. WELL GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME. I WILL CALL THIS BLOOMINGTON COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. TONIGHT IS MONDAY APRIL 15TH, 20/24. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE IN THE CHAMBER. IT'S GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY. WE WILL START OUR MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO. IF YOU'RE ABLE PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IT I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ONCE AGAIN, WELCOME TO EVERYONE IN THE CHAMBERS. WELCOME TO EVERYBODY WATCHING ONLINE. GLAD TO HAVE EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT AND WE'VE GOT A FULL AGENDA AND A LOT OF INTERESTING AND FUN STUFF ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT COUNCIL AS WELL FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO SET THAT AGENDA AND I'M GOING TO THROUGH IT NOW IF I COULD AND NOTE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH OUR FIRST ITEM UNDER INTRODUCTORY ITEMS WE'VE GOT FIVE ITEMS WE'VE GOT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR AN INTRODUCTION AND THE SWEARING IN OF OUR NEW FIREFIGHTERS LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. WE HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS ONE FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK, ANOTHER FOR SMALL BUSINESS WEEK AND THE FINAL ONE FOR ARBOR DAY. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR COHORT FROM THE BLOOMINGTON LEADERSHIP PROGRAM WHO ARE WITH US THIS EVENING. AT THAT POINT IN THE CAR IN THE AGENDA COUNCIL WE'VE GOT TWO ITEMS UNDER OUR ORGANIZATIONAL ITEM 5.1 AND 5.2. THOSE ARE TIMED ITEMS AT THAT POINT I'M GOING TO MOVE THOSE TWO ITEMS IMMEDIATELY AFTER OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEM SO BEFORE THE CONSENT BUSINESS BUT AFTER OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS I'M GOING TO MOVE ITEM 5.1 WHICH IS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE 90% DESIGN AND COST ESTIMATES FOR BRYANT AND TRACT BALLPARKS AND 5.2 WHICH IS THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE AND SALE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION CHARTER BONDS SERIES 2024 A SO THOSE WILL MOVE UP IN THE AGENDA BECAUSE THOSE ARE TIMED ITEMS. WE'LL GET THROUGH OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS FIRST WE'LL GO TO THEM THEN WE GO TO CONSENT BUSINESS AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO HAS OUR CONSENT CALENDAR TONIGHT AND I THINK WE'VE GOT 17 ISSUES, 17 ITEMS ON THE CONSENT BUSINESS WILL THEN MOVE TO OUR HEARINGS AND RESOLUTIONS. WE HAVE FIVE ITEMS UNDER HEARINGS AND RESOLUTIONS WE HAVE A RESOLUTION ALIGNING OUR HOUSING OUR HOUSING PROGRAM AND GOALS WITH OUR HOUSING WITH OUR BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER PLAN. WE'VE GOT THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2024 2025 CDBG ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND BUDGET AND 4.3 IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON A PRIVATELY INITIATED CITY CODE AMENDMENT RELATED TO TRASH FACILITIES. ITEM 4.4 IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING REZONING PROPERTIES NORTHEAST OF AVENUE AND WEST 94TH STREET FROM B-2 TO I3 OR B4 AND THEN FINALLY UNDER ITEM FOUR ITEM 4.5 WILL BE 700 AMERICAN BOULEVARD LAND SALE AND TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT DISCUSSION WE WILL FINISH OUR MEETING GOING BACK TO ITEM FIVE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS WE WILL FINISH AS WE ALWAYS DO WITH ITEM 5.3 OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE EVERYBODY CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO HERE THIS EVENING. ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD OR CHANGE OR MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO IF NOT I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS STATED. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS STATED. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND WE HAVE AN AGENDA WITH THAT OUT OF THE WAY WE WILL GET INTO OUR AGENDA AND OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS ITEM 2.1. THE INTRODUCTION AND SWEARING IN OF OUR NEW FIREFIGHTERS ASSISTANT CHIEF EVENING AND WELCOME GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE OUR SEVEN NEW FULL TIME FIREFIGHTERS. THEY STARTED APRIL 1ST AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THEIR SIX WEEK TRAINING ACADEMY AND THEY'LL BE OUT WORKING SHIFTS THE MIDDLE OF MAY THEY'LL COME UP HERE INDIVIDUALLY AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AS WE TRANSITION OUR OUR OUR STAFFING MODEL HERE IN THE CITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND WE'RE GOING TO MEET OUR NEW FIREFIGHTERS ONE BY ONE. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS BRAD BUSCHER. I'VE BEEN A FIREFIGHTER SINCE 2006 AND A PARAMEDIC SINCE 2012. I COME FROM WHITE BEAR LAKE FIRE WHERE I WAS THERE AS A FIREFIGHTER MEDIC FOR SIX YEARS. I CURRENTLY LIVE UP IN BLAINE WITH MY FAMILY, MY WIFE KRISTEN, MY SON JACOB AND GRACE. I HAVE TWO DOGS AND THREE FISH. WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING. COUNCILOR MALACHI SMITH. I STARTED MY FIRE CAREER IN 2016 AS A PART TIME WITH THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND I'M IN FULL TIME WITH BROOKLYN PARK FOR LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND NOW BLOOMINGTON. SO THANK YOU. WELL, GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE, ALEX. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. MICHAEL CAMPBELL. I'VE BEEN A PARAMEDIC FOR 13 YEARS FIREFIGHTER TEN YEARS. I LIVE IN STILLWATER AND I'M MARRIED TO MY WIFE JESSICA AND TWO KIDS AFTON AND MARIA AND THEY'RE SIX AND THREE. SUPER EXCITED TO BE WORKING FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. ABSOLUTELY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE MICHAEL. THANKS FOR BEING HERE, COUNSEL. MY NAME IS BRIAN SCHIRMER. BEEN A FIREFIGHTER SINCE 2010 . A PARAMEDIC SINCE 2015. I ALSO HAVE A WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN AS WELL AS. TWO DOGS. NO FISH THOUGH. SO I'M ALSO VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE. WELCOME FAMILIES. LET'S TAKE THOSE OFF ARE HOME FOR JEFF ENGEBRETSEN EVERYONE ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT VASC NICKNAMES BUT FITZY IS KIND OF THE ONE THAT'S BEEN STICKING. I'VE BEEN WITH BLOOMINGTON AND A HALF YEARS. I'M REALLY EXCITED AND HAPPY TO BE ON THE FULL TIME SIDE OF THINGS AND HAPPY TO WORK FOR THE CITY. GREAT. GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON THE FULL TIME SIDE OF THINGS WELL. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS DAN SARIS. I'VE BEEN A FIREFIGHTER SINCE 2005 A PARAMEDIC SINCE 2010. PREVIOUS TO HERE I WAS WORKING FOR THE AIRPORT NEXT DOOR FOR SIX YEARS. I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND BE A PART OF THIS BIG INVESTMENT IN CHANGE THAT YOU GUYS ARE MAKING AND JUST SEEING WHERE THAT GOES IN THE FUTURE. I THINK A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ARE COMING SO THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANKS DAN. WELCOME. IT'S A GOOD EVENING. DYLAN GORSE. I STARTED THE FIRE SERVICE IN 2017. I'M A PARAMEDIC AND 2021. GOT A BEAUTIFUL WIFE IN THE CROWD HERE WITH MY TWO CRAZY AWESOME KIDS AS WELL AND I'M REALLY EXCITED BE PART OF BLOOMINGTON AND PART OF THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN. NICE WELL-DONE AND WELCOME WELCOME. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD HERE AND A NUMBER OF YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THAT WE CONTINUE TO TAKE. IT'S THE COMMUNITY'S COMMITMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE WE KEEP OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES SAFE. AND YOU PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THAT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS COMMUNITY AND WHITE BEAR LAKE AND STILLWATER AND BLAINE, THEY'RE WONDERFUL PLACES BUT YOU COULD MOVE TO BLOOMINGTON IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO. REALLY WANTED TO. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU HERE BUT VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE ALL OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY MEMBERS STAND UP AND GIVE A WAVE. YOU'LL WAVE EVERYBODY COME ON. ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS. THERE YOU GO. WELL DONE. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW WE'RE GOING TO INVITE OUR CITY CLERK CHRISTINA CIPOLLONE. HE'S GOING TO COME AND DO THE OATH OF OFFICE. I WANT TO SAY THE FAMILY MEMBERS THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN ONCE SO GET UP AND GET IN A GOOD POSITION. YOU CAN COME UP HERE AND GET WHEREVER YOU NEED TO GET TO GET A GOOD PICTURE. WE'RE NOT SHY ABOUT THIS. WE WANT YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THE PICTURE BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THE SWEARING IN IS GOING TO HAPPEN ONCE. SO HOLD ON JUST ONE MOMENT IF YOU COULD, CHRISTINA, COME ON UP HERE. COME ON. YOU CAN COME RIGHT BEHIND ME. COME RIGHT BEHIND HER. YEP. DON'T BE SHY. AND SO EVERYBODY I THINK WE'RE GOOD. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND STATE YOUR NAME. RIGHT. CAMPBELL REPEAT AFTER ME. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF MINNESOTA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF MINNESOTA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC AND ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE ON THEIR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF MINNESOTA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF MINNESOTA THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY AND I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION OR REGISTRATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVASION AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER. I WISH TO CONGRATULATE AS WELL . WELCOME ABOARD, GENTLEMEN. GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. THANKS FOR HAVING . NOW I THINK THE NEXT STEPS I'M PRETTY SURE THERE IS A PARTY SOMEWHERE IN THE BUILDING HERE AND SO WE'RE GOING TO PAUSE JUST A MOMENT SO THE FAMILIES CAN GET OUT AND MAKE SURE THEY JOIN THE THE FIREFIGHTERS AND WE MOVE ON. I SEE OUR COMMAND STAFF BACK THERE IN WHITE. THANKS MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING BRINGING THESE FOLKS ALONG. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT STEP THAT WE'RE TAKING WITH THE CITY AND YOUR LEADERSHIP IS INVALUABLE. SO THANK YOU. WANT TO GIVE YOU A ROUND OF APPLAUSE ALSO FOR THE OUTSTANDING . SEE HERE. NEXT UP WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT PROCLAMATIONS SO I'M GOING TO COME DOWN TO THE DESK EVERY SINGLE TIME. SO WE HAVE, AS I SAID, THREE DIFFERENT PROCLAMATIONS THIS WEEK AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE PROCLAMATION FROM THE NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK AND I THINK WE HAVE ANYWHERE TWO TELECOMMUNICATION WOMEN OR TELECOMMUNICATION STAFF HERE. YOU ALL WANT TO COME UP HERE AS WELL. PLEASE DO. THESE FOLKS ARE I MEAN DEFINITELY THE UNSUNG HEROES OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT PLAYS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN COME ON. GOT TO GET ON CAMERA. COME ON, PLAY SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE NOT ONLY WITH OUR POLICE WORK BUT OUR FIRE WORK. AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE DO THIS YEARLY THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO. AND IT'S IT'S A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK APRIL 14TH THROUGH THE 20TH 2024 WHEREAS EMERGENCIES CAN AT ANY TIME THAT REQUIRE EMERGENCY SERVICES. AND. WHEREAS WHEN AN EMERGENCY OCCURS THE PROMPT RESPONSE OF FIRST RESPONDERS IS CRITICAL TO THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND THE PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY. AND. WHEREAS, THE SAFETY OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS IS DEPENDENT UPON ,THE QUALITY AND THE ACCURACY OF INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM CITIZENS WHO TELEPHONE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER. AND. WHEREAS, PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS ARE THE FIRST AND MOST CRITICAL CONTACT OUR CITIZENS HAVE WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES. AND. WHEREAS, PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS ARE A SINGLE VITAL LINK FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS BY MONITORING THEIR ACTIVITIES, PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ENSURING THEIR SAFETY. AND. WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON HAVE CONTRIBUTED SUBSTANTIALLY TO APPREHENSION OF CRIMINAL CRIMINALS, THE SUPPRESSION OF FIRES AND CARE OF . AND. WHEREAS IN 2023 THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT STAFFED NINE TELECOMMUNICATION GUYS WHO WORKED AS A TEAM TO HANDLE GET THIS 165,741 PHONE CALLS AND WHO ENTERED 68,920 COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH EVENTS. AND. WHEREAS, EACH DISPATCHER HAS EXHIBITED COMPASSION, UNDERSTANDING AND PROFESSIONALISM DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR JOB IN THIS PAST YEAR. NOW THEREFORE I TIM BUSSEY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 14TH THROUGH THE 20TH 2024 TO BE NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK IN THE CITY BLOOMINGTON IN HONOR OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHOSE DILIGENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM KEEP OUR CITY AND OUR CITIZENS SAFE. DATED THE 15TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 THAT A NUMBER OF PHONE CALLS TO ME IS JUST STAGGERING THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT COME IN AND THEN CALLS THAT THEN GO OUT TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT THE WORK THAT GOES ON THE INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND THESE FOLKS DO IT SO INCREDIBLY WELL TO KEEP OUR NOT ONLY OUR PUBLICAFETY RESPONDERS SAFE BUT THE GENERAL PUBLIC SAFE AS WELL. SO CHIEF, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING IN ADDITION YOU CAN USE THAT MICROPHONE WE GOT YOU I GOT ME ON MY WAY IS A SCARY THING AND YOU GOT JOKES STILL AND ALL SERIOUSNESS I TELL IT COMMUNICATORS DO A PHENOMENAL JOB AND IN BLOOMINGTON WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE BEST PEOPLE DOING THIS JOB AND I CAN TELL YOU I'VE BEEN IN RAMSEY COUNTY, DAKOTA COUNTY AND SCOTT COUNTY AND AT THE STATE AND NEVER HAVE WE HAVE. I WORKED WITH A GROUP OF TALENTED TALENT COMMUNICATORS LIKE WE HAVE HERE. THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO WHAT THEY DO DOESN'T HAPPEN ANYPLACE ELSE AND I THINK THE CITIZENS OF BLOOMINGTON OFTEN SOMETIMES DON'T GET TO SEE THAT BUT WE GET TO SEE THAT EVERY DAY THE WORK THAT THEY DO THAT'S NOT JUST KISSING UP TO THEM BECAUSE WE LIKE THEIR JOB BUT NO, THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB FOR BOTH US AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN BLOOMINGTON. WE'RE FORTUNATE WE HAVE OUR OWN DISPATCH CENTER. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF OUR CITIES DO NOT HAVE. SO AT THAT I'LL LET THE SUPERVISOR WHO DOES THE REAL WORK COME UP AND SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS I KNOW YOU KNOW HOW TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. THANKS A LOT. I JUST WANT TO SAY I GET TO SIT BEHIND AND WATCH THEM DO THEIR JOB SO I HAVE THE EASY PART AND THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB 24 SEVEN 365 NO MATTER WHAT'S GOING ON AT ANY POINT IN TIME THEY'RE A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL SO THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GET A PICTURE BECAUSE WE GOT TO DO A PICTURE OF YOU. ALL RIGHT. NO FAKE SMILE, NO CONGRATULATIONS. THANK SO VERY MUCH FACE TO FACE. HERE YOU GO. OUR PROCLAMATION TONIGHT IS A 2.3 PROCLAMATION REGARDING SMALL BUSINESS WEEK AND THIS YEAR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON PARTNERED WITH OUR FRIENDS AT HENNEPIN COUNTY TO LAUNCH A NEW PILOT PROGRAM CALLED CEO START AND I'LL LET WE'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS AND I'LL LET SOME FOLKS WHO KNOW IT BETTER. I DO EXPLAIN IT BUT BASICALLY IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS WHO WISH TO BE CEOS WHO WISH OR WHO ARE LOOKING TO BE ENTREPRENEURS, GIVING THEM THE RESOURCES TO LAUNCH TO START WHAT THEY WERE DOING. AND I HAD THE PLEASURE THE INCREDIBLE PLEASURE LAST WEEK TO BE AT THE GRADUATION OF THESE 12 FOLKS FROM THIS PROGRAM AND TO HEAR EACH OF THEM TALK ABOUT WHAT THEIR VISION IS, WHAT THEY WERE HOPING TO DO FOR THEIR BUSINESS WAS JUST SO INSPIRING. AND I'VE TOLD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THIS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS NOT ONE OF YOU SAID I WANT TO DO THIS BUSINESS OR THIS BUSINESS OF THIS BUSINESS BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE GOBS OF MONEY. I WANT TO BE ENORMOUSLY SUCCESSFUL. EVERY ONE OF YOU TALKED FROM THE HEART. YOU WERE DOING SOMETHING THAT WAS NEAR AND DEAR TO YOU AND THAT WAS IT ABSOLUTELY FILLED MY CUP. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENING LAST WEEK AND SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT AND THANKS FOR GOING THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND IN OUR PROCLAMATION OF SMALL BUSINESS WEEK IF ANY OR ALL OF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND STAND BEHIND ME, PLEASE DO. YOU MIGHT AS WELL GET ON CAMERA. COME ON. WE MIGHT AS WELL GET EVERYBODY UP HERE SO THANK YOU FOR OUR PROCLAMATION FOR SMALL WEEK APRIL 28TH THROUGH MAY 4TH 2024 WHEREAS SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON STATE AND LOCAL ECONOMIES AND ARE ESSENTIAL TO COMMUNITY VIBRANCY COMPRISING 99.4% OF MINNESOTA'S REGISTERED BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYING 75% OF THE STATE'S WORKERS AND WHERE THE CITY BLOOMINGTON IS COMMITTED TO PARTNERING WITH REGIONAL ENTITIES TO PROVIDE A WIDE VARIETY OF RESOURCES, PROFESSIONAL EXPERTIZE AND GUIDANCE FOR SMALL BUSINESS AT ALL LEVELS FROM BUDDING ENTREPRENEURS SEEKING HELP TO LAUNCH TO ESTABLISH SMALL BUSINESSES PURSUING GROWTH STRATEGIES. AND. WHEREAS, BUSINESS ASSISTANCE IS AN ESSENTIAL COLLABORATION TOOL THAT ENGAGES AND ENERGIZES ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WITHIN THE CITY PROVIDING CONSULTING SERVICES ON TOPICS SUCH AS BUSINESS PLAN, DEVELOPMENT, FINANCE, ACCOUNT MARKETING, HUMAN RESOURCES OPERATIONS, STRATEGIC PLANNING, SUCCESSION PLANNING AND MUCH MUCH MORE. AND. WHEREAS THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON HAS PARTNERED WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY TO LAUNCH A NEW PILOT PROGRAM OF CEO START WHICH PREPARES ASPIRING AND EXISTING ENTREPRENEURS WITH INSIGHTS, RELATIONSHIPS AND TOOLS TO TURN THEIR IDEAS INTO VIABLE BUSINESSES. A COHORT OF 12 PARTICIPANTS THESE FOLKS COMPLETED THE PROGRAM LAST WEEK WALKING AWAY WITH A SOLID FOUNDATION BUSINESS FUNDAMENTALS, ACCESS TO RESOURCES, A COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR NEXT STEPS AND THE CONFIDENCE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR IDEAS. AND. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON CELEBRATES OUR LOCAL BUDDING ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY ARE MAKING EACH AND EVERY DAY TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND COMMUNITY NOW THEREFORE I'M HERE. TIM BUSSEY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 28TH THROUGH MAY 4TH, 2020 FOR SMALL BUSINESS WEEK IN THE OF BLOOMINGTON AND CALL UPON OUR COMMUNITY TO VISIT BLM DOT MAN FORWARD SLASH BUSINESS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT AND LOCAL RESOURCES AND URGE THE PEOPLE OF BLOOMINGTON TO VISIT OUR SMALL MERCHANTS DURING SMALL BUSINESS WEEK AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR DATE OF THIS 15TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 . THIS WAS, AS I SAID, A FABULOUS GROUP. THEY DID SO MUCH GREAT WORK. BARB WOLF ON OUR CITY STAFF WAS KIND OF THEIR SHEPHERD AND LEADING THEM ALONG AND DID OUTSTANDING WORK. I WANT TO THANK AND CONGRATULATE BARB FOR THE WORK THAT SHE DID. I ALSO AND IN IN THE IN THE IDEA OF OF MARKETING YOU I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU GUYS THE MICROPHONE, TELL US YOUR NAME, YOUR BUSINESS AND IF YOU GOT A WEBSITE ADDRESS A REALLY QUICK WEBSITE ADDRESS BECAUSE YOU'RE ON CAMERA. OKAY, YOU'RE ON CAMERA. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY STEP ON UP AND EVERYBODY REALLY QUICK . HELLO, MY NAME IS PATTY MORTON. MY BUSINESS IS SMB SECURED SOLUTIONS AND MY WEBSITE IS SMB SECURED DOTCOM THANK YOU VERY. HI, I'M ELISE. ELISE MORSE ORGANIC CAFE. I BEG BEG AND DESSERTS. YOU CAN FIND ME AT MY UNDER-CONSTRUCTION WEBSITE. THANKS PADDY ELISE OF MORE ORGANIC CAFE THAT COM SEE YOU AT THE BLOOMINGTON FARMERS MARKET THIS SUMMER WHETHER WHETHER. HELLO EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS MACY THOMAS AND MY NAME AND MY BUSINESS IS VIVID NERVE WHERE WE'RE PROVIDING CREATIVE CONNECTION FOR TOMORROW'S INNOVATORS. SO THE WEBSITE IS CURRENTLY VIVID NERVE DOT COM HE'S SOME ANGELA MCDOWELL I HAVE A CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COHORT CALLED L.L. COOL J THAT'S LET'S LEARN COLLECTIVELY ON OUR LIFE'S JOURNEY YOU CAN VISIT US AT L.L. COOL J. ORG DOT COM THANK YOU VERY. HI EVERYONE MY NAME IS RICKY ALLEN AND. MY BUSINESS IS A NOVA MEDICAL SUPPLY AND CAN THE WEBSITE IS NOVA MEDICAL SUPPLY DOT U.S.. HI I'M KATIE ROSS. I AM THE ARTS CREATIVE IN WEST BLOOMINGTON WHERE WE ARE CULTIVATING CREATIVES WITH A PURPOSE AND I THE WEBSITE IS WW W DOT THE ARTS CREATIVE DIAGRAM MY NAME IS SAMMY HERNANDEZ AND HAD THE PLEASURE OF FACILITATING THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE THROUGH THE CEO START PROGRAM AND I AM ALSO A BUSINESS OWNER I OWN FETZER WHICH IS A PLUS SIZE ACTIVEWEAR COMPANY AND I'M TAMLYN PEPPER. I ALSO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF FACILITATING THIS GROUP AND . I'M A FORMER BUSINESS OWNER. I HAD A COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR 12 YEARS WHICH I SUCCESSFULLY SOLD TWO YEARS AGO AND I THINK TO TO START A BUSINESS AT ANY TIME BUT BUT RIGHT NOW IT TAKES A LOT OF GUTS AND SO I SAID THIS THE OTHER NIGHT I SAW RESPECT THE COURAGE AND THE FORTITUDE AND THE DRIVE THAT THESE FOLKS HAVE AND THE GUTS THAT THEY HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD. SO CONGRATULATIONS. LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE IF YOU COULD. AND NOW WE ALL HAVE TO DO A PICTURE AND GET THE PROCLAMATION THERE AS WELL. BUT ONE SIDE IS GOOD IT WOULD BE OKAY TO REVERSE. I'M ASKING YOU TO BE BLUNT. VERY SMART. YEAH, VERY TRUE. THANK YOU. GOOD WORK. THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. IT'S YOURS. YOU GET TO FIGHT OVER IT AND OUR THIRD AND FINAL PROCLAMATION OF THE NIGHT IS OUR ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION OUR ANNUAL ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION APRIL 26, 2020 FOR ARBOR DAY. WHEREAS ARBOR DAY PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE IMPORTANCE TREES AND FORESTS TO OUR ECONOMY, CULTURE, HISTORY AND THE FUTURE OF OUR STATE. DUSTIN, I APOLOGIZE. COME ON UP HERE. I JUST CAME UP WITH YOU KNOW U KNOW THE DRILL YOU KNOW THE DRILL. AND WHEREAS TREES ARE OF GREAT VALUE AS THEY PROVIDE CLEAN AIR, WATER SHADE AND ENERGY SAVINGS, WILDLIFE HABITAT, RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WOOD PRODUCTS AND JOBS WHILE ALSO CAPTURING AND STORING CARBON FROM THE ATMOSPHERE THEREBY OFFSETTING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. AND WHEREAS PROPERLY AND CARING FOR A DIVERSE MIX OF TREES MAKES COMMUNITY FORESTS MORE BY MINIMIZING THE IMPACTS OF DISEASES, INSECTS AND OTHER STRESSORS SUCH AS CLIMATE CHANGE AND PROVIDING LONG TERM COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT. AND. WHEREAS THOUGHTFULLY CHOOSING ,PLANTING AND CARING FOR A DIVERSE MIX OF TREES NOW SUPPORTS RESILIENT COMMUNITIES INTO THE FUTURE. THEREFORE NOW. NOW. THEREFORE I'M HERE TIM BY YOU DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2024 AS ARBOR DAY IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THE DATE OF THIS 15TH DAY OF APRIL 2024 AND I WILL TURN THE MIC OVER YOU AND I WON'T STEAL THAT THUNDER ABOUT WHAT ELSE IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE ON ARBOR DAY. WELL, SO WE'RE AGAIN DOING THE TREE SALE. IT WAS A WILDLY POPULAR THIS YEAR. UNFORTUNATELY WE DID RUN OUT OF TREES PRETTY EARLY JUST BASED ON HOW THAT SALE WENT STARTING IN FEBRUARY. SO UNFORTUNATELY I'M JUST CALLING OUT TO ALL THE RESIDENTS IN BLOOMINGTON TO DO WHAT YOU CAN AND FIND TREES. I AS WELL SO PLANT TREES ALL THROUGH THE SUMMER EVEN THOUGH WE COULDN'T SUPPLY ALL OF YOU WITH NEW TREES WE REALLY HAVE LOST A LOT OF ASH IN THE LAST I'D SAY PROBABLY THE LAST FIVE YEARS ESPECIALLY. SO JUST DOING WHAT WE CAN TO REFOREST AS BEST WE CAN AND THOSE TREES ARE GOING TO BE PICKED UP AND DELIVERED ON ARBOR DAY, IS THAT CORRECT. THEY'RE GOING TO BE ACTUALLY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING WEEK. YUP. SO THAT'LL BE LET'S SEE WE'LL PICK THEM UP ON THE 30TH AND THEN BE DELIVERING THEM THE NEXT TWO DAYS KIND OF AFTER THAT. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND THANKS FOR YOUR WORK. I KNOW IT IS A BIG JOB AT URBAN URBAN FOREST IS IMPORTANT AND I KNOW IT'S UNDER STRESS RIGHT NOW AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHERE WE HEAD NEXT AS A COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE REPLACING ALL THOSE ASHES THAT ARE COMING DOWN. YEAH, VERY BUSY TIME. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, I'M GOING GOOD PICTURE. IF YOU CAME OUT HERE THE PROCLAMATION YOU GOT A PICTURE? ABSOLUTELY. BUT ONE MORE. ONE MORE. THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE AND OUR ITEM UNDER OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS WE'RE GOING HAVE A PRESENTATION OF OUR BLOOMINGTON LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND THE GRADUATES RATHER THAN TRY TO EXPLAIN AND I'M JUST GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK. THERE WE GO. ALL YOU'RE ALL GOING TO SPEAK. THAT'S RIGHT. AND I KNOW JASON LOU, SHANA SWANSON AND GINA DEBOER . AM I CLOSE ENOUGH? OKAY. THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. GOOD EVENING ALL AND WELCOME. GOOD EVENI. GOOD EVENING. IF YOU COULD GET INTO THE MICROPHONE SO THE FOLKS AT HOME CAN YOU SPEAK AS PRETTY AS MUCH AS WE CAN HEAR YOU PLEASE? GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MARY. I'M JASON LOU AND I'M JOINED BY SHANNON SWANSON AND GINA BERKOVICH AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS YEAR'S LEADERSHIP PROGRAM BEHIND ME. THE 2024 BLOOMINGTON LEADERSHIP PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO ENHANCE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS WITHIN THE BLOOMINGTON CITY BLOOMINGTON COMMUNITY THROUGH A SERIES OF TEN SESSIONS IT AIMED AT BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS, INCREASING UNDERSTANDING OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND DEVELOPING COMMUNITY LEADERS. THE FIRST SESSION WAS KICKED OFF IN FEBRUARY 1ST WITH AN OVERVIEW OF AN EXERCISE TO IDENTIFY DIVERSE PROGRAM OF EACH OF ITS MEMBERS AND IT ENDED ON MARCH 21ST WITH THE FINAL SESSION FOCUSED ON REFLECTING ON THE PROGRAM'S IMPACT AND RECOGNIZING THE LEADERS IT HAD NURTURED. EACH SESSION WAS COMPLEMENTED BY ENGAGING ACTIVITIES AIMED AT FOSTERING CONNECTIONS AND INSIGHTS AMONG PARTICIPANTS. AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION ABOUT OTHER OTHER AMAZING FOOD THAT WE WERE TREATED TO AT EACH START OF THE SESSION. ALL THIS WAS ONLY MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE AWESOME WORK AND ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FROM AMANDA AND EMILY LARSON OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT . NEXT WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM PROGRAM AND THE FIRST HIGHLIGHT. I WANTED TOOK OVER IS THE CITY COUNCIL ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS A SESSION I'VE ALWAYS LONG WANTED TO BE PART OF MORE BE MORE CIVICALLY ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY I LIVE IN BEING PART OF THE BLOOMINGTON LEADERSHIP PROGRAM HELPED ME WIDEN MY PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT I CAN TRULY MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE SESSION WITH THIS SESSION WITH CALLED CITY COUNCIL BOARD COMMISSION. IT WAS TRULY A HIGHLIGHT FOR ME AS WE LEARN ABOUT THE OPEN MEETING LAW THE BID KNOW THE THE TALK ABOUT THE BASICS AND THE PURPOSE OF THE OPEN MEETING LOUD AND ALSO ROBERT'S RULES AND PROCEDURES AND WE WENT OUT ALSO THANK THE MAGISTRATE FOR HELPING EDUCATE US AND EXPLAIN TO US THE DOPE OPEN MEETING LAW AND THE ROBERT'SULES AND AT THE END OF THAT SESSION WE ALSO HAD A MOCK CITY SESSION. NOT ONLY WAS THAT A FUN EXERCISE BUT IT INFORMED ME THAT IT'S NOT REALLY THAT SCARY INTIMIDATING AFTER ALL. WOW. WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT SESSION FOR ME WAS THAT IT GAVE ME MORE CONFIDENCE AND A BETTER SENSE THAT THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY BY BEING A PART OF THE CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THEN BEYOND THAT. SO THIS DEFINITELY A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR ME TO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN BRINGING THE CITY FORWARD TO BECOMING THAT IDEAL CITY THAT WE WANT TO THAT WE ALL LOVE. SO NEXT A GENIUS GO TO PRESENT THE SECOND HIGHLIGHTS ONE PROJECT. THANK YOU. DURING THE FIFTH SESSION OF THE PROGRAM, OUR GROUP VISITED THE MINNESOTA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. THE SESSION WAS HIGHLY INFORMATIVE ENGAGING AS WE WERE PRESENTED WITH A SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS FROM NONPROFITS. THROUGHOUT THIS SESSION WE GAINED VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE MISSIONS OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS THEIR BENEFICIARIES, THE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THAT EACH ORGANIZATION OFFERED. THIS EXPERIENCE NOT ONLY BROADENED OUR AWARENESS OF THE CRITICAL WORK OUR COMMUNITY BUT ALSO HIGHLIGHTED WAYS IN WHICH WE COULD ALL CONTRIBUTE AND GET INVOLVED. A HIGHLIGHT FOR ME WAS A TOUR OF THIS. A HIGHLIGHT FOR ME WAS A TOUR OF THE SOUTH LOOP WHERE WE GOT TO SEE THE OLD CEDAR AVENUE BRIDGE, THE NATURE PLAY AREA. CHECK OUT SOME MURALS. BLOOMINGTON PARK CENTRAL STATION. AND WE EVEN GOT COFFEE AT NOMADIC CAFE. WE ENJOYED TALKING THE FILLED THE REDEVELOPMENT AND DEEPLY REFLECTING ON THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS WE ASPIRE TO ATTRACT AS A CITY AS WELL AS STRATEGIES FOR EQUITABLE HOUSING PUBLIC ART PLACEMENT IN GREEN SPACES LIKE I KNOW IDEA OF BLOOMINGTON HAD A CENTRAL PARK NEXT PLEASE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE WE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE AND BUILD OUR OWN IDEAL MODEL CITY IS THAT GINA'S GOING TO SHOW YOU? WE HAD WE EVEN HAD SOME NAMES OF BLOOMFIELD IN OTHER DIFFERENT NAMES WE HAD CHANCES TO IN LIVELY DEBATES, THOUGHTFUL CONTEMPLATION, COLLABORATIVE DISCUSSIONS, ENVISIONING OUR IDEAL AND DREAM CITIES. THEREFORE WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER OUR SUGGESTIONS FOR MOVING TIM BLOOMINGTON FORWARD WITH THREE COMMON THEMES THAT EMERGED FROM OUR CLASS THE FIRST ONE IS INTERGENERATIONAL LIVING WITH IN FOUR ADULTS IN MINNESOTA 65 PLUS BY THE YEAR 2030. WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON CITIES THAT HAVE INTERGENERATIONAL ACTIVITIES LIKE MORE PICKLEBALL COURTS. FOCUS ON CONNECTIVITY SPACES, SUSTAINABLE LIVING AND ACCESSIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL AGES, BACKGROUNDS AND ABILITIES. ACCORDING TO THE MINNESOTA LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ON AGING AGE FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES ENABLES ALL RESIDENTS TO THRIVE AT EVERY AGE AND STAGE OF LIFE. AGE FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES ARE WELL PREPARED TO MEET THE NEEDS THEIR RESIDENTS NOW AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. NEXT JASON IS GOING TO DISCUSS ANOTHER CHARACTERISTIC OF OUR DREAM CITIES AND THAT CHARACTERISTICS IS A BLOOMINGTON SHUTTLE OR TROLLEY. WHAT THIS WOULD CREATE IS TO CREATE A BETTER BETTER MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY OUR RESIDENTS AND ALSO IT CAN PROMOTE COMMERCE AND A SENSE COMMUNITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS HERE. AND GINA WILL PRESENT THAT UNLESS ELEMENT ANOTHER COMMON COMPONENT IN OUR DREAM CITIES WAS A FOCUS ON EMBRACING WALKABILITY BIKEABLE AND E-POWER TRANSPORTATION WALKABILITY ISN'T JUST ABOUT PUTTING SIDEWALKS EVERYWHERE. IT'S ABOUT CREATING A CONNECTOR, ACCESSIBLE AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY. IT'S ABOUT SAFE CROSS MEANS ADEQUATE LIGHTING AND SPACES THAT INVITE OUR RESIDENTS TO STROLL, MEET AND INTERACT. A WALKABLE BLOOMINGTON MEANS REDUCED TRAFFIC CONGESTION, LOWER EMISSIONS AND A HEALTHIER POPULATION. IT MEANS LOCAL BUSINESSES THRIVE BECAUSE PEOPLE ACTUALLY WALK PAST THEM, SEE THEM AND STEP INSIDE. TURNING TO BIKE ABILITY A MANAGER NETWORK OF DEDICATED BIKE LANES TRAILS CONNECTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, PARKS AND SCHOOLS AND BUSINESS DISTRICTS. BIKES REDUCE ROAD TRAFFIC CUT CARBON EMISSIONS AND SUPPORT BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH. FINALLY, THE PUSH TOWARDS E-POWER TRANSPORTS IS A CRUCIAL STEP TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY. THIS ENCOMPASSES NOT ONLY ELECTRIC CARS BUT ALSO SCOOTERS, BUSSES AND MUNICIPAL VEHICLES. BY INVESTING IN CHARGING STATIONS WE CAN CAN SIGNIFICANTLY CUT DOWN OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT. MOREOVER, TRANSPORT TRANSPORT TRANSITIONING OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO ELECTRIC POWER COULD REVOLUTIONIZE HOW RESIDENTS AND VISITORS MOVE AROUND BLOOMINGTON MAKING OUR CITY A LEADER IN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. AND LASTLY, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE RIPPLES THAT WE ARE ALL MAKING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. IN OUR LAST SESSION WE DOCUMENTED WE HAD LEARNED AND WE PUT THIS INTO ACTION THROUGH THESE RIPPLES IN THE COMMUNITY. FOR EXAMPLE, TARA HAS ALREADY CREATED AND LEADS TODD POD, A NONPROFIT PLAYGROUP FOR FAMILIES AND SHE IS NOW THINKING ABOUT APPLYING FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION. GINA SERVES AS AN ELECTION JUDGE AND TUNES INTO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS LIVE STREAMS AND STAYS UPDATED ON BLOOMINGTON INFORMATION AND PLANS TO VOLUNTEER FOR PLACES FOR YOUTH AND VISIT ALL 97 PARKS IN BLOOMINGTON. KAREN IS NOW WORKING WITH THE CITY TO HOPEFULLY CURTAIL THE 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS LITTER ON THE OLD CEDAR BRIDGE AND ALSO THINKING ABOUT SERVING ON A COMMISSION KAT IS BUILDING A LITTLE FREE LITTLE LIBRARY WHICH WILL ALSO INCLUDE DOG TREATS AND SHE WILL BE PLANTING A SUSTAINABLE GARDEN THIS SPRING. LUKE CONTINUES TO MAKE SALSA AND PICKLES AND DISTRIBUTES THEM TO 35 HOUSEHOLDS IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. HE IS ALSO HELPING A NEIGHBOR TILL HER GARDEN AND CONTINUES TO PICK UP TRASH ON HIS NIGHTLY WALKS. SOMETHING I THINK WE ALL DO AND THIS I HAVE DEDICATED MYSELF TO DOING 100 ACTS OF KINDNESS PRIMARILY FOCUSING ON HELPING PEOPLE AND NONPROFITS WITH AIR AND DIGITAL MARKETING. THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE RIPPLES. LASTLY, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE LEADERS OF THE PROGRAM AMANDA AND EMILY AND THANK YOU TO MAYOR BUSSEY AND THE COUNCIL FOR THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THIS COHORT , IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HAND JUST SO THE COUNCIL CAN SEE EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE THERE ALL ARE. COUNCIL DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER MORE. WHY DID I KNOW YOU WERE GOING TO BE FIRST? YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I I JUST WANTED TO SAY HOW HONORED AND PRIVILEGE I WAS TO BE ABLE TO COME AND REJOIN YOUR GROUP FOR ONE NIGHT WITH THE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. IT JUST REMINDED ME HOW DEDICATED PEOPLE ARE WITHIN OUR CITY. I THINK WE'VE ALL HEARD PEOPLE SPEAKING OF THE CITY ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY BETTER BUT THIS COHORT THIS GROUP JUST REALLY REPRESENTS HOW PEOPLE ARE TAKING. AND I'M SO HONORED AND PROUD TO CALL YOU ALUMS AS WELL BECAUSE I KNOW THE WORK THE LEARNINGS THAT YOU TOOK FROM THIS PROGRAM YOU'RE GOING TO EXPAND AND RIPPLE IT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S ONLY GOING TO MAKE BLOOMINGTON BETTER. SO I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT EVERYONE'S GOING TO DO. HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE SOME MORE FOLKS UP HERE IN THE FUTURE. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK THANKS, MR. MAYOR. WOW. SAW THAT COMING FOR YOUR JOB ALREADY, HUH? NOT MINE APPARENTLY, RIGHT? NO. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. IT'S GREAT. I THINK I KNOW AT LEAST HALF A DOZEN OF YOU AND AND JEAN AND YOU AND I GOT TO WORK TOGETHER A LONG TIME AGO, SO I'M THRILLED TO HAVE THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING THE FUTURE OF BLOOMINGTON. YOUR IDEAS ARE LIKE YOU HAVE WRITTEN THEM. I COULD HAVE BEEN LIKE THAT'S MY PEOPLE RIGHT THERE. I WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT THOSE IDEAS ARE MANY OF THEM ARE IDEAS ARE PERCOLATING NOW HERE AND THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM LONG PAST THE YOUR TIME THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR EVERYONE HERE BUT I KNOW THAT I'M AVAILABLE FOR COFFEE ANY TIME. I'M ASSUMING ANY COUNCILMEMBER WOULD TAKE YOU UP ON THAT IF YOU WANTED. HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SPECIFICALLY THINKING ABOUT YOUR IDEAS ETC. SO LET'S MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU AND THAT IS I'M ABOUT THE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT LED TO THE DISTILLATE AND DOWN TO THOSE THREE IDEAS THAT YOU CHOSE TO BRING HERE. WERE THERE THAT YOU WERE REALLY CLOSE TO THE LINE AND WE ONLY HAD TO PICK THREE BUT THERE WAS A FOURTH WHEN YOU WOULD MENTION IT OR WAS THERE A LOT OF CONTENTION AROUND A PARTICULAR ONE AND YOU KIND OF HAD TO YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY IN SOME GROUP OF PEOPLE HAD TO LIKE GIVE IT UP LIKE AND SAY OKAY, I'LL WITH IT. YOU KNOW, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THAT DYNAMIC LOOKED LIKE. DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? YEAH. NO, WE ARM WRESTLED. NO, I ACTUALLY WE BUILT A WONDERFUL BEAUTIFUL CITIES AND WE LOOKED AT KIND OF LIKE THAT VENN DIAGRAM OF THE AND SO THERE WASN'T A LOT OF CONTENTION WE DIDN'T NEED TO ARM WRESTLE AND I THINK THOSE WERE THE THREE BIGGEST FOCUSES OF THOSE COMMONALITIES MEAN WE'RE ALSO DEDICATED TO HELPING OUR CLIMATE AND WANTING A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT. I THINK IT REALLY TIES TO WHAT JASON TALKED ABOUT LIKE THE BLOOMINGTON TROLLEY WHICH WOULD ALSO HELP WITH ACCESSIBILITY AND ALSO HELP WITH DECREASING, YOU KNOW, CARBON EMISSIONS. NOT EVERYBODY HAVING TO COMMUTE AND THEN ALSO TIED INTO THE INTERGENERATIONAL LIVING THAT JANET TALKED ABOUT. SO THAT'S HOW WE KIND OF CAME TO THOSE THREE. YEAH, GREAT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. CONGRATULATIONS. LET'S REMEMBER A WOMAN. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. YOU HAD THREE GREAT IDEAS AND CERTAINLY MORE CERTAIN OF TWO . YOU GUYS HAVE A TIME HORIZON ON ARE THOSE THREE DREAM CITIES? I THINK SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE ACHIEVABLE IN THE IN THE SHORT TERM, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY 2025, 2026 AND REALLY KIND OF YOU KNOW, 2030 A LOT OF THOSE THINGS COULD BE SEEN LIKE A TROLLEY, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO MOVE PEOPLE MORE EFFICIENTLY IN THE CITY. AND THEN I THINK SOME OF THEM ALSO TIE TO BLOOMINGTON'S STRATEGIC PLAN YOU KNOW, OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALL SWITCH TO E POWERED AND BIKEABLE AND WALKABLE, YOU KNOW, OVERNIGHT. BUT I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE DO AND THROUGH A PHASED APPROACH WHAT CAN WE DO BY 2025, BY 2030 AND THROUGHOUT THAT WHOLE 25 YEAR BLOOMINGTON STRATEGIC PLAN? WELL, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR YOUR HARD WORK. I KNOW THERE'S A RESIDENT IN THE BACK WHO'S REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ONE OF THOSE ITEMS. I'M SURE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCIL SO AMANDA CROMBIE I HAVE A QUESTION YOU HOW MANY HOW MANY YEARS HAVE WE BEEN DOING THIS NOW AND HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME THROUGH THE PROGRAM IN THOSE YEARS? PUB QUIZ FOR YOU. OH MY GOODNESS. WELL COUNCILMEMBER AND MAYOR WE'VE THE FIRST SESSION STARTED IN 2019 AND SO WE'VE GRADUATED WITH THIS GROUP ABOUT 100. SO WE'VE HAD I THINK FIVE SESSIONS WE HAD TO GO EVERY OTHER YEAR DUE TO COVID AND OR WHATEVER. SO YEAH SO YEAH WE WE HAD A REALLY GREAT GROUP THIS YEAR AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING AMAZING WORK AND THEY PLAN TO STICK TOGETHER AND, DO MORE WORK. RIGHT. YEAH. GREAT TO HEAR. IT'S GREAT TO HEAR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US GRADUATED THIS YEAR. GOT IT. WELL DONE WELL DONE. WELL, THANK YOU TO TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT. WE I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT TIMES THOSE WERE THOSE WERE THURSDAY NIGHTS I BELIEVE OR THURSDAY NIGHTS AND YOU COULD HAVE BEEN ANYWHERE ON THOSE THURSDAY NIGHTS AND YOU CHOSE TO BE PART OF THIS GROUP YOU CHOSE TO BE PART OF THIS LEADERSHIP COHORT AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND I THINK THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON SHOULD AS WELL BECAUSE TO HAVE YOU AND NOW 100 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS AND WHO WHO SEE THINGS I THINK A DIFFERENT LIGHT AND WHO ARE ACTIVE AND WHO ARE WILLING TO PUT IN THE TIME AND TO GO THAT EXTRA MILE TO MAKE YOUR COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE. YOU'RE A GREAT EXAMPLE AND AND YOU'RE A GREAT RESOURCE WITHIN THE CITY SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH MR.. FOR REALLY ANYTHING THAT YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING MR. MAYOR I THINK YOU SUMMARIZED PRETTY VERY GOOD THANK YOU. OTHER THAN THEY WERE AWESOME GROUP THIS YEAR YES THEY WERE GRADUATIONS. THEY WERE. MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANY AND LUKE'S HOT SAUCE I RECOMMEND IT. I WAS DOORKNOCKING THE FIRST TIME I RAN AND I GOT GOT A COUPLE OF BOTTLES. I DON'T KNOW IF I GOT THE VOTE BUT I GOT THE BOTTLES. VERY GOOD. THANKS AGAIN. CONGRATULATIONS. THK YOU. COUNCIL. I'M SORRY COUNCILMEMBER LAST BUT I GUESS THIS QUESTION IS IT FOR THE CITY MANAGER OR FOR AMANDA WILL THERE BE ANOTHER COHORT AND WHEN SHOULD WE BE LOOKING TO GET THE NEXT COHORT TOGETHER? MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WE ARE DOING ONE PROGRAM A YEAR. WE'D LOVE TO DO MORE THAN THAT AND I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT AMANDA AND EMILY DO TO COORDINATE THIS AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK SO WE'D LOVE TO DO IT MORE THAN ONCE A YEAR. I THINK THAT WE'D HAVE CAPACITY JUST TO DO IT AT THAT LEVEL. SO YEAH, WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING SLOWING IT DOWN VERY GOOD. WELL CONGRATS ALL WELL THEN. THANK YOU . SO COUNCIL NEXT ON OUR AGENDA AS I MENTIONED AS WE WENT THROUGH THE AGENDA TO BEGIN WITH WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THOSE TWO ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS ITEMS FROM ITEM FIVE, ITEM 5.1 AND 5.2. THOSE ARE OFFICIALLY TIMED ITEMS AND WE ARE GOING TO MOVE THOSE UP NOW AHEAD OF THE CONSENT BUSINESS BECAUSE THE TIMING WORKS OUT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET TO THOSE. SO I WILL CALL RIGHT NOW. ITEM 5.1 WHICH IS A REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE 90% DESIGN AND COST ESTIMATE FOR BRYANT AND TRENT BOTH PARTS AND RENE CLARKE IS WHO I HAD ON THE LIST HERE IT IS, RENEE, WHO IS GOING TO BE LEADING US THROUGH THIS AS SOON AS WE GET THE PRESENTATION LINED UP. EXCUSE ME, MR. MAYOR. YES, A POINT OF ORDER. COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO THE GROUP WHAT A TIMED ITEM AND WHY WE HAD TO MOVE IT? I JUST I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHY I WOULD ACTUALLY THAT'S A GOOD POINT. I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT CLARIFICATION FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY, MISS MANDERSON. YOU MAY REMEMBER IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY PROBABLY A LEGAL QUESTION OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT WE HAVE PAID CONSULTANTS FOR THESE ITEMS AND THEY'RE CALLING IN AND THEY HAVE LOTS OF CLIENTS AND AND WE WANT TO USE THEIR TIME EFFICIENTLY AND USE OUR RESOURCES FINANCIALLY EFFICIENTLY AS WELL. SO IF WE HAVE A TIMED ITEM THEY CAN SHOW UP AT THAT TIME AND THEN WE GET THEM, WE GET WHAT WE NEED AND THEY CAN MOVE ON WITH THEIR NIGHT AS WELL . SO FOR CLARIFICATION MR. MAYOR, THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE WE ARE IT'S NOT THE LENGTH OF TIME IT'S THE TIME OF THE MEETING THAT WE WANT THEM TO BE APPEARING. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. CLERK WE'RE READY TO GO. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HOPEFULLY HAVE ONE OF THE REALLY EXCITING AGENDA ITEMS TO CONSIDER TONIGHT FOR THE DRAFT FINAL PLANS FOR BRYANT AND SHEPPARD PARK AND I HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT SO FAR IS JUST PULLING UP WHILE SHE DOES THAT I'LL I'LL MOVE A BIT AHEAD AND JUST MENTION I THERE IS A LARGE PROJECT TEAM THAT'S BEEN WORKING WITH US FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW REALLY ON THESE TWO PROJECTS AND THIS HALF OF THE ROOM INCLUDES THAT TEAM . SO TONIGHT IN ADDITION TO THE PROJECT TEAM INTRODUCTION QUICKLY I'LL REVIEW THE PLANNING CONTEXT FOR WHAT WE ARE HERE WITH BRYANT PARKS COVER THE HIGH LEVEL PERCENT DESIGN PLAN THAT WE'RE IN YOUR PACKET AND THEN DESCRIBE EACH OF THEM IN TERMS OF THE PRIORITIES FROM THE PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN THEN QUICKLY COVER COST ESTIMATES SCHEDULE AND NEXT STEPS. AGAIN THE PROJECT TEAM SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS AND TEAM MEMBERS INTERNAL LEE AND I REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE COMMUNITY AS A TEAM MEMBER OUR PART COMMISSION WHO REVIEWED PLANS MONTHLY AS WELL AS THE SUPPORT FROM CITY COUNCIL SO AGAIN GROUNDEDNESS IN THE PLANNING CONTEXT. COUNCIL APPROVED THE PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN AUGUST OF 2021 AND THAT'S A ROADMAP AND A GUIDE FOR HOW WE MAKE DECISIONS AND INVESTMENTS IN OUR PARKS. WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE YOU WITH SEVERAL REFERENCES AND PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS HERE IN REFERENCE TO THE PLAN. THE PLAN CONCLUDES WITH AN ACTION WITH NINE SECTIONS AND THE THINGS IN THESE PROJECTS ARE A REFLECTION OF WHAT'S IN THAT ACTION AND PRIORITIES ESTABLISHED THROUGH THAT PLANNING PROCESS BY RESIDENTS ORIENTATED US WE ARE IN THE COMMUNITY BRYANT PARK, BRYANT AVENUE AND 86TH STREET TRUMP PARK GENERALLY 90 AND FRANCE AVENUE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MARSH LAKE. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS A BIG PART OF THESE DESIGNS BEGAN REALLY IN 2022 WHEN WE STARTED CONCEPT PLANNING FOR NINE PARKS. THAT ENGAGEMENT CONTINUED THROUGH 2023 ALTOGETHER WE DID FOUR ON SITE ENGAGEMENT EVENTS IN EACH PARK PLUS THE INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY CONVERSATION WITH RESIDENTS SPECIFIC COORDINATION WITH STAFF FROM BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TERRE ORANGE AND THE TOD POD PLAYGROUP THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL AND A REALLY BIG RESOURCE FOR US. AND THEN COLLABORATION AGAIN THROUGHOUT WITH OUR STAFF AND COMMISSION QUICKLY GOING BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED IT WAS JUNE LAST YEAR THE END OF JUNE WHERE WE LOOKED AT 30% DESIGN TREPP THE PARK HASN'T CHANGED MUCH BUT I'LL RECALL THAT WHEN WE CAME OUT WITH 30% DESIGN ONE CONSIDERATION WAS DOG PARK. THERE'S A RINK THERE THAT'S USED AS A DOG RUN TODAY THAT NEIGHBORS REALLY LOVE AND WANTING MORE OF THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY IS A DESIRE WE LOOKED AT TRYING TO INCORPORATE THAT HERE SOME RESIDENT FEEDBACK THAT DOGS AND BIKES DON'T MIX. WE ASKED OUR PARKS COMMISSION CONSIDER THAT QUESTION AND ULTIMATELY WE AGREED WITH THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO NOT TRY TO INCORPORATE A DOG RUN HERE. BUT I'LL NOTE THAT IT'S ON THEIR WORK PLAN TO FIND ANOTHER LOCATION AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY EXPLORING A COUPLE LOCATIONS FOR OTHER DOG PARKS AND DOG RUNS IN BLOOMINGTON. THE FINAL DESIGN IS A COMBINATION AGAIN OF A PAVED PUMP TRACK WHICH IS NOTED CENTRAL IN THE LIGHTER OUTLINE AND READ THE REMAINDER OF THE SITE A GRAVEL MOUNTAIN BIKE SKILLS COURSE. THE SITE ALSO INCLUDES A GATHERING PLACE FOR HAMMOCKS AND THEN A WHAT'S INCLUDED AS A BIT ALTERNATE SHOWN IN THAT MORE DETAILED COST ESTIMATE IS A SHADE JUST A SHADE SHADE STRUCTURE FOR GATHERING AGAIN NATURAL RESOURCE A BIG COMPONENT OF THIS THE SITE BRYANT PARK LOOKING AT 30% DESIGN AND COMPARING TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS ARE A LOT MORE CHANGES THE BIG ONES HERE THE PLAYGROUND MOVED FROM WHERE IT IS TODAY AND THE YELLOW BLOB TO WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS TODAY SHOWN ON THAT PLAN AND DESPITE THE DESIRE BY THE COMMUNITY FOR MORE PICKLEBALL STAFF ARE REALLY CAREFULLY CONSIDERING WHERE WE SITE PICKLEBALL WE'VE USED SOME ONLINE RESEARCH AND OTHER COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE TO ESTABLISH A MINIMUM BUFFER OF 250 FEET A DESIRED BUFFER OF 300 FEET FROM HOMES WHERE WE CONSIDER PICKLEBALL AND HERE IT WAS JUST TOO CLOSE TO HOME. SO PICKLEBALL WAS ELIMINATED FROM THE DESIGN. SO THOSE ARE TWO OF THE MAJOR CHANGES WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IN THE FINAL DRAFT WHICH I UP YOU'LL SEE THAT ORANGE BLOB MOVED TO THE THE CORNER CLOSER TO PARKING FARTHER FROM WATER WHICH WAS A SPECIFIC COMMENT FROM RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES THE SKATE SPOT MOVED TO WHERE THE PLAYGROUND CURRENTLY USED TO BE SITED AND AGAIN TENNIS THERE'S STILL TWO TENNIS COURTS PICKLEBALL IS GONE THE GREEN SPACE IS PROGRAMED NOT JUST AS A BASEBALL OUTFIELD BUT HAS ROOM FOR SOCCER TO BE STRIPED AS SOCCER. AND WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE A CRICKET PITCH FOR TENNIS CRICKET WHICH IS PLAYED I BELIEVE AT BRYANT PARK TODAY AND OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND BLOOMINGTON ARE RECREATION STAFF COORDINATED WITH THAT GROUP TO HELP DETERMINE IF THAT WOULD FIT HERE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THAT GROUP REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHEN I HIGHLIGHT THE PLAYGROUND IN THE BUILDING PART OF BRYANT PARK FOR US TONIGHT BEFORE YOU FIRST IS AN IMAGE OF THE PLAYGROUND IT'S BLOOMINGTON'S FIRST FULLY INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND. WE RECEIVED A LOT OF SPECIFIC FEEDBACK ON THE DESIGN A HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THOSE ON THE NEXT SLIDE BUT SEE ENTRANCES IS WHERE ONE OF THE FEEDBACK WE HAD TONTRANCES AND THE COMMUNITY REALLY DESIRED ONE WITH A FENCE BOTH ARE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL DESIGN. THE SWING BAY WAS SOMETHING WE HAD A LOT OF ITERATIONS ON WITH THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY MAXIMIZE THE DIVERSITY OF SWINGS AND THE NUMBER OF SWINGS AND THEN THE BUILDING BEFORE IS A RENDERING OF THE BUILDING AND THEN AN IMAGE IN THE LOWER LEFT TO ORIENTATE YOU TO THE LAYOUT INTERNALLY AS IT SITS IN THE PARK. SO THE BUILDING ITSELF IS JUST OVER 2500 SQUARE FEET FOR GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOMS. ONE OF THOSE RESTROOMS WILL HAVE AN ADULT CHANGING STATION THAT WILL BE THE FIRST ADULT CHANGING STATION AND ONE OF OUR PARK RESTROOMS AND THEN THE THE IMAGE ON THE ON THE LEFT YOU TO HOW THOSE SPECIFICALLY THE RESTROOMS ARE CONNECTED TO THE PLAYGROUND MORE ABOUT THE BUILDING AND SUSTAINABILITY FLOOD RESILIENCE A BIG CONSIDERATION OF THE DESIGN I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE THE PARK IN GENERAL AND THE WATER RESOURCE OPPORTUNITIES THERE BUT THE BUILDING SITS TWO AND A HALF FEET HIGHER TODAY THAN THE CURRENT BUILDING TO MAKE IT MORE FLOOD RESISTANT AND THEN OTHER OF DESIGN FOR FLOOD RESILIENCY WERE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE PACKET B-3 OR LEED EQUIVALENT WAS A DESIRE BY THE DESIGN BUT NOT A REQUIREMENT OF THE DESIGN SOMETHING WE WANTED TO EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY OF WITH OUR DESIGN TEAM WE BELIEVE WE ARE MEETING THE B3 GUIDELINES OF ALTHOUGH NOT WE DIDN'T EXPLORE OR PARTICIPATE IN THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS FROM THE BEGINNING. WE ARE MEETING THOSE GUIDELINES ON NET ZERO AND CARBON NEUTRAL BUILDING WE BELIEVE WE LOOKED AT THE SOLAR SPECIFICALLY AND THE PAYBACK ON THAT IS ABOUT NINE YEARS GEOTHERMAL HEATING IS INCLUDED IN THE DESIGN ADDING ABOUT TWO AND A HALF PERCENT PROJECT COST OVERALL BUT THAT'S PART OF ACHIEVING THAT CARBON NEUTRAL AND NET ZERO BY NOT REQUIRING AS MUCH ELECTRICITY AND THEN JUST THE EFFICIENCY OF GEOTHERMAL AND THEN LOW FLOW PLUMBING FIXTURES AND THEN SITE DESIGN THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND OTHER GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRIBUTE TO THE B3 REQUIRED AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT USING THIS AS SORT OF A TEST AND HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE B THREE PARTICULARLY WITH THE SMALLER I'LL REVIEW EACH PARK IN TERMS OF THE TOP PRIORITY PARK ELEMENTS OUR RESIDENTS IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE PARK MASTER PLAN THOSE WERE ON NATURAL RESOURCES TRAILS AND MOBILITY NEW PARK AMENITIES AND EQUITY FIRST AND NATURAL RESOURCES BRYANT PARK WAS CHOSEN FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY AND CHALLENGES OF NATURAL RESOURCES PARTICULARLY WATER RESOURCES HERE THERE'S A 372 ACRE DRAINAGE AREA COMING TO BRYANT PARK WHICH IS ABOUT 22 ACRES AND ABOUT 20 IS WITHIN THE 100 YEAR HIGH WATER LEVEL OF OF THAT AREA. SO DEALING WITH STORMWATER AND NATURAL RESOURCES WAS A BIG OPPORTUNITY AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OUTCOMES HERE EXPANDING AT 6.4 ACRE WETLAND TO OVER AN ACRE, REDUCING PEAK FLOW AND TOTAL VOLUME OF STORMWATER DOWNSTREAM, ADDING OVER 700 CUBIC YARDS OF FLOOD STORAGE ON SITE AND THEN REDUCING THE MOWED TURF. I HAVE A GRAPHIC AFTER THIS TO SHOW YOU BUT WE'RE GOING FROM A LITTLE OVER 11 ACRES TO JUST OVER THREE ACRES OF MOWED TURF HERE AND THEN ADDING OVER 250 TREES. THIS GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATES I THINK REALLY IN AN EXCITING THE REDUCTION IN MOWING OUR PARK MAINTENANCE TEAM WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE GRAPHIC ON THE LEFT THAT SHOWS WHAT'S MOWED TODAY AND THE GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT THAT AREAS CIRCLED IN RED HIGHLIGHT WHAT WILL BE MOWED POST PROJECT TRIP UP PARK WHILE IT'S A BIKE SKILLS PARK IS ALSO GROUNDED IN NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONNECTION TO NATURE. THE MOWING THERE IS BEING REDUCED ALSO FROM OVER TWO ACRES TO ABOUT A HALF ACRE OVER 50 TREES PLANTED AND THIS IMAGE REALLY DEMONSTRATES I THINK JUST THE NATURAL STATE AND RESPECT TO MARSH LAKE THAT THIS SITE PROVIDES NEW PARK AMENITIES. ANOTHER PRIORITY OUR COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF THAT AS WE LOOK TO ELIMINATE THINGS LIKE ICE SKATING RINKS OR DOG PARKS, WHAT ARE WE REPLACING WITH NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND WE ARE REALLY MINDFUL OF DOING THAT DURING THESE DESIGNS AT BRYANT WE'RE ELIMINATING TO DIAMOND FIELDS. OUR PARK MASTERPLAN LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF DIAMOND FIELDS AND OUR STAFF EVALUATED THAT IN TERMS OF PROGRAMING AND FOUND THAT WE CAN REPROGRAM SOME OF THOSE TO OTHER AMENITIES THAT COULD GET MORE AND BETTER USE. WE'RE REDUCING TWO TENNIS COURTS. WE'RE ADDING THE SMALL SKATE SPOT WHICH IS ONLY THE SECOND SKATE OPPORTUNITY IN BLOOMINGTON NOW AND THEN I TALKED ABOUT THAT LARGER OPEN GREEN SPACE WHERE WE'RE ADDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CRICKET PITCH AND ROOM FOR SOCCER OUR FIRST FULLY INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND AND THEN I NOTE THE THINGS WE'RE REPLACING HERE TO TRAILS AND MOBILITY STAFF IN PARKS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SEVERAL STAFF IN ENGINEERING. BOB SIMONDS PRESENTED THE PLAN FOR NEW SIDEWALKS HERE AND TRIP PARK AND THE SAFER CROSSINGS. THOSE ARE THINGS COLLECTIVELY WHEN WE TALK TO THE COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WE HEARD ABOUT SAFER CROSSINGS AND IN DIFFERENT PLACES AROUND BRYAN AND TREVOR AND AS ENGINEERING STAFF WORK TO CREATE THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTS ACTION PLAN SOME OF THOSE SAME THINGS CONCERNS AND OPPORTUNITIES WERE ECHOED REFLECTED IN THAT PLAN AND STAFF IN ENGINEERING AND PARKS ARE REALLY EXCITED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SOME OF THOSE WITH WITH THESE PROJECTS BRIAN'S ADDING OVER A HALF MILE OF INTEGRATED LOOP TRAILS WHICH GETS AT SOME OF THE MULTI-GENERATIONAL USE AS WELL AS THE BUILDING THAT OUR LEADERSHIP COHORT IDENTIFIED AND THEN TREVOR'S ADDING A HALF MILE OF TRAIL FOR BIKES EQUITY IS A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY. IT CAME AS A PRIORITY FROM RESIDENTS WHEN WE DID OUR PARK PLAN. BRYANT PARK IS USING THAT EQUITY PRIORITIES ASIAN TOOL THAT WAS DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE PARK BRYANT PARK OR THE PARK MASTER PLAN. BRYANT PARK IS THEIR SECOND HIGHEST RANKED COMMUNITY PARK WITH THE BUILDING AND I'LL SAY SMITH PARK IS THE FIRST AND THAT PARK COUNCIL AUTHORIZED AN INVESTMENT IN JUST LAST YEAR AS WELL. SO THAT TOOL HAS BEEN REALLY GUIDING IN OUR WORK OUR TRAILS ARE ADA ACCESSIBLE. WE'VE GOT THE FIRST FULLY INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND WHICH I'LL SAY CONSIDERS CHILDREN AND ADULTS AS CAREGIVERS MOBILE AND WITH MOBILITY CHALLENGE CHALLENGES AND THEN THE GENDER NEUTRAL RESTROOMS. THE COST ESTIMATE IS IN YOUR PACKET. WE'VE COORDINATED CLOSELY WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN FINANCE. THERE'S AN AGENDA ITEM. TALK ABOUT THE CHARTER BOND PROCESS AFTER THIS. THE COST ESTIMATES ARE QUITE IN LINE WITH THE ESTIMATES THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU AT 30% DESIGN. THE MORE EXPANDED VERSION WAS IN YOUR PACKET. FEEL THAT THERE IS THAT THAT OUR COSTS AND THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BELOW THE LINE IS OPPORTUNITIES ARE STILL TRUE OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS. THE CHARTER BRAND PROCESS IS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT AS WELL FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. OUR BRYANT PARK WE'RE APPROVED FOR YOUR APPROVAL BY OUR PARKS AND RECREATION ON APRIL 10TH AND THEN THE APPROVAL TONIGHT DEMOLITION OF THE SMALL SHELTER BUILDING AND THEN INVASIVE TREE REMOVAL IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN BY OUR PARK MAINTENANCE TEAM AS SOON AS TOMORROW. THE SCHEDULE OTHERWISE IN MAY PLAN TO BE OUT SOLICITING BIDS AND BE BACK TO AWARD CONSTRUCTION JULY ONE OR AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING IN JULY WITH CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING THIS AUGUST COMPLETING FALL OF 2025. WITH THAT I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND THANK FOR THE SUPPORT AT OUR ENGAGEMENT EVENTS AND AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THESE PROJECTS AND ALSO THANKS TO OUR TEAM. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU TO THE TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS AND I KNOW IT'S NOT AN INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS. SO THANK YOU MUCH QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND MAYOR I ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT YOU STARTED WITH THE HISTORY AND THE CONTEXT AND HOW WE GOT FOR US BUT ALSO FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TUNING IN TONIGHT AND WHO ARE INTERESTED TO HEAR HOW WE'VE GOT TO THE PLACE THAT WE'RE AT AND READY TO MAKE THIS SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT. ALSO WANT TO APPLAUD YOU ON THIS SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT OCCURRED THE COLLABORATION WITH INTERNAL EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS. IT JUST REALLY IS REMARKABLE AND I THINK THE PRODUCT THAT WE HAVE PRODUCTS THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US REALLY SHOW LIKE THE MOST I MEAN I THINK THAT THEY'RE PHENOMENAL PRODUCTS AND OUTCOMES AND SO NOW WE HAVE TWO MODELS TO SHOW THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WHERE WE MIGHT BE HAVING FUTURE PARK PROJECTS AND HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS AND AND THAT THE OUTCOMES CAN BE QUITE SIGNIFICANT AND IN BETTERING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COMMUNITY AROUND. SO THE ONE VERY KIND OF TACTICAL QUESTION I HAVE IS THE FENCE AROUND THE PLAYGROUND WHICH I AM SUPER EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE MY KIDS WERE ONCE VERY YOUNG AND IT WAS ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM RUNNING ALL OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I JUST HOPE THAT IT WILL BE A NICE FENCE MEAN I'M THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THE FENCES THAT WE HAVE IN BLOOMINGTON AND I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY CONSIDERED THAT AND BUILT INTO THE COST BUT I KNOW THAT IT CAN BE A YOU KNOW, A COSTLY PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT IT'S I YEAH. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THE FENCE CURRENTLY THE SPECIFICATIONS IS A RUBBER COATED BLACK CHAIN LINK FENCE THAT'S THREE FEET HIGH. WE ARE ALSO GETTING AN ALTERNATIVE. LOOKING AN ALTERNATIVE ROD IRON. LOOKING MORE DECORATIVE TYPE OF FENCE PRICING THAT OUT AND EVALUATING IF THAT CAN BE AN ALTERNATIVE ADD IN THE BID OR INCLUDED IN THE BASE BID SO WE ARE EVALUATE ANOTHER OPTION BUT THE BASE OPTION IN THE PROPOSAL TONIGHT IS A CHAIN LINK BLACK RUBBER COATED OAK THE BLACK RUBBER COATING IS AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT BETTER BUT I DO I WOULD SAY I WOULD PREFER OTHER OPTION. BUT OTHER THAN THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I ALSO DO WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THAT THE PARK BOARD IS LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR DOG PARKS AND DOG RUNS BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HEAR ABOUT QUITE OFTEN IN THE COMMUNITY. TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE REASONING FOR NOT HAVING ONE A TRIP OUT BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING OPTIONS IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. WELL, THERE IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FENCE WAS GOING TO BE RECYCLED FROM ISLAND GREENS. I KNEW THAT WAS THE AND WAS SERIOUSLY SHOT FOR THAT ONE. THAT WAS A GOOD THAT'S A GOOD ONE SHOT. I LIKE THAT ONE. SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS MAYOR, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THIS REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE 90% DESIGN PIECE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS PARTICULAR PIECE THAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY? I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS THAT ARE ARE SPECIFIC THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL BUT I ALSO CAN TILL LATER BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE WITH THIS PARTICULAR MOTION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE CAPTIONING. WELL, COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, I THINK AS WE HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AT THE 30 AND I THINK WE DID 30 IN JUST 30 JUST 30 I'M SORRY I THOUGHT THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE IN BETWEEN BUT AS WE DID IT THE 30% MARK TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT STAFF IS BRINGING FORWARD BASED ON COMMUNITY INPUT, BASED ON THE WORKGROUP THAT HAS WORKED ON IT, BASED ON THE BUDGET REALITIES, BASED ON ALL THE PIECES AND THOUGHT PROCESSES IN THE INPUTS THAT HAVE GONE INTO THIS, THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE AT AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HERE IS FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL AND THEN ULTIMATELY IDEAS, SUGGESTIONS, POSSIBILITIES BUT ULTIMATELY A THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN ON THIS LEVEL OF DESIGN WITH WHERE THEY'RE RIGHT NOW. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. AND SO WITH WITH THAT IN MIND, MAYOR MY MY MY ONLY REAL QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS OTHER ONES I CAN ASK YOU OFFLINE IS DO YOU FEEL LIKE IN TERMS OF THIS PROPOSAL THAT YOU DID BOTH THE BRYANT AND THE OTHER OTHER PART THAT THEY'RE REPRESENTATIVE IN TERMS OF YOUR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU'VE HAD OF THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THOSE SERVICE AREAS. MAYOR BUSHEY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION AND STAFF AND THE AND FEEDBACK FROM THE PARK COMMISSION AS WE DISCUSSED THIS ARE REALLY OF OUR DESIGN TEAM AND HOW THEY HAVE LISTENED AND RESPONDED IN SEVERAL DESIGN ITERATIONS. I THINK BRYANT PARK HAS BEEN ITERATE ON AT EACH PHASE SEVERAL TIMES WITH EVERY COMMENT WE GET WITH FEEDBACK FROM GROUPS AND RESIDENTS AS WE LOOK TO SEE HOW WE CAN RESPOND IN THE DESIGN, HOW WE CAN ADD CLARIFICATION, HOW WE CAN GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE HEARING SO THAT THE DESIGNS CAN RESPOND AND STAFF FEEL REALLY PROUD OF THESE DESIGNS AND OUR TEAM IN BEING ABLE TO RESPOND HIGH LEVEL TO THE PRIORITIES OUR COMMUNITY AND EVEN THOSE THAT WE HEARD FROM OUR LEADERSHIP GROUP TODAY AND THEN THE SPECIFIC PARK DESIGNS THEMSELVES. I APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THAT BECAUSE THE THING THAT I HAVE A ABOUT ALWAYS WITH THAT IS THAT AS WE LOOK OUT REALLY DECADES OUT, THE THINGS WE DO TODAY WILL HAVE THAT IMPACT AND. SO THAT'S WHY I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE REPRESENTATIVE OF THOSE SERVICE AREAS THAT THESE PARKS LINE. THANK YOU. WHICH IS A GOOD POINT COUNCILMEMBER BUT UNDERSTANDING OF COURSE THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS IS BECAUSE NOTHING LASTS FOREVER. THE COMMUNITY CHANGES THE NEEDS CHANGE AND SO THEN BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR POINT DAN'S MEMORY LOSS AND COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS AND JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THEM GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOMS WOULD THEY BE OF PRIVATE USE OR ARE MORE THAN ONE USER AT A TIME SINGLE USE? THAT'S ONE QUESTION AND THE OTHER ONE IS WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE AT ALL TO GET SOME OF THAT COMMUNITY INPUT FOR THOSE PARKS? AS YOU REALIZE I'M NEW HERE I MY EVERYBODY MIGHT HAVE THAT INFORMATION BUT I WOULD LIKE TO READ SOME OF THE INFORMATION SO THAT THE INPUT THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS PUT INTO THE DESIGN OF THESE PARKS IF THAT'S POSSIBLE AT ALL MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL I CAN CERTAINLY SHARE THAT I PROVIDED REALLY HIGH LEVEL BRIEF SUMMARY OF SOME OF IT IN THE PACKET TONIGHT BUT I WILL IT I CAN SHARE MORE OF THAT IT WILL BE AWESOME. THANK YOU. AND I WILL SAY COUNCILMEMBER WE WE HEARD A NUMBER OF TIMES AT LISTENING SESSIONS FROM REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM AROUND BRYANT PARK AND GOT WE GOT GOOD FEEDBACK IN THE LISTENING SESSIONS AND THEN USUALLY AFTER THE LISTENING I THINK RENEE AND AND SPENT A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME JUST TALKING AFTERWARD AS WELL SO THERE IS SOME STUFF THAT I KNOW IS WRITTEN BUT I KNOW THERE'S OTHER STUFF THAT HAS JUST BEEN THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY VERBALLY AND THE SHARING OF IDEAS BACK AND FORTH. AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I AM SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND AS WE GET CLOSER TO ACTUALLY YOU KNOW PUTTING THAT SHOVEL IN THE GROUND SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN IT. I'M ESPECIALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE COULD BUILD IN SOME OF THE SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT. I MYSELF AM ON A TEN YEAR PLAN TO GET TO GET PAYBACK ON MY SOLAR PANELS SO I KNOW IT CAN BE DONE SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE YOU ALL TRYING FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR DOING IT. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SO AS YOU ALL KNOW ESPECIALLY WITH BRYANT PARK SINCE IT'S AT MY HOME PARK I WAS ESPECIALLY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. MY MY QUESTION IS IF WE IF WE THOUGHT ABOUT YOU KNOW, JUST WITH ALL THAT FEEDBACK, WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT WAS JUST BELOW THE SURFACE LIKE THAT JUST DIDN'T MAKE THE LINE THAT IF WE YOU KNOW, AUTHORIZED ANOTHER 25 K OR ANOTHER 50 K OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS SMALLER AMOUNT COMPARED TO THE 9 MILLION WE COULD GET DONE AND DID WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION BASED ON THE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT? I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS IF THAT PROCESS EXISTED BECAUSE IT'S IT'S GOT TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO LIKE DRAW THE LINE AT SOME POINT AND SAY OKAY WE'VE GOT TO CUT YOU OFF OTHERWISE ALL THE GET FEEDBACK FOREVER RIGHT? SO I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS IF YOU CAN HELP US UNDERSTAND AT ONE POINT MAYBE YOU KNOW I'M THINKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAD ABOUT YOU KNOW, THE PLAYGROUNDS AND THE RESIDENTS AND THE NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND WHAT WE'RE TO MITIGATE OR SOME FOLKS MENTIONED THAT THEY LIKE TO HAVE A SECOND BALL FIELD. YOU KNOW, I FOR 1 A.M. THRILLED ABOUT THE FACT THAT I CAN ACTUALLY GO AROUND THE PARK NOW WITHOUT WALKING THE STREET. THAT'S EXCITING. BUT OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE PREFERRED TO HAVE LESS WETLAND ON THAT ON THAT NORTH SIDE FOR . HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE GONE THROUGH TO KIND OF I DON'T KNOW DRAW THOSE BOUNDARIES. THANKS MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION THAT WAS A DIFFER PROCESS WITH OUR WHOLE TEAM AND LOOKING AT THE BUDGET WE PROPOSED AT 30% AND USING THAT AS REALLY THE BAR THAT WE ARE DESIGNING TO ESSENTIALLY I'LL SAY THE BEST EXAMPLES ARE LISTED IN THE COST ESTIMATE IN THE THINGS BELOW THE LINE. MM HMM. WE DID WE HAVE ALTERNATE AND THINGS THAT WE CAN REMOVE DEPENDING ON BIDS. PUBLIC ART IS CURRENTLY WE EARMARKED FROM DAY ONE 75,000 FOR TRIP PARK AND 100,000 FOR BRYANT PARK. THOSE NUMBERS ARE RIGHT NOW I'LL CALL IT BELOW THE LINE IN THE ESTIMATE BUT WE FEEL IS I GUESS THE NUMBER ONE THING WE WANT TO PUT BACK ABOVE THAT LINE WITH BIDS. BOTH SITES HAVE A UH IT'S NOT A IT'S A A SLIM VERSION OF A PICNIC SHELTER NO RESTROOMS BUT A STEEL ROOF FOR STRUCTURE TRAP OFF FOR GATHERING I THINK IS MORE IMPORTANT. BRYANT PARK HAS ONE TOO. THOSE BELOW THE LINE AND THEN OPTIONS FOR UH KIND OF RECREATIONAL BLOCK SEATING HAMMOCK LOUNGES BELOW THE ON TRIP ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT BASED ON BIDS LEAVE IN OR KEEP OUT TO STICK WITHIN THAT BUDGET. SO SOME SMALLER THINGS LIKE THAT WITH RESPECT TO THE COMMUNITY I, I DON'T I CAN'T RECALL SOMETHING BIG THAT WE'RE MISSING. WE DID HEAR FROM THE NEIGHBORS I THINK A COUPLE OF THEMES THE END WERE THE BIG CHANGE PEOPLE WILL SEE OUT THEIR WINDOW ON THE MORE ACTIVE SIDE OF PART OF THE PARK ALONG BRYANT SCREENING AND TREES WERE REALLY IMPORTANT THERE AND WE USE THAT TO MITIGATE AND I FEEL AND THE COLORS THE PLAYGROUND WERE CHOSEN TO TRY TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THOSE CONCERNS AND THEN WE REALLY WEREN'T ABLE TO MITIGATE THE CONCERN OF THIS IS A LOT OF STUFF IN THE EAST SIDE OF THE PARK AND BY DESIGN I MENTIONED THE PARKS IN THE HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD PLAIN THAT AREA THE PARK IS LEAST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING STILL POTENTIALLY SUBJECT TO FLOODING UNDER YOU KNOW, A 100 YEAR STORM. BUT BASED ON HOW PARKS FLOODED IN THE PAST AND HOW THE PARKS BEING GRADED WHERE ACTIVE PLAY AREA REALLY IS TODAY AND IS REMAINING IS BECAUSE IT'S LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. THEN THERE'S THE BALL FIELD AND THEN THERE'S THE NATURAL AREA THAT WE REALLY CAN'T DEVELOP. SO THOSE WERE KIND OF THE TWO THAT WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, FULLY MITIGATED AS PART OF THE DESIGN. I CAN'T THINK SOMETHING BIG THAT WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT WE THAT WAS REQUESTED. GREAT. THANK YOU. TWO REALLY QUICK QUESTIONS HOPEFULLY. FIRST OF ALL, RELATED TO THE BATHROOMS I NOTICED ON THE PLAN TO FACE OUTWARD AND TO FACE INWARD, I ASSUME THAT MEANS THAT THOSE OUTWARD FACING BATHROOMS WILL BE OPENED AT WHAT TIME IN THE MORNING AND CLOSED AT WHAT TIME AT NIGHT ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE. COUNCIL MEMBERS I'D LIKE TO DEFER MAYOR COUNCILWOMAN AS COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO WE TYPICALLY HAVE THOSE ON ON LOCKS. THEY'RE OPEN DURING NORMAL PARK HOURS SO SIX IN THE MORNING TILL TEN AT NIGHT AND THAT WOULD BE 20 LIKE 365 DAYS A YEAR. YEAH. OKAY GREAT. SECOND QUICK QUESTION HOPEFULLY AND I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO BE ASKING YOU A QUESTION, DAVE, BUT HANG IN THERE JUST IN CASE THE PARKING LOT. I KNOW ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS WE HAD ABOUT CO-LOCATING THE PARKING LOT TO THE PLAYGROUND WAS BECAUSE OF THE FOLKS USING MOBILITY AIDS AND VANS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT TO HAVE FOLKS WITH WITH MOBILITY ISSUES HAVE ACCESS TO THE PLAYGROUND A LITTLE BIT MORE SUCCESSFULLY. DID IT LOOKS LIKE WE REDUCED THE NUMBER OF TOTAL SPOTS IN THAT PARKING LOT AS WELL. HOW MANY ARE DEDICATED TO HANDICAPPED PARKING THEN THERE DISABLED PARKING AND THEN ARE WE GOING TO ENABLE SOME STREET PARKING? I THINK IT'S ALREADY AVAILABLE IN AREA BUT ARE WE GOING TO ENABLE SOME STREET PARKING ALONG THERE AS WELL TO TO MANAGE ANY KIND OF LIKE YOU KNOW TOURNAMENTS OR OTHER THINGS WHERE YOU KNOW MORE THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES MIGHT SHOW UP. MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER SANDRA THE NUMBER OF SPACES IN THAT PARKING LOT HAS ACTUALLY INCREASED A BIT. THERE WAS STREET PARKING ALL THE WAY AROUND THE PARK IN GENERAL THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPOTS COMBINED ON THE STREET AND IN THE LOTS IS INCREASED BY ABOUT TEN. DO YOU THINK IT'S MORE 20 OR LIKE TEN MORE LIKE 20 AND I BELIEVE EACH LOT HAS 2 TO 5. EACH LIGHT HAS TWO HANDICAPPED SPOTS. OKAY. IS THERE ALSO PARKING. THOUGHTS AROUND VAN SIZED PARKING SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T LIKE PARK SIDEWAYS ACROSS THREE PARKING SPACES AND THAT KIND OF THING? DO WE CONSIDER THAT KNOWING THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, ATTRACTING VANS AND OTHER LARGER VEHICLES? YES. OKAY GREAT. THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATS THIS ASKING YOU COUNCILMEMBER AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER NELSON COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU EVERYONE SO MUCH FOR FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING ON THIS ESPECIALLY AROUND THE FENCING AROUND THE PLAYGROUND. I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PARENTS CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING MULTIPLE ENTRANCES SO MOVING TO ONE IS SOMETHING I'M VERY HAPPY TO HEAR ESPECIALLY BECAUSE BEING THE FIRST ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND IN BLOOMINGTON DOESN'T MEAN IT'S LIMITED TO BLOOMINGTON. I KNOW AS SOON AS THIS OPENS THE WHOLE REGION IS GOING TO BE COMING TO BLOOMINGTON TO EXPLORE WHAT WE HAVE ALLOW KIDS FROM EVERYWHERE TO ENJOY FACILITIES WE HAVE. MY QUESTION IS MORE AROUND THE HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD PLAIN. SO FROM WHAT YOU JUST SAID A LOT OF IT A LOT OF THE FACILITIES ARE LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PARK. JUST GIVEN THAT IT'S NOT VERY SCIENTIFIC BUT I FEEL LIKE MORE OF THOSE HUNDRED YEAR EVENTS ARE HAPPENING OR OCCURRING. IF WE'RE GOING TO INVEST THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY, HAVE WE? IS THE RECOMMENDATION ENOUGH TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE WE'RE GOING TO BE OKAY OF SOMETHING LIKE LIKE A 100 YEAR EVENT HAPPENS SO THAT WE'RE NOT INVESTING THIS MONEY IN AND SEEING IT GO TO RUIN AND NOT BEING ABLE TO ENJOY FACILITIES THAT WE BUILT MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBERS THE THE PARK IS LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO IN THAT AREA. SPECIFIC TO THE BUILDING. LOOKING AT THE 100 YEAR STORM IT TAKES I BELIEVE ABOUT 13 HOURS FOR THE WATER TO GET THAT HIGH IN AN EVENT LIKE THAT AND ABOUT 34 HOURS TO IT FOR IT TO RETREAT LOWER THAN THE BUILDING. I CAN'T SPEAK TO EXACTLY HOW LONG THAT WATER TAKES RETRIEVE FROM THE PARK IN GENERAL. I BELIEVE BESIDES THE BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE, COURTS AND SURFACES CAN TOLERATE INUNDATION. NOT TO SAY THAT YOU KNOW A REALLY SIGNIFICANT EVENT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE. I'LL USE THE EXAMPLE OF 2014. MY COLLEAGUES AND ENGINEERS IN JUNE WATER RESOURCES THEY'VE PULLED UP PICTURES AND IT LIKE BASICALLY THE EXTENT OF THE FLOODING COVERED JUST ABOUT UP TO THE BUILDING. SO A LOT THE LIKE WHERE THE PLAYGROUND IS TODAY DIDN'T FLOOD IN THAT EVENT WHICH WAS KIND OF THE LAST BIG SIGNIFICANT THING APPROXIMATELY A TEN YEAR EVENT IN TERMS OF 10% CHANCE IN THOSE TERMS. SO THE RISK IS THERE BUT WE WE BELIEVE WE'VE MITIGATED THAT TO SOME EXTENT. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A FEW QUICK THINGS HERE. FIRST I APPRECIATE THE PROCESS THAT YOU'VE GONE THROUGH IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HERE AND WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WITH CONCERNS ABOUT ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE HAVE COMING UP DOWN THE LINE NINE MILE CREEK AND I'VE ALWAYS POINTED TO THESE PROJECTS AS AN EXAMPLE THE CITY'S WHAT IT'S LOOKING TO DO FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH PEOPLE IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH THOSE PLANS. AND YOU CAN SEE THE 30% OF THE 90% THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE SPECIFIC TO THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT. SO THE GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHERE I THINK THE PROCESS WORKS EXTREMELY. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. THE PARK TRENT BAR, THE OTHER LOCATIONS I KNOW WHEN WE ORIGINALLY LOOKED AT THE PARK MASTER PLAN WE DIVIDED THE CITY INTO FOUR QUADRANTS. ARE THE LOCATIONS THAT ARE BEING LOOKED AT WHERE THEY SERVE THAT FOUR QUADRANT MENTALITY SO THAT PEOPLE PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT WOULD NOT BE WITHOUT A PLACE TO TAKE THEIR DOG THAT'S CONVENIENT AND ACCESSIBLE TO THEM. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON COUNCIL MEMBERS I'LL WITH BRYANT PARK ICE RINK WILL BE EQUIPPED TO BE A DOG RUN IN THIS SUMMER AND I'LL LET DAVE TALK ABOUT TWO OTHER SITES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY EXPLORING. YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. WE ARE GOING TO PUT ANOTHER GATE UP SILAR TO WHAT WE'VE HAD A TRIP OUT AT BROOKSIDE SO ON 101 HUNDRED AND XERXES AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AND THIS IS FAIRLY PRELIMINARY BUT THERE IS A SPOT THAT HAS POTENTIAL NEXT TO THE ARCHERY RANGE. SOME OF THE COMPLICATIONS THAT WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH THERE IS THE ENTRANCE EXIT IS ON THE COUNTY ROAD SO WE'D HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS. IT WOULD LIKELY REQUIRE SOME SIGNIFICANT PARKING UPGRADES BUT WE DO ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY THERE THAT WOULD BE SUITABLE. SO WE ARE EXPLORING NOW. THANK YOU. IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL PLAN DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE OF THE CHANGE IN OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR MAINTENANCE PARKS AND HOW THERE'LL BE LESS MOWING AND LESS THINGS LIKE THAT? I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO MOW IT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NO MAINTENANCE FOR THOSE NATURAL AREAS. DO WE HAVE ANY ESTIMATE WHAT CHANGE THIS WILL MAKE AN OPERATIONAL COST GOING FORWARD ? I'LL TAKE THAT ONE. MAYOR COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER NELSON WE HAVEN'T CALCULATED IT YET. WE GOT THIS GREAT NEW PLAN THAT HAS UNIT COST. THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT AND YES WE WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE DATA THAT WE HAVE IN THAT PLAN TO ADDRESS MAINTENANCE NEEDS FOR THE REST OF THIS LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT WHEN IT'S TIME AND YOU'RE CORRECT ALSO ON THE NATIVE PLANTS BUT ONCE THEY'RE ESTABLISHED ALL THAT STUFF IS PRETTY SELF-SUSTAINING REQUIRES VERY LITTLE ATTENTION SO IT'S SUSTAINABLE THAT WAY. BUT IT TOOK CARE OF ITSELF FOR A LONG TIME BEFORE WE WERE HERE. SO AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION WELL YEAH LAST QUESTION WOULD RELATE TO THE BUILDING AND I JUST HAVE TO BE HONEST I'M STILL KIND OF BLOWN AWAY BY THE COST OF A 2500 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING FOR POINT 4 MILLION PLUS ON TOP OF THAT MANAGEMENT THAT'S OVER $1,000 A SQUARE FOOT. JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE FOR PEOPLE YOU KNOW, BASIC RAMBLER THAT'D BE ABOUT TWO RAMBLERS IN THERE. I MEAN IT IS ENORMOUS AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT'S ALL RELATED TO THE SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE MIKE. DO WE REALLY NEED FOR BATHROOMS CAN WE MAKE TWO BATHROOMS ACCESSIBLE FROM THE INSIDE AND THE OUTSIDE? YOU KNOW, SO THAT MUCH IN TERMS OF USER SHIP TO HAVE THOSE CARS BECAUSE I KNOW AND FIXTURES AND ALL THAT ADD COSTS. ARE THERE OTHER WE CAN DO TO VALUE ENGINEER THIS BECAUSE FROM WHAT I SEE IN TERMS OF THE MARKETPLACE IT WOULD DOUBLE THE NORMAL COST OF A BUILDING THAT STATURE AND SO THAT THAT IS DEEPLY CONCERNING TO ME ON THERE AND SO I GUESS THAT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION IT'S JUST FEEDBACK. IT'S IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN FRANKLY I THINK MOST OF THE PUBLIC MARKETPLACE COULD JUST BUILD OR PRIVATE MARKETPLACE COULD BUILD A BUILDING HALF THAT COST OF THE SAME SQUARE FOOTAGE ON THE FLIP SIDE AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE LOCATION AT ALL BUT IT WAS WARM THIS WINTER WE HAD A VERY, VERY SHORT OUTDOOR ICE SEASON. HAS THERE BEEN CONSIDERATION OF ANY TYPE OF REFRIGERANT OR AT LEAST MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO EXTEND THAT SEASON SO THAT WE'VE MAYBE HAD A COUPLE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT PEOPLE KNEW WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR A LONGER SEASON DURING THE WINTER BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THE DEMAND AT BIG IS SIGNIFICANT. WE'RE OBVIOUSLY MAKING IMPROVEMENTS THERE. THAT'S THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER. SO SO THAT'S NOT REALLY AGAIN I DON'T REALLY THAT'S MORE OF A COMMENT IF WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION I'D LOOK AT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT IT'D BE I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE ALTERNATIVES YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD SOMETHING LIKE THAT COST? IS THIS AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION OR ARE THERE OTHER LOCATIONS OR IF YOU KNOW MY COLLEAGUES AND PARK AND REC STAFF AND COMMISSION THINK THAT'S JUST A NONSTARTER THEN LET'S NOT LOOK AT IT AND I APPRECIATE COMMENTS COUNCILMEMBER AND YOUR COMMENTS REGARDING NUMBER OF BATHROOMS. I MEAN THAT'S I THINK WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR I MEAN WE'RE AT 90% AND SORT OF GET THAT FEEDBACK I THINK IS A GOOD THING. AND REGARDING THE OTHER REFRIGERATED RINK I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AND OFF IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OTHER THAN THIS I'LL TURN OVER EXCUSE ME TO THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. ANYTHING TO REPORT ON. MAYOR BUSHEY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL UM WE HAVE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN TERMS OF IT'S WINTERS ARE WARMING IN MINNESOTA AND THAT SEASON AS WAS LAST YEAR IS OFTEN THREATENED. HOW COULD WE PROVIDE THAT? WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY REAL ON, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SERVICE AREA LEVEL WHERE IT MAKES SENSE BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE COULD EXPLORE PROBABLY OUTSIDE OF THIS PROJECT EFFORT BUT ALSO ASK THE QUESTION IF WE DECIDE IS THE SITE MAKES SENSE, HOW HOW MIGHT BE POSSIBLE OR MADE MORE EFFICIENT WITH THIS PROJECT? APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. I'M GOING TO KEEP US MOVING. IT'S WE'RE 8:00 NOW AND WE STILL HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT TO GET TO TONIGHT. SO I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION COUNCIL. ANY ADDITIONAL FINAL COMMENTS ON THIS IF NOT, I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON ITEM 5.1 THIS EVENING. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER UH, MAYOR SO I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE 90% DESIGN PLANS FOR THE BRYANT AND PARKS RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT AS REFLECTED IN THE STAFF PRESENTATION ENGINE AND AGENDA MATERIALS. SECOND MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO APPROVE THE 90% DESIGN PLANS FOR BRYANT AND TRIPP PARK RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. COUNCIL ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION THIS HEARING NO FURTHER COMMENTS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES AT SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE RELATED ITEM HERE IS ITEM 5.2 WHICH IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS SERIES 2024 A RIHANNA INCLUDING IS WITH. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. HELLO GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL. MY NAME IS BRIANNA EICHELBERGER AND I'M THE SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR IN THE DEPARTMENT. I'M HERE TODAY TO REQUEST AUTHORIZATION AS TO THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION CHARTER BONDS IN THE PROPOSED AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $11,500,000. SO I HOPE IT DOESN'T GO FURTHER. OKAY. SO BEFORE I JUMP IN LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE CITY'S FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY BECAUSE IN ORDER TO CULTIVATE AN ENDURING AND REMARKABLE COMMUNITY, THE CITY NEEDS A SOLID FINANCIAL. AND SO BLOOMINGTON RANKS WITH AN ELITE FEW CITIES NATIONWIDE THREE TRIPLE-A BOND RATINGS. THE CITY HAS MAINTAINED STATUS FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS FROM S&P, MOODY'S AND FITCH, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST RATING AWARDED BY THESE AGENCIES. SO WE SAW THE PRESENTATION JUST NOW FROM OUR PARKS AND REC STAFF. CHARTER BONDS WILL BE UTILIZED AS A FUNDING SOURCE TO PAY FOR BRYANT PARK PARK PROJECTS. IN ADDITION, THERE'S ANOTHER ABOUT $500,000 THAT WILL BE USED AND IN THE BOND AMOUNT FOR DRED SCOTT FIELDS AND SOME PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS AS. THE AUTHORIZATION THAT WE JUST PASSED TONIGHT FOR MOVING FORWARD ON THE PARKS WE WON'T KNOW WHAT THE FINAL BID AMOUNTS WILL BE UNTIL LATER AND SO WE GO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER IN OUR MAXIMUM AMOUNT REQUEST. THE REASON WE DO THAT IS SO THAT WE CAN COVER A GENERAL CONTINGENCY OF ISSUANCE IN THE MAXIMUM BONDING AMOUNT AND THEN ANY INFLATIONARY OR COST CHANGES THAT OCCUR AFTER THE 90% DESIGN. SO WE COVER A LITTLE BIT JUST IN CASE SO THAT THE SLIDE WOULD BE HELPFUL TO CAPTURE THE ITEMS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND THEN THINGS THAT ARE NEXT IN THIS PROCESS TO PAY FOR THE PARKS PROJECTS AND THE ORANGE BACK SHOWS WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT. AND THEN MOVING FORWARD WE WILL HAVE OUR 30 DAY WAITING PERIOD FOR THE CHARTER BONDS THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE SUN CURRENT APRIL 25TH. AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT WE'LL DO A READING CALL WITH S&P AND DO THE BOND SALE IN MID-JUNE. AND SO THAT'S THE BASICS OF SITUATION WITH FUNDING THESE PARK PROJECTS AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE BOND ISSUE. WE ALSO HAVE ON THE PHONE OUR BOND ATTORNEY JULIE EDINGTON FROM KENNEDY AND GRAVEN AND THEN ELIZABETH BERGMAN WHO IS OUR MUNICIPAL ADVISOR FROM BAKER TILLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNSEL. QUESTIONS OF MISS MICHAEL THERE, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THANKS MAYOR. SO THIS DOES NOT OBLIGATE US TO SPEND ALL OF THAT MONEY. SO IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBER HAD ANY IDEAS ON WAYS TO REDUCE COSTS THAT THE STAFF AND EVERYBODY SAID HEY THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND THEN WE COULD SAVE THAT MONEY STILL. IS THAT CLEAR? YES. MAYOR COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YES, THAT IS TRUE? YOU'LL SEE IN THE PACKET ACTUALLY THIS CAME UP WITH OUR CIP BONDS TO HELP PAY FOR FIRE STATION FOUR. WE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT REMAINED AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THAT PROJECT AND WE HAD A RESOLUTION TO TRANSFER THOSE FUNDS TOWARD THIS PROJECT AND SO OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE AS WELL. THANK YOU. AND THEN CAN I GET A LITTLE MORE OF A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT AT DRED SCOTT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S ALSO A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM REGARDING DRED SCOTT AND SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THERE. DO THESE OVERLAP OR ARE THEY COMPLETELY SEPARATE? RENEE IS ON HER WAY TO ADDRESS THAT. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR BUSSEY MANAGER OR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THE DRED SCOTT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN TOTAL FIELD RENOVATIONS ARE ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 1.5 MILLION IN OUR BONDING PACKAGE. SOME OF AND YOU KNOW PART OF THE TIMING OF THIS WE'LL FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE WILL KNOW ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WITH BONDING BUT SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THERE ARE MORE TIME CRITICAL AND RELATED TO SAFETY THAT NEED TO BE MADE REGARDLESS. SO THE THIS FALL WE HAVE PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THOSE FIELDS THAT INCLUDE REALLY REGRADING AND WARNING TRACKS FOR SAFETY THAT THAT WE NEED TO. SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE YOU KNOW PART OF THAT $1.5 MILLION WORTH OF IMPROVEMENTS COULD GO FARTHER WITH BONDING OR WITH STATE BONDING AWARD IF THAT SHOULD HAPPEN, WHICH WOULD REDUCE WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR FROM CHARTER BONDS. COUNCIL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. COUNCIL I WOULD I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION CHARTER BONDS SERIES 2024 AS IT RELATES THAT IN 5.2 SOME OF THE SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A GENERAL OBLIGATION CHARTER BONDS. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. WE HAVE WE ARE AT SIX ONE ON THAT VOTE WITH COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS VOTING OPPOSITION. VERY GOOD. WE WILL THANK YOU INCLUDING WE APPRECIATE IT. WE WILL DOUBLE. BACK NOW TO ITEM THREE ON OUR AGENDA A CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THANKS, MR. MAYOR. APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE A HOLD ON POINT THREE FROM COUNCILMEMBER NELSON WHICH IS IT STILL IS IT STILL VALID? OKAY GREAT. AND CUSTOMARY I'LL HOLD 3.1 BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER HOLDS. DOES ANYBODY ELSE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO HOLD? OKAY THEN I WILL MOVE TO ADOPT A OUR CONSENT BUSINESS. 3.2. 3.4 THROUGH 3.17 I THINK IS WITH MEMBER SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA AS STATED. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. ITEM 3.3 COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. YEAH. THANKS MAYOR. FIRST I SUPPORT THIS THE IMPROVEMENTS THERE. MY KIDS PLAYED A LOT OF SOFTBALL. MY WIFE PLAYS VOLLEYBALL THERE AND IN OTHER THINGS SO. SO NOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT JUST THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE AREAS OF USING STRATEGIC PRIORITIES MONEY FOR THINGS THAT I THINK SHOULD BE IN THE REGULAR BUDGET. AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT IF THE SITUATION IS SO DIRE THAT WE KNOW ABOUT IT, WHY WASN'T THIS IN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR AND NOW WE'RE PULLING MONEY OUT OF STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND SO AGAIN I THINK IT JUST BRINGS UP THAT WHOLE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE USE AND NEED FOR AND ALL OF THAT OF STRATEGIC PRIORITIES. AGAIN THE PROJECT GREAT IN TOTALLY MAKES SENSE TO ME. I REMEMBER MY DAUGHTER SQUATTING AS A CATCHER WITH BROKEN SPRINKLER HEAD IN A PUDDLE OF WATER ON ONE OF THE SOFTBALL FIELDS AND AND DEFINITELY THERE'S IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE THERE ON MANY OF THE FIELDS THERE. SO APPRECIATE THIS GETTING DONE. THAT'S GREAT. JUST A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS FOR MR. BARRY THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. FIRST OF ALL, THE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS COUNCIL REMEMBER WE WERE DEALING WITH A PRETTY HIGH LEVY AND TRYING TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF ADDITIONS INCREASES THE BUDGET. SO A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE WOULD HAVE HAD A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT ON THE LEVY ALSO. THIS IS A CAPITAL PROJECT ESSENTIALLY AND WE TYPICALLY DON'T INCLUDE CAPITAL PROJECTS WITHIN OUR OPERATING BUDGET. COUNCILMEMBER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE ITEM 3.3 I WANT TO MOVE ITEM ONE 3/2 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND THE SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO MOVE ITEM 3.3 THAT'S A RESOLUTION FOR BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS THE TRANSFER OF PRIORITY FUNDS DRED SCOTT FIELD, DRED SCOTT ENFIELD IMPROVEMENTS AND 3.3 AND OUR COUNCIL AGENDA CONSENT BUSINESS TONIGHT. SECOND WE'VE ALREADY SPOKEN AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO. WE'RE GOOD TO GO. ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND OUT OF 3.3 COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO ITEM 3.1. YES. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AS ALWAYS JUST A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS WERE ACCEPTING DONATIONS ON OF A NUMBER OF PEOPLE BOTH FOR OUR COMMUNITY UNIT AT THE BPD AND ALSO FOR THE COED BABY FAIR THAT WE HAD. OBVIOUSLY AS WE KNOW, PEOPLE STEP UP IN AMAZING WAYS THROUGHOUT THIS COMMUNITY WHETHER IT'S DONATING THEIR TIME, JOINING COMMISSIONS AND ,OTHER VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES, BEING PART OF OUR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OR CONTRIBUTING FUNDS AND RESOURCES TO THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY, WE SEE IT EVERY DAY. JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERE'S LOTS OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND WE'RE ALWAYS REALLY GRATEFUL. SO WITH THAT I MOVE ITEM 3.1 OF THE RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT DONATIONS AS STATED IN THE MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND COUNCILMEMBER TO ACCEPT ITEM 3.1 THE RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT FROM OUR CONSENT BUSINESS NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. WELCOME APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR ON OUR AGENDA THAT'S OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES AND HAVE FOUR ITEMS UNDER ITEM FOR THIS. THERE ARE FIVE ITEMS UNDER ITEM FOR THIS EVENING. THE FIRST IS ITEM 4.1. IT'S A RESOLUTION ALIGNING OUR HOUSING POLICY AND STRATEGY AND ALL THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON REGARDING HOUSING WITH OUR BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TO GET THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND ERICA COLEMAN FROM OUR HRA AND ERIC HOLTHAUS FROM COIT ARE HERE TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS MY NAME IS ERIC HOLTHOUSE SERVE AS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT MANAGER. I'M ALSO THE STAFF LIAISON TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND JOINED THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATOR ERICA COLEMAN TONIGHT. WE ARE PRESENTING THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE RESOLUTION ALIGNING HOUSING WITH BETTY BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER. SO EFFORTS TO GROW HOUSING ACCESS IN BLOOMINGTON TODAY BUILD OFF OF MANY EFFORTS OF YESTERDAY AND THESE EFFORTS ARE MULTIDISCIPLINARY. THEY INVOLVE LEADERS AND ACTORS IN MANY DOMAINS IN THE CITY AMONG CITY COUNCIL LEADERS, AMONG COMMISSIONERS, AMONG THE COMMUNITY. JUST HIGHLIGHTING ONE SPECIAL EVENT IS THE HRC STAFF LIAISON I GOT TO SUPPORT THE SPECIAL EVENT JUST NEEDS AND BEYOND THE LEGACY AND FUTURE OF HOUSING ACCESS FOR ALL. THIS WAS A UNIQUE EVENT THAT BUILT OFF SEMINAL WORK IN 2021 TO HIGHLIGHT AND UNDERSTAND EXCLUSIONARY HOUSING PRACTICES IN BLOOMINGTON ACROSS, THE REGION ACROSS THE STATE AND COUNTRY. THIS WAS SORT OF A REPEAT EVENT TO FIND OUT HOW FAR HAVE WE COME. MANY DOZENS OF RACIAL COVENANTS HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED IN BLOOMINGTON AND MORE WERE DISCHARGED THAT NIGHT. MANY OTHER COMMISSIONS JOINED US THAT EVENING TO HELP MAKE THIS EVENT SUCCESSFUL. LEADERS FROM THE COMMUNITY, MANY STAFF IN MANY DEPARTMENTS HELPED MAKE THAT EVENT POSSIBLE AS WELL. THAT'S JUST ONE SMALL HIGHLIGHT OF HOW MANY ARE INVOLVED IN HOUSING AND MANY DIFFERENT WAYS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON TO SEE HOUSING ACCESS BECOME MORE AND MORE POSSIBLE FOR MORE PEOPLE. THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION ORIGINATED THE BLOOMINGTON HOUSING ACTION TEAM BEHALF BE IS SORT OF ANOTHER SIGNIFIER OF THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT THAT HOUSING IS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. IT'S A OF STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS THAT PART OF OUR MANY DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS THAT TOUCH HOUSING. PEOPLE THAT WANT TO STAY BETTER CONNECTED AND CROSS-POLLINATE THESE MANY DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT HOW HOUSING CAN BE FURTHERED HOW THE HOUSING ACCESS FOR ALL CAN BE FURTHERED HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. SO STAFF REPRESENTING HRA LEGAL PLANNING SUSTAINABILITY COED PUBLIC HEALTH. THESE ARE THE STAFF THAT FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDATIONS BE HAD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS RESOLUTION. THOSE ARE THE STAFF THAT BRAINSTORMED ELEMENTS OF THIS RESOLUTION THAT YOU'RE SEEING AND THE FOCUS IS VERY HOLISTIC. IT'S AN APPROACH HOUSING AND THE MANY, MANY COMPONENTS THAT AFFECT IT ULTIMATELY WHAT MAKES A HOUSE A HOME? THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO SO EVERYONE OF COURSE IS FAMILIAR WITH THE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT BINDS US TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY POINTS TO OUR FUTURE. BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER BTR CITY STRATEGIC PLAN. THE MISSION IS TO CULTIVATE AN ENDURING AND A REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE AND THIS IS VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON LET'S SEE THAT COME TRUE LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CULTIVATE A COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE CERTAINLY CAN BE IF THEY WANT TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. SO BUILDING OFF OF THAT BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER DOES HAVE THREE MAIN PRIORITIES FOR A CONNECTED, WELCOMING, HEALTHY AND AN EQUITABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH COMMUNITY. AND ONE OF THE KEY WAYS TO DO THAT IS HOUSING PEOPLE AND HOUSING PEOPLE OF THEIR CHOICE AFFORDABLE DECENT DIGNIFIED HOUSING. AND SO HOW DO WE GET THERE? WELL, I LOVE SHOW THIS HOUSING CONTINUUM. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOUSING CONTINUUM WAS PRESENT IN THIS PRESENTATION. BUT WHAT THIS HOUSING CONTINUUM IS JUST SHOWING THAT ANYONE CAN END UP AT ANY POINT ON THIS CONTINUUM AT MORE THAN ONE TIME IN THEIR LIFE AND THERE IS NO LINEAR WAY TO GO ABOUT THAT. AND THE ROLE OF THE HRA THE HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IS TO PROVIDE SERVICES, COORDINATION AND OR PROGRAMS ALONG THE HOUSING CONTAINING THEM TO TRULY MEET THE NEEDS OF CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. AND SO THERE'S THE EVOLUTION OF THE WORK OF THE HRA IN ORDER TO DO THAT. AND SO UNDER THE LEADERSHIP THIS COUNCIL THE CITY LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS THE HRA BOARD THERE ARE A SERIES OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. WE JUST HIGHLIGHTED JUST A FEW HERE. SO IN 2019 THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE WHICH IS OUR INCLUSIONARY ZONING POLICY IN 2022 REALLY TAKING A LOOK AT THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AND THE WORK THAT IT DOES AND HOW THAT EXPANDED TO THE PORT AUTHORITY AND THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF NOT JUST THE AUTHORITIES BUT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE AND THE PLACE THAT WE HOLD IN THE CITY . THEN IN 2022 WE ALSO LOOKED AT BLOOMINGTON STATE HOMELESSNESS OF WHICH WE KNEW WAS EXACERBATED BY THE BUT DID NOT WAS NOT CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC AND BECAME A STRONGER PARTNER WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY OF WHICH IT IS THEIR TO WORK WITH THE CONTINUUM OF CARE PLAN AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THIS IN THE COUNTY LAST WE WERE AWARDED FUNDING FOR THE BLOOMINGTON AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAM WHICH IS TO BUILD 27 NEW UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WILL BE AFFORDABLE AT 80% AMI IN WORKING WITH SMALL EMERGING HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED AND HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED. THE REASON FOR THAT GETS BACK TO THAT EQUITABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN COMMUNITY. NEXT WE HAVE OUR FAIR HOUSING TRAINING FAIR HOUSING ACT TRAINING WAS COMPLETED BY OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT. THIS WAS A GREAT UNDERTAKING THAT LEGAL DID IN TERMS OF OUR FAIR HOUSING POLICY AND PROVIDING TRAINING FOR MANY MANY DIVISION AND DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO MAKE SURE WE ALL ARE ALIGNING WITH THAT. AND THEN HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM EXPANSION. THIS IN PARTICULAR IS FOR THROUGH THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS COMMONLY KNOWN AS SECTION EIGHT. BUT THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT QUALIFIED ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS ARE ABLE TO USE THAT VOUCHER TO GO TOWARDS HOMEOWNERSHIP. AND THEN LASTLY BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST BECAUSE I AM SO BY THIS THIS SATURDAY APRIL 20TH IS OUR BLOOMINGTON HOME FAIR FROM 9 A.M. TO 4 P.M. AT VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL. NOW YOU MIGHT ASKING YOURSELF BLOOMINGTON HOLD FAIR? YES, WE HAVE REBRANDED AND EXPANDED AND THIS IS NO LONGER THE HOME IMPROVEMENT FAIR THAT IS ONLY FOR HOMEOWNERS BUT THE WHOLE FAIR FOR EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR HOUSING JOURNEY OR LIVING RENTING OWNING WANTING TO RENT, WANTING TO OWN OR JUST ENJOYING THE WONDERFUL SERVICES THAT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON OFFERS. THEY CAN ALL JOIN IN AT THE BLOOMINGTON HOME FAIR AT VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL THIS SATURDAY 9 A.M. TO 4 P.M. AND WITH THAT I CAN GO BACK TO THE TIMELINE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THIS RESOLUTION AND BIG THING ABOUT THAT IS THAT THE RESOLUTION AS I GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT THE HOUSING OR REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY THROUGH ALL OF THOSE ACTIONS IN THAT TIMELINE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ALONG THE HOUSING CONTINUUM AND HOLD THE PLACE IN BLOOMINGTON THAT IT WAS DESIGNED TO HOLD, WHICH IS TO HELP THOSE NOT ADEQUATELY SERVE BY THE MARKETPLACE AND ALIGNING WITH BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER WHERE WE'RE CULTIVATING ENDURING A REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE BUT WE'RE MAKING SURE CULTIVATING AN ENDURING, REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE AND SOLVE IN THE MONTH OF MARCH. THIS RESOLUTION WAS APPROVED BY THE HRA BOARD, THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH. AND HERE WE ARE ON APRIL 15TH TAX DAY BUT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS RESOLUTION AS WELL AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION. AND SO FAIR HOUSING MONTH THAT IS IT IS THE I BELIEVE THE 56TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSAGE THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968, WHICH WAS A LIGHT ALLOWING FOR FAIR HOUSING WHICH DOES COME AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN RENTING AND BUYING AND MORTGAGES OF JUST BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN AND OBTAIN HOUSING. AND SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS VERY FITTING TO BRING THIS FORWARD DURING THIS MONTH. AND WITH THAT WE ASK THAT IT BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT THE CITY WILL MORE CLOSELY ALIGN ITSORK ON HOUSING WITH PARTNERS LOCAL, REGIONAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS. HRC WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ON THE WHOLE HOUSING CONTINUUM. THE CITY WILL REGULARLY REVIEW AND AMEND POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT IMPACT HOUSING. AND THE CITY WILL CONTINUE, EXPLORE AND PURSUE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DOLLARS TO PROVIDE HOUSING THAT'S AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE. AND THEN THE HRA HUMAN RIGHTS SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION PLANNING COMMISSION AND ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH AFFIRMED THEIR COMMITMENT TO HOUSING BY RECOMMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION. AND WITH THAT WE CAN STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS BUT WE LOOK FOR MOTION FOR YOUR APPROVAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION BRINGING US ALONG COUNCIL WILL TURN TO QUESTIONS. I HAVE A QUESTION IF I CAN GO BACK JUST ONE SLIDE TO THE THEREFORE RESOLVED. I LOVE YOUR FIRST BULLET WORKING CLOSELY AND ALIGNING OUR WORK ON HOUSING WITH PARTNERS ON LOCAL, REGIONAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS. AND I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE DO EVEN MORE AND WE TRY AND BRING ALONG OUR NEIGHBORS IN CITIES WHO ARE PERHAPS NOT WORKING TO ALIGN THEIR HOUSING GOALS WITH LOCAL, REGIONAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL PARTNERS BECAUSE WE KNOW WE KNOW THAT THERE WE KNOW THAT CONVERSATION IS TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S IT'S IT'S A I THINK A CONTENTIOUS DISCUSSION AMONG SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND SOME IN SOME CITY HALLS ACROSS MINNESOTA. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BLOOMINGTON WORK IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE TO TRY AND BRING EVERYBODY ALONG WITH US ON THIS JOURNEY. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT MAKES SENSE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THE WORDING AT ALL OR JUST TO MAKE THIS SOMETHING THAT IS A STATEMENT THAT WE WANT TO SEE HAPPEN. BUT BLOOMINGTON IS MILES AHEAD OF SO MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE BLOOMINGTON BRING THOSE FOLKS ALONG IN SOME CASES KICKING AND SCREAMING IN SOME CASES WILLINGLY. BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE BLOOMINGTON BRING THOSE FOLKS ALONG. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL COUNSEL I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT I DO KNOW THAT THE WONDERFUL STAFF THAT IS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON ACTIVELY DOING JUST THAT. SO AND I WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS LOUD AND PRONOUNCED OR YOUR FACE BUT I DO KNOW FOR A FACT THAT STAFF IS HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METRO IN A MANNER THAT IS EDUCATING BUT ALSO LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER. AND THEN WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT HIGHLIGHT THAT THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION IS HAVING THEIR NATIONAL CONFERENCE RIGHT NOW IN MINNEAPOLIS. AND WHEN I TALK TO OUR WONDERFUL MANAGER PLANNING MANAGER GARLAND, MARK HEGARTY SAID THEY'RE ALL WORKING ON THE SAME THING. IT'S VERY HOW WE'RE SO ALIGNED. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT MAYOR THAT IS IN THERE. WE ARE DOING IT AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND I WILL SHARE ALSO THAT YOUR ELECTED ARE ALSO WORKING IN THE SAME MANNER WITH OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS ACROSS. THE AND WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AS WELL. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, I SAW YOUR HAND UP. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. IT WAS JUST A SMALL AMENDMENT THAT WE COULD MAKE TO THAT FIRST RESOLUTION. BULLET POINT THAT WOULD YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD SAY SOMETHING LIKE A CITY WOULD WORK. WE WILL MORE CLOSELY ALIGN ITS WORK ON HOUSING WITH PARTNERS ON LOCAL REGIONAL STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS INCLUDING OTHER SPECIFIC ENTITIES. IF YOU WANTED TO NOTE THEM OR WE COULD SAY YOU KNOW, METRO AREA OR WE COULD SAY ELECTED OFFICIALS I MEAN WE COULD DO SOMETHING THAT JUST ADDS THE SPECIFIC CONNOTATION YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE THERE AT THE END OF THAT THAT MIGHT HIGHLIGHT THE SPECIFICITY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ON THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK MY GOAL I THINK WAS ALIGN ITS WORK AND LEADERSHIP . I WAS LOOKING FOR ANOTHER ACTION VERB AS OPPOSED TO CALLING OUT SPECIFICS. I WAS LOOKING FOR AN ACTION IN THERE THAT YEAH ALIGN ITS WORK AND ACTIVELY PROMOTE ACTIVELY PROMOTE I WAS GONNA SAY FLEX ITS MUSCLE BUT I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO SEE THAT ACTIVELY PROMOTE OR PROVIDE ACTIVE WITHIN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN I THINK THAT WOULD FIT NICELY IN THAT FIRST SENSE WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO AMEND SOMETHING MISS MANAGER SIDE WHERE WE'RE EDITING ON THE GO HERE I'M SORRY I MAY REMEMBER IS SO THE PRESENTING STAFF PREPARED POWERPOINT SLIDES THEY'RE NOT DIRECTLY VERBATIM FROM THE RESOLUTION RESOLUTIONS ON PAGE 131 OF YOUR PACKET I AM SCANNING IT I BELIEVE IT'S IN THE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED WHEREAS SAYS WHEREAS WELL YOU CAN READ IT YOURSELF MAYBE TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT UH SHOW TO LEAD AND PROMOTE ABOUT THAT IN FEDERAL LEVELS TO LEAD AND PROMOTE ABOUT IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING? MAYBE I AM THINKING YES SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES A MORE ACTIVE TYPE OF VERBIAGE TO TO ENCOURAGE CONTINUED LEADERSHIP BY THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON TO LEAD COMMA I PROMOTE AND SUPPORT YOUR RANGE LOVE IT OXFORD COMMA MAN FOR THAT LOVE IT ALL RIGHT COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON THAT OR ARE WE ARE WE OKAY WITH THAT WHICH OF WHICH OF THE WHICH OF THE RESOLUTIONS ARE WE ARE WE AMENDING SORRY MAYOR MEMBERS PAGE 131 OF THE ELECTRONIC PACKET IT IS THE THE NOW THERE FOR NOT THAT CLAUSE THE BEEP FOR THE RESOLVE NOT THAT ONE IT'S THE NEXT ONE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON WILL MORE CLOSELY ALIGNED ITS WORK WITH PARTNERS ON THE LOCAL COMMA, REGIONAL COMMA, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS TO LEAD COMMA, PROMOTE COMMA AND SUPPORT A FULL RANGE OF HOUSING CHOICES THROUGHOUT BLOOMINGTON ETC. ETC. IS THAT WE'RE NOT JUST BLOOMINGTON THOUGH, RIGHT? RIGHT. NO, I JUST STOPPED TALKING. YEAH. NO NO. YES. OH I SEE. SO IT RANGE OF HOUSING CHOICES THROUGHOUT BLOOMINGTON AND THROUGHOUT MINNESOTA OR THE METRO AREA OR WHATEVER YOU WERE THAT WAS THE OTHER PIECE OF IT I THOUGHT THAT'S A GOOD POINT. YEAH THAT'S A GOOD POINT. WE COULD REMOVE WE COULD REMOVE THROUGHOUT BLOOMINGTON MAKE IT OR WE COULD SEE THROUGHOUT BLOOMINGTON AND THE REGION OKAY LET'S, DO THAT. MR. FOR BREVITY. ALL RIGHT. AND FEDERAL LEVELS LEAD AND PROMOTE TO LEAD PROMOTE AND SUPPORT A FULL RANGE OF HOUSING CHOICES THROUGHOUT BLOOMINGTON AND MINNESOTA. THAT AND THE REGION AND THE REGION. OKAY, ONE MORE TIME IN FEDERAL LEVELS TO LEAD COMMA PROMOTE COMMA, SUPPORT A FULL RANGE OF HOUSING CHOICES THROUGHOUT THE BLOOMINGTON THE METRO EXCUSE ME THE REGION AND MINNESOTA. YEAH, THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE AT ALL INCOME. YEAH. OKAY. EVERYBODY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT STAFF? ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THAT LEVEL WORDSMITHING ON THE GO HERE? BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TO CALL OUT THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN THAT THAT WE HAVE SHOWN THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS SHOWN ON THIS ISSUE. YES. IF THAT'S FAIR IT IS. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT COUNSEL? ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS HERE IN ADVANCE? ONE MORE COUNSEL I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION THEN HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO FANTASTIC. I DIDN'T YOU'D SAY IT IS SICKENING IN AND I MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ALIGNING HOUSING WITH THE BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER A STRATEGIC PLAN AS NOTED IN THE COUNCIL MEETING WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ALIGNING HOUSING WITH THE BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN. AS NOTED IN OUR COUNCIL HEARING THE COUNCIL MEETING ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS PLEASE NO HEARING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU THANK YOU MUCH ITEM 4.2 ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING THIS REGARDING THE 2024 2025 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND BUDGET. MS. COLEMAN IS BACK ONCE AGAIN . YES, GUESS WHO'S BACK? OKAY. SO THANK YOU. I WILL BE PRESENTING THIS EVENING AROUND OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND BUDGET THIS IS THE 2024 2025 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. SO WHAT CREATIVE ON THE BLOCK GRANT CDBG AS WE MORE COMMONLY CALL IT BLOOMINGTON AS AN ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE RECEIVE A DIRECT ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDS FROM HUD ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. WE HAVE BEEN IN THE ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITY SINCE 1988 AND WE ARE A PART OF THE HENNEPIN COUNTY CONSORTIUM FOR HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. HOME IS NOT AN ACRONYM IT DOES NOT STAND FOR ANYTHING. IT IS JUST WHOLE THE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES TO SERVE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH USING THE CDBG FUNDING ARE TO PRESERVE THE CITY'S HOUSING STOCK TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS AND TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES PINPOINTING SPECIFICALLY POPULATIONS THAT CONSIST OF YOUTH, SENIORS AND FAMILIES AS WELL INDIVIDUALS. WE ALSO SUPPORT FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES FAIR HOUSING MONTH AND SO WE ARE A PART OF THE REGIONAL HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION COUNCIL BETTER KNOWN AS THE FIX AND WE DO PROVIDE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION WITH THESE DOLLARS SO THE TIMELINE OF ACTION STEPS WE WENT TO THE HRA BOARD ON MARCH 26 FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDED ATION OF APPROVAL TO THE TO THE CITY COUNCIL. WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING THAT WAS NOTICED IN THE PAPER TWICE AND THEN THE HENNEPIN COUNTY BOARD HEARING DOES TAKE PLACE ON APRIL 23RD, MAY IS THE END OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WITH A SUBMISSION TO HUD BY MAY 17TH AND AN EXPECTATION OF HUD IN JULY. SO PROGRAM 2024 SO THAT'S WHAT P WHICH STANDS FOR FIRST OFF OUR BUDGET YEAR OUR PROGRAM YEAR FOR CDBG IS JULY 1ST 2024 TO JUNE 30TH 2025. SO TECHNICALLY WE ARE STILL IN THE 2023 PROGRAM YEAR THE ESTIMATED BUDGET IS $1,589,828. IT IS ESTIMATED BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN MUCH BACK AND FORTH AT CONGRESS THEREFORE. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT OUR ESTIMATE OF WHAT OUR BUDGET WILL BE FOR ANYTHING JUST YET. SO I HAVE AN ESTIMATED ALLOCATION OF $444,762. THIS IS LESS THAN THE ALLOCATION THAT WE RECEIVED IN 2023 AND THAT IS BECAUSE I'M PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN CONGRESS AND AT HUD AND WHAT THE RECOMMENDED OR PROPOSED BUDGET FROM THE PRESIDENT AS WELL AS THE RESPONSE HE'S BACK NEXT. I HAVE PRIOR YEARS CARRYOVER ESTIMATE OF $845,066. THE REASON FOR THIS BEING AMOUNT WHICH IS LESS THAN LAST YEAR'S ESTIMATE CARRYOVER IS BECAUSE OF UNSPENT FUNDS FROM PRIOR YEARS WHEN DO THIS PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT OR CDBG? ONE OF OUR MAIN PROGRAMS OUR LARGEST PROGRAM IS OUR HOME IMPROVEMENT LOAN PROGRAM. THIS IS THE FUNDING THAT WE USE INCOME QUALIFIED ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS TO DO ELIGIBLE REPAIRS AND WE HAVE TO SAY ELIGIBLE REPAIRS BECAUSE IT IS THROUGH THE PROGRAM ON THEIR HOME AND THEN IT IS DEFERRED. SO THE LOAN DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY PAYMENTS FOR 30 YEARS SO IT'S DEFERRED FOR 30 YEARS AND WE DO HAVE 2% SIMPLE INTEREST FOR THE FIRST TEN YEARS THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS BEGINNING IN 2020 RECORD AMOUNTS OF REPAYMENTS THIS WITH THE HOUSING MARKET SO WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS FROM 2020 TO 2022 WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED QUITE A BIT OF MONEY. IT WAS WELL OVER $1,000,000 IN REPAYMENTS BECAUSE OF THAT PROGRAM INCOME IS REQUIRED TO BE SPENT SO EVEN THOUGH WE MAY GET AN ALLOCATION OF AROUND HUNDRED $450,000 A YEAR, WE CANNOT TOUCH THAT MONEY ON THE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES UNTIL SPEND ALL THE PROGRAM INCOME AND IF PROGRAM INCOME COMES WHILE WE'RE SPENDING MONEY WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND SPEND THE PROGRAM INCOME FIRST BECAUSE OF THAT AND HAVING TO SPEND PROGRAM INCOME FIRST WE HAVE FUNDING FROM YEARS 2021 AND 2022. SO ALSO THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND THE PROGRAM INCOME FIRST RUN THROUGH THAT THEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE LATER YEAR THE MOST AT LATEST YEAR NOT MOST RECENT THE LATEST YEAR AND SPEND THAT ALLOCATION BEFORE WE CAN START TOUCHING THE NEW ALLOCATIONS SO WHEN WE DO OF THAT WE GET A LARGER NUMBER THAT WE POTENTIALLY CARRY OVER. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS IS A CARRYOVER ESTIMATE BECAUSE I'M STILL IN THE 2023 PROGRAM YEAR WHICH DOES NOT END UNTIL JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR. HOWEVER, HUD REQUIRES WE TURN THIS INFORMATION IN BY MAY 17TH. SO WITH THAT I'M ESTIMATING HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF REPAYMENTS. THIS IS LESS THAN WHAT I ESTIMATED FOR 2023. FOR 2023 I ESTIMATED $400,000 OF REPAYMENTS AND WE HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT 340 350,000 ALREADY. SO KIND OF ON THE NOSE JUST ABOUT SO I'M ESTIMATING THAT LOWER JUST BECAUSE INTEREST RATES IF PEOPLE SELLING THEIR HOUSES THEY MAY NOT BE PAYING THESE LOANS BACK AS SOON AS THEY WERE BEFORE IN 2022 2022 . SO I HAVE A PIE CHART JUST TO DESCRIBE PRETTY MUCH WHAT I JUST SAID. HOWEVER THIS BREAKS IT DOWN FOR THE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES BETWEEN WHAT THE ESTIMATED BUDGET TOTAL AND THEN WHAT THE ESTIMATED ALLOCATION IS. SO LET'S LOOK AT THE BIG PIE CHART. THE BIG PIE CHART IS SHOWING THAT THROUGH THE ESTIMATED A BUDGET OF $1,589,828 IT IS BEING BROKEN TO SUPPORT HOMEOWNER REHAB VISITATION ASSISTANCE, DEVELOPING HOMES FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP. THIS IS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH WEST HENNEPIN AFFORDABLE HOUSING LAND TRUST BETTER KNOWN AS HOMES WITHIN WHERE THEY BUY AND REHAB AT LEAST TWO HOMES A YEAR. BUT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THEY'VE BEEN DOING THREE HOMES A YEAR SO IT'S $75,000 PER HOME IN BLOOMINGTON DEVELOP OR REHAB AFFORDABLE RENTAL THAT IS THE GREEN THE LIGHT GREEN COLOR ACQUISITION AND OUR DEMOLITION AND CLEARANCE PUBLIC SERVICE WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE GETTING THAT SUPPORT IN OUR SENIORS AND OUR YOUTH IN PARTICULAR AND THEN ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING THIS GOES TOWARDS SOME OF THE ADMIN PLANNING THAT WE DO IN THIS PROCESS HERE BUT ALSO SOME OF THE STAFF THAT WORK ON IT AND THEN OTHER FEES THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH IT. NOW WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SMALLER PIE CHART WHICH IS AN ESTIMATED ALLOCATION SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ESTIMATE WE'RE RECEIVING FROM HUD FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2020 FOR A $444,762 IF YOU NOTICE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF COLORS MISSING BECAUSE I'M NOT RECOMMENDING THAT WE ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE ALLOCATION. AND SO THE FIRST ONE THE GREEN WHICH IS $89,045 AND IT'S 20% THAT THE REASON THE PERCENTAGES ARE IN THERE IS BECAUSE FOR THE 20% IS OUR MAX WE CAN SPEND ON ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING SO WE CANNOT OVER 20% OF OUR ALLOCATION AND OUR PROGRAM INCOME AND WHEN I DO THIS BUDGET AND PRESENT IT TO YOU I DO NOT ESTIMATE ADMIN BASED ON PROGRAM INCOME BECAUSE WE COULD JUST GET IN TROUBLE TRYING TO ESTIMATE THAT. SO I ONLY ESTIMATE IT ON THE ALLOCATION NEXT THE 50,000 AT 80 11% EXCUSE ME IS FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE THEN AT 150,000 THE 34% IS FOR ACQUISITION AND OUR DEMOLITION AND CLEARANCE WHERE THIS HAS REALLY SHOWN UP AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU APPROVED IN AN AMENDMENT WAS THE ABILITY FOR USING THESE FUNDS TO PURCHASE PROPERTIES THAT ARE DILAPIDATED AND NEED TO BE TORN DOWN SO THAT WE CAN REMOVE THAT AND ALLOW FOR GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR. NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING USUALLY BECAUSE WE'RE USUALLY DOING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND THEN LAST ONE AT $155,817 WHICH IS 35% IS THE HOMEOWNER REHAB ASSISTANCE? YES, THAT SOUNDS SMALL BUT I JUST SAID WE'RE CARRYING OVER FUNDS FROM PRIOR YEARS AND PROGRAM INCOME AND SO THAT FUNDING IS GOING TOWARDS THE REHAB LOAN PROGRAM. SO WHERE ARE WE? WE HAVE A PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. IT IS A BLOOMINGTON'S 30 DAY PERIOD WHICH IS MARCH 29TH THROUGH MAY 1ST. WE ARE HERE EVENING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING WHICH WE CAN TAKE ANY COMMENTS OR THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO PROVIDE. THEY CAN ALSO EMAIL OR MAIL THEM OR THEY CAN STOP BY THE HRA AND PROVIDE THEIR COMMENTS THE NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND THE HEARING WENT OUT ON THE CITY PUBLIC NOTICE WEB PAGE THE CDBG WEB PAGE, THE HRA NEWSLETTER AND THE SUN CURRENT PUBLICATIONS BOTH IN THE MARCH EIGHTH AND APRIL 4TH PUBLICATIONS THE HENNEPIN COUNTY BOARD PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON APRIL THIRD AT 1:30 P.M.. NEXT STEPS I WOULD ASK THAT YOU ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU OF ME OPEN AND HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN CONSIDER THE SUGGESTED MOTION. THANK YOU COUNSEL QUESTIONS ON THIS QUESTIONS ALL RIGHT. OH, COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO DOES HAVE IT'S PROBABLY NOT RELATED EXPLICITLY TO BUDGET BUT JUST THE QUESTION FOR FOR US HERE I THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. BY THE WAY, I NOTICED THAT WE I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE DOING YOUR ADMINISTRATION CALCULATION AGAINST ALLOCATION AS OPPOSED TO POTENTIAL BUDGET THAT THAT'S PRUDENT. I APPRECIATE THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS ARE THERE ARE THERE THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING COVERING ON AN ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL TO KIND OF GET IN FRONT OF SOME OF THOSE POTENTIAL INVESTMENTS? AND WHAT I MEAN THAT IS YOU KNOW, IS THERE A IS THERE A DEVELOPMENT ASPECT TO THE WORK THAT IS MORE I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD RISKY I DON'T MEAN IT THAT WAY BUT MORE PERSPECTIVE MORE PROSPECTING ORIENTED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FINDING THOSE DILAPIDATED HOMES FOR EXAMPLE AND POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, MANAGING THEM OR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL GRANTS OR OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT THAT THAT WOULD ALLOW TO OVER TIME IMPACT THIS PARTICULAR GRANT PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, THIS PARTICULAR BLOCK PROGRAM. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THAT MIGHT BE PRUDENT FOR US TO BE CONSIDERING AN INVESTMENT IN THAT SPACE AS OPPOSED TO JUST LIKE OKAY WE'RE BUDGETING OR WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE THE ENOUGH ADMINISTRATION TO MANAGE THE PLAN AS WE CAN GUARANTEE IT BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY PLANNING AHEAD TO SAY WHAT IF IT GROWS? HOW ARE WE MANAGING? THAT'S MORE OR LESS MY QUESTION. YEAH, THANKS AGAIN. THANK YOU MAYOR AND DALLESSANDRO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL SO HOW DO WE WANT TO PUT THIS ONE? WE ARE ESTIMATING THAT ADMIN AND PLANNING BASED ON THE ALLOCATION BUT THAT'S NOT LIKE COVERING A STAFF PERSON. SO WHAT THAT IS DOING IS LIKE THE POSTING THAT'S COVERED THROUGH ADMIN AND PLANNING. THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT DO IN TERMS OF LEGAL SERVICES OR DIFFERENT ACCOUNTING THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT THAT'S JUST THE ADMIN PLANNING PIECE. THE SECOND PART IS IS THAT WE ARE COMING UP ON OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR FIVE YEAR PLANS ALL OVER THE PLACE AT THIS POINT RIGHT. SO THE FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN IS ACTUALLY A REQUIREMENT BY HUD AND IN THAT CONSOLIDATED PLAN IS WHERE YOU LIST ALL THE DIFFERENT GOALS AND PRIORITIES. SO IN OUR CURRENT CONSOLIDATED PLAN WE HAVE THINGS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS IS AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO THOSE THINGS STILL THERE ELIGIBLE AND CAN BE USED IN THE CDBG PROGRAM WE NEED MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE READY TO ROLL THAT OUT WHEN WE PUT IT IN OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE ACTIVITIES DONE EVEN THOUGH WE SAY IT'S A PROGRAMED YEAR OF JULY TO JUNE HUD EXPECTS US TO PRETTY MUCH HAVE ALL THE ACTIVITIES DONE MAY 2ND SO WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A FULL 12 MONTHS TO REALLY WORK ON SPENDING THE FUNDING THAT THEY WANT TO SEE IT THE DOOR VERY QUICKLY SO THERE'S THAT SO I WANT TO SAY THIS THAT'S IN THE CURRENT CONSOLIDATED PLAN IT WILL BE IN THE NEXT CONSOLIDATED PLAN BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED AND DISCUSSED AS IT ALIGNS WITH THE PRIORITIES OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. LASTLY, WHEN TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT WE CAN DO IT. THERE'S NOTHING AGAINST US DOING IT IN TERMS BUYING SOMETHING AND MAYBE MAINTAINING IT OR HOLDING ON TO IT WITH HOWEVER ANY FUNDING THAT COMES IN FOR THAT PROPERTY IS PROGRAM INCOME. SO FOR INSTANCE THE HRA HAS THE RENTAL HOMES OF FUTURE HOMEBUYERS PROPERTIES IF WE BUY A PROPERTY WITH CDBG ALL THE RENT MINUS EXPENSES HAS TO COME BACK INTO CDBG SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ON HOW WE'RE DOING THAT IF IF WE'RE LOOKING TO OPERATE THAT PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THAT PROGRAM IS A OF THE RENT PAID IS ESCROWED TOWARDS THAT PARTICIPANT TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE A HOME RIGHT ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY OR WE DON'T WANT THAT TO BE PROGRAM INCOME SO WE TO BE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE STRATEGIC ON HOW WE USE THE FUNDING AND THEN THE VERY LAST THING IS IS THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED 108 WHICH IS THE ABILITY TO BORROW AGAINST YOUR FUTURE ALLOCATIONS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OR HOUSING ACTIVITIES. THIS COUNCIL HAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DOING THAT AND GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND THEN IT WAS SUBMITTED TO HYDE BUT THEN THERE WERE CHANGES AND WE HAVEN'T COME BACK BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T WE DON'T HAVE A A DEVELOPMENT OR PROJECT JUST YET TO BRING BACK AND DO THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT YES WE CAN DO THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE SAID HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED. IT IS ALREADY IN PLANS AND WE ARE KEEPING OUR EYE ON THOSE THINGS AND WHAT IS THE BEST USE WHETHER IT IS USING HRA DOLLARS WHICH SOMETIMES WE LIKE TO USE HRA DOLLARS INSTEAD OF USING THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT MAY HAVE MORE STRINGS ATTACHED. RIGHT. THAT MAKES SENSE. THANKS. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER. ULTIMATE QUESTIONS IF NOT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND RIGHT NOW I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.2 PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE 2024 2025 CDBG ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND BUDGET. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.2 THIS EVENING ? SO FAR WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY IN THE COUNCIL COUNCIL WITH NO ONE ON THE PHONE AND NO ONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 4.2 OR LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON IN 4.2. SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.2 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES 702 CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS OR ACTION ON COUNCILMEMBER AND WE HAVE A DO THEM HERE PLEASE I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE 2024 TO 2025 CDBG ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND BUDGET FOR SUBMISSION AND EXECUTION OF RELATED DOCUMENTS FOR PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO APPROVE THE 2020 425 CDBG ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND BUDGET FOR SUBMISSION AND EXECUTION. 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 THANKS. MOVING ON TO ITEM 4.3 ON OUR AGENDA THIS IS A PRIVATELY INITIATED CITY CODE AMENDMENT REGARDING TO TRASH FACILITIES AND WHAT IS OWED FROM OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS HERE THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME MR. MERCER. CAN YOU PROMOTE ME TO PANELISTS? I'M ON THE WEBEX. THANK YOU. YEAH, I'M UNDER ATTENDEES FOR ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU . ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL ITEM 4.3 ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING IS FOR A PRIVATELY INITIATED CITY CODE AMENDMENT RELATED TO OUR TRASH AND RECYCLING FACILITIES IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CITY CODE . SO THIS IS A PRIVATELY INITIATED CITY CODE AMENDMENT AND THE APPLICANT IS NINE MILE BREWING COMPANY THEY ARE AN EXISTING TAPROOM INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SEATING THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING SINCE 2021 AND THEY OPERATE AT 9555. JAMES AVENUE SOUTH WHICH IS AN INDUSTRIAL ZONED OFFICE WAREHOUSE NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE AND THEIR TENANTS SPACE IS OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN RECENTLY THEY SUBMITTED A BUILDING PERMIT EXPAND OR OPERATE A SMALL KITCHEN OPERATION AND HOUSE AND SO THAT TRIGGERS SOMETHING IN OUR CITY CODE FOR INDOOR TRASH FACILITIES INCLUDING DESIGN STANDARDS SUCH AS FLOOR DRAIN QUARRY QUARRY TILE CLEANABLE SURFACE AND HOSE BIBS AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR FOOD RELATED USES AND OUR CITY CODE . AND SO THEIR OPTION WAS EITHER TO PROVIDE A CODE COMPLYING TRASH ROOM WITH THESE DESIGN STANDARDS OR AMEND THE CITY CODE AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HERE THIS EVENING. SO THEY PUT FORWARD THIS SECOND AMENDMENT FOR FOOD SERVICE FACILITIES THAT HAVE TO MEET SOME CRITERIA. AND SO THESE FOOD SERVICES FACILITIES HAVE TO BE CAN STORE THEIR SOLID WASTE CONTAINERS OUTSIDE PROVIDED THAT THE FACILITY IS AN INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT THE FACILITY DOES NOT HAVE FRIED FOOD AND IT'S LOCATED AT LEAST 500 FEET AWAY FROM THE NEAREST RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AND USED PROPERTY. SO IF THOSE STANDARDS ARE MET THEN THEY HAVE TO MEET SOME ADDITIONAL STANDARDS PERFORMANCE RELATED STANDARDS. SO THE HAS TO BE NOT VISIBLE FROM A PUBLIC STREET FULLY SCREENED BY A FENCE OR A WALL HAVE TO BE CONSTRUCTED OF NONCOMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS LOCATED WITHIN 20 FEET OF AN ACCESS DOOR THAT GETS AT KIND OF THE SECURITY ASPECT. CONTAINERS MUST BE LEAKPROOF NON ABSORBENT TIGHT FITTING LIDS AND THEN MEET BUILDING ENTRANCE LIGHTING STANDARDS THAT ALSO GETS AT SECURITY AND THEN CONTINUED MONITORED BY A SECURITY CAMERA EMPTY AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK AND THEN MUST BE CLEANED IN AN AREA THAT DRAINS TO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM AND NOT THE STORM. SO STORM SYSTEM WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND THEN NOT LOCATED IN PARKING AREAS AND DRIVING SIDEWALKS ETC. AND SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR PROPOSAL SPECIFICALLY THEIR CONTAINERS THEY WOULD HAVE THREE CONTAINERS TRASH RECYCLING AND COMPOST. THEY WOULD BE LOCATED AT THE BACK OF THEIR SITE LOCATED WITHIN 20 FEET OF THE BUSINESS THEY HAVE OVER HAD DOORS JUST BEHIND THOSE BINS AND THEN THEY'RE PLANNING ON SCREENING IT WITH A FENCE AND JUST A NOTE THAT THEIR OPERATION DOES NOT SERVE FRIED FOODS. AND SO WHEN WE RECEIVE THESE PRIVATELY INITIATED INITIATED CITY CODE AMENDMENTS WE LOOK AT THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THAT ORDINANCE. AND SO THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF OUR TRASH ORDINANCE IS RELATED TO MITIGATING CERTAIN IMPACTS. SO SUCH AS ON SANITARY CONDITIONS LIKE ODORS AND RODENTS AND INSECTS PROTECT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN IMPROVING EMPLOYEE SAFETY MAINTAINING ESTHETICS AND THEN PROMOTING AN OVERALL HEALTH. AND SO DUE TO KIND OF THE UNIQUENESS OF THE SITE AS WELL AS THE AREA BEING FAR AWAY FROM SURROUNDING PROPERTIES NEGATIVE IMPACTS WOULD BE MITIGATED. AND SO WITH THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AND MR. COUNTRYMAN IS IN THE AUDIENCE SHOULD THERE BE ANY QUESTIONS . THANK YOU MISS OR THEY WILL GET TO MR. COUNTRYMAN IN A MOMENT HERE OUR COUNSEL QUESTIONS OF MISS O'DAY REGARDING THIS COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU, SIR. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. SO IF THERE'S A NEW TENANT WITH THIS STANDARD, IF WE PASS THIS RATE CONTINUE FORWARD OR WOULD IT HAVE TO BE REPLIED MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. SO THIS WOULD BE PROVIDED THAT THEY MEET THE SAME STANDARDS THEY DON'T SERVE FRIED FOODS AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY STILL AN INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT. SO PROVIDED THAT'S ALL TRUE THEN THIS THEY COULD STORE THEIR CONTAINERS OUTSIDE THIS IS A CODE AMENDMENT WHICH WOULD CHANGE THE CODE IT'S NOT TIED TO A SPECIFIC PROPERTY THANKS FOR CLARIFICATION ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS SO WHERE ELSE WOULD THIS BE APPLICABLE CITYWIDE? WHERE ELSE WOULD WE SEE THIS BE PUT TO USE? THANK YOU MAYOR. SO WE DID DO AN ANALYSIS AND WE DIDN'T FIND ANY OTHER PROPERTIES THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED WITH THE CRITERIA OF THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE, THE FRIED FOODS CRITERIA AND THEN THE 500 FEET AWAY. SO NINE MILES IS THE ONLY PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY IT COULDN'T BE IN THE FUTURE IF SOMEONE MET THOSE STANDARDS AND WAS DOING THE SAME TYPE OF THING. CORRECT. BUT TO NO COUNSEL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS VERY GOOD. WHY DON'T WE BEFORE WE OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING MR. COUNTRYMAN, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THE TO THE DISCUSSION WITH US TONIGHT? GOOD EVENING. WELCOME EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL . NO, NOT REALLY. I DON'T REALLY HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE TO ADD. I JUST FEEL LIKE FROM I UNDERSTOOD THE RISKS OF WHY THEY HAD PUT THAT CODE IN . I FEEL LIKE WE ARE ADDRESSING THOSE VERY WELL WITH THE PROPOSAL WE HAVE. SO WITH THAT I WOULD JUST ASK THE COUNCIL MAYOR FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. COUNCIL ON QUESTIONS MR. COUNTRYMAN COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. I SEE WHAT KIND OF FOOD ARE YOU GOING TO BE PRODUCING IN THE FACILITY? IT'S GOING TO BE A PIZZA FOCUSED KITCHEN WITH SOME SANDWICHES. THERE'LL BE SOME VEGAN OPTIONS VEGETARIAN OPTIONS, SOME SALADS BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A SUPER LARGE MENU. IT'S GOING TO BE MOSTLY PIZZA FOCUSED SO IT WILL BE JUST THE PIZZA WILL BE THE HOT ITEM PROVIDED AND MOSTLY OR IT'LL BE A COMBINATION THEREOF THERE WILL BE SOME COLD ITEMS AS WELL BUT THERE ALSO WILL BE SOME LIKE HOT SANDWICHES LIKE A CHICKEN CAPRICE SEE A COMPRESSOR WHICH IS A VEGETARIAN OPTION. I WITH HOT AND COLD FOOD CAN SEE THE REASON I'M ASKING YOU IS BECAUSE OF THE GARBAGE THERE'S GOING TO BE FOOD ITEMS IN THE TRASH SO ANIMALS INSECTS AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF THEY WILL COME REGARDLESS RIGHT OF THE CONTAINERS ARE THEY GOING TO BE UP TO STANDARD TO THE STATE REGULATIONS TO HAVE THEM YOU ALREADY OWN THOSE CONTAINERS AT THE FACILITY SO WE DON'T OWN THEM. WE GO THROUGH ASPEN WASTE AND ONE THING THAT I WOULD POINT OUT JUST BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF WHAT WE ARE RIGHT IS WE ARE A MANUFACTURER SO WE HAVE FOOD TRUCKS FIVE DAYS A WEEK SO WE CURRENTLY BRING FOOD, GARBAGE OUT TO OUR GARBAGE CONTAINERS BUT IT'S NOT UNDER THIS BECAUSE IT'S A DIFFERENT FORMAT. WE DON'T ACTUALLY THE FOOD AND WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH RODENTS IN SACKS SMELLS ODORS WITH THE EXISTING GARBAGE AS IT IS. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE QUESTION I'M ASKING. YOU'RE NOT PRODUCING ANY OF THE FOOD YOU CURRENTLY USE THEREFORE THE GARBAGE IS NOT THE NORMAL GARBAGE SO YOU WILL BE CREATING IF YOU ARE A FOOD MANUFACTURER THIS POINT IF YOU'RE PRODUCING FOOD YOU'RE CREATING A TYPE OF GARBAGE YOU CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE IN A SENSE. BUT I WOULD ALSO THAT LEFTOVER FOOD IS NOT GOING TO BE THAT THE GARBAGE, THE PREPARATION BUT IT'S TYPICALLY THE GARBAGE WHEN PEOPLE ARE DONE AND THAT IS WHAT WE CURRENTLY ARE DOING. WE'RE NOT PRODUCING IT FOOD TRUCKS ARE SO I DON'T REALLY THINK THE NATURE OF THE GARBAGE IS GOING TO CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY. SO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO APPROVE TO HAVE THOSE CONTAINERS ON THE OUTSIDE RATHER THAN INSIDE BUILDING, RIGHT? THEY NORMALLY FOOD PRODUCTION FACILITY HAZARDOUS CONTAINERS INSIDE A BUILDING IN A GARAGE OR SO I WOULD SAY NORMALLY IN BLOOMINGTON IT IS REQUIRED IT IS NOT REQUIRED IN NEIGHBORING CITIES THAT I'VE REACHED OUT TO. SO THAT'S PART OF THIS IS YOU KNOW, TRYING TO IN MY MIND MAKE BLOOMINGTON A MORE BUSINESS FRIENDLY. WE TALKED ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS IN THE BEGINNING. THERE'S A LOT OF HURDLES THAT GET PUT UP IN PUTTING AN INDOOR GARBAGE IS EXPENSIVE. IF I MAY I ACTUALLY MANAGE FACILITIES THAT PRODUCE FOOD AND IT'S NOT ONLY IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THERE WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THOSE INDOOR FACILITIES FOR TRASH. I MEAN PRETTY MUCH A COMPANY I WORK FOR HAS FACILITIES ALL OVER THE STATE AND IN EVERY SINGLE WE DON'T HAVE ANY GARBAGE OUTSIDE OF BUILDINGS BECAUSE THESE ARE REQUIRED BY STATE TO HAVE FACILITIES INDOORS BECAUSE OF THE ANIMALS WRITINGS AND ALL KINDS OF INSECTS THAT CAN BECOME REGARDLESS GIVING INSIDE INDOORS. SO YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN THOSE FACILITIES CLEAN AT ALL TIMES . SO THAT'S JUST WHY I'M ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS. I MEAN SO SINCE BEING ASKED TO DO CHANGE AS YOU RECALL IS SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR YOUR BUSINESS IT'S WHAT I KIND OF WORRIED ABOUT IT BECAUSE I MEAN IT APPLIES ONLY TO YOU ACCORDING TO THE RESEARCH HAS BEEN DONE BY THE CITY STAFF THERE'S NO OTHER LOCATION THAT WOULD REQUIRE THOSE PERMITS. SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. I MEAN IT'S BECAUSE IT'S IT'S A STATE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE INDOOR FACILITIES FOR TRASH. SO WHEN I'VE REACHED OUT TO OTHER CITIES INCLUDING EDINA EDEN PRAIRIE I THINK MAYBE EAGAN I WAS TOLD NO AND I HAVE IT IN WRITING IN EMAILS THAT THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED SO I DO NOT BELIEVE IT'S A STATE I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON THAT. SO YOU KNOW DID YOU HAVE AND I APPRECIATE THAT MR. COUNTRYMAN I LOOK AT MISS O'DEA IF SHE'S GOT A MORE CONCRETE ANSWER IS BLOOMINGTON RIGHT NOW BY REQUIRING IN INDOOR TRASH ARE WE ARE WE INCONSISTENT WITH OUR NEIGHBORS OR IS IN OUR IN FACT IN OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES ARE THOSE FACILITIES ALLOWED OUTSIDE? MAYOR I AM UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IS SPECIAL AND THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE THE RESEARCH BUT I THINK THAT WE ARE KIND OF A SPECIAL COMMUNITY IN THAT WE ALLOW WELL I AGREE WHERE A SPECIAL COMMUNITY MEETS I WON'T ARGUE WITH THAT. MR. MARK HUGO, DO YOU HAVE A DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT ABLE TO PROVIDE YES THERE BOISE COUNCILMEMBERS WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON OTHER CITY REQUIREMENTS AND BLOOMINGTON IS A QUITE A BIT STRICTER IN TERMS OF TRASH STANDARDS THAN MOST OF OUR PEER COMMUNITIES. THE STATE PROVISION WE'D WANT TO LOOK INTO THAT MORE I'M NOT AWARE OF BUT IF THAT EXISTS WE'D WANT TO FIND OUT A LOT MORE ABOUT THAT ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. REMEMBER YOU GUYS ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS? ANY ANYTHING? NO, I'M AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ALL AGAINST ANY OF THIS. THIS IS ON THE CONTRARY, I SUPPORT BUSINESSES AND THE PRESENT. I JUST ASK THIS IS BECAUSE I HAPPEN TO WORK FOR IT'S CONSIDERED A SMALL BUSINESS WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING HERE THEY DO ON ABOUT A HUNDRED FACILITIES I'M SORRY BUT STILL CONSIDER SMALL BUSINESSES AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE ALL THESE TO THE CITY WE ASIMO FACT WE JUST HAD AN INSPECTION LAST WEEK AND THEY'RE VERY RIGOROUS INSPECTIONS THREE DAYS FOR 8 HOURS A DAY INSPECTING EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF THE OPERATION. SO THAT'S THE REASON I BRING IT UP. I MEAN BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO START DOING THAT IS SOMETHING IS A THIN LINE TO WALK TO YOU KNOW BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER BUSINESSES THAT REQUIRE WE'RE ASKING FOR PERMITS OR VARIANCES IN THE ORGANISMS THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS AND IF WE'RE GOING TO START DOING THESE IT HAS TO BE DONE ACROSS THE BOARD. I WOULDN'T LIKE TO SEE A SPECIFIC BUSINESS TO BE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS. I WHAT THE CITY'S FACILITATING WHEN ALL THE BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING TO TO GET THINGS DONE ON THEIR BEHALF AS WELL SO AND I'M TALKING ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES ALSO SO WITH THAT SAID, I DON'T HAVE ANY ANY MORE TO SAY. THANK YOU. OUR COUNCILMEMBER KURT AND COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M JUST I GUESS I'M JUST WONDERING IF MAYBE THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS THAT LIKE THE TYPE OF BUSINESS I DON'T I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU DON'T WORK FOR A RESTAURANT OR A BREWERY OR I THINK THE STATE REGULATIONS TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUSINESS AND I DON'T THINK THAT THEY APPLY TO BREWERIES OR RESTAURANTS I THINK THAT'S MORE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF MAYBE THAT'S THE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SIMILAR CONCERNS ON THE STAFF SIDE BUT BECAUSE OF YOUR SITUATION BEING IN INDUSTRIAL 500 FEET NOT DOING FRIED FOODS THAT IT ADDRESSES THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP AND THAT IF OTHER BUSINESSES WERE TO SAY A DISTILLERY OPENED IN ANOTHER PART OF BLOOMINGTON AN INDUSTRIAL AREA THIS WOULD ALSO APPLY TO THAT BUSINESS SO IT WOULDN'T BE JUST NINE MILE IT WOULD BE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AND WE'RE NOT OPENING IT UP TO ALL RESTAURANTS ACROSS THE IT'S REALLY THERE ARE SPECIFIC STANDARDS CORRECT AND THAT IS CURRENT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND THANK YOU FOR THAT COUNCILMEMBER. THAT'S A GOOD CLARIFICATION. I THINK YOU'RE CORRECT. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION MR. MAYOR I HAVE COMMENTS TO MAKE BUT I I'M ASSUMING WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST. WE'RE GOING TO THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST. I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF YOU HAD ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. MR. COCHRAN THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON QUESTIONS ASK THE QUESTION WHY ARE WE LOOKING CHANGING THE ORDINANCE VERSUS A VARIANCE? AND THE REASON I ASK THAT IS WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT HOT DOG STAND OVER BY SONIC WEREN'T WE DOING A VARIANCE THERE FOR THEIR OUTDOOR TRASH? THEY ENDED UP GOING TO WOODBERRY OR SOMETHING. I WAS GOING TO SAY I DON'T RECALL THE HOT DOG STAND OVER. BYE BYE BYE. YEAH MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IS REFERRING TO THE PORTILLO'S BACK IN AROUND 2018 OR SO. SO IT IS A I'M STILL LONGING FOR THE PORTILLO'S SINCE IT DIDN'T BECOME PERMANENT ACTUALLY MR. MERCURIO INSIDE ON THIS IT'S BUSY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON WE DID HAVE APPLICATION SEVERAL YEARS AGO FROM PORTILLO'S KNOX AMERICAN AND ULTIMATELY THEY WITHDREW THE BUT BEFORE THEY WITHDREW IT THEY HAD BEEN REQUESTING AND THE BLOOMINGTON TRASH STANDARDS TO DO OUTDOOR TRASH MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SO I THINK THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT A VARIANCE IS A VARIANCE IS SPECIFIC TO A LAND USE AND NOT AN ORDINANCE IS THAT CORRECT OR? DO WE HAVE VARIANCES FOR THIS ? THIS PARTICULAR PROVISION IS MENTIONED MAY REMEMBER A VARIANCE IS TYPICALLY MORE SUITED FOR THINGS LIKE SETBACKS THIS. THIS IS COMING ACROSS TO ME AS A USE OF THE PROPERTY AND VARIANCES ARE NOT ALLOWED. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, THANKS. WE'RE JUST FOLLOW UP SO WHAT PROCESS WHERE WE USUALLY WITH PORTILLO'S THEN TO BECAUSE WE WEREN'T CHANGING AN ORDINANCE FOR THERE WHEN WE WERE CONSIDERING THEIR OUTDOOR TRASH SO WHAT WHAT WERE WE GOING TO DO THERE NO THERE WAS A COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IN THAT APPLICATION. THEY WERE REQUESTING FLEXIBILITY THROUGH THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. SO AS THE PD PD PROCESS. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL, WHY DON'T WE GET TO THE PUBLIC HEARING IF WE COULD. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU MR. COUNTRYMAN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS ITEM 4.3 PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A PRIVATELY INITIATED CITY CODE AMENDMENT RELATED TO TRASH FACILITIES. ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS MISS MERCER, DO WE HAVE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK NO ONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK LAST CALL TO ANYBODY IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS COUNCIL NO ONE ON THE PHONE NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE CHAMBERS. I WOULD LOOK TO LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING IT OUT OF 4.3 THE MOTION BY LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN ITEM 4.3. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I PROPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING COMMENTS ON THAT GO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. OKAY. A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, IF IT WAS UP TO ME WE WOULD JUST GET RID OF THIS WHOLE THING. I CAN'T STAND THE FACT THAT WE MAKE THIS BURDEN SO DIFFICULT IF I GO TO VALLEY VIEW PLAY LOT TODAY AND I LOOK AT THE ORGANICS RECYCLING BIN RIGHT THERE I SEE NO RODENTS I SEE NO INSECTS. I SEE NOTHING. IT IS NOT THE PROBLEM WE THINK IT IS NOW I RESPECT THE FACT THAT THIS WAS DONE AT SOME POINT THE PAST BUT THE EVIDENCE DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS. IF I GO ON A RIDE ALONG WITH THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE AND I SIT IN A PARKING LOT WATCHING A HOTEL AND THE ADJACENT TO ME HAS AN ELDERLY WOMAN COMING OUT BAGS UPON BAGS UPON BAGS OF TRASH WHICH INCLUDE PIZZA BOXES, CRUSTS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT RODENTS AND INSECTS REPORTEDLY LIKE TO EAT OUT OF GARBAGE BINS. AND I WATCH HER WALK 150 FEET FROM THE HOTEL'S BACK DOOR TO A YOU KNOW, A GARBAGE BIN, RIGHT? A DUMPSTER IF I WILL AND THROW THAT STUFF IN THERE AND WALK BACK. SHE'S NOT ESCORTED, NOT UNDER LIGHTING. THAT'S SPECIFIC. SHE'S NOT ANYTHING I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE THE SAFETY PROBLEM THAT WE THINK WE HAVE AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS UNDULY BURDENS PEOPLE WHO WANT TO OPEN RESTAURANTS, BARS THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS. HOTELS THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS. PEOPLE WHO GET FOOD SERVED TO THEM LIKE BY DELIVERY VANS OR FOOD FOR EXAMPLE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS. WE JUST SPECIFICALLY PUT THE BURDEN ON A RESTAURANT AND IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT I CAN PROVE TO YOU ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS INCLUDING THE PROBLEMS THAT YOUR IS HAVING BY ASKING THEM TO BUILD OUT FOR THIS THING WHEN HE PROBABLY COULD BE DONE BY NOW IF WE JUST LET HIM DO HIS THING. THERE'S THE GOOD FOLKS THAT OWN OUR INDIAN STREET KITCHEN HAD TO GO TO A DINER TO FIND A TO TO MAKE THEIR TO MAKE THEIR RESTAURANT THERE BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS AND WENT TO A DINER TO FIND THEIR OPENING BECAUSE WE MADE IT SO BURDENSOME TO THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE A FACILITY THAT WASN'T ALREADY A RESTAURANT. ALL OF OUR BELLS AND WHISTLES IN OUR 10,000 GALLON RECENT RECEPTORS AND ALL THE OTHER AND THEY WERE GOING TO TURN IT INTO ONE AND SO WE JUST MADE IT REALLY REALLY REALLY HARD AND SO THEY SAID SCREW IT, I'M TO THE DINER. WE JUST NEED TO STOP DOING THIS. THIS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. HAVING SAID THAT, THANKS FOR MY SOAPBOX MOMENT. HAVING SAID THAT, IF THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, I'M 100% SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE US AMEND THIS CODE FULLY TO GIVE RESTAURANT ENTREPRENEURS HOW MANY OF THEM DID WE HEAR TODAY? I THINK I HEARD AT LEAST ONE OF OUR CEO WHOSE HAS A RESTAURANT RIGHT. GOOD LUCK GETTING IT DONE IN HERE UNLESS YOU FIND A RESTAURANT I MEAN THE FOLKS AT MOMO'S EXAMPLE THEY WERE LUCKY A PLACE OPENED UP NEXT TO NORTH STAR WAS ALREADY A RESTAURANT SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS BUT THE FOLKS THAT YOU KNOW DIDN'T FIND THAT PLACE THEY'RE SOMEWHERE ELSE. WE MAKE IT SO IMPOSSIBLE. SO I. I LOVE THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL THAT WE HAVE BUT I THINK IT'S OFTENTIMES OVERLY BURDENSOME AND IF WE'RE TRYING TO SPUR YOU KNOW, LIKE GOOD ACTIVITY I THINK OF 90TH AND PENN AND HOW WE HAVE SOME GREAT RESTAURANTS IN THERE LIKE KENNY'S ROAST BEEF AND AND AND CO-2 AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT IF ANY OTHER SPACE THAT PLACE WANTED TO BECOME A RESTAURANT WE WOULD MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT. THANKS. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER I'LL REMIND YOU THAT AS WE DO THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS WE LIKE TO STEP STICK TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO TO THE TOPIC ON HAND. WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY WAS YOU WERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT FOR THE REASONS THAT YOU EXACTLY VERY GOOD. OKAY GOOD TO KNOW. THANK YOU, COUNSEL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER I WOULD LIKE SAY THANK YOU, MAYOR. I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH WHAT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO HAS SPOKEN ABOUT. I THINK NINE MILE BREWERY HAS PROVEN THAT THEY'RE GREAT NEIGHBORS WITHIN BLOOMINGTON. THEY'VE PROVEN THAT THE CONCEPT WORKS IN BLOOMINGTON AND EXPANDING ON THIS GIVES US THE ABILITY TO PROVE AGAIN THAT BLOOMINGTON CAN HAVE A ROBUST OUR ONLY BREWERY INDUSTRY IN BLOOMINGTON BUT A RESTAURANT INDUSTRY IN BLOOMINGTON IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. AND SO I AM VERY MUCH SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. COUNCILMEMBER KERNER AND COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN COUNCIL MEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR. I WOULD JUST SAY I AGREE I ECHO A LOT OF SENTIMENTS AND I WILL SAY I THINK WHEN I WAS REVIEWING THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES I DO THINK I RECALL MAYBE STAFF MAKING COMMENTS ABOUT CONSIDERING THIS AND OTHER THINGS AS WE TALKED MORE MORE BROADLY ABOUT MAKING IT EASIER TO BE A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN BLOOMINGTON AND SPECIFICALLY EVEN A RESTAURANT OWNER IN BLOOMINGTON. SO I WOULD ASSUME THEN THAT THIS PROBABLY BE CONSIDERED AGAIN AS PART OF THAT PROCESS OF LOOKING AT OUR CODES AND MAKING THINGS EASIER. YEAH, I'M SEEING LOTS AND LOTS SO THANK YOU. YEAH, I'M SUPPORTIVE THOUGH. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, I YOU MAYOR I'M A OF A AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS IN THE PROCESS OF ATTEMPTING TO DO SOMETHING AT THE NINE MILE BREWERY AND OUT OF JUST A CAUTION I AM GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS VOTE BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE ANY ANY SENSE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE STRICT STANDARD OF WHAT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS BUT I WANT TO JUST BE SURE THAT I AM BEING CAREFUL TO TALK TO NOT DO ANYTHING IN THAT MANNER SO I WILL BE ABSTAIN FROM IT. I APPRECIATE THAT COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE FACILITATION FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR RESTAURANTS IN PARTICULAR TO OPEN IN BLOOMINGTON. HOWEVER, IF ANYBODY HERE HAS ANY EXPERIENCE WHEN IT COMES TO OR HOTELS HOTEL KITCHENS I CAN TELL YOU WITH CERTAINTY THAT IF BLOOMINGTON DIDN'T HAVE THE STANDARDS THAT IT HAS FOR GREECE DROPS AND EXHAUST SYSTEMS AND ALL OF THAT THEY POTENTIAL HAZARD FOR FIRES AND FOR IS SYSTEMS TOO BACKED UP INTO LARGE AREAS IS THERE AN A I CAN TELL YOU IF ANY OF YOU HAS EVER EXPERIENCED A GREASE TRAP FOR IN A RESTAURANT BACKING UP IT'S NOT PLEASANT AT ALL AND IT'S NOT ONLY TO THE LOCATION AGAIN HAS LARGER RAMIFICATIONS AND THAT'S WHY THOSE STANDARDS ARE PUT IN PLACE AND TO COMPROMISE THOSE STANDARDS JUST TO YOU KNOW ALLEVIATE TO THE REQUEST FOR A PARTICULAR ENTITY I DON'T THINK IS THE PHYSICAL THING TO DO. ANY THOUGHT THAT CAN BE BROUGHT INTO INTO THIS CONVERSATION IS ALWAYS WELCOME BUT I JUST SAY THAT BECAUSE THE STANDARDS THE CITY HAS PUT IN PLACE AS ALL AS IT CAN BE, THEY WORK IN TIMES OF CHANGE BUT THE REPERCUSSIONS OF A GREASE TRAP WHERE OUR POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION OF ANY FOOD PRODUCTION IS ALWAYS THERE. WITH THAT SAID AND I CAN TELL YOU FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS THE WORKING AND THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY HAS ME IN HAS GIVEN ME THE ABILITY TO SEE ACTIONS AND THINGS THAT TOOK PLACE AND. THAT'S WHY ALL THOSE REGULATIONS ARE PUT PLACE TO AVOID THE PROBLEMS THAT CAN BE CREATED WITH SAID IF THE COUNCIL IS HAPPY WITH PASSING THESE THINGS SO PLEASE DO IT AGAIN THE MORE SMALL BUSINESSES WE HAVE THE BETTER OFF THE CITY IS BUT AT THE SAME TIME WITH CAUTION I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS MYSELF. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL ADDITIONAL ANYTHING TO BRING FORWARD. IF NOT I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON THIS COUNCIL. COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO SURE I OUGHT TO PUT MY MONEY WHERE MY MOUTH IS. SHOULDN'T I? ALL RIGHT, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I FIND IT ON HERE ON THE OH, IT'S IN MY SCREEN. I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE THAT CHANGES THE STANDARDS RELATING TO TRASH AND RECYCLING FILL FACILITIES FOR FOOD SERVICE FACILITIES LOCATED INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTER 21 OF THE CITY CODE . SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE CHANGING STANDARDS RELATED TO TRASH AND RECYCLING FACILITIES FOR FOOD SERVICE FACILITIES LOCATED IN INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT AMENDING CHAPTER 21 OF THE CITY CODE . ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED AND AN ABSTENTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SO FIVE IN FAVOR OF COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS OPPOSED AND COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINING FROM THAT SO MOTION PASSES TIME FOR CITY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO CALLS SUMMARY PUBLICATION I MOVE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE TO MODIFY STANDARDS RELATED TO TRASH AND RECYCLING FACILITIES FOR CERTAIN FOOD SERVICE FACILITIES INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTER 21 OF THE CITY CODE MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SO CAN BACK COUNCILMEMBER FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION ON ITEM 4.3 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY SAYING I I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRY SIX ONE WITH COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS OPPOSING SUMMARY THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND MR. COUNTRYMAN. WHEN CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE PIZZA? WE ARE HOPING THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE. WONDERFUL CONSTRUCTION. YOU NEVER KNEW, RIGHT? GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT . AND IN 4.4 ON OUR AGENDA OUR THIRD AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE REZONING OF PROPERTIES NORTHWEST OF LYNDALE AVENUE AND WEST 94TH STREET FROM B2 OR I3 TO B AND MR. RAMBLER OLSON IS WITH US THIS EVENING I THINK YES, YES, I'M WITH YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME? THERE YOU ARE. I DIDN'T I DIDN'T SEE YOU IN THE IN THE BUILDING BUT THERE YOU ARE. YES, WE CAN INDEED HEAR YOU. OKAY. I APOLOGIZE. I'M UNDER THE WEATHER AND I BELIEVE I'M ABLE TO PRESENT. HOPEFULLY I'LL AVOID ANY COUGHING FITS TO DELAY. THIS IS I KNOW, I KNOW IT'S A LATE NIGHT SO WE CAN JUST MOVE ON WITH IT. SO HERE I'LL SHARE MY SCREEN . CAN EVERYONE SEE IT? YES, WE CAN. OKAY TERRIFIC. ALL RIGHT, FATHER. MR. MAYOR, CAN I INTERRUPT REAL QUICKLY? TOM, CAN YOU CAN YOU THERE YOU GO. NEVER MIND. VERY GOOD TO PUT IT INTO SLIDE MODE. PERFECT. OH YES. YES CERTAINLY. THANK YOU, DEAR. YES SIR. OH OH OH BOY. SKIPPING AHEAD I DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY THE GAME. ALL RIGHT. SO YEAH, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A PROPOSED REZONING OF PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 11 A SLIGHT CORRECTION TO HOW IT WAS INTRODUCED. THESE PROPERTIES ARE NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION 94TH AND LYNDALE SO IT'S A GROUP OF 11 PARCELS NORTHEAST OF THAT INTERSECTION AND IT'LL A REZONING FROM B2 SHOULD THEY BE TWO OR THREE JUST ONE OF THE PARCELS ARE IS CURRENTLY ZONED A3 SO IT'S FROM B2 OR A TO B FOR AND THE SECOND PART OF THIS PROPOSAL IS A RESOLUTION DRAFTED FIRST THAT WOULD BE SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF THE PROPOSED REZONING SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ADOPT IT. A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT THOUGH AS IF THROUGH THIS THERE'S BEEN SOME PREVIOUS PLANNING EFFORTS THAT HAVE LED UP TO THIS POINT THERE WAS A LITTLE AVENUE OR SOME URBAN RETROFIT PLAN ADOPTED IN 2021. THIS IS KIND OF AN OUTGROWTH OF THAT. THE AREA IDENTIFIED NORTH EAST OF THIS INTERSECTION WAS THAT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED IN THE IN THE PLAN ITSELF BUT I'LL GET INTO WHY WE FEEL IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS REZONING ACTION FOLLOWING THAT IN 2018 2020 TO 2023 SORRY ABOUT THAT THAT THE THERE WAS A CREATION OF THE TRANSITIONAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND THE REZONING OF A GROUP OF 28 PARCELS ON THE EAST SIDE OF LYNDALE THAT WAS A DIRECT ACTION STATE ARE DESCRIBED IN THE RETROFIT PLAN AND THEN AFTER THAT IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023 THERE WERE ANOTHER SET OF REZONINGS OF THIS TIME PARCELS AROUND LYNDALE AVENUE'S INTERSECTIONS WITH 86TH AND 98TH STREET. ALL OF THOSE PARCELS IDENTIFIED WERE B2 AND THEY WERE APPROVED FOR REZONING FROM BETA TO B FOUR AND THAT WAS AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER 18TH OF 2023. SO I JUST MENTIONED THAT THIS NODE OR THIS INTERSECTION WASN'T SPECIFICALLY OUT IN THE RETROFIT PLAN BUT IT'S ORGANICALLY SHAPING TO BE A NODE AS WAS IDENTIFIED 86 AND 98TH STREETS THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS AT THIS INTERSECTION IN OTTAWA AND THREE THERE WAS THE REAL CO-OP THAT ADDED 96 UNITS SENIOR LIVING AND JUST IN 2021 IS LYNDALE FLATS THAT'S THE THE POLYGON IDENTIFIED AS B THAT WAS 81 UNITS AND UNDER STILL IS OXBOW HEIGHTS WHICH WILL ADD 125 UNITS SO THE DEVELOPMENTS LYNDALE FLATS AND OXBOW HEIGHTS WERE ALL AFTER THE RETROFIT PLAN. SO THIS IS REALLY A JUST KIND OF AN ORGANIC EVOLUTION OF THIS NODE FROM FROM WHAT IT WAS TO SOMETHING THAT HAS MORE ACTIVITY BECAUSE OF THE ADDED HOUSING UNITS A REBUILD THAT IS THERE OR QUALIFIES AS THE CREATION OF ANOTHER OR WE'RE SUPPORTING THE CREATION OF THIS NODE BY PROPOSING THESE ADDITIONAL REZONINGS THAT THE NORTHEAST THE NORTHEAST OF THIS INTERSECTION THERE IS A LOOK AT THE GUIDED LAND USE AROUND THE PROPOSED OR THE IDENTIFIED PARCELS PROPOSED FOR REZONING AND ZONING ITSELF SO THE THE THE CURRENT ZONING IS B TO IT THERE ARE 42 PARCELS INCLUDING TEN OF THE SUBJECT PARCELS THAT ARE STILL ZONED TO BE TWO. SO EVEN WITH THIS REZONING THERE WOULD STILL BE A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT OF PARCELS THAT WOULD RETAIN THE ZONING OF B2. SO WOULD REMOVE ANYTHING FROM THOSE PARCELS IT WAS EVEN DISCUSSED THE CREATION OF THE RETROFIT PLAN THAT SOME AMOUNT OF B PARCELS WAS WAS APPROPRIATE GIVING GIVEN THE THE THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE OUR WASH GAS STATION THOSE TYPES OF USES AND THE PROPOSED ZONING IS BE FOUR OR TEN OF THOSE PARCELS AGAIN ONE IS CURRENTLY ZONED A3 AND B4 WAS YOU KNOW IT'S DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE IT'S MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AND THAT'S WHY I HIGHLIGHTED IN THE RETROFIT PLAN ITSELF AND IT WAS ALSO CHOSEN AS A SUITABLE REPLACEMENT FOR B2 BECAUSE CLOSELY RESEMBLED THE B2 DISTRICT AND SO IT ADVANCES THE RETROFIT PLAN GOALS WHILE ALSO NOT UPSETTING TO MANY OF THE ESTABLISHED BUSINESSES IN THE CORRIDOR BECAUSE OF THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN B2 AND BEFORE BUT THERE ARE NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCES THOSE INCLUDE A HIGHER FLOOR AREA RATIO IF RESIDENTIAL IS INCLUDED IN DEVELOPMENTS THE PLACEMENT OF PARKING ON THE SIDE OR REAR A GOOD AMOUNT OF GLAZING ALONG THE SIDEWALK STREET FRONTS AND THE SHALLOWER SETBACKS ALONG PUBLIC STREETS. SO AGAIN A MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY TYPE OF URBAN FORM ALONG LYNDALE USE CONFORMITY IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE WITH SOME OF THESE PROPOSED REZONINGS. FORTUNATELY THERE ONLY A COUPLE OF BLOCKS THAT WOULD BE WOULD HAVE A LEGAL NON-CONFORMING USE ON IT SHOULD THE REZONING BE APPROVED AND THEY COULD CONTINUE THAT WAY PREVENT THAT IN PERPETUITY UNLESS THERE WERE SOME IT THERE ARE CERTAIN TRIGGERS WHERE IT HAS TO BE BROUGHT TO CONFORMANCE BUT NONETHELESS THIS IS THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD INDICATION OF THIS ACTION AND I WOULD EFFECT EXISTING PROPERTIES. THE PLANNING PROCESS ITSELF KICKED OFF LAST YEAR BUT IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY THIS YEAR WE WE HAD SOME SPACE SESSIONS THAT YOU'LL RECALL IN FEBRUARY IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AND IT WAS AT THAT FEBRUARY MEETING THAT THERE WAS A RESOLUTION TO INITIATE THE REZONING THAT WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL ON THE 21ST WE HAD A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE A LITTLE BIT LATER THERE WAS NO TESTIMONY PROVIDED AT THAT MEETING AND AS YOU CAN SEE THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL 5 TO 0 AND AT THAT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS RELATED TO WHY B4 WAS PREFERRED OVER OTHER EXCUSE ME SORRY MY APOLOGIES WHY BEFORE WAS PREFERRED OVER OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS OTHER COMMERCIAL RELATED ZONING DISTRICTS AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE BECAUSE OF ITS RELATIONSHIP THE EARTH ITS CLOSE RELATIONSHIP TO THE BEACH, YOUR DISTRICT AND HOW IT WOULDN'T BE AS DISRUPTIVE WHILE STILL ADVANCING THE GOALS OF THE RETROFIT PLAN SO THERE WERE THERE WAS SOME ENGAGEMENT AS PART OF THIS PROJECT WE THERE WERE TWO OWNERSHIP GROUPS THE LIBYAN GROUP OWNS THE NORTH SIX PARCELS AND FARMS WHICH ORDERED OR OWNED THE SOUTH FIVE PARCELS. WE REACHED OUT TO BOTH OWNERS . WE HAD MEETINGS WITH THEM BOTH IN FEBRUARY WE SENT A LETTER TO THE OF THE PROPERTIES AND KNOW LETTING THEM KNOW ABOUT THE STUDY SESSIONS AND THAT THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE WE'RE COMING UP AND AND WE DID RECEIVE SOME REPLIES AND SO I SHOULD CHANGE THAT BULLET POINT WE DID RECEIVE SOME REPLIES TO THAT LETTER FROM THE LIVING GROUP. WE GOT ONE REPLY FROM THEM THEY WERE THEY WERE OPPOSED BECAUSE THEY FELT IT WAS IN THEIR VIEW THAT THIS REZONING WOULD MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO REDEVELOP PROPERTY. TWO OTHER COMMENTS CAME FROM RESIDENTS OF THAT REAL LIFE CO-OP JUST SOUTH OF THE OF THE IDENTIFIED PARCELS UNDER CONSIDERATION BOTH BOTH CORRESPONDENCES ALSO WERE IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED REZONING BUT NONETHELESS WITH THAT STAFF STILL RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED REZONING AND THERE'S LANGUAGE. THIS SLIDE FOR YOU IF YOU CHOOSE OTHERWISE I'M AVAILABLE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. IMLER. I ALSO HOPE THAT DIDN'T TAX YOUR COLD TOO THAN YOUR COUGH . NOPE, NOPE, NOPE. I'M GOOD. OKAY. WELL DONE, COUNSELOR. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THINK YOU'RE HELPING. YOU'RE FEELING BETTER WITH YOUR COLD THERE SO THAN WITH SEE THERE WAS SOME SOME OPPOSITION THERE WITH REAL LIFE IS IT JUST THE YOU'RE SAYING THAT WAS JUST A CONFUSION IN TERMS OF OF WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED THERE? I MEAN I SEE IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT THERE'S REALLY JUST THE TWO YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE AUTO DEALERSHIPS THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO CARRY THROUGH . MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, THE HOW STAFF UNDERSTOOD THOSE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION FROM RESIDENTS THAT OF AT THE REAL LIFE CO-OP THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT JUST THE NORMAL BYPRODUCTS OF ADDED ADDED UNITS ADDED DEVELOPMENTS SO TRAFFIC CONGESTION THOSE APPEARED TO BE THE MAIN REASONS FOR OPPOSITION AND NOT IN MY BACKYARD DEAL OKAY. SO THE SECONDARILY MY QUESTION WOULD BE WITH RESPECT TO THE BUILDING FLOOR AREA, IT LOOKS LIKE AS RELATES TO RESTAURANTS THAT WOULD BE TO YOU COULD HAVE AS A 2000 SQUARE FEET FOR RESTAURANT PIECES IS THAT STILL AN ASPECT OF THE OF THE B4 ZONE AT ALL AND THEN JUST JUST FOR MY KNOWLEDGE OH IF YOU LOOK AT DAVID FONG'S HOW MANY SQUARE FEET WAS THAT MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER I'M I'M OF WHAT THE THE FLOOR AREA AREA WAS OF THE FARMS SO I'M ABLE TO COMMENT ON THAT THE YEAH YOU ARE READING THIS TABLE CORRECTLY WHERE THERE IS A 2000 ALMOST FOUR FOOT FOR RESTAURANTS AND THEN UNDER BEFORE THAT WOULD ANY DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE A MINIMUM FLOOR AREA OF 4000 SQUARE FEET AND WE ASSUME OR WE'RE FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT IN ORDER TO NEAR THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WE'RE EXPECTING AT THESE PROPERTIES THESE LOTS WOULD HAVE TO BE COMBINED AND ASSEMBLED IN SUCH A FASHION IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD ADVANCE THE YOU KNOW THAT THE STAFF WOULD SUPPORT AND THAT WOULD ADVANCE THE RETROFIT PLAN TO TAKE AN NO MATTER WHAT IF YOU HAD A SMALLER RESTAURANT YOU COULD PROBABLY SQUEEZE IT IN THERE WITH THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF OKAY I GOT IT. IT'S GOOD GOOD FOR ME. THANKS, COUNSEL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. MAYOR IS THERE ANY CONCERN WITH THE FONG'S ABOUT THIS REZONING AND IMPACTING THEIR ABILITY TO SELL THE PARCELS BECAUSE I JUST DROVE BY THERE TODAY AND I SAW A BIG SIGN UP FOR SALE SO JUST WONDERING HOW THAT IMPACTS OR COULD IMPACT THAT MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER UH, WE THIS IS ACTUALLY KIND OF FEEDS INTO THE ENGAGEMENT WE'VE BEEN DOING NOW DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS PROJECT BUT WE KNEW THAT FONG'S WAS PUT ON THE MARKET AND THAT DEVELOPERS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN WHAT SORT OF GUIDANCE OR DEVELOPMENT FORM THE CITY WOULD SUPPORT. AND SO WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THEM. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SOME PROSPECTIVE DEVELOPMENTS KIND BANDIED ABOUT BUT NOTHING FIRM AND NOTHING'S BEEN UH NOTHING NOTHING'S TAKEN HOLD AT THE MOMENT IT. I BELIEVE THIS REZONING WILL HELP ADVANCE THAT DISCUSSION. THEY'LL BE GIVEN MORE CLEAR GUIDANCE WITH THIS REZONING AND AS FOR ANY SORT OF CONCERNED, I DON'T BELIEVE FONG'S IS IN ATTENDANCE RIGHT NOW BUT WE HAD A A A GOOD DISCUSSION WITH THEM AND WE REACHED OUT SEVERAL TIMES TO TO INFORM THEM OF THIS PROJECT AND TO OFFER OUR OFFER OUR TIME TO HAVE ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH ANY YOU KNOW IF THEY HAD ANY CONCERNS UM TO TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS SO WE'VE MADE OURSELVES AVAILABLE BUT OTHERWISE WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THEM SINCE THIS SINCE THEY RECEIVED A FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING COUNSEL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IF NOT THANK YOU MR. RAMBLER. OLSSEN STICK AROUND. WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IN CASE QUESTIONS ARISE HERE I WILL OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND IN 4.4 THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE REZONING OF PROPERTIES NORTHEAST OF LYNDALE AVENUE AND WEST 94TH STREET FROM B2 OR I3 TO B FOR ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS THIS EVENING, MISS MERCER, IS THERE ANYONE ON THE LINE WISHING TO SPEAK OH OH I'M SORRY. I DID NOT SEE YOU. COME ON FORWARD . IT'S THIS ONE. YES. OKAY. YES IT IS. WE'LL NEED YOU TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF OFFICIALLY FOR THE RECORD IF YOU COULD TELL US MY NAME IS ROBERT COLEMAN. APOLOGIZE. I'M COMING HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS REZONING. I'M KIND OF LIKE THE LOMAN I STEPPED OUT FOR A MOMENT BUT I REMEMBER THAT WHEN I WAS THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL FOR THE REFIT PLAN I REMEMBER COMMENTS BY HIM THAT HE WANTED SOMETHING THAT WAS MORE UNMISTAKABLY UNMISTAKABLY URBAN WAS THE WORDING THAT HE USED AND I AGREE WITH THAT THE I DON'T SEE I I WISH I HAD THE TIME TO COMMENT WHEN THE PLAN WAS ORIGINALLY BEING DISCUSSED WHICH I WISH I HAD IT JUST I DON'T SEE HOW THE BEFORE ZONING ACTUALLY ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF CREATING DENSER MORE WALKABLE AREA. I OWN MY DAILY COMMUTE WHICH IS WALKING I WALK THROUGH THE THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF VALLEY WEST AT FRANCE AND ALSO LIKE ABBEY ROAD AND THAT AREA IS GOING TO BEFORE AND IT IT DEFINITELY YOU CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WHAT IS ZONED B TWO AND B FOUR IN TERMS OF THAT LIKE IT'S A MORE PLEASANT WALKING EXPERIENCE FOR SURE BUT IS NOT MORE WALKABLE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A COMMON MISCONCEPTION IN TERMS OF THE LIKE THE DEFINITION OF IT LIKE I CAN WALK THROUGH A LOT OF PLACES LIKE THERE ARE SO I MEAN THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SIDEWALKS BUT I'M WALKING ON THE STREET SOMETIMES BUT WHEN WE THINK OF WALKABLE IT'S MORE ABOUT LIKE CAN YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE WHILE WALKING TO DO YOUR ERRANDS AND GO TO YOUR THE YOU KNOW, YOUR RECREATION AND THE PARKS AND ALSO YOUR HOUSING AND I DON'T SEE HOW THIS ACHIEVES IT. THE THE THE FLOOR AREA RATIO DOES NOT CHANGE IF YOU DON'T HAVE COMMERCIAL AND THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THE THAT THE DEVELOPMENTS THERE ARE GOING TO HAVE COMMERCIAL THE MAIN I IMAGINE MOSTLY WOULD BE THE ISSUE WITH THE THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPOTS THAT YOU WOULD BE REQUIRED. THERE'S NO CHANGE THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPOTS AND MAYBE YOU COULD SEE SOME OF THAT COMING THROUGH THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE. BUT THOSE ARE LIKE THE THE THE CHALLENGES THAT WOULD ACTUALLY PUTTING IN COMMERCIAL TO THOSE SPOTS BECAUSE IF IF IT'S NOT SURFACE THEN IT'S UNDERGROUND AND THAT'S A BIG COST AND IN TERMS LIKE THE OTHER THAN THAT THE ONLY MAJOR CHANGE IS THAT THE PARKING HAS TO BE TO THE SIDE OR TO BEHIND AND I THINK OF THE POPEYE'S THERE'S NOT ANY PARKING IN BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE SIDEWALK AND OTHER THAN THAT THAT'S EVERYTHING ELSE I MEAN OTHER THAN I THINK I MEASURED LIKE THE SETBACK WOULD HAVE TO BE TEN FEET CLOSER IF YOU BUILDING A SIMILAR SITE THERE'S LIKE THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT AUTO ORIENTED LAND USE AND ACTUALLY CHANGING IT INTO WHAT COULD BE A MORE WALKABLE AREA THAT'S MY MAIN CONCERN. I FEEL LIKE IF OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT GOING TO CHANGE MIDWAY WHAT THE WHAT ZONING WHAT ZONE YOU'RE GOING TO CHOOSE FOR RETROFIT BUT I FEEL LIKE IF IF THE FOR THE B FOR ZONING WAS MIXED USE AND HAVING RESIDENTIAL AND THEN HAVING THE IT NOT HAVING RESIDENTIAL BE LIKE A CONDITIONAL I THINK THAT WOULD A GOOD IDEA AND ALSO IN BEFORE ZONING SAY MAYBE YOU REDUCE THE THE PARKING MINIMUMS BY 20% 25% BEFORE YOU ADD THE POTENTIALLY THE SHOW FOR FOR THE PARKING MINIMUMS OTHER THAN THAT I DON'T SEE HOW THE B FOR ZONING REALLY ACHIEVES THE THE GOALS THAT IS SET OUT IN THE RETROFIT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE AS YOU STOOD UP I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT ANYONE ELSE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK THIS MISS MERCER DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK HERE? WE DO. LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY IN THE CHAMBERS, COUNSEL NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE CHAMBERS. NO ONE ON THE PHONE. I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I AM 4.4 THIS EVENING SO MOVE TOO CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC CLEAR MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LONG AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.4. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES A70 COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON THIS OR DISCUSSION REGARDING THIS PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE BECAUSE REMEMBER YES SO I WOULD PUT THAT THE QUESTION THAT THE OUR PUBLIC COMMENTER PUT FORTH TO US WITH THIS BEFORE IN TERMS OF THE WALKING STANDARDS THAT THAT HE PUT FORWARD WHAT DOES THIS GUARANTEE IS THAT THAT SOMETHING WILL BE DEVELOPED IN THAT AREA? IS THERE A BETTER ZONING CODE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT? MR. PAMELA OLSON, ARE YOU ARE YOU STILL WITH US? OH YES. YES. AM I'M SORRY WITH THAT QUESTION TO ME WELL, I THINK I THINK THE QUESTION JUST IN GENERAL THE BENEFITS OF THE BEFORE AS OPPOSED TO ANOTHER POSSIBLE ZONING STANDARD THAT WE COULD CONSIDER TO MAKE THIS A BIT MORE WALKABLE OR A BIT MORE OF AN URBAN FEEL TO IT BUT YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN . THE UH I WELL I GET YOUR I WILL JUST BE SAYING THAT I WAS NOT THERE FOR ALL THE DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE RETROFIT PLAN THE THE REASONING THAT WAS TO ME SECONDHAND BY PLANNERS THAT WERE THERE IS AND SOMETHING THAT I COVERED IN A PREVIOUS SLIDE IS THAT THE THE OPTION FOR B FOR WAS A A MORE THERE WAS THE WAS AN EASIER ZONING DISTRICT TO IMPLEMENT AT LEAST FOR TRANSITIONING FROM WHAT IS B2 TO BE FOR OR FROM THE AUTO OR AUTO ORIENTED NATURE OF B2 TO THE MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLINESS OF B4 WITHOUT DISRUPTING TOO MUCH. AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF SIMILARITIES BETWEEN HERE AND BEFORE BUT THE V4 STANDARDS DO REFLECT A MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY UM URBAN FORM AT LEAST FOR THE ZONING DISTRICT THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE ON THE BOOKS UM UH I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE YOU KNOW, THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS BUT YOU KNOW THERE IS THAT ABILITY TO GO BIGGER WITH ADDING RESIDENTIAL SO HAVING A MORE MIXED USE FIELD FOR DEVELOPMENTS WILL ALLOW MORE OF A BIGGER DEVELOPMENT AND AND RELOCATING THAT PARKING TO TH SIDE IN THE REAR DOES HELP WITH INCREASING THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY OF THE AREA. AGAIN THE WINDOW REQUIREMENTS I CAN UNDERSTAND IF YOU WERE IF YOU WEREN'T THERE I APPRECIATE THAT. AND GIVEN THE LATENESS OF THE HOUR YOU'RE TRYING TO MOVE THIS FROM ALONG A LITTLE QUICKER. YEAH. I DON'T WANT I HATE TO INTERRUPT YOU THERE WHY DON'T DO WE ASK MR. MARKEGARD IS AT THE THE PODIUM AND OBVIOUSLY WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE LYNDALE AVENUE WHICH RETROFIT MR. MARKER SURE AND THEY THEY'RE BUSY. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN I THINK THERE ARE SEVERAL KEY ASPECTS OF BEFORE WOULD MAKE IT QUITE A BIT MORE OF AN URBAN KIND OF WHAT'S CALLED FOR IN THE WINDOW AVENUE RETROFIT PLAN. A FEW THINGS THAT STAND OUT ARE THE FACT THAT IT ALLOWS RESIDENTIAL USES WHEREAS B2 DOES ALLOW RESIDENTIAL USES LOT OF THE MARKET INTEREST DATE IN THAT AREA HAS BEEN FOR RESIDENTIAL. ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT ASPECT IS THAT B4 DISTRICT DOES NOT ALLOW A LOT OF THE MORE AUTO ORIENTED USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THE B2 DISTRICT THINGS LIKE CAR WASHES, AUTO SERVICE FACILITIES AND OTHER DEALERSHIPS. AND THEN BEYOND THAT THE B4 DISTRICT HAS A DRIVE THRU WHILE IT ALLOWS DRIVE THRUS IT HAS OBTAINING STANDARDS IN THE WAY THAT DESIGN THE DRIVE THRUS THAT MAKE IT A LOT MORE PEDESTRIAN COMPATIBLE. SO I GET THAT BUT MY QUESTION IS IS ONE THAT WOULD BE MORE URBAN AS OPPOSED TO THE B2 BEFORE. IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE GETS ME EVEN MORE URBAN THAN THIS? THERE WAS CITY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THERE ARE A FEW DISTRICTS, HOWEVER THAT STANDARDS IN THOSE DISTRICTS C586 ARE ARE SO HIGH IN TERMS OF MINIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO THAT WE THINK IT MAY BE CHALLENGING TO DEVELOP REDEVELOP THE FARMS OR LOOPY INSIDE UNDER THOSE BUT THEY DO APPLY IN PARTS OF THE SOUTH LOOP THE AMERICAN DISTRICT XCEL WAS I THINK IN THE SOUTH . WHAT DO WE WHAT ARE WE DOING OVER IT? SOUTH TOWN. SPECIFICALLY WHAT'S THAT WHAT ARE WE ZONING THAT IS THAT B FOR THAT AREA COUNCIL OR MAYOR MOSTLY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN FALLS WITHIN THREE ZONING DISTRICTS. C THREE, C FIVE AND C FOR THE C FIVE DISTRICT ALSO APPLIES TO A LOT OF THE PAN-AMERICAN REDEVELOPMENT. THAT'S THE DISTRICT THAT HAS PRETTY INTENSE MINIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO THAT WE THINK JUST BE CHALLENGING TO ACHIEVE AT THE FUNDS. I THINKS. THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION. IT ALMOST SEEMS TO ME AND I KNOW THIS IS BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THIS DISCUSSION THAT MAYBE WE MAY WANT TO LOOK AT A DIFFERENT BUT GIVEN WHAT I'VE HEARD TONIGHT BEFORE SOUNDS LIKE MOST REASONABLE DECISION AND THAT'S WHAT STAFF CAME FORWARD WITH TODAY COUNCIL ADDITIONAL COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU MAYOR. MY MY CONCERN WITH THIS IS WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH THE RESIDENTIAL PIECE OF IT AND HOW RESIDENTIAL BECOMES THE MAJORITY OF IT AND THEN THE COMMERCIAL ASPECT GETS SHRUNK. SO WHAT I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE IS THIS REZONING BEFORE PLANS COME IN INCLUDES RESIDENTIAL AND THEN THE MARKET ALSO CAN SUPPORT MORE COMMERCIAL AND WE HAVE TO SHRINK IT WHICH TAKES AWAY FROM THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF HAVING A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND THE WALKABILITY ASPECT OF IT. I CAN LIVE IN MY HOME AND WALK AND SHOP AND VISIT BUSINESSES AND SO I DO THINK THERE IS A DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY ESPECIALLY FOR PIECE CONSIDERING THE DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIALLY THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED AROUND IT BUT TO REALLY DRIVE THE FACT THAT THIS A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND I WOULDN'T LIKE TO SEE US TRANSITION AND HAVE THIS BE USED ALTERNATIVELY TO JUST BUILD HOUSING EVEN THOUGH WE NEED MORE HOUSING BUT IT TAKES AWAY FROM THAT ONCE THE HOUSING PIECE BECOMES THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE ANYTHING ELSE COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF . I IF THE COUNCIL IS IS COMFORTABLE WITH THE B4 RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF I'D LOOK FOR I LOOK FOR ACTION ON THIS IF IF THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER ON THIS I'D ENTERTAIN THAT AS WELL BUT I'D HESITANTLY COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN YES. SO I THINK, I THINK WHAT THE IDEA HERE IS GIVEN C FOUR WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD FIT WITH COUNCILMEMBER IS TALKING ABOUT AND SO LET'S CONSIDER IT. C4 I KNOW YOU'RE RELUCTANT TO DO IT BUT LET'S JUST GET IT OUT THERE. LET'S LET'S LET'S ASK THE QUESTION SO WE CAN QUICKLY RESOLVE THIS AND SEE WHAT WHAT ISSUES WE WOULD HAVE WITH THE WITH THE C FOUR. I AGREE WITH THE COUNCILMEMBER IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THERE AND MY CONCERNS THERE AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO ADDRESSED SOME OF THE WALKABILITY PIECES. MR. MACGREGOR THERE WAS A COUNCILMEMBER ONE THING TO POINT OUT ABOUT BEFORE A DISTRICT IN THE OTHER MIXED USE DISTRICTS IN BLOOMINGTON IS THAT THEY DO REQUIRE MINIMUM LEVEL OF NONRESIDENTIAL USE WHILE THEY ALLOW THEY ALSO REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, X AMOUNT OF NONRESIDENTIAL IT VARIES BY DISTRICT. PEOPLE CAN REQUEST FLEXIBILITY TO THAT BUT IT WOULD BE A DISCRETION UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL WHETHER OR NOT TO GRANT THAT FLEXIBILITY TO REMOVE THE COMMERCIAL OR LOWER IT SUBSTANTIAL AND THAT HAS BEEN MY CONCERN AS HAVE BEEN ALLOWING THE REDUCTION AND CONTINUING TO ALLOW THE REDUCTION WHICH TO ME TAKES AWAY FROM THE PURPOSE OF WHAT BEFORE IS MEANT TO DO. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHERE MY CONCERN IS I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO SEE US CONTINUE ON THAT PATH OF REDUCING AND REDUCING AND REDUCING ALONG THAT. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I UNDERSTAND THE POINT THAT COUNCILMEMBER MUA IS MAKING. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE ONLY TIMES THAT WE HAVE DONE THAT HAS BEEN UNDER THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE WHERE WE USED IT TO BROKER THE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. AND SO I THINK THAT'S A FAIR POINT BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE GOOD ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND YOU KNOW IF OUR CHOICES ARE NINE AFFORDABLE UNITS VERSUS 1500 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE, I THINK WE SHOULD WEIGH THAT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND SOMETIMES THAT MAKES SENSE AND SOMETIMES THAT DOESN'T. I REMEMBER FOR EXAMPLE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE 8200 HUMBOLDT NOBLE APARTMENTS WE DIDN'T GET ANY COMMERCIAL SPACE THERE AND I WAS SAD ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED A COFFEE SHOP THAT I COULD WALK TO. BUT WHAT WE DID GET WAS 10% OF THOSE UNITS AT A RATE OF 50% I THINK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO IT WAS EVEN BETTER THAN OUR NORMAL YOU KNOW, 80, 60%. I MIGHT HAVE THAT WRONG BUT YOU GET MY POINT MY MY I AGREE COMPLETELY THAT WE CAN MAKE SOME TRADE OFFS BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE EVER AND FORGIVE ME IF THIS IS INCORRECT MR. MARKET GUARD I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER SAID YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY AT ALL UNLESS WE WERE MAKING A TRADE AGAINST THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE AND THAT'S JUST A COMPETING PRIORITY QUESTION AND I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY ON THAT FRONT. DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? THERE WAS A COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THAT'S CORRECT. THE CITY HAS NEVER GONE TO ZERO ON THE NONRESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENT. HOWEVER MANY SEATS HAVE BEEN REZONE TO MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AS OPPOSED TO A MIXED USE DISTRICT. SO FOR EXAMPLE THE OTHER TWO PROJECTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN THIS NODE EXPAREL HEIGHTS AND FLATS BOTH WERE REZONE TO A MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT SO THEY HAVE NO COMMERCIAL HOLD ON. SO JUST AS A FOLLOW UP, MR. MAYOR WOULD, WE WOULD WE CONSIDER DOING THIS CHANGE FROM B TO TO B FOR OR I3 TO BE FOR AND THEN TURN AROUND AND CHANGE IT AGAIN. I MEAN I GUESS TECHNICALLY WE COULD BUT WOULD WE IF IF THE POINT OF THIS PARTICULAR MOVE TONIGHT IS TO CREATE A ZONE OF OPPORTUNITY THAT'S OF A CERTAIN SIZE THAT WILL ENABLE DEVELOPMENT? I THINK COUNCILMEMBER I THINK TECHNICALLY YES WE COULD I PRACTICALLY ZONING IS A LONG GAME. YOU PLAY THE LONG GAME YOU DON'T PLAY IT FOR TOMORROW YOU PLAY IT FOR TEN YEARS FROM NOW OR FIVE YEARS FROM NOW. AND I THINK TO UNDERSTANDING THE CONCERNS THAT COUNCILMEMBER AND LOWMAN HAVE BROUGHT UP AND THERE HAVE BEEN AND ARE CERTAINLY LEGITIMATE I DO THINK THE WAY THE BEFORE IS WRITTEN TO HAVE THE MIXED USE AND MIXED USE. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD COMPLETELY PUSH OUT ANY BUSINESS ANY RETAIL POSSIBILITIES COMPLETELY. IN FACT I THINK WE HAVE SEEN THE THE MORE THE MORE HOUSE, THE MORE ROOFTOPS THERE ARE THE BETTER IN TERMS OF RETAIL, IN TERMS OF BUSINESSES MOVING INTO AN AREA NOW WE'VE WE'VE ALSO SEEN WHERE IT DOESN'T QUITE WORK OUT THAT WAY IN TERMS OF GROCERY STORE OVER IN THE THE SOUTH LOOP BUT I THINK IN GENERAL THE MORE ROOFTOPS THE MORE PEOPLE LIVING THERE THE BETTER THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOR RETAIL TO BE LOCATED LYNDALE AVENUE AND AND SURVIVE AND DO WELL. IT'S MATTER IT'S JUST A NUMBERS GAME AND SO SO IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION YES WE COULD CHANGE IT AGAIN BUT I THINK THE GOAL OF DOING THIS TYPE OF ZONING IS TO LOOK OUT A NUMBER OF YEARS AND, LET THE MARKET KIND OF PLAY ITSELF OUT. I SAW COUNCILMEMBER REALIZE HIS HANDS UP AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER AND COUNCIL MEMBER REALIZE ARE THERE ANY GUARANTEES THEIR DEVELOPMENT WOULD ALSO OR ANYTHING THAT IS BUILT IN THERE WILL HAVE THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AS WELL. I MEAN IT TO ME I THINK BEFORE JUST MAKES PERFECT SENSE IN THAT AREA. I EVEN DELAYED YOU KNOW, A LOT OF . THE PEOPLE THAT I SPEAK TO ARE AGAINST IT. I BELIEVE THE CITY DOES NEED THAT AND IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD SO FAR SINCE I BECAME A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT YOU KNOW, BEFORE ACTUALLY LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THE MORE ROOFS WE HAVE, THE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESS THERE IS. AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN. YOU KNOW THERE IS SOME RESERVATIONS. YES. BUT IF WE ENCOURAGE THE BUILDERS, WHOEVER THE DEVELOPER IS TO PROVIDE ANY RESIDENTIAL UNITS WITH LOWER FLOORS AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCIAL, I THINK THAT WILL BE PERFECT IN THAT AREA AND WE NEED IT AND I MEAN THE AREA LOOKS DECREPIT TIME YOU DRIVE IN THERE. SO SOMETHING LIKE THIS WILL PERFECT FOR FOR THE LYNDALE CORRIDOR. SO I'M SORRY THAT I YOU KNOW, DON'T SEE EYE TO EYE WITH YOU GENTLEMEN I THINK IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT I HAVE SO FAR COME UP TODAY. SO I BE 100% BEHIND THIS. GOOD. YEAH, I GOT NO PROBLEM THAT BEFORE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? HEY, I WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN AMEND THIS AND TRY TO ON THIS AND SEE IF WE'VE GOT SUPPORT THERE. IF NOT, WE CAN VOTE IT DOWN. MOVE ON. SO LET'S LET'S FIGURE WE JUST MOVE THIS A LITTLE QUICKER. I'LL MOVE TO AMEND THIS TO FROM A BEFORE TO SEE FOR SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO AND IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY HE'S MOVING THAT WE APPROVE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY'S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE THE LOTS SHOWN ON EXHIBIT A ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT TO THE C4 DISTRICT AS OPPOSED TO THE B4 DISTRICT IN MY CITY THAT CORRECTLY SEE MR. MAYOR HERBISON HERE I DIDN'T I THOUGHT I HEARD FROM MR. MURNAGHAN THAT THE PROPOSED PROPERTIES CAN'T QUALIFY FOR C4 BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BIG ENOUGH SO THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO WITH THAT. DID I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY? YEAH, IT'S UNDER THERE OBVIOUSLY COUNCILMEMBERS I BELIEVE TO THE ZONING DISTRICT WE WOULD HAVE TO INITIATE REZONING TO A DIFFERENT DISTRICT, HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THAT, PROVIDE NOTICE THE C4 DISTRICT IS OFFICE ORIENTED DISTRICT SO WOULD NOT ALLOW RETAIL THE C5 DISTRICT IS THE FREEWAY VERSION OF THE D4 DISTRICT THAT HAS A LOT MORE INTENSITY. WOULD YOU THINK IT WOULD BE CHALLENGING TO REDEVELOP UNDER THAT AT THIS LOCATION SO THANK YOU MR. MARKER AND FOR CORRECTING ME THERE. IN FACT WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS AGAIN. I APPRECIATE THAT AND SO I THINK WHAT YOUR MOTION WOULD BE COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, WOULD BE TO SIMPLY REJECT THIS AND START THE PROCESS OVER AGAIN OR TO VOTE NO TO VOTE NO. AND I THINK THAT'S YEAH, WE'LL DO WE'RE GOING TO WITHDRAW THAT SO WE DON'T GET IN A BIG MESS HERE AND I'M HAPPY UNLESS THERE'S ANY MORE COMMENTS LET'S I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THIS THING. ANY MORE COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, WHY DON'T YOU MOVE US ALONG? HERE WE GO. LET'S SEE HERE. IT'S IN THE MOTION HERE. WE ALREADY CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING SO I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY ZONING BY REZONING PROPERTY SHOWN IN EXHIBIT A FROM B TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL OR I3 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL TO B FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL WE HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO WITH A SECOND ON TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY'S OFFICIAL ZONING MAP AND REZONE EXHIBIT EIGHT TO THE B4 DISTRICT. ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED NO SO THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE THE TWO WITH COUNCILMEMBERS LOWMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER MOUA VOTING AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE READY FOR THE SUMMARY IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUMMARY PUBLICATION AND IF YOU HAVE IT MOVE IT GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY ZONING MAP BY REZONING PROPERTY SHOWN EXHIBIT A FROM B TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO I3 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL TO B FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL MOTION MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SUMMARY PUBLICATION AND ITEM 4.4 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIED SEVEN ZERO ON SUMMARY PUBLICATION MR. PAMELA OLSEN THANK YOU. THANKS FOR STICKING WITH US. I HOPE YOU'RE FEELING BETTER SOON. THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK COUNCIL MEMBERS. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU TO OUR FINAL ITEM UNDER ITEM FOR THIS EVENING IS ITEM 4.5. THIS IS THE 700 AMERICAN BOULEVARD LAND AND TAX INCREMENT FINANCING INFORMATION. MR. PALERMO, OUR PORT AUTHORITY IS HERE. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. YOU MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT 700 AMERICAN AS YOU MAY REMEMBER WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS QUITE A BIT PAST YEAR AND A HALF AND ABOUT A MONTH AGO WE TALKED ABOUT THE TERM SHEET AND SO NOW WE'RE GETTING TO THE FINANCIAL. SO THERE ARE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WILL OPEN AND HOLD. TWO SEPARATE VOTES. BUT WE TO SIMPLIFY THINGS WE PROVIDE AS ONE AGENDA ITEM. SO THE FIRST THING YOUR OPENING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR WOULD BE THE LAND SALE. THE CITY OWNS THE PROPERTY AND THE OTHER ITEM WOULD BE FOR THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT. SO YOUR WEALTH FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE BUT FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 700 AMERICAN BOULEVARD WEST WITH THE VACANT LAND THERE HIGHLIGHTED NEAR THE AREA AT THE CORNER OF LYNDALE AMERICAN BOULEVARD. IT'S 128 SENIOR HOUSING BUILDING THIS ACTIVE SENIOR. EIGHT UNITS ARE PROPOSED TO BE AT 30% AREA MEDIAN INCOME 104 UNITS WOULD BE AT 50% AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND 16 UNITS WOULD BE AT 60%. SO THIS AVERAGE IS AT ABOUT AT 50% AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND THERE'S A SMALL COMMERCIAL SPACE ABOUT 1500 SQUARE FEET WHICH WOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF LOCAL ORIENTED BUSINESS. SO I'LL WALK YOU QUICKLY THROUGH THE TIMELINE WE OWN THE PROPERTY. THE CITY OWNS THE PROPERTY SO WE PUT OUT AN RFP A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL IN 2022. WE AFTER REVIEWING PROPOSALS WITH COUNCIL DIRECTION WE START NEGOTIATIONS SCHAFER RICHARDSON TO DEVELOP THE SITE. THEY THEN WORK DOWN THEIR ENTITLEMENT PROCESS, WORK THROUGHOUT 2023 AND AT THE END OF IN DECEMBER WE PASSED REZONING TO OUR AM 100 AND THE APPROVAL FOR THE BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT DURING THAT TIME WE ALSO WERE AWARDED A GRANT FROM THE MET COUNCIL FOR 1.77 MILLION THAT WILL HELP SUPPORT THE AFFORDABLE UNITS IN THIS PROJECT. SO WE STARTED TO DO THE ANALYSIS WE WERE THE PROJECT WAS AWARDED LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS IN JANUARY SO WE REVIEWED THE TERM SHEET AND ON MARCH 5TH FOR THE SAKE OF KNOWING THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO TAXING FOREIGN FINANCING, WE NOTICED TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER MARK 15TH WE PUT A NOTICE TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION AND THE SCHOOL BOARD NOTIFYING OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN ON APRIL 4TH WE HELD OUR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WHERE UNDER STATE STATUTE NEED TO FIND THAT THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT IS CONSISTENT WITH LONG RANGE PLANS WHICH THEY PASSED A RESOLUTION SUPPORT. SO HERE WE ARE AT APRIL 15TH LIKE I SAID, WE'LL HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ONE FOR THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT, THE DISTRICT AND ONE FOR SALE OF THE PROPERTY NEXT IT WILL GO TO THE HRA BOARD FOR THEIR APPROVAL FOR THE 10TH DISTRICT AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. SO BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR THEY ARE DOING THE DISTRICT IT MADE SENSE FOR THEM TO DO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THEN THEY WILL ALSO BE APPROVING THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND COUNCIL HAS DIRECTED THEM TO KIND OF MANAGE THAT ALREADY AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO CLOSE ON THIS PROPERTY MID-JUNE AND THEN FROM THERE THEY'LL START CONSTRUCTION IN JULY AND HOPEFULLY AS ANTICIPATED THEY WILL BE COMPLETE BY DECEMBER OF 2025. SO THE FINANCING TOOLS I'LL GO THROUGH THESE QUICKLY AND HOW THEY RELATE TO WHAT PROPOSING TODAY SO TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AND MENTIONED WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING A LAND RIGHT DOWN FROM THE ORIGINAL SALE PRICE AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. SO THE PROJECT IS ABOUT A $40 MILLION PROJECT. YOU CAN SEE PRE UNITS 315,000 PER UNIT THEY ARE PROPOSED ARE PROPOSING A TRUST FUND LOAN OF 2.4 TO 3.464 NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT THAT NUMBER WILL BE. WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EARLY MAY AND IF WE'RE AWARDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVE FUND GRANTS. SO DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT GRANT AMOUNT IS, IF WE DO RECEIVE THAT WE'LL KIND OF ADJUST THAT NUMBER. SO WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY FLEXIBLE 83.46 IS THE MAXIMUM WE CAN GIVE AS THE REMAINING BALANCE OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. IT IS A REVOLVING LOAN FUND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE IT'S 4.5% INTEREST THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE INTEREST RATE THAT WE USE TO FULFILL THE THE TRUST FUND WHICH WAS A LOAN. SO WE TAKE THAT DIFFERENCE IN INTEREST AND THAT'S HOW WE ARE GROWING THIS OVER TIME. BUT AT THIS TIME, YOU KNOW THIS IS OUR FIFTH PROJECT IN FIVE YEARS NOW IT'LL TAKE SOME TIME TO GROW THAT ABOUT YOU KNOW THESE PROJECTS 25 SOME TAKE FIVE 1015 YEARS YOU KNOW TO GROW THAT BALANCE BACK BUT WE'RE ALSO COLLECTING TAX INCREMENT FINANCING SO THAT IS HOW WE'LL BE PAYING PART OF THIS LOAN BACK WILL BE CAPTURING THAT AS WELL AS POOLED TIFF INTO THE INTO OUR FUNDS AND SO AT THE END OF THE PROJECT THEY'LL PAYING MORE YOU KNOW PAYING ALONE BACK THIS IS A LOAN SO WE GROWING OUR TRUST FUND IN THE END WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING THE LAND WRITE DOWN OF $900,000 AND I'LL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL. BUT THIS ENDS UP BEING A PRETTY LOW WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SUBSIDY COMPARED TO OTHER PROJECTS . I THINK WE CAN CLICK TIME SORRY. SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THESE ARE THE MAXIMUM RENTS FOR WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AREA INCOME. SO AT 60% WHICH THIS ENTIRE BUILDING WILL BE A FAMILY OF FOUR MAKES 74,000 ANNUALLY 50% IS 62,030% YOU MAKE 37,000 SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A GREAT NEED WHEN YOU HAVE THAT INCOME FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THESE ARE WHAT THE RENTS TRANSLATE INTO THE CLICKER WORKS WHEN IT YOU HAVE TO CLICK SLIDE YEAH WHEN YOU CLICK OFF THE SLIDE BECAUSE HERE YEAH LOOK FORWARD OH HERE WE GO FORGET SO THIS RELATES TO OUR MET COUNCIL GOALS IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OUR ALLOCATION FROM THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL FOR 2030 WE HAVE KIND SET GOALS ON DIFFERENT INCOME BANDS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE UNITS. OBVIOUSLY 30% IS THE GREATEST NEED. IT'S ALSO LARGEST AMOUNT OF UNITS THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE. WE'RE ONLY PROVIDED 42 SINCE WE STARTED IN 2020. THIS WILL ADD EIGHT SO ABOUT A 20% INCREASE BUT STILL A LARGE WAY TO GO ON THAT NUMBER. BUT THIS PROJECT KIND OF INCREMENTALLY GETS US THERE AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN OUR 50%. WE'RE JUST ABOUT MEET THE GOAL IN THIS PROJECT WILL HELP TIP US OVER THE TOP OF THAT BUT PERCENT UNITS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT AFFORDABLE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE HAS REALLY KIND OF INCENTIVIZED THAT AND KIND OF PRODUCED THOSE UNITS IN A MEANINGFUL WAY BUT GETTING THAT DEEPER SUBSIDY WHICH THIS PROJECT PROVIDES IS REALLY WHAT OUR OUR TARGETS ARE. SO GOING INTO A LITTLE BIT DETAIL ON THE LAND WRITE DOWN THIS IS AN INCENTIVE AND OPPORTUNITY ORDINANCE THAT YOU CAN REQUEST. SO WE HAVE THEY'VE REQUESTED THAT WE HAD SET THE PRICE AT $2 MILLION IN THAT ORIGINAL PROPOSAL THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE AREA OF SIMILAR SIZE BUT AS WE GET INTO SOME OF THOSE DEEPER UNITS WITH THE 30% UNITS THIS IS JUST A WAY TO KIND OF FILL THAT GAP. WE DO HAVE A SOURCE TO KIND OF PAY OURSELVES BACK ONE YEAR WHEN WE DO TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICTS WE OFTEN POUR MONEY AND YOU CAN USE THAT POOLED MONEY FOR AFFORDABLE PROJECTS. SO WE HAVE THAT IN THE SHORT TERM AND THE LONG TERM AS THIS LOAN IS PAID BACK WE'LL CONTINUE WELL UTILIZE THE TAX INCREMENT IN THAT BUT WELL ONCE THAT'S PAID BACK WE WILL CONTINUE TO CAPTURE THE INCREMENT AND HELP PAY THAT BACK AS WELL. WE WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THE PRICE PART OF OUR CONSIDERATION FOR THE SALE PRICE IS THAT WE OWE MONEY IN OUR STATE OF WAY ACQUISITION FUND. THIS IS ABOUT $600,000 THAT WE STILL OWE ON THIS PROPERTY SO THIS WILL HELP FULFILL THAT AND WE'LL BE FINE IN CASE WE'LL HAVE A REMAINING $500,000 THAT WE WILL THEN WE'RE PROPOSING AT THAT WE CAN CHOOSE TO APPLY THIS TO THE STATE RIGHT AWAY TO ACCOUNT FOR PROPERTIES AT LYNDALE AND 82ND STREET THAT WERE ALSO PURCHASED WITH RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION FUNDS TO HELP OF FACILITATE THAT. BUT THAT'S A DISCUSSION FOR ANOTHER TIME AT THE DECEMBER 18TH MEETING YOU MENTIONED ADDING INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT LANGUAGE ABOUT LABOR PRACTICES. THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE'VE LANDED WITH THE DEVELOPER MOVE WE WERE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT. WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE GET NOTIFIED IF THERE IS WAGE CLAIMS THAT ARE FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WE ARE ALSO THEN ARE ABLE TO REQUEST PAYROLL RECORDS FOR CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND WE ALSO TO MAINTAIN KIND OF A REGULAR CHECK IN THAT WE SEE WHAT THE CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS ARE. SO WE KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF WHO'S WORKING ON THE PROJECT. WELL SO MOVING INTO THAT TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT JUST TO KIND OF A QUICK OVERVIEW OF HOW TAX INCREMENT WORKS RIGHT NOW THERE'S KIND OF A BASE OF TAXES THAT ARE BEING GENERATED FOR THIS PROPERTY. WE HAVE THIS $40 MILLION PROJECT THAT'S HAPPENING SO THE VALUE IS GOING UP, YOU'RE GENERATING MORE TAXES AND THAT VALUE UP THIS KIND OF GREEN TRIANGLE IS THE INCREMENT SO THAT INCREMENT WE CAN THEN RECAPTURE TO PUT INTO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROJECT AND IN THIS CASE THE HOUSING UNITS ARE THE PUBLIC GOOD BUT TO ORDER TO QUALIFY THERE ARE FOUR THAT WE HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS UNDER STATE STATUTE INCLUDING DOESN'T QUALIFY AS A HOUSING TAX DISTRICT THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPE OF DISTRICTS THIS ONE WOULD BE A HOUSING DISTRICT. YOU EITHER HAVE TO HAVE PERCENT OF THE UNITS AT 50%. THIS SAYS 87% OF THE UNITS AT 50% OR 40% AT 60% AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND IS 100% SO EASILY MEETS THAT. BUT YOU ALSO NEED HAVE THE BUT FOR TEST WOULD WE BUT FOR TAX INCREMENT FINANCING WITH THIS PROJECT WORK ANALYZING THE PROFORMA YOU KNOW AS YOU SAID YOU SAW WE ONLY HAVE 42 UNITS AT 30% AMI SO WE REALLY WOULDN'T BE TO GET THOSE UNITS AT THIS AFFORDABLE LEVEL WITHOUT THIS INCREMENT FINANCING ADDITIONALLY THIS LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT THIS FINANCING AND LIKE ED MENTIONED IS IT CONSISTENT WITH LONG RANGE PLANS PLANNING COMMISSION HAS THAT REVIEW THAT BUT TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA IT MEETS TWO OF OUR MAIN HOUSING GOALS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RIGHT A RANGE OF HOUSING THIS IS SENIOR HOUSING IT'S HOUSING IT'S A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND SERVE OUR LOCAL DEMAND YOU SAW WHAT OUR OUR ALLOCATION FROM THE I COUNCIL AND HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE SO LIKE I MENTIONED NEXT STEPS NEXT WEEK HRA WILL REVIEW THIS FOR THE 10TH DISTRICT IN THE PURCHASE AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THEN WILL ALSO BE SHORTLY AFTER REVIEWING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND AGREEMENT. AND SO WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND THERE'S THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO OPEN AND CLOSE AND AND VOTE ON COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS HERE, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE BUT FOR A TEST THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE AFFORDABLE UNITS, CORRECT? I MEAN BECAUSE PRESUMABLY THEY COULD BUILD THIS WITH LESS IF THERE WERE THOSE EIGHT 30% OR ANOTHER THE ADA 30% OR WHATEVER 9% FOR OUR ORDINANCE AND THEN DID THE REST OF THE MARKET RATE THAT ACCURATE, MR. MAYOR? COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY IF THAT WOULD STILL BE ACCURATE IF THEY DID ALL MARKET RATE HERE IF IT WOULD WORK. I THINK THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE BETTER ABLE TO ANSWER THAT ON WHAT THOSE FINANCES LOOK LIKE. MY GUESS IS THAT HE PROBABLY STILL WOULD NEED SOME SORT OF HELP TO AT THIS INTENSITY IT'S A PRETTY 128 UNITS IS PRETTY LARGE. FOR EXAMPLE DOWN THE STREET AT 1801 AMERICAN THAT DOESN'T THAT DID THAT ROUTE THEY WERE ONLY ABLE TO PRODUCE 99 UNITS ON THAT SITE SO THIS YOU KNOW ,ALMOST 30% MORE UNITS ON THE SITE SO SPECULATIVELY I WOULD SAY IT MIGHT STILL BE TOUGH FOR THEM TO DEVELOP AT THE SAME INTENSITY. BUT FOR THIS FINANCING AND I GUESS A PART MY QUESTION IS YOU KNOW AND, I THINK I'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE BUT THE AREA THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM WITH THE SHOW IS AT 30%. WE'VE ALREADY MET OUR GOALS AT 50 AND 60. I MEAN WE'VE ALMOST QUADRUPLED IT AT 60 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND WOULD WE BE BETTER OFF JUST GETTING 20 UNITS OF 30% AT 30% AND LET THE REST OF THE MARKETPLACE EVEN IF WE HAD TO USE OUR TOOLS HERE WE'D STILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT GOALS I'M JUST CONFUSED AS TO WHY WE'RE LOOKING WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE GOAL ACTUALLY WE'RE JUST DOING MORE OF SOMETHING THAT THAT DEMONSTRATED MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO DO AS MUCH OF THAT THAT MAKING SENSE. MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, I UNDERSTAND THAT I THINK WITH THIS SITE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OWNS PROPERTIES SO THERE IS THAT FINANCIAL CONSIDERATION AND BEYOND THAT IN THE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LYNDALE RETROFIT PLAN EARLIER, THIS IS THE GATEWAY TO THAT. SO ONE OF OUR GOALS FOR THE SITE WAS HAVING A KIND OF HIGH INTENSITY MIXED USE GATEWAY ON THE CORNER WHEREAS A 30 UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING YOU KNOW LESS DEVELOPED YOU KNOW DOESN'T PROVIDE THAT KIND OF GATEWAY FEATURE BUT THAT IS A POLICY DECISION FOR YOU ALL TO MAKE AND I MEAN JUST I MEAN ONE LAST POINT. I MEAN THE UNITS ARE GOING TO BE THE UNITS OUR ORDINANCE SAYS YOU HAVE TO BUILD A COMPARABLE UNIT REGARDLESS OF IF IT'S AFFORDABLE THE AFFORDABLE UNIT OR NOT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. WE'VE ALREADY DETERMINED THAT THROUGH OUR ORDINANCE SO THE COST TO BUILD IT ARE THE SAME. BUT IF THEY COULD GET HIGHER RENT HALF OF THOSE PLACES DOESN'T THAT JUST EITHER GIVE THEM MORE MONEY TO PUT IN TO REDUCING THE RENT FOR THE REST OF THEM OR MAKE IT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE AS MUCH INCENTIVE. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO A LAND WRITE DOWN YOU KNOW MAYBE WE WE DON'T DO TIFF THERE'S OTHER FUNDING SOURCES I BELIEVE WE HAVE WE HAVE THE DEVELOPERS HERE SO IF YOU TOO DON'T WANT TO TRY AND TACKLE THIS MAYBE WE COULD MAYOR IF I MIGHT I THINK I'VE COVERED THIS BEFORE. I JUST WONDER I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST TIME AND SO I DON'T MEAN TO BELABOR IT AT 10:00 AT NIGHT I JUST IT UNDERSTOOD SAYING STUFF PARTICULARLY SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE POINT AGAIN THAT JUST FOR FUTURE PROJECTS I MEAN THIS ONE HONESTLY IS A STRUGGLE FOR ME TO SUPPORT BASED ON THAT. SO WE COULD HAVE DONE BUT I CUT MYSELF OFF JUST MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I JUST TO HIGHLIGHT TOMORROW ACTUALLY AT THE PORT AUTHORITY WE WILL BE HAVING THE CITIES HOUSING ALLIANCE PRESENT ON THIS AND GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION AND SO THEY'LL BE HEADING ON WITH REGARDS TO 30% ARMY UNITS AND KIND OF THE STRUGGLE OF PLACING THOSE IN WITH A WITH MARKET RATE THE MOST THE 30% ARMY UNITS USUALLY GO INTO 100% AFFORDABLE PROJECT BECAUSE THOSE DEVELOPERS HAVE THE RESOURCES TO USE OR THE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THOSE 30% AMI PROJECTS CORRECT? I HOPE SO PART OF IT AND COUNCILMEMBER CARTER YEAH THANK YOU MA'AM SO I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY A REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER NELSON'S POINT AND I THINK THAT THAT'S DEFINITELY A STRONG CONSIDERATION MOVING FORWARD AND I THINK AND WE RECENTLY UPDATED OUR OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE TO REFLECT THE PRIORITIZATION OF THOSE LOWER PERCENTAGES. I ALMOST WONDER IF SOME OF THIS IS JUST THE TIMING OF WHEN THIS PROJECT STARTED BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN IT WAS IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME AND AT THAT POINT I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE HAD THE CONVERSATION IS RELATED TO YOU KNOW WHERE WE WERE AT 6080 AND SO AGAIN TOTALLY AGREE AND I THINK FOR THIS PROPOSAL MOVING FORWARD I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE CHALLENGE THAT THESE PROJECTS TAKE SO LONG AND IN PARTICULAR I THINK THIS ONE HAD SOME MORE COMPLEXITY IT AND SO I THINK YOU SO COUNCIL ON THE DOCUMENTS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS DOESN'T INDICATE THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING THIS WAS NOTICED AS A PUBLIC HEARING SOME OF THESE SO IT IS GOING TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT AS TWO SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARINGS. HOWEVER, AS I SAID WITHIN THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU HAD, IT WASN'T OFFICIALLY NOTED IN THAT WAY. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IF THERE'S THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS I'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS. WE HAVE TO CALL AWAY AT LEAST A COUPLE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS SO GOING TO CALL REGARDING ITEM 4.5 I'M GOING TO CALL THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING AND THIS WILL BE REGARDING THE ORDINANCE TO CONVEY BY QUITCLAIM DEED REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN OWNED BY THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO BASICALLY AT 700 AMERICAN BOULEVARD IS THE LAND SALE IS WHAT THIS THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS ABOUT. IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THAT PART OF ITEM 4.5 THIS EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MY NAME IS BRIAN SELIG. THIS IS A LITTLE ABOVE MY PAY GRADE IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING ALL THESE THINGS WERE BUT A CONCERN I HAVE IS IS GUESS TWOFOLD ONE SEEMS TO ME THAT RATHER DIFFICULT TO MOVE INTO AN APARTMENT AND PAY FOR EIGHT OR SOME THEREOF KNOWING THE PERSON ACROSS THE HALL THE SAME UNIT THAT I HAVE AND THEY'RE PAYING HALF OF I AM THERE'S THAT ASPECT AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS. BUT SECONDLY IS THERE THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS WILL GET PRECEDENCE IN PREFERRED TREATMENT IN TERMS OF IF IF THERE'S ONLY EIGHT UNITS DO BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS THAT ARE THERE HAVE LIVED HERE 30 YEARS OR ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING ONE OF THOSE THAN SOMEBODY THAT'S NEVER LIVED HERE BEFORE AN AUCTION SAYS I MEAN 27 GRAND A YEAR NEED ONE OF THOSE BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING A HAIRCUT OF ABOUT 50% OF THE PROPERTY SO BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS THAT HAVE LIVED HERE FOR A WHILE HAVE PAID FOR THAT PROPERTY, PROBABLY PAID INTEREST ON IT WHILE IT WAS APPRECIATING AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO WRITE OFF HALF OF IT OUT. WE TYPICALLY WOULD AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THE PUBLIC HEARING BUT BECAUSE THERE'S NO ONE ELSE HERE OR I MEAN I SUPPOSE WE CAN APPRECIATE THAT BUT I THINK TWO ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS. FIRST OF ALL, THE NOTION OF SOMEBODY ACROSS THE HALL NOT PAYING THE SAME THAT THAT'S BEEN A POLICY DECISION OF THIS COUNCIL WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE WE WANT TO MAKE HOUSING AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS TO ABLE TO LIVE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FOLKS I THINK YOU HEARD IT EARLIER NOT AS A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE BUT THEY WHERE THEY CAN BE AND LIVE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO THAT'S THAT'S A COUNCIL DECISION AND A POLICY DECISION THAT I THINK THE COUNCIL'S BEEN PRETTY ROCK SOLID ON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW AND ALONG THOSE IN TERMS OF WHO IT'S RENTED TO, I DON'T THINK WE CAN SAY THAT THIS EVENING BECAUSE THAT'S YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN SPECIFICALLY SAY IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE TO BLOOMINGTON BECAUSE AS WE SELL THIS TO A PRIVATE DEVELOPER THEN IT BECOMES AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE INCOME REQUIREMENTS IT'S A IT'S NOT WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION, IT'S NOT IN OUR HANDS ANY LONGER TO SAY WELL YOU MUST YOU MUST RENT AT LEAST X AMOUNT TO BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS WE CAN'T DO THAT SO BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS ARE BEING ASKED TO TAKE THEIR CUT BUT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ANY ADVANTAGE IN GETTING BENEFITS FROM HAVING TAKEN IT. WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD CHARACTERIZE IT AS TAKING THE HAIRCUT AGAIN. IT'S A POLICY BY THE COUNCIL. WELL, I'M IN I'M NOT ON THE RADAR. I'M ON THE WRITE OFF ON THIS ON THE SALE OF THE LAND. THAT'S PART OF THE POLICY DECISION. IT'S THE WRITE OFF IS MAKING THOSE THOSE APARTMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE LOWER INCOME FOLKS. BUT YOU ARE CORRECT. WE CANNOT AS WE WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT WE CAN'T GUARANTEE SPOTS DUE TO SPECIFIC PEOPLE AND SPECIFIC RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON. THIS MAN DECIDED TO MAY INCORRECT IN SAYING THAT WE'RE MERE MEMBERS I THINK YOU I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER SPEAKERS AND THEN WE CAN TALK WITH THE DEVELOPER ABOUT HOW THEY CHOOSE TO RENT. I WILL SAY GENERALLY THAT IT'S A VERY REGULATED FIELD FOR HOUSING LAWS AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER LAWS AND I'M SURE THAT SEEK TO COMPLY AT ALL WITH COMPLY WITH ALL THAT. I'M SURE THEY DO. YEAH IT'S NOT 4.5 IS IT YOUR NAME. YES IT IS. YES. OKAY SURE THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. APPRECIATE THAT. OTHERS IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS IS MERCER ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON 4.5 A YOU'VE GOT YOU'VE GOT THE NOTATION FOR IS NAILED WE'VE GOT THAT NAILED DOWN THERE IS NO ONE ON THE COUNCIL NO ONE COMING FORWARD NO ON THE PHONE I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC ON ITEM 4.5 REGARDING THE THE LAND SALE OF 700 AMERICAN BOULEVARD SOME OF THE MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LUM AND SECONDLY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON LAND SALE PORTION OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING JUST MAKING THIS AS DIFFICULT AS POSSIBLE ARE TRYING TO NOTATE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND TO CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO NOW WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO GO RIGHT INTO THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING OR DO WE WANT TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS MAYBE TALK SPECIFICALLY WITH THE DEVELOPERS OR TAKE THE VOTE? HOW ARE WE DOING THIS ONE AT A TIME HERE MAY REMEMBERS SO WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE AND IF THIS IS CONFUSING I WILL TAKE THE CREDIT FOR THAT BECAUSE I I TOLD MR. PALERMO TO GROUP THEM ALL AS ONE AGENDA ITEM BECAUSE IN THE PAST WHEN WE REDID THE AGENDA THERE WAS A DERE BECAUSE THE SAME PROJECT WAS UP IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE AGENDA FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE AND SO WHEN WHEN WE WORKED ON THAT WE DECIDED WE WOULD GROUP THEM TOGETHER SO OF THE ALL OF THE ACTIONS THAT RELATE TO 700 AMERICAN ARE COMING TO AT THE SAME TIME AT THE SAME AGENDA SO WE COULD HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING IN THE TITLE BUT WE DIDN'T TONIGHT WE'LL DO A BETTER JOB NEXT TIME IT IS CLEAR IN THE TEXT JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS OF THE OF THE AGENDA ITEM IF YOU SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST PAGE OF THE AGENDA ITEM IT IS THERE THERE'S ALSO TWO SEPARATE AFFIDAVITS OF PUBLIC HEARINGS WHICH IS WHY WE'RE DOING TO SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARINGS. SO THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED BECAUSE W ARE CONVEYING LAND FIVE VOTES ARE REQUIRED THAT'S UNDER OUR CITY REGULATIONS AND THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IS IS TO DISCUSS OR HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CREATION OF A FIFTH DISTRICT WHICH IS A SEPARATE ACTION. SO IF YOU'D LIKE YOU CAN TAKE ACTION ON THE ORDINANCE TO CONVEY NOW AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE TIVE WHICH IS TO KIND OF SEPARATE VERY GOOD NOTIONS. LET'S DO THAT THEN I WILL WE'LL TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME HERE. SO WE'VE HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CONVEYANCE ON THE SALE QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'VE MOVED FORWARD ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IT THANK YOU MAYOR NOT SO MUCH QUESTION BUT JUST TWO QUICK COMMENTS TO THE SPEAKER'S QUESTIONS. ONE, YOU WOULDN'T REALLY KNOW THAT THE PERSON ACROSS THE HALL IS PAYING LESS BECAUSE THE UNITS ARE IDENTICAL. THAT'S ONE OF THE POLICY DECISIONS WE MADE AND WHY THOSE UNITS ARE IDENTICAL. IT'S FRANKLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I QUESTIONED A LOT. I WAS LIKE WE'LL JUST PUT LESS STUFF IN IT JUST LIKE MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE AND MY HOUSE MIGHT BE DIFFERENT. MAYBE THEY GOT NICER STUFF IN THEIR HOUSE WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? BUT SO THAT HOW YOU WOULDN'T KNOW AND THE AND YOU CAN'T SEGREGATE OUT THE AFFORDABLE UNITS AND SAY OH THEY'RE OVER HERE THEN EVERYONE WITH THE BAD VIEW AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. SO JUST TO CLARIFY THAT AND TO THE POINT OF FOR BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I HAVE IN THE PAST SUPPORTED THIS EVEN WITH THE MISGIVINGS THAT I RAISED AGAIN ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE AND THE MIX OF THAT. THIS IS A SENIOR PROJECT AND I TALKED TO SO MANY THAT WANT TO STAY IN BLOOMINGTON AND I THINK THAT THE REALITY IS IS PEOPLE WANT TO STAY IN BLOOMINGTON BUT PEOPLE IN EDEN PRAIRIE WANT STAY IN EDEN PRAIRIE AND PEOPLE IN COTTAGE GROVE WANT TO STAY IN COTTAGE GROVE AND SO I THINK PREDOMINANTLY THE PEOPLE IN BLOOMINGTON THAT ARE LOOKING FOR THIS MAYBE TO DOWNSIZE OR TO MOVE THEY'RE LOOKING IN BLOOMINGTON FIRST I THINK OF MY AUNT AND UNCLE WHO DID THAT AND DIDN'T FIND IT AND ENDED UP IN EAGAN INSTEAD AND FURTHER DRIVE FROM THEIR FAMILY, FROM THE GRANDKIDS, ALL OF THAT. SO THAT'S THAT IS PROBABLY THE PARTICULAR REASON THAT I'VE SUPPORTED THIS PROJECT WITH MISGIVINGS THROUGHOUT THAT IS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR AND IF WE HAVE IT HERE FOR THEM PREDOMINANTLY TRULY BELIEVE IT'LL BE PEOPLE FROM BLOOMINGTON IN THERE. I WOULD AGREE WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN I'M READY TO MOVE IT THE COMMENT I WOULD HAVE IS ONCE YOU MOVE IN YOU'RE NOW BLOOMINGTON RESIDENT SO THERE YOU GO. YOU HEARD ME WHEN I WAS IN THE WINTER RESIDENCE. WELL, IT'S ONE DAY OR 30 YEARS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS COUNCIL OTHERWISE GOING TO ASK COUNCILMEMBER BOWMAN FOR A MOTION AND 4.5 TO HEAR YOU GO THEN I'LL MOVE TO APPROVED ORDINANCE TO CONVEY BY QUITCLAIM DEED REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AND OWNED BY THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON MOTION COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE TO CONVEY BY QUITCLAIM DEED REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN AND OWNED BY THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO SO WITH THAT WITH SEVEN WITH 4.5 A DONE LET'S GO TO 4.5 B AND WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING NOW ON THIS AND THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ESTABLISH THE TAX INCREMENT DISTRICT AT 700 AMERICAN BOULEVARD AND AND TO APPROVE THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING PLAN THEREFORE, IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ESTABLISHED OF THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT AT 700 AMERICAN BOULEVARD MERCER OR ANYONE ON THE PHONE AND THERE'S NO ONE ON THE PHONE TONIGHT LAST CALL ON THE CHAMBERS. SO I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING 4.5 B ESTABLISHING THE 700 AMERICAN BOULEVARD REDEVELOPMENT TAX INCREMENT SO REMOVED AS STATED MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LONG AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO AS 4.5 B NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR BY THE COUNCIL ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO BECAUSE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NEEDED IF NOT I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON THIS VERY BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT MOTION UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO DO IT. COUNCILMEMBER MOMENT ARE AND I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE 700 AMERICAN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT THEREFORE IN ESTABLISHING THE 700 AMERICAN TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT AND APPROVE IT A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING PLAN THEREFORE MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER AND SECOND VOTE COUNCILMEMBER TO ESTABLISH THE 700 AMERICAN BOULEVARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT THEREFORE NO FURTHER COUNCIL COMMENT OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I AM OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO COUNTS REMEMBER I WANT YOU BRING US DOWN HOME ALL RIGHT I'LL MOVE A RESOLUTION IN RELATING TO THE CITY'S TAXABLE GENERAL OBLIGATION TAX INCREMENT REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2019 SEE AMENDING RESOLUTIONS 2019 DASH 211 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 190 AND APPROVING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF TAX INCREMENT PLEDGE AGREEMENT OF 70 AMERICAN TIFF DISTRICT OF MY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN CIRCLE MY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE CITY'S TAXABLE GENERAL OBLIGATION TAX INCREMENT REVENUE BONDS NOTE FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION ON THIS THANK YOU FOR STICKING IT OUT WITH US. APPRECIATE IT IT'S I KNOW IT'S IT GETS LATE SOMETIMES AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE STILL HERE SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH . WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR FINAL ITEM OF THE EVENING. OUR ORGANIZATION OF BUSINESS AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WE ALREADY COVERED 5.1 AND 5.2 EARLIER IN THE AGENDA THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 5.3 OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE. FIRST UP I AM GOING TO DO A QUICK SUMMARY OF OUR COUNCIL LISTENING SESSION WAS HELD AT 545. WE ACTUALLY HAD FOUR SPEAKERS . SALLY NESS CONTINUED HER CONCERNS ABOUT DISABILITY PARKING AT 8200 PARK AVENUE WE HEARD FRO MR. BRIAN WOLFE. HE TALKED ABOUT NINE MILE CREEK AND MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF NINE MILE CREEK AND THE ECOLOGICAL BALANCE WITHIN NINE MILE CREEK A GOOD CONVERSATION AND GOOD DISCUSSION WITH HIM. WE HEARD FROM MR. ANDY THALL WHO ASKED ABOUT A VARIETY OF THINGS INCLUDING THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WORKING TOGETHER ON A CAREER FAIR. HIS CONCERNS ABOUT SHOPPING CARTS GOING ROGUE ONCE AGAIN ON AMERICAN BOULEVARD WHICH IS AN ISSUE WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK INTO THAT. AND THEN I HAD ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY FOLLOW UP REGARDING THE RECENT GUNFIRE AT DARRELL FAROOQ AND THERE WAS NOT ANY FOLLOW UP THAT WE KNEW OF AT THAT TIME AND. WE ALSO HEARD FROM ROBERT AND WHAT WAS ROBERT'S LIST? ROBERT COLEMAN HAD A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS. HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE TIME OF THE LISTENING SESSIONS PRIMARILY HE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING TO THEM AND HE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT FINDING AN APARTMENT AND HE TALKED ABOUT THE COST, THE LOCATION, THE TRANSIT POSSIBILITIES. IT TIES INTO A LOT OF WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT JUST HERE THIS EVENING AND THE COUNCIL POLICY DECISIONS TO TRY AND MAKE THAT WORK OUT AND MAKE IT WORTHWHILE AND MAKE IT A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE AND BE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO IT'S GOOD TO CONSIDER THAT CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT. THE ONLY OTHER ITEM THAT I HAVE I JUST WANTED TO REPORT IN YESTERDAY I WAS OVER AT THE OAK GROVE PRESBYTERIAN. THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY FAIR FOR THEIR CONGREGATION FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT NONPROFITS IN TOWN BASICALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR CONGREGATION TO MEET THE PEOPLE FROM OASIS AND CORNERSTONE AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN TOWN DIFFERENT KINDS OF BRIDGING EVERYBODY DOING DIFFERENT KINDS OF WORK AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR FOR THEIR CONGREGATION TO SIGN UP AND TO VOLUNTEER AND TO DO THINGS AND IT WAS A FANTASTIC TIME. IT WAS GREAT TO GET EVERYBODY IN ONE PLACE. I'VE GOT NOTHING BUT COMPLIMENTS FOR THE OAK GROVE COMMUNITY OVER THERE. THEY ARE THEY THEY NOT ONLY TALK THE TALK THEY WALK THE WALK THEY GET THE WORK DONE. I'M VERY IMPRESSED AND I JUST WANTED TO TO GIVE THEM THE PUBLIC SHOUT OUT AND THANK THEM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID BRINGING THEIR CONGREGATION TOGETHER AND HELPING OUT WITH OUR OUR DIFFERENT SERVICE INDUSTRY AS A SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO WELL DONE OUR FRIENDS AT OAK GROVE PRESBYTERIAN. MR. VERBRUGGE. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT SEEMS A LITTLE EARLY TO BE SHARING THAT WE'VE WE'VE GOT GOOD NEWS FROM THE LEGISLATURE BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS TODAY. COUNCIL WILL RECALL THAT WE WORKED OUR DELEGATION TO PUT FORWARD AS A TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO BONDING DOLLARS THAT WERE PROVIDED LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED $1.8 MILLION FOR PRE-PLANNING ACTIVITY OF THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH BUILDING. THE TECHNICAL CORRECTION THAT WE WERE SEEKING WAS TO INCLUDE THE TWO WORDS TO CONSTRUCT AS PART OF THE PERMISSION IS PART OF THAT ALLOCATION RATHER THAN JUST THE PRE-PLANNING AND SO IT'S PART A BUNDLE OF OTHER TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATED TO LAST BONDING BILL THAT WERE PASSED OFF OF THE SENATE I BELIEVE THIS WEEKEND AND ON THE WAY TO THE GOVERNOR. SO ONE PIECE OF GOOD NEWS AND WE'LL TAKE IT. THANK YOU, COUNSEL ANYTHING TO BRING FORWARD COUNCILMEMBER. I GOT THROUGH JUST QUICK THINGS HERE. ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION JUST MORE AS A COMMENTARY PIECE AS IT RELATES TO THE WATER PARK. I KNOW IN PAST AGREEMENTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH THAT WE'VE HAD LABOR PEACE AS IT RELATES TO THE HOTELS AND I WANTED TO JUST BRING THAT FORWARD JUST AS A REMINDER THAT WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE AND I HOPE THAT STAFF IS KEEPING THAT IN MIND AS WE WORK TO CONCLUSION AROUND THE WATER PARK PIECE. AND THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN NEGOTIATIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED WITH A KIND A MORE CONCENTRATED GROUP AROUND THOSE TERM SHEETS AND THAT TYPE OF THING. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS LITTLE BIT ABOUT A COUPLE OF ELEMENTS THAT MAY HAVE CHANGED FROM THE LAST TIME WE MADE THE AGREEMENT. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A YOU KNOW WE HAS WE JUST HAD A A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME FORWARD WAS A REDUCTION OF WE USED TO HAVE $5 MILLION KIND OF EARMARKED IN THAT DEAL AND THEN IT KIND OF CAME DOWN TO 3.5 AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT BEING REDUCED FROM FROM THE FIVE DOWN TO 3.5 MILLION. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE EVERY EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER AND EVERY COMMISSIONER NEGOTIATING. BUT I DID WANT TO WANT TO ASK ABOUT YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT JUST SO THAT WE'RE ALL KIND OF CLEAR ABOUT THAT AND STAFF WANTED TO GIVE ANY MORE CLARIFICATION OR MAYOR IF YOU WANTED TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION THAT. I THINK THE ONLY CLARIFICATION IT WAS IT WAS A PROPORTIONAL REDUCTION TO THE OVERALL COST OF THE OF THE PROJECT AS WELL . SO IT WAS 5 MILLION BASED ON THE PREVIOUS COST AS IT CAME DOWN X PERCENT I CAN'T RECALL WHAT IT HAS COME DOWN A TOTAL COST THE REDUCTION IN THE THE SUSTAINABILITY PIECE CAME DOWN BY THE SAME PERCENTAGE. THAT'S I THINK THE THAT'S I THINK THAT THE THE EXPLANATION FOR IT YEAH 30% YEAH SOUNDS GOOD. SO MOVING ON BEYOND THE WATER PARK PIECE OF IT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY LAST FRIDAY TO DO A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS TO GET A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH THE THE GREEN CLUB FOR KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL. THEY NOW HAVE A CLUB THAT'S COMPARABLE TO THE JEFFERSON CLUB. SO I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SOME POINT TRYING TO GET ON GET ON TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION WHICH MAY CREATE A PROBLEM FOR US BECAUSE WE HAVE A NORMAN DALE REPRESENTATIVE AND WE HAVE A JEFFERSON REPRESENTATIVE SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING MAY BE COMING THE PIKE AT SOME POINT WE MAY NEED TO KIND OF DECIDE ABOUT THAT. AND THEN I ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY ALONG WITH THE CITY MANAGER TO ATTEND THE LEAD PRESENTATION THAT THE MALL AMERICA AND A NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF HAD GONE TO AND THAT I HAVE TO SAY WAS IMPRESSIVE TO SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE. AND TWO OF THE IDEAS THAT THEY BROUGHT FORWARD WAS THE IDEA OF BECOMING A LEED CERTIFIED EITHER A POCKET OF THE CITY OR THE ENTIRE THAT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, MIGHT HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF TAKING THAT ON. I IMAGINE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. SO I MEAN NOTHING COMES FOR FREE AND THEN ALSO THE SECONDARY PIECE WHICH IS WITH WHAT THE MALL WITHOUT WATER PARK LOOKING TO TRY TO DO THAT I KNOW THERE'S SOME PLANS THAT THEY HAD DISCUSSED ABOUT MAYBE HAVING FURTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT BUT I DO THINK THAT JUST FROM THIS COUNCILMEMBERS PERSPECTIVE I DO THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PRESENTATION TO KIND OF IF IT COULD BE HONED DOWN BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S 150 SLIDES THEY DIDN'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM BUT IT WAS A HALF HOUR PRESENTATION. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE MAY WANT TO YOU KNOW IF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL HAS SOME SLIMMED DOWN VERSION OF THAT WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE TO MAYBE LOOK AT THAT THAT IDEA AND THEN FINALLY AND I WANT TO BE CAREFUL HOW I POSITION THIS AND SAY THIS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT USE A PERSON'S NAME OR THAT KIND OF THING AND I JUST ASKING A QUESTION OF INQUIRY. I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU GOT A LETTER OF GRIEVANCE AND I WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT IS OUR ROLE AS A COUNCIL IN THAT PROCESS IF THERE IS ANY ROLE AT ALL I DON'T WANT THESE PERSONS YOU KNOW, THE PERSON OR WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT IS THERE ANY ROLE THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS IN THAT PROCESS WITH THAT IT NORMALLY WOULD ASK THIS IN A STUDY SESSION THAT WOULD BE OFF LINE BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT . SO YEAH MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS IF THERE IS A STEP IN THE PROCESS AFTER THE REVIEW THROUGH THE VARIOUS IT WOULD BE TO THE MAYOR REPORT I THINK FOR THAT CLARIFICATION ALSO ANYTHING ADDITIONAL COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO VERY QUICKLY I PROMISE ONE THING REGARDING THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PRESENTATION THAT SAW TODAY WE DON'T NECESSARILY I MEAN WE'VE GOT THOSE ACTION ITEMS THE RECOMMENDATIONS BUT WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN FOR LIKE ACTUALLY MAKING A DECISION ABOUT WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO PURSUE ANY OF THEM. I FEEL WE OWE IT TO THEM TO LIKE SAY OKAY YOU PRESENTED TO US WE HAVE FEEDBACK FOR YOU ON THAT AND SO ESPECIALLY SINCE ALL OUR WORK PLANS BY COMMISSIONS AND STUFF HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND NOW WE HAVE THIS SO THE TIMING OF IT IS A LITTLE AWKWARD. I'M JUST CURIOUS LIKE WHAT IS WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION THEN THAT THE PROGRAM HAS FOR CITY COUNCIL GETTING BACK TO THEM WITH ACTION ITEMS OR DECISIONS BASED ON THE THINGS THEY RECOMMENDED. I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION AND I, I SOME OF YOU MENTIONED EARLIER TONIGHT THE THREE THINGS THEY BROUGHT UP WEREN'T NECESSARILY FAR FLUNG OR FARFETCHED FROM WHAT A LOT OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW PERHAPS THE TROLLEY PART PERHAPS MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT NOT WHAT WE'RE THINKING BUT I MEAN TO MAKE THE CITY MORE BIKEABLE AND MORE WALKABLE AND TO MAKE THE INTERGENERATIONAL THING MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER. I MEAN SO THAT'S THAT THAT WE'RE AT LEAST DOWN THE RIGHT THE SAME PATH IS WHAT THEY WERE RECOMMENDING. I THINK THIS BEING THE FIRST WE'VE HEARD OF IT, I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF HOW WE FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS MIGHT BE. I MEAN, I'LL REMIND YOU THAT THE THE NOTION OF A A ON AN ELECTION OR PUTTING PUT ANYTHING ON THE BALLOT TO CHANGE THE CITY CHARTER TO ALLOW BREWPUBS THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME FROM A LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT CAME FROM THE BLOOMINGTON LEADERS PROGRAM AND SO IT'S NOT AND ACTUALLY IS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. EXACTLY. SO I MEAN IT'S IT'S IT'S SOMETHING I THINK IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAPPEN AT THE AT THE SAME MEETING BUT IT ALSO DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOING AWAY. I THINK IT WILL PERCOLATE A BIT AND I THINK STAFF WILL TAKE A LOOK AT DIFFERENT THINGS. I THINK THE INDIVIDUALS MIGHT LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOW CAN BRING IT FORWARD TO US BUT I APPRECIATE RECOMMENDATIONS AND AND WE'VE IT'S BEEN PROVEN IN THE PAST THAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THAT THAT GROUP ARE ACTED ON. OKAY. SO TO SUM UP VERY QUICKLY, THERE'S NO EXPECTATION THAT WE DO ANYTHING IT MAYBE CITY WILL MAYBE STAFF WILL MAYBE THEY WILL BUT NONE OF US ARE GOING TO. BUT THE COUNCIL ITSELF WELL THAT'S FINE. I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION. YEAH. GREAT. AND EVERYTHING ELSE COMES FROM I DID HAVE ONE MORE THING BUT DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT? YES, GO AHEAD. YEAH. SO I DON'T RECALL THE KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS COMING FROM PAST COHORTS LIKE THAT IN THEIR KIND OF SUMMARY OR WRAP UP AND MAYBE MY MIND IS JUST YOU KNOW IN ITS LATE THIS WAS A LITTLE NEW THIS YEAR. OKAY SO I WOULD MY MY ASSUMPTION BE THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF AN ACTIVITY AND IT'S LIKE IT'S LIKE A CAPSTONE. YEAH. THAT THEY'RE NOT THAT THERE ISN'T EXPECTATION THAT THEY'RE DELIVERING US PRODUCTS AND PROPOSALS AND SO THAT'S FINE I BUT AS LONG AS I'M MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'D SAY THAT DOESN'T PRECLUDE YOU FROM IF YOU WANT TO EXPLORE AND HAVE STAFF RESEARCH IT. I'M JUST GOING TO SEE WHAT I SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE HAVE REALLY FULL PLATES. YEAH RIGHT. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE JUST WITH SORT OF THAT COMMON ADMONITION. YEAH. THE EXPECTATION ON THEIR PART ISN'T THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO BE DONE. SO IF THAT'S IF THAT'S THE CASE GREAT. I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BE MISALIGNED AND AND THEY WALKED OUT OF HERE WITH EXPECTATIONS AND WE DIDN'T DELIVER. SECOND THING I'D LOVE TO SINCE WE SAW THEM IN THE PLANS CAN WE GET A BALANCE SHEET ON TREES SO? I DON'T KNOW IF THIS DOESN'T FEEL LIKE PART OF THE FORESTRY MASTER PLAN THAT WE APPROVED TODAY TO FUND BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS IS WE SHOULD ALREADY HAVE WHICH IS WHICH IS HOW MANY TREES HAVE WE TAKEN DOWN? HOW MANY TREES HAVE WE PLANTED AND HOW MANY MORE ARE WE GOING TO THIS YEAR? I WOULD LOVE TO JUST GET THAT DATA BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE KEEP GETTING THE DATA ON TREES IN LIKE LITTLE PARCELS LIKE BRYANT'S GOING TO GET 200 MAYBE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER WAS THAT WAS GOING TO GET 58 MAYBE YOU KNOW BUT WE DON'T HAVE A POINT OF VIEW ON LIKE AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS LIKE AN APP AIR THING SOME CAME DOWN AND THEN SOME WENT UP AND WE CAN FIGURE OUT A BALANCE SHEET ARE WE NET POSITIVE OR NET NEGATIVE ON TREES RIGHT NOW I'D THAT DATA THANK YOU THAT'S IT FOR ME I THINK WE COULD DO THAT COULD WE. VERY GOOD COUNSEL IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE TREE IF NOT I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN SOME OF COUNCIL BY A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I YES THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANKS FOR THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT THANKS TO THE STAFF FOR YOUR HELP GETTING US THROUGH ALL THIS AND THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO WATCHED AND PARTICIPATED AND HAVE A GOOD REST OF EVENING AND GOOD REST