WELCOME. I WILL CALL TO ORDER THIS BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING. TONIGHT IS MONDAY FEBRUARY 12TH 2024. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO IS JOINING US HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, EVERYBODY WATCHING AT HOME ONLINE. WE WILL START OUR MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO IF YOU'RE ABLE PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL . ONCE AGAIN, THANKS FOR EVERYBODY BEING WITH US THIS EVENING. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS TONIGHT COUNCIL IS TO ADOPT OUR AGENDA AND OUR AGENDA. WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF THINGS UNDER ITEM TWO OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS WE'LL START WITH ITEM 2.1 WHICH IS A REVIEW OF THE 2024 WORK PLAN FOR OUR PARKS ARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION. WE WILL THEN GET AN UPDATE FROM DR. NICK KELLY ON OUR PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE ITEMS 2.3 THROUGH 2.8. WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A BUNCH OF APPOINTMENTS AS WE TYPICALLY DO THIS TIME OF YEAR WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING APPOINTMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING BOARDS OF COMMISSIONS, PARKS, ARTS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH CREATIVE PLACEMAKING HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND THE LOCAL BOARD OF REVIEW. AND THAT'S ITEM TWO OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS IS 16 ITEMS LONG THIS EVENING AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS HAS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS FOR US THIS EVENING UNDER OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES AND OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS WE GO FULL ON PLANNING TONIGHT WE'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF PLANNING RELATED THINGS. ITEM 4.1 IS A MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES ORDINANCE THE CUMULATIVE NON-CONFORMITY NON-CONFORMITY ITEM 4.2 IS A RESOLUTION INITIATING REZONING OF PARCELS NORTHWEST OF LYNDALE AVENUE AND THE 94TH STREET INTERSECTION UNDER OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS WE HAVE THREE STUDY ITEMS ONE IS A STUDY AND REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS REVIEW FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL STUDY ITEM 5.2 IS THE RS ONE ZONING DISTRICT REVIEW AND 5.3 IS TO DISCUSS EXCELSIOR DWELLING UNITS FENCE AND WINDOW COVERINGS STANDARDS. WE WILL WE WILL WRAP UP AS WE ALWAYS DO WITH ITEM 5.4 OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA? MR. FERRUCCI MR. MAYOR COUNCIL IF YOU WOULD JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE FOR THE RECORD THAT COUNCILMEMBER CARTER IS PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY THIS EVENING. YOU BEAT ME TO IT. I WAS GOING TO DO IT AS WE MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO OUR VOTES BY ROLL CALL VOTE BECAUSE OF COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND NOT BEING WITH US THIS EVENING. SO. COUNCIL ANY ANY CHANGES OR IF NOT I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA SECOND GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS MERCER I. CAN YOU TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE PLEASE? HERE WE GO. SORRY. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, I COUNCIL MEMBER D'ALESSANDRO I. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, I. COUNCILMEMBER I. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I. AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WE HAVE AN AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING AND FIRST UP ON THAT AGENDA IS A REVIEW OF THE PARKS ARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION 2024 WORK PLAN. OUR CITY CHARTER REQUIRES US TO FOR ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO GET A WORK PLAN FROM EACH OF THEM AT THE START OF THE YEAR. AND SO WE'LL START THAT PROCESS TONIGHT WITH OUR PARKS ARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION. WE HAVE OUR PARKS DIRECTOR AND COUNTY WITH US TONIGHT AND THE CHAIR OF OUR PARK COMMISSION LAURA PEARL. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT THE PARKS ARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION 2024 WORKPLAN TO YOU. I AM THE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION AND I AM PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF ALL THE COMMISSIONERS TO YOU THIS EVENING. CHAIR IF I COULD ASK YOU TO MOVE THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER THERE WE THANK YOU . ALL RIGHT. SO BEFORE WE DOVE INTO 2024, WE WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME DISCUSSING THE 2023 PARK KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS. FIRST ON THE LIST WAS OUR PARK PROJECTS RELATED TO OUR PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN. THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED AS YOU KNOW IN THE PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN. WE'VE RECEIVED MONTHLY PROGRESS UPDATES ON BOTH BRYANT AND PARK AS THEY'VE BEEN PROGRESSING THROUGH ALL THE STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT WE'VE BEEN HEARING AND RESPOND TO RESIDENT FEEDBACK ALONG THE WAY AND WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH HOW THE DESIGN OF THE PARKS HAVE BEEN SO RESPONSIVE TO WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY. ADDITIONALLY THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE SMITH PARK PLAYGROUND UPDATE AT THIS PLAYGROUND WE ADDED A NINJA STYLE CHALLENGE COURSE. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO FINALLY DELIVER ON AN UNMET NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH THIS REALLY COOL AND INNOVATIVE PLAYGROUND. THE COMMISSION CONSIDERED COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED THE PLAYGROUND DESIGN. THE COMMISSION IS REALLY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE SPRING 2024 GRAND OPENING. IN 23 WE ALSO WORKED ON AN ADOPT A PARK PROGRAM. WE REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES AND POLICIES FOR BOTH THE PROGRAM AS WELL AS A NEW CITY WEB PAGE INTERFACE FOR RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS. RESIDENTS NOW HAVE AVENUES TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR PARKS. WE ALSO WORKED ON A PARK MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL PLAN. THIS IS REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE THIS IS ANOTHER THING THAT CAME FROM OUR PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN. WE'RE WILL BE REVIEWING AND RECOMMENDING ADOPTION TO THE COUNCIL IN EARLY 2024 ON THIS PLAN. THIS IS REALLY EXCITING WORK THAT'S GOING TO HELP ESTABLISH COMMON EXPECTATIONS FOR MAINTENANCE ACROSS ALL OF OUR PARKS AS WELL AS RESOURCES REQUIRED TO MEET THOSE EXPECTATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO SET LEVELS OF SERVICE FOR MAINTENANCE FOR ALL PARKS AND AMENITIES AS WELL AS ASSIGN NEEDED FINANCIAL AND STAFF RESOURCES TO MATCH THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE. FINALLY, IN 2023 WE PUT FORTH A DONATIONS AND MEMORIAL POLICY. THE COMMISSION REVIEWED AND MADE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS POLICY. THIS POLICY ALLOWS FOR GENEROUS AND MUCH APPRECIATED CONTRIBUTION TO OUR PARKS WHILE MANAGING THEM AS PUBLIC SPACES FOR ALL TO ENJOY WHILE CREATING STANDARD A STANDARDIZATION AND EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL DONORS AS WELL AS CITY STAFF. IN ADDITION TO THOSE INITIATIVES I'VE JUST OUTLINED ,THE COMMISSION HAS PARTICIPATED IN SOME ANNUAL WORK PLAN PROJECTS. WE TOUR BLOOMINGTON PARKS AND FACILITIES EVERY YEAR. HIGHLIGHTS THIS YEAR WE'RE HAVING MEETINGS ONSITE AT CREEKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER BIG AS WELL AS GETTING INTO THE PARKS AND SPENDING SOME TIME AT BOTH BRYANT AND TRAPPER AT VARIOUS STAGES AND PLANNING THROUGH THE PARK REDESIGN. OUR COMMISSIONERS ALSO PARTICIPATE ANNUALLY IN THE CULTURAL ARTS SUPPORT GRANT FUNDING REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND 1 TO 2 PARK COMMISSIONERS ARE PART OF THIS REVIEW PROCESS EVERY YEAR. WE ALSO ANNUALLY REVIEW BUDGET FEES AND OUR TEN YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS WELL AS SEEING VERY ENGAGED IN ALL OF OUR PARK PLANNING AND PARK PROJECTS THROUGH THE PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN . ALL RIGHT, THERE WE GO. SHIFTING INTO 2020 FOR A COMMISSION INITIATIVES, I WANT COUNCIL TO TAKE NOTE THAT WE HAVE A VERY BIG LIST OF INITIATIVES FOR 2024 AND THE COMMISSION IS SO EXCITED TO PARTAKE IN ALL OF THESE INITIATIVES AND THE HUGE IMPACT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE ON OUR COMMUNITY. SO FIRST THE PARK MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS PLAN I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS IN 2023 AND THIS WILL BE FORTHCOMING FOR ADOPTION IN THIS YEAR. THIS PROCESS IS GOING TO SET UP CONSISTENT STANDARDS OF MAINTENANCE AND IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE OUR OPERATIONS SAFETY AND USER EXPERIENCE ACROSS ALL THE PARKS. SO REALLY IMPORTANT WORK THERE. THE COMMISSION IS ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING ON AN URBAN FORESTRY MASTER PLAN. WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THIS PLAN AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COUNCIL. THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN GETTING SOME UPDATES AND GIVING FEEDBACK RELATED TO THE THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP FOR OPERATIONS AT HIGHLAND GREENS. I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE HIGHLAND GREENS PROJECT FOR A WHILE NOW. I WAS ACTUALLY ACTUALLY A ORIGINAL MEMBER ON THE TASK FORCE AND AS A TASK FORCE MEMBER THE PRIORITIES AND THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY IT WAS VERY FOCUSED AROUND MAINTAINING GOLF IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AS A VERY IMPORTANT ASSET AS WELL AS MAINTAINING AND PRESERVING OUR GREENSPACE THROUGH THE THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP. THE COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET THOSE PRIORITIES THAT THE HIGHLAND GREENS TASK FORCE OUTLINED ALMOST TEN YEARS AGO I BELIEVE. SO REALLY EXCITING TO SHARE MORE WITH THE COUNCIL ABOUT THAT THIS YEAR AS WELL. THE COMMISSION WILL ALSO BE REVIEWING A THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT ACROSS ALL REGIONAL PARKS AS WELL AS MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING FUTURE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF BLOOMINGTON'S REGIONAL PARKS. NEXT UP IS THE BLOOMINGTON FORWARD PROJECT AND I KNOW THE COMMUNITY IS INCREDIBLE. THE COMMISSION IS INCREDIBLY HONORED TO BE WORKING ON ALL THREE OF THE BLOOMINGTON FORWARD PROJECTS AND THIS YEAR THE COMMISSION WILL SERVE AS A KEY STAKEHOLDER BY PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REVIEW PROJECT PLANS OR REVIEWING RECOMMENDING CONCEPTS PROJECT PLANS AS WELL AS PRICING STRATEGIES. ALSO ON THE AGENDA FOR 24 IS A SIDEWALK PLOWING REDUCTION PLAN. PARK WILL SUPPORT STAFF AS NEEDED FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND LEVELS OF SERVICE FOR A SIDEWALK PLOWING AND THE 2020 425 WINTER SEASON. ANOTHER MAJOR AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE IN 2024 ON THE AGENDA IS THE MASTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS PARK REVIEW THE STAFFING PLAN AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL. WE PLAN TO LOOK AT FEES, FACILITY USE MAINTENANCE AND SCHEDULING OF FACILITIES AS WELL AS PAYMENT FOR SERVICES AND FUNDING OF PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES. NEXT UP IS A NAMING AND RENAMING POLICY THE COMMISSION HAS STARTED TO REVIEW SOME DRAFT POLICIES AND MAKE RECOMMENDATION WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL. WE'RE HOPING THAT THE NAMING AND RENAMING POLICY WILL ESTABLISH A SYSTEMATIC AND CONSISTENT APPROACH FOR OFFICIAL NAMING AND RENAMING OF ALL PUBLIC SPACES INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL SPONSORSHIPS AS WELL AS CORPORATE NAMING OPPORTUNITIES . THE COMMISSION WILL MAKE SURE THAT GIVEN NAMES ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE VALUES AND THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA SERVED AS WELL AS ENSURING THAT THERE'S KEY CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING A COMMEMORATIVE NAME OR MONTH. FINALLY, FOR 2024 THE COMMISSION WILL CONTINUE TO STAY ENGAGED IN THE BRYANT AND TRUMP PARKS FINAL DESIGN. WE'VE BEEN SO INVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THESE PARKS IN THEIR FINAL STAGES AND THEY'RE REOPENING TO THE PARK TO THE PUBLIC AND COME TO LIFE IN 2024 AS WELL AS 2025. ALL RIGHT. SO ALL OF THIS WORK COULD NOT BE DONE WITHOUT THE ENTIRE COMMISSION AS WELL AS STAFF. SO A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR COMMISSION AND THOSE WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT. SO ANDY HOFFMANN, OUR VICE CHAIR. NICOLE NICOLE ABRAHAM, DARRYL EGER, KRIS FLECK, HANEEN KURDI AND JONATHAN MINKS AND A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THE STAFF AS WELL. THEY HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE FOR THE ENTIRE COMMISSION THIS YEAR. WE'RE SO IMPRESSED WITH ALL THE WORK THEY TAKE ON THE THOUGHTFUL PLANNING AND HOW FOCUSED THEY ARE AT ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY AND SERVING THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. AND THAT IS OUR 2024 WORK PLAN AND A LITTLE RECAP IN 2023. SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MY GOODNESS, YOU'RE BUSY. VERY BUSY. FULL WORK PLAN FOR THE COMING YEAR AND I GUESS I'M HEARING YOU'RE MEETING WEEKLY NOW THAT MAYBE NOT OKAY. NEVER MIND. IT'S WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK ON YOUR FACE TOLD ME NO BUT SO I APPRECIATE THIS IS THIS AMBITIOUS AND THIS AGGRESSIVE WORK PLAN I REALLY DO AND WITH THE NUMBER AND THE SIZE OF SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AND THE THE IMPACT ON A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS I HOPE WE CAN MAINTAIN THIS CONTACT, MAYBE FIND TIME AT LEAST A COUPLE OF TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO MAYBE HAVE A TOUCH POINT, BRING YOU BACK IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL AND GET SOME UPDATES AND HAVE A CONVERSATION BACK AND FORTH ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE GOING ON AND AND WHAT WHAT THE COUNCIL IS HEARING WHAT YOU'RE HEARING AND WHAT THE PROGRESS IS AND ALL THE PROJECTS IF THAT WOULD BE AMENABLE I THINK WE COULD TRY AND GET THAT ON THE CALENDAR. I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO DO ABSOLUTELY GOOD COUNCIL QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER CARTER COUNCILMEMBER COLEMAN THANK YOU MAYOR. WOW, IT'S A LOT OF WORK THEY'RE DOING HERE IN TO THAT POINT ONE OF THE THIS I AM CONCERNED ABOUT WITH TAKING ON ALL OF THAT. ARE YOU AT ALL CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE WORK IN THE AMERICA? I JOKED ABOUT HAVING ADDITIONAL MEETINGS BUT YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANY CONCERN AT ALL WITH WITH THE NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT ARE THERE THAT THERE WOULD SEE SOME FALL OFF WITH THAT AT ALL? ABSOLUTELY NOT FROM A COMMISSION STANDPOINT I'D SAY WE'VE BEEN REALLY ENERGIZED AND EXCITED WITH ALL THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING THROUGHOUT THE PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ARE VERY HUNGRY, HUNGRY AND EAGER TO DOVE IN AND DO MORE WORK. WE REALLY LOVE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS THAT WE WORKED ON FOR THE INITIAL PARKS SO GETTING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND DOING THOSE ENGAGEMENT PLANS EVERYONE'S REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WOW IT'S A PARENT WITH SMALL CHILDREN. I HOPEFULLY WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO WITH THOSE PARKS. AND THE OTHER ONE HERE THAT I HAD JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION IS I KNOW THAT IN YEARS PAST AND I DON'T KNOW THIS I MAY LOOK TO YOU AND WE HAVE HAD THE VETERANS MEMORIAL AS A PART I DON'T WANT TO ADD ANY MORE WORK HERE. I DON'T WANT TO KILL OVER ON HERE AS A PART OF THIS AND I WAS CURIOUS IS THIS IS THIS NOW SOMEWHERE ELSE WHO'S KIND OF IN CHARGE OF OF THAT THAT PIECE? MR. FAROOQI THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, OUR FACILITIES MANAGER CHRIS GEDIMAN IS ALONG WITH ONE OF OUR CIVIL ATTORNEYS. THE TWO PRIMARY POINT PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING ON THAT BECAUSE WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW MORE OF IMPLEMENTATION THAN ANYTHING ELSE. SO WE'VE WE'VE HAD TO TAKE ONE OR TWO THINGS OFF OF THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT'S TABLE OR THERE'S A LOT OF WORK GOING ON OVER THERE. SO I MEAN I EVEN CRINGED WHEN I EVEN EVEN BROUGHT THAT UP. IT'D BE IT'D BE NICE TO GET FOR THE PUBLIC TO GET AN UPDATE AT SOME POINT OF THAT PROJECT AND WHERE IT'S AT GIVEN THAT IT'S NO LONGER AT THE COMMISSION LEVEL HERE. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR THE FLEXIBILITY TO JOIN REMOTELY. I AM TRAVELING FOR WORK SO APPRECIATE THIS OPTION. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT THE PARK COMMISSION HAS DONE AND YES, AN AMBITIOUS WORK PLAN BUT ALL VERY, VERY EXCITING EFFORTS AND I STARTED ON COUNCIL AND I THINK SHORTLY AFTERWARDS THE PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN WAS PASSED AND SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE ALL OF THIS, ALL OF WHAT WAS IN THAT PLAN START TO COME TO LIFE IN AN EVEN MORE SUBSTANTIAL WAY. SO THANK YOU. I'M ALSO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR MANY REASONS SO AGAIN THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK. MY ONLY COMMENT WAS YOU KNOW YOU TOUCHED JUST VERY BRIEFLY ON THE REDUCTION IN SIDEWALK PLOWING AND I KNOW IN NOT THIS WINTER BUT THE WINTER BEFORE WE HEARD A LOT OF CONCERNS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THE NEED FOR INCREASED SNOW SIDEWALKS, SNOW PLOWING AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF SOMEBODY ON STAFF COULD JUST DESCRIBE THAT TO EASE ANY CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE THAT WE WOULD NOT BE PLOWING KIND OF LIKE HEAVILY TRAVELED SIDEWALKS ON PUBLIC ROADS BUT THAT THIS IS MORE RELATED TO SOME OF THOSE RESIDENTIAL AREAS THAT HAVE SIDEWALKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ABSOLUTELY. YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE NOT EVEN STARTED DISCUSSING THIS PROJECT YET AND BEFORE WE KICK OFF THE PROJECT IT WILL BE KICKED OFF WITH THE CITY COUNCIL TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND YOUR GUIDANCE AND THEN WE WILL GO BACK TO THE PARK COMMISSION TO DETERMINE ANY WORK ON THAT INITIATIVE AFTERWARDS. SO I WOULD EXPECT THAT YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM US PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE SPRING BECAUSE WE WANT TO USE OUR SUMMER PROGRAMING OPPORTUNITIES TO DO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CONGRESSMAN NELSON. YEAH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS I WANT TO TOUCH ON HERE. FIRST I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT THE NAME AND RENAMING SPONSORSHIP POLICY. AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FOR GETTING THAT IN THERE. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THESE PARK PROJECTS PARTICULARLY BRYANT AND TREADWELL ARE ADDING NEW AMENITIES. AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD CONCERNS FROM PEOPLE I'VE HEARD THEM FROM PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT PARTICULARLY RELATED TO HOCKEY THAT THEY WENT AWAY. BUT THE CONCEPT OF THE MASTER PLAN IS ADDING THESE NEW AMENITIES AND WHEN I LOOK AT THIS WE'VE GOT A SKATE PARK. I BELIEVE IN THE PLANS. WE'VE GOT THE BIKE SKILLS COURSE WE'VE GOT ONE OF THE OTHER BIG CONCERNS WE'VE HEARD ABOUT IS NATURAL PARK RESTORATION AND THESE ARE WHY WE'RE DOING THESE PARKS IS TO ADD NEW AMENITIES AND I AM I MISSING SOME MAJOR THINGS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS A COMMUNITY? YEP ABSOLUTELY. GREAT QUESTION AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING OUT THOSE NEW AMENITIES. THAT WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE FOCUSED ON THROUGHOUT THE PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN AND IN LISTENING TO OUR RESIDENTS WE'RE ALSO REALLY EXCITED AT BRYANT PARK THAT WE WILL BE ADDING OUR FIRST ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND. SO THAT WILL BE A REALLY HUGE ONE FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL . QUICK LAST QUESTION AND THIS ONE'S ACTUALLY MORE OF A QUESTION BUT THE ADAPTIVE PARK PROGRAM WHICH I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ANY NUMBERS OR INFORMATION ABOUT PARTICIPATION IN THAT SO FAR I KNOW IT'S NEW. I'M JUST I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET OUT AND HELP. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WE KICKED OFF THE PROGRAM I'M GOING TO SAY MID-SUMMER LAST YEAR SO WE PROBABLY HAD A HANDFUL AND THAT'S JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. THE PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON SPRING, SUMMER AND FALL SO WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE KICKING OFF THE ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONS FOR THE PROGRAM THIS YEAR AND WE'RE HOPING TO REALLY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH IT THIS YEAR. SO THIS YEAR WILL BE ESSENTIALLY THE FIRST FULL YEAR YOU SORT OF HAD A YES IT A SOFT LAUNCH WALK OUT. ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IF NOT COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADOPT THE PARKS ARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION THE 2024 WORK PLAN SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADOPT THE PARKS, ARTS AND RECREATION PARK THEIR 2024 WORK PLAN. NOTE FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS MISS MERCER MAYOR BUSSEY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER HI. COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO HI. COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN. COUNCILMEMBER HI. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS THANK YOU . MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE WORK OVER THE PAST YEAR I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN VERY BUSY AND I KNOW THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE EVEN BUSIER. SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK PLEASE PASS OUR THANKS ON TO THE REST OF THE THE PARK COMMISSION MEMBERS AND IN THIS COUNTRY IF YOU COULD JUST PASS OUR THANKS ON TO THE REST OF THE PARKS STAFF HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON FOR THE OUTSTANDING WORK THAT YOU FOLKS DO EVERY DAY. I MOST CERTAINLY WILL. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL I ALSO WANT TO THANK LAURA. LAURA HAS BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR SIX YEARS. ANDY HOFFMAN HAS BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR SIX YEARS AS WELL. LAURA HAS SERVED AS THE CHAIR FOR THE LAST TWO. WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS WITHOUT THEIR GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR YOUR ADOPTION OF THIS PLAN THAT'S IN OUR AGENDA. COUNCIL IS ITEM 2.2. THIS IS AN UPDATE ON OUR PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE NURSE DR. NICK KELLY OR DIRECTOR OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH OPERATION HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS WITH US. GOOD EVENING, DR. KELLY AND WELCOME. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS IN FRONT OF YOU YOU'LL SEE A PICTURE OF MOST OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF WANTING TO WALK THROUGH A LITTLE BACKGROUND IN FRONT OF A CONSENT AGENDA FOR YOU TONIGHT. THERE HAS BEEN WORK HAPPENING FOR YEARS MORE THAN A DECADE. SHAQ, THE STATEWIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR COUNCIL HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO MODERNIZE PUBLIC HEALTH IN MINNESOTA. WE ALL WANT THAT INCREDIBLE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM THAT SERVES EVERYBODY IN MINNESOTA EQUALLY AND DOING THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS WE CAN GET TO THAT POINT. THAT PLAN CAME UP WITH A GREAT FRAMEWORK IN 2019 AND 2020. THEY'VE PAUSED THE WORK ON THAT RESUME, SOME OF THE WORK ON THAT TOWARDS THE END OF 21 WITH THE JOINT LEADERSHIP TEAM ,THE STATE LEGISLATOR PROVIDED SOME FUNDING TO SUPPORT THAT WORK. I JOINED THE JOINT LEADERSHIP TEAM IN 2023 AND IT REALLY SET THIS FOUNDATION FOR A SET OF STANDARDS THAT EVERYBODY IN MINNESOTA CAN EXPECT FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM. IT'S BASED ON A NATIONAL SET OF STANDARDS AND WITH THAT FUNDING FROM THE LEGISLATORS WE WERE ABLE TO DO AN ASSESSMENT OF WHERE THE STATE IS IN 2022. THIS IS THOSE STANDARDS. SO YOU'LL SEE THERE'S FIVE FOUNDATIONAL AREAS UP TOP. OUR DIVISION DOES FOUR OF THE FIVE ARE WONDERFUL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION DOES ONE OF THEM THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. AND THEN THERE'S EIGHT FOUNDATIONAL CAPABILITIES THAT EVERY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE IS SUPPOSED TO BE FULLY COMPETENT AND CAPABLE OF AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THIS FUNDING IS BEING DESIGNED TO HELP GET EVERYBODY THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A PATCHWORK SYSTEM, NO HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA MET ALL OF THOSE FOUNDATIONAL CAPABILITIES INCLUDING THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE NEW FUNDING COMING IN TO HELP DO SOME OF THIS WORK. I SAY THIS IS NEW BUT THIS IS ALL FUNDING THAT HAS COME BEFORE YOU. WE HAVE THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDING, CDC INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING RESPONSE SUSTAINABILITY WHICH IS THE NEW STATE OF MINNESOTA ANNUAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUNDING FOUNDATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSIBILITY FUNDING WHICH IS NEW ANNUAL STATE OF MINNESOTA FUNDING A LITTLE BIT LEFT OF OUR FEDERAL COVID FUNDING AND WE HAVE UPCOMING CANNABIS FUNDING THIS SUMMER GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. ALL OF THIS FUNDING IS NOW COME IN THROUGH THE PROCESS. MOST OF IT IS ANNUAL SO WE WILL BE GETTING THE SAME AMOUNT EVERY YEAR AND WITH OUR AGREEMENTS WITH THE DOWN IN RICHFIELD YOU'LL SEE THE THE AMOUNTS ON THE SCREEN EARTH FOR BLOOMINGTON ARE DOWN IN RICHFIELD FOR THE THREE CITIES COMBINED. SO KNOWING WE WERE GETTING SOME OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING, KNOWING WE WERE GETTING WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO TO IMPROVE OUR WORKFORCE, WE BROUGHT ON A WORKFORCE CONSULTANT WITH SOME FEDERAL FUNDING. THEY HELPED US COME UP WITH A PLAN TO PROCESS THIS WORK. OUR PLAN INCLUDES HIRING NINE NEW FULL TIME STAFF AND THREE TEMPORARY STAFF TO HELP US WITH SOME OF THE CORE GOOD WORK MOSTLY RECOVERY RELATED AND ALL OF THESE POSITIONS ARE ALMOST FULLY FUNDED THROUGH THE END OF 27 WE ESTIMATE THERE'S ABOUT $4,000 SHORT AT 27 SO I MEAN ALMOST FULLY FUNDED. WE HAVE A FOUR PHASE PLAN FOR THIS. OUR FIRST PHASE IS TWO SUPERVISORS. THEN WE HAVE A BIGGER TEAM. THOSE SUPERVISORS THEN GET TO HIRE SOME OF THEIR TEAM IN PHASE THREE AND THEN SOMETIME THIS SUMMER WHEN THE CANNABIS FUNDING COMES IN WE'LL BE HIRING A HEALTH EDUCATOR TO DO THAT WORK. THIS IS MOSTLY JUST SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'VE DONE ON OUR BACK END IS WE'VE BEEN BREEDING AND CONNECTING AS MUCH OF THE FUNDING STREAMS AS POSSIBLE TO BE AS EFFICIENT AND INTEGRATED IN THIS WORK . SO THAT KIND OF RECAP THERE'S ABOUT JUST SHY OF 1.2 MILLION OF NEW ANNUAL FUNDING COMING IN FOR PUBLIC HEALTH WORK. MOST OF THIS FUNDING HAS VERY SPECIFIC ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR IT. ONE OF THE KEY THINGS IS IT'S NOT ALLOWED TO SUPPLANT CURRENT WORK. SO MOST OF THIS IS NEW WORK, NEW CAPACITY. WE HAVE A CDC INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT THAT'S GOING TO HELP US DO SOME OF THAT WORK ALONG WITH SOME TRAINING THAT ENDS IN 2027 THAT WAS BRIDGING SOME OF THAT WORK. AND SO WE WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT IMPACT IN 2028. FROM A CAPACITY STANDPOINT THAT WILL BE PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE WILL BE HAVING WITH THE DEAN IN RICHFIELD AS WE SHARE THOSE SERVICES IN ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? THANK YOU, DR. KELLY. APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION AND APPRECIATE THE AND AGAIN THE AGGRESSIVE NATURE TAKING ON A NEED AND GOING AFTER THE NECESSARY GRANT FUNDING TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HONOR THOSE NEEDS AND PROVIDE THE WORK FOR FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA AND RICHFIELD. THE ONE QUESTION I HAD I NOTICED ON YOUR LIST OF STAFFING POSITIONS THERE WERE AT LEAST THREE THAT SAID THEY WERE TEMPORARY POSITIONS. CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT A BIT FOR US? YES, MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS WITH THAT ADDITIONAL COVID FUNDING WE HAVE WE DID NOT WANT TO HIRE LONG TERM FULL TIME BECAUSE IT'S TIME LIMITED FUNDING AND SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING THREE TEMPORARY STAFF WORKING THROUGH SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR TO HELP US WITH COVID RECOVERY WORK IN DOING THE VARIOUS PROJECTS AROUND THAT. THANK YOU. MR.. MR.. YEAH, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WE DO WHEN WE RECRUIT THOSE POSITIONS IF THEY ARE TEMPORARY WE DO STIPULATE THAT SO PEOPLE WHO ARE APPLYING FOR IT HAVE FULL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPECTATION OF WHAT THE WHAT THE NATURE OF THE POSITION IS. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. COUNCIL STAFF COUNCIL QUESTIONS OF DR. KELLY TONIGHT . COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU MAYOR FIRST. GREAT JOB GOING OUT LOOKING FOR SOME GRANT FUNDING AND I KNOW THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH. MOST OF THE BUDGET IS COVERED BY GRANTS. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY, THIS CANNOT BE USED TO COVER EXISTING STAFFING AND IS THAT TRUE? EVEN IF WE SHIFTED THEIR FOCUS TO DO NEW PROGRAMING WITH THAT EXISTI STAFFING? MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, THE SO FOR LIKE THE CDC FUNDING IT'S EXPLICIT IT'S NEW TO NEW HIRES NOT TO SUPPLANT THE FOUNDATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH IS AGAIN NOT TO SUPPLANT BRING ON NEW THERE WE HAVE MOVED A LITTLE BIT OF SOME OF OUR EXISTING STAFF AROUND TO BUILD SOME OF THAT CAPACITY. SO WE'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT BUT THE BULK OF THIS WORK IS TO TO DO SOME OF THOSE FOUNDATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE'RE NOT FULLY ACCOMPLISHING TO DO RIGHT NOW. SO OKAY. THANK YOU. SECOND QUESTION I HAD WHAT ARE THE TAILS OF THIS? IT'S IT LOOKED LIKE THERE'S A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND THERE'S A FEW TEMPORARY POSITIONS THAT THE MAYOR JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT IN 27, 28, 29, THAT SORT OF STUFF THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE AND CONSIDER IN TERMS OF ITS BUDGETS, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. SO SIMILAR TO THE MOST OF OUR BUDGET WE'RE GOING TO GET SOLID GRANT FUNDING SO WE'RE GOING TO GET JUST SHY OF 1.2 MILLION. WE THINK THAT'S A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE. WE DON'T KNOW THE DOLLAR AMOUNT YET FOR CANNABIS SO WE DID NOT PLAN ON USING THE FULL AMOUNT THAT WE THINK WE MAY GET. BUT RIGHT NOW OUR ESTIMATES IS WE'D BE ABOUT $4,000 SHORT IN 2027 AND YOU SAW THAT ABOUT 200,000 SHORT IN 2028. SO SIMILAR TO THE REST OF THE WAY OUR BUDGET WORKS WITH WE'RE GOING TO HAVE STABLE SOLID FUNDING THAT COVERS THE MAJORITY OF THE COST AND AS OUR STAFFING COSTS GO UP EVERY YEAR THAT NUMBER WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GAP THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK TO COVER AND WORK THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESS TO DO THAT. OKAY. SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR US WHEN COUNCIL THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHERE WE KNOW THAT'S GOING TO END AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COVER IT. YOU EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE WHICH IS AGAIN AND I WAS PRIVILEGED TO SIT IN WITH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING WITH PUBLIC HEALTH A FEW YEARS AGO AND YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE BUDGET IS THAT WAY AND THAT HAS TO BE EXTRAORDINARILY NERVE WRACKING TO THAT YOU'RE DEPENDENT ON ALL THESE OUTSIDE PLACES TO GET THAT FUNDING BUT WE APPRECIATE IT. MY LAST QUESTION I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO MORE IN TERMS OF THESE POSITION. IS THERE ANY MORE PROCESS IN TERMS OF APPROVING POSITIONS THAT THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO DO, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I THINK THATE MAY HAVE A COUPLE MORE THAT WE HAVE TO BRING THROUGH FOR APPROVAL. WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH THE H.R. PROCESS FOR WHAT WE CALL B7 PROCESS APPROVING THE POSITIONS SO THEY'LL COME BACK AND THEY'LL BE ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ADD THEM INTO THE COMPENSATION PLAN. IT WAS PROBABLY THE ONLY THING THAT WILL COME BACK TO YOU IN REGARD TO THIS. OKAY. THEN MY LAST QUESTION I KNOW SOME OF THIS STUFF GOES TO MENTAL HEALTH AND I KNOW THERE'S A HUGE CRISIS WITH OUR STUDENTS KIDS WITHIN I MEAN DOES THIS PROVIDE ANY RESOURCES TO ALLOW US TO HELP OUR PARTNERS OVER AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH THE ISSUES THAT THEY'RE WORKING, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. YES. SO ONE OF THE NEW TEAMS WE'RE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING AND I'M HAPPY TO DOVE A LOT DEEPER INTO THAT PROCESS BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW TEAM THAT'S GOING TO BE WORKING ON SUBSTANCE USE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING AND POLICY. AND SO THERE WILL BE A SUPERVISOR AND A HANDFUL OF STAFF JUST DOING THAT WORK AND WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AND HAVING A LOT MORE CAPACITY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW MOST OF THAT WORK IS OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED TO STAFF AND SO THIS WILL GIVE US SOME CAPACITY TO DO SOME OF THAT WORK. I'M INTO YOUR EARLIER THIS MOST OF THE STATE FUNDING IS IN THE STATE BUDGET SO IT'S BASE FUNDING. UNLESS THAT CHANGES IT'LL BE THERE EVERY YEAR. MR. FAROOQI AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I SEE YOU THERE AND WE'LL GET TO MR. DO YOU WANTED TO COMMENT HERE? I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER CARTER CAN GO FIRST. IT'S ON COUNCILMEMBER CARTER COMMENT WELL THANK YOU CITY MANAGER. SO FIRST I JUST WANT TO THANK DR. KELLY FOR LEADERSHIP IN THIS EFFORT WITH THE STATE FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE JOINT LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT HAS BEEN REALLY HELPING SHIFT AND TRANSFORM OUR OUR PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM ACROSS THE STATE. AND I WILL SAY BEING PART OF THE SHAQ AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE ON COUNCIL I HAVE GOTTEN TO BE PART OF CONVERSATIONS AND HEAR FROM PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERS ACROSS THE STATE AS AS ELECTED OFFICIALS PRIMARILY AT THE COUNTY LEVEL BECAUSE THAT'S HOW A LOT OF THE STATE OPERATES THEIR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES AND. I JUST HAVE TO SAY WE HAVE WE HAVE REALLY GOOD THINGS HAPPENING IN BLOOMINGTON AND WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THE LEADERSHIP OF DR. KELLY AND OUR WHOLE PUBLIC HEALTH TEAM HERE. THERE ARE A LOT OF PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE STATE REALLY STRUGGLING. AND SO AGAIN, JUST WANT TO THANK DR. KELLY, THE WHOLE PUBLIC HEALTH TEAM AND THEN I GUESS MY QUESTION AND YOU ALLUDED TO IT RIGHT AT THE END THERE, DR. KELLY YOU SAID MOST OF THIS IS NOW IN THE BASED BUDGET. IT'S STATE FUNDING AND I KNOW THAT DURING THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION THERE WAS SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDING PASSED FOR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH. IS THAT IS THAT WHAT THIS IS PART OF AS PART OF THAT TRANSFORMATION WORK, MR. MAYOR? COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. YES. THE FOUNDATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDING AND THE RESPONSE SUSTAINABILITY ARE BOTH NEW FUNDING STREAMS. THE ONE OF THE LARGEST INVESTMENTS WE'VE SEEN IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE IN DECADES. AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL SEE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS IN THE FUTURE. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK . I AM VERY PROUD OF OUR STAFF AND I WILL JUST SAY THE CHECK AND THE LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION ADVOCATED QUITE A BIT ON THAT NEW FUNDING AND AS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON WAS ALLUDING TO OFTENTIMES HISTORICALLY IN PUBLIC HEALTH IT'S JUST BEEN GRANT BY GRANT BY GRANT WITH SOME STATE FUNDING STREAMS FOR THINGS LIKE WIK AND SO THIS PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDING THAT IS NOW IN THE BASE BUDGET THAT WILL BE ONGOING IS GOING TO BE REALLY CRITICAL FOR PUBLIC HEALTH. SO I WANTED TO ADD THAT THANK YOU FOR THE CONTEXT, COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THANK YOU, MS. MAYOR GOOD TO SEE YOU. DR. KELLY THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND I DON'T WANT TO LEAN IN ON ON COUNCILMEMBER CARTER'S TIME ON THIS COUNCIL ON THIS COMMISSION AS WELL. BUT WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN IS THE MEASUREMENT AND CRITERIA FOR OUTCOMES RELATED TO THIS. SO YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FOR EXAMPLE HEALTH EQUITY OR WE TALK ABOUT SUBSTANCE ABUSE, WE'RE EXPECTING SOME KIND OF POSITIVE OUTCOME WHERE HOW IS THAT DEFINED? ARE THERE REQUIREMENTS AS PART OF THIS FUNDING THAT IS COMING IN FROM THE STATE THAT WE NEED TO TRACK OR YOU KNOW, WHO'S WHO'S JOB IS IT GOING TO BE WITHIN THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO DO THAT? CAN YOU DESCRIBE THAT A LITTLE BIT FOR US AND I MEAN I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT GOALS WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IF ANY WHICH I ASSUME THERE'LL BE A TON OF THEM BUT ANYTHING YOU CAN HELP US WITH WOULD BE GREAT. THANKS, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. YES. THERE IS A LOT THAT WILL BE TRACKED. A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE RESPONSE SUSTAINABILITY FUNDING. THERE ARE EIGHT RED CAP SHEETS THAT WE WILL BE FILLING OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS DESCRIBING WHAT WE'RE DOING, HOW WE'RE DOING IT IN MEETING SOME OF THOSE GOALS. SOME OF THIS IS REALLY A WORK IN PROGRESS FROM THE STATE STANDPOINT. WE HAVE A SET OF FRAMEWORK AND SOME OPERATING DEFINITIONS. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE NEXT SHACK MEETING WILL HAVE A NEW WORKGROUP BEING FORMED TO REALLY SET SOME REALLY CLEAR DEFINITIONS AND OUTCOMES FOR WHAT SOME OF THIS WORK LOOKS LIKE. IT'S AN EMERGING COMPLEX CHALLENGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO THREAD THAT NEEDLE OF WHAT'S IT MEAN TO DO THIS IN YOUR COMMUNITY WITH A NATIONAL FRAMEWORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ON THE FRONT SEAT FOR. SO THERE IS A LOT BEING TRACKED AND WE'RE INTEGRATING THIS INTO OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURE PROCESS ACROSS THE CITY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. QUICK FOLLOW UP THEN FOR YOU. WHAT IS ROLE OF HENNEPIN COUNTY AND TO SOME OTHER EXTENT MAYBE OUR BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR EXAMPLE, AS IT RELATES TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE? WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THEM AS PARTNERS IN THOSE OUTCOMES AND HOW HOW HOW ARE THEY PARTICIPATING IN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AT THIS? YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES TO THEM OR DO THEY HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES TO US AS IT RELATES TO PARTNERING ON THOSE OUTCOMES? SO WHERE CUSTOMARY DISORDER I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE YOU'RE CONNECTING TO THE OPIOID FUNDING WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THAT SUBSTANCE WORK WE'RE WORKING VERY TIGHTLY WITH THE COUNCIL OR IN THE COUNTY ON THAT WORK. SO WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THEM, COORDINATING WITH AS ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH ENTITIES WITHIN HENNEPIN DOING THAT WORK. WE HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, VERY FREQUENT COLLABORATION IN THAT PROCESS AND SO WE'RE JOINTLY APPROACHING A LOT OF THINGS ON THE COUNTY END WITH THE OPIOIDS. WE'RE WE'RE MOSTLY THERE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY'RE DOING BECAUSE WE'RE FAR AHEAD OF THE OTHER CITIES IN HENNEPIN COUNTY THAT DON'T HAVE A COMMUNITY HEALTH BOARD TO DO THIS WORK ON THE CANNABIS WE'RE DOING A SIMILAR APPROACH. WE'RE COORDINATING WITH MULTIPLE PARTNERS WITHIN THE CITY THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH AND THEN WE PARTICIPATE IN REGULAR CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN MINNEAPOLIS AND IN HENNEPIN TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY'RE APPROACHING THESE THINGS. SO WE'RE ON TOP OF THAT AND TRYING TO STAY ON THE FOREFRONT. COUNCIL ANYTHING ELSE? MR.. OH, I'M SORRY. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE MOMENT YOU KNOW WHERE I DO HAVE MORE EXTENSIVE QUESTIONS AND CERTAINLY WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT THEM AND IF WE WOULD HAVE TO ANSWER THIS ONE HERE I'LL JUST GIVE IT QUICKLY TO YOU. I'M INTERESTED WITH THE EIGHT PRIORITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE WITH THIS PLAN THAT YOU'VE LAID OUT AND MAYBE THERE IS A MORE CONCRETE PLAN THAT'S OUT THERE. WHEN DO WE EXPECT TO, YOU KNOW, 8 TO 7 GET TO A POINT WHERE WE BE ABLE TO TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOMETHING IN EACH ONE OF THESE AREAS THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO YOU KNOW, ACROSS OUR THREE CITIES BE ABLE TO REALLY HELP WITH THOSE THINGS OR BE USEFUL IN THAT PROCESS. SO THAT'S MY QUESTION. I DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IT NOW BUT I'D BE INTERESTED TO HAVE THAT ON ONE VERY GOOD. MR. BRUMBY I THINK MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS SIMILAR TO COUNCILMAN RECOVERY'S COMMENTS I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE DR. KELLY IN THE WORK THAT HE DOES AND ALL OF OUR FOLKS IN PUBLIC HEALTH BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WHEN THERE IS THIS SIGNIFICANT BIT OF AN INCREASE IN THE RESOURCES THAT ARE COMING INTO THE SYSTEM BEING VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW THOSE RESOURCES ARE BEING DEPLOYED FOR MAXIMUM EFFECT. COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT DR. KELLEY DID WORKING WITH THE TEAM THAT ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH THE ALLOCATION FORMULA. FOR TWO REASONS ONE, I THINK IT HIGHLIGHTS HOW IMPORTANT BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC HEALTH IS VIEWED AS A PARTNER FOR THE STATE. AND SECONDLY, I THINK IT SPEAKS TO DR. KELLY'S CREDIBILITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE WE JUST APPRECIATE HIS ADVOCACY FOR OUR TRI-CITIES CONSORTIUM IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ALWAYS AT THE TABLE AND YOU KNOW, BEING APPROPRIATE CONSIDERED BECAUSE I THINK THIS THE FORMULA IS VERY FAVORABLE TO OUR THREE CITIES. THANK YOU MR. FOR BRINGING YOUR COMMENTS. BRING UP A QUESTION ARE THE ADDITIONAL 12 PEOPLE WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO SIT? WELL, MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HOTELING AND WE'RE SHARING SPACES AND WE'RE GOING TO FIND WORKSPACES WHERE WE CAN. SO I KNOW THAT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER JUST YET. SO MR. MAYOR, WITH THE SUPPORT THE COUNCIL PROVIDED TO DO SOME FURNITURE REMODELING IN OUR BUILDING, THE NINE NEW FULL TIME STAFF WILL ALL HAVE A CUBE SPACE. WE'RE ABLE TO DO SOME EFFICIENCIES AND IMPROVEMENTS AND WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HOTELING BUT WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE INVESTMENT THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN MAKING FOR DECADES. THANK YOU. GOOD TO KNOW. THANK YOU MUCH COUNSEL. THIS WAS FOR INFORMATION ONLY WITH NO ACTION REQUIRED ON THIS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH DR. KELLY. ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. UP NEXT WE HAVE A SERIES OF APPOINTMENTS FOR OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. AND AS WE GET INTO THAT BEFORE WE GET INTO THEM, I WANTED TO KIND OF SET THE STAGE THAT WE FOR FOR YOU YOU KNOW IT BUT FOR ANYBODY WATCHING AND ANYONE HERE THIS EVENING SO LAST WEEK THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON CONDUCTED OUR INTERVIEWS FOR OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR OUR 2024 YEAR CITY, RECEIVED 47 APPLICATIONS FROM RESIDENTS HOPING TO SERVE THE CITY ON THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH BE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING HUMAN RIGHTS SUSTAINABILITY PARKS, PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL YOUR WORK BECAUSE EACH COUNCIL OR EACH INTERVIEW PANEL INCLUDED ONE CURRENT COMMISSION MEMBER AND ONE MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THERE WERE FOUR DOZEN INTERVIEWS IN FIVE DIFFERENT ROOMS OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT 4 HOURS HERE AT CITY HALL AND WE HAD ONE PERSON DESCRIBE IT AS MUNICIPAL SPEED DATING AND I THINK THAT WAS ABOUT RIGHT BECAUSE WE WENT THROUGH A LOT. I DO APPRECIATE BECAUSE AFTER THE INTERVIEWS THE PANELS REFLECTED ON THE APPLICANT POOL. WE LOOKED AT THE TRY TO IDENTIFY THE APPLICANTS THAT HAD THE MOST VALUABLE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE COMMISSION THAT THEY WERE APPLYING FOR. AND I GET IT THAT WE HAD 47 APPLICANTS AND WE ONLY HAD 40 OR ONLY HAD 14 OPENINGS WHICH MEANS THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME DISAPPOINTED PEOPLE TONIGHT WHO AREN'T APPOINTED AND I THINK IT'S IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE I GUESS. BUT IT IT I KNOW FOLKS WILL BE DISAPPOINTED. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO DID STEP FORWARD TO FOR THIS FOR ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND ENCOURAGE ANYBODY TO CONTINUE TRYING TO SERVE THE CITY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SERVE THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S IN YOUR FAITH COMMUNITY, IN YOUR YOUR KIDS SCHOOLS WITH THE SPORTS TEAM, NONPROFITS. WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR HELP THERE. IT JUST IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO STEP FORWARD AND HELP MAKE THIS A COMMUNITY AND WHAT IS IT THE ENDURING? GOSH, I BLANKED ON THE MISSION MY BED AN ENDURING A REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE AND SO VERY WELL DONE TO EVERYBODY WHO STEPPED FORWARD. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH TO THE COUNCIL THAT HELPED OUT THANKS TO THE STAFF AND THE COMMISSION MEMBERS WHO DID ALL THE INTERVIEWS, THANKS TO OUR FOLKS AND OUR COED TEAM THAT PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. IT WAS A IT WAS A IT WAS A BIG OPERATION. IT WAS A BIG AND THEY DID A VERY NICE JOB WITH IT. SO WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DOVE IN AND I'LL I'LL I'LL TAKE THE LEAD ON ITEM 2.3 AND I KIND OF WANT TO SET THIS UP IN THIS WAY AND I HOPE WE CAN FOLLOW THIS KIND OF THIS TEMPLATE ABOUT HOW WE INTRODUCE THESE AND HOW WE TALK ABOUT ALL OF THIS. SO OUR PARKS PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ARE THE INTERVIEW PANEL WAS MYSELF AND CHAIR PAUL WE INTERVIEWED 17 DIFFERENT APPLICANTS AND WE HAD ONE INCUMBENT FOUR FOR THREE OPEN SPACES AND WE IN OUR DISCUSSIONS CAME UP WITH FOUR CRITERIA THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR IN OUR APPLICANTS FOLKS WHO WERE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOCUSED, FOLKS WHO WERE OPEN MINDED INTERESTED IN HEARING ALL VIEWPOINTS AND BIG PICTURE THINKERS WITH A LONG TERM PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND WE TALKED IT TO AS I SAID 17 DIFFERENT FOLKS A GREAT GROUP, A VERY INTERESTING GROUP, A DIVERSE GROUP OF SKILLS, A DIVERSE GROUP OF BACKGROUNDS AND FOLKS WHO COULD ABSOLUTELY HELP IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS. WE DID SETTLE ON SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND SO THE THE INTERVIEW PANEL HAS RECOMMENDED THE APPOINTMENT OF NICOLE ABRAHAM, THE APPOINTMENT OF J.S. ST ONGE AND THE APPOINTMENT OF TOBY PRAGER'S TO ALL TERMS FROM MARCH 1ST 2024 TO FEBRUARY 20TH, 2027. THOSE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PARKS, ARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION INTERVIEW PANEL AND ON WITH THAT COUNCIL. I'LL OPEN THIS UP FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. COUNCILMEMBER. WOMAN WELL MAYOR IT APPEARS THAT YOUR PANEL WENT THROUGH THIS INFORMATION. THEY'VE MADE THREE RECOMMENDATIONS AND I'M PREPARED IF WE'RE READY TO DO THAT TO GO AHEAD AND IF THERE'S IF THERE'S NO CONVERSATION I THINK WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS OFFICIALLY DO OUR VOTES OFFICIALLY DO THE VOTE. BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE FOLKS THE OPPORTUNITY IF NEED BE VERY GOOD. WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US THE NAMES OF OUR THE THE THE FOLKS WHO THE FIVE FINALISTS THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT ON THE BOARD OF COMMISSION WE'VE GOT ARE THREE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SO WE WILL HAVE SO FAR IF YOU COULD CALL THE THE ROLL CALL AND WE WILL MAKE OUR MAKE OUR VOTES AND GO FORWARD FROM THERE. ABSOLUTELY. EVERYBODY GETS THREE VOTES. COUNCIL MEMBER D'ALESSANDRO I WILL VOTE PER THE RECOMMENDATIONS ABRAHAM SAINT ONGE AND BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER RIVAS I VOTE FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATION AS WELL. WELL FOR NICOLE ABRAHAM AND JESSE ON EACH OF THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU ABRAHAM SAINT OWENS AND BECAUSE COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN I'M GOING TO DO THE SAME THING . ABRAMS OKAY. AND LAGUNA COUNCILMEMBER ABRAHAM SAINT ONGE AND BECAUSE COUNCILMEMBER CARTER ABRAHAM STAYED ON JIM BECAUSE AND MAYOR BUZZI ABRAHAM BIGGERS AND SAINT ARCHER RIGHT COUNCIL I WOULD MOVE THAT WE APPOINT NICOLE ABRAHAM TOBY PRAGER'S PEERS. WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT NAME DOWN PERFECTLY AND J.C. SAINT GEORGE TO SPOTS ON THE PARKS ARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION THE TERMS RUNNING FROM MARCH 1ST 2024 TO FEBRUARY 28TH, 2027 SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPOINTMENTS AS STATED NO FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS THERE'S CERTAIN THANK YOU COUNCIL OH I'M COUNCILMAN MAYOR BUSSEY I APOLOGIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER I COUNCIL MEMBER D'ALESSANDRO HI COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER I COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW APPOINTEES AND A LITTLE BIT CUMBERSOME DOING IT IN THIS WAY SINCE WE HAVE TO DO IT ALL BY BY VOICE VOTE. BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE WITH ALL OF THIS. ADAM 2.4 IS OUR APPOINTMENTS TO OUR ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH. COUNCILMEMBER KERNER I KNOW YOU WERE THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WAS WORKING ON THAT INTERVIEW PANEL. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY AS WE AS WE HEAD INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE BY THE INTERVIEW PANEL? YEAH. SO WE ALSO HAD SOME REALLY STRONG CANDIDATES AND SO IT WAS A DIFFICULT DECISION BUT AS WE PREPARED AHEAD OF TIME WE DECIDED THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE FOCUSING ON PEOPLE WHO VERY CLEARLY STATED THEIR COMMITMENT TO FILLING OUT THEIR TERM. THERE HAD BEEN SOME TRANSITION OR SOME TURNOVER ON THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH SO REALLY LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO EXPRESSED THAT COMMITMENT TO THE LONGEVITY THAT WE NEED IN THOSE POSITIONS, WE NOTICED THAT THEY THAT ALTHOUGH MOST OF THEM ARE QUOTE UNQUOTE PROVIDER POSITIONS, MANY OF THEM WERE PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE HAD OTHER OTHER LICENSORS, OTHER THAN AN M.D. AND SO WE THOUGHT IF THERE WERE A PROVIDER WHO APPLIED THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PERSPECTIVE. AND THEN KIND OF THE TOPIC AREAS THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE IMPORTANT HAVE INTEREST OR EXPERTIZE BASED ON THE WORK PLAN OF THE ADVISORY BOARD HEALTH WERE MENTAL HEALTH CANNABIS AND THEN HOUSING AND SO WE DID END UP MAKING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING ANNABEL KORNBLUM FOR THE CONSUMER POSITION. SHE DOES COME WITH AN M.P.H. OR MASTER'S IN PUBLIC HEALTH. SHE CURRENTLY SITS ON THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH SO SHE HAD FILLED A VACANT TERM I THINK SHE WAS ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND SHE COMES WITH A STRONG BACKGROUND IN HOUSING AND CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE BLOOMINGTON HOUSING ACTION TEAM AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH. SO SHE'S A VERY COMMITTED AND VALUED MEMBER AND SO WE THOUGHT THAT SHE WOULD SHE SHOULD CONTINUE HER HER SERVICE ON THAT BOARD AND THEN WE ARE RECOMMENDING DR. JOHN ALLEN FOR THE PROVIDER POSITION. I WILL JUST SAY IF YOU'RE EVER REALLY INTERESTED IN READING PROBABLY ONE OF THE LONGEST CVS YOU'VE EVER SEEN READ HIS HE COMES WITH A SUBSTANTIAL BACKGROUND NOT ONLY HAVING AN M.D. BUT AN MBA. ONE OF THE LEADERS IN LIKE I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT RIGHT. HE'S LIKE A SHY DOCTOR BUT HE'S GOT SO MANY AWARDS AND PUBLISHED PAPERS AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF AND HE HAS RECENTLY RETIRED AND IS LIVING IN BLOOMINGTON WITH, HIS WIFE AND HAS A REALLY STRONG INTEREST IN POPULATION HEALTH, MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND CANNABIS AND ACTUALLY JUST RECENTLY DID SOME TRAINING ON CANNABIS AND SO WE THOUGHT HE WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE BOARD . THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCILMEMBER CARTER? IF NOT, LET'S GET INTO THE VOTING FOR THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH APPOINTMENTS IS MERCER AND EVERYBODY GETS TWO VOTES HERE COUNCILMEMBER CARTER KORNBLUM AND ALLEN COUNCILMEMBER KORNBLUM AND ALLEN COUNCILMEMBER NELSON CARMEL MAN ALLEN COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO ALSO THERE RECORDED RICK KORNBLUM AND ALLEN COUNCILMEMBER LOMAN SWITCH IT UP DR. ALLEN AND KORNBLUM AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS ALLEN AND KORNBLUM THANK YOU MAYOR BUZZY KORNBLUM AND ALLEN ALREADY HAD YOU DOWN THERE COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION? I WOULD. I DON HAVE THE MOTIONS IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE I ONLY HAVE MY LITTLE LAPTOP SO I HAVE LIKE LIMITED SCREENS BUT I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION TO APPOINT ANNABEL KORNBLUM TO THE TERM THE CONSUMER TERM AND DR. JOHN ALLEN TO THE PROVIDER TERM AS STATED ON THE MOTION SHEET I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WORKS THAT WORKS VERY WELL AND JUST TO CLARIFY THESE ARE FOUR TERMS FROM MARCH 1ST 2024 TO FEBRUARY 20TH, 2027. YOU GOT IT PERFECT COUNCILMEMBER PERFECT. YOU HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND I THINK BY COUNCILMEMBER LOMAN TO THE APPOINTMENT TO THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS MISS MERCER COUNCIL MAYOR COUNCIL MAYOR MAYOR BUSSEY I COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER II COUNCIL MEMBER D'ALESSANDRO I COUNCIL LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER I COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS MOTIONS CARRIE SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU VERY MUCH CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW MEMBERS ARE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH WILL BE UNDER ITEM 2.5 OUR CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THANK YOU MAYOR AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE CITY HAD WON AN AWARD FOR ITS CREATIVE PLACEMAKING IN THE CITY AND THIS PARTICULAR COMMISSION IS WORKING ON TRYING TO BRING PLACE PLACEMAKING ACROSS THE CITY AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE INITIATIVE ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER INITIATIVES THAT THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING WAS A PART OF HERE WAS THIS PANEL WAS WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO MEMBERS WHO HAD ONLY SERVED FOR ABOUT A YEAR. WE REVIEWED TEN OUTSTANDING APPLICATIONS AND WHAT I WOULD JUST SAY IS THAT FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE APPOINTED THIS TIME PLEASE, PLEASE DO APPLY NEXT TIME. IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION BUT FORTUNATELY STAFF HAD PREPARED AND PUT US TOGETHER IN TERMS OF FIGURING OUT WHAT OUR PRIORITIES WERE AND SO WE HAD SET FORTH AROUND TRYING TO FIND A CANDIDATE WITH A BUSINESS MINDSET AND WITH THE THE NUMBER OF THE INITIATIVES THAT I DID MENTION HERE AND ALSO WITH THAT CREATIVE PLACEMAKING PIECE WE LOOKED FOR EAGERNESS TO TRY TO BRIDGE THE GAP OF MAKING CONTACTS WITH CONNECTIONS WITH ,DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND SO WE HAD A NUMBER OF APPLICANTS THAT KIND OF FIT THOSE BILL AND THOSE ARE THE ONES YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU THE FIVE FOLKS WE HAD TWO FOLKS THAT WERE RETURNING AND THEY'LL BRING ADDITIONAL BREATH AND HISTORY TO THIS PARTICULAR COMMISSION AND SO WE RECOMMENDED THAT THOSE FOLKS BE REAPPOINTED AND THOSE ARE THE NAMES OF JAMIE SCHUMACHER AND THEN ALSO JESSICA ANDERSON AND THEN THE NEW PERSON THAT WE HAD RECOMMENDED FOR THE SLOT WAS FOR OUR FAMILY. AND SO WITH THAT MAYOR I TURN OVER THIS RECOMMENDATION OF THOSE THREE INDIVIDUALS AND ACTUALLY ANY QUESTIONS OF COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN HERE? NO QUESTIONS. WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR VOTING FOR ITEM 2.5 ARE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS MS.. MERCER COUNCILMEMBER SCHUMACHER ANDERSON AND FROM COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SCHUMACHER ANDERSON FOR COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SCHUMACHER ANDERSON FAHIM COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO SCHUMACHER ANDERSON AND FAHIM COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SCHUMACHER ANDERSON FAHIM COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS SCHUMACHER ANDERSON AND PAM AND MAYOR BUZZY ANDERSON PHAM AND SCHUMACHER THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN I'D BE HAPPY MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT JAMIE SCHUMACHER TO A TERM OF FROM MARCH 1ST 2024 FEBRUARY 28TH 2027 AND THEN APPOINT JESSICA ANDERSON TO A TERM FROM MARCH 1ST 2024 TO FEBRUARY 28TH OF 2027 AND ALSO APPOINT SOUTHAM TO A TERM FROM MARCH 1ST 2024 TO FEBRUARY 28TH OF 2027. SO AGAIN MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN BY COUNCILMEMBER TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS IS MERCER MAYOR BUSSEY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO I COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER I COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS I THANK YOU MOTION CARRY A70 CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MEMBERS OF OUR CREATIVE PLACEMAKING CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION ADAM 2.6 IS THE APPOINTMENT TO OUR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION A COUNCILMEMBER THAT YOU WERE WORKING ON THAT INTERVIEW BOARD WHERE YOU KNOW I WAS THINKING MAYOR I AGAIN JUST WANT TO SAY HOW IMPRESSED I WAS WITH THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS THAT WE HAD. EVERYONE BROUGHT A GREAT PERSPECTIVE AND LIVED EXPERIENCE WHICH WAS EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR WAS BROADENING OUR LIFE LIVED EXPERIENCE WITHIN THAT COMMISSION REPORT REPRESENTING DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES WITHIN THE COMMISSION AND THEN ALSO INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE CONNECTED AND ALREADY ACTIVELY WORKING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WHETHER IT WAS THEIR FAITH GROUPS, WHETHER IT WAS SCHOOL SPORTS, WHATEVER IT WAS JUST HAVING THAT CONNECTION TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY TO BRING THOSE PERSPECTIVES WITHIN THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. AND SO AS WE CONTINUE TO DOVE INTO IT, WE REALLY WANTED TO ALSO ENSURE THAT OUR MEMBERS UNDERSTAND THE MINNESOTA HUMAN RIGHTS ACT, HAVE PROFESSIONAL AND LIVED EXPERIENCE WERE ABLE TO REALLY STRENGTHEN THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND INFORM THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING HERE WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. AND SO OUT OF THOSE INTERVIEWEES THAT WE HAD WE FEEL THAT THOMAS BURNS WHO CENTER HERE AND CAROL MACDONALD WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE THE FOLKS THAT WOULD HAVE THE MOST IMPACT ON THAT COMMISSION TO PROVIDE THE PERSPECTIVE THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR CONCERNING QUESTIONS OF COUNCILMEMBER. AND TO BE CLEAR THE RECOMMENDATION HERE IS FOR BURNS AND TO HERE TO BE APPOINTED TO A TERM FROM MARCH 1ST, 2024 TO FEBRUARY 28TH, 2027 AND CAROL MACDONALD TO A TERM FROM MARCH FIRST 2024 TO FEBRUARY 28TH, 2025. JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THAT, COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, CAN YOU TURN THE MICROPHONE PLEASE, SIR? WHAT WAS THE CRITERIA IN THEIR BACKGROUND THAT YOU COULD SEE YOU TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION TO CHOOSE THESE THREE CANDIDATES? YEAH, I THINK THAT THE BIGGEST BACKGROUND FOR US WAS THAT INTERCONNECTEDNESS ALREADY WITH THE COMMUNITY. SO THE FOLKS THAT WE WERE ALREADY VERY ACTIVE WHETHER IT WAS AT THEIR CHURCH YOUTH GROUPS OR SUPPORTING OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORTED PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT SEPARATED THE THE FOLKS THAT ROSE TO THE TOP SO SEPARATED THOMAS BURNS WHO SEEMED TO HEAR AND CAROL MCDONALD AND OUR DECISION WAS HAVING THAT EXTRA INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO BRING IN BROADER PERSPECTIVES. I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES THE COMMISSIONS ARE A STEP TOO TO START GETTING THAT ENGAGEMENT AND SO WE FELT LIKE WE WERE LOOKING FOR TO ADD THAT EXTRA LAYER TO TO STRENGTHEN THE COMMISSION THAT WE HAVE. THANK YOU. AND THEN ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF COUNCILMEMBER IF NOT, LET'S BEGIN OUR VOTING IF WE COULD ON ITEM 2.6 OUR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS THIS MERGER COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON BURNS TO HEAR MACDONALD COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS AND COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO BURNS TO HEAR MACDONALD COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER BURNS TO HEAR AND MACDONALD COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN MACDONALD TO HEAR BURNS COUNCILMEMBER BURNS TO HEAR MACDONALD AND MAYOR BETSY BURNS TO HEAR MACDONALD COUNCILMEMBER. ALL RIGHT. SO I WOULD MOVE TO AOINT THOMAS BURNS AND HUSSEIN TO HERE FOR A TERM OF MARCH 1ST, 2024 TO FEBRUARY 28, 2027 AND CAROL MACDONALD TO A TERM FROM MARCH 1ST 2024 TO FEBRUARY 28TH, 2025 SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS TO THIS AS TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING NONE. MRS. MERCER MAYOR BUSSEY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I COUNCIL MEMBER D'ALESSANDRO I COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER I COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND 2.7 AS OUR APPOINTMENTS TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YOU STAFF THAT COMMISSION INTERVIEW PROCESS FOR US. YEAH THANKS MAYOR AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES SAYING REALLY NICE THINGS ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT APPLY TO THEIR COMMISSIONS. BUT WE HAD EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE APPLY TO THIS COMMISSION SO JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. THIS IS A COMMISSION THAT VERY ACTIVE ENGAGED WITH THE COMMISSION PLUS WORK GROUPS PLUS EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO REALLY LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THAT ONE COULD MEET THE BASELINE REQUIREMENTS AND TO HAD EXPERIENCE ANCE IN DIFFERENT AREAS. THERE'S A WHOLE MATRIX OF THEIR DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH REGARDS TO ENERGY EFFICIENT SEE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS WATER WATER ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS SO IT'S A IT'S A TOUGH DECISION THAT BALANCES SORT OF THE NEEDS OF HAVING A BROAD BASE OF UNDERSTANDING FOR THIS GROUP AND THAT'S HOW WE CAME ABOUT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. THE OTHER THING THAT I DO WANT TO JUST NOTE FOR EVERYBODY HERE THAT ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT I'LL BE RECOMMENDING HAD PREVIOUSLY APPLIED AN UP AND SELECTED SO PLEASE IF YOU DON'T AND YOU DO A GOOD JOB PLEASE KEEP GOING. IT MAY JUST BE THAT HEY THERE WAS SOMEONE THAT HAD A SPECIFIC THING THAT THE INDIVIDUAL'S LOOKING FOR OR THE OPENING THAT WAS AVAILABLE MADE SENSE FOR THEM TO BE THERE. BUT YOU KNOW GREAT PEOPLE ON ALL THESE COMMISSIONS DON'T IF YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED JUST KEEP KEEP APPLYING BECAUSE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES. SO WITH THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE GROUP ARE FOR ALIX BRAND. SARAH COBB BEEN HERE A CAR. SO MY APOLOGIES ON THE PRONUNCIATION COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS OF COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON REGARDING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION? INTERVIEW PANEL. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. NOT REALLY A QUESTION BUT JUST A BRIEF I WANTED TO JUST POINT AND LIFT UP ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES SARAH COBB WHO'S REALLY ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND IT'S DONE JUST AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IF THIS BODY DECIDES TO APPOINT YOU FURTHER TO SERVING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE. NO FURTHER COUNCIL COMMENT ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION INTERVIEW PANEL NEARLY NONE AS MASTER COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN I'LL GO WITH SARAH COBB, ALIX BRAND AND BRIANNA ACKER COUNCIL MEMBER D'ALESSANDRO I'M GOING TO GO WITH BRAND COBB AND I THINK IT'S A TORIA RIGHT? OKAY. WELL I APOLOGIZE, BINA. I FEEL BAD. YEAH BENALLA I FEEL BAD THAT WE DON'T KNOW THAT AHEAD OF TIME MAYBE FANATICAL SPELLINGS WOULD BE GOOD FOR US. YEAH, YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. I MEAN, AS MY LAST NAME IS TERRIBLE AND MS.. MERCER GETTING A WORKOUT WITH MY LAST NAME TONIGHT SO I APPRECIATE PROPER NAME PRONUNCIATION BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. BRAND COBB. AREA COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS. BRAND COBB I CHERRY COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER BRAND COBB A CHAIR AND I DID A LOAN AS OUR COUNCIL. I WOULD TELL SANDRA'S COMMENT . COUNCILMEMBER BIANCA ARBITER YOU AND MAYOR BETSY BRAND NEW SEVEN ZERO WAS THE VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU MAYOR I'D MOVE TO APPOINT BRANDON COBB TWO TERMS FROM MARCH 1ST 24 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 27TH AND ETRURIA TO A TERM OF MARCH 1ST 24 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH, 26. SECOND MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AS STATED. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE INFO EXCUSE ME MERCER PLEASE. MAYOR BUZZY HI. COUNCIL CARTER ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO HI . COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS I THANK YOU. MOTION FURIOUS SEVEN ZERO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR APPOINTEES TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. ITEM 2.8 IS OUR LOCAL BOARD OF REVIEW APPOINTMENTS. THIS WAS A BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE HAD TWO OPENINGS AND TWO APPLICANTS AND I KNOW THAT THE APPLICANTS WERE THEY THEY WERE SPECIFIED OR THEY SPECIFIED A SPECIFIC INTEREST IN THIS BOARD OF A BOARD OF REVIEW FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THERE. I BELIEVE THEY CAME IN FOR AN INTERVIEW BUT I CAN'T SAY THAT FOR CERTAIN. I BELIEVE THEY DID. BUT WITH JUST THE TWO OF THEM APPLYING. COUNCIL I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL OF APPOINTMENTS FOR BETH RILEY AND MARY WORK MR. TO THE LOCAL BOARD OF REVIEW SO WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLAS SHANDRO TO MOVE THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE LOCAL BOARD OF REVIEW AS STATED. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS IS MERCER. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN DEBRA NELSON. NO WE DON'T. WE DON'T. I'M SORRY. THEN WE CAN JUST GO STRAIGHT THE MOTION. MAYOR BUSSEY, COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO. HI. COUNCILMEMBER ALLMAN COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS . MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR APPOINTEES TO THE LOCAL BOARD OF REVIEW OUR COUNCIL I WANT TO SAY FIRST OF ALL, MRS. MERCER, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THERE WAS A LOT TO GO THROUGH AND THE VOICE VOTES ON ALL OF THIS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER OFFSITE AND I KNOW IT WAS A BIG COMMITMENT FOR THE COUNCIL AS WELL TO TO CHAIR THESE OR TO BE PART OF THESE INTERVIEW PANELS TO REVIEW EVERYTHING AND TO COME TO AN AGREENT. I MEAN THERE WAS A LOT OF HOURS PUT INTO THIS BUT I TO SAY THIS WAY OF DOING IT IS SO MUCH BETTER THAT I, I JUST I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL PUT INTO IT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND AS I SAID, I WANT TO THANK THE COED STAFF THAT PUT SO MUCH TIME INTO THIS AS WELL BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A SMALL TASK AND ONE LAST THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE APPLICANTS, THOSE SELECTED AND THOSE NOT SELECTED FOR FOR PUTTING THEIR NAME OUT THERE. IT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO DO AND SOMETIMES YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED, SOMETIMES YOU'RE NOT AND I APPRECIATE PEOPLE'S WILLINGNESS TO STEP FORWARD AND SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY. I REALLY. COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN MAYOR DO WE EVER AGAIN THANK YOU. I MEAN WE'VE COME A LONG WAYS WITH THIS. A LONG WAYS DO WE EVER SENT THANK YOU NOTES AT ALL TO THESE THESE FOLKS THAT THAT APPLY? I'M JUST JUST KIND OF CURIOUS I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT OR IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE DONE WE THE PAST BUT I JUST FEEL PARTICULARLY MOVED AFTER THIS THIS LAST BATCH OF FOLKS NOT THAT ANY OTHER BATCHES APPLIED HAS BEEN DIFFERENT BUT WOW I MEAN THESE FOLKS REALLY IT WAS A TOUGH DECISION I THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION. COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN A GOOD SUGGESTION. MR. RUBY MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I BELIEVE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST AND THAT WE DO FOLLOW UP TO LET THEM KNOW THE OUTCOME AND I'M SURE THERE IS SOME SORT OF A GRATITUDE IS PART OF THAT MESSAGE OR CONFIRM THAT WITH EMILY LAWSON AND MAKE SURE AND IF NOT WE CAN TALK ABOUT ADDING THAT IN THE FUTURE YOU CAN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND YOU HAVE SO SPECIFICALLY THANK YOU TO EMILY. I KNOW SHE'S I DON'T THINK SHE'S HERE TONIGHT BUT THANK YOU TO EMILY LARSON WHO DOES FANTASTIC WORK WITH US. SHE IS WATCHING IN THE ETHER SO AND SO WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM THREE AND OUR AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS TONIGHT COUNCILMEMBER US WITH OUR CONSENT AGENDA COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS I MOVE TO A FULL COUNCILMEMBER. WE'RE GONNA NEED YOUR MICROPHONE. I'M SO I MOVED TO APPROVE THE NSENT AGENDA FROM 3.1 TO 3.5 3.7 AND FROM 3.9 TO 3.16 SECOND AND A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO ACCEPT THE COUNCIL THE CONSENT BUSINESS AS STATED. AND SO IF I'M CLEAR THEN COUNCILMEMBER REVISE JUST SO I'M CLEAR THIS WE'RE HOLDING OUT ITEM 3.6 AND 3.8 IS THAT CORRECT? PERFECT THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU SAID AND I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK WE HAVE A MOTION THE SECOND TO ADOPT TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS NO COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS MS. MERCER MAYOR BUSSEY, COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND COUNCIL MEMBER HI COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER MOMENT COUNCILMEMBER MUAH. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS HI, THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM 3.6 WHO HELD 3.6? COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THANK YOU MAYOR. YEP. SO I HOLD HELD 3.6 WHICH IS IN CAVE COMPANIES APARTMENTS AND DAYCARE THE PRELIM AND FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS TO P FOUR 6701 WEST 70 STREET AND WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS IMMEDIATELY TURN THIS OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER I HAD ASKED THE CITY MANAGER HAVE A COMMENT ON THIS MR. FARUQUI THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THIS PARTICULAR ITEM MEMBERS HAD SOME CONCERNS EXPRESSED TO VARIOUS MEMBERS HERE ABOUT CONTRACTOR SUBCONTRACT OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT WHO MAY NOT HAVE FOLLOWED STATE LABOR. SO OUR STAFF HAS TALKED TO COUNSEL FOR THE APPLICANT AND WE'VE BEEN THAT ALL THE SUBCONTRACTORS ON THIS PROJECT ARE IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY AND GOOD STANDING MEANS THAT THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW. SO OUR EXPECTATION I KNOW THAT IT IS OF VALUE OF THE CITY COUNCILS THAT, WORKER RIGHTS AND THE RULES AROUND WORKERS ARE FOLLOWED BOTH STATE LAW AND OUR CITY ORDINANCES AND THAT'S OUR EXPECTATION FOR ANYBODY WHO'S GOING TO DO WORK IN THE CITY. BLOOMINGTON. THANK YOU. AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS THE OF THE CRITICAL NATURE OF THIS I'D BE HAPPY TO AMONG THE OTHER COMMENTS I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION I SEE COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THAT'S ALL LIKE LAYERS OF SUBCONTRACTORS BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT CAN BE LIKE A SUBCONTRACTOR OF A SUBCONTRACTOR OF A SUBCONTRACTOR AND I THINK THAT'S USUALLY THE PROBLEMS LIKE THAT'S WHERE THEY EMERGE THE MOST AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY IT'S NOT JUST THE DIRECT SUBCONTRACTORS BUT ALSO CONTRACTORS. MR. PRUITT, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WE DO HAVE COUNSEL FOR THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND I THINK HE'D LIKE ADDRESS COUNSEL AS WELL. MR. COY, GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. YEAH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF GOOD TO SEE YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, TO YOUR QUESTION. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SUBCONTRACTORS IDENTIFIED DURING A RECENT MEETING HERE AT THE CITY SO WE STARTED WITH THAT LIST OF IDENTIFIED AND WE TOOK THAT LIST TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY AND ASKED THEM TO SCREEN AND THEY CAME BACK AND CONFIRMED THAT THEY WERE ALL IN GOOD STANDING. BUT IN ADDITION LATER IN THE WEEK WE WENT BACK WITH A SUPPLEMENTAL LIST OF POTENTIAL SUBCONTRACTORS THAT WERE BEING CONSIDERED FOR WORK ON THIS PROJECT AND ASKED THAT THE DEPARTMENT CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE STANDING WAS FULLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW AS WELL AND THE AGENCY CAME BACK TO US THIS AFTERNOON TO CONFIRM THAT THEY WERE ALL IN GOOD STANDING. SO ALL THE NAMES THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN IDENTIFIED AND THOSE SUPPLEMENTAL NAMES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED TO YOUR CITY ATTORNEY AS BEING A GOOD STANDING WITH THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT THAT WORK. THANK YOU AND GOOD THANK YOU, MR. GRANT. COUNSEL, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS, COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. DO YOU MIND IF I ASK A FOLLOW UP QUESTION OF THE COUNCIL? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. LET ME THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. IS THAT A IS THAT A GENERAL POLICY FOR YOU ALL AS AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS? SO FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY SIX MONTHS FROM NOW THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL CONTRACTOR BROUGHT FORTH OR WHATEVER POTENTIALLY DO SOME WORK. WOULD YOU WOULD YOU DO THAT SAME REVIEW? IS THAT JUST PART OF YOUR PROCESS NORMALLY? OR DO WE NEED TO REQUEST THAT FROM YOU REGULARLY? I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE PROCESS IS LIKE, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. A GOOD ONE. THE EVOLVING ISSUE OF WORKPLACE SAFETY AND WORKPLACE COMPLIANCE IS CERTAINLY. THIS PROCESS THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT THROUGH RIGHT NOW I WILL TELL YOU IS NOVEL. MOST COUNCILS, MOST CITIES DEFER TO THE STATE AGENCIES THAT ARE RESPONSIVE FOR THOSE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES. THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY IN MINNESOTA, FOR EXAMPLE, IS OUR PRIMARY ENFORCER. SO IT'S NOT A NORMAL REQUIREMENT FOR CITIES THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE CONTRACTORS WHO THEIR SUBS MIGHT BE IN A PARTICULAR JOB MOSTLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW. RIGHT. JOBS CHANGE, PROJECTS CHANGE THE AVAILABILITY OF CONTRACTORS TO WORK ON JOBS CHANGES. SO IT'S IT'S A BIT OF A CHALLENGE TO BE ABLE TO SAY HERE ARE TEN SUBCONTRACTOR ISSUES THAT WE ARE LIKELY TO WORK WITH. THERE'S CONFIDENTIALITY ASPECTS TO IT THAT WE WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF AS WELL. BUT THERE IS A SPECIFIC CONCERN RAISED ABOUT A PARTICULAR SUBCONTRACT OR CONTRACTOR. I'M SURE MY CLIENT IN ANY OTHER CONTRACT A COMPANY THAT WOULD BE BEFORE THE CITY WOULD WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT FOR THEIR OWN BEST INTEREST AS WELL AS THOSE OF THE CITY THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITHIN. SO CERTAINLY IF A QUESTION WERE RAISED IN THE FUTURE AS YOU SAY SIX MONTHS DOWN THE LINE WE'D WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT AND WE WOULD WE DUTIFULLY INVESTIGATE IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH FOLKS THAT WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW. SURE. DOING GOOD. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I MIGHT JUST ADD NOT THAT I'M IN THE SAME EXACT SPACE BUT AS A REMODELING CONTRACTOR WE ARE AUDITED BY MULTIPLE AGENCIES AT THE STATE LEVEL AND HAVE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO OUR INSURANCE COMPANIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, MAKE SURE WE VERIFY LICENSES, INSURANCE IS ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT GETS TO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER'S DRILLING DOWN INTO SUBCONTRACTORS OF SUBCONTRACTORS AT LEAST AT MY LEVEL. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR LARGE MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO THAT BY LAW IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND SO THIS IS A VERY HIGHLY REGULATED AREA AND UNFORTUNATELY STILL WE HAVE HEARD CASES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH SO APPRECIATE THE EXTRA DILIGENCE ON THIS ONE TO GIVE COMFORT TO EVERYBODY. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR.. EVERYBODY COMFORTABLE? VERY GD. COUNCILMEMBER MOMENT. BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION AGAIN. THANK YOU. THIS EXTRA STEP. I'LL TO APPROVE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL DEVELOPMENT FOR A FIVE STORY TWO OR AN EIGHT UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING AND DETACHED 11,000 SQUARE FOOT DAYCARE SPACE AT SIX OR 701 WEST 78TH STREET. SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS AND CODE REQUIREMENTS ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT. SECOND, MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SPOKEN BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ACCEPT ITEM 3.6 AND TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS AS STATED NO THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS IS MERCER MAYOR BUSSEY. HI. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO I COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS. A MOTION CARRIES A70 AND 3.8 AND THERE'S TWO THERE'S TWO MOTIONS FOR 3.6 AND OH I DIDN'T SEE THAT HERE. HERE WE GO. IT MAKES SENSE HERE I'M GOING TO MOVE IN . I'M SO ON THE SECOND PAGE I DIDN'T CATCH THAT PAGE WHERE WHEN? READY PLEASE. MIRO MOVED TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION APPROVAL FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR 11,000 SQUARE FOOT DAYCARE AT 67 ONE WEST 78TH STREET. SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS AND CODE REQUIREMENTS ATTACHED STAFF REPORT SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SUBCOMMITTEE COUNCILMEMBER FOR THE SECOND MOTION ASSOCIATED WITH ITEM 3.6 AND TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION THIS AS MR. MAYOR BUSSEY COUNCILMEMBER I. COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO HI . COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS. I THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. FINISHING UP ITEM 3.6. THANKS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM 3.8 I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AS WELL AS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. MAYOR, I HELD. THIS IS RESOLUTION FOR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT TO TRANSFER DECISION FUNDS FOR BEAUTY INITIATIVES AND AS A AS A PART OF THIS THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATI OF FOR A CLIMATE WE HAD DECLARED A CLIMATE EMERGENCY IN 2022 AND AS A PART OF THAT WE WANTED IT AS A COMMISSION PUT TOGETHER A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. AND WHEN A RECOMMENDATION CAME FROM STAFF WITH REGARDS TO THAT WE HAD GOTTEN A SPECIFIC NUMBER AND WHAT THE COMMISSION HAD DONE IS HAD MADE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO DO WITH REGARDS TO OUR CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WAS MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE BEST AND AND THE BRIGHTEST AND THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE. AND SO WE HAD RECOMMENDED AN INCREASED AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THAT AND AND THIS AMOUNT THAT CAME BACK IN THIS PARTICULAR ENDED UP BEING $200,000 LESS THAN THAT. AND SO WHAT MY QUESTION WAS FOR STAFF WAS IS THIS THE ONLY PIECE OF THIS REQUEST THAT WE WILL HAVE WITH THIS? WE HAD A UNANIMOUS VOTE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE AND ASK THIS COUNCIL FOR ADDITIONAL DOLLARS AND WANTED TO SEE IF IF THIS IS THE ONLY REQUEST IF THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL REQUESTS OR THIS WAS A PRETTY STRONG REQUEST. AND I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT TO THIS LOWER AMOUNT WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY BROUGHT TO THE COMMISSION AND WE HAD UNANIMOUSLY FOR A HIGHER AMOUNT BECAUSE WE WERE CONCERNED THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO GET THE THE BEST CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. MR. FREIBERG MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'M STRESSED AS OUR SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR AND SHE WORKED WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION TO MOVE THE RECOMMENDATION FORWARD. SO IF YOU COULD SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMMISSION CONVERSATION AND THE RATIONALE FOR THE $300,000 AS OPPOSED TO THE HIGHER AMOUNT? YES. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. SO LAST AT OUR COMMISSION MEETING THE DRAFT MEMO THAT CAME TO THE COMMISSION INCLUDED $300,000 WHICH IS WHY I INITIALLY PROPOSED GIVEN OTHER PLANS THAT I'VE LOOKED AT NATIONALLY OF WHAT THE COST WOULD BE. AS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN STATED DEFINITELY THERE WAS INTEREST FROM THE COMMISSION TO HAVE A HIGHER AMOUNT WHICH THE LANGUAGE THEN CHANGED WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THEIR MEMO OF 3000 IS THE BASELINE AND TO MEET THE HIGHEST STANDARD THE COMMISSION FEELS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SHOULD BE ALLOCATED ON RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH. I DID SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH SINCE THAT MEETING WITHOUT SPECIFICS OF WHAT WOULD BE HONESTLY FROM ALL THE CONVERSATIONS HAD WITH OTHER CITIES? THIS WOULD BE A HIGHER BUDGET TO GO ABOVE 300,000. MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC REASONS DO THAT AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO WITH IMPLEMENTATION DOLLARS. SO DEFINITELY HEARING COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN WAS DEFINITELY CORRECT. THE COMMISSION DEFINITELY FELT THAT A HIGHER BUDGET WAS NEEDED BASED UPON MY RESEARCH AS STAFF I HAVEN'T FOUND SPECIFIC NEED FOR THAT AT THIS POINT. BUT IF WE COME DOWN THE LINE AND WE START THIS INITIATIVE RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO WHAT THE COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL FEELS IS NEEDED, THEN MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND REQUEST ADDITIONAL FUNDS. LET'S REMEMBER. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT THAT HAD NOT GOTTEN LOST BECAUSE I KNOW THE EXPECTATION FROM COMMISSION IS THAT WE'RE BRINGING BACK, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHEST AND BEST POSSIBLE THING THAT WE CAN GIVEN THE YOU KNOW, THE IMPORT OF OUR CLIMATE EMERGENCY THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN . I KNOW THE COMMISSION WAS VERY CONCERNED AND WANTED TO BE SURE THAT WE WERE BRINGING US THE STRONGEST RECOMMENDATION THAT WE COULD. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS WITH THAT. I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION LESTER'S ADDITIONAL COMMENT. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I HAD A QUESTION ON THIS ONE TOO. I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT VARIOUS ITEMS ON THIS LIST FOR THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUNDING AND SO IT'S NOT A SURPRISE THAT IT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. BUT I THE ONE THAT I WAS A LITTLE BIT BY THE CLIMATE CHANGE PLAN AND THEN I WAS ALSO A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED ON THE FOOD ACCESS PLAN BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER TALKED ABOUT THAT AND I THINK MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES DOLLARS IS THAT THEY'RE THE COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND SO IT WOULD JUST KIND OF SURPRISE ME THAT WE HADN'T TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE AND IT WAS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND SO WONDERING IF WE COULD GET I KNOW I DID GET A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLANATION ON THE FOOD ACCESS PLAN AHEAD OF THE MEETING, BUT I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAME UP IN THE BEATY STRATEGIC PLANNING AND IT ALSO CAME UP IN RACIAL EQUITY STRATEGIC PLANNING WHEN I WAS ON THAT GROUP AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE MAY BE PLANNING THERE. MR.. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. YOU'RE CORRECT. WE HAVE NOT HAD A PRESENTATION ON THE FOOD ACCESS PLAN. WE HAVE HAD UPDATES WORKING ON IT IN THE BEAUTY QUARTERLY REPORTS AND IF WE IF YOU FEEL THAT WE WOULD BENEFIT BY HAVING PRESENTATION WE CAN CERTAINLY ARRANGE FOR THAT EITHER BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION OR AFTERWARDS AND I WOULD CERTAINLY LOOK TO YOU FOR DIRECTION ON THAT AND IF ANY OF THE OTHERS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED HERE YOU FEEL NEED COME BACK FOR SOME ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. I'M I'M COMFORTABLE HOLDING MOST OF THE ITEMS OVER IF YOU MORE CONVERSATION. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE THAT I POINTED OUT RELATED TO THE JOINT STUDY WITH THE STATE ON DISPARITIES BECAUSE WE HAVE ANOTHER ACTION COMMITTING TO THAT AND THAT IS ONE THAT WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNCIL ABOUT PREVIOUSLY. SO I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO WHATEVER THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO IN THIS REGARD. I I PERSONALLY WOULD FEEL FINE MOVING IT TONIGHT AGAIN BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HAVE BEEN PART OF PAST PAST STAFF PRESENTATIONS MULTIPLE TIMES AND BECAUSE THE FOOD ACCESS PLAN IS COMING OUT OF THE NEED IDENTIFIED IN TO TWO DIFFERENT COMMUNITY BASED STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESSES, I'M DEFINITELY OKAY WITH. AND THEN THE CLIMATE CHANGE PLAN OBVIOUSLY IS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR DECLARATION A CLIMATE EMERGENCY SOME ALSO FINE WITH THAT ONE. I JUST AGAIN WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE HADN'T HAD A DISCUSSION SO I DO THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEING PLANNED THERE FOR THE FOOD ACCESS PLAN . THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER WE WILL HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEALTH TEAM COME BACK AND DO A QUICK OF WHAT THE FOOD ACCESS PLAN ENTAILS THE PROCESS AND AND OUTCOMES AND I KNOW THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY PRESENTATION FOR THEIR WORK PLAN IS COMING UP MID-MARCH AND SO WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE SURE TO EMPHASIZE THIS. I WOULD NOTE THAT THIS IS LARGELY STAFF WORK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE SUSTAINABILITY CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. THE COMMISSION IS GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT. IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE UP MANY HOURS OF THEIR WORK THIS YEAR. IT'S GOING TO LARGELY BE A STAFF DRIVEN PROCESS BUT THEY'LL CERTAINLY BE CONSULTED AND SUPPORTIVE AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AGAIN WHEN THEY PRESENT IT WILL DEFINITELY BE A COMMUNITY EVERYONE WILL BE INVOLVED WHO, WANTS TO BE COUNCILMEMBER AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT TO MS.. STRAUSS FOR JUST HER HER DUE DILIGENCE AND COMING BACK AND SAYING THIS IS THE THE CAP WITH WHAT I'M RECOMMENDING. I THINK THAT JUST SHOWS THE WORK THAT OUR STAFF DOES AND HOW COGNIZANT THEY ARE OF OUR BUDGETING PROCESS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS, TAXPAYER MONEY. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU FOR DOING THAT AND NOT JUST THROWING A DOLLAR SIGN ON IT AND GETTING SOME SOME FACTS AND ME BEHIND YOUR RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. MR. MAYOR, MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. SO IF I CAN JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZE WHERE WE ARE. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, YOU HAVE A QUESTION I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION. I JUST WANTED TO GO ON RECORD THAT I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF HOLDING THE FIRST TWO ITEMS OVER UNTIL WE GET MORE INFORMATION. I JUST THINK AS PART OF THE PROCESS TO BE ABLE FOR US TO GET THE INFORMATION AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY HERE THAT INFORMATION I THINK IT'S JUST GOOD. I KNOW WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ON THE BUSINESS RETENTION PROGRAM AND MULTIPLE OPTIONS THERE. WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ON THE HATCH PROGRAM , VERY EXCITING PROGRAM. THOSE WERE ALL DONE HERE AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED 3.10 FOR THE OTHER ONE. SO WHICH IS WHICH IS PART OF THIS AND I THINK IS JUST A VERY SENSIBLE THING FOR US TO JOIN OTHER GROUPS IN TERMS OF DOING THAT TYPE OF REPORTING. BUT THESE ARE BIGGER DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT'S ONE PART OF IT BUT I JUST I WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION AND TOTALLY RESPECT THE WORK THAT STAFF HAS DONE ON THIS THE COMMISSION HAS DONE AND THIS SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE THEY'RE NOT IN THE SAME SPOT AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AND GET THAT INFORMATION. SO THAT'S JUST WHERE I'M AT BUT I THINK ULTIMATELY JUST MY LAST QUICK COMMENT I'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT STRATEGIC PRIORITIES. THESE SEEM LIKE THINGS THAT ARE ONE TIME EXPENDITURE OR IS NOT THINGS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN A BUDGET SOMEWHERE ELSE ALREADY. THESE MAKE SENSE TO ME GIVEN WHAT OUR ACTIONS PREVIOUS EARLY SO I DON'T I DON'T SEE THAT ULTIMATELY THEY'LL BE HELD UP. I JUST THINK THAT PROCESS OF UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE HELPFUL BEFORE I APPROVE $400,000 AGAIN. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT COUNCIL? COUNCILMEMBER COLEMAN I'M NOT GOING TO RESTATED I THINK ELSEWHERE OR ELSE YOU'VE PUT FORTH A GOOD PROPOSAL AND I'D BE OPEN TO DOING THAT VERY GOOD SO I'LL JUST TURN DIRECTING A LITTLE TRAFFIC HERE SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO HOLD OUT THE FIRST TWO MOTIONS UNDER ITEM 3.8 THE $300,000 FOR THE CLIMATE CHANGE EQUITY MITIGATION AND RESILIENCE PLAN AND THE $100,000 FOR THE STRATEGIC FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH FOOD ACCESS PLAN FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION PRESENTATIONS BASED UPON FURTHER DISCUSSION WHILE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE OTHER THREE THE STATE JOINT DISPARITY STUDY THE BLOOMINGTON HACH PROGRAM AND THE FUNDING FOR THE BUSINESS RETENTION PROGRAM. AM I CORRECT IN THAT? THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD WITH THAT . COUNCILMEMBER CARTER YEAH, I JUST HAVE A CLARIFICATION SO FOR THOSE TWO ITEMS WHEN WOULD THEY COME BACK TO US AND WOULD THAT CAUSE LIKE A SIGNIFICANT DELAY IN THE WORK? LIKE WOULD THERE BE KIND OF RIPPLE EFFECTS US NOT PROGRAM TONIGHT MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I CHECKED IN WITH OUR DEPUTY FINANCE OFFICER OUR BUDGET DIRECTOR COREY CARLSON. OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THERE ISN'T URGENCY AROUND ANY OF THESE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE DISPARITY STUDY TO GO ALONG WITH THE ACTION WE JUST TOOK. SO I THINK THAT WE CAN GET THE FOOD ACCESS PLAN PRESENTATION SCHEDULED RELATIVELY QUICKLY AND THEN I JUST LOOK AT STRESS AND SEE IF WE CAN HOLD OUT APPROVAL UNTIL MARCH 30 WHEN WHEN YOU'RE IN FOR THE SCREEN AND THAT'LL WORK JUST FINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I LOOK TO MR. BRUYERE IN THIS MANN SHOULD SO AS WE THIS MOTION IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE A KIND OF ALL ENCOMPASSING MOTION OR DO WE HAVE TO MAKE THE THREE MOTIONS AND THEN THE TWO MOTIONS TO HOLD THOSE OVER HOW WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS? MS. MANAGER CHATTER MR. KABUKI MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE THESE GOING INTO TWO OF THE ACTIONS ARE GOING INTO THE 1 TO 1 GENERAL FUND. THE THIRD ONE IS GOING INTO THE PORT AUTHORITY FUND. WE SHOULD PROBABLY KEEP THOSE SEPARATE SO YOU COULD PROBABLY DO TWO AND TWO MOTIONS INSTEAD OF THREE BUT YEAH HOW ABOUT IF WE JUST DO ALL THREE AND KEEPING THAT SOUNDS GOOD. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, YOU'RE UP EARLY 3.8. YEAH. SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE THREE BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE POSTPONING TO AND THEN WE'RE MOVING TO ANOTHER ANOTHER ONE WE'RE WE DON'T NEED TO DO IT. WE CAN JUST LET THOSE ONES FLY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL LET THEM JUST SIT THERE. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN ALRIGHT SO I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT RESOLUTION TO TRANSFER 80,270 FROM THE FOR 2000 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUND TO THE 101 GENERAL FUND TO PROVIDE NECESSARY FUNDING. THE STATE JOINT DISPARITIES STUDY MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO TO APPROVE THE FUNDING AS STATED. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS AS MR. MAYOR BUSSEY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO I COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS I GUESS MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN NOW MOVED TO APPROVE THE BUDGET A RESOLUTION TO TRANSFER 50,000 FROM THE 4200 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUND TO THE 1 TO 1 GENERAL FUND TO PROVIDE NECESSARY FOR THE BLOOMINGTON ASH PROGRAM. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. SECOND BY COUNCILMBER TO APPROVE THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT AS STATED. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS IS MR. MAYOR BUSSEY I COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO I. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS. I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO COUNCILMEMBER ROUND WOULD APPROVE THE BUDGET RESOLUTION TO TRANSFER 45,000 FROM THE 4200 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUND TO THE P TO TEN PORT AUTHORITY DEVELOPMENT FUND TO PROVIDE NECESSARY FUNDING FOR THE BUSINESS RETENTION PROGRAM. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADJUST THE OR TO APPROVE THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS IS MERCER MAYOR BAZZI. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I. COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO I. COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN. COUNCILMEMBER. I. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. COUNCIL MEMBER. RIVAS. I. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FIRST TWO ITEMS IN THIS ITEM 3.8 WILL BE BACK IN FRONT OF US BY 318. CORRECT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS FOR DOING THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR US THIS EVENING. WE WILL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM ACTUALLY TWO ITEM FOUR ON OUR AGENDA. OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES AND WE HAVE TWO THINGS THAN ITEM 4.1 WE WILL START WITH THIS IS OUR MUSSOLINI IS ISSUES ORDINANCE AND PLANNING MANAGER GLEN MERCURY IS HERE. GOOD EVENING MR. MURPHY. GOOD GOOD EVENING. MAYOR OBVIOUSLY COUNCILMEMBERS LET ME PULL UP THE PRESENTATION JUST A SECOND . SO COUNCILMEMBERS THIS ITEM WAS LAST BEFORE YOU DECEMBER 18TH. IT'S PART OF SEVERAL ORDINANCES THAT WERE KIND OF CONSOLIDATED AS THE MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES ORDINANCES THE COUNCIL CONTINUED CONSIDERATION UNTIL THIS EVENING IN ORDER TO FURTHER REVIEW THE BEST STATE TO USE IN THE ORDINANCE LEAGUE ON PLANNING STAFF HAVE MET AND DETERMINED THAT DATE I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. FIRST OF ALL, BY WAY OF BACKGROUND THE ORDINANCE INVOLVES NON-CONFORMING SITE CHARACTERISTICS AND WHEN THEY NEED TO BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE A SITE CHARACTERISTIC YOU CAN THINK OF THAT AS ANYTHING ON THE SITE OUTSIDE OF A BUILDING SO THINGS LIKE SIDEWALKS OR LANDSCAPE BEING FENCES FOR EXAMPLE. SO THE CODE LANGUAGE CURRENTLY READS THAT NON-CONFORMING SITE CHARACTERISTICS MUST BE BROUGHT INTO CONFORMANCE WITH CURRENT SITE CHARACTERISTIC REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY CODE UPON EITHER REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE OR EXPANSION OF TOTAL FLOOR AREA ON THE SITE BY 25% OR GREATER. SO THAT'S A PRETTY EASY MATH EXERCISE. IF WE HAVE AN ADDITION HOWEVER IF WE HAVE AN ADDITION 15% IN ONE YEAR AND THEN FIVE YEARS GO BY WE HAVE ANOTHER ADDITION OF 15%. THERE'S THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THIS CODE PROVISION HAS TRIGGERED STAFF. AS ALWAYS INTERPRETED IT AS BEING CUMULATIVE. SO IT GOES BACK TO THE DATE OF ADOPTION IN TERMS OF FIGURING OUT THAT 25%. SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING USING IS TO CODIFY THAT INTERPRETATION AND MAKE IT MORE TRANSPARENT. THE UNDERLYING LANGUAGE WOULD BE NEW AND WOULD STATE MEASURED CUMULATIVELY FOR FLOOR AREA EXPANSIONS ON OR AFTER JANUARY 24TH, 2008 AND THAT DATE WAS SELECTED BECAUSE IT WAS THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE IN QUESTION. SO IT TOTALLY ALIGNS WITH PAST STAFF INTERPRETATION. SO WE DO HAVE TWO MOTIONS FOR YOU ONE TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU THEN THE SECOND ONE ON A SUMMARY PUBLICATION RESOLUTION AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. MERCURE COUNCIL ANY CLARIFICATIONS ON THIS CLEAN UP IN LANGUAGE HERE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. IF HEARING NO ONE COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON 4.1 THIS EVENING MAYOR. BEFORE WE DO THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR THE RECORD TO HAVE MR. MARKET DISCUSS THE THE PAST PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THIS ITEM SO THAT IT'S CLEAR FOR EVERYONE LISTENING. THANK YOU MS. MANAGER AND IT'S GOOD POINT. THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE HAVE BEEN PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THIS THIS ORDINANCE THROUGH THE YEARS AND IF YOU COULD JUST FILL US IN ON THAT, MR. MAYOR, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE HELPFUL. YES, MAYOR, OBVIOUSLY WE DID HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER 18TH. THAT PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED AND THE ITEM WAS CONTINUED TO TONIGHT AS THOUGH THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON IT. THANK YOU MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. THEN I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO CLARIFYING CONFORMANCE TRIGGERS FOR CONFORMING SITE CHARACTERISTIC RELATED TO CUMULATIVE FLOOR AREA EXPANSIONS THEREBY AMENDING 21 OF THE CITY CODE . MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE CLARIFYING CONFORMANCE TRIGGERS FOR NONCONFORMING SITE CHARACTERISTICS RELATED TO CUMULATIVE FLOOR AREA EXPANSION. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS AS MERCIER MAYOR BUSSEY I. COUNCILMAN CARTER HI. COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO HI. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. COUNCILMEMBER HI. COUNCILMAN NELSON. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS. I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SUMMARY PUBLICATION MERRIAM WOULD ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCE M MOTION. WHAT SORRY ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 21 OF THE CITY CODE . WELL MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER FOR SUMMARY AS STATED FOR ITEM 4.1. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION THIS IS MR. MAYOR BUSSEY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I. COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO I. COUNCILMEMBER I. COUNCILMEMBER I. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS I. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU MUCH. THANK YOU MR. MERCURY WE GOT AN ITEM 4.2 THIS EVENING. THIS IS A RESOLUTION INITIATING INITIATING THE REZONING OF PARCELS NORTHWARD OF LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH AND WEST 94TH STREET INTERSECTION . MR. RAMBLER OLSEN IS HERE THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME THANK YOU. MAYOR. JUST 10 MINUTES. OKAY. THANK YOU. OH, YES. I'M SORRY TO HAVE TO SHARE MY SCREEN TIME AND I CHAIRMAN ABLE OH I'M UNABLE TO SHARE MY SCREEN PASS THAT DANGLING . WELL DONE MR. MARKER GOOD. THANK YOU THANK YOU MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. YES, THIS IS A STUDY ITEM. WELL, THERE IS A RESOLUTION TO INITIATE REZONING OF THOSE PARCELS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE TITLE BUT THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THAT OR PARALLEL TO THAT AS A STUDY ITEM LOOKING AT THE REZONING OF THOSE PARCELS NORTHWEST OF LYNDALE IN 94TH AND THEN SOME CONSIDERATION OF PARCELS THAT ARE SOUTHEAST. SO SORRY 1/2 THAT YES IS A PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU AS REZONING CONTIGUOUS GROUP OF 11 PARCELS NORTHEAST THAT INTERSECTION AND THEN WE'RE REQUESTING GUIDANCE FROM YOU ALL ABOUT EXPANDING THE AREA OF REZONING TO THE PARCELS THAT ARE SOUTHWEST OF THAT INTERSECTION LYNDALE AND NINETY-FOURTHS SPECIFICALLY AND THEN CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION TO INITIATE THE REZONING OF THE PARCELS AT THAT NORTH NORTHEAST CORNER. SO SO THIS IS A MAP OF THE PARCELS UNDER CONSIDERATION. THEY'RE KIND OF SPLIT UP BY COLOR. THERE'S THE PART THOSE GROUPS TO THE NORTHEAST THEY'VE BEEN GROUPED TOGETHER BY THE OWNER LUPINES WHICH OWNS THE SIX PARCELS UP THERE BETWEEN GARFIELD LYNDALE WITH 93RD AT THE NORTH AND THEN THE SITE OF THE DAVID FONG'S RESTAURANT TO THE SOUTH. THAT'S FIVE PARCELS RIGHT THERE AND THEN WE JUST HAVE A ROW OF PARCELS THAT ARE ZONED TO BE 208I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THESE ARE ALL B TO ZONED PARCELS EXCEPT ONE THE ONE AT 9340 HARRIET AVENUE SOUTH BUT OTHERWISE THEY'RE ALL B TWO ZONED AND THOSE ARE OTHER PARCELS TO THE SOUTH WEST AS WELL INFORMING THIS THERE'S SOME BACKGROUND SURE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR BUT JUST BRIEF HIGHLIGHT THE LYNDALE AVENUE SUBURBAN RETROFIT PLAN WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN APRIL 2021 PROMOTED BEFORE AS A AN APPROPRIATE ZONING DISTRICT FOR THE VISION THAT IT ESPOUSES. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE WE'RE COMING TO YOU ALL TO SEE IF THIS REZONING TO BE FOR WOULD BE PRUDENT IN LIGHT OF THE RETROFIT PLAN WHERE THERE WAS ALSO SOME REZONINGS LAST YEAR IN SEPTEMBER AROUND 86TH AND 90TH WHERE REZONING FROM B-2 TO BE FOR IF YOU RECALL THE IMAGE TO THE RIGHT SHOWS WITHIN THE BLUE AREA WHAT PARCELS WERE RESOLD LAST SEPTEMBER AND WHAT'S INTERESTING OCCURRING AT 94TH IS WHAT WAS IDENTIFIED 86 AND 98 AND THAT'S THE CREATION OF A NODE ALTHOUGH FAIRLY ORGANICALLY WE'VE HAD A FEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE GIVING BIRTH TO THIS NEW NODE 94TH IN LYNDALE THERE WERE WAS ACTUALLY STARTED OFF IN 2003 WITH 96 UNITS AT RE LIFE CO-OP AND THEN 2021 LYNDALE FLATS THAT WAS ANOTHER 81 UNITS AND THEN JUST RECENTLY APPROVED AND STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION OXBOW HEIGHTS TO THE NORTH AT 125 UNITS THESE WEREN'T FACTORED IN TO THE RETROFIT PLAN BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ARE FAIRLY NEW AND NOW WE HAVE NEW OPPORTUNITIES AT THE NORTHEAST OF THIS INTERSECTION THAT YOU KNOW, IN AN AGGREGATE CREATE A NODE AT 94TH AND LYNDALE SO STAFF IS ANTICIPATING THAT AND TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF IT TO STEER DEVELOPMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THE VISION IN THE RETROFIT PLAN AND LOOKING AT THE LAND USE AROUND THESE TWO AREAS IDENTIFIED A WITHIN THE PARCELS TO THE NORTH THESE ARE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL THEY'RE A GATED COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL IN THOSE TO THE SOUTH WESTERN AND GO TO GENERAL BUSINESS AND IT JUST GIVES A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT LAND WITH THE GREATER LAND USES ARE AROUND THOSE PARCELS AND THEN YOU SEE THE ZONING ON THE RIGHT THE ZONE B B2 AND AGAIN THAT ONE PARCEL ZONED INDUSTRIAL THERE ARE AGAIN A PRETTY MIX OF ZONING DISTRICTS AROUND IT. I GUESS I SHOULD DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE A3 PARCEL TO THE WEST THE SOUTH WEST PARCELS THAT'S WHERE ZIEGLER IS LOCATED. SO YOU'RE FAIRLY HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AREA BUT NONETHELESS WE WANTED TO GET YOUR GUIDANCE TO SEE IF WE SHOULD CONSIDER REZONING OR INVESTIGATE THOSE REZONING FOR THOSE PRICES TO THE SOUTHWEST . AS I MENTIONED THE CODE OF LAND USE GENERAL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL COMMITTEE COMMERCIAL IS BASICALLY GENERAL BUSINESS BUT LARGER SCALE SERVICE AND RETAIL USES CURRENT ZONING AS B2 AS I SAID IT'S DESIGNED TO PROVIDE WIDE VARIETY OF RETAIL AND OTHER COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL USES ESSENTIAL TO SUPPORT SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. IT DOES ALLOW MORE AUTO INTENSIVE USES OR AUTO ORIENTED WHICH PROVIDE SOME OF THE REASON WHY IT CONFLICTS WITH THE GOALS AND VISION OF THE RETROFIT PLAN AND THEREFORE RECOMMENDING AS THAT MORE IDEAL ZONING DISTRICT WHICH ALLOWS, YOU KNOW A NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL MIXED USES CAN VICTOR CONFIGURED IN PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY MANNER SO THIS IS A TABLE COMPARING THOSE TWO DISTRICTS B2 AND B THREE URBAN BEFORE B2 BEFORE SORRY ABOUT THAT THEY'RE THERE FOR YOUR REFERENCE WE CAN GET TO THAT MORE DETAIL IF YOU'D LIKE BUT NONETHELESS IT IS THERE IF WE WANT TO REFER BACK TO SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS OF CONCERN WHEN WE'RE REZONING IS WHAT ARE THE CONFORM OR THE CONFORMANCE OF THE PARCELS UNDER AND IF ANY NOT NONCONFORMING WILL BE CREATED WITH THE PROPOSED REZONING WE DIDN'T GET INTO ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WHAT WILL BE NON IF THE REZONING DOES OCCUR OUR BUT IT'S EASY ENOUGH TO LOOK AT USES AND THERE ARE A FEW PARCELS THAT WILL THAT WOULD BE DEEMED NONCONFORMING LEGAL NON-CONFORMING IF A REZONING WERE TO OCCUR BUT NONETHELESS IT'S WORTH CONSIDERING THE STATUS OF OF THOSE PARCELS IN QUESTION IT'S ONLY THREE OUT OF OUT OF THE NUMBER THAT'S CONSIDERED AS FAR AS ENGAGEMENT WE HAVE DIRECTLY ENGAGED THE THE OWNERS OF THOSE AREAS TO THE NORTHEAST LUTYENS AND FONG AND THE SUMMARY OF THAT CONVERSATION IS THAT THEY WERE RECEPTIVE BUT THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE ANY DEFINITE ENDORSEMENT OF OF OUR OF WHAT STAFF IS PROPOSING BUT NONETHELESS THEY WERE THEY WERE RECEPTIVE AND WILLING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. SO WE FELT THAT WAS PRETTY POSITIVE AND IF STAFF WERE DIRECTED TO CONSIDER THOSE PARCELS IN THE SOUTHWEST WE WOULD ENGAGE IN THE SAME TYPE OF OF OUTREACH AND INTERFACING DIRECTLY WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS AND EXPLAINING THE PROPOSAL AND GETTING FROM THEM WHAT THEIR WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE FOR THE FUTURE AND IF IT MESHES WELL WITH WHAT STAFF IS PROPOSING. UM PNNING COMMISSION REVIEWED THIS ON JANUARY 18TH. THERE IS UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR REZONING THE PARCELS NORTHEAST OF THAT INTERSECTION LYNDALE AND 94TH AND THEY ALSO UNANIMOUSLY UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED STUDYING THE REZONING OF THOSE PARCELS TO THE SOUTH WEST. HOWEVER YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT STAFF CONSIDERS THOSE PARCELS TO THE NORTHEAST A PRIORITY AND THE ONES TO THE SOUTHWEST A LOWER PRIORITY. THE ONES TO THE NORTHEAST THOSE HAVE HIGH DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL. SO WE WANTED TO GET AHEAD OF THAT WITH THIS REZONING. THAT'S WHY WE'RE COMING TO YOU SAY WITH THE PROPOSAL THAT WE HAVE NEXT STEPS, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION TO INITIATE REZONING TONIGHT AND IF THAT WERE TO GO FORWARD AND IF STAFF OR IF CITY COUNCIL WERE TO SUPPORT THE REZONING, WE WOULD BRING THAT TO A PUBLIC HEARING IN MARCH OR APRIL HERE'S A RECOMMENDED RESOLUTION LANGUAGE TO INITIATE THE REZONING IF YOU WANT TO REFER TO THAT. OTHERWISE I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. RANDALL AND COUNSEL QUESTIONS HERE, COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I APOLOGIZE I DON'T HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD INSTEAD, WHICH IS NOT FAIR. I'M CURIOUS CAN YOU DO CAN YOU AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL JUST GIVE US A SLIGHT UNDERSTANDING OF LIKE THE THE USES, THE PERMITTED USES AND THE CONDITIONAL USES THAT ARE DIFFERENT BETWEEN BEFORE AND B2 FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO DEVELOP A RESTAURANT WHERE FONG'S IS RIGHT BECAUSE ,THEY'RE GOT THAT BUILDING FOR SALE. IF WE CONVERTED TO BE WOULD THEY STILL ABLE TO DO THAT OR IS THAT ARE WE REMOVING THAT AS A PERMITTED USE GIVEN THAT GIVEN THE USE CASES FOR EACH OF THESE I'M JUST LOOKING FOR COUPLE OF SCENARIOS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPACT MIGHT BE FROM A PERMITTED AND CONDITIONAL USE PERSPECTIVE. CERTAINLY MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SO LET'S GO BACK TO THAT MAP. SO RIGHT NOW THIS IS ACTUALLY THE CONFORMANCE WITH THE B4 DISTRICT. SO THE RESTAURANTS ON THE FONG SIDE WITH THAT'S JUST THE USE THOUGH I NEED TO YOU KNOW I SHOULD PROBABLY EMPHASIZE THAT THAT IS JUST THE USE AND HAVEN'T DONE THE ANALYSIS TO SEE IT WOULD COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE B4 STANDARDS BUT NONETHELESS THE USE COMPLY THERE IS AN AUTO DEALERSHIP AT THAT NORTH WEST CORNER THAT CONSUMES THOSE TWO PARCELS AND THEN THERE'S A AUTO REPAIR PLACE AT THE VARIOUS SOUTH OF THE SOUTHWEST PARCELS. SO THAT'S WHY THEY WERE HIGHLIGHTED FOR NOT BEING IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE B4 DISTRICT BUT NONETHELESS IF THE REZONING AGAIN TO TO REITERATE TO REITERATE IF THE REZONING WERE TO OCCUR THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE INDEFINITELY AS A LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR SO JUST I A CHANCE TO KIND OF WHIP OUT THE THE LYNDALE RETROFIT PLAN AND I THERE THERE REALLY ISN'T YOU KNOW IN DO YOU HAVE ALREADY STATED THIS THAT THERE REALLY WASN'T A PLAN THERE BUT YOU KNOW GIVEN THAT THERE ISN'T A PLAN THERE YOU KNOW WITH THIS IN MIND, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A IS THERE A SIMILAR NODE THAT WE SHOULD BE USING AS GUIDANCE, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR MAKING THAT CHANGE? AND I GUESS MY MY MY REAL QUESTION IS WHY BE FOR NOT SOMETHING ELSE? YOU KNOW IN TERMS OF THAT IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF OUR ZONES THAT WE HAVE YOU KNOW IN THE RETROFIT WE'RE MOVING TO THAT YEAH AND I GET THE SHORT TERM B TO A TO B FOUR IS A LITTLE BIT LESS BUT YOU KNOW FOR TRYING TO BE VISIONARY IN TERMS THIS AREA I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT OVERPOPULATED WITH ONE ZONE AND THEN HAVING TO MAKE ANOTHER ZONING CHANGE LATER ON. AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE MAKING A GOOD LONG TERM DECISION AS TO JUST A SHORT TERM DECISION. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER THE CHOICE TO CONTINUE WITH B FOR I I DON'T HAVE THE RECOLLECTION OF HOW THE OR I JUST WASN'T THERE TO EXPERIENCE THE CREATION OF THE RETROFIT PLAN BUT I BELIEVE BEFORE WAS ARRIVED AT BECAUSE IT WAS MOST IT WAS MORE MOST SUITABLE FOR LYNDALE WE DO HAVE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE MORE INTENSITY BUT I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO THE PLANNING MANAGER MARKET GUARD TO PROVIDE SOME OF THAT HISTORY AS TO WHY BEFORE WAS ON OTHER THAN THE REASONS STATED WITHIN THE RETROFIT BUT ARE THERE ANY OTHER NODES YOU MENTIONED YOU ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER NODES OR ARE YOU TO AS LIKE A MODEL THAT WELL WE'VE GOT NODES IDENTIFIED IN THE RETROFIT PLAN AND SO WHAT I WANT TO YOU KNOW, KIND OF LOOKING FOR IS CAN YOU CAN YOU GIVE ME A GUIDEPOST THAT I MIGHT UTILIZE OF , YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER NODES THAT WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO WE'RE TRYING TO AIM TOWARDS, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, I MIGHT SAY OKAY, YEAH, WE'RE TRYING TO GO IN THIS DIRECTION AND MAYBE THERE ISN'T ONE RIGHT? I MEAN BUT I'M JUST KIND OF KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT THOSE TWO THINGS. YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER MOMENT THE TWO OTHER NODES 86 AND 98 THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE BEST GUIDES THAT WE HAVE. IF THERE'S ANYTHING WITH OVER ANYTHING EVEN OFF LYNDALE THAT MIGHT BE OF A ROADMAP I'M NOT REALLY SURE BUT WE'RE WE'RE JUST WE MODELING IT OFF OF THE THE REZONING AND THE DEVELOPMENT AROUND 98TH AND 86 AND WE'RE WE'RE SEEING THAT KIND OF ENERGY AT 94TH AND LYNDALE BUT AS THE BEFORE ZONING ALL THAT GOING TALK MAYOR OBVIOUSLY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN IN TERMS OF COMPARABLE NODES CERTAINLY FRANCE AND ALL CAPPY JUMPS TO MIND AS ONE WHERE AT LEAST THREE OF THE FOUR CORNERS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED UNDER THE B4 STANDARDS. SO A LOT OF WHAT THAT DOES IS REQUIRE BUILDINGS CLOSE TO THE STREET PARKING TO THE SIDE OR REAR AND IN TERMS OF USES PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CHANGE THAT IT ALLOWS RESIDENTIAL WHEREAS B2 DOES NOT AND THEN IT PROHIBITS SOME OF THE MORE AUTO ORIENTED USES SUCH AS CAR WASHES OR GAS STATIONS, AUTO REPAIR THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCES . IF YOU COULD COULD YOU GO BACK THERE WAS ANOTHER MAP THAT SHOWED THE ENTIRE AREA AND I THINK ENCOMPASS THE CAR RIGHT . YOU PASSED IT NOT ONE MORE ONE MORE. NOWHERE TO GO NOW. I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. ON IN I'M GOING TO GO REALLY SLOW THERE THAT ONE THAT'S THE ONE APOLOGY THAT'S THE ONE SO THE THING THAT CAUGHT MY EYE ON THIS ONE AND MAYBE IT'S JUST THE WAY I'M AT IT IS THE GUY THAT LANE USE OF RIGHT AWAY THE TRACK THROUGH THERE AND THEN TO HAVE IT ACTUALLY OFFICIALLY ZONED UNDER YOU KNOW THE ZONING HOW DOES THAT HOW DOES THAT RAILROAD RIGHT AWAY I MEAN WHICH LITERALLY BISECTS A GOOD CHUNK OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH ON ON LYNDALE AVENUE AND OVER THERE HOW DO HOW DO WE DEAL WITH HOW DO WE WORK EITHER AROUND OR WITH OR THROUGH THAT? I MEAN IT CUTS THE IT CUTS THE PARCELS RIGHT IN HALF. YEAH. A BIG THEORETICAL QUESTION FOR EXAMPLE YOU GOT IT'S A NEARBY CITY CERTAINLY IT'S BOTH AMENITY FOR THE AREA IN TERMS OF THE INDUSTRIAL USES AND THE ADVANTAGE THAT THEY TAKE OF THAT RAILROAD LINE BUT AS ALSO CREATES PROBLEMS IN TERMS OF NOISE ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT A VERY BUSY LINE AND CERTAINLY AS YOU MENTIONED KIND OF BISECTING SOME PARCELS. YEAH, IT IN SOME OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING DOCUMENTS I MEAN THERE'S THE LONG RANGE SUPER LONG RANGE VISION THAT MAYBE IT BECOMES EITHER RAILS TWO TRAILS AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE OR TRANSIT CORRIDOR. HOWEVER WE THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY FAR OUT. THE INDUSTRIAL AREA IS VERY STRONG AND CERTAINLY UTILIZES THAT RAIL CORRIDOR QUITE A BIT SO I THINK IT'S HERE FOR QUITE A FEW DECADES AND I'M AFRAID YOU'RE RIGHT. I THINK IT'S I I'VE ALWAYS LOVED THE IDEA OF THE RAILS TWO TRAILS TO CONNECT THE ENTIRE CITY BASICALLY RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT TO HAVE A AND A BIKING AND WALKING TRAIL THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY AS OPPOSED TO THE RAILROAD I THINK WOULD BE FANTASTIC. BUT I AGREE WE'RE WE'RE A FEW YEARS OUT ON THAT. MORE THAN A FEW YEARS OUT. SO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COMMENTS ON THIS HEARING NONE. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION COUNCIL WOULD IF WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THAT I LOOK FOR ACTION ON ITEM 4.2 THIS EVENING. HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTIONS MEMBER DALLESSANDRO YEAH I WILL MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION INITIATING REZONING OF PARCELS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LYNDALE AVENUE AND WEST 94TH STREET AS DEPICTED IN THE RESOLUTION FROM B2 TO B FOR SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND MY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO INITIATE THE REZONING OF PARCELS LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LYNDALE AVENUE AND WEST 94TH STREET AS DEPICTED NOT FOR THE COUNCIL ON THIS IS MR. MAYOR BUSSEY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER HI COUNCILMAN. D'ALESSANDRO HI. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS . MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE ON OUR AGENDA OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS AND WE HAVE THREE STUDY ITEMS AGAIN AS I MENTIONED EARLIER ALL PLANNING RELATED. WE'RE MEETING MOST OF THE PLANNING STAFF TONIGHT I THINK THIS FIRST ONE ITEM 5.1 IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS REVIEW FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. MICHELLE MENKEN FROM OUR PLANNING STAFF IS WITH US. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT MY WORK TO YOU ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS REVIEW. IT'S GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN I'M SORRY. THERE WE GO. AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN THE STAFF REPORT, THERE'S KIND OF A LOT TO COVER . SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME I MAY BE MOVING QUICKLY BUT I WILL DEFINITELY LEAVE ROOM TOO FOR MORE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AT THE END SO WE CAN GO AND REVISIT THINGS IN MORE DETAIL AFTER THE PRESENTATION. SO I'LL BE GOING THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF MY BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY OF THE PROJECT . I WILL GO OVER THE NATURAL FEATURES ENVIRONMENTAL LAND USE STANDARDS FOCUSING PRIMARILY ON HIGH LEVEL DETAILS ABOUT THE FEATURE THEMSELVES AND THEN ALSO JUST FOCUSING ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF AND THEN THERE WILL BE A TIME FOR SUMMARY AND QUESTIONS AT THE END. SO THIS DEVELOPED FROM OF THE SINGLE AND TWO FAMILY AMENDMENTS ADOPTED IN MAY AND TWO OF LAST YEAR AND THEN THEY WERE ADDED TO THE 2023 PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN AFTER THAT INITIALLY THERE WERE FOUR ITEMS ON THE PROJECT JUST TO REVIEW AND THREE THAT ENDED UP IN THE REPORT ARE TREES, SLOPES AND WILDLIFE AND HABITAT NATIVE AND NATURAL LANDSCAPING IS BEING DEVELOPED IN DETAIL WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION SO THOSE DISCUSSION AROUND THOSE TOPICS WILL BE COMING. SO TO CONDUCT THE STANDARD REVIEW I CONSULTED MULTIPLE RESOURCES AND RESEARCH LOOKED AT SISTER CITIES CONDUCTED SOME PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND ALSO PERFORMED SOME BLOOMINGTON SPECIFIC ANALYSIS AND MAPPING SO THIS IS THE METHODS THAT I TOOK IN ORDER TO GET TO THE REPORT PRESENTATION THAT I'M GIVING TO YOU TODAY. THIS IS A RECREATION OF TABLE ONE IN THE REPORT. THIS IS JUST TO KIND OF SO SHOW THE DIFFERENT INTERVENTIONS THAT THE CITY USES IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES. THIS COVERS THIS IS NON-EXHAUSTIVE SOME OF THESE ARE BROAD TOPICS SO THERE'S EVEN MORE SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS UNDER EACH OF THEM THE CITY HAS A FAIRLY COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND EXCUSE INTERVENTIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND BEYOND . SO IN REVIEWING THESE AND THESE ITEMS I WILL BE ASKING FOR DIRECTION I WOULD GETTING IN THESE SPECIFICS FROM THE COUNCIL ON WHICH DIRECTION WE SHOULD GO NEXT FOR THESE AND WHICH WOULD EVENTUALLY GO TO CODE AMENDMENTS PUBLIC HEARING OR FURTHER STUDY. SO HERE'S THE CITY CODE REVIEW WITH THE THREE ITEMS WE HAVE TREE PRESERVATION, PROTECTIONS AND WILDLIFE AND HABITAT ALL CITIES THAT I REVIEWED HAD SOME SORT OF SPECIFIC TREE PRESERVATION REQUIREMENTS THAT COVER THINGS LIKE REMOVAL, REFORESTATION AND PROTECTION OF SIGNIFICANT TREES OR IMPORTANT TREES. THESE IS PRETTY COMMON BECAUSE OUR TREE CANOPY IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURES TO HELP WITH THINGS LIKE URBAN HEAT ISLAND STORMWATER RUNOFF BIODIVERSITY OUR TREES AND OUR TRUST ARE REALLY IMPORTANT ANYWHERE ON EARTH SO YOU CAN SEE THAT REPRESENTED IN THE CITY CODE ALSO A STEEP PROTECTIONS. I NOTICE THAT YOU MAY NOTICE THAT BLOOMINGTON IS THE ONLY ONE INDICATED THERE. ALL CITIES HAVE SOIL EROSION SEDIMENTATION CONTROLS. BLOOMINGTON HAS A VERY SPECIFIC STEEP PROTECTION SECTION WHICH WASN'T PRESENT IN THE OTHER CITIES REVIEWED FOR WILDLIFE AND HABITAT. IT'S A PRETTY UNCOMMON TOPIC TO END UP IN CITY CODES CURRENTLY WE HAVE A NON RESIDENTIAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT BURNSVILLE DOES AS WELL. SAINT PAUL HAS R L WHICH IS A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THAT DOES IDENTIFY WILDLIFE AND HABITAT AS PART OF ITS ITS CHARACTERISTICS AMONG A LIST OF OTHER CHARACTERISTICS. BUT WILDLIFE AND HABITAT WERE SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED SO THIS IS THE SUMMARY FROM THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND I'VE COLOR CODED IT TO INDICATE THE DISCUSSION FROM PLANNING COMMISSION THE THINGS IDENTIFIED IN GREEN HAD MAJORITY SUPPORT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND AS WELL AS FROM STAFF THOSE IN YELLOW HAD NO MAJORITY FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND THEN THE THOSE IN RED HAVE NO MAJORITY SUPPORT AND WERE NOT RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO I WILL BE TAKING YOU THROUGH THE GREEN AND YELLOW ITEMS SO FOR TREES WE JUST TEXT CLEAN UP WITH NO REGULATION CHANGES. THIS JUST MAKES THE CODE EASIER TO ENGAGE WITH BOTH AS STAFF AND AS POTENTIAL USERS OF THE CODE WHETHER THAT'S RESIDENTS OR DEVELOPERS FOR INSTANCE THIS IS THE SIGNIFICANT TREE DEFINITION AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S KIND OF A BLOCK OF TEXT. I PRESENT AN OPTION FOR AMENDMENT WHICH WOULD BE EITHER CHANGING THE DEFINITION OF SIGNIFICANT TREE AND THEN AMENDING IT WITH A TABLE AT THAT KIND OF BREAKS DOWN EXACTLY WHAT WE MEAN BY SIGNIFICANT TREE. WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY REGULATING? WHAT ARE WHATEVER METRICS THAT WE'RE USING IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT OUR REGULATIONS? ANOTHER TEXT CLEAN UP WOULD BE TREE PROTECTIVE FENCING REQUIRED BEFORE THE ISSUANCE OF GRADING OR BUILDING PERMITS HERE IT'S KIND OF UNCLEAR. IT MAKES IT SEEM LIKE ALL GRADING AND BUILDING PERMITS NEED TO HAVE THIS PERSPECTIVE FENCING INSTALLED. BUT IT'S ACTUALLY ONLY WHEN TREE PRESERVATION STANDARDS ARE TRIGGERED. SO WE WOULD AMEND TEXT IN ORDER TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR THAT THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO ALL GRADING AND BUILDING PERMITS. IT'S ACTUALLY IN A SPECIFIC A SPECIFIC INSTANCE SO THE BENEFITS OF MAKING THIS CHANGE ARE IMPROVED RDABILITY AS I SAID, THERE'S LIKELY NO NEW EQUITY IMPACTS BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T ACTUALLY BE CHANGING CHANGING REGULATION. CURRENT EQUITY IMPACTS COULD BE STUDIED BUT WE WOULDN'T BE INCURRING NEW IMPACTS BASED ON THESE CHANGES AND WE WOULD LIKELY NEED NO FURTHER STUDY IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THESE CHANGES CHALLENGES IS SIMPLY STAFF TIME AND RESOURCES TO MAKE THESE CHANGES WHICH ARE FAIRLY LOW AND THEN ALSO MAKING SURE WE ALIGN DEFINITIONS ACROSS LANGUAGE ACROSS THE CODE ONCE WE MAKE THOSE TYPES OF CLEANUP CHANGES . SO FOR WILDLIFE WE ALSO HAD ONE RECOMMENDATION HERE I AM SHOWING THE WILDLIFE QUARTER MAP THAT COMES FROM THE MINNESOTA DNR WILDLIFE ACTION PLAN. THIS PLAN IS CONSIDERED A HIGH LEVEL. IT DOESN'T GET AS CLEAN YOUR AT GRANULAR AS PARCEL BY PARCEL FOR ANALYSIS. THERE'S ALSO NOT ANY PLANNING OR LAND USE OBJECTIVES INVOLVED IN THIS PLAN WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND THE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THIS PLAN AND LAND USE STANDARDS AND SO BUT IN ORDER TO REPRESENT KIND OF WHAT'S INSIDE OF THE WILDLIFE CORRIDOR WE HAVE THOSE IN YELLOW ARE KIND OF OUR PUBLIC LANDS SO PARKS AND OTHER OPEN SPACE AND THEN ALSO THOSE IN PINK ARE OUR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THEN THE REMAINING AREAS ARE THINGS LIKE WATER BODIES OR LAND THAT IS NOT BLOOMINGTON SPECIFIC PUBLIC LAND SO COULD BE A MANAGED BY THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PRIVATE LAND MANAGERS THAT HAVE OPEN SPACE THERE. SO THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD USE THE WILDLIFE CORRIDOR ORDER TO PROVIDE WILDLIFE AND HABITAT EDUCATION FOR LOW DENSITY PROPERTIES. THIS WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO PROPERTIES WITHIN THAT THIS COULD BE VIA BLOOMINGTON BRIEFING SO IT WOULD BE CITYWIDE. WE COULD GET CAPTURE SOME ADDITIONAL BENEFIT IF OTHERS ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDE. IT ALSO CAN BE ADAPTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA. OTHER KIND OF WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE WOULD ALSO BE A GREAT WAY FOR VARIOUS EVENTS WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO PROVIDE THAT ONCE WE'VE KIND OF CONSOLIDATED IT TOGETHER IN MATERIAL AND THEN LIKE I SAID IT COULD BE A LOW COST METHOD BY USING AVENUES THAT WE ALREADY USE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR RESIDENTS. SO THE BENEFITS IS THAT IT CAN COST EFFECTIVE DEPENDING ON THE METHODS THAT WE CHOOSE TO DISTRIBUTE THIS INFORMATION IT'S OPT IN . SO IF THERE'S IMPACTS THAT HAVE A FINANCIAL COMPONENT LIKE INSTALLING DIFFERENT LANDSCAPING OR USING DIFFERENT FENCING TYPES, THE CAN DETERMINE THEIR OWN CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT CHANGES WHICH COULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE BURDEN THAT A REQUIREMENT FOR SOME OF THESE COULD BRING AND ALSO THE REAL RESOURCES ARE LIKELY ALREADY AVAILABLE ESPECIALLY LIKE THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA HAS EXTENSIVE INFORMATION THAT THAT WE CAN TAP INTO IN ORDER TO PRODUCE OUR MATERIALS AS CHALLENGES ARE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO FIND THE LEAD RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT PLANNING COMMISSION MENTIONED THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION COULD BE A LIKELY LEAD FOR THE FOR THESE MATERIALS. WE DID TRY TO HAVE A FORMAL MEETING WITH THEM SCHEDULING DIDN'T WORK OUT TO HAVE THAT MEETING SO THAT WORK TO CONNECT AND COLLABORATE WITH THEM WOULD STILL NEED TO BE DONE. ALSO THE TIME, RESOURCES AND DATA TO COULD BE PROHIBITED BUT IF WE CHOOSE A SCOPE THAT THOSE MATERIALS THAT CAN BE EASILY MANAGED AND ALSO EFFECTIVENESS COULD BE CAN BE UNPREDICTABLE AND WE MAY NOT SEE RESULTS IN THE SHORT TERM BUT IN THE LONG TERM WE COULD SEE KIND OF CHANGING OF THE NORMS IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT OF THE EDUCATION ITEMS THAT WE CHOOSE. SO IN SLOPES THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT HAD NO MAJORITY FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION BUT AS STAFF WE RECOMMEND THIS IS REFINING AND ADDING THE DEFINITION OF STEEP SLOPES TO THE CODE CURRENTLY IN OUR STEEP SLOPES SECTION .57.01 WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A DEFINITION OF SLEEP'S STEEP IT CAN BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT A REGULATION OR A METRIC IF WE HAVEN'T DEFINED IT YET. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'VE INCLUDED THIS IN THE PRESENTATION CITIES CAN HAVE SOME DISCRETION ON WHAT STEEP IS. SO I HAVE IDENTIFIED THREE AREAS THAT COULD GIVE GUIDANCE THERE. SO STATE STATUTE DEFINES STEEP AS 12 TO 18%. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE USES 15% OR GREATER AS A STEEP AND OUR BLUFF PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT WHICH IS ALREADY BEING IMPLEMENTED OR HAS BEEN ADOPTED DEFINES STEEP AS 18% OR GREATER. SO THERE'S SOME DISCRETION THERE THAT WE CAN CHOOSE TO GO WITH BUT WE WOULD HAVE JUSTIFICATION GOING IN THESE DIRECTIONS AND USING THAT DESTRUCTION DISCRETION EXCUSE . SO AND TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE HOW THAT DEFINITION COULD IMPACT THE CURRENTLY IN SCOPE HERE WE HAVE AVERAGE OF 12% OR GREATER WHICH IS WHAT THE CURRENT CODE CURRENTLY REGULATES ALTHOUGH DOESN'T DEFINE A STEEP BUT IT CURRENTLY REGULATES THERE IS A LITTLE OVER 1400 PROPERTIES LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT WOULD BE IMPACT IMPACTED AND THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THE BLUFF PROTECTION DISTRICT. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SPECIFIC REGULATIONS FOR SLOPES. IF WE WERE TO IMPLEMENT A DEFINITION OF AVERAGE IS 18% OR GREATER THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON 300 A LITTLE OVER 300 PROPERTIES. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WOULDN'T REGULATE SLOPES THAN 18%. IT JUST MEANS WE ARE IDENTIFYING THAT STEEP IS THIS PERCENTAGE AND THEN COULD PAVE THE WAY FOR ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS. WE COULD LEAVE IT AT THE DEFINITION IT WOULD JUST ADD IT WOULD STILL A CLARITY BUT WE WOULDN'T HAVE MAYBE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS WITH IT QUITE YET BUT IT LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR THAT SO THE BENEFITS IS MORE CLARITY AND IT WOULD ALLOW US TO ACTUALLY MONITOR, EVALUATE AND REGULATE THE APPLICATION APPLICABLE PARCELS AND FURTHER IN-DEPTH STUDY IS NOT LIKELY NOT REQUIRED ON THE EXAMPLES FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL AS WELL AS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE WITHIN OUR CODE CHALLENGES WITH MAKING SURE WE HAVE ALIGNMENT WHICH CAN BE VERY EASILY DONE THROUGH A QUICK AND IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY CHANGE TO REGULATIONS ON WHAT WOULD DO WITH STEEP SLOPES. SO IF WE WANTED TO ADD THOSE THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE PROJECT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO AFTER MAKING THESE CHANGES SO THE SECOND STEEP RECOMMENDATION OR OPTION IS ADDING SOME STEEP BEST PRACTICES CURRENTLY WE HAVE A IMPERVIOUS SURFACE LIMIT FOR DEPENDING ON THE THAT'S ON THE PROPERTY GOING FROM 12 TO 30% AND AS AND YOU SEE THE MAXIMUM COVER IS REDUCED AS PERCENTAGE INCREASES SOME THERE ARE SOME SPECIAL PROVISIONS HIGHLIGHT TREES AND SURFACE WATER REDIRECTION AS POSSIBLE REQUIREMENTS BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY THAT CURRENTLY IN OUR R EXCUSE ME OUR BLUFF PROTECTION DISTRICT IN CONSULTANT CONSULT PUBLIC WORKS THESE ARE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES WHICH MEANS WE DON'T REQUIRE THEM BUT THEY ARE OPTIONS THAT THE CITY SEES AS BENEFICIAL OR OPTIONS THAT THEY COULD PURSUE THAT THE CITY KIND OF COSINES THEY WOULD STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH APPROVAL WITH THE CITY SO THEY COULDN'T JUST BE LIKE I DID I COVER MY BARE SOIL WE'RE GOOD. THEY WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO PRESENT A PLAN THAT SAYS THAT THEY'VE DONE THIS IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY MITIGATE THE SURFACE WATER RUNOFF WHERE SOAP STABLE IS ASIAN. BUT THIS JUST KIND OF SAYS IT MORE FORWARD THAT IF YOU WANT TO ENGAGE WITH STEEP PROTECTION HERE ARE SOME OPTIONS IN THIS IS THIS IS DIRECTLY FROM THE BLUFF OVERLAY PROTECTOR DISTRICT AND THE STRIKETHROUGH AND UNDERLINE UNDERLINE ARE MY CHANGES SO THE BLOCK PROTECTION OVERLAY STANDARDS WERE UPDATED IN 2019 2020 SO THEY ARE LIKELY THE MOST UP TO DATE THAT WE HAVE THESE BEST MANAGER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES CAN GIVE FLEXIBILITY TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS WHO NEED TO MANAGE THEIR SLOPES ON THEIR PROPERTY AND LIKE I SAID IT WOULD STILL BE REVIEWED BY STAFF CHALLENGE AND YOU WOULD BE THAT HONORED ALL THE LANGUAGE IS RELEVANT CITYWIDE BECAUSE OF HOW UNIQUE THE BLUFF IS BUT. I BELIEVE THAT ADAPTATION ADAPTATIONS CAN BE MADE AND JUSTIFIED. SO THAT WAS A VERY QUICK RUN THROUGH OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF I CAN ALSO GO IN MORE IN DEPTH IN ANY OF THESE ITEMS NOT JUST THE ONES IN GREEN AND YELLOW. AND SO MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I AM READY FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MS. LINCOLN. APPRECIATE IT. COUNCIL THOUGHTS ON THIS? COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'M YEAH, I'D LOVE TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHY THERE ISN'T INTEREST IN A TREE PRESERVATION STANDARDS REVIEW RIGHT NOW GIVEN WE HAVE A TREE CANOPY PROBLEM GENERALLY SPEAKING IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. I WOULD I'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING SOMEWHERE ELSE OR WHATEVER. I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHY FOLKS DON'T THINK THAT THAT MIGHT BE VALUABLE AT THE STATE. THANK YOU, MARIN CAL COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. A TREE PRESERVATION STANDARDS LET ME REFRAME A LITTLE BIT ACTUALLY. SO IN THINKING ABOUT OUR TREE CANOPY AND ALL THE THINGS THAT GO INTO HAVING A HEALTHY CANOPY TREE PRESERVATION IS ACTUALLY ONLY ONE PART OF IT. EARLIER TONIGHT YOU HEARD ABOUT THE URBAN FORESTRY PLAN THAT'S GOING ON. THAT'S ALSO PART OF MAINTAIN LIKE OR RESTORING OUR MAINTAINING OUR TREE CANOPY IN ORDER TO HAVE AN INVENTORY AND A PLAN FOR OUR TREES. ADDITIONALLY ARE PUBLIC WORKS AND CITY FORESTRY ARE ALSO TO REALLY UTILIZE OUR PUBLIC ROLE USING OUR PUBLIC ROAD TO PLANT TREES IS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO GET NEW TREES INTO CANOPY AND SO THEY ARE WORKING ON THAT AS WELL. THE TREE PRESERVE OUR TREE PRESERVATION STANDARDS ARE ACTUALLY FAIRLY ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES AND WITH THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS TO ADD MORE TREES TO OUR CANOPY THOSE TANDEM MAKE A KIND OF ARE WORKING TOWARDS HAVING THAT LIKE TREE CANOPY OF OUR DREAMS OKAY IF I IF I CAN SUM UP IF THAT'S OKAY SO WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY AND IT MAKES SENSE TO ME I THINK IS THERE'S NO NEED FOR THE FOR US TO DO ANYTHING IN THIS AREA OF OF POLICY OR CODE BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE OTHER ACTIVITIES AND YOU FEEL THAT THEY'RE SUFFICIENT TO WHAT IT IS WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IF WE WERE TO GO THROUGH SOME KIND OF TREE PRESERVATION STANDARDS REVIEW. YES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO THAT IS CORRECT. SO THEY ARE REALLY WORKING TOGETHER WELL AND OUR TREE PRESERVATION STANDARDS ARE NOT A BARRIER OR INHIBITOR TO THE WORK THAT THE CITY FORESTER IS DOING AND ALSO THERE ARE PARTS IN OUR CODE THAT ALREADY PROHIBIT THE REMOVAL OF TREES IN THE ROW SO THE TREE PRESERVATION STANDARDS WOULDN'T IMPACT THAT ADDITIONAL TREE PRESERVATION STANDARDS WOULDN'T IMPACT THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IT ACTUALLY IT'S ALREADY COVERED . OKAY SO THERE'S THERE'S NO CONCERN THAT WE MIGHT FIND OURSELVES IN IN CONFLICT LIKE LET'S SAY THE URBAN FORESTRY PLAN BACK AND THEY MAKE CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS AND WILL THAT WOULD WOULD THAT POTENTIALLY TRIGGER US TO HAVE TO COME BACK AND MAKE SOME POLICY CHANGES WITHOUT KNOWING THE DETAILS OF THE URBAN FOREST YOU EXCUSE ME OR URBAN FORESTRY FORESTRY PLAN PARDON ME. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN'T SAY FOR CERTAIN NOT KNOWING THE DETAILS BUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT HAPPENING IS VERY LOW AND ALSO WE CAN WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THEM AS THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR FORESTRY PLAN SO WE COULD BE PROACTIVE ABOUT ANY CHANGES WE MAY MAKE BEFORE THE FINAL PLAN IS RELEASED. OKAY. THANK YOU OTHERS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANKS MAYOR. HOPEFULLY TWO QUICK QUESTIONS HERE ON THE TREE TAX CLEANUP PORTION OF THIS. THIS IS PRIMARILY FOR THE CITY MANAGER BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THE BUILDING PERMITS IN THERE AND AM I CORRECT IN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE COULD CONDITION A BUILDING PERMIT ON THESE TREE BECAUSE THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE ACTUAL BUILDING STRUCTURE WE WOULDN'T BE PROHIBITED BECAUSE WE'D BE EXCEEDING BUILDING CODE IN THAT MANNER BECAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE ACTUAL HOW YOU BUILD THE STRUCTURES THAT MISUNDERSTAND ME. REMEMBER NELSON IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION IS IS THE IS THE QUESTION WHETHER WE COULD USE THE CODE TO REGULATE TREES IS THAT MY QUESTION IS WHETHER THE BUILDING CODE PROHIBITS US FROM DOING THAT BECAUSE WE'D BE EXCEEDING THE EXCEEDING THE BUILDING CODE THAT'S A STATE WIDE UNIFORM STANDARD. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER THAT QUESTION. FAIR ENOUGH. BUT I CAN DEFINITELY CHECK IT OUT AND GET BACK TO YOU SO I DON'T WANT TO GUESS MR. MARTIN IS MAYOR OF THE CITY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE INTERPRETATION AND THE STATE REQUIREMENT THAT CITIES CANNOT HAVE HAVE ORDINANCES OR STANDARDS THAT EXCEED THE BUILDING CODE . OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THAT IS THAT IT IS TO THE STRUCTURE ITSELF AND ANYTHING OUTSIDE THE STRUCTURE IS NOT BOUND BY THAT LIMITATION. SO TREE PRESERVATION AT LEAST OUR INTERPRETATION IS IT'S PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY THE THAT STATE LAW. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR A CLARIFICATION. I THOUGHT I HAD SEEN IT THE SAME WAY BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE MY SECOND QUESTION SO THE STEEP IF WE ADD THAT INTO THERE THAT DOESN'T ACTUALLY CHANGE ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY IN TERMS OF HOW OR WHAT THEY CAN BUILD. IT JUST ADDS A DEFINITION IN THERE. IF WE WANTED TO ACTUALLY CHANGE ANYTHING WE WOULD NEED TO COME BACK AND MAKE SUBSEQUENT DECISIONS. IS THAT ACCURATE? YEAH. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THAT IS CORRECT. THIS IS THE SO THE SECTION IS ACTUALLY CALLED STEEP SLOPES AND THEN WE DON'T DEFINE STEEP SLOPES. SO THINK THIS KIND OF BRINGS THAT IN A LITTLE BIT INTO ALIGNMENT WHERE OTHER ADJUSTMENTS COULD BE. WE CALL IT SLOPES PROTECTION OR SLOPES BUT WE WOULD NEED TO DEFINE STEEP SLOPES AS THE FIRST STEP BEFORE WE GOT INTO DISCUSSING WHAT REGULATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS WE COULD HAVE FOR STEEP SLOPES. SO THIS IS PROVIDING SOME CLARITY ON HAVING A STEEP SECTION AND THEN BEING LIKE WELL WHAT IS STEEP SLOPES? SO JUST KIND OF REMOVING THE AMBIGUITY AND THEN LAYING THE FOUNDATION WHERE IF WE WANTED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS BE BEYOND THE BEST PRACTICES OR IMPERVIOUS SURFACE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE WE'RE READY FOR THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU AND THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS I REMEMBER WE WANTED THE BLOOD PROTECTION STANDARDS THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CONCERNS WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE STEEP SLOPES IN THEIR BACKYARDS AND THAT THE RULES DID CHANGE FOR THEM AREAS THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD BUILD PREVIOUSLY THEY COULDN'T BUILD. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT IF THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE RULES FOR PEOPLE. WE'D HAVE A VERY ROBUST PROCESS FOR THEM TO BE INFORMED ABOUT THAT. SO THANK YOU, COUNSEL. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THANK YOU VERY. SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL, I KIND OF JUST WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK A LITTLE BIT TO THE KIND OF THE THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSAL HERE I KIND OF READ THIS PIECE HERE THE CITY'S PROTECTING OUR PRECIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL WHILE ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF ITS OF ITS RESIDENTS AND SO YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, I KIND OF SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT YOU KNOW KIND OF THE CATEGORIES WE GOT TO FOR THAT AND THEN YOU KNOW, I SEE TREES WILDLIFE HABITAT SLOPES AND THEN YOU KNOW, I KIND OF THINK OF OKAY SO LET'S SAY WE IMPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO YOU KNOW, FOR TREES IT'S A LITTLE EASIER MAYBE WITH SLOPES YOU CAN HAVE A BEGINNING PROCESS AND AN END PROCESS AND YOU COULD PROBABLY YOU KNOW, BY SOME MEASURE MEASURE THAT THAT DIFFERENCE, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THOSE THINGS AND I'M A LITTLE MORE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CONCERNED WHEN I LOOK AT THE WILDLIFE HABITAT. SO LET ME START THE FIRST QUESTION. I WON'T THROW A TON OF QUESTIONS AT ONE TIME. HOW DID WE KIND OF GET TO THESE 3 TO 4 CATEGORIES BECAUSE THEN WE GET LANDSCAPING, YOU KNOW AND THE OTHER PIECE HERE LET'S START THERE. MARIN COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN THANK YOU. SO THESE WERE THE THESE CATEGORIES WERE CHOSEN AS A RESULT OF THE SINGLE AND TO FAMILY ADOPTION AND THAT I WAS NOT PART OF THAT PROCESS SO WHEN THE PROJECT WAS ADDED TO THE 2023 PLANNING WORK OR EXCUSE ME PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN THOSE THAT SCOPE HAD ALREADY BEEN DEFINED BY THE TIME THAT WE GOT THERE AND I THINK THAT PLANNING MANAGER MARK AAGAARD CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAILS. I UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THOSE WERE QUESTIONS THAT AROSE FROM PUBLIC HEARING AND CONVERSATION AROUND THE SINGLE AND TWO FAMILY AND SO THOSE WERE THE TOPICS THAT WE THAT I EXPLORED AS A RESULT OF THAT. THANKS FOR THE BACKGROUND AND THE REMINDER YOU KNOW AS TO WHERE THIS KIND OF CAME OUT OF AND I JUST YOU KNOW, I JUST KIND OF WONDER THIS IS MORE MORE COMMENTARY, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY FOR YOU TO ANSWER CERTAINLY. FEEL FREE IF YOU WANT TO. BUT I WONDER IF WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS APART FROM THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE WOULD PICK THESE YOU KNOW, THESE CATEGORIES BECAUSE I JUST I WONDER IF THIS REALLY THEN I KIND OF TAKE A STEP EARLIER. I MEAN WE TALK ABOUT OUR CLIMATE PLAN BECAUSE I KEEP WONDERING ARE THESE REALLY THE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY GOING TO KIND OF MAKE A TO THAT CLIMATE PLAN AND SINCE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF WORKING FROM FROM ANOTHER PIECE AND SO I JUST STRUGGLE YOU KNOW WITH WITH IF LET'S SAY WE DID ANYTHING THIS LIST, YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN THE TREES AND THE SLOPES, YOU KNOW ,WOULD WE MEASURE THAT AS OPPOSED TO THIS THIS PROPOSAL HERE THAT WE HAVE HERE? SO THAT'S THAT'S SORT OF WHERE I'M KIND OF STRUGGLING WITH AND IF THERE'S ANY GUIDANCE YOU CAN GIVE ME IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THIS, YOU KNOW, ARE THESE THE CATEGORIES IF YOU HAD A BLANK SLATE TO LOOK AT, WOULD YOU WOULD YOU SUGGEST SOMETHING ELSE? I'M JUST I'M NOT SURE HOW TO LOOK AT THIS. MARIN COME FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER WOMAN THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK BECAUSE OUR ENVIRONMENT IS LITERALLY 100% OF WHAT'S AROUND US SO HOW DO WE CHOOSE CATEGORIES? SO I THINK THAT IF YOU CAN THINK ABOUT OTHER REALLY BIG CATEGORIES THAT KIND OF EXIST IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE WATER WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE LIKE WE HAVE OUR WATERSHEDS, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL LIKE STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS THAT KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT AND SO IT'S IT'S THAT'S A CATEGORY THAT ALSO HAS HAD EXTENSIVE STUDY AND REVIEW ACTUALLY TIME SO THAT'S WHY IT MAY NOT NECESSARY REALLY COME UP BECAUSE IT ALREADY HAS A LOT OF LIKE REGULATION DIFFERENT LEVELS AS WELL AS MORE UP TO DATE AND I SAY UP TO DATE AS IN CONTINUOUS ENGAGEMENT ON STORMWATER WATER QUALITY AND THE WATERSHEDS AND IN PARTNERSHIP AND THE CITY IN PARTNERSHIP WATERSHEDS KIND OF HANDLE THINGS LIKE STORMWATER AND WATER QUALITY AND THEN ALSO IN LOOKING AT KIND OF LIKE WHERE PLANNING CAN INTERVENE IN THOSE THINGS AS WELL CAN GET KIND OF LIKE IT CAN NARROW THE SCOPE OF WHAT YOU REALLY LOOK AT IF I HAD A BLANK SLATE I MEAN TREES FOR ME WOULD 100% BEYOND THERE I THINK THAT TREES ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST INDICATORS FOR EQUITY. I MEAN WHO HAS TREES AND WHO DOESN'T AND THE IMPACT THAT NOT HAVING TREES TO HABITAT I MEAN A LOT OF A LOT OF OTHER FEATURES FEED INTO WILDLIFE AND HABITAT THAT MAKE THE BIODIVERSE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE NEED FOR ALL OF US TO KIND OF THRIVE. BUT IN ADDITION THAT THEY'RE GREAT FOR STORMWATER AND WATER QUALITY, THEY'RE THEIR ROOTS STABILIZE THE SOIL. THEY HELP WITH EVAPORATION IN OFF THEIR LEAVES THEY PROVIDE SHADE TO VARIOUS SPECIES OUR OWN AND AS WELL AS MITIGATING HEAT ISLAND. SO IN WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN AREA IN IN THE SOUTHEAST THAT HAS IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA URBAN URBAN HEAT ISLAND STUDY AND YOU ZOOM IN TO BLOOMINGTON THERE'S REALLY OBVIOUS AREA IN EAST BLOOMINGTON THAT A HIGH URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT WHICH KIND OF ONE THINGS OF LIKE OOH THAT'S THAT TO ME SAYS WE SHOULD LOOK AT IT WHAT ARE THE TREES WHAT'S THE TREE SITUATION LIKE THERE? BECAUSE VERY OFTEN TREES CAN BE A HUGE FACTOR IN MITIGATING THAT. SO I THINK TREES IS A VERY NATURAL ADDITION TO THIS PROJECT AND KIND OF IN REVIEW AND THE CITY IS HAS A LOT OF PLANS GOING ON IN ORDER TO HELP WITH THE TREE CANOPY AS I EXPLAINED BEFORE AS FOR SLOPES SLOPES WE HAVE SLOPES THERE ARE MANY AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT ARE PRETTY FLAT OR EFFECTIVELY FLAT BUT BLOOMINGTON DOES HAVE A VARIETY OF SLOPES AND HILLS AND AND NOT OUTSIDE OF THE BLUFF. AND SO I THINK HAVING AN ADDITION HERE OF LOOKING AT SLOPES WAS FAIRLY NATURAL AS WELL. I THINK THE ISSUE COMES YOU KNOW A TYPICAL PLANNING INTERVENTION IS AT PLATT THE SUBDIVISION AND THERE ARE SOME GRADING AND EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION REQUIREMENTS BUT ENFORCEMENT BEYOND BEYOND THOSE INTERVENTIONS WOULD HAVE A LOT OF ON STAFF TIME AND THEN THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO USE THEIR PROPERTIES BECAUSE IT WOULD REQUIRE A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS OF NOT BEING ON THE AT ALL AND AS YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE BLUFF PROTECTION DISTRICT AND THAT DISCUSSION AND THEN WILDLIFE AND HABITAT IS A FAIRLY NEW KIND OF I THINK FOR TO ENGAGE IN VERY DELIBERATELY LIKE I TREES AND SLOPES ARE HABITAT BIODIVERSITY IS VERY HELPFUL BUT L.A. AS I MENTIONED IN THE REPORT HAS BEEN ON A DECADE LONG PROCESS OF FIGURING OUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT LAND USE POLICY THAT SUPPORTS WILDLIFE AND HABITAT AND THEY'RE STILL NOT FINISHED BUT THEY TOOK SEVEN YEARS WITH CONSULTANTS TO GATHER THE DATA NECESSARY IN ORDER TO GET TO THEIR DRAFT. SO I THINK TO CLEAR SOME OF YOUR CONFUSION OR IN SURETY ABOUT LIKE WHAT'S NEXT, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THESE CATEGORIES THAT WE'VE CHOSEN IT INVOLVES MORE STUDY I THINK SO LET ME JUST THIS LAST THING HERE GET THE TREES, GET THE SLOPES. I THINK YOU COULD EASILY MEASURE YOU KNOW, MEASURE THOSE THINGS THE HABITAT PIECE. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE LOOK AT THIS GREEN ONE HERE THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES EDUCATIONAL PIECE I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD YOU KNOW KNOW THAT YOU MADE IMPACT WITH THAT I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD MEASURE THAT AT THE BEGINNING AND THEN LET'S SAY TEN YEARS FROM NOW I, I MEAN I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING TO DO BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD MEASURE THAT AND I JUST YOU KNOW AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS PROPOSAL SO SO FOR EXAMPLE THAT THING THAT YOU MENTIONED YOU KNOW I MEAN THAT IS A MUCH MORE ENCOMPASSING KIND OF THING THAT THAT WOULD YOU KNOW YOU COULD DEFINITELY MEASURE THAT YOU KNOW THE L.A. STUDY AND SO THAT THAT'S WHERE I'M STRUGGLING WITH IT'S JUST THE MIDDLE PART THE OTHER TWO I'M KIND OF THERE BUT I JUST I CAN'T MAKE THIS MAKE SENSE THAT THE MIDDLE PART SO I THINK YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS COUNCILMEMBER THAT WAS I WAS WONDERING ALSO ABOUT THE WILDLIFE AND HABITAT PIECE OF THIS FOR A DIFFERENT REASON. I THINK IN OUR DISCUSSIONS THE SINGLE IN TWO FAMILY ZONING CHANGES WE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT WILDLIFE AND HABITAT AND AND MADE A NUMBER OF STATEMENTS I THINK THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES WE COULD WORK THIS IN AND HOW WOULD THOSE WOULD WORK BEST WITHIN THE WITHIN THE CITY. SO IT SURPRISES ME THAT BOTH STAFF AND COMMISSION I MEAN SOME THINGS THAT WOULD SEEM TO BE I MEAN CAN I SAY LOW HANGING FRUIT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND HABITAT ARE LOW HANGING FRUIT OF YOU KNOW HABITATS SUPPORT OF REGULATIONS AND WILDLIFE SUPPORTIVE POLICIES THAT WITHOUT GOING TO A FULL BLOWN CONSERVATION OVERLAY DISTRICT BUT SOME SUPPORTIVE REGULATIONS OR POLICIES FOR WILDLIFE AND HABITAT THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED I CAN CAN YOU SHARE A BIT OF WHAT THE DISCUSSION IS AT THE STAFF LEVEL AND PERHAPS AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION LEVEL? MR. MAYOR YES. SO THE A LOT OF WITH THE WILDLIFE AND HABITAT IS COVERED IN OTHER AREAS LIKE TO SUPPORT HABITAT HAVING OUR NATIVE LANDSCAPING AND A NATIVE AND NATURAL LANDSCAPING WOULD BE A HAD A HABITAT SUPPORTIVE REGULATION FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL OR TREE PRESERVATION OR TREE PLANTING ALSO ALL OF THE GREAT WORK THAT PARKS AND REC AND PUBLIC WORKS DO IN OUR PUBLIC LANDS AND PARKS ALL ARE HABITAT SUPPORTIVE AND AND KIND OF SIGNIFIES THINGS LIKE CONNECTIVITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT CONNECTIVITY OF HABITAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR WILDLIFE HAVING THOSE MULTIPLE AREAS BE ADDRESSED IN THESE OTHER PLACES THAT WE ARE HABITAT SUPPORTIVE IN IN IN THOSE WAYS THERE COULD BE MORE HABITAT SUPPORTIVE THINGS THE I'M L.A. AS THE EXAMPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE KIND OF THE ONE OF THE TWO CITIES THAT HAVE DONE THE MOST WORK IN THIS AREA AND PROVIDED AN ACTUAL DRAFT ORDINANCE FOR ALL OF US TO LOOK AT. THEY DID THINGS LIKE HAVING SETBACK CUTS FOR FENCES, HAVING FENCES THAT HAD SPECIFIC OPACITY SO CAN MOVE THROUGH THEM OR UNDER THEM AND THEY THAT COULD BE ALSO SEEN AS BOTH HABITAT AND WILDLIFE SUPPORTIVE. I'M RECOGNIZING NOW OUR WELL I'M RECOGNIZING THE KIND OF IN MANAGEMENT THAT DOING WILDLIFE SUPPORTIVE THINGS EXCUSE ME ARE DOING HABITAT SUPPORTIVE THINGS ARE ALSO WILDLIFE SUPPORTIVE THINGS SO THERE IS KIND OF AN ENTANGLEMENT THERE THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY SEPARATE BUT I THINK THAT IN PLANNING COMMISSION'S VIEW THEY WERE WHERE THEY EXPRESSED KIND OF TWO MAIN THINGS WHICH WAS THE SIMPLICITY OF THE CODE AND THE PRACTICALITY OF SOME OF THE RECOMMENDED SOME OF THE EARLY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I GOT FROM MY RESEARCH LIKE CHANGING FENCES OR HAVING DIFFERENT SETBACKS AND ALSO IN HAVING HABITAT SUPPORTIVE REGULATIONS FOR THAT ARE BROAD YOU KNOW, CITY WIDE COULD CREATE A LOT OF LEGAL NON-CONFORMITY DEPENDING ON DIRECTION THAT WE GO IF WE EXPAND THE INTERVENTIONS THAT PLANNING OR THE CITY INTERACTS WITH THESE THINGS IF A STRUCTURE IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE A SHED'S TOO CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY WE'RE REMOVING VEGETATION. THERE'S ALSO THAT COMPONENT OF IT. SO I THINK BECAUSE OF THAT COMPLEXITY AND, BECAUSE OF THE QUESTION OF SOME OF THE PRACTICALITY OF IT IN ADDITION TO HOW NATIVE LANDSCAPING TREES, SLOPES AND OTHER THINGS ARE ALREADY DOING THAT THEY HAD DECIDED NOT TO RECOMMEND IT AND AS STAFF I AGREE I THINK THAT WE HAVE LIKE THE LANDSCAPING SUPPLEMENTAL POLICY WE HAVE POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD THE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR WILDLIFE AND HABITAT. WE OUR TREE PRESERVATION AS WELL AS LIKE I SAID THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE FOR NATIVE LANDSCAPING ON LOW DENSITY SPECIFICALLY THAT MAKE THESE ADDITIONAL PRETTY RESOURCE INTENSIVE AND THAT COULD BE AN ISSUE TO CONSIDER THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT COUNSEL ADDITIONAL COMMENTS HERE SO WAS A THERE WAS NO FORM OR MOTION OR INFORMATION HERE OR ACTION HERE BUT WHAT DID YOU GET FROM OUR COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL QUESTIONS WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR AS YOU CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AND MR. MARIN COUNCIL I THINK THAT I AM DEFINITELY GRATEFUL FOR FEEDBACK AND ADDITIONAL DIRECTION BUT ALSO I'M THE QUESTION IS IS THE CURRENT DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADING IN AND THAT I AM PURSUING THE THINGS IN GREEN AND YELLOW SUPPORTED OR NOT ON ON WHOLESALE NOT WHOLESALE BUT IN WHOLE OR IN PART SUPPORTED . SO THAT WAY I CAN FOCUS OUR RESOURCES IN A DIRECTION ALSO YOU KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL OR PLANNING COMMISSION TO REVISIT SOME OF THESE ITEMS. SO A PRIORITY IDENTIFIED SOME IDENTIFYING SOME PRIORITY ITEMS IS ALSO ACCEPTABLE I THINK I MY MY SUMMARY MIGHT BE GIVEN WHAT YOU HEARD FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN GIVEN YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE COUNCIL TONIGHT, I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION HERE OR NOT. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO JUST A NELSON YES, MR. MAYOR, JUST A QUICK CLARIFICATION FROM MY PERSPECTIVE ON THAT I WHAT I'M WHAT I WOULD I WOULD BE FINE WITH YOU ALL WORKING TOWARDS THAT THAT YOU'VE DEFINED IN GREEN IN YELLOW I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER TO YOUR POINT, MR. MAYOR, SOME MORE HABITAT SUPPORT OF REGULATION AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE THINK THAT THAT MIGHT BE ACCOMMODATED PART BY THE NATIVE LANDSCAPING WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. AND SO I'D LIKE TO JUST ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A BEAD ON THAT FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE AND THAT I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT'S PLANNING TO COME TO US. I DON'T KNOW CITY MANAGER IF YOU KNOW WHEN THAT'S COMING. OKAY. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO I DON'T DISAGREE THAT EACH OF US IN OUR OWN BACKYARDS CAN DO A LOT FROM A NATIVE LANDSCAPING PERSPECTIVE TO PROVIDE THE HABITAT THAT FOLKS NEED. BUT WE WE ALSO WE ALSO HAVE TO SERIOUSLY JUST UNDERSTAND THAT AND HABITAT LIKE IT DOESN'T MOVE ACCORDING TO OUR RULES. RIGHT. IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T USE OUR BOUNDARIES ARBITRARY TO THEM IF IF I'M A DEER AND I'M IN HIGHLAND AND I WANT TO GO TO MOYER PARK I'M GOING TO GO HOW I WANT TO LIKE I'M NOT GOING TO FOLLOW THIS NICE LITTLE LINE WE'VE DEFINED IS RIGHT AROUND THE CREEK RIGHT AND SAID EVERYTHING ELSE CAN BE DEVELOPED AND WHO CARES AND CUT IT UP AND AND WHATEVER IT JUST DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DECIDE A PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO PROVIDE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THESE AREAS OF VALUE FOR HABITAT AND AND SUPPORT THAT WITH LANDSCAPING AND TREES AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT THEN THEN THAT'S A DECISION WE MAKE. I WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT DECISION. MY POINT WHEN I LOOK AT THE THE CONSERVATION CORRIDOR LOOK AT A LARGE SWATH OF BLOOMINGTON IT'S NOT JUST WEST BLOOMINGTON, IT INCLUDES THE ENTIRE BLUFF AREAS OF EAST BLOOMINGTON AS WELL AND EVERYTHING. SO A VERY BIG PIECE OF OUR CITY AND IT FEELS TO ME LIKE IT'S AN ASSET THAT DESERVES MORE PROTECTION AND THAT'S I THINK THAT'S THE LENS THROUGH WHICH I LOOK AT ALL OF THIS. SO THIS IS A FINE START TO THE PROCESS. I WOULD LIKE US KEEP AN EYE ON THE URBAN FORESTRY PLAN AND THE NATIVE LANDSCAPING PLAN AS WAYS AND HAVE A BEAD ON WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO DO MORE FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE TO SUPPORT THOSE LIKES AND COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH YOU MAYOR I'LL BE QUICK IN GENERAL I SUPPORT THESE THE ONE AREA THE STEEP SLOPES OF WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO ANY FURTHER WITH IT. I WOULDN'T SPEND THE TIME ON DOING SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO CHANGE JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION BUT THE QUESTION I REALLY HAVE IS YOU KNOW, THIS SEEMS TO DOVETAIL VERY NICELY WITH OUR SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. IS THERE A PLAN TO WORK WITH THEM AT ALL AS WELL ON THIS BECAUSE THESE ARE MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON DIRECTLY MARIN COUNTY, MALDEN . NELSON YES. THERE'S ALREADY CONVERSATION WITH MAYOR STRAUSS ABOUT THIS. WE WERE JUST ABLE TO FORMALLY MEET PRIOR TO THIS MEETING DISCUSSIONS. THEY THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS PROJECT. I WAS ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE NATIVE LANDSCAPING SO THEY'RE THAT TEAM IS ALSO AWARE THAT I WAS DOING WORK SO THAT PARTNERSHIP WILL CONTINUE AND IN CRAFTING THESE THINGS I THINK THE HOPE IS THAT IF LEADING TO CODE AMENDMENTS OR EDUCATION THAT WE ARE LAYING FOUNDATION OR NOT COUNTERING THE WORK THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. SO THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY ELIMINATE FURTHER CHANGES COMING IN THE FUTURE TO THESE AREAS AS WE ADAPT AND CREATE OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WHICH TYPICALLY THOSE PLANS CAN TAKE SOME TIME BUT I THINK THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT I HAVE ON THE SCREEN HERE ARE LAYING GOOD GROUNDWORK FOR THOSE THINGS TO BE BUILT ON IN WHAT PLANNING IS DOING AND THE CITY IS DOING. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. I DO THINK THIS IS AN AREA THAT MANY HOMEOWNERS ARE STRUGGLING WITH. THEY MAY HAVE A NUMBER OF TREES THAT ARE INFESTED. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME OUT AND YOU KNOW CANDIDLY WHAT I'VE SEEN A LOT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS JUST GET RID OF ALL THE TREES THEN. YEAH. SO EASIEST SOLUTION IT'S IT'S THE LEAST EXPENSIVE ULTIMATELY THAN TRYING TO TAKE THAT TREE OUT AND THAT'S OUT AND IT'S PROBABLY THE OUTCOME WE AREN'T LOOKING FOR AND SO PROVIDING ASSISTANCE AND RESOURCES GUIDANCE TO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES THAT ARE FACING SITUATION I THINK IS IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH THEM TODAY. I SEE THAT THEY'RE WORKING IN SIMILAR DIRECTION SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR, JUST REAL QUICK I KNOW WE GOT THREE MORE I'LL BE QUICK HERE SO JUST RESPECT WITH THE WILDLIFE AND HABITAT I THINK WHERE YOU STATED WELL IN MY MIND CAN YOU SPLIT THOSE TWO OUT SOMEHOW LOOK AT THEM. I JUST THINK THAT WHAT WE HAVE HERE THIS ONE PIECE HERE IS NOT NOT SUFFICIENT I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE HERE. MARIN COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHICH ITEMS THAT YOU'RE SEEING TO SPLIT OUT? SO WHAT'S WITH THE WILDLIFE AND THE HABITAT IN MY MIND I'M WONDERING IF YOU DIVIDE THOSE UP TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENTLY YOU KNOW, SEPARATELY DOES THAT YIELD DIFFERENT RESULTS? MAYBE NOT. BUT THEN ALSO AS THEY LOOK AT THAT CATEGORY THAT'S CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW THAT ONE ITEM THAT THERE'S IN GREEN THAT ISN'T SUFFICIENT ENOUGH YOU KNOW TO TO MEET WHAT I THINK WHAT IS THIS COUNCILMEMBERS IS LOOKING FOR LOOK AT SO THINK COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT OUR SECOND STUDY ITEM OF THE EVENING BACK TO MR. RAMA OLSON AND THIS IS OUR RS ONE ZONING DISTRICT REVIEW. THAT'S RIGHT IN BACK IT'S MUCH EASIER OKAY YEAH SO ANOTHER STUDY ITEM THIS ONE LOOKING AT THE HOURS WHEN DISTRICT DISCUSSING THE DISTRICT BROADLY AND THEN FOCUSING ON SOME THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AS WELL AS THE PURPOSE STATEMENT FOR ONE UH BOTH STANDARDS ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND ALLOWED USES THIS IS A SIX PAGE REPORT SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE AS FAST AS I CAN. ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS GUIDANCE ON CHANGES TO THE RS ONE STANDARDS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION AND THAT WILL HELP US DETERMINE WHAT TO BRING FORWARD FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AT A LATER DATE. SO JUST THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS REALLY APPRECIATED AS A REVIEW THIS IS THE YOU KNOW THE THE ASSEMBLAGE OF RS ONE LOTS WITHIN THE CITY RIGHT NOW WE SPLIT IT UP INTO FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS AND BETWEEN THOSE FOUR THAT'S 116 LOTS WE HAVE A FORCE HAVEN IN THE NORTH JUST SOUTH OF THAT GREENBRIER THEN EVEN FURTHER SOUTH OF THAT TIMBER GLADE AND THEN A COUPLE OF LOTS ALL OF THESE ARE WEST OF NORMAN DALE BOULEVARD, R.S. ONE INTENT IS TO PROVIDE LOCATIONS LARGE LOTS, SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS OF STEEP SLOPES, SIGNIFICANT VEGETATION WETLANDS ARE IN AREAS SUBSTANTIALLY DEVELOPED AS LARGE LOTS IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA AND PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENSURE COMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. SOME ARE US ONE STANDARDS TO UH TO NOTICE WHERE ARE DISPLAYED IN THIS TABLE RIGHT NOW THE BIG ONE IS THE LOT AREA THAT'S THE ONE THAT WAS COVERED A LOT WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT AND WITHIN OUR ANALYSIS. SO THE CURRENT MINIMUM LOT AREA IS 33,000 SQUARE FEET SOME OTHER LOTS STANDARDS ARE BELOW THAT OR AS ONE STANDARDS ARE BELOW THAT BUT NONETHELESS THAT'S THAT'S A BIG TO PAY ATTENTION TO WE GO SO SPLITTING IT UP BETWEEN WHAT'S RECOMMENDED AND WHAT'S NOT UM I'LL GO THROUGH WHAT'S NOT REALLY QUICKLY UH AND BY THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PLANNING COMMISSIONERS TO BE MORE SPECIFIC SO NOT RECOMMENDED IS CHANGING THE INTRO LANGUAGE TO THE ADDRESS ONE IN TEN STATEMENT I JUST WENT THROUGH THAT THEY WERE NOT THEY DID NOT RECOMMEND LOWERING THE RS1 MINIMUM LOT AREA FROM 33,000 SQUARE FEET. THEY WERE NOT IN FAVOR OF REMOVING CONSIDERATION OF MEDIAN LOT WITH WITHIN R. S ONE THAT'S JUST A LOT AREA STAND EARN A LOT LOT STANDARD IN ORDER TO DETERMINE IF IT MEETS THE R. S ONE INTENT THEY WEREN'T IN FAVOR OF REMOVING CONSIDERATION OF STEEP SLOPES IN RS1 THEY WERE NOT IN FAVOR OR THEY ALSO DID NOT RECOMMEND ADDING A LOT LOCATION WITHIN A CONSERVATION CORRIDOR AS A CHARACTERISTIC R S LOTS THAT WAS IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS THAT WERE EXPRESSED LAST YEAR DURING DISCUSSION OF R ONE AMENDMENTS AND THAT WAS A THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT SAFF PROPOSED THEY DID NOT FAVOR THAT AND THEY WERE NOT UM THEY DID RECOMMEND REMOVING CONSIDERATION OF PREVAILING SET BACK OF STRUCTURES ON OUR S LOTS. SO AGAIN JUST KIND OF GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY DETAILS OF HOW WE DETERMINE WHAT AN RS1 LOT IS WHAT THEY DID RECOMMEND WAS UPDATING SOME OF THE PARTS OF THE RS ONE INTENSE SECTION UM THEY WERE IN FAVOR. THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED ALLOWING TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS AS A PERMITTED USE AS WELL AS ALLOWING GROUPINGS OF TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS WITHIN OUR S ONE UM THEY RECOMMENDED PROHIBITING INSTITUTIONAL USES IN OUR S ONE IT WAS NOT CONCEIVED OF AS AN INSTITUTION DISTRICT OR INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICT THAT WAS FOR OTHERS SO. RS ONE SHOULD BE FREE OF THAT TYPE OF USE AND THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED USING A CRITERIA THAT WERE DEVELOPED BY STAFF THAT WOULD BE THEY WOULD BE CONSISTENT AND THEY WOULD BE USED TO EVALUATE ANY SORT OF REQUESTS FOR REZONING TWO RS OR AS ONE. SO I'LL GO THROUGH THOSE IN A LITTLE BIT DETAIL. UM, YOU KNOW THIS COMPARISON OF THE CURRENT STATEMENT AND WHAT STAFF HAS DRAFTED BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM PLANNING COMMISSION UM YOU'LL NOTICE THAT SO AT THE BEGINNING WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THERE BE A MINIMUM OF TWO OF THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS CURRENTLY THERE IS JUST AN OR QUALIFY IN THAT INTENT STATEMENT WHICH MEANS THAT ANY ONE CHARACTERIZE STICK WOULD QUALIFY AS AN RS ONE LOT OR A LOT THAT COULD BE LOCATED IN THE RS ONE DISTRICT. BUT WE'RE ADVOCATING THAT OR NOT ADVOCATING I'M SORRY WE ARE OFFERING TO YOU THAT MULTIPLE CHARACTERISTICS BE CONSIDERED SO STEEP SLOPES SIGNIFICANT NATURAL AND NATIVE VEGETATION WETLANDS OR SUBSTANTIALLY DEVELOPED AS A LARGE LOT SO SOMETHING TO CONSIDER THAT WE'D REALLY YOUR FEEDBACK ON UM ADDITIONAL AND ADDITIONAL USES IN THOSE THAT CAN BE REMOVED. SO AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY WE WE ARE PUTTING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT OR ALLOWING TO FAMILY AND GROUPINGS OF TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS IN OUR S ONE WE FEEL THAT THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE MOVE BECAUSE IT ADVANCES CITY'S GOAL TO ADD MORE HOUSING AND TO ADD EVEN MORE HOUSING DIVERSITY TO THE STOCK. IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN RIGHT NOW R ONE THE R1 OR SORRY ALL RS ONE LOTS ARE GUIDED LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL WITHIN THAT LAND USE CATEGORY IS ALLOWED TO FAMILY DWELLINGS SO WE FEEL THIS BRINGS OUR ZONING INCONSISTENCY WITH IT MAKES IT CONSISTENT OR CONSONANT THE COMP PLAN IT'S NOT INHERENTLY INCONSISTENT WITH OUR S ONE REGARDING RE SOURCE PROTECTION YOU CAN DESIGN TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS TO BE SENSITIVE TO THOSE FEATURES THAT EXIST ON RS1 LOT SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WE FEEL IT'S APPROPRIATE. CONSIDER IT AND JUST AS A BACKGROUND WHEN WE SAY GROUPINGS OF TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS WE MEAN A MINIMUM OF TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS WITHIN 500 FEET OF EACH OTHER. THAT'S WHAT'S A GROUPING OF TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS. THERE'S ANY CONFUSION. UM, AS FOR REMOVAL OF THE INSTITUTIONAL USES PROVIDE THOSE BELOW IF YOU'D LIKE MORE DETAIL ON THAT I CAN CERTAINLY OFFER THAT BUT THOSE ARE RELATED TO INSTITUTIONAL USES AND WE FEEL THAT THEY'RE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE URSULINE ONE DISTRICT SO PROPOSING TO HAVE THOSE REMOVED SO REZONING RECOMMENDATIONS WE ARE NOT COMING FORWARD AND MAKING ANY REZONING WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY WIDE SCALE REZONING THAT WOULD BE PRETTY BURDENSOME ON STAFF. IT'D BE HARD TO DO. IT MIGHT CREATE A LOT OF CONFUSION WITH RESIDENTS SO WE'RE NOT COMING FORWARD FOR THAT RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT BUT WE ARE PROPOSING FIVE CRITERIA BY WHICH TO ASSESS REZONING REQUESTS CONSISTENCY WITH THE R. S ONE INTENT THE LEVEL OF CONFORMITY WITH RC ONE STANDARDS. SO AGAIN EVALUATING A GROUP OF LOTS AND SEE IF WELL I MEAN THE LEVEL OF CONFORMITY WOULD BE DETERMINED BY A CITY COUNCIL OR THE REVIEWING BODIES BUT NONETHELESS OFFERING THAT AS A CRITERION THE SCALE OF THE REZONING. SO HOW MANY LOTS ARE BEING PROPOSED FOR REZONING WE PREFER CONTINUE WITHIN CONTIGUOUS CONTIGUITY SO THAT GETS TO THE FOURTH CRITERIA CRITERION AS WELL AND THE PROPORTION NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT AGAIN WHAT THE PROPORTION IS OR WHAT THE ACCEPTABLE PROPORTION IS WE LEAVE THAT TO YOU BUT NONETHELESS WE FEEL THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT SORT OF SUPPORT FOR THAT ACTION INSTEAD OF A MINORITY. SPEAKING FOR A GROUP OF LOTS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A A A MORE DEMOCRATIC PROPOSAL. NEXT STEPS FOR THIS ITEM BASED ON THIS BASED ON THIS STUDY SESSION DRAFTING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS AND GETTING THE FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THOSE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WE'LL BE DOING SOME ENGAGEMENT ABOUT SOME OF THE CONCERNING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WITH RESIDENTS OF OUR US ONE LOTS UPDATING OUR LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON PAGE AND SENDING OUT LETTERS JUST INFORMING THEM LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING COMING UP AND JUST A SPECIAL EFFORT TO REACH THOSE RESIDENTS SPECIFICALLY AND THEN PUBLIC HEARINGS MOST LIKELY IN APRIL AND MAY OF THIS YEAR. SO AGAIN, JUST TO EMPHASIZE OR TO TO REMIND US WE ARE TRYING TO GET DIRECTION FROM YOU ALL BASED ON THOSE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS. I LEAVE THOSE UP THERE FOR YOUR REVIEW AND REFERENCE IF YOU'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT WERE NOT RECOMMENDED BY PLANNING COMMISSION. HAPPY TO DO THAT BUT I FIGURED IT BEST TO WE FOCUS ON WHAT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED BY PLANNING COMMISSION BUT NONETHELESS I I I'M HAPPY. TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. OLSEN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER BOWMAN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I APOLOGIZE. DID YOU YOU HAD MENTIONED YOU WERE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE FIVE CONSISTENT CRITERIA? MM HMM. CAN YOU SHOW THEM TO ME AGAIN? YES, MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER THERE WE GO. OKAY NOW. OKAY, THAT THAT'S FINE. OKAY, SO GO AHEAD AND GO BACK TO LIKE I TEND TO NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU'RE MAKING ALTHOUGH THE GROUPINGS THING IS A LITTLE WEIRD TO BE ESPECIALLY IN LINE WITH THE NOT RECOMMENDATION TO REDUCE THE LOT SIZE WHICH WHICH SEEMED TO BE A BIG PART OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH BEFORE. AND SO I'M KIND OF CONFUSED AS TO LIKE THE THE PICTURE BUT I ,I ACTUALLY THINK SO MY BIGGEST THING HERE IS THAT I THIS THIS NOTION THAT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A HAVE THE RIGHT ONE IS NOT USED VERY OFTEN AND IT IS INTENDED TO BE SETTING ASIDE PROPERTIES. I DON'T CARE IF THEY WERE 6000 SQUARE FEET. LIKE IT WOULD MATTER TO ME. RIGHT. SO MY POINT IS I'M NOT GOING TO LIKE WORRY ABOUT THE LOT SIZE. WHAT I CARE ABOUT IS ITS LOCATION, ITS ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHICH IS WHAT THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS EVEN THOUGH A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT MAYBE THAT WASN'T WHAT THE INTENT WAS FINE. I THAT THIS THIS CONSERVATION QUARTER THING MEANS A I THINK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA THAT PURCHASED PROPERTY IN THAT AREA IN PART BECAUSE THEY GOT THE BENEFIT OF BEING IN A CONSERVATION CORRIDOR AND THEREFORE GET TO YOU KNOW COEXIST WITH WILDLIFE AND HABITAT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. IT IT SURPRISES ME THAT WE DON'T WANT TO USE THAT AS A MEANS BY WHICH TO FRANKLY LIMIT IN A GOOD WAY THE NUMBER OF PROPERTIES IN BLOOMINGTON THAT COULD BE CLASSIFIED THIS WAY. RIGHT. SO SO WE WANT THIS TO BE AN AREA OF SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE AND IT SEEMS TO ME HAVING A CONSERVATION CORE A CORRIDOR YOU KNOW, A PROPERTY WITHIN WOULD GIVE US A VERY EASY WAY TO SAY IT IS OR ISN'T ELIGIBLE RC ONE ZONING BECAUSE IT IS EITHER IN THERE OR IT'S NOT AND WE KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO I'M KIND OF I'M KIND OF SURPRISED THAT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING PEOPLE WANT TO CONSIDER. THE LAST ONE INTENT SECTION LOOKED GOOD TO ME THE TWO FAMILY WALLING THING IS FINE WE ALREADY ALLOW IT. WE MIGHT AS WELL JUST MAKE OKAY. THE INSTITUTIONAL STUFF THAT YOU CHANGE IN THE CRITERIA IS GREAT SO I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS MUCH AS I AM SURPRISED THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO LEAN INTO, IF YOU WILL, THE OF THAT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND ASSESSMENT BY ACTUALLY PROVIDING SOMETHING IN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OF THE ZONE ZONING CODE TO GIVE US THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE AN EASY ONE TO DO AND WITHOUT IT YOU END UP WITH YOU KNOW HE SAID SHE SAID KIND OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHETHER IT OR ISN'T ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFICANT MAILING IT A CONSERVATION CORRIDOR SEEMS LIKE AN EASY WAY TO SAY EVERYBODY AGREES BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT COMES FROM THE DNR OR WHATEVER. SO THAT'S MY INPUT RIGHT NOW. I THINK YOU DID A NICE BIT OF WORK HERE BUT I KNOW I KNOW PEOPLE WILL CARE TO HAVE PEOPLE ESPECIALLY WHO LIVE IN THAT CORRIDOR WHO CONTACT ME WANT TO SEE US, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS ONE DISTRICT IS INTENDED FOR FOR THAT AND THAT'S THE PRIORITY IT THE SIZE OF THE LOT. I KNOW EVERYBODY THINKS THAT'S WHAT IT IS AND IT'S ALL ABOUT WEST BLOOMINGTON AND LIKE BIG LOTS WHATEVER I IF YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU WANTED TO CHANGE THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IN RS 1 TO 7 800 SQUARE FEET I WOULDN'T ARGUE AT THIS POINT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS ZONE I THINK THE PURPOSE OF THE ZONE IS TO PROVIDE A HIGHER STANDARD OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND HABITAT PROTECTION THAN THE REGULAR R-1 DISTRICT UNLESS I'M WRONG BUT THAT'S SEEMS TO BE WHAT IT SAYS. SO THAT'S THAT'S MY TAKE AT THIS STAGE. THANKS. LET'S REMEMBER A MOMENT I THINK YOUR WAS I KIND OF THINKING DIFFERENTLY AFTER LISTENING TO YOUR COMMENTS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. SO LET ME JUST ASK ANOTHER QUESTION ON THE SIDE HERE. I WAS INTERESTED WITH THE IDEA THAT THE R ONE WITH THE INSTITUTIONS NOT BEING ALLOWED IN THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT WORK IN THE R ONE? SO FOR EXAMPLE I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME IF I REMEMBER RIGHT NURSING HOMES IN THERE AND SOME OTHER TYPES OF USES THERE. SO HOW THAT THE I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THAT RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE IS THIS GOING TO BE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT IN SO FOR EXAMPLE I MEAN I'VE GOT YOU KNOW IN OTHER PLACES ARE CLOSED GOT YOU KNOW HOMES FOR FOLKS WHO'VE GOT DISABILITIES THAT TYPE OF THING SO WOULD THAT NOT BE ALLOWED IN THIS R-1 MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER I DON'T HAVE THAT. I DON'T HAVE THE USED TABLE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE A BROADER USE CATEGORY OF INSTITUTION RELATED USES. INSTITUTIONS CAN ALSO REFER TO SCHOOL CAMPUSES SCORE I MEAN IF THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN OUR S ONE MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORY OF THAT DISTRICT OR OF THE ARTS WHEN DISTRICT IS THAT THOSE IN THOSE WERE USES WERE NOT FOR OUR AS ONE YOU WILL SEE THEM PERMITTED IN ONE FASHION OR ANOTHER WITHIN THE OTHER RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS THAT ARE AS ONE WAS EXCLUDED FROM THOSE I'M GUESSING BECAUSE OF PERHAPS GETTING TO COUNCILMEMBER DOE SANDRA'S POINT ABOUT IT THE HISTORY BEING OF LARGE LOTS AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE PROTECTION AND THAT BEING INCONGRUENT WITH ESTABLISHING INSTITUTIONAL WITHIN THAT DISTRICT. MM HMM. YEAH, I JUST I'D LIKE US TO LOOK INTO MORE OF THAT BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST CERTAIN FOLKS, YOU KNOW, WHO, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVE DISABILITIES AND WOULD WOULD BENEFIT FROM HAVING THOSE TYPES OF FACILITIES AND BEING ABLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NATURE OR NATURAL RESOURCES THAT ARE THERE. SO I HOPE WE'D HAVE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT. SO SO SECONDARILY MOVING ON HERE QUICKLY JUST GOT YOU KNOW, FOUR QUICK THINGS HERE RUMOR I KNOW WE'VE GOT MORE ITEMS ON THE LIST HERE IS THAT I WHEN I SAW THAT THE CONSERVATION CORRIDOR PIECE BEING LOPPED OFF OF THAT OUT RAISED ALL SORTS OF ALARM BELLS FOR ME BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE VERY INTENT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS AROUND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION AND. SO IF IF THAT'S OFFERED AS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS AS A SEPARATE ZONE SO THAT MAYBE GO. I'M NOT SURE THAT KIND OF LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THIS REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT LOT SIZES IN OUR MORE WESTERN PARTS OF OUR CITY SO SO THAT'S THAT'S JUST ONE PIECE AS I LOOK AT THAT THAT DOESN'T REALLY FIT WITH THE NARTIVE HERE AND THEN AND THIS IS THE PIECE WHERE I KNOW OF IN TERMS OF WHAT THE PREVIOUS SAID THAT KIND OF MADE ME THINK A BIT MORE IN TERMS OF SO I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT WE WERE TO OFFER ANOTHER ZONING DISTRICT THAT ALLOWED THAT THAT LOWER OF FOLKS BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE I'M INTERESTED IN REDUCING THAT 33 BUT YOU KNOW AND I'LL JUST STATE IT THIS WAY I'M KIND OF CHANGING MY MIND BUT I WANT TO JUST PUT THIS OUT AS I ADD IT. BUT WHAT IF WE OFFERED ANOTHER ZONE THAT WENT DOWN TO THAT 22,000 THAT THAT SAID THAT YOU HAD TO DO ALL FOUR ITEMS THAT YOU LISTED ON ON YOUR R'S AS ONE PIECE AND THEN AND THEN WE'D MAKE IT MORE LIKE 2R1 SO I WOULD BE OPEN TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR MAYBE BRINGING THE OTHER STANDARD DOWN THE 22 AND THEN ALSO PUTTING THAT REQUIREMENT ON IT AS WELL. AND THEN FINALLY AS I LOOK AT THOSE THOSE CONSISTENCY PIECES OR THOSE FIVE ITEMS THAT YOU HAD LISTED THERE IN TERMS OF THE STANDARDS, THE ONE THING THAT TROUBLES ME THAT I CAN'T GET AROUND IS HOW THESE THINGS DO TEND TO BE CONCENTRATE WEIGHTED IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY AND SO I THINK THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT THAT CONCENTRATION OF WHERE THESE ARE LOCATED ARE ONE IS LOCATED, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE CITY AND SO WHATEVER CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE IF WE DO INTEND TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS ONE IN THIS COUNCILMEMBERS OPINION WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE MORE UNIFORM ACROSS THE CITY IF IT REALLY IS INDEED THE INTENT OF IT TO HAVE A A NATURAL RESOURCES BEND OR SOME TYPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL OR COMPONENT OF OTHERWISE. IT JUST DOESN'T IT JUST TO ME DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR. SO THANK YOU. GREAT WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE HERE BUT THOSE ARE MY MY MY FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS OR CONCERNS. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THANK YOU MAYOR. MY FIRST QUESTION WE STRAY FOR AND DIRECTOR THEN I'LL HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS WAS IT CONSIDERED TO JUST REMOVE OUR S ONE ZONING ALTOGETHER AND JUST PUT EVERYTHING UNDER R ONE? THERE'S ONLY 116 LOTS OUT OF 20 SOME THOUSAND SINGLE FAMILY LOTS JUST MY OPINION IT HASN'T AND WE'VE DEMONSTRATED THAT OUR ONE DOES ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. I MEAN MOST OF THESE PLACES THAT TALKING ABOUT THAT HAVE WETLANDS STEEP SLOPES, TREES WILDLIFE EXIST IN OUR ONE ZONING IF THAT'S TRULY THE GOAL OF THIS WE'VE DEMONSTRATED WE DON'T NEED IT . SO WAS IT CONSIDERED TO JUST ELIMINATE THE ZONING COMPLETELY AND JUST GO TO R ONE THE USE OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES? MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NO IT WASN'T CONSIDERED I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WAS THE DIRECTION WE RECEIVED AND SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO ENTERTAIN THAT. OF COURSE WE'RE HAPPY TO GIVE YOUR FEEDBACK TO SEE IF THAT IS A A PALATABLE CONSIDERATION AMONG YOU ALL IF IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD EXPLORE. BUT YEAH, NO THAT WASN'T SOMETHING WE HAD THOUGHT OF ALTHOUGH I MEAN I GUESS I SHOULD THAT I MEAN IN REFERENCE TO PLANNER MICHELLE LINCOLN'S PRESENTATION HAVING THESE STANDARDS BROADLY APPLICABLE MIGHT SPEAK TO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IF WE HAVE THESE STANDARDS THAT ARE LOOKING AT STEEP SLOPES, WETLANDS BASED YOU KNOW, NO MATTER THAT THE ZONING DISTRICT PERHAPS MAYBE IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THERE IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN RS ONE AND R ONE. I MEAN THE MOST OVERRIDING DISTINCTION IS THE LOT SIZE IS PRESERVING LARGE LOTS AND A LARGE LOT CHARACTER IF IT IF WE HAVE THE TOOLS AND THE RESOURCES AND THE STANDARDS IN PLACE TO PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES AND WE'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT LARGE SIZE THEN MAYBE S ONE IS SUPERFLUOUS BUT THAT'S MAYBE I'M SPEAKING TOO MUCH OFF THE CUFF ACTUALLY SO I'M NOT GOING TO YEAH I WILL I'M HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR DIRECTION ON WHAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE CANDOR ON THE ANSWER AND WHY. AND SECOND, I THINK YOU SAID IT WAY MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN I COULD I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS LOOK AT THOSE OTHER STANDARDS. ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION IS TO DO A TWO FAMILY AS OPPOSED TO ALLOWING A SMALLER LOT TO SPLIT. I MEAN SO BASICALLY BY THIS POLICY WE WOULD BE ENCOURAGING DUPLEXES AT THE EXPENSE OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES INSTEAD HAVING TWO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. WE WOULD ENCOURAGE TO HAVE A. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT IS OPPORTUNITIE. DUPLEX YOU CAN CERTAINLY BE YOU KNOW ON SIDE OF THAT BUT THEY DO TEND TO BE HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF RENTAL AND SO IT WOULD DO YOU SEE THAT THAT THAT WOULD BE AN IMPACT IF WE ARE ENCOURAGING TO FAMILY DWELLINGS OPPOSED TO ALLOWING A SPLIT AND HAVING TWO SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER I, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THIS DURING THE PRESENTATION. IT'S NOT ONLY JUST THE THE THE BUILDING OF NEW DUPLEXES BUT IT'S ACTUALLY RETAINING EXISTING STRUCTURES AND JUST SUBDIVIDING WITHIN SO YOU COULD HAVE WHAT IS FROM ALL ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES FROM THE OUTSIDE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME BUT IT'S ACTUALLY TWO ADDRESSES. THERE'S TWO DWELLINGS WITHIN THAT. SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING WOULD ALLOW THAT TO OCCUR ALTHOUGH IF SOMEONE WANTED TO TEAR IT DOWN AND REBUILD DUPLEX WITH WHAT WERE WHAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED THAT THAT'S ANOTHER SCENARIO IN WHICH THAT COULD HAPPEN. THERE WAS AN ANALYSIS. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DIG THROUGH SOME SLIDES SO APOLOGIZE. IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME. SO THAT'S WHAT IT SO WE LOOKED AT POTENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS WITHIN CURRENT RS ONE LOTS BASED ON SOME SOME CRITERIA. LOOKING AT IT UNDER EXISTING CRITERIA OF OF THE MINIMUM LOT AREA OF 33,000 SQUARE FEET IF IN ORDER TO SUBDIVIDE YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE 66,000 SQUARE FEET. THERE'S A LOT OF CAVEATS TO THIS ANALYSIS. IT WAS I MEAN IF YOU REMEMBER THERE'S SO MANY DISCLAIMERS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, STEPH ONLY HAS SO MANY TIME AND TOOLS TO IN ORDER TO DO THESE ANALYZES AND YOU'D PROBABLY GET MORE SOMETHING SOMETHING WAY MORE ACCURATE FROM A FROM A LICENSED SURVEYOR. BUT NONETHELESS WE TRIED OUR BEST AND UNDER EXISTING STANDARDS OUT OF THE WE DIDN'T LOOK AT ALL THOSE TWO LOTS AT THE VERY SOUTH ALONG TYPICALLY THAT WERE EXCLUDED FROM THIS. BUT LOOKING AT THE OTHER THREE AREAS OUT OF 114 LOTS ONLY TWO LOTS WE'VE WE SAW WERE POTENTIALLY SUBDIVIDED. SO YOU GET YOU GET SOME MORE HOUSING UNITS OUT THAT. IF WE DROPPED THAT MINIMUM LOT AREA TO 22,000 SQUARE FEET THAT RAISES TO TEN. THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE ALSO THE THE FINANCIAL WISDOM OF SUCH A DECISION SO WE APPLIED CONSTRAINT TO THE ANALYSIS AND WHEN WE STUCK TO THE CURRENT LOTTERY STANDARDS WE ONLY FOUND ONE LOT WAS POTENTIALLY DEBATABLE WHEN WE LOWERED THE MINIMUM LAND AREA TO 22,000 SQUARE FEET THREE LOTS. SO THIS GIVES YOU SOME IDEA OF WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IS OF CURRENT RS ONE LOTS UNDER EXISTING AND AND POTENTIAL LOT AREAS AND IT'S IT'S NOT MUCH. SO SOME OF THESE OPTIONS BEFORE YOU MIGHT NOT YIELD OH A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY ANYWAYS SO TAKE THAT FOR WHAT IT'S WHATEVER IT'S WORTH. THANK YOU MAYOR IF I MIGHT JUST A COUPLE MORE. SO IF WE IF WE HAVE THIS ARE RACE ONE ZONING AND WE HAVE A PROCESS BY WHICH A NEIGHBORHOOD COULD COME AND THEY ALL AGREED TO DO THAT AND THEY WOULD NEED TO MEET SOME SORT STEEP OR WETLAND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT NATION THAT WE SAW FOR 5.1 ALMOST THE ENTIRETY OF STEEP LOTS NOT INCLUDED ON THE BLOCK FOUR IN WEST BLOOMINGTON SO A NEIGHBORHOOD INCLUDING MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS A NUMBER OF STEEP COULD COME IN AND ASK FOR THAT COULD GET RISEN TO RS ONE AND COULD EFFECTIVELY CIRCUMVENT R ONE ZONING CHANGES THAT WE MADE BECAUSE THE LOT WOULD CHANGE TO 3000 SO NO ONE COULD DO ANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IN THE R ONE BUT ONLY IN WEST BLOOMINGTON ONLY IF THEY HAPPEN TO HAVE STEEP SLOPES OR BE NEAR WATER WHERE I MEAN THIS SEEMS LIKE AN ENORMOUS LOOPHOLE FOR SOME NEIGHBORHOODS TO JUST SAY YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT SAME ZONING AS EVERYBODY ELSE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A QUESTION THERE THAT'S STATUS AND THAT'S THAT'S FRANKLY ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS IS THIS IS DRIVING A TRUCK THROUGH R ONE ZONING CHANGES BUT OY FOR PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO LET ME SAY I THINK I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION HERE. NO, THAT'LL BE IT FOR NOW I JUST PERSONALLY I DON'T BELIEVE IN THE ZONING. I THINK I THAT CLEAR I THINK I MADE IT CLEAR TONIGHT AND PREVIOUSLY AND I DON'T MEAN IT PERSONALLY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT I JUST I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THAT THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT AND IF WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS PROTECT THESE LET'S PROTECT THESE THINGS. LET'S LOOK AT STEEP SLOPES. LET'S LOOK AT WHAT MORE WE CAN DO ON TREES. LET'S LOOK AT WHAT MORE WE CAN DO ON WETLANDS IF WE NEED TO DO MORE ON WETLANDS ALTHOUGH OF THAT STATE LET'S DO THOSE THINGS THE LOT SIZE THIS SEEMS ENTIRELY ABOUT HAVING LARGE LOTS AND I SEE THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THE ONES TIMBER GLADES IN MINE RIGHT NEXT TO IT ALONG THE WETLAND IS ARE ONE ZONING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THAT SAME WETLAND SO R1 ZONING IS PERFECTLY FINE NEXT TO THIS WETLAND EXCEPT WHERE YOU WANT TO HAVE A LARGE LOT OF THE TWO LOTS ON NORMAN DALE MAKE ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE TO ME WHY THERE ARE AS ONE I MEAN THEY'RE ADJACENT TO A TOWNHOME COMPLEX ADJACENT TO A GAS STATION AND A LIQUOR STORE YOU KNOW THEY JUST HAPPEN TO BE LARGE LOTS SO. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO CUSTOMER RIVAS AS YOU ALL SORRY AS YOU ALL KNOW I'M NEW. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. I'M JUST LEARNING TRYING ABSORB AS MUCH AS I CAN. BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU WHAT IS THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THIS? R.S. ONE ZONING I MEAN I HAVE READ A LOT ABOUT IT BUT I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THE MAIN PURPOSE OF IT. I, I WANTED TO ASK A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ASKED SO ALL I WANT TO KNOW AT THIS POINT IS WHAT IS IT EXACTLY WHAT THE PURPOSE OF IT IS? THE MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER YEAH. SO THIS IS THE ONE INTENT THE BIGGER FEATURE IS JUST PRESERVATION OF LARGE SINGLE FAMILY PLOTS THAT EXHIBIT CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS. CURRENTLY IT'S STEEP SLOPES, SIGNIFICANT VEGETATION WETLANDS SO THOSE ARE THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES THAT ARE CONSIDERED PART OF OR WELL AS IT'S WORDED RIGHT NOW IT'S IT COULD BE ONE OR THE OTHER. IT COULD BE AN AREA LARGE LOT BUT IT'S ALSO HAS STEEP SLOPES AS LARGE A LOT AND HAS SIGNIFICANT IT'S LARGE LIGHTER. IT HAS WETLANDS. SO THERE'S YOU KNOW, NUMEROUS NUMEROUS PERMUTATIONS OF WHAT COULD DEFINE AN ARTIST ONE LOT BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT THE CITY HAS DEFINED AS BEING PART OF THE RS ONE DISTRICT AND THEN THE PART OF THAT INTENT TO PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES ENSURE COMPATIBLE. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR IS I MEAN IN THE IT'S SIMILAR TO OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE A LARGE LAND DISTRICT SO UH SORRY I'M GOING TO GO TO SLIDE THAT I PREPARED. OKAY SO WE SURVEYED SEVERAL POOR COMMUNITIES AND LOOKED AT THEIR LARGE LOT STANDARDS AND ALSO COMPARED THEM THEIR SMALLER SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICTS. THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE LARGE LOT DISTRICTS. EDEN PRAIRIE FOR INSTANCE HAS A LARGE LARGE DISTRICT WITH A MINIMUM AREA OF 44,000 SQUARE FEET YOU KNOW, AN ACRE IN SIZE. SO IT'S IT'S I MEAN THAT'S THAT'S THE DEFINING FEATURE. BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S MY INTERPRETATION IS THAT'S MOTIVATION TO IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS THAT DON'T WANT TO BE HIT OR THAT THE CITY DOESN'T WANT TO HEAVILY DEVELOPED BECAUSE THAT MIGHT COMPROMISE THE ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY OF THE RESOURCES ON THAT PROPERTY BUT I MEAN MAYBE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF SPECULATION BUT NONETHELESS THAT'S THE SAME THING THAT'S REFLECTED IN BLOOMINGTON AND WITHIN THAT INTENT STATEMENT FOR US ONE. HI. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. THE QUESTION'S COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SO THANKS I I I UNDERSTAND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. WE YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT I THINK THAT IT'S REASONABLE UNDERSTAND THAT LARGER LOT SIZES WHATEVER THE REASON BEHIND THEM ENABLE MORE NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE TO THE ZONE FOUR RS FOR R ONE INCLUDING THE THE OPTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL IMPERVIOUS OR IMPERVIOUS SURFACING AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF ARE ANTITHETICAL TO CONTROLS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT. RIGHT? WE DID ALL THOSE THINGS IN OUR ONE TO ENABLE DENSIFICATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND I AND I GET THAT BUT I DON'T THINK THAT I DON'T THINK WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE SERVING OURSELVES CORRECTLY IF WE SAID OKAY MAKE EVERYTHING OUR ONE AND THEN PUT ALL OF THOSE CONSTRAINTS ON AND THEN REACTIVELY FIND THE PLACES WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE EXCEPTIONS WE ALREADY KNOW LIKE THE THE THE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS FROM A AN ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE AND A GEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE IS ALREADY SET OUT IT YES THE EAST SIDE OF BLOOMINGTON DOES NOT HAVE SLOPES LIKE THE WEST SIDE OF BLOOMINGTON DOES THE EAST SIDE OF BLOOMINGTON DOES NOT HAVE DOES NOT HAVE YOU KNOW, WETLANDS ALTHOUGH MAYBE IT DID 50 YEARS AGO AND WE ALREADY SCREWED IT UP BUT I'M OPEN TO LIKE BUYING THEM ALL BACK AND TURNING THEM OUT. GOD KNOWS WE NEED A PARK IN THE EAST BLOOMINGTON SO LET'S DO THAT. YOU KNOW, LET'S BUY THE FARM AND TURN IT INTO A PARK. I WOULD BE UP FOR THAT LIKE YOU WOULD NOT LIKE ONE 10% SO I AM HERE FOR THAT BUT I BUT I THINK THAT IT'S IT I I STRUGGLE WITH POLICY THAT SAYS WELL IF IT DOESN'T WORK FOR EVERYONE IT SHOULDN'T WORK FOR ANYONE. I STRUGGLE WITH THAT AND I AND I ALSO STRUGGLE WITH THE IDEA THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE THE GOALS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE FROM A CLIMATE MITIGATION PERSPECTIVE ARE WE SHOULD BE SPENDING OUR TIME MAKING MORE INVESTMENT ON THE EAST SIDE IN HEAT ISLANDS TO GET TREE CANOPY BACK AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS BUT DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT AT THE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE STUFF WE HAVE ON THE WEST SIDE JUST BECAUSE IT HAPPENS TO BE ON THE WEST SIDE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN IT IS IT IS THE TOPOLOGY OF BLOOMINGTON. IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A RIVERBED AND A RIVER VALLEY AND LIKE THAT'S THE FACTS I WOULD BE DOWN FOR RESTORING SOME OF EAST BLOOMINGTON BACK TO SOME OF ITS COOL MORE ECOLOGICALLY SOUND AND SIGNIFICANT PLACES. YOU KNOW ENVIRONMENTS I'D BE DOWN FOR THAT I WOULD I DON'T WANT TO SAY BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO THAT WE SHOULD GO AND LIKE MAKE THINGS BAD FOR THE WEST SIDE TOO AND THAT'S AND I DON'T I DO NOT MEAN TO IMPLY THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID. I THINK THAT THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF R-1 EVERYWHERE GIVEN THE CHANGES WE'VE MADE MIGHT IN FACT ENCOURAGE SOME OF THAT ESPECIALLY AROUND IMPERMEABLE SURFACES AND OTHER STUFF LIKE THAT WHERE WHERE WE DID BASICALLY SAY DENSITY AT ALL COSTS IN A LOT OF WAYS. SO THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND A REMINDER COUNCIL MEMBERS WE'RE TRYING TO GET DIRECTION TO STAFF HERE AND WE WILL ULTIMATELY GET TO A A HEARING OF SOME KIND BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET DIRECTION STAFF IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE HERE AND EVEN OUR COMMENTS ALL ALL THE COMMENTS ARE GREAT AND I THINK STAFF WILL TAKE THAT BACK AND WORK WITH IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THAT'S SORT OF WHAT I YOU KNOW, I HEAR EXACTLY WHAT COUNCILMEMBER SANDRA WAS SAYING AND I THINK THERE IS THERE'S SOMETHING UNIQUE ABOUT THIS AND I DON'T I'M NOT TRUE IN TERMS OF WHAT I'M SEEING HERE. IT'S NOT GETTING QUITE THERE. AND SO MY QUESTION FOR STAFF WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE TO DROP THE YOU KNOW, THE THE REQUIREMENT DOWN TO 22,000 OR SOMETHING LESS THAN THAT DOES THAT START TO TAKE IN SOME OF THE EAST SIDE OF BLOOMINGTON. WHAT NUMBER DOES THAT TAKE? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ON THE SOUTHERN PART OF MY MY DISTRICT THERE ARE CERTAINLY HOMES THAT THAT THERE WOULD FIT IN THAT 22,000 OR YOU KNOW DO YOU HAVE ANY MAPS LIKE THAT ? AND WHAT I WOULD JUST SAY IS YES AND THAT'S INTERESTING THERE WHEN WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THAT MAP THERE THAT IS THAT IS AN INTERESTING MAP. SORRY, MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER SO THIS IS A MAP SHOWING OUR ONE LOTS THAT AND IT DOES INCLUDE SOME OF THE BLUE FLATS SO MAYBE THAT THOSE TO ME ARE TO HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS ANALYSIS BUT THESE ARE LOTS THAT ARE ONE THAT HAVE A AN OF 33,000 SQUARE FEET AND A LOT FRONTAGE OF 60 FEET OF FRONTAGE IS NOT THE CORRECT WIDTH MEASURE BY WHICH WE ASSESS LOTS BUT NONETHELESS IT WAS THE BEST PROXY MEASURE WE HAD AVAILABLE. SO THIS IS 33,000 SQUARE FEET MINIMUM LOT AREA AND THIS IS 22,000 SQUARE FEET. OKAY MOM LOT AREA JUST SO YOU KNOW SO YOU KNOW I THINK YOU KNOW AND I THINK IF WE LOOK AT IN I ASK FOLKS TO THINK ABOUT IS THAT YOU KNOW THOSE FKS WHO CAME BEFORE US TOOK PART OF THE CITY AND THEY PRESERVED PART OF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, FOR NATURAL RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND I THINK THAT THOSE SAME SAME FOLKS ALSO LOOKED AT THIS ,YOU KNOW, THIS PARTICULAR DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, AND BE MORE INCLINED TO THINK THAT THAT THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT IF YOU KNOW, THEY SAID OH WE JUST WANT LARGE LOTS, YOU KNOW BUT WHAT ENTRENCHED INSIDE OF THAT ARE AS ONE DISTRICT WAS THIS IDEA AROUND NATURAL RESOURCES AND SO THIS COUNCIL MEMBER IS LOOKING AT THAT AND AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT I DO THINK THERE IS SOME DISTINCTIONS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS WHAT THAT NUMBER IS AND THAT'S WHERE I'M TROUBLED WITH AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK AND CERTAINLY I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT IS ONLY IN THE WEST SIDE OF BLOOMINGTON BUT IT'S GOT TO BE GREATER THAN THE WEST SIDE OF BLOOMINGTON AND IT DOES NEED TO FIT IN CORRIDORS. I MEAN THAT THAT CONSERVATION CORRIDOR PIECE THAT BEING OUTSIDE OF THIS CANNOT SUPPORT THAT IF THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN HERE THEN AND WOW I GUESS WE ARE LOOKING AT R-1 ALL ACROSS THE CITY BUT I DO THINK THERE'S SOMETHING IT BUT THE COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SAID THAT I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE LEAVING FOR FUTURE AND I THINK THAT THAT THAT WE'VE GOT TO BE CRAFTY AND FIGURE OUT HOW DOES THAT FIT INTO THE FUTURE I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE CHANGES WE MADE WITH OUR ONE BUT I THINK WE CAN DO SOMETHING UNIQUE HERE WITH THIS THIS ARTS DISTRICT IN AREA AND I'M NOT SATISFIED WITH JUST YOU KNOW, JUST GIVING UP AND JUST TURNING ALL ACROSS THE CITY THAT WAY I'M WANTING TO WORK TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY IN WHICH WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK. SO THAT'S MY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER I IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WE WE'RE STILL COOKING HERE AND WHICH WE ARE WANT TO DO WITH THIS GROUP IS WANT TO DO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU TAKE BACK THE COMMENTS THAT YOU'VE HEARD THIS EVENING I KNOW THAT WE'RE READY FOR PRIME TIME AND READY FOR A A A FORMAL HEARING ON THIS YET BUT I THINK MAYBE TO TO AND CONTINUE WORKING ON THIS AND TRY AND FIGURE OUT MAYBE IF A NEEDLE THAT COULD BE THREADED THAT WE COULD WORK THROUGH ALL OF THIS AND IT MIGHT BE A I UNDERSTAND IT'S KIND OF A TALL TASK YOU I GET THAT I'M IN BUT I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT YOU DO PUT INTO BECAUSE I THINK YOU COULD HEAR RIGHT NOW IF WE IF WE HAD A IF WE HAD A AN ORDINANCE AND A PUBLIC HEARING IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'D END UP. SO ALL RIGHT. FAIR ENOUGH. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR FINAL STUDY ITEM OF THE EVENING IS ITEM 5.3 AND THIS IS A DISCUSSION OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, FENCES AND WINDOW COVERING STANDARDS. THINK BACK IN DECEMBER OF I BELIEVE IT WAS MR. MARKET GUARD HAD A CONVERSATION ON THESE THINGS AND I THINK THERE WERE SOME COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION WANTING A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT AROUND WHERE WE STOOD, HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF THOSE THREE TOPICS RIGHT NOW. YES EVERYBODY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCIL FLAG THREE ITEMS FOR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION BACK ON DECEMBER 18TH NAMELY DETACHED ADU OR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT PLACEMENT STANDARDS, FENCE PLACEMENT STANDARDS AND THEN WINDOW COVERINGS STANDARDS. SO TONIGHT WHAT I WANT TO DO IS REVIEW EACH OF THESE STANDARDS, DISCUSS THE INTENT AND THEN RECEIVE COUNCIL GUIDANCE ON POTENTIAL MODIFICATIONS IF ANY ARE DESIRED. SO THE FIRST STANDARD WE'LL TALK ABOUT IS DETACHED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT PLACEMENT. THE CURRENT STANDARD WAS ADOPTED IN 2022 AND THAT WAS THE POINT AT WHICH THE COUNCIL STARTED ALLOWING DETACHED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. THERE ARE TWO KEY PROVISIONS IN TERMS OF WHERE YOU CAN PLACE A DETACHED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT OF ALL THE ADU MUST MEET SETBACKS FOR THE PRINCIPAL DWELLING IN THE R-1 DISTRICT WHICH IS MOST OF BLOOMINGTON THAT WOULD MEAN 30 FEET FROM THE STREET, 30 FEET FROM A REAR PROPERTY LINE AND TEN FEET FROM EITHER OF THE SIDE PROPERTY LINES. SECONDARILY, ANOTHER STANDARD SAYS THAT THE ADU MUST NOW BE CLOSER TO A STREET THAN THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE. THAT'S THE SAME STANDARD THAT APPLIES CURRENTLY TO SHEDS OR DETACHED GARAGES IN BLOOMINGTON. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT A LOT IN BLOOMINGTON THAT'S INTERIOR OR INTERNAL LIGHT NOT A CORNER LOT THERE IS NOT A REASONABLE VIABILITY TO PLACE THERE ADU ANYWHERE BUT IN THE REAR YARD BECAUSE MOST LIGHTS DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT SIDE TO BACK OR FRONT SETBACK TO ALLOW ADU IN THAT AREA. SO THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF POLICY DISCUSSION WHEN THIS CAME THROUGH IN 2020 TO ABOUT ALTERNATIVES. SO WHAT WAS ADOPTED WAS TO TREAT IT TO USE SIMILAR TO SHEDS OR DETACHED GARAGES. IN THAT REGARD A COUPLE OF SITUATIONS WHERE THERE MAY BE INTEREST IN HAVING AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IN THE FRONT YARD ONE WOULD BE A BLUFF FLAT. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF BLUFF LIGHTS IN BLOOMINGTON THAT HAVE VERY HIGH SETBACKS FROM THE AND UNIVERSALLY THEY HAVE VERY STEEP SLOPES IN THE BACK OF THOSE LOTS OR B IN MANY CASES VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IN THE REAR. IN SOME CASES THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE BUT THERE MAY BE SOME DESIRE TO PLACE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IN THE FRONT YARD IN A SITUATION LIKE THE ONE SHOWN HERE ON THE SCREEN. ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE THIS MAY COME INTO PLAY IS ON A CORNER LOT IN IN THIS CASE I'M SHOWING CITY OWNED CORNER LOT AT 82ND AND FREMONT IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND IF THIS WERE SOLD FOR A DEVELOPMENT LET'S SAY A DEVELOPER WANTED TO PROVIDE BOTH THE HOUSE AND ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT THE CURRENT STANDARDS WOULD REQUIRE SOMETHING LIKE WHAT YOU WOULD SEE ON THE SCREEN THE IT.YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE BACK FROM FREMONT. ALTERNATIVELY, A BUYER MAY TO PLACE THE IDEA ON THE OTHER SIDE WHICH WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TODAY. A REASON FOR THAT WOULD BE IF THEY WANTED TO COMBINE IT WITH A GARAGE FOR EXAMPLE. IN THIS CASE ACCESS IS NOT ALLOWED 82ND STREET SO IT'D HAVE TO COME OFF OF FREMONT WHICH MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO COMBINE AN 82 WITH A GARAGE AND YET NOT HAVE THE ADU BETWEEN THE DWELLING AND FREMONT AVENUE. SO A FRONT YARD PLACEMENT IS NOT ALLOWED PLACEMENT BETWEEN THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE IN THE STREET TODAY. I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT STANDARD OR ANY INTERACTION ON MODIFICATIONS THAT YOU MAY WANT TO SEE IF WE DID DO MODIFICATIONS ON THAT WE WOULD DO THAT WITH OUR MISSING METAL HOUSING STUDY AN ORDINANCE THAT IT'S TO COME FORWARD AND YET THIS YEAR. THANK YOU, MR. MARK YARD. AND I THINK ONE PIECE THAT YOU LEFT OUT OF THIS I THINK DROVE A LOT OF THIS CONVERSATION BACK IN 2022 WHERE THE NOTION OF THE DROPPED PADS THAT WERE BECOMING MORE COMMON IN THE TWIN CITIES BASICALLY YOU KNOW, SMALL UNITS, DWELLING UNITS, SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY BASICALLY IS WHAT IT WAS AND I THINK THAT WAS DRIVING THAT DROVE A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD THIS NOTION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T WANT FISH HOUSES BASICALLY IN THE IN THE FRONT YARD IN THE DRIVEWAY AND PEOPLE IN THEM AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE CONVERSATION WENT. AND SO AS WE AS WE HAD THIS THAT REALLY WAS THE POINT WE WERE MAKING I THINK WITH NOT WANTING TO DO THIS IN THE FRONT IN THE FRONT YARDS OF ANY UNITS. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO YEAH, I THINK I THINK MR. MAYOR, THANK I THINK YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THIS STUDY ITEM IS LIKE LUNA'S BEEFS. DECEMBER OH SO THANK YOU, GLEN AND TEAM MY MY ONLY COMMENT WAS EXACTLY TO MR. MARKET GUARD'S POINT WHICH WAS THERE ARE SEVERAL PROPERTIES YOU KNOW COULD WE WHERE WE'RE THE ONLY PLACE THAT YOU COULD PUT A AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT FOR EXAMPLE IS IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE SETBACK AND THE CONDITIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO ON A CONDITIONAL BASIS OR IF LIKE IT WAS A CASE, YOU KNOW AND A VARIANCE INITIATED BY THE BY THE PROPERTY OWNER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND WE THOUGHT THAT OKAY WE DON'T NEED TO CHANGE THE RULES BUT WE MIGHT ENABLE OR ALLOW FOR A VARIANCE ON CONDITIONAL BASIS. I THINK THAT PROBABLY WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM GENERALLY SPEAKING I JUST DON'T THINK THAT WE KNEW IF THAT WAS DOABLE OR NOT. I CERTAINLY AGREE IF I'M IN YOU KNOW, FAIRLY TRADITIONAL LOT WITH A 30 FOOT SETBACK HAVING A YOU KNOW, 700 SQUARE FOOT ADU IN THE FRONT MY YARD IS NOT THE RIGHT ANSWER AND CERTAINLY NOT IN MY DRIVEWAY ALTHOUGH PEOPLE PARK. THERE ARE REASONS TO LIVE IN THEM. I'M JUST SAYING LIKE THEY DO IT'S A HAPPENING WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT SO SO THE SO I GUESS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THE THE THE THE QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS IS THERE A WAY EVEN IF IT'S BY EXCEPTION TO ACCOMMODATE IF AN INDIVIDUAL WANT TO PUT IN A IN THEIR FRONT LOT BECAUSE THAT IS NUMBER ONE THEY HAVE A LARGE LOT NUMBER TWO THEY HAVE THAT'S THE SPACE THAT HAVE AVAILABLE TO DO THAT AND AND YOU KNOW, WOULD WE CONSIDER THAT AS OPTION? ARE WE WE JUST REJECT IT OUTRIGHT AND I GUESS I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL PRACTICAL IT WOULD BE I MEAN YOU COULD HELP MR. MARKET GOT OR MR. BOOGIE IF DO TO SET IT UP IN SUCH A WAY THAT EACH ARE REVIEWED YOU KNOW IF THEY MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA BUT THEY DO HAVE TO COME THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION AND OR THE CITY COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S MORE WORK THAN IT'S WORTH I DON'T HOW MANY LOTS WE'D BE TALKING ABOUT THAT WOULD THAT THIS APPLY TO IF IF IT'S NOT BUILDABLE OR I NEED TO USE NOT POSSIBLE IN THE BACK OR THE SIDE YARD THAT KIND OF THING I'M SPITBALLING HERE AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT MIGHT BE DOABLE OR NOT. YEAH MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO ONE IDEA THAT TO MIND IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO HAVE EDU IN THE FRONT YARD OR BETWEEN A PRIMARY STRUCTURE IN THE STREET AND MAYBE THERE'S CERTAIN STANDARDS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE MET SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, NO VIABLE ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE CODE COMPLIANT AND THEN THAT COULD TRIGGER A REVIEW PROCESS . YEAH, I MEAN I'M FINE WITH THAT I THINK YOU KNOW I THINK YOU'RE YOU'RE TWO EXAMPLES THAT YOU GAVE HERE REALLY GOOD ONES RIGHT? ONE WAS HEY, THERE'S THIS LARGE SPACE IT'S UP AGAINST A STEEP. THAT'S THE PLACE THEY CAN PUT IT. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE DO THAT. CAN WE FIND A WAY THE SECOND ONE WITH THE 82ND IN FREMONT IS ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF , YOU KNOW HOW THAT'S YOU KNOW FROM MY POINT OF VIEW THAT DOESN'T THAT DIFFERENT HAVING IT ON ONE SIDE OF THE HOUSE VERSUS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND SO IF IT DOESN'T BOTHER ANYBODY AND IT'S AGAIN SOMETHING WE TO ENCOURAGE IN TERMS OF PEOPLE USING THESE AS AS DENSITY OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE WITHIN THE WITH THE AREA THEN I'D WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT THERE WAS ONE OF THE THING ABOUT IT TO USE BUT THIS IS THIS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE BUT I DON'T SEE IT COME BACK UP BUT I'LL BRING IT UP ON ANOTHER TIME AND ANOTHER THING BUT I'M I THINK I DON'T THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE MODIFICATION MUCH AS FLEXIBILITY TO ENABLE LIKE AN A AN INITIATED OPTION AND IF THAT WOULD WORK I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE'D WANT TO ENCOURAGE IN THE CASES THAT I MEAN WHO KNOWS WE MIGHT ONLY GET TEN OR 12 OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT TEN YEARS BUT AGAIN IT'S TEN OR 12 HOUSES THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO BEFORE. SO PERHAPS BRING BACK A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT POSSIBILITY FOR US TO CONSIDER. WE CAN DO THAT VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY DEALS YOU DON'T GET IT. LIKE I SAID, THIS IS GOING TO BE ALL ALONE. I'M SORRY. HAVE A BUT THE NEXT ITEM HAS TO DO WITH PRIVACY FENCE PLACEMENT STANDARDS CURRENT STANDARDS WERE ADOPTED IN 2008 AND THEN I'LL EXPLAIN THE AND THEN COME BACK A LITTLE BIT TO THE KIND OF PURPOSE BEHIND IT BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THE FROM THE DIAGRAM ON THE RIGHT AGAIN A FAIRLY TYPICAL LOT IN BLOOMINGTON THE AREA SURROUNDED IN THE GREEN LINE BASICALLY WITH ANYWHERE WITHIN THAT AREA YOU CAN HAVE UP TO A SIX FOOT TALL PRIVACY STAY OFF AND SO FOR FOR PRIVACY SO THAT'S IN THE REAR YARD IN THE SIDE YARD BUT THEN BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE STREET YOU CAN HAVE A FENCE BUT IT'S LIMITED TO FOUR FEET IN HEIGHT AND TO MORE OF AN OPEN STYLE. SO NO MORE THAN 50% ON PARK SO THAT COULD REPRESENT LIKE A CHAIN LINK FENCE OR SPLIT RAIL OR PICKET STYLE FENCE THAT'S MORE OPEN IN NATURE AND REALLY THE PURPOSE BEHIND THAT STANDARD REALLY TWOFOLD. FIRST OF ALL, THE IDEA OF CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN OR SO TURN THIS IDEA OF HAVING ON THE STREETS NATURAL SURVEILLANCE THAT YOU KNOW A CRIMINAL WOULD BE MORE RELUCTANT TO ENGAGE IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IF THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE OBSERVED THAN IF THEY WERE NOT. SO THAT'S ONE SIDE OF HOW BLOOMINGTON GOT TO THE STANDARD. THE OTHER SIDE WAS A DESIRE TO MAINTAIN THE OPEN DESIGN CHARACTER ALONG STREETS SO THAT DEFINITELY PLAYED IN AS WELL. SO THEN IF WE LOOK AT A CORNER LOT SITUATION AND AGAIN HERE THE FULL PRIVACY FENCE UP TO SIX FEET WOULD BE ALLOWED SIDE AND BUT BETWEEN THE DWELLING AND THE STREET ON BOTH SIDES IN THIS CASE BECAUSE IT'S A CORNER LOT ONLY FOUR FOOT OPEN STYLE FENCE WOULD BE ALLOWED IN THOSE AREAS. ONE THING TO POINT OUT IN A CORNER LIGHT SITUATION AS FREQUENT LEAVE WHAT SEEMS LIKE THE SIDELIGHT ONE RESIDENT TO THEIR NEIGHBOR EITHER ACROSS THE STREET OR ADJACENT TO THAT NEIGHBOR IT SEEMS LIKE THE FRONT FOR THEM SO WE FREQUENTLY INTO THAT SITUATION WHERE YOU KNOW THE FRONT YARD TO ONE RESIDENT FEELS LIKE A SIDE YARD ANOTHER SO HERE WE CAN SEE TWO CORNER LOTS WITH A DIFFERENT STYLE OF FENCING. ONE IS CODE COMPLIANT THE ONE ON TOP THE MORE OPEN STYLE FENCE FOUR FEET IN HEIGHT THE BOTTOM LINE I'M SURE LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING IT PREDATED OUR ORDINANCE BUT THERE YOU KNOW FOR PRIVACY FENCE IT'S PROBABLY SIX FEET IN HEIGHT SO I GUESS THAT'S A LITTLE OVERVIEW ON HOW WE GOT TO THE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE AND EITHER QUESTIONS ON THE STANDARDS OR DIRECTION ON MODIFICATIONS QUESTIONS COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I TOLD YOU THIS IS LIKE LUNA'S LIST TODAY SO HAVE I HAVE EXPLICIT EXAMPLES OF THIS AND MAYBE THEY WERE YOU KNOW NON LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING BECAUSE THEY CAME IN BEFORE CODE OR WHATEVER BUT I HAVE TWO LOTS ONE AT 86 AND EMERSON AND ONE AT 86 IN DUPONT THEY'RE THE EXACT SAME HOUSE. THEY'RE BUILT DURING THE SAME TIME FRAME. YOU KNOW HOW THAT GOES. THEY SIT ON A CORNER LOT SO THEY HAVE A FRONT LOT AND THEY HAVE A SIDE LOT. THE HOUSE AT 86 AND DUPONT HAS A SIX FOOT FENCE IT ALMOST LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE THE ONE IN YOUR PICTURE HERE A6 AND EMERSON THEY WERE TOLD THEY COULDN'T BUILD A FENCE ON THEIR SIDE LOT SO. I DO HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT CORNER LOTS IN THE UTILIZATION OF CORNER LOTS. YOU TALK ABOUT CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY, RIGHT. WE CONSIDER 86TH STREET TO BE A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT ROAD. EMERSON IS NOT A CONSIDERED AS A SIGNIFICANT ROAD. NEITHER IS DUPONT. RIGHT. SO YOU HAVE A MORE OF A CONNECTOR ROAD AND THEN YOU HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD. IS THERE A REASON WE WOULDN'T CONSIDER OPTIONS FOR PRIVACY FOR SITE, FOR CORNER THAT HAVE A SIDE YARD FOR WHICH ON WHICH THAT YARD IS NOT ON A COLLECTOR OR A MAJOR ROAD THAT THAT'S REALLY THE ONE THING I WANTED US TO TO PONDER AS A COUNCIL TO ENABLE FOLKS TO YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN WHATEVER AND THAT'S THEIR LOT THAT THEY CAN PUT SOME FENCING PRIVACY FENCING ON THEIR SIDE LOT THAT THAT WOULD WOULD WORK FOR FOR THEM . LIKE I SAID, IT HAS HAPPENED ALL OVER THE NEIGHBORHOODS CAN SEE THEM EVERYWHERE AND IT'S A LITTLE HARD FOR ME TO JUSTIFY WHEN I GO TO TALK TO MY CONSTITUENT WHO LITERALLY LIVES DOWN THE BLOCK FROM AN EXACT SCENARIO THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE TO SAY LIKE OH I'M SORRY THEY BUILT THAT BEFORE 28. SO YOU KNOW MY BET IT WAS MY FAULT, YOU KNOW, SO SORRY YOU KNOW YOU JUST IT BAD TIMING YOU BOUGHT YOUR HOUSE IN 2020 I DON'T KNOW IT I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER AND WONDERING IF THERE'S A REASON NOT TO CONSIDER OFFERING A SIDE LOT PRIVACY FENCE OPTION FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE REMEMBER ON I'LL GO ONE STEP FURTHER BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO ON MY LIST TOO SO I'LL JOIN WITH YOU ON THIS ONE. YOU'RE NOT BY YOURSELF ON THIS ONE SO I'M NOT SURE MAYBE IF YOU THIS MAYBE NELSON YOU'RE ON THE COUNCIL TOO WHEN IT HAPPENED BUT WE I THINK IT WAS ON XERXES AND TREY THEY WERE IN THE GENTLEMAN CAME IN AND HE GAVE PRETTY GOOD CASE FOR EXACTLY WHAT COUNCILMEMBER ELIZONDO WAS TALKING ABOUT AND THEN WE WE WE MADE AN EXCEPTION AND WE ALLOWED HIM TO BUILD THE FENCE AND I'M TRYING TO THINK OF EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS WITH XERXES AND I THINK THE MAP OUT HERE 101 AND I DON'T WANT TO AND I DON'T WANT TO OH YOU GOT IT. YEAH. YEAH. 108 HURT AND THAT'S HOW DOES THAT FIT INTO THIS? I MEAN BECAUSE WE DID EXACTLY WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT. I MEAN LITERALLY WE DID THAT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD THE RATIONALE I CAN'T REMEMBER THE RATIONALE BUT WE DID EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING FOR THAT FOR THAT ONE GENTLEMAN AND AND THAT CORE. SO AND CONCERNED I DON'T WANT TO BE HONEST YEAH THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL VARIANCE REQUESTS SINCE THE THIS WAS ADOPTED IN 2008 THAT PARTICULAR ONE I BELIEVE STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL BUT THE COUNCIL DID APPROVE IT. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL OTHERS WHERE THE COUNCIL HAS DENIED THE VARIANCE REQUEST BUT CERTAINLY THAT ROAD IS OPEN TO RESIDENTS SO YOU WOULD HAVEO DETERMINE THAT THEY MADE ALL THE FINDINGS A PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY AND THAT IT'S NOT ECONOMIC NATURE ETC. SO IT SEEMS MR. MARK THERE IS A PATH FORWARD A RESIDENT WANTED TO DO THIS TYPE OF THING. IS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN JUST KIND OF DESCRIBE SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANY CHANGES ARE NECESSARY OR IF YOU JUST MAKE KNOWN THE PATH FORWARD TO FOLKS THAT WELL AND MR. MAYOR, I THINK THAT'S FAIR. I THINK THE THE HARD NO WAS GIVEN IN THE IN THE YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENT DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WOULD BE AN OPTION TO BUT IT'S EXPENSIVE TO THINK THAT THE IF IF THEY INITIATE THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY AND EVERYTHING WELL DON'T THEY ONLY CHARGE FOLKS FOR THOSE KINDS OF REVIEWS THIS MERCURY YEAH. I MEAN OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A FEE I BELIEVE IT'S $220 AND THAT HELPS DEFRAY THE COST OF NOTICES AND THE STAFF AND I GUESS YEAH FAIR ENOUGH I, I UNDERSTAND ALL I'M I JUST IF WE BELIEVE THAT IF WE BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THEM HAPPEN AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE DON'T CARE AND WE'RE LIKELY TO APPROVE THEM THEN I DON'T KNOW WHY WE JUST DON'T GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE POLICY HAPPEN SO THAT PEOPLE CAN JUST GET WHAT NEED DONE AND NOT BE IN THE LIKE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS THAT TAKES WEEKS, MONTHS OR WHATEVER. BUT BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE CANDIDLY I GUESS MY POINT IS IN MY AREA WHICH IS IN EVERY AREA I CAN'T SEE THE DOWNSIDE OF A PRIVACY FENCE ON THE SIDE LOT ON A CORNER I, I MEAN IT I GET YOU KNOW I MEAN HECK THERE CITY THERE'S THERE'S UNITS IN THIS TOWN THAT HAVE A AROUND THE ENTIRE T OF THEIR PROPERTY RIGHT THAT ARE NOT CONFORMING I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE SEE THAT AT ALL BUT IN THESE CORNER LOT AREAS WHERE YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A CONNECTOR OR ON ONE SIDE YOU HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD STREET ON THE OTHER IT SEEMS LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREET DOESN'T NECESSARILY QLIFY AS THE AS THE OPEN DESIGN ALONG STREETS REQUIREMENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW MAYBE I'M I'M THROWING IT OUT THERE FOR CONSIDERATION AND IF YOU GUYS THINK THAT THE VARIANCE PROCESS IS THE BEST WAY TO GO, I UNDERSTAND BUT I WANTED TO AT LEAST RAISE IT SINCE I HAVE CONSTITUENTS ME ON IT. SURE. AND TO BE HONEST I DON'T SO I HAVEN'T HEARD THIS I MEAN I I MEAN I DO YOU KNOW THEY'RE ALL BUT BUT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WE I DON'T SEE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE DON'T WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SO SO IT'S I DON'T KNOW I LOOK TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL IS THIS SOMETHING WE WANT TO CONSIDER? IS THIS WORTH PUTTING THE TIME AND THE EFFORT IN ASKING STAFF TO LOOK INTO THIS OR JUST TO RELY ON THE THE VARIANCE? WELL, I THINK YOU KNOW, I THINK THE PROBLEM RELYING ON THE VARIANCE IS WHAT SHE SHE SHE MENTIONED IT'S A GOOD ONE. RIGHT. YOU KNOW WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY INCLUSION AND YOU KNOW IN TERMS OF OUR NEW AND IN TERMS OF A NEW STANDARD, I THINK WE'VE GOT TO TNK ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, IS THAT A DISSUASION FROM FOLKS BEING ABLE TO DO THAT THAT $200 FEE? I DON'T THINK IT IS BUT THAT COULD PREVENT SOMEBODY FROM DOING IT AND I YOU KNOW AND I CAN'T YOU KNOW, I SEE ALL THESE OTHER STANDARD TIER WHILE I WAS HERE I INITIATED THAT ONE. I DID THAT ONE. I VOTED FOR THAT ONE. SO I MEAN SO I CAN'T WITH A STRAIGHT FACE SIT HERE AND TELL YOU OR NO YOU CAN'T THAT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WE SHOULDN'T LOOK INTO IT. SO I DON'T I MEAN THAT WAS A DIFFERENT COUNCIL TOO. I THINK MOST OF THE FOLKS HAVE CHANGED UP HERE OTHER THAN I THINK YOU TOLD ME THAT NOW YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER DONE THAT SO . COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH. THANK YOU MAYOR. I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF DOING THIS WITHOUT A VARIANCE. I MEAN I THINK VARIANCES HAVE STRICT STANDARDS THAT YOU KNOW, THERE HAS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT NEED TYPICALLY IN THERE AND IT'S GOING TO SOMETIMES BE DIFFICULT TO FIND THAT THERE'S THAT STRICT NEED . I MEAN THE HOUSE HAS OPERATED FINE FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE WITHOUT A FENCE FOR YEARS TO SAY THAT OH I HAVE TO HAVE THIS FENCE NOW IS A HIGH STANDARD TO MEET AND YET I THINK THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THE FENCE. AND IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS I MEAN I KNOW I'VE RAISED THIS BEFORE OFF OF MINNESOTA BLUFFS THERE'S A SMALL LOT THERE THAT HAS SOME I THINK ONE OF THEM IS ACTUALLY A THROUGH LOT SO IT'S IT'S THE BACK YARD AND BECAUSE OF THAT SETBACK IT PUTS THE FENCE INTO ANOTHER LOCATION THAN ACROSS THE STREET FROM THEM THERE'S A SIDE YARD SETBACK ISSUE OF WHERE THEY COULD PUT THE FENCE AND THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY'RE LIKE WHAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE A FENCE WHEN I THEN ONLY HAVE A TEN FOOT YARD TO USE IT IN IT . IT'S PECULIAR TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT IS A SMALL LOT DIVISION. I MEAN THEY WERE PURPOSELY DESIGNED THAT WAY SO THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH SPACE TO BEGIN WITH AND THEN WITH ALL THE STUFF. SO THAT WOULD BE ONE THING I'D JUST ADD IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT CLEARLY YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN VIEWS CLEAR VIEW, TRIANGLE ALL OF THOSE THINGS. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY DISAGREES WITH THAT BUT YOU KNOW THEY JUST LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SIT OUT THERE WITH THEIR FAMILY AND NOT HAVE EVERYBODY DRIVING DOWN MINNESOTA BLUFFS LOOKING THEM COUNCILMEMBER THE MAYOR I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT AS SOMEONE WHO JUST REBUILT THEIR FOR HER FENCE TWO YEARS AGO HAVING TO GO A VARIANCE PROCESS PAY THAT MONEY ON TOP OF THE ISSUE THAT I RAN TO IS IF I WAITED I COULDN'T GET ON THE LIST OF A CONTRACTOR TO COME OUT AND DO IT UNTIL THE FALL WHEN I NEEDED IN THE SUMMER. AND SO ULTIMATELY I MADE THE DECISION TO BUILD IT MYSELF BECAUSE IT WAS CHEAPER I COULD DO IT BUT THEN TO HAVE TO TRY TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GETTING A VARIANCE ALLOW ME TO DO THAT THAT LIKE DISSUADED ME FROM DOING ANY THAT AND JUST FALLING BACK INTO WHAT WAS ALLOWED CURRENTLY THE TIME SO HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A NON VARIANCE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE CITY SAY HEY THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO, IT'S ALL REMAINS SAFE BUT PROVIDES ME MORE ACCESS TO THE YARD BECAUSE RIGHT NOW HALF OF MY YARD IS UNUSABLE BECAUSE IT'S A SIZE LOT AND I CAN'T PUT A FENCE IN THERE. MY KIDS CAN'T EXPLORE AND SO I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT TOO BECAUSE I DON'T HONESTLY DON'T THINK GIVEN THE PROCESS I HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH IT THAT WE WOULD SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS BECAUSE THERE'S A TIME SENSITIVITY OF WHEN NEED A BOOK WITH YOUR CONTRACTOR THERE'S A MONEY ASPECT TO IT BECAUSE IT GETS MORE EXPENSIVE THE LONGER YOU WAIT AND SO GIVING PEOPLE THE ABILITY TO QUICKLY MAKE DECISIONS AND MOVE FORWARD WHILE MAINTAINING PART WITH THE CITY I THINK IS A GOOD OPTION WITHOUT SLOWING DOWN. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS I SUPPORTED TO LOOK INTO IT A THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY. I'LL KEEP IT SHORT. I IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE YOUR DIRECTION COME ON MR. MARKER AND LET'S FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE THIS WORK AND IF I MAY MR. MAYOR, IT MAY BE THAT IT'S A SIDE LOT VERSUS FRONT LOT THING, RIGHT? NOBODY'S TALKING ABOUT THE FRONT LOTS RIGHT. I'M NOT THAT BUT THERE'S ON A CORNER YOU HAVE TO DEFINE ONE OR THE OTHER AND I THINK RIGHT NOW MOST PEOPLE ARE SAYING OH NO, IT'S ACTUALLY TWO FRONT LOTS. IT'S LIKE IT'S NOT TWO FRONT LOTS. AND I THINK THAT THAT WE START WE START WITH THAT PROBLEM AND SO IF WE CAN ADDRESS IT I THINK IT'D BE GREAT. THANKS FOR THE CONSIDERATION COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE. NO, THAT'S OKAY. I WOULD SAY IN GENERAL I'M SUPPORTIVE OF HAVING FURTHER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT I WILL SAY PERSONALLY JUST LIKE MY PERSONAL OPINION LIKE WHEN I THERE ARE SOME LOTS THAT I DRIVE BY JOURNALISTS THAT WHEN THEY WHEN THERE ARE THE FENCES THAT ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE IT'S LIKE IT CAN LIKE IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T ALWAYS LOOK AS GOOD OR LIKE IT KIND OF FEELS JUST LIKE IT CREATES A DISCONNECTION FROM LIKE THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I GUESS I'LL JUST SAY THAT AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY CONSEQUENCES TO THAT AND SO I GUESS I WOULD JUST BE INTERESTED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE TO MAKE THE CHANGE LIKE ARE THERE SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT WE SHOULD AT LEAST DISCUSS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING A FULLY INFORMED DECISION LIKE IN GENERAL I KIND OF FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WANTS TO PUT A FENCE ON A PART OF THEIR LOT SO THAT THEIR KIDS CAN PLAY OR THEY CAN HAVE PRIVACY. LIKE I'M JUST LIKE YEAH IT SEEMS LIKE A NO BRAINER BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER AND SO I'M I'M I'M IN SUPPORT OF HAVING MORE CONVERSATIONS BUT I'M NOT COMMITTING TO LIKE WHICH LIKE IF I WOULD VOTE A CERTAIN WAY IN THE END OR NOT IF THAT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD SUMMATION I THINK TO BRING TO HAVE STAFF BRING SOMETHING BACK TO US AND OBVIOUSLY IF IT'S AN ORDINANCE CHANGE I THINK WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE YOU KNOW WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND TALK ABOUT IT TALK THROUGH IT ALL AND GET PUBLIC INPUT AS WELL. SO I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. SO YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WINDOW COVERINGS MOVING ON LAST ITEM. YEAH. THE SO WINDOW COVERINGS STANDARDS THEY WERE ADOPTED BACK IN 2006. I WOULD NOTE THAT THESE STANDARDS APPLY ONLYO COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USE DISTRICTS. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THIS IS STRAIGHT OUT OF THE CODE IT SAYS FOR WINDOWS FACING PUBLIC OR PRIVATE STREETS OR PEDESTRIAN CORRIDORS NO MORE THAN 25% OF THE TOTAL WINDOW AREA AND NO MORE THAN 25% OF THE LINEAR EYE LEVEL WINDOW WITH MAYBE BY AND IT SPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT SIGNS FILM COVERINGS, PRODUCT DISPLAYS OR SIMILAR COVERING AND THEN IT GOES ON TO BASICALLY GIVE AN EXCEPTION WHICH AS IT SAYS BLINDS CURTAINS AND TEMPORARY AND SIMILAR TEMPORARY COVERINGS FOR PRIVACY OR SUNLIGHT CONTROL ARE PERMITTED. SO TO SHOW YOU ONE EXAMPLE THIS IS AIR FRANCE AND WE'LL TRY TO COPY THIS AS A CODE COMPLIANT BANK WINDOWS MULTI-TENANT CENTER ALONG OR JACOBEAN ROAD. YOU CAN SEE AMIDST THE THERE ARE WINDOWS THAT HAVE BLINDS THEM I'M ASSUMING FOR EITHER PRIVACY OR SOUND CONTROL IN THOSE AREAS AND THE BLINDS ARE TOTALLY ALLOWED. SO THAT'S NOT A VIOLATION AND YOU CAN SAY NO WHERE HAVE THE SIGNS COVERED MORE THAN? 25% OF THE WINDOWS SO THE REASON BEHIND THE STANDARD AGAIN VERY SIMILAR TO THE FENCE STANDARDS IT GETS BACK TO CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN. THE IDEA OF HAVING EYES IN THE STREET NATURAL SURVEILLANCE OF THOSE COMMON AREAS SIDEWALKS ESPECIALLY AND THEN BEYOND JUST THE CRIME PREVENTION ASPECTS. THERE'S ALSO THE IDEA OF CREATING A MORE COMFORTABLE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT YOU KNOW, WALKING DOWN A SIDEWALK IF NOBODY CAN WITNESS IT EXCEPT MAYBE PEOPLE DRIVING BY ,I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD JUST FEEL MORE UNCOMFORTABLE IF THERE ARE SEVERAL YOU KNOW OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO TO SEE WHERE YOU ARE YOU JUST NATURALLY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IN THAT AREA. THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FILM FOR EXAMPLE AND WINDOW IS THAT PERMANENTLY COVERS IT AND BLINDS IS THAT PEOPLE MAY OR MAY NOT LOOK OUT OF BLINDS YOU KNOW YOU NEVER KNOW IF SOMEBODY WOULD WHEREAS IF IT'S JUST TOTALLY COVERED THE WHOLE BANK OF OF FILM YOU KNOW THAT NOBODY'S GOING TO BE LOOKING OUT OF THOSE WINDOWS SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE TWO REASONS THAT WE'RE BEHIND THE STANDARD I'D POINT OUT HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE THIS IS FRESH THYME THE SOUTH SIDE OF FRESH THYME GROCER THIS IS AT 80TH AND A HALF STREET NEAR PENN AVENUE. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THESE WINDOWS ARE COVERED IN FILM AND AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T EXCEED 25% OF THE YOU KNOW, EITHER THE LINEAR I WIDTH OR THE TOTAL WINDOW AREA THAT'S FINE. SO THIS IS A CODE COMPLIANT EXAMPLE WHERE THEY HAVE USED FILM IN CERTAIN ROOMS. I THINK SOME OF THESE ROOMS ARE LIKE THEY MIGHT HAVE A FREEZER THEY'RE BEHIND THAT AREA. SO JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT YOU CAN DO EVEN PERMANENT WINDOW COVERING AS LONG AS IT'S NOT OVER 25%. BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS WINDOW COVERING STANDARD OR ANY DIRECTION AND MODIFICATIONS COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO YOU MIGHT AS WELL. SO THIS CAME UP FOR ME BECAUSE OF A SPECIFIC SITUATION WITH VETERINARY CLINIC AND THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH HAVING ROOMS FOR EUTHANIZING PETS THAT WERE COULD NOT BE COMPLETELY COVERED TO PROVIDE FOR FOLKS EXPERIENCING THAT PAIN AND LOSS SO I WONDER THERE CAN BE AN EXCEPTION IN A PARTICULAR SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE MEDICAL SITUATION THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY CSIDER SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE HAVE A PARTICULAR MEDICAL OR VETERINARY USE THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE CAN ACCEPT OUT OF THE NORMAL POLICY BUT COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE POLICY DON'T DISAGREE WITH IT BUT YOU KNOW THE THE FACT IS, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY'S EVER DEALT WITH A YOU KNOW, BEING IN A MEDICAL ENVIRONMENT OR BEING IN A VETERINARY ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE EUTHANIZING OF A PET OR WHATEVER PRIVACIES OF THE UTMOST AND IT'S IMPORTANT AND IT'S EXACTLY BECAUSE OF THAT PEDESTRIAN THAT PEDESTRIAN VISIBILITY THAT WE'RE TRYING THAT THEY WERE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE CHOICES THAT THEY HAD TO MAKE INSTEAD. SO YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN OPTION TO GO HEY IT CAN BE UP TO 75% IF IT'S A MEDICAL USE OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. MR. MARK REGARDING IS THERE ANY ARE THERE ANY EXCEPTIONS RIGHT NOW FOR MEDICAL USE? I AND I CAN THINK OF AN EYE CLINIC RIGHT UP THE ROAD HERE THAT IS RIGHT ON THE STREET LEVEL. YES. MHM THERE A THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS HOWEVER MOST OF THE MEDICAL USES USE IN AND VETERINARY USES USE BLINDS FAIRLY FOR PRIVACY BLINDS WHICH IS ALLOWED BY CODE THEY COULD ALSO HAVE PERMANENT FILM TO IF IT DIDN'T COVER MORE THAN 25% OF THE WINDOW BANK. I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE THE WELL HAVEN VETERINARIAN AND KIND OF DOG DAY CARE COMBINED YOU SAID PEN IN AMERICAN THEY USE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT BLINDS FOR EXAMPLE SO THAT THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION I KNOW LIKE I USE THE FAIRVIEW CLINIC I'M 98 AND HAVE HAD EXAMINATION ROOMS RIGHT RIGHT. OLD ABBEY ROAD IN THERE OF COURSE THEY HAVE THE BLINDS DRAWN. YEAH SO I MEAN BLINDS ARE AN OPTION. THEY'RE JUST EXPENSIVE. I MEAN THE FACT IS THAT THE COST OF OF BLINDS IN YOU KNOW, IF YOU IF YOU WANT TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH THEM, YOU CAN HEAR IT. BUT IT WAS YOU KNOW, A TEN DIGIT ADDITION TO THEIR LIKE POP, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THEIR PRIVACY BLINDS, RIGHT. BECAUSE THEY'RE HIGH DENSITY THEY'RE THEY'RE YOU KNOW, OPAQUE ETC. IT DOES COST A LOT MORE. BUT FOR THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN SMALL BUSINESSES TO IMPLEMENT THAT IF THEY COULD PUT WINDOW FILM ON THESE AREAS IT WOULD NOT HAVE COST THAT MUCH AND THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN NOT HAD TO ORDER THEM AND WAIT EIGHT WEEKS AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT DELAYED THEIR ABILITY TO OPEN ETC. SO MY POINT IS THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A LEGITIMATE USE CASE POTENTIAL FOR MEDICAL OR VETERINARY USE THAT WE COULD CONSIDER TO PROVIDE SOME OF THAT SOME OPTIONALITY HERE . I'M OKAY IF WE SAY NO BUT I WANTED TO THROW IT OUT THERE SINCE HAPPENED RECENTLY AND IT AFFECTED A A GOOD SMALL BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I GUESS I, I KNEW YOU COULD SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON BLINDS. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD TO SPEND THAT MONEY ON BLINDS. WELL, I MEAN, IT COMES DOWN TO IT LIKE KNOW YES YOU CAN GO INTO A AND GET BLINDS BUT THEN YOU'RE NOT GIVING THE PRIVACY AND SO IF I'M SOMEBODY WHO IS SITTING IN THAT SPACE WHO'S ABOUT TO EUTHANIZE MY DOG, I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO BE PEERING IN THROUGH A BLIND AND WATCHING MY YOU KNOW, MY TERRIBLY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCE. RIGHT. AND SO I MEAN THAT WAS THE SENSITIVITY THAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION IN THAT PARTICULAR SCENARIO THAT MADE IT I MEAN HAVING HAD GONE THROUGH IT RECENTLY YES. WE LOST OUR CAT TWO WEEKS AGO SO YEAH. YOU KNOW THESE THINGS ARE THESE ARE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT AT THE TIMES THAT THEY'RE IMPORTANT AND I THINK THEY WERE TRYING TO THINK AHEAD ON THAT FRONT COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER KURT, I MAY HAVE MISHEARD YOU. COUNCILOR DALLAS HUNTER, BUT I THINK YOU SAID LIKE A TEN DIGIT NUMBER OR SOMETHING WHENEVER YOU SAID THE COST AND THAT'S WHY MAYBE MAYBE MAYOR BUSSEY WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE COST BUT I, I AM SUPPORTIVE BUT I ALSO LIKE WE HAVE TO TAKE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE VIEW BECAUSE I CAN THINK OF A LOT I CAN THINK OF SEVERAL OTHER KINDS OF BUSINESSES WHO WOULD MAYBE PREFER PRIVACY AND SO IF WE WERE TO GO DOWN THIS ROAD I WOULD JUST WANT TO THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE HOLISTICALLY LIKE IF THERE ARE OTHER KINDS OF BUSINESSES WHO MIGHT ALSO BE IN THAT SAME POSITION LIKE I THINK OF LIKE ESTHETICIANS PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING FACIALS ,WHATEVER. I MEAN THERE'S LIKE ALL KINDS OF OTHER BUSINESSES SO THAT WOULD BE MY COMMENT COUNCILMEMBER MOMENT I CERTAINLY AM SYMPATHETIC TO THE TO THE IDEA AND I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK INTO IT. BUT THE QUESTION I HAVE WITH SOME OF THESE USE IS IN THOSE TYPES OF THINGS IS YOU KNOW YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL CLINICS AND I KIND OF THINK, YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS THAT ARE SENSITIVE USES, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE OTHER PARTS OF THE BUILDING THAT CAN BE UTILIZED FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS? WELL, THAT WOULD KEEP IT AWAY FROM THAT OR YOU KNOW, AS AS YOU KNOW, AS THE PLANNER AS MENTIONED HERE IS THIS MARKET OR AS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, HAVING A COUPLE OF THOSE ROOMS WHERE YOU PUT THE FILM DOWN ON IT AND THEN YOU KIND OF MOVE FORWARD. SO I JUST I NERVOUS ABOUT MAKING A WHOLESALE CHANGE AND AND WHAT I GUESS MY FEAR IS FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE IS IS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE PUTTING IN AND OUT OF THIS THING THAT'S TO GET IT'S GOING TO GET REALLY TRICKY AS WE KIND OF GET DOWN THERE TO THE INDIVIDUAL THINGS AND THAT'S WHERE I GET NERVOUS ABOUT ABOUT THIS. I THINK WE DEFINITELY OUGHT TO LOOK INTO IT BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT THAT THAT THERE MAY BE A BETTER WAY TO THAT TO RATIONALIZE OR SOLVE THIS OTHERS . MR. MILLER JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I MEANT SAY IT WAS TENS OF THOUSANDS 10,000 I HEARD FIVE DIGITS YET I APOLOGIZE NOW. I THINK THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD. THEY COULDN'T YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE IT WAS A BETWEEN LIKE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED VERSUS LIKE $10,000 WHICH IS NOT INSIGNIFICANT. OH, IT'S NOT BUT NOT TEN DIGITS. I MISSPOKE. I APOLOGIZE. IT'S NOT A $10 MILLION. NO SORRY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT'S IT'S IT'S LATE. I APOLOGIZE. I NOW THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER FOR CORRECTING ME. APPRECIATE THAT THOUGHTS ON THIS COUNCIL AND SEEING SHRUGS AND ON I WONDER IF THERE ARE MIRROR. YES. AND I'M JUST WONDERING I MEAN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS TONIGHT AND I YOU KNOW I KNOW WE JUST APPROVED THE PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. I'M JUST WONDERING LIKE IF WE'RE SAYING YEP, LET'S DIG INTO SOME OF THESE, DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING OTHER THINGS OR IS THIS JUST GOING TO GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT LIST AND WILL EVENTUALLY GET TO IT WHETHER IT'S THE END OF THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR? I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN IF WE'RE PRIORITIZING THESE THINGS, DOES THAT PRIORITIZE OTHER. I WOULD AGREE AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD PUT THIS AS A HIGH PRIORITY. I'M THIS WOULD BE IN YOU KNOW, IF IF EVERYTHING ELSE AND I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT IT HONESTLY I MY MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S A HIGH PRIORITY AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT CAN'T BE SOLVED WITH OTHER MEASURES AS WELL. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED MAKE A WHOSALE ORDINANCE CHANGE WHEN THERE ARE OTHER POSSIBILITIES. YOU KNOW IT'S NOT IT'S A IT'S DIFFERENT THAN A YOU KNOW, OFFENSE IN THE BACKYARD IS A LITTLE MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN I THINK CURTAINS OR MINES IN YOU KNOW, A PRIVACY ROOM A PRIVACY SITUATION I DON'T KNOW. I APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE CONSIDERED IT. IT IS EXPENSIVE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS JUST END UP BEING COST PROHIBITIVE AND AND TAKE MORE TIME. IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT THE ITSELF IS A BAD ONE AS MUCH AS IT CAN REALLY SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS FOR SOME OF OUR SMALLER BUSINESSES WHO ARE TRYING TO GET UP AND RUNNING SO. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT BUT MAYBE THERE'S FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO CREATE EXCEPTIONS OR SOMETHING. THEN IF THE RIGHT ANSWER IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO SOMETHING ORDINANCE WISE I THINK MAY OR MAY I SORRY LET ME LET ME HAVE COUNCILMEMBER NELSON JUMP IN FIRST AND THEN I'LL COME TO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON MAYOR, CAN YOU REMIND ME OR SOMEBODY IF THERE IS A WORK PLAN ITEM FOR PLANNING TO LOOK AT BEING MORE SMALL BUSINESS FRIENDLY THAT IS TRUE. WE JUST THROW THIS IN WITH THAT. YEAH THAT IS TRUE. THAT'S A GOOD I THINK A GOOD SOLUTION TO SOLVING PROBLEMS. WELL THEN SORRY THAT COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I WASN'T IS IT GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE YEAH THAT WAS EXACTLY I WAS SAYING YEAH I SAW YOUR IDEA AND I TOOK IT WAS VERY GOOD THAT'S A FINE COMPROMISE BY COMPROMISE. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD, MR. MERCURY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO ANYTHING ELSE FOR MR. MERCURY TONIGHT? NO, THANK YOU. WE WILL WRAP UP OUR MEETING THIS EVENING AS ALWAYS DO ITEM 5.4 OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE QUICK REVIEW OF OUR CITY COUNCIL LISTENING SESSION WAS THE MOST ATTENDED CITY COUNCIL LISTENING SESSION THAT HAD SINCE WE CHANGED OF LISTENING SESSIONS THANKS TO OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE BIRDWATCHING FRIENDS SALLY THIS WAS THEIR DAD WITH CONCERNS ABOUT OBSTRUCTED HANDICAPPED PARKING AT 82 ONE PARK AVENUE WE AGREED TO TAKE LOOK INTO IT AND ENCOURAGED HER TO MAKE A POLICE CALL IF SHE SAW INSTANCES OF ILLEGAL HANDICAPPED PARKING OR BLOCKED HANDICAPPED PARKING WITHIN THAT PARKING LOT. CHRIS ANN LAURIA WAS THERE AND THIS WAS REPRESENTING THE BIRDWATCHING GROUP TALKED ABOUT RESTORING SHE'S A MEMBER OF THE NINE AND THEY ARE A GROUP THAT IS INTENT ON PROTECTING AND RESTORING THE NINE MILE CREEK CORRIDOR AND HAD A LOT OF IDEAS AND THOUGHTS THE WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON AS PART OF THE NINE MILE CREEK RESTORATION EFFORT THAT WAS PASSED LAST LAST NOVEMBER BY VOTERS IN BLOOMINGTON. SO WE'LL BE IN EXCUSE ME WORKING WITH THEM ON. I INVITED THEM TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT ON THAT. AMANDA HEIZER WAS THERE SHE WAS THAT BLOOMINGTON CONTINUE THE PROTECTION OF TRADES AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN IN BLOOMINGTON ESPECIALLY IN NEW CONSTRUCTION AND I'D TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SOME SOME SPECIFIC ITEMS SUCH AS WAGE WAGE THEFT AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ABOUT WORKER PROTECTION. AND THEN DAN MAHON HAD SOME FRUSTRATIONS ABOUT HIS GARBAGE PICKUP SERVICE, HOW HE NOT THAT HE'S HAD A COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE HE HASN'T GOTTEN HIS GARBAGE PICKED UP ON FRIDAY AND THEN HE GETS HELD OFF UNTIL MONDAY. I THINK COUNCILMEMBER NELSON REMINDED US THAT INDEED IT WAS IN THIS CONTRACT THAT IF THERE WAS A MISS ON FRIDAY THEN HAULERS ARE REQUIRED TO COME BACK OUT ON SATURDAY TO DO PICKUP. SO WE WE NEED TO CONSIDER NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH DAN ON THAT AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH EVERY TIME WE WANT TO AND WE TOLD DAN THIS AND OTHERS THIS AS WELL EVERY TIME THERE'S A MISS PICKUP PLEASE DO CALL IN AND LET THE CITY KNOW ABOUT IT. WE'LL GET THE WE'LL GET THE TRUCKS BACK OUT THERE TO PICK UP FOR YOU BUT WE WANT TO KNOW WHO IS MISSING PICKUPS EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND AS I SAID, THERE WAS A WE HAD A FULL HOUSE THAT OUR LISTENING TONIGHT SO GOOD. MR. BRUIN ANYTHING TO ADD I THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I DO HAVE ONE SAY SUBSTANTIAL ITEM BUT MORE THAN 30 SECONDS I DON'T LIKE TO READ TOO USUALLY BUT I'M GOING TO READ TO YOU FOR A MOMENT. LAST WEEK WE WERE ALERTED THAT THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL WAS GOING TO WAS GOING TO DELAY OR DEFER FUNDING FOR THE LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT. SO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MET COUNCIL MET LAST MONDAY WHILE THEY WERE DISCUSSING THE THE AES THAT'S LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT FUND DISTRIBUTION PLAN THEY HAD A FAIR OF DISCUSSION BETWEEN STAFF AND THE THE COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE VOTED TO FUND THE TAX BASE REVITALIZATION ACCOUNT IN THE LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT FOR 2024 BUT THEY VOTED 4 TO 3 TO PAUSE FUNDING FOR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND THE LIVABLE COMMUNITIES DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT PROGRAM. BOTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS WITH THE INTENT OF REVIEWING THOSE PROGRAMS DURING 2024 BEFORE POTENTIALLY RESTORING FUNDING 2025. SO METRO CITIES IS THEIR THEIR POLICIES SUPPORT THE LCA PROGRAM ACCESS TO CITIES ACROSS THE REGION IT SUPPORTS FLEXIBLE IN THE PROGRAM CRITERION AND SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO PROMOTE LOCAL PARTICIPATION AND THEY ALSO STIPULATE SINCE METRO CITIES IS THE PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE FOR OUR CITIES IN THE REGION WORKING WITH THE MET COUNCIL THAT ANY TO LCA PROGRAMS REALLY NEED TO BE DONE IN PART WITH PURCHASE PATIENT AND INPUT OF METROPOLITAN CITY OFFICIALS AND SO THIS ONE JUST KIND OF SPRUNG UP IN THE COMMITTEE AND NOW IT'S GOING TO THE FULL BODY ON WEDNESDAY. SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IN SUPPORT METRO CITIES AND OUR OWN ABOUT THAT FUNDING STREAM BECAUSE WE DO PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE HERE THAT ARE PLANNING APPLY TO THESE ACCOUNTS. WE THINK THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THE FUNDING IN 2024. SO I HAVE A LETTER THAT OUR STAFF DRAFTED FOR THE MAYORS SIGNATURE TO SEND TO COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO OUR MET COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE SO THAT HE SEES WHERE WE ARE AND WE'RE ON RECORD BEFORE THE FULL COUNCIL CONSIDERS IT ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND IT SIMPLY SAYS IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THE COUNCIL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING PAUSING FUNDING STRONGLY URGING NOT TO APPROVE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION. BLOOMINGTON, LIKE MANY OTHER CITIES REGULARLY AL-QAEDA FUNDING REQUESTS TO ASSIST DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT ADVANCE REGIONAL GOALS. WE HAVE DISCUSSED THE LCD PROGRAM WITH BLOOMINGTON PROPERTY OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS WHO ARE LIKELY TO MAKE APPLICATIONS IN 2024 AND THE PROPOSED PATHS TO THE FUNDING COULD WELL RESULT IN DELAYS TO DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND REDUCE HOUSING PRODUCTION IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AS WE STRIVE TO MEET OUR 2030 HOUSING GOALS. SO IF YOU'RE GENERALLY WITH THAT I'LL HAVE THE MAYOR SIGN THAT AND WE'LL IT OFF TO THE MET COUNCIL AND OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ONE OTHER ITEM IS I TO OFFER CONGRATULATIONS BECAUSE ABOUT 2 HOURS AGO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MICHAEL WAS FORMALLY APPROVED BY THE MAPLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL TO BE THEIR NEXT CITY MANAGER. CONGRATULATIONS MIKE. IT'S WELL-DESERVED . CONGRATULATIONS MIKE. WELL-DESERVED AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU. WELL DONE. WE'LL HAVE WE'LL HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY. I TO FETCH YOU IN THE FUTURE. RIGHT? VERY GOOD, COUNCILMAN. ANYTHING TO ADD TONIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU, MAYOR I'M SURPRISED THE CITY MANAGER DIDN'T MENTION THE HUGE NEWS OF US IN A REGULAR AS IT WAS A WEEK AGO. THERE'S SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SO I'LL AND SEE IF HE WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING. I THINK HE KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT SO I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THUNDER NOW. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN. WE HAD BRIEFED THE CITY COUNCIL BACK IN SEPTEMBER AS A MATTER OF FACT THAT OUR OUR LOCAL DISTRICT OF ROTARY WAS PARTNERING WITH SOME OF OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS TO PUT FORWARD AN APPLICATION TO HOST THE ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION IN MINNEAPOLIS IN 2029. AND ONE LAST I TALKED TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT IT'S BECAUSE THE SITE SELECTION COMMITTEE WAS COMING HERE TO REVIEW THE MINNEAPOLIS PROPOSAL AND WE LEARNED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT WE WERE CHOSEN BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL TO HOST SO FORECASTED ATTENDANCE IS PROBABLY 17,000 VISITORS TO THE REGION IN 2029 AND IT'LL BE AT MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION CENTER. AND SO YOU MAY BE ASKING WHY WHY WHY ARE WE GETTING EXCITED ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE AT THE MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION CENTER IS BECAUSE THE THE APPLICATION THAT PUT FORWARD REALLY DEPENDS ON THE THE PARTNERSHIP OF ALL THREE CITIES OF SAINT PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND BLOOMINGTON. AND AS YOU KNOW, BLOOMINGTON REALLY IS THE EPICENTER OF HOSPITALITY HERE IN THE REGION. WE DRIVE THE HOSPITALITY ECONOMY WITH THE MALL OF AMERICA AND OUR 47 HOTELS AND OUR NEARLY 10,000 HOTEL ROOMS. SO WE WILL HAVE GOOD REPRESENTATION FOR HELPING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT EVENT IS GOING TO BE A VERY POSITIVE EVENT AND FRANKLY IT'S A BIG WIN FOR THE REGION. SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE LAST MONDAY AFTERNOON WE HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE IT AND THANK THE GOVERNOR AND MAYOR FREY WHO BOTH MADE TIME IN THEIR CALENDAR TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT AND THEIR BUS. WAS THERE A NUMBER OF LEADERS FROM ROTARY AND OTHER PLACES? SO IT'S A IT'S JUST A REALLY GOOD WIN FOR OUR REGION AND IT'S A REALLY GREAT EVENT FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH ROTARY. THEIR MOTTO IS SERVICE SELF AND THEY HAVE THEY HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL FOOTPRINT AROUND THE GLOBE. THIS IS THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY, REALLY NEAT OPPORTUNITY. THANK COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. THANK YOU. I WANT TO JUST BE SURE YOU DO THAT AND ALSO YOU WERE ON THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THAT. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH THAT AND I JUST ANECDOTALLY WE HAD ONE HOTEL PERSON WHO WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT IN BLOOMINGTON HERE THAT I ATTENDED THIS AFTERNOON AND HE WENT ON FOR MINUTES TALKING ABOUT THAT. SO AGAIN TO CONGRATULATE AND THANK YOU FOR THAT IT'S JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF OUR INTERNATIONAL CITY. I WANTED TO MENTION JUST ONE OTHER THING THAT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND WITH COUNCILMEMBER WHILE I'M GETTING TIRED WE WENT TO THE CONFERENCE VARIOUS THANK YOU JUST TOTALLY LOOKING AT YOU I KNOW YOUR DAY PREVIOUS WE BOTH I WENT TO THE ELDERS CONFERENCE AND JUST AN EXCELLENT EXPERIENCE AND A NUMBER OF OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THERE THIS YEAR WAS A YEAR WHERE THEY HAD THE PROPERTY TAX PEACE AND THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY HAVE UPDATED THE PROPERTY TAX TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE COMPLICATED THIS YEAR AND THEN PIECE OF THE THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PUBLIC FINANCE PIECES THAT WE COVERED DURING THAT TRAINING AND ONE OF THE MAJOR PIECES OF THEY HAVE A MARKET UPDATE PIECE AND ONE ITEM THAT THAT SEEMED REALLY INTERESTING TO ME AMONG A NUMBER OF THINGS IS THIS IDEA OF WE'RE COMMERCIAL TOWERS AND THAT TYPE OF THING ARE LOSING IN THE MARKETPLACE AND THE IMPACT THAT THAT'S HAVING ACROSS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I EVEN SAW THE CHAIRMAN POWELL HAVING THAT CONVERSATION 60 MINUTES AND HOW THAT ME IMPACTS SOME OF THE SMALLER BANKS I ACTUALLY LAST MONTH SO I JUST THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE OUGHT TO BE THINKING ABOUT AS WE KIND OF GO ON TO OUR NEXT, YOU KNOW, BUDGET PIECE AS WE KIND OF THINK ABOUT WHAT'S THE LANDSCAPE OF OUR OUR PROPERTY TAXES, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE KIND OF GOING FORWARD AND WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE TO OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS AS TO THAT WHOLE PUBLIC FINANCE PIECE CHANGES AND SHIFTS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL ANYTHING ELSE LISTEN OUT OF FINANCING I'M NOT A NERD IN THIS WORLD THIS IS VERY EASY TO ACCESS FINANCIALLY. WE RUN THE CITY A VERY INTERESTING GOOD. I'M GLAD YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU. I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT BUT IT'S GREAT. VERY GOOD COUNCIL WITH NO MORE BUSINESS ON OUR AGENDA I WOULD ENTERTAIN A TO ADJOURN MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION MERCER MAYOR BUSBEE COUNCILMAN CARTER COUNCILMEMBER CONNOR CARTER MY APOLOGIES I GET IT. COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO I COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN RIVAS COUNCIL MEMBER MOA I COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS I MOTION CARRY SEVEN ZERO WE ARE ADJOURNED THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT THANKS TO THE STAFF FOR YOUR WORK THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO JOINED US THIS EVENING HAVE GREAT REST OF YOUR WEEK