EVENING EVERYBODY TONIGHT I WILL CALL TO ORDER THIS BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL ON MONDAY MAY SIX, 2024 AND AS WE ALWAYS DO WE WILL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO KICK OFF OUR MEETING. BUT TONIGHT IS A SPECIAL AND SO WE HAVE OUR HONOR GUARD HERE TO LEAD US THROUGH THE PLEDGE AUDIENCE. AND SO I WILL PASS THIS OVER TO DEPUTY CHIEF BRITNEY TO HELP US LEAD THROUGH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF MARIA, WHICH IS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE , MAYBE SEVEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE OFFICERS HONOR GUARD IT'S ALWAYS SUCH A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO HAVE THEM HERE TONIGHT WHICH IS VERY FITTING AS WE HAVE LOTS TO BE THANKFUL FOR WITH OUR POLICE AND SO TO KICK OFF OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS THIS WILL BE APPROVING THE AGENDA AND I'LL NOTE THAT I AM NOT MAYOR BUSSEY. MAYOR BUSSEY IS OUT TOWN TODAY AND OUR NATIONAL MAYORS AND POLICE CHIEFS CONFERENCE SO I WILL BE ACTING MAYOR TONIGHT AND I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO NOT WITH US AS WELL. SO FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVING THE AGENDA ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA WE HAVE AND OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS FOR PROCLAMATIONS ONE FOR NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND POLICE OFFICERS MEMORIAL AND ONE FOR RESPECT FOR LAW WEEK ANOTHER PROCLAMATION FOR DRINKING WATER WEEK AS WELL AS A PROCLAMATION FOR ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH. UNDER OUR CONSENT AGENDA WE HAVE 22 ITEMS AND COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WILL BE TAKING THE CONSENT BUSINESS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CARTER UNDER SECTION FOUR ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES. WE HAVE ONE FOR THE MANAGED LANDSCAPE MANAGE NATURAL LANDSCAPES CODE AMENDMENTS AND THEN ROUNDING OUT WITH OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS WE HAVE AN UPDATE FOR THE BLOOMINGTON FORWARD PROJECTS AS WELL CLOSING OUT WITH ANY CITY COUNCIL POLICY ISSUES AND HMM. AND SO IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL REGARDING THE AGENDA HEARING ON I WOULD MOVE AGENDA AS STATED IN SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS STATED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO AND WE HAVE OUR AGENDA ITEM AND SO LIKE I SAID INTRODUCTORY ITEMS WE HAVE FOUR PROCLAMATIONS TONIGHT AND SO WILL COME DOWN TO THE PODIUM AND GET THOSE STARTED THIS ISN'T WORKING DO YOU HEAR ME? YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION IS FOR NATIONAL WEEK AND NATIONAL PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY AND THINK THAT'S MEANS A LOT TO BLOOMINGTON HERE WE REALLY APPRECIATE AND RESPECT THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE THAT SERVE OUR CITY EVERY DAY AND. SO IT'S VERY FITTING AND THIS THIS DAY TO HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE HERE TO SUPPORT OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION PROCLAMATION NATIONAL POLICE WEEK MAY 12TH TO THE 18TH 2020 FOR A NATIONAL POLICE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY MAY 15TH 2024 WHEREAS THERE ARE MORE THAN 800 THOUSANDS WERE SWORN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SERVING IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES INCLUDING THE DEDICATED MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS. AND. WHEREAS, THERE ARE 56,034 OFFICERS DOCUMENTED AS BEING ASSAULTED 17,188 31% OF WHICH SUSTAINED INJURIES AND SINCE HAS THE FIRST RECORDED DEATH IN 1786 OVER 24,067 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY THE NAME OF THOSE DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS ENGRAVED ON THE WALLS OF THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON DC. AND. WHEREAS, ACCORDING TO THE PRELIMINARY DATA COMPILED BY THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND, 136 OFFICERS WERE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN 2023. THIS IS A DECREASE OF 49% FROM THE 266 OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN 2022. WHEREAS THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF ALL OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY ARE HONORED ANNUALLY DURING THE AN OR AMF CANDLELIGHT VIGIL. THE 36TH ANNUAL CANDLELIGHT VIGIL WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY MAY 13TH, 2024 AND. WHEREAS, THE FIRST RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY WAS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT KENNEDY IN 1962. IT RESOLVED BY CONGRESS THAT MAY 15TH BECAUSE THAT DESIGNATED PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY TO HONOR ALL LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL POLICE OFFICERS HAVE DIED OR HAVE BEEN DISABLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND THE WEEK IN WHICH IT FALLS BE DESIGNATED AS POLICE WEEK AND. WHEREAS IN HONOR PEACE OFFICER MEMORIAL DAY ON MAY 15TH THE BPD WILL HOLD A FLAG CEREMONY IN HONOR OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED AT 8 P.M. BY CIVIC BY THE CIVIC PLAZA FLAGPOLES THE CEREMONY WILL INCLUDE A BRIEF SPEECH AND PLAYING OF TAPS AND THE RIFLE FIRING OF THREE VOLLEYS. ADDITIONALLY THE BPD WILL JOIN MINNESOTA LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION ON MAY 15TH TO STAND GUARD AT THE PEACE OFFICER MEMORIAL IN SAINT PAUL FOLLOWED BY THE ATTENDANCE OF A REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY AT 7 P.M. AND. WHEREAS, THE BPD INVITES ALL TO JOIN IN ON THE ABOVE OFFERED CEREMONIES AND SO THEREFORE I ACTING MAYOR SAMUEL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 12TH TO THE 18TH AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK MAY 15TH AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND PUBLICLY THE SERVICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION. SO I INVITE DEPUTY CHIEF WHITNEY IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. YES YES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ACTING MAYOR ACTING CITY MANAGER THAT'S THE COUNCIL AND EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS FIRST AND FOREMOST I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HONORING US WITH THIS PROCLAMATION AND HONORING THE SERVICE AND THE RECOGNITION OF OUR PERSONNEL AND THE PROFESSION AS A WHOLE. SO IT MEANS A LOT TO US ESPECIALLY THIS TIME WITH SO MANY THINGS GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY AND HERE LOCALLY WITH THE ATTACKS THAT HAVE BEEN ON RISE HERE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALL THE EMPLOYEES ARE HONORED TO DO THIS JOB. IT'S EXTREMELY PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION AND IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST HONORABLE PROFESSIONS THAT THERE IS. AND I THINK THE INDIVIDUALS ALL THE EMPLOYEES COME TO WORK EVERY DAY BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HELP PEOPLE. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE'S DAY THAT STARTED OUT BAD TURNS A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN THEY DO THESE THINGS FOR PEOPLE THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW. ALL RIGHT. AND THEY JUST WANT TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT BETTER. AND SO THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD ASK DURING TIME IS THAT WE REMEMBER THOSE THAT HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES. THAT'S WHAT THAT WEEK ABOUT AND WE KIND OF THINK OF THEIR FAMILIES AND THE FRIENDS THAT THEY LEAVE BEHIND BECAUSE HAVING MET MANY THE FAMILIES THAT'S THE BIGGEST FEAR THAT THEY HAVE IS THAT THEIR LOVED ONES ARE GOING TO BE FORGOTTEN . SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE KIND OF THINK ABOUT THIS TIME FRAME ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE INCIDENTS AS CLOSE AS BURNSVILLE AND MOST THINGS LIKE EVEN IN CHARLOTTE THOSE THINGS KIND OF HIT HOME TO US SO THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WOULD JUST HAVE PEOPLE KIND OF JUST THINK IS THAT THOSE CALLS THAT HAPPENED DOWN IN BURNSVILLE THEY COULD HAPPEN TONIGHT. THEY COULD HAPPEN TOMORROW. BUT THE MEMORIES LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE STILL GOING. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S UP. THAT'S GOING TO BE THEIR TIME BUT THEY'RE DOING IT NOT FOR THEMSELVES BUT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER BETTER TO HELP SERVE THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S WHAT THESE WEEKS MEAN US IS JUST KIND OF TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF PAUSE TO THINK THE PEOPLE THAT DO THAT AND SO I'M EXTREMELY PROUD TO BE HERE TO ACCEPT THESE PROCLAMATIONS ,TO HAVE SOMEONE GET HONORED FROM OUR ORGANIZATION WHO'S DONE PHENOMENAL WORK AND. I THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS TIME. IT MEANS A LOT TO US AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT EVERY YEAR TO KIND OF RECOGNIZE THESE THINGS. I KNOW YOU DO IT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BUT THIS STUFF REALLY MEANS A LOT TO US SO THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE I'M GOING TO BE AND EVERY BACKGROUND THANK YOU THANK YOU DEPUTY CHIEF WHITNEY FOR SAYING THOSE WORDS. IT MEANS A LOT TO US AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS FOR RESPECT FOR LAW WEEK AND OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARD FANTASTIC RECOGNITION OF ALL THE WORK AND DEDICATION THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS DO EVERY SINGLE DAY THEY ALL JUST SHOW UP TO DO A JOB. THEY SHOW UP TO BE CONNECTORS WITHIN THE AND I THINK THIS REFLECTS THE VALUES THAT BLOOMINGTON HAS THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS HAVE AND OUR DEPARTMENT HAS. SO I'M VERY EXCITED THERESA'S PROCLAMATION AND CONGRATULATE OUR OFFICER OF THE YEAR PROCLAMATION RESPECT FOR LAW WEEK MAY 12TH THROUGH THE 18TH 2024 WHEREAS CRIME AND ITS EFFECT THE LIVES AND PROPERTY OF CITIZENS IS OF UTMOST CONCERN AND THE CONTINUED EFFORTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT CITIZEN ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS TO CURB THIS PROBLEM IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. AND. WHEREAS, THE PROBLEM OF CRIME TOUCH AND AFFECT ALL SEGMENTS OF OUR CITY AND CAN UNDERMINE AND ERODE THE MORAL AND ECONOMIC STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES THEIR CITIZENS IF UNABATED. AND. WHEREAS PUBLIC AWARENESS DETERMINATION TO MAINTAIN THE FAITH AND PRESERVATION OF LAW AND ORDER AND, THE APPRECIATION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND THEIR ROLES IN SOCIAL ORDER AND THE DEMOCRACY IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY. AND WHEREAS OPTIMIST CLUBS AND THEIR MEMBERS CONTINUE TO SPONSOR SUPPORT PROGRAMS AIMED AT COMBATING CRIME AND RESPECTING LAW THROUGH YEAR ROUND EFFORTS. AND. WHEREAS EACH YEAR THE BLOOMINGTON OPTIMIST CLUB PRESENTS THE RESPECT FOR LAW OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARD TO AN EXEMPLARY BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER WHO SPEAKS TO THE PROFESSIONALISM AND CORE VALUE OF THE DEPARTMENT RESPECT DEMONSTRATED THROUGH OUR COMPASSIONATE AND HONEST SERVICE. AND. WHEREAS, THE BLOOMINGTON OPTIMIST CLUB IS HONORED TO PRESENT AT THE 2020 FOR RESPECT FOR LAW AWARD TO OFFICER ANDY PLANT OFFICER PLANT IS A 19 YEAR VETERAN POLICE OFFICER WITH THE BPD OFFICER PLANT RECEIVE HIGH HONORS FOR SERVING RESPECT, HONORING OUR FALLEN AND REPRESENTING THOSE WHO SERVING WITH PRIDE. HE IS AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC OFFICER PLANT WILL RECEIVE THIS AWARD AND BE RECOGNIZED FOR HIS SERVICE AT AN UPCOMING HONORARY EVENT. NOW THEREFORE I MAYOR SONYA DO HEREBY PROCLAIM WEEK OF MAY 12TH THROUGH THE 18TH 2024 AS RESPECT FOR LAW. SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE OFFICER PLANT UP AS WELL AS DO WE HAVE ANY FOLKS FROM OPTIMIST CLUB HERE TONIGHT? I DON'T THINK WE DO SO I JUST WANT TO EXTEND OUR A THANK YOU TO THE OPTIMIST CLUB FOR DOING AND RECOGNIZING ALL THE WORK THAT OFFICERS DO EVERY YEAR. AND I WANT TO THANK CONGRATULATE YOU OFFICER PLANT FOR ALL OF THE WORK YOU DO AND THIS DESERVING AWARD OF LAW OFFICER OF THE YEAR AND HAVE TO BEND DOWN A LITTLE BIT YEAH I GET THAT A LOT IT'S IT'S NOTHING BUT AN HONOR TO BE NOT ONLY NOMINATED BUT SELECTED AS THE OFFICER OF THE YEAR I NEVER THOUGHT THAT WOULD HAPPEN BUT GOING BACK 19 YEARS IT DIDN'T SEEM TOO LONG AGO WHERE I WAS GETTING TRAINED IN BY THIS GUY RIGHT OVER HERE IN A SQUAD CAR MAYBE GETTING YELLED AT OR ACTUALLY HE JUST TALKED VERY STERNLY BUT IT IS AN HONOR TO GIVE SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY. IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY WORK FOR AND I FEEL BUT PRIDE THANK YOU YEAH YEAH HE'S GOING HE'S GOT TO MAKE SURE ANYBODY ELSE ON PICTURES IS THIS RIGHT RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH NICE AREA GET AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL DRINKING WATER WEEK AND I THINK WE TALK A LOT ABOUT WATER HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND RIGHTFULLY SO BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT OUR STAFF EVERY DAY TO ENSURE THAT WHEN WE'RE AT HOME AND WE TURN ON OUR FAUCETS OUR WATER TURNS ON AND IT'S CLEAN AND CLEAR AND HEALTHY TO DRINK. AND SO TODAY WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS, RIGHT, TONY SCHRAG AND JUSTIN JOHNSON FROM OUR UTILITIES TEAM HERE. SO IF YOU GUYS TO COME OFF TO EAT AS WE READ THROUGH THIS PROCLAMATION TO APPRECIATE THE THINGS THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED DAY IT'S BECAUSE OF THE WORK OF FOLKS LIKE JUSTIN AND TOMMY HERE REALLY DRIVE THE VALUE AND JUST THE THE REASON WHY BLOOMINGTON IS SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. PROCLAMATION DRINKING WATER WEEK MAY 5TH THROUGH THE 11TH 2024 WHEREAS WATER IS OUR MOST VALUABLE NATURAL RESOURCE AND . WHEREAS ONLY TAP WATER DELIVERS PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION, FIRE PROTECTION, SUPPORT FOR OUR ECONOMY AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE WE ENJOY. AND. WHEREAS, ANY MEASURE OF A SUCCESSFUL SOCIETY LOW MORTALITY RATES ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DIVERSITY PRODUCTIVITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY ARE IN