WE'RE GOING TO FIND THIS SO SO YEAH RIGHT IT'S YOU KNOW YOU'RE A FRIENDLY BUT YOU DON'T . GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME. I WILL CALL OUR BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER TONIGHT IS MONDAY, JUNE 2ND, 2025. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. WE GOT A GOOD CROWD HERE TONIGHT. THANKS TO EVERYBODY WATCHING ONLINE. WE WILL START OUR MEETINGS AS WE ALWAYS DO IF YOU'RE ABLE PLEASE STAND REMOVE ANY HEAD COMING AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL . ONCE AGAIN, THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE. OUR FIRST ORDER ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA AND COUNCIL. THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE ON TAP FOR TONIGHT UNDER OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS AND ITEM 2.0 WE'VE GOT FIVE ITEMS ACTUALLY ITEM 2.1 WILL BE THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES IS ITEM 2.2 A SWEARING IN OF OUR GROWTH THROUGH OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU FOLKS THIS EVENING WE'VE GOT TWO PROCLAMATION IS WITH ITEMS 2.3 AND 2.4 THE FIRST PROCLAMATION FOR PRIDE MONTH AND THE SECOND PROCLAMATION FOR JUNETEENTH AND ITEM 2.5 WE HAVE AN AWARD COMING TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, THE BLAZING STAR AWARD AS WE GET INTO OUR CONSENT IS THIS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER HAS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS TONIGHT WE HAVE A LENGTHY CONSENT AGENDA. WE'VE GOT 21 ITEMS UNDER CONSENT AND FOLKS, IF YOU IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO HOLD GET GET MAKE SURE YOU GET THEM TO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. THAT'S UNDER OUR CONSENT BUSINESS. WE HAVE THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON OUR ITEM FOR OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES. THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS ITEM 4.1 PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING PHASE ONE SMALL BUSINESS CODES AND PROCESSES ORDINANCE AND ITEM 4.2 AND 4.3. THESE ARE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS REGARDING CHARTER AMENDMENTS AND 4.2 WILL BE REGARDING CHAPTER FIVE OF OUR CHARTER AND ITEM 4.3 WILL REGARD CHAPTER SIX OF OUR BLOOMINGTON CHARTER UNDER ITEM FIVE ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS SIX ITEMS THERE AS WELL. BUSY NIGHT TONIGHT. ITEM 5.1 IS WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION ON A COMMERCIAL NODE'S TOOL KIT UPDATE WE WILL DO THEN APPOINTMENTS ON ITEM 5.2 WE'RE GOING TO DO APPOINTMENTS FOR OUR PLANNING COMMISSION ITEM 4.05.3 IS AN APPOINTMENT TO OUR OUR OF OUR YOUNG ADULT MEMBER TO OUR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 5.4 AN APPOINTMENT OF AN A YOUNG ADULT MEMBER TO OUR PARKS ARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION 5.5 WILL BE AN APPOINTMENT OF A YOUNG ADULT MEMBER TO OUR SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND THEN WE'LL WRAP UP AS WE ALWAYS DO WITH ITEM 5.6 OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL DO ALL OF THAT BEFORE WE HAVE A THUNDERSTORM THAT COMES ROLLING THROUGH THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON WHICH I THINK IS HEADED THIS WAY RIGHT NOW FROM THE WEST. SO COUNCIL IS ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR UPDATES TO THE COUNCIL OR TO THE AGENDA THIS EVENING? IF NOT, I WILL MOVE TONIGHT'S COUNCIL AGENDA A STATED MOTION IN THE COUNCIL BY MOTION AND THE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S AGENDA. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND SO WE WILL START WITH OUR AGENDA AND OUR FIRST ITEM IS ITEM 2.1 THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF NEW EMPLOYEES TIM BERNDT AND KIM BERGGREN ARE TIM IS OUR MAINTENANCE GROUP AND KIM IS OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. THEY HAVE INTRODUCTIONS TO DO. LET'S START WITH TIM. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TOM MURRAY. HE STARTED WITH THE CITY HERE AS ONE OF OUR FACILITIES SERVICE TECHNICIANS. TOM COMES TO THE CITY WITH OVER 12 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF MAINTENANCE MORE RECENTLY WITH APARTMENT BUILDINGS MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT IS MANAGING THAT. TOM IS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN GEOLOGY AND HE HAS RECENTLY GOT HIS SPECIAL ENGINEER'S BOILER LICENSE AS WELL. TOM IS ORIGINALLY FROM CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. HE HAS CALLED MINNESOTA HIS HOME FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS OUTSIDE OF WORK, TOM ENJOY SPENDING TIME WITH HIS WIFE AND THREE KIDS FISHING, BOATING AND PLAYING HOCKEY. TOM HAS RECENTLY OR ACTUALLY LAST THREE YEARS PLAYED IN THE US POND HOCKEY TOURNAMENT ON LAKE NOKOMIS SO VERY GOOD TOM, WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET TO KNOW COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO WHO'S A FELLOW PENNSYLVANIA NATIVE. SO YES INDEED. SO ARE YOU FROM HARRISBURG? SURE, I'M FROM ALTOONA. YEAH. VERY GOOD. WELL, TOM, WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING. THANKS MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MAYOR COUNCIL, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING SHANTE BROWN WHO IS THE NEW OFFICE SUPPORT SPECIALIST FOR THE PLANNING DIVISION AND THE COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT. SHE IS RETURNING TO THE CITY FROM HER TIME WITH US LAST SUMMER AS A BLOOM INTERN WITH THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. SHANTE HAS EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND IS STUDYING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AT NORMAN DALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. OUTSIDE OF WORK SHE ENJOYS CRAFTING COOKING FISHING AND SWIMMING IN BUSHWICK. SHANTE, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN . >> HELLO. I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU ALL. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT. I'M SO EXCITED TO SERVE THE CITY AND THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH BOTH OF YOU TOM AND SHANTE AND THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. AND I SAY THIS TO ALL OF OUR NEW EMPLOYEES YOU'VE GOT A BIG RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE IN A LOT OF WAYS YOU ARE THE FACE OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHO I AM OR ANYBODY DOWN THIS TABLE BUT THEY WILL INTERACT WITH YOU AND THEY WILL KNOW WHO YOU ARE. SO IT COMES WITH A BIG RESPONSIBILITY BUT I AM COMPLETELY CONFIDENT OF YOUR ABILITY TO MEET THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND TO CONTINUE TO REPRESENT BLOOMINGTON AND UPHOLD THE INCREDIBLE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT ARE OUTSTANDING CITY EMPLOYEES DO EVERY DAY. SO THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. LET'S GIVE THEM A WELCOME IF WE COULD . ITEM 2.2 IS THE SWEARING IN OF OUR GROWTH THROUGH OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS AND I THINK WE HAVE A VIDEO TO INTRODUCE THIS AND EXPLAIN IT AND THEN I WILL WELCOME DEPUTY CHIEF DAYMOND BRITTNEY UP TO DO THE SWEARING IN FOR US. SO BEN, IF YOU COULD PLAY THE VIDEO PLEASE. >> THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM HERE IS GROWTH THROUGH OPPORTUNITY . WE PARTNER WITH EMPOWERMENT THROUGH INCLUSION FOR THE PROGRAM HERE THAT WE GET TO BRING PEOPLE INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO MIGHT NOT NORMALLY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU KNOW A LOT OF TIME GOVERNMENT IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T GET EXPOSED TO AND TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE I THINK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN BE INVALUABLE. EMPOWER INCLUSION GAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS PROGRAM AND HOW THEY DONE IT OUT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE METRO AND I THOUGHT FOR SURE THAT SOME OF THAT HERE IN BLOOMINGTON WE WANT TO JOIN IN AND BE A PART OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE CITY SIGNED ON TO BE A PART OF THIS AND ALL OF THEM WERE EXCITED TO HELP OUT WITH THE INTERNSHIP. MY NAME IS PAOLA WICKMAN SO I'M THE JOB COACH. I JUST HANG OUT WITH THE CADETS ALL THE TIME AND JUST MAKE SURE THEY'RE OKAY IF THEY NEED ANY SUPPORTIVE ASSISTANCE IN ANY OF THE JOB GOING TO BE HERE FOR THEM. THIS IS ACTUALLY MY THIRD YEAR DOING IT. I'M STARTING WITH CHASKA SO I JUST LOVE THIS PROGRAM TOO MUCH BECAUSE I KNOW HOW GOOD IS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE SUPPORT TO GET DIFFERENT PEOPLE THROUGH THE CITY, THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GIVEN PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE OTHERWISE. HELLO, MY NAME IS CHANDLER JENSEN. MY FAVORITE PART OF TIMING IS EVERYTHING SUCH AS THE POLICE STATION, FIREMEN, STATION WIRE WHAT I'VE BEEN LEARNING SHOW ME AROUND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER AND I NEVER BEEN TO THE POLICE CAR BEFORE. I'VE BEEN LEARNING SOME SKILLS ABOUT EVERY DAY INCLUDING THE FIREMEN TO MAKE SURE TO STAY AWAY, MAKE SURE IN CASES OF FIRE EMERGENCY I SIGNED UP FOR THE GROWTH THROUGH OPPORTUNITY JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE FUN TO LEARN HOW TO DO JOBS. I ENJOY COMING TO WORK AND WHEN THEY'RE HERE I JUST LOVE IT SO THAT'S WHY I'M DOING IT THIS YEAR WITH BLOOMINGTON AND YEAH I JUST LIKE THE PROGRAM YOU WILL JUST MISS WORKING WITH PAUL AND WORKING WITH OFFICER DANIELS OR OR COUNCIL I THINK IF YOU RECALL WE MET JOHNNY AND GAGE LAST YEAR WHEN THEY WERE SWORN IN. I'M A LITTLE JEALOUS OF JOHNNY. I'VE NOT RIDDEN ON A ZAMBONI YET. I DON'T KNOW HOW I'D MISS THAT ONE BUT HE GOT A RIDE AND I KNOW THE IMPACT WAS WAS WELL FELT THROUGHOUT THE CITY ORGANIZATION AND WITH JOHNNY AND GAGE AS WELL. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AND CONTINUED FOR A SECOND YEAR AND DEPUTY CHIEF DAMON BINNIE IS HERE TO DO THE OFFICIAL SWEARING IN. YES. SO A FEW I WANT TO HAVE OUR TWO NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COME UP HERE AND JOIN ME. OKAY . ALL RIGHT. SO I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND DEPUTY CHIEF, CAN I INTERRUPT YOU FOR JUST A SECOND, FOLKS? I SEE A LOT OF FIELD CAMERAS UP. DO NOT BE SHY. THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN ONCE. GET UP HERE AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN. TAKE THE BEST POSSIBLE PICTURE THAT YOU CAN. OKAY? COME ON UP HERE. DON'T BE SHY. OKAY. I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE IN FACT. YEAH. DON'T BE SHY WHEREVER YOU NEED TO GET ALL RIGHT, YOU READY? ALL RIGHT. SO FOR ME. OKAY, WHAT'S YOUR NAME HERE AND THEN HERE IT ALL RIGHT. JUST SAY I DO AFTER THIS, OKAY ? YOU PROMISE TO LIVE UP TO OUR CORE VALUE OF RESPECT DEMONSTRATED THROUGH COMPASSION AND HONEST SERVICE ? I DO. YOU DO OR CONGRATULATIONS . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE PICTURE? YEAH. YOU KNOW THERE'S NO VERY GOOD WHAT YOU RECORD . THANKS VERY MUCH. YEAH SO YEAH AND IS IT PETER IS IT PURE PEERS FEE AND PEERS. WELCOME ABOARD. SO PROUD TO HAVE YOU WITH THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. I HOPE THIS IS GOING TO BE AND A EDUCATIONAL AND A FUN COUPLE OF MONTHS HERE FOR YOU WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY AND WELCOME ABOARD. WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON COUNCIL TO A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS AND I'M GOING TO HEAD DOWN TO THE PODIUM JUST OKAY. WHICH IS FIRST ON THE AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION TONIGHT IS FOR PRIDE MONTH WHICH IS JUNE 1ST THROUGH THE 30TH, THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE. AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FOLKS HERE I THINK REPRESENTING PRIDE COME ON UP AND PLEASE JOIN US AND YOU CAN YOU CAN FIGHT OVER WHO GETS THE MICROPHONE WHEN I'M DONE HERE AND HERE WE GO AS PROCLAMATIONS FOR PRIDE MONTH JUNE 1ST THROUGH THE 30TH 2025 WHEREAS THE MONTH OF JUNE 2025 IS DESIGNATED AS PRIDE MONTH AND RECOGNIZES THE DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE INDIVIDUALS WHO IDENTIFY AS LESBIAN GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, INTERSEX AND ASEXUAL LGBTQ I A PLUS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY SUBJECTED TO AND RAISES UP AND PROMOTES SELF AFFIRMATION, DIGNITY, EQUAL RIGHTS AND INCREASES THE VILLAGE OF IT THE VISIBILITY OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY. AND. WHEREAS THE LGBTQIA PLUS RIGHTS MOVEMENT CONTINUES TO THIS DAY AND WHILE THERE HAS BEEN REMARKABLE PROGRESS TOWARD ACCEPTANCE INEQUALITY IN RECENT YEARS, MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD STILL FACE AN UNACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE. SO WE MUST REMAIN VIGILANT AND PUSH BACK AGAINST THOSE WHO SEEK TO ROLLBACK OUR PROGRESS. AND. WHEREAS, MEMBERS OF THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY THE BLACK AND BROWN TRANS COMMUNITY AND YOUTH TRANS FACE INCREASING LEVELS OF DISCRIMINATION, HATE AND VIOLENCE THAT WE MUST ALL SPEAK OUT AGAINST AND WE MUST TAKE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO PROTEST TO EXCUSE ME TO PROTECT THE FULL HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF THE TRANS COMMUNITY. AND. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS COMMITTED TO BEING INCLUSIVE, EQUITABLE AND WELCOMING OF ALL INDIVIDUALS ALONG THE FULL SPECTRUM OF GENDER IDENTITY AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND RECOGNIZES THAT WE ARE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY ENRICHED BY THIS DIVERSITY INCLUDING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY HAS MADE AND CONTINUES TO MAKE. AND. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON WANTS TO HIGHLIGHT THE EFFORTS OF MANY MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ PLUS AND ALLIED COMMUNITY WHO HAVE ORGANIZED TO PROTECT THEIR FREEDOM TO READ TOGETHER AT PRIDE CELEBRATIONS AND HAVE CREATED COMMUNITY IN THEIR WORKPLACES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES THEIR EFFORTS ARE MEANINGFUL AND HELPS TO CREATE A SAFER AND MORE WELCOMING COMMUNITY AND. WHEREAS, THE BLOOMINGTON PRIDE MINNESOTA ORGANIZATION INVITES COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ALLIES TO CELEBRATE PRIDE ON THE EAST LAWN OF CIVIC PLAZA ON SUNDAY ,JUNE 22ND 2025 FROM 1 TO 6 P.M.. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT I TIM BUSSEY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 2025 AS PRIDE MONTH AND CALL UPON THE PEOPLE OF BLOOMINGTON TO TURN BACK DISCRIMINATION AND PREJUDICE EVERYWHERE IT EXISTS AND COMMEMORATE THE COURAGEOUS INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE FOUGHT AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF LGBTQIA PEOPLE DATED THE SECOND DAY OF JUNE 2025 WE HAVE DONE THAT OUR PRIDE PROCLAMATION AND FOR A FEW YEARS NOW AND WE'VE HAD PRIDE CELEBRATIONS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. I THINK THIS OUR THIRD OR FOURTH YEAR FIFTH YEAR ALREADY MY GOODNESS FIFTH YEAR AND IT IS ALWAYS ONE OF THE ONE OF THE MORE JOYOUS CELEBRATIONS THAT WE HAVE AND THE CITY PLAZA CAMPUS HERE. AND SO I AM SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR'S PRIDE PROCLAMATION ABOUT THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATION. AND AS I SAID, I WANT TO TURN IT OVER WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WHO'S VERY GOOD STEPPING UP? IT'S IMPORTANT THAT FAMILIES FEEL SAFE IN THEIR HOMES AND BY EXTENSION THEIR CITY AND TOWN. I AM HONORED TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAIMED MISSION FROM YOU, THE MAYOR ON BEHALF OF BLOOMINGTON RAINBOW CAFE AND THE WIDER LGBTQ COMMUNITY. THANK YOU AND I'LL MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS I DIDN'T INTRODUCE YOU TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF. >> PLEASE MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO YOU ARE. I'M PAULA BICKEL AND I'M WORKING WITH THE BLOOMINGTON RAINBOW CAFE WHICH SUPPORTS ACTUALLY FOOD BUT IT'S A IT'S SUPPORTING YOUTH AND CAREGIVERS WITHIN THE BLOOMINGTON GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE STEPPING UP TO GO TO ANYBODY ON BEHALF OF BLOOMINGTON PRIDE, MINNESOTA, WHICH IS A PROUD NONPROFIT IN THIS LOCATION AND WE ARE CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS. I INVITE YOU ALL TO JOIN US ON SUNDAY, JUNE 22ND FROM 1 TO 6. AND IF YOU WANT TO GET A LITTLE SWEAT EQUITY YOU COULD ALSO VOLUNTEER WITH US. SO BLOOMINGTON PRIDE, MINNESOTA DOT ORG THANK YOU VERY GOOD. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. NOW COMES THE GRIP AND GRIN WE HAVE FOR YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR AND A SECOND PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING THIS ONE FOR OUR JUNETEENTH PROCLAMATION. I KNOW WE HAVE OUR A LOT OF FOLKS HERE OUR CHIEF EQUITY AND INCLUSION OFFICER LAUREN REYNOLDS AND PASTOR SAM AND HIS FOLKS FROM NEW LIFE CHURCH. COME ON UP. DO NOT BE SHY . THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE . PROCLAMATION FOR JUNETEENTH JUNE 19TH, 2025. WHEREAS ON JUNE 19TH, 1865 IN GALVESTON, TEXAS, MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN DECLARED ALL ENSLAVED PERSONS FREE. MAJOR GENERAL GORDON GRANGER AND UNION ARMY TROOPS ENFORCED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION AND FREED THE LAST ENSLAVED BLACK AMERICANS. AND. WHEREAS, FREED FROM THE WHICH IMMORALLY DEPRIVE THEM OF HUMAN DIGNITY THEIR LONG OVERDUE EMANCIPATION WAS CELEBRATED AND JUNE 19TH JUNETEENTH. AND THIS YEAR MARKS THE 160TH YEAR OF JUNETEENTH, THE OLDEST KNOWN CELEBRATION COMMEMORATING THE ABOLISHMENT OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. AND. WHEREAS, THIS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HOLIDAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE HUMAN FREEDOM, REFLECT ON THE GRIEVOUS AND ONGOING LEGACY OF SLAVERY AND REDEDICATE OURSELVES TO ROOTING OUT SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT CONTINUE TO PLAGUE OUR SOCIETY AS WE STRIVE TO DELIVER THE FULL PROMISE OF FREEDOM AND EQUALITY FOR ALL AMERICANS. AND WHEREAS, AS WE CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH, LET US RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO THE WORK OF EQUITY, EQUALITY AND JUSTICE. REMIND OURSELVES OF THE CENTURIES OF STRUGGLE, COURAGE AND HOPE THAT HAVE BROUGHT US TO THIS TIME OF PROGRESS AND POSSIBILITY AND ENSURE THAT THE EVENTS OF 1865 ARE NOT FORGOTTEN. NOW THEREFORE I'M HERE TO SEE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AND DO DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 19TH 2025 AS JUNETEENTH IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. DATED THIS SECOND DAY OF JUNE 2025 WHENEVER I READ THIS PROCLAMATION AND REFLECT BACK ON JUNE 19TH 1865 THAT IT TOOK THAT IT TOOK UNION TROOPS TO ENFORCE A LAW THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR TWO YEARS IT'S IT'S IMMORAL AND APPALLING TO ME THAT IT EVEN HAPPENED AND IT MAKES IT EVEN MORE APPROPRIATE THAN A CELEBRATION OF THIS TYPE TAKE PLACE BECAUSE IT IS A WORTHY CELEBRATION AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL NEED TO CELEBRATE THAT THIS THIS HAPPENED AND IT HAPPENED IN A TERRIBLE WAY BUT IN A LOT OF WAYS IT STRENGTHENS IT BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT IT WILL PREVAIL. >> RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL PREVAIL. PASTOR SAM, I'M GOING TO INVITE YOU UP, MY FRIEND. THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW WE HOPE TO BE OUT HERE BY ABOUT 10:00. THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE A BRIEF BRAVERY. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO THANK MY TEAM AND THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON FOR SUPPORTING US AS WE LOOKED AT THIS THREE YEARS AGO AND THEY WHOLEHEARTEDLY BOUGHT INTO THE IDEA OF DOING ONE WITHOUT ANY HESITATION, ANY UP THING FRONT OR ANYTHING LOOKING NOTHING OTHER THAN TO SHARE AND CELEBRATE WITH US THE JUNETEENTH I WANT TO THANK THE TEAM THAT'S BEHIND ME THAT WE PUT THIS TOGETHER AND MADE IT HAPPEN AND I'M LOOKING HOPING THAT SOME OF YOU GUYS WILL SHOW UP AT OUR CELEBRATION FROM 12 TO 5 ON JUNE 21ST. I LOVE BLOOMINGTON. I LOVE TO WORK BECAUSE IN BLOOMINGTON I HAVE NOT RECEIVED NOTHING BUT GRACIOUS, GRACIOUS GIFTS AND ABILITY AND I THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. VERY GOOD FOR ANYBODY ELSE WELL OUT THIS IS SAME REGARDS . I WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND MAYOR TIM BUSSEY AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR DOING SOMETHING THAT IT TOOK A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE TO REALIZE IT WAS HIP OR COOL TO DO AND THEM JUMPING ON BOARD AFTER THE FACT BEFORE YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT EVEN MADE IT A NATIONAL HOLIDAY. THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAD DECIDED TO MAKE IT A THING IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO AS A COMMUNITY NOT JUST AFRICAN-AMERICANS BUT ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF BLOOMINGTON TO COME TOGETHER AND SHOW THAT THERE'S NO DISCRIMINATION AND A CITY OF BLOOM THAT WE WORK TOGETHER AND WE ARE ALL ONE PEOPLE WHO ARE HAPPY TO BE PART OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR . OH , THANK AND I'VE GOT PEOPLE IN THE I'VE GOT TO GET EVERYBODY'S FACE. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S BECAUSE I THINK IT'S BECAUSE IT'S OUR FINAL OUR FINAL ITEM UNDER TWO ITEM TWO IS 2.5 THE BLAZING STAR AWARD WHICH IS A NEW AWARD FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND I THINK BERNADETTE GILLISPIE IS HERE AND OTHERS WE'RE GOING TO AND BRIANNA BRIE BOOM FROM CONSERVATION MINNESOTA DON'T BE SHY YET AGAIN THIS IS ONE TIME KIND OF THING. IT'S CAN YOU DEAN MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS MY NAME IS BRANDON BAMBOO AND I AM THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR AT CONSERVATION MINNESOTA. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT CONSERVATION MINNESOTA IS, WE ARE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO PROTECTING THE GREAT OUTDOORS. SO WE DO THAT THROUGH MOVING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TOWARD SOLUTIONS FOR CLITE CHANGE CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER AND OUTDOOR RECREATION FOR ALL. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF CONSERVATION MINNESOTA TO REPRESENT THE CITY WITH OUR 2025 BLAZING STAR AWARD. THE BLAZING STAR AWARD RECOGNIZES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT ADVANCE CONSERVATION, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR OUTDOOR RECREATION. WE NAMED THIS AWARD AFTER PLANT OF THE SAME NAME THAT'S NATIVE TO MINNESOTA PRAIRIES AND HAS CHARACTERISTICS THAT WEANT TO CELEBRATE THROUGH THIS AWARD. IT'S ADAPTABLE AND IT'S ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY. THIS EXCUSE ME. THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED 28 APPLICATIONS FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE STATE AND BLOOMINGTON WAS SELECTED AS A WINNER FOR ITS INNOVATION OF THE HOME ENERGY DISCLOSURE REPORTS TO THE TIME OF SALE HOUSING EVALUATION PROGRAM. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT EACH YEAR OVER 1500 HOMES ARE SOLD IN BLOOMINGTON AND NOW THOSE BUYERS ARE EMPOWERED WITH THE VITAL INFORMATION ABOUT ENERGY EFFICIENCY THAT THEY NEED AND THEY'RE CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO RESOURCES THAT CAN MAKE THEIR HOMES MORE SUSTAINABLE AND AFFORDABLE. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I JUST SPENT MY FIRST HOME TWO WEEKS AGO UNFORTUNATELY NOT IN BLOOMINGTON WHICH THIS IS MAKING ME REGRET THAT DECISION BUT I WAS REFLECTING AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HOW HELPFUL SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR A NEW HOMEOWNER AND I THINK ONE OF OUR JUDGES ON THE BLAZING STAR PANEL SAID EVERY EVERY CITY SHOULD HAVE THIS AND I AGREE. SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE 2025 BLAZING STAR AWARD. CONGRATULATIONS ON WRAPS. THANK YOU . THANK YOU. YEAH, SURE. THANKS FOR THE COURSE. THANK YOU . MOVING ON IN THE AGENDA COUNCIL UP NEXT IS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WITH OUR 21 ITEM CONSENT CALENDAR. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO YES, I HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HAVE HEARD THAT I NEED TO HOLD ITEM 3.15 AND THEN I WILL ALSO BE HOLDING ITEM 3.1. ARE THERE ANY OTHER HOLDS? ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS 3.2 THROUGH 3.14 AND 3.1633.21 SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO WHY DON'T WE START WITH 3.15 IF WE COULDN'T DOUBLE BACK TO 3.1 TO FINISH THIS? COUNCILMEMBER NELSON COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND MAYOR. I'LL BE VERY QUICK. I OPPOSED THIS PREVIOUSLY AND I STILL OPPOSE DECERTIFICATION. I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THE SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE LIVES. I JUST DON'T SUPPORT THE SPENDING OF MONEY FOR THE CERTIFICATION PART ITSELF. SO AS AS I DID PREVIOUSLY I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. YEAH THAT WAS NICE. RIGHT AFTER BLAZING STAR TIMING IS EVERYTHING. YEAH. SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS I'M JUST GOING TO GO PIGGYBACK ON HIS COMMENTS WITHOUT ADDING ANYTHING ELSE TO IT. I JUST VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WITH MOTIONS I'D MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR HAMMEL GREEN AND ABRAHAMSEN INC FOR LEAD SUSTAINABLE D CERTIFIED DESIGN REGISTRATION FEES AND REVIEW FEES FOR THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER FOR AN ADDED AMOUNT OF $310,650 FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $5,684,650 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ACCEPT ITEM 3.15 AND TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS AS STATED NO FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS THERE IS SO LITTLE DISCUSSION THIS COUNCIL MEMBER IF YOU DON'T IF YOU DON'T MIND MR. MAYOR, I, UNDERSTAND THE SENTIMENT BEHIND THE DISSENT TONIGHT BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND FOR THOSE OF US WHO I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE PLANNING TO SUPPORT THIS THAT THE MONEY IS NOT THE POINT. I MEAN, YES, IT COSTS SOMETHING TO DO IT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I AND I THINK THAT THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A RIGOR TO CERTIFICATIONS I CARE FOR EXAMPLE THAT SOMEBODY HAS I DON'T KNOW AN M.D. WHEN THEY TELL ME WHAT MY HEALTH STATUS IS I CARE THAT THAT THAT THERE'S A A J D BEHIND THE NAME OF SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO REPRESENT ME IN A COURT DECISION FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A REASON THAT WE ASK FOR A HIGHER LEVEL OF SCRUTINY ON CERTAIN THINGS AND WE SUPPORT THAT WITH A NOMENCLATURE AND A NAME AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE WANT THAT RIGOR TO BE APPLIED THERE. NOW WHETHER THAT RIGOR IS APPLIED THERE OR NOT, WE COULD PROBABLY SELF-IDENTIFY BY THAT AND PROBABLY SHAKE OUR OWN HANDS BUT IT SAYS SOMETHING TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS TO OTHER FOLKS. IN MY OPINION THIS IS JUST MY OPINION THAT THAT THAT IT IS BEING HELD TO A STANDARD THAT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY PROFESSIONALS IN THE INDUSTRY WORLDWIDE AS A STANDARD TO TO TO TO GO FOR. SO THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING IT. NO, NO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE DON'T AND I UNDERSTAND THAT COMPLETELY. SO I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE REASON BEHIND WHY I PLAN TO SAY YES TO THIS THANKS. >> THANK COUNCILMEMBER DEL CENTRO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THANK YOU, MAN. JUST A QUICK NOTE. IT'S JUST A QUICK REBUTTAL. SO THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE FIRM THAT WE ALREADY HIRED. WE ALREADY HAVE THOSE QUALIFIED PEOPLE DOING THE DESIGN WORK AND THIS IS SIMPLY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH FILING OF FEES AND OF THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS ITSELF. FROM WHAT I WAS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IN GENERAL I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER D'ALESSANDRO THAT WE SHOULD BE VERY THOROUGH IN ENSURING THAT WE DO THINGS THE CORRECT WAY AND MAKING SURE PROFESSIONALS LOOK AT THAT. I'M JUST CONFIDENT THAT OUR ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING TEAM THAT WE'VE ALREADY HIRED ARE UP TO THAT TASK. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANY FURTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS ON THIS HEARING? NONE. WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 3.15 ON THE TABLE CALLING THE QUESTION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FIVE TWO WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS RIVAS AND NELSON IN THE NEGATIVE THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER CARTER ALL RIGHT. BACK TO ITEM 3.1. YES. SO SCUSE ME. SO 3.1 IS AN ITEM TO ACCEPT DONATIONS SO WE HAVE A VERY ENGAGED COMMUNITY AND WE ALSO HAVE A VERY GENEROUS COMMUNITY SO WE HAVE MANY DONATIONS TO REPORT FROM DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATIONS. I WANT TO THANK NORMAN DELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR I BELIEVE THIS IS A SPONSORSHIP OF THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION AND IN ONE OF $1,000 WHICH IS VERY GENEROUS OF THEM. I ALSO WANT TO SHARE THAT THE BLOOMINGTON FASTPITCH ASSOCIATION AND TORO COMPANY BOTH DONATED $50,000 EACH FOR THE REINVESTMENT INTO DRED SCOTT FIELDS THREE AND FOUR. SO HUGE, HUGE DONATIONS AND MANY THANKS TO THEM. AND THEN WE HAD SEVERAL AS WE DO EVERY TIME SEVERAL DONATIONS TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. I DO WANT TO SHOUT OUT GIRL SCOUT TROOP 1905 ONE FOR THEIR GIRL SCOUT COOKIE DONATION AND I'M GUESSING THAT THE POLICE OFFICERS VERY MUCH ENJOYED THAT WE HAD A COUPLE OF DONATIONS FROM BUNDLES OF LOVE TO OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT SO NEWBORN BUNDLES WE HAD A DONATION FROM KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FOR A SMALL EQUIPMENT DONATION AND THEN WE HAD MANY, MANY DONATIONS FOR OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPO. THAT WAS ON APRIL 26TH. AND SO I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS THANKS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF AND WOULD ASK STAFF TO WRITE THE APPROPRIATE THANK YOU'S. SO THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ACCEPT THE DONATIONS TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AS STATED IN ITEM 3.1 CONCERNING CONVERSATION ON THIS I WOULD ECHO YOUR STATEMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WE HAVE A VERY GENEROUS COMMUNITY HERE IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS AND SO THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE WHOSE NAME IS ON THE LIST AND SO MANY OTHERS WHOSE NAME IS NOT ON THAT LIST FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY MAKE TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. WE'VE GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND AND THEN 3.1 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR ON OUR AGENDA ARE HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ITEM 4.1 A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PHASE ONE SMALL BUSINESS CODES AND PROCESSES ORDINANCE BECAUSE A CASTING DAY IS BACK PLANNING SUPERINTENDENT TO LEAD FOR THIS ONE. GOOD EVENING. YEAH GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO I JUST WANTED TO SUMMARIZE KIND OF THE FOUR TOPIC AREAS FOR OUR PHASE ONE SMALL BUSINESS ORDINANCE AND THEN SUMMARIZE THE PLANNING COMMISSION DISCUSSION AS WELL AS WE'RE GETTING THE SLIDES UP I'LL JUST SAY THAT THERE WERE WE'RE COVERING ODOR MITIGATION STANDARDS, PARKING FLEXIBILITY MEASURES, ROOF MOUNTED, MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SCREENING AND THEN CHANGES TO EXTERIOR BUILDING MATERIAL STANDARDS. AT OUR STUDY SESSION EARLIER IN JANUARY THERE WAS ALSO A PRETTY LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR TRASH ENCLOSURE STANDARDS AND WHEN I THINK THROUGH BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL THAT WAS PROBABLY THE ITEM THAT HAD THE LEAST AMOUNT OF CONSENSUS AND SOME DIRECTION AND SO STAFF WILL BE BRINGING THAT BACK AS A SECOND PHASE LATER THIS YEAR. SUMMER IS SEE FOR THE ODOR MITIGATION THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD REDUCE THE SEPARATION DISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ODOR MITIGATION FROM 250FT TO 150FT AND THEN ALSO FURTHER CLARIFY THE MEASUREMENT WOULD BE FROM THE EXHAUST LOCATION TO THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL DWELLING AND THE INTENT THERE WAS JUST TO HAVE A MORE CLEAR MEASUREMENT AND RATIONALE FOR REQUIRING ODOR MITIGATION AND IT WOULD ALSO DESIGNATE THE CITY BUILDING OFFICIAL TO APPROVE ODOR MITIGATION SYSTEMS AND REMOVE A CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FROM AN ENGINEER. I MEAN THERE AGAIN IS JUST TRYING TO REDUCE COST AND PROCESS FOR BUSINESS OWNERS AND A LOT OF ENGINEERS ARE HESITANT TO KIND OF SIGN OFF ON THE SYSTEM JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T 100% MITIGATE ODOR. I BET SO AND OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL AND OUR PLAN REVIEW STAFF ALREADY REVIEW THESE SYSTEMS AS PART OF TRADE PERMITS AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE THE STANDARDS THAT ARE NEEDED AND THESE SYSTEMS ARE STILL DESIGNED BY AN ENGINEER. WE'RE JUST NOT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD NO LONGER REQUIRE A FORMAL SIGN OFF AND JUST ALLOW OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL TO SIGN OFF ON THAT AND THEN FINALLY IT WOULD REMOVE THE ODOR MITIGATION REQUIREMENT FOR TYPE TWO HOODS. SO THESE TYPICALLY DEAL WITH MORE STEAM BUT WOULD STILL REQUIRE ODOR MITIGATION FOR TYPE ONE HOODS AND THOSE DEAL WITH GREASE AND MORE HEAVIER ODORS. JUST TO SUMMARIZE THE PARKING FLEXIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, THE CITY ALREADY HAS SIX PARKING FLEXIBILITY MEASURES THAT BUSINESSES CAN USE TO REDUCE THEIR REQUIRED MINIMUM PARKING STANDARD. HOWEVER, THE APPROVAL FOR THOSE PARKING FLEXIBILITY IT KIND OF VARIES AND DOESN'T ALIGN WITH PREVIOUS WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TO STREAMLINE OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW. SO THIS ORDINANCE WOULD JUST ESTABLISH THAT WHATEVER ENTITY IS APPROVING THE SITE PLAN WOULD APPROVE THE PARKING FLEXIBILITY JUST SO WE AVOID A SITUATION WHERE THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAYBE IS APPROVING THE SITE PLAN BUT CURRENTLY IN OUR CODE IT MIGHT SAY THE COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE THE PARKING FLEXIBILITY. SO JUST WANTING AGAIN TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT CREATING EXTRA REVIEW WHERE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY NEEDED. AND THEN THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ALSO ESTABLISH A SEVENTH PARKING FLEXIBILITY MEASURE TO ALLOW EXISTING COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTAL BUILDINGS OR TENANT SPACES THAT ARE 10,000FT OR LESS TO HAVE A 25% REDUCTION IN THEIR REQUIRED PARKING. THE CAVEAT WITH THAT IS THAT STAFF HAVE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT IT IS A CONSTRAINED SITE. IT'S SO THAT THEY WOULDN'T ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO PHYSICALLY BUILD NEW CODE COMPLIANT PARKING ON THEIR LOT. I MEAN WE HAVE A LOT OF OLDER BUILDINGS, SMALLER BUILDINGS IN THE CITY THAT OFTEN TIMES THAT PARKING MINIMUM CAN BECOME A HANG UP AND SO WE JUST WANT TO TRY TO CREATE SOME FLEXIBILITY FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO REUSE AN EXISTING BUILDINGS IN THE CITY FOR ROOFTOP SCREENING. THERE'S JUST A CLARIFICATION MOTION THAT SCREENING WOULD BE REQUIRED WHEN IT'S VISIBLE FROM THE GROUND LEVEL OF THE ADJACENT SIDEWALK AND PUBLIC STREET AND THEN THE ORDINANCE WOULD ALSO EXEMPT EXHAUST PIPES FROM SCREENING. AND THE AGAIN, THE RATIONALE THERE IS OFTENTIMES EXCISE EXHAUST PIPES ARE FAIRLY TALL AND CAN BE QUITE EXPENSIVE OR DIFFICULT TO SCREEN. SO STAFF FELT THAT IT DOESN'T QUITE MEET A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND DOESN'T NECESSARILY SAY YOU KNOW WHEN THE SCREENING IS THAT TALL, IS IT REALLY SCREENING SOMETHING IF THE SCREENING ITSELF IS KIND OF REALLY LARGE AND KIND OF DIFFICULT TO BUILD ? AND THEN ON THE FOURTH TOPIC OF EXTERIOR OR BUILDING MATERIALS, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD ALLOW THE CODING OF CERTAIN PRIMARY MATERIALS MAINLY BRICK AND STUCCO AND THEN IT WOULD ALSO ESTABLISH BUILDING MAINTENANCE STANDARDS FROM OUR INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE TO ENSURE THAT PROPERLY MAINTAINED PAINTED SERVICE SURFACES ARE ENFORCED IN THE CITY AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME CLARIFICATION ON ACCEPTED MATERIALS. SO WE REVISED SOME DEFINITIONS AND PUT OUR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MATERIALS THAT ARE ALLOWED IN TABLES AND KIND OF REORGANIZED OUR EXTERIOR MATERIALS STANDARDS A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR STAFF TO READ AS WELL AS ARCHITECTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS TO BE ABLE TO FIND THAT INFORMATION RELATIVELY EASY. AND THEN OF COURSE WITH ANY CODE AMENDMENT THERE'S OFTEN KIND OF JUST MINOR CLEANUP ITEMS. SO THESE AREN'T REALLY POLICY THINGS BUT THERE WAS JUST SOME MINOR LANGUAGE ADJUSTMENTS FROM ODOR SUPPRESSION TO ODOR MITIGATION. OF COURSE WHEN YOU CHANGE SOMETHING IN ONE SECTION THERE'S PROBABLY ANOTHER SECTION THAT REFERENCES THAT. SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE CONSISTENT LANGUAGE ACROSS OUR CODE AND THEN REMOVING ANY SUBSECTIONS OR DEFINITIONS THAT ARE NO LONGER RELEVANT FOR THE CHANGES. ONE ITEM I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION DISCUSSION WAS THERE WAS ONE ITEM THAT THEY RECOMMENDED NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE SO IT'S NOT IN THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PART OF THE PACKET AND THAT RELATED TO THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY BUILDING MATERIAL RATIO. SO CURRENTLY THE CITY REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF 85% OF EACH BUILDING FACADE TO BE SOME KIND OF PRIMARY MATERIAL AND THEN A MAXIMUM 15% OF A SECONDARY MATERIAL. SO AN 8515 RATIO STAFF HAD PROPOSED A 6535 RATIO AND THEN ON A 6 TO 1 VOTE THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED TO KEEP THE EXISTING 8515 RATIO STAFF, HOWEVER, DID JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DURING THE STUDY SESSION WITH THE COUNCIL THAT THERE WEREN'T A TON OF QUESTIONS AROUND THIS TOPIC AND IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS GENERAL SUPPORT FOR A 6535 RATIO. SO WE DO HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION IF THE COUNCIL IS INTERESTED AT ALL IN CHANGING THAT RATIO AND STAFF ALSO I SHOULD SAY FELT IT WAS AN EASY ENOUGH CHANGE THAT WE COULD MAKE IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT THAT CHANGE IT WASN'T SUPER INVOLVED TO TO CHANGE THE NUMBER SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE OFFERING THAT BUT AGAIN THAT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL IF YOU WANT TO STICK WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION OR GO TO 65, 35, 7525 WHATEVER THAT THAT MIGHT BE SO ON THE SCREEN HERE AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION AGAIN THAT WOULD MAINTAIN THE EXISTING 8515 RATIO AND THEN WE HAVE OUR SUMMARY PUBLICATION MOTION THERE AS WELL. AND THEN IF IF AS NEEDED WE HAVE THE ALTERNATIVE MOTION LANGUAGE THERE FOR YOU AS WELL. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. THANK YOU. MR. CASSIDY COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS HERE ABOUT THE PRESENTATION? COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT THAT POINT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION I CAN'T RECALL WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME BUT I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT BECAUSE WE'VE WE'VE TRADITIONALLY TRIED TO LISTEN TO OUR PLANNING COMMISSION WHEN WHEN THAT CAME ABOUT AND AND I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE THAT YOU HAD EARLIER TO THAT AND SURE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT BECAUSE I JUST WANTED TO JUST BE SURE. SO I THINK THE MAIN THING IS IS THAT I THINK THEY SAW THAT THAT WASN'T REALLY A PART OF, YOU KNOW, SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HELP THEM ALTHOUGH I MEAN SINCE WE'VE ALREADY IN A SENSE YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS THIS MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY GET DONE FOR BUSINESSES BROADLY. YEAH. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN I GUESS MAYBE I'LL JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT FROM KIND OF THE RESPONSE I SENT EARLIER THAT YEAH, I WOULD SAY THE REASON I GUESS THIS KIND OF GOT INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE ORIGINALLY WAS JUST KIND OF DIRECT FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD FROM ARCHITECTS THAT WE HAD TALKED WITH THAT THEY FELT THAT 8515 RATIO WAS PRETTY HIGH COMPARED TO AREA CITIES AND LOOKING AT SOME SURROUNDING CITIES A LOT OF THEM DO A 6535 RATIO. I THINK EDEN PRAIRIE DOES A 7525 AND SO STAFF JUST WANTED TO KIND OF PRESENT THAT FOR PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL FEEDBACK AND YEAH, I WOULD SAY THE PLANNING COMMISSION MOST OF THEIR CONCERN WAS MAYBE THAT THIS WOULD ONLY BENEFIT LARGER BUSINESSES AND NOT SO MUCH SMALL BUSINESSES AND I THINK FOR STAFF I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE NUANCE TO TO THAT DEPENDING ON HOW YOU'RE DEFINING SMALL BUSINESS AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SMALL BUILDING VERSUS A BUSINESS THAT MAYBE HAS YOU KNOW, FEW STAFF MEMBERS ARE HUB AND THAT WHILE A LOT OF BUSINESSES JUST LEASE A SPACE AND DON'T OWN THEIR BUILDING OR HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL OVER EXTERIOR MATERIALS SO THEY WON'T NECESSARILY DIRECTLY BENEFIT FROM A CHANGE, THERE ARE STILL A FAIR NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT DO OWN THEIR BUILDING AND HAVE CONTROL OVER THEIR EXTERIOR MATERIALS AND STAFF. ADJUSTING THE RATIO COULD PROVIDE BETTER FLEXIBILITY FOR THEM FOR SOME DIFFERENT MATERIALS THAT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHETHER IT'S LIKE BASED ON THEIR BRANDING STANDARDS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A SUMMARY OF PC AND STAFF. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER OH I'M SORRY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER FOLLOW UP AND THEN WE GET TO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. CAN YOU PULL UP THE COMPARISON SLIDE? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST THINK IT IS HELPFUL TO SEE HOW WE DO COMPARE TO OTHER CITIES. YEAH, SORRY BECAUSE I KNOW I USED MY MOUSE ON MY COMPUTER BUT I HAVE TO USE THE CLICKER. OH YEAH. I I KNOW WE HAVE HEARD FROM BUSINESS OWNERS AND PEOPLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY THAT SOMETIMES BLOOMINGTON DOES HAVE MORE RIGOROUS STANDARDS. SO I DO APPRECIATE STAFF SEEKING THAT INPUT FROM ARCHITECTS AND DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS, PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH DEVELOPERS. SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS AND I THINK IT'S HELPFUL CONTEXT. I DO APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I ALSO JUST RECOGNIZE THAT YOU HAVE THE THE DAY TO DAY EXPERIENCE HEARING FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE APPLYING FOR, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PROJECTS. SO THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. REMINDS RELATED TO THE SAME TOPIC AREA CAN CAN CAN YOU PROVIDE THE JUSTIFICATION FOR WHY WE CARE ABOUT THIS AT ALL ? I SOMETIMES I JUST I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH TO WONDER WHY WE WOULD HAVE SUCH AN OPINION ON FACADES. IT SEEMS LIKE OF ALL THE THINGS WE COULD CARE ABOUT THAT WOULD NOT BE ONE OF THEM IN MY OPINION. BUT THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A REASON FOR IT BECAUSE SO MANY CITIES HAVE IT. SO JUST HELP HELP UNDERSTAND THAT SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHY WE WHY WE EVEN HAVE A RECOMMENDATION IN THE FIRST PLACE. SURE. YEAH. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO BUT I WOULD SAY I GUESS ON THE ZONING CODE STANDPOINT OF IT SOME OF IT IS ESTHETIC JUST LIKE WANTING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOME ESTHETIC STANDARDS FOR FOR BUILDINGS. THERE ARE BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL THAT WOULD PLAY INTO ALLOWABLE MATERIALS. BUT I THINK THE CORE OF IT IS JUST ENSURING THAT WE HAVE SOME KIND OF I GUESS RECOGNIZABLE AND SUITABLE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS TO MAKE SURE THAT BUILDINGS ARE SAFE AND THAT THEY LAST. AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THAT DISTINCTION BETWEEN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY IS THE PRIMARY MATERIALS ARE TYPICALLY I GUESS MAYBE MORE DURABLE MATERIALS IS ONE WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT AND THEN SECONDARY ARE STILL GOOD MATERIALS BUT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE COST EFFECTIVE AND STILL CAN GIVE YOU THAT ESTHETIC BENEFIT THAT YOU SEE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HELPFUL A LITTLE BIT. THANKS. YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER LOHMANN JUST ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS AN INTERN IN PLANNING BOB HALL BAKER USED TO ALWAYS SAY THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAD THESE HIGH STANDARDS IS THAT IT REALLY HELPED TO BRING UP THE YOU KNOW, THE QUALITY OF THE CITY ITSELF AND THAT WAS KIND OF A HISTORICAL RATIONALE BEHIND SOME OF THESE STANDARDS THAT WERE DIFFERENT THAT DIFFERENTIATED BLOOMINGTON FROM OTHER FROM OTHER FROM OTHER CITIES. SO COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER NELSON PELTZ MEMORY LOSS AND WE'RE IN QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW FOLKS WERE NOT OFFERING WE'RE NOT LEANING INTO THINGS HERE. WE'RE OFFERING WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS. YEAH, I JUST MY MY QUESTION IS WHY ARE WE NOT THE LEADING CITY? WHY ARE WE COMPARING OURSELVES TO EVERYBODY ELSE INSTEAD OF BEING THE ONES THAT LEAD IN A WAY WE WANT TO DO WHATEVER OTHER CITY AROUND US DOES AND I MEAN WHY DO WE FUNCTION THAT WAY EVERY TIME WE TRY TO DO WE ARE ALWAYS COMPARING OURSELVES TO WHAT THE NEXT CITIES ARE DOING. I WONDER WHY THAT IS TRUE. GIVE ME AN ANSWER TO THAT. SURE. YEAH. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS I WOULD SAY WE OFTEN DO A CITY COMPARISON. I THINK IT'S JUST KIND OF HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND WHERE BLOOMINGTON FITS IN RELATION TO A LOT OF COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING BLOOMINGTON. WHILE EVERY CITY IS CERTAINLY UNIQUE AND WANTS TO HAVE SOME DIFFERENT STANDARDS TO KIND OF DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES AND IN GENERAL MOST CITIES IN THE REGION KIND OF FUNCTION THE SAME AND YOU KNOW THEY HAVE THE SAME DEVELOPER YEARS AND KIND OF WHAT'S I GUESS DRIVEN BY THE MARKET IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION AND IN MATERIALS IS PRETTY SIMILAR ACROSS COMMUNITIES HERE IN THE REGION. SO I THINK IT'S JUST A ANOTHER DATA POINT THAT YOU CAN USE TO AS A IN KIND OF YOUR JUDGMENT ON ON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT USING THIS AS LIKE THE PRIMARY EXAMPLE BUT IT'S JUST ONE DATA POINT OF MANY THAT YOU CAN HAVE JUST TO KIND OF COMPARE WHERE YOU ARE ELSEWHERE. NELSON YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WITH REGARDS TO THE EXTRA YEAR FACADES, THE RATIO APPLIES TO ALL LET'S JUST SAY FOR SIDES OR ALL SIDES OF A BUILDING. IS THAT ACCURATE? YEAH. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THAT IS CORRECT. WAS A CONSIDERATION OF THE BACK SIDE THE SIDES IF THEY WEREN'T ADJACENT TO STREETS I THINK WE DO SOMETHING SIMILAR ON COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL LIKE APARTMENTS SO YEAH ON THERE. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH. CURRENTLY IN OUR OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE IF A RESIDENTIAL MULTIVAN ONLY BUILDING PROVIDES A CERTAIN LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY WE DO HAVE THAT PROVISION THAT ANY FACADE THAT DOESN'T FACE A PUBLIC STREET CAN HAVE A HIGHER RATIO OF SECONDARY MATERIALS. SO WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY LOOK AT THAT AS PART OF THIS ORDINANCE ON THE RESIDENTIAL JUST BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY POPULAR INCENTIVE AND THAT WAS GOING THROUGH ITS KIND OF NEXT NEXUS AND ANALYSIS. SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO KIND OF MAKE ANY CHANGES WITH THAT UNTIL THAT STUDY WAS DONE AND THEN BECAUSE OF THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY LOOK AT IT AT ON COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS AND A LOT OF CITIES THAT DO HAVE THAT REQUIREMENT HAVE FOLLOW MORE OF A FORM BASED CODE AND WE JUST CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE THAT FORM BASED CODE AND SO IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS I GUESS FOR FOR EASE THAT WE DIDN'T PRESENT THAT HERE IN THIS THIS ORDINANCE WITH REGARDS TO THE OLDER PORTION OF THIS IF THERE WAS A RESTAURANT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHERE ORDERS WOULD APPLY THAT USED TO HAVE TO HAVE THE ODOR MITIGATION OR SUPPRESSION MITIGATION. I THINK NOW WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO MODIFY THEIR SYSTEM BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A LARGE UP FRONT COST BUT YOU HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ANNUAL COST IN TERMS OF FILTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IF THEY WERE IN BETWEEN THE 150 AND THE 200, WOULD THEY NOW BE ABLE TO MAYBE MAKE SOME CHANGES, JUST SAVE THEMSELVES LONG TERM COSTS? YEAH. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I AM NOT SURE SO I DON'T WANT TO GIVE INCORRECT INFORMATION OFF THE CUFF. I DON'T KNOW PLANNING MANAGER JOHNSON MAY HAVE SOME INSIGHT AND SOME OF THAT HE WROTE KIND OF THAT SECTION SO SORRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO KOTA. THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS GOOD TO SEE YOU. THE ONE CAVEAT I WOULD SAY YES GENERALLY THAT THEY COULD ADJUST THEIR OPERATIONS. THE ONE THING WE WOULD NEED TO EVALUATE WITH ANY DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS WE WOULD NEED TO STUDY THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT WERE ESTABLISHED AT THE TIME AND WE WOULD ALWAYS USUALLY IF IT'S COMPLEX WE WOULD DO SO WITH LEGAL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING A LAND USE LAW AND THE PROPER APPROACH THERE. BUT ASSUMING THAT IT WAS COMPLIANT WITH CURRENT CODE THEY COULD PROCEED WITH OR SOME OF THOSE OPERATIONAL CHANGES. YEP. GOOD. THANK YOU. >> MY LAST QUESTION. SO PAINTED SERVICES WHAT IS OUR ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM AND WE ARE SUPERB. I BRING THIS UP JUST BECAUSE OF THAT. BELLVILLE IN AN OLD SHACK ABBEY ROAD IN FRANCE AND LIKE YOU KNOW WE ALLOW FOR THAT I KNOW WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS IN THE PAST ABOUT WHY WE DON'T ALLOW THAT. THERE WAS I THINK A BANK OR SOMETHING THAT WANTED TO DO IT AND WE YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T ALLOW FOR IT. AND SO THERE BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS OF LONG TERM MAINTENANCE. SO HOW DO WE ACTUALLY ENFORCE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW FOR THOSE TYPES OF SURFACES AND THEN HOW DO WE DO THAT WITH SOME BUILDINGS THAT DON'T LOOK GREAT BUT MAYBE THEY'RE OLD SHOP COULD BE IN FRANCE? SURE THERE COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I WOULD SAY SO CURRENTLY BECAUSE WE DON'T ALLOW CODING ON NEW SURFACES. THE CURRENT POLICY IS THAT ANY SURFACE THAT HAS BEEN COATED I THINK BEFORE 2001 OR WHATEVER THE DATE IS CAN CONTINUE TO BE RECODED. BUT WE WE KNOW WE RUN INTO ISSUES OR WE'RE AWARE OF PLACES THAT HAVE ILLEGALLY COATED OR PAINTED SURFACES AND IT DOES PUT US IN KIND OF A TOUGH SPOT BECAUSE YOU REALLY NEED TO DO THAT. WE'D HAVE TO GET THEM TO REMOVE THE PAINT AND WHETHER THAT'S SANDBLASTING OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND IT CAN JUST KIND OF CREATE AN AWKWARD SITUATION AND AND TRYING TO KEEP THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BUSINESS AND WANTING TO WORK WITH THEM BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO APPLY OUR STANDARDS. SO WHAT I WOULD SAY WITH THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS AS WE DO MORE EXPLICITLY LIST MAINTENANCE STANDARDS IN FROM THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE THAT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH STAFF CAN USE TO THEN ISSUE CORRECTION NOTICES TO GET PEOPLE TO TO COMPLY OR IF IT IS CHIPPING PAINT IN THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THERE'S MORE CLEAR LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT THEY CAN POINT TO AND TO WRITE AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION AND GET THEM TO CLEAN IT UP AND REPAINTED AND MAKE IT LOOK NICER. YEAH. AND ALSO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE DIVE INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING HERE? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO HANDS GOING UP. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. JUST CAST AND THEN DON'T GO FAR. WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. I DON'T HAVE 4.1. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING PHASE ONE SMALL BUSINESS CODES AND PROCESSES ORDINANCE. ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.1 THIS EVENING PLEASE COME ON FORWARD AS YOU'RE COMING FORWARD. THE WAY WE DO THIS YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES AND YOU GOT THE SHOT CLOCK ON THE WALL TO KEEP TRACK OF THINGS IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND AND WHEN YOU GET TO FIVE MINUTES I WILL SAY THANK YOU SO JUST SAY NO THANKS. >> ALL RIGHT. PLEASE GO AHEAD. I GUYS THANK YOU. MAYOR BUZZ IN COUNCIL MEMBERS I'M KATIE ROSS I ON THE ARTS CREATIVE ON THE WEST SIDE OF BLOOMINGTON AND I'M JUST I NOTICED ONE OF THE THINGS TALKING ABOUT ROOFTOP EQUIPMENT AND I'M PERSONALLY DEALING WITH SOME ROOFTOP EQUIPMENT ISSUES WITH THE RED TAGGED UNIT AND THEN WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IT IS TO REPLACE OR REPAIR IT AND WHETHER OR NOT IT IS REPAIRABLE AND THEN THE STANDARDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A LOT OF SUPPORT THROUGHOUT IT HAVEN'T BEEN I HAVE A LAWYER KIND OF HELPING ME READ THROUGH MY LEASE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. CURRENTLY ME AND MY LANDLORD ARE BOTH JUST SENDING LETTERS THROUGH OUR LAWYERS BUT REALLY I THINK I'M HERE MOSTLY TO ADVOCATE BECAUSE THIS CURRENT LANDLORD HAS BOUGHT UP ANOTHER STRIP ON 90TH AND FRANCE AND IT'S JUST COME TO MY ATTENTION WITH ALL THE RELATIONSHIPS I BUILT WITH MY LITTLE BLOCK THE STEP MOTHER I'M WORKING AT THAT IT'S I'M GETTING A LOT OF YEAH THAT'S NORMAL. AND THEN I WANT TO KNOW WHY IS IT NORMAL AND I FELT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH MARY AT WEST HIGH PARK AND SHE HAPPENS TO ALSO OPEN THAT PLACE OF PERK UP KITCHEN AND SHE'S TOLD ME THERE A CLEAR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LANDLORDS AND THE SUPPORT AND ALL THE OTHER KIND OF STUFF. AND SO I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW AS A PROBLEM SOLVER HOW DO WE ADVOCATE FOR MORE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS, MORE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE LANDLORDS AND BUSINESS OWNERS AND HAVE LESS OF THOSE STORIES OF LIKE YEAH, THAT'S NORMAL FOR A SMALL BUSINESS TO KIND OF GET STUCK IN THERE. SO THANKS FOR YOUR AREA AND THANK YOU AND I JUST I DON'T I DO TYPICALLY WOULD WAIT UNTIL THE END TO RESPOND BUT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW BECAUSE I THINK YOU KNOW THIS AND WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION A BIT ESPECIALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT DOESN'T NECESSARILY GO INTO THE WHOLE LANDLORD RIGHT? I SEE RELATIONSHIPS AND WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES MIGHT BE. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I SAW STAFF FURIOUSLY TAKING NOTES AS WE AS YOU WERE TALKING AND IT MAY BE SOMETHING WE ADDRESS IN THE FUTURE. BUT AS IT RELATES TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, THERE ISN'T A THERE ISN'T A BRIGHT LINE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE HAVING AND WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING NOW FOR SURE AND I THINK IT'S MORE JUST ON THE PREVENTATIVE MOVING FORWARD THINKING ABOUT IT LIKE THAT THERE IS MORE PEOPLE ON THAT CONSIDERATION. APPRECIATE THAT. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE IT. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? CAITLIN DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE? MAYOR THERE IS NO ONE ON THE PHONE. LAST CALL FOR ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS COUNCIL. NO ONE IN THE CHAMBER IS COMING FORWARD. NO ONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO US IN 4.1 I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I DON'T AND 4.1 THE EVENING SO MOVED TO SAY A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.1 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THO IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING SO COUNCIL THOUGHTS ON THIS I THINK FOR THE MOST PART AS I LOOK THROUGH IT I THINK THE ROOFTOP SCREENING ISSUE WAS ONE THAT WE HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT AND I KNOW THERE WAS THE THE WE WERE PRETTY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS TALKING ABOUT TO COUNCILMEMBER A COUPLE OF COUNCILMEMBER NELSON'S COMMENTS AND A COUPLE OF OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING THE EXTERIOR MATERIALS. I THINK WE DID SUPPORT THE PAINTING PLANNING COMMISSION OBVIOUSLY WAS A LITTLE BIT IN BETWEEN AND THEN THE PARKING FLEXIBILITY AND THE THE ODOR MITIGATION I DON'T THINK THERE WERE ISSUES THERE AT ALL. SO I THINK THE QUESTION BETWEEN THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN HEARING ARE THE EXTERIOR MATERIALS OR THE PAINTING AND THE QUOTE THE COATING BUT ALSO THAT MIX AT 85, 20 OR 8515 MIX AND I MEAN I MEAN FROM MY STANDPOINT I UNDERSTAND THE COMMENTS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I THINK WHEN YOU BROUGHT UP THE QUESTION YOU KNOW WHY DO WE HAVE THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE AND I THINK I APPRECIATED MR. CASSIDY'S RESPONSE THAT IT'S A IT'S A COMBINATION OF THINGS. BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING I THINK IT'S A IT'S A A STYLE AND LOOKING STANDARD THAT I THINK WE EXPECT AND HAVE BUILT THE CITY AROUND. AND I THINK IT'S IT'S TELLING WITHOUT YOU KNOW, WITHOUT DUNKING ON OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH IT'S TELLING THAT OUR OUR NEIGHBORS IN BLAINE WERE 5050 BECAUSE I THINK IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH BLAINE YOU SEE AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT TYPE OF BUILDING STRUCTURE FACADE STRUCTURE IT JUST LOOKS DIFFERENT AS YOU DRIVE YOUR WAY UP TO CENTRAL AVENUE AND AROUND THE CITY OF BLAINE. SO I, I DON'T KNOW I APPRECIATE THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED IN TERMS OF FUME HOODS AND PARKING AND SO ON BECAUSE I THINK THEY DO BENEFIT THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND THEY CAN HELP IN A LOT OF WAYS. I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF MESSING AROUND WITH OUR EXTERIOR SURFACES RATIO PRIMARILY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WILL NOTICE. SO YOU KNOW THE THE ROOFTOP SCREENING MAY OR MAY NOT BE NOTICED BY NEIGHBORS MAY OR MAY NOT BE NOTICED BY ANYBODY. BUT I THINK IF WE IF WE MAKE OUR WAY BACK ON AN EXTERIOR STANDARDS, I THINK IT WOULD BE NOTICED AND IT WOULD BE NOTICEABLE. SO I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF OF THOSE CHANGES AS WE LOOKED AT AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, NOT IN FAVOR OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION THERE. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SURE, MR. MAYOR. SO I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. I MEAN I'M I'M MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE STUFF AROUND GREASE INTERCEPTORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND IT'S NOT IN HERE SO I'LL JUST HOLD MY SO READY FOR THAT STUFF BECAUSE THAT'S MY BIG PRESSING ISSUE AT THE MOMENT ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS AS IT RELATES TO THE THE THE SCREENS AND EVERYTHING I AGREE I THINK EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT ON THAT AS IT RELATES TO THE REPORT AND PLANNING COMMISSION, I HAVE A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW ON THE EXTERIORS SURFACE STUFF. I THINK I, I OFTENTIMES THINK THAT WE LET PERFECT GET IN THE WAY OF GOOD HERE IN IN IN SOME OF THESE ORDINANCES AND ALL YOU KNOW IF IF WE IF WE KNOW OR WE BELIEVE STRONGLY AND MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE THE EVIDENCE EITHER WAY THAT THESE KINDS OF THESE KINDS OF STANDARDS BEING AS HIGH AS THEY ARE AND THEY ARE OUT WE ARE AN OUTLIER WHETHER THAT'S GOOD OR BAD, YOU CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION BUT WE ARE AN OUTLIER COMPARED TO ANYWHERE AROUND US. AND YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT I'VE NEVER LIVED IN BLAINE. I'VE NO IDEA WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BUT I'M NOT GOING TO. YOU HAVE THE LUXURY OF DISPARAGING OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH. I MAYBE DON'T BUT BUT I GUESS WHAT DO WE WANT, RIGHT? I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE OUTCOMES WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AND IF THE OUTCOME WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IS THAT MORE SMALL BUSINESSES WANT TO COME AND DO BUSINESS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD MAKE IT HARD FOR THEM AND THAT'S THE LENS THROUGH WHICH I LOOK AT ALL OF THIS. AND SO IF IF WE'RE IF WE WANT SOMEBODY TO BUY THAT PLACE AND ADD SHOCK PANELS IN FRANCE AND SAY AND DO SOMETHING WITH IT, WHY DON'T WE GET OUT OF THEIR WAY AND LET THEM DO THAT TOO TO AT LEAST SOME DEGREE? THAT'S THE KIND OF THE WAY I THINK ABOUT IT. IF THE IN THE SAME WAY THAT I HAVE ARGUED IN THE PAST FROM SITTING FROM FROM HERE THAT YOU KNOW WE PLACING THE BURDEN ON THE SMALL BUSINESS AND THIS MIGHT GET TO WHAT OUR FRIENDS FROM THE ARTS CREATIVE ARE SAYING YOU KNOW PUTTING THE BURDEN ON THE SMALL BUSINESS TO GET TO COMPLIANCE WITH US AS OPPOSED TO WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND THE AND THE OWNERS OF THESE LARGE COMPLEXES TO TO BUILD TO SUIT SO THAT THEY CAN ATTRACT THESE BUSINESSES SEEMS ANTITHETICAL TO ME. AND SO I WILL ALWAYS BE ADVOCATING FOR MAKING IT MORE EASY FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO GO IN AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AN OPPORTUNITY THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY COME ALONG ALL THE TIME FOR A FOR YOU KNOW, TO BUY A BUILDING AND TO OWN A BUILDING AND TO MAKE IT THEIR OWN WITHOUT PUTTING SO MUCH CONSTRAINT ON THEM THAT IT WE'VE MADE IT WE'VE MADE IT CHALLENGING AND I GUESS THE OTHER THING I'LL SAY IS JUST THAT LIKE I'M NOT I DON'T NECESSARILY LIKE THIS STATIC COMING AS IT IS YOU KNOW THOSE THINGS ARE NICE AND EVERYTHING BUT WHAT IF I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT? WHAT IF WHAT IF I AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER FOR EXAMPLE WHO OWNED A COFFEE SHOP OR WHATEVER WHO WANTED TO MAKE THE ENTIRE EXTERIOR OF MY PROPERTY COVERED IN IN NATURAL GRASSES OR NATURAL OR YOU KNOW, MATERIAL OR WHATEVER BECAUSE IT'S THE ESTHETIC I WANT TO ACHIEVE. WE JUST I DON'T KNOW WE GET IN THE WAY OF SOME OF THAT CREATIVITY WHEN WE DO STUFF LIKE THIS AND AT THAT RATIO THE LEAST WE COULD DO IT MAY MAYBE MAYBE MAKE IT A MORE FLEXIBLE IN MY OPINION. SO THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I STAND ON AND I HOPEFULLY THAT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH WHERE I'VE BEEN ON MOST OF MY THINGS ANYWAY I'D BE VERY HAPPY IF I, I, I WOULD WALK INTO A PLACE THAT'S MOSS COVERED WITH A WITH A GRAY WATER SYSTEM IN A HEARTBEAT RIGHT OVER IF IT MEANT THAT WE'VE GOT A BUSINESS THAT'S DOING SUSTAINABLE WORK AND MEANINGFUL WORK HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON MORE QUICKLY THAN IT COULD OTHERWISE. AND SO I WANT US TO BE SURE WE'RE FOCUSED ON OUTCOMES AND WHAT THE CITY LOOKS LIKE TO ME IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS CAN THE CITY SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES? THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT IMPORTANT. IT'S JUST NOT AS IMPORTANT. SO CAN WE GET OUT OF THE WAY OF IT IS WHERE MY HEAD'S AT SO I WOULD BE OKAY IF WE WANTED TO BRING UP TO VOTEN THAT. IT MAY NOT PASS TODAY BUT I'D BE OPEN TO MAKING THE MOTION ABOUT INCLUDING THAT. THANKS. THANK YOU. OTHERS ON PREMIER NELSON YEAH THANK YOU MAYOR. I TEND TO AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO WITH REGARDS TO THE EXTERIOR FACADES. I WOULD ADD IN THERE I WOULD LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL AT SOME POINT TO REDUCTIONS ON THE BACK OF THEM AND STUFF LIKE THAT WHERE YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT PUBLIC FACING AND BLUNTLY WHO CARES AS LONG AS THEY'RE MAINTAINED AND IF WE HAVE THOSE STANDARDS I'M FINE WITH THAT. I KNOW LATER IN THE EVENING WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT COMMERCIAL NODES. FRANKLY A LOT OF THESE EXTERIORS HAVE TO DO WITH COMMERCIAL NODES. WE HAVE A LOT OF OLD COMMERCIAL NODES. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS ORDINANCE FIRST WENT INTO EFFECT BUT MY GUESS IS A LOT OF THOSE WERE BUILT PRIOR TO THE STANDARDS AND DON'T MEET THEM YET. THEY'RE STILL THERE. THEY'RE THEY'RE STILL PART OF THE COMMUNITY. PEOPLE STILL ENJOY THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE AT THEM. YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE THING HASN'T FALLEN DOWN AND COLLAPSED YET SO I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY WITH REGARDS TO THAT. I THINK ALL OF MY OTHER QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED THERE SO I JUST APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT STAFF DID. I THINK IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION I THINK THEY CAME FORTH WITH GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE ONE THAT I WOULD SUPPORT FROM STAFF IS THE FLEXIBILITY ON THE EXTERIORS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMEMBER MAY THEME ALGEBRA THIS TRYING TO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND AND SEE THE VIEWPOINT OF THE CONVERSATION THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD REGARDING THE THE RATIO FOR EXTERNAL MATERIALS BUT HOW I SEE IT IS OUR COMMERCIAL NODES OUR DISTRICTS ARE DUE FOR REDEVELOPMENT AND THAT WILL BE HAPPENING IN THE NEXT TEN, 15, 20 YEARS AND AS I'VE SAID MANY TIMES UP HERE LIKE I SUPPORT LETTING THE MARKET DECIDE AND HAVING THAT FLEXIBILITY WITH THE IDEAL AND HOPE THAT THOSE SAVINGS FROM THOSE DEVELOPERS GET PASSED ON TO OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO KNOWS IF THEY DO OR NOT. BUT GIVEN THAT FLEXIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AT LEAST WE HAVE A CHANCE. SO I, I FULLY UNDERSTAND WHERE THE PLANNING COMMISSION CAME FOR IT IN THE SHORT TERM I TOTALLY SEE THAT IT REALLY DOESN'T CHANGE A WHOLE LOT BUT IN THE LONG TERM I DO SEE THE BENEFIT OF REDUCING THAT RATIO FOR FOR BLOOMINGTON TO MOVE INTO THE FUTURE. SO LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATION HERE I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO PERHAPS I MEAN WE AGREE ON EVERYTHING ELSE. PERHAPS YOU CAN MAKE THE MOTION THE SECOND MOTION THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE IN THE PACKET AND CHANGE THE PROPOSED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MATERIAL RATIOS TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR VOTE, SEE WHERE THAT GOES AND I'M OKAY. PREVIOUSLY ON THAT. OKAY GOTCHA. YES I CAN DO THAT. SO IF IF WE'RE READY FOR THAT I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE MODIFYING EXTERIOR BUILDING MATERIAL AND CODING STANDARDS, ULTIMATE MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS, FLEXIBILITY MEASURES FOR OFF STREET PARKING AND ROOFTOP MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT STANDARDS THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTER 910 AND 21 OF THE CITY CODE STRIKING THE 85% 15% PRIMARY TO SECONDARY EXTERIOR OR EXTERIOR MATERIAL RATIO AND INSERTING A AND I GUESS WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT BUT I'M WE GOING FOR THIS 6535 6535 PRIMARY TO SECONDARY EXTERIOR MATERIAL RATIO THAT I GET THAT RIGHT HUH 65 6535 THAT EQUALS 100. THAT'S MY MATH. IT'S HARD FOR 7525 OR 6535 BUT WE WANT 65 I THINK THE STAFF RECOMMENDED 65 THREE. YES. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. I THINK I GOT ALL THAT OUT THERE. YEAH. YOU MAY WANT A SECOND SAYING WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLAS DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE AS STATED AND IN PARTICULAR IT WOULD BE STRIKING THE 8515 PRIMARY TO SECONDARY EXTERIOR RATIO AND INSERTING A 6535 PRIMARY TO SECONDARY EXTERIOR RATIO. ANY CONVERSATION ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU MAYOR. SO A QUESTION FOR STAFF IS THERE ANYTHING RELATED TO THE MATERIALS? IS THERE ANYTHING RELATED TO THE LONGEVITY? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'M THINKING BACK YEARS AND YEARS AGO GOSH I THINK COUNCILMEMBER BULOVA WAS ON COUNCIL AND WE WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION AROUND EXTERIOR MATERIALS AND I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING KIND OF AROUND JUST LIKE THE QUALITY AND THE THE LIFETIME OF THOSE KIND OF MATERIALS AND ARE WE SACRIFICING KIND OF THE LONGER TERM DURABILITY? AND I I'LL BE HONEST I DON'T REALLY HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THIS ONE. I'M MOSTLY FINE WITH REDUCING IT BUT I GUESS THAT IS JUST ONE QUESTION THAT I HAVE LINGERING YEAH. MR. CAST NIKKEN YEAH. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER CARTER YES. I WAS JUST TALKING WITH MANAGER JOHNSON REALLY QUICK SO YEAH I WOULD SAY THAT ON THOSE SECONDARY MATERIALS I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY JEOPARDIZING DURABILITY. THERE'S STILL ACCEPTED MATERIALS YOU KNOW IT STILL HAS TO MEET MINNESOTA STATE BUILDING CODE AND THAT GETS REVIEWED TO ENSURE IT'S A SAFE AND DURABLE BUILDING BUT MAYBE SOME SLIGHT DIFFERENCES ON LIKE LP SMARTSIDE AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER MATERIALS IT MIGHT BE MORE OF A 20 YEAR WARRANTY VERSUS A 30 YEAR WARRANTY ON SOME OF THOSE MATERIALS BUT THERE'S NO THEY STILL HAVE A WARRANTY THAT THEY FOLLOW AND STILL HAVE TO BE PROPERLY MAINTAINED WHICH IS REALLY THE KEY TO ALL OF THIS. SO MOST OF THOSE SECONDARY MATERIALS ARE ALL PRETTY COMMON MODERN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND I DON'T THINK YOU'D BE SACRIFICE SEEING A TON OF DURABILITY BY ALLOWING MORE SECONDARY MATERIALS. OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS WE'VE GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND ON THE TABLE DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON IT? COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS JUST TO ADD TO COUNCILMEMBER WARD'S, HOW DO WE GUARANTEE THAT THE SAVINGS NO THIS WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE DEVELOPERS IS TRANSFERRED TO THE D I SHALL USER IF ANYBODY CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION I GUESS MAYOR COUNCILOR RIVAS THE CITY THERE'S NO ORDINANCE IN PLACE THAT CAN GUARANTEE THAT ANY POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS DEPENDING ON THE PALETTE OF MATERIALS THAT YOU UTILIZE CAN BE PASSED ON TO THE SMALL BUSINESS. THERE'S NOTHING ON THE BOOKS THAT WOULD REQUIRE THAT. ONE THING I WILL SAY THAT WASN'T PART OF THE DISCUSSION AS PART OF THIS IS THAT AS DAKOTA MENTIONED, WE DID GET COMMENTS BACK FROM ARCHITECTS IN THE AREA THAT WE ENGAGE WITH AS PART OF THIS PROCESS ABOUT OUR RATIO. BUT IF I CAN ALSO JUST ADD ONE MORE DATA POINT IN TERMS OF HOW IT TRANSLATES TO AN ACTUAL BUSINESS IN BLOOMINGTON WITH RESPECT TO SOME OF OUR SHOPPING CENTERS. SO WE HAVE HAD SOME SCENARIOS AND THIS RELATES TO THE PAINTING ISSUE TO WHO WANT TO REFRESH THE STOREFRONT TO MATCH THEIR BRAND OR THEIR BUSINESS AND IF A PARTICULAR ELEVATION WAS ALREADY MAXED OUT IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF SECONDARY MATERIALS THAT IT COULDN'T HAVE TO CHANGE THE STOREFRONT, IT WOULD HAVE HAD TO ADD MORE PRIMARY MATERIALS NOT A HUGE DEAL MAYBE SOME ADDITIONAL COST BUT THERE ACTUALLY IS LESS COLOR PALETTE IN SOME OF THOSE MATERIALS. THERE'S LESS DESIGN CHOICES IN SOME OF THOSE MATERIALS. SO I THINK IT JUST ADDS SOME OF THE RIGIDITY AND WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT AND I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OFF TOPIC OF THE DIRECT QUESTION WE CAN'T PASS ON THE COST SAVINGS BUT I THINK WHAT THESE CHANGES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DO IS JUST ADD MORE DESIGN FLEXIBILI TO THE PARTICULAR BUSINESS THAT MAKES SENSE. I BELIEVE THE ANSWER IS THANK YOU AND COUNCIL AND ANY FINAL QUESTIONS? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE. EVERYBODY'S CLEAR ON THE MOTION. IF NOT OKAY EVERYBODY'S CLEAR ON THE MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION OFFERED ON ITEM 4.1 PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED ME. WE GOT THAT MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 2 WITH BUSHEY AND LOWMAN IN OPPOSITION. VERY GOOD. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SUMMARY PUBLICATION PLEASE. YES PLEASE. YES, SIR. I MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUMMARY PUBLICATION IN OF AN ORDINANCE UPDATING VARIOUS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR SMALL BUSINESS THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTERS NINE, TEN AND 21 OF THE CITY CODE SAY MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF ITEM 4.1 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU MR. CAST NET THANKS EXPAND THE THANKS TO THE REST OF THE PLANNING STAFF ALSO I KNOW WE'RE WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON THIS AND I THINK IT'S GOOD PROGRESS. SO WELL DONE. THANK YOU. ITEM 4.2 IS OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS REGARDING CHAPTER FIVE OF THE BLOOMINGTON CITY CHARTER AND ITEM 4.3 OBVIOUSLY RELATED AS WELL AS RELATED TO CHAPTER SIX OF THE BLOOMINGTON CITY CHARTER. CITY ATTORNEY MELISSA MANDER IS GOING TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, MAYOR MEMBERS SO TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO CHARTER AMENDMENTS. WE SPOKE ABOUT THEM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND THIS IS A PART OF A LONGER PROCESS THAT THE CHARTER COMMISSION HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH RELATED TO REVIEWING EACH SECTION OF THE CITY CHARTER AND ANALYZING IS IT WORKING? WHAT DO WE UNDERSTAND IT ASKING QUESTIONS. AND SO THIS PAST YEAR THE CHARTER COMMISSION LOOKED AT SECTIONS OR EXCUSE ME CHAPTERS FOUR, FIVE AND SIX AND OUT OF THAT CONVERSATION AND IN THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH STAFF TO ANALYZE OUR CHARTER EACH YEAR THERE CAME AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER SIX INTO CHAPTER FIVE. THIS ITEM 4.2 IS CHAPTER FIVE AND WE ALL HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS BEFORE AND PROBABLY RECALL THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN OFFICIALLY AMEND THE CHARTER THE ONE THAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED TONIGHT IS THE AMENDMENT BY ORDINANCE WHICH IS LISTED IN THE AGENDA ITEM ON PAGE 171. THIS PARTICULAR APPROACH REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL AS PUBLICATION OF THE ENTIRE LANGUAGE OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE ORDINANCE WHICH IS THE AMENDING THE CHARTER IN THE PAPER AND WE ALSO PUT IT ON OUR CITY WEBSITE AND IT HAS A DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE OF 90 DAYS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND IN PASSAGE THERE IS ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A PETITION TO COME IN IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT 90 DAY PUBLICATION PERIOD TO UNDO THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS ACTED ON BY THE COUNCIL. SO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE IN YOUR AGENDA ITEM AS WELL AS THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE, THE AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION, THE RESOLUTION THAT CAME TO YOU EARLIER FROM THE CHARTER COMMISSION AND THEN A COPY OF THE STATE LAW. WE'RE GOING TO DO THESE AS TWO SEPARATE AGENDA ITEMS AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE OF EACH OF THEM SEPARATELY. BUT I ALSO BEFORE I DO THAT I WANT TO JUST LET THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT THE CHAIR OF THE CHARTER COMMISSION IS ALSO WITH US TONIGHT AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE HIM IF YOU SO DESIRES TO ADD ANYTHING TO THE THE INTRODUCTION STEVE PETERSON, CHAIR OF THE CHARTER COMMISSION WE STARTED THIS PROCESS OVER FOUR YEARS OF GOING AND LOOKING THROUGH THE CHARTER AND THE ITEM THAT'S GOING TO COME UP FIRST HERE IS KIND OF THE FIRST SET OF CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING RELATING TO THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY CAREFUL TO TRY TO MAKE CHANGES THAT ARE NOT SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES THAT ARE THAT WE THINK WE CAN GET SEVEN VOTES TO SUPPORT ON THE COUNCIL ALTHOUGH I'M LOOKING HERE WE'LL SEE IF WE'LL SEE IF I HAVE WITH SEVEN AT SOME POINT HERE. BUT THE THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO TRY TO BRING FORWARD SOMETHING THAT'S NOT CONTROVERSIAL. AND SO WE'VE BEEN VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WHERE PEOPLE LIKE WHAT IF WE DID THIS OR WHAT IF WE DID THAT AND THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. AND SO I'M HERE PRIMARILY ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MR. PETERSON THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. YEAH, JUST IN TIME. I'M HERE. I'M FROM THERE. SO AS THE CHAIR ALLUDED TO, THIS PARTICULAR APPROACH TO AMEND THE CHARTER REQUIRES UNANIMOUS SEVEN MEMBER VOTE OF THE OR TO PASS THE ORDINANCE. SO AS THE CHAIR ALLUDED TO THIS IS THIS AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER FIVE CAME OUT OF DISCUSSION AND WE ALSO HAD THE PARTICIPATION OF THE CITY CLERK WHO WELCOMED THE CHANGE AS WELL. ESSENTIALLY THIS CHAPTER FIVE IS OUR SORT OF THE GUTS OF WHAT MAKES BLOOMINGTON A HOME REAL CHARTER CITY AND THAT WE HAVE ALL THREE OF THE CITIZEN POWERS OF RECALL INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM AND WHAT WE LEARNED WHEN WE WERE ANALYZING EACH SECTION OF CHAPTER FIVE WAS THAT WE HAD SOME INCONSISTENCIES BOTH IN THE NAMING OF OUR SECTIONS AS WELL AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE PROCESS. THERE IS A AS YOU KNOW, A PETITION THAT IS CREATED AND CIRCULATED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND SIGNED AND THERE ARE SOME AFFIRMATIVE DUTIES OF THE CITY CLERK TO WORK WITH THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE OF THE COMMITTEES FOR EACH OF THOSE POWERS THAT I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. SO WHAT THIS AMENDMENT DOES THIS ORDINANCE DOES IS CREATE THE SAME NAMING STANDARD FOR EACH OF THOSE SECTIONS. SO IT'S MORE OBVIOUS FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE TRYING TO USE IT AND THEN IT ALSO ADDS AN EMAIL AND A TELEPHONE ADDRESS TO FACILITATE THAT BACK AND FORTH COMMUNICATION THAT IS SOMETIMES REQUIRED IN THE PROCESS. THE LAST THING THAT IT DID THAT IT DOES IS IN SECTION 5.11 THE REFERENDUM SECTION AND ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE CHARTER COMMISSION BROUGHT UP FOR DISCUSSION THAT THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL AMBIGUITY IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE ACTUAL FORM OF PETITION IN OUR CHARTER AND THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION AND WE ULTIMATELY SUGGESTED A CHANGE TO THAT AS WELL. SO THERE IS THAT ALL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION? THAT PARTICULAR LANGUAGE I JUST MENTIONED IS ON PAGE 174 OF THE PACKET. SO AGAIN THESE ARE CLEAR CALL AND BY CLERICAL I DON'T MEAN INCONSEQUENTIAL. I MEAN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE THINGS MORE CLEAR AND ASSIST WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS. SO WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I'M SURE THE CHAIR IS AS WELL AND THEN MOVED TO A PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MADE YOU NERVOUS EARLIER. I JUST WANTED TO THE ONE THING I NOTICED THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR ON IT IT DOES LOOK LIKE NOW IN ALL THREE AREAS WE ARE REQUIRING THE THESE FOLKS TO BE REGISTERED VOTERS OF IN BLOOMINGTON. WHAT WAS THAT EVER IN DOUBT OR WAS IT JUST THAT THE REFERENDUM PETITION DIDN'T DIDN'T HAVE THAT LANGUAGE IN IT? IF I LOOK AT LIKE 511 IN THE LANGUAGE THAT'S CROSSED OUT, IT DIDN'T IT DIDN'T EXPLICITLY REQUIRE THE UNDERSIGNED VOTERS REGISTERED IN BLOOMINGTON AND NOW ITOES. AND I JUST WANT TO BE SURE I UNDERSTAND WAS THAT ALWAYS THE EXPECTATION AND IT WAS IS THAT PART OF THE CLEAN UP? ARE WE ACTIVELY CHANGING THAT PARTICULAR IMPLICATION? MAY I MENTION THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE IF YOU LOOK TO THE OTHER BOXES AS WELL IN THE ORDINANCE YOU'LL SEE VERY SIMILAR LANGUAGE SUBMISSION TO THE VOTERS REGISTERED IN BLOOMINGTON FOR THEIR APPROVAL. IT WAS IN THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS STRUCK AND IT REAPPEARS IN THE NEW LANGUAGE. SO THAT IS A REQUIREMENT THAT THE CLERK GOES THROUGH AND CHECKS THE PETITION EACH OF THE SIGNATORIES YES, I GUESS I'M MAYBE I'M READING IT INCORRECTLY. IT SAYS IN IN THE IN THE RED LINE VERSION THE INFORMATION THAT'S LINED OUT THE UNDERSIGNED PETITIONERS UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF THE ORDINANCE ATTACHED A BELIEVING IT TO BE DETRIMENTAL BLAH BLAH BLAH THAT CHANGES TO THE UNDERSIGNED UNDERSIGNED VOTERS REGISTERED IN BLOOMINGTON NOW I AGREE WITH YOU IT DOES SAY PETITION THE COUNCIL FOR ITS SUBMISSION TO A VOTE OF VOTERS REGISTERED IN BLOOMINGTON FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL. BUT THE PETITIONERS AS IT LOOKS LIKE IN THAT LANGUAGE RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE CLARIFYING THAT THE PETITIONERS IN THIS HAVE TO BE REGISTERED VOTERS IN BLOOMINGTON AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO JUST CLARIFY THAT SEEMS RIGHT. I AGREE WITH THAT. I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT IT'S NOT A MATERIAL CHANGE BECAUSE IT WAS ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD WE WERE JUST CLARIFYING THE LANGUAGE AS MENTIONED MAYOR REMEMBERS IT WAS NOT INTENDED TO BE A MATERIAL CHANGE THAT WAS ALWAYS THE UNDERSTOOD THERE WAS A DESIRE MY RECOLLECTION OF THE CONVERSATION AT THE CHARTER COMMISSION WAS THAT THERE WAS A DESIRE TO HAVE CONSISTENCY BETWEEN EACH OF THE PETITIONS THAT THE FORM OUR PETITION AS WELL AS A FOLLOWING A SIMILAR CADENCE IN THE LANGUAGE SO MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THERE WAS NOT A DESIRE TO CHANGE THE SUBSTANCE. SURE. I MEAN ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. DON'T GO FAR JUST IN CASE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AFTERWARD. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. I WILL OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.2. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A CHARTER AMENDMENT FOR CHAPTER FIVE OF THE BLOOMINGTON CITY CHARTER. ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.2 THIS EVENING. KAITLIN ANYONE ON THE PHONE? MAYOR THERE IS NO ONE ON THE PHONE. LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY IN THE CHAMBERS COUNCIL. NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE CHAMBERS, NO ONE ON THE PHONE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.2 I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 4.2 THE CITY SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.2 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL THOUGHTS ON THIS I THINK IT'S WAS WELL EXPLAINED I THOUGHT BY THIS MANAGER CHAIR AND MR. PETERSON THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS AND JUST THE THOUGHT BEHIND IT TO AGAIN NOT AN INCONSEQUENTIAL CHANGE BUT A CLARIFYING CHANGE I THINK TO MAKE THINGS A BIT CLEARER WITHIN OUR CITY CHARTER WHICH IS ALWAYS A WORTHWHILE ENDEAVOR I BELIEVE . ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS IF NOT COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION AND THEN FOR POINT TWO THIS EVENING COUNCILMEMBER MAYOR I MOVED TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CHARTER SECTIONS 5.055.11 AND 5.16 RELATING TO INITIATIVE REFERENDUM AND RECALL MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CHARTER CHAPTERS OR SECTIONS 5.05 5.11 AND 5.16 RELATED TO INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO WHICH MOVES THIS ON ITEM 4.3 OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THEIR CITY CHARTER THIS REGARDING CHAPTER SIX MISS MATTER SAID ALL RIGHT THANK YOU MAYOR MEMBERS. THIS ONE IS EVEN MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD. THIS IS IN A VERY SIMPLE CHANGE THE TERM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER APPEARS IN A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS IN CHAPTER SIX IN THE MORE COMMON USE OF THAT POSITION TITLE IS SHIFTING IN THE MARKETPLACE AND ANOTHER CONVERSATION EXCUSE ME IS THAT CONTAGIOUS? GOODNESS GREAT YOU DEPUTY. IT'S SHIFTING TO THE USE TO BE TITLED DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. IT'S A SIMILAR TYPE OF TITLING THAT WE HAVE IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. SO BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR TITLE IS COMMITTED TO WRITING IN THE CHARTER IT WILL REQUIRE AN ORDINANCE TO MAKE THAT CHANGE. THE THING TO NOTE WITH REGARD TO THIS PARTICULAR TITLE IS THAT IT APPEARS IN MULTIPLE OTHER OFFICIAL CITY DOCUMENTS OUR EMPLOYMENT RULES, OUR COMPENSATION PLAN AND OTHER VARIOUS TYPES OF DOCUMENTS. AND SO THE INTENT AND THE GOALS OF STAFF WOULD BE IF YOU ALL CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TO TIME THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THOSE COMPLIMENTARY PROCEDURES AND POLICIES AND WHATNOT WITH THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE. AND THEN THE OTHER THING TO NOTE JUST SINCE I HAVE MY MIKE UNMUTED IS THAT THERE WAS A LARGER DISCUSSION IN THE CHARTER COMMISSION RELATED TO THESE PARTICULAR SECTIONS 6.6 AND 6.07 AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THE LANGUAGE IS ABLE TO BE UNDERSTOOD. THE CHARTER COMMISSION DECIDED NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT DURING THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM. YEA BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THEY MAY COME BACK IN FUTURE YEARS WITH A WITH AN EFFORT TO CLARIFY SOME SECTIONS BUT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT IN THE EVENT YOU WERE LOOKING THROUGH THE THE ORDINANCE LANGUAGE AND HAD A SIMILAR THOUGHT. CHAIR YOU WANT ANYTHING MORE TO CHAIR NOTHING TO ADD, NOTHING TO END COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON THIS I JUST GOT CLARIFICATIONS. JOB TITLE IS THE ONLY THING CHANGING NOT RESPONSIBILITIES, NOT PAY GRADE NOT AND OF COURSE BUSINESS CARDS BUT BEYOND THAT NOTHING ELSE CHANGES. THE JOBS REMAIN THEAME. IT'S SIMPLY THE TITLE CHANGE IS THAT CORRECT? CHAIR AND MEMBERS YES. THE ONLY CHANGE IS THE WORD ASSISTANT NOW BECOMES DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND AND IT IS NOT EFFECTIVE FOR ALWAYS INTO THE FUTURE BUT LATER IN IN THE EARLY FALL OF 2025 IF YOU CHOOSE TODOPT THIS. THANK YOU AND ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTION ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COUNSELF NOT THANK YOU. WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.3. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A CHARTER AMENDMENT ON CHAPTER SIX OF THE BLOOMINGTON CITY CODE. ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.3 THIS EVENING KAITLIN ANYONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO CHIME IN? MAYOR THERE'S NO ONE ON THE PHONE. LAST CHANCE FOR ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS TO SPEAK COUNCIL NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE CHAMBERS. NO ONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK OUT IN 4.3 I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT 4.3 SO SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.3 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS CLARIFICATION? THIS ONE I THINK IS EVEN MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD THAN THE FIRST ARE WE GOOD COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR MOTION I LOOK FOR ACTION. ITEM 4.3 COUNCILMEMBER I WILL DO THAT MAYOR AND MOVE TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CHARTER SECTION 6.036.06 AND 6.07 SECOND MOTION MY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CHARTER SECTION 6.0306 AND ZERO SEVEN RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF CITY AFFAIRS. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU MISS AMANDA SHANE THANK YOU AND MR. CHAIR THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK CHAIRING THE CHARTER COMMISSION. IT'S I KNOW SOMETIMES A BIG JOB, SOMETIMES LESS THAN A BIG JOB BUT I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO PUT INTO IT AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT IN FOR THE CITY OF WELLINGTON OVER THE YEARS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. THANKS. AS WE MOVE ON COUNCIL TO OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS AND WE ARE HITTING JUST NOW 8:00 AND SO WE'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS TO TO MEET OUR 9:00 ADJOURNMENT DEADLINE AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT. OUR FIRST UPDATE IS NO ACTION AND THIS IS INFORMATIONAL UPDATE ONLY ITEM 5.1 ON OUR COMMERCIAL NODE TOOL KIT UPDATE AND WE HAVE FROM OUR PORT AUTHORITY LUKE SPROUL SPEAKING I THINK TO THE COUNCIL FOR THE FIRST TIME. IS THAT CORRECT? I BELIEVE SO. I THINK SO. I THINK I YEAH WE WE SAW YOU AT THE PORT AUTHORITY FOR THE FIRST TIME ALSO JUST LAST WEEK SO WE ARE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL MODES TOOLKIT UPDATE PLEASE. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT I HAVE AN UPDATE TO THE COMMERCIAL NOTES TOOLKIT PROJECT. THINK OF THIS AS KIND OF A MID PROJECT CHECK IN I I AND OTHER STAFF HAVE WORKED TO KIND OF COMPILE A LOT OF THE EFFORTS TO DATE A LOT OF WHAT YOU'VE YOU'VE SEEN AND HEARD PLENTY OF BEFORE BUT WE'VE COMPILED INTO ONE DOCUMENT HERE WITH THE PURPOSE OF REVIEWING AND ASKING FOR SOME FEEDBACK TO HELP GUIDE US MOVING FORWARD . THE VISION OF THE COMMERCIAL NOTES TOOLKIT IS TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR STAFF, PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESSES TO MODERNIZE AND REDEVELOP COMMERCIAL NODES WHILE MINIMIZING DISPLACEMENT. THE PURPOSE OF THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS TO SHARE THE REDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES THAT STAFF HAS CREATED TO HIGHLIGHT WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO DATE INCLUDING THE CREATION OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS AND SUCCESSFUL GRANT AWARDS FROM OUR PARTNER AGENCIES TO BUSINESSES IN BLOOMINGTON. THE PRESENTATION AND REPORT THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET CONTAINS SOME CASE STUDIES INTENDED TO HIGHLIGHT BOTH THE SCALE AND BREADTH OF THIS PROJECT AND THE WORK THAT THE PORT AUTHORITY AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS HAVE DONE REGARDING COMMERCIAL NODES WILL CONCLUDE BY ASKING FOR FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION TO HELP US IDENTIFY GAPS AND PRIORITIZE OUR EFFORTS. THE COMMERCIAL OR THE SORRY THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL STUDY COMPLETED IN 2016 GUIDED OUR FOCUS TO THREE PRIMARY NODES AND IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES BASED ON A CRITERIA AND RATING MATRIX. AS YOU'RE AWARE, MANY OF BLOOMINGTON'S COMMERCIAL NODES ARE OLDER LOWER DENSITY ,PARTIALLY VACANT PROPERTIES IN SOME CASES GENERALLY LACKING THE AMENITIES, ESTHETICS AND VIBRANCY OF MODERN COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS OPPORTUNITIES EXIST TO ADD HOUSING GREEN SPACE AND ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY OVERALL WE WANT TO ENSURE THE LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THESE NODES AS VIBRANT COMMERCIAL CENTERS WITH THE PORT AUTHORITY SCOPE NOW CITYWIDE A MORE DEFINED EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO FURTHER THIS WORK INCLUDING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OUTREACH THAT'S BEEN DONE INCLUDING PROPERTY OWNER LETTERS. LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON PAGE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY INCLUDING BROKERS A HANDFUL OF PROGRAMS BY THE BUSINESS ASSISTANCE TEAM SOME GREAT WORK THEIR USE OF TIFF AND ASSISTANCE WITH GRANTS DONE BY THE REAL ESTATE TEAM WITHIN THE PORT CREATIVE PLACEMAKING HAS DONE SITE ACTIVATIONS AND ARTWORK PROJECTS AROUND THE CITY AND CERTAINLY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS YOU JUST EXPERIENCED ARE WORKING HARD ON OUR ZONING CODE CHANGES AND ASSISTED WITH THE VISION MATRIX JUST A LITTLE BIT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO DATE AND CERTAINLY SOME SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS HERE FROM THE BUSINESS ASSISTANCE SIDE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF GRANT FUNDING HAS BEEN AWARDED TO TEN BUSINESSES FOR THE SITE AND FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND 2020 FOR THAT PROGRAM IS AGAIN OPEN IN 2025. THE SEWER ACCESS CHARGE GRANT AND DEFERRAL PROGRAMS ARE ACTIVE AGAIN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY AWARDED TO A HANDFUL OF BUSINESSES IN 2024 AND AS YOU JUST SAW THE EXCELLENT PRESENTATION BY DAKOTA ON THE SMALL BUSINESS CODES AND PROCESSES REVIEW AGAIN AN ONGOING EFFORT THERE TO KIND OF ELIMINATE THE BARRIERS THAT SMALL BUSINESSES MAY BE FACING WITH OPENING OR EXPANDING IN BLOOMINGTON, THE PORT AUTHORITY HAS USED SEVERAL TOOLS INCLUDING TAX INCREMENT FINANCING GRANTS AND LAND BANKING TO ACHIEVE DESIRED OUTCOMES. WHILE SOME OPTIONS SUCH AS LAND BANKING ARE STILL BEING EVALUATED FOR USE IN THESE SPECIFIC CASES AND THE COMMERCIAL NODES GRANTS FROM PARTNERS INCLUDING THE MINNESOTA DEED AND HAVE IN COUNTY AS WELL AS TIFF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN USED FOR RECENT PROJECTS SUCH AS THE ACROPOLIS EXPANSION THAT I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH IN ORDER TO BETTER TARGET NEEDS AND UNDERSTAND THE BROAD SCOPE OF ASSISTANCE PROVIDED STAFF HAS CREATED THIS MATRIX TO SHOW HOW THE VARIOUS TOOLS AND RESOURCES ARE USED TO TARGET THE OUTCOMES. WE ENVISION FOUR CATEGORIES MOVING LEFT TO RIGHT BREAK DOWN THE PROJECT SCOPE FROM A LET'S SAY A SHORTER TERM AND LOW INVOLVEMENT PROJECT SUCH AS A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY, ASSISTANCE TO VERY LONG TERM AND HIGHLY CAPITAL INTENSIVE PROJECTS LIKE A FULL SCALE NEIGHBORHOOD REDEVELOPMENT COST COMPLEXITY A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED AND STAFF TIME INCREASES WITH THE LARGER PROJECT SCOPE AND LEVELS OF SUPPORT. THAT'S AGAIN AS YOU MOVE LEFT TO RIGHT. THIS IS INTENDED TO HELP ALIGN TOOLS WITH STRATEGIC GOALS BUT WE RECOGNIZE THIS CAN AND WILL EVOLVE AND SHIFT TO MEET FUTURE NEEDS. IMPORTANT TO NOTE THESE OPTIONS THAT YOU SEE HERE TODAY EXIST TO THE HARD WORK OF MANY OTHER STAFF MEMBERS OUTSIDE THE PORT AND OF COURSE SUPPORT FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. SO WITH THAT I HAVE FOUR QUICK CASE STUDIES THAT I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT QUICKLY THAT REPRESENT FOUR TYPICAL PROJECT CLASSIFICATIONS THAT STAFF HAS PROVIDED ASSISTANCE FOR. AND THEN ONE ONE EXAMPLE AT THE END FOR A NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY THAT SHOWS HOW DIFFERENT RESOURCES ARE OFTEN USED IN BLOOMINGTON AND THOSE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. THIS FIRST ONE HERE IS WILDERNESS INQUIRY A RECENT GRAND OPENING WHICH THE MAYOR WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO ATTEND. AGAIN THAT'S THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF MAYBE A LOWER LEVEL OF SUPPORT, A LITTLE LESS STAFF TIME INVOLVED THAN MANY OTHER PROJECTS, CERTAINLY A GREAT LEVEL OF SUPPORT AND AND FANTASTIC FOR THAT BUSINESS AND WE LOVE TO SEE THAT BUT AGAIN DIFFERENT THAN THAN A MORE INVOLVED PROJECT SUCH AS SAY THE GREAT BORKOWSKI GROUP RECENT ANOTHER RECENT PROJECT IN 2024 THAT THE BUSINESS ASSISTANCE TEAM WORKED WITH FOR A SITE AND FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $24,999 THAT WAS AN OLD DRY CLEANING SPACE THAT WAS RENOVATED INTO AN OFFICE THAT SITE AND FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT WENT TOWARDS A FULL EXTERIOR REMODEL AND I HAVE SOME BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES REALLY AN IMPRESSIVE PROJECT THERE AGAIN. SO YOU KNOW, JUST FOR SOMETHING TO CONSIDER HERE AS I'M AS I'M GOING THROUGH THESE PROJECTS AS BOTH THE TIMELINE AND THE INVOLVEMENT BOTH IN TERMS OF CAPITAL AND STAFF TIME. SO THIS WAS APPROXIMATELY FIVE MONTHS FROM START TO FINISH AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE IS APPROXIMATELY 5%. AGAIN, YOUR POLICIES UP HERE IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE. THIS WAS AS YOU KNOW AN EXISTING RESTAURANT THAT WAS COMBINED WITH AN OLD GAS STATION PARCEL A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED TO THAT BUSINESS AND AGAIN A SITE AND FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT BUT ALSO A SEWER ACCESS CHARGE CREDIT SOME TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AND A GRANT FROM THE MINNESOTA DEAL. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY FOUR YEARS FROM START TO FINISH KNOW REOPENING TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR AND IN THIS CASE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE WAS APPROXIMATELY 21% OF THAT TOTAL PROJECT COST AND ONCE AGAIN A FANTASTIC BEFORE AND AFTER AND LASTLY AN EXAMPLE FROM ST LOUIS PARK THE EXCELSIOR AND GRAND REDEVELOPMENT FROM A HANDFUL OF YEARS AGO THIS IS WAS REALLY AN IMPRESSIVE REDEVELOPMENT FOR ITS TIME CONVERTED A NUMBER OF BLOCKS OF SINGLE STORY LOW SCALE RATHER BLIGHTED STRUCTURES INTO A VERY IMPRESSIVE VERY DENSE, VERY WALKABLE COMMUNITY THAT TO THIS DAY REALLY IS STILL GREAT AND A GREAT PLACE TO HANG OUT AS PART OF THAT PROJECT INCLUDE ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACE OVER 86,000FT OF RETAIL SPACE, 300 APARTMENTS AND ANOTHER 300 FOR SALE UNITS. AND AGAIN WITH THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT THIS TOOK 12 YEARS APPROXIMATELY FROM START TO FINISH WITH A FEW STARTS AND STOPS ALONG THE WAY AND AGAIN A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PROJECT COST AND INVESTMENT GOING INTO THAT BUT REMAINS AROUND THE 21 OR 19% EXCUSE ME OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AS A PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST AND JUST A LITTLE BEFORE AND AFTER THERE AS WELL . SO WITH THAT WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS TO HELP GUIDE SOME CONVERSATION AND WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK AS WE'RE AT THIS KIND OF MID PROJECT POINT. YOU KNOW NOW NOW THE PORT HAS KIND OF EXPANDED CITYWIDE. WE HAVE SOME CHANGING RESOURCES, AN INCREASED FOCUS ON SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE AND MANY OTHER ELEMENTS. SO WE REALLY ARE LOOKING FOR ANY FEEDBACK YOU CAN PROVIDE US TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. JUST TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW THE PORT HAD THIS PRESENTATION JUST LAST WEEK WE HEARD WE HEARD THIS PRESENTATION AND HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION THERE AND I KNEW IT WAS COMING FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS AS WELL BUT COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO OH THANK YOU. I SEE THE QUESTIONS HERE. I GUESS I REMEMBER A NUMBER OF YEARS BACK WHEN WE WERE PRESENTED WITH THE OPTION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE TWO KIND OF HAVE DIFFERENT BUCKETS TO KIND OF FIT IT INTO AND YOU KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA OF MAYBE LOOKING AT TRYING TO DO LIKE A FULL PLAN FOR EACH ONE OF THESE AREAS IF MORE FOR EXAMPLE LIKE THE SOUTH LOOP PLAN OR THE PENSION PLAN IN AMERICA. AND SO THAT'S SORT OF WHERE MY MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, AS WE KIND OF LOOK AT THIS IS THIS ANOTHER POINT IN TIME WHERE WE MIGHT ASK OURSELVES THAT QUESTION, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF OF EMPHASIS AND THE PRIORITY IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THESE THESE INDIVIDUAL AREAS AND I KNOW THAT A PAST CITY MANAGER ONCE HAD RAISED THE THING THAT HE WAS MORE CONCERNED WITH AT THE TIME WAS THAT WE JUST DON'T CAN WE GET READY TO REDEVELOP THESE AREAS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE KIND OF MOVING FORWARD THE SAME AMOUNT OF RETAIL SPACE AND WE NEED TO LOOK IN TERMS OF WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE. THE MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND AND OTHER TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE THERE. AND SO YOU KNOW, AS I LOOK AT THE EXAMPLES THAT ARE KIND OF BROUGHT FORWARD, THE ONE THAT IS YOU KNOW, PROBABLY IT TO MYSELF THE MOST INTERESTING TO SEE EXCELSIOR AND GRAND YOU KNOW KIND OF MOVING AWAY FROM THE THE MORE MORE FUZZY GREEN KIND OF CORNER THERE TO YOU KNOW ONE MORE STANDARD KIND OF LOOK AND I JUST NOT SAYING THAT EACH OF THESE NODES NEED TO LOOK LIKE THAT THEY NEED TO KIND OF FIT INTO THE THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BY WHICH THAT IT SAYS BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE EXCITEMENT AS WE KIND OF LOOK ACROSS THE CITY TO THESE NODES AND WHAT THIS REDEVELOPMENT PORTION IS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR TAX BASE MOVING FORWARD AS WE LOOK TO REDEVELOP AND REDEFINE WHAT THE CITY LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE. SO I GUESS AS I LOOK AT ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS HERE, I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY ONLY GET ONE ONE CRACK AT IT HERE. I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I THINK I'D LIKE TO SEE US SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME WITH WITH SOME OF THESE NODES THEMSELVES IN TERMS OF JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT CHARACTERISTIC LOOKS LIKE THAT WE WANT TO HAVE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOODS. I KIND OF MOVE FORWARD AND I CAN I CAN I CAN WRITE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THESE QUESTIONS AND SEND THEM TO YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO RELATED TO THE CHARACTERISTICS AS WELL, BRIDGET, YOU'RE ASKING THE QUESTION WHEN WHEN WHEN WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS A OR MAYBE I CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT AS WE AS WE THINK ABOUT THOSE DESIRED THEMES AND THE CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM THAT WE CAN DRAW A LINE YOU KNOW OR BE MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT PUTTING PUTTING FUNDING AND OR OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF FOLKS SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE THINGS. SO YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S GREAT TO SAY FOR EXAMPLE THAT WE WANT SMALLER TENANT SPACES YOU KNOW OR WE WANT CULTURAL BUSINESSES BUT AGAIN THOSE CULTURAL BUSINESSES LIKE A RESTAURANT THAT'S SERVING A PARTICULAR CULTURAL ETHNIC FOOD IS GOING TO RUN INTO A WHOLE LOT OF PROBLEMS WHEN THEY TRY TO BUILD A RESTAURANT IN A PLACE THAT'S DOESN'T HAVE ANY RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT TODAY BECAUSE WE MAKE IT REALLY, REALLY HARD FOR THEM. RIGHT. AND SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE THOSE I'D LIKE TO CONNECT THOSE DOTS A LITTLE BIT MORE AND SEE IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE MORE POINTED IN SAYING THIS IS A THIS IS A CHARACTERISTIC WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THIS SPACE AND WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT JUST GOING TO DO NOT THE TIFF IS NOT GREAT, DON'T GET ME WRONG OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO TAKE DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT WHETHER THAT'S WITH THE DEVELOPERS SAYING WE THINK WE CAN GET FOUR FOUR RESTAURANTS IN HERE SO WHY DON'T YOU BUILD A RESTAURANT ROW OF SORTS THAT HAS PRE BUILT INTO IT THE THINGS THAT WE WANT FROM OUR THAT WE REQUIRE FOR RESTAURANTS SO THAT THOSE RESTAURANTS CAN FOCUS ON OPENING THEIR BUSINESSES AND NOT FOCUS ON HAVING TO DEAL WITH OUR PERMITTING PROCESS. SO LIKE THAT'S THE KIND OF THING I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS. SO IF YOU AS YOU THINK ABOUT THAT PUTTING PUTTING SOME KIND OF A UNIQUE GRANT PROGRAM OR SOLICITING A UNIQUE GRANT PROGRAM OR SOLICITING SPECIFIC YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OR OR PORT AUTHORITY DOLLARS TOWARDS THOSE BARRIERS AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT I THINK WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE ULTIMATELY I THINK I AGREE WITH ALL OF THIS AND I LOVE IT. YOU KNOW, MAKING IT WALKABLE IS GREAT. BUT IF WE REQUIRE THE SMALL BUSINESS TO PAY FOR THE SIDEWALK, YOU KNOW THAT'S HARDER RIGHT? WE WANT NATIVE PLANTS. GREAT. WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU KNOW WE TURN SOMETHING OVER, WE'RE GOING TO ASK THEM TO DO THAT AS OPPOSED TO MAKING THE LANDLORD DO IT FOR THE WHOLE PROPERTY OR WHATEVER AND THEN GETTING IT GETTING IT IN COMPLIANCE TO THAT ESTHETIC AND LETTING THE BUSINESSES COME AND GO AS THEY DO SEEMS A BETTER PLAN IN MY OPINION. SO THAT'S THE KIND OF THING I'M LOOKING FOR HERE AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S HELPFUL CONTEXT THANKS TO YOU AS A MEMBER. >> THANK YOU MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT PRESENTING THIS. I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THE PORT AUTHORITY GOING CITYWIDE THOUGH. THE ONE THING AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE DOING THIS ALREADY OR NOT BUT SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE MORE VISIBILITY ON IS THE MEASURING PIECE RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION RIGHT? MEASURE TWICE, CUT ONCE. SO HAVE WE DONE MARKET FEASIBILITY STUDIES? HAVE WE DEVELOPED DISTRICTS MINI MASTER PLANS FOR SPECIFIC COMMERCIAL NODES? HAVE WE LOOKED AT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE OPPORTUNITIES TO COINCIDE TOGETHER WITH REDEVELOPMENT AND THIS? SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE US UTILIZING THAT MORE TO FEED INTO THE TOOLKIT TO SAY BASED ON THE MANY DISTRICT PLANS THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED FOR THIS ZONE THIS IS WHERE WE CAN THEN UTILIZE OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT PLUS PLANNING TO GET REZONING ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY. SO DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN THAT AND ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN OUR MARKETING AND BRANDING OF THIS. LIKE I SAID PREVIOUSLY I FULLY BELIEVE BLOOMINGTON'S RIGHT FOR OUR NEXT WAVE WE'VE KIND OF PLATEAUED FOR THE LAST 4050 YEARS. YOU CAN SEE IT IN A COMMERCIAL KNOWS WE STARTED TO SEE THAT REDEVELOPMENT COME BACK BUT IF WE WANT TO SEE IT CITYWIDE AND CARRY IT OVER HOW ARE WE MARKETING BRANDING THIS? HOW ARE WE GETTING IN FRONT OF DEVELOPERS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO WORK WITH THEM AND BRING THEM IN TO BLOOMINGTON TO START THAT REVITALIZATION AGAIN AND THAT ALL GOES BACK TO PLANNING FOR THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS. I THINK THAT'S A HUGE WIN IF WE HAVE THAT PLANNING IN PLACE THAT THEN SETS US UP FOR DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. SO THAT'S THE PIECE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF IS WHAT IS THE PLANNING PIECE THAT WE'RE DOING TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THE VISION OF THE CITY OF SET FORWARD SO THAT WE'RE NOT GOING ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS SOMETIME DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE WE HAVE NOTHING TO POINT US TO. NORTH THANK YOU FOR THE THOUGHTS. I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND AFTER HAVING SEEN THIS PRESENTATION BEFORE I THINK TEN YEARS AGO IT WITH WITH THE SAME TYPE OF ASPIRATION IS AS I'M LOOKING AT THE THE EIGHT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT ARE LOCATED HERE I THINK IF IF EVERYTHING'S A PRIORITY NOTHING'S A PRIORITY AND I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO SOMEHOW PUT THESE IN SOME PRIORITIZATION AND LIST AND AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT TO BASE IT OFF OF BUT BASE IT OFF OF YOU KNOW, IS IT IS IT THE THE MOST IMPORTANT NEED? IS IT THE BEST OPPORTUNITY? IS IT EQUITY? IS IT TRYING TO BALANCE THINGS? BECAUSE I LOOK AT DIFFERENT THINGS HERE I LOOK AT YOU KNOW LIKE FOR EXAMPLE COUNTRYSIDE IF IF IF AND WHEN MY PIZZA ENDS UP THERE WHAT KIND OF BENEFIT WHAT WHAT CAN WE BUILD OFF OF THAT? I'VE ALWAYS SAID OLD CEDAR AND OLD SHAKOPEE THE FACT THAT IT'S RIGHT ON THE BIKE WROTE DOWN TO THE RIVER WHY THERE ISN'T A BREWPUB THERE IS BEYOND ME BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS BIKE RIDERS LIKE TO STOP AND DRINK BEER AND IT'S IT'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY OR PENN AND 90TH WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE THE ANCHOR THERE WITH YOUR APPLES AND FRANKLY WITH GENERAL DYNAMICS PROVIDING A FAIRLY DECENT BASE AS WELL. HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE TIES? HOW DO WE PUT SOMETHING ON TOP OF YOU KNOW, ON THE TOP OF THE LIST AND THEN LOOK AT WAYS TO REALLY FACILITATE IT WHETHER IT'S LAND BANKING WHICH I THINK IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA IF SOMETHING COMES FOR SALE WITH THE RESOURCES NOW THAT WE HAVE WITH THE PORT AUTHORITY, I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK STRONGLY AT LAND BANKING AS MUCH AS WE CAN. IT'S NOT OFTEN WE GET WILLING SELLERS BUT ONCE WE SEE A WILLING SELLER WE SHOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THEN JUST TRYING TO TO BE AS CREATIVE AS POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF THE FINANCING I LOVE THE EXAMPLE FROM YOUR APPLE IS ALL THE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES AND THEN THE BOTTOM BOTTOM LINE IS I THINK IT WAS INTERESTING AND WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION IN PORT WHETHER IT WAS YOUR APPLE THIS OR EVEN EXCELSIOR OR BOULEVARD THAT THAT PUBLIC FUNDING PERCENTAGE WAS RIGHT AROUND 20%. IT WAS 19 AND 21%. AND FRANKLY I WAS SURPRISED AT THAT WHEN I BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN EXCELSIOR AVENUE EXCELSIOR BOULEVARD REDEVELOPED AND I THOUGHT THAT THAT PERCENTAGE WAS MUCH, MUCH HIGHER AND TO SEE THAT IT WAS 20% OR SO WAS WAS KIND OF EYE OPENING. BUT I THINK THAT NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO BE THE THE GOAL THAT WE AIM TOWARD. WE CAN WORK WITH DEVELOPERS, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, INCENTIVIZE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BUT WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT DEVELOPERS HAVE THE SKIN IN THE GAME AND THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TO MAKE IT ALL WORK . SO THOSE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS AND AS I SAID, THIS IS AFTER HAVING THIS DISCUSSION TWICE NOW IN THE PAST 10 OR 12 YEARS HERE WE ARE AGAIN AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET EVENTUALLY WE CAN START TO MOVE SOME OF THIS BILL FORWARD . COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I'LL JUST ADD I AGREE WITH PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I DID KEEP KIND OF COMING BACK TO IS JUST HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND I GUESS I WOULD JUST LOVE TO SEE YOU KNOW, I'D LOVE FOR US TO BE READY TO BE REACTIVE TO SOMETHING THAT COMES OUR WAY BUT REALLY BALANCE THAT WITH A PROACTIVE STRATEGY AND AND I LOVE THE EXAMPLES THAT YOU GAVE RIGHT OF LIKE EACH NODE HAS SOMETHING UNIQUE THAT WE CAN ALREADY BUILD OFF OF AND SO DOING THAT IN A REALLY THOUGHTFUL AND STRATEGIC WAY WITH CLEAR KIND OF GUIDANCE SOMETHING THAT'S GUIDING STAFF IN TERMS OF THAT PRIORITIZATION. SO THANK YOU. THIS IS REALLY GREAT BY THE WAY I WILL SAY AND I THINK ALL OF US COULD PROBABLY SAY THIS UP HERE EVERY TIME BOTH THE TIMES THAT I'VE RUN FOR OFFICE AND DONE TONS OF DOOR KNOCKING THIS IS A TOPIC THAT COMES UP OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. PEOPLE LOVE BLOOMINGTON. THEY LOVE LIVING HERE A THIRD PARKS AND GREEN SPACE BUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NODES ARE JUST I MEAN I THINK WE'VE ALL ACKNOWLEDGED IT RIGHT? LIKE THEY JUST THEY REALLY ARE. YES. ANIMOJI YES. SO I KNOW THIS IS LIKE YOU KNOW, THESE ARE DECADES LONG CONVERSATIONS. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I DO FEEL WITH THE CHANGE AT THE PORT AUTHORITY AND THE MOMENTUM WE HAVE BEHIND US, I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AND WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO SEE THOSE THINGS. >> SO THANK YOU. YEAH. FINAL THOUGHTS IN THIS CONSOLE . VERY GOOD. SO THIS IS SUPPORT AND CONSOLE WE MEAN FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITH THIS PRESENTATION AS WELL ON THURSDAY. VERY GOOD AND AND YOU MENTIONED IT BUT I THINK AND I THINK SOMEBODY ELSE MENTIONED COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO MAKES SURE WE CONNECT ALL OF THE DOTS AS WE CONTINUE WITH OUR PARKS SYSTEM MASTER PLAN WITH THAT WE CONTINUE WITH OUR CREATIVE PLACEMAKING TO MAKE SURE ALL THIS WORKS TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, IN AN ORGANIZED FASHION I THINK MAKES A LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE WE CAN BUILD OFF OF ALL THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER HERE AS A CITY WHETHER IT'S ART TRAILS, PARKS, COMMERCIAL NODES AND SO ON. SO GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS. HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU WITH AN UPDATE A LITTLE SHORTER THAN TEN YEARS FROM NOW . WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR ITEM 5.2 AND 5.2 THROUGH 5.5 OR APPOINTMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO DO COUNCIL AND ITEM 5.2, THE FIRST ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO START WITH HERE IS A PLANNING COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS. WE WE DID THE PLANNING COMMISSION INTERVIEW PROCESS IN THE WAY THAT WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF THE THE COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS PLANNING AND SELECTION PROCESS AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. IT INCLUDED AN INTERVIEW PROCESS AND INCLUDED TWO OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND IT CAME FORWARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE THE FOUR APPOINTMENTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AND I JUST WANT TO ASK COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO WHO SERVED ON THIS INTERVIEW BOARD SUMMARIZE A BIT YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE CANDIDATES. YOU SAW THE DIRECTION THAT THE DISCUSSION THAT WAS THAT TOOK PLACE ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR AS YOU MOVE FORWARD, AS IN SELECTING OR MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THANK YOU MAYOR YEAH, IT WAS A IT WAS A GREAT EVENING AND WE GOT TO TALK WITH NINE PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING THIS COMMUNITY. I HAVE TO SAY ALL OF THEM EXCEPTIONAL ALL OF THEM QUALIFIED FOR IT. EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO NARROW IT DOWN. WHAT WE SAW IS PEOPLE WITH DECADES OF PLANNING EXPERIENCE INCLUDING A COUPLE THAT HAD IT AT CITY PLANNING LEVEL HAD TO WORK THERE. PEOPLE THAT ACTIVELY USED TRANSFER STATION AND ARE ENGAGED IN LAND USE PLANNING AND ARE PAYING ATTENTION ATTENTION TO DIFFERENT THINGS. PEOPLE WITH SMALL BUSINESS BACKGROUND TOWNS THAT WANTED TO USE THAT TO HELP INFORM SOME OF OUR POLICIES AND ORDINANCES. IT WAS INCREDIBLE GROUP OF PEOPLE THE ONE THING I THINK WE'RE VERY MINDFUL OF IS WE HAD FOUR OPENINGS ON A COMMISSION THAT HAS SEVEN PEOPLE AND WE WANTED TO MAINTAIN EXPERTISE AND CONTINUITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD SO WE THE PLANNING COMMISSION I THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST ROBUST OF OUR IS PROBABLY EASILY THE MOST ROBUST OF OUR COMMISSIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT IT DOES AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS IT MAKES TO THE COUNCIL TO KEEP THINGS MOVING FORWARD. I MEAN WE JUST TALKED ABOUT COMMERCIAL NODES AND ALL THAT ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AS WELL AS ALL OF THE ORDINANCES AND THAT WE LOOK AT GO THROUGH THAT. SO IT WAS A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE. WE DID NARROW IT DOWN TO FOUR RECOMMENDED SO WE RECOMMENDED JARED MUNSTER AND LONNIE ABDI EISSA AND MADELINE SUMNER SUMMERS AND I GUESS I WOULD JUST TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER ALESSANDRA WHO ALSO SERVED THERE AND I WOULD JUST RECOGNIZE ALSO CHAIR ALBRECHT WHO JOINED US FOR THOSE INTERVIEWS AND SPENT HER TIME TRYING TO HELP GET THE NEXT GROUP OF PEOPLE ONTO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO ANYTHING TO ADD? I DON'T REMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND THINK THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER THOSE ARE GREAT. YEAH, IT WAS A IT WAS A WONDERFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE. THE VARIETY OF BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE WAS WAS BROAD BUT THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB WERE MET AND THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. RIGHT. I THINK I THINK IF IF AS AS COUNCILMEMBER SAID WE HAVE A FAIRLY LARGE TURNOVER IN THIS COMMISSION THIS TIME AROUND AND MOSTLY BE MOSTLY BECAUSE OF TERM LIMITS BY THE WAY NOT BECAUSE OF A FALLING OFF OR ANYTHING. AND SO YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THAT LONGEVITY AND SO TO TO BE ABLE TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AGAIN AND MAKE SURE THAT WITH ALL OF THE REALLY BUSY WORK THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US WE HAD WE WE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE NARROW AS WE WENT ALONG AND TALKING WITH FOLKS TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FELT LIKE WE COULD KEEP THE COMMISSION WORKING AT ITS OPTIMUM. SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS IF ANY OF THE IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT FOR ANY OF THESE I THINK WE I THINK WE AGREED THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOST PART, YOU KNOW, THE THE FOLKS THAT ARE ON THAT LIST COULD COULD PICK THE JOB UP AND WE WE GAVE JACKIE OUR VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR WHO ALSO WE SHOULD THANK BECAUSE SHE DID A GREAT JOB PICKING THAT UP FROM FROM THE THE HER PREDECESSOR AND HOW THIS IS MANAGED IT WAS A TALL TASK BECAUSE I MEAN DID SUCH A GREAT JOB. SO ANYWAY WE HAVE WE HAVE A WE HAVE A GOOD BENCH AS WELL IF WE NEED TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, CALLS IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO WITH THOSE FOLKS TO MAINTAIN THEIR INTEREST AND KEEP THEM KEEP THEM WORKING FOR THE CITY IF POSSIBLE. VERY GOOD. THANKS. THAT'S A GREAT UPDATE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND I'M GLAD IT WAS A I'M GLAD IT WAS A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE. I'M GLAD YOU SAW SO MANY GOOD PEOPLE. I KEEP SAYING, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SO LONG AGO THAT WE LITERALLY HAD TO CALL AROUND AND ASK PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND TO HEAR THAT WE HAD NINE OUTSTANDING CANDIDATES FOR FOUR OPENINGS THIS TIME JUST MAKES ME VERY HAPPY. IT IT MAKES ME A BIT DISAPPOINTED THAT FIVE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE IN THIS ROLE BUT BOY I STILL AM JUST SO HAPPY WITH THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SO MANY QUALIFIED PEOPLE AND I HOPE ANYBODY WHO ISN'T PICKED IN ANY OF THESE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE TONIGHT WILL STILL CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO BE INVOLVED IN THEIR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT, MY FRIENDS, IS WHAT MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND AND IT'S SO VERY IMPORTANT. SO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON MENTIONED IT. THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION WERE TO APPOINT JARED MUNSTER TO A TERM FROM JULY 1ST, 2025 TO JUNE 30TH, 2028 AND LENNY TO A TERM TO THE SAME TERM JULY 1ST, 25 TO JUNE 30TH, 28 ADC SAME TERM JULY 1ST, 2025 JUNE 30TH, 2028 AND THEN MADELINE SUMMERS TO A TERM FROM JULY 1ST 2025 TO JUNE 30TH 2026. THOSE WERE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INTERVIEW COMMITTEE AS WE GO THROUGH AND WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR VOTING AS WE GO THROUGH AND DO OUR VOTING YOU ARE FREE COUNCIL TO VOTE FOR WHOEVER YOU WOULD LIKE, WHOEVER YOU WOULD LIKE AND I WANT TO ALWAYS MAKE THAT CLEAR. THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION BY THE INTERVIEW PANEL BUT WE ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE ABILITY TO VOTE FOR WHOEVER WE WOULD LIKE IN THIS SO WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND DO OUR OUR VOTING AS WE DO. AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO WHO WHO GETS TO DO THE HONORS TONIGHT. IS IT ELIZABETH OR CAITLIN? CAITLIN IS GOING TO DO THE HONORS TONIGHT. IF YOU COULD AND WHAT WE'LL DO AS WE ALWAYS DO COUNCIL WILL WILL GO UNTIL WE GET FOUR MEMBERS WITH A MAJORITY VOTE, A MAJORITY OF VOTES AND WE WILL THEN MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT THOSE PEOPLE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. CAITLIN, IF YOU COULD TAKE IT OVER FOR US PLEASE COME. YEAH. OKAY. MISS MAGISTRATE, IF YOU COULD HELP US OUT HERE PLEASE. COUNCILMEMBER DALE SANDRA YES . RIGHT. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T HAVE MY LIST IN FRONT OF ME AND I HAD THE MEMORIZED BECAUSE I WAS ON THE COMMISSION BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GOT IT RIGHT SO MUNSTER LYNNIE IS A AND SUMMERS COUNCILOR CARTER MUNSTER LENNY ESSAY AND SUMMERS COUNCILOR NELSON MUNSTER AND THE SUMMERS COUNCILMEMBER MUNSTER LENNY ESSAY SUMMERS COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN EACH SAY MONSTER SUMMERS AND COLEMAN COUNCILWOMAN REMUS SEE IS MR. MAYOR MONSTER LENNY YOU SAY AND SUMMERS ALL RIGHT MAYOR YOU HAVE FOUR VOTES FOR COUNCIL IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A CONSENSUS AND FOUR VOTES ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE PUT FORWARD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS STATED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION INTERVIEW COUNCIL SOME MOVED SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER TO APPOINT JARED MUNSTER AND LENNY AND OBVIOUSLY TWO TERMS IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION FROM JULY 1ST 2025 TO JUNE 30TH 2028 AND TO APPOINT MADELINE SUMMERS TO A TERM ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION FROM JULY 1ST, 2025 TO JUNE 30TH 2026. ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS? COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I JUST JUST A QUICK COMMENTARY IS AS IT WAS NOTED MR. ISAY IS IS A RETURNING REAPPOINTMENT. HIS FIRST TERM WAS I THINK A TWO YEAR TERM BECAUSE HE WAS FILLING IN. SO THIS WILL BE HIS FIRST THREE YEAR TERM. THANKS. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. COUNCIL MEMBER GOT A MOTION ON A SECOND ON THE TABLE EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THE MOTION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CONGRATULATIONS TO JARED AND ADDIE AND MADELINE ON THEIR APPOINTMENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS NELSON AND ALESSANDRA AND TO CHAIR ALBRECHT FOR DOING THOSE INTERVIEWS. I KNOW IT'S A LONG EVENING BUT IT'S ALWAYS IT'S ALWAYS REALLY IT'S ENJOYABLE AND YOU LEARN A LOT ABOUT PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND YOU GET TO KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT. WE HAVE THREE ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS TO MAKE TONIGHT COUNCIL ON 5.3 IS THE APPOINTMENT OF A YOUNG ADULT MEMBER TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. 5.4 IS THE APPOINTMENT OF YOUNG ADULT MEMBER TO THE PARKS ARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION AND 5.5 IS AN APPOINTMENT OF THE YOUNG ADULT MEMBERS TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. SO LET ME LAY THIS OUT FOR YOU IF I COULD. COUNCIL MEMBERS SO ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION WE HAVE TWO APPLICANTS AND WE HAVE TWO OPENINGS AND THOSE OPENINGS ARE OR THOSE FOLKS ARE AMBER ELMORE AL-MUSTAPHA AND I APOLOGIZE FOR BUTCHERING THAT NAME WHICH I KNOW I DID AND THEN JENNY RAN THOSE ARE THE APPLICANTS FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION WITHIN THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. AGAIN AMBER IS APPLIED FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AS WELL AS HOPE HINES AND JADA MISCALL AND THEN ON THE PARKS ARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION WE HAVE TWO OPENING OR ONE OPENING AND TWO APPLICANTS AND ONE OF THOSE APPLICANTS IS A PERSON SEENG REAPPOINTMENT THAT WAS ADELINE BYRD. SO I'M JUST GOING TO LAY IT OUT AS A POSSIBILITY HERE AT COUNCIL BECAUSE WE'VE GOT AMBER AND JENNY LOOKING FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION THEN WE COULD FIGURE THAT AMBER HAS BEEN APPOINTED AND NOT NECESSARILY CONSIDER AMBER FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND LOOK AT HOPE AND JADA AND FOR THE PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION. I KNOW THAT BRIER BICKEL IS A FINE CANDIDATE BUT WE GENERALLY REAPPOINT FOLKS WHO ARE SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT AND SO THEN ADELINE BYRD PERHAPS SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT TO THE PARK AND TO LOOK FOR THAT I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT AS A WAY TO KIND OF SORT THINGS THROUGH HERE AND BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF A OF AN INTERVIEW PANEL HERE, I KNOW WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THEIR RESUMES AND THEIR BACKGROUND AND SO ON. BUT JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE LAID OUT HERE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE THAT THIS MIGHT BE A WAY TO TO MOVE FORWARD TO TRY AND GET AS MANY GOOD PEOPLE ON THERE AS POSSIBLE. DOES THAT ALL MAKE SENSE? ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL WE WILL DO OUR OUR VOTING AS WE ALWAYS DO. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S CLEAR ON WHAT I KIND OF LAID OUT THERE. BUT DO WE NEED TO DO THE VOTING ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SINCE WE HAVE TWO FOR TWO COUNCIL MEMBER DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION? YEAH, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND I DON'T HAVE THE NAMES IN FRONT OF ME THAT'S BUT MUSTAFA AND WHEN SO I MOVE TO APPOINT THOSE TWO TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. SO MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO APPOINT MUST A FASTER I'M GOING TO BUTCHERED ALL NIGHT I APOLOGIZE YEAH I'LL MOVE FASTER AND WHEN TO THE OPENINGS OF FOUR YOUNG ADULT MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS COUNCIL HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CONGRATULATION TO OMAR AND JENNY ON THEIR APPOINTMENTS TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. MOVING ON TO THE PARKS ARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION NOW THIS IS ONE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS IN OUR FAVOR BUT WE DO HAVE THE ONE PERSON SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT. I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE PERHAPS TO HAVE AN OFFICIAL VOTE FOR THE PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION BECAUSE THIS IS AS I SAID, THE ONLY ONE WHERE THE NUMBERS REALLY DON'T KIND OF LINE UP. SO IF WE COULD MISS MISMANAGE SHINE IF YOU COULD WE COULD TAKE THE VOTE ON THE YOUNG ADULT PARK ARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEMBER COUNCILMAN DALE SANDRA BYRD COUNCILMEMBER ADELINE BYRD COUNCILMEMBER CARTER BYRD COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS THERE COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN ADELINE SAY THAT ADELINE BYRD OKAY. SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. NELSON BYRD AND COUNCILMEMBER LUCY BURKE EXCUSE ME MAYOR BRUCE BYRD COUNCIL ADELINE BYRD HAS RECEIVED SEVEN VOTES FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE PARKS ARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION AS A YOUNG ADULT MEMBER I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT SO MOVED SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER TO APPOINT ADELINE BYRD TO THE PARKS ARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION FOR A TERM GOING FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2005 TO AUGUST 31ST 26 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CONGRATULATIONS TO ADELINE AND OUR FINAL APPOINTMENT IS TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WE JUST APPOINTED AMR TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND SO IF THERE IS AGREEMENT AMONG THE COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPOINT HOPE HINES AND JADA MISCALL TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER D'ALESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN TO APPOINT HOPE HINES AND JADA MISCALL TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AS YOUNG ADULT MEMBERS. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU MUCH AND THANK YOU TO TO JACKIE OUR COORDINATOR FOR ALL OF OUR PARKS OUR PARKS FOR ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SHE DOES A FANTASTIC JOB. THIS WORKED OUT WELL ONCE AGAIN AND AGAIN. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO APPLIED AND THANK YOU FOR THE FOLKS WHO WERE CHOSEN FOR THEIR SERVICE THAT IS GOING TO BE COMING UP IN THE IN THE COMING YEARS. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND WITH THAT THAT BRINGS US TO OUR ITEM 5.6 ARE CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE AND I WILL START AS I DO WITH A RECAP OF OUR LISTENING SESSION TONIGHT. WE HAD ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR FIVE PEOPLE WHO SPOKE. TARA OWENS WHO IS THE THE FOUNDER AND I THINK THE DIRECTOR OF THE TODD PART IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON TALKED ABOUT HER EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE NEW COMMUNITY CENTER AND ACTUALLY I THOUGHT SHE TALKED VERY ELOQUENTLY AND BALANCED ABOUT HER EXCITEMENT FOR YOUNG FAMILIES AND WHAT THE NEW COMMUNITY CENTER WILL MEAN FOR THEM BUT ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING THE THE LOSS FRANKLY AND WHAT OUR SENIORS MIGHT BE FEELING BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOSING WITH CREEKSIDE AND I THINK SHE EXPRESSED THAT VERY WELL THAT HER HOPE IS ULTIMATELY TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH THINGS CAN BE TRUE BUT WE CAN HAVE A SUCCESS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS WHERE BOTH GROUPS THE YOUNG FAMILIES AND THE SENIORS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY CAN CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AND CAN ENJOY IT. WE HEARD FROM TWO FOLKS, MR. SCOTT CARLSON AND MR. RYAN JOHNSON WHO HAD SOME INTERESTING THINGS TO SAY ABOUT VILLA LOTS IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON WHICH THE CITY CODE CURRENTLY DOESN'T ALLOW. HE'S TALKED TO PLANNING THEY BOTH TALKED TO PLANNING ABOUT THIS. THEY WANT TO THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO TO DEVELOP VILLAS FOR SENIORS ON LOTS THAT ARE SMALLER THAN WHAT'S THE SIZE THAT WE ALLOW HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON LAID OUT AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE. IT FIT VERY WELL IN THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING RECENTLY ABOUT TRYING TO FIND THE SWEET SPOT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND THE THE 300 UNIT LARGER APARTMENT BUILDINGS. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION AND I WANT I ASKED CITY STAFF TO TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AND TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN'T FIND A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL CAME FORWARD WITH SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT LEGALIZED CANNABIS WITHOUT REGULATED PLACES TO BUY LEGALIZE CANNABIS AND HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF WHAT MIGHT BE SOLD AND ASHLEY BROUGHT IT UP MORE THAN ANYTHING. I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF AUTHORITY IN THIS MANNER HERE WITH THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. BUT IT DOES IT DOES IT'S A GOOD WAY TO BRING IT FORWARD. I KNOW THAT THE POLICE ARE AWARE OF THIS. WE RECOMMENDED ALSO TO MR. CAMPBELL THAT A CALL TO THE CANNABIS CONTROL BOARD AT THE STATE OF MINNESOTA WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO START IF HE HAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT IS BEING SOLD AND BY WHO AND WHERE. AND FINALLY WE HEARD AGAIN FROM LINDA LANG WHO HAS SPOKE TO US IN THE PAST ABOUT ABOUT CREEKSIDE AND ABOUT WHAT THE NEEDS OF A NEW COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER SHOULD BE IN TERMS OF DESIGN AND AMENITIES AND HOW WE COULD BEST SERVE THE SENIOR POPULATION WHO WILL BE USING THAT CAME FORWARD WITH WITH ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS INCLUDING ROOM SIZE AND LOCKER ROOM SIZE AND DIFFERENT SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS. I KNOW I SAW STAFF TAKING ALL KINDS OF NOTES. I'M SURE IT'S ALL GOING TO BE PART OF THE CONTINUED DISCUSSION AS WE LOOK TO FINALIZE THE DESIGN FOR THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER AND SO WE THANK LINDA FOR COMING BACK ONCE AGAIN AND AND HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH US AND BECAUSE I KEEP TRACK EVERY TIME WE DO THIS I COULDN'T HELP BUT NONE OF OUR FIVE SPEAKERS WE HAD FOUR UNIQUE SPEAKERS THAT WE NOT HEARD FROM BEFORE. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE PEOPLE COMING FORWARD AND FEELING COMFORTABLE TO TALK TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE AND IN FACT WE LEFT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ON THE BENCH BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO SPEAK AND WE WEREN'T WE JUST SIMPLY RAN OUT OF TIME AND WITH THEIR FIRST ON OUR LIST FOR OUR NEXT LISTENING SESSION AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THEM ABOUT WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO BRING FORWARD. SO THAT WAS OUR LISTENING SESSION TONIGHT. THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I'M GOING TO ADD AND YOU PROBABLY ALL KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY THAT THE FARMER'S MARKET OPENS ON SATURDAY AND I WILL SEE YOU ALL HERE BRIGHT AND EARLY. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. I THINK WE'RE AT THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE THE THE THE VEGETABLE PICKINGS ARE. YOU KNOW, USUALLY IT'S USUALLY CABBAGE AND LETTUCE AND MAYBE SOME SOME EARLY POTATOES IF YOU'RE LUCKY. BUT IT'S IT'S JUST A GREAT COMMUNITY GET TOGETHER I LOVE COMING TO THE FARMER'S MARKET SEEING ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE AND IT'S JUST A GREAT COMMUNITY FEEL AND HATS OFF TO OUR CITY STAFF WHO PULLS THIS ALL TOGETHER EVERY YEAR AND MAKES IT ONE OF THE BEST IN THE TWIN CITIES? I THINK SO. WELL DONE. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. DEAN FOR ANY UPDATE FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. WELL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M GOING TO MAYBE PULL AN AUDIBLE OVER HERE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE A BOOK SALE COMING UP RIGHT STARTS JUNE 7TH OFFICIALLY WE'RE GOING TO GO IF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO GO WITH THAT JUNE 7TH MAYBE THROUGH THE 28TH HOPEFULLY THAT'S RIGHT ON RECORD. INSTAGRAM IS AMERICAN FAST ENOUGH FOR ME. IT'S A BIG DEAL I'VE HEARD HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A VERY LONG TIME THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN LEADING AND WORKING WITH OTHERS TO RAISE MONEY. SO HOPEFULLY I HEARD ABOUT IT FROM SOMEBODY WHO ACTUALLY CURLS WITH MY HUSBAND. HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO THE BOOK SALE IN BLOOMINGTON. SO VERY EXCITED TO HOPEFULLY GO TO MY FIRST BOOK SALE HERE. SO A LOT A LOT OF WORK BY TEAMS BY THE STAFF JUST CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE HOW MANY BOOKS PUZZLES GAMES THERE HAVE BEEN DONATED FOR THIS PURPOSE SO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE CAN MAKE IT OUT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU COUNSEL ANYTHING TO BRING FORWARD THIS WEEK COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER LOHMANN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO VERY QUICK VERY QUICKLY I, I, I KNOW IT'S COME UP A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT WITH THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY RECENTLY I WANTED TO KIND OF BRING BACK UP DO DO WE HAVE WE TALKED WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WE HAD A STRATEGIC DISCUSSION AROUND MANAGEMENT OF THE CEMETERY? IT SEEMS AS THOUGH I MEAN I'M NOT SURE LIKE I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH I OBVIOUSLY I CARE A LOT ABOUT THAT WORKING WELL BUT I ALSO DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD BE IN THE BUSINESS OF THAT AND IF THERE'S A PLACE FOR US TO HAND THAT OFF TO SOMEBODY. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT BUT SO I DON'T WANT TO MAKE COMMENT ON IT BUT LIKE WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE DID THAT AND IF THERE WASN'T ONE SHOULD WE I DON'T KNOW IF THE COUNCIL BELIEVES THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING BUT I WAS THINKING MAYBE MAYBE REVIEWING THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA JUST GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT SEEMS TO BE HIT OR MISS SOMETIMES WITH WITH WHAT WE TRY TO DO AND I'M SURE STAFF IS DOING THE BEST THEY CAN BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MODERNIZATION STRATEGIES OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS. I KNOW THERE'S SOFTWARE OUT THERE NOW. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME SOFTWARE AND AND EVERYTHING SO I'M WONDERING IF IT NOW'S THE TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING IT'S A HIGH PRIORITY BUT MAYBE YOU KNOW, GOING INTO EVEN 2026 PUTTING MAKING SURE IT'S ON SOMEBODY'S WORK PLAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ANYWAY AND I CAN'T RECALL WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT BUT I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY ON THE TOPIC OF MAINTENANCE AND SPECIFICALLY ON THE TOPIC OF MAINTENANCE AS IT RELATES TO THINGS LIKE VETERAN'S DAY AND MEMORIAL DAY BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THOSE ARE THE TWO IMPORTANT ONES. BUT I THINK EVEN THE OTHER 363 DAYS OF THE YEAR JUST TO TO TO MAINTAIN A CEMETERY IN SUCH A WAY THAT RESPECTS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE AND THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO VIS THE FOLKS WHO ARE THERE. SO I SEE MR. DEAN TYPING FAST HERE AND SO I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN THE FUTURE. BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT BECAUSE I RECENTLY LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO JUST WENT ON A CEMETERY TOUR WITH A MR. DANIELSON WHO WHO DOES CEMETERY TOURS. WE TALKED THROUGH IT ACTUALLY LOOK THROUGH THE FAMILIES THAT ARE THAT WERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND TALKED ABOUT THE CEMETERY ITSELF HOW IT'S COMPLICATED BECAUSE TECHNICALLY THERE PRIVATE LOTS OF MY FAMILIES BUT AS A CITY I'VE ENGAGED WITH OUR CITY MANAGERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE WHETHER IT'S GRANTS OR THE MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WHAT CAN WE DO TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PAYING THE RESPECTS THAT WE HAVE TO THE RESIDENTS THAT CAME BEFORE US WHO BUILT THIS CITY? AND SO THAT HAS VERY MUCH BEEN ON MY MIND AS I'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH AND PARTNERING WITH MR. DANIELSON AND BRINGING FORTH TO OUR CITY MANAGERS AND SO VERY RELEVANT, VERY RECENT AND I JUST HAD THAT CONVERSATION THINK YEAH, YEAH I WOULD SAY MR. MAYOR THAT YOU KNOW WHEN WHEN WE PICKED OUT THE THE PLOT AND EVERYTHING FOR MY MOM WHEN SHE PASSES IN PENNSYLVANIA OF COURSE THERE WERE THINGS LIKE YOU YOU GAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND IT CAME BECAME A PERPETUAL MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE DONE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AND SO THERE'S LOTS OF OPTIONS THAT EXIST THERE AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES AND EVERYTHING FOR UNIQUE, YOU KNOW THINGS. IT JUST IT FEELS LIKE IT MIGHT BE WORTH US TAKING A LOOK AT IT ESPECIALLY IF IF THERE ARE STILL PLOTS AVAILABLE AND THEY'RE STILL EXPECTING PEOPLE TO YOU KNOW, BE BURIED THERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHICH I'M SURE THERE ARE THEN YOU KNOW IT IT NEEDS TO BE MEANINGFUL TO THOSE PEOPLE GOING FORWARD AS WELL. SO THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THAT UP. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT IT AND THANK YOU FOR BEING AN UP COUNCIL MEMBER THAT IT'S TIMELY AND WORTHWHILE CONVERSATION TO HAVE. AND BY THE WAY, THE THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT AT THE CEMETERY THIS YEAR WAS FANTASTIC ONCE AGAIN SO AND THE PARADE WAS A LOT OF FUN AS WELL. COUNCILMEMBER BOWMAN WELL I'LL PICK UP RIGHT THERE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I WAS I WAS GOING TO MENTION THAT THAT YOU DID NICE JOB. I DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT OVER TO THE OTHER THE SECONDARY EVENT BUT YOU WERE THERE AND TELL WAS THERE DELIVER A VERY POWERFUL MESSAGE OF BIPARTISANSHIP AND AND JUST REALLY PUTTING THE DAY IN ITS PROPER PLACE IN TERMS OF WHERE IT SHOULD BE SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND I YEAH IT'S GREAT WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE THE CEMETERY THERE. I'VE BEEN ON A COUPLE OF TOURS WITH DANIELSON TO HIS INTERESTING GUY SO SO THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION I KNOW THAT MAYOR YOU'RE GOING ON A TRIP TO TAMPA BAY AND I WANTED TO MENTION I SUCH AN EMAIL ABOUT THIS I HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IT WHILE I WAS DOWN THERE. THEY HAD THIS THEY WERE CALLING IT A DIGITAL TWIN OF TAMPA AND THEY KIND OF USE IT TO HELP WITH DEVELOPMENT AND THEY CAN IT'S ALMOST A 3-D TYPE OF THING WHERE THEY CAN CHANGE THAT AND YOU KNOW, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE WATER OR WHERE THEY WANT TO BUILD THE BUILDINGS. IT'S REALLY AN INTERESTING PRESENTATION IF YOU HAVE JUST A HALF HOUR TO GET AWAY IN AND SEE THAT AND MAYBE IT'S EVEN A PART OF THE PRESENTATION, IT'S JUST AN AWESOME THING WHERE THEY'VE JUST MAPPED OUT ALL ALL OF TAMPA BAY AND THEY USE THAT TO KIND OF SELL THEIR SELL THEIR CITY SO AND JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW I AM GOING TO TAMPA AT THE END OF THIS MONTH FOR A U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS EVENT AND THEY HAVE ACTUALLY ASKED ME TO PRESENT ON BLOOMINGTON'S BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH ENTREPRENEURS. SO I'M EXCITED TO DO THAT. SO COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR YEAH, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED AFTER OUR LAST MEETING AND I THINK IT'S VERY RELEVANT AFTER WE JUST HAD TWO PROCLAMATIONS LEADING WITH RESPECT COMMON GROUND INCLUSION AND BELONGING . LAST TWO THURSDAYS AGO I WOKE UP TO MESSAGES FROM FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS SHOWING ME SCREENSHOTS FROM MY FACEBOOK POST THAT HAD RACIST COMMENTS DIRECTED AT ME. THE WORDS SPECIFICALLY SAID GO BACK TO LOSS AND THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON ON THIS COUNCIL THAT THAT IS MEANT FOR AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THAT STATEMENT GO BACK TO LAST GO BACK TO WHEREVER YOU ARE FROM IS RACISM. IT'S NOT A MISUNDERSTANDING. IT'S NOT A POLITICAL DIFFERENCE. IT'S A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO SAY THAT YOU DO NOT BELONG HERE AND THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. WE DON'T ALL HAVE TO AGREE BECAUSE DISAGREEMENTS ARE PART OF DEMOCRACY AND WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS, PERSPECTIVES AND VALUES AND THAT'S PERFECTLY OKAY. THAT'S HEALTHY. THERE IS A LINE AND RACISM CROSSES THAT LINE EVERY SINGLE TIME TELLING SOMEONE TO GO BACK TO ANOTHER COUNTRY BASED ON THEIR RACE PERCEIVED BACKGROUND IS NOT A DEBATE IT'S ABOUT EXCLUSION. IT SENDS A MESSAGE THAT NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU'VE LIVED HERE IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE A CITIZEN, NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED YOU DO NOT BELONG AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I WILL STAY SILENT ABOUT BECAUSE THESE WORDS DO MORE THAN OFFEND. THEY CAUSE REAL HARM. THEY MAKE PEOPLE PEOPLE FEEL UNSAFE, UNWELCOME AND UNSEEN AND THEY THREATEN THE KIND OF COMMUNITY WE SEE AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO BUILD. AND SOME SAY THAT RACISM IS A THING OF THE PAST BUT MOMENTS LIKE THIS REMIND US REMIND ME THAT IT'S STILL HERE, IT'S STILL HAPPENING AND WE ALL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SPEAK UP AND PUSH BACK WHEN WE SEE IT AND TO THE PERSON THAT SAID THOSE WORDS I DON'T HATE YOU. WE CLEARLY HAVE DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW AND EVEN SO I'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON YOUR BEHALF AND CONSIDER YOUR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS AND DO WHAT I WAS ELECTED TO DO WHICH IS SERVE THE CITY WITH INTEGRITY, WITH COMPASSION AND WITH A DEEP LOVE FOR EVERY RESIDENT WHO CALLS BLOOMINGTON HOME. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME TO ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE SOME THINGS BRING UP A LOT OF EMOTIONS BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A LINE AND RACISM IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HERE IN BURLINGTON BELIEVE IN AND IGNORE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. WELL SAID. VERY WELL SAID. MR. MAYOR, IF I CAN I JUST WANT TO APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHITE FOLK IN THIS CITY. I DON'T I DON'T THINK IT'S EVER OKAY AND I DON'T I DON'T THINK US STAYING SILENT AS MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT WE DON'T FIND IT ACCEPTABLE EITHER AND IT WILL ALWAYS BE FIGHTING ON YOUR BEHALF. ALL OF US UP HERE HAVE A DIVERSE BACKGROUND. IT'S WHAT MAKES US A GOOD COUNCIL. WE BRING THAT HERE TO THE TABLE EVERY DAY AND YOU KNOW, I'VE I'VE GOTTEN MY SHARE IN THE PAST FOR MY OWN IDENTITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND SO I CAN RELATE TO HOW YOU FEEL BUT I AS A WHITE PERSON DON'T KNOW WHAT RACISM FEELS LIKE. I GET TO AVOID IT EVERY DAY. AND SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HERE IF I MAY SPEAK ON ALL OF OUR BEHALVES I APPRECIATE YOU AND WE WANT YOU TO BE HERE AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT YOUR FAMILY IS HERE. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND I APPRECIATE THE THE THE THE THOUGHT BEHIND THAT AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE RESIDENTS ALL OF OUR STAFF, ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CONTINUE WORKING FORWARD. APOLOGIES ONLY GET US SO FAR IT'S OUR ACTIONS THAT I'M LOOKING FOR AND SO I KNOW WHERE WE'RE DEDICATED TO THAT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCIL THAT COMPLETES OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING. WITH THAT I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN SO MOVED SAYING MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADJOURN TONIGHT'S MEETING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR THE DISCUSSION THIS EVENING THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS ONE. AND THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO WAS HERE FOR THE PROCLAMATION FOR THEIR INPUT ON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS IT WAS GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT REST YOUR WEEK