FOR BUT EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME I WILL CALL THIS BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER TONIGHT IS MONDAY APRIL 1ST 2024. THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE WITH US IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND EVERYBODY WHO'S JOINING US ONLINE. WE WILL START MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO IF YOU CAN IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL . THANK YOU ALL AND ONCE AGAIN WELCOME TO EVERYONE OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS TONIGHT IS TO ADOPT OUR AGENDA OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING COUNCIL INCLUDES THREE ITEMS UNDER OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS. FIRST IS FIRST TWO ARE ACTUALLY PROCLAMATIONS. WE'LL HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK AND A PROCLAMATION FOR EDUCATION AND SHARING DAY. AND OUR THIRD ITEM THERE IS AN APPOINTMENT FOR OUR LOCAL BOARD OF REVIEW. THAT IS ITEM 2.3. OUR CONSENT BUSINESS IS SIX ITEMS LONG AND I THINK COUNCILMEMBER NELSON HAS OUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING. SO WE'VE GOT SIX ITEMS ON THE CONSENT BUSINESS UNDER HEARINGS AND RESOLUTIONS WE HAVE ONE RESOLUTION IS REGARDING A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR OUR HEALTHY TREES CANOPY GRANT FOR CITIES UNDER ITEM FIVE OUR ORGANIZATION OR BUSINESS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION REGARDING OUR FEDERAL FUNDING REQUESTS AND THE PRIORITIES THAT WE'D LIKE TO PUT ON THOSE DIFFERENT REQUESTS AND WE WILL END OUR MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO WITH CITY COUNCIL UPDATES AND I'M WHAT AM I SAYING HERE IS SHE HAS AN UPDATE THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED. SO IT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA BUT WE ALWAYS DO WE'LL END WITH IT AND SO WE THROW DOWN ON THERE AND I BELIEVE WE HAD A WE HAD A WALK ON ITEM AS WELL IN THIS MATTER TIED YEAH YEAH MAY REMEMBER THANK YOU WE HAVE A WALK ON ITEM SORRY ABOUT THAT LATE NOTICE WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AND AND OUR LAND OWNER IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON ON A PROPERTY REGISTRATION PROCESS USING THE TORRENS PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO REGISTER LAND IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND WE FOUND OUT ABOUT A HEARING SCHEDULED FOR LATER THIS WEEK OVER THE WEEKEND AND SO WE NEED YOU'RE ALSO AUTHORITY TO HAVE THE MAYOR EXECUTE THOSE DOCUMENTS. VERY GOOD. AND SO THAT WILL BE ON THAT WILL BE AN ITEM ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THAT SO OUR COUNCIL ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA OTHER THAN WHAT WE HAVE NOTED HERE, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. YEAH, THANKS. WE'RE JUST A CLARIFICATION. WILL THAT BE ITEM THREE EIGHT ON CONSENT OR SHOULD BE 37I BELIEVE OKAY THIS AND OKAY THANK YOU. JUST WANT TO CLARIFY IT'S VERY GOOD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS HERE IN NON COUNCIL I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL THE AGENDA AS STATED THIS IS IN SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND WE HAVE AN AGENDA THANK YOU MUCH FOR THAT AND OUR FIRST ITEMS OF THE EVENING ARE A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS. I'M GOING TO GO DOWN TO THE PODIUM . AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT TWO ITEMS TONIGHT THAT ARE PROCLAMATIONS. THE FIRST IS A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL HEALTH WEEK AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT A MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH HERE WITH THIS EVENING JOHN ALLEN, IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP AND JOIN ME WE WILL DO THIS. IF YOU COULD STAND UP HERE WITH ME WE'LL DO THE PROCLAMATION AND DR. NICK KELLY, WHY DON'T YOU COME ON UP AS WELL, READ THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN TURN THE MICROPHONE TO YOU IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO AND AS WELL VERY GOOD AND WE WILL DO THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK APRIL THROUGH THE SEVENTH 2024 WHEREAS THE WEEK OF APRIL 1ST THROUGH THE SEVENTH 2024 IS NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK WITH THE THEME PROTECTING, CONNECTING AND THRIVING WE ARE ALL PUBLIC HEALTH AND. WHEREAS THE GOAL OF THE NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK IN 2024 IS TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PUBLIC IN ONE IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES AND TO ACHIEVING HEALTH EQUITY. AND. WHEREAS, ONE OF THE CITY'S THREE OBJECTIVES IN THE BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN IS TO ACHIEVE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE INDICES MEASURING HEALTH IN THE ENVIRONMENT HEALTH AND PEOPLE AND HEALTH AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AND. WHEREAS BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR POPULATIONS IN BLOOMINGTON CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE IN THE BURDENS OF ILLNESS AND DEATH AS COMPARED WITH THE ENTIRE POPULATION AND. WHEREAS, PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND PARTNERS OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR INCLUDING CITY STAFF, FIRST RESPONDERS, SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY RECOGNIZING THAT WE ALL NEED TO WORK TO CHANGE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND. WHEREAS EFFORTS TO MODERNIZE THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM IN MINNESOTA WILL RESULT IN A STATEWIDE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM THAT PREVENTS PROTECTS WELL-BEING AND IMPROVES THE HEALTH OF ALL RESIDENTS REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE NOW THEREFORE I'M YOUR TEAM BUS YOU DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 1ST THROUGH THE SEVENTH 2024 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK IN BLOOMINGTON AND CALL UPON THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE FOCUSING ON INCLUSION AND EQUITY TO ENSURE DECISIONS ARE MADE WITH EVERYONE'S HEALTH IN MIND SO THAT WE CAN BUILD A HEALTHIER BLOOMINGTON FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. DAVID THIS FIRST DAY OF APRIL 2024 WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS THE IMPORTANCE AND THE VALUE OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT HERE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND THE WORK THAT OUR OUR BOARD OF PUBLIC HEALTH DOES. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I TURN IT OVER TO YOU FEW IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ON BEHALF OF PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR . JUST TO REALLY EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WE'VE SEEN THAT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IS AS THE MAYOR HAS POINTED AND ALSO RECOGNIZE THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT INTO MAKING BLOOMINGTON A HEALTHY VIBRANT, SAFE PLACE TO LIVE ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED AS STAFF IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, ALL OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS, ALL THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND I APPRECIATE THIS PROCLAMATION AND THE RECOGNITION IT BRINGS . ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND WHY DON'T WE GIVE YOU THIS AND WE'LL I HOPE SOMEONE'S GOT TO TAKE A PICTURE. OH, IF WE'RE UP HERE WE GOTTA TAKE A PICTURE RIGHT GET IN YOUR NECK TOWERS . YOU'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU AS ALWAYS. THANK YOU FOR OUR SECOND PROCLAMATION TODAY. THIS IS REGARDING EDUCATION AND SHARING. DO WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS HERE? I'M GOING TO ASK TO JOIN ME AS WELL. WE'VE GOT RABBI YAZZIE BENNETT FROM THE SMART OF BLOOMINGTON AND KIDS THE CHABAD AS WELL. COME ON UP EVERYBODY AND WE WILL DO THE SAME. I'LL READ THE THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN TURN THE MICROPHONE TO EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OR NOT. WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THIS IS FOR EDUCATION AND SHARING DAY APRIL 19TH, 2024 WHEREAS THE BASIS FOR THE CONTINUITY OF ANY SOCIETY IS EDUCATION AND IN THE GREAT CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THE EDUCATION OF OUR YOUTH IS A PRIORITY. AND. WHEREAS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE ITS HIGHEST EDUCATION MUST NOT ONLY IMPART KNOWLEDGE BUT ALSO TEACH THE STUDENTS HOW LIVE FORMING AND STRENGTHENING THEIR MORAL CHARACTER TO MAKE A BETTER LIFE THEMSELVES AS INDIVIDUALS AND FOR SOCIETY AS A WHOLE AND A GLOBAL SPIRITUAL LEADER. THE RABBI MENACHEM M SHEARSON I WORKED THAT I WORKED ON THAT TO TRY AND GET THAT CORRECT OF RIGHTEOUS MEMORY THAT A MORAL AND ETHICAL EDUCATION EMPOWERS EVERY INDIVIDUAL TO DEVELOP THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. AND. WHEREAS, AN EDUCATION CAN NURTURE THE UNITY OF DIVERSE PEOPLES THROUGH ENCOURAGING ACTS OF GOODNESS AND KINDNESS IMBUED WITH THE AWARENESS THAT EVEN A SINGLE POSITIVE ACT OF AN INDIVIDUAL CAN CHANGE THE WORLD AND USHER IN AN ERA OF GLOBAL. AND. WHEREAS, APRIL 19TH, 2024 WILL MARK 122 YEARS SINCE THE BIRTH AND THIS YEAR BEGINS THE CELEBRATIONS OF THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS LEADERSHIP OF THE CHABAD LUBAVITCH MOVEMENT. AND. WHEREAS, EDUCATION AND SHARING DAY IS OBSERVED EACH YEAR ON RABBIS BIRTHDAY IN RECOGNITION OF HIS OUTSTANDING AND LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION, MORALITY AND ACTS OF CHARITY AROUND THE WORLD A DAY TO PAUSE AND REFLECT ON OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE OUR YOUTH HAVE THE FOUNDATION NECESSARY TO LEAD LIVES RICH IN PURPOSE AND FULFILLMENT THROUGH SERVICE AND GOOD WORKS. NOW THEREFORE I'M HERE TO BLESS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FRIDAY APRIL 19TH, 2024 TO BE EDUCATION AND SHARING DAY IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND CALL UPON UPON EVERYONE TO WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A BETTER, BRIGHTER AND MORE PROMISING FUTURE FOR ALL. DAVID THIS FIRST DAYF APRIL 20, 24 THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. I KNOW WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST AND THEN EACH YEAR HOW MANY? HOW MANY A COUPLE OF YEARS. OH, VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HAPPY TO HAVE EVERYONE ALL FOUR OF YOU WITH US AS WELL. I'M GOING TO TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO YOU AS WE GET A PICTURE AFTER WE'LL DO THAT AFTERWARDS. OKAY. A FEW WORDS HERE NOTHING TOO LONG. THANK YOU, MR. AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE TREMENDOUS HONOR WITH PROCLAMATION THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON JOINS THE PRESIDENT GOVERNORS AND IN DOZENS OF STATES AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER CITIES AND TOWNSHIPS AND DESIGNATING THE RABBI'S BIRTHDAY WHICH IS ALWAYS CELEBRATED FOUR DAYS BEFORE PASSOVER AS EDUCATION AND SHARING AND TRIBUTE TO HIS OUTSTANDING DEDICATION TO EDUCATION THE RABBI TAUGHT THAT EDUCATION IN GENERAL SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO THE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE OR THE PREPARATION FOR A CAREER. INSTEAD THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM MUST PAY MORE ATTENTION INDEED THE MAIN ATTENTION TO THE BUILDING OF CHARACTER AN EMPHASIS ON MORAL AND ETHICAL VALUES. THE RABBI EMPHASIZED THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL AND IN FACT EVERY INDIVIDUAL ACTION HAS AN IMPACT ON THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE AND INSTILLS THE HOPE FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE INTO THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE. IN 1978 AND SINCE THEN THE US CONGRESS HAS DESIGNATED AND SHARING DAY ON THE RABBIS BIRTHDAY AS A TIME TO PAUSE AND RECOGNIZE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE THE FOUNDATIONS NECESSARY TO LEAD LIVES RICH IN PURPOSE AND FULFILLMENT EDUCATION ENSURING IT IS ABOUT CREATING CONVERSATIONS. IT'S ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE WITH CHILDREN AT THE DINNER TABLE AND CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE WITH THE STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOMS AND CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE THE IN AND DAY OUT THAT CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF YOUNG ONES THEY'RE EVER TAUGHT THAT IN TRUTH EVERY PERSON IS AN EDUCATOR AND WE MUST BE MINDFUL ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO HAVE IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF OTHERS PEOPLE ARE MORE INFLUENCED BY THE THINGS THEY DO THAN THE KNOWLEDGE THEY ARE. THEREFORE BEYOND THE CONVERSATIONS IT IS IMPORTANT TO PROMOTE IDEAS THROUGH ACTION. IN 1974 THE RABBI INTRODUCED A CHARITY CAMPAIGN. THIS WAS NOT A FUNDRAISER FOR A SPECIFIC CAUSE OR A CALL FOR PHILANTHROPISTS TO WRITE BIG CHECKS. INSTEAD IT WAS A GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN TO TRAIN US ALL TO BECOME GIVERS. THE IDEA IS SIMPLE SET ASIDE A BOX IN YOUR HOME OR IN YOUR OFFICE AS A CHARITY BOX AND START TODAY OFF WITH GIVING A SMALL AMOUNT TO CHARITY. CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE ONE OF THEIR OWN THEIR OWN ROOMS AND SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO GIVE CHARITY EVERY DAY. WILL EDUCATE THEM TO HAVE EMPATHY AND TO CARE FOR OTHERS. THE CATCH IS TO DO THIS ON A CONSISTENT BASIS BEYOND THE VALUE OF THE ACCUMULATED CHARITY MONEY BENEFITING WORTHY CAUSES THE HAND BECOMES A GIVING AND ONE BECOMES A GIVER AS A RESULT. ALTHOUGH NINTH APRIL 19TH HAS BEEN SET ASIDE AS EDUCATION AND SHARING DAY, ITS THEME AND MESSAGE IS RELEVANT EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. EVEN TODAY US REFLECT ON A COLLECTIVE OBLIGATION AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE THE TRUE EDUCATION OUR CHILDREN TO SERVE AS THE PROPER ROLE MODELS AND TO TAKE CONCRETE ACTION TO BRING MORE GOODNESS AND KINDNESS INTO OUR WORLD. MAY GOD BLESS YOUR EFFORTS, MAKE A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR EVERYONE IN OUR CITY AND BEYOND AND MAY THE MERIT OF YOUR CRUCIAL WORK BECOME GOD. WELCOME GOD'S INTO YOUR PERSONAL LIVES AS WELL FOR GOOD HEALTH, SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE PICTURE NOW BECAUSE IF WE CAN GET ANOTHER PICTURE OF OH YES. VESSELS THAT YOU GOT AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GOT THE STORY RIGHT HERE. ONE OVER HERE. SURE. HERE YOU GO. TWO, THREE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU ALL . AND ADAM 2.3 ON OUR AGENDA IS AN APPOINTMENT TO OUR LOCAL BOARD OF REVIEW AND THE LOCAL BOARD OF REVIEW JUST EVERYBODY KNOWS HAS FIVE TOTAL MEMBERS AND ALL MEMBERS HAVE EXPERIENCE AS EITHER AN APPRAISER OR REALTOR A REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY OR A PROPERTY MANAGER OR THEY NEED TO BE OTHERWISE FAMILIAR WITH THE REAL ESTATE VALUATIONS OF THE CITY. WE HAVE ONE OPENING AND WE HAVE ONE OF OUR CURRENT MEMBERS LOOKING TO BE REAPPOINTED AND ONLY ONE APPLICATION. HE WAS A ONE AND ONLY APPLICATION SO IN OTHER SITUATIONS WE WOULD GO THROUGH THE ALL THE WHOLE VOTING FOR DIFFERENT MEMBERS. GIVEN THAT I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT JOHN MURRAY TO THE BOARD OF REVIEW FOR THE TERM EFFECTIVE SEVEN ONE 2024 AND EXPIRING ON 630 2027. SECOND MOTION AND THE SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO REAPPOINT JOHN MURRAY TO OUR BOARD OF REVIEW ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL HEARING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU VERY MUCH CONGRATULATIONS TO JOHN MURRAY FOR REAPPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF REVIEW AND THREE ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU MAYOR. I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY HOLDS JUST ONE LAST LOOK AROUND. OH, I'VE NOT SEEN ANY. I WILL MOVE ITEMS 3.133.7 IN MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESSES BUSINESS ITEM 3.1 THROUGH 3.7 ADDING I TO 3.7 I THINK AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES IT SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AS WE MOVE ON TO ITEM FOREIGNER AGENDA THIS IS A RESOLUTION REGARDING GRANT AGREEMENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY. THIS IS REGARDING THE HEALTHY TREE CANOPY GRANT FOR CITIES AND I KNOW I SAW THE NAME JUST DUSTIN IS A FORESTER HERE BUT I THINK WE'RE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LESS FORMAL THAN THAT IT IS MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION ON THIS. THIS IS A STRAIGHTFORWARD RESOLUTION IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS DAVE HANSEN IS HERE FROM OUR PARKS MAINTENANCE DIVISION AND HE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. HANSEN I SEE NONE. SO COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON ITEM 4.1 COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN REMOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZE AN APPLICATION FOR THE EXECUTION OF GRANT AGREEMENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR THE HEALTHY TREE CANOPY GRANT FOR CITIES AND MAKING NECESSARY BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS. WASHINGTON COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO TO AUTHORIZE THE APPLICATION FOR AN EXECUTION OF THE GRANT AGREEMENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY NO FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND LOOK AT US ALL THE WAY THAT IN FIVE ALREADY ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS SO EFFECT OUR ONE AND ONLY ITEM UNDER ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS IS A PRIORITY DISCUSSION OUR FEDERAL FUNDING REQUEST MR. VERBRUGGE IS GOING TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS ONE. MR. RUBY THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS REALLY NOT TRYING TO SET THE RECORD TONIGHT BUT YOU KNOW WE'RE JUST TRYING TO EFFICIENTLY USE THE TIME THAT WE HAVE SO THE ITEM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING EACH YOU KNOW WE HAVE OUR PARTNERS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL SENATOR SMITH SENATOR KLOBUCHAR CONGRESSMAN PHILLIPS AND WHEN THE FEDERAL BUDGET CYCLE COMES AROUND THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THEY HAVE SOLICITED REQUESTS FROM LOCAL COMMUNITIES FOR PROJECTS THAT MAY WARRANT CONSIDERATION FEDERAL FUNDING. WE WERE VERY PLEASED THAT IN THIS LAST FUNDING CYCLE THAT WAS JUST SIGNED PASSED BY CONGRESS BY THE PRESIDENT WE RECEIVED $1,000,000 FOR A WATER WELL PROJECT. SO YOU KNOW THE WORK WE'RE DOING WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS IS PAYING OFF THE RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON AND THE BUSINESSES AND THE VISITORS TO BLOOMINGTON AS WELL. SO WE KNOW THAT AS SOON AS ONE BUDGET CYCLE IS DONE THE NEXT ONE STARTS UP AGAIN RIGHT AWAY. AND SO DURING OUR VISIT TO WASHINGTON, D.C. LAST MONTH AS COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS AND MAYOR BOTH OF YOU AND I WERE MEETING WITH THE OFFICES OF OUR FEDERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, THEY WERE ENCOURAGING US TO SUBMIT PROJECTS AGAIN FOR WE HAD RATE UPS ON SEVERAL PROJECTS READY GO. THEY ASKED US TO PRIORITIZE THOSE AND BECAUSE COUNCIL HAD NOT HAD A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THOSE WE WANTED TO COME BACK AND JUST GET YOUR INPUT ON IT. SO A COUPLE OF THE FACTORS FOR WHY PUT FORWARD THE FOUR PROJECTS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU THERE IN CIP AND THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE UNDERSTAND TO BE THE PRIORITIES FOR LOCAL THAT GET CONSIDERED BY CONGRESS ONE OF THEM LET ME SEE WHAT THEY ARE REAL QUICKLY SO FOLKS AT HOME CAN FOLLOW ALONG HAVE A REQUEST FOR $3 MILLION FOR GEOTHERMAL AND SOLAR ENERGY COMPONENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. WE SIMILARLY HAVE A $3 MILLION REQUEST FOR GEOTHERMAL AND OR SOLAR AS PART OF THE BLOOMINGTON ICE GARDEN RENOVATION WE ALSO HAVE A $3 MILLION REQUEST FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM CAPACITY IN THE AREA SERVING AN AMERICAN DISTRICT 35 W IN THE FREMONT SEWER LINE AND THEN WE HAVE A ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR REQUEST REPLACEMENT OF DRINKING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE POPLAR BRIDGE BOOSTER. NOW THERE MAY BE A COUPLE OTHER PROJECTS TOO THAT COUNCIL MAY WANT TO CONSIDER AND I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO DISSUADE YOU FROM HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE STAFF AT THE FEDERAL OFFICES, WHAT WE HEARD WAS THAT THE ENVIRONMENT PROJECTS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE LESS LIKELY TO BE SUCCESSFUL THAN ARE THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN THAT WE'RE SPECIFICALLY THINKING ABOUT REQUESTS THAT ARE BEING MADE THROUGH THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHICH IS CURRENTLY CONTROLLED BY THE REPUBLICANS AND THEY SUGGESTED THAT WE TRY TO ALIGN THE REQUESTS WHERE WE THINK GREATEST LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS IS GOING TO BE. AND SO FOR THAT REASON MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD PRIORITIZE THE THE PAN-AMERICAN SANITARY PROJECT AND OR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE DRINKING WATER AND ALSO KNOW THAT $3 MILLION IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE THE AMOUNT BUT WE'D CERTAINLY BE ABLE TO PUT FORWARD WHATEVER WE WANT. RIGHT THOUGH THEY'LL COME IN BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THE OFFICES ARE GOING TO RECEIVE REQUESTS FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THEIR OWN PROCESS OF VETTING THOSE AND THEN PRIORITIZING THEM AND THEN THEY SUBMIT A LIST TO WHICHEVER BUDGET COMMITTEE IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING IN THE EARMARK REQUESTS. SO I THINK THE THE ONES WITH THE GREATEST LIKELIHOOD SUCCESS IN BOTH SIDES OF CAPITOL HILL ARE THE ONES THAT ARE MORE FOCUSED ON SEWER AND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE RATHER THAN THE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT. AND WE ARE CURRENTLY AT STAFF AT OTHER WAYS THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY INCLUDE ENERGY ENVIRONMENT AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER AND THE BLOOMINGTON NICE GARDEN PROJECT AND WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE MORE CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL ABOUT THAT BUT WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE INPUT FROM COUNCIL OR ANY THOUGHTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. AND MAYBE MR. MAYOR IF YOU WERE COUNCILMAN WEARY US HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD IN THOSE MEETINGS? I THINK YOU SUMMARIZED IT WELL. I THINK THEY THEY GAVE IT WAS A PRETTY FRANK DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT HAD THE BEST CHANCE OF OF SUCCESS. THAT BEING SAID, I KNOW THERE IS A LOT FEDERAL MONEY AVAILABLE FOR ENERGY RELATED PROJECTS AND I'M SURE THAT'S PART OF THE EQUATION HERE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE MIGHT ABLE TO APPLY FOR TO SEE MOVING FORWARD. YEAH, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS PART OF THAT CONVERSATION IS THAT THERE ALREADY IS A LOT OF MONEY IN THE SYSTEM ESPECIALLY FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT PROJECTS AND THERE'S A THERE'S A TAX REBATE PROCESS THAT'S IN PLACE NOW WE DON'T PAY TAXES BUT WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING THE THE PROGRAM IS THAT WE SUBMIT THE OF WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE CONSTRUCT AND THEY ACTUALLY WILL REMIT BACK TO US WHATEVER THE WHATEVER THAT THAT TAX AMOUNT IS IT'S USUALLY TO 40% OF THE PROJECT DEPENDING ON THE WE DON'T HAVE TO APPLY FOR IT. IT'S NOT A GRANT WE JUST SUBMIT IT WE GET THE FEDERAL MONEY RIGHT. SO ANY ENERGY ENVIRONMENT PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT FITS WITHIN THE IJA OR THE IRA FOR THAT PURPOSE WE OUR STAFF IS AWARE OF OF HOW THAT PROCESS IS GOING TO WORK SO THESE ARE SPECIFIC TO THE EARMARKS PART OF THE FEEDBACK FROM CONGRESSIONAL STAFF IS IF THERE'S ALREADY THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE AND YOU HAVE OTHER AVENUES TO GET IT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T GO THROUGH THE EARMARK PROCESS AND TRY TO DOUBLE DIP THAT'S MEMORY LOSS. ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD FROM OUR MEETINGS IN DC AND I CAN'T ADD ANYTHING ELSE TO IT BUT THE FACT THAT IT STILL THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE ENERGY EFFICIENCY, SOLAR, GEOTHERMAL STILL OUT THERE BUT AS AS THE CITY MANAGER STATED THERE PRIORITIZING ON INFRASTRUCTURE BUT YOU KNOW IF WE CAN MANAGE TO SOMETHING DONE BEFORE FIRST AND THEN APPLY AGAIN FOR THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUNDS IT BE AN ALTERNATIVE IT'S THERE IT'LL BE THERE UNTIL THE END 25 OR TRY TO WE CAN STILL HAVE SOME PROJECTS AVAILABLE TO US COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND ACTUALLY I HAVE ONE IF I COULD START IT IF EVERYBODY'S COOL WITH THEN FOR MR. RUBIO ON THE SANITARY SEWER CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS AT PAN AMERICAN NOW GIVEN THAT WE'RE WE'RE NOT WHERE GROSS ANDERSON IS GOING WITH OURSELVES TOWN REDEVELOPMENT NOT EXACTLY SURE MIGHT BE COMING IN THERE BUT COULD YOU EXPLAIN JUST KIND OF IN GENERAL THE NEED FOR THIS HOW IT ALL WORKS WILL IT BE ENOUGH I MEAN IF CHRIS ANDERSON COMES BACK WITH SOMETHING COMPLETELY THAT WILL THAT WILL BLOW THE CURRENT CAPACITY OF THE WATER OR OUT OF THE GROUND, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? BUT IF IT MAKES IT COMPLETELY OVERCAPACITY, WHAT ARE THE STEPS TO TAKE AND HOW DOES THIS WORK ALL OF THAT. SO SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BLOW THE MANHOLE COVERS OFF THE SHORE. OKAY, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS MR. KEEL IS HERE. WELL SO IF I GET MYSELF MIRED IN THE MUCK HERE HE CAN PROBABLY COME AND EXPLAIN SOME OF THE TECHNICAL DETAILS IN THE PAN AMERICAN DISTRICT AND WITH THAT SEWER LINE SPECIFICALLY WE HAVE A CAPACITY ISSUE ALMOST WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S GOING TO BE A REDEVELOPMENT. I THINK THAT THE CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE REMAINING IS FOR ABOUT 100 NEW UNITS AND OBVIOUSLY WHAT IS BEING CONSIDERED BY ACROSS, ANDERSON, IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE PLANNING THAT THEY'RE DOING FOR REUSE AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN AREA, WE ARE LIKELY TO EXCEED THAT 100 UNIT NUMBER. RIGHT. SO THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE A PRETTY EXPENSIVE PROJECT UPSIZE TO TO GAIN THAT CAPACITY STAFF IS CURRENTLY LOOKING AT OUR POLICY FOR HOW CHARGE FOR SACK WHICH ARE SEWER AREA CHARGES MOST CITIES HAVE A SACK CHARGE IN PLACE BLOOMINGTON REASONS THAT I THINK GO BACK QUITE A BIT HAS NOT HAD A SACK CHARGE IN PLACE AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER BECAUSE OF HOW THAT WILL IMPACT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. BUT YOU KNOW, THE OTHER QUESTION IS WHO PAYS FOR THE COST OF DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT. AND SO IF IT IS REDEVELOPMENT AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AND AGE, YOU KNOW, A COST OF DEVELOPMENT OR IS THAT JUST A NATURAL CYCLE OF CITY THAT'S THAT'S PART OF CONVERSATION. SO MY WHOLE POINT HERE IS THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO FUND OR FINANCE THIS PROJECT AS IT COMES ALONG SO IT WOULD BE THROUGH SEWER AREA CHARGES IT WOULD BE DEVELOPER COSTS IT WOULD BE PASSING ON COSTS TO CURRENT RATEPAYERS WITHIN, THE SEWER UTILITY ALL OF THOSE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO BY PUTTING THIS ONE FORWARD IS TO MINIMIZE THAT IMPACT TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE BECAUSE THIS PROJECT IS PROBABLY GOING TO EXCEED AT LEAST $10 MILLION AND MAY COME AS CLOSE TO $20 MILLION BASED ON OUR PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, THE PACE OF REDEVELOPMENT AND HOW MUCH CAPACITY BEING WE NEED TO ACHIEVE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. COUNSEL QUESTIONS ON THIS DISCUSSION IN PARTICULAR OR OC AND THEN WE CAN ON BUT THE QUESTION QUESTIONS ON THIS IN PARTICULAR COUNCILMEMBER AND I CAN'T REMEMBER A MOMENT COUNCILMEMBER YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM I KNOW WE ALREADY APPROVED ONE PROJECT RIGHT NOW RIGHT BY THE RED LOBSTER. IS THE CURRENT CAPACITY SUFFICIENT THAT ONE AND THEN THIS IS ON TOP OF THAT ONE FOR MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT 100 UNIT CAPACITY IS AFTER THE ENTITLEMENTS HAVE BEEN GRANTED. THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION COUNCILMEMBER SO ON THERE I REMEMBER AT ONE POINT IN TIME WE HAD A PRESENTATION HERE ABOUT FLOODING AS IT TO THAT THAT SECTION IN THAT AREA AND HOW THOSE WATERS YOU KNOW KIND OF COME FROM THERE AND END UP IMPACTING BOTH PENN PENN LAKE NORTH AND IN THE LAKE AND SO ON. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT AS WE LOOK TO TRY TO SUPPORT PARTICULAR PROJECT HOW WILL THIS IMPACT THAT AND I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED TO SEE A LOW NUMBER YOU KNOW GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW YOU KNOW THAT PRESENTATION THAT WE SAW HERE A NUMBER OF YEARS BACK AND MR. FOR AND ESPECIALLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SANITARY AND THE STORM SEWER YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN YOU'LL RECALL WE DID DO A SIGNIFICANT STORM SEWER PROJECT BUILT AT KNOX AN AMERICAN COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BECAUSE DID HAVE REGULAR FLOODING THAT WAS CONTINUING TO GET WORSE. IDEALLY STORM SEWERS NOT GOING INTO THE SANITARY SEWER. THAT'S A BIG NO NO RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE HAD TO DO THE STORM SEWER CAPACITY. SO THIS IS UNRELATED BECAUSE IT IS SANITARY SEWER I THINK THAT WE HAVE THE STORM SEWER ISSUES MANAGED IN THAT AREA. I MEAN IF IF THERE'S A 500 YEAR EVENT IT'S PROBABLY STILL GOING TO FLOOD JUST BECAUSE THIS WON'T HAVE ANY IMPACT AT ALL TO THE ANY OF THAT WORK THAT WE'VE DONE THERE WON'T BE UNDOING ANY OF THAT OR IMPACTING THAT IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THE SANITARY SEWER. YOU JUST WANT TO JUST BE SURE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SHOULD ALWAYS REFER TO THAT AS THE AWARD WINNING STORM SEWER THAT BLOOMINGTON DID IN THAT AREA. SHOULD WE? THAT'S WHY I WAS CONCERNED. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS OR READY TO EXPAND THE CONVERSATION? COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO IF CAN SUM UP WHAT I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT OUR FRIENDS AT CROSS ANDERSON ARE TEARING DOWN THE TOYS R AND AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE SIX BATHROOMS IN WAREHOUSE FACILITY LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, A BIG BOX STORE AND YOU GO TO REPLACE IT WITH 160 TOILETS YOU HAVE A CAPACITY PROBLEM. IS THAT A FAIR WAY TO LIKE SUM UP THE ISSUE? OKAY SO I'M MEMBER DEL SANDRA YES. OKAY SO I FEEL LIKE THAT MAKES TOTAL SENSE RIGHT? YOU CAN'T GO FROM YOU CAN'T PUT ú10 OF FLOUR IF I POUND BAG WE ALL KNOW THIS RIGHT WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COMPARED TO THE COMMITMENTS WE HAVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SAID PROJECT THAT WOULD REQUIRE THAT. SO IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN SHED SOME LIGHT ON ON WHAT WE WHAT WE BELIEVE IS LET ME SAY IN ANOTHER WAY EARMARKING A PROJECT LIKE THIS LET'S SAY IT GETS FUNDED TWO YEARS LATER AND NOW WE HAVE THAT EARMARKED FUNDS AND WE MAKE THAT CAPACITY UPGRADE AND WE HAVE A PROJECT FOR WHICH IT WILL BE LEVERAGED. WHAT DO WE DO WE DO IN THAT SITUATION IF THAT CAN BE HELPFUL? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I THINK THE ANTICIPATION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A PROJECT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE NO MATTER WHAT. RIGHT. AND SO PART OF WHAT THE EXERCISE RIGHT NOW WITH PLANNING AND WITH THE ENGINEERING TEAM IS FIGURING OUT SOME OF THE FINANCING MECHANISMS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. IF YOU WERE TO SAY YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANT TO DO IT ALL THROUGH STRUCTURES AND IT'S ALL GOING TO BE COSTS THAT ARE PASSED ON THE DEVELOPER IT THAT'S NOT LIKELY TO IN DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN EXCEPT ON A VERY SMALL SCALE. SO IN ANY EVENT HERE TALKING ABOUT SOME SORT OF SHARED COST APPROACH ON THIS IN THE FUTURE AND THEN WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT BASED ON THOSE ASSUMPTIONS THE TIMING OF WHEN WE WOULD DO THIS PROJECT. BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OF THE OPINION THAT WE NEED TO GET MOVING WITH THIS PROJECT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER AND THEN FIGURE OUT THE FINANCING ASSOCIATED WITH IT SO HAVING THAT HAVING IF WE WERE TO GET FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR THIS PROJECT IT WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE A STIMULATIVE EFFECT ON THE ON GETTING THE PROJECT DONE RIGHT. OKAY. SO QUICK CLARIFICATION OR YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS IS ALREADY IN THE CITY. IT WAS IT COMING. I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME. WAS IT COMING IN THE NEXT THREE OR FIVE YEARS ANYWAY I KNOW I HAVE IT IN FRONT OF HER. I ACTUALLY TOOK MINE OUT OF BAG AND I REGRETTED IT TODAY. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS THIS IS TRADE FLIPPED SO YOU'RE HERE REAL QUICKLY DO. WE HAVE WE HAVE A $9 MILLION FIGURE IN 2026 FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER $6 MILLION IN 2030. OKAY, THANKS. THANKS. I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING I APPRECIATE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER FOR YOU. IS THERE AN EXPIRATION TIMELINE FOR THESE FUNDS LIKE IF WE GET THESE FUNDS IS THERE AN EXPIRATION THAT WE HAVE TO USE THESE OR CAN WE HOLD ON TO THEM? MR. BROOKS MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBERS MORE THERE TYPICALLY IS A DURATION OR AN EXPIRATION DATE . IT'S USUALLY A COUPLE OF YEARS AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT VARIES FROM EARMARK PROCESS TO EARMARK PROCESS OR PROJECT TO PROJECT BUT THERE GENERALLY IS A COUPLE OF YEARS LAG TIME THEY LIKE I MEAN THEY LIKE TO HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE SHOVEL READY AS IT WERE BUT THERE WAS THAT WAS MUCH MORE OF AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION BACK DURING THE PANDEMIC OR 12 YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD THE RECESSION BACK THEN WHERE THEY WERE REALLY EMPHASIZING SHOVEL READY AS A AS STIMULATE TO THE ECONOMY. BUT AT THIS POINT THESE ARE LOOKED AT MORE AS JUST LOCAL PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE HELPING TO FUND. AND SO I THINK THEY'RE LITTLE BIT OF A LONGER TIME FRAME COUNCILMEMBER ELEMENT. SO I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD AT THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. I WON'T GO INTO INTO ALL THE DETAILS OF IT BUT WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY THE REVERSE THERE WAS EASIER TO DOLLARS FOR ITEMS AND FOUR AND MUCH MORE COMPLICATED TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE FIRST TWO ITEMS AND SO THAT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING WHEN WE MADE THOSE RECOMMENDED WITH REGARDS TO THOSE TWO PROJECTS. AND SO YOU KNOW GIVEN THE WAY THAT THAT LETTER IS WRITTEN I WANTED TO JUST BE SURE THAT FOLKS ON THIS BODY UNDERSTOOD YOU KNOW THE HOW WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT RECOMMENDATION AS WE WERE MOVING IT FORWARD AND THERE WERE CERTAINLY THOSE FOLKS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN THE SANITARY SEWER AND THE OTHER ITEMS BUT WE WE HAD THOUGHT THAT THOSE BE EASIER ITEMS TO GET MONEY FOR IS THAT YOU KNOW HOW I'VE CHARACTERIZED IT NOW IS THAT HOW WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THAT OR. MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION DID PROVIDE A MEMO TO COUNCIL THAT SUPPORTED THREE OF THESE FOUR PROJECTS THE THE TWO ENERGY PROJECTS AT COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER IN BLOOMINGTON NICE GARDEN ALONG WITH THE PAN-AMERICAN SANITARY CAPACITY INCREASE ALL OF WHICH THEY BELIEVE WOULD CONTRIBUTE OUR ASSIST OUR CLIMATE GOALS AND. I THINK THE ANSWER IS THAT IT WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT TO GET FUNDING FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. THE ENERGY ENVIRONMENT PROJECTS ALREADY HAVE A TAX REBATE PROCESS IN THE IRA MONEY THAT JUST WAS THAT OUR UNDERSTANDING WHEN WE PRESENTED THIS. ONE MORE RELATED QUESTION ON THIS. I KNOW THAT WITH THE FOR 94 PROJECT THERE WAS TALK OF EXPANDING THE SEWER CAPACITY UNDER FOR FOUR AS WELL ASSUMING THIS ALL TIES TOGETHER AND WORKS IN A BIG WAY. I WAS LOOKING AT MR. KEEL AS WELL ALL TIES TOGETHER AND WORKS IN A IN A BIG COHESIVE MANNER WITH THE PLANS FOR FOR 94 SHOULD THAT MONEY BECOME AVAILABLE WE WE'RE IN COUNCIL THE PLANS FOR FOR 94 DO NOT INCLUDE ANY SANITARY SEWER UPGRADE PROJECTS. WAS THERE A DISCUSSION OF THIS WHEN WE HAD A DISCUSSION IN EARLY WE WERE TRYING TO LOOK AT OTHER WAYS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH MORE CAPACITY AT A LOWER COST AND ONE THOUGHT WAS WELL IF WE PUSHED IT UP TO AN INTERCEPTOR THAT'S IN RICHFIELD ACROSS THE FREEWAY THAT WOULD BE LESS EXPENSIVE THAN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AS WE WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH MET COUNCIL THEY SAID THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE CAPACITY TO THE CAPACITY THAT'S ALREADY IN THAT LINE IS RESERVED FOR OTHER PROJECTS SO THAT THAT WAS NOT A REAL PROJECT. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT FOR ME I APPRECIATE THAT. ALSO IN OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS EITHER ON THIS OR ON THE. ALL FOUR OF THE PROJECTS AND WHAT THE PORITIZATION MIGHT BE COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE DRINKING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT AND THE . FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD ON THE TIP SHEET, THE IT WAS IS MOSTLY JUST ABOUT REPLACEMENT AND IMPROVEMENTS THERE BECAUSE OF AGE. DO I HAVE THAT CORRECT? YES. OKAY. IS THERE IS THERE ANY ANYTHING NEW IN THAT EITHER RELATED TO SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, IN THE ETHER ABOUT PEMF GAS OR ANY OF THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT IS INCORPORATED INTO THIS OR IS THIS TRULY JUST A LIFT AND SHIFT TO KIND OF GET US INTO MODERN INFRASTRUCTURE? YEAH. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS THIS IS A REINVESTMENT PROJECT SO IT DOESN'T RELATE TO ANY OF OTHER ISSUES THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH THE WATER SYSTEM. THANKS. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS LET'S REMEMBER THE MAYOR. SO ALONG WITH THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT DO WE HAVE A ESTIMATED LIFE EXPECTANCY REMAINING ON THAT OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS MORE URGENCY BEHIND IT? MR. MAYOR, I'M GOING TO INVITE MR. KEEL BACK UP JUST ABOUT ESTIMATED LIFE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THESE ARE BIG PIPES AND SO AS LONG AS WE HAVE CAPACITY WE SHOULD BE GOOD FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. BUT IT'S 75 YEARS PLUS IF WE DO IT RIGHT IS A PRETTY TYPICAL YES. I MEAN TYPICALLY IF YOU TO FIGURE OUT HOW LONG A PIPE LASTS, WHAT WE DO IS WE TELEVISE IT TO SEE WHAT KIND OF CONDITION IT'S IN AND GENERALLY SPEAKING IF THERE ARE NO DEFICIENCIES THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY IN THE PIPE, ONE COULD EXPECT THAT PIPE TO LAST, YOU KNOW, WELL OVER 100 YEARS MORE IF IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE WHEN IT'S STARTING TO SHOW CRACKS OR SOME KINDS OF DAMAGE WITHIN THE PIPE THAN THE AGE OF IT IS PREDICTED TO BE LOWER. NOW THESE PIPES WERE PROJECTING AT LEAST WE KNOW ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY MAJOR DEFICIENCIES SO WE THINK THEY STILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LIFE LEFT IN THEM. COUNCIL QUESTIONS IF NOW WE DON'T HAVE AN OFFICIAL VOTE ON THIS LOOKING FOR KIND OF NODDING AGREEMENT FROM THE COUNCIL THAT TO TO PRIORITIZE ITEM THREE OUR SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS AT A PEN OF A PEN AMERICAN 35 W FREMONT THAT'S THE WHOLE SEWER LINE AT A COST OF $3 MILLION. BRING THAT FORWARD TO OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS. TRY AND GET THAT INTO THE EARMARK BILL BUILDING AND SEE SOME COMING OUR WAY. WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT. AND