. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME. I WILL CALL THIS BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER TONIGHT IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, 2025. THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO IS JOINING US HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANKS TO EVERYBODY WATCHING ONLINE. WE WILL BEGIN OUR MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO IF YOU ARE ABLE, PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL . ONCE AGAIN, THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. OUR COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I'LL NOTE NOW WE ARE DOWN TO COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE MISSING COUNCIL MEMBER RIVAS AND COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER THIS EVENING SO THERE WILL BE ONLY FIVE OF US THIS EVENING. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS TONIGHT COUNCIL IS TO APPROVE OUR AGENDA OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING INCLUDES ITEM 2.1 UNDER OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS AN UPDATE FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER W GUTEL WHO IS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. THERE SHE IS HIDING HERE BEHIND THE COMPUTER MONITOR AND ITEM 2.2 WE'RE GOING TO BE INTRODUCED TO I THINK 3 OR 4 NEW BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL OR BLOOMINGTON CITY EMPLOYEES . WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO THEN COUNCIL IF YOU ARE AMENABLE TO IT IS MOVE UP ITEM 5.1 ON OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS TO THAT SPOT IN OUR AGENDA. SO AHEAD OF THE CONSENT BUSINESS AFTER ITEM 2.2 WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE, A NUMBER OF CONSULTANTS FROM JD DUNN AND OTHERS ARE HERE WAITING AND TO BE MOST COST EFFECTIVE WITH THEIR TIME. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS MOVE ITEM 5.1 THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER UPDATE AND APPROVAL OF GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE UP TO THAT SPOT IN THE AGENDA AFTER THAT WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA. OUR CONSENT BUSINESS IS PRETTY BEEFY TONIGHT 25 ITEMS ON OUR CONSENT BUSINESS UNDER HEARINGS RESUTIONS AND ORDINANCES. WE HAVE SIX HEARINGS THIS EVENING EXCUSE ME WE HAVE FIVE HEARINGS AND WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ITEM 54.1 IS A DISCUSSION ON THE HEIGHTS HRA PROJECT BOND AWARD RESOLUTION AND ASSESSMENT ROLL AND IN 4.2 IS OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING THAT WILL BE ON THE MINDAT FOR A94 PROJECT AND MUNICIPAL CONSENT ITEM 4.3 A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIRD AVENUE PARKING RESTRICTIONS CHANGE APPEAL FOUR POINT FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING ASSESSMENT RULES FOR A PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ITEM 4.5 A PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO UPDATE THE SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT PLAN. AND SIMILARLY ITEM 4.6 A PUBLIC HEARING ON IN NORMANDY LAKE DISTRICT PLAN AMENDMENT THEN WE GOING ON TO ITEM FIVE ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS WE WOULD HAVE MOVED ITEM 5.1 UP. ITEM 5.2 IS A BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE AND A DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR 2026 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUND BUDGET AND ITEM 5.3 IS A 2026 BUDGET DISCUSSION REGARDING OUR INTERNAL ENTERPRISE SERVICES TEAMS AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND WE WILL WRAP UP AS WE ALWAYS DO WITH OUR COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUES UPDATES, COUNSEL, ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS OR ANYTHING. IN ADDITION TO THE CHANGE THAT I HAVE PROPOSED. IF NOT I WILL MOVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS STATED SECOND AND THE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS STATED WITH THE CHANGES AS NOTED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO AND I WILL MAKE A NOTE COUNCIL AND TO STAFF AND TO ANYBODY ELSE SPEAKING THIS IS A LONG AGENDA. I'M GUESSING WE'RE GOING TO GO PAST 9:00. I WILL ASK YOU TO BE ON POINT WITH YOUR COMMENTS. BE CONCISE WITH YOUR COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL BE GONE WITH ALL OF OUR COMMENTS. AND IF IF YOU'RE FIVE MINUTES INTO A SPEECH AND AN ALTOID HITS YOU IN THE HEAD, THAT'S ME. OKAY? IT'S THAT WOULD BE ME DOING THAT. SO JUST SO WE KNOW WE WILL BE IN OUR MEETING NOW THAT WE HAVE AN AGENDA WITH ITEM 2.1 AN UPDATE FROM OUR HENNEPIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER DEBBIE PATEL. COMMISSIONER, GOOD TELL GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. I KNOW I HAVE A POWERPOINT THAT'S GOING TO BE BROUGHT UP HERE TOO SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY HELLO TO MAYOR POSEY, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TO THE CITY STAFF. THANK YOU ALL OF YOU HERE. COMMISSIONER, COULD I ASK YOU TO PULL A MICROPHONE IN FRONT OF YOU JUST MAKING SURE EVERYBODY C HEAR. HERE YOU GO FOR MY PICKING UP NOW I WANTED TO INTRODUCE KATE NELSON FROM MY OFFICE. YOU HAVE SEEN GRAHAM BEFORE AND GRAHAM STILL WITH OUR OFFICE BUT HE'S OTHERWISE DETAINED AND SO KATE'S FILLING IN FOR HIM. SO WHEN USUALLY WHEN YOU CALL THE OFFICE AND EVERYTHING KATE'S ONE WHO PICKS UP SO YOU GUYS ARE USED TO HEARING HER VOICE. SO NOW YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HER IN THE FLESH. I'M JT HONORED TO BE HERE. I WANT TO THANK YOU AND I'M GOING TO BE BRIEF AND FAST BECAUSE I DON'T DUCK ALTOIDS. REAL QUICKLY, I TOOK THE GLASSES OFF BECAUSE I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO READ. SO FIRST I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO PAUSE AND RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, THE IMMENSE LOSS THAT WE HAD IN THE STATE IN THE REGION, THE EXPERIENCES OF ALL THE VIOLENCE AND THE TARGETED TARGETING OF ELECTED OFFICIALS EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT'S BEEN HARD ON ALL OF US. AND I I'M SURE YOU STILL KNOW ABOUT IT, FEEL IT AND HOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, GRAVELY INJURED BY THE WHOLE TRAUMA THAT GOES ON IN THEIR LIVES. SPEAKER EMERITUS HAUPTMAN WAS A TEXTBOOK DEFINITION OF DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE. SHE HELPED PASS SOME OF THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL LEGISLATION FOR US FOR THE GENERATIONS OF MINNESOTANS TO COME TO THIS WAS YOU KNOW, SHE HAD A GREAT STRENGTH OF CHARACTER AND ABILITY TO LEAD. SHE WAS VERY GENUINE. SHE CARED FOR ALL PEOPLE. HER HUSBAND MARK WAS COMMITTED PARTNER AND FATHER AND SUPPORTED HER EVERY DAY IN HER LIFE AND HER WORK. SO THE LOSS IS JUST FELT THROUGH MINNESOTA AN IMMENSE AND YOU KNOW, MAY SHE REST IN PEACE AND WE REALLY MISS HER A LOT. SENATOR JOHN HOFFMAN AND HIS WIFE YVETTE WHO WERE ALSO TARGETED ARE MIRACULOUSLY ALIVE TODAY AND STILL RECOVERING AND DOING VERY WELL . I HERE I'M TRULY THANKFUL AND IN THE HOPE THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THEM AND THAT THEIR THEIR HEALTH CARE CONTINUES TO GO IN A VERY POSITIVE DIRECTION. I WANT TO THANK OUR FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HENNEPIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE HENNEPIN COUNTY EXAMINER'S OFFICE, EMS AND OUR HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS FOR THEIR SWIFT LIFESAVING ACTIONS. OUR TRAUMA TEAM WAS DOWN THERE THROUGH THE ASCENSION SHOOTING ALL THE TIME IN THE MOST RECENT ACT OF VIOLENCE WE MUST STAND TOGETHER AND THESE KINDS OF THINGS WE HAVE TO DENOUNCE THIS HATE AND VIOLENCE AND THIS EXTREMISM. IT'S POLARIZING EVERYONE AND ALL FORMS OUR TOWN SQUARE, OUR DEBATES MUST RETURN TO A PLACE OF UNDERSTANDING AND CARE AND RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER. I REALLY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THAT. SO I JUST I JUST WANTED TO OPEN WITH THAT STATEMENT. MANY OF YOU KNOW WHO I AM ALREADY ON AIR. I WAS INTRODUCED EARLIER I REPRESENT DISTRICT FIVE IN THE COUNTY ON THE COUNTY BOARD. I'M ALSO THE VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD BUT MOSTLY IT'S BLOOMINGTON WHICH IS MY LARGEST LARGEST CITY SO AND EDEN PRAIRIE RICHFIELD AND ACTUALLY A SMALL SLIVER OF MINNEAPOLIS HERE WHILE THE BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL MAY UNDERSTAND THAT HENNEPIN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DOES MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS DO NOT. THE LEADING COMMON QUESTIONS IS WHAT DOES A COUNTY COMMISSIONER DO WHEN I GET TO THE DOORS OR AT THE TOWN HALLS YOU KNOW HENNEPIN COUNTY FLIES UNDER THE RAD A LOT OF TIMES EVEN THOUGH I COME TO CITIES ON A REGULAR BASIS, YOU KNOW, DESPITE THE FAR REACHING INVESTMENTS WE HAVE MINNESOTA'S THE SECOND LARGEST WE'RE THE SECOND LARGEST GOVERNMENT IN THE STATE. THE HENNEPIN COUNTY COMPARED TO MINNEAPOLIS I MEAN EXCUSE ME TO MINNESOTA. AND SO WE WE GARNER A LOT OF DOLLARS THAT GO TO A SAFETY NET THAT REALLY HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE AND YET VERY LITTLE IS SEEMS TO BE KNOWN ABOUT US. NEXT SLIDE OUR OUR BOARD IS MADE UP OF SEVEN COMMISSIONERS FUNCTION LIKE THE COUNCIL WE STEWARD $3.1 BILLION ANNUAL BUDGET ACROSS A RANGE OF TOPICS INCLUDING HUMAN SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC WORKS AND RESIDENT SERVICES WHICH INCLUDES LIBRARIES AND ELECTIONS. DISPARITY REDUCTION IS A DRIVING PRINCIPLE IN ALL THAT WE DO AND IT'S ANMBEDDED IN ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO AND IN ALL OUR DEPARTMENT IT'S THROUGH OUR AID LIKE YOU HAVE AN HRA WE ALSO STEWARD CONSIDERABLE INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I BELIEVE BLOOMINGTON IS A LEADER AT THIS WE DO THIS ON BEHALF OF THE 1.3 MILLION DIVERSE RESIDENTS. THAT'S 1 IN 5 MINNESOTANS CALLS HENNEPIN COUNTY HOME. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A KIND OF A COOL STATISTIC BUT I LOVE THE GRAPH THAT'S UP HERE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT SHOWS YOU WHERE YOUR DOLLARS ARE GOING SPECIFICALLY INTO THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE COUNTY BOARD APPROVED THE MAXIMUM 2026 PROPERTY LEVY. IT'S 1.13 BILLION WITH ABA7 .79 INCREASE FROM 2025 WITH A TOTAL OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGET OF $3.09 BILLION. RESIDENTS CAN GET CAN ENGAGE IN THE PROCESS THROUGH DEPARTMENT BUDGET HEARINGS ON OUR TRUTH AND OUR TRUTH AND TAXATION HEARING MUCH LIKE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK ARE BROUGHT AND WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET BRIEFINGS AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR UNTIL OUR TRUTH AND TAXATION IN DECEMBER PROPERTY TAXES FUND OVER A THIRD OF THE COUNTY'S BUDGET SUPPORTING ESSENTIAL SERVICES LIKE HEALTH, HOUSING, EDUCATION AND JUSTICE. I ALSO RECOGNIZE THE BURDEN THE TAXES PLACE ON HOMEOWNERS WHICH IS WHY I CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE LOWEST POSSIBLE LEVY WHILE ENSURING WE MAINTAIN THE SERVICES OUR RESIDENTS DEPEND ON. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A BIG PART OF THE WORK WE DO FOR SUPPORT IS A GREAT CREATION OF WHAT WE DO. IT'S IMPORTANT INVESTMENT THAT WE MAKE INTO OUR COMMUNITIES. WE WANT TO INCREASE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR HENNEPIN COUNTY RESIDENTS IN 2024 WE ARE THE PRIMARY FUNDER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WAS HENNEPIN COUNTY. WE AWARDED $19.5 MILLION IN CAPITAL FUNDS TO CREATE AND PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE FUND 23 PROJECTS WITH 1000. I HAVE TO ALWAYS LOOK AT THESE 493 AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS AND TEN PROJECTS TO CREATE 69 AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND FOR THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'LL ALWAYS CALL ME ON THIS A LOT OF THOSE UNITS ARE FULLY ACCESSIBLE UNITS. EACH PROJECT HAS TO HAVE A PERCENTAGE OF FULLY ACCESSIBLE NOT ONLY JUST AFFORDABLE BUT ACCESSIBLE. WE AWARDED GRANTS TOTALING 17.3 MILLION THROUGH OUR LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AID TO HELP RESTORE AND BOOST LOCAL NONPROFIT CAPACITY TO DEVELOP MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THERE'S SO MUCH WORK TO DO IN THIS SPACE BUT WE'RE MAKING REALLY LARGE STRIDES. WE'RE BRINGING DOWN THE COST OF HOUSING AND MAKING MORE ACCESSIBLE RESIDENTS CLOSE TO JOBS CLOSE TO TRANSFER, CLOSE TO GOOD SCHOOLS WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE. NEXT SLIDE. I WANT TO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS THE CITY THAT'S REALLY, REALLY JUST TAKEN ELEVATE AND BROUGHT IT HOME WITH YOUR OWN PROGRAMS THAT YOU DO AND YOU HAVE REALLY GATHERED AROUND THIS GREAT TOOL AND HAD SOME GREAT SUCCESSES HERE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ELEVATE HENNEPIN IS A GREAT RESOURCE BUT SO A PLACE TO GO BUT SO IS THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. THIS HUB HAS IS IS WORKING WITH LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS ALL AROUND HENNEPIN BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THEM RIGHT HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND THERE'S EXPERT ADVISORS AT NO COST. PEOPLE CAN'T BELIEVE THAT NO COST COUNTY PAYS FOR THIS ON A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS AND JUST ONE PIECE OF A BROADER STRATEGY WHERE WE'RE GROWING THE SUPPORT OF THESE ENTREPRENEURS AND THESE BUSINESSES AT EVERY STAGE AS IT'S GETTING HARDER TO FIND JOBS. SOME OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE GREAT IDEAS AND A BUSINESS SOMETIMES IS THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD FOR THEM. THOUSANDS OF BUSINESSES HAVE USED ELEVATE HENNEPIN INCLUDING MORE THAN 3262 ENTREPRENEURS WHO HAVE ACCESSED 41,712 HOURS AT NO COST ONE ON ONE ADVISING TWO COHORTS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES 222 BUSINESSES HAVE LAUNCHED AS A RESULT. AS THESE EFFORTS YOU CAN GET ANYTHING FROM THE HELP WITH ACCOUNTING TO PUTTING UP A WEBSITE TO FILLING OUT PERMITS FORMS, HOW TO DO LICENSING AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT YOU NEED THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE EXPERTISE THE FOLKS AND ELEVATE HAVE THAT FOR YOU NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE EXPANSION OF THE SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM IN HENNEPIN IS A PROGRAM I'D LOVE TO SHARE. IT'S HAVING A GREAT EFFECT. IT'S REALLY HELPING OUR KIDDOS . A RECENT STUDY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN SELF-REPORTED SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AMONG SIXTH TO 12TH GRADE STUDENTS BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS OF OF OURSELVES BUT ALSO OUR GREAT SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE. RESEARCHERS BELIEVE THAT SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES HAVE RESULTED IN 260 FEWER SELF-REPORTED REPORTED SUICIDE ATTEMPTS BY HENNEPIN COUNTY STUDENTS FROM 2004 TO 2024. WE ARE PROVIDING SERVICES TO 6600 STUDENTS YEARLY AND THIS PROGRAM IS IN EVERY DISTRICT AND EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL COUNTY WIDE DESPITE POTENTIAL FUNDING CUTS TO THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND OPEN COUNTY IS COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING THESE ESSENTIAL LIFELINE TYPES OF SERVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HENNEPIN COUNTY IS WORKING TO BUILD OUR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS ACROSS AN ENTIRE CONTINUUM OF CARE. ONE CRUCIAL SPACE WHERE THIS CAN HAPPEN IS DURING POLICE INTERACTIONS. STARTING IN 2019, THE POLICE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER PROGRAM HAS BECOME AN ESSENTIAL NEW RESPONSE METHOD SERVING ALL MUNICIPALITIES IN HENNEPIN COUNTY WITH NEARLY 50 SOCIAL WORKERS. IN 2024 ALONE, BLOOMINGTON POLICE MADE 1046 REFERRALS TO THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER WITH 406 REFERRALS TO A RANGE OF SOCIAL SERVICES. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE A LEADER IN ADDING MORE SERVICES TO THOSE SO I APPLAUD YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK. HENNEPIN COUNTY PROUDLY PARTNERS WITH BLOOMINGTON TO REFER RESIDENTS TO A RANGE OF SOCIAL SERVICES INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH DRUG TREATMENT, HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT. NEXT SLIDE. ESTABLISHED IN 2017 THE CHILD WELL-BEING ADVISORY COMMITTEE I CHAIR THAT COMMITTEE HELPS GUIDE AND ADVISE THE COUNTY STAFF AND UPDATES THE COUNTY BOARD ON PROGRESS TOWARD CHILD SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OUTCOMES. SINCE THIS TIME THE CHILD WELL-BEING ADVISORY HAS SUPPORTED AN ONGOING TRANSFER FORMATION OF COUNTY SERVICES THAT SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN AND OUR FAMILIES ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEM. ESTABLISHED IN 2017 THE CHILD WELL-BEING ADVISORY COMMITTEE HELPS GUIDE AND ADVISE COUNTY STAFF ON UPDATES AND THE COUNTY BOARD ON PROGRESS TOWARD CHILD SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OUTCOMES. A HUGE PROPORTION OF ESSENTIAL PEOPLE THESE PEOPLE FACING WORK AT HENNEPIN COUNTY FALLS AT THE HUMAN SERVICES UMBRELLA. WE MANAGE SUCH LIFE SAVING CARE AS ACCESS AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES REPORTS OF VULNERABLE ADULTS AND CHILDREN ABUSE ECONOMIC SUPPORT, CHILD SUPPORT AND OVERALL WELL-BEING. AS DISCUSSED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THESE THIS IS JUST A GRAPH OF THE FOLKS THAT WE HAVE SERVED IN THE AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE GONE UP SINCE 2020 TO 2024 AND YOU CAN SEE AFTER THE END OF THE PANDEMIC THAT IT HAS SKYROCKETED AND GONE UP. AND THIS ALSO LISTS SOME OF THE GREAT RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE THE COPE STAFF I'VE KNOWN PEOPLE TO USE THE HENNEPIN COUNTY CODE STAFF RIGHT HERE IN BLOOMINGTON BUT ALSO IN MY OWN COMMUNITY OF RICHFIELD AND CALLED THEM MYSELF FOR NEIGHBORS WHEN THEY NEEDED THEM. SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE COOPERATION WE GET AND I KNOW THAT WHEN I SPEAK REGULARLY WITH YOUR POLICE CHIEF AND YOUR STAFF AT THE CITY HOW MUCH THEY LOVE THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKERS SO THEY WILL NOT BE CUT IN THE BUDGET. SO WE WERE ALL PRETTY FORWARD ABOUT THAT. I THINK WE ALL NEEDED THAT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ONE OF THE SPACES WHERE HENNEPIN COUNTY CAN MAKE A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR CITIES AND COMMUNITIES IS THROUGH COMMUNITY GRANTS. HENNEPIN PROVIDES MANY GRANTS BUT SOME OF THE MOST VALUABLE AND AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO OUR PARTNERS ARE FOR TREE CANOPY RESTORATION. YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THESE BUSINESS IN APARTMENT RECYCLING. YOU'VE GOTTEN SOME OF THESE AND YOUTH ACTIVITIES AND CAPITAL GRANTS FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. YOU'VE DONE VERY WELL ON THOSE TOO MIGHT I ADD. SO AND YOU AAYS ARE GOOD TO CALL ME AND LET ME KNOW THESE GRANTS ARE COMING IN SO I CAN MENTION FOR YOU I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT HENNEPIN COUNTY BOARD PASSED YOUR GRANT RECOMMENDATION FOR THE YEAR ON JUNE 10TH AND WE ALLOCATED $10,000 FOR BASKETBALL EQUIPMENT AT THE BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY AND JEFFERSON ACTIVITY CENTERS AS WELL AS 25,000 FOR CHOIR MUSIC AND EQUIPMENT AT KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL AND $7,000 REQUIRING THEATER EQUIPMENT AT OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL. YOU GUYS ARE BUSY. SO NEXT SLIDE YOU KEEP OPENING UP PARKS TO ALL WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GRANTS AND TREES. HERE'S A PICTURE OF ME PLANTING A TREE IN BLOOMINGTON AT HENNEPIN. OUR GOAL IS TO PLANT A MILLION TREES BY 2030 AND I THINK I TALKED ABOUT THIS BUT HERE'S THE UPDATE THIS YEAR COLLABORATING WITH OUR PARTNERS WE ESTIMATE 576,000 TREES WILL HAVE BEEN PLANTED SINCE 2020 BY YEAR END OF 2025. SO WE'RE MAKING A BIG PROGRESS. WE'RE MAKING A DENT IN THAT. SOME OF THE REALLY GREAT THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IN THIS PROGRAM ARE THE $500,000 AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR HEALTHY TREE CANOPY GRANT PROGRAM ANNUALLY TO CITIES SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS, NONPROFITS AND UP TO 50,000 AVAILABLE TO CITIES. SO YOU CAN GO FOR THESE AND SOME OF US ARE COST SHARE PIECES BUT WE ALSO HAVE DISCOUNTED TREES BECAUSE WE HAVE A GRAVEL BED NURSERY FOR TREES TOO SO WE CAN MAKE THIS EXTREMELY COST EFFICIENT FOR YOU. SO I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. SO WE HAVE THE WHOLESALE TREES THAT'S PURCHASE THAT ARE AT THE FAMILY RATE. SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE ARE ALL A MUNICIPAL FAMILY, AREN'T WE? AS WE ARE ALL AWARE, IT'S A CONSTRUCTION SEASON IN MINNESOTA. IT STILL IS. WHILE THIS MIGHT NOT BE OUR FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR BY STAYING INFORMED ON THE RECENT ROAD CLOSURES AND PROJECTS AND TIMELINES YOU WERE ABLE TO REDUCE A LOT OF STRESS RELATED TO THOSE INCONVENIENCES. YES. PORTLAND'S CLOSED RIGHT? THE MEN DOT I AND FOR 94 A PROJECT TAKING PLACE ACROSS THE COMMUNITIES THAT EDINA, BLOOMINGTON AND RICHFIELD HAS EXTENSIVE MULTI-YEAR, MULTIMILLION DOLLAR HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ACTUALLY A PROJECT THAT WILL THAT IS STIMULATING OUR LOCAL AND REGIONAL ECONOMY WITH GOOD PAYING JOBS AND YOU'RE WE'RE GOING TO EVENTUALLY HAVE IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW AND REDUCE CONGESTION BECAUSE OF THIS AND ENHANCE TRAFFIC SAFETY. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TOO. SO JUST STAY UPDATED. AND HENNEPIN COUNTY'S 2025 TRANSPORTATION ACTIVITIES MAP AND IT'S IF YOU SIGNED UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER, THIS IS ALWAYS ON IT SO THAT YOU CAN FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN HENNEPIN COUNTY. SO IF YOU'RE HEADED DOWN SOMEPLACE IN THE METRO AREA AND YOU'RE NOT SURE IT'S GOOD TO CHECK THAT MAP AND THEN KEEP IT REGULARLY UPDATED SO I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. LASTLY, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WE WANTED TO INCLUDE A MAP AND LIST OF SOME OF THE FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE HORIZON. I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THESE. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE COLORED LINES UP THERE BUT ALL THESE PROJECTS CAN BE FOUND ON HENNEPIN COUNTY'S WEBSITE. WE'RE WORKING TIRELESSLY WITH YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO GET THESE PROJECTS OFF THE GROUND AND KEEP THEM GOING. IT'S A GES MAP WHICH IS INTERACTIVE. IT'S REALLY FUN TO USE IF YOU WANT TO GO TRY IT OUT. I WANT TO EXTEND A BIG THANKS IN COLLABORATION BETWEEN BLOOMINGTON AND HENNEPIN COUNTY AND YOU GUYS MAKE IT REALLY EASY TO WORK WITH YOU TO GET THESE IMPROVEMENTS DONE. AND THE LAST SLIDE PLEASE. AND WITH THAT MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'LL TURN THINGS BACK OVER TO YOU AND I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS. WELL COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT AND THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO FOR ALL THE KIND OF A COUNTY BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND DISTRICT FIVE. I KNOW I WAS SITTING HERE NODDING MY HEAD AS YOU WENT THROUGH THINGS LIKE ELEVATE HENNEPIN AND THE ROAD GRANTS AND THE GRANTS THAT YOU'VE HELPED US ACHIEVE AND JUST A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS WHERE WE HAVE ALL WORKED TOGETHER AND WORKED TOGETHER VERY CAREFULLY AND IT IS A PARTNERSHIP AND IT IS IT IS FAMILY. HE KNOWS WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE WORK DONE AND APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OOMINGTON AND AND THE FACT THAT WE SEE YOU CONSTANTLY HERE IN THE CITY. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I APPRECIATE THE THE HANDS ON FACE TO FACE APPROACH THAT YOU BRING TO THE POSITION. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. COUNCILOR ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN. YEAH, JUST A QUICK COMMENT. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THE METROPOLITAN ALLIANCE FOR HEALTHY FAMILIES FOR MANY YEARS AND YOU KNOW THAT WORK WITH ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES ACES IT AND KNOW AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT YOU CHAIR THE CHILDHOOD WELL-BEING ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND I JUST THE THING THAT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN SO IMPORTANT FOR ME AND MAYBE THIS IS MORE OF THE COMMENT PART OF IT IS THE INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR FUTURE BUDGETS AS WE MAKE SURE THOSE CHILDREN ARE PREPARED AND THEY'RE ABLE TO TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR ECONOMY AND TO BE ABLE TO TO REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE COUNTY. I JUST WONDER IF YOU HAVE ANY ANY COMMENTS ON THAT OR ANYTHING THAT THAT WOULD BE YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK AT OUR OUR BUDGET LATER ON TODAY AROUND THOSE THINGS WOULD BE HELPFUL. YOU KNOW LET ME COMMENT YOU KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WORK THAT WE CAN DO WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR PARTNERS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE EVEN MORE PULLED TOGETHER CATCHING EACH OTHER'S BACK TO PULL SOME OF THIS WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TOGETHER ON SOME OF THIS. BUT JUST RECENTLY FINISHED A BIG PROJECT ON THE NATIVE AMERICAN KIDS WHO LARGE DISPROPORTIONAL A NUMBER OF THEM LAND IN CHILD PROTECTION AND IN FOSTER CARE AND WE WANTED TO FIND OUT WHY AND WE GOT A LOT OF ANSWERS FOR SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE DID 18 MONTHS WORTH OF WORK AND NOW WE HAVE A PLAN. WE'RE STARTING THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS AND DWANE, I WOULD INVITE YOU OR SOME OF YOUR STAFF TO COME SIT IN ON ONE OF MY CHILD WELLBEING MEETINGS TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING. WE ARE WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THAT WORK THINKING THAT IT'S GOING TO CARRY OVER INTO OTHER KIDS, YOU KNOW, EVEN NO MATTER WHAT. BUT WE'RE DOING SOME PRETTY INNOVATIVE THINGS WITH VERY LITTLE DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE BUT WE'RE ALSO WE'RE FORTUNATE BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FOUNDATIONS THAT ARE ACTUALLY SUPPORTING SOME OF THIS WORK SO WE HAVE SOME REAL DOLLARS AND THAT AND SO IT MIGHT BE WORTH YOUR WHILE TO COME TALK TO US. YOU KNOW THE ACES FOLKS AND FIND OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND MAYBE THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP TO BE HAD THAT WE'RE NOT DOING. MAYBE THERE'S SOME SYNERGIES. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'LL HAVE TO BE CAREFUL I'M NOT TAKING PORTLAND ON THE WAY UP TO THE MEETING. YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, THANK THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND THANKS AGAIN, COMMISSIONER, FOR BEING HERE. REALLY HAPPY TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS. I IN THE UPDATES THAT YOU GAVE I NOTED I NOTED JUST WELL WANTED TO THANK YOU AND THEN FIND OUT IF THERE'S MORE TO COME ON WORKING AS AN ADVOCATE ON OUR BEHALF WITH THE FOLKS AT METRO TRANSIT. SO YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE OUR PILOT PROGRAM NOW WITH THE METRO MICROSERVICE. I KNOW YOU ADVOCATED FOR THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE THE OBVIOUSLY THE BLUE LINE OR THE ORANGE LINE GOES RIGHT THROUGH BLOOMINGTON WHICH IS GREAT. YOU KNOW, BUT THERE ARE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DOWN SIDES TO FOR EXAMPLE, THE THING THAT IMPACTED PEOPLE IN MY PATCH THE MOST WAS THEY TOOK AWAY THE PARK AND RIDE FUNCTION AT THE ACE THAT KNOCKED AN AMERICAN AREA WHERE YOU COULD GET ON TO THAT ORANGE LINE AND THERE'S SPACE FOR IT AND SO I'M KIND OF CONFUSED BY IT. BUT ANYWAY I WANTED TO JUST GET A SENSE FROM FROM YOU ABOUT HOW HENNEPIN COUNTY AND METRO TRANSIT ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN THE UPCOMING YEAR THAT YOU'D WANT TO SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHT FOR US TO LOOK OUT FOR. WELL, YOU KNOW, I SAID ON THE TAB WITH THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD THAT'S ACTUALLY FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING THAT'S A BOARD AT OUR MPO, THE MAC COUNCIL. IT'S MADE UP OF CITY CITY PEOPLE ELECTED COUNTY FOLKS ELECTEDS AND IT'S MADE UP OF SOME CITIZENS AND SOME EXPERTS IN THE FIELD FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR METRO AREA LIKE THE AIRPORTS AND THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY ON THAT WERE THE ONES WHO LET THOSE DOLLARS. MICRO TRANSIT IS A PIECE OF THE SOLICITATION THAT'S COMING THROUGH AGAIN, IT WILL BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY ASK FOR DOLLARS IN THE FUTURE FOR YOU SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PLAN IT AND START WORKING TOGETHER WITH MET COUNCIL AND WITH THE COUNTY TO FIND OUT WHERE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO GO. BUT WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF PILOTS ON THIS AND NOW YOU'RE ONE OF THE PILOTS I, I DID ADVOCATE FOR YOU SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE IT HERE AND SEE HOW IT WORKS AND EVERYTHING PRELIMINARY DATA ON SOME OF THE PILOTS THAT HAVE ALREADY STARTED IS THAT IT'S IT'S RIDERSHIP IS STILL GROWING AND IT'S POPULAR, VERY POPULARND VERY USED. SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE THIS GOES IF WE WANT TO GO DO MORE OF THAT AND IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL ON WHY THE PARK AND RIDE IS NO LONGER THERE. I DO REMEMBER THAT PARK AND RIDE. I DON'T NOT SURE WHY IT WAS MOVED OUT OF THERE OR IF IT'S GOING TO BE REPLACED WITH SOME OF THE AT SOME OF THE END OF THE CONSTRUCTION OR NOT AND I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION RIGHT NOW BUT I BET YOUR MET COUNCIL ROUGH CUT. MM HMM. MM HMM. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANKS, MAN. I'M JUST GOING TO ASK ONE QUESTION. OH REALLY? MY GOODNESS. BUT FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. GO TELL EVERY TIME THAT I HAVE REACHED OUT TO YOU IF I HAD A RESIDENT THAT NEEDED HELP YOU HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL. YOUR TEAM HAS BEEN HELPFUL AND SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE TO OUR COMMUNITY OR WHATEVER THE THE NEED THAT THEY HAVE THE COUNTY DOES A LOT TO SERVE SO TO SERVE PEOPLE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU CAME HERE TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE WAYS YOU YOU DO THAT CHAIR BUT I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT A SPECIFIC THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE HERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER IN BLOOMINGTON. AND MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS IF WE MODIFIED OUR PLAN AND REDUCE THE IN WAYS THAT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ON NEWTON AVENUE AND PUT MORE TRAFFIC ON PENN AVENUE, WOULD THE COUNTY STILL BE RECEPTIVE TO THAT ENTRANCE EXIT ON PENN AVENUE OR IS THERE A CONCERN ON THAT IF WE PUSH TOO MUCH TRAFFIC TO THAT THAT IT MAY NOT BE WORKABLE ON THAT STREET? WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND THE WHOLE THING IS IS RUNNING THE NUMBERS REALLY MATTERS WHEN YOU DO THOSE KINDS OF TRAFFIC STUDIES AND I REALIZE THAT NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T WANT TO BE IMPACTED TOO. I THINK WHEN I LOOKED AT THE LAST DATA IT WAS LIKE 500 FOOT OF NEWTON WOULD BE IMPACTED BY SOME INCREASE OF TRAFFIC. NOW YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THAT IS A COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE CITY SO YOU MIGHT EXPECT THAT THE CITY WOULD SEE SOME MORE TRAFFIC. I THINK IT'S A I THINK IT'S A GREAT LOCATION AND I HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THIS. I'VE GOTTEN CALLS FROM MY OFFICE TOO ABOUT THIS. BUT I THINK WE SHOULD WE COULD GO BACK WE'RE STILL IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER AVENUES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO WE MAYBE WE LIMIT TERMS OR OR OTHER THINGS TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO IMPACT THEIR TRAFFIC. I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S IT'S SOLID YET. I MEAN I THINK THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR DISCUSSION AND I THINK YOU SHOULD JUST CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION TILL WE FIND OUT WHAT'S BEST. I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THOUGH THAT WE HAVE IS ZERO INJURIES AND ZERO FATALITIES. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT PENN BECAUSE COP CARS JUST GO STER THERE, THEY JUST DO BECAUSE IT'S A BIGGER, WIDER ROAD AND THERE'S JUST MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEAR MISSES OR HITS. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT TRAFFIC SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE AND GETTING TO ZERO DEATHS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY REAL IN OUR FUTURE AND IN FACT WE HAVE A PLAN. WE JUST WENT THROUGH IT. WE JUST OKAYED IT AND IT'S OUT THERE. IT'S ONE OF THOSE GROWING PLANS. I MEAN I'M SURE IT'LL CHANGE BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE DOING TO MAKE CROSSINGS SAFER YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES WITH CARS THOSE ARE THE HIGHEST RISK CATEGORIES. MOTORCYCLES FOLLOWS RIGHT BEHIND THEN THE ACTUAL CRASHES WITH CARS. SO I MEAN I THINK WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT AS A COMMUNITY CENTER. IS IT SAFER FOR PEOPLE TO GO ON SOME OF THE CITY BACK ROADS SO THAT ESPECIALLY OUR KIDDOS RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THESE NEW ELECTRIC BIKES HAVE YOU SEEN THEM RIDING THEM? SOME OF THEM ARE REALLY GOOD SO I DON'T WANT TO BASH THE REALLY GREAT RIDERS AND SOME OF THEM ARE ADULTS AND THEY'RE DOING GREAT AND THEN SOME OF THEM ARE NOT THEY'RE NOT WATCHING OUT, THEY'RE NOT LOOKING AND EVERYTHING. SO WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE BEHAVIOR OF PEOPLE WHEN WE'RE DOING ROADS LIKE THAT AND THAT'S A MAJOR ROAD AND I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT IN THE FUTURE. BUT THE FUTURE ISN'T HERE FOR PENN JUST YET SO WE MAY BE ABLE TO EVEN DO MORE ON THE SAFETY SIDE OF THAT. BUT KEEP TALKING TO THE COUNTY BECAUSE I STILL THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS WE CAN DO AND IT WOULD MAKE IT BETTER FOR THE NEIGHBORS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD . COMMISSIONER GOODELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US AGAIN THIS EVENING. I DIDN'T GET ANYTHING THROWN AT ME NO, TAKE CARE. I EXTEND THAT COURTESY TO YOU KNOW, COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS NOT NECESSARILY CITY ELECTED OFFICIALS WAS EXACTLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM 2.2 OF THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW EMPLOYEES. I'M GOING TO START WITH DR. KELLY IN OUR PUBLIC HEALTH BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC HEALTH HAS A I THINK TWO INTRODUCTIONS TO DO. I BELIEVE IT'S BRING YOUR CHILD TO WORK NIGHT ISN'T IT'S A VERY GOOD GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TWO OF OUR NEWER STAFF. THEY'VE BOTH BEEN WITH US FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW. I'LL START WITH MEGHAN GRUDGINGLY SO MEGHAN COMES TO US WITH A PRETTY EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS AND AND WE WERE ABLE TO ENTICE HER TO COME HERE FROM HELPING RUN THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OF THE MONTICELLO NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. SHE HELPS MANAGE OPERATIONS FOR OUR CITY PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY AND NAVIGATE THAT AND IS SUPER EXCITED. ONE OF THE THRILLING THINGS THAT SHE HIGHLIGHTED IN AN INTERVIEW PROCESS OF HELPING US MOVE TO THIS NEW COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER. SO MARGIE'S A RESIDENT OF CHAMPLIN TWO KIDS DOG AND AN ARDENT VIKINGS FAN. OH HELLO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO BEERE. I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE JOINED OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION FOR THE CITY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS ABUNDANTLY APPARENT WITH THE WORKFORCE HERE ONE EVERYBODY SAYS WHEN ARE YOU MOVING TO BLOOMINGTON? >> AND THE SECOND IS THAT THE WORKERS HERE HAVE RESOUNDING POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND I'M BORN AND RAISED CHAMPLIN RESIDENT SO I HAVE A LOT OF CITY PRIDE AND I THROUGH OSMOSIS I'M LEARNING ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS ALSO DOING SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU. WELCOME. AND THEN ONE OF OUR OTHER STAFF MEMBERS IS RUTH BIDWELL. WE WERE ABLE TO BRING RUTH OVER TO BE WE RECLASSIFIED A POSITION TO BE AN INFORMATIC SPECIALIST. SO INFORMATICS IS REALLY THE SCIENCE BEHIND TAKING DATA AND USING IT TO DRIVE DECISION MAKING AND SO WE GET EXCITED ABOUT THAT IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH WORLD SHE WAS DOING THAT AS A DATA SCIENTIST FOR SOUTH DAKOTA'S PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE JUST THRILLED TO HAVE HER HERE. SHE IS AN ARDENT MOUNTAIN BIKER, HAS TWO LEOPARD GECKOS AT HOME AND LIVES HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. THANK YOU. I'LL JUST BE BRIEF AND SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I'VE BEEN ENJOYING WORKING IN AND LIVING IN BLOOMINGTON FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND EXCITED TO CONTINUE DOING SO. GREAT. WELL WELCOME. I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. THANK YOU. AND DAVE HANSON FROM OUR PARK AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT ALSO HAS A NEW EMPLOYEE TO WELCOME TONIGHT YOU MAY ALL RIGHT HERE. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS MY PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE NATHAN OUR NEWEST MEMBER OF THE PARK MAINTENANCE TEAM. WE ARE HIRED HIM SPECIFICALLY FOR HIS FORESTRY TALENTS. HE COMES TO US WITH DEGREES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AND ENGINEERING AND FOREST AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. HE'S A NASA CERTIFIED ARBORIST WITH WORK EXPERIENCE AS A TRULY LEAD AND PRODUCTION ARBORIST AND A MINNEAPOLIS BASED TREE SERVICE. I GOT TO LOOK AT MY NOTES FOR THIS NEXT PART IN A IN HIS OFF WORK TIME HE VOLUNTEERS FOR THE SUPERIOR HIKING TRAIL ASSOCIATION AND GREEN AGAIN MADAGASCAR THAT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S DEDICATED TO WORKING WITH LOCAL PEOPLE TO RESTORE DEFORESTED LANDS IN MADAGASCAR AND WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO NATHAN TO SAY A LITTLE BIT OF EVENING SO I'LL COME THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON ACTUALLY GREW UP IN BLOOMINGTON IN EAST BLOOMINGTON, WENT TO KENYA HIGH SCHOOL AND OTHER SCHOOLS AND THEN BLOOMINGTON SYSTEM SO EXCITED TO BE BACK IN FAMILIAR TERRITORY AND WORKING WITH A GREAT CREW AND GREAT DEPARTMENT AND GREAT LEADERSHIP. SO THANKS FOR FOR HAVING ME HERE. I'M EXCITED TO DO GOOD WORK FOR THE CITY. GOOD AND LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH SO ALL OF YOU MEGAN, RUTH AND NATHAN I SAY THIS EVERY TIME WE INTRODUCE NEW EMPLOYEES FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU ARE THE FACE OF BLOOMINGTON. THEY THEY MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW GOES AT WHAT GOES ON HERE BUT A LOT OF TIMES THEY WILL RUN INTO YOU IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY WILL SEE YOU BEHIND A DESK. THEY WILL YOUR INTERACTION WITH THEM WILL B WITH WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. AND WITH THAT COMES A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE IT'S IT'S AN EXPECTATION WE HAVE WE HAVE HIGH LEVELS HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU WILL MEET IT WITH FLYING COLORS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND REPRESENTING BLOOMINGTON VERY WELL. SO WELCOME THIS EVENING. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. THANK YOU COUNSEL. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON AND BASED ON THE AGENDA CHANGE THAT WE MADE, WE ARE GOING TO PULL UP RIGHT NOW ITEM 5.1 OUR OWN AGENDA. THIS IS THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER UPDATE AND APPROVAL OF GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE AND KOTORI, OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION IS GOING TO KICK US OFF FOR THIS BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A CAST OF THOUSANDS IF I'M NOT WRONG. SO YOU ARE ME ARE YOU GOOD SO MUCH APPRECIATE IT WHILE THE WHILE THE PRESENTATION IS BEING PULLED UP, I'D LIKE TO JUST GIVE A REALLY QUICK INTRODUCTION OF ALL OF THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY. FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE HIT THE BIGGEST MILESTONE YET FOR THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER. WE HAVE COMPLETED DESIGN DEVELOPMENT. I'M THRILLED TO REPORT THAT THE PROJECT IS ON SCHEDULE AND ON BUDGET. WE TRULY HAVE THE BEST TEAM POSSIBLE ON THIS PROJECT AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. THE FULL TEAM IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT. WE HAVE CAROLYN WOLF FROM TEGRA. WE HAVE ERIN, TIM AND GLENN HERE FROM HCA AND WE HAVE WADE FROM H J ONLINE. WE HAVE JEREMIAH AND BRETT FROM JADE AND WE HAVE MONTI FROM THE SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT GROUP. WE HAVE LEANNE ONLINE FROM PROS CONSULTING AND IN THE AUDIENCE WE HAVE DAKOTA LEAH AND ALISON WARREN TONIGHT WILL BE GIVING YOU A DETAILED UPDATE ON THE PROJECT INCLUDING THE SITE, THE FACILITY, THE OPERATING PROFORMA, THE SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES AND THEN THE PROJECT BUDGET WILL BE SEEKING ACTION TONIGHT FOR A CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR JAY DUNN WHICH WILL SIGNAL THE START OF CONSTRUCTION THIS FALL. AND WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS ARE BEING COMPLETED. SO WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE AARON FOR THE PRESENTATION . THIS IS IN A GOOD SPOT. PERFECT. THANK YOU. I CAN DO IT BEFORE THAT EACH NIGHT THAT WAY. THERE YOU GO. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHERE THE PROJECT IS AT. AS AN SAID, WE'VE JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED 100% D D AND WE ARE MOVING INTO CCDS SO TONIGHT I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR PROJECT CHARTER PROCESS TIMELINE BRIEF SUSTAINABILITY UPDATE AND DESIGN UPDATE SOME CREATIVE PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN I THINK WE HAVE A FEW MORE SPEAKERS AS WELL. SO TO GET RIGHT INTO IT A LOT OF THIS CONTENT YOU'VE SEEN AT 50% D D IN OTHER PRESENTATIONS THIS IS OUR PROJECT CHARTER WHICH WE INCLUDE WITH EVERY PRESENTATION THAT WE GIVE. IT'S KIND OF THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IF YOU WILL WHERE WE'RE AT SOME KEY ELEMENTS ON THIS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER ARE SUSTAINABILITY GOALS YOU KNOW MOVING FORWARD WITH GEOTHERMAL AND PHOTOVOLTAICS AND LEED CERTIFICATION AND THEN OVER ON THE BUDGET SIDE WE ARE HOLDING AT 101.8 AND WITH A $3 MILLION BOND INTEREST INCOME ADDED TO THAT TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET WHICH I BELIEVE THAT WILL BE MENTIONED LATER ON AS WELL MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR PROCESS TIMELINE AS WE'VE SAID, THIS PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE SEEING TONIGHT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF 100% D D WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW AND JUST MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOLLOWING THAT'S. SO FROM A SUSTAINABILITY UPDATE THE UPDATE HIGH LEVEL THE PROJECT IS STILL TRACKING AT 55 POINTS WHICH IS PUTS US AT A LEAD SILVER LEVEL LARGELY I THINK DUE TO THE INCLUSION PHOTOVOLTAICS, GEOTHERMAL ETC. I'M MOVING ON FROM THERE. SO FROM A SITE PLANNING STANDPOINT I THINK MUCH OF THIS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE 50% D D PRESENTATION BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS TO POINT OUT . WE NOW HAVE AN ENTRY TO THE SITE ON PENN AVENUE AND WE HAVE A CROSSING ROAD THAT GOES FROM NEWTON TO PENN. SO WE HAVE ALITY FROM THE PARKING LOT WHICH IS PRIMARILY ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE OF THE SITE. THE L-SHAPED SITE TO CROSS AND ENTER AND EXIT ON BOTH PENN AND NEWTON WHERE THE SEVEN IS UP ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THIS DIAGRAM YOU'LL NOTICE THE TURNAROUND THAT'S FOR LIFE SAFETY VEHICLES ETC. BUT WE'VE CONSOLIDATED THE PENN AVENUE ENTRANCE TO ONE LOCATION TO FACILITATE TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGH THE SITE. THIS DIAGRAM IS REPRESENTATIVE OF BERM AND LANDSCAPE BUFFER THAT WE HAVE ALONG THE PRIMARY EAST SIDE OF OUR PARKING LOT WHICH IS ALONG NEWTON. I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT BUT WE HAVE A ALMOST THREE FOOT BUFFER, A 2.5FT BUFFER AS WELL AS PLANTINGS THAT WILL MATURE TO ANYWHERE FROM 2FT TO 4FT ALONG THAT EDGE. SO IT WILL GIVE US ESSENTIALLY A LIVING SCREEN WALL, IF YOU WILL, OF ABOUT 6 TO 7FT TALL. WE WENT THROUGH ON THE NEWTON SIDE AND WE'LL SEE SOME OTHER IMAGES IN A SECOND HERE AND LOOKED AT THE TIMELINE OF GROWTH KNOWING THAT ON DAY ONE WE'RE NOT GOI TO HAVE MATURE TREES. BUT THIS LOOKS AT THAT PROCESS AND HOW THE PROJECT WILL MATURE AS IT AS IT AGES. SO THESE RENDERINGS THE NEXT I THINK SIX OR SO RENDERINGS SHOW THE DAY ONE LANDSCAPE. SO THIS IS AT 90TH AND NEWTON AND THEN THAT'S THIS IS NOW THE MATURE LANDSCAPE THIS IS ABOUT 20 TO 25 YEARS OUT SHOWING HOW THE BUILDING IN THE SITE WILL CHANGE. THIS IS DAY ONE ALONG NEWTON SO THIS IS THE EAST SIDE OF THE PRIMARY PARKING LOT AND THEN THE MATURE VERSION OF THAT 20 TO 25 YEARS OUT AS WE CONTINUE THIS IS THE SIDEWALK WHICH IS JUST PARALLEL TO THE PARKING LOT ON THE EAST SIDE DAY ONE AND THEN THIS IS THE MATURE TREES AND SHRUBS 20 TO 25 YEARS OUT. SO AS WE KIND OF GO FROM THE BROADER SITE CLOSER INTO THE BUILDING AGAIN WE'VE SHOWN SOME OF THESE ELEMENTS BEFORE BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOUR OF THE PRIMARY EXPERIENTIAL ELEMENTS AROUND THE BUILDING FOR PATRONS AND PEDESTRIANS. ONE IS GREEN PARKING SO WE'VE INCORPORATED BOTH STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS TREE COVERAGE IN THE PARKING LOT, THE PRIMARY PARKING LOT THE ENTRY PLAZA IS REALLY AS WE'LL SEE IN THE PLANS COMING UP IN THE RENDERINGS AN EXTENSION OF THE LOBBY. SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING HARD TO MAKE A PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE THAT STARTS THE MOMENT YOU GET TO THAT ENTRY PLAZA. NUMBER THREE IS STORMWATER INFILTRATION BASINS. YOU'LL NOTICE THE THE LARGEST ONES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SITE. SO ALONG 98TH STREET ONE OF THE KEY FEATURES OF THE PROJECT IS TO USE NATIVE PLANTINGS AND TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT ON SITE AND SURFACE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AS PART OF THE LANDSCAPE ATTITUDE OF THE PROJECT. AND THE NUMBER FOUR THE FITNESS TRAIL WHICH LOOPS AROUND CONNECTING 98TH NEWTON PENN WITH THE ENTRY PLAZA. SO AS WE MOVE INTO THE FLOOR PLANS, MANY OF THESE ELEMENTS ARE AS WE'VE SEEN THEM BEFORE WITH OUR PRIMARY LARGER ELEMENTS OF THE TWO GYMNASIUMS ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER AND THE AUDITORIUM ON THE NORTH WEST CORNER NEAR THE ENTRY PLAZA ON THE SOUTH SIDE. AND YOU CAN SEE WE'VE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED THE CANOPY OR THE PAVILION SPACE OUTSIDE BECAUSE WE REALLY DO FEEL LIKE IT IS AN EXTENSION OF THAT LOBBY. SO ALL OF THAT GOLD COLOR, THE LIGHT YELLOW COLOR IS ALL PUBLIC LOBBY THAT MOVES THROUGH FROM THE ENTRY PASS THROUGH THE CHECK IN DESK AND THEN PAST KIND OF THE MEMBER CHECK IN AREA THE RED COLOR ARE ALL EVENT AND COMMUNITY ROOM SPACES TOWARDS THE END OF FLEXIBILITY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS THREE COMMUNITY ROOMS THAT CAN BE USED FOR PROGRAMING WHICH OPEN UP TO SEAT AS AN EVENT SPACE TO SEAT 200 GUESTS. AND THEN ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE WE HAVE THREE COMMUNITY ROOMS WHICH SERVE TO FACILITATE PROGRAMING AND CAN ALSO BE OPENED UP TO EACH OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH AND IS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IN THE PURPLE AND THE LIGHT PURPLE COLOR AND THEN THE DARK BLUE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS INDOOR PLAY AND THEN THE LIGHT PURPLE NEAR THAT IS A CHILD WATCH AND THE SECOND FLOOR IS DEDICATED TO FITNESS WITH THE DARK ORANGE SPACES BEING FITNESS STUDIOS AND THE LARGEST ONE ON THE RIGHT IS JUST OVER 1000FT AND CAN HOLD ABOUT 30 PEOPLE OR SO IN A CLASS. AND THEN THE LIGHTER ORANGE IS A MIX OF CARDIO EQUIPMENT WEIGHT LIKE LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND THEN THE TRACK THAT GOES AROUND THE THE TWO GYMNASIUMS AS WE'RE MOVING INTO THE MATERIAL PALETTE OF THE BUILDING, WE'VE REALLY TRIED HARD TO MAKE THIS BUILDING KIND OF AN ELEMENTAL AND REFINED PALETTE. SO FROM A COST CONSCIOUS STANDPOINT WE'VE USED THE TEXTURED PRECAST I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN ONE SECOND AS WELL AS WOOD GLASS FOR BOTH BRINGING LIGHT INTO THE BUILDING AS WELL AS GLASS TO PROVIDE CONNECTION BETWEEN SPACES AND TO THE LANDSCAPE WORKING REALLY HARD WITH LIGHT AND TEXTURE FOR THE BUILDING TO BE A BACKDROP TO THE LANDSCAPE AND THEN INCLUDING NATIVE PLANTINGS AND NATIVE LANDSCAPE AS ONE OF THE MATERIALS OF THE PROJECT. SO FROM A PRECAST STANDPOINT I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THIS A LITTLE BIT. WE DID MANY, MANY RIGOROUS STUDIES TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE MAKE MATERIALS LIKE PRECAST REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND CIVIC AND TO STAND OUT FOR THIS PROJECT AND MAKE IT ICONIC. WE LOOKED AT THE SCALE OF THE PRECAST. ONE OF THE THINGS TO NOTE IS THAT TYPICAL TWO FOOT WIDE PRECAST FORM LINER MODULE. SO WE HAVE A CUSTOM FORM LINER THAT CREATES THIS REALLY SOFT EDGED SCALLOPED PATTERN ON THE PRECAST. SO AS THE LIGHT COMES AROUND THE BUILDING IN THE MORNING, EVENING, SUMMER, WINTER YOU GET THESE REALLY BEAUTIFUL SOFT CAST SHADOWS ACROSS IT AND WHEN LOOKING AT THE MODULE WE WANTED SOMETHING THAT HAD BOTH SOME PREDOMINANCE ON 90TH STREET AS WELL AS WHEN WE MOVE AROUND TO MORE PEDESTRIAN SCALE SPACES LIKE THE THE ENTRY PLAZA IT HAD A SCALE THAT WAS MORE HUMAN BUT ALSO HAD KIND OF A CIVIC PRESENCE TO IT. THAT'S KIND OF THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PRECAST. SO THE NEXT IMAGES ARE KIND OF WALKING AROUND THE BUILDING TO SHOW THE BUILDING AT VARIOUS ANGLES. SO THIS IS 90TH AND NEWTON LOOKING SOUTHWEST SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE STORMWATER NATIVE PLANTINGS IN THE FOREGROUND AND HOW THE BUILDING ITSELF IS KIND OF BEING USED AS A BACKDROP TO THE LANDSCAPE AND TO SHADE AND SHADOW AT THE CORNER OF 90TH AND PENN. AGAIN, THE WINDOWS THAT WE HAVE COMING OUT OF THE NATATORIUM WHICH ALLOW PEOPLE TO KIND OF JUT OUT INTO THE LANDSCAPE AND THEN THE TEXTURE OF THE PRECAST ACROSS THAT NORTH FACE. THIS IS THE MAIN ENTRY IN THE MAIN ENTRY PLAZA WHERE THE WALKING TRAIL KIND OF COMES ACROSS AND YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A CANOPY AREA THERE PROVIDING SPACES FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE AT THE CAFE OR IN THE LOBBY TO COME OUTSIDE DURING THOSE MONTHS WHEN WE CAN BE OUTSIDE FROM AN INTERIOR PALETTE STANDPOINT WE'VE PULLED A LOT FROM BOTH THE LANDSCAPE AS WELL AS THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING SO BRINGING IN LOTS OF NATURAL COLORS, THINKING FROM A KIND OF BIOPHILIC OR LANDSCAPE STANDPOINT RELATIVE TO TEXTURES BOTH TEXTURES AND CONCRETE TEXTURES AND GROUND MATERIALS PATTERN ETC. AND BRINGING THAT INTO THE BUILDING. SO THIS IS A VIEW OF THE LOBBY AND CHECK IN DESK AREA WHERE WE HAVE A WOOD CEILING AND KIND OF A BEAUTIFUL AGGREGATE FLOOR AND WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON PROVIDING CONNECTION CONNECTION OFF TO THE LEFT WHICH IS TO THE CAFE SPACE IN THE IN THE MAIN LOBBY AND STRAIGHT AHEAD PAST THE CHECK IN DESK INTO THE GYMNASIUM AND UP THE STAIR TO THE CARDIOVASCULAR AREA IN THE TRACK. THIS IS OUR MULTIPURPOSE EVENT SPACE. THIS IS SHOWING IT FULLY OPEN AND THIS IS THE CONFIGURATION THAT CAN SEAT 200 PEOPLE FOR AN EVENT. NOW WE HAVE AMPLE WINDOWS TO THE SOUTH OPENING UP TO THE GARDENS, THE GYMNASIUM AND LOBBY. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CONNECTIONS VISUALLY INSIDE WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO CONNECT PLACES LIKE THE LOBBY TO THE ACTIVE SPACES LIKE THE GYMNASIUM IN THE RUNNING TRACK ABOVE. AS WE MOVE INTO THE GYMNASIUM YOU CAN SEE THAT RUNNING TRACK COMING ACROSS AND AROUND THE THE TWO GYMNASIUMS AND PAST THESE WINDOWS THAT JUTTED OUT INTO THE LANDSCAPE. SO WE'RE REALLY THINKING HARD ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN AND THE PATRON EXPERIENCE AT DIFFERENT MOMENTS IN THE PROJECT. THIS IS THE VIEW AT THE TOP OF THE STAIR SO YOU CAN SEE OFF TO THE LEFT INTO THE GYMNASIUM THE RUNNING TRACK AND OFF TO THE RIGHT DOWN INTO THE LOBBY AND INTO THE STUDIOS. SO WE'RE REALLY AGAIN TRYING TO MAKE A LOT OF VISUAL CONNECTIONS IN THE BUILDING AND THIS IS A VIEW OF THE AUDITORIUM AGAIN WITH THE WINDOWS LOOKING OUT TO THE NORTH TO THE STORM WATER RETENTION AND THE NATIVE PLANTINGS AND THEN AFTER THE SOUTH BRINGING LIGHT IN. SO THAT'S A WALK AROUND THE BUILDING, THE EXTERIOR AND THE INTERIOR. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS RELATIVE TO CREATIVE PLACEMAKING. SO THE BLOOMINGTON TEAM THE DESIGN TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH CREATIVE PLACEMAKING TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PROJECT THAT COULD HELP TO ELEVATE THE PATRON EXPERIENCE AND CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY. SO ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT CLOSELY ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MURALS SO THIS IS THE 98TH STREET FACADE WHICH WE KIND OF PARALLEL AND COME DOWN 90 DAYS AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MURALS ON THE NORTHWEST IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE BUILDING IN A SIMILAR POSITION TO WHERE WE HAVE WHERE THERE'S A MURAL AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS. SO IT UP THERE AND SO IT'S KIND OF CONTINUING THAT LANGUAGE DOWN 98TH FROM CIVIC PLAZA TO THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER THIS SHOWS THE CORNER OF 90TH AND PENN AND ONE OTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT WITH CREATIVE PLACEMAKING AND THIS INCLUSION OF THE WALKING TRAIL AROUND THE PROJECT OR OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE SCULPTURE WITH LOCAL ARTISTS PROVIDING SCULPTURE AND HAVING IDENTIFICATION SIGNS ETC. SO SOMETHING ADDITIVE TO THAT PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE AND NEXT STEPS. SO WE ARE HERE TONIGHT COUNCIL UPDATE TOMORROW WE HAVE A GROUNDBREAKING EVENT AND LATER ON IN OCTOBER I BELIEVE WE'RE COMMENCING THE CREEKSIDE DEMOLITION DEMOLITION AND ONCE WE MOVE INTO NOVEMBER THAT DEMOLITION WILL BE COMPLETE SITE CLEARING WILL BEGIN AND CONSTRUCTION WILL COMMENCE. SO THAT'S THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE SCHEDULE. AND NOW I THINK THIS IS ON TO LEON LEON YEAH , GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL FIRST CONSULTING WAS INVOLVED WITH WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE ARCHITECTS AND THE STAFF AND DEVELOPING A PROGRAM PLAN FOR THE BUILDING AND THE PERFORMANCE BUILT AROUND A SET OF ASSUMPTIONS BASED ON HOURS OF OPERATION AND STAFFING REQUIREMENTS PROGRAMS AND HOW PROGRAMS BASICALLY AND ENERGIZED THE SPACES IN THE BUILDING. AND THE GOAL HERE WAS SETTING THAT 70% OF THE BUILDING WILL BE PROGRAMED AT ANY ONE TIME OR WORKING OFF OF 105 HOURS A WEEK THAT THE BUILDING WOULD BE OPEN. AND AS YOU CAN SEE THAT REVENUE KIND OF RAMPS UP FROM THE START OF IT BECAUSE AS PEOPLE LEARN TO KNOW HOW TO USE THE PROGRAM IN THE BUILDING AS WELL AS WHETHER THEY WANT TO ACTIVATE SPACES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT, EACH ONE OF THESE REVENUE SOURCES DRIVE ENERGY INTO THE BUILDING BUT THEY ALSO PROVIDE REVENUE TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE WHICH WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR GOALS OF OUR WORK. CURRENTLY THIS BUILDING HAS THE CAPACITY AND CAPABILITY OF ACHIEVING MORE THAN 100% COST RECOVERY SO IT'S NOT A BURDEN ON THE TAXPAYERS BUT IT BASICALLY DEMONSTRATES THAT THE VALUE OF THE SPACES AND HOW PEOPLE WILL REACT TO THEM AND USE THEM AND I THINK THIS BUILDING HAS AN ENORMOUS CAPABILITY OF BEING A REALLY, REALLY CENTERPIECE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BRING A LOT OF DIFFERENT AGE SEGMENTS TO THE BUILDING AND PEOPLE CAN REALLY ENJOY THE SERVICES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. AGAIN, OUR WORK WITH THE WORK WITH THE STAFF ON HOW THEY PROGRAM THEIR BUILDING AND OUR WORK WAS TO TIE TO THE ARCHITECTS AND HOW THE BUILDING BASICALLY GETS SHAPED AND DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE THE MAXIMUM VALUE OF PROGRAMING USE . >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BUT THAT'S IT ON MY PART. CAN WE MOVE ON ? NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. >> NOT QUITE AS TALL AS THEIR GOOD EVENING AMERICANS SO MEMBERS THE NEXT SLIDE THAT WE HAVE IS TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT BUDGET IN RECENT MEETINGS WE'VE PROVIDED JUST A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY THAT WE ARE TRACKING ON BUDGET TONIGHT WE WANTED TO DIVE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE ARE LOOKING TO MOVE FOR THE G DON IN THEIR GMP AMENDMENT SO WE TUMOR SITES YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO AS ERIN HAD MENTIONED OUR PROJECT BUDGET THE 101.8 IS WHAT WE HAD STARTED WITH. WE ARE TRACKING APPROXIMATELY $3 MILLION OF INTEREST EARNED ON BOND PROCEEDS FOR THE PROJECT. SO OUR PROJECT BUDGET IS 104.8 WITHIN THAT PROJECT BUDGET WE BREAK IT DOWN WITH SOFT COSTS, HARD COSTS AND CONTINGENCIES. SO WITHIN THE SOFT COST THAT IS THE DESIGN FEES, CONSULTANT FEES, FURNITURE EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE PROCURED BY THE CITY. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT YOU WOULD TAKE A BUILDING, TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN AND SHAKE IT EVERYTHING THAT COMES OUT IS YOUR FFO SO THAT FFG IS WHAT WILL BE PROCURED SPECIFICALLY BY THE CITY WITHIN THE HARD COURSE WE HAVE THE HARD CONSTRUCTION COSTS SO THE CONTRACT WITH G DONE THAT IS PART OF THE HARD COSTS THE CREEK SIDE ABATEMENT THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE ON SITE RIGHT NOW AND THEN ALL SITE INSPECTION MATERIAL TESTING AND PERMITTING FEES ARE ALL PART OF THAT HARD COST BUDGET . YOU WILL SEE THAT THESE BUCKETS ARE STILL WITHIN RANGES. WE ARE NOT DONE FINALIZING OUR BUDGET. WE PROBABLY WON'T BE DONE UNTIL THE DAY THAT WE TURN OVER THE BUILDING. THINGS CONTINUE TO CHANGE AND EVOLVE BUT AS WE WORK THROUGH DESIGN AND BETTER UNDERSTAND THE BUILDING WE CAN START SHRINKING THOSE RANGES AND BE MORE PROXIMATE WITHIN OUR BUDGET. THE LAST BUCKET IS PROJECT CONTINGENCIES AND ESCALATION SO AS WE KNOW OUR MARKET IS PRETTY VOLATILE. WE CAN'T PREDICT THE FUTURE OF WHAT MATERIAL PRICES MAY BE IN THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF LABOR ESCALATION AND ANY UNKNOWN SCENARIOS THAT WE MAY RUN INTO. SO WE KEEP THAT BUCKET OF CONTINGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. WE WILL START TO SCALE THAT BACK TO AS WE GET THROUGH SOME OF THE MORE MAJOR CONSTRUCTION MILESTONES WE'LL START TO NARROW THOSE NUMBERS DOWN AND PUT THEM BACK INTO THE PROJECT . SO THAT'S JUST A HIGH LEVEL VIEW OF WHAT BUCKETS ARE WITHIN THAT OVERALL PROJECT BUDGET. SEE IF I CAN CLICK THIS WORK. WE HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE RELATED TO BUDGET. SO BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING WOULD BE THE MOTION TO APPROVE J DUNS GMP AMENDMENT IN JULY COUNCIL APPROVED G E DUNNE'S CONTRACTITHIN THAT CONTRACT IT INCLUDED $225,000 FOR PRE-CONSTRUCTION PART OF THE PROCESS WITH CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT RISK WHICH IS A CONTRACT THAT THE CITY HAS HAS DONE IS TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT SO THE LANGUAGE IN WHICH THEY WILL BE WORKING WITH THE CITY EARLY AND PART OF THAT IS PRE-CONSTRUCTION SO THAT THEY CAN HELP THE DESIGN TEAM AND THE CITY WORK THROUGH CONSTRUCT ABILITY SCHEDULE WHICH JOHN HAS BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST SIX PLUS MONTHS AND COME TO THE THE CONCLUSION ON WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT TO PUT IN FRONT OF THE TEAM THE GMP AMENDMENT SO THIS WILL AMEND THEIR EXISTING CONTRACT WITH THE CITY FOR THE COST TO CONSTRUCT THE BUILDING SO WITHIN THAT GMP AMENDMENT G DONE HAS ESTIMATED ID MATERIALS AND LABOR REQUIRED TO BUILD THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER BECAUSE OF THE TAX EXEMPT STATUS OF THE CITY. WE HAVE A PURCHASING AGENT AGREEMENT WHICH IS THE MATERIAL PORTION OF THE CONTRACT AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MILLION AND THEN THE GMP AMENDMENT WHICH IS THE LABOR PORTION AT APPROXIMATELY 46 MILLION. SO IN TOTALITY THE GMP AMENDMENT ONE WILL BE $82,157,823. SO THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION BUT AGAIN WITHIN THAT GMP AMENDMENT IS THE COST TO PURCHASE AND BUILD THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER OUTSIDE OF THAT IS THE ITEMS I MENTIONED BEFORE YOUR FURNITURE FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT KITCHEN EQUIPMENT, FITNESS EQUIPMENT, ARTWORK AGAIN THINGS THAT WOULD FALL OUT OF THE BUILDING IS OUTSIDE OF J. DUNN'S AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE AND THEN ALSO OUTSIDE OF THAT AMENDMENT ONE IS 5% OF CONTINGENCY THAT WOULD BE HELD BY THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO THAT IS FOR UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS. ANY SCHEDULE IMPACTS ESCALATE AGAIN LIKE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT EARLIER AS THEY WORK WITH EACH YEAR TO CONTINUE THE DESIGN WE CAN START REDUCING THOSE CONTINGENCY DOLLARS BECAUSE THOSE UNKNOWNS ARE HOPEFULLY CROSSED OFF THE LIST. WE'RE PURCHASING THE MATERIAL SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT COST IS AND WE CAN START REDUCING THAT OVERALL CONTINGENCY. SO THAT WAS A LOT TO PUT IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS ALL IN ONE EVENING BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE PROCESS. CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT RISK IS NEW FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE TRY TO SPELL IT OUT AS AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE AS ARE ENTERING INTO THIS CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH DONE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THAT IS IT FOR OUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. WE HAVE A MOTION IN FRONT OF YOU AND THE ENTIRE TEAM WOULD BE HAPPY TO STAND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. >> WELL, THANK YOU. WHEN YOU SAY THAT IS IT IT'S LIKE WELL, THAT'S ALL THAT'S ALL. >> SO APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION AND THE CLEAR EXPLANATION ABOUT CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK BECAUSE YES, IT CAN BE A LITTLE COMPLICATED SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND ALSO THAT THE THE DETAIL ABOUT THE DESIGN ITSELF THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING BITS AND PIECES OF IT AND TO SEE IT ALL TOGETHER AT ONCE I THINK IS VERY HELPFUL BOTH THE INTERIOR AND THE EXTERIOR AND THE SITE PLAN. IT HAS BEEN I THINK A JOURNEY TO GET HERE BUT I THINK IT'S IT'S A GOOD JOURNEY AND I THINK WE'VE GOT A GOOD OUTCOME IN FRONT OF US. COUNCIL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER BOWMAN. >> COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU. I'M I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHETHER THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO AND I, I REALIZE THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR BUDGET DOLLARS HERE SO I'M NOT NECESSARILY TRYING TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY OR OFFER MORE MONEY BUT WHAT I SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE THAT WE'VE HAD ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS ABOUT IS THE IMPACT ON THE THE SMALL NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW WE'RE DOING AS MITIGATING FACTOR IS TO PROVIDE THAT BERM AND EVERYTHING TO PROVIDE SOME SHIELDING, NATURAL SHIELDING BUT TOE TO 25 YEARS FROM NOW I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US TRY TO ACCELERATE THAT. CAN WE BUY BIGGER TREES? CAN WE DO SOMETHING THAT MOVES ACCELERATE THAT TIMELINE UP SO THAT THEY GET A BENEFIT FROM ALL THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS IN AN A MUCH FASTER WAY? NOW I REALIZE AGAIN THAT'S MONEY SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT TO BUT I'D LOVE TO JUST SAY CAN WE CAN WE LOOK AT HOW WHAT CAN WE DO IF ANYTHING TO TO TO ACCELERATE. I KNOW WE CAN'T MAKE THINGS GROW FASTER SO USUALLY YOU HAVE TO BUY THEM BIGGER AND I AND I GET THAT BUT ANY ANYTHING ALONG THERE OBVIOUSLY COMMISSIONER GOODELL WAS HERE EARLIER AND TALKED ABOUT THE HENNEPIN COUNTY'S GRAVEL NURSERY AVAILABILITY WE HAVE AN ENTIRE FORESTRY DEPARTMENT NOW. WE'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY IF WE CAN. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT DONE SO WE CAN GET MORE MAITRI MORE MATURE TREES ON THAT BERM FASTER TO ACCOMMODATE AS RESIDENTS BUT THAT'S IT. OTHERWISE I APPRECIATE IT AND I ASSUME THAT THAT'S A ROUNDING ERROR IN THE BIG SCHEME OF THINGS HERE ANYWAY THAT I'M ASKING ABOUT. THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN. THANK YOU VERY. YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO THANK THE STAFF FOR WHAT THEY HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY. YOU KNOW, THREE DIFFERENT TIMES WE'VE WE'VE BEEN DOWN THIS PATHWAY OR MORE BUT I HEARD CONFIRMATION THAT ALL MAJOR SCOPE OF WORK AND SPECIFICATION INS ARE FULLY INCORPORATED INTO THAT GMP AND I FEEL PRETTY ASSURED THAT WE'VE GOT A 5% CONTINGENCY THAT'S SUFFICIENT TO BUFFER US . I'VE ALSO HEARD THAT THE THE 5.1 MILLION IN REVENUE IS ON TRACK AND IN CERTAINLY I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS THAT I'LL THROW YOUR WAY AFTER WE'RE DONE HERE AND SO I GUESS WHERE I LEAVE MYSELF TODAY THEN MAYOR IS AROUND MY COLLEAGUES HAVE RAISED TWO IS AROUND THE MITIGATION PORTION OF IT AND I DON'T WANT TO OPEN THAT THAT OPEN TODAY AND I'M JUST HOPING THAT WE CAN BE INNOVATIVE AND EARMARK SOME OF THESE FUNDS HERE TO REALLY BE SERIOUS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO MITIGATE THOSE FOLKS AND FIND SOME INNOVATION THAT MAY MAKE THINGS WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO. AND I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU DO THAT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE QUICKLY OR EASILY. SO I KNOW WE'VE GOT A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AND SO WITH THAT I AM PREPARED TO SUPPORT THIS AND MOVE THIS FORWARD SO I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TIMELINE ON THIS AND I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING BOTH THINGS. AND COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS TIME I MAY HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT FIRST I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ABOUT THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE BUT THEN THERE'S AN ESCALATION CLAUSE. IF THERE'S A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM, HOW IS THE ESCALATION ? YEAH, I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. SO THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE IS BASED OFF OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM EACH YEAR THE HUNDRED PERCENT DEEDS AND THE DON HAS USED THEIR ESTIMATIN TEAM TO FILL IN SOME OF THE UNKNOWN PORTION OF THE DESIGN TO DATE AND WHAT THEY HAVE NOT DONE IS THEY HAVE NOT PURCHASED ALL OF THE MATERIAL REQUIRED TO BUILD THE BUILDING AT THIS TIME. ONCE WE GET IN TO THE NEXT PHASE OF DESIGN THEY WILL HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO PURCHASE THE BALANCE OF THE MATERIAL. SO UNFORTUNATELY THEY THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT ALL THOSE MATERIALS WILL COST UNTIL THEY ARE GOING OUT TO THE MARKET TO TO PURCHASE THOSE. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR CANDOR BECAUSE AS MY CONCERN IS TO MY UNDERSTANDING FROM WHAT I READ ONLY 20% HAS ACTUALLY BEEN QUOTED COSTED OUT 80% IS THERE. SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS THAT IT'S A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE. THEY'RE AT RISK BUT I FEEL LIKE THE CITY'S AT RISK THAT THOSE THINGS MAY CHANGE AND THAT WE MAY BE ON THE HOOK FOR THEM AND THAT'S MY CONCERN IN TERMS AND I ALSO I'LL BE CANDID I DON'T HAVE THE CONTRACT SO I WASN'T ABLE TO READ THESE CLAUSES BEFORE THE MEETING SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT APPROVING THIS WITHOUT THAT INFORMATION THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25% OF THE SCOPES THAT THEY HAVE AWARDED FOR CONTRACT AND THOSE ARE THE MAIN LARGER SCOPES OF MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL OR CONCRETE. SO THOSE ARE LARGER SCOPES FOR THE BUILDING. THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF SCOPES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN AWARDED YET. HOWEVER, THEY DID GO TO THE MARKET FOR A LOT OF THOSE NUMBERS BUT UNTIL THE DESIGN IS FURTHER ALONG THEY WILL NOT BE AWARDED. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE CANDOR. SURE. COME ON UP AGAIN. YEAH, I THINK THIS IS BRETT FROM JAY DUNN. SO BRO JADON, NICE TO MEET YOU ALL. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE CLOSER TO 60% OF THE PROJECT IS BASED ON QUOTED NUMBERS BETWEEN ACTUAL WORK BEING CONTRACTED WE'VE GOT OUR MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL TRADE PARTNERS ON BOARD AS WELL SO HOPEFULLY THAT GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF ASSURANCE SO THOSE PEOPLE BUILD A SCHEDULE AND WITHIN THAT SCHEDULE THEY DO ACCOUNT FOR ESCALATION OF THE MATERIALS WITHIN THAT. SO THAT'S ONE BIG RISK MITIGATION STRATEGY WE'VE GOT ABOUT 40% OF IT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN 2 TO 3 TRADE PARTNER BUDGET INPUT ON THE PROJECT AGAIN LOOKING AT THE SCHEDULE AND GIVING US THEIR ANTICIPATED COST TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE WE ACTUALLY HAVE WITHIN THE GMP A PERCENTAGE FOR ESCALATION SPECIFICALLY AS WELL BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE MARKET TO THE TIME TO GET US BETWEEN THE TIME WE'RE AT NOW, THE TIME WHEN WE EXPECT THE BID TO WORK OUT IN JANUARY. SO THAT ESCALATION IS ALSO WITHIN OUR GMP NUMBER THAT WOULD BE OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINGENCY THAT CAROL AND I TALKED ABOUT. WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF STRATEGIES WITHIN THE GMP TO ACCOUNT FOR WHAT WE SEE AS BEING ESCALATION IN THERE AS WELL. SO I HOPE THAT THAT WHEN WHEN WE SUBMIT A GMP WE'RE INTENDING TO SUBMIT A NUMBER THAT WILL HOLD THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION IN THE SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE AND IT'S BASED OFF OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE MARKET NOW IN ADDITION TO ACTUALLY QUOTING THE WORK AND KIND OF PUSHING THAT I WON'T SAY RISK BUT WE'VE WE'VE QUOTED THAT NUMBER BASED ON THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE AND THOSE BIDDERS ARE EXPECTED TO PRICE THE MATERIAL FOR THAT SCHEDULE. SO I HOPE THAT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND ON IT THAT THERE IS A NUMBER OF STRATEGIES WITHIN THE GMP SPECIFICALLY FOR DEALING WITH ESCALATION AND THAT WE'RE NOT OPENING THE CITY UP TO AN ESCALATION CLAUSE PER SAY. THAT'S NOT THE INTENTION OF THE GMP OR THE OR THE CME OUR PROCESS SO AND THEN JUST ONE QUICK FOLLOW UP ON THAT WHILE YOU'RE OR YOU'RE UP THERE. SURE. SO YOU HAVE ESCALATION BUILT INTO YOURS. WHAT HAPPENS IF IT DOESN'T ESCALATE? DO WE GET THAT MONEY BACK AS THE CITY? YES. AND IT'S I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO IDENTIFY EXACTLY WHAT ESCALATION WAS WHEN WE'RE BIDDING THE JOB BUT IT'S A GMP PRICE AND ALL SAVINGS ON THE PROJECT GO BACK TO THE CITY. SO WHEN WE BID THIS WORK AND WE'VE DONE IT AT EVERY STAGE THROUGH WHAT WE'RE SHARING WHERE WE ARE WITH CONTINGENCIES ON THE JOB AND WE'VE ACTUALLY RELEASED A NUMBER OF THOSE BACK TO GET TO THIS POINT. IF YOU THINK BACK TO SCHEMATIC DESIGN A 50% DV AND NOW WE'RE 100% D D WE'VE ALREADY STARTED TO REDUCE THOSE NUMBERS IN THERE. I MEAN THE CONTRACT IS 100% SAVINGS TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON SO IF SAVINGS ARE REALIZED AT ANY POINT THE PROJECT AGAINST THE GMP, THE BOTTOM LINE GMP THOSE SAVINGS ARE RETURNED TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO THE CITY HAS VISIBILITY INTO THAT WITH SOME TYPE OF LIKE SWARM CONSTRUCTION STATEMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND YOU'RE LIKE HERE'S WHAT WE THOUGHT, HERE'S WHAT IT ACTUALLY CAME IN AND IF IT'S LAST WE GET THAT BACK YEAH WE YES WE PROBABLY MORE INFORMATION THAN SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WANT TO SEE BUT WE'VE IN A LOT OF DETAIL GONE THROUGH THOSE WE'RE REVIEWING EVERY BID THAT WE GET WITH THE CITY AND QUALIFYING THAT AND THE CITY AS PART OF OUR SELECTION WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF OUR RECOMMENDED BIDDERS FROM THE CITY INTEGRA ON THE TEAM. SO IT'S A 100% OPEN BOOK AND IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S A FULLY AUDITABLE JOB SO IT'S COST OF WORK PLUS CONTRACT AND ALL SAVINGS RETURNED TO THE OWNER. SO THANK YEAH. DOES THAT HELP? YEAH THAT HELPS. THANK APPRECIATE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS DON'T IT NOT NOT FOR YOU BUT AND COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE ABOUT THE NEWTON AVENUE AND I HAD RAISED SOME POTENTIAL I MEAN I THINK WE TALK ABOUT MITIGATION IN TERMS OF MITIGATION THE IMPACTS OF THE TRAFFIC. I ALSO THINK OF MITIGATION IN TERMS OF REDUCING THE TRAFFIC ON NEWTON. YOU MAY HAVE GOTHAT IDEA FROM MY EARLIER QUESTION WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND I APPRECIATE THAT. STAFFORD REACHED OUT AND ANSWERED SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK STAFF TO LOOK MORE DEEPLY INTO THOSE. I HAD ASKED THAT WE LOOK AT IF WE COULD RECONFIGURE THE PARKING LOT TO ENCOURAGE TRAFFIC TO GO BACK OUT AND THERE'S A PENINSULA THAT COMES DOWN THAT MAKES YOU DO A SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT AFTER YOU DROP SOMEONE OFF AND THEN DO A U-TURN TO GET BACK OUT TO PENN I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THAT WOULD IF WE REMOVE THAT IF THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO JUST DRIVE STRAIGHT AND GO BACK TO PENN AND NOT GO BACK OVER TO NEWTON . IT'S SOMETHING WE DID AT 108TH PLACE I THINK WITH SUCCESS I APPRECIATE STAFF HAD INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO WRITE IN RIGHT OUT AND A THREE QUARTER TYPE OF THING. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT FURTHER. WE DID THAT SUCCESSFULLY AT LOUISIANA. I'LL BE HONEST I WAS SURPRISED THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTED TO DO THAT BECAUSE FOR ME IT MAKES THEIR WHOLE TRIP A LOT LONGER BUT THE MITIGATION OR THE REDUCTION IN TRAFFIC ON THEIR STREET FROM A COMMERCIAL AREA THAT WAS JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF THEM WAS WORTH IT TO THEM AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE FOR THE FOLKS ON NEWTON OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE COUNTY TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT TRAFFIC ALL WORKS. COMMISSIONER GOODELL'S COMMENTS WITH REGARDS TO SAFETY ARE SPOT ON AND I THINK THAT APPLIES BOTH TO PENN AND TO NEWTON. AND SO AND THE OTHER THING VERY LOW HANGING FRUIT WAS JUST WAYFINDING AND HAVING SIGNS THAT DIRECT PEOPLE TO SAY HEY, THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS ON PENN GO GO TO PENN, GO OVER THERE, YOU KNOW, PUT SIGNS UP . YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL AND IF YOU GOING TO HOSPITAL GRADE YOU KNOW, YOU I MEAN THAT'S NOT GREAT PROBABLY. BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU WON'T GET TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM THEY HAVE BIG SIGNS THAT SAY THE EMERGENCY ROOM IS HERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY YOU WANT TO GET THERE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT WE DIRECT PEOPLE THERE. SO I THINK THERE'S MORE WE CAN DO TO REDUCE TRAFFIC ON NEWTON AND I REALLY WANT TO SEE THAT WE WE FULLY EXPLORE THOSE IDEAS IF IF THERE'S AGREEMENT BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE WAS A QUESTION WITHIN OUR PACKET IS IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO LOOK MORE DEEPLY AT THOSE ITEMS AND I'M JUST SAYING FOR MY OPINION I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. I CAN'T REMEMBER REMEMBER MORE ANYTHING THAN ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER NO, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS THAT MY MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ASKED AND THE COMMENTS REGARDING THE SUPPORTING THE NEWTON NEIGHBORHOOD AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THOSE MITIGATIONS IN PLACE IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE HAPPENING THIS THE ONLY FINAL COMMENT THAT I WANT TO MAKE IS IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE FOR OUR PROJECTS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS WITH WHETHER IT'S BIG OR OR FIRE STATIONS OR NOW THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE WHAT WE HAVE PAID BY NOT HAVING AN EXEMPTION ON SALES TAX FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FOR THE FOUR PUBLIC PUBLIC PROJECTS I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT NUMBER WHAT IS THAT IS ADDED TO OUR COST OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND ALL THE PROJECTS WE'VE HAD AND LOOKING AT THIS NUMBER HERE, JUST WONDERING WHAT THE THE SALES TAX AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS WOULD BE HERE IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT CITIES GO BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE EVERY YEAR TO TRY AND CHANGE AND IT IS A SIMPLE PACKET TRANSFER BASICALLY AND WE WE END UP AND IT'S IT'S DISAPPOINTING. SO JUST A JUST A THOUGHT A SIDEBAR THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK INTO. COUNCILMEMBER YOU MAYOR THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I'D MOVE TO APPROVE THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE GNP OF $82,187,823 FROM THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER PLUS A 5% CONTINGENCY OF $4,107,891 FOR A TOTAL OF $86,265,714. AS FOR THIS SCRIBED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, CFO AND DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION TO EXECUTE REQUIRED AND RELATED DOCUMENTS AND AGREEMENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THIS MOTION SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO APPROVE THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FROM THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER ANY FURTHER CONSTRUCT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS COUNCIL HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO CONGRATULATIONS TO GET TO THIS POINT AND IT IS FANTASTIC AND LOOKING FORWARD TO TOMORROW AS WE BREAK GROUND AND THEN FULL SPEED AHEAD. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AND THE HOURS THAT YOU PUT INTO IT. GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. LOOKING FORWARD TO A FANTASTIC NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEN A FANTASTIC RIBBON CUTTING IN 27 EIGHT AND A 27 AND OF 27 SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH WELL DONE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL NOW WE'LL GET BACK ON TRACK WITH OUR AGENDA AS IT IS WRITTEN WE ARE NOW TO ITEM THREE OUR CONSENT BUSINESS. COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN HAS THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT COUNCIL MEMBER WOMAN MARY THANK YOU. I ALREADY HAD ASKED IF WE HAVE ANY HOLDS. WE'VE GOT 3.3 THAT WE'RE HOLDING. JUST WANT TO POINT OUT TO THE TO THE AUDIENCE OF THE CONSENT BUSINESS ARE DIRECT A TANGIBLE WORK THAT PROVES OUR LIVING THAT WE'RE LIVING THE BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER MISSION OUR CONSENT ITEMS DIRECTLY RELATE TO OUR B T T MISSION TO CULTIVATE AN ENDURING AND REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE. THERE ARE MANY CORE THEMES THAT ARE IN THERE IF YOU GET THE CHANCE TO HAVE A LOOK AT THAT AROUND HEALTH COMMUNITY EQUITABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND COMMUNITY CONNECTION SO ON SO FORTH WITH THAT GIVEN THAT WE HAVE A WAY TO MAKE THE AGENDA AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A ALTOID THROWN AT ME GO AHEAD AND MOVE 3.1 TO 3.2 AND THEN 3.4 ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH 3.25. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS AS STATED. ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE? HEARING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO AND MAYOR THE 3.3 IS A PROPOSAL TO RENAME THE VALLEY VIEW TENNIS COURTS TO THE MARCIA I GET THIS RIGHT HERE BACK TENNIS COURTS AT THE NAME THAT IS CORRECT AND I HELD THAT ONE SPECIFICALLY IT IS IT IS A CHANCE TO READ AND A SUGGESTION TO RENAME THE VALLEY VIEW TENNIS COURTS THE MARSHA BACH TENNIS COURTS HONORS THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFETIME CONTRIBUTION OF MARCIA BACK TO THE TENNIS PROGRAMING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND RECREATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND PROGRAMING AND I ESPECIALLY WANTED TO CALL THIS OUT BECAUSE MARCIA IS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING AND I'M GOING TO ASK HER TO STAND UP ON NOT WANTING TO COME UP TO COME UP TO THE TO THE TO THE PODIUM ALSO WHILE YOU DO, I'M GOING TO SAY MARCIA HAS MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE INCLUDING FOUNDING AND COORDINATING ADULT TENNIS LEAGUES IN BLOOMINGTON FROM 1970 TO 1987 AND THEN AGAIN FROM 2012 TO 2020 SERVING AS THE FIRST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE USTA NORTHERN SECTION COORDINATING NATIONAL AND LOCAL TOURNAMENTS AND PROGRAMS AT VALLEY VIEW AND DRED SCOTT PLAYFIELD ADVANCING COMMUNITY YOUTH TENNIS PROGRAMS AND PROMOTING FAMILY TENNIS WHICH I KNOW IS A BIG FOCUS OF YOUR WORK SERVING IN LONG STANDING VOLUNTEER AND LEADERSHIP ROLES WITH NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS PROMOTING THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN'S SPORTS ESPECIALLY TENNIS AND EMPLOYED AS THE CURRENT TENNIS COORDINATOR WITH THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON PARKS AND RECREATION. SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE USTA NORTHERN HALL OF FAME THE BLOOMINGTON ADULT SPORTS ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME AND SEVERAL LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS. I WANTED TO CALL YOU UP HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE READ THAT INTO THE RECORD, NOT JUST PUT IT ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR TENNIS IN BLOOMINGTON FOR COMMUNITY AND ACTIVITY AND INVOLVEMENT IN BLOOMINGTON FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN BLOOMINGTON AND TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS THIS IS A BIG HONOR AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT SIGN GOING UP AT THE VALLEY VIEW TENNIS COURTS THAT THAT COMMEND YOU AND AND THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE. SO CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS QUITE AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT FOR ME. I'M SORRY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE AMAZING STAFF AT BLOOMINGTON PARKS AND RECREATION AND THE U.S. TENNIS ASSOCIATION AND MY WONDERFUL FAMILY FOR SUPPORTING ME ALL OF THESE YEARS. IT HAS BEEN A LIFETIME PRIVILEGE TO SUPPORT THE TENNIS PROGRAM IN BLOOMINGTON AND TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IN THIS CITY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN THIS LIFETIME SPORT THAT BY THE WAY, IS THE HEALTHIEST SPORT OF ALL AND I AM SO VERY HONORED AND THANK YOU ALL FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. THANK YOU. YOU'RE YOU'RE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO TO REALLY BE A LIVING CONTRIBUTOR TO YOUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WELL DONE WITH THAT TO OUR COUNCIL I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM 3.3 IN OUR CONSENT BUSINESS. THE PROPOSAL TO RENAME VALLEY VIEW TENNIS COURTS TO THE MARCIA BACH TENNIS COURTS. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO RENAME VALLEY VIEW TENNIS COURTS TO THE MARSHALL BACH TENNIS COURTS ITEM 3.3 IN OUR CONSENT BUSINESS NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR GIVE AN ENTHUSIASTIC I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO CONGRATULATIONS. WELL THEN WE ARE MOVING ON COUNCIL TO ITEM FOUR ARE HEARINGS RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES AND ITEM 4.1 ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS THE HEIGHTS EACH I EACH I PROJECT THE BOND AWARD RESOLUTION AND ASSESSMENT ROLL MISS LORI ECONOMY SHOULDER I SEE IF I WAS HERE THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL WITH THE HEIGHTS PROJECT IT'S BEEN GOING ON AND COMING BACK FROM THE TO THE CITY COUNCIL OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS SEVERAL TIMES AS WE MOVE THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT SPECIFIC PIECES THAT WE NEED TO DO UNDER STATE STATUTE AND UNDER OUR EXISTING POLICIES, THE HEIGHTS PROJECT IS A COMBINATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE ARCHERY. THIS EVENING BEFORE YOU IS HOPEFULLY THE LAST RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE FOR THE HEIGHTS. ALL THE PAPERWORK IS DONE BEHIND THE SCENES AND WITH THIS PIECE WE DID PUT AN RFP OUT RIGHT AFTER THE 25TH OF AUGUST AND WE RECEIVED THREE BIDS ON THE DIRECT PLACEMENT OF THESE BONDS. THE HUNTINGTON BANK DID SUBMIT THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BID AND IT IS A TEN YEAR BOND AND IT IS FOR $959,000 AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE IS THAT IS THE ASSESSMENTS CORRELATING TO THAT OTHER THAN TWO OF THE LOOK I'LL CALL THE PROPERTY UNITS ON THE ASSESSMENTS. THE ASSESSMENTS ARE THE EXACT SAME AMOUNTS THAT COUNCIL APPROVED OR LOOKED AT BACK IN DECEMBER. SO THOSE TWO RESIDENTS DID SIGN WAIVERS FOR THE ADJUSTMENT BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO MOVE, THEY NEEDED MORE MONEY AND SO WE MOVED WITH INTEREST RATES AND DURATION. SO WITH THIS LOWER INTEREST RATE AT A 5.09 THE EATERIES INTERVENTION WILL ACTUALLY RECEIVE SOME INTEREST DURING THE PERIOD TOO. SO BEFORE YOUR OTHER TWO MOTIONS VERY GOOD COUNCILOR. ANY QUESTIONS OF MS. ECONOMY SCHOLER WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES. I THINK THIS IS JUST MAKING SURE WE FORMALIZE SOME OF THIS. >> MR. MAYOR, MAY I ASK IS THIS IS THE LAST STEP CORRECT? WE CAN FUND THIS AND GET THEM CONSTRUCTING NOW. >> GREAT. I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANOTHER THING COMING. >> THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD THING. SO AS FAR AS CITY AND HRA STAFF ARE AWARE, THIS IS THE LAST RESOLUTION THAT NEEDS TO COME BEFORE YOU. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS COUNCIL CONCERNS THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING DESPITE BEING PART OF OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES. SO I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION AND THEN 4.1 THIS EVENING I'D BE DELIGHTED. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE THAT MOTION SHEET? I ONLY GOT HALF OF OUR THING TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. I MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE SALE OF TAXABLE GENERAL GENERAL OBLIGATION HOUSING IMPROVEMENT AREA BONDS SERIES 2025C IN THE ORIGINAL AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $959,000 FIXING THEIR FORM AND SPECIFICATIONS DIRECTING THEIR EXECUTION AND DELIVERY AND PROVIDING FOR THEIR PAYMENT. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AWARDING A SALES TAX A SALE OF TAXABLE GENERAL OBLIGATION HOUSING IMPROVEMENT AREA BONDS AS STATED IN ITEM 4.1. ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES 450 EXCUSE ME COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THE SECOND MOTION IS WELL I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE FINAL ASSESSMENT RULE FOR THE HEIGHTS HOUSING IMPROVEMENT AREA MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADOPT THE FINAL ASSESSMENT RULE FOR THE HEIGHTS HOUSING IMPROVEMENT AREA. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS THERE IS COUNCIL DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER NIGHT COUNCIL DISCUSSION JUST A QUICK COMMENT I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY. YOU KNOW THESE FOLKS ARE IN MY IN MY DISTRICT. I TALK TO THEM A LOT. IT'S AN IT REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND A WAY TO KEEP THEM IN THEIR HOMES. THE STATISTICS OFTENTIMES PROVE THAT IT'S TEN TIMES EASIER TO KEEP SOMEBODY IN THEIR HOME THAN TO FIND THEM A NEW ONE. RIGHT. AND I THINK THIS WILL BEAR ITSELF OUT OVER THE COURSE OF OF OF TIME. TIME WILL TELL. BUT THE IDEA OF DISPLACING 32 FAMILIES BECAUSE WE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT A WAY TO KEEP THEM IN THEIR SPACES WAS REALLY DAUNTING AND SO CONGRATS TO EVERYBODY THAT I KNOW HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR SOMETHING CLOSE TO WHAT SIX, EIGHT YEARS? >> SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AGREED COUNCILOR, I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT YOU THE CREATIVITY OF THE STAFF TO PULL THIS ALL TOGETHER THE FORTITUDE OF THE COUNCIL TO STAND BEHIND THIS COMMUNITY IN THIS COMMUNITY'S RESOLVE TO STICK THIS OUT AND TRY AND FIGURE THIS OUT. I THINK IT ALL PLAYS INTO IT. SO APPRECIATE THE POINT OF PRIVILEGE. THANKS. ABSOLUTELY. WE'VE GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE FINAL ASSESSMENT RULE FOR THE HEIGHTS HOUSING IMPROVEMENT AREA. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR MOVING THIS THROUGH VERY GOOD. MOVING ON COUNCIL 4.2 IS OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING. THIS IS REGARDING THE MINOT I-94 PROJECT TO MUNICIPAL CONSENT. WE HAVE WE HAVE AMY MORAN FROM OUR STAFF HERE AND ANDREW LATOYA FROM MINDAT. WE'VE SEEN BEFORE AND WELCOME BACK. >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. YEP. TONIGHT YOU TONIGHT COUNCIL YOU'LL BE HEARING THE OVERVIEW OF THE MUNICIPAL CONSENT PACKAGE PROVIDED BY MEN DON ANDREW THE TOWN WILL GIVE THAT PRESENTATION AT THE END OF THAT. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL SLIDES. ONE IS JUST A REMINDER THAT IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING AND A NOTE ABOUT THE ONE COMMENT WE DID RECEIVE AS WELL AS THE REQUESTED MOTION. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME BACK. AS I SAID THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. SLIDE MY PRESENTATION. IT'S GREAT TO BE VERY BRIEF IF IT ALLOWS TO MOVE AND I BROUGHT SOMETHING SAYING SORRY ABOUT THE DELAY. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION GIVE US A REMINDER WHY THAT HOUSE JUST FOR MUNICIPAL CONSENT GIVE A BRIEF ON THE CORRIDOR VISION WHAT IT ENTAILS FOR PROJECT TO GIVE A SUMMARY OF WHAT THE LOCAL COST SHARE ASK IS FOR THIS PROJECT AND THEN AGAIN FROM OUR COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL AND WORKING WITH STAFF WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION STAGING AND MANAGEMENT OF TRAFFIC IS PROPOSED FOR THE SECOND FOR EIGHT FOR PROJECT SO ONE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE TONIGHT ASKING FOR MUNICIPAL CONSENT IS YES IT'S BY STATE STATUTE THAT WHEN A THAT PROJECT THROUGH A COMMUNITY IS ALTERING ACCESS FROM HIGHWAY IF IT IS INCREASING OR REDUCING CAPACITY OR IF THAT PROJECT IS ACQUIRING PERMIT RIGHT OF WAY WE ARE REQUIRED TO SEEK MUNICIPAL CONSENT FROM THAT MUNICIPALITY AND YES ALL THOSE THREE TRIGGERS ARE MET FOR THE FULL 84 PROJECT AND REMAINDER ARE FOR WHAT THE CORRIDOR VISION OR THE 494 CORRIDOR VISION IS THREE ASPECTS OF IT OR THREE CATEGORIES ONE THE BIG ONE WAS THE RECONFIGURING OF THE 30 5W4 94 INTERCHANGE ALSO JUST SIMILARLY JUST EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT WAS TO EASY PASS FROM HIGHWAY 169 ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIGHWAY 77 AND ON THE EAST SIDE OF 35 W RE CONSOLIDATING OR RECONFIGURING ACCESS FROM PORT NICOLLET PORTLAND ON THE 12TH AVENUE INTERCHANGES. SO FOR PHASE TWO WHICH IS A CONTINUATION FROM WHAT IS CURRENTLY BEING CONSTRUCTED OUT THERE IS SO PHASE ONE IS MOSTLY WALK BETWEEN BUSH LAKE ROAD AND 35 W OR THE WORK IS STILL PLANNED TO BE CONCLUDED BY OCTOBER OF 2026. PHASE TWO WILL COME IN AND FILL IN THE GAPS BEHIND WHAT PHASE ONE HAS LEFT. SO WALK ON THE WEST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 100 BETWEEN IS PUSHED LAKE ROAD AND WITH BUSH LAKE ROAD WALK ON 35 W INCLUDING RECONSTRUCTING THE PAVEMENT OUT THERE AND RECONSTRUCTING THE 82ND STREET BRIDGES AS WELL THEN ON THE EAST SIDE OF 35 W WE WILL BE AGAIN RE RECONSTRUCTING PAVEMENT ADDING THE EXPANSION EASY PASS LANES ARE FROM 35 W THROUGH 24TH AVENUE AND REPLACING THE BOTH THE RAILROAD BRIDGE BETWEEN NICOLLET AVENUE AND BETWEEN LYNDALE AND NICOLLET AVENUE AND ALSO RECONSTRUCTING THE HIGHWAY 77 BRIDGES WE DO HAVE MULTIMODAL FACILITIES BIKE TRAILS THAT US TRAILS AND SIDEWALKS, STREET LIGHTING THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED AS PART OF PROJECT TWO AS YES AS A REQUIREMENT TO THE STATE STATUTE. WE GAVE IS A BRIEF SUMMARY ON WHAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING THE LOCAL ISSUE TO BE ON ON THE MINOT PROJECT AND FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THIS IS WHAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED TO DATE ON WHAT THE CITY'S SHARE WOULD BE ON THE PROJECT OR FOR BIKE FOR SIDEWALKS, TRAILS AS PART OF THE 494 PROJECT FOR PHASE TWO, 95% OF THOSE COSTS ARE COVERED BY THAT FOR FACILITIES ARE WITHIN THAT RIGHT OF WAY. THESE 100,000 WOULD BE COVERING FACILITIES OR CONNECTION THAT ARE OUTSIDE MAY NOT RIGHT AWAY AGAIN AS PART OF OUR COURSE PARTICIPATION POLICY WITH SIGNAL REPLACEMENTS ON FRONT AVENUE AND 82ND ABOUT 750,000 THAT THESE ARE ANTICIPATED FOR BE THE CITY COURSE YEAR STREET LIGHTING ALONG 82ND WALK WALKING WITH OUR CITY STAFF COME UP WITH HOW MANY LIGHTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO SEE ALONG 82ND AND ALL THAT CONVERTING TO CONTINGENCIES AND ENGINEERING COSTS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE TWO 460,000 AGAIN THAT ALL IS WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON COST SHARE COLUMN STAGING IT'S A FOUR YEAR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ANTICIPATED SIMILAR TO WHAT PROJECT ONE IS STARTING WITH 2027 WHERE MOSTLY UTILITY RELOCATIONS ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING 2028 THROUGH 20 2030 MAJOR MAINLINE IMPACTS. YES THREE LANES ARE BEING KEPT THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT ARE MINOR CONSTRAINTS FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS HERE AND THERE JUST BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF ROOM FOR US TO CONSTRUCT. BUT I WANTED TO POINT THIS OUT THAT ADDS UP WHAT IS OUT THERE TODAY IF YOU ARE TO EXCLUDE LANES THAT ARE COMING IN ON ALL FOR 94 IT'S PRETTY MUCH THREE LANES OUT THERE. SO WE ARE TRYING TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO THE TRAVELING PUBLIC BY RETAINING AT LEAST THE SAME NUMBER OF LANES THAT ARE OUT THERE TODAY DURING CONSTRUCTION COMMENT THAT WE GOT LAST TIME FROM COMMISSIONER DAWSON THOUGH WE THIS WAS DONE AS PART OF PROJECT ONE AS WELL BUT WE ARE EXPANDING THE AREA OF LOCAL ROADWAYS THAT WE WILL BE MONITORING DURING CONSTRUCTION. SO AND THE IDEA SO WE WE TIMING IT AS A TOOL OR THINGS THAT WE CAN DEPLOY ON THESE LOCAL STREETS TO HELP WITH WITH STREET WITH TRAFFIC FLOW INCLUDING TEMPORARY SIGNALS TEMPORARY STRIPING ADDITIONAL LANES IF NEEDED. BUT AGAIN THE IDEA IS THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH CITY STAFF TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE ISSUES ARE COMING UP ON THE LOCAL STREETS SO THAT OUR CONTRACTOR IS AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. SO QUICK PRESENTATION AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL QUESTIONS HERE COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO NOT SO MUCH IS A QUESTION BUT JUST A THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK ONE OF THE I GUESS I DO HAVE A QUESTION IN THERE. I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU KNOW, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE AND I KNOW AMY, YOU AND I HAD THIS BACK AND FORTH WITH SOME RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY ON 82ND STREET WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX, I ASSUME THAT THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WHEN WHEN AMY GETS COMPLAINTS WHERE WHEN YOU GET COMPLAINTS DIRECTLY FROM FOLKS YOU CAN USE THAT TOOLBOX TO TAKE ACTION ON MITIGATION STRATEGIES. AND IF YOU COULD ARTICULATE MAYBE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT SIT IN THAT TOOLBOX THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> SURE. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER YEAH, SO I KIND OF QUICKLY MENTIONED THOSE BUT FOR EXAMPLE IF THE INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE NOT TOUGH SIGNALS WE CAN DEPLOY TEMPORARY SIGNALS ARE THOSE INTERSECTIONS IF AND IF AN INTERSECTION NEEDS LENGTHENING OF A TUNNEL LANE WE COULD DO THAT IF IT NEEDS RESTRIPING WE COULD DO THAT AS WELL AND MOST OF THAT I THINK FOR PROJECT ONE IT'S A EVERY TWO WEEKS THEY ARE RUNNING TRAFFIC DATA TO DETERMINE WHAT HOW MUCH VOLUME IS COMING TO THAT GRID EACH OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE USE AS A BACKBONE TO DETERMINE WHAT SOLUTIONS ARE NEEDED AND IT IS HAPPENING IN PROJECT ONE AND I THINK AMY JOHN THAT'S THERE IS A THERE IS A PROJECT THERE'S A PROJECT GROUP THAT IS MEETING CONTINUALLY FOR TO ADDRESS OR TO TO POINT OUT WHAT THOSE ISSUES ARE IN THE LOCAL SYSTEM AND GIVE OUR CONTRACTOR A CHANCE TO ADDRESS THEM. YEAH IT COMES FROM A LOCAL QUESTION I'D LIKE TO SLIDE SO EVERYTHING INTO ONE SORRY. SO EVERYTHING IN PICCADILLY WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION? >> NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT. YEAH. >> KNOW I JUST WANT TO AGAIN THANK YOU FOR FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE HERE AND I KNOW THAT THE LAST TIME YOU'RE HERE SHOULD MENTION THAT THERE'D BE SOME MITIGATION AROUND THAT. AND SINCE WE'RE SHORT ON TIME, WE'LL HAVE MORE OF THAT CONVERSATION. I KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUE TALKED ABOUT THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND ALONG THE LINES OF MITIGATION, THE ONE THAT CAUGHT MY MIND WAS THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE RAILROAD BRIDGE OVER FOUR AND I BEFORE THOSE TRAINS ARE GOING HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. I DON'T IMAGINE THEY'RE STOPPING. DO WE HAVE A TRAFFIC PATTERN CHANGE FOR THE TRAINS AND WILL THAT IMPACT BLOOMINGTON AT ALL? MAYOR GOOD. IT'S A GOOD GOOD QUESTION. SO IN TERMS OF IMPACTING BLOOMINGTON YES, ON AMERICAN BOULEVARD BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THE INTERSECTION IS. YES, THEY THERE IS TEMPORARY IMPACT THERE BUT DURING CONSTRUCTION WE ARE STAGING THE REPLACEMENT OF THAT BRIDGE ALLOWING TRAIN TRAFFIC TO REMAIN DURING THE CONSTRUCTION. SO WE'RE BUILDING THAT BRIDGE HALF AT A TIME THAT WILL BE AN INTERESTING ENGINEERING FEAT. THEY'LL BE USED TO SEE THAT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COUNSEL AMY A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS YOU HAD TO INCLUDE BEFORE WE HAD TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. YES. JUST QUICKLY WE DID RECEIVE ONE RESIDENT COMMENT ON THE LAYOUT SO THE LAYOUT WAS AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY UPON REQUEST. IT'S A PRETTY LARGE FILE. I SHARED IT WITH TWO RESIDENTS RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM ONE THAT COMMENT WAS REGARDING THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES ON THE 82ND STREET BRIDGE THERE IS A TEN FOOT BITUMINOUS TRAIL ON OR A TEN FOOT TRAIL ON ONE MIXED USE TRAIL SORRY ON ONE SIDE OF THE BRIDGE AND AN EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK SEPARATED WITH THE BOULEVARD ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE. SO BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS HAVE BEEN PLANNED AND ACCOMMODATED FOR IN THIS BRIDGE DESIGN TO ALIGN WITH OUR FUTURE FUTURE HOPES AND VISIONS FOR THE REST OF 82ND STREET TO TIE IN. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? THAT'S IT. BEFORE PUBLIC. YOU'RE VERY GOOD WITH THAT COUNCIL I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THAT 4.2 THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE MINUTE I FOR ANY FOR PROJECT TO MUNICIPAL CONSENT ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER IS WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.2 THIS EVENING REALLY DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK MAYOR WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ON LINE LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS COUNCIL NO ONE ON THE PHONE. NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE CHAMBERS. I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AN ITEM 4.2 SO A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THEN 4.2 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL ANY CONVERSATION OR COMMENT ON THIS OTHER THAN FOUR ADDITIONAL YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION ON 494 OR NONE IF THERE IS NONE COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION. ITEM 4.2 COUNCILMEMBER THEMA ARE HAPPY TO DO THAT. HAVE YOU TO BE DONE WITH THIS AND FOR YEARS I HAD MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTE REQUEST FOR MUNICIPAL CONSENT FOR THE I FOR 94 PROJECT TO V ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO APPROVE THE MINDAT REQUEST FOR MUNICIPAL CONSENT FOR THE 494 PROJECT TO BE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TWICE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED AND GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR A BOTTLE. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON ITEM 4.3. THIS IS OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING. AMY IS WITH US FOR THAT ONE AS WELL. THIS IS REGARDING AN APPEAL TO THE THIRD AVENUE PARKING RESTRICTIONS CHANGE MISS MARONE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. I DO HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION FOR THIS THIRD AVENUE THE SECTION OF THIRD AVENUE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS OVER BY KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S BETWEEN 98TH STREET EAST. WILL SHOCK BE ROAD AND 96TH STREET. IS SECTION OF ROAD IS ONLY 32FT WIDE SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT NARROWER THAN THE REST OF THE ROADWAYS IN THAT AREA. SO MOST OF THEM ARE 36FT WIDE. WE'VE HAD SOME AREAS OF CONCERN OR ISSUES ISSUES OF CONCERN IN THIS LOCATION IN THE PAST IN THE EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS WHEN THERE WERE DONE ON STREET PARKING LIKE MOSTLY DUE TO EVENTS. SO THIS IS A LOCATION WHERE IT'S BEEN ON OUR RADAR TO ADDRESS IT AND NOW AS THE POTENTIAL FREQUENCY FOR THAT HEAVY ON STREET PARKING DEMAND IS GOING TO POTENTIALLY BE INCREASED WITH THE KENNEDY STADIUM WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR STANDARD PROCEDURE FOR ADDRESSING ON STREET PARKING SAFETY CONCERNS. THAT PROCEDURE IS LAID OUT IN OUR ON STREET PUBLIC ON STREET PARKING POLICY AND WE BEGIN RIGHT WITH NO POINTER BUT ON STEP THREE WHEN IT'S A STAFF OF STAFF INITIATED BASED ON A SAFETY CONCERN SO I SENT A SURVEY TO THE 26 AFFECTED PROPERTIES ON THE SEGMENT OF ROADWAY BACK IN APRIL RECEIVED RESPONSES BACK WITH RESIDENTS INDICATING WHICH SIDE OF THE STREET THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NO PARKING RESTRICTION ADDED TO WAS VERY CLOSE RESULTS DID SEND OUT THE LETTER THEN LETTING THE AFFECTED PROPERTY AFFECTED PROPERTIES KNOW THE OUTCOME OF THAT AND THAT WE WOULD BE POSTING SIGNS. THERE IS A 14 DAY TIME PERIOD WHERE ANY RESIDENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT AN APPEAL TO THAT OUTCOME CAN SUBMIT THAT WE DID RECEIVE AN APPEAL AND SO THEN THIS MOVED TO A PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE COUNCIL FOR THE COUNCIL TO GET TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION ON THIS. THE APPEAL REQUESTED THAT ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS AND THAT THE PARKING RESTRICTION BE MODIFIED ON THE EAST SIDE OF 33RD AVENUE. SO THEY ARE REQUESTING THAT THE NO PARKING BE POSTED ON THE EAST SIDE THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE VERSUS THE OUTCOME FROM THE SURVEY OF THE RESIDENTS WHICH LEANED TOWARDS POSTING THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON THE WEST SIDE ON THE KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL SIDE. THE REASONING FOR THE APPEAL IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THE LARGE PARKING GENERATOR ON THE WEST SIDE AND THAT THAT IS THE SIDE WITH THE SIDEWALK AND SO IT WOULD BE SAFER FOR PEOPLE TO BE PARKING CLOSER TO THE PARKING GENERATOR AND CLOSER TO THE SIDEWALK. WE DID RECEIVE A COUPLE OTHER COMMENTS WHEN I HAD DONE THE SURVEY PORTION OF THE INITIAL SURVEY MOSTLY PEOPLE JUST CHECKED THE BOXES ON THEIR PREFERENCE. ONE COMMENT WAS NOTED THAT THE EAST SIDE ALLOWING PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE AND THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE WOULD BE MORE CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE VISITING THAT RESIDENTIAL AREA AND ANOTHER COMMENT WE RECEIVED WAS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON THE WEST SIDE REMOVED ALTOGETHER SO TO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION TONIGHT AGAIN THERE IS NOT A STRONG THERE WAS NOT A STRONG SURVEY RESULTS. I DO THINK THE THOUGHT THAT THE APPEAL HAD SOME VERY GOOD REASONING TO IT. WE TYPICALLY AREN'T BRINGING EACH OF THESE PARKING ITEMS TO THE COUNCIL BECAUSE THIS PARKING POLICY IS VERY, VERY WELL ESTABLISHED, VERY LAID OUT AS FAR AS THE RESPONSES OF THE RESIDENTS USUALLY GUIDE THE DECISION. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CASES WHERE IT WAS VERY CLOSE AND THERE WAS AN APPEAL ON IT. SO TONIGHT YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO TO WEIGH IN AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON WHETHER TO CHANGE THE EAST SIDE OR THE WEST SIDE TO NO PARKING. THANK YOU MS. MARONE COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? >> COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU. JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR BECAUSE I THINK THE THE THE APPEAL SO THE IS THERE A STAFF POSITION THAT IT SHOULD BE ON THE EAST SIDE? IS THAT THE STAFF'S CURRENT POSITION, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO TYPICALLY STAFF DOESN'T MAKE A RECOMMENDATION IF THERE IS NOT A A SAFETY REASON FOR IT TO BE ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER. I WILL SAY THAT I DO AGREE WITH THE REASONING OF THE THE APPEALING POSITION AND SO THIS WAS ADVERTISED THAT IT IS THAT THE PROPOSAL IS THAT PARKING BE RESTRICTED ON THE EAST SIDE ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE AS SO OKAY THAT'S HOW THAT'S HOW IT WAS PUBLISHED AND NOTIFIED TO THE THANK CRUCIATE. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNSEL ALL RIGHT THANK YOU MUCH WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING THEN THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM 4.3 PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE THIRD AVENUE PARKING RESTRICTION CHANGE APPEAL TO ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHO WISHES TO SPEAK REGARDING ITEM 4.3 THIS EVENING. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON LINE ON THE PHONE MEMBER WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ON LINE. LAST CHANCE FOR ANYBODY HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS COUNCIL NO ONE COMING FORWARD. NO ONE ON THE PHONE TO SPEAK TO THEM. 4.3 I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WAS SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON A 4.3 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING SO I THINK THIS STARTS ON THIS COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH THANKS MAYOR. I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION I WAS WAS WHEN FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING TO SEE IF ANYBODY SPOKE ON IT BUT THE TOWNHOME ASSOCIATION THAT'S ON THE SOUTH END OF THIS DOES IT HAVE GAS PARKING WITHIN THAT TOWNHOME ASSOCIATION SO THE VISITORS TO THEM WOULD NOT RELY ON ON STREET PARKING? MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY HAVE PRIVATE VISITOR PARKING AT THAT SITE OR NOT. WOULD THAT BE TYPICAL OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT YOU'D BUILD THAT PARKING IN THERE? OKAY SO THAT THAT OKAY I'LL GO WITH THAT WOULD BE TYPICAL. SO THEN TO MY COMMENT IS I, I AGREE THAT THE RATIONALE OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT APPEALED IT MAKES SENSE THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE OR THE PARKING IS GOING TO BE MOST HEAVY DURING EVENTS AT THE STADIUM. I CAN ALSO COMPLETELY AGREE WITH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT YOU KNOW MAYBE THEY GOT A CAR IN THE ROAD OR THEY GOT GUESTS VISITING THEM AND THEY WANT TO HAVE IT THERE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THERE ISN'T I DON'T THINK THERE'S A RIGHT ANSWER OR A WRONG ANSWER HERE. AND SO FOR ME TO OVERRULE WHAT THE PEOPLE VOTED ON AND I DON'T THINK IT'S IN MY MIND IT'S NOT UP TO TO COME TO US TO LOBBY US TO CHANGE IT. GO TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS IF YOU THOUGHT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT AND AND BRING IT FORTH BACK THAT WAY BECAUSE I CAN SEE BOTH ARGUMENTS AND THEY BOTH ARE VERY VALID AND THEY BOTH MAKE COMPLETE SENSE IN MY MIND. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. I'D GO WITH THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON COUNCILMEMBER AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR. I'M INCLINED TO SUPPORT THE THE RESIDENT WHO APPEALED TO HAVE IT ON THE EAST SIDE NOT ONLY THE PARKING RESTRICTION ON THE EAST SIDE NO PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE NOT ONLY DOES IT ALLOW FOR MORE PARKING BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH DRIVEWAYS BUT WHEN THE EVENT IS OVER PEOPLE EXIT UNDERNEATH VERSUS DRIVING UP AND AROUND AND THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS TO TRY AND GET OUT. AND SO I'M INCLINED TO SUPPORT THE THE APPEAL. THE RESIDENT WHO APPEALED COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I WAS THINKING ABOUT A COMPROMISE. IS THERE ANY REASON WHY YOU CAN'T HAVE RESIDENTS PARK ON THE EAST SIDE DURING LIKE NORMAL TIMES AND THEN RESTRICT PARKING TO ONLY THE WEST SIDE DURING BALLGAMES? I MEAN I THROW THAT OUT THERE JUST BECAUSE IT IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. I MEAN IF YOU LIVE IN A CITY LIKE NEW YORK OR ANYPLACE LIKE THAT YOU'RE MOVING YOUR CAR EVERY FIVE MINUTES ANYWAY. BUT LIKE IN I DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY DO THAT TO PEOPLE BUT I WOULD THINK THAT LIKE DURING NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY WANT WEST SIDE PARKING BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO PARK THERE BUT YOU WANT TO GIVE NEIGHBORS OPPORTUNITY BUT THEN DURING GAMES YOU YOU SHUT DOWN THE BILL YOU KNOW I MEAN I DON'T KNOW THIS IS AN ENFORCEMENT DIFFICULTY. I GET IT BUT IT SEEMED TO ME THAT YOU MAKE THE USE CASE FIT THE THE THING AND EVERYBODY'S HAPPY BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT WANTED IT FOR THEIR RESIDENT GET IT WHEN THEY NEED IT AND THE PEOPLE WHO WANT IT FOR THE BALL GAME SO THAT IT DOESN'T IMPACT A RESIDENT AND IT'S SAFER ON THE SIDEWALK ETC. GET THAT DURING DURING THOSE HOURS I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A GOOD ANSWER. I'M TRYING TO COMPROMISE. I WILL SAY COUNCIL AFTER BEING AT THE KENNEDY STADIUM GRAND OPENING LAST FRIDAY, THE NOTION OF A PARKING GENERATOR MIGHT BE A BIT OF A MISNOMER. THERE'S NOT THE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE THERE ARE PARKED IN THE LOT. THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE ENTRANCE IS ON THE EXACT OPPOSITE SIDE IT WOULD MAKE DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO PARK ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND WALK ALL THE WAY AROUND THE STADIUM AS OPPOSED TO JUST PARKING IN THE LOT AND BEING ABLE TO GO IN SO THAT AND I'M I'M KIND OF IN AGREEMENT WITH COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THAT IT'S A IT WAS WHAT THE IT WAS WHAT THE HOMEOWNERS WHO WERE POLLED VOTED IN FAVOR OF I I DON'T KNOW ALTHOUGH THIS IS I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER THOUGHTS COUNCIL I GUESS I SAY WELL I'M GOING TO VOTE BECAUSE THEY CUT DOWN ON THE YEAH NOT IN THE I THINK THE FOLKS HAVE VOTED ON IT AND I YOU KNOW THE THE APPEAL ISN'T HERE YOU KNOW THEY DIDN'T THEY DIDN'T COME AND SPEAK TOWARDS IT AND SO I AM I AM NOT PERSUADED BY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE I DON'T HEAR AN ARGUMENT FOR IT. THE OTHER WAY. SO I THINK WE SHOULD JUST STICK WITH HOW IT WAS SO SO CLARIFYING THIS FOR ME. MS. BROWN SO EVERYBODY HERE IS CLEARING UP, RIGHT? SO IF WE TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION, MR. MAYOR, DOES MR. MAYOR, I BELIEVE YOU COULD JUST CHANGE THE MOTION TO TO READ THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NO PARKING POSTED ON THE WEST SIDE INSTEAD OF THE EAST SIDE THE WEST SIDE BUT I CAN'T SEE YOU. COULD WE GET THIS THE ON THE SLIDE WITH THIS OKAY SO SO SO I MEAN IF WE IF WE MODIFY THIS ON THE EAST SO WE'RE LOOKING TO MODIFY THE PARKING TIMES IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHETHER IT'S ON THE EAST OR THE WEST SIDE EAST OR WEST IS THE ONLY WORD THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE ON THIS USED TO THE WEST IS THE ONLY PART THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE THE RECOMMENDATION HERE IS THE EAST SIDE. THIS IS WHAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE RESIDENTS CORRECT? TO CHANGE IT TO THE WEST IS WHAT'S BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE APPELLANT. MR. MAYOR, DOES THIS REPRESENT WANTS TO BE ADDING PARKING RESTRICTION ON THE EAST SIDE? THAT WAS THE APPEAL REQUEST. THAT WAS THE REQUEST OF THE APPEAL. SO YOU WOULD SIMPLY CHANGE IN THE SECOND SENTENCE THE WORD OF EAST TO WEST COPY THEN OKAY THAT'S CLEAR FOR EVERYBODY THERE FOR EVERYBODY IT'S COUNCILMEMBER MOVE TO APPROVE PARKING RESTRICTIONS BE MODIFIED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THIRD AVENUE BETWEEN EAST 96TH STREET AND EAST 98TH STREET. THE CURRENT RESTRICTION IS POSTED AS NO PARKING 8 A.M. TO 2 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SEPTEMBER TO JUNE. THE NEW RESTRICTION WILL BE POSTED AS NO PARKING 24 HOURS WE HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. SO HE DID SAY HE SAID YES AND VOTE NO AGAINST IT. YES, PLEASE COME ACROSS THAT WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION AS STATED BY COUNCILMEMBER PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I, I OPPOSED AND I MOTION FAILS 322223I GUESS I SHOULD SAY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON OH MAN THIS I MOVE TO APPROVE PARKING RESTRICTIONS BE MODIFIED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THIRD AVENUE BETWEEN EAST 96TH STREET AND EAST 98TH STREET. THE CURRENT RESTRICTIONS POST SAYS NO PARKING 8 A.M. TO 2 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SEPTEMBER TO JUNE. THE NEW RESTRICTIONS WILL BE NO POSTERS, NO PARKING 24 HOURS SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN TO MODIFY THE PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THIRD AVENUE BETWEEN 96TH AND EACH 98TH STREET ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED MOTION ACTUALLY DOES NOT CARRY 3 TO 2 BECAUSE WE NEED FOUR VOTES TO CHANGE THIS. >> SO MR. MAYOR, I REALLY AM AMBIVALENT ON THIS IF YOU WANT TO IT I MEAN I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS LIKE BUT I WAS ONLY VOTING NO BECAUSE I VOTED YES FOR THE OTHER SIDE. BUT I MOVED TO RECONSIDER. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE MOTION TO APPROVE PARKING RESTRICTIONS TO BE MODIFIED ON THE WEST SIDE OF EAST THIRD AVENUE BETWEEN 96TH STREET AND EAST 98TH STREET. EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE RECONSIDERED MOTION. PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FOUR, TWO ONE AND RESTRICTIONS ARE NOW MODIFIED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THIRD AVENUE BETWEEN 96 AND 8. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION AND THANKSOR KIND OF WORKING THROUGH THAT. THANK YOU. MR. LONE AND THANK YOU TO OUR LEGAL STAFF FOR THEIR HELP IN GUIDING THIS ONE. AND LADIES, ITEM 4.4 ON OUR AGENDA COUNCIL OUR THIRD PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE 2025 PMP OR RECONSTRUCTION CITY PROJECT 2025 121. WE HAVE WITH US BOB SIMONDS AND BOB HANSON FOR BOB'S. GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN AND WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS WE ARE AS YOU MENTIONED ABOUT AN HOUR UP HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE SUSSMAN ROLE FOR 2025 ONE ON ONE PMP RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT . IN A SECOND HERE, BOB'S GOING TO GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF SLIDES TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT IN THE BACKGROUND OF THAT I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON THE ASSESSMENTS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A SUGGESTION MOTION FOR YOU AT THE END. SO I'LL TURN OVER TO BOB. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'LL RUN QUICKLY THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF PROPERTY OWNER CONTACT AND PMP PROGRAM OVERVIEW WHICH YOU'VE HEARD MANY TIMES. I'LL RUN THROUGH IT QUICKLY. PROPERTY OWNER CONTACT FOR THIS 202 PROJECT BACK LAST FALL IN OCTOBER WE SENT OUT ESTIMATED ASSESSMENT NOTICES WHICH HAS INCLUDED A DATE FOR AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING AND A PUBLIC HEARING. WE HELD THE INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS IN EARLY NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR AND I ORDERED THE PROJECT IN LATE NOVEMBER. FROM THAT POINT ON THE STREETS THAT WERE ORDERED THE PROPERTY OWNERS RECEIVED VARIOUS HANDOUTS FOR CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS COMING SOON AND OTHER ITEMS RELATED TO CURB AND GUTTER AND WHATEVER ELSE IT MIGHT BE WITH THE PROJECT JUST RECENTLY HERE IN SEPTEMBER WE MAILED OUT FINAL ASSESSMENT NOTICES FOR THE PROJECT WHICH INCLUDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WE'RE HERE FOR TONIGHT. WE HELD THE INFORMATIONAL MEETING ON THE 24TH. THERE WAS TWO MEETINGS ONE IN THE AFTERNOON, ONE IN THE EVENING AND THERE WERE I THINK THERE WERE NINE PROPERTY OWNERS PRESENT BETWEEN THE TWO MEETINGS WITH TYPICAL QUESTIONS THAT WE GET FOR THEIR ASSESSMENT HOW TO PAY FOR THE ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION QUESTIONS AS WELL. WHAT IS OUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OR PMP AS WE REFER TO IT? IT WAS ESTABLISHED QUITE A LONG TIME AGO NOW IN 1991 TO REDUCE THE OVERALL COST OF OUR STREET REPAIR BY TAKING THE RIGHT ACTION AT THE RIGHT TIME. EVERY STREET SEGMENT IN BLOOMINGTON HAS A PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX VALUE OR A PCI VALUE AS WE REFER TO IT EVERY YEAR A THIRD OF THE CITY STREETS ARE WALKED THAT INFORMATION IS ENTERED INTO A DATABASE AND WE GET THIS PCI VALUE WE USE THOSE PCI VALUES TO HELP US COME UP WITH A FORECAST FOR THE UPCOMING YEARS. PCI IS IN THE RANGE OF 0 TO 100 WEIGHTED SCALE. PCI IS IN THE RANGE OF 0 TO 35 ON THE LOWER END ARE THOSE IN NEED OF STREET RECONSTRUCTION AND THAT'S THE STREETS THAT WE'RE ON THE LIST FOR THE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE HERE TONIGHT. WE PREPARE THAT FORECAST FOR THE UPCOMING YEARS AND CONTINUE TO UPDATE THAT EACH SPRING WITH DRIVE AROUNDS AND THEN THROUGH PMP SCOPING MEETINGS. WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY UPDATING THAT MAP. WE BUILD THESE PROJECTS INTO LARGER PROJECTS TO GET BETTER ECONOMY OF SCALE. SO FOR EXAMPLE OUR RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WE TYPICALLY HAVE BEEN DOING TWO AND A HALF TO THREE AND A HALF MILES TO GET BETTER BIDS FROM THE PRICES FROM THE CONTRACTOR WHICH IN TURN HELPS TO LOWER THE ASSESSMENTS AND THEN LOWER THE OVERALL CITY PORTION FOR OUR TAXPAYERS. BRIAN I'LL GET INTO OUR COST SHARE WITH ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS FOR THE ASSESSMENT HERE IN A MINUTE. FEW OF OUR CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES WE HAVE OUR STREET RECONSTRUCTION WHICH THIS PROJECT ENTAILS THE COMPLETE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE PAVEMENT SECTION STREETS THAT DON'T HAVE CURB AND GUTTER ON THEM CURRENTLY HAVE CURB AND GUTTER INSTALLED PER CITY CODE AND THIS IS DONE BY A CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE CITY WERE STREET MILLING OVERLAY TECHNIQUE OR EXISTING PORTION IS GROUND OFF NEW LAYERS PAVED OVER THE TOP ALSO DONE BY A CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE CITY RIVER STREET SILK ROAD TECHNIQUE WHICH BITUMINOUS ADHESIVES ADDED TO THE TOP LAYER OF THE PAVEMENT AGGREGATES ADDED TO THAT EXCESS AGGREGATE SWEPT OFF AND THAT'S MORE OF A MAINTENANCE TECHNIQUE. THIS IS DONE BY AS PART OF A SOUTH METRO JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TRAIL AND SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE THAT'S DONE BY BOTH OUR CITY'S MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AND PROJECTS THAT WE HIRE OUT TO CONTRACTORS. HERE IS OUR OVERALL GOAL OF THE PROGRAM. ON THE LEFT YOU SEE A NORMAL ROAD LIFE WITHOUT DOING ANY SORT OF ROUTINE MAINTENANCE SHORTENS THE LIFE OF THAT ROADWAY IN BETWEEN NEEDING THOSE HIGHER COST RECONSTRUCTIONS ON THE RIGHT BY IMPLEMENTING SILK ROADS AND OVERLAYS AT THE RIGHT TIMES WE CAN GREATLY EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE PAVEMENT AND I'LL BRIAN I'LL GO THROUGH A SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU BOB SO WE FEEL LIKE A TOUCH ON THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS THOSE THE STATUTE FOR 29 GIVES THE CITY THE ABILITY TO ASSESS A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS. THE CITY USES THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT TOOL AS PART OF THE FUNDING FOR THE RECONSTRUCT PROJECTS HERE IN THE CITY. THE BASIS FOR OUR ASSESSMENT CALCULATION IS ADJUSTED FRONT FOOTAGE. SO WE WE CALCULATE THE ADJUSTED FRONT FOOTAGE FOR ALL PARCELS AND THAT EQUATES A LOT TO RECTANGULAR LOT. SO THE PURPOSE BEHIND THAT IS TO EQUATE ALL LOTS AS A RECTANGULAR LOT REGARDLESS OF THEIR SHAPE. SO THEY FFO IS REALLY A FUNCTION OF THE AREA OF THE LOT. SO IT'S OUR WAY OF TRYING TO EQUATE ALL LOTS EQUALLY ACROSS THE CITY. SO THIS POLICY HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 1962 AND BEEN APPLIED SINCE THEN THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. OTHER CITIES USE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AS WELL AS A TOOL FOR FUNDING CERTAIN PROJECTS AND AS I MENTIONED FOR THE PMP WE USE THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS TO FUND THE ROUGHLY ABOUT 25% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST OF THOSE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. SO LOOKING AT THE 2025 101 PROJECT HERE BEFORE US THIS EVENING TO RECONSTRUCT THE TOTAL PROJECT COST WAS JUST OVER $8.4 MILLION. THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING INCLUDING THE SURFACING CURB AND GUTTER UTILITY WORK OTHER ASSOCIATED WORK AS I MENTIONED THE TWO IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE ASSOCIATE OR THAT WE ASSESSED FOR WITH THE PROJECT ARE THE SURFACING ON THE CURB AND GUTTER. SO TO CALCULATE THOSE RATES THAT WERE APPLIED BY THE ADJUSTED FRONT FOOTAGE OF ALL THE PARCELS SUBJECT TO AN ASSESSMENT WE LOOK AT THE TOTAL SURFACING ASSESSED SURFACE IN COST THERE WHICH IS JUST OVER 2.4 MILLION. WE TAKE THAT NUMBER DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL OF THE ADJUSTED FRONT FOOT EDGES OF ALL THE PARCELS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO AN ASSESSMENT FOR SURFACING. SO IN THE CITY EVERYONE EVERY PARCEL IT'S ADJACENT TO A STREET AS WELL EXCUSE ME IS SUBJECT TO A SERVICING ASSESSMENT WHEN WE GO THROUGH IT TO RECONSTRUCT PROJECT. SO THAT CAME OUT TO JUST OVER 18,000 IF SO THAT GIVES US THAT ONE 3081 THAT'S 100% RATE. SO THAT'S THE RATE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO APPLY TO EACH PARCEL TO ASSESS THE PROJECT 100% TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN BLOOMINGTON WE USE THE 25% AND 50% RATE SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THOSE ARE THERE. SO THAT THAT RATE MULTIPLIED BY THE AFFO IS HOW THE ASSESSMENT VALUE OR ASSESSMENT NOTICE TOTAL SCUSE ME WAS CALCULATED FOR EACH PROPERTY WE DO THE SAME EXERCISE FOR THE CURB AND GUTTER YOU CAN SEE THERE THE TOTAL COST WAS JUST OVER $1 MILLION FOR THE CURB AND GUTTER THE AFFO IS LESS THERE YOU'LL SEE THAT 11,000 FOR 60 AS OPPOSED TO THE 18 650 FOR THE SERVICING REASON BEING IN BLOOMINGTON AS WE USE LIKE WE ASSESSED FOR CURB AND GUTTER IT'S AN INITIAL INSTALLATION SO SEGMENTS THAT ALREADY HAD CURB AND GUTTER IN PLACE MAY HAVE HAD SEGMENTS REPLACED WITH THE PROJECT BUT THOSE PROPERTIES ARE NOT SUBJECT TO AN ASSESSMENT. SO WITH THAT WE GET 100% RATE AGAIN AND THEN TAKE THAT INTO OUR 50% AND 25% RATES MULTIPLIED BY THE AFFO AND THAT COMBINED WITH THE SERVICING ASSESSMENT IS HOW THE TOTAL ASSESSMENT WAS CALCULATED FOR THOSE PROPERTIES PAYMENT OPTIONS. SO IF THE ASSESSMENT ROLE IS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD HAVE FROM TONIGHT UNTIL NOVEMBER 26TH OF THIS YEAR TO PAY OFF THE ENTIRE AMOUNT IF THEY CHOOSE OR A PORTION OF IT MINIMUM OF $100 AND AVOID PAYING ANY INTEREST ON THAT ON THAT ASSESSMENT IF ANY BALANCE REMAINS AFTER NOVEMBER 26TH OF THIS YEAR, THAT BALANCE IS AUTOMATICALLY ROLLED ON TO THE PROPERTY TAXES. SO THAT'S SPREAD OUT EVENLY OVER THE BALANCE IS SPREAD EVENLY OVER TEN YEARS WITH A 5.5% INTEREST RATE APPLIED AND LEAD TO THE DECLINING PRINCIPAL. SO IF THAT OF A PROPERTY OWNER WAS TO DO THAT THE FIRST TIME THEY WOULD SEE A PAYMENT FOR THAT WOULD BE ON THEIR MAY OF 2026 PROPERTY TAX STATEMENT AND IF THEY'RE TO LET THAT ROLL OUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TEN YEARS OF THE ASSESSMENT THE LAST PAYMENT WOULD BE IN THE OCTOBER 20TH 35 PROPERTY TAX STATEMENT IF ONCE THE BALANCE IS ROLLED ON TO THE PROPERTY TAXES THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS THE ABILITY TO PAY OFF THE BALANCE IN FULL AT ANY TIME DURING THOSE TEN YEARS AND AVOID PAYING THE ADDITIONAL INTEREST. UNFORTUNATELY, ONCE IT'S ON THE PROPERTY TAX ROLL THE ONLY PAYMENT OPTIONS ARE TO PAY WHAT TO DO WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY TAX STATEMENT OR THE ENTIRE AMOUNT. YOU CAN'T PAY ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ABOVE THAT BECAUSE OF THE COUNTY'S PROCESS SO THEY CAN ONLY ACCEPT AMOUNT DUE OR THE TOTAL PAYOFF AMOUNT AT ONCE. IT GOES ON TO THAT TEN YEAR ASSESSMENT ROLL. WE DO HAVE A HARDSHIP DEFERRAL SO IT'S NOT A FORGIVENESS OF THE ASSESSMENT BUT IS A DEFERRAL FOR THOSE THAT QUALIFY. SO IT DEFERS THE ASSESSMENT UNTIL THE THE PROPERTY OWNER NO LONGER QUALIFIES FOR THE DEFERRAL AND OR THE PROPERTY IS SOLD OR CHANGES OWNERSHIP. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT INTEREST STILL DOES ACCRUE ON THAT UNPAID BALANCE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AND THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE MET TO QUALIFY FOR THAT HARDSHIP DEFERRAL INCLUDING BEING A SENIOR RETIRED BY VIRTUE OF PERMANENT DISABILITY OR ACTIVE MILITARY PERSONNEL AND THERE ARE LOW INCOME AND HOME VALUE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AND THE PROPERTY MUST BE HOMESTEADED. SO IF A RESIDENT IS INTERESTED IN PURSUING THAT WE COULD HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THEM. I WILL NOTE THAT YOU DO NEED TO CERTIFY YOUR QUALIFICATIONS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT IN DEFERRAL ONCE THAT IS NO LONGER ONCE YOU NO LONGER QUALIFY FOR THE DEFERRAL THAT ASSESSMENT BECOMES DUE IN FULL SO YOU LOSE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT UNDER THE PROPERTY TAXES AND SPREAD OUT OVER TEN YEARS. SO SOMETHING ELSE TO KEEP IN MIND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PURSUING. THE LAST THING IS THE STATE STATUTE DOES ALSO PROVIDE AN APPEAL PROCESS. SO IF THE IF THE ASSESSMENT IS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING AND A RESIDENT WANTS TO APPEAL THE ASSESSMENT, THERE IS A PROCESS IN PLACE FOR THAT THAT RESIDENT MUST SERVE NOTICE THE CITY OF THEIR OF THEIR INTENT TO APPEAL WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE LEVYING OF THE ASSESSMENT. SO THAT INFORMATION FOR THAT IS SPELLED OUT IN STATE STATUTE AND THAT IS DONE THROUGH DISTRICT COURT ACTION. SO SO IN IN SUMMARY AS BOB MENTIONED BEFORE, THE PMP PROJECT IS THE RIGHT ACTION AT THE RIGHT TIME THAT HELPS PROLONG THE PAVEMENT LIFE. IT KEEPS THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE IN GOOD CONDITION AND MAINTAINS OR INCREASES OUR PROPERTY VALUES HERE IN THE CITY AND ALSO REDUCES THE OVERALL COST OF MAINTAINING THAT ROADWAYS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON. AND WITH THAT SO WE DO HAVE A SUGGESTED MOTION AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GENTLEMEN. IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU'VE DONE THEIR PRESENTATION BEFORE AND BRIAN, I APOLOGIZE. I THINK I IDENTIFIED YOU AS BOB. THAT'S WHEN I INTRODUCED IN THE INTRODUCTION. I APOLOGIZE. PROBLEM COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO JUST A VERY QUICK ONE. >> THE 11,004 60 NUMBER THAT YOU USED TO DISCUSS TO MAKE YOUR CALCULATIONS WHERE DOES THAT NUMBER COME FROM? >> YEAH, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE THE 11,004 60 IS THE TOTAL ADJUSTED FRONT FOOTAGE OF ALL OF THE PARCELS THAT WERE SUBJECT TO AN ASSESSMENT FOR CURB AND GUTTER . SO THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE 18,006 50 BECAUSE ALL THE PARCELS ARE OUR ASSOCIATE ARE ARE SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENT FOR SURFACING WHEREAS ONLY PARCELS THAT HAVE CARBON GUTTER INSTALLED FOR THE FIRST TIME ARE SUBJECT TO AN ASSESSOR FOR UNDERSTOOD AND THAT NUMBER IS VARIABLE MEANING EVERY TIME YOU DO AN ASSESSMENT IN AN AREA THAT NUMBER CHANGES BECAUSE THE AREA THAT'S CHANGING EXACTLY THE NUMBER OF PARCELS OR WHATEVER THAT ADJUSTED FOR FOR YEAR THAT WILL CHANGE DEPENDING ON THANKS FOR HELP COUNCILMEMBER LOMA COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN WE'LL GO WITH THAT. JUST THREE REAL QUICK THINGS HERE. SO THE WITH WITH RESPECT TO THE THE FEES HERE YEAH, THE 25% THE 50% OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW IF THE RESIDENT OR THE BUSINESS OR THE OTHER ENTITY ENDS UP PAYING THAT AND THE CITY AT LARGE IS COVERING THE THE OTHER PORTION OF THAT. RIGHT. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. NO, THAT'S CORRECT. SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, ROUGHLY ABOUT 25% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST THAT $8.4 MILLION IS PAID THROUGH ASSESSMENTS TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECT IS PAID THROUGH CITY WIDEUNDS. SO YES, THERE'S AN ASSESSMENT TO THOSE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE RECEIVING A BENEFIT FROM THE PROJECT BUT THE OVERALL COST THE MAJORITY OF THE COST THE PROJECT IS PAID CITYWIDE AND I KNOW THAT I USED TO USE THE DINER EVERY YEAR AS THE 100% THOUGH OTHER STATES CAN DO IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS BUT I KNOW YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THEY'RE CHANGING THAT AND SO JUST AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS AS A COMMUNITY THING, WE TALKED ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER. THE LAST PIECE THAT I WANTED TO JUST YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE GOT A YOU KNOW, A VERY UNIFORM AND A VERY FAIR SYSTEM AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION HAVE WE APPLIED THAT SPECIAL BENEFIT ACROSS THOSE 13 DIFFERENT SEGMENTS EQUALLY IN AN EQUITABLE YEAH THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER SO THERE IS A SPECIAL BENEFIT TEST THAT WE PERFORM. WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY TO DO THAT. SO THE STATE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT THE ASSESSMENT THAT'S LEVIED TO A PROPERTY THE IMPROVEMENT THAT WE'RE THERE BEING ASSESSED FOR THERE NEEDS TO BE A VALUE THAT'S AT LEAST EQUAL TO THAT ASSESSMENT. THE ASSESSMENT CAN EXCEED THE VALUE OF THE RECEIVING FROM THAT IMPROVEMENT. SO WE DO THAT TEST AND WE HAVE AN INDEPENDENT PROPERTY VALUE TO GO OUT AND DO THAT. WE DID HAVE THREE PARCELS THAT WE ADJUSTED ARE CALCULATED ASSESSMENT DOWN FROM AND THAT BECAME BEFORE YOU GOT THE COUNCIL HERE EARLIER IN SEPTEMBER FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND THAT WAS BASED ON THAT SPECIAL BENEFIT ANALYSIS. SO OUR CALCULATED ASSESSMENT EXCEEDED THE BENEFIT THEY RECEIVE FROM THE PROJECTS THAT WE ADJUSTED THOSE DOWN. SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ASSESSMENT CALCULATIONS ARE IN LINE WITH THE BENEFIT. IF WE WERE TO SEE THAT WE WERE HAVING 1020 PARCELS WE NEEDED TO ADJUST OUR AND THAT WOULD TELL ME THAT OUR ASSESSMENT CALCULATIONS NEED TO BE KIND OF TWEAKED TO MATCH THE BENEFIT THOSE PROPERTIES ARE RECEIVING. SO WE DO DO THAT TEST PRIOR TO THOSE FINAL ASSESSMENTS BEING SENT OUT TO CONFIRM THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COUNSEL ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM 4.4 TONIGHT REGARDING THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ASSESSMENT RULE FOR THE 2025 PMP STREET RECONSTRUCTION. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TIME FOR POINT FOR THIS EVENING? PLEASE COME FORWARD. WELL, HELLO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. THEN I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK TUTORIAL THEN. OKAY. YOUR NEED YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD OFFICIALLY. YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO LIMIT YOU TO FIVE MINUTES SHOT CLOCK UP THERE LIMIT YOU TO FIVE MINUTES ONLY BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE DONE AND WHAT WE'LL DO AS YOU IF YOU ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU GO THROUGH ANYTHING, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS COLLECT THE QUESTIONS AND WON'T ANSWER THEM AT THE END OF ALL OF THIS. OKAY? OKAY. VERY GOOD. SO WELCOME. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? MICHAEL CODER. I OWN TWO RENTAL PROPERTIES HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND THIS IS REGARDING MY SECOND PROPERTY ON 8400 OLD CEDAR. IT'S A CORNER PROPERTY. IT IS AFFECTED BY THIS ASSESSMENT. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM PAYING THIS ASSESSMENT. THAT'S FINE. THEY ARE PUTTING IN AN ADDITIONAL BIKE PATH. THE PROPERTY AT 8400 HAS TO BIKE PATHS ALREADY THERE'S ONE IN THE BACK ALONG THE PARK AND THERE'S ONE IN THE FRONT ALONG OLD CEDAR AND NOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A THIRD ONE ALONG 84TH SO I'M BEING BIKE PATH TO DEATH BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE BIKE PATH IS AN IMPROVEMENT AND I'M OKAY WITH IT BUT I WAS SORT OF SHOCKED TO SEE THE IMPACT ON THE LOT. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE I'VE GOT SOME PICTURES HERE ON MY FANCY FLIP PHONE AND MAYBE THIS ISN'T THE FORUM FOR IT BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE CURB WHERE IT USED TO BE AND I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A SETBACK OF EIGHT FEET THERE'S UTILITY POLES SO THEY'RE WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS TO TAKE THAT PROPERTY. IT DOES INDEED GO EIGHT FEET IN FROM WHERE THE CURB WAS. I AM OKAY WITH THAT BUT I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED AT THE PROXIMITY OF THE BIKE PATH TO THE SIDE OF MY RENTAL PROPERTY. IT'S WITHIN ABOUT 20FT OF THE BEDROOM SIDE AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE FORM BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MAYBE SOME BUSHES OR A PRIVACY FENCE ADJACENT THE SIDE OF THAT HOUSE BECAUSE I DO FEEL THAT IT'S REALLY IMPACTED THE THE LOT. I AGAIN I HAVE SOME PICTURES IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED OR YOU KNOW THAT'S IT THAT'S MY COMMENT I VERY GOOD SO IT'S YOUR QUESTION BASICALLY IS THE SETBACK FROM THE RESIDENCE TO THE TO THE BIKE PATH AND THE BIKE PATH TO THE RESIDENCE? I GUESS IT IS AND IF TRE WOULD BE SCREENING AVAILABLE IS THAT IF THERE WOULD BE SCREENING AVAILABLE SOME SORT OF FENCE I DO FEEL PEOPLE BE RIDING ON THAT BIKE PATH. IT'S IT'S I THINK ABOUT SIX EIGHT FEET. I DO THINK THEY'LL REST ON THE PROPERTY BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY AGAIN ACCORDING TO THE PICTURES IF YOU LOOK AT THE HOUSE FOR ME TO THE OFFICER RIGHT THERE THAT'S ABOUT THE DISTANCE SO HERE'S A BIKE PATH AND THERE'S A BEDROOM WINDOW AND SOME SORT OF SCREENING. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THAT AND FOUR POINT FOR THIS EVENING WE PRIYANKA DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE? >> MAYOR WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ONLINE. LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE SPEAKER ITEM 4.4 TONIGHT COUNCIL NO ONE COMING FORWARD. NOBODY ON THE PHONE TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.4 I'D LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.4 SO SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ON 4.4 NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO SO I WOULD TURN TO STAFF ON SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS OR AND ON THIS QUESTION THAT MR. KOTA HAD ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SCREENING WITH THE THE BASICALLY THE SETBACK BETWEEN THE THE THE NEW BIKE PATH AND THE RESIDENCE THAT HE OWNS IT DO WE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE? DO WE HAVE A PROGRAM IN PLACE TO TO ACCOMMODATE ANYTHING LIKE THAT OR WHAT'S THE HISTORY ON THAT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL THE LOCATION THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER IS REFERRING TO IS ON AT 84TH AND OLD CEDAR WE FILLED OUT FILL THE GAP MADE A CONNECTION FROM RIGHTS LAKE PARK TO OLD CEDAR ON THE NORTH OR ON THE SOUTH SIDE 84TH STREET. THAT'S THE LOCATION WHERE WE HAD ONE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT WE HAD WE DID A CURB BUMP OUT IN THAT LOCATION TO TO REDUCE THE WIDTH OF THE ROADWAY IN THEIR TRAFFIC CALMING ASPECT AS WELL. ALL OF THE THE BIKE PATH ITSELF IS COMPLETELY WITHIN EXISTING CITY RIG OF WAY. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY INTENTIONS ON INSTALLING A FENCE OR SHRUBS IN THAT LOCATION BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN WORK WITH THE RESIDENT ON ON OPTIONS HE SEEMS HAPPY WITH THAT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THERE? COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH, I'M JUST LOOKING AT IT ON GOOGLE MAPS HERE AND THERE'S A CONNECTION BETWEEN RIGHTS LIKE PARK AND THE TRAIL ALONG OLD CEDAR JUST TO THE SOUTH OF I BELIEVE HIS NEIGHBOR. IS IT NECESSARY TO HAVE ANOTHER CONNECTION TO DOORS DOWN? I ALWAYS SEEN A LOT OF BIKERS ON THE ROAD. I MEAN HE INDICATED THAT HE PROBABLY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE USE SO MAYBE THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THERE. BUT THE OTHER CONNECTION IS NOT THAT FAR AWAY. SO HE EXPLAINED THE RATIONALE I GUESS FOR IT AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL YES, THAT LOCATION IS WELL LIKE WE'VE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY IN REGARDS TO FILLING SIDEWALK APPS AND LOCATIONS WHERE WE CAN. THIS IS A LOCATION WHERE WE LOOK AT LOOKING AT FILLING A GAP ON 84TH STREET FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE CONNECTION TO THE WEST TRAIL SIDEWALK CONNECTION FURTHER TO THE WEST ON 84TH STREET UP TO 12TH AVENUE. IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS WAS ABLE TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THIS PROJECT BUT IT WAS A LOCATION WHERE WE WANTED TO MAKE A START FOR THAT TO RIGHTS LAKE PARK I AGREE THAT THERE IS ANOTHER LOCATION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THESE PROPERTIES WHERE THERE'S A CONNECTION TO RIGHTS LIKE PARK. I KNOW THAT IN A COMMERCE MINNESOTA RIVER TRAIL THE INNER CITY REGIONAL TRAIL IT'S BEEN CALLED A FEW DIFFERENT NAMES IS VERY HEAVILY USED. SO IT IS A LOCATION WHERE WE DO FEEL THAT YES THAT THIS THIS CONNECTION WILL BE USED. BUT LIKE I SAID, IT WAS THE LOCATION WHERE WE WERE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF A CONTINUED CONNECTION FURTHER TO THE WEST. BUT IT WASN'T FEASIBLE FOR THIS PROJECT TO DO SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. APPLICATION COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO YEAH. >> JUST REALLY QUICKLY THE OTHER OPTIONS YOU COULD CONSIDER AT LEAST AND AGAIN I'M NOT A TRAFFIC PERSON SO OBVIOUSLY YOU DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO BUT DIVERTING THEM DIVERTING THEM VIA A CROSSWALK TO 18TH AVENUE AND OVER AND PUTTING THE PUTTING THE BIKE PATH ON THE NORTH SIDE WHERE IT DOESN'T SEEM TO IT DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE IMPACT ON ANY RESIDENTIAL PLACE MIGHT BE A THOUGHT TO SO THEY'D BE ABLE TO CROSS FROM WRIGHT'S LAKE VIA THE INTERSECTION OF 18TH AVENUE AND CONTINUE FORWARD ANYWAY IT WOULD BE GREAT TO LOOK AT IT AS A AS A WAY TO MAYBE MOVE IT OVER TO THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF OF 84TH STREET ON THE NORTH SIDE AS OPPOSED TO ACROSS THAT SINCE THERE'S SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT OF RESIDENTIAL THERE. IF WE COULD PRESERVE THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT I ALSO THINK SHRUBS ARE GREAT AND FENCES ARE GREAT AND ALL KINDS OF OPTIONS EITHER. >> SO I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT I MIGHT SUGGEST HERE IS IS THAT WE DIRECT STAFF TO MAYBE LOOK AT OPTIONS FOR FOR SCREENING AS IT IS CURRENTLY PROPOSED PERHAPS LOOK AT OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP BUT MAYBE TO TO FOCUS ON SOME SCREENING SO THAT WE HAVE A A REASONABLE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE HOME AND THE BIKE PATH BEING PUT IN. SO DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? DOES ALL RIGHT OR IF WE DIRECT STAFF TO DO THAT THEN I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION AND ITEM 4.4 UNLESS THERE ARE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING ASSESSMENT ROLL 2020 5-1 FOR THE 2025 PMP RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT STREET REFERENCE SEGMENTS ONE THROUGH 13 SO MOST MOTION MY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND MY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE 2025 PMP STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN WE WANT ITEM 4.5 COUNCIL THIS IS OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS REGARDING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO UPDATE THE THE SELF LOOP DISTRICT PLAN. MR. HAMLER OLSON IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT. GOOD EVENING SIR AND WELCOME THE EVENING PERFECT. YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL THIS IS A THIS ITEM IS TO CONSIDER A PLANNING AMENDMENT TO UPDATE THE 2012 SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT PLAN WHICH IS STAFF IS STRUCTURED IT TO FUNCTION AS AN ADDENDUM TO THAT ORIGINAL 