AND EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME. I'LL CALL THIS MEETING OF THE BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2023. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US HERE THIS EVENING IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND WATCHING ONLINE WE WILL START MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO. IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STAS OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION IS A CIVIL LIBERTY . JUSTICE FROM ONCE AGAIN THANKS TO EVERYONE HERE IN THE CHAMBERS THIS EVENING, EVERYBODY WATCHING ON LINE. WE APPRECIATE IT. THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS TONIGHT IS THE APPROVAL OF OUR AGENDA AND COUNCIL. WE'VE GOT A FULL AGENDA THIS EVENING AND OUR FIRST PARTS OF THE AGENDA ARE ACTUALLY THE FULLEST UNDER INTRODUCTORY ITEMS. WE ACTUALLY HAVE FIVE DIFFENTTEMS WEAVE WILL HAVE EXPO 2027 UPDATE WE'LL HAVE A 2023 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION HERE THIS EVENING WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS STRATEGIC PLAN AND SOCIAL MEDIA OVERVIEW. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A REPORT ON OUR EXTERNAL AUDITOR THEIR 2022 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AND THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR STATE OF HOMELESSNESS ASSESSMENT THAT IS OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS THIS EVENING OUR CONSENT BUSINESS IS ALSO PRETTY LONG ON 19 ITEMS COUNCILMEMBER MERTEN HAS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS THIS EVENING UNDER HEARINGS AND RESOLUTIONS WE HAVE TWO ITEMS FOR HEARINGS. ITEM 4.1 IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE MODIFYING THE PARTIAL VACATION OF LINDA LANE AND ITEM 4.2 IS A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AN ORDINANCE TO CONVEY BY A QUITCLAIM DEED REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CITY BLOOMINGTON AND UNDER OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS WE WILL HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR 2023 CULTURAL ARTS SUPPORT GRANTS FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS A DISCUSSION ALSO OF THE 30% OF BRYANT AND TREADWELL PARKS THE CONSULTING CONTRACT FOR FINAL DESIGN ANDE WILL WRAP UP OUR MEETING I'M GUESSING CLOSE TO 11 AND THEN 5.3 WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND UPDATE SO COUNCILOR ANYTHING TO ADD ANYTHING ANY CORRECTIONS ADDITIONS IF NOT I WOULD MOVE OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING SECOND AND A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO WE HAVE AN AGENDA AND I WILL SAY COUNCIL GIVEN THE THE LENGTH AND THE HEFT OF THE AGENDA LET' MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE KEEP OUR WE KEEP BVITY IN MIND WITH OUR COMMENTS MAKE SURE THAT WE WE GET OUR WORK DONE THIS EVENING OUR ITEM NUMBER 2.1 FIRST UNDER INTRODUCTORY ITEMS IS AN EXPO 2027 UPDATE I'M SURE YOU ALL HEARD THAT WE RECEIVED SOME BAD NEWS LAST WEEK REGARDING THE EXPO 2027 FINISHED THIRD IN THE VOTING RATHER DISAPPOINTING FOR EVERYONE BUT THERE WERE SOME GOOD THINGS TO COME OUT OF IT IN TERMS OF THE RECOGNITION IT BROUGHT TO BLOOMINGTON AND THE INPUT IN BLOOMINGTON BASICALLY ON THE WOR STAGEN A LOT OF DIFRENT WAYS AND SOME FUTURE BUSINESS OR DEVELOPMENT POSSIBILITIES AND WE'RE BACK TO THAT WORD CULTIVATE THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW. I THINK IT'S A GREAT CULTIVATION OF SOME OF THOSE AND THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE NEED TO SUCCEED IN THE FUTURE. MR. REVIEW AN UPDATE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS GOOD EVENING. AS THE MAYOR SAID, MOST EVERYBODY IS AWARE THAT WE WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. THE UNITED STATES HAD PUT FORWARD MINNESOTA AS THE HOST FOR THE EXPO 2027 COMPENG TH FOUR OTH COUNTRIES ARGENTINA, THAILAND SPAIN AND SERBIA. AND OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM WAS THAT IT WAS GOING TO COME DOWN TO SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES AND THEY SORT OF USED CONVENTIONAL WISDOM AND IN THE AIR QUOTES BECAUSE SOME THINGS DON'T ALWAYS GO AS PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GO IN . WE'D ACTUALLY HEARD WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT SERBIA WAS SURGING AND ULTIMATELY WHEN THE VOTING WAS DONE INDEED BELGRADE SERBIA ENDED UP THE CITY THAT WAS SELECTED TO HOST FOR 2027. BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA JUST TO TALK ONCE AGAIN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WHY IT IS THAT MINNESOTA AND BLOOMINGTON WERE INTERESTED IN BEING THE HOSTS STATE AND HOST CITY FOR THE EVENT AND PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION THAT I KNOW SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE CURIOUS TO KNOW. SO FIRST OF ALL, WHY WHY WERE WE INTERESTED DOING THIS? THE EXPO FOR US FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINON W LOOKEDT AS BEING A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A RAPID TRANSFORMATIVE EFFECT ON OUR SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT AREA. WE WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE CONCEPT OF EXPLORER WORLD'S FAIR IT THE EVENT ITSELF. IT'S UNIQUE MAJOR EVENT THAT WOULD HAVE DRAWN PEOPLE HERE FROM AROUND THE WORLD. THAT EVENT ITSELF IS SPECIAL. THE REVENUE TO THE CITY DURING THAT EVENT WOULD HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A 90 DAY EVENT AND EVENTS HAPPENING EVERY DAY. IT WOULD HAVE EXCELLENT FOR OUR HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY NOT JUST THE HOTELS, OUR OUR RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL THAT SUPPORT HERE WOULD HAVE THRIVED DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. IT WOULD HAVE MEANT A LOT OF PRE EXPO PROGRAMING THAT WOULD GONE ON AS PEOPLE CAME TO BLOOMINGTON WHILE THE EXPO WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND CERTAINLY POST EXPO ACTIVITY AS PROGRAMING WOULD LIKELY CONTINUE FROM AN EVENT LIKE THAT ESPECIALLY ORGANIZED AROUND THE THEME OF HEALTHY PEOPLE HEALTHY PLANET WELLNESS AND WELL-BEING FOR ALL. WHERE THE CONVERSATION WAS INTENDED TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THE WORLD AS IT PERTAINS TO ENSURING HEALTH AND WELL-BEING FOR FOR PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD AND FRANKLY MINNESOTA IS A PLACE THAT HAS AN ECO SYSTEM LIKE VERY FEW OTHERS IN THE WORLD WITH THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS BEING WE HAVE THE SOME OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF LIFE INDICATORS IN MINNESOTA. WE HAVE THE HIGHEST RATED HOSPITAL SYSTEM IN THE WORLD. MAYO CLINIC IS HERE IN MINNESOTA. THE HEALTH INSURER UNITEDHEALTH GROUP IS HEADQUARTERED. WE HAVE TREMENDOUS RESEARCH THAT GOES ON AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AND MAYO CLINIC. OUR MEDTECH DEVICE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY HERE IS SECOND TO NONE. THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION CALLED MEDICAL ALLEY IN MINNESOTA THAT HAS MORE THAN 800 MEMBERS THAT ARE BUSINESSES THAT IN THIS FIELD OF MANUFACTURG MEDICAL DEVICES. SO THE WHOLE ECOSYSTEM HERE IS I GUESS A UNIQUE IN THE REST OF THE WORLD. SO THE EVENT ITSELF WOULD HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC THE LEGACY AROUND HEALTH AND WELLNESS WOULD HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC. THE THE PRIMARY INTEREST FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON WAS THAT TRANSFORMATIVE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT BECAUSE WE LOOKED AT THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO VERY DEVELOP AREAS IN THE SOUTH LOOP THAT FRANKLY BEEN SLOW TO DEVELOP. WHEN YOU HAVE A 30 ACRE PARCEL LIKE THE ONE THAT'S NEXT TO THE MALL OF AMERICA THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG PIECE OF LAND TO TAKE DOWN ALL AT ONE TIME AND THIS WAS A WAY THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE THAT AND USED IT FOR THE EVENT AND THEN CONVERT THOSE BUILDINGS INTO ONGOING COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY. THE LIKELIHOOD IS IF WE HAD RECEIVED IT THAT THE THE VALUE OF THOSE BUILDINGS WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN GREATER THAN $1 BILLION THE PERMANENT STRUCTURES AND IF THOSE ARE CONVERTED INTO ONGOING COMMERCIAL USE AFTERWARDS THAT'S TAXABLE COMMERCIAL VALUATION WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD IN THE LONG TERM FOR THE CITY OF BOMINGTON. SO THERE WE TRE WERE NUMBER OF REASONS OF WHY WE WERE INTERESTED IN PURSUING THIS AND. THIS DOES DATE BACK TO 2016 2017 WHEN THE CITY TOOK A RUN AT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL THEN EITHER BUT THAT WAS ALSO VERY EARLY IN THE REENGAGEMENT BY THE UNITED STATES IN THE EXPO EFFORT. WHAT WAS DIFFERENT THIS TIME AROUND IT WAS FRANKLY THE LEVEL OF COOPERATION AT THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE LEVEL AND FRANKLYEVEL ORGANIZATION BY THE LOCAL EXPO BID COMMITTEE. BECAUSE I WANT TO CLARIFY FOR FOLKS THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING CLOSELY THIS WAS NOT A CITY OF BLOOMINGTON BID. WE WEREN'T THE WE WEREN'T THE FACE OF THE BID. WE WERE THE PROPOSED BE THE HOST CITY. WE SUPPORTED THE EFFORT AND WE CERTAINLY OUR BACKS INTO IT WHERE WE COULD. BUT THERE WAS AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE MINNESOTA U.S.A. EXPO 2027 BID COMMITTEE WHICH WAS THE OWN INDEPENDENT 501C NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. THEY DID THE FUNDRAISING NECESSARY? THEY INCURRED MOST OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CAMPAIGN ITSELF AND THEY WERE THE PRIMARY LINK WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE WHICH ACTUALLY TOOK THE REINS FOR THE CAMPAIGN IN THE THE LAST FEW MONTHS BECAUSE THE DECISION IS MADE BY MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS IN THIS CASE THERE WERE 157 COUNTRIES THAT ULTIMATELY HAD ONE VOTE EACH LAST WEDNESDAY AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT WAS WORKING ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THOSE COUNTRIES TRY A SECURE SUPPORT. AND WE WERE WE WERE OPTIMISTIC GOING INTO IT THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAD SECURED THAT SUPPORT. AND THEN LIKE I SAID, THINGS SOMETIMES DON'T GO AS WE SO THAT WAS YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY THAT WAS WHY WE GOT INTO IT. WE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD HAVE A TREMENDOUS TRANSFORMATIVE LONG TERM IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY. IT WOULD BEEN GOOD FROM A PROPERTY TAX BASED DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD FROM A TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY PERSPECTIVE AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOO DELOP PARCELS HAVE LANGUISHED FRANKLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES AND NOT BEING DEVELOPED. THERE WAS A COST TO PARTICIPATING AND THIS JUST LIKE ANY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE THERE ARE PURSUIT COSTS IN THIS CASE THE TOTAL WAS AROUND I GET A ROOM IT WAS ABOUT 490,000. PART OF THAT 250,000 CAME THROUGH HENNEPIN COUNTY AND THAT WAS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHAT WAS CALLED SSIE WHICHAS THE FMAL APPLICATION SO THAT CAME THROUGH THE CITY TO THE BID COMMITTEE WHICH PREPARED THAT WORK. SO EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS A CITY OF BLOOMINGTON EXPENSE WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED FUNDING FOR THAT FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY AND THEIR SUPPORT OF THE EXPO EFFORT. SO IF YOU TAKE ABOUT $85,000 OF STAFF TIME OUT OF THE EQUATION AND SOMEBODY SAID WELL YOU CAN'T TAKE STAFF TIME OUT OF THE EQUATION WELL OUR STAFF WOULD GET PAID WHETHER THEY WERE WORKING ON XPO OR WORKING ON SOMETHING ELSE WE CODE THE TIME THAT WE SPEND ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND SO THAT WAS THE AMOUNT OF CODED TIME OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF THAT WAS DEDICATED TO EFFORT. IF YOU TAKE THAT OUT OUR COSTS ENDED UP ABOUT $250,000 FOR THE WORK THAT WE DID THAT INCLUDED TRAVEL COSTS AND INCLUDED TECHNICAL ANALYSIS AND STUDIES. IT INCLUDED SOME MEETING EXPENSES IN THAT LIKE I SAID IT WAS OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF TOTAL SO THAT'S ACTUALLY LESS THAN WHAT THE CITY SPENT IN 2017 WHERE WE DID A LOT MORE THE PRO THE DEVELOPMENT PRO ANALYSIS AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT MUCH WORK ON IT THIS YEAR SO WE ACTUALLY WE ACTUALLY EXPENDED MORE FUNDS BACK IN 2017 THAN WE DID FOR THIS LAST GO ROUND . SO IN THE END I GUESS IT WENT TO SERBIA AND SO WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BREATH AND GO BACK TO THERAWI BOARD ONE THING I WILL TELL YOU IS WE GET A LOT OF IRONS IN THE FIRE. WE'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT ASKED US ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT AREA. SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE JUST SAID LET'S WAIT TILL WE GET THROUGH THE VOTE. LET'S SEE WHERE WE ARE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THAT POINT. AND SO WE'LL GO BACK AND TALK TO SOME OUR PARTNERS OUT THERE, SOME OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND SOME THE PERSPECTIVE DEVELOPERS AND SEE WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES ARE THAT WE TO PURSUE AND BRING THOSE BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PORT AUTHORITY ETC.. THANK YOU MR. FAROOQI. COUNSEL ON THE QUESTIONS OF MR. RUBY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THANK YOU MAYOR AND MANAGER I DID SEND SOME QUESTIONS THAT I HAD TO YOU AND I THINK YOU COVERED THOSE. BUT JUST IMAGINE THAT NOT EVERY RESIDENT IS A DEVELOPMENT MINDED TYPE PERSON. AND SO JUST FOR AN EXAMPLE AND NOT LOOKING FOR SPECIFICS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED EARLIER HOW MUCH WOULD WEROBABLY SPEND ON YOU KNOW, JUST BALLPARK IT ON TRYING TO DO JUST RAW DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA, YOU KNOW BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY UPFRONT FOR THIS AND WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE DONE THAT ANYWAYS AND ALL THIS ,YOU KNOW, KIND OF INCREASES THAT YOU KNOW OUR VISIBILITY AS IT WERE AS WE TRY TO MOVE DOWN THAT THAT PATHWAY OF ATTEMPTING TO GET MORE FOLKS TO, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP IN THAT SOUTH LOOP AREA. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO BALLPARK IT OR HOW MUCH WE MIGHT SPEND ON THAT OR KD OF HELP WALK US THROUGH THAT THINKING. YEAH. MR. MAYOR COUNCILMAN COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN REALLY BALLPARK THE NUMBER. I WILL SAY THAT ANYTIME WE'RE DEALING WITH DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH LOOP AREA WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TECHNICAL ANALYSIS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT CALLED AN ALTERNATIVE URBAN AREA WIDE REVIEW THAT WE EVERY FIVE YEARS FOR DEVELOPMENT OCCURS OUT THERE AND THAT WAS ONE THING THAT WAS GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN. WE JUST UPDATED THAT DOCUMENT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO RIGHT BUT BECAUSE OF THE MAGNITUDE, THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WORK THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO AND WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. SO AIR OUR UPDATE COSTS THAT'S A PLANNING EXERCISE THAT IS INTO THE HIGH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IF NOT INTO THE SIX FIGURES WHEN WE DO THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATES WE HAVE ANALYSIS OF LIKE OUR STORM SEWER SYSTEM CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE IN OUR STORM SERVICE SYSTEM AND TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE TO DO SO THOSE AR ALL TECHNICAL WORK THAT THE CITY DOES TO PREPARE FOR DEVELOPMENT. SO THOSE ARE EXAMPLES OF THE TYPE OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS. THANKS FOR BRINGING UP THE COST AND ALTHOUGH I SAW A CBC NEWS THAT SAID THAT YOU KNOW, THIS DIDN'T INCLUDE THE PIECE THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT TERMS OF HAVING THE TAX REVENUE THAT WE'D GET FROM THOSE BUILDINGS IF THOSE GOT CONVERTED AND THEY MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT $728 MILLION THAT WE WOULD BROUGHT INTO THE INTO THE CITY. SO IT JUST THIS COUNCILMEMBERS PERSPECTIVE IS THAT YOU KNOW YOU KNO WE TOOK A COUPLE OF RUNS AT IT. YOU KNOW, WE GOT CERTAINLY SOMETHING OUT OF IT. WE WOULD HAVE SPENT SOME OF THOSE MONEY FROM A DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT. AND YOU KNOW, I JUST APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE WILLING TO TO GO AND TRY TO TRY TO DO THIS FOR THAT AREA AND WE'LL SEE WHAT COMES OF IT NOW THAT WE YOU KNOW FOLKS KNOW WHERE WE'RE BULLINGTON IS BEYOND THE UNITED. AND MR. MAYOR IF I CAN ADD ONE MORE THING THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER AND IS I WAS I GLOSSED OVER A LITTLE BIT TOO JUST THE SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVED AT THE OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE BID COMMITTEE'S WORK AND FOR THE FOR THE CITY'S WORK THE TEE ADMINISTRATIONS PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATIONS HAVE ALL BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THIS EFFORT. OBAMA PRESIDENT TRUMP, PRESIDENT BIDEN ALL VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE THE PURSUIT OF EXPORT IN THE UNITED STATES ARE ARE PARTNERS IN CONGRESS SENATOR KLOBUCHAR AND SMITH AND CONGRESSMAN PHILIPSON AND HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE HOUSE HAVE ALL REALLY GONE TO BAT ADVOCATED WELL FOR MINNESOTA IN THIS REGARD AND WE HAVE OUR LOCAL LEGISLATORS ARE HERE FOR A DIFFERENT ITEM BUT THEY DID EXCELLENT WORK THIS LAST SESSION TO SECURE A COMMITMENT OF $5 MILLION FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO ESSENTIALLY ACT AS SEED MONEY IF WE HAD BEEN AWARDED EXPORT SO THAT THAT EARLY STAGE WORK COULD GET DONE BEFORE THE REVENUES ACTUALLY STARTED FLOWING IN . SO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OUR LEGISLATORS AND OTHERS AT THE STATE AND COUNTY LEVEL HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE TO COUNSEL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU MAYOR. I THINK THE QUESTION THE TWO QUESTIONS I'VE HEARD MOST FROM PEOPLE ARE HOW MUCH OF PROPERTY TAX MONEY, HOW MUCH OF THE TAXES THAT WE PAY WENT THIS BECAUSE THERE WERE YOU MENTIONED HENNEPIN COUNTY BUT I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THIS MONEY ALSO CAME OUT OF SOUTH LOOP AND OTHER FUNDS AND OUR GENERAL FUND DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH CAME OUT OF WHAT WE ALL PAY IN TAXES? MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. WE DID NOT TAKE MUCH OF ANYTHING OF OUR GENERAL OPERATING FOR YOU KNOW WE PUT OUR BUDGET TOGETHER EVERY YEAR IN DECEMBER AND UP SOMETHING WE HAD SOME MONEY FOR TRAVEL IN THERE. IT WASN'T A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT WE WHAT WE DID IS FUNDED MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY USING CARRYOVER FUNDS SO YOU KNOW AT THE END OF EACH YEAR WE LOOK AT OUR REVENUES AND OUR EXPENSES AND TYPICALLY EVERY YEAR WE HAVE REVENUES OVER EXPENSES WHICH IS GOOD, RIGHT? AND SO WE CARRY FUNDS FORWARD AND THAT THOSE FUNFTENO OUR RESERVE FUNDS AND THIS PAST YEAR WE HELD ABOUT $200,000 OF THAT BACK TO FUND, A LOT OF THIS ACTIVITY. SO YES IT'S TAXPAYER DOLLARS IT'S GENERAL TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR THE MOST. BUT IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS GENERATED THROUGH THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY. IT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT OUT IN THE WASH AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND WE DID HAVE FUNDS FROM THE SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT AREA FOR EXAMPLE WE HAVE A WE HAVE A SURCHARGE IN THAT AREA FOR DEVELOPERS AND THAT IS TO BE USED FOR THESE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS THAT I TALKED ABOUT THAT ARE SUPPORTIVE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA AND THAT WAS THE FUND THAT WE WOULD USE TO FUND THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES. SO THE AMOUNT OF GENERAL FUND DOLLARS I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC BREAKDOWN YET FROM OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT BUT IT'S IT'S IT DIDN'T COME OUT OF WHAT WAS PROPERTY TAX LEVY DOLLARS THAT THE PRESIDENT WOULD HAVE. OKAY. AND SO DO YOU HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION OR IF I CAN JUST CLARIFY THAT WHEN WE LEVY AN AMOUNT THAT'S THE AMOUNT WE GET. YES. IN OUR LEVY. SO IF WE OVERPERFORM OUR BUDGET, THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE CONTROLLED COSTS, KEPT THEM LOWER AND OR WE'VE GOTTEN ADDITIONAL REVENUES FROM OTHER . THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION AND I KNOW SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES THERE AND CAN YOU JUST TELL US APPROXIMATELY AT THAT COS WAS? AND I'VE SEEN THIS CHARACTERIZED AS VACATIONS. I'LL BE HONEST. I'VE GONE ON BUSINESS TRIPS MYSELF AND LEAVING YOUR FAMILY, LEAVING YOUR JOB, LEAVING YOUR KIDS TO GO DO THIS. I'M SURE PARIS IS A LOVELY CITY. I'VE BEEN THERE TWICE. I WOULD NOT INTENTIONALLY GO BACK AGAIN SO NO OFFENSE TO PARIS BUT WELL ACTUALLY THAT WAS I'M SORRY BUT YOU KNOW THESE IN MY MIND NOT VACATIONS AND SO COULD YOU ADDRESS WHAT WAS THE COST AND THEN WHAT WHAT DID PEOPLE DO THERE? . MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF THE TRAVEL EXPENSE AND MEETINGS AND PUTTING MEETINGS IN THERE TOO IT TOTALED ABOUT $85,000. WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT MEETINGS THE MAYOR AND I WERE AT A NUMBER OF EVENTS WHERE WE ACTUALLY A BOOTH OR HOSTED EVENT GOING. SO FOR EXAMPLE THE LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES WE HAD A SESSION WHERE WE FOCUSED ON AWARENESS RAISING FOR THE EXPO WE PAID THE MEETING EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH RESERVING THE ROOM AND FOOD AND THAT KIND OF STUFF BUT MOST OF THE MONEY IS IN THE TRAVEL AA. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GET TO ONE OF THESE LOCATIONS? SO FOR EXAMPLE WE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WENT TO VISIT THE EXPO IN DUBAI. WHEN WE GET ON THE GROUND DUBAI YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO RECOVER FROM THE TRAVEL AND THEN WE ARE ON SITE THE WHOLE TIME, RIGHT? WE'RE MEETING WITH THE FOLKS WHO WERE ORGANIZING THE EXPO ITSELF, THE MANAGERS FOR THE EVENT. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH OUR FRIENDS FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE WHO OPERATE THE PAVILIONS AT THOSE EXPOS AND WE GO AROUND AND WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS AT AN EXPO SO THAT WE'RE BETTER PREPARED AS A COMMUNITY TO HOST AND THAT WAS THE INTENT OF BRINGING PEOPLE TO THESE EVENTS. WHEN WE GO TO OTHER MEETINGS FOR EXAMPLE THE MAYOR AND I AND OTHERS WOULD TRAVEL TO MEETINGS FOR LIKE THE SYMPOSIUM IN PARIS THAT WAS THAT EVENT SPECIFICALLY WAS REALLY THE LAST OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN FRONT OF A LARGE GROUP OF VOTING DELEGATES AND MAKE THE CASE NOT JUST FROM THE FOLKS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL BUT PEOPLE HERE IN MINNESOTA ABOUT WHY THIS WAS THE BEST TO HOST THE EVENT. AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING DIRECT 1 TO 1 CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE TO MAKE THAT CASE WITH PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY PUSH THE BUTTON. SO I WOULD USE SUMMED IT UP CORRECTLY THESE BUSINESS TRIPS ARE BUSINESS RIGHT? YOU MIGHT GET 4 HOURS TO GO WALKING AROUND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUTOR THE MOST PART WE'VE GOT AN AGENDA AND A SCHEDULE OF THE TIME THAT WE'RE THERE AND WE'RE YOU KNOW WE'RE WE'RE EXECUTING ON WHAT THAT WORK IS ONE THAT'S BEING DONE. COUNCILOR ANYTHING ADDITIONAL ? MR. FAROOQI THE QUESTION THAT I KEEP GETTING FROM FOLKS IS WHAT'S NEXT? WELL, AS I SAID, MR. MAYOR, GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME HERE TO TAKE A COLLECTIVE BREATH AND AS THE COUNCIL KNOWS WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BE NEGOTIATING FOR ACQUISITION OF A SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY OUT IN THAT AREA SIMILAR TO ANOTHER PROPERTY THE THAT I'M TALKING OF COURSE ABOUT THE MARRIOTT HOTEL PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN IN THE NEWS SIMILAR TO PIECE THAT'S JUST ADJACENT TO IT THAT PREVIOUSLY WAS THE THUNDERBIRD AND THEN THE RAMADA HOTEL THE CITY ACQUIRED THAT IN 2016 WE DID THAT BEFORE WE KNEW WE WOULD BE COMPETING FOR THAT 20 IN THE 2017 EXPO PROCESS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE PURSUE ACQUISITION OF THE MARRIOTT WOULD HAVE INTERESTING IF WE HAD RECEIVED EXPO BUT IT WASN'T A RECOMMENDATION TO FURTHER THE EXPO BID IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTROL A SIGNIFICANT FREEWAY FRONTAGE IN THE PRIME DEVELOPMENT AREA IN THE HEART OF THIS REGION. RIGHT. AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTE ON WHAT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VISION IS FOR THAT SOUTH LOOP AREA, HAVING CONTROL OF THAT LAND IS GOING TO PUT US IN REALLY GOOD POSITION AND SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT NEXT IS WHAT EXACTLY IS IT THAT WE WANT TO FUS ON RIGHT? WHAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY FROM A TAX BASED DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE FROM A PERSPECTIVE TO BRING IN GOOD JOBS YOU KNOW, HOUSEHOLD EARNING JOBS THAT ARE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND HOW WE CAN GO OUT AND PURSUE THOSE. I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S NEXT. THANK YOU, MR. BRUNI. WELL, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWERS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS ON THIS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS I KNOW THIS IS IN THIS DOESN'T USUALLY FIT INTO THE JOB DESCRIPTION OF A CITY MANAGER I DON'T THINK AND THE THAT YOU AND THE REST OF OUR STAFF PUT IN WAS WAS IMPRESSIVE AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DID AND APPRECIATE AS I SAID THE HOW YOU REPRESENTED BLOOMINGTON AND BROUGHT BLOOMINGTON ONTO THE WORLD STAGE AND SET US UP IN SUCH A WAY THAT I THINK WE'RE A VERY GOOD POSITION MOVING FORWARD DESPITE THIS THIS DISAPPOINTING NON WIN AND ONE EVEN CALL IT A LOSS A NON WIN I THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION MOVING FORWARD AND IT'S DUE IN LARGE PART TO YOUR WORK AND THEORKF THE SFF AND YOU KNOW THE THE RELATIONSHIPS WE'VE CULTIVATED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS SO WELL DONE. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO COMPLIMENT OUR STAFF AS WITH EVERYTHING WE DO AROUND YOU OUR STAFF IS FANTASTIC. I GET TO BE THE FACE OF THIS BUT MOST OF THE THE DUCK FEET UNDER THE WATER THAT'S CHURNING IS THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM AND I CAN SAY WITH A HECK OF A LOT OF CONFIDENCE THAT IF WE HAD BEEN AWARDED WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TURN THE SWITCH RIGHT AWAY AND RUN BECAUSE OF THE PREPARATION THAT THE STAFF DID TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNEW WHAT IN THE ENVIROENTAL ANALYSIS NEEDED TO BE DONE WHAT SORT OF ENGINEERING WORK HAD TO BE DONE AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT GOES INTO PREPARING FOR AN EVENT LIKE THAT AND THAT'S THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THEIR ABILITY TO PLAN AND BE PREPARED AND THEY DO IT EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. AND I ALSO DON'T WANT TO GO UNSAID THAT YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS DESERVE AN AWFUL LOT OF CREDIT YOURSELF. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT A CITY OF 90,000 PEOPLE NORMALLY UNDERTAKES RIGHT AND SO IT'S THE IDEA OF HAVING VISION, BEING WILLING TO TAKE MEASURED RISKS. I THINK THIS WAS A MEASURED RISK. THE POTENTIAL PAYOFF COMPARED TO WHAT WE DID EXPEND IN THE PURSUIT OF IT WAS SUBSTANTIAL. ALL RIGHT. AND WE ALSO KNOW THIS IS NOT OKAY. WE'RE DONE. WE'RE JUST GOING TO ROLL UP OUR ARE RUG HERE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE AND SO I APPRECIATE THE COURAGE THAT YOU SHOWED AND THE LEADERSHIP YOU SHOWED IN YOUR COMMITMENT TO SEEING THIS THROUGH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNSEL. ANY LAST WORD ON THIS IF NOT VERY GOOD, WE WILL MOVE IN OUR AGENDA. ITEM TWO POINT TO A 2023 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE MR. FAROOQUI MENTIONED IN HIS COMMENTS ABOUT THE OUTSTANDING WORK THAT OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION DID RELATED TO THE EXPO BUT IN TRUTH OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION DID OUTSTANDING WORK ACROSS THE BOARD FOR BLOOMINGTON BUT EVEN FOR THE STATE OF MINNESOTA IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. AS I AS I LOOK AT THE WORK THAT THEY DID, THE THE LEADERSHIP THAT THEY SWEDN A NBERF ISSUESHE COMMITTEES THAT THEY SERVED ON MOVED IMPRESSIVE AND IMPORTANT LEGISLATION THROUGH. SO WE WANTED TO BRING THEM IN AND GET THEIR ON A I THINK BREAKNECK IS THE BEST WORD TO DESCRIBE THE SESSION TO GET THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON THIS BREAK NEXT SESSION THAT JUST COMPLETED NOT TOO LONG AGO HERE A LITTLE BIT OF THEIR INPUT TO HEAR WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE REGARDING THE SESSION AND I GUESS WHERE WE'RE HEADED NEXT IN TERMS OF NOT ONLY AGAIN NOT ONLY BLOOMINGTON BUT THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. SO I WANT TO THIS EVENING WE HAVE WITH US SENATOR MELISSA WHITLAND AND HAVE REPRESENTATIVE STEVE HOPKINS AND REPRESENTATIVE SLASH FORMER COUNCIL NATHAN COULTER. STEVE ELKINS WAS ALSO A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER I SHOULD SAY THAT ALSO GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU. I'M NOT SURE HOW WE HAVE THIS SET UP. HAVE YOU BROKEN DOWN WHO'S WHO'S GOING FIRST OR WHO'S NO. SO WHY DON'T YOU ALL COME UP IF YOU COULD PLEASE WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. AS I SAID, YOU DID OUTSTANDING WORK FOR BLOOMINGTON BUT YOU DID OUTSTANDING WORK FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED. IF YOU COULD SHARE WITH US A COUPLE OF THINGS FIRST TIME THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE PROUD OF IN TERMS OF THE WORK YOU DID HERE FOR FOR BLOOMINGTON BUT ALSO SOME OF THE BIGGER THINGS THAT YOU WORKED ON AND WHAT YOU'RE PROUD OF FOR WHAT WAS PRODUCED THAT WILL IMPACT THE STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. SO I GET YEAH I, I CAN GO FIRST THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL GOOD DO GOOD TO BE WITH YOU ALL AGAIN I HAVE TO CONFESS IT'S A LITTLE BIT WEIR BEING ON THIS SIDE OF THE DAIS AND I ALSO HADO RESIST THE URGE TO SAY I ALONG WITH YOU WHEN YOU'VE HEARD THE AGENDA A MOMENT AGO I WENT THROUGH A PERIOD OF YEAH, WELL THERE YOU GO. YOU KNOW, I THINK LOOKING BACK THIS SESSION WAS WAS JUST HISTORICALLY PRODUCTIVE AND I THINK THE WORK THAT THAT WE ALL DID INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY I THINK IS GOING TO JUST PAY REAL DIVIDENDS FOR FOLKS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND ACROSS THE STATE FOR FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF IT. I THINK IN TERMS OF THE WORK THAT I DID, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE DID A LOT OF GOOD WORK FOR BLOOMINGTON AS YOU YOU MENTIONED THE FUNDING FOR THE EXPO EFFORT AND I DID WANT TO CLARIFY FOR FOLKS WHO MAYBE DON'T KNOW THIS WHO ARE WATCHING THAT BECAUSE DID NOT WIN THAT BID THAT $5 MILLION GOES BACK INTO THE STATE GENERAL FUND. IT'S NOT LIKE THEY JUST CUT A CHECK TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON FOR WHATEVER WE WANTED TO DO WITH IT. BUT I THINK IN TERMS OF SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO BLOOMINGTON, I KNOW FROM OBVIOUSLY FROM MY TIME ON THE COUNCIL AND WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM FOLKS PROPERTY TAXES AND THE CHALLENGES THAT FOLKS HAVE BEEN FACING WITH PROPERTY TAX INCREASES EVEN AS THE NEED TO PROVIDE SERVICES THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVIDE THAT NEED IS NOT GOING AWAY. PROPERTY TAXES HAVE BEEN A BIG CHALLENGE AND WE PROVIDED SOME REALLY, REALLY SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY TAX CUTS ONE TIME AND ONGOING CHANGES TO THE HOMESTEAD CREDIT ASNE YEAR SUPERCHARGED WE'RE CALLING IT PROPERTY TAX REFUND LOVINGTON AH THE CHANGES IN FUNDING WE ADDED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AID MEAN THAT BLOOMINGTON WILL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES ACTUALLY RECEIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AID. AND WE ALSO MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE SENIOR TAX DEFERRAL PROGRAM. I ALSO MENTIONED THIS AS A WAY OF PLUGGING THE SENIOR PROPERTY TAX DEFERRAL PROGRAM. IT IS A CRIMINALLY CRIMINALLY UNDERUSED PROGRAM IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND WE ALSO EXPANDED THE HOMESTEAD MART VALUE EXCLUSION. ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO MEAN REAL MONEY BACK IN THE POCKETS OF PROPERTY TAXPAYERS. BUT THE THING I WOULD SAY THAT I'M MOST PROUD OF IS THE IT WAS MY BILL TO CONVERT THE RENTERS CREDIT FROM A STATE PAID PROPERTY TAX REFUND TO AN INCOME TAX CREDIT WHICH IT MUCH MORE AUTOMATIC AND ENSURES THAT FOLKS THAT WE KNOW BY DEFINITION ARE LOWER INCOME ARE USUALLY PEOPLE OF COLOR AND VERY OFTEN SENIORS ARE GOING TO SEE MORE MONEY BACK IN THEIR POCKETS TO THE TUNE OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF RENTERS ACROSS STATE OF MINNESOTA. SO THAT IS THAT WAS I THINK JUST A REALLY, REALLY BIG DEAL I COULD GO ON ABOUT THE BUDGET INVESTMENTS I FOUND MYSELF AS YOU KNOW WE WERE SITTING HERE WAITING TO COME UP HERE ADDING MORE AND MORE THINGS TO MY BECAUSE I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT SO MANY THINGS ARE TO YOU BUT I WON'T I WON'T GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL ABOUT THAT BUT JUST REALLY REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE THIS YEAR. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU, REPRESENTATIVE AND THAT'S SENATOR WICKHAM, GOOD EVENING TO YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S REALLY ALEASUREO BE HEREND T BE AE TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. IT WAS A REALLY EXCITING AND FAST PACED SESSION WORKED HARD FROM BEGINNING TO END AND I AM REALLY PLEASED ALL OF THE THE ITEMS WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE FROM BEGINNING END I THINK FOR FOR MY ROLE I WAS HAD THE HONOR OF CHAIRING THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE AND I REALLY FELT THAT THAT WAS IT WAS SUCH A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE AE TO WORK ON THAT BUDGETHIS YEAR AND BE ABLE TO DO SO MANY THINGS THAT WILL HAVE POSITIVE IMPACT ON BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS AS. WELL AS PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE STATE IN TERMS AREAS THAT I WORKED ON THAT RELATED TO BLOOMINGTON I CARRIED THE I HAD THE PLEASURE TO THE BONDING BILLS THAT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING SUPPORT FOR THE BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC HEALTH BUILDING AND $1.8 MILLION TO GO TO THAT AND ALSO FOR THE BLOOMINGTON VETERANS MEMORIAL WHICH WAS A PLEASANT FOR US TOWARDS THE END IT WAS IT WAS A PLEASURE PRESENT BOTH OF THE BILLS IN THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT BUT IT WAS I'M REALLY HAPPY THEY WERE ABLE TO DEVOTE RESOURCES TO THE THE BLOOMINGTON THE VETERANS MEMORIAL SO THAT THAT CAN MOVE FORWARD NOW WITH YOU KNOW, SUPPORT FROM THE THE COMMITTEE AND THE FUND RAISING, THEY'RE DOING IT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR BLOOMINGTON HAVE SUCH AN ASSET AS A VETERANS MEMIAL AND WE CANUR SUPPO FOR ALL THO WHO HAVE SERVED AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THE STORIES THAT THEY CAN TELL US THROUGH THAT MEMORIAL SO REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT MOVE FORWARD. WE ALSO WITHIN THE TAX BILL I WAS ABLE TO CARRY THE BILL THAT THERE'S A PROVISION THAT WILL MODIFY TECHNICAL LANGUAGE REGARDING THE BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION TIVE DISTRICT . I WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE FINAL BILL BECAUSE I DOES ALLOWHE CY AND THE DEVELOPERS TO TO KEEP MOVING ON OUR WORK IN THE SOUTH LOOP AREA TO KEEP GOING WITH THE KIND OF WALKABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO SEE PROGRESS IN THAT AREA AND DESPITE CHALLENGES THOSE DEVELOPERS ARE YOU KNOW IT'S I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES IN THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY CAN KEEP MOVING ON THAT ALSO IN THE TAX BILL THE BLOOMINGTON OR BLOOMINGTON SUCCESSFUL IA PVISION TT I CARRIED AND INTRODUCED AND IT WAS CARRIED IN THE SENATE BILL FOR THE BLOOMINGTON LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX AUTHORITY AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN WITH BLOOMINGTON OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND I'M THAT NOW YOU WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT PRESENTATION AND PITCH TO VOTERS ACROSS BLOOMINGTON AND HAVE THEM WEIGH IN ON THESE PROJECTS . THINK THERE'S SIGNIFICANT AND IMPORTANT PROJECTS FOR BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO VOICE THEIR SUPPORT FOR AND I WAS REALLY HAPPY THAT THAT THOSE INCLUDED ONE OF THOSE WAS THE WAS OR ONE OF THEM IS THE COMMUNITY AND WELLNESS BUILDING AND I JUST KNOWING THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THE PUBLIC HEALTH PROPOSAL OVER THE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THAT MOVES FORWARD I REALLY HOPE THAT THAT THAT IS SUPPORTED IT'S SUCH A IMPORTANT NEED THE COMMUNITY FOR A GOOD AND YOU KNOW A SUBSTANTIAL YOU KNOW PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITY WHEN WE'RE SERVING NOT ONLY BLOOMINGTON WITH THAT BUT DANA AND RICHFIELD AS WELL AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS TO CONTINUE JUST THE RELATED TO PUBLIC HEALTH, I THOUGHT AS LONG AS I HAD WORKED SO MUCH ON THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BILL AND WHAT WENT INTO THAT AND ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IS THERE IN THERE IS TOWARDS SUPPORTING PUBLIC HEALTH. THERE WILL BE RESOURCES THAT WILL COME TO LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH ENTITIES SUCH AS BLOOMINGTON'S AND I'M REALLY PLEASED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THEY DO PROVIDE SUCH GREAT SERVICES AND IMPORTANT SERVICES TO MAKE OUR OUR COMMUNITY STRONG. ONE THEY'RE ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT FUNDING. THE PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION IS FUNDING FOR A PROGRAM BLOOMINGTON HAS ALSO UTILIZED WHICH IS THE AMERICORPS PUBLIC EXPERIENCE THAT PUBLIC HEALTH CORPS IS BASICALLY WHAT IT'S CALLED AND THAT IS WAY THAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS CAN HELP STRENGTHEN THEIR WORKFORCE BY HAVING THESE AMERICORPS MEMBERS AND I WAS BLOOMINGTON HAS TOLD ME ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH THAT AND IT SEEMED LIKE A VERY VALUABLE PROGRAM AND I'M EXCITED THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR MINNESOTANS. SO I'LL I'LL STOP THERE BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO COME AND IF YOU HAVE OTHER ESTION ABOUT ITEMS AND IF I THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE MAYBE BE HARD TO COVER EVERYTHING TONIGHT BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THE BLOOMINGTON NICE GARDEN HAS BEEN WE DID GET SOME MONEY TO IF WE CAN MAKE A DOWN PAYMENT ON THE WORK THERE AS WELL AND WHILE I'M VERY BEEN OPPOSED TO LOCAL OPTION SALES TAXES IN PRINCIPLE IF 90 OTHER CITIES IN MINNESOTA ARE GOING TO HAVE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAXES, I THINK THAT BLOOMINGTON OUGHT TO BE ONE OF THEM AND I WILL FULLY SUPPORT TITY'S REFENDU ON ON GETTING THAT APPROVED AS TRANSPORTATION. WE HAD A HISTORIC FUNDING PACKAGE I DON'T FULLY FUND TRANSIT OPERATIONS IN THE AREA. WE ALSO HAVE GOT PROVISIONS I WORKED VERY HARD ALONG WITH REPRESENTATIVE BRAD TAFT ON IMPROVING SAFETY. WE PUT A TON OF MORE MONEY THAT'LL BE FLOWING THROUGH THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND, A BIG CHUNK OF THAT 9% THAT GOES TO CITIES 30% GOES TO COUNTIES. I THINK IN BLOOMINGTON'S CASE I THINK ABOUT $200,000 WILL FLOW RIGHT RIGHT THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION AND TRUST FUND TO THE CITY TO HELP SUPPORT OUR ROADS AND BRIDGES AS WELL. SO WORK DONE AND HEALTH CARE I'VE BEEN ON A CRUSADE TO IMPROVE THE COMPETITIVENESS PRICE TRANSPARENCY IN HEALTH CARE IN TWO OF MY BILLS PASSED THAT ONE WAS AUTHORED BY SENATOR WICKER AND ONE BY SENATOR MANNS. SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MY TWO NEW TWO SENATORS AND IN THAT KIND OF STUFF WE GOT BIKE SAFETY STUFF IN E TRANSPORTATION BILL AND THAT I WAS THE AUTHOR FOR SO AND I WENT TO A CELEBRATION OVER IN TIERNEY'S WOODS ROAD LAST NIGHT FOR A CONSTITUENT AND PENNY WHO'S BEEN WORKING FOR THE GROUP FOR 25 YEARS TO ALLOW UP TO ADOPTEES TO SEE THEIR ORIGINAL BIRTH RECORDS. WE PASSED THAT THIS YEAR AND I WAS YOU KNOW PROUD TO BE HER AUTHOR PENELOPE NEEDHAM HER AUTHOR ON THAT ONE. SO YEAH, LITTLE LITTLE WINS LIKE THAT CAREDITTLE OF IT ALLOWS SHORT LINE RAILROADS INCLUDING PROGRESSIVE TO GET AN INVESTMENT CREDIT. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SUREHAT WE'RE LEANING ON PROGRESSIVE TO GET THOSE DARN PATCH LINE IMPROVEMENTS YOU KNOW GOING THE CITY AND INTO RICHFIELD DONE THIS YEAR I KNOW THERE'S BEEN REAL CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF THEIR BRIDGES LIKE THE ONE ACROSS NINE MILE CREEK SO THEY HAVE NO EXCUSE TO NOT MAKE THOSE INVESTMENTS. THIS IS THAT HE'S BEEN LOOKING FOR FOR A WHILE COUNCIL QUESTIONS OF OUR LEGISLATIVE TEAM HEREHIS EVENI COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO EXCUSE ME I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. I KNOW ESPECIALLY FOR YOU SENATOR WHEATLAND THE THE NIGHT AND DAY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF THE SPEED WITH WHICH YOU HAD TO WORK NOT TO HIT YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE WALL BUT ACTUALLY GET STUFF DONE WAS A LOT SO ON BEHALF OF THE FOLKS IN MY PATCH OF BLOOMINGTON THANK YOU. I ESPECIALLY THINK THAT WE KNOW THAT 40% OF THE POPULATION OF BLOOMINGTON IS OVER THE AGE OF 50. SO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING FOR SENIORS WHETHER IT BE THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH OR THROUGH THOSE TAX CREDITS OR THROUGH THE EXPANSION EVEN I DON'T THINK YOU MENTIONED IT BUT THE INCREASE THAT WE'RE GETTING IN THE HOMESTEAD CREDIT RIGHT. BIG DEAL THERE TOO BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR SENIORS ARE IN THEIR HOMES SAW THEIR HOMES INCREASE LEAPS AND BOUNDS EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO THEM AND THEN YOU KNOW, GOT GOT YOU KNOW, PRICED OUT OF HOMESTEAD IN SOME CASES. AND SO THE FACT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO KEEP SEEING THOSE THINGS IMPROVE I THINK WILL MEAN A LOT TO EVERYBODY IN IN BLOOMINGTON. SO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF MY RESIDENTS I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. THANKS. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY MEAN FOR NEXT YEAR THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF LEFT TO DO AND I KNOW ONE OF MINE I'M STILL PRESSING VERY HARD ON MY ZONING REFORM BILL TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR ALL CITIES TO ALLOW AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BE BUILT. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR MAKING MY JOB SO EASY BY SETTING SUCH A GOOD EXAMPLE WITH ALL OF THE REFORMS THAT YOU'VE BEE UNDERTAKING YOUR OWN IT'S NOTICED AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, REPRESENTATIVE. ALSO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU FOR FOLLOWING BLOOMINGTON'S LEAD ON THINGS LIKE EARNED SICK AND SAFELY AND AND AFFORDABLE AND THE CONVERSION THERAPY. BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S NOT LOST ON ANYONE THAT LEADERS LIKE YOU TOOK THAT LEAD COMING FROM BLOOMINGTON I THINK EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD WHERE WHERE YOUR YOUR VALUES AND WHERE YOUR BASES WERE WITH THOSE SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN ALSO KAISER THE WAY YOU'RE ACTING YOU'RE MAKING OUR JOBS A LOT EASIER HERE I WILL SAY ALSO NOT FOR NOTHING . THE PUBLIC SAFETY BILL INCLUDED ALMOST $4 MILLION FOR FOR BLOOMINGTON THAT WILL GO TO STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS IN OUR POLICE AND FIRE. AND I WILL SAY FROM A BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT I KNOW THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER THE STATE CREATED A MINNESOTA FORWARD FUND OF $500 MILLION FOR BUSINESS MATCHING GRANTS BASICALLY SPECIFICALLY $250 MILLION FOR FOR THE CHIPS INDUSTRY WHICH WE KNOW IS IS A A SIZABLE AND GROWING INDUSTRY HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND TO HAVE AS A AS A A STATE MATCH FOR THE POTENTIAL FEDERAL FUNDING IS I CAN'T UNDER I CAN'T OVERSTATE HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE PROPOSALS GOING FORWARD. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT ON I DID IT TWICE NOW REPRESENTATIVE COULTER HE DID IT IN COMMITTEE TWO SO IT SODS GOOD. NO, I THINK THERE I THINK YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD VERY WELL WITH YOUR COMMENTS NOW THAT I YOU KNOW ONE OF THE WAYS I THINK THAT YOU KNOW I KNOW AND I, I AND MY COLLEAGUES THINK ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE MADE IN OUR BUDGET IS REALLY IS REALLY PAYING BACK MINNESOTA IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS. THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE MADE IN JOB CREATION IN OUR K-12 EDUCATION SYSTEM IN OUR I KNOW SENATOR WOODLEY HAS WORKED VERY HARD ON OUR EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION SYSTEM AS WELL. WE KNOW THOSE ARE GOING TO HAVE HUGE, HUGE PAYOFFS IN THE FUTURE. I THINK I SAW IT DEPENDS ON WHO WE ASK BUT INVESTMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PAY BACK AS MUCH AS A 16 TO 1 RETURN ON RETURN ON INVESTMENT . I MEAN THAT'S THAT'S HUGE. WE FROZE TUITION FOR MINNESOTA THE MINNESOTA STATE SYSTEM FOR OUR FRIENDS OVER AT NORMAN DALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. YOU KNOW I THINK THE WORK THAT WE DID SHOWS WHAT PAYING IT BACK REALLY LOOKS LIKE AND I THINK EVERYONE IN BLOOMINGTON AND ACROSS THE STATE IS IS GOING TO BE THE BENEFICIARY OF THAT. AND THEN THE FINAL I WOULD SAY TO TO REPRESENTATIVE ELKINS POINT IS AS BLINKEN LEGISLATORS OUR JOBS ARE A LOT EASIER BECAUSE OF THE WORK YOU ALL DO AND BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT YOUR STAFF DOES IN THE WORK THAT KATIE SENN WHO IS CITY BLOOMINGTON'S CONTRACT LOBBYIST YOU ALL RUN A REALLY, REALLY GOOD OPERATION AND THAT MATTERS IMMENSELY. I'M NOT GOING TO NAME NAMES BUT I KNOW THERE ARE LEGISLATORS WHO DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF STRONG RELATIONSHIP, THAT STRONG ABILITY FROM CITY STAFF IN COMMUNITIES THAT THEY REPRESENT TO ACTUALLY GET THINGS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE . AND THAT DOES MAKE SUCH A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR FOLKS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. SO DID WANT TO NAME TT BECAUSE THAT IS IMPORTANT. THANK YOU REPRESENTATIVE. MR. REHBERG THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR THREE LEGISLATORS STANDING IN FRONT OF US AND ALSO WE HAVE FIVE THAT REPRESENT BLOOMINGTON IN REPRESENTATIVE WILSON AND. SENATOR MANN LIVE IN A DINER THEY DON'T LIVE IN COMMUNITY BUT THEY WORKED VERY HARD ON BEHALF OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL FIVE OF YOU AND JUST THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL YOU KNOW THIS BUT I THINK THE COMMUNITY SHOULD KNOW THAT THAT OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION IS EXCEPTIONALLY RESPONSIVE AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU SERVE ON MULTIP COMMITTEES, SENATOR WICKER AND YOU CHAIR ONE OF THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL COMMITTEES IN THE ENTIRE GOVERNMENT FUNDING A GOOD AMOUNT OF THE OF THE STATE INVESTMENT AND PEOPLE IN HHS SO THE FACT THAT YOU STILL MAKE TIME FOR US AMIDST THAT REALLY IMPORTANT TASK IS APPRECIATED. I KNOW THAT LIKE SABLE AND I AND OTHERS ON OUR STAFF AS WELL AS KATIE AND THE OTHERS THAT WORK AT THE CAPITOL ON BEHALF THEY ALWAYS SPEAK ABOUT HOW ACCESSIBLE AND RESPONSIVE YOU ARE AND WE IT VERY MUCH YES I WILLCHOHAT. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR BEING PROVIDING US INPUT ON THE BILLS AS THEY GO FORWARD. THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. AND THEN JUST TO REITERATE THAT YOU ARE A SO RESPONSIVE WHEN WE NEED ASSISTANCE AS WELL, I MEAN THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS YOU KNOW THINGS MOVE FAST AND JUST THE ABILITY TO TO REACH O AND CONCT ANY OF AND GET RESPONSES SO QUICKLY WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND I APPRECIATE IT AND IT WAS A PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE THE BILL ABOUT THE EXPO AND WISH THAT WE HAD BEEN SELECTED BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO PRESENT THAT AND MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE HAD THE POTENTIAL TO DO. SO THANK YOU THOUGH FOR FOR ALL YOUR HELP. ABSOLUTELY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU KNOW YOU'RE WELL REPRENTED IN THE CAPITOL BY MR. SABLE AND AND SENATE KATIE IS ONE OF THE BEST LOBBYISTS AT THE CAPITOL YOU'RE SHE'S ALWAYS STAYS ON TOP OF YOUR ISSUES AND SHE WORKS VERY EFFECTIVELY WITH US. I AGREE WITH THAT COMPLETELY. SHE'S GOT A GREAT STAFF TOO. IT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND. YES. AND SO I KNOW YOU HAD A LEGISLATIVE WRAP UP RIGHT HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS I THINK WAS LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE AND I KNOW THAT NOW IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO CATCH YOUR BREATH A LITTLE BIT BEFORE IT ALL GEARS UP AGAIN AT THE OF THE YEAR. BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR TAKING YOUR TIME TO COME AND VISIT US TH EVENING AND I'M SURE WE'LL GET TOGETHER FORMALLY PROBABLY NEAR THE END OF THE YEAR AND TALK ABOUT OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION ALL RIGHT. GREAT. GREAT YOU THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. ITEM THREE ITEM. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM 2.3 AND WE HAVE OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING AN AUDIT OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND. WE'VE GOT WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO GET A PRESENTATION TONIGHT AN OF THE FINDINGS OF THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN FRONT OF MIND FOR THE COUNCIL ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT FRONTS AND SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TIMES. SO I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA AUDIT OVERVIEW AND DIANE KIRBY IS GOING TO KICK US OFF AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT A GOOD SIZED PRESENTATION HERE SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S INTEREST IN HOW THE CITY COULD MORE EFFECTIVE ITS STORY THE COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION HAS BEEN WORKING WITH MICHELLE ANNA BONO COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOP PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING STRATEGIC PLAN THE BONO COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING SERVICES INCLUDES STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY PLANNING, COMMUNITY PLANNING CRISIS COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING. BEFORE LAUNCHING HER FIRM, ROCHELLE WAS AWARD WINNING COMMUNICATOR FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF VIRGINIA, COLORADO AND FLORIDA INCLUDING 20 YEARS WITH THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE AS THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER. TONIGHT MICHELLE WILL PRESENT AN OF THE NEW PUBLIC RELATIONS STRATEGIC PLAN AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTRATOR JANINE HILL WILL SHARE THE FINDINGS FROM AN AUDIT OF THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA THAT HELPED TO INFORM THE NEW STRATEGIC PLAN. PLEASE WELCOME MICHELLE BOEHNER GREETING MRS. BOEHNER WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. IT IS VERY NICE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. THE FIRST TIME THAT I WAS IN BLOOMINGTON I HAD BEEN INTO REGION BEFORE BUT THE FIRST TIME I WAS HERE WAS RIGHT WHEN YO HAD HAD NICE AND THE FIRST THING THAT IMPRESSED ME WAS THE SIDEWALKS THAT THEY WERE ALL CLEAR AND I WAS LIKE I GREW UP IN KANSAS WE DIDN'T CLEAR SIDEWALKS AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF GREAT SERVICE. SO I WAS IMMEDIATELY CALLING HOME SAYING WOW WHAT THEY DO HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND I WAS TAKING SELFIES WITH THE SNOW BECAUSE I WAS SO EXCITED TO BE BACK IN SNOW HAVING BEEN IN FLORIDA FOR A WHILE IT WAS A GREAT HONOR TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS STRATEGIC PLAN. I WANT TO TRY TO GO THROUGH IT QUICKLY BUT I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS. I' VERY EXCITED TO SEE I HOPE YOU WILL ALL SEE YOUR COMMENTS REFLECTED IN THIS PLAN AS WELL AS THE COMMENTS YOU RECEIVE FROM YOUR RESIDENTS, FROM YOUR STAFF, FROM BUSINESS LEADERS, FROM A LOT A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT WAS DONE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS PLAN. SO I WE'LL GO THROUGH AND THEN LEAVE SOME TIME AT THE END FOR QUESTIONS. SO SOME QUICK BACKGROUND AND AGAIN I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THIS FOR MAYBE SOME OF YOUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE WATCHING THE MEETING, THE FACT THAT YOU ARE A CITY OF 90,000 YOU HAVE A WORKFORCE OF 84,000. I HEARD FROM SOME OF YOUR REDENTSHAT WE ARE THE BIGGEST SMALL CITY AROUND RIGHT THERE IS THIS SENSE OF NEIGHBORLINESS. THERE'S A SENSE OF REAL PASSION FOR THIS COMMUNITY THAT EXISTS. YOU HAVE A VERY DIVERSE ECONOMY, SOME OF WHICH WE'VE HEARD ABOUT TONIGHT AND THE FACTHAT A THIRD OF THE CITY IS USED FOR CONSERVATION RECREATION USE IS A GREAT ATTRIBUTE THAT YOU CAN'T FIND IN OTHER CITIES. NOT TO MENTION YOU HAVE EXCELLENT FINANCIAL BOND RATINGS. SO WHY THIS PLAN? WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT OF ALL OUR ELECTED LEADERS THE CI COUNCILAID WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE DO EVEN MORE? AND I WOULD TELL YOU YOU DO A GOOD JOB NOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AS WE GO THROUGH HOW DO WE BECOME MORE STRATEGIC AND THEN THE CITY MANAGER AND THEN THROUGH DIANE AND JANINE VERY CLEARLY SAID THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TO ACCOMPLISH AND WE WANT IT BASED UPON THE FEEDBACK OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE HEART OF WHAT WE HAVE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT KNOW IS LED BY DIANE KIRBY THAT INCLUDES PUBLIC HEALTH, COUNITY OUEACH ANDNGAGEMENT AND ALSO THE COMMUNICATIONS DIVISIONS WE LOOKED FIRST AT YOUR MISSION AND CORE VALUE AND I THINK YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW THIS BY HEART BUT YOUR MISSION TO CULTIVATE AN ENDURING AND REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE THAT'S A WONDERFUL WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT VALUES IN BRIEF THEY'RE ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY COURAGE DIVERSITY EQUITABLE ACCESS AND SECURITY. AND THEN WE LOOKED AT YOUR CITY STRATEGIC PLAN BECAUSE THIS PLAN AGAIN WAS PUT TOGETHER BY YOUR RESIDENTS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP THE CITY. AND THA PLAN I WOULD TEL YOU IT IS A STRATEGIC PLAN UNLIKE ANY I'VE EVER SEEN AND I'VE BEEN IN GOVERNMENT FOR A LONG TIME BUT MOST STRATEGIC PLANS ARE IN FACT PRETTY BORING RIGHT? THEY'RE VERY MUCH ABOUT BUILD THIS, DO THAT AND SO WHEN I SAW YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND IT TALKED ABOUT WE WANT TO HAVE A CONNECTED WELCOMING COMMUNITY ,A HEALTHY COMMUNITY AND EQUITABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH. THAT'S THE KIND OF VISIONARIES THAT I THINK HELPS CREATE A REALLY GREAT CITY. AND SO WE TRIED TO BE SURE THAT THE WORK OF THIS STRATEGIC PLANOR OUTREH D ENGAGEMENT TIED IN TO THAT AND SO YOU'LL HEAR SOME OF THAT IN OUR IN OUR DISCUSSION. SO A LITTLE ABOUT THE RESEARCH APPROACH. SO AGAIN THE CITY HAS A FOCUS ON INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY AND SO WE FELT LIKE THAT AN IMPORTANT THING TO REFLECT AS WE WORKED ON THIS PLAN INTERNAL AUDIENCES SO I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING WITH EACH MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL AND YOU WERE NOT AT ALL SHY ABOUT SAYING HERE'S WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE, HERE'S WHAT WE DO WELL HERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE SEE AND AGAIN NOTICE THERE'S AN APPENDIX THAT IS ASSOCIAD TH THIS PLA WHERE WE TRIED TO CAPTURE ALL OF THIS NOT BY PERSON BUT MORE COLLECT HEAVILY. HERE'S WHAT WE HEARD BUT I'M SURE YOU'LL LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE AND GO I SAID THAT TYPICALLY THE THINGS YOU SAID WERE REPEATED BY OTHERS AS WELL IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THAT REFLECTED WE DID A LOT WITH EXTERNAL AUDIENCES. I HAD THE BENEFIT OF BEING HERE FOR ABOUT A WEEK AS I MENTIONED EARLIER WHEN IT WAS COLD AND SNOWY BUT EVERYONE WAS VERY WARM AND . WE TALKED TO BUSINESS OWNERS AND SAID HOW DO YOU GET INFORMATION? WHAT'S DO YOU NEED? WHAT ARE WE NOT GIVING TO YOU? WHAT DO YOU GET THAT YOU APPRECIATE? WE MET WITH A GROUP OF NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND I SAY LEADERS. THEY WERE FOLKS FROM THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT CAME IN AND SAID WE'LL GIVE YOU FEEDBACK ON WHAT WANT TO SEE. WE TALKED TO CITY STAFF FROM DIFFERENT DIVISIONS IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND YOUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THE CITY MANAGER TO SAY WHERE DO WE NEED TO BE GOING AS WELL AS THE EXISTING STAFF WITHIN COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. SO WE HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK INTO THIS PLAN. SO GUIDING PRINCIPLES I WANT TO MENTION THIS BECAUSE TO ME THESE PRINCIPLES BECOME REALLY THE LITMUS TEST AND THEY ARE BEST PRACTICESS W CONSIR W WE COMMUNICATE AND SO THESE PRINCIPLES YOU'RE GOING TO I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM IN GREAT BUT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THEM REFLECTED IN THE PLAN THESE PRINCIPLES ARE THINGS THAT AGAIN WE HEARD FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE NEED TO BE MORE PROACTIVE. WE NEED TO BE AHEAD OF ISSUES. LET'S NOT WAIT UNTIL THE CRISIS IS THERE AND THEN RESPOND. WE NEED TO TELL OUR OWN STORY AND WE HAVE GREAT STORIES TO TELL IN BLOOMINGTON AS YOUR LEGISLATIVE OFFICIALS TALKED ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH WORKFORCE HOUSING AND VERY INTENTIONALLY IDENTIFYING THINGS LIKE SAYING WORKFORCE HOUSING WE HEARD THIS FEEDBACK WE SAY AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PEOPLE THINK IT'S FOR THE VERY, VERY POOR NO WORKFORCE HOUSING. IT'S OFTEN FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE JOBS AND THE COST OF HOUSING IS OUTSIDE OF THEIR REACH. RIGHT. SO THE LANGUAGE WE USE BECOMES IMPORTANT. WE TALK ABOUT CELEBRATING THE CITY'S PERSONALITY. PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE IN BLOOMINGTON, EVEN PEOPLE FROM MINNEAPOLIS SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT SAID I DON'T LIVE IN BLOOMINGTON BUT I OWN A BUSINESS HERE AND I KNOW HOW WONDERFUL IT WAS UNTIL I LOCATED MY BUSINESS AND NOW THINKING MAYBE I SHOULD MOV HER BECAU I N'T KNOW ASUCH AS I SHOULD ABOUT THE CITY THERE'S A FOCUS ON BEING INCLUSIVE. WE NEED TO BE SURE WE'RE TALKING PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY RIGHT? NOT ONLY THE BIPOC POPULATIONS YOU'RE FOCUSED ON BUT EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO BE ENGAGED HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FINDING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE. WE SHOULDN'T EXPECT THEM TO HAVE TO COME TO A COMMISSION MEETING. COUNCIL MEETING, RIGHT. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHERE ARE YOU? IT MAY BE IN A GROUP THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GOVERNMENT. IT MIGHT BE WITH A GROUP THAT MANAGES ADOPTIONS, MIGHT BE WITH A GROUP THAT HAS THAT IT'S BASEBALL OR IT'S KNOW YOUTH AIVITIES OR IT MIGHT BE CHURCHES GO TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE AND THEN HAVE STRONG THEMES. WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THINGS IN WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT MORE RESPECT ALL THIS IS FROM YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN IF WE'RE GOING TO BE A WELCOMING COMMUNITY WE HAVE TO SHOW RESPECT FOR PEOPLE AND THE LAST ONE IS WHAT WE REWARD AND ENCOURAGE INNOVATION GOING A WORLD'S FAIR IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF SAYING WE'RE GOING TO SHOW COURAGE AND WE'RE GOING TO DO INNOVATION. WE SHOULD DO THAT IN EVERYTHING WE DO SO THESE PRINCIPLES ARE WHAT WE WILL JUDGE THINGS BY AS WE HE IDEAS COME UP I WANT TO JUMP INTO THE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES THAT WERE RECOMMENDING. THE FIRST ONE IS ABOUT BUILDING COMMUNITY AND THE POINT IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BLOOMINGTON HOW WE DESCRIBE THE CITY AND WE EACH MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT EXAMPLE WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE HIGHLIGHT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE SAID IS THAT WE SHOULD CREATE THE WORDING THAT WE REPEAT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE. WE SHOULD BE SHARING OUR SUCCESSES. SO WHEN WE TALK ABO YOU KW AND AGAIN COMING RIGHT AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, YOU ALL ARE DOING THINGS ARE MODELS FOR THE REST OF THE STATE AND SO YOU SHOULD PRESENTING AT STATE CONFERENCES YOU SHOULD BE SUBMITTING ARTICLES INTO PUBLICATIONS. YOU SHOULD LET THE REST OF THE STATE LEARN FROM THE YOU'RE DOING AGAIN WHETHER THAT'S WORKFORCE HOUSING OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR YOUR PARKS MASTERPLAN WE NEED TO BE SHARING THE THINGS THAT WE DO WELL HERE WITH ALL OF OUR PEERS AND WE THINK THAT'S GREAT OPPORTUNITY. AND THE LAST PART OF THIS ONE ABOUT BUILDING COMMUNITY IDENTITY IN LAUNCH A MARKETING PLAN AND REALLY A MARKETING PLAN IT'S MAKING SURE ONE OUR RESIDENTS AND THOSE IN THE REGION AND BEYOND REACH THAT YOU RECEIVE THE INFORMATION ABOUT BLOOMINGTON ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL SEE IN THIS PLAN TOO IS THAT IT'S PHASED IN BY SOME DATES BECAUSE EVERYTHING WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO TAKE THAT ON AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT THAT AND DO THAT WITHIN OUR RESOURCES AND SOME RECOMMENDATION FOR SOME ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. BUT WE CAN'T DO IT ALL OVERNIGHT. IT'S GOING TO A LITTLE TIME SO U'LLEE DATESHAT ARE INCLUDED ITHAT PLAN. THE NEXT RECOMMENDATION IS TO INCREASE MEDIA. I HEARD THIS A LOT FROM THOSE OF YOU HERE BUT ALSO FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT SAID WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE STORIES IN THE MINNEAPOLIS ABOUT IN THE TRIBUNE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BLOOMINGTON, HOW WE TRY TO GET MORE MEDIA ATTENTION. SO THE FIRST THING IS YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHO ARE THOSE CONTACTS? I WOULD TELL YOU IN MOST CITIES THEY BUY A MEDIA LIST BECAUSE THOSE REPORTERS ARE CHANGING ALMOST FEELS LIKE DAILY. RIGHT. YOU NEED TO KNOW WHO'S THE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTER, WHO'S THE FINANCIAL REPORTER WHO FOCUSES ON SUSTAINABILITY AND THEN BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. SO WE TALKED ABOUT EVALUATING HOW DO WE BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. PART OF THAT IS A WAY TO TRACK THINGS AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEM EXPO AND HOW YOU ALL HANDLED EXPO WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY DONE IN TERMS OF THE REACTION AND THE RESPONSE TO WHEN WE NOT RECEIVE THE TOP ONE RIGHT. WE WERE PREPARED FOR THAT. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD SAY ABOUT EXPO IS WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO REPORT TO YOUR RESIDENTS HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE EXPOSED THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THAT HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE CITY BEFORE AND SOMETIMES HAVING A MEDIA MEDIA TRACKING SERVICE LETS YOU SEE THAT I PROMISE YOU FOR EXPO IT WAS A CRAZY NUMBER BET IT WAS OVER A BILLION PEOPLE THAT HAD NEVER SEEN BUT MY GUESSTIMATING ISN'T VERY GOOD. HOW DO WE BE ABLE TO TRACK THAT? SO SOMETIMES MEDIA SERVICES WILL SAY HERE WAS THE REACH OF THIS STORY AND HERE WAS THE TONE OF THIS STORY AND THAT IS HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO KNOW ARE WE BEING EFFECTIVE WITH OUR MEDIA OUTREACH? WE DO WANTO GARNE CERAGE OF BLOOMINGTON BY THE REGIONAL MEDIA. I HEARD THAT OVER AND OVER THAT TAKES PUTTING IN PLACE SOMEONE THAT BUILDS THOSE RELATIONSHIPS YOU HAVE TO GO MEET THOSE REPORTERS AND SAY WHAT DO YOU NEED? WHEN DO YOU NEED IT? HOW DO YOU LIKE TO GET IT? WHAT'S BEST WAY TO GET IT? INTERESTINGLY MEDIA STILL RECOUNT ON TWITTER LOT WHICH MANY OF THE REST OF US YOU'LL SEE IN SOME OF THE REPORTS DON'T USE IT AS MUCH THE MEDIA STILL DO. IS THAT HOW YOU WANT TO GET IT? WE HAVE TO BUILD THAT AND THEN WE HAVE USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO SHARE THAT STORY BEYOND JUST BLOOMINGTON SO QUITE A FEW RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO MEDIA. THE NEXT ONE IS HOW DO WE GET MORE FEEDBACK SO YOU ALL HAVE MANY WAYS YOU GET FEEDBACK, YOU GET EMAILS, YOU GET CALLS, YOU GET LETTERS YOU HAVE A LISTENING SESSION BEFORE COUNCIL AND BEFORE YOU HAVE COUNCIL MEETINGS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE RECOMMEND AND I SHOULD ALSO MENTION YOU TAKE PART IN THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY WHICH IS SUPER VALUABLE. IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO GET THE KIND OF FEEDBACK A NATIONAL BASIS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS EXPLORING SOME TOOLS AND MANY CITIES HAVE DONE THIS AND COUNTS WHERE THEY HIRE A SURVEY COMPANY THAT SURVEYS RESIDENTS REGULARLY ON ISSUES. SO IT'S NOT JUST THE BIG ISSUES. IT'S NOT JUST SALES TAX EXPO BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REPLACING A BRIDGE AND LOOKING AT SOME ALTERNATIVES HOW WE MIGHT DO THAT OR WHAT THE IMPACT MIGHT BE. YOU DO A SURVEY THAT LETS YOU GET FEEDBACK NOT JUST FROM THE PEOPLE WHO'VE COME TO THE TO THE COUNCIL MEETING BUT MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SO THERE ARE COMPANIES DO THAT THAT IS ONE MORE OPTION AND THEN USE THOSE SURVEYS FOR KEY PROJECTS SO YOU GET SOME GOOD FEEDBACK AND YOU HAVE A LITTLE MORE CONFIDENCE MAYBE IN WHAT I'M HEARING I WOULD TELL YOU THAT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FEEDBACK YOU GET FMHE PEOP WHO KNO YOU. THEY'RE SLL GOING TO CALL YOU AND THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE THINGS AND WE ENCOURAGE THAT BECAUSE THAT IS IMPORTANT. BUT HOW DO WE HEAR FROM A BROADER BASE IS THE RECOMMENDATION BE PROACTIVE YOU ALL HAVE SAID THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT BEING PROACTIVE MEANS WE KNOW AHEAD OF TIME WHAT'S COMING AND THE STAFF HAS SAID THE FIRST THING WE KNOW AND UNDERSTAND CITY MANAGER DRIVES THIS ALL THE TIME IS THE COUNCIL WANTS TO KNOW SURPRISES NOW WE MAY OCCASIONALLY MESS UP WE MAY OCCASIONALLY HAVE THOSE OCCASIONS WHERE WE DIDN'T GET THE RIGHT COMMUNICATION BUT TYPICALLY ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS WE WANT YOU ALL TO BE THE FIRST TO KNOW AND THE REASON IS YOU'RE THE AMBASSADORS WHEN YOUR RESIDENTS TURN TO YOU THEY EXPECT YOU TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CITY HALL AND OUR IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT. BUT IN ADDITION TO COUNCIL MEMBERS FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION PLANS KEY MESSAGES. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE THOSE KEY MESSAGES IT'S HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN TO SOMEONE ACTUALLY JUST LIKE THE CITY MANAGER TONIGHT HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN WHY WE DID EXPO WHAT DID IT COST WHAT CAME OUT OF IT AND WHAT ARE THE LONG TERM BENEFITS FOR US? WE TO BE ABLE TO POSITION THAT IN WORDS THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND NOW HE DID NOT PAY ME TO SAY THIS BUT ONE OF THE RESIDENTS SAID I LIKE THE WAY THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINS THINGS SO THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND. RIGHT. THAT'S IMPORTANT. WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO SAY IT IN WORDS THEY CAN UNDERSTAND AND SO ON. KEY ISSUES OUR RECOMMENDATION IS HAVING A PROJECT PLAN AND A PAGER THAT HAS HERE'S THE KEY MESSAGES HERE'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW AND IT LETS PEOPLE WHO HEAR IT DECIDE WHETHER THEY AGREE OR DISAGREE. THEY MAY NOT AGREE WITH WHAT WE'RE SAYING BUT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW THE BEHIN WT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS. I WOULD TELL YOU FROM MY 30 YEARS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENTS DON'T JUST RECOMMEND THINGS FOR REASON THERE'S A RATIONALE BEHIND IT. YOU MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH IT BUT WE CAN TELL YOU THIS IS WHY WE'RE DOING IT AND THE OTHER PART IS TO IDENTIFY KEY SPOKESPERSONS AND SHARE THOSE PLANS WIDELY. I WAS TELLING THE STAFF TODAY I WENT AND VISITED THE NEW WEBSITE THAT'S BEEN CREATED TO PROVIDE FACTUAL INFORMATION THE SALES TAX IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THEM YOU SHOULD WATCH. THE TWO VIDEOS THAT ARE ON THERE THAT ARE TOURS OF THE TWO CITY FACILITIES THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING BE REPLACED SOMEBODY PICKED THE RIGHT SPOKESPERSON FIRST OF ALL THERE ARE STAFF FROM THOSE FACILITIES AND THEN THERE'S A FACILITIES PERSON AND I WOULD TELL YOU THE THINGS I REMEMBER WATCHING THOSE IS IN ONE OF THE BUILDINGS THE BUILDING IS SO THERE'S NO SPRINKLER SYSTEM AND THEIR FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IS A HANDHELD HORN THAT THEY PICK UP AND BLOW IF THERE HAPPENED TO BE A FIRE I'M LIKE THAT. THAT'S THE OF SERVICE WE'RE PROVIDING ITHESE BUILDINGS INDERAND WHY RECOMMENDING WE REPLACE THIS. THE OTHER ONE THEY TALKED ABOUT WE HAD THIS ROOM FULL OF SENIORS AND WE HAVE ONE RESTROOM THAT'S NOT GOOD. RIGHT. IT'S AN OLD BUILDING AND AND THE FACILITIES LADY TALKS ABOUT YES. THIS IS A COMPRESSOR I THINK SHE SAID IT HAS THAT SOUND THAT YOU USED TO HEAR 60 YEARS AGO AT YOUR GRANDPARENTS HOUSE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING TO FUEL THESE BUILDINGS. RIGHT. SO FOR ME I NEED THOSE FACTS. I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES AND THEY TELL STORY IN SUCH A WAY THAT I UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGE RIGHT . THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH OUR STORYTELLING AND PICKING THE RIGHT SPOKESPEOPLE. ALL RIGHT. PROACTIVE CRISIS COMMUNICATION . WHAT YOU DO IN A CRISIS WILL CREATE MORE AN IMPACT ON YOUR REPUTATION THAN ANYTHING ELSE. RIGHT. SO I HEARD FROM MANY RESIDENTS AS WELL AS SOME BUSINESS OWNERS ABOUT THE GREAT JOB THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON DID DURING THE PANDEMIC. THEY SAID ALL THE TIME WE GOT REGULAR UPDATES. WE KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. AD OPPORTUNIES TO GO GET VACCINATIONS. WE HEARD GOOD COMMUNICATION. WHAT WE KNOW IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CRISIS PLAN IN PLACE FOR EVERY KIND OF THING THAT HAPPENS SO IT CAN BE SNOW, IT CAN BE TORNADOES. THERE WAS A TORNADO I THINK LAST NIGHT SOMEPLACE HERE IN MINNESOTA. I'M FROM KANSAS. SO WE THINK TORNADOES ARE NORMAL RIGHT. THAT'S A NORMAL THING. BUT UNDERSTANDING WHEN THOSE THINGS IMPACT CITY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE PLAN ALREADY DONE. A QUICK, QUICK EXAMPLE WHEN 911 HAPPENED IN NEW YORK CITY, THE STATEMENTS THAT MAYOR GIULIANI MADE THE DAY OF 911 THOSE STATEMENTS WERE WRITTEN FOR HIM SEVEN YEARS BEFORE AND YOU'RE LIKE WELL HOW DID HE KNOW PLANE WOULD HIT NEW YORK CITY? YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T KNOW A PLANE WOULD HIT NEW YORK CITY. HE NEW YORK CITY WAS AN ICON FOR THE UNITED STATES AND THAT THERE WAS POTENTIAL FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN THAT WOULD BE MONUMENTAL. AND THEY HAD THOSE MESSAGES ALREADY WRITTEN OUT AND THEY USED THEM AFTER 911 AND THEY WERE POIGNANT AND THEY WERE HEARTFELT AND RELATED TO CREATING HOPE FOR THE FUTURE AND RECOGNIZING THE DEVASTATION BUT MOVING ON AND SAYING WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE REBUILD AND HOW WE MOVE AHEAD. SO DEVELOPING THIS PLAN INVOLVES PUTTING AN INFORMATION IMPLEMENTATION TEAM TOGETHER PROVIDING MEDIA TRAINING AND CRISIS TRAINING FOR STAFF AND THEN CREATING THIS PLAN THAT WE COULD USE FOR ANY CRISES. THE NEXT THING INVOLVES BUSINESS OUTREACH. HERE'S THE GREAT NEWS IS YOU ALL ARE ALREADY WORKING ON THIS SO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE WORKFORCE STEERING COMMITTEE I HEARD FROM BUSINESSES THAT SAID LIKE THE CITY BUT I NEED T KNOW WHO TO CALL WHO'S MY PERSON AND WHO'S MY LIAISON SO IF I HAVE A QUESTION ONE SAID IF THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING REZONE NEAR MY BUSINESS I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT BEFORE IT GOES TO A PUBLIC HEARING. CAN YOU GIVE ME A HEADS UP IF THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING NEAR ME AND THEY WANT TO HAVE MORE COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY AND THEY AND THEY'RE BUSY. THEY TELL ME THEY ABSOLUTELY READ THE BRIEFING BUT THEY'D LIKE A LITTLE MORE PERSONAL ATTENTION AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE STEERING COMMITTEE ARE WORKING ON. HOW DO WE DO THAT? SO WE RECOMMEND SURVEYING BUSINESSES TO ASSESS THEIR NEEDS AND CREATING THEN A NEW COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM TO LAUNCH THAT PROGRAM IN THE SAME VEIN PROVIDE COMMUNICATION TRAINING FOR CITY AND STAFF. YOU WILL HAVE EXCELLENT COMMUNICATORS BOTH ON STAFF AS ELECTED LEADERS THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITIES TO SAY HOW DO WE DO BETTER? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THE WORDS WE'RE USING ARE RESONATE SO BRINGING IN SOMEONE TO DO THAT TYPE OF TRAINING WOULD BE HELPFUL AND THEN PROVIDING FOR YOUR STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET ADDITIONAL TRAINING CONTINUE TO FURTHER THE GOOD COMMUNICATIONS WORK THAT THEY DO. AND THEN THE NEXT THING IS TO RECOEND THE IMPLEMENT THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SOCIAL MEDIA AUDIT AND TALK ABOUT THIS. I JUST WANT TO MENTION BECAUSE THE GOAL IS TO ENCOURAGE CIVIL DISCOURSE AND I WOULD TELL YOU THAT'S A CHALLENGE FOR MANY COMMUNITIES THE COUNTRY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT ALWAYS CIVIL AND SO TRYING TO GRAPPLE WITH THAT ISSUE IS IMPORTANT. SO I'M GOING TO LET JANINE COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SOCIAL MEDIA AUDIT SO SHE CAN SHARE THAT DIRECTLY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING . GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WE RECENTLY WORKED WITH I'M TRYING TO ADVANCE BUT THERE WE GO. SORRY WHAT WE RECENTLY WORKED WITH ERIC HANSEN, A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERT TO CONDUCT OUR FIRST COMMUNICATIONS, OUR DIGITAL COMMUNICATNS AIT. WE DID SO IMMEDIATELY. CAN I CAN I GET IN FRONT OF THE MICROPHONE SO WE MAKE SURE WE CAN HEAR YOU? LET ME JUST MOVE HERE. PERFECT. THAT'D GREAT. THANK YOU. WE DID THE AUDIT AS PART OF OUR NORMAL WORK TO ASSESS AND TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT CITY COMMUNICATIONS. WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT, WHERE WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CURRENT BEST PRACTICES IN SOCIAL MEDIA AND TO ALSO BEORWARD THINKING. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO KEEP UP WITH CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS NOR KNOW WHO OUR AUDIENCES ARE AND KNOW WHAT PLATFORMSARIO CONSTITNTS PREFER MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE OUR FIRST FACEBOOK POST IN JANUARY 2011. TONIGHT I'LL PRESENT FINDINGS FROM A DIGITAL AUDIT THAT WE UNDERTOOK . IT MAY SURPRISE YOU TO LEARN THAT THE CITY HAS SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS POLICE FIRE FARMERS MARKET AND PARKS AND RECREATION ARE SOME OF THE MAIN ANCILLARY ACCOUNTS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY'S MAIN GOVERNMENT PAGES. PARTF OUR RESEARCH ALSO INCLUDED ASKING RESIDENTS IN THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY WHAT SOURCES THEY USE TO GET INFORMATION. WE FOUND THE BRIEFING AND THE CITY'S WEBSITE WERE THE MOST COMMON SOURCES OF CITY INFORMATION ACCORDING TO RESPONDENTS BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO KNOW PEOPLE'S INTEREST IN RECEIVING NEWS AND INFORMATION FROM THE CITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA AMONG SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE AND NEXT DOOR WERE OF GREATEST INTEREST TO SURVEY RESPONDENTS. AND HERE ARE SOME OF OUR KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE AUDIT SO THAT WE THAT WE NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL MEDIA WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE IN WAYS THAT PEOPLE EXPECT ON ANY GIVEN PLATFORM PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT EXPECTATION FOR CONTENT THEY SEE ON FACEBOOK VERSUS TWITTER VERSUS INSTAGRAM VERSUS NEXT DOOR WE SHOULD LEVERAGE THE STRENGTHS OF EACH PLATFORM THOUGHTFULLY AND WITH RESPECT TO WHAT TYPE OF CONTENT EACH SYSTEM'S ALGORITHM FAVORS WE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TH RENGTHS OF EA PLAORM. FOR EXAMPLE, WE KNOW THAT INSTAGRAM USERS ARE PRIMARILY IN VISUAL STORYTELLING SO WE REWORKED OUR INSTAGRAM STRATEGY BY POSTING ONLY PHOTOS AND VIDEOS AND LIMITING USE OF TEXT HEAVY GRAPHICS OUR CONSULTANT RECOMMENDED THAT WE POST ABOUT TOPICS THAT SPEAKS TO THE INTERESTS OF RESIDENTS AND FOLLOWERS POSTS THAT HIGHLIGHT BELOVED ASPECTS OF BLOOMINGTON ATTRACT ENGAGEMENT POSTS THAT HIGHLIGHT BLOOMINGTON LOCATIONS AND LOCAL STORIES ALSO DO WELL. IF YOU'RE ON FACEBOOK YOU KW THAT THESE ARE TYPICAL OF THE TYPES OF POSTS THAT YOU POST THAT YOU SEE FROM YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. OVER THE YEARS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS HAVE BECOME CATCHALL FOR THE KINDS OF CITY INFORMATION SO IT'S LESS ABOUT GOVERNMENT NEWS INITIATIVES, EVENT INVITATIONS THESE ARE MORE EFFECTIVELY DISTRIBUTED IN THE BRIEFING AND VIDEOS ON CABLE TV AND E SUBSCRIBE AND MORE ABOUT WHAT INTERESTS PEOPLE WHAT INTEREST AND HOW THEY WANT TO ENGAGE. THE AUDIT ALSO FOUND THATUR EMAIL SUBSCPTIO SERVICE SUBSCRIBE WHERE PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP TO RECEIVE ALERTS ABOUT A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL OPEN RATE OF 36%. MOST INDUSTRIES AVERAGE ABOUT 20 TO 25% SO THIS TOOL IS GETTING SOME GREAT REACH AND IS USEFUL. SO OVERALL OUR SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY BY OUR AUDIT IS ALSO A KEY COMMUNICATIONS ELEMENT INCLUDED IN THE NEW PUBLIC RELATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING PLAN THAT MICHELLE IS PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT AS WELL A BLOOMINON TOMORROW TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN THAT HAS A PRIORITY OF BLOOMINGTON BEING A WELCOMING COMMUNITY. WE WANT SHOW THAT WE ARE A WELCOMING COMMUNITY IN THE WAY WE COMMUNICATE ALL OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS. I SHOULD NOTE OUR CURRENT FACEBOOK DIRECTIVE DOES NOT ALLOW COMMENTS AND THE REASON WHY IS SOME OF THE VITRIOL ON THAT PLATFORM. PEOPLE HAVE SAID WHEN THEY SEE THAT LEVEL OF UNCIVIL DISCOURSE THEY DON'T TO ENGAGE OR LOOK AT FACEBOOK NOT ALLOWING COMMENTS IS SOMHING WE A STILL FIGURING OUT. WE WANT OUR PAGE TO BE A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT TO ALL AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO ASSESS THAT. SO WE WILL INCLUDE THESE KEY AUDIT TAKEAWAYS I PRESENTED TO YOU IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY AND BEYOND TO AID IN OUR NEW COMMUNICATION STRATEGIC PLAN WE WILL SHARE CONTENT THAT SHOWCASES THE GOOD THINGS BLOOMINGTON OFFERS IMAGES THAT SHOWCASE OUR CITY POPULAR AMENITIES, PARKS ARTS PLACES TO VISIT STORIES ABOUT AND STAFF MAKING A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE AND CREATE POST AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO THINK I LOVE THIS ABOUT MY CITY. THIS IS SOMETHING I WANT TO SHARE WITH MY FRIENDS. THANK YOU FOR JUMPING AND FORTH BETWEEN PRESENTATIONS. SO THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO MENTION. I APPRECIATED JANINE GIVING ME A SECOND TO JUST LOOK BACK OVER MY NOTES. BUT I WANTED TO MENTION AS WE TALK ABOUT PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION A REALLY STRONG EXAMPLE WAS ACTUALLY THE RESPONSE THAT CAME AFTER THE EXPO. SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN THE VIDEO THAT CAME OUT FROM THE MAYOR THAT EXPLAINED WHAT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD AND WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT TO PUT BLOOMINGTON ON THE MAP. I WATCHED THAT VIDEO AND THEN I LOOKED AT THE MEDIA COVERAGE AND THE OUTREACH TO THE MEDIA THAT VIDEO EVERY STORY TALKED ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT THE MAYOR SAID. WE TALK ABOUT KEY MESSAGES PUTTING BLOOMINGTON ON A WORLDWIDE MAP. I FOUND THAT IN EVERY STORY THAT I READ BECAUSE THAT MESSAGE WAS CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THIS BENEFIT WAS. NOW DID THE MAYOR JUST IN AT THE LAST MINUTE AND TAPE THAT VIDEO? NO, IT WAS ANTICIPATED WAS PLANNED. IT WAS PART OF . AND WAS THERE A SUCCESS VIDEO? OKAY. YES, PROBABLY SO. RIGHT. WE HAD TO BE PREPARED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS NO WAY TO KNOW. YOU HAVE TO THINK AHEAD. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A STRATEGY WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT? AND I WAS TELLING THE MAYOR WHEN I READ THAT AND HEARD HIS MESSAGE AND SAW THAT MESSAGE REPEATED IN STORY, I SAID WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT. THE GOAL IS HOW DO WE DO THAT EVERY PLAN THAT WE CAN NOT JUST THOSE BIGHOSE BIG AND I THK THE STAFF HAVE CLEARLY EMBRACED THAT. OKAY. LAST COUPLE OF THINGS I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION AT THE LISTENING SESSION EARLIER TODAY ONE OF YOUR RESIDENTS TALKED ABOUT WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S COMING ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA. WHAT A WONDERFUL THING BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO CARE ARE WHO THOSE ARE YOUR BEST RESIDENTS. THEY CARE WHAT'S COMING. THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA. THEY WANT TO BE ENGAGED. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS SO INCREDIBLE IS WHEN YOU HAVE 30,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR UPDES FOLKS THATOES NOT HAPPEN. THAT'S I UNDERSTAND THEY ALL MAYBE LIVE IN BLOOMINGTON BUT THAT'S MORE THAN I THINK IT'S 35,000 IT'S MORE THAN A THIRD OF YOUR POPULATION HAVE SIGNED UP TO GET EMAILS FROM THE CITY THAT NOT HAPPEN AND THE FACT THAT SUCH A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THEM AND JANINE MAYBE 20% MOST BUSINESSES ARE HAPPY IF THEY GET A 6% OPEN RATE THE CITY OUTPERFORMS THAT IN SO MANY WAYS. ONE OF THE MESSAGES IS WE HAVE TO BE SURE WE'RE MAKING SURE KNOW THAT THAT'S AN OPTION AND HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT THE SHORT ADDRESS TO GET TO T WEBSI THAT THE COUNCILMEMBER SHARED SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT WEBSITE AND GETTING THE INFORMATION THEY NEED AND HAVE TO CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO TELL THAT STORY SO THAT PEOPLE FEEL MORE. BUT AGAIN, THE FACT THAT PEOPLE CARE ENOUGH TO COME AND SHARE IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT BLOOMINGTON. OKAY. JUST A COUPLE MORE RECOMMENDATION. ONE IS TO ENHANCE THE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS YOU HAVE DOING OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION AND THAT IS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH ENGAGEMENT AND THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT DIVISIONS. THIS IS REALLY MORE OF AN INTERNAL ACTION BUT THOSE TEAMS NEED TO BE TIED TOGETHER AT THE SAME SO THAT WHEN SOMEONE WHEN ONE GROUP IS OUT TALKING TO FOLKS THAT THEIR THE SAME MESSAGES THAT WE'VE HEARD AND SO WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO TAKE THIS COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH WITH BOTH TEAMS TO CONDUCT MEETINGS TO ENSURE PROACTIVE TO ENSURE PROACTIVE PLANNING AND THEN JUST TO LET THOSE TEAMS ALSO BOND DO SOME TEAM BUILDING SO THOSE TEAMS KNOW EACH OTHER AND WORK EVEN CLOSER THAN THEY DO NOW OF COURSE YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT THIS WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET. I KNOW ALWAYS TOUGH. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AND I'M NOT SURE THAT RESIDENTS KNOW IS THAT FOR THE COMMUNICATIS VISION MORE THAN HALF THE BUDGET COMES FROM CABLE FRANCHISE FEES AND SO WE DO HAVE OBLIGATION AND WE DO A GOOD JOB OF PROGRAMING AND HAVING A CITY CHANNEL AND USING THOSE VIDEO RESOURCES SOME OF THOSE GREAT STORIES SEE COME FROM THAT WORK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT LONG TERM WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE ARE CHANGES IN THAT INDUSTRY? WHAT HAPPENS IF PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR CABLE? WHAT HAPPENS IF THAT CABLE FRANCHISE REVENUE CHANGES IN THE FUTURE? AGAIN, WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATE HITTING WE'RE JUST KNOWING WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT BEUSE IT MAY REQUIRE DITIAL SRCES OF FUNDING FOR THAT COMMUNICATION FUNDING FOR THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT THERE IS IN YOUR IN YOUR DOCUMENT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IN TERMS OF POTENTIAL BUDGETS. THOSE CAN COME BACK YOU AS THEY LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE COST IF WE ADD THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING WHETHER THAT'S SURVEYING OR A MEDIA PLAN OR THE THINGS THAT SO THERE'S HARD DOLLARS THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. THERE'S ALSO QUESTION ABOUT FUNDING FOR STAFF AND SO THERE ARE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ADDITIONAL STAFF ONE ONE AND A HALF TO PEOPLE THAT COULD HELP IMPLEMENT THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING AGAIN. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THAT CAN BE APPROACHED AS YOU TALK ABOUT BUDGET. THE OTHER POINT I WANT TO REITERATE IS IT'S A PHASED IN APPROACH AND SO THE PLAN HAS DATES IN IT. THOSE ARE TARGET GOALS. SO HERE'S WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO DO. WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU IS A LOT OF IT'S ALREADY STARTING BECAUSE THE STAFF HAS SAID WE HEAR THIS, WE GET IT, THEY'RE THEY'RE BEGINNING IMPLEMENT THE THINGS THEY CAN WITHIN THE RESOURCES. THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. AND SO FOR ME WHEN WE ABOUT YEAH BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S WORKING YOU HAVE TO MEASURE KNOW WE LOVE THE I LOVE THE STATEMENT WHAT GETS MEASURED GETS DONE IF YOU'RE NOT MEASURING IT HOW DO KNOW WE'RE DOING ANY GOOD AND SO THERE ARE BOTH QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE MEASURES AND SO FOR ME THE QUANTITATIVE ARE THINGS LIKE MEDIA TENSIONS, WEBSITE ANALYTICS, SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME TO THE EVENT YOUR E SUBSCRIBERS THAT'S ALL NUMBERS AND DATA THAT WE CAN USE TO SAY HEY DID WE MOVE NEEDLE? DID WE CHANGE THAT? QUALITATIVE THOUGH THEN GOES TO WHAT'S THE OVERALL IMAGE OF THE CITY? DO RESIDENTS FEEL WELCOMED THERE A SENSE OF CIVIC AND COMMUNITY PRIDE? DO PEOPLE FEEL ENGAGED? THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE MEASURE THROUGH QUALITATIVE MEASUREMENTS AND SO THOSE YOU HAVE IN PLACE THERE'LL BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT TO CONTINUE. SO FOR ME THE KEY TAKEAWAY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS YOU HAVE SOME GREAT PRODUCTS, YOU HAVE GREAT COMMUNICATION SO I THINK OF IT'S 93% OF THE PEOPLE ON THE STATISTICALLY VALID RANDOM SAMPLE SURVEY SAY THEY READ THE THEIR BLOOMINGTON BRIEFING FOLKS THAT'S UNHEARD OF I FIND ME ANOTHER CITY WHERE 93% SAY THEY RELY ON THIS NEWSLETTER FROM THE CY. AT'S AMAZING THE E SUBSCRIBE NUMBERS ARE GREAT YOU DO A GOOD JOB ALREADY THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE MOVE FROM GOOD TO GREAT AND? THAT'S WHAT I THINK THIS PLAN IS DESIGNED TO DO. YOU HAVE GREAT STORIES TO TELL TO YOUR RESIDENTS BUT TWO TO THE WIDER AUDIENCE AGAIN THE EXPO BEING A GREAT WAY TO TALK ABOUT IT AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS NOT JUST THE STATE BUT AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND THE WORLD WIDE LEVEL AND THEN THE MOST IMPORTANT PART TO ME IS THAT THIS PLAN SUPPORTS YOUR MISSION TO CULTIVATE AN ENDURING AND REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE. AND THAT'S REALLY HOW WE'RE YINGO PUL IT TOGHER. SO I KNOW WE'VE TAKEN SOME TIME YOU'VE, GOT A FULL AGENDA TONIGHT BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I DO HOPE YOU HAVE TIME. YOU'LL READ THROUGH THE CITIZEN AND BUSINESS COMMENTS THAT ARE THERE'S QUITE A FEW OF THEM AND YOU'LL SEE SMALL THINGS LIKE. WE LOVE THAT THE CITY CLEANS THE GRATES IN OTHER COMMUNITIES THEY DON'T YOU'RE GOING TO SEE LOTS I MEAN THERE WERE SO MANY COMMENTS ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY LOVE YOUR WATER . THEY LOVE YOUR WATER. IT'S THEY TAKE WATER WITH THEM ON VACATION FROM BLOOMINGTON BECAUSE THEY LOVE YOUR WATER. SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT PEOPLE LOVE AND ALSO THINGS THAT THEY SUGGEST ABOUT HOW TO IMPROVE THAT I HOPE YOU SEE REFLECTED IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR JANINE AND MYSELF? THANK MISS BONNER. COUNCIL QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBER KIRK THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. EXCUSE ME. WELL GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU. THIS IS REALLY FANTASTIC AND I I KNOW SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL WHICH IS JANUARY 2020 THIS HAS BEEN A TOPIC THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE EXPRESSED INTERESTED IN INTEREST IN . AND SO IT'S INCREDIBLE AND FANTASTIC TO SEE THE RESULTS IN FRONT OF US NOW. BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND. YOU DID MENON THAT IT WOU BE PHASED AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET OR NOT LIKE A PHASED APPROACH IT AND WE DIDN'T PUT A SPECIFIC TIMELINE BUT EACH RECOMMENDATION WILL SAY BESIDE IT RECOMMEND BY JULY 2024 OR RECOMMEND BY SO THERE ARE TARGET DATES FOR EACH ONE. THAT TIMING WAS PUT A LITTLE BIT WITH THE PRIORITIES WHAT WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF TO WHERE THE IDEA OF COMMUNICATION PLANS FOR EXAMPLE LIKE IT'S AUGUST OF 2023 I THINK SOME OF THEM ARE MORE QUICKLY AND SOME OF THEM WE KNOW WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME I REMEMBER THE BUSINESS RECOMMENDATIONS IS LIKE WELL WE TO SURVEY BUSINESSES FIRST AND THEN WE WANT TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN AND THEN WE NEED TO IT OUT AND HAVE A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN. SO THERE ARE TIMELINES THERE REALLY TARGET DATES NOT DYED IN THE WOOL WILL HAVE IT ALL DONE BY THEN BUT TO GIVE US SOME WAY OF TRYING TO MEASURE OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL. SO I'M I GUESS I MEAN MOST OF THESE SOUND LIKE GREAT ALL OF THEM SOUND LIKE GREAT IDEAS TO ME AND I'M I GUESS I'M WONDERING WHAT NEXT STEPS SORRY. MAYBE I'M KIND OF JUMPING AHEAD A LITTLE TOO MUCH BUT WHAT DOESHAT DISION MAKING PROCESS LOOK LIKE? AND I'M KIND OF LOOKING OVER AT YOU, JAMIE. I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD BE THE RIGHT I CAN'T KEEP LOOKING TO MY RIGHT, CAN I SO MR. BARRON COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. FIRST OFF, WE WANTED TO COME HERE AND GET YOUR YOUR FEEDBACK BEFORE WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS NEXT. WE WANTED TO HEAR THE PERSPECTIVE ON THE ANALYSIS THAT'S BEEN DONE BY MICHELLE AND ERIC REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR WORK. THEY WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEIR STAFF AND AS YOU HEARD IN THE PRESENTATION A FAIR AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WELL BECAUSE WE TRIED TO INCLUDE THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO WERE IMPACTED BY THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE IN COMING UP WITH THE PLANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO SO HEARING FROM YOU IS THE FIRST STEP WE'RE IN THE BUDGET SEASON. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS CRAZY BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE WE JUST WRAPPED UP THE LAST BUDGET SEASON BUT WE HAVE TO PUT THE YOU KNOW THE NEXT STEPS INTO THE CONTEXT OF ALL THE OTHER NEEDS OF THE ORGANIZATION AND SO THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WE'LL BE WORKING TO IDENTIFY WHEREE THINK THERIORITIE ARE BASED ON WHAT'S IN THE REPORT HERE, WHAT WE HEAR FROM YOU AND THEN HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE SOME OF THOSE INTO THE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. COUNCILMEMBER I WOULD ALSO JUST ADD ONE OF THE THING WE DID SEND THIS PLAN AND ALL THE INFORMATION TO EVERY PERSON THAT WE MET WITH SO THAT THEY ALSO HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE IT, REACT TO IT AND GIVE ANY FEEDBACK THEY HAVE TO. JANINE AND THE COMMUNICATION STAFF SO WE'RE MEETING WITH THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM TOMORROW TO TALK ABO RESPONSIBILITI BECSE THAT'S THE OTHER BIG PART OF IT. ON OF MY MESSAGES TO THE ENTIRE TEAM IS THIS IS NOT THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN, THIS IS THE COUNCIL'S PLAN. THIS IS EVERY A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM. EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS TO SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING A PART OF THIS. SO THAT'S IT'S NOT THE DETAILED INFORMATION THE CITY MANAGER'S PROVIDED BUT IT'S GETTING SENSE OF OWNERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION ABSOLUTELY. I KNOW I'M SUPER EXCITED TO GET LIKE KEEP POINTS FOR ALL OF OUR BIG ISSUES AND I'M ASSUMING THAT'LL BE DON IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO IT IS HIGH ON THE LIST IF I MAY MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM AS BONO JUST SAID THAT ABOUT WHAT IS AND IS NOT RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OUR OUR COMMUNICATION STAFF IS REALLY GOOD. RIGHT. THEY PUT OUT HIGH QUALITY VIDEO, HIGH QUALITY PRINT. THEIR THEIR INFORMATION IS REALLY SOLID. THEY'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE REST OF US. RIGHT. IN TERMS OF THE WHOLE ENTERPRISE AND OPERATION MAKING SURE THAT TY KW N JUST WHAT'S HAPPENED BUT WHAT'S COMING AND THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS CONVERSATIONBOUT BEING PROACTIVE. WE'VE IT BEFORE IN OUR CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HEARD THAT MESSAGE FROM THE COUNCIL FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. RIGHT. AND SO THE DESIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING OUT THERE AND GETTING IN FRONT OF THE STORY AND LETTING FOLKS KNOW REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE IS ZONING CHANGES THAT WERE MADE RECENTLY. RIGHT. IT'S REALLY HARD TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CITY THAT THE ENTIRE ZONING ALMOST OF THE CITY IS LARGELY INCLUDED IN WHAT WAS BEING RIGHT AND SHORT OF SENDING A POSTCARD EVERY HOUSE WHICH GETS REALLY EXPENSIVE RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO FIGURE HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU GET THAT INFORMATION OUT BECAUSE CITY COMMUNICATIONS IS LITERALLY PROVERBIALLY IT IS LEADING THE HORSE TO WATER. YOU CAN'T MAKE THE HORSE DRINK. RIGHT. AND SO WE CAN PUT AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN GENERATE IN FRONT OF PEOP. TH QUESTIONS HOW D YOU GET THEM TO THAT INFORMATION AND IDENTIFY WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S VALUABLE ABOUT THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE HERE IS HELPING US FIGURE THAT OUT. THE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS MR. BREWER YOU ESPECIALLY THE NOTION OF COMMUNICATIONS IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE REST OF US. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I JOTTED DOWN HERE THE NUMBER NINE ENHANCE THE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN COMMUNICATIONS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH ENGAGEMENT DIVISIONS. I'M A BIG ALIGNMENT GUY ALWAY VE BEEN AND BUT TOEE THESE TWO CALLED OUT IN PARTICULAR I JUST I TOOK NOTE OF IT BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO ALIGN THE ENTIRE ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS ALONG WITH THE WORK OF COMMUNICATIONS OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DEVELOPMENT AND I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY A MUCH LARGER TASK BUT THE PUBLIC WORKS POLICE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS COMMUNICATIONS ISSUES THAT NEED TO ALIGN WITH THE OVERALL COMMUNICATIONS. THE THINGS THAT YOU JUST OUTLINED HERE AND I THINK IT'S IT I CERTALY IMPORTANT AS YOU'VE DESCRIBED IT HERE TO ALIGN THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS IN PARTICULAR. BUT WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T OVERLOOK THE ALIGNMENT THROUGHOUT THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY. WELL. GREAT GREAT EXPLANATION SIR AND I WOULD TELL YOU IN OUR MEETING TOMORROW WITH THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP THE BIGGEST DISCUSSION IS OWNERSHIP AND IT'S THE EXACT MESSAGE YOU JUST GAVE WHICH IS WE HAVE TO AND IT'S HARD SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE IN THE WORK YOU DON'T ALWAYS THINK ABOUT IT BEING QUOTE OF INTEREST TO OTHERS BECAUSE YOU DO IT EVERY DAY AND YOU THINK THIS AND IT'S LIKE NO NO WHAT YOU'RE DOING HOW YOU REMOVE THE SNOW OR WHAT WE DO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CITIZENS CLEAN THE GRATES. THOSE THINGS MAY NOT SOUND REAL SEXY BUT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND SO TRYING TO ALSO GET OUR DEPARTMENTS TO ALL LOOK AT THINGS WITH FRESH EYES TO SAY OH NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT BEING A VIDEO OR BEING A COMMUNICATION MESSAGE . ABSOLUTELY THAT ALIGNMENT IS IS KEY. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER REALLY NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN, MICHELLE. I'M CURIOUS. I DIDN'T AND MAYBE IT'S JUST BECAUSE THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE AT A HIGHER LEVEL AND THERE'S NOT EXPLICIT RECOMMENDATIONS. BUT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT WE ARE STOPPING DOING AS A RESULT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU MAKE. BECAUSE I HAVE A FEELING THERE'S PROBABLY SOME STUFF THAT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF VALUE MAYBE THAT YOU'VE LEARNED ABOUT THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT WE MIGHT BE DOING ANYWAY AND MAYBE SHOULDN'T DO IT ANYMORE OR ANYTHING. DID ANY OF THAT COME OUT AND IF YOU COULD SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BE GREAT. YES MA'AM. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. SOME SO FOR EMPLE WHAT WE KNOW I WE DO A LOT OF LONG FORM. WE DO THAT IN PART BECAUSE OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CABLE FRANCHISE FEE. SO THERE IS AN OBLIGATION TO CONTINUE SOME OF . ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THAT DOESN'T WORK WELL IN ANY KIND OF SOCIAL MEDIA POST. OUR ATTENTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS 20 SECONDS RIGHT? SO HOW DO WE TAKE THOSE SHORT STORIES AND FIND WAYS TO DO THEM SO? I DON'T THINK WE'RE ELIMINATING WE STILL WILL DO LONG FORM VIDEO BUT THERE WILL BE A CHANGE IN TRYING TO FOCUS ON SOME SHORTER ASPECTS. THE OTHER THING THAT'S QUITE INTERESTING TO ME IS THAT AND AGAIN IT MAY BE DIFFERENT BUT I FIND IN MOST LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PEOPLE DON'T TO GIVE UP THE THINGS THEY HAVE NOW. SO FOR EXAMPLE IN ERIC'S HE SAID YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ARE FOLLOWING THE GOLF COURSE. THAT MAY BE TRUE BUT. THE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW THE GOLF COURSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA ARE SUPER PASSIONATE ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE AND SO SOMETIMES THE NUMBER. SO IT'S LIKE WELL CAN WE STOP DOING THAT? WELL, YOU COULD AT RISK OF ALIENATING SOME OF OUR VERY LOYAL GOLFERS AND SO I THINK TH STAFF I HAVING THO DIUSSIONS TOO. ARE THERE THINGS THAT CAN MODIFY WITHOUT ELIMINATING? ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS MAYBE NOT QUITE AS MANY SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS BUT MAYBE MAKING THOSE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS THE THINGS TALKED ABOUT THAT THE AUDIT RECOMMENDED. SO THERE I THINK THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS IN TERMS OF MAYBE CHANGING FREQUENCY AND THE VOLUME OR MAYBE HOW WE DO IT. I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST STOP INSTAGRAM. THERE'S ONLY TWO WHATEVER THE NUMBER WAS 23% ON INSTAGRAM BUT THOSE 23% LOVE INSTAGRAM. SO I WE HAVE SOME MODIFICATIONS. NOT VERY MANY STOP DOING IT BECAUSE PEOPLE SEEM TO VALUE THINGS THAT YOU'RE ALREADY DOING. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. WE ACTUALLY DID HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD PLATFORMS AND TO THE LAST POINT THAT MZBEL MADE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE VARIOUS HAVE DIFFERENT MOTIVATIONS FOR BEING THERE AND SO PART OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS THAT WE ACTUALLY TAILOR OUR MESSAGE AND OURPPROACH TO THE SPECIFICLATFORM. SO TO THE QUESTION OF WHAT ARE WE DOING LESS OF THAT COMMENT WE MAYBE WE POST LESS BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE HAVE OFTEN ON THE SIDE OF FLOODING THE ZONE WITH INFORMATION AND SOMETIMES WE JUST PUT YOU KNOW OUR MESSAGE GETS LOST BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MUCH OUT THERE AND SO THE IDEA BEING REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANT TO COMMUNICATE AND THE FREENCY BY WHICH WE DO IT BECAUSE REMEMBER A LOT MORE OF A COMNT I RLLY APPRECIATE I LIKE HEARING GOOD NEWS SO I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WELL AND I'M JUST REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, YOU KNOW, NUMBER OF US GATHERED TO TO TO TALK WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE COMMUNITY DOING THAT AND THEN JUST GETTING COMMUNICATED OUT SO THAT FOLKS WILL WILL REALLY HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING. THAT'S I THINK ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT WE CAN WE CAN KIND OF DO. IT'S KIND OF THAT THAT FEAR OF DOING THE WORK, YOU KNOW, IN A IN THE DARK AND NOBODY SEES THE GREAT STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING. I'LL NEVER FORGET WHEN MY WIFE TOLD ME I JUST DIDN'T KNOW THAT BLOOMINGTON WAS DOING ALL THIS STUFF BECAUSE SHE WAS LIVING IN EAGAN BEFORE SHE MOVED HERE. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT WILL MEAN IF WE'RE ABLE TO EXECUTE THIS WELL AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER DALLAS. SO I'M JUST POINT IN ADDITION TO WHAT WOULD WE STOP DOING WHAT ITEMS YOU SEE JUST BEING MOVED UP TO BE MORE MORE PROACTIVE YOU THE EXAMPLE OF THE ZONING CHANGES AND THE REALITIES AS WE PROBABLY DID A LOT OF COMMUNICATION ABOUT THAT AFTER WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE INFORMED ABOUT THIS. I SEE PART OF THE CONCEPT HERE IS YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE HAD INFORMATION TO PEOPLE SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THAT FIRST MEETING GET THEM INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS EARLIER. SO HOW MUCH OF THIS, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL WORK VERSUS JUST SHIFTING AND BEING MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT THAT COMMUNICATION? COUNCILMEMBER I WOULD TELL YOU THAT I THINK A LOT OF IT IS GOING TO BE SHIFTING SOME OF THIS WORK OUT TO THE DEPARTMENTS TO SAY AND WE HAVE IN THE PLAN VERY SPECIFICALLY THEY HAVE TO BEGIN TO IDENTIFY WATER UPCOMING PROJECTS. WHAT ARE THINGS THAT ARE A YEAR OR TWO YEARS OUT? WHAT ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CALENDAR AND START WORKING ON THOSE ONE PAGE COMMUNICATION PLANS NOW? SO I THINK WILL BE A LOT MORE PROACTIVE AND AGAIN IN EVERY GOVERNMENT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE JUST DON'T SEE OR ANTICIPATE THAT AND WE HAVE TO RESPOND TO. BUT THE GOAL IS THAT THAT BECOMES THE PERCENT NOT THE 25% SO THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE THINKING MORE PROACTIVELY AHEAD OF THGS AND TING T SPREAD THAT OUT SO THAT THE OWNERSHIP OF THAT IS FROM THE DEPARTMENTS. THAT DOES MEAN THOUGH YOU HAVE TO BRING COMMUNICATIONS IN EARLY ON AND THAT GIVES THEM AN ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO COME SIT IN MEETINGS AND GO THROUGH OKAY WHAT'S THE STRATEGY? WHAT ARE WE DOING? SO THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INTEGRATING INTO THE DEPARTMENT PROCESSES SO I WOULD HESITATE TO SAY THAT THEIR WORKLOAD WILL BE ANY LIGHTER. I THINK SOME WAYS TO BE MORE PROACTIVE MAY TAKE MORE STAFF TIME. WE'RE HOPING THERE'S SOME BENEFITS FOR MAYBE NOT POSTING AS OFTEN. I'M NOT SURE THOSE TWO THINGS WILL EQUAL OUT. I THINK IT'S STILL GOING TO TAKE ADDITIONAL WORK I THINK THE OUTCOMES WILL BE WHAT YOU ALL HAVE SAID WE WANT TO SEE WE TO SEE THAT THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT'S COMING BEFORE WE'RE AT THAT POINT THAT AND AGAIN THEY STILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY I CHOOSE TO ENGAGE AS THE MANAGER MENTIONED I WRITE OR I CHOOSE I DON'T WANT TO ENGAGE IN THIS BUT I KNOW ABOUT IT AND I GET TO MAKE THAT CHOICE AS A RESIDENT I THINK THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW. RIGHT. AND THEN JUST O COMME ON THE QUALITY OF INDICATORS. IT SAYS THE WORD RESIDENTS A LOT AND NOT ONCE DOES IT SAY BUSINESSES. THANK YOU. WE WILL BE SURE BECAUSE THE BUSINESSES ARE INCLUDED AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S A SPECIFIC STRATEGIES ABOUT THEM INCLUDING A SURVEY OF BUSINESSES BECAUSE THAT'S THE HEART OF OUR ECONOMY ARE THOSE BUSINESSES. AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IS A COUPLE OF THE BUSINESS LEADERS THAT I TALKED TO AND THE ONES ARE FROM BLOOMINGTON FELT LIKE THEY KNEW A LOT BUT THOSE WHO RE NOT FROM BLOOMINGTON DIDN'T FEEL QUITE AS ENGAGED AND I THINK THAT THERE IS DEFINITELY SOME WORK FOR US TO DO TO ENGAGE MORE AND TO GET MORE FEEDBACK FROM THEM AND THEN CREATE RELATIONSHIPS. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. I WANT A RELATIONSHIP SO I KNOW WHO'S MY PERSON TO CALL AT THE CITY BECAUSE THAT THAT'S MEANINGFUL TO THEM. THEY MIGHT NOT NEED THEM FOR 11 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR BUT WHEN THEY HAVE A QUESTION THEY WANT TO KNOW WHO'S THAT PERSON? SO THANK YOU. THE BUSINESSES WILL BE INCLUDED. THANK YOU DAVID. THEN MY LAST ONE IS YOU KNOW SEE SO THE QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE MEASUREMENTS I SAW GOALS KIND OF LISTED FOR EACH AREA BUT THE PART THAT I'M NOT GETTING IS YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE KNOW IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL WHAT ARE THE LARGE GOALS DOES THAT LOOK LIKE TO SAY OKAY WE'RE DOING THIS? HOW DO WE MEASURE THAT? HOW DO KNOW HOW DO FUTURE COUNCILS KNOW THAT THIS THIS IS WORKING PEOPLE ARE BETTER INFORMED EARLIER IN THE PROCESS. YOU KNOW BUSINESSES ARE ENGAGED, WANT TO MOVE AND DO MORE BUSINESS AND BLOOMINGTON HERE BECAUSE THEY FEEL SUPPORD THEY HAVE THAT POINT OF CONTA. HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT'S WORKING? I DON'T THINK IT'S A PERFECT BUT I THINK SURVEYS ARE THE ANSWER IN WORK IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT WE SURVEYED PEOPLE THAT CAME TO EVERY SINGLE THING. IF YOU CAME TO A POTLUCK DINNER AT A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER WE HAD A ONE PAGE YOU CAN'T MAKE IT LONG. THAT SAID, HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT IT AND AGAIN IS THAT STATISTICALLY VALID? NO, IT'S VALID FOR THE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO THAT EVENT. BUT EVERYTHING WE DO WE HAVE TO BE ASKING PEOPLE WHAT CAN YOU TELL US WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK BECAUSE YOU ALL TAKE PART IN THAT NATIONAL SURVEY THAT IS A STATISTICALLY VALID RANDOM SAMPLE SURVEY THAT IS DESIGNED TO CAPTURE SENTIMENT AND PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MOVE THE NEEDLE WHEN PEOPLE SAY DO YOU IF YOU HAVE CIVIC PRIDE FOR THIS COMMUNITY, WE WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AND SEE DID THAT GO UP? DID THAT GO YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING? AND SO IT'S IT'S DIFFICULT. YOU ALL WILL RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM FROM RESIDENTS AS WELL IT'S NOT STATISTICALLY VALID IT'S PEOPLE WHO KNOW YOU AND WHO FEEL COMFORTABLE SAYING BUT MY HOPE IS THAT YOU BEGIN TO HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE SAYING HEY I ACTUALLY THAT WAS COMING UP. YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST PERSON TELLING THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE SEEN IT AND THEY FEEL THEY'VE SEEN IT OUT THERE IN THIS GOVERNMENT WORK. YOU KNOW WE DON'T HAV NIEEN RATINGS FOR OUR YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT CHANNEL. WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT PEOPLE SAY THEY LIKE THE TV BROADCASTING THAT THEY SEE ON THE GOVERNMENT CHANNEL. SO I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST TOOL AND TO MEASURE THOSE KIND OF LIKE CHANGES IN ATTITUDES. TYPICALLY THE ONLY WAY I'VE SEEN THAT REALLY WORK IS THROUGH SURVEYS. THAT'S PREMIER MARTIN AND I FELT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON GOT ME COVERED . COUNCILMEMBER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE MORE NOT JUST TO BLOOMINGTON BUT THE WHOLE STATE OF MINNESOTA THAT WE'RE AN AWESOME CITY. WHAT I SEE HERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE TODAY HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOING TO BE FUTURE PROOF SO THAT NEW FORMS OF COMMUNICATION, NEW FORMS OF OUTREACH COME WE CONTINUEO KEEP UP WITH WHAT'SHANGING TECHNOLOGY QUICKLY. THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. THE TOPIC THAT EVERY GOVERNMENT IS TALKING ABOUT IN EVERY ASPECT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND AGAIN, I KNOW SOME THAT SOME SOME OF US REACT WITH LIKE OH MY GOSH, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? THERE ARE GOVERNMENTS I JUST WAS TALKING TO A COMPANY THAT THEY'RE TAKING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO TAKE LONG POLICE REPORTS AND CREATE A SUMMARY AND THE OFFICER STILL HAS TO REVIEW AND SEE IF IT WAS RIGHT. BUT THEY SAID IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH FRIENDLIER AND THE LANGUAGE LEVEL IS EASIER TO UNDERSTAND THROUGH A.I. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THE'S GOING TO BE CHANG IN TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE TO STAY ON TOP OF . WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT MAKING SURE STAFF WAS ABLE TO ATTEND TRAINING, THAT IS PART OF THAT AND AGAIN THE CITY DOES TRAINING THROUGHOUT EVERY DEPARTMENT BUT BEYOND AI WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT THING AND THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF KEEPING YOUR STAFF IN THE POSITION TO WHERE THEY'RE STAYING ON TOP OF THAT AND TRYING TO SEE WHAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE AND ALSO UNDERSTANDING THEY THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN THERE'S DOWNSIDES. WHAT ABOUT THE ETHICS? AND I WOULD TELL YOU FROM A COMMUNICATION PERSPECTIVE A.I. CAN BE A LITTLE SCARY BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN CREATE THINGS AS WE'VE SEEN HAPPEN AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL WHERE IT COULD BE YOUR IMAGE AND SAYING THAT YOU NEVER SAID THAT'S SCARY. HOW DO WE TRY TO MAKE SURE WE HELP OUR CITIZENS UNDERSTAND HOW TO KNOW A FAKE FROM A REAL I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS AND I WOULD TELL YOU THE TECHNOLOGY TODAY WILL BE DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT IN SIX MONTHS. SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT. THINK TRAINING IS THE KEY TO KEEP YOUR STAFF TO WHERE THEY'RE CONSTANTLY LEARNING AND BEING PREPARED FOR THAT NEXT THING BEYOND? AI THAT'S THE EXTENT OF MY FUTURE FORECASTING BUT I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BECOME A VERY BIG ISSUEN MANY ASPECTS OF LAL GERNMENT. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THIS IS A SEPARATE QUESTION PROBABLY FOR THE CITY MANAGER I KNOW A NUMBER EIGHT HERE WE HAVE A KEY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SOCIAL ON A NOTE JANINE PROVIDED SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT WHAT IT PUTS SUBSTANTIVELY ARE WE GOING TO GET AS IT RELATES TO THAT AUDIT IN TERMS OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THEY GOING TO BE LISTED LIKE ARE WE GOING TO KNOW WHAT OUR IS FOR EACH OF THE PLATFORMS AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER ,YOU KNOW, TT KIND OF THING . I THINK PEOPLE AS AS YOU KNOW PEOPLE WEREURPRISED BY WHEN WE TURNED OFF THE COMMENTS FOR SOME OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS WE DIDN'T DO IT FOR ALL OF THEM. SO PEOPLE HAD LEVERS FOR THAT ANYWAY. BUT I THINK PEOPLE ARE ASKING THEY JUST WANT TO KNOW LIKE WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT WE ARE AND NOT WHAT ARE WHAT WE ARE AND WHAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ON WHICH OF THE PLATFORMS SO THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO FOR THE RIGHT INFORMATION AND IF HOW THEY HOW THEY CAN ENGAGE WITH THE CITY IF THAT MAKES SENSE. THANKS MAYNDOUNCIL MEMBERS AND COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO WE ERIC HANSEN HAD PROVIDED US WITH 30 THOUGHT STARTERS FROM HIS AUDIT AND SO THAT AND FROM ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT HE GATHERED AND ALL OF THE INFORMATION WE HAD FROM INTERVIEWING NEIGHBORING CITIES, FROM LOOKING AT THE SURVEYS AND INFORMATION WE HAD PUT TOGETHER WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A PLAN COMMUNICATION AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE HAVE AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT IT WITH STAFF WE'RE SHANG WITH ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ADMINISTRATORS I MENTIONED WE HAVE 18 SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS SO WE DO HAVE APPROVED BESIDES COMMUNICATIONS WHO ARE DOING POSTING ON THEIR ACCOUNTS AND SO WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE THOUGHT STARTERS AND PRIORITIZE USING THOSE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS THIS PLAN THAT MICHEL IS PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT AND TO LOOK AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY. WE'RE STARTING WITH WE WERE WAITING TO PRESENT THIS PLAN TOGETHER WITH THIS PLAN BECAUSE THIS IS THE OVERALL PLAN. BUT OUR AUDIT IS LOOKING AT SOCIAL MEDIA SPECICALLY AND DIGITAL CMUNITIONS SPECIFICALLY AND LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT PLATFORMS AND HOW WE'RE COMMUNICATING ON THOSE PLATFORMS AND WHAT WE CAN DO FOR IMPROVEMENTS FOR LOOKING AT WHAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY TO GET THEIR INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY WHAT WORKS ENGAGEMENT AND LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE THOUGHT STARTERS AND THEN WE HAVE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THOSE ACTIVITIES UNDERNEATH THOSE TWO IN THE TIMELINE FOR THAT ROUGHLY WE HAVE TO PUT YOU ON O YH WE O THE TIMELINE FOR THE PLAN OR TO ENACT THE PLAN THE TIMELINE FOR COMMUNICATING TO US I GUESS THE PLAN. OH OKAY. WE HAVE WE HAVE THE PLAN READY TO GO SO WE CAN WE CAN SHARE THAT PLAN YOU. MM HMM. MM HMM. SO ANYTHING ELSE? VERY GOOD. MISS BONO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY THOUGHT PROVOKING, VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND I THINK VERY EFFECTIVE PLANNING HERE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AND SEEING IMPLEMENTED. SO THANK YOU SO VERY I JUST WANT TO S IT W A GREAT PLEASURE FOR YOU THIS IT WAS A REALLY GREAT PLEASURE TO MEET YOU ALL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU LOVE ABOUT A CITY IS WHEN PEOPLE ARE PASSIONATE AND THE ELECTED LEADERS HERE ARE PASSIONATE THE STAFF IS PASSIONATE. I WOULD SAY WE HEARD THE SAME THING FROM THE RESIDENTS. SO YOU HAVE GREAT CITY AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT IF SOMEBODY SAID THEY LIKE THE GOOD NEWS THE GOOD NEWS IS PEOPLE LOVE THE CITY AND THEY JUST WANT TO SEE IT GET BETTER . SO IT WAS A REAL PLEASURE TO GET TO WORK WITH YOU ALL. THANK YOU. NICE OF YOU TO SAY THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, SOMETHING TO ADD? YEAH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION TO FOLLOW UP ON COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO POINT IN TERMS OF THE SOCIAL PLAN, WILL THERE BE A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL THAT'S AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC SO THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GIVE US FEEDBACK AS WELL HELP HELP US FORM OUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT. WE COULD PUT A PRESENTATION TOGETHER CERTAINLY AND ON THE AGENDA AND JUST GO INTO DETAIL FOR THE SAKE OF TIME TONIGHT AND WITH MICHEL'S PLAN WE DIDN'T GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER AGAIN. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I GUESS I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY KIND OF GOING BACK TO MY FIRST QUESTION SO BY HEARING THIS TONIGHT JUST TO BE CLEAR WITH THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE NOT APPROVING ADDITIONAL STAFF NOT APPROVING ADDITIONAL BUDGET THERE BUT WE ARE APPROVING IS CONTINUING TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, ADOPT THE THINGS THAT AREN'T GOING TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF TIME ,LOOK AT OTHER THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE DIFFERENTLY TO REDUCE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT GO TOWARD THOSE AND THAT WHEN WE GO INTO THE BUDGETING SEASON OFFICIALLY THAT WILL BE WILL BE ASKED TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO INCREASE STAFFING LEVELS BASED ON WHATEVER ADDITIONAL PRIORITIES ARE NOT BEING THAT ARE NOT BEING INCORPORATED BECAUSE OF LIMITS AND CAPACITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD SUMMARY COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 2.4 ON OUR AGENDA THIS IS OUR EXTERNAL AUDITOR'S REPORT ON OUR 2022 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AND AM SEVEN YOUR DUTY FINANCE FICER IS HERE TO THANK YOU KICK THIS OFF. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE ANDY HERRING TONIGHT WHO WILL PROVIDE THE RESULTS OF OUR 2022 EXTERNAL AUDIT. ANDY WORKED ON THE RED PATH AS A MANAGER WITH BLOOMINGTON WHEN THEY LAST AUDIT US FIVE YEARS AGO UPON REDPATH BEING AWARDED THE CONTRACT AGAIN FOR 2022 THROUGH 2026, ANDY LEADING THEIR TEAM ASHE PARTNERS. SO WELME ANDY. GOOD EVENING MR.. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS ONCE AGAIN MY NAME IS ANDY HERRING. I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THE 2022 AUDIT FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. AND WHAT I WHEN I SPEAK ABOUT THE AUDIT I'M REFERRING TO WE AUDITED THE OPERATIONS OF THE CITY THE HRA AND THE PORT AUTHORITY SO IT INCLUDES ALL THREE ENTITIES AND I'LL ALSO CLARIFY WE YOU KNOW WE WORK WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AS ,WE CONDUCT THE AUDIT BUT WE'RE REALLY WORKING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THIS PRESENTATION OR ANY TIME FEEL FREE TO REACH. SO AS PART OF THE AUDIT WE ISSUE REPORTS THE FIRST IS THE OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS A REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROLS, A REPORT ON MINNESOTA LEGAL COMPLIANCE. A REPORT ON FEDERAL COMPLIANCE AND THEN A LETTER TO THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE OR THE CITY COUNCIL. A SNAHOT OF THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT AND UNMODIFIED OPINION OF ONE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDINGS RELATING TO INTERNAL CONTROLS TO REPORT THAT I'LL COMMENT HERE IN A MINUTE NO COMPLIANCE FINDINGS RELATING TO MINNESOTA LEGAL COMPLIANCE OR FEDERAL AND THEN JUST STANDARD COMMUNICATIONS INHE GOVERNANCE LETTER. A LOOK BACK AT 2021 THE CITY ONCE AGAIN RECEIVED CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING WHICH ITS WHICH IT HAS RECEIVED FOR THE PAST 51 YEARS AND SO THAT CERTIFICATE DEMONSTRATES COMPREHENSIVE, TRANSPARENT AND CONSISTENT FINANCIAL THE FIRST REPORT THAT WE ISSUE OUR OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND A RECAP OF THE AUDIT THE AUDIT BEGAN BACK IN DECEMBER WITH PLANNING AND PFORMG PRELIMINARY PROCEDURES AND THEN THERE WAS A PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS WHERE STAFF IS IN ADDITION TO THEIR DAY TO DAY DUTIES CLOSING THE BOOKS ON 2022 PREPARING FOR THE AUDIT AND THAT'S EXTENSIVE PROCESS TO PREPARE FOR THE AUDIT SO THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO THAT AND THEN BY APRIL 24TH IS WHEN WE STARTED OUR AUDIT AND THEN STAFF PREPARES THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. I THINK IT'S ABOUT A 230 PAGE DOCUMENT SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF THAT GOES INTO THA AS WELL. AND THE FIRST FULL DRAFT OF THAT WAS PROVIDED MAY 19TH AND WE ISSUED OUR AUDIT REPORTS JUNE 26 OR JUNE 16TH. SO WHAT WE DO WE DETERMINE THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PRESENTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND ARE FREE OF MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT . HOW DO WE DO IT? ONE OCCURRENCE SO THE THE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE FINANCIAL SUCH AS ASSETS AND REVENUES WE'RE VERIFYING THOSE ARE THE ASSETS AND THE REVENUES OF THE CITY. AND THE FLIP SIDE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SHOULD EVERYTHING OR HAS EVERYTHING BEEN INCLUDED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT SHOULD BE SUCH AS LIABILITIES AND EXPENSES ARE ALL THE LIABILITY FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE CITY INCLUDED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ACCURACY KIND OF CUT OFF MAKING SURE AMOUNTS ARE RECORDED AT THE CORRECT YEAR IN THEORRECT ACCOUNTS THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO THE RESULTS IN UNMODIFIED OPINIO OR A CLEAN OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THAT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF OPINION THE CITY CAN RECEIVE THE NEXT REPORT A REPORT AN INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING SO WE GAIN AND OF THE CITY'S INTERNAL CONTROLS EXAMPLES OF CONTROLS AND APPROVAL OVER DISBURSEMENTS APPROVAL OVER THE BANK RECONCILIATION IDEAL SEGREGATION OF WHICH IS ENSURING THAT NO ONE PERSON HAS TOO MUCH RPONSIBILITY IN ANY GIVEN AREA YOU KNOW MAKING SURE THERE'S A SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES IN THERE AND ALSO A REVIEW OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION TO DETECT ANY ERRORS AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE FINDING KIND OF TRIGGERS FROM OR EVOLVES FROM AN AUDIT ONE FINDING RELATED TO TWO ITEMS WE DETECTED DURING THE AUDIT FINANCIAL STATEMENT CORRECTIONS IS THE NAME OF THE FINDING IT'S THE MOST COMMON FINDING WE GIVE AS AUDITORS AND IT REALLY MEANS W DETECTED SOMETNG TT STAFF DIDN'T PRIOR TO THE AUDIT SO IT WAS CORRECTED DURING THE AUDIT THE TWO ITEMS THERE WAS AN ASSESSMENT THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2018 THAT THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF THE ASSESSMENT AS FAR AS REVENUE SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT THAT TIME BUT SINCE THEN IT'S BEEN RECORDED THE THAT'S BEEN RECORDED IS THE AMOUNT THAT'S DUE EVERY YEAR. SO IT'S REALLY A TIMING OF THE REVENUE YOU KNOW EVERYONE HAS BEENILLED CORRECT OVE THE PAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS BUT AGAIN IT'S JUST THE TIMING WHEN THAT'S HAS BEEN RECORDED ON THE CITY'S BOOKS. THE SECOND ITEM IS WITH THE HRA IS OPPORTUNITY HOUSING FUND. THERE'S A RECEIVABLE FROM A DEVELOPER HERE AND RECEIPTS STARTED TO BEGAN BEING RECEIVED IN 2021 AND THAT RECEIVABLE BALANCE WAS REDUCED FOR THE ENTIRE AMOUNT RECEIVED AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A INTEREST COMPONENT OF THAT PAYMENT THAT W BEING RECEIVED THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CODED TO INTEREST INCOME RATHER THAN REDUCING THE PRINCIPAL ON THE AMOUNT THE ALONE. SO WE CORRECTED THAT AGAIN THE CORRECT AMOUNT WAS RECEIVED IT WAS JUST THE ACCOUNTING FOR THAT SO A COUPLE OF CORRECTIONS NOT ALL THAT UNCOMMON AND TO HAVE CORRECTIONS DURING THE AUDIT BUT THEY'RE FIXED NOW AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT REPORT A REPORT ON MINNESOTA LEGAL COMPLIANCE THE STATE AUDITOR ISSUES A GUIDE OF SEV SECTIONS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AS PART OF THE AUDIT. YOU CAN SEE THE SEVEN SECTIONS LISTED THERE AND SO THERE'S A LARGE VARIETY OF STATUTES THE CITY MUST AS YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH. SO WE'RE TESTING FOUR OF VARIETY OF ITEMS ONE OF ITEMS FOR DEPOSITORIES OF PUBLIC FUNDS. WE'RE WE'RE TESTING TO MAKE SURE THE CITY HAS SUFFICIENT COLLATERAL ON ITS DEPOSITS. YOU KNOW, A MONTH OR TWO AGO WE HEARD OF A FEW SIGNIFICANT BANK FAILURES. WELL, IF THE CITY'S BANKS EVE TO FAIL WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR MONEY, THE CITY HAS A SECONDARY LEVEL OF INSURANCE OR COLLATERAL ON THOSE. SO WE'RE TESTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY HAS THAT EXTRA LEVEL OF INSURANCE REALLY AND IT DOES THERE'S ALSO STATUTES RELATING TO BIDDING AND WHEN YOU ISSUE DEBT AND TAX INCREMENT AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT THE CITY IS INVOLVED WITH THE RESULTS NO COMPLIANCE FINDINGS THE NEXT A REPORT ON FEDERAL COMPLIANCE ALSO KNOWN AS A SINGLE AUDIT WHICH REQUIRE WH THEITY OR ANY ENTY EXPEND MOR THAN 750,000 OF FEDERAL EXPENDITURES. SO THIS IS MORE OF A COMPLIANCE AUDIT TO MAKE SURE THE CITY IS EXPANDING THOSE FUNDS IN ACCORDANCE THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. SO AS PART OF THAT AUDIT WE TESTED TWO PROGRAMS THE SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS PROGRAM AND THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT DOLLARS OR ARPA DOLLARS. SO WE GAINED AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTROLS OVER HOW THAT IS SPENT AND WE TESTED A SAMPLE OF FEDERAL EXPENDITURES AND WE CONSIDERED WHETHER ANY CONTROL DEFICIENCIES WERE DETECTED WHEN CONDUCTING THOSE TESTS AND NO FINDINGS WERE DETECTED . LASTLY, THE LETTER TO THOSE CHARGEDITH GOVERNCE HIGHLIGHTS THAT THERE WAS ONE SIGNIFICANT NEW STANDARD IMPLEMENTED IN 2022 FOLLOWING LEASES AND THAT REALLY RESULTED IN A LEASE RECEIVABLE BEING ON THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT HADN'T BEEN RECORDED IN THE PAST AND THAT'S THE LEASE OF CELL TOWER ANTENNA SPACE AND JUST IN THE FUTURE THERE'S THE GAS BE THE GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD THERE THEY'RE ALWAYS COMING UP WITH ADDITIONAL STANDARDS TO FOLLOW. THERE'S ANOTHER HERE IN 2003 RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUBSCRIPTION ARRANGEMENTS. THERE'S MORE ON THE HORIZON 2024 SO IT'S A CONSTANT LEARNING STAFF MUST GO THROUGH TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THESE STANDARDS. THERE ARE A FEW ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS RELATING THE NET PENSION LIABILITY ONE RELATING TO THESE LEASES I JUST DISCUSSED I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THERE WERE NO DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED DURING THE AUDIT OR DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT . EVERYONE WE WORKED WITH WAS WELL PREPARED AND COOPERATIVE DURING THE AUDIT. AND LASTLY THERE'S A SECTION OF CORRECTED AND UNCORRECTED MISSTATEMENTS. THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT UNCORRECTED ITEMS AND THEN JUST THE TWO THAT I MENTIONED THAT WE DETECTED THAT WERE CORRECTED AND FINALLY A LAST FEW SLIDES RELATING THE FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR 2022 THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND CALLED FOR THE USE OF BUDGET RESERVES OF ABOUT 2.2 MILLION. THE ACTUAL RESULTS THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE INCREASED ABOUT 2.3 MILLION. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THOSE THAT INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE IS NEEDED FOR A VARIETY TOPS A VARIETY OF USES SUCH AS RESERVE REQUIREMENTS ENCUMBRANCES, BUDGET CARRYOVER IS SO THAT'S IT'S THERE'S NECESSARY PLANS FOR THAT MONEY AND A FIVE YEAR HISTORY OF THE GENERAL FUND BALANCES YOU THE COUNCIL'S THE CITY'S PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE IS PROPERTY TAXES WHICH IS RECEIVED AROUND THE MIDWAY POINT OF THE YEAR SO THE CITY NEEDS TO HAVE SUBSTANTIAL OIL CASH AND FUND BALANCE RESERVES ON HAND TO BEGIN THE YEAR AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS SLIDE SHOWS IS THE AND RECEIVING THAT MONEY ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR MAKES SENSE WITH THE FUND BALANCE AS A PERCENTAGE OF ENSUING YEARS APPROPRIATIONS THERE SO THEY FUND BANCE ONAND TO FUND THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF OPERATIONS TO BE ABLE TO PAY THE BILLS AND LOOK AT THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS UP THERE BUT THE THE FIRST LINE THE CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES REALLY SUMMARIZES THE THE CASH THAT THOSE ACTIVITY ARE GENERATING USER CHARGES LESS OPERATING COSTS. BUT THEN WHAT YOU NEED TO KEEP IN MIND WHAT THOSE USER CHARGES ARE OPERATING CASH NEEDS IS IT'S MEANT TO BE USED FOR SUCH AS A PURCHASE OF CAPITAL OR FIXED ASSETS. IT DOES HAVE CASH FOR YOUR DEBT SERVICE IN A VARIETY OTHER TOPICS AND THAT BUT REALLY THE POINT OF THIS SLIDE IS TO SHOW HOW THAT THE PURCHASE OF THAT CAPITAL ASSETS AND THOSE CAPITAL NEEDS CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM YEAR TO AND THAT'S A SUBSTANTIAL DRIVER OF HOW THAT CASH IS USED. SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND ALSO NEXT STEPS WOULD BE A REQUEST FOR THE COUNCIL TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE 2022 AUDIT REPORTS BUT BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL. THANK YOU MR. HEARING COUNSEL QUESTIONS . COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU, MAYOR. DO WE ONLY HAVE THE ONE LEASE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THERE WAS IMPACTED BY THE CHANGE THERE ONLY ONE KIND OF LEASE BUT THERE IS NUMEROUS CELL TOWER LEASES. YEAH OKAY SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROPERTY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT SOMEONE'S LEASING FROM US OR WE'RE LEASING THERE IS SMALLER LEASES SUCH AS A LEASE COPIERS OR A COPIER BUT NOTHING SUBSTANTIAL. NO IN MY UNDERSTANDING THOSE TWO WERE NOT PART OF THE RULE CHANGE. IS THAT RIGHT? IT WAS ONLY THE MORE THE LARGER LEASES CORRECT. THK Y. AN THE ON THE FINDING REGARDING THE DEVELOPER PAYMENT SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THE REVENUE WAS WRONG WE DIDN'T BOOK INTEREST REVENUE AND THEN THE ASSET WAS WRONGLY TOOK ALL OF THE PAYMENT OFF OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT AND DO IS THAT ACCURATE? SO I GOT TWO QUESTIONS THERE. WOULD WE HAVE COLLECTED ALL OF THE MONEY OR WE HAVE STOPPED BILLING WHEN IT SHOWED THAT THERE WAS ZERO? DO THAT MAY NOT BE FOR YOU. I'M AS I KNOW THERE IS A PAYMENT SCHEDULE ASSOCIATED THAT AND CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY YEARS BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT INVOICE WOULD HAVE GONE OUT TO THE DEVELOPER FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE SCHEDULE. IT'S MY ASSUMPTION I CAN'T PREDICT INTO FUTURE BUT OKAY YEAH I SEE MISS ECONOMY SURE THEY'RE COMING FORWARD FROM MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON . THIS IS ON THE HOUSING TRUST FUND OUR FIRST ORIGINAL LOAN AGREEMENTS WITH ELLEN AND MADE THEIR PAYMENTS ON SCHEDULE. IT WAS JUST THE ACCOUNTING OF WHEN THAT PAYMENT CAME IN . THEY PUT IT ALL TO PRINCIPAL INSTEAD OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEST. OKAY, SO YOU'RE CONFIDENT WE WOULD HAVE COLLECTED IT? YEAH. THIS IS GOOD. OKAY. AND THEN BASED ON THE FINDING DID WE REVIEW OTHER LOANS IN THE CITY EITHER THE HRA, THE PORT ITSELF TO SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER SIMILAR ACCOUNTING. IF WE CODED IT ONE WAY ON THIS LOAN WHY WOULD WE HAVE CODED IT DIFFERENTLY ON OTHER LOANS? YES THEY WERE ALL REVIEWED. THIS WAS THE EXCEPTION. OKAY SO THIS WAS THANK YOU. YEP. WELL, I MUST EVERY TIME WE GET THIS PRESENTATION AND WE GET THIS YEARLY PRESENTATION I JUST AMAZED AT FIRST OF ALL THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS GATHERED AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE INFORMATION AND THE DETAIL PULLED TOGETHER BY OUR AUDITORS AND RED PATH IN THIS CASE AND YEAR AFTER YEAR AT MOST THERE ARE TWO ONE OR TWO TECHNICAL ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE CORRECTED AND ARE AND WE MOVE FORWARD AND I THINK THAT SAYS SO MUCH ABOUT OUR OUR NANCE SFF THE WORK THAT THEY PUT IN THE THE DETAIL THAT THEY FOLLOW JUST SO METICULOUSLY AND I THINK IT HELPS US MORE THAN ANYTHING JUST MAINTAIN THAT CONFIDENCE IN THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT YES THE ON AN $86 MILLION GENERAL FUND THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS DOING A DARN GOOD JOB WITH IT. THEY REALLY ARE AND IT SAYS LOT ABOUT STAFF ONCE AGAIN AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT GOES IN . APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT GOES INTO AUDITING AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT ALL IT ALL SHAKES OUT AND AGAIN YOUR LEVEL OF DETAIL WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT LEASES OF CELL TOWERS I MEAN MY GOODNESS GETTING WE'RE GETTING DOWN IN THE WEEDS THERE AND BUT APPRECIATE THAT I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU PUT IN AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO WITH OUR STAFF TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS ACCURATE AND DOES WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO AND I THINK I'M SO VERY HAPPY ONCE AGAIN THAT WE MADE IT THROUGH WITH THIS AUDIT WITH A COUPLE OF TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS BUT CORRECTIONS THATE'RE ABLE TO MAKE ME AND UP WITH A CLEAN OR CLEAN AUDIT ONCE AGAIN. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER COMMENTS. I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION I CAN'T REMEMBER DALLESSANDRO WONDERFUL. JUST IN THE INTEREST OF KEEPING THIS MOVING, I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE CITY'S ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2022 SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND ABOUT COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO ACCEPT THE CITY'S ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2022. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLSE SNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. MR. HARING THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I EXTEND OUR THANKS TO THE FOLKS AT RED PATH FOR THE WORK DONE ON THIS. GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. AND ONCE AGAIN THANKS TO OUR FINANCE STAFF FOR THE OUTSTANDING WORK DONE ON THIS ONCE AGAIN GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANKS SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND I'LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR. VERY GOOD. THE FINAL UNDER OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS IS ITEM 2.5 AND THIS IS AN ASSESSMENT ON THE STATEF HOMELENESS IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND ERICA KUHLMAN OUR ADMINISTRATOR IS GOING TO KICK US OFF ON THIS. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. SO I'LL GET RIGHT TO IT. SO TALKING ABOUT THE STATE OF HOMELESSNESS ASSESSMENT AND WHAT BETTER WAYS TO GROUND YOU IN THE HOUSING CONTINUUM? THIS GRAPHIC THAT I LIKE TO USE BUT I LIKE TO FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON THE AREA THAT WOULD RELATE SPECIFICALLY TO EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND THAT IS THE FIRST THREE ITEMS OF THIS CONTINUUM WHERE IT IS HOMELESSNESS WHICH IS OUTSIDE UNSHELTERED. EMERGENCY SHELTER AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. WHAT I ADDED HERE WAS JUST DIFFERENT TYPES OF SITUATIONS THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE AND OR ALLOW FOR THESE SITUATIONS TO EXIST AND FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FROM THIS SITUATION INTO WHAT MAY CONSIDERED FOR THEM A BETTER SORT OF SITUATION AT THAT TIME. I ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR I USE THE TMINOLOGY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THEY ARE NOT THERE SITUATION OR THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES. SO WE WILL TALK AS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND WE WILL NOT REFER TO PEOPLE THAT BE EXPERIENCING THAT AS HOMELESS. SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE? WELL, IN 2020 WE HAD SOMETHING CALLED A PANDEMIC THAT HAS CONTINUED IN SOME SHAPE OR FORM. BUT YOU ALSO HIRED ME. SO IN 2020 I DID START DURING THAT PANDEMIC AS THE ADMINISTRATOR PRIOR TO ME STARTING THERE WERE THINGS THAT WERE THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE DID RECEIVE A SPECIFIC ALLOCATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CORONAVIRUS DOLLARS. THE INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR AT THAT TIME ALLOCATED THOSE FUNDS FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND THAT WAS WITH FT WE HAD HOTEL USAGE COORDINATION AS THERE WAS AROUND THE HOTELS BEING USED FOR CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITIES WITH SUPPORT SERVICES DUE TO THE PANDEMIC PEOPLE COULD NOT BE VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER AND. THELANNIN DIVISION DID STAR DOING SOME ENGAGEMENT AROUND NEEDS BASED ON THAT HOTEL USE AS COORDINATION. AND SO MOVING INTO 2021 THIS BODY DID PASS RESOLUTION 2111 . THIS WAS THE TEMPORARY PANDEMIC HOUSING PERMIT. THIS A BETTER COORDINATED EFFORT UNDERSTANDING AND INFORMATION SHARING AROUND THE USE OF THOSE HOTELS IN THE NEEDS AS IT DID PULL ON OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH AND OTHER SERVICES OF THE CITY. THE HRA ALSO DID A STRATEGIC PLAN. THE REASON THIS IS IS BECAUSE IN THAT STRATEGIC PLAN WE DEDOMELESSNS AS AN ACTIVITY FOR SERVICES AND RESOURCES. WE ALSO RECEIVED MORE FUNDING THIS BODY APPROVED USING CDBG FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC STREET OUTREACH FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. RENTAL AND OWNERSHIP HOUSING UTILITY ASSISTANCE AND HOUSING NAVIGATORS TO GET PEOPLE THOSE RESOURCES AND SERVICES AS NEEDED. WE INSTITUTED ACROSS PART RENTAL RESPONSE THIS INCLUDED FIRE PUBLIC WORKS POLICE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PLANNING ,HRA MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS AND THIS WAS WORKING WITH STREET OUTREACH IN ORDER RESPOND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND OR KNOW THAT WHEN SOME OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS STAFF MAY BE CUTTING THE GRASS IN SOME OF THE OPEN CITY OWNED AREAS THEY MAY COME ACROSS PEOPLE THAT MAY BE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS MAY BE IN TENTS OR THAT ARE PARKS MAINTENANCE PEOPLE. SO YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT BUT THEY ARE ALSO CONSIDERED FRONTLINE IN SEEING SOME OF THESE THINGS. WE PVIDE A HOUSING RESOURCE POP UP AT THE PREVIOUS HOTEL OWNED DAYS IN FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE EXPERIENCING IT AND THIS BODY APPROVED AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FOR HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE AND PREVENTION TAKES US INTO 2022 WHERE WE DID PARTICIPATE IN THE POINT IN TIME COUNT COORDINATION THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S DONE BY HENNEPIN COUNTY AS REQUIRED AT FEDERAL LEVEL. HISTORICALLY BLOOMINGTON WAS NOT NECESSARILY PARTICIPATED IN AS ACTIVELY IN THAT COUNT SO WE WORKED ON THAT. WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. DID DO NINE EMERGENCY VOUCHERS. THIS COMES FROM THE HOUSING RESOURCE POP UP STARTED. SPECIFIC POPULATION VOUCHERS FOSTER YOUTH TO INDEPENDENTS AND VETERANS WE HAD APPLIED FOR FUNDING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THE STATE DEPARTMENT. THIS FUNDING WENT SPECIFICALLY FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND FOOD SHELF ASSISTANCE. AND THEN WE EXPANDED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT THROUGH THE HRA ASSESSMENT. SO NOW WE'RE IN 2023. WHAT DO WE HAVE THE HRA WILL NOT BE DOING ANOTHER STRATEGIC PLAN BY ITSELF BECAUSE WE ARE A PART BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. WE HAVE REPRESENTATION ON THE HEADING HOME HENNEPIN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THIS IS THE EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR THE OF CARE PLAN WHICH IS FOCUSED STRICTLY ON THE SUPPORTS AND SERVICES OF FOR THOSE HOMELESSNESS THROUGH THE COUNTY. SO BLOOMINGTON IS THE ONLY SUBURB WITH REPRESENTATION ON THAT BODY. WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH HENNEPIN STREETS, THE HOUSING TEAM. WE HAVE MONTHLY RESOURCE COORDINATED RESOURCE FOR SINGLES. THIS IS SINGLE ADULTS AND THIS IS A MONTHLY POP UP THAT HAPPENS AT VEEP IN BLOOMINGTON . WE HAVE COUNTY, CITY AND TRANSIT COORDINATION. WE HAVE RELAUNCHED BLOOMINGTON HOUSING ACTION TEAM TO FOCUS ON THE WHOLE HOUSING CONTINUUM. WE HAVE BEEN DOING EVICTION PREVENTION CLINICS AND RESOURCE FAIRS. THIS JUST HAPPENED THIS PAST SATURDAY WHICH WAS SUCCESSFUL. THIS IS JUST GETTING THE INFORMATION AND WE HAVE DONE A STATE OF HOMELESSNESS ASSESSMENT. YOU APPROVED IN THE AARP FUNDING. SO THE ASSESSMENT THE PURPOSE IS FOR THE ASSESSMENT TO IDENTIFY EXISTING GAPS AND POSSIBLE DUPLICATIONS OF SERVICES AND THE OVERALL SOCIAL SAFETY NET RELATIVE TO THE COMMUNITY'S DESIRE TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS. THE FIRM THAT WAS SELECTED WAS ANALYTIC INSIGHT. THIS WAS DONE THROUGH A RFP PROCESS. THIS IS A FULL SERVICE RESEARCH FIRM THAT IS WOMAN OWNED AND SMALL BUSINESS. IT HAS 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE PROVIDING STRATEGIC PLANNING PROGRAM EVALUATION. PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH. LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS . AND IT IS LED BY PRESIDENT DR. AMY FLOWERS WHO HAS OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE AND COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ANALYSIS ASSESSMENT AND GAP ANALYSIS AS WELL AS COMPLEX STATISTICAL ANALYSIS. AND SO I'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU DR. AMY FLOWERS GOVENINGR. FLOWERS. WELCOME TO ADVANCE AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ADDRESS THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE AS HOMELESSNESS HAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BRIEF NONRECURRING AND RARE AND THE ACTIONS THE CITY ARE TAKING IS TAKING AND ARE MOVING IT TOWARD THAT DIRECTION. MY PRESENTATION THIS EVENING STARTS WITH THE FOUNDATION OF THE CURRENT STATE OF HOMELESSNESS IN BLOOMINGTON. SO I'M GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU SOME DATA ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF WHAT THE PROBLEM IS HOMELESSNESS. I HAVE A FEW RECOMMENDATIONS AND NEXT STEPS TO OFFER FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I BELIEVE ERICA ALSO HAS DONE SOME WORK ON THIS TOPIC. SO STARTING OUT WITH THE CURRENT STATE OF HOMELESS HOMELESSNESS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON THERE ARE A FEW DATA SOURCES THAT I WANTED TO EXPLAIN BEFORE WE GET STARTED . I DID SOME KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS WITH PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE SERVICES HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND ALSO IN HENNEPIN COUNTY. MOST OF THE ANALYSIS THOUGH IS BASED ON SECONDARY DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE. THAT INCLUDES THE CENSUS SOME HARD DATA. THE HMAS WHICH IS A SYSTEM OF COLLECTING INFORMATION ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RECEIVING SERVICES WHO ARE EITHER EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. ERIKA MENTIONED THE PIT COUNT THE POINT IN TIME COUNT WHICH IS A THAT'S DONE OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING ON A SINGLE NIGHT IN JANUARY. EACH YEAR IN THE COUNTY AND ALSO THAT HOMELESSNESS INVENTORY COUNT WHICH IS A COROLLARY TO THE PIT THAT EXAMINES THE NUMBER OF BEDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. SO STARTING OUT WITH THE HOUSING INVENTORY COUNT, THE NUMBER OF BEDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN HENNEPIN COUNTY BECAUSE THERE IS NO CURRENT SHELTER IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THAT THERE ARE 11,000 OVER 11,000 YEAR ROUND BEDS THAT INCLUDE 1400 ROUGHLY FAMILY UNITS WITH ABOUT 5000 BEDS AVAILABLE FOR FAMILIES EXPERIENCING. THERE ARE OVER 800 BEDS FOR CHRONIC 763 FOR VETERANS 645 FOR YOUTH. AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS COMPARE THAT TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESSNESS TO SEE IF THOSE ARE ADEQUATE. AND THESE NUMBERS THIS IS FOR THE HEAD COUNT FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY AGAIN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE NUMBERS SPECIFIC TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO OVERALL IN THE COUNTY THERE ARE ABOUT 2678 PPLE EXPERIENCI HOMESSNESS TOTAL AMONG THOSE 685 ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18. AND IN THIS SLIDE BROKEN DOWN BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN EMERGENCY SHELTERS TRANSITION HOUSING AND THOSE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED. AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE AMONG THOSE WHO ARE IN EMERGENCY SHELTERS, 30% ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 AS COMPARED TO THE TOTAL WHICH IS JUST 25%. SO YOUTH ARE ACTUALLY OVERREPRESENTED IN THE EMERGENCY SHELTERS. WHEREAS IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCED WHO ARE UNSHELTERED JUST 1% ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18. SO IF YOU'RE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 AND EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, IT'S LIKELY THAT YOU'RE EITHER IN AN EMERGENCY SHELTER IN THE COUNTY OR IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING BUT LESS LIKELY THAT YOU WOULD BE UNSHELTERED IN CONTRA COST THOSE OVER THE AGE OF 24. 90% THEY MAKE UP 90% OF THE UNSHELTERED POPULATION. SO THAT TENDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF AN OLDER IN TERMS OF RACE AND THERE IS SOME REALLY STARK DIFFERENCES TO OBSERVE. AFRICAN-AMERICANS COMPRISED 88% OF THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE COUNTY EVEN THOUGH THEY ONLY AMOUNT TO ABOUT 15% OF THE POPULATION OVERALL. SO THERE ARE TREMENDOUS SOLELY OVERREPRESENTED IN THE HOMELESSNESS POPULATION. AMONG THOSE AFRICAN-AMERICANS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THEY'RE ALSO MUCH MORE LIKELY TO BE UNSHELTERED TODAY AS COMPARED TO JUST 25% OF ASIANS 20% OF THOSE WHO ARE MULTI RACIAL. 22% OF HISPANICS AND JUST 1% OF THE UNSHELTERED HOMELESS POPULATION WHITE. AND THEN OVERALL 9% OF THOSE EXPERIENCING HELESESS ARE HISPANIC IN THE COUNTY THE SLIGHT OVER REPRESENT NATION COMPARED TO THEIR POPULATION OVERALL. NEXT LOOKING AT THE HMAS DATA NOW WE'RE LOOKING WE'RE TURNING FROM LOOKING THE POPULATION OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING IN THE COUNTY IN GENERAL TO THOSE WHO ARE RECEIVING SERVICES AND SO THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM OR HMAS COECTSATA ONHE PROVISION OF HOUSING AND SERVICES TO THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND ALSO THOSE WHO ARE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. IT'S OVERSEEN BY HUD AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. BUT IT'S CONDUCTED LOCALLY BY THE COAST THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR THE COUNTY. SO IN HENNEPIN COUNTY THE CRC DOCUMENTED 14,000 HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVING HOMELESSNESS WHICH WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE OVER 2020 NUMBERS 172 INDIVIDUALS AMONG THOSE IN THE HENNEPIN COUNTY SYSTEM ARE 172 INDIVIDUALS LISTED THEIR LAST CITY OF RESIDENCE AS BEING BLOOMINGTON AND SO THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE NEEDS OF THE CITY BLOINGTONS BY LOOKING AT TSE IN THE COUNTY SYSTEM WHO SAY THAT THEY WERE LAST RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO IN THESE NEXT SLIDES THESE ARE LOOKING AT JUST THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO SAID THAT THEIR LAST RESIDENCE WAS THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND ARE RECEIVING SERVICES IN THE COUNTY. SO FIRST IN REGARD TO GENDER, ALMOST HALF OF THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO ARE FROM BLOOMINGTON ARE FEMALE SO THERE'S AUT A 5% FEMALE TRANSGENDER POPULATION AND THE REMAINDER WERE MALE THAT'S A LARGE PROPORTION OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO ARE FEMALE AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE YOU SEE THAT HALF OF THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS SAY THAT THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. SO THERE'S A STRONG RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THOSE TWO IN HENNEPIN COUNTY, THE PEOPLE RECEIVING SERVICES THERE WHO WERE FORMERLY BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS ABOUT 8% WERE HISPANIC AND I HAVE TO PUT ON MY GLASSES TO SEE SOME OF THESE NUMBERS NOW THE BLACK OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION WAS ABOUT PERCENT AGAIN A GREAT OVERREPRESENTATION COMPARED TO THE POPULATION AND I HAVE SOME OF THE CENSUS NUMBERS JUST FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES HERE NEXT AMONG THE PEOPLE RECEIVING SERVICES, 28% WERE WHITE COMPARED TO 69% IN THE COUNTY OVERALL WHEN IT COMES TO AGE AND DISABILITY, ALMOST HALF OF THE PEOPLE RECEIVING SERVICES WHO ARE FROM BLOOMINGTON HAD SOME KIND OF A PHYSICAL DISABILITY AND WITH REGARD TO AGE AT ENTRY TO THE SERVICES THAT THEY WERE CEIVING UNDER 18 WAS 28% SO ALMOST ONE IN THREE STARTED RECEIVING SERVICES TO HOMELESSNESS WHEN THEY WERE UNDER THE AGE OF 18. IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT OVER THE AGE OF 55 THERE ARE 13% THAT'S ALMOST ONE IN SEVEN OF THE PEOPLE IN HENNEPIN COUNTY FROM BLOOMINGTON EXPERIENCING WERE OVER THE AGE OF 55 IN TERMS OF THE SERVICES BEING RECEIVED, 24% WERE RECEIVING EMERGENCY SHELTER WHICH INDICATE A STRONG NEED FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR EMERGENCY SHELTER HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AS WELL PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND PERMANENT HOUSING WITH SERVICES TOGETHER MAKE ABOUT 40% OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING RECEIVED. SO AGAIN VERY STRONG NEED RELATED TO HOUSING ESPECIALLY HOUSING SUPPORTED BY ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO HELP KE SE THATEOPLE ARE ABLE TO TO MAINTAIN HOUSING AND THAT IT'S IN DURING FOR THEM HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION WAS ALSO NEEDED FOR ABOUT 12% OF THE PEOPLE PRIOR TO ENTRY THE HENNEPIN COUNTY SHELTER MOST 30% CAME FROM AN ANOTHER SHELTER INCLUDING THE HOTEL MOTEL PAID FOR WITH THE S VOUCHER WHICH THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON HAD BEEN PROVIDING PREVIOUSLY 20% ARE ALMOST ABOUT ONE IN FIVE CAME FROM A PLACE NOT MEANT FOR IN OTHER WORDS THEY WERE IN AN UNSHELTERED ENVIRONMENT 12% WERE IN RENTALS TO BEING HOMELESS SO THAT THEY HAD EITHER OTHER ONGOING HOUSING SUBSIDY TO HELP THEM THAT'S THAT 12% BUT ANOTHER 10% WERE A RTAL WIT NO ONGOING HOUSING SUBSIDY. SO TOGETHER THOSE TWO ARE ABOUT 25% OF THOSE EXPRESSED FINANCING HOMELESSNESS WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN IN RENTAL SITUATION OF THEIR OWN 20% WERE UNSHELTERED 30% HAD PREVIOUS SHELTER OR A HOTEL VOUCHER. SO THIS REALLY SHOWS THAT SOME SOME OF THE THE STAGES OF HOMELESSNESS IF SOMEONE IS IN DANGER AND IS VULNERABLE TO HOMELESSNESS, IT CAN OFTEN BE STOPPED WITH A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY IF SOMEONE IS IN DANGER OF EVICTION FROM AN APARTMENT OR IS LOSING THE SERVICE IS THAT KEEP THEM IN THEIR STABLE HOUSING AT THAT POINT INTERVENTION AT THAT POINT CAN BE VERY EFFECTIVE AND VERY LOW COST JUST A FEW MONTHS LATER AFTER THAT PERSON HAS BEEN EVICTED AND HAS EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS. THEY TEND TO SNOWBALL BECAUSE THE HOMELESSNESS IS A VERY STRESSFUL AND DIFFICULT THING THEM THEY TEND TO LOSE POSSESSIONS, THEY LOSE ASSETS OTHER WAYS COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO THEM AND AT THAT POINT IT CAN BE A VERY COSTLY AND VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THEM BACK INTO STABLE HOUSING. SO WHENEVER POSSIBLE IT'S BEST IF INTERVENTION CAN TAKE PLACE BEFORE HOMELESSNESS OCCURS OF T NEEDS OF BLMINGN RESIDENTS WHO ARE THERE IN THE SHELTERS EMERGENCY SHELTER WAS THE MOST COMMON NEED AT 24% ONE IN FOUR NEEDED EMERGENCY SHELTER THERE ARE OFTEN BARRIERS TO TO ACHIEVING EMERGENCY SHELTER. SOMETIMES SHELTERS ARE RUN BY FAITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAKE REQUIREMENTS ON PEOPLE TO ATTEND SERVICE IS THAT THEY'RE UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO ATTEND . PEOPLE SOMETIMES HAVE SUBSTANCE USE PROBLEMS AND NOT ALL SHELTERS WILL ACCEPT THEM UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS THERE IS A MOVEMENT CALLED HOUSING FIRST THAT SAYS THAT YOU NEED TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING ISSUE BEFORE YOU CAN ADDRESS YOUR SUBSTANCE USE NEEDS THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR SOMEONE WHO'S EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AT THAT TIME TO ADDRESS SOMETHING LIKE SUBSTANCE USE NEED OR EVEN TO TO MAKE ACCESS A MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED UNTIL THEY HAVE A STABLE PLACE TO LIVE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND PERMANENT HOUSING SERVICES COUNTED FOR A LARGE PROPORTION OF NEEDS THAT WERE THERE AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION FOR MORE THAN ONE IN TEN PEOPLE NOW TO LOOK AT BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS ARE NOT HOMELESS WHO ARE RENTERS CURRENTLY GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD OR GRABBY IT'S AS IT'S OFTEN CALLED IS A GOOD MEASURE OF SEONE'S STABILI IN RENTAL ENVIRONMENT AND THERE'S A BROADLY ACCEPTED RULE THAT 30% OF A PERSON'S HOUSEHOLD INCOME SHOULD NO MORE THAN 30% SHOULD GO TO PAY FOR THEIR RENT OVER 30% THEY'RE OFTEN IN DANGER OF GETTING BEHIND IN RENT AND THEN EVENTUALLY BEING EVICTED AND EVEN THE 30% RULE HAS COME UNDER A LOT OF CRITICISM LATELY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THE INFLATION THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN RECENT YEARS FOR STUDENT LOAN DEBT THAT IS STARTING TO RECUR AGAIN AS STUDENT LOANS BECOME DUE AGAIN AND FOR RISING HEALTH CARE COSTS WHICH WITH MEDICAID REDETERMINATIONS IS SOMETHING PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LOSING THEIR MEDICAID IN FUTURE AND THAT'S ALSO AN ADDITIONAL COST THAT TAKE AWAY FROM THEIR ABILITY TO KEEP UP WITH RENT. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF RENTERS IN BLOOMING TENN WHO ARE PAYING 30% OR MORE WE SE THAT ALMOSTALF OF BLOOMINGTON RENTERS PAY MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME IN WHICH IS A TREMENDOUSLY DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE 40% PAY 35% OF THEIR INCOME OR MORE AND THAT'S THEIR HOUSEHOLD INCOME. WHEN WE LOOK AT BLOOMINGTON'S VETERANS WE ALSO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A VULNERABILITY IN THIS AREA. SO BLOOMINGTON TENDS TO HAVE VETERANS WHO ARE A LITTLE BIT OLDER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. YOU CAN SEE THAT BY THE WARS THAT THEY PARTICIPATED IN IN THE GULF AND IRAQ WARS THERE'S A LOWER THAN AVERAGE NUMBER OF VETERANS IN BLOOMINGTON. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS ARE ALMOST THREE TIMES THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. IT'S A SMALLER PERCENTAGE BUT IT'S IT'S QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN AVERAGE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE LIKEWISE KOREA WAR AND VIETNA VETERANS AREIGHER THAN THEIR PROPORTION IN THE U.S. GENERALLY. SO THE VETERAN POPULATION ALSO OLDER AND MORE VULNERABLE TO HOMELESSNESS SOME OF THE QUICK FACTS THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY FACTS THAT I THOUGHT INTERESTING WITH REGARD TO THIS ISSUE THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN BLOOMINGTON IS ABOUT $80,000 MEDIAN GROSS RENT 1300 DOLLARS AONTH. ABOUT 8% OF BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS CURRENTLY LIVE IN POVERTY AND 7% LIVE IN OCCUPIED UNITS. WE HAVE NO AVAILABLE AND TRANSPORTATION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN AN OCCUPATION THAT FOR YOUR RENT AS WELL AS TO ACCESS SERVICES THAT BE NEEDED INCLUDING HEALTH SERVICES THE RENTAL VACANCY RATE IS THREE AND A HALF PERCENT WHICH IS VERY L. 'S A TIGHT RENTAL MARKET OUT THERE SO IF YOU ARE IN STABLE HOUSING YOU KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO HOLD ON TO IT BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO FIND A NEW PLACE TO LIVE 8% ALMOST ONE IN TEN PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY UNDER THE AGE OF 65 YEARS OLD. AGAIN PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY ARE OFTEN VULNERABLE TO HOMELESSNESS 2% OF OCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS LACKED COMPLETE KITCHEN FACILITIESND ALMOST 2% LACKED COMPLETE PLUMBING FACILITIES. SO AGAIN THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING REALLY IN AN SUBSTANDARD ENVIRONMENT AND ARE VULNERABLE TO LOSING EVEN THAT MUCH SHELTER THAT THEY HAVE. SO A FEW RECOMMENDATIONS. THE FIRST IS ALONG THE LINES OF PREVENTION AS I MENTIONED IT'S MUCH EASIER, IT'S CHEAPER AND IT'S BETTER FOR THE PERSON . HOMELESSNESS CAN BE PREVENTED AND ONE OF THE WAYS TO PREVENT IT IS THROUGH PREVENTING EVICTIONS OFFERING SERVICES, LEGAL SERVICES, OTHER AID TO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN DANGER OF BEING EVICTED. RENT STABILIZATION IS ALSO IMPORTANT AS RENTS GOING HIGHER AND HIGHER WAGES ARE NOT KEEPING UP WITH THEM AND IT LEAVES MANY PEOPLE VULNERABLE TO HOMELESSNESS. AN EMERGENCY SHELTER COULD BE VERY IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT IN SOME OF THE INTERVIEWS THAT I DID THAT OFTEN COMMUNITIES IT'S A CONCERN OFTEN WITH COMMUNITY THEY THINK IF THEY BUILD AN EMERGENCY SHELTER PEOPLE WILL BE ATTRACTED FROM OTHER AREAS TO COME TO THE SHELTER BUT THE TRUTH IS WHEN SOMEONE IS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THEY OFTEN HAVE FAMILY OR OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM. THAT FAMILY AND AND THE SUPPORT NETWORK THAT THEY HAVE IS ALSO OFTEN VERY MUCH ON THE NE IN TERMS OF POVERTY. SO THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO OFFER SOMEONE YOU KNOW, A SON OR A BROTHER OR A FRIEND THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO OFFER HOUSING TO THAT PERSON TO SAY YOU COME AND STAY WITH ME. BUT THEY CAN OFTEN OFFER OR DO OFTEN OFFER FOOD FOR EXAMPLE OR A RIDE TO GET SOMEWHERE WHEN THEY'RE SO PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO DIP IN AND OUT OF HOMELESSNESS WHO BECOMEOMELESSNS HOMELESS BRIEFLY THOSE KINDS OF RESOURCE THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING OFTEN DO NOT WANT TO GO TO A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY . THEY WANT TO STAY WHERE THEY ARE. SO EVEN SOMEONE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON WHO HAS TO GO TO MINNEAPOLIS TO A SHELTER IN ORDER TO TO HAVE A PLACE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT THAT OFTEN MEANS THEY'RE GIVING UP RESOURCES HERE THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE AVAILABLE TO THEM. SO ANMERGEN SHELTER THAS A LOCATION THAT'S FAMILIAR AND THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE PEOPLE . HOMELESSNESS IS VERY IMPORTANT. THE LOW OR NO BARRIER ASPECT IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT IF. THE BARRIERS ARE TOO GREAT THEN PEOPLE MAY NOT USE SHELTER IT MAY BE MORE CONVENIENT OR EASIER FOR OR JUST MORE POSSIBLE FOR THEM IF SOMETHING LIKE A CRIMINAL CONVICTION IS GOING TO KEEP THEM OUT OF BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THAT SHELTER. AND THEN LASTLY THE LINKAGE TO SERVICES IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS AREA TO THAT EMERGENCY SHELTER IS IMPORTANT AND BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR MOST PEOPLE THEY NEED TO BE PLACED INTO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND MANY NEED ADDITIONAL TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT AND TO MAKE IT WORK FOR TRANSPORTATION IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT AND SOME COMMUNITIES OFFER FREE FAIR ROUTES WHERE A BUS OR A TRANSPORTATIONILLE FREE FOR PPLE WHEN IT GOES TO THE CENTRAL AREA WHERE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET FROM OUTLYING AREAS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED. PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER CITIES AND SERVICES IS ALSO IMPORTANT SO THAT PEOPLE WHO DO NEED TO GO TO MINNEAPOLIS TO ACCESS THIS SHELTER THERE CAN GET BACK AND FORTH CAN COME BACK TO SEE THEIR MOTHER SOMEONE ELSE WHO IS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP AND LIKEWISE PARTNERSHIPS WITH BUSINESSES. BUSINESSES OFTEN HAVE A STAKE HOMELESSNESS TOO SOMETIMES I'VE HEARD FROM OWNERS OF BUSINESSES WHO'VE KNOWN EMPLOYEES WHO'VE BECOME HOMELESS AS THEY'RE WORKING BECAUSE PART WORK OR LOW WAGE WORK ISN'T ALWAYS ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN SOMEONE IN HOUSING. ALSO BUSINESSES HAVE AN INTEREST IN NOT HAVING THEIR CUSTOMERS ENCOUNTER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND OFTEN THERE THEY CAN OFTEN ENGAGED IN THE FIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT HOMELESSNESS IS BRIEF AND NON-RECURRING. AND THEN LASTLY ADVOCACY EFFORTS YOU HAVE TO BRING THAT COMMUNITY ALONG WITH YOU AND AS THE COMMUNITY STATION CONSULTANT WAS EXPLAINING, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH RESIDENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SERVICES ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS ABOUT HAVING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHO IS EXPERIENCING IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS PEOPLE WHO ARE DIFFERENT FROM THEM PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING SUBSTANCE PROBLEMS. IT ALSO INCLUDES MANY PEOPLE SUCH AS THE RENTERS WHO ARE VULNERABLE TO HOMELESSNESS AND ALSO THAT KIND ADVOCACY CAN HELP BUILD SUPPORT FOR AN EMERGENCY SHELTER. AND LASTLY, AS AN ADVOCAC EFRT IN MINNEAPOLIS THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED THE STABLE HOME STABLE SCHOOLS EFFORT WHICH IDENTIFIES THROUGH THE SCHOOLS CHILDREN AND FAMILY WHO ARE AT OF HOMELESSNESS AND CONNECTS THEM WITH RENT STABILIZATION, WITH EVICTION PREVENTION SERVICES AND OTHER SERVICES TO HELP PREVENT HOMELESSNESS. BUT THEY GO THROUGH THE SCHOOLS IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY FAMILIES THAT ARE VULNERABLE TO HOMELESSNESS AND IT'S BEEN AERY EFFTIVE PROGRAM AS WELL. SO I THINK THAT'S THE LAST OF MY SLIDE. IT'S IT'S MY CLICKER. IT'S A OH NO HERE WE THERE'S A FEW NEXT STEPS ID VERSION OF SOME ACTION ITEMS. SO FOR THE CITY AS IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS IDENTIFYING WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT TO DO IN TERMS OF PREVENTION OF HOMELESSNESS AND EMERGENCY SHELTER, TRANSPORTATION AND THE OTHER ITEMS TT ARE NEEDED INVOLVES LOONG AT THE PRIORITIES AND THE FEASIBILITY TIMELINE OF THE ITEMS IN ORDER TO DO SOME STRATEGIC PLANNING TO MAKE SURE THAT HOMELESSNESS IS VERY RARE IN THE CITY AND VERY BRIEF WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN. AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONCERN IN THIS ISSUE AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, DR. FLOWERS. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE MORE THINGS BASED ON DR. FLOWERS PRESENTATION AND THE LANDSCAPE WE HAVE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON OF THE WORK THAT IS AND HAS DONE I HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS SO RECOMMENDING THAT WE ALIGN WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY OFFICE HOUSING STABILITY THIS IS OUR PARTNER SO ALIGNING IN OUR PARTNERSHIP UNDER THE CONTINUUM OF CARE PLAN THAT THEY HAVE AND APPLYING THAT SO THAT THERE BE A BLOOMINGTON SPECIFIC CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITY WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR BLOOMINGTON AND HOW WILL THAT OPERATE AND BE MANAGED? ONE OF THE THINGS IN ALIGNING WITH OUR HENNEPIN COUNTY PARTNE IS THAT THEY RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THESE TYPES OF SERVICES ACTIVITIES BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A NETWORK OF PARTNERSHIPS FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS BECAUSE IN LOOKING AT A CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITY WHO GOING TO OPERATE AND WHAT DOES THAT COST LET ALONE WHERE IS IT GOING TO BE LOCATED? IS IT GOING TO HAVE TO BE BUILT IS IT GOING TO HAVE TO BE RETROFITTED? ALL THOSE THINGS NEED TO HAPPEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PARTNER. IN ADDITION TO THAT A DROP IN CENTER OUTREACH RESOURCES WARMING AND COOLING LOCATIONS WARMING AND COOLING LOCATIONS AND RESOURCES ARE ALREADY LED BY HENNEPIN COUNTY BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS THE COMMUNICATION OF THOSE LOCATIONS RIGHT HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND A DROP IN CENTER WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS NEW. EXPAND OUR RESPONSE AND PREVENTION SERVICES SO THIS IS ON WORK THAT IS ALREADY BEING DONE. I MENTIONED ABOUT OUR FOSTER YOUTH INDEPENDENCE AND OUR HUD VASH VOUCHERS WHICH A VETERANS. THESE A POPULATION SPECIFIC HOUSING VOUCHERS. I RECOMMEND WE EXPAND THEM WHERE FEASIBLE WHERE DOES THE WHERE FEASIBLE COME FROM BECAUSE THE FUNDING COMES DIRECTLY HUD AND SO THAT IS WORKING WITH HUD TO MAKE THAT WE CAN GET MORE FUNDING FOR MORE POPULATION SPECIFIC VOUCHERS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. THERE ARE SOME PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR DIFFERENT POPULATIONS, SUIVORSDIFFERENT THIS KE THAT WHERE CAN WE EXPAND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE TYPES OF OPERATIONS AS WELL AS CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS OUR DEEPLY AFFORDABLE THIS IS 30% AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW AND LONG TERM HOMELESSNESS UNITS. THESE ARE SPECIAL UNITS THEY'RE CALLED LDH FOR SHORT THAT COME WITH FUNDING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE NEW AND OR EXISTING MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS . WE HAVE SOME HOW CAN WE GET MORE CONTINUE AND EXPAND OUR EVICTION AND FORECLOSURE PREVENTION RESOURCES SERVICES THIS IS EDUCATION THIS IS FUNDING THIS CONNECTION TO RESOURCES AND INFORMATION LOT TIMES IT'S INFORMATION A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW AND THEY DON'T KNOW THEIR RIGHTS. AND THEN BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATION WE ARE ALREADY COLLABORATING VERY WITH BLOOMINGT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON TEMPORARY EMERGENCY REHOUSING EFFORTS AND THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES WE ARE SPEAKING WITH BOMINON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OUR PARTNER IN HENNEPIN COUNTY ABOUT OTHER TYPES OF PROGRAMS FOR ASSISTANCE THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ARE AT RISK OF THEN IMPLEMENTATION. THIS IS IMMEDIATE ACTION STEPS THAT I'M RECOMMENDING TRANSPORTATION AND OUR SUPPORT FOR THOSE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN BLOOMINGTON WHILE WE WORK THROUGH OTHER THINGS WHO CAN WE PARTNER, COMMUNICATE WITH AND COORDINATE WITH ON MAKING THAT THOSE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN BLOOMINGTON SADLY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT HERE BUT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO TRANSIT GET TRANSPORTED TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WHERE THEY CAN GET AND OR SHELTER THAT IS JUST THE REALITY AND THAT IS SOME PLACE THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT AND THEN ADVOCACY AND INFORMATION SHARING THIS IS IMMEDIATE BUT IT'S ALSO ONGOING CONTINUING TO SHARE THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE STATE OF HOMELESSNESS IN BLOOMINGTON WORK WITH OTH PARTNERS ON DIFFERENT STUDIES AND DIFFERENT THINGS ARE HAPPENING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INCLUDED IN THESE COUNTS. BUT THEN ALSO THERE WAS $1,000,000,000 HOUSING BILL PASSED AT THE STATE. LITTLE PIECE OF THAT THAT I SAW IN THE EXPLANATION INCLUDED HOMELESSNESS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AND HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT EITHER HENNEPIN COUNTY OR US ARE ABLE TO APPLY OF THOSE SUPPORTS AND RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON? AND SO WITH THAT I WILL SAY THAT RECOMMENDATIONS ALIGN WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT YOU ALL PASSED THAT I SAID THE HRA WON'T HAVE ANOTHER ONE KNOWN AS BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW ALTOGETHER THAT HAS THE MISSION STATEMENT OF CULTIVATING AN ENDURING REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE AND THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ALIGN WITH CULTIVATING AN ENDURING REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE AND THEY ALIGN WITH THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE TWO WHERE WE WILL ACHIEVE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE INDICES MEASURING THE COMMUNITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL, INDIVIDUAL HEALTH AND STRATEGY THREE THAT WE WILL IDENTIFY AND ALIGN EFFOR ACROSS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY TO LEVERAGE DEVELOP AND MAXIMIZE ASSETS TO ACHIEVE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL OUTCOMES. AND WITH THAT WE CAN STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MISS GOLDMAN. DR. FLOWERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH . TOTAL QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK, YOU THANK YOU FOR THE THOROUGH PRESENTATION. IT'S REALLY NICE TO MEET YOU, DR. MAY I START WITH JUST A COUPLE OF OF DEFINITIONAL QUESTIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TERMS IN HERE THAT I PERSALLYROBABLYIDN'T KNOW. I APOLOGIZE IF I'M TAKING TIME BUT THE DIFFERENCE OR A DEFINITION OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND PERMANENT HOUSING WITH SERVICES. YES. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER ALESSANDRA AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. SO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING IS JUST THAT IT IS HOUSING WHILE SOMEBODY IS COMING OUT OF A PARTICULAR SITUATION WHERE THEY WILL STAY IN THIS TRANSITIONAL TYPE OF COMMUNITY BEFORE MOVING ON TO A PERMANENT. SO IDEAS OF TRANSITIONAL HOUSING COULD BE THOSE THAT ARE SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THOSE THAT ARE IN REENTRY. THEY CAN ENTER INTO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING BEFORE COMPLETELY INTEGRATING INTO SOCIETY. THEN YOU SAID PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PERMANENT HOUSING IS THAT SOMEBODY TYPICALLY THEY CAN LIVE ON THEIR OWN BUT THEY NEED THE SUPPORTS ONGOING. IT DOESN'T MATTER. THEY CAN B IIVIDUALS LIVING ON THEIR OWN BUT THEIR SUPPORTS THAT NEED TO WHETHER IT'S MENTAL HEALTH IT IS PHYSICAL HEALTH WHETHER IT IS NEURODIVERSE THOSE ARE PERMANENT HOUSING. AND SO YOU'LL FIND THAT POPULATIONS THAT NEED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IF THEY LOSE A CARETAKER OR IF THEY LOSE SOMEBODY THEY'RE MORE LIKELY BE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS AND HARDER TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET BECAUSE THEY NEED THAT ONGOING SERVICES NO MATTER WHAT. SO IF THEY'RE MEDAIDR DIFFERENT THINGS GET MESSED UP . THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE A HIGHER RISK POPULATION SO THEY NEED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. AND THEN THE THIRD ONE WAS PERMANENT HOUSING WITH SERVICES. YEAH SO PERMANENT HOUSING WHAT SERVICES MAY NOT BE SERVICES THAT ARE ONGOING 24 SEVEN ALL THE TIME MAYBE I JUST NEED THIS RIGHT NOW TO GET OVER IT. SO THAT COULD BE SOMEBODY ELDERLY, SOMEBODY THAT MAY HAVE A SHORT TERM DISABILITY. IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WOULD BE PERMANENT HOUSING WITH SERVICES AND IT MAY NOT BE LE IIT COULD BE MORE LIKE A COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE MAY BE AN OFFICE AND THEY CAN GO GET THAT BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AS INTENSE AS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. OKAY. SO I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT SOME OF THE DATA WE SAW. ONE WAS YOU MENTIONED THAT OF THE 14,000 HOUSEHOLDS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN ONE STUDY 172 INDIVIDUAL WAS IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS HAVING LIVED IN BLOOMINGTON MOST RECENTLY THAT WAS THEIR LAST ADDRESS. THAT NUMBER SEEMS LIKE A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THAT TOTAL. I'M ASSUMING THAT WE SHOULD MAKE SOME ASSUMPTIONS THAT HOW MANY LIKE WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE NOT COUNTED IN THAT OR MAYBE THEIR LAST RESIDENCY WAS MINNEAPOLIS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY WENT FOR SERVICE BUT THEY FROM HERE LIKE SO THEIR SECOND OR THIRD PRIOR ADDRESS WOULD HAVE BEEN A BLOOMINGTON COMMUNITY ADDRESS. IS THAT A FAIR TO MAKE AND HOW WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT NUMBER THEN IF YOU WERE MAKING ASSUMPTIONS? THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. SO IT DOES SEEM LOW BECAUSE WE DON'T SERVICES AND SO THE QUESTION I BELIEVE IS LAST STABLE ADDRESS AND SO THEY'RE PROVIDING A ZIP CODE BUT IF THEY WERE DOUBLED UP OR IF THEY HAD TO MOVE AROUND AND TRY AND FIND SO A HOTEL IS NOW A STABLE ADDRESS AND WE DO KNOW THAT FOR YEARS HOTELS IN BLOOMINGTON HAVE BEEN USED FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN EXPERICING HOMELESESS AND SO BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO OUT OF THE CITY EVEN THOUGH BLOOMINGTON MAY BE HOME, THEY HAVE TO GO OUT OF THE CITY TO GET SUPPORT AND SERVICES AND OR SHELTER. THEY MAY NOT LIST BLOOMINGTON AS THE MOST RECENT BUT A LOT MORE PEOPLE PROBABLY ARE FROM BLOOMINGTON. AND I WILL SAY THAT THIS INFORMATION CAME IN 2021 I THINK IT WAS WHEN I WAS SPEAKING WITH PROVIDERS IN PARTICULAR THE YMCA AND OTHERS AND THEY WERE LIKE OH BLOOMINGTON THERE'S MANY PEOPLE BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO LEAVE TO GET HELP THEY DON'T IDENTIFIED AS A LAST KNOWN ADDRESS FOR THE HMAS SYSTEM BUT IF YOU START TO TALK WITH PEOPLE YOU FIND OUT THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT ACTUALLY ARE FROM BLOOMINGTON MAYBE RAISED THERE FROM BLOOMINGTON. RIGHT. OKAY. MY LAST QUESTION THEN IS DO WE HAVE ARE ANY OF OUR HOTELS CURRENTLY BEING USED TO SUPPORT FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS? I KNOW I FEEL LIKE OVER THE WINTER TIME WE DID HAVE ONE ONE GRO OF FOLKS THAT WERE AT THE HOLIDAY INN. IS THAT CONTINUING TODAY? I WILL HAVE TO CHECK INTO THAT YOU BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE CITY LED RIGHT. SO I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK IN I ASSUME IT'S WITH OUR PARTNER HENNEPIN COUNTY IF THEY ARE LOOKING VERY GOOD. OKAY. YOU HAVE IF YOU COULD LET ME KNOW I'M WAS BECAUSE WHAT I'M TRYING TO DRAW THE CORRELATION OF IS YOU KNOW ARE THOSE FOLKS OFTENTIMES LIKE DO WE HAVE A SENSE FOR THE THE FOLKS THAT ARE FROM THAT ARE ALSO USING BLOOMINGTON HOTELS. TO YOUR POINT EITHE YOU KNOW AS AN EMERGENCY SHELTER OR FROM FOR ONE OTHER REASON A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING OR YOU KNOW ITEM OR WHATEVER. IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE CAN GET TO THAT DATA EXPLICITLY BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF MAYBE THAT PARTICULAR POPULATION THAT WAS MOST RECENTLY AT THE HOLIDAY INN COULD WE IDENTIFY THEM AS WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEM WOULD IDENTIFY AS BLOOMINGTON? YOU KNOW, BORN AND BRED, BORN AND RAISED OR WHATEVER? YEAH, I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT AND COME TO YOU. OKAY PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND COUNCILMEMBER LMAN, COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I HAD A SIMILAR QUESTION BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TRACKS STUDENTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND I THINK YOU ACTUALLY PRESENTED THIS NUMBER AT SOME POINT WITHIN THE LAST PROBABLY YEAR THEY WERE AT ABOUT 300 AND SO THEN I KIND OF WAS WONDERING THEN, YOU KNOW, IF SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS SOME OF THE FAMILIES ENDED UP IN OR SAINT PAUL BUT I MEAN SOME MAY HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF THE METRO SOUTH OF HENNEPIN COUNTY. RIGHT. AND CARVER SCOTT COUNTY AND SO WOULD THAT ALSO BE A NUMBER THAT WE NEED TO TAKE IN TO CONSIDERATION EVEN IF WE CAN'T GET IDENTIFYING INFORMATION AND CAN I FIND OUT MORE DETAILS BUT I DID ALSO FEEL LIKE THE NUMBER SEEMED A LITTLE LOW BASED ON JUST KNOWING HOW MANY STUDENT EXPERIENCI HOMESSNESSERE TRACKED BYHE SCHOOL DISTRICT . AND THEN I KNOW EVEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BELIEVES THAT'S AN UNDERCOUNT BECAUSE THAT'S ONLY THEY FIND OUT. RIGHT? SO SO THANK YOU MAYOR CARTER. SO IO HAVE A RESPONSE FOR THAT NUMBER ONE BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT WIDE ARE DEALING WITH OVER 600 FARM STUDENTS. HOWEVER, THIS DATA WAS PRESENTED FROM THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM. SO THERE'S THAT ONE LITTLE BREAKDOWN WHEN IT COMES TO GOVERNMENT AND THAT REQUIREMENT PEOPLE HAVING TO BE VULNERABLE AND EXPOSED THEIR SITUATION. I WILL SAY THAT THERE IS A FEAR OF ADMITTING THAT YOU MAY EXPIENCIN HOMELESSNESS WITHOUTH WITH YOUNG CHILDREN THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY LOSE CUSTODY OR AT LEAST AND WE'LL SAY POSSESSION BECAUSE THEY'RE PEOPLE BUT LOSE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE CHILDREN WITH YOU. SECONDLY, THE DEFINITION OF HOMELESSNESS HAS BEEN EXPANDED AND SO THE DEFINITION INCLUDES OUTSIDE UNSHELTERED IN A SHELTER DOUBLED UP AND AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. THAT'S THE WHOLE SPECTRUM AND POPULATION THE BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE WORKING WITH. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT THERE ARE CHILDREN THAT HAVE AGED OUT OF BEING IN A FOSTER CARE SYSTEM HAVE NO SUPPORTS THAT BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS ALSO WORKING WITH SO THERE IS THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HMAS DATA BUT THEN THERE'S ADDITIONAL FROM MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THAT TRACK THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL ACT AS THE MCKINNEY VENTO ACT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO OFFER TRANSPORTATION FOOD CLOTHING SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES BUT FOR STUDENTS TO REMAIN IN SCHOOL TO GET SCHOOLING BUT THEY HAVE TO BE EXPERIENCING OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. AND UNDER THIS FEDERAL ACT YOU GET HELP WITH EVERYTHING BUT ACTUAL HOMES. SO IT'S A QUALIFIER BUT THEY DON'T HELP WITH THE ACTUAL THING. SO THAT'S HOW WE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS FROM BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL. SO IT IS HIGHER THAN THIS DATA THAT OF PEOPLE REPORTING TO HENNEPIN COUNTY PART OF THAT IS WEON'T HAVE T SLTER HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. WE DON'T HAVE THE COORDINATED SERVICES HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. SO WE DON'T HAVE THE ENTITIES REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THAT INFORMATION FOR BLOOMINGTON COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN SIKKEMA CUSTOMARILY TO TELL US I RAISED IT EARLIER IN TERMS OF LOSS THOSE 14,000 IN 20 2021 172 BUT MY QUESTION WOULD BE CERTAINLY THERE THERE'S ING TO BE FOLKS WHO DON'T IDENTI BUT I'M CURIOUS WHAT THAT NUMBER IS FREE DINNER IN RICHFIELD IF WE WERE TO ADD THOSE NUMBERS TOGETHER BECAUSE THAT'S TYPICALLY FROM A HEALTH STANDPOINT THE SAME POPULATION THAT WE WORK WITH SO I'D BE CURIOUS IF THERE'S DATA AROUND THAT THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS AROUND THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH DISABILITY AND I THOUGHT I HEARD MENTIONED THAT THAT WAS PHYSICAL BUT I WAS CURIOUS IF THERE IS A MENTAL OTHER TYPES OF DABILITIES THAT WERE INCLUDED WITH THAT THAT THAT NUMBER AS WELL I KNOW MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES I DO NOT BELIEVE ARE INCLUDED IN THAT CATEGORY SO HOW ARE THOSE ACCOUNTED FOR ? ARE THEY JUST A MISSING OR IS THAT JUST NOT A PART? THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS YEAH, I WOULD SAY THEY'RE MISSING IN THE SENSE THAT THEY'RE NOT CONSIDERED A DISABILITY. OKAY, THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU KNOW SO SURE WHEN YOU LOOK AT POPULATIONS OF VETERANS AND OTHER FOLKS WE DO KNOW THAT THAT'S A DRIVER FOR THOSE THINGS AS WELL SO I'D BE CURIOUS ABOUT THAT AND THEN I SAW THAT THERE WAS A POPULATION SEGMENT THAT OVER 88% OF HENNEPIN COUNTY FOLKS THAT KIND OF FIT IN THIS CATEGORY. AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE I DON'T THINK THAT YOU NECESSARILY HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THIS BUT I AM JUST CURIOUS ABOUT IT. I KIND OF IT'LL KIND OF WORK MY WAY BACKWARDS. YOU KNOW HOW DID HOW DID TSE THISOPULATION EXPIENCE THIS THIS HOMELESSNESS, HOW DID THEY GET THERE? SO MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HEALTH TYPE OF THINGS. YOU KNOW, THE DRIVE, THE EVICTION KNOW JOBLESSNESS, YOU KNOW, LACK OF SALARY. YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY HAVE YOU KNOW YOU KNOW FOLKS WHO I'VE TALKED TO OR YOU KNOW YOU'RE TALKING TO THEM AND THEY'RE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WORKING AT A LIVING IN A HOTEL ROOM AND THEY'RE WORKING FOR SHIFTS. I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT WHAT DRIVES IS THERE ANY EMPIRICAL DATA THAT SHOWS YOU KNOW WHAT E T CAUSESHAT GET YOU TO THAT THAT STANDPOINT AND I GOT ONE LAST LAST QUESTION. THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, I WANT TO JUMP BACK I WILL GET LOOK TO GET THE INFORMATION RICHFIELD IN DINER . BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ONE KEY FACTOR THEY BORDER MINNEAPOLIS. SURE. AND SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER IN OF TRANSPORTATION IN GETTING TO SOME OF THE SERVICES AND RESOURCES ALSO TERMS OF STUDENTS THERE NOWHERE NEAR BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN TERMS OF THE PEOPLE THE STUDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. I CAN GET THOSE NUMBERS FOR YOU. NOW BACK TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHAT MAY BE DRIVING EVICTIONS. ALL OF THE ABOVE PEOPLE ARE IN CRISIS MODE. PEOPLE BEEN IN CRISIS MODE FOR GENERATIONS. IF WE'RE BEING HONEST WHAT IS CRISIS MODE MEAN? IT MEANS THAT THEY MAY NOT MAKE ENOUGH TO MAKE ENDS MEET THAT THE RISING COST INFLATION FOOD GAS UTILITIES RENT ALL MAKES A FACTOR. EY M HAVE RECORD MAKE EVERYBODY MAKES MISTAKES. THEY MAY HAVE A MISTAKE IN THEIR BACKGROUND THEIR CREDIT MAY NOT BE GOOD ENOUGH TO SECURE THEM THEY NEED THEY MAY HAVE DEBTS THEY MAY HAVE MENTAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE THE LEGAL ISSUE OR ASK THE QUESTION OKAY I APPRECIATE THAT ANALYSIS BUT MORE WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE TO BREAK DOWN EITHER THE 80% OR JUST THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT ARE 72 YOU KNOW, X PERCENTAGE YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE DRIVEN BY HEALTH X PERCENTAGE BY HOMELESSNESS KW CRIMINA RECORD. I'M MORE A MORE CURIOUS ABOUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS BECAUSE I THINK AS WE LOOK TO TRY TO YOU KNOW QUICKLY MOVE FOLKS ONE YOU KNOW FROM WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING IN TERMS OF HOMELESSNESS TO YOU KNOW HAVING A HOME OR LIVING IN BLOOMINGTON PERMANENTLY YOU KNOW IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE THAT ARE CAUSING THAT AND SO YOU KNOW AS WE LOOK AT THIS AS A COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE FOLKS, I JU WOULD LIKE TONOW, YOU KNOW THAT DATA EXISTS. WHAT WHAT CAUSES THAT IF THAT IF THAT EVEN EXISTS BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT HELPS FROM A FROM A PUBLIC POLICY STANDPOINT AND I DON'T NEED TO BELABOR IT NOW BUT I AM I AM INTERESTED IN THAT. AND THEN MY LAST HERE BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE WE'RE REALLY CLOSE ON TIME HERE IN THE MIRROR WANTS TO KEEP IT MOVING HERE IS THAT YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW WE'VE WE'VE RAISED THIS MANY A TIMES IN OUR COUNCIL AND IT UNFORTUNATELY HAS HAS TURNED TO A CONVERSATION OF WE'RE JUST GOING TO WORK ON JOBS AND I THINK PART OF THE FEAR I'LL BE BLUNT AND I THINK YOU'VE REFERRED TO IT THAT FLUTTERS WITH THE IDEA OF IF YOU BUILD A CENTER IT'S GOING TO ATTRACT AND BRING PEOPLE HERE, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION AND ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT AND I APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR COMMENT AS A PART OF THIS AND. SO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE IS IN TERMS OF THE OASIS FOR YOUTH IT WAS WE HAVE THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HAVE WE EXPERIENCED THERE FROM A FROM A DATA PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF OF KNOW HOW MANY YOU KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT DRIVE YOU KNOW HOMELESSNESS IN BLOOMINGTON. SO I JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST FOLKS HAVE A FEAR I WATCHED IT WHEN FOLKS CAME IN TO OUR HOTELS. THERE IS THIS PERCEPTION OF CRIME AN INCREASE IN CRIME AND I THINK THAT WE WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT AND BE ABLE TO HAVE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS A THERE'S A PREJUDICE THAT'S THERE ESPECIALLY WITH THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF FOLKS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. SO MORE OF A COMNTARY TO THAT. BUT I WANT TO I WANT TO P THAT THERE. I JUST THINK THAT'S NECESSARY THAT WE WE REALLY TACKLE THAT REALLY ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE I DO THINK THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT FEAR THAT AND SO IT MAKES IT WE WE CAN'T HAVE THE PRODUCTIVE COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH THANK YOU MAY THIS IS PROBABLY JUST ME NOT UNDERSTANDING SO I'M JUST GOING TO ASK IF YOU CAN HELP ME ON SLIDE FOUR TALKED ABOUT THE HOUSING INVENTORY CREDIT AND NOTED THAT THERE'S 11,533 BEDS. THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE PIT UNT AND IT NOTED IN NEED OF 2678 OR ON THAT NIGHT THAT THAT WAS MANY PEOPLE HOW PEOPLE WERE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THOSE ARE NOT APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE SO THE PIT COUNT IS ON ONE NIGHT AND SO THE AVAILABLE ARE SPREAD OUT OVER TIME SO DURING THE PIT COUNT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE EXPIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO ARE IN YOU KNOW, UNSHELTERED CONDITIONS AND ALL AROUND WHEREAS THE AVAILABLE BEDS WOULD NOT BE COUNTED IF THEY WERE IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR EXAMPLE ARE COUNTED AS AVAILABLE BEDS BUT THEY WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE COUNTED THOSE PEOPLE IN THE PACK COUNT. SO THE THE 11,500 INCLUDES OTHER TYPES OF HOUSING FOR PEOPLE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND YES MORE SUPPORT. OKAY. THAT THAT'S WT I AUMED. SO THE FOLLOW UP QUESTION OF THAT IS IS THERE A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE AVAILABLE EMERGENCY SHELTER BEDS IN THE AREA SOMEWHAT BROADLY DEFINED VERSUS THE NEED JUST I MEAN ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS THAT WE LOOK AT EMERGENCY SHELTER IN THE COMMUNITY AND TRY AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT NEED ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE WHAT YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OF BEDS, HOW BIG WOULD BE THAT TYPE OF THING IS THAT NUMBER AVAILABLE? ONE OF THE CHALLENGES TO THAT IS THAT DON'T HAVE GOOD DATA AVAILABLE FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO WE'RE KIND OF JUMPING BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT IN A WAY THAT I THINK IS PROBABLY CONFUSING BETWEEN THE CITY OF BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF MANY AT THE COUNTY AND BETWEEN HENNEPIN COUNTY AND THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO WE WOULD REALLY NEED TO ASSESS IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND AS ERIKA MENTIONED ABOUT THE SCHOOLS, ONE OF THE BEST INDICATORS THAT WE HAVE IS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS PARTLY WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE NUMBERS FOR ADULTS AND SO THE PROCESS WOULD BE AS I MENTIONED, ALIGNING WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY IS REALLY ALIGNING AND TAPPING INTO HENNEPIN COUNTY AND THEIR INFORMATION THEIR STAFF, THEIR RESOURCES. I DON'T HAVE THE HISTORY AND WORKING ON PEAK ON HOMELESSNESS EFFORTS I WORK MORE ON BUILT ENVIRONMENT HOUSIN AFFDABLE HSING. HENNEPIN COUNTY ARE THE EXPERTS IN THIS AND WE'RE IN THEIR COUNTY AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT ORDER TO GET THOSE NUMBERS AND REACH THOSE NUMBERS WE NEED TO TALK TO THEM AND WE NEED TO WORK WITH THEM AND I APPRECIATE THAT. IT'S JUST SORT OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT IS. SO I APPRECIATE THAT THE I DON'T MEAN TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME HERE BUT WHY DID THEY CUT THE AGE OF 24 WHEN THEY DO THE PITCH COUNT? I MEAN BECAUSE TO ME THERE'S THAT THAT'S A LOT OF , YOU KNOW, DIFFERENCE THERE. I MEAN 2 TO 55 IS VASTLY DIFFERENT THAN SOMEONE 75 YEARS OLD THAT IS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN MY MIND. AND I THINK IT GETS TO THE QUESTION OF WHAT'S DRIVING HOMELESSNESS AND IT'S GOT TO BE LARGELY DIFFERENT IN THOSE AGE GROUPS. SO ANY IDEA WHY? I AM NOT SURE WHY THEY CUT OFF BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY DO THIS COUNT ON ONE OF THE NEVER FAILS IN MY OPINION THE COLDEST DAY IN JANUARY BECAUSE OF GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION FROM HUD AND SO THIS IS A REQUIREMENT ACROSS THE NATION THOSE HAVE THE CONTINUUM OF CARE PLANS THAT THEY DO THIS COUNT ON A DATE AND ALSO THE GUIDANCE BECAUSE WE MENTIONED PEOPLE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO COUNT PEOPLE IN SHELTERS. THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO COUNT PEOPLE IN HOTELS. THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO COUNT PEOPLE ARE DOUBLED UP. THEY CAN ONLY COUNT PEOPLE THAT ARE OUTSIDE UNSHELTERED SO SLEEPING IN THEIR CAR OR SLEEPING OUTSIDE AND THAT IS JUST LIKE NOBODY'S DOING THAT ON JANUARY 26TH. SORRY. SO THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT IS SWING THE NUMBERS AND THE COUNT SPECIFICALLY IN MINNESOTA YEAH. SO I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK FOLLOW UP AND THEN ONE OTHER QUESTION. MAYBE THE CITY MANAGER CAN ADD THAT TO OUR FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES TO ASK HUD ACTUALLY COME DURING THAT COUNT AND DO IT WITH PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TO WASHINGTON D.C. IN JANUARY. IT'S IT'S NOT THAT AWFUL SO MY LAST QUESTN RELATED TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SORT OF CAUGHT MY EYE THAT WAS NOT IN THERE IS PUBLIC HEALTH CONSIDERING THAT HAD YOU TALKED ABOUT THE HOUSING PART OF IT, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION BUT YOU ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE SERVICES AND WE ARE UNIQUE TO MANY COMMUNITIES IN THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND ARE THERE SERVICES THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF ADDING INTO HEALTH TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE IN THIS AREA AND SO THAT CAUGHT MY EYEHATT WASN'T ITHERE. THANK YOU, MAYOR BUSSEY AND NELSON, THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. PUBLIC HEALTH IS IN THERE AS I TALK WITH MY COLLEAGUE DR. NICK KELLY QUITE OFTEN AND ALSO PUBLIC HEALTH IS ONE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH IS ONE OF THE COMMISSIONS THAT MAKES UP THE BLOOMINGTON HOUSING ACTION TEAM WHERE THIS A SPECIFIC TOPIC FOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING SURE WE'RE TAKING A HOLISTIC APPROACH WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THE RESOURCES AND SERVICES OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE WAY TO DO THAT IS FOR US TO COLLABORATE AND WORK TOGETHER THAT WAS IDENTIFIED THE HRA ASSESSMENT AS WE SHIFTED FOCUS TO COORDINATE AND COLLABORATE WITH PUBLIC HEALTH FOR SERVICES AND RESOURCES. WE ARE DOING JUST THAT. SO I MAY NOT HAVE CALLED THEM OUT BUT THAT WAS NOT TO LEAVE THEM OUT THAT COUNCILMEMBER MERTEN THANK YOU MAYOR I'LL TRY AND MAKE QUICK HERE JUST AND COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN ALLUDED TO THIS A MOMENT AGO JUST FOR I AM I GUESS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MY MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT IS TO DESCRIBE TO NEIGHBORS AND CONSTITUENTS SO I KNOW AT THE FOOD BANK I WORK AT FOR THE DAY JOB RIGHT NOW IT WAS RECORD NEED BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND ITS CATASTROPHIC NEED NOW AND ALL THOSE FOLKS GETTING OUR FOOD ASSISTANCE, OUR ONE BUSTED TIRE AWAY FROM BEING SO I APPRECIATE THE TIMELINESS OF THIS CONVERSATION BUT I'M WONDERING TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS SPECIFICALLY AROUND SHELTER IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S MORE DATA TO BE GATRED BUT AS WE'RE WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF DISCUSSING FOLKS EXPERICINGOMELESSNS IN BLOOMINGTON NEED OF SAY THAT EMERGENCY SHELTER CONSIDERING THAT WAY WAY BACK I USED TO WORK WITH HERBALIFE SHELTER IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS AND KNOW A GIANT PUSH AT THE TIME WAS COORDINATING SYSTEMS TO BE ABLE TO PEOPLE TO EMPTY BEDS BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE LINES OUT THE DOOR AT ONE SHELTER AND DOWN THE BLOCK THERE HALF EMPTY BUT IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF WINTER AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WALK ALL THE WAY OVER THERE. SO THERE WAS A BIG PUSH AT THE COUNTY LEVEL TOO. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE SYSTEMS BUT LONG STORY SHORT IF WE PUT UP THE SHELTER HERE IS IT WITH THE GOAL OF REDUCE THE NUMBE OPEOPLE EXRIENNG HOMELSNESS THAT ARE CURRENTLY RESIDING IN BLOOMINGTON OR THAT TEND TO WHEN THEY'RE ABLE TO OR IS IT BECAUSE WE NEED ONE MORE ASSET IN A NETWORK THAT'S COORDINATED BY PARTNERS LIKE THE COUNTY AND TO BE ABLE TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM OVERALL WHICH THE MORE WE DO THAT WILL LIFTING TIDE ALL BOATS JUST WHAT'S THE END GOAL HERE BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WE CAN JUST RESERVE IT FOR PEOPLE. YEAH THANK MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN. IT'S THE LATTER IT IS THE END GOAL OF ELIMINATE OF ELEVATING THAT AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR I WAS VERY SPECIFIC IN MY WORDS ABOUT A CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITY. A SHELTER IS A PARTICULAR MODEL. A SHELTER IS ACTUALLY A PARTICULAR MODEL. PEOPLE COME BUT THEY NEED TO LEAVE. SO I WAS VERY PARTICULAR IN USING THAT LANGUAGE BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE WHAT FITS BLOOMINGTON AND WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS. WE KNOW IT'S A BUILT SOMETHING BUT WE DON'T EXACTLY WHAT THAT MODEL IS AND SO IT IS A CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITY THAT I WOULD BE RECOMMENDING AN EXPLORI WHAT THAT CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITY IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND OUR COUNTY PARTNERS AT MINIMUM . COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR THANK YOU SO MUCH ERIKA AND DR. FOWLER FOR DOING THE PRESENTATION THAT WOULD MADE A LOT MORE SENSE ONCE YOU GUYS WERE UP HERE TO ME IN MY END IS MORE OF A COMMENT I THINK THIS ALONG WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT REALLY HIES ARE NEED WE ARE AS WE SAID EARLIER THE BIGGEST SMALL TOWN IN MINNESOTA AND GROWING UP IN A SMALL TOWN I KNOW WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN AND SO THIS PRESENTATION TO ME HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN. WE'RE NOT DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND SO I AM EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO AND TAKING THIS AS A CALL TO ACTION SO THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN PEOPLE. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU MAYOR. SO SIMILAR SENTIMENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. ONE OF THE COMMENTS I JUST WANT I'M GOING TO KEEP IT VERY BRIEF BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE IT'S GETTING LATE BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE REPORT WAS THE SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP AND THE. I WROTE IT DOWN PROBABLY SOME SOME NOTES SOMEWHERE BUT IT'S AN ACTUAL PROGRAM WITH THE SCHOOLS. AND SO I'M KIND OF I'M CURIOUS IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO AND START WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON? I MEAN FOR ME WHEN I SEE ONE IN THREE KIDS IN BLOOMINGTON OUR HOMELESSNESS AND THAT IT'S I THINK 25% OF THE POPULATION I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS IN BLOOMINGTON OR HENNEPIN COUNTY BUT I MEAN I FEEL LIKE THAT IS A A A PARTNERSHIP AND A PROGRAM THAT WE COULD BE PURSUED TO GET QUICK RESULTS ARE NOT QUICK RESULTS BUT TO ME IT'S LIKE A VERY CLEAR STARTING POINT WHERE WE HAVE A NEED. D I ALSO APPRECIATED THAT YOU PUT INFORMATION IN ABOUT VETERANS AND AND THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE PROBABLY ONE OF THE KIND OF THE BEST SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR VETERANS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. SO WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM WHAT THEY'RE DOING KIND OF RIGHT IN THAT SPACE? MAYBE THEY HAVE MORE RESOURCES ,I DON'T KNOW. BUT ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE CAN BE DO LIKE REPLICATING IN OTHER KIND OF AGE GROUPS OR POPULATIONS SEEING HOW WELL THINGS ARE WORKING KIND OF MORE FOR THE VETERAN HOMELESS VETERANS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS APPRECIATE HAVING THE CORRECT LANGUAGE SO. THANK YOU, MAYOR WESLEY AND COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. YES, STABLE HOMES STABLE SCHOOLS IS A PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HENNEPIN COUNTY MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS YMCA AND LANDLORDS AND SO THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THAT PROGRAM THAT HOUSEHOLD STUDENTS ARE IDENTIFIED FROM PARTICULAR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE A HIGHER NUMBER OF HIGHLY MOBILE AND HOMELESS STUDENTS THAT TH MAY RECEIVE A VOUCHER IF THEY HAD THE FUNDING TO SECURE VOUCHER AND OR THERE ARE LANDLORDS THAT ARE WILLING TO TO THOSE HOUSEHOLDS AND THERE THERE IS RENT SUBSIDY. IT TOOK A LOT TO GET THAT PROGRAM UP AND GOING. IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. WELL, I WILL SAY IS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON WE ARE ALREADY DISCUSSION AND TALKS ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS SINCE THIS SESSION CLOSED ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH HENNEPIN COUNTY WITH BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND W WILL ALREADY BE MOVING FORWARD TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN SEE WHAT WILL WORK AND BE A RIGHT SIZE FIT FOR BLOOMINGTON'S NDS. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THANK YOU MAYOR. I'M LOOKING FOR A RESPONSE NOW BUT MAYBE LOOKING FOR LATER ON . BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT IT NOT RIGHTLY OR WRONGLY I KNOW I WENT TO A CONVENTION IN THE CITY BE CAREFUL ABOUT COMPARING OTHER BUT IF YOU LOOK AT COMMUNITIES OF OUR SIZE I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW MANY OTHERS HAVE A BUILDING WHATEVER THAT MAY BE THAT SERVICES YOU KNOW THIS THESE POPULATIONS AND WHAT CAN BE LEARNED BY YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DO YOU KNOW HOW ARE THEY SUCCESSFUL? WHAT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACE SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE IF WE WERE TO KIND OF GO DOWN THIS PATHWAY IN TERMS YOU KNOW WHAT WE WOULD BUILD WHERE WE'D BE. SO KIND OF NOT A QUESTION FOR NOW BUT FOR LATER ON. THANK YOU, MAYOR BUSSEY AND COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, I WILL JUST ADD THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT COMMUNITIES OF OUR SIZE, WE WILL BE LOOKING OUTSIDE THE STATE. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE QUESTIONS COUNCIL. I THINK IT'S GOOD DISCUSSION. JUST ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON COUNCILMEMBER CARTER'S POINT THAT SHE STARTED TO MAKE. I THINK WE'RE HEADED DOWN THE SAME PATH HERE AND STRATEGY THREE HERE YOU TALK ABOUT OR IT TALKS ABOUT ALIGNING EFFORTS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY AND I SEE THE OTHER LANGUAGE TO ALIGN SPECIFICALLY WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY OFFICE OF HOUSING STABILITY AND I GET IT THE $4 BILLION OR WHATEVER IS COMING FROM THE STATE IS GOING SPECIFICALLY THROUGH I I'M ASSUMING THE COUNTY IN THE CULTURE YOU'RE KNOWN THAT'S MINNESOTA HOUSING. MINNESOTA HOUSING. OKAY. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE WE FOCUS IN ONE AREA WE DON'T FORGET ABOUT ALIGNING EFFORTS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE HAVE FAITH ORGANIZATIONS WE HAVE VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS, WE'VE GOT OUR FRIENDS AT CORNERSTONE AND FRIENDS AT OASIS, SO ON. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE USE ALL OF THE RESOURCES AT OUR DISPOSAL TO ATTACK THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO TAKE A COMMUNITY WIDE EFFORT AND NOT SPECIFICALLY JUST ALIGNMENT WITH ONE ORGANIZATION. SO THANK YOU. MAYOR BUSSEY WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE BUT I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. THANK YOU MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING THANK YOU DR. FLOWERS FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. I APPRECIATE IT COUNSEL. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE IN OUR AGENDA OUR CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN HAS THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING. COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN FIRST OFF, I HAVE A LONG SERIES OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT. I JUST WANTO REALLY GET IO SO FAR I ONE HOLD FROM COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND I'LL TOUCH ON IN A MINUTE HERE ON 3.7 I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY OTHER UNLESS ANYBODY HAS SOME LAST MINUTE. OKAY. I WILL MOTION APPROVAL OF ITEMS 3.1 TO 3.6 AND 3.833. 19/2 MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER KERR TO ADOPT THE CONSENT BUSINESS AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL IN FOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYI HEY I OOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND 3.7. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER LOWE HAD JUST ASKED ME TO HOLD THIS. HE HAD WANTED TO VOTE NO ON IT WITHOUT HAVING TO VOTE NO ON THE FULL SLATE OF WHAT I UNDERSTOOD. ALL RIGHT. SO I AM HAPPY, MAYOR, TO MOVE 3.7 I WILL MOVE THAT WE ADOPT A RESOLUTION THE PROPOSED CITY CODE TEXT AMENDMENT TO ALLOW K-12 SCHOOLS AS A CONDITIONAL USE IN THE I TO LIMITED AND INDUSTRY ZONING DISTRICT SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO ACCEPTTEM 3.7 AND TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS FROM THE COUNCIL ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED NO MOTION MOTION CARRIES FIVE TWO WITH MORE AND LOWMAN VOTING NO VERY GOOD THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR ON OUR AGENDA THESE ARE OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES HAVE TWO OF THEM THIS EVENING AND A 4.1 IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE MODIFYING THE PARTIAL VACATION OF . LINDA LANE MR. KIEHL, GOOD EVENING. WELCOM MEETING MAYOR CASTLE THIS IS AN ITEM THAT IS ASSOCIATED THE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL BY THE MALL OF AMERICA HOLDING COMPANIES FOR THE WATER PARK OF AMERICA VIEW IS A SERIES OF VACATIONS NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE THAT DEVELOPMENT QUITE COMPLICATED FRANKLY HAVING TO DO WITH THE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS LINDEN LANE AND THE LOCATION OF BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UTILITIES. AND SO IT IS QUITE AN EXTENSIVE AND COMPLICATED VACATION PROCESS. THAT ORIGINAL OINANCE WAS SET TO EXPIRE TOMORROW AND THE BALL COMPANIES HAS ASKED THAT WE EXTEND THAT UNTIL THE END OF 2024 TO ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO SEARCH FINALIZE THE FINANCING FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT THEREFORE TO PURSUE OR TO COMPLETE. SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS. SO WHAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING AS AN EXTENSION OF WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN NO MODIFICATIONS, NO ADDITIONAL ISSUEST ALL BUT JUST EXTENDING WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE IS CORRECT. VERY GOOD COUNSEL QUESTIONS ON THIS. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO VERY GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I CAN'T SEE YOU. IS THAT HAVE WE DONE THIS BEFORE? GENERALLY SPEAKING IT'S A FAIRLY COMMON PRACTICE I ASSUME. IF SO, IS IT NORMAL THAT IT'S FOR THIS LONG? I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS IF WE'RE MAKING I WOULD ARGUE THAT IT IS NOT A COMMON PRACTICE. WE DON'T HAVE MANY DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THAT ONE. FIRST OFF, THAT AS COMPLICATED AS THIS ONE BUT ALSO THAT TAKES SO LONG TO KIND OF FINALIZE WHETHER THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD OR NOT. SO I WOULD SAY IT'S NOT A COMMON PRACTICE. WE DON'T HAVE TYPICAL APPLICATION PROCESS TO COVER THIS KIND OF THING. SO IT IS JUST A MODIFICATION TO THE ORIGINALLY APPROVED ORDINANCE I'M NOT AWARE A SIMILAR ONE. OKAY. SO MAYBE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION THEN YOU'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF IN IT MADE I GUESS I MAYBE PROBABLY INFERRED THAT THE THE REASON THAT YOU WERE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WAS CAUSE I WAS FAIRLYOUTINE IN ITS REQUEST AND MAYBE I'M MS. MS. UNDERSTANDING THAT BUT I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S NOT ROUTINE ROUTINE REQUESTS BUT WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL BECAUSE SITUATION HASN'T CHANGED AT ALL FROM THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL. SO ALL THE NUANCES AND THE NEEDED VACATIONS ARE THE SAME AND THAT IT IS THE THE APPLICANTS EXPECTED THAT THEY WILL EVENTUALLY COMPLETE THE FINANCING OF THIS DEAL AND IT WILL MOVE FORWARD AND SO WE'RE GOOD WITH AND THAT'S WHY WE WERE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. OKAY AND I NOTICE THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S IF WERE TO IF THEY NEEDED TO EXTEND IT AGAIN THEY WOULD HAVE TO START THE PROCESS OVER IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT PARTICULAR DEADLINE IS THAT IN STATUTE OR IS THAT LIKE BECAUSE IF IT'S THAT ROUTINE I'M JUST WONDERING IF LIKE WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR IT AGAIN AND WOULD WE CONSIDER IT? I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES. WE WOULD CONSIDER IT IF THEY WERE TO ASK AGAIN. OKAY AND WE AGA WOU HE TOAVE SOM OPTIMISM THAT THE WAS PROCEEDING STILL AND THAT THE SITUATION WAS THE SAME. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE MANAGEMENT MAY REMEMBERS IF YOU LOOK AT SECTION FIVE ON PAGE 195 OF YOUR AGENDA AND THE PDF IT TALKS ABOUT THE CONDITIONS ORDER FOR THE VACATION TO BECOME EFFECTIVE WHEN YOU PREVIOUSLY HAD THIS BEFORE THE BODY WE WE DON'T WANT TO VACATE THIS RIGHT AWAY UNTIL CERTAIN OTHER THINGS COME INTO PLAY SO THIS IS EXTENDING THE TIME HORIZON FOR FOR THAT TO HAPPEN AS MR. KEOUGH INDICATED THIS WAS A REQUEST FROM THE ORIGINAL APPLICANT AND THE REPRESENTATIVE AND THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE APPLICANT IS ON THE LINE IF HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COUNSEL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. MR. KEI HEARING NONE THIS A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW ON ITEM 4.1. PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE MODIFYING PARTIAL VACATION OF LINDA LANE IS ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.1 THIS EVENING NO ONE COMING FORWARD. MR. SABLE, IS THERE ANYONE ON THE LINE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN 4.1 TONIGHT? MR. MAYOR, THERE IS NO ONE ON THE LINE BUT THEY DO HAVE WILLIAM GRIFFITH AVAILABLE SO I WILL UNMUTE HIM ANDEE IF HE IS INTERESTED IN SPEAKING AND HE'S NOW AVAILABLE, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU. I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I WOULD SIMPLY STATE LAST DECEMBER YOU EXTENDED THE DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS PLAN TO THEM APPROVALS FOR THIS PROJECT WHEN THIS ORDINANCE WAS ABOUT TO EXPIRE WE MADE A SIMILAR REQUEST ON THOSE APPROVALS WOULD BE IN ALIGNMENT AND THE QUEST FOR FINANCING CONTINUES. THANK YOU MR. GRIFFITH THANK LAST CALL HERE IN THE CHAMBERS ANYONE SPEAKING TO ITEM 4.1 THIS EVENING COUNSEL NO ONE IN THE CHAMBER IS COMING FORWARD. NO ONE ON THE LINE WISHING TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THIS THE MR. GRIFFITH LOOKED FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM FOUR SO MOVED SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN 4.1 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSOLENY ADDIONAL QUTIONS COMMENTS ON THIS IF NOT I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON ITEM 4.1 WHERE I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION COUNCILMEMBER BUT I WANT TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE. I WANT TO FIND A PARTIAL REVOCATION OF LONDELL LANE OF K EAST 81ST STREET AS DEDICATED IN THE PLAN OF AIRPORT SOUTH ADDITION MALL OF WALL OF AMERICA FIFTH EDITION IN BOLD AMERICA EIGHTH EDITION ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF HENNEPIN COUNTY EVEN SO SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE THE PARTIAL APPLICATION OF LINDA LE AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM 4.2 ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR SECOND AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE EVENING THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO CONVEY BY QUITCLAIM DEED REAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON OUR HRA DIRECTOR ERIC COLEMAN IS BACK FOR THIS ONE. ANK Y MAYOR MEMBERS THE COUNCIL I DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT'S JUST EASIER TO DIGEST THE INFORMATION. SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE RALPH FLATS THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION ON LOTS AT 82ND AND HUMBOLDT AND I LEARNED FROM MY COLLEAGUE IN SPECIAL PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES TO GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION THE BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT SO WHAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING? WE DID SO AT THE HRA BOARD ON JUNE 13TH AND WE ARE NOW HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 26TH AN APPROVAL OF FUNDS AND PROCESS TO ACHIEVE GOALS OF REDEVELOPING THE FIVE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION LOAN FUND. RALPH LOTS 82ND AND HUMBOLDT AVENUE WITH A MINIMUM OF FIVE AFFORDABLE UNITS WHICH CAN BE OWNERSHIP AND OR RENTAL AND AFFORDABLE IS AT 80% OR BELOW. SO WHAT ARE THESE LOTS WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT THE FIVE LOTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE GREEN ON THIS MAP 844084228446 AND 8452 HUMBOLDT AND THEN OFF TO ITS LONESOME 12TH 10/82 STREET THESE LOTS CAME BEFORE YOU PREVIOUSLY BECAUSE IS WHAT THE MET COUNCIL MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS DECIDED THEY DO NOT NEED FOR ANY FUTURE HIGHWAY EXPANSION OR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. THE LOTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN BLUE THEY STILL NEED AND THE LOTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN YELLOW WILL HELD FOR WATER RESOURCES HOPE SO WHAT IS THE TIMELINE BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A TIMELINE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED WELL IN 2003 THE CITY COUNCIL AUTRIZE MET COUNCIL FUNDING APPLICATION TO PURCHASE 28 PARCELS. YOU DID SO THE RESOLUTION 2325 GRANTING THAT APPROVAL BETWEEN 2004 AND 2005 THE CITY EXECUTED LONG DOCUMENTS PURCHASE AGREEMENTS WITH VOLUNTARY OWNERS AND TOOK OF THE LAND THAT THE OWNERS DECIDED TO SELL DURING THAT TIME AS WELL THE STRUCTURES WERE REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTIES AND SOLD BETWEEN 2008 2022 WE WERE QUIET THEN IN 2022 FIVE LOTS WERE RELEASED. MINNESOTA APARTMENT TRANSPORTATION NOTIFIED THE CITY THAT THEY WOULD BE RELEASING FIVE LOTS BUT THAT DUE TO THE FUNDING THAT WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MET COUNCIL THERE WAS A NEED TO PAY THAT BACK. SO IN TALKING WITH MET APPRAISALS WERE COMPLETED BECAUSE THAT TOTAL FUNDING WAS ABOUT $1.6 MILLION FOR FIVE LOTS THERE WERE NO STRUCTURES ON THEM AND APPRAISALS WERE COMPLETED TO SHOW THE ACTUAL MARKET COST OF THE VACANT LAND TODAY THE HRA AT THE SAME TIME TOWARDS THE TAIL END DID IN AN APPLICATION FOR THE MET COUNCIL AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP PILOT FUNDING THAT IF WE RELEASE THESE GOT THESE LOTS RELEASED AND FREE OF ENCUMBRANCES HOW COULD WE AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP ON THESE LOTS WITH TWIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PARTNER RESOLUTION 2020 2153 WAS PASSED THIS BOD AND WHAT THAT RESOLUTION WAS WAS WHEN THIS BODY DID IDENTIFY THAT THE HRA WOULD ACT AS AGENT FOR THE MARKETING, SELL THE PROPERTIES TO MANAGE THE PROCESS AND TO WORK WITH A AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP MISSION BASED ORGANIZATION WHETHER THAT WAS RENTAL OR AFFORDABLE. SO NOW IN 2023 THE MET COUNCIL AWARDED THE HRA FUNDING OF $300,000 TO BUILD A MINIMUM OF FOUR UNITS THAT IS WITH THE HRA PROVIDING A MATCH OF $300,000. SO THIS IS $600,000 TO G A MINIM OF FOUR UNITS AFFORDABLE AT 80% AMI OR BELOW WITH A FOCUS ON 50% AMI THE MET COUNCIL DID APPROVE OF THE APPRAISED VALUE FOR THE FIVE LOTS IN OF 2023 AND SO REMEMBER I SAID THAT THE TOTAL LOANS THAT WERE TAKEN OUT WERE 1.6 MILLION THE APPRAISED VALUES CAME BACK AT $549,000 FOR ALL FIVE LOTS MET COUNCIL WENT THROUGH THEIR POLICYMAKING AND APPROVAL PROCESS AND SAID WE CAN ACCEPT $549,000 PLEASE REMIT PAYMENT . WELL I WEN TO T HRA BRD AND SAID THIS IS IN LINE WITH WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THROUGH THE ASSESSMENT THE ROLE OF THE HRA AND WORKED WITH THE CITY COUNCIL CAN WE USE 549,000 FROM OUR DEVELOPMENT FUND THAT'S WHOLE PURPOSE OF IT TO REMIT THE PAYMENT TO FREE THESE LOTS UP HRA BOARD ON JUNE 13TH DID APPROVE THAT AND NOW I'M HERE TODAY TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO REQUEST THAT YOU CONVEY THE LAND TO THE HRA FOR THE $549,000 PAYMENT AND THAT IS THE FOCUS OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE CONTROL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALIGNING WITH OUR GOALS FOR THAT PROPERTY WHICH IS AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP AND OUR RENTAL PROPERTIES. SO THIS DOES ALIGN WITH THE FORWARD 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SECTION THREE HOUSING ELEMENT WHERE WE WOULD BE INCREASING THE SUPPLY AND AND ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING OF UNITS. WE ARE BE HELPING TO FOSTER HOUSING STABILITY IN JUST INCREASING THE SUPPLY OVERALL IT ALIGNS WITH BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW ALTOGETHER HOW CONVENIENT THAT IT ALIGNS WITH THE SAME STRATEGY AS HOMELESSNESS WELL IT ALIGNS BY STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE NUMBER TWO BECAUSE WE WILL ACHIEVE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE INDICES MEASURING THE COMMUNITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL AND INDIVIDUAL HEALTH AND WE WILL IDENTIFY AND ALIGN EFFORTS ACROSS ORGANIZATIONS IN COMMUNITY TO LEVERAGE, DEVELOP AND MAXIMIZE ASSETS TO ACHIEVE BENEFICIAL OUTCOMES. I HAVE MENTIONED MET COUNCIL, I HAVE MENTIONED HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. I MEAN I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT HERE RIGHT. AND SO WITH THAT WHAT IS THE PROCESS ON JUNE 13TH THE HRA BOARD APPROVED A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT AND TONIGHT I'M ASKING YOU TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSIDERATION TO CONVEY THE PROPERTY THROUGH A QUITCLAIM TO THE HRA AS WELL AS RECEIVE FUNDS FROM THE HRA IN THE AMOUNT OF $549,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF REMITTING PAYMENT TO THE MET COUNCIL TO FREE THE ENCUMBRANCES ON THESE PROPERTIES NEXT STEPS WILL BE WORKING WITH TWIN CITIES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY DEVELOP A MINIMUM OF FOUR LONG TERM AFFORDABLE OWNERSHIP PROPERTIES. I'VE ALREADY HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. THEY DO KNOW OUR FOCUS IS MAXIMIZE DENSITY WHERE WE CAN ESPECIALLY WITH OUR SINGLE AND TWO FAMILY ZONING STANDARDS BEING AMENDED THEY ARE ON BOARD JUST NEED TO GET THE PLANS IN THE NUMBERS AND THEN A JURY WILL ALSO SEEK ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING MISSION BASED DEVELOPER ADDITIONAL LOT FOR LOTS REASON THAT IT'S PHRASED THAT WAY THERE ARE THREE LOTS THAT ARE CONTIGUOUS IF THOSE THREE LOTS CAN DO AT LEAST UNITS THEN WE STILL HAVE TWO LOTS TO WORK WITH THAT NOT CONTIGUOUS TO EACH OTHER AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S PHRASED THAT WAY AND WITH THAT I HAVE A SUGGESTED MOTION BUT FIRST A PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU MS. COLEMAN. DO YOU WORK IN ANY SIMPLE PROJECTS OR DO THEY ALL DO THEY ALL TRACK OVER 20 YEARS AND INVOLVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS AND NUMBERS AND SO ON? THEY SEEM ALL HAVE TRACKED OVER ABOUT 20 YEARS. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS OF MS. COLEMAN ON THIS ONE COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN JUST A QUICK ONE AND I THINK YOU ANSWERED THIS ALREADY WANT TO ASK THE QUESTIONS EARLIER TODAY OF THE CITY MANAGER JUST SO'M CLEAR MY MIND BASICALLY THE LIMIT ON FOR THE DEED IS 30 YEARS, RIGHT? SO THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN LET ME CLARIFY THAT QUESTION FOR. THOSE LISTENING THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT LONG TERM AFFORDABILITY AND HOW WOULD WE ENSURE SO LONG TERM AFFORDABILITY IS DEFINED BY AFFORDABLE AT 15 OR 15 YEARS. HOWEVER LAW AT THE AT THE STATE WE CANNOT GO BEYOND 30 YEARS IN A DEED RESTRICTION FOR AFFORDABILITY AND SO THE XIMU AFFORDALITY IS 30 WE WILL BE LOOKING AT A MINIMUM OF 15 BUT WE CAN EXPLORE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR A DEED RESTRICTION SO MINIMUM 15, MAXIMUM 30 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCIL IF NOT I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW ITEM 4.2 THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AN ORDINANCE TO CONVEY QUICK CLEAN QUITCLAIM DEED REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CI OF BLOOMINGTON AS OUTLINED IN THE PRESENTATION. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL AMBERS WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.2 THIS EVENING? MR. SABLE ANYONE ON THE PHONE ? MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS I HAVE A CALLER WITH 952693 I'M GOING TO UNMUTE YOU 952 693 GOOD EVENING COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER AND MAYOR IS IN CONDITION WITH THE MAJORITY BOARD MEMBER. I'M ACTUALLY CALLING IN AS A RESIDENT OF BLOOMINGTON JUST EXPLAINED THAT THIS IS THE ASON W I WAS EXCED ABOUT BECOMING A BOARD COMMISSIONER. THIS IS THE KIND OF WORK THAT TRULY MAKES THE COMMUNITY VERY AND IS THE REASON WHY I MOVED TO SIX YEARS AGO. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INPUT. ANYONE ELSE ON THE PHONE MR. SABLE MR. MAYOR CONCIERGE NO ONE ELSE LAST CALL FOR ANYONE IN CHAMBERS? NO ONE COMING FORWARD. COUNSEL I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.2 COND MOTIONY COUNCILMEMB DALLESSANDRO BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON A 4.2 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE BY SAYING I OPPOSE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO COUNCIL ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IT JUST ONE QUICK THING ONE I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY APPRECIATE ERIKA REACHING OUT AND TALKING TO ME PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND WHAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS WHAT DID WITH OUR RECENT CHANGES TO BUILDING STANDDS AND THINGS THAT AND I WOULD LOVE TO JUST AS THIS MOVES ALONG KEEP HEARING MORE ABOUT HOW THAT'S IMPACTING THAT, HOW IT'S REDUCING THE COST, HOW IT'S GETTING TOWARDS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SUBSIDY IT TAKES TO GET SOMEONE INTO A HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE. I THINK AS WE ALL RECALL I MEAN LOOKING AT 200 OR $250,000 TO SUBSIDIZE, YOU KNOW, ONE HOUSE FOR SOME PEOPLE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY ANDOU KNOW, WE CAN DO TO MAKE THAT SUBSIDY GO FURTHER. I THINK JUS GRE. SO TO S THIS COME TOGETHER WITH THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL IT'S JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK WELL STATED COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU COUNCILOR. ANYTHING ELSE IF NOT COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION AND I WOULD POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE MOTIONS TO CONSIDER THIS EVENING ON ITEM 4.2 HAPPY TO MAKE THOSE COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 SOMETHING AN ORDINANCE TO CONVEY BY QUITCLAIM DEED REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO CONVEY BY QUITCLAIM DEED REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I HOPE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I MOVE TO ACCEPT THEUNDS FROM THE HRA IN THE AMOUNT OF $549,000 TO REMIT PAYMENT TO THE MET COUNCIL IN THE SAME AMOUNT FOR RALPH PROPERTIES SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO ACCEPT THE FUNDS FROM THE HRA IN THE AMOUNT OF $549,000 TO REMIT REPAYMENT TO THE MET COUNCIL IN THE SAME AMOUNT FOR THE RALPH PROPERTIES. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES IT SEVEN ZERO WELL DONE CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS AND ITEM 5.1 ON OUR AGENDA RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OUR 2023 CULTURAL ARTS SUPPORT GRANTS FUNDING GOT IN ROOKIE HERE FROM OUR MANAGER OF OUR BLOOMINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS GOOD EVENING WELCOME GOOD EVENING THANK YOU GOOD EVENING TO MR. MAYOR AND HER COUNCIL MEMBERS I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE 2023 CULTURAL ARTS SUPPORT GRANT FUNDING RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO FOR THOSE WATCHING OR LISTENING THAT ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY'S GRANT PROCESS, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE CULTURAL ARTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS, BRING ARTS ACTIVITIES TO PEOPLEHO MAY NOT OTHERWISE HAVE ACCESS. MAKE BLOOMINGTON A MORE DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK. USE CITY TO LEVERAGE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FUNDS FACILITATE HIGH QUALITY COST EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAMING. ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION OF THE ARTS IN THE COMMUNITY. PROMOTE ARTS ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT BLOOMINGTON FACILITIES AND PARKS AND TO PROMOTE COLLABORATION AMONG THE VARIOUS ARTS GROUPS. A VERY BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CRC PROGRAM THE CITY HAS ALLOCATED ARTS PROGRAM SUPPORT SINCE THE 1960S AND SEVENTIES PRIOR 2010 BLOOMINGTON FINE ARTS COUNCIL DISTRIBUTED AS FUNDS TO MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS IN 2011 THERE WAS A SERIOUS APPLICATION PROCESS THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED SINCE THAT TIME A LITTLE OVER $1.5 MILLION HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM IMPACTING OVER 630,000 PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHEN THIS IS BROADCAST AND MARKETED AND WE SEND THIS OUT IN MANY DIFFERENT WAY THIS GOES THROUGH THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND THE ARTS CENTER WEB PAGE. MY CLICKER WILL WORK HERE THE PARKS AND RECREATION EMAIL DIE DIGEST CALLED THE PROGRAM SENDS THIS OUT IN THEIR SUBSCRIBER OUR COED DIVISION CONTACTS SHARE THIS WITH THE WEEKLY FRIDAY EVENING NEWS NETWORK THERE WE GO CREATIVE PLACEMAKING NETWORK SENDS THE SOUTH IN THERE EA NEWS BLASTS THE CITY DEPARTMENT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS SHARE THIS AND THIS IS ALSO SHARED AND DIRECT EMAIL ANNOUNCEMENTS TO SPECIFIC NETWORKS IN E ARE . I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO AIM IT. OOPS GOING BACK THERE WE GO. OKAY AND THERE WE GO. OUR 2023 REVIEW PANELISTS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS YEARS IN THAT IT IS A MIXTURE OF CITY STAFF THAT HAVE ARTS BACKGROUND OF SOME SORT COMMUNITY ARTS MEMBERS AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE EACH YEAR FROM E PARKOMMISSN AND THEN I AS CENTER FOR THE ARTS MANAGER AND THE NON-VOTING MODERATOR OF SAID PANEL. SO THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF OF PREVIOUS YEARS IN THE MAKEUP OF THIS PANEL THIS IS AN ALL VOLUNTEER PANEL EACH YEAR ANYBODY THAT ASKED AND ACCEPTS CAN CAN FULFILL THIS ROLE AND THEIR TAKES ABOUT 3 TO 4 WEEKS TO COMPLETE TYPICAL THANK YOU SO AFTER COMPLETING THEIR PROCESS THE REVIEW PANEL HAS RECOMMENDED THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS THESE ARE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER ON YOUR SCREEN HERE THESE ALSO THE THE AMOUNTS APPROVED BY THE PARK COMMISSION FOR YOUR REVIEW TODAY CITY STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE 2023 CULTURAL ARTS SUPPORT PROGRAM RECOMMEND RECOMMENDATION FOR FUNDING AS LISTED ON YOUR SCREEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION ON THIS MATTER. THANK YOU MR. BRADLEY COUNS ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. BRECK IN THIS COUNCIL MEMBER ON PARTICULAR SO JUST ONE QUESTION ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FOR THIS IS TO GIVE NEARLY ONE THIRD OF THE DOLLARS TO THE CITY AND I WANT TO KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE 60 YEARS WE'VE DONE THAT IS THAT BEEN SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS DONE IN THE PAST. THANKOUOR YOUR QUESTIO COCILMEMBER LEMON MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MY UNDERSTANDING NO, THAT IS THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED BEFORE. THE PARK COMMISSION DID EXCUSE ME REVIEW PANELISTS AND THEN PARK COMMISSION DID GENERATE SOME IDEAS FOR HOW THAT FUNDING MAY BE USED. I DID ACTUALLY ADD ONE ADDITIONAL SLIDE JUST FOR AS THEY DID LIST POTENTIAL USES FOR THE REMAINING FUNDS. THERE IS NO OFFICIAL PLAN ON HOW TO USE THIS THERE IS NOT ANYTHING PUT INTO INTO PLACE RIGHT NOW. CASE REVIEW PANEL SUGGESTIONS HOWEVER WERE IT SCHOLARSHIP DOLLARS FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS IF THEY'RE RESTARTED FUNDING FREE COMMUNITY ARTS EVENTS IN BCA OR OUT IN THE COMMUNITY FUNDING ARTISTS PERFORMANCES AT LOWER NO TICKET COST TO THE COMMUNITY AND AS I SAID PARK APPROVED THESE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR REVIEW TODAY. LET ME ASK IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. IN YEARS PAST WHEN THERE'S BEEN AN EXCESS AMOUNT OF MONEY, WHAT HAS THE CITY DONE? HAS THAT YOU KNOW, SIMPLY GONE BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND? HASHAT JUST ME UNDERSTAND WHAT WE I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST WHERE WE'VE HAD ACCESS OR WE ALWAYS JUST REDISTRIBUTED ALL THAT MONEY. ROHMAN THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I'M GOING TO STEP UP AND ANSWER THE QUESTION BECAUSE IAN'S ONLY BEEN HERE SINCE MID-FEBRUARY SO HE HAVE A PAST HISTORY SO THAT'S WHY I AM SUPPORTING HIM FROM THE WINGS HERE. THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND YEAR WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN FUNDS REMAINING LAST I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME FUNDS REMAINING BECAUSE THAT HAD PREDOMINANTLY BEEN DUE TO COVID IMPACTS AND SO AS A RULE APPLICANTS CAN ONLY APPLY FPO 30% OFHEIR ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET. SO BECAUSE OF COVID IMPACTS LOWERING OPERATING BUDGETS ACROSS THE BOARD, THE REMAINING FUNDS LAST YEAR JUST WEREN'T SPENT ON ANYTHING I THINK THOSE AROUND $10,000 LAST YEAR THAT WERE LEFTOVER AND THE MONEY JUST DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE THIS YEAR THAT AMOUNT IS MORE CONSIDERABLE VERY VARYING REASONS AND SO THERE IS NO SET PLAN FOR THESE DOLLARS. THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION I BELIEVE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT TONIGHT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT IAN SHARED WITH YOU ARE JUST SOME OF THE THOUGHTS THAT WAYS THAT THE COMNITY COULD BENEF THUGHHESE DOLRS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT TRULY MEANT FOR. BUT IF THERE IS NO DECISION ON WHAT THESE COULD BE USED FOR TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT THEN THEY JUST NOT BE USED AS WELL. YEAH THANKS FOR THAT HISTORICAL THERE. JUST A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS THERE. THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT IN THE WITHIN THE DOCUMENT TALKING ABOUT EMAIL COMMUNICATION SNAFU AND WHAT I'M JUST TRYING TO BE SURE THAT I'M CLEARLY UNDERSTANDING IT WAS IT ON THE PART OF THEMAIL COMING FROM THE PROVIDER COMING TO THE CITY IN THE CITY LOST THE EMAIL OR WAS IT SOMETHING WHERE THE PERSON WHO MADE THE OR THE ORGANIZATION THAT MADE THE REQUEST LOST THE EMAIL? I JUST I COULDN'T QUITE MAKE IT MAKE SENSE IN MIND EVEN THOUGH YOU WROTE IT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET IT STRAIGHT IN MY HEAD SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND AND I THINK THEY GOT $7,000 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I JUST WANT TO BE SURE I'M CLEAR. YES, MR. MARTIN COUNCILMEMBER SO THERE WAS A LATE SUBMISSION THAT WAS CONSIDERED FOR THIS FOR BLOOMINGTON CORRAL. WE DID VERIFY IT THAT OUR CITY SERVERS BLOCKED THAT EMA AND I WAS ABLE TO VERIFY THAT IT WAS SENT IN ON TIME THROUGH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OUTLETS CHECKING DIRECTLY WITH BLOOMINGTON CORRAL SO IT WAS A CITY SERVER ISSUE THAT CAUSED THE DELAY IN THAT WHICH IS WHY THAT APPLICATION WAS CONSIDERED LATE THE PROCESS AND IF YOU DON'T MIND ADDING ON TO THAT WHAT HAPPENED IS ACCORDING TO I.T FOR WHATEVER REASON GMAIL ACCOUNTS OVER THE SPAN OF A NUMBER OF DAYS WERE BEING BLOCKED. THE I.T CONTACTED INDIVIDUALS REMEDIED THE PROBLEM BUT IT WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNT LATER THAT THIS PARTICULAR EMAIL HAD NOT MADE IT THROUGH TO ITS DESTINATION SO IT WAS ABLE TO LOOK BACK SEE WHAT EMAILS WERE BLOCKED AND FOUND THE DATE AND TIME IT WAS SUBMITTED AND I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE AN SUMPTION WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE ALL THE OTHER APPLICATIONS THAT WERE OUT THERE ASSUMING THAT THAT'S THE CASE THAT THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER APPLICATIONS BLOCKED BY THE SERVER THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN YET. I WOULD ASSUME SOMEBODY WOULD'VE CALLED OR SAID SOMETHING BY NOW BUT I'M JUST MAKING THAT ASSUMPTION. COUNCILMEMBER COLEMAN WE ACTUALLY MADE THAT SAME ASSUMPTION BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE HOPEFULLY HEARD BY NOW IF AN APPLICANT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY WORD ON THEIR APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED. THANKS MARY THOSE ARE MY INITIAL QUESTIONS OR HAVE SOME LATER. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH THANKS MAYOR. JUST FOLLOWING UP ON THAT BLOOMINGTON CROWD I SAW SOMETHING THAT THERE WERE SOME CHANGES THE PROGRAM THAT IT WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE APPLICANT TO FOLLOW BACK UP TO MAKE SURE IT WAS RECEIVED AND SO LET ME JUST ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS BEFORE I GET TO MY POINT ON THAT. BLOOMINGTON CORRAL HAD RECEIVED FUNDING IN THE PAST. IS THAT ACCURATE? CORRECT. APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY YEARS? MANY I'MOT SURE I HAVE TO LOOK BACK BUT THERE ARE A GROUP THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES SO WAS THERE ANY REASON FOR STAFF OR THE REVIEW COMMITTEE TO BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULDN'T SUBMIT THIS YEAR THAT THEY JUST HAD ALL THIS MONEY THAT THEY DIDN'T NEED MONEY FROM US THIS YEAR AFTER HAVING ASKED FOR IT FOR MANY YEARS. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YOU FOR THE QUESTION ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DIDN'T REACH THAT SPECIFIC GROUP IS BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO REACH OUT TO ALL GROUPS THAT WE SENT THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO THE NETWORK. SO EVEN THOUGH HAD APPLIED FOR IN THE PAST THE ASSUMPTION AS FAR AS I WAS CONCERNED IT WOULD BE UNFAIR FOR US TO CONTACT THEM AND NOT CONTACT ANY OF THE OTHER ARTS GROUPS THAT WERE MADE AWARE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. SO THAT WAS THE DECISION THAT WAS MADE. LET ME ASK THIS HAD ANY OTHER GROUP THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVING FUNDING FOR MULTIPLE YEARS IN THE PAST NOT APPLY IT AGAIN ? I'VE BEEN HERE THREE YEARS. I HAVE NOT SEEN IT. COUNCIEMBER NELSON OKAY SO I GUESS MY POINT WOULD BE THAT YOU KNOW, THINK YOU COULD ELIMINATE TOHE ONE FOLWING UP THE ONE THAT HAD A LENGTHY HISTORY OF APPLYING FOR AND JUST SAY HEY JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT YOU INTENTIONALLY DIDN'T APPLY IT GIVEN THAT HISTORY AND AND I WOULDN'T SEE THE NEED TO REACH TO EVERYONE THAT IT HAD BEEN SENT TO IF THEY'VE NEVER APPLIED IN THE PAST. JUST MY TAKE ON THAT IN THE PAST WE KNOW HOW MUCH THEY RECEIVED WE WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. WE HAVE A HISTORY WHERE WE'VE KEPT TRACK OF OF AMOUNTS ALLOCATED BY YEAR SO WE CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT FOR YOU. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE I KNOW THE AMOUNT WAS REDUCED. I KNOW THERE WERE REASONS BOTH BASED ON THE ORGANIZATION AND BASED ON THE LATENESS OF THE APPLICATION, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I JUST WANT TO SEE YOU KNOW, THE ORGANIZATION DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE THAT MUCH SO I WANT TO SEE IF IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY RECEIVED IN THE PAST. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I HAVE A QUESTION RELATED THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED IN THE APPLICATION. SO DO YOU HAVE KIND OF DO YOU HAVE A CORRESPONDING DOCUMENT THAT CRITERIA? SO WHEN WE PASS IT AND SCROLLING THROUGH HERE BUT OKAY SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ADMINISTRATION AND FISCAL STABILITY IS THERE LIKE CREATE IS THERE CRITERIA ASSOCIATED WITH THAT SO THAT WHEN REVIEWERS ARE REVIEWING APPLICATIONS THEY HAVE SOME KIND OF OBJECTIVE PIECES TO GO BY LIKE FOR ME LIKE I MIGHT THINK FISCAL STABILITY MEA ONE THING AND ANOTHER REVIEWER MIGHT MEAN SOMETHING ELSE, RIGHT? AND SO GIVEN THAT WE HAVE HAD SOME ARTS ORGANIZATIONS EXPERIENCE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL ISSUES OVER THE LAST YEAR, I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS. YEAH, FOR ME IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW IF THERE WERE SOME THERE WAS CRITERIA ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THINGS BECAUSE BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING ESPECIALLY MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE ARE PRETTY EXTENSIVE CRITERIA ACTUALLY. SO THERE ARE FIVE OR SIX SCORING CATEGORIES AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY THERE ARE FIVE OR SIX SCORINGATEGORIES AND THEN WITHIN THAT THERE ARE CRITERIA LISTED IN A BREAKDOWN OF THAT. SO WE DO THE FULL APPLICATION PROCESS TO SHARE AND AND AVAILABLE READ THROUGH FOR ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED. OKAY I DID REQUEST THE APPLICATION BUT I DIDN'T SEE THE SCORING CRITERIA SO I WOULD LOOK AT IN THAT SO WE CAN CERTAINLY SEND THAT TO COUNCILMAN MCCARTHY. THAT'S ALSO POSTED AND SHARED WITH THE APPLICATION RFP SO PEOPLE CAN SEE NOT ONLY THE RFP APPLICATION QUESTIONS BUT THEY CAN ALSO SEE THE CRITERIA FOR WHICH BEING REVIEWED. AWESOME. I WILL SAY THAT JUST KIND OF MORE HIGH LEVEL COMMENT NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO THE SPECIFIC FUNDING REQUESTS FOR SUCH SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY. THESE ARE IT'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I MEAN I KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE REALLY PUT THESE ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH THE RINGER IN TERMS OF LIKE FOR YOU KNOW WHAT ENDS UP BEING 5000 OR $7,000 AND I USED TO WORK IN THE GRANT LIKE THE COMMUNITY GRANT MAKING SPACE AND WE SIMILAR AMOUNT OF QUESTIONS PROBABLY BUT THEY WERE LIKE 100,000 PLUS GRANTS GHTO I D'T KNOW I KIN OF FEEL LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHO IS THAT IS TO TO LOOK AT THIS BUT IT JUST SEEMS IT SEEMS LIKE A VERY EXTENSIVE AND STRENUOUS PROCESS FOR VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF DOLLARS. AND THEN I GUESS MY OTHER COMMENT WOULD BE THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL OF THE DOLLARS GO TO THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT ARTISTRY IS WAS REDUCED SO SIGNIFICANTLY ESPECIALLY JUST GIVEN THE CONVERSATION WE HAD AS A COUNCIL WHEN WE AGREED TO THE FUNDING KIND OF MORE EMERGENCY FUNDING IN THE FALL. YOU KNOW I SAW THE COMMENTS RELATED TO PUBLIC BENEFITS AND YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT DOING CLASSES ANYMORE AND THAT IS TRUE. BUT I ALSO I MEAN THEY'RE DOING SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS AND THEY'RE STILL DOING THEATER AND THEY'RE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STILL PROVIDING A PUBLIC BENEFIT. AND SO I GUESS THAT'S MY KIND OF ONE THAT'S KIND OF MY VERY CONCERN. I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE FUNDING FOR THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS BUT I DO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US JUST DECIDE HAVE ALL OF THE RESOURCES GO TO THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND I WOULD LIKE A RECONSIDERATION OF OUR HISTORY PERSONALLY. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH, THANK YOU MAYOR. I AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WITH REGARDS TO ARTISTRY. HOWEVER I ALSO STILL THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM 'VE OBVUSLY PROVIDED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THEM IN THE PAST AND I WOULD STILL LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENCY ON WHERE THOSE FUNDS WENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT BEFORE APPROVING THAT BUT I SO I'M KIND OF OF TWO MINDS LIKE I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LAST MONEY. I GIVE YOU MORE MONEY BUT I THINK THEY'RE PROBABLY ELIGIBLE FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY. BUT THE QUESTION I HAVE RELATED TO THAT IS PART OF IT IS THE PROGRAMING THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING BUT PART OF IT IS ALSO THE BOX OFFICE AND SO I GUESS MAYBE FOR THE CIT MANAR TALKI ABOUT SORT OF THAT CHANGE, THAT TRANSITION, WHAT COURSE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THERE GOING FORWARD ARE WE GOING TO SEE ANY OF THOSE IN THIS YEAR OR THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE BUDGET. MAYBE IT IMPACTS FUTURE YEARS THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND JUST THAT BOX OFFICE WAS PART THAT THEY PROVIDED THE PAST AND AND WERE TO MY UNDERSTANDING DOING THAT NOW. MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCIL NELSON I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK LEAH HUGHES TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION BECAUSE LEAH WAS INVOLVED IN PROCESS TRANSITN INT THE BOX FICE AND DID THE ANALYSIS ON THE ON THE COSTS RELATED TO IT. SO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, IT CAME DOWN TO A NUMBER OF FACTORS SO A TIME THEIR ARTISTRY WAS UNABLE TO OFFER A BOX OFFICE. IT WAS CLOSED. SO THE RESULT OF THAT BECAUSE BLOOMINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS DID NOT HOLD THEIR OWN BOX OFFICE AND MANAGE IT, THEY HAD TO FIND OTHER OUTSIDE MEANS TO DO THAT AND THEY ALL PICKED DIFFERENT AND SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WHEN IT COMES TO PATRONS ARE USED TO GOING TO ONE PLACE NOW THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PLACE IT BECAME REALLYONFUSING REALLY DIFFICULT FOR TICKET BUYERS TO IN FACT BUY TICKETS, KNOW WHERE TO BUY TICKETS. AND THEN THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WHERE SOME OF THE TICKET VENDORS REPAYING THE TICKET FEES THAT SOME OF THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS WERE OWED. AND SO IN CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE, BOX OFFICES USED TO BE PROVIDED BY ARTISTRY WHO NO LONGER HAD CAPACITY TO DO THAT AND JUST FOR YEARS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIND A CENTRALIZED BOX OFFICE ONCE AGAIN SIMULTANEOUSLY. BLOOMINGTON ICE CURTAIN HAPPENED TO BE LOOKING AT A TICKETING SYSTE FOR THEIR OWN REASS AND. SO I WAS ABLE TO SIT IN ON SOME OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS THROUGH THE VENDOR WHO WAS PROVIDING TICKETING THROUGH BLOOMINGTON ICE GARDEN WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE WAY ARTISTRY WAS OFFERING BOX OFFICE FOR SIMILAR FEES AND SO IT WAS DECIDED AT THE TIME BECAUSE W NEEDED A CENTRALIZED BOX OFFICE THEY COULD NO LONGER PROVIDE IT AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ARTISTS, GUEST ARTISTS AND RESIDENT GROUPS WHO NEEDED BOX OFFICE SERVICES THAT ATTACHED THE ART CENTER ON TO THE CONTRACT THAT ARTIST CATANZARO SIGNING AND WE'VE BEEN MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT SINCE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE THAT SERVICE AND IT WAS CONSISTENT FOR NOT ONLY THE PATRONS BUT FOR THE RESIDENT ARTS GROUPS AND GUEST ARTISTS THAT WERE PERFORMING IN THE CENTER AS WELL. OKAY. APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION. AND LIKE I SAID, I ARTISTRY MAYBE DESERVES A LITTLE BIT FULLER CONVERSATION OF HOW MUCH FUND THEM. THE OTHER ONE THAT I WANTED TO RAISE IS THE CONCERT DANCE AND NOT THAT I THINK IT'S ABOUT ORGANIZATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AT SOME VERY INNOVATIVE AND PRETTY COOL. MY CONCERN IS THE $7,000 WHEN TOY KWLEDGE THEY'VE DONE ONE EVENT IN BLOOMINGTON THIS YEAR. THEY'VE DONE ONE LAST YEAR I DID ONE BEFORE AND YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT YOU JUST PULL UP NOTABLE SINGERS AND THEY HAVE ONE AT THE SCHNEIDER THEATER, THE BANDSHELL THE LION'S SUMMER HOUSE, REDEMPTION LUTHERAN CHURCH. YOU KNOW, HAVE, YOU KNOW, SIX THINGS LISTED THAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY GET $5,000, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS IMPACT YOU KNOW, I THINK NOTABLE SINGERS TO MY KNOWLEDGE MTLY BOMINGTON BASED THE OTHER ORGANIZATION IS OUT OF INVER GROVE AND I'M ASSUMING THAT MOST OF THEIR PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED ARE FROM INVER GROVE NOT FROM BLOOMINGTON. AND SO THAT THAT ONE IS OF CONCERN TO ME AS WELL JUST NOT BEING BLOOMINGTON BASED NOT BEING A BLOOMINGTON FOCUSED YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT THEY WANT TO GROW THAT AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT AND AT THAT TIME IT MAY MAKE SENSE TO INCREASE THE FUNDING TO THEM BUT JUST RELATIVE TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SUDDENLY MEAN EVEN JUST ARTISTRY YOU KNOW, COMPARING 7000 TO 30000 GIVEN YOU KNOW, TWO MAJOR PRODUCTION THAT ARTISTRY WILL PRODUCE THE SUMMER CLASSES THEY DID DO SOME CLASSES KNOW THEY GOT RID OF A LOT OF THE EDUCATION THAT HAD BEEN DONE UPSTAIRS BUT THEIR THEATER HAS STILL SOMEWHAT CONTINUED ON THAT SO MEAN I JUST LOOK AT THAT WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS RECEIVING FOR THESE DOLLARS THAT ONE ISN'T MAKING A LOT OF SENSE IN MY MIND COUNCILMAN DALLESSANDRO APOLOGIES. I KNOW WE WERE THINKING ABOUT I THOUGHT WE WERE SLL IN QUESTION MODE FOR THEM AS OPPOSED TO DISCUSSION AMONG US. SO I, I WANT TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK IF WHERE ARE WE NOW TALKING AMONG OURSELVES ABOUT WHAT OUR DECISIONS ARE OR BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS AND I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THEY CAN HAVE A SEAT OR WHATEVER AS OPPOSED TO WAITING FOR ME MAKE A QUESTION I'M NOT GOING TO ASK. I BELIEVE WE HAVE MOVED INTO THE DISCUSSION PHASE AND I THINK YES YOU PROBABLY COULD HAVE A SEAT UNLESS YOU WANT TO STAND THERE. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE JUST A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS BUT WE DO SORRY. WE DO HAVE JUST A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS. I'LL HOLD MY COMMENTS TILL I WILL APOLOGIZE. YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY THE THE STAFF AND THE COMMITTEE HAD MADE A RECOMMENDATION ONE QUESTION I HAD ABOUT IS ARTISTRY IN TERMS OF FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE WHAT THEY HAVE GOTTEN IN THE PAST AND WHAT SERVICES THEY PROVIDE. I'M NOT LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER NOW BECAUSE I DO. THAT'S A VERY COMPLICATED QUESTIONO I'MOT LOOKING FOR THENSWER. BUT THERE SEEMED TO BE SOME DISSATISFACTION WITH RESPECT, YOU KNOW, TO THE ADMINISTRATION PIECE OF IT. AND I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT IN TERMS OF IN THE APPLICATION SO THAT GROUPS IN ORGANIZATIONAL BUDGETS SHOULD BE SHOULD BE ATTACHED TO TO DOCUMENT. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WAS NOT ATTACHED TO THE DOCUMENT IS THAT MR. MARIN COUNCIL MEMBERS IT WAS ATTACHED AND FILLED OUT AS AS REQUESTED THROUGH THE RFP THE ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED WERE FROM 2020 2021 BUT THIS THE ORGANIZATIONAL WAS CURRENT WITH WITH WITH RESPECT TO THE MONIES WERE GOING TO BE SPENT GOING FORWARD CORRECT. YES IT WAS PROVIDED AS SUCH AND THEN THE LIST OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES WAS INFORMATION GERMANE AND IN ALL THEIR YES. AND THEN THE FISCAL YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE A COPY OF THE ORGANIZATION'S MOSTOST RECT FINANCI YE STATEMENTS. THOSE GOALS WERE NOT THERE RIGHT WITH THE INCOME IN THE EXPENSES. CORRECT. OKAY. SO THOSE ARE MISSING. THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE THERE WAS THAT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY ALL THOSE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THOSE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDED FOR THE MOST RECENT FISCAL YEAR WHICH FOR THEM ALMOST ALL OF THESE OPERATE FROM JULY TO JUNE FISCAL YEARS SO 2021 TO 2022. SO WHAT YOU'RE INDICATING IS THAT IRISH YOU MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT FISCAL YEAR. THEY HAVE THE SAME FISCAL YEAR. THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE THE COMMISSION FOR RIGHT. THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE THE INRMATIONO THAT INFORMATION WASN'T THERE AND THAT WAS THE PART OF THE BASIS FOR FOR THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE $30,000. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO ADMINISTRATION ISSUES AS WELL IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU WHAT YOU GOT RIGHT. IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY I MEAN IN TERMS OF THE CHARACTERIZATION OF WIRE SHE CAME IN AT A LOWER. MR. DRAGHI DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT ON THIS? AND MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN THE THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE $30,000 WASN'T EXCLUSIVELY RELATED TO THE FINANCIALS. IT WAS ASSESSMENT OF THE SERVICES THAT THEY WERE PROVIDING IN THE CTEXT OF THE FUNDS THAT WERE BEING REQUESTED AND BECAUSE MR. BURKI AND MISUSE OF REFERENCE IN THE MEMO AND THE INFORMATION PROVIDED COUNCIL ON DISCUSSION A LOT OF THE ACTIVITY OF ARTISTRY THAT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN FUNDED UTILIZING THE CULTURAL ARTS SUPPORT GRANTS HAS GONE TOWARDS ARTS EDUCATION AND THE EDUCATION ACTIVITY THAT OCCURS IN THE CLASSROOMS HERE THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS NOWHERE IN THE PROPOSAL OR I THINK THERS VY LITTL REFERENCE TO CONTINUING TO DO THAT ARTS THEY ARE PROVIDING SUMMER CAMPS BUT IN TERMS OF ONE OF THE MAJOR SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDED FOR THE COMMUNITY WAS THE ARTS EDUCATION AND WORK THAT WAS DONE PREVIOUSLY AND THEY HAVE NOT INDICATED THAT ANY OF THE FUNDS THAT WILL BE PROVIDED WILL GO TO THEY ARE THEY'RE FOCUSED ON THEATER AND IN THE GALLERIES WHICH ARE IMPORTANT BUT THE ARTS EDUCATION PIECES ABSENT FROM THE SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERING NEAR AS WE CAN TELL. AND SO IT'S THE RECOMMENDATION JUST SO I'M VERY AND I'LL BE DONE HERE. YEAH THE THE FEL THA THOSE ACVITIES WOULD NOT NECESSITATE A YOU KNOW, A LARGER NUMBER THAT THAT THAT THAT NUMBER SHOULD BE DONE AT THE 30,000. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IN TERMS OF THE RECOMMENDATION AND HOW THAT BASIS GOT THERE OR WAS THERE NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION TO TO SUFFICIENTLY BE ABLE TO MAKE THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS WHY YOU WOULD NEED ABOVE AND BEYOND THE 30,000 MARIN COUNCILMEMBER LEVEL AND I THINK THAT'S A BETTER QUESTION FOR MR. BERKEY SINCE HE WORKED DIRECTLY WITH THE REVIEW COMMITTEE. IT'S BERKELEY. YES MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE REVIEW COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THIS QUITE EXTENSIVELY ACTUALLY AND WE DID ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE AS BEST OF A SUMMARY AS I COULD IN THE WRITTEN MEMO WHICH WHICH IS ACCESSIBLE OF COURSE BUT THE MAIN POINTS THAT WERE DISCUSSED WERE THE REDUCTION PUBLIC BENEFITS IN THE ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT HAD BEEN PROVIDED AND IS ACTUALLY WRITTEN INTO THE LEASE AGREEMENT OF ART HISTORY. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS A MAJOR PIECE THAT CAME THROUGH THAT THE APPLICATION FOCUSED VERY MUCH ON THEATER AND THE BACKSTAGE STAGE WHICH THE COMMITTEE THE PANEL FELT WAS VERY AND THEY WANTED TO PROVIDE FUNDING OF SOME SORT THAT THAT CONTINUED THAT PROCESS. THEY ALSO LISTED THE OTHER VALUES THAT THEY FOUND IN ART HISTORY AND THE THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT PIECE WAS IMPORTANT THEY THEY DID DISCUSS COMMUNITY ORALLND THAT THE APPLICATION LACKED SPECIFIC DETAILS AS TO HOW THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND THAT IT WAS IT WAS VERY MUCH IN THE THESE ARE OUR HOPES AND DREAMS AND THIS IS WHAT WE INTEND BUT WE DIDN'T SEE ANY ACTION WITHIN THAT AND THEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE PIECE I THINK HAS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED ALREADY IN DETAIL BUT THOSE WERE THE THREE POINTS THAT THE THE PANEL DISCUSSED. THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION BECAUSE IN MY MIND I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS COMING OUT IS NOT BASED ON THE IDEA THAT IT'S NOT PROGRAMING THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING THAT YOU KNOW, AN ORGANIZATION CAN'T CHANGE THEIR PROGRAMING AND SAY HEY NOT WE WANT TO DO THIS NOW AND WE'RE LOCKING INTO WHAT YOU HAD TO DO IN THE PAST. THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY I READ IT AND THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO THANK YOU, COUNSEL. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR CAN WE GET INTO DISCUSSION MODE HERE IF THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I WANT TO REMIND COUNSEL AND WE WE HAVE THE DISCRETION TO DO WHAT WE WANT WITH THIS. I MN SO AND IOULD WOU RECOMMEND THAT IF IF WE HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS OR DIFFERENT SUGGESTIONS SOMEBODY BRING FORWARD A PROPOSAL AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH IT OR WE OR NOT AND EVENTUALLY GET TO WHERE WE WE NEED TO BE WITH THIS SO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I APPRECIATE IT. LIKE I SAID, I THOUGHT WE WERE IN QUESTION TIME AND NOT IN COMMENT TIME SO. YES, I DO HAVE A PROPOSAL. IN FACT, I'M WITH COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. I THINK OUR CULTURAL ARTS GRANTS SHOULD GO TO CULTURAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS. I'D LIKE TO SEE US SPEND ALL OF THIS MONEY WITH OURRIEN IN CULTURAL ARTS. I'M ALSO PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE LENIENT THAN COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IN THE SENSE THAT I LOVE THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE A NEW CULTURAL ARTS ORGANIZATION COMING FORWARD SAYING HEY PLEASE HELP ME GET ON MY FEET AND GET OUT IN FRONT OF BLOOMINGTON. AUDIENCES I RESPECT THE THE COMPARISON BUT I I'M ALL FOR MORE MORE ARTS IS BETTER AND I'M ALWAYS GOING TO PLANT LAND ON THAT SIDE ESPECIALLY IF THE WE'RE NOT BEING ASKED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES. I ALSO, I AO I AM NOT HUNDRED PERCENT SURE I AGREE WITH THE SENTIMENT THAT I FROM COUNCILMEMBER THAT THE WAY THAT COUNCILMEMBER LUMBER TOOK THE SAME CONVERSATION IF ARTISTRY HAD TO US TODAY AND HAD NEVER OFFERED TO EDUCATION TO US AND SAID I NEED $80,000 TO DO THESE THINGS, WOULD WE HAVE GIVEN THEM THE $80,000? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO IS TO SAY LIKE NO, WE DON'T PROVIDE THAT SERVICE. NOW THE LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE FOR THE THE LOCATION IS A WHOLE OTHER CONVERSATION. THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS GRANT IS ABOUT AND I THINK THAT WE COULDALK ABOUT THA SERATELY IF WE WANT TO BRING THE GRANT THE LEASE UP I'D HELP WE DON'T DO THAT. I JUST I DON'T WANT TO KEEP STICKING IT IN THE EYE OF ARTISTRY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR ACT TOGETHER YET WHEN THEY PROVIDE SUCH VALUABLE TO US. THIS PLACE WOULD BE EMPTY IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM RIGHT NOW FOR A FOR A LOT OF THE SEASON AND I WANT THEM TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET AND I WANT TO SUPPORT THEM. SO HERE'S MY PROPOSAL I ACTUALLY THINK WE SHOULD JUST GIVE ALL THE MONEY THAT WAS FOR FOR EVERYBODY I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ART HISTORY COMPLETELY BUT IF WE GAVE THE 70 $900 THAT BLOOMINGTON CHORALE ASKED THE $5,498 THAT THE NOTABLE SINGERS ASKED AN ADDITIONAL $20,000 TO ARTISTRY TO MAKE IT A $50,000 GRANT. WE'D STILL HAVE $30,000 LEFT OVER IN THAT FUND. AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE PROPOSAL THAT I WOULD OFFER AS A WAY OF COMPROMISE TO GETTING US TO A PLACE OF VOTING ON SOMETHING. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN? I'D BE HAPPY TO GO TO THE FULL GRANT TO BLOOMINGTON CHORALE. I THINK THAT WE AWARDED THEM $5,000 BUT WE THEY'VE ASKED FOR 70 MAYBE IT'S 78 SOMETHING SOMETHING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT 30,000 LIKE THE 30% NUMBER RIGHT IT'S LIKE 78 SOMETHING SOMETHING THEN THE $5,000 REWARD TO NOTABLE SINGERS THEY ASKED FOR 5498. SEEMS LIKE WE COULD PROBABLY IS THAT DOABLE? IS THAT RIGHT? THAT DOESN'T TAKE THEM OVER THEIR 30% NUMBER. RIGHT. MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S 5498I BELIEVE YOU SAID IS EXACTLY 30%. OKAY GREAT. THAT THAT SOUNDS GREAT. AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER AN ADDITIONAL $20,000 OF THIS TO ARTISTRY. I MEAN WE COULD GO UP TO 80 AND IT WOULD STILL LEAVE HIM $602 TO GO DO SOMETHING WITH I UNDERSTAND THE I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE. SO WHAT I'M RECOMMENDING IS AN ADDITIONAL $20,000 AWARDED TO ARTISTRY. SO MAKE THAT GRANT A $50,000 GRANT AND SO YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT THAT WOULD BE PROPOSAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LET'S REMEMBER LEMON MAYOR I COULD SUPPORT YOU KNOW THE 80,000 TO ARTISTRY BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE NOW I BELIEVE SHE SAID 50,050 SORRY I WOU SUPPORT UP TO 80,000 GOING TO ARTISTRY HOWEVER I WANT TO SEE ANYTHING MORE THAN 30,000 TONIGHT UNTIL WE SAW MORE FINANCIALS BECAUSE I THINK THE COMMITTEE HAS RAISED SOME VERY GOOD POINTS. I'D LIKE TO GET THAT INFORMATION UP PRIOR TO PRIOR TO GIVING THEM ADDITIONAL MONEY. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THANK YOU. I AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN IN TERMS OF THE FINANCIALS AND I HAVE BEEN UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET SOME AUDITED FINANCIALS AFTER WE HAD ME THE LAST IESTMT THEREAS A CONVERSATION THAT THEY WERE GOING TO AN AUDIT DONE AND SO I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED WE DON'T HAVE THAT AND THAT THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE IT WITH THAT. I DO TOTALLY THAT THE YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING AND CONTINUE TO DO AND BUT YOU KNOW THEY OBVIOUSLY WENT THROUGH SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES AND WE MADE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND YOU KNOW HONESTLY COMFORTABLE PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO IT NOT KNOWING WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY AT NOW. I MEAN IF I MAY MR. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, I BELIEVE MAYBE SHADE NEEDS TO CLARIFY THIS BUT I BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE DECIDED NOT GIVE THEM A LOAN AND WE DECIDED TO JUST GIVE THEM THE GRANT AND WE TOOK OFF THE BOARD THAT WE REMOVED OURSELVES FROM THE OBLIGATION OR THEIR OBLIGATION TO GIVE US ANY FINANCIAL INFORMATION. SO I DON'T THINK THEY'RE UNDER ANY OBLIGATION TO GIVE US THAT BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE THAT MADE. DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCIL NELSON A CITY ATTORNEY IS CHECKING FOR THE THE LAST FINAL VERSION OF THE TERM SHEET. MY BELIEF IS THAT YOU'RE CORRECT THAT THE OBLIGATION THEY HAVE IS TO PROVIDE QUARTERLY REPORTS ON BOX OFFICE AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE FROM THEM WAS ESSENTIALLY A REPORT ON THE NUMBER OF TICKETS THAT WERE SOLD DURING THAT QUARTER. AND SO THEY ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL INFORMATION TO US AS RESULT OF THAT AGREEMENT. AND AND I UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT THEY PROVIDED TO US AS PART OF THIS GRANT APPLICATION WERE FROM THE 2021 FISCAL YEAR. BUT THAT MAKES SENSE GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THEIR SITUATION AND THAT THEY PROBAB AREN'T YET AT POSITION WHERE THEY CAN GIVE US AUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR LAST YEAR. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THEY'VE THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO NEGOTIATE PERCENT OF THEIR THEIR OBLIGATIONS TERMS OF THEIR DEBT AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. I KNOW THAT ONLY BECAUSE I SUBSCRIBE TO THEIR NEWSLETTER AND I GOT IT TODAY AND THEY TOLD ME THAT SO THEY ARE PROVIDING PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THEY'RE DOING BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR INFORMATION THEY'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO GIVE US. WELL, BUT I BELIEVE THEY ARE OBLIGATED AS PART OF THE APPLICATION IF THEY WANT THE GRANT APPLICATION THEY THEY'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE IT. BUT IF THEY WANT TO FULFILL THE GRANT APPLICATION THEY SHOULD BE PROVIDING THE INFORMATION. BUT WELL, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. GUESS MY POINT IS THEY GIVE THE IF I MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD BUT I THOUGHT I HEARD THAT THEY GAVE US THE INFORMATION THAT WAS REQUIRED AS PART OF THE APPLICATION THE ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WERE FROM A YEAR PRIOR BUT THEY DID PROVIDE THEM WITH WELL BUT THE I THINK THE THE REQUIREMENT WAS THE MOST RECENT YEARS MOST RECENT COMPLETED FCAL YEAR AND IN MY UNDERSTANDING MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT BECAUSE OF THE DIRE FINANCIAL SITUATION LAST YEAR AND THE TIMING OF WHEN THE GRANT APPLICATIONS WERE DUE, THEY MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FINALIZED OR IN ORDER. I DON'T KNOW THAT TO BE CERTAIN BUT I DO KNOW THAT FOR A GOOD PART OF LAST YEAR THEY DID NOT HAVE THE FINANCIAL DATA AVAILABLE TO THEM SO THE PROVIDED WHAT THEY DID HAVE MOST RECENTLY WHICH WAS YOU KNOW, THE THE FISCAL YEAR PRIOR TO THAT. RIGHT. THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY ALSO IS THAT WE STILL HAD AN OLD WE STILL HAVE AN OLD OBLIGATION AND FROM ARTISTRY IN THE AMOUNT OF ABOUT $32,000 . OKAY. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ONE. WHAT I WOULD JUST SUGGEST IS THATHE THE RECOMMENDATION IN FRONT OF US WAS MADE WITH THEINANCI INFORMATION TT EY PROVIDED. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE SAID NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE THEM ANY MONEY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GIVE US THE DATA THAT WE NEEDED IF WE WANTED TO DISQUALIFY THEIR APPLICATION WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT NOW THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT I'M JUST SAYING WE SHOULD PROBABLY GIVE THE MONEY THAT THAT BUT YOU KNOW SOME SOME MORE THAN WHAT THEY'VE ASKED THAT THAT WHAT WE'VE WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS BECAUSE WE KNOW OF THEIR FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO US IN TERMS OF THE CIVIC ARTS THAT THEY PROVIDE HERE THAT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING I DON'T WANT TO ARGUE WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD HAVE PROVIDED I MEAN ONE AND SOMEBODY CAN GO AS AN INDEPENDENT AND GET ON THE BOD OR GIVE THEM A BIG CHECK AND THEN GO GET ALL THEIR FINANCIAL DATA. I MEAN THERE ARE NONPROFIT. THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS TO GET THAT INFORMATION. JUST DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE OBLIGATED TO GIVE IT TO US AND IF THE INFORMATION THEY DID GIVE US GIVE TO US WAS COMFORTABLE ENOUGH FOR THIS FOR THIS RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDATION TO GIVE THEM MONEY THEN I'M NOT SURE WE SHOULD BE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE LIST OR NOT I GUESS IS WHAT I'M SAYING. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M MAKINGNY SEE ANYMORE BUT WOU JUST IF WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEM MONEY THAT'S FINE. BUT I THINK HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO SOMETHING NOW THE RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN MADE WITH INFORMATION THAT THEY DID THEY DID GIVE GIVE IS NECESSARILY APPROPRIATE. MR. ROGERS THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMAN ADELE SONDRA I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT NOBODY AT LEAST FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE OR THE REVIEW COMMITTEES PERSPECTIVE IS SUGGESTING THAT ARTISTRY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISQUALIFIED FROM THIS PROCESS . THAT COULDN'T BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING IS BASED ON THE INFORMATION PRESENTED TO US IN AN EVALUATION. THE QUALITY OF THE GRANT APPLICATION WHICH WAS INDICATED IN TH MEMO THE COMMITTEE FELT THAT IT WAS THE LOWEST SCORING ALL OF THE APPLICANTS IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY OF THE APPLICATION AND UNDERSTOOD BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS GOING TO BE GAINED BY PROVIDING THE DOLLARS. NOBODY IS SAYING THAT THEY SHOULD BE DISQUALIFIED FROM PROCESS BY ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER AND I WOULD ALSO ADD THIS NOTION OF SPENDING ALL THE MONEY WHICH I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WOULD WE LIKE TO SUPPORT THE ARTS AND I SUPPORT THE ARTS AS MUCH AS ANYBODY BUT I ALSO SUPRT T COITTEE THAT WAS EVALUATING THE GRANT APPLICATIONS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE ON THAT THE APPLICATIONS AND WHAT THEY SAW AS THE PROGRAMING COMING OUT OF THAT WAS ADEQUATE FOR FULL FUNDING. I MEAN I SUPPORT THE ARTS. I ALSO SUPPORT GOOD ROADS BUT IF WE HAD A ROAD BUDGET OR A BUDGET FOR A PROJECT AND W DOING THE PROJECT WASN'T DOING EVERYTHING WE ASKED OF THEM OR THEY DIDN'T MEET THE THE THE EXPECTATIONS OF WE WERE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH AND WE STILL DECIDED WELL BUT WE'RE GIVING THEM ALL THE MON I IT'S IT'S COMPARABLE AND I JUST DON'T DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH IT AND I DO RESPECT THE WORK OF THE THE COMMITTEE THAT TOOK THE TIME TO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS AND HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS AND AND BROUGHT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD . LET'S REMEMBER MARTIN. THANK YOU. YEAH, JUST BRIEFLY I THINK I WAS JUST THINKING HOW NICE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL THE NONPROFITS I FUNDRAISED FOR IF I HAD THIS PANEL REVIEWING A SUBPAR APPLICATION THAT I PUT IN FRONT OF THEM BECAUSE IT'S THESE ARE ALL GOOD ORGANIZAONS DOING GOOD WORK OBVIOUSLY AND ARE ASSETS TO THE COMMUNITY BUT ALONG THOSE SAME LINES THAT'S WHY WE WE HAVE A PROCESS WHY THESE ARE REVIEWED AND WHY WE ALLOCATE BASED ON THE QUALITY OF WHAT'S PUT IN FRONT OF US AND IF THIS IF WE WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AT SOME POINT DOWN THE LINE ABOUT THE REVIEW COMMITTEE AND HOW IT'S UP AND WHERE WE RECRUIT FROM IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE BUT THEY CAME WITH THIS WITH A RECOMMENDATION SAYING THIS WHAT THE PLANS PUT IN FRONT OF US WERE WORTH 30 GRAND, NOT 80 GRAND. AND THAT'S KIND OF JUST HOW IT WORKS WHEN YOU'RE ASKING FOR AND I'M ALSO NERVOUS ABOUT THE IMPRESSION THAT WE'RE JUS FAVORITES TO SAY THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE DONE GREAT THINGS IN THE PAST THEY COULD DO GREAT THINGS IN THE FUTURE AND BECAUSE OF THE STRESS THEY'RE UNDER THEY'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO TO PUT FORWARD AN ACCURATE OR DETAILED ENOUGH IN THEIR APPLICATION LAST TIME THE ISSUE OF MORAL HAZARD MAYBE NOT QUITE THE RIGHT TERM BASICALLY MORAL HAZARD OF BAILING OUT THE ORGANIZATION TO A LARGE EXTENT IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND WHAT HAPPENED THREE WEEKS LATER ANOTHER ORGANIZATION CAME TO OUR PUBLIC CONVERSATION UPSTAIRS TO SAY HOW CAN I GET A 100 GRAND? WHATO I SUBMIT A APPLICATION TO AND ON THE BACK END OF THIS PROCESS I JUST DON'T SEE HOW ORGANIZATIONS ARE COMING OUT OF WOODWORK SAYING WELL YOU DIDN'T GET ME, YOU DIDN'T CHASE ME DOWN, YOU DIDN'T REQUEST MORE INFORMATION. YOU DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT I WAS IN A TOUGH PLACE AND SUPER BUSY WHEN I FILLED OUT THE APPLICATION TOO SO I HONESTLY I JUST KIND OF THINK THIS IS A TOUGH LOVE SITUATION FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT DOES REALLY GOOD AND FAILED TO DELIVER IN THIS APPLICATION. SO I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THE REALLOCATION OF FUNDS PARTICULAR THE INCREASE FOR OUR DISTRICT. LET'S REMEMBER A WOMAN I WANT TO THANK BOTH THE MAYOR AND A COUNCILMBER. MARTIN IN TERMS OF WHAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I DO AGREE WITH MY MY COLLEAGUE COSMO DALLESSANDRO THE ONLY THING I'M ASKING FOR IS FROM A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY IN THE APPLICATION THE FISCAL YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION BEFORE WE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SO I CAN SUPPORT YOU KNOW, THE 7900 YOU KNOW THE YOU KNOW, WHATEVER ELSE WE HAVE HERE THE OTHER AWARDED FOR THE NOTABLE SINGERS THAT FOR 98 I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THAT BUT I JUST TNK BEFORE THIS BODY YOU KNOW, IT GIVES OUR INDUSTRY ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. I WOULD SUPPORT UP TO 80. YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY I RESPECT WHAT AND WHAT THE COMMITTEE HAS UP WITH. BUT YOU KNOW, I DO THINK I AGREE WITH YOUR STATEMENT THAT YOU MADE THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PROVIDING A DIFFERENT SERVICE IN AND I DO THINK IT'S IT'S WORTHWHILE TO CONSIDER THAT. BUT I JUST NEED TO SEE ADDITIONAL FINANCIALS THAT EVERY OTHER ORGANIZATION THAT SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATION PUT FORWARD. SO IF IF THAT' A PT OF THIS OF THIS MOTION, THEN I CAN SUPPORT WHATEVER DOLLAR AMOUNT YOU WANT TO WANT TO GIVE BUT BUT I CAN'T I HAVE THAT THAT ITEM THAT FISCAL YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FROM OUR STREAM NOW TO BE CLEAR WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION YET WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO T AND BRIDGE THIS GAP AND FIGURE THIS OUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THAT SO WE CAN GET MOVING ON THIS AND COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN HAPPY TO THROW THAT OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT WE GOT HERE. SO I'LL GO AHEAD MOVE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT DALLESSANDRO DID WITH 35,000 AWARD FOR ANGELICA CONTE A 30,000 WORD TO THE ARTISTRY OF 7900 I THINK IT WAS FOR THE BOONTON CHORALE AND THEN THE OTHER ONES ARE FINE THE WAY THEY'RE LISTED EXCEPT FOR THE OTHER CHANGE WOULD BE WITH THE NOTABLE SINGERS THEY WOULD GET 5498 AND THEN THE ONLY CAVEAT THAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT I WOULD PUT IT IN THERE IS THAT WE COULD CONSIDER ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ARTISTRYNCE THE FISCAL YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND ANOTHER SO IT'D BE MY MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SO YOU GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND BY MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. I LOOKED DOWN TO MY RIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT CITY ATTORNEY HAS THE INFORMATION CORRECT AND WE WE ARE IN A PLACE THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. MAYOR MEMBERS I HAVE COMPARED TES WH MR. BILL HT AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THE INFORMATION CORRECT AND I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT. SO YOU'RE ALTERING THE AMOUNTS FROM THE RECOMMENDATION ON TWO OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, CORRECT YEAH TWO OR THREE CORRAL 78 AND 7900 ON BLOOMINGTON CORRAL 70 900 AND CROW NOTABLES FOUR AND 98 AND AND ARTISTRY 50,000 WITH ART HISTORY BEING ELIGIBLE FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY AFTER THEY PRODUCE SO JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR IT'S BUSINESS IT'D BE THE 30,000 YOU KNOW WITH THE CAVEAT THAT ONCE RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM FISCAL YEAR STATEMENTS THE THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO SO SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION YOUR MOTION WAS FOR ARTISTRY AT 30,000 YEAH KEEP IT RIGHT THERE AT 30,000 AND THEN IF WE GET THE ADDITIONAL FISCAL INFORMATION WE'D BE ABLE TO COME BACK AT A LATER DATE AND ORDER ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. EVERYBODY WANTS EVERYBODY CLEAR ON ON THAT SO FAR THERE IS A SECOND ON THAT ME. YES THERE WAS DISCUSSION SO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SO CAN YOU SHARE WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN ART HISTORIES APPLICATION? WHAT DID THEY SAY THEY WANTED TO DO BECAUSE I THINK I'M AN ASSUMPTION THAT IT'S JUST THEATER. THE THEATER LIKE KIND OF YOU KNOW, JUST THEATER IN THE SUMMER CAMPS OR SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S NOT ACTUALLY NOTED IN HERE. BUT THEN THE PANELISTS DID SAY THAT THEY APPRECIATE THE STRENGTHS FOR THEIR HIGH QUALITY OF PRODUCTIONS DIVERSE LEADERSHIP THAT WORKS TO SERVE THE BIPOC COMMUNITY EFFORTS TO START RE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM WHICH I HAVE HEARD FROM TEACHERS MUCH THEY'VE APPRECIATED THE ARTISTRY PARTNERSHIPS PAY WHAT YOU CAN PERFORMANCES I THINK ARE IS GREAT IS INCREASING ACCESS TO THE ARTS AND THEN POSITIVE STEPS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH OTHER RESIDENT ORGAZATIONS AS WAS ALL OF THAT INCLUDED IN THEIR APPLICATION OR IS THAT JUST WHAT WAS KNOWN ABOUT ART HISTORY LIKE WHAT WAS IT WHAT ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN WHAT THEY WERE PROPOSING TO DO SO MR. AND COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBERS MY ROLE AS MODERATOR ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I STRESSED WAS THAT THIS REVIEW PROCESS WAS ABOUT THE APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED AND SO EVERYTHING WITHIN THE MEMO THAT WAS SUMMARIZED FROM THEIR DISCUSSION IS NOTED FROM THEIR APPLICATION. I STRESSED VERY HARD TO THE PANELISTS THAT NO ASSUMPTIONS COULD BE MADE AND IT WAS ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME IN INHETING THIS PROCESS THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE ANY SORT OF CONSIDERATION FROM THIS COUNCIL'S PREVIOUS DECISIONS THAT WOULD AFFECT THIS PROCESS IN ANY WAY. SO WHAT YOU'RE READING IS EVERYTHING THAT WAS INCLUDED SO BUT I DON'T SEE WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THEIR APPLICATION LIKE WHAT WERE THE WAS IT THE THEATER PROGRAM LIKE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WERE THE USES FOR THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN OUR OUR PACKET THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO TO SUMMARIZE IT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU MORE INFORMATION SO I GUESS I'M ASKING BECAUSE LIKE IF IT'S IF IT IS LIKEITERALLY JUST LIKE IF IT'S JUST THE THEATER AND LIKE ONE OTHER THING I WOULD I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'D BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH LIKE SAYING OKAY FINE BUT LIKE IF IF THEY'RE PROPOSING ALSO LIKE YOU KNOW, THE THE SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP WORK ENGAGING WITH BIPOC COMMUNITY I MEAN LIKE THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT IS KIND OF MENTIONED AND SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS BUT IT'S VERY HARD FOR ME TO MAKE A DECISION WITHOUT ACTUALLY KNOWING WHAT WAS IN THE PROPOSAL. LIKE I GET I TOTALLY SEE LIKE PUBLIC BENEFIT MINISTRY LE THEHEEMARKS FM THE PANEL BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO JUDGE IF IT'S $30,000 WORTH OF WORK OR $80,000 WORTH OF WORK BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THERE. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, WOULD IT BE HELPFUL FOR US TO SHARE THEIR APPLICATION NARRATIVE WITH YOU? SO SURE THEM REVIEW THAT YOURSELVES AS A COUNCIL AND THEN WE CAN SHARE THE CRITERIA AND YOU'VE ALREADY GOT THE BLANK RFP. I MEAN THOSE THREE PIECES SHOULD GIVE YOU A PRETTY GOOD LOOK AT THE APPLICATION CRITERIA, THE QUESTIONS AND HOW THEY THEY ANSWERED THOSE VIA THEIR NARRATIVE WHAT WAS THEIR AND THEN AS MANY OF YOU KNOW THEN WELL FRANKLY WHAT WASN'T THERE? MM HMM. WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL? BECAUSE WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT FOR YOU AND I WOULD SAY IN THE FUTURE IT WOULD BE NICE TO JUST HAVE LIKE A LITTLE SUMMARY OF LIKE WHAT IT IS. I MEAN LIKE FOR SOME OF THEM IT'S OBVIOUS BUT FOR SOME MIGHT NOT BE AND TO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON'S POINT RIGHT ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS ON THEIR WEBSITE THEY'RE DOING ONE SHOW IN BLOOMINGTON BUT MAYBE IN THEIR PROPOSAL THEY'RE PROPOSING TEN AND LIKE WE JUST DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT. SO FOR FUTURE THAT SO SO WHAT I'M HEARING THE NUMBERS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUEST BASED ON WHAT ARTISTRY THEIR FINANCIALS THEIR MOST RECENT FINANCIALS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH OUR INDUSTRY AGAIN TO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER'S POINT, DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WORTH 30,000 OR 80,000 BECAUSE WE NEED MORE INFORMATION. SO I'M COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. YEAH, THANK YOU MAYOR. I'LL LIKELY SUPPORT THIS BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT ARTISTRY. YOU KNOW WE RAN INTO THEY RAN INTO A SITUATION WHERE THEY DIDN'T HAVE FINANCIALS FOR A LONG TIME. WHAT I JUST HEARD IS THEY DON'T HAVE FINANCIALS AND I'M JUST I MEAN FRANKLY'M JUS KIND OF DUMBFOUNDED BY THAT THAT THEY STILL DON'T HAVE FINANCIALS. I MEAN THAT I MEAN I'M JUST CANDIDLY REALLY HESITANT TO GIVE THEM ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. THAT WAS THE PROBLEM BEFORE THAT WAS I MEAN THEY MAY SEND OUT EMAIL THAT SAYS THEY GOT RID OF 70% OF THEIR DEBT BUT I'D PREFER TO SEE A FINANCIAL STATEMENT THAT SAYS THAT AND I MEAN ISN'T THIS HOW WE GOT IN THE PROBLEM INTO THE MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE IF MR. AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I DON WANT ANYBODY INFER BY WHAT I SAID THAT THEY DON'T HAVE FINANCIALS THAT ARE CURRENT. THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE THE MOST RECENT FINANCIAL YEAR DATA IN THE APPLICATION AND WE ALL KNOW THEY WERE HAVING ISSUES WITH THEIR FINANCES AT THE END OF THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. WE ALSO DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE'RE NO LONGER EX-OFFICIO TO THE BOARD AND DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THEY'RE NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE IT IF THEY HAVE CONCLUDED THE LAST YEAR'S FISCAL YEAR UPDATE OR AUDIT OR ANY OF THAT INFORMATION AND IT WASN'T REQUIRED AS PART OF THIS. SO THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE TO GO ON BY WHAT THEY SUBMITTED THE MOST RECENT FISCAL YEAR THAT THEY HAD. SO I THINK IT IS REASONABLE TO ASK THEM IF IF THEY WANT TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO CONSIDER PROVIDING A HIGHER AMOUNT I HAVE TALKED TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT HE HE BELIEVES THAT THEY ARE IN A STABLE AND ENCOURAGING POSITION. HE DIDN'T TELL ME WHAT THE STATE OF THEIR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. THANK YOU, MA'AM. I WILL JUST READ FROM I BELIEVE WHAT DOES THE APPLICATION COPY OF YOUR ORGANIZATION'S MOST RECENT FISCAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DOESN'T SAY MOST RECENT COMPLETED JUST AS THE MOST RECENT FINANCIAL AND THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE THAT I MEAN IT JUST IT'S A HUGE CONCERN FOR ME I MEAN THEY UNDERSTOOD I UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE. I THINK I THINK WE SHOULD GO TO A VOTE HERE JUST TO FIGURE OUT WE ARE AND WHERE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. DOES EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE? I THINK YEAH, WE GET IT BACK PRETTY CLEARLY AND WE UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT EVERYBODY COOL. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION ON THE TABLE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I PROPOSED NO MOTION CARRIES SIX ONE WITH COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN OPPOSING AND SO THOSE THOSE NUMBERS THAT WE HAD ADJUSTED AND THEN KEPT THE SAME ARE WHAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH AND WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE MAY I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WILL BUT WE MAY CONSIDER ADDITIONAL FOR ARTISTRY GIVEN WE IF WE SEE MORE INFMATI FROM TM THAT WOULD JUSFY THAT SAID FAIR TO SAY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH THANK YOU. MY APOLOGIES ABOUT THE TIME FRAME HERE BUT CAN SOMEONE JUST RECOMMEND THAT THEY DO IT RIGHT NEXT YEAR LIKE THINGS LIKE STRONGLY RECOMMENDS? YES I MEAN BECAUSE THIS IS I MEAN HONESTLY AGAIN I'M DUMBFOUNDED TO LEARN THAT THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE THOSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR WORK AS WELL. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.2 AND THREE, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE EXTEND OUR DEADLINE BY 30 MINUTES IHINK NO MORE N TO EXCEED MINUTES BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME MORE WORK TO FINISH UP HERE. SO I WILL MOVE THAT WE WILL EXTEND OUR DEADLINE TO 11/32 MOTION AND THE SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO NO LATER THAN 1130 SO NOW WE'VE GOT A HARD DEADLINE NOT JUST A DEADLINE BUT A HARD DEADLINE IN THIS ITEM 5.2 THE CONTRACT FOR FINAL DESIGN ON THE 30% DESIGN OF BRIAN AND TREV BY PARKS IN THE CONSULTANT CONTRACT FOR FINAL GOOD EVENING CLERK WELCOME GOOD ENING MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL I AM HERE TONIGHT PRESENTING WITH BRAD ALDRICH ALSO FROM OUR DESIGN TEAM FROM CONFLUENCE TONIGHT WILL GIVE US SOME PLANNING CONTEXT THE 30% DESIGN AND COST ESTIMATE AND THEN TALK NEXT STEPS. I DO FIRST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE PROJECT TEAM MANY LISTED HERE EVEN SOME NOT LISTED HERE AND SOME KEY MEMBERS OF THE TEAM ARE IN THE AUDIENCE WITH TONIGHT. DAVE HANSEN, BRIAN GREENALL, THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE AND THEN LIZ HICKSON ALSO FROM CONFLUENCE HERE TONIGHT WE'VE COMPLETED PARK MASTER PLAN BACK IN 2021. THIS IS TO THE PLANNING WORK WE STARTED A YEAR AND TO THE PROJECTS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT THESE PARK REDEVELOPED ITHE PA REDEVELOPMENTLANS AND THIS PLANNING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE MASTER PLAN AND BALANCING THE LOCATION OF NEW AMENITIES ACROSS THE PARK SYSTEM FOR PRIORITY PARK ELEMENTS EMERGED DURING THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS NATURAL RESOURCES TRAILS AND MOBILITY NEW PARK AMENITIES AND EQUITY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE 30% DESIGN DESIGNING CONCERT IN CONTEXT OF THESE PRIORITY PARK ELEMENTS REGARDING EQUITY. ONE ELEMENT OF THAT IS THE TOOL THAT WE INITIATED A GAS PROJECT IN PART OPERATIONALIZE IS THIS TOOL THAT WE PROPOSED IN THE MASTER WHILE IT'S STILL BEING COMPLETED. I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT PARK RANKED SECOND USING THAT CRITERIA AMONG ALL THE PLANS WHERE PARKS WERE PLANNING WITH SMITH PARK RANKING FIRST AND COUNCIL RECOMMENDED AN INVESTMENT IN SMITH PARK FOR A NEW PLAYGROUND WITH STRATEGIC PRIORITY MONEY FOR THIS YEAR. SO WE STARTED THE CONCEPT PLANNING FOR NINE PARKS A YEAR AGO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT WITH THE 30% DESIGN OF BRYANT AND TREVOR TO PREPARE FOR 2024 CONSTRUCTION. THE OTHER SEVEN CONCEPTS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED. WE'LL BE REVIEWING THOSE WITH THE PUBLIC AND THOSE WILL ALSO INCLUDE COST ESTIMATES AND THEN BE USED AS A PLANNING TOOL FOR OUR IP MOVING FORWARD . THE PROCESS AGAIN THAT WE INITIATED A YEAR AGO CAME WITH PUBLIC THROUGHOUT AND ENGEMENT OF THE COUNCIL AND OUR PARKS ARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION AS WELL AS STAFF. I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO BRAD TO FORMALLY INTRODUCE HIMSELF A BIT AND THEN HE'LL REVIEW THE CONCEPT PLANS FOR EACH OF THE PARKS THANK YOU DAVID. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THIS GREAT TO BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT BRIAN TREVOR CONSIDERING THE TIME WILL GO OVER THE 30% PLANS AT A PRETTY HIGH LEVEL AND YOU WISH AND WANT MORE DETAI WE WILL ANSWERUESTNS ABOUT THOSE. AS RENE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO SORT OF COUCH THIS AND FRAME IT WITH PRIORITIES THAT WE DISCUSSED FROM THE PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN. SO STARTING WITH TREVOR, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH TREVOR NOW IT IS CURRENTLY I GUESS IT WAS A BROOM BALL COURTS ESSENTIALLY IN A LARGE KIND OF GRAVEL AREA IN A SMALL WARMING HOUSE. SO THIS IS THE PLAN THAT WAS ACTUALLY EXPLORED IN THE PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN THAT REALLY CONSISTS TURNING THE BROOMHALL COURT AREA INTO A BIKE SKILLS AREA SO THAT OF CLOVERLEAF ITEM KIND OF ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PARK WOULD BE THAT AREA AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE A LITTLE LATER AND THEN SOME SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THAT BIKE SKILLS AREA INCLUDING A PARKING LOT AND A KIND OF A PICNIC PAVILION FOR GATHERING . SO JUST KIND OF REFERRING BACK TO THE KEY PARK PRIORITIES I THINK NUMBER ONE NATURAL RESOURCES IS SO HUGE IN BLOOMINGTON AND REALLY THE KEY ELEMENT FOR NATURAL RESOURCES ETC. IS THE OF INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL AROUND THAT BUFFER AREA YOU TRET BAR IS FLAT ON TOP AND IT KIND OF DIPS DOWN TO THEARGE WETLAND ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND I THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICAL TO RESTORE THAT AREA CONTROL A LOT OF THE BUCKTHORN AND INVASIVE TREES THAT ARE IN THAT AREA BUT THAT ALSO WILL OPEN UP A LOT OF VIEWS TO THAT BEAUTIFUL WETLAND TO THE SOUTH AS WELL. ANOTHER KEY ELEMENT IS REUSING OR USING THE NATURAL TO ACTUALLY DO SORT OF DOUBLE DUTY NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE MORE NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE PARK BUT ALSO TO UTILIZE THAT FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY TREAT THE STORMWATER FROM MAYBE SOME OF THE INTRODUCED IMPERVIOUS SUCH AS PARKING LOT THE NEXT PARK NEEDS THAT'S REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND THIS IS REALLY ABOUT UPDATING THIS PARK ESPECIALLY TO KIND OF A REALLY MORE MODERN KIND OF RECREATIONAL AMENITY THESE BIKE SKILLS AREAS REALLY POPULAR NATIONWIDE IN MINNESOTA ESPECIALLY AND I WOULD SAY EVEN MORE SO IN THE METRO THERE'S A LOT OF THEM PLANNED. THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE IN THE CITY AND I THINK IT WILL BE VERY HIGHLY USED FROM AN EQUITY AND ACCESS PERSPECTIVE. I THINK BUILDING ON THAT I THINK TS IS GOINGO BE A REALLY UNIQUE FEATURE BECAUSE WE ARE PLANNING REUSE THE LIGHTING THAT WAS AT THE BALL COURTS AND LIGHT THE BIKE SKILLS AREA. TO MY KNOWLEDGE I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER FACILITY IN THE METRO OR IN THE STATE THAT WOULD HAVE THAT. I THINK THIS WOULD BE KIND OF EXTENDING THAT USAGE LATER INTO THE EVENING ESPECIALLY IN FALL AND SPRING EVENINGS I THINK WOULD BE A REAL BENEFIT. I THINK THIS IS ALSO A PARK THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO WITH THE SOILS WITH IT SO NEAR WETLAND TO REALLY INTRODUCE LIKE A LOT OF REALLY BIG INFRASTRUCTURE MOVES SUCH AS BUILDINGS SUCH AS EXTENSIVE COURTS WE'RE REALLY KIND OF USING WHAT THE SITE IS GIVING US. I THINK THESE THESE FACILITY IS REALLY KIND OF LEND THEMSELVES TO THIS LOW IMPACT USE. AND THEN LASTLY THE LAST PRIORITY IS TRAILS MOBILITY. YOU KNOW WE'RE BUILDING A BIKE SKILLS COURSE. WE WOULD LOVE IT IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD ACTUALLY BIKE TO THE BIKE SKILLS COURSE . THIS FACILITY WILL HELP MAKE BETTER BIKE RIDERS IN BLOOMINGTON. IT IS ALSO KIND OF THE CENTER OF THAT AREA IS DESIGNED FOR ALL WHEEL SO YOU CAN USE SCOOTERS, YOU CAN USE SKATEBOARD YOU CAN USE ROLLER BLADES AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT TRAINING AND LEARNING HOW TO DO THESE THINGS BETTER AND I THINK CONNECTING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO I THINK RENAY IS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW PLANNING TO DO THAT AND HOW THAT MAYBE FITS IN WITH SOME OF THE OTHER KEY PLANNING DEPARTMENT MOVES. YEAH. THANKS BRAD. COUNCILMEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS ACCESS TO PARK SAFE ACCESS WAS MENTIONED A LOT AROUND BOTH TREVOR AND BRYANT. THE TEAMNCLUD AOT OF COORDINATION WITH COLLEAGUES IN ENGINEERING TO EXAMINE SAFE ACCESS ROUTES. WE LOOKED AT THAT THROUGH THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND THEN JUST INDIVIDUALLY AS A TEAM DESIGNING THESE PARKS. WHAT I HAVE SHOWN ON HERE ACROSS 90TH IS THE CITED LOCATION AN IMPROVED CROSSING THE FINAL CONCEPT HAVE SIDEWALK NEW SIDEWALK FROM FRANCE TO THIS PARK. WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH PUBLIC STAFF IS THEY WILL BE DEVELOPING A PROJECT TO ADD THESE AMENITIES AND WILL BE COMING TO COUNCIL TO ORDER A STUDY LOOKING AT THOSE SIDEWALK SAFETY CONNECTIONS AROUND BOTH PARKS AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING SO THAT'S NOT FORGOTTEN OR INCLUDED BUT JUST GOING TO BE PLANNED AND BY ENGINEERING THROUGH A SEPARATE PROJECT . GREAT AND THEN BRYANT PARK A MUCH BIGGER PARK. A MUCH DIFFERENT PARK. BUT I THINK AS ERNIE MENTIONED IT'S A PRETTY IMPORTANT PARK IN KIND OF REDEVELOPING THE PARK SYSTEM MASTERPLAN AND I THINK IT'S UNIQUE IN THIS LOCATION AND WHAT WE'RE SORT OF TRYING TO DISCUSS HERE TONIGHT I THINK JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM THE PARK PRIORITIES PERSPECTIVE NUMBER ONE AGAIN IS NATURAL RESOURCES AND IF YOU CURRENTLY ARE FAMILIAR WITH BRYANT PARK IT'S ALMOST BROKEN UP INTO TWO SECTIONS. THERE'S THE NORTH SECTION IN THE SOUTH SECTION THE NORTH SECTION IS REALLY SORT OF A PAIVE OPEN AREA AND THE SOUTH SECTION IS WHERE A LOT OF THE ACTIVITIES RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES OCCUR LIKE BASEBALL ,WINTER HOCKEY AND WE ARE PROPOSING KEEP IT GENERALLY LIKE THAT. I THINK THE NORTHERN SECTION IS A LOT MORE GOING ON FROM A NATURAL RESOURCE PERSPECTIVE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT WETLAND RESTORATION UP TO THREE ACRES OF WETLAND RESTORATION THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR ACRES OF OF UPLAND RESTORATION THAT WOULD GO WITH THAT. SO THAT NORTHERN SECTION WOULD REALLY BE SORT OF BEAUTIFIED AND KIND OF PUT MORE WORK. THERE'S SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ISSUES AT THIS PARK. WHAT WE'RE WHAT TRYING TO DO HERE IS IMPROVE WATER QUALITY BUT ALSO ADDRESS THE FLOODING ISSUES IN THIS AREA AS WELL WITH SOME OF THESE DESIGNS THE SOUTHERN AREA WE'RE STILL APPROACHING IT AS THE KIND OF ACTIVE RECREATION AREA BUT AGAIN TRYING TO TWEAK IT TO MEET SOME OF THE PARK NEEDS OF NGHBORHOO. SO THE NATURAL RESOURCES AGAIN ARE JUST KIND OF MENTIONED THE KEY ELEMENTS THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT AND I THINK WE'RE USING NATIVE VEGETATION TO AGAIN USE USE IT AS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE TO DO DOUBLE DUTY BUT ALSO TO STITCH THE PARK TOGETHER FROM THE PARK NEEDS PERSPECTIVE THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS HERE THAT ARE GOING ON THAT REALLY SORT OF UPDATE THE PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN AND ONE OF THOSE KEY ITEMS IS AN ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND. THERE ISN'T REALLY ONE IN THE CITY. THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE THAT WOULD BE FULLY ACCESSIBLE AND THINK IT WOULD BE A HUGE BENEFIT TO THIS AREA. ANOTHER KEY ELEMENT FM AN EQUITY AND ACCS PSPECTIVE THAT IS REALLY IORTANT WITH BRYANT BLOOMINGTON HAS GREAT ACCESS TO MOST OF THE PARKS THIS ONE AREA OF THE CITY WHERE BRYANT PARK MAYBE NEEDS TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK THERE IS A GAP TO THE EAST AND WEST SIDE OF BRYANT THAT THERE REALLY DIFFICULT ACCESS TO IT. SO LOOKING AT THIS PARK I THINK COMPARED TO SOME OTHER PARKS IN THE SYSTEM IT MIGHT NEED TO SERVE A LITTLE BIT MORE PEOPLE AND MORE USERS AND BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE ESPECIALLY FROM A NATURAL RESOURCE PERSPECTIVE. WHEN WE LOOKED AT NATURAL RESOURCES IF YOU ARE YOU KNOW, EAST OF BRYANT PARK YOU HAVE PRETTY GOOD ACCESS TO MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. IF YOU'RE WEST THE BRYANT PARK YOU HAVE GOOD ACCESS HIGHLAND THIS IS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF A NATURAL RESOURCES DESERT . AT'S AGAIN ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE PUTTING SO MUCH EMPHASIS ON NATURAL RESOURCES THIS DESIGN AND THEN AGAIN FROM TRAILS AND MORE AND MOBILITY THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PARK AND WE'RE TRYING TO CONNECT TO IT REALLY IS TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT BUT I THINK THE OTHER THING TO POINT OUT IS ALL THE SORT OF YOU CAN SEE THE WHITE SIDEWALKS AND TRAILS. WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO CREATE LOOPS IN THIS PARK. IT'S A BIG PARK. IT CAN REALLY SERVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU KNOW, THIS A GREAT PLACE TO DO YOUR AFTER WORK WALKS WITH A DOG WITH YOU KNOW. THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S ACTUALLY A LACK OF SIDEWALKS HERE AS WELL THAT THINK BY INTRODUCING THOSE IT HELPS CREATE THOSE LOOPS BUT ALSO JUST CREATES SAFETY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR PEDESTRIAN RENEE IS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT MIGHT INTEGRATE SOME OF THE OTHER PARK PLANNING. SURE. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE 30% DESIGN AND THE PROJECT WE'RE REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TONIGHT INCLUDES THE TRAIL LOOPS WITHIN, THE PARKS, THE ENGINEERING STUDY AND SEPARATE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WOULD INCLUDE THE SIDEWALKS AROUND, THE PARKS AND ADDRESSING ACCESS TO THE PARK CROSSINGS. I THINK THE 86TH STREET IS A LITTLE MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD TO SOLVE THAN WE LOOKED 82ND STREET WHICH I THINK IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO SOLVE BUT ARE SOMETHING THAT AN ENGINEERING STUDY WILL AND DO SEPARATELY . OOPS. DID YOU HAVE ANY ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT EITHER OF THOSE PARKS? COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU MAYOR. SO IN THE TRAP BALCONY UNITY, LISTENING, PLANNING I KNOW THAT A COUPLE OF THE VERSIONS HAD A POTENTIAL DOG PARK I'M JUST WONDERING THE RATIONALE FOR TAKING IT OUT I MEAN I SAW THAT THERE WAS ONE AT BRYANT POTENTIALLY SO I THINK KING IS LIKE WELL MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE IT'S IN CLOSE PROXIMITY I MEAN WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE THEM AT EVERY PARK. SO I GUESS JUST CURIOUS THE RATIONALE BEHIND THAT DECISION. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WE DID EVALUATE THAT AND BASED ON PUBLIC FEEDBACK OF THE FINAL CONCEPT PLAN AND EVALUATION OF OUR PARK COMMISSION, WE FELT IT WAS IN ONE SENSE SQUEEZING TOO INTO THIS SITE WHERE THE FOCUS IS REALLY ON TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE BIKE SKILLS PARK AMENITY AND SECONDLY THAT THE MIX OF DOGS AND BIKES IS IT NECESSARILY ALWAYS COMPATIBLE AND COULD CREATE DANGERS FOR BOTH? SO FOR THOSE TWO REASONS THAT THE INPUT AND RECOMMENDATION OF OUR PARK COMMISSION WE MODIFIEDHE CONCEPT IN THE 30% TO REMOVE THAT ELEMENT. THANK YOU THE COST ESTIMATES AT THIS PHASE I PACKAGED COST INTO CATEGORIES BOTH PARKS AIM TO ACCOMPLISH MANY DIFFERENT. WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED A PLAYGROUND IN THE BIKE SKILL COURSE FOR TREVOR THE PARK SHELTER BUILDING WHICH WILL BE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED ON CONCURRENT PHASE. THE PARK AMENITIES AND SITE AMENITIES. WE SEPARATED STORMWATER RESTORATION IN LANDSCAPE AND THEN INCLUDED DESIGN FEES AND CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY SO THE PROJECT COSTS ESTIMATE FOR EACH OF THESE PARKS IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT THE 9.272568 FOR BRYANT AND 1.29825 FOR TRIP UP PARK. MR. ROONEY THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE REAL QUICKLY IF WE CAN, RENEE. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE JUST TO MAKE THAT THAT BOTTOM LINE IS NOT CONFUSING TO ANYBODY THAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS NOT THE 30 IS NOT 30% OF WHAT THE ESTIMATED COST IS. THAT'S AFTER 30% PRE DESIGN. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING THE PROJECT COST TO BE RIGHT. WE DONE THE FULL DESIGN YET. THIS IS THE 30% ESTIMATE AND HERE'S THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY 52 MILLION IS NOT 30% OF THE TOTAL COST. SO JUST WE'RE CLEAR. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE. THERE ARE THREE PRIMARILY PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCES IDENTIFIED FOR THE FEDERAL AIRPORT DOLLARS THATE DEDICATED TO NATURAL RESOURCE WORK IN TOTAL A $500,000 STORMWATER UTILITY BUDGET THAT WILL GO TOWARDS STORMWATER DESIGNS FOR THE PARKS AND THEN CHARTER BONDS FOR THE REMAINDER. I'LL NOTE THAT IF COUNCIL ELECTS TO MOVE FORWARD THE PROJECT AS PROPOSED OR ANY MODIFICATIONS OF STAFF WILL COME BEFORE YOU WITH IMBURSEMENT ROLUTN IN JULY TO INITIATE THE CHARTER BONDING PROCESS IN ADDITION TO REVIEWING AND APPROVING THE PERCENT DESIGNS FOR THE PROJECT STAFF ALSO REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A SERVICE AGREEMENT TO COMPLETE THE DESIGN CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION. WE DID AN RFP FOR PROPOSAL RECEIVED THREE RESPONSES FROM CONFLUENCE BOLTON AND MINK AND STANTEC. WE HAD A STAFF TEAM OF FIVE PEOPLE FROM PARKS, FIVE PEOPLE TOTAL AND THEY CAME FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT PARK MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING. THE EVALUATION OF THE PROPOSALS INCLUDED COST EXPERIENCE AND REFERENCES MAKING UP THE PRIMARY SCORE AND THEN CLARITY OF THE SCOPE AND DELIVERABLES SCHEDULE IN THE PROJECT TEAM CONFLUENCE WAS SELECTED BY THE REVIEW TEAM BASED ON THOSE EVALUATION ITERIA. THE PLANNING PROCESS SO THE THE TAKEAWAY HERE IS THE SHELTER BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AND PLAYGROUND DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WILL MOVE ON A CONCURRENT PROCESS WITH A DIFFERENT DESIGN TEAM THAT WILL COORDINATE WITH THE PRIME CONSULTANT HERE ON THE PARK AND I'VE GOT THREE CHECK INS WITH COUNCIL PART OF THIS PROCESS. ONE IS THE JULY I MENTIONED WITH THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION BUT STAFF'S PROPOSING TO COME BACK AT AROUND 90% DESIGN WITH A NEAR COMPLETED PLAN AND MORE FINAL COST ESTIMATE AND THEN REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO FOR BIDS FOR THE PROJECT. WE'D BE BACK THEN TO COUNCIL WITH THOSE BIDS REQUESTING A BID AWARD THEN IN MARCH OF 2024. SO AS YOU CONTEMPLATE YOUR DECISION I'D ALSO LIKE TO CONFIRM THAT THAT THOSE CHECKPOINTS SOUND SOUND REASONABLE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS. THIS IS OUR FIRST KIND OF DESIGN TAKE AND OUR FIRST COST ESTIMATE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT WITH THE PROJECT SO THAT THE REQUESTED TONIGHT IS APPROVAL OF THE 30% DESIGN PLANS AND THEN AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A SERVICE AGREEMENT. FOR THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS CONSTRUCTION ADMIN FOR BOTH IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $412,378. THANK. THANK YOU. IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION UNLESS THERE'S DISAGREEMENT HERE. IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THOSE THOSE CHECKING THOSE CHECK POINTS SEEM TO MAKE SENSE. I MEAN THEY WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO REEVALUATE EVERYTHING SO. I APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCIL QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBER D'ALESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WOULD BE I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN UNDERSTA ENDING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE SPECIFICS FOR THE ACTUAL FACILITY AT BRYANT PARK. THE $3 MILLION PRICE TAG IS A LOT AND YOU KNOW, I'M JUST NOT I'M NOT SURE WHAT AMENITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THAT, YOU KNOW, SO A BIT MORE OF A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THAT ENTAILS SO THAT KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING FOR THAT $3 MILLION WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL IF. THAT'S POSSIE A I DON'T MEAN THAT IT HAS TO BE IN FRONT OF THE VOTE TONIGHT BUT YOU KNOW, IT IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICALLY ON THAT 30% THE DESIGN OF THAT ACTUAL BUILDING AND MAYBE THE WAY TO PUT THAT I DON'T KNOW BUT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT FACILITY IS IS WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT WITH IT TODAY, IT WOULD BE GREAT. SURE. THANKS MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THE BUILDING IS BUILDING OFF THE COUNCIL DESIGN THAT WE DID DURING PLANNING LAST YEAR AND IT'S ALSO INTENDED TO CREATE STANDARD FOR OTHERARKS SHELTER BUILDINGS. THE COST ESTIMATE AT THAT CONCEPT OF THE DESIGN WE DID WAS I BELIEVE 3.6 MILLION. SO THAT WAS THE BASIS FOR ESTABLISHING A BUDGET. THERE WERE IT WAS IT REALLY MAXIMIZED OUR WISH LIST AND WAS A VERY NICE UNIQUEESIGN . BUT THE GENERAL SCOPE INCLUDES ABOUT 2000 SQUARE FEET OF INDOOR SPACES WITH TWO GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOMS ACCESSIBLE FROM THE INSIDE, TWO GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOMS ACCESSIBLE FROM THE OUTSIDE. KEYLESS ENTRY INTERNET ACCESS ROUND PROGRAMING TO SUPPORT PRIVATE EVENTS AS WELL AS OUR PARK PROGRAMING. AND THEN ALSO THE KIND OF EXTRA FUNCTION AND DURABILITY AS A WINTER WARMING HOUSE. SUSTAINABILITY IS ALSO REQUESTED AS PART OF THE DESIGN AND IN THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WE'RE ASKING TO MEET BY MINNESOTA BE THREE STANDARD OR ONE OF THE LEAD LEVELS WE DIDN'T REQUEST CERTIFICATION BUT SORT OF SET THAT BENCHMARK AS WE'RE STILL EVALUATING WHAT WE'RE BLOOMINGTON WILL LAND ON ON AN ORDINANCE BUT SET A SUSTAINABILITY BENCHMARK THERE TOO WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO COST . GREAT. THANK YOU COUNSEL. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MUCH. APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION KINDS OF QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS OR OR ACTION YOUR CHOICE AND ONE OF THESE COUNCILMEMBER I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR AND I CAN MAKE THE MOTION TOO BUT VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I'M GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT AND PLUG THE TODD POD PLAYGROUP HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. BI BIG FANS OF MY FAMILY IS A ACTIVE MEMBER IN THAT GROUP SO IF ANYONE HAS KIDS 0 TO 5 YEARS OLD PLEASE GO TO TODD PANDORA AND SIGN UP FOR THE EMAIL PLAY LIST AND IT'S IT'S IT'S INCREDIBLE WE ARE A CITY OF 90,000 AND WE DON'T HAVE AN ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND. EVERYONE AROUND US HAS ONE AND HAS HAD ONE FOR MANY YEARS AND SO IT'S ABOUT TIME WE GOT ONE AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY. ALL RIGHT, SO NO ONE'S G ANHING. I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAYBE MOVE TO MOTIONS A MOVE TO APPROVE THE 30% DESIGNS FOR THE BRYANT AND PARKS RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT AS REFLECTED IN THE STAFF AND AGENDA MATERIALS SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND CITY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO APPROVE THE 30% THE DESIGN PLANS BRYANT AND TREADWELL PARKS NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES ZERO COUNCILMEMBER AND I'D MOVE TO AUTHORIZE CITY T MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER ENTER INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT OR ANY AMENDMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS THERETO FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR THE BRYANT AND CHAPA PARKS RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $412,378 SECOND MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND MY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO THE NECESSARY AGREEMENTS AS STATED 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. THANK YOU. VERY EXCITING. LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS AND I KNOW THE THE DESIRE BY SO MANY FOLKS FOR A TRACK SO THAT'S FANTASTIC. YEAH I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT AND THE BRYANT PARK DESIGN IS FANTASTIC AS WELL. I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE SERVING IN A LOT OF FOLKS THERE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KELSO. WE'RE ON 95.3 THE CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE. I WILL GIVE A QUICK RECAP OF OUR LISTENING SESSION EARLIER THIS EVENING HEARD FROM A COUPLE OF PEOPLE BRIAN CIVIC TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT COMMUNICATIONS OPPORTUNITIES SPECIFICALLY SUGGESTING THAT THE DRAFT AGENDA APPEAR IN THE SUN CURRENT A WEEK OR SO IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE PEOPLE MORE TIME AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE AGENDA A LITTLE MORE TIME TO SEE IT AHEAD OF THE MEETING ITSELF WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION ALL THE DIFFERENT TOOLS, THE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATIONS TOOLS INCLING OUR LISTSERV AND OUR EMAIL GROUPS AND SO ON IT WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION AND I THINK SOME OF IT WAS REFLECTED ACTUALLY IN THE PRESENTATION WE HEARD EARLIER THIS EVENING AS WELL AND MICHAEL LIST SPOKE TO US HE SPOKE TO US ABOUT THE ISSUES AROUND GROUP HOMES RESENTIAL AAS, TALKED ABOU DIFFERENT ISSUES AROUND CODE ENFORCEMENT AND JUST THE CONCERNS HIS CONCERNS THAT IT'S A BUSINESS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND THAT THE TWO WERE NOT COMPATIBLE AT ALL. BUT TWO GOOD DISCUSSIONS ACTUALLY ONCE AGAIN THIS WEEK IN OUR IN OUR LISTENING SESSION WITH TWO RESIDENTS WHO I THINK WE'RE WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO US SO MR. RUBY, ANYTHING TONIGHT? NO, SIR. COUNCIL ANYTHING TONIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER DALLAS HUNTER. U GUYS SPLIT UP TO 7 MINUTES. ALL RIGHT, I'LL BE I WANTED TO TO TO RAISE THE ISSUE FROM LAST MEETING THE 310 THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PORT AUTHORITY TO USE FUNDS WITHIN THE SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF CERTAIN PROPERTIES LOCATED IN THE CITY. I KNOW THAT WE HAD THE LAST TIME WE GOT TOGETHER THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THAT AND JUST WANTED TO JUST GET CLEAR CLARIFICATION MARY YOU WERE PART OF THE PORT AUTHORITY AND THEN I KNOW MANAGER WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS AND I WANT TO READ SO YOU PROBABLY CAN'T HAVE THE FULL CONVERSATION BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE RAISED THAT AS SOON AS AFTER THAT BECAUSE WE HAD SOME SOME SERIOUS CONFUSION ABOUT THAT ALL THAT VOTE FOR MARRIOTT SO SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A CONVERSATION OF THE ROLE OF THE PORT AUTHORITY, THE ROLE OF THE COUNCIL AND HOW BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORK THAT WE DO IN INTEGRATES AS WELL AS IT POSSIBLY COULD. I MEAN WE FOUND OURSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE I MEAN HAVE TO BE WORKED HERE AND THEN ALSO PAST PRACTICES THAT WE FILED PAST. WE HAVE A WHEN A NUMBER OF THAT AMOUNT HAS COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A MEETING OR AT LEAST HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER SO WE UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT WAS THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY VOTING ON. AND SO JUST FROM FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER IS VERY DISAPPOINTING TO NOT HAVE THE DETAILS IN THE THAT INFORMATION AND I'M NOT LOOKING TO BLAME BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SET UP A PROCESS KIND OF GOING FORWARD THAT WE NOT FIND OURSELVES IN THAT POSITION AGAIN SO VERY GOOD GOT COUNCILMEMBER I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE FOLKS THAT COORDINATED AND PUT ON OUR FIRST JUNETEENTH. IT WAS AWESOME. I HAD A BLAST. I WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT BECAUSE ANY TIME WE CAN DO THAT KIND OF GOOD WORK GETHER AS A COMMUNITY WE OULD B PROUD OF OURSELVES AND THEN I DON'T KNOW RAISE A GLASS OR TWO. SO I HAD A GREAT TIME. I HOPE EVERYBODY ELSE GOT A CHANCE GO OUT THERE. I REALLY ENCOURAGE US TO. KEEP GOING WITH IT. I REALLY HOPE WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT AS A COMMUNITY SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT PUT THAT ON AND WOULD ECHO THAT I HEARD FROM A LOT OF FOLKS WHAT A GREAT TIME IT WAS SO GLAD TO HEAR THAT. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SO IF WE HAVE A SECOND MORE I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GOT YOUR STUFF AND I'M JUST GOING TO MENTION THAT THIS PAST THURSDAY OUR SUSTAINABILITY COMMIION REALLY OUR WHO CITY WE WON AN AWARD AS A SUSTAINABLE CITY FOR OUR REVAMPING OF OUR OLD SPRING CLEAN UP PROGRAM AND I THINK WE'VE DONE IT DID A NICE JOB ON THAT. I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND HAVE A BIGGER PRESENTATION. JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE STAFF AND AND COUNCIL FOR OUR WORK ON AND TURN THAT THING AROUND AND TO BE CLEAR THIS WAS AN AWARD GIVEN BY THE LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES THAT IT WAS BLOOMINGTON SET APART FROM ALL THE CITIES IN MINNESOTA AND BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THE OUTSTANDING WORK THAT OUR STAFF AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND THIS COUNCIL DID IN RETHINKING THE THE SPRING CLEAN UP AND HOW TO DO MORE EFFICIENTLY AND MORE EFFECTIVELY AND WITH LESS TRASH GOING TO LANDFILLS. VERY GOOD. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I AM ACTUALLY JUST WONDERING IF YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ANYTHING REGARDING NEXT MONDAY SUMMERFEST OH THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I YOU HEARD ME FOR A SECOND THERE SUMMERFEST NEXT MONDAY THANK YOU OUR ANNUAL JULY 3RD CELEBRATION SUMMERFEST MONDAY AT THE NORMANDALE LAKE BANDSHELL ALWAYS A FANTASTIC TIME FOOD TRUCKS ACTIVITIES, GREAT MUSIC AND OF COURSE THE BEST FIREWORKS IN MINNESOTA ON THIRD. SO PLEASE DO JOIN US IF YOU'RE ABLE TO HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY THERE AS WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAND ON THE STAGE AND WAVE EVERYBODY AND HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO A LOT OF FOLKS AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR REMINDER COUNCIL MEMBER I APPRECIATE IT COUNCILOR NOTHING FURTHER FOR THIS EVENING'S MEETING. I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN SO MOST MOVED WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO ADJOURN TONIGHT NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR OF PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSEOTIO CARRIES SEVEN ZERO WE ARE ADJOURNED THANKS MUCH FOR THE COUNSEL TO THE COUNCIL YOUR DISCUSSIONS THIS EVENING. THANKS STAFF THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO HELPED OUT AND TUNED IN THANKS