WELCOME. I WILL CALL THIS LEAMINGTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS MONDAY, JANUARY 26TH, 2026. THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR JOINING US HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS THANKS TO EVERYBODY WATCHING ONLINE. WE WILL BEGIN OUR MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO IF YOU'RE ABLE PLEASE STAND AND REMOVE ANY HEAD 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, WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. TOP OF THE AGENDA TONIGHT THE COUNCIL IS TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND WE'VE GOT A BUSY ONE AGAIN THIS EVENING UNDER INTRODUCTORY ITEMS WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS ITEM 2.1 AN INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES AND ITEM 2.2 WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THE 2025 ANNUAL REPORT AND THE 2026 WORKPLAN FOR THE BLOOMINGTON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT BUSINESS ITEM THREE COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON HAS CONSENT THIS EVENING AND WE HAVE 16 ITEMS ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA. UNDER ITEM FOR HEARINGS RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES WE HAVE THREE ITEMS. FIRST IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A RESOLUTION THE HOST APPROVAL AND ISSUANCE BY THE CITY OF HAMPTON, MINNESOTA AND ITS REVENUE NO. TWO AND LAURIE ECONOMY SCHOLER WILL EXPLAIN THAT TO US IN MORE DETAIL AS WE GET TO THAT. AND ITEM 4.2 IT'S A RESOLUTION DECLARING INTENT TO REIMBURSE CERTAIN EXPENDITURES FOR THE UTILITY SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS FROM PROCEEDS OF BONDS TO BE ISSUED BY THE CITY. AND ITEM FOUR IS 4.3 IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE THIRD ALCOHOL LICENSE VIOLATION INVOLVING MINORS AT BENIHANA AND IN FIVE ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS WE'VE GOT ITEM 5.1 TO ORDER AND AUTHORIZE TO BUILD THE NINE MILE CREEK WATER RENEWAL PROJECT AND THE NINE MILE CREEK LOWER VALLEY MANAGEMENT PLAN RENEWAL PROJECT AND THEN COUNCIL UNDER ITEM FIVE. I'D LIKE TO WALK ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS. I THINK YOU'VE ALL BEEN INFORMED OF THIS. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE THAT WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT. THE FIRST WILL BE ITEM 5.2 DISCUSSION ON THE LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AID AND WE'RE WE'RE HEARING A PROPOSAL TO USE THAT FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO THAT WILL BE ITEM 5.2 AND ITEM 5.3 IS A RESOLUTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, GO INTO CLOSED SESSION BASICALLY TO TO DISCUSS SOME PROPOSED LITIGATION THAT THE CITY MAY OR MAY NOT BE PART OF. SO THAT WILL BE ITEM 5.3 AND WE'LL WRAP UP AS WE ALWAYS DO WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUES UPDATE AGAIN AS I SAID A BUSY EVENING FOR US THIS EVENING COUNCIL ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS TO THE TO THE AGENDA? IF NOT I WOULD MOVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS STATED SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS STATED NOR FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND WE HAVE AN AGENDA AND LET'S GET INTO IT. I AND 2.1 IS THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES I THINK WE'VE GOT A COUPLE AND WHY DON'T WE START WITH AMY CHENEY OR OUR CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER GOING TO BE DOING AN INTRODUCTION FOR US. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL TONIGHT IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE CARLSON'S KARL JOIN US AS A GUEST SPECIALIST IN NOVEMBER OF 2025 HE ASSISTS WITH CREATING AND MAINTAINING SPATIAL DATA BUILDING WEB MAPS FOR STAFF AND RESIDENTS AND SUPPORTING STAFF IN THEIR USE OF GIS SOFTWARE IN CAROL SHORT TIME HERE HE HAS ASSISTED WITH BUILDING A COMMUNITY RESOURCE MAP THAT WILL CONNECT RESIDENTS TO VALUABLE SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY SUCH AS FOOD AND HOUSING SUPPORT. HE HAS ALSO BUILT AND CUSTOM TOOL FOR STAFF TO FULFILL DATA REQUESTS MORE EFFICIENTLY. PRIOR TO KARL JOINING US AT THE CITY HE WORKED FOR THE MINNESOTA I.T SERVICES PROVIDING GOOD SUPPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AS A GUEST DEVELOPER. AND PRIOR TO THAT HE INTERNED AT HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR TWO YEARS WHILE ATTENDING GRADUATE SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. KARL ALSO SERVED SIX YEARS IN THE MINNESOTA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD AS A HUMAN RESOURCES SERGEANT AND PLAYS GUITAR IN A LOCAL COVER BAND CALLED CACTUS HAT. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? GOOD EVENING, KARL. WELCOME. THANK YOU. PLEASURE TO BE HERE. YEAH, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK I'VE BEEN GETTING INVOLVED IN AND VERY EXCITED TO CONTINUE CONTRIBUTING TO THE CITY. AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE. VERY HAPPY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND. SOUNDS VERY INTERESTING FROM YOU KNOW NATIONAL GUARD TO GUITAR AND AND IT IN BETWEEN SO THAT'S PERFECT. SO WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND ANTHONY DIBELLA, OUR RECREATION MANAGER HAS A NEW DIRECTION TO MAKE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE KATIE BOYLE FOR HOUSE TO ALL OF YOU THIS EVENING. KATIE IS OUR NEWEST RECREATION SUPERVISOR IN OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. KATIE WILL OVERSEE OUR RECREATIONAL FACILITY RESERVATIONS AND ALSO OUR YOUTH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONS THAT WE PARTNER IN WITH WITH OUR CITY. KATIE BORN IN BLOOMINGTON, A CURRENT BLOOMINGTON RESIDENT AND RECEIVED HER M.A. AND HER MBA FROM CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY. AND SHE COMES FROM THE CITY OR COMES TO THE CITY FROM LIFETIME FITNESS OR TO SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE KATIE'S LEADERSHIP HER FORWARD THINKING AND ALL HER OTHER SKILLS AS PART OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION TEAM. AND I'LL LET HER TAKE THE FLOOR. WELCOME KATIE. THANK YOU. LIKE I SAID. LIKE YOU SAID, MY NAME IS KATIE OVER HOUSE. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN BLOOMINGTON. I SPENT MY CHILDHOOD PLAYING IN NINE MILE CREEK GOING DOWN THE BIG SLIDE AT MOYER PARK AND RIDING MY BIKE UP TO ACCIDENTS TO SEE WHAT WAS IN THE FREE SPEND. MOST OF MY CHILDHOOD I WATCHED MY DAD GIVE BACK TO OUR CITY FOR 24 YEARS AS A VOLUNTEER RESERVE AND OUR RESERVE CHIEF OF POLICE. I ADOPT DID MY FERAL CAT FRECKLES FROM OUR BLOOMINGTON ANIMAL CONTROL I VOLUNTEER WITH IN OUR CITY AND THE CITY HAS ALWAYS PROVIDED ME EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE NEEDED FROM OPPORTUNITIES TO SAFETY, CONNECTION AND GROWTH. AND I'M HONORED TO BE A PART OF OUR PARKS AND REC TEAM AS A RECREATIONAL SUPERVISOR AND CONTINUE CONTRIBUTING TO THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH. THIS ONE SOUNDS GREAT. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING AND THANKS FOR. THANKS FOR SHARING THAT WITH US. AND THEN VERY NICE. THANK YOU. SO BOTH KATIE AND CARL, WE I SAY THIS TO ALL OF OUR NEW EMPLOYEES IN A LOT OF WAYS YOU THE YOU'RE THE FACE OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. THE PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT US AND YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THIS GROUP. BUT WHAT THEY REALLY LOOK AT IS THE PEOPLE THAT THEY WORK WITH AND INTERACT WITH ON A DAILY BASIS. AND THAT WOULD BE THE TWO OF YOU IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS. AND IT'S A BIG CHALLENGE. BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU'RE UP TO IT MAINTAINING THAT INTEGRITY, THAT EXCELLENT SERVICE AND THE GREAT WORK OF OUR BLOOMINGTON STAFF. SO WELCOME ABOARD. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU INTERACT WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND AND DOING GREAT THINGS. SO WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU . ITEM 2.2. ON OUR AGENDA COUNCIL IS THE 2025 ANNUAL REPORT AND THE 2026 WORKPLAN FOR OUR BLOOMINGTON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. COMMISSION CHAIR ANITA SMITHSON IS HERE TO PRESENT IT FOR US THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING CHAIR AND WELCOME. >> THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL CITY MANAGER. DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. GREAT. RIGHT UP ON THE SCREEN. I FIRST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO THANK YOU FOR HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC AT THE SESSION EARLIER AND FOR THE SCHEDULED SESSION ON FEBRUARY 2ND. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN TOP OF MIND FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT IT A LOT. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING IN WITH OPEN HEARTS AND OPEN EARS TO HEAR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT EACH OTHER. AND THIS IS MY LAST TIME PRESENTING OUR YEAR END REVIEW AND OUR 2026 WORK PLAN MY MY TIME ON THE COMMISSION WILL END AT THE END OF FEBRUARY. AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY FOR SIX YEARS. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS OUR WORK WORK PLAN AND OUR YEAR IN REVIEW. AND WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH OUR COMMISSIONERS THAT WE HAVE HAD SERVING THIS PAST YEAR. THOMAS BURNS AMAR AL-MUSTAPHA LAST YEAR OUR YOUTH COMMISSIONERS HAVE A KIND OF A SPLIT TERM SO THERE'S FOUR LISTED ONLY TO SERVE AT A TIME. BUT ALTHEA FAULKNER LEFT THE COMMISSION IN THE SUMMER NOONG GONZALES COMMISSIONER WHO IS HERE WITH ME TODAY HEATHER CAMDENTON MY VICE CHAIR GRACIELA BOCK WAS ONE OF OUR YOUTH COMMISSIONERS WHO WAS DONE IN AUGUST LAST YEAR AND BARON LOUIS COMMISSIONER AMARI MOSENEKE JULIA PERRY MYSELF AND COMMISSIONER THORNTON WHO IS HERE AS WELL. AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN SUPPORTED BY ERIC HOLTHAUS, COVID MANAGER AND KAYLA DVORAK. FELD THE COED OFFICE SUPPORT SPECIALIST WHO HAVE BEEN AMAZING FOR US AND THIS UPCOMING YEAR WILL BE WILL BE WITH AMANDA CROMBIE AS AN INTERIM BASIS ANY SOLOMON DOZER BOTH FROM THE EQUITY AND INCLUSION TEAM. AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SUPPORT. SO OUR WORK PLAN WE WERE REALLY INTENTIONAL AS YEARS PAST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN. BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW AND TOGETHER WHAT WE HAVE APPRECIATED SO MUCH ABOUT OUR WORK IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ENGAGE WITH THEM AND HEAR FROM THEM. SO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE PEOPLE HAVE SHARED WITH US THAT IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY'VE EVER VISITED A CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHEN THEY COME FOR A PROCLAMATION OR THAT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY SEE CITY GOVERNMENT AS SOMETHING THAT'S FOR PEOPLE LIKE THEM WHICH IS SILLY BECAUSE IT'S FOR ALL OF US. SO WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IS ALIGNED WITH THE WORK THAT YOU WANT TO DO AND MAKING SURE THAT BUILDING BLOOMINGTON IS A CONNECTED AND WELCOMING COMMUNITY FOR ALL. THERE WE GO. >> SO OUR YEAR IN REVIEW IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE HAD SOME EVENTS WHERE WE COULD ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC AND WE COULD LEARN FROM AND WITH EACH OTHER. AND WE'RE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CAME TO US AND REMINDED US OF AN EVENT IN THE PAST DISABILITY DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH. SO WHEN I HIGHLIGHT THIS EVENTS THAT WE HAD IN OCTOBER WE HAD 75 ATTENDEES JOIN US IN PERSON AND ONLINE COMMUNITY RESOURCE PARTNERS AND WE GOT TO HEAR A PANEL OF SPEAKERS THAT WERE BOTH EXPERTS IN DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT BUT ALSO DISABLED PEOPLE WHO SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCES ABOUT GREAT EMPLOYERS THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO WORK FULFILLING JOBS SAW THEM WHERE THEY'RE AT AND VALUED THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY PROVIDED. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY WONDERFUL LESSONS AND BLOOMINGTON BEING A HOME TO SO MANY BUSINESSES A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO GROW THAT RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH BUSINESS PARTNERS AND SHARE THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE COME FROM THIS MEETING TO BRING FORWARD TO. SORRY IT SKIPPED AHEAD. BUT BACK ON THE LAST SLIDE STILL. THANK YOU. THE RESOURCES THAT SO MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS HAVE THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY HERE IN BLOOMINGTON IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY CONTINUE TO EXPLORE AND COMMUNICATE. AND SO AS YOU'RE BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH BUSINESS PARTNERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY AND PLEASE LEVERAGE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION HAS BEEN ABLE TO PULL TOGETHER TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT BLOOMINGTON IS A PLACE WHERE ALL PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES CAN FIND EMPLOYMENT AND SUCCEED. ALL RIGHT. NOW ON TO THIS ONE. SO WE HAVE SEVEN PROCLAMATIONS LAST YEAR THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HEARING THOSE AND MAKING TIME TO HEAR COMMUNITY MEMBERS STORIES. WE HAD COMMUNITY PROVIDE INPUTS FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE PROCLAMATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE REVIEWED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND THAT COMMUNITY FELT CONNECTED TO THE PURPOSE THAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACHIEVE WITH THEM. AGAIN, SO MANY PEOPLE TOLD US THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY'D EVER COME TO CITY COUNCIL THAT HEARING EACH OTHER'S STORIES AND HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR STORY WAS INCREDIBLY POWER AND POWERFUL FOR THEM AND OPENED CITY GOVERNMENT UP TO THEM. SO THANK YOU FOR HEARING THAT. TAKING THE TIME I KNOW YOU OFTEN HAVE BUSY AGENDAS SO WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITIES HEARD. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO SHARE IS A HIGHLIGHT THAT CAME OUT OF ESPECIALLY THE PHOTO ABOVE FROM THE HPI PROCLAMATION IS THAT THROUGH THAT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON HAS HAD AN INVITATION TO HELP PLAN THE 50TH OF 50TH BIRTHDAY OR 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE JAPANESE GARDEN WHICH IS COMING IN SEPTEMBER 2026. SO THAT WAS A RELATIONSHIP AND A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE JUST HAVE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP WITH NORMANDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THE JAPANESE GARDEN AND THESE AMAZING FOLKS FROM THE NORMANDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT ASIAN CLUB. SO SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN SEPTEMBER. >> WE'VE ALSO BEEN REALLY INTENTIONAL WITH ENGAGING IN THE COMMUNITY AND ACTUALLY GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. SO WE HAVE TABLED AT FARMER'S MARKETS OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS INCLUDING JUNETEENTH PRIDE AND LEARNING LINK UP. IT'S BEEN A REAL PLEASURE TO HEAR FROM RESIDENTS TO SHARE THE RESOURCES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COMPILE AND CONNECT WITH THEM. IT'S ALSO REALLY GREAT TO GIVE THE MAYOR CARTOON TEMPORARY TATTOO SO SEE THAT THEIR THANKS FOR BEING A GOOD SPORT FOR US. BUT AGAIN JUST REALLY ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE HAD TO CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HEAR FROM THEM AND TO SHOW THEM THAT CITY GOVERNMENT IS FOR ALL OF US HAS BEEN REALLY VALUABLE FOR ALL OF US. >> WE ALSO FACILITATE IT AT THE ANNUAL ELMORE BOUNDARY AWARD. THIS WAS RECENT SO IT'S PROBABLY FRESH IN MOST PEOPLE'S MINDS. BUT FOR THOSE LISTENING IN AND ATTENDING TODAY THE OMAR BHANDARI HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD IS PRESENTED BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO AN INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION THAT HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO ENSURING THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE IN BLOOMINGTON. OMAR BOUNDARY WAS THE FIRST CHAIRPERSON OF OUR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1968. SO THIS YEAR WE HONORED UNITE THOSE MINNESOTA AND NORMANDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGES EQUITY AND INCLUSION TEAM. AS WE SPOKE IN DECEMBER WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THIS AWARD PRESENTATION, THOSE NOMINEES REALLY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE TIMELY FOR THE MOMENT THAT WE'RE LIVING IN. DEEPLY GRATEFUL THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR BOTH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND I ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO VISIT THE CITY'S PUBLIC YOUTUBE PAGE BECAUSE THERE ARE GREAT HIGHLIGHT VIDEOS ABOUT THESE ORGANIZATIONS WHERE YOU CAN HEAR MORE ABOUT THEIR WORK. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO 2026 AGAIN WE'RE REALLY WANTING TO FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THAT BLOOMINGTON IS BUILDING A CONNECTED AND WELCOMING COMMUNITY. AND I KNOW THAT YOU WENT THROUGH A LARGE EFFORT WITH PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING THIS LAST YEAR. I KNOW THAT THROUGH THAT WORK THERE WAS SOME DECISIONS TO RESTRUCTURE HOW SOME OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WERE ESTABLISHED HERE IN THE CITY. AND YOU MOVED THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FROM THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH ENGAGEMENT DIVISION TO THE OFFICE OF EQUITY INCLUSION AND WORKPLACE CULTURE. WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GOT THE ACRONYM CORRECT BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S CHANGED. I THINK THAT THIS IS A REALLY GREAT STRATEGIC DECISION YOU ALL MADE. IT WILL HELP US STAY IN TUNE WITH WORK THAT WAS ALREADY INTERSECTIONAL. AND SO I KNOW THAT THE INCOMING COMMISSION FOR 2026 WHILE I WON'T BE HERE IS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT CONTINUE PARTNERSHIP AND MATURATION OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. SO WE'VE GOT SOME ANNUAL INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS PARTICIPATED IN INCLUDING THE BOARDING COMMISSIONS CONNECT WHICH YOU ALL REAFFIRMED WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN DECEMBER TO INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, MORE ENGAGEMENT THAT WAY QUARTERLY BOARD AND COMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL AS TWICE ANNUAL BOARD AND COMMISSION CONNECT MEETINGS. THOSE ARE REALLY POWERFUL FOR OUR MEMBERS TO FEEL ENGAGED WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE. THE MUNICIPAL EQUALITY INDEX IS SOMETHING THAT THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN DOES EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND IT HAS BEEN GROWING. I'M REALLY PROUD THAT BLOOMINGTON HAS GONE FROM I THINK A SCORE IT'S NOT ON THEIR WEBSITE ANYMORE BUT I BELIEVE IN 2020 WE HAD A SCORE IN THE 50S TO INDICATE WHERE THIS ORGANIZATION BELIEVES THAT BLOOMINGTON STOOD AS FAR AS LGBTQ PLUS EQUALITY. WE NOW HAVE A SCORE OF 96 WHICH IS INCREDIBLE. IT SHOWS YOU THAT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON CARES ABOUT LGBTQ PLUS RESIDENTS AND THAT IT CARES ABOUT THEIR LGBTQ PLUS EMPLOYEES. SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR ON THE COMMISSION ALTHOUGH AT THIS POINT IT'S IT'S THERE'S NOT A LOT OF MOVEMENT OR ANYTHING THAT THE CITY MIGHT DO TO INCREASE OUR SCORE IS GOING TO BE MORE ON THE EMPLOYEE SIDE SO CONSIDERING DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS AND THEN CONSIDER JUST REALLY DEFINING OUT THE LANGUAGE OF HOW YOU'RE PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE HAPPY TO CONSULT ON THAT. THAT PROCESS OFTEN HAPPENS REALLY QUICKLY AND THERE'S NOT ALWAYS TIME. SO THANK YOU TO THE CITY STAFF THAT DEDICATES THEIR TIME TO MAKING SURE THAT BLOOMINGTON'S SUBMISSION IS ACCURATE FOR THAT OTHER ITEMS THAT WE DO ANNUALLY. AGAIN THE FORMER BOUNDARIES AND PROCLAMATIONS. SO THIS UPCOMING YEAR WE HAVE THE LIST OF PROCLAMATIONS ON THE SCREEN THAT WE INTEND TO PRESENT TO YOU INCLUDING MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY WHICH YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD. BLACK HISTORY MONTH INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY THE ASIAN-AMERICAN NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH PROCLAMATION PRIDE MONTH INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE THERE'S A TYPO. I'M SO SORRY A HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY. AND AGAIN THESE ALL HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND WE SEEK TO GET ACCEPTORS FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS FROM THE INTERNAL BUSINESS BUSINESS RESOURCE GROUPS HERE AT THE CITY TO HELP ENSURE THAT EMPLOYEES ALSO FEEL HEARD AND RECOGNIZED FOR THIS WORK. >> OUR OTHER WORKGROUP INITIATIVES INCLUDE UNDERSTANDING PURPOSE. AND PART OF THIS IS JUST GAINING KNOWLEDGE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW AND WE'RE ALL VERY CURIOUS AND OPEN MINDED TO LEARN MORE FROM EACH OTHER AND FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO WE'LL BE SEEKING OUT REGULAR EDUCATION FOR COMMISSIONERS AS WELL AS ENHANCING OUR ONBOARDING AND COMMISSIONER EXPERIENCE. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT REALLY HELP PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY ARE CONNECTED, THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE MISSION AND THEY ALSO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ROLE OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION IS. AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO CONTINUE TO CONNECT AND ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY. SO CONTINUING TO BUILD ON WHAT WE'VE BUILT THIS LAST YEAR MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE RESOURCES FOR TABLING AT EVENTS. LAST YEAR WE HAD RESOURCES ON PERIOD POVERTY SOMETHING THAT MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE BUT NOBODY TALKS ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S FAIRLY TABOO. WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE WONDERFUL CONVERSATIONS AND PROVIDE RESOURCES TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS . THAT WAS VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL SEEN. WE ALSO HAVE INFORMATION ON WHERE PEOPLE CAN FILE DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS, WHERE THEY CAN GET RESOURCES IF THEY HAVE RENTAL HOUSING QUESTIONS. WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE ANSWERS BUT WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE THOSE RESOURCES. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MATERIALS ARE MORE INCLUSIVE AND THAT THERE'S WAYS TO REACH MORE RESIDENTS SO EXPANDING THE LANGUAGES THAT WE OFFER FOR OUR RESOURCES IS A PRIORITY AND FINDING OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY. NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO TAKE HOME A PAPER BUT IF THERE IS SHORT VIDEOS OR THINGS THAT WE CAN HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE THAT THAT'S HELPFUL. AND WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO HAVE INTERACTIVE AND PARTICIPATORY PARTICIPATORY OFFERINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY JUST TO CONTINUE TO DEEPEN THOSE CONNECTIONS. >> ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR OUR WORKGROUPS THIS YEAR IS TO FOSTER INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL EVENTS. I AM INCREDIBLY EXCITED THAT WE ARE HOST CO-HOSTING AN INDIGENOUS FILM FEST SERIES AND THREE DATES MARCH 20TH JUNE 26TH AND NOVEMBER 14TH. WHERE WILL WE BE SEEING SOME DOCUMENTARIES PBS DOCUMENTARIES HERE AT CIVIC PLAZA AND OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET TOGETHER, CONNECT AND LEARN ABOUT OUR INDIGENOUS NEIGHBORS. OUR YOUNG COMMISSIONER ARE VERY INTERESTED IN EXPLORING A YOUTH PROJECT SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ENCOURAGING THEM TO EMBRACE. IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THEM AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THEY COME UP WITH. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO CONTINUE THE DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH EDUCATIONAL EVENT. THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS AND I THINK WE CAN GO EVEN BIGGER AND REALLY HELP GET THOSE RESOURCES INTO THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN THE LAST FOR THIS IS JUST TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND RESIDENTS AS MOMENTS COME UP THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT. AS FAR AS IMPROVING OUR OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THOSE PROCLAMATIONS REALLY BROADLY ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE BROAD COMMUNITY VOICES AND INPUT AND FIND OTHER WAYS FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO GET INVOLVED. SO IF THERE'S EVER A COMMUNITY EVENT THAT YOU THINK THAT WE WOULD BE BENEFIT BENEFICIAL AT OR YOU CAN EVEN GET SOME VOLUNTEER LABOR FROM US, PLEASE TAKE US UP ON THE OPPORTUNITY. THE COMMISSIONERS LOVE TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THEN SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR POLICY DEVELOPMENT OR ENCOURAGEMENT OF POLICY AND CONSIDERING THE PROSPECT OF A THEMED YEAR. SO MORE TO COME ON THAT. THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM. OTHERWISE I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR ATTENTION AND YOUR SUPPORT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION AND THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THE ON THE COMMISSION AND IN THIS CHAIR. WE DO APPRECIATE IT. COUNCIL QUESTIONS COMMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO OH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. >> THANKS FOR BEING HERE, COMMISSIONER. AND YEAH, I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE ON THE COMMISSION FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS. >> CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WITH JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THE KIND OF THE REALIGNMENT STRATEGY INTO THE INTO OUR EQUITY AND INCLUSION AND WORKPLACE CULTURE ORGANIZATION? WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THAT AND YOU KNOW, IS IT A STREAMLINING EVENT? IS IT A IS IT A RESOURCE YOU KNOW SHARING OPPORTUNITY LIKE WHAT WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING AS THE NEXT YEAR GOES BY TO SEE THAT LIKE WOULD EITHER ACCELERATE THE THE WORK OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OR FOR THAT MATTER ENABLE YOU GUYS TO ACCELERATE THE WORK OF THE THE OFFICE. >> HOW ARE YOU LOOKING AT THAT? I THINK THEY GO HAND IN HAND AND I CERTAINLY WOULD WELCOME IF ERIC HAS ANYTHING TO ADD BUT I THINK IT REALLY HELPS WITH EFFICIENCY TRULY BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY TIMES THAT THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT OR MAYBE NEEDED INPUT ON AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT REALLY DID FALL UNDER THE OFFICE OF EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING. AND SO IT WILL SAVE STAFF TIME AND STAFF RESOURCES HAVING TO SORT OF MEDIATE AND FIND TIME IN EVERYONE'S SCHEDULES TO DO THAT WORK. SO I THINK IT WILL HELP STREAMLINE THINGS. I THINK IT'LL BE MORE EFFICIENT SO HOPEFULLY SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF STAFF TIME. AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, THE BENEFIT REALLY IS THAT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS WORK IT'S EVERYTHING. BUT I THINK THERE'S THERE'S SOMETHING POWERFUL ABOUT SAYING AS A CITY THAT HUMAN RIGHTS WORK IS EQUITY WORK, IT IS INCLUSION WORK. SO I THINK IT JUST FITS BETTER WITH THE STRATEGIES AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU ALL MADE THAT DECISION. AND I DON'T KNOW, ERIC, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR COUNCIL OF COUNCIL DALLESSANDRO. YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF EXPLAINING THAT AND I THINK THAT'S RIGHT ON POINT IN THE WORK THAT THE EQUITY INCLUSION AND WORKPLACE CULTURE TEAM DOES THAT WILL ALWAYS BE IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT. SO THAT REMAINS STRONG. THAT COLLABORATION THE COMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. BUT IT'S CERTAINLY THE CASE THAT THE EQUITY TEAM HAS A LOT OF STRENGTH IN THEIR COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS, THEIR COMMUNITY BUILDING. THAT'S A LOT OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO. SO I THINK IN THE REALM OF ALIGNMENT AND EFFICIENCY AND THE TALENT AND STAFF THAT EXIST IN EQUITY, IT MADE A LOT OF SENSE FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO TO LOCATE THERE BUT OF COURSE TO NOTE THAT THE COLLABORATION WILL REMAIN STRONG. SO MOSTLY JUST DOING WHAT YOU HAD OFFERED BUT ADDING THAT ELABORATION AND ANY ELSE COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER ELEMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I WONDER SINCE YOU'VE SERVED FOR SO MANY YEARS IF YOU HAVE ANY WORDS OF ADVICE TO TO US HERE IN COUNCIL OR THOSE IN THE PUBLIC AT ALL SINCE YOU SERVE OVER SO MANY YEARS AND SO MANY INTERESTING THINGS HAVE HAPPENED OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME. THAT'S A BIG QUESTION. I THINK TO STAY CURIOUS ABOUT EACH OTHER IT'S VERY DIFFICULT IN COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT I'M VERY EMOTIONAL. YEAH, I JUST THINK WHAT I'VE TAKEN AWAY FROM THIS TIME IS THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING NEW THAT WE CAN LEARN. THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN UNLEARN IN OUR BRAINS ABOUT EACH OTHER, ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY. THERE'S ALWAYS THINGS THAT SURPRISE ME IN A WONDERFUL WAY AND THEY'RE THINGS THAT SURPRISED ME IN OH, I NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT DIFFERENTLY KIND OF WAY. SO JUST STAY CURIOUS. CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SHOW UP AND BE CURIOUS. OUR GOVERNMENT ONLY WORKS WHEN PEOPLE SHOW UP EVEN WHEN IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE, EVEN WHEN IT'S HARD TO BE HELD. YOU KNOW TWO WORDS THAT WE THAT MAKE US FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE ARE SIT IN THE DISCOMFORT. SO I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO TO CONTINUE TO CULTIVATE THAT KIND OF COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT IS HOW WE MAKE DEMOCRACY WORK. SO WELL THANK YOU, CHAIR. APPRECIATE IT AND THANKS. I KNOW WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF CONSUMER COMMISSION MEMBERS HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND PLEASE PASS OUR THANKS ON TO THE REST OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. AND GOOD LUCK LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR WORK THROUGH THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH . WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE ON OUR AGENDA COUNCIL. THIS IS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERTSON HAS THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE FIRST TIME. FOR TWO YEARS I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO ONE YEAH. I THINK SHE WAS WAITING FOR OH ,I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE. WE DIDN'T WE WE ACTUALLY NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE THE WORK PLAN. WE FORGOT THAT. OH YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO NEED A A MOTION TO APPROVE THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION'S 2026 WORK PLAN IS PRESENTED SO MOVED. >> SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTS AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ACCEPT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION'S 2026 WORK PLAN. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO NOW FINALLY THANK YOU VERY OKAY THANK YOU . THANKS LEGAL STAFF WONDERFUL CITY ATTORNEY WHO PROBABLY SAID PULLED OUT A SECOND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO APPROVE THIS THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. APPRECIATE IT. THANKS MUCH. AND NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT BUSINESS AND I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, WERE YOU RAISING YOUR HAND BECAUSE YOU HAD SOMETHING TO HOLD? >> IS COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON DOESN'T KNOW THAT I INTEND TO HOLD 3.12 SO THAT WAS ONE AND WELL, WE A VERY GOOD WRITER. >> OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YES. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNCIL MEMBER DOES UNDER ITEM 3.12 YES. SO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 3.12 HEARING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON ANY OTHER ITEMS. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT THEN I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS 3.2 THROUGH 3.16 IN ADDITION TO ITEM 3.1 AND ANYTHING ELSE MELISSA TELLS ME I SHOULD DO SO THE MOTION IS TO ACCEPT THE CONSENSUS. THE MOTION IS TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT OF BUSINESS 3.1 THROUGH 3.1 11 AND MY APOLOGIES AND THEN 313 THROUGH 316 THANK YOU. THERE. >> IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, YES. MY APOLOGIES ABOUT THAT. SO THREE POINT ONE THROUGH 3.11 I SO MOVE THOSE WE WILL HOLD ITEM 3.12 AND THEN MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS 3.13 THROUGH 3.16 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTS ROBERTSON SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM 3.12 COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. >> I APOLOGIZE I. I FEEL LIKE I PULLED AN AUDIBLE HERE AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO BUT BUT AS I WAS I WAS GETTING AS I WAS GETTING THROUGH THIS AGAIN THE THE I FEEL LIKE THE COST OF ACTION HAS GONE UP EXPONENTIALLY AND I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT I AM CORRECT ON THAT. I FEEL LIKE WHEN WE FIRST PASSED THIS BECAUSE LIKE I DON'T KNOW FOUR YEARS AGO OR SO I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A NUMBER LIKE HALF A MILLION A YEAR AND NOW IT'S THREE POINT SOMETHING MILLION A YEAR AND I'M ASSUMING THERE'S MORE WORK MAYBE HAPPENING OR NOT BUT I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK IT IF WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF ACTUALLY QUESTIONING OUR EXPENSES LIKE WE SAY WE ARE, I WANT TO THROW THIS ONE OUT THERE BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE IT'S A LOT MORE IT'S TOTALLY PROBABLY VALID AND EVERYTHING BUT I DIDN'T I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT SO I THOUGHT I'D ASK THE QUESTION THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER AND JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S UNDERSTANDING HERE, EXXON IS THE POLICE CAN'T POLICE BODY CAM JUST EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT AND THAT'S WE HAVE SEEN THOSE CROSS INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. MR. WALKER NOW THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. IT'S ACTUALLY CROSSES A COUPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS SO IT'S USED BY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT TECHNOLOGY OBVIOUSLY MANAGED BY OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT. SO I'LL ASK CITY STAFF IF THEY WOULD HELP OPINE ON THIS ITEM . CHIEF HODGES, GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS NOT AN INCREASE FOR EXXON. THIS IS WE HAD MONEY SET ASIDE FOR A NEW RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OR TO MAINTAIN OUR RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. THE DECISION IS MADE TO GO WITH EXXON FOR OUR RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS OPPOSED TO THE CURRENT CENTRAL SQUARE THAT WE HAVE NOW. SO EVEN IF WE WERE GOING TO STAY WITH CENTRAL SQUARE THIS WOULD BE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT BUT IT'S THE AMOUNT THAT IT HAS HAD SET ASIDE FOR THIS PROJECT. ALL WE'RE DOING IS GOING TO EXXON TO MANAGE OUR RECORDS SO EVERYTHING'S CONTIGUOUS OKAY THAT HELPS A TON. >> SO SO THE NAME IS WHAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION BUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IT'S ACTUALLY TWO DIFFERENT SERVICES WE HAVE THE ACTUAL SUPPLIERS OF THE BODY CAMERAS BUT THEN AXON HAS A DATA MANAGEMENT FUNCTION AS WELL THAT YOU ARE ALSO NOW GOING TO PARTAKE IN. >> OUR RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS THE SYSTEM WE USE FOR POLICE REPORTS. YEP EVERYTHING ELSE SO IT JUST ALLOWS THE SYSTEM TO BE MORE CONTIGUOUS AND THAT'S NOT AN AND I'M ASSUMING THAT MEANS THAT THAT'S ABOUT THE PRICE WE ARE PAYING RIGHT NOW FOR RECORDS MANAGEMENT. YES, AT LEAST REGARDLESS IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE CHEAPER THAN WE WERE GOING TO PAY FOR THE OTHER EVEN BETTER THEN YEAH. AND THEN THIS ONE THE AMOUNT THAT'S DUE ON HERE WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY IT FOR TWO YEARS. OKAY. EXCELLENT. YEAH RIGHT. AND IS THAT AN ANNUAL FEE THEN LIKE IS IT IT'S 3 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS. >> OKAY VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. THAT'S ALL I NEEDED. >> APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION AND SORRY THAT I ALSO WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY MORE MONEY. NO WORRIES. NO WORRIES ON THAT FRONT. NOTHING. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE ON? YEAH, THAT'S TOTALLY FINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT'S A QUESTION I COULD HAVE THROWN OUT EARLIER AND I APOLOGIZE I DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME TO DO THAT. SO I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE ACTS ON ENTERPRISE QUOTE AND STATEMENT OF WORK FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF EXXON'S RECORDS AND STANDARDS PROGRAM GOVERNED BY THE MASTER SERVICES AND PURCHASING AGREEMENT CURRENTLY IN PLACE SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO ACCEPT TO ACCEPT ITEM 3.12 FROM TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERTSON THE FIRST ONE IS ALWAYS THE HARD AS NOW YOU KNOW IT'S EASY TO DO NOW IT'S EASY TO DO WELL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOR OUR HEARINGS RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES. OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING IS ITEM 4.1. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A RESOLUTION TO HOST APPROVAL AND ISSUANCE BY THE CITY OF HAMPTON, MINNESOTA AND ITS REVENUE NOTE FOR FRAZIER CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICE CENTER PROJECT TO FINANCE A PROJECT LOCATED IN BLOOMINGTON . THAT'S A LOT OF WORDS AND I'M SURE LORI ECONOMY SHOULDER OUR CFO IS GOING TO EXPLAIN THAT TO US. >> GOOD EVENING IS KIND OF YOUR NAME THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL? I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE JIM OLSON IS THE CFO AND EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FROM FRAZIER. HE'S HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. SHOULD YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM? SO THIS PARTICULAR PUBLIC HEARING IS TO GIVE APPROVAL THAT THE CITY OF HAMPTON CAN ISSUE THE DEBT AND SPEND THOSE DOLLARS IN OUR CITY SO UNDER MINNESOTA LAW AND FEDERAL TAX RULES WE AS A CITY NEED TO GIVE APPROVAL. THAT'S ANOTHER CITY'S BOND POLICY AUTHORIZATION CAN BE SPENT IN OUR CITY THIS IS NOT AN OBLIGATION OF THE CITY. YOU KNOW, NOR IN THE CITY IS NOT AFFECTED IN OUR TAXING AUTHORITY AND IT WILL BE SOLELY PAID FROM THE REVENUES THAT FRAZIER GENERATES TO PAY THEIR THEIR DEBTS THAT RESPECT. SO IT'S NOT AN OBLIGATION. IT'S JUST THEY'RE GETTING PROCEEDS AND THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND IT IN OUR CITY VERY GOOD. EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THE QUESTIONS OF ECONOMY SURELY REGARDING THIS KIND OF UNIQUE ONE BUT I THINK IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. HAMPTON ISSUING THE DEBT BUT IT'S GOING TO BE SPENT HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, CORRECT? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NO QUESTIONS FOR NOW BUT DON'T GO FAR. THANK YOU. SO AS I SAID, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE GROUND RULES FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS, PLEASE COME FORWARD. MAKE SURE YOU SIGN IN AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF AS YOU START TO SPEAK. WE LIMIT EVERYBODY TO FIVE MINUTES AND WE HAVE THE SHOT CLOCK ON THE WALL TO HELP YOU KEEP TRACK OF HOW LONG YOU HAVE SPOKEN AND WHEN WE REACH FIVE MINUTES I WILL CUT YOU OFF NOT BECAUSE I'M A MEAN GUY BUT BECAUSE I WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TO SPEAK AND SO THAT WILL BE THE THAT WILL BE THE PLAN AND WE ALSO WHAT WE'LL DO IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS WE'LL COLLECT QUESTIONS AND WE WILL ANSWER THEM AT THE END RATHER THAN TRYING TO ANSWER THEM ON THE FLY. WE'LL HAVE TO ANSWER THEM AT THE END OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.1 THIS EVENING? I'LL OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A RESOLUTION TO HOST APPROVAL AND ISSUANCE BY THE CITY OF HAMPTON AND ITS REVENUE NOT BROKEN. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK MAYOR WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ON LINE. LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY HERE IN THE CHAMBERS COUNCIL. NO ONE ON THE PHONE. NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE CHAMBERS. I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.1 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.1. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL THOUGHTS ON THIS ANY CONCERNS OR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE OF MISS ECONOMY? SHULER IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. I THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AND MY QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT THE FRAZIER CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER PROJECT AND I'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE PROJECT. BUT THAT'S NOT OUR TOPIC RIGHT NOW. >> COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM MR. MAYOR IF I COULD THIS IS THE THIS IS THE FORMER SLUM LAND BUILDING RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF 78TH AND XERXES OR IS IT ON THE NORTH SIDE? I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH IS GOING TO BE SHOULDER CUTS. >> REMEMBER LORNA TO SANTA ALESSANDRA JIM OLSON IS SHAKING HIS HEAD THAT YES IT IS AT THE LOCATION. >> YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH GREAT. YOU KNOW I'M I'VE ACTUALLY LOVE THE IDEA OF THAT GETTING DEVELOPED SO THANK YOU JUST ABSOLUTELY COUNSEL IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON IT IN 4.1. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SURE I HAPPILY DO THAT I AM MOVING TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION RESOLUTION GIVING HOST APPROVAL AND CONSENT TO THE ISSUANCE BY THE CITY OF HAMPTON, MINNESOTA OF ITS REVENUE NOTE FOR THE FRAZIER CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER PROJECT SERIES 2026 TO FINANCE A PROJECT LOCATED IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO ACCEPT ITEM 4.1 AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO I'M NEXT IS ITEM 4.2 MS. ECONOMY SHOULDER IS BACK AGAIN THIS IS AGAIN IS A RESOLUTION NO PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS BUT IT IS A RESOLUTION DECLARING INTENT TO REIMBURSE CERTAIN EXPENDITURES FOR UTILITY SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS FROM PROCEEDS OF BONDS TO BE ISSUED BY THE CITY. THIS ECONOMY SHOW THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL CONSISTENT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST WE HAVE PUT OUR BOND RELATED ISSUES TYPE ITEMS IN SECTION FOUR. AGAIN THIS IS JUST A RESOLUTION AND THIS IS ASKING COUNCIL TO APPROVE UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $33 MILLION FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL SANITARY DIVERSION PROJECT. THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION COMES NOW WE WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL AT A FUTURE DATE TO AUTHORIZE THOSE BONDS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A FUTURE DATE OF MAY 18TH AS THE DATE THAT WE WOULD BRING THE BIDS ON THE SALE TO THE COUNCIL. SO THE AUTHORIZATION WILL COME LATER BUT SO THESE ONES HERE WILL BE ABLE UNDER OUR MUNICIPAL STATUTE AND TAX RULES WE NEED TO CAPTURE ALL THE COSTS THAT ARE OCCURRING NOW UNTIL WE ISSUE BONDS SO THAT WE MAY REIMBURSE THEM WITH THE BOND PROCEEDS. >> COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? AGAIN, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD . AS I SAID, THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ONE. THIS IS JUST APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION. SO IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNS I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ITEM 4.2 COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN MOVED TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE OFFICIAL INTENT OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON TO REIMBURSE CERTAIN EXPENDITURES FOR UTILITY SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE PROCEEDS OF BONDS TO BE ISSUED BY THE CITY. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION DECLARING THE OFFICIAL INTENT OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON TO REIMBURSE CERTAIN EXPENDITURES FOR UTILITY SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE PROCEEDS OF BONDS TO BE ISSUED BY THE CITY. NO, NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 4.3 ON OUR AGENDA. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL. THIS IS REGARDING A THIRD ALCOHOL LICENSE VIOLATION INVOLVING MINORS AT ANY HARBOR . I KNOW THIS IS A SPECIAL KIND OF SET UP FOR US. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING AND I ASK YOU TO REMIND THE COUNCIL AND ME EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT ROLE THAT WE'RE TAKING ON AS A COUNCILOR FOR TIME. >> SURE. THANK YOU, MAYOR MEMBERS, AS YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER THE COUNCIL CAN ACT IN QUASI LEGISLATIVE ROLE IN A QUASI JUDICIAL ROLE AND IN TONIGHT'S PARTICULAR PUBLIC HEARING THE COUNCIL WILL BE ASKED TO ACT IN A QUASI JUDICIAL ROLE SO IT WILL BE MORE LIKE A COURT HEARING. THERE WILL BE TIME GIVEN TO BOTH SIDES AND THERE ARE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS IN THE PROCESS RELATED TO HOW YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS TONIGHT PETER ZUNIGA, OUR DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY WILL BE MARCHING US THROUGH THAT NOT MARCHING WILL BE LEADING US THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WILL INDICATE WHEN WE NEED TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS AND I WILL BE WATCHING THAT AS WELL AND I'LL PASS FOR ANY QUESTIONS QUESTIONS ON WHAT WE'RE UNDERTAKING HERE TONIGHT. COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION THAT MAYBE ISN'T WE HAD HAD A CONVERSATION AS A COUNCIL ABOUT ABOUT THE THE REQUIREMENTS AROUND THE THE NEED FOR TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE THAT ARE SERVING BEVERAGES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION? DID WE GET THAT ANY I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THIS PARTICULAR PACKET AROUND ANY OF THE PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS AS WE PASSED JUDGMENT AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THERE SO I WONDERED WHERE WE WERE IN THAT PROCESS DID WE NOT PASS IT YET OR WE HAD NOT INCORPORATED IT YET? I DO MY THE ONLY ONE THAT'S REMEMBERING THOUGH I DO REMEMBER THAT OPPOSITION BUT I DON'T KNOW GIVEN GIVEN THIS UNIQUE KIND OF SET UP WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS THEN MAYBE MAYBE BRING THAT UP IN THE COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE YOU KNOW ANSWERING THAT QUESTION OR TALKING MORE ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT I MEAN I THINK WE CAN GET A NOD HERE. I DON'T THINK WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THAT AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN RIGHT NOW. I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE THE OPTIONS THAT WE WERE GOING TO CONSIDER. SO IT IS AN IMPLEMENTED YET. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTION. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN MARY I DID SEND A QUESTION AHEAD TO THE CITY MANAGER. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS A TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT OR IF WE SHOULD WAIT TO THE PRESENTATION IS OVER AND ASK IT. I'M NOT SURE. MAYBE I'LL ANSWER IT IN THE IN THE IN THE PERSON WHY DON'T WE SEE IF THE PRESENTATION YEAH QUESTION MARY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SPECIFICALLY COUNSEL FOR BETTY HUNTER BLOOMINGTON CORPORATION IS HERE AND IS PREPARED TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION SPECIFICALLY COUNCILMEMBER MALONE. AND JUST REAL QUICKLY TO ADDRESS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO IS. QUESTION THIS WAS GOING TO BE COVERED IN SOME OF MY HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS THAT I WAS GOING TO MAKE. IF YOU REMEMBER BACK IN OCTOBER THE COUNCIL DID AMEND THE CITY CODE ONE RELATED TO SERVER TRAINING. SO THAT IS IN OUR CODE YOU WILL HEAR FROM COUNCIL FROM FROM BENIHANA BLOOMINGTON CORPORATION. THEY HAVE SEEN THAT THEY'VE TAKEN THAT SERIOUSLY AND HE WILL PRESENT THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. YOU ALSO AMENDED THE VIOLATIONS FOR INVOLVING MINORS FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND VIOLATION. I WILL NOTE THAT WE WERE HERE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE THIRD VIOLATION. YOU LEFT THAT PROVISION UNTOUCHED. AND SO WE ARE WE'RE STILL OPERATING UNDER THOSE EXISTING RULES. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. KIND OF ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD HERE NOW. VERY GOOD. MR. JERNIGAN PLEASE. THANK YOU, MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WE ARE HERE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE SUSPENSION AND ISSUANCE OF A FINE RELATED TO A THIRD ALCOHOL VIOLATION INVOLVING THE BLOOMINGTON OR BENIHANA BLOOMINGTON CORPORATION FOR A THIRD VIOLATION OCCURRING WITHIN THE PAST FIVE YEARS. THE BENIHANA BLOOMINGTON CORPORATION WHICH IS LOCATED AT 358 SOUTH AVENUE, BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA 55425 WHICH IS LOCATED AT THE MALL OF AMERICA HOLDS A CITY OF BLOOMINGTON INTOXICATING ON SALE AND SUNDAY ON SALE LIQUOR LICENSE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN MY PRESENTATION YOU WILL FIND THAT WHO THE LICENSE HOLDER IS IMPORTANT IT IS NOT BENIHANA IT IS BENIHANA BLOOMINGTON CORPORATION. THEY ARE THE LICENSE HOLDER UNDER BOTH STATE LAW AND BLOOMINGTON CITY CODE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO PROVIDE SELL FURNISH AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE TO A MINOR AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE HERE A ALCOHOL LICENSE IS CREATES A PROPERTY INTEREST SO ANY TIME THE CITY WANTS TO SUSPEND OR REVOKE THAT LICENSE, THE LICENSE HOLDER IS ENTITLED TO DUE PROCESS UNDER OUR CODE THEY ARE ENTITLED TO AT LEAST EIGHT DAYS NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER 16TH OF 2025 I PROVIDED THAT NOTICE VIA A WRITTEN LETTER SENT VIA CERTIFIED MAIL TO THE BENIHANA BLOOMINGTON CORPORATION. THAT IS ONE WAY THAT WE ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING DUE PROCESS FOR THE LICENSE HOLDER. AS I INDICATED EARLIER, COUNSEL FOR BLOOMINGTON OR BENIHANA BLOOMINGTON CORPORATION IS HERE TODAY AFTER I SPEAK THE LICENSE HOLDER WILL BE PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AS WELL. SO ANNUALLY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTS ANNUAL COMPLIANCE CHECKS WHERE A DETECTIVE GOES OUT WITH AN UNDERAGE OPERATIVE AND THEY CONDUCT COMPLIANCE CHECKS FOR THE UNDERAGE OPERATIVE. ENTER THE ESTABLISHMENT ORDER AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE. THE TRANSACTION IS WITNESSED BY A BLOOMINGTON DETECTIVE AND IF THE ESTABLISHMENT FAILS THE COMPLIANCE CHECK, THE DETECTIVE QUICKLY IDENTIFIES THEMSELVES AND INFORMS THE EMPLOYEE THAT THEY HAVE VIOLATED STATE LAW CITY ORDINANCE AND FAILED THE ANNUAL COMPLIANCE CHECK FOR OUR PURPOSES THE LICENSE HOLDER RECEIVED THEIR FIRST VIOLATION ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2023. THEY FAILED THE ANNUAL COMPLIANCE CHECK AS PART OF THAT PROCESS WE SUBMITTED A WRITTEN LETTER TO THE LICENSE HOLDER INFORMING THEM OF THE LICENSE VIOLATION AND THEN ALSO INFORMING THEM OF THEIR RIGHT TO REQUEST AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING BEFORE THE FINE IS INSTITUTED ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 2020 FOR THE LICENSE HOLDER ADMITTED TO THE VIOLATION THEY PAID THE CIVIL PENALTY AND THEN THEY WAIVED THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING. AND SO IN YOUR PACKET YOU WILL SEE THAT AS WHAT WE'VE LABELED AS EXHIBIT B AGAIN IN AUGUST 6TH OF 2024 THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED THEIR ANNUAL COMPLIANCE CHECK AND AGAIN THE LICENSE HOLDER FAILED THAT COMPLIANCE CHECK ON OCTOBER 29TH, 2020 FOR THE LICENSE HOLDER ADMITTED TO THAT VIOLATION AND THEY PAID THE CIVIL PENALTY AND THEN THEY WAIVED THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING. I WILL ALSO NOTE BOTH EXHIBIT B AND C IF YOU LOOK AT THE SIGNATURES OF THOSE DOCUMENTS THEY ARE LISTED AS THE BENIHANA BLOOMINGTON CORPORATION WITH RESPECT TO EXHIBIT C, I COUNSEL FOR THE LICENSE HOLDER WHO WAS PRESENT TODAY SIGNED THAT THAT STIPULATION AND SIGNED THAT WAIVER OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING. AND SO THE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE FOR THE THIRD TIME WITHIN THE PAST FIVE YEARS ON AUGUST 11TH, 2025. THE LICENSE HOLDER AGAIN FAILED THAT COMPLIANCE CHECK IF BLOOMINGTON POLICE DETECTIVE AND AN UNDERAGE OPERATIVE ENTERED THE LICENSE PREMISES IN ORDER TO AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, THE EMPLOYEE LOOKED AT, ASKED FOR THE ID AND LOOKED AT IT. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE UNDERAGE OPERATIVES ARE INSTRUCTED THAT ANY TIME THEY ARE ASKED ABOUT THEIR AGE THEY ARE NOT TO LIE ABOUT THEIR AGE. IF THEY'RE ASKED FOR ID THEY PROVIDE THEIR ACTUAL DRIVER'S LICENSE WHICH SHOWS THAT THEY ARE UNDERAGE. THAT HAPPENED IN THIS CASE THAT IS REPRESENTED FOR YOU IN YOUR PACKET WITH THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE TO REPORT THAT DOCUMENTS HOW THE UNDERAGE OPERATIVE WENT IN ORDER TO CORONA WAS PROVIDED IT AND IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE THE EMPLOYEE DID ASK FOR THE ID LOOKED AT IT BUT CALCULATED THE DATES WRONG AND YET STILL PROVIDED THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE TO THE MINORS . SO THE PENALTIES I MENTIONED EARLIER YOU LOOKED AT THE PENALTIES IN OCTOBER. HOWEVER YOU DID NOT CHANGE THE SPECIFIC PENALTY RELATED TO A THIRD VIOLATION HERE THE PENALTY SAYS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL IMPOSE THE FINE AS SET FORTH IN APPENDIX I AND IN THIS CASE IT IS $2,000 AND A FIVE DAY SUSPENSION. THERE'S NO DISCRETION IN THAT PENALTY. THAT IS THE PENALTY THAT IS SET IN CITY CODE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A MULTI DAY SUSPENSION, THE SUSPENSION SHALL RUN CONSECUTIVELY BEGINNING YOU KNOW, AS THE CODE REQUIRES AT 12:01 A.M. ON THE FIRST DAY AND ENDING AT MIDNIGHT ON THE LAST DAY OF THE SUSPENSION. NOW AS I MENTIONED COUNSEL FOR THE LICENSE HOLDER IS PRESENT AND SO EARLIER TODAY YOUR EMAIL AND UPDATED RESOLUTION AS WELL AS INFORMATION THAT THE COUNSEL FOR THE LICENSE HOLDER INTENDS TO PRESENT TO YOU. WE HAVE HAD A NATIONWIDE OUTAGE ON THE PEAK SOFTWARE AND SO WE ARE UNABLE TO ADD THIS TO THE AGENDA PACKET. BUT I WANT TO BRING UP ONE MORE EXHIBIT THAT'S NOT IN THE PACKET AND THAT UNFORTUNATELY WE COULDN'T ADD TO IT. SO I'M GOING TO ASK GRANT TO PUT THE OVERHEAD ON. SO I THINK FOR THIS DOCUMENT I PRINTED THIS UP TODAY FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN THEIR ALCOHOL AND GAMBLING ENFORCEMENT DIVISION. IF YOU NOTICE HERE THE LICENSE HOLDER IS THE BENIHANA BLOOMINGTON CORPORATION. THE LICENSE WAS ISSUED FIRST IN 2014 AND IT WAS RECENTLY RENEWED IN 2025 AND EXPIRES ON JUNE 30TH OF 2026. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE LICENSE HOLDERS SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL I WANT TO NOTE THAT THEY DID SUBMIT IT AS THE BENIHANA BLOOMINGTON CORPORATION. THIS WAS THE COVER LETTER THAT THEY SUBMITTED. YOU WILL SEE HERE FROM THEIR LICENSE APPLICATION RENEWAL THAT THEY DID SUBMIT IT AS BENIHANA BLOOMINGTON CORPORATION AND THEN THE FINAL PAGE OF THEIR APPLICATION IS THE DATE THAT IT WAS SUBMITTED AND RENEWED WHICH IS MAY 20TH MAY 7TH OF 2025. AND SO AT ALL TIMES THE LICENSE HOLDER HAS BEEN THE BENIHANA BLOOMINGTON CORPORATION. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT COUNSEL FOR THE LICENSE HOLDER INTENDS TO TO SUBMIT DOCUMENTS TO YOU THAT INDICATES THAT THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE OF CORPORATE OFFICERS. BUT I WILL SUBMIT THAT THE LICENSE HOLDER AS SUBMITTED BY THEIR LICENSE APPLICATION RENEWALS AS MAINTAINED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE BENIHANA WOMEN'S INCORPORATION . AND SO IF WE CAN WE GET THE PRESENT THERE. SO IF WE LOOK AT CITY CODE THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL IMPOSE A $2,000 PENALTY AND A FIVE DAYS SUSPENSION FOR THE IF THERE ARE THREE INCIDENCES BY THE SAME LICENSE HOLDER AT THE SAME LICENSED PREMISES. SO WITH THAT I WILL GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THE LICENSE HOLDER TO SPEAK. COUNCILMEMBER LET ME LOOK LIKE YOU'RE ABOUT TO ASK A QUESTION . AS PART OF THE PROCESS WE WOULD ALLOW THE LICENSE HOLDER TO SPEAK IF THE COUNCIL HAS QUESTIONS FOR EITHER ME OR THE LICENSE HOLDER. WE WILL RESERVE TIME FOR THE COUNCIL TO ASK QUESTIONS AND THEN RESERVE TIME FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. SO COUNCILMEMBER LET ME JUST GET JOTTED DOWN ON HOLD AND HOLD ON TO YOUR QUESTION. I WOULD INVITE COUNSEL FOR THE THE LICENSE HOLDER. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. IF YOU COULD IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND IF THE MICROPHONE SHOULD GET YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ALEX TOBOLOWSKY. I'M GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE ONE GROUP WE OWN AND OPERATE. SEVERAL DIFFERENT RESTAURANT BRANDS INCLUDING BENIHANA, STK, KONA GRILL AND RA SUSHI. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU'RE GIVING US TODAY. I HAD I HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU GUYS THAT ARE ONE TO WALK THROUGH PETER KIND OF CUT TO THE CHASE. WHAT I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WAS THE CONCEPT OF LICENSE HOLDER. AND I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE RETRAINING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE POLICIES THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED AND TO HOPE YOU TOO IN HOPES THAT YOU GUYS CAN APPRECIATE THAT WE TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY BECAUSE THIS IS VERY SERIOUS AND OUR TOP PRIORITY IS THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR GUESTS. AND IN THIS INSTANCE THAT COMMITMENT WAS VIOLATED. SO SECTION 13.41 FOCUSES ON LICENSE HOLDER. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IN MAY ON MAY 1ST, 2024. THE ONE GROUP ACQUIRED BENIHANA. IT WAS A VERY LARGE TRANSACTION AND AND IN OUR VIEW THIS CHANGED THE THE LICENSE HOLDER. THERE WAS AN UPPER TIER CHANGE IN THE EQUITY OWNERSHIP AND EFFECTIVELY MANAGEMENT FOR THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION CHANGED THE DECISION MAKERS CHANGED. AND THAT WAS ALSO REFLECTED IN THE OFFICER UPDATE THAT WE DID WITH THE CITY AND THE STATE. WE UPDATED THE OFFICERS ON THE LIQUOR LICENSE. I DON'T HAVE THE RECORDS FOR 2023 AND 2024 BUT WHEN THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR WE DESCENDED UPON THE THE THE VENUE AND WE DID RETRAINING. ON AUGUST 15TH, 2025 I BROUGHT HERE TODAY SIGN IN SHEETS THAT SHOW ALL THE EMPLOYEES THAT SIGNED IN FOR THAT RETRAINING. IT'S A RESPONSIBLE ALCOHOL SERVICE TRAINING THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY OUR TRAINING TEAM AND ALL THE EMPLOYEES THAT WERE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AT THAT VENUE DID HAVE A RETRAINING WHO SERVE ALCOHOL. AND I ALSO HAVE A POLICY CHANGE DOCUMENT THAT WE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES ON AUGUST 28TH, 2025. AND THAT POLICY CHANGES THAT ALL STAFF IS REQUIRED TO CHECK IDS FOR ANY GUEST WHO ORDERS OR SHARES AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE. SO IT'S NO LONGER HOW OLD DO YOU LOOK BUT IT IS. WE ASKED FOR THE ID FOR ANY GUEST IN THIS INSTANCE IN AUGUST OF 2025. THAT WASN'T THE ISSUE AS A CALCULATION ISSUE. AND WHAT WE ALSO WHAT WE ALSO DID FOR OUR EMPLOYEES ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2025, WE ALSO PUT TOGETHER INFORMATION SHEETS ON HOW TO CHECK IDS, HOW TO CALCULATE DATES. AND THIS WAS IF YOU WOULD JUST LET ON THE ON THE PIECE WHERE THE PIECE OF PAPER IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU MOVE THAT IN AND PUT YOUR PAPER ON TOP OF THAT LOAD THE LOGO THERE AND WE'LL BE ON THE OVERHEAD CAMERA. HOW ABOUT THAT? AND AS SO THIS IS THE FIRST PAGE AND THEN SEE IF I CAN YOU KNOW I'LL GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO REVIEW THAT. LIKE I CAN ALSO SHOW YOU THE THE POLICY CHANGED DOCUMENT . THIS IS THE PRESS RELEASE THAT WE ISSUED TO THE WORLD. ALSO INCLUDED IN A 8-K SEC FILING THAT EXPLAIN THE UH THE ACQUISITION BY THE ONE GROUP OF BENIHANA . THESE ARE WHAT THE RESPONSIBLE ALCOHOL SERVICE TRAINING SIGNAGE SHEETS LOOK LIKE . AND WE DID IT AGAIN EVERY OTHER MONTH IN AUGUST I MEAN IN OCTOBER THERE WERE FEWER EMPLOYER EMPLOYEES IN OCTOBER IN ADDITION, ON OCTOBER 23RD, 2025 WE COMMUNICATED A POLICY AND AN ENFORCEMENT POLICY TO OUR EMPLOYEES EXPLAINING THAT FAILING TO CHECK A GAS ID BEFORE SERVING ALCOHOL WOULD RESULT IN A FINAL WRITTEN WARNING AND ANY SUBSEQUENT FAILURE TO CHECK IDS WOULD RESULT IN A TERMINATION. I WILL CONFIRM TO YOU THAT IN 2023 THE OFFENDING EMPLOYEE WAS TERMINATED. IN 2024 THE OFFENDING EMPLOYEE WAS TERMINATED AND AT THAT TIME THE GM WAS I BELIEVE MICHAEL JOHNSON. AND IN AUGUST OF 2025, ALTHOUGH MICHAEL JOHNSON, THE GENERAL MANAGER DID NOT SERVE THE THE CORONA IT WAS A IT WAS A SERVER. NOT ONLY WAS THAT SERVER TERMINATED BUT SO WAS THE GENERAL MANAGER . THIS AGAIN ANOTHER RETRAINING IN DECEMBER. AND BECAUSE OF THE HIGH VOLUME AND DECEMBER IN JANUARY WE DID ANOTHER TRAINING IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO RETRAINING EVERY OTHER MONTH INDEFINITELY. SO I, I SHOW YOU ALL OF THIS BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. WE HAVE FOUR RESTAURANTS IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA THREE BANANAS AND ONE KONA GRILL. WE EMPLOY HUNDREDS OF CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA WITH THE BENIHANA BRAND ALONE. WE EMPLOY OVER 6000 EMPLOYEES NATIONWIDE. AND ACROSS ALL BRANDS FOR THE COMPANY WE EMPLOY OVER 9000 EMPLOYEES NATIONWIDE. AND WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 100 AND LITTLE OVER 160 VENUES GLOBALLY. THIS IS A AN EXTREMELY RARE OCCURRENCE. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT I HAVE TO MEET THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF BLOOMINGTON UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. I WISH IT COULD BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT LIKE DO YOU KNOW PROVIDING TEPPANYAKI FOOD TO THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE JAPANESE GARDEN? BUT YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY I AM HERE BUT THE CEO HAS SENT ME BECAUSE WE TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. AND I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY HAVE FOR ME. QUESTIONS I WANT TO ASK MR. ZUNIGA, WE WE'RE WE'RE THROUGH THIS WITH YOUR QUESTIONS NOW. WE CAN DO THAT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBER A MOMENT AS WELL. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU MAYOR. APOLOGIZE FOR MY LACK OF FORMALITY. IT'S ALEX, RIGHT? YES. ARE YOU ASKING FOR A DEVIATION FROM OUR GUIDELINES? I APPRECIATE THAT YOU BROUGHT FORTH INFORMATION THAT SHOWS THAT YOU'RE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY. THAT'S GOOD. ARE YOU ASKING FOR A DEVIATION BECAUSE OF THAT? SO I THINK THAT I FIND MYSELF IN A DIFFICULT POSITION HERE AND PROBABLY THE CITY COUNCIL DOES TOO. I DID HAVE A MEETING, YOU KNOW, WITH PETER EARLIER TODAY AND I WENT OVER THE CONCEPT OF LICENSE HOLDER BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TO FOCUS ON THIS. I LOOKED AT THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH LICENSE HOLDER. THERE'S NO DEFINITION OF LICENSE HOLDER IN THE CODE IN MY VIEW. THE IN OUR VIEW THE LICENSE HOLDER CHANGED WHEN THERE WAS AN EQUITY OWNERSHIP CHANGE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. AND ALTHOUGH BENIHANA BLOOMINGTON CORP. WAS ISSUED THE LIQUOR LICENSE THAT BENIHANA BLUE IN BLOOMINGTON COURT HAS A PARENT AND THAT HAS A PARENT AND THAT HAS A PARENT. AND ULTIMATELY IF YOU GO ALL THE WAY DOWN THE CHAIN, THERE WAS A TOP TIER CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE WHICH CHANGED THE THE MANAGEMENT. AND SO WHAT I'M ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO DO IS TO NOT COUNT THE 2023 VIOLATION AGAINST THE ONE GROUP WHICH IS THE ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY OR A PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY ON THE NASDAQ IN OUR STOCK TICKERS AS TAX. AND SO IF THE CITY COUNCIL WERE TO ADOPT MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE LICENSE HOLDER UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES THEN WE CAN MOVE AWAY FROM A FIVE DAY SUSPENSION AND FOCUS ON A ONE DAY SUSPENSION INSTEAD. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO DO HERE TODAY . SO YEAH, SO ONE GROUP PURCHASED BENIHANA UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION BENIHANA OWNED MULTIPLE PLACES INCLUDING THE BENIHANA, BLOOMINGTON CORP, BLOOMINGTON CORP. YUP. OKAY. AND SO YOUR CONTENTION IS THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS A CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP BUT AND LICENSE HOLDER AND SO MY QUESTION IS WHEN THAT PURCHASE WAS MADE, WHAT WAS PURCHASED WAS THE CORPORATION PURCHASED OR WERE ASSETS PURCHASED WAS AN ASSET? WAS IT AN ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT WHERE YOU DIDN'T TAKE ON THE LIABILITIES OR DID YOU ACTUALLY PURCHASE THE CORPORATION? SO THIS WAS AN ACTUAL PURCHASE OF THE STOCK IN THE CORPORATION SO IT WAS AN ACT OF THE CORPORATION STILL EXISTS. SO THE CORPORATION STILL EXISTS. IT WAS NOT AN ASSET PURCHASE. THE CORPORATION STILL EXISTS AND WHAT I HAVE HERE WHICH IS WHAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY I'M SORRY I DIDN'T PRESENT THIS EARLIER COULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE HELPFUL. SO I'M TRYING TO STREAMLINE THIS HERE. THIS SHOWS THE PREVIOUS CORPORATE STRUCTURE CHART. THIS IS INCLUDED IN OUR APPLICATION FOR AN OFFICER UPDATE. IT SHOWS THAT THE TOP TIER SAFFLOWER HOLDINGS LLC WAS CHANGED TO TOG KAIZEN ACQUISITION LLC. SO ESSENTIALLY THAT IS THE ENTITY THAT ACQUIRED THE STOCK IN THE IN IN THE ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY. >> YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO HI. NICE TO MEET YOU. I'M GOING TO CALL YOU ALEX. YOU CAN CALL ME LONA. THAT'S FINE. APPRECIATE THE INFORMALITY. SO TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THE TIMELINE THIS IS HELPFUL HERE ONE CORP WAS IN CHARGE OF THIS LOCATION AS OF WHAT DATE? SO THE ONE GROUP ONE GROUP. SORRY. YEAH. NO, THAT'S OKAY. THE ONE GROUP CLOSED THE ACQUISITION ON MAY 1ST 2024. OKAY. AND ON MAY 1ST 2024 EFFECTIVELY THE ONE GROUP TOOK POSSESSION OF BENIHANA AND ALL OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES. OKAY. SO SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE WHAT DID DID YOU ATTEMPT TO DO YOU DO A REVIEW OF THE LICENSES THAT YOU HAVE FOR ALL YOUR LIQUOR ESTABLISHMENTS AND DID YOU DETERMINE THAT YOU YOU DID OR DID NOT NEED TO CHANGE THE OWNERSHIP HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IN OR I MEAN WHAT WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS WHAT WAS YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS THAT ALLOWED YOU TO EITHER IGNORE OR CHOOSE NOT TO IF YOU MEANT TO ACTIVELY CHANGE THE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE ON THE ON THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WE HAVE IF IT WAS IMPORTANT TO YOU THAT THAT GET DONE? YEAH I MEAN I THINK IT'S NOT NECESSARY I DON'T THINK THE CODE REQUIRES THE THE THE LIGHT AT THE ENTITY THAT THE LICENSE IS ISSUED TO TO CHANGE. I DON'T THINK THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE CODE AND WE WORKED WITH LICENSING AUTHORITIES AND COUNCIL TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF ALL OF THE LICENSING AUTHORITIES NATIONWIDE WERE NOTIFIED OF THE TOP TIER CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID AND WE FOLLOWED THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO UPDATE THE OFFICERS ACCORDINGLY. AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE A ROUTINE IT'S A ROUTINE THING THAT HAPPENS IN AN ACQUISITION I AND I TO MY KNOWLEDGE WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING. IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WE DID IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LICENSING AUTHORITIES, THE YOU DID WITH THE. WHAT KIND OF EVIDENCE DO WE HAVE THAT YOU CAME TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND UPDATED THAT SOMEHOW? SO ONE THING I DIDN'T SHARE HERE WAS THE APPLICATION PROCESS WAS THE APPLICATION THAT WE SUBMITTED AND ACTUALLY PETER SHARED IT AS WELL . THIS IS THE COVER PAGE . THIS IS I BELIEVE FOR THE STATE, THIS IS FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. THIS IS AN OFFICER UPDATE EXPLAINING THAT THE ONE GROUP IS ADDING OFFICERS THIS IS FOR TYLER LOY . THIS IS CHRISTY HENG, AN EMPLOYEE OF THE ONE GROUP . SO THIS IS AN OFFICIAL APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED WITH THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON UPDATING THE LIST OF OFFICERS WHO ESSENTIALLY ARE RESPONSIBLE ON THE LIQUOR LICENSE AS EMPLOYEES OF THE ONE GROUP. AND SO AND THIS IS THIS IS VERY TYPICAL WHEN YOU DO AN ACQUISITION YOU CHANGE THE YOU UPDATE THE OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE LICENSING AUTHORITIES WHAT YOU DO IS YOU IDENTIFY AND THE OFFICERS THAT ARE OFFICERS OF THE PARENT BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THESE ARE THE DECISION MAKERS THAT OVERSEE ALL LICENSES FOR FOR THE COMPANY AND AT THE TIME THAT YOU DID THAT, WAS THERE ANY CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY ABOUT EITHER CHANGING THE LICENSE HOLDER AS YOU DEFINE IT AS IT'S DEFINED HERE AS BENIHANA, BLOOMINGTON OR THE LICENSE NUMBER ITSELF, THE ACTUAL LITERAL LICENSE NUMBER ITSELF? DID THAT CHANGE AS A RESULT OF THAT? YOU'RE BASICALLY SUBMITTING THE OFFICER INFORMATION. SO WHAT I WOULD CONTEND IS THAT WHEN THERE WAS AN ACQUISITION AND THE LICENSE HOLDER CHANGED I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON ISSUED A LICENSE TO A SPECIFIC ENTITY IN THE NAME OF THAT ENTITY DIDN'T CHANGE BUT THE EQUITY THE MANAGEMENT THAT CONTROL THAT ALL CHANGED. AND SO WITHOUT A FORMAL DEFINITION OF THE LICENSE HOLDER IN THE CODE WITHOUT LEGISLATIVE INTENT TO HELP EVERYONE HERE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LICENSE HOLDER TRULY MEANS, I'M ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO BREATHE MEANING INTO IT AND REFLECT THE FACT THAT MANAGEMENT DID CHANGE IN THE ACTS OF THE PRIOR MANAGEMENT PERHAPS MAYBE IN THIS INSTANCE SHOULD NOT BE HELD AGAINST THE NEW MANAGEMENT. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. UNDERSTOOD. THANKS. ALSO REMEMBER LOOMING MY QUESTIONS FOR ATTORNEY. SO THEN MY QUESTION IS SO IF I THINK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ASKING THE QUESTION AHEAD SO THIS IS MY QUESTION FOR YOU IF WE HAVE A NEW COMPANY THAT ACQUIRES A YOU KNOW, ACQUIRES THE LICENSE BY WHICH THAT SERVICE IS BEING DONE THERE, LET'S SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A CERTAIN COMPANY THAT WILL CALL IT K COMPANY AND THEY'RE SERVING LIQUOR THERE. A NEW COMPANY COMES IN AND PURCHASES THAT THAT BUSINESS AND ACQUIRES THAT LICENSE. WHAT HAPPENS WITH ALL OF THE PREVIOUS LET'S SAY VIOLATIONS IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER MOMENT IN THAT PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCE IF A NEW COMPANY CAME IN AND PURCHASED THE NEW COMPANY, THE NEW COMPANY WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR THEIR OWN LIQUOR LICENSE. SO THAT WOULD OR THERE WOULD BE A TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OR OR MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT TRANSFERRING THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE LICENSE TO THE NEW OWNER. I JUST WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT SINCE WE'RE INFORMAL HERE ALEX SAID HE HE SAID IT RIGHT THERE. THE CORPORATION DIDN'T GO AWAY. BENIHANA NOT BALLOONED TO A CORPORATION STILL EXIST. IT WAS A PURCHASE OF SHARES AND SO THE CITY TAKES THE POSITION THAT IF IT'S SIMPLY REPLACING OFFICERS OF OF THE CORPORATION THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND HERE IS THE LICENSE REQUIREMENT EVERY LICENSE HOLDER WOULD SIMPLY SWITCH OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY TO AVOID THAT LIABILITY. YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT ALEX SHOWED YOU THE CITY HAS A TWO PART APPLICATION. HE ONLY SHOWED YOU PART TWO OF THE APPLICATION RIGHT HERE . IF YOU LOOK AT PART ONE OF THE APPLICATION IT CLEARLY LISTS BENIHANA BLOOMINGTON CORPORATION AS THE LICENSE HOLDER. WHAT APPLICATION TO DOES IT SIMPLY REPLACES THE RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS WITH NEW INDIVIDUALS. SO THE LICENSE HOLDER IS STILL THE SAME. IT HAS EXISTED SINCE 2014 AND THEY SUBMITTED THIS RENEWAL AS LATE AS 2025. IF I COULD JUST ASK ONE OTHER JUST TWO MORE QUESTIONS. SO WHEN IT SAYS NON TRANSFERABILITY IF IF YOU HAD STARTED A NEW COMPANY I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME WHAT THE APPLICANT IS ARGUING ARGUMENT IS THAT THEY STARTED A NEW COMPANY BUT YOU KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE TRANSFERRED IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A NEW LICENSE RIGHT? I MEAN THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND FROM FROM A LEGAL AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES WITH OTHER COMPANIES BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN BEFORE WHERE THE OWNERSHIP HAS CHANGED AND THEY COME IN AND THEY REAPPLY FOR THE EXACT SAME LICENSE. SO JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST AS COUNCIL MER COUNCIL CHAIRMAN LOHMANN YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT WHEN A NEW COMPANY COMES IN THEY ARE REQUIRED TO GET A NEW LICENSE. WHAT TYPICALLY WILL HAPPEN IS THERE WILL BE A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO THE OLD EXISTING LICENSE HOLDER AND THE NEW COMPANY FOR THAT EXISTING LICENSE HOLDER TO MANAGE THE ALCOHOL SERVICE AND OPERATION UNTIL THAT NEW COMPANY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR ITS OWN LICENSE AND RECEE IT WITH THE THE OFFENSES THAT THAT OCCURRED UNDER THAT OLD LICENSE CARRY THROUGH TO THE NEW NEW COMPANY MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOHMANN NO, THAT WOULD NOT BE SO IN THIS CASE. THIS IS NOT WHAT WE HAVE THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A NEW NEW COMPANY. WE HAVE THE SAME COMPANY WHICH I'VE SEEN BEFORE. I TRY TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST WHEN THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE OF THE DIRECTORS IN THE LEADERSHIP IN THAT ORGANIZATION THAT'S STILL UNDER THE SAME COMPANY. WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS WE SAID NO, YOU HAVE THE EXACT SAME LICENSE AND THOSE VIOLATIONS THAT OCCURRED IN THE PAST CARRY THROUGH EVEN THOUGH IT'S A NEW OWNERSHIP RIGHT? MARY COUNCIL MEMBER AND I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS THAT THOSE CORPORATE OFFICERS WERE SIMPLY REPLACED. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS MICROPHONE PLEASE MIKE COUNCIL MEMBER MY QUESTIONS ARE A LOT QUICKER AND SIMPLER THAN THOSE JUST DO WHEN DID THE VIOLATION OCCUR AND WHEN DID YOU FIRST APPLY OR TRY TO MAKE AN INTENTION TO REMEDY THE ISSUE? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE 2025 INCIDENT AND IN GENERAL THIS IS SAME LICENSE SO THE WHOLE THING COVERS YOU KNOW I'M I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE LEGALITY OF EVERYTHING THAT I'VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT AND WHENEVER THERE'S AN ACQUISITION AND THE NAME CHANGES AT THE TOP THE WHAT TRICKLES DOWN IS SO NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE AND THAT GOES WITH THE ENTIRE STAFF THAT WORKS FOR THAT PARTICULAR ENTITY. SO IN THAT CASE MIKE THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU WHEN DID THE VIOLATION OCCUR AND WHEN DID YOU FIRST MAKE A MOVE TO KIND OF RECTIFY THE ISSUE? A YOU KNOW AS IT'S BEEN STATED ALREADY BY OUR ATTORNEY AND SOME OF OUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVE MADE A MOVE TO CHANGE THINGS BEFORE AND TRY TO GET A NEW LICENSE THAT COULD HAVE REMEDIED THE ISSUE ALTHOUGH MOST COMPANIES TRY NOT TO DO THAT BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY HAVE A WAITING PERIOD TO AFTER THEY APPLY FOR THE LICENSE. SO IT'S WEIRD ESPECIALLY FOR A LIQUOR LICENSE. SO IN ORDER TO AVOID THAT NOBODY CHANGES THE LICENSE NUMBERS. SO BY DOING SO YOU ARE AS ASSUMING ALL THAT RESPONSIBILITY THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTS WHETHER IT'S NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE TO YOU KNOW, I HAD SUGGESTED TO YOU THAT AS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON ASKED YOU THAT IF YOU WERE TRYING TO GET A VARIAE ON THE ISSUE WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT EASIER FOR YOU BECAUSE WHAT YOU HAVE MADE CLEAR TO US IS THAT YOUR COMPANY IS STILL IN VIOLATION OF THE GUIDELINES OF, YOU KNOW, SELLING LIQUOR TO MINORS AND YOU KNOW, ANY WAY YOU PUT IT IS STILL IS THE COMPANY'S RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE HE NEVER CHANGED THE NAME. BENIHANA CONTINUED TO BE THE SAME NAME THE LICENSE CONTINUED TO BE THE SAME LICENSE AND EVERY CHANGE I CAN YOU KNOW, SAY THAT YOU KNOW, MANAGEMENT DROPPED THE BALL BY NOT TRAINING PEOPLE THE WAY THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. I YOU KNOW, RECENTLY I'VE BEEN WORKING TO HEALTH CARE AND WE GET TRAINING EVERY TWO MONTHS ON LIQUOR SELLING AND AND WE DON'T SERVE ALCOHOL ON UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES SO YOU KNOW I'M I WOULD YOU KNOW LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON SUGGESTED HE WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT IF YOU HAD COME ASKING FOR SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR RIGHT NOW AT LEAST IN MY POINT OF VIEW. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU. WELL, IF I MAY. SURE. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE A FEW THINGS AS I RESPOND TO WHAT YOU SAID. THIS ISN'T JUST AN OFFICER UPDATE. THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO CREATE AN ABUSE FOR FRAUD WHERE YOU CAN JUST UPDATE THE OFFICERS AND THEN WIPE THE SLATE CLEAN. THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT WHAT I'M ASKING HERE. THE ONE GROUP ACQUIRED BENIHANA $365 MILLION TO ACTUALLY ACQUIRE ALL THE SUBSIDIARIES OF BENIHANA AND THAT TRANSACTION CLOSED MAY 1ST 2024. THE ENTIRE EXECUTIVE TEAM FROM THE PRIOR MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE WAS GONE SO THEY NO LONGER THE ONES WHO HAD THE 2023 VIOLATION. THEY NO LONGER HAD CONTROL OVER THE LICENSE AND THEY EFFECTIVELY WERE NOT THE LICENSE HOLDER ANYMORE. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LICENSEE AND THE LICENSEE IS BENIHANA BLOOMINGTON CORP BUT IN MY VIEW THE LICENSE THE LICENSE HOLDER GOES A BIT DEEPER AND YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE ULTIMATE PARENT AND YOU HAVE TO GO TO WHO EFFECTIVELY MANAGES AND CONTROLS THE THE LICENSE. AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT ,WELL YOU ONLY CAN REALLY COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT'S THE ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY WHICH IN THIS CASE WOULD BE THE ONE GROUP. AND SO IN 2023 THE REASON WHY I CAN'T ANSWER WHAT WAS DONE IN 2023 IS BECAUSE WE WEREN'T THE LICENSE HOLDER. SO I ACTUALLY CAN'T I WASN'T I WASN'T HERE NEITHER WAS ANY ANYBODY A PART OF THE ONE GROUP HERE IN 2023 SO I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHAT WAS DONE IN 2023 BECAUSE WE WEREN'T THE LICENSE HOLDER. BUT THEN IN 2024 THERE WAS AN INCIDENT AND THAT TO US CAME ACROSS AS A FLUKE. WE HAVE A ROBUST TRAINING DEPARTMENT ACROSS ALL BRANDS AND WE DO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE RESPONSIBLE ALCOHOL SERVICE TRAINING IN THAT INSTANCE THAT DID HAPPEN. I OVERSEE ALL LEGAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE COMPANY AND THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO US BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A ROBUST TRAINING PROGRAM. SO THE FACT THAT THIS DID HAPPEN HERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RED FLAG AND WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE CHANGED THE POLICY THEN WE DIDN'T CHANGE THE POLICY IN 2024 BUT IN 2025 WE REALIZED THIS MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN A FLUKE AND IT WAS THE SAME GENERAL MANAGER WHO OVERSAW THAT RESTAURANT. WE SEPARATED EMPLOYMENT AND WE DID CHANGE POLICY AND INSTEAD OF JUST RELYING UPON ONBOARDING TRAINING WE HAVE DECIDED TO DO RETRAINING OF RESPONSIBLE ALCOHOL SERVICE EVERY OTHER MONTH WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING WHICH IS THE SIGNING SHEETS THAT I THAT I SHOWED TO YOU. AND IN ADDITION WE CHANGED THE POLICY. SO NOW IT'S NOT JUST LOOKING AT HOW OLD YOU MAY BE AND IF YOU LOOK OVER 35 OR YOU LOOK OVER 40 WE CHECK YOUR ID NO MATTER WHAT IN EVERY INSTANCES WE CHECK YOUR ID IF YOU'RE ORDERING LIQUOR AND IF YOU FAIL TO DO THAT THAT IS A FINAL WRITTEN WARNING AND IF YOU FAIL TO DO THAT AGAIN YOU'RE TERMINATED AND IN ADDITION WE DISTRIBUTED HIGH AND I THOSE THOSE COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT THE POLICY CHANGES IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER OF THIS PAST YEAR AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THE TRAININGS AND IT'S SCHEDULED FOR THE RETRAINING IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH BECAUSE WE DID ONE IN JANUARY AND WE DID ONE IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR AND AGAIN WE'RE DOING IN MARCH AND EVERY OTHER MONTH SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION BECAUSE IT REALLY CUTS TO THE CORE OF WHO THE LICENSE HOLDER IS ON THE SHEET THAT PETER SHOWED YOU, YOU SEE THE LICENSEE AS BENIHANA BLOOMINGTON CORP BUT THE LICENSE HOLDER IN MY VIEW AND WITHOUT ANY LEGISLATIVE INTENT IN THE CODE AND WITHOUT A DEFINITION OF LICENSE HOLDER IN THE CODE WE ARE LEFT TO INTERPRET WHAT THAT WORD MEANS. AND TODAY I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO INTERPRET THAT TO MEAN WHO ACTUALLY MANAGES AND CONTROLS THIS LICENSE AND WHO SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE FOR THESE ACTIONS. AND IN 2023 THE ONE GROUP WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LICENSE. WE COULD NOT CONTROL WHAT WAS GOING ON IN 2023 BECAUSE WE WEREN'T THE HOLDER OF THE LICENSE. SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SUBMIT ONE MORE QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON AND COUNCILMAN ROBERTSON, I JUST HAVE A QUICK FOLLOW UP ON IT. I DO REALIZE YOU GUYS ACQUIRE A COMPANY AND I'VE BEEN PART OF AN ACQUISITION BEFORE YOU KNOW AND AS JUNIOR MANAGEMENT YOU MADE A DECISION TO GIVE THOSE MANAGERS AS MANAGERS NOT TO TOP EXECUTIVES BUT THE JUNIOR MIDDLE MANAGEMENT ALL OF THEM REMAIN IN PLACE. THEREFORE YOU MAKE THE DECISION TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WHATEVER DECISION THESE MANAGERS MAKE RIGHT? I MEAN I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT 2023. RIGHT. BUT 2425 IT IS TOTALLY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. 23 YOU ACQUIRED A COMPANY MADE 24TH SAY MAY 1ST 24 RIGHT? YEAH. THE TRANSITION WHEN THIS FIRST ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN THE FIRST INCIDENT WHEN DID IT HAPPEN? >> IN 23. IN 23? YEAH. WHEN WHAT MONTH IT HAPPENED I BELIEVE IT WAS SEPTEMBER PETER SO NEGOTIATE CHANGES WERE ALREADY HAPPENING ALL THIS TIME RIGHT? I MEAN THESE NEW EXECUTIVES COULD HAVE NEGOTIATED ALL THOSE LIABILITIES AS PART OF IT. YOU KNOW YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHATEVER HAPPENED BEFORE WE'RE GOING TO PAY THIS SOME SUM OF MONEY FOR IT THE COMPANY AND YOU KNOW, WORKED OUT ALL THOSE DETAILS BETWEEN THE ATTORNEYS. I MEAN LIKE I SAID, I DON'T HAVE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENS THERE. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN SEVERAL OF THOSE ACQUISITIONS FROM BIGGER COMPANIES TO SMALLER AND YOU KNOW, OF COURSE EVERYBODY FEELS THE RAMIFICATIONS OF IT BUT I MEAN WHEN YOU BUY SOMETHING LIKE THAT YOU ARE ACQUIRING EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH IT. IF YOU DIDN'T WORK THE DETAILS AS AN ATTORNEY BEFORE YOU MAKE THE DECISION TO PAY FOR THE COMPANY YOUR TAKING ALL THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT AT LEAST THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING . RIGHT? THAT'S ALL I GOT. ME THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON THANK YOU, MAYOR MR. TOBOLOWSKY. ALEX PLEASE. ALEX PERFECT ONE'S CALL ME DANIELLE WONDERFUL. SO I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT OF THE TERM LICENSE HOLDER RIGHT? AND THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY LACKING A DEFINITION AND SO YOU'RE ASKING US TO BREATHE LIFE INTO THAT TERM. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT YOU'RE ASKING THAT WE BREATHE LIFE INTO IS THAT LICENSE HOLDER WOULD BE DEFINED AS THE PARENT COMPANY. AND I TRULY I'M NOT TRYING TO BE OBTUSE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M REALLY CLEAR ON WHAT WE WOULD WHAT DEFINITION WE WOULD BE BREATHING LIFE INTO. RIGHT? YEAH, I THINK YEAH I TOOK NO INTENT TO PLEASE I NEVER STOPPED TALKING JUMPING AT ANY TIME. TOTALLY FINE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. I THINK THAT I'M ASKING YOU TO LOOK AT THE BONA FIDE OWNER OF THE LICENSE AND THE BONA FIDE OWNER IS THE OWNER WHO ACTUALLY OWNS THE SHARES OF THE COMPANY AND WHO OWNS AND CONTROLS THE DAY TO DAY DECISIONS OF THE COMPANY AND THAT HOLDER OF THE LICENSE CHANGED MAY 1ST, 2024 WHEN THE ONE GROUP ACQUIRED BENIHANA AND ALL OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT TEAM WHO WAS MAKING DECISIONS FOR THAT ENTITY THAT BENIHANA BLOOMINGTON CORP THEY EFFECTIVELY WENT AWAY. AND YOU KNOW WHAT I CAN ADD TO THAT IS THE CEO WAS TERMINATED. THE FIRST DAY ON MAY 2ND. OKAY. AND THEN SO OUR OUR CEO FOR THE ONE GROUP IS THE CEO OF THE ONE GROUP AND SO THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE ONE GROUP RANKS HIGHER THAN THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE SUBSIDIARY BENIHANA AND ULTIMATELY THE THE THE WHO MANAGES AND CONTROLS THAT LICENSE THAT CHANGED BUT THEY BUT BUT IT'S NOT JUST THAT THE OFFICERS CHANGE IT'S THAT THE TOP TIER EQUITY OWNERSHIP CHANGE IT'S THE BONA FIDE OWNER AND CONTROLLER OF THAT LICENSE WHICH IS THAT'S THE THAT'S REALLY THE CONCEPT THAT I'M ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO BREATHE IN TO WHO THE LICENSE HOLDER IS NOW WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN IF THE CITY COUNCIL WERE TO ADOPT MY DEFINITION OF THIS IS IF THERE WASN'T ACQUISITION AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT YOU KNOW, I THINK COUNCILMEMBER LOHMANN BROUGHT THIS UP AND PETER ADDRESSED IT WHICH IS IF THIS WAS JUST A PURE AN OWNERSHIP CHANGE AT THE LOWEST LEVEL AT THE LOWEST LEVEL FROM BENIHANA BLOOMINGTON CORP TO PEPPER JACK BLOOMINGTON CORP OKAY, PEPPER JACK BLOOMINGTON CORP WOULD APPLY FOR A NEW LICENSE. OKAY. AND THAT NEW LICENSE WOULD HAVE A NEW LICENSE NUMBER AND THAT NEW LICENSE AND NEW LICENSE NUMBER WOULD NOT HAVE THE HISTORY OF THE PRIOR LICENSE. THAT MUCH IS TRUE. BUT IF IF THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON GIVES EFFECT TO THAT, THEN WHY WOULDN'T IT GIVE EFFECT TO A TRANSFER OF EQUITY AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL WHEN ESSENTIALLY IT'S KIND OF THE SAME THING BUT WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE TO APPLY BECAUSE IT'S A TOP TIER CHANGE AND YOU KNOW, I CAN APPRECIATE THE COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO VIEWPOINT ON THIS WHERE I THINK THAT YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED US TO APPLY FOR A NEW LICENSE PERHAPS MAYBE OR MAYBE YOU THOUGHT IT WAS REQUIRED. WHAT I WILL SAY IS IT'S NOT REQUIRED UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE IT'S IT'S IT'S A IT'S A TOP IT'S WHAT WE CALL A TOP TIER OWNERSHIP CHANGE. IT'S AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL THAT SHEET THAT I SENT YOU SEVEN LAYERS OF OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES ONE OWNING THE NEXT ONE WHOLLY OWNING THE NEXT BUT ULTIMATELY AT THE END OF THAT CHAIN IS AN ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY AND THAT'S THE ONE GROUP AND MAYBE THEY MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR YOU KNOW, BIGGER COMPANIES WHEN THEY'RE DOING BIGGER TRANSACTIONS LIKE THIS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 90 RESTAURANTS THAT TRANSFERRED TO AN ENTITY AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE COMPLICATED FOR, YOU KNOW, A COMPANY OF OUR SIZE TO DO TRANSFERS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL ENTITY AND APPLY FOR NEW LICENSES. AND SO JURISDICTIONS ALLOW FOR THIS TO HAPPEN AND SO ALL I'M ASKING IS THAT YOU YOU LET US HAVE A CLEAN SLATE WHEN WE ACTUALLY BECAME THE LICENSE HOLDER THAT THAT'S THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT I'M ASKING. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS, MAYBE WE COULD DO ONE MORE QUESTION. ONE QUESTIONS. OKAY. I THINK WE CAN GET TWO COMMENTS. SO THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. I THINK I WILL NEED EIGHT WE NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE TO CLOSE THE HEARING. SO DO I NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE IN A MOTION TO CLOSE A HEARING SO MOVE SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO CLOSE THE HEARING AND WE WILL TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE NOW TO CLOSE A HEARING. D'ALESSANDRO YES, REVERSE YES . NELSON I LOWMAN ROBERTSON YES. CARTER I MAYOR BASIE I PASSED A70 CLOSING THE HEARING. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT DISCUSSION . COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND AND COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO, I JUST WANT TO SAY I FIRST OF ALL I APPRECIATE THE THE RESPONSIBLE ALCOHOL SERVICE TRAINING THAT YOU FOLKS JUST OBVIOUSLY JUMPED RIGHT INTO WHEN YOU SAW THIS WAS AN ISSUE AND IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO, WE DID PASS MANDATORY SERVER TRAINING AS A REQUIREMENT FOR LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWALS. BUSINESSES ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTS SHOWING 100% OF SERVERS HAVE TAKEN THE APPROVED TRAINING IN ORDER TO RENEW LICENSE AS OF OR RENEW THEIR LICENSE ON SEVEN 126 OR JANUARY JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR. WE WEREN'T RECEIVED DOCUMENTATION OF ANY TRAINING UNTIL THE TIME OF RENEWAL BUT I THINK WE CAN AGREE THAT THE STEPS THAT THESE FOLKS TOOK ADMIRABLE AND WELL DONE TO TO TRY AND AVOID THINGS IN THE IN THE THE FUTURE. OUR QUESTION NOW IS YOU KNOW THE WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE BASIS OF THE FACTS HERE AND I THINK THE INTERPRETATION THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO FROM FROM MY STANDPOINT IN THE WAY I'M LOOKING AT THIS THE LICENSE HOLDER IS THE NAME ON THE LICENSE IN MY MIND AND THE NAME OF THE LICENSE THAT WE HAVE SEEN FOR ALL THESE YEARS IS THE BENIHANA BLOOMINGTON CORPORATION. IT'S THE SAME NAME ON THE LICENSE AND THE SAME NAME AND FOR THAT MATTER ON THE THE VIOLATION FORMS THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT HAVE BEEN MAILED OUT AND IT'S NOT A NEW NEW LICENSE AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT. IT IS INDEED A RENEWAL OF A LICENSE AND I THINK TO TO TRY AND TO SPLIT HAIRS ON THE NOTION OF THE LICENSE HOLDER LICENSEE, THE DIFFERENCES I THINK IN MY MIND THIS IS PRETTY OBVIOUS WHERE WE SHOULD GO AND THIS NOTION I APPRECIATE THAT IT'S MR. CYBULSKI YOU CONSIDER THIS A RARE OCCURRENCE THREE YEARS IN A ROW IS NOT A RARE OCCURRENCE. I THINK IT'S A RARE OCCURRENCE TO HAVE THREE THREE YEARS IN A ROW VIOLATIONS WITH OUR OUR BLOOMINGTON BUSINESSES AND THAT IS THE RARE PART OF THIS . THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM. THAT'S WHERE I'M STANDING. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I SAW YOUR HAND UP EARLIER AS WELL AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO THANK YOU MAYOR. I'LL JUST BE VERY QUICK BUSINESSES SEPARATE FROM THE INDIVIDUALS THAT OWNER OWN IT, IT CAN BE TRANSFERRED AND ALL THAT. THE BUSINESS IS A SEPARATE ENTITY. IT'S STAN IT'S OWN. IF YOU BOUGHT IT YOU BOUGHT IT WITH ALL THE ASSETS, ALL THE LIABILITIES IS EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH THAT. THAT'S WHY A LOT OF TIMES WHEN PEOPLE BUY BUSINESSES THEY DON'T BUY THE LIABILITIES IS BUY THE ASSETS THEY BUY THE PHYSICAL THINGS THE NAME, THE GOODWILL, THAT TYPE OF STUFF AND THAT'S A WHOLLY SEPARATE TRANSACTION. BUT IF YOU BOUGHT THE ACTUAL SHARES OF THE COMPANY THE COMPANY IS A SEPARATE ENTITY. IT COMES WITH ALL THE BAGGAGE THAT IT COMES WITH. I MEAN THAT IS I MEAN THAT'S JUST FUNDAMENTAL TO TO OUR SYSTEM. AND YOU KNOW, I WENT ON TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE. THE BUSINESS HAS BEEN RENEWED AND 23 2425 IT'S THE SAME BUSINESS THE BUSINESS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS OPERATIONS REGARDLESS OF WHO OWNS IT. I MEAN I OWN A BUSINESS. I COULD HAVE A HEART ATTACK TONIGHT AND IT WOULD TRANSFER TO WHOEVER TRANSFERS TO I FORGET BUT I'M SO OR MAYBE DON'T WANT TO SAY PUBLICLY AND YOU KNOW ALL OF THE STUFF LIKE ALL OF MY CLIENTS WOULD STILL EXPECT ME TO FULFILL ALL OF MY CONTRACTS. EVERYTHING THAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO WOULD STILL BE FULFILLED. I MEAN I APPRECIATE THE ARGUMENT I AND I REALLY AS THE MAYOR SAID, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR STEPPED UP EFFORTS ON THIS AND AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR YOU NOT HAVING THIS PROBLEM BUT FOR RIGHT NOW THE PROBLEM EXISTS IT'S A PROBLEM OF THE CORPORATION AND THAT'S JUST I THINK THAT'S FUNDAMENTAL BASIC LAWS WITH REGARDS TO BUSINESS. SO COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMEMBER ALESSANDRA THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. >> YOU HAVE THREE THINGS SO YES, THANK YOU DEFINITELY FOR UPDATING YOUR POLICIES. I THINK IT MAKES THE CITY SAFER AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WONDERFUL AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT THAT. I MY BIGGEST THING IS THAT WHEN THE LICENSE WAS AVAILABLE FOR CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP OF THE STAKEHOLDERS, THE OPTION WAS THERE TO CHANGE THE NAME AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING YOU NEEDED TO EVEN CHANGE THE NAME BUT THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE ONE GROUP DOING BUSINESS AS BENIHANA BLOOMINGTON AND THEN WE WOULD KNOW BETTER THAT THERE'S A NEW LICENSE HOLDER THERE AND THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. I MEAN WE GET PROBABLY WHAT 30 TO 50 LICENSE RENEWALS EVERY SIX MONTHS COMING THROUGH HERE AND WE SO MUCH SO THAT WE UPDATE THEM, PUT THEM ON CONSENT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO LOOK AT THEM ALL THE TIME SO WE GET ENOUGH OF THEM THAT WE WE SEE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE AND THESE CHANGES OF OWNERSHIP HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. AND SO I'M I THINK I THINK TO ME ANYWAY THIS IS THIS IS A THE FACT THAT THAT THE COMPANY IS SAYING THAT IT WASN'T REQUIRED IS ONE THING THE FACT THAT IT WASN'T KNOWN IS THE PART THAT BOTHERS ME THAT THAT WHAT I'M HEARING IS I'M HEARING IS TWO SIDES OF THE SAME ARGUMENT. THE ONE ARGUMENT SAYS WE'RE SO BIG WE WERE SEVEN FLOORS UP AND DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE LITTLE PIDDLY GUYS AT THE SINGLE ENTITY WERE KNOWING WHICH IS WHY I'M CONFUSED ABOUT WHY WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT $2,000. FINE. OKAY SO I'LL PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS WE HERE AT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BY THE NAMES THAT YOU CHANGED ON THE FORMS ON THE SECOND PART OF THE FORM THAT YOU HAD A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP . AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THAT THOSE TWO PEOPLE BECOMING NEW ENTITIES, NEW PEOPLE INVOLVED FROM KOREA WOULD HAVE WOULD HAVE I MEAN I DON'T THINK A CLERK IN ANY CITY WOULD HAVE KNOWN OH THAT MEANS OWNERSHIP CHANGE. LIKE IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU CHANGE THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES ON THE SAME CUSTOMER ON THE SAME COMPANY IN MY VIEW. SO I DON'T DISAGREE THAT OWNERSHIP MAYBE LICENSE LIKE OWNERSHIP SHOULD GET DEFINED IN OUR CODE. OKAY SURE WE COULD TAKE THAT ON BUT I DON'T IN MY OPINION RIGHT NOW IT FEELS LIKE IT'S A LOT TO ASK US TO TO LOOK AT THIS AS NOT A CONSECUTIVE THREE YEARS IN A ROW VIOLATION AT THE SAME LOCATION WITH THE SAME LICENSE NUMBER WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENED SEVEN FLOORS UP IN TWO DOORS OVER TO A COMPANY OUT OF COUNTRY THAT WOULDN'T HAVE IN A MILLION YEARS I WOULD HAVE MADE THAT THE ABILITY YOU KNOW, A CLERK IN BLOOMINGTON WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT THE DOTS AND GO OH, WE SHOULD PROBABLY PROACTIVELY ASK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S A CHANGE OR NOT LIKE IT FEELS UNCOMFORTABLE TO ME. SO THAT'S WHERE I STAND. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMEMBER LOHMANN ARE OH I THINK WE'RE MOVING TOWARD ACTION. I THINK COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON ,YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? >> YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, JUST TO THANK EVERYONE WHO'S HERE TONIGHT. I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND ALEX, I CERTAINLY DO APPRECIATE YOU ASKING US TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SAY HEY, THERE'S NO DEFINITION SO LET'S DO THAT RIGHT NOW. I'LL BE REAL HONEST WITH YOU. I WOULD BE HESITANT TO BREATHE LIFE INTO A DEFINITION THAT EVEN POSSIBLY COULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR SOMEONE TO JUST CHANGE EVERY YEAR, EVERY TWO YEARS. RIGHT. AND GET AWAY WITH THIS VIOLATION. I ALSO WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR AND TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IS SAYING AND THAT I REALLY AS A BLOOMINGTON RESIDENT AND SOMEONE WHO FREQUENTS THEM ALL I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS CHANGING THAT POLICY. RIGHT. IT MAKES ALL OF US SAFER. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I LOVE THE REMEDY THAT HAPPENED IMMEDIATELY BUT I WILL BE HONEST I'M I WOULD BE HESITANT TO TO WANT US TO DEFINE IT THIS WAY. I THINK TO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO IS POINT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DO NEED TO TO DEFINE IT RIGHT AS OF RIGHT NOW THE DEFINITION I WANT TO BREATHE LIFE INTO IS DIFFERENT THAN YOURS AND SO THAT WOULD BE MY POSITION. I THINK IT'S I WOULD SAY THAT THE LICENSE HOLDER WAS THE SAME FOR ALL THREE VIOLATIONS INFRACTION AND I'M LOOKING TO COUNCILMEMBER LAMENT NO MAYOR THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S ALL BEEN STATED SINCE THIS IS A QUASI QUASI JUDICIAL PROCESS THAT I KIND OF HERE WHERE I THINK WE'RE HEADED. SO I'LL MOVE OUR RESOLUTION OF A FINDING OF FACT IN CONCLUSION OF LAW IN A DECISION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON REGARDING THE THIRD ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE VIOLATION AT THE BUILDING LOCATED AT 358 SOUTH AVENUE, BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA 55425 MAYOR MANASSEH JUST TO BE CLEAR I THE MOTION THAT'S PROPOSED ON THE SCREENS HAS BEEN YAHA BLOOMINGTON CORPORATION. WHAT'S GOING TO I WAS GOING TO SAY THE SAME SO THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT SO THE MOTION DOES INCLUDE THE WORDS BENIHANA AND BLOOMINGTON CORPORATION WE HAVE A MOTION WE HAVE A SECOND TO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION ON THIS? WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A ROLL CALL VOTE ONE MORE TIME. BIANCA, PLEASE TELL CASSANDRA RIVAS AND NELSON I I ROBERTSON I CARTER I'M MAYOR BUSSE I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES YOU MADE YOUR POLICIES AND PLEASE SHARE THAT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO TO CONTINUED SUCCESS AND CONTINUED HOPEFULLY NOT SEEING YOU AGAIN SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU THAT CONCLUDES THAT CONCLUDES OUR HEARINGS RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES FOR THE EVENING. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS NOW AND ITEM 5.1 UNDER ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS IS TO ORDER AND AUTHORIZE TO BID THE NINE MILE CREEK QUARTER RENEWAL PROJECT AND THE NINE MILE CREEK LOWER VALLEY MANAGEMENT PLAN RENEWAL PROJECT AND WE'VE GOT THE CAST OF THOUSANDS TODAY RENEE CLARK IS GOING TO KICK US OFF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELCOME. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. I WILL GET STARTED AS THE PRESENTATION COMES UP HERE. NATURAL RESOURCES HAS BEEN A TOP PRIORITY FOR COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY WHICH IS WHY COUNCIL ASKED STAFF TO DEVELOP A PROPOSED PROJECT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT TONIGHT . IN 2022 PARK STAFF CONVENED WITH ENGINEERING STAFF AND STAFF FROM THE NINE MILE CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT AS WELL AS THEIR ADMINISTRATOR TO ALIGN OUR PLANS ARE CIP YEAR FOR INVESTMENTS AND OUR PRIORITIES AROUND TRAILS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITY NEEDS AND RESTORATION PRIORITIES AND THAT'S HOW THE PROPOSED PROJECT WAS DEVELOPED. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT NATURAL RESOURCE INVESTMENT THAT PROVIDES INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, RESILIENCE TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE ACCESS THAT'S CHERISHED BY OUR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND THIS GRAPHIC YOU'VE SEEN MANY TIMES NOW IT CAME OUT OF OUR PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN IS OUR PROMISE TO THE COMMUNITY ON HOW WE WILL WORK TOGETHER TO DEVELOP DESIGN OF PROJECTS LIKE THESE. WE STARTED BACK IN 2024 AND CULMINATED WITH THE CONCEPT PLAN ABOUT A YEAR AGO THAT DETERMINED BIKE TRAILS WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT AND WE SPENT 2025 DEVELOPING THE TECHNICAL DETAILS OF THIS PROJECT I'M BRINGING US TO TONIGHT. >> YOU HEARD FROM US AT THE END OF DECEMBER UNDERWAY IS A BID FOR TREE REMOVAL TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION AND GETTING READY TO BID THE PLANS FOR THE HARRISON PARK VETERANS MEMORIAL AND THE TRAILHEAD IMPROVEMENTS FROM HARRISON PARK TONIGHT WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT THE SPECIFIC COMPONENTS OF THE NINE MILE CREEK CORRIDOR RENEWAL PROJECT. FUTURE PROJECTS WILL INCLUDE WAYFINDING AS WELL AS NATURAL RESOURCE AND CULTURAL RESOURCES. EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES STARTING HERE WITH THE MOYER PARK PROJECT. THE CONCEPT FOR MOYER PARK IS PUTTING A PARK IN A PRAIRIE TYING THE PARK RESTORATION HERE TO THE OVERALL RESTORATION EFFORTS OF THIS CORRIDOR. IT INCLUDES A NEW PICNIC SHELTER, CONSOLIDATED PARKING, A TRAIL LOOP WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY AND A REDO OF THE DISCO FOR SAFETY. AND THIS IS THE SECOND OF TWO ADA ACCESSIBLE ROUTES TO THE CREEK THE PLAYGROUND HERE SERVES TODDLERS TEEN TO TEENS ACCESSIBLE RUBBER SURFACE INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE A UNIQUE TO THE PARK SYSTEM DESIGN WAS DEVELOPED WITH COMMUNITY INPUT AND WITH USER GROUPS . >> THE SHELTER WHICH WE'VE SEEN HERE BEFORE INCLUDES ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS AND AN OPEN AIR SHELTER THAT WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING BUILDING AND OPEN AIR SHELTER . I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY TEAM MEMBERS WHICH I DIDN'T INTRODUCE THE BEGINNING DEREK FROM S.H. AND BOB SIMONS, OUR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING. >> ALL RIGHT. THANKS RENE. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN. WE'VE WE'VE TALKED A COUPLE OF TIMES HERE. EACH TIME WE COME FORWARD WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION AND MORE DETAILS TO SHARE WITH YOU. SO I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF IT. AS RENE HAS MENTIONED, THE THE COMPONENTS HERE AROUND THE PARKS, THERE ARE OTHER COMPONENTS WITHIN THE PARK SYSTEM THAT WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY AROUND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WITH REPAVING THE EIGHT FOOT TRAIL BETWEEN MOIRA AND 106TH STREET. SO THAT'S THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PARK. I MEAN MAINTAINING PAVED TRAILS IN THAT AREA. THE TRAILS SOUTH OF THERE TOWARDS THE RIVER WILL ALSO REMAIN BUT THERE WILL BE AGGREGATE. SO WE HAVE A PAVED SYSTEM AND AN AGGREGATE SYSTEM TO TRY TO BALANCE THAT A LITTLE BIT WITH OUR USERS WITHIN THE THE PROJECT OVERALL WE DO WANT TO REPLACE TWO BRIDGES. ONE OF THOSE HAS UNFORTUNATELY ALREADY WASHED OUT IS BEING REPLACED AND ANOTHER ONE WE'RE REPLACING IT TO MAKE IT LONGER AND TALLER SO THAT IT BETTER ACCOMMODATES THE CREEK AND PROTECT THAT FROM HAVING THE SAME FATE THE OTHER SIX IS OUR BRIDGES ARE BEING REDUCED SO THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE REVITALIZED. WE'RE REMOVING ONE AND TRYING TO WORK WITH ALL THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. THERE ARE SOME STAIRS THAT WE ALSO HAVE IN PLACE. THE STAIRS NORTH OF MORGAN CIRCLE WILL BE REMOVED. WE HAVE A SWITCHBACK AREA COMING IN FOR NEW INFRASTRUCTURE TO REPLACE ACCESS TO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE TRAIL AND THEN THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH 106 FREE PARKING LOT REPLACING THE STAIRS THAT GO FROM THAT PARKING LOT DOWN TO THE CREEK OF COURSE THE BYPASS 106 TO THE OTHER SIDE AND DOWN WILL REMAIN. BUT THAT KIND OF DANGEROUS STAIRCASE THAT'S IN THERE WILL BE REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE. SO DUAL ACCESS AT THE CENTER POINT OF THE PARK. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP MIDWAY THROUGH THE PROJECT BUT UNDER 106TH STREET THERE'S A RETAINING WALL THAT ARE UNDER THERE. THERE'S ONE CONCRETE ONE THAT'S BY THE CHANNEL AND THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER ONES UPSLOPE THAT ARE I THINK TIMBER PILE ON THERE AND THERE'S SOME STABILITY ISSUES WITH THOSE. SO IT SOUNDS REALLY GLAMOROUS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO A SOIL PINNING BUT IT'S A GEOTECHNICAL PROCESS OF STABILIZING THE RETAINING WALLS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE SO THAT THEY STAY WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO STABILIZE THOSE AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY INTERFERENCE WITH THE OTHER PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT. IT'S NOT AS GLAMOROUS BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN NECESSARILY NATURAL RESOURCE COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT BUT VERY CRITICAL THAT ALL OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE REMAINS STABLE IN AND WORKS IN PLACE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE CREEK AND THE NATURAL RESOURCES NINE MILE CREEK IS A GEM PARTICULARLY IN THIS LOWER REACH BUT IT IS AN URBAN STREAM. THERE IS SOME INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE AMOUNT OF STORMWATER. PREVIOUS EFFORTS TO HAVE STABILIZED PORTIONS OF IT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN SOME INSTANCES THEY CERTAINLY DELAYED THINGS SOME OF THEM NEED REFRESHING. SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF AREAS ALONG THE CREEK. THESE ARE ALL TAKEN THERE WHERE WE HAVE STORMWATER INPUTS, WE HAVE EROSION THAT'S ENCROACHING ON OUR TRAILS. WE'VE GOT SOME REPAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE THAT JUST NEED TO BE SPRUCED UP A LITTLE BIT AND TRY TO WORK THROUGH ALL OF THAT. SO WE'VE FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON THE EROSIONAL FEATURES WITHIN THE CORRIDOR AS WE THINK THAT'S A PRIMARY AREA WITH THAT BEING THE CENTRAL RESOURCE TO THE PARK SYSTEM. YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THIS PHOTO WITH THE THE CONES ON IT OR THE BARRELS THAT IS BRIDGET, THE ONE THAT WE'RE BEING REPLACED BECAUSE THAT EVENT THAT EROSION YOU SEE THERE EVENTUALLY UNDERCUT THAT SOUTH ABUTMENT AND HAD TO BE REMOVED FOR SAFETY REASONS. SOME OF THESE OTHER PHOTOS IN HERE ARE ALONG THE CHANNEL WHERE WE'VE GOT EMBANKMENT EROSION. SOME OF THESE ARE ALONG THE VALLEY WALL WHERE THAT'S STARTING TO ERODE AWAY. IT WORKS UP THE VALLEY WELL IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE LOOK AT THIS TO TRY TO DETERMINE THE BEST SOLUTION AND WE HAVE KIND OF A SLIDING SCALE ON THAT FROM TRYING TO USE VEGETATION AND NATURAL MATERIAL UP TO HAVING TO USE ROCK AND OTHER HARD MATERIAL TO TRY TO PROTECT THE FIRE ON THE TOP OF THAT TREE LEANING OVER IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE IN THE PHOTO BUT THERE'S TOWNHOUSES THAT APARTMENT BUILDINGS UP ABOVE THAT. SO THAT WOULD BE AN AREA WHERE AS THAT CONTINUES TO ERODE, EVENTUALLY THAT WILL BECOME AN ISSUE FOR THAT INFRASTRUCTURE TO LOSE THAT SPACE. SO THAT WOULD BE AN AREA WHERE WE WOULD COME IN AND ARMOR THAT TO HOLD THAT IN PLACE. THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE WOULD BE AN AREA THAT THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THAT ABOVE. SO WE WOULD TRY A SOFTER SOLUTION TO HOLD THAT IN PLACE BECAUSE IF THAT ULTIMATELY IS NOT SUCCESSFUL THERE'S NOT THE SAME RISK THAT WE HAVE IN OTHER LOCATIONS. SO WE REALLY TRY TO BE THOUGHTFUL IN OUR APPROACH. WE WANTED TO SHOW SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT SOME OF THE ACTUAL WORK WILL LOOK LIKE. SO THESE ARE NOT FROM NINE MILE CREEK YET THESE ARE FROM OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO. ONE OF THE MORE COMMON THINGS WE'RE DOING IS THE WIDES AND LIVE STAKES AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE PHOTO ON THE TOP LEFT YOU SEE THERE'S SOME ROAD STICKING OUT OF THE SIDE. THOSE ARE ACTUALLY LONG SECTIONS OF TRUNK WITH THE INTACT REQUIRED THEY GET BURIED IN THE CREEK EMBANKMENT THE INTERFACE OF THAT CHANNEL IS THAT REQUIRED THEN SO INSTEAD OF USING ROCK AND OTHER MATERIAL THAT SERVES TO PROTECT IT FROM THE EROSIONAL FORCES OF THE FLOW AND THEN WE LIKE TO COUPLE THAT WITH OTHER THINGS SUCH AS THAT LOGMEIN IN BOULDER HOOK WHERE AS MUCH AS WE TRY TO PROTECT THE EMBANKMENTS THERE OFTENTIMES IN CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS CAN ACHIEVE THE SAME THING. SO DEFLECT THAT FLOW AWAY FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THAT BAND INTO THE CENTER OF THE CHANNEL WILL REDUCE THE EROSION ON THAT OUTSIDE BAND AND ACTUALLY SCOUR IN THE CHANNEL AND PROVIDE SOME HABITAT AND THERE SO WE WE PUT STRUCTURES IN PLACE AND SOME OF THESE ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD MORE IN STRATEGIC LOCATIONS. THE FABRIC ENCAPSULATED LIFTS ARE A WAY TO BUILD THE EMBANKMENT WITHOUT USING AS MUCH ROCK AGAIN YOU'RE ENCOURAGING VEGETATION TO ESTABLISH IN THERE SAME AS THE VEGETATED RIPRAP IF YOU ARMORED A SECTION AND THEN COME BACK OVER WITH SOIL OR COMPOST AND SEE THAT YOU CAN OFTENTIMES GET VEGETATION TO GROW YOU CAN ALSO PUT LIVE STEAKS WHERE YOU'RE TAKING CUTTINGS FROM SHRUBS THAT ARE LIVING SHRUBS THAT HAVE BEEN TRIMMED AND GET THEM ESTABLISHED AS WELL. YOU GET THE SAME PROTECTION BUT IT SOFTENS THE LOOK A LITTLE BIT. IT'S NOT QUITE AS HARSH AS JUST HAVING A LOT OF ROCK EMBANKMENTS EVERYWHERE ON THE CHANNEL. SO WE'VE LOOKED AT EACH OF THE AREAS, PRIORITIZE THEM, RECEIVED A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS AND HAVE COME UP WITH WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE BEST SOLUTION FOR EACH OF THE REGIONS. NOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PARTS OF THIS PROJECT IS THIS PROPOSED RE MEANDER. SO WE HAVE A SECTION IN THE CREEK CURRENTLY DOWNSTREAM OF HARRISON PARK THAT IN THE MEGA STORM OF 1987 THE EXISTING MEANDERING CHANNEL CUT A NEW CHANNEL THAT WENT STRAIGHT FROM A TO B AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY EVER SINCE. THIS IS AN AREA THE CREEK THAT IS A LITTLE WIDER IT'S NATURALLY MEANDERED. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE THAT STRAIGHT SECTION AND INTRODUCE MORE OF A NATURAL GEOMETRY OF THE CHANNEL AND LET THE CHANNEL DO WHAT IT WANTS TO DO BUT GIVE IT A SAFE PLACE TO DO IT AWAY FROM INFRASTRUCTURE. TRY TO AVOID ANY OF THAT TYPE OF INTERACTION AND JUST RESTORE SOME OF THOSE ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS AND NOT TRY TO MANAGE EVERY REACH OF THIS STREAM. IT DOING SO WE HAVE AN EXISTING BRIDGE THAT CURRENTLY CROSSES THAT STRAIGHT SECTION THAT WILL BE REMOVED AND IN ITS PLACE WE'RE PROPOSING TO PUT IN A BOARDWALK FOR THAT BOARDWALK BE AN ELEVATED FEATURE. IT WILL BE WOOD THERE'LL BE A BRIDGE SECTION TO COVER WHERE THE CHANNEL IS RELOCATED BUT WILL ALLOW ALL OF THAT AREA IN THERE WHEN IT FLOODS TO COME OUT OF THE BANK, DISPERSE, SLOW DOWN, STORE THAT FLOW AND SAFELY PASS BECAUSE THE ENTIRE AREA BELOW THAT BOARDWALK IS CAPACITY TO PAY FOR THAT CHANNEL TO PASS RATHER THAN ONE BRIDGE THAT IS EITHER GOING TO OVERFLOW OVER THE TRAIL OR HAVE OTHER CONSEQUENCES. SO WHEN WE PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER ON THIS AND THEN WE WANT TO ADD AN OVERLOOK AND SOME EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS SO FOLKS THAT ARE COMING ACROSS HERE CAN SEE WHAT WE'VE DONE, THIS IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. WE'RE DOUBLING THE AMOUNT OF CHANNEL IN THIS REACH. WE'RE GOING TO DO STREAM HABITAT IMPROVEMENT SO WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT CONDITIONS THERE FOR THAT TO BE STABLE, ENCOURAGE FISH AND MACRO INVERTEBRATES, GET ALL OF OUR THINGS IN PLACE SO THAT WE'VE GOT A REALLY HEALTHY SYSTEM AND THEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS WE'RE GOING TO EXCAVATE AROUND THOSE BANDS SO THAT WE'RE PROVIDING FLOODPLAIN STORAGE, WE'RE RESTORING WETLAND IN THOSE AREAS AND REALLY TRYING TO HAVE THIS AS A LARGE CHUNK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET AS MANY COMPONENTS IN AS WE CAN. AND THIS IS AN AREA THAT'S BEEN VERY ACTIVE HISTORICALLY SO IT'S NOT UNUSUAL IN THIS LOCATION AND WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT IMPACTS FROM SOME OF THESE REPAIRS REMOVING TREES. ARE WE HAVING ANY SORT OF DESTRUCTION WITH IT? AND I INCLUDE THIS PHOTO BECAUSE I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION OF WHAT BLOOMINGTON HAS LOOKED LIKE IN THE PAST. SO THE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO ON HERE IS FROM 1937. THE COLORED ONE IS FROM 2024 I BELIEVE. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IN WHAT THIS QUARTER LOOKS LIKE CERTAINLY FROM THE DENSITY OF TREES YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE CHANNEL IS THE RE MEANDER IN THAT BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO IS KIND OF IN THE CENTER NEAR THE TOP WHERE THERE'S A BIG OPEN SPACE AND THE REASON THAT BIG OPEN SPACE IS THERE IS THERE USED TO BE A DAM ON THE CHANNEL AND THAT WAS PART OF THE MILLPOND SO THAT WAS INUNDATED IN HERE IT'S NOW WET MEADOW IN THIS PHOTO SET OF WATER. BUT WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT A LOT OF THE VEGETATION IN THERE IS YOUNGER, IT'S MORE PIONEER SPECIES. IT'S NOT THE SAME COMPOSITION AS A LOT OF THE OTHER AREAS AND IT'S ALSO BUILT UP SOME SEDIMENT. WHEN I WAS A MILL POND SO THE SOILS IN THERE ARE ALSO A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT. SO IT'S AN IDEAL PLACE AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PHOTO WHERE THE CHANNEL WAS. NOW WE'VE GOT PHOTOS FROM DIFFERENT YEARS THAT IN THAT REACH THAT CHANNEL GOES ALL OVER THE PLACE. IT'S NOT DOESN'T STAY IN ONE PLACE AND CHANNELS DON'T DO THAT THAT'S A NATURAL FUNCTION BUT I WANT TO POINT THIS OUT BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NATURAL RESOURCES THE CHANNEL IS A COMPONENT OF IT. BUT I LOOK AT THIS AND I SEE HOW LIGHT THE TREE COVER WAS. NOW OUR PLAN IS TO GO AND RESTORE THE HEALTH OF A LOT OF THE WOODED AREAS OUT HERE THAT DOES INCLUDE SOME TREE REMOVAL. WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS IS IN THAT PHOTO MOST OF THOSE ISOLATED TREES ARE BURR OAK AND YOU CAN GO OUT THERE TODAY AND FIND THOSE SAME TREES AND THOSE TREES IN THAT PHOTO. MOST OF THOSE ARE OVER 100 YEARS OLD ALREADY. SO A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO HERE IS ACTUALLY LIBERATE SOME OF THOSE SPECIES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE A VERY LONG TIME. THEY'RE BEING CRUSHED BY YOUNGER SPECIES. THEY'RE BEING CROWDED OUT. THEY'RE BEING STRESSED BY THE LACK OF DISTURBANCE THAT ACTUALLY KIND OF KEEPS THAT BURR OAK SAVANNA HEALTHY AND WE CAN'T GO BACK AND JUST LET EVERYTHING HAPPEN UNCONTROLLED. BUT WE CAN ESSENTIALLY SIMULATE THAT WITH VERY CAREFUL ENGINEERING AND CONTROL. SO PART OF OUR PLAN AND WE PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER IS TO GENERATE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. WE HAVE 235 ACRES IN HERE THAT WE ARE INCLUDING WITHIN THE NATURE RESERVES COMPONENT OF THE PLAN. WE ARE DELIBERATELY PARSE THIS OUT INTO DIFFERENT COMPONENTS SO ONE OF OUR BIG FOCUSES IS ON INVASIVE SPECIES. WE HAVE A LOT OF BUCKTHORN, WE HAVE A LOT OF GARLIC MUSTARD. THERE'S DOZENS OF OTHER SPECIES IN THERE AS WELL BUT THOSE ARE THE MAIN TWO WE WANT TO FOCUS ON AND THAT'S PRETTY UNIVERSAL. WE DO NEED TO REMOVE SOME TREES JUST BECAUSE IT'S TOO DENSE. WE DON'T HAVE LIGHT PENETRATION TO THE GROUND. WE HAVE A LOT OF BARE SOIL. IT'S NOT GOING IN THERE REMOVING TREES BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE THEM IN THE ABSENCE OF NATURALLY HAVING SOME THINNING IT IS STARTING TO IMPACT THE SYSTEM SO WE WILL BE SELECTIVELY REMOVING SOME DENSITY OF TREES AND BEING DELIBERATE ABOUT THAT FROM 10 TO 30% DEPENDING ON THE AREA THE BARRACKS OF AND RESTORATION IS IN THOSE AREAS WHERE IT'S NATURALLY THIN THAT WILL BE MORE AGGRESSIVE TREE THINNING BECAUSE THAT'S LEAVING THE OAK AND SOME SENTINEL SPECIES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT BUT REALLY OPENING THOSE AREAS UP. WE ALSO HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR PRAIRIE RESTORATION. THERE'S AN AREA OF REMNANT PRAIRIE THAT'S OUT THERE THAT IT'S IN THOSE PHOTOS AND IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. THAT'S JUST A SMALL ONE AND A HALF ACRE SLIVER THAT'S THAT'S HOLDING ON BUT IT'S BEING ENCROACHED BY TREES AROUND IT . SO OUR PLAN IS TO LIBERATE THAT AREA, REMOVE THE TREES THAT ARE ENCROACHING ON IT, DOUBLE THAT SIZE AND REINTRODUCE WHAT THAT FOOTPRINT USED TO BE. SO PART OF THAT IS PRESERVATION AND PART OF IT IS EXPANDING THAT AREA. COUPLE THAT WITH BAROQUE SAVANNAH ON EITHER SIDE WE HAVE A COMMON UNIT THAT HAS SIMILAR MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES THAT I'LL TOUCH ON SHORTLY ARE MANDATORY DOES HAVE WET MEADOW AND FLOODPLAIN HABITAT RESTORATION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE SOME ASH TREES THAT ARE DOWN MORE ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE NOT ALL OF THEM BUT WHERE IT'S NEAR TRAILS AND COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE WHILE WE'RE IN HERE WITH EQUIPMENT, LET'S REMEMBER THOSE TOO WELL CERTAINLY HAVE SOME DEAD ASH THAT REMAIN BUT WE'LL REMOVE SOME THAT MAY BE OUR SAFETY ISSUE AND JUST LET MOTHER NATURE KIND OF REGENERATE THOSE AND BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVE THIS PARK SOMETIMES PEOPLE LOVE THINGS MAYBE A LITTLE TOO MUCH. THERE ARE SOME TRAILS THAT ARE USED PRETTY FREQUENTLY THAT GO UP AND DOWN THE HILL AND THERE'S SOME EROSION ON THERE. WE'VE GOT SOME NATURAL GULLY FORMATION. PART OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCE PLAN IS TO REPAIR THOSE TWO AND OUR THOUGHT IS WHILE WE HAVE AGGREGATE TRAILS OF SPECIFIC DESIGN AND WE GOT OUR ASPHALT TRAILS A SPECIFIC DESIGN WE WANT TO APPLY MORE OF A WILDERNESS TECHNIQUE ON THE THE EARTH AND TRAILS. SO RATHER THAN TELLING A CONTRACTOR EXACTLY HOW TO DO IT THEY CAN USE EXISTING MATERIALS AND BUILD STEPS AND AN ALIGNMENT THAT WORKS BETTER AND THAT'LL KEEP THAT CHARACTER FOR FOLKS USING THOSE EARTHEN TRAILS ON THE HILL SLOPES THAT IT'S NOT A CREATED FEATURE. IT STILL IS NATURAL BUT WE WILL STOP THAT EROSION THAT'S DEGRADING AND EXACERBATING AND THE INTENT OF THIS IS TO START VERY AGGRESSIVE THESE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF IT WILL TAKE PLACE OVER THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS IN A PREPARATORY WAY THAT'LL BE TURNED OVER TO ONGOING MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THOSE ACTIVITIES TO CONTINUE THAT FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. SO INITIAL WORK PLUS FOUR AND THEN THE PLAN IS TO HAVE A LONG TERM MANAGEMENT PLAN IN PLACE THAT WILL BE PRESCRIPTIVE TOWARDS SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES TO ANTICIPATE WORK FORWARD ON MAKING SURE THAT THIS EFFORT THAT'S BEING DONE IS REALLY AN INVESTMENT. THIS ISN'T A ONE TIME THING. THIS IS A LONG TIME THING BUT THE MORE EFFORT THAT'S DONE UPFRONT WITH CAREFUL PLANNING AND WE LIKE TO USE ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT THAT WE WILL ADJUST TO THE CONDITIONS PRESENT AND SELECT THE BEST WAY TO PROCEED WILL ENSURE THAT THIS IS NOT A ONE YEAR PROJECT OR A FIVE YEAR PROJECT, THAT THIS IS A GENERATIONAL PROJECT AND KEEP THE HEALTH OF THIS CORRIDOR UP. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IN REGARD TO THAT IS OUR BURR OAK SAVANNA RESTORATION. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A KEY COMPONENT THE PHOTO ON THE TOP THAT'S GOT A LOT OF TREES IN THERE IS PHOTO OF EXISTING CONDITIONS. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF UNDERSTORY. IT'S VERY THICK, A LOT OF YOUNGER SPECIES. THE PHOTO THAT'S ON THE TOP THAT'S A LITTLE MORE SPARSE IS EXISTING BURR OAK THAT HAS HAD SOME CLEANED OUT UNDERNEATH BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF BUCKTHORN SEEDLINGS COMING IN IN THAT AREA SO OUR APPROACH TO BURR OAK SPECIFICALLY IS TO REMOVE A LOT OF THOSE TREES, LIBERATE THE OAKS, MANAGE THE UNDERSTORY THAT'S BUCKTHORN AND THEN WE ACTUALLY PLAN IT WITH A GRASS MIX SO THAT WE CAN COMPETE WITH THAT BUCKTHORN THAT'S IN THERE, GIVE IT SOME COMPETITION AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT GRASS OVER A 1 OR 2 YEAR PERIOD WILL BUILD UP IN THAT GRASS THEN BECOMES FUEL. SO IN THIS CASE WE WOULD RUN A CONTROLLED BURN THROUGH THOSE AREAS INCLUDING THE PRAIRIE AREAS AND THE PHOTO ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT WITH THE TRAIL AND BIRCH IS ONE OF OUR LONE OAKS THAT'S OUT THERE CURRENTLY THAT'S IN THE AREA NEAR THE PRAIRIE THAT'S HAD A BURN AROUND IT. THAT WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE. BUT OVER LET'S SEE OUR BURR OAK AREA JUST TO MAKE SURE I GET IT RIGHT. SO I DON'T THINK I JOTTED THAT ONE DOWN BUT WE'VE GOT A VERY LARGE AREA OF THE SITE AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE FIGURE THERE. THAT AREA IS IN THAT KIND OF YELLOWISH COLORING ARE WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING BURR OAK, SAVANNA SIMILAR ACTIVITIES FOR THE DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT I HIGHLIGHTED THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THIS IS A GOOD INDICATOR OF HOW IT'S NOT A WE'RE GOING TO GO IN AND RESTORE BURR OAK SAVANNAH IT'S NOT 3 OR 4 YEARS IN BEFORE WE BURN BECAUSE WE NEED ALL THAT PREP WORK TO GET IT READY BUT THAT BURN WILL BE WHAT REALLY STIMULATES THAT BACK TO MORE OF A NATURAL COMMUNITY AND THEN WE CONTINUE FROM THERE. SO I'M HIGHLIGHTING THIS AS AN EXAMPLE FROM ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES AND I BELIEVE I WAS GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT BUDGET AND TIMING. ALL RIGHT. WELL I GET THE PHONE STUFF AND I HANG UP THE PHONE STUFF. I GET THE BUDGET AND FUNDING BUT I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CONTRACTS AND THEN THE FUNDING AND OUR NEXT STEPS. RENEE ALLUDED TO SOME OF THIS AND WHEN SHE IN HER PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION WE HAD TWO PROJECTS THAT WERE AUTHORIZED A BID AT THE LAST MEETING IN DECEMBER COUNCIL FIRST OF WHICH BEING THE WINTER TREE REMOVAL AND WE DID ACTUALLY OPEN BIDS FOR THAT PROJECT LAST WEDNESDAY RECEIVED FOUR GOOD COMPETITIVE BIDS AND WILL BE COMING BACK ON TO CONSENT NEXT THE NEXT MEETING NEXT MONDAY TO AWARD A CONTRACT FOR THAT. SO WE CAN GET STARTED AND THAT'S THE TREE REMOVAL SPECIFIC TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE LARGER NINE MILE CREEK WATER PROJECT THAT WE NEED TO COMPLETE PRIOR TO APRIL 15TH DUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS FOR THE LONG EARED BAT AND THEN THE VETERANS MEMORIAL AND HARRISON PARK TRAILHEAD IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE LOOKING TO START ADVERTISING THAT PROJECT HERE LATER THIS WEEK WITH A BID OPENING I THINK IS FEBRUARY 20TH AND THEN WE'LL BE COMING TOWARD THAT CONTRACT EARLY IN MARCH. SO TO GET THAT ROLLING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT DONE BY VETERANS DAY SO WE CAN OPEN UP THE THE VETERANS MEMORIAL NOW THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE UPCOMING ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING HERE TONIGHT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AUTHORIZATION TO BID. THE MAIN ONE BEING THE NINE MILE NOT THE MAIN ONE BUT THE BIG ONE BEING THAT I'M ALL CREEK CORRIDOR RENEWAL PROJECT THAT'S ALL THE CORRIDOR CREEK IN MOYER PARK IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE JUST REVIEWED WE'RE LOOKING TO OBVIOUSLY HERE TONIGHT TO ORDER THE PROJECT AUTHORIZE TO BID BUT THEN HOPING BY THE MARCH APRIL TIMEFRAME WE'RE MOVING INTO ADVERTISING AND BID OPENING WITH A CONTRACT AWARD HERE BY ME STARTING THE SPRING WITH CONSTRUCTION BUT THEN IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE FALL OF 2027. NOW WHAT DEREK WAS JUST DESCRIBING WITH THAT LOWER VALLEY MANAGEMENT PLAN MORE GOING OUT AS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH WITH A CONTRACTOR. WE'RE LOOKING TO HOPE TO FOLLOW A SIMILAR TIMELINE AND GETTING OUT FOR BID AND AWARDING CONTRACTS SO WE CAN GET THAT ONE STARTED AS WELL AND THAT'S MORE SPECIFIC TO THE INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCE RESTORATION COMPONENT AND THEN FOR THE FUTURE FUTURE PROJECT WHICH WILL BE COMING OUT WITH PROBABLY HERE IN 2026 IS WAYFINDING. WE HEARD A LOT FROM THE PUBLIC AND STAFF ON INFORMATIONAL SIGNAGE. IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE COMING OUT WITH ANOTHER PROJECT FOR THAT AND THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE BRINGING TONIGHT THE THE NINE MILE CREEK CORRIDOR RENEWAL AND THE LOWER VALLEY MANAGEMENT PLAN RENEWAL. YOU CAN SEE THE COST ESTIMATES HERE FOR BOTH OF THOSE THAT'S CONSTRUCTION AND ALL DESIGN AND ADMIN COSTS AND I'LL GET INTO THE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES FOR THOSE HERE WHEN IT COMES TO PROJECT BUDGET AND FUNDING RIGHT NOW WITH ALL THOSE PROJECTS THE TWO THAT WE ORDERED AT THE END OF DECEMBER AND THESE OTHER THREE PROJECTS AS WELL INCLUDING WAYFINDING RIGHT ABOUT 25.6 MILLION FOR A TOTAL OVERALL CONSTRUCTION COST THAT INCLUDES ALL COSTS WHEN IT COMES TO ENGINEERING ADMIN AND CONSTRUCTION THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS WE'VE BEEN INCLUDING THESE THREE BUCKETS JUST TO SHOW KIND OF WHERE THE NATURAL WATER RESOURCES DOLLARS ARE, THE MORE PARK DOLLARS AND THEN THE REST OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WE STILL WE HAVE A FEW FUNDING SOURCES THAT'LL BE IN PLAY HERE WE HAVE THE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX WHICH IS THE BIG FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE HAVE. AND THEN ALSO FORTUNATELY WITH THIS PROJECT WE'VE WE'VE HAD IN OUR CAP FOR FOR A WHILE YOU'RE OUR CAPS ALWAYS INCLUDED PARK TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS MOYER AND CENTRAL PARK ARE ON THE LIST FOR THE PARK TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF OUR CAP COVERED THROUGH OUR PARK PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM PARK TRAILS FUNDING WE USE THAT FUNDING FOR PARK TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS. WE HAVE RIGHT OF WAY TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS AND OVERLAY IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH OUR FRANCHISE FEES. WE HAVE A LARGE PORTION OF MONEY FOR PMP PARK TRAILS FUNDS THAT WE CAN ALLOCATE WARDS THEM. WE'RE IN CENTRAL PARK TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS WITH THIS PROJECT WHICH ALIGNS WELL WITH OUR CIP. NOW MARK CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE CONTRIBUTING $1 MILLION TO THE PROJECT ABOUT A YEAR AGO THROUGH THEIR WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN THEY APPROVED $1 MILLION TO BE SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROJECT AND I'M OUT CREEK CORRIDOR CREEK IMPROVEMENTS SO I'LL BE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THEM AS WE HAVE OVER THE PAST YEAR ON A TERM SHEET AND AGREEMENT COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THAT THOSE DOLLARS AND THEN WE HAVE OUR STORMWATER UTILITY OUR FUND THAT WILL BE UTILIZING AS WELL AS FOR VETERANS MEMORIAL SPECIFICALLY WE HAVE A DEED GRANT BLOOMINGTON REMEMBERS VETERANS FUNDS AND CITY FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED THE WHOLE WAY ALONG. WE'RE STILL ALSO BE LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF GRANTS. WE HAVE FUNDING TO COVER ALL OF THE WORK BUT IT NEVER HURTS TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL GRANT IF WE CAN TO SUPPLEMENT THE DOLLARS. SO FOR NEXT STEPS WE WENT TO PARK COMMISSION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO TO GIVE THEM AN UPDATE. WE'RE GIVING SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AN UPDATE BY A MEMO HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WE WERE AT THE NINE MILE CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT LAST WEDNESDAY TO GIVE THEM AN UPDATE AND CONTINUE OUR WORK ON THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROCESS. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO ORDER THESE TWO LARGER PROJECTS AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING ON THAT NINE MILE CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT PERMITTING AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROCESS IN THE FEBRUARY AND MARCH TIMEFRAME AND WE'VE BEEN CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH THEIR REGULATORY GROUP THE WHOLE WAY ALONG. AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE HOPING TO BE OPENING BIDS THIS SPRING AND START CONSTRUCTION BY MAY TO GET IT UNDERWAY AND THEN COMPLETE BY THE FALL OF 27. AND WITH THAT THAT WAS A LOT BUT WE HAVE THE TWO REQUESTED ACTIONS FOR TONIGHT AND WE HAVE WE'RE ALL HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. WELL, THANK YOU. YES, IT WAS A LOT BUT IT WAS IT WAS GOOD STUFF AND EXCITING TO SEE THIS PROJECT CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND DEVELOP AND FLESH OUT IS IT'S VERY EXCITING TO SEE AND VERY ENCOURAGING FOR COUNCIL. I ASK IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS I DO WANT TO POINT OUT WHERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOUR RIGHT NOW WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE MORE ITEMS SO LET'S KEEP OUR QUESTIONS TO THE POINT IN TIME. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU MAYOR. I'LL BE VERY FAST. THIS IS A FANTASTIC PRESENTATION AND I DISAGREE. IT'S SUPER EXCITING TO SEE THINGS START TO ACTUALLY FLESH OUT JUST BECOME MORE REAL. THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ADD AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME WE HAD WHEN WE APPROVED THE TREE THAT WINTER TREE REMOVAL IS TO JUST HAVE A I WOULD HOPE THAT STAFF WOULD HAVE A PLAN FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS SINCE THERE WILL BE A LOT OF CHANGES HAPPENING AND JUST SO RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND IT AND KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. SO I THINK YOU COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I'LL ADD TO MY COMMENTS SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS ON IT. I KNOW IT'S A BIG PROJECT AND THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY COOL THINGS ARE GO GO ON WITH IT JUST LIKE ANY OF THE OTHER PROJECTS I HAVE BEEN NOTABLE NOTABLE IN MY COMMENTS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THINGS MISSED MEANING THAT YOU KNOW EVEN TONIGHT WE HAD YET MORE BIG KIND OF LIKE STUFF THAT CAME BACK THAT WAS LIKE AN EXTRA 5000 HERE, AN EXTRA 9000 THERE NEXT TO 30,000 THERE WHATEVER AND IT'S NOT GOING OVER BUDGET. I GET THAT. BUT IF WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF MAKING SURE WE KNOW THE NUMBERS WHEN WE BRING THE NUMBERS TO COUNCIL THAT WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE WE'RE THAT JUST SEEMS TO BE A HABIT AND I THINK YOU KNOW GO FAST AND GET IT WRONG A LITTLE IS OKAY RIGHT? I DON'T I'M NOT I'M NOT SUPER RISK AVERSE IN THAT REGARD. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE CONTINGENCY BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND ALL OF THE CONTINGENCY JUST BECAUSE IT'S THERE. RIGHT. AND I WANT US TO SEE A BALANCE ON THAT. SO I'LL JUST MAKE THE SAME COMMENT I MAKE AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY PROJECT WHICH IS PLEASE TRY TO USE YOUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES THERE WISELY AND TRY TO GET THOSE COSTS UNDERSTOOD UPFRONT SO WE DON'T HAVE THOSE BACKS AND BACK AND FORTH AND AND EVERYTHING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT. THANKS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN. I CAN WAIT. I WANT TO MOVE THIS ALONG HERE. MY COMMENTS ARE BRIEF. OH NO, PLEASE GO AHEAD ON COME ON. REALLY ALL I WANTED TO SAY WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST THANKS FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD EARLIER. YEAH. I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION YOU HAD ABOUT LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY WITH THIS WHOLE PROJECT CONTINUE THAT I APPRECIATE THAT SO REALLY DON'T ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THAT THAT'S IT AND WE COME AROUND TO ALL THIS ALONG SO WE CAN PASS MOTION MOTION COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS FOR A CHANCE CAN YOU KEEP YOUR MICROPHONE FOR A CHANGE? YOU HAVE SOMETHING VERY POSITIVE TO SAY AND I'M LOOKING SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT. IT'S IT'S IT'S WELL IT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST I CARE ABOUT THE OTHER BUILDINGS. I DO. BUT I MEAN THIS IS SUPER EXCITING AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT ALL FINISH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE EFFORT IDEA HOW MUCH TO DO WITH IT BUT IT'S NICE AND I CAN SEE PEOPLE BEING PRESENT IN THE NINE MILE CREEK HERE THAT IT'S IT'LL BE GREAT TO SEE THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE EFFORT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH YEAH I'LL BE QUICK MAYOR HOW MUCH OF THIS IS BEING FUNDED BY LOST? >> CAN YOU REMIND ME? MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON $20 MILLION IS BEING FUNDED BY THE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX. OKAY. SO THEN THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 5 MILLION THAT'S BEEN FUNDED OUTSIDE OF THAT. AND SO WITH REGARDS TO THE PMP PARK AND TRAILS, IF WE USE IT FOR THIS PARK AND TRAIL PROJECT THAT MEANS IT'S NOT AVAILABLE FOR OTHER PLACES. IT WOULD AND THE REASON I ASKED THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THE ORIGINAL PROJECT BUDGET WAS BASED ON REPLACING A SIGNIFICANT THE MORE BRIDGES PAVING THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR AND YET WE'RE STILL USING PMP PARK AND TRAIL FUNDS AND WE'RE STILL $5 MILLION OVER THE LAST AMOUNT AND SO CAN YOU HELP ME RECONCILE THAT? I BELIEVE IN THIS PROJECT TO COUNCILMEMBER RUIZ'S POINT ONE OF MY FAVORITE BUT I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BUDGET THAT'S BEING PRESENTED MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I'LL START AND ASK BOB TO HELP FILL IN THE PROGRAMING OF THE PARK TRAIL FUNDS. WE STARTED OUT BY SEEING WITH THIS PROJECT WAS SELECTED WE CONVENED TO TALK ABOUT ALIGNING OUR PRIORITIES IN ENGINEERING WITH PARK TRAIL AND PARK TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS. THIS WAS THE NEXT PROJECT ON THEIR LIST. WE LOOKED AT PRIORITIES IN PARKS FOR FACILITIES REPLACEMENT AND AT OUR NATURAL RESOURCES PRIORITIZATION PLAN TO HELP CHOOSE THIS SITE. IN THIS PROJECT WE STARTED WITH KNOWING THE WATERSHED DISTRICT WOULD BE A CONTRIBUTOR WITHOUT EXACTLY KNOWING HOW MUCH WE STARTED WITH THE LAST $20 MILLION WE STARTED WITH THE PMP TRAILS FUNDING AT HAND NOT KNOWING WHAT THE SCOPE OF ALL OF THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE IN 2024 WHEN WE HIT GO AS WE WORKED OUT MORE DETAILED DESIGN WE REFINED THE SCOPE, WE REFINED AND UNDERSTOOD COSTS AND THEN ALIGNED FUNDING ACCORDINGLY. SO WE WE DID START WITH THE NON $20 MILLION BUT WITH REALLY JUST THE HIGH LEVEL SCOPE OF NATURAL RESOURCE RESTORATION MEANS SOMETHING REPAVING THE TRAILS DOWN THERE DOING SOME KIND OF BRIDGE WORK THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WOULD ENTAIL AND THEN CONSIDERING THE NEW FACILITIES IN MOYER PARK SO AS DESIGN DEVELOPED WE ALIGNED THOSE PRIORITIES WITH OUR FUNDING SOURCES ALONG WITH THE ADDITION OF THE HARRISON PARK AND VETERANS MEMORIAL FOR FUNDING EFFICIENCIES OF THAT PROJECT AND THOSE FUNDING SOURCES ALONG WITH THIS WORK. AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE BID PACKAGE THAT'S GOING OUT, CAN YOU GIVE ME MORE DETAILS ON THE BUILD IN? ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I'VE RAISED FREQUENTLY IS THE COST OF SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS AND IF I RECALL CORRECTLY FROM A PREVIOUS THING THERE WAS MAYBE WE WERE THERE WAS ONLY ONE COMPANY THAT WAS GOING TO DO IT. IS IS THAT BUILDING DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT WILL GET MULTIPLE QUOTES ON IT OR IS IT JUST THE ONE COMPANY THAT BUILT THE GARAGE AND BUILT A DIFFERENT FACILITY FOR US? I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY BIDDING OUT THERE. >> MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON WE'RE BID BUILDING OUT THE THAT SHELTER. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A BUILDING WITH RAM TECH COMPANY WHO IS ON THE STATE CONTRACT WHERE THOSE PRICES ARE ON A COMPETITIVE PURCHASING CONTRACT AND NOT REQUIRED TO BID BUT THAT BECAUSE OF THE COOPERATIVE PURCHASING CONTRACT WE ARE ASSURED THAT THEY ARE A COMPETITIVE PRICE AND THE I THINK THERE'S SOME EFFICIENCIES THERE OF NOT HAVING TO DO A LOT OF DETAILED DESIGN WORK BECAUSE THAT'S ALL PART OF THE BUILDING PACKAGE IN THIS CASE. YEAH, I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. I'LL BE HONEST I'M VERY APPREHENSIVE ABOUT THAT PART OF IT. YOU KNOW THEY WERE THE COMPANY THAT DID THE THE GARAGE OVER BY HIGHLAND AND IVY CANADA CURRENTLY JUST FINISHED UP A PROJECT FOR A SIX CAR GARAGE WITH LIFTS AND ALL SORTS OF STUFF FOR 300,000 AND WE SPENT FIVE SIX YEARS AGO OVER A MILLION FOR THAT GARAGE. IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME EITHER THEY'RE PRICING WHAT WE'RE DESIGNING AND WHAT WE'VE DONE THERE AND SO I YOU KNOW THAT PART GIVES ME ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S ONE COMPANY AND WE'RE JUST TAKING IT AND THEY'RE PROBABLY GIVING US VERY FAIR PRICE FOR WHAT THEY DO. I THINK THE QUESTION WE NEED TO ASK MORE OFTEN IS WHAT WE'RE DOING NECESSARY IS IT IS THERE A WAY TO MEET THE NEEDS WITH A LOWER SCOPE OF WORK IS WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO DO AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS GIVING ME A TOUR OF THE BUILDING OVER AT BRYANT PARK AND I UNDERSTAND THE COSTS AND WHAT WENT INTO THAT. I STILL QUESTION EVEN THAT BUILDING AND IF WE NEEDED THE LEVEL OF FINISHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE IN THAT BUILDING OR IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING THAT IS CANDIDLY MORE MODEST AND YET STILL MEETS THE NEEDS ESPECIALLY FOR A SHELTER, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T IN MY MIND NEED TO BE THAT FANCY SO THAT THAT'S THE AREA THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. DO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE ANY OF THAT AS WE GO FORWARD? >> MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, THE CONTRACT IS NOT SIGNED. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE. DEREK DO YOU HAVE ANY INPUT ON THE IMPACT OF BIDDING IN SCHEDULE? I THINK IF YOU'RE ASKING US TO EVALUATE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND BRING THOSE BACK TO YOU, THAT COULD BE DONE IF YOU'RE ASKING IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE IS A CONTRACT BEEN SIGNED? NO, A CONTRACT HASN'T BEEN SIGNED. >> LET ME ASK THIS CAN WE SIT DOWN OFFLINE, TALK ABOUT THAT AND SEE WHAT OPTIONS THERE MAY BE AND IF IT MAKES SENSE AND AND PARK AND REC AND SENIOR STAFF AND OTHERS ARE ARE IN FAVOR OF IT THEN BRING IT BACK IF IF I'M CRAZY AND OR YOU EXPLAIN IT TO ME IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE THEN WE'LL GO THAT WAY. SO CAN WE DO THAT JUST WE'LL SCHEDULE TIME AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY BEFORE WE SIGN A CONTRACT IF IT TO MAKE A CHANGE IF WE IF IT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN WE REALLY MOVE THIS RIGHT. I THINK WE HAVE EXHAUSTED QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS SO COUNCIL MEMBER A WOMAN RIGHT MAYOR I HAD MOVE TO ORDER AND AUTHORIZE TO BID THE NINE MILE CREEK CORRIDOR RENEWAL PROJECT AND NINE MILE CREEK LOWER VALLEY MANAGEMENT PLAN RENEWAL PROJECT. MOST OF MY COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON TO ORDER AND AUTHORIZE TO BUILD THE NINE MILE CREEK QUARTER PROJECT A RENEWAL PROJECT A NINE MILE CREEK LOWER VALLEY MANAGEMENT PLAN RENEWAL PROJECT ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT STEP LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU AGAIN. THANKS COUNCIL I'M JUST GOING TO JUMP IN HERE IT'S NOW QUARTER TO NINE HERE AND I THINK I'M GOING TO LOOK FOR A MOTION. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE EXTEND OUR DEADLINE TO GO NO LATER THAN 930 BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF DECENT SIZED ITEMS HERE YET AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE OURSELVES ENOUGH TIME SO I WILL MOVE THAT WE SUSPEND RULES AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING FOR AN EXCUSE ME NOT TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO SIMPLY CHANGE OR ADJOURN THE TIME NINE 32ND MOTION AND A SECOND TO EXTEND OUR ADJOURNMENT TIME TO 930 ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU MUCH FOR THAT. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE TWO ITEMS THAT WERE WALKED ON THIS EVENING AND APOLOGIES AGAIN I KNOW THAT OUR OUR OUR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OR AGENDA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS DOWN APPARENTLY NATIONWIDE AS WELL I UNDERSTAND WHICH IS NOT A GOOD THING. AND SO WE DON'T HAVE COMPLETE DOCUMENTATION I THINK FOR FOLKS TO SEE ONLINE OR TO DEAL WITH. BUT WE DO HAVE THE PAPER COPIES AND WE WILL GET THESE POSTED JUST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND THE FIRST ONE IS ITEM 5.2 WHICH IS A LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AID OR ARE LARGER FUNDS PROPOSED FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE? SARA ABE IS HERE FROM OUR HRA TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS AND DESCRIBE THIS TO US. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME MAYOR AND I JUST JUMP IN QUICK I'M A RECUSE MYSELF ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE THERE'S DISCUSSION ABOUT FUNDING POTENTIAL FOR VIVE AND AS I THINK ALL MY COLLEAGUES KNOW AND HOPEFULLY THE PUBLIC MOSTLY KNOWS I'M ON THE BOARD OF EAP AS WELL SO I'M A RECUSE MYSELF I'M A I'LL BE BACK OKAY DON'T GET ME WRONG. OKAY GREAT. YES. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS SARAH CHERRY, ADMINISTRATOR HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATOR ALL RIGHT. SO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK SLIDES I FEEL PRETTY BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. SO JUST A QUICK REMINDER THE LOCAL ARE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING $8. THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED EARLIER THIS YEAR TO DELEGATE TO THE HRA THE AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER THESE DOLLARS AND SPLIT IT INTO TWO MAJOR HOUSING PROGRAM AREAS. THIS IS STATE FUNDING THAT IS DESIGNATED TO CITIES AND IS RESTRICTED FOR HOUSING USES. SO THE TWO MAJOR PROGRAM AREAS ARE AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAMS AND THEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND ACTIVITIES WHICH IS MULTIFAMILY HOUSING ESSENTIALLY DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. AND IN THOSE TWO MAJOR PROGRAM AREAS RENTAL ASSISTANCE DOES NOT FALL INTO EITHER ONE. SO THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT IS TO CONSIDER A ONE TIME ALLOCATION OF UP TO $350,000 OF LARGER DOLLARS FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE. THE REASON FOR THIS AND THE REASON FOR THE WALK ON ITEM IS BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN A MUCH INCREASED NEED FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN THE PAST MONTH AND A HALF, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. AND SO THIS FUNDING SOURCE IS AVAILABLE AND THIS USE IS CLEARLY SPELLED OUT AS A FUNDING USE FOR THESE DOLLARS AND THEN THE RECOMMENDATION HERE TONIGHT. SO THE THE GOAL IS TO HAVE AT LEAST SOME PORTION OF THESE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO DISTRIBUTE INTO THE COMMUNITY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE INCREASED NEED THAT WE'RE SEEING. SO THIS INCLUDES THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE COUNCIL TO ALLOCATE THE ONE TIME DESIGNATION OF 350,000 FOR THIS USE BUT ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT MOTION IS TO ISSUE $50,000 TO HELP IMMEDIATELY TO HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE VERY QUICKLY TO START RESPONDING TO THE NEED. VYBE IS A WELL DISTRIBUTOR OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN THE REGION. THEY CURRENTLY ARE RUNNING A RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WITH LARGER DOLLARS FOR BOTH EDINA AND RICHFIELD. SO THEY HAVE A PROGRAM THAT IS ALREADY UP AND RUNNING. THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO START TAKING CALLS FOR BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS. CURRENTLY THEIR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS OPEN AND AVAILABLE AND IT IS SERVING RICHFIELD AND UNITED'S EDINA RESIDENTS. BUT THEY ARE TURNING AWAY AT BLOOMINGTON APPLICANTS SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, PUBLIC FUNDING SOURCES AND A CLEAR WELL ESTABLISHED SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR USING AND REPORTING ON THESE DOLLARS AND THEN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FUNDS THE HRA AS THE ADMINISTER OF THE OF THESE DOLLARS WOULD BE LOOKING TO DESIGN A PLAN OR TO ASSIGN A PROGRAM OR A PROCESS TO GET THE REST OF THE FUNDING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND THAT IS IF I JUST HAD THE TWO SLIDES FOR YOU TONIGHT. SO THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE AN ALLOCATION OF UP TO 350,000 AND LARGER DOLLARS FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND IT DOES INCLUDE AGAIN THAT $50,000 IMMEDIATELY TO VP. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THESE LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING $8 FROM THE STATE THIS IS ONE OF THE DESIGNATED PURPOSES FOR THOSE LARGER DOLLARS, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. THAT IS CORRECT. AND DO WE KNOW OF OTHER COMMUNITIES WHO ARE LOOKING AT THIS AS USING THEIR LARGER DOLLARS IN THIS WAY? >> I KNOW THAT RICHFIELD IN INDIANA ARE CURRENTLY USING SOME OF THESE DOLLARS IN THIS WAY. I'M NOT SURE IF OTHER COMMUNITIES MIGHT BE EXPLORING IT CURRENTLY BUT I'M SURE THAT THOSE TWO ARE OKAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WOMAN YOU KNOW AND THIS IS NOT PUBLIC HEARING SO WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. SO I, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED THAT'S OUT THERE TOTALLY FOR DOING THIS SO I'M NOT AN ON JUST BE CAREFUL AS THEY SAY THIS BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO FIND A WAY TO BE CLEVER NOT THIS YEAR BUT TO FIND A WAY TO KIND OF DO WHAT WE DO AND HAVE A RESULT REVOLVING LOANS OR SOMETHING THAT BRINGS US MONEY BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF KEEP REUSING THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THAT NOW WITH THIS BUT I JUST I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE US, YOU KNOW, TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THIS NEED GOES AWAY. YOU KNOW, I JUST WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC INDICATORS THAT WE'VE GOT GOING FORWARD AND SO I'D HATE TO KIND OF START A PROJECT OR PROCESS OR PROGRAM LIKE THIS AND THEN KNOW THAT IN FUTURE YEARS THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE THAT ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE. BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT TO DO IT NOW. BUT I WANT TO YOU KNOW AND I KIND OF LOOK OVER AT MY COLLEAGUES HERE AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO EVOLVE IT. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A YOU HAVE A HOME LOAN PIECE, YOU'RE GETTING THAT MONEY BACK AND THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING COMING OUT OF I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU MAKE THAT WORK WITH BUT BUT I WONDER IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO BE CLEVER AND FIND A WAY TO BRING SOME DOLLARS IN OR MAYBE WE COULD LEVERAGE SOMETHING FOR SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'RE DOING TO BRING THOSE DOLLARS IN USED US SO WE HAVE A PERMANENT FUND KIND OF MOVING FORWARD FOR THESE PEOPLE. IT DOESN'T GO AWAY AFTER THIS YEAR ENDS SO I WILL DEFINITELY BE SUPPORTING THIS BUT WITH THAT ONE CAVEAT I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS MORE SUSTAINABLE FOR THANK YOU AND I WOULD AGREE COUNCILMEMBER TOO TO LOOK FOR WAYS THAT WE COULD STRETCH THESE DOLLARS AND MAKE THEM LAST AS LONG AS POSSIBLE AND TO BE CREATIVE WITH THEM. I THINK THE TROUBLE IS SINCE WE'VE GOT THESE LARGER DOLLARS I THINK WE'VE HAD ABOUT THREE EMERGENCIES THAT HAVE COME UP WHERE WE'VE HAD TO PUT THESE TWO TO PRETTY SIGNIFICANT USE PRETTY QUICKLY AND SO REALLY HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF SIT AND THINK CREATIVELY ABOUT HOW TO EXTEND THEM AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. BUT I AGREE WITH YOUR SENTIMENT COMPLETELY SO OTHERS COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, EVERYBODY'S EXPECTING SOMETHING VERY NEGATIVE. I LOVE THAT. YOU KNOW, I I MEAN IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY THAT I DON'T SUPPORT THIS. OKAY. I CAN TELL YOU THAT FROM DEEP INSIDE MYSELF. HOWEVER, I, I WOULD JUST NOT ONLY LIKE TO SEE WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN SUGGESTED BUT ALSO YOU KNOW, IT APPEARS TO ME IT APPEARS TO ME OKAY I IT'S IT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION THAT WE RUSH TO DO THIS AND YES, THERE IS A NEED I GUESS YOU KNOW, I LOVE BEING ABLE TO SPEAK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT AND YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO BE TO LOOK AT THINGS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE BUT I WANT TO SEE TANGIBLE EVIDENCE OF PEOPLE I REQUEST AND SEE ASSISTANCE. OKAY. AS FAR AS I KNOW IS NOT THERE. I AM NOT DENYING IN ANY WAY BY SAYING THAT THAT THE NEED EXISTS. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE REQUESTING THE ASSISTANCE BEFORE WE COMMIT THE AND THE THE FUNDS TO THAT. YOU KNOW AND AGAIN I'M GOING TO REITERATE THIS SETTING NO WAY WOULD SORT OF IT I'M EVEN IMPLYING THAT THE NEED EXISTS DOESN'T EXIST I'M JUST MERELY ASKING FOR TANGIBLE INFORMATION THAT CAN BE AVAILABLE TO US AS A COUNCIL TO SAY HEY BY ALL MEANS I CAN. I AM NOT AGAINST ASSISTING PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE NEED TO DO IT BUT I CAN TELL YOU WITH CERTAINTY THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO A LOT OF THE PEOPLE OUT THERE AT LEAST IN MY DISTRICT AND I OFFER HELP AND ASSISTANCE WITH DIFFERENT THINGS THAT COME UP. YOU KNOW, NOT THAT I KNOW WITH CERTAINTY THAT THEY EXIST BUT THEY HAVE COME UP IN EMAILS FROM PHONE OR THE RESIDENTS AND YOU KNOW MOST OF THE PEOPLE HAVE DENIED IT. THEY ASSISTANCE OR ANY HELP THAT I HAVE PERSONALLY OFFER TO GIVE. OKAY AND THAT'S WHAT MY I WOULDN'T SAY RESISTANCE MY MY MY IDEA OF NOT RESISTING THE IDEA OF HELPING PEOPLE OUT BUT BEING A LITTLE MORE OKAY, I WANT TO GET A PALPABLE PROOF OF THAT PEOPLE ARE REQUESTING THESE THESE FUNDS AND THEN YOU KNOW, BY ALL MEANS I'LL BE BEHIND IT. BUT I DON'T SEE ANY OF THAT. I MEAN A LOT OF THE TIMES WE JUST DON'T MAKE THE DECISION. WE BRING IT UP HERE TO COUNCIL AND WE VOTE ON IT. BUT I DON'T THINK ENOUGH INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO US TO AT LEAST IN MY OPINION TO MAKE A DECISION WITH ENOUGH INFORMATION TO TO BE WISE ENOUGH TO TO SPEND THE FUNDS ON THAT. I MEAN THEY THEY NEED YES, I WON'T DENY THAT. BUT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO BE HELPING PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY? I MEAN YOU MENTIONED DIRTY DNA AND VITRIOL. I DENYING FUNDS TO BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS AND I HAVE LEARNED FROM WHAT I READ THAT WE PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE THAT DON'T RESIDE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AS WELL. SO YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS KIND OF BOGGLED MY MIND. I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE DO THESE THINGS, HOW HOW WE DO THEM. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN TANGIBLE INFORMATION THAT MAKES IT CLEAR TO ME THAT THERE IS A NEED OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY REQUESTING COMING TO BLOOMINGTON AND SAYING HEY, WE NEED ASSISTANCE TO PAY OUR RENT AND I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO BE BEHIND 100% BEHIND THIS CHECK BECAUSE IF I COULD SO I DO HAVE SOME DATA ON THIS . SO I REACHED OUT TO VP TO ASK FOR THE VOLUME OF THEIR CALLS AND THEY REPORTED RECEIVING 243 CALLS THIS MONTH FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. OF THOSE 66 I NAMED BLOOMINGTON AS THEIR PLACE OF RESIDENCE. THEY ANTICIPATE THE NUMBER IS HIGHER BECAUSE JUST A QUICK POINT OF CLARIFICATION THE VP IS DISTRIBUTING MONEY FOR THE CITIES OF YOU DYNAN RICHFIELD ,EDINA AND RICHFIELD ARE NOT MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT FUNDS OR DENYING REQUESTS FOR BLOOMINGTON BUT BECAUSE BECAUSE VP HAS NOT HAD DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR BLOOMINGTON THEY HAVEN'T BEEN TRACKING IT CLEARLY SO THEY ANTICIPATE THAT THE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY HIGHER. ALSO JUST TODAY ACTUALLY MPR RELEASED AN ARTICLE THAT NAMED AND CITED A COUPLE OF INCREASE NEED STATS AS WELL AS SO CALLS TO 211 WHICH IS MINNEAPOLIS THE CALLS REQUESTING RENT ASSISTANCE MORE THAN TRIPLED IN MID-JANUARY COMPARED TO THE WEEKLY AVERAGE IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, HOTLINE REPORTED IN THE PERIOD FROM DECEMBER UNTIL NOW A 72% INCREASE IN THE REQUEST FOR FINANCIAL AID AND THEN I LOOKED BACK AT HENNEPIN COUNTY DATA AS WELL AND THEY HAVE THEIR RENT HELP PROGRAM WHICH IS AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS OF HENNEPIN COUNTY AND IN 2024 THEY APPROVED ONE ALMOST 12 APPLICATIONS FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. SO THERE ARE DOCUMENTED NEEDS FOR THESE FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE DOLLARS COMING FROM VARIOUS DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. SO IF THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE, HOW COME WE DON'T GET IT OURSELVES? IT WELL THIS ITEM WAS A WALK ON ITEM SO BUT I BELIEVE IT IS IN THE THE PACKET THAT THERE'S A DOCUMENTED ID NEED FOR THESE SOURCES. DID YOU JUST GET IN YOUR POCKET I YOU IT WAS ON YOUR IT WAS IN YOUR IN FRONT OF YOU AFTER THE SEASON COUNCILMEMBER WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND AND I THINK I RECOMMENDED IT TO YOU BEFORE I TAKE THE TRIP OVER TO VEEP SOMEDAY I KNOW THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH YOU AND SHOW YOU THEIR OPERATION. TALK ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND THEY DO BOTH NOT ONLY FOOD AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE THEY THEY DO THEY DO A LOT OF GOOD WORK THROUGHOUT THE I'M AWARE OF THAT. YOU KNOW, I GUESS EVERYBODY MISSES THE POINT THAT I AM TRYING TO MAKE, RIGHT? I MEAN I, I READ ALL YOUR INFORMATION. I LOOK AT ALL THEIR AGENDAS WHENEVER THEY COME PUBLIC AND STUFF AND THEY PUT MY POINT IS THAT IT'S GREAT WORK. YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I WANT TO SEE LIKE I SAID, TANGIBLE INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE ARE REQUESTING IT. I DON'T WANT TO SEE NAMES. I UNDERSTAND THE DAYS AND PRIVACY THAT YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHO THE ASSISTANCE IS GOING TO BUT I WANT TO SEE TANGIBLE NUMBERS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I WANT AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS SUGGESTING. COUNCILMEMBER VEEP CAN PROVIDE TANGIBLE NUMBERS TO YOU. SO HOW COME WE CAN'T GET IT HERE THOUGH THIS IS WHERE WE ARE. THIS IS WHERE WE'RE MAKING THE DECISIONS. WHERE DO I HAVE TO TAKE THAT TO WHEN IT CAN BE OFFERED RIGHT HERE IN PUBLIC FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW? THAT'S MY POINT. I WANT TO RESIDENTS TO LOOK WHEN THEY'RE LISTENING TO THIS MEETINGS TO GET THE INFORMATION THEMSELVES RIGHT THERE RIGHT HERE WHAT WE DISCUSS IT WHEN WE MAKE THE DECISION AS TO WHAT YES OR NO AND THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS. THAT'S MY POINT. I AM NOT HERE TO ARGUE ABOUT MYSELF OR TO REPRESENT MYSELF. I COULDN'T CARE LESS FOR ANY OF THIS STUFF ON MY OWN. BUT I AM HERE TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE THAT ELECTED ME AND THAT'S WHY I ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASK. I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO LISTEN TO THIS INFORMATION AND TO BE INFORMED ON THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE. THAT'S MY POINT AND YOU KNOW I NO DISRESPECT TO YOU WHATSOEVER PLEASE AND FORGIVE ME IF I CARRY MYSELF IN A WAY THAT OFFENDS YOU. OKAY. THAT'S NOT MY INTENTION IN ANY WAY. I MEAN THIS IS HOW I TALK. I GUESS I'D LIKE A TOTAL YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO USE ANY LANGUAGE THAT IS NOT ADEQUATE TO BE USED IN PUBLIC BUT I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT IS YOU KNOW, EVEN MY FAMILY HAS TOLD ME WHEN I TALK TALK IN A WAY THAT YOU KNOW, IT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. YEAH. I DON'T MEAN TO DO THAT TO YOU. OKAY. I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW THIS AND I WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT ALSO EVERY LITTLE DETAIL THAT GOES INTO THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE THAT'S MY POINT. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I'M I CAN'T SAY NO TO THIS. OF COURSE IF PEOPLE HAVE THE NEED TO FOR ASSISTANCE JUST GIVE IT TO THEM IF WE HAVE IT RIGHT. BUT AND I ALSO AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THAT WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT PERMANENT THERE THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE NEED. THERE'S NO DOUBT OF THAT IN MY MIND. BUT I JUST WANT TO SEE MORE INFORMATION. I WANT TO SEE THE INFORMATION BEING MADE PUBLIC TO THE RESIDENTS RIGHT HERE IN THIS MEETING. WHY DO THEY HAVE TO GO DIG IT OUT? YOU KNOW, I CAN GO DIG IT OUT. I HAVE THE TIME TO DO THAT. BUT EVERYBODY OUT THERE I DON'T THINK THEY DO. THEY WANT TO HEAR IT RIGHT HERE. WELL, WE MAKE THE DECISIONS. THAT'S WHAT I GOT. THANK YOU. AND PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I IF I MAKE YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER. IT'S NOT MY INTENTION. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO OR COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO JUST ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION. I ALSO SAW THAT NPR ARTICLE TODAY AND I WAS GOING TO CITE SOME OF THE NEED THAT YOU DID BUT TWO ON ONE IS STATEWIDE. I THINK YOU SAID MINNEAPOLIS BUT 2211 SERVES STATEWIDE AND ONE OF THE ALSO THE OTHER PIECES OF DATA THAT I THOUGHT WAS LIKE IT WAS CRAZY AS IN MANY OF THE CALLS THAT WENT THROUGH THE TWO ON ONE SPANISH LANGUAGE LINE THEY SAW A 1,646% SPIKE IN CALLS. I MEAN THAT'S I MEAN THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S HUGE. RIGHT? SO NOW I WILL SAY I ALSO I, I DID HAVE A SIMILAR QUESTION AROUND JUST WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM VEEP IN TERMS OF DEMAND AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT THAT INFORMATION . I'M WONDERING WHAT THE DECISION MAKING FOR THE FOUR $350,000 WHAT WILL BE THE DECISION MAKING THERE? SO I'M TOTALLY COMFORTABLE WITH THE 50,000 50,000 IMMEDIATELY TO VEEP BACK IN 20 1819 LIKE I WAS ON THE VEEP BOARD AND THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED TO DO KIND OF MORE HOUSING WORK BECAUSE EVEN AT THAT TIME PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO THE FOOD SHELF SAID IT WAS THE COST OF HOUSING THAT WAS DRIVING FOOD INSECURITY IN THEIR FAMILIES. AND SO AND I MEAN DURING THE PANDEMIC WE DID EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR VEEP FOR EMERGENCY RENT ASSISTANCE AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB SPENDING THAT MONEY WISELY AND REPORTING BACK TO US ON THE IMPACT OF THOSE DOLLARS. AND SO VEEP IS A VERY WELL-KNOWN, VERY TRUSTED ORGANIZATION IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I BELIEVE THAT THE NEED IS THERE. I AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE THOSE NUMBERS AND WHEN WE MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND THEN I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW MOVING FORWARD FOR THE FULL 350,000 WILL WE WILL WITH THIS BE IN FRONT OF US AGAIN OR WHAT KIND OF LIKE WHAT KIND OF REPORTING WILL BE DONE BACK TO THE COUNCIL JUST SO THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY BOTH THIS INFORMATION AND THE INFORMATION RELATED TO FOOD INSECURITY RIGHT THAT WE IN THE PAST PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY DURING THIS HARD TIME AND IT'S NOT JUST TO DEFEND WHAT WE'RE DOING BUT TO BE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY. AND I THINK YOU KNOW THIS EARLIER TODAY WE HAD I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE AT THE LISTENING SESSION BECAUSE THEY'RE SO HOW MANY 62 OVER 60 PEOPLE THERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW THE CITY IS SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY DURING THIS TIME AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THINGS AND SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THEM AND TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT WE CAN HAVE IN BLOOMINGTON. SO YEAH, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. YES MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THE DECISION MAKING SO BECAUSE IT IS A LARGER DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT PROVIDE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN THE AREA, WE WOULD LIKELY WANT TO ISSUE SOME SORT OF PUBLIC CALL FOR PROPOSALS OR LETTERS OF INTENT OR SOME SORT OF PUBLIC RESPONSE TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THE QUALIFICATIONS OF AN ORGANIZATION AND THEIR ABILITY TO DEPLOY FUNDS IN THE AREA. WE SELECTED THE OP FOR THE IMMEDIATE NEED BECAUSE AS YOU SAID THEY HAVE A VERY WELL-ESTABLISHED PROGRAM IN TERMS OF BRINGING BACK TO THE COUNCIL THE HRA WOULD APPROVE THE DECISION MAKING AROUND ALLOCATING AS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THESE FUNDS AND THE REPORTING MECHANISM WE'VE BEEN STARTING TO PUT THIS IS NEW AND WE JUST STARTED SPENDING LARGE DOLLARS THIS YEAR BUT IN OUR ALL THINGS HOUSING REPORT THIS YEAR FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR WE'RE INCLUDING THE REPORTS ON LARGER SPENDING. SO THAT'S THE MECHANISM FOR THE REPORTING BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL. I DO THINK JUST DURING THIS TIME, YOU KNOW IF VEEP SAYS HEY, WE SPENT THAT $50,000 IN 30 DAYS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR I THINK THAT WOULD JUST BE A GOOD DATA POINT FOR US TO KNOW TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEED IS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL WAS I WOULD JUST NOTE THIS WAS ALSO IN THE PACKET AS AN ATTACHMENT BUT THERE IS THIS IS A SPENDING UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE AND THE DOLLARS SO WE DO ANTICIPATE INCLUDING SOME REPORTING IN THE ALL THINGS HOUSING REPORT AND THIS IS A QUICK SUMMARY OF WHERE WE ARE. THE HEIGHTS WAS A SPECIAL ALLOCATION THAT FUNDING HAS BEEN SPENT AND THEN THERE ARE SOME UPCOMING PROGRAMING. YOU KNOW THESE THESE DOLLARS ARE DESIGNATED FOR HOUSING PROJECTS AND HOUSING PROJECTS ARE SLOW MOVING CREATURES. SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PLANNED USES FOR THESE BUT THIS IS CURRENTLY WHERE WE ARE. WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT ARE IN VERY EARLY STAGES THAT WE EXPECT TO BE REQUESTING SOME OF THESE FUNDS. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANKS. I THINK I THINK IF IF WE SO HIT ABSOLUTELY HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT. I MEAN THE STATISTICS ARE VERY CLEAR. IT IS THE TIMING IS HARD, RIGHT? BECAUSE BY THE TIME YOU MOST PEOPLE WILL BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN EVICTION MORATORIUM YET MOST PEOPLE CAN GET THROWN OUT OF THEIR HOMES BEFORE RENTING DOLLARS EVER COME TO THEM TO GET AID. RIGHT AND THEN NOW WE HAVE AN UNHOUSED POPULATION PROBLEM AS OPPOSED TO A HOUSING PROBLEM AND I DEFINITELY WANT US TO BE IT IS WAY CHEAPER FOR THE STATE AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE TO KEEP SOMEBODY IN THEIR HOUSE AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THEM BECOME UNHOUSED AND THEN TRY TO FIX IT RIGHT. SO I'M ALL FOR THAT. I AM I ACTUALLY THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THE WHITE FOLKS COULD COME AND DO A PRESENTATION TO US ABOUT THEIR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BECAUSE I THINK IF IF IF COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS IS ACTUALLY HEARING FROM PEOPLE THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY VEEP WHY THIS PROGRAM WHATEVER, THEN MAYBE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GIVE THEM A FORUM TO EXPLAIN THE VALUE OF THEIR PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN EDUCATE NOT JUST OURSELVES BUT ALSO THE LARGER COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT THEY DO AND WHY THEY DO IT AND HOW THEY VET THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER THING I THINK PEOPLE OUT THERE PROBABLY JUST THINK THAT WE JUST HAND OUT CHECKS AT YOU KNOW, OR WHATEVER AND THAT'S NOT TRUE. RIGHT? THERE'S A VETTING PROCESS AND I'M SURE THERE'S INCOME LEVEL REQUIREMENTS AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER THINGS THAT MAKE THIS A GOOD PROGRAM. BUT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THOSE THINGS. AND SO GETTING THAT EDUCATION I THINK WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL NOT JUST FOR US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS BUT ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE. HOW DO THOSE PROJECT PROGRAMS RUN? HOW DO THEY WORK? I HAPPEN TO KNOW A LOT ABOUT RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ONLY BECAUSE MY CHURCH DOES ONE AND SO LIKE I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN IT RIGHT. BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT AT THE TUNE OF 350,000 OVER THERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $11,000 TYPE SITUATION, RIGHT? SO I'M STILL IN THE DARK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT MAYBE A PROGRAM OF THIS VOLUME AND THAT KIND OF THING MIGHT MIGHT BE MIGHT DO AND WHAT THE VETTING PROCESS IS THERE. SO I'M ALL FOR FOR US GETTING THE EDUCATION UP HERE IF WE CAN. >> THANKS. THANK YOU. AND COULDN'T AGREE MORE AND ACTUALLY ON MR. WALKER AND I JUST TALKED WE ALL HAVE THIS ON A COUNCIL STUDY SESSION IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE WE'LL GET THAT GET THAT SET UP SO WE CAN EDUCATE EVERYONE. OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS COUNCIL HEARING NONE COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION RESOLUTION FOR AN ALLOCATION OF UP TO $350,000 IN LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AID FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE SO MOVED SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ALLOCATING UP TO $350,000 IN LARGER FUNDS FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT AND EXTEND OUR THANKS TO TO OUR FRIENDS AT REED FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING BECAUSE IT'S IT'S BREAKING FAST AROUND HERE. I THINK SO THANK YOU WHAT I THINK I'D LIKE TO DO VERY QUICKLY COUNCIL WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM 5.3 OUR CLOSED SESSION BUT WHAT I THINK I'D LIKE TO DO IS DO A VERY QUICK COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUES UPDATE SO THAT WAY WHEN WE COME BACK INTO OPEN SESSION WE CAN SIMPLY WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DID AND WE CAN ADJOURN. BUT I THINK I CAN DO THAT I'M GOING TO USE MAYOR PRIOR PREROGATIVE AND DO THAT A COUNCIL AND POLICY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE I'LL JUST RECAP OUR LISTENING SESSION VERY QUICKLY. WE HAD AS WAS STATED I THINK WE HAD WE HAD MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE IN THE LISTENING SESSION THANKS TO ALL OF THEM WHO WERE THERE. THE VAST MAJORITY WERE EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT THE WORK OF FEDERAL ICE AGENTS AND THE NEED FOR THE CITY TO RESPOND AND CITY SERVICES AND SO ON. SO WE HEARD FROM JAMIE WAGNER ,MICHELLE ABBOTT, CODY WRIGHT, DOUGLAS MOODY, CONSTANCE RICCI ALL SPOKE ALONG THOSE LINES AND I APPRECIATE THE POINTS THEY BROUGHT UP AND FRANKLY THE PASSION AND THE OBVIOUS EMOTION THAT THEY BROUGHT TO IT AS WELL. AND I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM FELT IT. WE ALSO HEARD FROM PAM PALMER TALKING ABOUT REVISITING OUR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND ENFORCEMENT ISSUES FOR PARKING ON CITY STREETS AND IN DRIVEWAYS. SO THAT'S A VERY QUICK RECAP OF OUR LISTENING SESSION. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. MR. WALKER DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING MR. MAYOR, JUST TO BUILD OFF OF YOUR RECAP OF THE LISTENING SESSION I WOULD ECHO FOR THE COUNCIL BUT ALSO PRIMARILY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS NEXT MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY THE 2ND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN EXTENDED LISTENING SESSION. SO TYPICALLY THOSE ARE 545 THIS WILL BEGIN AT 5 P.M. LAST TILL 6:15 P.M. SO AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES PRIMARILY GIVING COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO VISIT ABOUT THE ONGOING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND PARTICULARLY ITS IMPACT HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. WE WANTED TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY AMPLE TIME TO CONTINUE TO DIALOG ABOUT THIS . AS WE MENTIONED 60 PEOPLE OUT TONIGHT WHEN WE MAYBE HAVE SIX ON A NORMAL NIGHT THAT'S GOING TO BE HELD HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. SO AGAIN MORE COMFORTABLE ARRANGEMENT AND GIVE PEOPLE THAT CHANCE TO SPEAK BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO HEAR FROM AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. WE ARE GOING TO ASK TO LIMIT THE REMARKS TO THREE MINUTES BECAUSE WE WANT TO HEAR FROM FOLKS BUT WE WANT AS MANY PEOPLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AS WELL. SO WE'LL PROMOTE THIS ACROSS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS STARTING TOMORROW TO GET THE WORD OUT. THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANKS FOR THAT UPDATE AND THE REMINDER TO EVERYONE. SO NEXT MONDAY NIGHT HOPE TO SEE AS MANY PEOPLE HERE AS POSSIBLE. ANY VERY QUICKLY COUNCIL MEMBER WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE. >> YEAH. AS I MENTIONED TO YOU EARLIER, MR. MAYOR, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF PUT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL THERE'S A CASCADING EFFECT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IS IMPACTING OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO IF PEOPLE CAN'T OPEN THEIR RESTAURANTS OR PEOPLE CAN'T DELIVER THEIR FOOD OR OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY'RE BEING IMPACTED AS WELL. I'M CURIOUS IF THE COUNCIL HAS AN INTEREST IN US LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND THAT'S GREAT. THAT HELPS RESIDENTS PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT GOING TO WORK BUT THE PEOPLE WHO RUN BUSINESSES WHO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT GOING TO WORK ARE ALSO BEING IMPACTED. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO THINK ABOUT THAT. SO I WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE, SEE IF WE COULD GET SOME DIRECTION TO STAFF TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT OPTIONS MIGHT BE AVAILABLE. >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER GOOD TOPIC FOR AN UPCOMING STUDY SESSION COUNCIL IF WE CAN GET AT LEAST A COUPLE OF NODDING HEADS HERE I THINK THAT THAT BE A WORTHWHILE CONVERSATION TO HAVE. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL VERY GOOD. THEN WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE BACK TO ITEM 5.3 WHICH AGAIN WAS A WALK ON ITEM WE ARE GOING TO GO TO A CLOSED SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS A LIMITED NUMBER OF REASONS WHY WE CAN GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. ONE OF THOSE IS TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL LITIGATION AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE DOING TONIGHT. SO I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CLOSURE OF A PUBLIC MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL WHICH IS WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. SOME OF THE SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LAW AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CLOSURE OF A PUBLIC MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIED. WE'RE GOING TO HEAD INTO CLOSED SESSION AND WE WILL COME BACK OUT TO CLOSE THE MEETING OFFICIALLY INFORMALLY SO WE ARE NOW CLOSED SESSION NOW I HAVE YOUR BACK. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION HERE AT BLOOMINGTON'S CITY COUNCIL. IT'S NOW 1029 AND COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TOPIC THAT WE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE TO TAKE THE ACTION CONSISTENT WITH THE DISCUSSION IN CLOSED SESSION SO MOVED SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERTSON SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER TO TAKE ACTIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE DISCUSSIONS IN CLOSED SESSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ONE WITH COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS VOTING IN OPPOSITION WITHOUT THAT ENDS OUR EVENING DISCUSSION IN OUR MEETING TONIGHT GOING I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN SO MOVED MOTION IN A SECOND TO ADJOURN ALL IN FAVOR I ALL RIGHT I MOTION CARRIES THANK YOU ALL FOR THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT THANKS FOR