ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ONCE AGAIN, THANKS FOR EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT COUNCIL OUR FIRST ACTION THIS EVENING AS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AND OUR AGENDA IS IT'S BASICALLY STUDY SESSION TONIGHT SO IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE AFTER THE WE HAVE AN INTRODUCTORY ITEMS A COUPLE OF INTRODUCTORY ITEMS WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION REGARDING MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEIR 2024 WORKPLAN. OUR CONSENT BUSINESS IS 19 ITEMS LONG COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN HAS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS THIS EVENING. WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING UNDER NUMBER FOUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES BUT UNDER ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS WE'VE GOT FIVE DIFFERENT ITEMS . 5.1 IS A CONSIDERATION OF A DRAFT LETTER TO THE HENNEPIN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS RERDING THE HENNEPIN ENERGY RECOVERY CENTER THAT PROPOSED CLOSURE. 5.2 IS THE DRAFT PRESENTATION OF THE PEN LAKE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK 5.3 ANOTHER DRAFT PRESENTATION ON THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN 5.4 WE HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO THE PORT AUTHORITY AND WE'LL WRAP UP THE MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO. ITEM 5.5 OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE COUNCIL IS THERE ANYTHING TO ADD OR ANY CORRECTIONS TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA HEARING NONE. I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AS STATED. SECOND GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AEPT TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND IT'S A GOOD TIME TO MENTION COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING HE WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS SO HE'S NOT PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY AND HE'S JUST NOT ABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING. SO FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM 2.1 IS A PROCLAMATION FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY AND I'LL HEAD DOWN TO THE PODIUM TO DO IT AS I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE NEXT MONDAY THE 15TH IS THE OBSERVATION OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY JANUARY 15TH, 2024. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THAT THIS EVENING AS WE DO EACH YEAR ON THIS DAY THIS PROCLAMATION MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY JANUARY 15TH, 2024 WHEREAS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR THE LEADER OF THE MODERN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES WAS BORN ON JANUARY 15TH, 1929 IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. AND. WHEREAS DR. KING DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO ADVANCING CIVIL RIGHTS AND PUBLIC SERVICE. AND. WHEREAS, DR. KING'S MESSAGE EVOLVED OVER TIME FROM ONE OF BASIC CIVIL RIGHTS OF VOTING AND DESEGREGATION TO ADVANCING LABOR RIGHTS, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AND PEACE AND DIGNITY FOR ALL. AND. WHEREAS, DR. KING LOOKED FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN EVERYONE WOULD BE JUDGED NOT BY THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN BUT BY THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER. AND. WHEREAS, DR. KING'S DREAM CONTINUES TO INSPIRE OUR NATION AND IS JUST AS IMPORTANT TODAY AS IT WAS IN THE 1960S. AND. WHEREAS, THERE ARE MANY GOALS THAT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON MUST REALIZE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE CITY COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC PRIORITY OF INCLUSION AND EQUITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS. AND. WHEREAS, DR. KING WAS ASSASSINATED ON APRIL 4TH, 1968 AND AFTER 15 YEARS OF ADVOCACY MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY WAS SIGNED INTO LAW IN 1983 AND WAS FIRST CELEBRATED AS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY IN 1986 BUT WAS NOT OFFICIALLY OBSERVED IN ALL 50 STATES UNTIL THE YEAR 2000 NOW THEREFORE I'M HERE TO BLESS YOU DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY 15TH, 2024 AS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY AND ASK ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN BLOOMINGTON TO REMEMBER AND REFLECT ON THE PRINCIPLES OF RACIAL EQUALITY AND NONVIOLENT SOCIAL CHANGE ESPOUSED BY MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND TO REDEDICATE THEMSELVES TO THE PHILOSOPHY THAT WE CAN ALL SHARE THE DREAM FOR A BETTER LIFE NOT ONLY HERE IN BLOOMINGTON BUT ALSO IN THE WORLD. THEY DID THIS IF THEY OF JANUARY 2024 IT AS I SAID THIS IS AN ANNUAL PROCLAMATION THAT WE DO AND IT'S ONE THAT I'M PROUD TO READ EACH AND EVERY YEAR. I'M PROUD OF THE WK THATE DO HERE IN BLOONGTON REGARDING EQUITY AND INCLUSION AND PROUD OF THE WORK THAT OUR OUR OUR DEPARTMENTS AND OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DO WITH THIS TYPE OF THING IN MIND WITH EACH OF EACH ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO. SO NEXT MONDAY I TAKE A MOMENT TO TO REFLECT ON IT. IT'S A HOLIDAY IN THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY AND IT'S IT'S ONE THAT I THINK SOMETIMES GETS OVERLOOKED BY A LOT OF FOLKS AS TO WHY WE HAVE A HOLIDAY SO CLOSE TO THE OTHER HOLIDAYS. BUT IT'S ONE THAT IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE AND I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK AT TO TO REFLECT ON IT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH . AND THEN TO ON OUR AGENDA ITEM 2.2 IS THE 2024 PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN WE HAVE IN OUR CHARTER RESPONSIBILITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW THE WORK PLANS OF ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND WE'LL DO THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WE'LL BE HEARING FROM EACH OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE PLANNED AND WHAT THEY'VE GOT PUT TOGETHER FOR 2024. AND I SEE OUR PLANNING COMMISSION CHAIR PAIGE ROHMAN IS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, PAIGE ROHMAN IS CHAIR OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED HERE WITH NICK JOHNSON, A SENIOR PLANNER FROM THE PLANNING DIVISION. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S PROPOSED WORK PLAN FOR THE YEAR. THE COMMISSION WORKED CLOSELY WITH STAFF TO DEVELOP A PLAN THAT REFLECTS NOT JUST THE PLANNING DIVISION'S WORK FOR THE YEAR BUT THE GOALS OF THE COMMISSION AND THE FUNIONS OUR BODY IS TASKED WITH OVERSEEING IT. IT WAS A NEW APPROACH TO WORK PLANNING FOR US AND ONE THAT I THINK IS HEALTHY FOR AN ENGAGED AND EMPOWERED COMMISSION ESPECIALLY ONE LIKE OURS WHERE A FAIR BIT OF OUR WORK IS TRANSACTIONAL IN NATURE . IT'S GETTING WE HAD A PRETTY BUSY YEAR AND SAW A RETURN TO WHAT FELT TO ME LIKE PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS OF BUSINESS SOME OF OUR BIG ITEMS WERE ADVANCING REZONING RELATED TO THE LYNDALE AVENUE RETROFIT ROBUST DISCUSSION ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN AND A NUMBER OF CODE AMENDMENTS LISTED HERE AND SEVERAL MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDING MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS LIKE PHASE TWO AND AN EXCITING OFFICE TO RETAIL RE-USE IN SOUTHTOWN. YEAH SO MAYOR MEMBERS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THIS THAN WE HAVE IN YEARS PAST. PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED WHAT THE CARRYOVER PROJECTS WERE AND WHAT THE NEW PROJECTS THEY'D BE KIND OF FRESH MATERIAL FOR YOU. BUT GIVEN THE EMPHASIS OF THE BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN AND JUST KIND OF THINKING ABOUT OUR PROJECTS IN A DIFFERENT WAY HOW THEY CONTRIBUTE TO A HEALTHY LOCAL ENVIRONMENT OVERALL WE THOUGHT WE'D ACTUALLY GROUP OUR PROJECTS INTO SOME CATEGORIES OR BUCKETS IF YOU WILL, TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT HOW THE WORK THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOES KIND OF TOUCHES ON THE REGULATORY LANDSCAPE BUT ALSO JUST IMPACTS BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN THEIR DAILY LIVES. SO WE GOT FIVE CATEGORIES TO KIND OF GROUP OUR PROJECTS UNDER HOUSING BUSINESS ACADEMY TRANSPORTATION ENVIRONMENT AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU WILL SEE THAT SHOW UP IN MULTIPLE BUCKETS AND SO AS YOU SEE THEM THEY MAY OVERLAP IN MY FIVE AND A HALF YEARS ON THE COMMISSION HOUSING HAS BEEN A BIG PIECE OF OUR WORK THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE THE JUST DEEDS INITIATIVE THAT WE WORKED ON WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND WORK WE'VE DONE WITH THE HRA TO TRY AND MAKE PROGRESS ON AFFORDABILITY AND YET THERE'S STILL A LOT TO DO. SO SOME OF THESE ITEMS OUR NEXT STEPS AND THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN BEFORE LIKE SINGLE ROOM UP SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY STANDARDS AND THE RS ONE ZONING STUDY SOME ARE OVERDUE LIKE THE SOUTH DISTRICT SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT PLAN UPDATE AND SHORT TERM RENTAL REGULATIONS AND THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT LIKE OUR DATA ON MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS BUT THAT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE THIS YEAR GIVEN EVOLVING COUNCIL PRIORITIES AND STAFF CAPACITY . YEAH SO JUST TOUCHING BRIEFLY ON THE BUSINESS AND ECONOMY CATEGORY HERE. SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WE FEEL ARE GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF TRYING TO HELP SUPPORT A THRIVING LOCAL ECONOMY AND GIVE PEOPLE THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO START A BUSINESS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THEIR BUSINESS FUNCTION. WELL, A COUPLE OF THINGS WE'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT REALLY QUICKLY THE ADMIN STREAMLINE APPROVAL STUDY. I THINK THERE'S MORE GROWING SUPPORT IN REGULATORY ENVIRONMENTS TO KIND OF CUT SOME OF THE RED TAPE OR ELIMINATE SOME OF THE BARRIERS FOR BUSINESSES TO GET STARTED. SO I WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT ONE WHILE WE WE DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL REZONINGS THAT WILL BE BRINGING TO YOU ALONG LYNDALE IN SUPPORT OF THE LYNDALE RETROFIT PLAN. AND THEN ONE THING THAT CAME OUT OF YOUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ON JANUARY 2ND AS WE HEARD DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL ABOUT WAYS TO LOOK AT SOME OF OUR STANDARDS THAT ARE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF SMALL BUSINESS AND SO ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT IN OUR SLIDES IT ISN'T REFLECTED IN THE PACKET VERSION IS TO POTENTIALLY SWAP A FEW PROJECTS FOR WHAT WE'RE CALLING SMALL BUSINESS CODE REFINEMENT AND SO THAT COULD LOOK AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS. WE CERTAINLY WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK AS TO WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE AND I'LL HAVE A SLIDE WHERE WE TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. TRANORTAONS A BIG PIECE OF OUR COMMITTEE'S CHARGE OUR COMMISSIONS CHARGE THE ITEMS HERE DIG INTO OUR CITY'S PRIORITIES AND VALUES AROUND ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. I PERSONALLY AM EXCITED ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN AND THE LIVABILITY OF LOCAL STREETS WHICH BOTH ASK IMPORTANT DIRECTIONAL QUESTIONS ON EVS HOW DO WE WANT TO FACILITATE A TRANSITION? THE ELECTRIFICATION OF TRANSPORTATION BUT AT THE SAME TIME PUT SOME PARAMETERS AROUND THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE REGARDING LOCAL STREETS YOU KNOW RECONSTRUCTING THEM THE SAME WAY WE DID IN THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES MEA THA THESE 50 YEAR DECISIONS ARE ON AUTOPILOT. AND SO BUILDING ON LAST YEAR'S NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC WORK THE LOCAL STREETS PROJECT WILL ASK IS WHAT WE'RE DOING? WHAT WE WANT TO KEEP DOING IS OUR 20 PLUS YEAR OLD STREETS POLICY ALIGNED WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND DOES IT FACILITATE OUR VISION OF A 21ST CENTURY SUBURB ITS MEETING ENVIRONMENT IS IT OF COURSE NOW IT SHOULD BE INTEGRATED INTO OTHER AREAS OF THE PLAN. IN ADDITION TO THE TOPICS WE'VE ALREADY TOUCHED ON, WE EXPECT TO SPEND TIME LOOKING AT HOW LANDSCAPES ARE EVOLVING, HOW WE PROTECT OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND HOW WE CAN PREPARE FOR INCREASED DENSITY TO SUPPORT FUTURE GROWTH SO THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DOES NOT STIFLE DEVELOPMENT. THERE WILL BE SOME EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION HERE. ANDERSON THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT BUCKET MAYBE THIS COULD ALSO BE A MISCELLANEOUS BUCKET THE ONES THAT DON'T FIT NEATLY IN ALL THE OTHER ONES. BUT AS A CITY WE ALWAYS HAVE THINGS THAT WE CAN GET BETTER AT EITHER THESE THINGS ARE GENERATED OUT OF JUST, YOU KNOW, SMOOTH OPERATIONS OR JUST REFLECTING ANDMPROVING JUST THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF OUR CODE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO LOOKING AT AN APPLICATION FOR STUDY WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN SOME TIME AND THEN LOOKING AT OUR PARK DEDICATION STANDARDS THERE'S BEEN SOME RECENT CASE LAW THAT WARRANT US TO LOOK AT THAT THOSE HOW WE COLLECT THOSE FEES RELATED TO PARK DEDICATION SO GET INTO THE TIMING AND PRIORITY MATRIX THIS WAS IN YOUR PACKET THIS REMAINS THE SAME VERSION THAT WAS IN YOUR PACKET BUT BASICALLY YOU'VE MADE MOST OF YOU AND WELCOME TO COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS FORGIVE ME FOR FORGETTING TO DO THAT WHAT THIS DOCUMENT DOES IS BASICALLY LAY OUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AND NOT ONLY MANAGING STAFF CAPACITY HOW WE WOULD DELIVER THESE PROJECTS BUT ALSO THE CAPACITY OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. CERTAINLY MANY OF THESE THINGS REQUIRE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND SO WE CAN'T LUMP ALL THE THINGS ALL ON THE SAME MEETING. IT JUST DOESN'T WORK WELL. SO WE HAVE TO DO SOME STRATEGIC THINKING ABOUT HOW TO KIND OF LAY IT OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AND THINKING ABOUT BOTH STAFF PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL CAPACITY. SO THAT'S OUR OUR BEST ATTEMPT TO DO THAT AND ALSO IDENTIFY SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION WITH OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS POTENTIALLY. SO THIS IS WHAT I ALLUDED TO EARLIER. SO AGAIN BASED ON YOUR DISCUSSION ON JANUARY 2ND, WE THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME DESIRE AND I WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK ABOUT THIS ABOUT TO LOOK AT SOME OF BLOOMINGTON'S CODES AND PROCESSES AS THEY RELATE TO SETTING UP NEW SMALL BUSINESSES IN BLOOMINGTON. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT WOULD BE A POTENTIAL SWAP OF ADDING THIS PROJECT IF YOU WANT TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION GREAT. WE WELCOME THAT FEEDBACK. IF NOT WE'LL FOLLOW WE'LL MARCH TO THE TO THE TUNE SO TO SPEAK AND WHAT THIS POTENTIALLY COULD INCLUDE COULD INCLUDE APPROVAL PROCESSES LOOKING AT OUR INDOOR TRASH STANDARDS, ODOR CONTROL, HOW THE CITY HANDLES GREASE AND OUR SANITARY SYSTEM AND LOOKING AT OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS AS WELL FOR CERTAIN BUSINESS TYPES. AND THEN WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT WE DID DO AN ESTIMATION OF HOW MANY HOURS WE THINK THIS PROJECT WOULD TAKE. WE THINK IT WOULD WARRANT SOME ADDITIONAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT THE LARGER HOUR COUNT IN THAT REGARD. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO PUTTING FORWARD SHOULD YOU WANT TO GO IN THIS DIRECTION WE KIND OF HAD A CAP ON WE HIT OUR CAP ON THE STAFF CAPITY WITH OUR INITIAL VERSION OF THE WORK PLAN. AND SO IF YOU WANTED TO GO IN THIS DIRECTION WE DID WANT TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POTENTIAL PROJECTS TO SWAP OUT IN ORDER TO MAKE CAPACITY FOR IT. CERTAINLY THERE COULD BE OTHER PROJECTS AS WELL. WE WOULD JUST CERTAINLY WANT TO TRY AND BALANCE THE HOURS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. SO WITH THAT THESE QUESTIONS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO KIND OF THE WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED IN THE PAST. IT'S YOU KNOW REMOVAL OR DELAYING OR ANY PROJECTS BE REMOVED OR DELAYED FROM THE WORK PLAN SHOULD ANY PROJECTS BE ADDED TO THE WORK PLAN? AND THEN FINALLY SHOULD ANY PROJECTS BE REPRIORITIZED ACCORDING TO THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION? SO WITH THAT WE CAN STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU COUNSEL QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU. AND FIRST OFF I AM SURE NICK YOU LOOKED RIGHT AT ME MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT SLIDE. SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE THOUGHT THAT WE COULD JUST GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE THE DRIVE THROUGH AND AND YOU KNOW, PICK UP WINDOW THING WAS KIND OF A PANDEMIC RELATED THING AND WE'RE ON THE OTHER SIDEF AT. WE HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD IT MIGHT BE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR FOR US TO GO ELSEWHERE WITH IT AT THE TIME BUT I HAD BASED ON WHAT YOU MENTIONED I HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU ABOUT A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE HERE. SO THE SHORT TERM RENTAL REGULATIONS STUDY THERE ARE 215 HOURS STILL LEFT IN THAT PROJECT BUT I THOUGHT WE HAD DONE A DECENT AMOUNT OF WORK BEFORE. CAN YOU ARTICULATE FOR ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT'S LEFT THERE GIVEN IT'S A CARRYOVER? YEAH. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION SO THE BULK OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR WAS DOING ALL OF KIND OF THE RESEARCH ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT WHAT'S LEFT TO DO IS MORE THAT SUBSTANTIAL ENGAGEMENT AROUND IT AND THEN WRITE THE ACTUAL ORDINANCES AND UNLIKE SOME OF OUR OTHER ZONING CODE UPDATES THAT HAVE MORE DISCRETE THEY'RE KIND OF JUST BOUND WITHIN THE ZONING CODE . THAT'S ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE THE CITY MIGHT NEED TO SET UP SOME OTHER STRUCTURE AROUND IT IN TERMS OF BOTH OF FINANCE OR OTHER COMPONENTS. IF THE CITY WAS LOOKING TO TAX FOR EXAMPLE SHORT TERM RENTALS OR DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS SO OR LICENSING FOR EXAMPLE. SO THERE'S OTHER ELEMENTS TO THAT THE HOURS ARE LISTED FOR PLANNING STAFF BUT UNLIKE SOME OTHER ZONING CODE UPDATES THAT ONE INVOLVES OTHER MECHANICS THAT IS MORE CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL AND INVOLVES OTHER THINGS THAT TYPICAL ZONING CODE UPDATES DO NOT OKAY AND AND SIMILARLY THE THE SRO STANDARDS WORK ARE WE IN THAT SAME PLACE WITH THAT PARTICULAR STUDY? YES, WE HAVE DONE SOME WE'VE DONE A FAIR AMOUNT OF INITIAL RESEARCH. WE JUST NEED TO REACH BACK OUT. TH WAS PROJECT THAT GOT PAUSED TO COLLABORATE WITH SOME OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY FOLKS ON NATIVE LANDSCAPING AND A LITTLE BIT RELATED TO THE STATE'S CANNABIS LEGALIZATION. SO THAT WAS KIND OF JUST ONE WHERE WE JUST HAD HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON AND START WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS. OKAY THANKS. APPRECIATE IT. CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER LYMAN, FIRST TO COMMENT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR REDOING THE PRESENTATION AND AND SETTING IT TOWARDS OUR NEW STRATEGIC PLANNING PIECE. I THINKHAT' A GREAT, GREAT WAY OF DOING THAT. SO IN RELATION TO THAT REMOVAL AND THE DELAY, MY QUESTION THAT I HAVE ABOUT THAT IS THE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT'S BEING DONE IN ISOLATION. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH RESIDENTIAL THINGS AS WELL BY PUSHING THAT OFF A YEAR. WHAT KIND OF IMPACT DO WE HAVE? I KNOW WE'VE GOT OH I YOU KNOW THE MISSING MIDDLE PIECE AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF. I WOULD IMAGINE THERE WOULD BE SOME DIALOG GOING ON BETWEEN THOSE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS SO THERE COULD MARRY COUNCILMAN MILLMAN THANKS FOR ASKING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I INTENDED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND AS TO WHAT INFORMED OUR RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHY WE THOUGHT THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE DELAYED BUT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT AS A PROJECT WHAT WE WERE GOING TO LOOK AT WITH THAT ONE WAS THE CITY'S STORAGE REQUIREMENTS ARE OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS. SOME OF THOSE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS THAT CARRY WITH THEM FOR MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL THAT ARE NOT CONTAINED WITHIN THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE. SO IT'S REALLY THE ZONING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FEEDBACK FROM THE DEVELOPMENT MMUNY O AND JUST WANTED TO STUDY. SO ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE DELAYING THAT OR PUTTING THAT FORWARD IS THAT WE STILL HAVE THE TOOLS OF FLEXIBILITY AND OTHER WAYS TO KIND OF ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE THINGS ON A SITUATIONAL BASIS. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WERE COMFORTABLE GOING IN THAT DIRECTION FOR THAT PROJECT. OKAY. I JUST THOUGHT YOU WOULD DO THOSE THINGS KIND OF TOGETHER AND YOU MAY SEE SOME THINGS GOING ALONG THERE. JUST ONE I WANT TO CREATE ADDITIONAL WORK. WELL LOOK I WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE ADDITIONAL TO THIS TO YOUR SECOND THING BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH ALREADY THERE. OF COURSE I HAVE MANYDEAS BUT I THINK WE'LL JUST STICK WITH THE ONES WE'VE ALREADY GOT THERE AND IN TERMS OF REPRIORITIZATION I THINK I'VE I WOULDN'T DARE TRY TO YOU KNOW, MOVE THAT STUFF AROUND BECAUSE I KNOW THINGS ARE KIND OF STUCK TOGETHER SO I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE THERE. THAT'S ALL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, SPECIFIC QUESTION OR SPECIFIC RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONS ON THE SCREEN HERE. I MEAN I'LL CHIME IN . I LIKE THE THE SUGGESTION THAT YOU MADE REGARDING THE SMALL BUSINESS STANDARDS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT AND I THINK IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY SHOULD BE MOVED UP IN THE PRIORITY LIST. I I DO THINK GIVEN ALL THAT WE'RE DOING AND THE WORK ESPECIALLY AROUND OUR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND AS THIS TIES INTO OTHER THINGS AS WELL AND I NOTICED THE ON THE LIST HERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL NODES I MEAN IT ALL TIES INTO THAT AS WELL. SO I THINK LOOKING AT THAT AND LOOKING AT THE WORK THAT'S UNDERWAY AND THE WORK THAT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ALWAYS TAKING ON REGARDING THESE THINGS, I THINK THAT SHOULD PROBABLY BE AN ADDITION TO THIS WORK PLAN AND AND I WOULD DEFER TO THE TO THE COMMISSION AND TO STAFF ABOUT WHAT SHOULD COME OUT. BUT I THINK THAT'S DEFINITEL THOS ARE THOSE SHOULD BE DEFINITELY PRIORITIES AS WE HEAD INTO 24 IT THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK MY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT I'M I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND AND I SAY THAT FOR TWO REASONS ONE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN YELLING ABOUT IT I GUESS SORRY ABOUT THAT BUT ALSO BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE HAVE WE HAVE WE HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE SEEING THIS CONVERGENCE OF SOME PRETTY COOL STUFF WITH THE DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND THE COMMERCIAL NODES AND THE AND YOU KNOW SOME OF THE ACCELERATOR STUFF LIKE WITH HATCH BLOOMINGTON FOR EXAMPLE AND AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT WE'RE GOING TO YOU KNOW WHAT IOVE? ULD IT BE GREAT IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET A NEW I'M MAKING THIS UP A NEW YOU KNOW, YOUNG RESTAURANTEUR TO COME IN OPEN UP A WINE BAR THAT WE HELP THEM WORK THROUGH VERY QUICKLY THAT WE ALSO PROVIDED SOME FUNDING FOR, YOU KNOW, TO ACCELERATE THAT TO HELP THEM BY A GREASE TRAP OR HELP THEM BUY SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED FOR THEIR PLACE OR WHATEVER. AND THEN IT IT IT OPENS AND IT OPENS IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THAN WE'VE EVER DONE IT BEFORE. I MEAN THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THESE MOVEMENTS DO TO KIND OF GET TO THAT STREAMLINED SPACE. AND I'M NOT SAYING IT HAS TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS BUT DOING THIS WORK ALONGSIDE THE WORK THAT THE REST OF COMMUNITY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION IS DOING I THINK WOULD BE VERY ADVANTAGEOUS AS WE THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THEN ACCELERATING THAT THROUGH HATCH AND OTHER FUNCTIONS. SO I'D BE VERY SUPPORTIVE. I WAS GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE DELAY ON THE PICK UP WITH NOTHING LIKE I SAID ANYWAY. SO I CERTAINLY THINK THAT'S ONE THAT WE COULD PUSH OFF. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF COUNCIL BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT'S FINE AND IN TERMS OF THE THE I THINK WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE THAT YOU HAD RECOMMENDED. YEAH THE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS LIKE YOU SAID IF YOU FEEL LIKE AND I'LL DEFER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL IF YOU FEEL LIKE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I MEANE'VEBVIOLY BUILT A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S IN THE WAY AT THE MOMENT OF OF US GETTING THERE ESPECIALLY WITH OUR OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE. SO THESE SEEM LIKE GOOD CANDIDATES. I APPRECIATE YOUR RECOMMENDING THEM. I WOULD BE FOR THE SWAP. THANKS. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AARON COUNCIL THAT WE YOU MENTIONED AND THAT IS THE THE SMALL BUSINESS STANDARDS AND THE OVERLAP WHETHER IT'S WITH ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD ON THE LIST THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A WHILE IN THE COMMISSION IS OUR PARKING WHICH IS YOU KNOW WE ARE GENERALLY WAY OVER PARKED AND THEN THE PICKUP A DRIVE THRU STANDARD IS ON HERE AS A SUBTRACTION CANDIDATE BUT IF YOU FOR THE COMMISSION IF WE THINK ABOUT THIS SMALL BUSINESS STANDARDS REVIEW AS A LENS BY WHICH TO LOOK AT THESE OTHER THINGS THAT IT IS A STILL A BIG ITEM BUT IT ALSO THEN IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A FRAMING PIECE FOR US AS WE TACKLE THESE OTHER THINGS LIKE COUNCIL ANYTHING ADDITIONAL HERE IN COUNCIL. SO I THINK GIVEN THE DISCUSSION HERE AND WHAT WE HAVE DIRECTED I THINK I'D LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2024 PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN WITH THE SUGGESTED ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION AS OUTLINED BY THE COUNCIL. IS THAT IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH TO TO MAKE A MAYOR? I'M COMFORTABLE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. I ASSUME THE CITY ATTORNEY IS OKAY WITH THAT. SHE WOULD HAVE ON SOME OF THE SLATE OF RECORD THAT WAS SHOWED HERE ON THE SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. SO IF YOU WANTED TO REFERENCE A SLIDE NUMBER, YOU COULD SAY SLIDE 1010. FAIR ENOUGH. FAIR ENOUGH. THANK YOU. SO COUNCIL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2024 PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN WITH CHANGES OUTLINED ON SLIDE TEN BUT WITH THE BULK IS THE REST OF THE PLAN IS ATTACHED IN THE PACKET SO A SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO APPROVE THE 2024 PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN IS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. MR. JOHNSON THANK YOU CHAIR ROHMAN THANK YOU MUCH. THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AND YOUR LEADERSHIP OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANKS EVERYONE. HAPPY NEW YEAR. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'VE GOT 19 ITEMS ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING AND COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN HAS TONIGHT TO CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCILMEMBER THEY CAME HERE I'VE GOT A HOLD ON 3.43.5 ARE THERE ANY OTHER HOLES SEEN ON A MOTION TO APPROVE 3.1 THROUGH 3.3 AND THEN 3.6 THROUGH 3.19 A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S COUNCIL CONSENT AGENDA AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO ITEM 3.4 COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN MIRA COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS AS I HELD THAT ITEM WHICH IS A TYPE ONE PRELIMINARY YOU GUYS WE ARE HERE FOR THAT AND THAT'S THANK YOU IT'S BEEN HELD THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT NOW THAT'S THAT' THE IDEA OF HOLDI IT WE TAKE IT OUT OF THE CONSENT BUSINESS AND WE'LL HAVE THE DISCUSSION NOW AND WE'RE GOING TO BRING UP THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD AND TRY TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE DECIDE TO EITHER CARRY IT OVER OR VOTE IT UP OR DOWN. OKAY. WE JUST DIDN'T SEE THE NUMBER THAT SO YEAH. SO MAYOR THIS ONE HERE IS A TYPE ONE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT OF GO FOR WAY LOCAL AT 9111 COLUMBUS AVENUE SOUTH IN AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVERS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THE CONSTITUENTS IN THE AREA I AS YOU KNOW I HAVE LACKED THE EXPEEN TO SPEAK ELOQUENTLY ABOUT THESE BUT I WAS MOVED TO TRY TO HOLD THE MOTION TO TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT BECAUSE I CANNOT GIVE THE CONSTITUENCY INFORMATION THEY NEED FOR ME AS I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF IT. SO BASED ON THAT I DECIDED TO ASK IF IT COULD BE HELD OVER FOR SO WE CAN GATHER MORE INFORMATION AND PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC. I THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS. I THINK THAT'S IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO. I WAN TO OUTLINE WHICH QUESTIONS WE WANT TO ANSWER BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD QUESTIONS ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE DIVIDED AND IF IT'S GOING TO BE MULTIFAMILY OR SINGLE FAMILY OF THOSE TYPE OF QUESTIONS. AND I THINK IT DOES NEED TO BE CLARIFIED TO MAKE SURE A SPECIFICALLY THE CONCERN OF THE PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS THAT I GOT WERE RELATED TO THEIR CONCERN TO THE FACT THAT THE ENTIRE AREA SHOULD BE COULD BE TRANSFORMED INTO ONE LOT WITH TWO DIFFERENT HOUSES IN THEM. SO THAT'S MAINLY THE CONCERN. I WOULD SAY THAT 90% OF INFORMATION THE FEEDBACK I GOT WAS JUST RELATED TO THAT AND I CANNOT IN IN GOOD IN A GOOD IN GOOD CONSCIENCE GIVE HIM AN ANSWER TO THAT IS THAT'S NOT THE CASE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO ME AT THIS TIME. SO BASICALLY THAT'S THE QUESTION THEY HAVE IN MIND THAT AT LEAST THE PEOPLE THAT CONTACTED ME DO WANT TO KNOW WHETHER THE ENTIRE AREA HAS BEEN ZONED TO ABSORB THE TYPE OF BUILDING SAID THAT SPECIFIC LIGHT IT'S BEEN STATED FOR BANK ACCOUNTS MEMBER RELAX MR. FAROOQUI THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THIS ITEM. MR. KEILAR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR IS LISTED AS THE PRESENTER BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE PROPOSED LOT SPLIT MEETS ALL CITY REQUIREMENTS IN THE PLANNING PROCESS AND THE FEE HAS BEEN FOLLOWED AS HE KHALIL'S COMING UP BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT MR. KIRKEGAARD OUR PLANNING MANAGER IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE LAND USE ISSUES AS WELL. THANK YOU MR. DRAGHI. MR. KIEL MR. MURCIANO, WELCOME . GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AS JAMIE HAD NOTED, THIS ITEM IS A LAND DIVISION BY PLAT AND WHAT PLANNING IS IS THERE'S KIND OF A TWO STEP PROCESS FOR SUBDIVIDING LAND IT'S A FORMAL PROCESS FOR SUBDIVIDING LAND TOOK A PRELIMINARY PLAT KIND OF LOOKS AT WHAT THE CONTOURS ARE OF THE LAND WHERE IT SERVED FROM ROADS ETC. AND ALL THE DETAILS AND THEN THE FINAL PLAT IS A MUCH SIMPLER DRAWING THAT BASICALLY SHOWS EXACTLY HOW THE LOTS ARE LAID OUT WHEN THEY'RE FINALLY DONE AND WHEN THEY GET RECORDED WITH THE COUNTY THE CITIES REVIEW ON THESE TYPES OF PLATS ISO REVIEW THEM WITH REGARD TO THE CONTENTS OF THE PLAT ITSELF ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT WHO WAS ON THE DRAWINGS ETC. AND ALSO TO REVIEW THEM FOR CONFORMANCE WITH THE CITY CODE AND AS WAS NOTED THIS THIS LOT IS LARGE ENOUGH THAT IT CAN BE SUBDIVIDED INTO TWO SEPARATE LOTS AND EACH OF THOSE SEPARATE LOTS MEETS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS IN THE CITY CODE . AND SO BASED ON THE REVIEW OF THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE OF THE PLAT AND THE REVIEW WITH THE CITY CODE IT WAS FOUND THAT IS CONFORMANCE WITH CITY CODE IN WITH OUR REQUIREMENT SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THAT AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS IN THE THIS LAND IS ZONED R ONE AND THAT THE THE LOTS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF OF THE RESIDENTIAL LOT STANDARDS AND THAT THE USE OF THOSE LOTS CAN BE ANYTHING THAT'S ALLOWED IN THE R ONE ZONING DISTRICT. AND TO THE DETAILS OF THAT I'M GLAD GLEN'S HERE HE CAN SPEAK MORE ELOQUENTLY ABOUT WHAT'S INCLUDED AND WHAT THE WHAT TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT CAN OCCUR ON THESE TWO NEW LOTS. THANK YOU MR. HILL MR. MARKER GUIDE SO 260 FOOT LOTS IN AN HOUR ONE DISTRICT WHAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE THERE? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. MAYOR A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS LOT. IT'S BEEN VACANT SINCE 2000 OR EIGHT OR AT LEAST THAT ERA THERE WAS A HOUSE ON A PREVIOUSLY IN 2008 THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A PLAN FOR TWO FAMILY DWELLING ON THE LOT. HOWEVER THAT NEVER MOVED FORWARD TONIGHT THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING TO DIVIDE IT INTO 260 FOOT WIDE LOTS WHICH TO MEET THE ZONING STANDARDS AS THEY WERE AMENDED BACK IN MAY. THE SURROUNDING LOTS TO THE SOUTH ARE ALSO 20 FOOT WIDE LOTS TO THE NORTH ARE GENERALLY 75 FOOT WIDE. LOTS SO THIS WOULD BE CLOSER IN SIZE TO THE PARCELS TO THE NORTH AND TO THE SOUTH. THANK YOU MR. MCGURN AND UNDER OUR ARE THE ZONING CODE THAT WE ADOPTED THE 60 FOOT LOT IS IS THE MINIMUM SIZE GREAT FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME THAT WE ADOPTED? I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN IT WAS WITHIN THE PAST YEAR OR SO YOUR 18 MONTHS WE ADOPTED THAT AS THE EIGHT THAT DECISION TO BE A 60 FOOT LOT THESE WERE ALL LISTED AS SINGLE FAMILY HOME RESIDENTS LAND BACK IN THE DAY SINCE THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES. WHERE DID IT COME ABOUT THAT WE MADE THIS CHANGE THAT WE COULD SPLIT THESE LOCKS LIKE THIS? THAT WAS A THE QUESTION FOR FOLKS WHO DIDN'T HEAR THEM AND IT'S A GOOD QUESTION WHEN WAS THAT QUESTION WHEN WAS THAT DECISION MADE TO REDUCE THE THE LOT SIZE FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO 60 TO 60 FEET? MR. PROBABLY HELP ME ON ON OUR TIMELINE HERE MR. MURPHY DID HELP ME ON MY TIMELINE HERE. WE HAD WE HAD NO I APPRECIATE IT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED HERE WE ARE AN EXTENSION OF EXTENSIVE CITY DISCUSSION COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR MEETINGS FIVE MEETINGS I THINK ABOUT THIS ONE ABOUT ZONING, ABOUT MINIMUM LOT SIZES, THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE MORE BUILDABLE LOTS IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND HOW WE WANTED HOW WE WANTED THIS ALL TO WORK AND THE THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF 60 FEET WAS DECIDED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL AFTER AS I SAID I THINK FOUR OR FIVE DISCUSSIONS, FOUR OR FIVE MEETINGS AND WHAT WAS THE TIMELINE ON THAT, MR. MAYOR? OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS ADOPTED IN MAY OF 2023 MAY OF 2023. SO WITHIN THE PAST YEAR WE MADE THAT WE MADE THAT DECISION. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PEOPLE TT MADE THAT DECISION. IT WAS A DECISION BY THE CITY COUNCIL. IT'S JUST A QUESTION FOR DECORUM. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT WE WANT TO I'M JUST NERVOUS ABOUT SO I KIND OF LOOK TO TO YOU, MAYOR. APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCILMEMBER LOMAN. WHY DON'T WE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO NOT OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING HERE BUT A PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY ON THIS IF THE COUNCIL WILL OBLIGE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN A PUBLIC COMMENT SO WE CAN HAVE FOLKS ASK QUESTIONS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY HERE OR THE OTHER OPTION THAT MS. MANAGER SHOT I THINK IS GOING TO OFFER ME HERE IS WE'RE GOING TO WE COULD POSSIBLY DELAY THIS UNTIL A FURTHER MEETING AND SET THIS UP WITH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IT AND POST IT SO EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS EXPANSION. MAYOR MEMBERS YES, I THINK THAT STAFF DOES HAVE MORE INFORMATION THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE PRESENT TO TO HEAR AND THEN PERHAPS STAFF COULD TALK WITH THEM OUT IN THE HALLWAY AND ANSWER SOME MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE SOME MORE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS AND THEN IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO LAY IT OVER TO A SUBSEQUENT MEETING IF THE IF THE TIMING OF IT ALL IS POSSIBLE TO DO THAT, THEN YOU COULD PROCEED THERE AND TAKE ACTION AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING AT THE TIMING IS ALLOWS FOR THAT AND THE SECOND MR. FERRARI AND I KNOW I SAW AN EMAIL FROM YOU HERE ABOUT THE THE DECISION TICKER HOW IT EXPIRES IN MR. MAYOR MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE AGENCY TIMELINE FOR DECISION ON THIS IS JANUARY 20TH. HOWEVER WE DO HAVE A 60 DAY EXTENSION THAT IS AVAILABLE TO US. SO IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SET A DATE CERTAIN UPCOMING MEETINGS WOULD BE JANRY 29TH, FEBRUARY 12TH OR FEBRUARY 26TH THAT WOULD MEET THAT TIMELINE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR CLEANING THAT UP FOR ME JUST A BIT. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO YES, MR. MAY, A QUICK QUESTION OBVIOUSLY I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME COMMENT BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T PUT OURSELVES IN A SITUATION VERY SIMILAR TO WHERE WE'VE BEEN BEFORE, WHICH IS THAT WE WOULD LOOK WE HAVE THE INFORMATION LAID OUT IN FRONT OF US AND I CAN'T COME UP WITH A REASON NOT TO APPROVE THIS GIVEN THE FACTS AND ARE WE GOING TO BE IN THAT PLACE 60 DAYS FROM NOW WHEN WE DELAY THIS AND ALL WE'VE DONE IS REALLY LIKE GIVING PEOPLE THE IMPRESSION THAT WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENT DECISION WHEN WE CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENT DECISION AND I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND I ALSO WANT TO RESPECT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE WHO WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS. SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO BALANCE THOSE TWO THINGS GETTING OURSELVES IN A WEIRD SITUATION I APPRECIATE THAT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND MAKING SURE WITH YOUR CONCERN SHARE YOUR CONCERNS THERE. I DO THINK WE WE CAN DO THIS AND I WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER THE RESIDENT'S QUESTIONS AND HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND IF WE HAVE TO DELAY IT UNTIL THE 29TH OF THIS MONTH WITH THE UNDERANDI THAT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP CLARIFY AND ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS BUT I AGREE WITH YOU THE FACTS AND THE REQUIREMENTS AND OUR ZONING CODE AND SO ON BASICALLY HAS ONE ANSWER APPLIED TO THIS AND IF WE DON'T ANSWER IN THAT WAY WE'RE GOING TO END UP IN COURT AGAIN AND WE WANT TO DO THAT. AND SO I THINK IF IF IT'S THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT WE DELAY THIS IF WE LAY THIS OVER UNTIL THE 29TH, I'LL OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH QUESTIONS TO TO TK AND TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND THEN BRING THIS BACK ON THE 29TH FOR A FINAL VOTE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING AS I SAID, THAT VOTE BASED ON THE FACTS AND BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US CAN GO ONE WAY BUT AT LEAST IT WILL GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF TO EXPLAIN THIS TO OUR RESIDENTS IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPTH AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN I GET ASK ONE MORE THING? WHY DON'T WE WHY DON'T WE SAVE THIS? IF YOU COULD TALK TO THE COUNCIL PROPERTY COMPANY HERE RIGHT NOW AND I NEED TO ASK THAT THOSE ARE CITY STAFF ALSO CITY STAFF MEMBER ON THE PROPERTY OR NOT HERE I'M NOT SURE RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT THE CITY STAFF IN FRONT OF US. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS MAYBE THIS WOULD BE BEST TO TAKE THIS OUT INTO THE INTO THE LOBBY AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. THERE ARE THE PROPERTY OF LANDOWNERS OF 9111 HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THE LANDOWNERS ARE HERE NOW. SO TOM KEEP CHASING IT AROUND SO COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO LAY THIS OVER UNTIL DATE CERTAIN OF JANUARY 29TH OR JANUARY 29TH MEETING WITH THE OPTION AND THE OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR STAFF TO TO INTERACT A BIT MORE WITH THE RESIDENTS AND ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE OR IF I MAY, I THINK THAT QUESTION JUST BITS AROUND THE FACT THAT THE PUBLIC QUESTION OR WHETHER THE ENTIRE AREA HAS BEEN ZONED FOR THE LOTS TO BE IN A POSSIBLE FUTURE DIVIDED INTO TWO LOT BECAUSE BASED ON THIS PICTURE THAT I'M LOOKING AT MOST OF THE LARGE THE LOTS TO THE SOUTH ARE 120 FEET OR ABOUT WHY THE 75 BY 1 THAT TO ACROSS THE STREET ON COLUMBUS AVENUE STILL ON THE WEST NORTHWEST PART OF THE LOT AND IN NORTH DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE LOT THERE ARE THREE OR SO PARCELS THAT ARE 75 FEET OR SO BASED ON THE INFORMATION I HAD GOTTEN TODAY. SO THE QUESTION THAT WAS BEING REFERRED TO ME WAS WHETHER THE ENTIRE AREA HAD BEEN ZONED FOR THAT PURPOSE AND IF THAT'S THE CASE THE WHOLE CITY HAS THE WHOLE CITY HAS ISHE ENTIRETY OF THE R-1 ZONE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON WAS RE WAS REDONE. SO IT'S NOT JUST THIS AREA IT'S THE ENTIRE CITY. SO BASICALLY THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION THAT WAS BEING ASKED OF ME IF THAT IS THE CASE. I MEAN WE CAN JUST PUT IT THAT WAY AS IT IS THE ENTIRE CITY THAT HAS BEEN ZONED THAT WAY. SO I'M SORRY WE'RE GOING TO DO IT THIS WAY. OKAY. IF YOU IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, I'D PREFER YOU ASK THE STAFF YOU SPEAK WITH THE STAFF COUNSEL I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT. WE LAY THIS OVER UNTIL JANUARY 29TH. SECOND WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND DELAY THIS OVER UNTIL JANUARY 29TH TO GIVE STAFF AND THE RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO GET TOGETHER TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE MAYBE TO TALK TO THE DEVELOPER OR THE THE CURRENT OWNERS WHO ARE SELLING. AND JUST TO UNDERSTAND THIS A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND UNDERSTAND THE DETAILS BEHIND IT AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S IT CAN BE WHAT WOULD TALK TO ME THAT'S WHY I'M HERE AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY. I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU TRIED TALK TO BUT WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY NOW THAT YOU CAN TALK WITH STAFF AND THEY CAN ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE COUNSEL ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSN O THI ? WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND DELAY ITEM 3.4 WHICH IS A TYPE ONE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT OF GO FOR AWAY LOCATED AT 9111 COLUMBUS AVENUE SOUTH LAY THIS OVER UNTIL JANUARY THE 29TH NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO SO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH WITH STAFF AND STAFF IF YOU WANTED TO EVEN HEAD OUT INTO THE LOBBY OR OH YOU TO STICK AROUND FOR THE NEXT ONE OKAY SO AFTER WE A AFT WE TALK ABOUT THE NEXT ONE THEN TAKE THIS OUT INTO THE LOBBY SO HIM IDEA SO COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN I MEAN 3.5 CUSTOMER DEAL SANDRA HAS HELD THIS ONE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN MR. MAYOR, I AM WAS INTERESTED IN SO THANK YOU FIRST OF TWO TO MR. CENTENARIO FOR SENDING ME AN UPDATED DIAGRAM OF OF THIS PARTICULAR THING. I WAS CONFUSED AS TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE. THIS JUST MADE THINGS A LOT MORE CLEAR TO ME. SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU, MR. MARKET GUARD NUMBER ONE, DOES THE EXISTING HOUSE LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO GET EXPANDED SO THERE'S NOT A DEMOLITION? SO WE ARE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THIS LOT BEING SPLIT ONE TO BE A A LOT AND THE OTHER TO BE A HOUSE TO BE EXPANDED AND SOLD OR WHATEVER. IS THAT CORRECT? MAYOR OBVIOUSLY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THAT'S CORRECT. THE FRONT LOT ALONG MAPLE AVENUE WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE ANDHIS THIS DRIVEWAY THAT IS NOTED HERE IN ORANGE ON THIS SLIDE IT IT ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE BUT THERE WAS SOME CONCERNED ABOUT THE THE LANDLOCKED NATURE OF THE I'M ASSUMING IT'S THE THE THE IS THAT THE WESTERN PART OF THE EASTERN PROPERTY RIGHT THEN THE ONE THAT'S CLOSEST TO NINE MILE CREEK AND THEY THEY'RE BUSY COUNCILMEMBER DENNIS UNDER CORRECT THE WESTERN LOT WHICH IS ADJACENT TO NINE MILE CREEK OR ON THE LEFT OF THE SCRE RIGHT NOW HAS NO FRONTAGE ON THE STREET. BACK IN THE 1970S CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THAT CONDITION SO THIS WHILE IT DOES NOT REMEDY FULLY UNDER THE ZONING CODE IT DOES PROVIDE AT LEAST SOME STREET FRONTAGE TO MAPLE AVENUE SOUTH AND THEN CREATES ANOTHER COMPLIANT LADDER ADJACENT TO IT AND DOES THAT SO THAT'S ALREADY EXISTING SO THERE'S NO NEW THERE'S NO CHANGE TO THE EXISTING VARIANCE RELATED TO THE DRIVEWAY THEN I HAVE THAT RIGHT THERE. OBOUSLY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, THE THE DRIVEWAY LOCATION IS NOT CHANGING AND THAT SET BACK NOT BE CHANGING EITHER. OKAY. WOULD WOULD THE WOULD THE WHICH OF THE PROPERTIES WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PORTION OF THE DRIVEWAY THAT IS ESSENTIALLY ADJACENT TO THE FUTURE LOT OR IS THAT NOT RELEVANT TO US IN TERMS OF PLANNING? MEMBER SO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THERE WOULD BE A JOINT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO OWNERS IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE OF THEIR DRIVEWAY GOING FORWARD AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T NORMALLY GET INVOLVED IN . WEE CALLED MAYOR BUSSING COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THE CITY DOES NOT GET INVOLVED IN SO FAR AS WE REVIEW THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ONE IN PLACE BUT THE DETAILS OF THAT AGREEMENT WE DON'T DICTATE. IS THAT A DID WE DEFINE THAT AS A REQUIREMENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR VARIANCE THAT THAT'S IN PLACE? THERE WAS A COUNCILMEMBER I WOULD NEED TO LOOK BACK THROUGH THE CONDITIONS BUT THAT IS A TYPICAL REQUIREMENT AND A CODE STANDARD. OKAY. I DIDN'T SEE THE CONDITIONS IN OUR DID ANYBODY I'LL SEE THEM. I APOLOGIZE, MR. MAYOR, IF I DIDN'T SEE THE CONDITIONS FOR THIS ONE LIKE WE HAD FOR THE THE PRIOR ONE SO I WASN'T SURE IF WE HAD OR NOT. OKAY. THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT THAT WAS MADE IN HERE THAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS WAS DO WE HAVE DO WE HAVE CONDITIONS ON THE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO FLOOD MITIGATION AND OTHER THINGS FOR NINE MILE CREEK? MY CONCERN BEING, MR. MAYOR, THAT WE HAVE A NEW PROJECT TO DO NINE MILE CREEK RESTORATION AND EROSION CONTROL AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS WITH IT BEING THE I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE DIVIDED NATURE OF IT OR HOW OR IS IT THE AMOUNT OF WITH THE EXPANSION HOW MUCH NON PERMEABLE SURFACE AREAS OR WHATEVER BUT THE FLOOD EASEMENT PROBLEM THAT WAS NOTED IN THE THE PACKET DO WE HAVE A CONDITION ON THIS PROPERTY FOR THAT AS WELL IS MY QUESTION BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE THEM IN THE PACKET AND THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO THERE ARE CODE REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE THAT RESTRICT ANY NEW FROM BEING BUILT OR EXPANDED WITHIN THE FLOODWAY OR FLOODPLAIN. OKAY. SO FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE THOSE CONCERNS HAVE BEEN ALLAYED, CORRECT? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. IT WAS MOSTLY JUST CLARIFICATIONS ON THE DIAGRAM AND QUESTIONS. I'M HAPPY TO MOVE IT IF IF THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO AT THIS POINT. COUNCIL ANYONE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANKS VERY MUCH MR. MCCARTHY SO I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING VARIANCES TO REDUCE WIDTH FROM 60 FEET TO 14 FEET TO PROVIDE FRONTAGE TO A PARCEL WITHOUT FRONTAGE AND REDUCE THE SIDE YARD SETBACK FOR AN EXISTING DRIVEWAY FROM FIVE FEET TO ZERO FEET 9940 MAPLE AVENUE SOUTH. SO MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO A SECOND COUNCILMEMBER TO ACCEPT ITEM 3.5 ON OUR ON OUR CONSENT BUSINESS HAS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO THANK YOU MR. MURPHY I APPRECIE THE INFORMATION ON THE LAST TWO ITEMS AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER MOMENT FOR TAKING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT AS I MENTIONED WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT OUR AGENDA WE HAD NOTHING UNDER ITEM FOR OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES AND THAT WILL MOVE US AND ALL. ITEM FIVE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS AND THE FIRST PART OF OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS IS ITEM 5.1 CONSIDERATION OF A DRAFT LETTER TO THE HENNEPIN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS REGARDING HENNEPIN ENERGY RECOVERY CENTER CLOSURE PROPOSAL LAURA HORNER AND ELAINE BEJAR ARE HERE THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING, ELLEN ELLEN EXCUSE ME. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I AM LAURA WERNER, THE SOLID WASTE PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON JOINING ME IS ALAN BAYLIS, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND KARL THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING TO SHARE A DRAFT LETTER REGARDING THE HENNEPIN FROM THE CAP THAT WILL BE SENT TO THE HENNEPIN COUNTY BOARD REGARDING THEIR PLANS FOR. THE CLOSURE OF THE HENNEPIN ENERGY RECOVERY CENTER ALSO KNOWN AS HERC. SO AS YOU MAY RECALL ON DECEMBER 4TH WE PRESENTED INFORMATION TO COUNCIL ABOUT A RECENT ACTION TAKEN BY THE BOARD TO DIRECT COUNTY STAFF TO DEVELOP A PLAN AND RECOMMENDATIONS BY FEBRUARY FIRST OF 2024 FOR THE CLOSURE OF WORK BETWEEN 2028 AND 2040 . AND AS A PART OF THAT ACTION THE COUNTY BOARD DIRECTED THEIR STAFF TO SEND MATERIALS FROM THE BOARD BRIEFINGS ON HERC TO MAYORS AND CITY COUNL MEMBERS OF THE CITIES THAT USE HARK AND SEEK FEEDBACK ON THIS PROPOSED PLAN. THEY REQUESTED THAT THE RESPONSES BE RETURNED TO THE COUNTY BOARD NO LATER THAN JANUARY 15TH OF 2024. SO AT OUR DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL IN DECEMBER COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO PREPARE A DRAFT RESPONSE TO THAT BOARD ACTION BASED ON CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE HELD THAT EVENING AND RETURNED TO COUNCIL FOR FURTHER REVIEW. SO WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE THAT DRAFT RESPONSE WITH YOU THE MATERIALS FROM THE COUNTY BOARD ARE DECEMBER 4TH PRESENTATION AND THAT DRAFT LETTER WERE INCLUDED IN MATERIALS FOR YOUR REVIEW TONIGHT. HOWEVER, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SHARE A FEW KEY POINTS IN THE LETTER AS YOU CONSIDER THE DRAFT THIS EVENING. SO AT THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION WILL SEEK A FORMAL ACTION BY COUNCIL TO FORWARD THE COMMENTS TO THE COUNTY BOARD. SO IN THE PROPOSED LETTER BLOOMINGTON'S COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND ZERO WASTE IS HIGHLIGHTED. HOWEVER, THE DRAFT LETTER DOES EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE TIMELINE THE COUNTY BOARD HAS ESTABLISHED FOR CLOSING HERC HENNEPIN COUNTY STAFF HAVE INDICATED THAT A CLOSURE OF HERC BEFORE AN 85% RECYCLING RATE IS ACHIEVED WOULD HAVE SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL AND FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES FOR COUNTY RESIDENTS. AS WE DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL IN DECEMBER, THE LIKELIHOOD OF REACHING AN 85% DIVERSION IN THE TIMELINE LAID OUT BY THE COUNTY IS UNREALISTIC. REACHING THAT BENCHMARK WOULD MAKE HENNEPIN COUNTY ACTUALLY ONE OF THE HIGHEST PERFORMING JURISDICTIONS IN THE WORLD TO ACHIEVE AN 85% RECYCLING RATE WHICH GIVEN OUR CURRENT RECYCLING RATE IS NOT REALISTIC TO MEET IN THAT TIMELINE. SO THE LETTER DESCRIBES OUR EFFORTS OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS TO REDUCE SOLID WASTE AND SHARES THAT OUR CURRENT DIVERSION RATE IS APPROXIMATELY 38% WHICH IS RIGHT IN LINE WITH HENNEPI COUNTY CITIES AND BLOOMINGTON AND THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE WILL SERIOUSLY STRUGGLE TO MEET AN 85% DIVERSION BEFORE 2040. THE LETTER THEN GOES ON TO SHARE THAT TO REACH THAT 85% GOAL CITIES WOULD NEED ADDITIONAL TIME AND SIGNIFICANTLY MORE RESOURCES DIRECTED AT WASTE DIVERSION AND REDUCTION. HENNEPIN COUNTY ZERO WASTE PLAN WAS ADOPTED EARLIER IN 2023. IT HIGHLIGHTS SEVERAL ACTIONS THAT CITIES WOULD NEED UNDERTAKE TO REACH ZERO WASTE GOALS. THESE ACTIONS NOT SMALL ACTIVITIES. THE LIST INCLUDES PROGRAM CHANGES SUCH AS ORGANIZING MULTIFAMILY SOLID WASTE COLLECTION LIKE WE HAVE FOR RESIDENTIAL AS WELL AS ORGANIZE ING COMMERCIAL RECYCLING IN ADDITION TO ZERO WASTE PLAN HAS ACTIONS FOR STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF OUR RECYCLING MANDATES SO STRICT MANDATES FOR PARTICIPATION IN ALL RECYCLING AND ORGANICS RECYCLING PROGRAMS. SO THE FULL LIST OF GGESD CITY ACTIONS WE HAVE ESTIMATED WOULD LIKELY REQUIRE AT LEAST 10 TO 15 YEARS OF PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION . BLOOMINGTON WOULD NEED MORE STAFF MEMBERS AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO COMPLETE THE LIST OF TASKS AND AT THIS POINT THE COUNTY HAS NOT YET IDENTIFIED A SOURCE FOR THESE RESOURCES. SO AS WE DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL IN DECEMBER THE CLOSURE OF HERC WITHOUT MEETING ZERO WASTE BENCHMARKS WOULD RESULT IN HENNEPIN OR IN BLOOMINGTON'S WASTE NEEDING TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY FOR DISPOSAL AND WOULD MEAN THAT THIS MATERIAL WOULD BE LANDFILLED. THE DRAFT LETTER INDICATES OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS DIRECTION AND THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES THAT WOULD FLOW FROM THIS INCREASE TO LANDFILLING. IN ADDITION FROM THE THE INCREASE IN THE TRANSPORTATION OF MATERIALS, THE VEHICLE EMISSIONS AND THE LOSS OF ELECTRICITY CURRENTLY GENERATED BY NON-FOSSIL FUEL SOURCES CONCERN IS ALSO EXPRESSED IN THE LETTER ABOUT THE LOSS OF FUNDS FROM HER WORK THAT CURRENTLY SUPPORT HENNEPIN COUNTY'S OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL. THE DRAFT LETTER GOES ON TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE COUNTY BOARD IS CONSIDERING THIS RESPONSE TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CONCERNS RAISED BY NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDING THE FACILITY. HOWEVER, THE DRAFT LETTER EXPRESSES CONCERN FOR OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES BOTH WITHIN THE COUNTY AND BEYOND. IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE COUNTY HAS CONSIDERED THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OFDDING ADDITIONAL SEMI-TRAILER TRAFFIC AND LANDFILLING MATERIALS ON ADDITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS BEYOND THOSE ADJACENT TO HERC WHERE THE MATERIALS WOULD END UP. THE LETTER SUGGESTS A COUNTY APPROACH THAT HAS MORE REGIONAL AND A DATA DRIVEN APPROACH TO THE RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTE AND WORKS FUTURE. IT REMINDS THE BOARD THAT HERC IS A REGION WIDE ASSET AND THAT PLANNING FOR ITS FUTURE SHOULD INVOLVE ALL STAKEHOLDERS AND NOT BE RUSHED IN THE MATTER OF A FEW MONTHS . IT OFFERS BLOOMINGTON'S SUPPORT AGAIN FOR A ZERO WASTE FUTURE AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY TO MAKE HAPPEN AND THE DRAFT LEATHER THE LETTER FURTHER SUGGESTS SOME AREAS OF PLANNING AND REVIEW THAT WE RECOMMEND TO BE TAKEN BEFORE A CLOSURE OF HERC IS CONSIDERED . AND THIS INCLUDES AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY. A REVIEW OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IMPACTS THAT WILL RESULT FROM THE CLOSURE OF HERC AS WELL AS WITH T CONTINUED OPERATION OF HERC. A REVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS OF THE CLOSURE AND IDENTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO DEVELOP WASTE REDUCTION AND DIVERSION PROGRAMS AND A CLOSURE TIMELINE THAT IS CONTINGENT ON MEETING THE NECESSARY BENCHMARKS OUTLINED BY HENNEPIN COUNTY STAFF TO AVOID THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF A PREMATURE CLOSURE. SO IN SUMMARY, THE DRAFT LETTER AGAIN SUMMARIZES BLOOMINGTON'S CONCERN ABOUT THE RECENT BOARD ACTIONS AND IT ENCOURAGES THE BOARD TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE TIME AND RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITIES TO TRANSITION AWAY FROM THE USE OF HERC AND ENGAGE IT AND TO ENGAGE COMMUNITIES IN REALISTIC PLANNING FOR HER FUTURE AND AVOID RUSHING TO DECISIONS WHICH MAY EXACERBATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND FINANCIAL IMPACTS OF MANAGING WASTE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. AND IT DOES FURTHER AND REITERATE BLOOMINGTON'S WILLINGNESS TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY TO REACH ZERO WASTE GOALS. SO THIS WAS A REVIEW OF OUR DRAFT LETTER THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU AND AS A REMINDER THE BOARD IS LOOKING FOR THESE RESPONSES FROM AFFECTED CITIES BY JANUARY 15TH AND A SUGGESTED MOTION IS IN YOUR REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION AND HERE ON THE SCREEN TODAY. SO AT THIS TIME WE WOULD INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK ON THE LETTER. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THIS AND THANKS FOR PULLING THIS LETTER TOGETHER BASED ON THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HEARD THE COUNCIL MAKE BUT ALSO VERY PRACTICAL CONCERNS AROUND THIS AS WELL. I THINK YOU DID A VERY NICE JOB OF PULLING THEM ALL TOGETHER. THE MOST OBVIOUS BEING THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS, THE EXTENDED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IMPACTS AND THE HONESTLY THE LACK OF A PLAN IF WE WANT TO GET TO 85% WELL WHAT'S THE PLAN? CREATING A CRISIS I DON'T THINK IS THE PLAN. THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING ELSE AND NOT JUST FROM THE END THE RECYCLING END BUT I THINK FROM THE PACKAGING AND THE PRODUCTION END AS WELL. SO WITH ALL THOSE PLANS IN PLACE I AGREE COMPLETELY THAT THIS IS A POOR PLAN, A POOR IDEA AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE PUT IT INTO SO ELOQUENTLY PUT IT INTO A LETTER FOR US TO SEND OUT TO THE HENNEPIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO ECHO YOUR SENTIMENTS. I THINK YOU GUYS DID A REALLY EXCELLENT JOB INCORPORATING INFORMATION THAT YOU ALREADY HAD AND THEN THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD LAST TIME AND ALSO DOING IT IN A WAY THAT AGAIN SIGNIFIES A PARTNERSHIP IN WANTING TO WORK TOGETHER BUT ALSO FIRMNESS THAT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS AND SO EXCELLENT JOB AND I ALSO REALLY LOVE THE RECOMMENDATION TO DO AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY ON THE CLOSURE OF HERC. I DON'T THINK WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST TIME AND THAT EDITION MAKES A TON OF SENSE AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYONE WOULD ARGUE AGAINST THAT SO JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS AND THE PLANNING THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE. SO THANK YOU. GREAT. THANKS. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION FOR ME OR NOT, BUT THE THE MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE BITF LIKE STATE RELATED COUNTY RELATED BACK AND FORTH HAPPENING. SO IN THE IN THE DOCUMENTATION FOR EXAMPLE IT WAS INDICATED THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE MONEY TO PURSUE THE THE DIGESTER. YEP THE DIGESTER ANAEROBIC THAT WAS THE WORD I WAS STUCK ON SORRY I'M LIKE GET THE OPPOSITE OF OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN. NO I NOT. ANAEROBIC DIGESTER AND SO IT'S YOU'RE WELCOME. YOU'RE WELCOME. IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOMETIMES. BUT THE STATE OH SURE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU THAT MONEY BUT YOU HAVE TO CLOSEHE HURT AND THEN NOW THE COUNTY HAS SAID WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO DO THAT I JUST A PROJECT. SO IF IF THAT IS IF THAT WHOLE STALEMATE IF YOU WILL IS NOW OVER AND DONE WITH, WHAT DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THE WHAT IF WHAT IF ANY OTHER STATE RELATED ITEMS WERE BEHIND THE PRESS ON THIS AT THE COUNTY LEVEL NOW. OKAY MAYOR IDEAS THOUGHTS? YEAH. I THINK THAT ANOTHER PIECE OF THAT WAS CHANGES IN LEGISLATION IN THE IN THE LAST SESSION THAT HAVE NOW WILL NO LONGER COUNT THE ENERGY GENERATED FROM WORK AS RENEWABLE ENERGY. IT USED TO ALWAYS BE COUNTED AS THAT AND AS IT SOLD TO EXCEL THAT COULD BE PART OF EXCEL'S RENEWABLE ENERGY STANDARDS SO WAS A PRETTY LARGE PUSH TO STOP CALLING WASTE TO ENERGY A RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE WHICH KIND OF KICK STARTED SOME OPPOSITION TO WASTE TO ENERGY IN GENERAL. THANKS. I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB. I, I THE I WOULD AGREE THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE DECISION BEHIND THE DECISION WHICH I DON'T THINK WE HAVE AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR WHAT THIS CAUSES OUR COMMUNITIES IF WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER OPTION FOR IT. SO I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY GREAT. HAPPY TO TO SIGN ON IN OPPOSITION TO THIS. MR. MAYOR, THANKS. HAPPY TO SIGN IN AND OPPOSITION TO THE HERC NOT TO THE. YES, SORRY. HAPPY TO SIGN THIS LETTER WHICH IS IN OPPOSITION TO THAT . JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER MOMENT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I THINK STAFF FOR THEIR THEIR HARD WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE WITH THIS. I HAVE A QUESTION BRIEF COMMENT. HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK IS NEEDED TO GET TO THIS 8 GOAL? OR WHEN IS IN OTHER WAY TO ASK THIS QUESTION? WHEN DOES IT WHEN WOULD YOU SUGGEST THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO CLOSE THE HURT GIVEN THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT GOAL? MAYOR COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ZERO WASTE PLAN IT DOES IDENTIFY A TIMELINE OF 2044 AN 85% DIVERSION BUT AGAIN THAT'S WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WOULD MAKE THE COUNTY ONE OF THE HIGHEST PERFORMING JURISDICTIONS IN THE WORLD IF ALL 62 OF THE ACTIONS WITHIN THAT PLAN ARE COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. SO IT'S COUNTY RECOMMENDATION FOR A CLOSURE OF HERC. THAT TIMELINE IS BETWEEN 2048 AND 2050 AND WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT THAT 85% DIVERSION RATE BE MAPPED. SO THEY'RE CERTAINLY A LOT OF ACTIONS THAT COULD BE TAKEN TO HELP GET US TO A VERY AGGRESSIVE WASTE DIVERSION RATES. BUT AGAIN, THAT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND PROGRAMING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. WELL, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK STAFF AND ABOUT 75% THEY'RE ON ON THIS BUT I WILL NOT THIS EVENING BE SUPPORTING THIS. I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT THIS IS TO BE SUBMITTED ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAYS BIRTHDAY. THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME HISTORICAL THINGS THAT ARE THERE AND I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A BIG, BIG ARGUMENT AGAIN, I THINK STAFF HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND GETTING US TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. BUT I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCIL IF I MAY. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS I, I UNDERSTAND WHERE COUNCIL MEMBER LAMAR IS COMING FROM AND IT IS ONE OF THOSE HARD DECISIONS TO MAKE. HOWEVER I A MY INVOLVEMENT WHICH SUSTAINABILITY IN THE PAST I HAVE VISITED NUMEROUS LANDFILLS AND I THINK THAT THAT WILL MAKE CHANNELING DOWN HURTS WILL MAKE IT A LOT WORSE THAN WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW AND UNTIL THE COUNTY OR THE STATE OR ALL THE CITIES IS INVOLVED WITH THE COUNTY COME OUT WITH A PLAN TO REPLACE HERC IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT I DO AGREE WITH THE EMOTIONS WITH OUR THAT YOU KNOW I'VE HAD THE SAME MENTALITY ALSO BUT AT THE SAME TIME IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPLACE HERC I WILL BE VERY FOR IT BECAUSE TO TO BE AGAINST IT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLAN TO TO REPLACE IT AND THAT MAKES THINGS WORSE FOR WHOEVER LIVES IN THE AREA AS WELL. BUT I DO SYMPATHIZE WITH THE WHERE COUNCIL COUNCILMAN MEMBER LOWMAN COMES FROM BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS IN THOSE AREAS. BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT IF IF HE GETS SHUT DOWN IT'LL MAKE THINGS A LOT WORSE THAN WHAT THEY ARE AT THE MOMENT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. OH, YOU KNOW, I JUST I WANTED TO ECHOED THE SENTIMENTS I THINK. I'M GUESSING THAT MOST OF US UP HERE UNDERSTAND JUST KIND OF THE HISTORICAL NATURE OF REDLINING AND THE IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND THE FACT THAT MANY COMMUNITIES WERE INTENTIONALLY, YOU KNOW, ZONED INTO INDUSTRIAL AREAS OR RIGHT BY INDUSTRIAL AREAS. WHAT I DO THINK IS INTERESTING ABOUT THE HERC SPECIFICALLY IS THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY THE LOCATION WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE IT WAS AN INDUSTRIAL AREA AND PEOPLE DID NOT LIVE CLOSE BY AND THEN I'M GUESSING THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS CHANGED TIR ZONING AND ALLOWED RESIDENTIAL UNITS TO BE BUILT NEXT TO THE HERC CREATING THIS PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE TODAY. SO I, I ALSO SYMPATHIZE AND I AND I FEEL FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT ALSO IS INFURIATING FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE AND I THINK THE ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING TO BE CREATED BY THIS CLOSURE IF IT'S DONE TOO EARLY WILL JUST MAGNIFY. THERE ARE GOING TO BE SO MANY UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND MAGNIFY THE INEQUITIES THAT EXIST. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND ALSO POINT TO THE FACT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME POLICY ISSUES THAT REALLY HELPED CREATE THIS PROBLEM. AGREED COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMEMBER. I THINK THE BIGGEST FRUSTRATION FOR ME IS JUST THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY. I UNDERSTAND WE'RE UNDER THEIR JURISDICTION. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE BIG BROAD GOALS THAT THEY WANT TO REACH BUT IT COMES DOWN TO THE CONVERSIONITH CONSTITUENTS AND TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER. SO I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR TAKING AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IN THE FACTS THAT BLOOMINGTON HAS BEEN MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE WE ARE A LEADER IN THIS AREA. WHEN WE STARTED THE ORGANICS RECYCLING PROGRAM THAT WAS AHEAD OF HENNEPIN COUNTY. SO THE THINGS WE ARE DOING ARE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE KIND OF CONDUCT COUNTY'S ALREADY DONE AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN VERY CLEARLY THAT IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE AGAINST THIS. IT'S THAT WE NEED TIME TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO ACHIEVEHESE GOALS. AND WITHOUT THAT TIME YOU PUT US IN A BIG CRISIS WHICH PUTS US THREE STEPS BACK. AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT WE'VE TAKEN THE TIME TO PUT THIS LETTER TOGETHER AND THAT BY SUPPORTING THIS WE ARE LETTING HENNEPIN COUNTY KNOW WHERE WE STAND, HOW WE FEEL AND HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE THEIR RESIDENTS. AND SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US TOGETHER. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? YEAH, I DIDN'T WANT TO I DIDN'T WANT TO RESPOND BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THIS KIND OF BA A FORTH PIECE. BUT I THINK I WANT TO JUST MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE IN THIS IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE HISTORICAL PIECES. YOU KNOW, PART OF YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT WE DID WHEN WE GATHERED TOGETHER MAYOR, TO BE A PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WAS TO TALK ABOUT EQUITY INCLUSION AND YOU KNOW, GRANTED THIS IS NOT IN BLOOMINGTON AND I WANT TO SAY THAT BUT YOU KNOW WHERE THERE'S INJUSTICE OR THINGS HAPPENING IN OTHER PLACES THAT WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND YES IN A VACUUM, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW AND GRANTED THERE WERE POLICY DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE AND THAT TYPE OF THING THAT WERE OUT THERE THAT THAT IMPACTED THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A LEADER WHEN IT COMES TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE THAT YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE ALSO TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT THAT ARE PLACED IN THAT PARTICULAR PLACE. I APPLAUD THE HENNEPIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR FOR TAKING SUCH A MOVE OF OF SUPPORTING THIS THING EVEN THOUGH IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT THING FOR US TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH. YOU KNOW, THE HISTORY OF RACISM IN THIS COUNTRY IS ONE THAT IS I MEAN IT'S THERE AND WE CANNOT IGNORE THAT. WE'VE HAD MANY A SITUATIONS IN THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA WHERE WE HAVE BEEN EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AND I'D LIKE US TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO FIND WAYS AND I KNOW THIS COUNCILND IT'S I'M SAYING BY VOTING FOR THIS I WANT TO MAKE THAT REALLY CLEAR IS IS NOT SUPPORTING THAT. I'M TOTALLY NOT SAYING THAT AT ALL BUT I JUST WANT TO TAKE AN ADDITIONAL STEP HERE TO BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR, GIVEN THE HISTORY OF BLOOMINGTON WHEN IT COMES TO THESE TYPES OF THINGS EXTERNAL TO THIS EXTERNAL THIS AND OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST I WANT TO JUST BE SURE THAT I MAKE THAT STATEMENT AND I THINK IT IS FULLY AND COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE THAT MY COLLEAGUES VOTE FOR THIS AND SUPPORT THIS MOVING FORWARD. SO I DON'T I'M NOT I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY ANYTHING AT A IN TERMS OF AND I THINK YOU SHOULD SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE OF WHAT THIS IMPLICATION MEANS FOR THAT. BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT I THINK IT WAS NOT LOST ON ME THAT THE COMMENTS ARE DUE ON MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE TREATED AS EQUALS AND AND THAT'S THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY HERE TONIGHT. AND I AM NOT TRYING TO GET YOU TO CHANGE IT OR PUT THAT IN THE DRAFT. BUT I THINK GOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HISTORICAL PIECES THAT ARE A PART OF THIS. THANK YOU VERYUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. I DO AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM AND I ALSO CAN'T OVERLOOK THE IRONY OF THE JANUARY 15TH DATE BECAUSE NO MAIL WOULD BE DELIVERED AND THE HENNEPIN COUNTY OFFICE WILL NOW BE OPEN ON THAT DAY. BUT THAT'S ENOUGH SAID ABOUT THAT. SO COUNCIL IF THERE ARE NO MORE COMMENTS I WOULD LOOK FOR SOME ACTION ON THIS SO WE CAN MOVE ALONG IN OUR AND OUR AGENDA. COUNCILMEMBER EMMER I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT I MOVED TO TRANSMIT THE ATTHE LETTER REGARDING THE PLANNED CLOSURE OF THE HERC TO THE HALLOWEEN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BY THE REQUEST JANUARY 15TH, 2024 TIMELINE FOR INPUT. SECOND MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO TRANSMIT THE ATTACHED LETTER REGARDING THE PLANNED CLOSURE OF THE HERC TO THE HENNEPIN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE ONE WITH COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN IN OPPOSITION THANK YOU MUCH APPRECIATE IT AND COUNSEL THANKS FOR THE DISCUSSION ON THAT. WELL DONE. MOVING ON TO ITEM 5.2 DRAFT PRESENTATION OF OUR PEN LAKE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK. WE'VE GOT BRIAN GRIDDLE AND JACK DISTAL FROM OUR WATER WORLD HERE TO TALK TO US THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. THROUGH WITHOUT MAKING . ALL RIGHT MAYOR BUSSEY, COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS JACK DISTEL AND I AM THE CITY'S WATER RESOURCES SPECIALIST AND I AM BRIAN GREENALL. I AM THE WATER RESOURCES MANAGER. WE'RE HERE TODAY GOING TO PRESENT ON THE PEN LAKE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK. SO THE PEN LAKE MANAGER FRAMEWORK OUR GOAL ULTIMATELY IS GOING TO BE TO HAVE YOU ALL AS THE COUNCIL VOTE TO APPROVE THE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK WHERE THAT WOULD REPLACE THE EXISTING LOWER PEN LAKE PLAN. THAT VOTE IS SCHEDULED HOPEFULLY FOR THE JANUARY NINTH COUNCIL MEETING. TODAY WE WANT TO EXPLAIN THE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK. IT'S A UNIQUE PLAN. IF I COULD SUMMARIZE IT BRIEFLY IT'S BASICALLY A PLAN THAT SETS FORWARD CENTRALIZED GOALS YOU KNOW, MAKE PEN LAKE HEALTHY AND THEN DEVISES A STRATEGY THAT REOCCURS THAT WILL FOLLOW TO GET A PATH TO REACH THOSE GOALS. MY PRESENTATION TODAY IS BASICALLY GOING TO BE EXACTLY HOW THE FRAMEWORK WORKS AND WHY IT WORKS THAT WAY. THE PROBLEMS THAT PLAGUE PEN LAKE ARE NOT TO SHALLOW WATER LAKES. IT'S VERY COMMON. HIGH NUTRIENT LOADS, ALGAL BLOOMS, FLASHY WATERSHED HEADS SALT. COMMON CARP. THE LIST GOES ON. UNFORTUNATELY FOR PEN LAKE THOSE PROBLEMS ARE NOT NEW NOR ARE THE CITY'S ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES NEW. THE FIRST MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR PEN LAKE WAS DONE IN 1970S. THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS ADOPTED IN 2010. NEITHER OF THOSELANS SUCCEEDED IN MEETING THOUGH IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER QUALITY THAT WE HAD HOPED. BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER FEW BIG THINGS THAT HAPPENED SINCE THE 2010 PLAN THAT HAVE COME UP AND HAVE CHANGED MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR PEN LAKE. ONE BIG ONE IS THAT JUST THE TECHNOLOGY, THE STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR SHALLOW LAKE MANAGEMENT HAVE COME A LONG WAY JUST IN THAT 15 YEARS IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. THE OTHER AND THIS IS PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT ISN 2018 THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY PEN LAKE AS AN IMPAIRED WATER FOR NUTRIENTS. IN 2020 AS PART OF THAT EXPERIMENT THEY SET A STANDARD TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THAT WE NEED TO REDUCE THE LOAD OF NUTRIENTS GOING PEN LAKE BY 40% WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT THAT'S BIG AND WE CAN ALL AGREE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON HAS SET HIGH STANDARDS FOR REACHING GOOD ECOSYSTEM ACROSS THE CITY. BUT THAT IMPAIRMENT LISTED LISTING DESIGNATION HAS CREATED A LEGAL OBLIGATION FOR THE CITY TO REDUCE THAT NUTRIENT LOAD GOING INTO PEN. THE THIRD BIG THING THAT HAPPENED OF COURSE WAS YOU HIRED ME AND I JOINED IN 2020 JUST ABOUT THAT SAME TIME AS THE NUTRIENT ALLOCATION. AND ONE OF MY FIRST TASK WAS TO KIND OF TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD MEET THE PCA'S REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, MEET THE CITY'S HIGH STANDARDS FOR ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND EXPECTATIONS WHICH ARE RIGHTFULLY VERY HIGH FOR THIS AREA. SO THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PREVIOUS PEN LAKE PLANS AND THE ONE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS THE INCLUSION OF ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT AND ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT KIND OF THE INDUSTRY STANDARD NOWADAYS AND IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE ON ITS FACE. BASICALLY YOU COME UP WITH A PLAN OF ATTACK. YEAH, EXECUTE THAT PLAN OF ATTACK AND YOU CHECK IN TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED BASED OFF OF YOUR ACTIONS AND. ECOSYSTEMS ARE DYNAMIC THINGS RARELY DO THEY REACT EXACTLY HOW YOU WANT THEM TO. AND SO WHATEVER THE REALIZED RESULTS ARE YOU COME UP WITH A NEW PLAN OF ATTACK AND THE CYCLE REPEATS ITSELF. SO FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL FOR A WHILE YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN SOME ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT PLANS COME THROUGH OR MAYBE IN YOUR OWN BACKGROUNDS YOU'VE SEEN THEM A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL BE KIND OF SHORT TERM TRANSFORMATIVE GOALS AND THEY'RE LIKE I KW GET RID OF ALL THE BUCKTHORN OUT OF THE FOREST THEN YOU HAVE A BUCKTHORN FREE FOREST. BUT IF YOU KNOW AND IN THE REALITY ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT NEVER ENDS IT'S A FOREVER THING AND YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS IN YOUR OWN LIVES. A GOOD EXAMPLE IS WHY DOES A TURF GRASS LAWN STAY A TURF GRASS LAWN BECAUSE YOU MOW IT TWICE A MONTH. HE CAN'T STOP BECAUSE IF YOU STOP IT WILL QUICKLY TURN INTO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AND SO THAOWING IN THAT EXAMPLE IS AN EXAMPLE OF ECOSYSTEM REINFORCEMENT. BUT NOW YOU HAVE A PROBLEM BECAUSE HOW DO YOU CREATE A FOREVER PLAN? YOU CAN'T COME UP WITH A MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR EVERY POSSIBLE SCENARIO THAT COULD BEFALL PAN LAKE. IT'S TOO COMPLICATED AND THIS IS WHERE THE CITY STAFF WE KIND OF GOT CREATIVE ABOUT IT BECAUSE WHAT WE CHOSE TO DO IS INSTEAD OF FOCUSING A MANAGEMENT PLAN ON SPECIFIC ACTIONS TT COU BE EXECUTED TO HELP MANAGE PEN LAKE WE DECIDED TO FOCUS THE PLAN ON THE PROCESS OF PLANNING FOR THOSE MANAGEMENT ACTIONS. IT'S STRUCTURED IN THIS WAY. SO BY ADOPTING THE CITY MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK WHAT WE'LL BE ADOPTING IS A STANDARDIZED APPROACH THAT WAS REPEATING EVERY FIVE YEARS THAT WILL CREATE A DOCUMENT THAT HAS A PRIORITIZED LIST OF ACTION ITEMS THAT CAN BE TAKEN IN THAT TIME FRAME BASED ON THE CONDITIONS OF THE LAKE COMMITY INTERACTION AND EVERYTHING SET FORTH BY THE FRAMEWORK STANDARDS. THIS IS THE VALUE OF ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT BECAUSE IT'S A REPEATING PROCESS THAT ALSO HAS NO END AND IT WILL ALLOW ECOSYSTEM MANAGERS LIKE MYSELF AND BRIAN TO KEEP PACE WITH THE ECOSYSTEMS UNDER OUR CARE AND IT'S IN A LOT OF WAYS IT'S SIMILAR TO HOW THE CITY WILL TAKE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND TH THAT WILL LEAD TO CONSECUTIVE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS BASED OFF THAT PLAN. THE FRAMEWORK IN THIS SENSE THAT WILL BE ADOPTING IT'S GOING TO BE THE GUIDE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING TO TRY TO REACH THAT GOAL OF A HEALTHY LAKE AND IN THAT REPEATING PROCESS WE HAVE THIS YOU KNOW, IT'S GIVING US A PATH TO GET TO THAT GOAL. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE THE MAIN DOCUMENT THAT CONTAINS THOSE MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES IS THE MANAGEMENT PHWAY IT'S A PATH GET TO THOSE GOALS THE MANAGEMENT PATHWAY IT'S BASICALLY JUST A LIST OF PRIORITIZED ACTION STEPS THAT WE TAKEN IN THE FIVE YEARS. AND ALL OF THAT'S KIND OF FORMULATED BASED OFF OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK THAT WILL BE WHAT IS ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL. BUT THERE ARE TWO REALLY IMPORTANT CLARIFICATIONS I WANT TO MAKE ON PATHWAY. THE FIRST IS THAT IT WON'T COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL SO WHILE WE'RE ADOPTING THE FRAMEWORK THAT STANDARDIZE APPROACH THE MANAGEMENT PATHWAYS IN THE FUTURE ARE GOING BE CERTIFIED BY THE CITY ENGINEER. YOU WILL SEE THE COUNCIL PACKET THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED THE FIRST MANAGEMENT PATHWAY FOR THIS ROUND AND IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, THE INFORMATION IT CONTAINS, WHERE IT WILL IN THE FUTURE BUT IN FUTURE YEARS THE CITY ENGINEER WILL LOOK AT IT AND IT'LL SAY BASICALLY YES THIS WAS DONE BASED OFF STANDARDS THAT WERE ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL THAT ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK AND THAT'S KIND OF THAT THAT PROCESS OF CERTIFICATION FOR IT. THE SECOND MAIN THING WE NEED TO NOTE IS THAT THE MANAGEMENT ACTION ITEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PATHWAYS ARE THERE ONLY BECAUSE OF THEIR INTENDED IMPACT REACHING THE GOALS SET BY THE FRAMEWORK THAT HEALTHY PAN LAKE. THEY ARE NOT FINALIZED PROJECTS IF A PROJECT IS SELECTEDUT OTHATATHWAY TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE REAL WORLD IT WILL GO THROUGH THE STANDARD CITY CIP PROCESS AND YOU KNOW IF THERE'S GRANTS INVOLVED IF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND COMING FORWARD AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT FOR THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR BUT. THE OTHER COOL THING ABOUT THIS IS EVEN THOUGH IT'S JUST A OF PRIORITIES THE MANAGEMENT PATHWAYS ALSO CONTAIN A LOT OF NARRATIVE. YOU KNOW THE MANAGER IS DOING A LITTLE RIGHT IN KIND OF WHY THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE. THAT INFORMATION THAT LED TO THOSE DECISIONS AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE CONNECTED TO THE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK. SO EVERY TIME A NEW MANAGEMENT PATHWAY IS CREATED IT'S GOING TO BE ADDED ON TO THE FRAMEWORK IN ITS THAT'S HOW THEY'RE CONNECTED. THE COMPENDIUM WILL ALSO CONTAIN IF THERE'S A BIOTIC ASSESSMENT THAT'S DONE IT WILL CONTAIN IF THERE'S ENGINEERING ANALYSIS THAT ARE DONE. THIS IS THE COOL THING ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK AND THAT OVER TIME IT'S DESIGNED TO BECOME VALUABLE IN THAT IT STARTS TO ACCUMULATE THIS INFORMATION AND THIS STORYLINE OF HOW MANAGEMENT HAS PROGRESSED AND HOW THE LAKE REACTED TO IT. SO FOR EXAMPLE SAY IN 30 YEARS WE HIRE A NEW WATER RESOURCE SPECIALIST THEY HAVE NO CONNECTION EITHER OF US. WELL ON THEIR DOCKET IS MANAGER PAN IN WHATEVER STATE IT'S IN THEY CAN PICK UP THE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK THEY HAVE STANDARDIZED APPROACH THAT WE ALL AGREE UPON BUT THEY ALSO HAVE FIVE MANAGEMENT PATHWAYS THAT THEY CAN NOW READ THROUGH AND SEE HOW MANAGEMENT HAS ADAPTED TO T LAKE. THIS WILL THEN ACCOUNT FOR CHANGES IN MANAGEMENT STRATEGY CLIMATE CHANGE, COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS, LAND YOU NAME IT. JUS KEEPS IT FRESH EVERY SINGLE TIME SO THAT'S THE FRAMEWORK. IT'S BASICALLY JUST A STANDARDIZED APPROACH THAT HAS THESE MANAGEMENT PATHWAYS EVERY FIVE YEARS IT'S REDONE EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT WILL REFER BACK TO AND COME UP WITH A STRATEGY FOR MANAGING THE LAKE ITSELF AND GET THIS ADAPTIVE APPROACH. AND I KNOW IN THIS PRESENTATION IT'S A LOT BUT KEEP IT KIND OF SHORT. I DIDN'T GET INTO MUCH DETAIL ABOUT EXACT HOW THE FRAMEWORK DOES THIS. A LOT OF THAT GETS A LITTLE HEAVY ON THE ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT THEORY BEHIND IT. BUT ONE THING I DID WANT TO START TO HIGHLIGHT IS OF THE CRITICAL ASPECTS OF THE FRAMEWORK AND THAT'S THE HUMAN COMPONENT. SO FROM THE BEGINNING OF CREATING THE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK OUR WATER RESOURCES TEAM HAS PUT AN EMPHASIS ON COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS. WE KNEW IT FOR IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL THAT THE FRAMEWORK ITSELF HAD TO HAVE INPUT BUT ALSO THAT THE FRAMEWORK WOULD PROMOTE ONGOING COMMUNITY INPUT IN PERPETUITY. SO HOW WE CAME WITH THE FRAMEWORK THIS KICKED OFF IN AND A 2021 IN EARLY 2022 WE CREATED THE PEN MANAGEMENT PLAN CITY OF LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON PAGE STILL ACTIVE IT'S STILL UP THERE. IT'S STILL ONE OF OUR MAIN WAYS TO INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC SINCE MARCH OF 2023 IT'S HAD 1200 COMMUNITY VIEWS ON THERE. BUT WE ALSO DIDN'T WANT TO STOP JUST AT AN ONLINE INTERFACE. OUR GOAL IS TO REALLY CREATE SOME COMMUNITY CONNECTION THERE. SO OUR MAIN FIRST GOAL DOING THAT WAS WE HOSTED A COMMUNITY EVENT THE PEN LAKE CELEBRATION EVENT. WE HOSTED IT AT THE PEN LAKE BOAT LAUNCH. WE SENT OUT POSTCARDS TO THE SUB WATERSHED WE PUT IT UP ON LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON IN THE BRIEFING AND SOCIAL MEDIA WE HAD UPWARDS ABOUT 150 PLUS PEOPLE ATTEND THAT EVENT AND AT THE EVENT WE HAD LAKE CITY STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY. WE HAD SOME ECOLOGY SHALLOW LAKES BUT MAINLY THE IDEA WAS THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE THE LAKE, HAVE THAT BE THE MAIN CONNECTION POINT WHERE WE CAN THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH DECIDING HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ABOUT DOING BETTER MANAGEMENT. ONE OF MY FAVORITE OUTCOMES OF THAT EVENT WAS COMMUNITY STORIES. THEY'RE REALLY OF THE MANAGEMENT PATHWAY AND YOU CAN READ THROUGH THOSE A LOT OF THEM. THERE'S SOME COOL ONES LIKE COMMUNITY ELDERS TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY'RE GROWING UP AND AROUND PEN LAKE A LONG TIME AGO AND THEIR MEMORIES THERE BUT FROM THAT PEN LAKE COMMUNITY EVENT AND SOME SURVEYS THAT WERE PUT ON LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON WE FOUND THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS VERY INTERESTED HAVING A COMMUNITY GROUP THAT WOULD BE MORE INVOLVED IN MAKING SOME OF THE DECISIONS AND FORMULATING THE FRAMEWORK. SO WE CREATED THE PEN LAKE COMMUNITY GROUP, THE PLG C FOR SHORT THAT IS STILL ACTIVE. IT HAS ABOUT 22 MEMBERS RIGHT NOW PEOPLE CAN JOIN WHENEVER THEY WANT. THEY JUST HAVE TO PUT THEIR NAME IN ON THE LISTSERV AND THAT GROUP HELPED BE A LOT MORE HANDS ON SO WE HELD IN-PERSON MEETINGS WITH THEM. WE MET WITH THE WATERSHED DISTRICT, THEY HELPED REVIEW COMMENTS ON THE PATHWAY AND FRAMEWORK AT THE END OF IT ALL THE FRAMEWORK AND PATHWAY HAD ABOUT 52 PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE HAVE A LIST OF THOSE COMMENTS. WE'LL HAVE THOSE IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION. YOU CAN READ THROUGH EVERY COMMENT AND THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO THOSE COMMENTS. AND THROUGH THAT WE CAME UP WITH THE FRAMEWORK THAT YOU SEE TODAY AND THE PATHWAY ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THE NEXT BIG THING IS DO THE FRAMEWORK DOES COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE LONG TERM? SO AT A MINIMUM THE FRAMEWORK REQUIRES COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT EVERY SINGLE TIME THE FRAMEWORK IS OR THE PATHWAY IS REWRITTEN EVERY FIVE YEARS WE HAVE A FULL YEAR TO WRITE A PATHWAY AND THAT WAS BASICALLY DONE THAT WAY TO GIVE ENOUGH TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HAVE A SAY IN WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THAT INITIAL STEP IT'LL DRIVE A LOT OF THE PRIORITIES THAT ARE SET FORTH. SO LIKE IF BIRDING IS A BIG WE CAN SAY WELL WE SHOULD PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON IMPROVING BIRD HABITAT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUT IT ALSO SHOULD GIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR ONGOING COMMUNITY INTERACTION SO WITH THAT PEN THE COMMUNITY GROUP CAN BE INVOLVED IN HELPING PLAN AND IMPLEMENT SOME MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES THAT ARE VOLUNTEER RUN LIKE TRASH. IT COULD BE LIKE COMMUNITY SCIENCE EVENTS. THE OPTIONS ARE ENDLESS BUT THE MAIN POINT IS THAT IN EVERY STEP OF THE WAY COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED AGAIN AND AGAIN. SO IT'S REVISITING THE HUMAN ASPECT OF IT AND SO YEAH THAT IS THE COMMUNITY ARE THE COMMUNITY. THE PEN LAKE FRAMEWORK IN A NUTSHELL THIS STANDARDIZED PROCESS AND PROCEDURE THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE VOTING ON CONNECTED TO IT ARE THE MANAGEMENT PATHWAYS, ALL THAT OTHER INFORMATION THAT COULD OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MR. DAWSON COUNSEL QUESTIONS ON HOW TO LOOK AT THAT THERE I SAW TWO OTTER ON ADAM AND POND LAST TWO YEARS AGO WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO PEN LAKE. SO THEY'RE OUT THERE YOU COOL COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND COUNCILMEMBER LONG AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK FOLKS. APPRECIATE IT. OBVIOUSLY IT'S KIND OF A CHALLENGE TO TALK ABOUT A A WAY BY WHICH WE'RE GOING TO PLAN A WAY TO PLAN. SO I KNOW THAT THAT'S A CHALLENGE AND IT CAN GET COMPLICATED PRETTY QUICKLY. SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS AND NUMBER ONE, I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE THE PENLEY COMMUNITY FOLKS NOW I THINK THAT'S A NICE ADDITION TO THE WORK. MR. MAYOR AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW DID THE DID THE THE FIRST PATHWAY THIS FIRST FIVE OR SIX YEAR PATHWAY THAT YOU HAVE 2024 TO 2030 DID THAT? DID THAT GROUP PROVIDE INPUT TO YOU ON THAT? IT FEELS LIKE THE TIMELINE WHEN THE FINAL REVIEW OF THE FRAMEWORK GOT DONE WAS LIKE THIRD QUARTER OF LAST YEAR I GUESS IT WAS I DON'T I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WHAT THE TIMELINE WAS AND IF AND IF THAT DO WE HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT INTO THE ACTUAL PATHWAY HERE? YES, MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO IT'S A GREAT QUESTION A LITTLE BIT OF A WEIRD TIMELINE WITHHIS FST ONE. THE ANSWER IS YES. THE COMMUNITY WAS INVOLVED REVIEWING THE PATHWAY BECAME A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED. WE'RE ASKING THEM TO REVIEW TWO DOCUMENTS IN THE FUTURE IT WOULD BE THAT THE FRAMEWORK IS DONE. THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT AND THAT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED IN LIKE HOW THE THEORY OF IT'S SORTED OUT AND THEY COULD JUST FOCUS ON THE PATHWAY BUT WITH ALL THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT THAT WE HAD AT EVERY STEP WE WERE TAKING ACCOUNT OF THOSE THE EXACT SAME PROCEDURES THAT WE WOULD BE DOING IN THE FRAMEWORK ITSELF THA WOU LEAD TO IT THE IF WHEN WE IF YOU VOTE TO CERTIFY THE FRAMEWORK IT WON'T BE ALSO THAT PATHWAY WE WOULD GO THROUGH THAT SAME PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL GOOD WITH IT AND IT'S THAT A SIX YEAR PATHWAY ONLY SO WE WOULD GET ON A ROTATION OF EVERY LIKE THE ZERO FIVE SO YES THERE WAS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT THERE BUT IT MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT IN THAT THERE WAS THEN TWO DOCUMENTS THEY HAD TO REVIEW AND WE HAD TO TRY TO SPLIT THEIR TIME LOOKING AT THOSE THANK YOU FOR THAT THAT MAKES SENSE AND I SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY INPUT INTO THE ACTUAL PATHWAY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT APPROVING THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST APPROVING THE FRAMEWORK AND THEN WE'LL YOU'LL IT YOU SAID IT MAY NOT COME BACK TO US THE FRAMEWORK ITSELF MAY NOT COME BACK TO US BUT YOU'LL GO THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WITH THAT THAT YOU'VE DEFINED. IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH. AND IN THE PATHWAY WE BASICALLY TRIED TO DO IT EXACTLY HOW IT WOULD BE DONE IN THE FUTURE. SO WE HAVE ALL THE COMMUNITY METRICS ABOUT EXACTLY HOW WE TOOK COMMUNITY FEEDBACK IN THERE. IT'S ALL LISTED IN THE PATHWAY ITSELF AND DESCRIBED IN THE COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS SECTION OF IT. SO THE PENALTY COMMUNITY GROUP WILL PROBABLY BE OUR MAIN OUTLET FOR THAT AND IF THEY WANT TO PUT A PAUSE ON THAT WE WILL PUT A PAUSE ON IT AND TRY TO GET TO A DIFFERENT OUTCOME OF WHATEVER THAT IS. BUT AGAIN I THINK THE BIG TAKEAWAY IS THAT YES THE FRAMEWORK IS WHAT WILL BE APPROVED NOT THE PATHWAY THE PATHWAYS THEN IN THE FUTURE ARE JUST THIS ONGOING THING AND THE IDEA IS THAT THE CITY ENGINEER IS CERTIFYING THAT IT WAS MET THE SAME STANDARDS AS WAS SET FORWARD IN THE FRAMEWORK. OKAY. SO FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THAT THEN IF I MAY, MR. MAYOR. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE PATHWAY ITSELF AND WE'RE ABLE TO DESCRIBE THE PARTICULAR SET OF ACTIVITIES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THAT PARTICULAR PATHWAY, I'M ASSUMING I'M GOING TO GET THIS RIGHT BY SAYING THOSE ARE THE PARTICULAR ACTIONS IN THAT PERIOD OF TIMEHATE'RE GOING TO TAKE AND REVIEW. YEAH RIGHT. YES. BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GUARANTEED TO HAPPEN. THERE'S TOO MUCH ON THERE FOR IT TO ALL HAPPEN AND ESPECIALLY LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS YOU'LL LIST LIKE FIVE AND MAYBE ONE WILL BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE BUDGET FOR THEM A GRANT MIGHT POP UPS YET TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT FLEXIBLE IN FUTURE PATHWAYS THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF CARRYOVER SO THEY'LL KIND OF EVOLVE OVER TIME. WELL MARIN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I THINK I WOULD COMMENT THAT THE PATHWAY AS IT'S DESCRIBED IS ME OR LESS LIKE KIND OF LIKE A WORK PLAN FOR STAFF TO WORK OFF. AND THEN IF WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP PROJECTS AND THINGS OFF THAT PATHWAY THEN THOSE WOULD CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE SIMILAR CIP AND ALL THAT AND BUDGETING PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH FOR OTHER PROJECTS. RIGHT. OKAY. THAT'S WAS QUESTION SO THE QUESTION IS REALLY ABOUT PRIORITY THEN SO FOR EXAMPLE IF IF YOU HAVE YOU KNOW, THE THE CARP MITIGATION PROJECT AND YOU HAVE THAT AGAINST THE PHOSPHOROUS MITIGATION PROJECT, HOW DO YOU WHAT IS THE PROCESS THAT THIS FRAMEWORK ENABLES FOR YOUO DECIDE WHICH ONE SHOULD HAPPEN FIRST OR SECOND? I MEAN REALIZING THAT THERE'S 90 NOT ONE OR TWO BUT WHAT WHAT IS THE HOW DOES THE FRAMEWORK HELP YOU DEFINE WHICH ONE SHOULD BE DONE FIRST, SECOND, YOU KNOW, NINTH WHATEVER OR MAYBE I SHOULD SAY WELL OKAY THE MAIN WAY IT DOES THAT IS THIS IT'S A CONCEPTUAL ECOLOGICAL SO THE IDEA WITH ANY OF THESE ECOSYSTEMS IS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION WE FOLLOW THIS FLOWCHART THE REASON I LEFT OUT IS BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF COMPLICATED AND WE ALSO HAVE A TASK FLOW CHART IN THERE SO WE HAVE COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS PRIORITIES STANDARDS. WE HAVE THE ECOLOGY OF THE LAKE AND THEN WE HAVE JUST WHAT TASKS WORKED TOGETHER ON THEMSELVES AND THEN YOU HAVE STAFF DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE IS THE MONEY, HOW CAN YOU BUDGET IT, WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK? OKAY SO IF I COULD IF YOU DON'T MIND IF I USE A REAL WORLD EXAMPLE TO TRY TO BRING THIS UP SO IF I'M THINKING ABOUT THE THE CARP MITIGATION PROBLEM FOR EXAMPLE BECAUSE FISH ARE FUN SO YOU HAVE THESE COMPETING YOU HAVE ON ONE HAND YOU HAVE PEOPLE LIKE TO FISH AND MAYBE THEY WILL CATCH CARP AND THAT'S OKAY WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO FISH. THAT'S A COMMUNITY THING, RIGHT? THERE'S THE ECOLOGICAL THING WHICH IS WE HAVE RESIDENT EAGLES ON PENN LAKE AND THEY LIKE TO EAT FISH AND CARP COULD BE AMONG THEIR TRAITS OF FOOD, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE THAT ECOLOGICAL THING. YOU ALSO HAVE THE FACT THAT THERE'S AN INVASIVE SPECIES THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH WHICH IS CARP AND AND CARP CAN CARP MITIGATION IS SOMETHING THAT THE DNR IS FUNDING RIGHT NOW AND SO YOU COULD GET SOME MONEY FOR THAT IF YOU DID THE ERADICATION IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE KINDS THINGS YOU'LL PULL TOGETHER TO MAKE YOUR STAFFING DECISION? THE STAFF DECISIONS ARE AS OTHERS ARE GOOD REAL WORLD EXAMPLES OF THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT FALL UNDER THESE AREAS OF OF OF REVIEW. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER YES, THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE. AT THAT POINT YOU WERE MAKING A DECISION ON IS THIS THE RIGHT TIME TO DO IT BASED OFF OF THE REAL WORLD WORLD CONSIDERATIONS? OKAY. SO FOR EACH OF THOSE THINGS WE WOULD EXPECT SOME LEVEL OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION BASED ON THE FRAMEWORK THAT SAYS WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO HERE? WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU? WHAT ARE YOU GETTING OUT OF THIS THING BEING THERE OR WHATEVER AND GO FROM THERE? YES. COUNCIL MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER YES. DOES EXPECTATIONS WOULD BE SET FOR IT AND LIKE IF FIT SPORTFISHING A BIG ONE AND THAT WOULD INFLUENCE OUR DECISIONS RIGHT. OKAY. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS MY SECOND TIME SEEING THIS AND EVERY TIME I SEE THIS I GET AN EVEN BIGGER SMILE BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE MOST ABOUT THIS IS THE FLEXIBILITY AND JUST YOU KNOW, IF WE LOOK THE HISTORY OF OF OF THIS AREA AND OF THE THINGS THAT WERE DONE THERE AND HOW WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THIS, I THINK THIS REALLY REPRESENTS A YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF A COMBINATION OF MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE AS A COUNCIL HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO AROUND ENGAGEMENT AND JUST THE CREATIVITY THAT'S KIND OF BEEN PLACED IN THIS AND VARIOUS PARTS OF HOW THIS HAS BEEN PLACED IN HERE AND THEN JUST HOW IT'S DEALING WITH ENRONMENTAL HOW DO WE BEST DEAL WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, USING, YOU KNOW, SCIENTIFIC FACT TO DRIVE DECISION MAKING? AND I JUST I WANT TO JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER EARS ALREADY ALREADY SAID JUST THANK YOU FOR FOR BRINGING THIS UNIQUE PROCESS FORWARD. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND WHAT TYPE OF POLICY THIS IS GOING TO YIELD IN THE FUTURE. AND I HOPE TO SEE THAT WE DO THIS THIS TYPE OF STUFF WITH OTHER OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO. SO I'M JUST AGAIN JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK THAT YOU' DON HERE AND I'M JUST REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE GOODNESS THAT'S GOING TO COME OF THIS SO THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER DEMIR I WILL ECHO THAT I THINK PEN LAKE DESERVES TO BE A SHINING GEM. OUR CITY I PARK THERE FREQUENTLY IN MY LUNCH AND OBSERVE THE THE WILDLIFE THAT IS THERE IN THE SUMMERS MY MY FEEDBACK I GUESS I WOULD PROVIDE AS WELL ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE DOING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHEN I LOOK AT SLIDES LIKE THIS IT IS CONFUSING RIGHT I'M HAVING A VERY HARD TIME. YEAH. EVEN JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT AND THERE'S OTHER YOU KNOW OTHER POWERPOINTS AND OTHER THINGS WE HAVE IN HERE THAT THAT CAN EASILY GET LOST ESPECIALLY TO THE PERSON WHO'S JUST LIKE I LIVE HERE. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND SO THAT THAT WOULD BE MY MY MY INPUT IS THAT AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND SOLICITING THE THE THE FEEDBACK AND GETTING NEIGHBORS INPUT LIKE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE THAT YOU WE'RE KEEPING THESE INTERNAL BECAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOINGN B MAKING IT SO THAT PEOPLE REGULAR PEOPLE EVERYDAY CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE INPUT FEELING LIKE THEY'RE TAKING A CLASS. YES, YES, YES, YES. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. IT'S GOOD FEEDBACK. KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE BASICALLY BOTTOM LINE KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE JUST REAL QUICKLY VERY QUICKLY COUNCILMEMBER JACK, DO WE HAVE A WAY FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT WANT TO GET GET INVOLVED IN THAT PEN LAKE COMMUNITY TOO . COULD YOU DESCRIBE HOW THEY GET IN GET IN ON THE FUN IF YOU WILL. MAYOR CASPER THE LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON PAGE IS OUR MAIN ABILIT FORHAT AND ALL THAT TO DO IS JUST SUBMIT THEIR EMAIL AND I ADDED TO THE LISTSERV VERY GOOD TANZANIA ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK IF NOT THIS WE DON'T HAVE ANY ACTION REQUIRED ON THIS. WE'RE JUST LISTENING IN AND APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND I'M 5.3 ON OUR AGENDA IS ANOTHER PRESENTATION OF A DRAFT DOCUMENT. THIS IS REGARDING OUR ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN. BRIAN HANSEN IS HERE. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. I CAN'T PROMISE I'M GOING TO HAVE AS MANY COLORFUL SLIDES AS JACK JUST HAD. SO BUT WE HAVE SOME GOOD STUFF FOR YOU HERE SO THANK YOU AGAIN. I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO TALK ABOUT THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN THAT. WE HAVE A DRAFT PLAN TOGETHER RIGHT NOW. I'M JOINED TONIGHT BY MARK GALLAGHER AT SRF ENGINEERING. I'LL JUST GIVE A QUICK BACKGROUND ON KIND OF THE PLAN ON HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. STAFF WAS TASKED WITH PUTTING TOGETHER AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN. THIS PLAN IS INTENDED TO BE A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY. SO TO DATE WE'VE HAD KIND OF A PIECEMEAL IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE SO WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE DOING IT HOLISTICALLY AS A CITY. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE INTENT OF THIS PLAN WAS. LIKE I MENTIONED A ROAD MAP TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD AND HOW WE CAN DO THIS IN A COORDINATED AND ALSO HELP THIS PLAN AS IS AVAILABLE TO IDENTIFY THE ACTION ITEMS, LEVERAGE THE PLAN TO TAKE ADVANTAGE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE FUTURE AND ALSO HELPING TO COORDINATE THIS WORK WITH OTHER CIP PROJECTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO JUST A LITTLE QUICK BACKGROUND. OUR STAFF PUT OUT AN RFP FOR A CONSULTANT HELP WITH THIS PLAN IN LATE 2022. WE RECEIVED SEVEN PROPOSALS. SRF WAS AWARDED THE CONTRACT AND WE BEGIN WORK IN MARCH 20. SO WE'VE TAKEN THIS DRAFT PLAN TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION ALREADY. YOU'RE THE LAST BODY TO HEAR THIS. AND THEN FOLLOWING WE HOPE TO GO BACK TO THOSE BOARDS OR THOSE COMMISSIONS EXCUSE ME AND THEN BACK BEFORE YOU AT THE END OF JANUARY WITH A FINAL PLAN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION. AND THEN SO MARKS AND HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION HERE I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION FOLLOWING MARK'S PRESENTATION. SO WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MARK GALLAGHER WITH SRF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. GALLAGHER. MAYOR COUNCILORS. I'D LIKE TO TREAT THIS AS CONCISELY AS POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF A PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME ITEMS AT THE END THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON. THERE WILL BE MORE OPPORTUNITY OBVIOUSLY DOHAT. SO I ALSO HOPE I'LL DRIVE ONLY OUR ATTENTION. A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT. A VERY QUICK INTRODUCTION INTO KIND OF WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO, AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT ITSELF, SOME OF THE PROCESSES WE FOLLOWED. BRIEF DISCUSSION OF THE DRAFT SUMMARY THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF IN THERE SO WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO TREAT IT IN DETAIL AT THE END WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE SCHEDULE IN NEXT STEPS THEN WE DO HAVE SOME ITEMS THAT WE DO WANT TO DISCUSS WITH THE COUNCIL. I ALWAYS LIKE TO GIVE ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO MY TEAM. I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER HERE BUT AARON IS A SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION MANAGER AND AS I WROTE FOR YOU PROVIDED A LOT OF INPUT IN A LOT OF THE HORSEPOWER BEHIND THIS AND JOHN CARGILL IS THE MANAGER OF OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND HE REALLY SORT OF CONCEIVED OF AND BROUGHT US THROUGH THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS. SO FIRST QUESTION WHY DO YOU NEED AN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN? AND I'VE WORKED WITH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CLIENTS NOW AND THIS IS A QUESTION THAT COMES UP RIGHT AWAY. PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE BUYING CARS. THEY FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE CHARGE. WHAT DO YOU NEED A PLAN FOR AT A GOVERNMENTAL? SO THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NUMBER IT IS PART OF AN OVERALL CLIMATE AND ENERGY PLAN AND LOTS OF CITIES DO DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WAY. THERE IS A ENERGY ACTION PLAN IS. I ALWAYS GET THOSE TITLES MIXED UP. THERE WAS ALSO THE THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY DECLARATION. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF THAT OVERALL STRUCTURE THAT VARIOUS GOVERNMENTS IN PARTICULAR CITY OF BLOOMINGTON ENGAGE WITH BECAUSE IT WILL INVARIABLY INVOLVE AT SOME LEVEL GOVERNMENT INTERACTION WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENT CONSIDERATIONS OF EQUITY NEED TO BE THOUGHT OF BEFOREHAND AND THEN POLICIES CONSTRUCTED TO ADDRESS THOSE AS ELECTRIC VEHICLES THE INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT THEM BECOME MORE AND MORE PREVALENT CHARGERS MAY ACTUALLY BE ON CITY PROPERTY AND HAVE AN EXAMPLE RIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT OVER HERE I BELIEVE THERE'S A COUPLE OF CHARGEPOINT POINTS THAT IS INCREASINGLY THE CASE AND THERE ARE A FEW EVEN STATE PARKS WHERE THE DNR IS ALLOWING CHARGERS TO BE INSTALLED CAN USE THEM FOR FREE. THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN AN ORDERLY FASHION. THEN THERE'S THE OTHER QUESTION OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE CITY FLEET ITSELF AS VEHICLES BECE ME PVALENT HOW DO THOSE BECOME PART OF THE OPERATIONS FLEET THAT THE CITY USES MAINTAINS? WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR VEHICLES ? WHICH ONES ARE APPROPRIATE? HOW DO YOU MANAGE CHARGING OF THOSE? THERE'S THEIR SIGNAGE DESIGN STANDARDS IF YOU ALLOW THESE THINGS ONTO CITY WHAT DO YOU DO ASSIGNING WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR DESIGN IF YOU ALLOW THEM ON FOR EXAMPLE CURBSIDE? WHAT ARE YOUR SET BACK REQUIREMENTS? WHAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP TO TO OTHER FURNITURE THERE? AND LASTLY, THERE'S A QUESTION OF RESIDENTIAL DEPLOYMENT. WHAT HAPPENS IN MULTIFAMILY EQUITY? PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE GARAGES THAT DON'T HAVE A DEDICATED PARKING WHAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY AND WHAT CAN THE CITY DO ABOUT THAT? SO WITH THOSE QUESTIONS CAME UP WITH A SET OF OUTCOMES WHAT DO WE WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS PLAN? NUMBER ONE IS WE NEED TO ASSESS THE CURRENT CONDITIONS. IT'S THE OLD ADAGE IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE, YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE. YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHERE YOU'RE STARTING. IF YOU HAVE BIG FANS THE THE STARGATE MOVIE OR TV SERIES POINT OF ORIGIN IS CRITICAL. ALSO WHATEVER HAPPENS IS IT NEEDS TO REFLECT THE STAKEHOLDER PRIORITIES. WHY PEOPLE USE OR DON'T USE ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND WHAT DO THEY WANT FROM THE CITY TO FACILITATE THAT USE AND THAT CHOICE? WHERE ARE THE AREAS THAT THE CITY CAN DO SOMETHING? WHAT ARE THE LEVERS THAT CAN BE PULLED? WHAT IS THE DEPLOYMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND PERHAPS EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT IS THE REGULATORY ADMINISTRATIVE AND DECISION MAKING PROCESS BEHIND DOING THINGS WITH INFRASTRUCTURE? AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME THE ROAD MAP FOR NEXT STEPS. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? I MENTIONED EQUITY AND EQUITY IS ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE. THERE IS NO SINGLE GOOD METRIC FOR EQUITY. BUT HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE SORTS OF THINGS THAT THE PLAN IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THESE AND THIS YOU VERY QUICKLY AND VERY CLEARLY A BIT OF A MISMATCH BETWEEN WHERE'S AN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY OUT THERE AND I THINK THIS IS DEFINED UNDER J 41 ONE OF THE VARIOUS STANDARDS THERE IS WHERE THOSE PURPLE AREAS COME FROM AND WHERE DO CHARGERS EXIST AND WE DON'T HAVE AN EVEN DISTRIBUTION THERE. SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS IS AN EVEN DISTRIBUTION ADDRESSING EQUITY AND IF SO, HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE THE CHARGER INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE DEPLOYED IN THESE AREAS SO PROPERLY SERVES ALL POPULATIONS WITHIN THE CITY. SO THAT'S THE SORT OF THING THAT WE THINK ABOUT WITH EQUITY. IT TURNED OUT THAT PLANNING FOR THINGS LIKE THIS A VERY, VERY EXPANSIVE TOPIC AND SO IN TO GET OUR HANDS AROUND IT WE NEEDED TO DEFINE THE LIMITS WHAT'S IN BOUNDS WHAT'S NOT BOUND IN THIS PLAN AND IN DOING SO WE CAME UP THIS SET THESE FIVE WHAT WE EVENTUALLY CALL DOMAINS PLANNING. NUMBER ONE, FLEET ELECTRIFICATION. WHAT IS THE CITY GOING TO DO OR NOT DO WITH ITS OWN VEHICLES? HOW IS IT GOING TO CHARGE THEM IF IT DEPLOYS ELECTRIC VEHICLES? NUMBER TWO PUBLIC CHARGING IF THE CITY IS GOING TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO CHARGING ON CITY PROPERTY, WHAT ARE THE POLICIES NEEDED TO DO THAT? WHERE DO THOSE THINGS REALLY END UP GOING? PRIVATE COMMERCIAL CHARGING AND MULTIFAMILY HOUSING OR IN COMMERCIAL PARKING LOTS WHAT SET OF RULES DOES THE CITY NEED TO HAVE IN PLACE TO THAT? MAKE SURE TO SAFE. MAKE SURE IT IS ACCESSIBLE. MAKE SURE TO THE EXTENT YOU CAN ADDRESSES EQUITY ISSUES OUT THERE. CHARGING READINESS IS REALLY ABOUT TWO KINDS OF INFRASTRUCTURE. NUMBER ONE IS THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AS WE'RE DOING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE THERE MAKE READY THINGS THAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT TO ULTIMATELY FACILITATE DEPLOYMENTS? FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE ARE RESURFACING OR OTHERWISE RECONSTRUCTING PARK PARKING AREAS IN A CITY PARK WE DON'T IMMEDIATELY HAVE A PLAN TO PUT CHARGES THERE BUT CAN WE DO THINGS WITH INFRASTRUCTURE TO ULTIMATELY THAT MORE COST EFFECTIVE AND FACILITATE THAT? SECONDLY, THERE'S THE QUESTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE. DO NEED TO THINK ABOUT PERMITTING X INSPECTION. DO WE NEED TO CREATE PORTALS THAT CONSOLIDATE INFORMATION? MAKE IT EASIER TO TO GET A PERM TONSTALL ONE OF THESE THINGS BE IT PRIVATE CITIZEN OR COMMERCIAL? AND LASTLY CHARGING DESIGN. IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THESE THINGS OUT IN THE WORLD PARTICU IF THEY'RE ON CITY PROPERTY HOW DO THEY COMPLEMENT THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT? HOW DO THEY INTERACT WITH THAT ENVIRONMENT? HOW DO WE MAKE IT EASY TO FIND AND USE THESE? WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU HAVE TO PLOW SNOW AND YOU BLOCK ACCESS TO A CHARGER ALL OF THOSE CO MINUTIA DETAILS THAT THAT REALLY USABILITY. SO IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL PROCESS HERE AS BRIAN MENTIONED WE'RE COMGO THE END. WE'VE HAD A DRAFT PLAN FOR A FEW NOW. IT'S ALREADY PASSED THROUGH A COUPLE OF COMMISSION REVIEWS. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS NOW OF REVISING THAT PLAN AND WE SHOULD BE WRAPPING THIS ENTIRE PROCESS UP TOWARD THE END OF THE MONTH. THE NEXT STEPS ARE GOING BACK IN FRONT OF US TO STATE EXCUSE ME SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE 16TH. AFTER THAT ON THE 18TH IT GOES BACK IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS A DRAFT FINAL AND THEN WE COME BACK TO THIS GROUP THE 29TH. SO QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR FIRST DRAFT GOALS AND THEN AFTER THAT AS I MENTIONED WE WANT HAVE SOME DISCUSSION WITH THE GROUP WE'VE CREATED SOME KIND OF PROMPTING FOR OUR FIVE DOMAINS. I WON'T READ THESE ALL OUT BECAUSE EVERYBODY CAN CAN READ IT BETTER THAN I CAN SPEAK. BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR EACH OF THESE FOR FLEET OF LIGHT VACATION WE HAVE A GOAL THINGS LIKE REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, SIMPLIFYING THE FUELING AND MAINTENANCE PROCESSES, ALLF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS THAT SPEAK TO THE REAL ADVANTAGES OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES SIMILAR SORTS OF GOALS WITH PUBLIC CHARGING GETTING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS DOWN AGAIN FITTING WITH THE ENERGY ACTION PLAN, THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY DECLARATION ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS REALLY KIND OF MELD TOGETHER WITH THIS PLAN IN THIS PLAN PROVIDES THE FRAMEWORK FOR SETTING POLICIES ,PICKING LOCATIONS, ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO THOSE ARE THE GOALS THAT WE CAME UP WITH WORKING THROUGH PUBLIC INPUT, WORKING THROUGH STAFF DURING RESEARCH AND THOSE LED US TO SOME BIG QUESTIONS THE POLICY THINGS THAT ARE REALLY DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE REALLY BY YOU MOVING FORWARD. AND THERE ARE MANY MORE QUESTIONS THAT THAT CAN BE DISCUSSED. BUT WE CAME UP WITH ABOUT SIX THINGS IN THE INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS WORKING WITH BRIAN STAFF HERE THAT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT ABOUT INSTALLATION AT CURBSIDE? THERE ISN'T A LOT OF CURBSIDE PAING IN BLOOMINGTON. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED OR IS IT REALLY JUST IN CITY PARKING FACILITIES? HOW CAN THE CITY ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS? THAT'S A BIG QUESTION. YOU KNOW WHAT ARE THE MECHANISMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AS I KEEP SAYING WHAT ARE THE LEVERS YOU CAN PULL TO STEER THIS BOAT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER? WHAT SHOULD WE HAVE FOR GOALS? AGAIN, THERE'S WE CAN SEE THAT WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF CHARGERS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES BUT AT SHOULD THE GOAL BE? A COMPLETELY UNIFORM GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION ACROSS THE CITY IS PROBABLY NOT REALISTIC JUST BECAUSE OF THE REALITIES OF GEOGRAPHY. SO WHAT IS THAT GOAL? WHAT DOES THE CITY REALLY DESIRE TO HAVE THERE? IF WE ARE GOING TO DEPLOY THESE ON CITY PROPERTY WHAT ARE THE FINANCIAL PARTNERSHIPS AND WHAT ARE THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF DOING SO? WHAT ARE THE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AGREEABLE TO THE CITY TO ENGAGE THESE SORTS OF PTNERSHIPS? ARE THERE SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR FOR PERMITTING CHARGERS THE SAME WAY THAT YOU KNOW, 5G MICROSOFT'S BROUGHT UP SOME NOVEL PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION? DOES THERE NEED TO BE A REVISION HERE? AND THEN LASTLY AND WE HEARD THIS EARLIER THIS EVENING THE CONSEQUENCES FOR ZONING AND LAND USE, THINGS LIKE THAT. IS IT OKAY TO HAVE A PAY PER USE CHARGER AND GIVEN A LOCATION PARTICULARLY IF IT'S A RESIDENTIAL LOCATION THOSE SORTS OF THINGS? SO AGAIN THOSE ARE THE BIG POLICY QUESTIONS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THE SCOPE OF A PLAN LIKE THIS TO TO ADDRESS. AND SO THAT IS THE QUICK AND DIRTY OVERVIEW OF THE EV PLAN WITH THAT. OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN OR MYSELF. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO ECHO MARK'S COMMENTS AND I'M REALLY EXCITED BY THE PLAN. LIKE I SAID, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR YOU KNOW, GOING ON TEN MTHS NOW AND TO SEE THE ACTIONABLE ITEMS ARE LISTED IN HERE ARE SOME OF THOSE SHORT, MEDIUM AND LONG TERM ACTIONS. I'M THINKING ABOUT ACTUALLY TAKING THOSE NEXT STEPS TO ACTUALLY START TO DEVELOP THOSE STRATEGIES. IT IS VERY EXCITING FOR US SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET THIS FINALIZED AND START TO YOU KNOW, HIT THE GROUND AND START TO PUT SOME REAL INTO THIS. SO HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU, MR. HANSON. MR. GALLAGHER, I APPRECIATE IT. WHY DON'T YOU IF YOU COULD BACK UP ONE SLIDE JUST HAD A COMMENT ON IT. JUST LOOKING AT THIS IT WOULD STRIKE ME THAT THERE ARE SPECIFIC THINGS YOU HOW CAN THE CITY ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR PERMITTING CHARGES? WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY PLOWING NEW GROUND HERE. THERE ARE CITIES WITH WITH WITH THIS TYPE OF STUFF THIS PLAN IN PLACE ALREADY AND I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN A LOT OF WAYS TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL ELSEWHERE AND RATHER THAN RATHER THAN ALLOWING THE SEVEN OF US TO THROW OUT IDEAS AND THEN TRIP OVER EACH OTHER AND TRIP OVER BAD SUGGESTIONS, THERE'S GOT TO BE AT LEAST A GUIDEPOST FOR US TO TO AIM TOWARD OR AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH. AND I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY IT WOULD SHORTEN OUR DISCUSSION TIME CONSIDERABLY IN TERMS OF HOW WE GET FROM A TO Z HERE, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY, MR. MAYOR. AND AS MARK MENTIONED, THIS IS A EACH ONE OF THESE THESE BUCKETS ARE THESE FIVE KIND OF CONCEPTS COULD BE THEIR OWN PLAN IN THEMSELVES. SO THIS IS A REALLY COMPLEX ISSUE. THE MORE WE DOVE INTO IT SO WHAT MARC AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF IS KIND OF IDENTIFYING THESE ARE THE ACTION ITEMS, THESE ARE THE AREAS WE NEED TO FOCUS ON AND THEN AS STAFF WE NEED TO KIND OF START TO DIG INTO THOSE. SO FROM MY OPINION I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS THAT WE'LL NEED TO ANSWER AS A CITY IS ON THE PUBLIC SIDE WHERE DO WE SEE TSE? WHERE DO WE SEE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE MOVING FORWARD? DO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALLOW CURBSIDE CHARGING OR DO WE WANT TO FOCUS, AS MARC SAID, ON PUBLIC FACILITIES IS OR YOU KNOW I KNOW THAT IN OF WE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH USER GROUPS. THERE'S A FAITH COMMUNITY THERE'S A GROUP OF FAITH COMMUNITIES THAT ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN SUSTAINABILITY THINGS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY OFFERED WAS YOU KNOW, THEY'RE INTERESTED IN INSTALLING CHARGERS IN THEIR PARKING LOTS. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE YOU KNOW, THESE CHURCHES AND FAITH FAITH COMMUNITIES ARE LOCATED IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND THERE'S THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE SOME OF THAT AREA. SO I THINK OF TH FST QUESTIONS THAT WE'LL NEED TO COME BACK TO TO THIS COUNCIL AND A STAFF YOU GUYS WITH SOME SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO COMMENT ON WHAT IS THE BEST PLACE TO HAVE THESE CHARGERS IN THE PUBLIC IN THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY AND DO WE WANT TO DO THAT AS A CITY GOT IT AND UNDERSTOOD THAT MAKES SENSE I MEAN FOR MY $0.02 I DON'T KNOW THAT CURBSIDE IS THE BEST IDEA BUT AGAIN DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A CITY THAT'S DOING A CURBSIDE AND IT WORKS JUST FINE FOR THEM. IT TO MAKE MORE SENSE THAT PARKING LOTS OFTEN THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC SEEMS TO MAKE MORE SENSE FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT MORE THAN ANYTHING IT'S NOT PARKING AND GETTING IN AND OUT OF YOUR CAR. IT'S A MATTER OF WHAT SIDE YOU'VE PARKED ON AND IF IT'S YOU KNOW IF THE IF THE CHARGER ON YOUR VEHICLE IS ON THE SIDE OF THE CHARGER CURBSIDE OR HOW IT WOULD WORK, IT JUST SEEMS TO ME IT WOULD MAKE SENSE IT WOULD MAKE LESS SENSE TO DO A CURBSIDE THAN IT WOULD BE TO AN OFF STREET PARKING LOT. THAT BEING SAID, I MEAN YOU SAY CITY PARKING LOTS HERE. I'M INTRIGUED BY THE NOTION OF CHARGING STATIONS IN NONPROFITS OR FAITH COMMUNITIES OR OR PRIVATE BUSINESSES WHO WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THAT IF TO THEIR EMPLOYEES DURING THE WORKDAY TO OTHERS AFTER HOURS, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING. AND SO I THINK WE COULD BE CREATIVE WITH THAT. TAKE A LOOK AT POSSIBLE WAYS TO WORK THROUGH THAT. COUNCIL THOUGHTS ON THIS. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO WHY DID I KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS? WAS THIS IS LIKE MY FAVORITE MEETING. I MEAN EVERYTHING I WANTED TO EVER TALK ABOUT WATER NERD. ELECTRIC NERD. NO, YOU GUYS ARE GREAT THANK YOU FOR PULLING THIS TOGETHER. I HAD THREE THINGS BY THE WAY, MR. MAYOR, NEW YORK CITY HAS CURBSIDE PARKING. THAT'S EV CHARGING. SO IF THEY CAN DO IT, I FEEL LIKE WE CAN BUT THAT'S BECAUSE I THINK SOMETHING LIKE 50% OF THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE CARS NEED ALL HAVE TO STORE THEM ON THE CURB WHICH MAY NOT BE OUR SITUATION. RIGHT. SO IT'S WORTH LOOKING INTO BUT SO I WAS GOING TO RECOMMEND TWO PIECES OF DATA TO ADD TO YOUR THOUGHTS HERE. ONE IS I DON'T SEE ANYWHERE MAYBE YOU HAVE IT AND I JUST DIDN'T SEE IT WHAT THE BODY OF OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN BLOOMINGTON IS WHAT RESIDENTS HAVE THEM CAN YOU PL WHICH RESIDENTS HAVE THEM AND THAT ON YOUR MAP OF ALL THE OTHER EQUITY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE BECAUSE IF IF I HAVE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND I'M CHARGING AT MY HOUSE WHICH IS 80% OF THE TIM WHEN PEOPLE DO THAT'S ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE BUT WHERE AM I GOING RIGHT IT WITHIN BLOOMINGTON WHERE I MIGHT ALSO WANT TO CHARGE MY CAR SO. I DON'T YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF WE KNOW WHO HAS AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND WHO DOESN'T. MAYBE THAT'S MAYBE THAT'S INFORMATION YOU COULD GET. I CERTAINLY WOULD IT I HAVE ONE SO THAT'S GREAT. AND THEN THE SECOND THING I HAD WAS I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE A NEAR-TERM QUESTION TO E-BIKES HERE. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT WE INCLUDE BIKING IN OUR PLANNING HERE FOR TWO REASONS. ONE OUR PARKS AND REC TEAM I KNOW THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT YOU. YOU'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH BIKING INFRASTRUCTURE AT OUR PARKS AS WE DO OUR PARKS MASTERPLAN WH A GAT W TOOMBINE THOSE THINGS RIGHT? IF I HAVE AN E-BIKE, A LITTLE PARK I CAN CHARGE MY PIPE BUT MY BIKE WHILE AT THE PARK. I THINK THAT'S A REAL SELLING POINT AND I THINK PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT FROM IT. IT IS ALSO AN ACCESSIBILITY ISSUE RIGHT? SOMEBODY OLDER LIKE ME OR SOMEBODY WITH MOBILITY ISSUES WHO IS USING AN E-BIKE AS OPPOSED TO BECAUSE THEY THAT MOBILITY ASSISTANCE CAN GET BENEFIT FROM IT. RIGHT. SO YOU'LL BE CHECKING THE BOX YOU KNOW IF YOU WILL AROUND LOOKING AT THAT FROM A DISABILITY PERSPECTIVE. AND SO I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THAT AND THE SECOND QUESTION THAT I GUESS I HAVE IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CHARGERS THE THE IS LIKE PRIVATE ENTERPRISES ARE ALREADY DOING SOME STUFF IN BLOOMINGTON RIGHT SO DOWN I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THE BIG 12 IS DOWN THERE AT THE TARGET PARKING LOT AT PENN AMERICAN. RIGHT. SO YEAH SO THE THE OPEN QUESTION FOR THEM IS LIKE WHY DID THEY DO IT THAT WAY? WHY DID THEY CHOOSE? I THINK THEY USE CHARGEPOINT YOU KNOW, WHY DID THEY DO THAT ETC. WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS? SO I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING WHO HAS DISTRIBUTED THESE THINGS AND WHO'S USING WHAT RIGHT WALMART TENDS TO GO WITH I FORGET WHAT THE NAME OF THAT PLACES THE IS IT ELECTRIFY AMERICA I THINK IS THE WALMART PEOPLE RIGHT SO WALMART GOES THEIR TARGET GOES CHARGE POINT IS THIS ACTUAL LIKE COMMERCIAL THING ARE WE HAVING LIKE BREAKDOWNS OF LIKE PRIVATE ENTERPRISES LIKE PARTNERING TO CREATE SOME KIND OF DIFFERENTIATION AND THAT KIND OF THING? IF SO, HOW DO WE RIDE THAT WAVE NOT NECESSARILY GET IN THE WAY OF THAT PER SE BUT RIDE THAT WAVE AND ENABLE THEM TO DO THAT FOR US, YOU KNOW THAT KIND OF THING. SO THAT WOULD BE THE OTHER PLACE I WOULD RECOMMEND BUT OTHERWISE I'M SUPER EXCITED TO BE SEEING THIS AND C'T WAIT FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO PARK MY CAR IN MORE PLACES IN BLOOMINGTON ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU FROM THANK YOU THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER LONG THANK YOU MAYOR I WOULD ECHO CUSTOMER DELL SANDRA'S POINT ABOUT PRIVATE INDUSTRY THEY THINK PERSONALLY AT THIS POINT IN TIME THE RELIANCE ON PRIVATE INDUSTRY TO SORT OUT THE BUGS IS WHERE I WOULD RATHER SEE US GO AND THEN FOLLOW BEHIND AND SUPPORT AS IT COMES. RIGHT BECAUSE AS I THINK ABOUT HOW AUTOMOBILES CAME TO POPULARITY IT WAS PRIVATE INDUSTRY THAT RLLY SOLD THE ISSUES OF THE DAY OF ROADS AND GAS STATIONS AND HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN THESE THINGS. AND SO I DON'T THINK IT'S THE ROLE OF THE CITY TO NECESSARILY BE THE ONE DIRECTING IT BUT SEEING WHAT COMES AND THEN ALLOWING THINGS TO PROGRESS BASED ON THE BEST PRACTICES. AND THEN I THINK SECONDLY I'M I'M CONCERNED ABOUT AND WHAT I ALSO WANT UNDERSTAND AS WELL IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT THE REVIEW PROCESS OF THIS BECAUSE AS ELECTRIC ELECTRIC VEHICLES CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND INNOVATE, THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE. THEY CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. I MEAN RIGHT NOW THERE'S ONLY LIKE LESS THAN 1% OF CARS BEING SOLD AS EVS KNOW ACCORDING TO J.D. POWER OR JUST LIKE THAT UP. AND SO AS THAT DEVELOPS AND THAT PURCHASING INCREASES, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE STAY ON TOP OF THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE MEETING NEEDS AS VEHICLES COME DOWN IN PRICE SO THAT WE'RE NOT CAUGHT STANDING STILL AS THESE THINGS CHANGE RAPIDLY AND THEN WE'RE CATCHING UP. YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER I THINK IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I THINK THAT KIND OF RELATES BACK I'M THINKING ABOUT JACK SLADE ABOUT KIND OF HIS HIS YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENTATION AND YOU KNOW, CHECK OUT THE ASSESS HOW IT'S WORKING. GO BACK AND DO THAT AND I CAN SEE THAT BEING PART OF THIS PLAN AS WELL. YOU KNOW, MAYBE GOING BACK AND COMING BACK IN FIVE YEARS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE PLAN, SEEING WHAT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED, SEEING CHANGES IN THE INDUSTRY, BRINGING BACK MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT ADDENDUMS TO THE PLAN MODIFYING THE PLAN AS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LEADING AND ON THE CUTTING EDGE. SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POI AND WE PUT THAT DOWN RIGHT NOW BUT I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS IS DEVELOPED IN THIS TIMEFRAME RIGHT HERE. BUT AS YOU SAID, THE TECHNOLOGY IS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SO WE DON'T WANT TO BE STUCK. YOU KNOW, FE YRSACK WHEN THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND WE HAVEN'T CAUGHT UP WITH IT. SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ONE MORE QUESTION I HAD SPECIFICALLY AROUND IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD EVEN JUST LANGUAGE TO FOR OTHER POSSIBLE OPTIONS? RIGHT. ELECTRIC IS THE OPTION RIGHT NOW. BUT IF YOU LOOK ON THE WEST COAST, HYDROGEN STILL A THING THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP . WHAT OTHER SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES COULD POSSIBLY COME OUT AND OVERTAKE ELECTRIC AS THE THE MAIN SOURCE OF NEW VEHICLES? AND SO IS THERE OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE THE ABILITY TO TO SWITCH AND ADOPT KIND OF THE SAME POLICIES TO SUPPORT WHATEVER IT DOES END UP BECOMING? YEAH. MR. MAYOR, CUSTOMER I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT AS WELL. WHEN THE RFP WAS SENT OUT AND WHAT MARK WAS TASKED WITH WE WERE FOCUSED THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE BUT I KNOW THAT THAT HAD THAT COMMENT HAS COME PREVIOUSLY ABOUT DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, FUEL SOURCES AND HOW CAN WE ADAPT THAT. SO I THINK FOR THIS PLAN IT'S CUSE ON THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE BUT I THINK MOVING FORWARD THAT WE COULD ADAPT THE PLAN AND MAYBE LOOK AT MORE OF AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN AND ADAPT THAT AS YOU KNOW THE MARKET SHIFT IF WE SEE NEW FUEL SOURCES, YOU KNOW, RISE IN POPULARITY AND YOU KNOW BEING USED MORE READILY THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THEN WE COULD ADOPT THE PLAN AS NEEDED. SO I THINK A GOOD SUGGESTION AS WELL I COULD SEE THAT HAPPENING DURING THAT FIVE YEAR CYCLE KIND OF JUST MAKING SURE WE UPDATE AND KEEP THIS CURRENT FOR WHATEVER IT'S WORTH. YOU KNOW WHEN DINOSAURS ROAMED THE EARTH AND I WAS STILL IN COLLEGE I WAS A BIG CAR GUY AND SO I WROTE A LOT OF PAPERS FOR MY INSTRUCTORS ABOUT THEM AND WE DID EVEN BACK THEN TO LOOK AT HYDROGEN AS A POSSIBILITY AND A QUICK BACKGROUND MY EDUCATION IS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WAS INTO AND I'M HAPPY TO BE COMING BACK TO IT NOW SO MANY YEARS LATER. BUT AT THAT POINT WE WERE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT HYDROGEN COMBUSTION AS OPPOSED TO FUEL CELL STUFF, THINGS LIKE THAT IN OF IT BECOMING A PREVALENT TECHNOLOGY. YOU SEE IT IN JAPAN, SEET IN CALIFORNIA THAT IS LARGELY DUE TO THE AVAILABILITY AND THE CLIMATE FOR HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS PRIMARY EXHAUST IS LIQUID WATER WHICH WHEN IT IS 15 BELOW BECOMES A REAL PROBLEM MANAGING THAT YOU DON'T WANT CARS DUMPING WATER ALL OVER THE STREET. HYDROGEN COMBUSTION IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE A BIG THING JUST BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF MANAGEMENT OF THAT. WE ALSO LOOKED AT THINGS LIKE HIGH SPEED FLYWHEELS ARE COMPRESSED GAS, COMPRESSED AIR PROPULSION IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT AT LEAST OVER A FE YEAR PERIOD ELECTRIC VEHICLES IS GOING TO BE THE FOCUS. THERE ARE SOME INTERESTING BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES WHICH JUST NOW BEING COMMERCIALIZED OR THAT I THINK ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE OF WHAT IS NEEDED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE THINGS LIKE GRAPHENE SULFUR BATTERIES LIGHTING THE COMPANY MAKES THEM IF YOU'RE DOUBLING OR TRIPLING YOUR ENERGY DENSITY THE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE YOU NEED TO SUPPORT THAT BECOMES DIFFERENT. AND I THINK THAT LIKELY TO BE THE FOCUS OF MONITORING TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE OVER TIME IF I IF YOU COULD JUST ONE MOMENT COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS COUNCILMEMBER IS NEXT TO HERE COUNCILMEMBER MOMENT I THINK YOU'RE JUST GOING TO PICK UP RIGHT WHERE YOU LEFT OFF. I WAS GOING TO GO DIFFERENT SPOT BUT I HAVE A NOTE HERE AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WHEN IT CAME BEFORE THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS GOT THE SAME KIND OF THINKING IN THE WAY THAT I'VE KIND OF WRITTEN THIS UP IS THE OBSOLESCENCE OF DUE TO INNOVATION AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT. YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK AT THIS PLAN AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE PUT FORWARD MAYOR AT THE OUTSET OF THIS IS IS KIND OF WHERE I'M KIND OF MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF YOU KNOW, ARE THERE OTHER CITIES AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT TOO OVER THE WEEKEND AND STUFF SO I DON'T WANT TO STEAL YOUR THUNDER AND I'LL LET THAT GO. BUT BUT I'D BE VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT THE MAYOR HAS BROUGHT FORWARD KIND OF HERE'S A TEMPLATE THAT WE COULD LOOK AT AND THEN KIND OF WORK DOWN THROUGH THAT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE WANT TO BE AHEAD OF THOSE THINGS OR BEHIND THOSE THINGS. SO THEN WITH ALSO THAT BEING SAID AND I KNOW THIS ISN'T THIS MAY NOT BE HERE THIS IS MAYBE MORE FOR YOU. YOU KNOW, ONE WAY TO LOOK AT EQUITY IS IN TERMS OF WHERE OUR CURRENT GAS INFRASTRUCTURE IS AND MAYBE LOOKING TO TRY TO MAKE RULES IN WHICH WE YOU EITHER SEVERELY YOU KNOW, LIMIT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GET READY TO TO DO SOMETHING YOU'VE GOT TO ADD IN YOU KNOW ,THIS INFRASTRUCTURE AND AGAIN I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAWS ARE AROUND THAT OR WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE, YOU KNOW, OF TRYING TO PUT YOU KNOW, THIS ELECTRIC PIECE, RIGHT. YOU KNOW, RIGHT AROUND GAS. I IMAGINE THAT CAN'T BE A GREAT COMBO BUT WHERE THOSE PLACES BECOME, YOU KNOW, IN A SENSE OBSOLETE OR NO LONGER IN USE THAT GAS THERE THAT WE YOU KNOW, TAKE THAT OVER AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE IS PLACED IN THAT SAME LOCATION SO THAT WE KIND OF LOOK AT OUR YOU KNOW, OUR ZONING RULES OR OR LOOK AT HOW IN WHICH WE DO THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A DISTRIBUTION ACROSS CITY OF THESE THESE THINGS. AND THEN ALSO MAYBE LOOKING AT MAYBE IF WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TRY TO USE THIS ELECTRIFICATION, MAYBE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW WE CURRENTLY USE THE LEGACY FORMS OF GA LIKE THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS AND I JUST WANT TO SAY IS IT IS A GREAT IDEA. I THINK AS A CITY WE DO NEED TO PLAN ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES. WE MIGHT NOT BELIEVE THAT THAT THAT IS GOING TO TAKE 15 YEARS TO PUT FOR FOR ALL OF US TO DRIVE OUR ELECTRIC VEHICLES. HOWEVER, IF WE FALL BEHIND IN THE PLANNING STAGES OF IT THEN I'LL FIND OURSELVES NOT HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO TO JUST TAP INTO THE EXISTING TECHNOLOGY WITHIN THE CITY BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE COSTS I MEAN I LOVE THE IDEA BUT THE COST IS KIND OF PROHIBITED AS THAT I MEAN AND I'M I I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY STUDY ALL OF THAT AND AGAIN THE EQUITY PART OF IT, YOU KNOW HOW CAN THE CITY ACTUALLY DECIDE ON THAT EVEN AFTER ALL THE STUDIES IF MOST OF THE VEHICLES ARE NOT AFFORDABLE FOR FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THE POPULATION WHETHER IT'S THE CITY, THE STATE AND COUNTY OR THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF LARGE IMPLICATIONS IN THE WHOLE PLAN BUT I DO LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE NEED TO BE PLANNING AHEAD. I MEAN I HAD THE PLEASURE OF DRIVING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE FOR A WHILE AND I GAVE IT UP BECAUSE I SOMETIMES DRIVE MORE THAN 400 MILES IN ONE SHOT. THEN I HAD TO SPEND 3 HOURS TO CHARGE IT AND I GAVE IT UP, YO KNO BUT BUT I AT LEAST I WISH I HAD ONE TO MOVE AROUND THE CITY IS PRACTICAL FOR THAT I USE MY MOTORCYCLE INSTEAD BUT I MEAN IT HAS ITS USES AT LEAST FOR NOW BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT IT'S A GREAT PLAN. I MEAN YOU HAVE PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO IT AS I WAS MENTIONING TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBER THERE'S TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE AND I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY SIT ON A CAR THAT HAS USES MAGNETS TO TO MOVE. I MEAN THAT WAS AMAZING. NO SOUND AT ALL. I MEAN IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE A LOT OF POWER BUT ELECTRIC IS THE WAY TO GO I GUESS IS THE ONLY SAFE WAY TO DO IT. HYDROGEN THE WATER YOU EXPLAIN IT THERE'S NO WAY IT'S GOING TO WORK IN MINNESOTA OR WISCONSIN OR ANY ANYWHERE IN THE MIDWEST. I THINK IT'S A SOUND PLAN. I JUST I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE COST OF IT. I DON'T YOU KNOW BUT YOU DO HAVE A BETTER IDEA. I DO IN REGARDS TO THAT. BUT THE CITY DOES NEED SOMETHING FOR THE FUTURE THOUGH THAT SAID, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK BUT IT'S AWESOME TO TO KNOW THAT THIS THIS IS BEING PLANNED I IT'S NEEDED AND I THINK IT'S A WAY THAT WE'RE MOVING ELECTRIC AS MUCH AS I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS BUT I'M NOT GOING TO ASK THEM TO TODAY YOU KNOW THE BATTERIES SO WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT THE BATTERIES TO GET DAMNATION? ALL THAT STUFF, YOU KNOW, COMES TO MIND BUT THAT'S FOR ANOTHER DAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. AND IF YOUAVE MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS INCLUDED IN THE PRESENTATION PLEASE ASK I PROBABLY DON'T KNOW BUT I KNOW PEOPLE WHO KNOW AND I WILL GET YOU AN ANSWER YEAH COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU, MAYOR AND YES, THANK YOU. I THE INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS PLAN IN THIS REPORT IS INCREDIBLE AND IT'S ALSO A LOT AND SO I GUESS WHERE I IMMEDIATELY GO IS JUST HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE AND IT SOUNDS LIKE STAFF WILL PROBABLY B HELPING TO DO THAT AND PUT STUFF IN FRONT OF US AND I THINK THAT THAT WILL BE REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE YOU KNOW I AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH TO DO AND THEN OF COURSE WITH EVERY ALMOST ALL OF THE ACTIONS IT'S LIKE OKAY AND THERE'S THE COST TO THAT IS THE COST TO THAT AND SO I THINK BEING ABLE TO PRIORITIZE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE LOW HANGING FRUIT I THINK I SAW A COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT SO WHAT WILL WE LEARN THROUGH THAT AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY DESIRES. I KNOW ONE OF E GUIDING PRINCIPLES WAS BEST PRACTICES FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES AND SO AND YOU MENTIONED THAT TO MAYOR JUST GETTING A BETTER SENSE OF IN OUR STAGING, YOU KNOW HOW DOES THAT APPLY TO OUR STAGING AND PRIORITIZATION? AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I WOULD ADD, YOU KNOW, I ALSO OWN AN ELECTRIC CAR. WE HAVE YET TO CHANGE TO THE HIGHER VOLTAGE WHATEVER. SO YEAH OTHER PEOPLE KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS BUT AND PART IT IS A COST ISSUE RIGHT. AN SO'M THINKING ABOUT YOU KNOW WE HAVE HOME IMPROVEMENT LOANS ARE WE GOING TO ALLOW PEOPLE WHO ARE LOWER INCOME WHO ARE APPLYING FOR THESE LOANS TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT MONEY TO INSTALL ELECTRIC CHARGERS IN THEIR HOMES? AND SO AND MAYBE THAT CAN THEN HELP LEAST WITH SOME OF THE COST CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS TO OWNING ELECTRIC AND HAVING AN ELECTRIC CAR BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU WORK WITH THE LOWER VOLTAGE OR WHATEVER A CHARGER. IT DOES TAKE A LONG TIME TO CHARGE OUR CAR BUT WE JUST USE IT FOR ZIPPING AROUND BLOOMINGTON SO NOT A BIG DEAL BUT SO ANYWAYS AGAIN I IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SAY HEY WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE THIS OR THA THOUTAVING I GUESS SOME CRITERIA SOME SOME MORE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S THE LOW HANGING FRUIT. AND THEN I WOULD ECHO JUST THE DESIRE TO REALLY PARTNER WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND I WORK AT AN OFFICE IN BLOOMINGTON AND PARK IN A PARKING RAMP THERE AND I'M SO SURPRISED THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ELECTRIC CHARGERS. IT'S JUST IT'S REALLY SURPRISING TO ME AT THIS POINT AND AND SO WORKING WITH SOME OF THOSE LAND OWNERS TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN INCENTIVIZE HAVING CHARGERS ON SITE I THINK WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. SO THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. THANK THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER, GOOD FEEDBACK FOR YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. I THINK I HAVE A GOOD PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ALL YOUR GUYS'S THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ON THIS. AND LIKE I SAID, WE TO BE BACK HERE BY END OF THE MONTH WITH A FINAL PLAN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, I WANTED TO TRY AND STOP YOU HERE BUT WE SAW A HAND THAT'S OUT THERE IN THE IN THE AUDIENCE. BUT I KNOW THAT THIS IS A STUDY SESSION AND I KNOW THAT THE YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS NEXT TO ME ASK ME ABOUT THAT AND WE TYPICALLY DON'T TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE DURING A STUDY SESSION WHERE YOU SEE THESE ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS ITEMS WHEN WE'RE DOING THAT THIS IS BASICALLY A FIELD PRESENTATION BY STAFF FEEDBACK CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF AND NOT NECESSARILY OPPORTUNITY AS IT COMES BACK TO US I'M ASSUMING THERE'LL BE A PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY AS WE WORK TO ADOPT THIS PLAN. YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I SHOULD TOO THAT WE DO HAVE A LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON PAGE FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN OUT THERE WHERE YOU CAN MAKE COMMENTS AND CONTACT ME. MY INFORMATION'S ON THERE SO FEEL FREE TO PVIDE THOSE THROUGH THAT VENUE AND I CAN DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. MAY I ALSO ADD THAT WE HAVE SINCE YOU HAVE THREE GUINEA PIGS UP HERE THREE AT LEAST THREE OF US I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER NELSON ALSO HAS A EVA SO LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SOME OF YOUR TESTING IF THAT'S CASE JANA AND SHAWN AND I'LL JUST SHOW UP. IT'LL BE FUN. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU VERY COUNCIL ALONG AND 5.4 ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPOINTMENT OF A COUNCIL MEMBER TO THE PORT AUTHORITY. SO THE BACK IN JANUARY OF 2020 COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND I WERE APPOINTED TO THE PORT AUTHORITY AND WITH THE TERM TO END DECEMBER 31ST 2025 IT'S A SIX YEAR TERM AND COUNCILMEMBER CARTER RECENTLY REAPPOINTED TO THE HRA BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND WISHES TO STEP ASIDE FROM THE PORT AUTHORITY AND LEAVING THE UNEXPIRED TERM TO LAST UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST 2025. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF OUR OTHER BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS IN THAT OFFICIALLY THIS IS A MAYORAL APPOINTMENT WITH THE CONSENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THAT'S THAT'S ESTABLISHED BY STATE LEGISLATURE MINNESOTA STATUTES. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S NOT OUR CHOICE. THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT SITS IN STATE LAW. AND SO IN LOOKING TO FILL THIS COUNCIL SEAT ON THE PORT AUTHORITY TALKED TO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD SOME INPUT FOLKS WHO WANTED TO TAKE PART IN THIS AND COUNCIL I AM GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE APPOINT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO THE PORT AUTHORITY TO TO FILL OUT THIS UNEXPIRED TERM FOR FOR THESE PRIMARY REASONS. FIRST OF ALL, HIS EXPERIENCE ON THE COUNCIL, HIS EXPERIENCE IN THE BUILDING COMMUNITY, IN THE BUILDING RENOVATION AND RESTORATION COMMUNITY WITHIN THE TWIN CITIES AND JUST HIS HIS OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THOSE TWO PIECES ONTO ADDED TO THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE CITY TO THE PORT AUTHORITY RIGHT NOW AND BRING IT BACK TO THE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS NEEDED. AS I SAID, I KNOW THERE WERE OTHERS WHO ARE INTERESTED. IT'S NO REFLECTION ON OTHER FOLKS ON THE COUNCIL AT ALL. IT'S JUST I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IS THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR THIS POSITION. AND SO WITH THAT THIS IS A COUNCIL AS I SAID, THIS IS A A MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT AND I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION FROM THE BOARD OR FROM THE COUNCIL HERE TO CONSENT TO THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO THE PORT AUTHORITY AND TO A TERM FROM THE DATE OF APPOINTMENT THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2025. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SO I WOULD MOVE TO WHAT LANGUAGE ON THIS IS A LITTLE BIT WEIRD A CONSENT TO THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT OF COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO THE PORT AUTHORITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO A TERM FROM THE DATE OF APPOINTME THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST 2025 SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO CONSENT TO THE MAYOR'S OF COUNCILMEMBER NELSON TO THE PORT AUTHORITY COUNCIL ONLY DISCUSSION ON THIS NO COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES ZERO THANK YOU VERY MUCH GREATLY APPRECIATED OUR FINAL ITEM THIS EVENING IS AS ALWAYS OUR COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATES. I'LL GIVE A QUICK RECAP OF OUR COUNCIL LISTENING SESSION THAT HAPPENED THIS EVENING. WE HEARD FROM MS. SALLY NESS IS ONCE AGAIN REQUESTING AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION REGARDING A DISPUTE THAT INVOLVED THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND RELAYED TO HER THAT MATTERS THAT SHE BROUGHT UP HAVE GONE THROUGH BOTH THE CIVIL LITIGATION AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATIVE PROCESSES AND THE ALLEGATIONS IN THE ALLEGATIONS SHE'S BRINGING FORWARD IN BOTH OF THOSE PROCESSES WERE NOT FOUND TO HER FAVOR SHE CONTINUES TO TO QUESTION THAT AND ASK ABOUT IT BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE AS WE EXPLAINE THE QUESTION WAS ASKED A IT WAS ANSWERED THAT THE ALLEGATIONS WERE NOT THAT IT HAD GONE THROUGH THE CIVIL LITIGATION AND THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS AND THE ALLEGATIONS JUST WEREN'T MOVING FORWARD. AND AS I SAID, MS.. NESS WAS OUR ONLY COUNCIL LISTENING SESSION ATTENDEE THIS EVENING. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. MR. REHBERG YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD THIS EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I DO WANT TO JUST BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO OUR OUR FRIDAY WEEKLY REPORT TO BLOOMINGTON THIS WEEK. IF YOU HAV'T HAD A CHAE T CHECK IT OUT, WE DO HAVE INFORMATION IN THERE ABOUT BOTH THE COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH PLANNING AND JUST THE TIMELINE AROUND OUR BLOOMINGTON FORWARD PROJECTS THE BLOOMINGTON ICE GARDEN RENOVATION, THE NINE MILE CREEK RESTORATION AND THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER. OUR TEAM IS BUSY PUTTING TOGETHER THE SCHEDULE AND WHAT THE PLAN WILL BE FOR OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT. WE KNOW THAT A LOT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE TRACKING THESE PROJECTS CLOSELY WILL NOT ONLY WANT TO BE INFORMED BUT ALSO BE PROVIDING INTO HOW THESE PROJECTS ARE SHAPED AND END UP SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL SEE THAT INFORMATION AND JUST REASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE QUICKLY. SO I EXPECT BY THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY THAT WE WILL HAVE PRETTY FULSOME PLAN FOR HOW WE MOVE FORWARD AND THERE WILL BE EQUENT A VIGORS COMMUNATION WITH THE COMMUNITY. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I HAVE NOT READ THAT YET BUT I DID GET A CALL FROM A RESIDENT RECENTLY WHO WAS JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE OFFERINGS AT CREEKSIDE AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THOSE WHEN THEIR CONSTRUCTION STARTS AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER ANYTHING AT THIS POINT BUT JUST I'M I'M SURE YOU CAN PROVIDE REASSURANCE THAT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION AROUND THAT PIECE TOO. MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, YOU ARE CORRECT THAT HIGH ON THE LIST FOR OUR STAFF WHO SERVE OUR CUSTOMERS AND CLIENTS IN THE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS AT CREEKSIDE AND SO THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THAT WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH IT AND CONSULT ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF MR. BURLEY THIS EVENING IF NOT COUNCILMAN ANYTHING TO BRING FORWARD AS PART OF ITEM FIVE POINT 5II SEE NO HANDS GOING UP SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING COUNCIL AND WITH THAT I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN SO MOVED A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING'S MEETING NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THANKS MUCH COUNSEL FOR THE DISCUSSION THIS EVENING. STAFF THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE INFORMATION PROVIDED AND THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO WATCHED AND PARTICIPATED HERE AND ONLINE. THANKS SO MUCH. HAVE A GOOD REST OF YOUR WEEK