2012 PLAN. I'LL GET MORE INTO THAT ASPECT IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS UPDATE PROCESS STARTED BACK LAST YEAR. IT'S PART OF THE 2024 2025 PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN STAFF HAS NOT CHANGED ANY OF THE VISION OR GOALS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED IN 2012. INSTEAD IT JUST EVALUATES THE SOUTH OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE IN THE DISTRICT IN LIGHT OF THE VISION AND THE GOALS IN THAT ORIGINAL 2012 DOCUMENT. IT ALSO RECOMMENDS NEW POLICIES AND ACTIONS TO MAKE THE DISTRICT PLAN RELEVANT TO CURRENT CONDITIONS AND CITY POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED SINCE 2012. CONTINUING ON, I'LL GET THROUGH THIS REALLY QUICKLY. LIKE I MENTIONED, THE UPDATE PROCESS KICKED OFF LAST YEAR IN JULY, IN OCTOBER AND DECEMBER WE HAD A BUNCH OF A WHOLE SLEW OF STUDY SESSIONS AND THAT'S WHERE WE FIRMED UP THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THIS PROJECT. WE CAME BACK TO YOU ALL BACK IN FEBRUARY MARCH IN FRONT OF PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL TO PRESENT THE UPDATES AND A STRUCTURED OUTLINE FOR WHAT THIS UPDATE MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND WE TOOK YOUR FEEDBACK AND WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS THE DRAFT WE'VE THAT TAKES THOSE COMMENTS INTO CONSIDERATION AND WE RECENTLY HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 14TH OF AUGUST IN FRONT OF PLANNING COMMISSION I'LL TALK ABOUT MORE I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN ON THE 19TH OF AUGUST WE ALSO DELIVERED AN UPDATE TO THE PORT AUTHORITY COMMISSION . SO THE DOCUMENT TOUCHES ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT TOPICS. LIKE I MENTIONED, IT'S GOING TO BE FUNCTIONING EFFECTIVELY AS AN ADDENDUM TO THAT 2012 DOCUMENT MEANING THAT IF THERE'S ANY RELEVANT CONTENT IN THAT OR IF THERE'S ANY CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE THIS UPDATE IN THAT 2012 DOCUMENT CONCERNING RELEVANT CONTENT, THE UPDATE WILL SUPERSEDE THAT THAT DOCUMENT IN SOME CASES IT MIGHT AUGMENTED IT WILL PROBABLY PROVIDE MORE DETAIL AND SOME OF THE CONTENT AS WELL. SO THAT'S ALSO POSSIBILITY. THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF LIKE I MENTIONED THERE'S A BUNCH OF TOPICS THAT IT TOUCHES UPON CREATE A PLACEMAKING SUSTAINABILITY PARKS AND OPEN SPACE AND ZONE BUILDING DESIGN WHICH I AGAIN I'LL TOUCH UPON IN A LITTLE BIT. SO IT REALLY GOES THROUGH EVERYTHING AND JUST PROVIDES AN UPDATE. IT DOESN'T REWRITE ANYTHING BUT IT DOES BRING IT TO 2025 CONDITIONS AND WE STARTED USING THE LIKE LIKE I MENTIONED WHEN WE STARTED IT BACK LAST YEAR WE PAIR THIS WITH AN ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR THAT WAS MUSIC IN THE PARK WHERE WE INTRODUCED THE SOUTH LIVE UPDATE TO ATTENDEES AND WE ALSO HAVE A PROJECT PAGE ON THE LIKE WE HAVE A SORRY AND THEN LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON WEBSITE THAT ACTS AS A REPOSITORY AND AS A MEANS TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT WE MIGHT GET THROUGH IT AND GET THROUGH THAT WEB PAGE. WE'VE BEEN HOLDING REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS WITH KEY EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS THAT WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND WE'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING VIA EMAIL. WE'VE EVEN HAD SOME IN-PERSON MEETINGS AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE EMAILED COMMENTS AND EXHIBIT F ATTACHED TO THIS STAFF REPORT AND SINCE IT IS A COMPLIANT AMENDMENT THE MAY COUNCIL REQUIRES US TO NOTIFY ADJACENT AFFECTED JURISDICTION AND TO GIVE THEM A 60 DAY PERIOD TO READ REVIEW AND COMMENT ON THE ON THE PROPOSED DRAFT WE SENT IT OUT TO 25 DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS. WE'VE ONLY RECEIVED RESPONSES FROM TEN AND OF THOSE TEN ONLY ONE HAD A COMMENT AND AND WE'VE WE'VE INCORPORATED THAT COMMENT INTO THE LATEST DRAFT THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. SO AS I MENTIONED ON AUGUST 14TH THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED SIX ZERO TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AMENDMENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS SUBJECT TO SOME EDITS THAT THEY NOTED ONE WAS TO INDICATE A FUTURE CONNECTION BETWEEN THERE THERE'S AN EXISTING TRAIL AROUND HARD BACK PONDS IN THE RIVER VALLEY AND THERE'S ALSO A PLANNED WELL HERE I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU ON THE NEXT SLIDE ACTUALLY COME ON. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. THERE WE GO. SO IN THAT RED CIRCLE WE'RE JUST INDICATING THAT A POSSIBLE FUTURE CONNECTION BETWEEN THAT THAT EXISTING TRAIL NETWORK AROUND HOG BACK PONDS AND THEN THE PLANNED TRAILS TO THE NORTHEAST THERE WAS A CONNECTION THERE THAT WAS REMOVED. I THINK SOMEONE IN ENGINEERING COULD PROBABLY PROVIDE MORE BACKGROUND FOR WHY THAT WAS REMOVED AS FAR AS I RECALL IS THAT THERE WAS A WETLAND DELINEATION DONE IN 2023 THAT RULED OUT THAT CONNECTION BECAUSE A PLANNED TRAIL WOULD HAVE TO GO ON TO PRIVATE PROPERTY AND IT WAS JUST IT WAS JUST DEEMED INFEASIBLE AT THAT POINT. HOWEVER, PLANNING COMMISSION WAS PRETTY ADAMANT THAT OR INSISTENT THAT THE WE NOT ABANDON A POSSIBLE CONNECTION IN THE FUTURE SO THERE'S NO ALIGNMENT PLANNED AND THERE'S NO DATE OF CONSTRUCTION IN BUT NONETHELESS THAT'S REMAINS THERE AN ASPIRATION SO THAT WE CAN REFER BACK TO IT IN CASE WE DO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION. GETTING TO THE SECOND POINT FROM THAT AUGUST 14TH MEETING PLANNING COMMISSION THAT REQUEST THAT WE REVISE TEXT IN THE DOCUMENT TO COMMIT THE CITY TO STUDYING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS TO EVALUATE EVALUATE GOALS FOR DEVELOPMENT INTENSITY. THIS WAS BORN OUT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HEIGHT HEIGHT STANDARDS FOR BUILDINGS AND WANTING TO CULTIVATE AN URBAN NATURE WITHIN THE WITHIN THE DISTRICT WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT. I MEAN THAT'S PART OF THE VISION FOR THE DISTRICT IS TO TRANSFORM IT INTO FROM A SUBURBAN AREA TO AN URBAN AREA. AND SO THE CONNECTION WAS MADE BETWEEN THAT AND TALLER BUILDINGS JUST TO COMMUNICATE THAT IT IS AN URBAN THERE IS AN URBAN AREA AND PROVIDING MORE ROOM AND SPACE FOR DEVELOPMENT. BUT THIS HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO ALSO LOOK AT FLOOR AREA RATIO IN ANY OTHER STANDARD THAT AFFECTS LAND USE INTENSITY. SO WITH THAT THERE'S A MOTION IN FRONT OF YOU TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSAL AND I CAN ALSO SIT BACK AND TAKE QUESTIONS FROM YOU COUNCIL QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH. A COUPLE OF QUICK ONES HERE. I SAW AS PART OF IT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION OF OFF AIRPORT PARKING AND I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT APPROVING THIS WHEN WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT. AND THEN THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION IN THERE WITH REGARDS TO YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK WE ALREADY APPROVED AT THE HOTELS THAT MAYBE THE LANGUAGE I SAW WAS NOT VERY RECEPTIVE TO THAT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. SO THERE SEEMED TO BE A CONFLICT BETWEEN WHAT WHAT WE DID WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT'S IN THIS PLAN AND CAN YOU HELP ME RECONCILE THOSE OR IN MY MISUNDERSTANDING THAT MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER THE LANGUAGE IN THE UPDATE IS FAIRLY LOOSE. I MEAN IT REFERS TO AIRPORT PARKING AND THE ISSUES AROUND IT AND THAT THE CITY WAS STUDYING IT IN ORDER TO RESOLVE OR AT LEAST TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE THROUGH THE STUDY THAT WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED. I BELIEVE THIS LANGUAGE WAS REVIEWED BY LEGAL IN LIGHT OF THAT STUDY AND IT WAS DEEMED SAFEST TO NOT MAKE ANY FIRM OBSERVATIONS IN LIGHT OF THE ONGOING DISCUSSION AND STUDY OF AIRPORT PARKING AND THAT IT'S BEEN CONTINUED I THINK UNTIL 2027. I THINK THAT WAS THE WELL YOU ALL REMEMBER BETTER THAN I DO SO THAT THAT'S THE LANGUAGE IS VERY LOOSE AND INTENTIONALLY TO TO NOT MAKE ANY FIRM CONCLUSIONS AND TO TO RESPECT TO THE ONGOING DISCUSSION AROUND AIRPORT PARKING. SECOND QUESTION YOU INDICATED THAT THE DISCUSSION AROUND THE HEIGHT AND FAR AND ALL OF THAT THAT'S NOT IN HERE AT THIS POINT SO THAT WON'T BOX US IN ON ANYTHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT'S GOING TO BE FURTHER DISCUSSION TO STUDY. MY ONLY QUESTION ON THAT IS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MAYBE SOME PROJECTS COMING FORWARD I DON'T KNOW THE HEIGHT OF THOSE AND I WOULD NOT WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THE DISTRICT PLAN THAT WE HAD TO TRY TO ADDRESS IN THAT DISCUSSION. SO YES, CERTAINLY MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER RENO I MEAN ANYTHING THAT WOULD COME BEFORE YOU WOULD BE CONSISTENT. WE'RE JUST IT'S THE LANGUAGE HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO COMMIT THE CITY TO STUDYING IT AND THAT COULD BE INCLUDED ON FUTURE PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLANS 2026, 2027. SO ANYTHING THAT COMES BEFORE YOU BEFORE ANYTHING IS DONE BY US I MEAN IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE WITH WITH WITH THE DISTRICT PLAN AS IS OF YEAH SO I MEAN I DON'T THINK THERE'S THERE WILL BE ANY CONFLICTS UNLESS THAT WAS TO BE THE THE REVIEW AND STUDY THAT WAS TO BE EXPEDITED OR TO BE MOVED FORWARD IN WHICH CASE WE THERE MIGHT BE SOME ISSUES BUT I THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN A STUDY A STUDY WOULD COMMENCE AND AMENDMENTS WOULD BE CONSIDERED THAT YOU KNOW, THERE'S REALLY NO RISK TO ANYONE COMING BEFORE THE CITY WITH A PROJECT THE WAY I'M READING IT, COUNCILMEMBER IT'S A COMMITMENT TO STUDY IT, NOT A COMMITMENT TO DO ANYTHING MOST OF THEM TO MAKE ANY BUT THE COMMITMENT TO LOOK AT IT AND MAYBE CONSIDER THINGS TOGETHER. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THE HEIGHT OF A CERTAIN PROJECT THAT MIGHT BE COMING UP FOR US SO AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION WAS ON SUSTAINABILITY AND I SUPPORT LOOKING AT SUSTAINABILITY. I MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO DOING THAT. I PERSONALLY PREFER HOW WE'VE APPROACHED AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE WHERE WE PROVIDE INCENTIVES TO DO IT IN ALL PROJECTS. MY CONCERN ABOUT ATTACHING IT TO JUST PUBLICLY FUNDED ONES IS ONE IT'S A LIMITATION ON WHICH ONES WOULD ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THOSE THINGS AND TO IT MEANS LET'S JUST BE BLUNT IT MEANS WE PAY FOR IT. SO YOU KNOW AND I'D RATHER FIND WAYS OF YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH PEOPLE TO REDUCE THE COSTS TO IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES. THAT'S A PRIORITY IF THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT AREN'T AS HIGH A PRIORITY WHATEVER THOSE ARE BUT JUST SIMILAR TO THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE IT'S A MUCH BIGGER DISCUSSION . IT'S NOT A DEALBREAKER FOR ME BUT I JUST IN IN TERMS OF APPROACH I PREFER MORE OF THE INCENTIVE BASED THAT WE DID ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND I THINK THAT'S PROVEN ITSELF TO BE WORKING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OR IF I MAY MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER THE SUSTAINABLE CITY GROUP WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS IS GOING TO BE WORKING ON A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND I THINK THAT THEIR INTENTION IS TO TOUCH UPON THAT TO TO ADDRESS SUSTAINABLE BUILDING STANDARDS OR ANY SORT OF ASSISTANCE THAT THE THE CITY MIGHT OFFER DEVELOPERS INTERESTED IN THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN JUST JUST ONE QUESTION CUSTOMARY NELSON GOT IT SOME OF WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN BUT YOU KNOW AS WE WE LOOK AT THIS YOU KNOW I KIND OF MAKE THE OBSERVATION WHEN I DRIVE THROUGH REGINA AND RICHFIELD AND PART OF THIS IS THIS DENSITY PIECE THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON THERE. I KNOW WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF STUDY PIECES THAT ARE OUT IN THE FUTURE AND I CERTAINLY ASKED THAT QUESTION OUT THERE. BUT YOU KNOW THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE YOU KNOW, HOW CONFIDENT ARE WE THAT OUR DENSITY IN THE DESIGN GOALS ARE COMPETITIVE ENOUGH TO TO EVEN COMPETE WITH RICHFIELD AND IN THE DINAH WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO BRING IT UP TO THAT THAT STANDARD THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITHIN THIS THAN THIS SORT OF SO THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF THE QUESTION I KIND OF HAVE AND I KNOW IT'S KIND OF UNFAIR QUESTION TO ASK YOU RIGHT NOW BUT BUT THAT'S SORT OF THE YOU KNOW, AS WE KIND OF PUT THIS TOGETHER AND WE'RE DOING THIS STUDY AND WE'RE DOING THIS PIECEMEAL, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A TRAILING OFF FOR IT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON IT NOW GET A LITTLE BIT OF THIS DONE AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW, COME BACK A LITTLE BIT LATER PIECES BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. AND SO THAT THAT PIECE OF THE A IS DONE WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW, IT JUST IT DOES IT YOU KNOW IT'S THAT COHERENT AND SO WE KIND OF SEE THAT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA. SO THAT'S MY CONCERN THAT WE DON'T HAVE THESE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE. SO MAYBE IT'S MORE OF A COMMON METHOD. COUNCILMEMBER IF I CAN I MEAN THIS IS THE THE STUDY THAT'S MENTIONED LOOKING AT LAND USE INTENSITY IN THE SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT. IT'LL ACTUALLY I MEAN WHEN WHEN IT'S PROPOSED TO BE OR WHEN IT'S FEASIBLE TO HAVE IT ON A WORK PLAN WOULD BE COINCIDING WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE ACTUALLY SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE RESOURCES TO I MEAN LOOK AT THE ENTIRE CITY. I MEAN THAT'S WHAT WELL I SHOULDN'T GET AHEAD OF THE SCOPE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE THE THE FOCUS WAS ON THE SOUTH OF DISTRICT BUT IT'LL APPEAR NICELY WITH THAT THE COMP PLANNING EFFORT IS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO YOU KNOW REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE SYNERGIES TO LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH OF DISTRICT WHILE WE'RE ALSO EXAMINING LAND USE AND AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 4.5 REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS TO UPDATE THE SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PLAN SO ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.5 ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE? PRIYANKA ON THE PHONE MAYOR WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ON LINE. LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY HERE IN THE CHAMBERS COUNCIL NO ONE COMING FORWARD. NO ONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO AND 4.5 OUT FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON AND 4.5 SO SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 4.5 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO SO COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS THOUGHTS ON THIS? IF NOT I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON IT AND 4.5 COUNCILMEMBER ONE THANK YOU MAYOR. MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT UPDATING THE 2012 2012 SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT PLAN AND THIS MOTION MY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND MY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT UPDATING THE 2012 SELF LOOP DISTRICT PLAN NO FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL WE ARE BUMPING RIGHT UP AGAINST 9:00 AND WE HAVE AT LEAST AN HOUR LEFT IN OUR AGENDA RIGHT NOW I AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE EXTEND OUR ADJOURNMENT DEADLINE TO NO LATER THAN 10:00 SO YOU HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO EXTEND OUR ADJOURNMENT DEADLINE TO NO LATER THAN 10:00. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO ITEM 4.6 TONIGHT IS A SECOND ON OUR LAST PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING THIS REGARDING THE NORMANDALE LAKE DISTRICT PLAN AMENDMENT MR. CARSON MR. ALQUIST GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. >> GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS WE'RE JUST GETTING THE POWERPOINT UP HERE. I KNEW I WAS IN FOR A LONG TERM COMPACT. I WISH I WISH HAVE COME FROM PLUS 4 OR 5 IF IT'S YES AS A PANELIST IF YOU WANT TO JUST PULL IT UP ON THE STARTING. ALL RIGHT. THERE IT IS. WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE NORMAL LAKE DISTRICT PLAN AMENDMENT SO WE'LL GO OVER PROJECT BACKGROUND THE INTERSECTIONS SAFETY STUDY THE THE LAKE DISTRICT PLAN AMENDMENT AND THEN STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS PROJECT BACKGROUND THE NORMANDALE LAKE DISTRICT PLAN HAD DEDICATED A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER 84TH STREET AND NORMANDY BOULEVARD AS A LONG TERM OPTION. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THAT WAS $5 MILLION BUT THE BRIDGE NO LONGER MEETS A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS. IT HAS A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR IMPACTS TO SURROUNDING AREAS INCLUDING PARKS AND WETLANDS. NEXT SLIDE. SO WE HAD OUR CONSULTANTS STUDY ACCURATE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS INSTEAD THE INITIAL OPTIONS WERE PRESENTED IN STUDY SESSIONS WITH PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL A FEW MONTHS AGO AND WE INCORPORATED FEEDBACK FROM THOSE AND ALSO FEEDBACK FROM HENRY COUNTY AND CITY STAFF INTO OUR RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN HERE. THIS COMBINED ELEMENTS FROM TWO PREVIOUS OPTIONS IT REDUCES THE CROSSING DISTANCES FOR BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS AND MODIFY AS THE THE FREE RATES ON ALL FOUR CORNERS TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN AND IT ADDRESSES CONCERNS FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY ON VEHICLE OPERATIONS. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS ONE IS $3.5 MILLION. SO THE MOTIONS FOR TONIGHT WE'RE LOOKING FOR ARE TO REMOVE THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, THE $5 MILLION PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE FROM THE DISTRICT PLAN AND INSTEAD DOING AN ACCURATE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT FOR $3.5 MILLION. I'LL PASS IT TO DAKOTA. OKAY. YEAH. SO THIS WAS A JOINT EFFORT HERE BETWEEN ENGINEERING AND PLANNING. SO JUST WANT TO COVER THE KIND OF PUBLIC HEARING COMPONENT THIS DOES REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO OUR NORMANDY LINK DISTRICT PLAN. SO THAT PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2008 AND THEN UPDATED IN 2017 THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER THE 84TH AND 84TH STREET NORMANDY BOULEVARD INTERSECTION WAS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN THIS DISTRICT PLAN AND THERE'S ALSO THE TAX ABATEMENT DISTRICT HERE. AND SO IT MUST THIS PROJECT MUST CONTINUE TO BE PROGRAMED FINANCIALLY EVEN IF IT'S NEVER CONSTRUCTED AND SO STAFF BECAUSE IT NO LONGER MEETS THEIR COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS DETERMINE THAT WE SHOULD REMOVE THE REFERENCE TO THE PED BRIDGE IN THIS DISTRICT PLAN SO THAT WE CAN REMOVE IT FROM THE TAX ABATEMENT DISTRICT FUNDS AND YOU CAN REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS FOR OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE DISTRICT. AND SO THERE'S KIND OF REALLY JUST THREE KEY CHANGES TO THE DISTRICT PLAN. I'M JUST HIGHLIGHTING THEM HERE ON PAGE 2.162.17 AND 3.4. SO ON 2.16 IT'S JUST TO REMOVE THE TITLE OF PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IN THAT REFERENCE TO THE CROSSING BACK TO A MORE GENERAL STATEMENT AROUND IMPROVING BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENTS ON 2.17 IT'S REPLACING A PARAGRAPH THAT TALKS ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND AGAIN KIND OF REPLACES IT WITH SOME OF THE GENERAL FINDINGS FROM THE SAFETY STUDY AND AGAIN KIND OF BEING INTENTIONALLY VAGUE BUT TO REFERENCE IMPROVING THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANOTHER AMENDMENT LATER WHEN GRAVE IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE. AND THEN FINALLY ON 3.1 OR 3.4 THAT'S JUST REMOVING THAT PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE PROJECT FROM THE PROJECT TABLE IN THE PLAN. AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER MINOR GRAMMATICAL THINGS BUT THOSE THESE THREE WERE KIND OF THE KEY REFERENCES THAT WE WOULD REMOVE. AND SO REALLY WITH THAT THERE'S KIND OF TWO MOTIONS ON THE SCREEN. THE FIRST IS TO KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPT THE FINDINGS OF THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY STUDY THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY OUR CONSULTANT. AND THEN THE SECOND MOTION IS JUST TO MAKE THE ACTUAL CHANGES IN THE DISTRICT PLAN AND THEN THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING COMPONENT FOR THE TEXT AMENDMENTS. SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THE QUESTION THAT CAME TO MY MIND AS I LOOKED AT THE LANGUAGE AND A FEW SLIDES BACK IT TALKS ABOUT MUST CONTINUE TO BE PROGRAM FINANCIALLY EVEN IF IT'S NEVER CONSIDERED IS THAT TYPICAL LANGUAGE FOR A DISTRICT PLAN BECAUSE THAT SEEMS SOMEWHAT ONEROUS. YEAH OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I THINK YEAH IN THIS IN SOME OF OUR DISTRICT PLANS WE DO KIND OF HAVE DEDICATED PROJECTS THAT WE IDENTIFY AND THEN IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WILL IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AS WELL. SO I WOULD SAY IT IS COMMON IN OUR DISTRICT PLANS AND THEN THERE'S JUST KIND OF THE ADDED LAYER I GUESS IN THIS DISTRICT TOO WITH KIND OF SPECIAL TAX ABATEMENT DISTRICT THAT I GUESS KIND OF ADDS AN EXTRA LAYER AND KIND OF WHY WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS STEP TWO TO REMOVE THAT. YEAH THAT MAKES SENSE THEN. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. LOTS OF QUESTIONS ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. YEAH, THANKS MAN. SO ARE WE TAKING THE 5 MILLION OUT FOR THE BRIDGE? BUT ARE WE ADDING BACK IN 3.5 MILLION FOR THE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS FROM THAT PLAN OR ARE WE JUST TAKING THE 5 MILLION OUT AND THEN MAYBE WE MIGHT DO SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE THERE ARE A FEW. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO ASK MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON NELSON YES. WE'RE TAKING THE 5 MILLION OUT AND THEN REPLACING THAT WITH FOR THE 3.5 MILLION FOR FOR ACCURATE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INTERSECTION. YEAH. SO OKAY SO WE'RE TAKING 1.5 MILLION OUT OF THAT AND THAT WAS PART OF OUR BUDGETS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR FOR NEXT YEAR IS HOW THAT IMPACTS OUR BUDGET. SO MY OTHER QUESTION IS YOU KNOW, I RELOOKED AT THE DATA IN THE PACKET AND IT SEEMS LIKE AN INCREDIBLY SAFE INTERSECTION. IT'S DRAMATICALLY LOWER IN TERMS OF ACCIDENTS THAN THE AVERAGE INTERSECTION THROUGHOUT THE METRO AREA. IT SOUNDS LIKE IN THE LAST TEN YEARS THERE WAS MAYBE TO SIGNIFICANT ACCIDENTS, ONE OF WHICH WAS MAYBE DRIVEN BY A MEDICAL EMERGENCY THAT SOMEBODY HAD WHILE DRIVING AND IT NOT DO ANYTHING IF IT'S WORKING. I MEAN AND I LOOKED AT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE INFORMATION MAKE A BETTER BUT IT'S NOT GREAT IT'S A BUSY INTERSECTION AND ESPECIALLY AT PEAK TIMES AND I JUST I JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT'S MOVING THE NEEDLE EVEN AT 3.5 MILLION TO DO IT IF IT'S ALREADY SAFE, IF IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT DRAMATIC OF AN IMPROVEMENT, WHY HAVE IT IN THE PLAN AT ALL? YEAH. MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, THIS IS A LOWER CRASH INTERSECTION FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES. WE DO TRY TO BE PROACTIVE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AND THE DISTRICT PLAN DOES CALL OUT TO BE PROACTIVE IN UPGRADING PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE IMPROVEMENTS SAFETY WISE. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING DOING THIS HERE. THERE IS ALSO THE OPTION OF DO NOTHING OH SO THAT THAT IS AN OPTION AS WELL PLEASE THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR FOR APPRECIATING THOSE IF IF WE DID NOTHING WHEN WOULD THIS INTERSECTION NEED WORK DONE TO IT LIKE I MEAN APPARENTLY THE ROAD WILL DETERIORATE AT SOME POINT. WE TALKED ABOUT PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT EARLIER WHEN WOULD WE DO IT AND COULD WE JUST DO IT THEN AND TAKE IT OUT OF THIS PLAN FOR NOW WE DO HAVE I THINK THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE WAS IDENTIFIED IN 2032 SO THAT IT WOULD BE AROUND THAT TIME FRAME WHERE THIS THIS PROJECT WOULD BE PROPOSED TO HAPPEN IN TERMS OF THE THE PAVEMENT WHEN THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR THAT. AND ALSO OUR CITY ENGINEER WANTS TO DISCUSS THAT GOOD. >> GOOD EVENING MS. LONG HOLY COW. HE'S TALL. MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON THE ROAD IS A HENNEPIN COUNTY ROAD SO IT WOULD BE ON THERE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WOULD BE AS MR. MALKMUS INDICATED BUT BECAUSE THIS INTERSECTION DOES SEE A LARGE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC AND WITH THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL PHILOSOPHY THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED IN OUR PLAN WE DON'T WAIT FOR THE CRASHES TO OCCUR BECAUSE THAT'S A TRAGEDY AND HUMAN WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT FOR A HUMAN DEATH TO BUILD A PROJECT. WE WANT TO BE PROACTIVE AND GET OUT AHEAD OF IT AND SO THAT WAS WHY THIS INTERSECTION PROPOSAL WAS BROUGHT TO OTHERS. COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN SO JUST ONE LAST QUESTION AROUND THIS. WHEN THIS WAS ORIGINALLY DREAMT UP MOVING THERE YOU MIGHT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION WAS ANY OF THIS YOU KNOW, FROM A PLACEMAKING STANDPOINT? SO AS YOU COME DOWN THAT CORRIDOR FURTHER SOUTH, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE WHAT WE'VE DONE, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT YOU KNOW, WITH THE BOARDWALK AND SOME OTHER OTHER THINGS THERE. SO WAS ANY OF THIS DESIGN WORK THOUGHT OF IN TERMS OF BEING PLACEMAKING OR TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT INTERSECTION OR BRING IT TOGETHER BECAUSE I SEEM TO RECALL THAT BEING SOME WAY OF BRINGING THOSE SECTIONS TOGETHER OR BRINGING THOSE AREAS TOGETHER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT MAYBE I MIGHT MY BRAIN IS NOT REMEMBERING THIS RIGHT. MR. MAYOR? COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, THERE WAS SOME THOUGHT OF MAKING THINGS PLACEMAKING AS IT ENTERS INTO THE COMMUNITY BUT INSTEAD WE DID THE SIGNS ON NORMANDALE BOULEVARD AND THAT NORMAN LAKE DISTRICT. SO THAT WAS A DISCUSSION POINT AT THE TIME THAT THE PLAN WAS DEVELOPED. BUT THE CITY TOOK A DIFFERENT APPROACH AND DID THE BIG SIGNS TO WELCOME YOU INTO BLOOMINGTON OR TO DO WAYFINDING IN SOME OF THE PARK KIOSKS? YEAH. SO NOW THE QUESTION COUNCIL ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DON'T GO FAR. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AN ITEM 4.6 NOW THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE NORMANDALE LAKE DISTRICT PLAN AMENDMENT. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO HIM? 4.6 THIS EVENING PRERECORDED WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ONLINE IS THERE ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS COUNCIL WE'VE GOT NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE CHAMBERS, NO ONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO AND 4.6 I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN 4.6 SOME OF SO MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ON 4.6 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE THE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT OR THE ELIMINATION OF THE BRIDGE. I THINK TO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON'S QUESTIONS IT MIGHT BE WORTH CONSIDERING AS WE HEAD DOWN THE ROAD IF THIS ISN'T IN THE PLAN FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS, PERHAPS THE PLAN COULD THEN CHANGE AGAIN IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO CONSIDER. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO JUST TO TO TO ANSWER OR TO ASK A SPECIFIC SPECIFICITY ON YOUR YOUR COMMENT THERE, MR. MAYOR, PUTTING IT IN THE PLAN DOESN'T REQUIRE US TO SPEND THE MONEY. CORRECT SAID ANOTHER WAY. CORRECT. BUT WILL REMOVING THE OR REMOVING THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE GUARANTEE WE DON'T SPEND THAT MONEY THE WAY I'M UNDERSTANDING IT REMOVING THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE GUARANTEES WE DON'T SPEND THAT MONEY. RIGHT. AND THIS MONEY IS I MEAN THAT WAS THE COMMENT THAT I WAS MAKING ABOUT HOW IT'S IT'S IT'S GOT TO BE PROGRAMED EVEN IF IT'S NEVER BUILT. AND SO IT'S IT'S FINANCIALLY OR STRUCTURALLY PROGRAM BUT IF IT'S NOT BUILT THEN THERE'S NO RESOURCES VERY GOOD OKAY THEN I'M THEN I'M SUPPORTIVE OF OF KIND OF KEEPING IT IN HERE AS A POTENTIAL MAYBE WE DO IT IN THE FUTURE. I MEAN WHO KNOWS FIVE YEARS FROM NOW TRAFFIC PATTERNS COULD BE VERY DIFFERENT IN THAT AREA WILL BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPEFULLY THE 494 PROJECT AND YOU KNOW, WE'LL KNOW BETTER WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND YOU KNOW, ALSO THERE'S SOME OTHER STUFF ON THE HORIZON THAT MIGHT CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE THERE TO HAVE MORE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. CERTAINLY I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE TO THAT. THE MALL AREA THERE I MEAN LIFETIME PICKLEBALL WAS GREAT BUT WE COULD DO A LOT BETTER IN THAT WHOLE AREA. SO YOU KNOW LOTS OF STUFF COULD COME UP THAT WOULD MAYBE IMPACT THE NEED FOR IT. I'M I TEND TO BE WITH COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THOUGH THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE REALLY NEED IT RIGHT NOW. >> THIS IS GOING TO BE SURE THERE'S GOING TO CORRECT ME ON EVERYTHING THAT I SAID EARLIER SO THIS ECONOMY SURE MAYOR AND COUNCIL THE NORMAN DEL ABATEMENT DISTRICT IS IN A SEPARATE CAPITAL PROJECT FUND AND WE DO LEVY TAXES FOR EVERY YEAR DIRECTLY FOR THIS PROJECT AS WE'VE WALKED THROUGH THE INITIAL PRELIMINARY TAX LEVY WE DID REDUCE OUR STRATEGY BASED OFF OF REMOVING THIS LARGER PED BRIDGE TO JUST FUNDED ABOUT 250,000 A YEAR NOW SO THAT THOSE DOLLARS WOULD ACCUMULATE IN THERE AND EARN A LITTLE BIT OF INTEREST BETWEEN NOW AND 2032 IF THE PROJECT COMES UP AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT THEN WE CAN CLOSE THE DISTRICT IN THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE THOSE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO REPURPOSE RIGHT A VERY GOOD ALL RIGHT. >> WITH THAT COUNCIL I THINK WE'VE ANSWERED SOME QUESTIONS. I CAN'T RECALL IF WE HAD A MOTION NOT LOOK FOR ACTION ON IT AND 4.6 COUNCILMEMBER DOING I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT. I KNOW LAST TIME YOU GUYS WERE HERE I WAS THE ONES LIKE I WANT TO LOOK AT IT. SO THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR GOING BACK LOOKING AT IT, MAKING SURE AND FOLLOWING THE PRINCIPLE LIKE WE DON'T WANT A DEBT TO BE THE ONE THAT CAUSES US TO DO SOMETHING. SO I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT AND I AM INTERESTED IN CONTINUE TO KEEP THIS ON HERE. HAVING WORKED IN THAT DISTRICT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, I CAN TELL YOU THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME TO WORK IN THOSE OFFICES AND LITERALLY SINGLE DIGITS OF PEOPLE CROSS THAT ROAD TO GET TO FULL TILT ANY OTHER RESTAURANT AND SO US KEEPING THIS IN HERE ALLOWS US CONTINUE TO WORK AND CREATE THAT CONNECTIVITY SO THAT THOSE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THOSE OFFICES CAN USE THE THE RESTAURANTS AND PARTICIPATE IN WHAT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD. SO IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I'D BE HAPPY TO MOVE THIS COUNCILMEMBER I MOVE TO APPROVE AND ADOPTS THE FINDINGS OF THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY STUDY WHICH INCLUDES SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INTERSECTION OF WEST 84TH STREET AND NORMANDALE BOULEVARD. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO APPROVE AND ADOPT THE FINDINGS OF THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY STUDY A ADDITIONAL COMMENTS COUNCIL HEARING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES PRESENT NO MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER THEY MAYOR MOVED TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE NORMANDALE LAKE DISTRICT PLAN UPDATE AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THE REFERENCE TO THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER THE WEST 84TH STREET AND NORMANDALE BOULEVARD INTERSECTION. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE NORMANDALE LAKE DISTRICT PLAN UPDATE AMENDMENT NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANKS FOR THE UPDATE TO THIS AND THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION HERE. COUNCIL WE'RE AT 915 NOW AND WE STILL HAVE TWO ITEMS LEFT WE HAVE SET OURSELVES AS THE 10:00 DEADLINE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KIND OF MOVE THINGS ALONG IF WE WANT TO MAKE THAT DEADLINE. SO I'M GOING TO TURN THINGS OVER NOW TO HAS TOLD ME AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK AND IS CARLSON EXCUSE ME AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK FOR BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE AND STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUND BUDGET. THIS IS ITEM 5.2. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. >> GOOD THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M HERE WITH OUR DEPUTY FINANCE OFFICER COREY CARLSON AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES ONE. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE PROVIDED THIS UPDATE TO YOU BUT WE'VE BEEN BUSY THIS PAST SIX MONTHS MEETING WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND AT YOUR COUNCIL RETREAT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THIS UPDATE. SO VERY BRIEFLY THIS IS OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND OUR THREE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES TETHERED TO IT IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR WE RECONVENE OUR COMMUNITY BASED TEAM MEMBERS AND STAFF WITH THEIR STAFF TRANSITION US TO ATTEND A SESSION AND IT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. WE HAD NEARLY 85 9% OF OUR ORIGINAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS ATTEND THE SESSION AND INCLUDING THE MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER AND WE ASKED THE QUESTION WHAT KEY ACTIONS SHOULD WE TAKE IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO NAVIGATE OUR NEW REALITY AND CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AND OUR COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED AREAS AND COMMUNITY BUILDING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AMENITIES COMMUNICATIONS CONTINGENCY PLANNING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, A SMALL BUSINESS AND HOUSING AND LIVABILITY. WE EMBARKED ON AN EXERCISE CALLED THE WAVE WHERE WE LOOKED AT WHAT'S COMING, WHAT'S GOING AWAY AND WHAT'S HINDERING US. AND THESE WERE JUST SOME KEY THEMES THAT CAME FROM THAT WAVE. I WOULD NOTE FOR THE PEOPLE AT HOME WE DO HAVE A FULL REPORT IN THAT PACKET AS WELL AND SOME KEY HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS IS I'M NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH ALL THIS BUT IN THE AREAS OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTING MEETING WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERS, INTERNAL ALIGNMENT WITHIN KITTY KEY CITY FUNCTIONS ENSURING THAT A CORE VALUES ARE PRIORITIZED AND FUNDED AND COMMUNITY BUILDING ENSURING THAT WE HAVE CIVIL DISCOURSE SUPPORTING EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND COMING TOGETHER AS ONE UNDER AND HOUSING LIVABILITY, ACCESS TO HOUSING, TRANSIT AND RECREATION PROGRAMS IN OUR COMMUNITY AMENITIES FINISH OUR PROJECTS, OUR CALMING HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER WHICH WE SAW EARLIER TODAY OUR BIG GRAND OPENING THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK AND OUR NINE MILE PROJECT IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENSURING THAT RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS ARE PRESENT AND IN COMMUNICATIONS TELLING OUR STORY, HIGHLIGHTING OUR MISSION, VISION AND VALUES AND MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS AND THEN CANDIDACY PLANNING, ENSURING SAFETY AND SECURITY AND THAT ESSENTIAL SERVICES DURING AN EMERGENCY OR A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. >> AND THEN WE HAD OUR COUNCIL RETREATS WITH ALL OF YOU IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR AND AGAIN I WON'T GO DEEP INTO THE REPORT BUT I WANTED TO SHARE SOME REFLECTIONS AND HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT CITY COUNCIL RETREAT. WE ASKED THE QUESTION WHAT MAKES THIS DIRECTION RELEVANT TODAY? WHAT IS BEING WORKED ON NOW? WHAT IS HOLDING THIS DIRECTION BACK? WHAT WOULD GIVE THESE ITEMS MOMENTUM AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY? >> WE HAD AN AREA CALLED THE POND PRESERVE OR NOT DO AND THERE WAS LOTS OF QUESTIONS AROUND RECOGNIZING STAFF WORK AND CAPACITY ASKING US TO DO MORE BUT WITH NO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WE LOOKED AT OUR BUDGET AND ASSURING THAT IT'S VALUE BASED AND AGAIN WE BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE OF CONTINGENCY. SO AGAIN THESE ARE JUST REFLECTIONS AND HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT SESSION AND THE FULL REPORT IS IN THE PACKET AND I'LL JUST BREEZE THROUGH SOME HIGHLIGHTS HERE OF KIND OF OUR DASHBOARD. THERE'S AREAS WHERE WE OPERATIONALIZE MEANING THAT NOT THAT THEY'RE DONE OR GONE AWAY BUT WE'VE EMBEDDED THEM WITHIN THE WORK OF DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS ACROSS THE CITY THE ONES IN STAR ARE EITHER PENDING OR IN PROGRESS AND THEN THE ONES IN RED ARE EITHER MEANS WE'VE STOPPED, PAUSED OR DISCONTINUED THEM AND AGAIN THESE ARE JUST KEY HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. WE MAY NEED TO REVISIT THIS GIVEN OUR CURRENT ENVIRONMENT. WE HELD OUR MENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. FOOD ACCESS IS A CRITICAL AREA GIVEN OUR CURRENT ENVIRONMENT BUT AGAIN THESE ARE BASED ON OUR DASHBOARDS AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH INITIATIVE OWNERS ACROSS THE CITY AND THIS IS THE LAST ONE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND HERE AND WITH THAT I'LL HAND IT OVER TO CARI CARLSON. >> HELLO. THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUND IS A CAPITAL PROJECT FUND FOR ONE TIME CAPITAL OR STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS. >> IT'S FUNDED THROUGH EITHER DESIGNATED PROPERTY TAX LEVY OR TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND IN THE CURRENT BALANCE RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT 9.8 MILLION. SO WE FIRST TALKED ABOUT THIS IDEA AT YOUR JUNE COUNCIL RETREAT THAT INSTEAD OF APPROVING STRATEGIC PRIORITIES PROJECTS ONE BY ONE COUNCIL WOULD SET AN ANNUAL BUDGET WITH BROAD FUNDING CATEGORIES. THEN EARLY NEXT YEAR WE'D GATHER STAFF AND COMMUNITY INPUT, HOLD A STUDY SESSION WITH COUNCIL TO REVIEW PROJECT IDEAS AND CITY LEADERSHIP WOULD COORDINATE THE WORK AND REPORT BACK ON RESULTS. AND THIS NEXT SLIDE IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT AN ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUND MIGHT LOOK LIKE. SO THIS IS A DRAFT 2026 BUDGET AND IN THIS EXAMPLE WE HAVE THE AMOUNT THAT'S DESIGNATED FOR TAX LEVY STABILIZATION AND THEN SOME EXAMPLE AMOUNTS FOR OTHER CATEGORIES. AND IN THIS EXAMPLE THE 9.8 MILLION FUND FUND BALANCE THAT'S IN THAT FUND RIGHT NOW WOULD BE REDUCED BY ABOUT A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION. AND SO THIS APPROACH IT REALLY EMPHASIZES ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON HOW THE FUNDS ARE USED AND WHAT PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED AND HOW THOSE RESULTS THEN CONNECT BACK TO THE BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER PLAN. AND THEN FINALLY IN SHORT THIS CHANGE KEEPS US FOCUSED ON PRIORITIES, GIVES US SOME FLEXIBILITY TO ACT QUICKLY AND BUILDS STRONGER COLLABORATION WITHIN CITY DEPARTMENTS AND ACCOUNTABILITY. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE QUESTIONS COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON EITHER THE UPDATE OF BEATTY OR THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUND CUTS. REMEMBER DALLESSANDRO? >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MY QUESTION IS I DON'T I GUESS I'M BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND FROM THE FRAMEWORK WAS WHETHER THERE WAS AN EXPECTATION THAT EVERY YEAR SOMETHING WAS GETTING FUNDED IN EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES IS I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S TRUE. BUT TELL ME IF THAT'S TRUE. FOR EXAMPLE IF WE WANTED IF WE WANTED ALL OF THE MONEY TO GO TO HUMAN HEALTH AND NOTHING ELSE NONE OF THE OTHER PRIORITIES GET FUNDED THAT TIME, THAT WOULD BE OKAY FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE THERE'S NO EXPECTATION THAT IT GETS PAPERED ACROSS ALL FIVE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER AND COUNCILMEMBER DE SONDRA WE WOULD WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DICTATE THE POLICY DIRECTION OR THE CATEGORIES THAT YOU'D WANT US TO FOCUS ON AND LEADERS AND DEPARTMENTS WOULD EXECUTE AGAINST THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THOSE PRIORITIES. AND WHEN YOU SAY THE COMMUNITY ,DO YOU MEAN THAT THESE ARE BROUGHT FORWARD BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS OPTIONS OR ARE YOU SAYING LIKE WE WOULD JUST DO OUR NORMAL ENGAGEMENT? IT'D BE THE COMMUNITY BASED CORE PLANNING TEAM. SO AS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE PART OF THAT PROCESS AND WE WOULD CONTINUE THAT WORK WITH COMMUNITY IN THAT GROUP. OKAY. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND I DIDN'T WAIT FOR WE JUST CONTINUE. OKAY GREAT. YEAH. SO I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT I TOOK AWAY FROM OUR OUR SESSION IN OVER THE SUMMERTIME THAT THAT THIS WAS ALL GOING TO BE LIKE SUBJECT TO LIKE THIS BIG ENGAGEMENT PROCESS ALL THE TIME. THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE USE THIS MONEY FAST ENOUGH RIGHT NOW TODAY AND NOW WE'RE FOR LACK OF A BETTER WAY TO PUT IT BOGGING IT DOWN WITH ANOTHER PROCESS. THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME THAT ARE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES IN MY OPINION RIGHT. WHY IS THE FORESTRY PLAN TAKING SO LONG? I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE WE COULD ACCELERATED BY GIVING HIM SOME MORE MONEY LIKE THERE'S THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE ALWAYS CAN USE THIS MONEY FOR AND I'M NOT IN THAT BY THE WAY THAT FITS INTO ONE OF THESE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES. SO IT'S NOT AGAINST THAT BUT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE AS SEVEN PEOPLE COULD DECIDE AS OPPOSED TO GOING THROUGH A WHOLE PROCESS. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT IF THAT'S THE WAY WE WANT TO DO IT. I GET IT. I JUST THINK IT'S SLOWER THAN NOT FASTER AND I THINK WE'RE ALREADY TOO SLOW WITH PUTTING THIS MONEY TO USE FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. OTHER THOUGHTS COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH. THANKS FOR MY OPINION HASN'T CHANGED ON THIS. I THINK LIKE MOST OF THESE THINGS SHOULD BE JUST PROGRAMED INTO THE DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS AND FRANKLY I WOULD LOVE TO JUST DRAW THIS ACCOUNT DOWN AND ONLY HAVE IT FOR THINGS THAT POP UP EMERGENCY TYPE SITUATIONS. I MEA IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE PLANFUL ABOUT WORK WITH A GROUP TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO, IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN WORK WITH THE GROUP TO PUT INTO THE BUDGET FOR THE NEXT YEAR IN WHATEVER RELEVANT DEPARTMENT IT IS WHETHER IT BE CAPITAL OR OPERATIONAL OR WHATEVER. SO I I'D STILL PREFER THINGS ARE JUST BUDGETED FOR AND NOT STRATEGIC PRIORITIES. COUNCILMEMBER LEMON SO I GUESS YOU KNOW WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS I WHEN WE FIRST HAD THE CONVERSATION I WASN'T IT WASN'T A HUGE SUPPORTER OF IT . BUT THE THING THAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS AND I THINK WE'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE WITH THIS AND I THINK THAT THIS ALSO YOU COULD PUT THIS AND YOU KNOW IN TUNE THEY'RE ALSO WITH C WITH THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING ABOUT OUR OUR COMMISSIONS AS WELL. WHEN YOU PUT IF YOU WERE TO PUT THESE THINGS TOGETHER ALONG WITH OUR EXISTING GROUPS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE, THERE ARE BETTER GROUP THIS COULD BE A VERY POWERFUL TOOL TO TO MOVE SOME PRIORITIES FORWARD. AND THEN I DO THINK WE NEED TO PROBABLY AS CUSTOMER SANDRA TALKED ABOUT THIS IDEA THAT THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT JUST MAKE SENSE FOR US TO JUST KIND OF DO AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT THAT ABILITY TO TO BE ABLE TO JUST PULL IT OUT OF THIS OUT OF THIS AMOUNT AND KIND OF DO THAT. BUT I DO THINK THERE'S SOMETHING INTRIGUING ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE NOW STARTING TO DO PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING AND THIS AND THEN YOU KNOW THAT REVIEW THAT WE'RE DOING ACROSS IT. I JUST THINK YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO DO THINGS IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND I THINK THIS IS A WAY TO KIND OF DO THAT AND TO BE MORE GETTING MORE FOLKS INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP BUILD THAT SUPPORT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR BUDGETING AND THE THINGS WE WE SUPPORT AND I THINK THIS THIS MIGHT BE A WAY TO HELP US TO TO COMBAT THAT AND GIVEN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR ECONOMY TODAY AND THE THINGS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE, I THINK WE REALLY OUGHT TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THIS SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. APPRECIATE GUYS COMING TONIGHT TO GIVE THIS UPDATE. I ACTUALLY I DO LIKE THE INCLUSION OF THE CORE PLANNING TEAM BECAUSE IT KEEPS US HONEST. IT'S GOING TO SLOW US DOWN 100% FOR SURE. BUT THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED US CREATE THE STRATEGIC PLAN CAME FROM THE CITY AND THEY ARE AS DEDICATED AS WE ARE UP HERE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE SPENDING OUR TAX DOLLARS APPROPRIATELY. AND SO I APPRECIATE HAVING THAT AND I THINK THAT IS A WISE MOVE FOR US BECAUSE WHO KNOWS WHAT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN. WE'RE COMING UP TOWARDS THE TAIL END OF THE ORIGINAL STRATEGIC PLAN. AND SO HOW IS THAT GOING TO CHANGE WITH THE NEXT ITERATION ? SO I APPRECIATE HAVING THAT CHANGE. BUT THE THING FOR ME I STRATEGIC PERSON I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO SPEND MORE ON THE TAX LEVY STABILIZATION COMING OUT OF THIS FUND. YOU KNOW, IT'S TO ME I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE PRIMARY PURPOSES OF THIS IS TO TO REALLY DRIVE THAT STABILITY AND SO YOU KNOW, HAVING A BIGGER SHARE COME OUT OF THERE AND THEN WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS TO FOCUS ON THE AREAS THAT WE AND OUR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE HELPED US WITH THE CORE STRATEGIC TEAM DEVELOP I THINK IS AN APPROPRIATE ACTION. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. I WILL SAY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND DALLESSANDRO I AGREE. I MEAN WE CAN PROBABLY PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND DOING THIS. I DO LIKE THE NOTION OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS MIGHT BE ESPECIALLY FOR FOR FOR WHEN DOLLARS AS DOLLARS BECOME LESS AND LESS AVAILABLE TO HAVE THAT COMMUNITY INPUT I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THIS I AGREE WITH YOU WE THE THE THE BUDGETING COULD BE TIGHTENED UP BUT THE WAY THIS IS FUNDED IS BY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BUDGET SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WHAT THIS WITH THIS NUMBER IS GOING TO BE IF I'M SAYING THIS CORRECTLY THIS IS THIS IS YOU KNOW BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS IF IF SPENDING IS LESS THAN WHAT THE BUDGET ORIGINALLY CALLED FOR AND WE HAVE ROUTINELY SHOWN THAT WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON HOW TO REALLY GET A HANDLE ON THAT FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS WHETHER IT'S THE ECONOMY OR PRICES OR IN THE INFLATION OR WHATEVER. AND SO THAT'S HOW THIS IS ALL THIS IS HOW BASICALLY HOW IT'S BROUGHT TOGETHER AND FUNDED. AND I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF OF A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPEND THESE AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ON ONE TIME PROJECTS THIS IS IN AN ONGOING THIS IS CAPITAL OR THIS IS ONE TIME KIND OF OR THIS IS EMERGENCY STUFF JUST AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THIS A BIT DIFFERENTLY. SO VERY QUICKLY, COUNCILMEMBER, WE HAVE TO KEEP MOVING HERE. WELL WELL I THOUGHT THE OTHER THING THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY TALKED ABOUT IN OUR DISCUSSIONS THAT I DON'T SEE HERE OR MAYBE I DO AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT IS THAT WE AGREED THAT WE WERE GOING TO CAP THIS THIS THIS THIS FUND I THOUGHT AND SO TO COUNCILMEMBER YOU KNOW, NELSON'S POINT IN TO COUNCILMEMBER MOVES POINT THE WHOLE POINT WAS THAT THIS FUND WOULDN'T HAVE MORE THAN X NUMBER OF DOLLARS IN AT ANY ONE TIME AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS OVER THAT WENT BACK TO TAX STABILIZATION. I DON'T SEE THAT REFLECTED HERE BUT I THOUGHT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT SO I, I THINK WE'RE MOST OF THE WAY WHERE YOU'RE AT I GUESS THE ONLY COMMENT I'M MAKING OVER AND ABOVE THAT AND AGAIN DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT I JUST THINK IT GETS WATERED DOWN AND IT LOOKS PERFORMATIVE AFTER A WHILE WHEN YOU'RE LIKE HEY HERE'S $100,000, GO FIND SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. LIKE THAT DOESN'T FEEL GREAT TO ME WHEN YOU COULD TAKE A BUCKET OF LIKE 500,000 AND REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE ON SOMETHING WE ALREADY KNOW IS A PRIORITY UNDER THIS STRATEGIC PRIORITY BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY BEEN STUDYING IT AND THAT AND THEN WE PUT AN ACCELERANT ON TOP OF IT OR WHATEVER. THAT'S WHAT I THAT'S THE COMMENT I'M MAKING. IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT THAT BUT I DID THINK THAT WE PUT A CAP ON THIS AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEING REFLECTED HERE OR NOT BUT I, I THOUGHT WE WOULD SAY IT'S THIS FUND NEVER GOES ABOVE 2.5 MILLION IN A YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> I RECALL THE CONVERSATION I DON'T RECALL AN ABSOLUTE WELL WHEN DO WE VOTE ON IT I GUESS IS THE QUESTION BECAUSE IT NEEDED TO COME UP FOR A VOTE BUT IT'S NOT REFLECTED HERE EVEN AS AN ITEM. SO NO CRITICISM. JUST SAYING LIKE I FEEL LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT IT RIGHT. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHEN WE BRING THIS BACK FOR THE COUNCIL TO VOTE ON THAT IT HAS A CAP ON IT. >> SO WHAT I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND I LIKE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUND. BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE QUITE THERE YET AND I THINK WE NEED TO IF ANYTHING YOU CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT THIS REFLECTS THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE TONIGHT AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT I WILL SAY AND WE DIDN'T EVEN TOUCH ON IT THE BEAUTY PROGRESS REPORT I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ON THAT AND HOW THAT'S BEING INTEGRATED VERY WELL INTO THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF OUR WORK AND THE STAFF'S WORK AND NOT AS ONE OFFS BUT AS JUST KIND OF EVERYDAY PIECES OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON AROUND HERE. AND I THINK THAT'S A THAT'S A POSITIVE STEP FORWARD IN TERMS OF HOW WE USE THE FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN. SO THANK YOU. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I GUESS I'M SITTING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I JUST I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU ARE CORRECT ABOUT ADDING A CAP. WHAT'S MISSING HERE IS WE HAVE NOT HAD THE TIME FOR YOU TO COME TOGETHER TO DO THE WORK THAT'S NEEDED FOR YOU ALL TO AGREE ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO PART OF THIS IS HOW WE'RE GETTING THROUGH THIS PROCESS IN THIS TIMELINE AND WHAT CAN WE DO THIS YEAR IN THIS BUDGET TO STILL ALLOW YOU TO MAKE THAT DECISION AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND 26 SO IT'S A WHOLE LIKE IT MIGHT BE OUT OF ORDER BUT AS LONG AS YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE WE START WITH OUR 26 BUDGET AND THEN YOU MAKE SOME DECISIONS WE CAN WE CAN STILL AMEND THINGS BUT YOU'RE CORRECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL RIGHT. IN THE INTEREST OF TIME COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP MOVING HERE. WE'RE GOING TO GET ITEM 5.3 AND WE KEEP PROMISING FOLKS FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING BUDGETS AND THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST KICKOFF OF THAT. THIS IS OUR 2026 BUDGET DISCUSSION FOR A NEW ACRONYM TO ME I THAT I JUST PICKED UP TODAY THE INTERNAL ENTERPRISE SERVICES TEAM THE IEC T THEIR 2026 BUDGET AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO MR. HOLZMAN TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS IN MY PERMANENT ROLE AS THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER OVER THIS SERVICE TEAM THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE PRESENTING OUR BUDGET TO YOU AS A SERVICE TEAM AND I HAVE BEHIND ME LEADERS FROM ALL THE SERVICE TEAM WE HAVE STEVE BARRETT OR H.R. MANAGER JANINE HILL COMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTRATOR JAMIE HANSEN OR CITY CLERK LAUREN REYNOLDS OR CHIEF EQUITY INCLUSION OFFICER ERIC HOLT. ALSO OUR CODE MANAGER AND AMY CHENEY OR CIO SO JUST TO GET STARTED WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF STRUCTURE AND STAFFING OUR BUDGET REQUEST, HOW WE WORK THROUGH THE PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING ANALYSIS INCLUDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALIGNMENTS, OPPORTUNITIES FOR REVENUE GENERATION COST SAVINGS AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES WILL HIGHLIGHT OUR BUDGETS AND SHARE SOME EMERGING TOPICS FOR OUR SERVICE TEAM AS WELL. SO THIS IS OUR CURRENT OR CHART AND STRUCTURE. >> I WOULD NOTE THAT WE HAVE 53 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES WHICH REPRESENT ABOUT 88% OF OUR WORKFORCE. I WOULD NOTE THAT THERE ARE 15 PART TIME AFTER EES THAT ARE NOT REFLECTED ON HERE BUT THEY ARE SPREAD ACROSS COMMUNICATIONS AT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE COIT AND I.T. THIS IS A COMBINED BUDGET BETWEEN H.R. >> OR OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND COED. I WOULD NOTE THAT THERE'S SOME UNIQUE THINGS HAPPENING HERE. FIRST OF ALL THE REVENUE ON THIS SLIDE IS ENTIRELY FROM THE CITY CLERK'S BUDGET GIVEN THAT WE HAVE ELECTIONS THIS NUMBER EBBS AND FLOWS EACH YEAR SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE KIND OF A FLUID REPORT EACH YEAR. OVERALL IT REMAINS RELATIVELY FLAT. HOWEVER I WOULD HAVE DECREASED BY 85,000 COMPARED TO 2025 IF WE WEREN'T OFFSETTING FOR INCREASES IN PASSPORT REVENUE . THE 85,000 DIFFERENCE ALSO REFLECTS THE FUNDING RECEIVED FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR ADMINISTERING SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS AND 2025 SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION YEAR WE HAVE INCREASE OF PASSPORT REVENUE IS THE RESULT OF RESTRUCTURING AND STREAMLINING OUR PROCESSES WHICH ALLOW US TO EXPAND APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY SERVE MORE CUSTOMERS AND GENERATE MORE REVENUE. ALSO THE INCREASE IN SALARIES IS HIGHER THAN THE PROJECTED CALL AND STEPS INCREASES DUE TO THE NEED TO BUDGET ADDITIONAL PART TIME ELECTION JUDGES FOR THE 2026 ELECTION WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE PRIMARY ELECTION AS WELL ON THE COMMUNICATIONS BUDGET FOR 2026 MOST OF THE COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION HAS BEEN MOVED FROM A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND TO BETTER ALIGN WITH COED AND OTHER DIVISIONS IN OUR ENTERPRISE SERVICES TEAM. THE ONLY PORTION THAT REMAINS IN A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND IS THE PEGA OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT FEES AND THE RELATED CAPITAL OUTLAY. HERE'S THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND FOR COMMUNICATIONS AS YOU CAN SEE FOR 2026 IT CONSISTENTLY SOLELY FOR THE PEG FEES AND RELATED CAPITAL OUTLAY. IT ALSO INCLUDES 132,000 IN SPENDING AND PEG FEES CAN ONLY BE USED FOR A CAPITAL OUTLAY PURPOSES. THE REMAINING FUNDS WILL ACCUMULATE IN THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND TO SUPPORT LARGER CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS RELATED TO PEG IN FUTURE YEARS FOR OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND THIS IS AN INTERNAL SERVICES FUND AND ITS REVENUE COMES FROM INTERNAL CHARGES TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS FOR 2026 THE CHARGES ARE INCREASING BY 9.3% TO COVER RISING COSTS, THE LARGEST COST DRIVER IS IN MATERIALS, SUPPLIES AND SERVICES PRIMARILY DUE TO HIGHER ANNUAL SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE FEES SOFTWARE COSTS FOR THE CITY'S ERP SYSTEM MICROSOFT SUITE AND OTHER ESSENTIAL APPLICATIONS HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN RECENT YEARS. >> THESE INCREASES ARE LARGELY UNAVOIDABLE AS THE CITY RELIES ON THESE SYSTEMS TO OPERATE EFFICIENTLY AND SECURELY. THESE ARE CRITICAL TOOLS FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, COMMUNICATION AND DAILY BUSINESS FUNCTIONS ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS FINALLY ARE SHOWING HOW WE'VE GONE THROUGH A PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING SO OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALIGNMENT THAT WE LOOKED AT IS H R AND OR WEB ARE MERGING THEIR EFFORTS TO ENHANCE A VALUE BASED ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE OR EQUITY INCLUSION WORK EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE ALREADY SEEN IMPACTS IN THE SPACE AS YOU GUYS KNOW OVER THE SUMMER CITY BLOOMINGTON WAS NAMED MOST STAR TRIBUNE TOP 200 WORKPLACE FOR 2025. IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER BEEN AWARDED THIS AND WE WERE RECENTLY NOTIFIED THAT WE RECEIVED ANOTHER WORD IN CULTURE EXCELLENCE IN THE TOP WORKPLACES CATEGORY IN THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CATEGORY BASED ON THAT SURVEY AS WELL WE ARE ALSO FOCUSING ON ONBOARDING AND MENTORSHIP AND USING OUR STRENGTHS COACHING INTO THIS WORK BUILDING TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR SUPERVISORS AND MANAGERS, MODERNIZING OUR SYSTEMS POLICIES AND PRACTICES WITH EQUITABLE OUTCOMES AND CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS OR OVERALL ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT. IN ADDITION, OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND CODE ARE PARTNERING TO ADVANCE STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC RELATIONS, COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH WORK AS WELL AND A STRATEGY PASSING PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT POSITION WHICH WAS CREATED AND THE RESTRUCTURE HAS ALSO BEEN POSITIONED TO TETHER OUR WORK ON OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES WHICH INCLUDE DATA ANALYSIS, EVALUATION AND IMPACT TOWARDS A TWO YEAR BUDGET CYCLE. THIS ALLOWS US TO LINK PERFORMANCE MEASURES DIRECTLY TO BUDGENG AND STRATEGIC PLANNING AND USE DATA TO UNIFY EFFICIENCY GAINS AND OPTIMIZE RESOURCE ALLOCATION AS WELL. >> THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR REVENUE GENERATION AND WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU ON MANY OF THESE THINGS. THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOCAL BROADBAND FRANCHISE FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COUNTY TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RECENTLY ADOPTED THE FIRST LOCAL BROADBAND FRANCHISE AGREEMENT IN MINNESOTA. THIS IS GROUNDBREAKING AND HAS OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND TO SEE WE COULD BRING THIS INTO OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE CHARITABLE GAMBLING. I KNOW THIS WAS BROUGHT TO YOU GUYS A FEW YEARS AGO BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REVISIT THAT WITH SOME NEW DATA ON NUMBERS THAT WE ARE ASSESSING THAT WE THINK WILL HAVE A GREAT IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON UNSOLICITED DONATIONS FOR EVENTS SUCH AS JUNETEENTH, EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPO AND OUR VETERANS APPRECIATION AND OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY ON OUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM IS REVISITING THE CANNABIS REVENUE FROM THE STATE AS YOU GUYS MAY KNOW WELL IN THIS YEAR'S SESSION THEY ELIMINATED THE REVENUE THAT WE WOULD GET DIRECTLY FROM THE STATE. BUT AS WE CONTINUE TO DO REGISTRATIONS ON CANNABIS LICENSE THINGS THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF STAFF TIME AND RESOURCES. OUR PASSPORT FOR REVENUE HAS EXCEEDED 2025 PROJECTIONS BY 20% AND WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO UPDATE OUR PENALTY FEE SCHEDULE WHICH IS OUR FEES THAT ARE ISSUED BY ORDINANCES AS WELL. SO HERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR COST SAVINGS AND EFFICIENCIES IN OUR PBP WE LOOKED AT WHERE CAN WE CENTRALIZE AND SHARE SERVICES, WHERE CAN WE LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY AND AUTOMATION, WHERE CAN WE GET EQUITY INTO OUR EXISTING OPERATIONS WITHOUT CREATING SEPARATE UNITS? HOW DO WE CENTRALIZE DATA COLLECTION AND TRAINING AND HOW DO WE STREAMLINE PRODUCTION? IS DISTRIBUTION INVOLVED TO IMPROVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND REDUCING COSTS? SO THESE ARE AREA IN COIT OR EAP COMMS AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE OR WE'RE LOOKING AT WE ARE LOOKING AT EVALUATING AND REDUCING OR TIMES GROCERY STRAND WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR SUBSCRIPTION COSTS AND SOME OF OUR TECHNOLOGY NOT TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO IMMEDIATELY CUT THESE BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING ASSESSMENTS WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR BI MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY FREQUENCY OF THE MONTHLY BRIEFING DISTRIBUTED TO RESIDENTS RIGHT NOW IT'S DONE MONTHLY BUT THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY WE LOOK AT COST SAVINGS AS WELL. THEN OUR INFORMATION DESK AND OUR FRONT COUNTER WE'RE LOOKING AT THE EFFECTIVENESS SERVICEABILITY AND IMPACT OF THAT WORK AS WELL IN THE AREAS OF THE CITY CLERK H.R. AND I.T. WE ARE LOOKING AT CONTRACTORS STATUS FOR ELECTION JUDGES WHICH WILL STREAMLINE HIRING. WE WILL BE REDUCING OUR POLLING PLACES FROM 31 TO 20 BY CONSOLIDATING AT SCHOOLS INSTEAD OF CHURCHES. THAT WOULD ALSO RESULT IN COST SAVINGS IN EACH. OUR BENEFITS IS SOMETHING THAT COMES UP A LOT AND WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR CREW LEAVE AND SETTING CAPS TO LIMIT LONG TERM LIABILITIES OR MODERNIZING OUR PTO ACCRUAL RATES TO SUPPORT A FLEXIBLE WORK ENVIRONMENT AND WE ARE REVIEWING HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS WHILE MAINTAINING A COMPETITIVE PUBLIC SECTOR BENEFITS. AS YOU GUYS HEARD IN EARLIER PRESENTATIONS OR HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASES 0% THIS UPCOMING YEAR WHICH IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT COMPARED TO WHAT WE'RE HEARING ACROSS THE REGION THE STATE AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR INDUSTRY. AND WE'RE ALSO ASSESSING THE NUMBER OF IMPACTS OF SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE AND DESKTOP SERVICE SUBSCRIPTIONS AND COSTS AS WE MOVE TOWARDS MORE TECHNOLOGY. THERE ARE SOME TAILS TO THAT IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE OF SUBSCRIPTION AS WELL. >> SO IN ESSENCE THE TWO TAKEAWAYS FROM OUR SERVICE TEAM ARE IS THAT WE ARE NOT REQUESTING ANY NEW AFTER EASE OR RESOURCES IN THIS BUDGET. INSTEAD WE'RE FOCUSING ON ALIGNING OUR RESOURCES, OUR VACANCIES AND COLLABORATING AND STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION CULTURE PROCESS IMPROVING TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINING OUR VALUES WITH OUR SERVICE TEAM STRUCTURE OUR GOALS TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT, EQUITABLE AND HIGH QUALITY, EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT SERVICES TO THE EXTERNAL SERVICES TEAM AND OUR CITY LEADERSHIP. OUR ORGANIZATION RESIDENTS AND OVERALL COMMUNITY. AND FINALLY I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME EMERGING TOPICS THAT WILL COME TO YOU IN FUTURE STUDY SESSIONS BUT TO BE AWARE OF ONE WE ARE SEEING AN ASTRONOMICAL INCREASE IN DATA REQUEST THAT TAKES A LOT OF STAFF TIME TO REVIEW AND REDACT. CYBERSECURITY IS ACTUALLY BECOMING ONE OF THE BIGGEST THREATS IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS. THE WORK OF A.I. AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN OUR INDUSTRY YOU KNOW WE HAVE POLICIES AND A WORK TEAM WORKING ON THIS AS WELL OR CEMETERY SERVICES THAT WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU FOR A DISCUSSION ON THE IMPACT OF THAT WORK. AGAIN, CANNABIS AND BUSINESS LICENSING FEES AS I MENTIONED WORKING ON A COUNCIL ACTION TEMPLATE THAT HAS EQUITY ENGAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT ASSESSMENTS FOR COUNCIL CURATION AND THEN TWO BIG CHANGES IN STATE LAW IS THE MINNESOTA PAID LEAVE ACT THAT WILL BE IN EFFECT ON JANUARY FIRST AND THEN THE DIGITAL AND MOBILE ADA COMPLIANCE ACT THAT WILL BE AN EFFECTIVE ON APRIL 24TH THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TO GET OUR ORGANIZATION READY FOR. AND WITH THAT I'LL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'VE GOT TWO QUESTIONS AND I'LL ASK THE COUNCIL AS WELL. SO ON THE COMMUNICATIONS FUND THE PEG ACTUAL FOR 2024 WAS 182,000. THE BUDGET FOR 25 WAS 260. WHAT WAS WHAT WAS THE BUDGET FOR 20 2040 OF IS THAT WELL BELOW BUDGET IS THAT WHY OR IS THAT AN ACTUAL INCREASE OF THAT MUCH BETWEEN 24 AND 25 EXPECTED THE I MEAN I DON'T HAVE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL I DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS HERE BUT THIS WAS PART OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE WITH COMCAST WHEN WE FINALIZED OUR AGREEMENT THIS PAST YEAR AND WE HAVE A INSTEAD OF A FLAT FEE WE WENT TO A PERCENTAGE FEE AND SO THE PERCENTAGE FEE HAS CONSIDERABLY INCREASED OUR PEG REVENUES FOR CAPITAL PURCHASES. OKAY. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THE 2024 ACTUAL WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS YOU KNOW, PLUS OR MINUS WHATEVER FOR FOR BUDGET THAT 2025 BUDGET AND THEN THE 2026 BUDGET THOSE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES ARE THERE DUE TO THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE. >> GOT IT. THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL. THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD AS WE LOOKED AT COST SAVINGS OR EFFICIENCIES AND SO ON, WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT MOVING OFF YEAR ELECTIONS TO EVEN YOUR ELECTIONS AND WHAT THAT WOULD BRING IN TERMS OF SAVINGS? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL YES, THAT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE. UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS APPROXIMATELY FOUR THINGS IN STATE STATUTE THAT DO NOT ALLOW RANKED CHOICE VOTING TO OCCUR ON THE SAME YEAR AS AN EVENING OR AS A STATE GENERAL ELECTION MEAN IT IS SOMETHING THAT THOSE OF US THAT HAVE REACHED TO SORTING CITIES HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGING OUR LEGISLATURE TO ADDRESS AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THEY WILL. BUT AS THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW THERE'S JUST THESE LITTLE THINGS ABOUT LIKE THE LAYOUT OF THE BALLOT AND THE TIMELINE FOR REPORTING RESULTS THAT DON'T ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN FOR US RIGHT NOW. INTERESTING. OKAY. BUT I AM VERY INTERESTED IN IT. VERY GOOD. I WILL GIVE YOU A GOOD TO KNOW. GOOD TO KNOW. THANK YOU. COUNCIL QUESTIONS THOUGHTS ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION. >> SO I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY GENERALLY THOUGHT AS A THING BUT NOT REALLY THAT YOU HAD POLLING PLACES IN EVERY PRECINCT BECAUSE YOUR PRECINCTS WERE YOUR POLLING PLACES ETC. AND WE CAN REDUCE THOSE. SO THERE'S MUST BE SOME LAW THAT SAYS IT'S OKAY FOR YOU TO HAVE SOME NUMBER LESS THAN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PRECINCTS THAT YOU HAVE. IS THAT RIGHT? SO WE WOULD REDUCE BOTH POLLING PLACES AND PRECINCTS SO YOUR YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT WOULD STAY THE SAME BUT SAY YOU HAVE SEVEN PRECINCTS WE WOULD REDRAW AND DRAW THE LINES AND AND HAVE LIKE A SAFER I SEE OKAY AND THERE'S NOTHING IN STATE STATUTE THAT PREVENTS THAT IT JUST HAS BEEN DONE A CERTAIN WAY FOR A VERY LONG TIME IS THAT SO EVERY TEN YEARS AFTER THE CENSUS WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO IT SURE. AND THAT'S WHEN WE REDRAW YOUR DISTRICTS RIGHT. HOWEVER YOU CAN DO THAT AT ANY TIME. YOU JUST HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW THE PROPER PROCEDURE. BUT YES, RIGHT NOW WE HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THE INCREASE IN ABSENTEE VOTING WITH THE REDUCTION OF ELECTION DAY POLLING PLACES. AND SO BUT YES, WE DEFINITELY CAN DO IT. THAT'S REALLY THE OPPORTUNITY THERE. GREAT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, YOU ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COST SAVINGS ARE ANY SOME NONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU PUT UP THERE INCORPORATED INTO THE 2026 BUDGET OR ARE THOSE THINGS TO EXPLORE GOING FORWARD? MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER THERE ARE THINGS TO EXPLORE BUT ALSO THINGS THAT WE ARE ALREADY DOING AS WELL. THERE'S A MIX OF PENDING BUT ALSO OPPORTUNITIES FOR ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION WHEN WE COLLECTIVELY PUT THESE NUMBERS TOGETHER WE ESTIMATED THERE COULD BE COST SAVINGS AROUND $300,000 AS A RENTAL AS A RESULT OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE PRESENTED TO YOU. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, IS THAT IN IS THAT IN THE BUDGETS OR IS THAT POTENTIAL IN THE FUTURE? >> IT'S POTENTIAL AND SOME OF IT WON'T BE ACHIEVED IN ONE YEAR. A LOT OF IT WILL BE OVER TIME AS WELL. RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL WE HAVE ONE MORE BUDGET TO GET TO OUR FINANCE BUDGET SHOULD WE MOVE ON TO THAT? LET'S MOVE ON TO THAT VERY QUICKLY VERY QUICK. ONE OF THE ITEMS WAS MOVING BY MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY ON THE BRIEFING AND I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST STARTED YOU ALL MOVED IT TO MONTHLY AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE OF A CHALLENGE IS WHAT I I, I TALK TO PEOPLE ALL THE TIME THAT LOVE THE BRIEFING IT DOES SAY CONSIDERING YEAH YEAH SO YEAH I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ONE BECAUSE YEAH I DID I THINK I AGREE BUT IT'S WORTH THE CONVERSATION THEY'RE LOOKING AT ALL LOOKING AT ALL OPTIONS AND LOOKING AT ALL OPTIONS. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE FINANCE BUDGET. IF WE COULD BRING UP OUR ECONOMY SHOULDER AND ALL RIGHT. IF YOU'RE PART OF THIS AS WELL I DON'T KNOW MAYBE NOT AS ECONOMISTS OR WELCOME. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL KERBY HERE FOR SUPPORT BUT TONIGHT WE'LL GO THROUGH THE FINANCE BUDGET SO IT'S CUT IT . THERE YOU GO . SO TONIGHT I'LL COVER DEPARTMENT STRUCTURE AND THEN THE 2026 BUDGET REQUEST KEY FINDINGS FROM THE PRIORITY BASED BUDGET ANALYSIS, A FEW EMERGING TOPICS AND THEN OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. IN FINANCE WE HAVE 28 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES. OUR TEAMS ARE ORGANIZED UNDERNEATH HER TO DEPUTY FINANCE OFFICERS ONE OVERSEES COREY BUDGET REVENUE AND PURCHASING AND THE OTHER NEEDS ALL THE ACCOUNTING OPERATIONS . WE ALSO HAVE THE RISK MANAGER AND FINANCE THAT I SHARE WITH LEGAL AND THEN WE HAVE THE SPECIAL PROJECT COORDINATOR TOGETHER DIVISION COVERS BUDGETING, ACCOUNTING UTILITY BILLING PAYROLL TREASURY GRANTS, PURCHASING AND RISK MANAGEMENT FOR 2026 WE EXPECT REVENUES TO STAY STEADY AT ABOUT 240,000. THIS REVENUE COMES FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES THAT WE APPLY TO THE LIQUOR AND LODGING AND AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE CITY AND MOVES ON TO THE CONVENTION BUREAU AND SOUTH LOOP TAXES, YOU KNOW YOUR SALARY AREA WE HAVE THE PROJECTED COLA AND STEP INCREASES. WE WERE ABLE TO TRIM SOME EXPENSES AND SUPPLIES AND SERVICES AND SOME TRAVEL AND OUR NET INCREASE IS 160,000 FOR OUR DEPARTMENT OF 28 IN THE PRIOR YEAR WE BASED BUDGET AREA THROUGH THAT ANALYSIS WE LOOKED AT HOW EACH FINANCE PROGRAM ALIGNS WITH THE CITY PRIORITIES AND WHERE THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GREATER EFFICIENCY. MOST PROGRAMS WERE WELL ALIGNED BUT WE IDENTIFY IN A FEW AREAS WHERE WE CAN STREAMLINE PROCESSES OR REDUCE COSTS AND I'LL HIGHLIGHT IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES THOSE ITEMS IN THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALIGNMENT WE SEE OPPORTUNITIES BOOSTS ONLINE ENGAGEMENT BY INCREASING ELECTRONIC UTILITY BILLS. RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABOUT 35% MORE PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING THEIR ONLINE BILL. WE'RE HOPING TO MOVE THAT LEVERAGE THAT A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. WE'LL KEEP ROBERT LEVERAGING FINANCE STRENGTHS AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS AND TECHNOLOGY AND WE'LL CONTINUE ADJUSTING STAFF WORKLOADS AS MORE SERVICES MOVE THROUGH THE TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR REVENUE GENERATION. WE'RE LOOKING AT WHETHER A CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEE FOR UTILITY BILLS COULD HELP OFFSET SOME COSTS. CURRENTLY WE ARE TAKING THROUGH JUST THE UTILITY AREA ABOUT $300,000 IN FEES A YEAR ON THOSE CREDIT CARD CHARGES THAT PEOPLE CURRENTLY HAVE AND THEN WE BUILD THAT INTO THE UTILITY FEES FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR SO WHEN WE LOOK AT UTILITY RATE INCREASES, PART OF THAT IS ABSORBING THE CREDIT CARD FEE. SOME OF THE CITIES AROUND US ARE STARTING TO CHARGE THAT UTILITY FEE AND BOTH XCEL AND GAS BOTH CHARGE A CREDIT CARD FEE IF YOU USE YOUR CARD TO PAY THOSE BILLS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE AND THEN TO SOME COST RECOVERY MECHANISMS FOR OUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUND SERVICES IN THE AREA OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR COST SAVINGS OR OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES. AGAIN WE DID WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE IF WE CAN REDUCE PRINTING IN POSTAGE MATERIALS AGAIN FOR MORE PEOPLE SELECTING TO RECEIVE THEIR UTILITY BILL ONLINE. WE'LL CONTINUE TO STREAMLINE OUR FINANCIAL PROCESSES AND THEN WE DID REDUCE SOME TRAVEL DOLLARS AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT WE'RE LOOKING AT EACH AREA FINANCE TO SEE WHERE WE HAVE CAPACITY TO SEE WHERE WE CAN WHERE SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE SOME CAPACITY. IN OTHER WORDS ARE OVER BURDENED AND SO WE'LL SEE WHERE WE CAN SMOOTH SOME OF THAT OUT OVER THE NEXT YEAR IN THE EMERGING TOPICS AREA WE'RE REASSESSING ACCOUNTING NEEDS WITH THE CURRENT VACANCY TO ENSURE STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE TREE FINANCE PARK AND RECREATION. AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE MANAGING INCREASED COMPLEXITY AND COMPLIANCE GRANTS AND REPORTING AS PROJECTS EXPAND. ONE OF THE MAJOR AREAS RIGHT NOW IN THE GRANTS AREA IS LOOKING AT THE COMPLEXITY OF ALL THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS COMING THROUGH AND THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING ALMOST DAILY AND THE GUIDANCE AND COMPLEXITY OF THOSE GRANT COMPLIANCE RULES. SO MORE TO COME ON THAT ONE AND WITH THAT I STAND FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL THOUGHTS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I WILL JUST SAY I PERSONALLY THINK THAT WE GET A LOT OF BANG FOR OUR BUCK FROM OUR FINANCE TEAM HOLDING UP FOR THREE TRIPLE-A RATINGS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT NOT MISSING A BEAT BEING UNDER BUDGET ON MOST IN MOST YEARS. SO YOU KNOW I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS TO CONTINUE TO IF ANYBODY WAS GOING TO COME UP HERE GOING AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR MORE WAYS TO SAVE I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT SO MUCH APPRECIATED ON THAT FRONT BUT I I THIS ALL MAKES SENSE TO ME. I THINK THE ONLY AND I AGREE EVERY PLACE I GO NOWADAYS I DON'T KNOW I GUESS SOME LAW CHANGED OR SOMETHING BECAUSE IT USED TO BE YOU DIDN'T YOU DIDN'T GET YOUR FEE YOU DIDN'T GET THE 3% FEES AUTOMATICALLY BUT THEY WERE ALWAYS CHARGED AND NOW PEOPLE ARE BEING BLATANT ABOUT SAYING I'M ADDING THEM TO IT WHICH IS GREAT. SO I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE. HOPEFULLY WE CAN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO ACH OR SOME OTHER KIND OF PAYMENT TO US AND GO FROM THERE INSTEAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN IS THERE ANY STATE LAW OR ANYTHING THAT REQUIRES US TO HAVE PAPER BILLS? I MEAN IS THERE ANYTHING YEAH, JUST JUST A QUESTION MAYOR IN COUNCIL I CAN CHECK ON THAT BUT I DON'T I HAVEN'T SEEN A STATE STATUTE ADDRESS NOT RECEIVING A PAPER BALLOT. YEAH, WELL THE REASON I ASK THAT IS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS AND MY WORK NOW WHERE THEY'RE MOVING ARE MAKING SOME CHANGES AND SO I HAD WONDERED IF WHAT THAT WOULD TAKE FOR US TO DO THAT AND WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPLICATIONS OF DOING THAT. SO ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS? COUNCIL NO, I, I WOULD AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO WAS COMMENTING YOU GUYS DO GREAT WORK AND WE WE CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON YOU SO WELL DONE. THANK YOU WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANKS COUNCIL. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATES. I WILL KICK IT OFF TALKING ABOUT OUR LISTENING SESSION TONIGHT WE HAD I WOULD SAY ONE AND A HALF SPEAKERS. WE HAD ONE WE HAD JUST UNDER TWO SPEAKERS I THINK WE HAD SIGNED UP ELIZABETH CAMERON FROM THE THE NEWTON NEIGHBORHOOD AND SHE TALKED TO US AGAIN ABOUT CONSTRUCTION CONCERNS, COMMUNICATION ISSUES AND THEN SOME RESIDENT PREFERENCES. I THINK IT'S A REFLECTION OF HOW EARLY IT IS IN THE PROCESS AND WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THROUGH SOME THINK THROUGH SOME THINGS IN TERMS OF WORK STARTS AND WHERE VEHICLES PART AND ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. AND THEN MR. BRIAN EMMERSON ALSO SPOKE WITH US ABOUT WANTING SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST SO THAT WAS OUR COUNCIL LISTENING SESSION THIS EVENING. WE ONLY HAD ONE 1 OR 1 AND A HALF TWO PEOPLE COMING BEFORE US AGAIN THIS EVENING AND SECONDLY COUNCIL I WANT TO SAY THIS IS THIS IS I WANT TO TAKE JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF THE TWO PEOPLE SITTING TO THE RIGHT OF ME HERE CATHY HADDIN, ELIZABETH SALZMAN WELL AND AND MELISSA THEY BEGAN SERVING AS INTERIM CITY MANAGER SINCE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR AND A LOT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED ON THEIR WATCH. THEY HAVE ADVANCED IMPORTANT INITIATIVES INCLUDING THE BUDGET PROCESS INTO A PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. I MADE MEANINGFUL CHANGES TO THE COUNCIL MEETING PROCESS INCLUDING AN UPDATED CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REVIEW PROCESS AND I THINK I SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL FOR WHEN I SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND HOW WE DO APPRECIATE HOW WE HAVE TIMELY INFORMATION BEFORE US AND ALL THE TIME. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT. THEY WERE TIRELESSLY TO CONTINUE OUR WORK ON OUR BLOOMINGTON FORWARD PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY BASE STRATEGIC PLAN BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER THEY ARE I ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE VALUED AND UNDER THEIR LEADERSHIP. AS WE JUST HEARD, BLOOMINGTON IS A TOP 200 WORKPLACE IN MINNESOTA AND THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. I ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THEY ARE EACH LEADING IN THEIR OWN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY TO BE SURE THEY ARE JUST TWO PEOPLE DOING ONE JOB. CATHY TOOK ON THE ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF OVERSEEING THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS OVERSEEING OUR EXTERNAL SERVICES INCLUDING PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC HEALTH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PARKS AND REC. ELIZABETH ADDED FINANCE AND LEGAL TO HER AREA OF RESPONSIBLE ITY IN ADDITION TO OUR INTERNAL ENTERPRISE SERVICE TEAM WHICH WE JUST HEARD INCLUDES THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, HUMAN RESOURCES OR REHAB AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS CITY CLERK AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. IN SHORT THEY BOTH HAD A LOT ON THEIR PLATE AND IT IS TRULY REMARKABLE WHAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ALSO SHARE MY APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES WHO STEPPED UP DURING THE PAST FEW MONTHS TO SUPPORT THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING AND THEY'VE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB. MANY EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN PART OF ENSURING THAT THE WORK CONTINUED AS WE SEARCH FOR A NEW CITY MANAGER THEY TOOK ON NEW TASKS. THEY TOOK ON AN EXTRA RESPONSIBILITY IS IT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION THAT WE SEE IN OUR EMPLOYEES. I'VE SAID MANY TIMES AND I SAID IT EARLIER TONIGHT THE EMPLOYEES IN FRONT OF US ARE THE FACE OF THE CITY AND THEY ARE AMONG THE BEST IN MINNESOTA. AND IT IS IT'S A IT'S A POINT OF PRIDE FOR THIS CITY AND I HOPE PEOPLE RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE THAT HOW OUTSTANDING ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE AND HOW OUTSTANDING CATHY AND ELIZABETH HAVE BEEN OVER THE PAST NINE MONTHS. I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR SUPPORT, ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO ALL OF THIS AND YOU KNOW, KEEPING KEEPING THE TRAIN ON THE TRACK AND MOVING BARRELING HEADLONG DOWN THE TRACK TOWARD TOWARD A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. SO THANK YOU ALL. SO THANK YOU BOTH SO VERY MUCH. GREATLY APPRECIATED . AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TONIGHT. CATHY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO COUNCIL, ANYTHING TO ADD? >> I HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION IF I MAY MR. MAYBE JUST ON TIMING I FORGOTTEN SO APOLOGIES. ARE WE GOING TO SEE ANY 2026 WORK PLANS BEFORE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR? I KNOW WE'RE IN BUDGET WORLD RIGHT NOW SO EVERY TIME WE COME TO COUNCIL WE'LL BE SEEING BUDGET. BUT IS THERE ANY 2626 WORK PLANS SCHEDULED TO COME BEFORE US? WE GENERALLY SEE WORK PLANS AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR AND I BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE. >> YEAH. AND SO AND SO WHEN IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REQUEST THAT WE MIGHT PUT SOMETHING ON THOSE WORK PLANS BECAUSE I WOULD HATE FOR THEM TO COME TO COUNCIL WITH A WORK PLAN AND NOT HAVE HEARD FROM US IF WE WANTED THEM TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. >> I THINK IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN MIND NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO IT. YEAH THEY'RE FULL. I'VE JUST HEARD FROM NO OF COURSE YOU'RE FULL. OF COURSE YOU'RE FULL. NO, I THINK THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED AND WE'VE BEEN KIND OF KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND I REALLY WANT US TO TALK SERIOUSLY ABOUT A STRATEGIC VIEW OF OUR ANIMAL SHELTER PROGRAM. OH, WE WE WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT TO BUILD A BUILDING I'M NOT ANYTHING BUT LIKE THERE IS A MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHAT OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS DO TODAY VERSUS WHAT THE NEED IS IN THE CITY VERSUS WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THAT NEEDS ALIGNMENT AND I THINK WE DO THAT FIRST BEFORE WE DECIDE WHAT KIND OF LIKE BUILDING WE BUILD OR MONEY WE SPEND OR WHATEVER. SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR IT. THANKS. DULY NOTED. THANKS. ANYTHING ELSE COUNCIL TO ADD TONIGHT? I'M GOING TO BE A MINUTE LATE. DARN IT. WE'VE REACHED THE END OF OUR AGENDA COUNCIL. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN SOME MOTION MY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND MY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO THANKS MUCH COUNCIL THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF AND ESPECIALLY OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGERS. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED TONIGHT AS WELL. EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR WEEK