. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME. I WILL CALL THIS BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER TONIGHT IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD. THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THANKS TO EVERYBODY WATCHING ONLINE. WE WILL BEGIN OUR COUNCIL MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO IF YOU ARE ABLE PLEASE STAND REMOVE ANY HEAD COVERINGS AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL . ONCE AGAIN, WELCOME COUNCIL. THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT OUR LAST MEETING IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR. THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA AND OUR AGENDA TONIGHT COUNCIL IS UNDER INTRODUCTORY ITEMS ACTUALLY WE'VE GOT TO HAVE YOU LIST UNDER INTRODUCTORY ITEMS. WE'VE GOT ITEM 2.1 WHICH IS A PROCLAMATION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH ITEMS 2.2 THROUGH 2.7 WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING APPOINTMENTS. 2.2 IS APPOINTMENTS TO OUR ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH 2.3 CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION 2.4 HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 2.5 PARKS ARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION 2.6 SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND 2.7 BLOOMINGTON CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION OR EXCUSE ME THE BLOOMINGTON CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION WHICH WE WILL HAVE THE APPOINTMENT FOR AND 2.32.7 IS GOING TO BE A PRESENTATION OF THEIR 2026 WORK PLAN. ITEM THREE ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO HAS CONSENT THIS EVENING WE'VE GOT EIGHT ITEMS ON CONSENT UNDER ITEM FOUR ARE HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS AND IN 4.1 IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE WIXOM SITE REDEVELOPMENT AND REGARDING REZONING. ITEM 4.2 IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE MISSING MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING PHASE TWO ORDINANCE AND UNDER FIVE ITEM FIVE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS ITEM 5.1 WILL BE A DISCUSSION ON PROPOSED 2026 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FEE INCREASES. WE'LL WRAP UP WITH OUR COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATES AND ADJOURN AND I WILL SAY TO FOLKS WHO ARE JOINING US HERE THIS EVENING AND WATCHING AT HOME WE'RE DOWN TO FIVE THIS EVENING. COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN IS ILL AND NOT ABLE TO JOIN US COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO IS PARTICIPATING REMOTELY AND SO SHE'LL BE CHIMING IN BUT THAT ALSO MEANS WITH THE REMOTE POSSIBILITY OR WITH A REMOTE PARTICIPATION EVERY ONE OF OUR VOTES NEED TO BE ROLL CALL VOTES. SO IT'S GOING TO ADD A LITTLE BIT TO OUR TO OUR WORK TONIGHT THAT IS THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED COUNCIL AND UNLESS THERE ARE CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO THAT I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THAT AGENDA. SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER TO A TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA. ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING NONE REBECCA PLEASE CALL THE ROLL DALLESSANDRO I REBUS HI NELSON ROBERTSON I CARTER I MAYOR BUSSE I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND WE HAVE AN AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING AND OUR FIRST ITEM ON THAT AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND I'M GOING TO HEAD DOWN TO THE DAIS AND MAKE THIS PRESENTATION BUT I THINK MY COMPUTER WITH ME BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I HAVE THE PROCLAMATION PROCLAMATION IS THERE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THIS IS GOING TO BE TRACY JAMIESON. OH PLEASE DO. YES. EVERYBODY GET IN IN AND BEHIND IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN ME UP HERE THIS EVENING THE CAMERAS WITH THE ONE WITH THE RED LIGHT ON NOW NEITHER ROOM HAS A RED LIGHT AND THERE'S THE CAMERA SO MAKE SURE YOU CAN SEE THE CAMERA. THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH FEBRUARY 2026 WHEREAS DR. CARTER G. WOODSON, FOUNDER OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORY IN 1915 INITIATED HISTORY WEEK IN 1926 AS A WAY OF HIGHLIGHTING THE INVOLVEMENT AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF BLACK AMERICANS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR NATION'S DEMOCRACY AND . WHEREAS, AS PART OF THAT ACTION THE NATION'S BICENTENNIAL HISTORY WEEK WAS EXPANDED TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN 1976. AND. WHEREAS, DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR AND CELEBRATE THE MANY ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY BLACK AMERICANS TO OUR NATION'S ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, SPIRITUAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT. AND. WHEREAS, OBSERVING BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROVIDES US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF BLACK HISTORY AS AMERICAN HISTORY IN THE UNITED STATES AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CENTURIES OF STRUGGLES FOR EQUALITY AND FREEDOM AS WELL AS THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND SUCCESSES. AND. WHEREAS IN 2021 TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH, THE OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING INTRODUCED BLOOMINGTON PIONEERS AND CHANGEMAKERS A PROFILE SERIES FEATURING LOCAL BLACK LEADERS WHO ARE WORKING TO ADVANCE CIVIL RIGHTS AND REMOVE BARRIERS TO EQUITY. AND. WHEREAS, IN THIS ANNUAL PROFILE SERIES THE CITY HONORS PIONEERS WHO HAVE DONE MUCH SO MUCH TO CHART THE PATH TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND CHANGEMAKERS WHO ARE PAVING THE WAY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND. WHEREAS, EACH YEAR WE WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT AND HONOR DEDICATED BLACK LEADERS IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. NOW THEREFORE I'M MAYOR TIM BUSSE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 2026 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON DATED THIS 23RD DAY OF FEBRUARY 2026. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING ME HERE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP HERE WITH ME AND BEING RECOGNIZED FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE NOW KATHERINE MURRAY. SHE IS A CREATIVE PLACEMAKING SPECIALIST IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, A MEMBER OF THE BLOOMINGTON BLACK EMPLOYEE NETWORK AND SHE'S GOING TO OFFER SOME REMARKS PLEASE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BUSSE COUNCILMEMBERS MY NAME IS KATHERINE MURRAY AND I SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE BLOOMINGTON BLACK EMPLOYEE NETWORK PLUS ALLIES EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION MARKING THE 100 YEARS OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH COMMEMORATIONS. AS I PREPARED TODAY I REFLECTED ON HOW WE REACHED A MOMENT WHEN VOICES THAT SPEAK TRUTH ARE STIFLED AND STORIES THAT SPEAK JUSTICE AND TRUTH ARE BANNED AND FREEDOMS PROMISE TO REMAIN OUT OF REACH FOR MANY FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN RIGHTS, EQUALITY AND LIBERTY ARE STILL DENIED TO BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES WHILE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION PERSISTS THROUGH ACTIONS THAT ECHO PAST INJUSTICES TELLING BLACK AND BROWN STORIES HONORS LIVED EXPERIENCES AND CONTRIBUTIONS TOO OFTEN IGNORED OR ERASED. THESE STORIES PRESERVE CULTURAL MEMORY. A FIRM IDENTITY AND PAST SOUND LESSONS OF RESISTANCE AND SURVIVAL. THEY DEEPEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY AND REVEAL HOW BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES HAVE SHAPED SOCIETIES, MOVEMENTS, ART, SCIENCE AND DEMOCRACY ITSELF. BY AMPLIFYING VOICES WE CHALLENGE INJUSTICE, FOSTER EMPATHY AND BUILD A NARRATIVE THAT RECOGNIZES BLACK AND BROWN HISTORY AS A CORNERSTONE OF OUR SHARED HUMAN STORY. THIS YEAR ALSO MARKS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, AN EVENT THAT DID NOT BRING INDEPENDENCE AND FREEDOM TO ALL. SLAVERY ENDURED FOR NEARLY A CENTURY AFTER. AND ITS LEGACY CONTINUES TO SHAPE LIVES TODAY. AS I REFLECT ON THIS MOMENT, THE STORIES PRESERVED AND THE MANY SILENCED IT IS HARD TO SUMMON ENTHUSIASM THAT ANNIVERSARIES OFTEN BRING. AND YET I'M HONORED TO JOIN YOU IN CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH A REMINDER THAT TRUTH TELLING IS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR FULL HISTORY. WE AFFIRM OUR SHARED HUMANITY AND ILLUMINATE A PATH FORWARD THIS MOMENT AND CALLS ON ALL OF US ESPECIALLY LEADERS TO CHOOSE COURAGE OVER COMFORT, TRUTH OVER ERASURE AND JUSTICE OVER INDIFFERENCE. BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE PAST. IT IS A CALL TO SHAPE A FUTURE WHERE FREEDOM IS REAL AND TANGIBLE FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU . I WOULD INVITE ALL OF YOU FOLKS COME FORWARD PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND YOUR CONNECTION TO US ALL HERE. PLEASE COME. I AM SHANTE BROWN. I AM A RESIDENT BUT I AM ALSO IN THE PLANNING DIVISION AS AN OFFICE SUPPORT SPECIALIST. THANK YOU EVERYONE. I'M ERIN WILLIAMS EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM MANAGER AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BLACK IN BLOOMINGTON BLACK EMPLOYEE NETWORK. HELLO ALL MY NAME IS TYRONE BUFORD. >> I AM A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON SINCE 2019 AND OVERJOYED TO BE HERE ACCEPTING THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CHRIS PETERSON. I'M FROM NORMANDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. I AM THE BIPOC ERG REPRESENTATIVE. MY NAME IS ANTOINETTE HARRIS. I'M A MEMBER OF BLOOMINGTON. I LIVE IN BLOOMINGTON. I HAVE LIVED IN BLOOMINGTON FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS AND I ALSO WORK AT NORMANDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND IN WE HAVE A PIONEER AND CHANGEMAKER RIGHT HERE. I JUST WANT TO ALL OF US AS WELL AS YOU KNOW HELLO, MY NAME IS TINA DIXON. I AM A RESIDENCE ABOUT 15 YEARS AND WORK FROM HOME AT DALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. AND FINALLY I'M LAUREN REYNOLDS. I LEAD THE OFFICE OF EQUITY INCLUSION AND WORKPLACE CULTURE HERE AT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, ALSO A PART OF THE BLACK EMPLOYEE NETWORK EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP. AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING THANK YOU FOR THE OUTSTANDING WORK THAT YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR BEING A PIONEER AND A CHANGE MAKER AND AN INTEREST THANKS FOR ALL THE GOOD THAT YOU DO AND THE CONSTANT REMINDER OF THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZES IN THIS MONTH AND KATHERINE YOUR WORDS ARE WONDERFUL AND POWERFUL ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE POWER OF STORYTELLING. I COULDN'T AGREE MORE SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I HAVE A WHOLE STACK OF PROCLAMATIONS HERE AND I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE A FEW GET A PROCLAMATION YOU WILL. AND NOW THE OFFICIAL SMILE EVERYBODY SMILE WAY WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS TOGETHER WITH ONE TWO THREE YOU. NEXT UP COUNSEL WE HAVE A SERIES OF APPOINTMENTS AS I SAID TO OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPOINTMENTS WERE MADE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US BASED ON INTERVIEW PANELS FROM BOTH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND CURRENT BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS WHO TOOK AN EVENING A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK I SPENT TIME INTERVIEWING ALL OF OUR APPLICANTS AND THEN BRINGING FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS TO WHO WOULD BE THE BEST PEOPLE TO REPRESENT BLOOMINGTON ON THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND I WANT TO SAY THE BEST FIT AND THE BEST APPROPRIATE PEOPLE FOR THESE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO COULD DO THE OUTSTANDING WORK THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US WITH OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WE KNOW FULL WELL THAT WE ALWAYS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANTLY MORE APPLICANTS THAN WE'VE HAD POSITIONS AVAILABLE ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. WE'RE GREATLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME FORWARD AND PUT THEIR NAMES INTO CONSIDERATION AND WE ALWAYS EXTEND IT TO THE FOLKS WHO ARE NOT CHOSEN FOR ONE OF THESE POSITIONS TO CONTINUE TO BE SOMEHOW INVOLVED IN THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE ARE COUNTLESS WAYS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY OTHER THAN A BOARD OR COMMISSION WHETHER IT'S THROUGH SCHOOL OR A FAITH COMMUNITY OR JUST A NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP ANY WAY THAT THEY COULD BE INVOLVED. WE REALLY LOOK TO THESE FOLKS WHO ARE WHO ARE CERTAINLY LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE LOOK TO THEM TO CONTINUE TO BE LEADERS IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS. AND SO WE HAVE THESE APPOINTMENTS TO MAKE BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE FOLKS THAT HAVE DONE THE INTERVIEWS. AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO I KNOW THAT THERE WERE THERE WAS A BOARD WHERE THERE WAS COUNCIL REPRESENTATION ON THESE DIFFERENT INTERVIEW BOARDS AND WHAT I'LL DO IS WE GO THROUGH EACH OF OUR DIFFERENT APPOINTMENTS. I'M GOING TO ASK THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WAS PART OF THAT INTERVIEW JUST TO GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE THE CANDIDATE POOL AND THE DISCUSSION THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND THE DIFFERENT THE THE THE QUALITIES OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING FOR APPOINTMENT TO TO BRING THOSE FORWARD AND BRING THOSE TO LIGHT FOR US. SO OUR FIRST APPOINTMENT IS TO THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, YOU WERE OUR COUNCIL PARTICIPANT IN THOSE INTERVIEWS. MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE US A QUICK OVERVIEW ABOUT THE INTERVIEW THAT INTERVIEW THAT TOOK PLACE ? YES. SO WE HAD FIVE APPLICANTS FOR THREE OPEN POSITIONS, TWO PROVIDER POSITIONS AND ONE CONSUMER POSITION AND ALL WERE REALLY FANTASTIC. IT WAS A VERY HARD DECISION AND SOME OF THE THE ITEMS THAT THE COMMISSION RIGHT NOW IS REALLY WORKING ON AND FOCUS ON ARE AROUND MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL ISOLATION AND CANNABIS USE HOUSING AND OTHER SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND THEN INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND REALLY LOOKING FOR MEMBERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT THAT COMMISSION IS VERY ACTION ORIENTED AND SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE APPOINTMENT OF THREE PEOPLE AND ALL THREE OF THESE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY VERY HIGHLY ENGAGED IN OUR COMMUNITY IN A VARIETY OF WAYS AND BRING A LOT OF PASSION AND EXPERIENCE WITH HEALTH AND SPECIFICALLY COMMUNITY HEALTH. AND SO THE FIRST IS MARIAH GRANDE. SO SHE'S VERY INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY AND IN ORGANIZG. SHE'S ALSO A BLOOMINGTON LEADERSHIP PROGRAM ALUMNI. SHE HAS EXTENSIVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND POLICY EXPERIENCE, A VERY STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF CURRENT PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGES AND AGAIN BROUGHT A LOT OF PASSION TO HER INTERVIEW. THE SECOND IS SOPHIA PEARSON. SO SHE IS A YOUNG ADULT IN COLLEGE RIGHT NOW AND IN HER EDUCATION SHE'S FOCUSING ON PUBLIC HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH AND SHE HAS ALSO BEEN INCREDIBLY ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY IN A VARIETY OF WAYS AND HAS SERVED ON A BOARD AND COMMISSION AS A YOUNG ADULT MEMBER SO SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S GETTING HERSELF INTO. AND THEN THE THIRD IS CHERYL SATTER OSTROM AND SHE'S ALSO BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH DIFFERENT NONPROFITS. SHE WAS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AND SHE'S ALSO A BLOOMINGTON LEADERSHIP PROGRAM ALUMNI AND SHE BRINGS KIND OF A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND PUBLIC HEALTH KIND OF IN TERMS OF I THINK SHE TEACHES CLASSES AROUND LIKE MOVEMENT AND DANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND SO SHE ACTUALLY TALKED A LOT ABOUT HER EXCITEMENT FOR THE NEW COMMUNITY CENTER AND JUST BRINGING DIFFERENT IDEAS FOR DIFFERENT AUDIENCES THERE. SO YEAH, THOSE ARE THE THREE CANDIDATES AGAIN ALL FIVE WERE GREAT BUT THOSE ARE THE ONES WE ULTIMATELY DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER CARTER COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS OF COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND THE REPORT THAT SHE'S JUST ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR US SO COUNCIL EACH OF THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE FOR A SEAT FROM MARCH 1ST 2026 TO FEBRUARY 28TH 2029. ONE OF THEM IS FOR A CONSUMER POSITION. THE OTHER TWO ARE PROVIDER POSITIONS FOR COUNCIL. I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE INTERVIEW PANEL TO APPOINT SOPHIA PEARSON TO THE CONSUMER MEMBERS SEAT AND MARIAH GRANDE AND CHERYL SATTER STRUM TO THE PROVIDER MEMBER SEATS ALL OF THOSE SEATS AS I SAID GOING FROM MARCH 1ST 2026 TO FEBRUARY 28TH 2029 SOME OF THE SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON TO MAKE THOSE APPOINTMENTS AS STATED TO THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS HEARING NONE. PRIYANKA DALLESSANDRO HI RIVAS NELSON ROBERTSON I CARTER I MARY BASI I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO CONGRATULATIONS TO SOPHIA MARIAH AND CHERYL AND THEIR APPOINTMENT TO THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH. WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 2.3 WHICH IS THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO YOU WERE OUR REPRESENTATIVE TO THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. AND ONCE WE HAD APPLICATIONS AND A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION IT WAS ONE OF THE ONE ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WAS APPLYING IS A REAPPOINTMENT OPPORTUNITY BUT THE OTHERS WERE NEW AND I THINK MANY OF THEM WERE THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, DIPPING THEIR TOE IN THE WATER HERE. WE ALSO HAD AN ALUMNA FROM THE BLOOMINGTON LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM JOINING US AS WELL. YOU KNOW THE CANDIDATES THAT YOU SEE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT THIS WAS YOU KNOW, IT'S WONDERFUL TO GET FIVE GREAT RECOMMEND ASIANS I THINK ANY OF THEM COULD FILL THIS POSITION THESE POSITIONS AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR HOW IMPORTANT PEOPLE SEEM TO CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT CREATIVE PLACEMAKING IS AS IT SITS NEXT TO ALL THE OTHER GREAT WORK WE DO IN THE CITY. JULIE GUSTAFSON IS ON THE COMMISSION NOW AND WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THE ENERGY AND EXPERTISE THAT SHE HAS TO THAT ROLE SHOULD SHE BE APPOINTED TONIGHT DARIO BILODEAU IS WAS A GREAT, GREAT INTERVIEW AND IN A REALLY INTERESTING CANDIDATE WHO BROUGHT TO US AN ARTISTIC VIEWPOINT AND AND AND AN EDUCATOR LENS WHICH YOU KNOW WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN IN THE CITY IN TERMS OF NOT JUST YOU KNOW, ART BUT ALSO WAYFINDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. AND MICHAEL GONSALVES HAS HIS HIS BACKGROUND IS IN PRODUCT DESIGN. AND SO TALKING ABOUT THE USE OF DIGITAL AND THE WAY THAT WE ARE INCORPORATING OTHER MEDIA AND THINGS LIKE THAT INTO CREATIVE PLACEMAKING WAS WAS INTRIGUING AND SO WHILE WELL ALL OF THEM WOULD BE GOOD CANDIDATES WE ARE RECOMMENDING THOSE THREE THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS OF COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO ON THE REPORT AGAIN FOR THESE SEATS ON A CREATIVE PLACEMAKING PLACEMAKING COMMISSION THEY WILL RUN FROM MARCH 1ST 2026 TO FEBRUARY 28TH 2029 FOR ALL THREE SEATS COUNCIL I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO REAPPOINT JULIE GUSTAFSON AND TO APPOINT MICHAEL GONZALEZ AND DARIO DARIO BELLA DURRELL I HOPE I GOT THAT NAME RIGHT DARIO VILLARREAL I THINK I GOT IT RIGHT THAT TIME TO THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO MAKE THOSE APPOINTMENTS SO MOVE TO MOVE COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO WITH THE MOTION. COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON WITH THE SECOND TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY OH I'M SORRY. ALMOST. COURTNEY PRIYANKA, PLEASE DALLESSANDRO I GRIEVOUS NELSON ROBERTSON I CARTER I HEAR BETSY I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO CONGRATULATIONS TO JULIE MICHAEL AND DARIO. ITEM 2.4 IS THE APPOINTMENT TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND OUR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. WE DIDN'T HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER TO SIT IN ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION INTERVIEW. I KNOW THAT OUR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION HAS DONE A LOT OF IMPORTANT WORK. THEY WE SEE THEM FAIRLY FREQUENTLY AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION HERE THIS EVENING MANY OF THE OF THE RESOLUTIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS THAT WE SEE BROUGHT FORWARD ARE OUR COME COME FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION RECOGNIZING AND SUPPORTING GROUPS IN OUR COMMUNITY IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS THEY DO IMPORTANT WORK AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THEY DO DO BASED ON THE WORK OF THE INTERVIEW PANEL, THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS OF ANNA DECKER, J. HOLMES AND BARON LEWIS TO REAPPOINT BARON LEWIS TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION COUNSEL ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THAT? IF NOT AGAIN ALL OF THESE APPOINTMENTS GO FROM MARCH 1ST 2026 TO FEBRUARY 20TH 2029 AND I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO REAPPOINT BARON LOUIS AND TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS OF ANNA DECKER AND J. HOLMES TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION SO MOVED SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERTS AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS PRIYANKA D'ALESSANDRO I REVERSE NELSON ROBERTSON I CARTER I MARY BESSIE I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO CONGRATULATIONS TO ANNA G AND BARON FOR THEIR APPOINTMENTS TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION . MOVE ON TO THE APPOINTMENT OF THE PARKS ARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION. THIS ONE WE ACTUALLY HAD TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND RIVAS SAT IN ON THE INTERVIEW PANEL. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, COULD YOU GIVE US A QUICK RUNDOWN AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS? YEAH, SURE. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER RIVAS . IF I GUESS I'M WRONG, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME. BUT WE HAD WE GOOD WE HAD A GREAT EVENING THAT NIGHT WE HAD 14 PEOPLE THAT HAD APPLIED ULTIMATELY TEN PEOPLE THAT CAME IN FOR INTERVIEWS A VERY QUALIFIED GROUP OF PEOPLE. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ACTUALLY GOT APPOINTED TO OR RECOMMENDED AND I THINK HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO ALL OUR COMMISSIONS TONIGHT AND THEN ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW AS A GROUP WE UNANIMOUSLY WE MADE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR NATALIE ROONEY BASED ON THE MERITS OF HER APPLICATION AND HER INTERVIEW. SHE HAS A BROAD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT PARKS DOES, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR THE ART PART OF IT AND THE PARKS. AND IT WAS SHE'S ALREADY ENGAGED WITH STAFF AND WITH THE DEPARTMENT ON VARIOUS ACTIVITIES. SO SHE HAS A PRETTY STRONG LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON ACROSS THE ENTIRE PORTION OF THAT. SO YEAH, WE WE YOU KNOW LIKE I SAID WE HAD A REALLY STRONG GROUP AND IT WAS DIFFICULT SINCE WE ONLY HAD ONE POSITION WITH TEN PEOPLE INTERVIEWING AND ULTIMATELY YOU KNOW JUST BASED ON OUR MERIT SHE SHE ROSE TO THE TOP IN OUR CONVERSATIONS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. ALL RIGHT. ANY ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING TO ADD TO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON'S COMMENTS? IF I JUST ECHO WHAT HE SAID, SHE IS VERY QUALIFIED FOR THE POSITION. YEAH, IT WAS KIND OF HARD TO TO MAKE A DECISION AT LEAST BUT IT IS THE RIGHT DECISION VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPOINT NATALIE ROONEY TO THE PARKS ARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION TO A TERM FROM MARCH 1ST, 2026 TO FEBRUARY 28TH 2029. SO MOVED OKAY MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO APPOINT NATALIE ROONEY TO THE PARTS ARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS BRAGA DALLESSANDRO I RIVAS HI NELSON ROBERTSON I CARTER I MAYOR SEE I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO CONGRATULATIONS TO NATALIE MOVE ON ITEM 2.6 ARE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON WAS THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE THERE. COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THIS IS MY FIRST TIME GETTING TO SIT IN ON ONE OF THESE INTERVIEW PANELS AND IT WAS FANTASTIC. WE ALSO HAD A LARGE NUMBER OF REALLY WELL QUALIFIED ACTION APPLICANTS EXCUSE ME I'VE BEEN TOLD TO SLOW DOWN SO I'M GOING TO DO MY VERY BEST TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW. SO BY RESIDENT NOT BY ANY OF THESE PEOPLE HERE THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH ME ALL THE TIME. BUT ANYWAY SO WE HAD SIX APPLICANTS. WE ONLY HAVE TWO SPOTS OF THE SIX APPLICANTS. TWO OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT AND JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION THEY DO A TON OF WORK AROUND LIKE YOU WOULD IMAGINE SUSTAINABILITY HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. BUT IT'S MORE THAN JUST WHAT SOMEONE MIGHT THINK OF COMPOSTING OR PLANTING GREEN STUFF. IT'S ALL ABOUT WATER QUALITY. WHAT DO WE DO WITH SOLID WASTE? WHAT DO WE DO GOING FORWARD? HOW DO WE GET THE BEST USE OUT OF OUR ENERGY? ALL KINDS OF VERY, VERY COOL TECHNICAL STUFF THAT I FRANKLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND. BUT OUR APPLICANTS HAD A TON OF TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND THAT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE. SO OF THE SIX LIKE I SAID WE HAD TWO SPOTS AND FRANKLY I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE ALL SIX PEOPLE GET A SPOT BECAUSE THEY ALL HAD REALLY WONDERFUL THINGS TO OFFER AND BOTH MYSELF AND THE OTHER COMMISSIONER ON THE PANEL WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND THOSE FOLKS COME BACK AGAIN LATER. PLEASE STAY INVOLVED IN BLOOMINGTON AND ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU DO BECAUSE WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU. SO OF THE SIX PEOPLE WE THE TWO THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR APPOINTMENT AND ACTUALLY FOR REAPPOINTMENT WOULD BE SHAWN MACFARLANE AND BINAY I'M GOING TO SAY THIS WRONG A KOREA I APOLOGIZE VINNY BECAUSE I TOTALLY GOT THAT WRONG BUT BOTH OF THESE LIKE I SAID HAVE SERVED ON THIS COMMISSION ALREADY SO THEY ARE SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT. >> SHAWN POSSESSES A LOT OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE WITH THE CITY SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS VERY IMPORTANT, VERY TECHNICALLY SKILLED AND HAS A REALLY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS THAT GO INTO SUSTAINABILITY WHICH WE FELT WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE TO MAKE SURE IS REPRESENTED REPRESENT TED AND THEN BENNY AS WELL A REAPPOINTMENT POSSESSES A TON OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE REALLY HIGH LEVEL TECHNICAL EXPERTISE WHICH IS CERTAINLY IMPORTANT AND WAS VERY COMFORTABLE AND EXPERIENCED IN OUTREACH FOR SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION. AS WE SAID HE'S COMFORTABLE FEET ON THE GROUND AND DOING DOOR KNOCKING AND THAT KIND OF THING WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT SO BUT AGAIN ALL OF THE APPLICANTS POSSESS A TON OF SKILL. WE WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH EVERYONE AND THANKFUL FOR EVERYONE FOR COMING IN. SO WITH THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE APPOINT TO REAPPOINT SHAWN MCFARLIN AND BINAY AQR. I AM SO SORRY BERNIE TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE APPOINTMENTS? AGAIN THESE TERMS RUN FROM MARCH 1ST 2026 TO FEBRUARY 28TH 2029 AND I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO MAKE THE REAPPOINTMENT OF BINAY A CAREER AND SEAN MCFARLANE TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION SO MOVED SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTS AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS BIANCA D'ALESSANDRO I RIVAS HI NELSON ROBERTSON I CARTER I PHARMACY I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO CONGRATULATIONS TO SHAWN AND TO BERNIE AND A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS WHO TOOK THE TIME TO DO THESE INTERVIEWS. THIS IS NOT A SHORT EVENING. I'VE DONE THEM IN THE PAST ONLY BECAUSE I WAS IN WASHINGTON. I WASN'T ABLE TO DO THEM THIS TIME. BUT IT IS A IT'S A BIG TIME COMMITMENT AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU PUT INTO IT AND THE WORK THAT THAT YOU DID AND THE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION AND THE THOUGHTFUL JUDGMENT THAT YOU PUT TOWARD WHO SHOULD BE APPOINTED TO BEST FURTHER AND CARRY ON THE THE WORK OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THROUGH OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND I WILL SAY AGAIN TO EVERYBODY WHO APPLIED AND WAS NOT APPOINTED PLEASE DO NOT BE DISHEARTENED. THERE ARE PLENTY OF LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AND IN FIND YOUR RIGHT PLACE BECAUSE IT IS THERE AND THERE IS SO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE AND WE WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO SEE THE LEADERSHIP OF PEOPLE WHO STEP FORWARD AND WHO ARE WILLING TO TAKE ON ROLES LIKE THIS. SO THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR APPLYING CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLKS WHO WERE APPOINTED AND AGAIN THANK YOU TO OUR OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS WHO DID THE INTERVIEWS AND TO THE FOLKS WHO PULLED THIS ALL TOGETHER. I THINK JACKIE IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING BUT SHE PUTS IN AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GOES SMOOTHLY. SILK SO NICE WORK BY JACKIE. OUR LAST ITEM UNDER ITEM TWO IS OUR ITEM 2.7. THIS IS THE 2026 WORK PLAN PRESENTATION BY OUR CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION AND ALLIE POLLY HUNKA I NEVER SEEN YOUR NAME CORRECTLY. I'M SORRY ALL THESE YEARS YOU THINK I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE AND IT'S A TRICKY ONE. IT IS. HOLLY GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. HELLO MAYOR. HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ALEJANDRO PELINKA AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE PLACEMAKING FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M JAMIE SHOEMAKER. I AM THE CHAIR OF THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION AND A RESIDENT OF BLOOMINGTON. AND TONIGHT WE WILL BE PRESENTING SOME AN OVERVIEW OF OUR WORK IN 2025 AND HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR 2026 CREATIVE WORKPLACE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING WORK PLAN I DID HAVE SLIDES IF I COULD GET THOSE BROUGHT UP I'LL GO THROUGH THOSE . THEY'RE NOT IN POWER PRESS I CAN HOLD THEM. YEAH BECAUSE IT HAD THE RATE FOLDER ON THE COMMON FOLDER. OH SHOOT I MIGHT HAVE PUT THEM IN THE WRONG PLACE. I'LL TRY A DIFFERENT WAY. IS THERE A PDF THAT WE COULD BRING UP THAT PDF THAT'S AN ATTACHMENT AND AGENDA PACKET APOLOGIZE. I CAN GO AHEAD AND START WHILE SHE'S BRINGING THAT UP IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT. SO APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OUR CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION ADVISES ON HOW ARTS, CULTURE AND DESIGN CAN SUPPORT CITY PRIORITIES STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND ENHANCE QUALITY OF PLACE SO COMMISSIONERS ADVISE ON PROGRAM PRIORITIES, PUBLIC ART STRATEGY AND LONG RANGE PLANNING WHILE SERVING AS AMBASSADORS TO SUPPORT PARTNERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR OTHER COMMISSIONERS HERE TONIGHT INCLUDING COMMISSIONER COTE, COMMISSIONER LUNDQUIST AND COMMISSIONER MCCOY. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR TWO OUTGOING COMMISSIONERS MARK FABLE AND JACKIE ROSENBERG AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR TIME AND THEIR DEDICATION TO THE COMMISSION OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND IF I COULD JUST TELL THE COUNCIL WE'RE ON PAGE 27 OF THE PACKET SO YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG DURING THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE OFFICE OF CREATIVE PLACEMAKING STAFF LEAD DAY TO DAY PROGRAM COORDINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES AND SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT PUBLIC ART AND CREATIVE PLACEMAKING CITYWIDE . AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR CREATIVE PLACEMAKING SPECIALIST WHO IS CATHERINE MURRAY WHO YOU HEARD FROM EARLIER TONIGHT. SO OUR WORK PLAN ACTIVITIES ARE REALLY GUIDED BY CITYWIDE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING PLAN IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSION COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PLANS, MISSION AND GOALS. AND YOU NEED THE SLIDES OR YOU HAVEN'T PRINTED OUT TO OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO AS I MENTIONED I AM THE CHAIR OF THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION. I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF BLOOMINGTON. I GOT TWO KIDS IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND I SERVE IN MY DAY JOB AS A SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER OF CREATIVE PLACEMAKING AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH TWIN CITIES LISC SO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON SO I WILL SHARE OUR MISSION FOR THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION BLOOMINGTON CREATIVE PLACEMAKING CULTIVATES A SENSE OF BELONGING IN BLOOMINGTON BY CELEBRATING AND REFLECTING DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES SUPPORTING LOCAL ARTS AND CULTURE, PROMOTING EXCEPTIONAL PLACES AND CREATING A VIBRANT AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY TO LIVE IN WORK IN AND VISIT OUR CITYWIDE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING PLAN GOALS INCLUDE SUPPORTING ARTISTS AND CULTURE BEARERS, PRACTICING EQUITY, FOSTERING RELATIONSHIPS AND BUILDING CONNECTIONS ENHANCING BELONGING AND ENGAGEMENT AND BUILDING PLACEMAKING CAPACITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ALSO A RESIDENT OF BLOOMINGTON I'M ALSO AN ARTIST AND AN AUTHOR AND I WAS A PART OF OUR CITY YEARS CORE STRATEGIC PLANNING TEAM AND IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION AND BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE GOALS THAT WE HAD IN THAT SESSION AND HOW WE WANTED TO MAKE BLOOMINGTON AN INVITING PLACE TO BE AND LIVE AND WORK. IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE THAT CARRIED OUT THROUGH THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH THE COMMISSION AND LET'S BE HONEST LIKE NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE IN A BORING PLACE THAT LOOKS LIKE EVERYWHERE ELSE WITH NOTHING TO DO. SO IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE THAT HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO NOTE IS THAT WE TALKED A LOT AND THE PLANNING TEAM AND AFTERWARDS ABOUT THE EPIDEMIC OF LONELINESS AND WHAT'S BEEN GREAT ABOUT THE COMMISSION IS NOT ONLY ARE WE CREATING THESE PLACEMAKING ELEMENTS AND ARTS AND WAYFINDING THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE'RE DOING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HELPING NURTURE A SENSE OF BELONGING AND BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ONE THING I WANTED TO CALL ATTENTION TO AS WELL IS LIKE EVEN THOUGH THIS IS ARTS AND LIVABILITY IT ALSO STITCHES IN WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS THROUGH MY WORK AT LISC WE ACTUALLY JUST COMPLETED A FIVE YEAR STUDY OF BUSINESSES IN THE METRO THE POWER OF PLACE AND I CAN SEND THIS TO THE COMMISSION IT'S THERE'S NOTHING REALLY LIKE IT BUT WE SURVEYED OVER 2000 BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE METRO AREA AND TOOK A LOOK AT THE DATA FROM 2020 TO 2025 ON WHAT HELPS BUSINESSES BE SUCCESSFUL AND WE KNOW THAT LOCALLY ROOTED BUSINESSES THAT SERVE LOC NEEDS IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY ARTS AND CULTURE OR CULTURALLY CONNECTED BUSINESSES THOSE BUSINESSES ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL. >> THEY ARE MORE IMPORTANT TO COMMUNITIES AND THOSE BUSINESSES ARE MORE LIKELY TO THRIVE. SO AS WE STITCH IN OUR CREATIVE PLACEMAKING OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HELPS BRING THE CITY ASPECT TOGETHER. THANK YOU. GREAT. SO I'LL KEEP MOVING ON AND THE NEXT SLIDE HERE I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF PROJECTS FROM 2025 SO SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR CITYWIDE WORK INCLUDE TWO NEW MURALS AT THE BLOOMINGTON ICE GARDEN WHICH WERE JUST UNVEILED THE INSTALLATION OF SEVEN HOMETOWN POETRY STAMPS AT CIVIC PLAZA AND WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT BLOOMINGTON. WE ALSO HAD A MAJOR MILESTONE WHICH WAS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITYWIDE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING PLAN AND SO WE ALSO CAPPED THAT OFF WITH A CELEBRATION WITH DIFFERENT ARTS PERFORMANCES AND A GATHERING OF COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THAT ACHIEVEMENT. A WONDERFUL PAUSE HERE SO WE CAN GET CAUGHT UP HERE THINK SO. THANK YOU. KEEP. THERE WE GO. SO I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY LIKE ON PAGE 3 OR 4 MAYBE AT THIS POINT. ONE MORE. ONE MORE. YEP. RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT. I APOLOGIZE. WE ALSO SUPPORTED COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE JUNETEENTH, BLOOMINGTON STREET ARTS FESTIVAL AND LIVE MURALS AT DRED SCOTT AND DRED SCOTT. WE ALSO RESEARCHED VARIOUS GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND ENCOURAGED PARTNERS AND ARTISTS TO APPLY AND DISCUSS VARIOUS WAYS TO ENCOURAGE PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC ART. AND SO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE WE'VE GOT SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT PROJECTS AND EVENTS FROM 2025 AND THOSE INCLUDE A NEW MURAL CALLED EVENING PRIMROSE WHICH IS AT THE FENLEY BUILDING BY INTERNATIONAL ARTIST MARIELLA ACROSS IN THE SOUTH LOOP. WE ALSO HAD THE UNVEILING OF THE HAUNTED OR CEDAR HEALING BRIDGE MURAL AND GARDEN AND OLD CEDAR AVENUE BRIDGE TRAILHEAD WHICH WAS INSTALLED BY TARA PERRONE IN SANDY SPIELER AS WELL AS AN UNVEILING EVENT TO CELEBRATE THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT WE HAD VARIOUS ART BOX PROJECTS INSTALLED WHERE ARTISTS ACTUALLY PAINTED DIRECTLY ON UTILITY BOXES THAT WERE OWNED BY XCEL ENERGY AND WE WERE A PILOT CITY IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO DO THAT WORK WITH THEM AND WE SUPPORTED SEVERAL EVENTS IN THE SOUTH LOOP INCLUDING A SUNDAY FUNDAY EVENT NATURE FEST OR LAZY RIVER ON THE ONE MUSIC FESTIVAL AND CELEBRATION THOUGH LAST YEAR ASPATRIA WHICH WAS A HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH EVENT LED BY COMMUNITY MEMBER TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME RECENT AWARDS AND RECOGNITION FROM 2025 SO IT HAS BEEN REALLY EXCITING. SO I'VE KNOWN ALI FOR YEARS NOW AND HAVE BEEN GETTING TO KNOW STAFF AS WELL THE STUFF WE'RE DOING HERE IN BLOOMINGTON IS REALLY REMARKABLE AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN TAKE A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE THE AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF STAFF AND THE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE HELPING PUT THESE EVENTS TOGETHER THROUGH MY WORK AND THROUGH JUST LIKING TO SHOW PEOPLE AROUND. I TAKE PEOPLE THROUGH SOUTH LOOP. I GET TO SHOW THEM THE PUBLIC ART AND I GET TO TELL THEM ALL THE STORIES BEHIND THE MURALS WE'VE BEEN DOING AWARD WINNING STUFF AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF. I'VE EVEN TAKEN AROUND SOME FRIENDS THAT GREW UP IN BLOOMINGTON BUT DON'T SPEND AS MUCH TIME HERE AND THEY'RE LIKE WHOA, THIS IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHEN I GREW UP SO I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE ALL OUR STAFF FOR THESE AMAZING RECOGNITIONS AND THINK THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE REALLY PROUD OF AS A CITY. SO I WANTED TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOU AS WE GO OVER THE WORK PLAN AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE HERE WHICH IS CITYWIDE PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT FOR 2026. SO I'LL JUST DO A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF BOTH CITYWIDE AND SOUTH LOOP PROJECTS COMING UP AND HERE WE HAVE CITYWIDE STARTING OFF FIRST UP IS A NEW SCULPTURE BY CRAIG DAVID AT BRYANT PARK. THERE IS AN OPEN HOUSE COMING UP AT THE BRYANT PARK PARK SHELTER ON MARCH 16TH FROM 5 TO 7. THIS WILL PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE ARTISTS AND PROVIDE INPUT ON THE FINAL DESIGN. SO IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THAT, I ENCOURAGE THEM TO STOP BY ANYTIME FROM 5 TO 7. WE'LL ALSO BE SELECTING AN ARTIST FOR A SCULPTURE AT THE POND DAKOTA MISSION PARK AND IN SUMMER AND INSTALLING THE GARDEN KALEIDOSCOPE AT CIVIC PLAZA AND GARDEN CLUB VOLUNTEERS WILL HELP MANAGE THOSE SEASONAL PLANTINGS. SO THERE'S AN IMAGE OF IT IN ONE OF THOSE IN THE KIND OF THE MIDDLE SHAPE THERE. WE'LL ALSO BE PURSUING SOME STUDIES TO BETTER INFORM OUR WORK INCLUDING AN UPDATED ARTS IMPACT STUDY AND PARTNERING WITH PUBLIC HEALTH TO IMPLEMENT A BLOOMINGTON YOUTH ART EXPRESSION INITIATIVE PROJECT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PARTNERING WITH PARKS AND RECREATION ON A YOUTH GRAFFITI WORKSHOP AT VALLEY VIEW SKATE PARK THIS YEAR WILL ALSO BE DEVELOPING TOOLKITS FOR A COMMUNITY DRIVEN OR PRIVATELY COMMISSIONED CREATIVE PLACEMAKING AND PUBLIC ART AND CONTINUING TO LEVERAGE OUTSIDE INVESTMENT BY SUPPORTING PRIVATE INVESTMENT PROMOTING THOSE FACADE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES SCULPTURE AND MURAL OPPORTUNITIES AND CONTINUED EXPLORATION OF FUNDING SOURCES. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME 2026 SOUTH LOOP PROJECTS COMING UP, ONE OF WHICH IS ADDITIONAL ART BOX PROJECTS. WE HAVE A FEW MORE THAT WE ARE ON AGREEMENT TO PAINT WITH EXCEL SO WE'LL BE IMPLEMENTING THOSE. WE'LL BE ADDING LIGHTING TO THE SOUTH LOOP SIGN AND GOLDFINCH SCULPTURE BY DONALD LIPSKI SO THAT IT'S MORE VISIBLE AT NIGHT AND WE'LL ALSO BE DOING A SUNDAY FUNDAY MUSIC SERIES EVENT AT BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION PARK ON JULY 12TH AND THAT'S PRODUCED BY PARKS AND RECREATION THE ON THE ONE MUSIC FESTIVAL PRODUCED BY PARKS AND RECREATION AND THE AVANT GARDE AT BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION PARK ON AUGUST 16TH AND CONTINUED SUPPORT OF JUNETEENTH WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE WITHIN SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT THIS YEAR. JUST MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND YOU KNOW JUST TO RECAP, CREATIVE PLACEMAKING REALLY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO MULTIPLE CITY GOALS BY ACTIVATING PUBLIC SPACES. CITY OWNED FACILITIES, SUPPORTING ARTISTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY CONNECTION LOCAL AND NATIONAL DATA DO DEMONSTRATE IMPACTS ACROSS ECONOMIC ECONOMIC VITALITY, PUBLIC HEALTH AND BELONGING AND INCLUDE AN INCREASE FOOT TRAFFIC DURING EVENTS WHICH WE HAVE SEEN AS WELL AS EXPANDED REGIONAL RECOGNITION AND GROWING PARTICIPATION IN CREATIVE PROGRAMING. CREATIVE PLACEMAKING ALSO ADVANCES CROSS DEPARTMENT INITIATIVES RELATED TO PUBLIC HEALTH, YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CULTURAL EXPERIENCES WHICH REINFORCE BLOOMINGTON'S IDENTITY AS A WELCOMING AND CONNECTED COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT THE OFFICE OF CREATIVE PLACEMAKING AND CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING TO MAKE BLOOMINGTON A VIBRANT PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WELL THANK YOU CHAIR SCHUMACHER. GOOD. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE THE UPDATE AND THE INFORMATION I'M YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE GREAT CITIES HAVE GREAT ART AND YOU FOLLOW UP ON THAT AND DO AN OUTSTANDING WORK OUTSTANDING WORK ON THAT AND I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LOST ON ME THAT IT'S CREATIVE PLACEMAKING IS IS UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PORT AUTHORITY WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND TO HAVE OUR THRIVING AND VIBRANT ARTS VENTURE ORGANIZATION WITHIN THAT CREATIVE WITHIN THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARM I THINK REALLY SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THE THE WAY THAT ART CAN BE PERCEIVED AND USED IN TERMS OF HOW WE DEVELOP THIS COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND THANKS FOR THE THE PLAN AS WE HEAD FORWARD COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS HERE? COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU. TWO QUICK THINGS. ONE, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ENCOURAGING PRIVATE INVESTMENT WITHIN ART. I WOULD ASK IF YOU'RE LOOKING INTO HOW TO ENCOURAGE PRIVATE INVESTMENT INTO OUR ART PROJECTS MORE ALONG LIKE THE SPONSORSHIP TYPE MODEL AS OPPOSED TO JUST STAND ALONE INVESTMENTS THAT THEY MAKE ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON WE ARE A LITTLE BIT LIMITED IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN ASK FOR AS A CITY AND FOR SPONSORSHIPS. SO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO IS HOW WE CAN ENCOURAGE PRIVATE INVESTORS TO INVEST IN THEIR OWN ART BECAUSE IT DOES INCLUDE MAINTENANCE AS WELL. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE TAKING OWNERSHIP AND REALLY LEADING THEIR OWN COMMUNITY DRIVEN ART PROJECTS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID RECENTLY WORK WITH GROUND PLANNING THERE'S A FEW THINGS THE CITY CODE. ONE OF THEM IS THE MURAL ORDINANCE WHICH NOW ALLOWS PAINTING A MURAL ON BUILDINGS WHICH WAS NOT ALLOWED PRIOR TO 2023. SO WE'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE BUSINESSES TAKING OWNERSHIP AND WORKING WITH THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES TO HIRE ARTISTS. WE PROVIDE BEST PRACTICES. WE CAN PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT TO HAVE THEM DO THAT. BUT IN TERMS OF BEING MORE SUSTAINABLE WITH OUR LIMITED CAPACITY, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO GROW THAT CAPACITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY TO DO THEIR OWN PROJECTS. WE ALSO JUST SAID CITY CODE ADJUSTMENTS ON BEING ABLE TO HAVE SCULPTURES LOCATED WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED ON YOUR PROPERTY. WE WORKED WITH PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON THAT AND HAVING SOME LEEWAY IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW HOW MUCH INVESTMENT THEY PUT INTO LANDSCAPING VERSUS SCULPTURES SO SMALL KIND OF INITIATIVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT CAN REALLY SPUR THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON AT THE MOMENT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO REDUCE THOSE BARRIERS TO PEOPLE SPONSORING SOME OF THE ART IN OUR PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP WITH THAT. MY OTHER QUESTION GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ART SPACE THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING AND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND I GUESS MY BIG QUESTION IS WHAT SORT OF TALES THAT MIGHT HAVE FINANCIALLY. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. YES. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT AND ESPECIALLY WITHIN CREATIVE PLACEMAKING IS HOW CAN WE GROW AND SUPPORT THE ARTISTS AND CREATIVE SECTOR HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. PART OF THAT THAT WE HEARD ESPECIALLY THROUGH OUR ENGAGEMENT OF THE CITYWIDE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING PLAN IS THAT ARTISTS ARE LOOKING FOR SPACES TO LIVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PLACES TO CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE EXPLORING RIGHT NOW IS WHAT IS THE FEASIBILITY OF BUILDING SOME ARTISTS LIVE WORK SPACE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON? WHERE WOULD THAT HAPPEN? HOW WOULD THAT BE POSSIBLE? WHAT PARTNERS WOULD WE NEED TO LOOK AT SO AT THIS POINT IT'S REALLY JUST RESEARCH AND EXPLORING WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE. WE'RE JUST AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THAT BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK THAT COULD GROW OUR EFFORTS IN A BIGGER WAY IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, SEEING ARTISTS AS ENTREPRENEURS IN A SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW WE'D SPOKE ABOUT THAT ACTUALLY STARTING SEVERAL YEARS AGO ABOUT LIVE WORK TYPE SPACES. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE QUESTIONS COUNCIL COMMENTS HEARING NONE. COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON ITEM 2.7 THIS EVENING COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SET MY MIKES ON APPARENTLY SO SPREADING THE MOTION HERE SO I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE BLOOMINGTON CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION 2026 WORK PLAN THAT MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ACCEPT THE AND APPROVE THE BLOOMINGTON CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION 2026 WORK PLAN ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING PRIYANKA TOM SANDRA I PREVIOUS I ALISON ROBERTSON I CARTER I HEREBY SEE I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND MADAM CHAIR IF YOU COULD SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE COMMISSION OUR THANKS AND OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND THEIR ENCOURAGEMENT TO KEEP DOING THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING AND THANK YOU ALL THE STAFF WORK YOU GUYS DO GREAT WORK AND THANK YOU CATHERINE THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I MOVE ON ON OUR AGENDA ITEM THREE OUR CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO HAS TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. >> I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ANYONE THAT THERE ARE ANY HOLDS. >> I'LL JUST CHECK INTO THAT ONE MORE TIME. >> I DO NOT SEE ANY HERE BEING DONE. MY JOB IS EASY TONIGHT MR. MAYOR, I WILL MOVE TO ADOPT TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS ITEM 3.133 POINT EIGHT MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMOS TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS AS STATED ITEMS 3.133.8 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS BIANCA TELL SANDRA I REVERSE HI ALISON ROBERTSON I CARTER I MAYOR BASI I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR CONSENT BUSINESS THIS EVENING WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE FIRST OF OUR TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING AND IN 4.1 IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE WIXOM SITE REDEVELOPMENT REGARDING REZONING A PDP AND AN FDP TYPE THREE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ADDRESSES ALONG LYNDALE AVENUE AND WE HAVE SPOKE FROM OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS HERE TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS YES THERE ARE A LOT OF APPLICATION TYPES IN THIS APPLICATION. LET ME GET MY SIDE SHOW UP. OKAY. SO I'LL BE HERE TO PRESENT ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT AND KIRK ROBERTS, TRAFFIC ENGINEER WILL BE PRESENTING A FEW SLIDES AS WELL LATER ON. >> SO REAL ESTATE EQUITIES INC IS PROPOSING TO REDEVELOP MENT OF SIX PARCELS ALONG LYNDALE AVENUE INTO A FOUR STORY 180 UNIT AFFORDABLE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. THE UNIT MIX INCLUDES 36 ONE BEDROOM 104, TWO BEDROOM AND 43 BEDROOM UNITS WITH AFFORDABILITY D LEVELS RANGING FROM 30 TO 70% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME. THE PROJECT INCLUDES BELOW GRADE PARKING AND ON SITE AMENITIES SUCH AS A FITNESS ROOM, CHILDREN'S ACTIVITY SPACE, A COMMUNITY ROOM AND A CENTRALLY LOCATED INTERNAL COURTYARD. THE SITE IS CURRENTLY COMPRISED OF SIX PARCELS WITH VARYING LAND USE, GUIDANCE AND ZONING DESIGNATIONS INCLUDING TWO PARCELS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXISTING WIX IN SITE AND FOR VACANT PROPERTIES. THE APPLICATION IS PROPOSING TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GUIDANCE FOR 9955 LYNDALE AVE FROM GENERAL BUSINESS TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND REZONING ALL SIX PARCELS TO ARM 50 PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW FOR A UNIFIED HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL PROJECT. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT RESULTS IN A RESIDENTIAL DENSITY OF APPROXIMATELY 47 UNITS PER ACRE AND REQUIRES APPROVAL A PRELIMINARY AND FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS AS WELL AS A TYPE THREE PRELIMINARY FINAL PLAT. THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES THE FIVE SOUTHERN ONES IT'S A LOT TO LIST OUT ALL THE NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN GUIDED FOR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USE THROUGH MULTIPLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ITERATIONS SINCE AT LEAST 2000 AND ARE CURRENTLY VACANT OR PART OF THE EXISTING MIX INJURE SITE THE REMAINING PARCEL AT 9955 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH IS GUIDED AS GENERAL BUSINESS. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO RE GUIDE 9955 LYNDALE TO HIGH DENSITY WOULD ALIGN THE SITE WITH SURROUNDING LAND USE PATTERNS AND THE PROPOSED MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT STAFF EVALUATED THE REQUESTS AGAINST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICIES IN RELEVANT AREA PLANS AND THE PROPOSAL IS CONSISTENT WITH PLAN POLICIES THAT ENCOURAGE REDEVELOPMENT AND HIGHER INTENSITY LAND USES ALONG ARTERIAL ROADWAYS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PROMOTE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT NEAR TRANSIT. THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG LYNDALE AVENUE AND ARTERIAL ROADWAY AND WITHIN ONE QUARTER MILE OF THE ORANGE LINE BRT 90TH STREET STATION THE PROPOSED RE GUIDING SUPPORTS OF THE VISION OF CREATING A WALKABLE TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AND THIS CORRIDOR ALL SIX PROPERTIES REQUIRE REZONING TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSED MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT THE 9955 LYNDALE AVE SOUTH PROPERTY IS PROPOSED TO BE REZONE FROM B TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO ARM 50 PLAN DEVELOPMENT WHILE THE REMAINING FIVE PARCELS WOULD BE REZONE FROM R ONE SINGLE FAMILY TO ARM 50 PLAN DEVELOPMENT. THE ARMED 50S ZONING DISTRICT IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE DISTRICT FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AS IT ALLOWS RESIDENTIAL DENSITIES BETWEEN 20 AND 50 UNITS PER ACRE. THE PROPOSED PROJECT DENSITY OF APPROXIMATELY 4647 UNITS FALLS WITHIN THIS RANGE ASSUMING THE APPROVAL OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT WHICH I MENTIONED BEFORE THE ARMED 50 ZONING DISTRICT ALSO IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AS ACCOMMODATING MULTISTORY APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT AT DENSITIES WELL ABOVE THE PROPOSED PROJECT. WHILE THE SITE IS NOT LOCATED WITHIN AN AREA SPECIFICALLY RECOMMENDED FOR REZONING AND THE 90TH STREET STATION AREA PLAN, THE PLAN IDENTIFIES PROPERTIES CLOSEST TO THE TRANSIT STATION AS HAVING THE HIGHEST REDEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL AND SUPPORTS INCREASED DENSITY AND IMPROVED PEDESTRIAN ACCESS IN THESE LOCATIONS. REZONING TO ARM 50 SUPPORTS THESE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES. FINALLY THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING LIMITED FLEXIBILITY FROM THE FRONT SETBACK ZONING REQUIREMENT. THIS REQUEST NECESSITATES THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY WHICH ALLOWS FLEXIBILITY WHEN IT PROVIDES A PUBLIC BENEFIT AND REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE ZONING DISTRICT. THIS REQUEST IS ADDRESSED IN GREATER DETAIL LATER. HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE LANDSCAPING PLAN SO STAFF IDENTIFIED A FEW LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING ITEMS THAT WILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AND THE APPLICANT HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THESE ITEMS. THE CURRENT PLAN PROPOSES 59 TREES WHICH DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF 68 TREES. ADDITIONALLY THERE'S A REQUIRED THREE FOOT HIGH SCREENING FOR PARKING AREAS ADJACENT TO PUBLIC STREETS WHICH WOULD NEED TO BE SHOWN ALONG LYNDALE. AND THEN SEPARATELY ON THIS PLAN I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THIS PLAN SHOWS THERE'S A SUB GROUND STORM WATER CHAMBER UNDERNEATH THE SURFACE PARKING LOT. THE BUILDING MEETS REQUIRED SIDE AND REAR SETBACKS. HOWEVER THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING DEVELOPMENT FLEXIBILITY FOR THE FRONT YARD SETBACK. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING DEVELOPMENT FLEXIBILITY FOR THE FRONT SETBACK AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. WHILE THE ZONING CODE REQUIRES A 40 FOOT FRONT SETBACK, THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES A REDUCED SETBACK WITH A MINIMUM OF APPROXIMATELY 19FT SEVEN INCHES VARYING ALONG THE BUILDING FRONTAGE. STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS DEVIATION AS IT PROVIDES A PUBLIC BENEFIT OF STRENGTHENING THE BUILDING'S RELATIONSHIP TO LYNDALE IMPROVING PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AND REINFORCING THE CORRIDORS. URBAN CHARACTER ADDITIONALLY PLACING THE BUILDING CLOSER TO THE STREET INCREASES SEPARATION FROM EXISTING LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USES TO THE EAST WITH 180 UNITS 16 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AT 60% AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE OH THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING FOR UNITS AT 30% AMI 13 UNITS AT 50%. AM I 138 UNITS AT 60% AM I AND 25 UNITS AT 70%? AM I THE ISSUE INCENTIVES ON THE SCREEN WILL BE APPLIED TO THE APPLICATION AND WILL BE DISCUSSED NEXT. AS FAR AS OPEN SPACE GOES, THE DEVELOPMENT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE 300FT OF USABLE OPEN SPACE PER DWELLING UNIT TOTALING 54,000FT. WITH THE INCENTIVES THIS REQUIREMENT CAN BE REDUCED BY UP TO 25% RESULTING IN A REQUIRED 40,500FT. THE PROPOSAL PROVIDES APPROXIMATELY 41,600FT OF USABLE OPEN SPACE MEETING THE STANDARD THIS INCLUDES 12 PRIVATE BALCONIES ON UNITS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL OPEN SPACE CALCULATION FOR PARKING UNDER BASE ZONING THERE ARE 346 TOTAL PARKING SPACES REQUIRED INCLUDING 180 ENCLOSED WITH THE INCENTIVES A 15% REDUCTION IN TOTAL SPACES AND AN ALLOWANCE TO CONVERT UP TO 50% OF ENCLOSED SPACES TO AN ENCLOSED MEANS. THE ADJUSTED REQUIREMENT IS 295 12 SPACES WITH 90 ENCLOSED. THE PROPOSAL AS SEEN ON THE SCREEN IS MEETING THOSE ADJUSTED PARKING STANDARDS AND THEN FOR THE INCENTIVE FOR EXTERIOR MATERIALS THE PROPOSED BUILDING MATERIALS INCLUDE BRICK ALUMINUM PANELS, FIBER CEMENT, MASONRY VENEER AND COMPOSITE WINDOWS. BRICK GLASS AND METAL PANELS ARE CONSIDERED PRIMARY EXTERIOR MATERIALS. THE METAL PANELS WILL BE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL REVIEW. FIBER, CEMENT AND MASONRY VENEER ARE CLASSIFIED AS SECONDARY MATERIALS WITH THE USE OF INCENTIVES UP TO 75% OF NON STREET FACING FACADES MAY CONSIST OF SECONDARY MATERIALS. THE PROPOSAL MEETS THESE STANDARDS AND THE WEST ELEVATION FACING LYNDALE DOES NOT HAVE ANY INCENTIVES AND ALSO MEETS THE STANDARDS SO DOES NOT NEED ANY PADDING IS A ROUTINE COMPONENT FOR THIS TYPE OF APPLICATION. THE APPLICATION IS COMBINING SIX PARCELS INTO ONE AND DEDICATING LAND FOR LYNDALE AVENUE RIGHT OF WAY THE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT MEET RELEVANT ZONING STANDARDS PARK DEDICATION FEES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT ARE ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND $310,000 CONDITIONS PERTAINING TO PLANNING PARK DEDICATION AND EASEMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED CONDITIONS OF PLAT APPROVAL STAFF DID RECEIVE SOME CORRESPONDENCE RELATED TO THIS CASE. YOU SHOULD HAVE TWO PIECES OF CORRESPONDENCE IN FRONT OF YOU. THERE ARE SEVERAL TOPICS THAT WERE TOUCHED UPON WITH SOME BEING TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES AND THE CITY ENGINEER OR SORRY THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER KIRK ROBERTS WILL TOUCH ON THOSE NEXT. GOOD EVENING MR. ROBERTS. MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. JUST A BIT OF AN OVERVIEW ON TRAFFIC SO THE DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSED TO GENERATE 866 NEW TRIPS TOTAL. THAT'S ABOUT 70 TRIPS IN THE MORNING AND A LITTLE OVER 80 TRIPS IN THE EVENING RUSH HOUR WHEN THE ROAD IS AT ITS AT ITS PEAK. FOR CONTEXT, THERE'S NOT A HUGE NUMBER OF TRIPS. IT'S NOT INSIGNIFICANT. BUT WHEN WE START THINKING ABOUT A LARGE NUMBER OF TRIPS THIS THIS FALLS IN THAT SORT OF LOW TO MODERATE RANGE FOR CONTEXT, SOMETHING LIKE A LARGE GROCERY STORE CAN GENERATE UP TO A COUPLE OF THOUSAND TRIPS. BIG BOX RETAIL CAN GENERATE 5000 8000 TRIPS. LARGE OFFICE TOWERS UP TO 10,000 TRIPS. SO THIS THIS IS IT'S THERE BUT IT'S NOT A HUGE NUMBER. AND THE OTHER FACTOR WE OFTEN LOOK AT IS TRAFFIC IS WHAT ARE THOSE TRIPS GOING ONTO LYNDALE AVENUE RIGHT HERE IN THIS VICINITY HAS GOT ABOUT 7000 TRIPS PER DAY OR VEHICLES PER DAY ON IT. THAT'S A FAIRLY LOW VOLUME COLLECTOR ROADWAY AND SO IF WE HAD HIGHER VOLUMES, IF WE HAD HIGHER TRIPS THAT WERE BEING PUT OUT ONTO A LARGER VOLUME ROADWAY, THEN WE'D START STUDYING THIS FURTHER THINKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE TRAFFIC SIGNALS OR OTHER WAYS THAT THEY CAN MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF THE TRAFFIC. WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS LOW TO MODERATE TRIPS ON A FAIRLY LOW VOLUME ROADWAY AND SO WE DON'T SEE A NEED TO STUDY THIS FURTHER TO SEE IF ADDITIONAL MITIGATION IS NEEDED JUST ON THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES THEMSELVES . SO THERE'S NO KNOWN SAFETY OR CAPACITY ISSUES IN THIS AREA OF LYNDALE AVENUE. WE LOOKED CAREFULLY AT THE CRASHES. THERE ARE NO VEHICLE CRASHES WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS ON THIS STRETCH OF LYNDALE THERE'S A COUPLE IN A PARKING LOT NEARBY BUT NOTHING RELATED TO THESE PROPERTIES HERE WE SEARCH FURTHER IN JUST LOOKING THROUGH THE DISPATCH RECORDS AND WE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING THERE EITHER. SOMETIMES TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS GET CALLED INTO OUR DISPATCH BUT THEY DON'T MAKE THOSE FORMAL CRITERIA NEEDED FOR A FORMAL TRAFFIC OR CRASH REPORT. WE DIDN'T FIND ANY OF THOSE HAPPENING HERE SO NOTHING SNUCK UNDER THE RADAR AND THEN LYNDALE IS SCHEDULED FOR A PAVEMENT OVERLAY IN 2029. THAT DATE IS GOING TO BECOME IMPORTANT AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. THE NEXT THING WE LOOK AT OUTSIDE OF THE IMPACTS IMMEDIATELY ARE HOW DOES THIS AFFECT OUR FUTURE PLANS FOR THE AREA RIGHT NOW LYNDALE SOUTH OF 102ND STREET IS A THREE LANE ROAD NORTH OF 102ND STREET. IT GOES BACK TO ITS FOUR LANE CONFIGURATION THAT WAS JUST THE RESULT OF THE PAVEMENT WORK THAT WAS BEING DONE IN THE FUTURE WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THAT THREE LANE CONFIGURATION UP TO THE NORTH ALL THE WAY UP TO 99TH STREET. THREE LANES ARE FUNDAMENTALLY SAFER AND AT THESE VOLUMES THERE ARE NO CAPACITY ISSUES WITH A THREE LANE IT CAN HANDLE UP TO A 15, 17, 20,000 CARS A DAY WITHOUT ANY SERIOUS CAPACITY ISSUES. SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS IN 2028 IN ADVANCE OF THE PAVEMENT WORK IN 2029 WILL ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WE'LL STUDY ISSUES RELATED TO CONVERTING THAT ROAD TO A THREE LANE. THERE ARE THE TRIPS BEING GENERATED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT AND GOING ON TO LYNDALE AVENUE. DON'T INTERFERE WITH THOSE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE SO WE'RE COMFORTABLE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT WITHOUT ANY MITIGATION FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT. THE NEXT THING IS 98 AND LYNDALE YOU'LL RECALL IN 2024 WE DID THE 98 STREET INTERCHANGE STUDY WHICH LOOKED AT THE CROSSED THE 35 W ALL THE WAY TO THE INTERSECTION LYNDALE AVENUE CURRENTLY IS VERY LARGE AND IT IS NOT THE MOST PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT. THERE'S THE HIGH FAIRLY HIGH SPEED RIGHT TURN LANES. WE WOULD LIKE TO DOWNSIZE THAT INTERSECTION. WE'D LIKE TO MAKE IT MORE PEDESTRIAN AND MANY ABLE AND WE HAVE A PLAN TO DO SO. THE TRIPS FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT DON'T PRECLUDE THAT WORK TAKING PLACE IN THE FUTURE AS WE FIND FUNDING FOR IT. THIS AREA IS ALSO A VERY HIGH PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY AREAS. IT'S ONE OF THREE AREAS IN THE CITY WHERE WE HAVE VERY HIGH RATES OF PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY AND WE LOVE THAT AND SO THE CROSSWALKS COME INTO PLAY. THERE'S TWO EXISTING CROSSWALKS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE OF ISSUE. ONE IS THAT THERE'S A MID-BLOCK SIGNALIZED CROSSING THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME BEFORE I UNDERSTOOD BEFORE I KNOW THE DATE THAT THAT WAS PUT IN IN ITS FOUR LANE CONFIGURATION THAT'S FINE BUT WE DON'T GENERALLY USE THOSE PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS LIKE THAT ANYMORE. WE HAVE BETTER TECHNOLOGY THAT MAKES THINGS SAFER SO WE WILL LOOK AT THAT WHEN WE GO TO OVERLAY THE ROAD IN 2029 AND WE'LL SEE WHAT SUITABLE IF WE CAN CONVERT THIS ROAD TO A THREE LANE WE'LL PUT A NICE REFUGE ISLAND IN THERE AND PROBABLY SOMETHING LIKE THE RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACONS THERE SO EFFECTIVE OFF AND WE'LL TRY TO MAKE SURE THE LOCATION IS RIGHT. PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOR YOU'VE GOT TO GET THOSE CROSSINGS RIGHT WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. PEOPLE WON'T DIVERT MORE THAN ABOUT 50FT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO GET TO THAT CROSSWALK. SO WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN EXACTLY THE RIGHT LOCATION. SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. NOTHING ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT TAKES THAT OFF THE TABLE. THE NEXT THING IS 99TH AND LYNDALE RIGHT NOW THERE'S A CROSSWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE. IT IS A FAIRLY BROAD ROADWAY IN THERE. THAT CROSSWALK HAS WORKED OKAY BUT IT IS NOT LOVED AND THERE'S A HOPE TO IMPROVE IT IN THE FUTURE. WE SECURED EXIT FUNDING. THIS IS A GRANT FUND TO DO SOME PROACTIVE WORK THERE AND WE'LL DO THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PAVEMENT WORK IN 2029 TO ADD THOSE LARGE PEDESTRIAN REFUGE ISLANDS GET RID OF SOME LANES, PUT IN SOME FLASHING LIGHTS AND ADD A CROSSWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD AS WELL. AND AGAIN THAT'S ALL CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S BEING DONE HERE. SO IN SHORT THERE ARE NO IMPACTS THAT NEED FURTHER EXPIRATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THE DEVELOPMENT AS PROPOSED WILL BE HANDLED BY THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. WE DON'T EXPECT THIS TO EXACERBATE ANY ISSUES NONE OF THAT IS TO SAY YOU WON'T EXPERIENCE SOME DELAY AND CONGESTION. RUSH HOUR WILL BE WITH US FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE BUT THAT THERE'S NO SPECIAL MITIGATION NEEDED AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WITH THAT PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION SEVEN ZERO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AS IS THE APPLICANT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION COUNSEL WE'LL GET TO OPINIONS AND DISCUSSION LATER BUT QUESTIONS FIRST A QUESTION ABOUT THE PRESENTATION AND ABOUT THE PROPOSAL BEFORE US. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYTHING THE APPLICANT WANTS TO SAY SPECIFICALLY OR MAKE A PRESENTATION AT ALL? NO. OKAY. VERY GOOD. DON'T GO FAR. VERY GOOD. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW AND I JUST WANT FOLKS TO KNOW HERE'S HOW WE GENERALLY WORK PUBLIC HEARINGS HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. ALL SPEAKERS AS YOU COME UP WE ASK THAT YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND THEN ULTIMATELY SIGN IN. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT AS YOU'RE STARTING BUT YOU CAN MAYBE AS YOU WRAP UP YOU CAN SIGN IN JUST FOR EFFICIENCY SAKE YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND YOU'LL TELL HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE LEFT BY OUR SHOT CLOCK ON THE WALL WHEN WE REACH ZERO ON THE FIVE MINUTE SHOT CLOCK I WILL CUT YOU OFF NOT BECAUSE I MEAN BUT BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TO TALK AND SO THAT'S OUR OUR FIVE MINUTE LIMIT IS WHAT WE HAVE FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. WE ALSO WILL IF YOU ASK QUESTIONS OR NEEDS CLARIFICATION ON ANYTHING GENERALLY WE'LL HOLD ALL THE QUESTIONS TO THE END OF THE PUBLIC HEARING JUST SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO ANSWER THINGS OFF THE CUFF. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR YOUR QUESTION. STAFF HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO IF NECESSARY RESEARCH AND ANSWER AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THE AT THE END OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. EVERYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IS ABLE TO SPEAK AND WILL OCCASIONALLY TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF WE HAVE ANYBODY ON LINE WISHING TO SPEAK. AND WITH THAT ALL BEING SAID, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 4.1 ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING. ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK PLEASE COME FORWARD . GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD EVENING . SORRY GOOD EVENING HERE AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER DIETZ AND I'M A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND I'M A TRUSTEE OF THE NATIVITY OF MARY PARISH AND SCHOOL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK REGARDING THE WIXOM PROPOSAL. MY ADDRESS IS 9900 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH NATIVITY. MARY PARISH AND SCHOOL DOES HAVE SEVERAL CONCERNS. I WISH TO DISCUSS OUR HISTORY THE CURRENT SITUATION AND THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL ON OUR PROPERTY AND OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO MINIMIZE THOSE NEGATIVE IMPACTS. NATIVITY OF MARY HAS A LONG HISTORY WITH THIS COMMUNITY. WE STARTED WITH THE FIRST MASS IN NOVEMBER OF 1949. WE HAD A SCHOOL HERE AT THE BLOOMINGTON TOWN HALL ON PENN AVENUE. GROUND WAS BOTH BROKEN IN NOVEMBER OF 1950 WE HAD BUILT THE SCHOOL AND GYMNASIUM AT THAT TIME 142 STUDENTS CURRENT SITUATION AND NOW WE HAVE 100 1200 FAMILIES SERVING THE CHURCH AND 60 DIFFERENT MINISTRIES. SCHOOL HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE AND CONTINUES TO ATTRACT TOP EDUCATORS. ONE OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS I WISH TO MENTION IS ST VINCENT DE PAUL STARTED ITS NATIVITY OF MARY CONFERENCE AND ITS FIRST FREE FOOD GIVEAWAY IN OCTOBER OF 20 PROVIDES FOOD TO OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH SATURDAYS RECENTLY VEEP AND THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON HAVE HELPED US SPONSOR THOSE EVENTS AND WE'RE VERY THANKFUL TO THE CITY FOR THAT. THE CITY ALSO THE CONFERENCE ALSO PROVIDES RENTAL ASSISTANCE. THE POINT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IS WE'RE WE'RE LOCATED ON 90TH 9990 NINTH STREET RUNNING FROM LYNDALE TO THE FRONTAGE ROAD IS A VERY BUSY STREET. WE HAVE THE METRO TRANSIT OPENED ITS HUB AND ITS RAPID TRANSIT STATION IN DECEMBER IN 2024 AND 2021 HAS 195 AND 95 PARKING SPACES TO THE EAST AS A HIGH RISE APARTMENT BUILDING. I'M SURE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA SO WE HAVE PARENTS DROPPING THEIR KIDS OFF AT THE NORTH END OF OUR OUR PROPERTY IN THE MORNING AND IN THE EVENING AND AFTERNOON I SHOULD SAY. AND AS A RESULT OF THOSE USES THE TRANSIT STATION, THE APARTMENT IN NATIVITY WE HAVE TRAFFIC CARS, BUSSES, THESE DOUBLE BUSSES, SCHOOL TRAFFIC PARENTS DROPPING OFF CHILDREN AND THE APARTMENT TRAFFIC, THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT AND AFTER WE HAD THE MEETING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION I MENTIONED IN MY NOTE TO YOU WE HAD A VERY GOOD MEETING WITH CITY STAFF ABOUT HOW THESE ITEMS COULD BE ADDRESSED AND THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS PART OF THE PROJECT OR NOT PART OF THE PROJECT. TO US IT DOESN'T MATTER TO US. THE ISSUE IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND WHAT IS THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY AND WHAT THE DEVELOPER'S RESPONSIBILITY AS MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO SAY AS MARK NIX WE HAVE TO HAVE SAFETY FOR OUR CHILDREN AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE THINK IS IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENT AND I DID HAVE'VE HAD SEVERAL VERY GOOD MEETINGS WITH KIRK ROBERT REGARDING THE SIDEWALK AND I KNOW IF YOU'VE WALKED ON THAT SIDEWALK BUT IT'S IT'S FIVE FEET IT'D BE NICER IF IT WAS EIGHT FEET. IT DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY TO THE TRANSIT STATION. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU'RE WALKING FROM THE TRANSIT STATION AND YOU WANT TO GET TO LYNDALE YOU GOT TO GO INTO THE STREET. THERE'S AND YOU HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR BUSSES. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ASKED AT THE TIME THAT WE HAD THE MEETING WE SAID CAN'T WE HAVE A TRAFFIC STUDY OR SOME TYPE OF STUDY SORRY I'M GOING TO SLOW. WE'RE I'M GOING TO JUST GET TO THE POINT HERE WE WANT OR WE'RE REQUESTING THE IMPROVING OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AT 99TH AND THE FRONTAGE ROAD THE SIDEWALK, THE LIGHTING CAMERAS AND THE FENCE IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE TO STOP PEOPLE FROM CROSSING OUR STREET STREETS. AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK YOU TO STOP WHERE AT FIVE MINUTES OLD I WOULD ONLY SAY I KNOW THE CITY IS INTERESTED IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT MY OPINION IS OUR OPINION IS THE DESIRE TO HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CAN'T TRUMP TRUMP PUBLIC SAFETY. I WOULD URGE YOU TO HELP US OUT WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SIGN IN. IT'S RIGHT THERE. RIGHT? YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT RIGHT THERE. WHY DON'T YOU COULD YOU TAKE THAT AND THEN YOUR SEAT AND WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER? I SAW SOMEONE COMING FORWARD. PERFECT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DANIEL MCGRAW. COUNCIL MEMBERS MAYOR I OWN THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH OF THE DEVELOPMENT GUILD BROTHERS FUNERAL CHAPELS WE ARE A FIFTH GENERATION FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED BUSINESS. IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1889 BY MY GRANDFATHER GREAT GRANDFATHER. WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS IN BLOOMINGTON SINCE 1961. I WANT TO BE CLEAR WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT NOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. OUR CONCERN IS THE SCALE OF THE PROPOSAL AND THE DEGREE OF THE DEVIATION BEING REQUESTED FROM THE BLOOMINGTON BLOOMINGTON ESTABLISHED SANDERS AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION SEVERAL NEIGHBORS PROPERTY OWNERS RAISED CONCERNS REGARDING SETBACKS BUILDING HEIGHT COMPATIBILITY WITH ADJACENT USES. I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TONIGHT TO TAKE A CAREFUL AND INDEPENDENT LOOK AT THOSE SAME ISSUES. BLOOMINGTON ZONING CODE INCLUDES HEIGHT LIMIT SETBACKS AND TRANSITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR A REASON. THOSE STANDARDS JUST TO ENSURE THAT LARGER DEVELOPMENT INTEGRATE APPROPRIATELY INTO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES, LARGER DEVELOPMENT INTEGRATE APPROPRIATELY INTO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES WHEN THOSE STANDARDS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED THE BURDEN IS ON THE APPLICANT TO CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE PROJECT STILL MEETS THE INTENT OF THE CODE. PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT ALONE DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY JUSTIFY INCREASED HEIGHT OR REDUCE SETBACKS. GOOD PLANNING REQUIRES PROPORTIONALITY COMPATIBILITY AND RESPECT FOR THE EXISTING PROPERTY OWNERS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COUNCIL TO IDENTIFY WHAT SPECIFIC CONDITIONS JUSTIFY DEPARTING FROM THE ADOPTED HEIGHT AND SETBACK STANDARDS AT THIS LOCATION IF THOSE STANDARDS WERE ESTABLISHED TO PROTECT COMPATIBILITY AND APPROPRIATE TRANSITION BETWEEN PROPERTIES, WHAT MAKES COMPLIANCE INAPPROPRIATE HERE APPROVING THIS SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT AT THIS LOCATION SETS A PRECEDENT IF THESE DEPARTURES ARE GRANTED HERE IT BECOMES INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TONIGHT SIMILAR REQUESTS ELSEWHERE IF THE STANDARDS ARE TO RETAIN THEIR INTEGRITY THEY MUST BE APPLIED CONSISTENTLY ESPECIALLY WHEN THE IMPACTS FALL DIRECTLY ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU MR. MCGRATH. OTHERS MR. FURLONG GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MR. MAYOR, WELCOME. NEW CITY MANAGER MY NAME IS STEVE FURLONG. I'M A RESIDENT OF BLOOMINGTON AND I'M A NATIVE NATIVITY FAMILY AND I AGREE WITH SETTING A PRECEDENT HERE. MY NEXT DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL MAY INCLUDE A 19.5FT SETBACK FROM THE STREET. WE'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE IT. THIS WILL FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. AND YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT WHERE THE THE NEW RAPID TRANSIT STATION IS IN RESPECT TO THE ACTIVITY SCHOOL AND WHERE THIS PROPOSAL SITE IS. AND I'M CERTAIN THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT WILL BE TRAVERSING THROUGH THE NATIVITY PARKING LOT BY FOOT TO GET TO THAT BEST RAPID TRANSIT STATION. AND SO WITH A PROPOSAL THAT INCLUDES RE-IGNITING AND REZONING, YOU HAVE THE HIGHEST DISCRETION LEVEL HERE I ASK YOU TO THINK OF IF YOU HAD CHILDREN AT NATIVITY SCHOOL ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT? KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS A GREAT PLACE ALTHOUGH WE LOVE THE IDEA OF 30% AND 60% AND MY HOUSING THIS MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT IN MY OPINION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FURLONG. THANK YOU. OTHERS REACTED. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON LINE OR ON THE PHONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? MAYOR WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ON LINE. LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY HERE IN THE CHAMBERS READING WELCOME. YEAH. MY NAME IS DOUG PAULSON. I LIVE AT 10046 AND 10048 HARRIET THE PROJECT WOULD BE I WOULD LIVE ON THE EASTIDE OF THE PROJECT SO MY CURIOSITY QUESTION WOULD BE LIKE HOW FAR AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTIAL ON THE EAST SIDE IS WILL THE PROPERTY BE OR THE DEVELOPMENT ? MY MAIN ISSUE WOULD BE CRIME AND I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW THAT WOULD LOOK ON THE EAST SIDE THE PROJECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO YOU SPECIFICALLY THE QUESTION ABOUT THE SETBACK ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROJECT. YES. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. OH, AND HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT THE HOUSING VALUE BECAUSE MY PROPERTY TAXES KIND OF WENT UP LIKE 19%. SO MUCH RENT CONTROL. HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT ALL THAT? YOU KNOW? THANK YOU. THANK YOU . ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK IF NOT COUNCIL NO ONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK, NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN ITEM 4.1 SECONDS MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIVA SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING OTHER THAN 4.1 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS MARKUP D'ALESSANDRO I REVERSE I NELSON ROBERTSON I CARTER I'M VERY BUSY. I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM 4.1 JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I HEARD IN THE DISCUSSION THAT MAYBE WE COULD WORK WITH VERY QUICKLY. MR. DID SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SIDEWALK WIDTHS AND CONNECTIONS AND IF YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHTS ON THAT AND THEN MR. PAULSON'S QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SETBACK ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE THE PROPERTY. >> UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO AS FAR AS THE FIRST QUESTION GOES, THERE IS A MISSING PIECE OF SIDEWALK LINK ALONG 99TH STREET AND WE TALKED WITH JULIE LONG, THE CITY ENGINEER AND IT IS POSSIBLE TO FILL THAT IN. SHE JUST SAID IT WILL BE AN EXPENSIVE PROJECT BECAUSE THERE'S A RETAINING WALL THERE THAT WILL NEED TO BE MOVED. SO THAT'S KIND OF POTENTIALLY MAYBE WHY THAT PIECE ISN'T THERE BUT WE HAVE DISCUSSED IT AND SHE KNOWS ABOUT IT AND IT'S IN THE WORKS AS FAR AS THE SETBACK ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING GOES, THE REQUIRED SETBACK IS 30FT FOR THE FROM THE REAR PROPERTY LINE AND THE PROPOSED SETBACK IS ALSO 30FT AND THEN I'M NOT QUITE SURE IT DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUAL HOUSE LIKE HOW FAR BACK THAT REAR SETBACK IS TOO. SO AT LEAST 30FT AND THEN SUPPOSEDLY 30FT FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES TOO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. DID I MISS ANY QUESTIONS FROM FOLKS WHO ARE ASKING? OH YES. THE THE QUESTION REGARDING PROPERTY VALUE, MAYOR, THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T FEEL SUPER VERSED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF PLANNING MANAGER JOHNSON WANTS TO TRY . MR. JOHNSON GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WE DO GET THIS QUESTION A LOT AS IT RELATES TO ALL FORMS OF DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL ETC. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT DRAWING A STRAIGHT LINE FROM PROJECT AID TO VALUE B TO SCIENCE. OUR ASSESSING TEAM IS INVOLVED WITH ESTABLISHING VALUES. ULTIMATELY WHAT A HOUSE IS WORTH IS WHAT SOMEONE'S WILLING TO PAY FOR IT WHETHER OR NOT A PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT DECREASES VALUES ACROSS LARGE SWATHS IS TYPICALLY SOMETHING THAT ASSESSING DOES NOT SEE IN THE DATA THAT THEY VIEW. I DON'T WANT TO DISMISS THAT CONCERN OUTRIGHT BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING AND I'VE LOOKED AT LOTS OF DIFFERENT STUDIES THERE'S VERY LITTLE STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT SCIENCE IN TERMS OF LOWERING PROPERTY VALUES NEXT TO NEW DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL. BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT IT CAN'T OCCUR IN ONE PARTICULAR INSTANCE OR ANOTHER. GETTING BACK SORRY TO GO BACKWARDS I DID WANT TO SHARE I THINK EMILY HAD AN EXTRA SLIDE ON THE SIDEWALK CONTEXT . I THINK IT'S WORTH JUST SHARING A VISUAL OF THAT SO THAT YEAH SO THE TRANSIT STATION IS THE RED X IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF YOUR SLIDE THAT'S THE ORANGE LINE STATION. SO THERE IS CONTINUOUS SIDEWALK CURRENTLY FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO THE TRANSIT STATION. IT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 99TH STREET. THE GAP THAT THE SPEAKER AND ENGINEERING HAS IDENTIFIED IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 99TH STREET AND IT'S A SMALL SMALL BY THE CONTEXT OF THIS SLIDE BUT IT'S IT'S A LENGTHIER GAP ON THE NORTH SIDE WEST OF ALDRIDGE DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT JULIE I THINK SHE'S NODDING SO WE'RE NOT ZOOMED IN ENOUGH TO SEE IT WELL, BUT EFFECTIVELY THERE'S A THERE'S A SMALL SIDEWALK UP ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 99TH STREET BUT THERE IS CONTINUOUS SIDEWALK TO THE PROPERTY FROM THE TRANSIT STATION. SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. YEAH. COUNSEL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING ANY OF THE SAFETY ISSUES BROUGHT UP OR THE THE SETBACK ISSUES. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, I WANT TO THANK YOU. YOU SO KIND BASED ON THE INFORMATION I HEARD, HOW DO THE TRAFFIC STUDY MODEL PEAK HOUR IMPACT IMPACT TO BUILDING AND DURING THE MITIGATION SO THE BUILDER OR THE DEVELOPER WOULD HAVE TO TO EXERCISE IN THE EVENT THAT IS NOT ACCURATE BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE HEARD SO FAR TODAY . MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS SO YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT THE SPECIFIC THE TRIPS IN THE PEAK HOUR. THESE ARE FAIRLY LOW TRIPS DISTRIBUTED OVER A TWO HOUR PERIOD IN THE MORNING, IN THE EVENING AND THE AREA OF CONCERN IS WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO ADD TRIPS TO OVER A VERY BUSY ROADWAY, YOU GET DELAYS OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE ALSO HAD THE DRIVEWAY. YOU'RE LOOKING RIGHT, YOU'RE LOOKING LEFT. YOU'RE TRYING TO GET A BREAK IN TRAFFIC AND THE QUESTION IS, IS DO YOU NEED TO PUT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AT THESE LOW NUMBERS? THAT'S NOT REALLY AN ISSUE. YOU KNOW THE THE AVERAGE TYPICAL DELAY WHEN YOU APPROACH LYNDALE NOW ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE VERY MUCH AT ALL. IN FACT, IF YOU GO OUT THERE AND TRY TO MAKE A LEFT OR RIGHT ONTO THE ROAD IN THIS AREA AND BEFORE AND AFTER THIS DEVELOPMENT, YOU WILL NOT NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCE JUST OBSERVATIONALLY WE CALCULATE THOSE DIFFERENCES BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE WHERE IT'S GOING TO TRIGGER ANY SORT OF NEEDED MITIGATION. I THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP AS WELL? OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER KAREN NEXT. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. APPRECIATE IT SO I KNOW THAT JUST NORTH OF THIS AREA I'VE SPOKEN WITH PEOPLE THAT THERE ARE WATER OR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ISSUES THERE THAT HAVE BEEN ONGOING FOR SOME YEARS. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THOSE IN PARTICULAR. I THINK THERE'S FLOODING IN THE PARKING GARAGE OF ONE OF THE BUILDINGS JUST TO THE NORTH OF NATIVITY AND WILL THIS IMPACT THAT AT ALL OR HAVE THOSE ISSUES BEEN ADDRESSED AND CLEANED UP OR AND I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, READ THROUGH THE THING THAT THERE'S STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT HAS TO BE APPROVED AS A CONDITION AS WELL AS THEY'RE LOOKING AT UNDERGROUND ONSITE STORAGE BEFORE IT'S PROBABLY RELEASED. SO JUST WONDERING IF THIS WILL IMPACT THAT AND WHAT KIND OF THE FUTURE PLANS ARE TO ADDRESS THAT. I THINK THAT WAS ALSO IN THE LETTER FROM NATIVITY THAT THEY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT STORM WATER. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. YEAH. SO LIKE YOU SAID, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN THERE, THE APARTMENT BUILDING IS PROPOSING THEIR OWN STORM WATER BASIN UNDERNEATH THE SURFACE PARKING LOT. SO THAT IS FOR THEIR OWN SITE . I CAN'T SPEAK ABOUT THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH BUT AS FAR AS THE NATIVITY OF MARY'S SITE, THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR OWN STORMWATER POND WHICH WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WITH THEM BUT THAT IS ALSO FOR THEIR SEPARATE SITE. >> SO AS FAR AS THIS APPLICATION GOES, THE STORM WATER THEY'RE PROPOSING WILL BE REVIEWED BUT WE'RE KIND OF ONLY LOOKING AT THIS PROPERTY THAT'S SO DOES IT STAY ON THE SITE? IT NEVER LEAVES THE SITE OR DOES IT SOMEHOW CONNECT INTO A STORMWATER SYSTEM AND WHAT IS THE CAPACITY OF THAT SYSTEM TO HANDLE THAT ADDITIONAL AMOUNT BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN IMPERVIOUS SURFACE? MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO ASK THE ENGINEER THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON WE REQUIRE ALL DEVELOPMENTS TO HAVE RATE CONTROL AND VOLUME CONTROL SO THAT ANY DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T ADVERSELY AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT FROM WHERE IT CURRENTLY STANDS TODAY. SO THAT SHOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE . OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT TOO. JUST QUICK QUESTIONS JUST FOR MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY ARE NOT REQUESTING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THIS PROJECT OTHER THAN THE DEVELOPMENT FEE. THERE'S NO TIFF REQUEST OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. >> MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON UM I DO BELIEVE THERE IS A TIFF REQUEST IN THE WORKS. PLANNING MANAGER JOHNSON CAN SPEAK TO THAT. YEAH. MAYOR COUNCILOR NELSON I BELIEVE THEY ARE SEEKING TAX INCREMENT FINES AND FINANCING AS PART OF THIS PROJECT AS WELL AS SEEKING MINNESOTA HOUSING FINANCING FROM THE STATE AS WELL. BUT THE APPLICANT IS HERE. THEY CAN CERTAINLY SPEAK ABOUT WHAT FINANCING PACKAGE THEY'RE LOOKING TO PUT TOGETHER FOR THIS PROJECT AND ITS ASSOCIATED LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY. THANK YOU. THE REASON I ASK IS IT WAS NOT CHECKED ON THEIR APPLICATION SO THAT'S WHY I WAS SUSPECTING THAT THEY WERE NOT YEAH, I WOULD I'D INVITE THEM TO CLARIFY THAT. OKAY. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE STRUGGLED WITH IS 30% AM I BECAUSE OF THE GENERAL NECESSITY FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES FOR FOLKS THAT ARE AT 30% AND MY DO THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THAT LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY AND DO THEY HAVE A PLAN TO ASSIST THOSE PEOPLE IF THEY NEED ASSISTANCE AND MAYBE THAT'S A QUESTION THAT THEY CAN FIND AS WELL. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON ALL INVITE THE APPLICANTS UP TO SPEAK ON THAT . GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. HELLO MAYOR BUSSE, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. SO IF YOU COULD IDENTIFY YOURSELF JUST SO WE HAVE IT ON THE RECORD, PLEASE. YES. I'M ALEX PARSONS OF A PARTNER WITH REAL ESTATE EQUITIES. SO YOUR QUESTIONS WERE RELATED TO 30% OF MY UNITS. SO THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW I BELIEVE WE HAVE 17 UNITS THAT ARE AT 50% OF MY OR BELOW. I THINK FOUR OF THOSE ARE 30% OF MY UNITS IN TERMS OF THE FINANCING THESE PRODUCTS THAT WE BUILD THAT ARE FINANCED WITH TAXES AND BONDS AND THE 4% LOWER INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAM. WE ARE I THINK IN EVERY PROJECT FRANKLY WE'VE HAD 2% OF THE UNITS AT 30% OF MINE. SO WE HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE MANAGING THAT INCOME LEVEL, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF LIKE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES IN ADDITION TO OUR MANAGEMENT CAPACITY FRANKLY IN MANAGING THOSE PROJECTS. WE DON'T HAVE LIKE ADDITIONAL SERVICES NECESSARILY YOU KNOW THAT OUR MANAGEMENT COMPANY OFFERS IN ADDITION TO JUST STAFFING AND WORKING WITH RESIDENTS AND HELPING THEM WITH CERTAIN THINGS. SO I THINK THAT HOPEFULLY ANSWERS THAT QUESTION IN TERMS OF FINANCING. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE APPLYING FOR SOME FINANCING THAT'S NOT OBVIOUSLY PART OF THIS MEETING IN TERMS OF SOME FINANCIAL SUBSIDY FOR THE PROJECT. WE'VE APPLIED TO THE COUNTY FOR TWO DIFFERENT SOURCES OF FUNDING SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE APPLICATIONS IN FOR THAT AND WE'RE PLANNING TO WORK WITH CITY STAFF HERE SOON AND POTENTIALLY TIFF FOR, YOU KNOW, LARGER FUNDS OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. WE HAVEN'T QUITE FINALIZED EXACTLY WHAT THE FINANCIAL REQUEST IS GOING TO BE BUT WE WILL BE WORKING ON THAT. SO I'M SURE COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANTED TO BRING UP ONE OF THE CONCERNS FROM THE LETTERS WE GOT IN THE TESTIFIERS ARE THE COMMENTERS SOME ONE OF THEM WAS CUTTING THROUGH ON THE NATIVITY PROPERTY POTENTIALLY. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO TO HELP PREVENT THAT ? MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SO ONE PART OF THIS IS THAT'S WHERE SHORING UP THAT HOLE OF THE SIDEWALK ON 19 NINTH STREET COULD POTENTIALLY HELP. WE HAVE KIND OF GIVEN IDEAS TO NATIVITY OF MARY ABOUT LIKE A FENCE OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE . BUT IN THIS INSTANCE THE CITY ISN'T GOING TO PAY FOR THAT FENCE OR PUT IT UP FOR THEM. BUT THEY DO HAVE OPTIONS AND WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, ON THE FENCE CODE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT THE CITY BESIDES THE SIDEWALK CAN REALLY DIRECTLY DO TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM CUTTING ACROSS THE PARKING LOT SO THEY COULD PUT UP SIGNS OR THEY COULD DO THINGS ON THERE. OKAY. AND THEN I APOLOGIZE IF YOU SAID THIS ALREADY BUT THAT GAP IN THE SIDEWALK AND YOU SAID IT WAS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD SO WOULD THAT BE METRO TRANSIT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO COMPLETE THAT SIDEWALK? >> MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER CARTER IT'S THE CITY'S CITY. I'M JUST KIND OF SURPRISED WHEN THEY BUILT THAT OUT THAT THEY DIDN'T COMPLETE SIDEWALKS AROUND THEIR OWN METRO STATION SINCE WE REQUIRE THAT IN MANY DEVELOPMENTS. BUT I DO THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO COMPLETE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE THERE. I DO AGREE WITH A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN THE AREA AND EVEN STAFF HAVE BROUGHT IT UP BUT IT IS GOOD THAT IT'S IN THE PLANS IN THE FUTURE TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THAT ROAD AND INTERSECTIONS IN THAT AREA. AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT GOT BROUGHT UP I THINK IN THE CONCERNS AND REQUESTS WAS AROUND LIGHTING AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LIGHTING LOOKS LIKE IN THAT AREA AS IT RELATES TO SAFETY. ARE THERE OPTIONS FOR SOME OF THOSE WHO HAVE CONCERNS IF THERE ARE NEEDS FOR ADDITIONAL LIGHTING NOT NECESSARILY ON THEIR PROPERTY BUT POTENTIALLY STREET LIGHTING OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE? MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER CARTER YEAH. SO I KNOW AT LEAST FOR THIS PROJECT I MEAN THEY HAVE TO TURN IN A PHOTOMETRIC PLAN AND A PRELIMINARY REPORT PRELIMINARILY REVIEWED THAT AND IT LOOKS GOOD SO THERE MAY BE SOME PARKING LOT LIGHTING THAT WILL KIND OF ADD TO THE STREET. BUT AS FAR AS LIGHTING LIKE FOR SIDEWALKS AND FOR PEDESTRIAN ENDS, I GUESS I WOULD PROBABLY ASK HER TO ANSWER THAT. YEAH. MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WE'RE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN FIXING LIGHTING. BLOOMINGTON MAINTAINS FAIRLY LOW LIGHTING LEVELS ON OUR STREETS. PEOPLE LIKE THEY LIKE OUR QUIET DARK STREETS WHERE WE DO LIKE TO HAVE A LOT OF LIGHT IS THAT THOSE CONFLICT POINTS, INTERSECTIONS CROSSWALKS ESPECIALLY AND SO WHEN WE DO ANY CROSSWALK EVALUATION NOW LIGHTING IS THE ONE THING THAT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT IS IS IT IS IT BRIGHT ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE CAN CAN USE THAT SAFELY? AND SO IF THERE ARE KNOWN AREAS WE FEEL LIKE WE DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB BUT IF THERE ARE KNOWN AREAS WE ARE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM PEOPLE ON THAT AND WORKING WITH THEM, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADD LIGHTS AS NEEDED SO THANK YOU. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. SO MR. MCGRAW ACTUALLY OH YES. I'M SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. >> I APOLOGIZE. OKAY. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I'M LOOKING AT A MAP OF THE AREA AND I GUESS MY FOLLOW UP TRAFFIC CONSIDERATION QUESTIONS WOULD BE YOU KNOW HOW WE WE PRIDE OURSELVES TO WALK FROM THE TRANSIT CENTER TO THE LOCATION AND BACK AGAIN AND DO WE HAVE A SENSE FOR HOW PEOPLE WILL DO THAT? NOT NOT LIKE HOW WE THINK THEY WILL DO IT OR HOW WE CAN MAKE IT A NICE STRAIGHT LINE FOR THEM OR WHATEVER BUT LIKE HOW PEOPLE ACTUALLY WALK IN THAT AREA BECAUSE YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WE ALWAYS HAVE I THINK IS FIGURING OUT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WORKS FOR US VERSUS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WORKS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO USE IT. AND SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IF AS I'M LOOKING AT THIS IF I'M IF I LIVE IN THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND I GET OFF THE BUS, MY SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO POINTS IS NOT NECESSARILY CONGRUOUS WITH THE THE THE SIDEWALK THAT IS PAINTED ON THIS PARTICULAR ROUTE I MIGHT BE I MIGHT BE COMING FROM THE VERY NORTH SIDE WHERE MY BUS GOT DROPPED ME OFF IN WHICH CASE I'M TAKING YOU KNOW, THE ROAD TO THE RIGHT OF THE PARKING LOT AND THEN DOWN AND MAYBE I'M TAKING THAT LITTLE, YOU KNOW, ANGLE AREA NOW I'M ON THE NORTH SIDE AND EVERYTHING AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T FILL IN THE SIDEWALK BUT I, I JUST WONDER IF AS WE THINK ABOUT BEING MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY WE ACTUALLY START TO DO PEDESTRIAN STUDIES MEETING. WE ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WALK IN THESE PLACES, YOU KNOW, BY ASKING I DON'T KNOW PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE OR TRANSIT THERE LIKE MANY MAYBE MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COMMENTED TONIGHT WHO LIVE IN THIS AREA WHO WOULD WALK TO THAT BUS, HOW WOULD THEY DO THAT OR HOW DO PEOPLE WHO COME TO CHURCH ACTUALLY GET OFF THE BUS AND COME TO CHURCH LIKE I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO THINK ABOUT THAT AS WE DO THESE KINDS OF THINGS. AND SO I'D LIKE TO TO YOU KNOW, ASK YOU KNOW, ARE WE ARE WE CAPABLE OF DOING THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AND IF NOT, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR US TO BE MORE CAPABLE OF DOING THAT KIND OF ACTUAL STUDY SO THAT WE CAN ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS MORE OR LESS SPECULATIVELY AND MORE, YOU KNOW, ORIENTED IN LIKE REAL WORLD PATTERNS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED. >> MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. I HAVE ON THE SCREEN THAT STRAIGHT LINE MAP THAT YOU WERE SAYING IS PROBABLY NOT WHAT MOST PEOPLE DO MAYBE I THINK OUR TRAFFIC DIVISION IS VERY OPEN TO IDEAS AND CHANGES AND LIKE MR. ROBERTS PRESENTED ON IN THE FEW SLIDES THAT HE DID, HE SHOWED LIKE A POTENTIAL UPDATE FOR CROSSWALKS, FOR LIGHTING, FOR CROSSWALKS ADDING THAT SIDEWALK CONNECTION. I THINK THERE ARE THINGS THAT STAFF HAVE PUT FORWARD AND THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO DO BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PREDICT EXACTLY LIKE WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE WALKING AND IT MIGHT BE ACROSS THE PARKING LOT BECAUSE IT'S THE SHORTEST POINT FROM POINT A TO POINT B ,I'M NOT SURE THAT I FULLY ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION BUT YOU CAN LET ME KNOW. >> I UNDERSTAND. I JUST THINK I THINK IT'S PERSONALLY I THINK AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT URBANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT HERE I THINK IT'S JUST THAT MAYBE I'LL MAKE A BROADER COMMENT THAT I THINK IT'S A GAP IN OUR IN OUR UNDERSTANDING AND IN OUR IN OUR CAPACITY. WHY IS IT WE ARE WE'RE KIND OF DECIDING AFTER THE FACT WHAT THE PEDESTRIAN FLOW LOOKS LIKE AND I THINK WE CAN BE MORE PURPOSEFUL ABOUT THAT IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT AND SAY LIKE I MEAN WE WE FEEL WE FEEL SUPER CONFIDENT IN OUR ABILITY TO PREDICT TRAFFIC APPARENTLY AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY MODELS OUT THERE THAT HELP WITH PEDESTRIAN FLOW AS WELL AND I'M JUST I GUESS SUGGESTING WE WE START THINKING ABOUT USING THOSE TOOLS BECAUSE WE KEEP DOING THIS RIGHT AND IT'S NOT A CRITIQUE. IT'S JUST IT'S JUST WE KEEP DOING THIS. WE PUT THE BUILDING IN THERE AND THEN WE WATCH WHAT HAPPENS AND I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE CAN BE MORE PLANFUL ABOUT THAT. I GUESS MY SECOND QUESTION WOULD BE YOU KNOW, I, I, I YOU KNOW ANOTHER ANOTHER YOU KNOW, ANOTHER COMMENT ON THE I'M LOOKING YOU KNOW, IF I LOOK AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTIC IN A AND I'M LOOKING AT ALL OF THE THE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT ETC. HERE YOU KNOW TO DATE NONE OF THEM NONE OF THEM COME CLOSE TO THAT THAT SETBACK. >> RIGHT. AND AND I DON'T KNOW IT IT WOULD ALTER THE CHARACTER IS IT CHARACTERIZATION OF THE OF THE OF THE AREA A LOT TO TO HAVE IT SITTING AT 19FT AGAIN AGAIN ON A ROAD THAT WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY PREPARING AT THE SAME TIME TO BE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AND SO I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHAT WHAT WE THINK IS THE JUSTIFICATION OUTSIDE OF LIKE OUR ASPIRATIONAL INTENT, WHAT THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE SETBACK MODIFICATION IS AND THEN THE THIRD QUESTION I GUESS I HAVE IS WHAT WHAT ARE WELL, YOU CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I'LL PASS AND GET THAT ANSWER BEFORE I ASK MY THIRD QUESTION. >> MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. YEAH. SO A LOT OF THE YOU KNOW, FINDINGS AND STUFF THAT I WROTE ABOUT IS ABOUT THE WANTING TO INCREASE WALKABILITY IN THE 98TH STREET AREA PLAN THE LYNDALE AVENUE SUBURBAN RETROFIT WHICH I THINK IS KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF ASPIRATION AND GOALS AS FAR AS LIKE EXAMPLES TO LOOK TO. >> I HAVE ON THE SCREEN OXBOW HEIGHTS AND LYNDALE FLATS WHICH I THINK WERE APPROVED WITHIN THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND THOSE WERE ALSO APPROVED WITH DECREASED SETBACK WITH THAT FLEXIBILITY. AND SO REALLY WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WITH THIS WITH THESE BUILDINGS AND WITH THE PROPOSAL IS CREATING A MORE URBAN LYNDALE THIS PROPERTY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ISN'T EXACTLY WITHIN THE LYNDALE AVENUE SUBURBAN RETRO FIT PLAN BUT IT IS JUST SOUTH OF THERE AND KIND OF ALIGNED WITH THESE BUILDINGS THAT SET BACK KIND OF MATCHES WHAT WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED AND THIS GENERAL AREA ALONG LYNDALE. >> I UNDERSTAND YOUR COMMENT THERE. I YOU KNOW I IT'S INTERESTING I THINK OF THIS THIS AREA OF LYNDALE IS IS A LOT MORE OF A TRANSITION DOWN TO THE RIVER BOTTOMS AND THAT KIND OF THING AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT NECESSARILY FITS THAT PARTICULAR IDEA BUT I GET WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM THERE APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS THAT YOU HAVE THERE. I GUESS MY MY MY THIRD QUESTION IS RELATED TO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON'S QUESTIONS ON ON FINANCING AND THE ORDINANCE ADJUSTMENTS WE'RE WILLING TO MAKE. IS THERE IS THERE GENERAL CONSENSUS I MEAN I KNOW THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THIS. IS THERE GENERAL CONSENSUS THAT THAT WE SHOULD SO TO TO MOVE THIS LIKE EVEN SOME OF THIS AREA FROM FROM WELL LET ME BE MORE COMPREHENSIVE WHY AREN'T WE CONSIDERING A MORE MIXED USE ZONING FUNCTION WHERE YOU COULD GET YOU KNOW GROUND LEVEL RETAIL IN THIS AREA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WHY ARE WE GOING FROM SOMETHING THAT IS BUSINESS AND SOMETHING THAT IS OUR ONE RESIDENTIAL INTO ONLY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DO I AM I NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT CORRECTLY AND IS THERE NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR US TO REZONE THIS INTO A MIXED USE MORE OF A MIXED USE FUNCTION? >> MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO YEAH. THANK YOU SO THE FIVE OF THESE PROPERTIES HAD ALREADY BEEN GUIDED FOR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND HAD HAVE BEEN FOR SEVERAL ITERATIONS OF THE COMP PLAN AND THEN WITH THE LIKE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING BEHIND IT AND THE GUIDANCE FOR THOSE YOU KNOW WE FELT THAT HOUSING AND HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL HOUSING IS KIND OF WHAT FIT BEST BECAUSE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GUIDANCE. >> OKAY. SO IF YOU CAN HOLD ON COUNCILMEMBER NICK JOHNSON I THINK IS GOING TO JUMP IN WITH AN ANSWER HERE. >> OH, THANKS. THANKS VERY YEAH THANK YOU MAYOR AND COME YEAH APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU MARION COUNCILMAN AND ALSO I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION CERTAINLY THERE'S A LOT OF RETAIL IN THE AREA AND I THINK IF THE DEVELOPER WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO IT AS WELL, THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES WITH CREATING MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PARTICULARLY MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WITH AFFORDABILITY COMPONENTS ON TOP OF THEM. SO AS FAR AS THIS SITE EMILY MENTIONED, IT'S LONG STANDING GAINS OF HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. CERTAINLY THERE IS A TRANSITION WHERE THIS CORRIDOR THIS AREA SOUTH OF 98TH GOES FROM RETAIL TO MORE RESIDENTIAL AND SO GIVEN THE GUIDANCE OF THE PARCELS TO THE SOUTH THAT JUST MADE MORE SENSE TO TO PACKAGE THE WIXAMS SITE WITH THOSE OTHER PARCELS THAT WERE ALREADY GATED HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. SO HOPEFULLY THAT MAKES SOME SENSE AS FAR AS THE SAID CAN I MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT ABOUT THE SETBACK TOO? I KNOW WE'VE BEEN GETTING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SETBACKS AND SOME OF THE FLEXIBILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED MORE RECENTLY. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT TO COUNCIL THAT ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN THERE IS A PROJECT TO STUDY OUR SETBACK REQUIREMENTS CURRENTLY IN OUR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. THE SETBACK REQUIREMENT IS 40FT AND YOU KNOW WHAT MAY OR MAY HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATE 20 YEARS AGO WHEN THOSE DISTRICTS WERE CREATED. I THINK WE'RE FINDING THAT THERE ARE SOME WEAKNESSES OF THOSE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING FROM OUR VERY OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO ACTUALLY DON'T LIKE HAVING THE BUILDING SO FAR AWAY FROM THE STREET WHERE THEY CAN DEPLOY A LADDER TRUCK FROM THE ROAD. AND SO IN ADDITION TO IMPROVED PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, LESS IMPERVIOUS SURFACE TO GET TO THE BUILDING SOME OF THOSE THINGS I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT'S UNDER ONGOING STUDY LATER ON THIS YEAR. SO IF I CAN JUST MAKE THOSE POINTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS. >> ANYTHING ELSE, COUNCILMEMBER ALESSANDRA? I'M ALL THAT. >> THANKS. THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD AND THEN I HEARD I THINK FROM MR. MCGRAW WAS WAS THE NO THE IDEA OF BOTH THE SIZE THE SCALE. BUT I THINK HE WAS ALSO REFERRING TO I THINK THE THE STEP UP OF THE BUILDING ITSELF . COULD YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT WHY THERE WERE SOME DEVIATIONS ALLOWED IN TERMS OF THE THE THE SCALE AND THE SETBACKS? MAYOR YEAH. ARE YOU REFERRING WHEN YOU SAY THE STEP UP LIKE THE HEIGHT, THE STEP UP? SO I KNOW WE DO HAVE WE'VE GOT SOMETHING IN OUR CODE ABOUT STEP UPS DEPENDING ON WHAT IT'S NEXT TO. >> OH YEAH SO I BELIEVE 2 OR 3 WEEKS AGO YOU ALL APPROVED A CHANGE TO THE ZONING CODE RELATED TO HEIGHT. SO PREVIOUSLY WHEN THIS APPLICATION WENT TO PLANNING COMMISSION WE THEY WERE REQUESTING FLEXIBILITY FOR A STEP BACK FROM PROTECTED RESIDENTIAL USES WHICH WOULD HAVE APPLIED IN THIS CASE THE ORDINANCE CHANGED THAT TO I BELIEVE ONLY A LOW DENSITY GUIDED AND SO THEREFORE THAT IS NO LONGER REQUIRED IN THIS SITUATION. THE ORDINANCE ALSO CHANGED THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT WHICH I DON'T REMEMBER NOW IF IT'S 60 OR 80FT EITHER WAY THE FLEXIBILITY AND INCENTIVES FOR HEIGHT ARE NO LONGER APPLICABLE FOR THIS APPLICATION AFTER THE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED A FEW WEEKS AGO. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU AND NOTHING AND THANK YOU EXCUSE ME WHEN I WAS UP AT I'M SORRY IF YOU WANT IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO SPEAK. I MEAN WE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BUT IF YOU'VE GOT A CONCERNED ABOUT THE CRIME WITH THE AMOUNT OF THE SO SO THE CRIME OKAY WELL WELL LET'S LET'S ADDRESS THAT LET'S LET'S TALK ABOUT THE THE TWO APARTMENT COMPLEXES WE HAVE ON THE SCREEN OXBOW HEIGHTS AND LYNDALE FLATS. AND I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK NECESSARILY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY INDICATION WHAT THE WHAT THE IMPACT OF THESE TWO FAIRLY LARGE RIGHT ON LYNDALE AVENUE PROPERTIES HAVE HAD ON ON CRIME IN THE AREA? >> MAYOR THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. I'LL LET NICK TRY THAT ONE. I DON'T KNOW. MAYOR I CERTAINLY COULD DEFER TO DEPUTY CHIEF BETTANY BUT I'M SURE HE'S A LITTLE BIT UNPREPARED TO SPEAK TO THE EXACT IMPACTS OF LYNDALE FLATS AND OXBOW HEIGHTS. THE ONE THING I'LL SAY AND ANOTHER IT'S ANOTHER REASON IN PLANNING COMMUNITIES WHY THEY ADVOCATE TO HAVE BUILDINGS CLOSER TO THE STREET IS THAT IT'S MORE EYES ON THE STREET. SO THERE IS A CONCEPT OF CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN. SEPTEMBER SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF THAT. ONE OF THE KEY FACTORS IN REDUCING CRIME IS GETTING MORE PEOPLE AROUND BEAR WITNESS OR TO SHOW A PRESENCE AROUND AREAS. SO CRIME OFTEN HAPPENS IN DARK UNLIT AREAS WITH LESS PEOPLE AND SO BRINGING BUILDINGS CLOSER TO THE STREET ACTUALLY BRINGS MORE BEARS MORE WITNESS BEARS MORE PEOPLE TO PREVENT CRIME. SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THESE SPECIFIC AREAS AND THE IMPACTS THAT THESE PROJECTS HAVE HAD BUT AS AS THE PLANNING MANAGER I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ANECDOTALLY THAT'S BEEN NEGATIVE IN THAT REGARD. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THAT. YEAH. COUNSEL ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ARE WE READY TO GET INTO DISCUSSION HERE? VERY WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION AND ANSWERING THE QUESTION. COUNSEL I, I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE RESIDENTS AND AND SHARE WITH THEM ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE CONCERNS ESPECIALLY ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. WE DO HAVE OTHER HIGH DENSITY LARGE UNITS ON LYNDALE AVENUE AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THOSE PEDESTRIAN ISSUES THAT I HAVE HEARD OF. PERHAPS THERE ARE SOME BUT NOT THAT I HAVE HEARD OF. SO I DO THINK WE COULD CONTINUE TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK FROM A CITY STANDPOINT ABOUT HOW WE COULD WORK TO IMPROVE THOSE WHETHER IT'S EXPANDING THE SIDEWALKS AS DISCUSSED THROUGH SOME OF THE THE CHANGES THAT MR. ROBERTS DISCUSSED. I THINK ALSO FROM FROM DESIGN THERE ARE THINGS THAT THEY CAN BE DONE AT NATIVITY TO TO PREVENT CUT THROUGH IF THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT TO DISCOURAGE CUT THROUGH TO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO IS POINT I MEAN THE THE RULE OF THUMB ON CAMPUS WAS DON'T PUT A SIDEWALK IN UNTIL YOU SEE WHERE THE GRASS IS DEAD AND THAT'S WHERE WE PUT THE SIDEWALKS IN AND I THINK THAT MAKES GOOD SENSE AND WE COULD TAKE A BIT OF LESSON FROM THAT I THINK TO NOT ONLY LOOK AT WHERE THE PEDESTRIANS ARE BUT THEN TO TO TRY AND MODIFY BEHAVIOR OR PATH DEPENDING ON WHETHER IT'S A POSITIVE OR A NEGATIVE THING. AND SO I THINK WE COULD DEFINITELY DO THAT THAT ALL OF THAT BEING SAID THIS FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES NOW HAS BEEN A HAS BEEN PUSHED IN THE DIRECTION OF HIGH DENSITY HOUSING AND I DO THINK THAT IT IS A IS AN APPROPRIATE USE WITH CONSIDERING WHERE IT IS ON LYNDALE IT DOES TRANSITION AND PUSHES INTO THE TRANSITION BUT WITH THE CHURCH AND SCHOOL ACROSS THE STREET WITH WITH SIGNIFICANT RETAIL JUST IN THE NORTH WITH OTHER HIGH DENSITY WITH WITH OTHER MULTIPLE MULTIFAMILY UNITS JUST ACROSS LYNDALE AVENUE I DON'T THINK IT'S OUT OF LINE TO TO THINK THAT THIS COULD BE A SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND WELL DONE IN THIS AREA. AND AGAIN TO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, HIS QUESTION ABOUT MIXED USE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA EXCEPT FOR ALL OF THE ALL OF THE RETAIL JUST TO THE NORTH AND THE THE MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF OPEN BUSINESSES THAT OPEN STOREFRONTS IN THAT AREA THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE A WORTHWHILE OR A PROFITABLE VENTURE TO GET INTO ESPECIALLY HERE SO ALL IN ALL I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THIS AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE OUR OUR CITY STAFF AND OUR TRAFFIC AND OR OUR OUR FOLKS TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THIS. BUT I DO THINK THIS THIS PROPOSAL MEETS THE MEETS THE GOALS OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO TO ACCOMPLISH AND I THINK IT MEETS THEM IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT WILL FIT IN WELL WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COULD BE A SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. MY $0.02 OTHERS. COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST A QUICK COMMENT TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF THAT. I THINK I ACTUALLY SAW THIS SUMMER IN THE PACKET SOME STEALING SOMEONE ELSE'S LANGUAGE JUST TO BE CLEAR. BUT I JUST TO BE CLEAR, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS AS IT STANDS CURRENTLY IT SHOULD SAY BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE IN BLOOMINGTON TO BE ABLE TO LIVE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. RIGHT. AND SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND IT'S GOOD THAT WE ENCOURAGE FOLKS TEACHERS, COPS, YOU KNOW, NURSES, EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO TO WORK HERE AND LIVE HERE AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT. I DID WANT TO TOUCH ON COUNCILMEMBER NELSON'S QUESTION ABOUT SUPPORT SERVICES AND I DO KNOW THAT THERE'S HOUSING PROVIDERS HERE IN THE MIDWEST TO DO THAT ALREADY COMMON BOND COMMUNITIES IS A REALLY GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT AND IT IS SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF IF WE'RE WE'RE GETTING FOLKS INTO HOUSING WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY STAY HOUSED RIGHT AND THERE CAN CERTAINLY BE BARRIERS FOR FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THAT LEVEL OF SOCIOECONOMIC INSTABILITY. AND SO I JUST WOULD ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPERS TO BE REALLY AWARE OF THAT AND AS ALREADY NOTED THE PEDESTRIAN STUDY I THINK YET LET'S LOOK AT WHERE THE GRASS HAS BEEN WORN AWAY AND THEN TAKE IT FROM THERE. SO THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEP. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YOU KNOW, I, I APPRECIATE THE CONCERNS WITH WHERE THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IS GOING TO GO. I UNFORTUNATELY DON'T THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE A WHERE PATH IN THE GRASS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH THE PARKING LOT. YOU KNOW, JUST BASIC MATH IF YOU TRAVERSE AT AN ANGLE THAT'S SHORTER, YOU KNOW, PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT SO SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND SO YOU KNOW, I DO THINK THAT THAT IS A LEGITIMATE CONCERN AND I DO HOPE THAT THE CITY WILL TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO IN TERMS OF EVEN LIKE PLANTING OF SHRUBS AND TREES ALONG THERE TO JUST MAKE IT HARDER TO GET THROUGH THERE. I THINK THE WINTER MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY A BIG SNOW BANK WHEN WE PLOW THOSE SIDEWALKS SO YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO STAY MORE ON THE SIDEWALK IN THE WINTER. SO I DO HEAR THAT CONCERN. I DON'T THINK THAT CONCERN IS IMPACTED IN ANY WAY BY THE SETBACK THOUGH. IF WE MOVE THE BUILDING BACK TEN FEET, THE PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO DO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. SO I DON'T KNOW AND I THINK TO MY KNOWLEDGE OF THAT LOOKING AT THIS AND ANYONE CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG THAT IS THE DEVIATION THAT'S BEING REQUESTED IS THE SETBACK. ALL OF THE OTHER ONES THAT SAID THEY DON'T MEET IT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MEET IT. THE NUMBER OF TREES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THE FENCING AND ALL OF THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BRING THE PLAN UP TO COMPLIANCE IF THEY WANT TO PERMIT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. SO THE DEVIATION IS A SETBACK . I LOOKED AT THIS AREA AND DROVE THROUGH IT AND I THINK IF YOU JUST DON'T GO THAT FAR NORTH I THINK EVEN SUMMER HOUSE IS FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE SIDEWALK ON LYNDALE. DULUTH TRADING I BELIEVE IS VERY CLOSE AS IS THE STRIP MALL. THEY'RE THE ONES KIND OF IN BETWEEN THERE SET BACK A LITTLE BIT MORE OTHER THAN POTENTIALLY THE COVERED ENTRY AT THE GILL BROTHERS THERE. SO I DON'T KNOW THEIR DISTANCE THAT SETBACK BUT YOU KNOW SO THIS IS NOT AN UNUSUAL SETBACK FOR THAT IMMEDIATE AREA AS WELL. SO GIVEN THAT THAT'S THE ONLY DEVIATION FROM THAT'S BEING REQUESTED, I DON'T SEE A REASON TO NOT APPROVE THIS. I WILL TELL YOU I'M VERY SKEPTICAL OF THE TIFF AND I'M NOT SUPER THRILLED THAT WE HAD AN APPLICATION THAT SAID THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO THAT AND THEN NOW I HEAR THAT THEY ARE I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW, HOW THAT GOT SIGNED AND SUBMITTED WHEN THAT'S NOT THE REALITY AND I PREFER TO HAVE THE ACTUAL REALITY SUBMITTED ON THE FRONT END SO THAT WE KNOW THAT SITUATION SO BECAUSE AS I'VE EXPRESSED BEFORE I AM GROWING SKEPTICAL OF UTILIZING TIFF ALL THE TIME FOR HOUSING AND I'M A HUGE FAN OF HOUSING BUT MAYBE IF THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO SUPPORT THAT MIX MAYBE WE CHANGE THE MIX A LITTLE BIT SO BUT AT THIS POINT I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO NOT MOVE FORWARD AT THIS APPROVAL BASED ON THE INFORMATION I'VE SEEN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SO IF THERE'S NO MORE COMMENT ON THIS I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON ITEM 4.1 AND WE HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT MOTIONS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE MADE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERTSON THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. SO DO I JUST READ IT ALONE? YES PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. ONE BY ONE. ONE BY ONE. ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026A RESOLUTION APPROVING A COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE GUIDE PLAN AMENDMENT TO RE GUIDE 9955 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH FROM GENERAL BUSINESS TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THEN JUST KEEP GOING PERFECT. WE NEED WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS ONE. THANK YOU. WE'LL NEED A SECOND SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING A COMPREHENSIVE OF LAND PLEASE LAND USE GUIDE PLAN AMENDMENT TO RE GUIDE 9995 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH FROM GENERAL BUSINESS TO HIGH DENSITY HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS DALLESSANDRO I PREVIOUS I NELSON ROBERTSON I CARTER I HEREBY SEE I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO I'LL TOMMY ROBERTSON THANK YOU MAYOR I MOVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF THE ADOPTED ORDINANCE REZONING 9955 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH FROM TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO R M 50 PD MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL FAMILY PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND 1001100910012I THINK I SAID THAT WRONG EXCUSE ME 10001100091001710027 AND 10029 LINDA AVENUE SOUTH YOU WANT TO STOP ME DANG IT. SO CLOSE. THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO TALK TO YOU. YEAH, I'LL JUST POP IT OUT ANYWAYS. OKAY. PARDON ME FRIENDS AND ORDINANCE REZONING 1955 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH FROM B-2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO ROOM 50 PIEDMONT MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND 10001100091001710027 AND 10029 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH FROM R ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO R M 50 PD MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CAN I CAN MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTS AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS BIANCA TAYLOR SANDRA I REVERSE I'M ALLISON ROBERTSON I CARTER I HEREBY SEE I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON ALL RIGHT THANK YOU MAYOR MY APOLOGIES I'LL NOW READ THE CORRECT ONE. I MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF THE ADOPTED ORDINANCE REZONING. >> IS THIS CORRECT? THE SAME PERFECT REZONING 9955 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH FROM B TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO OUR M 50 PD MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND 10001100091001710027 AND 10029 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH FROM R ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO R M 50 PD MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PLANNED DEVELOPMENT MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION ON ITEM 4.1 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS COME TELL SANDRA I REVERSE HI NELSON ROBERTSON I CARTER I'M VERY BUSY I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO THANK YOU MAYOR NELSON ROBERTSON ALL RIGHT TWO MORE AND I MOVE TO APPROVE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR A FOUR STORY 180 UNIT MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AT 9955 10001100091001710027 AND 10029 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS AND CODE REQUIREMENTS ATTACHED TO STAFF REPORT THE STAFFER SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTS AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO APPROVE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS OUTCOME TO ALESSANDRA I GRIEVOUS NELSON ROBERTSON I CARTER MARY MASSIE I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON ONE MORE THANK YOU MAYOR I MOVE TO APPROVE A TYPE THREE PRELIMINARY PLAT AND ADOPT RESOLUTION 202. I'LL SKIP THAT PART A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT TO COMBINE 9955 10001100031001710027 AND 10029 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH INTO ONE LOT SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE RESOLUTION IS THAT ROUND 1609 YES I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT THANK YOU. I THINK YOU SAID 10003 BUT IN FACT IT'S 10009. MY APOLOGIES. >> I'LL CORRECT MYSELF TO COMBINE 1000 NINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THEN I'LL SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTS AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT TO COMBINE THE PROPERTIES LISTED INTO ONE LOT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE RESOLUTION. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS BIANCA DA SANDRA I REVERSE I NELSON ROBERTSON I CARTER MARY MARCY I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANKS TO THE NEIGHBORS WHO CAME FORWARD AND EXPRESSED CONCERNS THANKS TO OUR CITY STAFF FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TO SEEING THIS MOVE FORWARD AND TO FIT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO BE A GOOD PART OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING. THIS IS ITEM 4.2 PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING PHASE TWO ORDINANCE. DAKOTA CASTING DAY FROM OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS HERE. >> GOOD EVENING. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL JUMP RIGHT IN. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, WE'RE REFERRING SOMETIMES IT'S REFERRED TO AS GENERAL DENSITY HOUSING. SO WE'RE REFERRING TO HOUSING THAT FITS BETWEEN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND A LARGER APARTMENT BUILDING. IT'S OFTEN REFERRED TO AS MISSING BECAUSE THERE'S JUST AN UNDERSUPPLY OF THIS TYPE OF HOUSING FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS SOME OF THAT BEING ZONING CODE AND MANY CITIES JUST OUTRIGHT PROHIBIT THESE KINDS OF HOUSING TYPES. AND SO I'LL KIND OF GO INTO DETAIL ON THE SPECIFIC MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TYPES ARE EXPLORING WITH THIS ORDINANCE WHY WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING SO MUCH ON MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING . IT'S REALLY WE SEE IT AS A KEY PRIORITY TO ENSURE BLOOMINGTON CONTINUES TO LEAD IN HOUSING FOR THE REGION. THE MINNEAPOLIS FED ESTIMATES THAT ABOUT 18,000 NEW HOUSING UNITS NEED TO BE BUILT PER YEAR IN THE METRO TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND. AND SO MANY CITIES ARE LOOKING AT ALLOWING MORE HOUSING TYPES IN THESE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TYPES AS ONE STRATEGY TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING. AS I MENTIONED, THESE HOUSING TYPES ARE OFTEN OF A FORM AND SCALE THAT'S COMPATIBLE WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND CAN SUPPORT INFILL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES IN A COMMUNITY LIKE BLOOMINGTON THAT'S PRETTY FULLY DEVELOPED AND IF WE ACHIEVE OUR GOAL TO INCREASE THE VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES FOR ALL PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF LIFE, HOPEFULLY WE CAN POSITIVELY IMPACT HOUSING AVAILABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY FROM OUR MOST RECENT COMMUNITY SURVEY THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY DONE BY THE CENSUS BUREAU ABOUT 33% OF HOUSEHOLDS IN BLOOMINGTON LIVE ALONE. AN ADDITIONAL 34% ARE FAMILIES WITHOUT CHILDREN AND SO MANY OF THOSE SINGLE OR TWO PERSON HOUSEHOLDS MAY NOT WANT OR NEED A SINGLE FAMILY HOME OR A STUDIO APARTMENT. BUT OFTENTIMES THOSE ARE THE CHOICES THAT THEY HAVE TO LIVE. AND SO THIS BY ALLOWING MORE DIFFERENT MISSING MIDDLE TYPES WE'RE PROVIDING MORE FLEXIBILITY AND CHOICE FOR RESIDENTS. WE'RE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO AGE IN PLACE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF STATE LEGISLATION PROPOSED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS LOOKING AT INCREASING THE HOUSING SUPPLY AS SOME LEGISLATORS FEEL CITIES AREN'T DOING ENOUGH TO INCREASE THE HOUSING SUPPLY. AND SO I'M NOT READING THROUGH ALL OF THESE MORE JUST AS A REFERENCE THAT AS THESE HAVE BEEN PRODUCED INTRODUCED AT THE LEGISLATURE OUR PROJECT IS KIND OF PAUSED AND STARTED UP AGAIN. WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE WHERE SOME OF THIS WILL GO THIS LEGISLATIVE CYCLE SO WE AS STAFF HAD DECIDED TO KIND OF CONTINUE THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD, KIND OF MAKE OUR VERSION OF THIS HOPEFULLY AS AN EXAMPLE. BUT THEN OF COURSE IF THINGS CHANGE AT THE STATE LEVEL WE MAY NEED TO KIND OF TWEAK WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE TO MEET STATE REQUIREMENTS. AND SO WITH THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IT DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS. IT ESTABLISHES THE DEFINITIONS, USE ALLOWANCES FOR AND ZONING POWERS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR A VARIETY OF NEW MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TYPES THAT I'LL SHOW ON THE NEXT SLIDE SOME MORE KIND OF WONKY ZONING THINGS IT RENAMES OUR THREE ZONING DISTRICT TO THE TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL FROM TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO MIDDLE HOUSING RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AND THEN UPDATES R M 12 TO THE R M 15 ZONING DISTRICT SO THE FIVE NEW HOUSING TYPES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THIS ORDINANCE ARE A THREE FAMILY DWELLING, A FOUR PLEX COTTAGE COURT, A MULTIPLEX AS WELL AS DETACHED TOWNHOMES. MOST OF THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS THAT ARE IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE ARE THINGS LIKE SETBACKS. WE'RE LOOKING AT DENSITY THRESHOLD FOR AREA PARKING, LIGHTING, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO THESE ARE KIND OF FOR EACH HOUSING TYPE THE MANY AREAS THAT WE LOOKED AT IN THE ORDINANCE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE STUDY SESSIONS WITH THE HRA BOARD, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WITH THE CITY COUNCIL WAS THINKING ABOUT WHERE AND WHAT RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS WE WOULD LIKE THESE HOUSING TYPES TO BE PERMITTED AND THROUGH KIND OF THROUGH THOSE THREE SESSIONS IT SEEMED PRETTY CLEAR THAT FOLKS WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THE DETACHED TOWNHOUSES IN THE R-1 ZONING DISTRICT AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER TYPES WE HAVE FOCUSED ON OUR THREE ARE FOR AN HOUR AND 15 ZONING DISTRICTS. SO THOSE EXISTING DISTRICTS ARE SHOWN HERE ON THE SCREEN. MOST OF THOSE SITES ARE ALREADY DEVELOPED AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS JUST FOR CONSIDERATION OR THE TRADEOFF WITH THIS APPROACH IS THAT IF SOMEONE IS LOOKING TO PROPOSE A MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING PROJECT WILL LIKELY REQUIRE SOME KIND OF REZONING TO ONE OF THESE THREE DISTRICTS. BUT WE WERE KIND OF TAKING THE APPROACH TO EASE INTO THESE HOUSING TYPES IN KIND OF THESE MORE MEDIUM MODERATE DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. I WOULD JUST KIND OF WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE KEY HIGHLIGHTS. SO A THREE FAMILY DOLLAR DWELLING IS A SINGLE STRUCTURE WITH THREE UNITS, A FOURPLEX AS A SINGLE STRUCTURE WITH FOUR UNITS GIVEN THEIR KIND OF BULK AND SCALE WE PRETTY MUCH TREATED THESE THE SAME AND SO THEY'RE KIND OF IN THEIR ARMOR SECTION TOGETHER AND HAVE PRETTY SIMILAR STANDARDS. MUCH OF THE THINGS LIKE SETBACKS FLOOR AREA, SITE AREA THOSE ARE ALL DICTATED BY THE UNDERLYING ZONING DISTRICT AND THEN THERE IS A SEPARATE SECTION THAT WAS CREATED NOW TO HAVE ADDITIONAL USE STANDARDS FOR THESE HOUSING TYPES I WOULD SAY AS STAFF AND KIND OF FEEDBACK FROM THE STUDY SESSION I'M ARE APPROACHING THREE FAMILY DWELLINGS AND FOURPLEX AS SIMILAR TO A SINGLE FAMILY HOME OR A DUPLEX IN THAT THEIR APPROVAL IS A MORE ADMINISTRATIVE APPROACH IF THEY MEET ALL OF OUR ZONING STANDARDS AND THE EXCEPTION IS THAT A THREE FAMILY DWELLING IN THE R ONE ZONING DISTRICT IS A CONDITIONAL USE SO IT WOULD REQUIRE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL AS SITE PLAN APPROVAL FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION OTHERWISE THE THESE TYPES OF THEY'RE IN THE R THREE OR FOR ZONING DISTRICT AND MEET ALL OF THESE CODE REQUIREMENTS AND THEY WOULD BE APPROVED BY THE MINISTRY OF FINAL SITE AND BUILDING PLAN BY STAFF AND THEN GO RIGHT TO A BUILDING PERMIT AS KIND OF ONE OF THE WAYS TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY AND KIND OF STREAMLINE SOME OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR THESE HOUSING TYPES A DETACHED TOWNHOUSE THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD DEFINE THAT AS LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I GET MY WORDS RIGHT THE ARRANGEMENT OF MULTIPLE DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS IN A SINGLE DEVELOPMENT EACH OF THOSE DWELLINGS COULD BE LOCATED ON ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL LOT OR ON A COMMON LOT. THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS IN THE ORDINANCE WERE INTENDED TO ALLOW FLEXIBILITY IN THE LOCATION OF STRUCTURES ON THE SITE AND PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY IN THE SIZE OF THE INDIVIDUAL LOTS TO PROMOTE EFFICIENT USE OF LAND IN A MORE INNOVATIVE SITE DESIGN. SO THESE ARE REALLY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON A TYPICALLY ON A LOT THAT'S SMALLER AND NARROWER THAN WHAT'S CURRENTLY ALLOWED FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. THE OTHER KEY DEFINING THING HERE IS THAT WE WOULD WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF FIVE UNITS BECAUSE IT IS MEANT TO BE PART OF A OF A DEVELOPMENT OTHERWISE THE APPROACH WOULD BE WE SHOULD JUST UPDATE OUR SINGLE FAMILY STANDARDS. SO THIS IS TO TRY TO CREATE THAT DIFFERENT THAT NEED DIFFERENT TYPE AND MAKE IT MORE OF A DEVELOPMENT ON THE APPROVAL SIDE IT WOULD BE A FINAL SITE AND BUILDING PLAN APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IF IT MET ALL OF CODE REQUIREMENTS IF THERE WAS ANY REQUESTED FLEXIBILITY THAT WOULD GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR RECOMMENDATION AND THEN COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL AND THEN IF THERE WAS A REZONING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THAT TOO WOULD GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS A RECOMMENDATION AND THEN TO ALL OF YOU ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL THERE FOR THE PARKING CENTER IS PROBABLY THE OTHER HIGHLIGHT HERE THAT WOULD CHANGE THE PARKING STANDARD FOR ATTACHED TOWNHOMES AND DETACHED TOWNHOMES TO MAKE THEM THE SAME. AND SO WE'D BE GOING AWAY FROM A PARKING STANDARD THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH A NUMBER OF BEDROOMS TO A FLAT KIND OF RATE. I GUESS IF YOU WERE TO THINK ABOUT IT THAT WAY OF TWO SPACES PER DWELLING UNIT AND AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE MUST BE ENCLOSED AND THAT WAS REALLY KIND OF SEEING THE TYPES OF TOWNHOUSE AND DETACHED TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED FOR BLOOMINGTON. TYPICALLY IT'S A TWO CAR GARAGE THAT'S BEING BUILT ON THOSE ON THOSE PROPERTIES. SO IT'S REALLY JUST TO KIND OF MORE ALIGN WITH WHAT THE MARKET IS ALREADY BUILDING FOR THIS KIND OF HOUSING. AND THEN SOME OF THE FEEDBACK FROM THE STUDY SESSION WAS ON SOME OF THESE LARGER DEVELOPMENTS, SOME CONCERN AROUND NOT ENOUGH PARKING FOR GUESTS AND SO THERE IS A GAS PARKING REQUIREMENT THERE AS WELL. SO KIND OF BASICALLY ONE SPACE FOR EVERY FOUR UNITS AND I WOULD SEE IN A TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT TOO IT'S PRETTY TYPICAL THAT THE DRIVEWAY THERE'S DRIVEWAYS FOR EACH OF THE UNITS. THEY CAN ALSO ACCOMMODATE VEHICLES AND KIND OF BE USED FOR THAT THAT PARKING EITHER FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UNIT OR FOR GUESTS AS WELL AND THE NEXT HOUSING TYPE IS THE COTTAGE COURT. AND SO THAT AND THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD DEFINE IT AS THE ARRANGEMENT OF MULTIPLE DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS IN A SINGLE DEVELOPMENT ORIENTED AROUND AN ONSITE COMMON OPEN SPACE OR COURTYARD. SO THAT'S REALLY KIND OF THE KEY DEFINING FEATURE HERE IS THAT THE UNITS ARE ORIENTED KIND OF INWARD INTO THAT INTERIOR COURTYARD VERSUS BEING ORIENTED TOWARDS THE STREET. THE OTHER KEY DEFINING FEATURE HERE IS THAT THE COTTAGE COURT DEVELOPMENTS THEY'RE COTTAGES SO THEY'RE KIND OF MEANT TO BE INTENTIONALLY SMALLER AND SO WE DO HAVE A MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA OF 1500 SQUARE FEET PROPOSED FOR EACH OF THE OF THE COTTAGES BASED ON SOME OF THE FEEDBACK IN STUDY SESSIONS BECAUSE OF THAT ORIENTATION KIND OF MORE INWARD VERSUS THE STREET AND THERE WAS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE KIND OF MIXED REVIEW OF ALLOWING THESE IN THE R-1 DISTRICT AND SO HERE THEY WOULD JUST BE PERMITTED IN OUR 3R4 IN THE ROOM M OUR M 15 ZONING DISTRICTS JUST BECAUSE OF THE KIND OF ORIENTATION INWARD VERSUS THE STREET LIKE AND THEY WON'T NECESSARILY HAVE YOUR KIND OF TRADITIONAL ALL FRONT AND REAR YARD THAT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OFTEN DO AND THEN FINALLY THE MULTIPLEX IS A SINGLE STRUCTURE THAT WOULD HAVE BETWEEN 5 AND 16 UNITS AND THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS HERE WERE INTENDED TO OFFER MORE FLEXIBILITY IN BUILDING DESIGN FOR A SMALLER MULTIFAMILY OR APARTMENT BUILDING AGAIN TRYING TO ENCOURAGE MORE EFFICIENT USE OF THE LAND IN AN INFILL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY. SO WITH THIS THAN OUR MULTIFAMILY DEFINITION THAT WAS CURRENTLY LIKE THREE UNITS OR MORE IS NOW SEVEN WOULD BE PROPOSED TO BE 17 UNITS OR MORE AS A MULTIFAMILY I MEAN SORT OF AGAIN JUST TO OFFER A LOT OF THE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE FOR MULTIFAMILY ARE REALLY KIND OF FOR THOSE LARGER DEVELOPMENTS AND DON'T ALWAYS KIND OF ALIGN OR APPLY TO SOMETHING LIKE A SIX PLEX OR AN EIGHT PLEX THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. SO THE INTENT HERE IS TO CREATE SOME NEW STANDARDS FOR THIS HOUSING TYPE TO HOPEFULLY PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR MORE OF THIS KIND OF HOUSING TO BE BUILT IN THE CITY HERE THEY'D BE PERMITTED IN THE R FOUR AND ARM 15 ZONING DISTRICT THE OTHER KEY THING HERE I THINK FROM THE STUDY SESSION IT'S ONE SPACE PER DWELLING UNIT AND THEN HERE WE HAVE POINT FIVE GUEST SPACE PER DWELLING UNIT JUST BECAUSE THIS IS LIKELY GOING TO BE MORE OF A PARKING LOT THAT YOU SEE VERSUS KIND OF A DRIVEWAY ON A TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD ACCOMMODATE MORE VEHICLES. SO WE WANTED TO INCREASE THAT GUEST PARKING REQUIREMENT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THIS TYPE OF HOUSING LIKE I MENTIONED AS WELL, WE WOULD PROPOSE TO RENAME THE OUR THREE ZONING DISTRICT THAT'S CURRENTLY CALLED THE TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO THE MIDDLE HOUSING RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT JUST TO ALLOW A WIDER VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES THERE . THIS IS A RELATIVELY NEWER ZONING DISTRICT ZONING DISTRICT THAT WAS CREATED SPECIFICALLY FOR TOWNHOUSES. STAFF DID REVIEW JUST GETTING RID OF THE R THREE ZONING DISTRICT AS A WAY TO BETTER CONSOLIDATE OUR RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS BUT ULTIMATELY FELT LIKE JUST KIND OF RENAMING THIS AND ALLOWING A WIDER VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES ALSO JUST ALLOWS US WHILE YES IT HAS MORE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT I GUESS THE TRADEOFF THERE IS IT ALSO PROVIDES US JUST MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR DIFFERENT CONTEXTS SO WE HAVE MORE OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM ON ANY KIND OF INFILL DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD BE PROPOSED. THIS IS LIKE A LITTLE WONKY BUT WE'RE ALSO JUST TRYIN TO GET THESE ZONING DISTRICTS TO BETTER ALIGN WITH THE REQUIREMENTS IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND SO OUR CURRENT 2040 PLAN GUIDES LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREAS BETWEEN 1 AND 12 UNITS AN ACRE AND THEN OUR MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ARE GUIDED BETWEEN 5 AND 15 UNITS AN ACRE AND THE ZONING DISTRICTS JUST AREN'T QUITE ALIGN WITH THOSE AND SO THIS ORDINANCE WOULD BRING THOSE INTO ALIGNMENT TO HAVE OUR THREE ZONING DISTRICT AT 12 UNITS AND THEN OUR FOUR IN OUR 15 TO 15 UNITS AN ACRE AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER MISCELLANEOUS THINGS IN HERE RELATED TO NOT ALLOWING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND THESE TYPES KIND OF GETTING MORE IN THE WEEDS ON SHEDS AND IN SOME OF THOSE LITTLE THINGS THAT KIND OF COME UP WITH WITH HOUSING AND THEN FINALLY JUST KIND OF COVERING SOME OF THE THESE THREE PRIMARY DISTRICTS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT. AGAIN, WE'RE PROPOSING TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM SITE AREA SITE WITH AND LIKE I JUST MENTIONED KIND OF REALIGNING THOSE DENSITY THRESHOLDS AND THE REASON WE WOULD GO FROM 20 WERE WHY WE'RE PROPOSING 20 11,050FT FOR OUR THREE FROM 20,000 IS HAVING A THREE TRIPLEX OR THREE FAMILY DWELLING ON THAT 11,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT GETS YOU AT 12 UNITS AN ACRE. SO THAT'S REALLY LIKE THE BARE MINIMUM LOT THAT YOU COULD EVEN DO TO MEET THE DENSITY THRESHOLD. SO THAT WAS KIND OF OUR BASE. AND THEN JUST TO HELP FURTHER DISTINGUISH THE ZONING DISTRICTS KIND OF CREATED A TIERED APPROACH KIND OF UP FROM THERE. SO GOING TO 20,000 AND THEN 30,000 AND THEN PRETTY SIMILAR TO THE SITE WIDTH TO REDUCING OUR 3 TO 60 AND THEN KIND OF JUST FROM THERE CREATING MORE OF A TIERED SYSTEM ON ON THESE ZONING DISTRICTS FOR THE SETBACK WE'D BE PROPOSING A 20 FOOT SETBACK ALONG THE STREET TO 20 FOOT REAR YARD SETBACK AND THEN TEN FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACK AND THAT REALLY SOME OF THAT CAME FROM LOOKING AT SOME OTHER CITIES ALSO KIND OF ALIGNS WITH OTHER RECENT TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE WHERE THEY'VE REQUESTED FLEXIBILITY WAS AT A 20 FOOT SETBACK ALONG THE STREET AND THEN THAT ALSO STILL ALIGNS WITH OUR REQUIRED LANDSCAPE YARD AND BUFFER AND THE TYPICAL EASEMENTS AND THINGS THAT ARE ALONG A STREET WOULD LIKELY MEAN THE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE AT LEAST 20FT FROM THE STREET ANYWAY. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE LANDED FOR THAT THESE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TYPES. SO THERE'S A LOT THERE. IT'S A LONG ORDINANCE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE OTHERWISE THERE'S MOTIONS THERE ON THE SCREEN. THANK YOU, MR. CASTLE NICK NOT SO THE ONLY QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU MAYOR. THE 20 FOOT SETBACK THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, DOES THAT ALLOW WOULD THAT ALLOW FOR A VEHICLE TO BE PARKED IN THAT DRIVEWAY? MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. I THINK FOR OUR TOWNHOME STANDARDS WE SAY THE DRIVEWAY HAS TO EITHER BE LESS THAN TEN FEET OR LIKE 20FT OR GREATER TO ALLOW A VEHICLE BUT I GUESS IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE THE SITE PLA FOR THIS BECAUSE OF THE VEHICLES LIKE IN AN EASEMENT ARE LIKE BITING RIGHT UP TO THE ROAD WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY ALLOW THAT BUT SO I GUESS IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE CONTEXT OF THE SITE A LITTLE BIT TOO WHERE SOME EXISTING EASEMENTS MIGHT BE BUT WE DO KIND OF SAY FOR ON TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENTS IF THE DRIVEWAY IS AT LEAST 20FT THAT THAT'S SUFFICIENT TO PARK A VEHICLE. OKAY. YEAH. JUST WANT TO CHECK YEAH AND THEN JUST A SO I THINK THESE ARE QUESTIONS THE COTTAGE COURTS YOU DEFINED AS SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES ALONG ALONG AROUND A CENTER COURT BUT THEN YOU RECOMMEND THAT WE DON'T PUT THEM IN SINGLE FAMILY OR ONE ZONING AREAS AND SO I GUESS I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED BY THAT. I UNDERSTAND HOW THEY'RE DIFFERENT BUT THEY ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. YEAH. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH WE DID CONSIDER THAT AND THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY A GROUPING OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON A SINGLE LOT AND I THINK JUST BASED ON KIND OF FEEDBACK FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION, I THINK IT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE MIXED ON WANTING TO ALLOW THIS AND R-1 AS MAYBE THIS IS KIND OF A FIRST STEP JUST BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T YOU KNOW WE DON'T CURRENTLY ALLOW THIS KIND OF HOUSING. SO HOPEFULLY THROUGH THIS WE CAN YOU KNOW, GET AN EXAMPLE OR SEE A PROJECT IN PLACE, GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF IT KIND OF LIKE OUT IN THE WILD AND MAYBE A FUTURE ITERATION TO ALLOW THIS IN R-1 BUT IT WAS REALLY KIND OF JUST BASED ON SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD IN STUDY SESSIONS WHY WE DIDN'T RECOMMENDED AN R ONE RIGHT NOW OKAY I THINK I CAN LIVE WITH THAT. PLUS IF SOMEBODY CAME FORWARD WITH SOMETHING WE DO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REZONE SO AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION THERE WAS IN THE DETACHED TOWNHOMES THERE WAS A PHOTO OF A THREE STORY TOWNHOME AND THAT IS ACTUALLY MY BIGGEST CONCERN THAT THAT WOULD BE PERMITTED IN OUR ONE BECAUSE A THREE STORY HOUSE IS IN MY MIND INCONSISTENT WITH SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL YOU KNOW THAT WOULD BE YOU KNOW SOMEWHERE ELSE I MEAN SIMILAR TO WHAT WE LOOKED AT TONIGHT. SO YEAH. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I WOULD JUST SAY YOU HAVE FOR ALL OF THESE HOUSING TYPES IT RELIES ON THE HEIGHT MAP IS REALLY WHAT'S GOING TO DICTATE THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT. SO IN MOST CASES ON OUR ONE ZONING DISTRICT AND KIND OF BASED ON JUST THE RECENT HEAT MAP AMENDMENTS THAT CAME THROUGH JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO LIKELY NOW JUST HAS A FLAT KIND OF 40FT MAXIMUM HEIGHT. SO WE'VE NOW ALSO HAVE GOTTEN RID OF THE KIND OF STORIES AND HAVE JUST GONE TO NUMBERS AND SO IN MOST CASES A DETACHED TOWNHOUSE IN OUR ONE IS GOING TO HAVE A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 40FT. SO WHETHER THAT IS ONLY TWO STORIES OR IF THEY DO THREE STORIES AS LONG AS IT'S UNDER 40 YOU KNOW, 40FT OR LESS, THAT'S WHAT THE CODE IS GOING TO ALLOW. OKAY. YEAH. SO WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO DO JUST MY QUICK COMMENT IS FLIP FLOP THE COTTAGE COURT AND THE DETACHED TOWNHOMES AND IN TERMS OF THE R-1 ZONING. SO BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THAT HEIGHT BEING INCONSISTENT IN THOSE AREAS EVEN WITH THE HEIGHT MAP SO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS CHIN A UM BASED ON PUBLIC FEEDBACK TO EMPHASIZE EMPHASIZING PARKING CONCERNS YET THE ORDINANCE SETS MINIMUM AS LOW AS ONE SPACE PER UNIT TO SEVERAL TYPES. WHAT TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS WILL ADDRESS POTENTIAL SPILLOVER INTO STREETS? HOW ARE GUESTS PARKING RATIOS CALIBRATED TO AVOID NEIGHBORHOOD DISRUPTIONS? YEAH. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS YEAH SO ON OUR SIDE KIND OF ON PARKING AND INCONSIDERATE ARE ON IN PLANNING AND CODE ENFORCEMENT YOU KNOW WE WOULD ENFORCE WHAT THE MINIMUM IS AS LONG AS THE SITES PROVIDING THAT MINIMUM STANDARD YOU KNOW IT'S THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY A ZONING CODE VIOLATION THERE I GUESS IT ALSO DEPENDS ON THE CONTEXT OF IF THE STREET ALLOWS ON STREET PARKING OR NOT AND IF NOT THEN I BELIEVE THAT'S TYPICALLY HANDLED WITH POLICE AND THEY WOULD KIND OF NAVIGATE THAT WHETHER YOU KNOW IF SOMEONE'S IN VIOLATION OF PARKING ON THE STREET WHEN THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO. I GUESS I WOULD ALSO SAY A LOT OFTENTIMES LIKE DEVELOPERS LIKE THEY'RE ALSO WANTING TO MAKE SURE THESE UNITS ARE MARKETABLE TO PEOPLE. AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT THEY MIGHT DEEM IT WORTHY TO HAVE THE PARKING THAT GOES ABOVE THIS MINIMUM REQUIREMENT TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S PEOPLE ARE GOING TO RENT OR PURCHASE THE UNIT AS WELL. SO IT'S JUST KIND OF IT'S A LOT OF LIKE CONTEXT SPECIFIC THINGS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN. BUT WE DO HAVE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IF IT'S NOT MEETING A CODE STANDARD OR IF THEY'RE VIOLATING A YOU KNOW, PARKING ON THE STREET OR NOT. THERE'S MECHANISMS WE CAN DO TO TRY TO ADDRESS ADDRESS THOSE THINGS. THANK YOU AND TO LET YOU QUOTE THE REST ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCIL NO FURTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.2 COUNCIL LOOKING AT THE CLOCK ON THE WALL I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE EXTEND OUR MEETING NO LATER THAN 945 THIS EVENING. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS. WE'VE GOT TO GET DONE YET DOESN'T MEAN WE NEED TO GO TO 945 BUT TO NO LATER THAN 945. I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION MOTION IN THE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIVAS TO EXTEND OUR MEETING NO LATER THAN 945 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS PRIYANKA TELL SANDRA I RIVAS I NELSON ROBERTSON I CARTER I MAYOR BASI I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AGAIN DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO GO UNTIL I'M LOOKING AT NICK JOHNSON WHERE DID HE GO DOESN'T MEAN WE NEED TO GO TO L TEN 945 BUT WE ARE ABLE TO NOW SO COUNCIL IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OF MR. CARSON DO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.2 THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING PHASE TWO ORDINANCE AND ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK PLEASE COME FORWARD AND UNDERSTAND THE GUIDELINES THAT WE SET FOR THE EARLIER PUBLIC HEARINGS STILL REMAIN FIVE MINUTES. MAKE SURE YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF. WE'LL ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AT THE END AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO ANYBODY IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO THEM 4.2 . GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS MR. MAYOR. STEVE FURLONG AGAIN I'M ACTUALLY HERE FOR TONIGHT AS AN ADVOCATE FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I APPLAUD ALL THE WORK THE PLANNING STAFF HAS DONE TO BRING THIS PROPOSAL MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING PHASE TWO ORDINANCE TO YOU THIS EVENING I HAVE A FEW QUICK HIGH LEVEL MARKET STATS MY THOUGHTS ON AFFORDABILITY THAT THIS ORDINANCE COULD IMPACT AND THOUGHTS ON SOME OF THE PROPOSED CODE ELEMENT CHANGES AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU STEVE'S FORECASTED IMPACT TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO HIGH LEVEL MARKET STATS THE AVERAGE HOME PRICE IN THE TWIN CITIES THIS IS FROM INFILL SPARKS FRIENDLY HELPFUL REAL GOT THIS INFORMATION FOR ME TODAY 445,000 IS THE AVERAGE HOME PRICE AND THE TWIN CITIES AND IN BLOOMINGTON IT'S 377,000. OUR MONTH'S SUPPLY HAS BEEN STUBBORNLY AT ABOUT A TWO MONTH SUPPLY IN THE TWIN CITIES FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. BLOOMINGTON IS A ONE MONTH SUPPLY SO IF EVERYTHING LISTED TODAY EQUALS THE NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS WE HAD LAST MONTH, WE HAVE A ONE MONTH SUPPLY OF HOUSES BLOOMINGTON TODAY THERE ARE 82 ACTIVE LISTINGS THAT ARE EITHER PENDING OR ON THE MARKET AND SEASONALLY ADJUSTED THAT'S ABOUT 125 FOR A CITY OF 90,000 PEOPLE. IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOW NUMBER TO ME. SO MY THOUGHTS ON AFFORDABILITY THE IMPORTANT THING WITH TRIPLEXES DUPLEXES TRIPLEXES AND QUADS IS THAT FOR AGENCY FINANCING FANNIE MAE, FHA, EVEN MINNESOTA HOUSING FINANCING PROGRAMS IS YOU CAN USE THE RENTAL INCOME FROM THE OTHER UNITS TO QUALIFY SO A HOME BUYER WHO'S MAYBE LOOKING AT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE 400,000 THEY COULD AFFORD A $600,000 DUPLEX BECAUSE THEY CAN USE THE RENT FROM THE OTHER UNITS. THAT'S THE IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF MULTIFAMILY HOUSING AND WITH MINNESOTA HOUSING YOU CAN GET DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE TO BUY A DUPLEX. SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER HOMEOWNERSHIP WITH MULTI UNITS. THE ELEMENT OF HAVING THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUIRED FOR ALL TWO UNITS IN OUR ONE I THINK IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA. I THINK IT'S STILL IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS BEFORE WE JUST START PUTTING TRIPLEXES IN EVERYWHERE. THOUGHTS ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES INFILL IS A UNIQUE ANIMAL ON EVERY SITE AND SO HAVING SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THE CODE TO BE ABLE TO DO THINGS LIKE HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY UNIT AS PART OF A LARGER DEVELOPMENT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF THE CORNER OF THE LOT DOESN'T FIT EVERYTHING ELSE AND IF YOU CAN GET ONE EXTRA UNIT IN THERE AND THESE PROJECTS ONE EXTRA UNIT CAN MAKE OR BREAK THAT ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF THAT PROJECT. SO SO HAVING SOME FLEXIBILITY I LIKED THAT PART AS I READ THROUGH IT. NUMBER NUMBER FOUR THEN STEVE'S FORECASTED IMPACT IF WE GO BACK TO JUNE 2023 WHEN WHEN BLOOMINGTON MADE THE CODE CHANGES TO ALL THE DIFFERENT R-1 SETBACKS AND ELIMINATING THE PREVAILING AND MEDIAN SITE WITH AND ALL THAT STUFF SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO SEE BULLDOZERS ALL OVER TOWN AND WE REALLY DIDN'T. THE ECONOMICS BEHIND DEVELOPMENT ARE MORE CHALLENGING TODAY THAN THEY'VE BEEN JUST TO BUILD A BASIC SINGLE FAMILY HOME THE STICKS AND THE BRICKS IS 350,000 MINIMUM. YOU ADD THE LAND COST TO THAT THE SOFT COSTS THE RISK AND IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO TO CREATE A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING UNIT FOR UNDER A HALF MILLION DOLLARS ANYMORE BUT BEING ABLE TO DO A TRIPLEX ARE COMPLEX THAT COULD CHANGE ALL THOSE ECONOMIC FACTORS. SO I SUPPORT ANY INITIATIVE THAT FOSTERS ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE MORE ATTAINABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP AND ENCOURAGE ADDITIONAL WORK ON THIS BEYOND THESE PROPOSALS TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. FURLONG. ANYONE ELSE IN THE CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK PRIORITY? DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE? MARY I DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ON LINE. >> LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY SPEAKING ON ITEM 4.2 MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING PHASE TWO ORDINANCE COUNCIL NO ONE IN THE CHAMBER IS COMING FORWARD. NO ONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.2. I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING SECOND MOTION MO COUNCILMEMBER REVISED SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN ITEM 4.2 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS RECAP TO ALESSANDRA I GRIEVOUS ALL RIGHT NELSON ALL RIGHT. ROBERTSON I CARTER MARY BESSIE I MOTION CARRIES SIX YEAR OLD CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING SO COUNCIL THOUGHTS ON THIS I WILL SAY THIS IS IT'S IN LINE WITH THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF STUDY SESSIONS ON THIS. WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS OVER THE COURSE OF A FEW MONTHS ABOUT WHERE TO HEAD WITH THIS AND I THINK THE STAFF HAS REFLECTED SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD WITH PERHAPS SOME TWEAKS LIKE COUNCILMEMBER NELSON BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF FLIP FLOPPING. A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE AND THERE OR DEPENDING ON HEIGHT OR HOW THE USE OF THE COTTAGE STYLE DEVELOPMENT MIGHT COME REGARDING HEIGHT I DON'T CARE IF IT'S A 2 OR 3 STORY BUILDING I CAN TAKE YOU AND SHOW YOU TWO STORY HOUSES HERE IN BLOOMINGTON THAT ARE THAT ARE PROBABLY TALLER THAN A LOT OF THREE STORY BUILDINGS MIGHT BE. SO I AGREE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY GO WITH THE NUMBER OF FLOORS BUT WE'D RATHER GO WITH THE OVERALL HEIGHT AND THE HEIGHT STANDARD THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. I DO LIKE THE CREATIVITY INVOLVED IN THIS. I OFTEN WONDER HOW MANY WE'VE MISSED OR HOW MANY MISSED OPPORTUNITIES THERE HAVE BEEN OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THIS TYPE OF HOUSING AVAILABLE IN BLOOMINGTON. AND THE WEIRD PART IS IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD AT SOMEWHERE AT ONE POINT IT WAS THE THING TO DO. WE HAVE PLENTY OF TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENTS, WE HAVE PLENTY OF DUPLEXES AND SO ON AND THEN THEY JUST WENT AWAY AND I THINK WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO BRING THIS BACK AS A AS AN OPTION AS A POSSIBILITY TO USE THEM AS INFILL POSSIBILITIES, TO USE THEM AS YOU KNOW YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE JUST APPROVED EARLIER, WHAT WOULD THAT HAVE LOOKED LIKE WITH A WITH A MISSING MIDDLE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT ON IT? IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL WE HAVE THIS ON THE BOOKS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THIS AND PUT THIS TO USE AND WE'LL SEE WHERE WE ARE FROM THERE. BUT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD A GOOD START FOR US. I THINK UNDERSTANDING THIS IS PROBABLY A LIVING AND BREATHING DOCUMENT. WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK TO MR. FURLONG'S POINT. BULLDOZERS AREN'T COMING IN TOMORROW TO CLEAR SPOTS FOR ALL OF THESE AND SO THIS IS A LONGER TERM KIND OF PROSPECT FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. BUT I THINK IT'S ONE MORE PIECE THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND SEE WHERE WE CAN END UP AS A COMMUNITY AND WHERE WE CAN MOVE THAT NEEDLE TOWARD OUR HOUSING GOALS HERE IN THE CITY. SOME OF YOUR THOUGHTS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANKS MR. MAYOR. SO YEAH, I, I AGREE. I GREW UP IN A HOME THAT LOOKS A LOT LIKE THOSE TOWNHOUSES AND YOU KNOW, FOUR FEET BETWEEN ME AND MY NEIGHBOR WAS NO ISSUE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHY WE GOT RID OF DOING THESE BEFORE I THINK KNICKERBOCKERS AND OTHER VERY COOL LIKE BROWNSTONES AND NEW YORK AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE ARE ALL VERY, VERY COOL KINDS OF HOUSING AND THEY'VE NOT STOPPED PEOPLE FROM MAKING MONEY ON SELLING HOUSES BY DOING THEM. SO I'M GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE. I'LL SAY TWO THINGS THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT. ONE, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET BETTER AT PROACTIVE COMMERCE ATIONS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS WHEN WHEN SOMETHING IS FUNDAMENTALLY GOING TO CHANGE. SO IF YOU HAVE A R-1 THIS DISTRICT TODAY AND YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE IT INTO ONE OF THESE I THINK IT'S FAIR TO TELL THEM IN ADVANCE I DON'T THINK I THINK WHAT WE'VE DONE IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES RECENTLY EVEN WITH DUPLEXES HOW HAVE WE DONE ALL THE WORK ON THE INSIDE IN THE PLANNING AND THE PERSON GOES TOGETHER AND THEN THERE'S THIS THING AT THE END WHICH IS LIKE THIS NOTIFICATION TOWARDS THE BACK END OF LIKE FINAL EVERYTHING AND YOU KNOW HALF OF THE PROBLEM THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED IN TALKING WITH NEIGHBORS IS THAT THEY WISH THEY KNEW SOONER NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO PREVENT IT BUT BECAUSE THEY FEEL BLINDSIDED BY A MAJOR CHANGE TO THEIR COMMUNITY. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO THINK ABOUT THAT SO AS WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THESE THINGS, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE SET IN MOTION THE ABILITY FOR US TO COMMUNICATE TO OUR NEIGHBORS AS AS THESE THINGS ARE COMING TO US AND EARLIER ON AND JUST RELYING ON SOME NOTIFICATION IN THE PAPER THAT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO COME TO A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING THAT THEY'VE NEVER COME TO BEFORE IN THEIR ENTIRE LIFE IS PROBABLY NOT SUFFICIENT IF AS WE'RE TRYING TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE HERE QUITE LITERALLY. >> SO THAT WOULD BECOME A NUMBER ONE COMMENT. NUMBER TWO IS AND I GUESS AS AN ASIDE TO THE EXTENT THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THE CHANGE THAT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON WAS RECOMMENDING, I'D BE ALL FOR THAT IF WE WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE TABLE SWAPPING THAT OUT . THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MAKE NOTE OF IS THAT THE THE THE THE IDEA THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS CAN BE ACCELERATED EVEN FURTHER THROUGH A COUPLE OF INITIATIVES I'VE SEEN IN THE WORLD THAT I'D LIKE TO THE COUNCIL OR THE THE THE TEAM TO CONSIDER RIGHT IF WE IF WE LIKE THE WAY THAT CERTAIN THINGS LOOK AND WE KNOW THE AREA THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO IN, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF WAYS YOU CAN FAST TRACK THINGS BY HAVING PLANS KIND OF READILY DEVELOPED SO I KNOW A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I SAID SOMETHING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING ON IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA WHERE IF YOU GO INTO THE INTO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND YOU'RE LIKE YEAH, I'LL TAKE THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. I'LL MAKE FOUR OF THOSE AND TWO OF THOSE AND THREE OF THOSE OVER THERE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEM BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE HOW THEY'RE BEING BUILT, THE SIZE, THE DIMENSIONS, THE CODE COMPLIANCE, THE MATERIALS, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT THEY GET DONE IN LIKE HALF THE TIME AND SO I'D LIKE US TO CONSIDER GOING A STEP BEYOND CHANGING ZONING AND TRY TO MAKE MAYBE PUT OUT SOME THINGS AND YOU CAN MAKE THEM NEIGHBORHOOD APPROVE THEM RIGHT SO THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY BUY INTO THE IDEA THAT THESE ARE THE KINDS OF HOUSES THAT HAVE COME TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN WE'RE READY FOR THEM. SO I THROW THAT OUT THERE AS ANOTHER WAY TO DO THIS BECAUSE I KNOW I JUST THINK WE'RE NOT GOING FAST ENOUGH. I THINK EVERYBODY AGREES THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING ALL THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. BUT I THINK THE EXECUTION OF PERMITS AND AND CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO BE THE HARDEST PART OF THIS EVEN AS MR. FURLONG SAID. >> SO THE MORE WE CAN MAKE THAT EASY THE BETTER OFF WE'LL BE AS WELL. THANKS. THANK YOU. ONCE MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER RIOS JUST A QUICK COMMENT ECHO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO HAS COMMENTED ON THAT HAVING BEEN PRE DETERMINED ORDINANCES FOR CONSTRUCTION. I WAS READING AN ARTICLE FROM THE NATIONAL LEGAL CITIES TODAY AND THEY WERE SUGGESTING THAT YOU KNOW THAT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR CITIES THAT ARE INCREASING INCREASINGLY HAVING ISSUES WITH HOUSING. SO THAT WILL BE A GREAT THING TO IMPLEMENT IF WE COULD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION OR ON THE THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN FRONT OF US HERE? IF NOT COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON ITEM 4.2. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, JUST AS QUICK QUESTION IF THERE'S SUPPORT FOR ANY OF THE CHANGES THAT I MADE. IF NOT, THEN I THINK WE JUST MOVE FORWARD AS IS OR OTHERWISE WE MODIFY IT. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S PEOPLE WANTING TO DO THAT SOUND LIKE COUNCILMAN DALLESSANDRO WAS OPEN TO IT BUT I'D BE FINE WITH IT. I THINK YOUR COMMENT EARLIER WE COULD ALWAYS MAKE CHANGES YOU KNOW WE ALWAYS REZONE IF WE WANTED TO AND I THINK ALSO I MEAN MY COMMENT ABOUT I KNOW OF PLENTY OF TWO STOREY HOUSES THAT ARE TALLER THAN ANY OF THOSE THREE STOREY TRIPLEXES OR DUPLEXES THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT OR WORRIED ABOUT. SO I MEAN WE COULD MAKE THE CHANGE IF IF YOU FEEL STRONGLY ENOUGH I THINK YOU CAN BRING IT FORWARD. IF NOT I THINK WE COULD LIVE WITH THIS AS WELL BUT I JUST WELL YEAH, I MEAN I HAD TO READ ALL THESE WORDS BUT I MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH SOMETHING IN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING DEFINITION AND USE ALLOWANCES AND ZONING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR THREE FAMILY DWELLINGS, FOURPLEX DWELLINGS, DETACHED TOWNHOME DWELLINGS, COTTAGE COURT DWELLINGS AND MULTIPLEX DWELLINGS THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTER 21 OF THE CITY CODE WITH TWO CHANGES AS ALLOWING COTTAGE COURT DWELLINGS AND ARE ONE AND NOT HAVING DETACHED TOWNHOME DWELLINGS AS A PERMITTED USE IN OUR ONE WE HAVE A MOTION WE HAVE A SECOND THIRD MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING DEFINITIONS USE ALLOWANCES AND ZONING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AS NOTED WITH THE ADDITIONS AS NOTED IN TROUBLE IF WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND. MR. JOHNSON QUESTION FORGIVE ME MAYOR I DON'T AND COUNCILOR NELSON I DON'T MEAN TO BUDGET ON YOUR LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE'VE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT THE STANDARDS THAT ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THIS ORDINANCE FOR BOTH THE DETACH TOWNHOMES AS WELL AS FOR THE COTTAGE COURTS ARE VERY MUCH REFLECTIVE FOR THE DISTRICTS THAT THEIR CURRENTLY ALLOWED IN OR PERMITTED IN. SO THE STANDARDS THAT ARE DEVELOPED FOR COTTAGE COURTS ARE SPECIFICALLY ALIGNED TOWARDS R THREE. THE STANDARD FOR DETACHED TOWNHOMES IN THIS ORDINANCE ARE SPECIFICALLY INTENDED FOR GATED TOWARDS THE R ONE ZONING DISTRICTS. I WANT TO BE REAL CLEAR THAT IT MAY NOT BE AS SIMPLE AS JUST A ONE FOR ONE SWAP. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE HEIGHT CONCERN. I DO. I WOULD NOTE IN RESPONSE TO THAT THAT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES CAN GO TO 40FT IN THE BLOOMINGTON I DO RESPECT YOUR COMMENT ABOUT THE THREE STORIES AND THAT CONCERN IN TERMS OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE STANDARDS WITHIN THIS ORDINANCE IT MAY NOT JUST BE AS SIMPLE AS FACILITATING A ONE FOR ONE SWAP SO I JUST WANT TO BE ON THE RECORD ABOUT THAT BEFORE A VOTE IS TAKEN IS MANDATED. MAYOR MEMBERS I'M ALSO WONDERING IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICITY ABOUT WHAT PARTS OF THE ORDINANCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AMENDING JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY APPRECIATES WHERE THESE AMENDMENTS ARE COMING IN. I DON'T SEE AN R ONE SECTION IN TEXT COMING OFF THE PAGE HERE. DOES PLANNING STAFF HAVE ANY SECTIONS? YEAH. SO YOU TURN HIM IN TONIGHT? I THINK IT WOULD BE THE HOW I WAS INTERPRETING THE AMENDMENT WAS AT THE USE TABLE SO IN THE USE TABLE YOU'D MAKE COTTAGE COURTS APPEAR PERMITTED IN R ONE AND NOT REMOVE THE P OR FOUR DETACHED TOWNHOUSES YOU WOULD REMOVE THE P AND R ONE AND THEN ADD A P FOR COTTAGE COURTS IN R ONE SO MAY REMEMBER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SECTION 21.209 CORRECT. IT'S ON PAGE THREE OF THE ORDINANCE DIVISION H USES SECTION 21.2 OR 9 I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS AND THAT THE RECORD IS CLEAR AS TO THE EDITS BUT I HEARD HONOR CAST AND SAY IS WOULD REMOVE THE P FROM THE COLUMN R ONE IN FRONT OF DETACHED TOWNHOUSE DWELLING AND ADD A P IN THAT SAME R ONE COLUMN IN FRONT OF COTTAGE COURT DWELLING. IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING. DOES THAT KIND OF MATCH WHAT YOU WERE SUGGESTING, COUNCILMAN OR NELSON OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER? QUESTION THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD MAKE THE DETACHED TOWNHOMES A CONDITIONAL USE IN R ONE SO NOT TOTALLY PROHIBITING THEM BUT MAKING THEM A CONDITIONAL USE MEMBER MAY MAKE ONE MORE POINT AS WELL JUST IN TERMS OF DETACHED TOWNHOMES I RECOGNIZE THE NAME TOWNHOME IS KIND OF HAS A PRETTY SPECIFIC VISUAL OR FEELING OR EVERYONE KIND OF KNOWS WHAT A TOWNHOME IS. THESE ARE IN EFFECT VILLA LOTS. THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE. THEY'RE PLAZA OR PATIO HOMES. THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT NAMES FOR THEM. WE LANDED ON DETACHED TOWNHOMES. WE THOUGHT THAT WAS THE NAME THAT MOST ALIGNED WITH OUR ZONING CODE BUT IN EFFECT JUST FROM A COMPATIBILITY STANDPOINT WITH OTHER LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USES I THINK AND THIS WAS THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S POSITION THEY ACTUALLY SUPPORTED DETACHED TOWNHOMES NOT COTTAGE COURTS I THINK THEY'RE BOTH COMPATIBLE WITH IN LOW DENSITY AREAS DEPENDING ON THE CONTEXT AND HOW THEY'RE DESIGNED. BUT I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT THEY WERE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF VILLA FLATS OR DETACHED TOWNHOMES IN OUR ONE. SO I FEEL LIKE WE HAD MAYBE LIKE A PRELIMINARY SOMEBODY CAME TO A STUDY SESSION MONTHS AGO WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL PROPOSAL AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THEY WERE YEAH. AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THEY WERE THREE STORIES OR TWO STORIES OR WHATEVER BUT I THINK THAT WAS OUR ONE AND IN THAT AREA WHERE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT WOULD TOTALLY BE APPROPRIATE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. NOW IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE'RE JUST A BUNCH OF MID-CENTURY RAMBLERS PROBABLY WOULD BE A LITTLE WEIRD IF WE HAD A GIANT TOWNHOME LIKE THAT. RIGHT. BUT AND SO I WOULDN'T WANT TO INADVERTENTLY PROHIBIT SOME REALLY COOL PLANS THAT COULD BE COMING DOWN THE PIPE, YOU KNOW, BY COMPLETELY PROHIBITING THEM IN AREAS WHERE IT WOULD PROBABLY ACTUALLY MAKE SENSE TO YOUR POINT LIKE THAT'S A REALLY BIG TALL HOMES SO YEAH THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGEST SUGGESTION COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I WOULD BE FINE AMENDING THAT TO MAKING IT C INSTEAD OF P AND THEN WE'D HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL REVIEW AND SEE IF IT DOES FIT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AS MANAGER DOES THAT MAKE SENSE JUST TO MAYOR MEMBERS, I'M WAITING FOR A NOD FROM THE PLANNERS THAT POSSIBILITY BECAUSE TYPICALLY WITH COPIES WE HAVE OUR CONDITIONS, WE HAVE CONDITIONS IN THE CODE. YEAH, I WOULD SAY IF WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE THAT A CONDITIONAL USE THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHER THINGS WE WOULD HAVE TO AMEND IN THE PLAN JUST FOR EXAMPLE KIND OF TOWARDS THE END OF THE ORDINANCE UNDER SECTION 21 50104 WE HAD KIND OF GIVEN THREE FAMILY DWELLINGS AN EXCEPTION IN THAT CURRENTLY IT STATES LIKE A LOT OF OUR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS REQUIRED TO BE ON LIKE TWO ARTERIAL STREETS OR NEAR SO WE WERE MAKING THAT EXCEPTION FOR TRIPLEXES AGAIN KIND OF BALANCING THAT FLEXIBILITY AND WANTING TO CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES SO THERE WOULD BE SOME OTHER CHANGES I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE KIND OF COVERING ALL OF OUR OUR BASES. SO IF YOU'RE WANTING TO GO THE DIRECTION OF MAKING DETACHED TOWNHOMES A CONDITIONAL USE, LET ME SUGGEST COUNCIL PERHAPS WE COULD WE COULD TABLE THIS UNTIL NEXT MONDAY NIGHT CONTINUE THIS UNTIL NEXT MONDAY NIGHT GIVE STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN UP A LITTLE BIT BASED ON THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING HERE JUST SO WE'RE NOT DOING THINGS ON THE FLY HERE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SPECIFICS IN FRONT OF US AND WE CAN HAVE THIS CONVERSATION PROBABLY QUICK AND EASY. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANOTHER TWO HOURS ON THIS ONE. THIS IS PROBABLY A QUICK AND EASY ONCE WE GET THIS CLEANED UP BUT AT LEAST THEN WE CAN BE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US AND KNOW THAT WE CAN DO THIS. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANKS MARY. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA UNLESS THERE'S CONSENSUS TO JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED. IF PEOPLE WEREN'T GOING TO VOTE FOR THE CHANGES ANYWAYS I'M JUST I'M CHANNELING MY INNER LOWMAN SO I MEAN SO I MEAN I COULD JUST AMEND THE MOTION TO JUST PASS IT AS IS AND SEE IF THAT PASSES YOU. IT WAS YOUR MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER SO I MEAN WE CAN WE CAN DO IT EITHER WAY YOU MIGHT WANT TO GIVE THAT A RUN AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS OR WE CAN WE CAN CONTINUE THIS OR TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN NEXT WEEK. EITHER WAY I'LL DO MY MOTION AS IS. OKAY. IF PEOPLE WANT TO VOTE AGAINST IT AND JUST PASS THE ORIGINAL ONE THAT'S FINE. OKAY OR KNOW WHERE THEY'LL BE MOVED TO CONTINUE. SO WHAT I DO I WILL I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM UNTIL NEXT WEEK AND WE'VE GOT A MOTION A MOTION TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION IS A SECOND OR MAY OR MAY I'M OKAY COMMISSIONER HERE WAS A TO COMMISSIONER RIVAS IT WAS COUNCILMEMBER REBUS. YOU WERE THE SECOND MOTION I THINK YOU'D BE OKAY WITH THAT YOU SECONDS OKAY. IT'S ALL RIGHT. WE WE HAVE A WITHDRAWN MOTION AND THEN WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS INTO NEXT WEEK AND THE SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND DIRECTING STAFF TO CLEAN THINGS UP AND BRING THIS BACK . YEAH, IF I MAY MAKE ONE COMMENT IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND LIKELY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S LIKELY GOING WANT TO REREVIEW THE ORDINANCE TURNING IT AROUND FOR NEXT WEEK PACKET WHICH PUBLISHES ON THIS WEDNESDAY MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO DO THAT AND SO TYPICALLY I THINK WHAT OUR TYPICAL PROCESS WOULD BE TO HAVE A LITTLE ADDITIONAL REVIEW AS OPPOSED TO TURNING IT AROUND THAT QUICKLY TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT. WE MOVE THIS TO 23RD. YOU COULD DO THAT. YOU CERTAINLY COULD DO THAT. LET'S YEAH, YEAH LET'S CONTINUE THIS TOMORROW. CAN I CAN I JUST GET FURTHER CLARIFICATION THOUGH AND KIND OF WHERE YOU ALL LANDED IN TERMS OF BRINGING THIS BACK? YOU'RE WANTING NOW TO MAKE DETACHED TOWNHOUSES CONDITIONAL AND ARE ONE THAT'S THE CHANGE. WHERE ARE WE ALSO INCLUDING COTTAGE COURTS IN OUR ONE OR ARE WE LEAVING THAT I GUESS I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR LIKE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING BACK IN A MONTH. YEAH OKAY. DETACHED FROM HOMES CONDITIONAL ON OUR ONE LEAVING COTTAGE COURTS AS IS AS A PERMITTED OR A CONDITIONAL USE WE WE MADE A RECOMMENDATION. >> I THOUGHT YOU WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS WHAT YOU WANTED. >> YOU WANTED A PERMITTED USE FOR COTTAGE COURTS. CORRECT? YEAH. YEAH. IT'S NOT CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO BE A PERMITTED USE IN OUR ONE. >> THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED. YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS SUPPORTING. LET ME PUT IT THAT WAY. SO IF I COULD JUST SUMMARIZE FOR THE RECORD IF YOU COULD PLEASE. I HEARD A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS TO MARCH 23RD. AGAIN, THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN OPEN AND CLOSED SO THERE THIS IS FOR THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL CONTINUE THIS TO THE 23RD AND THEN THERE'S DIRECTION TO ADD A A P FOR PERMITTED IN FRONT OF COTTAGE COURT DWELLING IN THE R ONE COLUMN AND SORRY A C IN FRONT OF A DETACHED TOWNHOME DWELLING IN THE R ONE COLUMN AGAIN THIS IS BOTH IN 21 209 ON PAGE THREE OF THE ORDINANCE AND THEN PLANNING STAFF WILL ALSO REVIEW THE ORDINANCE FOR ANY OTHER CLEANUP THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AS WELL AS TO FLUSH OUT THE CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING DETACHED TOWNHOME DWELLINGS A CONDITIONAL USE. SO YOU'LL NEED A SECOND AND WE DID HAVE A SECOND I'M SORRY. SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION WE DO HAVE A SECOND TO CONTINUE THIS UNTIL THE 23RD AND ASK STAFF TO WORK ON BASED ON WHAT MS. MANDERS I JUST DESCRIBED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS. THIS IS ME AND I GO FOR THE DISCUSSION ON THIS. >> PRIYANKA DALLESSANDRO I REVERSE HI ALISON ROBERTSON I CARTER MAYOR BASI I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO WE'LL TAKE THIS UP AGAIN ON MARCH 23RD. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU FINAL LET HIM ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS ITEM 5.1 THIS IS PROPOSED FEE INCREASES FOR THE 2026 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOLKS. GOOD NAME IS GILLESPIE. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL NICK JOHNSON AND I WILL BE PRESENTING FOR SOME PROPOSED FEE INCREASES FOR OUR TWO DIVISIONS. SO FOR BUILDING AND INSPECTIONS DURING THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT FEE INCREASES BASED OFF OF OUR ANNUAL WORK PLAN. AND SO THE PURPOSE OF THESE FEE INCREASES ARE TO OUR INCREASE OUR BASE FEES FOR FLAT FEE PERMITS AND A PERCENTAGE ADJUSTMENT TO THE VALUATION BASED FEE CHART. THE STATE BUILDING CODE AUTHORIZES THE MUNICIPALITIES TO ESTABLISH PERMIT FEE SCHEDULES AND REQUIRES THAT THE FEES BE FAIR REASONABLE AND PROPORTIONATE TO THE COST OF THE ACTUAL SERVICE FOR WHICH THE FEE IS IMPOSED AND THE PROPOSED FEE INCREASE ALIGNS WITH INFLATION OF COSTS AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND ENSURES THAT THOSE WHO USE THOSE BUILDING AND INSPECTION SERVICES BEAR THE COSTS OF THOSE SERVICES REDUCING THE BURDEN ON TAXPAYERS. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND THE CURRENT FEE SCHEDULE WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2017 SO A LITTLE LESS THAN TEN YEARS AGO AS YOU ALL KNOW SINCE THAT TIME INFLATION HAS INCREASED OPERATING COSTS INCLUDING EMPLOYEE WAGES, VEHICLE FUEL MAINTENANCE, TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT HAVE ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY RAISED THE COST OF PROVIDING SERVICES AND THE PROPOSED CHANGES PROMOTE FAIR AND SUSTAINABLE SERVICE DELIVERY BY SHIFTING THE INCREASED COST FROM TAXPAYERS TO THOSE WHO RECEIVE THE SERVICES SUCH AS CONTRACTORS AND PERMIT APPLICANTS. >> WE DID A COMPARABLE FEE STUDY WITH SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES. AS YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM LINE SHOWS OUR CURRENT FEE STRUCTURE AND THEN THE HIGHLIGHTED SHOWS ARE PROPOSED FEES. IT WOULD BE AN OVERALL $10 INCREASE TO OUR BASE MINIMUM PERMIT FEES FOR TRADE PERMITS AS WELL AS A MINIMUM TEN OR A $10 PROPOSED FEE INCREASE TO OUR MINIMUM BUILDING PERMIT FEE. THIS SHOWS YOU HOW OUR EVALUATION TABLE WORKS. SO AS THE INCREASE AND VALUATION GOES UP, THE ADDITIONAL INCREMENT DECREASE IS AS YOU GO OFF THE VALUATION CHART. SO IN MY EXAMPLE OF PERMIT FEE IMPACT IF YOU HAD A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME AS OF TODAY IF IT WAS BUILT $430,000 VALUATION THAT PERMIT FEE WOULD BE $2,801 WITH THE PROPOSED PERMIT FEE INCREASE IT WOULD GO TO $2,881 OR A DIFFERENCE OF $80.76 FOR THAT SAME PERMIT WHICH IS A 2.88% INCREASE ON THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING SIDE A 2025 PERMIT FEE FOR A $15 MILLION NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDING WOULD BE $47,943. THAT 2026 PERMIT FEE WOULD INCREASE TO 48,036 94 OR A DIFFERENCE OF $93.94 WHICH WOULD BE A POINT ZERO TWO AVERAGE INCREASE. AND SO WITH THAT I WILL CONCLUDE MY PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION AND WE'LL TAKE OVER. >> THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS HAVING BEEN CALLED UP BY NAME I'LL TRY AND MAKE THIS BRIEF HERE SO THE SAME RULES APPLY TO PLANNING FEES. THE STATE LAW DOESN'T ALLOW US TO CHARGE MORE MONEY THAN IT COSTS TO DELIVER THE SERVICE. NONE OF OUR FEES CHARGE MORE THAN IT COSTS TO DELIVER THE SERVICE WHEN WE LOOKED AT OUR FEES AND OUR FEES WERE LAST UPDATED INCREASED IN 2010 THE MAIN FACTORS WE WERE LOOKING AT AS COST RECOVERY SIMILAR TO BERNADETTE AND BUILDING WE DID A PURE CITY COMPARISON. WE'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS. AS YOU ALL KNOW THE CITY HAS THE BETTER STRATEGIC PLAN PRIORITIZING EQUITABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH IS A KEY FEATURE OF THAT PLAN THE HIGHER YOU RAISE THESE FEES THE MORE DIFFICULT YOU MAKE IT FOR NEW ENTRANCE TO THE ARENA IN THE DEVELOPMENT SPACE, NEW BUSINESSES TO TO BE STARTED OR SUSTAINED. SO THERE'S A SENSITIVITY IN TERMS OF RAISING THE FEES TO HIGH TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR BUSINESSES TO KIND OF NAVIGATE THAT SPACE AND FAVOR MORE RESOURCED BUSINESSES OR DEVELOPERS. IN TERMS OF ONE THING I WANT TO KNOW WHAT ABOUT DEVELOPMENT FEES THAT SOME CITIES DO YOU MAY UNDERSTAND HAVE AN ESCROW APPROACH VERSUS A FLAT FEE? BLOOMINGTON HAS A FLAT FEE SO WE CHARGE THE SAME FEE FOR EVERY CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT EVERY REZONING OR EVERY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT OR PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT WE DO. AND THE REASON THAT WE CHARGE A FLAT FEE IS THAT A LOT OF THESE OTHER CITIES THAT UTILIZE AN ESCROW APPROACH HAVE CONSULTING ATTORNEYS, CONSULTANT ENGINEERS. THEY USE OTHER SERVICES. THEY'RE NOT ON STAFF TO REVIEW THIS DEVELOPMENT. AND SO ONE OF THE WAYS THEY ACCOUNT FOR THOSE COSTS IS TO CHARGE THOSE COSTS BACK TO THE DEVELOPER BY POSTING AN ESCROW . CERTAINLY THAT DOES BETTER FROM A COST RECOVERY LENS WITH RESPECT TO DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS BUT IT DOES CREATE A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN IN TERMS OF CHARGING BACK ALL THAT TIME. IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE FOR DEVELOPERS DOES CREATE SOME INEFFICIENCIES IN TERMS OF EXECUTING THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS. YOU BECOME KIND OF AN ACCOUNTANT AND MANAGING ALL THE TIME ETC. ETC.. SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT KIND OF WHAT THE PROS AND CONS ARE A FLAT FEE VERSUS ESCROW APPROACH. SO WE DID A COST RECOVERY ANALYSIS OF ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION TYPES. WE ALSO DID A PURE CITY ANALYSIS IN THE FULL VERSION OF THE PACKET WE HAD ALL OF OUR APPLICATION TYPES THAT ARE THE MORE COMMON ONES AND WE COMPARED OUR FEES ACROSS DIFFERENT CITIES BY DOING COST RECOVERY AND PURE CITY APPROACH. WE LANDED ON SIX FEES THAT WE FEEL HAVE FALLEN BEHIND AND NEED SOME LEVEL OF INCREASE BOTH TO KIND OF CATCH UP TO WHERE THE MEDIAN IS IN THE TWIN CITIES REGION BUT ALSO JUST TO DO BETTER FROM A COST RECOVERY STANDPOINT. BUT AGAIN YOU DON'T WANT TO OR AT LEAST IN STAFF'S DETRIMENT INCREASE THOSE FEES TO SUCH A SIGNIFICANT LEVEL THAT IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR APPLICANTS TO NAVIGATE THAT AND PURSUE THEIR BUSINESSES OR THEIR DEVELOPMENTS OR KIND OF THOSE THOSE PROJECTS. SO THE SIX THAT WE LANDED ON WAS THE ADMINISTRATIVE FINAL SITE AND BUILDING PLANS AND FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS. CURRENTLY THAT IS $130 FEE THE FINAL SITE AND BUILDING PLANS THAT PLANNING COMMISSION THE QUIKTRIP PROJECT WAS A RECENT EXAMPLE OF THAT CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS AND INTERIM USE PERMITS AND THEN THE SINGLE AND TWO FAMILY VARIANCE AND SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND THE FEES AS SHOWN THESE FEE INCREASES AS SHOWN ON THE TABLE THERE FOR YOU THE ADMINS INCREASING FROM 132 TO 50 THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS AND INTERIM USE PERMITS AND THE VARIANCE FOR SINGLE FAMILY INCREASING GOES UP TO $400 AND THEN THE FINAL SITE AND BUILDING PLANS BY PLANNING COMMISSION SO JUST FROM A PERCENTAGE BASIS IT IS A MORE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. BUT AGAIN RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE AN INCREASE TO THESE FEES SINCE 2010 TWO OF THE COMMENTS WE GOT FROM PLANNING COMMISSION WE DID A QUICK INFORMATIONAL UPDATE FOR THEM ON THIS WAS THE ONE REACTION WAS THAT THEY FELT LIKE THE FEE WAS SOMEWHAT STEEP FOR SINGLE AND TWO FAMILY VARIANCES THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO HOLD A LOWER FEE FOR OUR RESIDENTS SEEKING A VARIANCE. I UNDERSTAND THAT COMMENT FOR SURE. AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER COMMENT ON MAYBE MORE ROUTINELY UPDATING OUR FEES SO THAT WE'RE NOT KIND OF HAVING THESE MORE SIGNIFICANT JUMPS AND A LONGER TIME WINDOW WHICH FOLLOWS MORE WITH WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS DO WITH RESPECT TO THEIR FEES. SO THE LAST COMMENT I'LL MAKE IS THAT SOME OF THE OTHER FEES THAT WE HAVE ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. THEY ALSO TEND TO GET BUNDLED TOGETHER AND PACKAGES LIKE YOU SAW TONIGHT ON THE ITEM 4.1 THAT WAS AN APPLICATION THAT HAD MULTIPLE FEES ALL KIND OF BUNDLED TOGETHER AND THOSE TEND TO BE THE LARGER PROJECTS AND SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A GOOD AND ADEQUATE SPOT WITH THOSE FEES. IT'S REALLY THESE KIND OF STANDALONE FEES THAT MAYBE JUST STOP AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR ADMINISTRATIVE THAT WE'VE KIND OF FALLEN A LITTLE BIT BEHIND AS YOU'VE EXPANDED MORE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY AND PLANNING COMMISSION AUTHORITY. SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE ACTUALLY PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS FROM A SCALE STANDPOINT. SO COLLECTING 130 OR A $220 FEE WITH RESPECT TO A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT JUST REALLY DOESN'T ISN'T ADEQUATE FROM A COST RECOVERY STANDPOINT. BUT AGAIN IT'S A BALANCE. SO THESE ARE THE FEES WE WOULD RECOMMEND AND BERNADETTE, I FORGET IF YOU WERE TAKING US TO THE FINISH. THANK YOU. YES. >> SO IF COUNCIL IS SUPPORTIVE OF THESE WE WOULD SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ORDINANCE AT A FUTURE MEETING, UPDATE OUR SOFTWARE SYSTEM TO REFLECT THE NEW FEES FOR THE APRIL 2026 EFFECTIVE DATE THAT THE CITY CLERK WOULD BRING BACK WITH THE FEE SCHEDULE UPDATES PROVIDE PUBLIC NOTICE AND OUTREACH REGARDING THE UPDATED FEE REQUIREMENTS AND THEN IMPLEMENT THE ORDINANCE EFFECTIVE APRIL 2026. ALTERNATIVELY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE US WITH EITHER DIRECTION AND WE WILL BOTH BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. I THINK THE ONE THING YOU SAID THAT REALLY RESONATED WITH ME IS GET ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE TO UPDATE THESE FEES AND DON'T WAIT 1720 YEARS BETWEEN THE TWO TIMES DOING IT. I THINK THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN THAT LONG. I MEAN THE YOU EITHER RIP THE BAND-AID OFFER YOU KIND OF YOU KNOW, THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE MIGHT BE PHASED IN OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT I THINK IF THE GOAL IS TO ACTUALLY COVER THE COSTS OF THE ACTUAL WORK BEING DONE, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO TO MAKE THE CATCH UP AND GET IT DONE. UNDERSTANDING THEN PUT IT ON THE WORK PLAN EVERY EVERY THREE YEARS TO REVIEW THESE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THESE UPDATED SO WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THESE ENORMOUS JUMPS AGAIN. THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT INSTEAD OF STARTING IN APRIL OR MAKING IT EFFECTIVE IN APRIL WE PUSH TO RELEASE JUNE 1ST JUST FOR THE SAKE OF COMMUNICATING IT TO THE PUBLIC TO MAKE HIM AWARE. AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, WE KIND OF LIKE AND HOW WE INFORM THE PUBLIC OF DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE AND THEN WE GET HIM IN HERE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT IT, RIGHT? SO TO AVOID THAT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE PUSH IT TO JUNE 1ST AT LEAST IF ANYBODY AGREES WITH THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR ANTICIPATION. ONE I JUST WANT TO DISCLOSE I THINK ALL MY COLLEAGUES KNOW I'M A LICENSED BUILDING CONTRACTOR. I PULL PERMITS. I WILL PAY THESE FEES. SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM IN TERMS OF PARTICIPATION IN THE CONVERSATION HERE. BUT I DON'T IT MAYBE IT ONCE IT COMES FROM PUBLIC HEARING SO OKAY YEAH IN GENERAL AS LONG AS THESE ARE CONSISTENT WITH YOU KNOW WHAT IT ACTUALLY COSTS US TO DELIVER THE SERVICE, I THINK IT'S PERFECTLY REASONABLE STATE LAW GRANTS US THE ABILITY TO TO COVER OUR COSTS AND YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS YOU GUYS ARE CONFIDENT THAT THESE ARE NOT ABOVE OUR COSTS, THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE A PROFIT ON THE BACK OF DEVELOPERS OR HOMEOWNERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO UPDATE THESE SINCE IT'S BEEN SO LONG. SO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS DOING THE WORK BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF PROBABLY A LITTLE TEDIOUS TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE COSTS AND STUFF AND FIGURE OUT HOW LONG IT ACTUALLY TAKES TO DO THE WORK AND WHAT THAT ACTUAL COST RECOVERY LOOKS LIKE. SO APPRECIATE IT. JUST AS ONE COMMENT, MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, WE DID LOOK AT THE COST RECOVERY AND WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT A TRADE PERMIT THAT'S $55 THAT'S INCLUDING ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS PROCESSING THE PERMIT, VERIFYING THE CONTRACTOR ON LINE IF THE APPLICATION IS INCORRECT, CALLING THEM GETTING THEIR CORRECT INFORMATION, SENDING INSPECTOR OUT FOR ROUGHING USUALLY A FIELD OR OFTEN IF IT'S A HOMEOWNER DOING THE WORK AND A LITTLE BIT OF CONSULTATION SERVICES WITH THAT AND THEN COMING BACK OUT FOR ADDITIONAL REVENUE. SO WE DID LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE METRICS WHEN WE CAME UP WITH THESE FEE INCREASES AND THOUGHTS COSTS. MEMBER CUTTER THANK YOU MAYOR I WOULD SAY I JUST AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID AND THEN OF COURSE KIND OF THE FLIP SIDE OF THINGS AND I KNOW YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB BUT ALWAYS JUST LOOKING FOR EFFICIENCIES IN HOW WE DO OUR WORK SO THAT THE COST THAT NEEDS TO BE COVERED ISN'T YOU KNOW WE'RE ALWAYS JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT HOW TO KEEP THOSE COSTS DOWN. SO THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL VERY GOOD. WE WILL SEE YOU BACK, UH, SOMETIME SOON FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND FOR AND AND I DO I DO AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS. MAYBE WE WANT TO CONSIDER THE IMPLEMENTATION DATE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO TO GET THIS WORD OUT TO FOLKS. SO YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. AND I THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA COUNCIL. WE'LL MOVE NOW INTO COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATES AND I WILL KICK IT OFF RECAPPING OUR CITY COUNCIL LISTENING SESSION EARLIER THIS EVENING I THINK WE HAD SIX SIX FOLKS WHO SPOKE THIS EVENING PAUL COTE, JAMIE WAGNER, CODY WRIGHT, WILL CLARK, TRINA SLIDELL AND KENDRA WEINBERG ACTUALLY ALL SPOKE ON THE SAME TOPIC ABOUT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO IT WHAT WHAT WE CAN DO WHAT WE SHOULD DO, HOW WE SHOULD BE DOING IT AND JUST THE THEIR CONCERN FOR FOR THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL AND FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT WE CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING IT AND MAYBE RAISING THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD WANT, WHAT'S THE NEXT STEPS WE WANT TO TAKE AS THE CITY COUNCIL. SO I WANTED TO TO GET THAT OUT. THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP AND I MENTIONED IT ACTUALLY AT THE LISTENING SESSION MONDAY NIGHT OF LAST WEEK THE PORT AUTHORITY APPROVED $400,000 IN EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR SMALL BUSINESS FUNDING. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT'S EXISTING MONEY AND SO IT'S NOT NEW MONEY. IT'S WITHIN IT'S BASICALLY BUDGET REALLOCATE WITHIN THE PORT AUTHORITY, THE IDEA BEING THAT THERE'S NO SENSE IN PUTTING $100,000 INTO THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WHEN THE BUILDING WOULD BE EMPTY ANYWAY BECAUSE THE BUILDING THE THE OCCUPANT WOULD BE OUT OF BUSINESS. AND SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS I THINK IT COMES FROM THREE DIFFERENT SOURCES TOTALING UP TO $400,000. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO TO PARTNER WITH AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST IN TERMS OF BUSINESS ASSISTANCE TO TRY AND GET THIS MONEY OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS OR ANY WORRIES IN THE COMMUNITY OR LOCALLY OF A MISMANAGED BID OF THE FUNDS IN SOME WAY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT GETS TO THE FOLKS WHO ACTUALLY DO NEED IT TO COVER RENTS TO TO TO TAKE CARE OF THE EXPENSES THAT THAT ARE THERE. SO THAT IS THE PLAN AND THE PORT AUTHORITY APPROVED IT AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH IT AND THAT KIND OF LETTERING ON TOP OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED FOOD ASSISTANCE THAT THE COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVED. WE'RE WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO TRY AND STAY AHEAD OF SOME OF THE NEEDS WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY FROM A FROM A A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? MR. WALKER DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? MAYOR JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ONE ITEM FOR THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISTURBANCE IN OUR COMMUNITY THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS CAUSED A LOT OF HARDSHIP FOR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. ONE AREA THAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT OUR ORGANIZATION HAS RESPONDED IS OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HELD A DRIVE TO COLLECT FOOD AND OTHER BASIC NECESSITY FEES FOR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY COORDINATING WITH VEEP. THEY COLLECTED OVER 1700 ITEMS WHICH WEIGHED OVER 900 POUNDS. I BELIEVE OUR BUILDING AND INSPECTIONS DIVISION WON THAT COMPETITION IN HOUSE BUT REALLY PLEASED WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE WORK THEY DID TO SEE A NEED AND RESPOND WELL THANKS TO THEM TO OUR AND OUR EMPLOYEES FOR TAKING THAT ON AND DOING THAT ON THEIR OWN. THAT'S WONDERFUL. COUNCIL ANYTHING TO ADD? COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER THANK YOU MAYOR. SO THERE WERE A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT CAME UP IN THE LISTENING SESSION BUT I'LL JUST FOLLOW UP WITH STAFF ON THEM. I WILL BRING THEM UP HERE. ONE THAT DID COME UP THOUGH AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE MEETING THERE WAS AROUND JUST DETENTION CENTERS IN BLOOMINGTON AND PREVENTING THEM FROM BEING IN BLOOMINGTON AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE WE'RE EXPLORING THOSE THINGS AND I DO THINK THAT THAT CONVERSATION SHOULD COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL. SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON. TWO QUICK THINGS JUST CONTINUING WHERE COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WENT. IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO EXPLORE CHANGES WITHIN OUR ZONING CODE. IS IT POSSIBLE TO PASS A MORATORIUM MORE QUICKLY AND JUST CUT IT OFF IMMEDIATELY AS AN OPTION? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T NEED THAT ANSWER RIGHT NOW. BUT I WOULD JUST IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, TO COME BACK AND CHANGE AN ORDINANCE NINE MONTHS FROM NOW, YOU KNOW, MAY NOT BE AND YOU KNOW, AS WE HEARD FROM MR. JOHNSON EARLIER, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T JUST TURN IT AROUND IN A WEEK. ALL RIGHT. SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT QUESTION THE OTHER THING IS IF STAFF WOULD BE ABLE TO PULL TOGETHER SOME INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO I BELIEVE I READ THERE ARE 11 BILLS IN THE LEGISLATURE REGARDING IMMIGRATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THEY MAY DOVETAIL WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE POLICIES AND OUR NEEDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AND JUST CANDIDLY JUST TO GIVE US A REALLY BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE AND WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON AS WELL BECAUSE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED OF US I UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM THEY'RE MORE DIFFICULT AT THE CITY LEVEL TO ACTUALLY MAKE THEM PRACTICABLE VERSUS HAVING HAVING THEM DONE AT THE STATE LEVEL SO THANK YOU. OTHER ADDITIONS TO OUR COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE HEARING NONE. WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR AGENDA COUNCIL I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION . PRIYANKA ALESSANDRA I REVERSE OKAY. NELSON ROBERTSON I CARTER I'M MAYOR. >> I MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO WE ARE ADJOURN THANK YOU MUCH COUNCIL FOR YOUR DISCUSSION THIS EVENING THANKS TO STAFF FOR ALL YOUR WORK PULLING THIS TOGETHER AND THANKS TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO PARTICIPATED. EVERYBODY HAVE A GOOD REST OF THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY