. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME. I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF 2026 FOR THE BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL. TONIGHT IS MONDAY, JANUARY 5TH. THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU JOINING US HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. I'LL WELCOME TO EVERYBODY WATCHING ONLINE. WE WILL BEGIN OUR COUNCIL MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO. IF YOU'RE ABLE PLEASE STAND. REMOVE ANY HEAD CURRY AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE . I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WCH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ONCE AGAIN, WELCOME TO EVERYONE HERE AND WELCOME TO EVERYONE WATCHING COUNCIL OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS ITEM TWO ARE ITEM 2.1 IS THE BIGGIE. WE'VE GOT OUR CITY COUNCIL OATH OF OFFICE. WE'LL HAVE THREE FOLKS TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL. ITEM 2.2 IS A PROCLAMATION FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY. ITEM 2.3 IS THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES AND ITEM 2.4 IS THE REVIEW AND THE APPROVAL OF THE 2026 PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN. ITEM THREE IS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS AND COUNCILMEMBER CARTER HAS A CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT. IT IS RATHER ABBREVIATED I THINK WITH ONLY FIVE ITEMS UNDER CONSENT TONIGHT NOTHING UNDER ITEM FOUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES AND THEN WE DO MOVE TO ITEM FIVE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS AND BASICALLY COUNCIL. THIS IS OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS MEETING FOR THE YEAR FOR THIS COUNCIL THERE ARE 17 ITEMS WHERE WE WILL BE MAKING EITHER DESIGNATIONS OR APPOINTMENTS. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH ALL 17 OF THEM. WE WILL GO THROUGH THEM IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AS WE GET TO THAT. BUT THIS IS EVERYTHING FROM OUR MUNICIPAL ADVISOR TO THE METRO CITY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO THE ACTING MAYOR APPOINTMENTS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN BASICALLY. AND SO WE WILL GET TO THAT. WE WILL THEN WRAP UP WITH OUR COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATES AND WE WILL ADJOURN OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR IN A TIDY AND REASONABLE FASHION. THAT'S MY PREDICTION COUNCIL. COUNCIL ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? HEARING NONE. I WILL MOVE THE AGENDA AS STATED SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S AGENDA NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES OFFICIALLY FIVE ZERO BECAUSE WE'RE NOT QUITE SWORN IN YET AND THIS GIVES ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING. SO THAT WAS APPROVED ON A50 VOTE AND IT WILL BE SIX ZERO IN JUST A MATTER OF MITES. WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS. ITEM 2.1 IS THE CITY COUNCIL OATH OF OFFICE. I WOULD INVITE OUR ACTING CITY CLERK MATT BRILLANT TO COME FORWARD AND I WOULD INVITE OUR THREE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WILL BE TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE TO GO DOWN FRONT AND TAKE THE OATH. I WILL ALSO SUGGEST TO ALL OF OUR PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE YOU GET ONE SHOT AT THIS SO GIVE YOURSELF YOUR BEST CAMERA ANGLES. DO NOT BE SHY IF YOU WANT TO STAND UP, IF YOU WANT TO GET A DIFFERENT ANGLE, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE BEST SHOT POSSIBLE, DON'T BE SHY ABOUT THIS LOVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS IS CAPTURED FOR YOU HERE MAN YOU GUYS YOU THREE YOU TWO OF YOU HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE. COME ON NOW WE CAN DO DANIELLE FIRST. ALL RIGHT? YOU CAN STAND HERE. WILL EACH GET A MIC SHOULD BE ON. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I DANIELLE ROBERTSON DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. >> I, DANIELLE ROBERTSON DO 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 AND OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND FAITULLY 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 AND STATE OF MINNESOTA. IN THE COUNTY OF HENNEPIN IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. TO THE BEST OF MY JUDENT AND ABILITY TO THE BEST OF MY JUDGMENT AND ABILITY GREAT CONGRATULATIONS. AND I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO COUNCIL IS GET EVERYBODY SWORN IN. WE'LL GET YOU BACK UP HERE IN FRONT OF THE MICROPHONES AND THEN WE CAN HAVE SOME SOME REMARKS BY EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS . PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I DUANE ALEMAN I DUANE ALEMAN DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND OF THE AND OF 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 ONE OF THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT ONE OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IN THE COUNTY OF HENNEPIN AND STATE OF MINNESOTA IN THE COUNTY OF HENNEPIN AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. TO THE BEST OF MY JUDGMENT AND ABILITY THE BEST POSSIBLE JUDGMENT AND MY ABILITY. CONGRATULATIONS. THE BOTTOM PART THERE. THERE WE GO. VERY GOOD . ALL RIGHT. BACK THANK. >> ALL RIGHT. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I, SHAWN NELSONO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. I, SHAWN NELSON DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. THAT I WILL 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. AND OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT TWO OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT TWO OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IN THE COUNTY OF HENNEPIN AND STATE OF MINNESOTA IN THE COUNTY OF HENNEPIN AND STATE OF MINNESOTA TO THE BESTF MY JUDGMENT AND ABILITY TO THE BEST OF MY JUDGMENT AND ABILITY. CONGRATULATIONS . AND I DIGRESS . WE ARE SOMEWHAT TAKING A PHOTO . ALL RIGHT. THANKS. APPRECIATE. THANK YOU, MR. BARTLETT FOR STEPPING IN. THIS EVENING AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TWO RETURNING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TO OUR NEWEST COUNCIL MEMBER AS IS THE TRADITION I'D LIKE TO TURN OVER THE MICROPHONE TO YOU ALL NOW FOR SOME BRIEF UNDERLYING BRIEF REMARKS. WHY DON'T WE GO WE'LLO BEFORE BEAUTY COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, WHY DON'T YOU GO FIRST? THIS IS YOUR FIFTH TIME BEING ELECTED TO THE BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL. CONGRATULATIONS. OH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. TWO MAYORS OF 3 OR 4 CITY CLERKS IF YOU COUNT THAT IN THREE DIFFERENT CITY MANAGERS. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE AE TO SERVE IN THE CITY WHERE YOU'RE BORN AND RAISED. LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CARRYING THROUGH WITH THE COMMITMENTS THAT I MADE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND BEING UP HERE WITH ALL OF YOU OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. THE ONLY THING I WANT TO DO AT THIS MOMENT IS I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE FOR GOING THROUGH FIVE FIVE DIFFERENT TERMS OF THIS AND I THINK MY KIDS FOR HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO GO THROUGH THAT TO RUN ON MY BROTHER IS ALSO HERE AS WELL. YOU KNOW HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY SO BUT THANK YOU ALL AND I'LL BE BRIEF. THANK YOU. THANK. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU MAYOR. I JUST LIKE TO THANK THE PEOPLE OF BLOOMINGTON, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN DISTRICT TWO THAT WENT OUT AND VOTED. OBVIOUSLY I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR ME AND I RESPECT THE PEOPLE THAT DID NOT. I RESPECT THAT 30% OF THE PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT SOMEONE ELSE SHOULD BE UP HERE AND I PLEDGE TO CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO BOTH GROUPS OF THOSE PEOPLE AND TO EVERYONE IN BLOOMINGTON AND TRY TO JUST MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS I CAN UP HERE. SO THANK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF BLOOMINGTON. IT'S AMAZING, WONDERFUL COMMUNITY. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO GETS INVOLVED AND ENGAGED HERE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING MOVE THIS COMMUNITY FORWARD FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER AND NOW OUR NEWEST COUNCILMEMBER DANIEL RICHARDSON. WELCOME TO THE BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL. >> GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU. MAYOR BUSSE THANK YOU, FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS. THAT IS SO EXCITING TO SAY AND TO CARRY ON WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID. THANK YOU TO THE VOTERS OF BLOOMINGTON TO EVERYONE WHO VOTES AGAIN WHETHER YOU VOTE FOR ME OR YOU VOTE FOR SOMEONE ELSE I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION. EVERYONE WHO TAKES THE TIME TO COME OUT TO VOTE TO SEE WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO HAVE IN THEIR COMMUNITY IS SO IMPORTANT. I'M EXTREMELY HONORED TO BE SITTING HERE AND TO HAVE EARNED THE VOTE OF SO MANY PEOPLE IN BLOOMINGTON. AND I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DO THE MOST GOOD FOR THE MOST PEOPLE. BLOOMINGTON IS A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY AND I JUST CANNOT SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS AND I AM TOUCHED THAT I GET TO BE SITTING HERE. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE IN BLOOMINGTON. >> THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY, THANKS TO MY FRIENDS AND MY WONDERFUL TEAM. OH, THANK YOU ALL. >> THANKS FOR BEING BLOOMINGTON SO AND THANK YOU AND MY APOLOGIES. FIRST TIME I CALL YOU A COUNCIL MEMBER, I CALL YOU BY THE WRONG NAME. I APOLOGIZE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERTSON I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE THREE OFOU. GREAT TO HAVE YOU ALL ON BOARD. LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU AND TO WORK WITH YOU. COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE GROUP OF US ALL SEVEN OF US WORKING TOGETHER TO MOVE THIS COMMUNITY FORWARD SO CONGRATULATIONS AND LET'S GIVE THEM ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND THANKS . NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION AND I'M GOING TO HEAD DOWN TO THE PODIUM. AT THIS TIME I WOULD HAVE OUR ONLY PROCLAMATION TODAY IS THE PROCLAMATION FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY WHICH IS JANUARY 19TH, 2026. AS WE ALWAYS DO, I'M GOING TO CALL UP OUR MEMBERS OF OUR BLOOMINGTON COMMUNITY HERE MARIANNE WILLIAMSON, SHANTE BROWNLEE, MEMBERS OF THE BLOOMINGTON BLACK EMPLOYEE NETWORK TO STAND AND JOIN ME UP HERE AND GIVEN THE MICROPHONE WHEN WHEN WE WRAP UP AND YOU KNOW IT'S WHAT STANDS OUT ABOUT THIS AND I REALIZE THAT EVERY TIME I DO THIS IT'S THE ONLY NATIONAL HOLIDAY DEDICATED TO SERVICE AND ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO TO SERVE TO DO SOMETHING OF SERVICE. IT'S THE ONLY NATIONAL HOLIDAY THAT DOES THAT AND I'M PROUD TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION FROM MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY JANUARY 19TH, 2026 WHEREAS REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BORN JANUARY 15TH, 1929 CALLED THIS NATION TO RISE TO ITS PROMISE OF EQUALITY AND DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE. AND. WHEREAS HIS LEADERSHIP MOVE THE COUNTRY FORWARD OPENING DOORS TO THE BALLOT BOX, BREAKING THE GRIP OF SEGREGATION AND WIDENING THE PATH TOWARD ECONOMIC AND HUMAN DIGNITY AND WHERE AS DR. KING SPOKE OF THE DAY WHEN CHARACTER WOULD MATTER MORE THAN COLOR URGING US NOT TO WAIT FOR A MORE CONVENIENT SEASON BUT TO MEET INJUSTICE WITH CLARITY, COURAGE AND LOVE IN ACTION. AND WHEREAS HE GATHERED PEOPLE ACROSS RACE, FAITH AND CIRCUMSTANCE LIFTING THOSE WEIGHED DOWN BY DISCRIMINATION AND POVERTY AND REMINDING US THAT OUR FREEDOM IS BOUND TOGETHER AND. WHEREAS HIS WORDS STILL ECHO IN OUR STREETS, IN OUR CLASSROOMS, IN OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS CALLING COMMUNITIES TO CREATE BELONGING, EXPAND OPPORTUNITY AND CHOOSE COMPASSION OVER COMPLACENCY. AND WHERE IS THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON COMMITS ITSELF TO THIS WORK STRIVING FOR A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYONE IS WELCOMED, VALUED AND ABLE TO THRIVE AND WHERE AS THOUGH DR. KING'S LIFE WAS CUT SHORT ON APRIL 4TH, 1968, HIS LEGACY ENDURES. HONORED EACH YEAR ON THE HOLIDAY ESTABLISHED IN 1983 AND EMBRACED NATIONWIDE AS OF 2000. NOW THEREFORE I, MAYOR TIM BUCKLEY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY 19TH, 2026 AS MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND CALL ON ALL RESIDENTS TO REFLECT DEEPLY. ACT BOLDLY AND CARRY FORWARD THE DREAM OF A MORE JUST EQUITABLE AND COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY FOR ALL. DATED THIS FIFTH DAY OF JANUARY 2022 SIX I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. TODAY I FELT COMPELLED TO TAKE UP SOME TIME IN HONOR OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. THIS YEAR'S MLK DAY THEME IS MISSION POSSIBLE TO BUILDING COMMUNITY AND UNITING A NATION. THE NONVIOLENT WAY THIS THEME IS INCREDIBLY ENLIGHTENING. WHY? BECAUSE WE PEOPLE MINNESOTANS AND AMERICANS HAVE BOUGHT INTO A NARRATIVE THAT A LEVEL OF VIOLENCE IS PERMISSIBLE TO THOSE WE ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH. NEIGHBORS WHO WE DIDN'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO COME INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO PEOPLE WE SAY WE DON'T WHO WE SAY DON'T BELONG HERE. DR. KING TAUGHT US TO RESIST VIOLENT METHODS AND THROUGH MILITANT NONVIOLENCE A MIRROR WAS PLACED IN FRONT OF US. WE WERE FACED WITH AN UNNATURAL INHUMANITY AND FORCED TO ASK OURSELVES IS THIS WHO WE ARE? I BELIEVE DR. KING WOULD BE DEEPLY HURT TO SEE THAT THAT SAME UNNATURAL HUMANITY HAS SHOWN ITSELF AGAIN. SO THAT IS WHY I IMPLORE ALL LISTENING TO LEAD WITH KINDNESS AND GENTLENESS WITH ONE ANOTHER BUT TO STAND FIRM IN THE JOURNEY FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY. I ASK THAT YOU NOT TURN A BLIND EYE TO OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE HURTING BUT THAT YOU PARTICIPATE IN HEALING BECAUSE WHETHER OR NOT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE IT YOU ARE HURTING TOO. SO I OFFER THIS JANUARY 20TH AS NATIONAL DAY OF RACIAL HEALING BLOOMINGTON IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BROOKLYN PARK, GOLDEN VALLEY, MINNEAPOLIS MINNETONKA, ST PAUL HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY COUNTY ARE OFFERING A RACIAL HEALING EVENT VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON WILL BE HOSTING A GROUP VIEWING HERE IN THE BLACK BOX THEATER JANUARY 20TH FROM 6 TO 730. TO REGISTER PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE. LET'S CONTIE TO HONOR DR. KING AND THE MANY PIONEERS AND CHANGEMAKERS BY CONTINUING TO HEAL AND BUILD IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU . THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. LET'S DO THE PICTURE AGAIN. THIS IS FOR YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE WITH ME . EXTEND OUR AGENDA, COUNSEL. IS THAT IN 2.3 THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES AND I THINK IT'S A NEW EMPLOYEE TONIGHT I BELIEVE INVITE FORWARD OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR KIM IN INTRODUCING A NEW OFFICE SUPPORT SPECIALIST AND BUILDING INSPECTIONS. LET'S BEGIN MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE JAKE LEE WHO IS OUR NEW OFFICE SUPPORT SPECIALIST FOR THE BUILDING AND INSPECTIONS DIVISION WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. JAKE STARTED WITH THE CITY BACK ON DECEMBER 1ST AND CAME ORIGINALLY FROM EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN AND HE ALSO GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA WITH A DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AND BUSISS LAW. JAKE PREVIOUSLY WORKED AT THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND IN HIS FREE TIME ENJOYS HIKING WITH HIS WIFE AND DOG AND READING A GOOD BOOK. SO WELCOME JAKE. >> GOOD EVENING, JAKE AND WELCOME. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN HAVING A BLAST LEARNING A LOT AND EVERYBODY'S JUST BEEN REALLY AWESOME HERE SO I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I SAY TO ALL OF OUR NEW EMPLOYEES, JAKE AND I'LL SAY TO YOU AS WELL IN A LOT OF WAYS YOU'RE THE FACE OF BLOOMINGTON FOR US. THE FOLKS UP HERE ARE NOTICE BUT IT'S REALLY THE PEOPLE WHO WORK DIRECTLY WITH OUR CITIZENS AND OUR RESIDENTS THAT REALLY GIVE THE THE THE PEOPLE EQUATE WHAT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS BASED ON THE WORK THAT YOU WILL BE DOING. SO PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING YOU. SO EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGH AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU'LL MEET THOSE EXPECTATIONS AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE BLOOMINGTON STAFF. SO WELCOME ABOARD AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU OUT AND ABOUT IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANKS . OUR FINAL ITEM UNDER ITEM TWO IS 2.4. IT IS THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE 2026 PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN FORECAST TODAY IS HERE. >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. YES GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON MY NAME NAME'S DECATUR CASS AND EMMA PLANNING SUPERVISOR HERE IN THE PLANNING DIVISION AND THEN I HAVE VICE CHAIR OF OUR PLANNING COMMISSION KEVIN CUNNINGHAM HERE AS WELL TO TO HELP SUMMARIZE SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM 2025 AND HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL. AND WE TYPICALLY HAVE EITHER THE CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION HERE JUST TO BE ABLE TO TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU TOO AND HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT PLANNING COMMISSION IS UP TO YOU. SO I THINK WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COMMISSIONER CUNNINGHAM WITH ANY COMMENTS AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. VICE CHAIR CUNNINGHAM WELCOME . THANKS FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. JUST SORRY THE LIGHT UP HERE IS NOT AS BRIGHT AS THE LIGHT UP THERE KEEPS YOU GUESSING. MAYOR COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT. IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE HERE. NOT ON A THURSDAY. JUST A QUICK RECAP OF I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE WHOLE SLIDE AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A VERY FULL AGENDA TONIGHT. A FEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON THE YEAR THAT I REALLY HIT HOME FOR ME OUR SMALL BUSINESS CODES AND PROCESSES TOOK AN A MESS LOSS AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME AND STAFF DID A GREAT JOB OF KIND OF HELPING GUIDE THE COMMISSION THROUGH THAT. THESE CODES ARE FOR EVERY BUSINESS BUT WE WANTED TO TAILOR THEM TOWARDS SMALL BUSINESS AND THAT'S A MUCH HEAVIER LIFT THAN IT SOUNDS IN ONE SENTENCE. SO I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT WITH CODES DEVELOPMENT REVIEW. BEING A FATHER OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, THE RAINBOW MIDWEST GUIDING WAS GREAT THAT AND WE ARE THERE NO LONGER NONCONFORMING IN HOSTING BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND THEN ALSO HITTING REALLY CLOSE TO HOME FOR ME THE ST MARK'S SUBDIVISION WITH THE HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY WAS SOME SOME GREAT KIND OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROJECTS, SOME STUDIES AND SPECIAL PROJECTS. SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT CONTINUES TO BE A FOCUS FOR US TO DRIVE DEVELOPMENT AND DENSITY IN THAT PART OF THE CITY AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A WONDERFUL 2026 SLATE OF ITEMS. ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ADD WE HAD A COUPLE OF CHANGES ON STAFF THIS YEAR AND IT WAS ALL BUT SEAMLESS PLANNING SUPERVISOR CARSON DAY HAS BEEN GREAT AND FILLING NOW PLANNING MANAGER JOHNSON'S SHOES AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT EVERYONE IS EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO VOLUNTEER ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CUNNINGHAM. SO YEAH, IN ADDITION TO THE THINGS THAT COME BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL, OUR PLANNING DIVISION ALSO HAS A NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATIVE PERMITS LIKE DRIVEWAY PERMITS, SIGN PERMITS AND AND OTHER THINGS. SO IN THE ATTACHED PACKETS THERE WAS JUST SOME SOME NUMBERS FOR THOSE THAT LIKE NUMBERS ON KIND OF THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS WE SAW COME THROUGH THIS YEAR AND THEN REALLY JUST WANT TO DIVE INTO THE HIGHLIGHTS NOW FOR 2026. SO WE'RE PROPOSING 23 PROJECTS ON THE WORK PLAN FOR A TOTAL OF 4065 HOURS. 17 OF THOSE PROJECTS WOULD BE LED BY PLANNING DIVISION STAFF . THAT ALSO INCLUDES SOME CARRYOVER PROJECTS. AND THEN WE ALWAYS KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME POTENTIAL PROJECTS TO WORK ON IF FOR SOME REASON WE RUN OUT OF TIME AND NEED MORE PROJECTS WHICH I DON'T ANTICIPATE HAPPENING BUT IT'S THERE IN CASE ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE AND HEAR A LOT FROM FROM PLANNING STAFF IN 2026 AND 2027 IS OUR 2050 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT UPDATE PROCESS. SO THAT'S GOING TO REALLY TAKE STAFF PRIORITY AND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME. SO WE TRIED OUR BEST TO TRY TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF NEW PROJECTS OVER THESE NEXT TWO YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SO THIS WON'T BE THE LAST TIME THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT THE THE CUT PLAN FOR SURE. SO THESE ARE JUST THE TEN KIND OF NEW PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE FOR 2026. SO I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM BUT JUST FOR YOUR AWARENESS THESE COME FROM A VARIETY OF METHODS SO SOME COME FROM PLANNING DIVISION STAFF, SOME FROM OTHER DIVISIONS FOR EXAMPLE THE NONCONFORMITY STANDARDS REVIEW WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY OUR LEGAL DIVISION TO LOOK AT THIS YEAR AND THEN SOME OF IT COMES FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL. I THINK THROUGH THE SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT PLAN UPDATE PROCESS AND THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OUR DESIGN STANDARDS FOR THE ZONING DISTRICTS WITHIN SOUTH LOOP. SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THAT THAT PROJECT NUMBER EIGHT THEY'RE COMING DIRECTLY FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN AGAIN THE COMPLAINT IS THERE TOO. SO HPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT SPECIFIC PROJECTS. JUST I WANTED TO NOTE IN THE WORK PLAN AS WELL WE TRY TO SHOW HOW THESE WORK PLAN ITEMS ALIGN WITH THE BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN. SO THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY TABLE OF HOW OUR VARIOUS PROJECTS DO ALIGN WITH ONE OF THOSE THREE PRIORITIES IN THE BEATTY PLAN. ONE OTHER THING THAT WE TRY TO DO IN THE WORK PLAN IS A ESTIMATE OUR LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT ON PROJECTS SO WE ADOPT THE CITY HAS ADOPTED THE P TWO MODEL LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT. I WOULD SAY A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS KIND OF FALL IN THAT INFORM AND CONSULT RANGE OF ENGAGEMENT AND THEN OF COURSE SOMETHING LIKE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS GOING TO FALL MORE IN THAT COLLABORATE SPECTRUM OF ENGAGEMENT. SO WE ALWAYS TRY TO ESTIMATE KIND OF STAFF CAPACITY AND TIME FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON OUR PROJECTS AS WELL. AND THEN FINALLY WE ALWAYS INCLUDE KIND OF A MATRIX IN HERE TO TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES HOW WE THINK THIS WILL ALL TIME OUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO I WOULD SAY THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR WE'RE PRIMARILY WRAPPING UP THOSE CARRYOVER PROJECTS FROM 2025 AND THEN STARTING OUR RESEARCH ON SOME OF THOSE NEW PROJECTS AND THEN REALLY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR IS WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE STUDY SESSIONS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR A LOT OF THE NEW ITEMS ADDED TO OUR WORK PLAN. AND THEN OF COURSE THINGS ALWAYS HAPPEN AND CHANGE AND I'M SURE THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT WE CARRY OVER INTO 2027 AS WELL. SO WITH THAT WE'RE WE'RE HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS ON THE PROJECT OR OTHERWISE THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAVE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS WORK PLAN AND THEN WE'D BE LOOKING WE HAVE A MOTION HERE TO TO ADOPT THE WORK PLAN. SO THANKS. THANK YOU, MR. CASSIDY VICE CHAIR. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. AS I SAID, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR INPUT ON THE WORK PLAN OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION? COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE ITEMS HERE. THERE ARE THERE WERE TWO ITEMS NUMBER SEVEN AND EIGHT AIRPORT PARKING THEMSELVES LOOP DISTRICT THAT I THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THOSE ALIGN TOGETHER. I WILL ALSO SAY THAT I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH REGARDS TO AIRPORT PARKING AND I WILL JUST PUT OUT MY OPINION IN TERMS OF TRYING TO SAVE STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION TIME. I MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THAT IF THERE IS A CONTINUATION OF OFF AIRPORT PARKING IT SHOULD NOT BE O SURFACE LOTS. IT SHOULD BE ROLLED UP INTO STRUCTURED PARKING TO MAX AND MILES THE REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES PARTICULARLY ON THE TWO EXISTING SITES THE OTHER SITES ARE ALL USING STRUCTURE PARKING FOR FOR THE NEW NEW ONES THAT WE APPROVED IN 2025. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE IT'S EXTRAORDINARILY EXPENSIVE TO THE CITY THE LOSS OF TAX REVENUE FROM NOT FULLY REALIZING THE VALUE OF THOSE PROPERTIES AND LEAVING THEM AS SURFACE PARKING I DON'T THINK IS SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE GOING FORWARD. THAT'S JUST MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION. THIS OTHER TWO THINGS I JUST WANT TO MENTION QUICKLY AND THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING I LOOK AT FOR KIND OF ALL OF OUR WORKING PLANS IS HOW DOES THIS INTEGRATE WITH PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING? HOW DO THE COMMISSIONS UTILIZE THOSE TOOLS THAT WE'RE WORKING TO DEVELOP TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR WORK AND BECOME AS EFFICIENT AND FOCUS ON WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE? THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY IN THIS WASN'T SOMETHING THAT I SAW A LOT IN THE DURING OUR BUDGET CYCLE IS HOW DO WE UTILIZE A I AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE OUR COMMISSIONS LOOK AT HOW DO YOU UTILIZE THAT TO STREAMLINE SORT OF REPETITIVE OF PROCESS TYPE OPPORTUNITIES IN PARTICULAR FOR I THINK THAT'S WHERE I AT LEAST AT THIS POINT THRIVES. AND SO THOSE WOULD BE TWO AREAS THAT I WOULD LOOK TO I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD LOOK TO ADD THEM BUT I WOULD LOOK TO HAVE THEM BE CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS WITHIN THE COMMISSION AND NOT JUST PLANNING BUT ALL COMMISSIONS AS WE GO FORWARD. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CUNNINGHAM AND PLEASE EXTEND OUR THANKS TO ALL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION COMMISSIONERS. YOU GUYS REALLY GET IN THE WEEDS ON SOME THINGS AND REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE VERY DILIGENT AND THOUGHTFUL WORK THAT YOU YOU DO AND SOMETIMES YOUR MEETINGS ARE JUST AS LONG AS OURS SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. I DO HAVE A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE PROCESS ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WILL BE FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT AND MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION RIGHT NOW. MAYBE IT'S NOT DEVELOPED COMPLETELY. BUT I'D BE CURIOUS JUST TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. YEAH. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION. BUT YEAH, I WOULD SAY IT'S STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT BUT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THAT. I THINK KIND OF WHERE WE'RE LANDING IS ON THAT COLLABORATE LEVEL OR SPECTRUM OF ENGAGEMENT. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STAFF IS STILL THINKING ABOUT AND THEN HOPEFULLY HERE IN QUARTER ONE WAS TO BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL FOR SOME FEEDBACK AS WELL. BUT I KNOW IN PREVIOUS CAMPAIGNS WE'VE DONE KIND OF OUR RESIDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR SOME KIND OF STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE THAT'S IS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GOALS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I DEFINITELY ENVISION OR WANT TO OFFER THAT AS AN OPTION OR SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PURSUE AGAIN IN 2050. AND SO YEAH, I GUESS I WOULD JUST SAY WE'RE WE'RE MAYBE 85% OF THE WAY THERE AND JUST KIND OF HASHING OUT A COUPLE DETAILS AND THEN WANT TO BRING THAT HERE RIGHT AWAY AND IN QUARTER ONE BECAUSE I ENVISION THIS SUMMER IS REALLY GOING TO BE THE BIG LAUNCH AND AND KICKOFF FOR ENGAGEMENT FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. YEAH. COUNCIL ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR I'LL TAKE THE SECOND ONE FIRST AND THEN I'LL GO BACK TO MY OTHER ONE. I SEE THAT IN THE PLAN THAT THERE'S AN EQUITY REVIEW OF THE ZONING CODE IN JUNE. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU WANTED TO GIVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A BRIEF UPDATE IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT HAS STARTED. WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND TRYING TO DO? I KNOW IT WAS CONTINUED FROM LAST LAST TERM INTO THIS YEAR AND JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHERE THAT'S AT AND WHO'S KIND OF LEADING THAT FROM THAT. YEAH. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOHMANN YEAH, YOU'RE CORRECT THAT HAS CARRIED OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS JUST AS WE'VE HAD SOME STAFF TURNOVER IN THE PLANNING DIVISION. SO WE'VE REASSIGNED THAT OUT TO PLANNERS AND THE IN IT'S CHANGED DIRECTION A LITTLE BIT . I THINK WHERE WE'VE LANDED NOW IS ACTUALLY USING THE AMERICAN PLANNING AOCIATION'S EQUITY ZONING FOR EQUITY GUIDE AS KIND OF OUR OUR BENCHMARK AND REALLY EVALUATING ALL OF CHAPTER 21. AND SO REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS JUST TO KIND OF HAVE A SUMMARY OR A STUDY OF SOME SORT JUST KIND OF EVALUATING THE ZONING CODE AND THEN I WOULD IMAGINE KIND OF DEPENDING ON WHAT ARE THE FINDINGS THERE THAT WOULD LEAD TO FUTURE CODE AMENDMENTS THAT WE WOULD SEE ON FUTURE WORK PLANS IN 2027 AND 2028. SO WE'RE HAVE THAT REASSIGNED OUT AND KIND OF RELAUNCH FOR THIS YEAR AND OUR GOAL IS BY THE SUMMER TO KIND OF HAVE THE FINDINGS OF THAT AND THEN HAVE SOME SOME NEXT STEPS FOR FOR 27. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. I'M HOPING AS WE WE DO THAT THAT REVIEW THAT WE ALSO KIND OF HAVE THAT CONVERSATION GOING ON WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY THAT'S ALSO ON THAT LIST THERE THAT WE BE SURE THAT WE'RE JUST KIND OF MAKING SURE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE TALKING AND COMMUNICATING WITH ONE ANOTHER. SO I THINK THAT AS WE AS WE SET THOSE ZONING POLICIES REALLY THAT SUSTAINABILITY TAKES YOU KNOW, TAKES ANOTHER TWIST, ANOTHER LOOK AT IT REALLY IMPACTS FOLKS FROM A LONG TERM STANDPOINT. THE OTHER ITEM I WANTED TO BRING FORWARD JUST JUST BRIEFLY I NOTICED THAT YOU BROUGHT FORWARD A THE APPLICATION ALL TYPES IN THE APPROVAL APPROVAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND YOU HAVE ALL THOSE ALL THOSE NUMBERS THERE. WE MADE A POLICY CHANGE LAST YEAR WHERE WE STARTED TRYING TO MOVE SOME OF THE ITEMS FROM COUNCIL YOU KNOW KIND OF OVER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND I THINK THAT THIS CHART KIND OF SHOWS KIND OF YOU KNOW BECAUSE ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I KNOW THIS BODY HAD AT THE TIME WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS STUFF IS JUST GOING TO END UP COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND IT'LL BE APPEALED HERE. I WAS WONDERING IF STAFF WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. I KNOW THAT WAS REALLY SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY KIND OF BROUGHT FORWARD. YEAH. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN YEAH. I GUESS I WOULD JUST KIND OF POINT TO WE DID KIND OF MAKE A BRIEF STATEMENT OF IT IN THE SUMMARY THAT THROUGH THAT STREAMLINING DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE THAT WAS ADOPTED KIND OF IN LATE 2024 WE HAVE SEEN THOSE IMPACTS ON ON APPLICATIONS. SO JUST AS KIND OF ONE DATA POINT AROUND 13 OF THE 38 ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS BENEFITED IN SOME WAY FROM THE STREAMLINING ORDINANCE. SO THAT MIGHT MEAN THAT WENT TO PREVIOUSLY IT WOULD HAVE HAD TO GO TO BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL AND NOW IT ONLY WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR FINAL DECISION OR IT COULD HAVE MEANT WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY A PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION MAYBE NOW WAS A STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION AND THEN WHAT YOU DON'T SEE REFLECTED IN THE NUMBERS HERE ARE YOU KNOW WE MADE A NUMBER OF USES THAT WERE A CONDITIONAL USE OF PERMITTED USE AND SO SOME OF THOSE APPLICATIONS MADE OF WENT RIGHT TO A BUILDING PERMIT FOR STAFF REVIEW VERSUS GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S NOT TOTALLY REFLECTED HERE IN THE NUMBERS AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD FOR US TO TRACK BUT JUST ANECDOTALLY KNOWING THAT THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES THERE WHERE SOMETHING WAS ABLE TO GO RIGHT TO A BUILDING PERMIT FOR REVIEW. SO I APPRECIATE THAT, MAYOR AND I JUST HOPE WILL CONTINUE TO LEAN INTO THAT POLICY. MAYBE TRYING TO STRETCH OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT MORE AND PRESSING THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. WE TALK ABOUT REGULATION OF BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, PRIORITY BASED BUSINESSES OR PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING. YOU KNOW, HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, SOME QUICK WINS WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF STARTED AND JUST THE HUMAN TOLL THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO YOU KNOW DO SOMETHING THAT PERMITS KIND OF BEEN MADE PERMANENT THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. AND SO I JUST HOPE THAT WE WILL, YOU KNOW, KEEP THIS TOP OF MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THIS NEXT YEAR'S TO TRY TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. AND I APOLOGIZE, YOU KNOW, TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION BECAUSE THAT MAY MEAN YOUR MEETINGS MIGHT BE LONGER THAN OURS. SO COUNCIL OR ANYTHING ELSE THIS EVENING IF NOT, THANK YOU AGAIN. I KNOW YOU PROBABLY KNOW BUT THE WORK PLANS FOR OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE ACTUALLY REQUIRED BY OUR CITY CHARTER. WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO THIS AND I KNOW THAT EACH THE COMMISSION DOES IT ON A YEARLY BASIS. VICE CHAIR JUST WONDERING ANY KIND OF FEEDBACK OR THOUGHTS THAT YOU HAD ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS WORK PLAN YOU'RE WORKING WITH STAFF THE COMMISSION, THE FEEDBACK THAT THE COMMISSION BROUGHT AND HOW YOU GOT TO THE LIST OF THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED . THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL THE WORK PLAN DEVELOPMENT IS THAT LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER SAID WE GET INTO THE WEEDS ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING ON PLANNING COMMISSION AND I THINK PLANNING SUPERVISOR CASSIDY WAS STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS POWERPOINT IF WE WERE CLOCKING IT AT THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME WHERE WE ARE NOW TALKING ABOUT IT HERE AT CITY COUNCIL IT WAS A THOROUGH PROCESS, A LOT OF GOOD DISCOURSE AND A LOT OF A LOT MORE WORK PUT IN BY STAFF BEFORE IT EVEN COMES BEFORE US. SO VERY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE AND JUST ANECDOTAL THING TO ADD INTO THE RECORD HERE. WE DID APPROVE A SOME CHANGES TO OUR RULES AND PROCEDURES THAT I THINK YOU GUYS SAW A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND WE KEPT OUR 11 P.M. TERMINATION OF MEETINGS SO WE'RE READY FOR THE LONG ONES. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT COUIL IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I WILL LOOK FOR ACTION ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION 2026 WORK PLAN. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, A QUESTION JUST A QUICK COMMENT IF I MAY PLEASE ON ONE THING THAT I LIKE TO SEE IS THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT BEFORE WE MOVE INTO YOU ALREADY MENTIONED THAT YOU PLAN TO START OUT IN THE SUMMER IF YOU COULD EVEN STARTED EARLIER IF POSSIBLE AT ALL SO THAT THE PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET INVOLVED IN IT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. SO THANK YOU, RICK. GOOD. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I WOULD MOVE TO ADOPT THE 2026 PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN AS ATTACHED TO THE CITY COUNCIL PACKET MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO ADOPT THE 2026 PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN AS ATTACHED TO THE CITY COUNCIL PACKET. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND AS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SAID PLEASE SHARE THANKS WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE WORK THAT YOU PUT IN AND THANK YOU MR. CASSIDY FOR THE WORK AND YOUR PLANNING STAFF OUTSTANDING WORK. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND ITEM THREE IN OUR AGENDA ARE CONSENT BUSINESS. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU MAYOR. I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY HOLDS BUT DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO HOLD? LAST CALL COUNT THREE THREE. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON WANTS TO HOLD THREE THREE SO I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE 3.1 AND 3.2 AND THEN 3.4 THROUGH 3.5. IT IS SHORT. IT'S SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S PLANNING OR ACCEPT THIS KIND OF CONSENT BUSINESS AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO ITEM 3.3 COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YES. THANK YOU MAYOR. I HELD THAT BECAUSE AS MOST MY COLLEAGUES HERE KNOW I INDEPENDENTLY OUTSIDE OF MY ROLE AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ALSO HOLD A BOARD SEAT FOR VEEP AND BECAUSE THIS IS A DIRECT FINANCIAL INTERACTION BETWEEN THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS, I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS VOTE. THIS IS NOT A GENERAL ACTION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THIS IS VERY SPECIFIC TO THAT AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE EVEN APPEARANCE OF ANY IMPROPRIETY ONHAT. SO I'M JUST GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF ON THIS AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU FOR THE CONTEXT. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER ALL RIGHT. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THEN, PLEASE. I MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH VEEP SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN TO ACCEPT ITEM 3.3 IN TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED AND ONE WHEN ABSTENTION DUE TO BE NOTED SO MOTION PASSES 4 TO 1 WITH COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS IN OPPOSITION AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON ABSTAINING. SO I'M VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, THANK YOU FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT. AS I MENTIONED WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE NOTHING UNDER ITEM FOR OUR HEARING HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES. ITEM FIVE THOUGH WE DO HAVE A FEW THINGS THIS EVENING. THIS IS OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AND OUR ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING. YOU KNOW I KNOW IN A LOT OF CITIES COUNCIL THAT THIS IS BASICALLY UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF PENCIL WHIPPED THROUGH IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. I WANTED TO DO THIS AS WE ALWAYS DO HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON TO CALL OUT AND TO SHOW THAT THIS IS BASICALLY MORE THAN THAT. THESE ARE A LOT OF THE WORK THIS IS A LOT OF THE WORK THAT THE COUNCIL DOES OUTSIDE OF COUNCIL MEETINGS. WE DON'T JUST GET TOGETHER ON MONDAY NIGHTS. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS UNDERSTOOD IT AND WE HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THIS PUBLICLY ABOUT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT BOARDS, THE COMMISSIONS AND SOME OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS KIND OF WORK THAT WE DO HERE AS A COUNCIL AND AS A CITY THAT IS REQUIRED BY LAW. BUT WE WE HAVE TO GET IT DONE AND I WOULD HAVE RATHER I WANTED TO DO IT WITH PUBLIC VOTES RATHER THAN JUST ON THE ON THE CONSENT BUSINESS. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT UNDER ITEM 5.1 IS THE DESIGNATION OF OFFICIAL DEPOSITORY AS AN INVESTMENT BROKERS OFFICIALLY OUR OFFICIAL THE FOLLOWING DEPOSITORY FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2026 ARE PROPOSED TO BE U.S. BANK AND PMA FINANCIAL NETWORK THAT'S THE FORUM FUND OUR INVESTMENT BROKERS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2026 WOULD BE GREAT PACIFICECURITIES MORTENSON MORTON EXCUSE ME CAPITAL MARKETS NORTHLAND SECURITIES, PMA FINANCIAL NETWORKS RBC CAPITAL MARKETS STATEFUL FIXED INCOME CAPITAL MARKETS AND U.S. BANK AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A LENGTHY LIST OF THE CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT INVESTMENTS THAT I'M NOT GOING TO READ FOR JUST FOR TIME. BUT THOSE ARE WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US AS THE POSSIBILITIES FOR OUR OFFICIAL DEPOSIRIES AND INVESTMENT BROKERS COUNCIL I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO DESIGNATE THE ENTITIES LISTED AS THE CITY DEPOSITORIES AND INVESTMENT BROKERS IN 2026 SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO APPROVE THE DESIGNATED THE TWO TO DESIGNATE THE ENTITIES LISTED IN ITEM 5.1 OF THE CITY DEPOSITORY AS AN INVESTMENT BROKERS IN 2026 COUNCILMEMBER LEHMAN MAYOR I DO WORK FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK DO OPERATIONS WITH BANKS. THERE IS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST. I WILL BE VOTING ON THIS VERY GOOD ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING NONE ON ITEM 5.1 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO ITEM 5.2. SIMILAR LEE IS OUR ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER DESIGNATION. IT JUST BASICALLY STATES THE FOLKS WHO CAN INITIATE ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFERS AND LAYS OUT WHAT OUR OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND GUARDRAILS ARE FOR ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER THE AUTHORIZED PEOPLE ON CITY STAFF TO INITIATE ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER ARE LAURIE ECONOMY SCHOLER OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AMY SAVIC OUR DEPUTY FINANCE OFFICER CARRIE CARLSON ALSO A DEPUTY FINANCE OFFICER MARY LEE AND THE FINANCE MANAGER MARY KAY HEINEN OR TREASURY MANAGER AND KYLE JOHANNES IT MANAGER COUNSEL ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING ITEM 5.2 OUR ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER DESIGNATION HEARING NONE. I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO DESIGNATE THE ELECTRONIC TRANSFER DESIGNATION FOR 2026. MERRY BE HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION I MOVED TO DESIGNATE THE ELECTRONIC TRANSFER DESIGNATIONS FOR 2026 AS LISTED. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO DESIGNATE THE ELECTRONIC TRANSFER DESIGNATION FOR 2026. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. ITEM 5.3 IS THE APPROVAL FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF OUR MUNICIPAL ADVISOR AND AGAIN THIS YEAR THE COUNCIL IS ASKED TO REAFFIRM BAKER TILLY U.S. LLP KNOWN AS BAKER TILLY AS THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL ADVISOR FOR 2026. ANY COMMENTS QUESTIONS ON THIS COUNCIL? HEARING NONE. I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE BAKER TILLY AS THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL ADVISOR FOR 2026. I MOVED TO APPROVE EARLIER MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ROBERTS AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER REGARDS TO APPROVE BAKER TILLY AS THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL ADVISOR FOR 2026. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND A 5.4 ON OUR AGENDA IS APPROVAL TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF OUR BOND COUNCIL AND THIS YEAR THE COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO REAFFIRM COOK. COULD TALK ROCK I ALWAYS SAY THAT RON COULD TALK ROCK LLP AS THE CITY'S BOND COUNCIL FOR 2026 THE THE THE 2025 THROUGH 28 SERVICE AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 16TH OF LAST YEAR. IT'S A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT BUT WE DO OFFICIALLY HAVE TO REAFFIRM KWAK ROCK AS THE CITY'S BOND COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS COUNCIL? ANY STATEMENTS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? IF NOT, I'D LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST TO MAKE A QUICK NOTE, I AM A LICENSED ATTORNEY. THERE'S NO CONFLICT WITH KOTAK ROCK LLP. I HAVEN'T THERE'S NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST THERE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU MUCH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? IF NOT I'D LOOK FOR A MOTION TO REAFFIRM CUTTACK ROCK FOR THE CITY'S BOND COUNCIL MAYOR. I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION TO REAFFIRM THE TALK ROCK FOR THE CITY BOND COUNCIL . MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ROBERTSON TO REAFFIRM CONTRACT FOR THE CITY'S BOND COUNCIL NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO ITEM 5.5 IS THE APPOINTMENT OF OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR THE CITY COUNCIL IS ASKED TO REAFFIRM REDPATH AND COMPANY AS THE CITY'S EXTERNAL AUDITOR FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 2025. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS COUNCIL ? IF NOT I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO DESIGNATE REDPATH AND COMPANY AS THE CITY'S EXTERNAL AUDITOR FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING 2025 SO MOVED A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO DESIGNATE REDPATH AND COMPANY AS THE CITY'S EXTERNAL AUDITOR FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING 2025. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO NOW COUNCIL WE GET INTO SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE DO AS COUNCIL MEMBERS OUTSIDE OF MONDAY NIGHT. BASICALLY THESE THESE ARE SOME OF THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND GROUPS THAT THE CITY WORKS WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS AND REQUIRES COUNCIL PARTICIPATION IN THIS AND WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE. AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO COUNCIL IS TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHO IS CURRENTLY IN THE POSITION, SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO STEP IN AND WE'LL WE'LL TRY AND COME TO CONSENSUS AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ITEM 5.6 IS THE APPOINTMENT TO THE BLOOMINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT RELIEF ASSOCIATION AND COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN. I BELIEVE YOU'RE THE CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE ARE YOU NOT? I'M TRYING TO FIND IT HERE. THAT'S CORRECT. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT OUR FIRE CHIEF AND OUR CFO ARE STAFF MEMBERS AND THEY ARE ALSO ON THE RELIEF ASSOCIATION COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN, ARE YOU LOOKING TO BE REAPPOINTED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RELIEF ASSOCIATION THIS YEAR? YEAH, I'M LOOKING TO DO THIS FINAL YEAR OF THAT I THINK IT'S IT'S PROBABLY TIME AFTER THIS YEAR TO TURN THIS OVER SO WE CAN GET SOME MORE EXPERIENCE WITH ME STILL BEING AROUND HERE TO ADVISE VERY VERY GOOD AND I'M JUST ASSUMING AS IT WAS IN THE COUNCIL PACKET THAT OUR BLOOMINGTON FIRE CHIEF ULI SEAL AND OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER LAURIE ECONOMY SHOULDER ARE ALSO LOOKING TO BE REAPPOINTED COUNCILOR THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ANYONE ELSE LOOKING FOR THIS APPOINTMENT HEARING ON COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO REAPPOINT BLOOMINGTON FIRE CHIEF ULI SEAL CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER LAURIE ECONOMY SHOULDER AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER DWAYNE LOWMAN AS EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE BLOOMINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT RELIEF ASSOCIATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR 2026 MOVED TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTS AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON TO APPROVE ITEM 5.6 THE APPOINTMENT TO THE BLOOMINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT RELIEF ASSOCIATION NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO ITEM 5.7 ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPOINTMENT TO THE U.S. 169 CORRIDOR COALITION. WE HAVE OUR STAFF MEMBER KIRK ROBERTS AND JULIE LONG AS THE STAFF ALTERNATE AND I'M ASSUMING THAT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME I BASED ON WHAT I SEE IN THE COUNCIL PACKET COUNCIL I BELIEVE THAT COUNCILMAN BARBER DALLESSANDRO DALLESSANDRO IS THE CURRENT MEMBER ON THIS IN TRUE YOU KNOW MEETING FASHION THE FACT SHE'S NOT HERE WE SHOULD CERTAINLY REAPPOINT HER. I THINK IT'S A IT'S A I THINK THAT'S HOW IT WORKS ISN'T IT? I HAVE NOT HEARD OTHERWISE THAT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO WOULD LIKE OFF OF THE 169 COALITION QUARTER COALITION. ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE LOOKING TO TO STEP IN IN THIS ROLE HEARING NONE. WHAT I WILL DO COUNCIL IS MAKE THE MOTION TO APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER DALLAS TO SANDRA OH AS THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE AND WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE THE COUNCIL I'LL ALTERNATE COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IS RIGHT NOW COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AS A COUNCIL ALTERNATE AS WELL AS KIRK ROBERTS AS THE STAFF REPRESENTATIVE AND JULIAN LONG AS THE STAFF ALTERNATE TO THE US ONE HIGHWAY 169 CORRIDOR COALITION TWO TERMS EXPIRING DECEMBER 31ST 2026 THAT WAS THE OFFICIAL MOTION IS THERE A SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS AS STATED TO THE U.S. 169 CORRIDOR COALITION NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND A 5.8 IS THE APPOINTMENT TO THE I-35W SOLUTIONS ALLIANCE ONCE AGAIN I THINK IT'S COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO IS THE OR IS IT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO? WHO IS IT AS A COUNCILMEMBER? WOMAN COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN ARE YOU LOOKING TO CONTINUE I MEAN I'LL CONTINUE UNLESS THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO REALLY WANTS TO DO IT. I'M NOT GOING TO STOP ANYBODY FROM DOING IT. WELL, LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER WHAT DOES IT MAKE SENSE WE'VE GOT THREE DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION RELATED COMMISSIONS THE 169, THE 35 W AND THE 494 CORRIDOR COMMISSION COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO WHOSE DISTRICT BASICALLY ENCOMPASSES ALL THREE OF THOSE AND I WONDER IF IT MAKES SENSE THEY HAVE ONE ONE COUNCILMEMBER REPRESENTING THE CITY ON ALL THREE OF THOSE BOARDS. THOUGHTS ON THAT COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER NELSON WELL MY ONLY CONCERN ABOUT THAT TO BE PERFECTLY CANDIDATE IT'S JUST THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS FOR ONE COUNCIL MEMBER. I ALSO THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF OUR NEW COLLEAGUE AND MAKING SURE TO FIND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HER TO GET INVOLVED AND THIS MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY IT'S A COMMISSION THAT IT'S VERY ACTIVE. THERE ARE A LOT OF PROJECTS BUT A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE ALREADY IN THE WORKS. IF YOU EVER DRIVE ON 35 YOU MIGHT BE AWARE OF THAT HAVING AN OFFICE IN BURNSVILLE I'M ACUTELY AWARE OF IT. SO I MEAN THAT'S THAT'S IF COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON IS IS AMENABLE TO THAT BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE FIND A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR HER TO PLUG INTO SOME THINGS. COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON, THOUGHTS ON THAT? THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND THINKING MAYBE I'LL SEE YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I WOULD CERTAINLY BE OPEN TO THAT AS SOMEONE WHO FREQUENTLY USES 35 W AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE IN BLOOMINGTON AND EVERYONE IN MINNESOTA I I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT THAT WAS A NICE OFFER AND PERHAPS I'M NOT BEING TRICKED INTO IT BUT ALL THE ALL THE SAME YEAH I CERTAINLY BE HAPPY TO SERVE ON THAT. VERY GOOD. COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONSIDER CONTINUE AS THE ALTERNATE? NO I THINK I THINK SHAWN IS AN EXCELLENT ALTERNATE. OKAY. VERY GOOD COUNCIL THEN I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPOINT COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON AS A REPRESENTATIVE AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IS THE ALTERNATE AND JULIE LONG IS THE STAFF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE I-35W SOLUTIONS ALLIANCE FOUR TERM SET TO EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2026 ENTHUSIASTICALLY. I ALSO MOVE THAT MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE I-35 SOLUTIONS ALLIANCE. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO ITEM 5.9 AS THE APPOINTMENT TO THE GREATER METROPOLITAN AREA FOREIGN TRADE ZONE COUNCILMEMBER LOEHMANN IS OUR CURRENT APPOINTEE TO THE GREATER METROPOLITAN AREA FOREIGN TRADE ZONE. IT'S INTERESTING AND A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS IT'S A IS A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND THE METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY BASICALLY FOR BUSINESSES TO TO SAVE A LOT OF MONEY ON AN IMPORT AND EXPORT TAXES IS WHAT IT IS WHICH AT THIS TIME IN HISTORY IS IS A PRETTY IMPORTANT THING. COUNCILMEMBER LOHMANN ARE INTERESTED IN CONTINUING ON THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE. YES MA'AM. I'M HOPING TO CONTINUE ON THAT. I'M PLANNING TO TAKE THE TRAINING. THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT GOES WITH THIS AND I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THIS SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. VERY GOOD. AND THE THE STAFF REPRESENTATIVE IS OUR PORT ADMINISTRATOR HOLLY MUSIC AND SHE'S LOOKING TO BE REAPPOINTED AS WELL. SO UNLESS THERE ARE OTHERS WHO ARE INTERESTED COUNSEL I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER DUANE LOWMAN AS THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE AND PORT AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATOR HOLLY MAY SEEK A STAFF REPRESENTATIVE TO THE GREATER METROPOLITAN AREA FOREIGN TRADE ZONE MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE GREATER METROPOLITAN AREA FOREIGN TRADE ZONE NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO ITEM 5.10 IS THE APPOINTMENT TO THE METRO CITIES BOARD OF DIRECTORS THE METRO CITIES ORGANIZATION, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON HAS A PERMANENT PLACE ON THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS IT HAS BEEN THE CITY MANAGER WHO HAS BEEN THE BOARD REPRESENTATIVE. CURRENTLY THE MAYOR SERVES AS THE BOARD REPRESENTATIVE AND IS MORE THAN HAPPY TO TURN OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER AGAIN THAT BOARD DIRECTOR OR THAT BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPOINTMENT WITHIN THE METRO CITY'S BOARD . MR. WALKER ARE YOU ARE YOU AMENABLE? CAN'T WAIT. VERY GOOD COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPOINT CITY MANAGER ZACK WALKER TO THE METRO CITY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT TO THE METRO CITY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS MR. WALKER. CONGRATULATIONS. I AM 5.11 IS THE APPOINTMENT OF THE HRA BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AS WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF OUR CITY COUNCIL THAT ARE ON THE HRA COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER ASSUMING YOU WANT TO CONTINUE ON THE HRA GIVING YOUR WORK AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED AT LEAST A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE TALKED ABOUT THEIR INTEREST IN THE HRA BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS AND I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON HAS ALSO EXPRESSED INTEREST AND THE OTHERS THAT I HAD MISSED ARE THOUGHTS ON THIS COUNCIL MEMBERS ESPECIALLY COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN. WELL YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SAY ABOUT THIS IS YOU KNOW, AS I LOOK OVER ALL THESE APPOINTMENTS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, YOU'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE SO YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO STEP UP AND TAKE ON A TAKE ON A ON A AN APPOINTMENT SO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I WOULD I WOULD BE KIND OF TORN. I'M WONDERING IF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD WANT TO SAY ANY WORDS ABOUT THEIR INTEREST BEING. I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY APPROPRIATE. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS AND I HAVE SHOWN INTEREST FROM THE VERY BEGINNING ON THIS PARTICULAR COMMISSION SINCE TWO YEARS AGO. I UNDERSTAND AT THE TIME I DIDN'T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH IT AND THE REASON I WANT TO BE PART OF THIS PARTICULAR COMMISSION IS BECAUSE NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE LEARNING THAT I THINK TO HAVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IDEAS ON HOW TO APPROACH THE ENTIRE PROGRAM BASED ON WHAT I HAD SEEN SO FAR, I GUESS THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THAT MOTIVATES ME TO BE PART OF IT IS TO BE A VOICE THAT DEFERS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT ON WHAT GOES ON DURING THE MEETINGS. YOU KNOW, I AS I MENTIONED TO ME EARLIER TODAY, I THINK A LOT OF THE DIFFERENCES THAT WE EXPRESS IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS AS COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE DIFFERENT. HOWEVER, THE END OF THE CONVERSATION ALWAYS ENDS UP IN WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY AND THAT IS MY GOAL ENTIRELY. YOU KNOW, AT NO TIME WHATSOEVER AND MY INTENTION IS TO DISRUPT ANY OF THE THE WORKS, THE INNER WORKS THAT THE CITY HAS IN PLACE. MOST OF MY QUESTIONS ARE DESIGNED TO FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTANDETTER WHAT GOES ON AND FOR ME TO HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THE WORK THE WORK THAT IT TAKES TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN AS A CITY WHICH YOU KNOW I AT THE BEGINNING I THOUGHT I KNEW SOMETHING BUT I WAS TOTALLY IGNORANT OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CITY IN A I HATE TO SAY IT BUT THE PUBLIC IN MANY WAYS ACTS IN THE WAY THAT I DID WITH WHEN I GOT ELECTED. YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT I KNEW A LOT ABOUT IT BUT IN REALITY IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT HAPPENS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT UNTIL YOU'RE PART OF IT AND THEREFORE IT CHANGES HOW YOU APPROACH THE WHOLE SYSTEM. SO BASING ALL OF THAT IS WHY I WANT TO BELONG TO THIS PARTICULAR COMMISSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RIVAS COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERTSON THANK YOU MAYOR BUSSE AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS I THINK THAT'S A REALLY EXCELLENT POINT TO NOTE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE DIFFERING VOICES RIGHT. MY APOLOGIES FOR ALL THE ARMS ALL OF A SUDDEN IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE DIFFERING VOICES, THAT WE HAVE NEW IDEAS AND THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY DEDICATED TO WHAT THIS GROUP IS SUPPOSED TO DO RIGHT. MY PERSONAL BACKGROUND HOUSING IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AS A VALUE. I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY IS HOUSED AND FED AND SO ANY WAY THAT I CAN HELP IMPROVE THAT AND KEEP THE MEETING MOVING FORWARD IN THAT WAY IS SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE TO DO AS A NEWCOMER I RECOGNIZE THAT I DON'T HAVE THE LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE THAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES MAY HAVE OR SOME OF THE YOU KNOW, HAVING ATTENDED SOME OF THOSE THINGS. I DO THINK THOUGH THAT MY PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND BOTH MY PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND AND MY EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND WOULD SERVE ME VERY, VERY WELL ON THE TEAM. I WOULD LOVE THE CHANCE TO TRY AGAIN. I RECOGNIZE I'M A NEW PERSON AND SO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND IF SOMETIMES WE NEED TO YOU KNOW, GET SOME TIME UNDER OUR FEET BEFORE WE DO THAT. BUT I DO THINK AS A NEWBIE I WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE HRA AND I WOULD ASK THAT I BE CONSIDERED THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE THOUGHTS COUNCIL AND I WILL SAY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS AND YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TO BE HONEST IS FOR YOU TO TAKE OVER THE LEAD ROLE IN THE NOISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE NO FANS, COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN BUT THE NOISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WHICH HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN THE DISTRICT THREE APPOINTED THE DISTRICT THREE COUNCILMEMBER IS USUALLY THE APPOINTEE TO THE DISTRICT FOR EXCUSE ME WHEN ANYTHING THE DISTRICT FOUR COUNCIL MEMBER IS THE APPOINTEE TO THE NARC PRIMARILY BECAUSE THERE'S THAT THERE'S THAT THAT DIRECT NEXUS TO TO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU DIRECTLY REPRESENT AND THE AIRPORT I KNOW THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG ROLE I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF YOUR CURRENT ROLE AS THE ALTERNATE ON THAT AND I AGAIN AND TRYING TO PASS THINGS OUT AS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SAID IS TO TRYING TO TO TO FIND DIFFERENT PLACES FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE PERSONALLY WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS FOR YOU TO TAKE THAT TAKE ON THAT ROLE AND AND PERHAPS I'LL HAVE COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON TAKE ON THIS ROLE JUST BASED ON THE EXPERTISE THAT YOU HAVE, THE PROXIMITY YOU HAVE TO THE ISSUES AND AND TRYING TO BALANCE THE WORKLOAD THAT YOU ALL HAVE SO THAT'S THAT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS INVOLVED AND INVOLVED IN THE RIGHT PLACES ARE THE THOUGHTS COUNCIL WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SO I CAN MAKE A MOTION SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO OH IF I CAN MAKE A COMMENT I JUST NEED TO SAY THIS IS I PERSONALLY I DON'T REALLY IT DOESN'T REALLY BOTHER ME. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AS YOU NOTED. HOWEVER, I WANT TO TAKE THIS BACK TWO YEARS AGO WHEN I GOT FIRST ELECTED I ASKED FOR EVEN FOR SIMPLE I ASKED FOR A COMMISSION THAT I ACTUALLY KNOW THAT I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN. I ENUMERATED THE EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD IN REGARDS TO IT AND BECAUSE I WAS NEW AND I WAS NEWLY ELECTED I WAS TOTALLY TOLD NO BECAUSE YOU JUST GOT ELECTED. SO GOING BACK TO THAT I DON'T THINK IS A GOOD PRACTICE WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW ALTHOUGH I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST IT BY ALL MEANS SHE WANTS IT, SHE'S QUALIFIED FOR IT AND I. I WOULD EVEN VOTE YES FOR IT. BUT I GOT TO MAKE A POINT HERE THAT WE NEED AS A BODY TO BE FAIR AND TO BE CONSIENT AT ALL TIMES. I WOULD CALL EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TOLD AND I CAN SAY IT AGAIN I HAVE AMPLE EXPERIENCE WHEN IT COMES TO SUSTAINABILITY. OKAY, AMPLE EXPERIENCE AND I ENUMERATED EVERY SINGLE THING THAT I ACCOMPLISHED BUT I WAS TOLD THAT I COULDN'T BE BECAUSE I WAS A JUNIOR MEMBER AND BECAUSE WE HAD ANOTHER MEMBER THAT EITHER. SO THAT SAID PLEASE VOTE TODAY ON MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FAIR IN EVERY SELECTION THAT WE DO AND WE DO IT ACROSS THE BOARD NOT JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE LENGTH OF SERVICE THAT ANYBODY HAS HAD IN THIS COUNCIL, LET'S DO IT ACROSS THE BOARD AND NOT ONLY WHEN WE FEEL THAT IS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THAT'S ALL I ASK. BUT GO AHEAD. SHE CAN HAVE THE POSITION AGAIN AND I JUST WANT THE FAIRNESS TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD AND CONSISTENTLY ACROSS ALL YEARS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND IF I MAY RESPOND MAYBE PLEASE I WOULD SAY I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS AND I DO THINK THAT I DON'T I THINK IT'S BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE RIGHT WHEN I JOINED THE COUNCIL I ASKED TO BE ON THE PORT AUTHORITY HAD VERY LITTLE EXPERIENCE BUT I WANTED YOU KNOW, I HAD A LOT OF INTEREST AND I GOT APPOINTED TO IT BUT THERE WAS OTHER ONES THAT I WANTED TO BE APPOINTED TO THAT I DIDN'T GET APPOINTED TO THAT I FELT LIKE I ACTUALLY HAD MORE EXPERIENCE IN AND SO AND THERE ARE SOME COMMISSIONS THAT I THINK MOST OF US JOIN THE COUNCIL AND WE HAVE NONE OF US HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE AND YOU JUST HAVE TO KIND OF JUMP IN FEET FIRST AND FIGURE IT OUT. AND SO I HOPE I HAVE FELT THE SAME WAY YOU HAVE FELT AND I THINK OTHERS PROBABLY HAVE ON THE CITY COUNCIL TOO. SO I, I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S INTENDED TO BE A PERSONAL CRITICISM OF YOU. I THINK IT'S JUST KIND OF THE NATURE OF THIS APPOINTMENT PROCESS AND IT DOESN'T BODE WELL. IT'S NOT ALWAYS PERFECTLY FAIR IF I'M BEING HONEST AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO SAY ONE THING REALLY QUICKLY I WILL BE SUPPORTING COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON'S INTEREST IN THE HRC. I'LL BE QUITE HONEST I'VE JUST BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE POSITIONS YOU'VE TAKEN RELATED TO THE HRC AND IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE HAVE IN BLOOMINGTON AND THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN. SO AND THAT'S WHY I'LL BE SUPPORTING COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON IF I MAY RESPOND TO THAT. I AM IN NO WAY WHATSOEVER TAKING THIS PERSONAL. I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT IS INCONSISTENT AND IT ACTUALLY GIVES THE CITY A BAD VIBE IN THE PUBLIC EYE. OKAY. THIS IS NOT JUST COMING FROM ME AT THIS POINT. THIS IS FEEDBACK THAT I HAD GOTTEN OVER THE YEARS ALREADY AND TO BE HONEST BECAUSE I NOTICE A LOT OF THESE HAPPENING THOSE ARE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BROUGHT ME TO RUN FOR OFFICE. OKAY? AND IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT A SECRET TO ANYONE THAT I RUN AGAINST THE GRAIN IN THIS AREA. WHAT I AM SAYING IS I DON'T TAKE A PERSONAL IT'S WHAT I'M SAYING AND HE SAID HE HAS TO BE FAIR AND HE NEEDS TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD. YOU KNOW, WE AUTOMATICALLY DO THAT AND I'M GOING TO MENTION A POINT THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM BUT IT DOES HOWEVER INVOLVES THE OVERALL SYSTEM. IT'S IN EVERY OTHER COMMISSION WE AUTOMATICALLY GIVE IT TO THE PERSON WHO IS ALREADY THERE AND THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING REMOVING PEOPLE BECAUSE WE DON'T AGREE WITH THE WAY THEY SEE IT. I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOUR POINT OF VIEW IS. I JUST DON'T AND I HAVE MENTIONED USING MANY OF OUR MEETINGS THAT WE DON'T SEE EYE TO EYE THERE AND THE ONLY AD ADVOCATE IN THIS COUNCIL WHICH IS TRUE BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T WORK TOGETHER TOGETHER LIKE I SAID WHERE EVERY TIME I GO TO ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS NOBODY ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. EVERYBODY GOES RIGHT ALONG WITH EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. THAT'S NOT WHAT HE SUPPORTS. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE WE HAVE TO WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A YOU KNOW WE DON'T WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO AGREE 100%. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO ASK QUESTIONS AND GET INTO THE DEEP OF EVERYTHING AND THEN DECIDE WHETHER WE AGREE ON IT OR NOT. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. I GET QUESTIONED ALL THE TIME WHY I VOTE YES IN A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE EVERYBODY VOTES BUT THEN I VOTE YES BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT IT MAKES SENSE FOR THE CITY TO MOVE ON AND APPROVE THE THINGS EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES THEY DON'T AGREE WITH IT AND I SAY IT ALSO I OFTEN SAY THAT I DON'T AGREE WITH IT BUT ALBERT YES BECAUSE IT MAKES SENSE TO VOTE FOR IT. THAT'S SAID. ALL I'M ASKING IS THAT WE CANNOT BE JUST RUBBER STAMPING EVERY COMMISSION AND PUTTING EVERY SINGLE BODY IN THERE TO AGREE 100% ALL THE TIME. HE NEEDS TO CHANGE. GO AHEAD. I WILL SUPPORT ALBERT. YES. FOR HER BUT AT THE SAME TIME HE NEEDS TO CHANGE. WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME THING JUST HAVING A RUBBER STAMP GROUP OF PEOPLE TO PASS THINGS ALONG ALL THE TIME. THERE HAS TO BE SOME QUESTIONING, THERE HAS TO BE SOME DISCUSSION AND EVERYTHING THAT GETS DECIDED IN THIS BODY AND THE COMMISSIONS AS WELL. IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO WORK THAT WAY THAT IT ALWAYS GOES ON AND ON AND ON. YES, I MIGHT NOT AGREE 100% WITH THIS STRATEGIC PLAN BUT AT THE SAME TIME IF THERE ARE THINGS IN THERE THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN, THEY WILL HAPPEN. I WILL NOT OPPOSE IT AS YOU'RE A WITNESS TO THAT ALSO ALREADY BUT AT THE SAME TIME THESE ARE QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED. THEY NEED TO BE ASKED AND IT IS TO BE SOME DISSENT SOMETIMES TO EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON IT. THANK YOU. SO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU. I JUST ASKED MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN RIVAS IF HE'S INTERESTED IN THAT AIRPORT ONE AND ALSO I DON'T SEE THAT I'M HERE. WHEN DOES THAT COME FORWARD? IMMEDIATELY. IMMEDIATELY. I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER LOMA MAY BE STEPPING DOWN. YEAH. SO I JUST IT'S NOT AN APPOINTMENT WE HAVE TONIGHT BUT IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MAYBE WE COULD REDO THE APPOINTMENTS AS APPROPRIATE. OKAY. AND I'VE BEEN COVERING FOR HIM ANYWAY. HE NEVER SHOWS UP. HE NEVER SHOWS. FAIR ENOUGH. FAIR ENOUGH. WE DON'T HAVE TO CALL HIM OUT IN PUBLIC FOR NOT SHOWING UP. WE DON'T HAVE TO MENTION THAT AT ALL. SO SO YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT AND I RESPECT WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, I HAVE ALSO BEEN VER INTERESTED AND I HAVE A STRONG BACKGROUND IN SUSTAINABILITY. I WOULD SAY THAT THE ONE SLIGHT NUANCE ON THIS WAS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN HAD BEEN ON THAT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION SINCE THE BEGINNING AND AS YOU NOTED THERE WAS A TRADITION OF CONTINUING PEOPLE IF THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN TWO PEOPLE IN A NEW POSITION AND HERE ON THIS YOU KNOW, RESPECTFULLY TO COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON, I WOULD PROBABLY LEAN TOWARDS COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS ON THIS JUST MYSELF. I RESPECT THAT HE MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT THOUGHT PROCESS OR A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT A LOT OF TIMES AND I DO RESPECT THAT. BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME HE LISTENS TO THE FACTS AND HE MAKES THE DECISION BASED ON WHAT HE THINKS IS BEST AND HE SUPPORTED A LOT OF THINGS THAT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT TALK TO HIM DON'T SUPPORT AND HE IS A VOICE FOR HOPEFULLY CHANGING SOME OF THE PERCEPTION ABOUT THE COUNCIL. WITH THAT SAID, COMMISSIONER ROBINSON OR COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON I BELIEVE WILL DO A FANTASTIC JOB ON THE HRA AS WELL. I MEAN I THINK WE'RE BLESSED WITH TWO VERY, VERY GOOD PEOPLE THAT WOULD WANT TO DO THIS AND AND WE MAKE A CHOICE AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD AS AS COUNCILMAN RIVERSIDE IF IF THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE ARE FOR FOR COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON, I'LL SUPPORT THAT. I THINK HE WILL AS WELL AND I THINK WE JUST MOVE FORWARD THAT WAY AND APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME TO JUST HAVE A GOOD HONEST CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AND HOPE TO GET YOU INVOLVED IN THAT KNOCK SOMETIME AROUND 745 TONIGHT. SO YEAH, SO THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY AND I THINK WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS POSITION WHERE WE'VE GOT TWO GREAT PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO THIS AND HELP THE CITY. I AGREE COUNCILMEMBER AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION OF THE NUANCE SAID YES AT THAT POINT TWO YEARS AGO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION POSITION WAS CURRENTLY WAS FILLED BY A SITTING COUNCIL MEMBER. SO COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, I DON'T WANT TO REHASH THE SUSTAINABILITY PIECE ON RIGHT PAST THAT PIECE THERE. I WILL SAY THIS YEAH YOU KNOW YOU KNOW THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF MY CONCERNS AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT AS A COUNCIL WE HAVE YOU KNOW WE LOOK AT OUR COMMISSIONS WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT WHO ARE POINTING AND WHO ARE PUTTING THEIR IF YOU ARE SENIOR AND YOU'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE ,I THINK WE GOT TO THINK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT IS YOU KNOW WE LOOK AT EVEN THESE APPOINTMENTS IN TERMS OF WHO'S SERVING WHERE IT DOES SAY SOMETHING ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT AND I KNOW THAT WHEN I WAS FIRST TIME COUNCIL MAYOR I DIDN'T HAVE NOTHING FIGURED OUT I WAS OTHER THAN THE FIRE PENSION THAT HAPPENED. I GOT THAT BECAUSE I WAS I WAS BORN INTO THE RIGHT DISTRICT. SO I HAPPEN TO TAKE OVER FOR STEVE PETERSON. I GOT TO COUNCIL, I GOT THAT ONE AND ADD ANOTHER ONE. SO YOU KNOW I, I DO VALUE A DIVERSITY OF OPINION, YOU KNOW, AND I HAVE I'VE OFTENTIMES HAD AN INTEREST IN DOING HRA. I WAS GLAD WE MOVED FROM 1 TO 2. I ACTUALLY THINK WE SHOULD JUST KEEP IT AT ONE BUT YOU KNOW IT JUST CONCENTRATES IT KIND OF LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH TRAFFIC PIECES OF IT AND THAT MAY BE ANOTHER THING WE COULD DO TO AN APPOINT A RESIDENT TO IT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH SUSTAINABILITY HOW WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT RESIDENTS HAVING YOU KNOW, NOT ENOUGH NOT ENOUGH BALANCE THERE. AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY TO KIND OF GO WITH THIS. SO THIS IS A DIFFICULT CHOICE FOR ME, MAYOR. YOU KNOW, HE'S HE'S SENIOR ON THIS AND SO I MEAN I JUST YOU KNOW, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. AND SO YEAH, IF I HAD A CHOICE AND IF I WAS FORCED TO MAKE A VOTE, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO SUPPORT HIM FOR THAT FOR THOSE VERY REASONS I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT SHE'S GOT THIS APPOINTMENT BUT AND THEN YOU KNOW FINALLY WHAT I'LL SAY THERE IS YEAH WE CAN YOU KNOW YOU CAN HANDLE THE KNOCK AND THEN I'M ALSO WILLING TO GO UP THE THE I DON'T WANT TO BE THE ALTERNATE ON THE KNOCK ANYMORE I THINK IT'S TIME FOR AGAIN SOMEBODY ELSE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND WITH THAT AND MOVE THAT ON SO I THINK IT'S TIME I'M TRYING TO CONCENTRATE ON A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU'RE KIND OF MOVING FORWARD BUT SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR HER TO TO SERVE ON THE KNOCK WHICH I THINK WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY ISRAELI ALTERNATE OR THE PRIMARY IN THAT SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. I THINK EVERYBODY'S HAD THEIR SAY. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION HERE. ALL RIGHT. SO I JUST ASK I ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY EVERYBODY FOR EVERYBODY MY TERM IS NOT UP ON THE TREE SO WE'RE NOT APPOINTING ME AGAIN JUST SO IT'S NOT IN THE MOTION TO SO EVERYBODY KNOWS. SO I WOULD MOVE TO APPOINT COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON TO THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN AND FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TWO TERMS COINCIDING WITH THEIR TERMS AND ELECTED OFFICE ON SECOND GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPOINT COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON TO THE HRA BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED NO I WAS A CHAIR ON THE IT'S ALSO 5151. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT DISCUSSION COUNCIL I DO APPRECIATE THAT AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 512 WHICH IS THE PORT AUTHORITY BOARD APPOINTMENT. THIS OFFICIALLY IS AN APPOINTMENT OF THE MAYOR BUT THE COUNCIL HAS ALWAYS APPROVED OF OR SANCTIONED OR GIVEN THE BIG THUMBS UP FOR THE APPOINTMENT THE APPOINTMENTS OF THE MAYOR. SO I CURRENTLY I SERVE ON THE ON THE PORT AUTHORITY AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SERVES ON THE PORT AUTHORITY AND YOU WISH TO CONTINUE COUNCILMEMBER NELSON VERY GOOD AND I THINK THE THE MOTION HERE AS IT'S WRITTEN IS THAT THE CORRECT DATE? I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER. MR. WALKER YES. MAYOR RIGHT NOW THE THE TERMS HAVE BEEN SIX YEARS BUT OF COURSE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE FOUR YEAR TERMS. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF AS WE DISCUSS THIS TODAY WOULD TO AMEND THE MOTION MAYOR SUCH THAT YOUR TERM WOULD BE FOR TWO YEARS SO WE COULD GET THAT LINED UP WITH THE NEXT MAYORAL ELECTION CYCLE AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER NELSON HAVING JUST BEEN SWORN IN AGAIN A FOUR YEAR TERM VERY GOOD THAT MAKE SENSE COUNCIL SO COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CONSENT TO THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT OF MYSELF, MAYOR BOSSIE TO THE PORT AUTHORITY AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO THE PORT AUTHORITY WITH THE MAYOR'S TERM DATE OF APPOINTMENT THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2027 AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON'S A TERM OF APPOINTMENT THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2029. I WOULD LOOK FOR THAT MOTION SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE PORT AUTHORITY AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND 513 IS THE I FOR 94 CORRIDOR COMMISSION APPOINTMENT. THIS IS THE OTHER ONE THAT I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO IS THE REPRESENTATIVE AND WHO'S THE ALTERNATE AGAIN AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS WHAT ARE WE THINKING? COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO CAN NOT HERE I MEAN YEAH THAT'S THE DANGER. OKAY. OKAY COUNCIL THEN I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPOINT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AS THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS AS THE ALTERNATE AND KIM BERGERON IS THE STAFF REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 30TH TO THE 494 CORRIDOR COMMISSION TO FILL TERMS EXPIRING ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2026. SO OF FOR MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE 494 CORRIDOR COMMISSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO ITEM 5.14 IS THE STATE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE THE APPOINTMENT THERE HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE SAID THE ACRONYM FOR SHAQ OKAY TO SHAQ THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS THE SHAQ AND COUNCILMEMBER CARTER HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE SHAQ FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW LOOKING FOR REAPPOINTMENT. CURRENT COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I AM HAPPY TO CONTINUE IT IS VERY VERY HEAVY PUBLIC HEALTH FOCUS LIKE IT'S MEETINGS WITH A LOT OF LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH FROM ACROSS THE STATE AND OBVIOUSLY I DO HAVE MY MASTER'S IN PUBLIC HEALTH THAT'S MY BACKGROUND. IF SOMEBODY ELSE WERE INTERESTED I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND I JUST WILL. I'M JUST WARNING EVERYBODY IT'S VERY PUBLIC HEALTH E I DON'T THINK YOU SAW THAT VERY WELL THERE. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER YEAH. WITH THAT BEING SAID I'M TAKING THAT AS A NO. ONE STEPPING FORWARD SO COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR AN APPOINT A MOTION TO APPOINT COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AS THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE AND OUR PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR DR. NICK KELLY IS THE ALTERNATE TO THE STATE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO FILL TERMS EXPIRING DECEMBER 31ST, 2026 SO MOVED AND FOR A SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MEMBER ROBERTS AND COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY YOU KNOW AS AN OPPORTUNITY OF OF SERVING THE OTHER HEALTH THING THAT ONE IS HEAVY VERY VERY HEAVY YOU KNOW NO JOKE ABOUT THAT SO YEAH IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT YOU KNOW JUST KEEP DOING IT. I WOULD VOLUNTEER BUT NOT ONLY IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT I DON'T LIKE WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS THAT IN 5.14 AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND 5.15 IS APPOINTMENTS TO THE BLOOMINGTON MINNESOTA TRAVEL AND TOURISM BOARD. CURRENTLY MYSELF AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SERVE ON THE BMO THIS IS ALSO THIS WAS USED TO BE THE WHAT WAS THE OLD ACRONYM I CAN'T RECALL ANY MORE COMMUNITY YEAH CONVENTION VISITORS BE CVB YEAH CONVENTION VISITORS BUREAU COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YOU'RE LOOKING TO CONTINUE I'M ASSUMING I AM AS WELL SO COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPOINT MAYOR BUSSE AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND THE ONE STAFF APPOINTMENT WE HAVE TYPICALLY GONE TO THE TO THE CITY MANAGER WE HAD A MISS BARRY BERGERON IN THERE IN THE INTERIM BUT NOW I BELIEVE IT'S APPROPRIATE IF WE APPOINT MR. WALKER AS THAT THIRD MEMBER OF THE BLOOMINGTON TEAM TO THE TRAVEL AND TOURISM BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SO THAT MOTION BEING MAYOR BUSSE COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND CITY MANAGER WALKER I BLANK THERE FOR A SECOND TO THE BLOOMINGTON TRAVEL BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA TRAVEL AND TOURISM BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH ONE YEAR TERMS EXPIRING DECEMBER 31ST, 2026 SO I LIKE TO DIVERSIFY MY INTEREST. >> SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA TRAVEL AND TOURISM BOARD. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND 5.16 IS OUR APPOINTMENT FOR ACTING MAYOR AND THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AROUND HERE BASICALLY BREAK THE ACTING MAYOR ROLE INTO TWO YEAR CHUNKS AND WITH DIFFERENT THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS REPRESENTING A GOOD PORTION OF TIME THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR ACCORDING IN THE YEAR AND FILLING IT AS NECESSARY. IT GIVES EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY AND IT JUST BREAKS IT DOWN. SO THIS YEAR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN WOULD BE APPOINTED JANUARY 20TH, 26 THROUGH APRIL 2026 COUNCILMEMBER NELSON MAY OF 26 TO AUGUST OF 26 D'ALESSANDRO SEPTEMBER 26 TO DECEMBER OF 26TH. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS JANUARY OF 27 THROUGH APRIL OF 27. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER MAY OF 27 TO AUGUST OF 27 AND COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON'S SEPTEMBER OF 27 TO DECEMBER OF 27. COUNCILOR, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? IF NOT, I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO FILL THOSE ROLES OF ACTING MAYOR FOR 2026 AND 2027 AS STATED SO MOVED. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTS AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO MAKE THE ACTING MAYOR APPOINTMENTS AS STATED. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND OUR FINAL APPOINTMENT OF THE EVENING COUNCIL ITEM 5.17 OUR COUNCIL SECRETARY APPOINTMENT THIS IS THIS IS AN INTERESTING ONE THAT'S COVERED BY STATE LAW. WE ARE WE ARE REQUIRED TO TO HAVE AN OFFICIAL COUNCIL SECRETARY AND TO MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT PUBLICLY AND WE HAVE A VERY GOOD COUNCIL. SECRETARY PARKER OUR COUNCIL SECRETARY WHO HAS SERVED HOW LONG IN THIS ROLE NOW? ALMOST A YEAR, SIX MONTHS, ALMOST A YEAR. IT'S DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND AN OUTSTANDING HAS DONE OUTSTANDING WORK AND IS UP TO SPEED, GOT UP TO SPEED IN JUST A HEARTBEAT AND IS DOING GREAT WORK. WE ALSO HAVE A GREAT BACK UP AND DENISE CHRISTENSEN, OUR SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR AND EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO COUNCIL IS MAKE THE MOTION TO APPOINT APPOINT REOCCURRING OUR COUNCIL SECRETARY A SECRETARY TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE TERM OF JANUARY 1ST 2026 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2026 AND DENISE CHRISTIANSEN SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER AS THE ACTING SECRETARY WHEN THE SECRETARY IS ABSENT SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENT TO THE COUNCIL SECRETARY POSITION AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THOSE ARE OUR APPOINTMENTS FOR THE YEAR COUNCIL AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AS I SAY THIS THIS IS A JOB THAT GOES BEYOND MONDAY NIGHT AT 11:00. THIS IS A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO BEING A COUNCIL MEMBER AND SERVING THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO STEP UP AND DO THAT SAYS A LOT. SO THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR FOR TAKING ON THESE ROLES AND FOR WE'RE DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB IN DOING SO AS WELL. WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUES UPDATE WE DID NOT HAVE A COUNCIL LISTENING SESSION THIS EVENING. WE HAD A NICE RECEPTION ACTUALLY WELCOMING OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBER AND CONGRATULATING OUR RETURNING COUNCIL MEMBERS SO WE DON'T HAVE A REPORT FROM OUR LISTENING SESSION. OUR COUNCIL POLICY JUST TO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO PERHAPS NOT TONIGHT ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT BUT MAYBE AT OUR NEXT MEETING IF COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN I KNOW YOU'VE I'VE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN STEPPING DOWN ON NARC AND SO IF YOU COULD WE CAN MAKE THAT FORMAL AND MAKE AN INFORMAL APPOINTMENT OF COUNCIL MEMBER RIVAS TO KNOCK WHEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE CONVENIENCE PERHAPS OUR NEXT MEETING MR. WALKER WELL WE'LL WORK TO GET THAT DONE FOR HER. GOOD. THANK YOU. THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE. MR. WALKER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? AS THE CALENDAR FLIPS THE 2026 MAYOR AND COUNCIL ONE OF THE MANY PROJECTS THAT WILL BE INTENSIFYING AS OUR WORK ON OUR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY WITH THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE THIS FRIDAY MORNING WE'RE ACTUALLY HOSTING A LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST TO SHARE OUR LEGISLATIVE PERSPECTIVE AND THE COUNCIL'S ADOPTED POLICY WITH MEMBERS OF OUR LOCAL DELEGATION. AS YOUR SCHEDULES ALLOW, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE AS MANY OF YOU THERE TO MEET WITH YOUR PEERS AND COLLEAGUES IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND HELP AMPLIFY OUR MESSAGE. SO THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT COUNCIL COULD SIGN UP FRIDAY MORNING BRIGHT AND EARLY, BRIGHT AND EARLY COUNSEL ANYTHING ELSE TOO ANYTHING ELSE TO BRING FORWARD? COUNCIL MEMBER LOGAN IF MAYOR I'M NOT LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER TONIGHT I SENT THIS OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER EARLIER TODAY WITH THE POTENTIAL AT THE END OF JANUARY OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN AND WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH HOUSING AND WITH SO MANY OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE KIND OF AT RISK, I'M JUST CURIOUS IF WE HAVE A PLAN OR IF WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD A PLAN, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR WHAT'S ONGOING AND OTHERS YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A NUMBER OF MEMBERS THAT ARE OR ARE USING DAY CARE AND SO IF THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AND THAT'S THAT'S A THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE AND I UNDERSTAND IF THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, IN THE ECONOMY AND IN THE WORKPLACE THEY NEED TO KNOW IF THEY'VE GOT THAT DAY CARE COMING ALONG. SO I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT AND I KNOW WE DID SOME STUFF WITH VEEP EARLIER BUT I WANT TO JUST BE SURE WE'RE I KNOW WE'RE ONLY ONE ENTITY BUT IF THAT GIVE ENOUGH TIME TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT IT IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND TONIGHT OR ANOTHER NIGHT I'LL JUST SAY AT A HIGH LEVEL AND WE'LL WORK TO GET MORE INFORMATION IN THE HANDS OF THE COUNCIL BUT THAT'S THE SITUATION WE'RE MONITORING OBVIOUSLY BLOOMINGTON'S A LEADER IN THIS SPACE AND LOOK TO CONTINUE TO DO SO BUT OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WE'RE KEEPING OUR EYE ON. THANK YOU MR. WALKER AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER WITH THE CONSTANTLY CHANGING LANDSCAPE ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL, I THINK WE COULD FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE MAKE A A FEDERAL UPDATE EITHER PART OF OUR MEETINGS OR PART OF OUR OUR PACKET INFORMATION. I THINK JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS UP TO SPEED ON AT'S GOING ON AND HOW IT'S IMPACTING BLOOMINGTON COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE HAVE APPOINTMENTS LIKE THE ONES WE HAVE TODAY TO AVOID ANY I GUESS ANY MISINTERPRETATION BY THE PUBLIC OF HOW THINGS WORK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN SOME KIND OF A NORMAL WAY OF FOLLOWING SO THAT THE APPOINTMENTS CAN BE FAIR. I DON'T CONSIDER DECENT FAIR IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER. OKAY. JUST AND JUST FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS. SO THAT IS FAIR AND TO YOU KNOW FOR THE SAKE OF LONGEVITY. RIGHT. I'VE BEEN HERE LONGER YOU COULD ASSUME BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE LONGER I WOULD GET