June 5, 2023 Bloomington City Council Meeting
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. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY AND WELCOME TO THE JUNE 5TH, 2023 BUSINESS MEETING OF THE BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL. SO APPRECIATE SEEING SO MANY NEW AND FAMILIAR FACES IN THE ROOM HERE TONIGHT. WE'LL START OUR MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO IF YOU CAN PLEASE JOIN US IN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT, TERRIFIC. I AM OBVIOUSLY NOT TIM BUSSEY. I AM FILLING IN WHILE HE IS AWAY THIS EVENING MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE BIT OF BUMPER BOWLING WELL ZIG ZAG WE'LL GET TO THE PINS EVENTUALLY SO APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING UP WITH ME AT THE SO TO ASK OFF HERE SO WE DON'T NEED TO CALL THE ROLL OFF EVERYBY IN PERSON PERFECT SO OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA WE'VE GOT A FULL AGENDA HERE THIS EVENING. WE'VE GOT SOME FANTASTIC PROCLAMATIONS UP TOP APPOINTMENT OF PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS AS WELL AS YOUNG ADULT MEMBERS TO VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE WE HAVE 11 ITEMS ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT AND HAVE IT LOOKS LIKE ONE RESOLUTION AND THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS REGARDING VARIOUS CITY CODE AMENDMENTS AND A IVATELY INITIATEDITY DE TEXT AMENDMENT WILL ALSO IN SECTION FIVE ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS BE TAKING A LOOK AT POTENTIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE 2023 PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN BASED OFF SOME DISCUSSION ITEMS THAT HAD COME UP AT PREVIOUS MEETINGS. SO COUNCIL WILL ASK ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA. OKAY. IF NOT I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA. SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY YING I I ALL THOSE OPPOSED AND THAT PASSES SIX SO I OKAY SO WE NEXT MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER NELSON DID YOU HAVE CONSENT TO MY INTRODUCTORY OH I'M SORRY INTRODUCTORY ITEMS I SKIPPED OVER EVERYTHING THIS THE FIRST DIG AND OUR WAY TO THE PENS THERE WE GO EXACTLY WE WILL START OFF WE HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS FIRST FOR PRIDE MONTH SECOND FOR JUNETEENTH AND ANOTHER FOR HOME OWNERSHIP MONTH AND I WILL SWING ON DOWN TO THE PODIUM SO WILL START OFF TONIGHT WITH A PROCLAMATION REGARDING PRIDE MONTH LGBTQIA PLUS PRIDE MONTH IS CELEBRATED EVERY JUNE ANNUAL EVERY JUNE JUNE THE MONTH RECOGNIZE THE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONSNDIVIDUALS WHO IDENTI AS LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER INTERSEX ASEXUAL AND IT ENCOURAGES THE INCLUSIVENESS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND RAISES AWARENESS OF ISSUES FEATURING THE FACING LGBTQIA COMMUNITY. I'M PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE AMONG ALL THE GREAT PROCLAMATIONS WE HAVE TONIGHT BECAUSE I THINK IT GOES TO UNDERSCORE THE WORK THIS COMMUNITY HAS DONE TO SHOW THE REST OF OUR REGION, THE REST OF THIS COUNTRY THAT BLOOMINGTON IS A PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY CAN PUT DOWN ROOTS, THRIVE AND FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO WHEREAS THE MONTH OF JUNE 2023 IS DESIGNATED AS PRIDE MONTH AND RECOGNIZES THE DISCRIMINATION VIOLENCE INDIVIDUALS WHO IDENTIFY AS LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, INTERSEX ASEXUAL LGBTQ PLUS ARE SUBJECTED TO AND RAISES UP AND PROMOTE SELF-AFFIRMATION DIGNITY, EQUAL RIGHTS AND INCREASES THE VISIBILITY OF THE LGBTIQ PLUS COMMUNITY. AND. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS COMMITTED TO BEING INCLUSIVE, EQUITABLE AND WELCOMING OF ALL INDIVIDUALS ALONG NATURAL SPECTRUM OF HUMAN IDENTITY AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND RECOGNIZES THAT WE ARE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY ENRICHED BY THIS DIVERSITY AND INCLUDING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITY HAS MADE AND CONTINUES TO MAKE AND. WHEREAS THE LGBTQIA PLUS RIGHTS MOVEMENT CONTINUES TO THIS DAY AND WHILE THERE HAS BEEN REMARKABLE PROGRESS TOWARDS ACCEPTANCE AND EQUALITY IN RECENT YEARS, MEMBERS OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD STILL FACE AN LEVEL OF DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE. SO WE MUST REMAIN VIGILANT AND PU BACK AGAINSTHOSE WHO SEEK TO ROLLBACK OUR PROGRESS. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT I ACTING MAYOR PATRICK MARTIN DO HEREBY PCLAIM JUNE 2023 AS LGBTQ A-PLUS PRIDE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND CALL UPON THE PEOPLE OF BLOOMINGTON TO TURN BACK AND PREJUDICE EVERYWHERE IT EXISTS AND COMMEMORATE THE COURAGEOUS WHO HAVE FOUGHT AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF LGBT CU HIRE PEOPLE AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM TWIN CITIES PRIDE HERE IF WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS FROM 2018 THAT WILL CREATE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ABSOLUTELY. I REALLY APPRECIATE MY ACHIEVEMENTS AND I DO USE HIM THAT I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TWIN CITIES PRIDE. WE HAVE HAD FORTUNE THIS YEAR TO HELP BLOOMINGTON GET THEIR PRIDE BACK TO THE CITIZENS AND HELP THEM EXPAND IT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. I APPRECIATE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON SO MUCH FOR THIS. AS YOU STATED, THE HATE AINST THE LGBTQOMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GW AND AS PRESIDENT OR FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA JT SAID, PEOPLE NEED TO BE LOOKING TO MINNESOTA AS THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT INSTEAD OF THE WRONG WAY TO DO IT. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE THIS A REFUGE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND IT'S APPRECIATED ALREADY. AND OUR SECOND CRITICAL PROCLAMATION TONIGHT IS IN RECOGNITION JUNETEENT. SO JUNETEENTH IS DERIVED BY COMBINING JUNE AND 19TH AND IT IS A FEDERAL AND STATE OF MINNESOTA HOLIDAY. IT'S CELEBRATED ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORDER ON JUNE 19TH, 1865 PROCLAIMING THE FREEDOM OF ENSLAVED IN GALVESTON, TEXAS A FULL TWO YEARS AFTER PRESIDENT LINCOLN ISSUED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION AND ACCOMPANYING ORDER AND SEPTEMBER 22ND OF 1863 PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY ACT ON JUNE 17TH OF 21 MAKING IT THE 11TH FEDERAL HOLIDAY AND ON FEBRUARY 3RD, 2023, GOVERNOR TIM WALZ SIGNED A BILL ESTABLISHING JUNETEENTH AS THE OFFICIAL HOLIDAY IT IS HERE IN MINNESOTA AND AGAIN, MUCH LIKE I MENTIONED WITH THE PREVIOUS PROCLAMATION I HOPE THAT THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY THINGS FOLKS ACROSS OUR REGION CAN LOOK AT TO SAY BLOOMINGTON A PLACE THAT TAKES RACIAL EQUITY SERIOUSLY WHETHER THAT'S RACIAL EQUITY BUSINESS PLANS WE'VE PUSHED FOR OUR WORK INTERNALLY, WHETHER THAT'S DECLARI RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. I HOPE THIS THIS PROCLAMATION SERVES AS A SYMBOL OF THE WORK WE ARE DOING TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY A PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY BELONG. SO WHEREAS IN 1619 WAS THE BEGINNING STAGES OF THE INSTITUTION OF CHATTEL SLAVERY IN AMERICA AND REPRESENTS A LANDMARK IN THE LONG HISTORY OF SLAVERY IN EUROPEAN COLONIES AND WHERE IT HAS FORCED MIGRATION SUBSEQUENT ENSLAVEMENT OF AFRICANS IN AMERICA EMERGED AS A NATIONAL DIRECTLY INFLUENCING THE ECONOMIES AND WEALTH OF BOTH SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN STATES AND WAS INTEGRAL IN ESTABLISHING THE UNITED STATES A WORLD ECONOMIC POWER. AND. WHEREAS, ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 1862, PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ISSUED THE PROCLAMATION AND EXECUTIVE ORDER FREEING THOSE ENSLAVED IN SOUTHERN STATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 1863. AND. WHEREAS, DUE TO INTENTIONAL DEFIANCE BY, SOUTHERN STATES SLAVE OWNERS UNION SOLDIERS HAD TO ENFORCE THE PRESIDENT'S ORDER OF FREEING THOSE ENSLAVED TWO AND A HALF YEARS AFTER THE DECLARATION ON JUNE 1865 IN GALVESTON, TEXAS. AND. WHEREAS THROUGH INTENTIONAL SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION SUCH AS SHARECROPPING, JIM CROW REDLINING AND MASS INCARCERATION THE DISENFRANCHISEMENT THE DISENFRANCHISEMENT BLACK BODIES CONTINUES AND PERSISTS TODAY. AND. WHEREAS, DESPITE THOSE GRIEVO HARDSHIPS, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICANS BOTH DURING PERIODS OF ENSLAVEMENT AND TODAY MAKE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO EVERY SEGMENT OF AMERICAN SOCIETY. AND. WHEREAS JUNE 19TH CALLED JUNETEENTH BY COMBINING JUNE AND 19TH IS RECOGNIZED AS THE END OF CHATTEL SLAVERY IN AMERICA AND HAVING BEEN CELEBRATED FOR OVER HUNDRED AND 50 YEARS BY THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY HOLDS SPECIAL MEANING AND. WHEREAS YET TO BE REALIZED IS THE FULL PROMISE OF THAT DAY AND THEREFORE JUNETEENTH IS A REMINDER OF THE CONTINUED WORK NECESSARY TO ENSURE AN EQUITABLE UNID STATES FOR FUTURE GENATIONS WHEREAS EACH YEAR AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE RECOGNIZE AND AFFIRMED THE VALUE OF BLACK LIVES AND THE IMMEASURABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO THIS COUNTRY AND TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND THEREFORE I ACTING MAYOR PATRICK MARTIN DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 19TH, 2023 AS JUNETEENTH IN BLOOMINGTON AND INVITE ALL JOIN OUR INAUGURAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION ON MONDAY JUNE 19TH, 2023 AT KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL FROM 11 TO 4. AND WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE REGION IN OUR COMMUNITY JOINING US TODAY MR. JORN LEE, CO-ORGANIZER OF TWIN CITIES JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION PASTOR JOE AND PASTOR SAM PASTOR'S OF CHURCH OF NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND MARVIS KILGORE OF NORMAN DALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE CERTIFY PROGRAM. SO MR. LEE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND STARTING US OFF BECAUSE HEARD FROM YOU. MY NAME IS LEE JORDAN. I'M THE MIDWEST AND STATE DIRECTOR FOR THE NATIONAL JUNETEENTH AND IT'S MY PLEASURE MY HONOR TO BE HERE TO SPEAK UPON JUNETEENTH BECAUSE LOOKING AT THE LIST OF OTHER PROCLAMATIONS MADE, IT MAKES YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT NONE ARE FREE UNTIL WE ALL ARE. SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU, MARY AND FOR OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THE HISTORY OF JUNETEENTH. AND WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT HISTORY WE TALK ABOUT GALVESTON, TEXAS AND GENERAL GRANGER. BUT AT THE SAME TIME THERE WERE 19,000 US COLORED TROOPS THAT WERE THERE TO JUNETEENTH AS PART OF THEIR STORY AS WELL. AND THAT'S MY JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT GETS TOLD. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. ABSOLUTELY. YOU APPRECIATE THAT. I AM PASTOR JOE FROM CHURCH NEW LIFE LOCATED HERE IN 8600 BLOOMINGTON AVENUE. FOR US JUNETEENTH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THE COMMUNITY TO TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES THAT THEY'VE HAD IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTO. 'VE HAD THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH THE CITY BLOOMINGTON AND THEIR DIVERSITY INCLUSION AND JUST THE STAFF WHO HAVE HELPED US SO FAR WITH THE PLAN OUR ORGANIZATION AND SEEING HOW MUCH PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE FOR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND BLOOMINGTON WENT FROM A POINT WHERE YOU ALMOST DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN BLOOMINGTON TO SEEING THEM REPRESENTED IT AND LEADERSHIP FROM THE POLICE TO DIVERSITY INCLUSION TO HRA ALL THESE OTHER AREAS AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHARE DREAM AND VISION OF HAVING A MULTIETHNIC COMMUNITY TOGETHER CELEBRATING EACH OTHER EVERY DAY NOT JUS YOU KNOW, BEING UCK IN OUR GROUPS AND SEPARATED BUT COMING TOGETHER AND CELEBRATING. WE WANT THIS JUNETEENTH TO BE ABOUT EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER AND JUST SHOWING GREAT AN EXAMPLE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS IN THIS NATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PASTOR . MY NAME IS BEST AS SAM NERO. I PASSED THE CHURCH IN THE CHRIS INDUSTRY ON 8600 BLOOMINGTON AVENUE. MY GOAL ALWAYS BEEN MY DREAM HAS BEEN TO HAVE A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. MY MY HEART WAS ALWAYS BEING HOW DO WE GET COMMUNITY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CHURCHES TOGETHER SO WE CAN CELRATE I THINK THAT IS THE REALLY SOLID FOUNDATION THAT WE NEED AND WHEN WE GET THOSE THINGS SO I WENT TO THE PASTORS AND SAY THESE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO DO AND I'M GRATEFUL AND SO THANK YOU THOUGH THAT BLOOMINGTON DECIDED TO SAY OKAY DO IT, LET'S PUT IT TOGETHER WHATEVER COSTS, WHATEVER THE MATTER, WHATEVER TO FIGHT LET'S DO IT. AND THAT MAKES ME JUST SO JOYFUL TO IN BLOOMINGTON TO CELEBRATE IN BLOOMINGTON THEY HAVE A LOT OF JOY AS WE MOVE INTO THIS PLACE. AND I BELIEVE AS WE ON JUNE 19 I'M LOOKING FOR JOY, PEACE, HAPPINESSND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. THAT'S WHAT WE DO WHEN WE FREE . THAT'S WHAT WE DO AND WE CELEBRATE EACH OTHER. THAT'S WHAT WE DO WHEN WE REACH AND SAY I'M SO GLAD TO SEE YOU AND THIS WAY I AM AND I'M SO JOYFUL THIS DREAM OF MINE IS COMING ALIVE THANK YOU BLOOMINGTON AND. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORTERS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M TAVIS KILGORE, THE FACILITATOR FOR THIS COMMITTEE . AND YOU KNOW, I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR. YOU'VE HEARD THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF OF JUNETEENTH. SO ERIC AND ERIC, INTRODUCE YOURSELF PLEASE. THANK YOU. MY BOSS I'M ERICA COLEMAN AND I AM PART OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE JUNETEENTH PLANNING COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIR FOR THE BLOOMINGTON BLACK EMPLOYEE NETWORK, THE EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP THAT IS ALSO TO SUPPORT THIS EVENT. SO WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT 30, 45 SECONDS OR SO TO TELL YOU WHAT TO EXPECT. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU COME OUT FOR JUNETEENTH WE HAVE VENDORS, WE HAVE ENTERTAINERS, WE HAVE SPECIAL ARTISTS AND SPECIAL GUESTS COMING ALONG ERICA AND WE HAVE FOOD RIGHT? YOU CAN'T HAVE AN EVENT WITHOUT DELICIOUS FOOD. DELICIOUS FOOD. LOCAL BLOOMINGTON AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITY BUSINESSES. BUT WE HAVE FOOD AND WILL HAVE DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE ALSO SPONSORED AND PROVIDED BY NORMAN DELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE. SO JOIN US AS. WE COME TOGETHER AS WE CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH THE FIRST EVER IN IN BLOOMINGTON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO OH, FANTASTIC. BUT ACTING AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST HERE WITH US TODAY. COME ON UP. HELLO. HELLO. OH, WHAT'S THE HELP IN CELEBRATING IF WE JUST CAN'T DO IT NOW IS NORM THE MASCOT FROM THE ARMY? THEY ALSO DECIDED TO MAKE IT MORE. I'M ALSO GOING T INVITE ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE JUNETEENTH COMMITTEE TO JUST UP FOR A QUICK GROUP PHOTO. PERFECT. WHERE WOULD YOU GET EITHER? YEAH, I THINK I HAVE THOSE SAME SHORTS. YOU WANT TO GET TO THE MEDAL? I WAS LIKE I WAS TOLD THAT OVER HERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, A PICTURE TO MY AND THEN MAYBE I'LL JUMP IN AND YOU DO A COUPLE TOO. YES. OKAY. TWO, THREE, FOUR. BUT I'LL USE YOUR TEAM EFFORT. COVID , HAVE YOU I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE BUT I THINK I GOT ABOUT 5% IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR GROUP THERE. ABSOLUTELY YES. YOU KNOW AND WHILE WE'RE AT IT, IF THE PRIDE GROUP WOULD MIND, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU ALL UP FOR A PHOTO AS WELL. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T OFFER A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO. YEAH THANK SO MUCH AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AS WELL. THANK THAT. YEAH. OH PLEASE. YEAH. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO START US OFF WITH A FEW WORDS I'M SORRY I SHOULD OFFER A MINUTE AGO. NO, THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ANITA SMITHSON. I'M THE BLOOMINGTON PDE COMMITTEE. OUR PRIDE CELRATION IS GOING TO BE HERE AT CIVIC PLAZA ON SEPTEMBER 10TH. SO SAVE THE DATE OR HAPPY TO HAVE EVERYONE WITH US . WHY DO YOU ALL RIGHT WHICH ONE? YOU DO IT FIRST. I'M DOING THEM ALL. OH, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO THANK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANKS FOR WORKING. ALL RIGHTY . OH OKAY. AND FINAL PROCLAMATION TONIGHT IS FOR HOME HOME OWNERSHIP MONTH. SO JUNE IS NATIONAL HOMEOWNERSHIP MONTH A TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE THAT OWNING A HOME BRINGS TO FAMILIES. IT'S A DISCUSSION COUNSEL HAS ONGOING AND ESPECIALLY ITEMS RECENTLY AND THAT'S HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND IN NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS AMERICA HOME OWNERSHIP PURPOSEFUL HOME OWNERSHIP STRATEGIES URGE GOVERNMENTS EMPLOYERS LENDERS INSURERS AND NONPROFITS TO UNDERTAKE EFFORTS THAT WILL BUILD THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL ACTORS TO FOSTER AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES PROMOTING HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND TO EMPLOYMENT. SO OVERALL AND I'M SURE AS WE'VE ALL SEEN HEADLINES ABOUT A HOUSING CRISIS THAT ONLY SEEMS TO GET WORSE A HEADLINE THAT HAS BEEN COPY PASTED FOR 15 YEARS. I'M PROUD THAT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON HAS TEN CORETE STEPS IN THEIGHT RECTION AND THAT WE ARE WILLING TO VOCALLY BE ON THE FOREFRONT OF THE MOVEMENT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS A HOME WHERE THEY CAN PUT DOWN ROOTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO HOMEOWNERSHIP MONTH JUNE 2023. WHEREAS IN 1995 NATIONAL HOMEOWNERSHIP WEEK BEGAN AS A STRATEGY OF PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ADMINISTRATION TO INCREASE HOMEOWNERSHIP ACROSS THE NATION. AND. WHEREAS, IN 2002 PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH EXPANDED THE OBSERVANCE TO THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE. AND. WHEREAS HOMEOWNERSHIP IS MAJOR SOURCE OF GENERATIONAL WEALTH FOR MANY AMERICANS AND IS AN ESSENTIAL PART THE AMERICAN DREAM. AND. WHEREAS, DURING HOME OWNERSHIP MONTH WE RECOGNIZED THE VALUE THAT OWNING A HOME BRINGS TO INDIVIDUALS, HOUSEHOLDS AND COMMUNITIES AMERICA. AND. WHEREAS BY OBSERVING HOME HOMEOWNERSHIP WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF HOUSING WHETHER OWNING, RENTING OR, ASPIRING TO OWN OR RENT. AND. WHEREAS, THROUGH THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN AND FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON KNOWN AS HRA CURRENT AND THOSE DESIRING TO BECOME RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS RESOURCES AND HOUSING STABILITY AND PATHWAYS TO HOMEOWNERSHIP. AND. WHEREAS EACH YEAR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE WILL FOSTER HOMEOWNEHIP CREATION AND PRESERVATION OPPORTUNITY IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. AND. WHEREAS, TO SUPPORT OUR SSION OF CULTIVATING AN ENDURING AND REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE. JOURNEY TO HOMEOWNERSHIP WORKSHOPS ARE OFFERED MONTHLY IN SOMALI ENGLISH AS AS HOMESTRETCH FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER EDUCATION CLASSES. THEREFORE ACTING MAYOR PATRICK MARTIN DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 20, 23 AS HOMEOWNERSHIP MONTH IN BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA. AND I KNOW WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR HRA HERE. THANK SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS BE TERRIFIC. THANK YOU. ACTING MAYOR MARTIN ERIKA COLEMAN I AM THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE HRA. I AM JOINED BY CHAIR WHO FOR OUR HRA BOARD AND COMMISSIONER MUELLER FROM OUR HRA BOARD. AND WE JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF HOMEOWNERSHIP THROUGH THE PROCLAMATION AND ACKNOWLEDGING JUNE AS HOMEOWNERSHIP MONTH BUT SPECIFICALLY AS HOMEOWNERSHIP MONTH HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AS IT ALIGNS WITH THE WORK AND THE FOCUS AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE HERE IN TH CITY THROUGH BLOOMINGTON TORROW TOGETHER AND THAT WE WILL FOCUS ON MAKING THIS AN ENDURING AND REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WHERE WANT TO BE BUT ALSO WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE. THANK YOU. HI, I'M JENNIFER MUELLER COMMISSIONER ON THE HRA. I'VE ONLY BEEN ON THE BOARD SIX MONTHS AND I CAN HONESTLY SINCERELY SAY I AM VERY IMPRESSED BY THE WORK THAT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON HAS DONE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ON THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OF HOUSING, OF HOMEOWNERSHIP TO GET LESS REPRESENTED POPULATIONS INTO STABLE HOUSING. SO I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT YEAR THAT I'M ON THE BOARD BUT. THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON HAS MUCH TO BE PROUD OF FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. DID YOU WANT TO DO A CANDIDATE FOR EDUCATION INFORMATION HERE ON WHEREVER YOU LIKE? IF ONLY WE PERFECT CANDIDATE. OH GOSH YOU OKAY? THREE TWO ONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH . I DO IT FOR THE PRIMARY CATEGORY FOR OAK. OKAY. SO CONTINUING ON WITH OUR INTRODUCTORY WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 22.4 PLANNING COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT OUR BALANCE SHEETS IN FRONT OF US HERE. AND JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY. I KNOW THAT THE PROCESS OF RECENT YEARS HAS BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER A SUBGROUP OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT CONDUCTS INTERVIEWS WITH APPLICANTS. I BELIEVE THAT HAPPENED A OF WEEKS AGO NOW AND OUT OF THAT FOUR CANDIDATES WERE RECOMMENDED FOR APPOINTMENT WITH SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS TO WHICH SEAT TO FILL. IS THAT IF WE WERE TO PURSUE THOSE FOUR COULD THAT BE DONE IN ONE MOTION OR WOULD THAT REQUIRE FOUR SEPARATE MOTIONS ? ACTING MAYOR AND MEMBERS LET ME JUST PULL UP THE PROPOSED MOTION HERE AND SEE. YES, I THINK THE KEY TO THIS IS YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT TERMS. SO FOR CONVENIENCE OF THE RECORDING SECRETARY PERHAPS TAKE THE FIRST TWO AND THEN THE SECOND TWO BECAUSE THE FIRST TWO AND IN 26 AND THEN THE SECOND TO AND IN 25. OKAY MAKE A FRIENDLY REQUEST FOR THAT. THAT WOULD PROBABLY APPRECIATE THAT HE'S NODDING. PERFECT. EXCELLENT. YES AND PAGE ON IN THE COUNCIL PACKET MR. MAYOR CONTAINS REMMENDATIONS TOPECIFIC TERMS. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE AGAIN JUST FOR INFORMATION OUT OF THE SUBGROUP WAS COQ10 INQUIRY FOR THE TERM ENDING IN 2026 AND ALBRECHT AND BROWN FOR THE TERN ENDING IN 2025 JUST FOR REFERENCE. SO I GUESS IN TERMS OF PROCESS I WILL OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL DO PREFER GOING THROUGH THE ROUND BY ROUND VOTE OR I KNOW WE'VE GOT WE ALL RECEIVED THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THAT SUBGROUP TT INTERVIEWED THE CANDIDATES AND WHAT DO YOU THINK COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO ASKED ME OOPS. THERE YOU GO. HI, ACTING MAYOR MARTIN. I'M I BE FINE WITH VOTING THEM IN A BLOCK IF THAT'S COMFORTABLE. EVERYONE SO I CAN HAPPILY MAKE THE MOTION. WOULD YOU PREFER WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER ANYBODY THAT NOT PREFER THAT COUNCILMEMBER DEAL. SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND MAKING THE MOTION WE'LL START WITH THE CANDIDATES FOR THE TERMS ENDING SIX 3026. AY GREAT SO I BELIEVE WHAT WE SAID WAS I AM A MOTION TO APPOINT A COQ10 INQUIRY TO A TERM OF SEVEN 123 TO 630 26 SECONDS. SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER CARTER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR IN FAVOR OF THE FIRST TWO APPOINTMENTS AS STATED SIGNIFY BY SAYING HI. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. AND THAT MOTION PASSES SIX OH. AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, WOULD YOU MIND TACKLING THE SECOND MOTION AS WELL? NO, I THINK. I HAVE IT RIGHT. WE SAID ALBRECHT AND BROWN. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I AM MAKING A MOTION TO APPOINT BROWN AND ALBRECHT TO A TERM OF SEVEN 123 TO 630 2025 SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER CARTER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE TERMS ENDING IN JUNE OF 2025 AS STATED SIGNIFY BY SAYING I II ALL THOSE OPPOSED. AND THAT PASSES SIX ZERO AS WELL. OKAY. OKAY. MOVING ON TO THE APPOINTMENT OF A YOUNG MEMBERS TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. I DO NOT BELIEVE WE HAD AN INTERVIEW PROCESS FOR THIS ONE BUT I HAD SEEN WE HAD FOUR APPLICANTS FOR TWO OPEN SEATS AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING TWO OPEN SEATS AT THE SAME TERM COMPONENT IS MORE OR LESS CORRECT LISTING BOTH TERMS OF OUR FOR THE YOUNG ADULT MEMBERS ARE FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST 2023 TO AUGUST 31ST 2024. OKAY FANTASTIC. AH. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST CLARIFYING THAT THE SENIORS ONE PERSON APPLIED FOR TWO COMMISSIONS. I'M JUST CONFIRMING IT'S THE SAME PERSON SO IT'D BE HANIN KURDI APPLIED FOR BOTH THE HRC AND THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER CARTER IS CORRECT. I CONFIRMED JUST VERY WELL BY LOOKING AT THE ADDRESSES THAT IT IS IN THE PACKAGE THAT IT IS IN FACT THE SAME INDIVIDUAL AND THEN DID THE OTHER PERSON WHO APPLIED TO THE PARKS COMMISSION. REMOVE THEIR APPLICATION THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THE OTHER APPLICANT FOR THE PARK ART AND RECREATION COMMISSION WAS NOT A BLOOMINGTON RESIDENT SO THEY WERE DEEMED INELIGIBLE. OH OKAY. THANK YOU FOR CONFIRMING THAT . OKEY DOKE. SO FORGIVE ME. I'M I THERE'S A ROTATION THAT WE USUALLY GO THROUGH TO BEGIN VOTING ON THESE. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE WE LEFT OFF IN THAT ROTATION LAST TIME I AND PROVIDED ON YOUR VOTING SHEET SO IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE BACK OF YOUR FIRST PAGE YOU'LL SEE FOR ALL THESE NEXT THREE FOR THE HRC PARK AND SUSTAINABILITY A RANDOMIZED ORDER FOR FOUR TWO ROUNDS OF NOMINATIONS. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. ACTING MAYOR. MAY I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION? CAN I ASSUME THAT BECAUSE DUANE AND I HAVE THE SAME INITIALS EXCEPT THEY'RE BACKWARDS THAT DL IS DWAYNE IN LOUISIANA? THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STARTS EARLY AT TONIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL IT LOOKS LIKE FOR ROUND ONE FOR THE HRC YOUTH VOTEE HAVE COUNCILMEMB LOWMAN UP TO BAT AND WITH TWO SEATS TO FILL I'M THINKING TO VOTE ON THIS ONE. YEP. I'LL GO AHEAD AND I'LL SAY A MINUTE IN AND IN PRETTY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I'VE GOT AN NEXT I'M GOING TO GO WITH ALIYA UPSHAW AND BENNETT. ALL RIGHT. SO I WILL GO WITH CHILDS AND UPSHAW. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER. I WILL GO WITH DELORES FROM ANN CAMPBELL AND KURDY ON COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. I'M ALSO ASSUMING CAMPBELL AND KURDY ARE ALREADY IN I WILL VOTE FOR CHILDS KURDY. OKAY SO AFTER THE FIRST ROUND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TWO CANDIDATES THAT HAVE FOUR VOTES WHICH SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO GET THERE. GUESS I'LL SUGGEST WE MOVE AHEAD WITH THOSE TWO APPOINTMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A QUICK POINT KURDY IS THE ONLY VIABLE APPLICANT FOR PARK ARTS AND RECREATION AND IS A REASONABLE AND OR PRUDENT TO APPOINT THIS INDIVIDUAL TO TO PLACES. THAT'S WAS THE POINT MADE EARLIER THE BEGINNING. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK FOR POINTING THAT OUT. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. YEAH. MELISSA THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND MEMBERS PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO RE RUN THE VOTES. LET'S DO THAT. YOU KNOW THE BLUE PATCH. OKAY, WE GOT THE THUMBS UP ON A RERUN. PERFECT ALREADY. SO ON THE SECOND ROUND HERE I'M JUST GOING TO GO WITH THE YOUTH MEMBER AROUND TO BOX THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED SINCE IT'S UNMARKED AND ON THIS ROUND TWO I'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO IS UP FIRST. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO GO WITH STROMAN, CAMPBELL AND UPSHAW AND I WILL GO WITH SHERMAN CAMPBELL AND CHARLES. OKAY. I'LL GO WITH CHILDS AND UPSHAW CHILDS AND UPSHAW. YES, I GUESS IT'S ME. SEE, I'LL GO WITH CHILDS AND THEN I GO STRUMMING. ALL RIGHTY. AND I WILL GO WITH CHILDS AND UPSHAW. OKAY. AND WE'VE GOT TWO WITH FOUR OR MORE VOTES HERE SO I WILL A MOTION FOR APPOINTING THESE YOUNG ADULTS TO THE YOUNG ADULT SEATS ON THE HUM RIGHTS COMMISSION. I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION. THANK YOU. SEE HERE I'LL MOVE TO A POINT . BENNETT CHILDS AS A YOUNG ADULT MEMBER OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO A TERM OF NINE 123 TO 8 3124 IS THERE A SECOND SECOND? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS AS STATED, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY WITH KNIGHT HIGH. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. AND THAT PASSES. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU. TO THE FOLKS THAT WERE APPOINTED AND OH I ONLY ONLY WANTED TO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FIRST APPNTEE AND THE ONE SOON TO BE COUNCILMEMBER. LET ME BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION MARIN MOVED TO APPOINT A LAWYER AS A YOUNG ADULT MEMBER TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO A TERM OF NINE 123 TO 8 3124 AND IS THEIR SECOND SECOND. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER WITH THE MOTION AND COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WITH A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR BY SAYING ARE ALL THOSE OPPOSED AND THEN PASS A6000 OKAY SO THAT MOVES US TO THE APPOINTMENT OF YOUNG ADULT MEMBER TO THE PARKS ARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION. WE HAVE ONE APPLICANT FOR ONE SEAT. I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE HEARING A MOTION TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENT AS STATED UNLESS SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO RUN THROUGH THE VOTE. NO. I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION. PERFECT MERYL I'LL MOVE TO APPOINT HANAN KURDI AS A YOUNG ADULT MEMBER OF THE PARKS RECREATION COMMISSION TO A TERM OF NINE 123 TO 8 3124. PERFECT. AND THE SECOND SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENT TO THE YOUNG ADULT ON PARKS, ARTS AND RECREATION AS STATED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I AND ALL THOSE OPPOSED THAT CARRY SIX AS WELL. OKAY. AND THAT BNGS US TO THE LAST OF OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS THE APPOINTMENT OF THE YOUNG ADULT MEMBER THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD FOUR APPLICATIONS FOR TWO SEATS WITH THE SAME TERM THERE AS WELL WITH OUR SUSTAINABILITY ROUND ONE. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER MONE AS A FIRST. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL GO AHEAD AND APPOINT MY COLLEAGUE THAT SERVED WITH FOR THE LAST YEAR OWEN LOGAN AND THEN ABBY CHILDS AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. MY APOLOGIES TO HIS RANDOM. I'LL GO WITH CHILD AND LOOKING UH CHILDS AND LOOKING LOOKING AHMED. UH OKAY. AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON CHILDS AND LOGAN AND I WILL GO WITH CHILDS AND LOGAN AS WELL . SO WE HAVE TWO FOLKS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE SUSTAINABILITY. DO I HEAR A MOTION FOR OUR FIRST APPOINTEE ABBY CHILDS? HAPPY. MAKE THAT MOTION, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. I MOVE TO APPOINT OWEN LOGAN AS YOUNG ADULT MEMBER TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION TO A TERM OF NINE 123 TO 8 3124 AND WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO APPOINT OWEN LOGAN TO THE U.S. ON SUSTAINABILITY . ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I. ALL THOSE OPPOSED AND THAT CARRIES AND WE HAVE ONE MORE APPOINTMENT FOR ABBY CHILDS. IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ME. THANK YOU. THAN YOU. I WILL MOVE TO APPOINT ABBY CHILDS TO OUR YOUNG ADULT AS A YOUNG ADULT MEMBER TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION TO A TERM OF NINE 123 TO 8 3124. SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO APPOINT EVERY CHILD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I LIKE THIS POST AND THAT CARRIES HIMSELF MAYOR I JUST MENTIONED THAT OUR SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSIONER IS ACTUALLY HERE WITH HIS PARENTS. JUST WANTED T POINT THEM OUT THERE A HE CAME ALL THIS WAY. THAT'S APPRECIATE CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND I'LL ALSO POINT OUT OUR NEW HRC MEMBER ONLY APPLIES HERE AS WELL THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK GETS APPRECIATED. I'LL GET MY PAPERWORK IN ORDER HERE. THANK YOU MAYOR. YES. WE ALSO THEN POINT OUT OUR NEW PLANNING, MR. CURRY. WE WE DO HAVE THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M SORRY MR.. ALL RIGHTY FANTASTIC. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. AS I MENTIONED THERE IS 11 ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, I BELIEVE YOU HAD CONSENT. YEAH THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE HEARD ABOUT A HOLD FOR ITEM 310. I HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT HOLDS ANY OTHER ITEMS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE A HOLD? RIGHT. WE HAVE A HOLD ON 3.1. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. THEN I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF 3.2 THROUGH 3.9 AND 3.11. OKAY. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, THERE'S A NOTE ON THE AGENDA THAT ITEM 3.11 SHOULD BE PULLED FROM CONSENT AS WELL BECAUSE IT'S GOT A DIFFERENT MOTION THAT WAS LISTED IN THE PACKET. THANK YOU FOR REMINDER. SO WE WILL DO THREE TWO THROUGH THREE NINE. I WILL MOVE THREE TWO THROUGH THREE 9/2. ALL RIGHT. MOTION COUNCILMEER NELSON A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER DELA SONDRA TO MOVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY WITH I I AS OPPOSED AND THAT CARRY SIX SO SO WE JUMP TO ITEM 3.1 I BELIEVE THAT COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I HELD THIS RESOLUTION TO AWARD 2023 OLSEN SCHOOLS SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL SITE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT REALLY JUST TO GIVE STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY. FROM A TRAFFIC STANDPOINT THAT'S TAKING PLACE ON 100/2 STREET AND I JUST THINK IT'S PRUDENT THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND AND KNOW WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE PAST AND WHAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO A COUNCIL AND AS A STAFF AROUND THAT AREA. SO I WONDER IF STAFF COULD COULD TALK ABOUT IT JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS IMPROVEMENT. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME SOME THINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON OUR SECOND STREET IF THEY WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THAT. CERTAINLY BE OPEN TO THAT. BUT I JUST WANT TO ME SURE THE PUBLI UNDERSTANDS A KNOWS THAT YOU WE TAKE THIS AREA YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS AREA AND THIS CORRIDOR AND A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA AND WE TAKE THIS AREA VERY SERIOUSLY BUT WE WANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL. I KNOW THAT THIS HAD COME BEFORE FORMER COUNCIL AND THEY HAD MADE THE DECISION KEEP THE THE ROAD THE WAY THAT IT IS. AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE KIND OF RECONSIDERING LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO TAKE STEPS TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES. SO I KNOW, MAYOR, IF A STAFF WANTS TO COMMENT ON. YEAH. OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR CARL KEIL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING TO ENLIGHTEN US APPRECIATE IT. EXACTLY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AS I THINK THE COUNCIL IS AWARE THIS IS A TRAFFIC ISSUE THAT'S RAISED QUITE A BIT OF CONCERN AS OF LATE BUT ALSO HAS OVER THE YEARS SO THIS HAS BEEN AN ITEM THAT'S COME BEFORE PREVIOUS COUNCILS ON TWO OCCASIONS AND LIKE MOST ISSUES THERE'S USUALLY TWO OR THREE SIDES TO EACH ISSUE IN THE COUNCIL AND BOTH THOSE INSTANCES DECIDED NOT TO PROCEED WITH THE RECOMMENDATION AND SAID STAFF HAD FORWARDED FOR SOME CHANGES ALONG 102ND WE ARE VERY MUCH AWARE OF ALL THE DETAILS OF 102ND STREET AND WATCH IT VERY CAREFULLY AND OUR STAFF HAS MANY OPINIONS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THINGS COULD BE ADDRESSED WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO COME IN PRESENT THOSE AGAIN TO THE COUNCIL IF THE COUNCIL WAS INTERESTED AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE YOUR DIRECTION IF YOU WOULD WANT US TO PROCEED OR NOT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COMMENTS COUNCIL MAYOR I'LL JUST SAY ONE THING. OBVIOUSLY THAT PIECE I CAN SAVE THE POLICY SINCE THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY GERMANE TO THIS PIECE I WANT TO THANK FOR JUST REMINDING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS PARTICULAR AREA EVEN THOUGH SOME OF US ACTUALLY MOST OF US HERE WEREN'T HERE DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THAT TOOK PLACE. AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION DURING THE OUR POLICY AN UPDATE IS ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ALL RIGHT NO FURTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION ON THE RESOLUTION. I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION THERE MAY MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE BID TO AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR THE 2023 OLSEN SCHL SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL SITE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO NEW LOOK CONTRACTING INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF 638,088.50 CENTS AND IMPROVEMENT IN APPROVE VARIOUS CONTRACT CHANGES UP TO 12% OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR A TOTAL PROJECT CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION 714 659 AND $0.12 SECOND. ALL RIGHT. A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I ALL THOSE OPPOSED AND THAT CARRIES SIX OH AS WELL AND JUMPING OVER TO 3.10 THE RESOLUTION REGARDING THE PORT AUTHORITY SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT FUNDS FOR PURCHASES. YEAH THANK YOU ACTING MAYOR THOSE COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THAT WANTED TO HOLD THAT THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. QUICK POINT ORDER IF I CAN ACTING MAY MARTIN ON IF WE COULD ASK SOMEONE FROM STAFF TO BE AVAILABLE TO TALK ABOUT POINT SIX IN THE UPDATES I DIDN'T HAVE ANY REASON TO HOLD IT BUT RELEVANT TO THAT DISCUSSION I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOMEBODY AVAILABLE US WHEN WE GET TO FIVE. YEAH OKAY. YEAH SO THIS 3.10 SO THIS HAPPENED REALLY FAST AND IT WAS IN IN IN MY OPINION AND I THINK I SHARE THIS WITH OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS KIND OF A SURPRISE TO THE COUNCIL AS WHOLE I BELIEVE YOU KNOW I NEVER LIKE TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE I'M READING AN ARTICLE IN THE STRIP TO GET MY NEWS ABOUT COUNCIL LIKE THAT'S JUST NOT HOW IT SHOULD HAPPEN. AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT EXACTLY THE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THE CONVERSATION WERE CLOSED SESSION BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IS SPECIFICALLY WHY WE ARE BEING OPPORTUNISTIC ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY'S POTENTIALLY PURCHASING THIS PROPERTY WHEN WE KNOW LESS THAN THREE WEEKS FROM NOW WE MAY ACTUAL 2027 AND THOSE DOLLARS ARE TO THE EXPO SITE AS WELL AND WE MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE WHETHER OR NOT WE USE FUNDS IN THAT IN THAT FUND FOR THIS VERSUS THAT THEY'RE NOT CONNECTED AS I UNDERSTAND THEM TODAY AT LEAST FROM WHAT AGAIN PUBLICLY WE KNOW AND I SO I'M CONFUSED AS TO WHY WE'RE JUMPING ON THIS RIGHT NOW AND I WOULD LOVE SOME CLARIFITION ON T REASON FOR IT TO BE HERE AT THIS MOMENT AND. ALSO WHY WHY THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE WASN'T MAYBE BROUGHT UP TO SPEED THE ON THE DISCUSSION GIVEN ITS POTENTIAL THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF ITS IMPACT TO BOTH THE SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT FUND AS WELL AS OUR PLANS FOR EXPO. THANKS AND TO SPEAK TO THAT I BELIEVE WE HAVE OUR ASSISTANT PORT AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATOR JASON. JASON SCHMIDT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. JASON. THANK YOU. ACTING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS CORRECT THIS AN ITEM THAT CAME VERY QUICKLY AND JUST TO GIVE A QUICK PREVIEW OF WHAT I CAN STATE WE HAVE BEEN IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THIS THE BROKER AND THIS PROPERTY OWNER SINCE 2018 AS FAR AS DECIDING IS IT THE RIGHT TIME TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY? IS THIS PROPERTY AN OWNER WILLING TO SELL DURING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS KIND OF THEIR PRICE HAS FLUCTUATED WITH WHICH OUR STAFF WHEN WE WERE EVALUATING IT WORKING WITH OUR ASSESSING DIVISION OF ASSUMING AT THAT TIME WAS IT THE RIGHT PRICE IS IT NOT WITHIN THE LAST MONTH WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BROKER AND WERE INFORMED OF SOME DECISIONS THAT THEY WERE LOOKING TO MAKE INTO THE FUTURE AND AT THAT TIME LOOKING AT VALUATION OF THE PROPERTY AND THE PRICE WE AS STAFF THAT IT WAS THE OPPORTUNE TIME TO MOVE FORWARD TO SEE IF THIS WAS AN ACTION WITH WHICH THE PORT AUTHORITY COMMISSION WAS WILLING TO UNDERTAKE DURING THOSE CLOSED SESSIONS WE DID TALK ABOUT THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT THE NEGOTIATIONS WOULD BE WITH REGARDS TO PURCHASING THIS PRICE DURING THOSE NEGOTIATIONS WE CAME OUT OF THAT CLOSED SESSION AND THE PORT AUTHORITY COMMISSION AT THAT TIME DID AUTHORIZE STAFF TO START TO ENTER INTO THOSE NEGOTIATIONS BASED ON WHAT WAS IN THERE AS FAR AS THE VARIOUS FUNDS THE PORT AUTHORITY IS LOOKING AT THREE DIFFERENT FUNDS TO USE FOR THE PURCHASE OF THIS PROPERTY IF A NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT CAN BE CAN BE REACHED. ONE OF THE SOURCES OF THE FUNDS IS THE SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT FUND WITH WHICH WE ARE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY. THAT IS A CAPITAL IT HAS BEEN USED IN THE PAST FOR PROJECTS SPECIFIC TO THE SOUTH LOOP AS WELL AS TO ATTAIN OR TO PROPERTY WITHIN THE SOUTH LOOP AREA. THE LAST PROPERTY THAT WE PURCHASED WITH THESE FUNDS WAS THE INTERSTAT DIESEL AND ALPHA PARCELS THAT TODAY IS WHERE THE HAZELWOOD RESTAURANT IS AND THE THREE HOTELS THE ELEMENT THAT YOU SEE MARRIOTT AND THE TOWN PLACE SUITES AS WELL AS THE SIC OUR HEADQUARTERS WITH THEIR MANUFACTURING AS WELL AS FUTURE EXPANSION AS WHERE THOSE FACILITIES ARE WE WORKED WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR IN EVALUATING THESE THREE FUNDS TO DETERMINE WHAT IS THE BEST OPTION FINANCIAL FOR THE CITY AS TO WHICH FUNDS WE SHOULD USE. THEIR TAKE IN THIS ANALYSIS WA TO LOOK AT CASH ON HAND FUNDS REALIZING THAT WE DO HAVE POTENTIALLY AN XPO YES VOTE COMING ON JUNE 21ST. SO BAKER TILLY IS OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR. THEY HAVE ANALYZED IT AND WITHIN THEIR PURVIEW THEY BELIEVE DURING THEIR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS THAT THE BEST USE IS TO USE CASH ON HAND TO DATE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PURCHASE AND IF WE DO HAVE AN YES VOTE AND ON XPO WE DO HAVE OTHER FUNDS WITH WHICH WE CAN LOOK AT TO TO ASSIST ANY PROJECTS IF THE CITY COUNCIL OR PORT AUTHORITY WOULD LIKE TO FINANCIALLY ASSIST ANY XPO DEVELOPMENT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU ACTING MAYOR THANK YOU FOR THAT HELPFUL CONTEXT. SO DO I DO I ASSUME BASED ON YOUR COMMENTARY THAT YOU BELIEVE AT THIS POINT THAT WE HA THE CASHN HAND IN THAT FUND TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY ? ACTING MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO THAT IS CORRECT. WE WOULD HAVE CASH HAND WITHIN THAT FUND SO ANY CASH ON HAND CASH HAND FUND DOLLARS OUR CFO HAS REVIEWED AS WELL AS BAKER TILLY OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR OKAY. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WALK A LINE HERE AND I'M NOT ASKING YOU FOR A NUMBER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WHAT I GUESS I'M ASKING IS IT IT'S IN FULL WITH CASH ON HAND OR ARE THERE OTHER LEVERS WE STILL HAVE TO CONSIDER IN PURCHASING THIS PROPERTY MAYOR PRO TEM AND AND MEMBERS I WOULD LIKE TO DISCOURAGE JASON FROM PRESENTING THAT AS I THINK THAT'S GETTING TOO CLOSE TO FUND BALANCES SUBJECT TO DATA REQUESTS AND SOMEONE COULD REQUEST THAT AND GET THAT INFORMATION IF HE ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS. OKAY THAT'S FAIR. I THAT OKAY I DON'T I DON'T I'M GOING TO TRY TO SEE IF I CAN ASK A DIFFERENT QUESTION IN AND WITHOUT I GETTING TO ANY KIND OF SPECIFICS LET LET ME LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION IS IS THERE AN EXPECTATION THAT THIS PURCHASE IS INDEPENDENT OF POTENTIAL EXPO UTILIZATION LIKE IT COULD GO ON ITS OWN PATH IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT OR WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH IT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S NOT BOUND IN ANY WAY TO THAT PROJECT. YEAH. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER SABLE THANK YOU. ACTING MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, CAN I ASK YOUR QUESTION SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY ? WOULD WE WANT THIS PROPERTY IF XPO DIDN'T EXIST? IS THAT THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING IS IF XPO REAL WOULD THE CITY OR THE PORT AUTHORITY STILL PURSUE PROJECT? NO ACTUALLY I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THAT QUESTION ASKED AND ANSWERED ALREADY SINCE WE'VE BEEN PURSUING THIS UNTIL 2018 WHAT I MEANT WHAT I'M ASKING BECAUSE WHAT I WHAT I FEEL FORGIVE ME IF I'M OVERSTATING THIS BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME I THAT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING TO SEE IF THE PRICE WAS RIGHT AND THE PRICE IS RIGHT AND YOU WANT TO ACT ON IT. THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY, YOU KNOW, BASELINE LAYMAN'S WAY OF COMMENTING ON IT WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING. WHAT I WHAT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT IS THAT WILL THIS MOVE INTO DEVELOPMENT SHOULD WE WIN THE EXPO BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DON'T WANT NECESSARILY COMMIT TO AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF IT THE OPPOSITE I GUESS OF WHAT YOU ASKED WHICH IS ARE YOU PURSUING THIS BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD IDEA? SURE. GREAT WHATEVER. NOW WE WIN EXPO WHAT HAPPENS TH PROPERTY IST STILL INDEPENDENTLY DEVELOPED BECAUSE WE WANTED TO DO IT FOR A LONG TIME OR HAVE WE DECIDED TO THROW IT INTO THE EXPO IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT NOW. THANKS ACTING MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION AND THAT'S GOING TO BE DEPENDENT ON THE PORT AUTHORITY AS WELL AS THE HOST COMMITTEE. SO IF THE HOST COMMITTEE IF THEY HIRE A DEVELOPER AND DURING THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS THE DEVELOPER THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL LAND THEY WOULD NEED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE PORT AUTHITY TO PURCHAS THAT ND TO PUT THATEVELOPMENT ON THERE SUBSEQUENTLY IF THE HOST COMMITTEE SAYS WE DO NOT NEED THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY, WHAT THE PORT AUTHORITY IS ABLE TO DO THENS POTENTIALLY LEVERAGE THAT PROPERTY FOR ANY LEGACY IF WE ARE AWARDED EXPO WHERE IF SOMEONE IS TO TAKE OVER AN EXPO BUILDING ON THE RAMADA SITE WITH WHICH THE WORLD EXPO IS SLATED TO OCCUR, THEY COULD LOOK FOR A FUTURE EXPANSION INTO THIS AREA ON THE MARRIOTT PROPERTY. MM HMM. OKAY. I THINK THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTION. OKAY EXCELLENT. AND COUNCILMEMBER ALLEN, I JUST WANTED TO ASK I KNOW WE A PERSON THAT SERVES ON THAT ON THE PORT AUTHORITY IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT'S BEEN PUT FORWARD AND ASKING FOR ANY DETAILS AT ALL, JUST WANT TO KNOW YOUR LEVEL OF COMFORT. YOU WERE THERE TRUSTED MEMBER THAT THAT BODY AND THIS BODY JUST WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU SIT. YEAH. THANK Y, COUNCILMAN. IEAN COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK, YOU MAYOR? YES. I VOTED IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION DURING THE PORT MEETING . I FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT THAT THE STAFF HAVE PUT FORWARD SOME REALLY I MEAN THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF THOROUGH RESEARCH AND WE HAVE EXPERTS WHO ARE LOOKING AT THIS PROPERTY AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING TO GET ME IN TROUBLE BUT AS WAS MENTIONED, I MEAN THESE CONVERSATIONS HAVE HAPPENED ON AND OFF AGAIN SINCE 2018 AND SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OVERALL IF IT WERE TO MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICION. HAVE BEEN AWARE OF STUFF YOU KNOW, GOING ON SO I KNOW IT WASN'T TO SURPRISE MYSELF BUT HERE WE ARE. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. NEXT ON IS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. YEAH THANK YOU XIOMARA JUST A FEW QUESTIONS HERE. WHEN DID THE PORT AUTHORITY BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE SELLER AND NOT THE 2008 BUT THE MOST RECENT OR 18 SO THE MOST RECENT NEGOTIATIONS? SURE. YEAH. MR. SCHMIDT ACTING MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BROKER I BELIEVE SINCE DECEMBER WE'VE BEEN HAVING KIND OF ONGOING CONVERSATIONS AS TO HOW THEY'RE HAVE BEEN GOING WITH REGARDS TO OTHER PARTIES AND INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS KIND OF THE INTENTIONS OF THE OWNER DURING THOSE CONVERSATIONS I'D SAY WE HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT MORE SERIOUS IN THOSE TALKS WITHIN LAST MONTH AND A HALF BUT WE WE NOT PUT ANY FORMAL OFFER OR TALK ANY SPECIFICS BECAUSE WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY GUIDANCE TO MOVE FORWARD FROM THE COMMISSION. SINCE THE MEETING LAST TUESDAY WE HAVE SUBMITTED FIRST OFFER AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT DRAFT PURCHASE AGREEMENT ON FRIDAY. A SECOND QUESTION ULTIMATELY WHO HAS OVER THE SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT FUND TO AUTHORIZED FUNDS TO BE USED IN ACTING MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON BASED MY ANALYSIS WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK WITH THE CFO WHO IS ONLINE. MY REALIZATION IS THAT IT IS THE CITY CITY COUNCIL HAS AUTHORIZATION OF THOSE FUNDS BUT THE PORT AUTHORITY THE AGENCY THAT HAS KIND OF OVERSAW THOSE FUNDS AS WELL AS KIND OF BUDGETING AND MANAGING. OKAY. SO THEN MY QUESTION IF THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON SINCE DECEMBER FOR AT LEAST SIX WEEKS THERE'S BEEN SERIOUS DISCUSSION OF ENTERING INTO AND IT'S THIS COUNCIL THAT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ENCUMBER THOSE FUNDS. WHY WAS THE CITY COUNCIL NOT INVOLVED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS MR. SAID WELL MR. SCHMITTER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER YOU KNOW WE'LL DO THE PARTS ACTING AND MEMBERS IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WAS A DECISION I WAS ASKED TO GIVE AN OPINION ON GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION I'M PULLING UP THE STATUTE HERE. I BELIEVE THAT IT'S THE PURCHASER THAT IS AUTHORIZED TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION . YES. THE PUBLIC BODY MAY CLOSE THE MEETING TO DETERMINE AN ASKING PRICE TO REVIEW CONFIDENTIAL APPRAISAL DATA TO DEVELOP OR CONSIDER OFFERS COUNTEROFFERS SO THE THE ENTITY THAT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE AS PRESENTED OR AS BEING CURRENTLY AT THE STAFF LEVEL THE ENTITY THAT WOULD BE TECHNICALLY PURCHASING THIS IS THE PORT AUTHORITY NOT THE CITY COUNCIL. MR. SCHMIDT CAN ELABORATE ON THAT IF HE'S ABLE YES. ACTING MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON WHAT MISMANAGE I JUST STATED IS CORRECT. WE DID LOOK AT STAFF'S POSITION TO GO IN A JOINT OR EXCUSE ME CONCURRENT CLOSED SESSION THAT WAS KIND OF OUR PREROGATIVE OF WHERE WE WANTED TO GO. WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE STARTING TO TO POLL COUNCILMEMBERS AND AUTHORITY COMMISSIONERS ON DATES OF WHEN WE COULD GET THAT MEETING. BUT DURING THE LEGAL INTERPRETATION AS TO WHO COULD GO INTOLOSED SESSIONT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WAS UNABLE TO GO UNABLE TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION WITH THE PORT AUTHORITY PER PER THE STATE STATUTE . COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEP. THANK YOU. ACTING MAYOR SO THE CITY COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED ACT ON THIS BUT HAS NO AUTHORITY TO GET OR HAS NO LEGAL RIGHT TO GET THE INFORMATION IT NEEDS. I HEARD EARLIER OUR CITY ATTORNEY INDICATED TT YOU SHOULDN'T ANSWER A QUESTIO. I'M WONDERING IF THAT QUESTION COULD HAVE BEEN ANSWERED IN PRIVATE IN A CLOSED SESSION . YOU KNOW, MY COLLEAGUE ASKED A QUESTION IF THIS IS AN EXPO, YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH IT AND THE ANSWER WAS IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHAT THE PORT DECIDED WITH IT AND YET THIS COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY WHAT HAPPENS WITH THEIR MONEY? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE BODY TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE AND THAT WE CAN'T THAT WE CAN'T GET THE INFORMATION TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD DO THIS AS. IN MY MIND TROUBLING AND PROBLEMATIC. IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION THAT WERE PUT IN HERE COUNCILMEMBER NELSON RELATED TO THAT COUPLE FOLLOW QUESTIONS WOULD IT HAVE BEEN OKAY IF WE PARTICIPATED IN THAT CLOSED BUT DIDN'T VOTE CITY TURN ACTING MAYOR AND MEMBERS THE PRIVILEGE ONLY THE PRIVILEGE TO HAVE THAT CLOSED MEETING DISCUSSION I SHOULDN'T SAY PRIVILEGE I GUESS THE AUTHORITY TO HAVE THAT CLOSED MEETING DISCUSSION UNDER STATE LAW IS DOES NOT ALLOW ADDITIONAL ENTITIES TO BE PRESENT. SO SPECIFICALLY IT SAYS THE GOVERNMENT ENTITY SO WOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED ADDITIONAL PEOPLE TO BE PRESENT IN THE ROOM SPECIFICALLY WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH UNLESS STATE LAW REQUIRES US TO LIST EACH PERSON IN E ROOM IN ADTION TO ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU ALL ARE ACCUSTOMED GOING THROUGH. SO ONLY THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE AND THE SUBSTANTIVE DECISION MAKING ARE ALLOWED TO BE IN THE ROOM IN A CLOSED MEETING FOR THAT PURPOSE. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, JUST A QUICK VOTE. I HAVE TWO MORE FOLLOW UPS IF I CAN AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS DIRECTED TO YOU CITY ATTORNEY MISMANAGED BUT WOULD IT HAVE BEEN ACCEPTABLE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THE PORT AUTHORITY TO CALL A CLOSED SESSION WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES TO INFORM ON THIS AFFECTING THEM? ACTING MAYOR AND MEMBERS ? I THINK AS THINGS PROGRESSED AND DIFFERENT SOURCES OF FUNDS WERE BEING IDENTIFIED IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE BUT AT THE TIME WHERE THE DECISION NEEDED TO BE MADE WITH THE FACTS THAT I HAD AVAILABLE IN CONSULTATION MS.. ADDINGTON WHO THE PORT AUTHORITY'S COUNSEL AND MYSELF WE PROVIDED THE OPINION THAT WE DID WITH THEACTS THAT WE D AT THAT TIME CERTAINLY KNOWING YOU KNOW, THE CONCERNS THAT FOLKS HAVE NOW IT MAY HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITH GIVEN THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS WERE PUT IN PUT FORWARD AS CONSIDERATION TO TAKEN THAT ROUTE. BUT AT THE TIME THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE THE DECISION WE MADE THE DECISION THE FACTS THAT WE HAD. SO CERTAINLY I APPRECIATE THE WHAT'S BEING ASKED OF YOU TONIGHT WITH THE DATA THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE BUT? THE THE DECISION WAS MADE AT THE TIME THAT WE MADE IT BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD. FAIR ENOUGH. MAYBE YOU ARTICULATE MR. SCHMIDT IF THE WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE IF THIS DOES NOT PASS TONIGHT GIVEN THE CONCERNS COUNSEL ACTING MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND COUNSEL ULTIMATELY I THINK WE WOULD GO BACK TO TWO STAFF TO OUR FINANCIAL TEAM WORKING TO THE CFO AND BAKER TILLY, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR LOOKING AT THE OTHER FUNDS WHICH WE DO HAVE ON HAND. SOME OF THEM ARE A LITTLE BIT RESTRICTED OR I SHOULD SAY COME WITH STRINGS ATTACHED AND SO THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ANALYZE AND DETERMINE IF THAT'S AVAILABLE KIND OF THE NEXT ROUTE ASSISTANT ATTORNEY I THINK THANK THANK YOU ACTUALLY MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I THINK I WANT TO OFFER MAYBE TWO THINGS AND MAYBE THREE IF I CAN CHANNEL CITY MANAGER FOR BROKER BECAUSE HE ALWAYS TALKS IN THREE SO I'LL TRY TO COME UP WITH THE THIRD ONE WHEN THEY GET THERE BUT YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO ACT QUICKLY ON AN ITEM LIMITED INFORMATION AND I THINK THAT IS A AN UNFORTUNATE REALITY OF WHERE WE ARE BECAUSE THE COUNCIL IS IS PICKED TO CHOOSE THE SOURCE OF FUNDS RIGHT THAT'S THE CONTROLLING AUTHORITY HERE IS THE PLEASE USE THIS SOURCE FUNDS AND THEN THE OTHER GOVERNING BODY THEN ACTS ON THAT. SO I DO THINK THAT THERE WAS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THE CITY COUNCIL ALONG MORE CLOSELY AND SO A GAP THAT THAT I DON'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR BECAUSE THAT'S OF MY ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION WITH REGARD TO TIMING I DO THINK PART OF THE ANALYSIS OF OTHER AVAILABLE FUNDS MIGHT IMPACT THE COSTS IN THE NEGOTIATIONS AND SO ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS COULD IT BE A HIGHER COST IF THERE WAS A DIFFERENT POT OF MONEY EITHER THROUGH INTEREST COSTS, SOME OTHER RELATED FACTOR MAYBE IT'S THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL TALES OR ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE FACTORED INTO THE CONSIDERATION. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S SUFFICIENT TIME TO DO THAT ANALYSIS OF WHAT THAT INCREMENTAL VALUE BE. BUT I DO THINK THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS AND MAYBE IN REGARD TO THE FOR YOUR FIRST COMMENT ABOUT NOT HAVING INFORMATION IN ADVANCE OF THE STAR TRIBUNE AS PART OF OUR REPEATED REQUESTS FOR MORE STRATEGIC TIMELY COMMUNICATION, I RECOGNIZE AND HEAR THAT LOUDLY AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND WOULD JUST ASK FOR JUST A JUST A TINY OF GRACE AS WE AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS REALLY COMPLEX ISSUE AND SO BUT THAT'S THAT'S ENTIRELY ON STAFF COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND THANK YOU MAYOR MAYBE EITHER THE CITY MANAGER OR CITY ATTORNEY REMIND ME BUT I RECALL THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IN CLOSED SESSION WITH REGARDS TO DISCUSSING PURCHASE OPTIO ON ANOTHER PRORTY IN THE PREVIOUS SPECIFICALLY THE FARM BUT HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT YOU SELF LOOP DEVELOPMENT FUNDS AS WELL AND WE FINALLY I THINK ULTIMATELY APPROVED A SO I'M TRYING TO JUST MAKE SURE I KNOW WHAT IS PUBLIC AND WHAT IS NOT BUT I THINK WE WE APPROVED AND PUBLICLY APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF I OPTION ON THAT PROPERTY AND I BELIEVE IT USED SELF LOOP DEVELOPMENT FUNDS SO WHY WERE WE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION NOT LEGALLY ALLOWED TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING MAYOR AND MEMBERS I DON'T HAVE DETAILS OF ALL OF THAT IN FRONT OF ME. I CAN CERTAINLY LOOK THAT UP AND GET BACK TO YOU ON THE SPECIFICS OF THAT. I JUST DON'T RECALL ALL THE FACTORS THAT CAME INTO PLAY AT THAT TIME AND FRANKLY THAT'S FAIR BECAUSE NEITHER DO I JUST THAT WAS MY RECOLLECTION OF THAT WAS MY RECOLLECTION OF IT. SO SECOND QUESTION IS SHORT OF A FORMAL CLOSED SESSION MEETING, I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THERE ARE INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS THAT ARE NOT DIALOGS . THEY JUST PROVIDE INFORMATION TO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BRING THEM UP TO SPEED ON ISSUES. WHY WAS THAT OPTION NOT PURSUED IF WAS WANTING TO DO A INCLUDE IN THE MEETING AND THEN FOUND OUT MAYBE THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO WHY WAS THAT OPTION NOT CHOSEN? MR. SCHMITT OR ACTING MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I THINK WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS MORE FOR LIKE A FORMAL CALL ONE ON ONE FROM FROM STAFF. IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE THAT WOULD BE THE ACTING MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. I THINK THAT WAS THE SHORT SIDE ON STAFF. I MEAN THAT IS DEFINITELY WE SHOULD LOOK AT AND PROBABLY PUT INTO OUR PROCESS. WE WERE MOVING FAIRLY QUICKLY ON THIS GETTING AN AGENDA PACKET READY READY FOR CLOSED SESSION TRYING TO ANALYZE THE FINANCIALS AS TO HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS WORK IS THIS A SOUND FINANCIAL DISION ON BEHF OF THE CITY LOOKING AT LONG TERM FINANCING SHORT TERM FINANCING INTEREST RATES EVERYTHING SO A LOT OF ANALYSIS WAS GOING ON AND I THINK THAT WAS JUST A MISSTEP THAT STAFF TOOK AND IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO LEARN FROM AND AND HOPEFULLY CORRECT IN THE NEAR FUTURE HERE. ALL RIGHT THEN MY LAST QUESTION IF IF THERE WAS A MISSTEP AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CORRECT, IS IT POSSIBLE INSTEAD OF ACTING ON THIS TO SIMPLY TABLE IT OR WHATEVER THE RIGHT TERM IS AND AND DO THAT STEPUST SO THAT THE COUNCIL H THE INFORMATION IT NEEDED TO ACT THIS IT MEAN IF WE IF WE WE DON'T HAVE IT SO IN A MEETING FOR THREE WEEKS IS THAT THE PROBLEM OKAY BECAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING IS IF WE DON'T ACT IT THEN WE HAVE TO GO TO DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES AND THAT'S THE PART I'M CONFUSED BY IS WHY WE HAVE TO GO TO DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES SO IF WE DON'T ACT I MEAN WHAT I'M HEARING IS IF WE DIDN'T THIS THEN THE PORT STILL GOING TO BUY IT BUT THEY'RE GOING TO USE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES. EVERY CITY MEMBER IS GOING TO GO FIRST. ACTING MAYOR REMEMBERS THERE ARE THERE ARE OTHER FUNDING OPTIONS BUT WITHOUT GETTING INTO DETAILS OF THE DISCUSSION AND THE ANALYSIS THAT OCCURRED IN IN THE CLOSED SESSION, THERE ARE DIFFERENT TRADE OFFS AND CONSIDERATIONS BASED ON THE TYPE OF FUNDS THAT ARE ACCESSED AND BECAUSE THAT THE COST OF THE CITY CHOOSING TO USE THOSE DIFFERENT FUNDS CHANGES SO THAT IN THE THAT AT ELEMENT IN THOSE CONSERATIONS ARE RELEVT TO THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS THE PROPOSAL AND I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT MOTION THAT THE BOARD APPROVED AFTER THE CLOSED MEETING IN FRONT OF ME BUT THE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUNDS AND AND YOU KNOW THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT GO INTO PUTTING TOGETHER THE OFFER WHICH FORMED THE BASIS FOR ALLOWING THE PORT AUTHORITY TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION WERE RELEVANT AND IN PLAY AND THEN YOU HAD A REQUEST FOR STAFF ACTION AS AT THE OUTCOME OF THAT PROCESS CLOSED MEETING SORRY I'M LOSING MY VOICE AND DID YOU HAVE ONE MORE COUNCILMEMBER NELSON OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER ALL RIGHT, SO I APPRECIATE THAT STAFF HAS ADMITTED THEYISSED THE MARK ON THIS ONE. SO LET ME ME ASK THIS QUESTION HOW MANY VOTES ARE NEEDED TO PASS THIS THIS EVENING? SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF A NUMR OF MEMBERS ABSTAINED BECAUSE THEY DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE VOTING FOR THIS AND THEY ABSTAINED AND THEN THERE WAS A VOTE FOR THIS. WHAT IS THERE IS THERE A MINIMUM THRESHOLD? SO I THINK IT'S HIGHLY YOU KNOW, REASONABLE TO THINK THAT A OF MEMBERS HERE MAY SAY TO THSELVES, YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION THEY NEED IN ORDER TO MAKE DECISION. I WANT TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS FOR STAFF ME ACTING MAYOR AND MEMBERS THE THERE IS A HIGHER THRESHOLD FOR A BUDGET A IN LOOKING AT WHICH IS A TWO THIRDS VOTE IN LOOKING AT THE RESOLUTION FOR YOU IN THE PACKET THAT IS AUTHORIZING THE USE OF FUNDS OF THIS PARTICULAR FUND FOR THI PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND I DON'T A BUDGET TRANSFER INCLUDED IN THIS SO I BELIEVE IT'S A TYPICAL MAJORITY SO A SIMPLE MAJORITY AND HOW ARE THE ABSTAIN VOTES CONSIDERED TO BE THE LAW SCHOOL QUESTIONS I'M SORRY. WELL I JUST THINK THAT I'M JOKING. I HAVE A RIGHT YOU KNOW AND I JUST ALWAYS WANT TO ASK THAT I DO THINK IT'S REASONABLE FOR THOSE WHO DON'T YOU KNOW THEY WEREN'T THERE THERE'S NOT THAT INFORMATION THERE. EY DON'T HAVEHE BACKGROUND THEY MAY WANT TO ABSTAIN FROM . THAT MAKES SENSE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT TO GET THIS MOVING ALONG HERE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. MAYOR AND MEMBERS ABSTENTIONS IF YOU ABSTAINING DOES NOT REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VOTES NEEDED IF YOU HAVE SEEN BECAUSE YOU CAN'T VOTE ON IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DIRECT FINANCIAL INTEREST THAT LOWER THE VOTE REQUIREMENTS BUT ABSTENTION DOES NOT CHANGE THE REQUIREMENT SO THAT YOU'RE SAYING IN A MAJORITY THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A YES OR NO THEN OR IS IT CONSIDERED TO BE A NEUTRAL VOTE IN THIS CASE IT REQUIRES THE MAYOR MEMBERS IT REQUIRES ACTING MAYOR MEMBERS REQUIRES A SIMPLE MAJORITY . THE MOTION PASSES IF THE MARITY OF THOSE VOTING ON IT VOTE IN FAVOR SO IF TWO YES VOTES AND ONE NO VOTE PLUS TWO ABSTENTIONS WOULD BE ENOUGH TO PASS AN ORDINARY MOTION AND A FIVE MEMBER COUNCIL. NOW WE HAVE SIX SO THIS IS HIGHER LEVEL MATH SO YOU WOULD NEED A MAJORITY OF THOSE VOTING ON TO VOTE IN FAVOR YOU NEED A SIMPLE MAJORITY MAJORITY SO YOU'RE STILL GOING TO NEED FOUR YES VOTES. IT IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE SIX PEOPLE HERE. MAY I ASK A CLARIFICATION? SO FOR 420 WITH TWO ABSTENTIONS IS THE SAME AS FOUR. YES. AND TWO NOW ESSENTIALLY IS WHAT I'M HEARING IS IS FAIR. YES. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. SO THEN THEY MAKE SUGGESTION THERE THAT I DON'T IF WHAT THE TIME THRESHOLD IS ON THIS TO TO GET THIS DONE IS IT POSSIBLE TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORD THE MOTION BUT SOMEHOW YOU KNOW VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT YOU KNOW PENDING THOSE THOSE THOSE INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS THAT THEY MAY HAVE WITH WITH WITH STAFF AND THEN THAT VOTE THREE, THREE WEEKS FROM NOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? IS THAT EVEN LEGAL? I'M SUGGEING ACTING MAYOR MEMBERS, YOU CAN ALWAYS RATIFY YOUR VOTE LATER ON GOLLY, EXCUSE ME. YOU CAN ALWAYS RATIFY A VOTE LATER ON THAT YOU'VE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN. YOU CAN FIRM THE VOTE YOU CAN TAKE ACTION WHAT I AM LOOK WHAT I WOULD LOOK TO MR. SCHMITT TO ANSWER IS THE TIMING CONSIDERATION THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THE TIMING WOULD WORK BECAUSE THE COUNCIL DOESN'T MEET NEXT WEEK AND WE DON'T MEET ON THEEEK OF THE 19TH WEON'T MEET AGAIN UNTIL THE 24TH OF JUNE 26TH 20 26TH . MR.. SCHMITT TO THE POINT REGARDING TIMING, IF THIS WAS HELD AFTER THE 26TH SURE. ACTING MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN DURING OUR ANALYSIS DISCUSSION WITH THE PORT AUTHORITY WE WERE TRYING TO GET INTO A NEGOTIATION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AS THEY DO HAVE POTENTIALLY OTHER INTENTIONS WITH THE PROPERTY IF WE AREN'T ABLE IF IF WE CAN MOVE QUICKLY THEY ARE THEY'RE MORE INTERESTED IN SO SO I GUESS MY IS IF WE YOU KNOW BASICALLY WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS THAT YOU KNOW WE DON'T CARE WHAT THE SOURCE IS NECESSARILY BUT WE APPROVE THE IDEA OF TONIGHT BUT THEN WE REAFFIRM THAT THE THAT THE THAT THE ACTUAL FUND THAT WE TAKE IT FROM ISN THE 26TH. SO THAT'S THE QUESTION I'M ASKING JUST SO DO SEE WHAT I'M ASKING YOU WHAT YOU GOT, SIR? NO, NO I APPRECIATE I IF I MAY, MR. ACTING MAYOR, I DON'T THINK THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THE PORT REQUIRES OUR AUTHORITY WITH ANY OF THE OTHER FUNDS THAT THEY HAVE. THIS IS THE ONLY FUND THAT THEY NEED TO ASK OUR PERMISSION FOR IF I'M CORRECT. SO IT WOULD BE A MOOT POINT TO DO THAT. I GUESS IF I CAN BE BLUNT FOR A SECOND BECAUSE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HELP THEM IS MY POINT COUNCILMEMBER MOURA AND THEN CITY ATTORNEY IF WANT WITH YOU I THINK THIS I THINK THIS POINTS MORE TO THE RELATIONSHIP THAT THE COUNCIL HAS WITH OUR APPOINTED AND TRUSTED INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR VARIOUS COMMISSIONS AUTHORITY'S ATTORNEYS AND I'VE SEEN THE RELATIONSHIP CAN BE A LITTLE STANDOFFISH BECAUSE IT FEEL LIKE WE'RE DIRECTLY INVOLVED BUT WE DIRECTLY PUT THESE PEOPLE HERE WHO HAVE EXPERTIZE WHO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WHO HAVE ASSESSED WHO ARE ON OUR COUNCIL SO IT COUNTERINTUITIVE TO ME TO SECOND GUESS EVERYTHING THAT OUR OUR PEOPLE HAVE PUT OUT FRONT OF US EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD LIKE. SO THAT'S WHERE I, I WOULD BE WILLING TO TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AS IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT WE HAVE VETTED WE HAVE THE PEOPLE WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THAT AND THEN GETTING THE AFTERWARDS BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT FOR A SIGNIFICANT TIME AND WOULD HAVE HAPPENED REGARDLESS OF IF THE EXPO WAS HERE OR NOT. THE CITY MANAGER AND I THINK JUST BRIEFLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF COUNTING NOSES I THINK I AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER MUIR ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THESE ARE FOLKS THAT WE APPOINTED AND MEMBERS OF OUR BODY AROUND THERE. BUT I WILL RECOGNIZE THE FRUSTRATION OF BEING IN THIS CATCH 22 OF YOU HAVE TO STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT BUT KIND OF LEAPING A LITTLE BIT BEFORE . THIS FULL BODY HAS LOOKED WHICH IS NOT THE WAY WE WOULD MAKE PRETTY ANY OTHER DECISION AS A BODY AND KNOWING THAT IF WE WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO GROW GREATER COMFORT WITHHAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON THE PRUDENCE OF THE FINANCES ON THE PROJECT. SO I DO AGREE THAT FEELS LIKE A PRETTY UNFAIR SPOT TO PUT THIS BODY. I AGREE THAT'S WHAT ALL THE MOVING PARTS ARE ARE KIND OF MEANT TO DO BUT THE TIMING HERE IT FEELS NOT GREAT BUT AND I WILL SAY I'D BE COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING THIS TONIGHT WITH THE EXPLICIT INSPECTION THAT CONSIDERING THAT THE PORT AUTHORITY IS GOING TO HAVE A MUCH GREATER ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THIS COMMUNITY EVEN OUTSIDE OF SOUTH LOOP AND WHILE SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT FUNDS WON'T ALWAYS BE THERUX OF THESE PROJECTS MING FORWARD, I CAN'T I WOULD BE NERVOUS THINKING THAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THIS COULD COME ALONG AGAIN AND WE WOULD HAVE NO IDEA BECAUSE ABOUT 80% MORE OF THE CITY IS NOW OPEN. OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS AND THIS PROCESS REALLY IS GOING TO G NAILED DOWN SO I SAW COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN FIRST AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER ELIZONDO. WELL, MAYOR, I'M READY TO MOVE THIS. I THINK I'VE COUNTED THE NOSES KNOW AND I WILL I WILL SAY AND I DON'T WANT TO CUT MY MY COLLEAGUE OFF SO CERTAINLY IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THEM FOR ROLES BACK TO ME KNOW I THINK YOU'VE PLACED IT APPROPRIATELY VERY DISAPPOINTED STAFF WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN IT MAY NOT TURN OUT THIS WAY. SO I WANT TO JUST BE SURE THAT STAFF IS WARNED THAT BECAUSE I MEAN OUR OUR OUR VOTERS THE CITY EXPECTS US YOU KNOW KNOW IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG WE'RE GOING TO BE HOLDING BACK AND I CERTAINLY TRUST OUR PORT MEMBER HERE AND THAT'S WHY ASKED THAT QUESTION SO I FEEL COORTABLE MOVING FORWARD I UNDERSTAND BUT FOR THOSE FOLKS TRYING TO MAKE A DECISION IN THE VACUUM THAT'S HIGHLY DISAPPOINTING THAT STAFF WOULD MISS THE MARK ON THIS. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO AND I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE STAFF STEM TURN IT AROUND AND IT MAKES THINGS WORK WELL AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT IN THE FUTURE. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON DID YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN ? YEAH, I MEAN IT'S IT'S THE VOTE WILL HAPPEN IN THE VOTE WILL GO WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO AND SO AT AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT COUNCILMAN MUA THIS IS THE SECOND TIMEHIS HAS HAPPEN IN LESS THAN YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL . SO IT IS NOT ME SECOND GUESSING IT'S THEM NOT GIVING THE REASON TO TRUST THEM IF YOU ASK MY OPINION OKAY THAT'S WHY I'M BEING SO HARSH ABOUT IT AND IT'S FINE. LOOK I'M IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR A LIVING. I MAKE DECISIONS EVERY DAY YOU ,KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO DO. I HAVE TO DO WHAT'S CALLED STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT. OKAY, I'M ASKING FOR THE PORT AUTHORITY TO GIVE THIS COUNCIL THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT THEM. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR. I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA THAT I'M I MEAN WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO VOTE ON IS HEY, CAN W USE THIS MEY? WE CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT IS. WE CAN'T HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO BE TOMORROW. WE CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH IS GOING TO BE AT THE END. BUT WE REALLY WANT YOU TO LET US USE IT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IT AND I WOULDN'T I WOULDN'T LET MY KID DO THAT. I WOULDN'T LET LIKE MY COMPANY DO THAT YOU KNOW IF I'M ON THE HOOK FOR THE BUDGET I JUST WOULDN'T LIKE AND SO I WANT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THAT COMMISSION THAT COULD HAVE CALLED ME AND GIVEN ME A HEADS UP BEFORE THIS DEBACLE ENDED AND IT DOESN'T IT'S NOT JUST STAFF ANY OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS COULD HAVE DONE THAT AND NOBODY DID AND SO THAT'S WHAT BOTHERS ME. AND THEN TO COME AND SAY HEY TRUST US WHEN IT BEFORE IS HARD AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING ME ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT I'M ASKING JUST TRYING TO FIND AS MUCH INFORMATION AS I CAN TO TO BE ABLE TO MAKE AN INTELLIGENT DECISION. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD ACT QUICKLY WHEN WE CAN. I LOVE THAT YOU GUYS ARE BEING PROACTE AND OPPORTUNIIC. I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT ENERGY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ABSOLUTELY. IT JUST KEEPS ONLY HAPPENING IN THE SOUTH LOOP AND IT KEEPS ONLY HAPPENING RIGHT AROUND THE MALL OF AMERICA AND IT KEEPS ONLY HAPPENING WHEN WE HAVE BIG THINGS LIKE EXPO GOING ON OR A WATER PARK GOING ON OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE ARE KIND OF LIKE SKEPTICAL AND SO THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER ON AND SO WITH HAPPY TO DEFER TO COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO MAKE THE MOTION THANK YOU AND WHAT I WANT TO DO JUST SAY IS I ABSOLULY AGREE WIT EVERYTHING YOU SAID THERE ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT THOUGH IF AND I KNOW STAFF IS GOING TO SAY THIS IF A PORT MEMBER OR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD HAVE CALLED EACH EVERY ONE OF US THAT WOULD HAVE PUT US IN VIOLATION OF OF WOMEN LAW. OKAY WELL EVEN IF YOU KNOW TEN PEOPLE THAT COULD HAVE MADE A WELL WE GOT WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT AND I KNOW WHAT YOUR INTENT WAS, YOU KNOW, BUT WE GOT TO BE REALLY CAREFUL WITH THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE SAYING BUT I JUST WANT TO JUST BE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING SERIAL MEETINGS ANYWHERE. WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT I DON'T THINK THAT WAS OUR INTENT I WANT TO JUST BE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY CLEAR THAT REFORM IS NOT THE SAME AS INFLUENCE OR PERSUADE. COUNCIL MEMBER WOMAN WERE YOU YEAH I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THIS MOTION SO I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT A MOTION AUTHORIZING THE PORT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON TO USE FUNDS WITHIN THE SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF CERTAIN PROPERTIES LOCATED IN CITY MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER LOMI DO WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS TO THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE. FIRST I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THE PORT AUTHORITY IS NOT APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. IT IS A MAYORAL APPOINTMENT THAT IS AFFIRMED BY THE COUNCIL. SO WE DO NOT HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT WE VET AND GO THROUGH. IT IS UP TO THE MAYOR TO TO SELECT THOSE INDIVIDUALS. SO JUST JUST TO CLARIFICATION ON THAT POINT SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE PROCESS. SECOND, THIS IS I GOT TO BE HONEST I'M OF TWO MINDS ON THIS ONE ONE BEFORE I GET MY MINDS ONE I'M VERY UPSET ABOUT THE PROCESS ON THIS AND I HEAR MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND HER CONCERNS AND I THINK I'VE SHARED SOME OF MINE TO WE REGULARLY APPROVE BUDGETS FOR COMMISSIONS PORTIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY YOU KNOW WE WE GIVE APPROVAL TO PARKS WITHOUT KNOWING EVERY SINGLE DETAIL OF WHAT THEY'RE GNG TO DO AND GIVE THEM AUTHORITY OVER SOME OF THAT MONEY. BUT THIS ONE SEEMS SO FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT MY MIND THAN THAT AND HERE'S YOUR BUDGET IT'S ALL LAID OUT THIS IT'S NOT JUST HEY YOU GET HOWEVER MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND YOU CAN USE IT HOWEVER YOU WANT SO I HONESTLY HAVE A TON OF RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT SERVE ON THE PORT AUTHORITY. YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN IN MEETINGS WITH THEM FOR SIX YEARS YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN THE ONES THAT ARE NEWER ONHEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE. THEY'RE THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS. I'VE IN THEM THIS IS IN MY MIND A FAILURE OF PROCESS AND TO KEEP US INFORMED AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT THIS THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A ANOTHER WAY AND I, I UNDERSTAND IDEA THAT STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT IT'S A GOOD DEAL BUT. I YOU KNOW, I STILL THINK WE CAN NEGOTIATE AND COME BACK AND SAY IS THIS THE RIGHT USE OF FUNDS AND THE THING THE THING THAT'S HANGING ME UP THE MOST IS WHAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY SAID IS THAT YOU KNOW, THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF DIFFERENT FUNDS AND THAT IS RELEVANT TO DECISION MAKING AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND. IT'S RELEVANT TO OUR DECISION TO TAKE A LOOK THAT AND YOU KNOW SO YOU KNOW I GET THE COUNSEL FROMUR CITY ATTORNEY THAT WAS RELEVANT AND I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND. SO I, I THINK WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS ALMOST ENTIRELY LIKELY BE THE BES DECISION POSSIBLE. I DON DOUBT THAT THE PROCESS LEAVES ME WITH THE INABILITY TO THAT. OKAY I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION. JUST WANTED TO LAY OUT THE REASONS WHY AND BUT I DON'T MEAN IT AGAIN AS I AM DISRESPECTFUL TO THE PORT AUTHORITY MEMBERS THE PROCESS NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED. THE PROCESS ABSOLUTELY HAS TO BE FIXED. I MEAN IF THE COUNCIL IS LEFT IN THE DARK ON ISSUES, JUST IMAGINE HOW OUR COMMUNITY FEELS AND THAT'S NOT THE POSITION WE SHOULD BE PUTTING THEM IN . SO THAT'S SO THAT'S MY SPEECH . ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE. WAS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE? OKAY. SO WITH THE MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND THE SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER MUA ,ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION 3.10 SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY AND THAT MOTION CARRIES TWO TO MOVING ON IT LOOKS LIKE WE PULLEDROM CONSENT ITEM 3.11 APPROVAL OF THE FLOCK GROUP ITEM CAN STAFF REMIND ME WHY THIS WAS PULLED WHY IT NEEDS THIS EFFORT ACTION THINK OF ACTING MAYOR OR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL THE AGREEMENT COULD NOT BE FINALIZED WITH THE FLOCK GROUP SO WE DON'T HAVE A SIGNED AGREEMENTS. ALL OF THE ACTION I BELIEVE IS TO CONTINUE THE ITEM UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE 26TH. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THAT? SO WE'RE PULLING IT AND WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING TONIGHT, IS THAT CORRECT? WE ARE NOT CONSIDERING IT TONIGHT AND WE ARE GOING TO CONSIDER IT ON JUNE 26 WHEN WE HAVE A SIGNED AGREEMENT FROM THE OTHER SIDE. AY. THANK Y. OKAY. DO HEAR A MOTION TO CONTINUE CONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEM UNTIL JUNE 26 TO MOVED A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY THAT I HOLD THOSE OPPOSED AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY OKEY DOKE. AH SO WE WILL CONTINUE ON TO OUR HEARINGS RESOLUTIONS AND AND IT LOOKS LIKE FIRST UP ITEM 4.1 WE HAVE A RESOLUTION RELATED TO TAX BILLS REVENUE BONDS ISSUED BY THE HRA MR. SCHMITTY PRESENTING ON THIS ONE IS CORRECT WHENEVER YOU READY YOU MAY THANK YOU FOR THE DOUBLE HEADER APPRECIATE IT. YES THANK YOU. ACTUALLY AND COUNCIL ANOTHER HOTEL BUT THIS ONE IS TO LK TOCTUALLY HAVE DIRT HRA TO CALL THE BONDS WITH WHICH ARE CURRENTLY OUT ON THIS PROPERTY AND THEN TO ALSO APPROVE THE MASTER AGREEMENT WHICH THEN ADDRESSES ALL OF THE ASSOCIATED AGREEMENTS WITH WHICH THIS TRANSACTION HAPPENED. JUST A QUICK BACKGROUND BACK IN 2018 THE HRA WORKED WITH THE UNITED PROPERTIES OF THE DEVELOPER TO PURCHASE THE FORMER DAYS INN SITE DURING THAT ORDEAL AND THAT MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IT WAS ENTITLED THE BREWERY WOULD PURCHASE IT WITH A BOND AND THAT UNITED PROPERTIES WOULD PAY ALL OF E INTEREST ONLY LEASE PAYMENTS AND THAT THEY HAD FIVE YEARS TO DEVELOP EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY AND WITHIN THAT FIVE YEARS IF THEY WERE UNABLE TO COME UP WITH SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT THAT THAT THEY HAD TO THEY WERE REQUIRED TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY BACK FROM THE HRA THOSE AGREEMENTS A SUB LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE HRA AND THE CITY AND ARSENIO LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN NATURE AND THE CITY AND THEN A SUB LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND UNITED PROPERTIES FOR THEM TO MANAGE THE HOTEL WHEN IT WAS A HOTEL AND THEN FOR THEM ALSO DEM E HOTEL WHEN THE DID LAST YEAR. SO WHAT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO TO ACT ON THAT YOU KNOW PROPERTIES HAS AGREED TO PURCHASE IT THE FIVE YEARS IS COMING DUE ON AUGUST OF THIS YEAR ALL YOU KNOW PROPERTIES IS UP TO DATE ON ALL OF THE PAYMENTS. THEY HAVE NOT DEFAULTED ON ANYTHING WITH REGARDS TO THE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE IN PLACE AND THIS PROCESS IS JUST TO DIRECT THE HRA AND THE JURY WILL MEET NEXT TUESDAY TO AUTHORIZE THAT TRANSACTION AND TO APPROVE SUBSEQUENT AGREEMENTS WITH THAT. WI THAT I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. GOOD PRESENTATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. GO. I'LL RIGHT. AND THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING AM I CORRECT? SIMPLY SO MAYOR. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. YOU SO MUCH SO SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION ON RESOLUTION 4.1 COUNCILMEMBER LOLA MAR BE HAPPYO ADOPT A MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE TAXABLE LEASE REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2018 SEE ISSUED BY THE HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON APPROVING THE EXECUTION OF LEASE SATISFACTION AND RELATED DOCUMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER SECOND THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER IN THIS SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO REGARDING 4.1 AS STATED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I MAY MAKE A QUICK COMMENT IF I'M SORRY COUNCILMEMBER IT ALL SOUNDS GO RIGHT? I JUST WANTEDO SAY THAT I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS AT THE TIME THAT THIS HAPPENED WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR I THINK A CAR DEALERSHIP TO GO ON THAT SITE AND THAT'S ALSO NOT HAPPENING NOT SO MUCH YOUR QUESTION BUT I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO WITH THAT PROPERTY IF THE DEVELOPER HAS ANY INSIGHTS INTO THAT, IF COULD GET THAT INFORMATION AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I BUT YEAH I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT LIKE I JUST HAVE HEARD IF ANY QUICK ONE INPUT THAT THEY WANTED TO PROVIDE OTHERWISE AT A FUTURE DATE I'M SURE ACTING MEMBER COUNCILMEMBERS TALKING WITH UNITED PROPERTIES THEY'RE CURRENTLY OUT MARKETING THE SITE THEY'RE ALSO TALKING WITH OTHER DEVELOPERS WE HAVE HAD SOME INQUIRIES WITH REGARDS TO VARIOUS USES SOME OF THAT IS MULTI-FAMILY TO BUILD OF WHAT IS HAPPENING JUST TO THE NORTH ANY DINAH WITH REGARDS TO PENTAGON PARK BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH WITH THE DEVELOPERS THEY COME IN AND DEFINITELY WILL BRING THIS FORTH THE CITY COUNCIL WHEN THEY'RE READY OKAY EXCELLENT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE RESOLUTION ON THE FLOOR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY WITH THE NIGHT BY ALL THOSE OPPOSED AND THAT IS UNANIMOUS. SO MOVING ON WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE MODIFICATION OF PERMITTED OPERATING HOURS OF MOBILE FOOD FOOD UNITS WHICH MIGHT BE THE LEAST APPETIZING WAY TO SAY A FOOD TRUCK, A MOBILE FOOD UNIT. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT THIS IS BEING PRESENTED BY MALORY I HAVE FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EXCELLENT THANK YOU HI THERE. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. LET ME QUICK SHARE MY SCREEN FOR YOU . OKAY GREAT. SO WE ARE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT MODIFYING THE PERMITTED OPERATING HOURS OF MOBILE FOOD UNITS,ASE NUMBER PEEL 2020 356 AND SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FOOD TRUCKS THIS EVENING SO TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT I'LL START WITH THE TIMELINE OF OF WHAT REALLY BRINGS US HERE SO AS SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL IN APRIL 2022 WE PASSED AN ORDINANCE ALLOWING MOBILE FOOD UNITS TO OPERATE WITHIN THE CITY AND WE ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR OPERATION. SO THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED WITH THE INTENT TO REVIEW AFTER ONE YEAR AND SO AFTER LAST LAST MONTH IN APRIL 2023 WE HAD THE REPORT THAT WAS WRITTEN BY PLANNER WHICH WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN THE ONE WEEKLY REPORT WITHIN REPORT WE FOUND THAT THERE WERE 16 NEW MOBILE FOOD LICENSES FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THERE WERE NO COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS THERE WERE NO COMPLAINTS FROM BRICK AND MORTAR RESTAURANTS. STAFF HAD FOUND THAT THE OPERATORS FOLLOW CODE STANDARDS AND THESE ARE THE 16 LICENSES THAT WE HAVE HAD THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. SO TWO WEEKS AGO WE WENT TO A PLANNING COMMISSION THE REQUEST OF A BREF BREAKFAST ORIENTED FOOD AND I BELIEVE THAT THE OWNER IS HERE THIS EVENING AND THE THE THE REQUEST FROM THE RESIDENT WAS THAT THE HOUR PROHIBITED THEIR BUSINESS WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY BREAKFAST ORIENTED FROM OPERATING IN THE CITY SO STAFF FELT THAT THIS REQUEST WAS VALID AND COULD SEE A POINT TO IT. WE HAD AN OPTION TO BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THIS PART OF OUR MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES ORDINANCE WHICH AS YOU ALL RECALL WILL HAPPEN DECEMBER BUT THAT WOULD LEAVE US WITHOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACT DURING PRIME FOOD TRUCK SEASON SO THAT'S WHAT BRINGS US HERE THIS EVENING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING JUST FOR SOME CONTEXT I HAVE PROVIDED THE MOBILE STANDARDS AS THEY APPLY TO FOOD TRUCKS AND I CAN DISCUSS OF THESE IF YOU WOULD LIKE BUT HERE THEY ARE. THERE'S HEALTHY LIST AND THEN ALSO AS PART OF THAT POLICY FRAMEWORK IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT WE DO HAVE THE NOISE SOY SAUCE REQUIREMENTS FROM TEN AND I HAVE THOSE LISTED ON THE SLIDE AS WELL I HAV CLASSIFICATION ONEREAS WHICH ARE AREAS THAT WHERE RESIDENTIAL HAPPENS AND THERE ARE DAYTIME HOURS AND THERE ARE NIGHTTIME HOURS THAT ARE ARE LISTED THROUGH THESE STANDARDS. BUT WHAT WE ARE HERE DISCUSSING TONIGHT IS THE HOURS OF OPERATION WHICH I HAVE PROVIDED IN THIS PRESENTATION. SO RIGHT NOW IF YOU WISH TO OPERATE WITHIN 250 FEET OF RESIDENTIAL SPACES YOU HAVE TO SELL BETWEEN 10 A.M. AND 9 P.M.. HOWEVER THE REGULAR LIKE THE OVERARCHING HOURS THAT APPLY TO FOOD TRUCKS OUTSIDE OF 250 FEET OF RESIDENTIAL SPACES THE HOURS ARE FROM 7 A.M. TO 10 P.M.. SO GIVEN WHAT WE KNEW FROM THE REPORT FELT THAT TO FIND A WAY THAT A FOOD TRUCK COULD OPERATE EARLIER WAS TO ALLOW FOR AN INTERSECTING ARTERIAL OR COLLECTOR ROAD OR A NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDING TO BUFFER THE SIGHT AND SOUND. AND SO WITH THAT THE PROPOSED IS THAT THE HOURS OF OPERATION BE ALLOWED IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF AN INTERSECTING OR BUILDING TO OCCUR BETWEEN 7 A.M. AND 10 P.M. OR THE CURRENT REGULAR HOURS AND THIS IS THE ORDINANCE LANGUAGE THAT IS WITH THE STAFF REPORT AND I HA PROVIDED A SUMMARY OF THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND HOW THIS ORDINANCE SPECIFIC LIKELY PERTAINS. SO IN THIS THIS SLIDE I HAVE THE ARTERIAL STREET WHICH IS OLD SHOCK AP WHICH IS MOVING DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE SCREEN AND THEN YOU HAVE PENN AVENUE WHICH IS MOVING UP AND DOWN ON THE SCREEN AND THE SHOWN BY THE GREEN DEMONSTRATES AN AREA THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED WIT THISRDINANCE AS YOU CAN TELL IT IS ACROSS THE ARTERIAL STREET FROM RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES THAT ARE TO THE SOUTH AND THE SOUTHEAST AND THE BUILDING BLOCKS THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS THAT FOUND TO THE NORTH. I BELIEVE THIS IS A POND TO STORE A POPULAR LOCATION THAT IS JUST WEST OF HERE. THE SECOND LOCATION EXISTS AT 98TH AND NICOLLET AND HERE WE HAVE IN THE CORNER TO THE EAST WE HAVE A HOLIDAY GAS STATION FOLLOWED BURGER KING AND A HARDWARE AND THENHIS IS A PRINT. SO ON THIS DIAGRAM YOU WILL SEE THAT IS A YELLOW SQUARE WHICH SAYS THAT ACCORDING TO THE THE POLICY THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING TONIGHT THIS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THE ARTERIAL STREET IS THE BUFFER BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL USE TO THE SOUTH AND THE BUILDING IS A BUFFER TO THE RESIDENTIAL USE THAT IS TO THE NORTH. HOWEVER BECAUSE IT EXISTS WITHIN 200 FEET OF A BRICK AND MORTAR RESTAURANT, NOT ONLY WOULD THEY TO HAVE PERMISSION FROM THE THE LOCATION WHERE THE FOOD TRUCK IS OPERATING FROM BUT THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO HAVE PERMISSION FROM THE RESTAURANT THAT IS NEXT TO IT IF SOME FOR SOME REASON THE THE OPERATOR WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET PERMISSION. THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE TO A PERMITTED LOCATION OUTSIDE THE THE PRINT SHOP WHICH WOULD BE OVER THE REQUIRED DISTANCE FOR FOR OPERATING NEAR A BRICK AND MORTAR RTAURANT AND THEN FINALLY I HAVE PROVIDED THE EXAMPLE OF THE AMERICAN BOULEVARD EAST AND AND 12TH AVENUE SOUTH AND SO IN THESE SPECIFIC CASES THE ORDINANCE WOULD ALLOW THE FOOD TRUCKS TO OPERATE CLOSER TO THE ARTERIAL ROAD TO GET MORE VISIBILITY FROM TRAFFIC IS ON THE ROAD BECAUSE WE HAVE I BELIEVE TO THE RESIDENTS IN AND THE COMFORT IN WHICH AND THEN TO THE RESIDENTIAL INN IS WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM AND THEN THE COLLECTOR STREET BLOCKS THE RESIDENTIAL USE THAT IS TO THE SOUTH AS PART OF THIS WE DID WHAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY DO WITH A MISCELLANEOUS ISSUE WHICH IS TO CONDUCT A RAPID RACIAL EQUITY IMPACT AND OUR FINDINGS WERE THAT THE DOMINANT FOOD SYSTEM DISPROPORTIONATELY RELIES ON BIPOC PERSONS TO PERFORM THE MOST TECHNICAL, PHYSICALLY TAXING AND INJURIOUS FOOD PROCESSING TASKS OFTEN WITHOUT THE PATHWAY TO EQUITY OWNERSHIP. AND THIS ORDINANCE REPRESENTS A SMALL CHANGE THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS VENDORS MAY BENEFIT FROM INCREASED FLEXIBILITY AND NEARBY RESIDENTS MAY BENEFIT FROM AN EMERGENT THIRD PLACE BUT WE DO RECOGNIZE THERE EXISTS THE POSSIBILITY THAT RESIDENTS MAY BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED. BUT WE FEEL THAT BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW FROM THE REPORT, THE STUDY THAT WE HAVE DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR THAT THE LIKELIHOOD FOR IMPACT LOW AND SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL VIA THE FOLLOWING MOTION WHICH I HAVE ON THE SCREEN ALREADY. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE APPRECIATE IT. COUNCIL A QUESTIO, COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN YEAH, I'VE GOT A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU. GO BACK TO THAT NOISE SLIDE. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK ABOUT WHEN AM YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THOSE RESIDENTS GATHERED HERE FOR THAT VERIZON PIECE NOW WE HAVE A LOT MORE CONTROL OVER THIS THAN WE DO DO THAT. BUT I ALWAYS KIND OF TAKE THAT INTO CONTEXT AS AS LOOKING AT THIS STUFF HERE. SO SO WE'VE G THE DTIME HERE 60 YELL IN THE 65 WHAT DOES THAT REPRESENT THEN LET'S SEE THE THE 65 REPRESENTS THE HIGH ON THE SCALE SO IF I QUICK PULL UP I MADE A QUICK SLIDE QUICK OUT THE QUESTION I HAVE IS YOU KNOW A NORMAL ROAD YOU KNOW THOSE ARTILLERIES IN THE IN I MEAN THEY ALMOST THEY FALL SOMEWHERE YOU KNOW IN THAT IN THAT AREA. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANT TO ENSURE, YOU KNOW, IS OUR I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IMPACT DOES THIS HAVE TO OUR AND WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS BY WHICH YOU KNOW, IF THEY'VE GOT NOISE COMPLAINTS AND MAYBE I ASK THIS RIGHT NOW SO FOR EXAMPLE I'M THINKING ABOUT YOU KNOW IN MY DISTRICT THE GAS FOR LAST ONE THAT WOULD BE RESTRICTED YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PUT A FOOD TRUCK THERE BECAUSE. YOU'VE GOT RESIDENTIAL ON BOTH SIDES ON THAT SAME SIDE OF THE ARTILLERY UP. THAT IS CORRECT. IT'S ON THE SAME OF THE CITY ARTILLERY. BUT IF YOU IF YOU IF YOU REPORT IT, YOU IT'S FLOWER SHOP OR WHAT USED TO BE THE FLOWER SHOP YOU CAN KIND OF PROJECT ACROSS ACROSS THE STREET AND SO HOW DOES THAT WORK SO YOU KNOW DO I PUT A COMPLAINT IN HOW MANY COMPLAINTS DO I NEED TO PUT IN AS AESIDENT TO KIND OF SAY YOU KNOW YOU'RE AFTER TEN IT'S YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S IT'S O'CLOCK AND THEN THIS THING'S GOING ON AND I BELIEVE IT'S OVER THAT OVER THAT AMOUNT WHAT WHAT DO I NEED TO DO AS A RESIDENT TO GET AROUND THAT I BELIEVE A I CAN DEF PLANNING MANAGER MARKET GUARD THAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE TO NOTIFY OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHO WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO RESPOND AND TAKE MEASUREMENTS TO DETERMINE THE THE THE NUMBER OF DECIBELS AT THE L 50 AND L TEN LEVELS. THANK YOU AND MR. ANY AND AND ACTING MAYOR MARTIN COUNCILMEMBERS THAT'S CORRECT I WOULD JUST TAKE ONE COMPLAINT TO GET ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH LOOKING INTO THE SITUATION IN DETAIL AND THEY WOULD THEY WOULD DEFINITELY GO OUT AND MEET WITH THE RESIDENT AND MONITOR THE SITUATION AND SO THEN YOU KNOW I WAS AT CLEAR ABOUT WHAT HAPPEN IF THERE'S VIOLATIONS HERE COULD THAT MOBILE GO ON OR NOT MOBILE HOME PARDON ME THE FOOD TRUCK GO ON YOU KNOW SELL ON FOOD FROM THAT UNTIL NO COMPLAINT HITS. HOW DOES THIS HOW DOES THAT WHOLE PROCESS WORK AND OPERATE? I MEAN I JUST I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT ALL WE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL ANDHANGE THE ENTIRE POLICY JUST SO WE CAN STOP THAT ONE THING FROM HAPPENING I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS ONE THAT'S COMING FORWARD BUT YOU KNOW WE ARE OPENING THIS UP FOR EVERY FOOD TRUCK IN CITY YOU KNOW PRESENT AND ONES THAT HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN COME UP WITH AT THIS POINT ACTING MARTIN AND COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, WHAT I BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED COMPLAINT WOULD BE RECEIVED ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH WOULD GET IN CONTACT WITH THE MOBILE FOOD UNIT OWNER AND PROVIDE EDUCATION ABOUT THE STANDARDS IN PLACE IF THERE ARE CONTINUED TO BE VIOLATIONS OF THOSE STANDARDS THERE CONTINUE TO BE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS. LETTERS WOULD BE PUT IN WRITING. ULTIMATELY THERE BE FINES IF THAT CONTINUED TO GO ON AND IN THIS CASE BECAUSE MOBILE PHONE FOOD UNITS ARE LICENSED. THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY I THINK OF REVOKING THE LICENSE OR AT LEAST NOT ISSUING THE FUTURE LICENSE. IN ADDITION BEYOND THAT IF THIS KEPT BEING A PROBLEM WITH MULTIPLE FOOD UNITS, THE COUNCIL ALWAYS HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THE ANDARDS BACK TO WHAT THEY WERE OR TO SOME OTHER THRESHOLD THAT YOU DEEMED. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. IT DOES SEEM FROM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING CERTAINLY STOP ME IF I'M WRONG THAT THAT PROCESS COULD TAKE TAKE SOME TIME TO GET THAT INTO COMPLIANCE, STOP THAT NOISE FROM HAPPENING ACROSS FROM THAT PARTICULAR UNIT BECAUSE WE'D TO HAVE DUE PROCESS I IMAGINE COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TYPICALLY RESPONSE IS VERY, VERY GOOD. THE VAST MAJORITY OF COMPLAINTS RESOLVED VERY QUICKLY ONCE THE PROPERTY OWNER BECOMES AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND THE CITY CODE IN SOME SMALL PERCENTAGE OF CASES IT DOES TAKE SOME TIME AND THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR THAT. THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION AND AT THIS POINT THERE ARE NO COMPLAINTS SO EXCELLENT. AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANKS COUNCILMEMBER. SORRY, ACTING MAYOR MARTIN. HI FOLKS. SO JUST AS A QUICK FOLLOW UP TO COUNCILMEMBER LOEHMANN'S QUESTION, I BELIEVE AM I CORRECT IN SAYING THAT THESE TESTS ARE RUN AS PART OF THE LICENSING AND INSPECTION PROCESS ANYWAY FOR FOOD TRUCKS IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DOES DO NOISE TESTING ON OUR AS PART OF THE FOOD TRUCK INSPECTIONS DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? ACTING MAYOR MARTIN AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THEY WOULD NOT DO NOISE TESTING IN THIS CASE. IT WOULD PROBABLY BE COMPLAINED. OKAY SO SO WE DON'T INSPECT THE GENERATORS THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE PART OF THE TRUCK ITSELF. ACTING MAYOR MARTIN AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, GREAT. SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IF WE NEED TO CONSIDER. MY QUESTION WAS RELATED TO IF YOU DON'T MIND PULLING UP ONE OF THE PICTURES, THE FIRST PICTURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT'S OVER THERE BY THE POND HOUSE BECAUSE I HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU ABOUT PCEMENT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION AS AN EXAMPLE HAS A NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS NOW WE ALLOW RESIDENTIAL UNITS TO HAVE FOOD TRUCKS IN THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY ANYWAY. CORRECT. DOES THIS EXPAND THIS EXPAND THAT TIMELINE AS WELL FOR PRIVATE USE? ACTING MAYOR MARTIN COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO NO IT DOES NOT. OKAY. WA THERE A WAS THERE A REASON THAT THAT WASN'T CONSIDERED AS PART OF THIS OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT WE DIDN'T CONSIDER IT? I JUST CURIOUS IF YOU DID ANY STUDYING OR ANY YOU KNOW, LOOKING AROUND ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO JUST CHANGE IT YOU KNOW LIKE THE HOURS GENERALLY SPEAKING ALL AROUND YEAH. ACTING MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER AND PLANNING MANAGER RICARD CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE INTENT FOR THIS POLICY WAS TO MAKES FEW CHANGES T THE POLICY AS THAT EXISTED AS WE COULD. OKAY. SO BASICALLY JUST TO JUST TO BECAUSE IT WAS IT WAS LED BY THE COMMERCIAL ENTITY WE WANTED TO JUST TRY TO ADDRESS THE SPECIFICS. OKAY. THAT'S RIGHT. ACTING MAYOR MARTIN. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, JUST TO ADD LITTLE BIT TO THAT, WE WOULD HAVE CONCERNS WITH HER FOOD OPERATING, YOU KNOW, VERY EARLY RIGHT NEXT TO A RESIDENTIAL WE THOUGHT THE FACT THAT A INTERVENING ARTERY OR A COLLECTOR STREET OR AN INTERVENING BUILDING THAT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY MITIGATE ANY NOISE IMPACTS THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE IF YOU HAD THAT FOOD RIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT ON A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING LIKE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. APPRECIATE IT. AND THE WORK THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING SO I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW REGARDING ITEM 4.2 MODIFYING MOBILE FOOD IT HOURS. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.2 I WELCOME IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND SHARING YOUR NAME AND THEN SIGNING AND YOU HAVE A CHANCE. YEAH ABSOLUTELY. MY NAME IS UP EXCUSE ME. MY NAME IS GRAND VINE HEIMER AND I'M THE OWNER OF A SCRAMBLING FOOD TRUCK AND WE'RE A BREAKFAST ORIENTED FOOD TRUCK. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN AND THANKS FOR GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO TALK AND THANK YOU MALLORY FOR ALL YOUR WORK AS WELL. IT'S REALLY GOOD SO AND I APPRECIATE TALKING ABOUT THIS SO SCRAMBLING EGG I AONTH AND A HALF IN RIGHT NOW AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING REALLY WELL FOR A BUSINESS STANDPOINT. WE'VE BEEN GETTING GOOD SUPPORT. YEAH, IT'S BEEN FUN SEEING THE CITIZENS COME BY. EVERYONE'S REALLY EXCITED ABOUT A NEW FOOD CONCEPT AND THEY'RE ALSO HAPPY TO SEE A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER LIKE ME GET GET A CHANCE TO BUILD A BUSINESS IN BLOOMINGTON WHICH IS AS A LONG TIME RESIDENT. I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO AND ON TOP OF THAT ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS SO FAR HAS MEETING SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN BLOOMINGTON AND JUST HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE FOOD ON THEIR PROPERTY BECAUSE I'VE TALKED TO A FEW AND THEY SAY JUST HAVING US THERE ALONE HAS BROUGHT MORE CUSTOMERS FOR THEM AND INCREASE THEIR SALES. I HAD SAY AT PARADISE CARWASH ON LYNDALE THEY WERE LIKE I'VE NEVER SEEN IT THIS BUSY HERE I MEAN THIS YEAR SO FAR HE SAID IT WAS THE BUSIEST DAY. IT'S SO MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE WE WERE THERE AS WELL BUT IT'S A BENEFIT BUSINESSES I THINK IT'S A BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY AND YOU KNOW MEMBERS LIKE MYSELF TO JUST GET A CHANCE TO START A BUSINESS AND THIS MODIFICATION WOULD BE GREAT FOR SCRAMBLING GIVES US A CHANCE TO JUST GO TO MORE PROPERTIES, MEET NEW BUSINESS OWNERS AND YOU KNOW, JUST SEE WHAT WE CAN BUILD. BUT YEAH, I'D LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS TOO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY TERRIFIC COUNCIL MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS ALREADY? YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH IN THAT REGULATIONS AND THANK YOU THANK YOU ALREADY. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM POINT TWO AND MR. BULLARD THERE ANYBODY ON LINE? MAYOR NOBODY ON THE LINE. OKAY. SO SEEING NOBY FORWARD I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING SO MOVED. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND AND A SECOND MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING THAT I BEING OPPOSED THAT CARRIES 6 TO 0 ARE EXCELLENT SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS THAT'S FAILING COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YET THANK YOU MAYOR I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THIS I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED BUT SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS THIS IS AN ITEM THAT CAME BEFORE US IN THE LISTENING SESSION BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE STAFF THERE RESPOND TO THAT WORK WITH THE AND MOVE THIS THING FORWARD. I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S WORK AND I THINK FOR THOSE THAT LOOK AND QUESTION THE VALUE OF THOSE LISTENING SESSIONS THIS IS JUST A VERY SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF HOW WELL THIS FORMAT WORKS WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION TALK WITH EACH AS ASUMAN BEINGS, AS FELLOW RESIDENTS, AS FELLOW SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND AND REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE NOT JUST ONE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER BUT FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND SO THANK YOU TO STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND I HAVE NOT HAD THE CHANCE YET TO HAVE BREAKFAST BUT I'LL BE THERE. MY WIFE'S BEEN THERE SO VERY MUCH ENJOYED. SO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YEAH, I'M I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FIRST LAUNCHED THE FOOD TRUCK ORDINANCE WE KNEW WE WERE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO GET IT RIGHT ON THE FIRST TRY. AND SO IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE FOLKS COME HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S WORKING FOR THEM AND HOW IT'S NOT WORKING FOR AND GIVE US A CHANCE TO MAKE THAT BETTER. THERE'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPED THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN THE IN THE EAST SIDE THERE I HAVE A FEELING WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE FOOD TRUCKS AND I'M EXCITED THE OPPORTUNITY THERE SO YOU KNOW CALL OUT TO ANYBODY WHO HAS ONE OF THOSE YOU KNOW PLEASE PEOPLE ABOUT BRINGING US CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCES WE HAVE THAT WILL HELP THEM BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THIS IS A COUNCIL WILLING TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO HELP SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. SO YEAH WITH THAT, LET'S LET'S GET THIS DONE. YEAH PERFECT. AND I WILL SAY IT'S WHEN I TRY AND EAT BREAKFAST IN THE CAR I NEED CAR DEAL DETAILING PLACE IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS I CAN SEE PARADISE I'M SURE THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. EXCELLENT. OKAY SO WITH DISCUSSION CLOSED IF THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS I WILL FOR ACTION ON ITEM 4.2 BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION MEMBER WANT T SIT HERE . I'LL JUST SAVE FOR THE OUTSET HERE. I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE SOME FOOD I WAS REALLY GETTING REALLY NICE A MOVE TO ADOPT AN ORNANCE AS ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT TO AMEND CHAPTER 21 OF THE CITY CODE TO MODIFY THE PERMITTED HOURS OF MOBILE FOOD UNITS LOCATED WITHIN TWO OR 50 FEET OF RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AND USED LOCATIONS. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER LOEHMANN IN A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER CARTER FOR THE AMENDMENT STATED IS THERE ANY LAST DISCUSON ON THAT ALL ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY WITHIN I I ALL THOSE OPPOSED AND THAT CARRIES 6 TO 0 ARE MOVING ON. WE HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.3 REGARDING A PRIVATELY INITIATED CODE TEXT AMENDMENT TO ALLOW K-12 SCHOOLS AS A CONDITIONAL USE IN I TOO LIMITED ZONING DISTRICT AND I BELIEVE WILL HAVE CENTENARIO FROM PLANNING HAVE IT READY MY EVENING THANK YOU SIR I WILL SHARE MY MY MY PRESENTATION AT THE MOMENT THANK YOU SHOULD OKAY THANK YOU SO AGAIN THIS ITEM 4.3 ON YOUR AGENDA TONIG IS A IS A PRATELY INITIED CITY CODE AMENDMENT SO THIS ISN'T A STAFF LED THIS IS A RESPONSE TO AN APPLICATION TO CHANGE THIS TO GO FROM A PRIVATE ENTITY AND IT'S SPECIFIC TO ALLOWING K THROUGH K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS AS A CONDITIONAL USE MEANING IT WOULD REQUIRE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WITHIN THE I TWO ZONING DISTRICT. I WAS JUST REAL BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON A COUPLE OF ELEMENTS OF TEXT WITHIN THE ZONING DISTRICT AND I TWO SPECIFICALLY MOST OF THESE SECTIONS HAVE AN INTENT ELEMENT TO THEM AND REALLY IT'S SELF-EXPLANATORY WHAT THE INTENT IS FOR THE I TO INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT IT'S PRIMARILY FOR INDUSTRIAL TYPE USES INCLUDING TECH AND DISTRIBUTION. SO WITH THAT IN MIND WE COMPARE THAT TO A SCHOOL AND THIS IS A DEFINITION OF SCHOOL IN THE CITY CODE PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES TO ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AND SO OUR ROLE IN REVIEWING THIS PRIVATELY INITIATED APPLICATION W TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE FELT THERE WAS AN APPROPRIATE CHANGE OF USE THAT THIS USED TO BE ACCEPTABLE IN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS AND WE DID NOT FEEL IT SHOULD BE ACCEPTABLE AND EVENTUALLY MY SCREEN WILL ADVANCE TO OKAY OKAY SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO THE WHEN REVIEW USE BASED CODE AMENDMENTS THERE'S A LOT OF CONSIDERATION IT CAN GET VERY COMPLICATED BUT THE ACTUAL CHANGE TO THE CITY CODE CAN BE EXTREMELY SIMPLE AND. WE HAVE A USE TABLES IN THE CITY CODE FOR ALL OF ZONING DISTRICTS AND YOU CAN SEE BEFORE YOU IS A USE TABLE FOR OUR INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS YOU CAN SEE SCHOOLS AND IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE ROW OUR VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS ARE THE COLUMNS. THERE'S NOTHING IN THOSE BOXES SO THAT MEANS THAT IS NOT PERMITTED WHEREAS OTHER USES ARE COULD BE A PE OR PERMITTED OR A C CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WOULD BE REQUIRED AND SO THE THE RESULT THIS CODE AMENDMENT IF IT WERE TO BE APPROVED WAS A C WOULD BE ADDED TO THE USE SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR IT'S CLEAR WE'RE DISCUSSING SCHOOLS ARE NOT PERMITTED IN ANY INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS BUT THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW IT TO BE CONDITIONALLY PERMIT IN THE I TWO DISTRICT. BUT I WANT TO JUST INCLUDE SOME OTHER PORTIONS OF OU USE TABLES ELSEWRE FOR OTHER OTHER DISTRICTS. SO ON THE TOP WE HAVE OUR B'S AND C'S COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS SCHOOLS ARE ARE CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED AND SOME OF THOSE ARE THEY ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN THE TWO DISTRICTS OF ALL OF AMERICA AND SURROUNDING AREAS AND THEN OUR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS THE VAST MAJORITY OF SCHOOLS ARE LOCATED IN THE R ONE OR OTHER RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AND THOSE ARE ALL CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED. AND SO THIS REALLY IS JUST TO COMMUNICATE THAT WHILE THEY'RE NOT SCHOOLS ARE NOT PERMITTED IN INDUSTRIAL ARE THERE ARE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY TO PURSUE A NEW THIS MAP IDENTIFIES THE I TO ZONED PARCELS SO THERE ARE 67 PARCELS IN TOTAL REALLY FOCUSED AROUND WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW CENTRAL CENTRAL AREA ALONG 35 W WEST 35 W THERE'S A COUPLE PARCELS ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BLOOMINGTON THAT ARE I TO BUT AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE MAP THIS IS REALLY THIS IS REALLY WHERE THE MAJORITY THE PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED AND ONE OF THE ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS THAT STAFF IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION WERE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF CODE AMENDMENT IS DERIVED FROM THE COMFORT THE GUIDANCE FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE COVERS TO PLAN REALLY HAS SOME VERY DETAILED POLICY GUIDANCE ON WHERE WE WHERE WE ENVISION WHERE WE MAY SUPPORT CHANGES TO INDUSTRIAL AREAS MORE SPECIFICALLY IF A NON INDUSTRIAL USE WANTS TO TAKE OVER A REDEVELOP AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE PROPERTY SO THERE'S ACTUALLY MAP IN THE CONFERENCE A PLAN AND SOME TEXT SUPPORTING WELL WHERE WHERE SHOULD WE CONSIDER THESE CHANGES AND THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY PUT INTO TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES TRANSITIONAL AREA SO THOSE ARE AREAS THAT MIGHT ALREADY HAVE KIND OF AN INTERESTING MIX OF USES OR THEY'RE ALONG ARTERIAL ARTERIAL ROADS THAT YOU KNOW MIGHT BE CONDUCIVE TO A NON INDUSTRIAL USE AND THEN THERE'S AREAS THAT ARE CALLED PROTECTED AND THAT REALLY IS THE INTENT OF THAT IS TO MAINTAIN AND PROTECT THE VIABILITY OF INDUSTRIAL USES IN THESE AREAS. NOW THIS CODE AMENDMENT WOULD APPLY TO ALL I TWO ZONED PARCELS. HOWEVER THE IMPETUS THE APPLICATION IS A SPECIFIC PARCEL SO WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO AT LEAST PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT AND GIVE YOU KNOW THIS IS A REAL WORLD EXAMPLE OF THE OF PROPERTIES YOU MAY YOU MAY SEE IN THE FUTURE SHOULD THE FORWARD AND I HAVE AN OUTLINE IN YELLOW HERE AND IT IS WITHIN PROTECTED PROTECTED INDUSTRIAL AREA SO FROM A COMPREHSIVE PLAN WE WOULD NOT BELIEVE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE GUIDANCE IN THE PLAN AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER AERIAL IMAGE SO LARGE SCALE INDUSTRIAL FACILITY THERE'S A VARIETY OF INDUSTRIAL USES OF MANY TENANTS A SCHOOL WOULD JUST BE ONE OF MANY TENANTS AND SO THAT GETS AT WE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES TOOK ISSUE WITH COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN VARIOUS USES INDUSTRIAL USES WHICH COULD HAVE A VARIETY OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SEPARATED FROM A SCHOOL BY A WALL AND SO THERE'S THERE'S THAT COMPATIBILITY ISSUE ANOTHER ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT STEPH DISCUSSED IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION REALLY HONED IN ON WAS THE NATURE OF STUDENTS AND YOU KNOW, IF STUDENTS WOULD BE FEEL COMFORTABLE WALKING TO SCHOOL AND THIS AREA WHICH IS IT DOES HAVE SIDEWALK BUT IT'S FAIRLY LIMITED AND THERE IS A LOT OF POTENTIAL INDUSTRIAL TRUCK TRAFFIC. THIS REALLY WOULD NOT BE GREAT PLACE FOR A STUDENT TO WALK TO SCHOOL. SO THERE'S THERE REALLY IS A LAND COMPATIBILITY ISSUE THAT WE HAVE WITH THIS POTENTIAL COURT AMENDMENT. THIS IS STREET VIEW AGAIN WE'RE ON THIS PARTICULAR SITE IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF A POTENTIAL SITE YOU KNOW SIDEWALKS BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE LIKE THE THE THE VISIBILITY THE I GUESS PEDESTRIAN SCALE OF A IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT LED US TO NOT SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT WAS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS WE HAVE IN THE CODE SO WE HAVE THE USES THAT ARE PERMITTED OR MIGHT NOT BE PERMITTED BUT THEN LOT OF TIMES THOSE USES ARE FOLLOWED UP WITH PERFORMANCE THAT GIVE YOU ADDITIONAL REGULATION TO CONSIDER AND THIS IS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THE CODE . THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES AND THESE ARE ALL GREAT ELEMENTS TO INCORPORATE IN THE CITY CODE BUT REALLY IT DOES NOT ADDRESS THOSE POTENTIAL ISSUES BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND INDUSTRIAL USES AND SO WE FEEL THAT IF THIS CODE AMENDMENT WERE TO BE APPROVED WE'D REALLY WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT OTHER PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ARE NECESSARY. AND SO IN OUR IN THE STAFF REPORT WE SAID WELL THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO DECIDE IF THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE USE BUT STILL OUR RECOMMENDATION BE TO DENY THIS APPLICATION AND THEN DIRECT STAFF TO STUDY TO STUDY AND WHAT SORT OF PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS COULD WE COME UP WITH THAT ADDRESS THAT COMPATIBILITY ISSUE? SO IN SUMMARY THERE'S REALLY FOUR PRIMARY REASONS WHY WE ARE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AMENDMENT. ONE IS THE EROSION OF INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIAL ZONE PROPERTIES. WE HAVE A COMEHENSIVE PLAN ISSUE WITH THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DEBATED THIS IN 2018 AND 2019 WHERE THIS THIS EXACT QUESTION WAS ON THE TABLE AND ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL DECIDED NOT TO ALLOW IT IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS DISCUSSED THE INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND INDUSTRIAL USES AND THEN THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS THAT ACCOMPANY THEM . SO WITH THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF ARE DENIAL OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNSEL. ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER LEMON THANK YOU, MAYOR YEAH, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I WANTED TO ASK HERE IF WE COULD GO BACK TO YOUR SLIDE OR IT HAD 2001 WEST 95TH STREET AND THERE'S ONE RIGHT BEFORE THAT ONE THAT I WANTED TO LOOK AT. THEY KIND OF HAD HERE. YEAH THAT ONE THERE. SO SO JUST A QUESTION HERE. SO YOU KNOW WE LOOK HERE AT PENN AVENUE KIND OF HOPE YOU WERE RIGHT IN THE RIGHT SPOT THERE. WHO THIS ONE. THIS ONE WORK JUST FINE. THIS IS FINE. I'LL TAKE IT BACK TO THAT OTHER ONE. I'VE GOT QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. SO IF WE LOOK AT PENN AVENUE HERE WE'VE GOT THE BLUE KIND OF ENCASING ALL THE WAY AROUND HERE AND YOU KNOW AS WE LOOK AT 35 W WE GOT THAT BLUE PIECE THAT'S KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE THERE. HOW DID THAT GET TO BE THE WAY THAT THAT IS TO BE A TRANSITIONAL ZONE RIGHT THERE. SEE THAT PIECE THERE? I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT STREET IS. IT'S 96, 95TH AND A HALF THERE IF YOU CAN SEE MY CURSOR IS AT THIS NO I'M TALKING ABOUT OVER HERE OR WE'VE GOT BECAUSE OTHER OTHER PIECES ARE BUFFERING THE ENTIRE ZONE BUT THIS ONE DELVES IN TO I DON'T KNOW WHAT STREET IS I THINK IT'S YEAH THAT ONE THERE YEAH IF YOU LOOK IN THERE THAT BLUE YEAH THAT BLUE PIECE RIGHT THERE THAT THAT'S DELVING IN THERE AND I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THE PIECE WHERE I'VE GOT A QUESTION ABOUT BUT YOU KNOW I SAW ALL THE YOU KNOW ALL THE PIECES ABOUT THE SCHOOL THAT THAT MAKES TOT SENSE. BUT WE HAVE THE ACCESSORY USE OF A DAYCARE AND SO THAT'S WHERE I'M VERY CONFUSED SO WE'RE SAYING THAT THAT A COLLEGE AND A UNIVERSITY BY CONDITION COULD BE IN THIS SITE AND THEN ALSO I SKIP OVER A WHOLE AGE SEGMENT AND THEN I GO ALL THE WAY TO CHILD CARE AS AN ACCESSORY USE BUT YET I HAVE HAZARDOUS MATERIALSHAT ARE THERE IN THE AREA. HELP ME FROM A LOGIC STANDPOINT MAKE THAT MAKES SENSE WHY THAT MAKES SENSE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN THIS ZONE YOU KNOW CERTAINLY YOU KNOW I'M NOT A REAL BIG PROPONENT OF CHARTER SCHOOLS SO I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR AN EXCUSE NOT TO SUPPORT THEM AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT I WOULD NOT NECESSARILY SUPPORT THIS ONE OR NOT BUT I'M JUST THAT DOESN'T QUITE MAKE SENSE TO ME. SO IF YOU CAN HELP ME KIND OF TIE THOSE THINGS TOGETHER. ACTING MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN YEAH, ON ITS FACE IT WOULD CAUSE CONFUSION CERTAINLY AND I THINK A LOT OF THE CLARIFICATION I'LL PROVIDE IT RELATES TO WHAT THE INTENT OF THE DAYCARE ALLOWANCE ENTAILS AND SO WHEN IT'S CONDITIONAL ACCESSORY THAT MEANS IT HAS TO BE ACCESSORY TO ELSE TO SOMETHING THAT'S A PERMITTED USE AND SO WHAT THE INTENT THAT DAYCARE ALLOWANCE WOULD BE IS IF YOU HAVE A LET'S SAY A LARGE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND LET'S JUST USE DONALDSON AS AN EXAMPLE THEY HAVE A LARGE FACILITY. IS IT REALLY A CAMPUS AS WELL THEY HAVE IUSTRIAL USES BUT THEN THEY ALSO HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF OFFICE AND IT MAY BEHOOVE THEM TO PROVIDE SERVICES AT THEIR CAMPUS FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES THAT WAS REALLY THE INTENT IS TO HAVE A DAYCARE AS PART OF A LARGER FACILITY WHERE YOU MIGHT WANT A DAYCARE ONSITE FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES STILL WOULD HAVE REQUIRED A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT SO THERE WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF DISCRETION BUT THAT REALLY WHAT IT CAME DOWN TO I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY DAYCARES IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THAT THAT FIT THAT PRECISE DESCRIPTION BUT THAT WAS THE INTENT. ALL WELL THAT HAZARDO WASTE PIECE, YOU KNOW, REALLY KIND OF KIND OF YOU KNOW THAT'S THE PIECE I'M KIND OF KEEN ON AND SO JUST YOU KNOW ONE OTHER PIECE ABOUT THAT I JUST HAD A QUESTION MOTHER WHAT CONSIDERED TO BE HAZARDOUS WASTE OR HAZARDOUS WASTE SORRY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IN THESE AREAS BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, MY ANTENNAS HAVE GONE UP EVEN MORE NOW NOW THAT I HAVE THIS ACCESSORY USE THERE THAT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A SCHOOL NEXT TO I STILL AS A COUNCIL MEMBER CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WOULD WANT TO HAVE A UNIVERSITY OR A DAYRE EN IF IT'S AN ACCESSORY USE OF NEXT TO THIS IF IT'S SO HAZARDOUS YOU KNOW SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAZARDOUS WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I GOT ONE LAST QUESTION FOR YOU ON ON LYNDALE BECAUSE I THINK I UNDERSTAND YOUR I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THAT PIECE THAT WE AS AMERICANS PARLIAMENT UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T GIVE YOU A VERY PRECISE DEFINITION OF WHAT IS CONSIDERED HAZARD HAZARDOUS OR WHAT ISN'T BUT ONE ONE THING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT ARE BUILDING SO THE TYPE OF OCCUPANCY OF A BUILDING IS RELATED TO BUILDING CODE FIRE CODE AND THERE ARE CERTAIN THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO USES THAT HAVE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL AND SO IF A IF SOMETHING SPILLS THERE'S A SPILL OR A RELEASE OF SOME SORT OF MATERIAL IF YOU HAVE TO EVACUATE THE BUILDING THAT'S DEFINITELY HAZARDOUS BUT THERE IS I'M NOT AWARE OF A VERY PRECISE EASY TO SUMMARIZE DEFINITION OF WHAT'S HAZARDOUS AND WHAT'S NOT. THANK YOU. I GET THAT STILL MAKES ME NERVOUS WITH AN ACCESSORY USE FOR FOR A DAYCARE AND FOR UNIVERSITY STUNTS IF I'M PUTTING THEM IN THAT HARM'S WAY. SO THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS MY UNDERSTANDING WITH THIS TRANSITIONAL ZONES HERE YOU CAN HAVE RESIDENTIAL IN THOSE TRANSITIONAL AREAS IS THAT IS THAT CORRECT? I KNOW WE DID THAT IN LYNDALE WE PUT THAT THERE AND SO IT ME IF I'M WRONG YOU'RE CORRECT. OKAY. SO NOW IF I HAVE RESIDENTIAL AREA WHERE I PLACE THAT AND I COULD PUT THIS ON THAT PEN AVENUE AREA NOW I HAVE A YOUNG PERSON LIVING, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE IN THAT RESIDENTIAL AREA AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LIVING THERE AND THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ARE IN THE IN THE RED AREA. SO THAT DOESN'T COMPORT TO ME EITHER. I DON'T KNOW. I UNDERSTAND THIS THIS ZONE HERE IS NOT BUT IF I WERE TO JUST MAKE THAT AREA BLUE LIKE THE OTHER I JUST SHOWED YOU IT WOULD BE RIGHT NEXT DOOR AGAIN TO THE HAZARDOUS ZONE. SO THAT'S WHAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME AND THIS IS SOMETHING I BROUGHT UP DURING WHEN WE TALKED THE LYNDALE AREA AND THIS IS WHY I'M CONFUSED NOW WE'RE SAYING YOU KNOW WITH THIS PARTICULAR CHART I KNOW IT'S NOT IN THERE AND THIS THIS PARTICULAR PIECE WELL THAT'S HAZARDOUS. SO WHY WOULD WE WANT TO PUT A RESIDENTIAL ZONE WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, SLEEP, EAT AND PLAY BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE A SCHOOL THERE. THAT'S WHAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY TO ME. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE CHILD CURFEW. SO THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE AND. I'M TRYING TO GET THAT SQUARE IN MY HEAD. WHY THAT MAKES SENSE. SURE. ACTING MAYOR MARTIN, COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, WE MAY NOT WANT TO HAVE A RESIDTIAL DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO AN INDUSTRIAL USE. WHAT THE CODE DOES IN THE I BELIEVE IS THE TY DISTRICT IT ALLOWS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE SORT OF REDEVELOPMENT BUT THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY SITUATIONS WE MAY NOT WANT TO SEE THAT IN A PARTICULAR LOCATION WHEREAS THERE MIGHT BE LOCATIONS THAT MIGHT BE MORE SUITABLE TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. SO IT'S HARD IT'S HARD TO MAKE THOSE OVER THOSE GENERALIZATIONS ON THE ENTIRE AREA THAT'S IDENTIFIED AS TRANSITIONAL WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE WOULD COME TO THAT CONCLUSN BUT CODE DOES HAVE ALLOWANCES TO TO PURSUE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT ALLOWS RESIDENTIAL USES BASED ON ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBER TELL US THANK YOU. HEY HOW ARE YOU TONIGHT? THANK YOU. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT SOME OF THE USES THAT ARE ALREADY IN THAT AREA AND WHY WHY WE MIGHT CONSIDER THOSE DIFFERENT THAN A SCHOOL SCENARIO MOST SPECIFICALLY THE RIDGEVILLE GYMNTICS CLUB ISITERALLY ADJACENT TO I THINK THIS PROPERTY AND I ASSUME GIVEN IT'S GIVEN TASK IT'S SUPPORTING CHILDREN AS WELL AS ADULTS. I, I, I CAN'T DO GYMNASTICS ANYMORE SO MAYBE NO ADULTS. IT'S ALL KIDS DON'T KNOW THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE ME DIDN'T WANT TO SEE ME DO GYMNASTICS BUT WHY WOULD WHY WOULD CAN YOU GIVE SOME CONTEXT AS TO WHY THAT WAS APPROVED WHEN IT WAS APPROVED HAPPENED BEFORE MY TIME OBVIOUSLY. BUT I'M CURIOUS WHAT HOW YOU DISTINGUISH DIFFERENCE. SURE. ACTOR MIRACLES PHOTO SANDRA YOU KNOW I THINK A LOT OF THE A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT USES ARE THEY'RE THEY HAVE SIMILARITIES RIGHT OF GYMNASTICS ABILITY IS LIKELY SERVING CHILDREN BUT ONE OF THE ONE OF THE DISTINCTIONS I WOULD MAKE IS THE LEVEL OF SUPERVISION ASSOCIATED WITH AN ATHLETIC TRAINING FACILITY LIKE A GYMNASTICS OR A DANCE OR SOME OTHER USE THAT ART HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND YOU KNOW THE DISTINCTION WITH SCHOOLS HOWEVER IS WE FEEL THAT LEVEL OF SUPERVISION AND MONITORING ON A LIKE A PER STUDENT IS JUST NOT THE SAME. THERE'S ALSO THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT A CHILD, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD SPEND RICHFIELD GYMNASTICS VERSUS AT A SCHOOL YOU KNOW USUALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HALF AN HOUR AN HOUR WITH DIRECT SUPERVISION. ALSO THEIR PARENTS ARE SOME PARENTS ARE LIKELY THERE AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE DISTINCTIONS THAT WE WOULD MAKE THAT DISTINGUISH A NON-SCHOOL USE LIKEN ATHLETIC FACILIT VERSUS A SCHOOL. THANKS. THAT'S HELPFUL. AND QUICK FOLLOW UP TO THAT. IF THIS WAS A REQUEST A A HIGH SCHOOL LIKE A 9 TO 12 AS OPPOSED TO A K-12 TYPE SITUATION, WOULD THAT CHANGE YOUR OPINION AT AMERICAN COUNCIL OVER? NO, IT WOULDN'T WE WOULD WE WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTIVE OF A OF A HIGH SCHOOL. BUT IT'S ALSO THAT WOULD REQUIRE A DIFFERENT DEFINITION TO BE ESTABLISHED IN THE CITY CODE WHICH ISN'T WHAT THIS SOUGHT. THANKS. APPRECIATE IT. Y OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK MR. SENATOR. APPRECIATE IT. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING SO I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW REGARDING ITEM 4.3. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS THAT IS TO SPEAK TO THIS? EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND YOUR NAME AND THEN WHEN YOU HAVE A SECOND GO AHEAD AND SIGN IN ON THE THE BOARD THERE. YES. GOOD EVENING LADIES. BRADLEY HOYT AND I'M THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING THAT WAS SHOWN EARLIER ON SLIDE HERE AND IT WAS EITHER INITIATED TS ROUGH MY COUNSEL I FRANKLY I WASN'T PLANNING ON ATTENDING TONIGHT. I'VE BEEN DOING FOR A LONG TIME AND I LOST MY MY ENTHUSIASM AND MY OPTIMISM A LONG TIME AGO. IN FACT ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO WE SUBMITTED A FOR A BUILDING LOCATED AT 6150 WEST 110TH STREET. THIS WAS A TWO STOREY OFFICE WAREHOUSE BUILDING I CONSTRUCTED ORIGINALLY FOR A COMPANY CALLED TECHNOLOGY MARKETING AND IT CONSISTED OF 45,000 FEET AND IT WAS ALL OFFICE. ABOUT HALF OF IT THERE A TWO STORY HIGH BASICALLY LIKE A BOND TRADING PIT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INDUSTRIAL PARK . BUT THE BUILDING WAS AUTONOMOUS, HAD ITS OWN ACCESS AND THAT'S RIGHT BEHIND WHERE THE POST OFFICE IS AN OLD SHOCK. YOU WROTE IT AND THE CITY DENIED THAT WE HAD SOME DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT THAT BUT THE CITY DENIED THE THE THE END RESULT OF THAT WAS THE BUILDING WENT INTO FORECLOSURE. THE LENDER TOOK IT BACK SAT EMPTY FOR SEVEN YEARS, DIDN'T PRODUCE ANYTHING OF VALUE THE CITY OR TO CITIZENS ITS PROPERTY TAX WAS CUT DOWN BY 70% AND I LOST MILLION DOLLARS. SO THAT WAS THE THE END RESULT AND WAS A BUILDING THAT WAS COMPLETELY ISOLATED AND NO INDUSTRIAL TRAFFIC WHATSOEVER. IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THESE SUPPOSED ISSUES TT ARE BEING RAISED BUT WHAT WE'RE REALLY HERE FOR AND IS TO DISCUSS A MECHANISM NOT A PROJECT WE'RE NOT APPLYING FOR THIS PERMIT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE LEGAL TO DO SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS A PATHWAY IN ORDER TO ALLOW US TO APPLY FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT THAT YOU WOULD THEN HAVE THE ABILITY TO REVIEW STRENUOUSLY AND IMPOSE A STANDARDS ALTHOUGH THEY WOULD I WOULD EXPECT BE REASONABLE STANDARDS AND THIS HAS BEEN SUBVERTED. I LOOKED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS THEY DIDN'T ATTENDED BUT ALL OF THE DISCUSSION HAS TO DO WITH THIS BUILDING THIS PARKING LOT BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH THAT'S THAT WAS AT ISSUE WHAT ISSUES HERE IS TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A SCHOOL BY WAY OF BACKGROUND I KNOW IT PROBABLY DOESN'T MATTER BUT I GRADUATED IN THE FIRST CLASS FROM JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1971. IN 1973 I BUILT MY FIRST INDUSTRIAL BUILDING IN THE CITY AT 150 WEST 88TH STREET. SO THIS IS MY 50TH YEAR. DURING THAT TIME I BUILT 62 BUILDINGS IN BLOOMINGTON TOTALING FOUR AND A HALF MILLION SQUARE FEET. THAT'S BIGGER THAN THE MALL OF AMERICA. AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD A GREAT LATIONSHIP AND COLLABORATION WITH STAFFUT THAT'S REAY NO TRUE. THE TRUTH IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEVELOPERS AND THE CITY IS IS ADVERSARIAL BEST AND I WOULD POINT OUT THAT WITH 50 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN HISTORY IN THE CITY AND DEVELOPING IN EVERY INDUSTRIAL PARK IN THE CITY THAT I HAVE A BASE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE WE HAVE AN AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE IRP WHICH IS ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRIAL OFFICE PARKS AND OWNERS AND WE MEET ONCE A MONTH IN THE COURSE OF DOING THAT I MEET WITH A LOT OF MY PEERS AND A LOT OF BROKERS HANDLE ALL OF THE TRANSACTIONS IN THESE COMMUNITIES AND I WOULD SUBMIT THAT WE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW MOST WHAT THE MARKET IS, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE MARKET AND, WHAT THE DYNAMICS ARE. SO WHEN I READ COMMENTARY ABOUT PROTECTED INDUSTRIAL AND ABOUT PLANS THAT WERE DONE STUDIES EVER DONE OBSOLESCENCE STUDIES IT BEGS THE QUESTIO WHY WE NONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO POSSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING THESE THINGS EVER INVITED INTO THE DISCUSSION WE HAVE NOT EVER BEEN INVITED TO A DISCUSSION WE'VE ATTEMPTED ENTER THE DISCUSSION AS IT HAPPENED SO I WOULDN'T RELY A WHOLE LOT ON WHAT THE PLANNING STAFF SAYS ABOUT WHAT THE MARKET IS. I KNOW WHAT THE MARKET IS THEY DO NOT SO WELL WE GET DOWN TO THIS BUILDING. THIS IS THE OLD JOHN DEERE DISTRIBUTION PLANT. IT WAS NEVER A MANUFACTURING PLANT AND AS FAR AS MANUFACTURING GOES, I CAN TELL YOU A LOT OF YOU WEREN'T BORN YET BUT THE INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING IN THIS COUNTRY STARTED TO LEAVE ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO AND NOW THE COVID SUPPLY ISSUES HAVE BROUGHT TO LIGHT THAT MAYBE THAT WASN'T SUCH A GOOD IDEA BUT THIS COUNTRY HAS TRANSITIONED FROM 85% MANUFACTURING AND 15% SERVICE TO EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE TODAY. AND SO THE NEED FOR BUILDINGS OF THAT NATURE JUST DOESN'T EXIST. I HAVE I TOOK THE LIBERTY OF DRIVING AROUND THE PARKING LOT AND JUST DICTATING INTO MY NOTES ALL OF THE TENANTS THESE INDUSTRIAL TENANTS THAT WE HAVE HERE IT SURE IS OFFICE ART AND FRAMING OUR STUDIO FILM STUDIO AMUSEMENT ARCADE CROSSFIT INSURANCE AGENCY VOLLEYBALL ACADEMY MEDICAL PRODUCTS TRAINING CENTER HOTEL JUVENILE LEARNING CENTER KITCHEN SHOWROOM THEATER SYSTEMS A LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE COMPUTER GAMING REPAIRS ENGINEERING OFFICES SHOP AUTOBODY SHOP DOG HOTEL BRERY OFFICES HOME IMPROVEMENT STORE CHURCHES YOGA STUDIOS GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND DANCE STUDIOS. I WOULD SUBMIT THAT NONE OF THOSE ARE INDUSTRIAL USES AND I MENTIONING TO A GENTLEMAN EARLIER TODAY THAT I'M CONSTRUCTING AN INDUSTRIAL PROJECT TODAY IN AUSTIN, ILLINOIS WHICH IS A WESTERN SUBURB NOW OF CHICAGO AND THAT BUILDING IS 2 MILLION SQUARE FEET. THERE'S 48 FEET HIGH. ALL FACILITIES THAT A NOW BEING CONSTRUCTED TO DEAL WITH DISTRIBUTION ARE INTERMODAL. WE NEED TO HAVE RAIL, WE NEED TO HAVE SHIPPING AND WE HAVE TO HAVE HIGHWAYS AND WE HAVE TO HAVE VERY LARGE BUILDINGS AND LAND IS SCARCE. SO THERE ARE VERY TALL THAT SITE TAKES 200 ACRES OF LAND. SO IF WE TOOK YOUR ENTIRE INDUSTRIAL PARK HERE WE COULD BUILD ONE OF EXCEPT WE'D HAVE TO PAY ABOUT $300 MILLION FOR THE DIRT FIRST WHICH AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. SO THERE IS NO INDUSTRIAL PARK IN THE CITY THAT IS EVEN REMOTELY SIGNIFICANT AS AN INDUSTRIAL PARK INSTITUTIONAL INDUSTRIAL PARKS ARE LARGE. THEY HAVE MASS AND WHEN WE GET INTO THESE THINGS WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE AND THIS WHAT I SEE A RECURRING THEME WITH WITH PLANNING DEPARTMENTS AND NEW NEW REGULATIONS THE FAVORITE ONE FOR US DEVELOPERS IS AS IT BEEN FOR THE LAST DECADE IS MIXED USE. EVERYBODY GOES HOME AND PLANNING CONFERENCES. WOULDN'T THIS BE NEAT? WOULDN'T THIS BE CUTE? HERE WILL HAVE THE RETAIL ON THE BOTTOM AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OFFICES AND THEN APARTMENTS AND IT'LL BE THIS UTOPIAN EXERCISE WHERE EVERYBODY WILL LIVE AND WORK AND PLAY HERE IN THIS BUILDING. WELL HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS COME OUT TO VISIT WHERE I LIVE AND 13 YEARS AGO THEY BUILT THIS FIELD PROJECT CALLED THE PROMENADE AND 13 YEARS LATER 80% OF THE RETAIL SPACE HAS NEVER BEEN OCCUPIED ONCE AND THE ONE MAJOR TENANT THEY DO HAVE DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY ANY RENT BECAUSE THE LEASE SS ANOTHER TWO RETAILERS I DON'T HAVE TO PAY RENT SO. A LOT OF THESE THESE ARGUMENTS ARE BASED ON WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE WITHOUT ANY COGNIZANCE OF WHAT THE REALITY OF THE MARKETPLACE IS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT TO ME WHICH DOESN'T MATTER THE CITY BUT IT DOES TO ME IS THAT THERE'S THAT EMPTY SPACE ME $100,000 A YEAR TO HIT TO COOL TO PAY MY PROPERTY TAXES ON AS OPPOSED TO GETTING $200,000 A YEAR IN RENT IF IT WERE OCCUPIED, IS THAT SPACE GOING TO GET RENTED? WELL, LET'S ABOUT THAT BEFORE COVID I'VE GOT 20,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE ON HAMPSHIRE URINAL CHOCOLATE BEER ROAD. THAT BUILDING USED TO BE CALLED THE ALICE CHALMERS PASS DISTRIBUTION BUILDING AND THAT OFFICE IS I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT MR. HOYT, BUT MAYBE ABOUT TWO MORE MINUTES YOU GOT. OKAY. THANK. THE SPACE HAS BEEN EMPTY FOR 17 YEARS. 17 YEARS. SO THERE'S THERE'S NO JOBS IN THERE. THERE'S NOBODY THERE. THEY'RE NOT MAKING ANY MONEY TO SPEND IT. ANY RETAILERS IT'S JUST EMPTY . THE SPACE WILL REMAIN EMPTY FOREVER. NOW THAT WE HAVE COVERED OFFICE SPACE IS NOT NEEDED. THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK TO IT. THIS IS A CULTURAL SHIFT. PEOPLE WILL NOT GO TO WORK. I HAVE FOUR KIDS IN COLLEGE RIGHT NOW AND BELIEVE ME WE DON'T WE DON'T THINK LIKE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO AN OFFICE EVER SO IFOU HAVE NEW BUILDINGS LIKE IN WEST END THEY HAVE A SHOT AT GETTING SOME CLASS ATTENDANCE. BUT IF YOU'RE A CLASS B OR C OR THIS IS YOU KNOW D-MINUS IS NEVER GOING TO GET OCCUPIED. SO THAT'S THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS WE JUST ASK A CHANCE TO MAKE AN ACTUAL PRESENTATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE. BUT BEFORE WE CAN DO THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT THAT ABILITY TO DO SO AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS ANY LEGITIMATE COMMENTS DURING THAT PROCESS IF YOU'LL GIVE US A CHANCE TO DO IT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ALL RIGHT IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN TH COUNCIL CHAMBS THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.3? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NOBODY ELSE COMING FORWARD AND MR. BALLARD, IS THERE ANYBODY ON THE PHONE, MAYOR? NOBODY ON THE PHONE, NO. OKAY. WITH NOBODY COMING FORWARD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND NOBODY ON THE PHONE, I LOOK FOR A MOTION CLOSE CLOSE THE PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.3 SO A MOTION MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LOEHMANN AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER MUECKE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR BY SAYING RIGHT BY ALL THOSE OPPOSED AND THAT CARRIES 6 TO 0 SO COUNCIL I WILL LOOK TO ALL ANY THOUGHTS ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS YEAH DELGADO THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION ACTING MAYOR FOR GLEN TEAM OR IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. BUT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE CONSIDERATION OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT HERE AS OPPOSED TO THE POTENTIAL REZONING TT PARTICULAR PROPERTY TO THE TRANSITIONAL WHICH WOULD EFFECTIVELY NOT MAKE IT NECESSARY FOR THAT. I'M WONDERING IF THAT WAS A CONSIDERATION THAT WAS OFFERED TO THE APPLICANT AS AN ALTERNATIVE AND I ASKED SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IT LOOKS VERY CLOSE TO OTHER TRANSITIONAL AREAS AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN OPTION. MR. MARKET SURE ACTING MAYOR MARTIN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO IN TERMS OF REZONING THE SITE A COUPLE IMPEDIMENTS IT IS AN EYE TO AREA THIS PARTICULAR PERSON WAS KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT EYE TO AREA IT'S NOT IN THE FRINGE SO WHENEVER REZONING COMES UP WE ALWAYS LOOK TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR GUIDANCE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS MR. CENTENARIO DESCRIBED GUIDES THE AREA IS PROTECTED INDUSTRIAL AND THERE ARE PARCELS ALONG AVENUE THAT ARE GUIDED AS TRANSITIONAL DOESN'T THE CITY WOULD NECESSARILY SUPPORT A REZONING BUT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OPEN TO THE CONVERSATION AND WOULD LOOK AT IT EITHER AS A CASE BY CASE BASIS BUT THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE IS NOT WELL SUITED FOR A REZONING LIKE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE QUESTION I HAVE COMMENTS. SO I'M ACTUALLY SYMPATHETIC TO THE THE IDE OF THE YOU KNO THE MKETPLACE VERS YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PLAN THINGS OUT OVERLY EXTENSIVELY. BUT WHAT I SEE AS A SUBTLE DIFFERENCE HERE IS THAT THIS CHANGES INDUSTRIAL ZONING. MAYBE WE HAVE THE ZONING WRONG BUT THIS CHANGES INDUSTRIAL ZONING AND ALLOWING A USE WITH OF THAT AGE TO TAKE SCHOOL BUSSES TO WALK TO SCHOOL AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE MAYBE. THAT'S NOT THE WAY THAT'S BEING USED. MAYBE THAT'S NOT WHERE INDUSTRIAL GOING. THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. I MEAN I THINK THE QUESTION NEEDS TO B ASKED I DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE THAT'S BEING ASKED TONIGHT IF THAT IS THE TRUTH OF , IF THIS IS NOT BEING USED FOR INDUSTRIAL USES IN THAT AREA AND I WOULD LOOK I WOULD LOOK TO STAFF FOR AN ANSWER TO THAT NOT TONIGHT. YOU KNOW IN THE FUTURE THEN MAYBE WE NEED TO RELOOK AT THAT KNOW IF THE MARKETPLACE IS NOT GOING TO VALUE AND FILL UP CLASS D INDUSTRIAL SPACE OR OFFICE THEN MAYBE WE NEED TO RETHINK THOSE AREAS. BUT IN MY MIND WE NEED TO RETHINK THOSE AREAS. WE DON'T NEED TO OPEN UP THE IDEA OF PUTTING KIDS IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES AND THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME I MEAN BECAUSE THIS IS NOT KIDS BEING TO THEIR YOU KNOW, THINGS FOR AN HOUR BY THEIR PARENTS OR DROPPED OFF THEIR WALKED IN THERE PICKED UP ALL OF THAT THIS IS KIDS ON BUSSES KIDS ON YOU KNOW WALKING TO SCHOOL YOU KNOW YOU KNOW THOSE TYPES OF USES IN MY MIND. AND WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION AND 2019 I THINK IT WAS AND MY MIND HASN'T CHANGED ONHAT SO I SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU I MEAN I OWN FAR LESS PROPERTY THAN YOU BUT I HAVE HALF OF MY PROPERTY VACANT BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE MARKETPLACE AND TRUST ME IT'S NOT THAT MUCH PROPERTY BUT IT IT IS AN ISSUE IN THIS ISSUE THE CITY NEEDS FACE BECAUSE WE HAVE OFFICE PROPERTY WE HAVE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY YOU KNOW AS WE HEARD INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY THE NEEDS OF IT ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. I MEAN THE CEILING HEIGHTS, THE ABILITY FOR AUTOMATION, THE SCOPE AND THE SCALE OF IT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT AND WE SHOULD BE RETHINKING HOW TO REPURPOSE THIS. I JUST DON'T THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT MECHANISM SO THAT THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT IN COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THINK YOU'RE ACTING MAYOR I WOULD AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YOU KNOW I IMAGINE MYSELF I MEAN I AM A PARENT MYSELF. MY KIDS GO TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY AND I THAT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO SCHOOL IS A PLACE THAT IS SAFE RIGHT. AND OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF ISSUES. BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE INDUSTRIAL THE ISSUES LAID OUT IN THE STAFF REPORT RELATED TO NOISE ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS, A FIRE SAFY CONCERNS FM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC CONFLICT, CONCERNS FROM PUBLIC WORKS I JUST DON'T THINK THAT IT MAKES SENSE AND I DO THINK THAT WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT JUST FUNDAMENTALLY LOOKING AT THE INDUSTRIAL ZONES MAKES MORE SENSE VERSUS MAKING ONE CHANGE RELATED TO ALLOWING K-12 SCHOOLS IN THEM. SO I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS SHORT . I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN ASSUME THAT IF WE WERE TO APPROVE THIS IN A K-12 WAS PLACED IN THIS AREA THAT FAMILIES WOULD KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WERE THESE RISKS AND THESE HAZARDS WHEN THEY SEND THEIR KIDS THERE. AND FOR ME THAT THAT'S JUST NOT OKAY. SO I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THE PROPOSAL COUNCILMEMBER KNOW YOU KNOW THANK YOU I'LL GO A STEP FURTHER YOU KNOW I WHEN I LOOK AT INDUSTRIAL ZONES OF YOU KNOW I THINK STAFF HAS MADE A GREAT POINT ABOUT THESE K THROUGH 12 AND SO FOR THE LIFE OF ME I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE DAYCARES LOCATED IN THESE ZONES AS WELL OR UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME AT ALL AND UNLESS I SEE THAT WE WOULD MOVE TO REMOVE THOSE AS WELL OR DIRECT STAFF AS PART OF THIS I DON'T THINK I CAN SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT THAT. I WON'T PUT THE RESIDENTIAL PIECE IN THERE BUT I DO ALSO FEEL ABOUT THAT AS WELL WITH THE TRANSITIONAL ZONES IF WE IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT HAZARDOUS ZONES AND KEEPING OUR YOUNG SAFE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WE EVEN AS AN ACCESSORY USE YOU KNOW IF WE'VE GOT THESE HAZARDOUS THINGS GOING ON, WHY WOULD WE WANT TO PUT OUR POPULATION AT RISK? SO I TOTALLY AGREE WITH STAFF THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT FRONT THAT PIECE THERE. AND THE SECOND THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT I DO THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO HAVE A LOOK AT THESE INDUSTRIAL ZONES. I THINK WHAT THE GENTLEMAN HAS HAS BROUGHT FORWARD AND I HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH HIM EARLIER TODAY IS THIS IDEA OF LOOKING AT OUR INDUSTRIAL AND TRYING TO BE INNOVATIVE WITH IT NOW THIS INNOVATION THIS COUNCIL MEMBER CANNOT SUPPORT AS IT IS PRESENTLY PUT FORWARD BUT, I DO THINK THERE IS A NEED FOR INNOVATION AND LOOKING AT WAYS OF LOOKING AT OUR ZONES WE DID THAT WITH OUR TRANSITIONAL ZONE. I APPLAUD STAFF FOR DOING THAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT HAVING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS NEXT TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHERE THEY SLEEP EAT, PLAY IS JUST A WRONG THAT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT WE OUGHT TO DO. SO IF I DON'T SEE THOSE THINGS IN HERE THAT WOULD BE THE REASONS WHY DO NOTUPPORT MOVING THIS DENYING THIS THIS PARTICULAR PIECE BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A STRONGER FROM THIS COUNCIL AROUND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS UNIVERSITIES COLLEGES DAYCARES WITHIN WITHIN THE WITHIN THE ZONE AND SO FIRST OF A COUNCILMEMBER AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER SO I I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY WHERE LOOKING TO DO SO THIS MOTION WOULD BE TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE RESOLUTION OF DENL. I FULLY BELIEVE THAT WE AS A CITY NEED TO REEVALUATE AND RELOOK AT HOW WE ARE GOING TO DEVELOP AND WITHOUT PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OWNERS INDUSTRIAL OWNERS FOR NEW SCHOOLS TO COME FORWARD AND PRESENT A VISION OF WHAT THIS COULD BE LIKE. WE WON'T EVER BE ABLE TO FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. IT'S MARKET DRIVEN THE SCHOOL WANTS TO BE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON SO IF WE DENY THAT IF WE VOTE YES TO DIRECT STAFF TO DENY THIS, HOW WOULD WE ER KNOW WHAT THE PROPOSAL EVER IS BECAUSE? WE WE DON'T HAVE THEIR PROPOSAL HERE IN FRONT OF US OR SOMEONE WE'RE VOTING ON. AND SO AS A PROPONENT OF FREE MARKET REFORMS WHO HELP US WHAT WE DO, IT'S WORTH HEARING WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, HOW THEY PLAN TO MITIGATE ISSUES THAT WE'VE ALL POINTED OUT AND I FULLY AGREE WITH HOW THEY PLAN REMOVE THOSE ISSUES, HOW THEY PLAN TO INCORPORATE THEMSELVES INTO, THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY, THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF HEARING WHAT THE SCHOOL WHAT THE OWNER WANTS TO BRING FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN START THAT CONVERSATION OF HOW DO WE TRANSFORM THESE INDUSTRIAL AREAS, HOW DO WE TRANSFORM BLOOMINGTON TO US INTO THE FUTURE? THANK YOU. ACTING MAYOR YES. SO I GUESS I KIND OF MOVE INTO MINDS APPRECIATE EXACTLY WHERE COUNCILMEMBER MUA COMING FROM. I MEAN IF WE WANT TO LET THE MARKET DICTATE WHAT THESE AREAS MIGHT LOOK LIKE YOUNOW YOU KIND OF HAVE TO HAVE THE MARKET TELL US WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND HAVE US EVALUATE TH AND I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. THE THE ISSUE AT HAND IS AT IN THE ABSTRACT THOUGH WHICH IS SHOULD SHOULD SCHOOLS AND IT BE IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES REGARDLESS OF WHICH INDUSTRIAL ZONES. THE QUESTION IS SHOULD SCHOOLS BE IN INDUSTRIAL? AND I THINK THE ANSWER IS PROBABLY NO I CAN'T ESPECIALLY K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS I'M MUCH MORE AMBIVALENT ON ON HIGH SCHOOLS OR EVEN IN COLLEGES AND AND I, I WOULD NEVER WANT US TO DENY SOMEBODY WHO'S WILLING TO BRING A LARGE COMPANY INTO THE INTO THE INTO THE CITY FROM OFFERING DAYCARE TO THEIR THEIR WORKERS LIKE I DON'T WANT TO EVER BE IN THAT SITUATION BUT BECAUSE I THINK YOU CAN MITIGATE THAT TO SOME DEGREE. BUT I THE I THINK THE ULTIMATE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE HERE IS IS TRULY THAT OVER THE COURSE OF BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER PERMITTED USES THI INDUSTRIAL AREA, W ACTUALLY HAVE A MARKET EVALUATION WE DO IN IT'S TELLING US PER THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE ON THIS THAT MOST OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THIS AREA ARE NOT ACTUALLY INDUSTRIAL. SO THAT'S WHY I'M MORE OF A PROPONENT OF LOOKING AT THIS THESE SPECIFICALLY THIS AREA OR ANY OF OUR PROTECTED INDUSTRIAL AREAS TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING THERE AND SAYING OKAY MAYBE THERE NEEDS TO BE A DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATION THOSE AREAS WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WITH DOING THIS TONIGHT IS THAT AREAS WHERE WE DO ABSOLUTELY HAVE INDUSTRIAL USE ARE GOING TO ALSO BE POTENTIALLY ALLOWED PUT SCHOOLS IN THEM AND THAT I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN RIGHT SO TO ME I THINK THE ACTION ITEM WHILE I WOULD SUPPORT DENIAL IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE IS TO SAY MAYBE WE NEED TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT PROTECTED INDUSTRIAL AREAS IN THE CITY AND RECLASSIFY HIGH SECTIONS OF THAT THAT ZONE TO EITHER TRANSITIONAL OR COMMERCIAL OR ONE OF THE OTHER AREAS. SO IT ACTUALLY REFLECTS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THOSE AREAS IN WHICH CASE WE OPEN IT UP FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR K12 AND OTHER THINGS BECAUSE. IF 30 YEARS HAS GONE BY AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS ON USES AND WE END UP WITH YOU KNOW, BREWERIES AND GYMNASTICS AND YOU KNOW, VERTICAL AND THINGS LIKE THIS WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT SUPPORTING INDUSTRIAL THERE. THAT'S THAT DOESN'T COUNT AS INDUSTRIAL. AND SO WE REALLY SHOULD TAKE A I THINK COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THESE TWO AREAS AND SAY YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE'S WHOLE SECTIONS OF THE CITY THAT ARE CANDIDATES FOR REVISION ON THAT FRONT THAT WOULD BE MY THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERRED APPROACH THEN THEN SPECIFIC ACTION TONIGHT I THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS AND I GUESS JUST I WON'T REPEAT EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID HERE I THINK WE TOOK A STRONG STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BY CREATING THESE TRANSITIONAL ZONES WHICH I THINK IS A BIG STEP FORWARD TO RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE TOO MUCH CAPACITY FOR HARD INDUSTRIAL USE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S NOT GOING TO COME BACK. SO I THINK IT' IT'S WORTH NODDING TO THE FACT THAT WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF QUASI CHANGED FOCUS FOR HUGE SWATHS OF OUR INDUSTRIAL BASE NOW. SHOULD WE HAVE BEEN MORE AGGRESSIVE ON THAT? I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING PROJECT FOR STAFF TO COME BACK AND TELL US ABOUT AND AT THE SAME TIME INCLUDE IN THERE I MEAN THEY PASS HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR SEMI CHIP MANUFACTURE AND THEY SAY YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A CHILD CARE FACILITY ON THE FIRST FLOOR BY THE PARKING LOT. SO TO TO KNOW AS WELL BEFORE WE'RE MAKING KIND OF SWEEPING CHANGES TO THOSE ALLOWED USES WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS GOING TO BE WHEN WE HAVE PROPOSALS IN FRONT OF US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS THESE FAST MOVING CHANGES IN SPACES LIKE THIS. SO I AS WELL SUPPORT DENYING THIS PARTICULAR AGREEING WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF SCHOOL DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR THE INDUSTRIAL ZONES WE HAVE NOW BUT TO MOVE FORWARD AND PUT IT ON STAFF'S RADAR MAYBE EVEN A FORMAL PROJECT REQUEST TO SAY OKAY LET'S LOOK AT THE INDUSTRIAL REDEVELOPMENT STRATEGY THE CURRENT PLAN THE LYNDALE AVENUE RETROFIT AND SAID SHOULD WE PUT THE PEDAL FURTHER TO THE METAL ON SAYING WE ARE GOING TO BE THE EXPERIMENTAL COMMUNITY WITH HOW THESE SPACES GET REDESIGNED AND REINVIGORATED MOVING FORWARD WITH A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF HOW ALL THOSE PIECES FIT TOGETHER. SO I AM IN FAVOR OF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL ON THIS ONE BUT I DO LIKE BEING PURPOSEFUL ABOUT SAYING WHY WHY CHILD CARE AND HOW CAN WE TURN THAT INTO AN ASSET FOR WHAT WE'RE OFFERING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND HOW CAN WE TURN THAT INTO A BIG PUSH FOR TRADES TRADE SCHOOLS SEEM LIKE THEY'D BE PERFECT FOR SOME MORE OF THESE TYPE OF FACILITIES BUT BUT TO HAVE IT BE PURPOSEFUL AND NOT PUT IT ALL ON THIS ONE DECISION ON A VERY SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCE BUT IS JUST MY .02 IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT MENTIONING THIS BEFORE. I WAS A ONE TRICK PONY THERE FOR A SECOND. I DID YOU KNOW, I DO UNDERSTAND THE THAT THE OWNER YOU KNOW HAVING HAVING PROPERTY VACANT IS NOT A POSITIVE THING. IT'S NOT BETTER FOR CITY EITHER. RIGHT. WE WE COLLECT SOME MARGINAL YOU KNOW, TAX REVENUE THAT BUT YOU KNOW IT'D BE BETTER IF WE WERE SEEING VIBRANT COMMUNITY BUILT WITHIN THAT SPACE SO I REALLY DO UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THAT IS THERE IS THERE MAYBE THIS IS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT KIND OF MORE MACRO LEVEL THING BUT YOU KNOW HAVING HAVING HAVING US HAVE OPTIONS FOR EITHER YOU KNOW THAT INDIVIDUAL THEIR THEIR INTEREST IN A K-12 SCHOOL YOU KNOW TO FIND THEM SOMEPLACE WHERE THAT WOULD WORK OR YOU KNOW ALTERNATIVELY TO HELP THEM MARKET THE WHAT THEY DO HAVE UNDER ALL THE PERMITTED ES EXIST UNDER CONDITIONAL USE. YOU KNOW, I JUST YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE KINDS THINGS I THINK WE CAN DO AND AND I DO RESPECT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE SOMEONE HERE TELL US THAT IT'S KIND OF HARD TO BE A DEVELOPER IN BLOOMINGTON. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD THAT. SO YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY THERE AND I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE EXPANDED OUR AUTHORITY IS TO ENABLE THOSE KINDS OF ACTIVITIES. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE OUTREACH FROM STAFF TO THIS INDIVIDUAL ON THAT COUNT TO SEE IF WE BE MORE INNOVATIVE AND PROACTIVE. THANKS. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY, COUNSEL, IF THERE IS NOT ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THI. I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON ITEM 4.3 REGARDING THE PRIVATELY INITIATED CITY CODE TEXT AMENDMENT . ANYONE INTERESTED IN MAKING A MOTION ON THIS? I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER DELL'S ON THIS I GUESS I'M NOT HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE FACT THAT THAT'S NOT ALWAYS A GREAT THING TO DENY SOMEBODY SOMETHING. OKAY SO THE PLANNING COMMITTEE MOON TO CONTINUE CONSIDERION OF CASE P.L. 2023 DASH 47 TO THE JUNE 26TH 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE RESOLUTION DENIAL FOR THE PROPOSED CITY CODE TEXT AMENDMENT WE HAVE A MOTION DO WE HAVE SECOND SECOND COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SECONDS WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER DALE SANDRO SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER CARTER REGARDING ITEM 4.3 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I ALL THOSE OPPOSED I KNOW OKAY IF THE MOTION PASSES FOR TWO TO UH NEXT UP WE HAVE A ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ITEM 4.4 REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 17 APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE TO RIGHT OF WAY FEES. WE HAVE I BELIEVE KILLS THE PRESENTER ON THIS ONE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR OR SOMEBODY ELSE SO YEAH I'M SORRY YOU CAN'T ME DOESN'T GO INTO ITS ALL GOOD DIRECTOR WHENEVER YOU'RE READY AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT DOZING HE IN COUNCI AGAIN APOLOGIZE FOR FOR BEING SLOW UPTAKE THERE BUT THIS ITEM HAS TO DO WITH THE OF FEES ASSOCIATED WITH PERMITS FOR PRIMARILY UTILITY COMPANIES TO DO BUSINESS WITHIN OUR RIGHT OF WAY AND WE ARE GATHERING SOME MORE INFORMATION WHAT THE POSSIBLE IMPACTS OF THOSE CHANGES WOULD BE AND SO WE'RE YOU TONIGHT BECAUSE IT WAS A NOTICE FOR TONIGHT TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING BUT TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION TO THE 10TH MEETING IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM OKAY SO SEEING NONE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW REGARDING ITEM 4.4 REGARDING RIGHT OF WAY FEES, IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE CHAMBER THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS NOTICE ITEM OKAY SEEING NONE I DON'T KNOW WHY I WAS SURPRISED BY THAT. OKAY SEEING NONE IS THERE ANYBODY ON THE PHONE MR. MILLER MAYOR NOBODY ON THE PHONE FOR THIS ITEM. OKAY. SEEING NOBODY IN THE CHAMBER TO SPEAK TO THIS AND NOBODY ON THE PHONE LET'S SEE IF I GET THE MOTION CORRECT FOR THIS. SO MOTION TO CONTINUE 4.4 UNTIL THE JULY 10TH, 2023 COUNCIL MEETING SO RENT FROM OKAY DO I HEAR A MOTION TO OPEN AND HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL THE JULY 10TH, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 17 AND APPENDIX A ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF AND FEE SCHEDULE OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO RIGHT OF WAY DEFINITION AND FEES SECOND OKAY I GUESS WE HAVE A MOTION IN THIS ACTION. OKAY I'M GOING TO ASK IF YOU NEED US TO SAY MOVE I'M BREAKING SO MANY PRECEDENT. WELL, THE AMERICAN MOVEMENT EFFORT I MADE IT ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A SURPRISINGLY BY ME AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONTINUING THIS SIGNIFY BY SAYING I ASK ALL THOSE OPPOSED AND THAT PASSES 5 TO 0. OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING ON WE WILL GET INTO ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS SO OUR FIRST ITEM OF ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS REGARDS POTENTIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE 2023 PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN AND TO PRESENT AS MR. NICK JOHNSON THANK YOU ACTING MAYOR MARTIN AND MEMBERS GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL I HAVE SIX SLIDES AND THAT INCLUDES THE MOTION SO I'LL BE BRIEF HERE. OOPS SO THANK YOU. AS YOU ALL KNOW THE PLANNING COMMISSION THE ADVISORY BODY IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO LAND USE ADOPTS A WORK PLAN EVERY YEAR AND IT BASICALLY SETS THE AGENDA FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR ALL PARTICULARLY THE LONG RANGE PLANNING PROJECTS THE MORE LEGISLATIVE KIND OF ROLES AND DUTIES AREA PLANS, COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING, THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT THEY TACKLE AND BY EXTENSION THE PLANNING DIVISION STAFF MOST NOTABLY THE LONG RANGE PLANNING STAFF FOCUS ON DURING COURSE OF OUR YEAR AND SO THE 2023 WORK PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN JANUARY BY THE CITY COUNCIL BEING REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND AS YOU ALL KNOW AT OUR LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MAY 22ND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION OF THE SINGLE AND TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING ORDINANCE AND AS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION SOME THEMES EMERGED FROM SOME OF THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY AS WELL AS COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND PRESTATIONS FROM STAFF AND ULTIMATELY WHERE THERE WAS CONSENSUS FROM THE COUNCIL WAS TO STUDY ADDING THREE PROJECTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN AND THOSE THREE PROJECTS WERE THE LAST ONE ZONING DISTRICT AMENDMENTS THE LAST ONE ZONING DISTRICT REZONING AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREAS ALL DESCRIBE THOSE BRIEFLY ON THE NEXT SLIDE BUT JUST FOR TO TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT THE ASK IS TONIGHT IT'S JUST TO CLARIFY THAT YES WE DO WANT TO PROCEED WITH THESE PROJECTS AND ADD THEM TO A PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PN AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY WHAT IS THE DESIRED TIMELINE AND PRIORITY OF THREE PROJECTS MORE SPECIFICALLY TACKLING THEM THIS YEAR ADDING THEM TO THE WORK PLAN OF 2023 OR ADDING THEM TO NEXT YEAR'S WORK PLAN . SO AGAIN INTO THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES WITHIN THE COVER SHEET OR THE STAFF MEMO ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ITEM, WE DID PROVIDE TIME ESTIMATES AS WELL FROM LIKE A STAFF CAPACITY HOURS STANDPOINT AS WELL AS A DURATION STANDPOINT. WHAT I'LL MAKE WHAT I'LL NOTE ABOUT THAT IS WT I NOTED IN JANUARY THAT'S DEFINITELY MORE OF AN ART THAN A SCIENCE . ALL THESE PROJECTS MOST NOTABLY RECENTLY SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DON'T NECESSARILY FOLLOW PRECISELY TO THE MONTH OR TWO THE HOURLY ESTIMATE OF WHAT WE ANTICIPATE JUST FROM A STAFF CAPACITY STANDPOINT. BUT THAT BEING SAID IT'S THE BEST METHOD WE HAVE OF TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE CAPACITY TO TACKLE ALL THE YEAR'S WORK. SO JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT THERE IN TERMS OF THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES SO TWO OF THEM MIGHT BE MORE THEY CAN BE TACKLED ALL INDEPENDENTLY OF ONE ANOTHER THEORETICALLY BUT STAFF DOES TWO OF THEM BEING MORE INTRINSICALLY LINKED THAN THAN THE THIRD PROJECT AND OF COURSE THAT WOULD BE THE HOURS ONE ZONING DISTRICT AMENDMENTS THE ARTIST ONE REZONINGS I DO WANT TO MAKE A POINT ON THE RS ONE REZONINGS IS THAT WE VIEW THAT MORE AS PROACTIVE REZONING ON THE PART OF THE CITY AS OPPOSED TO A PROPERTY OWNER INITIATED APPLICATION WHICH THE CITY WOULD LAWFULLY HAVE TO RESPOND TO THAT WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD. SO ARE TWO SEPARATE TYPES OF APPLICATIONS. SO THERE'S THE FIRST ONE DISTRICT AMENDMENTS, THE FIRST ONE REZONINGS AND THENHE THIRD AND FINALNE WOULD BE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS REVIEW AND POTENTIAL CODE AMENDMENTS . I SHOULD NOTE THAT WITH ALL THREE OF THESE THE INTENTION TONIGHT NOT TO REALLY DOVE INTO THE DETAILS OF WHAT IS INVOLVED IN THOSE PROJECTS WE WOULD DO THAT LIKELY IN A SUBSEQUENT STUDY SESSION FORMAT WHERE WE COULD TAKE MORE TIME, GET REALLY INTO THE NITTY GRITTY DETAILS OF WHAT THE CITY SHOULD BE ACTIVELY PURSUING WITH THOSE THINGS A POINT ABOUT THE TIMING. SO IN TERMS OF THE DECISION POINT TONIGHT WHETHER TO ADD THEM TO 2023 WORKPLAN OR 2024 SHOULD YOU WANT TO PURSUE THESE IF THE RS1 ONE REZONINGS ARE LINKED OR KIND OF BASED ON SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT THE CITY PUTS FORTH TO THAT AND YOU KNOW WHAT COULD THOSE BE? IT COULD BE CHANGES TO THE INTENT STATEMENTS OF DEFINING WHAT THE DISTRICT IS INTENDED TO DO, KIND OF BROADENING OR SHARPENING THAT IT COULD BE MINIMUM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS SUCH AS LOT SIZE LOT WITH THOSE OTHER KIND OF ELEMENTS WE TRADITIONALLY SEE WITHIN OUR DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS . AND SO IF THE DESIRE TO PURSUE PROACTIVE REZONING ON THE PART OF THE CITY INITIATING THAT ACTION DIRECTLY TIED TO THAT WHATEVER AMENDMENTS YOU WANT TO MAKE TO THAT UNDERLYING DISTRICT, IT'S LIKELY THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME KIND OF SEQUENCE THAT WOULD OCCUR BETWEEN THAT YOU'D LIKELY WANT TO ADOPT WHATEVER AMENDMENTS WANT TO MAKE TO THAT DISTRICT BEFORE PURSUING THE PROACTIVE REZONING ACTION SO THAT DOES PRESENT A LITTLE BIT OF A TIMELINE COMPONENT THAT YOU KNOW BY VIRTUE OF THAT IF YOU CONCUR WITH THAT SEQUENCING CONCEPT, E REZONING ACTIONS LIKELY WOULD GET PUSHED OUT UNTIL AFTER THOSE AMENDMENTS. SO THINKING ABOUT THE TIMELINES OF THOSE THINGS SO THAT MIGHT BIAS MORE STAFF CAPACITY. IT MIGHT YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT ASPECT TO IT BUT SOMETHING TO CONSIDER THERE THE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS REVIEW ANALYSIS REALLY INDEPENDENT OF THOSE OTHER TWO PROJECTS THOSE NO SEQUENCING COMPONENT NECESSARY TO THAT SENSE A LOT OF THOSE STANDARDS APPLICABLE ACROSS ALL OF OUR RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS. SO WITH THAT SHOULD THE NEW PROJECTS SHOULD THERE BE A DESIRE ON THE PART OF THE COUNCIL TO PURSUE THESE PROJECTS IN 2023? WHAT STAFF WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT THERE BE SOME TYPE OF EQUIVALENT BALANCING TO CONSIDER EITHER POSTPONING OR PAUSING PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ADOPTED ON THE 2023 WORK PLAN. AND SO WE'RE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THESE TWO TERMS EITHER SHIFTED OR PAUSED SHIFTED WHAT THAT REALLY IS REFERRING TO IS PROJECTS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN INITIATED. SO THERE'S SOME PROJECTS TT RE PLANNED FOR T SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR YOU KNOW, STAFF HAS DONE VERY EARLY PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS THESE TOPICS BUT HAVE NOT FORMALLY STARTED THE PROCESS OF A LONG RANGE PLANNING PROJECT ON THESE FOUR ITEMS WITH RESPECT TO THE TERM PAUSE PAUSE MEANS IS THAT WE COULD THERE ARE PROJECTS ARE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS AND IN SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS THERE SOME WAYS TO REACH NATURAL BREAK POINTS WHERE YOU HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE CAPTURING THE VALUE FROM ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE THUS FAR BUT CAN CONTINUE TO PURSUE THOSE PROJECTS AT A LATER DATE OR SHIFT THE PROJECT SCHEDULE. SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE MAIN OPTIONS STAFF WOULD CERTAINLY RECOMMEND IF THERE IS AN EQUIVALENT BALANCING IN TERMS IF 2023 IS THE YEAR THAT YOU WANT TO TACKLE THESE NEW PROJECTS, WE WOULD FIRST SUGGEST LOOKING AT PROJECTS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN INITIATED OPPOSED TO PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PROGRESS BUT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO CONSTRAIN WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE FOR THE COUNCIL SO THERE CERTAINLY IS SOME KIND OF MATH EXERCISE AS THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS. I BROUGHT A CALCULATOR BACK THERE IF WE NEED IT BUT THE THEORY THIS SLIDE HERE IS JUST THAT WHEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT PROJECTS YOU WANT TO PRIORITIZE AND WHEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT OTHER SHOULD POTENTIALLY BE SHIFTED PROJECTS IN THIS CASE THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN INITIATED BUT WHAT POTENTIAL PROJECTS SHOULD BE SHIFTED TO 24 SHOULD THE COUNCIL WANT TO MAKE THAT DECISION? SO THAT'S KIND OF THE THE EXTENT OF IT. I DO HAVE SOME PROPOSED MOTION LANGUAGE IF YOU WANT TO IF THERE'S ANY YOU KNOW I CAN MAKE ARGUMENTS MERITS FOR ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER TO ACTUALLY WHY THEY'RE NEEDED NOW OR WHY THEY COULD BE DELAYED BUT THERE'S ANY DESIRE ON ANY UNCILMEMBER FROM A QUESTION STANOINT KIND OF LEARN MORE ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS. I CAN KIND BRING FOLKS BACK UP TO SPEED FROM OUR DISCUSSION IN JANUARY SO HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND BE HELPFUL IN FACILITATING WHERE I CAN. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU MR. JOHNSON AND THANK YOU AND STAFF THIS IS ONE OF THE QUICKER TURNAROUNDS I'VE EVER SEEN FROM A COUNCIL CONVERSATION ABOUT REPRIORITIZE HOUSING TO SAYING OKAY NUTS AND BOLTS, WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO? SO APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCIL QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR THIS GREAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PULLING IT TOGETHER. I KNOW I NOTICED THAT SOME OF THE KIND OF THE WELL MAYBE YOU'LL GET TO THIS I SHOULD ASK THE QUESTION YOUR PROPOSAL IS INCLUDING THE NON INITIATED PROJECTS ARE THERE CANDIDATES IN OUR ESTIMATES LEFT ON SOME OF T IN-PROGRE STUFF THAT YOU CAN ALSO GIVE US IF WE HAD THOSE QUESTIONS. YEAH. ACTING MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I HAVE AN EXTRA SLIDE SHOWING KIND OF WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE AS THEY CURRENTLY SIT. I DON'T HAVE REALLY SHARP OUR ESTIMATE OF KIND OF WHAT IS REMAINING GETTING BACK TO MY STATEMENT ABOUT THE ART VERSUS THE SCIENCE. YEAH BUT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PROCESS YOU KNOW AND I CAN DESCRIBE GENERICALLY WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE BEGINNING THE MIDDLE OR THE END I CERTAINLY CAN DESCRIBE THEM IN THAT WAY BUT IT'D BE THE SIGN ORDINANCE UPDATE IT'S THE ZONING CODE REORGANIZATION PROJECTHICH OF COURSE I A MORE STRUCTUL SHIFT TO THE THE CODE THAT WE'VE BEEN MEANING TO DO FOR A FEW YEARS THE MISSING METAL STANDARDS THAT'S CURRENTLY IN KIND OF THE PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS PHASE BUT ALSO STARTING TO GROW SOME ENGAGEMENT . WE'RE STARTING TO PULL TOGETHER SOME INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS THAT LOOK AT DOING A FOCUS AND SOME OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT AND THEN THE LYNDALE RETROFIT REZONING OF THE FOUR OF THESE I WOULD SAY THE LYNDALE RETROFIT REZONINGS THE FURTHEST ALONG IN TERMS OF THAT WE'VE ALREADY HELD OPEN HOUSES AND THAT WE HAVE STUDY SESSIONS PLANNED FOR PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL UPCOMINGOT TOOAR AWAY YET. SURE. SO OF THOSE FOUR THAT'S KIND OF THE SEQUENCE OF THINGS. OKAY, THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL. I MY PERSONAL OPINION RIGHT NOW JUST BECAUSE I KNOW MAYBE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS KIND OF LIKE ON THEIR LIST I WOULD BE GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE THE POTENTIAL TO WIN THE EXPO IS GOING TO CHANGE OUR SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT PLAN STUFF I WOULD BE FINE STRIKING THAT FOR NOW AND LETTING THAT RECONSTITUTE ITSELF ON THE HEELS OF OF WHATEVER IS THERE I MEAN I KNOW THAT THERE'S EXPO ONGOING SUPPORT IN HERE AS WELL SO TO ME IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE FOR US TO TO CONSIDER THAT ONE THAT'S 345 HOURS ALREADY AND THEN TO ME THE SRO IS ANOTHER ONE THAT COULD BE COULD BE DELAYED UNTIL 2024. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE OF TWO THINGS ONE IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LEAST DESIRABLE OF THE CHOICES WE HAVE FOR ALTHOUGH IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR BEST CHOICES FOR DEEPLY AFFORDABLE IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE LEAST DESIRABLE IN THE SENSE OF WHAT WE COULD DO AND WE HAVE THE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING THING IN PROCESS AS WELL WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT AFFECT THAT. SO GIVEN GIVEN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES I GET TO 540 HOURS WHICH MEANS I'MCTUALLY THEM SOME TIME BACK IN MY PLAN SO YOU KNOW USE THAT WISELY BUT THAT WOULD BE MY WOULD BE MY PROPOSAL. I DON'T KNOW IF HAVE THAT THOUGHT BUT I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF REALLY PULLING TOGETHER SOME STUFF WE CAN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MAKE DECISIONS ON QUICKLY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WILL GO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THAN COUNCILMEMBER WONG? THANK YOU, ACTING MAYOR SO I JUST HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION. THE SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT PLAN WHEN WE MADE THE SWITCH BETWEEN H ANDHE PORTHERE S CONVERSATION AMONG THE PORT AUTHORITY TO DO A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN AND TO DO AN ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGIC PLAN . IS THAT THE SAME THING OR IS THAT SOMETHING DIFFERENT? YEAH. ACTING MAYOR COMES FROM DECATUR THAT'S NOT THE SAME THING. SO THE SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT PLAN IS ONE OF OUR FIVE OR SIX DISTRICT AND OR AREA PLANS SIMILAR TO LIKE THE PAN AMERICAN DISTRICT PLAN THAT'S KIND OF THE ONE THAT'S CURRENTLY THE MOST OUTDATED IT WAS ADOPTED IN 2012. SO BY COMPARISON TO SOME OF OUR OTHER DISTRICT AND AREA PLANS MAKING USE OF REFRESHING AND THEN YOU DO THE EXPO X FACTOR YEP A SYSTEM THAT THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT SO WITH THAT SAID I WOULD AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THEY FEEL LIKE THAT COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE PRIORITY LIST AND I THINK IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO DO KIND OF MORE OF THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING FIRST AND THEN DO THE PLANS THAT SHOULD FALL WITHIN STRATEGIC PLAN AND SO COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. I'M ALSO WITH THE SRO IS BEING PUSHED OFF AND I LIKE THAT YOU'RE GIVING THEM TIME BACK. IT'S RLLY GRACIOUSHAT YOU GOT SOME OVER LUNCH. THANK YOU YOU KNOW I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT PLAN. NOW THE SRO PIECE THE ONLY REASON WHY I HESITATE WITH THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE WITH THE SHORT TERM RENTALS AND THAT TYPE OF THING AND THE SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY IS THERE'S EXPERTIZE THAT'S ON THIS CURRENT COUNCIL WE CAN'T BE GUARANTEED NEXT YEAR THAT ANY OF THOSE FOLKS WILL RETURN. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M A LITTLE BIT MORE NERVOUS WITH AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANOTHER PIECE WE COULD PULL OR ALTERNATIVELY YOU KNOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS YOU KNOW IF IT'S 6 TO 9 MONTHS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE GET THAT DONE IN THIS YEAR. COULD WE HOLD THAT OVER AND PUT THAT YOU KNOW, TO GET THAT DONE IN 2024 IF THAT YOU KNOW SO THAT'S JUST THAT'S JUST ONE COUNCILMEMBERS PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES SOME SENSE OR MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE COULD COULD LOOK TO TO PUSH DOWN THE ROAD AND JUST A QUICK QUESTION TO THAT POINT. SO FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS, WOULD THAT NEED TO BE DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND IF SO, WOULD THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY ADD THAT THIS YEAR OR WOULD IT NEED TO BE PUSHED OFF TO 2024? I MEAN I WOULD ASSUME THAT WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE IT BE DONE . PARTNERSHIP YEAH. I REMEMBER MARTIN COUNCILMEMBER CARTER YES. WHAT PLANNING STAFF HAD ENVISIONED WITH A LITTLE BIT OF THAT LONGER TIMELINE ASSOCIATED WITH IT AS OPPOSED TO THE AMENDMENTS TO THE LAST ONE. IT'S JUST THERE'S JUST MORE TO IT. THERE'S MORE AREAS THAT IT COULD GO. BUT WE ALSO DID FIGURE BUDGETING AND NOT SUSTAINABILITY STAFF TIME WHICH IS PROBABLY WHAT THEIR WORK PLAN IS MOST INTRINSICALLY TIED TO PLANNING STAFF IS GOING TO DO THE LIFT WE DEFINITELY DO NEED TO PRESENT TO SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER SO THAT'S BUILT INTO THAT TIME PROCESS FOR THEM IT MIGHT BE JUST LIKE ONE OR TWO PRESENTATIONS WITH FEEDBACK THAT'S MY GUESS. OKAY THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. YEP. THAT'S COUNCILMEMB YEAH I WOULD AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN HERE. I THINK THE SINGLE RELIABILITY STANDARD IF WE'RE LOOKING TO DIVERSIFY OUR HOUSING OPTIONS WE'VE GOT TO DO THAT. I THINK OUR ONE OF THE LAST ONE IS A BIG CHUNK BUT THAT'S NOT THE THING. RIGHT? SO SINGLE FAMILY OCCUPANCY, THE SHORT TERM RENTALS, THOSE ARE ALL PARTS AND PIECES OF THIS AND I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO TO CONSIDER THOSE THIS YEAR AND THEN MAYBE IF WE CAN DELAY THE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS TO ACCOMMODATE THAT IN ADDITION TO PAUSING THE SOUTH DISTRICT IS WHERE I WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THANK YOU. OCKERSHAUSEN I MADE THE ORIGINAL QUESTION I CAN PROPOSE AN ALTERNATIVE IF I CAN. THE REASON I'M HESITANT TO MAKE THE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS DELAYED IS BECAUSE ONE OF THE MAJOR FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH RC ONE IS ITS ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND I DON'T THINK UNDERSTAND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEM SOMEWHAT SEPARATELY BUT I THINK UNLESS COULD GUARANTEE THAT WE WERE GOING TO POTENTIALLY LOOK AT LIFTING OR INCREASING THE ENVIRONMENTAL THRESHOLDS IN THAT RS ONE DISTRICT WHICH I DON'T THINK WE'RE SAYING HERE THEN I WOULDN'T COMFORTABLE WITH THAT BUT I THINK WE CAN GET TO 465 HOURS WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO 480 IF WE IF IF WE GOT RID OF THE PICKUP WINDOWARKING STANDARD STUFF AND SO I'D BE OPEN TO REMOVING FROM THIS YEAR'S WORK PLAN THE WINDOW PARKING STANDARDS IN THE SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT PLAN UPDATE AND GETTING TO 465 HOURS WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY CLOSE. I'M HOPING THAT THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE AND MAYBE THAT WOULD WORK BETTER FOR EVERYBODY WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING WE CAN ALL AGREE ON AND DOES THAT PUT YOU I MEAN CAN YOU FIND THOSE 15 HOURS OVER THE COURSE OF THE SIX MONTHS ACTING MAYOR COUNCILMAN NO SIR. I'M NOT CONCERNED. 15 HOURS. OKAY GREAT. ALTHOUGH WHEN YOU SAID YOU'RE GIVING ME TIME BACK WAS WORRIED THAT I'M SORRY. I KNOW I'M SORRY I WAS GIVING HER THE LAST FEW I WAS GETTING 60 BACK AND NOW I'M ASKING YOU FOR 15. IT'S NOT FAIR. IT'S NOT FAIR. I GET PAID THE SAME. OKAY, SO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, JUST TO MAKE SURE I'V GOT YOUR PROPOL RIGH IN MY HEAD SOHE SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT PLAN AND THE PICKUP WINDOW WOULD BE THE TWO THAT WE ARE PUSHING? YES. YES SIR. IF WE COULD IF WE COULD DELAY THOSE TO 2024, I THINK WE COULD FIT THESE IN , GIVE OR TAKE 15 HOURS IS WHAT I'M PROPOSING ALL THREE OF THEM. OKAY. AND THEN JUST MY BRIEF FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THAT TO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO POINT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMING A LOT OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON WITH OUR S-1 AND CONSIDERING GOT POTENTIALLY UP TO A NINE MONTH TIMELINE I GUESS DOES THAT CHANGE THE OF ARE WE KICKING OFF THE ENVIRONMENTAL FIRST AND GETTING A RUNNING START AND THEN USI THAT TO INFORM OURS ONE THREE MONTHS FROM NOW WHAT IS THE ACTING MAYOR? THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION. WE COULD TRY AND TIME OUR INITIAL STUDY SESSION TO KIND OF TACKLE ALL OF THOSE THINGS TOGETHER SO THAT WE'RE HAVING A FULL CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WHAT THE INTERPLAY IS BUT KIND BUILDING OFF A COMMENT I MADE IN THE SINGLE TO FAMILY IF WE THAT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS RIGHT NOW ARE INSUFFICIENT GIVEN JUST THE LANDSCAPE AND ANY NUMBER OF WAYS STAFF WOULD STILL URGE THAT WE NOT ADOPT DISTRICT SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS. WE SHOULD HAVE STANDARDS THAT AR APPLICABL TO ALL OF OUR LOW DENTY DISTRICTS ACROSS THE BOARD. I MEAN THIS IS MORE STAFF BUT IT'S ALSO A DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PROBLEM IF YOU JUST LAYER MORE COMPLEXITY IN THE REGULATIONS IT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT UNRULY TOO. SO I RECOGNIZE THE TIMELINE ISN'T THE SAME BUT STAFF WOULD STILL URGE COUNCIL TO ADOPT THOSE STANDARDS WHATEVER YOU MAKE TO HAVE THEM BE APPLICABLE NOT TO JUST SPECIFIC LOCATIONS OR AREAS OF THE CITY BUT ACROSS THE BOARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ONEAH COUNCILMEMBER LONG I CAN FULLY SUPPORT WHAT CUSTOMER DALLESSANDRO IS PUTTING FORWARD SO I KNOW IF SHE TO MAKE THE MOTION OR NOT BUT YEAH LET'S DO IT. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON DID YOU HAVE ANY IF NOBODY ELSE HAS ANY OTHER IDEAS TO TOSS IN THE FIGHT I KNEW IT WOULD BE ONE COUNCILMEMBER NELSON BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEAS. I HAVE I HAVE A QUESTION THE THE PICK UP WINDOW ONE THAT WON'T IMPACT YOUR APPLE IS CORRECT. WE APPROVE THAT THIS WAS BASED ON AN IDEA THAT THEY HAD THAT WE THOUGHT MIGHT BE APPLICABLE TO OTHER PLACE SO THAT DOESN'T HOLD THEM UP IN ANY WAY. CORRECT ACTING MARTIN COMES FROM NELSON NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE NO. IT WAS A PLANNING COMMISSION SUGGESTED JUST WITH THE PROPENSITY OF THAT USE OUT FROM THE PANDEMIC THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WISE TO ADOPT SOME STANDARDS JUST WITH THE PREVALENCE OF THAT KIND OF BUSINESS MODEL GOING FORWARD. SO NOW THEIR APPROVALS ARE SET TO A THAT'S I'LL MAKE SURE JUST MY INPUT IS MY IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS ARE THE TOP PRIORITY. YOU KNOW THAT WASNE OF TH IMPETUSES FOR THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION AND. I COMPLETELY AND WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE THAT THEY SHOULD APPLY TO ALL SINGLE FAMILY TO FAMILY DWELLINGS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY IN THE SAME WAY SIMILAR TO LIKE HOW WE STORMWATER AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I JUST DON'T SEE A PATHWAY TO DELINEATE THAT IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE COULD BLOW PROTECTION WHERE YOU CAN MAKE A DEFINITION AND SAY THIS GOES HERE. I JUST I DON'T I DON'T SEE THE WAY TO DO THAT WITH THAT IN YOU KNOW, HAVING HAD THE FORESTER OUT TO MY HOUSE RECENTLY TERMS OF TREES AND THINGS LIKE THAT IT'S IT'S ISSUE THAT I THINK IS GOING TO IMPACT A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH WHAT THEY NEED TO MAINTAIN ON SITE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IN MY MIND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PART IS CANDIDLY THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT STEP COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO WON'T TAKE AWAY. THANK THANK YOU. AND YOU, COUNCILMAN NELSON FOR THAT. I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT THING AND IF WE CAN GET IN FRONT OF IT BEFORE WHATEVER IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE CHANGES MADE TO ZONING, WE WOULD HAVE A BETTER CHANCE FOR MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS DON WITH THOSE SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS IN MIND. SO IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE WITH THAT IF EVERYBODY'S OKAY I'LL MAKE MOTION. OKAY GREAT. HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION TO ADD THE LET'S SEE HERE OUR S-1 ZONING DISTRICT CODE AMENDMENTS ARE AS ONE ZONING DISTRICT REZONING AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS REVIEW CODE AMENDMENTS PROJECTS TO THE 2023 PLANNING CMISSION WORK PLAN AND DEFER THE PICKUP WINDOW SLASH PARKING STANDARDS AND SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT PLAN UPDATE PROJECTS TO THE 2024 PARKSRE SORRY PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN SECOND ALL RIGHT WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN FOR THE MOTION AS STATED IS THERE LAST DISCUSSION NOW? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY SAYING ALL RIGHT, ALL THOSE OPPOSED AND THAT CARRIES 6 TO 0 EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT ACTING. MAYOR MARTIN, IF I MAY QUICKLY SOMETHING I FORGOT TO MENTION IS WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL POST THE REVISED PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE AS AMENDED ON THIS DATE. SO JUST FOR FOLKS FOLLOWING ALONG OR WANT KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE WORK PLAN WE WILL POST A REVISED VERSION BASED ON THESE CHANGES AND THANK YOU STAFF AGAIN FOR THE THESE ARE NOT SMALL CHANGES AND IT'S APPRECIATED. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 5.2, WE HAVE OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE. I'LL KICK IT OFF WITH A SUMMARY. WE HAD A SHORT LISTENING SESSION UP IN THE ROOM UPSTAIRS. WE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM SCHMITT MUSIC STOP BY AND SHARE SOM REALLY NEAT NEWS AUT AN EVENT THE HAVE COMING UP. LET ME DOUBLE CHECK THE DATE JUNE 21ST FROM 10 A.M. TO 8 P.M. OVER AT THEIR LOCATION ON HARMONY DRIVE TO IN CELEBRATION OF MAKE MUSIC DAY WHICH IS RECOGNIZED IN THOUSANDS THOUSANDS OF CITIES INTERNATIONALLY AND THEY'RE INVITING FOLKS TO COME DOWN TO SEE THE NEW FACILITY TO HEAR PERFORMANCES THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND JUST CELEBRATE MUSIC IN A IN A GLOBAL WAY. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT OR WANT TO CHECK OUT MORE INFORMATION AT SCHMITT MUSIC UPCOMING SLASH EVENTS AND THEY'VE GOT A FULL THERE AS WELL. COUNCIL ANY ITEMS FOR UPDATES. COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN SO I DID WANT TO BRING BACK THAT 102ND STREET AREA THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TODAY. I WANTED TO SEE IF COUNCIL HAD ANY INTEREST IN THAT. OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD BE A PLANNING THING SO IT WOULDN'T BE FOR THIS YEAR IF SOMETHING WE'D LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE. BUT I WANTED TO TEE THAT UP. I KNOW THERE'S SOME INTEREST AMONG OUR RESIDENTS IN THE AREA AND I DO THINK THAT'S AN AREA OF CONCERN. I KNOW IN THE IN THE FIRST DISTRICT OF SO I WANTED TO RAISE THAT TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY INTEREST FROM COUNCIL FOR LOOKING AT THAT. STAFF HAS BROUGHT FORWARD A NUMBER OF IN THE PAST AND I THINK IT'S NOW TIME FOR US TO MAYBE HAVE A MORE SERIOUS AT THAT NOW THAT WE'RE STARTING TO DO SOME WORK ON THAT WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY INTEREST OUT THERE? COUNCILMEMBER SANDRA GROSSMAN YEAH I ACTUALLY I THINK I THINK I DON'T KNOW IF IF IT FALLS IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU'RE THINKING OF COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN BUT I KNOW THAT WE ARE WE WHAT? SO WE HAVE THE STUFF THAT WE'VE APPROVED. WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM IN GENERAL AND WE'VE SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT SCHOOL ZONING AND 102ND STREET I THINK IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT. SO I DIDN'T IS THERE SOMETHING AND ABOVE THAT THAT'S ACTIVE THAT NEEDS TO BE ACTIVATED? IF SO, I'D LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT IT. YEAH. YEAH. AND I DON'T I DON'T HAVE THOSE PLANS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE SO I ASK IF YOU DON'T MIND THERE THE STAFF TO COME FORWARD AND AND TALK ABOUT HOW THOSE THOSE ME DIFFERE PLANS AND I KNOW SOME OF THOSE THINGS HAVE NOW BEEN INTEGRATED TO SOME OF IT BUT THERE'S STILL, YOU KNOW, A LARGER PIECE THAT'S OUT THERE. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR GIL MAYOR AND COUNCIL I THINK IF THE COUNCIL WAS INTERESTED IN KIND OF RE-ENERGIZING POTENTIAL ON 102ND STREET, I THINK IF THERE'S INTEREST IN THE COUNCIL WE WOULD PLAN ON COMING BACK TO YOU AS A DISCUSSION ITEM PROBABLY MID TO LATTER PART OF SUMMER WHERE WE WOULD KIND OF SUMMARIZE ALL KIND OF MOVING PIECES AND SET THE TABLE AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE IF COUNCIL MIGHT LIKE TO SEE THAT GOAL THAT WOULD INCLUDE KIN OF A SUMMARY OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC THINGS WITH THE SCHOOL ZONES AS WELL AS KIND OF A HISTORY OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND WHAT THE KIND OF THE RANGE OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE DISCUSSED WERE IN WHAT WERE SOME OF THE PROS AND CONS OF EACH OF THOSE? YEAH, I THINK PERSONALLY I WOULD FIND THAT INTERESTING EVEN JUST TO USE AS A STUDY FOR HOW DO ALL THESE DIFFERENT PLANS AND INITIATIVES WE HAVE COMING UP HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT A PROJECT LIKE 102ND STREET? I THINK THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE CONCEPTUALIZE WE'RE DOING CITYWIDE PRETTY WELL SO I'D BE INTERESTED. ANY ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? OKAY. EXCELLENT. WELL, YEAH, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION SO WE'LL WE'LL WORK WITH OUR SCHEDULE TO SEE WHERE IT MIGHT FIT INTO A FUTURE COUNCIL AGENDA AND I'LL TALK TO OUR TRAFFIC STAFF TO SEE HOW LONG IT MIGHT TAKE THEM TO PUT THAT TOGETHER. OKAY. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE ANY OTHER ITEMS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO JUST THINK GEE, THIS THING TOTAL DON'T DO IT AGAIN. WELL IT'S NOT MY MICROPHONE. NORMALLY IT'S YOURS. PATRICK, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DID. I JUST ARGUE WHAT'S MINE OVER HERE IS LIKE GOLD. JUST TEASING YOU. OH, YOU ACTING MAYOR. APPRECIATE THAT. WE CAN ALL HAVE SOME LEVITY AT THE END OF THE DAY, I HAD TWO ITEMS. ONE, I JUST WANT TO AGAIN THE STAFF ON THIS TURNAROUND AROUND PLANNING AND AND TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE US BRING BACK OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS A QUARTERLY BASIS FOR THIS KIND OF REVIEW. AND I SAY THAT NOT BECAUSE DON'T APPRECIATE THAT YOU KNOW IT TAKES NINE MILES OF OPEN OCEAN TO TURN OUR BATTLESP GHT. I GET THAT. BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE'RE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE BEING MORE PROACTIVE AND BEING MORE FLEXIBLE IS TO OUR BENEFIT, BEING ABLE TO PIVOT MORE QUICKLY TO MAKE THESE KINDS OF CHANGES IS A NET TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'D EVEN IF IT WAS JUST A I'M GOING TO GET NERDY AND CORPORATE A SECOND BUT EVEN IF IT WAS JUST A SCORECARD THAT SAID BY INITIATIVE GREEN YELLOW RED RIGHT STATUS WHAT'S NEXT THAT KIND OF THING ON THESE WOULD BE IN THE SAME ORDER BECAUSE LIKE I LOOK AT PARKS MASTERPLAN OR THE PARKS COMMISSION REPORT AND IT'S IN THIS GRID AND IT LOOKS REALLY GREAT AND EVERYTHING AND THEN I GET YOU KNOW WE SEE THE PLANNING COMMIION ONE IN IT'SN THIS THING WIT ESTITES OF HOS AND LOTS OF TEXTND THEN YOU KW WE GET A DIFFERENT VIEW FROM SUSTAINABILITY AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF IF WE COULD GET STANDARDIZED YOU KNOW, DASHBOARD OR THAT WOULD GIVE US A RED YELLOW GREEN KIND OF STATUS ON ALL WORK PLAN ITEMS WHAT THE STATUS IS AND AND IF THEY IF THEY'RE OPEN QUESTIONS THAT WOULD JUST BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR US AS AN EXECUTIVE LIKE THINK OF IT AS LIKE A QPR QUARTERLY BUSINESS REVIEW. I PUT THAT OUT THERE I DON'T MEAN TO ADD BURDEN I THINK IT WILL HELP US IT IT'LL BE WORSE TO NOT HAVE THAT OR TO HAVE A SECOND GUESSING STAFF AND COMMISSIONS. SO MORE PROACTIVE TO US MEANS WE DON'T ASK REALLY WEIRD QUESTIONS AND THAT WOULD BE GREA SO THAT'SUMBER ONE NOT FOR PARTICULAR ACTION RIGHT NOW BUT I'D LOVE THAT CONSIDERATION. SECONDLY, I DID ASK THAT WE KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 3.6 AND THE REASON I ASKED FOR THAT WAS BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR FRIEND MR. COUNTRYMAN THE FOR CONSTANTLY HAVING TO COME BACK TO US TO TO US TO ASK FOR EXCEPTIONS TO HIS LICENSING WHEN HE KNOWS DARN WELL THAT HE'S GOING TO HAVE THREE OR FOUR EVENTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER AND HE'S GOT AN OUTDOOR SPACE AND THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER THING I FEEL LIKE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO SOME STREAMLINING ON THIS PROCESS AND. I'D REALLY LIKE US TO CONSIDER IT SO AND I DON'T IT WILL BENEFIT OBVIOUSLY NINE MILE BUT IT WOULD ALSO BENEFIT OTHER VENUES OF SIMILAR NATURE . RIGHT. SO THINGS LIKE YOU KNOW BETWEEN THE BETWEEN APRIL 1ST AND OCTOBER 31ST YOU GIVE US YOUR PLAN, WE APPROVE THAT PLAN AND NOW YOUR LICENSE IS SUPPORTED FOR THOSE ACTIVITIES LIKE THAT KIND OF THING, RIGHT? SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE. I KNOW THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE IT WENT DOWN TO THE WIRE AND BOB WAS VERY HESITANT. I ADVERTISE HIS EVENT THAT'S COMING UP LITERALLY TWO WEEKS FROM NOW BECAUSE IT DIDN'T GET ON THE AGENDA UNTIL TONIGHT AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST PUTS PEOPLE IN A TOUGH POSITION. SO IN THE INTEREST OF STREAMLINING THINGS I'D LOVE SEE US DO SOMETHING TO OUR TO OUR I DON'T KNOW LIQUOR LICENSES OR YOU KNOW, THESE KINDS OF VENUE LICENSES THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO A SPECIAL EVENTS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY COMMENTS ON THAT BUT. I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY BENEFICIAL THANKS TO THE MANAGER. THANK YOU. ACTING MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO YOU WERE SPEAKING MY LANGUAGE AND IF YOU'LL RECALL THE THE STRATEGIC DASHBOARD OUR INTENT INTERNALLY IS TO CREATE MAKE COMMISSION HAVE AN EQUAL REPORTING DASHBOARD FOR THEIR WORK PRODUCT. WITH REGARD TO THE SECOND COMPONENT OUR NEIGHBOR TO THE WEST CHANHASSEN PARTNERED A WAY TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS AND ALSO TAKE CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS FOR LICENSES AND THINGS. AND SO WE JUST HAD A MEETING WITH A SOFTWARE VENDOR LAST WEEK TO DO EXACTLY THAT. SO I'M SAKING MY LANGUAGE AND I APPRECIATE IT. SO THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE FOR WHEN YOU MIGHT BE BRINGING THAT TO US? IT'S AN INTERNAL PROCESS SO WE HAVE A BUT ACTUALLY HAVE A IMPROVEMENT TEAM LED BY CITY CLERK SCIPIONE RUNNING IT SO I'M I'M CONFIDENT THAT YOU WILL HAVE IT DONE BEFORE ELECTION TIME EXPEDITE BECAUSE YOU'LL BE BUSY DOING ELECTIONS YOU HAVE TO GET IT DONE BEFORE THEN. OKAY GREAT THAT THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU OKAY. FANTASTIC COUNCILMEMB I JUST WANT TO SAY I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER SANDRA ON BOTH OUR POINTS ESPECIALLY T FIRST POINT REGARNG COMING BACK WITH CORE QUARTERLY BUSINESS REVIEW TYPE PART I PART WHAT I WAS SPEAKING ON EARLIER IS THAT HOW DO WE BUILD THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH EVERYONE THAT WE WE WORK WHO ARE OUR PARTNERS WHO WE'VE TRUSTED SO HAVING THAT QUARTERLY BUSINESS REVIEW HELPS US HAVE THAT TRUST, HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK POSITIVELY TOGETHER TO MOVE BOOM FORWARD . AL RIGHT. ANY LAST ITEMS FOR POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE? OKAY, FANTASTIC. WELL SEE NO OTHER BUSINESS IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL AT YES . MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I APOLOGIZE FOR JUMPING IN LATE LIKE JUST FROM THE STANDPOINT OF YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED SOME EMAILS REGARDING THE BLOOMINGTON CEMETERY WHAT WE WILL DO IS IT IS A CONCERN THAT WE'VE HEARD PREVIOUSLY. THE SHORT ANSWER IS WE DO NOT HAVE AN INVENTORY OF WHO THE VETERANS ARE WITHIN THE CEMETERY AND THERE IS A CURRENTLY A STAFF OF ONE WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE OF THE OF THE CEMETERY. SO WHAT WE WILL DO IS PREPARE A WRITE UP FOR YOU FOR TOMORROW JUST BUT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT COMPONENT AND THEN AS IF THE LEGISLATIVE DIDN'T END JUST SOON ENOUGH WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT THE 2024 REQUEST FOR BONDING AND SO STAFF WILL BE PULLING TOGETHER A DRAFT PROPOSAL FOR 2024 REQUESTS. IT MAY JUST. COUNCILMEMBER ONE ONE THING I WANTED TO JUST CLARIFY FOR THE CEMETERY PIECE. THERE'S COMPONENTS OF THAT. THERE WAS THE MOWING PIECE AND THE OTHER PIECE WAS THE FLAG PIECE. NOW MY UNDERSTANDING WITH THE FLAG IS THAT A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS USED TO GO AROUND AND PUT THOSE IN THERE. I KNOW THAT WE WERE HELPING IN ASSISTING WITH THAT THAT COMPONENT OF IT BUT WE'VE ALWAYS MADE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT WAS JUST A VOLUNTEER PIECE THAT WE ASSISTED HELP WITH. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT SAME STAFF PERSON WAS ABLE TO HELP OUT WITH THAT THIS YEAR. I KNOW WE RESTRUCTURED THE DEPARTMENT AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW WHEN THAT CAME BEFORE US BORE WE HAD MENTIONED TT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT NOT CONTINUE IF WE YOU KNOW, IF WE DID THAT RESTRUCTURING. SO I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THAT COMPONENT SOMETHING HAS CHANGED WHERE WE AGREED TO DO THAT FLAG PLANTING. THE MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THE WRITTEN SUMMARY WILL ADDRESS BOTH ISSUES AND COUNCILMEMBER DELGADO THANK JUST AN ADD ON TO THAT. I'M WONDERING IF THE WHETHER THE BLOOMINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY CAN HELP US WITH BEING THE KEEPER OTHE INVENTORYO NO MATTER WHO IS THE VOLUNTEER THAT'S DOING THE FLAG, YOU KNOW, DEPOSITS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT THEY ALWAYS THAT WE HAVE A RELIABLE RESOURCE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY THERE BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE THAT DOES SEEM TO BE A GOOD PLACE TO CONSIDER THAT KIND LIST. I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT IT CHANGES VERY MUCH FROM YEAR TO YEAR. IT PROBABLY GROWS A LITTLE BIT YOU KNOW, BUT CERTAINLY GOING BACK TO THE 18 SOME THINGS WHICH YOU KNOW THIS IN PARTICULAR WENT BACK PRETTY FAR WE SHOULD BE ABLEO MAINTAIN AN ACCURATE RECOR YOU KNOW YEAR OVER YEAR AND THERE SEEM TO BE REALLY GOOD AT THAT SO MAYBE THEY CAN HELP US OUT. YEAH. THANKS. AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET SO MANY FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY ALREADY DOING HISTORICAL BLOOMINGTON FIGURES PROJECTS AND THAT'S YEAH YEAH EXACTLY. SO AND I'LL JUST VERY BRIEFLY THANK EVERYBODY FOR PUTTING UP WITH MY ZIGZAGGING ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST PART OF THE MEETING AND AND THE PATIENCE OF FOLKS WITH THE PRIDE PROCLAMATION IN THE PHOTO AND EVERYBODY I MADE UP A NEW TITLE FOR TONIGHT CONGRATULATIONS ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY MIKE SABLE I'LL BRING YOU A CARD NEXT WEEK HERE BUT AGAIN AND THANK YOU FOR A FANTASTIC CONVERSATION YOU MADE THE FIRST TIME ABOUT A LOT EASIER ME SO I APPRECIATE IT. AND AT 950 I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN AND THANK YOU. A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND MEMBER SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I I ALL THOSE OPPOSED AND WE ARE UP SIX ZERO