I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER. THIS JULY 10TH, 2022 MEETING OF THE BLOOMINGTON 2023 EXCUSE ME MEETING OF THE BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS JOINED US HERE IN THE CHAMBERS EVERYBODY WATCHING ONLINE. WE'LL START OUR MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO. IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ONCE AGAIN, WELCOME AND THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR PARTICIPATING THIS EVENING. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS TONIGHT COUNCIL IS TO APPROVE AN AGENDA AND ON OUR AGENDA WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF INTRODUCTORY ITEMS. WE'VE GOT AN INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES. WE'RE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE ON OUR BLOOMINGTON FORWARD CAMPAIGN AND THEN OUR MISSION MOMENT INTRODUCTION TO OUR RACIAL EQUITY ACTION TEAMS CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO HAS BEEN SENT THIS EVENING AND WE HAVE SIX ITEMS ON OUR CONSENT BUSINESS. WE HAVE ONE HEARING THIS EVENING IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.1 REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 17 AND APPENDIX SAY OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO RIGHT OF WAY FEES UNDER ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS WE HAVE ITEM 5.1 WHICH IS A RESOLUTION INITIATING REZONING OF LYNDALE AVENUE PROPERTIES FROM B2 TO B FOR FOR FOLKS TUNING IN ITEM 5.2 WHICH WAS AN ITEM FROM CONTINENTAL BALLET THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE AND TALK TO THE COUNCIL REGARDING A GRANT REQUEST. THEY HAVE WITHDRAWN THAT PIECE OF BUSINESS SO COUNCIL THAT WOULD BE ONE CHANGE IN OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS A WITHDRAWAL OF ITEM 5.2 AND THEN ITEM 5.3. WE WILL WRAP UP AS WE DO WITH OUR CITYOUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AS STATED WITH THE REMOVAL OF ITEM 5.2 FROM ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS. SECOND EVER MOTION AND THE SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO ADOPT TONIGHT'S AGENDA NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES 6260 NOTING THAT COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING I THINK HE'S UNDER THE WEATHER THIS EVENING SO WE HAVE AN AGENDA AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 2.1 ABOUT INJURE AGENDA. IT'S AN INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES AND I THINK WE HAVE A FEW OF THEM. DIANE KIRBY OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL. I AM DELIGHTED TO INTRODUCE TWO NEW MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND WE'LL START WITH THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES TEAM JADE BERT STARTED ON JUNE 27TH AS COMMUNITY HEALTH SUPERVISOR IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION THERE SHE OVERSEES THE WORK OF THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE TEAM JADE BRINGS MORE THAN TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMING AND DIRECT CLINICAL CARE AND IS PASSIONATE ABOUT EMPOWERING OTHERS AS THEY NAVIGATE THEIR UNIQUE HEALTH JOURNEY. JADE HOLDS A MASTER OF NURSING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AS WELL AS A MASTER OF EDUCATION FROM LIGHTNER UNIVERSITY. JADE FINDS THIS COMBINATION OF NURSING AND EDUCATION OFFERS A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND ALLOWS HER TO CONNECT ACROSS A BROAD RANGEF COMMITIES. JADE GREW UP IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA IN A FAMILY THAT BENEFITED GREATLY FROM VARIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS. SHE NOW DEEPLY APPRECIATES THE PRIVILEGE THAT SHE HAS IN HELPING OTHERS. JADE CURRENTLY RESIDES IN MINNEAPOLIS AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING ABOUT AND COLLABORATING WITH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH TEAMS DEDICATED TO SERVING THE CITIES OF BLOOMINGTON, EDINA AND RICHFIELD. PLEASE WELCOME JADE BIRD. GOOD EVENING JADE. WELCOME. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? SURE. I'LL JUST SAY HELLO AND THANK YOU SO MUC FOR HOLDING SPACE FOR PEOPL TO COME AND TALK ABOUT WHO THEY ARE. AND THIS IS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WORKING IN GOVERNMENT SO I'M COMING IN WITH FRESH EYES AND AN EAGERNESS TO HELP PEOPLE. SO YEAH WELL GREAT. WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD AND YES, LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR YOUR PERSPECTIVE WITH THOSE FRESH EYES THAT I THINK WOULD BE AN INTERESTING AND INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE TO BRING ESPECIALLY TO OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEXT MEMBER OF THE TEAM. IT'S A PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE CITY'S NEW COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT MANAGER ERIC HOLTHOUSE. ERIC STARTED HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY ON JUNE 20TH. HE COMES TO US WITH MORE THAN TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE MANAGING ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND HIGHER EDUCATION SPECIFICALLY AROUND SUSTAINABILITY. ERIC COMES TO US FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY WHERE HE SERVED AS CLIMATE ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER LEADING THE DEPARTMENT'S ENGAGEMENT TEAM AND SUPPORTING ENGAGEMENT AND PLANNING FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE, ELECTRIC MOBILITY AND FEDERAL FUNDING. PREVIOUSLY ERIC SERVED FOR SEVEN YEARS AS SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CIT OF CITIES CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA. BORN IN DIXON, ILLINOIS, ERIC HOLDS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN AND HE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A SECOND MASTER'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FROM ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY. IN HIS FREE TIME, ERIC PARTICIPATES IN A SOCCER LEAGUE THAT PLAYS IN BLOOMINGTON AND OTHER PARTS OF THE METRO AREA AND HE'S ALSO AN EXPERT BARRIE FORAGER. HE HAS BEEN TRAINING US ON THE BERRIES THAT CAN BE FOUND RIGHT HERE ON THE GROUNDS OF CIVIC PLAZA. PLEASE WELCOME ERIC HOLTHAUS. GOOD EVENING, ERIC. WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU. COUNCIL AND MAYOR. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE. JUST GOT STARTED REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING THE BLOOMINGTON COMMUNITY. IT'S BEEN A VERY WELCOMING AND POSITIVE EXPERIENCE HERE WITH THE CITY ORGANIZATION SERVING A VERY TALENTED AND PASSIONATE TEAM IN OUR DIVISION, IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND ACROSS THE CITY AND RELATIVELY NEW TO THE TWIN CITIES AREA AND SO WILL GLADLY SHARE THEIR BAND THE WAY THE BERRY BUSHES ARE INTO WHAT'S EDIBLE. YOU SAW ME GIVEN A GIVEN THEM A GLANCE AS YOU CAME IN . THERE ARE STILL SOME RIPE THERE SERVICE BERRIES AND THEY LINED THE PARKING LOT. I GUESS ABOUT 40 OF THOSE BUSHES AND I'VE BEEN HARVESTING THEM FREELY BUT WILL ALSO FREELY SHARE IT. SO IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND I'VE WORKED A LONG TIME AS A SUSTAINABILITY PRACTITIONER AND I WOULD SAY WITH THAT ENGAGEMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE KEY TO SUSTAINABILITY SUCCESS AND ENGAGEMENT IS THE KEY TO I THINK ANYTHING ELSE A COMMUNITY WOULD HOPE TO UNLOCK. AND SO IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE ANDE SERNG THE COMMUNITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL AND PERHAPS HEARING MORE ABOUT THE TWIN CITIES AND GREAT PLACES TO GO AND BLOOMINGTON STILL RELATIVELY FRESH HERE SO LEARNING A LOT AND MEETING A LOT OF PEOPLE. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU. AND I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST TO ERIC'S ENGAGEMENT ABILITIES BECAUSE HE STOPPED ME ON THE WAY IN AS I WALKED INTO THE BUILDING THIS EVENING SAID HELLO. SO WELL DONE WITH THAT. SO ERIC AND JADE, WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU OUT AND ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND MEETING THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL AS ALL YOUR COWORKERS HERE AT CITY HALL. SO WELCOME. THANKS . DO WE HAVE OTHERS? IT OH THAT'S VERY GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BUT NOW I KNOW WHY YOU WERE STANDING UP BECAUSE YOU'RE NEXT ON THE AGENDA AS WELL. THAT'S RIGHT. RIGHT. ITEM 2.2 IS AN UPDATE ON OUR BLOOMINGTON FORWARD PROGRAM. MISS KIRBY, WELCOME BACK. THANK YOU FOR SHARING CITY COUNCIL THIS FALL BLOOMINGTON VOTERS WILL CONSIDER A HALF CENT LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX TO FUND $155 MILLION IN CAPITAL AMENITY IMPROVEMENTS. THIS INVESTMENT PLAN CALLED BLOOMINGTON FORWARD INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF A COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER RENOVATION OF THE BLOOMINGTON ICE GARDEN AND RESTORATION OF THE NINE MILE CREEK CORRIDOR. THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON HAS PARTNERED WITH REP STRATEGIES INC TO ASSIST WITH COMMUNICATION OF THE BLOOMINGTON FORWARD INITIATIVE CEO TODD RAPP AND MANAGING DIRECTOR TODD STONE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES ALREADY UNDERWAY TO BUILD PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT THE BLOOMINGTON FORWARD INITIATIVE. PLEASE WELCOME TODD AND TODD. THANK YOU MR. RAPP. MR. STONE GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. NICE TO SEE YOU ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF. I'M TODD RAPP ON THE CEO OF RAPP STRATEGIES. I'M GOING TO TAKE JUST A MOMENT AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY IT IS WE'RE SO INTERESTED IN PUBLIC REFERENDA LOCAL UNITS OF GOVERNMENT. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO TODD STONE WHO'S REALLY DOING THE WORK BECAUSE HE'S THE PROJECT PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS PROJECT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE THAT OUR FIRM OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN ABLE TO WORK ON A VARIETY OF PUBLIC ISSUES REALLY INTERESTING ONES, INTENSE PUBLIC ISSUES AND THEN SOMEHOW HOW WE'VE DEVELOPED THIS REAL ATTRACTION TO WORKING WITH LOCAL UNITS OF GOVERNMENT AND HELPING THEM WHEN THEY'RE PUTTING FORTH A REFERENDUM FOR THE PUBLIC TO DECIDE. WE'VE WE'VE WORKED ON 87 OF THESE BEFORE TODAY AND LARGE AND SMALL. I'M CURRENTLY WORKING WITH A VERY SMALL SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH HAS EXACTLY 570 VOTERS. THINK FOR A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBERS WHAT THAT WOULD BE LIKE TO ONLY HAVE THAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT YOU NEED TO CONTACT AND RESPOND TO WITH WHAT WE APPRECIATE ABOUT THIS IS THAT LOCAL UNITS OF GOVERNMENT NEED TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT'S NECESSARY FOR VOTERS TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION A STATE LAW HAS DETERMINED THAT YOU MUST PUT THE SALES TAX IN FRONT OF VOTERS. THE VOTERS GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SET POLICY BY DOING THIS AND SO IT BECOMES INCUMBENT AND TRULY AN ETHICAL RESPONSIBLE PARTY FOR THE LOCAL UNIT OF GOVERNMENT TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY. WE ASK THAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS NOT AS SOME PEOPLE WOULD CALL IT IT'S PUBLIC RELATIONS OR MARKETING ACTUALLY IT'S NOT WHAT IT IS IT IT'S ABOUT PUBLIC OUTREACH AND COMNITY ENGAGEMENT. HOW DO YOU GET A CONVERSATION GOING WITH YOUR COMMUNITY SO MEMBERS CAN BE AS INTELLIGENT AS THEY CHOOSE TO BE AND HOPEFULLY VERY WELL INFORMED ABOUT THE BALLOT QUESTIONS. BUT EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT THAT YOU ARE RESPONDING TO THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE IN A TIMELY MANNER. BY DOING THAT IT OFTEN BUILDS A LEVEL OF TRUST THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND ON VERY MANY POLICY ISSUES. WE THINK THAT THE COMMITMENT THAT THE CITY MAKES TOWARDS THIS OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THEIR SUCCESS IN BUILDING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THESE DECISIONS. ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT FOR YOU IS THAT STATE LAW IS VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE LIMITS OF THE COMMUNICATION THAT THE CITY CAN PAY FOR. AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS SLIDE WE'VE SHOWED HOW WE'VE BROKEN THOSE AREAS DOWN INTO REALLY NINE KEY THINGS THAT THE CITY CAN COMMUNICATE. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WEBSITE, YOU'LL SEE MANY OF THESE POP OUT FOR YOU THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT IF YOU COMMUNICATE THESE WELL, YOU'VE DONE YOUR JOB AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A MORE INFORMED PRESENCE. SO WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TODD. HE CAN TALK ABOUT THE ACTION PLAN. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CITY STAFF REALLY SINCE MARCH BUILDING OUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR COMMUNICATIONS WORK PLAN AND A VERY VARIOUS COMMUNICATION MATERIALS LEADING UP TO THE THE DEBUT OF THE REFERENDUM MICROSITE BLOOMINGTON FORWARD DOT ORG WHICH DEBUTED ON JUNE 16TH AS PART OF OUR WORK WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER WE'VE WORKED SOME OF THE COMMUNICATIONS CALENDAR THROUGH ELECTION DAY TO GUIDE OUR COMMUNICATIONS WORK OUR MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT WE DEVELOPED A CORE MESSAGING DOCUMENT THAT WE USE TO PROVIDE THE CONSISTENT LANGUAGE AND CLARITY THAT WE WANT TO HAVE WITH ALL OUR COMMUNICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE ELECTION SEASON. WE DEVELOPED THE BLOOMINGTON FORWARD LOGO WORKING WITH CITY STAFF AND AS I SAID LAUNCH THAT MICROSITE OVER THE PAST WEEK I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN TWO TRAINING SESSIONS WITH CITY EMPLOYEES AT THE BLOOMINGTON NICE GARDEN AS WELL AS CREEKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER. AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW EMPLOYEES WHO ARE WORKING WHO ARE ENGAGING RESIDENTS EVERY DAY CAN KIND OF SERVE AS INFORMATION AMBASSADORS AS TODD DESCRIBED WE WANT TO BE INFORMATION FOCUSED AND ALL THE WORK WE DO IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND THERE ARE NO BETTER THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO REACH MORE RESIDENTS WITH GOOD INFORMATION THAN THE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY TALKING TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS. SO THAT THAT WAS A REALLY FUN PROCESS AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD. WE'RE WORKING ON OTHER COMMUNICATIONS MATERIALS CURRENTLY INCLUDING A POWERPOINT THAT'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR CITY STAFF AND CITY LEADERS TO USE WHEN THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE DIFFERENT CIVIC GROUPS OR DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GROUPS OR NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS ABOUT THE REFERENDUM AND THE PROJECTS IT SUPPORTS AND WE'LL BE DEVELOPING OTHER COMMUNICATIONS MATERIALS WITH CITY STAFF THAT ARE INCLUDING PUBLIC SIGNS FOR BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AGAIN DIRECTING RESIDENTS TO WHERE THEY CAN GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THE CITY STAFF HAS ALREADY DONE A GREAT JOB DEVELOPING SEVERAL INFORMATIONAL VIDEOS ABOUT THE PROJECTS AND THE NEEDS THAT THEY'LL ADDRESS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OTHER IDEAS ON VIDEO TO MOVE MOVING FORWARD REALLY TAKING A STE BACK BIG PICTURE WHAT WRE TRYING TO DO IS START BUILDING UP, ACCELERATING OUR INFORMATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD LEADING UP TO EARLY VOTING. JUST A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE THE BLOOMINGTON FORWARD MICROSITE AGAIN A DEBUT JUST A LITTLE OVER THREE WEEKS AGO AS TODD DESCRIBED THOSE NINE AREAS OF FOCUS IN TERMS OF INFORMATION WE WANT TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS YOU'LL SEE THAT BROKEN OUT ON THE WEBSITE ,EVERYTHING FROM EXPLAINING THE CHALLENGES, THE PLAN, THE COST THAS IMPORTANT TO AND THE TAX IMPACT AS WELL AS VOTING INFORMATION AND RESOURCES DIFFERENT BACKGROUND MATERIALS THAT WILL HELP GUIDE RESIDENTS IN GETTING THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. WE HAVE A WE ALREADY EVER FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS MODULES SET UP FOR RESIDENTS TO DOVE DEEPER INTO THE DETAILS. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP UPDATING THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO GET QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES AND WE GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED. WE'LL TAKE THOSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND THEN PUT THEM ON THE MICROSITE TOO SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION MORE BROADLY AND WEBSITES THAT'S VERY SMARTPHONE FRIENDLY. THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS WE CONTINUE DEVELOP MORE COMMUNICATIONS MATERIALS, A LOT OF THOSE ARE GOING TO FEATURE QR CODES WHERE YOU CAN JUST POINT YOUR SMARTPHONE RIGHT TO IT, CLICK AND THEN YOU'RE DIRECTED DIRECTLY TO THE MICROSITE TO GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. IN THOSE THREE WEEKS WE'VE ALREADY ATTRACTED MORE THAN 1150 UNIQUE VISITORS AND WE'RE APPROACHING 3000 PAGE VIEWS. WE'D LOVE TO SEE A LOT OF PAGE VIEWS MORE THAN THE NUMBER OF UNIQUE VISITORS WE'D LIKE THAT RATIO TO BE AROUND TWO AND A HALF TO THREE TIMES PER VISIT. WE'RE SEEING THAT SO FAR THAT TELLS US THAT RESIDENTS ARE TAKING THE TIME TO NOT JUST LOOK AT ONE PAGE BUT THEY'RE CLICKING AROUND, THEY'RE EXPLORING THE WEBSITE A LITTLE BIT HOPEFULLY GETTING THE INFORMATION THEY NEED. THE LAST THING I'LL JUST POINT OUT IS SO FAR YOU'LL SEE THAT 58% OF THE SEARCHES ARE COMING FROM DESKTOPS. WE THINK THAT THE RATIO IS GOING TO CHANGE OVER TIME AND PEOPLE WILL START GRAVITATING TO THEIR SMARTPHONE AS THE PRIMARY DEVICE TO USE THE MICROSITE IN PART BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A LOT MORE COMMUNICATIONS MATERIALS DIRECTING THEM THERE. JUST WALK YOU THROUGH JUST A FEW AREAS OF HOW WE'RE TRYING TO FRAME MESSAGING THAT'S FOCUSED ON ANSWERING QUESONS. MOST FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION WHY NOW? WHY ARE WE BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER THESE THIS PROPOSAL IN THESE PROJECTS NOW? JUST SOME OF THE POINTS OF EMPHASIS. BLOOMINGTON HAD QUITE A GROWTH SPURT AND BETWEEN 2010 AND 2020 AND IT'S SUCH SERVICES AND AMENITIES THAT RESIDENTS NEED ARE GROWING AND EVOLVING THE PUBLIC HEALTH BUILDING AND CREEKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER BOTH OVER 60 YEARS OLD AND CAN NO LONGER ACCOMMODATE THE CURRENT LEVEL OF PROGRAMING AND SERVICE DEMANDS THAT RESIDENTS HAVE. THE ICE GARDEN NEEDS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WORK INCLUDING MODERNIZED REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS IN THE NINE MILE CREEK CORRIDOR WHICH IS A GREAT ACCESS TO NATURE RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN BACKYARD REQUIRES REHABILITATION OF RIVERBANKS AND NATURAL HABITAT PROTECTIONS. ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE PROJECTS ADDRESS RESIDENTS EDS. TODD MENTION AT THE BEGINNING VISION FOR THE FUTURE WHAT'S DRIVE, WHAT'S MOTIVATING WORK LIKE THIS PLANNING LIKE THIS THAT LEADS TO PROJECT PROPOSALS SUCH AS THIS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OFFERING A WIDER RANGE OF AMENITIES AND SERVICES FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES, CULTURES AND ECONOMIC STATUSES. THAT'S WHY THIS INVESTMENT HAS BEEN PUT FORWARD AND WITH A FOCUS ON THREE PRIMARY PROJECTS. AS YOU KNOW OF COURSE THE NEW COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER BLOOMINGTON NICE GARDEN IN THE CREEK CORRIDOR. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PLAN AND ITS BENEFITS, WE ALSO NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE LEGISLATURE'S ROLE AS WELL AS THE TAX IMPACT. WE WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT THE LEGISLATURE FIRST PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THIS PROCESS REVIEWING THE PROJECTS OF PROPOSED BY THE CITY IN DETERMINING WHETHER THAT MET THEIR DEFINITION OF REGIONAL IMPACT BEFORE THEY WOULD AUTHORIZE AND ALLOW THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A HALF PERCENT SALES TAX OPTION ON THIS NOVEMBER'S BALLOT. WE'RE REFERRING TO THE TAX IMPACT ITSELF IF WE'RE GOING TO DESCRIBE THE BENEFITS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE COSTS AND WE WANT TO COME UP WITH DIFFERENT WAYS TO DESCRIBE THE TAX IMPACT THAT RESIDENTS CAN EASILY UNDERSTAND. WE USE AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH WE'RE FRAMING THE TAX IMPACT. SO RESIDENTS CONSIDER THAT VALUE BASED PROPOSITION WHEN THEY GO TO VOTE. AMONG OTHER COMMON QUESTIONS THAT WE WILL SEE AND ALREADY ARE GETTING WHY A SALES TAX AND WE'LL HAVE VARIOUS MESSAGING THAT EXPLAINS WHY A SALES TAX WAS THE PREFERRED OPTION OVER OTHER CONSIDERATIONS SHARING THE COSTS AMONG RESIDENTS AND NON RESIDENTS FOR THESE INVESTMENTS. WE'LL EXPLAIN HOW THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA'S INDEPENDENT STUDY THAT PREDICTED THAT DEMONSTRATED THAT 60% OF THE SALES TAX WOULD BE COLLECTED FROM NONRESIDENTS WHO PURCHASE GOODS AND SERVICES IN THE CITY. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO VOTE THAT MAKE THE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS IMPORTANT COMMUNITY DECISION. SO WE HAVE BASIC INFORMATION UP NOW ABOUT ELECTION DATES, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE MICROSITE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS MATERIALS SO RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT WHERE TO VOTE, HOW TO REGISTER. THEY WANT TO VOTE EARLY, WHAT THEIR OPTIONS ARE. THEY WANT TO WAIT UNTIL ELECTION DAY AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THEY HAVE GOOD INFORMATION ON WHERE THEY GO TO VOTE ON NOVEMBER SEVENTH SORRY THE CLICKER SUDDENLY IS NOT WORKING WEL THERE WAS JUST ONE SIDE LEFT AND BASICALLY THE FOCUS OF THAT SLIDE WAS THIS WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A DYNAMIC UPDATED MICROSITE THAT PROVIDES ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THE RESIDENTS NEED AS BEST WE CAN WE'LL HAVE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPLORING AND IDENTIFY NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR TO PUT CITY STAFF IN FRONT OF RESIDENTS AT DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS AND AMONG CIVIC GROUPS WILL BE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE A POSITION ALL ON THE COMMUNICATIONS MATERIALS TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS RESIDENTS HAVE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DIANE AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE ADHERE TO WHAT WE CALL A 24 HOUR RULE, MAKING SURE IF WE GET A QUESTION FROM RESIDENTS THAT WE GET TO GET THEM A RESPONSE WITHIN 24 HOURS, TRY TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS AT THE VERY LEAST TELL THEM THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IT AND WE'LL GET THEM RESPONSE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO I'LL STOP THERE. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. THANK YOU, MR. STONE. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. I GUESS THE QUESTION THAT JUMPS TO MY MIND IS IMPRESSIVE LOOKING AS YOU'VE BEEN TALKING I GOT TO THE WEBSITE AND LOOK THROUGH IT AND I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH IT. ARE THERE OTHER PLANS FOR ADDITIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS BECAUSE WE WE KNOW THAT A WEBSITE IS WONDERFUL BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT PEOPLE GET THEIR INFORMATION NOW. YEAH, WELL ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING AND ACTUALLY WE TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WITH DIANE AND HER TEAM WE'RE GOING TO USE ALL THE CITY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO PROMOTE THE MICROSITE ITSELF TO DIRECT PEOPLE TO GO THERE AS A AS A KEY INFORMATION SOURCE. ALSO AS WE DEVELOP MORE MATERIALS LIKE NEW VIDEOS AND YOU'LL SEE SOME VIDEOS ALREADY BEING PROMOTED AS YOU SEE MORE OF THOSE VIDEOS GET SHARED. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO CONTINUE TO DIRECT PEOPLE BACK TO BLOOMINGTON FORWARD DOT ORG COUNCIL QUESTIONS MR. STONE MR. EPP HOUSE MEMBER WOMAN. JUST MORE OF A STATEMENT. I HAD SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU BUT I LOOKED ON THE WEBSITE AND THERE IT WAS. IT WAS ANSWER WOW FOR US. THANK YOU. I'LL TRY ANYTHING. I DO WANT TO CLARIFY AND YOU SAID IT BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SAID AS CLEARLY AS POSSIBLE THE INFORMATION THE CITY IS ABLE TO PROVIDE ON THIS IS INFORMATION. YES, IT IS NOT ADVOCACY. ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED WITH ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES ABOUT DURING OUR TRAINING SESSIONS WAS THAT WHEN YOU'RE ON THE CLOCK AND YOUR END AND YOU ARE TALKING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY BY PROVIDING INFORMATION ONLY NOT TO USE ANY CITY RESOURCES FOR ADVOCACY OF ANY KIND. ONCE YOU'RE OFF THE CLOCK AND ON YOUR OWN TIME YOU'RE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY KIND OF ADVOCACY ONE AND I APPRECIATE THAT DISTINCTION AND I APPRECIATE YOU TALKING WITH THE FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT STAYS VERY, VERY SPECIFIC AND VERY CLEAR BECAUSE YES, THIS IS THIS IS AN INFORMATION EFFORT. THIS IS NOT AN ADVOCACY EFFORT. ABSOLUTELY. BY LAW. BY LAW, YES. WELL WELL VERY GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. EPP. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. THIS. YES. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 2.3 ON OUR AGENDA WHICH IS ONE OF OUR MISSION MOMENTS. WE HAVE THEM EVERY NOW AND AGAIN SOME OF THEM ARE RECUR ANNUALLY AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR ANNUAL RECURRING MISSION MOMENTS. THIS IS AN INTRODUCTION TO OUR RACIAL EQUITY ACTION TEAM AND FAITH JACKSON IS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING AND LOOK AT THAT THE PRESENTATION JUST LIKE THIS JUST LIKE THAT YOU MAKE GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY BOTH THE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE WHO ARE CHILDREN IN AND LINE FAITH JACKSON HERE CHIEF EQUITY INCLUSION OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND TONIGHT I HAVE THE PLEASURE WITH YOU TO PRESENT THIS PRESENTATION WHICH IS THE SERIES THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS THAT PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE WORK OF THE OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING . SO I'LL LOOK AT THAT. THANK YOU. CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S MISSION TO CULTIVATE AN ENDURING AND REMARKABLE COMMUNITY A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE. OUR OFFICE ENVISIONS A VIBRANT, SAFE AND HEALTHY PLACE FOR ALL PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SO WE DO THAT BY EMBEDDING THE WORK OF EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING ON THOSE PRINCIPLES IN BOTH OUR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL WORK. SO HERE ON THE SCREEN YOU SEE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE DO THAT. I WON'T GO THROUGH AND LIST THEM ALL BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT JUST TO PROVIDE A REMINDER FOR HOW WE DO THAT WORK SO WE PROVIDE DEPARTMENTS WILL STAFF SUPPORT REMOTE LEARNING AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AS WE IMPLEMENT RACIAL EQUITY FRAMEWORKS AND PLANS WE CREATE TOOLS AND SORT OF RESOURCES AND OUR THOUGHT PARTNERS WITH BOTH FOLKS IN THE INTERNAL ORGANIZATION AND ALSO WE PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY TO DO DISPARITY RATE THAT'S IN WORK. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT OUR OFFICE IS CHARGED WITH DOING IS MEASURING THE IMPACT OF THE CITY'S EQUITY IN INCLUSION WORK AND REPORTING ON PROGRESS. HENCE THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY FOR THE ANNUAL UPDATE. SO THE WOR THAT WE ARE ENGAGING IN QUICKER IS MOVING A LITTLE FASTER THAN I WANT IT TO DO. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE IS BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AND IS MADE POSSIBLE BY SO MANY PEOPLE MORE PEOPLE THAT WE CAN MEET IN HERE TODAY. BUT OVER THROUGHOUT THIS SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THREE KEY GROUPS. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR INTERNAL WORK WHICH IS GUIDED BY THE RACIAL EQUITY BUSINESS PLAN AND SUPPORTED BY OUR RACIAL EQUITY ACTION TEAMS AND OUR EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK OF THE RACIAL EQUITY STRATEGIC PLAN D OUR DISPARITY WITH US AND WHICH IS GUIDED BY THE RACIAL EQUITY STRATEGIC PLAN AND SUPPORTED BY BOTH COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND RESIDENTS. AND SO ALTHOUGH THERE'S MANY PEOPLE WHO MAKE THIS WORK POSSIBLE, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS IN ON THOSE GROUPS OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. SO TONIGHT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR RACIAL EQUITY ACTION TEAMS. ON JULY 24TH YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM MYSELF AND PEDAL YANG AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN OFFICE. AND THEN ON AUGUST 14 YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS AND THESE ARE PRESENTATIONS WILL MAKE UP THAT SORT OF COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE ON THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. AND SO WITH THAT I AM GOING TO INVITE ADELE YANG HERE THE EQUITY INCLUSION PROGRAM SPECIALIST FOR THE CITY TO THE PODIUM AND SHE'S GOING TO INTRODUCE THE WORK OF THE RACIAL EQUITY ACTION TEAMS. AND SO WITH THAT FOR NOW COME ON UP AND WE'LL GET STARTED. OH, ONE OTHER NOTE. TYPICALLY IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD THE SORT OF LIKE GO THROUGH THEIR PRESENTATION AND WE ASK THAT YOU HOLD QUESTIONS TO THE END. DON'T WORRY ABOUT DOING THAT THIS YEAR. FEEL FREE TO SORT OF ASK QUESTIONS AS WE GO ALONG. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD TO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT. AGAIN, AS BETH MENTIONED, MY FIRST NAME AS PUT OUR LAST NAME IS YANG AND I'M THE EQUITY INCLUSION PROGRAM SPECIALIST FOR OUR OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING. AND SO THANK YOU FAITH FOR HAVING ME COME UP HERE TO SUPPORT OUR RACIAL EQUITY ACTION TEAMS UPDATE. AND SO JUST TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR RACIAL EQUITY ACTION TEAM OR WHAT WE ALSO CALL THEM IS READ AS A JUST A REFRESHER RIGHTS WERE CREATED BACKN 2020 AND THE SOLE PURPOSE IS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON'S MISSION TO ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY AND OUR RIGHTS DO THIS BY CONTINUE TO UPLIFT THE MISSION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENTS BY SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL RACIAL EQUITY WORK PLAN AND PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND RESPECT AND CREATING A RESPECTFUL AND INCLUSIVE CULTURE WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE ROLE OF EACH ACTION TEAM THEY CREATE AN INCREASE OF STAFF AWARENESS OF THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY. THEY ALSO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY AND THE DEPARTMENT'S PROGRAMS, POLICIES AND PRACTICES BECAUSE THEY ARE THE KEY EXPERTS WITHIN EACH OF THOSE AREAS AND THEY KNOW WHERE THE GAS MAY BE. THEY SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION AGAIN WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENT THROUGH THEIR ANNUAL RACIAL EQUITY WORK PLAN AND SPECIFIC KEY ITEMS ON WHICH THE ACTION TEAMS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR. AND THEN THEY ALSO SERVE AS A SOUNDING BOARD FOR RACIAL EQUITY RELATED WORKPLACE ISSUES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL. AND SO AS FAITH MENTIONED TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE KEY SFF FROM EACH OF THE RACIAL EQUITY ACTION TEAMS WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENTS COME UP AND PRESENT ABOUT WHO THEY ARE AND KEY HIGHLIGHTS. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME RACIAL EQUITY ACTION TEAM CHAMPIONS WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT AND SO I'LL BE PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF THEM AS WELL. AND WITH THAT WE HAVE OUR REALLY FIRST ONE TO COME UP HERE TO PRESENT ABOUT OUR ADMINISTRATION RACIAL EQUITY ACTION TEAM. YEAH MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL IT'S NICE TO ADDRESS YOU FROM FROM THE SIDE OF THE PODIUM FOR ONCE. SO I'LL BE SPEAKING BRIEFLY ABOUT THE WORK OF THE ADMINISTRATION RACIAL EQUITY TEAMR A TREAT AS WE BRANDED OURSELVES BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A TREAT TO GET TOGETHER WITH THIS LIST OF FINE FOLKS THAT YOU SEE UP THERE FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, CITY CLERK, HUMAN RESOURCES AND THE OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING. SO THEY ARE FEARLESS LEADER ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MIKE SABLE WE WERE CHARGED TO COME TOGETHER, ASSEMBLE AS A GROUP, CREATE SOMETHING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN DISBAND WHICH WAS KIND OF A NEW CONCEPT FOR SOME OF US THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP MEETING AND KEEP WORKING ON THES THINGS. NO, HE SAID WE'RE GOING TO MAKE WE'RE GOING TO WE STARTED MEETING VERY EARLY 2022 AND WE'RE CHARGED WITH WITHIN A YEAR OR SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUT A COUPLE OF POLICIES OR PRODUCTS AND AND PUT THOSE INTO EFFECT. SO OUR GROUP SET CIRCLED AROUND TO EFFORTS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, TIME POLICY WHICH I'LL COME BACK TO A LITTLE BIT MORE AND ENHANCE TRANSLATION SERVICES PRIMARILY CENTERED AROUND STICKER. PRIMARILY CENTERED AROUND IMPROVING CUSTOMER SERVICE AT THE AT THE CITY CLERK'S COUNTER TO ENHANCE BASICALLY TO ENHANCE THE TRANSLATION SERVICES THAT COULD BE READ TO RESIDENTS AND CUSTOMERS THERE . SO ON THAT EFFORT WE'VE BEGUN USING THAT PROPIO ONE APP WHICH ALLOWS FOR THAT. IT BEGAN IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE BUT ALSO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO HELP PILOT THIS LIVE VIDEO TRANSLATION SERVICE WHICH JUST REALLY STEPS UP, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO SERVE OUR CUSTOMERS AND RESIDENTS IN THAT WAY THAT NEED LIVE TRANSLAON WHETHER THEY'RE FILLING OUT A PASSPORT APP SPEAKING WITH AN OFFICER AND SO FORTH. ANOTHER EFFORT THAT OUR TEAM PUT TOGETHER WAS THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT TIME POLICY. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A WONKY NAME BUT BASICALLY WHAT THAT IS IT ALLOWS AND IT ALLOWS OR CREATES FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITY EMPLOYEES THAT BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. SO THAT CAN MEAN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS BUT BASICALLY FULL TIME EMPLOYEES CAN FLEX UP TO 8 HOURS OF THEIR OF THEIR PAID TIME PER YEAR GIVING THAT TIME TO GIVING THEIR TIME UP TO AN HOUR ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS PHP LOAVES AND FISHES BRIDGING OASIS AND MANY MANY MORE. THE LIST OF ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS IS IS IS ALWAYS GROWING. AND THEN AND ACTUALLY OUR GROUP PILOTED THAT EFFORT BY GOING OUT AND PUTTING IN SOME TIME AT LOAVES AND FISHES LAST SUMMER, WHICH WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. AND THEN LASTLY I DID WANT TO TOUCH ON THE PAID PARENTAL LEAVE POLICY SINCE IT IS ON THE SCREEN THERE. THAT EFFORT WAS ACTUALLY PUT FORTH BY THE WOMEN'S EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP. SO WE'RE GOING TO THAT POLICY IS IN EFFECT NOW BUT YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT IN AUGUST. AS FAITH MENTIONED WHEN THE EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS COME BACK TO GIVE THEIR FULL PRESENTATION. WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EXPERT BAROMETERS OF THE COUNCIL ON NICK IN THE PLANNING DIVISION BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WHERE CD READ WE ARE MANY. AS YOU CAN SEE ONE OF OUR STRENGTHS IS THAT WE HAVE OVER 20 ACTIVE MEMBERS IN OUR READ AND THAT ALL OF THE DIVISIONS WITHIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SO ONE OF THE THE GREATEST POINTS IN MY OPINION ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE READS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO IT'S REALLY CREATED A FORUM FOR EMPLOYEES ACROSS DIVISIONS TO COLLABORATE IN A WHOLE NEW WAY. AND SO I THINK WITH SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE PRESENTED TO YOU LAST YEAR AND I'L BE PRESENTING TO YOU HERE THIS YEAR IT REALLY IS THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION THAT OTHERWISE WOULDN'T BE WORKING TOGETHER IN THEIR NORMAL DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES. WE DO HAVE COOL T-SHIRTS I SHOULD MENTION TOO THEY SAY HEARTBEAT OF THE CITY. I REALIZE THAT I WORE MINE THE OTHER DAY AND IT WAS IN THE DIRTY CLOTHES HAMPER SO THAT WAS NOT GOOD PLANNING BY YOUR SENIOR PLANNER IN THIS INSTANCE SO THE WAY THAT CD READ KIND OF APPROACHES OUR ACTIVITIES AS WE BLEND HALF OF OUR ACTIVITIES TO BE MORE EDUCATIONAL. SO WE'LL WATCH SOME EDUCATIONAL FILMS OR WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSIONS ABOUT VARIOUS EITHER NEWS EVENTS OR ACTIVITIES HAPPENING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW THEY RELATE TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORK. AND THE OTHER HALF IS WE REALLY ON SUBGROUP PROJECTS. SO LAST YEAR WE WERE WORKING ON THE SAC DEFERMENT AND SAC CREDIT POLICY. WE WERE PILOTING THAT RACIAL EQUITY IMPACT ANALYSIS AS PART OF OUR THAT SOMETIMES YOU SEE IN YOUR PACKETS FOR DECISION MAKING. WE WERE WORKING ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND TN THIS YEAR THE SUBPROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON SINCE WE LAST SPOKE TO YOU. AND I WOULD SAY THAT NOT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE CD PROJECTS BUT THERE IS USUALLY A CD READ FINGERPRINTS ON THEM SOME WAY OR ANOTHER. SO NOT ONLY DOES IT ALLOW PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT DIVISIONS TO KIND OF CROSS COLLABORATE AND CROSS-POLLINATE BUT IT ALSO GIVES PROJECT MANAGERS A GOOD ROSTER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE MOTIVATED AND EXCITED TO DO WORK KIND OF FURTHERING THESE DIFFERENT AREAS. SO BLOOMING BLOOMINGTON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S IN THE IMPLEMENTATION STAGE 12 BLOOM INTERNS WERE PLACED IN ITS FIRST YEAR WHICH EXCEEDED I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF YOUTH INVOLVED. SO THAT'S GREAT. SECOND SECOND ONE ALSO RELATED TO YOUTH IN BLOOMINGTON. SO A NUMBER OF KEY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN GIVING PRESENTATIONS AT LOCAL SCHOOLS ABOUT JOBS OR CAREER PATHS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPECIFICALLY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THOSE ARE JOB TYPES THAT A LOT OF YOUTH AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE KIND OF AWARE OF WHEN YOU'RE AT THAT AGE. AND SO THOSE HAVE BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL AND BEEN A LOT OF FUN FOR THE STAFF HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT. THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF RUSK AND OTHER STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT. THEY'RE MOVING AHEAD AT A REALLY GOOD PACE AND STAFF AND OUR PORT AND THROUGHOUT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ARE WORKING ON THAT. I THINK THEY'RE AT 60% PLANS AND HOPING TO GET IT IN CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR I BELIEVE THIS FALL I'M SORRY THIS WINTER . SO THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING IN TERMS THE CONVERSION OF FIRE STATION THREE DEVELOPMENT STAFF WORKING ON A BUSINESS RETENTION POLICY. SO SOMETIMES BUSINESSES THROUGH REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS EITHER LOSE THEIR SPACE OR NEED TO MOVE AND ARE COMING UP WITH DIFFERENT TOOLS OR LEVERS TO HELP THEM OR STAY IN BLOOMINGTON IS KIND OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THAT ONE. AND THEN FINALLY A FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. CERTAINLY OUR COMMERCIAL NODES AROUND BLOOMINGTON AS IS ALWAYS AN ONGOING DISCUSSION AND TOPIC IN TERMS OF HOW TO KEEP THOSE FRESH AND VITAL AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT PROGRAM WILL ALSO AID IN THOSE EFFORTS. SO WITH THAT THAT'S HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS BUT AND PADILLA'S GREAT BY THE WAY AT SUPPORTING REED'S FAITH IS EXCELLENT TOO. BUT FIDEL ALWAYS ANSWERS OUR QUESTIONS LICKETY SPLIT. SO THANK YOU . GOOD MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THE FINANCE ROUTE TEAM. IT'S MADE UP OF MYSELF. JANA HOLMQUIST, DANA CHO. SO THE GRANT IS THEIR CURRENT CHAIR AND THE REAL WELL IS OUR CURRENT PROJECT MANAGER. DO YOU HAVE T-SHIRTS? NO, WE DON'T HAVE T-SHIRT MONEY. JUST MONEY. AN ITEM THAT CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL LATER THIS SPRING WAS ON THE TREE ASSESSMENT PIECE AND SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE STARTING THE PROCESS AND YOU WILL SEE THEM THIS FALL FOR THOSE THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT. AND SO PART OF THE COUNCIL HAD ASKED FOR UPDATES ON THAT. SO EVERY FALL WHEN WE BRING THE TREE ASSESSMENT INFORMATION TO YOU WE'LL BE GIVING YOU THAT UPDATE OF WHERE WE'RE AT ON TREE ASSESSMENTS AND THE IMPACT ON THAT. ALSO THIS SPRING THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ADDING TWO BIPOC BANKS TO OUR LIST FOR SORT CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT. WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FULLY UTILIZE THOSE BECAUSE WHEN WE TAKE BANKS AND PUTS CITIES INTO PLACE WE HAVE TO DO THAT BY COMPETITIVE BIDS SO WE'RE WAITING AND WATCHING RATES AT THESE BANKS. SO HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE THEY WILL HAVE THE MOST COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR US. AND THEN WE'VE LAUNCHED OUR NEW PHASE THE VENDOR DIVERSITY PROGRAM. SO WITH THAT FINANCE IS GOING TO BE THE PILOT AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE CONTRACTS WE HAVE AND THEN SEEING WHICH ONE OF THOSE CAN BE TURNED OVER INTO PIOS. SO THAT WE CAN START TRACKING THE PURCHASE ORDERS IN OUR SYSTEM TO SEE WHICH ONES AND WHERE THEY'RE AT. SO ONCE WE GET A CLEAR LE OF WHAT THE ISSUES ARE WITH POSE AND MANAGING THOSE THEN WE CAN WORK THAT OUT TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN KEEP STEPPING UP OUR VENDOR ADVERSITY PROGRAM AND THEN NEXT WEEK LISA AND MYSELF WILL BE HEADING TO BOSTON FOR OUR MUNICIPAL AND RACIAL EQUITY GATHERING AND LOOKING TO SEE HOW WE CAN ENHANCE OUR BOND DOCUMENTS FOR RACIAL EQUITY ISSUES. SO THERE'S THOSE PIECES. ONE OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WE'VE BEEN FOR THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS DOING AROUND THE WORLD AS IN BLOINON IN FINANCE WE DO A MONDAY HUDDLE AND THIS MORNING WE DID THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE AND WE'VE DONE DIFFERENT CONTINENTS AND ALL THAT STAFF HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THEM AND WE TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT CONTINENT AND JUST LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE WORLD. SO JUST DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN FINANCE. THANKS THANK YOU, COUNSEL. I'M TRUSTING IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS. DO NOT BE SHY. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS MANAGER I'M LEAH HUGHES. I WILL BE GIVING THE PARKS AND RECREATION RATE UPDATE WHO WE ARE. IT'S A COMBINATION OF ANCHOR CATTERY MYSELF, JILL MURPHY, JEAN SAND AND JENNA SMITH. SO CHECK TO THIS AREA. ALL RIGHT. AND HERE ARE OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE NEXT TWO SLIDES. SO MOBILE RECREATION. WAIT, THIS WENT TO PARK. I APOLOGIZE. ALL RIGHT. OUR MOBILE RECREATION IS FREE OGRAMING WITH NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED. IT IS A MOBILE PROGRAM THAT ROTATES TO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PARKS EVERY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND IT WILL GO FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE AND JULY. THIS PROVIDES ACCESS TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT RECREATION ACTIVITIES ACCESS TO EDUCATION ON DIFFERENT SPORTS AND RECREATION THINGS FOR YOUTH AND IT MOVES AROUND SO IT'S ACCESSIBLE AND NOT JUST HELD IN ONE AREA. WE ARE ALSO IMPLEMENTING AN ADOPT A PARK PROGRAM WHICH IS OPENING UP THIS MONTH. THIS IS ALSO OPEN TO ANYONE ANYONE CAN APPLY. IT CAN BE INDIVIDUALS GROUPS. BASICALLY IT'S AN APPLICATION TO DEDICATE 1 TO 2 DAYS PER MONTH FOR YOUR YOUR HOUSEHOLD OR YOUR GROUP TO JUST MAINTAIN THE PARK THAT YOU LOVE. SO IT'S IN COMBINATION IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PARK MAINTENANCE TEAM AND PARKS AND RECREATION SERVICES INCLUDE JUST COMMUNITY CLEANUPS LITTER PICK UPS, BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS AND INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVALS. THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THIS PROGRAM FOR MORE INVOLVED PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN TRUE COLLABORATION OR MORE COLLABORATION WITH THE PARK MAINTENANCE TEAMS AND THOSE WILL BE KIND OF ACCEPTED AND DISCUSSED ON A ROTATING BASIS AS THEY COME IN . CREEKSIDE AND A NUMBER OF OUR FACILITIES THAT RENT SPACES ARE SEEING A LOT OF DIVERSIFICATION AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE UTILIZING OUR FACILITIES. ONE HIGHLIGHT IS CREEKSIDE IS SEEING AN INCREASE IN CULTURALLY SPECIFIC RENTALS THINGS SUCH AS CONSIDéRéS RAMADAN CELEBRATIONS AND CITY SPONSORED EVENTS ARE BEING HELD IN THESE RENTAL SPACES FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THROUGH THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WE NOW HAVE A NEW LOTTERY REGISTRATION SYSTEM WAS IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR FOR SUMMER PARKS PROGRAM. THIS WAS MEANT TO INCREASE AND REGISTRATION PROCESS BY NOT LIMITING REGISTRATIONS TO A DAYTIME HOUR. OFTEN AS A PARENT WHO HAS TO REGISTER MY CHILD FOR SOMETHING IT'S A 5 A.M. QUICK START AND IT'S LIKE GETTING CONCERT TICKETS IT'S FULL BY 7 A.M. SO WE TRIED TO TAKE THAT OUT OF THE EQUATION AND MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE SO PEOPLE CAN REGISTER FOR THESE PROGRAMS OVER A NUMBER OF WEEKS AND THEN IT'S A RANDOM DRAW THROUGH THE REC CHECK REGISTRATION PROGRAM THAT SET PEOPLE TO THE DIFFERENT PARKS THAT THEY APPLIED TO. WE'VE ALSO ESTABLISHED THE DAKOTA ADVISORY GROUP. THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN DAKOTA PEOPLE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, BLOOMINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE POND DAKOTA HERITAGE SOCIETY. THEY MEET REGULARLY TO DISCUSS DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION AND EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND TRY TO COORDINATE AS BEST THEY CAN TOGETHER FOR SO ACTIVITIES AND ACTIVITIES IN OTHER PLACES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE'RE ALSO SEEING AN INCREASE IN BIPOC WOMEN OWNED AND LGBTQ A PS A PARTNERSHIPS HERE AT THE ART CENTER. SOME HIGHLIGHTS ARE THREAD DANCE ELEVATE PERFORMING ARTS RHYTHM STREET MOVEMENT, ALTERNATIVE MOTION PROJECT BALLROOM AND LATIN DANCE CONCERTO DANCE AND A CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH CHAD TO CHADWICK, NILES PHILLIPS AND THE AVANT GARDE FOR SOME OF OUR ARTS AND PARKS PROGRAMING THAT MANY OF US HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO WITNESS . WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING ON TRANSLATING DOCUMENTS THROUGH THE LANGUAGE ACCESS PROGRAM PUT OUT. I WILL ADMIT SHE IS FANTASTIC. SHE HAS DONE A NUMBER OF TRAININGS FOR THE PARKS AND REC TEAM TO ENSURE THAT OUR INFO DESKS AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FORWARD FACING WITH THE COMMUNITY CAN PROVIDE THE LANGUAGE SERVICES THAT ARE NECESSARY SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE AND HOW THEY AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN BECOME INVOLVED. WE'VE ALSO ADDED DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS TO OUR ONLINE REGISTRATION SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS US TO COLLECT INFORMATION ON PARTICIPANTS SO WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHO'S SHOWING UP, HOW OFTEN THEY'RE SHOWING UP BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WHO WE'RE NOT REACHING. SO THAT WAY WE CAN TRY TO FILL THOSE GAPS THROUGH OUR VARIOUS PARTNERSHIPS COLLABORATIONS AND TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP MOVING THE WORK FORWARD. AND LASTLY, WE'VE EXPANDED OUR OUTREACH PARTNERS FOR BOTH KENNEDY AND JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUTH KNOW WHAT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ARE WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, SPECIFICALLY PARKS AND RECREATION. AND WE ARE MAKING MORE TRIPS TO SOME OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO AGAIN HELP PARENTS AND FAMILIES AND BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS UNDERSTAND WHAT SOME OF THE THE PROGRAMS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THEIR KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. AS FAR AS THE PARKS AND REC WE MEET MONTHLY OUR CONRSATNS ARE VARIED SOMETIMES THEY REVOLVE AROUND ARTICLES OR HAPPENINGS IN THE NEWS . SOMETIMES PEOPLE BRING FORTH THINGS THAT THEY HAVE DISCUSSED OR SEEN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND SO JUST TRY TO CHANGE IT UP EVERY MONTH. IN ADDITION TO USING A LOT OF THE I MEAN PARKS AND REC HAS A LOT OF FORWARD FACING PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING AND HEARING AND DOING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY KIND OF DRIVE A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE. SO THAT'S IT FOR PARKS AND REC. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER DAN SANDRA. HEY LEAH. HI. THANKS FOR TS IS GREAT. I HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION. IF YOU GO TO THE SLIDE PRIOR, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE SEEING AN INCREASE THE DIVERSITY OF ROOM RENTALS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO ATTRIBUTE IT TO SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR? YOU KNOW, IS IT THE OUTREACH THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT INCLUDES MAKING PEOPLE AWARE OF THOSE THINGS OR IS IT BECAUSE THEY CAN NOW READ ABOUT IT IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE OR IS IT SOME COMBINATION HOW ARE YOU TRACKING YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT'S WORKING WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE? COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I THINK IT'S ALL OF THE ABOVE. SO I THINK IT'S THE EXTENDED EFFORTS THAT WE'RE MAKING I THINK IT'S THE LANGUAGE LANGUAGE ACCESS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AND I ALSO THINK IT'S WORD OF MOUTH WHEN PEOPLE HAVE A GREAT EXPERIENCE IN A FACILITY WITH A GREAT STAFF WHO HAS ACCOMMODATED THEIR NEEDS AND MADE THEIR EVENT AS FUN AND AS AS IT CAN POSSIBLY BE. I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES AND SO I THINK WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY BEING MORE AWARE BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS THROUGH MARKETING AND LANGUAGE ACCESS BUT ALSO THROUGH THROUGH THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS WHO ARE TALKING ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES THAT THEY HAD IN OUR FACILITIES AND IN OU PARKS. GREAT. THANKS. ABSOLUTELY. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THANK YOU. JUST A VERY QUICK QUESTION OR JUST A THANK YOU FOR THE ADAPTIVE PARK PROGRAM. SO KNOW A TON OF PEOPLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO HELP OUT IN THEIR PARKS AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT I BELIEVE WAS ON NEXT DOOR THERE WAS A THREAD ABOUT HELPING OUT AT THE DOG OFF LEASH DOG PARK. SO I WANT TO GET THAT WRONG SO. SO IF YOU HAVE AN EYE THERE'S PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THAT AND I ASSUME THAT THERE MAY BE SOME OPPTUNITIES FOR THEM TO HELP OUT THERE AS WELL AND THEY WERE LOOKING TO DO EXACTLY THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. SO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND EVERYONE ELSE IF YOU IF YOU DIRECT THEM TO PARKS AND REC, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY SET THEM UP WITH THE DOCUMENTS AND THE INFORMATION. BUT WE WE HAVE KIND OF THE FREQUENT FLIERS AND PEOPLE WHO RETURN YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. BUT WE HAVE 97 PARKS AND CLEARLY ONE OF THEM IS NEEDING SOME TENDER LOVING CARE OF THE DOG PARK. SO JUST PLEASE SEND THEM TO PARKS AND RECREATION. ALL THE INFORMATION IS ON OUR WEBSITE AND ACCESSIBLE AND WE DO HAV A VUNTEER COORDINATOR THAT HELPS PLACE THEM IN THE PARKS THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO WORK WITHIN AND HELP THEM FIND PROJECTS THAT THEY CAN DO AS EITHER GROUP OR LIKE I SAID A NEIGHBORHOOD WHATEVER THEIR COMBINATION MIGHT BE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU . EVEN MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS SCOTT ANDERSON FROM UTILITY'S PUBLIC WORKS RYT CONSISTS OF AND HAS HAD REPRESENTATION FROM MAINTENANCE, UTILITIES, ENGINEERING AND ADMINISTRATION SINCE ITS INCEPTION. WE MEET GENERALLY MONTHLY IN MOST INSTANCES AND HAVE BEEN WORKING ON BOTH IN 2022 AND 23 WORK PLANS FOR INITIATIVES BOTH INTERNAL TO THE ORGANIZATION AND EXTERNAL. AND I'LL TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THOSE OR A NUMBER OF THOSE. NEXT, THE WORK PLAN FOCUSES ON THREE MAIN AREAS RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AND HIRING OF STAFF CURRENT STAFF COMPETENCY INEQUITY DEVELOPMENT AND ADDRESSING INEQUITIES REVOLVING AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICE DELIVERY. SO WITH REGARD TO RECRUITMENT AND HIRING OF STAFF WE'VE WE'VE IMPLEMENTED AND EXPANDED RECRUITING EFFORTS FOR SEASONAL EMPLOYEES AND INTERNSHIPS AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL LEVEL AND COMMITMENT RECRUITMENT AND HAVE IMPLEMENTED KIND OF AN APPRENTICE OR A PATHWAYS PROGRAM AND UTILITIES WHERE WE'VE BEEN TO DRAW MUCH WIDER CANDIDATE POOL AND CONNECT THEM WITH SAINT PAUL TECHNICAL COLLEGE WHICH WHICH LUCKILY FOR US HAS HAS A UTILITY FOCUSED PROGRAM, A YEARLONG PROGRAM THAT THAT SETS APPLICANTS UP READY TO TO TEST AND SUCCESSFULLY PASS STATE EXAMINATIONS TO BECOME LICENSED UTILITY OPERATORS IN THE STAFF EQUITY IN DEVELOPMENT AREAS. WE'VE GOT CURRENT CURRENT EFFORTS REVOLVING OUR EQUITY INFORMATION LENDING LIBRARY THAT'S THAT'S A LIBRARY OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR EMPLOYEES TO TO CHECK OUT AS WELL AS OUR MONTHLY EXPERIENCING EQUITY COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE EMAIL COMMUNICATION SENT OUT TO STAFF TO BE CONSUMED AT THEIR PACE ON THEIR TIME. JUST TO LEARN MORE ABOUT EQUITY RELATED TOPICS AND THEN SOON TO COME WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT SHORTER TOOLBOX TALKS AT THE CREW LEVEL AS WELL AS A LITTLE MORE FORMAL LUNCH AND LEARNS. AND THEN REGARDING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICE INEQUITIES, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT UTILITY RATE EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY AFFORDABILITY ISSUES WORKING WITH THE U.S. WATER ALLIANCE AND OTHER CITIES ON AND COLLABORATING AND SHARING THOSE EFFORTS IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL AS WELL AS OUR WORKING ON WATER EQUITY OPPORTUNITIES BRIEF THAT WE HOPE TO HAVE READY SOON AS WELL AS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SURROUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PREDOMINANTLY OUT OF ENGINEERING GOING TO GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AS OPPOSED TO HOSTING A MEETING AT PUBLIC WORKS GOING OUT TO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND TRYING TO MEET FOLKS IN PLACE AND ONSITE. SO THOSE ARE A HANDFUL OF OF THE INITIATIVES OF THE PUBLIC WORKS REPORT FOR 2022 AND 2023 . COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. SORRY GUYS. DID I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A LITTLE BIT WITHIN THE UTILITY BILLING FRAMEWORK IS THE THE QUESTION ABOUT WITH WHETHER OR NOT WE WHEER OR NOT WE HAVE WHETHER OR NOT OUR GARBAGE TO OUR GARBAGE UNITS CAN GO TO EVERY OTHER WEEK, WHETHER OR NOT OUR UTILITY BILL LIKE WE COULD DO SOME KIND OF A ROUND UP SERVICE THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO HELP OTHER MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, PAY OFF THEIR BILLS OR WHATEVER. I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN DELINQUENCY RIGHT NOW ARE ALL OF THOSE THINGS THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT UNDER THAT TOPIC AREA? I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS IF THERE'S IF SOMETHING SPECIFIC WAS THERE ARE ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WERE PART OF THAT THINK I CAN TAKE A STAB AT THAT AND CARL MIGHT WANT TO JUMP IN BUT I KNOW WITH REGARD TO TO SOLID WASTE THERE'S THERE'S A SOLID WASTE RATE STUDY THAT'S THAT'S INTENDED TO BE UNDERTAKEN. SO TO TO THE DEGREE THAT THAT ALSO EXPLORES DIFFERENT SERVICE DELIVERY METHODS THAT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE A PART OF THAT I ASSUME IT CERTAINLY COULD EASILY BE IF IT'S NOT ALREADY AS WELL AS WE'RE LOOKING AT UPDATING OUR COST OF SERVICE MODEL FOR THE WATER UTILITY AS WELL. SO TRYING TO LOOK AT IT AT ALL THOSE AVENUES. THANK YOU . AWESOME. THIS NEXT PIECE I'M REALLY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE WE HAVE ON OFFICIAL FIRE RIGHT OFF OUR RACIAL ACTION TEAM. YAY! AND SO NOW WE CAN OFFICIALLY SAY WE HAVE TEN DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE READS. AND WITH THAT WE WANTED TO INTRODUCE LEON CHAMBERS, A 36 JUST COME UP AND TALK A LITTLE ABOUT HIM HSELFNDHE EXCITEMENT FOR THE FIRE READ AND WHAT HE ENVISIONS ON HERE . GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MY NAME IS LEON CHAMBERS. WE MET A FEW MONTHS AGO. I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE. I EXTREMELY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS READ. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT HOW HOW IT WAS FORMED AFTER FAITH GAVE HER A PRESENTATION. WE WERE SO FIRED UP ABOUT THIS . NO PUN IEND. WE WERE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS A ALL INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT AND HOPEFULLY OUR ACTIONS CAN HELP IMPROVE POLICY THAT WILL MAKE IT WELCOMING TO OTHERS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH LEON. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A FIERY IS GOING TO DO THIS YEAR. SO I THINK WITH THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL KEY DEPARTMENTS THAT I'M GOING TO HELP TALK ON BEHALF OF . SO WE'LL MOVE OVER TO OUR POLICE READ AND THIS IS THE MAKEUP OF OUR POLICE REPORT. I REALLY DIVERSE ROBUST GROUP THAT SUPPORTS ALL THE EFFORTS OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BEFORE KIND OF GET TO THIS COACHING PIECE. WELL WHEN I WAS TALKING TO DESMOND DANIELS WHO IS THE RIGHT CHAIR, HE WANTED ME TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE COMMUNITY EFFORTS TO WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN IN SUPPORT OF THE JUNETEENTH. OUR FIRST INAUGURAL BLOOMINGTON JUNETEENTH THAT JUST PASSED AND SUPPORTING WITH PROVIDING ICE CREAMS TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND RESIDENTS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS OUT AT KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL IN ADDITION TO HAVING YARD GAMES DISPLAYS AND SUPPORT AND JUST BEING IN THE COMMUNITY BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND CONNECTIONS. SO THAT WAS REALLY FUN AND THRILLING. IN ADDITION THEY'VE ALSO BEEN IS GOING TO GIVE PRESENTATIONS AND TABLING AT KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL TO TALK ABOUT WHO IS THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT DOHE DO AND HOW DO THEY ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY ON TOP OF THAT TO TALKING ABOUT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND PATHWAYS TO BE WITHIN A POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE FUN COMMUNITY EXPERTS OR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THEY'VE BEEN DOING . AND TO THIS SLIDE HERE ABOUT COACHING, THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE TO EMBED AND BUILD THAT CONNECTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WITH THE SUPPORT OF SEVERAL KEY POLICE OFFICERS THEY WERE ABLE TO ENACT ON SOME COACHING ON THE LAST YEAR IN THIS YEAR. SO THIS CURRENT YEAR THEY WERE ABLE TO GET SUPPORT FROM DETECTIVE DE GOEY TO HELP WITH THE BLOOMINGTON ICE SKATE SCHOOL THAT WERE HELD TWO CLASSES WEEKL FROM NOVEMBER TO JANUARY. SO THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING. SO YOU COULD SEE SOME PHOTOS HERE OF THEIR SUPPORT WITH PEOPLE TO ICE GUARD AND SKATE SCHOOL. AND THEN CURRENTLY THERE ARE HIGH OFFICERS COACHING SOFTBALL AND THERE'S A BIG REVEAL TOMORROW THAT DESMOND TOLD ME ABOUT WHERE AGAIN THROUGH THE COACHING PROCESS THEY'RE NOT IN UNIFORM. BUT THEN AT THE LAST DAY OF THAT COACHING THEY SHOW UP IN UNIFORM JUST TO BE PRIDEFUL IN HOW THEY COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO CONNECT AND BE A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW AND THIS CAN BE REALLY EXCITING TO SEE. AND THEN SOME OTHER ADDITIONAL EXCITING THINGS THAT THE POLICE RACIAL EQUITY ACTION TEAM IS ROLLING OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY HERE YOU CAN SEE HERE THEY CAN HAVE ON JULY 20/20 FOR INTERNAL CONNECTIONS AND COMMUNITY BUILDING WITH KEY STAFF AND CITY EMPLOYEES. THEY'RE HAVING A BATTLE OF THE EGG ROLLS SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS HELD AT CIVIC PLAZA IN THE LUNCHROOM HERE AND YOU GET A SAMPLE FREE EGG ROLLS THEY'RE SPONSORING THAT FROM VAOUS RESTAURANTS AND YOU GET A MARK AND CHOOSE WHICH EGG ROLL YOU LIKE BEST FROM WHICH RESTAURANT. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, AGAIN WITH ENGAGING WITH AN INTERNAL STAFF, THEY'RE GOING TO ALSO OFFER POLICE DEPARTMENT TOURS AS WELL. SO WITHIN OUR CITY EMPLOYEES THEY CAN GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF AGAIN WHO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS AND WHERE YOU CAN GO SEE THE SPACES AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. ADDITIONALLY ANOTHER AH EVENT ON EXTERNAL LEVEL THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A SUMMER COOKOUT SO THEY STARTED THE FIRST SUMMER COOKOUT LAST YEAR AND IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AT BOONTON BLOOMING METALS AND SO THEYANTED TO DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE HELD ON JULY 27TH AND THEY ARE PARTNERING WITH CHURCH WHO IS GOING TO SPONSOR THE FREE FOOD AND BURGERS AND HOTDOGS AND BEVERAGES SNACKS WITH THE COMMUNITY AT BLOWING METALS AND SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE THEY ALSO GET KEY CITY DIVISION AND DEPARTMENTS TO ALSO BE THERE TO TABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE CITY SERVICES RESOURCES AND WHAT'S THERE TO OFFER FROM THE CITY. AND SO THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING AS. SO THOSE ARE SOME KEY UPDATES FROM POLICE RIGHT? I WAS GOING TO SAY CHIEF HOESOU WANTED TO SHARE. OKAY. NEXT HERE I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES RACIAL EQUITY ACTION TEAM AND THIS IS THE MAKEUP OF THE GROUP. WE HAVE DIANE, EMILY, AFAF AND TRACI AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON HERE. THE NEXT SLIDE HERE IS THE PUBLIC HEALTH MOBILE HEALTH HUB. SO THIS IS SOMETHING NEWLY LAUNCHED THIS YEAR WHERE THE PUBLIC HLTH DIVISIONANTED TO ENSURE THAT THERE CONTINUE TO SERVE BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA AND RICHFIELD AND MEANING COMMUNITY WHERE THEY ARE AT. AND SO THE HUB FEATURES IMMUNIZATION SCREENINGS, WORK APPOINTMENTS AND MUCH MORE AND IS VERY COLORFUL. THEY HAVE FUN TOYS AND ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE MOBILE HUB. AND GUESS WHAT? IT HAS AIR CONDITIONING AND SO THAT'S ALSO REALLY EXCITING FOR OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO ALSO BE IN THE MOBILE HOME TO JUST LEARN AND GET THOSE HEALTHY SCREENINGS GOING AS WELL. COMMUNITY SERVICES READ ALSO LAST YEAR SUPPORTED WITHIN THE BOOMWN PDE CELEBRATION AND THEY HAD A LITTLE OVER 3000 ATTENDEES THIS YEAR. THEY ARE PARTNERING WITH THE THIS YEAR. THE BOONTON PRIDE CELEBRATION IS BEING PARTNERED THROUGH TWIN CITIES PRIDE WHO IS THE NONPROFIT THAT ORGANIZES TWIN CITIES PRIDE AT LORING PARK. AND SO WITH THIS NEW PARTNERSHIP IT WOULD ENSURE THE SUPPORT TO GROW THE BOOMTOWN FESTIVAL IN THE YEARS TO COME. AND THIS YEAR'S PRIDE IS GOING TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH FROM 12 TO 2 AT BLOOMINGTON CIVIC PLAZA. ADDITIONALLY, THE LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN THEY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT EFFORT AND PROVIDING TRAINING AND PROMOTING MEANINGFUL ACCESS SO THAT OUR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY INDIVIDUAL AND COUNTY MEMBERS CAN GET ACCESS TO CITY SERVICES RESOURCES WITHIN THE LANGUAGE OF THEIR SPOKEN AND OR WRITTEN LANGUAGE . AND THEN THIS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER ALREADY THROUGH OUR H SUITE OR ADMINISTRATION RACIAL EQUITY ACTION TEAM BUT COMMUNITY SERVICES WAS ALSO IN COLLABORATION IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT TIME OF ENSURING THAT OUR CITY EMPLOYEES CAN CONTINUE TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND BE IN COMMUNITY AND BUILD CONNECTIONS AND BRING THAT SERVICE AS WELL. NEXT YEAR WE HAVE OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RACIAL EQUITY ACTION TEAM AND WHO THEY ARE THEY HAVE AMY CHEYNEY, MARIO, LIZ KYLE, GREG AND BOB A PART OF THAT GROUP AND SOME KEY EFFORTS THAT THEY WORKED ON IS TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THE WORK CULTURE DISCUSSING THE IMPORTANCE OF EQUITY IN INCLUSION IN THE WORKPLACE. SOME EXAMPLES THEY'VE DONE THAT THIS YEAR IS HAVING FAMILIES DAY WHERE WITHIN THEIR DIVISION THEY'RE ABLE TO HAVE TWO MORE DAYS TO RECOGNIZE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IN ADDITION TO THEY'VE HAD TOPIC CONVERSATIONS REGARDING RACIAL EQUITY AND INCLUSION WITHIN EACH OF THEIR DIVISION TEAMS AND ALSO HIGHLIGHTING KEY HERITAGE MONTH CONVERSATION AND ENGAGING IN DIALOG ABOUT KEY CHAMPIONS WITHIN EACH OF THOSE HERITAGE MONTHS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, TO THIS YEAR I FOUND OUT THAT THEY ALL BID COLLECTIVELY READING OUR BOOK TOGETHER AND READING VARIOUS CHAPTERS ON RACIAL EQUITY ISSUES AND HAVING DIALOG AND CONVERSATIONS MORE DEEPLY ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. THE SECOND PIECE THIS IS THAT THEY CAN DO TO ASSIST AND DEVELOP A CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL READ INITIATIVES. THEY REACH THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE SO AS AN INTERNAL FACING DEPARTMENT THEY REALLY HELP AND SUPPORT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. AND WHAT ARE THEIR INITIATIVES AND WHAT ARE THE KEY WORK PLANS THAT THEY HAVE? AND SO THEY DO A LOT OF SUPPORT IN THAT AREA AS WELL. YOU WANT TO DO THIS, MELISA? OKAY. LET ME GO BACK. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER ALESSANDRA, I HAD ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. ONE, IF I CAN NOW APOLOGIZE OR PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IT IF YOU CAN'T. I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS. I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT THESE AS RACIAL EQUITY ACTION TEAMS. THERE'S A LOT OF INTERSECTION REALITY ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE. SPECIFICALLY WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT I THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR DIGITAL PLATFORMS AND THAT KIND OF THING. DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF AREAS OF FOCUS THERE THAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING KNOWING THAT IT IS A BIGGER PLAYER IN THAT SPACE AT LEAST FOR OUR DIGITAL PROPERTIES? YEAH I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME SMALL INCREMENTAL PROJECTS THAT THEY ARE SUPPORTING WITHIN EACH DEPARTMENT AND WHAT ARE THE KEY GOALS THEY HAVE FOR HOW THEY WANT THAT ACCESSIBILITY LOOK LIKE? I JUST DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DEIL BUT THERE ARE SMALL POCKETS WITHIN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTING THE EFFORT IN . OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS. SORRY. SORRY TO INTERRUPT, MELISSA. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. ALL RIGHT. MIA REMEMBERS THE LEGAL ROUTE IS COMPRISED OF THESE FOUR MEMBERS RIGHT NOW. WE HAD WE USED TO HAVE A COUPLE MORE BUT THEY HAVE MOVED ON TO OTHER POSITIONS IN OTHER PLACES. SO WE ARE ALWAYS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF OUR NEWEST ADDITIONS. WELL. NEXT SLIDE. SO WE HAVE THESE TWO UPDATES AND I ALSO HAVE A JUSTINE'S UPDATE THE RESTORATIVE COURT IF YOU RECALL THIS IS A SHARED PROJECT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY. IT'S TECHNICALLY A HENNEPIN COUNTY EMPLOYEE AND THEN THE CITY HAS A MATCH TO ASSIST WITH THE PAYMENT OF STAFF SERVICES. SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE SOCIAL WORKER ASSIGNED TO OUR RESTORATIVE COURT THAT WE SET UP. EACH CITY HAS ITS OWN TYPE OF RESTORATIVE COURT. WE HAVE ONE THAT IS TAILORED TO THE TYPES AND DISIBION OF CRIMES THAT OCCUR IN BLOOMINGTON AND WE WERE RECENTLY NOTIFIED COMING TO A BUDGET MEMO NEAR YOU THAT WE HAVE REACHED OUR CAPACITY AT THE RESTORATIVE COURT AND HAVE BEEN AT HENNEPIN COUNTY HAS INDICATED TO US THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANOTHER PERSON ASSIGNED AND SO I ENCOURAGE THEM TO REACH OUT TO THEIR FOLKS IN HENNEPIN COUNTY BECAUSE THEIR HENNEPIN COUNTY EMPLOYEES. SO WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT GOES. BUT THE EXCITING THING IS TT IT'S BEEN HUGELY SUCCESSFUL AND THE IS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY THAT ARE OTHERWISE QUALIFIED TO PARTICIPATE. THE SECOND UPDATE IS THAT WE MADE A DECISION EARLIER THIS YEAR THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF FINANCE AND JAMIE IN PARTICULAR WHO WE TALKED THROUGH WITH THIS WE HAD HISTORICALLY BEEN CHARGING FOR EVIDENCE. SOME OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO NOT AND WE MADE A DECISION IN BALANCING THE STAFF TIME REQUIRED TO PROCESS ALL OF THOSE CHECKS ANDRANSITION OR TRANSFERS OF MONEY FOR RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNTS TO GET CRIMINAL DISCOVERY THAT WE WOULD STOP CHARGING FOR EVIDENCE AND BE LIKE MANY OF OUR COUNTERPARTS WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD PROMOTE ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO REVIEW THEIR THEIR DISCOVERY FOR THEIR CRIMINAL JUSTICE EXPERIENCE REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. SO THIS HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING IT FOR ABOUT A MONTH NOW I GUESS WAI A MINUTE. TEN DAYS IT FEELS LIKE A LONG MONTH AND UM AND I HAVE I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT WHICH PROBABLY TELLS ME THAT IT'S GOING WELL SO LASTLY UNJUST NEEDS IF YOU RECALL DURING THE LAST BUDGET MEMO AND CARRYOVERS WE REQUESTED A LAW CLERK WE HAD A LAW CLERK JOIN US. SHE'S NOW PREPARING TO TAKE THE BAR EXAM IN ABOUT TEN DAYS SHE WORKED ON OUR JUSTICE CITY OWNED PROPERTIES AND WAS ABLE TO WE ALL TEND TO THE TRAINING AND LRNEDOWO DO IT AND SHE PUT TOGETHER THE PAPERWORK TO DISCHARGE THE CITY PROPERTIES THANKS TO THE ASSISTANCE OF THE FOLKS IN DEVELOPMENT SPECIFICALLY GLEN AND SOME OTHERS DOWN THERE WHO WORKED WITH VERY CLOSELY ON THAT. WE HAVE ONE STEP LEFT FOR THE TORRENCE PROPERTIES AND ONE STEP LEFT ON THE ABSTRACT PROPERTIES AND WE HOPE TO MOVE THOSE FORWARD AS WELL. SO I WOULD SAY WITHIN THE NEXT QUARTER WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE DISCHARGED THOSE RACIAL RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS ON CITY OWNED LAND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH MELISSA. AND WITH THAT AS AN UPDATE OF OUR RACIAL EQUITY ACTION TEAM SO AS YOU CAN SEE WITHIN ALL TEN DEPARTMENTS THERE ARE KEY CHAMPIONS AND CONTINUE TO DO WORK WITHIN PRACTICES, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN EACH OF THE RIGHTS AND AGAIN OUR CITY EMPLOYEES ARE THE BEST AND KNOWING WHAT THOSE PRACTICE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE TO DO TO SUPPORT THE EFFORT TO CREATE A MORE EQUITABLE AND INCLUSION AND BELONGING SPACE SO THANK YOU AND I THANK YOU THANK YOU FORHE PSEATION AND THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO PRESENTED THIS EVENING IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN QUEST OVER FOR YOU SIT DOWN I DID YEAH I DO HAVE YOU HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I WANTED TO ASK. SO DO YOU THINK THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED, YOU KNOW, BEYOND YOU KNOW HERE THAT I WANTED TO BE SURE THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WE SAW TODAY, A LOT OF STAFF TIME THAT'S SPENT ON ON THESE THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS. AND I KNOW YOU'VE SORT OF STATED BUT I WANT TO JUST ASK THE QUESTION DIRECTLY WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THESE PROJECTS? SO MAYBE THIS IS A FAITH QUESTION, I'M NOT SURE BUT I WANT TO AT LEAST RAISE THAT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND. I HAVE MY OWN RESPONSE BUT I'LL LET YOU BETH SO FOR YOU TO JOIN ME TOO. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION. IT'S REALLY TO CONTINUE TO EMBED RACIAL EQUITY ACTIONS WITHIN OF THE DEPARTMENTS AGAIN BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SYSTEMICALLY THERE ARE POLICIES, PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES PUT IN PLACE WITHIN AND GOVERNMENT THAT ALSO CREATES BARRIERS AND THAT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE TO KEY MARGINALIZED UNDERSERVED UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES. AND SO BY INACTIVATING RACIAL ACTION TEAMS WITHIN ALL DEPARTMENTS WERE ABLE TO THEN HAVE KEY LENS THAT ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN EVERYDAY LIFE THAT WE PROVIDE PRACTICES AND POLICIES THAT COULD BE MORE EQUITABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO OUR COMMUNITY HERE SPECIFICALLY IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. AND AGAIN WE LEAN IN ON THAT EFFORT OF TRAINING AND SUPPORTING OUR KEY STAFF IN THAT EFFORT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE POLICIES, THE PRACTICE AT BEST AND MYSELF AND FAITH WE COME IN TO ALSO THEN PROVIDE OUR RACIAL EQUITY TO SAY WELL HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF THIS? HEY, CONSIDER THIS OR HERE ARE SOME TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT YOU CAN LOOK INTO. WE OFTEN REFER BACK TO GEARED THE CURRENT ALLIANCE RACE EQUITY TO TALK ABOUT THE AND RESOURCES THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE AS WELL TO EACH OF THE READS AND FAITH IF YOU WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE WITH THAT JUST A COUPLE MORE MORE QUESTIONS HERE. SO I'LL GO TO THIS ONE HERE. THERE'S SOME FOLKS WHO ASK YOU KNOW, WE'VE ASKED THIS MANY A TIMES AND YOU'VE ANSWERED THIS MANY A TIMES BUT I THINK SOMETIMES IF YOU'RE JUST PICKING UP ON THIS MIDWAY THROUGH THE PROCESS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED WHEN WE ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS THERE'S ALWAYS THIS QUESTION IS WHY RACIAL EQUITY AS OPPOSED TO JUST SIMPLY EQUITY AND INCLUSION. YES. THANK YOU AGAIN COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN FOR THAT QUESTION WHY RACIAL EQUITY SPECIFICALLY IS BECAUSE WE KNOW AT THE FOREFRONT THAT THERE ARE ALSO IMPLICIT IN ON IMPLICIT BIAS THAT OCCURS AND BY HAVING A KEY LENS ON RACIAL EQUITY WE'RE ABLE TO THEN NAME THE ISSUE AND ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND COME UP WITH THE SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE ISSUES. AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT LAWS CREATED WE KNOW THAT EVEN EXAMPLE WITH THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT THAT WAS CREATED IT WAS ALL BASED ON RACE WHEN WE LOOKED AT REDLINING WE KNOW THAT PREDOMINANTLY MARGINALIZING BLACK AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF BEING HARMED WITHIN THAT REDLINING THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT POLICY. AND SO BY HAVING A LENS ON RACIAL EQUITY IT'S REALLY TARGETING AND SPECIFICALLY NAMING AND CALLING OUT WHAT ARE THE KEY ISSUES THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE AND LAW THAT CREATED BARRIERS AND ALSO CONTINUE TO AND ACTIVATE THE JUST THE SYSTEMIC BARRIERS THAT CONTINUE TO OCCUR WITHIN COMMUNITIES THAT COULD CONTINUE GROW AND PROSPER. SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS IT'S NOT JUST RACIAL STUFF BUT YOU KNOW THAT'S WHERE THE EPICS YOU KNOW IT STARTS THERE AND THEN IT KIND OF EMANATES OUT THERE. SO I THANK YOU FOR FOR FOR CLARIFYING THAT. SO THEN THE FINAL QUESTION THAT I HAVE FOR YOU AND LET ME JUST SET THE CONTEXT FOR IT IS THAT WE YOU KNOW, AS A AS A COUNCIL AND AS I KNOW AS OUR AS OUR RESIDENTS JOINED TOGETHER AS WE PUT TOGETHER OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT A DATA BOOK IN TERMS OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS AND CHANGES THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THE CITY. IN A SENSE WE'RE INVESTING IN THIS AND VERY IMPORTANT NOT ONLY CONCEPT BUT JUST A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PARADIGM SHIFT AS. WE LOOK AT THE WORLD IT IT MAKES US AND IT'S QUESTIONS COMING THIS IS AS IMPORTANT AS WE MAKE THIS PARADIGM SHIFT YEAH THERE'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS THAT'S GOING TO PREPARE OUR CITY FOR THE FUTURE AS WE TALK ABOUT BEING A REMARKABLE THAT'S WELCOMING TO ALL FOLKS I LOVE THE THE STATEMENT THAT YOU GUYS HAD WHICH IS A VIBRANT, SAFE AND HEALTHY PLACE FOR ALL LOVE THAT THERE IS QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE MEASURES ARE DONE THROUGH THESE THINGS. HOW DO WE KNOW THAT WE'VE SUCCEEDED WITH THE INVESTMENT WE'VE MADE HERE IN ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY? I'M A I'M A CHAMPION ON THIS A MAYOR COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION ABOUT HOW DO WE MEASURE THE IMPACT OF OUR WORK AND IN FACT SPOILER ALERT WE'RE GOING TO TALK THAT ON JULY 24 WHEN WE COME BACK AND GIVE SORT OF A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE ORGANIZATION SO WE CAN DO A CLIFFHANGER SO I WANT TO COME BACK WELL I THINK THE IFFHANGER WOULD BE TO TWO AND AGAIN ON JULY 24 SO THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH AND SORT LIKE REALLY HEAR THAT STORY THAT A DATA FIELD STORY THAT TALKS ABOUT SORT OF WHAT PROGRESS ARE WE MAKING IN THE ORGANIZATION, WHAT CHANGES ARE WE SEEING AND AND I THINK TO YOUR POINT ABOUT WHY THIS WORK IS IMPORTANT AND SORT OF THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON COMMUNITY WE'VE TALKED AT LENGTH ABOUT SORT OF LIKE THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS AND HOW THE WORKFORCE IS SHIFTING AND HOW RACIAL INEQUITIES HAVE COST THE STATE OF MINNESOTA MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND SO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN BLOOMINGTON IS NOT ONLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR STAFF, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF US AS A CITY. ANDO WE' REALLY EXCITED TO NOT ONLY BE DOING SORT OF IMPORTANT WORK FROM A MORE PERSPECTIVE BUT WORK THAT IS REALLY INTENTIONAL AND THAT HAS A BUSINESS INCLUSIVE PURPOSE AS WELL. AND SO WE'LL BE TELLING MORE OF THAT STORY ON JULY 24TH. FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE OF YOU TUNING IN ONLINE, PLEASE COME BACK. BAXTER CLIFFHANGER. THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I'LL ADD TO THAT IS THAT BEFORE THAT I DID AN AMAZING JOB WITH THIS PRESENTATION AND. I KNOW, I KNOW THEY WERE OVER 30 MINUTES BUT I HAVE TO THROW THIS IN HERE. I HOPE THAT YOU ALL CAN SEE SORT OF THE AMAZING BENEFIT THAT CAME WITH ADDING ADDITIONAL WORK TO THE OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING I WOULD NOT BE DISAPPOINTED IF WE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE BUT I'M SUPER EXCITED HAVING TWO PEOPLE DOING THIS WORK AND BEING ABLE TO EXPAND OUR CAPACITY AND PATEL IS IS GREAT AT THAT WORK AS HE DID A GREAT JOB IN RESPONDING TO THAT QUESTION. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WOULD IS THAT THIS WORK IS INTERSECTIONAL AND SO WE LEAD WITH PRAISE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT GOVERNMENT THOUGHT IT WAS A PROCRASTINATOR AND CREATED RACE AS WE KNOW IT. IT HAS A ROLE TO PLAY IN THE RACE ON THE EQUITY IN THIS COMMUNITY BUT THE WORK THAT WE DO IN OUR OFFICE IS INTERSECTIONAL. WE HAVE SORT OF WHITE PEOPLE RKIN WITH US IN T DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OF ALL RACES AND OUR INCLUSIVE OF ALL FAITHS AND ALL GENDERS. AND SO WHILE WE HAVE THE RACIAL EQUITY ACTION TEAMS THE OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING IS AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AND WE UTILIZE AN INTERSECTIONAL APPROACH TO OUR WORK AND LOOK FOR IT MORE ON JULY 24TH . WELL THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN AND THE RESPONSES AND THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PRESENTED TONIGHT . IT IS APPRECIATED. IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE GREAT WORK GOING ON IN THE CITY AND AND FAITH I APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR ANSWER AS WELL AS TO THE VALUE THAT THIS BRINGS NOT ONLY TO OUR COMMUNITY BUT BUT BEYOND AND REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SORRY MR. MAYOR, I JUST THE URGE TO LIKE MAYBE STATE SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THAT I HEARD TONIGHT THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE WHITE UP HERE ON COUNCIL PEOPLE OF COLOR DIDN'T DEFINE THEMSELVES AS OTHER IN THIS COUNTRY. WE DID THAT TO THEM AND THAT'S WHY RACE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONES THAT MADE THOSE RULES AND. WE ARE THE ONES THAT NEED TO THEN HELP UNMAKE THOSE RULES SO THAT THEY CAN SEE THEMSELVES THE WHOLE PEOPLE THAT THEY SHOULD BE SEEING THEMSELVES FROM DAY ONE. AND I THINK THAT WE FORGET ABOUT THAT SOME TIME. SO I'M JUST THAT'S NOT AN ADMONISHMENT TO ANYBODY HERE OBVIOUSLY I THINK WE ALL AGREE ON THIS STUFF BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IMPORTANT LENS FOR WHITE PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT THIS WORK THROUGH. SO THANKS. APPRECIATE THE POINT OF PRIVILEGE THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE AND THEN OUR GENDER OUR CONSENT BUSINESS AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, YOU HAVE OUR CONSENT BUSINESS THIS EVENING AND YOU MUST BE ALEXANDRA. YES, THANK YOU, SIR. I HAVE A HOLD FROM COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND 3.1 I HAVE A HOLD FOR MYSELF ON 3.4 AND HOLD FOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON ON 3.5 I DON'T THINK WILL TAKE LONG TO THINK THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS OF OF CLARIFICATION BUT I IF THERE AREN'T ANY MORE FROM ANYBODY I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE I CAN MOVE TO ADOPT 3.2 AND 3.3 SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND TO ADOPT 3.2 THROUGH 3.3 WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO 3.6 OR WAS THERE HOLD HOLDING 3.6 I'M SORRY THAT'S MY FAULT I DIDN'T EVEN I ON FAR DOWN AND I MISSED IT MY APOLOGIES LET ME RESTATE MY MOTION. I MOVED TO APPROVE 3.23.3 AND 3.6. THANK YOU. SO SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE 3.2, 3.3 AND 3.6 AND TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING? NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE BY SAYING IPPOS THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO ITEM 3.1 A MEASURE THAT WAS LET'S REMEMBER WOMAN WAS MINE SO THIS ONE IS A RESOLUTION OF A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT TO TRANSFER OR A IMPORT FUNDS TO THE CITY FACILITIES FUND AND I DID TALK WITH THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS AT MAYBE ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO BUT THEN I GOT A CALL FROM SOMEBODY RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING SO I DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MENTION IT TO YOU. BUT THEIR CHIEF CONCERN WAS ABOUT THE AMOUNT THAT WAS BEING ALLOCATED FOR THIS THAT THERE WERE SOME THINKING THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE MORE THAN THE 300,000 THAT WAS WAS IN THIS AMOUNT HERE. AND THEN THE OTHER CONCERN WAS THAT WHETHER OR NOT THE STAFF WANTED TO SEE THIS CHANGE AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT OR EVEN CAN COMMENT ON THAT AND WOULD BEFORE I EVEN ASK THESE QUESTIONS, I WANT TO PREFACE THIS THAT I'M NERVOUS ABOUT EVEN ASKING THE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS THE PROPER ROLE OF A COUNCIL MEMBER BECAUSE I ALLYRULY BELIEVE THERE IS A POLICY SIDE OF THINGS WHICH THIS KIND OF CREEPS A LITTLE BIT INTO THAT INTO THAT ADMINISTRATIVE PIECE OF IT AND SO WHERE MY QUESTION IS IS FOR OFFICE CREATION, IS THIS A REASONABLE AMOUNT TO SPEND FOR ONE AND THEN MY MY SECONDARY POLICY QUESTION IS FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE IS REALLY AROUND THE IDEA OF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW IN TERMS OF I NEVER KNOW HOW I CAN EVEN ASK THE STAFFING QUESTION SO YOU DECIDE IF YOU WAN TOESPO TO THAT OR NOT IN THIS TERRITORY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN FIRST ON THE ITEM ITSELF THIS IS WELL LET ME ASK YOUR FIRST QUESTION IS THIS A COUNCIL ISSUE? ANY TIME WE'RE ALLOCATING FUNDS IT IS A COUNCIL ISSUE. THE THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, WE'RE ALREADY APPROVED BY THE HRA AND THE PORT AUTHORITY WITHIN THEIR BUDGETS FOR THIS YEAR. THE COUNCIL JUST HAS TO APPROVE THE TRANSFER OF THOSE FUNDS AND IT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE SHARE OF THE PROPOSED MODIFICATION FUNDS FOR EACH OF THOSE DIVISIONS WITHIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. SO YOU KNOW THEY HAVE THEIR PORTIONS OF THE OFFICE SPACE THAT WILL BE AFFECTED THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE PROJECT ITSELF. WE DON'T HAVE THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT JUST YET BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE BACK OUT THERE FROM THE INITIAL DESIGN THAT WAS CREATED LAST YEAR FOLLOWING SIGNIFICANT EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE NEED TO UPDATE THE COSTS BECAUSE I IMAGINE THERE'S BEEN SOME ESCALATION IN BOTH LABOR AND MATERIALS SO WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL WHEN WE HAVE THAT FINAL COST BECAUSE IT WILL REQUIRE ALLOCATION OF OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS WHAT THE CITY FUNDS ARE OR SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO FIRST QUESTION IS THAT YOU ASKED ABOUT THE THE FUNDS. YES, IT'S THE COUNCIL ACTION. SECOND, THERE'S BEEN THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT LAST YEAR WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PLANNING OF THIS PROCESS RECOGNIZE THAT NOT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT IT AS PEOPLE'S WORKING STATIONS ARE LIKELY TO BE MODIFIED FOR SOME PEOPLE IT'S MORE IN SOME PEOPLE IT'S LESS AND RECOGNIZE THAT CHANGE IS IMPACTFUL IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. AND LET ME CLARIFY MY MY QUESTION AND I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THE TOTAL AMOUNTS NOW BUT IN TERMS OF TRYING TO DO A REDESIGN AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS ALMOST AN IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION TO ANSWER BECAUSE DEPENDING ON WHERE IT IS AND WHAT THE BUILDING IS AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS, THOSE ALL FACTOR IN THE SO MY QUESTION IS IS THIS A REASONABLE AMOUNT AND ALL TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING FOR THIS BUT? YOU KNOW, DOES THISITITHIN WHAT IS A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BE SPENDING FOR A REDESIGN OF AN OFFICE SPACE IS CONCERNED COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN I THINK ONE PERSON'S REASONABLENESS IS DIFFERENT THAN ANOTHER PERSON'S I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE WILL GET THE BEST PRICING THAT WE CAN BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROCESS FOR YOU KNOW THIS IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE FOLLOW THE RULES ABOUT YOU KNOW, GETTING GETTING YEAH. COMPETITIVE BIDS ON THE PROJECT SO THE PRICE IS THE PRICES AND THEN IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL TO DETERMINE IF IT'S AN ACCEPTABLE PRICE IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE WE HAVE A LARGE DEPARTMENT AND THE MODIFICATIONS ARE CHANGING AROUND THE ORIENTATION BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A FAIR AMOUNT OF REORGANIZATION WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THE PREVIOUS WORKSTATIONS WERE ORIGINAL TO THIS BUILDING SO THEY'RE REACHING 20 YEARS OF AGE. THEY'RE STILL IN WORKING CONDITION BUT WE WE HAVE OTHER REASONS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WITH THE REDESIGN AND SO OFFICE FURNITURE IS NOT CHEAP I'LL JUST SAY THAT AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WORK IN OFFICE ENVIRONMENTS, YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED. COUNCILMEMBER COLEMAN YEAH, NO I THINK THIS ANALYST UNLESS THERE ISN'T ANYTHING ELSE THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I'D LOOK FOR ACTION ON AND AND 3.10 THEN I WOULD MOVE THIS THING HERE SINCE I HELD IT UP HERE I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT 135 HOUSING FROM HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND HER CITY 5000 FROM THE PORT AUTHORITY TO THE CITY FACILITIES FUND THE OFFICE SPACE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LIKE MOST COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ACCEPT ITEM 3.1 IN OUR CONSENT BUSINESS NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO ITEM 3.4 YES MR. FOR THAT WAS THE ONE I HELD AND I WAS JUS HOPG THAT SOMEBODY COULD MAYBE EXPOUND LITTLE BIT ON WHAT THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DISCUSSION WAS BECAUSE I NUMBER ONE I'M GRATEFUL FOR IT. I KNOW THAT THE RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY THE ONES EXPLICITLY AROUND THAT PROPERTY WERE WERE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT IT MEANS WE'VE COME TO A GOOD RESOLUTION IN TERMS OF THEIR COMFORT WITH THINGS LIKE THE LIGHTING THERE, THE NOISE THERE, THE OTHER STUFF LIKE THAT. SO IF ANYBODY COULD ARTICULATE THAT IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. MR. FERRARI MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO CHIEF SEELE IS NOT HERE. I I BELIEVE THE EXTENT. CARL YOU GOT IT. OKAY, GOOD. SO I DON'T THINK WE DID BROAD ENGAGEMENT. THERE WAS DIRECT ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TWO PROPERTIES THAT ARE MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED AS YOU KNOW IT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT. MR. HILL GOOD EVENING. AS THE MANAGER INDICATED, IT WAS NOT A BROAD ENGAGEMENT PROCESS BUT WAS SPECIFIC TO THE ADJOINING PROPERTIES. AND AS THAT PROJECT HAS DEVELOPED THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS WITH ADJOINING PROPTY OWNERS ABOUT HOW WHAT KIND OF MODIFICATIONS MAY BE DONE. NOT TO SAY THAT THERE MIGHT BE OTHER THINGS THAT THE ADJOINING PROPERTIES ARE NOT HAPPY WITH. THIS IS ONE PIECE THAT THEY WERE HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE. SO FOR MOVING WITH THAT. YEAH. AND CAN YOU ARTICULATE SPECIFICALLY WHAT IT IS IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY TELL US. I MEAN IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S AN AMENDMENT TO MAYBE INCREASE ITS HEIGHT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR IT WAS THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS AS I UNDERSTAND WAS A CHAIN LINK FENCE ALONG THAT PROPERTY LINE. WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS AN EIGHT FOOT HIGH PRIVACY FENCE THAT SIDE. SO IT BLOCKS SOME OF THE OF THE OF THE FIRE STATION WHICH WAS PERCEIVED TO BE LARGER, MORE INTRUSIVE BY THE ADJOINING PROPERTY THAN THEY HAD PERCEIVED THE PLANS IT WAS CONSTRUCTED. AND THANK THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT'S IT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE AN UNDERSTANDING. I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THERE. I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. IS THERE AN OPEN HOUSE PLANNED FOR THAT PROPERTY? DO YOU HAVE TO ANSWER THAT NOW? WE CAN TAKE CARE OF IT IN 5.3. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMAN DALLESSANDRO WHEN WE OPENED FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE WHICH WAS OUR FIRST NEW FIRE STATION IN MANY, MANY YEARS WE HAD HOPED TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF COMMUNITY EVENT BUT WE OPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC. SO WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL HAVE A COMMUNITY EVENT THAT WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO SEE THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING IN MODERNIZING OUR FACILITIES AND WE HAVE A DATE SET FOR THAT. WE WILL LET, YOU KNOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT WITH THAT THEN I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CENTURY FENCE COMPANY FOR PROVIDING CURRENT SERVICES TO FIRE STATION FOUR TO INCREASE THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $21,311 FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF 77 THREE. RRY 736 SECOND MT OF MY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO ACCEPT ITEM 3.4 AS STATED ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND OUR FINAL ITEM TONIGHT I'M 3.5 ON OUR CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THANK YOU MAYOR. SUPER QUICK HERE. I JUST WANTED TO STRIKE THE WORDS FRONT YARD FROM THIS RESOLUTION ON CONVERSATION AND INFORMATION I RECEIVE FROM STAFF THAT THIS MAY END UP ACTUALLY BEING THE SIDE YARD. ONCE THEY MAKE THE DETERMINATION IT'S A CORNER LOT SO THEY CAN CHOOSE WHICH ONE BUT THEY ALMOST CERTAINLY WOULD CHOOSE THE OTHER STREET TO BE THE FRONT YARD. AND SO I JUST WANT TO STRIKE THAT. I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT IT'S 81ST STREET AND WE'RE MODIFYING THAT FOR GRANTING THAT VARIANCE. I SUPPORT THE VARIANCE SO MR. VERBRUGGE THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER STAFFS AMENABLE TO THE CHANGE IF YOU SAW THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TODAY THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING MANAGER AS AN OPTION TO THE COUNCIL IF YOU WISH TO DO THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON PLEASE. WITH THAT I WOULD MOVE THAT IN THE CASE OF IPL 2020 364 HAVING BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THE REQUIRED FINDINGS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE TO REDUCE SETBACK ALONG WEST 81ST STREET FROM 30 FEET TO 18.9 FEET FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING AT 8101 WENTWORTH AVENUE SOUTH SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS AND CODE REQUIREMENTS ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO AND 3.5 ON OUR CONSENT BUSINESS AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR ON OUR AGENDA OUR HEARINGS RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES AND WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING AND IN 4.1 IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 17 AND APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE RELATED RIGHT OF WAY FEES. GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN. WELCOME. THANK YOU,AYOR COUNCILMEMBERS SCOTT ANDERSON WITH UTILITIES AND WITH ME ERIC SCHOEN, OUR CUSTOMER SERVICES SUPERVISOR. SO IF WE GET INTO THE WEEDS DEEPER I'M ACCUSTOMED TO HE CAN HOPEFULLY HELP US OUT WITH THAT. IS THERE OC LOADING A PRESENTATION GIVE THAT JUST A SECOND ON. OKAY HERE WE GO. SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE SECTION OF CITY CODE THAT ADDRESSES FEES FOR WORK WITHIN THE RIGHT AWAY AND WHEN WHEN I SAY WORK WITHIN THE RIGHT AWAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WORK TYPICALLY DONE BY UTILITY COMPANIES GAS ELECTRIC TELECOMMUNICATION OTHERS WORKING WITHIN THE CITY CONTROL RIGHT AWAY THE THE THESE THIS SECTION OF CODE THESE FEES WERE LAST UPDATED IN 2006 AND REALLY WHAT WHAT KIND OF PRECIPITATED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE CHANGES WERE CHANGES TO OUR INTERNAL WORKFLOW AS WELL AS AS KIND A YEARS OF INRMAL FEEDBACK FRO FROM UTILITY COMPANIES AND THOSE THOSE PERFORMING THAT WORK BACKGROUND RIGHT AWAY FEES ARE INTENDED INTENDED TO PROVIDE FULL STAFF COST RECOVERY FOR REVIEW PERMIT REVIEW PROCESSING AND INSPECTIONS NECESSARY TO COMPLETE WORK TO CITY STANDARDS SO IN THE MOST BASIC OF TERMS WE'RE REVIEWING PLANS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PUT YOU TO OTHER UTILITY PRIVATE UTILITIES THROUGH PUBLIC THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THAT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE PLACES THAT ALLOW US TO TO EXPAND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE FUTURE IF NEEDED. AND THEY'RE GOING TO LEAVE THE RIGHT AWAY IN A CONDITION EQUAL TO OR BETTER THAN THAN HOW THEY FOUND IT. AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED REALLY WORKING ON SOME INTERNAL EFFICIENCIES TO TO HELP SIMPLIFY THIS THE STRUCTURE A LITTLE BIT AND THEN JUST KIND OF JUST SOME SOME PICTORIAL EXAMPLES OF KIND OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE YOU KNOW, ON THE LEFT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING OUT AND WALKING RUNNING LINE OR DOING A PRELINARYITE VISIT TO MAKE MAKE SURE WHAT WE THINK IS OUT THERE IS OUT THERE AND THEN AND THEN DOING THE INSPECTION OF THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES BE THAT A LONG RUNNING LINE OF OF BURIED CABLE OR PIPE OR OR A TERMINAL POINT IN THE INSTALLATION OF A CABINET OR JUNCTION BOX OF SOME KIND AND THEN ON THE RESTORATION SIDE SOFT SURFACE RESTORATION SEED SIDE EROSION CONTROL, HARD SURFACE PAVEMENT CURBING THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO THIS THE SLIDE GIVES AN EXAMPLE OF OF SOME EXISTING RIGHT PERMIT FEE EXAMPLES COMPARED TO WHAT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE CASE OF EXCEL IN CENTER POINT AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES AND HOW THIS COMES THIS THIS COMES TO BE BUT KIND OF WHAT SOME EXISTING PERMIT FEES BE VERSUS THE PROPOSED WHAT'S MISSING FROM THE SLIDE E SOME ARE AND WE'LL SEE THAT IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES AS WELL. FOR EXAMPLE A ONE HOLE EXCAVATION UNDER THE CURRENT FEE STRUCTURE IS $208 THAT WILL INCREASE TO $560 A ONE FIXED YOUR INSTALLATION YOU KNOW BE IT A POLE OR A CABINET GOES FROM HUNDRED AND $75 TO $560. BUT WHAT THIS DOES THIS ADDRESSES A LARGER SHARE OF PROJECT PARTICULARLY LARGER PROJECTS AND MAKES THOSE A LITTLE MORE A LITTLE MORE PALATABLE. THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A LOOK 2022 JUST SIMPLE FORMS TOTAL SIMPLE FORMAT, TOTAL PERMITS AND THEN AVERAGE COST FOR US TO TO PROCESS AND INSPECT PERMITS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF TRYING TO TO DEMONSTRATE THE MAGNITUDE OF WHERE WE'VE LANDED SEEMS TO BE CONSISTENT TO A CERTAIN DEGREE AND AGAIN LOOKING AT 2022 FIRST PART OF 2022 AND THE FIRST PART OF 2023 AGAIN JUST TOTAL PERMITS AND AVERAGE TO DATE. SO OPTION ONE FOR FOR LACK OF A BETTER DESCRIPTION THIS IS OUR CURRENT OUR CURRENT RATE STRUCTURE SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED DIFFICULT FOR APPLICANT TO TO UNDERSTAND AND OFTEN LED TO SURPRISES WHEN WHEN HEY HERE'S YOUR PERMIT FEE IT'S $15,000 AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT CAME TO BE AND KIND OF WALKING THROUGH THAT WITH THEM AND THE BIGGEST ISSUE WITH THIS STRUCTURE IS IT JUST IT DIDN'T SCALE WELL TO LARGER PROJECTS. SO TELECOMMUTING CREATION PROJECT FOR EXAMPLE LOOKING TO EXTEND SERVICES TO A LARGER NEIGHBORHOOD THOSE THOSE FEES WOULD WOULD COULD BECOME QUITE LARGE WELL IN EXCESS OF OF THE ACTUAL EFFOR AND LABOR NEEDED ONHE PART OF THE CITY TO ACTUALLY PERFORM FORM THAT WORK AND POTENTIALLY BECAME A HINDRANCE TO THE EXPANSION OF THOSE SERVICES OPTION TO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED AS A FLAT OF $560 AND THIS IS BASED ON A FIVE YEAR AVERAGE OF TOTAL PERMITS AND AND OUR COST TO DO THAT SO A FAIRLY SIMPLE CALCULATION I KNOW WE TOOK A QUESTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER LOMAN AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THE THE INTRICACIES OF OF THE COMPONENTS OF OF WHAT GOES INTO EH PMIT UNDER THE OLD STRUCTURE, WE DON'T WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT IN ORDER TO TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SPEND X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS ON JUST WHOLE EXCAVATION PERMITS VERSUS RUNNING LINE PERMITS THE THE FLAT FEE WILL WILL EXPEDITE REVIEW IT IT DOESN'T PENALIZE IT MAY YOU KNOW POTENTIALLY ENCOURAGE LARGER MORE COMPLEX PROJECTS. HOWEVER WE'VE BEEN YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNICATION WE'VE HAD WITH UTILITY COMPANIES YOU KNOW, THEIR DRIVERS, THEIR CUSTOMERS,HEIR LEVELS OF SERVICE, THE PERMIT FEE REALLY HAS HAS ONLY COME UP, YOU KNOW, REALLY AS AS AN OBSTACLE FOR THOSE LARGER PROJECTS WHEN WHEN WHEN THEY REACH A CERTAIN SIZE. AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THIS IS INTENDED TO REMOVE ANY BARRIERS FOR EXPANSION OF THOSE OF THOSE SERVICES. OUR RESIDENTIAL UTILITY PERMIT FEE WAS LOOKED AT ALSO CURRENT FEE IS $208 AND THIS WOULD BE IF A HOMEOWNER NEEDS TO DO A SEWER OR SOMETHING OUT IN THE STREET AND AND THAT FEE WOU BE REDUCED $250 INTERNAL REVIEW INCLUDED THE THE RAPID RACIAL EQUITY IMPACT ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION WITH WITH AND HER TEAM IT WAS A YOU KNOW ANOTHER CHALLENGING AREA IN TERMS OF DATA WHAT WHAT ARE WE YOU KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ISSUING PERMITS TO UTILITY COMPANIES HOW DOES THAT YOU KNOW HOW DO THOSE HOW DOES THAT DIRECTLY RELATE TO AN IMPACT OUR RESIDENTS A LITTLE BIT HARD TO DIG INTO BUT WHAT WHAT STOOD OUT TO US THE MOST WAS THE REMOVAL OF POTENTIAL BARRIER FOR EXPANSION OF SERVICES THAT THAT THE PUBLIC GENERALLY BE LOOKING TO UTILIZE AND THEN JUST OVERALL LOWERING OF THAT FEE FOR FOR ALL RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS AS A BENEFIT, I'VE HAD DISCUSSION IS WITH FINANCE FOR BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS AND AGAIN THE THE EXISTING FEE AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED FEE ARE BOTH FULLY INTENDED FOR THAT FULL COST RECOVERY FOR STAFF AND EQUIPMENT AND OF COURSE LEGAL REVIEW SO WITH THAT OR A RECOMMENDATION WOULD FOR COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS OUTLINED AMENDING CHAPTER 17 APPENDIX A FEE SCHEDULE ASSOCIATED WITH RIGHT AWAY PERMITS. I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MR. ANDERSON. I'M LOOKING FOR QUESTIONS HERE COUNCIL SO THE ONE THAT I WAS PUZZNG THRGH AS READ THIS AND THEN HEAR YOUR PRESENTATION THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE HAS TO BE THAT NEXUS BETWEEN THE COST OF WHAT IT TAKES TO PUT THE FEE TOGETHER OR TO PUT IT TO DO THE TO DO THE PERMIT BASICALLY AND THEN THE FEE AMOUNT THAT CAN BE CHARGED. SO I'M PUZZLED WE CAN GO TO AN AVERAGE AND THIS COULD SURVIVE A LEGAL CHALLENGE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. WOULDN'T SOMEBODY BE ABLE TO SAY WELL YOU HAVE THAT DIRECT NEXUS BETWEEN THE WORK THAT WENT INTO IT AND THE FEE THAT YOU'RE BEING CHARGED RIGHT NOW ,MAYOR FOR POTENTIALLY ALTHOUGH I THINK I THINK THAT FLAT FEE GOES A LONGER WAY TOWARD NOT ALLOWING THAT ARGUMENT VERSUS THE EXISTING FEE. I THINK WE WE WERE POTENTIALLY RUNNING INTO THAT UNDER THE EXISTING STRUCTURE FOR THOSE LARGER PROJECTS WE'VE SEEN THE POTENTIAL FOR PERMIT FEES IN THE YOU KNOW THE $18,000 RANGE FOR A PROJECT IN . YOU KNOW, WE WERE NOT GOING YOU KNOW, THAT WAS BASED ON THAT EXISTING STRUCTURE AND WE JUST SIMPLY WERE NOT LIKELY TO TO EXPEND THOSE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES TO COMPLETE THAT WORK. SO I THINK THE FLAT FEE WHERE YOU KNOW THERE'S I THINK YOU KNOW, A AN APPARENT BENEFIT TO THOSE LARGER PROJECTS AT THE AT THE COST OF SOME OF THOSE SMALLER INSTALLATIONS. HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AN EXISTING $200 INSTALLATION YOU KNOW FOR A CABINET YOU KNOW, A SINGLE CABINET INSTALLATION FOR EXAMPLE CURRENT FEE IS $208 GOING TO $560? I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT DIFFERENCE IS IS I MEAN CERTAINLY IT'S MEASURABLE. IT'S IT'S DOUBLED. BUT I THINK IN THE SCALE OF OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT CHANGE IN THAT PERMIT FEE IS IS SIGNIFICANT TO TO RAISE THAT ISSUE. MR. RUBY THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SCOTT IN IN THE COURSE OF DEVELOPING THE RECOMMENDATION ALSO CONSULTEDITH T UTITIES WHO ARE THE PRIMARY PERMIT PAYERS CORRECT. AND THEIR FEEDBACK IN RESPONSE TO THIS PROPOSAL WAS WAS WAS POSITIVE I THINK I, I DON'T WE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY EXPRESS A CONCERN WITH REGARD TO THE FLAT FEE AS BEING PROBLEM ATTIC. I THINK MOST OF I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. YOU KNOW THAT THE SIMPLICITY OF OF NAVIGATING THE FLAT FEE SET A SCHEDULE OR STRUCTURE VERSUS WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AS WELL AS THE PROSPECT OF GETTING AWAY FROM THOSE EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE FEES FOR THEIR LARGER PROJECTS BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM SEEM TO HAVE SOME LARGER RENEWAL JUST LIKE EVERY UTILITY WE DO WE TALK ABOUT ASSET RENEWAL. THEY'VE GOT THE SAME THINGS COME IN AND AND AND SO I THINK THIS IS APPEALING TO THEM IN THAT MANNER. THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT TOO IS YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE REVIEWING THIS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HITTING THE MARK CONTINUING TO TAKE COMMENTS AND INFORMATION FROM UTILITY COMPANIES AND IF THERE'S IF SOMETHING ISN'T ADDING UP OR WORKING OUT AS WE THINK YOU KNOW, WE'LL WE'LL BE BACK. I'M LOOKING FOR A REVISION ON THAT I GUESS I CAN'T SAY I'M SHOCKED TO HEAR THE COMPANIES THAT WOULD MIGHT SEE THEIR FEES GO FROM $18,500 MIGHT BE IN FAVOR OF IT AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH THAT. THAT'S A YOU KNOW, A UNIQUE ONE. BUT IT'S I UNDERSTAND AND THEN I WOULD GUESS I WOULD DIRECT YOU BUT MAYBE EVEN TO MR. FAROOQ YOU ALSO WITH WITH WOULD THIS THEN KIND OF PAVE THE WAY TO US LOOKING AT ALL FEES LIKE THIS FLAT F SCHEDULES FOR FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE CHARGE FEES FOR IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT DISCUSSION AT A STATE LEVEL ACROSS ALL FEES WE HAVE DISCUSSED THE YOU KNOW, THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A MORE VIGOROUS FEE STUDY THAN THAN WE HAVE HAD RECENTLY YOU KNOW, WE'VE NOT DONE ONE OF THOSE IN QUITE A WHILE AND I THINK WE DO KNOW THAT I THINK WE DO INFORMAL SURVEYS OF OUR PURE CIES TO SEE WHERE THEIR FEES ARE ACROSS A NUMBER OF AREAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EITHER NOT FALLING BEHIND OR NOT GETTING OUT OF STEP WITH ANYBODY. AND I THINK THAT WE'RE KEEPING TRACK THE PROCESS OF DOING A MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE FEE STUDY IS IS PRETTY INTENSIVE SO WE WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO IT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE I DON'T THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE DO IT NOW. YEAH COUNCILMEMBER. DALLESSANDRO AND COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, THANK YOU THIS IS RELATED QUESTION MAYBE AND SO TELL ME IF IT'S OFF TOPIC AND I'LL DEFER TO ANOTHER TIME BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT WITH ARE YOU WITH SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S GONE DOWN IN MY NEIGHBORHOODS IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REALLY UNHAPPY WITH THE MAINTENANCE THE POST I FORGET WHAT YOU CALLED IT IN YOUR PRESENTATION I APOLOGIZE LIKE THE POST WORK WORK WHERE IT'S THINGS LIKE RESORTING AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF AND I KNOW THAT I'VE MENTIONED MORE THAN ONE SOMEBODY I FORWARDED ON YOU KNOW COMPLAINTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO THE MAINTENAN AFF IS THERE IS I GUESS IS THIS RELATED TO THAT IN THE SENSE THAT THOSE THE FEES AS PART OF THIS INCLUDE THAT NUMBER ONE RIGHT. AND NUMBER TWO WHAT IS THE REMEDY FOR OR SHOULD THERE BE A REMEDY OR SHOULD THERE BE ADDITIONAL CHARGES? SHOULD THERE BE A NEED FOR A REMEDY AS IT RELATES TO THIS KIND OF WORK? AND SO THAT LIKE I SAID THAT COULD BE ANOTHER TOPIC FOR ANOTHER DAY AND I APPRECIATE THAT BUT IT'S RELEVANT TO THIS BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME IT SEEMS TO BE, YOU KNOW, EXCEL OR CENTERPOINT OR SOMEBODY ELSE THAT DOES THIS UTILITY WORK THAT ENDS UP CAUSING THE PARTICULAR PROBLEM FOR THE CUSTOMER. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO IS DEFINITELY PART OF THIS AND RESTORATION IS IS A PART OF THAT INSPECTION PROCESS. IT DOES BECOME CHALLENGING WHETHER DROUGHTS MAKE THINGS LIKE SEED AND SAND NOT AS SUCCESSFUL AS IT CAN BE. BUT WE WORK WITH THE UTILITY COMPANIES AND THEIR CONTRACTORS TO AND THE RESIDENTS TO TRY AND REACH A RESOLUTIONND GET TO THAT AS BEST WE CAN THROUGH THAT THROUGH THE COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION AND THAT PERMITTING PROCESS AS FAR AS WHAT TYPE OF RECOURSE WE HAVE I MEAN WE HAVE FUTURE PERMIT ISSUANCES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THE UTILITY COMPANIES ARE THEIR CONTRACTORS ARE BONDED BUT TYPICALLY THAT'S THAT'S MORE TOWARD, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO DAMAGE AND THINGS. SO IT'S BEEN TRADITIONALLY A BACK AND FORTH WH THE UTILITY AND THEIR CONTRACTORS TO TO GET THAT RESTORATION WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. A LOT OF TIMES UNFORTUNATELY IT IT TAKES LONGER THAN THEN PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD LIKE IT TO BUT IT'S DEFINITELY DEFINITELY PART OF IT AND WE'RE WORKING ON CONSTANTLY YEAH IF I IF I MAY MR. MAYOR JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU KNOW I'M WONDERING IN MY OWN HEAD IF THERE'S LIKE IF THIS IS A IF THIS IS A RIGHT AWAY PERMIT THAT INCLUDES THE DESTRUCTION AND I'M USING THAT'S MY TERM NOT ANYBODY ELSE'S TERM THE DESTRUCTION OF SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, WELL-MANICURED RIGHT FRONT LAWN YARD, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. IS THERE A REASON TO ADD MORE FEE BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK IN YEAR TWO FOR EXAMPLE AND RESTORED BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALL GOING TO TAKE OR YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. THAT WAS MORE OR LESS WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE ARE DEFINITELY PROJECTS WHERE YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE RESIDENT IMPACT TO THEIR PERSONAL PROPERTY WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN LIKE BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE HAVE A CHANCE TO POTENTIALLY PROVIDE A MECHANISM HERE THAT PROVIDES A MORE WELL-ROUNDED REMEDY? THAT'S MY THOUGHT, COUNCILMAN. DOESN'T THAT I JUST RESPOND TO THAT. I MEAN I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AND CONSIDER ONE CLARIFICATION THAT MAY BE A DISTINCTION WITHOUT A DIFFERENCE. ALL THIS WORK IS OCCURRING WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY SO IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY PRIVATE PROPERTY. I KNOW HOW THAT'S MY FRONT YARD AND WE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT BUT I JUST WANTED MAKE MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION BUT IT'S SOMETHING I MEAN WE CAN CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, BASED ON OUR YOU KNOW, SUCCESS IN 2023 AND KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. IT'S VERY FAI THAT YOU SAY THAT I'LL I'LL RESTATE THE QUESTION. WE AS HOMEOWNERS HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE RIGHT OF WAY EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T GET TO OWN IT. SO IT'D BE NICE IF WE GOT A LITTLE HELP. LET'S PUT IT THERE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR TO COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO POINT I WAS TO A FORMER COUNCILMEMBER TODAY AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT ABOUT TIME. YOU KNOW, THAT TIMING PIECE IN THERE AND THAT THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN THAT IT'S OF AN I UNDERSTAND WHY WE GOT IT DONE THAT BECAUSE THERE MAY BE WHETHER OR OTHER THINGS YOU JUST MENTIONED EARLIER THAT MAY BE A PART OF THAT BUT I DO TOO WISH WE COULD LOOK AT THAT AS WELL AND SOMETHING WITH THAT TO KIND OF SHORTEN UP THAT TIME TIME PERIOD I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO IT. IT'S MUCH EASIER TO TO SAY IT BUT WHEN YOU GET TO DO IT YOU SOMETIMES CAN CREAT OTHER KIND OF THINGS JUST SO YOU KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER COUNCILMEMBER IS INTERESTED IN THAT BUT I APPRECIATE MAYOR WHAT YOU HAD BROUGHT FORWARD IN TERMS OF THAT CHALLENGE PIECE AND I YOU KNOW, I'D CERTAINLY ASKED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS BUT I JUST WANT TO JUST BE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR BECAUSE I KNOW TRE'S MBE IT'S LEGEND AMONG IT BUT I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A PRESENTATION AT ONE POINT IN TIME WHERE MY UNDERSTANDING IS PUBLIC WORKS CAME FORWARD AND WE HAVE A BUILDING THAT'S A CERTAIN SIZE AND NOW WE FOUND OUT THAT WE'VE OUTGROWN THAT SIZE AND SO MY CONCERN IS WHEN I LOOK AT THESE FEES AS A PIECE OF IT AND I KNOW THAT AND I CERTAINLY TRUST OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S REQUIRED THERE. AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THE FULL COST RECOVERY WHAT WAS THE STATEMENT AND I JUST AS I LOOK AT THOSE THE PREVIOUS FEES AND THEN THE CURRENT FEES I JT AM CONCERNED I KNOW WE CAN GO BACK AT THIS EACH YEAR SO I DON'T TO YOU KNOW, DIG DOWN DEEP INTO THE DETAILS OF IT ALL AND TRY TO DO MATH UP HERE ON CAMERA I CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT DO THAT BUT I JUST WANT TO JUST BE SURE THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE WAY THAT THIS IS STRUCTURED AND SET UP IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO AT THE END OF THE YEAR THE YOU KNOW, THE MINUSES WILL EQUAL THE PLUSES AND WE'LL HAVE A BALANCE BUDGET COMING OUT AT THE END. THAT'S MY MAIN CONCERN AS WE MAKE THIS CHANGE. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, AS MUCH AS PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE LOOKING BACK, YOU KNOW, DUE TO PERMIT, YOU KNOW, NUMBER OF PERMITS TYPE OF WORK TYPE OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED ON THESE YOU KNOW, WE WE GET PLANS FOR A PERMIT. WE TURN DETERMINE WHAT THAT THAT FEE SHOULD BE AND THEN YOU OUT AND FOR WHATEVER REASON THE WORK IS DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT AND MORE TIME IS SPENT OR LESS TIME IS SPENT AND SO OVER THE COURSE OF YOU KNOW, THE DURING THE YOU KNOW, THE FIVE YEAR LOOK BACK WE'VE BEEN OVER SOME YEARS WE'VE BEEN UNDER SOME YEARS AND SO BUT BUT TO YOUR POINT YES. THE THE INTENT IS TO MAKE THAT WE HIT HIT THAT NUMBER AND HIT THAT BULL'S EYE AS BEST WE CAN UNDERSTANDING THAT CONSTRUCTION IS VARIABLE AND, A LOT OF THINGS IMPACT THAT WE HAVE CERTAIN FIXED COSTS THAT THAT THAT WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF IT AND SO YOU KNOW WE'LL WE'LL BE MONITORING THAT AND AND IF IF ADJUSTMENTS ARE NEEDED WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT IN DUE TIME. I JUST APPRECIATE STATEMENT AND I JUST WANT TO I GET RVOU YOU KW, WHEN WE GET THE THE AMOUNT THERE AND THEN WE HAVE A LARGER PROJECT AND THEN SOMEHOW THE COST IS OVER THAT BECAUSE THEN BASICALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE'RE SUBSIDIZING THAT FROM OTHER TAXPAYERS YOU KNOW TO DO THAT SO I HOPE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AND THEN CERTAINLY THAT WILL BRING IT BACK AND LOOK AT THAT IF THAT'S THE CASE. SO I, I CAN SUPPORT IT WITH THAT BUT I'M SKEPTICAL OF THIS CHANGE. BUT YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO I MEAN EVERYBODY HAS LOOKED AT THIS AND AS HAS PUT IT FORWARD SO THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'VE JUST GOT ONE QUESTION. IS THERE A SIGNAL OVER KENT DIFFERENCE IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME STAFF SPENDS BASED ON THE SIZE AND SCALE OF A PROJECT? I MEAN ALL PROJECTS HAVE A SIMILAR NUMBER OF THINGS. YOU GOT TO INTAKE THE THING, YOU'VE GOT TO REVIEW IT YOU GOT TO APPROVE IT, YOU GOT TO MAYBE HAVE QUESTIONS IN A BACK AND FORTH WITH THE APPLICANT AND YOU GOT TO INSPECT IT YOU GOT TO FINALIZE IT THERE'S THERE'S THOSE OF STEPS AND PART OF THE REASON I ASK THIS IS YOU KNOW, I DON'T PULL PERMITS OF THIS TYPE BY OTHER PERMITS AND THE REALITY IS IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LARGE REMODEL, A MEDIUM SIZED REMODEL SMALL REMODEL IS PROBABLY 15 MINUTES ON SITE. THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME INSPECTIONS, YOU KNOW, AND ALL OF THAT. AND I'M JUST TRYING TO GET MY HEAD AROUND BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S THE WORLD I KNOW. IS THIS SIMILAR TO THAT OR IS THERE A VASTLY AMOUNT OF TIME BETWEEN THE PROJECTS? MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I'D SAY IT. THERE WILL BE INSTANCES WHERE YOU'RE RIGHT THERE, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF WORK BEING DONE IF IT'S YOU KNOW, A HALF MILE A DIRECTIONAL BORING YOU MEAN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A YOU KNOW, COUPLE OF EXCAVATE, YOU KNOW, EVERY SO OFTEN THERE'S A HOLE TO LOOK AT NOT TOO DISSIMILAR TO TO A SINGLE INSTALLATION OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. YOU THE UTILITY COMPANY HAS A PARTICULARLY POOR CONTRACTOR. THERE'S A LOT MORE RETURNING IN BACK AND FORTH FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THAT'S A SMALL JOB THAN THAT ON SOME LARGER JOB. SO IT REALLY DEPENDS. I THINK YOUR OBSERVATION CAN BE ACCURATE AND RIGHT ON AND IN OTHER CASES, YOU KNOW A LARGER IS THE THE CENTERPOINT ENERGY BELTLINE PROJECT THAT CAME THROUGH HERE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO THAT WAS A LARGE PROJECT THAT REQUIRED A LOT OF TIME NO WAY TO COMPARE THAT TO TO TO ANYTHING BUT IT DEPENDS I HOPE THAT'S OKAY. SO. QUESTION THANK YOU. SO SOME SOMETHING OUT OF THAT BEFORE WE GET TO COUNCIL IF I MAE I CAN PUT IN A PERSPECTIVE IF YOU DON'T MIND HOW MANY HOW MANY HOW MANY PERMIT CHARGES DID YOU LOOK AT TO COME UP WITH YOUR AVERAGE? WAS THAT THOUSANDS OR WAS THAT LIKE HUNDREDS OR DO YOU KNOW I THINK YOU KNOW, WE HAVE I THINK THERE WERE 900 AND SOME 911 PERMITS IN 2022. SO I THINK ROUGHLY, YOU KNOW, OKAY, 908 OR 900 PERMITS PER YEAR WE LOOKED AT THAT THAT FIVE YEAR WINDOW AND THAT ONE OR THAT ONE YOU DESCRIBED AS AN EXAMPLE OF BEING LIKE A TRUE OUTLIER THAT WOULD REPRESENT HOW MANY OF THE 900 OR A VERY SMALL. OKAY GREAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HELPFUL BUT I THOUGHT MAYBE PUT IT UP . THANK YOU. APOLOGIES FOR THE INTERRUPTION COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU MAYOR. I AGREE WITH THE CONCERNS THAT MY FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE AND THE OTHER THING I AM CONCERNED ABOUT TOO IS IF WE GO TO A FLAT FEE STRUCTURE DOES THAT ENCOURAGE ONLY LARGE PROJECTS AND THEN DOES THAT DISCOURAGE SMALL PROJECTS IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT THEN CONTINUE BE UNDERSERVED BECAUSE IT IS MORE PROFITABLE OR IT IS JUST LESS EXPENSIVE TO DO LARGE PROJECTS INSTEAD? SO THAT'S SOMETHING I AM CONCERNED ABOUT AS WELL. COUNCILMEMBER SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT NECESSARY REALLY WELL I DON'T THINK THE PERMIT FEE STRUCTURE ON ITS OWN WILL ENCOURAGE OR DISCOURAGE THESE PROJECTS. SMALL PROJECTS AS I MENTIONED WHILE WHILE FOR A SINGLE INSTALLATION THAT PERMIT FEE YES WILL DOUBLE IT'S STILL A VERY SMALL COMPONENT OF THE OVERALL COST OF THAT PROJECT IF YOU'RE INSTALLING A CABINET OR POLE THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THA YOU KW WTHER THAT FEE IS $208 OR $560, IT'S A PRETTY SMALL COMPONENT SO I DON'T SEE THAT AS GETTING IN THE WAY. I ALSO DON'T SEE IT AS AND THIS IS BASED PREDOMINANTLY ON FEEDBACK AND CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD WITH UTILITY COMPANIES OVER THE YEARS WITH REGARD TO THIS THIS FEE STRUCTURE AND THESE FEES AND AND PLANNED WORK. THEIR WORK AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IS PLANNED OUT YEARS IN ADVANCE TO TO EITHER UPGRADE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE EXPAND SERVICES IT AND AND SO I DON'T SEE THAT BUT SOMETHING YOU KNOW WE'LL TRY TO MONITOR AND KEEP AN EYE ON AS BEST WE CAN AND CONTINUE TO TAKE FEEDBACK FROM UTILITY COMPANIES ON WHAT THEY'RE THINKING AND AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO IN THE FUTURE. WELL, I WILL SAY I I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS BY THE COUNCIL HERE AND I APPRECIATE HEARING SOME OF THE CONCERNS FORWARD AND I LIKE THE BACK AND FORTH AND THE EXPLANATIONS AND SO ON ARE I CAN SUPPORT THIS FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS THAT YOU'VE PUT FORWARD. I WILL SAY I'VE GOT SOME I'M CONCERNED JUST A BIT BECAUSE AGAIN NOBODY WHO'S WHO'S FEE COMING DOWN FROM THOUSANDS TO 562 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COMPLAIN BUT IF WE GET ENOUGH PEOPLE WITH THE $200 TO A $560 I MEAN THEN THEY COULD ACTUALLY SAY WELL THERE IS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE COST OF THIS FEE AND YOU JUST PULLED THAT NUMBER OF IT AND OUT OF AN AVERAGE SO IF I'M THINKING OF THAT OTHERS HAVE AS WELL. I MEAN I'M NOT BREAKING ANY NEW GROUND HERE. RIGHT. SO THAT'S THAT'S MY CONCERN. I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE USED IN OTHER COMMUNITIES ANDSED SUCCESULLY AND HAVE STOOD UP IF IT CAN BE IF IT CAN HELP US TO EXPEDITE THINGS AND IF IT CAN HELP TO SIMPLIFY THINGS, I THINK IT IT PROBABLY MAKES THIS WORTHWHILE AND I CAN WORK PAST SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT I DO HAVE AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY I THINK TO CONTINUE AS WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT TO BE A BIT MORE BUSINESS FRIENDLY HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND TRY AND MAKE THIS A BIT EASIER ON ORGANIZATION OPERATION TO WORK WITH ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. SO FOR THOSE REASONS I THINK I COULD SUPPORT THIS AND SEE WHERE THIS LEADS US. COUNCIL ANY OTHER QUESTNS OR COMMENTS CONCERNS ON THIS? ANYONE LIKE TO MOVE A MOTION FORWARD ON THIS? OH I'M SORRY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE TALKED SO LONG ON AND I FORGOT THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS THE HEARING I GUESS. YES THAT WAS THE MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL DO JUST THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. AND IN 4.1 THIS EVENING IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 17 AND APPENDIX SAY OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE RIGHT OF WAY FEES ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE TONIGHT CAN MR. SABLE, IS THERE ANYONE ON THE PHONE? MR. MAYOR? CONCIERGE NO ONE ON THE PHONE LAST CALL FOR ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS . GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BRIAN SANDVIG AND MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I'M A LITTLE DISTURBED BY THE LAST TIME THIS WAS CHANGED WAS 2006 IF I HEARD THAT RIGHT I'M SURPRISED THAT WELL LET ME CONTINUE SO AND CITY MANAGER THAT INFORMAL SURVEYS ARE DONE YET THIS SEEMS TO BE KIND OF A SWEEPING CHANGE SO I HAVE SOME OF THE SAME CONSIDERATIONS. I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF IRONS IN THE FIRE ON THIS ONE. IT JUST SEEMS ODD IT HAS BEEN CHANGED SINCE 2006. THE LARGE ONES ARE CHANGING DRAMATICALLY I SUPPOSE YOU COULD SAY THE SCALE ONES ARE CHANGING RADICALLY AS WELL. THEY'RE GOING UP BUT YOU KNOW THAT'S FOR AN INCREASE 2006 TWO AND A HALF TIMES. ISN'T THAT HUGE BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY WOULDN'T THIS BE SOMETHING THAT OKAY IF WE'RE DOING SURVEYS OF OTHER CITIES ,AT IS THAT SHOWN? I MEAN HAS IT BEEN IN LINE FOR 15 YEARS AND THEN SUDDENLY IT'S OUT OF LINE THIS DRAMATICALLY OR YOU KNOW, I'M I'M JUST A LITTLE SURPRISED IT THE WAY WE DO LIKE LOOK AT GARBAGE RATES AND I REALIZE THAT'S FOR EVERY SINGLE RESIDENTS AND IN THE CITY BUT WHEREAS PERMITS ARE ONLY IF YOU'RE CHANGING SOMETHING BUT IT JUST SEEMS THAT'S AN AWFULLY LONG TIME IN A SUDDEN LAE AND SO I'M SURPRISED IN WHY IT ISN'T ON SOME SORT OF BASIS LIKE THAT AND SECONDLY TERMS OF SO IN OTHER WORDS IF IT'S BEEN SO FAR OFF IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT EITHER WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY BIG PROJECTS BECAUSE IF WE HAD THERE'D BE HUGE AT THE ENDS OF THOSE YEARS IF WE DONE A HUGE PROJECT IN THAT IN A GIVEN YEAR YOU'D EXPECT IF WE'RE CHANGING THE RATES THAT DRAMATICALLY YOU'D HAVE HUGE PROFITS THAT WOULD SEND UP A RED FLAG. SO AGAIN MY MY MY IS JUST WE'RE CHANGING IT SIGNIFICA ONLY AND WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT IN A LONG TIME AND YET THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY SIGNALS THAT THEY SHOULD BE LOOKED. SO I GUESS THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS AND THOSE ARE THE THIN SO I GUESS YOU KNOW EVEN AS A CITIZEN I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT YOU KNOW IS THAT WHY A LOT OF AREAS DON'T HAVE FIBER OPTIC CABLE IS BECAUSE WE YOU KNOW, WAS WAY TOO EXPENSIVE TO DO THAT PROJECT AND SO WE NIXED IT OR WE DIDN'T BUT COMPANIES THAT AND PUT IT IN NIXED IT SO ANYWAY THAT'S MY MY POINT. APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS MR. SAVIC THANK YOU. AND I DO THINK CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MR. MANAGER, BUT WHEN Y WER TALNG ABOUT THE THE COMPARISONS TO OTHER CITIES, WE DO THAT WITH A VARIETY OF FEES WHETHER IT'S GREENS FEES, CORRECT HOURLY RATES AT THE ICE GARDEN, THE DIFFERENT WORK THAT WE DO WE WORK TO KEEP IN IN STEP AND SO WE'RE NOT OUT OF LINE WITH THE FEES CHARGED BY OTHER CITIES. I TOOK THAT WHEN YOU MADE THAT COMMENT. YOU WERE TALKING FEES IN GENERAL AS TO SPECIFICALLY TO TO THIS TYPE OF FEE, IS THAT CORRECT? MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S CORRECT. SPEAKING ABOUT FEES ACROSS OUR ENTIRE ENTERPRISE, THE FACT IS THE QUESTION ABOUT WHY WHY DOES IT SEEM TO BE SO LONG SINCE WE'VE EVALUATED THIS? THE FACT IS THAT CONDITIONS DON'T CHANGE DRAMATICALLY FROM YEAR TO YEAR WHEN IT COMES TO THIS KIND OF SERVICE THAT WE OUR COSTS ARE GENERALLY INCREASING AT A PRETTY PREDICTABLE RATE. OUR FEES ARE ADJUSTED MOST TIMES ANNUALLY THAT TRIES TO KEEP UP WITH ESSENTIALLY THE COST OF INFLATION. SO THERE ISN'T REALLY A REASON THAT THE FEES OR THE COST TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT FEE WOULD BECOME UNTETHERED FROM ONE ANOTHER. LIKE I SAID BECAUSE THERE JUST THAT MUCH OF A CHANGE BUT OVER 1520 YEARS THERE'S ENOUGH A CHANGE THAT IT WARRANTS TAKING A LOOK AT IT. Q THANK YOU. MR. ANDERSON. QUICKLY, MAYOR, I JUST THOUGHT I'D RESPOND WITH REGARD TO THE THE REFERENCE TO THE CHANGE IN THE 2006 THAT'S THAT'S IN REFERENCE TO THE STRUCTURE THE FEES HAVE OBVIOUSLY BEEN ADJUSTED OVER TIME TO TO KEEP UP WITH WITH COSTS AND AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE IN THE CHAMBERS WISH TO SPEAK COUNCIL CITY NO ONE COMING FORWARD. LOOK FOR MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SOME OF WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.1. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. COUNCIL I WANT TO APOLOGIZE MY STATEMENTS THAT I MADE EARLIER SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS POINT AND I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING OF ORDER ON THAT. I DO NOT LIKE THAT WHEN DURING A HEARING WHEN STATEMENTS ARE MADE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE. I HONESTLY LOST TRACK OF WHERE WE WERE IN THAT THIS WAS INDEED A PUBLIC SO I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING OUT OF ORDER IN THAT WAY. THAT WAS WAS NOT A GOOD LOOK AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. SO COUNCIL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS NOW THAT WE ARE IN THE OFFICIAL CONVERSATION POINT OF ITEM 4.1 COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO I APPRECIATE THAT MR. MAYOR. NO WORRIES. I THINK IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. I THINK LAST WEEK WAS A DAY A WEEK OFF FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE AND I THINK COMING BACK TODAY IT'S JUST BEEN A ROUGH REENTRY IF YOU WILL. SO I WON'T HOLD IT AGAINST YOU IF YOU DON'T HOLD IT AGAINST ME. I DID ONE JUST KIND OF REGULAR COMMENT I THINK AS AS COUNCILMEMBER MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE WHENEVE WE CAN I THINK MAKING SURE WE ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE THE THE MOST WELL-FORMED FEE FOR SERVICE THAT WE CAN AT THE TEARING THAT MIGHT BE THE MOST EQUITABLE I THINK IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING FOR US TO TRY YOU KNOW IF IF WE'RE AT A POINT RIGHT NOW WHERE IT DOES, YOU KNOW, YIELD CHALLENGES TO OUR SMALLER PROJECTS AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE OUR BIGGER PROJECTS IN WITH THE SAME BURDEN THEN THERE IS AN IMBALANCE WE NEED TO LOOK AT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A PLAN FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR YOU KNOW, MAYBE TO EVEN THE THE THE UM RESIDENT COMMENT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DON'T LET IT GO 15 YEARS BEFORE WE MAKE A STRUCTURAL CHANGE TO THE WAY THAT THINGS ARE BEING DONE. YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN GET THAT AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY CAN ARTICULATE FOR ME THE PLAN FOR THAT BUT I'D LOVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COMES BACK IN A YEAR OR WHATEVER SO THAT WE'RE ALL ABLEO TOSSESS,OU KNOW, THE 900 THAT WERE PULLED. WHAT DID THEY LOOK LIKE? WHAT WERE THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS? HOW BIG WERE THE PROJECTS YOU KNOW, DID WE ACTUALLY MAKE MONEY ON THESE POLES OR DIDN'T WE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE SIZE OF THE PROJECTS, THAT KIND OF THING? SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION BUT IF WE COULD THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK WE CAN MAKE THAT REQUEST OF STAFF THAT WE CAN REVISIT THIS ABOUT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR OR MAYBE THE END OF NEXT YEAR MAYBE GET 18 MONTHS UNDER OUR BELT AND TAKE A LOOK AT EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE. I THINK THAT MAKES GOOD SENSE. OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER A WOMAN MARY THANK YOU. ARTICULATED WHILE IT MAY HAVE BEEN AT A DIFFENT POINT IN TIM INAPPROPRIATE TIME BUT BUT BUT I THINK WHAT YOU STATED WAS WELL WELL-STATED AND I AGREE WITH THAT THAT TAKE ON IT. THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO ADD. I KNOW IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THOSE ARE OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR ATTENDED THE ELDERS CONFERENCE AND I'M ALWAYS REMINDED WE GET TO THESE TIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE COMPARISONS OF OTHER CITIES IT'S JUST A REMINDER THAT WE HAD TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THOSE COMPARISONS WHEN WE WERE DOING THAT. YOU KNOW SOMETIMES AS WE WERE COMPARING APPLES, ORGES AND THAT TYPE OF THING WE JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR FEES SEPARATELY. I JUST THINK THAT'S A GOOD RULE OF THUMB. WE LOOK AT THESE FEES AND WHAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AS WE GET READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS. SO THANK COUNCILMEMBER HOUSE MEMBER NELSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I ACTUALLY JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION. THIS DOESN'T HAVE ANY BUDGET IMPLICATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY, THE FEES ARE BE ABOUT IN LINE, THE COST WILL BE ABOUT IN LINE. WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ANYWAYS. MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT'S WHAT W EXPECT. OK. AND S AND THEN TO COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO THAT POINT AT A MINIMUM WILL IF THIS DOESN'T WORK IT'LL BE PART OF THE BUDGET DISCUSSION NEXT YEAR. ABSOLUTELY. SO SO I BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WE'RE NOT MAKING A BUDGET DECISION TONIGHT AND IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE WE WERE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN COUNCIL IF THERE IS NO MORE QUESTION OR DISCUSSION ON THIS. COUNCIL MEMBER WOMAN YOU HAPPY TO MOVE THIS YOU'D LIKE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THINKING YOU'RE GOING TO REMEMBER YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT THERE. I'D BE HPYO MOV A MION TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 17 AND APPENDIX A ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF IN FEE SCHEDULE OF CITY CODE RELATING TO RIGHT OF WAY DEFINITIONS MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE FROM IN CHAPTER 17 IN APPENDIX A IN REGARDING RIGHT OF WAY DEFINITIONS AND FEES NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOON CARES SIX ZER COUNCILMEMBER FARRELL MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION DIRECTING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE THAT I JUST STATED. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION I KNOW 4.1. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND BE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THIS WORKS OUT IT. AND AGAIN I TAKE HEART IN THE FACT THAT IT IS DONE. WE ARE PLOWING NEW GROUND HERE . IT IS DONE ELSEWHERE AS WELL BU I'D B INTESTED TO SEE HOW THIS ALL WORKS OUT AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE FOLKS WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS IN THE CITY. THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON ITEM FIVE OF ORIGIN OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS THIS EVENING FIRST ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS PIECE THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS ITEM 5.1. IT'S A RESOLUTION INITIATING REZONING OF LYNDALE AVENUE PROPERTIES FROM B2 TO B FOR MR. RAMBLER OLSEN FROM OUR PLANNING AGENCY IS HERE. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL SHARE MY SCREEN OF A PRESENTION PREPARED . ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. YEAH THIS IS A STUDY ITEM EXAMINING A PROPOSAL TO REZONE A TOTAL OF 28 PARCELS NEAR LYNDALE AVENUE. SORRY YOU GOT TO MOVE SOMETHING REALLY QUICKLY. NEAR LYNDALE AVENUE INTERSECTIONS WITH 86TH STREET AND WEST 98TH STREET FROM B2 TO BEFORE AS YOU SAID. AND PART OF THIS IS A CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION TO INITIATE THOSE PROPOSED REZONINGS. I'VE INCLUDED A COUPLE OF NOTES UNDER THAT BULLET POINT. THEY'RE PRETTY IMPORTANT. THIS RESOLUTION DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE CITY TO REZONING THE PARCELS UNDER CONSIDERATION. SO SHOULDN'T FEEL ANY PRESSURE TO DO THAT. IT JUST STARTS THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED REZONINGS. SO I THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO POINT THAT OUTN THOSE PARCELS UNDER CONSIDERATION OR ON THIS SLIDE. THEY'RE SPLIT UP BY THE INTERSECTIONS WITH 86TH STREET AND 90TH STREET AND LYNDALE AVENUE. THEY'RE REFLECTIVE OF THE OF THE PARCELS THAT WERE WITHIN THE NODE AREAS OF THE LYNDALE AVENUE SUBURBAN RETROFIT PLAN. IF YOU RECALL FROM THAT WAS ADOPTED IN APRIL 2021 SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES FROM THAT PLAN WERE TO CREATE A CRITICAL MASS OF HOUSING. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PROPOSAL WILL ALLOW TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OF MOVING FROM B TO BEFORE WILL ACTUALLY ALLOW HOUSING WITHIN THOSE PARCELS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED B TWO. IT SO BEFORE WILL SUPPORT THAT MIXED USE CHARACTER AND THE WALKABLE URBAN DESIGN THAT'S ENVISIONED IN THE SUBURBAN AREA WITHIN THE RETROFIT PLAN WILL REFER TO IT AS THAT. SO OTHER INITIATIVES THAT THE CITY IS ENGAGED IN THAT ALSO SUPPORT THIS REZONING EFFORT ARE THE 90TH STREET STATION AREA PLAN AND COMP PLAN. BOTH OF THEM SEE MIXSES AND AGAIN A CRICAL MASS OF HOUSING ALONG LYNDALE AVENUE. THERE WERE ALREADY EIGHT PARCELS RESOUND AFTER THE 98TH STREET STATION OR IN FURTHERANCE THE 90TH STREET STATION AREA PLAN THAT OCCURRED IN 2019 I BELIEVE. AND THOSE EIGHT PARCELS ARE VIEWED IN THAT ON THE RIGHT. THERE'S THREE LAND USES TO BE CONSIDERED WITHIN THE AREA UNDER CONSIDERATION BUSINESS COMMUNITY, COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC THEIR PUBLIC LAND USE IS WITHIN THE STUDY AREA OR THE AREA UNDER CONSIDERATION. IF YOU LOOK IN THE IMAGE TO THE RIGHT IN THE SOUTH WEST CORNER THERE'S A THERE'S A LOT THAT'S GO TO PUBLIC THAT'S CURRENTLY A PARKING RIDE LOT BUT IT'S OWNED AND OPERATED BY METRO TRANSIT AND THEY CONSIDERED THOSE PARCELS INCLUDING THE TWOO THE NORTH FOR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT SO IF THIS IF THEY DO CONSIDER REDEVELOPING ALONG THOSE ALONG THOSE LINES THE CITY MAY WANT TO CONSIDER ACTUALLY REGARDING THAT PARCEL FROM PUBLIC TO SOMETHING MORE APPROPRIATE FOR MIXED USE OR FOR THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE PARCELS UNDER CONSIDERATION. AGAIN THE RB SO IT'S NO SHOCK THERE FROM THESE IMAGES BUT IT SHOWS YOU THE SURROUNDING ZONING AT BOTH INTERSECTIONS. SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IT'S MORE INDUSTRIAL NEAR 86 AND LYNDALE BUT RECENTLY THERE RE A STRING OF PROPERTIES YOU'LL SEE IT ON THE 86TH STREET NODE IMAGE. THERE WERE REASONS TO TRANSITION INDUSTRIAL FEATURE OF THAT NEW ZONING DISTRICT IS THAT IT ALSO ALLOWS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT? SO AGAIN KIND IN LINE WITH THAT EARLIER INITIATIVE SO RIGHT NOW IT'S GENERAL COMMERCIAL OR B2 SOMETHING DISTINCT ABOUT THIS ZONING IS THAT IT DOES ALLOW AUDIO AUTO ORIENTED USES AND REZONING TO BE FOR SOMETHING THAT WOULD CHANGE THAT CHARACTER BY CREATING A A NEIGHBORHOODS SCALE COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH MIXED USES MORE AMENABLE TO WALKABLE URBAN DESIGN. THAT'S AGAIN WITHIN THE RETROFIT PLAN. YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE GOALS FROM THAT ZONING DISTRICT AT THE BOTTOM BUT I THINK THAT'S ALSO SUMMARIZED IN THE STAFF REPORT. HERE'S A TLE COMPARING THE STANDARDS FROM B2 TO BEFORE I'VE JUST HIGHLIGHTED A FEW THAT REALLY DO PUT A PIN ON THE DISTINCTION THERE'S A HIGHER OFF AIR WITH RESIDENTIAL AND BEFORE SO AGAIN IT CAN BUILD TALLER BUILD MORE DENSE. THE PARKING PLACEMENT IS NOT IT WAS NOT ALLOWED IN THE FRONT SO IT'S NOT ALLOWED TO FRONT BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE ROAD. SO IT'S ALLOWED ON THE SIDE OF REAR WINDOW REQUIREMENTS ALONG THE THE. SO AGAIN CONTRIBUTING TO THAT WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT AND IT ACTUALLY HAS A MAXIMUM FRONT YARD SETBACK BUT IT HAS A MINIMUM TEN FOOT SO AGAIN BRINGING THE BUILDING CLOSER TO THE SIDEWALK AND IN FURTHERANCE OF A MORE WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS A CONSIDERATION WHEN YOUR REZONING IS THE CONFORMITY STATUS THE PARCELS UNDER CONSIDERATION SOME LOTS WOULD BEEN UH BECOME NON-CONFORMING DUE TO CHARACTERISTICS LIKE CHARACTERISTICS UM SORRY UH DUE TO USE LOT CHARACTERISTICS AND OR BUILDING DESIGN UM NONCONFORMITY CREATED ON A LOT WHEN IT DOES NOT MEET THE STANDARDS OF THE UNDERLYING ZONING. SO THAT'S WHEN IT'S CREATED AS WHEN IT'S BEEN APPROVED. AND BUT THERE IS A DISTINCTION THERE IS THERE ARE LEGAL NON-CONFORMITY AND THEY'VE RECEIVED ALL THE REQUIRED APPROVALS THEY CAN CONTINUE THROUGH THE VARIOUS MEANS AS STATED IN THAT. BUT THE POINT AND THAT STATUS RUNS WITH THE LAND SO IT DOESN'T IT'SOT ATTHED TO THIS BODY THE PROPERTY OWNER IT RUNS WITH THE LAND SO IF THE PROPERTY WERE TO BE RE ZONED AND IT WAS A LEGAL NON-CONFORMING PIECE OF PROPERTY IT WOULD CONTINUOUS SEARCH AFTER THE REZONING SO THEY COULD CONTINUE THAT USE IN THE MANNER AS IT WAS WHEN THAT REZONING OCCURRED COME THIS IS A VISUAL DISPLAY OF THE LOTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY CONFORMING TO THOSE BY USE WHICH HAVE A CONFORMING USES OR NON-CONFORMING USES. SO THERE'S FOUR PROPERTIES NEAR 86 AND LYNDALE AND THERE'S ONE WITHIN THE AREA OF 90TH AND LYNDALE STAFF HAS DONE SOME ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY IS UNDER CONSIDERATION. WE'VE SET UP A LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON PAGE TO JUST HOUSE MATERIALS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO YOU AND ALSO TO TAKE FEEDBACK AND ENGAGE WITH RESIDENTS THROUGH THAT THROUGH THAT VENUE. IN EARLY MAY WE SENT OUT LETTERS TO OWNERS INFORMING OF INFORMING THEM THAT WE WERE KICKING OFF THIS PROJECT ON MIL AND THEN THEREFORE WE WERE ALSO PREPARING THEM THAT WE WERE GOING TO VISIT THE PROPERTIES TO TALK TO PROPERTY OWNERS IF THEY WERE PRESENT ON MAY 11TH WHICH WE DID. WE VISITED EACH PROPERTY ON THAT DAY MAY 23RD WE HELD A VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE SO TO SAY THAT TOO MANY PEOPLE ATTENDED THAT'S AND WAS KIND OF A BUT NONEELESS WE HELD ANOTHER IN-PERSON OPEN HOUSE AND IN-PERSON ONE ON MAY 24TH THE FOLLOWING DAY ONLY THREE PEOPLE ATTENDED. NONETHELESS WE WERE ADVERTISING THESE WAS PART OF THE MAILERS THAT WE SENT OUT SO IT FOR FOR FOR WHATEVER REASON IT JUST WASN'T WELL ATTENDED BUT NONETHELESS WE DID RECEIVE SOME EMAILS FROM FOLKS THAT OWN PROPERTY WITHIN THE AREAS UNDER CONSIDERATION BUT THERE WAS NO EXPLICIT SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION. IT WAS JUST QUESTIONS ABOUT PRECTS GENERALLY. SO ANSWER THOSE PROMPTLY. WE HELD A STUDY SESSION AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ON JUNE 22ND. WE RECEIVED SOME GENERAL SUPPORT FOR CONSIDERING THE REZONINGS FOR CONSIDERING NOT NECESSARILY A STAMP OF APPROVAL ON THE REZONINGS BUT WE ALSO RECEIVED SOME QUESTIONS RELATED TO NON-CONFORMING ANTI UM THE LOW RESPONSE RATE FROM OWNERS THE PROPERTIES CONSIDERATION UM WE WERE ASKED ABOUT WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR LYNDALE AND UM YOU KNOW T RE STRIVING OR OF LYNDALE AND HOW THAT RELATES TO THESE REZONING PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN CARRYING OUT FOR THE IN-SERVICE OF THE RETROFIT STAFF. WE NOTED THAT THERE WAS A STRONG INTEREST IN A CORRIDOR STUDY FROM PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS AND STAFF AGREES WITH THAT WE WE HAVE A WORKING THAT MEETS REGULARLY TO DISCUSS THE RETROFIT PLAN AND TO CHECK IN ON THE PROGRESS AND TO SEE WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE. AND THERE'S ALSO YOU KNOW, IT'S WORTH CONSIDERING THAT THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE PRESENCE OF BROWNFIELDS WITHIN THE AREA SO THAT WOULD ALSO BE PART OF THE CORRIDOR STUDY SO I WON'T BE JUST LIMITED TO RIGHT AWAY. MAYBE WE WOULD ALSO CONSIDER THOSE BROWNFIELD AREAS OFF OF THE RIGHT OF WAY NEXT STEPS IF IF ALL GOES WELL AND A RESOLUTION TO INITIATE THE REZONING IS ADOPTED WE WOULD SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMISSION ON AUGUST 17TH UH A PUBLIC HEARING WITH CITY COUNCIL ON SEEMBER1TH AND IF YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION THERE'S A RECOMMENDED THING REACHED ON THIS SLIDE FOR YOU CONSIDER AND WITH THAT I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. MR. REIMER ALSO WANTED TO BACK UP THE ONE TO THE TO THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE THE POINT THAT THE POINT THAT I WAS GOING TO MAKE WAS THAT THIS IS NOT IN FACT AS YOU STATED THIS IS NOT THE FINAL BE ALL AND END ON THIS PROJECT. THIS IS SIMPLY INITIATING THE REZONING AND A COUPLE OF SLIDES BACK THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD LOOK AT THIS WE WOULD HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING HERE IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I'M SURE THERE WOULD BE A LOT MORE ENGAGEMENT, HOPEFULLY MORE ROBUSTLY ATTENDED BUT WITH THERE'S GOING TO BE THIS IS NOT THE BE ALL AND END ALL THIS IS JUST A THE FIRST STEP IN MOVING THIS FORWARD AS WE CONSIDER ALL OF THIS IT CORRECT HERE REALLY THIS IS TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSAL. IS THERE SOMETHING THAT STEPS CONSIDER IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE SHOULD CHANGE OUR APPROACH WE REALLY WANT THAT FEEDBACK BUT ALSO TO CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION AND FOR VERY GO THANKOU ZONING COUNCIL QUESTIONS FEEDBACK. D'ALESSANDRO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I DO I HAVE IT'S PROBABLY A QUESTION OTHERS APPEAR KNOW THE ANSWER TO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT OF THIS IN PART AS YOU MENTIONED WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD ACCOMMODATE SOME RESIDENTIAL WHERE WE CAN'T TODAY. CORRECT IT SAYS IN THE DEFINITION HERE OF WHAT RESIDENTIAL IS IS THAT THERE'S THIS ACCESSORY NOTION AND THAT THERE'S THIS MYTH I'M GETTING MINIMUM NONRESIDENTIAL .0.1 AIR ACQUIRED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. AND SO CAN YOU DO LIKE IS THAT FOR LIKE EVERY 10,000 SQUARE FEET THERE NEEDS TO BE 1000 SQUARE FEET OF RESIDENTIAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. LIKE WHAT CAN YOU TRANSLATE THAT FOR ME? OH LOOK AT YOU. YOU CAN CORRECT MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. IS THIS WHAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO THESE THESE STANDARDS? I WAS LOOKING IN THE COUNCIL PACKET AND SO IN THE COUNCIL PACKET IT WAS MAYBE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE GENERIC. I WAS THERE'S A TABLE IN HERE THAT BASICALLY SAYS TABLE TWO COMPARISON OF USES AND UNDER RESIDENTIAL IT SAYS IN THE B2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL NO AND IN THE B FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL IT SAYS ACCESSORY AND THEN IN PARENTHESES SAYS MINIMUM NON RESIDENTIAL OF 0.1 FAA REQUIRED FAA ARE REQUIRED ON SITE AND PRINCE AND I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT DEFINITION MEANT. OH MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER I BELIEVE THAT JUST MEANS THAT THERE HAS TO BE IT CAN'T JUST BE PURELY RESIDENTIAL. THERE HAS TO BE A NONRESIDENTIAL COMPONENT TO IT AND IT WAS THAT 0.1 MEAN SOMETHING 1% 10% OR SOMETHING OR IS IT JUST LIKE HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU ALL CALCULATE WHAT QUALIFIES AS YEP IT'S FOR ME FOR COUNCILMEMBER SO AS AN F AIR STANDARD SO .01 OF UH F AIR I MEAN I GUESS IT WOULD JUST FALL WITHIN THAT DEFINITION OF CALCULATING OF AIR FLOOR FLOOR AREA RATIO OF THE THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF THE COMPARED TO THE LOT SIZE AND SO THAT JUST HAS EQUAL POINT ZEROHYINIMUM IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT TO SATISFY THAT MAKES ME RIGHT OKAY THAT'S FAIR YES SO SO IF I TO IF I HAVE A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET AT LEAST 100 FEET OF THAT OR 10% OR POINT ONE OF THAT FLOOR AREA RATIO NEEDS TO BE RESIDENTIAL OR NEEDS TO BE COMMERCIAL YES. I MEAN TRYING TO USE REALLY EASY OH SORRY. NO, I APPRECIATE IT COUNCILMEMBER. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE CASE WHEN I HAVE IT RIGHT. I NEED GLENN'S. YEAH SURE SURE. THE RATIO WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS 10% OR GREATER IS I GUESSHAT I'M AING MR. MARK AGAI, MAYOR BOSSY COUNCILMEMBER DOUBLE ENTENDRE. THAT'S EXACTLY CORRECT. OKAY. 100,000 SQUARE FOOT. WHAT MINIMUM OF 10,000 SQUARE FEET WOULD NEED TO BE NONRESIDENTIAL? YOU CAN HAVE PURE RESIDENTIAL BUT YOU'D HAVE TO DO THAT UNDER ANOTHER ZONING DISTRICT SO LYNDALE FLATS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT ON LYNDALE NONRESIDENTIAL THAT THING DOES THAT INCLUDE AMENITIES THAT ARE PROVIDED FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE NOT CONSIDERED HOMES LIKE THE LIKE YOU KNOW GYM OR POOLS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? UH MAYOR BOZO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO WE HAVE NOT COUNTED THAT AS NONRESIDENTIAL THAT'S CUSTOMARILY INCIDENTAL RESIDENTIAL. SO WE WOULD COUNT FOR LIKE RENT OFFICE AND A GYM AND YOU KNOW, A SWIMMING POOL IF THERE WAS ONE WE WOULD COUNT THAT AS RESIDENTIAL. OKAY. SO THE THE TERM ACCESSORY IN THIS DEFINITION IMPLY THAT IT'S THOSE ACCESSORY YOU KNOW ,AMENITIES IF YOU WILL, THAT WOULD COUNT TOWARDS IT IN ADDITION TO ALL OF 10% OR MORE ..1 OR MORE OF FLOOR AREA RATIO NEEDS TO BE SET ASIDE FOR SOME COMMERCIAL USE. CORRECT? OKAY GREAT. THANKS. APPRECIATE IT, COUNCILMEMBER LEMON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY JUST SAYING HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE TAKING STEPS TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS. YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THE IDEA OF RENEWAL AND I'M DEFINITELY A SUPPORTER OF THAT AS WE LOOK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN OUR CITY AND I LOOK TO OUR NORTH RICHFIELD AND DIANA AND I JUST E ALL OF THOSE THINGS BEING DONE AND I GET ENVIOUS SOMETIMES AND IT'S TO SEE NOW WE'RE DOING IT. AND SO I THINK THE ONLY QUESTION REALLY HAVE YOU KNOW, AS I AS I LOOK AT THIS AND AS WE KIND OF LOOK FORWARD, WE'VE GOT TO BE TO AND WE'VE GOT TO BE FOR AND I KNOW WE'VE DONE SOME SHIFTING AND CHANGING WITH WHAT THAT BEFORE HAS MEANT AND IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LITTLE WHILE BUT I SORT OF WONDER AS WE WE LOOK AT THIS AREA IS BEFORE IT REALLY WHAT WE WANT IN DOES THAT REALLY KEEP WITH THE THE VISION OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THERE IN THAT AREA AND THAT'S KIND OF THE I HAVE YOU KNOW YOU KNOW IS THERE SOME OTHER ZONING DISTRICT WE ARE NOT USE FOR THIS SHOULD WE DEVELOP A NEW ONE I KNOW WE DID THAT IN THE SOUTH LOOP TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CRAFTING AND CREATING EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT THERE AND JUST JUST FOR EXAMPLE YOU KNOW WE LOOK AT THE FA PIECE HERE I WONDER YOU KNOW IS THAT REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO WITH WITH YOU KNOW WITH RESPECT TO THAT AREA AS YOU'RE WALKING DOWN LYNDALE AND I'M NOT REALLY LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT BUT I THINK I JUST WANT TO OPEN THAT UP AS WE AS WE'RE LOOKING TO CRAFT THIS YOU KNOW, WE'RE CRAFTING THIS FOR A GENERATION. YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY I SAW WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHEN I WALKED UP AND DOWN LYNDALE MYSELF. BUT I JUST WANT TO JUST I KNOW WE HAVE THAT THERE. YOU KNOW, IS THIS REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THAT AND THAT'S KIND OF THE QUESTION I KIND OF HAVE IS THAT THE RIGHT ZONING DISTRICT? ARE WE ARE WE RESTRICTING OURSELVES BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT WE'VE GOT NOW OR IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE THAT WOULD WOULD WOULD CREATE THAT THAT WOW FACTOR AS YOU WALK DOWN LYNDALE AND IS THIS IS THIS BEFORE IS THAT REALLY IT SO THAT I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT SO I THINK COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU MAYOR TWO QUICK ITEMS HERE. SO ONE I SUPPORT BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT THIS TO COUNCILMEMBER LOEHMANN'S POINT . IS THERE AT ALL ANY POSSIBILITY THAT THE RECOMMENDATION WHEN WE ACTUALLY FINALLY CONSIDER IT WOULD COME BACK AS SOMETHING OTHER THAN BEFORE AS YOU GO THROUGH THE WHOLE STUDY PROCESS AND FIND SOMETHING THAT MAYBE IS A BETTER FIT AND OR CHANGES TO STANDARDS IN BEFORE THAT WOULD BE MAYBE A BETTER FIT HERE SOMETHING LIKE IS THAT IS THAT A POSSIBILITY OR ARE WE LOCKING OURSELVES INTO ONLY LOOKING AT BEFORE AS IT'S DEFINED TODAY. YEAH I'M NEVER BUSSEY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THE WAY THE RESOLUTION IS WORDED IT WOULD LOCK IN THE B4 DISTRICT AS AT LEAST COMING FORWARD TO PUBLIC HEARING IN TO COUNCILMEMBER LOEHMANN'S COMMENT WE DO THINK BEFORE US REALLY SUITED IN THIS CASE WE'RE NOT HESITANT AT ALL OF CREATING DISTRICTS AND WE'VE BEEN ACTUALLY CRITICIZED FOR CREATING TOO MANY BUT IN THIS CASE WE THINK B4 IS A PRETTY GOOD MATCH FOR THAT LYNDALE RETROFIT VISION INSOFAR IT ALLOWS THE RESIDENTIAL USES ALLOWS A MUCH HIGHER INTENSITY THAN THE B2 DISTRICT AND THEN REQUIRES THE BUILDINGS TO BE CLOSE TO THE STREET PARKING TO THE SIDE AND REAR AND THEN THE USE MIX IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SPECIFICALLY NOT ALLOWING AUTO REPAIR, NOT ALLOWING GAS STATIONS AS PART OF THE B4 DISTRICT. SO WE DO THINK B4 IS A GOOD FIT IN THIS CASE. THE SECOND ITEM THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I UNDERSTAND THE IDEA ABOUT BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE COULD WAIT UNTIL SOMEBODY BRINGS FORTH A PROPOSAL AND REZONING BASED ON THAT BUT THEY COULD ALSO BRING A PROPOSAL THAT WAS B TO AND NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR EXACTLY. SO I UNDERSTAND THE THE RATIONALE FOR THE PROACTIVE PART OF IT. MY QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN NOW AND POTENTIAL REZONING COULD SOMEBODY BRING FORTH MAJOR EXPANSION REBUILD OR SOMETHING THAT IS COMPLIANT WITH B TWO AND WOULD HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO SAY HEY WE'VE ALREADY INITIATED THIS PROCESS THAT'S NOT THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE SAYING THAT WE WANT TO GO WITH THIS AREA. WE HAVE DISCRETION I GUESS AS A COUNCIL AND A MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IF SOMEONE WERE TO PROPOSE SOMETHING THAT WAS IN LINE WITH THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT WITHOUT THE REZONING HAVING BEEN APPROVED, WE WOULD HAVEO ELUATE THAT PROPOSAL UNDER THE CURRENT STANDARDS SO THE CURRENT ZONING SO IF THEY WERE ABLE TO GET ALL APPROVALS BEFORE THE REZONING WAS APPROVED TO BE FORWARD THEN THAT'S THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE COMPLIANT IF THEN IT WERE TO BE REZONE TO BE FOR IT WOULD BE LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING AT THAT POINT IN WHICH CASE THERE WOULD BE THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE IN THE SAME MANNER BUT THERE WOULD BE SOME RESTRICTIONS ON EXPANSION AND OTHER OTHER FACTORS RELATED TO THEIR YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'RE USING THEIR PROPERTY BUT IF THEY WERE TO DO SOMETHING IF THEY RECEIVED ALL THE APPROVALS BEFORE THE REZONING WAS APPROVED THEN THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE IN LINE WITH . TH CODE . THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. SO YOU MENTIONED CORRIDOR STUDY AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. I FEEL LIKE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE VISION OF THE LYNDALE AVENUE RETROFIT INITIATIVE AND WHAT WAS LAID OUT IN THE PLAN, I MEAN I FEEL LIKE IT'S A CRITICAL PIECE AND WITHOUT THAT I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'LL EVER KIND OF GET THE FEEL THAT WE WANT IN THAT IN THAT THAT AREA. I ALSO AM EXCITED TO SEE THIS IN FRONT OF US TONIGHT WHEN I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE STUDY WHEN I WAS REVIEWING THE PACKET I MEAN ONE OF THE PRIMARY RECOMMENDATIONS WAS PROACTIVELY TO HELP FACILITATE THE VISION THE CORRIDOR AND SO AGAIN REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS THIS HERE TODAY. I DO HAVE A QUESTION KIND OF RELATED TO THE LYNDALE AVENUE RETROFIT STUDY ITSELF AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS LAID OUT BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY TALK ABOUT IT MUCH WE DON'T RELY KIND OF GET UPDATES ON THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEING MADE ON ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE LAID OUT AND I FEEL LIKE IS ONE CRITICAL PIECE OF KIND OF A ALMOST LIKE A BIGGER WORK PLAN THAT COULD BE IN PLACE. AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS I KNOW YOU SAID THAT THERE IS A WORKGROUP THAT IS MEETING AND TALKING THESE THINGS, BUT ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL OR ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING FORWARD WITH TO HELP SUPPORT STAFF IN , YOU KNOW, MOVING THIS VISION FORWARD? UH, MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, THE THIS REZONING IS THE LAST REZONING AS RECOMMENDED IN RETROFIT PLAN SO WE SHOULD CELEBRATE THAT AND THEN MOVES INTO LOOKING AT THE SPECIFICS OF CORRIDOR THAT'S WHERE THE CORRIDOR STUDY BECOMES OPERATIVE IS GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED. THERE'S A LOT OF VISUALS AND A LOT OF EXPRESSIONS OF THE CHARACTER ALONG THE WAY ALONG LYNDALE AVENUE WITHIN THE RETROFITLAN. AND SO THE COURSE NOOR STUDY WOULD JUST FURTHER DEFINED FURTHER DEFINE THOSE THOSE SPECIFICS THAT WOULD ENABLE THAT THAT TRANSFORMATION THAT THAT VISION SO THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD COME BEFORE COUNCIL JUST TO GET FEEDBACK AND TO HAVE START THAT DISCUSSION. BUT THERE'S NOTHING PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR I, I WILL DEFER TO THE PLANNING MANAGER ON THE WORK PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR SO MAYBE I'LL JUST LEAVE HIM WITH YEAH THEY OBVIOUSLY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THAT'S CORRECT. WE DON'T HAVE THE CORRIDOR PLAN ON THIS YEAR'S WORK PLAN . WE NEED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON THAT BUT 2024 IS DEFINITELY A POSSIBILITY THAT WE DISCUSS. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT ESPECIALLY SPECIFIC TO THE CORRIDOR BUT LIKE WHEN I LOOK AT THE PLAN THERE ARE THINGS LIKE RETAIL STRATEGY RIGHT SO ORGANIZING BUSINESS MEETINGS CREATING A STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN FOR THE CORRIDOR, EVALUATING POTENTIAL FOR A SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT. I MEAN THERE'S LIKE ALL KINDS OF IDEAS AND HARRY OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND I GUESS AND KNOW THAT IT GOES BEYOND PLANNING I'M GUESSING AND SO MAYBE IT'S A QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER JUST IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, AS WE THINK ABOUT THE LONG TERM PLAN TO EXECUTE ON THIS ON THE STUDY MEAN HOW HOW ARE WE HOW IS THAT PLANNING HAPPENING LIKE WHO IS MAKING SURE THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING AND THAT WE'RE TRAINGOWARD OR MAYBE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT WE DON'T TO DO SOME OF THESE THINGS BUT YES WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND MAYBE THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER DAY BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD INPUT. MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND TO HOW WE ARE MOVING FORWARD OUR ACTIVITY IS HAND IN GLOVE OR NEEDS TO BE HAND IN GLOVE WITH THE WORK THAT THE HRA AND THE PORT AUTHORITY ARE DOING. AND SO THE PORT AUTHORITY TEAM IS ACTUALLY WORKING ON AN RFP THAT'LL BE GOING OUT. I THINK YOU PROBABLY ARE AWARE OF THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SOME HELP IN TERMS OF FRAMING OUR STRATEGIC MOVING FORWARD AND NOW THAT THE PORT EXPANDING BEYOND THE SOUTH LOOP AREA SO THE PROCESS OF ATTRACTING INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPERS AND INTEREST IN REDEVELOPMENT IT IS GOING TO BUILD ON THE WORK THAT THE PLANNING TEAM THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY DONE TO PREPARE THIS SO AS YOU SAID THIS IS A LONG TERM PLAN AND IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE THE COLLABORATION OF MULPLENITSERE TO MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. YEAH, THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE. I KNOW THAT I'M ALWAYS ITERATIVE ABOUT MY QUESTIONS BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS BRING UP THAT TRIGGER THINGS FOR ME SO I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE CAN INTO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER'S THOUGHTS THERE. YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE THE ZONE GENERALLY SPEAKING IN THINKING ABOUT THE RETROFIT PLAN WAS YOU KNOW WE WE DEFINITELY HEARD FROM FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT THINGS LIKE THE THE BOULEVARD ITSELF THE YOU KNOW, THE ROAD AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AROUND THAT WE WE HEARD ABOUT YOU KNOW HAVING PLACES OF PUBLIC GATHERING AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES AND YOU KNOW, IN OUR IN OUR ZONING WE DON'T GENERALLY SET ASIDE AS FAR AS I CAN TELL REQUIREMENT IS AROUND THAT. AND WHAT I MEAN FOR EXAMPLE IS I'VE BEEN IN CERTAIN CITIES WHERE AS PART OF A DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OR ANYTHING YOU KNOW 10% OF THE AVAILABLE LIKE LAND USE NEEDS TO BE SETSIDE THINK WE DO THAT FOR LIKE LANDSCAPING BUT LIKE SOME PEOPLE DO IT FOR PUBLIC ART OR OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT AND JUST AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT THAT YOU KNOW DOES THERE NEED TO BE MORE ADDED TO THE ZONE OR THAT CANNOT BE DONE IN THESE OPPORTUNITY? WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE KIND OF OUR OVERLAYS ON ON THE YOU KNOW, THE BASIC ZONING FRAMEWORK. SO I DON'T KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER TO THAT BUT I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO GET A POINT OF VIEW ON THAT TO SAY THE ZONE IS LIKE LAYER SO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THEN AND THEN WE DO OTHER THINGS ON TOP OF THAT OR DO WE HAVE TOO DOWN INTO THE ZONE ITSELF IN ORDER TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS? DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER BUT I THOUGHT MAYBE I'D THROW THAT OUT THERE IS IF THERE DOES NEED TO BE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THE DEFINITIONS AROUND BEFORE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT AS OPPOSED TO DOING IT IN SOME LAYER HIGHER RELATED TO THE LYNDALE RETROFIT PLAN FOR EXAMPLE. YEAH THERE OBVIOUSLY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I LIKE THE WAY YOU DESCRIBE THAT IT'S KIND OF LAYERS OF ACTIVITY. YOU CAN THINK OF THE ZONING DISTRICT AS SETTING THE TABLE AND THEN SUBSEQUENT TO THAT AS DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL COMES IN WE MIGHT HAVE A PARK AS PART OF THAT PROPERTY THAT SHOWS UP ON OUR WINDOW RETROFIT PLAN AS AN ASPIRATION WHEN THAT DEVELOPMENT COMES IN AT THAT TIME WE MAY LOOK FOR A DEDICATION OF THAT PARK OR IN THIS CASE YOU KNOW, A SMALL PARKLET SO THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS WHEN THE PORT ATRIA ARE WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC ASSISTANCE THEY HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF INFLUENCE OVER THE DESIGN OF THE END PRODUCT THAT'S POINT AT WHICH A LOT OF THOSE IDEAS ARE LAYERED ON ON TOP OF THE ZONING I GUESS THAT WOULD BE TRUE FOR SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS AS WELL THEN IF WE WANTED TO LAYER IN THOSE AND I'M MAKING YOU I'M MAKING THINGS UP NOT TO BE BUT IF WE SAID YOU KNOW BECAUSE WHERE IT'S LOCATED IT NEEDS TO BE CERTAIN TYPES OF MATERIALS OR IT NEEDS I MEAN DO THOSE FALL INTO THAT CAGORY AS WELL AS OPPOSED TO AT THE ZONE ZONING LAYER IF YOU WILL? YEAH AND THEY'RE BOTH COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT NOW UNDER MINNESOTA STATE LAW CITIES ARE VERY CONSTRAINED IN WHAT THEY CAN DO IN TERMS OF REQUIRING SUSTAINABILITY. BUT WHEN THERE'S PUBLIC MONEY INVOLVED AND THEN THAT CHANGES THE WHOLE DISCUSSION. AND ONE LAST QUESTION IS AS I LOOK AT THIS SLIDE THAT YOU HAVE HERE AS YOU DOWN NEAR THE BOTTOM IN THE REAR AND THE SIDE SBACK YOU'VE GOT THERE'S A CERTAIN SETBACK OR DIFFERENT SETBACKS FOR BUILDINGS OVER FOUR STOREYS WHICH BRINGS TO MIND THE QUESTION IS THERE A HEIGHT LIMIT IN THE B4 DISTRICT RIGHT IS NEAR BOISE. HEIGHT LIMITS ARE INDEPENDENT OF ZONING DISTRICTS IN BLOOMINGTON WE HAVE A HEIGHT LIMITS MAP WHICH VARIES BY YOU KNOW GEOGRAPHICALLY BUT IT DOESN'T MATCH UP 1 TO 1 WITH ZONING DISTRICT. SO YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT LYNDE AVENUE 98TH AND LYNDALE AND THAT SURROUNDING AREA IS MUCH HIGHER LIMIT THAN AS YOU MOVE NORTH BUT GENERALLY IT'S FOUR STOREYS FURTHER NORTH I BELIEVE IT'S EIGHT STOREYS IN THE 90TH AND LYNDALE AREA AND THEN THROUGH VARIOUS ZONING PROVISIONS YOU CAN GET EIGHT BONUSES ON TOP OF THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. WELL, COUNCILOR, THIS WAS AS WE SAID THIS WAS BASICALLY TO INITIATE THE REZONING AND IF I THINK WE'VE ASKED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS, I THINK TO KIND OF GIVE STAFF THE IDEA OF IF WE DID GO FORWARD WITH THESE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OR PERHAPS CONSIDERATIONS WE'D LIKE TO WORK FORWARD AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS CONVERSATION . BUT WITH THAT IN MIND ON ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION OR IF NOTHING ELSE I'D LOOK FOR ACTION ON ITEM 5.1. I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION HERE. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO ALREADY. YEAH. OKAY GREAT. SO I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION INITIATING REZONING OF THE PARTIALSNCLUD IN THE PROJECT STUDY AREA PER THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LYNDALE AVENUE SUBURBAN RETROFIT PLAN SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION INITIATING REZONING OF THE PARCELS INCLUDED THE PROJECT STUDY AREA PER THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LYNDALE AVENUE SUBURBAN RETROFIT PLAN . NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO THANK YOU VERY MUCH GENTLEMEN YOU'RE OFF AND RUNNING. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER AS WE ADOPTED AGENDA THIS EVENING ITEM 5.2 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN SO WE WILL NOT BE ADDRESSING ITEM 5.2. THAT'LL TAKE US RIGHT IN ITEM 5.3 OUR COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE AND I WILL KICK US OFF SUMMARIZING OUR CITY COUNCIL LISTENING SESSION THAT WE HELD AT 545. ACTUALLY WE ONLY HAD ONE SPEAKER THIS EVENING AND THE SPEAKER BROUGHT UP A GOOD QUESTION REGARDING THE KEEPING OF CHICKENS AND OTHER POSSIBLE WINGED FOWL IN THE BACKYARD AND QUESTIONS INITIALLY ABOUT THE SIZE AND THE REGULATIONS OF ENCLOSURES AND SO ON WHICH I TNK STAFF IS GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND THEN THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDING OTHER POULTRY SUCH AS DUCKS AND PIGEONS TO OUR DEFINITION OF WHAT CAN BE KEPT IN THE BACKYARD. AND I THINK THE THE CONSENSUS OF THE COUNCIL WAS THIS IS WE WANT TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT SPECIFIC QUESTIONS SHE HAD REGARDING ENCLOSURES BUT THEN THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING THAT DISCUSSION OF ADDITIONAL POULTRY, DUCKS AND PIGEONS AND POSSIBLY MORE DEPENDING ON HOW FAR WE WANT TO TAKE THIS CONVERSATION. AND SO THAT WAS OUR THAT WAS OUR COUNCIL LISTENING SESSION TODAY AND I WILL NOTE ONCE AGAIN IT WAS A RESIDENT WHO WE HAVE NOT BEFORE. SO ONCE AGAIN OUR COUNCIL LISTENING SESSIONS GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET SOMEONE ELSE AND SOMEBODY NEW IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING BRAND NEW OUR OUR WEB FOOT FRIENDS SO THAT WAS OUR COUNCIL LISTENING SESSION MR. FURBERG IDEA OF ANYTHING TO ADD THIS THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I DO HAVE ONE ITEM THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE NINE MILE CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ACTION FOR THE COUNCIL ON THE 24TH AGENDA IF WE CAN FIND SOMEONE OR SEVERAL WHO WOULD BE LLIN TOTEP FORWARD, SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY AND THEN MAKING A RECOMMENDATION IN AN OPEN COUNTY ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THAT PERSON FOR THE BLOOMINGTON SEAT AS IT WERE. SO I WILL SEND TO YOU ALL A MAP OF THE AREA AND IF YOU HAVE CONSTITUENT THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WHO EITHER HAVE AN INTEREST IN WATERSHED POLICY OR ACTIVITIES OR A BACKGROUND IN OR OTHER SORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE THOSE ARE EXACT KIND OF CANDIDATES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. SO I'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL TOMORROW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FAROOQI COUNSEL ANYTHING TO ADD THIS EVENING? COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO NELSON COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I THINK I GET THE BENEFIT OF BEING IN YOUR DIRECT LINE OF SIGHT IF IT'S JUST MY QUESTION. SO IF SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST THAT'S COMPLETELY FINE. OKAY. I HAD THREE I HAD THREE ITEMS. HOPEFULLY THEY DON'T TAKE LONG . ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTED TODAY WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT BLOOMINGTON FORWARD IS THAT WE SPEAKING TO THE POTENTIAL YOU KNOW, BLOOMINGTON RESIDENT VERSUS NONMOVING IN RESIDENT SPLIT IN OUR REVENUES WE'VE DOWNGRADED THAT FROM THE 75% WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TO 60% NOW HAS THE MINNESOTA EXTENSION PROVIDED THAT UPDATED DOCUMENTATION IN SUPPORT OF THAT AND IF SO WOULD YOU MIND GETTING IT FOR US? I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT. I'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN THAT KNOWING THAT WE HAD KIND OF PRE-PANDEMIC NUMBERS AND NOW WE PROBABLY HAVE SOME NUMBERS HOPEFULLY THAT INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, IMPACTS TO PANDEMIC OF THE PANDEMIC ON THINGS LIKE SALES TAX THAT WILL PAY BECAUSE HAVING AMAZON SHIP STUFF TO OUR HOUSE FOR EXAMPLE OR OTHER THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT QUESTION MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO WE HAD EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION BY WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE WHICH PRODUCES THE SALES TAX DATA IS STRAINED AND SO THEY HAVE YET TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THAT USUALLY COMES OUT ABOUT THIS TIME OF YR UALLY A LITTLE BIT EARLIER AND IT'S ONLY WHEN THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE THAT THE UNIVERSITY MINNESOTA EXTENSION SERVICE CAN THEN ANALYZE THE DATA AND SO WE'RE WAITING FOR REVENUE TO GET THE SALES TAX DATA PULLED TOGETHER AND WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH THE EXTENSION SERVICE SO THEY KNOW THAT THEY'LL BE READY TO GO BUT IT'LL TAKE THEM A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO RUN THAT DATA. WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND JUST TO RECAP WHAT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THE THE SALES THAT IS GENERATED IN BLOOMINGTON ACCORDING TO THE 2019 EXTENSION SERVICE ANALYSIS OF DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE WAS THAT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 70 AND 75% OF SALES TAXES PAID BY NON BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS IN 2020 BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC OR 2021. I THINK OUR MOST RECENT DATA WAS THAT THAT NUMBER DROPPED 60% AND I THINK THAT OUR UNDERSTANDING OF IS LARGELY RELATED TO THE FACT THAT HOSPITALITY WAS LARGELY SHUT DOWN DURING THE PANDEMIC. SO ALL OUTSIDE SPENDING ON HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT GENERATES SALES TAX WAS NOT OCCURRING AND SO I CAN'T SAY WHAT THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO BE. I CAN'T EXPECT A CERTAIN NUMBER. I HAVE A FEELING IT WILL BE CLOSER WHAT WE SAW PRE-PANDEMIC THAN WHAT WE SAW DURING THE PANDEMIC AND AS SOON AS WE HAVE THAT AVAILABLE, WE WILL ADD IT TO THE BLOOMINGTON FORWARD PAGE SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A COMPARISON ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU FUND THESE PROJECTS IN ONE MANNER AND WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU FUND THEM IN ANOTHER MANNER THAT IS DEPENDENT ON BLOOMINGTON TAXPAYERS SO THAT INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO MENTION WAS JUST IN RELATION TO KIND OF THE LINDO RETRIEVAL ABOUT INTO COMPLAINTS RECENTLY ABOUT LIGHTING FROM OUR GOOD FRIENDS AND STORAGE FACILITIES . INOWE GRANDFATHERED THEM. WE MADE SOME POSITIVE CHANGES TO OUR LIGHTING CODE NOT THAT LONG AGO AND WE GRANDFATHERED THESE STORAGE FACILITIES INTO THAT AND YOU KNOW, AS A RESULT OF THAT I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN THINK ABOUT THAT DIFFERENTLY BUT I WORRY AS WE CONTINUE TO ADD FOR EXAMPLE IF WE ADD MORE RESIDENTIAL ON THE LYNDALE AVENUE RETROFIT RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT JUST THE PATRONS OF LUNA THE LUNA THAT TO LOOK AT THIS LIKE RIDICULOUSLY LIT UP STORAGE FACILITY WITH NOTHING ON AT 10:00 AT NIGHT. NOW IT'S A BUNCH OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS AS WELL POTENTIALLY SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT BUT I IT'S I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IT'S ON PEN AVENUE AS WELL AS LYNDALE AVENUE. WE HAVE THESE CHALLENGES AND SO I'M NOT 100% SURE IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING THERE BUT IF WE COULD THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND SO I'D LOVE TO JUST HAVE SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT AS IT RELATES TO ALL THE OTHER WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. AND THEN LASTLY ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT ABOUT WAS AS WE TALK ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, I'VE NOTICED THAT WE DON'T GET AS MUCH POTENTIAL AS MUCH INTERACTION ON LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON AS WE MIGHT COULD ANDHAT' NOT PROBABLY WELL-FORMED GRAMMAR BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN AND I'M WONDERING IF IT'S BECAUSE WE DON'T LEAVE THOSE THINGS UP ENOUGH AND SO OR SO THAT WHEN BY THE TIME THAT PEOPLE SEE THEM IN THE BRIEFING OR WHATEVER THEN THEY'RE CLOSED AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE I DIDN'T GET TO THAT FOR TWO WEEKS BUT NOW IT'S GONE. I SAY THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AS WE THINK ABOUT THE CHICKEN QUESTION THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF LIKE SOMETHING YOU COULD PUT UP THERE AND HAVE A LONG A LIKE A LONGER TERM STUDY RIGHT WHERE PEOPLE ARE GIVING US COMMENTS ON IT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WE MIGHT CONSIDER. OH I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PART OF OUR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS PLAN BUT I WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE ANDHENHAT' IT FOR ME. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. YEAH, THANK YOU, MAYOR JUST TWO QUICK ITEMS HERE. IS THERE ANY UPDATE ON 35 W SOUTHBOUND CLOSURE? IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN THIS WEEKEND AND DID SO WAS IT RESCHEDULED OR WAS IT. OH, IT WAS JUST NORTH OF ME ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE I GOT TO WORK SO AND I'M SURPRISED THAT I THOUGHT I WAS GOING 169 SO. OH, I'M SO SORRY FOR IT UP THAT IT WAS THE WEEKEND CLOSURE WAS IT? IT W A WEEKEND CLOSURE BUT IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 35 WHICH IS WHAT I WAS EXPECTING. OKAY. SO THEY MUST JUST BE DOING THAT IN PHASES AS THEY GO. OKAY OKAY. AND THEN I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON ONE THING THAT THE MAYOR HAD BROUGHT UP EARLIER ABOUT LOOKING AT ALL THE FEES AND STRUCTURES AND I HAD BROUGHT UP SOMEWHAT TANGENTIALLY ABOUT BUILDING AND INSPECTION. AND JUST ONE NOTE ALTHOUGH I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE THOUGHTS OF THE MAYOR, I THINK THAT WE MAY BE PREEMPTED BY STATE LAW IN THAT AREA THAT REQUIRES IT TO BE VALUE BASED PERMITS BE BASED ON VALUATION OF THE PROJECT. SOE WOULD IF THAT WAS SOMETHING OF INTEREST I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR STATE PARTNERS CHANGING LEGISLATION THERE AS IS MY UNDERSTANDING SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. YES, REMEMBER IT'S NOT THE ONLY FEE. IT'S JUST GOT YOU JUST BRING THAT ONE UP THAT THERE IS STATE LAW THERE. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU. MAYOR WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS REGARDING BUILDING A COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE ARE WELCOME AND WHERE THEY WANT TO BE AND. THAT'S REALLY CAUSED ME TO REALLY NOTICE SMALL DETAILS AROUND TOWN AND SO TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO GET SOME SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL SPECIFICALLY AROUND COVERED BUS STATIONS AND CIVIC PLAZA PROPERTY BECAUSE I WHEN I LOOK AT THAT THE MESSAGE THAT IS SENDING IS THAT WE WELCOME YOU IF YOU HAVE BUSINESS HERE IF YOU DRIVE A CAR OR WELCOME YOU IF YOU HAVE A BIKE BUT IF YOU HAVE TO TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT WE'RE NOT TO SHELTER YOU. WE GO HERE AND WE LIVE IN MINNESOTA WHERE IT RAINS AND IT SNOWS IT SEATS AND SO HAVING COVERED BUS STATIONS BU STOPS ON CIVIC PLAZA WOULD SEND THAT MESSAGE THAT WE WELCOME YOU NO MATTER HOW YOU GET HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO COVER YOU AND SHELTER YOU FOR THE BUSINESS THAT YOU NEED. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO FIND SUPPORT BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND PUT THAT ON OUR PROPERTY SO THAT WE CAN SEND THAT THAT BLOOMINGTON IS THE WELCOMING PLACE WHERE YOU CAN BE AND THAT YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER AND I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU IT MAKES LOGICAL SENSE HERE IF YOU WANT TO WELCOME PEOPLE, GIVE THEM A PLACE THEY CAN GET OUT OF THE ELEMENTS. I WOULD HAVE TO ASK ANYONE WHO MIGHT KNOW I SHELTERS ARE A METRO TRANSIT THING AND I KNOW THEY TAKE INPUT AND IF I YOU KNOW I WANTED TO DO AIR QUOTES WITH MY FINGERS I WOULD THEY TAKE INPUT ON THAT KIND OF THING BUT NOT IT'S NOT A GUARANTEE IF YOU REQUEST A COVERED SHELTER THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET A COVERED SHELTER IS IT MR. KIEHL YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING THE MAJORITY OF TRANSIT STOPS ARE OWNED AND MANAGED BY METRO TRANSIT AND THEY ONLY HAVE COVERED STATIONS AT VERY, VERY HIGH USE LOCATIONS. SO I WE ARE WELL WELL BEYOND BELOW THE THRESHOLD OF ACTUAL TRAFFIC. THEY WOULD ACTUALLY INVEST IN A COVERED STATION THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THE CITY COULDN'T BUILD IT THEMSELVES THAT FRANKLY MOST OF THE COVERED BUS STATIONS IN THE METRO AREA ARE NOT OWNED BY TRANSIT. IT IS JOINING PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BUILT THOSE ON THEIR OWN. SO WE COULD CERTAINLY INVESTIGATE MAYBE GET SOME DATA ON HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE USING THESE TRANSIT STOPS MAYBE SOM VERY ROUGH ESTIMATES ABOUT WHAT THE COST MIGHT BE OR THE RANGE OF COST ASSOCIATED THESE THINGS AND SHARE THAT WITH THE COUNCIL. WE COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT AND I DON'T KNOW I'D GIVE THAT A THUMBS UP AT LEAST TO LEARN MORE INFORMATION ON THIS I THINK CERTAINLY COULDN'T HURT IT'S GOING TO LOOK HEADS THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS A PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THE DATA WE WOULD HAVE WE DON'T HAVE THE OFFERING NOW SO THAT COULD BE DETRIMENT TO THE DATA THAT WE WOULD GET FROM METRO TRANSIT ON WHO ACTUALLY USE IT. BUT IF WE BUILD IT WELL THEY COME WELL NOOOD QUESTION AS WELL. THANK YOU COUNSEL. ANYTHING ELSE TONIGHT? SEEING NOTHING ELSE. OUR AGENDA IS COMPLETE. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN SO MOVED SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING NO FURTHER COUNSEL ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I O IS MOTION CARRIED SIX ZERO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE DISCUSSION THIS EVENING. THANKS TO STAFF FOR YOUR WORK. THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED OR TUNED IN THIS EVENING. HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR WEEK EVERYBODY