LEAVING EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO CALL THIS BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. MONDAY, JULY 24, 24TH 2023. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS THANKS TO EVERYBODY WATCHING ONLINE. WE WILL START OUR MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO. IF YOU'RE ABLE PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ILEDGE ALLEGNCE TO T FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL . ONCE AGAIN, THANKS TO EVERYONE HERE WITH US TONIGHT FOR OUR LAST MEETING OF JULY OF THIS YEAR WHICH IS KIND OF SCARY TO THINK ABOUT OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO APPROVE AGENDA AND COUNCIL. THERE'S ONE CHANGE THAT I WANT TO MAKE TO THE AGENDA THIS EVENING AND I'LL TALK T YOU ABOUT WHEN I GET TO THE COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE AND THEN 5.1 WHICH DIDN'T APPEAR OFFICIALLY ON THE AGENDA AND IT IS THERE NOW OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING UNDER INTRODUCTORY ITEMS WE HAVE AN INTRODUCTION AND THE SWEARING IN OF SOME NEW FIREFIGHTERS THIS EVENING WE'VE GOT TWO PROCLAMATIONS TONIGHT ONE FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND THE SECOND FOR A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE U.S. ARMY RESERVE OFFICE. WE'RE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT OF 2.4 OF OUR BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN AND 2.5 OUR OFFI OF RACIAL EQUIT INCLUSION AND BELONGING WILL OFFER 2023 WORK PLAN UPDATE. ITEM THREE IS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS. COUNCILMEMBER HAS OUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING UNDER ITEM FOUR ARE HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES. WE HAVE TWO. TWO. WE'VE GOT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE REGARDING REZONING AND PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR A PROPERTY AT 81, 1801 AND 1851 AMERICAN BOULEVARD AND THEN A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE LOCAL OPTION SALES PROJECT AND THIS IS WHERE THEHANGE CAME IN ITEM FIVE ORIGINALLY IT WAS LISTED AS ITEM 5.1. WE WERE GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AND ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO CHANGE THAT IF I COULD. 5.1 WILL BE OUR POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE AND THEN I WILL ADD A 5.2 WHICH IS AT THAT WE WILL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AND THIS IS WE WILL DISCUSS LABOR NEGOTIATION STRATEGY. WE WILL COME BACK OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AND WE WILL ADJOURN ON ITEM NUMBER SIX COUNCIL. ANY ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO THE ONE THAT I MADE ADDING 5.1 AS COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE AND CREATING 5.2 OF THE CLOSED SESSION. ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOT I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA INSTEAD OF SECOND MOTION AND THE SECOND TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS STATED. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOTE THAT COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WAS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING. I THINK SHE HAD A AN ILLNESS IN THE FAMILY THIS EVENING SO SHE'S NOT ABLE TO JOIN US. SO THERE WILL BE SIX OF US FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. WE HAVE AN AGENDA WHICH BRINGS US TO OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS ITEM 2.1 WHICH WAS OUR INTRODUCTION AND SWEARING IN OF NEW FEFIGHTERS. I SEE CHIEF ULI CELE COMING FORWARD. GOOD EVENING, CHIEF. MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS VERY PLEASED TONIGHT TO BE HERE TO INTRODUCE FOUR FIREFIGHTERS THREE OF WHICH ARE NEW. THE ONE OF THE FIREFIGHTERS WAS UNABLE TO BE WITH US AT THE ORIGINAL INTRODUCTION OF THE 18 AND THE SWEARING IN . SO HE'S HERE TONIGHT. OF THOSE FOUR FIREFIGHTERS TWO ARE NEW TO THE DEPARTMENT ALTHOUGH WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM BOTH IN THEIR OTHER CAPACITIES IN THE PAST AND TWO ARE COMING FROM OUR PART TIME RANKS. SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO ASK EACH ONE OF THEM TO COME UP INTO A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF THEMSELVES WILL LINE THEM UP OVER THERE AND THEN THE CITY CLERK WILL COME UP AND SQUIRMING. VERY. THANK YOU, CHIEF SEALE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. HI. MY NAME IS ERIC SKINNER. I AM A FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC. I'M NEW TO THE DEPARTMENT HERE . I HAVE BEEN IN THE FIRE SERVICE FOR 14 YEARS AND I AM BEYOND FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND WELCOME CHAIR BAUER. I'VE BEEN IN THE FIRE SERVICE FOR TEN YEARS ON THE PEDUNCLE SIDE. I'M REALLY SUPER FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME FULL TIME AND TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT. VERY GOOD. THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT, CHAD. I STOLE CHAD FROM THE WATER DEPARTMENT. HI. MY NAME IS SIMON. I'VE BEEN WITH BLOOMINGTON FIRE FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS NOW AND. I'M EXCITED TO JOIN THE FULL TIME DEPARTMENT NOW. THANK FOR YOURIME. THANK YOU. HI. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MATT KNORR. I AM NEW TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. I'M VERY EXCITED AND THANKFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I'VE BEEN IN THE FIRE SERVICE FOR 14 YEARS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. WELCOME TO BLOOMINGTON. GLAD YOU'RE HERE. AND NOW WE WILL CALL FORWARD CITY CLERK CHRISTINA SCIPIONE TO DO THE OFFICIAL BUSINESS HERE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO AS THE PROCLAMATION OR WHAT I USUALLY SAY FOR FAMILY MEMBERS THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN ONCE. SO IF YOU NEED TO GET IN POSITION TO GET A GOOD. DO IT NOW AND IT WON'T BE HELD AGAINST YOU. DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO TO GET IN A GOOD POSITION FOR A GOOD PICTURE. DON'T BE SHY. ALL RIGHT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. PLEASE STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. REPEAT AFTER ME. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, OUR CONSTITUTION AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND STATE OF MINNESOTA AND WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE DUTIES AND WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF A FIREFIGHTER FIREFIGHTER FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA. THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA. TO THE BEST OF MY JUDGMENT AND TO THE BEST OF MY JUDGMENT AND ABILITY. CONGRATULATIONS NTLEMEN. CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME ABOARD AS OFFICIAL FULL TIME FIREFIGHTERS. AND VERY, VERY PLEASED TO HAVE YOU. CHIEF SEAL RUNS AN OUTSTANDING ORGANIZATION AND THIS IS JUST SUCH AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER AND SO VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US AND ON BOARD AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU OUT ON THE STREETS SMILING AND WAVING AND NOT RUSHING OFF TO DO AN ACTUAL CALL BUT SMILING AND WAVING SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ADAM 2.2 AND 2.3 ON OUR AGENDA ARE PROCLAMATIONS. I'M GOING TO COME DOWN TO THE PODIUM AND I'M HAS BEEN NOBODY WANTS TO STICK AROUND FOR THE REST OF E THE COUNCIL MEETING ALWAYS A DISAPPOINTMENT BUT WE'LL GET TO NEXT TIME I GUESS TWO PROCLAMATIONS THIS EVENING AND FIRST IS ITEM 2.2 WHICH IS A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WHICH IS COMING UP HERE SHORTLY AND IT'S ALWAYS ONE OF THE ONE OF MY FAVORITE NIGHTS OF THE YEAR IN TERMS OF CITY CELEBRATIONS AND EVENTS ARE ALWAYS SUCH A GREAT TIME. COMING UP ON AUGUST 1ST AND I'LL JUST FILL YOU IN ON THE DETAILS IN THE PROCLAMATION THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AUGUST 1ST, 2023 WHEREAS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TOWN WATCH IS SPONSORING A NATIOIDE CRIME AND DRUGREVENTION PROGRAM ON AUGUST 1ST, 2023 KNOWN AS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. AND. WHEREAS THE 40TH ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PROVIDES A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO JOIN FORCES WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN A COMMUNITY BUILDING CAMPAIGN THAT PROMOTES POLICE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS NEIGHBOR CAMARADERIE TO MAKE NEIGHBORHOODS A SAFER, BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. AND. WHEREAS, THE BLOOMINGTON FIRE AND THE BLOOMINGTON CRIME PREVENTION ASSOCIATION PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN ASSISTING BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS BY SUPPORTING NATIONAL NIGHT OUT 2023 LOCALLY A. EREAS IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT ALL RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON BE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CRIME PREVENTION AND THE IMPACT THAT THEIR PARTICIPATION CAN HAVE ON REDUCING CRIME AND DRUG ABUSE IN OUR CITY AND STRENGTHENING NEIGHBORHOOD SPIRIT. AND. WHEREAS, THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT VALUES COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS BY ALWAYS BEING RESPECTFUL WHILE KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE THIS, RESPECT IS DEMONSTRATED THROUGH OUR COMPASSIONATE AND HONEST SERVICE. AND. WHEREAS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY AND AWARENESS AND COOPERATION ARE IMPORTANT THEMES OF THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PROGRAM NOW THEREFORE I'M HERE TO BUSSEY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM TUESDAY AUGUST 1ST, 2023 AS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND THE BLOOMINGTON CRIME PREVENTION IN MAKING THIS COMMUNITY SAFE FOR EVERYONE SIGNED THIS 24TH DAY OF JULY 2023 AS I SAID LOVE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WHAT'S THERE NOT TO LOVE NEIGHBORHOODS COMING TOGETHER FOLKS GETTING OUT AND ABOUT AND MEETING THEIR NEIGHBORS AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE AROUND WITH THE POLICE CHIEF AND TO THE DIFFERENT PARTIES ACROSS THE CITY. IT'S ALWAYS JUST SUCH A WONDERFUL TIME. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS. THANKS TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT CRIME PREVENTION ASSOCIATION AND OUR FOLKS WITH THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO TAKE PART AS WELL. THEY ALL COME TOGETHER TO MAKE SUCH A GREAT TIME. AND SO IF YOUR IF NEIGHBORHOOD HAS NOT YET SIGNED UP FOR A NATIONAL NIG OUT, I THINKE MISSEDHE DEADLINE BUT I BET IF YOU CALLED AND ASKED REALLY NICELY MAYBE SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN BUT EVEN WITHOUT OFFICIALLY SIGNING UP I REALLY ENCOURAGE ALL NEIGHBORHOODS TO TAKE PART IN THIS IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON ITEM 2.3 IS OUR SECOND PROCLAMATION AND THIS IS A UNIQUE ONE. THIS IS REGARDING A PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP WITH THE U.S. RESERVE OFFICE AND THIS IS THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ENTERING INTO THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ARMY RESERVE. AND THE GOAL IS TO ASSIST SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO OBTAIN MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT OR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT THEM IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. SO THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT FORWARD LOOKING PROJECT BY THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE DARTMENT . I'M GLAD THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. SO THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FOR THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICE AND CHIEF ARMY RESERVE PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP WHEREAS THE U.S. ARMY RESERVE PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP PARTNERS WITH BUSINESSES AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO SOLDIERS AND OTHER ELIGIBLE FAMILY MEMBERS. AND. WHEREAS, THE USAR WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER WITH THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT BY CONNECTING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THEIR ARMY PLOYMENT SPECIALISTS AND SHARE EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION ON THEIR MEDIA SITES. AND. WHEREAS, THE USAR PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP OFFICE IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THROUGH ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOLDIERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS. NOW THEREFORE I TIM BUSSEY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, PROCLAIMED THAT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A PROUD SUPPORTER OF THE U.S. AIR BY ASSISTING SOLDIERS AND FAMILIES IN OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO OBTAIN MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT OR EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT MISSION READINESS GOALS, ENHANCE THEIR FINANCIAL STABILITY AND CONNECTIONS WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY. DATE OF THE 24TH DAY OF JULY 2023 AS I SAID, THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OUR BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, THE RESPECT GOES FORWARD TO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PARTNERS, A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT AUDIENCES JUST BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND SO VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS HAPPEN AND I THINK IT'S JUST GREAT. IT'S A IT'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY AND PERFECT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TWO GREAT ORGANIZATIONS TO TRY AND HELP THE SOLDIERS WHO HAVE SERVED THIS COUNTRY NOW THAT THEY'RE BACK FROM THEIR DEPLOYMENT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO WORK WITH THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LOOK FOR EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. SO VERY GOOD. AND AGAIN, HATS OFF TO OUR BLOOMINGTONOLICE DEPARTMENT FO WORKING WITH THESE FOLKS. THOSE ARE OUR TWO PROCLAMATIONS FOR THIS EVENING . ITEM 2.4 ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS AN UPDATE ON OUR BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MIKE SABLE AND AND WELCOME GOOD TO SEE YOU ON NICE TO SEE YOU TOO. WELL, GLAD TO GET THE CLICKER HERE. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. PERFECT THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU COMMUNITY WHICHEVER CAMERA YOU SEE ME FROM. I'M HERE TO OFFER AN UPDATE ON THE BLOOMINGTON ABOUT TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN PROVIDE SOME RESOURCES AND INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT AND THEN ALSO TO DISCUSS THE Q2 REPORT OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS. AND SO YOU CAN NEVER TALK ABOUT THE BGT WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT OUR MISSION WHICH IS TO CULTIVATE AN ENDURING AND REMARKABLE WHERE PEOPLE WT TO BE AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO RESTATE SOME OF THE KEY POINTS FROM THAT MISSION RIGHT THERE. I PUT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FRONT PAGE OF THE REPORT ENDURING REMARKABLE WANT TO BE AND THE NEXT PART OF COURSE YOU CAN'T FORGET ABOUT ARE THE THREE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND THAT IS A CONNECTED WELCOMING A HEALTHY COMMUNITY AND A COMMUNITY WITH EQUITABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH. AND I LIKE TO SAY THAT THESE PRIORITIES ARE ADDED VALUE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE THAT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND WHETHER THEY KNOW IT OR NOT, THEY'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY FEEL THAT A I'LL GET TO HOPEFULLY HOW THEY WILL KNOW THAT IT'S HAPPENING IN THE SECOND. AND THEN ANOTHER THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION ABOUT THE PRIORITIES IS THAT THEY'RE INTERDEPENDENT SO YOU CAN'T REALLY ACHIEVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER SO YOU CAN'T HAVE A HEALTHY COMMUNITY UNLESS PEOPLE ARE FEELING CONNECTED. YOU CAN'T HAVE A EQUITABLE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY UNLESS THERE IS COMPONENTS OF HEALTH INVOLVED IN THAT TOO SO THEY'RE ALL DEPENDENT UPON EACH OTHER AND THEN I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE OUTCOMES SO THE STRATEGIC FOLLOWS SOME IF DONE LOGIC. SO IF WE WANT TO BE A HEALTHY COMMUNITY THEN WE SHOULD SEE IMPROVED HUMAN HEALTH AND IF WE WANT TO SEE IMPROVED HUMAN HEALTH THEN WE SHOULD DO A FOOD ACCESS. SO THERE ARE LOGICAL THREADS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STRATEGIC PLAN TT YOU CAN TRACK AND FOLLOW ON A DASHBOARD AND AM I ABLE TO CLICK ON TO THE DASHBOARD HERE ? NO. OH NO. THAT'S GOING TO BE A BUT ANYWAYS THAT OKAY SO ON THE DASHBOARD THERE ARE THREE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES THEORETICALLY CAN CLICK THE HYPERLINK IN THE TITLE AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH IT. SO IF YOU HAVE THAT WITH YOU I ENCOURAGE YOU GO THROUGH THAT OH MAYBE YOU'RE ABLE GET ON TO IT ALL RIGHT I'LL KEEP A STALL FOR A SECOND. I'LL GET TO THE SECOND TWO POINTS REAL QUICK THEN. SO THE FUNCTION OF THE TOOL IS FOR THE COUNCIL HERE AND THE COMMUNITY TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE ACTIONS BEING TAKEN AND THE GOALS FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND AS SOME STORYLINES FOR HOW THIS MAY PLAY OUT MAYBE KNOW CONSTITUENTS OR RESIDENTS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT BUSINESS OWRSHIP OR FEEL THAT THEY'RE NOT CONNECTED WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS THIS IS A RESOURCE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING . HERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN ALWAYS REFER BACK TO YOU. THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT WHAT THE CITY IS DOING. THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THEIR GOALS AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD FALLBACK. ANY UPDATE? OKAY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO THROUGH IT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S UNFORTUNATE BUT AS A GENERAL OVERVIEW YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS STATUS OF THE PLAN THAT'S BASED ON THE TIMELINES . THERE'S ABOUT FIVE STATUS INDICATORS ON TRACK MEANS WE'RE HITTING ALL OF OUR TIMELINES MINOR DISRUPTION WHICH MEANS WE JUST MISSED ONE TIMELINE AND THEN MAJOR DISRUPTION MEANS YOU TOTALLY MISSED THREE OR FOUR MILESTONE TIMELINES. THEN THERE IS IF HAD ALL THE DIFFERENT MILESTONES NOTHING MORE TO COME IT'S DONE AND THEN THERE'S UPCOMING AND DISCONTINUED WHICH UNFORTUNATELY ONE OF THOSE WAS ALIGNMENT WITH THE EXPO SO THAT IS WHY YOU SEE A TINY LITTLE GRAY BLOCK ON THAT LITTLE CIRCLE IN DASHBOARD AND BOY OKAY SO NEXT THING WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE REPORT HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU AND I WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED THE LAST THREE MONTHS THIS PAST QUARTER. FIRST OF ALL THERE WAS 8% PROGRESS MADE WHICH MEANS ROUGHLY MILESTONES HAVE BEEN CHECKED OFF AND SO THESE ARE USUALLY PRETTY MEH MAJOR ACTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED. USUALLY A TEAM OF PEOPLE WORKING ON THEM AND THERE'S ABOUT 20 TO INITIATIVE OWNERS IS WHAT WE CALL THEM. SO THESE ARE PEOPLE LEADING THESE PROJECTS CHECKING OFF THOSE BOXES AND. SINCE THE LAST QUARTERLY REPORT THERE WAS 40% OF THE PROJECTS WERE UPCOMING. NOW IT'S AT 20% AND SO THAT'S A BIG UP IN THE WORKLOAD. HOWEVER, WE'RE STILL ROUGHLY AT THE SAME NUMBER OF ON TRACK IS A LITTLE TINY 4% LESS ABOUT SO THAT'S A REALLY IMPRESSIVE THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO MANAGE THEIR WORKLOAD AS WELL AS THEY HAVE BEEN AND THEN ANOTHER OF CULTURE OVERVIEW ON THE BEAT IS WE'VE DONE PRESENTAONS TO ALL THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS IN THE CITY, UPDATED THEM ON THE MISSION STATEMENT. THE PRIORITIES GAVE THEM DIFFERENT METHODS TO CONTRIBUTE AND LEARN MORE AND SO THEY ARE COMING UP WITH DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY CAN TOWARDS CITY WHETHER IT'S ON THE DASHBOARD OR JUST THE SMALL DAY TO DAY ACTIONS AND HOW TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS PAST QUARTER WAS MAJOR PROGRESS ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT PRIORITY AREAS AND I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THOSE REAL QUICK. SO THE PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN HIT TWO MAJOR MILESTONES, ONE OF WHICH WAS AN ADOPT A PARK PROGRAM THAT LAUNCHED JUST LAST WEEK THE WELCOME TO BLOOMINGTON DESIGN GROUP, THE DOW IS OUR INITIATIVE OWNER THERE. SHE HAS HIT TWO MILESTONES AHEAD OF SCHEDULE OF THEM SO THAT'S A MAJOR WIN. THEIR CONGRATS THE SOLID WASTE REDUCTION PLAN HAS HIT THREE MILESTONE ENDS. THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER HAS HIT FIVE AND THE BUSINESS RELOCATION POLICY HAS NOW HIT THEIR SIXTH MILESTONE. SO LOTS OF PROGRESS MADE ON ALL THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS MENTIONED BEFORE AND THEN HOW TO READ THE REPORT IS YOUL ALWAYS FIND THE FIRST COUPLE OF PAGES OUR OVERVIEW ON A PLAN LEVEL WIDE AND THEN AS FLIP THROUGH IT IS MORE SPECIFIC TO JUST THE INITIATIVE THERE'S A BAR IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER THEY'LL REFER TO WHAT PRIORITY IT FALLS UNDER AND THEN ALWAYS LOOK AT THE STATUS INDICATED IN COLOR THE CHECKLIST AND THEN THAT NARRATIVE REPORT THAT'S ADDED BY THE INITIATIVE I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT WAY RIT THERE WE GO. I GOT SO WHAT'S NEXT FROM VISIO? THAT IS THE SOFTWARE THAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN LIVES ON THAT DASHBOARD IS THERE'S KIND OF THREE AREAS THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON RIGHT NOW AND THAT IS IT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WORKPLAN DASHBOARD SO THE PLANNING DASHBOARD HAS ALREADY BEEN CREATED BUT WE'RE TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE THEM ON ONE SPOT SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT SORT OF WORK