. EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME. I WILL CALL THIS BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER TODAY IS JANUARY 2ND 2020 FOR OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW YEAR. WELCOME TO EVERYBODY IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. WELCOME TO EVERYBODY WATCHING ONLINE WE WILL START OUR MEETING IS AS WE ALWAYS DO IF YOU'RE ABLE PLEASE RISE AND JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAGF TH UNITED OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY JUSTICE FOR ALL ONCE AGAIN TO EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING AND FOR WATCHING OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO APPROVE OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING AND AGENDA IS PRETTY STANDARD FOR OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR. SO OUR UNDER OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS WE WILL BE DOING THE COUNCIL OATH OF OFFICE FOR THE SIX COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE NOT YET TAKEN THE OATH OF OFFICE COUNCIL MEMBER MOUA TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE BACK IN NOVEMBER BECAUSE HE WAS RUNNING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR A VACANT SEAT SO HE IS ALREADY SWORN AND GOOD TO GO. ITEM 2.2 IN OUR AGENDA IS A RECOGNITION OF THE BLOOMINGTON 2023 CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AWARDS AND LEADERSHIP AND IT'S A VIDEO AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT. IT'S A KIND OF RECOGNITION OF ALL THAT'S GOING ON HERE. ITEM THREE ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WE HAVE NINE ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCILMBER HAS CONSENT THIS EVENING NOTHING UNDER 18 FOR OUR HEARINGS RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES AND ITEM FIVE ARE ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS THAT'S THE BULK OF OUR MEETING THIS EVENING. THAT'S WE MAKE THE VARIETY OF APPOINTMENTS FOR OUR DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. THE COUNCIL IS AS A MEMBERSHIP OR PARTICIPATES IN IN ORDER HERE FROM 5.1 TO 5.10 IT WOULD BE APPOINTMENTS THE BLOOMINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT RELIEF ASSOCIATION, THE HRA BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, THE CITY SUSTAINABILITY COISSION, THE BLOOMINGTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE BLOOMINGTON CONVENTION VISITORS BUREAU, THE STATE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THE MSP NOISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR 94 QUARTER COMMISSION 35 W SOLUTIONS ALLIANCE 169 CORRIR COALITION AND THOSE ARE THE TEN APPOINTMENTS WE HAVE TO OFFICIALLY MAKE THEM ALL TALK ABOUT OUR ACTING MAYOR APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WE'LL HAVE AN APPOINTMENT FOR OUR COUNCIL SECRETARY AND THEN FINISH UP WITH 5.13 WHICH IS OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE COUNCIL ANY ADDITIONS SUBTRACTIONSORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA AS STATED IF NOT I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AS STATED FOR THIS EVENING SO I GOT A MOTION IN THE SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA NOTE FOR THE DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO WE'VE GOT AN AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THAT IN 2.1 IS OUR CITY COUNCIL OATH OF OFFICE OUR CITY CLERK CLERK CHRISTINA SCIPIONE IS TO ADMINISTER THE OATH AND SHE'S GOING TO GIVE US THE THE ROUND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS ALL HAPPEN. GOOD ENING GOOD EVENING MARION CITY COUNCIL SO THIS EVENING WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE INDIVIDUALLY IN YOUR PACKET WE LISTED OUT THE ORDER THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING YOU TAKE OLD SIN SO WHEN YOU COME DOWN YOU'LL STAND OVER HERE. I'LL BE OVER HERE, YOU'LL TAKE THE OATH AND THEN SIGN THE PAPER OATH AND THEN WE HAVE CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION FOR EACH OF YOU VERY GOOD COUNCILMAN. TWO QUESTIONS ON THIS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD I THINK WE'VE ALL DONE IT AT LEAST ONCE WITH THE ONE EXCEPTION BUT WE'LL BE DOING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. THERE HE IS. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS WILL BE JOINING US HERE SHORTLY. I WILL SAY TO ANY FAMILY, FRIENDS, ANYBODY INTERESTED DON'T BE SHY. THE SWEARING IN HAPPENS ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS AND ONCE EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS. SO DON'T BE SHY. GET IN GOOD POSITION AND GET A PICTURE IF YOU'D LIKE AND ONE STEP RIGHT UP YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET IN ANYBODY'S WAY SO PLEASE DO THAT. WHY DON'T WE GET STARTED? WONDERFUL. MAYOR, WILL YOU PLEASE COME DOWN ? COME ON UP WHENEVER YOU WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE YOU'RE GOING TO STD OH I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT I GOT TO OH GREAT WAY TO START PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME I TIM BUSSEY I TIM BUSSEY DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION THE UNITED STATES AND I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE OF MINNESOTA AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE DUTIES AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IN THE COUNTY OF HENNEPIN COUNTY OF HENNEPIN AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA STATE MINNESOTA TO THE BEST OF MY JUDGMENT AND ABILITY THE BEST IN MY JUDGMENT AND ABILITIES. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THERE'S SO MANY THANK YOU AND YOUR CERTIFICATE VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SHE WOULD DO THE RIGHT TO DO THAT. THE OFFICIAL DOESN'T LOOK LIKE LIKE WHICH IS A THANK YOU MY HEART I LOVE YOU. DON'T BE SHY . HI RIGHT PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME I. JENNA CARTER. JENNA CARTER DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES? THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IN THE COUNTY OF HENNEPIN IN THE COUNTY OF HENNEPIN AND THE STATE MINNESOTA AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. TO THE BEST OF MY JUDGMENT AND ABILITY THE BEST OF MY JUDGMENT AND ABILITY. CONGRATULATIONS . RIGHT NOW. THANK YOUCOUNCILMEMBER. COME ON DOWN . PERFECT. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND AFTER ME. I DWAINE A WOMAN. I DO ANY WOMAN. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION. THE UNITED STATES. THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGEHE DUTIES AND FAIFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT ONE OF COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT ONE OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON CITY APPOINTED OF THE COUNTY OF HENNEPIN COUNTY AND STATE OF MINNESOTA . AND SO TO THE BEST OF MY JUDGMENT AND ABILITY MY JUDGMENT THE ABILITY THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS . SO I JUST THE FIRST TOTALLY FORGOT YOU ARE NEXT. GUESS. YOU SAW THE PATTERN. YEAH ALL RIGHT. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT ME. I SEAN NELSON. SEAN NELSON. DO SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT T CONITUTION. THE UNITED STATES. THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND. OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. AND FAITHFULLY JUST DISCHARGE THE DUTIES AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OCOUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT TWO AS THE OFFICE COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT TWO OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IN THE COUNTY OF HENNEPIN COUNTY AND STATE OF MINNESOTA AND STATE OF MINNESOTA TO THE BEST OF MY JUDGMENT AND ABILITY THE BEST OF MY JUDGMENT AND ABILITY. CONGRATULATIONS . I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE FIGURING OUT THE SYSTEM. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE REAT AFTER ME. I LONA DALLESSANDRO. I LONA DALLESSANDRO. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT THREE THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT THREE OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IN E COUNTY OF HENNEPIN AND THE COUNTY OF HENNEPIN AND STATE OF MINNESOTA AND MINNESOTA TO THE BEST OF MY JUDGMENT ABILITY TO T BT OF MY JUDGMENT AND ABILITIES. CONGRATULATIONS CHRISTINE . JOHN HANCOCK ECONOMIC THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER REEDUS REEDUS COME ON OVER. I'LL HAVE YOU STAND RIGHT HERE FOR ME, PLEAS . ALL RIGHT. ARE WE ALL SET? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IF WE'RE SITUATED, I WILL HAVE YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME, PLEASE. I VICTOR RIVAS. I VICTOR RIVAS DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. THERE SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT FOUR AT THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT FOUR OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON OF TWO CITIES IN THE COUNTY OF HENNEPIN COUNTY AND STATE OF MINNESOTA. MINNESOTA TO THE BEST OF MY JUDGMENT AND ABILITY THE BEST OF MY JUDGMENT AND ABILITY CONGRATULATIONS . YOU HAVE YOUR CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION? YEP. YOU TOLD ME. OKAY. YES. YES. SOMEONE JUST YOU TWO? YEAH. WE'RE SOMEBODY ELSE. YEAH. THEY'RE AFRAID GOING TO BE INCOME EAGLE AND THEY CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE. THANK YOU, MISS SKIPPY. PLEASE JOIN US . WELL, COUNSEL, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO OF YOU FOR WINNING REELECTION AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FOR YOUR ELECTION TO THE BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL. I AM TRULY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH. I MENTIONED TO A COUPLE OF FOLKS EARLIER FOUR YEARS AGOITERAL THIS NIGHT PROBABLY AT THIS TIME WHEN WE WERE SWORN IN WE WERE FUL OF OPTIMISM AND HOPE MOVING FORWARD. WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS IN STORE FOR US WHAT 90 DAYS OUT WITH THE PANDEMIC LOOMING IN MID-MARCH. IT FEELS IT FEELS DIFFERENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD NOW WITH THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAVE ON THE COUNCIL WITH THE WITH WHAT WE KNOW, WITH THE DIRECTION THAT WE HAD THE STRENGTH OF THE BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TO GET THE STRATEGIC PLAN BEHIND US WITH THE WORK WE HAVE TO GO FORWARD. I'M VERY OPTIMISTIC OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WHEN I AM SPEAKING TO FOLKS I ALWAYS INTRODUCE MYSELF. I SAY MY NAMEND SAY I HE THE HONOR AND THE PRIVILEGES AS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. AND THOSE AREN'T JUST WORDS I TRULY FEEL IT IS AN HONOR AND IT'S DEFINITELY A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH OF YOU TO WORK WITH THIS OUTSTANDING CITY STAFF, TO WORK FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON AND TO DO IMPORTANT WORK. AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING IMPORTANT WORK. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO IMPORTANT WORK. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR TIME TETHER. OUR NIGHTS FOR HOURS ON END TOGETHER AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. SO I MENTIONED OUR OUTSTANDING CITY AND WHAT A JOY IT IS TO WORK WITH THEM. AND ITEM 2.2 ON THIS AGENDA THIS EVENING IS A VIDEO THAT HAVE HAD DONE SPEFICALLY RECOGNIZING THE STAFF ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE SAW OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS AND RECOGNITION NOT JUST HERE IN CITY HALL BUT NOT WITHIN THE REGION AT THE STATE LEVEL, AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL OUR CITY STAFF PROVING TIME AFTER TIME JUST HOW GREAT THEY ARE AT THE WORK THEY DO IN SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. OUR CITY OUR CITY COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE GREAT GROUPS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY PUT TOGETHER THIS VIDEO AND WHY DON'T WE ROLL IT RUN TO ROLL THE GRANT . OKAY. I'LL ADMIT I HADN'T SEEN THAT BEFORE AND I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THAT MANY PEOPLE I HAD NO IDEA THAT JUST IT KEPT GOING ON AND ON. A LOT OF FOLKS, A LOT OF LEADERSHIP A LOT OF OUTSTANDING WORK BEING DONE HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF . AND SO THANK YOU TO ALL OUR EMPLOYEES, ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS. THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS FOR SUPPORTING THE WORK THAT OUR STAFF DOES EVERY. DAY AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S A IT'S A POINT OF PRIDE AND IT'S CERTAINLY SHOULD BE FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN WELL MAYOR HOW ARE WE GOING TO TOP THAT? WOW THAT'S IT'S I AGREE THAT'S WOW AND LITERALLY THAT'S IN 12 MONTHS. THAT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE. SO VERY IMPRESSIVE. LET'S MOVE ON WITH OUR AGENDA IF WE COULD EVENING'S COUNCIL WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE WHICH IS OUR OUR CONSENT BUSINESS. COUNCILMEMBER YOU HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING. COUNCILMEMBER ONE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY LAST CALL. ANY HOLES FOR ANYBODY OKAY? NO HOLES HEARING NO HOLES THEN I WOULD MOVE TO AGENDA 3.1 THROUGH 3.9 SECONDS MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S COUNCIL BUSINESS COUNCIL CONSENT AGENDA NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER AS I SAID WE'VE GOT NOTHING UNDER ITEM FOR OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES WILL BRING US TO ITEM FIVE THIS EVENING OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS AND ALSO AS I MENTIONED THESE ARE THE APPOINTMENTS THAT WE HAVE WHERE COUNCIL SERVE IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS BOTH INTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS AND EXTERNAL THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND. THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S IS PART OF OUR COUIL RESPONSILITI AND IT SHOWS THAT COUNCIL JUST DOESN'T WORK ON MONDAY NIGHTS EVERY OTHER MONDAY NIGHT OR SO THE COUNCIL WORKS ON A LOT OF NIGHTS OF THE IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT CAPACITIES REPRESENTING THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND DOESN'T DO GREAT DO A GREAT JOB AT IT AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THIS IS ON TOP OF THE COUNCIL RESPONSE ABILITIES ON TOP OF THE DAY JOB THAT EVERYBODY HAS ON TOP OF FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES. BUT IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY DOES AND DOES VERY WELL AND I HEAR HIGH COMPLIMENTS AND HIGH REGARDS FR DIFFERENT LEADERS IN E ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE COUNCIL SERVES FOLKS GET BACK TO ME AND SAY WHAT A GREAT CONTRIBUTION OUR DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE OR OUR DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS HAVE AND THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE SO YOU FOR THAT AND IT IS ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO DO AT THE START OF EACH YEAR IS MAKE SURE WE HAVE APPOINTMENTS AND GET PEOPLE TO THE TERMS AS APPROPRIATE. BOTH COUNCIL AND STAFF AND IN SOME CASES BACKUP AND ALTERNATE POSITIONS AS WELL. SO WHY DON'T WE JUST WORK THROUGH IT AND WHAT WE WILL DO COUNCIL WE'VEOT T INCUMBENTS AND IF THEY'RE IF THE INCUMBENT IS WILLING TO SERVE IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE A NOD OR A THUMBS UP IF SOMEONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE OR BE CONSIDERED FOR THE POSITION PLEASE DO NOT BE SHY ABOUT SPEAKING UP. WE DO HAVE AT LEAST THREE INSTANCES WHERE COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN FILLED THREE MAIN SEATS SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FILL THOSE FOR HIM AND THAT WOULD BE ON THE THE HRA BOARD THE NAC COMMITTEE AND THE 494 CORRIDOR COMMISSION AND JUST A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND WE'VE WE USUALLY JUST GO THROUGH THIS AND GET TO A POINT WHERE FOLKSRE COORTAE WITH WHERE THEY'RE APPOINTED AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S GOT A JOB AND SOMETHING TO DO SO COUNCIL MEMBER GIVE US DON'T WORRY WE'LL FIND WE'LL FIND A SPOT FOR YOU I PROMISE AND WE WILL GET THE APPOINTMENTS MADE AND WE'LL MOVE ON OUR FIRST APPOINTMENT OF THE EVENING IS ITEM 5.1 AND THIS IS THE APPOINTMENT TO THE BLOOMINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT RELIEF ASSOCIATION RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY WE'VE GOT A POLICE EXCUSE ME FIRE CHIEF ULI CELE AND OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER LAURIE ECONOMY SCHOLER SERVING AS EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS AND COUNCILMEMBER DUANE LOHMANN IS ALSO ON THAT EX-OFFICIO STATUS WITH THE BLOOMINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT RELIEF ASSOCIATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN YOU WILLINGNESS TO TO RE-UP ALL RIGHT GOOD. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION? IF NOT I WILL MOVE THAT WE REAPPOINT BLOOMINGTON FIRE CHIEF ULI SEAL CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER LORIE ECONOMY AND CITY COUNCILMEMBER DUANE LOWMAN AS EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE BLOOMINGTON DEPARTMENT RELIEF ASSOCIATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR 2024 SECOND WAVE OF MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPOINTMENT TO THE BLOOMINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT RELIEF ASSOCIATION. ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES A70 CONGRATULATIONS COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN DONE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONTINUED WORK ON THIS WELL THEN OUR SECOND APPOINTMENT IS TO THE HRC BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND WE HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED HERE AND. ONE OF THEM WAS COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN AS I SAID AND SO WITH HIM STEPPING AWAY WE WILL NEED TO APPOINT A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER IS CURRENTLY A MEMBER OF THE HRC COUNCIL MEMBER GRANTED HE WISHED TO CONTINUE I DO COUNCIL. IS THERE ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN PERHAPS STEPPING INTO THE ROLE VACATED COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN COUNCILMEMBER I REALLY HAPPY TO DO THAT VERY GOOD. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT COUNCIL THEN I WOULD MOVE THAT WE APPOINT WE REAPPOINT COUNCILMEMBER AND APPOINT COUNCILMEMBER TO THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN AND FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND TERMS COINCIDING WITH THEIR TERMS AND ELECT OFFE SECOND MOTION AND THE SECOND REGARDING THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE HRC BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS NO FURTHER COUNCIL ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CONGRATULATIONS COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER CARTER IT'S IMPORTANT WORK AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO GET MORE IMPORTANT AS THE YEAR GOES ON HERE. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE AND, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING SOME OF THOSE RESULTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING FORWARD. A THIRD APPOINTMENT IS ITEM 5.3 AND THIS IS TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN HAS BEEN ON THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. I THINK SINCE THE TIME THE EARTH COOLED IS THAT'S NICE IF I'M NOT WRONG. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A REAPPOINTMENT. YEAH, I WANT TO DO IT. I WANT I'D LIKE TO DO IT ONE MORE TIME. I'D LIKE TO OFFICIALLY BE CHAIR AND THEN ROLL MYSELF OFF OF THERE EVENTUALLY IF SOME OLD FOLKS A CHANCE AND SOME FOLKS ARE WAITING THAT THE BETTER YOUR HONOR. OTHERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE POSITION COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS WOULD BE LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED AS WELL. ANYONE ELSE ? WELL WE HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS I WITH WITH TWO FOLKS LOOKING FOR AN APPOINTMENT. I DON'T KNOW THAT I SHOULD BE THE ONE MAKING THE MOTION. SO IF THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ONE OF THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO FILL THAT SEAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. ARE WE I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN OBVIOUSLY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN HAS A LONG HISTORY WITH THE PARTICULAR POSITION. I'D BE CURIOUS IF WE COULD LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COUNCILMEMBER REEVES'S INTEREST IN THE POSITION IF THAT'S OKAY. IS THAT ACCEPTABLE TO ASK FOR YOU WANT I LOVE TO SHARE YOU AS A LITTLE BIT AND I WOULD JUST YEAH SO NOW I YOU KNOW I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT I JUST DON'T LIKE TO BE PART OF THAT BECAUSE I GOT INVOLVED WHILE WORKING CARGILL AND I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO NITTY GRITTY DETAILS OF IT BUT WE REDUCED WASTE BY ú60,000 IN JUST SIX MONTHS BASED ON THE ALL THE BRAINSTORMINGHATE DID AS A GROUP, THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND CARGILL AS WELL AND YOU VISITED A LOT OF LOCATIONS IN MINNESOTA WHICH I LATER BY VISITING LAS VEGAS, NEVADA DENVER, COLORADO THE CITIES HAVE AMAZING AMAZING PROGRAMS HOW THEY RECYCLE WATER AND ALL THEIR GARBAGE. SO I ALWAYS BEING INTERESTED IN THAT. I ACTUALLY WHEN I WAS HERE THE SECOND TIME I BELIEVE THAT I WAS IN MY OENTAON I SPOKE TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE I MET IN REGARDS TO MAKING THEY HATE HATE GARDENS IN IN TERRACES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO I EXPLAINED THEM HOW WE DID THAT AND ALL THAT STUFF. WE USED TO GROW VEGETABLES IN HANGING GARDENS ALSO IN THE CITY SO I GOT INVOLVED IN MINNEAPOLIS DOING THAT ALSO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW I KIND OF WORD SOMETIMES TAKES PRIORITY OVER THAT TOO BUT I WOULD LOVE TO BE PART OF THAT IF POSSIBLE NOT TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU BUT YOU KNOWO E WHAT'S OUT THERE. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. APPRECIATE THAT HEARING THAT COUNCILMEMBER I'D MOVE TO APPOINT COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION . DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND AND THE SECOND BY A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO OPPOSE TO A POINT COUNCILMEMBER RELATES TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION THIS IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I KNOW I'M OPPOSED NO MOTION FAILS WITH COUNCILMEMBER MUIR AND I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS VOTING YES AND THEN FIVE OTHERS VOTING NO. COUNCILMEMBER I DON'T THINK IT'S NOT A REFLECTION OF YOU. I HOPE YOU'RE NOT TAKING IT AS A REFLECTION OF YOU AS SAID, I THINK COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN HAS BEEN THERE FOR I TWICE SINCE 2017 HAS A KNOWLEDGE AND AN INTEREST IN SUSTAINABILITY AND THAT TOOK CARE OF THAT KNOWLEDGE FORWARD AT LEAST THROUGH ONE MORE TERM I THINK IT WAS JUST WAS HIS PLAN BUT THEN I THINK WE COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION TO WHO MIGHT BE THE NEXT SUCCESSOR ON THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION SO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU MAYOR AND I ECHO YOUR SENTIMENTS. I THINK IN THE PAST WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE MULTIPLE COUNCILMEMBERS INTERESTED IN THE SUSTAINABILITY ISSUE AND I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE THINKING CREATIVELY ABOUT HOW OTHER LIKE HOW MORE COUNCILMEMBERS CAN GET INVOLVED IN THAT WORK WHETHER IT'S WORK GROUPS BEING HAVING AN ALTERNATE MODEL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE I DO THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE PERSON INVOLVED ESPECIALLY AS IT BECOMES AN INCREASING PRIORITY . I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND IT CERTAINLY WOULDN'T HURT. I MEAN IT WOULD IT WOULD HAVE MORE EYES IN MORE YEARS FROM A COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE. SO PERHAPS THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD BRING UP WITH THE COUNCIL OR WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION WHEN THEY BRING THEIR WORK PLAN BACK TO US TO CONSIDER THAT AND CONSIDER ABOUT CONSIDER THE SIZE OF THE BOARD IN THE IN THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT FOR COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS HIS POINT OF VIEW HERE THIS IS NOT A FOUR YEAR APPOINTMENT, CORRECT? SO THIS IS NOT SO IS SOMETHING THAT THERE'S PROBABLY A POTENTIAL FOR YOU TO GET ON TO DURING YOUR TERM HERE. YEAH, THIS ISN'T A MASSIVE CHANGE MY MIND YOU KNOW I TRIED TO SAY YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE YOUR MIND WITH MORE THAN ONE ANYWAY. YEAH, VERY BUSY SO IT'S SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEST COUNLMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER NELSON DO. YOU WANT A MOTION? I DO. PLEASE SAY I'M MAKING A MOTION. WE'RE I MOVE THAT WE APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION FOR 2024 MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER NELS SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO A POINT COUNCILMEMBER DWAYNE LAMENT THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION FOR 2024 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIED SEVEN ZERO CONGRATULATIONS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. LOOKING FORWARD TO YOURORK THI AND AS I SAID COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, WE WILL WE WILL FIND A WAY TO YOU INVOLVED IN MAKING IT PERSONAL. I TELL YOU NO KIDDING. PLENTY OF WORK GROUPS TO GET INVOLVED WITH AND I DO HOPE WE WILL GET AN ASSISTANT PERSON NOW AND IN 5.4 IS OUR APPOINTMENT TO THE BLOOMINGTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE APPOINTMENT AND COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO HAS BEEN ON THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, DO YOU WISH TO CONTINUE IN THIS POSITION? I AM FINE DOING THAT ALTHOUGH THIS IS ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS WHERE I THINK IF COUNCILMEMBER REAVIS WOULD BE INTERESTED I THINK IT'D BE A REALLY INRESTING LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR HIM IF I DON'T WANT ASSUME THAT BUT I'D BE VERY COMFORTABLE CONTINUING MY TERM THAT BOARD BUT I ALSO WANT TO DEFER IF THAT'S AN APPOINTMENT COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS IS INTERESTED IN OR I APPRECIATE THE OFFER BUT NOT AT THIS TIME. OKAY GREAT. I'LL BE HAPPY TO CASE ANYBODY ELSE DOESN'T WANT TO ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED I SEE NOBODY'S HAND GOING UP. I WOULD TO APPOINT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO THE BLOOMINGTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR A TWO YEAR TERM AND IN DECEMBER 31ST 2025 SECOND MOTION ANDHE SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING HEY I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND 5.5 IS THE APPOINTMENT TO THE BLOOMINGTON CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU CURRENTLY HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CITY MANAGER HERE AND SO IT'S MYSELF AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND MR. FAROOQUI MR. BRUYERE, ARE YOU STILL INTERESTED IN BEING INVOLVED IN THIS? YES SIR. I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. YES. AND I AM INTERESTED IN CONTINUING ON AS WELL. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LI TO THROW THEIR HAT INTO THE RING IF NOT COUNCILMEMBER CARTER IF YOU COULD PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. I WOULD MOVE TO APPOINT CITY FERGIE, MAYOR BESSEY AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO THE BLOOMINGTON CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WITH ONE YEAR TERMS EXPIRING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024 A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SECOND COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE BLOOMINGTON CONVENTION AND VISITORS AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU ALL MUCH COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE SERVING AS WELL TO YOU MR. RUBIO. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO THERE AS WELL AND 5.6 IS THE STATE COMMUNITY HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND COUNCILMEMBER CARTER IS OUR CURRENT APPOINTMENT THERE AND THE CITY'S PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR DR. NICK KELLY IS THE ALTERNATE TO THE TO THIS ORGANIZATION COUNCILMEMBER CARTER INTERESTED IN BEING REAPPOINTED I AM I'MOING TO GUESS THAT THERE ARE NOT GOING TO BE OTHERS WHO ARE FIGHTING ME FOR THIS ONE BUT I WAS I'VE BEEN ON IT FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND HAVE BEEN APPOINTED AS AN ALTERNATE TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THEN ALSO SERVE ON A COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE AND LIKE VERY INVOLVED AND SO HAPPY TO CONTINUE THAT WORK. VERY GOOD COUNCILMEMBER JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I HAD A CHANCE TO SERVE ON THAT ONE TIME AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE SELLING THAT ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED. IF NOT I WOULD MOVE THAT WE APPOINT COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AS THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE AND I'M ASSUMING DR. KELLY WOULD BE WILLING TO TO RE-UP FOR US AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR DR. NICK KELLY IS THE ALTERNATE TO THE STATE COMMUNITY SERVICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO FILL THE TERMS EXPIRING ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2020 FOR THE MOTION THE SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE CHC SEE LOOK AT ME USING ACRONYMS NOW NO FURTHER COUNTS DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND AT SOME POINT COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WITH YOUR WORK ON THE COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT ORGANIZATION WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL MAYBE A STUDY SESSION INFORMATION THE SESSION TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION WOULD BE HELPFUL. SO I KNOW 5.7 IS THE APPOINTMENT TO THE NSP AIRPORT NOISE COMMITTEE. COUNCILMEMBER MERTEN HAD THIS POSITION IN THE PAST AND I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER LOMAN WAS THE ALTERNATE IN PAST YEARS. THIS IS A BY THAT WE HE AND THESE ARE ALL TECHNICAL APPOINTMENTS. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE HIGHLY TECHNICAL KIND OF APPOINTMENTS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR PURVIEW HERE. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN MOVING INTO THE TO THE FULL POSITION THE COUNCILMEMBER BURTON'S UNEXPIRED TERM? YEAH, I THINK WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THIS AND I I'D LIKE TO EVENTUALLY BECAUSE THE TECHNICAL NATURE OF THIS I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE IN MY ORIGINAL PLAN BEFORE MARTIN WAS RETIRED ON ME EARLY WAS TO TURN THE ALTERNATE POSITION OVER TO SOMEBODY ELSE. BUT YEAH, IF COULD STEP INTO THAT THAT PRIMARY SPOT UNTIL WE GET THE THE ALTERNATE TRAINED UP AND THEN I CAN QUICKLY TURN THAT OVER TO THAT ULTRA COUNCIL. MR. PRESIDENT. MR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUST AS A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS COMMITTEE, THE AIRPORT NOISE ISSUE HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN ONE THAT IS MORE THAN OTHER PLACES IN THE CITY FOCUSED ON DISTRICT FOUR AND SO HISTORICALLY A DISTRICT MEMBER HAS BEEN EITHER THE REPRESENTATIVE OR THE. SO JUST WANT TO PROVIDE THAT FOR COUNCIL INFORMATION AND TO SUPPORT THE COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. THIS IS THIS IS ONE THAT HAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF TECHNICAL EXPERTIZE AND IN FACT IT'S BEEN IN THE NEWS RECENTLY THAT SOME FAA GUIDELINES AND RULES ARE GOING TO BE CHANGING. SO THIS GROUP WILL BE ACTIVE RIGHT AWAY THIS YEAR. SO A FAIR AMOUNT OF IERESTING ACTIVITY AND INTEREST BY THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, MR. ROONEY AND I WAS GOING TO POINT THAT OUT AS WELL, BUT IT'S TYPICALLY A DISTRICT FOR REPRESENTATIVE OF ALONE AND HELP US ALL OUT HERE. WHEN ARE THESE MEETINGS TYPICALLY HELD? SO THEY'RE ON EVERY OTHER MONTH WHEN THEY'RE HELD BUT BECAUSE OF THE STUFF IN THE NEWS THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING ACTUALLY PRETTY SOON HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR ACTUALLY TRIED TO BUMP IT OFF FROM HAVING IT RIGHT. THEY WOULDN'T HAVE IT THIS WEEK AND I SAID NO IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PEOPLE GETTING APPOINTED SO IT IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MEETINGS RIGHT AWAY. OF THE BATERE STARTING THIS MONTH AND THEN THERE PROBABLY WILL BE ANOTHER MEETING IN FEBRUARY AND ARE THE MEETINGS TYPICALLY MIDDAY MORNING AND. WEDNESDAY THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AND AND THE GREAT PART ABOUT THIS IS GOT GREAT BACK UP I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE HAVE FLUCTUATED BACK AND FORTH AND WE ALSO HAVE ONE MORE THAT'S ALSO A PART OF THAT AND CAN COVER IN A PINCH I CAN GO AS AN ALTERNATE YOU WE ENTERED IN THE CITY AND JUST IN COUPLE OF MEETINGS WITH YOU AT THE SAME YEAH IN A MINUTE YOU'RE READY TO GO THE MINUTE YOU'RE READY TO GO YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE IT. SO YEAH I DON'T IF I DON'T HAVE AN IDEA WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THERE IT'S JUST YOU KNOW THERE WON'T BE I WON'T BE OF ANY USE IT ONLY TOOK ME 23 MONTHS TO GET GET GILES AND UP TO SPEED SO BE GOOD SO COUNCILMEMBER REVISE IF YOU'D BE WILLING TO BE THE ALTERNATE IN THIS I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL I'D GET YOUR FEET UNDERNEATH YOU TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT AND THEN IF AND WHEN IT WOULD ROTATE OVER U MHT HAVE YOU'D HAVE A BIT MORE EXPERIENCE ON IT SO AND I DO THINK AS MR. FERRUCCI SAID IT'S PROBABLY MOST APPROPRIATE EITHER YOU KNOW FOR AN AT LARGE OR FOR THE DISTRICT FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER TO SERVE ON THIS ORGANIZATION . SO COUNCILMEMBER MIRA I'D BE INTERESTED IN AS THE ALTERNATE TO COSMO RIVAS ONCE HE BECOMES THE LEAD ON THAT. OKAY, VERY GOOD JOB. SO IF THAT'S I'M SEEING NODDING HEADS HERE WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS MOVE THAT WE APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM VACATED BY FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER PATRICK MARTIN AS THE NOISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS IS THE ALTERNATE FROM THE DATE OF APPOINTMENT THROUGH JUNE 25TH, 2025. OKAY WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND THE SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO REGARDING THE NOISE OVERSIGHT APPOINTMENT. ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS? COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS YOU COMFORTABLE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS OR NOT? THEY WILL COME UP AFTERWARDS ABSOLUTELY. I GUARANTEE YOU THEY WILL. VERY GOOD. NO MORE COUNCIL DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE MOTION CARRIES IT SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER OR LOWMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS FOR YOUR WORK ON THE KNOCK OUT IN 5.8 IS THE APPOINTMENT THE I 494 CORRIDOR COMMISSION THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST COMMISSION THAT I BELONG TO WHEN I WAS A COUNCILMEMBER WAY BACK WHEN ALL THOSE YEARS AGO AND BOY THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE OVER THE PAST OR 12 YEARS MY GOODNESS THEY HAVE BEEN BUSY COUNCIL MEMBER ALSO HAD THIS APPOINTMENT AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO WAS THE BACKUP WAS THE ALTERNATE ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO INTEREST IN MINGNTO THE THE PERMANENT POSITION I'D BE FINE WITH THAT VERY GOOD SO ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE THE ALTERNATE TO THE FOR 94 CORRIDOR COMMISSION OFFICE DON'T DISCLOSE I DON'T WANT TO TAKE MORE THAN I CAN CHEW ON UNDERSTOOD WHY I THINK THAT'S BUT THAT'S ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE TO BECAUSE I HAD TO LEARN WHAT HAPPENS HERE BUT COULD I JUST THAT I'M YOUR ALTERNATE GO TO DO THAT FOR CONTEXT I BELIEVE IT'S THE FIRST TUESDAY I'M GOING TO MAYBE IT'S TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY FIRST TUEAY OTHE MONTH AND IN THE MORNING SO IT'S AUGUST 32 830 TYPE SITUATION THE EARLIER THE BETTER YEAH THERE'S NO COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS WOULD BE WILLING TO STEP IN THE ALTERNATE ROLE HERE. SURE. OKAY. I'M VERY GOOD. ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED HERE? IF NOT, I MOVE THAT WE UPON WE APPOINT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AS THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS AS THE ALTERNATE AND GLEN MARK REGARDLESS STAFF REPRESENTATIVE TO THE I-495 CORRIDOR COMMISSION TO FILL TERMS EXPIRING ON DECEMBER 31ST 2024 SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER REGARDING THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE I-495 CORRIDOR COMMISSION NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES ZERO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK ON THAT AS WELL THERE CONTINUES TO BE AS THE 494 PROJECT CONTINUES THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT SO THANKS FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO STEP UP THERE AND IN 5.9 IS DIRECTLY RELATED IN A LOT OF WAYS IS THE 35 SOLUTIONS SOLUTIONS ALLIANCE APPOINTMENTS THIS WAS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN HAS THIS APPOINTMENT CURRENTLY WITH COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AS THE BACKUP COUNCILMEMBER ALONG AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON INTEREST IN CONTINUING ON THIS GOOD OKAY AND I SEE THERE IS A BLANK HERE UNDER THE STAFF CARL HILL USED TO BE I BELIEVE THE REPRESENTATIVE IS HE THE CURRENT STAFF REPRESENTATIVE MR. MAYOR THAT IS CORRECT THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT OF ALL RIGHT IN THIS GROUP MEETS ON THURSDAY MORNINGS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER SELF NOMINATIONS FOR THIS I WILL MOVE THAT WE APPOINT COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AS THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AS THE ALTERNATE. CARL KEIL IS THE STAFF REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 35 W SOLUTIONS ALLIANCE FOR TERMS SET TO EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31ST 2024. SECOND MOTION IN THE SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO REGARDING THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE 35 W SOLUTIONS ALLIANCE. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I PROPED T MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND OUR FINAL OF THE ROAD APPOINTMENTS THE ROAD COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE IS THE 169 CORRIDOR COALITION APPOINTMENT CURRENTLY THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IS THE BACKUP ON THIS INTERESTING CONTINUING IN YOUR CURRENT ROLES COUNCIL MEMBERS I'M TO FLIP IT TO THIS UP TO YOU I LIKE IT THE WAY IT IS NOT A ROAD WORK A LOT OF ROAD WORK AND ACTUALLY THIS OANIZION HAS N BEEN SUPER BUSY IN THE LAST COUPLE LIKE THE LAST TWO YEARS SO IT'S NOT A HIGH LEVEL REQUIREMENT REALLY. SO I'M ALSO FINE IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO DO IT BUT I'M FINE TO TAKE IT ON THE VERY GOOD SO COUNCIL READY TO STAY WITH IT THANK YOU APPRECIATE THAT. SO WITH THAT I WOULD MOVE THAT WE APPOINT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AS THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AS THE COUNCIL ALTERNATE AS WELL AS KIRK ROBERTS AS THE STAFF REPRESENTATIVE AND CARL KEIL IS THE STAFF ALTERNATE TO THE US 169 CORRIDOR COALITION TWO TERMS EXPIRING DECEMBER 31ST OF 2024 SO YOU HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER REGARDING THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE 169 QUARTER COALITION NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR TAKING THAT ONE ON AND IN 5.11 WE HAVE OUR ACTING MAYOR APPOINTMENT AND AS I THINK YOU ALL KNOW BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS WHAT WE GENERALLY TRYO DO WE SET UP A TWO YEAR ROTATION ACTING MAYOR SO IF I GOT HIT BY A BUS OR IF I WAS OUT OF TOWN OR FOR REASON IF I COULDN'T WORK AS MAYOR THIS PERSON WOULD STEP IN AND BE ACTING MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I THINK DREW THE STRAW IN THE LAST QUARTER OF LAST YEAR AND ACTUALLY WAS COUNCIL ACTING MAYOR QUITE A BIT TIMES THE GOOD TIMES EXACTLY AND BREAK IT DOWN INTO BASICALLY FOUR MONTH PERIODS BY OUR SIX COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO OVER THE COURSE OF TWO YEARS EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A THROUGH A FOUR MONTH PERIOD D WHEER OR NOT THE IS AN OPENING OR AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACT AS MAYOR, IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER OR NOT THE MAYOR IS AVAILABLE OR NOT BUT WE DO SET IT AND SO WE'RE SET AND READY TO GO FOR IF AND WHEN IT SHOULD EVER HAPPEN. SO THE CALENDAR FOR 24 AND 25 FOR JANUARY OF 24 TO APRIL OF 24 IT WILL BE COUNCILMEMBER CARTER FOR ME OF 24 TO AUGUST OF 24. COUNCILMEMBER SEPTEMBER OF 24 TO DECEMBER OF 24 COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN JANUARY OF 25 TO APRIL OF 25 COUNCILMEMBER NELSON MAY OF 2005 TO AUGUST OF 25 COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND SEPTEMBER 25 TO DECEMBER OF 25 COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS AND I WOULD MAKE THAT AS A MOTION TO ACCEPT TO FILL THOSE ROLES OF ACTING MAYOR FOR 2024 AND 2025. SECOND, WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND THE SECOND REGARDING THE ACTING MAYOR APPOINTMENTS ITEM 5.11 ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING QUESTIONS ON THAT COUNCIL ANYTHING EVERYBODY ON IT VERY GOOD NOTE FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I PROPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO IN OUR LAST APPOINTMENT OF THE EVENING IS THAT IN 5.12 AND THIS IS FOR OUR COUNCIL SECRETARY AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBERS MATT DRILLER HAS THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE COUNCIL FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW I THINK WE ALL KNOW MATT HAS TAKEN A DIFFERENT POSITION WITHIN CITY HALL HE'S DOWN IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE NOW HE'S BEEN NICE ENOUGH TO KIND OF STEP IN AND FILL THE GAP. WHILE THE SEARCH WAS UNDERWAY FOR A NEW COUNCIL SECRETARY A NEW COUNCIL SECRETARY APPARENTLY IS IN THE OFFING BUT WE'RE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AWAY. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO IS APPOINT MATT AS COUNCIL SECRETARY OFFICIALLY FOR THE YEAR AND IF WE NEED TO MAKE THE CHANGE WITHIN COUPLE OF WEEKS WE WILL MAKE THE CHANGE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO RELIEVE COUNCILMAN OR RELIEVE MATT OF HIS DUTIES AS SECRETARY TO THE CITY COUNCIL . SO WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT. IT'S GREAT THAT I SAY THAT CORRECTLY. YOU GOT IT OKAY I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WE'RE LEAVING HIM OF HIS DUTIES AS THE SECRETARY OF THE COUNCIL NOT JUST IN GENERAL. OH YEAH AND WE DO HAVE AN ACCEPTED OFFER FOR THE POSITION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND A NEWERSON WILL BE STARTING I BELIEVE THE 16TH OF THIS MONTH SO WE WILL GET TO MEET HER AND INTRODUCE YOU TO HER AT THE MEETING ON THE 29TH. VERY GOOD COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON THAT. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION THE APPOINTMENT IS BEING MADE FOR THE YEAR AND WE'LL CHANGE THE APPOINTMENT. WOULD IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME KNOWING THAT WE'RE CHANGING IT? I'M OKAY IF THAT'S NOT NORMAL MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST WILL DO IT THE WAY THAT WE'VE NORMALLY DONE IS OUR RECOMMENDATION JUST IN CASE SOMETHING FALLS THROUGH WITH THEIRING THAT FOR SOME REASON THERE'S A RESCISSION OR A CHANGE OF HEART THAT WE'VE AT LEAST GOT IT AND WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP DOING IT OVER AND UNDERSTOOD. WELL SHE HAS IT AND I'M HOPING SHE'S NOT WATCHING. WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. SO I MEAN THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? IF NOT, I WOULD MOVE TO APPOINT MATT BRILLIANT BRILLIANT AS SECRETARY TO THE COUNCIL FOR A TERM OF JANUARY 1ST 24 TO DECEMBER 31ST SECOND 24 AND A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM 512 OUR COUNC CRETY APPOINTNT NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU THANK YOU MATT THANKS FOR STEPPING IN AND PINCH HITTING APPRECIATE IT AND LOOK FORWARD TO A COUPLE WEEKS OF YOUR WORK AS AS COUNCIL SECRETARY. THAT DOES IT FOR OUR APPOINTMENTS AND I THINK WE'VE GOT THEM ALL AND I KNOW QUESTIONS EVERYBODY GOT IT DOWN WE TOOK GOOD NOTES AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO THAT WILL MOVE US STRAIGHT AND 513 OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO HERE ON THE FIRST MEETING EVERY YEAR COUNCIL THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO IF WE JUST TAKE A MINUTE TO TALK ABOUT PRIORITIES AND MAYBE SOME GOALS OR POSSIBLE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO TAKE ON FOR THE COMING WE'VE OPENED IT UP IN THE PAST AND IT'S BEEN A LENGTHY DISCUSSION AND OF GOING UP AND DOWN THE DAIS AND PEOPLE HAVE HAD THEIR SAY WHICH I'M HAPPY TO DO AGAIN. IF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF HOWEVER BY SAYING I PRIORITY ONE AS WE HEAD INTO 2024 IS TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD ON THE WORK THAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO GET DONE IN PARTICULAR THE THREE PROJECTS FOR OUR BLOOMINGTON FORWARD PROPOSAL THAT VOTERS APPROVED BACK IN NOVEMBER THIS ENTIRE THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE YEAR BETWEEN THE PLANNING OF THE BUILDING ITSELF, PLANNING OF THE PROGRAMING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SOME ACTUAL BRICKS AND MORTAR WORK THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK UNDERWAY THE I'M BIG ON THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER ON THE NINE MILE CREEK RENOVATION AND I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY INCUMBENT ON THIS COUNCIL AND THIS STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THOSE FORWARD EXPEDITIOUSLY, EFFICIENTLY, EFFECTIVELY AND I THINK THAT'S GOT TO BE NUMBER ONE ON OUR ON OUR AGENDA FOR FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IN 2024 AND PROBABLY 1BI THINK WOULD BE CONTINUING TO WORK ON WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO AS PART OF BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TO GATHER A STRATEGIC PLAN. YOU KNOW THE THE MISSION STATEMENT, THE ASPIRATIONAL MISSION STATEMENT, YOU KNOW, CULTIVATING AN ENDURING REMARKABLE COMMUNITY PEOPLE WANT TO BE THAT'S KIND OF THE HIGH LEVEL PART. BUT THERE ARE SOME VERY WORK PLAN ITEMS THAT WE HAVE LAID OUT THAT REVOLVE AROUND A MORE WELCOMING COMMUNITY, A HEALTHY AND A COMMUNITY WHERE THERE'S MORE EQUITABLE ECONOMIC INCOMES FOR ALL. AND THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC THINGS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER THE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM THAT THEY'VE GOT NOW AND FOR THE EQUITABLE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE ARE OUR NEW SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER THINK IS A GOOD GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT AND ACTUALLY UNDER WELCOMING I HOPE YOU ALL GOT THE EMAIL I THINK I JUST GOT IT THIS MORNING ABO THE NEW WELCOME TO BLOOMINGTON PROGRAM THAT IS KICKING OFF AND THEY'RE LAUNCHING THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW THAT AGAIN WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO THESE THINGS AND I THINK IT'S IT'S SHOULD OUR TOP PRIORITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THINGS DONE THAT WE SAID WERE GOING TO GET DONE AND BETWEEN THE BLOOMINGTON FORWARD WORK THE BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER WORK PERSONALLY IN MY MIND I'M HESITANT TO ASK STAFF TO TAKE ON MORE THERE ALREADY VARIED IN A LOT OF WAYS THEY'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON AND SO I'M HAPPY TO OPEN UP THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT I THINK AS COUNCIL WE NEED TO BE JUDICIOUS ABOUT WHAT WE EXPECT OF OUR STAFF AS HEAD INTO 2024 BECAUSE THEIR PLATES ARE ALREADY QUITE FULL. SO I'LL LAY THAT OUT AND JUST AS A STARTING IF WE JUST WANT TO HEAD ON DOWN AND FOLKS WANT TO SAY SOMETHING I'M MORE THAN HAPPY. LET'S START AND WE'LL WORK OUR WAY DOWN. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU MAYOR SO I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY INCREDIBLE PLANS AND PRIORITIES IN PLACE FROM OUR NEW STRATEGIC PLAN TO OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. AND I FEEL LE I MEAN I THINK EVERYTHING WE'VE HEARD OVER THE PAST YEAR IS THAT, YOU KNOW, STAFF ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO TO KEEP THE WORK MOVING FORWARD IN A IN A REALLY EFFECTIVE WAY BUT ARE VERY BUSY. AND SO I WOULD ECHO WHAT YOU SAID. I WILL SAY JUST KIND OF SOME HIGH THINGS. WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO LABOR TRACK TRAFFICKING AND WAGE THEFT AND ACTUALLY LOOKING AT SOME POLICY SOLUTIONS THERE WHICH I KNOW THAT'S COMG BACK TO US AND SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT WORK TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD. WE'VE ALSO DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS INTEGRATING THE EQUITY ANALYSIS INTO OUR DECISION AND I KNOW THAT NOW WE ARE LOOKING KIND OF MORE AT A HEALTH IN OUR POLICIES TYPE OF FRAMEWORK SO THAT WE'RE INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY IN THAT DECISION MAKING TOO. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO PRIORITIZE. SO NOT A NEW POLICY, NOT A NEW PROJECT. AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I WOULD HIGHLIGHT IS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT DURING THE BUDGET AND LEVY SETTING CONVERSATION IS JUST REALLY THINKING INNOVATIVELY ABOUT HOW WE CAN SOLVE SOME OF THE BUDGET CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE AND THAT WE KNOW WE'LL HAVE MOVING INTO THE FUTURE. SO FOR EXAMPLE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR I.T WE JUSTNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME REALLY BIG CHALLENGES AHEAD OF US AND SO YOU KNOW WHAT ARE THOSE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT WE COULD BE LOOKING AT WHETHER IT'S RELATED TO REVENUE GENERATION OR USING AI OR WHATEVER IS I I'M NOT THE EXPERT SO I DON'T REALLY KNOW BUT SO OTHER THAN THOSE THOSE ARE KIND OF TOP OF MIND FOR ME BUT OTHERWISE I REALLY AEE THAT IN TERMS OF REALLY MAJOR POLICIES PROGRAMS PROJECTS WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON SO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING BUT I ALSO VERY COGNIZANT ABOUT THE DAY TO DAY WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH STAFF WE STILL HAVE RESIDENTS TO SERVE WE SERVE BUSINESSES TO SERVE AND SO DON'T WANT US TO FORGET THAT WE STILL HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE EVERYDAY RESIDENTS WHO LIVE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON A SO THESE PROJECTS ARE THEY'RE BIG, THEY'RE NEWSWORTHY BUT IT'S THE DAY TO DAY THINGS THAT KEEP GOING. AND SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD YEAR FOR US TO REALLY MANAGE THE NEW THINGS THAT ARE COMING IN AND KEEP THOSE LEVEL BUT TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THEN GET EFFICIENT, STREAMLINED WITH OUR DAY TO DAY WORK SO THAT OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR STAFF THINK CREATIVELY OF HOW WE MAKE OUR DAY TO DAY PROCESSES BETTER, HOW WE STREAMLINE THINGS, HOW WE MAKE IT EASIER FOR RESIDENTS FOR BUSINESSES TO DO WORK HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. SO I THINK IT'S A GRE OPPORTITY US TO START DOING THAT IS FOR ME PARTICULARLY I'M THINKING ABOUT WHEN THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE GOING TO COME ON IN TWO YEARS SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO START THIS WORK NOW TO STREAMLINE TO GET RIGHT TO DO THE BASICS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY THE FUNDAMENTALS ARE KEY HERE AND SO IF WE CAN DO OUR FUNDAMENTALS REALLY, REALLY WELL WE'LL BE ABLE TO THESE BIG THINGS THAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH. SO THAT'S REALLY MY FOCUS HERE THE NEXT YEAR HERE IS HOW DO WE GET GREAT AT THE FUNDAMENTALS SO WE CAN BE FANTASTIC AT THE NEW SPLASHY THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER AND DIDN'T MEAN TO IMPLY IN ANY WAY THAT THE NUTS AND BOLTS WORK WOULD FALL BY THE WAYSIDE THAT HAS THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE COME TO EXPECT OUTSTANDING SERVICES AND WE WILL DO WILL CONTINUE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE THAT. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THANK YOU, MAYOR AND ALSO THANK FOR ,YOU KNOW, ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS AND ALSO YOUR COMMENTS. WELL, YOU KNOW, AS I LOOK FORWARD TO REMEMBER SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN HAD A TOWN HALL DISCUSSING OUR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND IN THE NEEDS TH WE HAVEHERE AND KNOW THAT YOU KNOW PART OF THAT YOU MENTIONED WE KIND OF TOOK A BITE AT AND SOLVE SOME OF THOSE THINGS BUT WE HAVE YOU KNOW A NUMBER OF OTHER ONES THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIKE. AND I THINK AS WE LOOK AT OUR BUDGETS, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, DECADES FROM NOW WHEN I'M HOPE I'M NOT ON COUNCIL I'M DOING SOMETHING ELSE. WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT AS WE AS WE GO INTO THIS YEAR. AND THE OTHER THING YOU KNOW THAT I WANT US TO CONTINUE TO BE FOCUSED ON ON SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT ARE COMING FORWARD THAT THE CITY ISOING TO FACE, WHETHER IT BE THE CHANGES WITH THE TRASH ,THE BURNER THAT'S UP THERE IN MINNEAPOLIS OR IT BE THE THE RISKS WITH OUR WATER OR WITH TRANSPORTATION AND ENERGY AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT REALLY ARE A THREAT TO TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE IN THE CITY I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THAT AS WE KIND OF MOVE FORWARD. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M TRYING TO MOVE MY MY MY THINKING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ENHANCE IT AS YOU MIGHT SAY WHEN I KIND OF THINK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AS WE MOVING TOWARDS OUR RESILIENCE AND EVEN IN MY MY FULL TIME JOB I'M LOOKING AT AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE I MEAN MOVING INTO THAT TYPE OF ROLE CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON MAYOR YOU MENTIONED AT THE BOARD MEETING TOMORROW TOGETHER THAT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES WITHIN THAT HER WORK FOR WELCOME CITY AND YOU KNOW WE ALSO AS A CITY SIGNED A CLIMATE EMERGENCY AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE YOU KNOW AS A START OFF THE OUTSET TO CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS AROUND THAT AND BE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THAT AROUND OR OR WITH WATER TRASH, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION, ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WITH THAT WITH WITH OUR CLIMATE EMERGENCY WE'RE SEEING THAT I MEAN WE TO GO I MEAN WE WERE GOING UP NORTH ANYWAYS BUT YOU KNOW WE GOT UP NORTH SO ANY PLACE WE COULD FIND A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW YOU KNOW, RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND WE JUST GOT SNOW BUT THINGS ARE CHANGING, YOU KNOW? AND I THINK WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS IS READY TO GO NOT ONLY FROM A CLIMATE PERSPECTIVE BUT ALSO FROM A CYBER PERSPECTIVE AS WELL. AND THEN JUSTINALLY YOU KN, WE HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE A DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT AND CHANGES AND SO WE HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, AWARDED FOR THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE. BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN KIND OF STEP BACK ON THAT EITHER. OUR DEMOGRAPHICS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE CHANGE AND WE HAVE GOT TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE AT THE TOP OF THAT BECAUSE IT'S MOST IMPORTANT FOR AN ENTIRE REGION THAT WE ARE READY TO GO WITH THAT. AND I JUST I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE SERVED ON THIS BOARD BEFORE AND IN THE FUTURE THAE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND PASS POLICIES THAT MAKE US NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY AND YOU KNOW, ON THE PLANET FOR THAT TYPE OF WORK. AND THEN FINALLY WE NEED TO FOCUS ON STABILIZING OUR TAX LEVY. THAT'S JUST SO FOR THOSE THOSE GROUPS OF FOLKS THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT THEY NEED TO HAVE SO A RELIABLE TAX LEVY THAT THEY CAN COUNT ON AS WELL BEFORE SO I'M SORRY TO BE LENGTHY I ALWAYS HAVE AN ANSWER REMEMBER LONG AND THAT'S REMEMBER NELSON YEAH THANK YOU MAYOR. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS I RAISED DURING OUR BUDGET CONVERSATION AS WE GO FORWARD . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, COUNCILMEMBER US THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY BUT AT THIS POINT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THE CONVERSATION A LOT OF IDEAS I LOOK TO LISTEN TO WHAT EVERYBODY HAS TO SAY AND I GUESS AFTER CAREFUL EVALUATION I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY EVENTUALLY BUT AT THIS MOMENT I JUST TO ABSORB WHA I KNOW THE PLAN SAID ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES AND MANAGERS INFORMED WHAT THE PLANS ARE AND I'M STILL READING SOME OF THE INFORMATION. IT'S OVERWHELMING I'LL TELL YOU THAT HOWEVER I CAN I CAN AT THIS GIVE ANY FEEDBACK THAT EITHER CONSTRUCTIVE OR NEGATIVE AT THIS POINT I'M STILL JUST ABSORBING THE INFORMATION AND I THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS THAT ARE PLAN BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU KNOW I HAVE ALL THE THOUGHTS THAT THE CONSTITUENTS THAT ELECTED ME BRING TO MIND. I JUST APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT I'M HERE AND THAT I'M PART OF IT AND YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE FUTURE WITH THAT. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD AND THANK YOU. DON'T WORRY THERE WILL BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO SPEAK UP AND VOICE IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS SO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO IN A LOT OF THIS STUFF WHEN YOU'RE AT THE END LOTS OF THINGS HAVE BEEN SAID, MY PUNCH LIST INCLUDES MAKING THAT WE CONTINUE TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ON SUSTAINABILITY AS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SAID I KNOW WE HAVE SOME FOLKS WHO ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAY THAT WE DO WASTE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANICS WE'VE NOW BEEN HANDED A DEAL RELATED TO THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO MANAGE SO WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF TO THINK ABOUT THERE. GOODNESS, WE HAVE SUCH QUALITY PEOPLE LIKE LAURA HORNER AT THE HELM SO I'M VY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I'M ALSO VERY EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH DIRECTOR HENDERSON ON OUR PERMITS AND CODES BECAUSE WE TALK A LOT ABOUT COST CONTROL HERE BUT WE DON'T TALK A LOT THE REVENUE SIDE OF OUR STUFF AND I THINK WE ARE MISSING A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY THE SMALL BUSINESS SPACE I KNOW FROM HAVING CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SMALL BUSINESSES WHO'VE WANTED TO WORK IN BLOOMINGTON WHO LITERALLY HAD TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE WE COULDN'T WORK WITH THEM AND THAT'S NOT NOT THAT'S NOT DIRECTOR HENDERSON'S TEAM'S FAULT. IT'S WHAT WHEN WE HAVE CODE THAT'S OUTDATED OR WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT ISN'T QUITE WORKING THE WAY THAT IT NEEDS TO, IT'S NOT MODERNIZED YET. SO I'M EXCITED TO WORK ON THAT WITH DIRECTOR HENDERSON AND ALL OF HER TEAM TO TO HELP THAT AND AND AS WE DO THAT WE GET MORE REVENUE FOR THE CITY WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT ALL THE COST CONTROLLING NOW OF COURSE THERE'S ALWAYS COST CONTROLS WE CAN MAKE BUT WE HAVE NOT IN MY FOCUSED AS MUCH ON REVENUE GENERATION AND THERE ARE PLACES IN THE CITY WE COULD DO SOME REALLY COOL WORK AND I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE DO THERE. I ALSO GOT OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WORKED THROUGH GOT OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN WORKING THROUGH THESE THINGS ARE INCREDIBLE INITIATIVES THAT WE KNOW OUR OUR OUR CONSTITUENTS WANT. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEM MATERIALIZE AND THEY GO TOGETHER RIGHT SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW PEOPLE MOVE AROUND THIS CITY YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY GET TO AND FROM THE PLACES WHERE THEY RECREATE. AND SO I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT KIND OF COMING TOGETHER IN A REALLY WAY. AND AND FINALLY ON HOUSING LIKE WE JUST NEED TO SOLVE IT AND I KNOW THAT HRA AND DIRECTOR COLEMAN HAS JUST LIKE LANDED AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF CASH TO HELP US OUT WITH THIS I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH IT. I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY FUN TO WATCH AND SO I WANT TO SEE US EXECUTE WELL AND THEN YOU KNOW I THINK WE ALL KNOW THIS BUT WE ALL TALKED AS A AS A GROUP WITH WITH CITY MANAGER A BOOGIE ABOUT SOME SPECIFIC THINGS WE WANT TO SEE AROUND AND STRATEGIC WORK THERE AND I WILL A BEAD ON THAT THIS YEAR BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT BUT WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKEO S SEEG THAT COMMUNICATIONS PLAN COME AROUND IS GOING TO BE REALLY TO SEE WHAT WE DO WITH THAT. THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER AND THANK YOU ALL COUNCILMEMBERS. I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT. I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTS THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS AND YOU PUT IT INTO THIS EVERY EVENING. SO I APPRECIATE YOU WORKING AGAIN, LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING THROUGH THE COMING YEAR WITH ALL OF YOU. MR. DRAGHI, ANYTHING TO ADD ON OUR COUNCIL POLICY ISSUE UPDATE MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I HAVE NOTHING ADDITIONAL TO ADD. I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE TO SHARE NEXT MONDAY SINCE WE'RE GETTING TOGETHER LESS THAN A WEEK FROM NOW. SO WILL LET TODAY BE A SOFT LAUNCH ON THE EURO. VERY GOOD VERY GOOD COUNCIL. THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR FIRST AGENDA OF 2024 EXCUSE ME MR. MAY I HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR MR. DRAGHI. I THOUGHT HE MIGHT MENTION IT . WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST THIS FRIDAY IS THAT IS OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES LIST FINALIZED AND THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THAT BREAKFAST . ARE WE STILL WORKING ON THAT? WOULD YOU MIND? YEAH. MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER D'ALESSANDRO YOU ARE CORRECT. THAT'S A MORNING MEETING AND OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION WILL BE ATTENDING YOU WIL SEE THE DOCUMENT BEFORE IT GOES BEFORE THE MEETING ON FRIDAY HOPING TO HAVE IT UP BEFORE THE END OF BUSINESS TOMORROW SO YOU GET AN ADVANCE LOOK AT IT THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANYTHING IT'S SURPRISING IN THERE GENERALLY THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANYTHING SURPRISING ANYTHING THAT YOU YET RIGHT SO I THINK THAT THE LANGUAGE IN OUR PLATFORM WILL REFLECT THE ISSUES THAT THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN DISCUSSING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THE THE MOST RECENT EDITN I FOLLOWING UP ON AN ITEM WE TALKED ABOUT WHICH IS WORK AND STATE POLICY RELATED TO TRASH AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AROUND IT AS WELL. SO WE'LL HAVE SOME OF THAT CONVERSATION ON FRIDAY. WE HAVE MANY OTHER THINGS TO DISCUSS AS WELL. THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP COUNCILMEMBER. I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. SO ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE TO THE ORDER? IF NOT I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION ADJOURN TONIGHT MAKE THE MOTION FOR GOOGLE SO MOVED SECOND WE GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND TO ADJOURN OUR FIRST MEETING OF 2024 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES IT SEVEN ZERO THANKS MUCH COUNSEL THANK YOU STAFF THANKS TO EVERYBODY IS HERE THIS EVENING AND WELCOME PARDON IS WATCHING AT HOME HAVE A GOOD REST OF YOUR WEEK YEAH IT'S