ONE OTHER QUICK KIND OF GENERAL QUESTION, MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, WERE THERE ANY OTHER PROJECTS WERE CONSIDERED AND THEN NOT BROUGHT FORWARD LIKE WERE SOME OTHER THINGS ON THE CIP THAT YOU HAD DISCUSSED AND THOUGHT WELL MAYBE THEY AREN'T THE RIGHT BEST FIT. I'M JUST CURIOUS, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT GENERATED BROAD CONSENSUS ABOUT THINGS THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER. THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY JUMPED AT ME AS I WAS GOING BACK TO THE CHP IS THAT WE HAVE A 84TH STREET PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE REPLACEMENT OVER IN THE NORMAN DALE LAKE AREA THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR 2026 BECAUSE I WAS ALSO LOOKING AT THE TIME FRAME FOR WHEN THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE IS GOING TO BE RELEVANT AND THAT'S ABOUT A $2.6 MILLION PROJECT THAT'S CURRENTLY TO BE FUNDED WITH THE WITH THE TAX ABATEMENT FOR THE NORM DALE LAKES AREA THAT'S ONE THAT YOU COULD POTENTIALLY INCLUDE ON THE LIST IF YOU WERE INTERESTED IN HAVING US DO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. BUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MOBILITY MOVEMENT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IT FITS I THINK WITHIN THAT KILLER CATEGORY TOO. SO IF COUNCIL LOOKING FOR A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION WE COULD CERTAINLY PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER ON THAT. THANKS. YEAH. SO THE REASON I ASKED THE QUESTION, MR. MAYOR WAS BECAUSE I MEAN THESE ARE FINE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS BUT I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALSO TALKED AND WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR FUNDING TOWARDS SOME OF THE TRAFFIC MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT PROJECTS THAT BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR THE LAST YEAR AS WELL. AND AND I YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW IF MAYBE WE WOULD WANT TO PUT FORTH SOME KIND OF A PROPOSAL THERE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO TO GET EARMARK DOLLARS TOWARDS THAT GOAL SINCE THAT'S A THING FOR US. I'M THINKING IN IN SPECIFIC ABOUT SOME OF THIS SCHOOL SAFETY STUFF THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SCHOOL ZONES AT 84TH AROUND POPLAR BRIDGE AND SCHOOL ZONES AT 102ND AROUND OR OLSON OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT WOULD WE WANT TO CONSIDER THOSE? THAT WAS THE ONE THING THAT WAS ON THE TOP OF MY MIND THAT THAT MIGHT DOVETAIL TOGETHER NICELY AND THAT SAME LIKE SOUNDS THE SAME MONEY BUCKET SIZE AND A GOOD SUGGESTION THAT WE'RE BRINGING MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS CALLED THE SAFE ROADS TO SCHOOL FUNDING. IS THAT ALLOCATED POOL THAT WE APPLIED OR IS THERE ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUESTS THAT WE COULD MAKE OUTSIDE OF IT? SO THAT IS A DEDICATED POOL THAT KIND OF COMES THROUGH THE MET COUNCIL PROCESS AND THERE IS A AN APPLICATION PROCESS AND WE WILL CERTAINLY PARTICIPATE IN THAT THIS THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS COULD BE FUNDED THROUGH THIS CONGRESSIONAL DESIGNATED MONEYS AS WELL THAT WOULD BE OUTSIDE OF THAT. AGAIN I WOULD SAY GENERALLY SPEAKING THE SCALE OF THOSE PROJECTS IS PROBABLY CONSIDERABLY THAN THAN THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS IN MY FEELING IS IF YOU'RE GOING AFTER FEDERAL DOLLARS YOU SHOULD GO FOR A LARGE NUMBER ALSO ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? GOOD QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE HAVE A NODDING APPROVAL AN APPROVAL THAT AGREEMENT THAT PERHAPS MOVE THAT ITEM FOR ITEM THREE UP TO THE TOP OF THE LIST FOLLOWED BY NUMBER FOUR AND AND THEN TO WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN ON ITEMS ONE AND TWO AS IT RELATES TO THE IJA AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT MIGHT BE THERE FOR YOU BUT FOR THOSE PROJECTS ALL RIGHT BUT ALL RIGHT WE WILL IN THE PROCESS MR. AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WE WILL SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH OUR OUR FEDERAL AND THEY WILL COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE OFFICERS AS THEY START TO PREPARE FOR REQUESTS AGAIN. AND THEN 5.2 ON OUR AGENDA COUNCIL IS OUR COUNCIL POLICY IN UPDATE STARTING OFF WITH OUR COUNCIL LISTENING SESSION EVENING WE HAD THREE SPEAKERS THIS EVENING MISCELLANEOUS SPOKE HANDICAPPED PARKING AT DAR AL-FAROUQ AND WE WERE ABLE TO ASSURE HER THAT THE POLICE CHIEF BOOKER HODGES AND STATE ADA FOLKS AND THE FOLKS AT DAR AL FAROUQ HAVE SCHEDULED A MEETING OR WILL BE SCHEDULING A MEETING TO TRY AND WORK TOWARDS AGREEMENT AND COMPLIANCE IN TERMS OF THE ISSUES THAT MS. NESS KEPT BRINGING HAS BROUGHT FORWARD A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THE PAST AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO TO THE CHIEF AND TO OUR STATE PARTNERS WITH ADA AND TO OUR FRIENDS OVER DYLANN ROOF TO COME TO A A AGREEMENT AND A RESOLUTION THERE WE HEARD FROM MICHELLE LLOYD FROM THE GROUP RESTORE THE NINE AND DID A VERY NICE JOB KIND OF INTRODUCING THE GROUP AND EXPLAINING WHAT THEIR WERE, WHO THEY WERE, WHAT THEY WERE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH. SHE'S A RESIDENT OF BLOOMINGTON THAT'S RIGHT ON THE RIGHT ALONG THE CREEK AND SO HAD SOME GOOD INSIGHT AND I AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THAT YOUR YOUR COMMENTS THAT IT WAS A GOOD OF RESET AND I WISH THEY WOULD HAVE STARTED WITH THAT THAT PRESENTATION WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED COMING TO THE TO THE LISTENING SESSIONS BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD STARTING POINT FOR OF US TO BEGIN FROM AND SO IT FELT AS I SAID LIKE A GOOD RESET AND I'M HOPING WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM NOW AND WORK A MORE PRODUCTIVELY WITH RESTORE THE NINE AND WE ALSO FROM MR. BILL CURRAN WHO LIVES OVER ON THE EAST SIDE AND CONCERNED HE HAD LIGHTS THAT WERE TOO BRIGHT HE WAS ASKED TO DIM THE LIGHTS A BIT FROM 10,000 LUMENS TO 3000 AND HE DID THAT AND NOW CONTINUES TO HAVE ISSUES WHETHER IT WAS WITH THE ANGLE OF THE LIGHTS OR THE INTENSITY OR DIFFERENT THINGS AND HE HAS SOME CONCERNS WITH THE FEEDBACK AND THE RESPONSE THAT HE WAS GETTING FROM STAFF. MR. FAROOQI WAS TAKING NOTES AS FURIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE DURING AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH MR. CURRAN REGARDING THE THE THE FOLKS WHO WOULD BE FOLLOWING UP WITH THAT AND GET GET AND TRY TO WORK TO RESOLUTION ON ON THE ISSUES THAT MR. CURRAN BROUGHT UP AND I SUMMARIZED CORRECTLY I THINK I BELIEVE SO VERY GOOD AND I HAVE ELSE TO ADD MR. REALLY ANYTHING TO ADD ON THE POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATES MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I JUST WANT TO TOUCH BASE ON THE LEGISLATION THAT'S BEEN PRETTY PROMINENT RECENTLY ON ON HOUSING ISSUES. THERE'S AN ACTIVE PUSH BY A NUMBER OF LEGISLATORS ARE TRYING TO ADVANCE SOME BILLS TO ENCOURAGE WHAT THEY CALL MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING IN THE REGION AND STATE. MUCH OF THAT HAS BEEN OPPOSED BY CITY INTERESTS AND SAY BLOOMINGTON I'M JUST A INTEREST RATE SO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES METRO CITIES MUNICIPAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ARE ALL ON RECORD OPPOSING THOSE BILLS LARGELY DUE TO THE THE AMOUNT OF PREEMPTION OF LOCAL CONTROL THAT OCCURS IN THOSE VARIOUS PROPOSALS THE. MOST RECENT UPDATE THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN THE MAYOR CAN HELP ME WITH SOME OF THIS BECAUSE HE WAS IN ONE OF THE MORE RECENT MEETINGS IS THAT REPRESENTATIVE CRAFT IS NOT GOING TO BE MOVING HIS MISSING MIDDLE BILL THIS SESSION THE LEGISLATORS ARE TAKING TIME TO CONSIDER THE CONCERNS THAT CITIES HAVE EXPRESSED HE IS APPARENTLY STILL INTERESTED IN PURSUING AUTHORIZING IDEAS AND REQUIRING THAT 80 YEARS BE ALLOWED ALMOST WITHOUT QUESTION. THERE'S A PROVISO THAT AS LONG AS IT AS LONG AS THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE CAN ACCOMMODATE IT AND THEN REPRESENTATIVE KOZLOWSKI IS INDICATING THAT SHE IS INTERESTED IN PUSHING FORWARD WITH HER MULTIFAMILY HOUSING BILL THAT'S H.R. 4010 AND THAT ONE SPECIFIC ONLY WOULD ALLOW FOR MULTIFAMILY HOUSING AND BASICALLY ANY COMMERCIAL ZONED DISTRICT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES. SO THOSE CITY INTEREST GROUPS ESPECIALLY THE MUNICIPAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH LEGISLATORS TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND CONCERNS THAT CITIES HAVE AS I HAVE SHARED WITH THEM YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOT BEEN TERRIBLY ENGAGED OR ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE FRANKLY THE PROPOSALS PUT US IN A LITTLE BIT OF A QUANDARY IN THAT I THINK THAT THE INTENT OF THE IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THIS COUNCIL HAS IDENTIFIED AS ITS DESIRES TO SEE ADDITIONAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN COMMUNITIES AT THE SAME TIME IT'S BEEN LONGSTANDING POLICY FOR US THAT THAT ENCOURAGE INS ON LOCAL CONTROL AND PREEMPTION ARE GENERALLY BAD RIGHT AND WE HAVE NOT ENGAGED MUCH THE MAYOR WAS INVOLVED IN A MORE RECENT MEETING OF MAYORS AND AND MAYBE I'LL HAND IT OVER TO YOU AT THIS POINT AND THANK YOU, MR. OBERG . AND ACTUALLY WHAT YOU DESCRIBED THERE AND WHAT WAS DESCRIBED IN THE MEMO THAT YOU JUST RECEIVED IS WHAT WE HEARD FROM REPRESENTATIVES KRAFT AND KOZLOWSKI. I THERE IS THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BUT THAT SOMETHING IS THE QUESTION BECAUSE THERE'S A HOUSING NEED ACROSS THE STATE OF MINNESOTA WITHOUT WITHOUT QUESTION THERE'S A NEED FOR MORE HOUSING ACROSS THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND TO THINKING OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO ADDRESS IT IS IS THE THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION FOR ALL OF THIS WHETHER IT'S TO REMOVE ALL ZONING, WHETHER IT'S TO PERMIT RESIDENTIAL IN BUSINESS DISTRICTS, WHETHER IT'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT. IN OUR MEETING I OFFERED UP BLOOMINGTON'S OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE AND WHAT WAS SAID WAS HAPPY TO SHARE IT WITH ANYONE WHO WANTED TO USE IT BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE PROVEN MORE THAN ANYTHING THAT IT'S AN EFFECTIVE TOOL THAT IN OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND ARE A MODEL THAT CAN SHOW HOW IT CAN BE DONE SO AND BROUGHT THAT FORWARD AND TWO PIECES ON THAT. SO REPRESENTATIVE KRAFT OF COURSE IS A FORMER SAINT LOUIS PARK CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. HE'S AWARE OF IT AND IT WAS NICE TO HEAR FROM REPRESENTATIVE WHEN I BROUGHT UP WHAT BLOOMINGTON WAS DOING . THEY USED TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF DULUTH AND THEY SAID OH YEAH WE ALWAYS USED TO WATCH WHAT BLOOMINGTON WAS DOING SO WHICH KIND OF MADE ME HAPPY BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE DOING A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT AND WE'RE LEADING IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WAYS AND I AGREE I THINK OUR BIGGEST ISSUE WITH ALL OF THIS IS THE NOTION OF LOCAL CONTROL THAT THE MORE THE STATE TRIES TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE THINGS THAT EACH CITY IS TRYING TO DO DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. I THINK THERE WAS JUST A LETTER TO THE EDITOR TODAY I THINK IN THE STAR FROM A GREATER MINNESOTA CITY BASICALLY SAYING DON'T IMPOSE STATEWIDE ISSUES THAT ARE OR REMEDIES BASICALLY THAT ARE DIRECTED TOWARD THE METROPOLITAN AREA CITIES WHICH MAKES PERFECT SENSE BECAUSE THEY'RE ISSUES IN GREATER MINNESOTA ARE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. THEY STILL HAVE HOUSING ISSUES BUT THEY'RE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE FACING HERE IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA. SO IT'S A WE SAW A LOT OF THIS KIND OF START TO BUBBLE UP LAST YEAR. THE GROUP THAT THEY HAVE PULLED TOGETHER COALITION THAT THEY HAVE PULLED TOGETHER TO WORK TOWARD THIS AND TO TRY GET SOMETHING PASSED FRANKLY IS IS AN IMPRESSIVE GROUP AND IT'S KIND OF AN UNPRECEDENTED GROUP IN TERMS OF THE THE ARRAY OF ORGANIZATIONS THEY HAVE HAVE INVOLVED FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT SECTORS AND DIFFERENT AND BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. SO I THINK THE GENERAL THOUGHT IS THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO GET DONE THE WORK NOW IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EITHER HAVE THE LOUDEST VOICE POSSIBLE IN IT THAT CITIES WHO ARE OBVIOUSLY AFFECTED CAN CAN INFLUENCE THE LEGISLATION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE OR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE TO STATE THAT CITIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S THERE ARE ISSUES THERE WE WANT TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION BUT WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL WHAT IS PASSED PERHAPS YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE CRAFT AND HIS NOTION OF A COOLING OFF MAYBE A YEAR TO DISCUSS THIS MIGHT MAKE A BIT MORE SENSE AND REALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF EXAMPLES FROM THINGS THAT WERE PASSED LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT ARE NEED THAT NEED CLEAN UP NOW. AND SO THERE'S NO SENSE IN GETTING INTO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING SO MR. BRALEY IS RIGHT. WE HAVEN'T TAKEN ANY REAL ACTION. WE HAVEN'T KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT AMONG THIS GROUP BECAUSE I THINK IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AS A GROUP UP TO THE OF TAKING AWAY LOCAL CONTROL AND THEN IT BECOMES A STICKIER ISSUE SO WE HAVE IF I MAY MR. IN THOSE MORE RECENT CONVERSATIONS AS THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE WHAT IS A COMPROMISE BECAUSE REPRESENTATIVE CLYBURN CHAIRS ONE OF THE COMMITTEES THAT'S CRITICAL TO WHETHER THESE BILLS KEEP MOVING OR NOT. SHE HAS INDICATED THAT SHE BELIEVES SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN AND IS REALLY ENCOURAGING THE SIDES TO TRY AND FIND WHERE THAT MIDDLE GROUND IS. YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT I'VE CERTAINLY THE BIGGEST CONCERN FOR THE CITIES IS ON ANYTHING THAT PREEMPTS LOCAL COMPREHENSIVE PLANS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO IN OUR CONVERSATION WE'VE SUGGESTED THAT MAYBE SOMETHING THAT SMELLS MORE LIKE A MANDATE THAN A PREEMPTS PREEMPTION MAY BE THE WAY TO GET A COMPROMISE AND MANDATES AREN'T GREAT EITHER BUT THEY'RE BETTER THAN PREEMPTION. AND SO WHEN I SAY WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WHEN I SAY PREEMPTION SO SAYING THAT FOR EXAMPLE MULTI-FAMILY CAN GO IN ANY COMMERCIAL WELL WE WANT TO SEE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY HERE WE HAVE REAL CONCERNS JUST ABOUT COMPATIBILITY AND ALL THOSE OTHER ISSUES THAT WE CONSIDER AS WE GO THROUGH PLAN REVIEW PROCESS AND WHETHER YOU KNOW MULTI-FAMILY IS ACTUALLY APPROPRIATE FOR VARIOUS COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AND HOW THEY FIT WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. BUT IF THEY WERE TO MANDATE SAY THAT CITIES HAVE TO ADOPT A HOUSING ORDINANCE SIMILAR TO WHAT BLOOMINGTON HAS ALREADY DONE YOU KNOW THAT GIVES AT LEAST THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTROL ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AS LONG AS THEY'RE STILL FOLLOWING THE STATE AND DELIVERING ON THE EXPECTATION THAT THERE ARE PROVIDING MORE OPPORTUNITY. SO I THINK THERE PROBABLY IS A COMPROMISE THERE SOMEWHERE AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. SO IN THE DISCUSSIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVE COLE KOZLOWSKI IS THAT RIGHT? YES. I NEVER GET THEIR NAME RIGHT. APOLOGIZE AND AND I'M LIKE FROM PENNSYLVANIA I HAD NO SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE OF POLISH AND HERITAGE AND I SHOULD BE ASHAMED THE THE REASONS GIVEN FOR WHY THEY THINK THAT THERE NEEDS BE A STATE LAW IN THE FIRST PLACE ARE WHAT LIKE FUNDAMENTALLY BECAUSE THERE'S A THERE'S A PART OF ME THAT THINKS THAT THEY ARE AND I SAY THEY FOR REPRESENTATIVE