ARE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DOING. THE SECOND AREA IS DEPARTMENTAL DASHBOARDS. RIGHT NOW WE'RE KIND PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN DASHBOARD AND THEN THE THIRD AREA IS THAT WE ARE BETA TESTING AND VIZIO'S PROJECT MANAGEMENT DASHBOARD AND SO THIS IS KIND OF A KEY TO FOCUS IN ON RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING PROJECT MANAGEMENT TRAINING IN THE CITY IN ADDITION THAT WE ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL VOTE FOR THE BLOOMINGTON FORWARD SALES TAX WHICH WILL BE POTENTIAL THREE LARGE PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO TRACK THE PROGRESS ON AND KEEP THE RESIDENTS ON WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE . AND THEN WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE BETTY? WELL, THERE ARE ALREADY SOME NEW INITIATIVES BEING ADDED, TWO OF ICH ARE THE MOBILE HEALTH HUB AND THE MENTAL HEALTH POP UP PROGRAM ALSO SHOUT OUTS BEHIND ME AND AS A HEADS UP ON WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE CITY DASHBOARD IS WHEN NEW INITIATIVES GET ADDED IT WIDENS THE PIE SO THERE'S MORE MILESTONES ALTOGETHER WHICH MEANS THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR IF IT SAYS 18% PROGRESS WHEN WE'VE ADDED TWO MORE IT'S GONE TO 17% BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER TEN NEW MILESTONE. SO IT MAY LIKE WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS BUT IT'S ONLY BECAUSE WE'RE WIDENING THE SCOPE. THE SECOND AREA IS WE'RE INCREASING OUR ENGAGEMENT BOTH AND EXTERNALLY SO WE'RE MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY CORP PLANNING TEAM THIS QUARTER. THEY'RE GOING TO REVIEW AND CHECK WHETHER WE'RE ON TRACK FOR THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THEY CREATED A VISION AND MISSION FOR US SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE AT ANNUALLY MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND THEN WE'RE ALSO DOING A CITYWIDE EVENT TO ENCOURAGE STAFF TO PARTICIPATE, OFFER DIFFERENT NEW INITIATIVES AND MEASUREMENTS THIRD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHEDULEHERE'LL BE ANOTHER QUARTERL REPORT IN OCTOBER AND FOURTH AT THAT REPORT I WANT TO SHOW A DRAFT OF THE OUTCOMES I MENTIONED LAST TIME THAT IS MORE BASED ON DATA AND METRICS. SO THIS IS A LOT MORE ACTION BASED THAT ONES CAN BE A LOT MORE DRIVEN AS FAR AS WHERE ARE WE AT RIGHT NOW AND BY THE FOURTH REPORT THE LAST QUARTER HOPEFULLY NEW DATA WILL BE OUT SO WE CAN ADD THAT INTO THAT OUTCOME REPORT. I CAN THERE WE GO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ANY QUESTIONS? APPRECIATE IT THANK YOU AND THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION AND ACTUALLY THANKS JUST FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW IT'S THERE. YES. AND THAT KIND OF LEADS TO MY QUESTION. IT'S BEEN LIVE FOR WHILE THE DASHBOARD SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT BRAND NEW BUT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT OLD EITHER. I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT KIND OF ENGAGEMENT RATE IT'S HAD AND WHAT THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THIS. YEAH SO AS OF THE LAST TIME I CHECKED ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO WE'VE HAD AROUND 550 VIEWS OF THE DASHBOARD WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD FOR BEING THREE MONTHS AND STARTING TO DO MORE OUTREACH ON THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT IN A COUPLE OF THOUSANDS EVENTUALLY BUT COULD REPEAT THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION AGAIN JUST IF PEOPLE HAVE PROVIDED FEEDBACK IF WE HEARD ANYTHING FROM FOLKS YEAH. SO SOME OF THE STAFF FEEDBACK WE HAD ALREADY RECEIVED WHETHER THEY HAD TALKED TO SOME OF THEIR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THEY SERVED WHAT THEY BROUGHT FORTH IS THEY'RE SAYING WHAT DOES FOR EXAMPLE THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING PROGRAM EXPANSION, WHAT DOES THAT NECESSARILY? SO WE MADE THE BOTTOM LEVEL OF THE DASHBOARD VISIBLE SO YOU CAN SEE THAT CHECKLIST. SO THAT WAS ONE MAIN FEEDBACK RECEIVED MADE A EDIT AND WE'RE STILL HEARING A COUPLE OF THINGS AS FAR AS WHETHER SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE FUNCTIONS OF IT OR IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE CONFUSED WHEN THEY OPEN UP. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT'S MORE USER FRIENDLY AS FAR AS UNDERSTANDING PORTION THEREOF. WHAT DOES THE STATUS MEAN? WAS PROGRESS MEAN? HOW DO YOU CLICK THROUGH IT? WHICH IS PART OF WHAT I TRIED TO DO BUT MAYBE NEXT TIME I'LL WORK ON THAT TEST RUN. BUT YES, YOU KNOW AND I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THAT THAT FINE LINE OF PROVIDING THE INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE WANT AND AS MUCH INFORMATION SO TY UNDERSTD WHAT'SOING ON BALANCING THAT WITH MAKING IT USER AND AND USABLE DEFINITELY YEAH THERE ARE A BUNCH OF NUMBERS OUT THERE BUT I REALLY HAD A LOT OF CONTEXT TO ABSOLUTELY WELL HOPEFULLY YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT AND SOME OF THE OTHER ACTIVITIES MY GUESS IS IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE PART OF THE COUNCIL MEETING ON WEDNESDAY SO AWESOME. SO I'M GOING HAVE TO WRITE SOMETHING UP TO SAY NO SO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO YOU HAD MENTIONED KNOWING BEFORE I EVEN ASKED MY QUESTION A LOVE THE ENTHUSIASM ABOUT SHOWING US THE DASHBOARD. I JUS I REALLY WANTED Y TO PULL IT OFF CREDIT. SO MY QUESTION WAS YOU HAD MENTIONED DURING THE PRESENTATION THAT THERE'S KIND OF LOGIC THAT KIND OF WORKS ITS WAY DOWN, YOU KNOW, STARTING FROM THE STRATEGIC, YOU KNOW, MISSION ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THOSE AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND SO THEN WHEN WE GET TO A SITUATION I DON'T WANT NECESSARILY LOOK AT ONE SPECIFIC ONE WE SEE A DISCONTINUED WELL HOW SHOULD I LOOK AT THAT? YOU KNOW, IS THAT A YOU KNOW, A FAILURE IN THE LOGIC IS THAT ,YOU KNOW, AN OPTION MAYBE THAT'S NOT EVEN A QUESTION FOR YOU. THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE MANAGER B HOW SHOULD ONEOU KNOW FROM THE COMMUNITY KIND OF LOOK AT THAT IN TERMS OF THAT THAT LOGIC IF IT'S SUPPOSED TO YOU KNOW RIGHT YEAH THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN THE PIECE I WOULD SAY ABOUT IF AN INITIATIVE IS DISCONTINUED IS PERHAPS THAT THE CORE PLANNING TEAM DECIDED THAT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH VALUES AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EXPO THE REASON WHY THAT WAS DISCONTINUED IS SIMPLY BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE THE DECISION MAKING POWER TO START IT OFF. SO ONCE IT WAS WE DIDN'T WHEN THE VOTE WE JUST SIMPLY HAD TO DISCONTINUE FROM THERE. IN OTHER INSTANCES WHERE WE MIGHT SEE THAT HAPPENING IT WILL BE A VALUE JUST CONCORDANCE WITH WHAT WE HAVE SET FOR EQUITABLE ACCESS EMBRACING DIVERSITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IF IT DOESN'T HIT THOSE GUIDELINES AND I'LL GO THROUGH CHECK THEN IT MIGHT BE DISCONTINUED. THAT'S WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT I GUESS AS FAR AS THAT GOES DOES THAT HELP ANSWER THE QUESTION ANYTHING ELSE COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN COUNCIL MEMBER D'ALESSANDRO ASKED MY BRACKET RESEARCH IN THE DASHBOARD THE TOP RIGHT SEARCH BAR QUESTION THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK TO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND I DON'T LOVE YOUR MICROPHONE. YOU COULD PUT IT TWICE. ALL RIGHT. APOLOGIES. YEAH, THE FIRST QUESTION WAS JUST DID THE DO THE ACTUAL SEARCH WORK AND DOESN'T SEEM TO BUT THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR LANGUAGE FOR WHAT SOM OF THINGS ARE AND WHAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR CAN BE DIFFERENT RIGHT. SO FOR EXAMPLE YOU SAID HOW ARE WE DOING AGAINST OUR CLIMATE PLAN? I, I DON'T THERE'S NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES THAT'S LISTED ON THIS FIRST PAGE THAT WOULD TELL ME WHERE TO GO. MAYBE I WOULD GUESS HEALTHY AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY MAYBE I WOULDN'T BUT IF I COULD SEARCH FOR IT CLIMATE AND SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S RELATED TO CLIMATE THAT WOULD HELP SO JUST JUST TO FIND OUT IF WE CAN MAKE A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR FOLKS SO THAT SOME OF THEIR YOU KNOW, KEYWORD TERMINOLOGYOULD WOULD MAYBE BE FOUND. THE SECOND QUESTION THAT I HAD IS WHAT I WHAT I'M I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND BY THE INFORMATION THAT'S HERE IS WHO IS WORKING ON WHAT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, EQUITABLE JOB GROWTH I GO IN THERE AND I SEE A COMPREHENSIVE WORKFORCE BLOOMINGTON FRAMEWORK AND I SEE ALL THESE CHECKBOXES AND THOSE ARE GREAT. DON'T GET ME WRONG EVERYTHING'S BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO'S DOING THAT SO IS THAT LIKE AN INSIDE THE CITY AN ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION? DO WE HAVE A COMMISSION WORKING ON THAT LIKE I THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION WORKING TO HELP YOU KNOW IS THE OFFICE DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION HELPING WITH THAT RIGHT. SO YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A SENSE FOR WHO IS LEADING THOSE EFFORTS AND WHO AND WE'RE ON THE CONTINUUM OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY MIGHT FIND THAT INFORMATION SO YOU KNOW WE HAVE OUR I APOLOGIZE , I ALWAYS FORGET WHAT IT'S CALLED BUT IT'S REALLY COOL ON ONE END IT'S JT INFORM AND O OTHER SIDE IT'S TOTAL VING RIGHT WHATEVER THAT IS. YEAH SO LIKE WHEN WHEN OR WHEN ARE WE ENGAGING MORE HEAVILY WITH THE COMMUNITY VERSUS WHERE THIS IS JUST MORE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION THAT COULD BE THAT COULD BE MORE FOR PEOPLE TO BE INFORMED ON AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE A SENSE FOR AS WELL. AND THEN YOU KNOW IF IT'S IF IT IS A COMMISSION DRIVEN THING AND COME YOU KNOW IN OUR IN OUR BRIGHT IDEAS WE COME UP HERE AND CHANGE A COMMISSION PLAN LIKE WE DID WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION A COUPLE OF MONTHS. RIGHT. HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THIS DASHBOARD AND ION'T KNOW IF WE KNOW THAT YET BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE THAT. BUT I WAS THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MIGHT COME UP YOU THAT WE MIGHT ASK SOMEONE TO DO AND THEN DOES IT YOU KNOW KNOWING KNOWING WHICH OF THE THINGS THAT THOSE COMMISSIONS ARE WORKING ON ARE IN THIS AND THEREFORE IF WE ASK THEM TO TAKE THEM OUT, WE ASK THEM TO CHANGE PRIORITIES. WE KNOW WE'RE AFFECTING THIS DASHBOARD. THAT'S A THAT'LL GIVE US A DIFFERENT BIT OF INFORMATION THAN IF WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR THAT'S MAYBE NOT IN THIS STRATEGIC DASHBOARD SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT OTHERWISEND I DON'T I APOLOGIZE MR. MAYOR, FOR THAT KIND OF FEEDBACK WASN'T REALLY WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR TONIGHT BUT IT'S THE STUFF OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY COOL. MY GUESS IS IT'S USEFUL FEEDBACK. YEAH DEFINITELY. YEAH THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCILOR DALLESSANDRO YEAH THAT THAT WAS ACTUALLY BOTH REALLY GOOD POINTS WITH THE KEYWORD SEARCH FUNCTION I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD IMPROVE AND I'M GOING TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE SOMEWHAT MORE SMOOTH FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE THERE AS FAR AS KNOWING WHO IS THE OWNER OF THIS WORK IS IN THE REPORT I NOTED THAT IT IS LISTE IT'S NOT ON THE DASHBOARD AND I THOUGHT IT WAS SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WILL SEE IF I CAN GET THERE. OKAY. TYPICALLY YOU CAN FIND IT ON THE NARRATIVE UPDATE THE TOP PART IT'LL SAY WHO IT'S FOR THE UPDATES PROVIDED AND THEN ABOVE THE CHECKLIST IT'LL SAY OWNER OF THE INITIATIVE AND THEN IT'LL SAY OBSERVERS OR CONTRIBUTORS AND I'M TYPICALLY AN OBSERVER MOST INITIATIVES BECAUSE I WILL HELP PEOPLE WRITE THEIR UPDATES AND KIND OF CONSULT WITH THEM ASIDE FROM THAT IT YOU'RE RIGHT THOUGH IT IS NOT LISTED ON THE DASHBOARD AND MY OTHER PIECE IS THAT CRENTLY ALL T INITIATIVE OWNERS ARE CITY STAFF THERE ARE COMMISSIONS LEADING ANY INITIATIVE AT THE MOMENT BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MIGHT POSSIBLY WORK OUT WELL IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN. THANK YOU. JUST A QUICK QUESTION HERE AND IT KIND OF GETS TO WHAT YOU WERE JUST SHARING WITH COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. SO THERE ON THE CHECKLIST PAGE AS IT'S PRESENTED HERE THE UPDATE BOX LOOKS LIKE YOU MADE ONE ON JULY 5TH FOR THE CONNECTED WELCOMING COMMUNITY IS THAT CONTENT AVAILABLE TO BE VIEWED ON THE DASHBOARD ITSELF THAT'S JUST IN THE REPORT FORM THAT WAS MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN THAT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE RECENT CHANGES WE MADE THIS TIME AROUND IS THAT IS NOW VISIBLE ON THE BOTTOM LEVEL OF THE DASHBOARD. SO IF YOU CLICK TO THAT INITIATIVE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO READ THAT EXACT SAME UPDATE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE HEARING FOR PEOPLE IS OKAY SEE THE PROGRESS BAR MOVING FORWARD BUT HOW DO WE KNOW IF THINGS ARE BEEN CHECKED OFF ON THE LIST AND IT'S A LOT MORE WORK TO GO SIFT THROUGH PIECE OF PAPER THAN ACTUALLY GO TO THE SOFTWARE. SO THAT'S WHY WE MADE THE BOTTOM LEVEL VISIBLE AND SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND OUT THERE. OKAY. AND DO YOU KNOW AS YOU'RE POSTING NEW UPDATESOU ABLE TO KIN OF LOOK AT THOSE CHRONOLOGICALLY OR IS IT GOING TO BE THE MOST RECENT ONE SINCE THERE THERE IS AN OPTION TO DO I THINK THE LAST THREE. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S SET TO THE MOST RECENT THEN IT'LL IXNAY THE ONE BEFORE ADD THE NEW UPDATE BUT YOU CAN DO CHRONOLOGICAL AND KEEP THE PREVIOUS THREE AT A TIME. I BELIEVE AND THEN AT THAT POINT IT STARTS TO TAKE OFF I THINK THERE IS A LIMIT. I APPRECIATE THAT AND JUST BRIEFLY I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST EXCITED OUT OF THIS INITIATIVE IS FOR HOW MUCH WE HOW MUCH REALLY INCREDIBLE WORK AND WORK AT THE FOREFRONT OF WHAT CITIES ARE DOING. BLOOMINGTON ACCOMPLISHES AND WE ALWAYS SAY WE NEED TO TELL OUR STORIES A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND AT THE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN HAVING IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER A REALLY CANDID ASSESSMENT OF WHAT WENT WELL WHAT WENT WRONG, HOW WE PIVOTED WHAT WE DID THAT'S AN AMAZING DOCUMENT TO TURN AROUND AND SHARE WITH A WHOLE LOT OF CITIES THAT ARE GOING TO ENGAGE IN WORK. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE FOLLOWED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR THE UPDATE AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR LAST ITEM UNDER OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS. THIS IS ITEM 2.5 A 2023 WORKPLAN UPDATE FROM OUR OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING AND OUR CHIEF EQUITY AND INCLUSION OFFICER FAITH JACKSON BACK AGAIN THIS WEEK. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL YOU BEAT ME TO IT. I WAS GOING TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AS THE FIRST THING I FAITH JACKSON CHIEF EQUITY INCLUSION OFFICER HAPPY BE HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT MYSELF AND PADDLE GAINED INCLUSION AND PROGRAM SPECIALIST IN THE OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION IN BELONGING WILL BE PRESENTING AN UPDATE ON THE WORK OF OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING TONIGHT AND SO I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. I'LL START PRESENTATION TONIGHT WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BRIEF CONTEXT ABOUT SOME THE HISTORY OF OUR WORK. LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT AND THEN I'LL SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT THE VALUE THAT THIS WORK BRINGS TO THE ORGANIZATION AND SO I'LL TAKE ABOUT MAYBE 5 MINUTES OR SO AND THEN WE'LL JUMP INTO THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION AND PROVIDE SOME PROGRESS REPORTS ON SOME OF THE INITIATIVES FROM THE RACIAL EQUITY BUSINESS PLAN. WE'VE ALLOCATED IT WELL. WE WERE ALLOCATED 60 MINUTES FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF AN APPETIZER PHASE MEANING THAT YOU'LL GET SOME BITE SIZE INFORMATION ABOUT KEY PROJECTS BUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP US AND ALSO WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES VIA ONE WEEKLY. ALSO I WANT TO MAKE A NOTE THAT WE WILL BE JOINED THIS EVENING THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION BY SOME OF THE KEY PARTNERS WHO ARE SORT OF INTEGRAL IN MOVING THIS WORK FORWARD INCLUDING SOME CITY STAFF AND, CORPORATE COMMUNITY PARTNERS. AND SO YOU'LL SEE A FEW OF THOSE PEOPLE JOIN US AT THE PODIUM. SO WITH THAT I'LL GO AHEAD AND STARTED THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU RIGHT. SO THE FIRST THING I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT HERE FOR THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT IS ACTUALLY IF WE CAN JUST GO BACK ONE MORE MIKE IS THE WORK OF THE OFFICE OF RACIAL INCLUSION AND BELONGING SO WE WERE ESTABLISHED IN JUNE 2022 WHICH WAS JUST LAST SUMMER AND ALTHOUGH WE ARE RECENTLY ESTABLISHED IT'S WHERE IT BUILDS ON A LONG HISTORY OF EQUITY INCLUSION WORK IN AN ORGANIZATION DATING BACK AS FAR AS THE 2017 RACIAL EQUITY RACE AND STATEMENT THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME YOU SEE THAT STATEMENT HERE ON THE SCREENHE WORK WE DO IN OUR OFFICE IS TO BRING THAT MISSION AND SORT OF INTO REALITY. SO IN ORDER TO CREATE A BLOOMINGTON THAT IS VIBRANT, SAFE AND HEALT A PLACE FOR OF ALL RACES ARE ABLE TO THRIVE, WE CREATE AND LEAD AND MANAGE INCLUSION WORK IN THE ORGANIZATION AND SO ON. THE NEXT SLIDE YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SORT OF WHAT WE DO OUR MISSION AND PURPOSE SO WE SUPPORT SYSTEMS CHANGE WORK THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT EQUITY AND INCLUSION AND BELONGING EMPHASIZED. THE NEXT THING I TO TALK ABOUT HERE TONIGHT IS JUST SORT OF THE APPROACH THIS WORK SO WE STRIVE TO UTILIZE AN INTERSECTIONAL APPROACH TO THIS WORK. WE PRIORITIZE RACIAL A RACIAL STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS RACIAL INEQUITIES BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE RACE AND THE RACE INEQUITIES THAT FOLLOW THAT ARE CREATED AND PERPETUATED BY GOVERNMENT. BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IN ADDITION TO RACE THAT PEOPLE MAY BE MARGINALIZED OR DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BASED ON MANY DIFFERENT SORT OF CATEGORIES INCLUDING THINGS LIKE GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, ABILITY AGE AND SO FORTH. AND SO FOR THAT REASON WE UTILIZE AN INTERSECTIONAL APPROACH AND THAT JUST MEANS THAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO UNDERSTANDING HOW SORT OF THE DIFFERENT IDENTITIES THAT ONE PERSON MAY HAVE IN TERMS OF DISCRIMINATION, MARGINALIZATION, OVERLAP ARE COMBINED OR IN SOME SOMETIMES INTERSECT. AND SO THAT'S THE WAY THAT WE APPROACH OUR WORK IN THE OFFICE. THE NEXT THING THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF THE I GUESS COUNCILMEMBER ONE QUESTION SORRY I WANTED GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT A LOT OF FOLKS WHO WHEN THEY WHEN THEY HEAR THE RACIAL EQUITY PIECE THEY REALLY MISS. SO I REALLY WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE I THOHT I YOU SAY AND I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT FOLKS ARE ABLE TO HEAR THIS THAT IT'S WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT RACE, RIGHT? I MEAN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEYOND THAT I MEAN OF THAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT YOU YOU'VE GOT THE LITTLE THEN THAT THE DIAGRAM HERE THAT SHOWS ALL THIS INTERSECTIONALITY WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR CAUSE SO WE'RE NOT THIS IS JUST NOT MONOLITHIC VIEW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BUT I THINK FOLKS REALLY DO TEND TO GET CONFUSED WHEN THEY HEAR THAT WHEN WE'VE GOT AT THE END OF OUR POLICY PIECES THEY KIND OF MISS THIS PART OF IT AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN MANY OF US ON THE COUNCIL HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY GO THROUGH THIS ESPECIALLY IF WE'VE BEEN ON IN THE COMMISSIONS AND THAT TYPE OF THING. AND I JUST WANTED TO STRESS THIS THOUGH I THINK SOME FOLKS REALLY MISS THIS AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS. SO THANKS FOR BRINGING THE SLIDE UP. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER AND SO IN THE NEXT SLIDE THERE'S SOME INFORMATION HERE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THE RACIAL EQUITY WORK IN THE ORGANIZATION AND SO WE RECOGNIZE SORT OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS WORK AND SORT OF THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH THAT. BU WE ALSO RECOGNIZE VALUE THAT A FOCUS ON EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING BRINGS TO AN ORGANIZATION AND SO THE BUSINESS CASE FOR RACIAL EQUITY A WELL-RESEARCHED TOPIC AND SOME OF THE MORE PROMINENT STUDIES THAT ARE SORT OF CENTERED AROUND SORT OF WHETHER SORT OF THE BUSINESS CASE FOR RACIAL EQUITY OR SO THE VALUE THAT THE EYE BRINGS TO A WORKPLACE ARE LISTED HERE ON THE SCREEN YOU SEE THE U.S. CHAMBER COMMERCE, MCKINSEY AND COMPANY, HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW POLICY LEAN WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM JUST A FEW OF THOSE TOOLS AND SO WHAT MOST OR ALL OF THOSE STUDIES SORT OF SUPPORT IS THESE KEY BENEFITS THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN THAT THE WORK OF THE BLEEDS INTO THE WORKFORCE AND SO I'M TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME GOING THROUGH THIS THE FIRST IS ACCESS TO TALENT. THE SECOND IS ENHANCED BRAND REPUTATION. THE THIRD IS FINANCIAL GROWTH AND THAT'S MOSTLY FOCUSED ON SORT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOUR FOUR IS MORE INNOVATION, FIVE IS BETTER COLLABORATION, SIX IS IMPROVED DECISION MAKING AND SEVEN HEALTHIER WORKING ENVIRONMENT EIGHT TALENT RETENTION AND NINE MORE ENGAGED EMPLOYEES. AND SOS WE GO AND I BEGIN TO TRANSITION INTO PROVIDING SORT OF UPDATES ON THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING I'LL ASK YOU TO SORT OF MAKE A MENTAL NOTE OF THIS CHART IN ADDITION TO THAT AS WE PRESENT OUT ON THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, WE WILL HIGHLIGHT USING THIS INFORMATION HERE JUST SORT OF LIKE HOW THESE BENEFITS SHOW UP IN OUR ORGANIZATION BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID AS WE WERE PREPARING OUR ANNUAL UPDATE IS THAT WE EVALUATED THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, THE RESULTS THAT COINCIDE WITH THAT BECAUSE WE WANTED TONOW IF THESE BENEFITS WERE SHOWING UP IN THE BLOOMINGTON WORKFORCE AND THEY ARE AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH TONIGHT AND PRESENT AN UPDATE THE WORK, WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT HOW THESE BENEFITS SHOW UP IN THE WORKPLACE. SO WITH THAT I AM GOING TO TRANSITION TO THE MEAT OF THE PRESENTATION TODAY AS I MENTIONED BEFORE WE'LL PROVIDE SOME PROGRESS UPDATES ON SORT OF THE FOUR FOCUS AREAS OF THE RACIAL EQUITY BUSINESS PLAN WHICH INCLUDE WORKFORCE DIVERSITY, INCLUSIVE CULTURE, EQUITABLE PROGRAMS OF SERVICE AND AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. LIKELY WON'T MAKE IT T ON HORIZON SO THAT'LL JUST BE SORT OF A CLIFFHANGER THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE IN YOUR ONE WEEKLY. SO LET'S GET STARTED WITH THE FINDINGS. THE FIRST THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HERE TONIGHT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE CATEGORY OF WORKFORCE DIVERSITY AND THANK YOU MIKE. I THINK THAT YOU'RE CONTINUED TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD. I THINK I MAY JUST GIVE UP ON THE CLICK HERE ON THE AS IT TO WORKFORCE DIVERSITY SORT OF THE GOAL HERE IN ADOPTING THE RACIAL EQUITY PLAN OR THE COMMITMENT STEMENT I TO SAY WASO HAVE A WORKFORCE THAT REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY ACROSS BREADTH AND DEPTH OF OUR ORGANIZATION. AND SO LAST SUMMER I STOOD HERE AND I TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE INNOVATIVE RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES THAT WE UTILIZING IN THE ORGANIZATION AND WE GOT REALLY EXCITED BLOWN OUT OVER THE DATA AND SEEING HOW THAT WE WERE MAKING PROGRESS IN THAT. SO THAT'S GREAT WE'RE SAYING ABOUT IT BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE DIVERSE WORKFORCE THAT WE NEED RECRUITMENT ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH RIGHT. WE HAVE TO DO MORE THAN SORT OF SPREADINGHE WORD ABOUT DIFFERT DRIVES AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE IN FORM. WE HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT CULTIVATING THAT NEXT GENERATION OF AND SO FOR THAT REASON WE WERE THRILLED TO PARTNER WITH OUR BEST FRIENDS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CREATING THE BOOM IN BLOOMINGTON INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND SO AT THIS TIME I AM GOING TO INVITE SUNLEN TO THE SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO JOIN ME AT PODIUM AND HE'S GOING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE WORK OF THE BLUE AND BLUE INTO THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. AND BEFORE WE HEAR FROM ASCENSION YOU CAN COME ON UP BUT BEFORE WE HEAR FROM SIGNED GRANT WHO'S IN THE BACK ROOM IS GOING TO QUEUE UP A VIDEO FOR US AND BEFORE YOU HEAR FROM SARA AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THE INTERNS DIRECTLY . EVERYONE IS SO TO TEACH AND WORK WITH YOU AND INTRODUCE YOU TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND IT'S JUST SUCH A POSITIVE SPACE TO BE A PART OF THAT'S A VERY INSIGHTFUL PROGRAM AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY IS SUCH AN EYE OPENER. I BELIEVE INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS CAN REALLY HELP YOUTH REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL BLUE AND BLOOMINGTON. LET'S ALL FIND IT'S IN THE CITY. THE INTERNSHIP DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF HAVING A 16 TO 18 AND AN 18 TO 24 SO THERE'S LIKE SOMETHING APPROPRIATE FOR BOTH AGE GROUPS. I MEAN OUR I.T. AND ACCOUNTING INTERNSHIP HERE AT THE MALL OF AMERICA WITH MALL THEY ARE SUPER WELCOMING AND THEY'RE LIKE WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS INTERNSHIP? WHAT SKILLS DO YOU WANT TO BUILD AND A SUMMER INTERN WORKING OFFICE IN THE REAL ESTATE AND LAND USE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW I'M UNDER THE TERM CALLED FLOATING INTERN SO I'M WORKG IN ALL THE DFERENT DEPARTMENTS OF TH BLOOMINGT CITY AND GETTING EXPERIENCE OF WHAT EVERY PART OR FUNCTION DOES FOR THE CITY I'M WORKING WITH THE ASSESSING DIVISION THIS SUMMER AS AN INTERN I'M WORKING IN THE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT IN SUSTAINABILITY I ONE OF THE BLOOMINGTON INTERNS THIS SUMMER IN THE OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING I HELP ORIENT NEW HIRES AND HELP TRAIN THEM AND THROUGH H.R I HELP TAKE SUPPORT. I'VE BEEN HAVING SO MUCH FUN MOSTLY PLANNING EVENTS I'VE WORKED ON THE JUSTICE PROJECT WHICH IS A PROJECT IS AIMING TO REMOVE RACIAL COVENANTS AND THESE I AM CURRENTLY GOING INTO MY SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL I ATTEND THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL I WANT TO BE A POLITICAL JOURNALIST. I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT I'VE BEEN SHADOWING THE APPRAISERS AS THEY GO OUT ON THE RESIDENTIAL INSPECTIONS FOR QUINTILES I'VE BEEN SCANNING PAPER FILES TO DIGITAL. IT'S BEEN A LOT OF RESEARCH PROJECTS AND MEETING A LOT OF PEOPLE LEARNING A LOT. ONE OF MY BIGGER PROJECTS THIS SUMMER IS TO DEVELOP A CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROAM FOR A YTH HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. I ALSO HELP OUT WITH PROJECTS JUNETEENTH AND OTHER EQUITY DRIVEN INITIATIVES WITHIN THE CITY AS WELL. I KNOW IT'S SCARY BUT INTRODUCING YOURSELF TO PEOPLE CAN OPEN DOORS THAT YOU NEVER THOUGHT WOULD BE OPEN FOR YOU AND I JUST LIKE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT I'M WORKING WITH IN MY COMMUNITY WHICH IS LIKE AMAZING LIVING IN BLOOMINGTON OUR COMMUNITY IS LIKE PERFECT. THIS INTERNSHIP GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT THERE IS A BIGGER WORLD THERE. THERE ARE ACTIVE PEOPLE IN THIS OFFICE THAT ARE DOING SOMETHING IMPACTFUL IN THEIR COUNITY JUST BLOSSOM HERE BACK . SO GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SHAWN LUNDY. AS FAITH POINTED OUT I AM THE SPECIAL PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES MANAGER THOUGHT THAT WAS FUN. I HAVE IT WRITTEN IN MY NOTES. I HAVE SAY YOU KNOW I'M ALSO THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE BLOOM IN BLOOMINGTON INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR ITS INAUGUL YEAR. SO THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR BLOOM IS A YOUTH WORKFORCE PROGRAM THAT IS OFFERING YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 24 A CHANCE TO GET PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE. OUR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT AND GROW A MORE DIVERSE AND ACCESSIBLE WORKPLACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY BY MATCHMAKING THESE YOUNG FUTURE PROFESSIONALS WITH EMPLOYERS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT THE, NONPROFIT SECTOR AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR. SO AS YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO THESE INTERNS ARE HARD AT WORK. I WASN'T GIVEN A WHOLE LOT OF TIME TO SPEAK SO I CAN'T GO OVER ALLF THE ACCOMPLIMENTS. I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT AT A LATER TIME BUT I'LL GIVE YOU SOME HIGH LEVEL. FIRST OFF, WE BROUGHT ON BOARD A TOTAL OF 12 INTERNS SO SEVEN COLLEGE AND FIVE HIGH SCHOOL AGED STUDENTS AND WE PLACED THEM WITH SEVEN EMPLOYERS ACROSS THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THESE EMPLOYERS SPECIFICALLY AND EXPLICITLY FOR SUPPORTING OUR PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY OFFER A RICH AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCE FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY OUR TWO PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS WHICH IS THE MALL OF AMERICA CORPORATE OFFICES AND THE LARKIN HOFFMAN LAW OFFICES CATED HERE IN OOMINGTON. AND THEN WE HAVE FIVE OFFICES WITHIN THE CITY THAT ARE SUPPORTING INTERNS. WELL. THIS INCLUDES THE OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING THE ASSESSING DIVISION, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THE H.R. PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. FURTHERMORE, THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT REST ON THE SHOULDERS OF ONE OR TWO STAFF MEMBERS BUT REQUIRES BUY IN FROM ACROSS THE CITY. SO I'D LIKE TO EXTEND A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO OUR LEGAL TEAM SPECIFICALLY MELISSA AND RASHAD AMY LARSON ,PETER ZUNIGA AND PETER OR KEVIN KOTECKI FOR HELPING FLESH OUT OUR PROGRAMMATIC DESIGN. OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM IS ASHLEY CLEMMER, EMILY TAPLIN AND JODY WILLARD WHO ASIDE PRODUCING THAT FANTASTIC VIDEO YOU JUST SAW THEY BRING A TON OF CREATIVE POWER TO BEAR FOR US. THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM WHICH IS LED BY NICK. AND THEN FINALLY OUR H.R. LEADS WHICH ARE NANCY STEELE AND MATTHEW SCHULZ FOR ENSURING THAT ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE NEEDS ARE MET. NOW LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, I WAS ONLY GIVEN A FEW MINUTES TO SPEAK SO I WANT TO MAKE TWO LAST QUICK POINTS. FIRST WE ARE NEARING THE END OF THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM SO THE SUMMER IN BLOOMINGTON SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS FINISHING ON AUGUST. AS SUCH WE WILL BE CELEBRATING THESE INTERNS ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY HOSTING A GRADUATION CEREMONY WHICH WILL OPEN WHICH WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ANYBODY HERE IN THE ROOM OR WATCHING ONLINE THAT IS INTERESTED TO PLEASE JOIN US ON THURSDAY AUGUSTRD FROM FOU 3 TO 6:3 P.M. HERE AT CITY HALL IN THE BLACK BOX THEATER. WE WILL BE CELEBRATING EVERYTHING THAT THESE INTERNS OF THINKING ARE KEY STAKEHOLDERS THAT I MENTIONED BUT ALSO THAT MY BOSS WAS TELLING US SOMETHING AND THEN HAVING REFRESHMENTS AFTERWARDS . AND THEN THE LAST POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS I KNOW THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVE QUESTIONS I'M MORE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHING YOU HAVE ON THIS SO FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME DIRECTLY OR AS I MENTIONED EARLIER WE WILL BE HAVING SEVERAL FOLLOW UP PRESENTATIONS ON THIS AND IT WILL ALSO BE PUBLIC REGULAR UPDATES WILL BE PUBLISHED. SO I HAVE TO SPEAK FURTHER. THANK YOU, MR. MUNDY. YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB ON AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM. AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO THAT THANKS TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS INTERNSHIP POSSIBLE. I HOPE THAT YOUR HEARTS WILL FILL WITH JOY AS YOU WATCH THAT VIDEO AND YOU HEARD FROM US ON ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS DEFINITELY AOOD STORY. IN ADDITN TO BEING A FEEL GOOD PROGRAM PROGRAM BRINGS A LOT OF VALUE TO OUR ORGANIZATION. SO IN GENERAL, THE WORKFORCE DIVERSITY INITIATIVES THAT WE SORT OF PURSUE HERE IN THE ORGANIZATION ARE MOTIVATED BY TWO THINGS AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN DEPTH IN THE RACIAL EQUITY BUSINESS PLAN THE OF CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS BOTH IN OUR COUNTRY AND IN OUR STATE AND OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. UP AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN YOU'LL SEE SOME TIES THAT DEMONSTRATE SORT OF WHAT THAT SHIFT LOOKS LIKE FROM A RACIAL DEMOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE HERE IN MINNESOTA LOOKING ATOW UP INTO 20 2040 AND JUST LOOKING AT HOW MANY OF THOSE IN MINNESOTA WILL HAVE 50% OR MORE PEOPLE OF THE POPULATION BE PEOPLE OF COLOR. THE OTHER CHART THAT YOU SEE BELOW IS SORT OF A SORT OF NATIONAL CHART THAT DESCRIBE SORT OF THE WORK FORCE AGE AND YOU SEE THAT THAT WORKFORCE AGE WAS SORT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE WORKFORCE ARE SKEWING YOUNGER AND YOUNGER AND YOUNGER AND SO HAVING A PROGRAM THAT'S INTENTIONAL ABOUT EQUITY INCLUSION, BELONGING AND ALSO INVESTING IN YOUNG PEOPLE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S BRINGING TWO OF THOSE VALUES THAT WE TALKED BEFORE ACCESS TO TALENT AND ALSO TALENT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT JUST SORT OF RECRUITING PEOPLE TO THE CITY. WE'RE GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GET INVESTED AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT CITY GOVERNMENT HAS DONE IS DOING AND SO WE'RE PLANTING SEEDS HERE THAT WE HOPE TO CULTIVATE AND AND BENEFIT FROM IN FUTURE. WE'LL GIVE IT ANOTHER TRY. THANK YOU. THE OTHER THING TT I WT TO TALK ABOUT IN ADDITION TO IN ADDITION TO SORT OF THE THE VALUE THAT IT BRINGS IN TERMS OF TALENT RETENTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT IS THAT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITHIN THE AREA OF WORKFORCE DIVERSITY ALSO ENHANCES OUR BRAND REPUTATION. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM MANY OF THE SUPERVISORS THE ORGANIZATION IS THAT AS PEOPLE ARE APPLYING FOR JOBS, THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THEY SORT OF LISTED ARE HIGHLIGHTED THE CITY'S EQUITY INCLUSION WORK IS SORT OF A MOTIVATOR FOR WHY THEY WOULD LIKE TO WORK HERE AND OUR CITY APPLICATIONS BELIEVE IS QUESTION NUMBER 13 THAT ASK WHY DID YOU APPLY FOR THIS JOB AND WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO WORK IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON? AND SO WE REACHED OUT TO OUR AND EVERY STORY STORED IN THE RESULTS AND WE PULLED THE DATA FROM THOSE QUESTIONS FROM ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS FROM JULY 2020 TO LOOK INTO JANUARY 2023. SO IT WAS ABOUT A SIX MONTH PERIOD OF INFORMATION AND WE WERE EXCITED AND FOUND AND MOTIVATED TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE HIGHLIGHTED THE EQUITY INCLUSION WORK IS SORT OF ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY WOULD WANT TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. YOU'LL SEE ONE OF THOSE QUOTES HERE ON THE SCREEN AND IF YOU CLICK A FEW MORE TIMES MIKE SOME OERS WILL COMEP. WON'T THROUGH AND READ THEM ALL BUT AS YOU CAN SEE WE REALLY SEE SORT OF THE VALUE OF DOING THIS WORK, BEING CONNECTED TO AN ENHANCED BRAND RECOGNITION AS WELL. AND IF YOU CLICK ONE MORE TIME YOU'LL SEE THAT LAST ONE. I'LL ACTUALLY READ IT AND. IT SAYS I HAVE A COLLEAGUE INTERNING WITH THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND I APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS TOWARD RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY ON A COMMUNITY LEVEL. THIS CITED TO ME AND I WANT IT TO BE A PART OF THAT. AND SO I PROMISE YOU THAT WITH SUPPORT STRAIGHT FROM THE APPLICATION BUT READS A LOT LIKE OUR MISSION STATEMENT RIGHT THAT PCE WHERE PEOPL WANTO AND SO WE SEE THAT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR OFFICE IS REALLY DRIVING TO THE ORGANIZATION. AND LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THE EQUITY INCLUSION WHERE IT WAS ALSO HIGHLIGHTED LAST YEAR IN THE LIVABILITY TOP 100 CITIES REPORT AS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY BLOOMINGTON I BELIEVE LISTED AT NUMBER 36 ON THAT LIST. SO WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION INTO THE SECOND FOCUS AREA WHICH IS INCLUSIVE CULTURE. AT THIS TIME I AM GOING TO INVITE PEDAL YANG TO THE PODIUM AND SHE'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'R DOING IN THAT AA. THANK YOU SO MUCH, FAITH. SO FOR THIS PORTION OF THE INCLUSIVE CULTURE YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE HERE TALK ABOUT PART OF THE KEY VALUE IS THE CITY BOARD IS COMMITTED TO FOSTERING CULTURE THAT VALUES AND ADVANCES RACIAL EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING AND PART OF THIS VALUE IS AGAIN ENSURING THAT EVERYBODY IS COMING TO A PLACE WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE INCLUDED AND THEY ARE BUILDING A SENSE OF BELONGING. AND HOW DO WE AS CITY EMPLOYEES AND A MUNICIPALITY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT AT AN INTERNAL LEVEL WITH OUR CITY? AND SO I'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE. AND SO ONE KEY COMPONENT THAT WE FOCUSED ON LAST YEAR WAS OUR CULTURAL AGILITY TRAINING AND MOVING FORWARD INTO THIS YEAR 2023. WE WILL WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THAT BECAUSE. WE SAW THAT THERE WAS FURTHER INTEREST AND WANTING TO CONTINUE TO LEARN CULTURAL AGILITY. AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CULTURAL AGILITY YOU CAN SEE ON THE HERE THAT IT IS THE WORDS AND BEHAVIORS THAT YOU AND I DEMONSTRATE WITH OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY THAT INVITE WELCOME AND SUPPORT A RELATIONSHIP THAT IS EQUITABLE, HEALTHY AND BASED ON MUTUAL TRUST AND RESPECT. AND WITHIN CULTURAL AGILITY WE DO THIS EVERYONE AND WE DO THIS ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. SO WITH THIS TRAINING IT OCCURRED THIS YEAR FROM MARCH TO JUNE AND LAST YEAR WE HAD IT AS A REQUIRED COMPONENT BUT THIS YEAR WE DECIDED TO TRANSITION INTO A CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IS NOT REQUIRED BUT REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND EMPHASIZE ON THE VALUE AND COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION THAT OUR EMPLOYEES WILLHIS WORK AND I APOLOGIZE MIKE CAN'T GO BACK. THANK YOU. AND SO PART OF THIS YEAR THE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM AND BETTER SIX SESSIONS BETWEEN MARCH TO JUNE AND THESE WERE TO OUR WE HAD 22 PARTICIPANTS REGISTERED AND 13 PARTICIPANTS COMPLETED THEIR CERTIFICATE. AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS PIECE IS THAT IF YOU WANTED TO CONTINUE TO COMMIT TO THIS WORK ATTEND ALL SIX SESSIONS BUT WE ALSO WELCOME FOR OUR CITY EMPLOYEES TO ALSO PARTICIPATEN SESSIONS A THE TOPIC MAY INTEREST THEM OR STILL CONTINUE TO LEARN. SO WE WENT PROHIBITING ANYBODY FROM IF YOU JUST ATTEND ONE SESSION THEN YOU DON'T GET GET THE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY BUT WE REALLY HIGHLIGHTED THAT ONE SESSION TWO SESSION, ALL SIX SESSIONS YOU STILL RECEIVE THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES IN EACH OF THOSE SESSIONS. AND WHAT'S EXCITING IS THAT WE DID A CERTIFICATE CEREMONY FOR THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED AND COMPLETED THEIR CERTIFICATE. SO ON THIS NEXT SLIDE HERE WE HAD THE HONOR OF HAVING OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MIKE THERE HELP HAND OUT THE CERTIFICATES IN ADDITION TO YOU SEE IN THE PHOTO ON JANICE DOWNING WHO IS OUR CONSULTANT WHO SUPPORTED AND WAS THERE TO PRESENT AND SPEAK ABOUT THE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM AND THINK EVERYONE'S AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WHAT'S THE KEY HIGHLIGHT HERE TOO IS TRAINING DEVELOPS PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS THAT INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD EMPLOYEES WILL WORK TOGETHER EFFECTIVELY INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY AND, BOOSTING EMPLOYEE MORALE. AND AS FAITH MENTIONED EARLIER, PART OF THE D I BUSINESS PLAN THAT GOES INTO THIS IS FOR NUMBER FIVE BETTER COLLABORATION AS WE CONTINUE TO FOSTER AND INVEST IN OUR EMPLOYEES AND A HEALTHIER WORK ENVIRONMENT AS THE CULTURAL DUTIES AS MENTIONED HERE TO CONTINUE TO INVITE WELCOME AND BUILD A TRUSTING RELATIONSHIP AMONG OUR EMPLOYEES TO ENGAGE IN THAT CONVERSATION. ONE KEY PERSON I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT PARTICIPATE IN ALL SIX SESSIONS IS OUR FIRE CHIEF ULI. HE PARTICIPATED IN ALL SIX SESSIONS AND HE WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND HE TOOK A LOT OF TOOLS AND RESOURCES AND WHAT HE LEARNED FROM IT TO HEART AND DIRECTLY HIS TEAM IN HIS LINE OF WORK. AND ONE OF THE QUOTES WE GOT OM HERE THAT YOU SEE LISTED IS THAT HE MENTIONED THE TRAINING PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES PRACTICING THE USE OF THE TOOLS AND ACTIVELY ENGAGING WITH FELLOW ATTENDEES REALLY HELP ACTUALIZE THE USE. WE ALSO SPENT TIME EXAMINING WAYS AND BENEFITS OF HOSTING IDEAL CONVERSATIONS. AND SO I JUST THINK THAT'S REALLY POWERFUL TO ALSO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM OUR FIRE CHIEF ULI WHO IS ALSO PART OF OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM TO CONTINUE TO ALSO LEARN AND CONTINUE TO FOSTER THIS LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AMONG HIS UTILIZING THESE TOOLS. GO TO THE NEXT ONE AND I THINK I'LL PASS IT BACK OVER TO FAITH TOALK ABOUT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES SO THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN STAY ACTIVE WITHOUT THE PODIUM. BECAUSE I THINK YOUR LINE IS UP NEXT TO YOU BUT HERE WE'RE AT THE THIRD FOCUS AREA SO ANOTHER APPETIZER AND THIS PARTICULAR FOCUS AREA OF THE RACIAL EQUITY BUSINESS PLAN IS REALLY FOCUSED ON POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND DOING WORK CREATING STRATEGIES TO ELIMINATE INEQUITIES AND ADDRESS BARRIERS TO AND OPPORTUNITY. ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'VE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE ORGANIZATION RIGHT NOW TO PROVIDE SORT OF MORE MEANINGFUL TO OPPORTUNITY IS LOOKING AT SORT OF HOW WE ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT SORT OF LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION SERVICES WE PROVIDE. SO IN THE NEXT SLIDE THERE SHOULD BE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO PEDAL TO JUST GIVE A REALLY QUICK UPDATE THIS BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT SOME OF THIS AND IT WILL KEEP MOVING ALONG. YEAH, I THINK IT'S AN EXCITING PIECE OF ALL OUR LANGUAGE ACCESS PLANNING POLICY IS THAT SINCE IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED THIS EARLY THIS YEAR IN 23 WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ROLL OUT TRAININGS ACROSS THE CITY WITH OUR CITY EMPLOYEES TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME MEANINGFUL ACCESS OUR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY INDIVIDUALS ALSO KNOWN AS LEAPS. AND SO SINCE ROLLING OUT THE POLICY AND ROLLING OUT THE TRAININGS IT'S BEEN REALLY SUPPORTIVE AND HOW OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE LIMITED ENGLISH CAN THEN HAVE ACCESS TO MEANINGFUL SERVICES PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT WE PUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND ONE KEY THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE THAT I ATTENDED A CONFERENCE WELCOMING INTERACTIVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND FROM THAT CONFERENCE I WAS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH OTHER KEY MUNICIPALITIES WHO HAD A LANGUAGE ACCESS NETWORK WHO DOES THIS WORK ON A 24 SEVEN BASIS INITIALLY AND I BROUGHT THAT IDEA BACK TO AND CONNECTED WITH OUR COUNTIES AND OTHER MUNICIPAL CITIES TO ASK DO WE HAVE A MINNESOTA LANGUAGE ACCESS NETWORK WHERE WE ALL CAN COLLABORATE AND CONNECT AND PARTNER TO CONTINUE DOING THIS WORK SO THAT WHEN OUR REINVENTING THE WHEEL AND WITH THAT I FOUND OUT THAT NO WE DON'T HAVE ONE. SO WHAT THE STATE OF BLOOMINGTON AND WHAT OUR OFFICE HAD DONE IS WE CO-FOUNDED IN COLLABORATIVE WITH OTHER MINNESOTA MUNICIPALS ACROSS THE STATE A STATE OF MINNESOTA TO CREATE A MINNESOTA LANGUAGE ACCESS NETWORK SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO PARTNER, CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE AND NOT REINVENT THE WHEEL SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE NOT ONLY THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON BUT A LARGER SCALE THE STATE OF MINNESOTA FOR OUR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND ON THAT REACH FOR SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ONE OTHER THING I WILL HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THAT WE LEARNED IN CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CITY CLERK ACTUALLY TODAY IS THAT THE INNOVATIVE SORT OF STRATEGIES AND SORT OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING HERE TO RECEIVE PASSPORTS TO GET REAL TIME TRANSLATION THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE APPS SOMETHING TT SORT OUR COMPETITORS WHO OFFER THOSE PASSPORT SERVICES DO NOT. AND SO WE THAT'S SORT OF ANOTHER VALUE RIGHT OF DOING THIS WORK AND PRIORITIZING THIS WORK BECAUSE IF WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE PEOPLE SORT OF THAT MEANINGFUL ACCESS TRANSLATION SERVICES AND THEY CAN'T GET THAT OTHER PLACES AND PERHAPS THAT MAY BE SORT OF A DRIVER FOR THEM COMING HERE TO RECEIVE THOSE SERVICES. AND THE NEXT SLIDE WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RACIAL EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENTS. PAUL SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS BECAUSE YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THOSE YOU SEE THEM IN YOUR PACKET AND ONE OF THE TNGS TH I WILL HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THAT THERE'S A NUMBER RACIAL EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENTS THAT WE'RE ENGAGED IN THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION AND THAT WORK HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BOTH ON A LOCAL, REGIONAL AND STATE. AND SO THIS IS REALLY GETTING AT THAT BENEFIT OF IMPROVED DECISION MAKING BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING WITH STAFF TO TAKE THE TIME TO STOP AND THINK THROUGH FROM DECISIONS THAT THEY'RE MAKING. AND WHILE WE SORT OF DO THAT THROUGH THE LENS OF EQUITY, WHAT WE'VE FOUND IN MANY CASES IS THAT IT HELPS TO IDENTIFY AS IT RELATES TO OTHER THINGS AS WELL. AND SO LATER I BELIEVE IN OCTOBER SO JUST A FEW MONTHS FROM NOW I'LL BE PRESENTING ON THE WORK OF THE RACIAL EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING IN BLOOMINGTON. I WAS ASKED TO COME AND PRESENT AT THAT WORK AT THE MIDDLE HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW PUBLIC HEALTH CONFERENCE. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INVITE OUR PARTNERS TO THE PODIUM WHO ARE HELPING TO MAKE THIS WORK POSSIBLE. I'M TO INVITE BOTH LORRAINE AND LAURA AND THEY COME UP AND THEY'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO MENTAL ALTH SERVICESO PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO ARENA, I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO GET A STARTING. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL . I'M HERE TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROVIDING INNOVATION FUNDS FOR PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE TO ASSURE MINNESOTA'S STATEWIDE HEALTH SYSTEM HAS THE EXPERTIZE, SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES IT NEEDS TO NEW AND EMERGING PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGES. THE PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS OF THE CIES OF BLOOMINGTON, IIANA AND RICHFIELD RECEIVED A GRANT THIS ALLOCATION FROM JUNE 2022 TO MARCH 2024 WITH THE FOCUS TO OPERATIONALIZE EQUITY BY BECOMING HEALING CO-LED BY CITY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC HEALTH WITH ITS PARTNERS IN INDIANA AND RICHFIELD IS CONDUCTING MENTAL HEALTH POP UPS TO MEET THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY ARE AND FREQUENT REGULARLY. WE ENLISTED THE HELP OF MARTINA'S TABLE A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION WHO IS WELL PLACED AND CONNECTED TO HOLD INTENTIONAL SOCIAL INTERACTION WITH COMMUNITIES AFFECTEDY ISSUES MENTAL HEALTH SUCH AS YOUTH RENTERS, OLDER ADULTS, PEOPLE AFFECTED BY LONG COVID AND HOUSING, UNSTABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OTHERS. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE JOINED. WE'RE TO PARTNER WITH MARNIE TO TABLE ON THIS PROJECT. AS I MENTIONED. VERY PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY LAUREN WILLIAMS TODAY INTRODUCE HERSELF AND SHARE HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR RECENT LAUNCH EVENT. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS WILLIAMS. I AM WITH MARNI TO THISABLE . AS ARIN MENTIONED WE HELD OUR FIRST COMMUNITY EVENT ON JUNE 27TH AND SOME OF THE THEMES THAT CAME FROM THAT WERE MINDFULNESS STAYING ACTIVE FOR MENTAL HEALTH, ADDRESSING CULTURAL STIGMA, SPIRITUAL HEALTH AS IT RELATES TO MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDRESSING TOXIC MASCULINITY AND THEIR WORDS WHICH WE KNOW JUST MEANS MORE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND CONVERSATIONS FOR MEN AND BOYS. SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS UNCOVERED THAT THEY NEEDED WERE HELPED TO WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GETTING RESOURCES INCLUDING ,INSURANCE AND JUST NAVIGATING FORMS AND ONLINE RESOURCES. LOT OF PEOPLE MENTIONED THAT THEY'LL BE STUCK ON THE PHONE FOR HOURS AND STILL NOT GET TO THE PERSON THAT THEY NEED TO REACH IN ORDER TO HELP THEM. OF COURSE LOW COST AND FREE RESOURCES AS WELL. TRANSLATION AND LANGUAGE SUPPORT WERE A HUGE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AND ALSO TRANSPORTATION TO SET MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES A FEW LOCATIONS THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS RECOMMENDED THAT WE HOST THESE POP UPS ARE ASSISTED LIVING AND NURSING AND SCHOOLS RECOGNIZING THAT OUR SENIORS, OUR ELDERS, OUR YOUTH ARE THE ONES THAT NEED THESE CONVERSATIONS THE MOST AND NEED THE RESOURCES THE MOST IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I WILL IT OVER TO GRANT WHO IS GOING TO SHOW A QUICK VIDEO OF WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT . WE TOOK THAT EXPRESSION IF WE COULD JUST GET EVERYONE THE TABLE AND WE TOOK IT SERIOUSLY. WE'RE AT AN EVENT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC HEALTH IN COLLABORATION WITH THE OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING HOSTED WITH THE HELP OF MARGARITA'S TABLE WHO IS A COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION. THAT FACILITY IT'S COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AND TODAY'S TOPIC WAS AROUND MENTAL WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TONIGHT IS IDENTIFY WHAT MIGHT BE SOME SPACES WHERE WE COULD POP UP TO HAVE ENGAGED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH NATALIE MDR HAS FUNDE THE PLIC HEALTH DIVISION WITH A GRANT TO DO INNOVATIVE WORK THAT IS IMPACTFUL IN THE COMMUNITY. THE INTENTION OF THIS EVENT WAS TO START THE CONVERSATION AND TO REALLY GAUGE WHO'S IN THE ROOM, WHO'S NOT IN THE ROOM, WHO SHOULD BE HERE MORE EVIDENCE WHAT THE ISSUES ARE THAT RISE TO THE SURFACE FOR THESE COMMUNITIES AND TO THEN CULMINATE INTO POP UP EVENTS DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE SEEKING MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES OR ASKING FOR A MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT? WE TOO THE TECHNOLOGY THAT RETAERS USE TO MAKE HAPPY TO PART WITH YOUR MONEY AND WE REPURPOSED IT TO MAKE YOU HAPPY TO PART YOUR PRECONCEIVED NOTION OF THE OTHER. SO INSTEAD OF TELLING PEOPLE THEY'RE RACIST OR THAT THEY DON'T LIKE PEOPLE OR ANY OF THOSE THINGS WE JUST SAY YOUR COMMUNITY IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND. YOU NEED TO LEARN A PRACTICE TO BE AUTHENTICALLY WELCOMING. YOU NOTICED WE'RE HAVING LANGUAGE SUPPORT AND ANOTHER THING WE SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE PROVIDING ACCESS. SOMEBODY WHO WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR WHEN WE STARTED ASKING YOU KNOW LIKE WHERE WE GO OR HOW DO YOU WANT TO IDENTIFY DID YOU NOTICE PEOPLE WERE SAYING WELL I'M A LITTLE OF BOTH. SOMEBODY SAID YOU DON'T HAVE A SIGN FOR ME? WE DIDN'T SAY OH WE DON'T HAVE A SIGN FOR YOU. WE SAID LET'S MAKE SIDE AND IT SHOWS YOU PRACTICE BASED EVIDENCE THOSE STEPS THAT WE TOOK IN THE ROOM IT HELPS PEOPLE BE A PART. WE SAY IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALL OR WELCOME HERE AND THIS SPACE WAS CREATED WITH YOU SPECIFIC YOU IN MIND. I THINK WHAT WAS DIFFERENT IS THAT TOPIC OMENTAL HEALTH WAS APPROACHED FROM THE LENS OF COMMUNITY AND. ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM WHO WERE INVITED TO GIVE THE CITY AND CITY PARTNER FEEDBACK ON WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THEM AND ONE OF THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THEM AND ACCESS THE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES ARE LATINO COMMUNITIES. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT BARRIERS LANGUAGE INFORMATION THE STIGMA ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND WE WANT OUR LATINO COMMUNITIES TO GET THOSE RESOURCES IN SPANISH. THAT'S WHY WE CAME HERE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT AND. ALSO TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION TO OUR LATINOOMMUNITY IS EVERY CMUNITY WINNING MORE RESOURCES MORE ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS THAT HAPPENS AROUND THE COMMUNITIES? IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. IT SHOULDN'T BE A ONE AND DONE THE WAY THINGS HAPPEN IN COMMUNITIES ESPECIALLY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. THINGS TRAVEL BY WORD OF MOUTH . SOMEONE REALLY EXPERIENCES IT AND THEN THEY'RE THEIR NEIGHBOR AND THEY'RE TELLING THEIR FAMILY MEMBER AND THEY'RE BRINGING THEIR ALONG AND THAT'S HOW YOU GET PEOPLE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND AND KNOW THAT THEY ARE TRULY INVITED TO THE TABLE. THEY ALSO A LOT ABOUT HAVIN TO DRIVE TO BROOKLYN PART MINNEAPOLIS JUST TO GET RESOURCES AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY THIS WORK HAS TO CONTINUE. WE DON'T WANT OUR COMMUNITY HAVING TO LEAVE BLOOMINGTON TO ACCESS THESE RESOURCES THAT A STRATEGIC PLAN AND OUR MOTTO AND I CALL IN OUR VISION IS TO BE THAT COMMUNITY IN A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE AND THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM TONIGHT, THEY WANT TO RECEIVE RESOURCES BUT THEY WANT TO DO THAT IN BLOOMINGTON BECAUSE BLOOMINGTON IS A PLACE WHERE THEY ARE THIS HAS BE REPLICATED. WE HAVE T CONTINUE T COERSATION. I WANTED TO TELL THIS PERSON HOW I WANT THIS PERSON TO SEE THE WORLD BLOOMINGTON DINER AND RICHFIELD IS POPPING UP TO GET EVERYONE THE TABLE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND HOW MUCH IT MATTERS TO NOT JUST ME AND THIS VIEW TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY THAT'S TO IL JUST CONCLUDE SAYING WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THESE PROJECTS COME TO FRUITION IN THE COMING MONTHS AND ARE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR FAITH IN FEDERAL AND THE LEVEL OF PARTNERSHIP WE'VE HAD AS A PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION BY THE OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING AND WHAT THEY'VE OFFERED TO PUBLIC HEALTH TO MAKE THESE PROJECTS. IMPACTFUL. THANK YOU VERY ALRIGHTY THEN WE'RE GETTING DOWN TO THE FINAL SIDE NOTE THESE PRESENTATIONS WHICH ONCE A YEAR ARE SORT OF JOKINGLY CALLED THEUPER FOR OUR OFFICE AND SO IF WE WERE IN THE SUPER BOWL I WOULD WE'RE LIKE IN THE THIRD QUARTER WITH MAYBE ABOUT 2 MINUTES LEFT SO STICK WITH ME. OH WE ARE AT THIS TIME WE'RE JUST GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A REALLY EXCITING PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO BE NEWLY IMPLEMENTED IN THE CITY NEXT YEAR AND IF YOU COULD JUST GO BACKWARDS ONE SLOT MIKE AND I'M GOING TO HAVE A SALAD JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM AND SHE'S GOING TO QUICKLY TALK ABOUT A PROGRAM THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO CREATE FOR US. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD A LOT FROM MANY DIFFEREN PEOPLE IN OU COMMUNIT IS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GETTING INVOLVED THEY CAN ENGAGE IN IN GOVERNMENT AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF APATHY WE LEARNED OUT OF EVEN IN RECRUITING FOR THE BLUE IMPLEMENTING PROGRAM IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE A MISCONCEPTION. YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY ABOUT WHAT GOVERNMENT IS. AND SO WHEN WE WERE GOING INTO SCHOOLS AND SAYING HEY WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE A GOVERNMENT JOB? THEY'RE LIKE NO, I DON'T LIKE POLITICS. AND I WAS LIKE WELL WE ACTUALLY DON'T ALL DO THAT RIGHT? AND SO WE'RE CREATING A PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP YOUNG PEOPLE LEARN MORE ABOUT GOVERNMENT VERY SIMILAR TO VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, THE BULLETIN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. BUT THIS IS TO BE FOCUSED ON YOUNG PEOPLE AND WE SAID WHAT BETTER WAY TO DESIGN A PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THAN HAVE A YOUNG PERSON DO IT? AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO A FELLOW BE WITH US THIS SUMMER AND EXCITED ABOUT HOW SHE WAS ABLE TO COME IN AND WITHIN TWO MONTHS MEET WITH MANY DIFFERENT PARTNERS EVEN PSYCHIATRISTS I'M FINDING AND I'VE PUT TOGETHER A MODEL FOR OUR PROGRAM WE HOPE TO IMPLEMENT NEXT YEAR AND SO SALLY PLEASE DO JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM AND SO LET'S HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU FAITH FOR THE INTRODUCTION. I'M VERY EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THE CREATION THAT I WAS ABLE TO DO THIS SUMMER THROUGH MY INTERNSHIP. SO IT IS CALLED SEWICKLEY YOUTH FELLOWSHIP AND PURPOSE IS TO TARGET YOUTH WHO SEEK INTEREST IN LEARNING ABOUT CIVIC THROU SOCIAL RELIONS AND WE WANT TO TARGET YOUTH AGES 14 TO 20 AND OUR COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING OUR YOUTH AT A VERY YOUNG AGE AND WE CAN ALLOW THEM TO FEEL HERE AT THE CITY WE WANT TO BUILD A COHORT MODEL THESE YOUTH THAT APPLY TO THE FELLOWSHIP AND WILL BE ABLE TO BE SUPPORTED, GUIDED AND MENTORED TO DEVELOP EXECUTE A YOUTH FOCUSED VOTING EVENT TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST FELLOW YOUTH IN VOTING PURPOSES AND REDUCE THOSE BARRIERS THAT WE STILL WITH YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN VOTING WE WILL HAVE MONTHLY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOPS THROUGH THE EMPHASIS OF VOTING AND MENTORSHIP. SO THEREFORE WE WILL ILUDE WITH A MENTOR THROUGH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT. SO WE WILL BE PAIRING EACH YOUTH WHO APPLIES TO THE FELLOWSHIP WITH A CITY STAFF. HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE I CAN HAVE ALL OF THESE CITY STAFF THAT I'VE MET THROUGHOUT MY TIME TO SUPPORT WITHIN THIS AREA OF THE FELLOWSHIP AND WE JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT THROUGH THIS MENTORSHIP EXPERIENCE THE YOUTH CAN HAVE EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION, HAVE THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED AND CAN GROW WITHIN THEIR INDIVIDUAL GOALS WITHIN FELLOWSHIP TIMELINE AND WE ALSO WANT TO OFFER A ONE TIME STIPEND TO JUST REDUCE THE BARRIERS THAT MANY YOUTH FACE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. ANDIKE FAI MENTIONED, I WAS ABLE TO ALSO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO SECURE FUNDING FOR THIS ONE TIME STIPEND AND ALSO JUST CONTINUE TO GROW AND EXECUTE THIS FELLOWSHIP EFFECTIVELY AT THIS TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ALL OF YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OTHERWISE I AM ALSO OPEN TO CONNECTING TO JUST GIVE YOU ALL MORE DETAIL ABOUT THIS FELLOWSHIP THAT WE HOPE TO IMPLEMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. QUICK QUESTIONS COUNCILOR. YOU'RE GOOD. YOU'RE AN OUTSTANDING WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN AT THIS POINT WHERE WE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR LAST SORT OF COMMENTS HERE TODAY IF YOU PURSUE ONE MORE SLIDE MY THERE IS SOME INFORMATION HERE ON THE SCREEN ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THIS CATEGORY OF ULTIMATE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION TONIGHT ON THOSE LAST THREE AND I'M GOING TO INVITE FRED DAO AND SEVERAL MEMBERS TEAM MEMBERS TO SAY OF THE WELCOME TO BOMINGTON PROGRAMO JUST PROVIDE A UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT PROGRAM AND THEN WE'LL WRAP UP FOR THE NIGHT . THANK YOU, FAITH. I JUST HAVE TO ADD A PLUG IN THAT. THIS IS OUR SUPER BOWL AND I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT FOOTBALL BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT WHEN THERE'S 2 MINUTES THERE'S ACTUALLY AN ADDED 30 MINUTES TO THE SHOW. THAT'S AS MUCH AS I KNOW. BUT WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO WE'RE TRYING TO SPEED THROUGH THIS TO WITH INTENON. AND SO THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE WE GAVE A LITTLE BIT BRIEF UPDATE ABOUT THE WELCOME TO BLOOMINGTON PROGRAM AND JUST WANTED TO RECAP AS WELL. AND SO THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE WE TALKED ABOUT THE WELCOME TO BLOOMINGTON DESIGN GROUP THAT AGAIN IN OCTOBER TO FEBRUARY AND WITHIN THAT DESIGN GROUP WHEN GROUP MET WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH FIVE KEY INITIATIVES THEY COULD SEE JUST TO HEAR ON THE SLIDE AND I WON'T GO TO END UP WITH THAT BUT WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS PIECE IS THAT AS WE AGAIN TALK ABOUT THE D I SUPPORT INTO INTO THI WORK IS THATT ALSO CONSISTS OF FOSTER A BETTER COLLABORATION ON NOT ONLY AMONG CITY EMPLOYEES BUT ALSO MORE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND AGAIN IT CONTINUES TO ENHANCE OUR BRAND REPUTATION WHEN WE WERE STARTING THE WELCOME TO BLOOMINGTON PROGRAM SOME OF THE KEY MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS MENTIONED THAT THEY'RE SO EXCITED THAT WE HAVE A WELCOME TO BLOOMINGTON PROGRAM AND THAT THEY HAVEN'T HEARD MANY CITIES DO THIS AND THROUGH THAT IT CREATES AN EXCITEMENT FOR PEOPLE TO WANT TO CONTINUE TO LIVE WORK AND PLAY IN BLOOMINGTON. AND SO WITH THAT I WANT TO INVITE OUR TWO GUESTS HERE TO INTRODUCE THEELVES ANDALK LITTLE BIT ABOUT FIRST THE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM THEN THE VALUE OF HAVING A WELCOME TO BLOOMINGTON PROGRAM. SO I'LL PASS IT ON TO MOLLY FIRST OF ALL RIGHT MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL MY NAME IS MOLLY BOSU AND WAS PART OF THE WELCOME IN BLOOMINGTON DESIGN GROUP AND THEN I'M ALSO CURRENTLY PART OF THE WELCOME TO BLOOMINGTON IMPLEMENTATION TEAM SO. I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS DURING THE DESIGN GROUP PHASE FALL AND WINTER BRAINSTORMING KIND OF THAT CONSENSUS PROCESS WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP OUR FIVE INITIATIVES THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE SCREEN WE BROUGHT TOGETHER EQUITY FOCUSED GROUP AND WE WERE REALLY COMMITTED TO BUILDING COMMUNITY AND INCLUSIVITY HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND THAT WAS REALLY INSPIRING AND SO I REALLY WANTED TO CONTINUE THAT PROCESS, THAT MOMENTUM THAT I SAW COMING OUT OF THAT DESIGN GROUP AND WANTED TO PART OF THE PROCESS OF EXECUTING ON ALL THE IDEAS THAT WE CAME THAT CAME FORWARD DURING THAT TIME AND THAT'S WHY I JOINED THE TEAM THAT IS CURRENTLY IN SESSION. SO ONCE AGAIN WE HAD THOSE FIVE INITIATIVES AND THE FIRST STEPS THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM IS REALLY TO KIND OF HASH OUT THE DETAILS OF LIKE HOW WE GOING TO TAKE THESE INTO FRUITION AND I'LL JUST KIND OF GIVE A LIKE A QUICK LIKE EXAMPLE. SO ONE OF OUR DURING FIRST MEETING OF THE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM IN JUNE OF THIS THIS PAST THIS PAST MONTH WE WERE TAKING A LOOK AT NEW RESIDENT MEETINGS AND REALLY TRYING TO THINK ABOUTHERE DO WE WT OUR N RESIDENT MEANS TAKE PLACE. AND SO WHEN DETERMINING THAT WE TOOK A LOOK AT WILL UTILIZE MAPS OF BLOOMINGTON TO REALLY MAKE SURE THERE WAS NICE EQUITABLE SPREAD IS PRETTY SPREAD THROUGHOUT BLOOMINGTON WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT LOCATIONS WERE REALLY ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL OF OUR NEW RESIDENTS AND IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US THAT WHEN WE FOCUS ON NEW RESIDENTS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE SCOPE OF NEW RESIDENTS, HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS ALIKE. IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE WERE BRINGING NEW RESIDENTS TO WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE SPACES AND ALSOANT TO HILIGHT THE RICH DIVSITY THAT WE HAVE HERE IN BLOOMINGTON OF EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC AND CULTURAL SPACES. AND SO SOME EXAMPLES OF YOU KNOW WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION LOCATIONS FOR THOSE MEETINGS WOULD BE ARE THINGS LIKE THE OXBOW PUBLIC LIBRARY CIVIC PLAZA HERE AND NORMAN DELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE. SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING PROCESS. WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING TOMORROW EVENING AND SO WE'LL BE READY TO REFLECT ON THE WORK WE'VE DONE SO FAR AND TO CONTINUE WITH IMPLEMENTATION IN PHASES AND WE REALLY KNOW THAT WE CAN CREATE THIS THIS REALLY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE HER IN BLOOMINGN R NEW RESIDENTS AS WELL AS FOSTER THAT CONNECTEDNESS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE HERE. SO THANK YOU. CAN I USE THIS ONE? YEAH. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS J.J GARZA AND I'M IN A RESIDENT FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS HERE IN IN BLOOMINGTON AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT A SITE RESIDENT WHY I ENJOY THIS THIS GROUP AND I DECIDED TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE I WON BLOOMINGTON TO BE PREPARED TO WELCOME DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES CULTURES UNDERSTAND US AND WHAT WE NEED WHE WE PARTICATE TO GET TOGETHER IS ALWAYS A WIN WIN SITUATION. I LOVE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON BECAUSE FOR ME AND MY HAS BEEN A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE BUT I UNDERSTAND THE EXPERIENCES ARE NOT THE SAME FOR OTHER PEOPLE . I WOULD LIKE BLOOMINGTON TO BE A PLACE WHERE ALL FEEL WELCOME IN THEY FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG TO HERE THEY'RE WELCOME TO BLOOMINGTON PROGRAM IS GOING TO CREATE A SAFE AND WELCOMING INVITE THEM IN FOR NEW AND CURRENT RESIDENT WITH A FOCUS AND BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITY. BLOOMINGTON IS SUCH DYNAMIC CITY JUST THINKING ABOUT THE MALL OF AMERICA ONE OF THE MOST BLESSED OF THE SIX NATIONS IN MINNESOTA. I'M VOLUNTEER FOR THE MAC THE MULTICULTURAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN . WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT STATISTICS WE KNOW THAT OF THE CRIMINALS ARE NOT FROM THE RESIDENT OF BLOOMINGTON IF WE IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM IN THEIR RIGHT WAY THE RESIDENT OTHIS CITY WIL FEEL IT CAN ALSO HELP US TO MAINTAIN THIS CITY MORE SAFE WHEN WE SPEND WORKING IN THIS PLACE OF INITIATIVES. THE DYNAMIC WAS AN EXPERIENCE COMBINING OR ASPIRATIONS DESIRES ACTIVITY THAT WE CAN CREATE TOGETHER THE LEAST AND WE CREATE INCLUDE NEAR RESIDENT MEETINGS IS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO WELCOME THEM TO COMMUNITIES AND THEM ESSENTIALNFORMATION ABO THEEW ENVIRONMENT THOSE MEETINGS CAN HELP NEW RESIDENTS FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE CONNECTED AND INTEGRATE INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THE NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO INTERACT TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS IN GREAT FRIENDSHIPS WE KNOW WE NEED TO KNOW EACH THE RESEARCHER ALWAYS HELP RESIDENTS DISCOVER VALUABLE VALUE RESOURCE IN THEIR CITY CAF AND ALSO WE CAN CREATE A STRONGER COMMUNITY THROUGH THE NEW WORKING ONE OF MY FAVORITE ALICE WAS THE WORK IN A CULTURAL FAIR. WHY? BECAUSE WE CAN CELEBRATE DIVERSITY IT PROMOTES IN DIVERSITY PROMOTES UNDERSTANDING APPRECIATION AND RESPECT TO ALL THE COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN JAY AND MOLLY FOR BEING UP HERE AND JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE ALL THE FOLKS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE DESIGN GROUP THAT WAS LISTED EARLIER AND ALSO THE CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION TEAM GROUP THAT HAS BEEN AGAIN A PART OF THE CONVERSATION TO CREATE THIS AMAZING WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM SO THANK YOU THANK YOU. WE'VE BEEN KEEPING TRACK OF TIME AND OF THAT 60 MINUTES THAT WAS ALLOCATED WE'RE AT 57 WHICH I THINK IS PERFECT BECAUSE I TIMED THIS AND I WAS HOPING TO SORT OF MAX OUT AND WE HAVE JUST TWO SLIDES FOR YOU WHICH I'LL GO TO QUICKLY LIKE IF YOU GO BACKWARDS JUST ONCE MORE IT YEAH. SO ONE QUICK HIGHLIGHT ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE SORT FOCUS AREA OF OUR THING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS THAT WE HAVE CREATED A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION AND SO WE'VE REACHED OUT TO STAFF WHO EITHER AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT YOUTH ENGAGEMENT IS A CORE COMPONENT THEIR WORK AND THOSE WHO DO THAT TYPE OF WORK IN THE ORGANIZATION AND BRING THE TOGETHERN A QUARTEY BASIS T SEE OUR BEST PRACTICES. ONE OF THE REALLY COOL THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT COHORT IS THAT EVERYONE IS GOING TO HAVE A BUDDY AND SO AT THE LAST MEETING YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A QUOTE HERE ON THE SCREEN FROM ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS AND THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY HAD BEEN WORKING IN THE FOR EIGHT YEARS AND HAD IT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME MET THE PERSON WHO THEY HAD BEEN CORRESPONDING WITH FOR EIGHT YEARS IN PERSON WHICH WE WERE LIKE WOW. BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF THOSE MOMENTS IN THAT MEETING AND SO WE'VE CREATED A CALENDAR SO PEOPLE CAN TALK ABOUT ALL THE EVENTS THAT THEY ARE ENGAGING IN AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION. WHEN PEOPLE WERE CREATING A ONE PAGER SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE GO OUT TO SEE INFORMATION THEI PROGRAM THEYAN ALSO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY AND THEN A BUDDY SYSTEM WHICH IS WE'VE ASKED EACH PERSON WHO'S A PART OF THIS COHORT TO INTRODUCE SORT OF THEIR BUDDY TO SOMEONE IN THEIR NETWORK AND VICE VERSA. AND SO WE'RE RLLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS TYPE OF WORK BRINGS THAT VALUE OF MORE INNOVATIVE AND COLLABORATION AND THEN ALSO HAVING A MUCH MORE ENGAGED EMPLOYEE BASE. AND THEN LASTLY JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND WELCOME IS COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER AND THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL SEE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT SORT OF THE EVEN THAT WE HAV PLANNED FOR WORK. WE WE'VE EXTENDED PARTNERSHIP BEYOND SORT OF EIGHT OUT OF THIS YEAR AND REPORTING IT WILL BE DONE IN THE CITY OF SAVAGE AND ALSO EDEN PRAIRIE AND SO ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS SORT OF A LIST OF EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING FOR WELCOME WEEK AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE THINGS AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU CAN IN THIS PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THIS IS WORK THAT WE CAN'T DO ON OUR OWN AND SO HAVING THE SUPPORT OF OUR COLLEAGUES OTHER CITIES IS REALLY HELPFUL. AND SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO QUICKLY ASK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HELP US PRENT TONIGHT TO JOIN AT THE PODIUM AND IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A BOW YOU CAN BUT SO THAT THEY CAN ALL STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS LET US KNOW BUT WILL FEEL FREE TO FOLLOW FOR YOU LATER AS WELL SO THANK YOU THANK YOU ALL THANK YOU FOR THE THE THOUGHTFULNESS OF YOUR WORK AND FOR THE BREADTH AND THE DEPTH OF YOUR WORK AND WHAT IMPRESSED ME MOST THE LAST COUPLE OF SLIDES A A LOT THINGS THAT YOU DN'T TALK ABOUT THE THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT DEVELOPED AMONG COMMUNITIES WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC REPRESENTED HERE I KNOW YOU WORK WITH THEM VERY CLOSELY THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID WITH FOR THAT FOR THAT TYPE OF WORK THAT GOES ON NOT JUST WITHIN THESE WALLS, NOT JUST WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, THE CITY THE BIG C BUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THE ENTIRE CITY WITH THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, WITH THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY AND THE ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WITH OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES IT'S IT'S THAT NOTION OF ALIGNMENT AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE AND REAY PRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. THANKS, MAYOR. VERY QUICKLY, COUNCILMEMBER LOMAN, VERY QUICKLY I KNOW WE WENT AND WE WENT LONG HERE BUT I DO THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT I SAW THAT MAP OF THE 2040 MAP AND WE TALK ABOUT HOW YOU KNOW, WE HAD THAT SLIDE EARLIER WITH THE BENEFITS OF DEI AND THE WORK WORKPLACE. I REALLY APPRECIATED THE SLIDE THAT THEY HAD WITH THE CERTIFICATES AND THE EXAMPLES THAT THEY GAVE THERE AND THEY TIED THAT DIRECTLY TO THOSE BENEFITS OF THE AI IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I THINK IT'S IORTANT THAT THE TT THE RESENTS UNDERSTAND THAT THE INVESTMENT THAT THIS COUNCIL THAT YOU MAYOR AND MANAGER HAVE MADE IN THIS BUSINESS PLAN THAT WE WERE DOING IS REALLY POSITIONING THE CITY BLOOMINGTON TO REALLY AS WE LOOK LOOK FORWARD TO LIKE WE'VE DONE WITH WATER POLICE FIRE AND THAT TYPE THING TO BE THE TOP IN THE MOST EXCELLENT CITY THAT WE CAN BE AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THAT 2040 MAP. AND I JUST WANT TO JUST THANK OUR OUR MY OUR COLLEAGUES UP HERE AND OUR STAFF FOR DOING THAT WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. WE COULDN'T AGREE MORE. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON COUNCIL TO ITEM THREE ON OUR AGENDA AND THIS IS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCILMEMBER HAS THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR RIGHT NOW I HAVE I'LL BE HOLDING 3.1 AND COUNCILMEMBER DAESSANDRO WAS HOLDING 3.10 AND THE OTHER HOLDS FROM THE REST OF THE COUNCIL ALL RIGHT SO THAT I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA 3.2 OR 3.9 AND 3.11 THROUGH 3.15 A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS AS STATED NO FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO WHY DON'T WE START WITH ITEM 3.10 AND WE'LL DOUBLE BACK TO 3.1 3.10. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND ASKED A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WEAD FOR A WHILE HAD A TURTLE BARRIER FENCE AND MY QUESTION WAS BASED ON KIND OF HOW IT WAS PRESENTED, I WAS CONCERNED THAT THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, EFFECTIVELY CREATING A BARRIER MEANING THAT WE WERE NOT ALLOWING OUR TURTLE FRIENDS TO MIGRATE TO THEIR LOCATIONS AND IF YOU KNOW TURTLES, YOU KNOW THAT THEY THEY DO THAT EVERY YEAR ON PURPOSE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE HATCHED IN ORDER THEN LAY THEIR EGGS. SO IT REALLY MATTERS THAT WE DON'T IMPEDE THEIR PROGRESS. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WE DON'T REALLYAKE IT NOT POSSIBLE. WE JUST KIND OF FUNNEL THEM INTO CERTAIN AREAS. SO I JUST TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY ON EXACTLY LIKE WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND IF WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHERE THE PROCESS WILL BE ON I GUESS IT'S WEST PLANK BEST BUSH LAKE ROAD WILL POTENTIALLY PROVIDE EVEN MORE ACCESS UNDERNEATH THE ROAD SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION ON THAT OR IF WE KNOW LIKE HOW ARE WE DOING OR ARE WE DOING GOOD FOR A WHILE AND NOW THAT THE FENCE IS A TEMPORY ONE ARE WEOT ING SO GREAT OR WHATEVER? JUST KIND OF WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE TRACKING THAT STUFF. MR. KEEL CAN YOU TELL US WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT HERDING TURTLES? HERDING TURTLES? YES. WELL, I CAN FIRST SAY THAT I'M PROBABLY NOT A TURTLE EXPERT BUT I'LL START ANSWERING ANSWERING QUESTIONS. I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT OUR TRIAL DONE WITH SOME SILT FENCING TO SEE HOW THIS WOULD WORK AND WE HAVE AND DEPENDING ON THE YEAR IT MAY BE WORSE SOMETIMES NOT AS BAD ISSUES WITH TURTLES CROSSING BUSH LAKE ROAD AND THAT THEY EITHER HAVE A FAIRLY HIGH MORTALITY RATE WHERE WHERE THEY'RE KILLED OR ANOTHER KIND OF A TRAFFIC CONCERN IS THAT FOLKS STOP TO TRY TO HELP TURTLES ACROSS AND IT'S A VERY KIND OF BUSY ROADWAY SO. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. WE TRIED USING EXISTING CULVERTS WITH SILT FENCE TAG AS THE GUIDE AND I DON'T THINK WE HAD DETAILED DATA ABOUT THE TURTLES NOR ANY SURVEY FROM THE TURTLES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT WE HAD WE KIND OF EMPIRICALLY OUR STAFF FELT THAT THERE WAS A REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF OF CONFLICTS WITH THE TURTLES THAT WERE CROSSING. THIS IS TECHNIQUE THAT IS USED ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND SO THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE KIND OF EXPERTS IN THIS THIS IS ONE OF THE RECOGNIZED WAYS TO HELP REDUCE MORTALITY OF THE TURTLES AS. WE TALK ABOUT IT. IT CERTAINLY IS A BARRIER TO THE EXTENT THAT IT HAS TO FUNNEL ALL THE TURTLES TO SPECIFIC AND THEY CAN'T CROSS WHEREVER THEY WANT. BUT OUR STAFF THAT THE KIND OF THE REDUCTION IN THE MORTALITY RATE IS OF OFFSETS THAT THAT DISADVANTAG THAT THEY TO HAVE TO GO TO THE CROSSINGS SO THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT'S BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT A GRANT PROGRAM IT'S RATHER SMALL OUR PROJECT YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S TYPICALLY FOR CHASING FEDERAL DOLLARS IT'S ABOUT A $300,000 PROJECT AND AS WITH ANY FEDERAL GRANT, THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF OVERHEAD AND EXTRA WORK THAT'S ATTACHED TO IT. BUT WE FELT THAT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO ADDRESS THIS KIND OF ONGOING CONCERN. DO YOU KNOW WHEN WHEN THE I KNOW THAT THERE'S A I GUESS PAVEMENT PROGRAM OR SOME KIND OF RENOVATION PROGRAM HAPPENING FOR BUSH LAKE AT SOME POINT IS THAT YES. I'M SORRY I IT'S EITHER 25 OR 26 WHEN WHEN THE COUNTY PLANNING TO DO WORK ON BUSH LAKE ROAD WEST EAST BUSH LAKE ROAD AND THEY AGREED THAT THEY AS PART OF THAT PROJECT WOULD CONSTRUCT UP TO TWO NEW CROSSINGS THAT WE WOULD FUNNEL THESE TURTLES TO AND THEN OUR PROJECT WOULD HAPPEN VERY SHORTLY THEREAFTER . OKAY I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF WE CAN EXPAND THIS PROGRAM AT ME POINT MAYBE O FRANCE AVENUE AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW IF. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AT ALL BUT THE MORTALITY RATE IN FRANCE IS PRETTY BAD TOO. IT WAS A MASSIVE SNAPPING TURTLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD THERE THIS THIS SPRING. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE OR NOT BUT IF IT IS SUCCESSFUL WE COULD MAYBE THINK ABOUT DOING IT THERE FOR NINE MILE CREEK AND OTHER THINGS AS WELL. OH GREAT. THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION. I APPRECIATE IT. Y'ALL CAN LAUGH AT ME. I KNOW I'M THE BIOLOGY NERD UP HERE BUT I DO THINK THAT NATURAL RESOURCES ARE IMPORTANT INCLUDING OUR TURTLE FRIENDS. THANK THANK YOU THANK YOU, MR. KEEL AND SOMEBODY ELSE OF THE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. NO I DON'T HAPPY TO MOVE ITEM 3.10 AS STATED SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ACCEPT ITEM 3.10 ON THE CONSENT BUSINESS ASSUMING NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND WE WILL DOUBLE BACK TIGHTEN THE 3.1 THE RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT DONATIONS. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR I JUST WANTED TO HOLD THIS ONE AND THANK ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS ANDNDIVIDUALS WHO DONATED TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. I KNOW IT MEANS A LOT TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT RECEIVE DONATIONS AND THE VARIETY OF DONATORS WHO PROVIDED DONATIONS TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION PUBLIC HEALTH, OUR BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM IT JUST REALLY SHOWS HOW ENGAGED AND INVOLVED RESIDENTS ORGANIZATIONS ARE IN BLOOMINGTON. SO JUST A HEARTFELT THANK YOU FOR ALL THESE DONATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED. SO WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO ACCEPT ME GET THIS TO ACCEPT DONATIONS AS LISTED BELOW SECOND MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND MY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN TO ACCEPT ITEM 3.1 THE DONATIONS MADE TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON REQUEST THAT STAFF MAKE THE APPROPRIATE THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS WHO MADE THOSE. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES ZERO. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. VING ON ITEM FR ON OUR AGENDA OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES OUR PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING'S ITEM 4.1. THIS IS A HEARING ARE FOR THE REGARDING REZONING AND PRELIMINARY AND FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR A 99 UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING AT 1801 IN 1851 AMERICAN BOULEVARD WEST. MR. CENTENARIO FROM OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS HERE. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AS THE MAYOR JUST MENTIONED, THERE'S A FEW ITEMS FOR YOUR PUBLIC HERE TONIGHT RELATED TO OF A VACANT SITE AT KNOX IN AMERICAN BOULEVARD AND ENTAILS THE APPLICANT IS LOOKING FOR YOUR FOR A FOUR STORY 99 UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING I'M SURE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE THIS IS THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF KNOX AND AMERICAN AND THIS IS THIS IS A VERY PROMINENT IMPORTANT CORNER WITHIN THE CITY. IT'S WITHIN OUR PANAMERICAN DISTRICT PLANT DISTRICT AND I'VE A COUPLE OF PICTURES HERE BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE AN ORANGE LINE BRT STATION IS AT THE SITE ON THE EAST END OF THE SITE SO TRANSIT CERTAINLY ON OUR ON OUR MINDS AS WE REVIEW ANY SORT OF DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL A COUPLE IMAGES OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ON SITE YOU SEE THE DISTRICT WHICH IS A RECENTLY COMPLETED FOUR STORY APARTMENT BUILDING BY THE SAME DEVELOPER AS YOU'RE REVIEWING TONIGHT AND THAT IN THE FOREGROUND ARE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE IMAGE YOU CAN SEE THAT ORANGE LINE BRT STATION RIGHT ALONG KNOX AND THEN THE DISTRICT IN THE BACKGROUND ESSENTIALLY JUST LOOKING THE OTHER WAY MORE OR LESS TOWARDS INTO THE NORTH YOUEE THE ORANGE LE AND THAT AND THE STREET WHICH INCLUDES A FAIR AMOUNT OF ON STREET ANGLE PARKING THAT'S EIGHT AND A HALF STREET AND THEN SOME OF THAT ANGLE PARKING WAS ALLOCATED TO THIS PARTICULAR PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT SO YOU'LL SEE THAT ON SITE PLAN. SO ONE OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR ACTION ON IS REGARDING OR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AND A LOT OF THE GRAPHICS ON CURRENT PLAN MAPS THEY YOU KNOW THEY'RE VERY COLORFUL BUT THEY REALLY HAVE A LOT OF MEANING IN TERMS OF WHAT SORT OF LAND USE IS ACTUALLY OCCUR IN IN THE REAL WORLD AND CURRENTLY THE SITE IS GUIDED FOR COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AND SO THAT MAKES SENSE FOR US FOR RETAIL MAYBE FOR SOME MIXED BUT WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THAT'S APPROPRIATE BECAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT BEFORE YOU AS A 100% RESIDENTIAL APPLICATION AND SO IN ORDER TO HAVE 100% RESIDENTIAL PROJECT THE DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IS REALLY THE APPROPRIATE LAND USE DESIGNATION AND ALONG WITH AT WE'RE YOU TO TAKE ACTION ON REZONING THAT CORRESPONDS WITH THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT CURRENTLY THE SITE IS IS IS THE BASE ZONING THAT'S A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ONE SITE HAS IS ALREADY A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ONE SITE IS NOT AND WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IS FOR BOTH SIDES TO BE ZONED ARM 100 SO THIS IS THE FIRST ARM 100 PROPERTY THAT WOULD IN CITY BLOOMINGTON SO THE 100 STANDS FOR A MAXIMUM OF 100 UNITS PER ACRE. AT'S PRETTY HIGH DENTY. WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT IS 55 UNITS PER ACRE WHICH IS STILL VERY SIGNIFICANT AND WITHIN THE RANGE OF THAT ZONING DISTRICT AND SO HERE WE HAVE THE SITE PLAN. YOU SEE A RECTANGULAR BUILDING VERY PUSHED TOWARDS 80TH AND HALF STREET WHICH IS THAT WHICH DOES FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE AND THE PAN AMERICAN DISTRICT PLAN AND THEN THE BUILDING IS LOCATED QUITE CLOSE TO KNOX AVENUE SO WE HAVE THOSE REDUCED SETCKS TO CREATE MOREF AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT ALONG KNOX AVENUE AND EIGHTH AND A HALF STREET. ONE ELEMENT THAT DOES REQUIRE SOME FLEXIBILITY IS A REDUCED YARD ALONG AMERICAN AND NORMALLY WE HAVE A PRETTY PRETTY SIGNIFICANT 20 FOOT LANDSCAPED YARD THE AFRICAN IS LOOKING FOR FLEXIBILITY ON THAT IT'S PRETTY LOGICAL WHY THEY WOULD ASK FOR THESE SETBACKS BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE RED LOBSTER IMMEDIATE TO THE WEST IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT NARROWER THAN WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING. SO THAT'S WHAT WHAT YOU SEE ON THE IMAGE IS WHAT A SEVEN FOOT BOULEVARD AND A ROUGHLY LITTLE LESS THAN FIVE FOOT SETBACK LOOKS LIKE. AND REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS AT A MINIMUM ENOUGH DISTANCE TO SUPPORT PLANT LIFE. SO WE HAVE SOME SORT OF VEGETATIVE BUFFER BETWEEN A SIDEWALK AND PARKING. IT'S MUCH COMFORTABLE FOR PEDESTRIANS IF THEY'RE WALKING ALONG SHRUBS AND TREES INSTEAD OF WALKING ALONG HEADLIGHTS. HERE WE HAVE THE LANDSCAPING PLAN OVERALL VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. QUITE A BIT OF TREES, SHRUBS THEY'RE MEETING THE THE REQUIRED QUANTITIES AND DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT LANDSCAPING PLAN I KNOW IN THE IMAGES YOU'LL SEE HERE WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE THAT THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF LANDSCAPING IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE BRT STATION. THIS IS A RENDERING IT'S A THREE DIMENSIONAL RENDERING SO IT GIVES IT KIND OF A FLAVOR OF WHAT WHAT THE APPLICANT IS THINKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF LANDSCAPING BUT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE IF YOU'RE IF IT'S A WELL LANDSCAPED ENVIRONMENT VERSUS JUST STANDING NEXT TO A PARKING LOT. COUPLE OF BUDING ELEVATIONS FOR YOU GIVES YOU AGAIN A FLAVOR FOR WHAT WHAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND AGAIN A FOUR STORY BUILDING THERE'S ANGLED PARKING. I'M LOOKING AT THE TOP IMAGE, THE ANGLE PARKING ALONG 80TH AND HALF STREET AND THEN THE LOWER IMAGE YOU SEE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FOUR STORY BUILDING AND THEN THE THE BRT STATION. TWO MORE IMAGES FOR YOU. THE OTHER IMAGE IS ESSENTIALLY THE IS T NORTH ELEVATION BO OF THESE THE NORTH ELEVATION GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU KNOW THE SURFACE LOOKS LIKE. SO IN THIS DEVELOPMENT THERE'S A MIX OF SURFACE PARKING AS WELL ONE LEVEL OF STRUCTURED PARKING SO BELOW THE BUILDING THERE WILL BE 50 STALLS OF ENCLOSED PARKING STRUCTURE AND THEN THE REMAINDER WOULD BE SERVER SERVED SURFACE PARKING AND ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A REDUCED AMOUNT OF STRUCTURE PARKING BECAUSE THERE'S 99 STALLS BUT 5 STALLS AND STRUCTU PARKING IS OUR OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE INCENTIVES SO THE APPLICANT WILL WANT TO GO BACK UP. THE MINIMUM IS 9% OF UNITS AT A 60% AREA MEDIAN INCOME AFFORDABILITY LEVEL THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING NINE UNITS AT A MIX BETWEEN STUDIO ALCOVE AND ONE BEDROOMS WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. BUT THEY WOULD MEET A SLIGHTLY MORE AFFORDABLE LEVEL AT 50% EMI SO THERE THEY ARE EXCEEDING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OUTLINED BY THE ORIGINAL BUT WITH THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AS DID THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND I HAVE THERE'S THREE MOTIONS TOTAL FOR YOU THE TOP RELATES THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT THE SECOND RELEASE OF THE REZONING AND THEN THE BOTTOM IS FOR THE PRELIMINARY FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MR. CENTENARIO THE QUESTION THAT I HAD AND THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION INCLUDED HERE AND MAYBE I JUST MISSED IT SOMEWHERE SO I APOLOGIZE IF I DID WILL THERE BE ACCESS OFF OF ADDITIONAL ACCESS OFF OF AMERICAN BOULEVARD OR WILL THE ACCESS BE OFF OF AREA THAT A HALF STREET SUMMARY? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I CAN CERTAINLY POINT THAT OUT . SO MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS THERE'S ACCESS FROM AMERICAN BOULEVARD AND 80TH AND A HALF SO THE ACCESS FROM AMERICAN BOULEVARD IS IN THE NORTH NORTHWEST OF THE SITE. YOU SEE MY CURSOR HERE AND THAT'S AN EXISTING ACCESS POINT AND THEN ALONG EIGHTIES AND HALF THERE'S A SECONDARY SECONDARY FROM THAT ANGLED PARKING AREA. SO MAYBET MHT BE HELPFUL IF I SHO YOU SOME EXISTING CONDITIONS. SO HERE'S HERE'S ACCESS OF THE KNOX AND THAT'S A I BELIEVE THAT'S A WRITE IN RIGHT OUT ACCESS AND THEN THAT'S NOT VERY HELPFUL THERE THEN THIS IS THE ACCESS TO AND FROM AMERICAN BOULEVARD. SO IN BEHIND ME IS RED LOBSTER FROM THIS IMAGE AND SO THAT'S REMARKABLE. RIGHT. AND THEN YOU SAW THE THE KNOX AVENUE NOW ALSO IF WE LOOK PARDON MY CHANGING ON THE SLIDES NOW AT&T HAVE CONTINUES TO THE WEST AND SO IF YOU KNOW IF YOU RECALL LIKE THE FRESH TIME SHOPPING AREA THE HOTEL RESTAURANT SOME OF THOSE RETAIL SPACES YOU CAN HAVE CONTINUES TO THOSE AREAS. SO IF THEY'RE SOMEONE WHO WOULD RESIDE HERE IT WOULD BE VERY CONVENIENT TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE OR TO A OR YOU KNOW PRESUMABLY COULD WALK TO TARGET OR SOME OTHER AREA. SO THIS SITE WOULD BE VERY CONVENIENT FOR YOUR DAILY SERVICES WHERE YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY A CAR. I WOULD AGREE AND I THINK MY CONFUSIONOMES FROM THE AMERICAN BOULEVARD LETTERING THERE. IS IT BLOCKING THE LEFT IN ? IS THERE A LEFT TURN OR ARE THEY MAKING A LEFT TURN OUT OF THE LEFT LANE? OH, I YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING IS IS IT LIKE AS YOU GET INTO MORE MORGAN CIRCLE IS THE LEFT TURN INTO MORGAN CIRCLE ACTUALLY HAS A LEFT TURN LANE IS THERE A LEFT TURN LANE THE SIDE THERE? WELL, MR. MAYOR, LET'S LET'S FIX THAT HERE. I'M GOING TO AND IT'S JUST A RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT. I DIDN'T WRITE OUT I WAS GOING TO GO. UNDERSTOOD. OKAY. YEAH, THAT WAS M CONCERN I WAS I WAS BIT NERVOUS ABOUT LEFT TURNS IN WITHOUT A LEFT TURN LANE OFF OF AMERICAN BOULEVARD JUST THAT MAKES SENSE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT COUNSEL. ANY QUESTIONS AND MR. CENTENARIO COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO YOU KNOW I'M KIND OF LOOKING BACK IN TIME WHEN WE HAD OUR DISTRICT PLAN JUST MAKING SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT WERE TRYING TO DO WITH YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS JUST AS I WAS GETTING ON COUNCIL BACK IN 2013 AND 2014 AND AND I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HOW WE TRYING DO. SO I'M SEEING, YOU KNOW, ONE MAP IN OUR DISTRICT PLAN. WE'VE GOT A WHOLE THING UP THERE ABOUT THAT OR IT SAYS AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE EXISTING THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT IT WE WERE GUIDING IT TO OR IF WE'RE USING, YOU KNOW, FIGURE 5.2 LAND USE GUIDE PLAN OR WE'RE LOOKING TRY TO YOU KNOW, DO MORE RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE WHAT I'M SEEING IN THE ONE MAP I'VE GOT A LOT OF COMMERCIAL THERE AND I SEE SO RESIDENTIAL ARE YOU KNOW IS THAT PLAN THAT WE HAD BACK THEN IN 2014 COMPLETELY OUT OF DATE YOU KNOW GIVEN THE CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE MAYBE GOING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION FROM WHERE THAT'S AT I TOTALLY GET THAT GIVEN YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAD WITH THE PANDEMIC. BUT I JUST WANTED TO JUST BE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, NOT GOING TO JUST YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, JUST WE'RE NOT COMPLETELY JUST IGNORING THAT THE WORK WE DID BACK IN 2014 2013 SURE WAS SUCH AN AREA COUNCILMEMBER. THAT'S A GRE QUESTION. I DON'T BIEVE WE'RE MOVING FAR AWAY. I THINK ACTUALLY THIS THIS DEVELOPMENT IS VERY MUCH CONSISTENT WITH THE PAN AMERICAN PLAN. THE RE GUIDING IS REALLY THE NECESSARY MECHANISM TO ACCOMPLISH THE PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED. YOU IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE IF YOU LOOK MORE GENERALLY AT JUST MORE GENERALLY THAN THE DISTRICT PLAN DESIGNATION, YOU LOOK AT THE OF FORM AND DENSITY OF THE BUILDING WITH IT'S MUCH MORE OF AN URBAN CHARACTER WHICH IS IT'S ALSO TRANSIT SUPPORTING GIVEN ITS DENSITY AND LOCATION RELATIVE TO THE ORANGE LINE STATION S IT REALLY MEETS A LOT OF THE OBJECTIVES THAT WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE PAN AMERICAN DISTRICT PLAN BUT THE THE DESIGNATION IS NECESSARY TO ALLOW A 100% RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. SO WHILE IT DOES IT IS A DESIGNATION CERTAINLY WE DO BELIEVE IS STILL CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPOSE AND THE OBJECTIVES OF THE DISTRICT PLAN. THANKS FOR FOR CLARIFYING NEXT AS I'M LOOKING AT THIS I SEE CC AS THE AS THAT DESIGNATION THAT WAS IN THAT FIGURE 5.2 YOU GOT THAT HERE CERTAINLY AND S ARE WE GOING TO BE UTILIZING THAT ANYWHERE ELSE OR IS THAT KIND OF A DEFUNCT ZONE? I MEAN JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, IF I GET WE DON'T HAVE FOLLOW THIS, YOU KNOW, BY THE LETTER I'M TOTALLY NOT SAYING THAT AT ALL . I JUST WANT TO JUST BE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THERE WAS WASN'T IN FACT THIS IN SO I'M SURPRISED THAT THIS DOES NOT FIT THAT FIT THAT ZONE AND MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER WE COULD REALLY GET IN THE WEEDS ON WHETHER THIS IS A STANDALONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT OR INCORPORATE INTO A LARGER DEVELOPMENT AND THEN OUR CALCULATIONS ON FLOOR AREA RATIOS AND BETWEEN DIFFERENT LAND USE CHANGES. AND SO THERE'S A THERE'S A PURPOSE FOR WHY THIS IS STANDALONE AND BECAUSE IT'S A STANDALONE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S 100% RESIDENTIAL THAT TRIGGERED THE THE THE NECESSITY TO RE GUIDE IT TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IF THE IF THE BOUNDARIES OF PLAN DEVELOPMENTS WERE TO CHANGE IT MAY NOT HAVE HAD TO BE DESIGNATED BUT YOU'RE YOU'RE QUESTION ABOUT WILL WE SEE THIS ELSEWHERE AS POSSIBLE IF YOU LOOK AT JUST NORTH NORTH OF AMERICAN BLEVARD WE HAVE A VY LARGE AREA WHERE WE HOPE TO SEE A FAIR AMOUNT OF REDEVELOPMENT AND YOU MAY BE PRESENTED WITH PHASES THAT ARE 100% RESIDENTIAL WHERE SOME PHASES MIGHT BE MORE OF A MIXED USE. WE CERTAINLY THERE WILL BE SOME MIXED USE. SO IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT YOU MIGHT YOU MIGHT BE ASKED TO RE DESIGNATE PARTICULAR PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT BUT I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE LARGE SWATHS OF LAND AND I APPRECIATE THAT THAT THAT GOING THROUGH THAT THAT PIECE BECAUSE I JUST THERE'S A PART OF ME THAT SAYS ,YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE NEED T REFRESH THIS ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT PLAN. I MEAN THAT WE NECESSARILY WANT TO DO THAT. BUT I JUST I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THIS STUFF NOW, YOU KNOW, MANY YEARS LATER AND KIND OF THINKING TO MYSELF, WOW, DOES THIS REALLY EVEN MAKE ANY SENSE GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW NOW WITH WHAT THE MARKET IS IN REALLY A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT COUNCIL REALLY TO BE HONEST IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES AND THINGS. SO I MEAN I SEE THIS HIGH DENSITY BEHIND THAT WHICH TO ME MAKES MAKES THIS MAKES SENSE BUT THEN I'M KIN OF LOOKING AT THE REST OF THIS AND KIND OF THINKING TO MYSELF WOW I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THIS STUFF MAKES SENSE GOING FORWARD. SO THAT'S JUST REALLY MORE WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU MAYOR JUST A COUPLE QUICK THINGS HERE REGARDING THE AFFORDABLE UNITS REMIND ME WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A STUDIO AND AN ALCOVE IS THIS VERY COUNCILMEMBER I MIGHT GET IT WRONG WHAT I WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE TO ME IS AN ALCOVE HAS A SEMI SEPARATION FOR BEDROOM SPACE IT'S NOT A TRUE SEPARATE BEDROOM. IT MAY NOT HAVE A WINDOW OR IT MAY NOT HAVE IT MAY NOT HAVE A WALL THAT GOES FROM THE TO CEILING BUT IT DOES HAVE SOME LEVEL OF SEPARATION BETWEEN LIVING SPACE AND SLEEPING SPACE. SO ONE OF THOSE LIKE VERTICAL DIVIDERS CAN PUT UP SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OKAY SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. IT AND THE REASON I ASKED THAT IS ONE OF MY CONCERNS. I MEAN IT'S THE WAY JOE DOES BUT I MEAN WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE ALCOVE STUDIO AND THEN MAYBE A COUPLE ONE BEDROOM AND IT WOUL OBVIOUSLY AS DISCUSSED MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE BE NICE TO SEE AFFORDABLE LARGER UNITS AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY JUST USED THE SMALLEST UNITS POSSIBLE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT TO GET TO 9% AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTING ARE FOR ME BUT THAT IS WHAT IT THAT MAYBE IS SOMETHING TO LOOK AT WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT ON OUR REVIEW OF WHICH AS WE DO GOING THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD IN TERMS OF THE CHRONOLOGICAL THE HISTORY OF IS ENCROACHMENT AROUNDASN'T THERE ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS PROPOSED HERE THAT DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD AND PART OF THE ISSUE WAS RELATED TO A RESTAURANT AND PART OF THE THOUGHT WAS THIS AREA SHOULD BE ONLY RESIDENTIAL BUT I HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF AMENITIES THAT CAN ACCESS AND USE THAT'S KIND OF THAT IDEA AM I RIGHT IN RECALLING THAT HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY OR WAS THAT A DIFFERENT PROPERTY? YES, IT'S VERY COUNCILMEMBER I DON'T KNOW THE WHOLE BUT YES THERE WAS THERE WAS A DRIVE THRU RTAURANT PROPOL BEFORE YOU GOT A LOT OF DISCUSSION. YEAH AND IT NEVER MATERIALIZED. YEAH SO THERE WAS A LOT OF ISSUES ON THE COMPATIBILITY OF A DRIVE THRU RESTAURANT REALLY HIGH INTENSITY DRIVE RESTAURANT WITH THE PAN AMERICAN DISTRICT PLAN AND THEN AS FAR AS ALL ALL THE EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID AND WENT DOWN IN THE PLANNING CITY COUNCIL I'D HAVE TO REFER TO GLAMORGAN GUARD WHO PROBABLY HAS MORE I REMEMBER ON THAT THE NIGHT AND I DON'T NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I JUST WONDERED REFRESH MY MEMORY IF THIS WAS THE SAME LOCATION IT IS AND SO THIS IS A SHIFT FROM A MODEL WHERE WE WANTED EITHER RESTAURANT RETAIL OR SOME TYPE OF A LEVEL OF AMENITY TO BE IN ALL. AND SO MY ONLY QUESTION IS HOW DO WE ENSURE WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT ENTIRE AREA THAT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT HIGH LEVEL OF AMENITIES WITHIN THAT AREA THAT IS I THINK TO COUNCILMEMBER LOEHMANN'S POINT THE VISION IT MAY MAKE SENSE TO DO THIS ONE IS ALL RESIDENTIAL AND THEN SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO COME AND WANT ALL RESIDENTIAL IN ANOTHER ONE AND THEN SOMEONE'S GOING TO COME AND WANT ALL RESIDEN YOU KNOW HOW DO WEUST AVOIDHAT AND WE HAVE WHAT THAT VISION WAS SIMILAR CANDIDLY TO WHAT WE'RE DOING AT LYNDALE WHERE WERE WERE SPECIFIC ZONING IT TO HAVE A A REQUIREMENT A COMPONENT OF THAT RETAIL PART OF IT SO I JUST I JUST DON'T WANT THIS TO SNOWBALL HOW DO WE AVOID THAT I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, COUNCILMEMBER AND APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION AND I THINK AS WE WERE JUST KIND OF CHATTERING HERE I THINK FROM A ON THE NORTH SIDE OF AMERICAN BOULEVARD IT'S PRETTY FULL UP NOW. AND TO COUNCMEMBER LOEHMANN'S POI, THE REAL QUESTIONS THE THE REDEVELOPMENT EXCUSE ME THE SOUTH SIDE OF AMERICAN LAW. THE QUESTION THE NORTH SIDE OF AMERICAN BOULEVARD, THE REDEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE THERE TO TO ENSURE THAT YES, IT MEETS THAT VISION THAT WE HAD THAT IT WASN'T SIMPLY ALL BIG BOX RETAIL BUT IT WASN'T ALL RESIDENTIAL AS WELL THAT THERE'S A MIX IN KIND OF AN URBAN FEEL TO THAT AND AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE THAT'S WHAT THE CURRENT ZONING AND THE CURRENT PLAN HAS PUT FORWARD AND I THINK THAT IT'S UP TO US TO ENSURE THAT WE WE WE REACH THE GOAL THAT WE WERE AIMING FOR AND YOU'RE RIGHT THE THIS PARCEL PREVIOUSLY AS WE TALKED ABOUT IT I THINK THE KILLER WAS THE DRIVE THRU IF I RECALL I MEAN THAT WAS JUST IT JUST COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT WE WERE ENVISIONING THERE. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE IF IT HAD BEEN A SIT DOWN RESTAURANT. I THINK WE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING THERE BY NOW IF IT HAD BEEN A SIT DOWN RESTAURANT SO IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT SO COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN YEAH I GOT TO ASSUME SOMEBODY'S GOING TO BE MAKING HOTDOGS AT SOME POINT ONE OF THESE UNITS JUST JUST CONFIRM I'VE KNOWN SOME FOLKS THAT LIVED IN ALCOVE UNIT AND IT'S ECTLY RIGHT. IT'S IT'S A WALLED BEDROOM BUT THE WALL STOPS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF FEET FROM THE CEILING SO THAT LIGHT FROM THE WINDOW STILL ILLUMINATES THE BEDROOM EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T HAVE A OKAY JUST TO CONFIRM. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, I LEARNED SOMETHING TONIGHT. THANKS, COUNCILMAN MARTIN AND I THINK I LIVED IN AN ALCOHOL WHEN I WAS A KID UNDER THE STAIRS. I'M JUST KIDDING. THANKS FOR LETTING ME BE A LITTLE CHEEKY, MR. MAYOR. GUESS T THE SENTIMENT THAT I HAVE IT WAS SHARED BY WHEN I READ THE PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES I THINK COUNCIL COMMISSIONER ROHMAN THE SAME THING. THIS ISN'T SPECIFIC NECESSARILY TO THIS PROPERTY BUT IT'S REALLY WHAT IT'S REALLY REPRESENTATIVE OF OF. ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IN THIS AREA THAT THAT THIS FRANKLY IN MY OPINION EXACERBATES NOT NOT FOR ANY FAULT OF ITS OWN BUT NOT THAT LONG AGO THAT THE KNOX AVENUE PA AND RIDE FM METRO TRANSITHICH IS O THE NORTH SIDE, THE TUNNEL THAT THEY CREATED UNDERNEATH FOR 94 AND THE BEST BUY PARKING LOT WAS CLOSED. AND SO NOW THIS KNOX AVENUE AREA HAS NO PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO PARK AND RIDE AND NEITHER DOES THE ONE IN THE NORTH. BUT MOST PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF WHO WOULD CHOOSE TO DO THAT COULD PARK AND RIDE OVER ON THE NORTH SIDE AND IT A LITTLE BIT OF A PAIN IN THE BUT YOU COULD STILL GET DOWNTOWN AND EVERYTHING. THERE'S A LOT OF PARKING SURFACE PARKING AVAILABLE OVER THISREA ANDO IS THERE IS THERE YOU KNOW, IS THERE A CONCERN FROM YOU ALL AS YOU THINK ABOUT THIS MORE COMPREHENSIVELY THAT IN THIS SPACE THESE FOLKS WHO HAVE THESE PARKING SPACES BOTH ON THE 80 AND A HALF SIDE IN THESE SPACES ARE GOING TO JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO PARK THEIR CAR AND TRY TO TAKE THE ORANGE LINE. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO WORSE AS WE GO ALONG. I THINK I MENTIONED THIS CITY MANAGER LAST WE CHATTED THAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE METRO TRANSIT COME OVER HERE AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT WHETHER THEY'RE LEASE A SECTION OF THE THE PARKING LOT NEAR YOU KNOW, THE AMC BOWLING ALLEY OR WHATEVER TO LIKE SOLVE FOR THAT IF WE CAN HELP WITH THAT. I THINK THIS THIS UNIT WILL ALSO VERY MUCH BENEFIT THE ONLY COMMENT OTHER COMMENT WILL MAKE IS THAT IS DO THEY HAVE DO THEY HAVE OR DO WE HAVE ON THEIR BEHALF ANY ABOUT THE NATURE OF OF OF TRANSIENTS BETWEEN THE KNOX AVENUE PARK AND RIDE AND YOU KNOW WHAT LOOKS TO BE VERY NICE LANDSCAPING THAT I COULD LAY AND GO TAKE A NAP RIGHT AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT AND ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO BEAR THE BURDEN OF OF THAT IF THEY'VE GOT IT, YOU KNOW, AT A CERTAIN HEIGHT OR WHATEVER LIKE WHAT DID WE TALK TO THEM IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN THAT CORRIDOR THAT'S JUST A MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER THERE'S A LOT OF A VARIETY OF THINGS THEY CAN DO TO THE CAN USE CERTAINLY WILL REQUIRE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY POLICE METRO TRANSIT STAFF AS WELL AS THE PROPERTY OWNER REALLY ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHERN COLLABORATIO TO TRYND MANAGE THE PROPERTY IN A IN A SAFE MANNER. BUT THERE ARE THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS CAN DO TO TRY AND MINIMIZE THE POTENTIAL IMPACT. LIGHTING ALWAYS A VERY GOOD ONE. LANDSCAPING CAN BE USED VERY EFFECTIVELY SO IT'S A LUSH ENVIRONMENT BUT THEN DIFFERENT SPECIES ARE CHOSEN. SO THERE'S DIFFERENT HEIGHTS OF LANDSCAPING THAT MORE OR LESS DETER FROM TAKING A NAP IN THE BUSHES. SO REALLY IT'S GOING TO BE GOES UNDER THE DETAIL OF THE DESIGN BEFORE THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTED. HAVE THEY MADE COMMITMENTS ON THAT FRONT AS PART OF THIS O IS THIS THIS NOT THE TIME WHERE WE ASK FOR THAT LEVEL OF INFORMATION ANYWAY? SO IT PROBABLY DOESN'T COME UP AT THE STAGE THAT'S FAIR COUNCILMEMBER YOU KNOW THEY HAVE A LANDSCAPING PLAN FOR EXAMPLE. THOSE TEND TO CHANGE ESPECIALLY WITH AS A PREPARE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS THEY START GET PRICING MAYBE SOMETHING WORKING FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN KEEP IN MIND AS WE AS REVIEW THE FINAL PLANS. THANKS. I'M ALSO IF THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ANYONE FROM STEWART COMPANY HERE TO TO AUGMENT ANYTHING YOU'VE SAID MR. CENTENARIO I GUESS, MR. MAYOR, I BELIEVE THE THERE'S A REPRESENTATIVE HERE. I SAW THE UNFAMILIAR FACE AND I WAS ASSUMING SO MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS HOW ARE YOU TONIGHT? GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR HEARING MY PRESENTATION. HE DID A FINE JOB OUTLINING OUR PROJECT. AS YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN OVER HERE OFFICIALLY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD. OH SURE. RYAN DONNELLY WAS TO OUR COMPANIES OUR OFFICES ON AMERICAN BOULEVARD IN BLOOMINGTON. MIKE DID A FINE JOB OUTLINING OUR PROJECT AS IT'D BE OUR THIRD PROJECT IN THE AREA. WE ALSO OWN THE RED THERE. WHEN I STARTED IN 2008 I DIDN'T THINK I'D BE BEFORE YOU NOW IN 2023 BUT IN A COMBINATION WITH WORKING THE HRA AND STAFF OVER THE YEARS WE'VE WE'VE CREATED NEIGHBORHOODS THERE AND AND IT'S WORKED YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE DO WANT A FRESH TIME THEY DO WALK ACROSS THE STREET AND EH PROJECT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND IT BECOMES ITS OWN COMMUNITY BUT IT'S STILL WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE'VE CREATED WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE WHEN THIS ALL STARTED DEPENDENT THE PAN AMERICAN DISTRICT PLAN, I MEAN YOU GOT TO KIND OF BE PROUD TO SEE WHAT IT WAS AND WHAT IT IS NOW AND KIND OF THINK IT WORKED. I MEAN FOR A COUPLE NAPKINS WAY BACK WHEN TO NOW YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT A THOUSAND PEOPLE LIVING THERE IN OUR PROPERTIES AND SO THEY'RE USING THE SURROUNDING AMENITIES AND AND NOW THE ORANGE LINE AND SO IT'S THIS IS JUST A LAST OPEN LOT THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY TODAY THAT WE WANTED TO GET SOMETHING IN FRONT OF YOU AND SOMETHING THAT FIT THE SITE AND AND THAT'S WHAT YOU REVIEWING TONIGHT AND WE HOPE YOU GIVE IT A CHANCE BECAUSE THAT'S YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAPPY IN BLOOMINGTON AND OUR RESIDENTS ARE HAPPY AND THEIR DEMAND IS THERE FOR MORE. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL THANKS FOR BEING HERE . WELL, THANK YOU, MR. CENTENARIO. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING RIGHT NOW AND ITEM 4.1 THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE REGARDING REZONING PRELIMINARY AND FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE 99 UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING AT OH ONE AND 1851 AMERICAN BOULEVARD WEST, ONE OF THE CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.1 ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. MR. SABLE, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? MR. MAYOR? COUNCIL MEMBERS NO ONE ON THE PHONE. LAST CALL HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR ANYONE LISTENING TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK NO ONE COMING FORWARD COUNCIL WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT AND 4.1 SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECONDED COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.1 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO COUNCIL ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS? I HAVE ONE CURIOSITY QUESTION WHICH IS WHY IS 11 SHAPED AS IT IS WAS THAT WAS THAT A DRIVEWAY AT ONE POINT OR A MAYOR YOU KNOW ONE THING I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT HISTORY OF HOW THE PARCELS ARE ORGANIZED BUT OR 1851 EXCUSE. YEAH. SO MR. MAYOR, THIS THESE TWO PROPERTIES ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN COMBINED. IT IS IT IS ONE PROPERTY. HOWEVER THERE WAS SOME ISSUE WITH THE COUNTY AND IT JUST WASN'T QUITE COMBINED TO MAKE IT VISIBLE IN R MAPPING SYSTEMS. SO THERE WAS A PLAT IT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY, IT WAS RECORDED BUT WE JUST STILL HAVE THESE REMNANTS THAT ARE KIND OF CLEANUP ITEMS SO ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE NOTICING APPROPRIATELY AND WEREN'T CAUSING ISSUES FOR WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO TAKE ACTION ON. WE JUST IT'S ON A MAP. IT'S TWO PARCELS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL WELL DONE COUNCILOR. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? WELL, I WILL SEND AFTER SEEING THAT VACANT LOT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS I'M TOEE THAT THERE'S A PROPOSAL MOVING FORWARD ON THIS AND ESPECIALLY SEEING THE SUCCESS THROUGHOUT THAT PAN AMERICAN DISTRICT TO THIS POINT ESPECIALLY WITH THE THE I THE RESIDENTIAL HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL WE CURRENTLY HAVE THERE THAT KNOW ARE VERY POPULAR AND ARE ARE HARD TO GET A SPOT IN TO BE HONEST. SO I'M VERY GLAD TO SEE THIS MOVING FORWARD AND VERY EXCITED TO SEE IT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE DEVELOPMENT ON THAT PART OF THE IN THAT PART OF THE CITY LONG TERM. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTIONOUNCILMAN DALLESSANDRO BRIDGET WE ARE MAKING A MOTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE GUIDE PLAN AMENDMENT TO RE GUIDE 1801 IN 1851 AMERICAN BOULEVARD WEST FROM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL THE SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO APPROVE A COMPREHENSIVE USE GUIDE PLAN AMENDMENT TO RE GUIDE THE TWO PROPERTIES IN QUESTION FROM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL COUNCIL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I AM OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I NOW MOVE TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE REZONING 1801 AMERICAN BOULEVARD WEST FROM C-5D FREEWAY MIXED USE PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND 1851 AMERICAN BOULEVARD WEST FROM C FIVE FREEWAY MIXED USE TO OUR M 100 PD HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT SO MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE REZONING 1801 AMERICAN BOULEVARD AND 1851 AMERICAN BOULEVARD FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION HEARING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CRIES SIX ZEROND COUNCIEMBER DALSSANDRO ALL RIGHT I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR A FOUR STORY 99 UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING LOCATED AT 1801 AT 1851 AMERICAN BOULEVARD WEST SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS AND CODE REQUIREMENTS ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER FOR THE TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE FOUR STORY 99 UNIT APARTMENT AT 1801 AND 1851 AMERICAN BOULEVARD WEST NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO CONGRATULATIONS WHEN CAN I EXPECT THE INVITATION TO THE GROUNDBREAKING IT'S A WE'LL GET WORK GD YOU'RE GLAD TO HEAR IT THANK YOU MR. CENTENARIO MOVING ON ITEM 4.2 THIS IS A A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE OUR BALLOT LANGUAGE FOR A LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX PROJECTS. MR. ANDERSON IS GOING TO LEAD THIS ONE THE SPANISH RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. I AM NOT HERE A SINGLE HANDEDLY TONIGHT I'VE ALSO GOT LORI KRISTINA HERE, THE CFO AND THE CITY CLERK. BUT I'LL FRANK AND THAT IT'S BEEN AN ALL PLAY WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT GREAT LENGTH AS YOU PROBABLY RECALL THIS IS A PART OF A LARGER PROCESS. I I'M SPEAKING I'M GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BUT BUT BECAUSE IT'S JUST HELPFUL TO GET A REMINDER OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. SO THIS IS A MULTIPLE PROCESS . WE HAVE PASSED RESOLUTIONS ALREADY THERE IN THE PACKET. WE'VE GONE TO THE LEGISLATURE, WE'VE RECEIVED LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY, WE'VE ADOPTED THAT AUTHORITY AND WE'RE GOING TO NOW BE ACTING THE BALLOT LANGUAGE. THIS BALLOT LANGUAGE WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE COUNTY AND PREPARED A SAMPLE BALLOT WOULD BE PREPARED. IT'LL BE ON THE NOVEMBER ELECTION ASSUMING YOU ADOPT THE LANGUAGE AND AFTER IF IT'S IT'S IT'S IF ANY OF THE ITEMS ARE APPROVED THEN WE'LL BE BACK HERE TO PASS ORDINANCE AND THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL EDITS ON OUR CITY WEBSITE AND NOTIFICATIONS SO WE'RE ABOUT IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF FOURTH QUARTER EVENT. YEAH AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ON THE HORIZON ALL OF IS INFORMATION BOTH BACKGROUND AND THE THE ITEMS THAT YOU'LL BE ACTING ON IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS ARE ON THE BLOOMINGTON FORWARD WEBSITE AS WELL AS THE CITY WEBSITE. THEY'RE ALSO AVAILABLE IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS. STAFF HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH INFORMATION. THE CITY MANAGER ON ALMOST A WEEKLY BASIS PROVIDES UPDATE ON THINGS A MATERIALS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR STA WE'VE SPOKEN TO A COUPLE OF GROUPS IN PARTICULAR AT SOME OF THE LOCATIONS THAT ARE ON BALLOT AND HAVE ALSO SPOKEN TO REALLY ANYBODY THAT HAS QUESTIONS SO AS WE RECEIVE MORE QUESTIONS. WE'VE BEEN REFINING THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ARE ON THE BLOOMINGTON FORWARD WEBSITE AS WELL AS THE MATERIALS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR STAFF AND OTHER GROUPS. SO AS YOU'RE HEARING QUESTIONS IT'S VERY HELPFUL FOR US TO LEARN ABOUT THEM. DIANE THINK AND PERHAPS THE CITY MANAGER DIANEIRBY AND THE CITY MAGER HAVE SORT OF SHEPHERDING THAT CONVERSATION AND SURE THAT WE GET ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS POSTED ON THE LOCATIONS WHERE FOLKS CAN ACCESS THEM SO THAT WE GET THEM ON THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION OUT THAT WE CAN. AS YOU RECALL, THE LAW LIMITS EXPENDITURES OF CITY FUNDS ON BALLOT QUESTIONS AND BLESS YOU EXCUSE ME SO WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO EDUCATE AND INFORM THE PUBLIC AND THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE BLOOMINGTON FORWARD WEBSIT AS WELL AS THE OTHER PRINT MATERIALS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THERE EDUCATIONAL AND AND IN PARTIAL THEY CONTAIN FACTS WE DREW A LOT OF THOSE FACTS FROM THE RESEARCH THAT WAS PREPARED BY THE EXTENSION SERVICE IN CONTRACTS THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE OF AND REPORTS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDED ALSO THE INFORMATION FROM THE RESOLUTIONS AND SOME OF THE OTHER SORT OF REPORTS AND AND ALL THE REST THAT ROUND OUT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANNG OFHAT THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO VOTE ON. SO AGAIN AS BACKGROUND TONIGHT YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO WEIGH IN ON THE BALLOT SO YOU'LL NOTE THAT THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS IN THE RESOLUTION. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME MANY OF YOU HAVE VOTED ON BALLOT AND YOU'LL PROBABLY RECALL THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF RULES REGULATING HOW WE PUT THOSE TOGETHER. I'LL TELL YOU BY WAY OF BACKGROUND THE WORK THAT WE DID AND PREPARING THESE BALLOT QUESTIONS WE DECIDED ON THE ORDER INTERNALLY AS AN STAFF GROUP AND WE FOLLOWED A PARTICULAR SET UP SO TO SPEAK FLOW OF THE LANGUAGE THAT HAS USED BY MANY OTHER CITIES WE SPECIFICALLY PAID ATTENTION TO THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HAD LOCAL OPTIONS TAX WHERE THERE HAS BEEN MORE THAN ONE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO HOW THEY ADDRESSED THE MAXIMUM TAX AMOUNT AND CLARIFICATION OFHAT TAXES WERE GOING TO BE COVERING SPECIFICALLY WE OBVIOUSLY PAID ATTENTION TO WHAT THE QUESTION NEEDS TO INCLUDE AND WE TOOK CARE IN DRAFTING LANGUAGE THAT WE THOUGHT UNDERSTANDABLE TO A WIDE VARIETY OF COMMUNITY. SO WE PAID CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE TYPES OF WORDS THAT WERE USED AND WE TRIED TO BE CONSISTENT IN THE IN THE WORDS IN THE PHRASING THAT WE' US IN OTHER DOCUMENTS SO PEOPLE WOULD RECOGNIZE THEM POTENTIALLY. THE ONE THING THAT I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO IS THE LAST SENTENCE. EACH OF THE QUESTIONS IN THIS IS OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ABOUT HOW TO EXPLAIN TO THE VOTERS THAT ANY ONE OF IF ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS IS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IT RESULT IN A SINGLE IMPOSITION OF A HALF CENT EXCUSE ME A O HALF OF 1% SALES TAX. SO IF YOU'LL NOTE SPECIFICALLY EACH OF THE QUESTIONS INCLUDES THE EXACT LANGUAGE AT THE END WE REALIZE THAT THERE ARE A LOT WORDS THERE BUT WE WANTED TO BE VERY CLEAR WE TRIED A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THESE WORDS AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT WAS MOST UNDERSTANDABLE TO STAFF AND SO SAYS IF ONE, TWO OR ALL THREE QUESTIONS ARE APPROVED BY THE VOTERS, CITY IS ONLY AUTHORIZED T IMPOSE A SINGL ONE HALF OF 1% SALES TAX SALES AND USE TAX INCREASE FOR A MAXIMUM OF 20 YEARS OR UNTIL ENOUGH SALES TAX REVENUE HAS RAISED TO PAY FOR THE COST OF THE VOTER APPROVED PROJECTS . SO WITH THAT AS BACKGROUND AND I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO SEE IF THE CLERK OR THE CFO HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT THEY WANT TO ADD T THE PRESENTATION. I'M SEEING NOS NODDING OF HEADS NOS. VERY GOOD, MR. BRUIN THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. JUST WANT TO REEMPHASIZE WHAT THE CY ATTORNEY WAS SAYING. THE REASON THAT WE THINK THAT LANGUAGE IS SO IMPORTANT IS WE DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY CONFUSION THAT EACH OF THESE QUESTIONS IS A HALF CENT SALES TAX AND IT COULD THEN RESULT IN ONE AND A HALF PERCENT SALES TAX. SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE SAID SINGLE RIGHT. SO THAT'S A IT'S A TRICKY ONE TO COMMUNICATE AND I THINK THAT DIANE AND JANINE AND THE TEAM AND COMMUNICATIONS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB TO TRY AND RESOLVE THAT TO I WOULD AGREE THAT THAT'S THE PART AND I THINK IT'S THE LANGUAGE YOU HAVE THERE I THINK IS AS CLEAR AS CAN BE. AS MENTIONED I WAS JUST WANT TO OPEN IT UP FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND THAT ONE OF MY STAFF JUST TOLD ME I'M SAYING I'M A LOT AND I'M SUPER SENSITIVE TO THAT AND HYPER AWARE. SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER WITH REGARD TO THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PREPARED HERE FOR YOU? YOU'LL SEE A REPETITION OF THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS AND THAT IS INTENTIONAL TO LAY OUT THE TH THAT WE HAV BEEN MARCHING THROUGH AND TO MAKE REFERENCE TO PAST APPROVALS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE PROCESS BY WHICH WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH EFFORTS TO USE THE SAME LANGUAGE AGAIN FOR THE REASONS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. THAT'S NICE OF YOUR STAFF TO BRING THAT UP IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR PRESENTATION. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. GOOD. I WANT TO CORRECT COURSE CORRECT AS SOON AS IT'S CORRECT AS SOON AS I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK COUNCIL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I KNOW THERE WERE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS I THINK THAT WERE SUBMITTED AHEAD OF TIME ANSWERS THAT I THINK HELP CLARIFY THINGS. BUT IF YOU'VE GOT ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AS MR. BRUYERER. AND MRS.ANAHAN SAID WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE AND IT IS A IT'S THERE'S A LOT OF MACHINATIONS THIS SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS COMFORTABLE WITH IT. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I HAD ONE SMOKE I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A SMALL QUESTION. I HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT ONE WORD WE WE IN HERE BY VOTING YES AND IT'S THE SAME FOR EACH OF THEM RIGHT? BY VOTING ON THIS QUESTION YOU WERE VOTING TO INCREASE THE SALES TAX IN BLOOMINGTON IS A REASON WE CHOSE TO WORD IT THAT WAY GIVEN THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY COLLECT A LOCAL SALES TAX AND SO IT'S A NEW TAX AT THEOCAL LEVEL AND I KN I KNOW IT'S COLLECTED AT THE STATE AND THEN IT COMES BACK TO US OR WHATEVER. SO I JUST KIND OF CURIOUS IF SOMEBODY ARTICULATE WHY INCREASE THE THE SALES TAX WAS THE TERMINOLOGY USED THERE AS OPPOSED TO ADD A LOCAL SALES TAX TO THE OTHER TAXES THAT ARE COLLECTED IF THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT YOU MENTIONED MAYOR MEMBERS THE THERE IS GUIDANCE PROVIDED IN STATE LAW ABOUT SPECIFIC LANGUAGE ON THE BALLOT SPECIFICALLY ON REFERENCE REFERENCED BOND ISSUANCES IN THE MANY CASES YOU'LL SEE CITIES REPLICATE THAT IT'S THAT KIND OF LANGUAGE THAT CADENCE IN THE LANGUAGE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE VOTERS UNDERSTAND THAT BY VOTING YES IT'S GOING TO INCREASE. SO FOR EXAMPLE ON A BOND QUESTION BY VOTING YES YOU ARE VOTING FOR A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE, IT'LL SO YOU'LL SEE HERE BY VOTING YES ON THIS QUESTION YOUR VOTE YOU'RE VOTING FOR THE KEY FOR ME IS INTENT. DO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE VOTINGN? SO THEY'RE VOTINGOR A SALES TAX INCREASE SO WHEN THEY GO TO THE REGISTER THE SALES TAX IS GOING TO BE NEXT CLAUSE IN BLOOMINGTON, NEXT CLAUSE TO PAY FOR AND THEN IT EXPLAINS WHAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR. SO THE CADENCE OF THE LANGUAGE IS INTENTIONAL AND ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN THAT IT'S AN ADDITIONAL TAX ,IT IS AN INCREASE IN THE OVERALL SALES TAX THEY'RE PAYING WHEN THEY GO TO PURCHASE SOMETHING THAT'S OTHERWISE TAXABLE. I THINK I THINK I GET THAT. IUESS I DON'T IT WILL IT BE IS THERE A REQUIREMENT THAT LINE ITEM OUT ON OUR RECEIPTS SO WOULD PEOPLE KNOW DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIKE THE SALES TAX PORTION THAT'S COLLECTED THE STATE VERSUS THE COLLECTION THAT'S LOCAL VERSUS A COLLECTION THAT'S FOR SOME OTHER THING OR WHATEVER OR IS IT JUST LIKE YOU KNOW, HERE'S YOUR ITEM, HERE'S THE SALES TAX AND THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT'S GOING UP WE KNOW THEY REMEMBER I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. I SEE I SEE LORI MOVG. I KNOW SHE HAS AN ANSWER TO IT . THIS ECONOMY SURELY OR WILL IT BE WILL THE SALES TAX BE BROKEN DOWN AND LINE ITEM DOWN THE RECEIPT MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER TO LISTEN IT WILL DEPEND ON THAT VENDOR AT THAT LOCATION AND HOW THEY SET UP THEIR POST SYSTEM SO IN GENERAL WOULD THINK THAT THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE LINE FOR IT BUT THAT WOULD BE ME AS A VENDOR BUT IT WILL ALL GO THE STATE AND THE STATE WILL FUNNEL IT. OKAY SO THERE'S NO EXPLICIT REQUIREMENT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. IT'S JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT VENDOR SYSTEM THEY USE THEY CAN CHOOSE TO DO OR NOT. IT WOULD BE IF THEIR VENDOR SYSTEM ALLOWED THEM TO PUT ANOTHER LINE IN THEIR CATEGORIES OH OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GREAT. A QUESTION JUST ABOUT THE SPECIFICITY IN SOME OF THESE LIKE I THINK COUNCILMEMBER I ASKED ABOUT THIS IN MY EMAIL AS WELL SO FOR THOSE I WAS GOING TOOUR QUESTION HOW WOULD I JUST TURN IT OVER TO YOU COUNCILMEMBER YOU WERE THINKING BECAUSE I REMEMBER THAT THAT WAS MY QUESTION WHEN I LOOK AT QUESTION ONE COMPARED TO QUESTION TWO AND THREE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EXPLAINED IT PROPERLY ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU LIVE READ THE THREE TOGETHER AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE WE'VE FOLLOWED THE PROCESS WE HAVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION SO THAT PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON ESPECIALLY WITH QUESTION ONE. MR. RUBY THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER LET'S SEE THE ATTORNEY TO CHIME IN HERE TOO, BUT YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IS THE AMOUNT OF SPACE THAT'S AVAILABLE ON THE BALLOT AND SO MINIMIZING OUR WORD COUNT ONE OF THE PARAMETERS FOR THIS EXERCISE WE ALSO HAVE LESS SPECIFICITY ABOUT ALL OF THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER. WE STILL HAVE A PLANNING PROCESS TO GO THRGH SO WE'RE UTILIZING THE THE 19 VERSION OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER SCHEME SCHEMATIC TO START THE CONVERSATION BASED ON THE CREEKSIDE DESIGN AREA BUT WE'LL STILL HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH AND REFINE THOSE AND DO THE BUSINESS ANALYSIS SO WE'RE REALLY EMPHASIZING IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS EFFORT IS TO IS TO DIRECT PEOPLE TOWARDS BUILDING AND FOUR DAWGS S THAT THEY C SEE THOSE DAILS BECAUSE THE THE SPECIFIC ELEMENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER BASED ON THAT 2019 PLAN ARE OUTLINED ON THE WEBSITE. OKAY AND WE COULD HAVE DONE THAT HERE BUT WITHOUT THE CERTAINTY OF THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE INCLUDED. WE DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS WISE AND WITH THE SPACE LIMITATIONS IT WOULD HAVE AN AWFUL LOT TO INCLUDE AS WELL. I THINK THAT THAT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE QUESTIONS ESPECIALLY LIKE BIG WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT AOT. KNOW WHATE NEED T DO SO THAT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE WHY WE HAVE IT THAT WAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THANK YOU. JUST A QUICK FOLLOW UP ON THAT. I APPRECIATE IF WE HAVE SOMETHING LISTED IN HERE AND FOR SOME REASON DURING THE AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WE NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. THAT A CHOICE THAT THE FUTURE COUNCIL AS ALL OF THE APPROVALS GO ON THOSE PROJECTS COULD MAKE I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY BUT I MEAN QUESTION TWO AND THREE HAVE A LOT OF DETAILS AND THINGS MAY CHANGE YOU KNOW AS WE GET FEEDBACK AS WE FINALIZE DESIGNS WE LOOK AT COSTS ALL OF THOSE THINGS IS THAT WHAT HAPPENS IF IF FOR SOME REASON WE DIDN'T BUILD THE BATHROOM OR SOMETHING AS MENTIONED SO MAY MEMBERS WE WERE CAREFUL IN HOW WE DRAFTED WE WE TALKED ABOUT DRAFTING SORT OF A LAYER OR TWO ABOVE WHAT WE WHAT WE HAVE LISTED IN THE RESOLUTIONS SO WE DIDN'T SEE SPECIFIC PLACES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MOYER IN CENTRAL PARKS BUT THAT WAS FOR CLARIFICATION FOR THE VOTE FOR THE VOTERS. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IN THE DIRECTION THAT I RECEIVED IS THAT WE DRAFTED AT A LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY THAT THE UNDERSTOOD AND BALANCE THAT PROJECTS AND ELEMENTS THAT WE KNEW NEEDED TO BE DONE. SO I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE OUR PARK AND REC DIRECTOR HERE WHO CAN ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS BUT THOSE PROJECTS SIGNIFICANY DEVELOPED IN THAT WE WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN THERE SO FOR EXAMPLE REFRIGERATION WHEN WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT THE REFRIGERANT THAT BIG NEEDS TO BE CHANGED SO IT WAS KEY TO OUR STAFF AND IMPORTANT TO OUR STAFF THAT WE INCLUDE THAT LANGUAGE BECAUSE SOMETHING PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND SIMILARLY ICE SHEETS WE KNEW PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD WHAT THAT WAS RESTROOMS PARK SHELTER WE WERE VERY CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT THE WORDS THAT WE CHOSE IN DRAFTING AT A LEVEL THAT WAS BROAD ENOUGH, SPECIFIC ENOUGH. SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY WE'D BE OBLIGATED TO DO THOSE THINGS BECAUSE THAT'S WAS APPROVED. THEY ARE MEMBERS THEY'VE APPEARED REPEATEDLY ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU'VE APPROVED. SO YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO SPEND THE FOR PROJECTS INCLUDING AND THEN THERE WAS THE LIST REPEATEDLY SO YOU WOULD BE AUTHORIZED TO SPEND THE MONEY TO PAY THESE IMPROVEMENTS. OKAY. I TRY TO BE MORE SPECIFIC. YES. SO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS NELSON IF YOU DON'T IF YOU DO LET ME LET ME THROW THESE THINGS IN IT. YOU'RE DOING WHAT YOU TOLD THE VOTERS YOU WOULD DO IT. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO AND THEN YOU CAN SPEND FOR SOMETHING ELSE. YEAH YEAH AND I MEAN THESE THINGS IF FOR SOME REASON IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO YOU THIS IS A REALLY MINOR MAYBE THING BUT WHY ARE THERE SO MANY? AND THEN THE THIRD QUESTION BOARDWALK COMMA AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES COMMA AND NEW RESTAURANT RESTROOMS, PLAYGROUNDS, COMMA AND OTHER ARE THERE TOO MANY AND IT'S THET'S THE GRAMMATICAL GROUPING LIKE ITEMS IS HOW THAT WORKS RIGHT. UH HUH. YOU COULD POSSIBLY HAVE USED WITH COMMAS ERM I THINK MORE ACCEPTED SO THERE'S THE BOARDWALKS AND BRIDGES GO TOGETHER THE TRAILS BOARDWALKS BRIDGES GO TOGETHER THE RESTROOMS PARK SHOULDER PLAYGROUND THOSE GO KNOW CONCEPTS OKAY YOU ALSO COULD HAVE SIMPLY USED ONE SPACE AFTER FACILITIES IN THAT QUESTION AS OPPOSED TO TWO WHICH I DON'T THINK IS DONE ANYMORE BUT WELL THAT'S PICKING A FEW TOO MANY NETS I THINK SO I JUST OFF ON THE WORDS COMMITTEE COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO JUST A FOLLOW UP KIND OF GENERAL QUESTION. I KNOW WE WE TALKED ABOUT THE LANGUAGE A LOT DID WE ACTUALLY ASK LIKE A REPRESENTATION OF VOTERS LIKE IF THIS WAS GOOD LANGUAGE LIKE DO WE DO THAT AS YOU KNOW KIND CONSUMER OUTREACH TO I DO THAT ALL THE TIME IN MY JOB THAT'S WHY I WAS CURIOUS IF WE DID THAT OR YOU KNOW DID WE GO TO A GROUPING OF OF RESIDENTS AND BE LIKE HEY THE IF YOU READ THAT WOULD YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT DO WE GET ANY FEEDBACK LIKE THAT AND IF NOT SHOULD WE JUST THROWN OUT THERE BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE MAKING ASSUMPTIONS PARDON ME WE'RE MAKING ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE KNOW THE LANGUAGE AND I GET IT RIGHT BUT SOMETIMES ASKING PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY HAVE TO READ THE BALLOT WITHOUT HAVING BEEN LOOKING AT IT FOR THREE MONTHS STRAIGHT CAN GIVE YOU SOME INSIGHT. I WAS CURIOUS IF THAT HAPPENED AS MENTIONED MIRROR MEMBERS WE DO PERIODICALLY DO THAT. WE SPECIFICALLY HAVE A COUPLE OF WELLINGTO RESIDENTS IN OUR DEPARTMENT THAT WE WILL OFTEN ASK I I'M TRYING REMEMBER THE EXACT SITUATION I THINK THAT IT WAS THE SECOND SENTENCE THAT WE THAT I RAN PAST THEM IN PARTICULAR IN SOME OF THE OTHER LANGUAGE HERE ALONG THE WAY WE ALSO HAVE LOTS BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS ON OUR YOU KNOW COMMITTEES AND IN OUR ON OUR STAFF IN GENERAL THAT HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS. I'LL I'LL DEFER TO THE CITY MANAGER ON SPECIFIC OTHER EFFORTS BUT WE DO DO THAT INTENTIONALLY BUT FRANKLY WHAT MAKE SURE I DO INTENTIONALLY IS TALK TO NON-LAWYERS AND SO WE WILLUN IT PAST PEOPLEHO WEN'T LAWYERS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE LAWYER TALK. SO MR. BRILLIANT WE ALSO HAVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO AND LIKE MOST OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS THEY RUN IT THROUGH A LANGUAGE FILTER AND I THINK THIS ONE WE'RE STRIVING FOR A SEVENTH GRADE READING LEVEL. WAS THAT THE COMPREHENSION LEVEL THAT WE PUT SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE RATE? AND SO WE TRIED TO TRY TO LAND ON LANGUAGE THAT IS AT THAT SPECIFIC LEVEL OF AT. SO WE DID DO THAT PROCESS AS WELL. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SO JUST A QUICK THE EARLY VOTING I WHAT SEPTEMBER THE 22ND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ONCE THE DEADLINE FOR GETTING ALL THIS TURNED DOWN AND I SAID YOU GUYS THEY SAY THAT I MEAN MAY REMEMBERS I BELIEVE IT'S AUGUST 25TH. 25TH. YES, ON AUGUST 23RD. BUT WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO DO IT SOONER FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. ONE, YOU ALL HAD FEEDBACK YOU WANTED US TAKE ANOTHER RUN AT ITR OTHER SORTS OF THINGS YOU WANTED US TO CONSIDER BUT THEN ALSO TO THE SOONER WE HAD IT OUT THE SOONER WE CAN GET IT OUT INTO THE PUBLIC AND MAKE SURE YOU KNOW EVERYTHING IS AS IT NEEDS TO. SO IF WE WERE GOOD WITH THIS TONIGHT WE COULD DISPENSE OF THIS AND MOVE ON. OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO KEEP BRINGING BACK AND REMOVING YOUR RIGHTS AND AND ALL THAT KIND STUFF. AND I THINK COUNCILMEMBER YES. DISPENSE OF THIS AND MOVE ON. BUT I THINK THE CRUX OF THAT IS THEN WE CAN THIS CAN BECOME PUBLIC AND THIS BECOMES WHAT PEOPLE SEE AND UNDERSTAND. WE CAN BEGIN WE CAN BEGIN PUBLICIZING THIS. THIS BECOMES PART OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE AND IT'S IT BECOMES A AN INFORMATION POINT FOR PEOPLE TO TO BEGIN TO NORMALIZE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SEEING ON THEIR NOVEMBER BALLOT. THANKS FOR CLARIFYING NOW I MEAN THIS IS A PUBLIC ON THIS ONE HERE. THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING. THAT BEING SAID, I THINK STAFF HAS DONE, YOU KNOW, A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH GIVEN THE SPACE THAT THEY HAD, THE TIME THAT THEY HAD TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. AND I GUESS FOR ME I'M READY TO GO WITH THIS SO I'LL MAKE ONE LAS CALL DOWN THEAYS HERE. ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS I SEE NO HANDS GOING COUNCILMEMBER LEMME LOOK FOR MOTION OH MAYOR I'VE MOVED TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE TITLE AND BALLOT LANGUAGE PERTAINING TO A LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX AUTHORIZED BY THE LEGISLATURE TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THE GENERAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 7TH, 2023 SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OPTING THE TLE ON THE BALLOT LANGUAG TO THE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX AUTHORIZED BY THE LEGISLATURE THAT WILL BE ON THE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT ON NOVEMBER 7TH, 2023. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION 60I WOULD AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER BOWMAN NICE JOB MY STAFF. I KNOW THIS IS NEVER EASY TO PULL ALL OF THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE PICKING COMMAS AND ENDS AND SPACING AND SO ON. SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS AND I DO THINK IT'S IT'S CLEAR THERE'STILL GOING T BE FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO NEED SOME. SO I THINK TO DO THIS AS EARLY AS WE HAVE HERE AND TO BE ABLE TO DO THEN PUBLICIZE AND TALK ABOUT AND EDUCATE AND NORMALIZE THIS INFORMATION I THINK IS IS THE RIGHT TACTIC. SO WELL DONE ON THAT. I THINK IN A GOOD POSITION. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD COUNSEL. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM FIVE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS AND AS I SAID WHEN WE ADOPTED THE RESOLUTION WE'VE MOVED IT IN 5.1 TO 5.2 AND ADDED A NEW 5.1. THAT'S AN UPDAT ON OUR OUR POLICY COUNC AND ISSUE UPDATE. I'LL KICK IT OFF JUST REVIEWING OUR OUR LISTENING SESSION EARLIER TONIGHT WE HAD TWO SPEAKERS WE HEARD FROM SARA KLEIN'S HOUSE, HER TOWN HALL SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND THEY HAD HEARD OUR DISCUSSION WHILE WITHIN THE PAST MONTH OR SO REGARDING THE FUNDING FOR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND THOSE ORGANIZATIONS HAD THE THE REQUEST TO CONTINUE CONVERSATION. THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO OFFER FEEDBACK FOR THE ARTS FUNDING . THEY WERE ENCOURAGING THE CITY TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING ALLOCATION AND WE'RE ENCOURAGING THE CITY TO ALLOCATE ALL FUNDING DOLLARS EACH YEAR SO THE DISCUSSION WENT FORWARD THAT WE WERE GOING TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION THE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN BEST MAKE THIS THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND PRACTICABLE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AS THEY APPLY FOR CITY FUNDING ON. THIS OUR SECOND SPEAKER WAS MR. DALE JOHNSON. HE STARTED BY SAYING THAT HE APPRECIATES THE CRIME STATS THAT ARE IN THE BLOOMINGTON SUN CURRENT WEEK AND HE QUESTIONED WHAT VALUE BLOONGTON HOMEOERS SEE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION ON THAT AND I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION WITH MR. JOHNSON IN THE COMING AS HE I THINK HE HAD MORE QUESTIONS AND THAT WE JUST RAN OUT OF TIME WE WERE NOT ABLE TO TO GET TO THOSE WERE TWO SPEAKERS AT OUR LISTENING SESSION THIS EVENING THE ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT FOR OUR COUNCIL POLICY IN THE ISSUE UPDATE I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR PARK AND REC STAFF SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PROGRAMING THAT HAS GONE ON THROUGH THE SUMMER AND THEN WE STILL HAVE COMING UP IN THE SUMMER I MEAN JUST IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS OR SO THE THE MIDWEEK MARKET AND HERE AT CIVIC PLAZA THE THE MARSHALL NOT THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND THE LAMONT CRANSTON BAND WAS OVER AT THE BANDSHELL THIS THIS PAST WEEK THERE ARE MORE CONCERTS THROUGH THE REST OF THE SUMMER AND IT'S JUST A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY TO HEAR GOOD MUSIC AND GET OUT AND ENJOY THE WEATHER BUT TO YOU KNOW, BUILD COMMUNITY AND TO SEE YOUR NEIGHBORS AND IF YOU COME UP HERE AND LET YOUR KIDS RUN AROUND I MEAN IT'S JUST A FANTASTIC THING AND I KNOW A TON OF WORK GOES INTO THAT AND I THINK THE PARKS AND REC STAFF HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB PUTTING TOGETHER THESE PROGRAMS THE AMENITIES TO GO WITH THE PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE FOOD TRUCKS AND THE WORKING WITH NINE MILE BREWERY AND WITH NORTH STAR TAVERN AND SO ON. SO MANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS INVOLVED IN THIS AND IT'S JUST IT'S FUN STUFF AND IT MAKES SUMMER SPECIAL WERE COOPED UP WAY TOO LONG DURING THE COLD MONTHS AND SO DURING THESE NICE MONTHS WE TO GET OUT AND PARK AND REC HAS DONE A GREAT JOB FOR US SO HATS OFF TO PARKS AND REC AND JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE GREAT WORK DOWN THERE. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS MY ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO INCLUDE. MR. FAVREAU YOU'D HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD THIS EVENING? WELL, MR. MAYOR, I DO NOT COUNSEL ANYTHING THAT COUNCILMEMBER ALONE THANK YOU, MAYOR HILLER I GOT A LITTLE LONGER OF A LIST HERE. I'LL START OFF WITH TREES. I'VE GOTTEN A COUPLE OF CALLS, A COUPLE OF EMAILS ABOUT IT IN THE WAY THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO ME IS THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DEAD TREES ACROSS BLOOMINGTON AND WHAT ARE WE DOING TORY TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM? WHY IS IT SO DIFFERENT THIS YEAR THAN OTHER YEARS IS THE WAY IT'S BEEN PRESENTED ME AND SO WHAT I WANTED TO ASK A MAN THE CITY MANAGER YOU KNOW IS IT DIFFERENT THAN OTHER YEARS YOU KNOW WHAT'S CAUSING THIS AND I KNOW THAT FOLKS LOOK AT DEAD TREES AND ALWAYS SEE THOSE DEAD TREES ACROSS BOTH RESIDENTIAL I KNOW WE HAD THE PARK THE GOLF COURSE SITUATION THAT THE GOLF WALKED US THROUGH THAT AND WE YOU KNOW, WALKED AWAYHROUGH THAT IN TMS OF THE EMERALD A WAR TYPE SITUATION AND MOST OF THOSE TREES WERE SET UP THAT WAY SO WE HAD TO TAKE THOSE DOWN. SO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT, MR. MAYOR? COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THE EMERALD ASH BORER IS SIGNIFICANT THIS IS PROBABLY THE PEAK OF EAB IN THE COMMUNITY WE'VE BEEN ADVISING THE COUNCIL FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND WE'VE BEEN FOR THIS PERIOD KNOWING THAT WE'RE TO HAVE A LOT OF REMOVAL. THE EABIRST ENTERED THE CITY FROM T EAST SIDE OF FORT SNELLING IN THE RIVER VALLEY AREA AND IT'S BEEN WORKING ITS WAY WEST IT LIKE I SAID IT HAS HIT IN FULL FORCE IF IF AN ASH IS NOT TREATED AT THIS POINT IT'S PROBABLY TO DIE AND WE HAVE OUR FORESTRY FOLKS ARE BOTH FOCUSED ON PUBLIC PROPERTY AND THEN TO RESPOND TO CALLS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY AND FRANKLY THE AMOUNT WORK JUST MAINTAINING OUR OUR PUBLIC IS WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO A LOT OF THE PRIVATE AND WE'RE TRYING TO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THAT WE COUNSEL KNOWS AND MATTER OF FACT EARLIER THIS YEAR MADE SOME CHANGES TO HOW WE ASSESS THE TREES SO WHEN WE HAVE CONTRACT REMOVAL THAT WE GIVE PEOPLE SOME MORE OPTIONS AND BEING ABLE TO EXTEND OUT THEIR PAYMENTS FOR CONTRACT REMOVAL. NOW THE THING THAT HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT IS THAT THE PRICES FROM THE CONTRACTOR HAVE GONE UP SUBSTANTIALLY. IT UD TO BE THAT THE PRICE FOR UTILIZING THE CITY CONTRACTOR WAS OFTEN BETTER THAN YOU COULD GET IS A JUST A PRIVATE HOMEOWNER. RIGHT. SO A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS JUST SORT OF OPTED TO LET US DO IT FOR THEM AND THEN ASSESS THEM AND THAT ISN'T REALLY THE CASE ANYMORE BECAUSE THE COST FOR TREE REMOVAL HAS HAS GONE UP SUBSTANTIALLY. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SHARED EMAIL WITH ME TODAY WHERE THE WOMAN WAS ADVISED THAT IT'S $5,000 TO TO REMOVE HER TREE AND THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL IF THE TREE IS IS PLACED IN A DIFFICULT LOCATN ON THE PROPERTY THEY HAVE TO BRING IN A CRANE OR A BOOM OR SOMETHING. IT DRIVES THE COST UP PRETTY SUBSTANTIALLY IF THEY HAVE TO DROP UTILITIES RIGHT. SO THE ANSWER IS FRANKLY WE'RE SWAMPED AND IT'S NOT JUST EAB IT'S ALSO AND DROUGHT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS SO THERE TREES OTHER THAN THE ASH THAT ARE DYING AND IT'S THE IT'S THE STRAIN OF THE CLIMATE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT'S DOING THAT AS WELL SO WE'RE OUT THERE WORKING WILK WILL RESPOND WHEN WE CAN WE'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT SLOW IN RESPONDING I DON'T KNOW AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT PRETTY MUCH COVERED IT OKAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. I CERTAINLY I KNOW ONE OF THE THING THAT MENTIONED IT MENTIONED WAS THE SAFETY FACTOR AND I JUST WANT TO JUST BE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET AS WE GET YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE MAY NEED TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THAT AND I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THAT DECISION RIGHT NOW BUT. THAT'S SOMETHING THEY WANT TO AS WELL AS WE TRY TO RESPOND TO THAT CERTAINLY WITH THE CLIMATE PIECE ON THAT I'M CERTAINLY KEEN TO THAT. AND ONE OTHER QUESTION I WANT TOSK I'M ALWAYSAREFUL ABOUT IS WITH THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE ARE WE SEEING THIS IN OTHER CITIES THE WAY IT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO ME IS THAT SOMEHOW WE'VE GOT SOME TYPE OF NEGLECT THAT WE'RE NOT DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING. MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION LATER IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AS WE COME BACK AND DO TALK ABOUT THIS AS PART OF A BUDGET CONVERSATION. WE ARE TALKING TO OTHER CITIES AND WE HAVE NOTICED IS THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE STOPPED TAGGING PRIVATE TREES AND THAT'S ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE AOOK AT . FRANKLY, WE JUST CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE REQUESTS AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE CITY WILL BE LESS PRESENT IN TRYING TO COMPEL A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER TO REMOVE A DISEASE TREE AND SO IT WILL BE UP TO THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER MORE AND MORE TO THAT. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S AN ISSUE WE WANT TO WORK WITH AND FIGURE IF EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE COMFORTABLE DOING THAT. THAT'S HOW OTHER CITIES HAVE RESPONDING LATELY. THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION . SO THEN I GOT JUST THREE OTHER THINGS. WE'RE GOING TO BE QUICK. WE ARE TRYING TO RECRUIT A NEW SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MEMBER THERE'S A OPENING FOR SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THAT CERTAINLY WE HAVE THAT ON OUR OUR WEBPAGE UNDERNEATH THIS JUST SUSTAINABILITY TAB AND SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED APPLYING FOR THAT WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOUR APPLICATION COME IN FOR THAT PARTICULAR PIECE. THE LAST PART I HAVE HERE IS EITHER CALLED INNOVATIONS OR JUST MAYBE A REALLY BAD IDEA COUNCILMEMBER LOMAN SO I GOT TWO OF THEM FOR YEAR NIGHTMARE . ONE IS I WONDER DOES IT MAKE ANY SENSE TO MOVE OUR RESPONSE TO THE LISTENING SESSION IN THE MEETING? SO I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WHEN WE GO A LITTLE BIT LATER IF SOME FOLKS ARE TUNING IN TO TO HEAR WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT LISTENING SESSION, I HAD WONDERED IF THAT MAKES SOME SENSE TO KIND OF PUSH THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE MEETING. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WOULD BE SO I THROW THAT OUT TO YOU TO KIND OF MAYBE THINK ABOUT THAT. THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A DECISION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE TONIGHT BUT JUST SOMETHING I HAD BEEN TNKING ABOUT AER AOUPLE OF MEETINGS IF FOLKS REALLY WANTED TO HEAR THAT PIECE AND THEN MY SECOND EITHER INNOVATION OR REALLY BAD IDEA BY COUNCILMEMBER LOMAN WOULD BE YOU KNOW WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE ,YOU KNOW, KIND OF REBRANDING OF OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND I WONDER IF IT SOME SENSE TOO TO HAVE THAT MISSION STATEMENT SOMEWHERE ON OUR AGENDA AT THE TOP THE BOTTOM MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING MAYBE ONE PAIR VALUES THERE. I JUST WONDER THEY REALLY KIND OF GOT THIS THIS INNOVATION IDEA COME FROM COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN YOU TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW TELLING OURTORY TYP IDEA SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE THAT ONE KIND OF CAME FROM. SO JUST TO INNOVATIONS OR IDEAS NOT LOOKING FOR A RESPONSE TODAY BUT FOLKS KIND OF THINK IT AND THEN MAYBE IN ANOTHER FUTURE MEETING IT GIVE ME THE UP OR DOWN INNOVATION OR REALLY BAD IDEA . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MARTIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND FIRST I THINK INNOVATIONS WITH COUNCILMEMBER AND THAT'S AN HGTV SHOW I'M PRETTY SURE I THINK I'VE SEEN THEM IN THIS THIS IS MORE JUST KIND OF A REQUEST MAYBE FOR ONEF OUR EARLIER MEETING NEXT MONTH BUT OBVIOUSLY WITH THE LEGALIZATION CANNABIS COMING UP IN ABOUT A WEEK HERE, I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN A FEW QUESTIONS FROM ACROSS THE COMMUNITY OF JUST WHAT FOLKS CAN EXPECT, WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT, SEE AND MAYBE JUST KIND OF A STATE OF PLAY ON WHERE WE'RE AT BECAUSE I KNOW THE LEGISLATION IS PRETTY FUZZY ABOUT WHERE THAT'S ALLOWED OUTSIDE OF THE MINNESOTA CLEAR MINNESOTA CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT. WHAT THAT PROHIBITS MINNESOTA LEAGUE CITIES I KNOW HAS WEIGHED IN SO JUST AN UPDATE FOR THE ON IF YOU SEE WHAT WEAR WHAT SHOULD YOU BE CONCERNED ABOUT AND WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON. MR.. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN. WE HAVE AUGUST FIFTH SCHEDULED FOR CANNABIS CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL BUT ALSO NOTE THAT THE CITY HAS AN ORDINANCE THAT PROHIBITS THE SMOKING OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN PUBLIC PARKS AND LEGISLATION SPECIFICALLY ALLOWS FOR CITIES TO WHO HAVE ADOPTED SUCH A REGULATION TO APPLY IT TO THEIR PUBLIC SPACES SO THAT THAT'LL BE A DISCUSSION FOR THE COUNCIL AND WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS CAN BE IF CANNABIS CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL COULD ALSO BE OVER REALITY. YEAH A DIFFERENT CHANNEL BUT A REALITY SHOW ON ITS OWN SO AND I THINK I MISSPOKE IT'S THE LAST MEETING IN AUGUST 28 THAT MAY HAVE BEEN I'M IN YOUR 25TH EPISODE. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE UNDER 5.1 OUR COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE. VERY GOOD WELL THANK YOU THEN WE'RE GOING TO ON TO ITEM 5.2 ON OUR AGENDA AND THIS IS A CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS LABOR NEGOTIATION STRATEGY AS COUNCIL AS YOU KNOW AND I'M SURE FREQUENT VIEWERS KNOW THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ALLOWED TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS INCLUDING NEGOTIATIONS FOR FOR THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY AND FOR OTHER THINGS BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR LABOR NEGOTIATIONS INCLUDING NEGOTIATION STRATEGIES OR DEVELOPMENTS OR DISCUSSION REVIEW OF LABOR NEGOTIATIONS PROPOSALS AND SPECIFICALLY THIS ONE WOULD BE WITH ASK ME COUNCIL FIVE LOCAL 2828 ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEYS AND OUR CITY COUNCIL FIVE AND LOCAL 2828 PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL BLOOMINGTON OFFICERS FEDERATION LAW ENFORCEMENT LABOR SERVICES LOCAL 303 AND THE IAF METRO POLICE AND FIRE PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOCAL 4689 SO THAT'S THE DISCUSSION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE COUNCIL SESSION. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DISCUSSION AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK INTO OPEN SESSION TO CLOSE THE MEETING ULTIMATELY MIRANDA SHINE AFTER THESE YEARS AM GETTING THIS CORRECT ENOUGH YES VERY GOOD SO WE COUNCIL HAVE A RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF US TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC MEETING I NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR THIS RESOLUTION SO MOVE. WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION DIRECTING CLOSURE OF THE PUBLIC MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUION THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE IN CLOSED SESSION AND AS I SAID WE'LL BE BACK IN WHEN WE ARE FINISHED AND WE'LL GO TO OPEN SESSION CLOSED MEETING MAYOR WE ARE BACK WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR BUSINESS FOR THIS EVENING COUNCIL I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN SOME MOTION AND SECOND COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO A MOTION IN THE SECOND TO ADJOURN FOR THE DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO THANKS MUCH FOR THE CONVERSATION THIS EVENING THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO TUNED IN THANKS FOR THE STAFF FOR A GD MEETING TONIT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH