. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME. I WILL CALL THIS BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER TONIGHT IS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO IS JOINING US HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANKS TO EVERYBODY WATCHING ONLINE THIS EVENING. WE WILL BEGIN OUR MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO. IF YOU ARE ABLE PLEASE STAND. REMOVE ANY COVERING AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE . I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD. INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THANKS. COUNCIL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AND STAFF. THANKS FOR YOUR WORK PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER TONIGHT. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS COUNCIL IS TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA AND ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING UNDER ITEM TWO OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS WE HAVE ITEM 2.1 WHICH IS THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES . ITEM 2.2 IS A PROCLAMATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION WEEK AND MONTH. ITEM 2.3 IS AN AWARD THE CITY RECEIVED FROM PETA THE PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS FOR A COMPASSIONATE CITY AWARD WHICH IS A NICE ONE. THEN WE HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS ITEM 2.4 WILL BE AN APPOINTMENT OF A YOUNG ADULT MEMBER TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND ITEM 2.5 IS AN APPOINTMENT TO OUR PORT AUTHORITY COMMISSION UNDER ITEM THREE OUR CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS HAS OUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT WE HAVE 17 ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA. ITEM FOUR ARE HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES. WE HAVE SEVEN ITEMS UNDER THAT. OUR FIRST IS FIRST TO OUR RESOLUTIONS. ITEM 4.1 IS A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE PRELIMINARY 2026 TAX LEVY AND ITEM 4.2 IS A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A PRELIMINARY 2026 GENERAL FUND BUDGET. WE THEN HAVE FIVE STRAIGHT PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THEY ARE ASSESSMENT HEARINGS AND IN 4.3 IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENT ASSESSMENTS. ITEM 4.4 IS A HEARING REGARDING TREE REMOVAL ASSESSMENTS 4.5 WEED BRUSH REMOVAL ASSESSMENTS 4.6 THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR DELINQUENT WATER SEWER STORMWATER DRAINAGE GARBAGE RECYCLING AND ARSENIC ORGANICS ASSESSMENTS AND ITEM 4.7 OR 4 POINTS PUBLIC HEARING FOR CIVIL FINES FOR PROPERTY RELATED VIOLATION ASSESSMENTS AND RANDOM FIVE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE UPDATE ON THE NINE MILE CREEK PROJECT WHICH WE PUT OFF FROM OUR LAST MEETING. SO WE APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE OF THE FOLKS THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING THAT FOR US AND ITEM 5.2 WE WILL THEN GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. WE WILL GO TO A CLOSED SESSION FOR LITIGATION MANAGEMENT RELATED TO THE 2020 4-1 TEN NORMANDY BOULEVARD PMP TRAIL AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. WE WILL THEN COME BACK INTO SESSION. AND ACTUALLY YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO COUNCIL JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THIS CORRECTLY. ITEM 5.1 WILL BE THE NINE MILE CREEK WATER RENEWAL PROJECT UPDATE I'M GOING TO CALL IT 5.2 IS GOING TO BE OUR PUBLIC OUR OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE. I SEE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT OFFICIALLY ON THE AGENDA. I DON'T BELIEVE SO I'M GOING TO ADD THAT ON ACTUALLY I THINK WE HAVE IT IS 5.3. I WANT TO MAKE THAT 5.2 AND THEN ASK THAT WE PUT 5.3 BEING THE CLOSED SESSION. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND THEN AS I SAID WE COME BACK INTO OPEN SESSION AND WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING THEN. SO WITH THE ONE ADDITION ADDING OR SWAPPING ITEM 5.2 AND 5.3, ARE THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES OR ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING? HEARING NONE I WILL MOVE THE AGENDA AS STATED. SECOND I WILL MOVE IT AND THE SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADOPT TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS STATED. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH AN INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES AND I THINK WE HAVE NEW EMPLOYEES BOTH IN PARKS AND REC AND PUBLIC WORKS AND IT LOOKS LIKE PARKS AND REC IS MAKING THE MOVE FIRST SO THEY GET THE FIRST SHOT AT THE DIVISION IN BREKKIE IS HERE THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING BCA'S NEWEST STAFF IN 2025 AND WILL START JUST TO MY RIGHT HERE. SIRI HELLERMAN BEGAN AS THE NEW BCA ASSISTANT MANAGER IN MAY AND AFTER A FEW RESCHEDULES OF THIS INTRO WE JUST SAID WHY DON'T WE JUST INTRODUCE THEM TOGETHER? SO SHE'S BEEN WAITING VERY PATIENTLY FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW. SHE MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS THE OUTREACH PROGRAMS MANAGER AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS COORDINATOR FOR THE BUCHAN MUSEUM OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS HER DEGREES ARE IN THEATER AND ACTING WITH ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND AS AN ARTS EDUCATOR, ARTS COORDINATOR, TEACHING ARTIST, ACTOR VOICEOVER TALENT HER COLLEGE AND EARLIER CAREER EXPERIENCE WERE BASED IN NEW YORK WITH THE LAST EIGHT YEARS NOW IN THE TWIN CITIES MOVING FORWARD SERIES IS LEADING BCA RENTAL AGREEMENTS CITY USE OF BCA SPACES AND ANY CITY LED ARTS EDUCATION OFFERINGS. HER COMBINED BACKGROUND OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE AND HER LONG CAREER IN THE ARTS MAKE HER ESPECIALLY QUALIFIED FOR THIS ROLE. SHE'S BEE A FANTASTIC ADDITION TO THE TEAM TO DATE AND WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE HER AT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. AS IAN SAID, I'VE BEEN HERE JUST ALMOST COMING UP ON FOR MONTHS NOW AND I'VE REALLY ENJOYED THE CHALLENGE SO FAR. SO THANKS SO MUCH. HAPPY TO BE HERE. AND I DO HAVE TO ASK I MEAN IF YOU'RE VOICEOVER TALENT OR ARE YOU SIRI? I WISH I COULD SAY YES. UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE TO SAY NO BECAUSE THAT IS THE ORIGINAL SIRI THE ORIGINAL. SO SHE TAKES NOTES FROM ME. YEAH YEAH. AND THEN WE OVER HERE WE HAVE ALLEN WEEKS ALLEN STARTED AS THE BCA MAINTENANCE AND PRODUCTION SUPERINTENDENT ON AUGUST 20TH. ALLEN COMES FROM THE COMES TO THE CITY FROM THEATER LATTÉ DA IN MINNEAPOLIS WHERE HE SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS FOR OVER NINE YEARS. HE SPECIALIZES IN FACILITIES MANAGEMENT THEATRICAL SOUND LIGHTING, VIDEO RIGGING SYSTEMS AND I.T SYSTEMS RELATED TO LIVE PERFORMANCE AT BCA. ALLEN IS IN CHARGE OF THE ENTIRE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR THE FACILITY LEADERSHIP IN PRODUCTION THAT INCLUDES POLICIES PROCEDURES SCHEDULING EVENT MANAGEMENT. HE IS OVERSEEING ALL BCA EQUIPMENT ASSETS AND HE SUPERVISES THE BCA THEATER TECHNICIANS. HIS EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND OF OVER 20 YEARS IN THEATRICAL AND VENUE LEADERSHIP ROLES MAKE HIM MAKE HIS ADDITION A HUGE WIN FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. AND AS WE DID WITH SIRI WE ARE FEELING VERY FORTUNATE TO BE WELCOMING ALLEN TO THE TEAM AS WELL. GOOD EVENING. HI EVERYONE. THANKS FOR WELCOMING US TONIGHT. I'M EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS WONDERFUL TEAM. IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A HOMECOMING. MY WIFE AND I ACTUALLY MET IN THIS BUILDING 20 YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE WORKING FOR BLOOMINGTON CIVIC THEATER. SO I'M EXCITED TO BRING MY SKILLS TO THE CITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. I'M VERY COOL. VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU . NEXT UP WE HAVE TIM BARRETT INTRODUCING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TWO OF OUR NEWEST FLEET TECHNICIANS. I WILL START WITH SAM HERE. SAM WAS HIRED AS FLEET TECHNICIAN OBO TWO MONTHS AGO. I WANT TO SAY IT'S GONE BY QUICK. PREVIOUSLY HE WORKED FOR ZIEGLER CAT FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS. HE DOES HAVE AN ACE DEGREE IN CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY SO HE BRINGS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON SINCE WE DO WORK ON A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT FROM AUTOMOBILES TO HEAVY EQUIPMENT FRONT END LOADERS. SAM GREW UP IN FARMINGTON AND HE ENJOYS WATCHING HIS TWO GIRLS PLAY SOFTBALL AND HOCKEY IN SAM'S FIRST PROJECT CAR WAS A 1981 CAMARO THAT HE DROVE IN HIGH SCHOOL. AND MY QUESTION IS DO YOU STILL HAVE IT? I DO NOT STILL HAVE A COMMITTEE TICKET. YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE HERE. I'M VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH THE CITY AND THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. OH. OUR NEXT FLEET TECHNICIAN IS ANDREW SCHMIDT. HE COMES TO US RECENTLY WITH SAFETY SCIENCE. HE'S GOT OVER EIGHT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH AUTOMOTIVE AND EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE. ANDREW DOES HAVE A DEGREE AND AN ASG DEGREE IN AUTOMOTIVE SPECIFICALLY IN GM. ANDREW GREW UP IN BURNSVILLE AND ENJOYS HUNTING FISHING, CAMPING, SNOWMOBILING AND HE THINKS HE HAS TOO MANY HOBBIES . KEEPS HIM BUSY WITHHAT AN ACCOLADE TO ANDREW HE GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE WHEN HE WAS 18 AND HE GOT HIS DEGREE WHEN HE WAS 19. WELCOME. THANKS FOR HAVING US. SO THANKS FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. WELCOME. THANKS FOR HAVING US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO SIRI ALLEN SALMON ANDREW, I SAY TO ALL NEW EMPLOYEES WE ALWAYS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME NEW EMPLOYEES AND WE ALWAYS MAKE A POINT OF SAYING THAT WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE AND IN SO MANY WAYS YOU'RE A FACE OF BLOOMINGTON. YOU'RE AN IMPORTANT FACE OF BLOOMINGTON BECAUSE PEOPLE MAY RECOGNIZE US BUT IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT WE INTERACT WITH ON A DAILY BASIS WHO ARE REALLY THE FACES OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. AND SO IT'S A BIG RESPONSIBILITY BUT NO DOUBT ABOUT YOUR ABILITY TO DO IT VERY, VERY WELL AND VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD. VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE TONIGHT. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. THANKS VERY MUCH. WE'LL MOVE ON COUNCIL TO ITEM 2.2 AND ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO HEAD DOWN TO THE DAIS FOR BOTH 2.2 AND 2.3 . OKAY. I SAID I WAS MOVING OUT OF THE DAIS. I UNDERSTAND THAT'S THE DAIS. THIS IS THE PODIUM. I UNDERSTAND AND I JUST FIND MYSELF MIXED UP THERE. I APOLOGIZE. OUR FIRST ITEM 2.2 IS A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION WEEK. THE WAY WE LIKE TO DO THIS IS INVITE OUR FOLKS UP HERE TO STAND BEHIND ME WHILE I READ THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN WE'LL TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER. I KNOW WE'VE GOT AMY CHENEY HERE. AMY, ARE YOU JOINING US AND PHIL KOUCHNER, THE SUICIDE VOICES OF EDUCATION, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. WELCOME. NICE TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. PLEASURE. THIS IS THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION WEEK AND NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH. WHEREAS SUICIDE IS A MAJOR COMMUNITY ISSUE THAT REQUIRES VIGILANT ATTENTION AND PREVENTATIVE ACTION. WITH 813 MINNESOTANS DYING BY SUICIDE IN 2025. AND. WHEREAS, EACH DEATH BY SUICIDE DIRECTLY IMPACTS NUMEROUS FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS, LOVED ONES AND BY EXTENSION THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT THOSE IN NEED HAVE ACCESS TO SERVICES BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TRAINED IN BEST PRACTICES TO REDUCE SUICIDE RISK AND TO REDUCING THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH USING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT OR LOSING A LOVED ONE TO SUICIDE. AND. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON RECOGNIZES ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS SUICIDE AWARENESS, VOICES OF EDUCATION AND ITS OWN INTERNAL BLOOMINGTON CARES TEAM FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THOSE AT RISK. AND. WHEREAS, THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IS LAUNCHING THE STATE'S FIRST OF ITS KIND LOS TEAM INITIATIVE THE LOSS PROGRAM AND THAT STANDS FOR LOCAL OUTREACH TO SUICIDE SURVIVORS WILL PROVIDE IMMEDIATE DIRECT SUPPORT TO PEOPLE AND FAMILIES IN BLOOMINGTON WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE TO SUICIDE. AND. WHEREAS, THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER IS RECOGNIZED AS SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH AND SEPTEMBER 7TH THROUGH THE 13TH IS RECOGNIZED ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AS SUICIDE PREVENTION WEEK. NOW THEREFORE I AM MAYOR TEMBUSU DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER AS SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH AND SEPTEMBER 7TH THROUGH THE 13TH AS NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION WEEK IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA AND CALL UPON THE PEOPLE OF BLOOMINGTON TO OBSERVE THIS MONTH AND WEEK BY WORKING WITH YOUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, COWORKERS AND LEADERS TO BECOME MORE INFORMED OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO SUICIDE DATA. THE SAFETY OF SEPTEMBER 2025 THIS HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF YEARS WE'VE WE'VE DONE THIS THIS PROCLAMATION HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD WHEN I THINK TO DO TO TO RAISE AWARENESS, TO EXTEND EMPATHY TO FOLKS WHO HAVE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH SOME INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TIMES AND TO MAKE IT MORE NORMALIZED THAT PEOPLE CAN EITHER SEEK HELP OR SEEK RELIEF AFTER A TRAGEDY TAKES PLACE. SO I'D BE HAPPY TO TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO ANNA OVER HERE. OH OKAY. I CAN DO RIGHT JUST YEP. OKAY. THANK YOU. MY PARENTS STARTED SAVE 36 YEARS AGO WITH TWO OTHER FAMILIES. WE LOST THEY LOST A DAUGHTER AND A SON TO SUICIDE AND BE A SISTER AND BROTHER TO SUICIDE . SO I'M VESTED IN THE ORGANIZATION. I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON FOR THIS PROCLAMATION FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE IN PREVENTING SUICIDE AND SUPPORTING THOSE WHO'VE LOST LOVED ONES. IT'S A RECOGNITION THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF OUR PARTNERSHIP OUR SIDE BY SIDE. WORKING TOGETHER CREATES A HEALING CARING SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYONE CAN BE CARED FOR AND SUPPORTIVE. OUR LOSS INITIATIVE PRESENT INITIATIVE WITH THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A PILOT PROGRAM AND UPON ITS SUCCESS WE HOPE TO BRING IT NATIONAL. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU MAYOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF BLOOMINGTON WE REALLY CONSIDER BLOOMINGTON OUR HOME. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH . OH THANK YOU. BUT I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY PREPARED REMARKS BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY LEADERS FOR ALL THESE YEARS AND ALL OF THE SUPPORT FROM MY COWORKERS INCLUDING THOSE ON THE BLOOMINGTON BLOOMINGTON CARES COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT TO GET A PICTURE OF YOUR PICTURE. COME ALL THIS WAY. I ALL THIS RIGHT. THANK YOU . NOW THE SECOND ITEM THAT I AM DOWN HERE FOR BACK IN AUGUST. YES, PLEASE COME ON UP. PLEASE COME ON UP. BRIAN RIEDEL, RENA WEISS AND JACK JESSEL WHO ARE BEHIND THIS PROJECT. SO JUST TO EXPLAIN IT TO FOLKS WHO MIGHT NOT GET ALL OF THIS. SO BACK IN AUGUST I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE PEOPLE FOR ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS. AND IT WAS A LETTER IN INFORMING ME THAT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON WAS GOING TO BE AWARDED A COMPASSIONATE CITY AWARD FOR BUILDING A PASSAGEWAY UNDER A BUSY STREET TO PREVENT TURTLES FROM BEING HIT BY CARS. AND IT SAYS IN THEIR LETTER MEMBERS OF YOUR COMMUNITY HAVE SHOWN EXTRAORDINARY RESOLVE, INITIATIVE AND COMPASSION IN TAKING ACTION TO PROTECT ANIMALS. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS AND VERY PROUD OF THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS UNIQUE. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO IT AND HAVE BEEN PROBABLY CALLING ASKING HOW YOU DID IT AND HOW THEY CAN DO IT AS WELL. AND I THINK IT'S JUST VERY COOL THAT TO RECEIVE A COMPASSIONATE CITY AWARD FROM PETA I THINK IS VERY GOOD. AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE EACH OF YOU BECAUSE I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE AND I KNOW WE'VE FINALLY GOT AROUND TO IT AND I LOVE IT. I LOVE THE IDEA OF IT AND SOMEBODY PUT THE BUG IN MY EAR WE'VE GOT TO GET A TRAIL CAM IN THE IN THE CULVERT BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING THROUGH THERE AND I THINK THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO WHOEVER WANTS TO SAY HOW THIS GOT FROM A TO Z AND TAKE CREDIT FOR IT. GREAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THIS WAS A GREAT UNIQUE KIND OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE GROUND. THERE WAS A PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE PROJECT SCHEDULED WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY AND SO AHEAD OF THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED THIS CULVERT FOR REPLACEMENT AND WITH SOME SMALL TWEAKS TO IT INCREASING THE SIZE OF IT AND A FEW THINGS LIKE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE A PASSAGE BENEATH THE ROADWAY FOR THE TURTLES AS WELL AS MAINTAINING THE ORIGINAL DRAINAGE DESIGN THAT THAT IT WAS INTENDED TO FUNCTION AS. SO YOU KNOW WITH THAT IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY I GUESS FOR US TO KIND OF COMBINE COMPASSION WITH SUSTAINABILITY AND SOME CREATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND IT CERTAINLY TOOK A TEAM TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AND IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN KIND OF GOING ON HERE FOR FOR A LITTLE WHILE NOW AND SO WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE IT IN THE GROUND AND IT HAS GENERATED A LOT MORE EXCITEMENT THAN WE HAD EVEN ANTICIPATED. SO WE JUST WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS OUR CITY COUNCIL AND ALL THE CITY STAFF THAT HELP SUPPORT THE PROJECT. VERY GOOD. ANYBODY ELSE? JACK? YOU'VE NEVER COME UP? NO, NO. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET A PICTURE OVER HERE. HOLD THE AWARD. ONE TWO THREE. ONE TWO THREE. OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS. DONE . AND JUST EVERYBODY GETS A COMPASSIONATE CITY AWARD FROM PEOPLE. JUST HAVE YOU KNOW, THIS IS A THIS IS A PRETTY COOL ONE. WELL DONE. THAT'S VERY COOL. THANK YOU. NIXON ON OUR AGENDA COUNCIL HAVE TO GET IT UP ON MY COMPUTER HERE WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO THE A YOUTH MEMBER OF THE CITY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. TRYING TO GET HERE. HERE WE GO. WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO OUR YOUNG ADULT MEMBER TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. WE HAVE ONE APPLICANT AND ONE OPENING. AND SO I APPRECIATE THE THE APPLICANT WHO CAME FORWARD AND I MOVED THEIR NAME FORWARD TO SIT IN ON THE COUNCIL FROM NINE 125 TO 8 3126 COUNCIL WE COULD WE COULD DO THE ROLL CALL VOTE BECAUSE BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE APPLICANT I WOULD LOOK FOR UNLESS THERE IS A DISSENTING OPINION OR SOMEBODY HAS ANOTHER NAME TO ADD INTO THE TO THE MIX I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPOINT AMARI MUSIC NECK TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION YOUNG ADULT MEMBER POSITION SO MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RELAYS SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO APPOINT AMARI WHO SAID TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MARIO'S THEIR APPOINTMENT. WELL DONE ADAM 2.5. COUNCIL IS A SECOND APPOINTMENT OTHER APPOINTMENT THIS BEING AN APPOINTMENT TO THE PORT AUTHORITY COMMISSION . TIM KELLER WHO HAS SERVED ON THE PORT AUTHORITY FOR I'M GOING TO GO WITH DECADES DECADES I STEPPED DOWN. HE RESIGNED HIS POSITION. TIM DID A WONDERFUL JOB. HE IS A LAWYER BY TRAINING ALWAYS BROUGHT A VERY INTERESTING AND A VERY DIRECT EYE AND APPROACH TO TO THE ITEMS THAT WE DID COVER ON THE PORT AUTHORITY. HE DID A FANTASTIC JOB. I THANK COUNCILMAN OR COMMISSIONER KELLER FOR HIS WORK WITH THE OPENING. WE LOOKED AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS BUT WE HAD ONE PERSON WHO HAD HAD APPLIED FOR THE PORT AUTHORITY LAST TIME WHEN WE HAD WE HAD ONE OPENING WE ENDED UP REAPPOINTING A SITTING COMMISSIONER BUT WENT BACK TO CILIA'S ANTENNA AND ASKED IF CECILIA WAS STILL INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE PORT AUTHORITY AND HE HE WAS AND SO THIS OFFICIALLY COUNCIL IS A MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT. BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE COUNCIL APPROVAL OF IT AS WELL. SO WITH THAT AS THE BACKGROUND AND KNOWING THAT CECILIA WHO I THINK IS GOING TO BRING A UNIQUE AND A STRONG VOICE TO THE PORT AUTHORITY I WILL MOVE THE APPOINTMENT OF CECILIA SANTANA TO THE TERM FROM THE DATE OF THE APPOINTMENT TO DECEMBER 31ST 2026 TO THE BLOOMINGTON PORT AUTHORITY SO MOTION AND THE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOUA TO APPOINT CECILIA SANTANA TO A TERM ON THE BLOOMINGTON PORT AUTHORITY ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2026. ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I JUST HAVE A SORRY MARIANNE CAN'T RECALL FROM BEFORE WHEN WHEN THE DECISION WAS MADE TO REAPPOINT LAST TIME WAS CECILIA THE THE OTHER CHOICE THAT WE WOULD HAVE MADE ANYWAY. YES. YEAH. OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. COUNCILMEMBER ONE QUESTION. OH NO. OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND OF THE APPOINTMENT OF CECILIA SANTANA TO THE PORT AUTHORITY. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SEA OF CECILIA. LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT BUSINESS TONIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER REECE RIVAS SAYS TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WILL BE HOLDING. ITEM 3.1 AND I MOVE ITEMS 3.22 ITEMS 3.16 ON THE AGENDA. SO IT'S MOTION BY COUNCILMAN RIVAS, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S COUNCIL OR ACCEPT TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS AS STATED ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS I'M SORRY I'M HEARING FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS 317 I'M ONLY SEEING 316 ON THE MOTION SHEET WHICH IS CORRECT HERE ON THE ON THE AGENDA SHEET IT'S GOT THREE SO 317 I'M SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, I APOLOGIZE. THE MOTION SHEET IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE OFFICIAL AGENDA ITEM THAT WAS PUT FORWARD IF IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO AMEND YOUR MOTION TO INCLUDE ITEM 3.17 AS WELL, IT WAS GOING NEED TO REDO THE WHOLE THING OR JUST AN ITEM TWO IS IT I THINK IF YOU JUST ACKNOWLEDGE IT YOU'D BE WILLING TO ADD I'M YOU TO IF YOU COULD JUST RESTATE IT RIGHT SO IT'S GOING TO SAY HEY I MOVED TO APPROVE ITEMS 3.2 TO 3.17 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TODOPT TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS ITEMS 3.2 TO 3.17 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY ON THAT COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS COUNCILMEMBER REVISE ITEM 3.1 YEAH I ONLY HELD IT FOR IT TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT IT. I LIKE TO THANK THE PEOPLE AND ENTITIES THAT DONATED OUR FUNDS TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND SPECIFICALLY TO THE ROSEMARY COUNCIL FOR A GIFT OF PUBLIC WORKS BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS AND LUCILLE FOR THEIR DONATION TO OUR JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION TO MARY GANIM FOR HER DONATION IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND PAT GANNON TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION. THANKS ALSO TO WALMART FOR THEIR DONATION TO THE BLOOMINGTON PD. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST THANK YOU TO ALL INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES FOR THEIR GENERATIONS TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THAT SAID I MOVE ITEM 3.12 I MOVED TO A PROVIDED 3.1 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ACCEPT ITEM 3.1 ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS COUNCIL WILL MOVE ON ITEM FOUR HOUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES AND WE WILL START TONIGHT WITH COREY CARLSON OR DEPUTY FINANCE OFFICER. AND ITEM 4.1 IS A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE PRELIMINARY 2026 TAX LEVY. >> MISS CARLSON GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. >> MUCH OF WHAT I'LL BE COVERING TONIGHT WILL LOOK FAMILIAR FROM THE AUGUST 18TH STUDY SESSION, BUT I WANTED TO PRESENT THIS INFORMATION AGAIN BOTH AS A REFRESHER AND FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IT YET. I'LL WALK THROUGH WHERE WE ARE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS THE FACTORS SHAPING OUR PROJECTIONS AND PRELIMINARY PROPOSAL AND THE STEPS WE'RE TAKING TO PREPARE FOR 2026 AT THE END OF LAST YEAR OUR INITIAL 2026 TAX LEVY FORECAST SHOWED A PROJECTED INCREASE OF 15.7 MILLION OR ALMOST 18%. A MAJOR DRIVER WAS EXPIRING FUNDING INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY, STATE AID SUPPORTING SIX POSITIONS AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS COVERING THREE BATTALION CHIEFS IN A SAFER GRANT THAN FUNDING 18 FIREFIGHTERS THAT ENDED IN EARLY 2026 AND AT THE SAME TIME MANAGING AND ADMISSION TAXES ARE EXPECTED TO GROW ONLY SLIGHTLY AND OTHER REVENUES LIKE PERMITS AND LICENSES ARE PROJECTED TO REMAIN FLAT. KNOWING THESE CHALLENGES WERE AHEAD, THE CORE BUDGET TEAM BEGAN EARLY PLANNING TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO REDUCE THE PROJECTED LEVY AND THAT WORK CONTINUES AS WE REFINE THE 2026 BUDGET. >> OUR ORIGINAL FORECAST SHOWED A $4.2 MILLION INCREASE IN 2026 FOR DEBT SERVICE BUT SCALING BACK OR DELAYING SOME PROJECTS WE'VE REDUCED THAT IMPACT TO 1.5 MILLION THE TAX LEVY INCREASE FOR DEBT IS NOW 1.75% INSTEAD OF NEARLY 5% FOR THE TAX LEVY. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO NOTE AGAIN THAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ICE GARDEN RENOVATIONS AND NINE MILE CREEK AND MORE PARK UPGRADES WERE APPROVED BY VOTERS AND ARE FUNDED SEPARATELY BY THE HALF PERCENT LOCAL SALES TAX SO THEY DON'T AFFECT THE PROPOSED PRELIMINARY 2026 TAX LEVY FOR THE NORMANDALE LAKE DISTRICT TAX LEVY PORTION. THE 2026 INCREASE WAS ORIGINALLY PROJECTED AT $450,000 MORE POSSIBLY GOING UP TO 900,000 IN FUTURE YEARS AND THAT IS NOW REDUCED TO 250,000 AFTER REMOVING A $5 MILLION PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE PROJECT WHICH LOWERED THAT LEVY NEED BY ABOUT 200,000 AT THE END OF 2024 WE HAD A $4.4 MILLION SURPLUS FROM HIGHER REVENUES AND LOWER EXPENSES EXPENSES THAN BUDGETED AND THAT AMOUNT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUND AT THE END OF LAST MONTH BRINGING ITS BALANCE TO OVER 10 MILLION OF THAT. WE ARE PROPOSING TO USE 2.55 MILLION TO HELP STABILIZE THE 2026 LEVY. PERSONNEL COSTS ARE DOWN 1.1 MILLION AS THE PROJECTED COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT HAS BEEN REDUCED. DEPARTMENTS ARE ALSO LIMITING STAFF GROWTH AND FOCUSING ON INTERNAL REALLOCATIONS. THE GOAL IS TO STAY COMPETITIVE IN ATTRACTING AND RETAINING TALENT WHILE MANAGING OVERALL PERSONNEL GROWTH. COST GROWTH. WE'RE ALSO SEEING ABOUT $850,000 IN HEALTH INSURANCE SAVINGS FROM WHERE WE ORIGINALLY PROJECTING AND THIS IS DUE TO FAVORABLE 96% CLAIMS TO PREMIUM RATIO AND THOSE PREMIUMS BECAUSE OF THAT ARE GOING TO REMAIN FLAT FOR EMPLOYEES FOR 2026 WHICH IS A BETTER OUTCOME, MUCH BETTER OUTCOME THAN WE WERE EXPECTING IN THE ORIGINAL FORECAST. AND UNLIKE WHAT MANY OTHER CITIES ARE EXPERIENCING AND THEN THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT BRINGS EVERYTHING TOGETHER SO THROUGH THE REDUCTIONS IN CAPITAL PLANNING IN THE NORMANDY LINK DISTRICT, THE 2024 SURPLUS, THE PERSONNEL COST REDUCTION HEALTH INSURANCE REDUCTION WE'VE LEARNED EVERYTHING BY ABOUT $7.4 MILLION. SO WITHOUT THOSE CHANGES THE INCREASE WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH HIGHER. BUT WITH THESE REDUCTIONS IT'S DOWN TO 9.44% . >> AND THEN HERE IS THE PRELIMINARY GENERAL FUND BUDGET SHOWING TOTAL REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. PROPERTY TAXES MAKE UP ABOUT 68% OF GENERAL FUND REVENUES FOLLOWED BY LODGING ADMISSION TAXES AT 9%. AND THEN ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE PUBLIC SAFETY ACCOUNTS FOR NEARLY HALF OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. SO POLICE AT ALMOST 41 MILLION AND FIRED A LITTLE OVER 17 MILLION. AND THEN THESE NEXT TWO PIE CHARTS I MEAN AS YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, THESE SHOW THE REVENUE AND EXPENSE BREAKDOWN VISUALLY. SO STARTING WITH THOSE REVENUES HERE UP ON THE SLIDE YOU CAN SEE THAT PROPERTY TAXES MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF OUR REVENUES IN THE GENERAL FUND. BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME OTHER IMPORTANT SOURCES INCLUDING LODGING ADMISSION TAXES, PERMITS, LICENSE FEES AND GRANT REVENUES AND PUBLIC SAFETY MAKES UP NEARLY HALF OF THE GENERAL FUND EXPENSES. THIS IS THE PIE CHART WITH THE EXPENSES SO POLICE AND FIRE THERE ON THE RIGHT BEING THE LARGEST SHARE. THE REST ARE SERVICES LIKE PUBLIC WORKS WHICH IS ALSO LARGE PARKS AND RECREATION AND THEN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC HEALTH AND THEN THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS AND THEN HERE'S THE OVERALL CHART COMPARING THE 2025 TAX LEVY ON THE LEFT TO THE PROPOSED 2026 PRELIMINARY TAX LEVY ON THE RIGHT. SO THE GENERAL FUND WOULD HAVE AN INCREASE OF 6.7 MILLION FORESTRY PARKS AND SPECIAL REVENUE AN INCREASE OF 165,000 THAT WOULD GO UP BY 1.5 MILLION. MOST OF THE OTHER AREAS ARE FLAT WHILE THE NORMANDY LINK DISTRICT DOES DROP BY 150,000 BECAUSE OF THAT REMOVING THAT PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE. SO OVERALL 8.3 MILLION INCREASE WHICH IS A 9.44%. HERE IS A NEW SLIDE FROM WHAT WE HAD BEFORE. SO JUST ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT THAT INCREASE IN TAX LEVY DOLLARS AND PERCENTAGES. SO THIS IS A BREAKDOWN BY DEPARTMENT OF THE 9.44%. SO POLICE ACCOUNTS FOR THE LARGEST SHARE OF 2.99% FOLLOWED BY FIRE 2.03 PUBLIC WORKS 2.01 WHICH DOES INCLUDE SOME ADDITIONAL FOR DEBT PAYMENTS AND THEN PARKS AND RECREATION ADDS 1% FINANCE LEGAL AND COMMUNICATIONS TOGETHER IS 1.81% PUBLIC HEALTH POINT FOUR AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT POINT TWO. SO THIS IS KIND OF BREAKING OUT THAT INCREASE IN THE TAX LEVY. AND THEN ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT HOW WE LOOK AT BUDGETS IS IN BY CATEGORIES. SO THIS IS IN THE DIFFERENT MAJOR CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET WITH SALARIES AND BENEFITS. THE MAJORITY 5.83% DEBT PAYMENTS AND ADD AN ADDITIONAL 1.75% INCREASE AND THEN INTERNAL SERVICE FUND CHARGES 1.01% AND THEN MATERIALS SUPPLIES .86 AND THEN ACTUALLY CAPITAL FOR THE GENERAL FUND DECREASING SLIGHTLY BECAUSE THE MEDIAN VALUE HOME INCREASED BY 1.1% FROM LAST YEAR AND THE HOMESTEAD MARKET VALUE EXCLUSION THEN DECREASED A BIT AS A RESULT FOR THE MEDIAN VALUE HOME A 9.44% TAX LEVY INCREASE WOULD TRANSLATE TO ABOUT 10.87% INCREASE FOR THE MEDIAN VALUE HOME AND THAT EQUATES TO ROUGHLY $3.19 A WEEK PER WEEK $13.82 PER MONTH OR $165.81 A YEAR . >> AS YOU KNOW THROUGHOUT THE SPRING AND SUMMER WE DID HOST SOME BUDGET TABLES TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR 2026 BUDGET PROCESS. SO ON SATURDAY MAY 17TH THERE WAS A PUBLIC WORKS OPEN HOUSE AND ALSO A POLICE DEPARTMENT OPEN HOUSE ON THE SAME DAY WHEN WE HAD A TABLE AT PUBLIC WORKS IN THE MORNING AND ONE AT AN OVER BY THE POLICE STATION IN THE AFTERNOON WE ALSO HAD A TABLE AT THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION ON JUNE 21ST AND THE BLOOMINGTON PRIDE FESTIVAL ON JUNE 22ND AND A FARMER'S MARKET TABLE ON SATURDAY AUGUST 2ND ALSO FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST MONTH WE INVITED RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE AUGUST CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET WITH THE COUNCIL SO THAT THERE WAS A CHANCE TO INFLUENCE BUDGET DECISIONS EARLIER IN THE PROCESS AND NOT JUST AT THE TRUTH AND TAXATION PUBLIC HEARING IN DECEMBER AND KEY FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FOCUSED ON CONCERNS ABOUT RAISING PROPERTY TAXES AND THE NEED FOR SENIOR TAX RELIEF AND PROTECTING AND ALSO PROTECTING ESSENTIAL SERVICES. SO WHAT WE WILL CONTINUE COLLECTING INPUT THROUGHOUT THIS BUDGET PROCESS USING THE LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON PLATFORM AND JUST WANTED TO ADD IN HERE IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS WE'VE HEARD ABOUT RAISING PROPERTY TAXES AND THE NEED FOR SENIOR TAX RELIEF. THESE NEXT THREE SLIDES JUST HIGHLIGHT THE STATE OF MINNESOTA'S PROPERTY TAX REFUND PROGRAM. HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS MAY QUALIFY FOR A REFUND BASED ON THEIR INCOME AND AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAXES PAID. SO FOR MORE DETAILS, RESIDENT RESIDENTS CAN VISIT THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE WEBSITE OR CALL THE PHONE NUMBERS LISTED ON THE SLIDE. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF REFUNDS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE STATE OF MINNESOTA'S M1PR PROPERTY TAX REFUND FORM. THE REGULAR PROPERTY TAX REFUND IS BASED ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROPERTY TAXES AND TOTAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME WHILE THE SPECIAL PROPERTY TAX REFUND APPLIES WHEN TAXES INCREASE BY AT LEAST 12% AND $100 OR MORE AND THAT IS NOT DOES NOT HAVE A CORRELATION TO INCOME AND THOSE FORMS ARE DUE AUGUST 15TH BUT THEY CAN BE FILED UP TO ONE YEAR LATER AND SO TO QUALIFY THE PROPERTY MUST BE HOMESTEADED AND THE SENIOR PROPERTY TAX DEFERRAL PROGRAM CAPS ANNUAL PROPERTY TAXES AT 3% OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S INCOME WITH THE BALANCE DEFERRED UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS SOLD OR THE DEFERRAL ENDS. TO QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM APPLICANTS MUST BE MUST BE 65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND IF THEY HAVE A SPOUSE THEY MUST BE 62 OR OLDER AND HAVE HOUSEHOLD INCOME UNDER $96,000 AND HAVE LIVED IN HOMESTEAD IN THE PROPERTY FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS AND THE INTEREST FOR THIS ACCRUES AND UP TO 5%. SO THE BLOOMINGTON CITY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE IS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST RESIDENTS WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. I WANTED TO SHARE THAT THE MOST RECENT NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY RESULTS OUR RESULTS HIGHLIGHT SEVERAL POSITIVE TRENDS FOR BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS GAVE ABOVE AVERAGE READINGS FOR THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING THE OVERALL QUALITY PRESERVATION OF NATURAL AREAS, OPEN SPACE RECYCLING SERVICES AND YARD WASTE PICKUP. WE ALSO SAW IMPROVED READINGS AND ENGAGEMENT AND INCLUSIVITY WITH HIGHER SCORES FOR SENSE OF COMMUNITY MARKING RESIDENT MAKING RESIDENTS FEELING WELCOME CARING FOR VULNERABLE RESIDENTS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AND OPENNESS TO DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS. >> I ALWAYS LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE DO HAVE A DEDICATED CITY BUDGET PAGE AT BLM DOT MEN SLASH BUDGET. IT INCLUDES A LOT OF HELPFUL INFORMATION AND WE WILL CONTINUE ADDING UPDATES AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS 2026 BUDGET PROCESS. YOU'LL ALSO FIND A LINK THERE ON THE LEFT TO THE LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON BUDGET SURVEY WHICH IS LIVE NOW AND PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SHARE FEEDBACK SO AT THE AUGUST 18TH STUDY SESSION OUR COUNCIL FOCUSED ON BALANCING SERVICE NEEDS WITH LONG TERM PLANNING USING THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUND WISELY EXPLORING GRANTS AND SPONSORSHIPS AND PRIORITIZING CORE SERVICES WHILE PRACTICING BUDGET RESTRAINT WE WILL BE USING YOUR FEEDBACK AS WE CONTINUE WORKING THROUGH THE PRIORITY BASED BUDGET PROCESS TO HELP GUIDE DECISIONS AND REFINE THE 2026 BUDGET . >> AND AGAIN PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING IS THE NEW PROCESS WE'RE USING OR USING OUR SOFTWARE TO BETTER ALIGN RESOURCES WITH THE CITY GOALS AND WE'RE PROPOSING A 9.44% PRELIMINARY TAX LEVY FOR COUNCIL THE SITE TONIGHT BUT WE'LL CONTINUE REFINING THE BUDGET THROUGH DECEMBER TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO REDUCE THAT INCREASE BEFORE YOUR FINAL ADOPTION AND IN THESE PHASES FOR PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING WE'VE COMPLETED THE FIRST THREE PHASES IN THE SOFTWARE AND CREATING AN INVENTORY OF PROGRAMS SCORING THEM BASED ON IMPACT IN ALIGNMENT WITH PRIORITIES AND DETERMINING COSTS. WE'RE NOW IN PHASE FOUR USING THE DATA TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES MAKE ADJUSTMENTS BETTER, ALIGN RESOURCES BEFORE THE FINAL LEVY IS SET IN THE SUMMER. AND I'LL JUST SAY WE'VE STARTED THIS PROCESS AND IT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION TO GO THROUGH BUT WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH IT AND TRYING TO FIND OUT THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION. IT'S AND THEN THIS IS THE CALENDAR THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE BUT THIS SHOWS THE KEY MILESTONES IN THIS PROCESS WITH COUNCIL. SO TONIGHT YOU WILL BE SETTING THE PRELIMINARY LEVY THEN FROM NOW THROUGH NOVEMBER WE WILL CONTINUE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS AND REFINE PROJECTIONS THAT TRUTH AND TAXATION PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE DECEMBER 8TH WITH FINAL COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE 2026 TAX LEVY AND BUDGET ON DECEMBER 22ND AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MS. CARLSON. APPRECIATE IT. COUNCIL QUESTIONS I DO HAVE ONE JUST TO OPEN AS I YOUR SLIDE ON THE PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING PHASES PHASE FOUR EXPLORE INSIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES AUGUST THROUGH OCTOBER WHAT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO BRING BACK THAT THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL? HOW ARE WE GOING TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT STAFF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE INSIGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THROUGH THIS PROCESS? >> YES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE HOPEFULLY PLANNING FOR THE SEPTEMBER 29TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION WHERE WE WILL BE SHARING SOME OF THAT INPUT THAT CAME FROM THIS WORK. SO THAT WOULD BE YOUR FIRST LOOK AT WHAT'S COMING FROM THE PARTY BASED BUDGETING DATA THAT WE GOT INFORMATION AND THEN ALSO AS WE GO THROUGH PRESENTATIONS FROM DEPARTMENTS TALKING ABOUT HOW THAT WAS INCORPORATED INTO THEIR BUDGET IN DIFFERENT THINGS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL QUESTIONS HERE WE'VE SEEN A GOOD CHUNK OF THIS INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS AND COUNCILMEMBER AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS. HI THERE. THANK YOU YOU GUYS. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. I THE DEBT LEVY WAS REDUCED BY DIFFERENT PROJECTS. I MY GASOLINE AND PUSHING THEM DOWN A COUPLE OF YEARS SO HOW DOES THAT WHAT KIND OF RISK DO WE HAVE BY HAVING THAT APPROACH AND LEAD IT AND ENABLE US TO RAISE THE TAX LEVY IN FUTURE YEARS? MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS SO WE'RE WORKING YOU KNOW FINANCE IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH DEPARTMENTS ON WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE LIKE SOME OF THE FIRE STATIONS OR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS. I MEAN THERE'S A ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN IS YOU PUSH THINGS OUT AS THINGS GET MORE EXPENSIVE OR MORE EXPENSIVE THAN WE THINK THEY'RE GOING TO TO GET. BUT THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE IS A COMPROMISE BETWEEN TRYING NOT TO PUSH THINGS OUT TOO FAR AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THE FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT IT IS A BALANCE OF BEING ABLE TO MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS KEEP THE TAX LEVY REASONABLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. PLEASE REMEMBER I KIND OF STOLE MY THUNDER A LITTLE BIT THERE SO I WAS GOING TO I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THAT. SO I WANT TO REALLY JUST TO JUST COMMENT A LITTLE BIT HERE IS THIS THE THE 18% WHICH WE'RE LOOKING AT COMING IN INTO THIS YEAR AND GETTING THAT DOWN TO TO THIS 9% I THINK IS OUTSTANDING THAT STAFF HAS DONE TO TO TO WORK THIS DOWN TO WHERE IT IS SO I'M I'M HAPPY IN TERMS THAT WE'RE UNDER UNDER THE 10% PLAN TO KIND OF GET THIS WHERE IT IS TODAY AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE RESPONSES THAT THE STAFF ARE PROVIDED WITH REGARD TO THIS AND MANY OTHER ITEMS THAT I HAD ESPECIALLY AROUND THE ENTERPRISE FUND. I KNOW THERE'S SOME FOLKS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND I AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE THOSE ARE AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE AQUATIC PIECE I'M WATCHING THAT CAREFULLY AND AND ONLY TIME WILL TELL IN TERMS OF WHAT WILL WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE AND IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE OUR GOLF MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. >> THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO HIMES BETTER THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. COREY, JUST VERY QUICKLY ON OUR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOVEMENT TO THE FULL TIME FIRE DEPARTMENT, AM I IN MY UNDERSTANDING THAT I KNOW WE ARE DEFERRING SOME OF THE WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRE STATIONS THEMSELVES BUT WE ARE ABSORBING THE IN HERE THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT WE WERE ORIGINALLY RECEIVING THE SAFER GRANT FOR CORRECT. SO THAT FIRST TRANCHE OF 18 OR SO IS NOW BUDGETED FOR IN THIS 2026 BUDGET. >> DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? YES. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THAT IS CORRECT. SO NOW WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET WE HAVE THE MAJORITY OF 2026 FOR THOSE 18 FIREFIGHTERS ALONG WITH THREE FIRE BATTALION CHIEFS THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN PARTIALLY FUNDED FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. OKAY. SO FROM A PERSONNEL PERSPECTIVE WE'RE ON TRACK FOR THE MOVEMENT TO THE FULL TIME FIRE FIGHTER STAFF. WE'RE BEHIND THEN ON THE FACILITIES BECAUSE WE'RE DEFERRING SOME OF THE BUILDING CHANGES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE. DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? YES. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THAT IS CORRECT. WE HAVE PUSHED A BIT THE THE BUILDING THE FIRE STATION REMODELS OKAY. WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR IN AND WE CAN TABLE THIS AND ASK CHIEF SEAL THIS MORE IN DEPTH IF WE IF IT'S THE RIGHT PLACE TO DO THAT BUT I'M CURIOUS WHAT ARE THE MITIGATION STRATEGIES IF WE'RE NOT IF WE'RE NOT BACKING OFF ON HIRING PERSONNEL, WHAT ARE WE WHERE ARE WE PUTTING THEM I GUESS IS MY OPEN QUESTION AND IS DOES THIS BUDGET REFLECT THAT ANY ANY FUNDING FOR PUTTING THEM SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN IN A IN A A BUILDING THAT WE NEED TO CAPITAL BUILD SO IS IT AN EXPENSE ITEM NOW OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT? I'M CURIOUS AS I SAID BEFORE, RIGHT. I VERY MUCH WANT TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE DOING OVER MULTIPLE YEARS AS THEIR OWN THING BECAUSE THEY HAVE IMPACT ACROSS THE BUDGET, RIGHT? THEY HAVE PERSONNEL OR OPERATING INCOME BUDGET IMPLICATIONS. THEY HAVE CAPITAL PROJECT INCOME IMPLICATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND IT'S HARD TO SEE THAT WHEN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT IT AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL. SO I'M ASKING THIS QUESTION YOU'RE WELCOME. YOU CAN CERTAINLY DEFER IT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE ABSORBING THE OPERATIONAL IMPACT OF HOUSING THOSE FULL TIME PEOPLE WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPITAL PROJECT UNDERWAY TO BUILD THEM A PLACE TO STAY? YES. AND I THINK COUNCILMEMBER I THINK YOU ANSWERED YOUR OWN QUESTION WHEN YOU SAID WE SHOULD GET CHIEF SEAL BACK HERE FOR THE DETAILED ANSWER BECAUSE HE WOULD HAVE THAT ANSWER AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE BUNKING IN LESS THAN PERFECT CONDITIONS LIKE WE SAW ON THE TOUR WHEN WE TOOK THE TOUR OVER THE SUMMER OR THEY'VE GOT OTHER POSSIBILITIES I'M NOT SURE BUT I THINK CHIEF SEAL WE PROBABLY HAVE THE BEST ANSWERS FOR YOU AND MIGHT MY ANSWER MY REASON FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION RIGHT IS IF WE'RE SPENDING I'M MAKING UP NUMBERS, RIGHT? IF WE'RE SPENDING X NUMBER OF DOLLARS, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, MAYBE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR TO HOUSING IN LESS THAN IDEAL ENVIRONMENTS, HOW MUCH OF THOSE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A YEAR CAN BE PUT TOWARDS THE ACTUAL CAPITAL PROJECT TO BUILD THEM? WHAT THEY NEED? RIGHT. AND I'M WONDERING IF THAT ASSESSMENT IS HAPPENING AS PART OF THIS BUDGET PROCESS AND IF IT'S NOT, THAT'S FINE BUT EVENTUALLY IT HAS TO, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE HAVE TO KNOW WHEN THE LEVER TIPS OVER OR WE'RE GOING TO SPEND 5 OR 10 YEARS WORTH OF OPERATIONAL STUFF AND COULD HAVE HAD A FIRE DEPARTMENT BUILT OUT OF THAT. YEAH RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR. I APPRECIATE THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VERY APPRECIATED. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. I APPRECIATED THE NEW SLIDE HAD THE BREAKDOWN BY DEPARTMENT AND I'M I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE 2.99 ALMOST 3% INCREASE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THAT MOSTLY SALARIES AND BENEFITS THINGS LIKE THAT OR ARE THERE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT I WAS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED THAT POLICE WAS HIGHER THAN FIRE BECAUSE WE ARE ABSORBING SO MANY NEW THE FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS FROM THIS THAT WERE COVERED BY A SAFER GRANT AND THEM AND AS WELL AS THE THREE BATTALION CHIEFS SO SIR MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, THE THE REASON THAT THE POLICE BUDGET IS THE HIGHEST WHEN UP THERE IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL GENERAL FUND BUDGET IT'S BY FAR OUR LARGEST AMOUNT IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. SO WE HAVE 41 MILLION SO THE MAJORITY IS IN SALARIES AND BENEFITS JUST BY THE SIZE OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO THE INCREASES THAT WE HAVE PROJECTING RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU HAVE $41 MILLION AND THEN YOU'RE AND I DON'T HAVE RIGHT HERE IN MY HEAD HOW MUCH OF THAT IS SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND OTHER THINGS BUT JUST OVERALL THE SIZE OF IT WHEN THERE'S AN INCREASE WHAT WE'RE FORECASTING RIGHT NOW FOR COSTF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS OR STEP INCREASES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT IT TENDS TO BE THE LARGEST INCREASE AND WHERE IS FIRE COMPARED TO THAT IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS NOT AS LARGE BUT BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL FIRE FULL TIME FIRES HAVE COMING ON THAT IS WHY IT'S RIGHT UP THERE AS WELL. SORRY. THANK YOU. THAT MAKES SENSE. AND THEN I KNOW IN THE PAST WE WE'VE ALWAYS ASKED THIS BUT DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE WHERE OTHER CITIES ARE COMING IN FOR THEIR PRELIMINARY LEVIES? YES. AND MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. SO NOT OFFICIALLY WE WON'T GET THERE UNTIL EVERYONE IS DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. WE DON'T KNOW OFFICIALLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SETTING THEIR PLUMBING PRELIMINARY LEVIES OUT. BUT JUST TALKING TO OTHER CITIES, THERE'S A LOT THAT ARE IN THAT 8% RANGE. IT SEEMS LIKE ON AVERAGE WAS A FEW HIGHER THAN THAT LIKE AS HIGH AS IN THE 12% OR 14%. THAT'S KIND OF OUR PEERS THAT WE LOOK AT BUT WE DON'T WANT TO PUBLISH ANYTHING LIKE OFFICIALLY TONIGHT UNTIL THEY HAD ACTUALLY APPROVED IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON THIS IF WE'RE PAST THE QUESTION PHASES WHERE WAY COUNCILMEMBER ALL RIGHT. SO YOU KNOW I THINK THAT THIS POINT IN FLANNERY LEVY REALLY DOES REPRESENT THE SHARED VALUES AND ALL THAT. YOU KNOW FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA THAT THESE REPRESENT VALUES AND REALLY I THINK THIS IS A GOOD STRONG FOUNDATION FOR OUR FUTURE AND THE THINGS THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT AS WE KIND OF MOVE FORWARD. I WAS LOOKING AT THAT YOU KNOW, MY COLLEAGUE BROUGHT IT UP I'M CONCERNED ABOUT INFLATION AND INFRASTRUCTURAL CONCERNS AND ALSO WHEN WE LOOK AT STAFFING AS WE KIND OF LOOK FORWARD FOR 2027 AND 2028 AND I KNOW PART OF THAT'S GOING TO BE IN OUR IN OUR NEW PROCESS THAT WE HAVE THAT'S GOING TO ROLL AS US ROLL OURSELVES INTO INTO A TWO YEAR KIND OF PERIOD OF TIME AND AND ALSO UNCERTAINTY OF THE OF THE ECONOMY IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. BUT I THINK THAT BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE KIND OF PUT TOGETHER HERE, I THINK WE CAN STAY DISCIPLINED AND THIS IS VERY TRANSPARENT IN TERMS OF OUR PROCESS AND IT'S A GOOD PROCESS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME WHAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER HERE TODAY. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I CAN CERTAINLY SUPPORT THIS MAYOR. I'D BE HAPPY TO TO TO MAKE THAT MOTION IF WE WANT TO DO THAT. SO LET'S MAKE SURE COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS IF I CAN MAKE A. PLEASE. I, I LEARNED AS I WAS READING THE AGENDA THAT THE PORT AUTHORITY AND HRA HAVE MAJOR INCREASES IN THEIR TAX LEVIES . SO MY CONCERN IS THAT WE HAVE IT AND I'M PRETTY POOR FOR THE THE OUR TAX LEVY FOR PROPERTY TAXES BUT THE INCREASES AT THE PORT AUTHORITY AND THE AREA ASKING FOR A VERY HIGH I MEAN THEY THEY'RE PUSHING UP TO THE LIMIT BASICALLY THE HOA NOT THE PORT AUTHORITY SO MY QUESTION IS TAKING THAT INTO ACCOUNT, IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY THAT WE CAN EVEN BRING THE TAX LEVY FOR THE DOWN SMALL AMOUNT AT LEAST TO COMPENSATE FOR THAT BECAUSE I CAN SEE THAT THE OTHER TWO ARE GOING TO MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE AND THE TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF THAT TAX LEVY INCREASE FOR THE YEAR. >> SO MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS SO TONIGHT YOU'LL BE SETTING THE PRELIMINARY TAX LEVY FOR 2026. THAT'S THE MOST THAT THEY CAN BE OR THAT IT CAN BE AND DURING CONSENT TONIGHT THE THE PORT IN EACH LEVIES THE PRELIMINARY LEVIES WERE APPROVED SO THIS IS THE HIGHEST IT CAN BE AND THE PLAN WOULD BE FOR US TO REFINE THIS TO TO BRING THIS DOWN AND ALSO IT'S THE HIGHEST AT THE PORT AND HRA LEVIES CAN BE AS WELL. SO THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THOSE CAN BE LOWERED AS WELL BEFORE THE SUMMER. COUNCILMEMBER DE MER AND JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE INSIGHT FROM THE HRA PERSPECTIVE, WE OBVIOUSLY KNOW THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WHERE WE DON'T KNOW IF FUNDING IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO COME IN AND SO DURING OUR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE PRELIMINARY LEVY AT THE HRA LEVEL THAT WAS VERY MUCH THE CASE OF WE WANT TO DRIVE THIS DOWN BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS IS PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING RESIDENTS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. BUT WE'RE ALSO PREPARING FOR WORST CASE SCENARIO WHERE WE'RE LOSING ALL OUR FUNDING. SO THE HRA SPECIFICALLY IS DOING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE BALANCING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH THE UNCERTAINTY THAT WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW. SO TO COUNCIL MEMBER REALIZES POINT B MEMBER THEY SAY I FULLY INTEND TO CONTINUE THAT WORK WITH HRA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING THAT AND REDUCING IT AS MUCH AS WE CAN. I'LL JUST MAKE MY COMMENTS WHILE I'M HERE. I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT STAFF HAS DONE SO FAR. WE ALWAYS PUT OUT THAT PRELIMINARY NUMBER END OF THE YEAR AND IT'S ALWAYS REALLY HIGH AND PEOPLE LATCH ON TO THAT BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THOSE ARE REAL COSTS, REAL THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO AND JUST LIKE ANY OTHER HOUSEHOLD IN BLOOMINGTON WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST AND THEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR BUDGET AND SAY THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO CUT, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE AND SO WE'RE GOING TO FIX OUR ROOF. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE FOUNDATION STILL ISN'T CRACKED. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIX THAT EVENTUALLY. AND SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT STAFF IS DOING. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE PROGRAM BASED BUDGETING TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS DOWN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THAT BALANCE BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS OBVIOUSLY TO DO. THERE ARE FIRE TO PART FIRE BUILDINGS THAT STILL NEED TO BE UPDATED AND I'M STILL WAITING FOR FIRE STATION TWO TO GET UPDATED. THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF FIRES BY MY HOUSE AND I WISH FIRE STATION TWO WAS UPDATED BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE ON TIME AND SO I CAN SUPPORT THE 9.44. I THINK WE HAVE DONE SIGNIFICANT WORK TO GET TIME FOR FOR FOR I KNOW STAFF IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK TO DRIVE THIS NUMBER DOWN AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT WE HAVE COME UP IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU MAYOR. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK GETTING THIS NUMBER DOWN QUITE SUBSTANTIALLY. I, I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT LOTS OF ROCKS WERE OVERTURNED AND THERE WAS LOTS OF CREATIVE THINKING AND AND BRAINSTORMING AND SO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO THE PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING AND SEEING WHAT KIND OF IMPACT THAT THAT CAN HAVE ON OUR DECISION MAKING JUST AS WE LOOK FOR FURTHER WAYS TO REDUCE SPENDING AND FIND EFFICIENCIES. SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE 9.44% TONIGHT UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GOAL IS TO BRING IT DOWN EVEN FURTHER AND I JUST YOU KNOW, I'M STATING THE OBVIOUS FOR ALL OF US UP HERE BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE ONE ENTITY THAT IS TAXING RESIDENTS JUST ONE OF THEM. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE UTILITIES AND THE HRA AND THE PORT AND FRANCHISE FEES AND ALL THESE OTHER WAYS THAT PEOPLE ARE TAXED AND ALL OF THOSE ARE FOR THE MOST PART MOST OF THEM ARE GOING UP AND SO YOU KNOW, I, I, I HEAR YOU KNOW, I DURING OUR LAST SESSION IN AUGUST REALLY HEARD THE PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY'RE FEELING THE PRESSURE AND I AND I BELIEVE IT I THINK MOST OF US ARE RIGHT IN TERMS OF INCREASING COSTS I DON'T THINK ANY WELL I'M I SHOULDN'T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS THAT ANY OF US ARE PART OF THE 1% OR ANYTHING OF HERE. BUT LIKE I THINK WE'RE ALL FEELING THE INCREASING COSTS AND SO ON. SO I GUESS I JUST I SAY THAT OUT LOUD SO THAT PEOPLE WATCHING TONIGHT UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE KEEPING THAT IN MIND AND STAFF ARE KEEPING THAT IN MIND. MANY STAFF LIVE IN BLOOMINGTON SO THEY'RE ALSO EXPERIENCING, YOU KNOW, INCREASES IN COSTS AND NOT JUST FROM THE CITY BUT JUST IN GENERAL. AND SO I JUST IMPLORE STAFF TO CONTINUE TO DO THE HARD WORK AND AND AND FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN DO OUR BEST TO BRING THIS DOWN EVEN FURTHER. THANK YOU. WELL, COUNCIL AS WE HEARD THE THE BUDGET PROCESS CALENDAR WE'VE GOT OUR WE'RE SETTING OUR PRELIMINARY 2026 LEVY THIS EVENING TO MAKE THE POINT AGAIN THAT MISS CARLSON MADE THE CANNOT GO ANY HIGHER CAN ONLY COME DOWN AFTER PRELIMINARY LEVY IS SET BY STATE LAW I CAN ONLY COME DOWN IT CANNOT GO HIGHER. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON BUDGETS THROUGH THE FALL INTO OCTOBER. IN NOVEMBER WE WILL HAVE OUR TRUTH AND TAXATION PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER EIGHTH WITH THE GOAL OF DECEMBER 22ND BEING THE MEETING WHERE THE COUNCIL WOULD APPROVE THE FINAL 2026 TAX LEVY AND BUDGET ANYTHING ELSE COUNCIL IF NOT COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON ITEM 4.1 THIS EVENING. I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT MOTION. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THERE I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF PRELIMINARY ESTABLISHING A TAX LEVY FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON FOR THE YEAR OF 2026. SO MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOWE AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION PRELIMINARILY ESTABLISHING TAX LEVIES FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON FOR THE YEAR 2026. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND THE COUNCIL WITH THE THE SECOND ITEM IS ITEM 4.2. THIS IS THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE PRELIMINARY 2026 GENERAL FUND BUDGET WHICH WAS PART OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WE DID JUST HERE. I WILL LOOK FOR ACTION ITEM 4.2 COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN BARROW I MOVE A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A PRELIMINARY 2026 GENERAL FUND BUDGET MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWE AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING A PRELIMINARY 2026 GENERAL FUND BUDGET NO FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANKS TO THE TO THE ENTIRE STAFF BECAUSE I KNOW THE ENTIRE STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS BASICALLY SINCE JANUARY AND I'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THIS. PLEASE SHARE SPECIFIC THANKS TO OTHER MEMBERS OF YOUR STAFF WHO ARE REALLY CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS FOR US AND GETTING THIS WORK DONE AND LOOK FORWARD AS WE CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION INTO THE FALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, COUNCIL WILL HEAD INTO OUR SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS AND THESE ARE PUBLIC MEETINGS ALL RELATED TO ASSESSMENTS AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ITEM 4.3. OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON A PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENT ASSESSMENT. BUT IF I'M RECALLING THIS PRESENTATION IN THE PAST WE'D ROLL THEM ALL TOGETHER AND JUST KIND OF POWER ON THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND THEN HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS INDIVIDUALLY MAYOR AND COUNCIL BUT WE HAVE A CURRENTLY SCHEDULED THAT THE THROUGHOUT THE POWERPOINT A DIFFERENT POWERPOINT THAT SORRY THAT WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AS WE GO THROUGH OKAY VERY GOOD SO IT IS ALL OF THE ASSESSMENTS AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF ASSESSMENTS. WE HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT TYPES THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING FORTH TO COUNCIL TONIGHT AND I'LL JUST GO RIGHT TO THE DEFINITIONS OF WHAT EACH ONE OF THEM ARE. SO IN THE PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENTS THESE ARE PROPERTY CONDITIONS DECLARED TO BE NUISANCE AFFECTING PUBLIC PEACE, WELFARE AND SAFETY. WE ALSO HAVE TREE REMOVALS THAT'S FOR REMOVAL OF DEAD AND DISEASE TREES AND COUNCIL. WE CREATED A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ASSESSMENT MODEL A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK AND YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE TAKING THE THREE YEAR, THE FIVE YEAR AND THE TEN YEAR MODEL DEPENDING ON THE PRICE OF THOSE THIS TREE REMOVALS THERE'S WEEDS AND BRUSH WHICH IS THE MOWING AND WEEDS AND BRUSH REMOVAL TYPE ASSESSMENTS THE DELINQUENT UTILITIES AND THAT'S IN THE WATER SEWER STORM DRAIN, GARBAGE RECYCLING AND ORGANICS AND THEN IN THE CIVIL FIND AREA OUR NORMAL PROCESS IS TO ACCUMULATE ALL THE DATA ON ALL OF THESE TYPES OF ASSESSMENTS AND LETTERS ARE MAILED OUT JULY 1ST FOR ALL OF THOSE AND THEN THOSE STILL ARE UNPAID FOR AUGUST 14TH THOSE ARE LISTED IN THE SUN CURRENT AND THOSE PUBLICATION INFORMATION WAS PUT IN THE PACKET FOR THE COUNCIL. THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ON AUGUST 27TH AND THERE WAS SIX DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT WERE BROUGHT BEFORE THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING. JUDGE AND I'LL GO THROUGH THOSE AS WE FINISH EACH SECTION AND THEN TONIGHT IS A COUNCIL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PUBLIC HEARING FOR ALL FIVE OF THESE AREAS AND THEN NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 3RD THE CITY CLERK WILL CERTIFY THE LIST OF UNPAID ASSESSMENTS IN EACH OF THESE AREAS TO THE COUNTY. AND SO FIRST UP IS THE PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENT AREA AND IN THAT AREA THERE WERE 14 CUSTOMERS FOR A TOTAL OF JUST UNDER $6,000. ONE OF THOSE CUSTOMERS OF THE 14 DID APPEAR AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING AND THE OUTCOME WAS RECOMMENDATION FOR FULL ASSESSMENT OF THAT AMOUNT TO THE ASSESSMENT ROLLS. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT NUISANCE ABATEMENT? LET'S START FIRST COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION LEADING UP TO THIS? JUST THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ASSESSMENTS IN THE AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENT ITEM 4.3 THIS EVENING? VERY GOOD. WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING THEN. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING IN ITEM 4.3 PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENT ASSESSMENT. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.3 THIS EVENING? ANYONE REALLY DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE THIS EVENING? >> MAYOR WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ON LINE. LAST CALL FOR ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS TO SPEAK TIME 4.3 COUNSEL NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE CHAMBERS. NO ONE ON THE PHONE. I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN ITEM 4.3 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON A 4.3 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO WITH COUNCILMEMBER OR HAVING STEPPED AWAY COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT AND 4.3 IF NOT COUNCIL I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ASSESSMENT RULE FOR PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENT MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO ADOPT THEESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ASSESSMENT RULE FOR PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENTS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND A 4.4. MAYOR AND COUNCIL THIS ITEM IS ON TREE REMOVAL AND ON TREE REMOVAL THERE ARE SIX PROPERTIES FOR JUST UNDER $28,000 OF THOSE SIX PROPERTIES TWO OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE LOOKING AT A THREE YEAR LEVY. THREE PROPERTIES ARE LOOKING AT THE FIVE YEAR LEVY AND ONE PROPERTY IS LOOKING AT THE TEN YEAR LEVY AND AT THAT COUNCIL . ANY QUESTIONS ON THE TREE REMOVAL CUSTOMER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THE THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS ABOUT THE THE THE OPPORTUNITY WE WE PASSED A WHILE BACK TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET HELP WITH TREE REMOVAL AND HAVE IT PUT ON THEIR ASSESSMENT. IS THAT CORRECT? DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER D'ALESSANDRO YES. OKAY. PRIOR TO THE AMENDMENTS OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE TREE REMOVAL IT WAS A ONE YEAR PERIOD FOR THE FULL COST PLUS INTEREST. THIS IS A SIMILAR INTEREST AND IT IS NOW AT A3A5 AND A TEN YEAR TIME. SO DEPENDING ON THE PRICE OF A NUMBER OF TREES THAT THEY HAD TO HAVE REMOVED IN THEIR YARD ,WE ARE SETTING UP A NEW PROCESS FOR THEM SO IT'S THE SECOND YEAR OR THIRD YEAR THAT WE'VE I COULDN'T REMEMBER IT WAS THE SECOND YEAR THIRD YEAR YOU HAVE GREAT IS THAT WERE THERE ANY PEOPLE THERE'S NOBODY THAT WE REJECT FROM THIS PROGRAM. CORRECT. AND SO AT SIX PEOPLE CHOSE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM IS ANOTHER WAY TO SAY THAT IF WE HAVE SIX PEOPLE ON THIS ROLL RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOBODY THAT WE WOULD HAVE REJECTED FROM THIS PROCESS, CORRECT? >> MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER ELIZONDO THAT IS CORRECT. AND IF THEY WERE TO TAKE FOR EXAMPLE IF SOMEONE HAD THEIR TREE REMOVED IN THE FALL OF 24 ,THEY COULD HAVE PAID OFF THAT AMOUNT PRIOR TO MOVING FORWARD TODAY. SO THEY WOULD HAVE HAD NINE MONTHS TO PAY IT OFF TO. SURE UNDERSTOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL IF NOT I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ITEM 4.4 THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING TREE REMOVAL ASSESSMENTS. ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO AND 4.4 THIS EVENING PRIYANKA ANYONE ON THE PHONE? MAYOR WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ON LINE IN THE CHAMBERS LAST CHANCE FOR ANYBODY SPEAKING TO ITEM 4.4 NO ONE COMING FORWARD COUNCIL NO ONE ON THE PHONE I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN 4.4 SO A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN 4.4 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO SO COUNCIL I'M GOING TO LOOK FOR MOTIONS ON THESE THREE THINGS AND I'M GOING TO TELL EVERYBODY UPFRONT THAT I WILL BE ABSTAINING ON THE SECOND MOTION FOR THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE FOUR THE FIVE YEAR LEVY BECAUSE MY ADDRESS IS ON THAT LIST FOR A FIVE YEAR LEVY. I HAD TWO BIG TREES TAKEN DOWN LAST YEAR AND USING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAY FOR IT OVER FIVE YEARS AS OPPOSED TO ONE. SO JUST TO TALK TO TALK ABOUT THAT UPFRONT. SO BUT I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION NOW UNLESS THERE'S ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR THE DELINQUENT TREE REMOVAL COSTS FOR A THREE YEAR LEVY NUMBER. SO MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND MY COUNCILMEMBER TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR DELINQUENT TREE REMOVAL COSTS IN THE THREE YEAR LEVY NOW FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. I ALSO WOULD LOOK FOR MOTION NOW TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ASSESSMENT ROLL CALL FOR DELINQUENT TREE REMOVAL COSTS FOR A FIVE YEAR LEVY SO OF MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER WILSON SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ASSESSMENT RULE FOR DELINQUENT TREE REMOVAL COSTS FOR A FIVE YEAR LEVY ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED AND THE MAYOR WILL ABSTAIN FROM THAT SO IT PASSES WITH A SIX VOTE AND FINALLY COUNCIL I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR DELINQUENT TREE REMOVAL COST FOR A TEN YEAR LEVY SO SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ASSESSMENT RULE FOR DELINQUENT TREE REMOVAL COSTS FOR THE TEN YEAR LEVY. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 4.5 A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING WEED BRUSH REMOVAL ASSESSMENTS MISS ECONOMY SHORT WE DID A LITTLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WE DID A LITTLE DIGGING INTO THE WEEDS AND BRUSH AND AS YOU SEE THE THIRD LINE DOWN IN THE CHART OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN 12 REPEATERS OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PROPERTIES INVOLVED IN THOSE THREE YEAR PERIOD OF 114 PROPERTIES. 12 OF THOSE HAVE HAD BEEN REPEATED OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. AND THEN ON THE WEEDS AND BRUSH THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 49 PROPERTIES FOR A TOTAL OF JUST OVER 20,000. ONE OF THOSE PROPERTIES WAS AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING AND FOR THAT SPECIFIC PROPERTY THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO NOT ASSESS FOR THAT ONE PROPERTY. SO THAT WAS THE INFORMATION ON WEEDS AND BRUSH REMOVAL COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ITEM 4.5 WEED IN BRUSH REMOVAL? FOR THE RECORD MY YARD IS LOOKING SHAGGY BUT I'M NOT ON THIS LIST JUST SO I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR. OKAY I HAVE A QUESTION COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS FINALLY WHAT ABOUT THE NO MORE MAY I ALWAYS GET A LETTER FROM THE CITY BECAUSE THEY LET IT GROW IN MAY BUT I DO IT JUST WHEN I GET I THINK AS LONG AS YOU AS YOU MOW AFTER YOU GET THE LETTER I THINK YOU'RE FINE. COUNCILMEMBER DO I SAY SO? IT'S GOOD. I USUALLY WAIT UNTIL THE END. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW AND ITEM 4.5 THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING WEED AND BRUSH REMOVAL ASSESSMENTS. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO IN 4.5 THIS EVENING? REALLY? ANYONE ON THE PHONE? MAYOR WE HAVE NO ONE ON LINE. LAST CALL IN THE CHAMBERS COUNCIL. NO ONE COMING FORWARD, NO ONE ON THE PHONE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.5. I WOULD LOOK FOR A PUBLIC I WOULD LOOK FOR A COUNCIL MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.5 SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIVAS SECOND MY COUNCILMEMBER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ITEM 4.5 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR GO COUNCILMEMBER LOMO A QUESTION JUST A REAL QUICK JUST STEVE AND I JUST WANT TO LET STAFF KNOW SO I CAN'T REMEMBER THIS IS JUST TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC. OH RIGHT. SORRY. THANK YOU. JUST TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC. YEAH, I'M SORRY I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF. THE MOTION IN A SECOND CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO QUESTIONS ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT. JUST THE STAFF THAT CROSSED REALLY ALL THESE ITEMS INCLUDING THIS ONE HERE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT IS THERE CONCENTRATION OR PATTERNS OF OF OF DELINQUENCY ACROSS THESE THINGS? WE JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU RESPONDING THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO KEEP ASKING THAT EVERY SINGLE YEAR AS I COME UP THERE SO I APPRECIATE STAFF'S WILLINGNESS TO TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THAT'S A QUESTION THAT THAT SOME FOLKS HAVE WHEN THEY LOOK AT THAT AND I HAVE BEEN ASKED THAT BEFORE HOW DOES THAT LOOK AND IS OR CONCENTRATIONS OF THESE THINGS SO I WANTED TO APPRECIATE THE STAFF'S ABILITY TO RESPOND IF YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER LOWE AND IT DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS THAT COME IN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TO GO ON REVIEW SO BASED OFF OF THAT ANY FURTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS ON THIS QUESTIONS? IF NOT AND THEN 4.5 COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION ADOPTING . MR. MAYOR I APOLOGIZE I HAD A QUESTION AND I ARE A COMMENT AND I DIDN'T GET YOU IN MY LINE OF SIGHT IN TIME. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I APOLOGIZE. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, APOLOGIES FOR INTERRUPTING YOU SO THIS THIS PARTICULAR ITEM HAS BEEN A REPEAT LIKE A REALLY ACTIVE ISSUE IN BLOOMINGTON THIS YEAR AND AND I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THESE NUMBERS ACCURATELY REFLECT THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAS TO HAVE BEEN DONE THIS YEAR ON THIS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM BY BY STAFF TO TRY TO HELP OUR OUR NEIGHBORS KIND OF CORRAL THIS PROBLEM. AND SO I, I DON'T KNOWY COMMENT IS SIMPLY THAT AN INTRIGUING TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT THAT EVERYBODY BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR HELPS THIS WHOLE THING OUT. RIGHT. I ALMOST POSITIVE THAT FOR THESE NUMBERS THAT ARE HERE THE NUMBER OF PROBABLY WAS TRIPLED EXCEPT THAT THE THE TEAM DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO WORK WITH PEOPLE AND SEND OUT CREWS AND DO THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO TO HELP. SO TO THAT EXTENT, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT WANT US TO CONSIDER MAYBE HAVE A RELOOKING AT THIS WHOLE PROGRAM TO SEE IF WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE AS A CITY ON THIS ISSUE. SO I'LL THROW THAT OUT THERE AS A GENERAL COMMENT WE CAN GET TO AS WE THINK ABOUT 2026 PRIORITIES. THANKS YOU MEMBER AND WITH THAT HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION OR HAPPY TO APPROVE THE MOTION AS YOU STATED COUNCILMEMBER THE THE MOTION WAS TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ASSESSMENT RULE F WHEAT AND BRUSH REMOVAL COSTS SO MOVED SO MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ASSESSMENT RULE FOR WHEAT AND BRUSH REMOVAL COSTS NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM 4.6 ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING THIS REGARDING DELINQUENT WATER SEWER STORMWATER DRAINAGE, GARBAGE RECYCLING AND ORGANICS ASSESSMENTS IN THIS ECONOMY SHULER MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE DELINQUENT ASSESSMENTS FOR THE UTILITIES THIS CHART HERE REPRESENTS FIVE YEARS OF A LOOK BACK TO SEE WHO ARE REPEAT CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE A BRING IT TO AN ASSESSMENT LETTER IN JULY OF THE THE POINTS ON THE LIST THERE THERE ARE 94 OF PROPERTIES IN BLOOMINGTON THAT ARE CONSISTENTLY ON THE FIVE YEAR ROLL HERE OF NOT NOT PAYING THEIR BILL DURING THE YEAR AND HAVING US BRING IT TO ASSESSMENTS PROCESS. SO JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE 94 OF THEM OUT THERE AND THEY'RE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE ENTIRE CITY AND SO ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE THERE ARE 876 PROPERTIES AT THE END OF AUGUST THAT WERE STILL OUTSTANDING FOR A TOTAL OF JUST UNDER $1,100,000 OF OUTSTANDING. NO ONE IN THIS CATEGORY HAD REQUESTED AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING AND NO ONE APPEARED AT THAT ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING. AND SO ALL OF THE INFORMATION ON ALL THOSE ASSESSMENTS DID GET PUBLISHED AND YOU SEE ALL OF THOSE PAGES IN YOUR PACKET. THANK YOU MISS ECONOMY SHOULDERS. SO YOU SHOWED US THE REPEAT OFFENDERS JUST FROM A GENERAL IDEA HOW DO WE STAND THIS YEAR AS OPPOSED TO LAST YEAR OR PREVIOUS YEAR JUST IN TERMS OF GENERAL NUMBERS WITHIN A COUNCIL PACKET I BELIEVE IT'S ON PAGE 173 YOU HAVE THE STATISTICS FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS OF DATA EACH YEAR IT'S GROWN ABOUT IN DOLLAR AMOUNT ABOUT 15% IN INDIVIDUAL AMOUNTS IT'S ABOUT A 1 TO 2% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PROPERTIES THAT HAVE ADDED EACH YEAR. GENERALLY SINCE GARBAGE HAS COME UP THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS HAVE GROWN UP A LOT SINCE GARBAGE CAME ON IN 2016. THANK YOU COUNSEL. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? IF NOT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MISS ECONOMY. SURELY THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING THAT IN 4.6 DELINQUENT WATER SEWER, STORMWATER DRAINAGE AND GARBAGE RECYCLING AND ORGANICS ASSESSMENTS ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TEN AND 4.6 THIS EVENING PRERECORDED WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE MAYOR WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ONLINE ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS COUNCIL. NO ONE IN THE CHAMBERS COMING FORWARD. NO ONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK. I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT IN 4.6 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN 4.6 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CONSTANTLY COMMENTS ON THIS QUESTIONS AND I THINK TO BRING UP SCANNING CAREFULLY SO AS NOT TO MISS ANYONE. ALL RIGHT IF NOT I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR DELINQUENT WATER SEWER STORMWATER DRAINAGE, GARBAGE RECYCLING AND ORGANICS UTILITY CHARGES MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OR ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ASSESSMENT ROLL ON UTILITIES AS OUTLINED IN ITEM 4.6 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND ITEM 4.7 AS ECONOMY SHOULDER MAYOR THIS IS THE FINAL ASSESSMENT FOR A CIVIL FINES AND PROPERTY RELATED VIOLATIONS. THERE ARE 116 PROPERTIES INVOLVED FOR JUST UNDER $163,000 FOR THOSE PROPERTIES DID APPEAR AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING AND THE JUDGE RECOMMENDED FULL ASSESSMENT ON THOSE FOUR THAT CAME BEFORE THEM. COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS IN THIS ECONOMY? SHOULDER IN THIS ONE NO QUESTIONS. THANKS MUCH. WE WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AT AN END 4.7 THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE CIVIL FINES FOR PROPERTY RELATED VIOLATION ASSESSMENTS SO ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.7 THIS EVENING PLEASE COME ON UP AND AS YOU CE UP I WILL THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING AND STICKING IT OUT AND LET YOU KNOW AS WE RUN OUR PUBLIC HEARING WHAT I'LL NEED YOU TO DO IS IDENTIFY YOURSELF AS YOU START. AND SPEAKING OF THE MICROPHONE, WE DO LIMIT EACH COMMENT IN PUBLIC HEARINGS TO FIVE MINUTES AND WE'VE GOT THE SHOT CLOCK ON THE WALL TO TO KEEP TRACK OF YOU AND WHEN YOU HIT FIVE MINUTES I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CUT YOU OFF NOT BECAUSE I'M BECAUSE I MEAN BUT I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. SO GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. THANK YOU. I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE SO HOPEFULLY I DON'T SCREW UP. YOU'RE DOING GREAT. SO FAR. WELL DONE. MY NAME IS JEREMY HEALD IN ONE OF MY MY HOUSE IS ONE OF THE ONES ON THE LIST. I HAVE A GARAGE IN NEED OF SOME REPAIR AND I CAME I WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT HAD THE HEARING AND TRIED TO PLEAD MY CASE AND I FELT LIKE MY FATE WAS SEALED BEFORE I EVEN GOT IN THE DOOR. IT WAS REALLY AGGRAVATING. I HAD MADE MY INTENT CLEAR THAT I WANT TO REPLACE THE GARAGE AND IN MY EVIDENCE THAT I GAVE I HAD PLANS THAT I HAD BROUGHT UP QUOTES I HAD GOTTEN QUOTES, I HAD SIGNED OFF ON THAT I THEN GOT FINED FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO COMPLETE BECAUSE I HIT THIS MASSIVE ROADBLOCK WHEN IT CAME TO GETTING THE NEW GARAGE PERMITTED AND THERE IS LITTLE IF NOTHING TO HELP SOMEONE WITH NO EXPERIENCE AND NAVIGATE THESE WATERS OF GETTING A REPLACEMENT DWELLING PERMITTED AND I BEGGED FOR SOMEONE TO COME TO MY HOUSE AND MAKE THE GARAGE I WANT EXISTS THREE DOORS DOWN WOULD LOOK FINE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OH BUT IT DOESN'T MEET CODE. YOU'VE GOT TO MOVE IT. WHAT I WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE DONE TO BUILD MY GARAGE WOULD HAVE DECIMATED MY PROPERTY VALUE BECAUSE I LIVE ON A CORNER AND I WOULD HAVE HAD TO MOVE MY GARAGE BACK 1T BASICALLY MAKING MY HOUSE AND MY GARAGE PARALLEL ELIMINATE MY BACK YARD AND I HAVE KIDS. I NEED THAT BACKYARD. AND I EVEN EXPLAINED IN MY HEARING I LOST MY JOB IN FEBRUARY. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THE FINE RIGHT NOW. I JUST GOT A HOLD OF MY WATER BILL BEFORE BEFORE I CAME HERE. YOU KNOW, MONEY IS IS TIGHT RIGHT NOW. SO I WAS ASKING FOR SOME COMPASSION AND INGENUITY AND KNOWING THAT SOME HELP YOU KNOW, I EVEN ASK LIKE WAIT, WHY DON'T YOU CALL PEOPLE WHY DO YOU JUST DO ALL THIS STUFF FOR A MAIL? AND I GOT A SNARKY COMMENT THAT OH WE HAVE OVER 200 OF THESE A YEAR. THAT'S ONE PHONE CALL A DAY. SOMEONE HAS CALLED ME SAID HEY, WE KNOW IT'S NOT FIXED. WHAT'S GOING ON? I COULD HAVE WORKED WITH SOMEONE. INSTEAD I GET A LETTER WHEN IT'S TOO LATE AND THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION OUT THAT THE INDIVIDUAL I WON'T NAME NAMES BUT THE PERSON TAKING THE PICTURES IS REALLY KIND OF CREEPY. THEY PARKED ON THE STREET, TOOK A DIAGONAL PICTURE OF MY HOUSE IN MY GARAGE INCLUDING MY DAUGHTER'S BEDROOM. YOU KNOW, JUST KNOCK ON THE DOOR, ASK TAKE PICTURE NOTHING BUT TO SIT THERE AND PLAY LIKE PRIVATE EYE AND TAKE PICTURES FROM YOUR CAR AND SLOG THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS THAT'S JUST WEIRD, YOU KNOW, I'VE I'M TRYING YOU KNOW I WANT TO REPLACE THE GARAGE. I GOT A QUOTE TO REPLACE IT. I GOT TO HAVE A QUOTE TO GET IT FIXED AND T PERSON I WENT THROUGH TO GET IT FIXED JUST GOES TO ME. THEY START RESPONDING TO PHONE CALLS. THEY STOPPED RESPONDING TO MY TEXT MESSAGES. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE STILL IN BUSINESS ANYMORE BUT THESE THINGS ALSO AREN'T THE EASIEST TO DO BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE VENDORS HAVE EXISTING PLANS EITHER THEY'RE ALREADY CONTRACTED TO DO OTHER WORK. I CAN'T SAY WELL I NEED YOU NOW. I HAVE TO GET ON THEIR LIST AND IT WENT AS FAR AS WHEN I WAS TRYING TO GET THE GARAGE REPAIRED THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS SCHEDULED FOR I THINK IT WAS THE 30TH OF OCTOBER AND IT SNOWED. WELL, YOU CAN'T PAINT IN THE SNOW. YOU CAN'T CLIMB ON THE ROOF OF THE GARAGE IN THE SNOW. SO THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO. SECOND TIME WAS IN NOVEMBER AND IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER NOVEMBER LAST YEAR IT RAINED MORE OFTEN THAN NOT IN NOVEMBER AGAIN I COULDN'T GET THE WORK DONE AND THEY'RE JUST I WAS I WAS FRUSTRATED IF I HAD ANY HAIR I HAD BEEN BLOWING IT OUT WAS LIKE IT SAID THEY WANTED TO WORK WITH ME. THEY WERE JUST POINTING THEIR FINGER AT ME AND BASICALLY TREATING ME LIKE GARBAGE. MR. ODEON, LET ME ASK WHAT IS YOUR ADDRESS AND HOW MUCH IS THE THE ASSESSMENT OR THE FINE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE? ADDRESS 8444 EMERSON AVENUE SOUTH RIGHT ACROSS FROM BRYANT PARK THAT THEY'RE RETROFITTING AT THIS POINT THAT ALSO MIGHT HAVE PLAYED AN ISSUE AS WELL BECAUSE THEY GENERATED A LOT OF DUST WHEN THEY WERE DIGGING UP THAT PARK AND I'M LITERALLY RIGHT ON THE CORNER ACROSS FROM ONE OF THE PONDS. COULD YOU PAINT WITH ALL THAT DUST IN THE AIR OR WOULD I HAVE A PERMANENTLY DIRTY GARAGE? FINE WAS FOR $500 AND I CALLED RIGHT AWAY WHEN I GOT THE EMAIL BECAUSE I GOT AN EMAIL BEFORE I EVEN GOT THE LETTER IN THE MAIL AND I CALLED RIGHT AWAY AND THEY SAID THEY'RE NOT THERE CAN DO. I EXPLAINED MY SITUATION AND THEY LACKED ANOTHER $50 ON THERE FOR NONPAYMENT AND I'M LIKE WELL I CAN'T PULL THE MONEY OUT OF THIN AIR. YOU KNOW IT'S GOTTEN SO TOUGH TO BE HONEST WITH THE COUNCIL AND I KNOW MY TIME WAS ALMOST RUNNING OUT BUT MY DAUGHTER GOT KICKED OUT OF HER SUMMER CARE PROGRAM BECAUSE I COULDN'T AFFORD TO PAY FOR IT. NOW IT'S TOUGH OUT THERE FOR EVERYONE. I'M SURE YOU GUYS KNOW THAT YOU HEAR A LOT OF STORIES BUT I WOULD REALLY HOPE THAT THE CITY WOULD SET SOME UP TO HELP PEOPLE NAVIGATE THESE THINGS BETTER AND NOT JUST THE THREATS IN THE EMAIL LIKE TALK TO PEOPLE, WORK WITH PEOPLE I'D LOVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW I WAS EXCITED TO GET THIS NEW GARAGE AND MY HOPES AND DREAMS GOT DASHED WHEN YOU SAID YOU WENT BEFORE THE ALJ THE YOU WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS RIGHT FOR YOU RIGHT. AND WHAT WAS THEIR RESPONSE WHEN YOU I'M ASSUMING YOU TOLD THEM WHAT YOU JUST TOLD US. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HEARING ON THE 20 V HEARING, YES. YEAH. I TOLD THEM EVERYTHING I HAD MY EVIDENCE. I SHOWED THEM PICTURES OF THE GARAGE. WHY I WANTED TO TEAR IT DOWN THE QUOTES I GOT EVERYTHING LIKE THAT AND IT WAS JUST HE SAID PLENTY OF TIME. FIND THEM? MM HMM. MM HMM. ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. ODIN HERE? COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, DO YOU HAVE ANY COPIES OF THAT INFORMATION? YES. I BROUGHT THE PACKET WITH ME. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, A FEW QUESTIONS. WELL, NOT WELL. YEAH. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO COUNCIL TONIGHT. I KNOW THIS IS NOT EASY. WE HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ON THE PHONE. I I HAVE EXPLICIT UNDERSTANDING OF THE AREA THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE IN MY PATCH I KNOW THAT WE HAVE MR. MAYOR, I KNOW THAT MY I GUESS MY QUESTION I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT I DON'T HAVE IT EXPLICITLY FOR THEM MAYBE FOR OUR PROCESS DID WE DID WE HAVE BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO DOING WORK ON LIKE CORNER LOT RETRIEVAL SHOPPING AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF WAS THAT OF CONSIDERATION AS PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT TO BE HAD ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY OR WAS THAT NOT RELATED IN ANY WAY TO IN OTHER WORDS WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT HOW THESE CORNER LOTS CAN BE IMPACTED SO WE'RE JUST OUR CODE DOESN'T WORK GREAT ON CORNER LOTS WE ALREADY KNOW THIS THAT'S WHY PLANNING IS DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT WAS A FACTOR AND COULD IT BE A FACTOR IN UNDERSTANDING THE PARTICULAR PLIGHT HERE CONSIDERING THIS IS A CORNER LOT AND I GUESS I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. >> I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY WERE USING AS A THE RATIONALE OF THE ASSESSMENT AND HOW THEY WERE LOOKING AT IT AND THAT THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION THOUGH BECAUSE YES, WE DO HAVE TROUBLE WITH CORNER LOTS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. WE HAVE TROUBLE BLOCK TO BLOCK WITH INCONSISTENCIES WHICH YOU KNOW, DRIVES EVERYBODY CRAZY. I CAN TELL THE OTHER PIECE OF PIECE OF THIS, MR. MAYOR, THAT I KNOW WE HAVE WE WE HAVE LONG STANDING LEASE SAID THAT WE HAVE A PROGRAM WITHIN I THINK IT'S WITHIN THE HRA OF PROVIDING LOANS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT TO HELP PEOPLE WITH THEIR REFURBISHMENTS WHEN THEY CAN'T DO IT ON THEIR OWN. MY QUESTION WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WAS THAT PRESENTED AS AN OPPORTUNITY AS PART OF THE HEARING FOR THIS PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, RESIDENT OR IN GENERAL DO WE OFFER THAT AS PART OF, YOU KNOW, AN ABATEMENT STRATEGY AS OPPOSED TO JUST FINING PEOPLE AND LEAVING THEM TO THEIR OWN DEVICES? I'M SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER. I'LL ADMIT I WAS THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. MY POSSIBILITIES HERE SO YOU'RE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND I APPRECIATE THAT. THE SECOND PART OF MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT WE HAVE PROGRAM I BELIEVE WITHIN THE HRA THAT OFFERS LOW COST OR YOU KNOW BETTER RATE LOANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR PEOPLE TO HELP WITH HOME IMPROVEMENT. MY QUESTION IS DO WE OFFER THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY? IS OPPOSED TO JUST FINING PEOPLE AND LEAVING THEM TO THEIR OWN DEVICES AS PART OF THIS MITIGATION STRATEGY? >> DO WE OFFER THAT TO THOSE FOLKS DURING THIS PROCESS? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE OFFER THAT SPECIFICALLY. I THINK THE HRA HOME IMPROVEMENT LOANS ARE SEPARATE THAN THIS. BUT I MEAN IT'S AN INTERESTING THOUGHT TO PERHAPS BRING THE TWO TOGETHER. >> I WOULD MUCH PREFER TO OFFER A SOLUTION RATHER THAN JUST A PUNISHMENT IF WE HAVE ONE READILY AVAILABLE EVEN IF IT'S IN A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT TO CONSIDER EMPLOYMENT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS DIRECTLY OF MR. ODEON HERE OR I'VE GOT A PROCESS QUESTION OKAY THEN WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IF AT ALL POSSIBLE IF WE COULD COUNSEL IF WE COULD CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND UNLESS THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE. SO I DO I GUESS I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. HE HAS MATERIALS THERE THAT AND I'D LIKE TO YEAH, YEAH. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ONE SO MOVED MOTION IN THE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER D'ALESSANDRO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT IN 4.7 THAT'S THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING CIVIL FINES FOR PROPERTY RELATED VIOLATION ASSESSMENTS. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. NOW AS YOU START TALKING ABOUT POSSIBILITIES COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SO MY QUESTION IS JUST SO I HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS WORKS WE ALREADY HAD THE THE THE HEARING THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE BEFORE. SO IS OUR ROLE HERE TONIGHT WE END UP IN AN APPEALS PROCESS HERE. CAN WE APPEAL THAT THAT PROCESS? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND ,YOU KNOW, IS IT QUASI JUDICIAL WHAT WHAT CAN WE DO WHAT WHAT ROLE CAN WE PLAY IN THIS PARTICULAR THING? JUST TRYING TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN. I JUST WANT TO BE CAREFUL WHAT WE'RE DOING IS MANDATORY CAN YOU HELP US HERE? >> SURE. MAYOR MEMBERS SO THIS IS THIS PARTICULAR PART OF THE PROCESS IS ABOUT ASSESSING IT TO THE TO THE TAX ROLL. IT'S THE CONCLUSION OF OF A LONGER PROCESS THAT STARTS WITH THE H AND THEN THERE ARE CITATIONS AND THEN YOU CAN APPEAL THEM AND THEN THE ASSESSMENT HEARING IS THE SECOND TO THE LAST STEP THAT HAPPENS WHEN EACH STAFF G AND PRESENT THEIR EVIDENCE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING OFFICER ARE WE HAVE A MEMBER OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S STAFF THAT BASICALLY MAKES THE CASE AND THEN THE HEARING OFFICER DECIDES AND SO YOU SAW PREVIOUS ONES. THERE WAS ONE CASE WHERE THE WHERE THE MATTER CAME OR THE PROPERTY CAME OFF SO IN THIS INSTANCE THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION FOR THE COUNCIL. THEY COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BALANCE OF THE ROLL AND SIMPLY REMOVE THIS PROPERTY AND DIRECT STAFF TO MEET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND TALK THROUGH SOME OPTIONS OR WHATEVER ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE US TO DO AND THEN WE COULD BRING BACK BRING IT BACK IF NECESSARY. >> SO I LIKE THAT LAST OPTION BECAUSE I'M JUST I'M REALLY NERVOUS ABOUT NOT HAVING THE DETAILS UP HERE TODAY AND TRYING TO MAKE A DECISION AND SO I'D RATHER JUST TAKE THIS OFF OF THERE. SURE. IF WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST BUT BUT I WOULD FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE IF WE DID THAT TO GET THIS OFF OF THE AND THEN MOVE EVERYTHING ELSE FORWARD AND COUNCIL MEMBER OTHER THOUGHTS ON THIS COUNCIL DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE FOR WHEN WE WOULD GET RESOLUTION TO THE GENTLEMAN'S PROBLEM IF WE DID THAT FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK WE COULD SET THAT IN HIS MOTION. >> MAYOR MEMBERS THE THE OPTIONS WITHIN OUR GIVEN PROCESS AND I KNOW NEVER NO ONE EVER WANTS TO HEAR THIS BUT THE OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE GROW OUT OF THE POLICY THAT YOU ALL ADOPTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. >> THE THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE THERE AREN'T A LOT OF OPTIONS FOR US TO GIVE DEFERRALS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THERE IN VERY LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES. SO ANY SORT OF ACTION THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT AT THE STAFF LEVEL AT THIS STAGE IS REALLY SORT OF A PROBLEM SOLVING STAGE AT THIS POINT WE DON'T HAVE SORT OF A NEAT POLICY THAT THIS FITS INTO SO IF YOU LIKE TO GIVE YOU A REPORT BACK SAY AT THE LAST MEETING OF THE MONTH OR WHAT SORT OF REPORTING DEADLINE TO THE COUNTY MAYOR MEMBERS I WAS JUST ASKING THE CFO WHEN A REPORTING DEADLINE TO THE COUNTY IS FOR THE ASSESSMENT ROLLS. OKAY. SO MAY REMEMBERS WE COULD HAVE THIS COME BACK. THANK YOU, LARRY. WE CAN HAVE THIS COME BACK AT THE END OF THE MONTH IF THAT WOULD WORK WITH THE REPORT OUT AND THEN IF IF AT THAT TIME IT MADE SENSE TO PUT IT ON THE ROLL, YOU WOULD SELL THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. >> THANK YOU, COUNSEL. THANK YOU MS. MENTION SO COUNCIL GIVEN WHAT WE HAVE HEARD AND WHAT WE WE DON'T KNOW GIVEN THE THE INFORMATION THAT MR. ODIN HAS AND THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SEE, I WOULD FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE IF WE WOULD DO WE WOULD PULL OFF 84 OR 44 EMERSON FOR STAFF REVIEW PROBLEM SOLVING AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL NO LATER THAN THE LAST MEETING OF THE MONTH HERE SEPTEMBER 26TH, EIGHTH 29TH TO THE LAST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER AND DIRECT STAFF TO WORK TO WORK WITH MR. ODIN TO PROBLEM SOLVE AS BEST AS POSSIBLE HERE BUT THEN WITH THE IDEA THAT WE APPROVE THE REST OF THE OF THE ASSESSMENTS IN ITEM 4.7, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION TO THAT SECOND IDEA MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS MISS VANDER SHADOW ARE WE SAFE WITH THAT MOTION? >> I MAY REMEMBER YES. I THINK EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WE'RE ADOPTING THE ASSESSMENT ROLL EXCEPT 8444 EMERSON AND YOU'RE DIRECTING STAFF TO COME BACK WITH AN UPDATE AT THE END OF THE MONTH, CORRECT? COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SO JUST SO I'M CLEAR, IT'S JUST WHAT I THOUGHT I HEARD WAS THAT THERE ISN'T A WHOLE LOT FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE THAT CAN BE DONE IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT. I MIGHT UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY A MAYOR MEMBERS AT A STAFF LEVEL THERE ARE LESS OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO US THAN AT THE POLICY LEVEL MATTER ARE AT THE POLICY LEVEL RATHER AND SO WE'LL JUST DO A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE INFORMATION AND SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH ANY PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE HRA OR YOU KNOW AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THERE ISN'T ANYTHING AVAILABLE AND WE'LL JUST WE'LL DO SOME MORE DIGGING. >> WE JUST DON'T WANT TO I WILL SAY COUNCILMEMBER, IT'S POSSIBLE AS WE AS STAFF DOES A BIT MORE OF A DEEPER DIVE INTO THIS IT COULD COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THE SPECIFIC PROPERTY ON THIS ASSESSMENT ROLL IS IS IMPORTANT OR NOT. I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE FOLKS LEAVING HERE THINKING THAT THE SUN CERTAIN WAS GOING TO HAPPEN SO I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MR. RODINO, YOU'RE CLEAR AS TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. YES. GREAT. WE'VE GOT A MOTION IN THE SECOND. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. IF YOU COULD WORK WITH STAFF, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION HERE. OKAY. SOLUTION TO THIS. DO I NEED TO GIVE THIS TO SOMEONE? THIS THIS WAS GIVEN ME BY THE CITY SO I BELIEVE THE CITY SHOULD HAVE ALL THE RECORDS. THIS ONE IS A LITTLE ODD BECAUSE SOMETHING GOT MISFILED AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF PAPERS IN THERE ABOUT SOMEONE WITH TOO MANY CARS IN THEIR DRIVEWAY. WHICH WAS IT ME OKAY. I ONLY HAVE ONE CAR. NO, I'VE GOT A COPY AT HOME TOO. THAT ONE JUST CAME IN THE MAIL. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THEIR FINAL RESULTS IN IT OR WHAT, BUT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR COMING IN TONIGHT. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP THERE. AND MISS MAD DASH. I'M GETTING US THROUGH THAT. I APPRECIATE IT, COUNSEL THAT WRAPS UP OUR ITEM FOR OUR HEARINGS, ONE OF THE CALLED HEARINGS RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES. SO WE ARE MOVING ON THAT IN FIVE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS. COUPLE OF ITEM IN OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS AND THE FIRST IS ITEM 5.1. THIS IS THE NINE MILE CREEK QUARTER RENEWAL PROJECT UPDATE THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND WE HAD TO PUT YOU OFF AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT AND THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK THIS EVENING. RENEE CLARK FROM OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AND A CAST OF THOUSANDS BEHIND YOU AND SO WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL I'M SHARING THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT WITH BOB SIMONDS, OUR PROJECT MANAGER, SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER AND DEREK DISHER FROM OUR TEAM WILL TALK ABOUT SOME SPECIFIC PROJECT DETAILS TONIGHT WE ARE HERE TO GIVE THE 60% DESIGN UPDATE. NO ACTION IS REQUESTED FROM COUNCIL TONIGHT WE'LL COVER SOME BACKGROUND PROCESS AND SCHEDULE AND THEN PROVIDE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND DESIGN DETAIL FROM DEREK REVIEW THE MOYER PARK DESIGN AND TALK A BIT ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND DESIGN INTENT AND CONCLUDE WITH BUDGET NEXT STEPS. WE BEGAN THE PROJECT ABOUT A YEAR AGO WITH DATA COLLECTION UNDERSTANDING EXISTING CONDITIONS WITH COMMUNITY COLLABORATION TO ESTABLISH A PROJECT CONCEPT AND STARTING ASSUMPTIONS FOR DESIGN CONCLUDING WITH PRE DESIGN AT THE END OF LAST YEAR AND A COUNCIL DECISION NOT TO PURSUE BIKE TRAILS THROUGH CENTRAL PARK 2025 HAS FOCUSED ON TECHNICAL DETAILS. WE WERE HERE IN APRIL WITH A 30% DESIGN UPDATE AND AGAIN TONIGHT WITH OUR 60% DESIGN UPDATE WE PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC AT AN OPEN HOUSE ON AUGUST 12TH THAT WAS ALSO PROVIDED ON LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DEREK TO TALK ABOUT THE DESIGN DETAILS . GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT HERE TODAY. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE PARK BOB'S GOING TO AND RAY ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF IT. ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF HERE THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED ON HERE IS THE NATURAL RESOURCE PARTS. SO IMPROVING HABITAT CONNECTIVITY, IMPROVING OUR WATER QUALITY IN THE STREAM BANKS, FLOODPLAIN CONNECTIVITY REALLY A WHOLE SUITE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TARGET WITH THIS OF COURSE PAIRED WITH THAT ARE THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HERE PREVIOUSLY TRAILS ARE BRIDGES THAT ARE PROVIDING ACCESS SOME OF OUR RETAINING WALLS AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ARE ARE PART OF THIS AND THEY CERTAINLY GO HAND IN HAND. WE APPRECIATE THE NATURAL RESOURCES BUT RECOGNIZE THIS IS A HEAVILY UTILIZED PARK AND PROVIDING SAFE ACCESS FOR EVERYBODY TO GO OUT THERE ENJOY. IT IS CERTAINLY A COMPONENT OF IT WHICH IS WHY WE'RE INCLUDING WAYFINDING AND OTHER COMPONENTS. THANKS BOB AND MORE PARK SPECIFICALLY FOR THE NATURAL RESOURCES. ONE OF THE TARGETS OUT HERE IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST DOING SOMETHING QUICK TO JUST TRY TO FIX THINGS UP. THE PARK IS A IS A REAL GEM OF NATURAL RESOURCES. THE CONNECTIVITY ALONG THE CREEK CORRIDOR INTO THE MINNESOTA RIVER IS REALLY A UNIQUE FEATURE AND SO WE'VE ALWAYS APPROACHED THIS PROJECT WITH WANTING TO BE SUSTAINABLE RESILIENT REALLY TARGETING T LONG TERM WITH THIS AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE INITIAL ACTIONS TO OCCUR BUT THAT'S FOLLOWED UP WITH LONG TERM MANAGEMENT PLAN SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THOSE ACTIONS AND REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON PRESERVING THOSE HABITATS, STABILIZING OUR CREEK AND WATER RESOURCES, MAINTAINING THOSE ACCESS POINTS AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE INCLUDE THAT OVERALL RESILIENCE. SO THIS IS REALLY A DECADES LONG PROJECT NOT JUST A 1 OR 2 YEAR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. AND SO ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OUT HERE IS REALLY FOCUSING ON OUR UPLAND RESTORATION. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF AREAS HERE WE'VE BROKEN IT OUT INTO MANAGEMENT ZONES JUST TO TRY TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE MANAGEABLE FROM AN ASSESSMENT STANDPOINT AND FROM A CONTRACTOR STANDPOINT AND EACH OF THESE AREAS HAVE TARGETED GOALS OVERALL WE'RE REALLY ONE OF THE KEY THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON IS MANAGING OUR INVASIVE SPECIES. SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE'S A LOT OF BUCKTHORN THAT'S THAT'S PRESENT. GARLIC, MUSTARD, A LOT OF THINGS OUT THERE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO MANAGE. AND SO MOST OF THE AREAS ARE GETTING SOME SORT OF A TREATMENT FOR INVASIVE SPECIES, SMALLER AREAS WE'RE ACTUALLY TARGETING SOME TREE THINNING WHICH SOUNDS COUNTERINTUITIVE THAT WE'RE REMOVING TREES TO HELP THE FOREST BE HEALTHIER BUT IT IS A COMPONENT THAT WITHOUT MANAGEMENT WE'RE REALLY SEEING SOME AREAS THAT ARE OVERCROWDED, OVERSTATED AND REALLY STARTING TO HAVE AN IMPACT BY JUST KIND OF LACK OF NATURAL MANAGEMENT AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE A LOT OF AREAS THAT OUR ASH TREES HAVE DIED FROM EMERALD ASH BORER SO WE'RE ALSO TARGETING SOME REMOVAL OF THOSE STANDING DEAD AND EVEN SOME THAT ARE ON THE GROUND JUST TO MAKE SURE OUR MANAGEMENT IS MORE EFFECTIVE AND A LITTLE BIT EASIER. SO OVERALL WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO TARGET, YOU KNOW, 50 TO 60 ACRES OF OF NATIVE SPECIES ESTABLISHMENT AND REALLY TRYING TO IMPROVE THESE AREAS. AND ONE OF THE KEY PARTS THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SMALLER NUMBER IS THERE IS A BURR OAK SAVANNA THE WERE HISTORICALLY PRESENT ALL UP AND DOWN THE RIVER VALLEY HAVE NOW BEEN ENCROACHED BY OTHER VEGETATION THAT ACTUAL OPEN OAK SAVANNA AREA IS REALLY LOST BECAUSE IT'S BEEN ENCROACHED BY THESE OTHER SPECIES AND ALONG WITH THAT WE'VE LOST SOME OF OUR AREAS OF PRAIRIE. SO ONE OF OUR TARGETED RESTORATIONS IS ACTUALLY TO TRY TO OPEN UP THOSE SAVANNAH AREAS, CONNECT THEM TO THE PRAIRIE, GET THAT OPEN UNDERSTORY WHICH WILL REALLY LOOK CONSIDERABLY DIFFERENT BUT IS REALLY THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS HERE AND THE YOU HAS DONE SOME ASSESSMENTS ON THE OAK TREES IN THIS AREA AND FOUND THEM TO BE HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD AND WE REALLY WANT TO GIVE THEM THE BEST OPPORTUNITY. THEY'RE VERY RESILIENT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PRESERVE AND ENCOURAGE THOSE. SO THAT'S A TARGETED COMMUNITY ON ON SOME OF THE TOPS OF OUR VALLEYS RELATED TO THE CREEK ITSELF AS A DEFINING FEATURE THROUGHOUT THE THE CENTRAL CORRIDOR HERE WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT 1300 FEET OF STREAM BANK STABILIZATION OR IMPROVEMENT. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF TECHNIQUES. THE AREA ON HERE IN GREEN INDICATES WHERE WE HAVE SOME SORT OF SPECIFIC ACTIVITY PLAN, SOME OF THESE ARE RELATIVELY SMALL WHERE WE JUST HAVE BANK FAILURE THOUGH WE NEED TO STABILIZE AND IMPROVE THE VEGETATION SO THAT STAYS IN PLACE. WE HAVE A LOT OF TECHNIQUES AVAILABLE. WE LIKE TO USE NATURAL MATERIAL WE CAN SO RIP WIDES AND BRUSH MATS ROCK RIFFLES IF WE CAN TO IMPROVE THAT HABITAT RIPRAP RAPID WE HAVE TO THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT ARE VERY UNSTABLE THAT ARMORING IS IS PROBABLY THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION BUT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT AS NATURAL AS POSSIBLE AND TRY TO LIMIT THAT. NOW ONE OF THE KEY AREAS ON THE CREEK ITSELF THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR RESTORATION IS THERE'S A SECTION THAT WE ACTUALLY WANT TO REINTRODUCE A REAMING UNDER THE FIGURE HERE WITH ALL THE MULTI-COLORED CHANNELS ON THERE IS THE HISTORY OF WHAT NINE MILE CREEK LOOK LIKE IN THIS AREA OVER VARIOUS YEARS WE COULD GET AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND AS YOU CAN SEE IT DOESN'T STAY IN ONE PLACE. IT MOVES ALL OVER. AND WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR REACH OF THE BIG STORM EVENT IN 1987 ACTUALLY TRUNCATED THAT MEANDER PATTERN AND NOW WE HAVE A STRAIGHT DEEP SECTION THAT RUNS ALONG THE VALLEY WALL AND THAT CONTINUES TO MIGRATE SO IT'S COME CLOSE TO ENCROACHING ON TRAILS. WE SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY LET THE CREEK GO BACK OUT INTO THE VALLEY, ALLOW IT TO TO RE MEANDER, DO THE NATURAL MOVEMENT KIND OF FREE IT A LITTLE BIT AND IN THE PROCESS IT ALSO MOVES IT AWAY FROM OUR INFRASTRUCTURE SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT CONFLICT OF A TRAIL AND A CREEK FIGHTING EACH OTHER ULTIMATELY THE CREEK WINDS OR WE HAVE TO DO MORE WORK SO WE'LL LET THE CREEK DO ITS THING, GO OUT IN THE VALLEY. THIS AREA HAPPENS TO FALL WITHIN THE OLD MILL POND SO EVEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE AERIAL PHOTO IT LOOKS VERY WOODED. WASN'T THAT LONG AGO THAT WAS OPEN AND UNDER WATER. SO THIS AREA IS A REALLY GOOD TARGET BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE SAME COMPOSITION OF TREES AS THE HILLSIDES HAVE. THEY'RE MUCH YOUNGER, THEY'RE MORE PIONEER SPECIES. SO TOEMOVE THOSE AND INCORPORATE THE MEANDER REALLY DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF EFFECT ON OUR WOODED HABITAT BUT IT REALLY OPENS UP THIS AREA TO BE MORE OF A NATURAL FEATURE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PROPOSING A BOARDWALK INSTEAD OF THE TRADITIONAL ASPHALT TRAIL CROSSING. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A SINGLE BRIDGE THAT CROSSES THAT STRAIGHT SECTION OF CHANNEL. WE'RE PROPOSING TO REPLACE THAT SECTION WITH A BOARDWALK THAT WOULD ALLOW THAT CREEK RE MEANDER TO DO ITS THING. IT ALSO RECONNECTS THAT TO THE FLOODPLAIN BECAUSE WE CAN EXCAVATE NEXT TO THAT ALLOW THAT CHANNEL TO MOVE RESTORE WETLANDS AND NOT HAVE A SINGLE POINT WHERE THAT CREEK HAS TO CROSS UNDER A CONSTRICTED BRIDGE BUT ALLOW THAT TO MEANDER AND USE THAT WHOLE AREA UNDER THE BOARDWALK FEATURE AS WELL. SO THEY KIND OF GO HAND IN GLOVE HERE A LITTLE BIT THE MEANDER SUPPORTS THE BOARDWALK. THE BOARDWALK SUPPORTS THE MEANDER. THESE THESE ARE OF COURSE OPTIONAL COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT BUT WE THINK THERE'S A REALLY KEY FEATURES HERE THAT THE PUBLIC HAS SUPPORTED WITH THE EFFORTS HERE OF TRYING TO RESTORE THIS NATURAL HABITAT THROUGH THIS THROUGH THIS AREA HERE. AND I THINK RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO FIND IT'S A KEY FEATURE THAT WITH THIS ELEVATED BOARDWALK THE VISIBILITY OVER THIS AREA IS VERY HIGH AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME INTERPRETIVE SIGNS EXPLAINING WHY THIS WAS DONE, HOW NATURAL PROCESSES WORK. WE THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A KEY SPOT NOW WE DO HAVE OTHER AREAS IN THE PARK WHERE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE IS PROPOSED TO BE REPLACED. THERE ARE NINE BRIDGES THROUGHOUT THE PARK. TWO OF THOSE WE ARE RECOMMENDING REPLACEMENT BRIDGE FIVE IS STRUCTURALLY FINE BUT IT'S TOO LOW SO WHEN THE CREEK RISES IN ELEVATION IT ACTUALLY COMES UP ON TO THE BRIDGE DECK AND PUTS THAT AT RISK. SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE THAT AND LINK THAT. SO WE'RE SPANNING THE CREEK BUT PROVIDING A SAFER CROSSING AND ONE THAT WILL WILL LAST LONGER UNFORTUNATELY BRIDGE EIGHT IS THE ONE THAT THE SOUTH ABUTMENT DID WASH OUT AND IS CURRENTLY CLOSED. SAME ISSUE WITH BRIDGE FIVE THAT WE WANT TO MAKE THAT HIGHER IN ELEVATION AND LONGER TO SPAN THAT AREA AND WE ARE ADJUSTING THE ALIGNMENT A BIT TO TRY TO AVOID THAT ISSUE OF THAT ABUTMENT ERODING OUT AND REMOVING THAT. UNFORTUNATELY THE WAY THE TRAIL SITS WITH THAT BRIDGE MISSING IS IT'S NO LONGER CONNECTED ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER SO WE ARE FORWARD THINKING BOTH WITH OUR NATURAL RESOURCES AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE SURE THIS IS THE BEST INVESTMENT THAT WE CAN. AND BOB IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS. WELL, I'LL QUICKLY TOUCH ON THE TIMING OF THAT BRIDGE AID THAT UH THAT DEREK WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT AND THEN I'LL LET RENEE CONTINUE WITH THAT. BRIDGET THAT'S CURRENTLY CLOSED. WE'RE WORKING WITH A CONTRACT OR NOW ON WE WERE INITIALLY LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF A TEMPORARILY STABILIZING THAT THAT BRIDGE FOR THE TIME BEING TO GET IT BACK OPEN THIS FALL OR INTO THIS WINTER BUT IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE TO DO SO AT THIS POINT. SO FOR THE SAFETY OF THOSE USING THE AREA AND JUST FOR THE FACT THAT THE BRIDGE AT SOME POINT IF WE DID GET SOME EXTREME EVENTS OR SOME LARGER EVENTS MAY END UP FALLING INTO THE CREEK, WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON GETTING THE BRIDGE OUT YET THIS FALL. SO WE'VE GOT SOME A CONTRACTOR ON HAND. WE'RE JUST WORKING ON THE LOGISTICS OF IT AND WE'D LIKE TO GET ACCESS FROM WE CALL THE CAUSEWAY DOWN BY THE RIVER OFF OF ACCESS FROM LYNDALE AVENUE SO THAT THEY CAN GET EQUIPMENT IN THERE TO REMOVE THE BRIDGE YET YET THIS FALL SO AND I'LL LET RENEE CONTINUE FROM THERE AND BEFORE YOU AS A GRAPHIC OF THE VETERANS MEMORIAL WHICH WILL BE AT HARRISON PARK THAT DECISION WAS MADE BACK IN MAY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BLOOMINGTON REMEMBERS VETERANS AND THAT DESIGN IS MOVING ALONG TOGETHER WITH THE OVERALL PROJECT DESIGN AND IS ON SCHEDULE STILL WITH AN OPENING PLANNED FOR VETERANS DAY 2026 I'LL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF MOYER PARK AND THEN SOME OF THE PARK AMENITIES AND PLAYGROUNDS. THE WHOLE IDEA FOR MOYER PARK IS PUTTING PARK IN AN EXISTING PRAIRIE. IT'S REPLACING THE EXISTING BUILDING AND EXISTING SHELTER WITH A SINGLE OPEN AIR SHELTER WITH RESTROOMS REDOING THE PARKING LOT, CONCENTRATING IT ON ONE AREA TRAIL LOOPS ALIGNING DISC GOLF AND OF COURSE A NEW PLAYGROUND THE OPEN AIR SHELTER AGAIN IS A PRE MANUFACTURED BUILDING WITH RAMP TECH, THE SAME COMPANY THAT DID THE CEDAR AVENUE BRIDGE AND THE RECENT NORMANDALE MAINTENANCE GARAGE AND RESTROOM BUILDING MINUS SLOPED ROOF CAPACITY OF ABOUT 100 PEOPLE AND AGAIN WITH TWO RESTROOMS THE DISC GOLF COURSE IS REALIGNED. WE ARE KEEPING NINE HOLES THAT WAS IN CONSIDERATION DURING DESIGN. WE'RE IMPROVING SAFETY WITH THIS NEW ALIGNMENT AND REDUCING THE PATH AND DISC GOLF CONFLICTS THAT EXIST TODAY. THE PLAYGROUND IS DESIGNED WITH INCLUSIVE INCLUSIVITY COURSES, INCLUSIVENESS AND ACCESSIBILITY IN MIND AND WE HAVE BEEN COORDINATING WITH THE COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY AT THE OPEN HOUSE ON THE PLAY ELEMENTS FOR EACH SPECIFIC PLAY AREA WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY AND LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON FOR PEOPLE TO SELECT VOTE ON THEIR PLAY PREFERENCES FOR EQUIPMENT AND THEN WE ARE TAKING THOSE CONCEPT IDEAS TO A FOCUS GROUP ACTUALLY TOMORROW EVENING IN MOYER PARK WITH ADVOCATES AND PARENTS OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES AND CONCERNED ABOUT INCLUSIVITY. SO AFTER THAT WE WILL COLLECTIVELY WITH THE DESIGN TEAM AND STAFF SELECT A PREFERRED CONCEPT AND BRING THAT FORWARD FOR PUBLIC REVIEW. >> ALL RIGHT. I'LL CLOSE THINGS OUT WITH A LITTLE BIT INFORMATION AND PROJECT BUDGET AND FUNDING AND ON OUR NEXT STEPS WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU NOW FOR PER OVERALL COSTS IS ABOUT A 60% ESTIMATE RANGE RIGHT NOW THIS INCLUDES ALL CONSERVATIVE CONTINGENCY AS WELL AS THE SOFT COST THE ENGINEERING AND ADMIN AND MINKOWSKI AS WELL. WE'RE KIND OF STAYING IN THOSE THREE BUCKETS AS WE'VE BEEN SHOWING EVERY STEP OF THE WAY BETWEEN NATURAL AND WATER RESOURCES MOYER PARK AND THEN THE TRAILS ACCESS BRIDGES AND WALLS. WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES. WE HAVE OUR LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX OF THE 20 MILLION WE ALSO AS YOU ALL KNOW THROUGH THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM WE HAVE FRANCHISE FEES THAT THAT COVERS SOME DIFFERENT DIFFERENT MAINTENANCE TECHNIQUES FOR A PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, ONE OF THOSE BEING PARK TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS AND MAINTENANCE. SO WE'LL BE USING SOME FUNDING FROM THAT FOR THE WIRE IN CENTRAL PARK TRAILS AND THEN ALSO WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE NINE MILE CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT. THEY APPROVED A PLAN AMENDMENT THIS PAST SPRING FOR $1 MILLION TO INCORPORATE INTO THE PROJECT FOR STREAM AND CREEK IMPROVEMENTS AND WE'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM AS WE MOVE INTO THIS FALL IN A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AS WELL FOR THE PROJECT AND THEN ALSO ANY SPECIFIC STORMWATER UTILITY ITEMS WILL USE FUNDING FROM OUR STORMWATER UTILITY BUDGET FOR THAT AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING INTO POTENTIAL GRANTS GRANTS TO THE DNR. THERE'S SOME CONSERVATION PARTNER LEGACY GRANTS THAT THERE'S A FEW ROUNDS THAT COME ON OVER THE COURSE OF THE FALL NOW THAT WE'RE KIND OF NARROWING DOWN INTO OUR SPECIFIC PROJECTS, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF APPLYING FOR SOME GRANTS TO HELP WITH SOME OF THIS THIS WORK AS WELL IN REGARDS TO MAINTENANCE SIMILAR TO THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE AT 30% WE HAVE AN OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE PLAN THAT WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THE ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT PLAN WHICH IS ALMOST IN DRAFT FORM AND READY FOR FOR STAFF REVIEW HERE IN REGARDS TO THE NATURAL RESOURCES PIECE, THERE'LL BE A 3 TO 5 YEAR ESTABLISHMENT PERIOD THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT CONTRACT THAT THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE RESPONSIBLE TO TO TO MAINTAIN AFTER THAT PARK MAINTENANCE CREWS WILL TAKE OVER A LOT OF THOSE NATURAL RESOURCE COMPONENTS AFTER THAT ESTABLISHMENT PERIOD ARE SELF-SUSTAINING BUT OUR PARK MAINTENANCE CREWS WILL CONTINUE THE MANAGEMENT OF THAT AS WELL AS THE MAINTAINING MAINTENANCE OF THE TRAILS THE BRIDGES, THE STAIRS, THE PARK BUILDINGS ALL THOSE ITEMS ARE ALREADY MAINTAINING THEY'LL JUST BE RESTORED ITEMS THAT THEY'LL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN AND WE'VE ALSO HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT GROUPS INTERESTED IN SOME ADAPTIVE PARK OR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NATURAL PRESERVATION OR RESOURCE PRESERVATION. SO WE'RE WE'RE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT AS WELL IN REGARDS TO WHERE WEE AT RIGHT NOW WITH APPROVALS AND APPROVALS AND PERMITTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET OR THE EAW IS OUT FOR PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENT CURRENTLY BASICALLY LAYS OUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE IN FACTS ABOUT THE PROJECT AND IT GOES TO MANY DIFFERENT AGENCIES. WE'RE REQUIRED TO SEND IT OUT TO THE DNR AND PCA INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL STATE ARCHEOLOGIST MANY DIFFERENT AGENCIES. IT GOES OUT TO THEIR REVIEW PERIOD STARTED LAST WEEK SEPTEMBER 2ND AND GOES THROUGH OCTOBER 2ND AND THAT KIND OF KICKS OFF OUR PERMITTING PROCESS NOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE NINE MILE CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT AND THEIR TECHNICAL TEAM. WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO DO A PRE PERMIT SUBMITTAL IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO THEM AND THEN CONTINUE THIS FALL WITH THE REMAINDER OF OUR OF OUR PERMIT SUBMITTALS AND THEN LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT STEPS. SO WE MET WITH PARK AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSIONS BACK IN AUGUST, GAVE THE SAME PRESENTATION AS WE MOVE INTO THE MONTHS OF OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER WE'LL BE LOOKING TO MOVE TOWARDS 90 AND 100% PLANS CONTINUE WITH THE PERMITTING PROCESS AS I MENTIONED WORKING ON A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE NINE MILE CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT. WE INTEND ON COMING BACK TO COUNCIL ON THE COMMISSION'S LATER IN 2025 WHEN WE'RE AT THAT 90 TO 100% RANGE AND THEN EARLY 2026 LOOKING TO FINALIZE PLANS AND THEN START UP CONSTRUCTION HERE IN THE SPRING. AND I SHOULD NOTE I'M DEREK WAS TALKING ABOUT THE TREE THINNING AND TREE REMOVAL WE'LL BE LOOKING TO GET A CONTRACT OUT IN EARLY 2026 TO DO THAT TREE REMOVAL AND THINNING OVER THE COURSE OF THE WINTER MONTHS BEFORE MARCH WOULD BE THE PLAN SO BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW AND WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION THAT YOU HAVE FOR US. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU MUCH FOR THE UPDATE AND GOOD WORK. THIS IS DEFINITELY MOVING ALONG VERY NICELY AND SOME EXCITING PROSPECTS HERE. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THIS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION I HAVE I GUESS THREE THREE SETS OF THREE COMMENT AREAS. THE FIRST ONE JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THANK YOU FOR THE FOLKS FROM BLOOMINGTON REMEMBERS VETERANS FOR BEING HERE WITH US TONIGHT STICKING IT OUT TO THE AFTER HOURS HERE TO TO I'M TAKING THAT AS TACIT ENDORSEMENT OF WHERE WE'RE GOING WHICH MAKES ME VERY HAPPY BECAUSE THAT'S A LONG OVERDUE AND SUPER EXCITING. IT LEADS ME TO MY SECOND QUESTION WHICH IS AND I THINK YOU STARTED TO ALLUDE TO IT BOB WHEN YOU ARE SPEAKING TO THIS IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S ENOUGH EXPLICIT WORK BEING A WORK IN THIS IN THIS PROJECT AREA THAT THINGS CAN BE HAPPENING IN PARALLEL MEANING FOR EXAMPLE DO YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE PERMIT OR THE THE REVIEW THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS TO TO FOR EXAMPLE GET THE HARRISON PARK UPDATES FOR BLOOMINGTON REMEMBERS VETERANS UP AND RUNNING OR CAN THAT BE DONE INDEPENDENTLY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO THAT REVIEW PROCESS. LIKEWISE, CAN YOU BE DOING THE THE WORK AT MOYER PARK THAT'S MORE AND MORE THE THE PLAYGROUND AND THE AND THE YOU KNOW, FACILITY. HELP ME UNDERSTAND IF YOU CAN LIKE DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR EVERYTHING TO BE, YOU KNOW, TICKED OFF AND DONE AND DUSTED BEFORE WE CAN MOVE THESE PIECES FORWARD OR IS THERE A PROCESS BY WHICH SOME ASPECTS OF IT CAN GET GOING FASTER THAN OTHERS? THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND ACTUALLY WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THAT INTERNALLY AS WELL AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS ON TO A FEW DIFFERENT PROJECTS BETWEEN THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE MOYER PARK PIECE AND THE HARRIS PARK PIECE AND THINGS OF THAT SORT AND WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT WELL IT'S A GREAT THING YOU BRING UP ABOUT THE PERMIT REVIEW IF WE WOULD LIKE FOR EXAMPLE GOING WITH HARRISON PARK IN THE VETS MEMORIAL AREA IF THEY IF WE RAN INTO ISSUES WITH PERMITTING WHERE IT WAS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER, THAT'S AN ITEM WHERE WE WOULD BREAK OFF AND WE WOULD DO THAT SORT OF WORK UNDER A SEPARATE CONTRACT. BUT WE LIKE TO KEEP AS MUCH OF THIS WORK UNDER ONE CONTRACT AS WE CAN. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT CAN WE CAN WE DO OTHER PARTS FIRST LIKE I MENTIONED THE TREE REMOVAL COMPONENT HERE IN EARLY 2026 WE LOOK TO BREAK THAT OFF INTO ITS OWN CONTRACT TO DO THAT IN THE WINTER MONTHS WHEN IT'S MORE CONDUCIVE TO DOING THAT SORT OF WORK WHEN IT COMES TO THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT, IF THERE'S AREAS WHERE WE CAN BREAK THEM OFF OR IF THE PERMITTING PROCESS IS GOING TO IS GOING TO RUN US INTO A BIND THEN YES WE WILL LOOK TO BREAK THOSE PROJECTS OUT INTO THEIR OWN SEPARATE PROJECTS BUT WE'D LIKE TO TRY TO KEEP AS MUCH OF THE WORK UNDER A FEWER AMOUNT OF PROJECTS IF POSSIBLE IF WE CAN KEEP THE SCHEDULE ROLLING. BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO RUN IT IF WE'RE GOING TO RUN INTO HICCUPS LIKE WITH PERMITTING OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE THEN YES WE WILL LOOK TO BREAK THOSE PORTIONS UP AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO DEPENDING ON THE COMPONENTS OF THOSE AREAS. >> I DON'T KNOW IF THAT GETS AT YOUR QUESTION BUT IT DOES. THANK YOU. AND THEN SO THAT'S THE THEN THE THIRD QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS GIVEN THE A VERY, VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF OF COMMON COMMENTS AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK REGARDING THIS AREA WAS AND I BICYCLES IN THE AREAS WE KNOW RIGHT AND SO WE AGREED TO THAT WE UNDERSTOOD THE FEASIBILITY WE COULDN'T DO IT NOW WE'RE HEARING ON THE REGULAR THAT BIKES ARE DOWN THERE ANYWAY AND SO MY QUESTION TO YOU ALL IS IN WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT MAINTENANCE OF THIS PARK, WHAT WHAT IS WHAT ARE YOU CONSIDERING FROM A SECURITY PERSPECTIVE OR A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO PRESERVE THAT CONSTRUCT WHICH IS THAT YOU KNOW WE SAY THAT BIKES ARE NOT ALLOWED THERE. WE WANT THAT TO BE TRUE. IT'S IT'S GOOD FOR PEOPLE FOR THAT TO BE TRUE AND AND YET YOU KNOW PEOPLE DO IT ANYWAY LIKE HOW ARE WE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE I GUESS ABOUT SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES AS WE THINK ABOUT MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK OVER THE LONG TERM? >> MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO OR COUNCIL THOSE ARE VERY VALID QUESTIONS. THINGS THAT THE DESIGN TEAM HAS TALKED ABOUT. WE DO HEAR REGULARLY THAT THERE ARE BIKES DOWN THERE TODAY AND EXPECT THAT WE WILL BE MANAGING AND CAN POLICING THAT FOR THE END OF TIME AND IT'S SOMETHING THE DESIGN TEAM WILL KEEP TALKING ABOUT. WE KNOW PHYSICAL BARRIERS LIKE THE BRIDGE WE FENCED OFF STILL DOESN'T KEEP PEOPLE FROM CROSSING THE BRIDGE SO IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL NEED TO MANAGE LONG TERM SOMETHING THAT THE DESIGN TEAM WILL KEEP TALKING ABOUT HOW WE COULD USE DESIGN TECHNIQUE TO POTENTIALLY MITIGATE THAT. IT'S REALLY CLEAR SIGNAGE WITH THIS PROJECT WITH THE WAYFINDING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AS PART OF THIS PROJECT IS ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE WE'RE RELYING ON FOR EDUCATION AND AN AWARENESS WHICH I THINK IS A BIT LACKING DOWN THERE TODAY. SO IT IS A CONCERN AND SOMETHING THE DESIGN TEAM WILL KEEP TALKING ABOUT. OKAY. I APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE I HAVE THOUGHT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS I HAVEN'T MENTIONED IT BEFORE THAT THE KNOWING THAT A THIRD OF OUR ENTIRE CITY HAS SET ASIDE AS GREEN SPACE THAT THERE'S THIS IDEA OF PARK RANGERS THAT WE YOU KNOW, THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A ROVING RANGING ROVING GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE CONSTANTLY HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW TO BEST TAKE CARE OF OUR PARKS. AND ANYWAY, I'M A BIG FAN OF YOGI BEAR ANYWAY SO MAYBE THAT'S WHY I'M THINKING ABOUT IT. OKAY. AND THE THE THE FINAL COMPONENT OF OF THIS IS I THINK I SAW IT IN COMMENTS AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ENDORSE IT A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE THAT USE THIS PARTICULAR PARK ARE OUR FOLKS WHO ARE CONSIDERED BY AGE TO BE ELDERLY AND I LOVE THAT. I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL WE WE WE IF WE HAVEN'T BUDGETED FOR IT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PLANNING FOR LOTS OF STOP STOPPING SPOTS AND AND SEATS AND BENCHES AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT ALONG THE WAY FOR FOLKS I WAS THERE AT THE OPEN HOUSE THAT HAPPENED EVERYBODY SEEMED REALLY HAPPY BUT THEY YOU KNOW THAT WAS A CONSISTENT THING AND I SAW IT ON YOUR LIST. AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT CURRENTLY PLANNED FOR, I THINK WE SHOULD GET GET SOME ADDITIONAL RESTING SPOTS EVEN IF THEY'RE REALLY NATURAL, YOU KNOW, BIG ROCKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THEY CAN SIT AND AND AND COMFORTABLY REST BECAUSE OF HOW HILLY AND CHALLENGING IT CAN BE TO NAVIGATE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO LET THAT POPULATION SPECIFICALLY ENJOY THE PARK. THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMEMBER AND COUNCILMEMBER ROHMAN COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST TWO QUESTIONS HOPEFULLY THERE. QUICK QUESTION REGARDING THE REMAINDER HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THAT AS THE CREEK RE MEANDERS AND DEAL WITH WASHOUTS AND FOOTINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THAT? RIGHT. SO THE RE MEANDER IS PUTTING THE CHANNEL BACK INTO MORE OF A NATURAL SINUOUS CITY THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE MORE STABLE BUT IT DOESN'T PREVENT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING FROM HAPPENING WHICH COULDCTUALLY HAPPEN ANYWHERE ALONG THE CREEK. SO SHORT TERM IN A JUST COMPLETING CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT IT MAY BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE UNTIL IT FULLY AGITATES AND STABILIZES BUT ANY PORTION OF THE CREEK HAS THAT CHANCE TO TO MOVE IN AND INTERACT WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. SO SPECIFIC TO THAT AREA I THINK PARTLY THAT'S WHY WE LIKE THE BOARDWALK FEATURE IS THAT THAT'S NOT THE SAME AS IMPACTING A BRIDGE WE'VE GOT HELICAL PIERS THAT THAT CAN MOVE AROUND PART OF THAT AREA THAT WE THINK WILL HELP AS WELL AS RIGHT NOW THE CHANNEL THAT THAT IT CUT IS IS FAIRLY NARROW DEEP AND VERY FAST MOVING THE REMAINDER ALLOWS US THE OPPORTUNITY TO CUT THE BANKS DOWN ADJACENT TO THE CHANNEL. SO RIGHT NOW WHEN THE FLOODWATERS COME UP, ATTEMPTS TO STAY IN THE CHANNEL AND MOVE VERY QUICKLY IF WE ACTUALLY CONNECT THAT TO THE FLOOD PLAIN THAT WATER WILL COME UP AND OUT OF THE BANK THROUGH THE VEGETATED AREA, SLOW THAT WATER DOWN AND KEEP SOME OF THOSE EROSIVE FORCES DISPERSED RATHER THAN IN THE CHANNEL AND SHOULD OVER THE LONG PERIOD OF TIME ACTUALLY BE A MORE STABLE SECTION THAN SOME OF THE OTHER PARTS THAT ARE MORE ACTIVE. BUT YOU'RE 100% RIGHT WE CAN'T PREVENT IT. IT IS A THING OF CONTINUING TO MONITOR WHEN YOU SEE NEGATIVE FORCES THAT ARE PERHAPS MOVING THAT IN A DIRECTION THAT MAY CAUSE A PROBLEM DOWN THE ROAD ,ADDRESS THEM WHILE THEY'RE SMALL AND MANAGEABLE AND CAN BE DONE BY HAND AND NOT WAITING UNTIL THIS IS A MASSIVE EFFORT TO FIX. SO PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE A MONITORING COMPONENT OF ALL OF THESE NATURAL RESOURCE ACTIVITIES PARTICULARLY AROUND THE CREEK BECAUSE THAT'S MOST LIKELY TO CHANGE QUICKLY AND SO WE DO NEED TO MONITOR IT AND THAT WOULD BE PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATION. BUT IT'S VERY ASTUTE OBSERVATION THAT WE CAN'T NECESSARILY CONTROL IT NOR NECESSARILY DO WE WANT TO THAT USUALLY HAS A AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE. THANK YOU. AND SO I'M ASSUMING WE'RE GOING TO PLAN TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S EASY ACCESS FOR PEOPLE MACHINERY IN THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE THE CREEK DOES MOVE AND WE HAVE TO GET DOWN THERE AND WE'RE NOT TO CUT THROUGH EVERYTHING AGAIN. SO YEAH, SO THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION IS ACTUALLY QUITE ACCESSIBLE FROM HARRISON AND THERE'S NO OTHER BRIDGE CROSSINGS OR OTHER CONSTRICTIONS THAT MAKE THAT MORE DIFFICULT. THE BOARDWALK ITSELF MAY BE A CHALLENGE FOR SOME EQUIPMENT BUT ACCESS TO THAT MEANDERS IS ONE OF THE BETTER SPOTS IN THE PARK ACTUALLY. SO IT'S A LITTLE IDEALLY SUITED FOR SOMETHING THAT MAY REQUIRE MORE MAINTENANCE THAN SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS. GOOD. I'M JUST GOING TO MISS OUT THERE. THANKS. APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THANK YOU MAYOR ON THINK STAFF FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS AT A TIME AND I'LL PUT THE BOOKMARK AGAIN ON THE BIKES. I HAD THE QUESTION ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF THAT THAT'S I THINK THAT WAS A RESPONDED TO AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU CONTINUE LOOKING INTO THAT. I'LL GO BACK TO THE SHELTERS PIECE I BROUGHT THIS UP AT SUSTAINABILITY AND I WON'T GO THAT SAME ROUTE THAT I DID THERE BUT I'M CURIOUS WE SORT OF HAVE TO SHELTERS THERE NOW THIS IS KIND OF WE WERE KIND OF MOVING TO ONE SHELTER. WAS THERE ANY CONCERN AT ALL RAISED ABOUT ABOUT LOSING THAT ADDITIONAL SHELTER AT ALL? I KNOW IT'S NOT USED MUCH BUT ANY CONCERN AT ALL WITH THAT AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE SMALLER GROUPS I WAS INSIDE MORE YEAH. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THE EXISTING BUILDING ISN'T HEAVILY PROGRAMED IT IS INDOOR SPACE THAT WE UTILIZE FOR FOR PLAYGROUND PROGRAMING BUT IT'S ONE OF THE OLD BUILDINGS IN OUR SYSTEM SO WE TO BE COMMISERATE WITH THE PROGRAMING THAT THE PARKING IN THIS PARK SUPPORTS WHICH IS MANY ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE. THE SIZE OF THE SHELTER WAS PUT OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT CONSIDERED BY STAFF AND THE DESIGN TEAM TO FIT WITH WHAT THE THE PARK IN THE SURROUNDING AREA SUPPORTS. SO WE THINK THAT'S A GOOD FIT AND THEN THE SIZE IS FLEXIBLE TO ALLOW LARGER GROUPS BUT NOT TO NOT AND EXCESS OF WHAT PARKING AND THINGS CAN SUPPORT . >> APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT. MY LAST QUESTION THEY HAVE IS AROUND SEEMS LIKE WHEN WE FIRST GOT ON COUNCIL WE WERE REPLACING ALL OF THE THE THE KID EQUIPMENT AND WE HAD YOU KNOW HAD BONDED OUT FOR THAT AND GOTTEN THAT ALL DONE AND NOW IT APPEARS THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF KIND OF REDOING IT. AND SO THE QUESTION KIND OF COMES IN MY MIND THAT OKAY, SO YOU KNOW WHAT TEN YEARS WE WE DID THIS. SO ARE WE GOING TO BE DOING THIS EVERY AND I KNOW THERE'S REQUIREMENTS AROUND THAT EQUIPMENT I TOTALLY GET THAT DO WE HAVE SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS YOU KNOW, IS THAT SOMETHING WE NEED TO KIND OF BE YOU KNOW, DOING EVERY TEN YEARS? ARE WE BUDGETING FOR THAT? YOU KNOW, ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE LIKE THAT? YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE GOT THAT GOLF THING THAT'S OUT THERE STAIRS, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN AN ISSUE. HOW ARE WE HANDLING KIND OF THESE FUTURE EXPENSES THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED TO SEE THIS DONE BASED ON THAT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AS YOU WILL THE SOUTH IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT, I'D APPRECIATE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN COUNCIL THANKS FOR THAT REALLY GREAT QUESTION . AND ASSET MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT IS CONTINUING TO IMPROVE AND EVOLVE IN PARKS AND MAINTENANCE SPECIFIC TO PLAYGROUNDS WE ARE LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF PLAYGROUNDS IN THE SYSTEM, HOW WE'RE COVERING THE CITY GEOGRAPHICALLY WITH PLAYGROUNDS AND ARE MORE PRECISE REPLACEMENTS SCHEDULED FOR PLAYGROUNDS WITHIN THAT 15 TO 20 YEAR FRAME WHICH MEANT WE DO HAVE SEVERAL PLAYGROUNDS THAT EXCEED THAT. SO WE ARE LOOKING AND THAT WILL BE A PLAN COMING FOR DISCUSSION LATER ON THIS YEAR OR MORE LIKELY EARLY NEXT YEAR ABOUT HOW WE MANAGE ASSETS LIKE PLAYGROUNDS ON A REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE THAT IS SUSTAINABLE AND OFFERS SAFE QUALITY EXPERIENCES. ASSET MANAGEMENT THROUGH FOR ALL OF THIS WILL BE PART OF THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PLAN WITH REPLACEMENT SCHEDULES THAT WILL BE CONSIDERING AS A DESIGN TEAM. I THINK YOU REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST HOPE WE REALLY I'M HERE KIND OF LOOKING AND BEING SURE THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IS UNFORTUNATE WE WE PRODUCE THIS GREAT PRODUCT AND THEN IT KIND OF TAILS OFF AND THEN WE JUST DON'T EVER GET BACK TO IT AND IT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, 15, 20 YEARS LATER AND I JUST WOULD HATE TO SEE THOSE STAIRS AGAIN FOR ON APART PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY CALLING ME AND SAYING HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS THESE STAIRS? WHY CAN'T WE GET THEM REPAIRED? SO I KNOW YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THANKS. COUNCIL ANYTHING ELSE COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS? THEY JUST DID SOME MEANDERING AT THE ICE CREEK GRADE AND WE HEARD OF THAT AT ALL. I WENT AND VISITED THEM IN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND THEN THE PEOPLE FROM THERE TOOK ME TO THE ICE CREEK AND THEY WERE WORKING ON IT ON A MEANDERING AREA. I HAVEN'T GONE BACK TO REVISIT BUT THE WHOLE IDEA WAS TO SLOW THE CREEK DOWN SO THAT DID EROSION WILL BE DIMINISHED BY IT AND IT WORKS IN MANY PLACES. I SEE IT HAPPENING BIGGER RIVERS THAT ARE GOING TO COMING OUT BUT OUT IN THE WEST COAST THEY DID A COUPLE OF THINGS LIKE THAT AND IT DOES WORK SO I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE THIS. THIS IS THE ONE THING THAT I DO LOVE OUT OF THE THREE PROJECTS. OKAY, JUST THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER THANKS. SO WHEN WE WE SEE YOU AGAIN JANUARY FEBRUARY SOMEWHERE IN THERE MAY OR HOW WILL WE LOOK LATER THIS YEAR WE'LL BE LOOKING LATER THIS YEAR OR EARLY 2026 BUT OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO BE COMING BACK TO YOU IN LATE 2025. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AS MUCH. MOVING ON ON OUR AGENDA COUNCIL AND IF YOU RECALL WE ADDED WE WE FLAPPED ITEM 5.2 AND 5.3 SO I'M GOING TO GO WITH ITEM 5.2 WHICH IS NOW OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE AND I WILL DO JUST A QUICK RECAP OF OUR CITY COUNCIL LISTENING SESSION FROM TONIGHT. WE HAD TWO SPEAKERS THIS EVENING AGAIN UNIQUE SPEAKERS FOLKS WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM BEFORE. MICHAEL CRITZ HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MY MY SUPPORT THAT I MENTIONED THE LAST WEEK ABOUT THE SUPPORT FOR THE IDEA OF THE STATE GIVING LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES TO ENACT LAWS OR ORDINANCES AROUND FIREARMS AND WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION AND IT'S IT'S A CONVERSATION I THINK THAT WILL EVOLVE AND CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AS W MOVE THROUGH THIS AND FOR FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T KNOW, WE HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE AMONG MAYORS BASICALLY ASKING THE STATE IF THERE WAS NOT GOING TO BE ANY ACTION AT THE STATE OR FEDERAL LEVEL REGARDING FIREARM CONTROL THAT GIVE THE GIVE THE AUTHORITY TO CITIES TO DO SOMETHING ON THEIR BEHALF. SO A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH MICHAEL AND I APPRECIATE HIM COMING FORWARD. AND WE ALSO HEARD FROM JEFF JOHNSON WHO HAD ALL KINDS OF COMMENTS ABOUT AIRCRAFT NOISE IN EAST BLOOMINGTON AND I THINK IT'S WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION A LOT OF IT HAD TO DO WITH CONSTRUCTION ON A COUPLE OF RUNWAYS THAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE DONE THIS FALL. BUT I WE ALSO ENCOURAGED JEFF TO GO TO THE NEXT NOC COMMITTEE MEETING THAT'S THE NOISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THAT WILL BE THAT SETS A COMMITTEE OF THE METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION AND THAT'S I THINK THE SECOND WEEK OF SEPTEMBER WE GAVE HIM THE THE DETAILS AND THE INFORMATION FOR MR. JOHNSON TO ATTEND THAT THOSE WERE OUR ONLY TWO SPEAKERS AT THE LISTENING SESSION TONIGHT. AND AS I SAID ONCE AGAIN TWO UNIQUE SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM BEFORE. SO VERY GOOD ALONG THOSE LINES. BEYOND THAT I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE I DO WANT TO SAY I MEAN WE'RE A COUPLE WEEKS REMOVED FROM IT NOW BUT THE THE HORRIFIC SHOOTING AT ANNUNCIATION SCHOOL BACK EARLIER THIS MONTH I DO WANT TO THANK THE THE PUBLIC SAFETY PEOPLE PERSONNEL BOTH FROM CERTAINLY FROM MINNEAPOLIS WHO DID OUTSTANDING WORK BUT ALSO OUR OWN BLOOMINGTON OFFICERS RESPONDED AND IT WAS IT WAS A CHAOTIC SITUATION AND THERE WAS IN MANY CASES A HORRIFIC SITUATION FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OUR OFFICERS TO DEAL WITH AND THEY DID IT LIKE THEY ALWAYS DO PROFESSIONALLY AND WITH WITH EMPATHY AND WITH BRAVERY AND JUST HATS OFF TO NOT ONLY THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE BUT THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE WHO DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN ANMPOSSIBLE SITUATION THAT IS ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING. AND DO YOU HAVE A NEW YES MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANKS FOR LIFTING UP OUR TEAM. I'M GOING TO LIFT UP ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY. SO BLOOMINGTON WE ALL RECEIVED TWO NATIONAL AWARDS AT THE 3CMA SAVVY AWARDS THREE C MEANSHE CITY COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION AND AND THE COMPETITION. >> IT WAS PRETTY FIERCE. THERE WERE NEARLY 1200 ENTRIES FROM AROUND THE U.S. AND CANADA AND NOTABLE NEIGHBOR VIDEO SERIES WON AN AWARD OF EXCELLENCE I GOT THIRD PLACE AND THE NINE MILE RECORD OUR RENEWAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RECEIVED THE SAVVY AWARD FIRST PLACE THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN VERY MUCH. >> THEY DON'T GIVE AWAY THE FIRST PLACE A WHOLE LOT. SO IN THE RESIDENT PARTICIPATE PARTICIPATION CATEGORY SO CONGRATULATIONS AS WE JUST HEARD THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT OF WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THE PROCESS AND KUDOS TO THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM COED PARK AND REC PUBLIC WORKS TEAMS AND EVERYONE WHO'S WORKED ON THIS . IT CONTINUES TO PAY OFF IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS. CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. FABULOUS WORK COUNCIL ANYTHING TO OFFER COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN JUST TO REAL QUICK QUESTION AS I WANTED TO SEE IF WE HAD ANY FOLLOW UP FOR THOSE FOLKS ON NEWTON AVENUE STAFF STARTED WORKING ON THAT AT ALL. SO GREAT. AND THEN THE SECONDARY QUESTION AHEAD WAS AROUND WITH THAT ENCLAVE, A GROUP THAT WAS WORKING ON TRYING TO GET THEIR PROJECT DONE. I KNOW THEY HAD A QUICK DEADLINE AND TURN AROUND ON THAT. HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT TO GET THAT DONE AND KNOW AND I'M NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING DETAILED IT JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PROJECT IS KIND OF MOVING FORWARD. >> YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WE YOU ALL RECALL YOU HAD SOME CONVERSATION AROUND PREVAILING WAGE AND THAT HAD THEY LISTENED TO THAT AND THEY ARE STILL CONSIDERING BUILDING ON THAT SITE EVEN AFTER THAT CONVERSATION. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU. LET'S REMEMBER WHAT THEME HERE I JUST WANTED TO PICK UP YOU BACK OFF YOUR YOUR COMMENTS WITH THE THE THE ANNUNCIATION ANNUNCIATION COMMUNITY AND JUST TO SHARE THAT ALL OF US ARE HERE OR THINKING ABOUT THOSE FAMILIES IN THAT COMMUNITY. WE'RE SIX AND A HALF MILES AWAY FROM ASSOCIATION SO I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WHO GO THERE. WE HAVE PERSONAL I HAVE PERSONAL FRIENDS WHO GO THERE. SO I WANT TO LET THOSE FOLKS KNOW THAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THEM. THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR POLICE AND FIRE WHO DROPPED EVERYTHING THEY WERE DOING TO GO HELP OUR MINNEAPOLIS OFFICERS AND COUNTERPARTS AS WELL. AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A YOUTH DEMONSTRATION THAT HAPPENED HERE AS SOME HIGH SCHOOLERS MIDDLE SCHOOLERS CAME TO CIVIC PLAZA TO SHOW THEIR CONCERNS REGARDING THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE AROUND GUNS AND SHOOTINGS IN SCHOOLS. AND THAT REALLY TOUCHED ME. YOU GUYS ALL KNOW I HAVE KIDS AND I'M A PARENT AND HEARING THAT REALLY HAD A VERY BIG IMPACT ON ME CONSIDERING ANNUNCIATION IS LITERALLY SIX AND A HALF MILES AWAY THAT'S CLOSER THAN THE LENGTH OF BLOOMINGTON, BLOOMINGTON SEVEN MILES LONG AND I SPOKEN WITH OUR CITY MANAGERS AND I THINK A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTERWARDS TO QUOTE THE LATE TO PARK WE CAN NEVER GO WE CAN NEVER GO NOWHERE UNLESS WE SHARE WITH EACH OTHER. WE'VE GOT TO START MAKING CHANGES. LEARN TO SEE ME AS A BROTHER INSTEAD OF TO DISTANT STRANGERS. AND I THINK THE ISSUE AROUND GUNS IS ONE THING BUT THERE ARE DEEPER, MORE SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS AS WELL. AND SO ASKING OUR STAFF TO HELP US DIG DEEP NOT ONLY ADDRESS GUNS AND GUN SAFETY BUT THE DRIVERS OF ECONOMIC SECURITY OF FOOD ACCESS IN THE CITY OF HOUSING, ACCESS IN THE CITY TO ADDRESS ALL THESE THINGS THAT BRING GUN VIOLENCE UP TO THE TOP AS A SYMPTOM THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I AM I'M OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OUR COUNCIL AND OUR ABILITY TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING THOSE MAYORS AND ASKING THE STATE TO GIVE US THE ABILITY TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONES THAT DO IT JUST LIKE YOU SAID. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER RIVAS JUST A QUICK COMMENT AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW I'M A BIG PRO GUN . I HUNT, I OWN A BUNCH OF GUNS . I DO HAVE A HARD TIME, YOU KNOW, ACCEPTING ALL THAT GOES ON. HOWEVER, I DO OWN A COUPLE OF F-15S AND AYRTON'S BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'RE NECESSARY . I USE THEM FOR RECREATION. I GO OUT TO ARRANGE AN EMPTY A FEW MAGAZINES, TAKE THEM HOME, PUT THEM AWAY FOR A FEW MONTHS . THAT SAID OR I THINK YOU KNOW IT THINKING ABOUT SAVING THE LIVES OF THE INNOCENT I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE THEM UP OR TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT REDUCING THE AVAILABILITY TO THE PUBLIC REALLY I DON'T HUNT WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REALLY MADE FOR THAT BUT YOU KNOW IT IT HURTS. I DON'T HAVE YOUNG KIDS BUT I DO HAVE GRANDKIDS AND IT'S TO ACTUALLY PUT IT IN THOSE TERMS IT REALLY GETS TO YOU. EVEN THOUGH I HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE MOST OUTSPOKEN PEOPLE AGAINST GUN CONTROL YOU KNOW, I DO BELIEVE THAT I LOVE MY AIR FIFTEEN'S BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'RE NECESSARY I JUST SAY THAT YOU KNOW WE HAD TO BE CAREFUL ON HOW WE IMPLEMENT LAWS OR REGULATIONS IN REGARDS TO THEM BECAUSE I HAVE A BIG EXAMPLE L.A. CHICAGO TWO OF THE WORST CRIME RIDDEN CITIES IN THE COUNTRY NOBODY'S ALLOWED TO CARRY IN THOSE CITIES. THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF CHANTING DONE ABOUT IT. I ECHO WHAT YOU MENTION IN REGARDS TO HOUSING AFFORDABLE ABILITY AND ALL OF THAT BECAUSE THE REALITY IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE COMMIT CRIMES BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER WAYS OF GETTING WHAT THEY NEED. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AN EXCUSE FOR THEM TO DO THAT BUT THE AVAILABILITY OF WEAPONS TO THE CRIME, TO THE CRIMINALS IS ALWAYS THERE. THE PEOPLE THAT WILL LOSE THEIR THE ABILITY TO HAVE LEGALLY OWN GUNS. SO THE ONES THAT DON'T COMMIT ANY CRIMES. SO WE HAD TO BE CAREFUL HOW WE APPROACH IT BUT I MEAN I WILL BE MORE THAN WILLING TO GIVE UP MY SAY MY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS BECAUSE I USE THEM FOR RECREATION ONLY, NOT FOR HUNTING OR ANY OTHER PURPOSES JUST TO GO AN EMPTY A FEW MAGAZINES AT RANGER SO BUT I DO SYMPATHIZE WITH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN A LOT OF PAIN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE CHILDREN GETTING HURT FOR IN THIS CASE. SO I GOT TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER I'LL SAY ANYTHING ELSE TONIGHT. VERY GOOD. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO 5.3 WHICH IS OUR CLOSE SESSION. BUT BEFORE WE GO THERE, IT'S HIGHLY LIKELY WE'RE GOING TO PUSH PAST OUR 9:00 DEADLINE AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT IN CLOSED SESSION. SO I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCIL NOW I'M GOING TO PROPOSE THAT WE EXTEND OUR DEADLINE TO ADJOURN NO LATER THAN 930 TONIGHT. I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION TO MOTION IN A SECOND TO EXTEND OUR COUNCIL DEADLINE TO 930 TONIGHT. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY B SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO A 5.3 WHICH IS A CLOSED SESSION FOR LITIGATION MANAGEMENT RELATED TO THE 2020 4-1 TEN NORMANDY BOULEVARD PIPE TRAIL AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. STATE LAW ALLOWS BLUE ALLOWS CITIES TO CLOSE COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS NOT TOO MANY BUT A VARIETY INCLUDING INCLUDING LITIGATION MANAGEMENT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS EVENING. WHAT WE'LL DO IS CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. WE WILL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AND I BELIEVE THIS IS ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING INTO AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING INTO A SESSION WITH ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE. WE WILL THEN COME OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AND WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING IN OPEN SESSION. SO THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD DO AND RIGHT NOW I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CLOSURE OF A PUBLIC MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SOME OF WE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CLOSURE OF A PUBLIC MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MRS. MADISON DID I FORGET ANYTHING HERE? NO MAYOR. THAT'S ALL GREAT. VERY GOOD. WE'VE GOT A MOTION ON A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. LET'S TAKE A MINUTE HERE TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AND THEN WE WILL OPEN UP IN CLOSED SESSION. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WELL, WE'LL CONTINUE THE MEETING IN CLOSED SESSION IN JUST A MOMENT . >> WE ARE NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION COUNCIL THAT WE DIRECT STAFF TO FOLLOW THE DISCUSSION AND ACTIONS AS DIRECTED IN CLOSED SESSION SECOND MOTION AND THE SECOND TO DIRECT STAFF TO FOLLOW THE ACTIONS AND THE DISCUSSION FOLLOWED IN CLOSED SESSION NO FOR THIS SESSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND WITH THAT COUNCIL WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR COUNCIL BUSINESS FOR THE EVENING I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOTION IN MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KURT OR MOST SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANKS SO MUCH COUNCIL FOR YOUR DISCUSSION THIS EVENING THANKS TO STAFF FOR STICKING WITH US THIS LATE. THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED THIS EVENING EVERYBODY HAVE A GOOD REST OF YOUR WEEK