SOME WAY RELATED TO ACCESS TO SAFE WATER AND. WHEREAS WE ARE ALL STEWARDS OF THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE UPON WHICH GENERATIONS DEPEND AND. WHEREAS, EACH CITIZEN OF OUR COMMUNITY CALLED UPON TO HELP PROTECT OUR RESOURCE WATERS FROM POLLUTION, PRACTICE WATER CONSERVATION AND TO GET INVOLVED IN LOCAL WATER ISSUES BY TO KNOW THEIR WATER. THEREFORE I ADMIRE SOMEONE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 5TH THROUGH THE 11TH 2024 AS DRINKING WATER WEEK IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. AND I URGE ALL CITIZENS TO CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS TO PROTECT OUR MOST NATURAL RESOURCE. SO AGAIN JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR STAFF AT THE WITHIN UTILITIES AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT WE DO. I KNOW HAND HANDED OVER IF YOU GUYS WANT TO SAY WORDS READY AND JUST LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE RECOGNITION THE WATER HOPEFULLY IT TASTES GOOD. WELL THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE THIS WILL GET A LITTLE PICTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU . AND OUR FINAL PROCLAMATION FOR THE EVENING ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH. I THINK TONIGHT WE HAVE A FEW MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WELL AS OUR ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER RESOURCE GROUP HERE WE HAVE ISABEL CARTER, JAMIE COJOCARU AS WELL AS MARY LEE AND ADRIAN ONG BECAUSE WE'D LIKE TO COME UP HERE, JOIN ME THERE, BE FANTASTIC. I THINK THIS IS OF OBVIOUSLY A GREAT IMPORTANCE TO ME AS A AMERICAN OF HMONG DESCENT HERE IT MEANS A LOT FOR ME TO HAVE THE CITY ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATE THE CULTURAL THE CULTURAL ADDITIONS THAT FROM ALL OF THE WORLD HAVE WITHIN BLOOMINGTON TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A VIBRANT AND THRIVING PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. AND SO I'M TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION AND EXCITED TO HAVE SUCH WONDERFUL FOLKS HERE TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION SO PRACTICAL PROCLAMATION FOR ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH MAY 1ST 2/31 2024 WHEREAS THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THROUGH ITS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION JOINS OUR NATION IN RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF MAY AS ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH. AND. WHEREAS DURING THE MONTH OF MAY WE HONOR ACKNOWLEDGE THE RICH AND DIVERSE CULTURES OF AMERICANS OF ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER DESCENT AND RECOGNIZE THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS COME FROM 48 COUNTRIES WHICH MAKE UP ASIA. AND. WHEREAS THE 2020 DECENNIAL CENSUS REPORTS THAT 6.7% OF BLOOMINGTON MINNESOTA'S POPULATION IDENTIFIES ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN AND THE COUNCIL OF ASIAN MINNESOTANS 2023 ANNUAL REPORTS A TOTAL POPULATION APPROXIMATELY 348,168 ASIAN PACIFIC MINNESOTANS AND. WHEREAS WE THE PERSEVERANCE OF THOSE WHO COURAGEOUSLY REACH FOR THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS IN THE NEW AND WE CELEBRATE THE IMPORTANCE IMPACT IMMIGRANTS HAVE TOWARD MAKING BLOOMINGTON A MORE DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. AND. WHEREAS, THE ASIAN-AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES CONSTITUTE A VITAL DIMENSION OF BLOOMINGTON'S DIVERSE ETHNIC AND SOCIAL FABRIC WHOSE LANGUAGES, CULTURES AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS HAVE A RICH COMMUNITIES IN ALL PARTS OF THE STATE. AND. WHEREAS THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS HOME TO A DIVERSE GROUP OF ASIAN-AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDERS INCLUDING JAPANESE, KOREAN VIETNAMESE CAMBODIAN ,CHINESE TAIWANESE LAO ASIAN TIBETAN FILIPINO HMONG AND INDIAN. AND. WHEREAS WE EMBRACE THE VARIETY OF THEIR EXPERIENCES FROM THE RECENT IMMIGRANT WHO BRINGS FRESH GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES TO THE CHINESE-AMERICAN ADOPTEE WHO WAS BORN INTO A COMPLEX DUALITY TO THE CHILD OF MIXED RACES WHO STRUGGLES WITH THEIR IDENTITY, THEIR HAVE ALL IMPACTED OUR OUR COMMUNITY. AND. WHEREAS, CONSIDERING THE INCREASING ANTI-ASIAN HATE CRIMES AND XENOPHOBIA AGAINST AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITY BLOOMINGTON DENOUNCES THESE CRIMES AND WILL CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF OUR VALUE VALUED RESIDENTS. AND. WHEREAS, BLOOMINGTON WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE SPACES FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO TOGETHER AND SHARE EXPERIENCES AND TELL STORIES SO THAT WE CREATE THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES TO IGNITE CURIOSITY AND CONNECTIONS NOW THEREFORE I BE RESOLVED THAT I ACTED MAYOR. SARWAR THE MAYOR OF BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY 24TH AS ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO THANK YOU EVERYONE AGAIN FOR BEING I'LL OPEN IF ANYONE WANTS TO SAY A FEW WORDS. GOOD ACTOR, MAYOR MUA AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MY FELLOW BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS MY NAME IS ISABELLE CARTER. I GO BY IZZY AND I'M A PARENT OF TWO YOUNG BIRACIAL KIDS. I'VE BEEN RESIDENT OF BLOOMINGTON SINCE 2020 AND I'M SO HONORED TO GET TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION WITH THESE GREAT PEOPLE HERE I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A FEW OF MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AS A CHINESE-AMERICAN. MY EARLIEST EXPERIENCE WITH RACISM WAS WHEN WAS IN KINDERGARTEN I WAS IN THE HALLWAY WITH A FRIEND AND WE WERE PLAYING HAND CLAPPING AND TELLING JOKES AND SHE SAID ME CHINESE, ME JOKE ME GO IN YOUR COKE. I DIDN'T GET THE JOKE AND STILL DON'T GET IT NOW I COULD TELL THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY BECAUSE SHE WAS LAUGHING AND SHE WAS MY FRIEND SO I LAUGHED ALONG WITH HER AND THEN I WENT HOME AND TOLD PARENTS WHEN I WAS IN EIGHTH GRADE A BOY CALLED ME A RACIAL SLUR FOR CHINESE PEOPLE. MY FRIENDS IN SHOCK TOLD HIM YOU CAN'T SAY THAT. THEN THEY LOOKED AT ME AND SAID I CAN'T BELIEVE HE SAID THAT TO YOU. NO ONE HAD TOLD ME WHAT RACIAL SLURS PEOPLE MIGHT CALL ME SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE WORD MEANT OR I SHOULD BE OFFENDED. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FEEL IT BUT I WAS HURT AND CONFUSED HOW DID MY WHITE FRIENDS KNOW THIS? AND I DIDN'T WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL I WAS ON A PUBLIC BUS ON MY WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL WHEN MAN GOT ON AND IMMEDIATELY POINTED AT ME AND SAID YOU BRUCE LEE, JACKIE CHAN HE PROCEEDED TO WALK TOWARDS ME STUMBLING AND THEN SWUNG HIS FIST AT ME. THE STRANGERS ON THE BUS PROTECTED ME, SUPPORTED ME AND SAT WITH ME WHILE I CRIED WHEN I WAS A SOPHOMORE A STUDENT AT ALGEBRA CLASS ASKED ME HEY CAN YOU TUTOR ME IN CHINESE WHEN SAID I DON'T SPEAK CHINESE HE SAID BUT YOU'RE CHINESE AREN'T YOU? I DISAPPOINT EVERY PERSON WHO'S EVER ASKED ME IF I SPEAK CHINESE WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN I SAY THAT I DON'T KNOW A FELLOW CLASSMATE OVERHEARD THIS EXCHANGE REACHED OUT AND I FELT SEEN AND SUPPORTED EVERY SUMMER SINCE I WAS ADOPTED MY FAMILY HAS VACATIONED A RESORT UP NORTH. I ONLY HAVE FOND MEMORIES EXCEPT THIS ONE TIME WHEN A GROUP OF YOUNG ADOLESCENT GIRLS GIGGLED AND CAME UP TO. ME AND MY YOUNGER SISTER WHO IS ADOPTED FROM A DIFFERENT ORPHANAGE IN CHINA AND SAID KONICHIWA AS THEY LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND GIGGLED UP UNTIL THEN I NEVER FELT LIKE I DIDN'T BELONG THERE. I WAS REALLY UPSET AND I CRIED AND TOLD MY PARENTS OUR PARENTS TOLD THE MANAGER AND THE MANAGER TOLD THE GROUP OF GIRL'S PARENTS THEY WERE SHOCKED AND EMBARRASSED. THEY DIDN'T RAISE KIDS TO LAUGH AND MAKE FUN OF ASIAN IN A PREDOMINANTLY NON ASIAN SPACE. I SHARE ALL OF THIS FOR PITY OR TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL BAD BUT TO ILLUSTRATE HOW THIS EXPERIENCE HAS SHAPED ME DEEPLY FROM MY FORMATIVE AGE OF YOUTH AND INTO MY ADOLESCENCE, I'M A CHINESE-AMERICAN ADOPTEE WHO DOESN'T SPEAK CHINESE OR CULTURALLY SUBSCRIBE TO ANY OF THE CHINESE CULTURE BECAUSE I'VE ONLY KNOWN LIVING WITH PARENTS AND WHITE EXTENDED FAMILY AND WAS RAISED IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA WAS THEIR CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND VALUES FROM THE YOUNG AGE OF EIGHT MONTHS OLD THROUGH EACH OF THESE EXPERIENCES I HAD SUPPORTIVE PEOPLE AROUND ME THAT I FELT COMFORTABLE AND SAFE WITH WHO I KNEW WOULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND AND FEEL THE FRUSTRATION AND PAIN WITH ME. I STAND WITH THE CITY IN HOPES THAT WE CAN ALL BE PEOPLE WHO DENOUNCE RACISM AND FOSTER A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON WE ARE ALL STRANGERS ON A BUS FELLOW CLASSMATES, A PARENT, A MANAGER AND A FRIEND. SO I ASK THAT WE CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO STICK UP FOR SOMEBODY ELSE WHEN WE SEE SOMETHING AND TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT OF ACCEPTANCE, INCLUSION AND COMMUNITY. THANK YOU . THANKS, IZZY. THANK YOU. ACTING MAYOR MAYA CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. MY NAME IS JAMIE. I'M A BLOOMINGTON RESIDENT, AN AUTHOR AND ARTIST. I WORK AS A CREATIVE PLACEMAKING PROGRAM FOR TWIN CITIES LISC AND I ALSO SERVE ON OUR CITY'S CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION. SO SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHY IS SHE UP THERE ? SHE DOESN'T LOOK AS ASIAN AS THOSE OTHER ASIANS UP THERE. SO I'M JUST HERE IS TO REP THE DISEASE AND JUST BE OUR LITTLE GEOGRAPHIC REMINDER THAT WHEN WE CELEBRATE AAPI HERITAGE MONTH THE BROAD TERM WE USE FOR ASIAN INCLUDES INDIA, BANGLADESH, SRI LANKA AH MY FAMILY'S FROM AND THE MANY OTHER COUNTRIES THAT WE REFERENCE IN OUR PROCLAMATION BUT NOT RUSSIA WHICH IS GEOGRAPHICALLY BOTH EUROPE AND ASIA. I KNOW IT'S REALLY CONFUSING BUT IN BLOOMINGTON WE KNOW THAT OUR CITY IS ANIMATED BY OUR PEOPLE HER BREATHING LIFE, CULTURE AND CREATIVITY INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. PEOPLE ASK WHAT CREATIVE PLACEMAKING IS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CREATIVE AND IT CAN SOUND REALLY JARGONY BUT I THINK AT ITS ESSENCE IT'S A VERY SIMPLE IT'S ART, CULTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT REFLECT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN A PLACE IN BLOOMINGTON. WE HAVE GREAT GOALS AROUND EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AN AIM TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS AND TO CULTIVATE AS A PLACE PEOPLE WANT TO BE FOR THE AAPI COMMUNITY YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THOSE ETHNIC GROUPS I REFERENCED THE REFUGEE COMMUNITY, THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY DESCENDANTS OF THOSE MANY COUNTRIES WE VARY WILDLY AND ASIANS ACTUALLY HAVE THE BIGGEST INCOME GAP OF ANY OTHER MINORITIES THE BIGGEST GAP BETWEEN THE TOP 10% AND THE BOTTOM 10% AND THAT GAP IS ACTUALLY PROJECTED TO JUST BECOME WIDER. WE CAN BE MINDFUL OF THIS AS WE TALK ABOUT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY WHO HAS ACCESS TO THE TOOLS, THE AND THE RESOURCES. AND WHILE WE CAN'T CONTROL THE NATIONAL AVERAGES THERE'S SO MUCH WE CAN DO RIGHT HERE IN BLOOMINGTON WHEN MY FRIEND IS HE HAD TO SAY IS REALLY IMPORTANT I'LL TALK AND NO ACTION WON'T DO US MUCH GOOD. SO HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I PLAN TO DO THE NOTES TEASING REALLY RESONATE WITH ME BECAUSE FOR SOME OF US A LOT OF TEASING ACTUALLY ORIGINATED WITH OUR FAMILY AS SOME US, YOU KNOW, IN AN EFFORT TO TO ASSIMILATE WE DISCARDED SOME OF THOSE CULTURAL THINGS THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO US. SO AS AN ARTIST AND CULTURE BEARER MYSELF, I WILL CONTINUE TO USE MY ART AND MY WRITING AS TOOLS TO LIFT UP RATHER THAN HIDE MY CULTURE AND USE THOSE THINGS AS TOOLS TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. AS A COMMISSIONER I WILL HELP WITH OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY IS FULL. FINGERPRINT CAN BE SEEN ON A CITYWIDE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING PLAN. AS A MOM I'LL ADD FUNDS TO OUR FAMILY BUDGET FOR EATING OUT MORE OFTEN AT HATE HARASSMENT AAPI RESTAURANTS. I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THAT SACRIFICE AND SHOUT OUT TO DOCENT ROMA I'LL BE SEEING MORE OFTEN COUNCIL AND STAFF YOU'RE DOING GREAT A FEW ADDITIONAL IDEAS SO THIS PROCLAMATION ALSO HAS SOME TEETH TO IT. WORK WITH THE AAPI COMMUNITY TO CELEBRATE MONTH THIS PROCLAMATION IS A GREAT START. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE US AT ALL THOSE PLANNING TABLES MAKE SURE TO SOLICIT RFP IS FROM AAPI VENDORS AND CONTRACTORS WE ARE OFTEN INVISIBLE ESPECIALLY CATERING. LOOK AT HOW THOSE GAPS SHOW IN BLOOMINGTON AND HAVE THEM INFORM OUR PROGRAMING DECISIONS. THOSE ARE JUST A FEW IDEAS I ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU HAVE MAKING POWER AND HALT THAT WIDENING GAP IN OUR CITY THAT KNOWS THAT THE COMMUNITY THRIVES WHEN ITS MEMBERS SHARE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS WELL-BEING. THIS PROCLAMATION AND OUR DEDICATION TO THE AAPI COMMUNITY OF BLOOMINGTON WILL HELP US AS WE CELEBRATE AND CARRY THE WORK FORWARD. THANK YOU . I'M MARY LEE AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER ERG. I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M HONORED TO BE HERE AND ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION THIS MONTH IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO LEARN AND YOU KNOW CELEBRATE ALL THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER TWO AUNTS AND OUR PEOPLE SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING MORE UNDERSTANDING UNITY AND THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF CITY OF BLOOMINGTON SO THANK YOU . OKAY THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES AND EVERYTHING WITH US TONIGHT. IT REALLY MEANS A LOT. I'VE SAID THIS MANY TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN WE ALL COME FROM DIFFERENT PLACES BUT THE ONE THING WE HAVE TOGETHER IS A SHARED FUTURE RIGHT HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND SO THE MORE THAT WE CAN LEARN ABOUT EACH OTHER AND UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS THE MORE WE CAN GROW TOGETHER AND MAKE BLOOMINGTON CONTINUES TO BE THE WONDERFUL PLACE THAT IT IS. IT'S ALL WITH THAT. I WILL HAND THIS OVER TO YOU TO GET A PICTURE . ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, COUNCILMEMBER HAS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. THANK YOU, ACTING MAYOR. SO I HAVE TWO HOLDS FROM COUNCILMEMBER NELSON 3.21 AND 3.22 AND SO WITH THAT I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS 3.1 THROUGH 3.20 SECOND MOTION WHERE COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO MOVE THE AGENDA AS STATED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES 502 IS IT CUSTOMER NELSON YEP. THANK YOU MAYOR MOUA SO 3.21 REGARDING NINE MILE CREEK EMILY WITH THE WATERSHED DISTRICT I WANT TO RAISE THAT ONE BECAUSE I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT ENTERING INTO AN MRU A STATE LAW GOVERNS WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITY AND ROLE AS I DO APPRECIATE GIVING ME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THAT I STILL SEE A COUPLE THINGS THAT MAYBE GO BEYOND STATUTE IN TERMS OF THEIR ROLE IN REVIEWING AN RFP AND CONSULT AND SELECTION AND I JUST WANT TO VOICE MY OBJECTION TO THEM GETTING MORE OF A ROLE THAN THEY HAVE BY STATUTE WITHIN THIS PROCESS IN . BLOOMINGTON PARTIALLY BECAUSE THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY MILE CREEP IN OTHER WATCH WATERSHED DISTRICTS YOU KNOW I SAW IT SUNRISE PARK WHEN WE DID THE IMPROVEMENT THERE THEY ADDED $20,000 APPROXIMATELY THAT'S OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD TO THE COSTS OF THAT. WE HAD SIGNIFICANT STAFF TIME AND EFFORT WORKING WITH THE LOWER WATERSHED LOWER MINNESOTA RIVER WATERSHED DISTRICT ON BEHALF ORDINANCES WHEN WE ALREADY HAD THOSE IN PLACE AND THEY WORKED FINE . NOW FOR BOTH OF THOSE FROM WHAT I CAN TELL FROM TALKING TO PEOPLE THERE WAS MINIMAL IF NO BENEFIT THE ADDITIONAL SCRUTINY ON THOSE THINGS SO. WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS I TRUST OUR STAFF. I BELIEVE IN OUR STAFF I BELIEVE OUR STAFF IS WELL-EQUIPPED TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AND I YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WE HAVE A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO WORK WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THERE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THEIR ROLE TO WHAT IS STATUTORILY DEFINED AND NOT EXPAND OR BROADEN THAT IN ANY WAY SO FOR THAT REASON I WILL OPPOSE ITEM 3.21 GOING ON WOMAN THINK YOU ARE ACTING THERE I WONDER IF STAFF WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE ROLE OF THIS UNIQUE HAVING NINE MILE CREEK AS A AS A PORTION OF THIS KNOW THE YOU KNOW PART OF THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT PORTION OF THIS PROJECTS THAT I GOING TO BE REVIEWS UPLAND AND WETLAND ECOLOGY RESTORATION THE SPECIES MANAGEMENT HABITAT PRESERVATION IMPROVEMENT ECOLOGY FUNCTIONS REDUCTION OF EROSION OF THE VALLEY WALLS AND STREAM CHANNEL IMPROVED RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND WATER PARK AND IMPROVED ADA ACCESSIBILITY OVERALL ACCESS TO THE PARK AREAS. IN TERMS OF THIS COUNCIL MEMBERS POINT OF VIEW, I WOULD THINK THAT THIS WATERSHED GROUP WOULD BE 1/1 PEOPLE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW IF THERE'S HISTORY BEHIND THIS OR, WHAT WAS THE THINKING IN TERMS OF THAT MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NINE MILE CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT WORKING SPECIFICALLY IN THE LOWER VALLEY AND THIS PROJECT AREA AND MORE BROADLY THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING THROUGH THE EMMYLO IS CERTAINLY WITHIN THE LEGAL BOUNDS OF THEIR STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS TO NOT JUST HAVE RULES AS THEY'RE REQUIRED TO TO BUT ALSO MORE BROADLY WORK WITH CITIES AND OTHER PARTNERS FOR CLEAN WATER OBJECTIVES GENERALLY. I HAVE LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE ADMINISTRATOR FROM THE NINE MILE CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT AND ASK HER JUST TO BRIEFLY TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR WORK TOGETHER PREVIOUSLY IN THE LOWER VALLEY AND JUST KIND OF THE NATURE OF COLLABORATION IN THAT WE'RE HOPING TO ACHIEVE BY THIS EMMYLOU THANK YOU RENEE. GOOD EVENING ACTING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS MY NAME IS ERIKA NAGORSKI. I'M THE ADMINISTRATOR AT THE NINE MILE CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT. I UNDERSTAND AND WATERSHED DISTRICTS MIGHT NOT BE WIDELY KNOWN SO I'LL JUST GIVE YOU THE BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO. WE ARE A LOCAL UNIT OF GOVERNMENT THAT HAS TAXING AUTHORITY. WE MANAGE APPROXIMATELY 50 SQUARE MILES OF LAND ALL THE LAND THAT DRAINS TO NINE MILE CREEK AND SO BLOOMINGTON HAS A LARGE SECTION OF LAND IN OUR WATERSHED DISTRICT. SO WE DO HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF IN THE LOWER VALLEY. SO THAT'S THE NINE MILE CORRIDOR AREA THAT YOUR PROJECT IS ADDRESSING AND WE CALL IT THE LOWER VALLEY. SO BACK IN 19 9091 THE WATERSHED DISTRICT INVESTED $2 MILLION IN RESTORATION WORK ON THE CREEK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. AND THIS WORK WAS DONE FOLLOWING THE 87 SUPER STORM WHERE THE OF BLOOMINGTON RECEIVED AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AND SO THERE WAS EROSION ISSUES THERE AS BLUFFS FAILURE IS DOWN IN THE CREEK AREA AND SO THE WATERSHED DISTRICT LED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY RESTORATION DOWN ABOUT LOWER VALLEY AND SINCE THAT TIME WE HAVE A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON WHERE WE GO IN AND DO USUALLY YEARLY ASSESSMENTS IN THAT AREA AND DO REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE PARTNERSHIP TOGETHER WHEN NEEDED DOWN IN THAT AREA. SO SINCE 1990 WE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY HAVE BEEN DOWN THERE IN 2008, 2015 AND 2019 DOING REPAIR WORK THAT THE DISTRICT HAS LED BUT. WE HAVE SPLIT COSTS WITH THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON ON SO. WE DO HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF WORKING DOWN AND THIS AREA AND IT IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AREA FOR THE WATERSHED AS WE LOOK INTO THE FUTURE AND THINK ABOUT WHAT IS INCREASED RAINFALL GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THIS AREA AND AS LOOK UPSTREAM AND LOOK AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE WATER AND MANAGE FLOWS DOWN INTO THIS AREA AND SO IT IS A VERY STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BE AT THE TABLE YOU IN PARTNERSHIP IN THE EARLY PHASES TO REALLY AT THIS AREA AND PROVIDE OUR TECHNICAL EXPERTIZE AND OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE LOWER VALLEY WITH THIS WORK AND I HEAR IT SO I HEAR THE CONCERN OF IS THIS GOING TO COST MORE? IS THIS GOING TO BE MORE AND REALLY WHAT I SEE IS WE ARE HERE TO PROVIDE OUR TECHNICAL EXPERTIZE ESPECIALLY AROUND THE STREAM BANK RESTORATION WORK BECAUSE HAVE ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS THAT WE WORK WE HAVE MODELS OF STREAM FLOW IN THAT AREA AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK THAT AREA. SO I REALLY THINK THIS MRU IS SIMPLY CLARIFYING AND ALLOWS US TO WORK TOGETHER AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROJECT TO REALLY GET A GOOD OUTCOME DONE IN THAT FOR THE NATURAL RESOURCES SO THAT ACADEMIA I GUESS MY QUESTION I HAVE OBVIOUSLY I'VE KNOWN OF THE YOU KNOW THE LONG RELATIONSHIP OF THE WATERSHED WITH WITH THE NINE MILE BUT I THINK TO MY MY COUNCIL MEMBER COLLEAGUES QUESTION WHY DON'T WE HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH WITH OTHER WATERSHEDS WHERE MAYBE I'M MISTAKEN MAYBE WE DO AND I'M JUST NOT AWARE OF THAT. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'RE HERE ABOUT THE NINE MILE CREEK AREA, I CANNOT PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WITH OUR PROJECT THAT IS NOT COMPLETELY DONE YET IF WE HAVE BIKE AS A PART OF THAT THAT PROJECT AND I WANTED YOU TO COMMENT ON THAT IF YOU COULD MAYOR MEMBER LAMB AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THE FIRST QUESTION WAS ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER WATERSHEDS IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER WATERSHED DISTRICTS TO MY KNOWLEDGE THE OTHER WATERSHED DISTRICTS LARGELY PLAY PREDOMINANTLY OUR REGULATORY ROLE, OUR DOES WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM ON WATER QUALITY PROJECTS. I THINK ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM ON CONSENT TONIGHT WITH THE NINE MILE CREEK THOSE ARE BIDEN PROJECTS SPECIFIC PARTNERSHIPS ARE TYPICALLY THE NATURE OF HOW WE WORK TOGETHER ON ON CLEAN WATER HOW CITIES AND WATERSHED DISTRICTS GENERALLY WORK OUTSIDE THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK. THE SECOND QUESTION WAS ABOUT TRAILS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT BIKE TRAILS YEAH BIKE TRAILS TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY ARE ONE OF THE ITEMS BEING EXPLORED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT WE HAVEN'T DETERMINED YET IF A BIKE TRAIL IS THROUGH THE LOWER VALLEY, IF A BIKE CONNECTION TO THE MINNESOTA SOMEHOW IS FEASIBLE AT ALL THROUGH THIS PROJECT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL EXPLORE AS PART OF THE FEASIBILITY AND DESIGN PROCESS STARTS THIS SUMMER IS IT JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR THAT ISN'T A THAT ISN'T THERE BIKE TRAIL HASN'T ALREADY BEEN PLANNED OR BEEN PROPOSED BY STAFF TO THIS BODY TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE OR EVEN MY KNOWLEDGE A BIKE TRAIL IS NOT PROPOSED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. IT IS NOT PART OF THIS MEMO YOU THE EMAIL YOU SIMPLY CLARIFIES THE GENERAL CATEGORY IS OF WORK OF NATURAL RESOURCES PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL EXPLORE AND DEVELOP TOGETHER WITH YOU ALL IN THE COMMUNITY THANK YOU WERE THERE MORE AND THANK YOU FOR THE STAFF FOR THAT THIS CLARIFICATION AND ALL THOSE THINGS I DO REMEMBER 87 MY BROTHER GRADUATED FROM FROM HIGH SCHOOL FROM KENNEDY AND WHILE THOSE WERE SOME WATERS THERE COMES A LOT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH THANK YOU AND WE'LL JUST TWO QUICK QUESTIONS THE EXPERTIZE THAT IS BEING BROUGHT FORTH BY THE NINE MILE IS THAT EXPERTIZE THAT THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THERE IS THE SPECIALIZED EXPERTIZE SPECIFICALLY IS SOME MODELING THAT THE WATERSHED DISTRICT'S ENGINEERS HAVE THAT THE CITY COULD HAVE ACCESS BUT MOST EFFICIENTLY UNDERSTOOD AND SHARED BY THE ENGINEERS THAT WORK FOR THE WATERSHED DISTRICT OKAY AND THEN FOR MODELING AND ENGINEERING AND THERE WAS SOME MENTIONED MAYBE CONSULTANTS BUT MAYBE I MISSED THAT. IS THERE ANY COST TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THAT THERE'S NOT A COST CALCULATED AS PART OF THE EMAIL STAFF SEES THIS REALLY AS GAINING EFFICIENCIES FOR THE EXPERTIZE AND ENGINEERING SERVICES THAT THE WATERSHED DISTRICT WILL BRING TO THE TABLE. THAT'S ENGINEERING WORK SPECIFIC TO THE WATER MODELING THAT OUR ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS THAT WE'RE WILL BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE. SO STAFF SEES THIS AS VALUE ADD IN ADDITION TO HAVING THE TECHNICAL EXPERTIZE IN WAYS SIMILAR TO CITY STAFF BUT THROUGH THE EYES OF THEIR REGULATORY FRAMEWORK TO HELPING GUIDE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE WAY SO THAT WE'RE ALIGNING IN WITH LOCAL AND STATE RULES IN THAT REGARD AND THAT WILL GAIN EFFICIENCIES DOWN THE ROAD AS WELL. COUNCILOR ANY OTHER IF IF NOT A LOOK FOR MOTION BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT MOTION TO MARY MOUA I'LL TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TOGETHER WITH ANY AMENDMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS THERE TO WITH NINE MILE CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT RELATED TO GOALS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPECTATIONS FOR THE DESIGN AND EXECUTION OF THE NINE MILE CREEK CORRIDOR RENEWAL PROJECT SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND SECOND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER ALL RIGHT . NO ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO THANK YOU THE 3.2 CORRECT FOR 3.22 YEAH THANK YOU. I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. I WAS WONDERING IF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HOLD THIS NEXT WEEK. I DON'T WANT TO PUT ACTING CITY MANAGER ELIZABETH TOLSON IN AN AWKWARD POSITION HER SECOND WEEK THIRD WEEK BACK HERE. BUT I DO KNOW THAT THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT WE RECEIVE CONSISTENT FEEDBACK IT'S PROBABLY UNFORTUNATELY A BUSINESS THAT RECEIVES UNDUE OVER TIME BUT IT IS ALSO A PROPERTY THAT LITERALLY THERE ARE LEGITIMATE PARKING ISSUES AT AND THIS IS A PARKING THING AND I JUST I WOULD ASK THAT WE MAYBE HOLD THIS UNTIL NEXT WEEK WHEN WE HAVE THE CITY MANAGER OR NEXT THAT'S NEXT WEEK OR TWO WEEKS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS MORE HIS MANAGER MAY REMEMBERS THE AGREEMENT EXPIRES ON MAY 17TH OF THIS YEAR. I KNOW THAT THE STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER ON TERMS AND HAVE WORKED THROUGH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND HAVE ARRIVED AT THIS PROPOSAL THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. I ALSO KNOW THAT I BELIEVE PROGRAM DIRECTOR IS HERE AND PERHAPS SOME OTHER STAFF THAT FROM PARK MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERNS AND I THINK PERHAPS SOME STAFF CAN THEM TONIGHT BECAUSE OF OUR WOMAN YEAH SO ACTING MAYOR MUIR LET ME JUST ENTERTAIN FOR A MOMENT IF THIS WERE NOT TO PASS THIS EVENING WHAT WOULD BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH A SITUATION BECAUSE MANY UP MEMBERS IF THIS DOESN'T PASS THEY WOULD BE POTENTIALLY HAVING TO WORK THROUGH SOME COMPLIANCE ISSUES WITH THEIR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PARKING IS A PART OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS. THERE'S ALSO A SHARED USE OF FIELDS AND I BELIEVE THAT THOSE FIELDS ARE USED IN OFTEN AND A LOT OF LOGISTICS RELATED TO THOSE FIELDS WOULD NEED TO BE WORKED THROUGH SHOULD THE AGREEMENT EXPIRE. THANK YOU. ACTING MAYOR WHAT I THINK WE OUGHT TO WORK THROUGH THIS BECAUSE I'VE GOT SOME CONCERNS HERE IS I'M NOT SURE THAT I'M READY TO YOU KNOW, NOW THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD PASSES AND I THINK WOULD ONLY TAKE ANOTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THIS. SO I'D INTERESTED TO HAVE YOU KNOW IF WE'VE GOT A STAFF MEMBERS HERE AND I WOULD WANT TO FIELD SOME QUESTIONS, I WOULD I THINK I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS. I KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I ASSUME HAS SOME QUESTIONS AS WELL. I'M NOT SURE WHO'S HERE FOR THOSE QUESTIONS. MISS ANNE KHATRI IS COMING UP HERE. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN I'D BE HAPPY TO GO FIRST. SO YOU KNOW WE HAVE A SHARED USE AGREEMENT AND WE'VE HAD YOU KNOW AND I WANT TO BE CAREFUL WE'VE HAD A RESIDENT COMING UP AND ASKING LOTS QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THAT PARKING PROCESS OPERATES AND WORKS AND IF YOU COULD GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY IN TERMS OF WHAT THIS YOU THIS RENEWAL PROCESS MEANS, HOW IT'S EXECUTED AND JUST TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THAT AND IN TERMS WHAT THAT MEANS FOR, YOU KNOW, OUR RELATIONSHIP FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE WITH THIS USE HERE AND THEN OUT THOUGH I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I KIND OF HAVE IN TERMS, YOU KNOW, PARKING ARRANGEMENTS AND AND HOW THAT OPERATES AND THAT TYPE OF DEGREE. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN HONESTLY, I'M NOT SURE THAT I HAVE MUCH TO ADD BESIDES OUR CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED THIS EVENING WE HAVE SHARED AGREEMENTS FOR PARKING THE CITY RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO USE THE PARKING LOT AND THE FACILITY IS ABLE TO USE OUR SHARED PARKING. WE ALSO HAVE AGREEMENTS THAT THE CITY IS ABLE TO USE A MULTIPURPOSE FIELD THEIR BASKETBALL COURTS AND THEIR TENNIS COURTS. SO IT'S AN AGREEMENT THAT GOES BOTH WE'RE ABLE TO USE THEIR FACILITIES. THEY'RE ABLE TO USE OUR FACILITIES AND I KNOW THE LAST TIME I SAW THIS WE HAD MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS IN AND I, I DON'T IT'S IT'S JUST SHAME BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ALL THAT DETAIL HERE IN THE PACKET AND SO I'M GOING OFF MY MEMORY SO AND I'VE LEARNED WITH THIS PROPERTY I WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT GOING OFF OF MY MEMORY SO AND I UNDERSTAND YOU MAY NOT WANT TO DO THAT EITHER SO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I THINK DIRECTING MAYOR I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A RESIDENT WHO COMES EVERY LISTENING SESSION AND RAISES CONCERNS. BUT I ALSO DON'T THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE THE REASON WHY WE ADD ADDITIONAL SCRUTINY TO A PROPERTY. THIS ISN'T ABOUT THEIR PARKING THIS IS A SHARED USE AGREEMENT LIKE IT'S NOT WE'RE NOT APPROVING CHANGES TO PARKING IF WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT PARKING AND WE WANT STAFF TO REVISIT THEIR PARKING PLAN THEN I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD ASK FOR. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD MAKE AN AGENDA ITEM THAT'S NOT ABOUT PARKING ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE ARE WE REALLY NOT GOING TO MOVE A SHARED USE AGREEMENT FORWARD? WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR PARKING LOT SO THAT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY COUNCILMAN RIVAS AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER NELSON KURZMAN AND NELSON THANK YOU MARIA. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE SHARED USE WITH REGARDS THE PARK SPACES IT HAS EXPLICITLY TO DO WITH THE PARKING WHICH WHICH IS THE MATTER. PART OF THE MATTER BEFORE US IS THAT ARE ASKING FOR PARKING AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WE HAVE ONE RESIDENT AND AND I MEAN LET'S BE BLUNT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT GET BROUGHT UP ARE IN MY MIND NONSENSICAL THAT YOU KNOW, KIDS USE A PLAYGROUND THAT SNOW MELTS THESE ARE NOT LIKE LEGITIMATE ISSUES THAT THAT RAISE TO ANY LEVEL OF CONCERN BUT ARE BROUGHT FORWARD TO US AS A COUNCIL BUT WE CLEARLY SEE EXAMPLES OF WHERE PARKING IS CHALLENGED IN THAT AREA AND THIS APPROVES A SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT AND IT DOES ADDRESS PARKING AND AS MUCH AS I DISAGREE WITH THAT RESIDENT SO SO MANY THINGS I CAN'T JUST OVERLOOK THAT AND WE HAVE NO OTHER REASONABLE TOOL TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WE APPROVE THIS FOR TEN YEARS. THEY HAVE A COPY. THEY HAVE A SHARED USE. WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO ENGAGE IN THAT CONVERSATION TO ADDRESS. I DON'T LIKE BRINGING IT UP FRANKLY I FIND IT DISTASTEFUL GIVEN HOW MUCH SCRUTINY I MEAN IF ANY OTHER BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY WAS UNDER THE LEVEL OF SCRUTINY THAT THEY ARE THAT BUSINESS WOULD BE COMPLETELY LIVID. AND I HEAR FROM SMALL OWNERS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEIR COMPLAINTS ABOUT HOW THE CITY AFTER THEM AND THIS ONE BUSINESS GETS LEVEL OF SCRUTINY. I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU. IT'S COMPLETELY BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE THIS PARKING ISSUE NOT TRUE AND THAT IS THAT IS MY CONCERN AND THAT IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO AND THAT IS WHY I ASK JUST SIMPLY JUST TO HOLD IT BECAUSE I KNOW THE CITY MANAGER PROBABLY HAS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT FOR A WEEK, GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO PROCESS IT AND. I DID NOT REALIZE THE TIMELINE AT THE TIME TIMEFRAME ON IT THAT THAT THAT MAY CAUSE CONFLICTS I WANT TO FIND A WORKABLE AGREEMENT I'M NOT TRYING TO DO ANYTHING TO DERAIL SOMETHING HERE I JUST WANT TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR THE PARKING ISSUE AND OR TO JUST SAY THAT IS THE SITUATION PLEA PARK ON THE STREET THERE AND AND THAT'S THAT IS WHAT IT IS BECAUSE OF US I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD AGAIN MY CONCERN IS ONLY ABOUT THE PARKING SPACE AND AND I ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BUT MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN ASKED WHY MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS THE ONE QUESTION I DO HAVE IS DO WE HAVE ANY THE PROPERTIES TO HAVE THE SAME SHARE AGREEMENTS THAT THESE PROPERTY HAS IN THE CITY? I MEAN IT'S YOU KNOW, I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO BRING AGAIN THE PERHAPS THE SAME CITY'S RESIDENT. I'M NOT AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE SAME RESIDENTS WE CAN TALK TO US. BUT IT COULD BE THAT MY QUESTION IS JUST A PARKING SPACE AND DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PROPERTIES THAT SHARE AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY THAT I HAVE IF ANYBODY CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION OTHERWISE I WOULD BE I WOULD THAT WE PERHAPS GIVE HIM AN EXTENSION OF THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE SO THAT WE CAN WORK THIS OUT OR YOU KNOW WHATEVER CAN BE DONE IN BETWEEN. BUT WE DO NEED MORE TIME TO DISCUSS THIS I GUESS MORE IN DETAIL IS SHADE MAY REMEMBER REMEMBERS A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR YOU THERE. AS I MENTIONED THERE'S A COPY AND ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE COPY AND IF YOU RECALL THE COPY THIS IS THE ONE WHERE THEY NEEDED TO COME BACK BECAUSE A DESIRE TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HAVE BEEN ON THE FOR A WHILE THE PARKING AVAILABILITY AS YOU ALL KNOW HAS WAS A PART OF THE CUP AND THAT'S UP TO THE JOINT USE AND REQUIRED A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PARKING ON THE ADJACENT LAND IN ORDER TO HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING. AND SO WITH OUR COPY IT POINTS TO THIS JOINT USE AGREEMENT THE JOINT USE AGREEMENT THAT IS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW EXPIRING IN IN 11 DAYS IS COVERS A LOT OF THINGS LIKE I MENTIONED USE OF THE FACILITIES FIELD SEVERAL FIELDS AND THEN THERE IS A JOINT USE OF THE PARKING FACILITIES TALKED ABOUT IN THE AGREEMENT PARAGRAPH FIVE AND THE GRANT ARE NOT EXCLUSIVE AND ACCESS TO THE PARTIES ESSENTIALLY TO EACH OTHER SO THE CITIES THE PUBLIC USES THE PARKING FACILITIES AND THEN AND THEN THERE IS ALLOWED USE BY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ATTENDING THE FACILITIES THAT ARE AL-FAROUQ AS WELL AND THERE IS TIMING RELATED TO IT THERE'S MAINTENANCE REPAIRS, DRIVEWAY ACCESS IF YOU RECALL THERE WAS ACCESS CREATED TO SMITH PARK'S PARKING LOT IN PARTICULAR RECENTLY SO IT DISCUSSES A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS PARKING IS JUST ONE SMALL PART OF IT. I DON'T MEAN TO MINIMIZE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IN THE PUBLIC BUT I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN THIS AGREEMENT BEYOND THE PARKING WHICH IS REQUIRED NOT ONLY FOR THE OF THE FIELDS BUT ALSO FOR THE ACTIVITIES AT PROPERTY BECAUSE OF OMNICARE. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO IS THIS IF IF THE COUNCIL HAS CONCERNS AND WANTS STAFF TO LOOK AT THE PARKING ISSUES IS THIS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN OR COULD WE APPROVE THIS AND THEN ALSO SAY HEY STAFF CAN YOU PLEASE WORK WITH AL-FAROUQ ON REVISITING THEIR PARKING PLAN ? AS RICHARD MAY REMEMBERS, THERE WOULD BE AN ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE COPY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE COPY ALSO OBVIOUSLY WITH THE CONTRACT IF IT STAYED IN PLACE COULD ENFORCE THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT SO THERE WOULD BE MECHANISMS MOVING FORWARD. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS DRIVING THE THE PARKING CRUNCHES. THERE ARE A VARIETY OF REASONS PERHAPS I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THEM RIGHT NOW TONIGHT BUT WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT ALL OF THE DRIVERS ARE AND ALL THE OPTIONS ARE, IT'S DIFFICULT TO TO SAY THAT WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WON'T WORK IN THE SHORT I'LL OFFER THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT INTERNALLY IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE WERE MENTIONED IS IS COULD WE JUST DO A ONE YEAR OR TWO YEAR AGREEMENT FOR RIGHT NOW SO THAT WE COULD WORK THESE THINGS? AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WAS THE OFFER IN THE REQUEST THAT WAS MADE BY STAFF BUT THAT WAS NOT ACCEPTED. SO MAYBE PARK DIRECTOR ELABORATE MORE ON THAT BUT THERE WERE EFFORTS BY STAFF TO TRY AND GET TO A SHORTER TERM SO WE COULD FIGURE SOME OF THESE THINGS OUT. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED, WE DID ATTEMPT TO WORK OUT A SHORTER AGREEMENT TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK THROUGH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS BOTH FOR PARK FACILITIES AND FOR PARKING AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO PER THERE LEGAL COUNSEL'S REQUEST AGREE TO ANYTHING LESS THAN TEN YEARS TO COUNCILMEMBER RIVERSIDE'S QUESTION ABOUT DO WE HAVE THESE OTHER FORMS OF AGREEMENTS IN OTHER PARTS OF TOWN? YES, WE HAVE MANY I CAN THINK THREE OR FOUR CHURCHES RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THAT WE HAVE SHARED USE PARKING AND FOR FIELD USE AND THEN SCHOOLS TO CUSTOMER ROOM AND THANK YOU ACTING THERE MORE SO I GUESS QUESTION FOR STAFF IS HOW DO WE TO THIS POINT WHERE IT CAME TO THIS MEETING AS OPPOSED TO LAST WEEK'S MEETING CAN GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND IN TERMS OF WHAT KIND OF GOT IT HERE AT THE END OF THE NINTH INNING THE PROCESS HERE COUNCILMEMBER LONG MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL MAYOR TO BE HONEST WE HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO REACH OUT TO LEGAL FROM THEIR SIDE FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND IT WAS JUST RECENTLY THAT THAT WE RECEIVED A RESPONSE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I GOT TO TELL YOU ACTING MAYOR OF MORE I DON'T FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS. I THINK I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT ANY MORE PERSUADED WE OUGHT TO ACT TODAY IN IN IN THE NINTH HOUR HERE ON A TEN YEAR LONG AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, MAY EXTEND PAST SOME OF OUR COUNCIL TERMS. AND SO I DON'T KNOW I JUST I HAVE A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU COUNCILMEMBER CARTER IN TERMS OF YEAH, YOU COULD SAY IT'S A VERY SMALL PART OF THIS AGREEMENT. THERE'S A LOT TO THIS AGREEMENT BUT THERE ARE SOME LEGITIMATE CONCERNS THERE AND I THINK THAT IT DOES BEHOOVE US TO HAVE CONVERSATION DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AND AND I THINK THERE IS SOME UNIQUENESS TO THIS. AND SO JUST MY OWN COUNCIL MEMBERS MIND AND I'M NERVOUS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE 17TH, 18TH AND 19TH AND I IMAGINE THAT BE A THINGS GOING ON THERE. YOU KNOW IF YOU COULD TELL US WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME TO KNOW WHAT'S AT RISK IF IF WE WERE TO SAY NO TO THIS AGREEMENT TONIGHT SO I CAN UNDERSTAND AS A COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL THE ATHLETIC FIELD THAT WOULD BE IN QUESTION IS THE RECTANGULAR FIELD THAT IS IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE COMMUNITY CENTER THE BASEBALL FIELDS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THIS AGREEMENT SO IT'S JUST THE THE RECTANGULAR FIELDS, THE TENNIS COURT AND THE BASKETBALL COURTS. SO TECHNICALLY IF THE AGREEMENT ALLOW LEAVE IT TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY ANDREW SHINE TO ANSWER QUESTION BUT TECHNICALLY IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WITHOUT THIS AGREEMENT WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC TO THOSE FACILITIES IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH WE HAVE SCHEDULED ON THAT RECTANGULAR FIELD. TO BE HONEST. I DON'T THINK IT'S A LOT RIGHT NOW BUT I DON'T THAT SCHEDULE RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. JUST ONE LAST ONE LAST THING OBVIOUSLY THOSE BILLS ARE ALREADY PRINTED. SO THIS COULD BE A HARDSHIP FOR SOME FOLKS IF THEY YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE PLANNING ON BEING THERE AND MAYBE SET UP. SO I DON'T WANT TO DIMINISH THAT AT ALL. BUT IF WE IF WE WERE TO YOU KNOW SO CAN WE