEWTON AND THEN THE GYM ON THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST SIDE WITH THE POTENTIAL OF THE FUTURE IF YOU WANTED TO EXPAND THAT GYM TO BE IN WE'RE WE'RE SHOWING WHAT THE EQUIVALENT OF THREE GYMS NOW CAN BE FOUR OR FIVE IN THE FUTURE SO THERE'D BE SPACE ON THE SITE THIS PARTICULAR OPTION ASSUMES THAT THERE WOULD BE PARKING ON TWO LEVELS BELOW IT TO PRESERVE THAT OPEN TO THE SOUTH AND THEN THE SITE CONNECTION DIAGRAM THE RIGHT SHOWS SOME ARROWS CONNECTING VISUALLY TO PARTS OF THE BUT THEN ALSO THE GREEN DASHED CIRCLES INDICATE NICE OUTDOOR COURTYARD SPACES THAT COULD BE CREATED THE BUILDING ITSELF AND THEN THE LAST CONCEPT WE'VE CALLED THE BEACON THE IDEA IS THAT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S ATTRACT THAT ATTRACTS PEOPLE A PLACE THAT HELPS PEOPLE NAVIGATE THEIR WAY INTO ON THIS NEW COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER. AND SO THE CIRCULATION ORGANIZATION IS REALLY ALONG A MORE VERTICAL BUT CENTRALLY LOCATED LOBBY THAT GATHERS THE PROGRAM ZONES THAT YOU SEE IN THE CENTER IN THIS CASE ON A FEW LEVELS OF 2 TO 3 PERHAPS EVEN THREE LEVELS ON TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT HEIGHT TO CREATE A MORE ICONIC BUILDING COULD ALSO MAYBE HAVE A MORE COMPACT FOOTPRINT GRADE YOU'LL NOTICE IN THAT CENTER PROGRAM ZONE DIAGRAM WE'RE INDICATING PARKING ALL THE WAY FROM 98TH ALONG NEWTON EXTENDING TO THE CORNER THERE AND THEN THE IDEA ON AN UPPER LEVEL IS WE'D HAVE SOME STRUCTURE ABOVE THAT PARKING IF YOU THINK ABOUT EITHER THE SOUTHDALE OR THE FORMER SOON TO BE FORMER SOUTHDALE LIBRARY FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY OR EVEN THE GALLERIA OR IKEA FOR THAT MATTER HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. YEAH, THOSE MIGHT NOT BE GREAT EXAMPLES ARCHITECTURALLY OR FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT BUT YOU CAN GET THE IDEA OF HOW CAN YOU CREATE A LOBBY WITH ABOVE AND SO IN THIS CASE ON THE GROUND FLOOR WE'D HAVE AQUATICS WITH THE POOLS THAT ARE DUG INTO INTEGRATED PUBLIC HEALTH ALSO ON THAT GROUND FLOOR FOR EASE OF ACCESS AS WELL AS THE INDOOR PLAY AREA. SO THAT CAN BE A REALLY ACTIVATED BEACON SPACE WITH THE LOBBY AND THEN ALL OF THE OTHER PROGRAM SPACE ABOVE GYM AND FITNESS MULTIPURPOSE AND EVENT SPACE IN . THIS CASE THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ROOF TERRACES AS THE BUILDING STACKS. SO THOSE ARE JUST THREE CONCEPTS THAT WE'VE STARTED WITH. WE'RE JUST REALLY INITIAL IDEATION I'LL CALL IT AND WE'RE FOLDING IN INFORMATION SORT OF AS IT COMES IN AND THAT'S YOU KNOW, ON ITS WAY I'LL CALL IT ON THE TYPES OF PRIORITIES FOR SPACES AND THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. SO YOU KNOW AND AS I MENTIONED THAT INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE REVIEWED AT THE MEETING ON AUGUST 26TH ALONG WITH THE REMAINDER OF OUR PROGRESS. BUT I'M GOING TO HAND IT TO LEON TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES SIMILAR PROVIDER ANALYSIS, THE MENTIONED AND COST RECOVERY GOALS. THANKS A LOT GLEN. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I WANTED TO SHARE YOU KIND OF WHERE WE ARE IN OUR PROCESS. AS GLEN SAID WE'RE WE'RE WHERE WE ARE FOLLOWING THE DESIGN. WE'RE CREATING THE OPPORTUNITY HOW THIS BUILDING WOULD ACTUALLY BE PROGRAMED AND ORGANIZED AH I HAVE ONE OF THE NEXT SLIDE WE ARE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AS YOU KNOW I INTERVIEWED ALL OF THE COUNCIL PEOPLE THE CITY MANAGER, THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, THE PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF, THE SENIORS AND SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS AND THE COMMUNITY TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK AND YOUR FEEDBACK REGARDING EXPECTATIONS OF HOW THIS BUILDING WOULD BE ORGANIZED THE KIND OF SPACES THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO YOU AND HOW IT WOULD BE OPERATED AND MANAGED. WE TALKED NEXT SLIDE WE TALKED ABOUT FUNDING SOURCES THAT TYPICALLY THESE TYPE OF BUILDINGS ARE ORGANIZED INTO NEXT SLIDE I'M TRYING TO ADVANCE IT AND I'M HAVING TROUBLE. OKAY. OKAY, SORRY EVERYBODY. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. SO WHEN WE AT A FUNDING SOURCE LIKE THIS WE'RE LOOKING AT OBVIOUSLY THERE CAN BE A MEMBERSHIP WHICH TYPICALLY MOST OF THESE KIND OF BUILDINGS HAVE THEY ALSO HAVE A DAILY ACCESS FEE. THERE'S PROGRAM FEES. PEOPLE CAN JUST YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A MEMBER. YOU CAN JUST TAKE A PROGRAM, YOU CAN HAVE A SEASON PASS, YOU CAN PAY, HAVE A CAN PLAY, THERE'S CONCESSION RENTAL SPONSORSHIPS, NAMING RIGHTS. I KNOW THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE DISCUSSION WITH AN REGARDING EARNED INCOME OPPORTUNITIES TO OFFSET THE OPERATING COSTS ALL OF THESE FUNDING SOURCES ARE REAL AND THEY DO SUPPORT THESE FACILITIES A FACILITY THIS IS TYPICALLY OPEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 100 TO 110 HOURS A WEEK. SO ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS IN THE NEXT SLIDE THE WAY WE ALWAYS FOCUS IN ON IS WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THE BUILDING CAN DO FINANCIAL IN TERMS OF COVERING ITS OPERATING COSTS AND SO ONE IN THE NEXT SLIDE YEAH I'M HAVING ADVANCING IT SORRY. OKAY HERE WE GO. SO OTHER THINGS UP TO PAR. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT HOW THIS OPERATIONS OF THIS FACILITY COULD BE INCORPORATED PEOPLE INTERVIEWED HAD MOST OF THE TIME HAD ANYWHERE BETWEEN 50 AND 80% COST RECOVERY . A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND A BUILDING LIKE THIS BECAUSE MOST GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AREN'T OPEN 100 110 HOURS A WEEK. MANY OF THE PEOPLE INTERVIEWED FELT LIKE IT WOULD OPERATE LIKE A LIBRARY WHICH IS TYPICALLY IN THE 50 TO 60 HOURS A WEEK WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THIS TYPE OF A BUILDING. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS THAT THE OPERATIONAL COSTS WILL BE SOMEWHERE IN THE THREE AND A HALF TO 4 MILLION A YEAR AND THE ABOUT 4000 USERS PER DAY. SO IT'S IT TAKES LOT OF EFFORT TO COORDINATE THAT SOME OF YOUR OTHER AGENCIES AND AS CITIES AROUND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE THEIR RECOVERY GOALS ARE NOW IN RELATION TO EATON AND PRAIRIE AND EAGAN AND GOLDEN VALLEY AND MAPLE GROVE WE ALSO INCORPORATED A COUPLE FACILITIES THAT OUR CITY COUNT ON ARE A SENIOR AND A MULTI-GENERATION CALL CENTERS WHERE THE SENIOR CENTER AND THE COMMUNITY CENTERS COMBINED INTO ONE AND VERY SIMILAR TYPE OF FACILITIES SO THIS FACILITY IN TERMS OF SIZE AND SCOPE SO THEN THAT WE DID LOOK AT ONE OTHER A SERVICE PROVIDER NEXT SLIDE AND AND IN KEEP GOING NEXT SLIDE AND WHAT WE RESEARCH WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN RELATIONSHIP TO THEIR BUILDINGS WHAT SPACES ARE MOST IMPORTANT AND MOST USED AND THE BIG THING THERE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHERE YOU ARE RECOGNIZING SUCCESSES AND HOW THOSE SUCCESSES MIGHT BE TRANSFERRED THIS BUILDING AS AN OPPORTUNITY NEXT SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE BUILDINGS MANY THESE SPACES ARE 20 YEARS, 40 YEARS YEARS OLD AND YET YOU CAN SEE THAT THE IMPACT THAT THEY'VE HAD ON THE COMMUNITY IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED AND THIS BUILDING WOULD IN THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR YEARS NEXT SLIDE WE LOOK AT THE CORE THAT THEY HAVE IN THOSE BUILDINGS AND HOW THOSE FOUR SPACES MATCH UP WITH YOUR COMMUNITIES IN INTEREST AND PART OF THE SURVEY IS TO ASK WHAT PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS ARE IN TERMS OF CORE SPACES AND AS YOU IF YOU'VE BEEN ANY OF THESE BUILDINGS YOU RECOGNIZE THE MAGNITUDE OF THOSE SPACES BUT ALSO HOW WELL THEY'RE USED HOW WIDE OF AGE SEGMENT THEY HAVE AND WHO BASICALLY IS ATTRACTED TO THOSE. NEXT SLIDE WE ALSO REALLY SPENT A LOT OF TIME RANKING RECOGNIZING AND HOW THEY'RE PROGRAMED AND THE TYPE OF PROGRAMING THAT OCCURS MOST THE PROGRAM IS IS SET UP WHERE IS ORGANIZED PROGRAM AND BUT THERE IS A LOT OF SELF-DIRECTED SPACE WHERE PEOPLE COME AND GO LIKE IN THEIR FITNESS ROOMS OR WALKING TRACKS A LOT OF THE SPACES ARE JUST DROP IN SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY IT AT NO COST AND SO PART OF THIS NEXT IS DO THE SAME WITH YOUR BUILDING IS TO GIVE AS MANY AS POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY THE FACILITY THEY WANT TO TAKE A PROGRAM, THEY CAN TAKE A CLASS, THEY CAN BE A MEMBER CAN TAKE A SWIM LESSON, THEY CAN WALK ON THE TRACK. THEY HAVE AS MANY OPTIONS AS WE CAN. AND SO WE JUST KEPT LOOKING AT HOW OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR REGION ARE PROMOTING THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ALWAYS COME UP WITH IS HOW DOES THE INSURANCE MEMBERSHIP WORK? TYPICALLY THERE FIVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEMBERSHIPS ARE PROVIDED TO PRIMARILY MEDICARE FOLKS AND PART OF THAT IS THAT THEY'RE TO GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE BUILDING WORKS PAID BY INSURANCE FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS PURPOSES AND THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE SILVERSNEAKERS AND AND REALLY HOW AND THIS INCLUDES RESIDENT NONRESIDENT RATES AS WELL FOR THAT AND IT GIVES THE COMMUNITY A REAL OPPORTUNITY ENJOY IT OTHER MIXED VIEWS ON DIFFERENT TYPES SPACES THAT PEOPLE HAVE THESE WERE THE PRIMARY SPACES THROUGH MY DISCUSSIONS WITH PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY WHAT PEOPLE FELT WERE MOST IMPORTANT. WE ALSO DID A SURVEY WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKER PUBLIC HEALTH PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO THEIR SITES WHAT THEY WOULD EXPECT IN THE BUILDING AS AS SPACE FOR THEIR USE AND THEIR NEEDS. SO THESE WERE KIND OF THE MAJOR AND WE'RE MATCHING UP HOW THESE SPACES WILL REALLY ALIGN WITH WHAT THE SURVEY BASICALLY SAID. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT COST RECOVERY AND COST RECOVERY . IT'S ABOUT HOW TO RECOVER THESE SPACES AND THERE'S A PRIME TIME NON-PRIME TIME SEASON OFF THE SEASON IN ALL OF THESE SPACES AND HOW TO MAXIMIZE THEM. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE OFTEN ASK ME IS WHAT MAKES A GOOD COST RECOVERY WORK? AND SO PART OF THIS IS UNDERSTANDING THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS FOR PROGRAMS FOR FACILITY MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS FOR MARKETING TECHNOLOGY SECURITY LIFECYCLE REQUIREMENTS AND THIS REALLY HELPS THE STAFF TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE SPACES HAVE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THEM A REQUIREMENT OF LEAST PERCENT OF THE SPACE IN THE BUILDING CAN PRODUCE REVENUE BY THAT IT HAS ABILITY TO CREATE REVENUE FROM AQUATICS OR FITNESS OR SPORTS WALKING TRACK OR RENTAL SPACES, PROGRAM ROOMS, INDOOR PLAYGROUND SERVING KITCHENS, CONCESSIONS THESE ARE ALL OPPORTUNITIES THAT HELP TO ORGANIZE THE BUILDING AND ALSO HELP GENERATE REVENUE TO OFFSET OPERATING COSTS. ALSO NEXT SLIDE WE REALLY LIKE TO SEE AND WORK WITH THE STAFF ON FILLING IN AT LEAST 70% OF THE OPERATING HOURS WE'RE BUILDING FOR EACH PROGRAM HAS A PROGRAM OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY. LIKE I SAID EARLIER A LOT OF THE SPACES ARE SELF-DIRECTED BUT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT IS ORGANIZED AND THEN ALSO PROGRAM SPACE IS MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SO IT CAN SERVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS IN THE SAME SPACE SO THAT IT'S DESIGNED AND PART OF OUR WORK IS TO WORK WITH HCA AND THEIR TEAM ON HOW THAT SPACE GETS LAID OUT AND FUNCTION AND THEN WE OVERLAY THE PROGRAMS THOSE SPACES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY DO WHAT WHAT THE SPACE IS INTENDED TO DO. ALSO WE REALLY TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM THE SINGLE USE SPACE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO WHEN YOU HAVE A 100 110 HOURS THAT THAT SPACE IS USED ONE SINGLE PURPOSE ALSO WE WANT TO KEEP THE STAFFING BELOW 55% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET BECAUSE IT JUST TAKES THAT MUCH TO OPERATE IT AND THEN REALLY IMPACT A MULTITUDE FUNDING OPTIONS IN TERMS OF I MENTIONED EARLIER MEMBERSHIPS OF DAILY ACCESS RATE THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR A PROGRAM THAT THEY CAN ACCESS A RENTAL HOSPITAL HOSPITALITY SPACE HAS COME UP IN YOUR MEETINGS WITH PEOPLE IN YOUR PEOPLE PREFER A SMALL CAFE CONCESSION OPERATIONS THERE AND ALSO SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT THESE COMMUNITY FACILITIES BECAUSE OF THE MAGNITUDE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT GO THROUGH THOSE SPACES SPONSORS REALLY SEE THAT AND VALUE THE VALUE OF THEIR SPONSORSHIP IN THE BUILDING OR A OF THE BUILDING ALSO WE WORK WITH AND THE STAFF AND DEVELOP A WORKING PERFORMER THAT TRACKS ALL THE COST, ALL THE ELEMENTS HAVE SOLD ME SO THE STAFF ON A MONTHLY BASIS CAN SEE WHERE THEY ARE BY ROOM BY BUT BY FUNDING SOURCE HOW WELL THEY'RE DOING AGAINST THE EXPECTATIONS. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS IS TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THAT YOU GIVE AWAY ANY SPACE FOR FREE. YOU CAN DISCOUNT IT IF YOU WANT. GIVING AWAY FREE SPACE IS MAKES IT REALLY DIFFICULT TO MAKE THE COST FOR DIFFERENT BUT THERE WILL BE FREE SPACES THAT ARE COMMON SPACES IN THE BUILDING THAT ANYBODY CAN USE AT ANY TIME IT'S JUST THAT HOW WHEN WE HAVE PROGRAM SPACE THAT PEOPLE FOR FREE IN ALL TOWNS AND ARE ALWAYS AND PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ASKING CAN I GET SOME SPACE FOR FREE WHERE THEY CAN THEIR OWN PROGRAMS IN YOUR BUILDING VERSUS THAT VERSUS THE CITY RUNNING PROGRAMS X LIFE AND SO ONE PART OF THAT IS IF YOU DO DISCOUNT IT TO KEEP IT LESS THAN 20% LOOK AT THE MARKET RATES FOR SIMILAR FACILITIES IN THE REGION AND IN YOUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW AND THEN MONEY THROUGH EVENTS OR YOUR FOUNDATION TO HELP SUPPORT YOUR ASSISTANT PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE SO THAT NOBODY IS EVER LEFT OUT OF ACCESS IN THE BUILDING AND REALLY TO TRAIN THE STAFF TO OPERATE IN AND AND UNDERSTAND BUSINESS DECISIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HOW THE BUILDING OPERATES AS WELL AS HOW IT FUNCTIONS AS A EXPENSE TO THE CITY AND HOW TO MAXIMIZE ITS VALUE AND EFFICIENCY. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. WE'RE JUST IN THE BEGINNING PHASES OF REALLY STARTING TO WORK WITH THE DESIGN TEAM ON THE PROGRAM AND WORKING WITH THE STAFF ON WHAT PROGRAMS WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A PROGRAM PLAN FOR ANY OF THE SPACES WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE STAFF ON GETTING THAT STARTED BUT ONCE WE GET THOSE PROGRAMS NAILED DOWN THEN IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR THE DESIGNERS FOLLOW THE PROGRAM SO WE COME AT IT FROM PROGRAM DRIVES DESIGN SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IN OUR PROCESS. WELL THANK YOU ALL THREE OF YOU. IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION VERY QUICKLY APPRECIATE IT. COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO I KNOW YOU WOULD SAY THIS MAYOR TOO. SO I THINK STAFF IN THE THE THE THE GESTURAL HANDS OF STAFF I MIGHT FOR THEIR WORK THAT THEY'VE RUN UP THIS FOR I REALLY LIKE KIND OF MIRROR WHAT I WHAT I SEE THAT STAFF HAS KIND OF KIND OF WORKING TOWARDS AND WHAT I KIND OF THINK ABOUT WHEN I THINK OF THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING IN PARTICULAR MAYOR IS THAT I'M REALLY HOPING WE CAN KIND OF YOU KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA OF CENTERS OF COMMUNITY. I'M KIND OF HOPING THAT THIS CAN BE THAT THAT GEM THAT KIND OF FITS WITHIN THAT AROUND THE CITY AS WE KIND OF LOOK TO YOUR VISION IN TERMS OF AROUND THAT AND YOU KNOW I KIND OF THINK ABOUT YOU KNOW WHEN WE'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT OUR VISION IN TERMS OF A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CONCERNS I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE YOU KNOW, KIND OF TODAY OR A NUMBER OF SENIORS CURRENTLY USE YOU KNOW THAT CREEKSIDE BUILDING TODAY AND AND WHAT I YOU KNOW KIND OF WHAT I WANT TO YOU KNOW KIND OF ASK BOTH YOU MAYOR AND ALSO STAFF IS HOW DO WE GET FROM YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE TODAY TO WHAT COULD BE THE FUTURE OF TOMORROW REALLY IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW HOW THIS SPACE BECAUSE I THINK IT TAKES A LONG AND WE LOOKED AT KNOW 2015 2018 AND A LOT OF THAT PROGRAM WAS OF YOU KNOW SET IN THAT PARADIGM IF YOU WILL OF REALLY CATERING TO KIND OF WHAT IT IS TODAY. AND THAT WAS YOU KNOW, REALLY BEFORE WE KIND OF CAME UP WITH OUR NEW VISION IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO AND AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KIND OF I KIND OF FEAR IS THAT WE GET LOST IN WHAT WE HAVE TODAY IN TERMS OF PROGRAMING AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN WORKING WELL FOR THOSE THAT ARE PART OF IT BUT HOW DO WE BRING MORE PEOPLE TO THAT TO THAT TO THAT CONVERSATION? SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE ITEM. AND THEN THE LAST THAT I HAVE HERE IS REALLY AROUND THE THE AQUATICS PIECE. AND SO WE WE CREATE GREAT SERVICES IN THE CITY AND THEY'RE RENOWNED ACROSS THE I CALL ACROSS THE UNIVERSE OR GALAXY IN TERMS OF WHAT WE DO BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT DOING IS THAT WE YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAVE ONGOING AQUATICS THAT'S ALREADY OUTDOORS AND MY CONCERN IS THAT WE MIGHT, YOU KNOW, LOSE THE ABILITY TO FOCUS AND REALLY PROVIDE THE TYPE OF SERVICE, YOU KNOW, IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA WITH THE NEW THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO BECAUSE WE'RE STILL GOT OUR FOOT IN THE PAST IN OF THAT OLD PROGRAM. AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING HOW WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE AT? SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT I KIND OF SEE IN TERMS OF WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO TOURS. WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN MAY OR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION AS IT RELATES TO CURRENT PROGRAMING AT CREEKSIDE WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT MOVING A GREAT MAJORITY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AT CREEKSIDE CURRENTLY TO THE NEW COMMUNITY CENTER AND I THINK THAT CREATING A MODEL AND A STRUCTURE AND A AN A PROGRAM SPACE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN IS VERY VIABLE. I THINK THE POINT TO KNOW THAT THAT LEON MENTIONED IS SINGLE USE SPACES IN A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER ARE GOING TO BE VERY CHALLENGING FOR US BUT WE'RE TAKING THE PROGRAM AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM OUR CURRENT CREEKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER MEMBERS VERY SERIOUSLY AND WE'RE WORKING AS A CITY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN POTENTIALLY ACCOMMODATE THOSE USERS AND THOSE USERS MAYBE IN A DIFFERENT SPACE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS OFFERS SPACES THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO UTILIZE TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THE SINGLE USE SPACES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AT CREEKSIDE I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING A FORM OF A MAKERSPACE AT THE NEW COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER TOO THAT COULD BE A FLEXIBLE SPACE, COULD SERVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF ARTS CRAFTS AND HANDMADE TYPE OF PROGRAM IN THE NEW FACILITY. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN OF THE CURRENT OFFERINGS AT THE NEW COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER AS IT RELATES TO AQUATICS WE'RE VERY OPEN AND INTERESTED IN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY COUNCIL ON WHAT AQUATICS LOOKS LIKE IN A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER CHANGES THAT ARE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE FROM THE COUNCIL FROM THE BLOOMINGTON FAMILY AQUATIC CENTER. WE'RE OPEN TO HAVING THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL. LET US KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THAT FACILITY AND WE'RE WE'RE HAPPY TO HOST THAT FORM OF A CONVERSATION. I THINK IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE DO VIEW THE RECREATIONAL AMENITIES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO OFFER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR AQUATICS AS SOMETHING PRETTY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS OFFERED AT THE AQUATIC CENTER. YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE FACILITY. YOU DON'T NEED ME TO DESCRIBE IT TO YOU. BUT ONE OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS IS A 50 METER LAP POOL THERE ARE VERY FEW OF THOSE IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO LOSE THAT AS A AS AN AMENITY TO THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR SURE. ALSO THE SLIDE STRUCTURES ARE ZERO DEATHS. YOU KNOW A IT'S A REALLY, REALLY TREASURED AMENITY FOR THE COMMUNITY. ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE WE'RE OPEN TO HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AND INTERESTED HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL IF YOU'D LIKE. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE AND DOING A GREAT JOB OF PRESENTING THE CURRENT STATE OF THIS AS FAR AS THE AQUATIC CENTER AND VERY EXCITED FOR THIS BECAUSE I KNOW IN THE WINTER SO MANY FAMILIES LEAVE BLOOMINGTON TO GO TO UNDER OTHER INDOOR FACILITIES AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE IF WE GIVE PEOPLE ENOUGH REASONS TO LEAVE SUNDAY THEY'RE GOING TO STAY ON. AND SO BEING TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE THAT SUPPORTS NOT ONLY YOUNG FAMILIES BUT OUR SENIORS AS WELL BEING THAT MULTI-GENERATIONAL PIECE OF IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND I THINK IS GOING TO DRIVE A LOT OF JUST VALUE IN THE SPREAD OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION WITHIN OUR CITY A COUPLE THINGS I WAS THINKING ABOUT AS I WAS DRIVING HERE TONIGHT I DROVE BY CREEKSIDE I NORMALLY DON'T DRIVE BY CREEKSIDE AND I NOTICED THERE WERE PEOPLE WAITING AT THE BUS STOP SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER AND WORK WITH MATT TRANSIT ON IF WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A COMMUNITY CENTER LIKE THIS IS MAKING SURE THAT TRANSIT HELPS US SUPPORT AND BUILD BUS COVERED BUS STOPS AT OUR NEW COMMUNITY CENTER SO THAT PEOPLE AND WE KNOW PEOPLE USE ALL FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO CREEKSIDE CURRENTLY AND SO HOW CAN WE GET THAT SUPPORT FROM THE TRANSIT TO ENSURE THAT COVER BUS STATIONS THERE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN FREELY GET IN AND OUT AND WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT THE WEATHER BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY THE PERSON I SAW STANDING OUT THERE IS STANDING OUT IN THE SUN AND IT'S HOT IN THE SUN AND SO HOW CAN WE TAKE CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT WAY AS FAR AS THE COST RECOVERY I KNOW THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND ABOUT 80% AND I'M OF THE MIND OF STARTING AT 100% COST RECOVERY I THINK THAT NOT ONLY ENSURES THAT WE CAN PROVE THAT THIS IS A SUSTAINABLE PROJECT TO CONTINUE THE LONG TERM SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE CENTER BUT THEN GIVES US ALSO ABILITY TO ADJUST AS WE NEED TO THINK STARTING AT 80% WHILE IT'S IN LINE WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER COMMUNITIES DOESN'T OFFER US THE ABILITY TO BE MORE CREATIVE IN HOW WE RUN OUR ORGANIZATION. THEY'RE THE COMMUNITY CENTERS SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M AT WITH THAT. SO THINGS TO THINK ABOUT. THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YEAH I TOOK AWAY SPECIFIC ASKS ON TWO ITEMS COST RECOVERY AND THE PARKING SITUATIONS OFFER MY OPINIONS ON THOSE ON THE COST RECOVERY SIDE I THINK 80 TO 100% IS FINE. I I'M IT'S INTERESTING HERE BECAUSE I'M A A BIT OF A OF TWO MINDS ON THIS ONE. ON ONE HAND, YOU KNOW WE'RE, GOING TO IF WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THIS AN ENTERPRISE ACCOUNT WE'RE ALWAYS STRIVING FOR, YOU KNOW, HARD PERCENT COST RECOVERY ON AN ENTERPRISE ACCOUNT. INTERESTINGLY, YOU KNOW WE DON'T REALLY EVER REALLY ACHIEVE THAT AND SO THERE'S A BAR THAT I THINK WE'RE PLACING POTENTIALLY ON OURSELVES THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GETTING TO. I THINK THE WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AT THE BIG IS GOING TO HELP A TON WITH GETTING THAT PLACE TO LIKE ENTERPRISE YOU KNOW, BREAK EVEN OR BETTER RIGHT WHICH IS GREAT I DON'T THINK THE AQUATIC CENTER THE FAMILY AQUATIC CENTER EVER GETS THERE . I'D LOVE TO SEE IT GET THERE BUT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT MIGHT BUT WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE SO I'D BE FINE IF SHOOTING FOR 100 AND I'D LIKE YOU SAID COUNCILMEMBER BACKING DOWN FROM THAT BUT I ALSO THE OTHER MIND THAT I HAVE IS THAT THIS IS A YOU KNOW A A PREMIER YOU KNOW COMMUNITY AMENITY AND THAT'S SOME PORTION OF YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY DOLLARS GOING TO A COMMUNITY AMENITY IS FINE WITH ME AND SO YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S WHY I SIT IN LIKE THE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 80 AND 100% WOULD BE FINE BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN MAKE GOOD CASES FOR ANY OF THOSE NUMBERS. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT ON COST RECOVERY WHEN IT COMES TO PARKING I, I REALLY, REALLY DON'T LIKE THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT 600 CARS IN THIS THING. I IT FRUSTRATES ME BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS FRUSTRATED WHENEVER WE ABOUT PARKING FIRST IT DRIVES ME NUTS BUT THAT Y'ALL USED TO THAT AT THIS POINT BUT IF THAT'S TRULY THE NUMBER AND IT'S NOT A NUMBER THAT'S SOMEWHAT ARBITRARY AND I MEAN ARBITRARY AS IN WE HAVE THIS FORMULA OF 1.5 PARKING SPACES PER X NUMBER OF FEET AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING IF WE REALLY DO HAVE A STUDY THAT SAYS LIKE AT MAXIMUM VOLUME 600 PEOPLE COULD BE AT THIS PLACE OR 600 CARS WHICH MEANS 600 AT LEAST 600 PEOPLE MAYBE EVEN 2400 PEOPLE IF WE'RE TALKING FAMILIES OF THEN YOU KNOW, THEN I THINK THERE'S ACCOMMODATIONS I IF THAT'S TRUE THEN I'D LIKE US TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF FOOTPRINT THAT WE TAKE TO DO THAT I UNDERGROUND PARKING THE OF SOME UNDERGROUND ABOVE GROUND AND THEN THE GREEN SPACE ON TOP ALL THOSE ARE INTRIGUING TO ME BECAUSE THEY DO THEY DO ELIMINATE YOU KNOW THIS THING BECOMING HALF OF THE LAND WE ARE CREATING IS JUST FOR SURFACE PARKING WHICH IS JUST NOT WHAT WE WANT TO DO ANYMORE. I DON'T THINK I LIKED I LIKED THE KIND OF YOU KNOW, EITHER ALL UNDERGROUND OR PARTIALLY UNDERGROUND PARTIALLY GROUND WITH THE WITH THE GREEN SPACE ON TOP. I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF INNOVATIVE. YOU COULD EVEN HAVE LIKE A IF YOU DID THAT PLUS A LITTLE TWO STORY TYPE SITUATION OR YOU HAD THE ABILITY TO LIKE GET UP ON THAT DECK FROM THE SECOND FLOOR FROM AN OBSERVING AREA OR A BALCONY THE CAFE RIGHT OR SOMETHING. HE DID SOMETHING KIND OF INNOVATIVE THERE. IT WOULD BE KIND OF A REALLY INTERESTING WAY OF THINKING ABOUT THE SPACE SO I'M INTO THAT. THE OTHER ONLY OTHER THING ON SUSTAINABILITY I'D LIKE TO ADD SINCE YOU HAD THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INCLUDING THAT. I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO PUT THAT FRONT AND CENTER IN THIS INITIATIVE. I THINK PEOPLE WANT THAT AND SO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT I WOULD LOVE US TO BE THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX AS IT RELATES TO THE WAY THAT WE MANAGE THE WATER FOR THE AQUATIC PORTION OF THIS FACILITY. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT CONVINCED WE HAVE TO GO YOU KNOW, LOAD IT UP WITH CHLORINE AND CREATE A BAD ENVIRONMENT, ALL KINDS OF OTHER FILTRATION AND DOING SALTWATER POOLS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ALLOW YOU TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE WITH SOME OF THE WATER. SO YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN THINK ABOUT THAT AND, IF WE CAN THINK ABOUT SOME RECAPTURE RECIRCULATION OF THE WATER WELL FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW GREYWATER SYSTEMS FOR AT LEAST THE YOU KNOW THE TOILET SYSTEM OR FOR IRRIGATION YOU KNOW ANYTHING NON POTABLE THAT YOU COULD USE IN IRRIGATION. I LIKE THOSE CONCEPTS AS WELL. YOU KNOW YOU CAN ALWAYS BURY A CHARCOAL FILTER, LET THE GROUNDWATER DO ITS THING RIGHT. SO THERE'S ALL KINDS OF COOL STUFF THAT'S OUT THERE AND I'D LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO INNOVATE ON THAT AS WELL. I DON'T I THINK THAT WAS EVERYTHING THAT WAS PART OF LIKE THE OPEN QUESTIONS FOR NOW MY UNDERSTANDING, MR. MAYOR, IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE THIS PARKING SOONER RATHER THAN IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR ACTION TONIGHT THAT WE NEED TO ON THAT ONE ISSUE? NO, I BELIEVE THIS IS THIS IS AN INFORMATION ONLY OF HESITATION. I THINK YOUR FEEDBACK AND YOUR IDEAS I THINK WILL BE WELL ACCEPTED AND WORKED AS PART OF IT. BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE MAKING AN OFFICIAL DECISION ON ANYTHING TODAY. OKAY. THANKS THAT I HAVE AND WILL SAY I AGREE WITH YOU IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES. I THINK THAT'S ARBITRARILY IMPOSED BY OUR PARKING STANDARDS AND I'D BE CURIOUS TO HEAR IF THE 590 ARE NECESSARY FOR A FACILITY THAT EXPECTING 4000 PEOPLE A DAY CERTAINLY NOT ALL AT ONE TIME. SO I'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT I'D LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF JUST USING A PROOF OF PARKING CONCEPT ON AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO GO TO 590 I DON'T THINK BUT I'D LIKE SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT AND I'M RIGHT THERE WITH IN TERMS OF GETTING AN UNDERGROUND AND PUTTING A BETTER FIELD ON TOP OF IT AND MAKING IT A USABLE SPACE. I'M GOING TO BE THE WAY T DO IT. SO OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, IDEAS THOUGHTS HOPES DREAMS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH, THANKS MAYOR. I'LL KEEP THIS BRIEF ONE I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE DO IS MAINTAIN OUTDOOR SPACE SOMEHOW WE CAN'T DO A SURFACE PARK THAT'S THE ORIGINAL TASK FORCE. I MEAN THREE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACES AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS WHEN WE FIRST LOOKED AT IT WE LOOKED AT A SMALL MEDIUM SIZED CREEKSIDE IT'S LIKE WHAT 2018 SMALL MEDIUM LARGE AND SO AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE AT JUST THE LARGE PROGRAMING THERE AND I'LL BE HONEST I'M JUST VERY CONCERNED THAT KNOW WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOT INTO DESIGN AND WE'RE $20 MILLION OVER BUDGET. I JUST I DON'T KNOW I DON'T I GUESS I AM CONFUSED BY THAT AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN BE IN THAT SITUATION. WHAT MR. MARIN COUNCILMEMBER JUST SO HE CAN CLARIFY THE $20 MILLION OVER BUDGET IS ASSUMING STRUCTURED PARKING AND SO THE BASE BUDGET INCLUDES PARKING FOR THIS PROJECT AND YOU'VE SEEN THE CONSEQUENCE OF A SURFACE PARKING DECISION, RIGHT? SO THERE'S STILL CONVERSATION TO BE HAD BUT I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO INFER WE ARE $20 MILLION OVER BUDGET BEFORE WE'VE EVEN GOTTEN THE DESIGN . FAIR ENOUGH BUT NOBODY WANTS TO SURFACE PARKING SO THERE'S COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE MORE PRESENTATIONS I THINK I WILL THANK OUR CONSULTANTS ON THIS AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS. THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION AND WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 5.2 ARE THE ICE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SYLVIA HUGHES, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. I WILL GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE . THE BLOOMINGTON ICE GARDEN RENOVATION PROJECT AND I DO HAVE A POWERPOINT SLIDE TEST THIS JUST TO SEE OH IT WAS A PDF THAT WAS MISSING. IT WORKED. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS FIRST SLIDE IS ONE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE OFTEN THIS IS JUST THE PLANNING AND DESIGN PHASES THAT WE ARE REFERRING TO AND REFERENCING IN ALL OF OUR SALES TAX PROJECTS. IN ADDITION JUST THE PARKS PROJECTS IN GENERAL. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO EXPRESS WITH THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE IS THAT THE ICE GARDEN RENOVATION IS IN THE DESIGN PHASE AND SO WE ARE IN THAT THAT MEDIUM TO 90% DESIGN PHASE. AND SO WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IS AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION THEY'LL BE ISSUING AN INVITE TO TOMORROW NIGHT'S OPEN HOUSE EVENT AT THE ICE GARDEN WHERE WE WILL BE GETTING FEEDBACK AND COMMENT CARDS ON THE CURRENT DESIGN ITERATIONS THAT WE BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE PROMISES WE MADE TO THE COMMUNITY AS WE ENTER THAT 60 TO 90% PHASE. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST TO REMIND YOU BRIEFLY THE GOALS OF THE IMPROVEMENT IS REALLY TO UPDATE ALL MAJOR MECHANICAL SYSTEMS IN THE FACILITY AS THERE ARE AGING AND FAILING. SO THAT INCLUDES AGE FAC ICE SYSTEMS PLANTS PLUMBING ELECTRICAL THINGS OF THAT NATURE, IMPROVING IT ACCESSIBILITY THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY AS A WHOLE IMPROVED THE PARKING LOT CONFIGURATION RIGHT NOW THE PARKING LOT RUNS FROM EAST TO WEST SO WE HAVE GUESTS THE FACILITY WALKING THROUGH CARS WE ARE GOING TO RECONFIGURE THAT TO MAKE IT SAFER AND SO THAT THERE ARE CLEAR VISUAL AISLES IN THE PARKING LOT IN ADDITION TO DOWNSIZING RINK THREE TO A STANDARD SIZE WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO BUILD LOCKER ROOMS SOME STADIA AND MAKE RINK THREE THE MAIN RINK IN ADDITION TO JUST OVERALL TRYING TO IMPROVE THE GUEST EXPERIENCE BY MODIFYING SOME OF THE BUILDING FLOW IN THE MAIN CORRIDORS SECURITY ADDING SOME RESTROOMS IN ADDITION TO CHANGING WHERE THE CONCESSIONS AND SOME OF THE OFFICES WILL BE LOCATED ,HERE IS AN IMAGE OF THE MAIN FLOOR RENOVATION AS IT STANDS AT THAT DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE. I'VE GOT SOME SOME NUMBERS ON HERE SO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN WHEN I REFERENCE RINKS ONE, TWO AND THREE IN ADDITION TO I'VE HIGHLIGHTED SOME AREAS THE MAP AND I'LL EXPLAIN SOME OF THE LITTLE GEO FENCED AREAS RED. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO START WITH IS I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE RINK THREE MODIFICATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING. AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE TRANSITIONING THAT RINK A SMALLER SIZE, 15 FEET SMALLER TO BE PRECISE AND WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS WE'LL BE ADDING ACTUALLY I THINK WENT TOO FAR HERE. THERE WE GO THREE LOCKER ROOMS WHERE, THE CURRENT DRYLAND TRAINING AREAS SO THAT KIND OF PCE SIDE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RINK THREE IS WHERE THOSE LOCKER ROOMS ARE GOING TO GO. THERE'S ALSO TO BE A NEW CONCESSION SO THAT THAT DARKER BLUE AREA TO THE BOTTOM OF WHERE THE LOCKER ROOMS ARE LOCATED, CONCESSIONS WILL BE MOVED SO THAT WAY THEY'LL BE BETTER FLOW IN THAT LOBBY AREA FREEING UP FROM THAT MAIN CORRIDOR TO THE RIGHT OF THAT THAT LARGE GREEN BANK AGAIN BELOW RINK THREE THOSE ARE GOING TO BE NEW INDIVIDUAL USE OR UNIVERSAL RESTROOMS ADDED. SO I THINK AT THIS POINT THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE 26 TOILETS ADDED THAT ONE AREA ALONE WE'RE ADDING STADIA IN THREE SO THAT ADDS OCCUPANCY AND SO WE NEEDED TO ADD SOME RESTROOMS TO THAT FACILITY JUST FOR GUEST EXPERIENCE IN ADDITION TO OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS, THE AREAS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW ARE THE ADA ACCESSIBLE VIEWING POINTS THAT WILL NOW BE ON THAT MAIN LEVEL . SO YOU CAN SEE THAT RINKS ONE, TWO AND THREE HAVE CONSIDERABLE ADA ACCESS VIEWING AREAS ADDED. WE'RE ALSO MODIFYING AND RENOVATING ALL THE LOCKER ROOMS FOR ALL THE LIGHT BLUE LOCKER ROOMS THAT YOU SEE IN BETWEEN THE RINKS TWO AND THREE AND THAT'LL ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF WANTING TO THEY'RE GOING TO BE RENOVATED AND IMPROVED WITH SEATING AND OTHER AMENITIES SO WE'RE MODIFYING ALL THE RESTROOMS AND ADDING RESTROOMS ON BETWEEN THE RINKS AND ALONG WHERE THE LOCKER ROOMS ARE LOCATED. AGAIN THEY'RE GOING TO BE UNIVERSAL LIKE ARE RESTROOMS THAT ARE ADDED THAT ARE IN THE HALLWAY SO THEY'RE EASILY ACCESSED BY ANYONE WHO'S USING THOSE AREAS. WE ARE RELOCATING THE OFFICES TO THAT MIDDLE SECTION UNDERNEATH RINK TWO. THEY WILL STILL BE LOCATED NEAR THE MAIN ENTRYWAY FOR JUST FLOW AND TICKETING BUT THERE ARE ALSO WILL MAINTAIN THAT RENTABLE AREA WHICH IS WHERE THE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE THE WOODEN FLOOR THE CHOREOGRAPHY ROOM FOR FIGURE SKATING THE OFFICES WILL TAKE UP ABOUT HALF OF THAT BUT WILL STILL HAVE A RENTABLE SPACE ON THAT FIRST FLOOR AND THEN WE ARE CONSOLIDATING FIGURE SKATING AND SKATE SCHOOL OFFICES AND STORAGE AREAS JUST RINK ONE. SO THAT WAY ALL OF THE THINGS THAT NEED NEED ARE IN THAT AREA AND THE I'LL STOP THERE THAT WAS A LOT. SO ANY QUESTIONS THERE TWO OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT 88 ADDITIONS ARE TWO ELEVATORS YOU'LL SEE THERE THEY'RE THE BLOCKS WITH X'S IN THE MIDDLE SO THERE'S AN TO THE SECOND LEVEL IN BETWEEN RINKS ONE AND TWO AND RINKS TWO AND THREE TO HELP GET THAT AUDIENCE VIEW FROM THE THE BLEACHERS OR THE STADIUM VIEW WHICH WILL BE NEW. HERE'S THE FLOOR VIEW. SO AGAIN THE HIGHLIGHTED AREAS YELLOW ARE MORE ADA ACCESSIBLE SEATING THE AREA RINKS ONE AND TWO ON THE SECOND LEVEL THAT FRONT PORTION GOING TO BE AN ENCLOSED VIEWING AREA FOR THOSE OF LIKE ME WHO DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO SIT IN THE COURT IF WANT TO VIEW IT NOT THE BEST HOCKEY MOM IF YOU WANT TO VIEW INDOORS WHERE IT'S MUCH WARMER AND PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE COMFY WE'RE GOING TO AN INDOOR LOBBY AREA IN ADDITION TO A RENTABLE SPACE, A MEETING SPACE WHICH IS THAT GRAY AREA AND. THEN TO THE LEFT OF THAT WHICH IS I THINK YELLOW ON THIS SLIDE IS GOING TO BE A SHOOTING AREA OR A DRY LAND TO TRAINING AREA IN ADDITION SOME STORAGE THERE WILL BE A MEZZANINE ON THAT CIRCLE'S RINK THREE SO PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO GET FROM ONE POINT TO ANOTHER ALL AROUND RINK THREE AS THAT WILL BE THE MAIN RINK FOR VIEWING AS WELL THERE ALSO FOUR STAIR LEVELS THAT WILL GO UP TO THE SECOND LEVEL AS WELL . AND SO SOME OF THE OTHER UPDATES WHERE WE'RE AT IN THIS PROJECT IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER IN 2023 WE DID A FULL ASSESSMENT WITH JAY LG THE BUILDING AND HAD THAT REPORT GIVEN TO US TO KICK OFF THIS PROJECT IN . DECEMBER 2023 YOU APPROVED THE PURCHASE THE LONG LEAD TIME ITEMS WHICH ARE THE REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT IN DASHBOARD FLOORING PACKAGES. YOU GUYS DID THAT ON APRIL 29TH. WE INTO SCHEMATIC DESIGN IN MAY OF 2024 AND AT THAT TIME THE RENOVATIONS THAT I JUST EXPLAINED TO YOU WE HAD RJ KIM WHO IS A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER ASSIGNED PRICING TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE RENOVATIONS WERE WITHIN OUR BUDGET AND WE ARE PLEASED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE VERY, VERY CLOSE AND THEN WE OFFICIALLY MOVED INTO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND THAT SHOULD SAY JUNE 2024 BUT APPARENTLY I WAS MISSING MY KEY THERE. SOME OTHER UPDATES THAT YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF AS WE DID A GEOTHERMAL AFTER READING THAT REPORT AND GOING OVER THE REPORT WITH SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABILITY STAFF IT WAS DECIDED THAT GEOTHERMAL IS NOT REALLY A VIABLE SOLUTION AS FAR AS SUSTAINABILITY FOR THIS WITH IT BEING A RENOVATION WE HAD TO CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT GEOTHERMAL WAS GOING TO BE APPLIED TO THE ICE MECHANICAL SIDE THE REST OF THE BUILDING THE ICE MECHANICAL SIDE WOULD HAVE HAD THE ENERGY IMPACT AND SO THAT WAS WHAT WE FOCUSED ON AND AFTER WE GOT REPORT BACK THE IMPACTS AS FAR AS COST RECOVERY AND OTHER SUSTAINABILITY IMPACTS WE'RE HOPING A UTILITIES WAS NOT HIGH TO MAKE IT REALLY A VIABLE OPTION. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE SWITCHED FROM FOCUSING ON THE POTENTIAL OF GEOTHERMAL TO FOCUSING ON USING AS MUCH ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AS WE CAN. WE DO KNOW THAT RINK THREE'S ROOF IS SOLAR READY AS IT'S THE MOST RECENT BUILD AND HAS THE MOST ALREADY IN PLACE. WE ARE CURRENTLY SURVEYING RINK TWO TO SEE IF THAT WOULD ALSO BE SOLAR READY TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THAT PARTICULAR FACILITY AND THEN SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS YOU WANT TO BE AWARE OF THAT THAT HOUSE THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHICH IS TOMORROW NIGHT BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT IT STARTS OFF WITH A 15 MINUTE PRESENTATION WITH MITCHELL BORGEN FROM JAY ELGIE WHO WILL GO IN MORE IN DEPTH WITH SOME OF THE RENOVATION POINTS THAT YOU'VE SEEN. AND THEN AFTER THAT THERE'LL BE A Q&A AND TOURS OF THE FACILITY. JOJI HAS OUR OWN PRESENTATION THAT I REALLY WANTED TO STEAL FOR TONIGHT BUT I COULDN'T BECAUSE I WANT YOU GUYS TO HAVE FUN AND SEE THAT TOMORROW . BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE POSTERS WITH A LOT OF THESE RENOVATIONS AND DETAILED POINTS ON WHAT THE IMPACTS OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE AND THEN NEXT EVENT THAT YOU'LL WANT TO KNOW IS THERE IS A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER. WE WILL BE BREAKING GROUND FOR THE ICE MECHANICAL ENVELOPE SO THE BUILDING ALONG THE BACK SIDE THAT FACES WHERE THE ARMORY IS. WE DO NEED TO START CONSTRUCTION ON THE NEW PLANT ENVELOPE AND SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT IN THE FALL AND. THEN FOLLOWING THAT WE WILL DO SOME IN-HOUSE PRE PREP FOR CONSTRUCTION ALONG WHERE THE DRYLAND TRAINING CURRENTLY IS BECAUSE WE NEED TO START PREPPING FOR THE STADIA THAT WILL GO IN ON RINK THREE AND THEN THE FULL CLOSURE IS STILL PLANNED TO HAPPEN BETWEEN MID-MARCH THROUGH FALL 2025. SO WITH THAT I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM THANK YOU. ACTUALLY I HAVE A COUPLE YES IS THERE ARE THERE ANY ESTIMATES YET ABOUT WHAT THE UTILITY SAVINGS ARE GOING TO BE ONCE ALL OF THOSE 60 YEAR OLD UTILITIES ARE NO LONGER ONCE THEY'VE BEEN REPLACED OR SOMETHING NEW AND MORE EFFICIENT? RIGHT. MARY, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. RIGHT NOW WE ARE MAKING OUR BEST ESTIMATES WE CAN HAVING TALKED SOME OF THE UTILITY STAFF AND EMMA STRAUSS IN SUSTAINABILITY. SO IN OUR 2025 BUDGET YOU KNOW IT'S ONLY ABOUT FOUR MONTHS FOR 2025 RATE SO REALLY WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SOME ESTIMATES ON WHAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY SAVE. CAN'T QUITE REMEMBER WHAT THOSE PERCENTAGES ARE BUT WE ARE REALLY KIND OF WORKING IN PERCENTAGES AT THIS POINT IT WILL REALLY TAKE ABOUT A YEAR OR MAYBE TO SEE WHAT THOSE UTILITY BILLS LOOK LIKE BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST UNKNOWNS ACTUALLY BECAUSE UTILITY WERE I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT HAS A PRETTY HUGE IMPACT WITH NEW EQUIPMENT, MORE EFFICIENCIES AND SOME OF THE SUSTAINABILITY MEASURES WE'D LIKE EMPLOY. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST GUESSING OKAY IF I'M WITH YOU. FAIR ENOUGH. AND MY OTHER QUESTION WHAT WHAT THE CAPACITY BE IN RINK THREE RIGHT NOW WE'RE PLAYING WITH SEATING BECAUSE ADDED SEATING DOES IMPACT THAT BUT IT'S ANYWHERE 1600 AND 1650 AND WHAT IS THE CURRENT PUT THERE SEATING CAPACITY RINK ONE DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS? IT'S CLOSE. IT'S CLOSE. IT'S IT'S LESS BUT IT'S NOT A TERRIBLE AMOUNT. WE'RE TRYING TO MASSAGE THAT TO GET IT AS CLOSE AS WE CAN BUT THE 80 SEATING WILL IMPACT THAT BECAUSE YOU DO TAKE OUT THE TWO ROWS IN FRONT AND OTHER THAN SECTION FINALS DO WE EVER GET TO CAPACITY AT THE ICEBERG? SOME OF THE TOURNAMENTS ARE ARE TOURNAMENTS VERY INTENSE ACTUALLY. YES, WE DO OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBER ALLOTMENT THANK YOU MAYOR. OKAY WANT TO ALSO SAY ON THIS ONE HERE AWESOME JOB KIND OF MOVING THIS FORWARD OR COME A LONG WAYS ON THIS AND I KNOW THAT STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD AND IN A WHAT I WOULD WANTED TO COMMENT ON IS THEY KNOW THAT SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT CITY MANAGER HAD BROUGHT TO THIS COUNCIL AND PASSED COUNCILS THE CONCERN OVER OUR YOU KNOW, OUR BUILDINGS AND OUR CAPITAL FROM A CAPITAL EXPENSE STANDPOINT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE NEEDED TO KIND OF DO. WE HAD REALLY A A BACKLOG FOR VARIOUS REASONS THAT KIND OF GOT US THERE AND THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF AN INVESTMENT THAT WE ARE REALLY MAKING TRY TO KIND OF FILL THAT HOLE AND YOU KNOW AND AS WE KIND OF MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. ONE OF THE CONCERNS I KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE HEARD JUST FROM FROM KNOCKING ON DOORS IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE FIRE STATION KNOW THE FIRE STATIONS ARE COMING UP. WE'RE OVERHAULING ALL OF OUR FIRE AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND SO YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THE CITY MANAGER MAYBE THE MAYOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT BECAUSE KNOW WE'VE GOT YOU KNOW, SEVERAL OF THESE THINGS ARE COMING UP. WE'VE GOT ADDITIONAL ONGOING EXPENSES. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO RIGHT SIZE, YOU KNOW SO I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE THE MORE APPROPRIATE ONE TO KIND OF BRING IT UP ON BUT THINK I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF COMMENT ON THIS NOW IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN TERMS OF THAT THOSE A SITUATION I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE TODAY BUT THERE ARE SOME BUDGET THAT SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING HERE BECAUSE OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN AT TO GET US TO A STANDPOINT. SO MAYOR AMANDA, I THINK COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND JUST VERY SUCCINCTLY THESE ARE A LOT OF THIS CITY WAS BUILT IN THE 1970S AND LIKE ANYTHING THAT FROM THE 1970S IT'S NOW TIME FOR UPDATES AND REPLACEMENTS OR IMPROVEMENTS AND FRANKLY IN A LOT OF THESE CASES WHETHER IT'S RENOVATIONS OF THE ICE GARDEN OR MOVING TO A FULL TIME FIRE DEPARTMENT WHICH IS WHAT IS NECESSITATING THOSE NEW FIRE STATIONS THOSE CANS HAVE BEEN KICKED DOWN THE ROAD FAR ENOUGH AND WE'VE TO IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY NOW AS STEWARDS. WE'VE GOT TO WE'VE GOT TO STEP UP AND MAKE THOSE MAKE THOSE INVESTMENTS. AND IT'S I MEAN WE'RE STEWARDS IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS STEWARDS OF THE OF THE FINANCES OF THIS CITY AND THE TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE CITY. BUT WE'RE ALSO STEWARDS OF THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURES THE CITY AS WELL. AND I THINK IT'S IT'S OUR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THOSE AND IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY. WE ENSURE THAT THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE IN TERMS OF FOR EXAMPLE FIRE AS WE MOVE INTO THE DISCUSSION OF PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING ARE THAT WE PROVIDE THE THE SPACE AND THE FACILITIES AND ULTIMATELY THE EQUIPMENT NECESSARY PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT WE DO WITHIN THE CITY. MR. DRAGHI ANYTHING ADD TO THAT, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCIL MEMBER ALONE THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD SUMMARIZED IT REALLY WELL IS IS TO SAY THAT THIS IS NOT JUST THE CONSEQUENCE OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE SOME OF THAT BUT YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS WELL MY HOUSE IS 50 OR 60 YEARS OLD. IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE REPLACED RIGHT. WE HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT OPERATION THAN SOMEBODY'S HOUSE AND SO THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE ARE USING TO RUN OUR OPERATION IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS BACK IN THE SIXTIES IN THE SEVENTIES. RIGHT. SO IN ADDITION TO THE BUILDINGS JUST BEING OLDER IS THE FOR EXAMPLE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS MUCH LARGER THAN IT USED TO BE RIGHT AND SO TO ADEQUATELY EQUIP OUR OUR DEPARTMENT TO DO WORK AND TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE THAT EQUIPMENT IT NEW BUILDINGS SIMILAR WITH THE MAINTENANCE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS MUCH OF THE EQUIPMENT WE'RE USING TODAY IS MORE SOPHISTICATED THAN WHAT THE CURRENT MAINTENANCE GARAGES TO ACCOMMODATE RIGHT SO THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT STUFF GOT OLD IN THE CITY DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF IT AND NOW WE HAVE TO TEAR IT DOWN. THAT'S IT'S A LOT MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT MAYOR POINTED OUT MOVING TO A FULL TIME FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE DIDN'T HAVE LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS AT ANY OF THE FIRE STATIONS AND IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FULL TIME FIREFIGHTERS, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEM IN THOSE STATIONS. SO THE YOU KNOW, THE THINGS ARE RARELY AS SIMPLE AS PEOPLE WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE RIGHT. BUT THE FACT IS THAT WE HAVE A MAJOR CAPITAL FACILITY ASSET MANAGEMENT PROGRAM HERE IN CITY. WE ARE MUCH BETTER TODAY THAN WAS THE CASE DECADES AGO IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING HOW WE PLAN LONG TERM REINVESTMENT AND REPLACEMENT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ON TRACK DO OVER THE NEXT DECADE AND IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE EASY. THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN HAVING THIS DISCUSSION GOING BACK TO 2015 OR 16 WHEN THE COUNCIL FIRST ASKED FOR A PLAN ON HOW WE DO THIS WELL WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THE PLAN THANK YOU FOR FOR SUCCINCTLY DOING I KNOW IT'S A LOT TO ASK BUT I THINK WE JUST GOT TO RESET THE GAUGE SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT CAN HAPPEN. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE TIMELINE FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CONSTITUENTS WHO USE THE LOCKER ROOM FACILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHEN AND WHERE ON YOUR TIMELINE IS IS THAT ENGAGEMENT HAPPENING? I DON'T ASSUME WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT OF DETAIL AT THE OPEN HOUSE TOMORROW OBVIOUSLY. SO WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE YOU PLANNING TO DO THAT WORK? SO COUNCILMEMBER SANDRA, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. WE'VE ACTUALLY ENGAGED WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS. SO WE STARTED THIS PROJECT WITH STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS AND THOSE STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDED BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HOCKEY TEAMS IN GENERAL IT INCLUDED THE HIGH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION, IT INCLUDED THE FIGURE SKATING CLUB, THE SKATE CLUB AND A MYRIAD OF OTHER STAKEHOLDERS OF COURSE FORGETTING RIGHT NOW. SO WE STARTED THE WHOLE PROCESS WITH WITH THEM AND FRANKLY JUST ASKED THEM WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANTLY NOT WORKING WHAT'S MEETING YOUR NEEDS AND WHAT'S NOT MEETING YOUR NEEDS AND SO WE JUST TOOK THESE INTERVIEW NOTES AND RECORDED THOSE WERE SHARED WITH WITH THE ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS AND THEN WHEN IT TO YOUR SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF LOCKER ROOMS AND CATCHING AND I ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING WITH WITH THE BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS INDIVIDUALLY TO SHOW THEM THESE EXACT SAME MAPS AND HIGHLIGHT THE AREAS THAT WOULD OF INTEREST TO THEM. THEY'VE ALSO BEEN INFORMING US ON WHAT NEEDS TO INSIDE THOSE LOCKER ROOMS SO THE COACHES ROOMS PREFERRED SIZE NUMBER OF LOCKERS OF A WHOLE OF THINGS I'M GOING TO MISS LIKE HOCKEY LOCKERS AND OTHER OTHER THINGS SUCH AS THAT. SO THEY HAVE BEEN ENGAGING WITH US THE ENTIRE TIME WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING WITH THE FIGURE SKATERS CLUB TOO. TOMORROW'S GOING TO BE KIND OF THE BIG KICKOFF. THOSE ARE THE HOPE IS THAT A LOT OF THOSE STAKEHOLDERS ARE THERE WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET MORE OF THEIR FEEDBACK NOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE DETAIL SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH THEM. BUT FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE LOCKER WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE USING THOSE THIS WILL PROBABLY BE OUR THIRD THIRD ISH TIME SO FAR IN THE PROCESS SO THAT PRE SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND DESIGN DEVELOPMENT THAT THIS WILL BE OUR THIRD TIME. OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU COUNSEL QUESTIONS IF NOT THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ABSOLUTELY. AND WE WILL MOVE ON IN OUR AGENDA TO OUR THIRD UPDATE AND THIS BEING ON OUR NINE MILE CREEK CORRIDOR RENEWAL PROJECT . THANK YOU FOR STICKING IT OUT WITH US. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING MAYOR OF COUNCIL RENEE CLARK, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND PARK PROJECTS WITH BOB SIMONS FROM ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGER THIS PROJECT IN THE AUDIENCE ANOTHER CO-LEAD DAVE HANSEN ASSISTANT OF PARKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE A STATUS UPDATE ON THE NINE MILE CREEK CORRIDOR RENEWAL PROJECT. I'LL TALK ABOUT PROJECT STATUS THE DESIGN PROCESS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN UPCOMING EVENTS . WE KICKED OFF THE PROJECT JUNE 5TH WITH THE COMMUNITY WITH A CELEBRATION AT MOYER PARK. WE ESTIMATED ABOUT 200 PEOPLE CAME TO THAT EVENT. PEOPLE CAME AND SHARED STORIES ABOUT WHY THEY LOVED THE PARK AND A NEW VIDEO WAS POSTED ON PROJECT WEBSITE TODAY BY OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM WITH THOSE STORIES WHY I LOVE NINE MILE CREEK THE THAT HIGHLIGHTS THOSE INTERVIEWS SO I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANKS TO OUR AWARD WINNING COMMUNICATION STAFF THEY'RE A BIG OF ALL THESE PROJECTS. THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY THEY'VE BEEN DOING LOT OF WORK AND I WANT TO CALL TO THE ATTENTION ON THAT PROJECT WEBSITE AT THE VERY END THERE'S A SERIES OF VIDEOS WITH OUR STAFF IN PARK MAINTENANCE THAT SPECIALIZES IN NATURAL RESOURCES TALKING ABOUT THE NATURAL RESOURCES IN BLOOMINGTON RESTORATION. THE LATEST VIDEO IS WITH JACK DISTEL IT'S UNDER WATER VIDEO IN NINE MILE CREEK TALKING ABOUT ECOLOGY I BELIEVE AND REFERENCED IT AS ONE OF THE BEST GOVERNMENT INFORMATION VIDEOS SHE'S EVER SEEN REALLY, REALLY WELL DONE AND INFORMATIVE. SO I WANTED TO CALL THE ATTENTION TO THOSE STAFF WILL CONTINUE AS MS. HUGHES SAID TO USE THIS GRAPHIC TO MEET COMMUNICATE PROCESS AND SCHEDULE FOR THESE PROJECTS. WE'RE IN THE PRE-DESIGNED PHASE RIGHT NOW COLLECTING TECHNICAL INFORMATION, DOING TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY, NATURAL RESOURCES SURVEY, A WETLAND DELINEATION OF EVERYTHING IN THE PARK AS WELL AS BRIDGE AND TRAIL ASSESSMENTS. OUR WORK'S BEEN SLOWED BIT BY HIGH WATER BUT IS CONTINUING RIGHT TODAY. AND THEN OF COURSE WE ARE LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY GETTING THEIR SHARED VALUES AND IDEAS FOR THIS PROJECT. THE GRAPHIC BEFORE YOU DESCRIBE A PROCESS THAT IS DESCRIBED ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE ABOUT HOW WE'RE GETTING TO CONCEPT PLAN THE END OF THIS YEAR. AGAIN, WE'RE LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW LEARNING THEIR VISION AND VALUES FOR THIS PROJECT AND THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST OUR DESIGN TEAM WILL BE CREATING A CONCEPT PLAN THAT'LL COME TO THE COMMUNITY WITH THE DECISION MATRIX IN OCTOBER THEN TO COMMISSIONS IN NOVEMBER AND THEN COUNCIL IN DECEMBER FOR ENGAGEMENT. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS COMING UP IN SCHEDULE AND THIS SORT OF REVIEWS HOW THAT FITS INTO THE DESIGN PROCESS GETTING TO THAT CONCEPT PLAN THAT COMES BEFORE YOU IN DECEMBER ON JUNE 30TH WE'RE HOSTING A CREEK WALK THAT STARTS HARRISON PARK. THIS IS A REALLY WELL PLANNED OUT EVENT THAT'LL INCLUDE OUR STAFF EXPERTS ON NATURAL RESOURCE AND WATER RESOURCES A PARTNER FROM COUNTY AS WELL AS OUR DESIGN TEAM STAFF THAT WILL BE AT STATIONS TALKING ABOUT NATURAL RESOURCE ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE PARK. THAT EVENT WILL BE FOLLOWED UP BY A FOCUSED CONVERSATION WITH ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO ATTEND TO SHARE THEIR COMMENTS FEEDBACKS ON WHAT THEY HEARD WITH STAFF THE WEEK OF THIS COMING WEEK WE WILL HAVE TO CONVERSATIONS ONE WITH AID REGARDING ADA AND ACCESSIBILITY AND ANOTHER FOCUSED CONVERSATION REGARDING BIKES CIRCULATION TRAILS AND ACCESSIBILITY AUGUST 7TH WHERE PARK PLANNING EVENT WILL BE HOSTED IN MOYER PARK AND THAT IS ALSO ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE WE'LL BE BACK IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY IN OCTOBER WITH A CONCEPT PLANS AND DECISION MATRIX TO COMMISSIONS NOVEMBER AND THEN AGAIN IN COUNCIL IN DECEMBER FOR DIRECTION FOR BIKE FACILITIES NATURAL RESOURCE GOALS AND THEN OVERALL BIG PICTURE DIRECTION THE START OF 2025 THEN WE WILL HAVE A CONCEPT TO REVIEW WITH COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC THAT WILL REALLY INITIATE THE NEXT PLANNING PHASE A SCHEMATIC DESIGN. WITH THAT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNSEL. QUESTIONS HERE COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I THINK THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE IS IS THERE ANY PLAN BASED ON THE INFORMATION YOU SAID I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO GUESS NO. BUT MAYBE MAYBE THERE IS I FEEL LIKE LIKE THIS FALL THERE'S SOME NATURAL RESOURCES WORK THAT COULD BE DONE DOESN'T NECESSARILY REQUIRE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SE MEANING LIKE THERE'S INVASIVE SPECIES WE SHOULD TAKE THEM OUT KIND OF THING. IS THERE ANY OF THAT KIND OF PLANNED ALONG THE WAY TO KIND OF TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LIKE THE FALL YOU KNOW THE SEASONALITY OF THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO YEARS TO KIND OF TRY TO GET AHEAD OF THAT? AND MAYBE THAT'S A QUESTION FOR DAVE I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT FOR IT BUT JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW THE THAT THE YOU KNOW THOSE THINGS ARE THINGS WE ABSOLUTELY WANT TO BE DOING. AND I THINK WE HAVE BROAD CONSENSUS THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NECESSARY TO PRESERVE THE PARK. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL I WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER THAT. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THANKS FOR THE QUESTION CAUSE WHEN WE'RE DALLESSANDRO MAYOR I THINK WE NEED TO WAIT UNTIL AND I TOTALLY APPRECIATE THE QUESTION AND GET YOUR POINT OF VIEW YOU'RE EXACTLY ON BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT ALL OF OUR DESIGN WORK DONE FOR THE ENTIRE PARK BEFORE WE GO EMBARK ON ANY OF THAT WE ARE WORKING ON TEN ACRES OR SO ON THE CORNER OF 106 AND HUMBOLDT NOW THAT'S KEEPING US FAIRLY BUSY AND THERE'LL BE WINTER WORK THAT ON THERE. OKAY BUT WE'RE NOT WE DON'T HAVE PLANS TO GO AHEAD RIGHT AWAY THIS FALL NOTHING TO DO IT DOWN THERE IN THE WINTER . OKAY. APPRECIATE IT. SECOND QUESTION PROBABLY FOR YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT IT'S TOO SOON FOR ME TO ASK QUESTION PROBABLY IS I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHETHER WHAT THE PROCESS IS FOR UNDERSTANDING LIKE THE QUARTERLY SALES TAX REVIEW PROCESS SO THAT WE KNOW HOW WE'RE DOING AGAINST THE AND THIS IS KIND OF SUMMATION OF ALL THE THREE PROJECTS OBVIOUSLY BUT I'M JUST KIND OF IF YOU CAN ANSWER FOR US WHAT THE WHAT THE PROCESS WILL BE FOR US TO UNDERSTAND OUR REVENUES ARE COMING IN AGAINST THESE PROJECTS AND THAT CAME ME WHEN I ASKED THIS QUESTION BECAUSE I'M LIKE MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT. THAT'S WHY THEY CAN'T DO WELL . I'M JUST CURIOUS BUT MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMAN D'ALESSANDRO, WE GET REGULAR FROM DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. WE'VE BEEN INFORMED OF WHAT OUR RECEIPTS WERE FOR THE FIRST MONTH THAT THE TAX WAS ACTIVE WHICH WAS APRIL OF THIS YEAR. WE RECEIVED THAT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. SO THERE'S ABOUT A THREE MONTH LAG TIME ON THAT INFORMATION AND THOSE RECEIPTS WERE OVER $1,000,000 IN THAT FIRST MONTH. IF THAT TRACKS WE WOULD APPROACH THE HIGH END OF WHAT WE THOUGHT THE POSSIBLE RANGE OF REVENUE AND SO YOU EXPECT TO GET THAT ON A MONTHLY BASIS BUT ABOUT THREE MONTHS IN ARREARS BUT WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET AA3 MONTH QUARTERLY TYPE REPORT TO THE COUNCIL? WE CAN PROVIDE THAT. OKAY THANKS. COUNSEL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS HERE. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THEN I KNOW I'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE AND I'LL JUST KEEP ASKING IT BUT IN TERMS OF THOSE THAT WE'VE GOT THERE, DO WE KNOW WHAT THE WHAT THE LIFESPAN IS, THOSE CURRENT BRIDGES THAT WE HAVE UP THERE IN TERMS OF HOW LONG THOSE ONES SUPPOSED TO LAST, HOW LONG WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LAST AND IF THOSE ARE IN THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT HERE OR OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND THOSE BRIDGES THAT ARE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW IS AS RENE HAD MENTIONED, A CONSULTANT TEAM IS TAKING A LOOK AT THOSE ARE WE'LL BE TAKING A LOOK AT THOSE STRUCTURE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THOSE BRIDGES, THE LIFE SPAN OF THOSE BRIDGES NOT NOT 100% SURE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU BUT I BELIEVE LIKE 50 TO 75 YEARS NOW WITH THAT SAID WITH THIS PROJECT WE'RE GOING TO GO AND LOOK AT THE THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE BRIDGES CURRENTLY BUT THEN ALSO TAKEN TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE WORK THAT MAY BE OCCURRING IN THE AREA WHEN IT COMES TO STREAM BANK THINGS OF THAT SORT TO LOOK AT WITH THE LOCATION OF THOSE BRIDGES ARE WHERE THEY NEED BE OR OF THINGS NEED TO BE MOVED. SO WITH THAT SAID THAT THE STRUCTURAL COMPONENT OF IT WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE CONSULTANTS STAFF AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE. ON WHETHER OR NOT ANY OF THESE BRIDGES REALLY DO NEED TO BE REPLACED IF THERE'S OTHER FACTORS THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE US TO NEED TO DO SOME SOME BRIDGE WORK IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, YEAH. NO, I IMAGINE THAT THOSE WOULD WOULD BE CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ADVERSE AMOUNT OR TAKE AWAY FROM OUR OUR IN TERMS OF TRYING TO RESTORE THAT AND THAT'S THE PIECE THAT I'M JUST TRYING TO GET MY MY MIND AROUND IN TERMS OF WHAT WE LOOK AT THE DESIGN COMPONENT OF IT YOU KNOW TO TRY TO RESTORE KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE THERE WHAT DOES THAT PRICE TAG LOOK AND THEN AGAIN THE SAME KIND OF QUESTIONS I ASKED LAST TIME IN TERMS THE BALANCE YOU KNOW WHAT'S LEFT OVER FROM THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT TYPES OF AMENITIES MAKE SENSE THERE IN TERMS OF THAT AREA. SO I'M JUST REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND FROM A RESTORATION STANDPOINT WHAT DOES THAT PRICE TAG LOOK LIKE BY ITSELF AND THEN WHAT ARE THESE AMENITIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND? HOW DO WE KIND OF PRIORITIZE AS A COUNCIL REALLY IN TERMS OF THAT? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WENT TO THE TO THE PUBLIC WITH WAS REALLY AROUND THE IDEA OF RESTORING, YOU KNOW, THESE NATURAL RESOURCES. AND SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO KEEP FOCUSED ON THAT THAT PART OF IT. YOU KNOW, WE WE TALK ABOUT YOU WHEN WE PUT THINGS AND YOU KNOW, PUT THINGS ON BALANCE THAT TYPE OF THING AND STICKING IN TERMS OF WHAT WE SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AND HERE'S AN EXAMPLE WHERE WE CAN REALLY KIND OF DO THAT AND HAVE THAT ACCOMPLISHED SO IN TERMS OF THAT IN TERMS OF DESIGN, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS AROUND THAT HAVE BEEN TOO VAGUE IN TERMS OF WHAT I'M ASKING? MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THE PRE DESIGN WORK WILL REALLY INFORM THOSE THOSE DECISIONS AND THEN FOLLOWED UP BY WHAT WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES AND WHAT WE HEAR COUNCIL TO CREATE A CONSENT PLAN AND THEN SCHEMATIC DESIGN IS REALLY WHERE WE GET FIRST LOOK AT COSTS WE CAN MAKE SOME SOME ESTIMATES EARLIER THAN THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW GENERALLY COST PER ACRE OF SOME NATURAL RESOURCE RESTORATION TECHNIQUES BUT REALLY THE FIRST ASSESSMENTS OF COST WILL BE IN SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND I EXPECT THAT ROUGHLY MID 2025 IF IF WE'RE GETTING OUR CONCEPT AGREED UPON EARLY IN THE YEAR THANK YOU AND I'LL ASK THIS LAST ONE AGAIN NOT MY QUESTION HERE AT ALL, NOT SOMETHING I'M NECESSARILY IN THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF CONCERN ABOUT BETRAYAL TRAIL AND WHEN THAT DECISION MAKING PROCESS MIGHT BE DONE WITH RESPECT TO THIS IT BE, YOU KNOW, TWO SEPARATE TRAILS, ONE WITH A BIKE, ONE WITH WALKING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ONE COMBINED. WHEN MIGHT THE PUBLIC KIND OF LOOK TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN? MEMBERS OF COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN WE ARE SPECIFICALLY TARGETING A CONCURRENCE ON BIKE FACILITIES NATURAL RESOURCE RESTORATION DIRECTION AND OVERALL PARK DESIGN DIRECTION AT THE END OF THE YEAR AT THAT DECEMBER IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE LAST DETAIL ON THOSE FACILITIES WILL BE FLESHED OUT BUT DIRECTION BIKE FACILITIES THAT WE'RE PURSUING WILL HAVE OUR TECHNICAL ANALYSIS DONE INCORPORATE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND USERS GROUPS AND AND BRING THAT DISCUSSION YOU IN DECEMBER I THINK WE'RE I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS THESE TYPE OF QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE BIKE AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS IT WAS DENIED THAT THERE WAS A PLAN FOR A BIKE TRAIL. IT WAS MADE PUBLIC. IT WAS NEVER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL. WHEN DID YOU COME TO THE DECISION THAT THAT WAS PART OF THE OF A DURING THIS TIME I MEAN I WE HAVE HAD MAYBE THREE MEETINGS IN REGARDS TO THIS. I MEAN EVERY OF THEM WAS DENIED THAT THERE WAS A PLAN FOR A BIKE BUT NOW IS OBVIOUSLY PART OF THE DESIGN. AND SO WHEN DID THAT CONCLUSION WAS MADE? I ALWAYS THOUGHT THERE WAS NO MAYOR COUNCIL RIVAS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION AND THE OPPORTUNITY CLARIFY THE DESIGN PROCESS SO WHERE WE ARE IN THE DESIGN IS GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT EXISTING CONDITIONS. THE IDEA TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY FOR A BIKE TRAIL WAS PART OF THE KIND OF PROJECT CONCEPT IDEA THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE COMMUNITY BEFORE THE ELECTION . IT'S NOT PART OF THE DESIGN YET WE HAVEN'T STARTED YOU KNOW REALLY DESIGNING THE PROJECT IN THAT PROJECT DEVELOPMENT WE'RE IN PREDESIGNED AGAIN LEARNING EXISTING CONDITIONS ON WHAT'S POSSIBLE, LEARNING FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHAT'S DESIRED A BIKE FACILITY, A SHARED TRAIL, TWO TRAILS A NO BIKES IS ALL SOMETHING WE'RE EXPLORING AS PART OF THIS PRE-DESIGNED PHASE SO THERE HAS BEEN NO DECISION ON IF THERE WILL BE A BIKE TRAIL AND WE DON'T HAVE INFORMATION TO KNOW IF A BIKE TRAIL IS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ASKING THE COUNCIL OTHERS COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU VERY MORE JUST A COMMENT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE. I KNOW ESPECIALLY WITH THIS CONVERSATION THE BIKES WHEN THIS CAME UP FOR DISCUSSION DURING THE BALLOT QUESTION I SPECIFICALLY ASKED YOU KNOW THE NINE MILE CREEK PROJECT IN ITSELF IS A LITTLE WAS A LITTLE MORE VAGUE RIGHT. THE EXPLANATION WE GOT WAS THAT WE HAVE TO ALLOW RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE FULL SCOPE OF POSSIBILITIES BUT NOT THAT WE'VE HAVE SPECIFIC THAT WE'RE DOING THIS BUT WE HAVE MANY STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN CITY WITHIN THE REGION. WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE COME FROM MANY DIFFERENT CITIES TO ENJOY NINE MILE CREEK AND HAVE MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN SMALL CREEKS OR HAVING OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE THAT INPUT WAS A BIG REASON WHY THAT PIECE WAS INCLUDED IN THE BALLOT QUESTION AND SO I JUST APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT IS DUE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SO THAT WE CAN DRILL DOWN TO WHAT IS IT THAT RESIDENTS THE COMMUNITY TRULY WANT WITHOUT EXCLUDING PREMATURELY THINGS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN ? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE UPDATE AND APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION WE WILL MOVE ITEM 5.4 ON OUR AGENDA. THIS IS OUR FOURTH UPDATE OF THE EVENING. THIS IS REGARDING THE REVIEW CORRIDOR PLANNING MR. KEVIN ROCKING BACK FROM RAMSEY COUNTY IS WITH US THIS EVENING. KEVIN THANKS FOR STICKING WITH INTO THE EVENING NOW AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE UPDATE THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU FOR ME I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON YOUR AGENDA. I KNOW YOU HAVE A A VERY BUSY YOU HAD A VERY BUSY AGENDA AND I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO TO BE HERE. ALL RIGHT. I'M JUST GETTING SETTLED HERE. ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE MY PRESENTATION? WE CAN SEE YOUR PRESENTATION WE CAN HEAR YOU. WELL, THE THE FLOOR IS YOURS. ALL RIGHT, GOOD. THANK YOU, MAYOR AS MAYOR INTRODUCE ME. I'M KEVIN RAMSEY COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS I MANAGE THE COMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT CONSULTANT CONTRACT AND THE STATIONARY PLANNING CONTRACT FOR THE RIVERVIEW CORRIDOR PROJECT. THE RIVERVIEW CORRIDOR MONITORS SPEAK. OUR PROJECT IS A 12 MILE PLANNED TRANSIT CONNECTION THAT CONNECTS DOWNTOWN SAINT PAUL TO THE MALL OF AMERICA AND IT SERVES THE NEIGHBORHOODS BETWEEN IN MINNEAPOLIS AND SAINT PAUL RATHER AND IN SOUTH LOOP THERE IN BLOOMINGTON AS WELL. IT CONNECTS DESTINATIONS THOSE DESTINATIONS MAJOR EMPLOYERS IN DOWNTOWN SAINT PAUL, THE AIRPORT IS A MAJOR EMPLOYER AND A MAJOR DESTINATION FOR TRAVELERS AND THE MALL OF AMERICA COURS IS A MAJOR DESTINATION FOR SHOPPERS AND FOR EMPLOYMENT. THE LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE WAS CHOSEN BY OUR POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN 2017 AND THE POLICY COMMITTEE I SHOULD MENTION IS A GROUP OF LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS IN RAMSEY AND OAKLAND COUNTY CITY OF SAINT PAUL BLOOMINGTON MAYOR BOSSY, YOUR REMEMBER THAT COMMISSIONER LEVEL PERSONS FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THE METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION METRO TRANSIT MET COUNCIL AND A NUMBER OF CITIZEN AND BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES AS WELL. THE MAP YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE MONASTERY CALLED A STREETCAR ALTERNATIVE. THOSE AS THE LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE THE 2017 IT WOULD CONNECT AT THAT TIME IT WAS PLANNED TO RUN FROM DOWNTOWN SAINT PAUL TO THE TO THE MALL AND CONNECT WITH THE GREEN LINE IN DOWNTOWN SAINT PAUL AND CENTRAL STATION SHARE TRACKS WITH GREEN LINE TO THE END OF LINE AT THE AT UNION DEPOT IT WOULD HAVE RUN ON FIFTH AND SIXTH STREET DOWN WEST SEVENTH STREET WHICH IS ALSO MINNESOTA HIGHWAY FIVE ACROSS THE RIVER ON THE HIGHWAY FIVE BRIDGE OVER OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER A NEW STATION AT HISTORIC FORT SNELLING TURN KIND OF NORTHWEST CONNECT WITH BLUE LINE AT THE FORT SNELLING STATION AND THEN INTERLINE WITH BLUE LIGHT OR CONNECT AGAIN WITH BLUE LINE AND RUN ON THE SAME TRACKS AND SERVE THE STATIONS ON BLUE LINE ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH TERMINALS AT THE AIRPORT AND INTO BLOOMINGTON ENDING AT THE EXISTING TRANSIT CENTER IN THE MALL OF AMERICA. THAT WAS SEVEN YEARS AGO WHERE ARE WE NOW? WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS WITH CONTINUED GUIDANCE FROM OUR POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND A LOT OF WORK WITH TECHNICAL TEAMS INCLUDING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CONSULTANT TEAMS ON THIS AS WELL. CURRENTLY WE'RE IN WHAT WE SELF-DESCRIBED REALLY A PRE ENVIRONMENTAL PHASE WE'VE BEEN BEEN WORKING ON THAT SINCE 2020 WHEN WE STARTED THIS PHASE. SO IT'S FOUR YEARS OF WORK GOING FROM ESSENTIALLY LINES ON A MAP FROM 17 TO REFINING THE ALIGNMENT AND IDENTIFYING EXACTLY WHERE BEST FIT ON WEST SEVENTH STREET IN THE CORRIDOR HOW DO WE CONNECT THE BLUE LINE? CAN WE CONNECT WITH WITH GREEN LINE DOWNTOWN? WHAT DO THE LANE WHAT DO THE TRAVEL LANES LOOK LIKE? WILL THE STREETCAR BE IN DEDICATED SPACE OR WILL IT BE IN SHARED USE SPACE? SO A LOT OF KIND OF REFINEMENT AND PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING HAS BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE YEARS A GREAT DEAL OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AS WELL. WE'RE IN THAT PHASE RIGHT NOW . THE LITTLE WE ARE HERE SQUARED POINTS DIRECTLY TO PUBLIC AND SERVICE PLANNING SO WE WE'VE BEEN ENGAGING THE PUBLIC FOR NUMBER OF WEEKS NOW ON THE PROJECT COLLECTING THEIR FEEDBACK, SHARING INFORMATION AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM, WHAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT AND THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT. AND WE ALSO EVALUATED A BUS ALTERNATIVE THAT WAS THE DIRECTION FROM THE POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE SEVEN YEARS AGO TO ALSO LOOK AT A BUS ALTERNATIVE. SO WE HAVE AS WELL SO TAKING A LOOK AT THE STREETCAR AND ARTERIAL BRT ALIGNMENTS ARTERIAL BUS RAPID TRANSIT ALIGNMENTS IN RIVERVIEW HERE'S THE ROUTE THAT WE REFINED NOW TO SEVEN YEARS LATER STILL LARGELY THE SAME ROUTE THE ONLY DIFFERENCES ARE ON BOTH ENDS REALLY THE ALIGNMENT CONNECTING IN DOWNTOWN SAINT PAUL WOULD STILL TERMINATE UNION DEPOT BUT INSTEAD OF THE FRONT OF UNION DEPOT ON FOURTH STREET IT WOULD BE KIND OF UNDERNEATH UNION ON KELLOGG . SO WE WOULD RUN INSTEAD OF CONNECTING WITH GREEN DIRECTLY AT CENTRAL STATION WE'D RUN ON KELLOGG, WE'D HAVE A STATION AT DEPOT AND ANOTHER AT MINNESOTA STREET JUST A BLOCK OR TWO AWAY FROM THE EXISTING GREEN LIGHT STATIONS IN DOWNTOWN. IT WOULD STILL RUN ON WEST SEVENTH STREET, STILL CROSSED THE RIVER IN SAME LOCATION AND STILL HAVE A NEW STATION AT HISTORIC SNELLING CONNECT WITH BLUE LINE AT FORT SNELLING RUN ON THE BLUE LINE TRACKS ALL THE WAY THROUGH INTO INTO THE MALL OF AMERICA HOWEVER WE'D HAVE A NEW STATION WE PROPOSED TO HAVE A NEW STATION AT THE MALL OF AMERICA THAT WOULD BE PARALLEL TO 82ND STREET ELEVATED OVER 24TH AVENUE AND CONNECT TO THE MALL AT THE SECOND LEVEL PARKING DECK. THAT HAS A NUMBER OF ADVANTAGES I'LL SHARE WITH YOU IN JUST A BIT. BUT LOOKING CLOSELY LOOKING MORE CLOSELY AT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BLOOMINGTON SIDE, HENNEPIN COUNTY SIDE OF THE OF THE PROJECT THIS IS THE STREETCAR PROJECT THAT WOULD COME AS YOU CAN SEE JUST BARELY ON THE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT GRAPHIC IS HIGHWAY FIVE BRIDGE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE PROJECT WOULD CROSS THEIR IT WOULD TRAVEL BETWEEN THE FORT SNELLING CHAPEL AND HIGHWAY 6255 AND THAT PROCEED KIND OF NORTH NORTHWESTERLY WE WOULD REMOVE THE EXISTING HIGHWAY RAMP FROM HIGHWAY 60 TO 55 THAT CONNECTS TO HIGHWAY FIVE GOING WESTBOUND TOWARD THE AIRPORT WE COULD LANDSIDE UP THAT AREA BETTER CONNECT THE CHAPEL BACK TO THE FORT REST OF THE FORT FACILITIES AND THE NEW VISITOR CENTER THAT'S IDENTIFIED THERE AND THOSE THOSE OLD BARRACKS BUILDINGS AND AND MAKE THAT WORK DAILY VOLUME ON THAT RAMP IS ABOUT 3000 VEHICLES PER DAY SO IT'S NOT A HIGH VOLUME RAMP. HOWEVER, THE LOSS OF THAT MOVEMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE MITIGATED MEANING WE'D HAVE TO ALLOW FOR IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, SOME OTHER PROVIDE FOR IT SOME OTHER WAY. LOOKING AT THE END OF LINE STATION HERE AT MALL OF AMERICA IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE OF THE IMAGE IS THE BLUE LINE WE WOULD CLOSE THAT THE STREETCAR TRAVELED DOWN BLUE LINE BUT INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THE EXISTING ROUTE ALL THE WAY INTO THE TRANSIT CENTER WE WOULD TURN IN PARALLEL 82ND STREET THERE AND THE ORANGE YELLOW IMAGES YOU SEE THERE THE LAYOUT THERE THAT'S THAT WOULD BE ON STRUCTURE SO WE WOULD ELEVATE GRADUALLY CLIMB UP TO THE SECOND LEVEL PARKING DECK AND MALL OF AMERICA HAVE A STATION THERE ABOVE 24TH AVENUE AT 82ND STREET FOR BOTH BLUE LINE FOR THE RIVERVIEW STREETCAR. SO ONE SIDE WOULD BE ONE SIDE OF THAT PLATFORM THERE THAT THE BRIGHT YELLOW OVER 24TH AVENUE WOULD BE FOR BLUE LINE. THE OTHER SIDE WOULD BE FOR RIVERVIEW SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF DOING THAT IT SHORTENS TRAVEL FOR BLUE LINE RIDERS BY ABOUT 2 MINUTES. YOU'RE NOT TRAVELING AROUND THE ADJOINING LANDS AND GOING INTO THE STATION AND ENTERING IT FROM THE SOUTH IT ALSO REMOVES THE TRACK EAST AND SOUTH OF THE ADJOINING LANDS NEXT TO THE MALL OF AMERICA MAKING THAT MORE AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT ALSO I SHOULD SHOULD NOTE ON THE GRAPHIC UP HERE JUST I'M NOT SURE WHICH STREET THAT IS BUT JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE SECOND STREET IDENTIFYING MARKER THERE THERE WOULD BE A KIND OF A DRIVEWAY OR OR ESSENTIALLY A TUNNEL UNDERNEATH THE STRUCTURE THERE THAT WOULD PROVIDE FOR THE NEW STATION. THERE WOULD BE AT LEAST ONE MINOR ACCESS TO THE NORTH FOR THE ADJOINING LANDS OTHERWISE THE EXISTING TRACKS ON THE EAST AND SOUTH SIDE BE REMOVED. IT WOULD ALSO REMOVE THE CROSSING GATES FOR BLUE LINE AT KILLEBREW AND 24TH AVENUE. THEY WITH TRAINS A FREQUENCY OF TRAINS AT THE PEAK HOUR EVERY 10 MINUTES THE GATES GO UP AND DOWN EVERY 5 MINUTES WITH A TRAIN IN EACH DIRECTION EVERY 5 MINUTES. SO WE WOULD ABLE TO REMOVE THAT AND MAKE TRAFFIC FLOW A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND WE CAN ADD SOME FLEXIBILITY IN STAGING TRANSIT EVENTS IN BOTH THESE LOCATIONS AS WELL. THE TOTAL COST OR ESTIMATED COST INCLUDING INFLATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE THE STATION AT THE MALL OF AMERICA IN 2030 $3 IS $285 MILLION. AND HERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT GRAPHICS JUST KIND OF BIRD'S EYE VIEW LOOKING KIND OF NORTHWEST TOWARD 24TH AVENUE. IF YOU WERE FLOATING ABOVE THE ADJOINING LANDS AND LOOKING DOWN ON THE ON THE THE NEW STATION THERE, THE NEW PLATFORM AT MALL OF AMERICA, THIS IS WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT AND THERE'S THE SINGLE STREETCAR THERE LOCATED ON THE ON THE GRAPHIC AND HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK IF YOU'RE AT STREET LEVEL LOOKING KIND OF IN THE SAME DIRECTION TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OF WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE ABOUT 24TH AVENUE. AND ONE MORE VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST OUT FROM ESSENTIALLY 82ND AVENUE LOOKING TOWARD TOWARD THE PLATFORM AND STATION AND THERE WOULD BE A THREE CAR BLUE LIGHT TRAIN PARKED AT THE PLATFORM. BRIDGE VISUALIZATIONS ARE NEXT. I HAVE SOME SORT OF GRAPHICS TO SHARE WITH YOU AS A VERY BIG PROJECT TO REPLACE THE HIGHWAY FIVE BRIDGE. HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE BRIDGE ITSELF OVER RIVER THERE YOU SEE ON THE KIND OF THE UPPER PORTION OF THE GRAPHIC THAT'S THE INTERCHANGE WITH WITH SHEPHERD ROAD AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER BOULEVARD. THE BRIDGE CROSSES THE RIVER AND INTO THE TUNNEL THE AREA OF REMEMBRANCE BENEATH BENEATH FORT SNELLING. HERE'S A COUPLE OF KIND OF ARTIST'S RENDERING OR VISUALIZATIONS OF WHAT THE BRIDGE MIGHT LOOK LIKE RECONSTRUCT A BRIDGE IT WOULD BE A DOUBLE DECKER BRIDGE. THERE WOULD BE AUTO TRAFFIC AND TRANSIT ON THE LOWER LEVEL AND THE UPPER LEVEL WOULD BE ALMOST A PLAZA JUST AS WIDE IS AS THE FIVE LANES ON THE BRIDGE. IT WOULD BE A PLAZA FOR BIKES, BICYCLISTS AND CONNECTING TO THE BLUFF TOP. THE LOWER IMAGE THERE SHOWS WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE CONNECTING TO THE BLUFF TOP AT FORT SNELLING ON THE OTHER SIDE IT WOULD CONNECT TO THE BRIDGE THAT GOES OVER HIGHWAY FIVE ADJACENT TO THE PARALLEL TO THE TO SHEPHERD ROAD INTO MISSISSIPPI RIVER BOULEVARD. THERE'S ALSO A BIKE TRAIL ON BOTH BOTH SIDES OF THAT BRIDGE SAM MORGAN TRAIL AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BOULEVARD BRIDGE. SO WE'D BE CONNECTING ADDITIONAL TRAILS AND REMOVING THAT THAT ADA AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT THAT IT'S NOT IT'S A NON-COMPLIANT BRIDGE THERE'S A IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE BRIDGE THERE IS THE BRIDGE PEDESTRIANS WITH DISABILITIES CERTAINLY WHEELCHAIRS CANNOT CROSS THE BRIDGE CANNOT USE THAT. IT'S EVEN DIFFICULT FOR FOR PEOPLE, BICYCLISTS AND OTHERS WHO ARE WHO ARE QUITE HEALTHY AND USING THE BRIDGE ITSELF YOU HAVE TO BREAK YOUR BIKE UP DOWN THE STAIRS THE PLAZA AREA ON TOP OF THE BRIDGE WOULD ALSO PROVIDE FOR COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL PROGRAMING. IT'S RIGHT ABOVE THE CONFLUENCE OF THE MINNESOTA AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER WHERE THE TWO RIVERS COME TOGETHER. IT'S AN IMPORTANT AREA TO THE TO TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, TO THE DAKOTA INDIANS WHO SEE THIS AS THE THE BIRTHPLACE OF THEIR OF THEIR PEOPLE. AND IT ALLOWS FOR THEY'RE EXCITED AND INTERESTED IN DOING COMMUNITY PROGRAMING ABOUT THE RIVER LIKE THAT AS IS THE NATIONAL SERVICE. THE BRIDGE ITSELF IS A VERY EXPENSIVE APPROXIMATE COST AGAIN AT $23 TO REPLACE THE BRIDGE IS $450 MILLION AND HERE ARE JUST A FEW GRAPHIC IMAGES OF LOOKING AT THE AT THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN DECK FACING WEST LOOKING TOWARD FORT SNELLING HOW WIDE IT MIGHT BE AND IS JUST A RENDITION OF WHAT IT COULD BE BUT IT WOULD BE THAT WIDE AND HERE LOOKING UNDERNEATH AUTO TRAFFIC OF PARALLEL ADJACENT TO STREET CAR TRAFFIC USING THE BRIDGE UNDERNEATH WE ALSO AS I MENTIONED ALSO LOOKED AT AN ARTERIAL BUS RAPID TRANSIT ROUTE AS WELL. HERE'S THE ALIGNMENT AT STATIONS THAT WE CAME UP WITH THROUGH OUR PROCESS IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY FOLLOW THE ROUTE 54 BUS THAT SERVES THIS AREA RIGHT NOW FOLLOWING FIFTH AND SIXTH STREET DOWNTOWN ENDING AT UNION DEPOT AT HEADING THERE LAYING OVER RUNNING DOWN WEST SEVENTH STREET CROSSING THE RIVER AT SAME BRIDGE AND SERVING TERMINAL TERMINAL ONE AT MSP AIRPORT AND THEN GOING IT TO BLOOMINGTON THE SOUTH LOOP STATIONS AND THEN ENDING AT THE MALL OF AMERICA. THERE ARE 21 STATIONS IN THIS IN THIS AND THIS VERSION OF THE ARTERIAL BRT OPTION AND HERE ARE SOME MORE GRAPHICS JUST SHOWING YOU IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL WHERE THE ARTERIAL BUS ROUTE WOULD GO ON AGAIN CROSSING THE HIGHWAY FIVE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER GOING UNDER THE AREA OF REMEMBRANCE, SITTING ON HIGHWAY FIVE SERVING AIRPORT TERMINAL ONE ON BLUE MACK DRIVE, GOING IN LOOPING AND THEN COMING RIGHT BACK OUT AGAIN STAYING ON HIGHWAY FIVE AND THEN GETTING INTO THE SOUTH LOOP AREA COMING DOWN 34TH AVENUE THERE TO A STATION AT ON 34TH AVENUE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE AMERICAN BOULEVARD BLUE LINE STATION. SO THOSE TWO THOSE TWO STATIONS WOULD BE CLOSE TOGETHER ALLOWING FOR TRANSFERS AND CONNECTIONS. THE ARTERIAL BRT ROUTE WOULD THEN FOLLOW AMERICAN BOULEVARD AND TURN DOWN 30TH AVENUE. THERE WOULD BE A STATION THERE NEAR THE 30TH AVENUE, A BLUE LINE STATION AS WELL. SO MAKE THAT GOOD CONNECTION AND THEN IT WOULD BE ON LYNDALE LANE GOING THROUGH THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE THERE WOULD HAVE A PROPOSED DEVASTATION OF 24TH AVENUE MAINLY TO SERVE THE BUSINESSES AND HOTELS AND CONDOS AND OTHER ANOTHER OUTSIDE THE MALL RIGHT. THAT AREA JUST GIVES THEM A STATION THAT THEY CAN ACCESS AND THEN THE END OF THE LINE STATION AT THE MALL WOULD WOULD SIMPLY GO DOWN ON 24TH AND GO IN AND OUT OF THE EXISTING TRANSIT STATION, THE MALL OF AMERICA LOOKING AT SOME MORE DETAILS TRAVEL TIMES OF RIDERSHIP, TRAVEL TIME FOR THE STREETCAR IS ANYWHERE FROM 43 ISH MINUTES TO OVER 45 MINUTES. THE BUS OPTION AND THE EXISTING ROUTE 54 A LITTLE BIT FASTER LARGELY BECAUSE THE STREETCAR THE STREETCAR ALTERNATIVE HAS ADDITIONAL AT TERMINAL TWO FORT SNELLING BLUE LIGHT STATION AND A STORE SNELLING AND THOSE ARE THOSE ARE STOPS THAT TAKE YOU OFF OF HIGHWAY FIVE THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT LENGTHY FOR A BUS ROUTE TO SERVE. SO THE BUS ROUTE DOES NOT DOES NOT SERVE THOSE LOCATIONS. SO THAT'S ONE REASON WHY IT'S THE STREETCAR TAKES LONGER TO GO FROM END END THIS IS ACTUALLY NO. TWO THIS IS UNION DEPOT ALL THE WAY TO THE MALL OF AMERICA AND THEN SOME KIND OF NUANCES TO THE STREETCARS WAS MODELED SO IT WOULD STOP AT EVERY STATION WERE REQUIRED TO STOP AT EACH AND EACH LOCATION EACH STATION WHEREAS ARTERIAL BRT CAN SKIP IF THERE'S NO ONE THERE REQUESTING A RIDE IF NO ONE ON THE BUS REQUESTS TO STOP THE BUS CAN CAN JUST KIND OF GO ON THROUGH AND SKIP THAT STOP THE ESTIMATED RIDERSHIP FOR THE STREETCAR IS MID LOW TO MID 11,000 RIDES PER DAY FOR ARTERIAL BRT IT'S ABOUT 8000 RIGHTS PER DAY AND AGAIN WE NEED TO UPDATE THESE RIDERSHIP NUMBERS ONCE WE GET NEW NUMBERS NEW DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND THE RESULTS OF AN ON BOARD SURVEY METRO TRANSIT WEEK EVER MET COUNCIL RATHER WE CAN WE CAN UPDATE INFORMATION AND REASONS FOR THE FOR THE HIGHER RIDERSHIP THE STREETCAR AGAIN THE ADDITIONAL STATIONS ESPECIALLY IN THE BLOOMINGTON AREA AND STREETCAR LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT ANY RAIL TRANSIT JUST HAS A TYPE OF A GREATER ATTRACTION FOR RIDERSHIP THAN THAN DO BUSSES AND THAT'S BUILT RIGHT INTO THE MODEL AND IT'S MODELED THAT WAY IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AS WELL LOOKING AT COSTS MENTIONED COSTS OF SOME OF THE PARTICULAR ELEMENTS ALREADY A TOTAL COST FOR STREETCAR AND WE DO HAVE TWO OPTIONS I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS FOR STREETCAR OPTION ONE WOULD BE WOULD BE DEDICATED ESSENTIALLY THE WAY ON WEST SEVENTH STREET FROM THE RIVER BRIDGE UP TO GRAND AVENUE WHICH IS JUST SHORT OF DOWNTOWN THE SECOND STREETCAR OPTION WOULD BE WOULD BE DEDICATED RUNNING IN THE CENTER OF WEST SEVENTH STREET ONLY AS FAR AS JUST PASSING RANDOLPH AVENUE AND THEN IT WOULD RUN IN SHARED USE WITH WITH TRAFFIC THE WHICH STREETCARS REALLY TRADITIONALLY DO IT'S WORTH NOTING YOU KNOW THIS IT'S HARD TO COMPARE A $2 BILLION PROJECT I'LL SHOW YOU THE BRT COSTS LATER BUT THE $2 BILLION COST HERE THE STREETCAR PROJECT INCLUDE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THE STREETCAR PROJECT TWO TO GO FORWARD BUT THERE ARE ALSO BENEFITS TO OTHERS WHO MAY NOT USE THE STREETCAR. THE PROJECT WOULDN'T FULLY RECONSTRUCT SEVENTH STREET IN KELLER BOULEVARD WHICH IN SAINT PAUL WAS REALLY A SERIES OF BRIDGES THERE'S VERY LITTLE VERY LITTLE LAND UNDERNEATH CALVERT BOULEVARD. IT'S REALLY A SERIES OF BRIDGES. SO IN ORDER TO INSTALL THE STREETCAR ON TOP OF OUR BOULEVARD WE NEED TO REINFORCE THOSE STRUCTURES AND WE WOULD FULLY RECONSTRUCT WEST SEVENTH STREET AS I MENTIONED, WE WOULD REPLACE THE HIGHWAY FIVE BRIDGE IF IT'S REQUIRED WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO THAT. IT'S A 63 YEAR OLD FACILITY AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS REDACT RECENTLY THEY WOULD NEED TO BE REBUILT TO ACCOMMODATE THE STREETCAR AND THEN THE NEW MALL AMERICA STATIONS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY IS A $285 MILLION. SO THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF BENEFIT THERE THAT'S NOT JUST IN INSTALLATION OF RAILS AND CONSTRUCTION STATIONS AND PURCHASING OF STREETCAR VEHICLES, THE STREETCAR COST AND FUNDING THAT WELL WE WOULD WE WOULD FUND THIS PROJECT JUST THE WAY GREEN LINE AND BLUE LINE WERE FUNDED LARGELY THROUGH FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION'S CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANT PROGRAM. WE WOULD LOOK FOR ABOUT HALF OF THE MONEY THROUGH THROUGH THIS FEDERAL GRANT. RAMSEY COUNTY AND HENNEPIN COUNTY BOTH HAVE EXISTING SALES TAXES. COUNTIES IS DEDICATED ENTIRELY TO TRANSIT SO OUR OUR FUNDING WOULD GO INTO THIS AS WELL HENNEPIN COUNTY WOULD CONTRIBUTE AND MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WOULD CONTRIBUTE FUNDING TO THE RECONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAY FIVE SINCE THAT IS SINCE WEST SEVENTH STREET IS HIGHWAY FIVE BUT IT'S A FACILITY ARTERIAL BRT CAPITAL AND OPERATING MAINTENANCE AS YOU REMEMBER FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE STREETCARS LITTLE OVER $2 BILLION CAPITAL COSTS FOR ARTERIAL BRT WE'RE ESTIMATING AT ABOUT $121 MILLION AND A FEW COSTS OUTSIDE OF THE AIR INFRASTRUCTURE OF OF SIMPLY STATIONS AND VEHICLES THERE METRO TRANSIT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MAKE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AND SOME ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE 14 NEW STATION LOCATIONS ALONG WEST SEVENTH STREET. SO THAT'S SOMETHING NEW THAT CAME OUT OF THE LEGISLATURE IN THE LAST SESSION. SO THEY WOULD NEED TO MAKE SOME SOME SOME IMPROVEMENTS AT . THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE THEY'RE WHERE THEIR STOPS ARE COST AND FUNDING FOR A BRT AGAIN THAT'S UNDER $21,000,000.14 NEW STATIONS IT INCLUDES THE COST OF NEW VEHICLES, A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL A PEDESTRIAN UPGRADES THAT ARE PLANNED AS PART OF THE PROJECT AND IT WOULD BE FUNDED THROUGH METRO TRANSIT'S EXISTING FUNDING SOURCES. METRO TRANSIT HAS DEVELOPED A NUMBER OF ARTERIAL RAPID TRANSIT PROJECTS ALREADY IN THE REGION. THEY HAVE A SERIES MORE THAT ARE PROGRAMED AND PLANNED SO METRO TRANSIT WOULD BE THE WOULD BE THE DRIVING FORCE BETWEEN A DEVELOPING AN AIR PROJECT IN THE CORRIDOR SHOULD WE END UP GOING THAT DIRECTION PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN NEXT STEPS AS I MENTIONED WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PHASE NOW ACTUALLY KIND OF RAMPING UP PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. WE STARTED IN MARCH A NUMBER POP UP EVENTS JUST KIND OF SHOWING UP AT DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT OTHER FOLKS ARE HOLDING. I WAS IN BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION PARK FOR SUNDAY FUN DAY NOT TOO LONG AGO AND TALKED TO A FEW THERE. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF OPEN HOUSES. ONE WAS AT HISTORIC FORT SNELLING AT THE VISITOR CENTER SO WE HAD A AN OPEN HOUSE IN THE IN THE HENNEPIN COUNTY SIDE OF THE PROJECT AS WELL A LOT OF OUTREACH TO AREA BUSINESSES. WE HAD A MEETING JUST TODAY THAT CHA HOST WITH AREA RESIDENT BUSINESS OWNERS RATHER ON WEST SEVENTH TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THE PROJECT AND AGAIN REACHING OUT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD TYPICALLY SHOW UP WITH OPEN HOUSES OR DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO COME TO THEM AS WELL. SO TRYING TO TALK TO PEOPLE WHERE PEOPLE ARE OUR ENGAGEMENT WRAPS UP THIS SUMMER MID-AUGUST WE'RE GOING TO GOING TO WRAP IT UP IN A POLICYMAKER DECISION THE NEXT STEPS THAT'S OUR POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING WE'RE PLANNING HAVING A MEETING ON OCTOBER 3RD OF THIS YEAR AND THAT'S WHEN WE'LL SHARE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE COLLECTED NOT JUST IN THE LAST FEW BUT OVER THE ENTIRE COURSE OF THE PROJECT. ALL THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'VE WE'VE HEARD WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE, WHAT CONCERNS PEOPLE, WHAT EXCITES PEOPLE WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH OUR POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND LOOK TO THEM FOR A DECISION ON HOW WE PROCEED FURTHER. SO PROJECT TIMELINE IF WE END UP IF THE POLICY ADVISORY DOES END UP PURSUING A STREETCAR PROJECT AND CONTINUING TO DEVELOP THIS WE WOULD SPEND ABOUT TWO YEARS IN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT. A FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION DEFINED DEFINED STEP TWO YEARS IN THAT WE WOULD END UP GOING THROUGH THAT PHASE AND GETTING A RATING SO WE KNOW WHERE WE WOULD STAND WITH PROJECT FUNDING THE ENGINEERING PHASE AGAIN MORE REFINED DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT THE PROJECT FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS AND THEN CONSTRUCTION COULD HAPPEN FROM 30 TO 2033 ON COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT ALMOST TEN YEARS FROM NOW NINE YEARS FROM NOW IN 2033 AN ARTERIAL BRT PROJECT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED SOONER ALTHOUGH IT IS DEPENDENT ON METRO TRANSIT SCHEDULED FOR NEW AIR COURT. AS I MENTIONED THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS ALREADY PROGRAMED THAT THEY'RE KIND OF IN THE PIPELINE THAT THEY'RE DEVELOPING SO THIS PROJECT GET IN LINE AND BE DONE AT A LATER DATE WE'RE ESTIMATING 2030 IS THE OPENING YEAR FOR AN ARTERIAL BRT PROJECT. PARDON ME MAYOR AND WITH THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU. WELL THANK YOU, MR. RYAN. AND FOR THE INFORMATION COUNCIL QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THE DISCREPANCY IN OVERALL COSTS IT FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT IS THERE IS THERE A I GUESS IS THERE A PROCESS OF ASSESSMENT ON THAT AND THEN LIKE ARE THE ARE THE FUNDING SOURCES ALSO CONSIDERED PRIOR TO MAKING THE DECISION BECAUSE IT LOOK LIKE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POTENTIALLY LIKE I DON'T KNOW VAGUE I DON'T KNOW NOT DETERMINED RIGHT? NOT SPECIFICALLY DETERMINED FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE STREETCAR PROJECT THANKS. YES. THE PROCESS ASSESSMENT IN TERMS OF COST THESE ARE ESTIMATES THAT WE HAVE AT THIS TIME. WE'VE WORKED WITH METRO TRANSIT. WE'VE OUR CONSULTANTS HAVE WORKED ON OTHER STREETCAR PROJECTS AROUND THE COUNTRY. SO WE THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD COST PER MILE ESTIMATE AT THIS POINT. BUT IF YOU'VE EVER ANY OF THOSE OLD HOUSE RENOVATION SHOWS, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU GET INTO UNTIL YOU START START DIGGING AND EXCAVATING AND THEN FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TERMS OF UTILITY RELOCATIONS OR REPLACEMENT AND OTHER KINDS OF THINGS WE THINK OUR WE THINK OUR OUR COSTS ARE PRETTY ACCURATE AT LEAST AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME. AND AGAIN THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE IN COST BETWEEN THE STREETCAR PROJECT AND THE ARTERIAL BRT SIMPLY BECAUSE THE STREETCAR PROJECT INCLUDES SO MUCH MORE CONSTRUCTION AND REPLACEMENT THAT'S NECESSARY TO ACCOMMODATE THE RAILS. AND IN TERMS OF FUNDING SOURCES WE HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY LOOK AT OUR OUR RATING AS FAR AS THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION AND THE COMMUNITY OR THE THE GRANT PROGRAM GOES, WE THINK WE WOULD RATE AS A AS A MEDIUM WHICH WOULD QUALIFY US FOR FEDERAL FUNDING. HOWEVER, WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WE UNTIL WE COMPLETE THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PHASE. BUT AT THIS POINT WE WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WOULD STILL QUALIFY BUT WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT STEP AND VERIFY THAT AT THE END. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR I'M PARTICULARLY IN THE SECURITY OF A LINE. I KNOW THAT TRANSIT HAS CHALLENGES NOW IN STAFFING THE THE GREEN AND THE BLUE LINE SO WHEN DO WE EXPECT TO KNOW IF THAT TRANSIT CAN ACTUALLY SUPPORT AN ADDITIONAL LINE LIKE THIS? YES, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. WE'VE HEARD THAT QUESTION A NUMBER OF TIMES FROM ESPECIALLY EVEN FROM BUSINESSES TODAY AT OUR ENGAGEMENT AND SENIORS CHARLES POE, WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHEN METRO TRANSIT WILL FULLY STAFF UP. WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE SHORT OF TRANSIT POLICE. WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT OR HAVE IMPLEMENTED. I THINK KIND OF TRANSIT AMBASSADORS WHO WOULD KIND OF BE MORE OF A SOCIAL SERVICES TYPE PEOPLE WHO WOULD HELP PEOPLE FIND HELP IF THEY NEED HELP HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE LIVING ON A PLATFORM THEY CAN THEY CAN HELP THEM GET TO RESOURCES THAT NEED TO TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES AND MOVE OFF THE PLATFORM IN AND OUT OF VEHICLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT I GUESS THERE'S NO REALLY NO GOOD ANSWER. WE KNOW METRO TRANSIT IS WORKING TOWARD THAT END OF OF IMPROVING SECURITY AND SAFETY ABOARD THEIR SYSTEM. WE KNOW IT'S A PROBLEM NOT JUST FOR RAIL TRANSIT BUT ALSO FOR BUSSES AND BUS STOPS. BUT WE WE FORWARD TO CONTINUE EFFORT BY METRO TRANSIT TO TO IMPROVE THAT THEY ARE THE QUESTIONS COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN SO MAYOR YOU SERVE ON THIS I SERVE ON THE POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THIS PROJECT, YES. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES IS THIS A FORCE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE OF SITTING THERE I KNOW THAT IF I'VE GOT ANY COMMENTS I CAN COME TO YOU WITH THEM AND I WILL LATER ON I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TODAY TO DO THAT. ABSOLUTELY WELL WHEN KEVIN GAVE THIS PRESENTATION TO THE PORT AUTHORITY I DIDN'T TELL THE PORT THAT YOU GOT THE SHORT VERSION. THERE'S THIS THERE'S A PRESENTATION HERE THAT'S ABOUT THREE TIMES THIS LONG THAT REALLY INCLUDES ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND AND I THINK ONE THING THAT IS AN DISTINCTION AND KEVIN DID TOUCH ON IT THOSE ARE THOSE TRAVEL TIMES THAT THEY LISTED THERE ARE END TO END TRAVEL TIMES AND IT'S ALWAYS A CONSIDERATION AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE ON ON THIS POTENTIAL ESPECIALLY FROM A FROM A RAIL PERSPECTIVE THAT NOT NECESSARILY AN END TO END KIND OF THING BUT IT'S A TRANSIT OPTION FOR PEOPLE ALONG THAT WITHIN THAT AREA. SO THERE THERE WILL BE SOME FOLKS WHO WILL GO FROM DOWNTOWN SAINT PAUL THE MALL OF AMERICA OR A BACK AND FORTH. BUT THIS IS PRIMARILY A IMPORTANTLY I THINK FOR PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL WHO DON'T HAVE A DECENT TRANSIT OPTION TO GET WITHIN WITHIN THE CITY ITSELF. AND SO THAT'S A LOT OF THE RIDERSHIP NUMBERS COME FROM THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT TO END TRIPS. THEY'RE TWO OR THREE STOP TRIPS BASICALLY. AND SO AN INTERESTING THOUGHT AND IT'S IT'S AN INTERESTING AND INTERESTING AND COULD CONCEIVABLY BE SEEN AS THE SAME WAY HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. AND NOW THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME OVERLAP WITH THE BLUE AND THE STOPS THAT THE THE STREETCAR WOULD MAKE WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON BUT ULTIMATELY I MEAN THE WHERE IT'S PRIMARILY WITHIN OTHER AREAS IT'S A STOP TO STOP TYPE OF COUNT FOR BLOOMINGTON AND IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET FROM DOWNTOWN SAINT PAUL TO THE AIRPORT OR TO MALL OF AMERICA AND THIS WOULD MAKE THAT MUCH MORE POSSIBLE AND IT WOULD IT WOULD FRANKLY IT WOULD KIND OF CLOSE THAT THAT THAT TRIANGLE BETWEEN GREEN LINE BLUE LINE AND NOW THE RIVERVIEW CORRIDOR THERE ARE PLUSES AND MINUSES TO EVERYTHING AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS AND WHY KEVIN'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS MOST OF HIS ADULT LIFE AND. I HAVE AS WELL AND IT'S A AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF YEARS TO GO SO IT'S AN INTERESTING THOUGHT AND. LIKE I SAID THERE ARE MANY PLUSES AND MINUSES TO IT. OH, THANK YOU MARY. APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR PERSPECTIVE. SO IT'S YOU'VE BEEN WORKING FOR SO LONG. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, MAY I JUST HAVE A QUESTION? I'M CURIOUS WHAT'S THE BENEFIT OF THE RAIL AS THE BUSSES I MEAN 121 MILLION TO 2.12 BILLION CELLS. SO WHAT'S WHAT'S THE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING TO RAIL OVER THE BUSSES? THERE ARE THERE ARE PLUSES AND MINUSES TO BOTH. KEVIN I THINK MENTIONED THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS THAT A FIXED RAIL SYSTEM WILL ALWAYS DRAW MORE PASSENGERS. IT'S IT'S MORE RELIABLE. IT'S THERE IS JUST A DIFFERENT APPEAL AND A DIFFERENT DRAW TO BEING A RAIL BASED SYSTEM AS OPPOSED TO THE RUBBER WHEELBASE SYSTEM A BUS AND THAT'S NOT JUST SHOWN HERE IN TWIN CITIES BUT THAT'S ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT'S JUST KIND OF A SHOW AND INCREASE THE RIDERSHIP SIGNIFICANTLY NOW FOR A BUS RAPID TRANSIT OBVIOUSLY IF IT DOESN'T WORK YOU CAN MOVE IT OR YOU CAN CHANGE THE ROUTE OR YOU CAN DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT YOU DON'T HAVE THE TRACKS HOLDING YOU TO ONE ROUTE SPECIFICALLY AND SO THERE'S DEFINITELY THE BENEFIT TO THAT. THE TRICK WITH THE BRT IS THAT IF IT'S IN TRAFFIC, IF IT'S ON THE STREET AND IF IT'S IN TRAFFIC IT LOSES A LOT ITS EFFECTIVENESS IF IT'S A DEDICATED BUS TRAIN, A BUS LANE OR EVEN A BUS YOU A SEPARATED BUS LANE IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF THE TRAVEL AND THE RIDERSHIP UNFORTUNATELY BETWEEN UNION DEPOT AND THE AIRPORT MALL OF AMERICA. THAT JUST IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. I'M NOT THANK YOU. OTHERS WELL MR. ROGER MIKE THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR SPENDING WITH US THIS EVENING AND STICKING WITH US LATE INTO THE EVENING HERE I WILL CONTINUE TO ACT AS THE LIAISON BACK OUR COUNCIL IN BETWEEN THE RIVERVIEW CORRIDOR GROUP AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHEN WE GET TOGETHER NEXT IN OCTOBER AND CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF TO THANK VERY MUCH. THANKS. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL. WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR FINAL AGENDA ITEM OF THE EVENING ITEM 5.5 OR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE AND I'LL KICK IT OFF WITH A QUICK REVIEW OF OUR LISTENING SESSION EARLIER THIS EVENING WE HAD ONE, TWO, 344 SPEAKERS THIS EVENING PAT GREW BACK HERE. AM I MISSING THAT CORRECTLY? REBECCA GREEN BAKER EXACTLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SURVEY REGARDING THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER AND THE WORDING AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE SURVEY IN GENERAL. I KNOW SHE'S GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND SPEAK WITH OUR WITH OUR PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR AND SOME OF THE FOLKS ON THIS AND TO TRY AND GET SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED. BUT IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR SOME OF THOSE IN THE PERSPECTIVE ABOUT HOW THAT THE SURVEY WAS BALANCED AND WHAT THE QUESTIONS EXACTLY WERE. WE HEARD FROM LAURA COLEMAN REGARDING LANGUAGE OF THE BALLOT QUESTION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THIS EVENING. CAROL DE DRIES WAS OPPOSED TO THE BIKE TRAIL IN THE NINE MILE CREEK CORRIDOR AND LAID OUT SOME REASONS WHY WE HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH HER AND SALLY. THIS WAS ERIN WAS I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LIGHTING AT DAR AL FAROOQ AND OH AND MR. BRIAN STEBBING DON'T WANT TO FORGET BRIAN I THINK HE'S STILL HERE. QUESTIONS ABOUT EARLIER PUBLICATION OF THE AGENDA PACKET AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO TRY AND AT LEAST LAY OUT A A DRAFT COUNCIL AGENDA A COUPLE OF TWO OR THREE WEEKS IN ADVANCE TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT WE'D BE TALKING ABOUT IN THE IN THE FUTURE. AND THAT WAS OUR LISTENING SESSION I GUESS IT WAS FIVE FOLKS I MENTIONED FOUR BUT I THINK THERE WERE THERE WERE FIVE FOLKS AND ONCE AGAIN AND A GOOD CONVERSATION AT OUR LISTENING SESSION MR. VERBRUGGE DAN THIS EVENING THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I GOT THREE QUICK ONES. FIRST OF ALL I PROVIDE THE COUNCIL WITH THE UPDATE ON THE CROWDSTRIKE OUTAGE FROM LAST WEEK WHICH IS STILL COMPLICATING MATTERS AS WAS INDICATED TONIGHT. ONE OF OUR PRESENTERS DIDN'T MAKE IT HERE BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUING ISSUES THE AIRLINES HAVING SO HERE IN BLOOMINGTON WE'RE CONTINUING TO REVIEW AND MITIGATE ISSUES RELATED TO THAT OUTAGE MOST OF THE ISSUES WERE ADDRESSED FRIDAY MORNING . THE IMPACT ON CITY SERVICES INCLUDED A BRIEF DOWNTIME FOR DISPATCH THE PROVIDER OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS IS LOW JUST DOESN'T USE CROWDSTRIKE SO THE IMPACT DISPATCH WAS LIMITED INDIVIDUAL WORKSTATIONS DISPATCH WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE TAKING AND HANDLING CALLS DURING THE BRIEF DOWNTIME RELYING ON THEIR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS BACKUP PLAN AND AFTER OUR BASE SYSTEMS WERE WERE RESTORED AT ABOUT 130 IN THE MORNING WE HAD LESS THAN FIVE POLICE SQUADS THAT DID NOT RECONNECT PROPERLY FIRE SERVICES HAD ISSUES RECEIVING MOBILE INFORMATION VEHICLES BUT THEY COMPENSATED BY USING THEIR RADIOS. FIRE MOBILES WERE DOWN FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS. MOST OF OUR CITY OPERATIONS FOR THE LARGE PART INCLUDED INDIVIDUAL DESKTOPS AND LAPTOPS AND THOSE WERE FUNCTIONAL FOR THE MOST PART BY ABOUT 8:00 ON FRIDAY MORNING. AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR CITY STAFF BECAUSE THEY WORKED THROUGH THE NIGHT TO MAKE SURE OUR CRITICAL SERVICES WERE FUNCTIONING AND THEY DID A REALLY FANTASTIC JOB SO REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR EXPERTIZE AND THEIR DEDICATION. NEXT ITEM IS AGAIN SOME KUDOS IS REPORTED THE COUNCIL BUT I WANT TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC THAT OUR CITY COMMUNICATIONS TEAM CONTINUES TO OUTSHINE JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. SO WE WERE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION WAS FOR TEN AWARDS I'M SORRY FOR NINE AWARDS FROM THE MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATORS IN THIS YEAR'S NORTHERN LIGHTS AWARDS CONTEST WE RECEIVED 4/1 PLACE HONORS SO THE NORTHERN LIGHTS AWARDS THOSE FOR FIRST PLACE CAME IN THE SPECIAL EVENT CATEGORY FOR THE BLOOMINGTON WORLD TOGETHER STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS CONGRATULATIONS MR. MAYOR. THE ANNUAL REPORT CATEGORY FOR THE BTK CORPORATE REPORT IN THE PROMOTIONAL VIDEO CATEGORY FOR A VIDEO THAT WE DID TO GIVE PEOPLE TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS OPEN HOUSE LAST YEAR WHICH WAS A LOT OF FUN AND THEN THE AGENCY EVENT PROGRAMMERS SERVICE VIDEO CATEGORY LOOKING AT SIDEWALKS SNOW REMOVAL PRIORITIES WE THEN HAD THREE SILVER AWARD OR SECOND PLACE AWARDS THAT WE RECEIVED IN THE PUBLIC INFORMATION PROJECT CATEGORY NEWSLETTER AND MAGAZINE CATEGORY, THE NEWS PROGRAM CATEGORY AND THEN OH I'M SORRY FOUR SILVERS AND THEN ONE IN THE VIDEO CAMPAIGN OR SERIES CATEGORY AND THEN WE RECEIVED ONE THIRD PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY INTEREST VIDEO CATEGORY FOR OUR SNOWPLOW HEROES. THE HIGHLIGHT THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT HIGHLIGHTS BUT THE REAL HIGHLIGHT WAS THAT JANINE HILL WHO IS OUR COMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTRATOR, WAS RECOGNIZED BY MGC AS A WITH THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WHICH WAS REALLY FANTASTIC RECOGNITION AND IT WAS IT WAS NICE TO SEE BECAUSE IT WAS A COMPLETE SURPRISE TO JANINE SO THEY THEY THEY WERE ABLE TO KEEP THAT UNDER WRAPS SOMEHOW I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY DO IT BUT EVEN TO THE POINT WHERE JANINE'S FAMILY FROM IOWA CAME UP AND CAME INTO THE ROOM, SHE WAS UP FRONT AND SHE DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE THEY WERE THERE UNTIL SHE TURNED AROUND AND THERE THEY WERE TO CELEBRATE WITH HER. SO REALLY GRATEFUL FOR JANINE'S TREMENDOUS WORK AT THE CITY HERE SHE'S. GOT A FANTASTIC TEAM THAT SHE WORKS WITH IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION AND I WANT TO GIVE SOME CREDIT TO THE COUNCIL TOO BECAUSE I THINK YOU HAVE ALWAYS AND SUPPORTED THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING EFFECTIVE ENGAGING AND INTERESTING COMMUNICATIONS WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS. I GO BACK TO LIKE 2016 WHEN THE COUNCIL LOOKED AT SURVEY WE'RE GETTING FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND SAW THAT THE BLOOMINGTON WAS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR MOST ABOUT THE CITY AND AT THAT TIME WE WERE DOING IT EVERY OTHER MONTH AND THE COUNCIL COMMITTED TO GOING TO A MONTHLY PUBLICATION IN THE BRIEFING CONTINUES TO DO EXTREMELY WELL. IT WAS RECOGNIZED HERE WITH SILVER AWARD AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS FOLKS CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE SO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THEM AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS JUST UPCOMING NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WHICH IS ALWAYS THE FIRST TUESDAY IN AUGUST UK RESIDENTS CAN REGISTER FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PARTIES. THERE IS A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE AND THEN THEY CAN ALSO CONTACT OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT KATIE'S URL AT EXTENSION 8808 AND THE DEADLINE PARTIES IS JULY 26. NOW IF PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE A PARTY AFTER THAT THAT'S FINE. BUT THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING IN BY THE DEADLINE IS THAT THERE'S A WHOLE APPARATUS HERE AT THE CITY FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE HIT EVERY ONE OF THE PARTIES WHETHER IT'S A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR POLICE DEPARTMENT OR OTHER CITY STAFF . WE GET TO EVERY PARTY IN THE CITY WHICH IS TYPICALLY SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF LIKE 325 OR 350 PARTIES WHICH IS AMONG THE HIGHEST IF NOT THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. SO IT'S A BIG IT'S A BIG UNDERTAKING TO GET ALL OF THOSE SCHEDULED. SO WE JUST ASK PEOPLE TO GET IN AS SOON AS THEY CAN AND GET THEIR PARTY REGISTERED. THAT'S ALL I HAVE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ON ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND ANYTHING BROUGHT FORWARD VERY GOOD COUNSEL. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THIS EVENING COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THAT SIT HERE GO UP AS WELL. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN MAYOR, I WANTED TO DROP BACK TO 5.1 IN THE LETTER THAT CAME THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. THERE WAS A REQUEST AT THE VERY END IT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SEEN THAT THERE'S A LOT OF MATERIALS FOR TONIGHT'S BUT THE COMMISSION HAD REQUESTED THAT THE COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF IN THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION TO DRAFT A SUSTAINABLE BUILDING POLICY BY THE END OF 2025 AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT FORWARD NOW TO SEE IF WE WANTED TO RECONFIRM THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE THAT DONE. SO I WANTED TO KIND OF BRING IT FORWARD AND I THINK JUST IN TERMS OF CLARIFYING SUSTAINABILITY IS ROLE AROUND BUILDING. I THINK WOULD HELP YOU KNOW AS WE KIND OF MOVE FORWARD I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT THAT EVERY TIME WE HAVE A BUILDING THAT COMES UP YOU KNOW WHAT IS THAT ROLE THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY HAS WITH THAT MAYBE IT YOU KNOW MORE PROPERLY RESTS WITH PLANNING AFTER A YOU KNOW A DOCUMENT IS DRAFTED AND SOME DIRECTION AROUND THAT CAN BE CAN BE HAD BUT I WANTED TO JUST POINT THAT TO YOU MAYOR AND, SEE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THAT. WELL, I THINK IT'S WORTH THE CONVERSATION THEN WHAT THE PARAMETERS AROUND THAT MIGHT BE. I MEAN WITH WE JUST THE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER CERTAINLY WITH SUSTAINABILITY AS A GOAL AND AS WITH WITHIN CITY BUILDINGS THINK THAT THAT MAKES SENSE PRIVATE BUILDING MIGHT BE ANOTHER STORY HOW FAR WE CAN INFLUENCE THEM OR IF WE CAN INFLUENCE THEM IF THERE'S CITY MONEY INVOLVED IN IT AND SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS I THINK WE'D HAVE TO PUT WE'D HAVE TO PUT SOME MEAT THE BONES AROUND IT I THINK BEFORE OR AS PART OF CONVERSATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD REALLY WANT TO APPROACH THIS. I THINK AND I THINK THAT'S SORT OF WHAT I THINK THIS BEGINS THAT PROCESS OF THAT DIRECT DIALOG IN AND I KNOW RIGHT NOW STAFF YOU KNOW REALLY YOU KNOW UNDERSTAFFED AND SO THAT'S PART OF IN THE REQUEST YOU KNOW AND THAT WOULD BE THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT KIND OF CAME HERE IS YOU KNOW LOOKING TO HAVE A CONSULTANT AGAIN THE TIME FRAME AROUND THAT IS IN 2025 SO WE'RE KIND OF GETTING AHEAD OF IT. I KNOW WE YOU KNOW WE'VE ABOUT IT BUT I THINK THE I THINK REALLY WHAT THE THE COMMISSIONER IS LOOKING IS KIND OF AN AFFIRMATION THAT THAT DIALOG BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE I DO UNDERSTAND THAT AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF MAKE THOSE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THOSE YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPES OF INFLUENCES YOU HAPPEN AROUND THAT AND I JUST DO THINK IT MAKES AND I'VE HEARD A NUMBER OF COUNCIL BRING IT FORWARD ABOUT HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AND I JUST THIS IS A GOOD TO KIND OF PUT A NICE STAKE IN THE GROUND AND I THINK SO TOO AND I WOULD AGREE WITH IT. I MEAN I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO DO. I THINK IT'S AT THE SAME TIME I THINK BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PUT OUT THEIR WORKPLAN WITHOUT CONSULTING WITH US ALL THE TIME. SO I MEAN IF THEY PUT THIS ON THEIR 2025 WORK PLAN, DIG IN , GO IT AND WE'LL GET THE WORK DONE. SO RELATED TO THIS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I THINK MEAN SO I GUESS I WOULD BE CURIOUS WE JUST APPROVED A STRATEGIC USE FUNDING FOR A PLAN RELATED TO SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE CITY. YES THAT WOULD THIS BE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT COME UP IN THAT PLAN REALLY MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER NOT NOT NECESSARILY SO AS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN INDICATED I DID MEET WITH AND MISTRUSTS SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR UH A MONTH AND A HALF AGO TWO MONTHS AGO TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WORK PLAN BECAUSE OF THE THE PRIORITIES THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW AND THAT WAS ON THE HEELS OF COUNCIL DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD OR WANTED TO HAVE THE BUILDING STANDARDS RIGHT. SO I KNOW THAT THAT AMA'S REAL CONCERN JUST ABOUT THE CAPACITY TO TAKE ON A LARGE PROJECT LIKE THAT AND IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY COME OUT OF THAT OTHER THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. SO THIS WOULD BE ONE WHERE WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH BOTH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE LARGER COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW ISSUES LIKE DO WE WANT TO JUST START WITH OUR OWN BUILDING IN CAPITAL ASSET PROGRAM OR ARE WE GOING TO START THERE AND THEN EXPAND TO ALL PROPERTIES YOU KNOW THOSE ARE SOME OF THE POLICY ISSUES SO IT CERTAINLY IS A PLACE THAT YOU COULD LOOK TO TO FUND THAT KIND OF A STUDY AND THINK BASED ON OUR CURRENT CAPACITY WE'D PROBABLY WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT'S IN TERMS OF CONSULTANT SERVICES THAT MIGHT HELP THAT PROCESS BECAUSE CURRENTLY HAVING STAFF IT WOULD WOULD REALLY TAXES BASED ON THE WORK PLAN THAT'S IN PLACE RIGHT NOW AND SAME FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MEMBERS WHO I THINK ARE ALSO FEELING THE STRAIN OF THE WORK PLAN WHERE THAT BUT GOOD SO I GUESS I WOULD BE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FROM THIS BODY TO KIND OF AFFIRM THAT I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE I THINK IT'S WHAT COMMISSION'S LOOKING FOR SOME TYPE OF AFFIRMATION OR NODDING OF HEADS OR THAT'S IT MAYBE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN TODAY MAYBE IT CAN HAPPEN NEXT MEETING ON THE FIFTH. YEAH COME BACK OR LET'S I MEAN I TO NOD BECAUSE I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE I'M NODDING WHAT I'M NODDING ABOUT AT THE MOMENT SO MAYBE WE WE TALK ABOUT THIS A BIT MORE AND HAVE A ANOTHER CONVERSATION ON THE FIFTH AND WITHHAT THAT SOUNDS GOOD AND IF WE COULD MAYBE HAVE A CONVERSATION BEFORE THEN I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA SO WE CAN HAVE SOME MORE CONCRETE BREAK. THAT SOUNDS GOOD, COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. REAL QUICKLY, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE FOLKS AT BRIDGING THIS IS THEIR 37TH ANNIVERSARY WEEK. THEY'RE BIG, BIG FAN OF BRINGING IN THE WORK THAT THEY DO. THEY HAVING AN OPEN HOUSE ON JULY 24TH THAT'S WEDNESDAY FROM 4 TO 6 AT THE BLOOMINGTON LOCATION. AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMING AND HOW PEOPLE CAN DONATE STUFF LIKE WHAT KINDS OF THINGS THEY NEED ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF BUT ALSO LIKE WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN VOLUNTEER THAT KIND OF THING. SO JUST AGAIN ANOTHER BLOOMINGTON INSTITUTION FLIES UNDER THE RADAR ALL THE TIME AND JUST DOES GREAT WORK FOR COMMUNITIES AND I WANTED TO THEM ON THEIR 37TH ANNIVERSARY OH WELL DONE. THANK YOU FOR CALLING OUT BECAUSE YES, IT'S NOT ONLY GOOD WORK THAT THEY INVALUABLE WORK I MEAN THEY DO FANTASTIC WORK IN THE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, I HAVE A QUESTION AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE STEPPED THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO ASK IT, BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK HIM WHY DON'T WE HAVE ELECTIONS ON THE YEAR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS PLACE. MR. RUBY ONE WELL MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS I THINK WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK IN HISTORY SEVERAL DECADES TO GET THE ANSWER ABOUT WHY THEY MOVED TO THAT NOW MORE RECENTLY WE DID HAVE CONVERSATION ABOUT IT IN 2020 WHEN THE COMMUNITY BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS MEETING. THAT WAS THE GROUP THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC TO THE CITY FUNDING AND FINANCING AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL SO THE ELECTION WAS THE ODD YEAR ELECTIONS WERE REVIEWED THAT COMMITTEE AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COUNCIL THEY CONSIDER MOVING MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS TO EVEN YEARS BECAUSE THE IMPACT TO THE CITY BUDGET IS WELL BACK THEN BEFORE WE HAD THE RC VOTE WAS ABOUT $175,000 A YEAR SO FOR OFF YEAR ELECTIONS AND SO THE THINKING FROM THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT TO SAVE THAT AND AFTER SOME DELIBERATION THE COUNCIL NO, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS MOVING FORWARD . SO THERE HAS BEEN A RECENT CONVERSATION ABOUT IT BUT I WOULD MAYBE LEAVE IT TO OTHERS WHO SOME OF THE LONGER HISTORY ABOUT THE WHY OF HOW THAT EVER HAPPENED I MEAN IF I MAY ADD A BIT IT THE ONLY REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE THE PARTICIPATION WE HAD THIS LAST ELECTION I HEARD I'M NOT REALLY CERTAIN OF IT IS THAT IT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST EVER RIGHT MAYBE BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS UP FOR ELECTION BUT IF WE ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST PARTICIPANTS IN ELECTIONS DURING THE PRESIDENTIALS FOR THE ENTIRE STATE. I MEAN WE COULD KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON THAT AND HAVE SOME OF THE BEST TURNOUT FOR THE LOCAL ELECTIONS AS WELL AND ON THE I WAS JUST THINKING THEM UNTIL THEY MISSED MR. MAYOR I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE WE WERE REQUIRED. AM I CRAZY? I THOUGHT THAT THE WAY SAME AS MINNEAPOLIS AND SAINT PAUL AND READING YOUR CHARTER CITY YOU HAVE TO DO IT ON THE OFF YEARS NO OKAY. NO NO. AND I WOULD MR. MARIN COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO REMIND ANYBODY WHO'S WATCHING THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD ALSO IS ON THE OFF YEAR ELECTION TOO. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS AND THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS COINCIDE. ONE COMMENT I HAVE HEARD RIGHT I DON'T KNOW THE REASON WHY THEY IN THE FIRST PLACE BUT DURING THE CONVERSATION BACK IN 2020 AND AND OTHERWISE I'VE SOME OF OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS SAY THAT BEING ABLE TO BREAK THROUGH THE THE NEWS AND THE AWARENESS DURING THE EVEN YEAR CYCLES IS MUCH HARDER FOR CANDIDATES AT A LEVEL RIGHT WHEN PEOPLE ARE FOCUSED ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OR U.S. SENATE ELECTIONS THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO GET YOUR MESSAGE OUT TO COMMUNITY IS A LOT MORE DIFFICULT. SO I THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I'VE HEARD WHEN WE WERE TALKING WHETHER WE SHOULD RECONSIDER OR NOT. LET'S THINK SINCE WELL THANK YOU ALSO ANYTHING ELSE IF NOT WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR AGENDA AND I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN TONIGHT SOME MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER I THINK THE SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I YES THOSE MOTION CARRY SEVEN ZERO WE ARE ADJOURNED THANKS MUCH COUNCIL FOR YOUR DISCUSSION THIS EVENING THANKS OUR OUR FOLKS WHO STUCK IT OUT UNTIL THE END AND TO OUR FULL HOST WHO WAS HERE EARLIER EVENING AND TO THE STAFF FOR FOR PULLING THIS ALL TOGETHER EVERYBODY HAVE GREAT TUESDAY THANKS