MEANING EVERYONE AND WELCOME I WILL CALL THIS BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. TONIGHT IS MONDAY DECEMBER 4TH. GREAT TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU ALL. HELLO TO EVERYONE WHO'S WATCHING ONLINE. WE WILL START OUR MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO IF YOU'RE ABLE IF YOU COULD PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I PLEE ALLEGNCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ONCE AGAIN, WELCOME. THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. WELL DONE TO THE FOLKS IN THE BACK KIDS. YOU DID A GREAT JOB. WELL DONE. GOOD JOB BACK THERE. WE HAVE A FULL AGENDA TONIGHT AND A LOT GOING ON SO OUR FIRST ORD OF BUSINESS COUNCIL IS TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA UNDER ITEM TWO OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS. WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS UNDER OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS WE'VE GOT TWO PROCLAMATIONS ONE FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION WEEK AND THE OTHER IS OUR HUMAN RIGHTS DAY PROCLAMATION. WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE 2023 OMAR BOND ROAD AWARD. ITEM THREE UNDER ITEM 2.3 AND THEN ITEM 2.4 WE'RE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING ONE OF OUR CITY STAFF MEMBERS, EMMA STRAUSS AS THE MINNESOTA 2023 PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR. VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND CONGRATULATION TO EMMA UND OUR CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO HAS OUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT AND IT'S A BEEFY ACCOUNT CONSENT AGENDA 22 ITEMS COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT UNDER HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES WE HAVE FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING. THE FIRST ITEM 4.1 IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR TRUTH AND TAXATION PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR 2024 PROPERTY TAX LEVY AND GENERAL FUND BUDGET. ITEM 4.2 IS A HEARING REGARDING THE ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR BOROUGH BLOOMINGTON CITY CODE TO IMPOSE A LOCAL SALES TAX IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE HALF OF 1%. OUR THIRD PUBLIC HEARING IS A PRIVATELY INITIATED CODE CITY CODE AMENDMENT REGARDING DAYCARES IN THE C FOUR ZONING DISTRICT AND OUR FINAL PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING WILL BE A CITY CODE AMENDMENT TO ALLOW PAWNSHOPS AS A CONDITIONAL USE IN THE B FOR ZONING DISTRICT. THE FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS AND WE HAVE THREE ITEMS THERE AND 5.1 WILL BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. ITEM 5.2. A BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION REGARDING THE HENNEPIN COUNTY RECOVERY CENTER CLOSURE PLAN AND WE'LLRAP UP THIS EVENING AS WE DO WITH ITEM 5.3 OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE. COUNCIL IS THERE ANYTHING TO ADD OR ANY KIND OF CORRECTIONS TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA? HEARING NONE I WOULD MOVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS STATED. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS STATED. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I AM OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND WE HAVE AN AGENDA. WE MOVE ON TO ITEM TO POINT ITEM TWO WHICH IS OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS AND THAT MEANS I'M GOING TO BE HEADING DOWN TO THE PODIUM HER . OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING'S ITEM 2.1 WHICH IS A COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION WEEK PROCLAMATION. AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE THEIREADER IN MINNESA TERMS OF K-12 EDUCATION AND IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL BE VERY PROUD OF . THE PROGRAM WITHIN THE SCHOOLS FOCUSES ON REMOVING BARRIERS, INCREASING ACCESS AND BUILDING A SENSE OF BELONGING TO COMPUTER SCIENCE. AND I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL GOAL AND A WONDERFUL THING TO BE TEACHING OUR KIDS AND GETTING THEM INVOLVED WITH. AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP I THINK WE'VE GOT REPRESENTATIVES HERE JOHN WISER, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION SERVICES VERY GOOD. I ACTUALLY TRITT'S A COMPUTER SCIENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL INTEGRATIONIST FROM AUSTIN MIDDLE OF MIDDLE SCHOOL. VERY GOOD. AND REBECCA SCHULZ WHO'S THE DIGITAL LEARNING SPECIALIST FOR OLSON AND RIDGEVILLE ELEMENTARY. COME ON UP. BUT YOU HOP RIGHT IN HERE. I'M GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION HERE AND THEN TURN OVER THE MICROPHONE AND THEN WE'LL DO THE GRIPPING GRIN. GOT TO DO THE GRIPPING GRANITE TO STAND UP HERE. WE WILL DO ALL THAT. THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FOR A COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION WEEK DECEMBER 4TH THROUGH THE 10TH 2023. WHEREAS COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION WEEK HIGHLIGHTS THE CRUCIAL ROLE THAT COMPUTER SCIENCE PLAYS IN OUR SOCIETY TONABLE INNOVATION AND CREATE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. AND. WHEREAS, THE FIELD OF COMPUTER SCIENCE IS A FOUNDATIONAL SCIENCE FOR THE DIGITAL AGE AND COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF MODERN CULTURE TRANSFORMING HOW PEOPLE INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM. AND WHEREAS, ALL K-12 STUDENTS DESERVE ACCESS TO COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION AND PREPARATION FOR THE MODERN WORKFORCE WITH QUALIFIED TEACHERS TECHNOLOGY AND AGE APPROPRIATE CURRICULUM. AND. WHEREAS, BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE A LEADER IN MINNESOTA IN K-12 COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION OFFERING COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS AT ALL LEVELS. AND. WHEREAS, BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOCUSES ON REMOVING BARRIERS AND INCREASING ACCESS TO COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS ESPECIALLY THOSE TYPICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN COMPUTER SCIENCE FIELDS BY PROMOTING JOY AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION THROUGH COMPUTER SCIENCE THEREBY CREATING A SENSE OF IDENTITY AND BELONGING TO COMPUTER SCIENCE FOR ALL STUDENTS. AND. WHEREAS, PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY HANDS ON COMPUTER SCIENCE ACTIVITIES DURING COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION WEEK DEMYSTIFIES THE FIELD OF COMPUTER SCIENCE EXPOSING THEICH OPPORTUNITI THE FIELD OFFERS AND TEACHING IMPORTANT CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT I TIM BUSSEY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM DECEMBER FOURTH THROUGH THE 10TH 2023 AS COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION WEEK IN BLOOMINGTON AND ENCOURAGE EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, PARENTS, CLUBS LIBRARIES COMPANIES AND NONPROFIT GROUPS BASICALLY EVERYBODY TO CELEBRATE AND ACTIVELY EXPLORE COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION ACTIVITIES DATED THIS FOURTH DAY OF DECEMBER 20, 23. AS I SAID THIS AND THIS IS SOMETHG THAT BLOOMINGTON NEEDS TO BE PROUD OF AND I HOPE BLOOMINGTON ISN'T PRO OF EVERYBODY HERE BECAUSE THIS IS A THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITHIN THE SCHOOLS AND THE RECOGNITION ACROSS THE STATE OF MINNESOTA WITH BLOOMINGTON AS A LEADER IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW OTHER CITIES WISH THEY HAD AND WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT WE HAVE THIS IN BLOOMINGTON AND THE WORK YOU DO AND THE WORK ALL OF YOU DO OUTSTANDING WORK AND I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO YOU, JOHN. IT'S ALL YOURS. I'LL GET MY STUFF LATER. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT, MAYOR BUSSEY COUNCIL MEMRS ON BEHALF OF BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS WE GOT SOME LITTLE PEOPLE HERE. WE GOT SOME BIG PEOPLE HERE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE PREVIEW OF WHAT WE DO IN BLOOMINGTON SCHOOLS TONIGHT, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING YOU TO SOME OF THOSE FOLKS AND THE WAY I THOUGHT I WOULD DO THIS IS TO I I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BRAGGING ABOUT THE WORK OF ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO GO THROUGH OUR PROGRAM AND WHO ARE WHO BUILD OUR PROGRAM. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO BRAG ABOUT BLOOMINGTON SO I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE YOU SOME THINGS THAT YOU CAN ALL SHARE AT YOUR WINTER PARTIES ABOUT BLOOMINGTON SCHOOLS CPUTER SCIENCE IMMERSION PROGRAM WE WERE THE FIRST DISTRICT BLOOMINGTON SCHOOLS IT WAS THE FIRST DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO HAVE AN IMMERSION PROGRAM IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL SO KINDERGARTNERS CAN GET COMPUTER SCIENCE IMMERSION IN BLOOMINGTON SCHOOLS. WE'VE HAD SIX IN OUR SCHOOL LIFE SINCE THEY STARTED IN KINDERGARTEN AND 2019. SO WE HAVE FOURTH GRADERS WHO'VE HAD COMPUTER SCIENCE IN IN THEIR SCHOOL LIFE SINCE 2019. WE HAVE A SECOND IMMERSION PROGRAM AT ONE OF OUR OTHER ELEMENTARIES. WE HAVE COHORT PROGRAMS AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE AP AND LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL. OVER 50% OF STUDENTS IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA CANNOT TAKE AN AP COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSE AS PART OF THEIR GRADUATION EXCEPT IF THEY TAKE ONE OF BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ONLINE AP COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES. SO NEW CODACADEMY ONE OF BOMINGTON SCHOOLS PROGRAMS OFFERS AP COMPUTER SCIENCE IN THE STATE. BLOOMINGTON WAS IN THE NEWS EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN ONE OF THE ONE OF OUR JEFFERSON GRADUATES AND A CAVALIER SHE DID A RARE THING BY SCORING A PERFECT FIVE ON HER AP COMPUTER SCIENCE EXAM AND IT DID NOT MISS A SINGLE QUESTION SHE WAS ONE OF ABOUT 400 PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD NOT TO MISS A SINGLE QUESTION ON THE COMPUTER SCIENCE AP COMPUTER SCIENCE EXAM I'M HERE TONIGHT INSTEAD OF R COMPUTER SCIENCE COORDINATOR DR. ALEXANDRA HOLTER BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T BE HERE BECAUSE SHE IS IN WASHINGTON D.C. TONIGHT. TOMORROW THERE IS AN EVENT SPONSORED BY THE WHITE HOUSE, THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL AND THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. ABOUT 40 PEOPLE ARE GATHERING TO TALK ABOUT EQUITABLE APPROACHES TO EDUCATION IN AI AND COMPUTER SCIENCE. AND DR. HOLTER WAS INVITED AS A NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE COMING FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. COMPUTER SCIENCE IS A PRIORITY OFHE GOVERNOR ANDHE LEGISLATURE SO MUCH SO THAT THEY ANNOUNCED A POLICY A COMPUTER SCIENCE POLICY COMMITTEE AS PART OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. DR. HOLTER IS ALSO A REPRESENTATIVE ONE OF 20 AMONG THE STATE TO HELP BUILD MINNESOTA POLICY THAT WILL GUIDE COMPUTER SCIENCE FOR ALL OF THE STATE STUDENTS. MINNESOTA COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION LASTLY JETT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS VISITING TOMORROW TOMORROW MORNING INDIAN MOUND ELEMENTARY WITH YOU MAYOR BUT I SEE TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING IN COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION IN BLOOMINGTON SO VERY PROUD OF THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO GET TO EXPERIENCE IT AND BUILD IT. I AM GOING TO LET A COUPLE OF OTHER FOLKS TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO IN PARTICULAR I'D LIKE TO BRAG ABOUT COMPUTER SCIENCE AS WELL. MY NAME IS ASHLEY CHURCH. I AM A COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHER AT TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON ALSO MIDDLE SCHOOL IN VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL WHEN WE DEVELOPED A PROAM A COHORT , AN ACTIVITY OR ANY COURSE WE FOCUS ON THREE THINGS BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS SKILLS EQUITY AND JOY ASK FOR SKILLS COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHES TRANSFERABLE THINKING SKILLS LIKE PATTERN RECOGNITION ALGORITHM DESIGN DEBUGGING AND PERSEVERANCE FOR EQUITY EARLY ACCESS TO COMPUTERS SCIENCE HELP HELPS INCREASE PARTICIPATION OF UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN STEM FIELDS AND JOY. MY PERSONAL FAVORITE COMPUTER SCIENCE HELPS LEARNERS TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES CREATIVELY SOLVE PROBLEMS THATHEY CARE ABOUT AND CREATE NEW AND FUN INNOVATIONS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL THERE ARE TWO IMMERSION PROGRAMS AT TWO OF THE THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS HERE AND THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS TO EXPERIENCE COMPUTER SCIENCE AT ALL. THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS THROUGH A COURSE WE CALL COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING STUDENTS WORK WITH EDISON ROBOTS MIKE BITS LEGO ROBOTS THEY LEARN TO 3D PRINT THE GET TO CODE WITH JAVASCRIPT GET THEY GET TO LEARN HOW TO CREATE GAMES AND APPS THAT HELP PEOPLE IN THE WORLD AROUND THEM. AT OUR IMMERSION SITES STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE COMPUTER SCIENCE INTEGRATED INTO THEIR ART HEALTH AND OTHER CORE CLASSES LIKE LANGUAGE ARTS, SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES. STUDENTS ARE ALSO EXPOSED TO DIFFERENT JOBS IN THE FIELD OF COMPUTER SCIENCE TO ENCOURAGE THE CONTINUATION OF THEIR CS EDUCATION AFTER MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M VERY PROUD OF THE PROGRAM WE HAVE CREATED AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL AND I HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN THE AMAZING IMPACT IT HAS HAD ON MY STUDENTS . AND I'M REBECCA SCHULTZ AND I'M A DIGITAL LEARNING SPECIALIST. I WORK WITH WHAT WE CALL SEE US FOR ALSO I DON'T WORK AT THE IMMERSION SCHOOLS BUT ALL OF OUR OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS GET COMPUTER SCIENCE EXPERIENCES WHICH IS WHY THIS WEEK IS SO IMPORTANT TO US. WE DO THAT BECAUSE WE WANT KIDS TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVERS AND ALSO COMPUTER SCIENTISTS EVEN THE YOUNGEST OF LEARNERS IN BLOOMINGTON AND WE HOP AT BY PROVIDING AN ENGAGING AND POSITIVE EXPERIENCE EARLY ON THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO CHOOSE COMPUTER SCIENCE AS THEY GO THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL. WE ALSO FIND A LOT OF JOY IN WHAT WE DO SO I INVITED SOME FRIENDS WITH ME TODAY MANY FROM RICHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SO I'M JUST GOING TO INVITE THEM UP HERE FOR A MOMENT WITH THEIR MOST AMAZING TEACHER MR. WEIMER. MR. GREG WEIMER AND WE START EVERY LESSON WITH COMPUTER SCIENCE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITHHAT WE CALLHE COMPUTER SCIENCE CHA AND WE THOUGHT WE WOULD DO THAT WITH YOU ALL TODAY WE RUNNING BEHIND SCOTRAIL MAKE SURE EVERYONE CAN SEE YOU SO OUR COMPUTER SCIENCE CHART JUST REMIND US WHY WE PRACTICE COMPUTER SCIENCE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. SO WE USUALLY DO IT BY SAYING A LINE AT A TIME AND HAVING EVERYONE REPEAT WITH THE ACTIONS AND WORDS. SO WE'RE HOPING YOU'LL PLAY WITH US ALL TODAY AND DON'T WORRY IT'S ONLY FOUR SENTENCES. HEY, I'M READY TO TRY IT. YEAH. COMPUTER SCIENCE IS YOUR USING THE POWER OF YOUR TUTORS SO LET THEM GO ORDERS TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS AND EXPRESS OUR SELVES EXPRESS YOURSELF AND WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE BEING HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU ALL HERE. I TOLD YOU TO PICK YOUR PARENTS BUT EVERYBODY PICK YOUR YOUR YOUR PICTURE. ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THE CAMERA THERE WITH THE RED LIGHT ON IT. THAT'S THE TV CAMERA. EVERYBODY WAIT FOR THAT ONE THING I THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TAKE THE PROCLAMATION. THERE'S THANKS WELL TT WAS FUN. NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM 2.2. IT'S A PROCLAMATION REGARDING HUMAN RIGHTS DAY AND I KNOW WE HAVE OUR REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM OUR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, OUR YOUTH COMMISSIONER ALTHEA UPSHAW THERE SHE IS. COME ON UP AND READ THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. IT'S A PROCLAMATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DAY DECEMBER 10TH, 2023 WHEREAS THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON JOINS OUR NATION IN RECOGNIZING DECEMBER 10TH, 2023 AS HUMAN RIGHTS DAY. AND. WHEREAS BLOOMINGTON RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF ACKNOWLEDGI THE DIVERSITY THAT ESTS IN OUR CMUNITY AS WE STRIVE FOR AUTONOMOUS PARTICIPATION IN OUR COMMUNITY AFFAIRS . AND. WHEREAS, THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ASSERTS ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE BORN FREE AND EQUAL IN HUMAN DIGNITY AND INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY. AND. WHEREAS, THE DESIGNATION OF A SPECIAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY SERVES TO REMIND US THAT BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL PEOPLE. AND. WHEREAS, THROUGH THE EFFORTS AND COMMITMENT OF OUR CITY IN PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS AWARENESS, OUR GOAL IS TO ADVANCE THE INALIENABLE RIGHTS OF ALL RESIDENTS BY ELIMINATING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSESND INJUSTICE AN WHEREA, THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION IS CELEBRATING 55 YEARS OF AIDING AND ADVISING THE CITY COUNCIL IN ENSURING ALL CITIZENS HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES. AND. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON RECOMMITTED ITS GOAL OF PROTECTING AND ADVANCING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF ALL NOW THEREFORE I MAYOR TIM BUSSEY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM DECEMBER 10TH, 2023 AS HUMAN RIGHTS DAY AND ASK ALL RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS IN MAKING BLOOMINGTON A MODEL FOR FAIR AND EQUAL HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL PERSONS DATED THIS FOURTH DAY OF DECEMBER 2023 I AM SO PROUD OF OUR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. 55 YEARS IS INCREDIBLE AND IT'S INCREDIBLE THAT IT IS SO MUCH WORK IN A CITY IT REVOLVES AROUND PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO DO IT AND GET IT DONE AND VOLUNTEER BASIS AND TO HAVE PEOPLE COMMITTED TO THIS FOR 55 YEARS INCLUDING YOU KNOW, ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION IS JUST A GREAT TESTAMENT TO WHAT BLOOMINGTON DOES. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I'M GOING TO TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO YOU. HI, MY NAME IS ILYA UPSHAW. GO TO NORMAN DALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND I AM ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AS A YOUTH COMMISSIONER. SO I HAD WORKED ON A SPEECH WITH ERIC AND HE HAD TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD READ A SPEECH SO I'M GOING TO READ WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN. I START WITH SOMETHING SMALL AND IT WILL BLOSSOM INTO A FLOWER. WE WANT OUR FUTURE TO BE BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL A PLACE WHERE WE CAN ALL LIVE IN HARMONY. THAT'S WHERE HUMAN RIGHTS IS SUPPOSED TO COME IN AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXPRESS WHO WE ARE WITHOUT ANY JUDGMENT THERE SHOUL'T BE A RIAL INJUSTICE OVER ANYTHING THAT MAKES YOU YOU YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCEPT WHO YOU ARE AND BE HAPPY WITH YOURSELF WITHOUT FEELING OUT OF PLACE. HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE RIGHT TO LIFE AND LIBERTY FREEDOM FROM SLAVERY AND TORTURE, FREEDOM OF OPINION AND EXPRESSION, THE RIGHT TO WORK AND EDUCATION. THIS IS THE GOOGLE DEFINITION OF THE WORD BUT IN OUR MINDS WE BELIEVE IT AS BEING FREE BEING TOGETHER AS ONE. WE NEED TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT WE ARE DIFFERENT IN OUR OWN BEAUTIFUL WAYS AND WE ALL HAVE THE SAME HEART WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY WE CAN WE CAN OVERCOME OBSTACLES THAT MIGHT DISTRACT US FROM REACHING OUR END GOAL. WE ARE HERE TO LEARN, GROW AND LAUGH WITH EACH OTHER NO MATTER THE AGE, GENDER OR RACE WE SHOULD BE HOLDING HANDS AS ONE AND LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER. NOW IT MIGHT SOUND SILLY TO BELIEVE WE CAN LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE WE GROW FROM EACH OTHER BUT IT IS POSSIBLE WITH A GROWTH MINDSET BEING ABLE TO TAKE THAT STEP YOU STEP AND ADMIT THAT YOU ARE WRONG WHEN OTHERS ARE RIGHT TAKES A LOT OF GUTS THAT MANY OF US DON'T HAVE AND THAT'S OKAY. WE ARE ALL HUMANS AND WE ALL DESERVE TO HAVE RIGHTS. WE DESERVE TO HE OUR VOICES HEAR BECAUSE IF WEON'T THEN WHAT WILL MAKE THE WORLD CHANGE? WE EXPECT PEOPLE TO BE KIND TO US BUT WE NEED TO SPREAD THAT KINDNESS BACK BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY THE WORLD REVOLVES AROUND US HELPING EACH OTHER. WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO PICK EACH OTHER UP WHEN WE ARE FALLING DOWN AND INSTEAD OF US FALLING DOWN WE CAN BUILD EACH OTHER OUT BECAUSE ALL WE HAVE ARE EACH OTHER IN THIS WORLD AND WITHOUT HAVING THAT WE WON'T HAVE A SINGLE THING. SO IN MY HEART AND THROUGH THE MINDS OF MANY OTHERS I WILL START WITH THE FIRST STEP. I WILL TAKE MY KINDNESS AND GIVE IT BACK TO YOU SO YOU CAN READ THAT KINDNESS AMONG THE WORLD TO HELP US GROW AS A COMMUNITY WE ALL NEED TO START WITH OURSELVES . YOU CAN SO VERY MUCH WHAT A WONDERFUL SPEECH GREAT JOB AND THE FACT THAT YOU READ THAT IT WAS LIKE TWO POINT FONT I COULDN'T I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW YOU READ THAT SO WELL DONE. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND YOU SAID YOU'RE IN ARMIDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ARE YOU FIRST OR SECOND YEAR OR FIRST YEAR? FIRST YEAR WHAT DO YOU STUDY ENGLISH GREAT GOOD GOOD GOOD FOR YOU. WE GET WE HAVE TO GET THE PICTURE WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY ONE MORE TO GO BACK TO YOU AND SOMEONE RELATED TO THAT IS OUR NEXT ITEM ITEM 2.3 WHICH IS OUR 2023 O'MARA BONDI RUDD AWARD. WE HAVE FOLKS HERE FROM OUR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO PRESENT OUR OMER OMER BOUNDARY WITH HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS COMMISSION HAS BEEN SERVING THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS AND ADVISES THE CITY COUNCIL IN ENSURING THAT ALL CITIZENS HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS ,PUBLIC SERVICES, EDUCATION AND OTHER AFFAIRS THAT AFFECT THE SOCIAL WELL-BEING OF THIS COMMUNITY. SO OUR OMER OMER BONDER ROOT AWARD IS ACTUALLY NAMED AFTER THE COMMISSION'S FIRST CHAIRPERSON OMER BONDERMAN AND IT WAS FIRST AWARDED BACK IN 1974. TONIGHT WE HONOR OUR 2023 RECIPIENT JESSICA MARTINEZ. JESSICA STOOD OUT FROM A STRONG POOL OF NOMINEES BASED ON THE INCREDIBLE BREADTH OF HER HUMAN RIGHTS WORK AND HER VOLUNTEER ACHIEVEMENTS WITHIN HER ROLE AS AN EQUITY SPECIALIST. SHE WORKS TO SUPPORT YOUTH, ENHANCE MULTICULTURAL AND INTERRACIAL OPPORTUNITIES AND PROMOTE THE OVERALL WELL-BEING OF BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. HER EORTS DON'T END WHEN THE WORKDAY ENDS. WITHIN THE BLOOMINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, SHE HAS SUPPORTED THE HISPANIC LATINX COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE HARDSHIPS OF THE PANDEMIC AND IS VERY MUCH ENGAGED IN PLANNING EVENTS SUCH AS THE BLOOMINGTON PRIDE FESTIVAL AND VIVA FESTIVAL LATINO. WITH US TONIGHT IS OUR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIR NINA SMITHSON. SHE'S GOING TO INTRODUCE JESSICA AND THEN WE WILL INVITE JESSICA. YEAH, PLEASE. THANK YOU S MUCH, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR BEING HERE. AS THE MAYOR SAID, AM ANITA SMITHSON. I'M THE CURRENT CHAIR OF THE BLOOMINGTON BLOOMINGTON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND TO SHARE WHY THE BLOOMINGTON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION HAS NAMED JESSICA MARTINEZ AS OUR 2023 OMAR BOND ROOT AWARD RECIPIENT. MY FRIEND NANCY IS GOING TO HELP TRANSLATE TODAY TO JOB AND WE GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANITA. I WILLE PROVING INTERPTATION OF THE GENERAL SENSE OF WHAT'S BEEN SAID AND NOT A LITTLE TRANSLATION WORD FOR WORD INTO FURIES. USE A COMPANION A ESTES ANITA SMITH EAST LA COMMISSION COMMISSIONER LOOK AT THE DE LA COMMISSION ROLE OF THE LITTLE HERMANOS IN THIS SAID AL-KHALILI BLOOMINGTON. I LOOK AND SAY IS LA COMUNIDAD BUT INSTEAD OF REPRESENTING A IN ITS MOR NEEDS BY THAT MAN A HEAD I JSICA MARTINEZ AS THE MAYOR SAID WHEN WE WERE REVIEWING THE NOMINEES THIS YEAR, THE COMMISSION WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE DEPTH AND THE BROAD SCOPE OF THE NOMINATION OF JESSICA JESSIE. SHE IS RECOGNIZED FOR BOTH HER PAID WORK AND HER UNPAID WORK THROUGH HER JOB AT THE BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS WELL AS MANY WAYS THAT SHE STEPS UP OUTSIDE OF WORK TO VOLUNTEER IN THE COMMUNITY. WHEN THE RECIPE MY LAST NONATION A HASTILY MY MY IMPRESSION I WAS GOING ACTUALLY THERE HER JESSICA IS A THE ANNUAL CAMPO LIBERAL IN EL CAMPO THE VOLUME PERIODO AT THE EIGHTH AND BEEN DESTROYED IN EQUAL INCOME ACCESS TO EDUCATION AS A HUMAN RIGHT BUT IT CAN BE REALLY HARD TO HAVE THAT RIGHT MET WHEN YOU'RE FACING BARRIERS AS MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE. ONE OF THE REASONS JESSIE IS RECOGNIZED WITH THIS AWARD IS FOR ALL THAT SHE DOES TO HELP ENSURE THAT THOSE BARRIERS ARE REMOVED BY DAY. SHE SUPPORTS STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS TO PROMOTE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH INTERRACIAL AND MULTICULTURAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. THIS SUPPORTS OUR EDUCATORS, STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AS THEY FIND COMMON UNDERSTANDING AND INCREASE AUTHENTIC INTERACTIONS ACROSS THE MANY INTERSECTIONS. ALEXIS LOCATION IS THE DAY TOM I KNOW IS GOING TO FACE THIS EXISTING PROTEST BUT OPPOSITE EXITED I STOOD AT H.R. SCHOOLS ASKING WAS A MUTUAL ATTENTION THE JESSE IS KEY YET THERE WERE A CONSTANT IN A SEPARATE ACT EXISTING BUT EXITED A LITTLE CASUAL. JESSE MEETS STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHERE THEY'RE AT. SHE HAS SERVED AS A MENTOR FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS PROVIDING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ACADEMIC, MENTAL AND CULTURAL SUPPORT. AS A PARENT MYSELF IN THE BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT I'VE SEEN JESSE AT WORK IN MY OWN KIDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I AM SO APPRECIATIVE FOR ALL OF THE WA SHE'S MEETINGHE NEEDS OFUR DIVERSE STUDENT BODY AND THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL AS SUPPORTING OUR EDUCATORS IN THEIR SHARED PURSUIT OF EDUCATING AND PREPARING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE FUTURE. I HAVE MET COUNTLESS PEOPLE, EVEN SOME TONIGHT THAT I DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD A MUTUAL CONNECTION IN JESSE. MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE HAD THEIR LIVES OR THEIR STUDENTS LIVES POSITIVELY IMPACTED BY THE CARE AND DEDICATION THAT SHE PUTS INTO HER WORK. JESSE IS SIMPLY A BARRACUDA A STORY, A DISPONIBLE A PRELUDE TO THE ANTIS A YES EITHER A HEAD UP LOS ANGELES A TEN TO ANY AMBITO ACADEMY KOKOMO A THEM BEING IDEA CULTURAL ANY PLACE A UNA MADRE FAMILIA THE LINK A IS TO THE IN WILL IT ACA BE STILL A THE PRIMITIVE MANO EL TRABAJO IMPORTANT THIS IMMOKALEE LISA JESSE ALEX OH GO AHEAD NO YES I DIDN'TNOW IT WAS GO AHEAD. OUTSIDE OF HER WORK SHE SHOWS UP FOR THE COMMUNITY IN A VARIETY OF WAYS. SHE'S A CO FACILITATOR OF A LATIN PARENT GROUP AND SHE PROVIDED SUPPORT AT VARIOUS COVID VACCINATION SITES TO HELP ENSURE ACCESSIBLE AND APPROACHABLE ACCESS TO VACCINES FOR THE HISPANIC AND LATIN ACTS COMMUNITY. SHE'S ALSO PARTICIPATED IN A SUCCESSFUL BLOOMINGTON PRIDE AND VIVA FESTIVAL LATINO CULTURAL EVENTS THROUGH SERVICE ON THEIR RESPECTIVE PLANNING COMMITTEES. SHE NOT ONLY DEMONSTRATES HOW TO BRING HER OWN AUTHEIC LF TO THESE COMNITIES BUT EXCUSE ME TO THESE COMMITTEES . BUT HER VOICE AT THE TABLE HELPS ENSURE THAT THE PERSPECTIVES OF THE COMMUNITIES SHE SERVES NOTABLY YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE HISPANIC LATIN COMMUNITY HAVE REPRESENTATION AND ARE ABLE TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THESE CULTURAL EVENTS. I PARTLY PATRICIA TRABAHO JESSICA BEING AS SOON AS ED VOLUNTARIOS CAME AJR A CO FACILITY GRUPO DE A THE PARIS EMAIL ADDRESS LATINOS E THEM BEING I BELIEVE THAT YOU CLEVERNESS JESSE A PARTICIPLE IN UNNECESSARY THE EVENT OF CULTURAL COMPREHENSION OF BLOOMINGTON PRIDE E FESTIVAL LATINO BEBA ALI STARTED REPRESENTING AND THEM BEING TRI LA MESA IN PERSPECTIVE DE LA COMUNIDAD THE LA GENTE WHOLE BEING CONTINUE YET THERE ARE ABOUT HALF THE LAST THING AND THERE'S MANY MORE. BUT THE LAST THING I MENTIONED TONIT IS THAT JESSE ALSO SERVES AS A VOLUNTEER ON THE BOARD OF OUR LOCAL NONPROFIT AND A FORMER OMAR BAND ROAD AWARD WINNING ORGANIZATION CALLED OASIS FOR YOUTH. I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND WELL AS MANY OF YOU HERE TODAY KNOW AND APPRECIATE THE WORK OF OASIS FOR YOUTH AND JESSE'S SERVICE ON THIS BOARD IS JUST ONE ADDITIONAL MEASURE OF THE COMMITMENT SHE HAS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY. IF YOU WILL MAINTAIN MY SISTER CARD IS KEY IN JESSE THEM BEING STAR A PARTICIPANT OF MUCHO ING LOUD AT ANY SESSIONS IN PHENIX OLUKOYA MY OASIS FOR YOUTH E IN LA CIUDAD DE LA CALI LOOK AND SEE HOW I'M BEING IN A IT IS TIME SOMETHING MUTUALLY STARTED ANY SESSION E A AT THE SIOUX CITY V SUNITA OR AT ANY SESSIONS IN PHENIX LUCRO JESSE IS THE TRABAJAR MUCHO PART I LOVE THE RITUAL HERMANOS DE LA GENTE HOLDING JESSICA MARTINEZ IS A ROLE MODEL FOR ME AND COUNTLESS OTHERS. I'M GOING TO CRY BECAUSE I'M A CRIER KNOW SHE'S A ROLE MODEL FOR ME AND FOR COUNTLESS OTHERS THROUGH HER COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING THE FULL EMBRACE OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT SHE SERVES. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JESSE. I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU TODAY. MOYO TO YOUR SOURCE FOR DECADES IS A UNA MODELO AC SO SO COMPORTAMIENTO E SO PERSONALLY THAT THEY WHOM WERE THEY LOCATED IN AIR IS THE TOTAL MENTAL COMPARABILITY THAT IN A SOCIETY LOST THE RACHEL HERMANOS ACTING LA CIUDAD A POLICE STATION JESSE . LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE WINNER OF THE 2023 OMAR BANDERA AWARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. JESSE MARTINEZ MATTHEW HAD SAID THAT HE MADE THE DESK MY MY SIZE BUT I THINK THE MICROPHONE JUST ISN'T MY SIZE WHEN AS MUCH AS I THOUGHT IT WAS. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. I WILL KEEP THIS SHORT AND SIMPLE BECAUSE AS I SAID THOSE WHAT I SAID THE KEY IS THAT NO TRAILER IS WELL LISTED ON ESPN+ RAPIDAMENTE THEY ANITA IN BLAMING YOU FOR THIS THIS IS WHAT DIVERSITY INCLUSION AND LOVE LOOK LIKE. IT'S THIS MASSIVE DIVERSITY THAT INCLUSION ELEMENT I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TOHIS A I LOVE ALL OF YO THANK YOU . I WOULD BUT DON'T BEHY IF YO GOT TO SEE THAT I'D BE AFRAID TO GO FOR THAT. CAN YOU PUT IT IN THE PARENTS ? OH I WANT MAYBE LATINA. LATINA WOMAN AND COUNTRY WITH A MALE AND I FOUR YEAR WITH A FAMILY OKAY YES YES RIGHT ALL RIGHT YOU KNOW THANK YOU AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING T SUPPORT JESSE TONIGHT. THIS HAS BEEN WONDERFUL. THIS IS GREAT TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE IN SUPPORT OF YOU . GIVE FOLKS JUST A SECOND TO WORK THEIR WAY OUT HERE BECAUSE WE'RE COMING . ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, I'M GETTING COMFORTABLE DOWN HERE. I MEAN JUST DO THE WHOLE MEETING FROM RIGHT HERE IF THAT'S OKAY. LOOK, I MIGHT DO THAT WE SAVE THOSE FOR LAST OUR FINAL ITEM UNDER ITEM TWO THIS EVENING IS ITEM 2.4 AND THIS IS AN ITEM RECOGNIZING EMMA STRAUSS, ONE OF OUR OUTSTANDING BLOOMINGTON CITY STAFF AS THE MINNESOTA 2023 PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR. I HAVE SAID TO ANYBODY WHO WILL LISTEN GUYS FROM AROUND THE CITY THAT BLOOMINGTON CITY STAFF IS SECOND TO NONE SECOND TO NONE IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR WITH THE NUMBER OF BLOOMINGTON CITY STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THEIR PEERS, BY THEIR ORGANIZATIONS ON A LOCAL AND A REGIONAL AND A NATIONAL LEVEL FOR THE OUTSTANDING WORK THAT IS BEING DONE HERE AT CITY HALL EVERY SINGLE DAY AND I AM SO VERY HONORED AND PLEASED, EMMA, THAT YOU'RE BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE AP WAY AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO KYLE. I KNOW YOU'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF SPEECHIFYING TO DO AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM EMMA BUT CONGRATULATIONS SO VERY COOL. WELL THANK YOU MAYOR. WELL MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS A PLEASURE TO BE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO REPRESENT A WARD OR TO PRENT A WARD THAT RECENTLY RECEID BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION. THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION IS ONE OF THE LARGER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING WORKS IN MINNESOTA IN THE UNITED STATES AND ACTUALLY INTERNATIONALLY AND EACH YEAR THE MINNESOTA CHAPTER GIVES OUT A NUMBER OF AWARDS THAT RECOGNIZE PROFESSIONALS IN OUR IN OUR ORGANIZATION THAT ARE MAKING SIGNIFICANT NOT ONLY TO THEIR COMMUNITIES BUT TO THE LARGER PUBLIC WORKS COMMUNITY AT LARGE. SO EMMA WASWARDED THIS YEAR THE 2023 PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR WHICH IS WHICH IS A GREAT HONOR FOR HER AND KIND OF ASSOCIATED FOR US IN HAVING HER WIN THAT SHE HAD BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THE THINGS THAT SHE'S DONE NOT ONLY IN BLOOMINGTON BUT ALSO ACROSS THE STATE AND THEIR LEADERSHIP IN SUSTAINABILITY AND HELPING PUBLIC WORKS KIND OF EVOLVE IN THOSE AREAS AND SPECIFICALLY FOR HER WORK ON THE TIME OF SALE ENERGY DISCLOSURE PROGRAM THAT THE COUNCIL IS AWARE OF THAT WAS DE MODIFICATIONS TO OUR LONGSTANDING TIME OF SALE PROGRAM TO A REVIEW OF SUSTAINABILITY ITEMS IN A HOME THINGS LIKE BUILDING ENVELOPES AND HEATING UNITS AND WINDOWS ETC. ETC. THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT ONLY INFORMS POTENTIAL BUYERS OF THE CONDITION OF A GIVEN STRUCTURE DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE BUT IT DOES OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE BUYING AND GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCESS TO RESOURCES TO MAKE BTERMENT THROUGH THOSE PROPERTIES. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN BLOOMINGTON AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS AWARD THAT EMMA HAS RECEIVED AS WE SHOULD BE. CONGRATULATIONS EMMA THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL WE ALL KNOW THAT IT TAKES MORE THAN ONE PERSON FOR A NEW PROJECT TO HAPPEN AND I'M SO LUCKY TO WORK WITH AMAZING PEOPLE AND A GREAT TEAM. I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT FOR SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES AND A BIG THANK YOU FOR BUILDING INSPECTION STAFF AND PLANNING STAFF AND LEGAL AND FINANCE AND EVERYONE THAT IS NEEDED TO MAKE THESE SUSTAINABLE CHANGES TO OUR CITY. SO IT'S IT'S BEEN A GREAT FIRST FOUR YEARS IN BLOOMINGTON. I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU . WELCOME BACK TO NEXT UP COUNCIL ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO WITH OUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I DO YES. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND THANK YOU FOR ACCOMMODATING ME AS I STAND DOING MY BACK PROBLEM TODAY. SO WE HAVE THREE ITEMS THAT WE'RE HOLDING OUT OF CONSENT IF I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ANYONE ELSE I HAVE THOSE THREE ITEMS THAT I'LL HOLD OUT. MAYOR WILL REQUIRE THAT YOU RECUSE YOURSELF FOR A BIT. WE'RE GOING TO HOLD 3.1, 3.2 AND 3.1 FOR I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT ANY TIME SOMEBODY HOLDS 3.14 FROM CONSENT THEY HAVE TO BRING PIE . BUT IF THERE'S IF THERE'S NO OTHER HOLDS THEN WE CAN MOVE THE EXISTING IS THAT OKAY? ALL RIGHT, THAT'S FINE THEN I'M GOING TO MOVE IT OUR CONSENT BUSINESS 3.3 THROUGH 3.133.15 THROUGH 3.22 SECOND MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS HAS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO SO ITEM 3.1 IS A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR SCAPULAR TECHNOLOGY MINNESOTA FORWARD FUND APPLICATION I WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS VOTE BAUSE I DON'T WAN THE PERCEPTION OF OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON THIS IF THERE IS NO COUNCIL DISCUSSION I WILL SIMPLY CALL THE VOTE. IF THERE IS COUNCIL DISCUSSION I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A STEP ASIDE AND TURN THE GAVEL OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND HAVE HER TICK. I'M THE ONE THAT'S HOLDING IT, MR. MAYOR, AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST HAVE A CONVERSATION VERY QUICKLY WITH THE REST OF COUNCIL. IF THAT'S OKAY THEN I WILL STEP ASIDE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO COUNCIL AS YOU KNOW THIS THE THIRD OF THREE REQUESTS FOR RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT THAT HE COME THROU. THE FIRST ONE WAS FOR POLAR SEMICONDUCTOR I BELIEVE AND THE SECOND ONE WAS FOR SEAGATE AND NOW WE HAVE SKY WATER. THE INTENTION OF THESE APPLICATIONS IS TO SUPPORT JOB GROWTH IN THE CITY WHICH IS AWESOME. HOWEVER MY UNDERSTANDING FROM PUBLIC REPORTS ON LINKEDIN AND OTHER PLACES IS THAT SKY WATER LAID OFF 70 PEOPLE THIS WEEK AND SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANYBODY AVAILABLE TO CAN SPEAK TO THIS BUT I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED AS TO WHY THEY WOULD LAY PEOPLE OFF ONLY THEN GO ASK FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS TO HIRE PEOPLE AND SO IT SEEMS ODD THE OTHER TWO COMPANIES DIDN'T DO THAT FAR AS I KNOW AND SO I WANTED TO JUST PULL IT OUT. THEY'RE NOT WE COULD STILL PASS IT AND BE FIND RESOLUTION AND SUPPORT BUT IT SEEMS ODD TO ME IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY SEE FROM ORGANIZATION SO I DON'T KNOW. MR. CITY MANAGER IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS. THANK YOU. ACTING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE 70 FIGURE FOR LAYOFFS. WE DO HE MIK PALERMO FROM STF ON THE LINE TO SPEAK TO THE RESOLUTION ITSELF. I DON'T KNOW THAT MIKE IS AWARE OF THAT EITHER SO I IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW HOW THAT ISSUE FACTORS INTO WHAT THEY'RE PURSUING OR YOU KNOW, WHATEVER STRATEGIC REPOSITIONING THEY'RE DOING, WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN SHARED WITH US TO MY KNOWLEDGE. YEAH. OKAY. OH YES. GO AHEAD. YES. COUNCILMEMBER NEWSOM, THANK YOU. ACTING MAYOR. IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN LARGER COMPANIES THAT HAVE DONE LAYOFFS, WE HAVE RECEIVED A NOTICE. I FORGET WHAT IT'S CALLED BUT THEY HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR NOTICE. YEAH. DID WE RECEIVE THAT? I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A WORD NOTICE. NO. OKAY . YEAH. OKAY. SO MR. PALERMO, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO MAKE NOTE OF ? ACTING MAYOR COUNCIL I DO NOT HAVENY INFORMATION THAT I CAN THAT HAS BEEN INFORMED TO ME. I BELIEVE THERE IS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM SKY WATER. I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE JUST BEEN PROMOTED. BRIAN LENIHAN MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP WITH THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS. YEAH, THAT'LL BE GREAT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. IS BRIAN PETER TO SPEAK TO US? OKAY GREAT. DEPUTY COUNCIL. I'M HERE. YEAH, THE STRATEGIC REALIGNMENTHAT OUR COMPAES ARE TING IS GOING TO ALLOW FOR US TO UNLOCK TANGIBLE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES. AND THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU IS KEY TO THAT OPPORTUNITY GOING FORWARD IN OUR CHIP'S APPLICATION WE'RE GOING TO BE A STRONGER COMPANY AND MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES AS WE SEE A DOWNTURN IN THE INDUSTRY. SO THIS IS KEY TO WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND CHIP'S OFFICE AND WHAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH CITY COUNCIL HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATION. IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING ONE MORE QUESTION IS ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO ASK? BECAUSE I JUST HAD ONE REALLY QUICKLY. GO AHEAD. COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN. I'M NOTURE IF YOU'RE GOING TO A THIS QUESTIONUT I THINK THE CURIOSITY THAT I HAVE ACTING MAYOR IS IF WE WERE TO DENY THIS APPLICATION OR VOTE AGAINST THIS THING TONIGHT, WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT OF TURNING THIS DOWN? WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING AND MAYBE MISMANAGE YOU CAN HELP US OUT WITH THIS THIS IS JUST A LETTER A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT LETTER THAT GOES INTO A PACKET THAT'S PROVIDED I THINK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS PART OF THE OVERALL SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION. IS THAT CORRECT? ACTING MAYOR MEMBERS THIS IS A PART OF THE APPLICATION PACKET BUT I DO THINK IT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY RELEVANT TO ASK THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM SKY WATER FOR ANY ADDITIONAL TIMING THAT MAY OF NOTE FOR THEM IN PARTICULAR THAT WE MAY NOT BE AWARE OF . SURE. SURE. SO WE JUST HAD A CONVERSATION WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVE PRIOR TO THIS MTING SPEAKINGBOUT THE PREREQUISITES FOR THE APPLICATION FOR DEED. SO THE TIMING WOULD BE THE RESOLUTION AH COMPLETION OF THE DEED APPLICATION AND THEN THE ABILITY TO SUBMIT OUR FULL APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL CHIP'S OFFICE AT THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT IN THE NEXT WEEK AND A HALF. SO IF I. THANK YOU. IF I COULD IF I COULD ASK A DIRECT QUESTION DO THE DOES THE STRATEGIC REALIGNMENT TO USE YOUR TERM IS IT IN IS IT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM RELATED TO THIS OR CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US THE TIMING OF THESE THINGS AS THEY ARE RELATE TO EACH OTHERR NOT? JUST JUS TO BE CLEAR THAT WE ARE YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS ANY OVERLAP IN THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES OR THE TYPES OF EMPLOYEES THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER . SO I WOULD SAY THE TIMING IS NOT THEY'RE NOT CODEPENDENT. THEY'RE NOT RELATED TO EACH OTHER. THIS IS DUE TO MACROECONOMIC DOWNTURN IN THE INDUSTRY AND THE TIMING FOR US TO GET AN APPLICATIONN HAS ALWS BEEN HINGED UPO US COMPLETING AN APPLICATION AND GOING THROUGH THE PREREQUISITE THAT THE CITY AND STATE REQUIRE US TO DO TO HAVE A COVERED INCENTIVE TO SUBMIT A FULL APPLICATION SO NOT NOT RELEVANT ON BOTH SIDES. SO THIS THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE AN INVESTMENT THAT HELPS CREATE JOBS OVER THE NEXT 3 TO 10 YEARS. SO YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY THAT ONE IS CAUSE AND EFFECT OF THE OTHER. SO WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN PLANNING TO MOVEORWARD ON OUR APPLICATIO RIGHT. OKAY SO SO SAID ANOTHER WAY THAT THE JOBS THAT WERE IMPACTED THIS WEEK ARE NOT THE SAME JOBS THAT YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO GET THIS FUNDING FOR. IS THAT FAIR? UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S A LEADERSHIP AND PROBABLY QUESTION AND DO THE RECORDING OF THE NUMBERS I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT AS WELL BUT IT WOULDN'T BE I CAN'T SAY IT'S A ONE FOR ONE JOB BUT IT'S THE JOBS THAT WE ARE LOOKING A IN BRINGING O OUR ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN JOBS. OKAY. FOR THE APPLICATION. UNDERSTOOD. UNDERSTOOD. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAD ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN? OKAY. MY THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT'S HELPFUL. I'M OF THE OPINION THAT I MEAN I DON'T KNOW THAT I WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HOLDING BACK A LETTER OF RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT HERE. BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO JUST KNOW YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO THESE THINGS RIGHT? TIMING'S A LITTLE OFF MAYBE KNOW IF I HAD BEEN AEEK LATER WE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT AT ALL. SO YOU KNOW THAT IS WHAT IT IS IF YOU IF NOBODY HERE HAS ANY OBJECTIONS BASED ON THAT INFORMATION, I'LL MOVE 3.1. YOU CAN GO ON. OKAY. OKAY. YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT ON IT? JUST A COUPLE. YEAH PLEASE. FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP THAT INFORMATION UP. BUT SECOND THIS THIS ISN'T FUNDING THE CITY. THIS IS SUPPORT FOR A COMPANY THAT IS IN THE CITY TO HIRE EMPLOYEES. BUT I AM CANDIDLY TROUBLED BY THE FACT THAT THEIR A LAYOFF OF EMPLOYEES AND THEN A HIRING OF NEW EMPLOYEES BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE THAT THIS WOULD BE TO GROW JOBS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, NOT REPLACE JOBS THAT WERE RECENTLY LOST. AND IT WOULD BE IDEAL TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON IT. BUT AGAIN, TO YOUR POINT, THIS IS A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR A COMPANY WITHIN THAT WL PROVIDE JOBS. WE ALSO DO OTHER THINGS THAT ARE PREMISED ON THE RETENTION OF JOBS. BUT AGAIN, I JUST THANK YOU ACTING MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALE SNYDER FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD. IT'S I DON'T KNOW IT'S FASCINATING TO ME TO HEAR THAT THERE'S A DOWNTURN IN THE INDUSTRY WITH ALL THE MONEY FUNNELING INTO IT SO. SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE WORST COMMENTS EVER. BUT THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THANK YOU . ACTING MAYOR. YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS UP AS WELL AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHAT YOU SAID, I DON'T THINK I CAN SUPPORT THIS TONIGHT. I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I THINK COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND YOURSELF HAVE REALLY KIND OF OUTLINED IT. I NEED TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION FOR EXPORT THIS ACTING MAYOR D'ALESSANDRO, IF I MAY, JUST ONE ADDITIONAL POINT. I THINK THAT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON'S COMMENTS WERE WERE HELPFUL WHEN IT COMES TO THE TIMING OF THIS THIS FUNDING. IT IS IT IS FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT HAS A SIGNIFICANT STATE MATCH THAT PASSED THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR AND THE TIMING ON WHEN THE ANY ANY APPLICANT COMPANY WOULD ACTUALLY RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS IS NOT CLEAR RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE PROCESS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO RECEIVE APPLICATIONS AND THEN RUN IT THROUGH THEIR BLACK BOX OF APPROVALS AND CONSIDERATION AND COMPETITIVE EVALUATION IS UNKNOWN RIGHT NOW. SO YOU KNOW, I THINK THE THE NATURE OF THE TIMING OF THEIR ANNOUNCEMENTS ON CURRENT STAFFING AS OPPOSED TO THE RECEIPT OF FUNDING AND LONG TERM STRATEGY BEING SUPPORTED BY THAT FUNDING ISN'T GOING TO MATCH UP. SO I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. CITY MANAGER I THINK TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW THERE ARE ALWAYS TWO CYCLES IN BUSINESS ,RIGHT? THERE'S THE LONG TERM STRATEGIC CYCLE AND THERE'S THE DAY YOU KNOW THE MONTHLY QUARTERLY YEAR OVER YEAR EARNINGS STYLE, YOU KNOW, CYCLES AND THESE ARE JUST POTENTIALLY IN CONFLICT. OKAY GREAT. YES, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, MAYOR, I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION. THE CITY MANAGER COULD YOU REMIND ME DID WE RECENTLY PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR SKY WATER AS PART OF SOMETHING THAT WE THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL JOBS OR EXPANSION THERE DID DIDN'T WE DO SOMETHING WITH TIFF OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE TO HELP THEM? I'M GOI TO LOO TO MR. PALERMO AND SEE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S NOT NOT OCCURRING TO ME RIGHT NOW. ACTING MAYOR COUNCIL. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY FINANCIAL SUPPORT BUT THERE WAS A RECENT EXPANSION ABOUT MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO. IT'S ACTUALLY A PROJECT I WORKED ON WHEN I WAS IN PLANNING THEY THEY DID A BUILD OUT BUILDING EXPANSION AND PART OF THIS APPLICATION WAS THE THEN SUPPORT THAT INTERIOR BUILD OUT GUARANTEE FULLY UTILIZED THAT SPACE THAT THEY EXTENDED TO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. SO. THANK YOU, ACTING MAYOR. SO IF I RECALL CORRECTLY MAYBE THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD AT THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME WAS NOT NECESSARILY FINANCIAL SUPPORT BUT DID IT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH A FINANCE OR SOME ACCOMMODATIONS ALONG THOSE LINES? WAS IT. I'M JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER WE DID NOT PUT MONEY OR FINANCIAL SUPPORT INTO IT AND NOW THEY'RE LOSING JOBS. IS THAT ACCURATE? YES. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I WANT TO. OKAY. OKAY. SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER MMENTS, I'LL MOV. WELL, WE DID MOVE. WE HAVE A MOVE AND A SECOND SO WE'LL VOTE ON IT I GUESS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR SKY WATER TECHNOLOGY MINNESOTA FORWARD FUND APPLICATION SAY I I THOSE AGAINST THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE ONE WITH COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN A DISSENTING I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT WORD IS. SURE, WHY NOT? LET'S GO WITH THAT. OKAY. MR. MAYOR CAN COME BACK IN AND WE'LL DO THE REST OF IT AND I'LL GIVE HIM BACK THE GAVEL SO YOU HAVE ONE? YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO. ITEMS 3.2 AND 3.14 WERE HELD BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. ITEM 3.2 COUNCILMEMBER NELSON . SO I'VE GOT THE MICROPHONE. FORMER THE LAST TIME THE TWO REASONS I HELD TS ONE IS ONE THERE IS A THING THAT HAS HAPPENED IN LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH REGARDS TO THE PORT AND THE HRA AND SO THIS ONE IS INCREASING THE PORT IS INCREASING LESS AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN THAT TO PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY MAY LOOK AT THIS AND IT MAY LOOK A LITTLE BIT FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM WONKY BUT THERE. THIS IS PART OF A PLANNED PROCESS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF THAT TRSITION. IS THAT ACCURATE AND CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY LOOK AT THIS? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, ERIKA COLEMAN, HRA ADMINISTRATOR HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. SO WHAT YOU ARE MENTIONING OR REFERRING TO IS THAT THE HRA ACTUALLY FOCUSES OR USES A TAX LEVY THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO LEVY PER STATUTORY AUTHORITY THROUGH HENNEPIN COUNTY. HENNEPIN COUNTYOES SETHAT THAT TAX LEVY MAXIMUM IS BASED ON A 0.0185% CALCULATION THAT THEY COME UP WITH. TO WHAT YOU HAVE MENTIONED IN THE HRA ASSESSMENT THAT BECAME THE HRA AND PORT AUTHORITY ASSESSMENT WHERE IT DID ASSESS BY AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT WHAT THE STRENGTHS WERE OF EACH ENTITY AND HOW TO BEST SERVE BLOOMINGTON TODAY AND TOMORROW. RIGHT. AND SO WITH THAT IT WAS RECOMMENDED AND APPROVED BY THIS BODY AS WELL AS THE PORT AUTHORITY AND THE HRA BOARD THAT THE PORT AUTHORITY GOES CITYWIDE AND THAT THE HRA FOCUS ON ITS STRENGTHS WHICH IS ALONG THE HOUSING CONTINUUM OF HOUSING STABILITY PATHWAYS TO HOMEOWNERSHIP, HOUSING PRESERVATION AND HOUSING CREATION SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON MISSING MIDDLE SO SINGLE FAMILY UNITS TOWNHOMES, CONDOS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING. WHEREAS THE PORT AUTHORITY IS FOCUSED MORE ON MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT HOUSING AS WELL AS BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION AND CREATIVE PLACEMING IS INCLUDED IN TT. HO WE ARRIVED AT THAT AND APPROVED RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT FOR THE HRA WHO HAS TYPICALLY HISTORICALLY LEVIED AT OUR MAXIMUM LEVY AMOUNT TO PULL OUR LEVY DOWN BY A COMMENSURATE AMOUNT SO THAT THE PORT AUTHORITY CAN TURN ITS LEVY ON AT THAT AMOUNT. THAT WAY THE IMPACT TO RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, THE TAXPAYERS WHICH INCLUDE RENTERS BUT THE TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY AND BLOOMINGTON WOULD HAVE AS MINIMAL IMPACT AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WHEN YOU COMBINE THE TWO LEVIES IT WOULD BE CLOSE TO THE EQUIVALENT OF THE HRA LIVING AT ITS MAXIMUM. AND SO LAST YEAR 2022 FOR 2023 WHEN WE WENT TO THE BUDGET PROCESS THE HRA LEVY THAT THE MAX AND THEN ENTERED INTO A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH THE PORT AUTHORITY. THE REASON FOR THAT IS THERE ARE REQUIRE STEPS THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE WITH THE COUNTY BY A CERTAIN TIME FRAME WHICH WE'RE NOT PROPERLY CONVEYED. SO THE LEVY MAX FOR 2023 FOR THE HRA WAS $2,776,969 OF THAT THE PORT AUTHORITY HAD $1.4 MILLION AND THE HRA REMAINED $1,376,969. WE ARE PROPOSING THE SAME PROCESS THIS YEAR. IT'S JUST THAT THE PORT AUTHORITY LEVY WOULD BE ON AND SO WITH THAT THE MAXIMUM LEVY AS CALCULATED BY CALCULATED AND SET BY HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR THE HRA IS $3,165,356. I AM PROPOSING THAT THE HRA LEVY AMOUNT WOULD BE $1,665,356 AND THE PORT AUTHORITY HAS PROPOSED TO TURN THEIR LEVY ON IT $1,500,000. SO WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IS AN INCREASE OF $100,000 FROM WHAT THE PORT AUTHORITY USED TO DO OPERATING LAST YEAR OR THIS YEAR EXCUSE ME 2023 AND AN INCREASE OF $288,000 FOR THE HRA. HOWEVER WHAT I WANT TO CALL OUT IS THAT THE HRA USES THE LEVY AS A RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RES LEVY $500,000 DOES NOT GO TOWARDS OPERATING. SO LAST YEAR THE HRA OPERATED ON A $876,000 LEVY AND THIS YEAR WE'RE ACTUALLY PROPOSING OPERATING ON A $1.1 MILLION LEVY. AND SO I JUST WAN TO BRING THAT TO FOCUS AND FOR CLARIFY IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AS TO WHY IT LOOKS THE WAY IT LOOKS. SO YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION. I THINK THAT HELPS PEOPLE BECAUSE I KNOW SIMILAR TO SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE DID WITH MOVING PUBLIC WORKS IN PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THIS IS MOVING THINGS AROUND AND SO IT MADE THIS YEAR LOOK A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL. THE ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE THOUGH IS THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL STAFF PERSON IN THIS BUDGET AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT PREVIOUSLY. AND SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHY WE SHOULD SUPPORT AN ADDITIONAL STAFF PERSON IN THIS, WHAT THEIR ROLE IS GOING TO BE, WHAT WORK THEY'RE GOING TO DO, THAT TYPE OF THING? THANK YOU. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SO YOU ARE REFERENCING THAT WE DO HAVE AN ASSISTANT HRA ADMINISTRATOR INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET FOR 2024. THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR POSITION WAS AUALLY APPROVED BY THIS BODY EARLIER THIS YEAR NOT EARLIER BUT A FEW MONTHS AGO THROUGH AN UPDATE TO THE COMPENSATION PLAN. HOWEVER, I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THAT POSITION IS. WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE HRA ASSESSMENT THAT EXPANDED TO THE HRA IN THE PORT AUTHORITY THERE ACTUALLY WAS A SUPERVISOR LEVEL POSITION OF HRA PROGRAM MANAGER. THAT POSITION WAS VOLUNTARILY VACATED AND WHILE WE WERE LOOKING AT THE ORGANIZATION AND THE PROPER STRENGTHS OF THE HRA EFFECTIVELY CARRY OUT THE WORK THAT WE ARE REQUIRED AND NEED TO CARRY OUT . WE DID NOT BACKFILL THAT POSITION AND ALLOWED A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO BE CREATED IN THE PORT AUTHORITY. SO IN THE HRA I AS THE ADMINISTRATOR HAVE ACTUALLY OPERATED AS THE ADMINISTRATOR AND THEN ALL THE STAFF THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SECOND PERSON, THERE'S NOT BEEN A SUPERVISOR THERE HAS NOT BEEN A PERSON TO HELP WITH THE WORK OF THE HRA. AND SO WHAT I JUST PULLED UP IS JUST BASIC ORGANIZATION OF THE HRA AND AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S THE HRA BOARD AND THERE'S OPERATIONS THE LITTLE FLAGS ARE THE BUDGET TITLES, THE BUDGET FUND TITLES THAT ARE ALSO IN THE MEMO AND WHERE THOSE FUNDS TYPICALLY GO. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE TWO DISTINCT AREAS OF THE WE ARE THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND WHAT WAS CALLED OUT IN THE ASSESSMENT WAS THAT WE HAVE HOUSING DOWN WE CAN DO THAT. THAT INCLUDES HOUSING STABILITY, RT ASSISTANCE. THAT INCLUDES THOSE VERY KEY PROGRAMS. BUT REDEVELOPMENT WE NEED TO WORK ON WE CAN IMPROVE ON REALLY GETTING MORE AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO WITH THE ASSISTANT HRA ADMINISTRATOR THEY ARE FOCUSED ON THE HOUSING STABILITY AND HOMEOWNERSHIP WORK GROUP. THAT IS A STRENGTH THAT THEY WILL TO WORK WITH THREE PROGRAM SPECIALISTS THAT DO ADMINISTER HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM WHICH IS 66% OF OUR BUDGET. THOSE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM HUD AND SO IN USING THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR TO OVERSEE THAT STAFF AND TO FOCUS ON HOUSING STABILITY WHICH ALSO INCLUDES HOMELESSNESS. WE DID DO A STATE OF HOMELESSNESS ASSESSMENT IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND WE NEED TO PARTNER BETTER WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS WELL AS HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER HOMEOWNERSHIP WHICH IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE COULD USE FUNDS FROM HUD SO THAT WE CAN SEE ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THAT PROGRAM. AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THAT THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR WILL BE FOCUSED ON THAT AREA. WHILE I WILL FOC ON THE SIDENTIAL AND DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES AREA WHICH IS BUILDING OUT THE ARE OF THE HRA. IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR PROPER SUCCESSION PLANNING AS IF THERE'S JUST PROGRAM STAFF THAT ARE ADMINISTERING ALL PROGRAMS. HOW ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVER MOVE UP IN THE ORGANIZATION IF THEY'VE NEVER BEEN GIVEN THAT THAT STEP? AND SO ALL OF THAT IS WHY WE HAVE ASSISTANT HRA ADMINISTRATOR THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. JUST ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION FROM WHAT I HEARD. WE HAD A STAFF PERSON STAFF PERSON IS NO LONGER THERE AND THEN WE ADDED THIS STAFF PERSON S WE HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF TEAMS. YES. OKAY. THAT'S FANTASTIC AND THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION BEFORE YOU MOVE THE ITEM COUNCILMEMBER DOWNTOWN. IS THAT OKAY? OKAY GREAT. SO SO THE IF WE WERE TO DO A AS A SO IT SOUNDS LIKE AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL AT A AT A TOP DOWN LEVEL COMPLETELY MAKES SENSE THE MATH MAKES SENSE AT A BOTTOMS UP LEVEL SO ASOU ILD YOURUDGET DID YOU COME IT SEEMS YOU CAME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION THAT THE MAXIMUM LEVY WAS REQUIRED BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU SO THAT $400,000 GIVE OR TAKE I APOLOGIZE I'M NOT DOING THE MATH OR A WELL 860 SOMETHING VERSUS THE 1.1 MILLION THIS IS USING THAT TERM LOOSELY THAT 400 K OR SO WHERE WHAT ARE WHAT ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND OR ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES OR WHATEVER ARE IS COMING FROM THAT. SO THAT JUSTIFIED IF YOU WILL FOR LACK OF A BETTE WAY TO PUT IT THE MNTENANCE OF THE MAXIMUM LEVY. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. SO THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT I HAVE DONE AND THAT WE ARE DOING. SO NUMBER ONE, WE DO HAVE OUR HEALTH, HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LOAN PROGRAM WHICH IS A FORGIVABLE LOAN FOR PEOPLE IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN CITED TO POSSIBLY NOT BE ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOME BY OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND OR BUILDING INSPECTIONS. EITHER WAY WE HAVE THAT. AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE A FORGIVABLE LOA YOU ND FUNDING TO ME SURE THAT IT'S SUPPORTING THAT AND SO WE USE LOAN REPAYMENTS TO HELP WITH THAT. WE PARTNER WITH A BRUSH WITH KINDNESS WHICH IS A HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PROGRAM FOR LOW INCOME PROPERTY OWNERS OR OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSEHOLDS TO DO WORK ITEMS THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE DONE ON THEIR PROPERTY THEY CAN'T COULDN'T NORMALLY DO. IN ADDITION TO THAT I SAID I WAS BUILDING OUT THE R AND SO WE I HAVE BEEN APPLYING FOR AND LOOKING AT FUNDING AT DIFFERENT LEVELS TO HELP BE ABLE TO PRODUCE MORE AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WHEN APPLYING FOR THAT FUNDING. THERE IS A REQUIRED MATCH TO A CERTAIN LEVEL THAT HELPS YOUR APPLICATION BE STRONGER. SO I HAVE THAT BUT ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH IS TO LOOK INTO PERMANENT DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE FUND SOURCE OF FUNDING AS WELL AS WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS FOR POTENTIAL RENTAL HOME IMPROVEMENT AND THING LIKE THAT. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DELTA OF THAT FUNDING IT GOES TO SUPPORT AND BUILD OUT THESE PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY HERE AND WE OWN 41 SINGLE FAMILY SCATTERED SITE PROPERTIES. 20 OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE IN THE ASSISTED RENTAL PROGRAM WHICH IS A PROJECT BASED SECTION EIGHT PROGRAM 21 IS IN THE RENTAL HOMES FOR FUTURE HOMEBUYERS PROGRAM. WE HAVE OWNED THESE PROPERTIES FOR QUITE A WHILE AND THEY WERE MOSTLY BUILT BETWEEN THE 1950S AND 1970S. WHILE WE HAVE HAD A STAGGERED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SCHEDULE WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT IMPROVING THOSE PROPERTIES WE ARE RUNNING UP AGAINST WE NEED ROOFS, WE NEED WINDOWS AND WE SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING IN A SUSTAINABLE MANNER. AND SO PART OF THE FUNDING THE INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S OPERATING IS ALSO GOING TO THAT. SO AS YOU CAN TELL THERE'S QUITE A FEW THINGS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE RENTING FROM US BUT THEN ALSO ACHIEVING OUR GOALS UNDER CTT AS WELL THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ASSESSMENT TO TRULY PROVIDE THOSE AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT DON'T EXIST TODAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS. IF NOT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. SO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? NO, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M GOOD. I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION I GOT. IF YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION YOU NEED I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 3.2 MOVE ITEM 3.2 SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO APPROVE ITEM 3.2 THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE 2024 FINAL HRA LEVY AS PART OF OUR CONSENT BUSINESS. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND 3.1 FOR FIRST OF ALL I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BRINGING PIE . YOU MISSED ME BY A WEEK I ABOUT 150 PIES A WEEK AGO BUT I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT SOME EXTRAS. MY ONLY QUESTION ON THIS ONE IS YOU KNOW I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE NEW FACILITIES AND WE NEED SOME PEOPLE TO DO THIS AND IT'S OUTSOURCING INSTEAD OF BRINGING ON STAFF. MY ONLY QUESTION ON IT IS WHY IS THIS NOT PART OF THE PROJECT BUDGET FOR THESE BIG PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE COMING FORWARD AND OR IS THERE A WAY TO PUT IT INTO THE PROJECT BUDGET AND HAVE IT COVERED THROUGH THAT INSTEAD OF POTENTIALLY PUT IT INTO A LE? MR. KEEL IT'S MIRROR CASTLE COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. IN FACT IT WILL BE PART OF THE PROJECT BUDGETS AND IT WILL NOT BE PART OF THE LEVY. IT'LL BE IT'LL BE WRAPPED INTO PROJECT COSTS MUCH THE SAME AS STAFF THAT ARE WORKING THOSE PROJECTS ARE AS WELL. THANK YOU. AS EASY AS PREMIER NELSON IF YOU'RE SATISFIED I'D MOVE PIE . YEAH. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO APPROVE ITEM 3.14 THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE SERVICE CONTRACT AWARD CONTRACT IS PART OF A CONSENT BUSINESS. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU MR. KEEL. THANKING COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO FOR DEFINITELY HANGING HANDLING OUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR IN OUR AGENDA OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES AND OUR FIRST ITEM OF THE EVENING IS ITEM 4.1 WHICH IS THE PUBLIC HEARING OUR TRUTH AND TAXATION PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS REGARDING THE 2024 PROPERTY TAX LEVY AND GENERAL FUND BUDGET. ALL RIGHT, CARON OUREPUTY FINANCE OFFICER IS HERE WITH US AGAIN THIS EVENING TO HAVE OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION AS PART OF THE SANTEE PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TONIGHT I HAVE INFORMATION TO PRESENT IN ADVANCE OF TRUTH AND TAXATION PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 2024 PROPERTY TAX LEVY AND BUDGET AND CITY ASSESSOR TIM BULGER IS IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS THIS EVENING AS WELL AND HE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUES OR HOME SETTING AS WELL AS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STATE'S PROPERTY REFUND PROGRAM AND THE SENIOR DEFERRAL PROPERTY TAX PROGRAM THROUGH THE STATE. ALSO HE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE LOBBY JUST OUTSIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AFTERWARDS IF ANYONE HAS SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR OWN PROPERTY VALUATION. THIS IS THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THERE'S A REVIE OF OUR BUDGETARY APPROACH A RECAP OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. UPDATE ON THE INCREASED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE BUDGET. WE DID A REVIEW OF THE KEY EXPENSE DRIVERS A PROPOSED DECREASE FROM THE PRELIMINARY TAX LEVY. A BREAKDOWN IN THE 2024 BUDGET GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND EXPENSES. AND THEN ALSO A COMPARISON TO THE 2023 GENERAL FUND BUDGET A COMPARISON THEN TO OTHER CITIES AND THEN INFORMATION ON THE STATES PROPERTY TAX REFUND PROGRAM AND DEFERRAL PROGRAM FOR SENIORS. THEN 2024 BUDGET REQUEST CONTINUES THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS AND PUBLIC SAFETY INSTRUCTION TO MAINTAIN THE CITY SERVICES THAT RESIDENTS VALUE AND EXPECT. AND THERE'S BEEN A FOCUS ON THE STRATEGIC ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AND THE BUDGET REQUESTS ALIGN WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN. BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER AND WE'VE BEEN COMMITTED TO INCREASE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE BUDGET PROCESS AND THEN AS REVIEW THE RECAP OF THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR THIS YEAR THE KICKOFF FOR THE CITY DEPARTMENT STARTED BACK IN MAY. THERE WERE INTERNAL MEETINGS WITH DEPARTMENTS WITH THE CITY MANAGER IN JULY AND AUGUST. THERE WAS A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL BUDGET MEETING ON AUGUST 21ST AND THEN COUNCIL SET THE PRELIMINARY 2024 BUDGET AND TAX LEVY ON SEPTEMBER 18TH AND THEN ON BOTH OCTOBER 16TH AND NOVEMBER 13TH THERE WAS COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE 202 ILITY RATES A THOSE COESPONDING BUDGETS AND THEN THROUGHOUT OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS PRESENTED THEIR 24 BUDGET REQUEST IN COUNCIL AND MORE IN DETAIL. NOVEMBER 20TH WAS THE SECOND SPECIAL COUNCIL BUDGET MEETING FOR THIS YEAR AND THEN LAST MONDAY WAS THE PUBLIC HEARING FROM THE 2024 UTILITY RATES. TONIGHT OF COURSE IS THE TRUTH AND TAXATION PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WHILE ALL THIS WAS GOING ON WE DID HAVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EVENTS HELD FROM MAY THROUGH OOBER . TALKING ABOUT THOSE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EVENTS WE HAD BUDGET TABLES AT 13 EVENTS THIS YEAR WITH INTERACTIONS WITH OVER 900 RESIDENTS. WE WERE OUT AND ABOUT AND THE COMMUNITY GATHERING FEEDBACK ON WHAT RESIDENTS VALUE AND PRIORITIZE AND JUST HAVING DISCUSSIONS IN GENERAL ABOUT CITY SPENDING AND THE BUDGET AND THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. WE WERE AT THE NORMAN DAILY VENTURE MORE THAN ONCE AT A SOME OF THE FARMER'S MARKETS KIDS SHOWS AT THE PARKS DERTMENT OPENOUSES AND THEN ALONG WIT THAT WE RECEIVED 271 SURVEY RESPONSES ONLINE ON OUR LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON BUDGET PAGE AND THE BUDGET TABLES AT EVENTS HAD AN ACTIVITY WHERE PEOPLE COULD USE CHIPS TO REPRESENT PROPERTY TAXES AND ALLOCATE THEM ACROSS THESE SIX DIFFERENT CATEGORIES SHOWN HERE TO REFLECT THEIR PRIORITIES. I KNOW THIS WASN'T A SCIENTIFIC SURVEY BUT IT WAS A TOOL JUST TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND JUST KIND OF GET A SENSE OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. THE CATEGORY THAT RECEIVED MOST CHIPS WAS PARKS, ARTS, RECREATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES RECEIVED 25% OF THE CHIPS. THE SECOND WAS PUBLIC SAFETY WITH 23% FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW THE COMMUNITY WERE BOTH AT 15% AND THEN 13% FOR EQUITABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND 9% FOR IN WELCOMING BEAUTY. AND THEN WE HAD AN EASEL WITH THE QUESTIO WHAT DO YOUANT CI COUNCIL TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES FOR CITY SERVICES AND ALL 13 OF THOSE EVENTS AND SO INCLUDED IN THE PUBLISHED AGENDA PACKET FOR THE NOVEMBER 20TH SPECIAL MEETING THAT DETAILED REPORT OF ALL THOSE INDIVIDUAL EVENTS AND ALL OF THE COMMENTS WERE INCLUDED WITH THAT ALSO INCLUDED ON THAT SAME DOCUMENT WAS OUR FEEDBACK THAT I RECEIVED. I DID HAVE THREE RESIDENTS THAT EITHER EMAILED OR CALLED ME DIRECTLY AND THAT WAS INCLUD AS WELL. AND JUST AS A REFERENCE TO WE DO HAVE A BUDGET PAGE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE YOU CAN NAVIGATE TO IT RIGHT FROM THE CITY'S HOME PAGE WITH ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEETINGS WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT BUDGET OF THE BUDGET EVERYTHING VERY EASY TO ACCESS THERE AND THEN IN ADDITION TO OUR IN-PERSON INTERACTIONS AS I SAID WE HAD 271 RESIDENTS THAT FILLED OUT THE PRIORITY RELATED SURVEY ON THE LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON SITE. AND SO FOR THIS ONLINE VERSION SURVEY THE RESIDENT RESIDENTS HAD TO RANK THE SAME SIX PRIORITIES AND SO FOR THE ONLINE SURVEY IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THAT YOU HAD TO YOU HAD TO RANK ALL OF THEM WHEREAS THE THE ACTIVITY THAT WAS AT THE IN-PERSON EVENTS PEOPLE COULD CHOOSE AND NOT PUT ANY CHIPS IN ONE CATEGORY BUT OF THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE FOR THE SURVEY WAS THEY HAD TO BE RANKED FROM ONE THROUGH SIX AND SO THIS IS HOW THAT RANKING CAME OUT AND FOR THIS ONE PUBLIC SAFETY WAS RANKED FIRST FOLLOWED BY PARKS AND RECREATION AND THEN FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND AGAIN THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD COMMENTS ONLINE AND THAT FULL REPORT WITH 178 WRITTEN RESPONSES WAS INCLUDED IN THE NOVEMBER 20TH SPECIAL BUDGET MEETING PUBLIC AGENDA PACKAGE THAT WAS PUBLISHED FOR THAT MEETING AS A REVIEW. THERE ARE THREE SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANT ISSUES THAT WERE DRIVING CITY EXPENSES FOR NEXT YEAR. THE FIRST IS LABOR MARKET PRESSURE. UNEMPLOYMENT IN MINNESOTA IS AT A RECORD LOW RATE AND COMPETITIVE SALARIES A BENEFITS ARE NEEDED TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN SKILLED PERSONNEL TO PROVIDE CITY SERVICES. THE SECOND EXPENSE DRIVER IS BLOOMINGTON'S COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY AS THE 2024 PROPOSAL IS ADDING SIX ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS TO CONTINUE WITH THE ONGOING TRANSITION TO A HYBRID FULL TIME AND PART TIME FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS ADDING A NEW DISPATCHER FOR OUR DISPATCH CENTER THAT SERVES BOTH POLICE AND FIRE. AND THE THIRD COST DRIVER IS OVERALL ECONOMIC VOLATILITY AND HOW IT IS AFFECTING THE COST OF MATERIALS AND SERVICES THAT WE ARE PURCHASING AND HERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. EXAMPLES OF ECONOMIC VOLATILITY THAT ARE AFFECTING THE 2021 BUDGET SO ONE EXAMPLE THE UTILITIES COSTS SO MEANING ELECTRIC ELECTRIC CARS GAS REFUSE DISPOSAL HAVE INCREASED BY MORE THAN 14% AND THE PARK MAINTENANCE BUDGET THAT'S IN THE GENERAL FUND STEEL CUTTING EXPENSES HAVE INCREASED BY MORE THAN 32% AND SOFTWARE AND MAINTENANCE COSTS HAVE INCREASED BY MORE 13%. ALSO IN OUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS WE WERE ABSORBING A LOT OF THE HIGHER COSTS IN SOME BUDGETS THIS YEAR AND THAT WERE SET LAST YEAR AND ARE NOW NEEDING TO INCREASE THE CHARGE TO DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE UP FOR THAT. AND SO SINCE HERE'S AN EXAMPLE SINCE 2022 VEHICLES HAVE INCREASED BY AS MUCH AS 65% AND EQUIPMENT AS MUCH AS 29% OUTFITTING A POLICE OFFICER WITH UNIFORM AND GEAR HAS INCREASED BY 32% SINCE LAST YEAR AND LARGE FIRE LADDER TRUCK COSTS HAVE GONE UP MORE BY 23% AND WAIT TIMES FOR THOSE TRUCKS ARE MORE THAN A YEAR AS. A REVIEW FROM ADDITIONS AND THE 2023 POLICE BUDGET JUST GOING BACK TO THE 23 BUDGET THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WE DID ADD FOUR ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS THAT WERE BROUGHT ON THIS YEAR ALONG WITH AN ADDITIONAL DISPATCH TRAINING COORDINATOR AND NOW AND THE 2024 POLICE BUDGET WE ARE PROPOSING NEXT YEAR TO BRING IN AN ADDITIONAL DISPATCHER AND THEN FORD IN 2023 AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET 21 NEW FULL TIME FIREFIGHTERS WERE ADDED AND OF THOSE WERE FUNDED FROM THE SAFER GRANT THROUGH FEMA FOR THREE YEARS AND THEN THIS 2024 BUDGET IS REQUESTING SIX NEW FULL TIME FIREFIGHTERS . WE DOAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE THOUGH FOR THOSE FIREFIGHTERS. SO WHAT THIS IS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE PROPOSED DECREASE FROM THE THE PRELIMINARY 2024 TAX LEVY THAT WAS APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER. SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO DECREASE THE TAX LEVY DOWN BY 1.1 MILLION FROM WHERE IT WAS IN THE PRELIMINARY SO THAT RATHER THAN A 9.49% INCREASE IT WOULD WE'RE PROPOSING A 7.97% INCREASE AND I'M JUST GOING TO TALK THROUGH HOW WE GOT DOWN TO $1.1 MILLION. SO THE LARGEST AMOUNT IS THAT $535,000. AND SO OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR CITY EMPLOYEES THAT CLOSED LAST MONTH AND AFTER RECALCULATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM EXPENSES WITH THE NEW ENROLLMENT SELECTIONS WE DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS $535,000 AVAILABLE TO TRANSFER THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND AND THAT W DUE TO LOWER THAN ESTIMATED COSTS FOR HEALTH PREMIUMS. AND A LARGE PART OF THIS REASON WAS THERE WAS A NEW OPTION FOR A HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN YEAR FOR EMPLOYEES AND 163 EMPLOYEES ENROLLED IN THIS NEW LESS EXPENSIVE OPTION WHICH WAS AN ACL WHICH STANDS FOR ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN IS A MORE LIMITED PLAN AND THAT WAS OFFERED FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR AND IT WAS PART OF OUR MINNESOTA HEALTH CARE PLANS. SO TT'S $535,000 TNSFER FROM THE EMPLOE BENEFITS THAT CAN COME OFF THE LEVY AND THEN 300,000 IS A REDUCTION BASED ON AN INCREASE IN PERMIT REVENUES FOR 2024 HIGHER THAN WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WHEN WE HAD THE PRELIMINARY TAX LEVY AND THAT'S BASED ON UPDATED FORECASTED CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES TRENDS AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS THAN THE $191,000 IS A REDUCTION AND THAT WOULD ACCOMPLISHED BY WAITING UNTIL APRIL TO HIRED THOSE SIX ADDITIONAL FULL TIME FIREFIGHTERS. SO THAT WOULD TAKE OFF LIKE 25% OF THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS OF THOSE SIX AND THEN THE REMAINING REDUCTION TO THE LEVY. IT'S A COMBINATION OF SOME BUDGET RELIEF FROM THOSE ONE TIME PUBLIC SAFETY STATE AID MONEY WE'RE RECEIVING AND SMALL ADJUSTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT BUDGET REQUESTS AND THEN ALSO AN INCREASE AMOUNT FORECASTED FOR THE OVERHEAD REVENUES RELATED POLICE CONTRACTUAL OVERTIME THAT ARE TRANSFERRED TO THE GENERAL FUND . HERE'S THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES SHOWN IN DOLLARS AND THEN ALSO A CORRESPONDING PIE CHART THERE ON THE RIGHT. SO FOR 2024 WHICH IS PRETTY SIMILAR TO PAST YEARS, PROPERTY TAXES ARE JUST UNDER 70% OF THE TOTAL REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND THEN THE NEXT HIGHEST SOURCE OF REVENUES IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET ARE LODGING AND ADMISSION TAXES AT 10% WHICH IS GETTING BACK TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS . AND THEN THIS IS THE 2024 GENERAL FUND EXPENSES ON THE GRAPH HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT POLICE FIRE PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND RECREATION ALL THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT THAT MAKES THEM A MAJORITY OF THE EXPENSES IN THE GENERAL THOSE FOUR TOGETHER ABOUT 71% OF THE OVERALL GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND THEN THIS SLIDE THEYUT IN THIS IS A NEWER FORMAT AND ALL OF THE WHEN THE DEPARTMENTS DID THEIR INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS THEY WERE PRESENTING IN TYPE OF FORMAT. SO I WANTED TO TAKE EVERYTHING UP AND ROLL IT TOGETHER FOR YOU AND COMPARE THE 24 BUDGET TO THE 23 BUDGET NOT IN A DEPARTMENT WAY BUT MORE OF A CATEGORY VIEW. SO IN THE REVENUE SECTION IT KIND OF SHOWS BETWEEN 24 AND 23 THAT PERMIT AND LICENSE REVENUE EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LITTLE HIGHER THAN WE AND PRELIMINARY IT'S STILL DECREASING FROM WHAT WE HAD IN THE 13 BUDGE. INTERGERNMENTAL REVENUE IS ALSO A LITTLE LOWER AND THEN BUT LODGING AND ADMISSION TAXES ARE INCREASING AND THEN JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE BUT SALARIES AND BENEFITS COMPRISE ABOUT 75% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND THEN THIS IS THE ENTIRE PROPOSED 2024 TAX LEVY OF 80.4 MILLION MOST 80.5 MILLI FOR 2024 AND THEN COMPARED TO THE 23 2023 TAX LEVY AND 74.5 MILLION IN THERE AND THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. SO THE LARGEST PORTION IS THE GENERAL FUND PROPERTY TAX SUPPORT THAT'S SHOWN THERE. THE OTHER FUNDS THAT DO RECEIVE PROPERTY TAX SUPPORT INCLUDE THE COMMUNICATIONS FUND, THE FORESTRY SECTION OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, THE FIRE PENSION FUND, TH AQUATICS FUND. TH CENTER FOR THE ARTS FUND. THE GOLF FUND AND THE ICE GARDEN AS WELL AS THE FUND THAT WE HAVE SAID FOR THE TAX ABATEMENT AMOUNT SET ASIDE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND THE NORMAL LAKES TAX ABATEMENT DISTRICT AND THE REMAINING AMOUNT IN THE TAX LEVY IS THE $7.4 MILLION TO PAY DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS . AND LAST MONTH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE RELEASED THE PRELIMINARY AERIS 2024 AND TAX LEVY PERCENTAGES FOR THE WHOLE STATES COMBINED SO COMBINED MINNESOTA'S CITIES FOR THEIR PRELIMINARY TAXES INCREASED BY 8.4% COUNTIES 6% TOWNSHIP 6.8%. SCHOOLS 9% AND SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS 7.8%. WHAT THIS IS ISAMPLE AND A PROPERTY TAX STATEMENT FOR A MEDIAN VALUE HOME IN BLOOMINGTON THAT'S VALUED AT $361,800. SO THE CITY'S PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TAX STATEMENT IS ROUGHLY A THIRD OF THE OVERALL PROPERTY TAX. SO WITH THE REMAINING GOING TO THE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OTHER TAXING JURISDICTIONS SO ON THE LEFT IN THIS SLIDE WAS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH THE PRELIMINARY 9.49% LEVY INCREASE FROM 202 WE'VE GOT THE CIT PROPERTY TAX THERE HIGHLIGHTED AND THEN ON THE RIGHT IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE BRINGING IT DOWN TO 7.97%. SO THAT'S ABOUT $21 LESS FOR THE YEAR FOR THE SAME PORTION . AND THEN THIS IS THE COMPARISON WITH THIS IS AN UPDATED AMOUNT FOR BLOOMINGTON. SO THEY SAID IT WAS PRELIMINARY WAS 9.49% BUT THAT CROSSED OUT THE 77% HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN AND THIS IS COMPARED TO THE ONLY INFORMATION WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THE PUBLISHED PRELIMINARY 2020 FOR TAX LEVY INCREASES FOR THE OTHER COMPARABLE CITIES AROUND THE METRO AND THEN THIS IS THIS IS BASED ON FINAL 2023 NUMBERS. SO THIS IS JUST FOR 23 BUT JUST TO SHOW FOR 23 WHERE BLOOMINGTON FELL LOOKING AT A MEDIAN VALUE HOME AND COMPARING THAT TO OTHER CITIES MEDI VALUE HOME CY OPERTY TAX PER MONTH THAT WAS FOR 2023 SO THE THE RED COLUMN THERE IS BLOOMINGTON HIGHLIGHTED AT $111.09 PER MONTH . THESE NEXT SLIDES ARE JUST GOING TO SHARE INFORMATION WE ADD LIKE WE ALWAYS DO AT THE TRUTH IN TAXATION PUBLIC HEARING. JUST MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S AWARE ABOUT THE STATE OF MINNESOTA PROPERTY TAX REFUND PROGRAM AND MINNESOTA HOMEOWNERS RENTERS MAY QUALIFY FOR A PROPERTY TAX REFUND. E REFUND PROVIDES PROPERTY TAX RELIEF DEPENDING ON YOUR INCOME AND TAXES. AND FOR MORE INFORMATION RESIDENTS CAN CHECK OUT THIS MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE WEBSITE OR CALL EITHER OF THESE TWO NUMBERS FOR INFORMATION . JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF REFUNDS AVAILABLE ON THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND ONE PR PROPERTY TAX REFUND FORM. THERE'S THE KD OF REGULAR PROPER TAX REFUND THAT COMPARES PROPERTY TAXES VERSUS TOTAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND THEN THERE ALSO A SPECIAL PROPERTY TAX REFUND THAT'S NOT BASED ON INCOME THAT ARE FOR INCREASES OF MORE THAN 6% OR AT LEAST $100. AND THOSE TAX REFUND FORMS ARE DUE AUGUST 15TH BUT YOU MAY FILE ONE YEAR AFTER THAT DUE DATE. ALSO JUST IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR A REFUND THE PROPERTY MUST BE HOMESTEADED HOMESTEADED. AND THEN THIS FINAL BIT OF INFMATION JUST WTED TO TALK ABOUT THERE'S SOME CHANGES WITH THE LEGISLATURE WITH THIS THIS YEAR THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THERE'S THERE IS A SENIOR DEFERRAL PROGRAM THAT CAPS THE PROPERTY TAXES A RESIDENT PAYS EACH YEAR 3% OF THEIR PREVIOUS YEAR'S INCOME AND THEN THE REST IS DEFERRED UNTIL THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY OR UNTIL THE DEFERRAL IS CANCELED AT WHICH POINT IT NEEDS TO BE PAID BACK IN FULL. SO TO QUALIFY A PERSON NEEDS TO BE 65 YEARS OLD OR OLDER AND IF THEY'RE MARRIED THEIR SPOUSE NEE TO BE A LEAST 6 YES OLD HOUSEHOLD INCOME NEEDS TO BE LESS THAN $96,000 AND THEY NEED TO HAVE LIVED IN THE HOMESTEAD AND AND HOMESTEAD IN THEIR HOME FOR THE LAST FIVE OR MORE YEARS. AND THEN WHEN THEY SELL THEIR HOME OR VOLUNTARILY VOLUNTEER TERRIBLY CANCEL THE DEFERRAL THEY HAVE TO REPAY THE LOAN PLUS INTEREST. BUT THIS THIS INTEREST RATE VERY DOES IT DOES VARY BUT IT DOES NOT EXCEED 5% SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS YEAR IT DID CHANGED ONLY FIVE YEARS TO 15 YEARS TO HAVE LIVED IN THE HOUSE AND HAD IT HOMESTEADED AND THAT THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME INCLUDES HOUSEHOLD INCOME LIMIT INCREASE UP TO $96,000 WHERE PREVIOUSLY IT WAS 60,000 AND AS I SAID BLOOMINGTON CITY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE IT'S AVAILABLE TO HELP RESIDENTS WHO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. AND IN THE VERY BEGINNING LIKE I SAID, CITY ASSESSOR TIM BOLGER IS IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND ISVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THAT IS END OF MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU MISS CARLSON AND AS I SAID LAST WEEK, THANKS FOR THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS AND THE ADDITIONAL THAT WENT IN EVEN FROM LAST TO THIS WEEK. I KNOW TO CONTINUE TO TO TRY AND BRING THAT NUMBER DOWN COUNCIL WE BASICALLY SAW THIS PRESENTATION LAST WEEK AND WE'VE BEEN CHEWING THIS UP FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO OF COUNCIL IS ANY QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD OFF. I WOULD LIKE TO GET TO THE PUBLIC HEARING RIGHT NOW IF WE AND IF WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT AND THEN WE CAN DOUBLE WITH ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IF WE DO HAVE THEM AS WE GO. SO WE HAVE AS I SAID, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR IM 4.1. IT LKS LIKE WE' GOT SOME FOLKS HERE WHO ARE LIKELY GOING TO COMMENT FOR US. A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OF YOU. FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE A SIGN IN SHEET THAT MATT JUST PLACED UP THERE. IF YOU COULD BE SURE TO SIGN IN SO WE WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE IF YOU LOOK UP ON THE WALL HERE, THAT'S OUR SHOT CLOCK AND WE LIMIT EVERYBODY TO 5 MINUTES NO MORE THAN 5 MINUTES TO TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS AND I WILL CUT YOU OFF IN 5 MINUTES NOT BECAUSE I MEAN JUST BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AND WE DON'T SHOW ANY WE DON'T SHOW ANY PREFERENCE TO ANY ONE SPEAKER DURING THIS PUBLIC HEARING. AND I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST IF WHOEVER IS SPEAKING IS NEXT IN LINE, JUST COME UP AND GRAB THE CLIPBOARD AND GET SIGNED IN SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT AS YOU'RE AS YOU'RE WAITING TO AS YOU'RE STARTING YOUR COMMENT SO WITH THAT I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM 4.1. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS OUR TRUTH AND TAXATION PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE 2024 PROPERTY TAX LEVY AND GENERAL FUND BUDGET. ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.1 THIS EVENING? OH AND ALSO AS YOU START IF YOUOULD JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD OFFICIALLY I'M DANIEL NORD SLETTEN NORD SEVEN NORD SLETTEN YES NORD AND SLETTEN TIED TOGETHER. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. AND I WILL. I FORGOT ONE MORE THING. EXCUSE ME, MR. NORD SLETTEN AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS ASK QUESTIONS WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT ALL THE QUESTIONS AND WE'LL ANSWER THEM AT THE END. IT'LL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY AS THEY HEAR THE QUESTION TO DO BIT OF RESEARCH OR GET SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU. BUT WE'LL PLAN ON ANSWERING ANY DIRECT QUESTIONS AT THE END OF ALL THE QUESTIONS AND AT THEND OF THE PUBLIC HEARG IT'S OKA I'M. NOT SO MUCH SURE THAT I HAVE A QUESTION BUT I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION IS JUST YOU FIRST PUBLISHED THAT THERE WOULD BE A POTENTIAL 13% PROPERTY TAX INCREASE. THIS WAS WHAT WAS PUBLISHED BACK A WHILE. SO IS THAT NOW IS 7.9 I THINK AND IF YOU COULD MR. NURSULTAN ADDRESS THE COUNCIL HERE OUR PRELIMINARY LEVY WHICH WAS SET BACK IN SEPTEMBER WAS 9.49% AND NOW IT'S AT 7.977.97. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING WHETHER THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS . OKAY. SO SOME OF WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN HERE MIGHTOT BE CORRECT BECAUSE I'M LIKE OLD NUMBERS ANYWAY BUT I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX INCREASE OF 7.97% THAT WILL HAVE UPON THE CITIES OF BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA. I'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH HOMEOWNERS RENTERS RETIREES OVER THE LAST YEAR AND HEARING THEIR VOICES I FEEL THIS IS AN URGENT NEED TO ADDRESS. CURRENTLY EVERYONE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'RE ALL EXPERIENCING A 7% INFLATION RATE AND THE IMPACT OF THAT INFLATION RATE HAS NO SIGN OF ABATING AND ACTUALLY CONTINUING AND GETTING WORSE AND OUR ECONOMY SEEMS TO BE STAGNATING WHICH WE SAW WITH THE SKY WATER THAT THEY HAVE A LAY OFF FROM MACROECONOMIC REASONS AND THAT'S AFFECTING EVERYTHING AND AS A RESULT OF THAT THE NEST EGGS OF OUR RETIREES HAVE SHRUNK BY 18 TO 20% WITH THE LAST QUARTERLY REPORT. SO THEEST EGGSF THE TIREES ARE DOWN THAT FAR. SO THERE ARE LONG RANGE INCOME IS DIMINISHED. LET'S SEE SO THAT WITH THE 7% AND THE LOSS OF 18% THAT BASICALLY MEANS THEY'RE DOWN 25% OF THEIR PURCHASING POWER . SO THERE THEY'RE OFFSET BY THAT AND IF THEY WANT MAKE THE RETIREMENT LAYER LAST LONG THEY HAVE TO REDUCE CURRENT SPENDING BY 20% TO MATCH UP WITH AND THEY THROW THE IN THERE AND THAT GETS YOU THE 25%. SO THEN IF WE ADD THE THIRD DOWN 7.97% INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES WILL SUFFER A GREATER LOSS OF INCOME FOR RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING THE SAME INFLATION RATE YOU GUYS ARE AS WELL. AND SO OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS THIS HAS AFFECTED THEIR ABILITY TO PAY RENT, PAY MORTGAGES, MEET OTHER EXPENSES AND WITH A PORTION OF THEIR TAX PERCENT INCREASING THIS AMOUNT THAT WAS MENTIONED HOMEOWNERS WILL HAVE A LARGER OR GREATER INCREASE IN BUDGETARY HOUSEHOLD INCOME THAT THEY CAN USE TO SPEND TO MEET THESE EXPENSES RENTERS ALSO WILL HAVE THEIR RENT INCREASED TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS IN REVENUE OF PROPERTY MANAGERS AS THEY TRY TO RECOUP THAT LOSS AND PASS THAT ON DOWN TO RENTERS. THEREFORE RENTERS ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A GREATER LOSS OF SPENDABLE INCOME TO MEET THEIR DEMANDS AND I'VE TALKED WITH COLLEGE GRADUATES NEWLY MARRIEDS AND AND PEOPLE I HAVE A LOT OF CONTACTS WITH PEOPLE AND THEY'RE ALL EXPRESSING THE SAME CONCERN OF HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS? THE CITY COUNCIL STATED THAT THEY WANT TO CREATE A FULL AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN BLOOMINGTON THIS TRIP THIS TAX INCREASES THE DIRECT TO WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS PUBLICLY DECLARED IT WANTS TO DO WITH A STARK INCREASE IN HOUSING AND BLOOMINGTON WILL BECOME MORE UNAFFORDABLE WHEN THE COUNCIL REFERS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ARE YOU TO TAXPAYERS SUBSIDIZED HOUSING SECTION EIGHT IS TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZED NOTHING AGAINST SECTION EIGHT ? I'VE GOT FRIENDS ON SECTION EIGHT SO NOTHING AGAINST THAT BUT THAT'S TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZED HOUSING AND SO IF YOU PUT THIS TAX INCREASE ON THOSE TAXPAYERS YOUR TAX YOU'RE TAXING THE TAXPAYERS EVEN MORE TO MAKE AFFORDABLEOUSING IN BALLOONINGOSSIBLE. THE LEAST THE CITY COUNCIL CAN DO IS TO REDUCE TAXES BY 7% TO OFFSET THE EFFECT OF INFLATION UPON EVERYBODY. I MEAN IF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO MAKE HOUSING EVEN MORE AFFORDABLE THEY'LL REDUCE IT BY EVEN MORE TO MAKE IT MORE TOUCHABLE BY. THE SENIORS WHO ARE ALSO DOWN AN ADDITIONAL 18% TO MAYBE 20% IN THEIR NEST EGGS LET'S SEE. AND SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER NOT RAISING OUR TAXES, NOT RAISING OUR PROPERTY TAXES FIREMEN, FIREFIGHTERS, POLICEMEN I'M ALL FOR THESE GUYS. I'VE HAD HOMES BURNING DOWN ON OUR NEIGHBORHOODS NOT FOR MANY ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT SOMETHING GONE OKAY. FOUR TIMES I THINK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. OTHERS WHO WISH TO SPEAK DOWN IN 4.1 SHERYL. STEPHANIE MY QUESTION IS WITH THE BUDGET I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING ABOUT ALL THE LIGHT BUSINESSES THAT ARE UP AND DOWN OR SHARPIE AND ALL AND BLOOMINGTON WHERE DOES THAT COME INTO THE BUDGET? DON'T THEY PAY ASSESSMENTS? DON'T THEY PAY TAXES? I MEAN I JUST DON'T SEE ANYTHING. IT'S ALL ON THE BURDEN OF THE HOMEOWNER. RIGHT. SO YOU KNOW I MEAN THERE'S JUST SO MANY BUSINESSES IN BLOOMINGTON AND I THOUGHT WE WERE SO WHOLE WITH OUR WITH R ACHIEVEMENTSND EVERYTHING. SO SO I LIKE TO SEE WHERE THAT IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE OTHERS . HI, MY NAME'S LINDA BLAIR. I SPOKE TO THE COUNCIL LAST YEAR WAS IN SUPPORT YOUR PRIORITIES FOR FIRE AND POLICE AT THAT TIME I JUST THINK A SECOND YEAR OF THIS LARGE INCREASE IS VERY BURDENSOME. EVERY EVERY BUDGET DISCUSSION I LISTEN THAT YOU GUYS CARRIED ON YOU. SOMEONE EXPRESSED A CONVERSATION THAT THEY HAD DURING THE CAMPAIGN CYCLE WITH PEOPLE ARE BEING CRUSHED BY THE TAXES WE ARE WE ARE EXPERIENCING. EVERYONE'S MAKING CHOICES AND PRIORITIES PRIORITIZING HOW THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND THEIR DOLLARS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING FAR ENOUGH. MY HUSBAND WT A WEEKND A HALF TO GO TO WALGREENS TO PICK UP MY PRESCRIPTION AND IN FRONT OF HIM WAS AN ELDERLY WOMAN AND HER PRESCRIPTION WAS $901 AND THE CLERK KINDLY HELPED HER TRY AND PROCESS THIS GOOD OUR EX CARD FOR 20 LITERAL MINUTES THEY FINALLY GOT IT TO WORK AND THEN SHE SAID NOW PUT THE LAST FOUR NUMBERS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER IN THE SYSTEM AND SHE BROKE DOWN CRYING. THIS WHOLE STRESS OF THE MONEY HAD JUST TIPPED HER OVER MY PRESIPTION IT WAS ONLY $100. IT'S NOT ONLY THOUGH THINGS HAVE GONE FROM 20 TO 100 ALL OF A SUDDEN AND PEOPLE ARE MAKING REAL DECISIONS I ASK YOU TO MAKE SOME REAL DECISIONS. WE A RAMBLER AND MOVED TO BLOOMINGTON THINKING WE COULD AGE IN PLACE BUT NOW I'M BEING TAXED OUT OF MY HOME. I'M ASKING YOU TO SEND THOSE BUDGETS BACK AND ASK THEM TO CUT IT BY HALF PERCENT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S UNREASONABLE IN THIS TIME. WE ALL HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT. WE ALL HAVE TO MAKE IT WORK. DURING COVID CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND SUPPLIES WENT SKY HIGH PRICES HAVE COME DOWN AGAIN THIS INFLATION RIPPLES ON CARS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH. I EXPECT THAT IN THE NEXT YEAR CARS ARE GOING TO BE AFFORDABLE MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE TO PURCHASE THOSE CITY ELECTRIC CARS THIS YEAR. MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE CAN DO IT. WE CAN PUT IT OFF AND FIND SOME BETTER DEALS. THE OCTOBER 10TH THIS YEAR THE FRANKEN REPORTED SO FAR IN 2023 THERE HAVE BEEN TWO OR 5231 JOBSUT IN MINNESOT THIS IS ALREADY FAR THAN THE NUMBER OF JOBS CUT IN 2022. A COUPLE OF MORE RECENTLY LAYOFF ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE TORO'S LETTING GO OF 1% OF THEIR ENTIRE EMPLOYEE BASE. XCEL IS LETTING GO OF 150 PEOPLE IN THIS AREA THIS YEAR U.S. BANK CLOSED THREE LOCATIONS IN MINNESOTA ALONE. HUNTINGTON BANK HAS ANNOUNCED IT'S CLOSING 11 LOCATIONS IN THE CUB IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHEN BUSINESS IS RNING SHORT ON MEY THEY CUT THINGS THEY DON'T INCREASE THINGS. I I KNOW THAT THE US BANK LOCATION AT THE MERIDIAN CROSSING THEY ARE CLOSING THAT FACILITY AND THEY'RE MOVING THEIR EMPLOYEES HOPKINS AND DOWNTOWN THAT'S 1400 PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVING AWAY FROM OUR SELF TOWN STORES AND RESTAURANTS THAT INCOME WILL BE GOING DOWN. WE EXPERIENCED A 1% METRO SALES TAX IREASE OCTOBER 1ST THIS HALF AERCENT BLOOMINGTON SALES TAX LOOKED AT ME AND SAID WELL THAT'S GOING TO MAKE OUR TAXES LESS. I'M LIKE THE AMAZON PACKAGES AND THE NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTIONS THAT STILL COME TO YOUR DOOR THOSE ARE YOUR TAXES. THE STORES THAT TARGET AND THE OTHER THAT YOU GO THOSE ARE YOUR TAXES. THE MARKETING WAS DONE VERY IN THAT FOR THAT TO GET PASSED FRANCHISE FEES ARE GOING UP TO $5.95. THAT'S 22%. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT ADDS UP. THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE PARK BUDGET BUT THAT'S IN THE MY PROPERTY TAX BUDGET THAT I SAW MEETINGS ON THE DISCUSSION AROUND THE UTILITY BILLS USED A 4000 GALLON WATER EXAMPLE MY HUSBAND AND I ARE THE ONLY ONES IN OUR HOMES. WE TAKE SHORT SHOWERS AND WE HAVE ENERGY EFFICIENT. YOU APPLIANCES WE DIDN'T WATER THIS LAST SUMMER WE DECIDED TO GET RID OF LAWN CARE AND NOW WATER AND LITTER ARE GRASS GO DORMANT TO SAVE MONEY. WE NEVER CAME CLOSE TO 4000. WE WERE WAY OVER THAT AT ALL TIME. WE'RE IN TIER ONE BUT THOSE IMPACTS M POINT IS THE EXAMPLE OF THATMPACT IS NOT REALISTIC FOR HOW IT'S GOING TO HIT THE HOMEOWNER BECAUSE EVERYONE'S USING MORE THAN 4000 GALLONS OF WATER. I JUST WOULD REALLY ASK YOU TO REMEMBER YOU'RE SPENDING OTHER PEOPLE'S AND WE ALL ARE WORKING REALLY HARD. WE'RE STILL WORKING AND WE'RE TRYING WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT TAXES. WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT INFLATION . WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT ALL THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF LAYOFFS COMING AROUND. I NATIOLLY 39 BANKS ARE CLOSING LOCATIONS WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT THOSE ARE YOUR EXCUSE ME YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS EVENING. OTHERS TONIGHT CLEANING WELCOME THANK MY NAME IS GEORGE AND JUST TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS ONE AS YOU KNOW LIKE EVERY FAMILY WE BUDGET EVERY YEAR WE LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS. SOMETIMES WE GET LAID OFF OR WE WE GET CHARGED TO REDUCE A PAY BIT BUT WE STILL BUDGET AND MANAGE COURSE IF YOU LOOK AT BLOOMINGTON OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, THE SERVICES THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY BLOOMINGTON YOU ALL KNOW HAS DECREASED. WE'VE LOST A DRIVER'S LICENSE OFFICE IN BLOOMITON. WEOST ANNUAL RECYCLE SEMIANNUAL OR RECYCLE WE'VE LOST THAT AND SO OTHER SERVICES AND LOOKING AT UTILITY COST LIKE OTHER MEMBERS SAID YOU KNOW UTILITY BILLS FOR WATER FOR, GAS, ELECTRICITY ALL HAVE GONE UP BASE PAY HAS NOT GONE UP. SO WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE WITHIN O MEANS AND BLOOMINGTON AS PART OF OUR FAMILY NOW AS A CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AS A FAMILY CONSULATE AS A FAMILY WE GOT TO LIVE IT LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU . ANYONE ELSE ? MR. SABLE, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE LINE TONIGHT? LET ME REFRESH, MR. MAYOR. NO ONE ELSE ON THE LINE. VERY GOOD. LAST CALL. ANYBODY IN THE CHAMBERS WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM 4.1 COUNCIL? NO ONE ON THE LINE AND NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE CHAMBERS. I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.1 TONIGHT SOME MOTION BY COUNCIL WOMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.1. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.1 SO COUNCIL WE'VE WELL FIRST LET'S TURN TO DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A CRACK AT THE QUESTIONS? MR. BRUGUIERE SURE, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU. AND IF I HAVE ANYTHING HERE THAT I MAY INVITE CARY CARLSON TO COME BACK UP MR. NORD SLATON TALKED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED INCREASES. I DIDN'T HEAR A SPECIFIC QUESTION IN THERE RELATED TO THE PROPOSED BUDGETS OTHER THAN THE REQUEST TO CONSIDER THE LEVY BY 7% AND IF WE WERE TO DO THAT IT WOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OPERATIONS HERE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE MORE THAN A WAY AROUND IT FIVE AND A HALF TO $6 MILLION OPERATING REDUCTION HERE. AND I THINK THE COUNCIL'S AWARE THAT YOU WE HAVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY INCREASES THAT ARE DRIVING I BUDGET AGAIN AND WE HE OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO JUST MAINTAINING SERVICES AT THEIR CURRENT LEVEL THAT THAT WOULD INITIATE A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN SERVICE THAT WE WOULD BE ELIMINATING NUMEROUS POSITIONS OUR BUDGET OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS ABOUT 7074 TO 76% PEOPLE COST. ALL RIGHT. SO IF WE WERE LOOKING AT A $6 MILLION BUDGET OF BUDGET REDUCTION, WE WOULD LIKELY HAVE ABOUT 4 TO 4 AND A HALF MILLION DOLRS OF PEOP COST TO REDUCE IF BASED ON THAT REQUEST AND WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE REDUCTIONS WITHOUT IMPACTING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE MORE INVESTMENTS IN MR. ABNEY ASKED A ABOUT BUSINESSES AND WHY THEY AREN'T BEARING THE BURDEN OF TAXES AND I THINK THAT WE PROBABLY HAVE NOT COMMUNICATED WELL FOR RESIDENTS IF IF THAS HER UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE BUSINESSES DO PAY PROPERTY TAXES IN WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL BASE HERE AND ACTUALLY IT HELPS OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE LIKE IN THIS MOST RECENT YEAR THE THE VALUATION FOR OUR COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS PROPERTY HAS RELATIVELY STRONG SO THAT INCREASES IN VALUATION FOR RESIDENTIAL PRORTIES WHICH HAVE ALSO BEEN STRONG WERE EXCEEDED A LITTLE BIT AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IN THIS YEAR THE PROPERTY TAX PAYERS IN CLASSIFICATIONS OTHER THAN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME OWNERSHIP ARE BEARING A LITTLE BIT MORE BURDEN OF THE TAXES. SO BUSINESSES DO PAY TAXES ON PROPERTY TAXES AND THEY ARE DEFINITELY THEIR PART. MUCH OF THE INFORMATION WE PRESENT IS BECAUSE MOST OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON ARE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPACT TO THEM IS GOING TO BE AND BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO COMMUNICATE ABOUT RESIDENTIAL IMPACT THAN IT IS BUSINESS IMPACT BECAUSE WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD ESTIMATION AT LEAST OF A PROFILE A TYPICAL PROFILE OF A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND HOW THEY WILL EXPERIENCE THOSEMPACTS BY USING THE MEDIAN VALUE HOME WE DO NOT HAVE A SIMILAR BUSINESS PROFILE TYPE THAT THAT WE CAN TRY TO USE TO NORM THE IMPACT AND BUSINESS COMMUNITIES AS WAS BOYER OR BLAIR I'M SORRY FOR BLAIR SORRY THANK YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY INCREASES WE HAVE FORECAST FOR THE COUNCIL IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE ARE MAKING IN PUBLIC SAFETY IS A MTI-YEAR INVESTMENT. MUCH OF THAT IS RELATED TO THE TRANSITION IN OVER FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM A PAID ON CALL PART TIME DEPARTMENT TO HYBRID DEPARTMENT THAT INCLUDES THE ADDITION OF FULL TIME FIREFIGHTERS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF FULL TIME FIREFIGHTERS. AND SO WE WILL BE ADDING AT LEAST SIX FIREFIGHTERS A YEAR FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS MOVING FORWARD MUCH OF THE REST OF THE BUDGETIKE I SAID IS MAINTENANCE OF OF CURRENT LEVELS OF SERVICE AND CURRENT STAFFING. WE DO HAVE A NEW DISPATCHER IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THOSE NEW SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING A LOT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET WE ALSO HAVE CAPITAL COSTS THAT ARE REFLECTED IN OUR DEBT SERVICE RELATED TO THE NEW REPLACEMENT FIRE STATIONS THAT WE WORKING THROUGH OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM TO REPLACE A FIRE STATION ABOUT EVERY OTHER YEAR HERE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS MOVING FORWARD AND SEE MR. PRUNER TALKED ABOUT LIVING WITHIN OUR MEANS AND DISCUSSED SERVICES THAT ARE BEING DECREASED IN BLOOMINGTON . HE MENTIONED THE MOTOR VEHICLE AND THE ANNUAL CURBSIDE CITYWIDE CLEAN UP AS EXAMPLES . I THINK THAT THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE TWO MOST VISIBLE EXAMPLES TO RESIDENTS. I DON'T THINK THAT THERE ARE MEANINGFUL SERVICE REDUCTIONS ELSEWHERE IN OUR CITY SERVICES BACK TO 2020 WHEN WE HAD OUR OUR PANDEMIC IMPACT AND THE COUNCIL PUT TOGETHER THE COMMUNITY BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE THE TO ADVISE THE COUNCIL ON POTENTIAL REDUCTIONS THAT WE WOULD NEED MAKE THERE WAS A CONSCIOUS DECISI BACK IN 2020 BY THE THE SEE BACK IN MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL BUT ALSO BY THE COUNCIL TO DO WHAT WE COULD TO MAINTAIN SERVICE LEVELS AND TO MAKE REALLY THOUGHTFUL AND STRATEGIC DISCUSSION REDUCTIONS WITHOUT HAVING PEOPLE ACTUALLY FEEL MOST OF THE SERVICES THEY RECEIVE AND I THINK OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THE COUNCIL'S DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB IN MAINTAINING THAT PROFILE BUT ALSO LOOKING TO E FUTURE AND N JUST LOOKING BACKWARDS. SO WHEN WE'VE ABOUT THE INITIATIVES OR THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING WE'RE NOT LOOKING BACK AND TRYING TO REPLACE THOSE SERVICES THAT WE DECIDED, YOU KNOW, WE COULD LIVE WITHOUT AS A COMMUNITY. BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS GOING, WHERE WE WANT TO BE AND TRYING TO DEVELOP OUR SERVICES AROUND CURRENT AND FUTURE PROFILE. SO I THINK THAT'S A QUICK WRAP UP UNLESS THERE WERE OTHER POINTS, MR. MAYOR, THAT YOU TOOK NOTE OF THAT WE HAVEN'T ADDRESSED I DON'T THINK I TOOK ANY OTHERS COMMENTS. WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ITEMS THA YOU'D LE TO ADDRES TO COUNCILMBER LOGAN SCHIRMER DID I DID SEE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I THINK WERE IMPLIED AND I DO THINK THAT IT'S WORTH JUST MAKING SURE THAT THOSE IMPLIED QUESTIONS ARE ALSO ANSWERED AS WELL. SO FOR EXAMPLE, JUST TO GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE, MAYOR, YOU KNOW THE TAX INCREASE IS IS CONTRARY TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND I WAS WANTING TO SEE IF I COULD GET A RESPONSE TO THAT ONE. I'VE GOT A NUMBER OF OTHER ONES HERE. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, THANKS FOR POINTING THAT ONE OUT. YEAH THE THE THE QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WE DEFINE IT MEANS SUBSIDIZED HOUSING. WE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE ARE TALKIN ABOUT A SCTRUM OF AFFORDABITY AND HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE AND A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING ESPECIALLY THROUGH OUR HRA IS FOCUSED ON MAKING HOMEOWNERSHIP IN AND THE COSTS OF OWNERSHIP AND RENTAL ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE. SO IT IS NOT FOR THE FOR THE GOOD MAJORITY OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN THAT AREA. IT IS NOT EXCLUSIVE TO SUBSIDIZED HOUSING. A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IS TO INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPERS TO INCLUDE UNITS THAT MEET REGIONAL AFFORDABILITY GUIDELINE INHE DEVELOPMENT OF NE UNITS. THAT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE IT REQUIRES A DEVELOPER TO PROVIDE 9% AFFORDABLE UNITS AND IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT REQUIREMENT THERE ARE VARIOUS TRADE OFFS THAT CAN BE MADE IN OTHER REGULATORY ASPECTS THAT GO ALONG WITH DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS. SO I APPRECIATE THAT ADDITIONAL QUESTION. THE THE TAX LEVY THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY AND, THE GENERAL FUND IS NOT GOING TOWARD SUBSIDIZED HOUSING. THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT AND THERE'S A FEW OTHER ONES HERE HERE THERE WAS ONE OF THE RESPONDENTS THAT ASKED TO THE EFFECT OF ELECTRIC AND IF WE WERE TO DELAY THE ELECTRIC CARS THAT THERE'D BE SAVINGS FROM DELAYING THOSE ELECTRIC CARS IN OUR BUDGET FROM THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR FROM MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THE COST TO PURCHASE ELECTRIC VEHICLES IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT DRIVER IN OUR BUDGET RIGHT NOW IN THE WAY THA WE DO OUR VEHICLE ACQUISITION IS NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY BE DIRECTLY AFFECTING OUR GENERAL FUND PROPERTY TAX LEVY BECAUSE WE DO THOSE ACQUISITIONS THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED ARE OUR FLEET ND AND THE FLEET FUND HAS A BACK TO THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS BUT THAT'S ON A FORMULA BASED ON NUMBER OF VEHICLES AND UTILIZATION AND SOME OTHER FACTORS. AND SO 141 COST OF AN ELECTRIC VEHIE VERSUS A STANDARD COMBUSTION VEHICLE IS NOT GOING TO TRANSLATE INTO A REDUCTION IN OUR TAX LEVY. THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT. I KNOW IT'S PRETTY COMPLICATED AND THEN AND THIS MAY BE A SUBJECTIVE ONES YOU MAY CHOOSE NOT TO ANSWER THIS ONE MAYBE THIS IS MORE OF A QUESTION FOR YOU THERE. SO WHEN BUSINESSES LOSE MONEY THEY CUT. WHY AREN'T WE SORT OF IMPLIED WITHIN YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE WITHIN THE COUNCIL AND I JUST GOT ONE TWO MORE HERE THAT ACTUALLY MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS LOWMAN IF I CAN WEIGH IN ONHAT SOME OF THOSE SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE CUTTING ARE NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE THEY'RE LOSING MONEY. THE EXAMPLE OF HUNTINGTON BANK GIVEN THEY ALL THE 11 BRANCHES THAT ARE BEING CLOSED WE ACTUALLY MET WITH FOLKS AT HUNTINGTON RECENTLY AND THAT'S PART OF A AGAIN STRATEGIC REPOSITIONING SOMETHING WE HEARD EARLIER IN THE MEETING. BUT HUNTINGTON SINCE THEY HAVE TAKENVER FOR TCF EISIONS THEMSELVES A VERY DIFFERENT TYPE OF BANKING SERVICE AND SO THE THE CUB BASED BRANCHES ARE NOT CONSISTENT THE TYPE OF BANKING SERVICES THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO PROVIDE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS REALLOCATING THEIR ASSETS SOMEWHERE ELSE SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS A REFLECTION OF A BUSINESS NOT BEING PROFITABLE OR LOSING MONEY MAKING THOSE DECISIONS THERE'S OFTEN MANY, MANY OTHER FACTORS THAT GO INTO CONSIDERATION AND TO THE POINT THAT PEOPLE WANT US TO OPERATE A BUSINESS, UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE NOT A BUSINESS RIGHT? WE'RE DELIVERED, WE'RE IN THE BASIN, WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF DELIVERING NECESSARY AND BASIC GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT TO THE BEST LEVEL POSSIBLE AND TO TO KEEP THOSE COSTS AFFORDABLE. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PRESSURE TO DO THAT. I THINK AND I WOULD ADD IF I COULD COUNCILMAN MALONE, THAT THAT QUESTION IT KIND OF IT REACHES A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT INGS THAT WE HE TO CONSIDER AS WE LOOK AT THIS BUDGET BECAUSE YES, WHEN WHEN BUSINESSES LOSE MONEY THEY TEND TO CLOSE OUR DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES LOSING $200,000 A YEAR AND WE CLOSED AND WE HEAR ABOUT IT EVERY SINGLE TIME WE KNOCK ON THE DOOR. AND SO THERE'S THAT BALANCE THERE A BUSINESS LOSING MONEY. SO WE CLOSED IT AND NOW PEOPLE CAN TALK ABOUT THE LACK OF SERVICE BASICALLY THE SAME COULD BE TRUE ABOUT THE CURBSIDE CLEANUP THAT WAS EASY. I MEAN IF IT'S A BUSINESS, IT'S A SERVICE THAT WAS $1,000,000 A YEAR VERY, VERY COSTLY MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. AND SO WE REVAMPED IT AND AGAIN WE GET WE GET FEEDBACK THAT WE HEAR ABOUT THAT AND WE HEAR FEEDBACK THAT IT WAS THE WRONG THING TO DO. BUT AGAIN IT WAS A BUSINESS THAT WAS LOSING $1,000,000 A YEAR AND WE HAD TO REVAMP IN CERTAIN WAY AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO BALANCE AS WE LOOK TO DO OUR BUDGET AND OUR BUDGETING FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I I THINK THIS OTHER OTHER QUESTION HERE I JUST ASKED WAS LAST ONE IS KIND OF A RETREAD OF THE SAME ONE WHICHS THE BLOOMINGTO LIVING WITHIN ITS MEANS. SO I THINK WE'VE ANSWERED THAT. BUT THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS GOES AT IS SOMEHOW WE HAD A COMBINATION OF WILL TAXES AND WITH FEES AND WAS MENTIONED BY THIS RESPONDENT WAS AROUND THE FRANCHISE FEES THERE WAS A 22% INCREASE IN BOTH FEES AND TAXES. I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT MATH WORKS OUT BUT I THOUGHT I WANTED TO BE SURE THAT WE RESPONDED TO THAT BECAUSE NOT AWARE OF ANY THAT LEVEL INCREASE OF TAXATION OF FEES FROM CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN I I WAS NOT CERTAIN OF THA NUMBER EITHE. I THINK IT'S ADDING DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES TOGETHER BUT LOOK TO OUR DEPUTY FINANCE OFFICER AND SEE IF SHE HAS A DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING OF THAT. I THINK WHEN YOU ADD UP THE UTILITY THE RATE INCREASES AND THE DIFFERENT FRANCHISE FEE INCREASES I THINK THAT'S MAYBE WHERE THE 22% COMES FROM. BUT I'M NOT 100% SURE SO. MS. ECONOMY SCHULER GOOD EVENING MAYOR CITY MANAGER COUNCILMEMBER IN ACTUALITY I BELIEVE IT IS PROBABLY CLOSER TO THE 22% BECAUSE IT WAS CLOSE TO SIX AND A HALF YEARS SINCE WE HAD RAISED IT WHEN WE STARTED WHEN WE PUT IT INTO FOUR. SO JUST THE FRANCHISE FEE IS JUST FRANCHISE FEE. SO IT WAS THE NEXT IN THE LINE TO CHANGES BUT IT HAD BEEN ON SUCH A LONG PERIOD SINCE WE HAVE ADOPTED AND THEN CHANGED . THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION AND THE REMINDER, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS WE HAD ACTUALLY DEFERRED THE INCREASE THAT WAS SCHEDULED WHEN WE SET UP THE FRANCHISE FEES BECAUSE OF THE YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMIC ISSUES THAT PEOPLE WERE FACING OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS THERE AND THAT'S RIGHT AND SO THE 22% I THINK IS SOMEWHAT OF A DECEIVING NUMBER JUST BECAUSE OF THE THE THE AMOUNT OF THE FRANCHISE FEE RATE IT'S GOING UP TO 575 IT WAS AT 475 OR WHATEVER THAT NUMBER WAS. SO IT'S YOU KNOW, A DOLLAR ON TOP $5 IS 22% OR WHATEVER IT IS. RIGHT? SO THE COUNTS WERE THERE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT WE THINK NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED BASED ON THE COMMENTS WE HEARD DURINGHE PUBLIC HEANG AND I THINK WE PRETTY MUCH COVERED THEM. SO THANK YOU. SO NOW COUNSEL, I WOULD OPEN IT UP TO OUR DISCUSSION IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS . MS. CARLSON BASED ON THE PRESENTATION SHE GAVE ANY COMMENTS OR INPUT BASED ON THE BUDGET THAT BEFORE US TONIGHT COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND THEN COCILMEMBER MARTIN COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THE LAST TIME WE LEFT HERE ,YOU KNOW, FEELS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY BUT YOU HAVE SMALL KIDS IT DOES FEEL THAT WAY SOMETIMES. SO WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS IS THAT WE SAW A DECREASE WITH YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR LEVY THAT WE WOULD SEE A CORRESPONDING INCREASE. I KNOW WE HAD YOU KNOW SHARED A SLIDE SHOWING WHERE THOSE WERE THOSE REDUCTIONS FROM THE 9.49% DOWN TO 7.97%. WHAT MY CONCERN IS IS THAT ARE WE SEEINGRANSFERRING OF THOSE EXPENSES FROM THIS YEAR TO FUTURE YEAR EXPENSES? FOR EXAMPLE WHEN WE LOOK AT I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME THINGS IN THERE SMALL ADJUSTMENTS THROUGHOUT DEPARTMENTS WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF SOME AND THERE'S SOME OTHER ONES THAT ARE IN THERE BUT THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. BUT IF WE LOOK AT THOSE LINE ITEMS THAT WERE LISTED THERE OR ANY OF THOSE BEING TRANSFERRED FROM THIS YEAR TO NEXT YEAR TO CREATE ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES IN THOSE YEARS TO TO DRIVE DOWN INCREASE FUTURE YEAR EXPENSES. MS. CARLSON ARE WE KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD? I THINK AS ONE COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN ASKED MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THE TWO THINGS THAT WILL HAVE EFFECT OF A POTENTIAL INCREASE TO THE 2025 LEVY WOULD BE HAVING THE TRANSFER FROM THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND IN THE 535,000 THAT WE'RE USING THIS YEAR AND THEN ALSO SINCE WE'RE DELAYING UNTIL THE SECOND QUARTER FOR THE SIX ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS WE'LL HAVE THEM FOR A YEAR WE GET TO 2025 SO HAVING THE LEVY A BIT LOWER IN 2024 THAN WE WERE FORECASTING THERE'S STILL QUITE A RANGE THERE AND A LOT OF VARIABLES COULD HAVE THE IMPACT OF HAVING A HIGHER LEVY THEN WERE FORECAST THE WE FORECASTING FOR 2025 THANK YOU THEN I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION FOR YOU CITY MANAGER I KIND OF SENT IT TO YOU AHEAD OF TIME WITH RESPECT TO STRUCTURAL IMBALANCES AND THAT TYPE OF THING UP AND HAVE A CHANCE TO KIND OF HAVE DEEP CONVERSATIONS WITH MYIFE AND GET ALL THE SCHOOLING ON FINANCING FROM HER WHERE SHE IS THE EXPERT, OUR FAMILY AND CERTAINLY FROM HER POSITION. AND SO MY QUESTION FOR IS WHEN WE LOOK AT THE COMMUNICATIONS BUDGET AND MAYBE SOME OTHER FUNDS THAT ARE OUT THERE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER STRUCTURAL IMBALANCES AS WE LOOK AS WE GO FORWARD? I KNOW IF WE LOOK AT DON'T TECHNOLOGY THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. YOU KNOW WE SORT OF HAVE KIND OF REIGNED AND KIND OF PUT IT UNDER CONTROL. YOU KNOW,HE FIRE PIECE NOW WE HAVE THESE OTHER OTHER FOLKS AND SO I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT THAT AS WE LOOK AT THESE STRUCTURAL IMBALANCES, WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU SEE OUT THERE THAT WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT? OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T SOLVE THAT ALL IN ONE IN ONE YEAR. I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS. AND SO AS YOU BALANCE THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE WITH THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE THAT THAT'S SORT OF WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT AS WE LOOK TO TRY TO I COULD JUST SUMMARIZE ALL MY QUESTIONS WITHIN TWO THINGS AND MAKE IT A LOT EASIER FOR TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THE COUNCIL IS I THINK VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE STRUCTURAL IMBALANCE THAT EXISTS IN OUR BUDGET AND STAFF HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT COMMUNICATING HOW WE MANAGE THAT GOING BACK TO AGAIN 2020 WHEN THE COUNCIL WAS CONSIDERING THE 2021 BUDGET AT THAT TIME THE DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL WAS THAT IN THE IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC THAT WE WANTED TO MITIGATE TO THE EXTENT THE IMPACT OF THE TAX LEVY AND SO AT THAT TIME OUR REVENUES WERE LESS THAN WHAT THE EXPENDITURES WERE GOING TO BE FOR 2021 IN THE COUNCIL MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION THAT WE WERE GOING TO USE WHAT WE CALLED TAX LEVY STABILIZATION OF $1.1 MILLION FROM THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUND. WE HAVE USED THAT IN THE SUBSEQUENT YEARS SINCE THE 2021 BUDGET AND WE ARE SHOWING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE THAT IN 2024 AND 2025 AND THEN THAT WE DO NOT USE THAT STABILIZATION IN 2026 AND WE HAVE BUILT THAT TRANSITION OUR BUDGET SO THAT WE WILL BE STRUCTURALLY BALANCED IN 2026 IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON WHAT WE'RE FORECASTING RIGHT NOW. SO THAS A CONSCUS DECISION BY THE COUIL THAT GOES BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THAT IS NOT AN IMBALANCE THAT I WOULD SAY IS DETRIMENTAL TO OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION. COUNCIL'S AWARE AND I WANT EVERYBODY WHO'S WATCHING TO BE AWARE THAT WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THE WAY THAT WE MANAGE OUR FINANCES WE GET TRIPLE WE GET TRIPLE-A BOND RATINGS FROM ALL THREE OF THE MAJOR BOND RATING AGENCIES WHO ARE ALMOST ANNUALLY LOOKING AT OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION AND PASSING JUDGMENT ON IT. AND SO THEY KNOW HOW WE'VE BEEN DOING OUR BUDGETING AND THEY ARE CONFIDENT AND COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN APPROACHING THIS THAT THE TAX LEVY STABILIZATION MONEY IS NOT COMING FROM THE USE OF FUND BALANCE AS IT WERE. RIGHT. AND THAT'S A PLACE WHERE OFTEN YOU WILL GET CONCERN FROM AUDITORS. WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY A SPECIAL PROJECT FUND THAT HAS BEEN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME THAT. WE FORECAST OVER TEN YEARS THAT WE'RE DRAWING THOSE FUNDS FROM AND IT'S A PREDICTABLE REVENUE SOURCE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. SO STAFF HAS CONFIDENT HOPEFULLY COUNCIL IS CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MANAGE THROUGH THAT IMBALANCE UNTIL THE POINT IN 2026 WHERE WE'RE FORECASTING TO GO BACK INTO STRUCTURAL BALANCE FOR OUR GENERAL GENERAL FUND. THE OTHER COUPLE OF PLACES THAT YOU PNTED OUT ARE AREAS THAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. WE'VE SHARED THAT WITH THE COUNCIL IN TERMS OF OUR FUND BUDGET PRESENTATION, OUR IT FUND IS SIGNIFICANTLY CHALLENGED. WE HAVE A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THAT BECAUSE OF HOW RAPIDLY TECHNOLOGY NEEDS ARE EVOLVING THE CITY AND HOW THAT IS IMPACTING OUR OUR BUDGETS THAT'S ONE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MANAGE AND AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE SUPPLEMENT THAT FUNDND WHERE TSE FUNDSRE ING TO CE FROM ANOTHER PLACE. WHERE WE GET CONCERNED A LITTLE BIT IS INTO OUR UTILITY FUNDS BECAUSE WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL NEEDS IN THE FUTURE AND AGAIN THE UTILITY ARE LARGELY SUPPORTED BY USER FEES, RIGHT? AND SO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CONTINUE TO BE AFFORDABLE AND STILL ARE MEETING THE LONG TERM CAPITAL AND OPERATING ESPECIALLY IN A COUPLE OF THOSE AREAS IS IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR US. I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY SAY THAT THOSE ARE STRUCTURALLY UNBALANCED BUT THE WAY THAT WE'RE MANAGING THE WAY THAT WE COMMUNICATE TO THE CITY COUNCIL I THINK IS IS BEING VERY TRANSPARENT IN TERMS OF THE FUTURE CHALLENGES WE AND THE NEED THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES. COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR I JUST WANTED TO JUST CHAIR A COUPLE OF HIGH LEVEL THOUGHTS. A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED THE LAST COUPLE TIMES THIS WAS BEFORE US BUT I JUST COME BACK TO THE FACT THAT RESIDENTS OVERWHELMINGLY TOLD US TO START WORKING AN ENDURABLE REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE. I MEAN WE DIDN'T PULL OUT OF A HAT OR PICKET BECAUSE IT WAS SHINY. WE PICKED IT BECAUSE AFTER A YEAR OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD OVERWHELMINGLY FROM RESIDENTS AND I THINK THIS BUDGET IS A HUGE FIRST STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. I MEAN FIRST OF ALL, IT'S JUST IT SEEMS TO ME THE BULK OFHIS IS JUSTATCHING UPN NEEDED INVESTMEN AND I UNDERSTAND THE THE PERCENTAGES AS WE SAW THEM UP ON THE SCREEN THEY ARE PRETTY BIG 7.97% IS IS STILL SUBSTANTIAL OBVIOUSLY BUT THAT'S COMING ON THE HEELS OF DURING THE PANDEMIC WHERE WE WERE ONE OF THE ONLY IF NOT THE ONLY CITY TO KEEP A LEVY FLAT FOR A YEAR. WE AROUND WHAT 3% ANOTHER YEAR RECOGNIZING THE FACT THAT THE WORLD HAD BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN AND EVERYBODY WAS HURTING. BUT EVEN ON A LONGER TIMESCALE BEFORE THAT FOR DECADES CITY LEADERSHIP AND NOT TO CAST ASPERSIONS IT'S JUST A STRATEGIC CHOICE CHOSE TO CHOSE PRIORITIZE KEEPING LEVIES LOW AND THAT'S THAT'S GREAT FOR AFFORDABILITY BUT IT ALSO GETSS TO THE POINT ERE OUR FACILITIES CONDITION INDEX LOOKS LIKE A RED ALARM GOING OFF ON THE CEILING AND THAT PIPER JUST NEEDS TO GET PAID AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY TELLING THAT VOTERS VERY RECENTLY SAID THAT THEY WOULD TAKE ON ADDITIONAL TAXES TO INVEST IN THESE FACILITIES WE'VE WE'VE GOT NUMBERS ON EXACTLY HOW MANY PEOPLE PUT PAPERS IN BOX TO SAY THEY WOULD LIKE THEIR TAXES INCREASED FOR THESE INVESTMENTS SO MOVING FORWARD AND I'VE MENTIONED THIS AGAIN I AM EXTREMELY SYMPATHETIC HOW MANY FOLKS ARE LIVING ON THE EDGE RIGHT NOW. I MENTIONED AT OUR LAST BUDGET CONVERSATION THAT FOOD SHELVES ACROSS THE STATE ARE HIGHER THAN THEY'VE BEEN SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND ON AVERAGE THAT'S FOLKS LIKE SENIORS WHO ARE ON FIXED INCOME. IN FACT THAT'S WHY I RAN FOR COUNCIL BECAUSE WAS WORKING AT THE FOOD SHELF IN SAINT PAUL IN BLOOMINGTON. SENIORS ARE DRIVING ALL THAT WAY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY DIDN'T WANT THEIR NEIGHBORS TO KNOW THAT THEY WERE HAVING A HARD TIME. AND WHEN FOLKS ARE VISITING FOOD SHELVES ON AVERAGE IT'S ONLY FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS BECAUSE THE CAR BREAKS AND UNEXPECTED MEDICAL BILL. IT'S A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT FOLKS SPOKE TO TONIGHT THAT ARE RIGHT ON THE EDGE. SO I AM SYMPATHETIC THAT BUT I THINK MOVING FORWARD I'M HEARTENED BY THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD AROUND WHILE MOVING CURBSIDE TO EVERY OTHER YEAR WAS A SHIFT IT DID RECOGNIZE SUBSTANTIAL COST SAVINGS AND WE'RE BEING A LOT SMARTER ABOUT DOING BULKY ITEM PICKUP ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS DIVERTING WASTE OUT OF THE WASTE STREAM REUSING A LOT OF THOSE ITEMS THE FORGIVABLE LOAN PROGRAM HEARD ABOUT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH FIXES FLEXIBLE FINANCING FOR, TREE REMOVAL I UNDERSTAND THOSE ARE ALL SMALL THINGS BUT OVER THOSE ARE TARGETED TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING ON THE EDGE THAT DO HAVE ONETIME EXPENSES. AND I THINK AS LONG AS THIS GROUP CONTINUES TO BE CREATIVE ABOUT PROVIDING FLEXIBILITY FOR THE FOLKS THAT NEED IT MOST AS TO ARBITRARY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CAN WE CUT A HF PERCENT TO SAY WE CUT A HALF PERCENT, IT JUST SEEMS MOST EFFECTIVE OVERALL. SO OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF CONVERSATION FOR Y'ALL IN THE YEARS BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS BUDGET. THANK YOU. CAN'T REMEMBER MARTIN AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOU KNOW I WAS HOPING FOR MORE ABOUT AROUND THE SEVEN I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT WENT INTO THIS I'M I AM A LITTLE A LITTLE I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT WILL ACTUALLY COME OUT OF BOTH THE NUMBE ONHE EMPLOYE BENEFITS FRONT ANDND ALSO ON THE ON THE INTERNAL SERVICE CHARGES. IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THAT SWAYS. I ALSO YOU KNOW IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT WE WE COULD STOP DOING, WE YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT. I KNOW THAT KNOW THAT OUR FRIENDS IN PARKS AND REC AND LOOKED AT THAT AND WE'LL BE TALKING GOING FORWARD ABOUT ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT THEY COULD POTENTIALLY STOP OR REDUCE DOING TO TO TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THIS PRESSURE LONGER TERM. BUT YOU KNOW, I ALSO WHEN YOU LOOKT LIKE THE ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR MINNESOTA IN GENERAL, RIGHT THAT WE ARE WE'RE THEY'RE WEIRDLY STRONG IN PLACES YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT AND THEN WE HAVE PROBLEMS, RIGHT? SO WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE MOVING TO THE STATE THAT ARE THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE ECONOMY ECONOMY IN TERMS OF OF OF FOLKS LIKE WE LOSE MORE KIDS UNDER 24 THAN WE BRING IN AND THAT'S NOT GOOD, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE WANT THAT LOWER WORKFORCE. WELL, I MEAN LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE WILL WANT TO COME HERE ,HERE, PLAY HERE, LIVE HERE. RIGHT. AND AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT INDICATOR TO THAT. SECONDLY AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT LIKE MINNESOTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'LL TELL YOU THAT THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE MORE MORE HOUSING NEEDS TO BE HERE, CHILD CARE NEEDS TO BE HERE AND YOU NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES . ALL RIGHT. SO BUILDING OUT OUR OUR STRONG BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IS IMPORTANT I WOULD ONE OF THE REASONS I'D LIKE TO HAVE SEEN THIS NUMBER A LITTLE LOWER IS SIMPLY BECAUSE I DO THINK WE CAN STAND OUT AS A PLACE WHERE A BUSINESS WOULD CHOOSE US OVER OTHER PLACES IN MINNESOTA BECAUSE WE HAVE THI NICE BALANCE OF OF OF OPPORTUNITIES AND AMENITIES AS WELL AS A A AN ENVIRONMENT THAT'S BUSINESS FRIENDLY. WE HAVE A WE DON'T HAVE TT REPUTATION AND I'D LIKE TO SEE US GETS THAT REPUTATION SO WORKING ON THAT WILL BE SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT AS WE GO FORWARD I THINK I THINK GOING TO MATTER RIGHT. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING AND WHEN IT COMES TO CHILD CARE, WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING OUT, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENTS WHERE FOLKS OF ALL OF ALL COLOR OF ALL YOU KNOW, PERSUASION OF ALL ETHNICITIES, ETC. WILL FIND A WELCOMING PLACE. I THINK WE'RE DOING ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND IF YOU LOOK AT YOU KNOW, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS NOT KNOWN TO BEING, YOU KNOW, A LEFTY ORGANIZATION BY ANY MEANS. RIGHT. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY ASK FOR, I CAN DRAW A LINE BETWEEN THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE SAYING NEED TO BE DONE FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING AND THAT MAKES ME HAPPY. SO I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SEEN THIS MORE AT LIKE SEVEN BUT I'M FOR THE WORK THAT WAS DONE BY STAFF TO GET US HERE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. LET'S REMEMBER NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBER MOUA. COCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU. FIRST JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. THE BENEFITS FUND IS THAT REDUCTION ACTUAL SAVINGS IN BENEFIT COSTS OR ARE WE TAKING MONEY OUT OF THAT FUND ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT? I THINK THIS GOES TO COUNCILMEMBER COLEMAN'S QUESTION. JUST WANT TO BE POINTED ABOUT IT, MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS MEMBER NELSON CARLSON CAN PUT MORE SPECIFICS ON IT. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT'S BEING PULLED FROM THE FUND TO HELP BRING THAT NUMBER DOWN THAN THE SAVINGS THAT WE'RE GETTING BECAUSE THE FUND IS HEALTHY ENOUGH THAT IT CAN SUSTAIN IT. BUT THIS IS LIKE SO I GO BACK TO MY HIGH SCHOOL ACCOUNTING CLASS DEBITS AND CREDIT. SO NOW I I'M NOT AN ACCOUNTING TEACHER PLAY ON ON TV. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE THE THE FUND HAS A PER EMPLOYEE AMOUNT THAT IT CHARGES TO DEPARTMENTS. RIGHT SO THAT BECAUSE THE FUND WHERE WE PAY OUT THE HEALTH INSURANCE STUFF FROM RIGHT AND SO WE DO THAT CENTRALLY THEN THERE'S A PURE EMPLOYEE CHARGE THAT GOES OUT TO DEPARTMENTS RIGHT? SO THEY CHARGE TO THE DEPARTMENTS OVER HERE WHICH IS WHAT ENDS UP THE GENERAL FUND PROPERTY TAX LEVY. OKAY. SO WE SAW LOWER COSTS FOR EACH OF THE EMPLOYEES HEALTH INSURANCE BECAUSE OF PLAN DESIGN ALSO EMPLOYEE SELECTIONS DURING OPEN ENROLLMENT. SO WHEREAS WE HAD FORECASTED THAT THE FUND WOULD NEED THIS MUCH AND ORIGINALLY BUDGETED FOR IT AS A TRANSFER ULTIMATELY NEEDED THIS MUCH. AND SO WE HAD TWO CHOICES WE COULD EITHER PUT MONEY FROM THE FUND BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND OR WE COULD RECALCULATE THE PER EMPLOYEE COST WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED CURRY A LOT OF WORK IN A VERY SHORT OF TIME. RIGHT. AND ULTIMATELY IT DOESN'T REALLY CHANGE THE MATH TO DO THAT. SO WE JUST GOT THESE HEALTH INSURANCE NUMBERS WITHI THE LAST 2O 3 WEEKS BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF OPEN ENROLLMENT. SO THE FOR US TO GO BACK AND MAKE ALL OF THOSE CHANGES IN EACH OF THE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS WAS A LITTLE BIT ADMINISTRATIVELY BURDENSOME. SO WHAT WE ULTIMATELY DECIDED TO DO WITH THE HEALTH INSURANCE FUND IS PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE BACK INTO THE GENERAL LEVY THAN THE ACTUAL SAVINGS WITH THOSE OPEN ENROLLMENTS AND COVERAGE REDUCTIONS. SO THE SAFE ASSUMPTION OR EXPLANATION YES. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ACTUAL NUMBERS? DO YOU HAVE THE SPECIFIC NUMBER ON THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT? MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS BUT IT'S AROUND HALF LIKE HALF OF THAT WAS FROM AN AMOUNT THAT WE FELT WE COULD TAKE FROM THE FUND BALANCE. THE OTHER HALF WAS FROM THE SAVINGS. I HAVE OTHER COMMENTS BUT I'LL DEFER TO COUNCILMEMBER IF HE WANTS TO MAKE. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU, MAYOR THANK YOU, DR. NELSON YOU KNOW, I THINK BEING MY FIRST TIME THROUGH THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY EYE OPENING PROCESS AND I THINK LIKE COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SAID I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE THIS AT ABOUT 7% BUT WHEN I KIND OF THINK ABOUT THIS AND HOW I CAN RELATE IT TO MY PERSONAL LIFE EVEN DURING A HARD ECONOMIC TIME OR FINANCIAL TIME THE ONE THING I PERSONALLYO IS ION'T FORGO THE INVESTMENT IN MY FUTURE. I DON'T REDUCE AMOUNT THAT I SAVE IN MY 41 K, I DON'T REDUCE THE AMOUNT THAT I INVEST IN MY CHILD'S 529 I HAVE THREE OF THEM NOW BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE FUTURE INVESTMENT IS WHAT'S GOING TO PAY OFF AND ALLOW MYSELF AND MY CHILDREN TO HAVE THAT PROSPERITY. AND SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT WE TOOK THE TIME TO CUT THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TODAY TO BRING THIS NUMBER DOWN BUT CONTINUE TO INVEST IN WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE OUR CY PROSPEROUS IN THEUTURE. TO CUT THE INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE MEANS THAT MY CHILDREN MIGHT NOT COME BACK HOME. AND SO THAT'S REALLY HAS BEEN WHAT HAS BEEN DRIVING MY THINKING AND HOW WE RELATE TO THIS AND HOW I SEE THE CITY BUDGET AS IT TO A PERSONAL HOME BUDGET IS HOW DO WE PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE WHILE SAVING TODAY AND I KNOW IT DOESN'T GET EASY BUT I THINK IT'S THE SACRIFICE THAT WE HAVE TO DO TODAY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FURE IS BETR. AND SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK STAFF HAS GONE INTO TO BRING THIS DOWN AS MUCH AS IT HAS BEEN AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE FOR THE RESIDENTS MOVING FORWARD INTO NEXT YEAR AS WELL BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THE STOPS HERE WITH THIS BUDGET PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE CHALLENGES AND. SO WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO KEEP PEOPLE GOING TODAY BUT ENSURE THE BOOM TOO CONTINUES TO BE THAT SHINING STAR IN THE METRO AND LEAD OUR WAY AND SO I APPRECIAT ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE THROUGH AND THEN IT HASN'T BEEN EASY BUT I APPRECIATE KNOW EVERYONE TUNING IN AND PAYING ATTENTION ASKING THESE HARD QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, THANK YOU MAYOR. SAME FEELING LIKE I MIGHT NEED TO HAVE READERS NOW BECAUSE I HAVE MY NOTES ON MY PHONE AND I'M LIKE SO I JUST WANT TO START BY THANKING YOU COREY AND THINKING ALL STAFF WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED AND ENGAGED IN THIS BUDGET PROCESS. I KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING ONE AND JUST REALLY ARECIATE ALL OF THE EFFORTS. I IN PARTICULAR REALLY APPRECIATE THE ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU LED. NOT ONLY INVITING INTO CONVERSATIONS BUT MEETING PEOPLE IN COMMUNITY AND ASKING FOR THEIR INPUT WHERE THEY'RE AT AND MAKING IT REALLY EASY THEM TO ENGAGE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT IT'S HAPPENING. AND NOT ONLY DID THAT BEFORE WE EVEN HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS BUT YOU DID IT THROUGHOUT. SO THANK YOU TO YOU FOR DOING THAT AND LEADING THAT AND THEN ALL THE PEOPLE STAFF AND COCIL MEMBERS ILUDED WHO WENT OUT WERE IN COMMUNITY DOING THAT WORK. I ALSO WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THE AMAZING BUDGET WEBSITE WHICH YOU ALREADY MENTIONED. IT IS TRANSPARENT. IT IS USER FRIENDLY. THE TEN MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR MORE MANY, MANY HOURS THAT WE HAVE SPENT DISCUSSING THIS BUDGET ARE ALL ON THE AND I THINK LAST YEAR'S OUR TWO PEOPLE ARE REALLY DIGGING IT OUR NEED SOMETHING TO PUT THEM TO SLEEP BUT AND SO JUST REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT HAS REALL BEEN TRANSFORMED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO I AM WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON COUNCIL. I REALLY WISH THIS WOULD HAVE COME IN CLOSER TO 7%. HOWEVER I DO BELIEVE THAT IT REFLECTS WHAT WE'VE LAID OUT AS THE COUNCIL AS PRIORITIES. IT REFLECTS OUR COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN , OUR CITY SERVICES AND I MEAN WE JUST THE FACT IS THERE ARE UNCONTROLLABLE FACTORS. THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT NOT JUST CITY BLOOMINGTON IS FACING THEIR CITIES ACROSS THE STATE WHO ARE DEALING WITH THE SAM PRESSURES. SO THE SAME INCREASES IN COSTS THAT INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES ARE FEELING. CITY GOVERNMENT IS FEELING THE EXACT SAME THING. WE'RE NOT IMMUNE DUE TO THESE ECONOMIC PRESSURES. SO WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, I WILL SUPPORT THE TAX LEVY TONIGHT AND I WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING TO KNOW THAT I DO NOT MAKE THIS DECISION LIGHTLY. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE STRUGGLING AND THERE ARE A LOT MORE WHO MAY NOT BETRUGGLING BUT ARE STILL LIVING WITH THIS KIND OF UNDER LYING LEVEL OF ANXIETY AND FEAR ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE MIGHT BRING IF THEY DO EXPERIENCE A LAYOFF OR SOMETHING ELSE. AND AND I GET IT. MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY WAS IMPACTED BY A LAYOFF EARLIER THIS YEAR. IT'S STRESSFUL. IT'S EMOTIONAL, IT'S HARD AND AND IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN , YOU JUST YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. SO I DO GET IT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME OUR JOB UP HERE TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING COUNCILMEMBER IS BALANCING THE SHORT TERM NEEDS AND DESIRES OF OUR COMMUNITY TH THE LONG TERMEEDS AND DESIRES. AND BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD OUT AND COMMUNITY AND BASED ON WHAT WE SAW IN THE LAST ELECTION WHERE THE RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON VOTED TO APPROVE THE THREE A REFERENDUMS THAT TELLS ME THAT BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS ARE INVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND . THEY WANT TO SEE THIS COUNCIL MAKING THE TOUGH DECISIONS TO CONTINUE THOSE INVESTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT BLOOMINGTON CONTINUES TO BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE AND WHERE THEY CAN LIVE AND WHERE THEY CAN RAISE THEIR FAMILIES AND LI OUT THEIR LIV. AT THE SAME TIME I DO WANT TO SAY I REALIZE THAT THE NEEDS AND DESIRES OF OVER 90,000 PEOPLE COLLECTIVELY PROBABLY ENDLESS. AND SO IT'S OUR JOB TO TO PRIORITIZE AND FOCUS. AND SO WHILE WE MAKE THESE STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS, WE ALSO NEED TO IDENTIFY AREAS IN THE BUDGET THAT CAN BE FURTHER REDUCED. AND I ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS BUDGET DOES A GOOD JOB OF THAT. IS IT PERFECT? IS IT A 7%? NO, BUT IT DOES CENTER THE VALUES PRIORITIES LAID OUT IN OUR NEW STRATEGIC PLAN AND IT ALIGNS WITHE HEA IN THE COMMUNIT ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THIS BUDGET PROCESS . IT ALSO MAINTAINS CRITICAL CITY SERVICES AND IT MAKES STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS WHERE WE NEED IT LIKE OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, PARKS THE NATURAL RESOURCES WHILE LAYING OPPORTUNITIES OUT FOR US TO MAKE REDUCTIONS THERE. THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO US. WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. SO AGAIN I DO NOT MAKE THIS DECISION LIGHTLY BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE BEST DECISION FOR OUR COMMUNITY NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON BACK IN THE CHAMBER I'LL DO MY COMMENTS HERE. SO FIRST I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE STAFF'S WORK ON THIS BUDGET. I AGREE MY COLLEAGUES COMPLETELY THAT I THINK IT REECTS THE VALS OF THE COMMITY, THE PRIORITIES OF T COMMUNITY AND MAKES AS COUNCILMEMBER INDICATED INVESTMENTS INTO FUTURE AND I THINK THOSE ARE ALL VERY IMPORTANT THINGS. WHAT I HEARD AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS WE LOOKED AT A STATUS TYPE OF BUDGET AND BUT AS WE DID THAT IT WAS A STATUS QUO PLUS SOME ADDITIONS I.T STAFF BUILDING INSPECTIONS THINGS LIKE THAT. WHAT I DID NOT SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEDUCTIONS AND I THINK THAT'S MAYBE YOU KNOW BUT I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT THAT WE DIDN'T ASK MORE FOR WHERE COULD WE CUT BACK THE BUDGET. WE GOT INFORMATION ON WHERE WE THOUGHT THAT WE NEEDED TO ADD. CANDIDLY I SOME OF THOSE AREAS I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE THAT WE NEED TO ADD. AS ONE EXAMPLE THE BUILDING INSPECTION FULL TIME STAFF YOU KNOW WHEN WHEN I ASKED ABOUT IT WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TO BE AN ONGOING CONTINUING STAFF POSITION OR IF IT'S JUST SHORT TERM. AND CANDIDLY TO BRING ON SOMEONE IN BUILDING INSPECTIONS BECAUSE THEY NEED TO GET UP TO SPEED IT DOESN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE TO ME BECAUSE ALMOST WELL, ALMOST EVERY MUNICIPALITY IN THE METRO AREA HAS INSPECTION PARTMENT. THERE ARE A LOT OBUILDING SPECTORS ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT KNOW HOW TO DO THAT WORK. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED THAT REDUNDANCY. THAT CASE HAS NOT BEEN MADE TO ME AND IT'S IT BRINGS UP A CONCERN THAT I'VE HAD ON A NUMBER OF ITEMS IN TERMS OF TALES THAT WE TALK ABOUT THIS THING AND IT MAKES SENSE BUT THEN THERE'S ADDITIONAL EXPENSES LATER. YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT OUR OUR REORGANIZATION, OUR BRINGING IN AND THEN WE FOUND OUT THAT WE HAD TO REMODEL THE SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE ITS STAFF, YOU KNOW, SO WE HAD THESE EXPENSES THAT WEREN'T BUGHT FORWARD WHEN WE HAD THE CONVERSATION AT THE SAME TIME IN TERMS OF , YOU KNOW, DEDUCTIONS ON THINGS WE WE SPENT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THEM SOME REDUNDANT SEE BETWEEN LOCAL SERVICES AND SERVICES. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SPENT A MINOR OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT BUT WE DIDN'T TALK EXTENSIVELY ABOUT WHAT OTHER THINGS WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO. AND WHAT I HEARD WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IS THERE ARE MANY SERVICES THAT WE HAVE THAT THAT MAY BE REDUNDANT WITH STATE OR COUNTY SERVICE AND WE HAVEN'T DIVED INTO THAT DOVE INTO THAT. I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE DONE MUCH WORK ON GENERATING ALTERNATIVE REVENUES FOR, VARIOUS ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. I'M VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO DO GRANT FUNDING GOING FORWARD. I KNOW THAT THE INDIVIDUAL THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THAT HAS BEEN VERY MUCH DOING FEDERAL GRANT WORK AND FAIRLY COMPLEX STUFF TO COMPLY WITH THOSE REGULATIONS OF THE LET'S BE BLUNT SIGNIFICANT OF MONEY THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP US THROUGH DURING THE PANDEMIC. I'M OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MOVING THAT FORWARD INTO GENERATING REVENUE AND AND THAT SORT OF THING. YOU KNOW, I'D BE MORE I'D BE INTERESTED ALSO IN OUR HBO PROGRAM HOW THAT'S DRIVING EFFICIENCIES COST SAVINGS REDUCTIONS. YOU KNOW I NOTICED WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET THAT WE HAD YOU KNOW, PROGRAM INCOME WAS VERY INCREASE BUT ALL OF THE TAX LINE ITEMS WERE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THERE. KNOW I AM NOT SAYING THERE'S A MAGIC BULLET TO SOLVING THE BUDGET AND I HEAR MY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHEN THEY LIKE THEY'D LIKE IT TO BE 7II DON'T HAVE A NUMBER IN MY MIND THAT I'D LIKE IT TO BE WHAT I FEEL AND I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS I'VE BEEN PART OF THESE CONVERSATIONS THE ENTIRE TIME. I LIKE IT TO BE AS LOW AS WE CAN POSSIBLY GET IT. I LIKE IT TO BE PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, FIND WAYS TO FUND THEM AND FIND WAYS TO NOT PUT THAT BURDEN EVERYONE'S BACKS AS MUCH AS ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE. ANDROM MY PERSPECTIVE I DON'T FEEL THAT WE'VE DONE ENOUGH ON WHAT COULD WE STOP DOING, WHAT COULD WE DEDUCT FROM THE BUDGET? HOW ELSE COULD WE PAY FOR IT? I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS MUCH AS WE SHOULD HAVE. AND AGAIN, I PUT THAT ON MY SHOULDERS THAT THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT HOW I APPROACH THINGS AND I HAVEN'T BROUGHT THAT UP AS MUCH AS I SHOULD HAVE. AND YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW,T'S WE ARE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT HERE WITH THAT. I'M VERY OPTIMISTIC FROM MY CONVERSATIONS WITH MY COLLEAGUES WITH THE CITY MANAGER THAT THESE ARE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING THESE THINGS GOING INTO THE FUTURE AND SO I DON'T SUPPORT THIS BUDGET RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I HONESTLY PERSONALLY CAN'T GO OUT AND TELL SOMEONE STRAIGHT TO THEIR FACE LOOKING THEM IN THE EYE THAT WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD TO KEEP IT AS AFFORDABLE AS POSSIBLE. BUT I'M VERY CONFIDENT FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD IN THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE ON THAT THAT GOING TO D BETTER THAT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THOSE THINGS AND TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS AND MAKE YOU KNOW, JUST MAKE IT AFFORDABLE BECAUSE AGAIN FOR ME IT'S NOT A SPECIFIC NUMBER. IT'S DID WE EVERYTHING WE COULD TO MAKE IT AS AFFORDABLE AS POSSIBLE TO LIVE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND DO THE INVESTMENTS AND PROVIDE THE SERVICES BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE OTHER WAYS WE CAN DO THAT AND. SO AT THIS POINT I DON'T SUPPORT THE BUDGET BUT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE WORK OF STAFF. I THINK STAFF DID WHAT WAS ASKED OF THEM AND AND DID A GO JOB AT I AND COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMEMBER CLEMENT. THANK YOU MAYOR AND I ALSO TOO WOULD LIKE THANK STAFF FOR THEIR TIRELESS UNENDING HOURS OF WORK ON THIS THAT CONTINUES LIKE A BICYCLE EACH YEAR YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT. YOU KNOW I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OVER A DECADE AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY WOW, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE EACH TIME IT GETS BETTER. I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO TOP IT NEXT YEAR. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU KNOW YOU KNOW I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS BUDGET BE ZERO. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, PASS THE LEVY TO BE ZERO. I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, MAYOR, YOU KNOW ,A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS IDEA THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A PARADIGM SHIFT . YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO LEAD LOOK FORWARD IN TERMS OF INVESTING IN BLOOMINGTON AND TRYING TO MAKE THAT WE PUT OUR OUR OUR HOPES AND OUR DREAMS IN INVESTING IN THAT. AND SO EACH TIME THAT I LOOK AT THAT AT THE BUDGET, I'M TRYING TO BALANCE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT FUTURE YOU KNOW THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT AND THEN ALSO ABOUT THIS IDEA OF TRYING T YOU KW, WE'VE A DAY HERE OF TRYING TO TRY TO KEEP BUDGET AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST BEEN AN ONGOING KIND OF PARADIGM WITHIN WITHIN THAT WITHIN THE COUNCIL. I THINK THAT'S NOT A BAD THING. I THINK YOU KNOW, AS A REPRESENTATIVE THAT'S SOMETHING YOU NEED TO DO AND YOU NEED TO SURE THAT THAT THAT TAKES PLACE AND YOU TRY TO WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT HAPPENS. I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID, MAYOR. YOU KNOW, KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND TT'S SOMETHING I'VE SN THAT PASTOUNCILS HAVE DONE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL. THEY TALKED ABOUT GETTING IT TO ZERO. WE'RE GOING TO KICK THIS THING FROM THIS YEAR DOWN TO THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH IT THAT YOU KNOW AND I KNOW I HAVE I'VE SWORN THAT OFF. I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT ANYMORE. HE GOT ME TO DO THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO YOU KNOW, KICK THAT CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I ASKED THE QUESTIONS THAT I DID EARLIER BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO BE A PART OF THAT KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. I THINK YOU YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE YOU'VE YOU'VE YOU KNOW, HE GREAT EXPERIEE AND YOU'VE COUNSEL US ON THAT . AND SO I LOOK FOR STABILITY FROM FROM YEAR TO I THINK WE OUGHT TO CREATE FOR OUR TAXPAYERS SOMETHING THEY CAN ON THAT EACH YEAR THAT THAT THAT WHEN WE TRY TO YOU KNOW PROVIDE A REDUCTION WE'RE NOT GOING YOU KNOW, HAVE A CORRESPONDING MECHANICAL INCREASE IN THE YEARS COMING FORWARD AND I HAVE DEEP CONCERNS MAYOR WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED HERE TO GET FROM 9.49 DOWN AT 7.49 THAT WE'RE CREATING SOM OFHAT. AND THEN I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP WHAT THE 80 THE SOLID WASTE COMPONENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT NOW COMING UP IN JUST ANY NUMBER THAT ON THE COMMUNICATION PIECES THAT ARE OUT THERE, THE STRUCTURAL IMBALANCES THAT YOU KNOW WE KNOW ABOUT HERE AND WE TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS AND SO YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'VE ALREADY HEARD HERE TODAY THOSE OTHER PIECES HERE SO YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW, ANY BUDGET YOU KNOW THAT WE BRING FORWARD OR A LEVY REPRESENTS OUR VALUES AND. WHAT I VALUE, MAYOR, IS YOUR VISION THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT SO MANY YEARS AGO THIS IDEA OF CHANGING THE PARADIGM OF THIS COUNCIL AS WE LOOK FORWARD. AND SO CERTAINLY I WOULD LIKE TO TO LOWER THIS LEVY BUT I DON'T WANT TO LOWER THE JUST FOR TODAY'S TAXPAYERS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOWERING THAT IN THE LONG, LONG RUN I BELIEVE A TAX INCREASE YOU KNOW, TOMORROW IS THE SAME AS A TAX INCREASE TODAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL COME IN NEXT YEAR'S. THAT'S UNFAIR. AT MAY DRIVE THAT UP EVEN FURTHER. AND SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE PRUDENT AND LISTEN TO YOUR WISE COUNSEL YOU HAD BEFORE AND SO THAT FOR THOSE REASONS I CANNOT SUPPORT YOU KNOW, THIS YOU KNOW THIS DECREASE TO 7.49 CERTAINLY I CAN YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAT DOESN'T PUSH THESE THESE EXPENSES INTO INTO INTO THE NEXT BUDGET. YOU KNOW I CERTAINLY CAN SUPPORT BUT YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS THE NUMBER TODAY I CAN NOT SUPPORT IT AND IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU SO I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT'S WHERE I'M AT TODAY. ANK YOU, COUILMEMBER. I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I APPRECIATE IT AND. I CAN'T SAY THAT I DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S MAKING GOOD POINTS I THINK WITHOUT REPEATING TOO MUCH. I AGREE THAT THIS BUDGET IT REFLECTS THE VALUES AND THE PRIORITIES OF THIS COMMUNITY AND WE'VE THAT FROM THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT WE SEE WE ALL HEARD IT ALL SUMMER AND INTO THE FALL AND I THINK IT ALSO REFLECTS THE DESIRE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS COUNCIL TO EXCEL THE NUTS AND BOLTS WORK OF MUNICIPAL GORNMENT AND TO DO THAT REQUIRES THE PEOPLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES THAT PROVIDE THE NUTS AND BOLTS SERVICES THAT PEOPLE HAVE COME TO EXPECT. THE 82% OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET ARE THE THE BIG FIVE. THE THINGS THAT YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLICE FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND REC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THAT'S 82% OF OUR BUDGET AND TO DELIVER THOSE IN NONE OF THOSE AREAS DO THEY MAKE WIDGETS. WE CAN'T CUT PRODUCTION COSTS. WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, TUNE UP THE FACTORY FLOOR TO TRY AND FIND EFFICIENCIES THERE. THE WORK THAT IS DONE THERE IS THOSE THE PEOPLE PROVIDING THE SERVICES AND IT'S THE PEOPLE PROVIDING THE SERVICES THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE COME TO EXPECT AND INSIST UPON AND WE HEAR ABOUT IT WHEN I MADE THE COMMENT BEFORE THE DARNDEST THING WHAT WE DO HERE IN BLOOMINGTON WHEN IT SNOWS WE PLOW THE STREETS AND THERE'S NOT EVERY CITY CLOSE BY THAT CAN SAY THAT WE GET IT PLOWED, WE GET THE WORK DONE. WE WE WE PUBLI SAFETY BEING A TOP PRIORITY. WE HE EXTENSIVE RESOURCES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL HAS THE NUMBERS AND THE EQUIPMENT THE AND THE WHEREWITHAL TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC SAFETY THAT OUR RESIDENTS EXPECT AND DEMAND OF US AND SO I, I AGREE WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB COUNCILMEMBER NELSON OF OF FINDING THOSE EFFICIENCIES FINDING WHERE THE MONEY COULD WE COULD CUT THE BUDGET IN SOME WAY, SHAPE ORORM INCREASED REVUES OTHER THAN PROPERTY TAX REVENUES TO DO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS WE DO NEED TO UP THE BUDGET PROCESS. I THINK IT'S A VERY STRONG PROCESS IS IT IS BUT I THINK AS YOU SAID IT'S US TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS EARLIER IN THE PROCESS NOT AT THE NIGHT OF THE TRUTH AND TAXATION HEARING I MEAN WE'VE GOT TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS OVER THE SUMMER WHEN WE START THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND REALLY START TO LOOK AT THIS HARD AND SO I THINK WHAT I WHAT I APPRECIATE IS AT THE END OF OUR LAST MEETING WHEN STAFF CAME FORWARD WITH A REDUCTION OF T OF THE LEVY AND I THINK THE FINAL NOTE I SAID TO THEM WERE SEE WHAT ELSE YOU CAN DO FIND MORE AND I APPRECIATE THE THAT WENT INTO FINDING MORE AND TO BRING IT DOWN AND WE JUST A COUNCIL AND AS A STAFF AND AS A AS A COMMUNITY WE JUST NEED CONTINUE TO TO SHARPEN OUR PENCILS AND REFINE THIS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO EXCEL WE CAN CONTINUE TO MEET THE VALUES AND THE PRIORITIES OF THIS COMMUNITY AND AS IT HAS BEEN SAID, TO DO IT AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE. SO AND NOW EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SAID AND EVERYBODY HAS SAID IT I THINK IT'S A SO COUNCIL WE HAVE THE 2024 BUDGET AND PROPOSED LEVY IN FRONT OF US. I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON ITEM 4.1 ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING. COUNCILMEMBER BAY MAYOR I WOULD MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE FINAL 24 GENERAL BUDGET FUND SO MOTION COUNCILMEMBER SECOND B UNCILMEMBER MTIN TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE FINAL 2024 GENERAL FUND BUDGET I WILL ASK THE CITY MANAGER ARE WE DOING THIS OUT OF ORDER DO WE NEED TO DO THE LEVY FIRST? MR. MAYOR, IF YOU'RE CONFIDENT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YES VOTES ON BOTH OF THESE MOTIONS, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT MATTERS BUT I THINK OUR PREFERENCE IS THAT WE'D RATHER ESTABLISH THE LEVEES BEFORE WE APPROVE BUDGETS. SO COUNCILMEMBER, IF WE COULD HOLD OFF ON YOUR INITIAL MOTION AND IF WE COULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ESTABLISH THE FINAL TAX LEVIES YEP APOLOGIES. THAT WAS JUST OUT OF ORDER FOR ME BUT OKAY I'D MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING ESTABLISHING FINAL LEVIES FOR THE CITY OF BOONTON FOR THE YEAR 2024 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE FINAL TAX LEVIES FOR BLOOMINGTON FOR 2024. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I PROPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE TWO WITH NELSON AND IN OPPOSITION AND COUNCILMEMBER HAS ALREADY ME THE MOTION REGARDING THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE FINAL 2024 GENERAL FUND BUDGET. IT WAS SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE TWO WITH NELSON AND LOWMAN IN OPPOSITION THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANKS TO STAFF YOUR WORK ON THIS THANKS TO THE COUNCIL FOR THE DISCUSSION ON THIS THANKS TO ALL THE FOLKS WHO CAME FORWARD WITH WITH YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR QUESTIONS AND I GUESS AS A FINAL NOTE I WOULD SAY TO ALL THOSE FOLKS WHO WILL WATCH TONIGHT WE CONTINUE TO WATCH CONTINUE TO QUESTION, CONTINUE TO BRING IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS AND CRITICISMS. THAT'S HOW THAT'S HOW IT WORKS AND THAT'S IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 4.2, OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING THIS IS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR OF THE BLOOMINGTON CITY CODE TO IMPOSE A LOCAL SALES TAX IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE HALF OF 1%. I SEE NO ONE STANDING AT THE PODIUM. I KNOW THERE WAS VERY KIND OF A SHOULDER TO GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR MEMBERS MEMBERS. WELL, LORI'S MAKING HER WAY UP. I'LL BE HAPPY TO JUMP IN . WE WERE PLAYING KEEPER ROCK, SCISSORS IN THE DAY MELISSA LOST. ALL RIGHT, SO IF YOU RECALL, WE SPENT LITTLE BIT OF TIME OVER THE PT 18 MTHS TALKING AUT A LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX. THERE WAS AN ELECTION THE GAVE APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL THREE ITEMS THERE IS A PROCESS LAID OUT IN STATE LAW AND WE ARE MARCHING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THIS IS THE PART OF THE PROCESS WHERE WE ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO FORMALLY ADOPT AN ORDINANCE THAT ESSENTIALLY CREATES THE TAX THEN THE NEXT STEP IS THAT WE INFORM THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OF THE CREATION OF THAT TAX SUBSEQUENT TO THERE'S A SORT OF A WAITING PERIOD AND THE SOONEST THIS TAX COULD BE TURNED ON IS APRIL 1ST OF 2024 . I BELIEVE THAT'S THE FIRST DAY OF THE QUARTER. IT IS ALSO PROVIDED IN THE ORDINANCE AS THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE. THERE ARE TWO MOTIONS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. THE FIRST IS THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE AND THEN THE OTHER IS THE SUMMARY PUBLICATION. THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE IS BEING PLACED UNDER CHAPTER FOUR WHERE ALL OF OUR OTHER TAXATION INFORMATION IS LOCATED. THE OTHER THING TO NOTE IS A PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT IT TAKES PLACE IN DIFFERENT WAYS INTO THE FUTURE. THIS INFORMATION WILL BE LISTED ON OUR CITY WEBSITE. I CAN PROVIDE SAMPLES OF OTHER CITIES OR YOU CAN JUST GOOGLE IT. OTHERS MANY OTHER CITIES HE THIS ON THE WEBSITE. THE OTHER THING TO NOTE IS THAT WE WILL HAVE A COPY OF THE ORDINANCE AVAILABLE AS WELL IF ANYONE WANTS TO READ THAT IT'S ALWAYS ON CITY CODE TO FINALLY THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT AS OF 2025 THAT WE PUBLISH IN OUR BILLING STATEMENTS AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR INFORMATION ABOUT THE TAX AS WELL. ANYTHING ELSE I SHOULD ADD LORI? ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD OTHER THAN THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE WILL SEND A NOTICE TO ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT DO COLLECT SALES TAX IN BLOOMINGTON EARLY IN JANUARY THEY SENT OUT A NOTICE TO BUSINESS HOLDERS OF THE TAX AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THE 90 DAYS IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY ANDARCH TO UPDAT POINT OF SALE SOFTWARE TO ADD THE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX TO THAT AND THEN WHEN THEY THEIR TAXES IT ALL GOES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND THEN THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE WILL SEGREGATED INTO WHAT IS AT THE STATE LEVEL AND WHAT WILL COME TO THE LOCAL LEVEL AND THE STATE IT WILL HAVE A PROCESS OF WILL PROBABLY BRING THEIR CONTRACT TO YOU TOO BECAUSE. THEY WILL CHARGE A FEE TO COLLECT THE TAX FOR US AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT A FEW THINGS IN THE CONTRACT. THEY HAVE A PRETTY STANDARD. THEY WOULD NOT SHARE THAT CONTRACT WITH US AHEAD OF TIME BUT OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF THREE OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE ENACTED OTHER LOCAL SHOPS AND SALES TAX HAVE SHARED WITH THAT CONTRACT LANGUAGES. HMM. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL QUESTIONS OF EITHER MATTER CHATTER IS ECONOMY SHOULDER COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO MR. MAYOR, I HAVE AN ACTUAL QUESTION ABOUT THE TEXT IN THE IN THE SECTION FOUR HERE THAT WE'RE REVIEWING. IS THAT OKAY TO PLEASE RIGHT NOW? ABSOLUTE SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION DURING MY TIME OUT WITH WITH FOLKS ABOUT HOW THIS STUFF STOPS SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M READING WHAT IS IT LOOKS LIKE 4.76 ARTICLE B THAT TALKS ABOUT TERMINATION AND I WANT TO NUMBER ONE I WANT TO DRAW PEOPLE'S ATTENTION TO IT AND I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL SUPER CLEAR ABOUT HOW THIS WORKS. SO ESSENTIALLY WE COLLECT THE UNTIL WE HAVE ENOUGH TAXES COLLECTED TO P OFF THE PROJECTS AND THEN WE STOP COLLECTING TAXES. IS THAT A FAIR SUM UP THESE TAXES SPECIFICALLY MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMAN DALLESSANDRO WE COLLECT UNTIL WE HAVE PAID OFF ALL OF THE OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO THE THREE PROJECTS OR 20 YEARS WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. RIGHT? OKAY THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. DO DO WE HAVE A MECHANISM IN PLACE TO BE TRACKING THESE PROJECTS AND THE REVENUE GENERATED BY TAXES AGAINST THIS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS? I ASSUME WE HAVE TO HAVE TO REPORT THAT ANYWAY. SO ARE WE AS COUNCIL GOING TO SEE REGULARLY LIKE WE'RE AHEAD OF PLAN WE'RE BEHIND WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE BONDS BECAUSE, WE WANT TO DO MORE, WE WANT TO DO WORK BEFORE WE'LL BE ABLE TO COLLECT ENOUGH TAX TO DO THAT WORK. I MEAN HOW IS THAT GOING TO ART GOING TO WORK? MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER I'D INVITE AS ECONOMY SCHALLER TO EXPLAIN THAT PROCESS DO KNOW THAT THERE IS A CAPITAL RESERVE THAT'S PART OF THE FINANCIAL BUDGETING SO IN YEARS WHERE PERHAPS THE TAX RENUE BEING GENERAD IS NOT A MUCH AS WHAT'S BEING FORECAST. THERE'S STILL A RESERVE THAT'S BEING BUILT UP TO WHETHER DIFFERENT CHANGES IN TAXES FROM YEAR TO YEAR. DO YOU WANT TALK ABOUT THE REPORTING THAT OCCURS FROM THE STATE AND WHAT WE HAVE TO REPORT BACK? YEP MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND COUNCILMEMBER ALESSANDRA WHAT MY STAFF AND I HAVE BEEN FORECASTING IS IN GENERAL WE WILL SET UP A CAPITAL PROJECT THAT THESE FUNDS WILL COME INTO. WE WILL THREE OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS ONE FOR THE ICE GARDEN FOR THE PARKS AND ONE FOR THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER AND THEY WILL ONLY GET IN EACH OF THOSE FUNDS EXACTLY THE. PROJECT FUNDS THAT THEY NEED PLUS THE DEBT SERVICE INTEREST THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE ON THAT BECAUSE WHEN WE ISSUE THE DEBT THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR AMOUNT BUT WE ALSO HAVE COST OF ISSUANCE AND THEN THE FUTURE INTEREST THAT AND SO WHEN ALL OF THAT IS PAID WE'RE 20 YEARS IS THE TIME FRAME BUT IT WILL BE TRACKED THE STATES WILL BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH US ON AN ANNUAL TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THERE GIVING US AND WHATUR DEBT SERVICE SCHEDULES ARE. SO WILL NOT GIVE US MORE IN GENERAL THAN WHAT IS EXPECTED FOR THESE PROJECTS. RIGHT BUT BUT IF WE THANK YOU I'M SURE THAT THE THE MR. MAYOR RELATED TO THAT IF IF WE ARE AHEAD OF PLAN SO IF IF IF LET'S SAY THE GENERATED I'LL JUST USE THE ICE GARDEN FOR EXAMPLE IF THE IF THE REVENUE GENERATED OVERALL PUTS I GUESS ALL THREE PROJECTS WOULD BE AHEAD OF PLAN IF WE GENERATED MORE REVENUE THAN WE EXPECTED THEY'LL GIVE THAT MONEY T US. RRECT OR ARE THEY SAYING LIKE NO, NO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU ONLY THE MONEY THAT YOUR YOUR ALLOCATED MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALESSANDRA THEY WILL GIVE US OUR PERCENTAGE OF THE SALES TAX A HALF PERCENT EVERY YEAR. OKAY. AND IN THE BONDS SCHEDULES BECAUSE EACH OF THESE WILL HAVE A DEBT SERVICE SCHEDULE, WE WILL PUT A CALL FEATURE IN THERE EARLY ENOUGH IN THERE THAT SHOULD RECEIVE GREATER REVENUE BY YEAR 18. WE CAN CLOSE ALL THOSE PROJECTS OUT AND THEN THE SALES TAX WILL GO AWAY. SO ITILL DEPEND MEAN WE'LL PUT THOSE FEATURES INTO LIKE YOU WOULD SAY A PROSPECTUS THE CITY HAS OFFICIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE VIEWERS AND WE WILL JUST PUT THOSE FEATURES IN SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO CLOSE OUT AND STOP HAVING TO COLLECT THE SALES TAX THAT'S ONLY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, CLARIFICATIONS HERE IF NOT THINKING THIS ECONOMY BE UNDER TEN AND 4.2 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW THIS IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR OF THE BLOOMINGTON CITY CODE TO IMPOSE A LOCAL SALES TAX IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE HALF OF 1% TO ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHO WISHES SPEAK ON THIS ITEM THIS EVENING MR. SABLE DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE LINE? MR. MAYOR, YOU HAVE NO ONE ON THE LINE LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY IN THE CHAMBERS COUNCIL NO ONE COMING FORWARD. NO ONE ON THE LINE. I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING O IT AND 4.2 THIS EVENING SO MOVE SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.2. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING SO COUNCIL THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR ABOUT 18 MONTHS NOW SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS OR IF WE CAN JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ACTION TO TO PUT THIS IN MOTION . COUNCILMEMBER BURTON I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION I WILL MOVE THAT WE ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR OF THE BLOOMINGTON CITY CODE TO IMPOSE A LOCAL SALES TAX IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE HALF OF 1% SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR TO IMPOSE A LOCAL SALES TAX IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE HALF OF 1%. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES ZERO COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN SUMMARY PUBLICATION PLEASE I WILL MOVE THAT WE ADOPT A RESOLUTION DIRECTING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO IMPOSE A LOCAL SALES IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE HAL OF 1% SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION IN FOR ITEM 4.2 NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY SAYING I I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU MUCH WE AWAIT THE NEXT STEPS IN THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE MORE STEPS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT VERY SOON AND 4.3 IS OUR THIRD OF FOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. THIS IS A PRIVATELY INITIATED CITY CODE AMENDMENT AND IT CONCERNS DAYCARES IN C FOR ZONING DISTRICTS AND WE HAVE ELIZABETH O'DEA ARE PLANNING FROM OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. YES, GOOD EVENING. WELCOME AND THANKS FOR STICKING OUT WITH US. YEAH NO PROBLEM. HELLO MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'VE GOT A VERY QUICK PRESENTATION FOR YOU THIS EVENING AND IT'S ABOUT A PRIVATELY CITY CODE AMENDMENT TO CHANGE DAYCARES FROM A USE TO A TO A CONDITIONAL USE IN THE C FOR ZONING DISTRICT. SO CURRENTLY DAYCARES ARE LISTED AS A LIMITED USE OUR CITY CODWHICH MEANS IT IS SUBORDINAT USE THAT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE THAN 25% OF THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA IN A BUILDING THE APPLICANT ENCLAVE COMPANIES RECENTLY ATTENDED A PRE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING FOR A MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENT BUILDING PROPOSAL AND FREESTANDING DAYCARE FACILITY UNDER THAT CITY CODE . UNDER THIS CURRENT CITY CODE THE FREESTANDING DAYCARE IS NOT ALLOWED AND A MUST BE WITHIN THE BUILDING AND NOT OCCUPY MORE THAN 25% OF THE FLOOR AREA. THEREFORE THEY ARE PROPOSING TO CHANGE THE CITY CODE USE TABLE UER CHAPTER 21 AND UNDER THEIR PROPOSAL THE DAYCARE WOULD CHANGE FROM A LIMITED USE TO A CONDITIONAL USE WHICH WOULD REMOVE THE OVERALL LIMITATION. OF COURSE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WOULD BE REQUIRED AND PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD HAVE FINAL DECISION UNLESS AN APPEAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE C FOR FREEWAY OFFICE DISTRICT TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTIAL USES WITHIN A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT C FOR ALLOWS RESIDENTIAL USES PROVIDED THAT AT POINT TO NONRESIDENTIAL FLOOR AREAS PROVIDED SPORTS TRAINING HOSPITALS AND K-12 SCHOOLS ARE SIMILAR AND CONSISTENT TO DAYCARE FACILITIES AND ARE PERMITTED WITHIN THE C FOR ZONING DISTRICT AND THAT FITS WITHIN AND DAYCARES FIT WITHIN THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE DISTRICT. LASTLY, AS WE ALL KNOW THE PANDEMIC HAS SEVERELY IMPACTED THE OFFICE MARKET SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMAIN FLEXIBLE AND ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT OF VACANT LAND WHILE STILL ALLOWING FOR USES ARE COMPATIBLE WITH OFFICE ZONING DISTRICTS SO LIKE I SAID PRETTY SHORT I HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE YOU AND THINKHAT OUR APPLINT FROM CONCLAVES BRIAN AND BACHMANN SHOULD BE ON THE WEBEX FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK COUNSEL. ANY QUESTIONS FROM TODAY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND THEN COUNCILMAN NELSON. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR? I'M NOT SURE I DON'T I APOLOGIZE IF THIS QUESTION DOESN'T ACTUALLY FALL HERE JUST YET. BUT IT WAS ONE QUESTION THAT HAD DAYCARE SEEMS THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME BUT I GUESS IF WE ALREADY HAVE K-THROUGH-12 SCHOOLS IN THERE AND SOMEBODY WAS COMING TO US AND SAYING HEY, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE LIKE A PRE-K SCHOOL IN THIS AREA, WOULD WE BE DOING THE SAME THING AND IF SO MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST ADD THAT TO THIS TO BEGIN WITH SO THAT WE JUST I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME DAYCARES ARE JUST ANOTHER IN SOME TO SOME DEGREE THEY DO EDUCATION SERVICES IN A LOT OF CASES AND THEY'RE A PRE-K PROGRAM AND WE ALREADY OFFER. SO IS IT SOMETHING WE JUST WANT TO DO WHILE WE'RE HERE? IT WAS MORE JUST THE THOUGHT THAN ANYTHING BUT I'D HATE F SOMEBODY TO HAVEO COME A PAY THE MONEY TO PUT IT IN FRONT OF US AGAIN TS, THAT AND THE OTHER THING TO DO SOME PRIVATELY INITIATED THING IF WE IF ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE SAME KIND OF FACILITY. I APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. I THINK IT DOES MAKE SENSE LOGICAL SENSE WHAT I WHAT HESITANT TO DO IS TO MAKE CHANGES ON THE FLY AT THE THE DAIS HERE AND I MEAN IF WE WANT TO APPROVE THIS IT WOULD BE ONE THING AND THEN MAYBE COME BACK AND LOOK AT THAT AS AN OPTION TO MAKE THAT CHANGE . BUT I DON'T KNOW. MR. THOUGHTS ON THIS MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I ECHO THAT. I THINK THE YOU KNOW WE'D WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE DEFINITIONS ARE AND IF WE'RE ADDING I THINK IT SHOULD PROBABLY GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC REVIEW AS WELL BUT THAT COULD CERTAINLY BE DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL GIVES US. PRE-K I THINK KIND OF TAKES EDUCATION WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN DAYCARE AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK ABOUT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND VARUS USES . MR. MCCRACKEN AND THERE WAS A COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT OUR DEFINITION OF THE SCHOOL K-THROUGH-12 INCLUDES LANGUAGE THAT IT COVERS EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS IN ADDITION TO K-THROUGH-12. I THINK ANY OF THOSE KIND OF PRESCHOOL WITHIN K-12 PROGRAM WOULD BE COVERED IN THAT DEFINITION OF SCHOOL. OKAY, SO WE'RE WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT PRECLUDINGNYTHING ALREADY IN THAT DEPARTMENT SO WE'RE JUST EXPANDING AT THE STAGE CORRECT. OKAY GREAT. THANKS. I'M GOOD. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS I READ THROUGH THIS IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WERE THERE ARE TWO ISSUES HERE. ONE WAS THE 25% IN AN EXISTING BUILDING BUT THEN THERE WAS THE SECOND PART THAT WOULD ALLOW IT TO BE IN ITS OWN BUILDING. AND THERE ARE ARE THERE SIZE RESTRICTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? I GUESS MY ONLY CONCERN IS THE INTENSITY OF THE USE OF SOME OF OUR MOS VALUABL PROPERTY AND TO HAVE A SMALLER BUILDING WITH A SMALL IS A CONCERN WITHIN THIS INSTEAD OF HAVING A HIGHER AND BETTER UTILIZATION OF THAT PROPERTY. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE C4 ALSO HAS A FLOOR AREA RATIO SO IT WOULD BE NOT VIABLE TO HAVE A VERY INTENSE STANDALONE DAYCARE IN A C FOR ZONING DISTRICT THAT COULD HAPPEN BUT A PLANNING RAISED KIND OF A SILAR QUESTION AUT WE WOULDN'T HAVE KIND OF A 11 STOREY DAYCARE STANDING ALONE IN AC4 ZONING DISTRICT. I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE VIABLE BUT IT CERTAINLY WOULD. SO JUST IMAGINE IN THAT SOUNDS FUN BUT MY MY CONCERN WAS ACTUALLY I THINK THE OPPOSITE THAT IT WOULD BE TOO SMALL AND NOT HIGH ENOUGH INTENSITY USE FOR I MEAN BECAUSE THIS IS THE AREA AROUND 494 AN AMERICAN BOULEVARD. I MEAN THIS IS IN MY SOMEWHERE WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE SOMEWHAT OF HIGHEST INTENSE USES. I MEAN THEY HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE . THEY HAVE THE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE, THEY HAVE THE VISIBILITY AND JUST TO ENCOURAGE A SMALL BUILDING THERE AT THIS POINT DOESN'T MAKE A TON OF TO ME. SO THE WAY I HEARD YOUR RESPONSE WAS IF A STANDALONE IT'S THEY'VE GOT TO MEET THE CERTAIN FOUR AREA RATIO STANDARD AND UNLIKELY HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT A DAYCARE WOULD MEET THATLOOR AREA RATIO STANDARD IS THAT CORRECT? MINIMUM BUILDING SIZE DO YOU REMEMBER THE MINIMUM BUILDING SIZES AND SEE FOR I THINK IT'S SO IT ADDRESSED MY CONCERN BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE TO HIGHER INTENSITY WOULD HAVE TO BE LARGER THAT'S THE WAY I'M HEARING. YES. SO I JUST FROM MISUNDERSTANDING YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU, AMERICA COUNSEL. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS LET'S REMEMBER A MOMENT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST SOMETHING I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW I'M UNDERSTANDING IT'S ON FOREIGN FOR AND THAT TYPE OF THING THAT USED TO BE KNOWN AS THE STRIP IT USED TO HAVE A NUMBER OF ALCOHOLIC ESTABLISHMENTS AROUND THAT. HOW DOES THIS DEAL WITH ANY OF THOSE YOU KNOW YOU KNOW OTHER BUSINESSES THAT PRESENT THEMSELVES CLOSE TO THAT CLOSE TO THESE AREAS IN THE FUTURE HOW WOULD THAT OPERATING WORK? WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO YOU KNOW ,PUT A YOU KNOW, IF THE ZONING WAS DIFFERENT IN SOME OF THESE PLACES YOU DON'T HAVE AN ALCOHOLICR AOU KNOW OTHER DISPENSARY DISPENSING DRUGS OR THAT TYPE OF THING. MAYOR COLEMAN WOMAN THINK THERE ARE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS AND DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS FROM AN ALCOHOLIC ESTABLISHMENT TO AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY AND DAYCARE. I'M BLANKING ON THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS IN OUR LICENSING STANDARDS. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD PRECLUDE THAT OR PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING. SO IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT ERIN THAT YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT, WE'D HAVE TO SAY HEY, WE GOT A WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH I'M GOOD WITH THAT. SO IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS I WILL ASK YOU SAID MR. BACHMANN'S ON ON THE WEBEX ON THE WEBEX. MR. BACHMANN, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? NO, I THERE YOU GO. I THINK THAT LIZ DID A GREAT JOB. I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS GUYS MIGHT HAVE. VERY GOOD. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WANTED TO ADD THANKS. WITH THAT COUNSEL I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS PUBC HEARING AND ITEM 4.3 REGARDING A PRIVATELY INITIATED CITY CODE DAYCARES IN THE C FOR ZONING DISTRICT. DOES ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.3 THIS EVENING. MR. SABLE, IS THERE ANYONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? MR. MAYOR NO ONE ON LINE LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY IN THE CHAMBERS. ALSO NO ONE ON THE PHONE. NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE CHAMBERS. I'D LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.3. THIS IS SOME OF A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LONG AND SECONDLY COUNCILMEMBER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT AND 4.30 FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON IT AND 4.3 TO COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON THIS. IF NOT I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON ITEM 4.3 COUNCILMEMBER LOMAN MARRIED MOVE TO ADOPT AN TO CHANG THE DAYCAS FROM A LIMITED USE TO A USE IN THE C FOR ZONING DISTRICTS THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTER 21 OF THE SO CALLED MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND MY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE CHANGING DAYCARES FROM A LIMITED TO A CONDITIONAL USE IN THE C FOR ZONING DISTRICT DISTRICT NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SUMMARY PUBLICATION AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF ORDERS TO CHANGE DAYCARES FROM LIMITED USE TO CONDITIONAL USE IN THE C FOR ZONING DISTRICT THEREBY CHAPTERS 21F THE CITY CODE MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF THEM 4.3 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR FINAL PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND A 4.4 PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING CITY CODE AMENDMENT TO ALLOW PAWNSHOP USE AS A CONDITIONAL USE IN THE B4 ZONING DISTRICT . MR. RAMLA OHLSSON GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME EVENING . I'M HOPING THIS WORKS TERRIFIC PROSE LAST TIME SO GLAD I DIDN'T. THANK YOU MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. ITEM 4.4 IS A CODE AMENDMENT TO THE BE FOR DISTRICT ESSENTIALLY TO ALLOW PAWN SHOPS AS A CONDITIONAL USE WITHIN THAT DISTRICT. SO THERE WAS A PROPOSAL PROPOSAL YOU TONIGHT. AND THE SECOND CONSIDERATION IS IF YOU ADOPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THERE'S A RESOLUTION FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF THE AMENDMENT RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. SO THERE'S A LOT OF BACKGROUND TO THIS. I'LL TRY TO BROWSE THROUGH IT AS FAST AS I CAN. THERE WAS THE RETROFIT PLAN BACK IN 2021 THAT ONE OF THE KEY TASKS WAS TO REZONE A GROUP OF PROPERTIES AROUND LYNDALE AVENUE'S INTERSECTIONS WITH 86TH AND 98TH STREETS. WE DID THAT BACK IN SEPTEMBER. THE 18TH IF YOU RECALL THERE IS THE BUFFER ZONING DISTRICT WHICH IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS DESCRIBED OR ENVISIONED IN THE OR THAT WAS THE ZONING DISTRICT THAT CARRIED OUT THE VISION EXPRESSED IN THE RETROFIT PLAN. UM YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT PAWN SHOPS ARE PROHIBITED IN THE B4 ZONING DISTRICT AND THEY'RE ALSO RESTRICTED BY LICENSING REQUIREMENTS BASED ON THE POPULATION OF THE CITY. UM AND AND I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THERE WAS CONSIDERATION OF REZONINGS TO BE FOR COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO DRAFT AN AMENDMENT FOR CONSIDERATION THAT WOULD ALLOW UPON SHOPS AND BEFORE. SO THAT'S THE HISTORY OF IT. UM GOING BACK TO THE RESTRICTION RESTRICTIONS ON PAWN SHOPS THOSE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS CAN BE FOUND IN DIVISION M OF CITYODE AND MORE SPECIFICALLY IT SAYS THAT NO MORE THAN ONE PER EACH 50,000 INHABITANTS. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 91,000 THERE'S CURRENTLY TWO PAWNSHOPS IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON BOTH INCIDENTALLY ON LYNDALE AVENUE . THERE'S 8650 THAT'S PAWN AMERICA AND THEN 9432 MAX UPON AND YEAH IT SHOULD BE STATED OR EMPHASIZED THAT THIS IS DISTINCT FROM ZONING PROVISIONS SO THIS IS THE LICENSEE REQUIREMENTS THIS ZONING DOESN'T PUT THOSE TYPES OF RESTRICTIONS ON THE NUMBER PAWN SHOPS THAT'S BASED ON ALL THOSE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE APPLIED TO ALL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN B2 WHERE PAWN SHOPS ARE CURRENTLY ALLOWED AS A AS A CONDITIONAL USE AND WE'LL HEAR I'LL GET TO THE BACKGROUND A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THIS ON THIS MATTER THAT AROSE DURING THE SEPTEMBER 18TH CONSIDERATION OF THOSE LYNDALE REZONINGS. BUT THE BY STAFF YIELDED THAT WHEN LOOKING AT THE COMPATIBILITY WITH THE B4 DISTRICT THAT DISTRICT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2006 IT WAS PRIOR TO THOSE LICENSING PAWNSHOP LICENSING AMENDMENTS IN 2007 SO IT KIND OF ACTED AS A MEANS TO RESTRICT THE NUMBER OF PAWN SHOPS THAT WERE IN CITY UNTIL THOSE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS CAME TO BE IN 2007. BEFORE DOES ALLOW A MIX OF RETAIL AND SERVICE USES AND PAWN SHOPS CATEGORIZED AS A RETAIL USE AND OR ZONING CODE . SO THE'S NO CONFLIC THERE AND PAWN SHOPS ARE NOT INHERENTLY AUTO ORIENTED AND THE BEFORE ZONING DISTRICT EMPHASIZES A MOVE AWAY FROM AUTO ORIENTED USES SO CAR WASHES, GAS STATIONS, DEALERSHIPS, THOSE TYPES OF ESTABLISHMENT ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE B4 DISTRICT AND RECOGNIZING PAWN SHOPS ARE NOT INHERENTLY AUTO ORIENTED AND THAT THEY ARE A RETAIL WE DON'T SEE ANY INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THE USE OF PAWN SHOPS AND THE BEFE ZONING DTRICT . HOW DOES IT WORK WITH THE RETROFIT PLAN AGAIN STAFF COULDN'T IDENTIFY ANY CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE USE OF PAWN SHOPS AND THE RETROFIT PLAN. LOOKING AT THE PLAN ITSELF, THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT AND THE LANGUAGE IN IT WE DON'T SEE ANY MENTION OF PAWN SHOPS THAT THAT BEING AN INCOMPATIBLE USE OR UNDESIRABLE USE WITHIN THE AREA DEFINED BY THE RETROFIT PLAN AND WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE MINUTES ACTUALLY DISCUSSING THAT THE ADOPTION OF THELAN THAT WOU HINT OR STATE THAT THERE'S AN INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN PAWN SHOPS AND THE RETROFIT PLAN. SO AGAIN RECOGNIZING THAT RETAIL IS A VITAL COMPONENT OF THE MIX OF USES THAT WERE TALKED ABOUT IN THE RETROFIT AND SEEING THE PAWN SHOPS ARE CATEGORIZED AS THE RETAIL USE WE DON'T SEE ANY INHERENT CONFLICT BETWEEN PAWN SHOPS AND THE RETROFIT PLAN. THERE'S BEEN SOME CORRESPONDENCE MAINLY COMING FROM PAWN AMERICA THE OCCUPANTS AT 8650 LDALE AVUE SOUTH. THEY BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION OR THEY SPOKE AT THE I THINK BELIEVE IS AUGUST 17TH A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING THAT WAS A STUDY SESSION FOR THOSE LYNDALE AND THEY SUBMITTED A LETTER ON SEPTEMBER 14TH DURING CONSIDERATION OF THE LYNDALE REZONINGS AND THAT LETTER AND STAFF'S RECOUNTING OF THAT LETTER OR SUMMATION OF THAT LETTER PLAYED INTO THE DISCUSSION LED TO STAFF DRAFTING THIS AMENDMENT. I SHOULD SAY THAT THAT LETTER SUBMITTED IDENTIFIED PROVISIONS IN SECTION 21 504 THAT'S OUR NON-CONFORMITY THAT WOULD MAKE REDEVELOPMENT PRETTY MUCH IMPOSSIBLE ON THE PROPERTY OF 8650 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH. I CAN GET THAT AGAIN TO THAT IN A MOMENT. THEY SUBMITTED A SECOND LETTER ON OCTOBER 30TH AGAIN EXPRESSING THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS STAFF PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENT THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 2ND. SO LOOKING AT THE NONCONFORMING OF THE ORDINANCE THERE, YOU KNOW WITH SOME EXTENT EXCEPTIONS EXPANSION OF A CONFORMITY IS PROHIBITED. THE IDEA IS TO PHASE NONCONFORMITY AND NOT FORCING THEM TO BECOME CONFORMING. BUT IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO CHANGE THE SITE OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF CONDITIONS THAT WOULD MAKE A A NONCONFORMING ILLEGAL NONCONFORMING USE BECOME ILLEGAL AND THEN THEREFORE HAVE TO BE BROUGHT INTO CONFORMANCE WITH THE UNDERLYING ZONING DISTRICT AND SOMETHING TO NOTE FOR AN EXPANSION OF A NONCONFORMING USE. AND THAT'S THE KEY ISSUE SINCE WE'RE DISCUSSING PAWNSHOPS. I'LL JUST DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT LAST BULLET POINT A RELOCATION OF THE USE TO A STRUCTURE OF A PORTION OF THE SITE NOT PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED BY THE USE. SO HOW THIS COMES INTO PLAY IS THAT RIGHT NOW THE WELL AGAIN WE'LL JUST USE POND AMERICA AS AN EXAMPLE THIS WOULD YOU KNOW THIS ISN'T SPECIFIC FOR PAN AMERICA BUT EVEN FOR THE FOR ANY PAWN SHOP THAT WOULD BE PROPOSED WITHIN THE B4. SO RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT PAN AMERICA THERE THIS IS A HOW THEY ARE CURRENTLY THEY ARE THE BUILDING IS SET BACK 98 FEET FROM THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE AND THERE IS PARKING THE BUILDING AND THE RIGHT OF WAY. THIS PROPERTY WAS REZONE TO BE FOR. SO RIGHT NOW IT'S A LEGAL NON-CONFORMING USE BUT IF THEY WANTED TO REDEVELOP THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE BEFORE DISTRICT WHICH WOULDN'T ALLOW THE PARKING BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE ROAD. IT WOULD ALSO THE MAXIMUM SETBACK FROM THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE OR FROM THE STREET PROPERTY LINE WOULD BE 40 FEET. SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO MOVE THE BUILDING CLOSER. BUT A RELOCATION AS WAS DISCUSSED BEFORE IS CONSIDERED IN AN EXPANSION OF A NONCONFORMITY. SO IF THEY WANTED TO REDEVELOP AND MAINTAIN THE USE OF A PAWN SHOP THEY WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO. AND SOMETHING MADE OF IT WITH THE RETROFIT PLAN WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE AN URBAN DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT IS MORE WALKABLE, MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY. SO THAT MEANS BRINGING BUILDINGS CLOSER TO THE SIDEWALK AND ALLOWING MULTIPLE MODES TO TRAVEL ALONG AVENUE AND THE B4 IS THE BEST EXPRESSION OF THAT VISION BUT IF REDEVELOPMENT OCCURRED HERE IT WOULD RUN INTO CONFLICTS WITH OUR NONCONFORMITY ORDINANCE AND IT WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO BE REDEVELOPED SO THAT IT WOULD ADVANCE THE THE VISION OF THE RETROFIT PLAN. SO OH THAT SHOULD BE THAT SHOULD BE NOVEMBER. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT'S NOT IT'S NOT NOVEMBER 4TH SO ANYWAY IT'S NOVEMBER 2ND ON A 4 TO 2 VOTE THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED AGAINST ADOPTING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT. THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS VOICED PLANNING MISSION MEMBERS THAT TOUCHED ON THE COMPATIBILITY OF PAWNSHOPS, THE RETROFIT PLAN AND WITH THE B4 DISTRICT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PAWNSHOPS THAT WOULD THAT ARE THAT ARE IN BLOOMINGTON RIGHT NOW IN WHAT COULD BE WITH GROWING POPULATIONS. RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT ABOUT 91,000 IF IT REACHES 100,000 INHABITANTS WE WOULD THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER PAWNSHOP THAT COULD BE ELIGIBLE TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO MAYBE CONTROLLING FOR THE PROLIFERATION OF PAWNSHOPS. SIZE OF PAWNSHOPS IS ALSO A CONCERN. THERE WAS ALSO SOME DISCUSSION RELATING PAWNSHOP TO OTHER TYPES OF SECOND HAND RETAIL STORES ALREADY EXISTENCE PLAYED AGAIN SPORTS ARE I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE PARTICULAR ESTABLISHMENT WAS UNLESS THAT WAS PART OF THE DISCUSSION. SO I THINK WITH THAT THERE'S THERE'S SOME RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE TONIGHT THERE'S THE RECOMMENDATION FROM PLANNING COMMISSION WHICH IS TO NOT ADOPT A THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT FROM STAFF WE STILL BELIEVE IN THE AMENDMENT THAT WE HAD WE DRAFTED FOR YOU TO CONSIDER . SO WE HAVE THAT OPTION ALSO BEFORE YOU AND THEN THERE'S THE SUMMER RESOLUTION FOR THE SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IF YOU CHOOSE TO ADOPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. SO I THINK BUT THAT I HAVE ANY QUESTION I CAN TAKE YOU MR. HAMILTON COUNCILOR, ANY QUESTIONS HERE? COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. JUST A QUICK CLARIFICATION ON THE NOT LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE WHEN YOU SAY WHEN THE WHEN YOU SAY THE THEY WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO REDEVELOP PROPERTY . YOU'RE NOT SAYING THEY WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED YOU'RE SAYING THEY WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO KEEP IT SUBSTANTIALLY THE WAY IT IS BECAUSE REDEVELOPMENT WOULD REQUIRE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. RIGHT. SO THEY COULD TECHNICALLY REDEVELOP IT. IT JUST MEANS THEY'D HAVE THOSE CONDITIONS APPLIED TO ANY REDEVELOPMENT CHOOSE TO DO. YES. MY RIGHT ABOUT THAT. YES. OKAY. SINCE SINCE I KNOW THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS HAS EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THIS IS THERE IS THE EXPECTATION THAT THEY WILL DO. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER THEY IN THE LETTER THEY EXPRESSED SUPPORT IN THAT JUST WANTED AND I I MEAN I CAN HAVE THEM SPEAK I BELIEVE THEY'RE IN ATTENDANCE OF QUESTION IS BETTER DIRECTED TO THEM BUT WITHIN THE LETTERS THAT THEY PROVIDED STAFF THEY EXPRESSED A AONCERN ABOUT HOW THI MIGHT COMPROME THEIR ALITY TO TO BE BROUGHTNTO THE VISION OF E OF THE RETFIT AN SO IF THERE UNABLE TO MAINTAIN TIR USE TT THAT'S AEVERE CONCERNOR THEM A EY WOULDN'T B ALLOWED TO MAINTAINHEIR USE ANDLSO REDEVELOPECAUSE WE WOU OR ERE WOULD BE SERE LIMITATION ON THEIR TO REDEVEP AND ALSO T ADVANCE THEF THE RETROFIT PLAN THEY WANTED. AGAIN, I WLD HAVE THEM SPEAKOR THEM SO I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN THEIROUTH BUT AS IT WAS EXPRESSED IN THOSEETTERS THEY WT TO BE A PART THE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE RETROFIT VISION. RIGHT. MR. MAYOR, IF YOU WANT THE PROPERTY FOLKS TO COME UP HERE, THAT'S FINE. BUT I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT I IF I'M INTERPRETING THIS CORRECTLY, YOU COULD HELP ME WITH THIS. IS THAT, UH WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC PLAN IN FRONT OF PLANNING COMMISSION OR IN FRONT OF THE PLANNERS FOR THIS PROPERTY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. BUT WE WOULD BY DOING THIS WE WOULD ENABLE THEM TO POTENTIALLY CONSIDER REDEVELOPMENT AS LONG AS THEY WENT INTO COMPLIANCE THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO DO THAT IF WE LET THEM CONTINUE TO OPERATE IN THE SPACE. IS THAT A FAIR SUM? I I BELIEVE THAT'S THE CORRECT ASSUMPTIONS AND I THINK YOU SUMMED IT UP CORRECTLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THANK YOU. MAYOR. IN ORDER TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONCERNS, DO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE LICENSE IN IT SOUNDED LIKE ONE OF THEIR CONCERNS WAS THAT MAYBE THERE WOULD BE A THIRD ONE. COULD WE JUST CHANGE THAT TO 60,000 PEOPLE OR 70,000 PEOPLE ? MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH THAT THERE WAS A COUNCIL ADOPTED REGULATION BACK IN 2007 SO THE STANDARDS ARE WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW TO RECONSIDER BUT IT'S KIND OF OUT OF OUR THE PLANNING STAFF'S WHEELHOUSE. ENOUGH BUT I MEAN IF THAT WAS A CONCERN AS A LEGITIMATE CONCERN OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WITH YOU KNOW, SHORT OF BLOCKING REDEVELOPMENT COULD COULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE THAT AND THEN TO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO QUESTION JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THEY CAN IF WE IF THIS PASSES THEY CAN REDEVELOP IT AND THE USE OF THE PAWN SHOP IF IT DOESN'T PASS THEY CAN REDEVELOP IT CONSISTENT WITH THE STANDARDS BUT THE PAWN SHOP TO GO AWAY BECAUSE IT CANNOT OUT THAT SAY RELOCATE TO A DIFFERENT PART OR TO A DIFFERENT STRUCTURE NOT WHERE IT WAS PREVIOUSLY SO THE IN ORDER TO CONFORM WITH THE B4 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS UNLESS WE PASS THIS CANNOT MAINTAIN THE PAWN SHOP OR IT WOULD BE EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT TO DO THAT. IS THAT ACCURATE ? YO GOHEAD, MR. NELSO BEUSE I THI WE'RE THINKING THE SAME THING HERE. OKAY. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THE SO I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE SOMETIMES THESE NONCONFORMITY RULES GET A COMPLICATED BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO CASUALTY THAT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER AND UM YOU HAVE DUE TO FIRE DAMAGE SO THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AND WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF WHAT REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE FOR THEM BUT WE'RE ALSO WE'RE IN FAVOR OF THIS AMENDMENT BECAUSE AGAIN WE HAVE THE THE RETROFIT PLAN BEFORE US AND IF REDEVELOPMENT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED GRANTED IT'S NOT BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT AND THERE'S NO THERE'S OBVIOUSLY NO PLANS FOR REDEVELOPMENT BUT IF IT WERE TO BE PROPOSED WE AS PLANNING STAFF AND WE BELIEVE AS EXPRESSED BY THE CITY IN SUPPORT OF THE RETROFIT PLAN WE WOULD WANT THAT PROPERTY TO BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE VISION OF THE RETROFIT PLAN BUT THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE OBVIOUSLY FOR THE REASONS STATED YOU CAN'T RELOCATE THE USE TO A DIFFERENT PART OF THE SITE BUT . IT WOULD NEED TO BE RELOCATED TO A DIFFERENT PART OF THE SITE IF REDEVELOPMENT TO BE OCCUR OR TO OCCUR. SO APPROVING THIS AND STAFF'S OPINION MAKES IT MORE PLAUSIBLE THAT THERE COULD BE REDEVELOPMENT THERE THAT IS A FAIR ASSESSMENT. HMM. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YES, IT WOULD IT WOULD ALLOW REDEVELOPMENT WITH THAT USE CONTINUING ON THE PROPERTY. UM, YEAH YEAH. I'LL JUST I THINK THAT'S SIMPLY STATED. YEAH. OKAY I THINK, I GET THE ANSWER THERE AND I APPRECIATE THE THE IT'S ALL RIGHT. I'M JUST ASK EVERYTHING I GET THAT IT'S GOOD I'M TRYING TO I'M TRYING TO BE AWARE OF MY LANGUAGE. I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT I'M ENDORSING NECESSARILY WHATEVER WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING WHAT THE REDEVELOPMENT PLANS WOULD BE ON THE PROPERTY. I'M I'M TRYING TO TAKE MY CAREFULLY I'M TRYING TO BE VERY LAWYERLY BUT I'M STUMBLING CAREFUL SO THAT WE DON'T NEED MORE LAWYERS. I I'M ASSUMING THESE ARE THE APPLICANTS BEHIND YOU IS THAT CORRECT? YES. WE'RE NOT APPLYING NO. I'M SORRY. THIS IS A CITY INITIATED I'M SORRY MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND THESE ARE REPRESENTATIVES FROM PAN AMERICAN, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. YOU STUCK IT OUT THIS LATE. WOULD YOU LIKE IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED ADD TO THIS DISCUSSION THIS EVENING PLEASE BEFORE THE PUBLIC OR ALL RIGHT. YES, YOU CAN YOU CAN BE PART OF THE OFFICIAL JUST SO WE CAN HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. PLEASE. OH, EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY, I I I'M SORRY IT WOULD BE HAVE TO BE CORRECTED BY THE LAWYER AGAIN MORE LAWYERS IT DOES HAVE TO BE PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. I APOLOGIZE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF MR. MAYOR ALSO? IF NOT, LET'S GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING THEN ITEM 4.4 THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I WOULD CALL IT AND WE WILL OPEN OUR PUBLIC HEARING THIS IS A CITY CODE AMENDMENT TO ALLOW PAWNSHOPS AND IT IS A CONDITIONAL IN THE BE FOR ZONING DISTRICT IS THERE ANY ONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WE'D LIKE TO SPEAK? PLEASE COME FORWARD. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS OF RED SWARTZBERG REPRESENTATIVE OR COUNCIL FOR PAN AMERICA AND RELATED BUSINESS OWNER . SO I WANT TO START BY STATING THAT THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT NOT BE CONSIDERED AS A REFERENDUM ON PORN STORES OR ON PORN AMERICA PORN AMERICA HAS BEEN A STRONG MEMBER OF THE LYNDALE AVENUE CORRIDOR FOR OVER 25 YEARS AS A LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING USE PANAMERICAN AMERICA IS PERMITTED TO REMAIN ON LYNDALE AVENUE IN ITS EXISTING LAYOUT IN PERPETUITY AS CITY'S CITY PLANNING NOTES CITY CODE ALREADY INSTITUTES A BUSINESS LICENSE RESTRICTION FOR PORN STORES. THIS RESTRICTION POST DATES THE CREATION THE B4 DISTRICT WHICH EXPLAINS WHY A PAWN SHOP USE USE AS A PAWN SHOP IS A PROHIBITED USE IN THE B4 DISTRICT. RATHER THIS IS A LAND USE AND ZONING MATTER. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS TWOFOLD . FIRST IT WOULD ENABLE PAWN AMERICA TO PARTICIPATE IN FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENCOURAGED AND ENVISIONED BY THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AS DETAILED IN THE LYNDALE AVENUE SUBURBAN RETROFIT PLAN. THE RETROFIT PLAN PROVIDES A KEY NODE'S STRATEGY AND INCLUDES THREE BUILDING AND SITE DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES. THESE ARE MINIMIZING SURFACE PARKING ALONG PUBLIC STREETS, REDUCING SETBACKS AND THEN DEDICATING GROUND FLOOR USE PRIMARY STREETS TO RETAIL RESTAURANTS AND ENTERTAINMENT . SECOND, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD PROVIDE PAN WITH A MEANS OF COMPLYING WITH THE B4 DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING SETBACKS THAT MR. AMBLER ALSO DISCUSSED AND DEPICTED IN HIS SLIDES. SO AS A AS A NON-CONFORMITY PAWN AMERICA CANNOT ACCOMPLISH THESE PRINCIPLES OR ACCOMMODATE THE B FOR REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE CURRENT CITY CODE . SO SECOND I DID WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE VARIOUS THREE THREE CODE SECTIONS IN THE NON-CONFORMITY CODE WHICH IS 21.504. AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN DIFFERING INTERPRETATIONS OF THE NONCONFORMING SECTION OF THE ZONING CODE AT THE VARIOUS PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WE'VE ATTENDED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. WE BELIEVE WE RECONCILED THEM IN A CHAIN OF EMAILS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND CITY STAFF LAST WEEK. BUT I JUST WANTED TO RUN THROUGH THREE OF THESE SECTIONS FIRST THE DEFINITION OF EXPANSION OF A USE SAYS MR. RAMBLER OLSON POINTED OUT, INCLUDES THE RELOCATION OF THE USE TO A STRUCTURE OF THE SITE NOT PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED BY THE USE. SO WE'RE RESTRICTED MOVING THE BUILDING ANYWHERE ON THE FLOOR PLAN OTHER THAN SHRINKING IT IN THE FLOOR PLAN. COMPARE THIS TO THE DEFINITION REPLACEMENT WHICH IS ALSO COME UP. REPLACEMENT IS CONSTRUCTION THAT PROVIDES A SUBSTITUTE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE PREEXISTING CONDITIONS THAT PRECEDED DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION. SO LIMITS LIMITED TO SITUATIONS IN WHICH THERE'S A CASUALTY. IN RECENT EMAILS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CONFIRMED THIS AND ALSO CLARIFIED THAT THE PREEXISTING CONDITIONS LIMITATION PREVENTS ANY ADJUSTING IN THE LOCATION OF THE BUILDING ON THE PROPERTY. SO WHILE THE BUILDING HAS TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE INITIAL OF THE PREEXISTING BUILDING THE FLOOR PLAN CANNOT CANNOT CHANGE. AND THEN FINALLY THERE'S THE EXCEPTIONS TO WHERE WHEN NONCONFORMING MAY EXPAND AND THAT IS 21.5 04C TO A NONCONFORMING USES MAY EXPAND UPON ISSUANCE OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT ONLY WHEN SUCH EXPANSION IS EXPRESSLY LISTED AS A CONDITIONAL USE WITHIN THE APPLICABLE ZONING DISTRICT AS A PROHIBITED USE. WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IS AFFORDED TO PAN AMERICA HERE. SO YOU KNOW TO CLEAR UP ANY DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS OF THE ZONING CODE OR TO THE EXTENT THERE'S CONFUSION OR DISAGREEMENT OVER WHAT ACTIVITY THE ZONING CODE ACTUALLY PRESCRIBES AND PROHIBITS FOR A NONCONFORMING USE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE COUNSEL TO TABLE OR CONTINUE A DECISION ON THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT UNTIL A FUTURE MEETING SO THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY AND PLANNING STAFF CAN ADVISE COUNCIL ON SAME TO THE EXTENT YOU KNOW ANYTHING I WENT OVER WAS INCORRECT AS WELL. 30 SECONDS. ALL RIGHT. SO LASTLY I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE DID IT SO PAN AMERICA IS. SO WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF BUYING AND SELLING STOLEN GOODS AS THERE'S A STIGMA. YOU KNOW IT IS A STIGMA TO STIGMATIZE BUSINESS. WE REACHED OUT TO THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ,HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM AND THERE HAD BEEN NO COMPLAINTS REPORTED ABOUT PAN AMERICA. AND ALSO CITY STAFF REACHED OUT AND THERE WERE BUT POLICE HAD NO ISSUE WITH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT. YOU KNOW, MR. BIRD, I'M AFRAID YOUR 5 MINUTES ARE UP. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE COUNCILMEMBER. I'M CURIOUS. BEFORE THE ATTORNEY LEAVES, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT THAT LAST PIECE THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT IF THAT'S OKAY. I'M JUST I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU COULD JUST YOU KNOW, YOU SAID YOU HAD MET WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND I'M JUST I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. IS THAT IS THAT A CONCERN THAT YOU'VE HEARD IN OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT YOU'VE DONE BUSINESS IN OR YOU JUST COULD YOU EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY THERE. YEP. SO I'M ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION BROUGHT THAT UP AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AND HAD ASKED STAFF PLANNER BRAMMER OLSON WHETHER THERE HAD BEEN ANY OUTREACH TO POLICE DUE TO CONCERNS OF PORN STORIES TRANSACTING WITH STOLEN GOODS AND AN ISSUE WITH THAT THAT MAYBE BEING WHY THAT THERE WAS A PROHIBITED USE IN THIS DISTRICT AND SO WE WENT AHEAD THAT AND REACHED OUT TO OUR TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GET COMMENT ON THAT SO THAT WE COULD PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, DILIGENCE ON THAT AND THERE HAD BEEN NO COMPLAINTS AND I DID TO SAY TO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A VERY REGULATED BUSINESS AND YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE WE'RE THE SAFEST PLACE TO DO SECOND HAND GOODS TRANSACTIONS IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON WE'RE REQUIRED TO VIDEO OR PHOTOGRAPH CUSTOMERS WHEN THEY COME IN FOR A PAWN LOAN OR WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO SELL US. WE HAVE TO REPORT THOSE GOODS AND AND LIST THEM IN THE IN A IT'S A NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION REGISTRY CALLED LEADS ONLINE WHICH THEY WORK WITH POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO TRACK YOU KNOW VIN NUMBERS OR I.D. NUMBERS ON VARIOUS SOLD GOODS TO TRACK THE STATUS IF THERE'S BEEN ANY REPORTS OF IT BEING A STOLEN ITEM. THERE'S A ON WHEN WE LIKE A REQUISITE HOLDING PERIOD BEFORE WE CAN SELL WE HAVE TO HAVE A GOVERNMENT ISSUED ID BEFORE SOMEBODY CAN SELL US AN ITEM OR PAWN AN ITEM VERSUS YOU KNOW MARKETPLACES LIKE FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE, EBAY, CRAIGSLIST HAVE THAT AND SIMILARLY SECOND HAND GOODS RETAILERS THAT DON'T HAVE THE PORN ASPECT TO THEM IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON DO NOT HAVE THOSE REGULATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS EITHER. SO THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID NOT CONFIRM THAT YOU KNOW, THAT PROVISION THAT WAS IN THE ZONING PIECE WAS NOT A PART OF OF THAT CONCERN THAT YOU WENT TO. IS THAT WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY OR THAT'S BECAUSE YOU KIND OF WENT ON TO A DIFFERENT. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO BE SURE DIGRESS SORRY ABOUT THAT. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR SO I THINK I, I HEARD YOU SAY SOMETHING EFFECT BECAUSE YOU WENT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS YOU KNOW, THE RATIONALE AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND. YOU KNOW YOU KNOW FOR THAT RESTRICTION BEFORE THAT I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY MAYBE MY APOLOGIES COUNCILMEMBER AND WE WENT TO THE WE HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THE ONE OF THE COMMANDERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REGARDING WHETHER THERE HAD BEEN ANY COMPLAINTS AGAINST UPON AMERICA FOR DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, STOLEN GOODS OR JUST GENERAL COMPLAINTS AGAINST OUR BUSINESS BECAUSE THAT WAS RAISED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS A CONCERN OF PORN STORES IN BLOOMINGTON . SORRY ABOUT THAT. THANKS FOR I KNEW I WAS THINKING WRONG. THAT'S WHY I HAD TO ASK THAT. APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE SITE IN THIS EVENING? MR. SABLE? ANYONE ON THE LINE, MR. MAYOR? COUNCIL MEMBERS. NO ONE ON THE LINE. VERY GOOD. GRANDMA ALSO HAD A QUESTION OR SORRY THERE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED AND HE ALLUDED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WHERE WE HAD THAT WE RECEIVED A QUESTION ABOUT OUTREACH TO POLICE. WE DID SPEAK WITH THEM IN PREPARATION FOR THIS MEETING. WE SHOWED THEM THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT. THEY HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH IT. THEY EXPRESSED NO CONCERNS AND SO THEY WERE FINE IT. THANK YOU. LAST CALL FOR ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS AND COUNCIL. I DON'T SEE ANYONE COMING AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE ON THE LINE THAT WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TONIGHT TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM 4.4 SO MOVED THE MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND UNTIL 4.4 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN 4.4 COUNCIL ON ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THIS I MEAN I'LL BE HONEST THIS THIS PROPOSAL SOUNDS LIKE WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THIS SUMMER WHEN WE THOUGHT THIS WAS APPROPRIATE AND DON'T OW THAT IT DEVIAS AHOLE LO FROM OUR OUR DISSSION. I READ T PLANNG MMISSION'S CONCERNS ON THIS. I DON'T KNOW THAT I AGREE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S ON THIS. AND SO IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THIS WAS STRAIGHT UP AND REFLECTED PRETTY CLEARLY WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION MONTHS AGO. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, THANK YOU SIR. YET THE ONE QUESTION I HAD ACTUALLY ACTUALLY FINALLY GOT ANSWERED TONIGHT WHICH WAS WHY DIDN'T WE WHY DIDN'T WE AS PART OF THE RETRO FIT PROJECT KNOWING THAT THE TWO PAWNSHOPS THAT EXIST IN BLOOMINGTON ARE THERE, WHY DIDN'T WE JUST DO THIS AT THE VERY BEGINNING AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE BUSINESSES WERE VIABLE AND SUSTAINABLE, YOU KNOW, DURING THE PROCESS AND SO NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT THE THE TIMING OF THE ZONE CREATION AND THEN THE PROHIBITION AND THE LICENSING EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO THAT ANSWERED MY ONE THE ONE QUESTION I HAD AND WITH THAT IF NOBODY ELSE DOES ANYTHING ELSE I'M VERY READY TO MAKE A MOTION. PATRICK COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN THANK YOU, MAYOR AND YOU COUNCILMEMBER BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE HAD KIND OF PROMPTED THIS DISCUSSION LAST TIME AND PROVIDED SOME NUANCE WHEN IT'S COMING BACK NOW I GUESS I STILL REMAIN AS I MENTIONED LAST TIME AND I WON'T TROT OUT ALL OF IT AGAIN IN THE FEEDBACK I GET FROM RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY FOLKS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE RETROFIT CONVERSATION. THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT SEEING A NEW MIX OF BUSINESSES ALONG LYNDALE AVENUE CORRIDOR. THEY DIDN'T SAY I WOULD LIKE TO SEE LESS AUTO BUSINESSES SPECIFICALLY THEY SAID I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AND SOME NEW PLACES TO GO AND ENJOY IN . I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A LITTLE MORE OF AN EPHEMERAL THING I GUESS I JUST DON'T SEE THE IDEA OF TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE EXISTING USERS INTO THE NEW VISION IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING TO RESIDENTS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROCESS. SO I'LL BE IN ON THIS BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S MORE IT COUNCILMEMBER THE MAYOR AND WHEN WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION NOW IS ALONG THOSE SAME LINES AS COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN BUT AFTER HAVING SAT ON IT AND DRIVEN UP DOWN LYNDALE MULTIPLE TIMES AND SEEING THE DIFFERENCE THAT PANDEMICA IS WHEN IT'S SURROUNDED BY AUTO SHOPS AND THAT IT IS A RETAIL SHOP AND THAT WHEN I LOOK ONLINE THEY HAVE FANTASTIC REVIEWS WHICH I DO NOT EXPECT WHEREAS A LAW MAYBE BUT I DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO BE 4.9 STARS I MEAN FOR ANY BUSINESS LIKE THAT IS INCREDIBLE TO SEE THAT ON GOOGLE AND SO THE CAPITALS TO ME IS VERY HESITANT TO EXCLUDE A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS THAT IS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY AND SO SINCE THAT'S MY MY THOUGHT HAS HAS SHIFTED TO TO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE A VIABLE BUSINESS I THINK IT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE VISION THAT WE HAVE FOR THE INDOOR RETROFIT PLAN. SO I HAVE HAD SOME SOME THOUGHTS THAT HAS SHIFTED MY STANDPOINT ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER OTHER OF COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANKS MAYOR. JUST VERY QUICKLY I SUPPORT CHANGE I THINK PAN AMERICA AND THE OTHER PONCHO AFTER THAT I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME OF IT'S NOT IN FRONT OF ME SO YOU THEY HAVE BEEN GOOD MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WE'VE HEARD THAT FROM THE POLICE. THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL ON ONE SIDE AND I HAVE NOT HEARD OF CONFLICTS OR PROBLEMS WAS THERE AND I THINK THAT THIS ACTUALLY HELPS US ADVANCE THE THE VISION THAT WE HAVE FOR THAT AREA AS OPPOSED TO PUTTING IN A ROADBLOCK BECAUSE AS MENTIONED THEY CAN STAY THERE AS IS IN PERPETUITY OR CAN BE PART OF REDEVELOPMENT AND AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE TO BE PART OF REDEVELOPMENT. WE'VE GOT A GREAT VISION THERE AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT HAPPEN. AND SO I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE THROWING UP ROADBLOCKS ON THAT THAT PLAN AND VISION FOR A BUSINESS BEEN THERE FOR 25 YEARS WITH APPARENTLY NO PROBLEMS IN COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THERE'S NOTHING ELSE. COUNCILMEMBER ON THE DALLESSANDRO I KNOW OF MORE THAN THREE SYLLABLES AT THIS TIME AND IT'S NOT FAIR ESPECIALLY AFTER TEN ESPECIALLY SINCE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TOO. I KNOW I'M A HORRIBLE HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION SO I'M MAKING MOTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 21 OF THE CITY CODE FOR EXHIBIT A PUNCH UPS AS A CONDITIONAL USE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL CENTER BEFORE ZONING DISTRICT SECOND MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SPOKEN BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE ALLOWING PAWN SHOPS AS A CONDITIONAL USE IN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL CENTER BEFORE ZONING DISTRICT . NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED NO MOTION COMMITTEE SIX ONE WITH COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN AND OPPOSITION COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO REPUBLICATION PLEASE I MOVED TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING 20 CHAPTER 21 OF CITY CODE PER EXHIBIT A ALLOWING PAWN SHOPS AS A CONDITIONAL USE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL CENTER BEFORE ZONING DISTRICT SECOND MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION I THAT AND 4.4 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL IS IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU VERY MUCH GRANDMA OLSEN THANK YOU VERY MUCH ACCOUNTS FOR DISCUSSION WE MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS 50 MINUTES LEFT IN OUR OUR TICKER TONIGHT AND I'M GOING TO LOOK AT STAFF I'M GOING TO LOOK AT COUNCIL AND I'M GOING TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS DONE. ALL RIGHT. SO GOOD EVENING I I'M 5.1 IS OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN GOOD EVENING COUNCIL I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT WE STARTED WORKING ON DEVELOPING OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2022 WITH PLANNING ASSISTANCE GRANT FROM PENNDOT TO KIND OF HELP NOT JUST ALONG AND AND DEVELOPED THIS WONDERFUL PLAN SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH WHAT IS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION WHAT'S AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE ONE? I'LL BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SPECIFIC ELEMENTS THAT ARE IN IT AS FAR AS PLAN PRIORITIZATION AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL TONIGHT. I WILL BE BACK IN TWO WEEKS TO THE COUNCIL ASKING FOR ACCEPTANCE OF PLAN AT THAT TIME. ALL RIGHT. FIRST I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY FOR THE LISTENING PUBLIC SHOW HOW PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THIS PLAN SO WE HAVE A GREAT LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON PITCH IF YOU SCROLL DOWN ON BLM AND THEN LET'S TALK GOOD ON TO THE PUBLIC WORKS AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS CLICK ON ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN PAGE YOU CAN JUST CLICK ON THAT CIRCLE AND ACCESS THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT SO THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES I WENT TO THIS PRESENTATION I YOU KNOW, KIND OF LAID OUT ALL THE THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WERE SUPER IMPORTANT AND THE PERSON AND SAID WHAT WHAT THE HECK IS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION? SO I REALIZED THAT WAS IT REALLY A GREAT APPROACH. SO I THOUGHT WE'LL JUST A COUPLE OF THE BASICS FIRST SO ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IS JUST A WAY OF GETTING AROUND USING HUMAN POWER. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A NEWER TERMINOLOGY. PREVIOUSLY WE HAD AN ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IS REALLY THE MORE THE FOCUS IT ADDRESSES WALKING BIKING IN ROLLING AND ROLLING REFERS TO PEOPLE USING A WHEELCHAIR STROLLER SCOOTER OR OTHER ASSISTANCE DEVICE. SO WHAT IS AN ACTIVELAN? SO OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS BLOOMINGTON SPECIFIC DOCUMENT THAT DEFINES STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS TO GUIDE THE CITY IN MAKING WALKING AND BICYCLING SAFER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES. SO SOMETHING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT REALLY FOUNDATIONAL TO OUR PLAN DEVELOPMENT WAS EQUITY BEING INFUSED THROUGHOUT THE GOALS RECOMMENDATIONS. SO THERE'S A FOCUS ON WHERE PEOPLE RELY ON WALKING AND BIKING THE MOST. THERE'S A FOCUS ON SAFETY NEAR THE BUSY ROADWAYS AND A FOCUS TO INVOLVES INVEST WHERE THERE IS A LACK OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION LINKS SUCH AS OUR GAPS AND UNCONNECTED AREAS AND KIND OF ULTIMATELY OUR VISION IS A CONNECTED SAFE AND COMFORTABLE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK THAT ENSURES ALL PEOPLE EQUITABLE ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO A VIBRANT, FRIENDLY AND HEALTHY CITY. SO WHY AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN REALLY TO KIND OF GET TO THE GOALS THAT WE JUST LAID OUT SO CITY OF BLOOMINGTON BELIEVES THAT WALKING AND BIKING AND ROLLING ARE CRITICAL. THE WAYS BY WHICH PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES REACH THE PLACES THEY WANT GO CONNECT TO PEOPLE THEY WANT TO SEE AND IMPROVE THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL. HERE'S SOME SOME OF THE MAIN COMPONENTS TO HAVE ACTIVE ACTION PLAN SO EQUITY WE BELIEVE THAT CAR OWNERSHIP SHOULD NOT BE A REQUIREMENT FOR GETTING AROUND SAFELY IN BLOOMINGTON FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE WE'VE GOT THE BLOOMINGTON'S ENERGY ACTION, THE 2035 GOAL, THE FOCUS IN TRANSPORTATION WAS TO PURSUE ALL VIABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROMOTING THE ELIMINATION OF VEHICLE EMISSIONS WHICH INCLUDES ADDING BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. FROM AN ECONOMY STANDPOINT PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING MAKE MORE FREQUENT TRIPS THAN PEOPLE DRIVING SPENDING MONEY AT LOCAL BUSINESSES. WE'VE ALSO GOT A STRONG MOVEMENT TOWARDS OUR HEALTH AND OUR POLICIES BLOOMINGTON AND PROVIDING ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK IMPROVE THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO WALK AND BIKE WHICH HAS OTHER GREAT HEALTH BENEFITS IT SUPPORTS ACTIVE ACTIVE LIFESTYLES ENCOURAGES SOCIAL CONNECTION AND PROMOTES OPPORTUNITIES FOR HAPPINESS. SO LET'S KIND OF THE UNDERLYING MORE LIKE THE THE THE VALUES OF THE CITY IN A WAY THAT HELPS TO DRIVE THE PLAN FROM A SUMMARY OR SUMMARY OF THE PLAN. SO THIS THIS IS REALLY JUST THE LAY OUT THE APPENDIX OF THE PLAN ITSELF. IT IT'S 110 PAGES I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM WITH YOU BUT WE WON'T DO THAT NOW YOU DID WANT TO DO A QUICK ACKNOWLEDGMENT SO WE HAD A REALLY BROAD TEAM OF PEOPLE REPRESENTING ALL DIFFERENT AREAS THE CITY YOU CAN SEE THE LIST THERE BUT THEY REALLY PLAYED AN ACTIVE ROLE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. SO THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT AN ENGINEERING PLAN YOU KNOW, CREATED IN A SILO IN ANY WAY HOW THE PLAN WAS DEVELOPED. SO WE'RE WORKING FROM OUR A VERY SOLID ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT HAD ALREADY HAD ITS SECOND UPDATE BACK IN 2016. IT HAD IDENTIFIED A VERY A REALLY GOOD SYSTEM FRAMEWORK AND SO THE HEAVY FOCUS ON THIS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IS REALLY TO UPDATE THE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN HEAVILY FOCUSED ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND CREATING A SHARED VISION. SO WE WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH CODE AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE THIS WITH WITHOUT THEIR ASSISTANCE SO WITH OUR TEAM OF STAKEHOLDERS WE HAD ON MY ONLINE COMMENT MAP AND SURVEY WE HAD POP UP COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS AT OUR FARMER'S MARKETS. CREEKSIDE SELLS TOWN APARTMENTS. WE DID WALKING WORKSHOPS, WE HAD SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT SESSION BIKE FOCUS GROUP AND NETWORK MAPPING AND ACTION PLANNING WORKSHOP. JUST A VERY BRIEF SUMMARY OF WHAT WE HEARD SO WE GOT REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK AND DIRECT SPECIFIC COMMENTS FROM THEM. I KIND OF WISH WE HAD THE CLOCK GOING FROM THERE. WE HAD REALLY GREAT COMMENTS SO WE HAD MORE THAN 147 COMMENTS ON JUST OUR WICKED MAP AND THAT WAS SUPER USEFUL. EVERYBODY WHO IS OUT WALKING BIKING RIGHT NOW KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE THEIR PINCH POINTS ARE WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE THAT THEY EXPERIENCE. THEY PUT THAT ON THERE AND WE RELIED HEAVILY ON THAT IN OUR MAPPING ACTIVITY. WE ALSO DID FOR WALKING AUDITS AND WE GOT SOME GREAT INPUT FROM FROM THAT THERE'S SOMETHING VERY A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE OF GOING OUT IN THE ICY COLD WEATHER. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO JOINED US FOR ONE OF THEM AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE WE KNEW THERE WERE CHALLENGES GOING OUT AND WALKING IN AND EXPERIENCING IT IN THE WINTER REALLY HELPED TO KIND OF SPUR SOME IDEAS. SO OVERARCHING THEMES THAT WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WE'LL TALK ABOUT ROAD REALLY CAME UP A LOT SO IT'S BOTH A IT'S A PRIMARY LOCATION THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE IN . IT ALSO HAS SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGES FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION USERS. PEOPLE WANT TO WALK TO RETAIL INTERSECTIONS ARE OFTEN CONCERNS FOR THE HIGHEST VOLUME OF TRAFFIC OR THE HIGH VOLUME INTERSECTIONS STILL A LOT OF FOUR LANE ROADS MANY WITH CURBS AND THEY'RE NOT VERY PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY. LYNDALE AVENUE WE GOT A LOT OF COMMENTS SO THAT REALLY FITS INTO THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE ALSO HEARD TONIGHT ABOUT THE RETROFIT BUT MAKING A PRIORITY IN OUR SOFT CORRIDOR AND THE FACT THAT THE STUDY HAPPENED DURING THE WINTER I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE A DETRIMENT AND IT TURNED OUT BE A REALLY A REALLY GOOD THING BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT'S EASY FOR US LOOK OUT OUR SIDEWALKS IN THE SUMMER AND SAY THAT'S NOT SO BAD. AND THEN WHEN GO OUT THERE IN THE WINTER IT'S A REAL DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE. BIKE MARKINGS AND THE CONTINUITY OF BIKE FACILITIES IS SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD REPEATEDLY AND THEN INTERSTATE CROSSINGS BARRIERS SO PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS SINCE I ALREADY MENTIONED I WOULD SAY I MENTIONED THE THE MAPPING EXERCISE THAT WE DID SO WE HAVE DESIGN CHARRETTE AND WE REALLY TOOK ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAD HEARD FROM PEOPLE ABOUT DESTINATIONS WHERE THEY WANT TO GO, WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, WHERE THE BUS STOPS ARE. WE HAD ALL OF THE EXISTING BIKE AND PAD FACILITIES. WE HAD SCHOOLS, PARKS AND YOU START DRAWING LINES CONNECTING WHERE PEOPLE WANT GO AND YOU PUT THOSE OVER THE TOP AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU GET A VERY YOU GOT VERY STRONG LINES SHOWING PRIORITY WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO GET TO AND A LOT OF IT LINED UP WITH OUR EXISTING OUR PREVIOUS ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT'S GREAT WE YOU KNOW WE WANTED THAT WE WANT THAT CONFIRMATION THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF NEWLY IDENTIFIED PROJECTS ON HERE. SO THEY'RE COLOR CODED THE NUMBERING IS SO THAT AS YOU GO INTO THE PRIORITIZATION PLAN YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT IS. IT IS NOT A RANKING IT'S JUST NUMBERING SYSTEM. OKAY. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PRIORITIZATION OF ALL 18 PROJECTS BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW ONE EXAMPLE PAGE TWO JUST GET INTO THE DETAIL AND SHOW IT HELPS AND IDENTIFIES THE PRIORITY ROUTE. SO THIS WOULD BE 84TH STREET BASICALLYROM XERXES AVENUE TO NORMANDALE BOULEVARD WHICH KIND OF GOT RENAMED AS THE NORTH SPUR OF THE MID-CITY BIKE WAY WHICH I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT. IT LAYS OUT SOME SHORT TERM RECOMMENDATIONS TERM RECOMMENDATIONS AND LONG TERM RECOMMENDATIONS AND IT DOES THAT THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PRIORITIZED CORRIDORS. SO THEN THERE'S A WHOLE NOTHER SECTION THAT IS SIMILAR TO THAT PRIORITIES ROUTE BUT IT WILL OUT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STREET DESIGN AND OPERATIONS WALKING AND BIKING AND THESE ARE CAN RANGE POLICY AND PROGRAM UPDATES SUGGESTED CODE TO SUPPORT INITIATIVES SPECIFIC ROADWAYS TARGET FOR LANE CONVERSIONS IT'S A FOCUS ON GREEN STREETS ARE PROVIDING A TREE CANOPY OF JUST A WHOLE RANGE OF THINGS ALONG WITH SUGGESTIONS ON BEST PRACTICES AND EVEN IDEAS ON FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE MAY WANT TO PURSUE SO IT'S REALLY A COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENT. I THINK IT WILL HELP MAKE MOMENTUM AND PRIORITIZE AND FIGURE OUT WHERE WHERE THE CITY BEST FOCUS RESOURCES FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION . ALL RIGHT. NEXT STEPS. SO WE'VE VISITED SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION PLANNING COMMITTEE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION TRANSPORTATION WORK GROUP PLANNING COMMISSION SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION I APOLOGIZE COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, THIS IS YOUR THIRD TIME HEARING THIS AND YOU WILL HAVE A FOURTH TIME LUCKILY FOR YOU. SO TONIGHT LIKE I MENTIONED THIS IS JUST FOR DISCUSSION MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, ASK QUESTIONSHEAD OF TIME IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU FEEL WAS NOT ADDRESSE WE WOULD HAVE TIM TO TO LOOKNTO IT AND SEE IF THERE'SNY PROPOSED CHAES WE COULD MAK IT IS INTENDED TOE A WORNG CUMENT SOEVISIONS ARE ALLOD EVEN AFTERT'S ACCEPTED AND I WILL PVIDE BOTH THE BH THE PLAING COMMISSION THE STAINABILITY COMMISSI. I DID RECOMMENDHAT THE COUNCIL AEPT THE AEPD AN ALL INCLUDE THE MINUTES ONHEIR SPECIFIC RECOMMDATIONS IN TH NEXT PACKET . THATONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION . LL DONE. THAN YOU COUILMEMBER CARTER. THANK YOU MAYOR. WELL, I JUST WAN TO SAYHIS IS VERY, VERY AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM. I THINK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US HAVE NAMED ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION OR TRANSPORTATION ISSUES AS A PRIORITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE ENGAGEMENT AND PLANNING AND ALL OF THAT WAS NECESSARY AND AND I THINK WORTH IT BECAUSE. IT'S A REALLY GREAT PRODUCT AND YEAH JUST REALLY REALLY REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY TONIGHT WE'RE JUST DISCUSSING IT'LL COME BACK BEFORE US TO BE APPROVED BUT EVEN SHOULD THE COUNCIL APPROVE IT IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE APPROVING EVERY PROJECT THAT'S LAID OUT. THERE WOULD BE SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATIONS DISCUSSIONS APPROVAL PROCESS FUNDING DISCUSSIONS ALL OF THAT. IT'S IT'S ALMOST I THINK OF IT WELL MAYBE I SHOULDN'T COMPARE IT TO CFP BUT IT'S LIKE IT IS KIND OF LIKE THE CFP, RIGHT? IT'S JUST A PLANNING DOCUMENT. MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER CARTER ABSOLUTELY. SO IT REALLY SETS THE FRAMEWORK FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD. IT DOESN'T APPROVE ANY SPECIFIC PROJECTS IN HERE. THEY WOULD ALL SOME ADDITIONAL NUDGING FROM THE COUNCIL OR STAFF INITIATING GETTING SOME APPROVAL FROM THE COUNCIL AND THEN GO THROUGH A PLANNING PROCESS AND IT WOULD BE ORDERING A PROJECT JUST LIKE LIKE ANY OTHER PROJECT IN THE CITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. I DO THINK THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING IN HERE AROUND MAKING THAT IT IS IN THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS KIND OF RELOOKED AT IN ALIGNMENT. SO I ASSUME THEN WHERE THERE IS OPPORTUNITY PROJECTS AND IF THAT ROAD'S BEING REDONE THEN STAFF WOULD AUTOMATICALLY MAKE THAT ALIGNMENT AND INTEGRATION AND PROPOSE THAT AS PART OF THE PROJECT. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER YEAH WELL WE WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT EVEN MORE AGGRESSIVELY MOVING FORWARD FOR OPPORTUNITIES. THE ONLY PIECE OF FEEDBACK THAT I HAVE I DON'T THINK I, I DON'T THINK I SAW IT IN HERE. THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION. AGAIN, VERY BUT I THINK ABOUT PROMOTING THE RESOURCES, THE FACILITIES THEY'RE IN PLACE. I THINK THAT WE MIGHT HAVE LIKE A BIKE OR A TRAIL MAP BUT HOW DO WE REALLY MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE AWARE OF THE FACILITIES ONCE THEY'RE DEVELOPED? I THINK THE ENGAGEMENT ON THE FRONT END IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL AND THEN AS EACH PROJECT COMES BEFORE US BUT I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT LIKE WAYFINDING SIGNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR TRAILS CONNECT. I LIVE REALLY CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION OF 90TH AND FRANCE WITH THE BEAUTIFUL TRAIL AND THERE'S SOME WAYFINDING BUT YEAH YOU GO TO THE NEXT INTERSECTION AND THERE'S NO SIGNS SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE CONSISTENCY IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE PROMOTING THE FACILITIES BUT THEN ALSO I DON'T KNOW IF THE WORD EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY IS THE RIGHT WORD BUT JUST REALLY HELPING TO BUILD AWARENESS AND AND MAYBE IT IS EDUCATING BECAUSE THEN IT'S JUST LIKE SAFETY TIPS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT COULD GO INTO THAT. SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT SAW THAT IT KIND OF STOOD OUT TO ME THINK NOT BEING IN THE PLAN. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU YET ALSO VERY, VERY EXCITED. I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE TOOK KIND OF LIKE THE THE THE QUESTIONS AROUND ADA COMPLIANCE AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE THERE. WE COMBINE THEM WITH THE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION NOW WE HAVE THIS MORE COMPREHENSIVE PERSPECTIVE. RIGHT. I HAD A BLAST GOING OUT WITH YOU GUYS AND ON THIS YOU KNOW ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THERE IF YOU REMEMBER AND WHY WE PICKED THAT LOCATION IN PART WAS BECAUSE WE'RE DOING BRYANT PARK AND THEN WE HAD THIS BIG DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW PEOPLE COULD GET TO AND FROM WHERE THEY LIVE TO BRYANT PARK AND IF WE WERE BUILDING SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON A PARK AND THEN NOBODY COULD GET THERE ANYWAY WERE WE DOING OURSELVES THE RIGHT SERVICE? RIGHT. SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS BEING COMPREHENSIVE. I WILL ECHO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER'S I WILL ECHO AND PLUS ONE HER REQUEST FOR ESPECIALLY WAYFINDING. IT IS A REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT YOU KNOW THAT IT'S LIKE ORIENTED PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED WAYFINDING TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THEY CAN GO SAFELY. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE THAT THAT'S IN OUR TRAFFIC SIGN BUDGET OR WHERE THAT IS THAT WE INCLUDE THAT STUFF. AND THEN I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. YOU MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THE PRIORITIES FOR SHORT TERM, MID-TERM AND LONG TERM AND I WOULD I WOULD ASK IF YOU IN LIKE JUST A COUPLE OF SENTENCES HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW YOU DECIDED TO PUT THEM IN THOSE CATEGORIES AND WHO WAS INVOLVED IN IN KIND OF DETERMINING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. ANYTHING YOU COULD HELP US TO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAVE THEM IN THIS ORDER AT THIS MOMENT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO SO SPECIFICALLY FOR 84TH STREET THERE'S BEEN SOME ATTEMPTS TO A 4 TO 3 LANE CONVERSION AND ADD SOME OTHER ELEMENTS IN THAT AREA AND THERE'S BEEN HESITANCY TO DO SOME BECAUSE TO DO MAKE THOSE CHANGES BECAUSE OF INTERSECTION CONTROL CHANGES THAT WOULD BE NEEDED. SO THE SHORT TERM RECOMMENDATION IS TO JUST GET IT IDENTIFIED AND GET IT IN THE CHECK THAT WAS DONE THAT STEP NEXT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DO A PILOT PROJECT WHICH WOULD BE LIKE A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. WE JUST NEED TO DO A QUICK WAY TO SHOW TO THE PUBLIC WHETHER IT'LL WORK OR NOT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY DO IT. AND SO THAT PUTS IT IN THE MID-TERM AND LONG TERM IS THAT YOU KNOW, WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE THIS AN A BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN FOR ALL USERS BECAUSE THERE ARE SCHOOLS ALONG THIS CORRIDOR AND SO THAT WOULD BE MORE OF A FULL RECONSTRUCTION THAT WOULD HAVE PLANNED MAYBE OFF ROAD FACILITY BIKE FACILITIES AS WELL. SO IT'S REALLY A PHASED LIKE THERE IS GOING TO BE A LONG TE VERY EXPENVE VISION ON SOME OF THESE ROADWAYS BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY MAKE SOME EASIER CHANGES TO HELP GET MOMENTUM AND AND MAKE IT INCREMENTALLY BETTER. OKAY. JUST QUICK FOLLOW UP, MR. MAYOR. SO NONE OF THE PROJECTS ARE COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER PER SAY WITHIN EACH PROJECT YOU'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY SHORT TERM MEDIUM TERM AND LONG TERM ACTIVITIES. YOU CAN TAKE THAT RIGHT? OKAY GREAT. THANK APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION. SO THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE OR THE COMMENT THAT I HAVE I THINK IT DOES A GOOD JOB. I SEE WITHIN THE PLAN ITSELF TALKING ABOUT ACTIONS RELATED TO SCHOOLS OR ACTIONS RELATED TO MULTIPLE MODELS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE TO BE AT. I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF ALL OF THIS IS IT'S GOOD TO GO FROM PLACE TO PLACE BUT TO ACTUALLY GO TO SOMEPLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE YOU KNOW, TO MAKE THIS ACCESSIBLE TO AS I SAID, SCHOOLS I THINK THAT'S THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT DESIGNATION AND TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. BUT TO OUR IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SUCCESSFUL RENOVATION REHABILITATION OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL NODES PEOPLE BE ABLE GOT TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE. WE CAN'T IGNORE OUR BIG DRAWS HIGHLAND PARK MALL OF AMERICA CITY HALL I MEAN THE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE NEED AND WANT TO GET. I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS THOSE AREAS BECAUSE IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE AS I SAID, IT'S IT'S FUN TO GO ON A ON A BIKE RIDE BUT IT'S I THINK IT'S MORE PRACTICAL TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO USE THIS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND TO COMPLETE A TRIP THAT GETS YOU OUT OF A CAR AND ALLOWS YOU TO DO SO. SO THAT'S MY $0.02 ON IT AND SO OTHERS I'LL COUNCILMEMBER IMPLEMENT THANK YOU MAYOR AND OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS YOU KNOW HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THEM MANY TIMES OR WORKING GROUPS REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR BRING THIS FORWARD. I PARTICULARLY LIKE AROUND TALK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PIECE AND HAVING THE GOALS IN THERE TO KIND OF SET THAT IN THERE AND ALSO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID MAYOR TO ABOUT YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DESTINATION THERE SO I LOOK AT THAT AND THEN YOU KNOW I YOU KNOW AS I'VE STATED MANY A TIMES I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING NOT TO BE PRESCRIPTIVE, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE DO WITH THIS THIS PIECE HERE BUT I KNOW WE REALLY HAVE A HISTORY IN OUR OF REALLY TRYING TO CONVERT THESE FALLEN YOU KNOW, STREETS TO THREE OR OR TO AND I JUST PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE US KIND OF YOU KNOW, TO, YOU KNOW, FIND A WAY TO HIT A HAPPY MEDIUM WHERE WE CAN KIND OF REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF OF INVESTMENT WE HAVE IN DOING THE STUDY AND THE RESEARCH THOSE THINGS AND REALLY TRY TO, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT YOU JUST KIND OF SAID TONIGHT TO ANOTHER COUNCILMEMBER, YOU KNOW, DEMONSTRATE THIS YOU KNOW, THIS STUFF THAT WE CAN START MOVING THIS AND TRY TO GET OUT OF THIS IDEA OF SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF TRYING TO HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATION BUT IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS BECAUSE THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE'RE DOING ANYWAYS WITH THESE YOU KNOW THE CONVERSIONS FROM FOUR TO WHATEVER EITHER EITHER 3 TO 3 OR TWO SO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SORRY WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON HERE. NO NO. VERY QUICKLY, I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE TALK ABOUT MAYBE WE CAN BRING THIS UP FOR THE NEXT ONE IS WE WANT TO MAKE WE TO TO THE POINT OF MAKING SURE THE MONEY IS DOING WHAT IT NEEDS TO. WE NEED OUTCOMES THAT ARE THAT ARE SHOWING US THAT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY USING WHAT WE'RE BUILDING. RIGHT SO SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE AN OUTCOME THAT SAYS MORE PEOPLE RIDE BIKES NOW THAN THEY DID BEFORE AND THAT WE HAVE AN OUTCOME SAYS MORE PEOPLE ARE WALKING MAYBE TO THOSE PLACES YOU MENTIONED, MR. MAYOR, THAN THEY DID BEFORE AND ALL THAT. SO I'M HOPING THAT WE HAVE SOME KIND OF DASHBOARD OR SOME WAY OF LIKE TRACKING THE OUTCOMES WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE BECAUSE I MEAN AGAIN BUILDING SOMETHING AND THEN HAVING NOBODY USE IT ISN'T ANY MORE EFFECTIVE THE USE OF THEIR MONEY THAN ANYTHING ELSE. SO THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I'D MAKE. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU'LL BE BACK ON THE 18TH AND WE'LL BE I'M SORRY THAT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A YEAR OR IS IT JUST THE COUNCIL CONTINUED COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND VOTE IT IS A REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL ACCEPT THE PLAN WITH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. OKAY. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR FINAL AGENDA ITEM ON THE WELL IT'S SECOND TO LAST EXCUSE ME BRIEFING A DISCUSSION ON THE HENNEPIN ENERGY RECOVERY CENTER CLOSURE PLAN IS WARM IS BEING WELCOME THANKS FOR STICKING IT OUT WITH US GOOD EVENING GOOD EVENING. SO GOOD EVENING AND CITY COUNCIL MY NAME IS LAURA HORNER. THE CITY'S SOLID WASTE COORDINATOR. ALSO WITH ME THIS EVENING OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR KARL KEAR. KARL KIEL, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC ELLEN BAYLIS AND JOINING US BY WEBEX ASSISTANT CITY NICK REDMOND. SO TONIGHT WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT A RECENT ACTION TAKEN BY HENNEPIN COUNTY BOARD TO PLAN FOR THE CLOSURE OF THE HENNEPIN ENERGY RECOVERY CENTER ALSO KNOWN AS THE CITY COUNCIL DID RECEIVE COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE COUNTY BOARD RELATED TO THIS ACTION AND A REQUEST FOR COMMENT ON THEIR PLANNING PROCESS BY JANUARY 15TH OF 2020 FOR SOME OF THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION REFERENCED IN OUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING IS INCLUDED IN A VERY THOROUGH REPORT COMPLETED BY THE COUNTY STAFF FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD, THE REPORT WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE INFORMATION SENT TO COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM THE COUNTY. WE WOULD COUNCIL TO READ THE REPORT FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT HISTORY AND POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE CLOSURE AS OUR TIME THIS EVENING IS LIMITED AND WE WILL TRY TO GO THROUGH THIS AS QUICK WE CAN WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION. SO TO FRAME THE CONVERSATION WE'LL BEGIN BRIEFLY BY REVIEWING THE STATUTORY FOR MANAGING WASTE SHARE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT HERC IS AND THE DISPOSAL OPTIONS USED WITHIN HENNEPIN COUNTY AND THEN WILL SHARE DETAILS ON THE ACTUAL ITSELF. WE'LL SHARE SOME INFORMATION RELATED TO THE OF ZERO WASTE GOALS AND THEN REVIEW THE FINANCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLOSURE OF HERC PRIOR TO MEETING THOSE COUNTY ZERO WASTE GOALS AND MOVE INTO A DISCUSSION. SO VERY BRIEFLY HERE WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WASTE HIERARCHY IS SET IN MINNESOTA'S STATE STATUTES. THE HIERARCHY ESTABLISHES THE MOST TO LEAST ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE OPTIONS FOR MANAGING WASTE INCLUDE WASTE REDUCTION BEING OUR MOST PREFERRED OPTION AND LANDFILLING BEING THE LEAST PREFERRED OPTION. SO MPCA CREATES A METRO SOLID WASTE PLAN THAT NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS WASTE HIERARCHY. IT NEEDS TO LIMIT LANDFILL USE AND AIM TO ACHIEVE THE STATE'S LEGISLATIVE DIVERSION GOALS OF 75% BY 2030 AND THEN WITH WITH THAT METRO SOLID WASTE PLAN ESTABLISHED BY THE PCA, THE COUNTY MUST DEVELOP A SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT MASTER PLAN THAT IMPLEMENTS THE STATE'S PLAN AND IT IDENTIFIES STRATEGIES TO MEET GOALS AND THEN THE CITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY CARRY OUT SEVERAL OF THE STRATEGIES IN THE COUNTY'S PLAN THROUGH OUR CITY PROGRAMS. SO THIS ALL COMES FROM VERY DETAILED STATUTES SET ON WASTE MANAGEMENT. ANOTHER THING TO NOTE IS IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN WE'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO DISPOSE OF OUR CITY CONTRACTED WASTE AT THE HIGHEST RANKED LEVEL THE WASTE HIERARCHY THAT HENNEPIN COUNTY HAS SET IN THEIR PLANS. SO AT THIS TIME AT THE TIME THAT BLOOMINGTON ORGANIZED COLLECTION BACK IN 2015 HENNEPIN COUNTY DID MAKE IT CLEAR IN THEIR COMMUNICATIONS TO THE CITY THAT IN ACCORDANCE THE PUBLIC ENTITY WASTE RESPONSIBILITIES WE WOULD BE EXPECTED BRING OUR GARBAGE FROM OUR ORGANIZED PROGRAM TO THEIR WASTE TO ENERGY FACILITY. HERC THAT'S WHERE NEED TO PROCESS OUR WASTE TO ENSURE THAT IT IS FOLLOWING STATE STATUTES TRY TO QUICKLY HERE BUT SO WHAT IS HER WORK AS A MASS BURN WASTE TO ENERGY FACILITY IT PROCESSES OUR TRASH TO AVOID LANDFILLING IT ALSO RECOVERS RESOURCES FROM THE TRASH STREAM SUCH AS PRODUCING ELECTRICITY AND RECOVERING METAL IN EACH YEAR IT PRODUCES ENOUGH ELECTRICITY TYPICALLY TO POWER 25,000 HOMES AND APPROXIMATELY 16,000 TONS OF METAL WAS RECOVERED AND RECYCLED THE FACILITY LAST YEAR. IN ADDITION, LET'S SEE HERE SO WITH WHEN CONSIDERING ALL OF THE TRASH DISPOSAL WHIN THE COUNTY ROUGHLY HALF OTHE WASTE GENATEDHE COUNT WAS PROCESSEDT HERC. HERC I THE ONL WASTE WASTE PROCSING OPTION LATED WIIN THE COUY AND THERE AREO ACTIVE LANDFILLS IN HENNEPIN CNTY. THERERE THREE ACTIVE LANDFILLS IN THE METRO AREA. THESE INCLUDE THE BURNSVILLE SANITARY LANDFILL, THE ELK RIVER LANDFILL AND THE PINE BEND SANITARY LANDFILL IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS AS COUNCIL IS AWARE LANDFILLS IN THE METRO MUST RECEIVE PERMISSION FROM THE PCA TO EXPAND CAPACITY AND THE BURNSVILLE SANITARY LANDFILL AND OTHER METRO LANDFILLS RECENTLY DID RECEIVE APPROVAL TO EXPAND THAT CAPACITY AS SHARED IN THE COUNTY IS REPORT ON HERC. IF HERC WERE TO CEASE OPERATIONS IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE THAT CURRENT PERMANENT LANDFILL CAPACITY IN THE METRO AREA WILL LAST FIVE YEARS INSTEAD OF THE PLANNED SEVEN YEARS. SO IF HERC WERE TO CLOSE TOMORROW AND HENNEPIN COUNTY'S CURRENT WASTE LEVELS REMAIN THE SAME ALL OF BLOOMINGTON'S WASTE WOULD BE GOING TO A LANDFILL LIKELY DUE TO ITS PROXIMITY THE BURNSVILLE SANITARY LANDFILL ALTHOUGH WE CANNOT SAY THAT WITH CERTAINTY . SO NOW ON TO THE RESOLUTION ITSELF WITH SOME CONTEXT RELATED TO WHAT HERC IS WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE COMMISSIONERS IN OCTOBER THE BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATORS TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THE CLOSURE OF HERC IN THE IN THE TIME BETWEEN 2028 AND 2040 AND THE PLAN NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY BY FEBRUARY OF 2024. IT INCLUDES SEVERAL ADDITIONAL ACTIONS FOR COUNTY STAFF. IT ASKS STAFF TO DEVELOP ESTIMATED ESTIMATED FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS AND FORESEEABLE CONSEQUENCES RELATED TO THE DECOMMISSIONING OF HERC. IT DIRECTS STAFF TO PREPARE CONTINGENCY PLANS IN THE EVENT A SOONER CLOSURE DATE IS ESTABLISHED AND IT ALL RESOLUTION ALSO DIRECTS STAFF TO PROPOSE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES RELATING TO WORKS. THE CLOSURE OF HERC IN OF THE 2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION SO ESSENTIALLY BOIL IT DOWN THE WITH THIS RESOLUTION HENNEPIN COUNTY WANTS TO CLOSE HERC WITH THE THOUGHT THAT THE COUNTY WILL RAMP UP EFFORTS TO GET TO ZERO WASTE AND MOVE UP THE WASTE HIERARCHY TOWARDS REDUCE RE-USE AND WASTE REDUCTION. AND HOWEVER WE KNOW THAT THE TIMELINE IN THIS RESOLUTION IS VERY AGGRESSIVE AND ANY EVENT ZERO WASTE DIVERSION GOALS ARE NOT ACHIEVED AS FAST AS THAT TIMELINE REQUESTS. THERE MAY BE A NUMBER OF FINANCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND POTENTIAL LEGAL CONSEQUENCES FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY. SO TO SET THE STAGE A BIT ABOUT THE ZERO WASTE EFFORTS, OUR CITY IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF EFFORTS TO TO ZERO WASTE. WE HAVE TAKEN MANY STEPS TO GET THERE CURRENTLY STATUTE REQUIRES COUNTIES AS I MENTIONED TO ACHIEVE A 75% RECYCLING RATE. THE HENNEPIN COUNTY OWNED PLAN DOES REFLECT THIS GOAL. THE PLAN ALSO STATES THAT THEY RECOGNIZE THAT GETTING TO A RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING RATE IN EXCESS OF 60% BY 2030 MAY NOT BE REALISTIC IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT THE CITY HAS MADE IN THE PAST TEN YEARS. BLOOMINGTON HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS AND INVESTMENTS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL THAT WE MANAGE AS GARBAGE INCLUDING THE ORGANIZATION OF OUR RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE PROGRAM IN 2015 THE ADDITION OF OUR CURBSIDE ORGANICS AND MAJOR CHANGES TO OUR BULKY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM DESPITE ALL OF THESE EFFORTS ARE TO OUR 2022 ANNUAL WASTE DIVERSION WAS ESTIMATED TO 38% AND THIS IS IN LINE WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY'S OVERALL REPORTED DIVERSION INCLUDED IN THEIR ZERO WASTE PLAN OF 39% IN 2021. SO IN ORDER FOR BLOOMINGTON TO ACHIEVE ZERO WASTE WHICH THE COUNTY DEFINES AS 90% DIVERSION, WE WOULD NEED TO INCREASE OUR DIVERSION RATE BY 52% POTENTIALLY IN AS LITTLE AS FIVE YEARS OF THE COUNTY MOVES FORWARD WITH THE 2028 CLOSURE. SO AS WE KNOW IT'S TAKEN THE CITY TEN YEARS OF HARD WORK TO ACHIEVE THAT 38% DIVERSION RATE AND WE THINK THAT BLOOMINGTON WOULD STRUGGLE TO MEET THE GOAL OF ZERO WASTE IN THE ACCELERATED TIMELINE OUTLINED BY THE BOARD. SO WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH SOME OF THE FINANCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT MIGHT OCCUR IF THAT ZERO WASTE GOALS ARE NOT MEANT TO BE MET. THE CLOSURE SO FINANCIALLY THE LARGEST AND CERTAIN IMPACT RELATED TO HRC'S CLOSURE WOULD BE AN INCREASE IN DISPOSAL COSTS FOR BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS BUSINESSES AND WE KNOW THAT THE COSTS FOR DISPOSING OF GARBAGE INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY AND THIS IS BECAUSE WE WOULD OF COURSE NEED TO IDENTIFY NEW LOCATIONS FOR THE DISPOSAL OF OUR GARBAGE AS AS WE MENTIONED, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OTHER OPTIONS WITHIN THE METRO AREA AND WITHOUT SPECIFIC YOU KNOW COUNTY OWNERSHIP OF THAT WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY IS COUNTY CANNOT INFLUENCE THE TIPPING FEES THAT ARE CHARGED BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND LANDFILLS AND IN ADDITION IF WHEN THOSE LANDFILLS ARE FULL IT MAY BECOME NECESSARY TO LONG HAUL OUR TRASH WHICH WOULD FURTHER INCREASED THE DISPOSAL AND COLLECTION FOR MANAGING THAT MATERIAL WITHIN THE HENNEPIN COUNTY REPORT THEY DO CITE 30 TO 45% INCREASE IN DISPOSAL COSTS. HOWEVER OF COURSE THE ACTUAL COSTS ARE UNKNOWN AND THESE WOULD BE PASSED DIRECTLY TO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. A SECOND FINANCIAL IMPACT TO NOTICE POTENTIAL LOSS OF OUR SCORE FUNDS WE CURRENTLY RECEIVE ABOUT 300,000 AND SQUARE FUNDS AS A PASS THROUGH FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR OUR RECYCLING PROGRAMS. IF HENNEPIN COUNTY IS OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE POLICY PLAN THE PUC AMY DECIDED TO WITHHOLD THOSE FUNDS AND LASTLY INCREASED CITY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ACHIEVING HIGHER DIVERSION RATES WOULD REQUIRE INCREASED FINANCIAL RESOURCES JUST BRIEFLY OH YEAH WE'LL MOVE PAST THE PROPOSED COUNTY EXCUSE ME SIDE CONVERSATION IN ADDITION TO THE FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS THERE ARE SEVERAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF IF HERC SHUTS DOWN PRIOR TO ACHIEVING THE ZERO WASTE GOALS AS A RESULT OF THE CLOSURE THERE WILL BE AN IMMEDIATE AND SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN LANDFILLING LEADING TO OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS INCLUDING INCREASE IN METHANE EMISSIONS CONTRIBUTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND INCREASED RISKS OF SURFACE WATER CONTAMINATION PRIMARILY DUE TO POTENTIAL FOR POLLUTANTS INCLUDING MEDICATIONS, PE FACE AND OTHER EMERGING CHEMICALS OF CONCERN TO BE DISCHARGED INTO SURFACE WATER. WE KNOW THAT THE AMOUNT METAL RECYCLED IN HENNEPIN COUNTY WOULD DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. THE METAL THAT WAS RECOVERED IN THE TRASH BURNED FROM HERC IS ACTUALLY DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF METAL THAT WAS RECOVERED FROM OUR CURBSIDE PROGRAMS HENNEPIN COUNTY. SO IT'S A BIG IT REALLY HELPS US INCREASE OUR RECYCLING RATES AND AS I STATED EARLIER EARLIER THE LANDFILL CAPACITY WITHIN THE METRO IS LIMITED AND WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LONG HAUL AND GARBAGE THAT'S GOING TO BE A LARGE INCREASE VEHICLE EMISSIONS FROM THE THE TRANSPORT THIS MATERIAL THE COUNTY DOES ESTIMATE WITH THE CLOSURE HERC TRUCK TRANSPORT COULD RESULT IN MORE THAN 10,000 ADDITIONAL TRIPS BY SEMI-TRAILER TRUCKS ANNUALLY AND LASTLY COMMUNITIES WITH HIGH DIVERSION RATES TYPICALLY HAVE PUBLIC OWNERSHIP FOR THEIR WASTE DISPOSAL WITHOUT PUBLIC CONTROL OVER TIPPING FEES THE INCENTIVE TO DIVERT WASTE MAY BE SHIFTED AS IT'S PRIVATIZED AS IT MAY BE LESS EXPENSIVE FOR HAULERS OWN THOSE LANDFILLS TO DISPOSE OF GARBAGE AND TO RECYCLE THAT MATERIAL IN TERMS OF LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS AT THIS POINT THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF UNKNOWNS RELATED TO HOW THE CLOSURE OF HERC IMPACT THE CITY FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE SO THE RISK IS RELATIVE LARGELY UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. WE DO KNOW THAT IF THE COUNTY WERE TO CLOSE THEY WOULD BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH CURRENT STATE PLANS AND STATUTE AND IF WE NEEDED TO START LANDFILLING MATERIALS WE WOULD ALSO BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE CURRENT COUNTY AND STATE WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS. THE BOARD RESOLUTION DOES REQUEST THEIR STAFF TO PROPOSE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORMS TO CLARIFY THE COUNTY'S ROLE IN WASTE MANAGEMENT IF THEY WERE DECOMMISSION. HERC SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY SHOULD FOLLOW THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND WE KNOW THAT BEING OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE PUBLIC ENTITY WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN COULD REQUIRE THE CITY TO SUBMIT AND IMPLEMENT POTENTIAL LANDFILL LIABILITY PLANS. SO AGAIN IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT DIRECTION THESE ITEMS MIGHT TAKE AND STAFF ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY'S LEGAL TEAM TO MONITOR THIS. SO WITH ALL OF THAT INFORMATION THE COUNTY BOARD HAS HAS REQUESTED CITIES THAT USE HERC PROVIDE FEEDBACK OR INPUT REGARDING THE PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES PRIORITIES RELATED TO THE CLOSURE OF HERC BY JANUARY 15TH. WE RECOGNIZE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION INFORMATION TO PROCESS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. NO FORMAL DECISIONS NEED TO BE MADE THIS EVENING BUT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO RAISE SOME POTENTIAL AREAS RESPONSE THAT THE COUNCIL MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE TIMELINE FOR THE TRANTION AWAY FRO HERC AND MOVING TOWARD ZERO WASTE AND THE AVAILABILITY OF THE COUNTY TO AID IN A TRANSITION SOME AROUND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE CHANGE OF THIS CHANGE AS WELL AS CLARITY AROUND THE LEGAL LIABILITY FOR THE TRANSITION WE WOULD ADVOCATE FOR MORE REGIONAL AND DATA DRIVEN APPROACHES FOR SOLID WASTE PLANNING. AND LASTLY THE INCLUSION OF CONTINGENCIES IN A HERC CLOSURE PLAN. IF THE ZERO WASTE GOALS ARE NOT REACHED BY THE DATE SET FOR CLOSURE SO COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF TO DRAFT COMMENTS TO THE BOARD ADDRESSING THE CONSIDERATIONS OUTLINED IN OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT FOR FURTHER REVIEW AT THE DECEMBER 18TH COUNCIL MEETING AND AS A REMINDER THE DEADLINE FOR PROVIDING COMMENTS TO THE BOARD IS JANUARY 15TH. SO WITH THAT WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANKS FOR GETTING THROUGH THAT AS QUICKLY YOU DID. YOU CAN TAKE A BREATH NOW. WELL DONE. COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR SHAKING YOUR HEAD A LOT. YEAH ME TOO. COUNCILMEMBER AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER AND COUNCILMEMBER AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW IN THE PACKET THE I THINK IT WAS A MEMO FROM THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR THE BOARD OUTLINING AND I THINK IT WAS A 2042 2050 TIMELINE WHAT STAKEHOLDERS NEED TO MEET A SWEEPING STATE LEGISLATION FEDERAL COORDINATION PROGRAMS ,THE RISK IT SHOWED ON THE CITIES AND YOU SAY GOOD LUCK. I I GUESS DO DO YOU SEE AN OPPORTUNITY ALONG WITH THE FEEDBACK WE'RE PROVIDING COUNTY TO WORK WITH AFFECTED COMMUNITIES TO SCORE BOARD SOME OF THAT SO IF WE'RE GOING TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO INCLUDE CONTINGENCIES TO MAKE SURE MAYBE THIRD PARTIES ARE KEEPING TRACK OF HOW MANY OF THOSE BOXES CHECKS BEFORE SOMETHING MAYBE GETS PREMATURELY SHUT DOWN OR FAR ALONG THEIR PROPOSED BENCHMARKS ACTUALLY ARE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN I THINK THAT AS PART OF OUR COMMENTS WE CERTAINLY COULD TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS AWARE OF AS AS WORK TOWARDS MEETING THOSE GOALS. SO IN ANY CONTINGENCY PLAN THERE'S SOME TRANSPARENCY AROUND THE THE DIVERSION RATES THAT HAVE BEEN MET AND WHAT ACTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN. I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN A RESPONSE. UH, COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN THANK AMERICA. DOES IT MAKE SENSE AT ALL TO HAVE OR I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MEETING PRIOR TO THIS TIME TIMEFRAME BUT THERE ARE SOME WORKING GROUPS THAT ARE THAT WOULD HAVE THEIR MEETINGS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. I WONDER IF THERE WOULD BE ANY ASSISTANCE THAT THOSE GROUPS COULD PROVIDE FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION WITH RELATIONSHIP TO THIS PARTICULAR PIECE. AND THEN SECONDARILY WHEN WE SAY YOU KNOW THERE'D BE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF COULD YOU QUANTIFY THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TERMS OF WHAT SIGNIFICANT MEANS? WELL, CURRENT MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, THE CURRENTLY HERC PROCESSES 365,000 TONS OF MSW ANNUALLY. IT'S ABOUT 200 GARBAGE TRUCK LOADS DUMPED A DAY THAT FACILITY SO IF THAT WERE GONE THAT WOULD BE THE THE THE INCREASE IN LANDFILLING THAT WOULD OCCUR AND I GUESS I'M MORE MORE INTERESTED IN THAT WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN A FROM A TAXPAYER STANDPOINT I KNOW YOU MAY NOT HAVE THOSE NUMBERS BUT THAT'S THE PIECE I'M KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU KNOW FOLKS ARE GOING TO IT'S GOING TO GET THEIR ATTENTION WHEN THAT WHEN THAT THAT INCREASE IS PASSED ALONG TO RESIDENTS. I KNOW WHEN WE HAD ORIGINALLY GONE WITH ORGANIZED TRASH, YOU KNOW, WE SAW AN INCREASE IN THAT THAT FEE AND ON FOLKS REALLY YOU KNOW THEY SAW THAT MORE SO THAN THAN YOU KNOW AND THAT REALLY IMPACTED HOW THEY HOW THEY VIEWED THAT SO I JUST HAVE THIS CONCERN THAT WE DON'T SEE A REPEAT OF THAT WHEN WE GET READY TO LOOK AT OUR NEXT PROPOSAL. YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY IT'S CONCERNING THAT THEY'RE SHUTTING THIS DOWN. IT'S GOING TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, YOU KNOW, FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE STUFF ENDS UP, YOU KNOW, IN YOU KNOW, IN WATER AND THAT TYPE OF THING. SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN THEM TO CONVINCE US TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT OR OR NOT PUSH US ALL INTO LANDFILL. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER CARTER COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU MR. IT MAY MAYBE I KNOW THE REPORTS ARE IN THERE AND THERE WERE A LOT OF THEM AND SO THANK YOU FOR PRIDE AND ALL THAT BACKGROUND. I DID NOT READ IT BEFORE TONIGHT BUT I WILL GET TO IT I PROMISE WAS INTERESTING THE WHAT IS THE IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THERE'S THIS WAS JUST FIRST IN A SERIES OF OF ACTIVITIES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN IN COME TOGETHER IN ORDER FOR THIS TO ACTUALLY LIKE GO DOWN AND I WRITE ABOUT THAT LIKE HENNEPIN COUNTY CAN'T JUST UNILATERALLY TURN THE SWITCH OFF RIGHT THEY THERE'S MORE HERE TO THAT AM I IN THAT ASSUMPTION UM MAYOR BUSSEY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO IT IS A COUNTY OWNED FACILITY SO . THEY HAVE A LOT OF JURISDICTION OVER WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE FACILITY THESE STATE AND COUNTY PLANS AND ACTUALLY PLANS WHICH LAY OUT THE WASTE HIERARCHY ARE DESIGNED TO KIND OF KEEP THOSE THINGS IN COMPLIANCE. BUT THERE WOULD BE CHANGES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN. BUT THE COUNTY I THINK DOES HAVE THE JURISDICTION OVER THE FACILITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION GOING FORWARD. IT'S NOT A REGIONALLY OWNED FACILITY. IT'S IT'S NOT A STATE OWNED FACILITY. IT IS A HENNEPIN COUNTY OWNED FACILITY. OKAY. SO I'M NOT A YOU KNOW, I DON'T ASIDE FROM PROVIDING COMMENTS IN THIS LETTER THAT FEELS REALLY LIKE WEAK, YOU KNOW, IN THE SENSE OF LIKE I DON OW WHAT KIND OF A CUDGEL THAT IS AGAST THIS AND I'LL BE BLUNT LE THIS IS FOOLHARDY LIKE I HAVE YET TO SEE I HAVE YET TO SEE I MEAN I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE THERE ARE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR THIS FACILITY WHO YOU KNOW, PROBABLY DON'T LOVE THAT AND I GET IT BUT I HAVE YET SEE DATA ON THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM COMES CLOSE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT WE KNOW WILL HAPPEN WHEN THEY SHUT THIS THING DOWN LIKE AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DEMAND THAT AS PART OF THIS BUT I WOULD I WOULD SERIOUSLY REQUEST THAT WE MAKE THEM PROVE WHY THIS IS A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE IT IN ALL OF MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AND THEN ASKING FOR IT TO BE DONE BY 28 LIKE OH MY GOOD LORD I MEAN DEBBIE GO SHOULD GET A PHONE CALL FROM EVERY ONE OF US AND NOT BEUSE I MEAN THIS WAS A UNANIMOUS DECISION SHE'S JUST AS ASVERYBODY ELSE AND I WOULD SAY THAT TO HER FACE YOU ALL KNOW THAT. BUT LE THIS THIS IS THIS IS EXISTEIALLY BAD IN MY INION FOR FOR THE CITY OFLOOMINGTON ANDND FOR THE REGION,RANKLY. AND I DON KNOW IFHERE ARE LAWSUITSR OTHER THING THAT WE HE AS TOOLS IN OUR TOOL BELTS THIS CONTINUE TO GO STUPIDLY BUT I WOULD SIGN UP FOR THAT BECAUSE I WANT THE STATE TO TAKE IT OVER. I WANT SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING TO GET IT OUT OF THE HANDS OF FOLKS WHO ARE IN MY OPINION MAKING NOT A GREAT DECISION RIGHT NOW SO THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO SAY IT. I'M FURIOUS. THANKS. I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY. COUNCIL MEMBER I THINK TO TO GOVERN BY CRISIS INTENTIONAL CRISIS IS ABSURD AND IT'S TERRIBLE GOVERNANCE TERRIBLE COUNCIL MEMBER 100% AGREE 100% AGREE I GUESS AND I HAVE NOT READ THE FULL REPORT EITHER AND I AM GOING TO BECAUSE I AM VERY INTERESTED IT WAS A VERY LONG PACKET THAT I SAVED FOR SUNDAY. IT DIDN'T WORK OUT VERY WELL FOR ME BUT YOU KNOW IN JUST LIKE LOOKING JUST GOOGLING THE EPA SAYS THAT TO ACHIEVE ZERO WASTE WILL REQUIRE RADICAL CHANGES IN THREE AREAS PRODUCT CREATION, MANUFACTURING AND PACKAGING PRODUCT AND THEN PRODUCT DISPOSAL. SO LIKE I JUST FEEL LIKE I DON'T I DON'T EVEN LIKE SO MUCH OF THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE CITIES ABILITY TO IMPACT AND SO I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MIRROR ACHIEVING ZERO WASTE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL WHEN LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD IMPACT PRODUCT CREATION AND PRODUCT USE ARE GOING TO BE STATE POLICY LIKE I JUST IT DOESN'T MAKE I MEAN A LOT OF THIS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE I THINK WE'VE PROBABLY A CONSENSUS ON THAT IN THE CHAMBERS HERE. SO I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW AND OF COURSE I'M SURE THAT THEY HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS BUT IT'S JUST IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE ARE PUTTING IMPOSSIBLE DECISION LIKE AN IMPOSSIBLE POSITION. SO LOOKING AT THE CLOCK COUNCIL CAN I SUMMARIZE AND IF I SEE NODDING MAYBE WE COULD MAKE THIS THAT THIS IS THE CITY DISAGREES THAT THIS IS A REALLY BAD DECISION AND YOU CAN PUT IT IN AS STRONG OF TERMS AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY COME UP WITH IN TERMS OF WHAT IT WOULD MEAN FOR THE CITY AND ,OUR RESIDENTS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND FINANCIAL IMPACT AND JUST ALL THE PRACTICAL REASONS YOU CAN COME UP WITH. AND I WOULD ECHO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO A STERNLY WORDED LETTER IS ONE THING WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A SECOND SECOND ARROW IN THEIR QUIVER BECAUSE I JUST SEE HOW THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF IMPACT. MR.. BRUNI THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WOULD ECHO WHAT YOU JUST SAID AND I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE RECEIVED IS THAT OUR COMMENTS SHOULD BE FORWARD LOOKING AND NOT LOOKING AND THAT THERE IS VERY LITTLE LIKELIHOOD OF RECONSIDERATION FOR NUMEROUS FOR NUMEROUS REASONS. AND SO I THINK WHAT WE WANT TO DO WHILE EMPHASIZING THE POINT ABOUT WHY WE BELIEVE THAT THIS MAY BE ILL ADVISED WE WANT TO BE REALLY FOCUSED ON CLEARLY ARTICULATING WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS GOING TO BE GOING FORWARD. AND I WOULD SAY THAT WE SET THAT REALLY, REALLY HIGH BECAUSE FRANKLY WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ISSUES HERE. I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT LAUREN ELLEN HAVE DONE TO SUM UP BUT IF FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE REALLY POTENTIALLY BAD CONSEQUENCES, THE ENVIRONMENT AND REALLY POTENTIALLY BAD IMPACTS FOR RESIDENTIAL WASTE PAYERS BECAUSE OF THOSE DECISIONS AND I THINK THAT EVERYBODY THAT I'VE HEARD AGREES THAT NEITHER OF THOSE ARE DESIRABLE OUTCOMES SO OUR STAFF IS WORKING ON WHAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS BE. WE WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT IF YOU DO HAVE MORE REVELATIONS AFTER SPENDING MORE TIME WITH THE REPORT I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL DATA WE WILL GET FROM THEM IF WE ASK FOR IT. IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL DATA THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF OR COME ACROSS IN YOUR OWN RESEARCH THAT YOU FEEL MIGHT HELP INFORM OUR RESPONSES, PLEASE DO FORWARD THOSE ON AND THEN I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TARGET JANUARY 8TH TO BRING BACK FOR DISCUSSION ALTHOUGH WHAT WILL BE COMING TO YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO BE PRETTY CLOSE TO NEAR FINAL WE CAN WE CAN MAKE SOME EARLY SEMANTIC CHANGES BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK BUT WE WON'T HAVE ANOTHER MTING AFTER THAT BEFORE THE DEADLINE TO GET IT TO THE COUNTY. SO IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE THAT TIMEFRAME THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD PROPOSE DO WE WANT TO DO IT? DO WE WANT TO HAVE ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION WITH ALL THOSE EXPERTS ARE THERE I MEAN I'M JUST I'M MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN WE CAN CERTAINLY IT AT THE SOLID WASTE WORKING GROUP OF THE SUSTAINABLE COMMISSION THEY'RE AWARE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AND I THINK HAVE SIMILAR FEELINGS TO THOSE EXPRESSED BY THE COUNCIL TONIGHT I THINK IT'S HARD TO KIND OF GET ALL COALESCED INTO ONE DOCUMENT BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THEM PROVIDE SOME INPUT TO OUR RESPONSE AS WELL. SORRY, JUST I MEAN IT'S ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONS JUST ASKING IF THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MUCH, COUNSEL. ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK AT ANY TIME. PLEASE DON'T . I WOULD MAKE A MOTION WE EXTEND BY 5 MINUTES BECAUSE WE'RE WRAPPING THIS UP SO A MOTION IN A SECOND TO EXTEND LIKE 5 MINUTES TO 1105 ALL IN FAVOR I OPPOSE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO WILL EXTEND FOR FIVE MORE MINUTES LAST ITEM TONIGHT IS 5.3 OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE OUR FIRST THING THAT WE TYPICALLY DO IS OUR LISTENING SESSION RECAP RECAP AND WE DID NOT HAVE ANYBODY ATTEND OUR LISTENING SESSION THIS EVENING AND I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO ADD. MR. FARUQUI DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DIRECT STAFF TO DO ? WELL MR. MAYOR MEMBERS THERE WASN'T REQUESTED ACTION SO THERE WAS CORRECT CORRECTIVE RIGHT NOW JUST GENERAL DIRECTION WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DIRECTIONS OKAY SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF OUR CHIEF EQUITY AND INCLUSION OFFICER FAITH JACKSON AND THE FOLKS WHO WORK BOTH IN AND WITH OUR OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING AND OUR RACE EQUITY ACTION IN OUR DEPARTMENTS AND ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH US BOTH WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION AND IN THE COMMUNITY AND CERTAINLY TO YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WORK IS MEANINGFUL AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK WELL WHAT IS IT ACCOMPLISHING? SO LAST WEEK THE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION PRODUCED THEIR FIRST EVER RACIAL EQUITY DIVIDEND INDEX WHICH WAS AN ASSESSMENT OF HOW GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ARE DOING AND MEETING GOALS RELATED TO RACIAL EQUITY AND INCLUSION. AND OF THE 22 PARTICIPATING AGENCIES. BLOOMINGTON FINISHED FIRST AMONG OUR PEER GROUP AND WE FINISHED IN THE 95TH PERCENTILE OF ALL OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS IN TERMS OF THE METRICS THAT THEY USE TO ASSESS THOSE GOVERNMENTAL AND IT IS A DEMONSTRATION I THINK THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE ASKED US TO DO IS MAKING MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN HOW WE DO POLICY DEVELOPMENT, HOW WE AT OUR WORKFORCE AND HOW WE SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND, HOW WE ADDRESS REALLY IMPORTANT AND GENERATION LONG ISSUES THAT HAVE CONFRONTED COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN TERMS OF DISPARITIES AND DISADVANTAGES AND ECONOMIC EXCLUSION. AND I THINK WE'RE MAKING REALLY, REALLY GOOD PROGRESS ON ALL OF THAT AND THAT REPORT THAT WAS RELEASED LAST WEEK IS VALIDATION OF THOSE EFFORTS. SO I WANT TO SAY TO YOU CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE THE EXPECTATION THAT YOU HAVE SET IN THE GOAL THAT YOU HAVE SET . WE BE LEADERS IN THIS WORK AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR TEAM FOR MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN YOUR VISION AND PUT IT INTO PRACTICE. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL YOU THANK YOU MR. YOU WELL SAID COUNCIL ANYTHING ADDITIONAL TO ADD COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I THINK I'LL TABLE THIS WE IF YOU WANT YOU GUYS CAN TELL ME TO SHUT UP. I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO BE A PART OF THE CITY SUMMIT AT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES IN ATLANTA AND I HAD A FEW COMMENTS ON THAT BUT VERY HAPPY TO TABLE IT AND WE CAN DO IT NEXT TIME IF THAT'S PREFERABLE WHY DON'T DO IT NEXT TIME? I'D LIKE TO I'D LIKE TO HEAR HOW IT WENT BUT I'D RATHER NOT HAVE YOU RUSH THROUGH IT IN THE LAST. YEP. SOUNDS GREAT. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU KNEW IT WAS ON RADAR. VERY GOOD COUNSEL. ANYTHING ELSE? WELL DONE TONIGHT COUNCIL. WE GOT IT DONE 5 MINUTES OVER BUT WE GOT IT DONE SO I WOULD LOOK A MOTION TO ADJOURN SO MOVED SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ISLAND FAVORITE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANKS MUCH COUNSEL THANK YOU TO THE STAFF THANKS TO EVERYBODY JOINED US THIS EVENING WE HAD SOME GREAT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND IT WAS WONDERFUL SO THANK YOU MUCH