THE APPOINTMENT. SO LET'S PUT THAT IN WRITING THAT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU HAVE AND THE LENGTH OF TIME SERVED OR NOT IF YOU ARE QUALIFIED TO TO HEAD OR TO BE PART OF ANY COMMISSION TO BE PART OF IT. BUT LET'S PUT IT ON WRITING OR IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE LONGEVITY LONGEVITY INTO ACCOUNT THAT EVERYTHING IS BASED ON THAT AS WELL. BUT WE NEED TO HAVE IT ON PAPER SO THAT WE HAVE CONSISTENCY. MAYBE WE'RE ALL GONE BY THE TIME YOU KNOW CHANGES DO HAPPEN BUT JUST TO THE PUBLIC HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE WORKS AND YOU KNOW BECAUSE LET'S FACE IT THIS IS NOT GOING TO LOOK GOOD. I CAN TELL YOU ALREADY I ALREADY GOT QUITE A NUMBER OF TEXT MESSAGES AND A FEW EMAILS. IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD REALLY IN IT TO US. TO ME, YES. YOU'RE MORE QUALIFIED. THAT'S WHAT YOU DO FOR YOU KNOW, PART OF YOUR JOB. HEY, THAT'S GREAT. SO I BOUGHT IT FOR YOU BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT THE PUBLIC DOESN'T HAVE THAT DOESN'T SEE THINGS THE WAY WE'D SEE IT FROM THIS VANTAGE POINT. THEY HAVE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND WE'RE HERE TO REPRESENT THE PUBLIC, NOT OURSELVES. SO LET'S PUT IT IN PAPER SO THAT WE CAN IN THE FUTURE BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THIS RIGHT? I FEAR THAT IF WE SEE THERE IS BASED ON INGENUITY OR QUALIFICATIONS EITHER WAY IT WORKS GREAT. IT'S YOU KNOW IT'S A I UNDERSTAND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE HIM OFF LAST YEAR WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE AND YOU AND I DID. RIGHT. WE WE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A GAME . THIS IS YOU KNOW I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO GREAT IN THERE. I JUST YOU KNOW, I JUST HOPE YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE OCCASIONALLY THAT YOU ASK QUESTIONS THAT ARE HARD TO QUESTIONS THERE IS NOT JUST YES ANDUBBER STAMP EVERYTHING. THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ASKED, YOU KNOW. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING PUT ON PAPER SO THAT WE HAD CONSISTENCY IN THE FUTURE SO THAT THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS AND THERE IS AND WE DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU KNOW, WE ARE JUST LEANING ON ONE SIDE OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS HERE AND RIGHT NOW THAT'S THE IMPRESSION THAT PEOPLE GET. THANK YOU. DON'T REMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER EVERSON THANK YOU MAYOR. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT AND I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE COGNIZANT OF HOW THINGS LOOK TO RESIDENTS. RIGHT. THERE'S A REASON THEY VOTED FOR US SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SERVING THEM THE BEST THAT WE CAN SO SINCERELY I'M NOT TRYING TO BE SNARKY. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT AND PERHAPS YOU AND I CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK SOME OF THE GOOD QUESTIONS WOULD BE TO ASK RIGHT? I WOULD BE VERY, VERY OPEN TO HEARING THAT ESPECIALLY AS A NEWBIE THERE MAY BE THINGS I'M UNAWARE OF. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF STUFF SO I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT THING ESPECIALLY FOR RESIDENTS TO HEAR THAT I'M HEARING THE QUESTIONS YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE ASKED RIGHT? AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT I THINK IT'S IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT AND AGAIN THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE STANDING UP FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE REACHING OUT TO YOU RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE GETTING CHECKS AND EMAILS AND THAT'S NEVER EASY. AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE BEING A VOICE FOR THOSE FOLKS BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS BEING HEARD. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR INPUT AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO GIVE ME A SHOT SO THANKS. THANKS. I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I WANT TO BE MAYBE CLARIFY SOME OF MY COMMENTS THAT I MADE SO I DID NOT SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER ROBERTSON IS ONLY THE I GUESS THE WAY THAT I SAID THE WORDS MAYBE WASN'T SUPER CLEAR. IT WASN'T BECAUSE YOU VOTED AGAINST THE LEVY. HONESTLY IT'S BEEN HOW YOU'VE TREATED THE HRA AND WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT SIT ON THAT DEDICATE A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY AND TO SAY THAT THEY JUST GO UP AND RUBBERSTAMP AND LIKE WE HAVE REALLY ROBUST DISCUSSIONS AND SO I JUST FIND IT VERY DISRESPECTFUL TO HRC MEMBERS, TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SITTING ON THAT COMMISSION SOME FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND WHO REALLY DO ASK A LOT OF REALLY HARD QUESTIONS AND TO OUR HRC STAFF WHO WORK REALLY, REALLY HARD TO MAKE DOLLARS STRETCH ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE NEED OUTPACES THE DEMAND JUST LIKE WE SAW FOR VEEP TONIGHT AND YOU VOTED AGAINST THE VETO FUNDING LIKE SO TO ME THERE IS A CLASH OF LIKE WHAT YOU SAY YOU BELIEVE AND THEN WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE HRA AND SO I'M SORRY I JUST HAD TO CLARIFY THAT IT WASN'T I DON'T I THINK IT'S GREAT WHEN WE DISAGREE. I THINK IT MAKES THINGS BETTER AND THAT IS NOT THE WAY I VOTED AGAINST OUR I VOTED FOR DANNY. IT'S BECAUSE OF YOUR APPROACH TO IT AND YOU ARE A COUNCIL MEMBER. YOU DO HAVE LONGEVITY. YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT WITH HRC STAFF AND LEARN ABOUT THE BUDGET AND LEARN ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS BUT INSTEAD OF DOING THAT YOU VOTED NO AGAINST THE LEVY AND TO ME THAT I FELT I FELT DISRESPECTED AS A COUNCIL MEMBER SITTING ON THE HRC BECAUSE OF THE COMMENTS YOU MADE ABOUT HRC MEMBERS AND THE HRA MEMBERS DO FEEL THAT THAT'S WHY WE HAD ONE COME TO OUR LISTENING SESSION TO MEET THE COMMENTS SHE DID. SHE FELT INCREDIBLY DISRESPECTED BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE WORK REALLY HARD AND IT'S A VOLUNTEER ROLE AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD AND WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE IT BACK. WE CAN TAKE IT OFFLINE BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE POINT IT'SOT ABOUT DISAGREEING. IT'S ABOUT DISRESPECTING AND SO THAT'S SOME LEAVE IT IF I MAY RESPOND TO THAT. I DON'T REMEMBER IT IS IS NOT WHAT I SAY IS HOW IS THE PERCEPTION RIGHT. I AM IN A WAY WHATSOEVER TREATED WITH DISRESPECT. I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THE CITY SHOULD BE IN THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING HOUSING FOR EVERYONE THAT NEEDS HOUSING. THIS GOVERNMENT THE STATE, THE COUNTY PROVIDES SERVICES. I AM WORKING ON SHARING AND I WOULD I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING WHAT THEY DO I SAW YOU KNOW I'M NOT SAYING THEY YOU'RE WRONG. I'VE BEEN DIGGING INTO IT. I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU GUYS WHAT I'M DOING BUT I AM AND I JUST WANT TO GET INFORM AND LEARN AS MUCH AS I CAN ABOUT IT BECAUSE I'M CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SEE RESULTS. I DON'T YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF DISPARITY IN HOW WE THINK AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IN, RIGHT TO ME I DON'T I THINK I'VE YOU KNOW, I VOLUNTEERED TO DO THINGS AND NARCONON AND I WAS NOT HERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER TO ME WHETHER PEOPLE KNOW WHAT I DO OR WHAT I DON'T DO AS WE'RE DOING ME AND MY CREATOR . HOWEVER, I AM CURIOUS TO SEE WHERE ALL THAT MONEY GOES IF WE IF WE'RE SPENDING $505 MILLION ON THE AGE OR 8 OR $15 MILLION I KNOW THAT WE GET 8 TO $9 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WE PROVIDE ABOUT $5 MILLION ON TOP OF THAT AND THE COUNTY AND THE STATE COME UP WITH THAT GRANTS AND ALL THAT STUFF. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN TRY TO OPERATE ONLY WITH THE GRANTS AND LIMIT LIMITED OURSELVES IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TAX THE REST OF THE POPULATION TO HELP AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE POPULATION TO A CERTAIN EXTENT ,YEAH. YOU KNOW THAT'S WHERE THEIR POLITICAL VIEWS COME INTO PLAY . I DON'T AGREE THAT WE SHOULD BE PROVIDING YES TO THE PEOPLE THAT I REALLY NEED TO HELP JUST PROVIDE THAT ASSISTANCE AND I HATE TO BRING WHAT I AM GOING TO BRING UP TO THIS TO DO TO MINE RIGHT NOW THE FIASCO WITH THE STATE GOVERNMENT LOSING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OR AID THAT'S I'VE BEEN GETTING EMAILS FROM THE PERSON THAT ACTUALLY GOT THE FEDERAL EDUCATION BILL FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS SINCE I STARTED . I NEVER TOOK IT FOR WHAT IT WAS. I JUST I RAN IT. I LEFT IT ALONE. IF YOU I MUST BE JUST WHEN YOU GARBAGE NOW IS REAL RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHAT WORRIES ME ARE WE SPENDING THE MONEY WHERE WE SHOULD BE SPENDING IT OR ARE WE JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE TO TRY TO FIX SOMETHING WITH MONEY RATHER THAN DOING SOMETHING MORE TANGIBLE THAN JUST THROWING MONEY AT THE ISSUE INSTEAD I REALLY LOOKING DEEP INTO WHAT CAUSES ARE AND FIXING THAT WE CAN'T FIX IT IF WE JUST THROW MONEY AT IT AND TRY TO HELP PEOPLE. LOOK, I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VICTORY. WE SAID THAT THE MONEY WAS GOING TO GO INTO THAT THOSE FUNDS WERE GOING TO BE RETURNED TO THE BUDGET IF WE DIDN'T USE THEM. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING THOUGH THOSE FUNDS WERE SPENT HOW THEY WERE SPENT AND I ASKED FOR THAT. YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE MEETING THAT WE HAD. I VOTED FOR THAT BECAUSE I BUT I ASKED THAT WE WE HAD ALL THIS INFORMATION PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL. I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET AND YET NOW WE PASSED THOSE $150,000 AND WHERE THEY SPENT IF IT HAD BEEN SPENT ALREADY ON PROVIDING SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC, THOSE FUNDS WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE. RIGHT? THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE. IT'S NOT THAT I'M OPPOSED TO IT BY ALL MEANS SEE IF WE IF WE HAVE MORE MANSINGH OTHER PEOPLE LET'S HELP THEM IF WE CAN HELP THEM PERSONALLY LET'S DO IT IS BETTER THAN JUST USING GOVERNMENT FOR THAT IT'S EASY FOR US TO VOTE YES ON EVERYTHING BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SPENDING OUR MONEY. WE'RE SPENDING THE RESIDENTS FUNDS. WE'RE TAXING PEOPLE TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE. WHY DON'T WE HELP OUT OF OUR OWN POCKET INSTEAD SEE HOW WE FEEL. THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE IN RIGHT ? BUT THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE WHERE THE FUNDS GO AT. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE FUNDS WENT OR WHETHER WE SPENT ALL THAT OR NOT. THOSE $250,000 THAT WE VOTED YES ON IN NOVEMBER. RIGHT. I WANT TO I STILL WANT TO SEE IT AND I WILL REQUEST ALL THAT INFORMATION FORMALLY THROUGH AN EMAIL. BUT THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM. IT'S NOT THAT I OPPOSED TO HELP OR THE ASSISTANCE I WANT. I WANT TO SEE A LOT MORE TRANSPARENCY, HOW THAT'S BEING SPENT, HOW IS BEING USED SO THAT WHEN I HAVE QUESTIONS OF THE RESIDENTS MAKING EXPLAINING AND CHANGE THEIR MINDS AND WHAT THEY BELIEVE BECAUSE THAT'S THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF IT OF THIS THING THEY'VE BEEN PART OF THE COUNCIL AND THIS IS A PIECE OF CAKE EXPLAINING THE PUBLIC WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO OR HOW YOU DO IT IS WHAT IS REALLY CHALLENGING. YOU GET SCREAMED AT. YOU GET YOUR FINGER POINTING ON YOUR FACE ALL THE TIME, A FINGER POINTING YOUR FACE ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, BUT STILL IS SATISFYING WHEN YOU'RE GIVING ME INFORMATION THAT YOU KNOW IS TRUTH. I JUST SPLAYING THAT TO THE MAYOR ONLY IT'S VERY SATISFYING TO TELL PEOPLE I EXPLAIN PEOPLE THIS WAY IS HAPPENING. THIS IS WHY THE MONEY'S BEING SPENT THAT WAY AND WHEN YOU TURN AROUND THOSE PEOPLE BELIEVE YOU. THAT'S VERY SATISFYING. BUT IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT I HAD TO DIG THE INFORMATION MYSELF BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEING GIVEN TO ME EITHER. I THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM. I SAID IT TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN A MEMBER TO GET THE INFORMATION. SO I ENCOURAGE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS WHEN YOU HAVE QUESTIONS YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION LIKE I KNOW THE STAFF ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO SIT DOWN AND AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS SO NO QUESTION COUNCIL I THINK WE'VE REACHED THE END OF OUR AGENDA LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIVAS TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO THANKS FOR THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT COUNCIL THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF AND THANKS TO EVERYBODY WATCHING AND PARTICIPATING TONIGHT. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE. >> WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. THANKS