KOZLOWSKI BUT ALSO FOR THE GROUPING RIGHT SO THE THE THE LEGISLATION THE INTENT IS THERE BUT THE THE IT FEELS SO BROAD SPECTRUM IT FEELS VERY MUCH LIKE A VERY, VERY BROAD BRUSH PAINTED AND IT AND THERE THEY'RE NOT SETTING GUIDELINES THAT THEN THROUGH NONCOMPLIANCE NEED REINFORCEMENT RIGHT AND SO I JUST I'M KIND CURIOUS AS TO THE THE REASONING BEHIND THE TACK THAT THEY ARE TAKING IN THESE LEGISLATION AT THE MOMENT AND WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY BOTH REPRESENTATIVE CRAFT AND KOZLOWSKI ARE, YOU KNOW, FORMER CITY PEOPLE AND SO KNOW THAT LOCAL CONTROL AN IMPORTANT FUNCTION OF FUNCTIONING GOVERNMENT AT THIS LEVEL RIGHT SO IS THERE IS THERE IS IS THIS A FUNCTION OF JUST THROWING SOMETHING AT A TO SEE IF IT STICKS FOR LACK OF A BETTER WAY TO PUT IT OR IS THERE IS THERE PARTICULAR IS THERE A BODY OF EVIDENCE THAT SAYS LIKE YOU KNOW LEAVING IT UP TO FOLKS BY THEMSELVES AND JUST GIVING MORE, YOU KNOW, GUIDELINES OR WHATEVER ISN'T HELPFUL BECAUSE I WOULD ARGUE LEAVING IT UP TO US HAS PROVED TO BE VERY USEFUL AND I'M KIND OF CURIOUS IF YOU CAN BECAUSE I'VE NOT HAD THE CONVERSATION. I'VE JUST WHERE DOES THE WHERE DID THE INTENT COME FROM IN THE BEGINNING I GUESS AND I JUST I DON'T MEAN TO BE BOXING YOU TO A CORNER BUT I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS ALWAYS ABOUT PEOPLE'S INITIAL MOTIVES. SURE. MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, MY OF SOME OF THE IMPETUS AND THE MOTIVATION BEHIND THESE BILLS IS FRUSTRATION COMMUNITIES THAT ADVOCATES SAY HAVE ON PAPER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR MULTIFAMILY WHATEVER IT IS. AND THEN WHEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY WILL FIND SOME REASON TO REJECT WHETHER IT IS COMMUNITY OPPOSITION SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T LIKE, WHAT THE PLANS AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'VE PROVIDED SPECIFIC CASES OF THAT WHICH IS ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT SOME OF THE CITIES HAVE SUGGESTED. BUT I THINK THAT'S THE PRIMARY DRIVER. SO I IT CERTAINLY ISN'T CITIES LIKE BLOOMINGTON OR ANY OF THE INTERIOR CITIES IN THE REGION . IT'S REALLY IN THOSE PLACES WHERE YOU CONTINUE TO SEE MOSTLY LARGE LOT LARGE SQUARE FOOTAGE HOUSING THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED AND, NOT MUCH EFFORT TO PROVIDE HOUSING THAT'S AFFORDABLE. ON THE OTHER SIDE THE CITIES WILL SAY THAT THEY ARE MAKING EFFORTS. THEY HAVE SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE SMALL FRONT FOOTAGE AND THE MARKET IS STILL HALF MILLION DOLLAR HOUSES WHETHER IT'S 50 FEET OR 80 FEET OR 100 FEET, WHATEVER IT IS. RIGHT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE TRUTH IS PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THE QUESTIONS ON THAT COUNCIL . ALL RIGHT. WELL WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS THIS CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD. ANYTHING TO BRING FORWARD COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, THANK YOU VERY. ON OUR AGENDA THERE WAS A 3.6 AN AMENDMENT CHANGED SOME OF HOW WE'RE DOING BUSINESS IN THE CITY AND I WANTED TO SEE IF THE CITY MANAGER WAS PREPARED TO AT LEAST GIVE A BRIEF BRIEFING ON THAT AND I HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT THAT I WANTED TO BESTOW UPON YOU. MANAGER SIR. MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN I HAVE PROPOSED REORGANIZATION OF PRIMARILY EXECUTIVE LEVEL STAFF CURRENTLY CITY MANAGER HAS AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND FOR VARIOUS REASONS THAT HAS BEEN SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL AND SHARED WITH THE STAFF IN RESTRUCTURING TO CREATE TO DEPUTY CITY MANAGERS. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO CLARIFY IS THAT ACTION THAT YOU HAD WITHIN THE COMPENSATION PLAN TONIGHT SAYS ASSISTANCE MANAGER AND THE REASON THAT IT ISN'T DEPUTY AS I'VE SHARED IS THAT WITHIN OUR CHARTER IT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND SO AT THE ANNUAL MEETING COMING UP WITH THE CHARTER COMMISSION WILL BE PUTTING FORWARD FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION JUST AN AMENDMENT. WE'VE DONE THAT WITH OTHER POSITIONS IN THE PAST SIMPLY BECAUSE THE DEPUTY CITY I THINK MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBES THE LEVEL AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN THE NEW STRUCTURE SO THE THE RESULT OF WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED IS THE ADDITION OF AN ASSISTANT SO THERE'LL BE TWO ASSISTANTS OR DEPUTIES. HOWEVER WANT TO CALL THEM AND ALSO PROPOSING TO ADD A NEW POSITION THAT WILL BE A STRATEGY INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE WHICH WILL BRING THEM BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL ONCE HAVE THAT DESCRIBED TRYING TO DO THE REORGANIZATION WITH THEN THE EXISTING HEADCOUNT WITHIN THE EXISTING BUDGET AND SO ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THAT TWO DIRECTOR LEVEL POSITIONS ARE BEING ELIMINATED AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AS HAVE THE STAFF WHO ARE GOING TO SEE THE THE REPORTING STRUCTURE CHANGE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION AND WILL BE IMPLEMENTING OVER THE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO DO THAT. THANK YOU MANAGER AND MAYOR FOR THAT. THAT'S AN OPTION AND I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THAT AND I KNOW THAT AS WE MOVE TOWARDS OUR MISSION STATEMENT OF OF CULTIVATING AN ENDURING AND REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE WERE PART OF THAT WAS SOME OF THAT REALIGNMENT THAT WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN AND THOSE THINGS WE WANTED TO SEE THE CHANGES AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE MENTIONED DURING THAT PROCESS IS PAST PRACTICES NOT TO INTERFERE WITH THE CONSIDERATION NEW IDEAS AND NOW EVEN WITH THAT BEING SAID ,I KNOW WE WANT TO TRY TO CREATE A COMMUNITY WHERE FOLKS ARE WELCOME AND I THINK THAT ALSO SHOULD APPLY TO OUR STAFF . I KNOW THAT IN THE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR THESE THINGS HAPPEN YOU KNOW, ON A MORE COMMON BASIS AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW WHEN THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING FOR OUR CITY WHO MAKE A LOT LESS MONEY AND TAKE ON THAT IN TERMS OF BEING COMMITTED TO OUR COMMUNITY AND I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT AND WE MUST MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS I THINK WE JUST NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE KIND OF MOVE FORWARD AND WHEN WE DO THOSE THINGS AND I KNOW THERE'S NO BEST TIME OR GREAT TO TRY TO END A RELATIONSHIP BUT I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, AS WE CONTINUE TO POSITION WITH OUR OUR NEW MISSION STATEMENT THAT WE'RE THAT THAT ALSO APPLIES TO TO OUR STAFF. AND I KNOW YOU BELIEVE IN THAT. I'M NOT CERTAINLY NOT NOT NOT TRYING TO SAY THAT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. I KNOW WE NEED TO TRY TO MOVE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO TO MOVE THIS BIG SHIP CALLED BLOOMINGTON FORWARD. BUT I ALSO JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT BLOOMINGTON CONTINUES TO KEEP OUR REPUTATION FOR BEING A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO WORK AND FEEL THAT THEY'LL BE HERE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. BUT AGAIN THANK YOU MANAGER FOR MANAGING THROUGH THIS AND BRINGING THIS NEW MISSION STATEMENT FORWARD AND AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, STICKING WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THAT COUNCILMEMBER MOMENT UNTIL ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO BRING FORWARD HEARING NONE WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR AGENDA AND I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOVED BY A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO ADJOURN NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANKS MUCH FOR THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT COUNCIL STAFF THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY WHO HAS JOINED US THIS EVENING EITHER ONLINE OR IN PERSON THANKS