TURN THIS DOWN TONIGHT? OF COURSE. I GUESS IF MOVE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING IT WILL HAVE EXPIRED BY THEN. I IMAGINE THAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THAN VOTING IT DOWN IF. WE MOVE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING. I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS AND YOU KNOW, COULD THAT MEAN THAT WE MAY NOT GET TO ANOTHER TEN YEAR DEAL? HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT MEANS FOR FOR SURE THE COUNCIL MAY ACTING MAYOR AND MEMBERS AGAIN TRYING TO THINK OF SOLUTIONS HERE ON THE SPOT I THINK THAT WHAT YOU COULD DO I MEAN I THINK YOU HAVE A COUPLE OPTIONS YOU COULD SIMPLY NOT ALLOW IT TO BE RENEWED THE WAY THE UNDERLYING AGREEMENT THAT YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO ACT ON IS ORGANIZE IT SAYS THAT THE TERM OF AGREEMENT IS UNTIL MAY 17TH, 2024 AND THEN THE PARTIES HAVE THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR UP TO TWO ADDITIONAL TEN YEAR PERIODS WITH THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS SO THAT'S HOW IT'S SET UP. IT WAS PRE NEGOTIATED SO TO SPEAK WITH THESE TWO ADDITIONAL TEN YEAR TERMS. I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE DRAFTERS INTENT AT THE TIME THAT'S DONE FOR YOU KNOW, CONSISTENCY AND CERTAINTY THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO YOU COULD SIMPLY DECIDE NOT TO RENEW IT TONIGHT. THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE YOU YOU COULD ALSO CONTINUE IT UNTIL NEXT MEETING AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION TO CONTINUE TO WORK THE OTHER PARTY AND HOPE THAT WE WOULD GET A WAIVER OF THE EXPIRATION THAT WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE WOULD DRAFT IN THE YOU KNOW IT'S A COUPLE OF DAYS THREE DAYS THAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE AN OPTION WOULD OFTENTIMES BE RECEIVED AS REASONABLE BUT WE WOULD NEED OBVIOUSLY THE COOPERATION AND QUICK RESPONSE BACK FROM THE OTHER PARTY IN ORDER TO PULL THAT OFF IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL FROM THE COUNCIL TO GET SOME MORE DIRECTION. WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE PARKING BUT I'M ALSO HEARING CONCERNS ABOUT A TEN YEAR DURATION AS BEING OF CONCERN. SO I THINK STAFF WOULD APPRECIATE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECTION ON WHAT YOU WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH ON THE 20TH AND AT THIS TIME SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF MAYBE A ONE OR TWO YEAR EXTENSION ON THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS WHILE WE WORK THROUGH THE PARKING ISSUE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER BUT CERTAINLY STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND AND REQUEST SOME DIRECTION FOR YOU AS MANAGER I GUESS GIVEN KIND OF THE CONVERSATION WHERE THIS IS GOING AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE COUNCIL'S FEELING LIKE WE SHOULD PUSH THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING GIVING STAFF TIME TO WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THE ISSUE I GUESS GIVEN THE SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE LOOKING AT A ONE OR TWO YEAR INSTEAD OF THE FULL TEN YEARS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WORKING THROUGH THIS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH THANK YOU MAYOR MORE I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE JUST AT THIS POINT THE MOTION SAYS TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER ACTUALLY AGREEMENT COULD WE AUTHORIZE THEM TO EXECUTE A BY 3 TO 6 MONTH GIVE STAFF A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME THAN JUST THE NEXT MEETING TO COME BACK AND SO WE CAN HAVE MORE A FULL CONVERSATION WITH THEM WE CAN TALK WITH THE ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY AND I'D JUST LIKE TO GET THIS RESOLVED. I COULD DEAL WITH A ONE YEAR I COULD LIVE WITH THAT. I JUST I'D PREFER TO GET IT DEALT WITH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND FRANKLY I'M DISAPPOINTED AND I'M HAPPY WITH STAFF. I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU KNOW THAT THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE PARTY TOOK SO LONG TO ANSWER AND RESPOND TO THIS. SO I'D LIKE TO KEEP THAT WINDOW AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE BUT I THINK WE COULD AUTHORIZE THAT IF THE CITY ATTORNEY AGREES THAT WE JUST CHANGED THE MOTION AND AUTHORIZE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND IF THEY WANT TO ACCEPT IT, THEY ACCEPT IT IF THEY ADAMANTLY DON'T, THEY DON'T AND WE WOULD DEAL WITH THAT SITUATION. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF CARTER. SO I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND LIKE WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE ASKING LIKE WHAT WHAT IS THAT WE'RE ASKING STAFF TO DO? LIKE DO WE WANT THEM TO DO A PARKING STUDY AND DO WE WANT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE I, I, I DO I SEE THE CONNECTION TO THIS SHARED USE AGREEMENT BUT I DON'T THINK HAVING STAFF COME BACK AND TALK MORE ABOUT THE SHARED USE AGREEMENT IS REALLY GETTING TO THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHICH THE PARKING AND SO I MEAN MAYBE I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD BE AN OPTION BUT MAYBE IT'S THAT WE CONTINUE OR THAT WE CONTINUE THE AGREEMENT FOR ONE YEAR OR TWO YEAR OR TEN YEARS WHATEVER IT IS BUT THAT WE ALSO HAVE THE PART OF THAT A REQUIREMENT THAT WE DO A PARKING STUDY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT LIKE SO THAT WE CAN GET TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM VERSUS DELAYING THIS WHICH MAY NOT GET US TO THAT. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH. THANK YOU MAYOR. MAYOR FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, YES, THE PARKING WILL BE THE THING THAT I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT TOO. I'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IF I RECALL CORRECTLY AND I NOT BE RECALLING CORRECTLY THERE WAS PROOF OF PARKING AND SO IT IS THE STANDARD OF WHERE'S THE STATUS OF THAT AND WHY IS THAT NOT BEING ADDED AS OPPOSED TO UTILIZE A PARK PARK PARKING NOT THE PARKING AND OTHER THINGS? WHAT ARE ALL THOSE THINGS ON THE TABLE IN TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE OR AT LEAST TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS? I MEAN LET'S BE REALISTIC ABOUT THE PARKING ISSUE THAT IS THERE PEOPLE ARE GOING THERE TO PRAY ON FRIDAYS TO TO PRAY. I MEAN THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING THAT'S WHEN THE BIGGEST TRAFFIC IMPACT IS. AND I MEAN ULTIMATELY IF SOMEONE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THAT, I'M HARD PRESSED TO PUSH BACK HARD ON THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE EXPLORE ALL THE OPTIONS CAN TO MINIMIZE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD THE PARKING IS A LOT WE ALL KNOW IT AND SOMETIMES IT IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT AS RESPECTFUL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS IT AS IT COULD BE PARKING IN FRONT OF DRIVEWAYS AND LIKE THAT THAT HAPPENS SO I JUST I THINK WE NEED TO PUT ALL THOSE THINGS ON THE TABLE AND I THINK THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT SO. I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN RICARDO THOUGH. IF WE IF WE HAVE AN EXTENSION AND GIVE THAT STAFF CLEAR DIRECTION ON WE WANT I THINK THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE IF WE SHORTEN THE DURATION AND SAY LET'S FIGURE THIS PARKING OUT AND THEN WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH WE'RE DONE YOU KNOW IT HAS BEEN FIGURED OUT TO THE BEST POSSIBLE EXTENT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT REALLY IS THIS LOCATION. YOU KNOW, IT THE RIGHT TO EXIST IT HAS THE RIGHT TO EXIST THERE THAT DECISION HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE AND. SO LET'S JUST TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WHAT WE CAN REASONABLY DO AND I'D HOPE NOT TO MAKE A MAJOR MESS OF THE SHORT BECAUSE WE'RE OVER US YET IN JUST A FINAL RESOLUTION TO THE PARKING DOES THE THING I MEAN ELSE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON STATED IT IS THE DECISION TO ALLOW THE LOCATION TO ACCESS IS THERE AND IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME HOWEVER IF ANYBODY INCLUDING THE CITY STAFF WHICH YOU KNOW WELL AS YOU ALL KNOW YOU WORK EXTREMELY HARD TO GET DONE IF YOU HAPPEN TO DRIVE THERE ON A FRIDAY EVENING. I DON'T REGRET THAT. I DO HAVE A QUESTION HOW MANY PEOPLE ALLOWED TO BE IN THAT BUILDING AT ONE PARTICULAR TIME? THE NUMBERS THAT YOU CAN THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU SEE THE AMOUNT OF PARKING THAT HAPPENS ON THE STREETS IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING FIRE GUIDELINES, FIRE REGULATION GUIDELINES AND STUFF KNOW SO THERE IS ALWAYS A DETRIMENT SIDE TO THE WHOLE THING THAT IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE THERE COULD BE A LOT MORE TROUBLE THE INSPECTOR BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING AT ONE TIME. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT SORT THE PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS AND ALSO THE FACT THAT SOMETIMES THEIR DRIVEWAYS ARE ALMOST COVERED BY THE PEOPLE PARKING THERE WITHOUT ANY REGARD TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE AREA. SO THE PARKING RESOLUTION IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THIS TO MOVE ON. WE HAD TO FIND A RESOLUTION TO THAT AND AS TO MAINTAIN NOTHING ELSE THANK YOU SO THEN ADMINISTRATOR I'D LOOK TO YOU TO HELP US CRAFT A MOTION TO GET THIS THING MOVING AT A MINUTE BEFORE WE BEFORE WE DO THAT I JUST WANT TO RAISE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE JUST TO BE SURE WE'RE CLEAR. I KNOW WITH THIS PARTICULAR CASE WE HAVE HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT RUPA AND I WANT TO JUST SURE THAT THE REQUESTS WITH REGARD TO THIS TO THE SPECIFIC ISSUE IS WITH RESPECT TO THAT HOPEFULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M ASKING MAYOR ACTING MAYOR PRO TEM JUST THE ACTING MAYOR ACTING MAYOR MEMBERS WE OBVIOUSLY KEEP RESERVE FRONT OF MIND IN ALL CASES AND WE WOULD TREAT THIS LAND USE SIMILAR TO OTHER CONGREGATE USES THE PARKING REC DIRECTOR MENTIONED THERE ARE MANY OTHER SHARED FACILITIES SITES IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE TREAT THEM SIMILARLY. WE WOULD DO THAT HERE AS WELL . SO THEN MR. MINISTER, I GUESS WE'LL LOOK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND TO PROVIDING A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING. SO MAYOR MEMBERS AM I HEARING I'M HEARING A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A DESIRE TO I'M HEARING A DESIRE TO POSTPONE ACTION UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING AND THEN I'M ALSO HEARING A DESIRE TO POTENTIALLY AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE WITH IT WITH AN AMENDMENT TO THE TERM TO PROVIDE A SHORT TERM DURATION AMENDMENT INSTEAD OF THE TEN YEAR INSTEAD. SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT DIRECTION YOU'RE INTERESTED IN MOVING TONIGHT BECAUSE OF WERE I THINK YOU'RE ACTING HERE MAYBE DELAYING THE CONVERSATION AND HAVING STAFF COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THE CONCERNS THAT WERE EXPRESSED BECAUSE I MEAN KIND ON THE FLY I DON'T KNOW IF AN EXTENSION OF ONE YEAR OR TWO YEARS IS THE BEST. I DON'T KNOW IF A PARKING I DON'T KNOW IF THE PLANNING STAFF WOULD EVEN THINK A PARKING STUDY WAS NECESSARY OR IF THEY'D HAVE OTHER INFORMATION TO GIVE US. I JUST I FEEL LIKE IT'S MAYBE A BIT CHALLENGING TO MAKE ANY CONCRETE OR GIVE SUPER CONCRETE DIRECTION AND I GUESS I'M LOOKING AT THE REST SORT OF SOMETHING LIKE IS WE WANT TO POSTPONE BECAUSE WE WANT MORE INFORMATION TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND LONGEVITY THE AGREEMENT IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT BY NEXT MEETING. WE WANT THE AND TO ALLOW US TO MAKE THAT DECISION. IS THAT CORRECT? ACTING MAYOR I WOULD LIKE US TO TO SPECIFY WHAT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON PUT FORWARD IN HIS I THINK YOU MENTIONED 3 TO 4 ITEMS IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IS SPECIFICALLY LISTED WITH THE MOTION TO POSTPONE. I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR AS TO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE WITH RESPECT TO THIS POSTPONEMENT. AS I MENTIONED ACTING MAYOR I DON'T HAVE THOSE THREE OR FOUR ITEMS SPECIFICALLY I WOULD NEED THEM OR SO THEN THOSE THOSE ITEMS WERE WITH RESPECT TO PARKING SORRY AT PARK PARKING AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH I WISH I COULD READ MY HANDWRITING HERE IT WAS THROUGH DURABLE YOUR PROOF OF PARKING THAT'S WHAT IT WAS YEAH PROOF OF PARK THE PARKING AND THEN PROOF OF PARKING IT WAS THAT AND THEN THERE'S PARK PARKING I HEARD COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS MENTIONED ABOUT THE USE OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL IF YOU WANT TO CLUE THAT IN THERE BUT THAT WASN'T ONE OF THE THREE THAT NELSON MENTIONED. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. I MEAN JUST DOUBLE CHECK THE DATE. WHAT'S OUR NEXT MEETING? AND 2022 MAY 20 MAY REMEMBERS WHAT I'M HEARING YOU ASK IS TO CONTINUE ITEM 3.22 TO DATE CERTAIN COUNCIL MEETING OF MAY 20TH 2024 AND ASK INDIRECT STAFF TO WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AT 82 OR ONE TO CREATE A DUCK THANK YOU TERMS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE CONSIDERED AT THE MAY 20TH MEETING SPECIFICALLY BUT NOT LIMITED TO ADDRESSING PROOF OF PARKING PARKING AND PARK PARKING AND CONSIDERING A DIFFERENT RENEWAL TERM. I ALSO HEARD ROUGHLY ACCURATE ACCURATE . SO THEN I GUESS I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ACT THERE. I WILL MOVE IT AS AS STATED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY THE SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOMA AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY WITH SAYING I OPPOSED NO IT DOES THREE TWO MOTION PASSES THREE TO WITH JENNA CARD WITH A COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND ACTOR MIRA IN OPPOSITION OKAY GO. ALL RIGHT. THAT GETS US THROUGH CONSENT AGENDA MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR MANAGE NATURAL LANDSCAPES CODE AND AMENDMENTS . GOOD EVENING ACTING MAYOR MOYA AND MEMBERS. MY NAME IS LYN MOUA. I'M THE MANAGER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION AND I'LL BE PRESENTING SOME INFORMATION ON THIS PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENT FOR NATURAL MANAGED LANDSCAPES AND THE SLIDE SET FOR YOU OUR OUR OAK WE'RE GOING TO PULL THAT UP HERE SHORTLY. SO AS PART OF THE OVERVIEW TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW STATUTE MINNESOTA'S STATUTE FOR 12.9 TO 5. WE'RE GOING TALK ABOUT DEFINITIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT INTO OUR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, THE STANDARDS AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO THERE WAS A SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND SOME PUBLIC INPUT. SO FOR AS FAR AS STATUTE SO MINNESOTA STATUTE FOR 12.9 TO 5 TOOK EFFECT ON AUGUST 1ST OF 2023. IT REQUIRES THAT ALL CITIES ALLOW MANAGED NATURAL LANDSCAPES ON, SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL USE PROPERTIES. IT ALSO WEED AND GRASS HEIGHT ON ALL PROPERTIES NOT PART A MANAGED NATURAL LANDSCAPE TO BE EIGHT INCHES WHICH ALSO CONSISTENT WITH OUR CURRENT CODE REQUIREMENTS THE STATUTORY DEFINITION OF A MANAGED NATURAL LANDSCAPE IS A PLANNED INTENTIONAL AND MAINTAINED PLANTING OF NATIVE OR NON-NATIVE GRASSES FLOWERS FORBES FERNS, SHRUBS OR, TREES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RAIN GARDENS, MEADOW VEGETATION AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS. THIS IS THE KEY PART OF THE DEFINITION MANAGE NATURAL LANDSCAPES DO NOT INCLUDE TURF GRASSLANDS LEFT UNATTENDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF RETURNING TO A NATURAL STATE . A LARGE PART OF OUR CODE AMENDMENTS ARE DEFINITION UPDATES SO WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD FIVE DEFINITIONS FROM THE NEW STATUTES INCLUDING MANAGE NATURAL LANDSCAPES, MEADOW VEGETATION ORNAMENTAL PLANTS, RAIN GARDENS AND TURF GRASS LAWNS THE DEFINITION FOR NOXIOUS WEEDS FROM STATUTES ALSO BROUGHT DIRECTLY INTO OUR CODE ALONG WITH THREE DEFINITIONS FROM OTHER SECTIONS OF CITY THAT HELP EXPLAIN OUR STANDARDS WHICH INCLUDE VIEW TRIANGLE AREA FIREWOOD AND YARD WASTE. HAVING ALL OF THESE DEFINITIONS IN ONE PLACE MAKES EASIER TO UNDERSTAND AND CLEARLY READ THE CODE . SO AS FAR AS STANDARDS GO, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ALSO UPDATES REQUIREMENTS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE NEW STATUTE WHILE OUR OWN CODE ALREADY HAS THE LIMIT. THANK YOU. I'M ON SLIDE. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. WHILE OUR CURRENT CODE ALREADY HAS THE LIMIT OF GRASS AND WEED HEIGHT TO EIGHT INCHES THE SAME AS THE NEW STATUTE CURRENT ALSO ALLOWS FOR NATIVE PRAIRIE LANDSCAPES SIMILAR MANAGED NATURAL LANDSCAPES IN STATE STATUTE BUT UNDER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR HAVING AN APPROVED PLAN FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES LIMITING THE AREA TO 50% OF THE PARCEL AND HAVING FIVE FOOT SETBACKS TO PROPERTY LINES AND ANNUAL MAINTENANCE BY MOWING OR BURNING THESE THINGS WOULD BE REMOVED. THEY WOULD LONGER BE A REQUIREMENT ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS MORE CLEARLY STATES THAT OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS HAVE THE DUTY TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY AND THE BUDDING RIGHT AWAY AREAS ALSO TALLER THAN EIGHT INCHES DURING COUNCIL DECLARED DROUGHT CONDITIONS BECAUSE THAT MAKES SENSE AND ALLOWS MANAGE NATURAL LANDSCAPES WITH A FEW REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING NOT ALLOWING TO EXTEND OVER THE CURBS INTO THE STREET OVER SIDEWALKS OR INTO THE ALLEYS. IT REQUIRES VEGETATION NOT EXCEEDING FOUR FEET IN HEIGHT WITHIN FIVE FOOT OF SIDEWALKS AND ROADS . THAT'S JUST FOR GENERAL PUBLIC SAFETY ON THE STREETS AND THAT VEGETATION NOT BLOCK THE CLEAR VIEW TRIANGLE AREAS AND THE VEGETATION NOT BLOCK OR OBSTRUCT THE VIEW FROM THE STREET OF FIRE HYDRANTS UTILITY BOXES. NEXT SLIDE OUR CURRENT CODE REFERENCES THE STATE NOXIOUS WEED LAW BUT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT STATES CLEARLY HOW THEY ARE A NUISANCE IT JUST SPELLS IT OUT MUCH MORE CLEARLY CURRENT CODE COVERS THE ABATEMENT OF BRUSH OR BRUSH PILES THAT ARE NOT PROPERLY STORED FIREWOOD AND THE AND THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE MORE CLEARLY STATES THAT YARD WASTE IS INCLUDED WITH BRUSH FOR ABATEMENT SO THINK OF LAWN BAGS AND STUFF THAT HAVE AROUND A LONG TIME WE COULD HAVE THEM REMOVED AS AS BRUSH PILES THE SEVEN DAY NUISANCE ABATEMENT NOTICE REMAINS THE SAME AS WELL AS THE ASSESSMENT OF UNPAID ABATEMENT COSTS. WHILE WE DO HAVE A PENALTY SECTION IN CURRENT CODE AND A FINE IN THE CIVIL FINES SCHEDULE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE PENALTIES SECTION REALLY UPDATES TO OUR CURRENT CODE LANGUAGE AND REFERENCES THE CODE SECTIONS WHERE THE DUE PROCESS FOR FOR THAT EXISTS SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO UPDATE THAT PART TO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION REVIEWED THE PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENTS AT THEIR APRIL 16TH MEETING AND RECOMMENDED THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THEM IN A MEMO THAT IS ENCLOSED AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THIS ITEM THEY ALSO ARE HAVE THAT THEY ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING AND PROVIDING MORE EDUCATIONAL FOR TO RESIDENTS ON MORE OF THE BEST PRACTICES FOR A MANAGED NATURAL LANDSCAPE WHEREAS REQUIREMENTS OF THE NEW STATUTE PROVIDE STATEWIDE IS IN OUR CODE SO WHILE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE THAT THEY CAN HAVE THESE THINGS BUT TO PROVIDE THEM BEST PRACTICES AND HOW GO ABOUT DOING IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COULD PROVIDE AS AN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE THE NOTICE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE COUNCIL WAS ADVERTISED ON THE APRIL 25TH AND THE CITY RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM A RESIDENT WITH COMMENTS WHICH IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA AS FAR AS A RACIAL EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT STAFF DECIDED THAT ONE WAS NOT REQUIRED BECAUSE WE'RE ADOPTING A STATEWIDE STANDARD THAT ALL CITIES MUST ADHERE TO AND. THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY POLICY CHANGES BEYOND WHAT'S ALREADY IN CITY CODE THE NEW STATE STATUTE. SO WITH THAT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS QUESTIONS ALL RIGHT HEARING ON WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING SESSION TONIGHT THE MANAGE NATURAL LANDSCAPES CODE AMENDMENTS IS THERE ANYONE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING THE MANAGED CODE NATURAL LANDSCAPES CODE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE JUST PRESENTED IS THERE ANYBODY ONLINE ACTING MEMBER ACTING MAYOR MOUA THERE IS NOBODY ON THE PHONE RIGHT NOW WENT ONLINE LAST CALL FOR ANYONE IN THE THAT WOULD LIKE TO WIT TO SPEAK REGARDING THE MANAGED NATURAL CODE AMENDMENTS HEARING THEN I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND MOTION BY CONSUMER CARTER IN A SECOND MY CONCERN A MOMENT TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I AM OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES A50 CONSOLE ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS JUST PUT FORTH TO US BECAUSE OF OUR MOMENT? JUST ONE SMALL COMMENT THAT I WANTED MAKE I WANTED TO JUST POINT OUT THE FACT WE DID HAVE SOME MEMBERS WHO WERE PART OF THE SUSTAINABILITY WORKED EXTREMELY HARD ON THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE THAT'S BEING PUT FORWARD IN . FACT I KNOW HE'S RIGHT OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE AND WANT TO WANT TO THANK ANDY FOR HIS HIS WORK ON THIS. I KNOW THERE'S SOME OTHER FOR ME OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO ALSO WORKED ON THE PROJECT AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO PUT FORWARD. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? IF NOT I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION COUNCIL. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I WOULD MOVE TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE STANDARDS FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE NEWLY ADOPTED MINNESOTA STATUTE MANAGED NATURAL LANDSCAPES AND MISCELLANEOUS UPDATES FOR CLARITY THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTER TEN OF THE CITY CODE SECOND MOTION BY A COUNTRYMAN CARTER SECOND MY COMES FROM OUR LOWMAN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF PLEASE SIGNAL OVER SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. OH AND THEN WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO SUMMER SUMMARY PUBLICATION CUTS. REMEMBER CARTER UM SO I'D MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF THE MANAGED NATURAL LANDSCAPES CODE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE WE NEED TO SEE ALL OF THE REST OF THAT. OKAY. SECOND, MOST OF MY CALLS FROM CARTER SECOND MAY COME TO REMEMBER NELSON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO AND WE HAVE SUMMARY PUBLICATION OH I'M SORRY LOWMAN YES NOT NELSON YES I CAN GO WAY WE'VE GOT IT WE'RE GOOD. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ORGANIZATION OF BUSINESS NOW WE HAVE OUR BOONTON FORWARD UPDATE. THANK YOU MAYOR AND MEMBERS THE COUNCIL WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. THANK YOU VERY FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF OTHER STAFF MEMBERS THAT I HAVE WITH WITH ME HERE THIS EVENING. WE HAVE DEB WILLIAMS IS OUR PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE BIG PROJECT DAVE HANSEN IS HERE WORKING ON THE NINE MILE PROJECT AND BOB SIMONDS, OUR PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE NINE MILE PROJECT AND YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM ME ON THE COMMUNITY CENTER LEAH HUGHES ON BIG AND RENE CLARKE ON THE NINE MILE PROJECT. AS YOU KNOW WE PROMISED THAT WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU REGULARLY AND PRESENT UPDATES ON THIS PROJECT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO TONIGHT . I THINK THE LAST TIME WE WERE IN FRONT OF YOU TALKING ABOUT THESE PROJECTS WAS THE END OF FEBRUARY AND I AM REALLY TO UPDATE YOU TONIGHT AND GIVE YOU A PROGRESS ON ON ALL THREE OF THE PROJECTS. SO FIRST OF ALL I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW BUT JUST A QUICK REMINDER THAT THE THREE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS EVENING IS A COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER. IT'S A IT'S A $101.8 MILLION RENOVATION OF THE BLOOMINGTON ICE GARDEN IS A $37.2 MILLION PROJECT AND THE NINE MILE CREEK CORRIDOR PROJECT IS A $20 MILLION PROJECT. SO FIRST TO ME TO GIVE YOU A FEW UPDATES, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A CONTRACT AWARD THAT YOU DID EARLIER ON CONSENT AGENDA H.J. AS OUR ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING FIRM AN UPDATE ON PROPOSED CONSULTING AND THE FEASIBILITY STUDY WORK THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AN UPDATE ON OUR STATISTICALLY VALID COMMUNITY SURVEYS AND AN UPDATE ON OUR MANAGER AT RISK PROCESS THAT IS OPEN RIGHT? SO FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT WE ARE THRILLED TO BE PARTNERING WITH H.J. ARCHITECTURE ON ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER. THEY ARE JUST A PHENOMENAL LOCAL FIRM. THEY'RE AN INTERDISCIPLINARY FIRM HAVE ENGINEERS, PLANNERS, INTERIOR ARCHITECTS, INTERIOR AND A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SUBJECT MATTER MATTER EXPERTS INCLUDING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AQUATICS, PUBLIC HEALTH EQUITY INCLUSION AND TRAUMA INFORMED DESIGN AND DESIGN FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS IMPACTS AS AS YOU SEE HERE, THEY HAVE A LOT EXPERIENCE IN UTILIZING THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK MODEL. THEY HAVE DONE OVER 45 PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. THEY HAVE DONE 12 PROJECTS IN COLLABORATION WITH TEGRA TIGER, OUR PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS PROJECT THEY HAVE DONE SIX PROJECTS WITH PROS CONSULTING ON FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR COMMUNITY CENTERS AND THEY HAVE A REALLY STRONG RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY FOCUS IN THEIR DESIGN. THEY MENTIONED IN THEIR PROPOSAL US THAT THEY WOULD LIKE US TO TRY TO WORK ON A NET ZERO SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE FOR THIS PROJECT. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SUSTAINABILITY WE CAN FOR THIS FACILITY NEXT STEPS FOR EACH YEAR IS TO WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH CLOSE CONSULTING ON THE FEASIBILITY WORK WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT PROS CONSULTING I KNOW THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE SPOKEN WITH THEM ON A FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST OF THIS YEAR AND AS I MENTIONED THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH PROS CONSULTING SO WE FEEL IT'S VERY MUCH A HAND-IN-GLOVE APPROACH FOR THAT SO THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT US SIGNIFICANTLY THIS WEEK THIS THURSDAY WE HAVE OUR KICKOFF MEETING WITH HGH AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M REALLY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT AT THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS. WE'RE ANXIOUS TO GET SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON THE BOOKS FOR THIS IN TO WHAT WE'RE DOING CURRENTLY FOR THE STUDY AND I KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AS WELL. A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON OUR FEASIBILITY WORK. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OUR STAKEHOLDER AND FOCUS GROUP INTERVIEWS THAT TOOK PLACE MOST OF THE MONTH APRIL FROM APRIL 8TH TO THE 26TH ACTUALLY THE STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY IS COMPLETE AND IT'S ACTUALLY WORKING ITS WAY TO MAILBOXES IN BLOOMINGTON RIGHT NOW. I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE. I'M EXCITED TO REPORT ALSO THAT THOSE SAME QUESTIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY BLOOMINGTON RESIDENT IN A SURVEY BE ABLE TO COMPLETE. I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE AS WELL. WE ALSO DID A LOCAL COMMUNITY CENTER. THIS IS PART OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO SET UP OUR OPERATIONS AND OUR BUDGET AND OUR ORGANIZATIONAL OUR COST RECOVERY EXPECTATIONS TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD POSSIBLE. SO WE SENT A SURVEY OUT TO LOCAL COMMUNITY CENTERS TO ASK LOT OF DETAILED QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR OPERATIONS. WE SENT IT TO TWO WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER BENCHMARK COMMUNITY CENTERS ONE IN TEXAS ,ONE IN OHIO AS WELL AND WE'LL BE TALKING YOU ALL VERY SOON ABOUT SETTING UP SOME COMMUNITY CENTER TOURS POTENTIALLY LOCALLY, POTENTIALLY DOING SOME TRAVELING AS WELL. SO A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY. AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE HEADING TO BLOOMINGTON MAILBOXES RIGHT NOW. THERE WERE 3000 RANDOMLY SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS WITH A GOAL OF 700 OR MORE RESPONSES . THEY WILL BE OUT ON THE STREETS FOR 4 TO 6 WEEKS AND WE EXPECT A LEVEL OF ACCURACY OF APPROXIMATELY 95%. WE WILL CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO THOSE THAT HAVE RECEIVED THE SURVEY WE'RE NOT GETTING RESPONSES ABOUT BLOOMINGTON HAS TYPICALLY BEEN A REALLY ABOUT RETURNING SURVEYS SO WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE RATE AS I MENTIONED EARLIER THOSE SAME QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS WELL WE'RE WAITING UNTIL THE STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEYS ARE IN HOMES FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THERE TO BE CONFUSION BUT WE ALREADY HAVE THE WEBSITE SET UP THE LINK ALL READY TO GO. WE'RE GOING TO BE SENDING THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THIS MONTH AND BE ADVERTISED ON THE BLOOMINGTON FORUM WEBSITE. WE'LL BE PUSHING IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ALL OF OUR TYPICAL CHANNELS AND IT'LL ALSO BE IN THE JANUARY OR EXCUSE ME THE JUNE BRIEFING. SO WE WILL REALLY, REALLY PUSH THE INFORMATION TO GET COMMUNITY MEMBERS FILL OUT THAT SURVEY. THE LAST BIG PIECE THE PUZZLE FOR CONSULTANTS FOR THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER IS OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER. WE HAVE THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PUBLISHED RIGHT WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED A REALLY REALLY GOOD RESPONSE FROM CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES WHO HAVE PULLED THE PROPOSAL THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL ON THE 28TH WE HAVE A SHORT WINDOW FOR REVIEWING AND INTERVIEWING THOSE PROPOSALS. IT'S GOING TO BE OUR GOAL IF. WE CAN REACH A CONTRACT AGREEMENT TO HAVE IT ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA AGENDA ALREADY ON JULY 1ST. AND JUST A REMINDER ON THE DRAFT TIMELINE THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER WILL BE FINALIZING THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE ONCE WE DO GET THAT CONSTRUCTION MANAGER HIRED. BUT THIS IS A SCHEDULE THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. WE ARE RIGHT ON SCHEDULE. WE AWARDED THE ARCHITECT CONTRACT TONIGHT. THE FEASIBILITY STUDY IS RIGHT ON IN 24 AND 25 WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND DESIGN. AND JUST A REMINDER TO THE TO THE COUNCIL EXPECT OUR COMMUNITY TO LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'VE SEEN FOR THE REST OF THE PARK PROJECTS IN TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT WILL ENGAGE ON THE PRE WILL ENGAGE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS WITH SPECIFIC CHECK INS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE COUNCIL AND WITH THE PARK COMMISSION AT THE 30, 60 AND 90% DESIGN AND WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING THE PROJECT WITH A REALLY SIGNIFICANT FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT'S GOING TO HELP GUIDE THE INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY AS SO WE HOPE TO FINISH ENGAGEMENT DESIGN AND HAVE THE FACILITY READY TO BID AT THE OF 2025 CONSTRUCTION IN 25 AND 26 AND A LIKELY GRAND OPENING EARLY IN 2027. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND THEN COMES FROM OUR WOMAN ACTING THIS IS ALL FANTASTIC AND SUPER EXCITING. I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION. SO YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SURVEYS AND THEN THE ONLINE SURVEY THAT'LL HIT ARE THAT'LL BE OPENED UP AFTER THE PAPER SURVEYS ARE IN THE MAILBOXES BUT WILL THIS BE THROUGH LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON OR A SEPARATE WEBSITE WE WILL HAVE A LINK THROUGH LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON BUT IT IS A SEPARATE WEBSITE THAT IS SET UP THROUGH ETSY WHICH IS THE COMPANY THAT IS ADMINISTERING STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY. SO ALL THE SURVEYS ARE GOING TO GO RIGHT FROM THAT TO THEM AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER ALL OF THE INFORMATION. OKAY. ONE OF THE REASONS I ASK IS BECAUSE I KNOW WE KIND OF OPENED UP LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON SO ONE PERSON COULD RESPOND TEN TIMES TO A QUESTION WHICH I GET SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF THAT BUT I ALSO DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH IT ESPECIALLY WHEN THAT FEEDBACK IS BEING USED FOR DECISION BECAUSE I THINK ONE PERSON SHOULD BE ABLE TO RESPOND ONCE AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT'S THE CASE WITH THIS ETSY WEBSITE WHERE SOMEHOW THEY'RE KIND OF I DON'T WANT TO SAY MONITORING THAT BUT KIND OF KEEPING THEIR HANDS AROUND THAT SO THAT WE DON'T GET ONE PERSON RESPONDING TEN ,20, 30 TIMES. THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER LEAH, DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION? AND IF YOU DON'T, THAT'S OKAY. WE CAN GET AN ANSWER BACK TO THE COUNCIL TOO. I THINK THEY CAN ORGANIZE IT BY WHATEVER THE THE EMAIL ADDRESS IS THAT'S WHO THAT OKAY. AND THEY ARE KEEPING THE TWO STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY AND THE THE GENERAL SURVEY SEPARATE BUT I BELIEVE THEY CAN THEY CAN DETERMINE IF AN EMAIL ADDRESS HAS HAS DONE THE SURVEY MORE THAN ONCE AND THEN WE CAN ASK THEM WHAT DO IN THAT INSTANCE. OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ACTUALLY BECAUSE WE ARE A WOMAN. THANK YOU ACTING THERE. SO ONE ITEM I WANT TO JUST UP RIGHT AWAY THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A POOR THAT'S OVER AT VALLEY VIEW AND I JUST WANT TO SURE IF WE DO PLACE A SOME TYPE OF POOL IN THIS PARTICULAR ITEM HERE I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BALANCE THAT OUT IN OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND I KNOW THIS IS EARLIER ON IN THE PROCESS BUT I JUST HAVE DEEP CONCERNS ABOUT MAKING THAT MOVE, MAKING THAT WORK WITH THE BUDGET AND I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE ARE LOOKING AT THAT. I KNOW IT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WERE LOOKING AT TRYING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER. SO THAT'S ONE ISSUE AND I'M NOT NECESSARILY IN FOR A COMMENT NOW I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT NECESSARILY RELATES TO THIS BUT OTHER THAN WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT THE USES ARE WITH THE BUILDING AND THEN ANOTHER CONCERN THAT I WANT TO BRING FORWARD AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND AGAIN I DON'T KNOW YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WAY TO YOU KNOW, GET THIS OUT IN THE PROCESS BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MANY USERS THAT UTILIZE THIS AND WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD ADDITIONAL USERS SO WE'VE GOT THE ORIGINAL WELL I'LL PUT IT THIS WAY WE HAVE A LARGE GROUP OF FOLKS AND I KNOW NOW TALKING TO SOMEBODY KNOWS THIS ALREADY SO BUT I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY COME TO THE VOLUNTEER FAIR AND SOME FOLKS ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO MY EAR AND I WANTED TO BE SURE THAT I BROUGHT THIS UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SENIORS THAT ARE UTILIZING THAT THAT SPACE NOW AND THEIR USES THEY'RE UTILIZING THEY'RE HOPING WE CAN FIND A WAY TO YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT, YOU KNOW, WORK ACROSS THE CITY AND MAYBE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PLACES WHERE THESE USES WOULD BE WE HAVE THE HEALTH THOSE FOLKS ARE USING THIS NEW WELLNESS AND HEALTH CENTER USERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THERE AND THEN WE HAVE THOSE USERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO KIND OF YOU KNOW, INCREASE THEIR ALREADY THERE IN CENTER BUT WE WANT TO INCREASE THAT AND THERE'S THIS BALANCE BETWEEN PROFITABILITY AND YOU KNOW, INVESTING IN THOSE VALUES AND THOSE THOSE PROGRAMS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAKE OUR COMMUNITY PART OF THIS WELCOMING COMMUNITY AND PART OF OUR OUR MISSION STATEMENT. SO JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT THAT BALANCE KIND OF LIES AND YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF GOES BACK TO THAT FIRST QUESTION ABOUT THE POOL AND SO I'M JUST HOPING THAT WE CAN BE KIND OF CLEAR ABOUT THAT AND HAVE A CONVERSATION THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THAT REALLY COMPLEX BUT YOU GUYS MAKE THE BIG BUCKS SO I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS CAN FIGURE THAT OUT BETTER THAN ME. THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALSO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WERE KAZMIR OR NELSON? YEAH, THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST TWO QUICK ITEMS AND I THINK THIS IS INTENTIONAL BUT IT SEEMED BUILDING FOCUSED AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DESIGN ALSO INCLUDES OUTDOOR AMENITIES. WHEN WE DID THE TASK FORCE WITH REGARDS TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER A DECADE AGO 15 YEARS AGO I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO THREE OTHER OR THREE OR THREE OR FIVE OR SO RECOMMENDATIONS ALL INCLUDED OUTDOOR AMENITIES. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS INCLUDED WITHIN THE DESIGN SCOPE OF THAT. AND THEN I'D REMISS IF I DIDN'T TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY IF WE CAN TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE REVENUE TO SUPPORT BOTH THE CAPITAL AS WELL AS OPERATIONAL COSTS OF THE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL JUST TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION. YES, OUTDOOR SPACE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US AS WELL. WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO TO BALANCE A LARGE FACILITY INCLUDING PUBLIC HEALTH AND PARKING BUT OUTDOOR AMENITIES AS IS REALLY IMPORTANT I THINK TO THE OVERALL FACILITY. THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BRING GENERATIONS TOGETHER AND ONE OF THE FIRST REAL AREAS IN TOWN THAT WILL DO THAT. AND SO I'M LOOKING TO SEEING SENIORS AND YOUNG FAMILIES COME TOGETHER TO SHARE JUST THAT WISDOM AND EXCITEMENT TO BRING THAT ENERGY TOGETHER. SO I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO IT CUSTOMER TO US I MEAN I JUST HAVE A PROGRESSION IN REGARDS TO THE PARKING SPACE I'M. I MEAN I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY SPACE IN THERE AND I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE PLANS OF SOMETHING HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE IN THE NEAR FUTURE I SHOULD SAY IT'S A LARGE BUILDING AND IT COULD BE OCCUPIED LOTS OF PEOPLE AT ONE TIME. SO ARE THERE WHERE THE THE PLANS ARE IN REGARDS TO PARKING SPACES ONCE THE BUILDING IS FINISHED? COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL IT IS A REALLY GREAT QUESTION AND WE ARE VERY KEENLY AWARE TO THE PARKING NEEDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED FOR THIS FACILITY AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THE DESIGN AS WE GET INTO THE DESIGN OF THE FACILITY WE WILL BE WORKING ON THE NUMBER OF SPACES THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR A FACILITY OF THIS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ACCOMMODATE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WHETHER IT'S STRUCTURED PARKING, WHETHER A SURFACE PARKING BUT IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO TAKE UP A CHUNK OF THAT SITE. WITHOUT A DOUBT WE MAY HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION AND SO IT'S AN ISSUE STRUCTURE PARKING IS ANY OF THE EXPENSES ARE ANY OF THE EXPENSES IN REGARDS TO THE PARKING STRUCTURE BEING ARE INCLUDED IN THE $109 MILLION OR THERE WILL BE A FUTURE EXPENSE FOR THAT FACILITY? COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WE HAVE NOT STUDIED IT IN GREAT DETAIL YET . I PROMISE THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL REPORT BACK TO YOU. STRUCTURED PARKING IS MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THAN SURFACE PARKING FOR SURE EXPONENTIALLY SO MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS I WOULD IMAGINE A PARKING RAMP FOR A FACILITY OF THAT SIZE IS GOING TO BE OVER $20 MILLION. SO THAT'LL BE A DECISION THAT THAT WILL HAVE TO BALANCING THAT PRECIOUS GREEN SPACE WITH PARKING. IT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE INTERESTING CHALLENGES THAT FACE WITH THIS WITH THIS SITE. THANK YOU. RIGHT. I'M GOING TO PASS IT OFF TO LEAH WHO'S GOOD EVENING. COUNCILMEMBERS ACTING MAYOR MUAH. I'M GOING TO SPEAK JUST BRIEFLY ON THE BLOOMINGTON ICE GARDEN AND THE UPDATES FOR THAT. I JUST HAVE A FEW SLIDES SO JUST TO START WE COMPLETED THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE RECEIVED DESIGN REPORT FROM LG LAST WEEK SO THE NEXT STEP IS TO A SCHEMATIC DESIGN PRICING FROM RJ M AND WE TO RECEIVE THAT ON MAY 21ST ONCE WE HAVE THE DESIGN PRICING AND THE SCREEN DESIGN THE NEXT STEP WILL BE TO ALIGN THE DESIGN WITH THAT PRICING TO SEE HOW IT MEETS THE BUDGET FROM THERE WILL MAKE DECISIONS ON DESIGN WHAT WE CAN AFFORD TO DO THROUGH THE PRIORITIZATION THAT WE HAVE SET FORTH WITH THAT PROJECT ONCE WE HAVE THE DESIGN BUDGET ALIGNMENT WE'LL START THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE AND THAT JUST MEANS BASICALLY THAT'S AN INTERIM CHECKPOINT BETWEEN SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT PHASE. SO IT'S REALLY WHERE WE REFINE THAT WAS ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS ON APRIL 29TH COUNCIL APPROVED THROUGH CONSENT AGENDA THE BLOOMINGTON ICE AND REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT AND DASHBOARDS PROCUREMENT. THOSE WERE THE LONG LEAD TIME PURCHASES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE IN ORDER TO GET THAT EQUIPMENT BY THE TIME CONSTRUCTION WILL START. SO NEXT STEPS ON THE REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT THERE NEEDS TO BE A ROOM EXPANSION THAT WILL HAPPEN AT THE ICE GARDEN TO HOUSE THE NEW SYSTEM. CONSTRUCTION ON THAT IS ESTIMATED TO START IN FALL 2024 WITH THE BIDS FOR THAT WORK GOING IN MID-JUNE. IN ADDITION RIGHT NOW WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT SUSTAINABILITY OPTIONS FOR THE BLOOMINGTON ICE GARDEN INCLUDING GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH RIGHT NOW AND THEN ALSO INVESTIGATING SOLAR AND HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE BUILDING AND THEN THE PLANNED FACILITY CLOSER FOR MAJOR CONSTRUCTION HAS NOT CHANGED. WE PLAN TO CLOSE MID-MARCH AFTER THE LION'S SHARE OF THE HOCKEY SEASON HAS CULMINATED SO WE DON'T IMPACT THOSE USER GROUPS AND THEN WE WILL BE WORKING IN FULL CONSTRUCTION WITH A FULL CLOSURE UNTIL FALL OF 2025. YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT COMMUNICATION WENT TO THE USER GROUPS IN MARCH THEY HAD ONE YEAR'S TIME TO TO PLAN FOR THAT PARTICULAR CLOSURE AND SO WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THEM TRYING TO RELOCATE AS MANY OF THOSE USER GROUPS AS WE CAN POSSIBLY HELP AND JUST WORKING WITH THEM AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROJECT AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY IT FOR THE UPDATES FOR THE ICE CURTAIN SO THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM QUESTIONS COUNCIL OH ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. YOU VERY MUCH. RENE CLARK IS NEXT WITH NINE MILE MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THE NINE MILE CREEK CORRIDOR RENEWAL PROJECT UPDATE ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING FIRM HAS BEEN SELECTED STAFF AFTER AN RFP PROCESS. THAT RECOMMENDATION ON BE COMING TO COUNCIL AT YOUR NEXT MEETING ON MAY 20TH ON MAY 21ST WE HAVE OUR FIRST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENT SCHEDULED THAT'S AT MOYER IN THE PICNIC SHELTER FROM 4 TO 6. ALSO NOTE THAT THE LET'S TALK SITE IS UP RIGHT NOW FOR PEOPLE TO ADD THEIR STORIES AND MEMORIES ABOUT EXPERIENCES IN MOYER IN CENTRAL PARK AND TONIGHT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER OUR MEMORANDUM MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE NINE MILE CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT AND HOW WE WILL COLLABORATE AS AGENCIES ON THE PROJECT. THE FIRST STEP HERE AFTER WE GET THE ENGINEERS ON BOARD IS WHAT WE'VE CALLED AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT IN ADDITION TO AT THE STREAM HOW WATER WORKS, HOW MUCH WATER HOW HIGH IT GETS, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO FLOWS IN THE FUTURE WE'LL. LOOK AT THE UPLANDS AND THE WETLANDS AND THOSE CONDITIONS WILL LOOK AT CONDITIONS OF THE TRAIL'S BRIDGES. WE'LL ASSESS ACCESS AND CIRCULATION INCLUDING PARKING LOTS AND HOW PEOPLE CAN PHYSICALLY GET TO THE CREEK AND THOSE TRAILS AND WILL ASSESS PARK AMENITIES. SO THIS SUMMER THROUGH FALL WILL REALLY BE AN ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING CONDITIONS SORT OF FEASIBILITY STUDY TO KICK US OFF AND SEE REALLY WHAT'S POSSIBLE FROM THERE WE DON'T HAVE A REAL PROJECT SCHEDULE YET THAT WILL BE SET ONCE WE HAVE THE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERING FIRM ON BOARD BUT WILL INCLUDE A PROCESS WITH CHECKPOINTS AT 30, 60, 90 AND A MORE SPECIFIC PLAN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AFTER THIS EVENT ON THE 21ST WHERE WE'LL BE IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS ONLINE ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE PROJECTS BUT THAT SCHEDULE WILL BE SET ONCE WE HAVE OUR TEAM ON BOARD. I WILL NOTE THAT THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING TEAM WILL BE AT THE ENGAGEMENT EVENT ON THE 21ST OTHERWISE MILESTONE SCHEDULES WE ANTICIPATING BIDDING FOR CONSTRUCTION QUARTER ONE OF 2026 WITH CONSTRUCTION IN 2027 AND AGAIN THE COUNCIL TOUCH POINTS AND PROJECT PROCESS WILL BE MORE SPECIFICALLY DEVELOPED WITH OUR CONSULTING TEAM OVERALL PROJECT UPDATES FOR ALL OF THE PROJECTS YOU HEARD ABOUT TONIGHT ARE ON THE BLOOMINGTON DOT ORG WEBSITE. WE CONTINUALLY UPDATE THAT STAFF PROJECT SCHEDULES AS THEY ARE UPDATED. ARE THERE COMMUNITY EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES? ARE THERE E SUBSCRIBE AND THE COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT DIRECTOR KHATRI TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WILL BE POSTED ON THE BLOOMINGTON FORWARD DOT ORG SITE WHEN THAT'S AVAILABLE AND IT SOUNDS LIKE ABOUT A FEW WEEKS SO THAT'S THE END OF THE UPDATE FOR THE NINE MILE CREEK AND I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THERE COUNCIL QUESTIONS GOT MORE ROOM AND THANK YOU ACTING MAYOR MARK SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I DO HAVE WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS WITH RESPECT TO THOSE BRIDGES THERE I'M CURIOUS ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT WAS THE LIFESPAN WHEN WE BUILT THOSE BRIDGES HOW LONG WE EXPECT THOSE BRIDGES TO LAST IN THE COMMUNITY IN THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION? SO I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN TERMS OF THAT AND IT DON'T NECESSARILY DO AN ANSWER TONIGHT. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS LATER ON. I JUST WANT TO THROW QUESTIONS OUT. WE CAN TAKE THEM OFF LINE AND THEN YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WE PUT FORTH WITH WITH RESPECT TO THE A MEMORANDUM OF AND IT'S ALSO PART OF THE PROJECT DETAILS AND WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS IN TERMS OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF RESTORATION OF THAT ENTIRE AREA IN TERMS OF THE MONEY WE PLAN ON SPENDING WITH THAT VERSUS THE RECREATIONAL USES. AND I WANTED TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND KIND OF THE STAFF KIND OF SEE THAT YOU KNOW, AGAIN THAT THAT'S A KIND OF A VAGUE ABSTRACT KIND OF THING YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS BUT I'VE KIND OF WANT TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF KIND OF WHAT YOU KNOW IS IN THE MINDSET OF STAFF IN TERMS OF WHAT AS WE LOOK AT THIS WHAT WHAT OF MAKES SENSE BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE REASON WHY I SUPPORTED LOOKING AT THIS AREA WAS REALLY TO TRY TO YOU KNOW, RESTORE THAT NATURAL AREA THAT'S DOWN THERE. AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION ONCE YOU KIND OF GET THAT DONE IS HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO US TO SUSTAIN THAT OVER YOU KNOW, OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND AND THAT MAY THEN CAUSE US TO TO SHIFT THAT BALANCE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE MORE RECREATIONAL USES MAYBE WE MAY NEED TO LESS MONEY OR DOLLARS OF COURSE THAT'S MY ASSUMPTION IN THIS MAINTAINING OVER TIME SO THOSE ARE KIND OF IF THAT MAKES SENSE BUT THAT'S I'M TRYING TO IN MY MIND FIGURE OUT WHAT WILL WORK THROUGH THIS PROJECT YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF MAKES SENSE AND WHAT'S THAT BALANCE OF WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO DO THAT. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THOSE ARE REALLY EXCELLENT QUESTIONS AND QUESTIONS THAT WE REALLY WILL ANSWER DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS. I THAT'S THAT WILL BE WHEN THOSE WILL BE FLESHED OUT AND WE WILL BRING THOSE KIND OF QUESTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSIDERATIONS COUNCIL AS WE START THE DESIGN PROCESS AFTER WE GET THROUGH SOME OF THESE ASSESSMENTS AND UNDERSTANDING OF CONDITIONS THIS SUMMER. THANK YOU AND I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT OR JUST A LITTLE BIT INTERESTED IN THIS TINY BIT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL ALL RIGHT. HARRINGTON THANK YOU. MS. CLARKE THANK YOU THE WHOLE TEAM FOR BRINGING THIS THIS UP TO TO US. IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AND THE INVESTMENT WE HAVE GOING INTO THE COMMUNITY ALL THAT BRINGS US TO OUR FINAL ITEM 5.2 CITY COUNCIL POLICY ISSUES AND UPDATES TONIGHT AT OUR LISTENING SESSION WE HAD THREE SPEAKERS AT OUR LISTENING SESSION WITH ONE PERSON BEING A NEW SPEAKER SO 33% AS THE MAYOR WOULD LIKE TO TO THROW OUT THERE. WE HAD MARCELLINUS COME TO US CHATTING ABOUT SOME PARKING ISSUES AT DARREL FAROOQ AS WELL AS SOME LIGHTING ISSUES WITHIN THE PARKING LOT THERE AT DARREL FAROOQ WE HAD MR. BRIAN WOLF COME BACK TO ADDRESS SOME RECENT COMMENTS MADE REGARDING THE NINE MILE CREEK RESTORATION PROJECT AND THEN WE HAD MR. SEAN COKER COME TO TALK TO US ABOUT SOME OF THE THE NOISE AND VOLUME THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE CAR WASH AT 200 WEST 98TH STREET THERE I HAVE NO OTHER UPDATES COUNCIL ANY CUSTOMARY ROBUST AND THEN CUSTOMARY MOMENT BUT I JUST WANT TO ADD IN REGARDS TO SALLY'S I HAVEN'T RESEARCHED THE LIGHTING ISSUE YET BUT I THINK IF THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING SITUATION LIKE IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT RIGHT AWAY AND JUST ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH IT EVERY TIME THAT WE HAVE A MEETING SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO PREEMPT THIS ISSUE LET'S DO IT EARLY BEFORE IT BECOMES A HABITUAL THING THAT I DON'T ENJOY IT EVERY TIME THAT WE HAVE A LISTENING SESSION SO IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT WE SHOULD DO IT LIKE RIGHT AWAY. THANK YOU. CUSTOMER REVIEWS CUSTOMER INVOLVEMENT I JUST HAD A FEW ITEMS HERE I WANTED TO JUST COVER REAL QUICK ONE I WANTED TO JUST MENTION THAT OVER THE WEEKEND RESIDENTS AND STUDENTS GOT TOGETHER, HELPED TO PLANT SOME TREES OVER AT KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL. I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TO MAKE IT OVER THERE. I WAS ON PARENTAL DUTY TO THE MAX OVER THE WEEKEND BUT WANTED TO JUST POINT OUT THAT THE LOCAL ROTARY CLUB HELPED TO GET OVER 100 DIFFERENT TREE SEEDLINGS TO BE PLANTED WOLF. THAT JEFFERSON AND KENNEDY AND OTHER SCHOOLS AND I WANTED TO JUST THANK THOSE FOLKS FOR THEIR WORK THAT THEY DID IN THE COMMUNITY AND WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND THEN THE WEEKEND IT APPEARS THAT THERE WAS A EVENT THAT I PROBABLY COULD HAVE ATTENDED BUT I JUST RECEIVED IT IN THE MAIL TODAY IT'S A BABY RESOURCE FAIR THAT HAPPENED ON MAY 4TH FROM 11 TILL 2:00. LOOKS LIKE I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE CITY OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT SENT IT OUT BUT THEY SENT OUT ON APRIL THE 18TH AND I DIDN'T GET IT UNTIL TILL WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER FOLKS ARE RUNNING INTO THOSE ISSUES AT ALL WITH MAIL BUT WANTED TO JUST BRING THAT FORWARD AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM THAT I ASK THE CITY ACTING CITY MANAGER TO LOOK INTO IS I HAD A PHONE THAT I HAD RECEIVED WITH RESPECT TO THAT WE THERE BE SOME CHARGE GOING FORWARD ABOUT THIS ON CURRENT AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS INDEED HAPPENING AND SO I KNOW SHE'S GOING TO LOOK INTO THAT AND DO SOME RESEARCH AND GET BACK TO ME ABOUT THAT BUT. I'D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. AND THEN FINALLY I WANTED TO JUST SAY I DIDN'T WANT LET THIS MOMENT PASS BY THAT WE ARE YOU KNOW IN A SENSE I'M THE SITTING YOU KNOW, SIT IN THE FRONT ROW OF HISTORY AND I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO KIND OF DO THAT ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS AND I DIDN'T WANT TO LET IT GO BY. I'VE ON MY SHORT TIME OF LIVING HERE IN THE CITY DINNERS THE FIRST WOMAN MAYOR AND SO MANY THE FIRST OPENLY GAY COUNCILMEMBER I WAS APPOINTED AND JUST SO MANY OTHER ITEMS THAT I COULD MENTION AND I CAN SEE THAT COUNCILMEMBER CARTER IS KIND KICKING ME UNDERNEATH THE DESK. HEY, COME ON. GO SPEED THIS UP. LET'S GET IT GOING AS MY WIFE WOULD DO AND JUST SAY THAT THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT TO HAVE COUNCILMEMBER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ELIZABETH SALZMAN NOT TO BE IN THOSE ROLES TONIGHT. AND I JUST WHEN I GREW UP HERE IN THE CITY THE LARGEST MINORITY GROUP WAS ASIAN AMERICANS AND SO I'M JUST EXCITED TO TO SEE THIS THIS EVENING AND I DIDN'T WANT TO LET THAT THIS PASS THIS MOMENT PASS BY WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING IT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TO SO MANY FIRST THAT THE CITY HAS OFFERED OVER THE YEARS SO. WELL THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN IT IT'S EXCITING TO ME AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO ME TO BE SERVING THE RESIDENTS BLOOMINGTON IT'S NOT SOMETHING I TAKE LIGHTLY AND I'M I'M GLAD TO BE HERE TO TO PROVIDE MY INSIGHT TO MY THOUGHT AND TO HELP CONTINUE MOVING OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT THAT I TOLD MR. ANY UPDATES FROM THE CITY MANAGER SIDE? THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE GRATITUDE ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS WELL REPRESENT REPRESENTATION DOES MATTER AND CAN HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT OUR ACTING MAYOR NEXT SITTING NEXT TO ME I JUST HAVE ONE BRIEF UPDATE JUST REMINDER COUNCIL MEMBER ROY GHEE WILL BE BACK WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK I WILL BE PRESIDING OVER THE MAY 20TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING AS WELL. SO JUST REMINDER IF YOU HAVE ANY OR QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE ME AND YOU ON IT SO I COULD WORK WITH LEADERS AND STAFF TO GET ANSWERS BACK TO YOU PROMPTLY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU COUNSEL ANY ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOT I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MOTION COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS ALL THOSE IN PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO TO EVERYONE WHO STUCK IT OUT TONIGHT AND EVERYONE WATCHING ONLINE. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT