. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME. >> I WILL CALL THIS BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER TONIGHT IS MONDAY, MARCH 31ST, 2025. THANKS EVERYBODY FOR JOINING US HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO WAS WATCHING ONLINE. WE WILL START OUR MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO IF YOU'RE ABLE PLEASE STAND REMOVE ANY COVERINGS AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL . ONCE AGAIN, THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. COUNCIL OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO ADOPT AN AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING AND UNDER OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS WE HAVE THREE ITEMS UNDER INTRODUCTORY ITEM 2.1 IS THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES AND I THINK WE'VE GOT THREE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS INTRODUCING NEW EMPLOYEES TONIGHT WE'VE GOT A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK AND THEN WE WILL DO A SUMMARY OF THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER'S PERFORMANCE EVALUATION THAT WE JUST COMPLETED UNDER A CONSENT BUSINESS AND THE COUNCILMEMBER HAS A CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT WE HAVE 11 ITEMS AND UNDER OUR ITEM FOUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES WE'VE GOT TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. ONE ITEM 4.1 IS REGARDING THE RIGHT OF WAY PERMITTING AND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AND THEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.2 REGARDING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AND REZONING FOR RAINBOW MIDWEST. WE HAVE UNDER OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS ITEM 5.1 WILL HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE FROM CHIEF HODGES AND WILL WRAP UP WITH ITEM 5.2 OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE COUNCIL ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? IF NOT I WILL MOVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS STATED. SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO NOTING THAT COUNCILMEMBER CARTER IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING SO WE HAVE AN AGENDA AND WE WILL MOVE ON WITH IT AND WE WILL START WITH ITEM 2.1 THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES. AS I SAID, I THINK WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT ARE GOING TO BE INTRODUCED. DID YOU DRAW STRAWS ABOUT WHO GETS TO GO FIRST OR VERY GOOD WITH MR. HOW? MR. EMERSON THEY CURRENTLY BERNHARDT PARENT BARON THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO IT'S MY PRIVILEGE ACTUALLY TO INTRODUCE TWO OF OUR NEWEST MEMBERS OUR SERVICE FACILITY SERVICE TECHNICIANS. THEY'VE BEEN WITH US FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW. WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT THEY'RE HERE TO HELP US OUT. IT KIND OF RUNS OUT OUR FACILITY STAFF TO HELP US OUT WITH PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT OF ALL OUR CITY BUILDINGS. SO FIRST OF ALL I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE NICK RICKS. NICK IS GOT TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH EXPERIENCE WITH A COMPANY THAT HE CAME FROM. WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT HE'S GOT THIS EXPERIENCE THAT COMES IN HANDY WORKING THEIR FACILITIES PERMIT WHEN NICK IS NOT AROUND WORKING HE ENJOYS SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS FISHING, HUNTING, SPEND TIME WITH HIS FAMILY KIND OF ONE THING THAT'S KNOWN KIND OF AN UNKNOWN FACT THAT NICK IS LOOKING FORWARD TO IS POSSIBLY GETTING A SMALL FARM IN THE FUTURE AND GOING THAT ROUTE. SO ON THAT YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT INDIVIDUAL BRANDON JONES BUILD OBVIOUSLY HE'S BEEN WITH US FOR TWO MONTHS AS WELL. IT COMES WITH 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT ALSO HAS ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE AS WELL. HE GREW UP IN BLOOMINGTON, LOVES TO SPEND TIME OUTSIDE IN WORKING OR PLAYING OR SORRY LET'S SPEND TIME OUTSIDE OF WORK PLAYING MUSIC AND AN INTERESTING FACT IS ONE OF HIS FIRST CONCERT CONCERTS WAS RINGO STARR IN THE ALL STAR BAND THAT WAS OUTSIDE THE MALL OF AMERICA. THANKS FOR PICKING BLOOMINGTON. I WAS PROUD TO BE WORKING HERE. THANKS SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WELL BRANDON NICK, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. I MEAN THE OUT OF THE FACILITIES AROUND HERE THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG JOB AND NOT JUST THE FACILITY WE'RE IN BUT WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY, MANY FACILITIES THAT THE CITY HAS TO DEAL WITH AND SO I'M GLAD TO HAVE THEM IN YOUR CAPABLE HANDS. WELCOME. THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. IS BERGGREN GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING TO NEW PORT AUTHORITY TEAM MEMBERS TONIGHT. FIRST I'LL START WITH ALAN THORPE. ALAN IS JOINING THE TEAM AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANALYST. SHE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA WITH A DEGREE IN HOUSING STUDIES AND SHE CAME TO US FROM A CAREER IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR MOST RECENTLY WITH COLLIERS ALAN ENJOYS READING, TRAVELING, CHECKING OUT NEW RESTAURANTS AND SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. AND THIS FALL IS HER TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HER COOKING CLUB. SO WELCOME ALAN. HAPPY TO BE HERE. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. THANK YOU. THE NEXT EMPLOYER I'LL INTRODUCE IS PRISCILLA MAYOWA . SHE IS THE NEW BUSINESS ASSISTANT SPECIALIST FOR THE PORT. SO THIS WILL ALLOW US TO DO MORE DIRECT BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS PRIMARILY. PRISCILLA IS JOINING US AS A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE AFTER PREVIOUSLY WORKING HERE AS A 2023 CAPITAL PATHWAYS INTERN IN THE COMMUNITY ISLAND DEPARTMENT. SHE ALSO PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A DIRECTOR OF THE MINNESOTA YOUTH COUNCIL WHERE SHE LED YOUTH INITIATIVES IN POLICY ADVOCACY INITIATIVES. PRISCILLA IS EXCITED TO SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY HERE IN BLOOMINGTON, PRIMARILY HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES NAVIGATING RESOURCES, PARTNERSHIPS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. SHE'S A PROUD IMMIGRANT AND NATIVE OF LAGOS, NIGERIA. GOOD EVENING. VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND EXCITED TO RETURN TO BLOOMINGTON'S A GREAT CITY. GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK. THANK YOU AND GLAD TO HAVE YOU BOTH ON THE PORT AUTHORITY STAFF. THEY'RE THERE, THEY'RE GROWING AND THEY GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU THERE AND DOING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING MARION COUNCIL I AM VERY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE JESSE BOLAND AND HE IS OUR NEW ELECTIONS CEMETERY AND PASSPORT SPECIALIST IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. JESSE WENT TO CONCORDIA COLLEGE IN SAINT PAUL. HE LIVED IN HAWAII FOR SEVEN YEARS. HE CURRENTLY LIVES IN LAKE WITH HIS HUSBAND AND TODAY IS THEIR TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY. THEY DON'T HAVE CHILDREN BUT THEY ENJOY SPENDING LOTS OF TIME LOTS OF TIME WITH JUST HIS THREE NEPHEWS. JESSE LOVES TO TRAVEL. HE'S BEEN TO AUSTRALIA, CHINA, ICELAND NORWAY DENMARK FRANCE, GREECE, GERMANY AND SPAIN ASIDE FROM WORKING FOR THE CITY, HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO WARMER WEATHER AND WORKING ON HIS LAWN. I WILL SAY THAT JESSE HAS WORKED FOR MULTIPLE CITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND OUR METRO AREA HELPING THEM WITH A KIND OF ON A PART TIME SEASONAL BASIS. HE'S KIND OF A HOT COMMODITY. SEVERAL OF US CITY CLERKS WERE VYING FOR HIM AND SO WE ARE VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT HE CHOSE US IN BLOOMINGTON TO MAKE HIS PERMANENT HOME. SO THANK YOU. WELL WELCOME JESSE. ELECTIONS, CEMETERIES AND PASSPORTS LET'S A LET'S SAY THAT IS A GREAT A GREAT COMBINATION OF THINGS. SO WELCOME TO JESSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO BRANDON, NICK, PRISCILLA, ELLEN AND JESSE I TELL ALL OF OUR NEW EMPLOYEES WELCOME WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD AND REMIND YOU THAT NOW IN SO MANY WAYS YOU ARE THE FACE OF BLOOMINGTON FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY THINK OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THEY USUALLY DON'T THINK OF THE PEOPLE SITTING UP HERE. THEY THINK OF THE PEOPLE THEY WORK WITH ON A DAILY BASIS AND THAT'S THAT'S YOU FOLKS. SO IT'S A BIG RESPONSIBILITY BUT IT'S ALSO A GREAT CHANCE AND A GREAT CHANCE FOR YOU TO SHINE. SO THANK YOU MUCH FOR BEING WITH US AND THANKS MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND WELCOME TO THE CITY OF LIMITING. GREAT TO HAVE YOU. ABSOLUTELY. WE WILL MOVE ON COUNCIL TIME 2.1 AND IT IS A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK AND I WILL HEAD DOWN TO THE PODIUM . AS I SAID, THIS IS FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH. WE CAN SEE PUBLIC HEALTH FOLKS HERE. DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AND JOIN ME UP HERE WHILE I READ THE PROCLAMATION? CAN YOU COME UP IN A MINUTE? PERFECT. SOUNDS GOOD. NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK APRIL 7TH THROUGH THE 13TH 2025 WHEREAS THE WEEK OF APRIL 7TH 2025 IS NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK AND THE THEME IS IT STARTS HERE HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR HOME COMMUNITY AND STATE. AND. WHEREAS, THIS YEAR IS THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK AND IN THE PAST 30 YEARS SIGNIFICANT STRIDES HAVE BEEN MADE IN PUBLIC HEALTH INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING SUCCESSES THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE WITH VACCINATIONS TESTING AND CREDIBLE HEALTH INFORMATION. AS OF MAY 2023, MORE THAN 676 MILLION COVID VACCINE DOSES WERE ADMINISTERED IN THE U.S. YOUTH SMOKING RATES IS NOW AT 1.4% AND OVERALL TOBACCO USE NOW AT 10.1% DROPPED TO A 25 YEAR LOW AS OF OCTOBER 2024 AND ROUTINE CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS PREVENTED APPROXIMATELY 508 MILLION ILLNESSES, 32 MILLION HOSPITALIZATIONS AND MORE THAN 1 MILLION DEATHS AMONG CHILDREN BORN BETWEEN 1994 AND 2023. AND. WHEREAS, ONE OF THE CITY'S THREE OBJECTIVES IN THE BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN IS TO ACHIEVE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE INDICES MEASURING HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND PEOPLE AND HEALTH AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. AND. WHEREAS BLACK INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR POPULATIONS IN BLOOMINGTON CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE DISPARITIES IN THE BURDEN OF ILLNESS AND DEATH AS COMPARED WITH THE ENTIRE POPULATION. AND WHEREAS PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND PARTNERS OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR INCLUDING CITY STAFF, FIRST RESPONDERS, SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY RECOGNIZING THAT WE ALL NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO CHANGE HEALTH OUTCOMES. AND. WHEREAS, EFFORTS TO MODERNIZE THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM IN MINNESOTA WILL RESULT IN A STATEWIDE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM THAT PREVENTS DISEASE, PROTECTS WELL-BEING AND IMPROVES THE HEALTH OF ALL RESIDENTS REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE NOW THEREFORE I AM MAYOR TIM BUSSEY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 7TH, 2025 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK IN BLOOMINGTON AND CALL UPON THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY TO OBSERVE THIS WEEK BY RECOGNIZING HOW PUBLIC HEALTH HAS CONTRIBUTED TO CREATING AN ENDURING AND REMARKABLE BLOOMINGTON THE DATE OF THE 31ST DAY OF MARCH 2025. AND I'M GLAD WE WERE WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER MTING UNTIL THE 14TH OF APRIL SO I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS PROCLAMATION MADE. UNFORTUNATELY THE TIMING IS NOT THE GREATEST CONSIDERING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL. BUT I THINK THE SENTIMENT AND THE FEELING TOWARD NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH IN BLOOMINGTON REMAINS. SO I'M GOING TO INVITE DR. NICK KELLY UP. I ALWAYS ENJOY LISTENING TO DR. KELLY AND TURN IT OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE HAVE ANNABEL KORNBLUM, OUR CHAIR OF OUR BOARD OF HEALTH. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR PROACTIVE FORWARD THINKING COMMITMENT OVER THE YEARS TO PUBLIC HEALTH. THE COMMUNITY CANNOT BE AN ENDURING REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE WITHOUT A STRONG COMMITMENT TO HEALTH FOR ITS RESIDENTS. AND I'M HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND WE OFFICIALLY HAVE THE PROCLAMATION. IF THERE'S ANYBODY WITH THE CAMERA TONIGHT BUT WE'VE GOT TO DO THE GRIP AND GRIN OFFICIALLY SO. SO OVER HERE WE WILL DO THAT PERFECTLY. THANK YOU FOR IT. ITEM 2.3 ON OUR AGENDA IS THE THE SUMMARY OF OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER'S PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. AND AS THE CITY COUNCIL TYPICALLY HAS ONLY ONE EMPLOYEE THE CITY MANAGER AND THAT POSITION IS CURRENTLY BEING PERFORMED BY TWO INTERIM CITY MANAGERS ELIZABETH TOLMAN AND KATHLEEN HARDIN WHO ARE THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS DURING THE SERVICE OF THE PRIOR CITY MANAGER. BOTH INTERIM CITY MANAGERS PROVIDED THEY'RE INFORMED CONSENT FOR THE JOINT EVALUATION BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL IN PREPARATION FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE NEXT STEPS. THE COUNCIL DESIRED TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INTERIM CITY MANAGERS. AND WE TALKED WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION AND WE MADE THE DECISION TO TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION. WE RECESSED THE CLOSED HEARING AND WE WILL RECONVENE ON APRIL 14TH FOR CONTINUED CONVERSATION OF THE EVALUATION OF OUR CITY MANAGERS. SO THAT IS OUR SUMMARY OF THE OF OUR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SO FAR OF OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGERS. AND WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG JUST LIKE THAT WERE TWO AND THREE ARE CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCILMEMBER WITH OUR CONSENT AGENDA. THE MAYOR I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY OTHER CALLS THREE THREE 1111. OKAY. WITH THAT THE ONLY HOLD I HAVE IS FOR 3.11 WHICH I WILL HOLD. SO I WILL MOVE ITEMS 3.1 THROUGH 3.10 AS STATED. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS AS STATED. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AND THE MAYOR WE JUST HAVE 3.11 WHICH GIVEN THE CONVERSATION WE HAD IN THE CLOSED SESSION WE SHOULD I WOULD I GUESS WE SHOULD I REQUEST POSTPONED HOLD. I THINK IF I CAN MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD TABLE ITEM 3.11 TO AN INDEFINITE DATE. SO A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR COUNCILMEMBER TO TABLE ITEM 3.11 TO AN INDEFINITE DATE. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. SO MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR ARE HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES. AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING. THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS AN M 4.1 A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE RIGHT OF WAY PERMITTING AND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AMENDMENT. BRIAN HANSON IS HERE THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING, SIR. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. CLASS MEMBERS JUST WAITING FOR THE PRESENTATION HERE AND WE'LL GET STARTED. PERFECT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. AS THE MAYOR SAID, I'M HERE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO TALK ABOUT SOME PROPOSED CODE UPDATES RELATED TO RIGHT OF WAY PERMITTING HERE IN THE CITY. SO FOR SOME QUICK BACKGROUND THERE WE GO. SO THE PREVIOUSLY WE HAD MADE CHANGES TO THE CODE RELATED TO RIGHT AWAY PERMITTING IN 2023. IT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO STREAMLINE THE FEES AND SET SOME BASELINE FEES TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS FOR APPLICANTS AS WELL AS FOR THE CITY. IN 2021 THERE WAS SOME FEDERAL LEGISLATION WHICH REALLY KIND OF KICK STARTED THE INSTALLATION OF FIBER TO HOME HERE THROUGH IN IN THE NATION AS WELL AS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE CITY. AND THAT WORK BEGAN IN EARNEST HERE IN 2024. SO AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY WE SAW FOUR TIMES FOR TIME PERCENT OR FOUR TIME INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PERMITS THAT WERE APPLIED FOR AND PROCESS IN 2024 COMPARED TO 2021. SO WE PERMITTED APPROXIMATELY 1.1 MILLION FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORK AND 500,000FT OF AERIAL PERMITS WERE PERMITTED IN 2024 DURING LAST YEAR'S PERMIT SEASON CONSTRUCTION SEASON. WE DID RUN INTO SOME ISSUES RELATED TO MANAGEMENT OF THE PERMITS OUR PERMIT FEE STRUCTURE, SOME EFFICIENCIES AND TIMELY RESTORATION OF THE CONTRACTOR. SO IN AN EFFORT TO ADDRESS THIS AND BE MORE EFFICIENT AND ALSO HAVE A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH THE APPLICANTS AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON. WE DID COME BEFORE YOU IN FEBRUARY AS A DISCUSSION ITEM TO TALK ABOUT SOME PROPOSED CHANGES TO GET YOUR GUYS'S FEEDBACK ON THAT. AND BASED ON THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL AS CONVERSATIONS I'VE HELD WITH CONTRACTOR AND UTILITY PROVIDERS SINCE THEN, WE HAVE THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE IN FOR YOU THIS EVENING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. SO THE FLOOR IS KIND OF 3 OR 4 KIND OF ITEMS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED THIS EVENING ARE RELATED TO THE FEE STRUCTURE FOR THE PERMIT FOR THE PERMITS RESTORATION REQUIRE REQUIREMENTS WINTER MORATORIUM DATES AND THEN REMOVING REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. SO I'LL TOUCH ON BOTH OF THE ALL OF THESE BRIEFLY HERE IN A SECOND. SO THE FIRST ONE IS THE FEE STRUCTURE. SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A FLAT FEE THAT'S NOT $560 PER PERMIT AND TH ALLOWS SOMEONE TO PULL A PERMIT FOR UP TO 2640 LINEAR FEET PER PERMIT. WE ALSO HAVE A SEPARATE PERMIT FEE FOR RESIDENTIAL AND WATER SEWER REPAIRS AT $150. TYPICALLY THESE ARE LESS THAN 100FT OF INSTALLATION. AND THEN WE HAVE A $36 RIGHT OF WAY PERMITTING PROCESSING FEE THAT'S ALSO APPLIED TO EACH PERMIT. SO THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE FEE STRUCTURE ARE TO SET A RIGHT OF WAY UNDERGROUND FEE AT A BASE OF $150 UP TO 100FT AND THEN FOR EVERY FOOT BEYOND 100FT YOU'D BE CHARGED A $0.30 PER FOOT RATE. SO IF YOU REMEMBER BEFORE WHEN I WAS BEFORE YOU IN FEBRUARY WE HAD PROPOSED SOMETHING SIMILAR THE RATE WAS $0.40 PER FOOT BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM THE COUNCIL AND ALSO TALKING WITH THE UTILITY PROVIDERS AND ALSO PULLING INFORMATION BASED ON THE FEES THAT WERE COLLECTED IN 2024. AND STAFF TIME CHARGED THAT WORK. WE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH ADJUSTING THAT PER FOOT FEE TO $0.30 PER FOOT. IN ADDITION THE RIGHT AWAY AERIAL FEE IS $120 BASIS FOR UP TO 100FT AND THEN $0.15 PER FOOTED AFTER 100FT. AGAIN, WHEN WE CAME TO YOU BEFORE IN FEBRUARY THAT WAS AT $0.20 PER FOOT USING THE SIMILAR ANALYSIS WE DID FEEL COMFORTABLE REDUCING THAT BACK TO $0.15 PER FOOT. THE LAST PROPOSED CHANGES TO REMOVE THAT RIGHT AWAY PROCESSING PERMITTING FEE JUST TO CLEAN THAT UP AS WELL. AND THESE ARE LISTED UNDER THE APPENDIX. SO THE RESULT IS THE RIGHT OF WAY UNDERGROUND FEE FOR A SIMILAR PERMIT OF TWO THAT THE CURRENT MAXIMUM LENGTH WOULD RISE FROM 596 TO JUST OVER $900 WOULD BE THAT FEE CHANGE. HOWEVER, THE AERIAL FEE WHICH IS CURRENTLY THE SAME FEE AT THAT THAT $560 WOULD BE REDUCED WITH THIS NEW WITH THIS NEW FEE STRUCTURE. THE REASON BEING IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST, THE REVIEW REQUIRED THE FIELD INSPECTION REQUIRED FOR AERIAL FEE INSTALLATION IS LESS THAN UNDERGROUND FEE UNDERGROUND INSTALLATION WHICH IS WHY WE FELT COMFORTABLE MAKING THOSE CHANGES IN THOSE TWO PERMIT FEES HERE. THE SECOND REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO RESTORATION. SO A BIG THING THAT WE EXPERIENCED AND HAD A LOT OF CALLS RESIDENTS ON WAS RELATED TO THE RESTORATION, THE TIMELINESS OF THE RESTORATION AND THE QUALITY OF THE RESTORATION BY THE CONTRACTORS THAT WERE DOING WORK RIGHT AWAY UNDERGROUND WORK HERE IN THE CITY IN 2024. SO THIS IS SOME CURRENT CODE LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW AND WE WANTED TO GIVE OUR STAFF SOME MORE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THIS AND GET MORE TIME THE RESTORATION FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON. AS A RESULT WE ARE PROPOSING THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE CODE TO ADD A MAXIMUM OF 50,000 TOTAL FEET OF IN-PROGRESS RIGHT OF WAY PERMITS PER APPLICANT OR UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY ENGINEER. SO WE DO HAVE SOME LEEWAY TO EXTEND THAT IF SO NEEDED. ADDITIONALLY WE WILL REQUIRE SUBSTANTIAL RESTORATION. SO WHAT I WAS BEFORE YOU IN FEBRUARY WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS 75%. WE JUST SAID THAT THE PERMITS NEED TO BE FULLY RESTORED BEFORE ADDITIONAL PERMITS COULD BE ISSUED. THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION AND SOME GOOD COMMENTS RELATED TO IF AN APPLICANT WAS AT THE END OF THEIR INSTALLATION AND THERE WAS A THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A GAP BETWEEN WHEN THEY CAN FINISH DRILLING AND COME BACK AND RESTORE. WE DIDN'T WANT TO ARTIFICIALLY STOP THEM FROM FORWARD WORK IF THEY WERE SHOWING THEY MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON THE RESTORATION. SO WE CHANGE THAT TO ADD THAT 75% BECAUSE WE FEEL IF THEY'VE HAD 75% COMPLETED THEN THEY HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT RESTORATION CONTINUES AND AS LONG AS THEY'RE DOING THEIR WORK AND DOING THAT RESTORATION WORK BEHIND, THEY CAN CONTINUE UNINTERRUPTED WITH THEIR WORK ASSUMING THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL PERMITS AND STILL CONTINUE TO WORK. SO THAT WAS HOW WE ADDED THAT 75% IN THERE AND THAT 50,000 FOOT LINEAR MAXIMUM THAT CAME BASED ON THE SERVICE AREA. SO ONE THING WE WERE TRYING TO DO AS A TYPICAL SERVICE AREA FOR THE FIRE PROVIDERS IS BETWEEN 40,000 AND 60,000 LINEAR FEET AND WE WANTED TO HAVE A NUMBER IN THERE THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO APPLY FOR A SINGLE PERMIT FOR A TOTAL SERVICE AREA. SO AGAIN WE HAVE SOME DISCRETION FROM THE CITY ENGINEER SO WE CAN MAKE THAT DETERMINATION TO HAVE A SINGLE PERMIT AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THEM APPLY FOR MULTIPLE PERMITS WITH MULTIPLE REVIEWERS AND THE ADMINISTRATION THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THAT FROM THE CITY SIDE AS WELL AS FROM THE APPLICANT SIDE. WE WANT TO TRY TO SIMPLIFY THAT PROCESS FOR BOTH PARTIES . THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE COGNIZANT OF IS MAKING SURE WE DIDN'T ARTIFICIALLY RESTRICT THE WORK OF OTHER UTILITY PROVIDERS WHO ALSO RENTS IN THE CITY. SO A LOT OF THIS IS FOCUSED ON THE FIBER WORK THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. BUT WE ALSO HAVE GAS ELECTRIC OUR CABLE PROVIDER SO WE PULL THE TOTAL FOOTAGE OF THOSE THOSE PROVIDERS AND WHAT THEY'VE PULLED IN 2024 AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 50,000 WOULD ENCOMPASS THAT. SO ALL OF THOSE PROVIDERS PULLED LESS THAN 50,000 TOTAL LINEAR FEET OF PERMITS IN 2024 SO THEREFORE WE WOULDN'T BE INHIBITING THEIR ABILITY TO PULL MULTIPLE PERMITS FOR MULTIPLE TIMES. SO IF FOR SOME REASON THEY DID EXCEED THAT AGAIN WE HAVE THAT DISCRETION TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND THAT IF NEED BE THE WINTER MORATORIUM DATES SO RIGHT NOW WE WE DON'T HAVE IN CODE WHEN CONSTRUCTION CAN END IT'S KIND OF BASED ON THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AS WELL AS THE AVAILABILITY MATERIALS FOR RESTORATION. SO YEAH BITUMINOUS WHEN THEY CAN DO THAT TYPICALLY IT'S BEEN AROUND NOVEMBER 15TH SOMETIMES AS LONG AS AS NOVEMBER OR AS LONG AS THANKSGIVING EXCUSE ME DEPENDING ON WHETHER BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING IN OUR CODE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE AN END DATE. SO WE WANT TO ADD THAT AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO HAVE A WINTER MORATORIUM FROM NOVEMBER 15TH THROUGH APRIL 15TH OR WHEN CONDITIONS ARE UNREASONABLE FOR SUCH WORK. THIS LANGUAGE MIRRORS WHAT THE COUNTY HAS. SO BY CODIFYING THIS WE WOULD BE IN AND HAVE THE SAME LANGUAGE AS THE COUNTY SO TRYING TO SIMPLIFY THINGS FOR OUR PROVIDERS AND LIKE I SAID LAST YEAR NOVEMBER 15TH JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE DATE THAT WE STOPPED WORK AND IN THE HARD SURFACE EXCAVATION DUE TO AVAILABILITY OF MATERIALS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS. SO JUST HAVING THAT IN THE CODE TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE TEETH BEHIND THAT. AND THE LAST BIG CHANGE IS RELATED TO REGISTRATION. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT REQUIRES AN APPLICANT TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE CITY AND THERE'S A REGISTRATION FEE THAT THAT'S THAT'S INCLUDED WITH THIS SINCE WE'VE HAD THIS LANGUAGE IN PLACE WHICH HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR A WHILE THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY FOR THE CITY OR STATE OF MINNESOTA EXCUSE ME COLLECTS THIS INFORMATION, HAS THAT AVAILABLE TO THEIR WEBSITE. SO OUR BUSINESS PRACTICE FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS BEEN STAFF HAS BEEN GOING TO THAT WEBSITE TO PULL THAT INFORMATION TO ASSURE THAT APPLICANTS ARE REGISTERED TO HAVE THEIR LICENSE OR THAT WE HAVE THEIR BOND AND CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE BEFORE RIGHTS ARE ISSUED. SO BY MAKING THIS CHANGE WE REMOVE THE REGISTRATION LANGUAGE FROM OUR CODE TO MIRROR OUR BUSINESS PRACTICES BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN COLLECTING THIS FOR A WHILE. IT DOES NOT RELIEVE THE APPLICANTS OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE REGISTRATION SO AGAIN THEY'RE STILL REQUIRED TO BE THAT LICENSE OR LICENSURE. THEY STILL ARE REQUIRED FOR THE BOND, THE SEELYE AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AND THAT IS REFERRED TO OTHERWISE OTHER PLACES IN THE CODE AS WELL. SO THEY'RE NOT GETTING OFF ON REQUIRING THOSE THINGS. IT'S JUST CLEANING UP THIS REGISTRATION SO WE'RE NOT COLLECTING IT RIGHT NOW SO WE JUST WANT TO REMOVE THAT FROM THE CODES OR CONSISTENT WITH OUR BUSINESS PRACTICES AND WITH THAT THAT'S A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF KIND OF THE FOUR AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GET YOUR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS EVENING AND I HAVE A COUPLE PROPOSED MOTIONS BEFORE YOU AND HAVE IT TAKE ANY QUESTIONS . THANK YOU MR. HANSON COUNCIL QUESTIONS OF MR. HANSON ON THESE PROPOSED CHANGES. COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN WHERE I JUST HAVE TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSES THAT YOU HAD EARLIER TODAY AND ONE OF THOSE I JUST WANTED TO ASK I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES IT'S GOTTEN BETTER OVER THE YEARS WITH FOLKS WHO'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH YOU KNOW, HAVING THEIR PROPERTY FIXED UP . THIS ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE THAT AT ALL IN TERMS OF OF THEM BEING ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO WHO'S WORKING ON THEIR ON THEIR PROPERTY IF THEY'VE GOT A PROBLEM RIGHT. I BELIEVE THIS WILL SIMPLIFY THINGS FOR THE RESIDENTS AND FOR OUR STAFF AS WELL. SO IF WE HAVE A SINGLE PERMIT FOR A CERTAIN AREA RESIDENT WAS TO CALL IN WITH A CONCERN ABOUT THE AREA, IT'LL BE EASIER FOR OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S OUT THERE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE MULTIPLE PERMITS, YOU KNOW, FOR ONE AREA SO IT'S GOING TO SIMPLIFY THINGS FOR THAT. I WILL ALSO TELL YOU THAT WE'VE HAD I'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH THE FILES, THE FIRE PROVIDERS AND KIND OF SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH THEM AND I BELIEVE BY HAVING THE LANGUAGE IN OR REQUIRING THAT RESTORATION TO BE DONE PRIOR TO ADDITIONAL PERMITS BEING ISSUED IS GOING TO GET MORE COMPLIANCE. WE KIND OF PLAYED A GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE LAST YEAR WHERE THEY WERE KIND OF FALL BEHIND THIS SET UP WE KNOW ABOUT WE'LL GET TO THEM. WE'LL GET TO THEM UNTIL IT GOT TO A POINT WHERE WE HAD TO SHUT THEM DOWN COMPLETELY AND THEN WE GET COMPLIANCE BECAUSE THEY PUT ALL THEIR EFFORTS TOWARDS GETTING THAT DONE AND THEN THEY START UP AGAIN AND WE CAN'T GO ON THAT SAME CYCLE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID THAT THIS YEAR. I'M FINGERS CROSSED I'M HOPEFUL, I'M OPTIMISTIC AND TALKING TO THE PROVIDERS THEY HAVE AT AT LEAST WHAT THEY'VE SHARED WITH ME SO FAR IS MORE OF A PLAN FOR RESTORATION THIS YEAR. I THINK THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S A MAJOR POINT OF CONTENTION FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE. SO I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT ONE OF THEM HAS TWO CREWS DEDICATED TO GO RIGHT BEHIND WITH SOFT SURFACE RESTORATION. I KNOW ANOTHER ONE HAS A CONTRACTOR ON BOARD RIGHT NOW FOR THE HARD SURFACE RESTORATION. SO WHEN THEY DO A POTHOLE AND MAKE A HOLE IN THE ROAD THEY IDENTIFY THAT AND SEND IT OFF. THIS CONTRACT WILL HAVE AN HOUR LIST. SO THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE HAVING A PROCESS IN PLACE TO FALL BEHIND SO THAT ALONG WITH OUR FIBER WEB PAGE SO IT'S CLB OR BLM DOT MAN FOUR FORWARD SLASH FIBER AND IT DOESN'T GO ON THERE. THERE'S INFORMATION ON THERE ABOUT THE PROVIDERS. WE HAVE OUR NUMBER FOR ENGINEERING AS WELL AND THEY CAN ALWAYS CALL WE CAN PUT THEM IN CONTACT WITH THOSE OUT THERE. SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE'VE LEARNED SOME LESSONS FROM LAST YEAR ON BE MORE EFFICIENT AT GETTING THAT DONE THIS YEAR. WELL I APPRECIATE THAT AND IN THAT CLARIFICATION THAT FOLKS DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE MAKING THIS CHANGE AND THAT'S NOT A NOT A PIECE OF THE QUESTION. NOT THAT I QUESTION THAT BUT I DO HEAR THAT MY SECONDARY QUESTION REAL QUICK, MAYOR, IS AND YOU'VE ALREADY ALLUDED TO IT EARLIER TODAY BUT YOU KNOW YOU KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, SOME BUDGET TYPE THINGS. WE'RE MAKING SOME CHANGES HERE. AND SO ONE CONCERN THAT A COUNCILMEMBER HAS WHEN HE SEES THIS IS OKAY, I SEE A REDUCTION IN SOME OF THESE FEES. YOU KNOW HOW DO WE KNOW THIS IS GOING TO PAY FOR WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO DO WHAT WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE IT. I KNOW YOU ALLUDED THAT AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TO SPEAK TO THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS SO WE ARE TRACKING THE STAFF TIME THAT THE CHARGE OF THE YEAR. SO LOOKING BACK ON OUR DATA FROM LAST YEAR IT WAS A LITTLE MURKY IN FULL DISCLOSURE BECAUSE THE WORK WAS BEING PERFORMED BY OUR UTILITY STAFF BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THAT WORK GOT TRANSFERRED OVER TO OUR ENGINEERING STAFF. WE SET UP SOME MORE CODES TO BE ABLE TO BETTER TRACK THE TIME THAT WAS SPENT ON THOSE SO THE BEST THAT WE COULD AND FROM THE DATA WE HAD AND THE FEES COLLECTED IN THE STAFF TIME CHARGE WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE FEES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. AS I MENTIONED AT THE STUDY SESSION WE WILL REVIEW THESE AROUND THE YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING FULL COST RECOVERY. SO YOU KNOW, IF OUR FEES ARE NOT IN LINE WITH THE COSTS THAT WE'RE INCURRING, WE WILL ADJUST THEM OR VICE VERSA TOO. SO AND I TOLD THAT AND I SHARED THAT WITH SOME OF THE PROVIDERS WHO HAD SOME CONCERNS BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED THE FEE FOR 25 SIX YOU KNOW FOR A HALF MILE OF OF INSTALLATION WILL BE GOING UP FOR UNDERGROUND BASED ON THE NEW FEES THEY'RE PROPOSED FOR THIS TODAY. SO WE MADE A COMMITMENT THAT WE WOULD REVIEW THOSE AROUND THE YEAR AND IF WE DIDN'T MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AT THAT FULL COST RECOVERY WE'LL DO THAT. BUT AS OF THIS POINT STAFF IS COMFORTABLE WITH THE FEES PROVIDED BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING THEY'LL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE RECOVER FULL COSTS FIRST HALF TIME THAT'S DEDICATED TO THAT WORK. LET'S REMEMBER. >> DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. DOES THE DOES THE EITHER THE RESTORATION REQUIREMENTS OR THE STOP WORK REQUIREMENTS DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER REQUIREMENTS PROVIDE FOR THOSE OR THOSE COMPANIES GOING BACK IN LIKE CLEANING UP THE AREA? SO WE HAD A BIG WE HAD A BIG SITUATION WHERE FLAGS WERE LEFT IN FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS AT A TIME AND NOW THEY'RE IN OUR STORM DRAINS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT GOT CRAZY RIGHT IS THAT PART OF THE RESTORATION EXPECTATION IS THAT THEY'RE CLEANING UP THOSE THINGS AND ARE AND IF SO DOES THAT INCLUDE THAT IF THEY'VE NOT FINISHED WORK IN AN AREA BY THE TIME IT HAS TO BE STOPPED DUE TO WEATHER THEY'RE GOING TO GO IN AND THEY'RE GOING TO CLEAN THAT UP AND THEY'RE GOING TO REDO IT NEXT YEAR. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO I SHOULD CLARIFY THE WORK MORATORIUM IS RELATED TO THE PENETRATION OR EXCAVATION OF THE HARD SURFACE. SO IF CONDITIONS ALLOW WE WILL STILL ALLOW THEM TO GO IN AND DO A SOFT SURFACE RESTORATION, YOU KNOW, LATER THAN THAT EARLIER THAN THAT. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME CREWS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE ITCHING. I GOT AN EMAIL THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET SOME SOILS. THEY'RE HOPING TO GET OUT THERE AND DO SOME SOFT SURFACE RESTORATION EVEN THOUGH THE SPRINGBOARD RESTRICTIONS ARE STILL IN PLACE RIGHT NOW TO KIND OF GET AHEAD OF THAT. BUT THERE IS A TWO YEAR WARRANTY PERIOD SO WE ARE TRACKING WE ACTUALLY HAD OUR CREWS, OUR FIELD CREWS GO OUT AND DOCUMENT ALL THE HANDHOLDS THAT HAVE SUNK OVER THE WINTER. SO WE HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF THEM THAT WE SENDING TO THE CONTRACTOR SAYING YOU INSTALLED THESE LAST YEAR YOU DID A SOFT SEARCH RESTORATION. THEY HAVE SETTLED. YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND FIX THESE THINGS SO THEY ARE UNDER WARRANTY FOR TWO YEARS. SO WE DO TRACK THOSE. THE SAME THING WITH THE HARD SURFACE AS WELL IF THERE'S A SINKING DURING THE WINTER WILL REQUIRE THEM. WE HAVE CALLED IN TO SOME OF THE CONTRACTORS TO HAVE THEM COME BACK AND CALL PATCH TEMPORARILY PATCH THAT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD CORE HOLES THAT SUNK DURING THE WINTER IN REGARD TO GETTING YOU KNOW, DEPRESSIONS THERE. SO THEY'VE TEMPORARY FILLED THOSE WITH COLD PATCH NOT TO GO BACK OUT HERE IN THE SPRING WHEN MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE ONCE AGAIN AND DO THAT FULL RESTORATION OF THOSE SO YES WE ARE TRACKING THOSE. IF I MAY JUST FOLLOW UP SO SO WOULD YOU ACCEPT CALLS FROM FROM INDIVIDUALS ON THAT AS WELL? SO HEY, I HAVE HAD THESE FLAGS IN MY YARD FOR TWO MONTHS. NOBODY'S WORKING ON IT. CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE COME GET THESE FLAGS LIKE WOULD YOU TAKE THOSE CALLS AS WELL? ABSOLUTELY. SO WE'LL TAKE ANY CALLS. WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONTACT THE CONTRACTOR DIRECTLY BUT IF THEY'RE NOT GETTING SERVICE OR THEY'RE NOT SEEING ACTION FROM THEM, WE CAN ESCALATE THAT. SO ABSOLUTELY WE ENCOURAGE THE FIRST CALL TO BE PUT THEM IN CONTACT WITH THE CONTRACTOR . WE'VE TOLD THE CONTRACTOR THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE THERE'S NUMBERS ON OUR WEBSITE AND WE ACTUALLY CHECK THOSE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ANSWERED. THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING TO SOME MACHINE AND THEY NEED TO BE RESPONSIVE ON THOSE AND IF WE DON'T GET THAT RESPONSIVENESS WE CAN TAKE ACTION AND OR YOU KNOW, PUT A PAUSE, A STOP WORK ORDER ON THEM IF NEED BE. SO I MEET WITH ALL OF THE PROVIDERS ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS SO ABLE TO ESCALATE THOSE SITUATIONS AS NEEDED. SAY THANK YOU SO THANKS. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNSEL IF NOT, THANK YOU. DON'T GO AWAY. WE'RE ALL GOING TO GO TO A PUBLIC HEARING NOW WITH THAT COUNSEL. I WANT TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.1. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE RIGHT OF WAY PERMITTING AND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO OPEN BY WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.1 TONIGHT DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING? ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK? CAITLIN MAYOR THERE'S NO ONE ON LINE LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY IN THE CHAMBERS COUNCIL NOBODY IN THE CHAMBERS COMING FORWARD TO SPEAK TO 1 IN 4 POINT ONE NO ONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK. I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ITEM 4.1 SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.1 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES 60I WILL SAY COUNCIL THIS IS BASED ON OUR CONVERSATION BACK IN FEBRUARY AT THE STUDY SESSION ON THIS THIS DOES WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE YOU KNOW ALIGN OUR OUR CODE WITH STANDARD CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES, STREAMLINE THINGS AND THEN ALSO PUT A LITTLE BIT OF MUSCLE BEHIND MAKING SURE THAT THEY COME BACK AND CLEAN UP AFTER THEMSELVES AND DO A LITTLE BETTER JOB OF LEAVING THE WORK THEIR WORK IN THE WAY THAT IT WAS BEFORE THEY ARRIVED. SO I THINK HATS OFF TO TO YOU MR. HANSON, FOR THIS. I THINK IT'S A GOOD MOVE MOVING FORWARD. I THINK IT'S A GOOD COMBINATION OF OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CODE AND I THINK IT'S KIND OF A NO BRAINER THAT WE MOVE FORWARD ON THIS. SO ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS ON IT? IF NOT I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION. COUNCILMEMBER DE MER AND IF I COULD I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING TO STREAMLINE SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS AND CONTRACTORS AND PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO BUSINESS IN BLOOMINGTON. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND SO THIS IS JUST A VISIBLE EXAMPLE OF WHAT THIS ACTUALLY COMES OUT TO. SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS. WITH THAT I WOULD MOVE TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE UPDATING THE RIGHT OF WAY PERMITTING AND MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS THEREBY AMENDING CHAPTER 17 AND APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE MOTION BY MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO UPDATE THE RIGHT OF WAY PERMITTING AND MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS. CHAPTER 17 AND APPENDIX C OF THE CITY CODE FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO COUNCILMEMBER LABOR AND MOVE TO APPROVE AUTHORIZING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 17 AND APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CODE RELATED TO THE RIGHT OF WAY PERMITTING AND MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO OR FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION AND ITEM 4.10 FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. THANK YOU MUCH MR. HANSON MOVING ON THAT IN 4.2 OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING THIS REGARDING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AND A REZONING FOR RAINBOW MIDWEST AT 980TH STREET DAKOTA TESTIMONY IS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING GOOD EVENING. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL . I THINK THIS LINES UP BUT WHILE THESE SLIDES ARE COMING UP, THE COUNCIL IS ASKED TO TAKE ACTION ON TWO REQUESTS TONIGHT. THE FIRST BEING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO GUIDE THE PROPERTY AT 900 WEST 80TH STREET FROM INDUSTRIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AND THEN THE SECOND REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM A THREE GENERAL INDUSTRY TO BE TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL C-3 AND THEN THESE ARE JUST SOME IMAGES WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO IF IT'S HELPFUL BUT REALLY JUST WANTED TO START WITH THE WHY WHY A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AND REZONING? THE SHORT ANSWER IS THAT THE APPLICANT WANTS TO OPERATE A USE THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY PERMITTED IN THE I3 ZONING DISTRICT AND I GUESS THE LONGER MORE FORMAL ANSWER IS THAT THEY HAVE A SHOWROOM AND THEY SELL KIND OF SLIDES SWING SET KIND OF BACKYARD PLAY EQUIPMENT AND THEY WANT TO USE THAT SHOWROOM FOR PRIVATE BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND PRIVATE PLAY SESSIONS AND STAFF HAVE INTERPRETED THAT AS A DISTINCT USE FROM RETAIL AND IS AN INDOOR RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT USE THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY PERMITTED IN THE I3 ZONING DISTRICT. AND SO AS STAFF OUR ROLE IS TO REALLY JUST ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE ZONING CODE AND SO THE APPLICANT KIND OF HAS A NUMBER OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THEM. ONE COULD BE TO STOP THE USE AT THE CURRENT LOCATION. THEY COULD RELOCATE TO A NEW LOCATION WHERE THE USE IS PERMITTED. THEY COULD REZONE TO A ZONING DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS THE USE OR THEY COULD AMEND THE ZONING CODE TO PERMIT THE USE IN THAT UNDERLYING ZONING DISTRICT TALKING WITH THE APPLICANT YOU KNOW IF THEY'VE BEEN AT THEIR LOCATION FOR A LONG TIME AND WANT TO STAY THERE KIND OF RULES OUT THE FIRST TWO OPTIONS AND THEN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT AND STAFF WE KIND OF DIRECTED THEM TO DO THE REZONING PROCESS TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON THEIR SITE VERSUS HAVING A BROADER POLICY DISCUSSION AROUND NON-INDUSTRIAL USES IN A IN AN ENTIRE INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT. AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE APPLICATIONS FOR YOU TONIGHT. AND JUST SOME ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE STAFF REPORT A FIRE PREVENTION STAFF BECAME AWARE OF THIS USE KIND OF BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020 FOR AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT JUST AROUND SOME FIRE CODE AND LIFE SAFETY CONCERNS WITH USING THE SHOW ROOM AS AN INDOOR PLAY AREA AND KIND OF CHANGES THE OCCUPANCY CLASS OF THE SPACE FROM A RETAIL USE TO AN ASSEMBLY USE AND THAT ENTAILS DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS AND THEN AS PART OF THAT PROCESS THEY HAVE ALSO CONNECTED WITH US IN THE PLANNING DIVISION AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION AND AGAIN KIND OF THROUGH THAT RESEARCH KIND OF MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED INDOOR RECREATION ENTERTAINMENT THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY ALLOWED. THE SITE ALSO HAD A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT GRANTED BACK IN 1998 THAT ALLOWED FOR THE SHOWROOM AND RETAIL SALE OF THE OUTDOOR PLAY EQUIPMENT AND BUT AS PART OF THOSE CONDITIONS IT WAS REALLY MEANT FOR THE RETAIL COMPONENT AND NOT FOR KIND OF RECREATIONAL USES. SO STAFF IN A NUMBER OF DIVISIONS ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THAT APPLICANT TOWARDS COMPLIANCE. THE ITEM TONIGHT IS REALLY AROUND THE ZONING COMPLIANCE PIECE AND IF IF ADOPTED OR KIND OF APPROVED FOR THIS REZONING, THE NEXT STEP IS REALLY FOR THE APPLICANT TO SUBMIT A BUILDING PERMIT, CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR BUILDING AND INSPECTION STAFF AND FIRE PREVENTION STAFF TO ENSURE THAT THEIR USES MEETING ALL BUILDING AND LIFE SAFETY CODES AND REQUIREMENTS. THIS WAS THE FLOOR PLAN THAT WAS SHARED WITH US AGAIN JUST KIND OF SHOWING YOU THE SHOWROOM DIFFERENT TYPES OF EQUIPMENT THAT THEY HAVE SET UP AND THIS IS THE SPACE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO USE KIND OF FOR INDOOR PLAY SESSIONS. JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. THERE AREN'T SPECIFIC FINDINGS IN OUR CITY CODE LIKE THERE IS ON A SITE PLAN OR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT BUT KIND OF IN GENERAL WE THINK ABOUT DOES IT ALIGN WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND HOW DOES THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED USE OF THE LAND INTERACT WITH THAT SITE AND KIND OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS? I JUST PUT THE PYRAMID OF DISCRETION KIND OF IN THE CORNER AS A REMINDER THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL YOU ALL HAVE A LOT OF DISCRETION IN A REZONING AND A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT CASE VERSUS MAYBE A SITE PLAN OR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WHERE YOU'RE SIMPLY KIND OF APPLYING OUR CODE AND MAKING SURE IT MEETS THAT HERE YOU'RE KIND OF IN A BROADER POLICY SETTING AROUND REZONING . SO WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT JUST SOME CONSIDERATIONS THAT STAFF WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE THINK IS IN SUPPORT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. THIS PROPERTY IS IDENTIFIED AS A TRANSITIONAL INDUSTRY AREA IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THAT ALLOWS FOR READINGS AND REZONINGS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS KIND OF DIRECT USES RIGHT AROUND THE PROPERTY ARE A MIX OF COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND KIND OF OFFICE AND HOTEL USES AND THEN THE BROADER AMERICAN BOULEVARD CORRIDOR IS ALSO A VARIETY OF USES THAT IN THIS CASE STAFF DIDN'T FEEL AS STRONGLY THAT THIS WAS SOME KIND OF LIKE SPOT ZONING OR SOMETHING. THE AMERICAN BOULEVARD CORRIDOR IS PRETTY MIXED IN TERMS OF USES AND ZONING DISTRICTS. AS WAS MENTIONED, THE INDOOR RECREATION USES ARE CURRENTLY PERMITTED IN COMMERCIAL ZONES AND SO KIND OF GOING TO A COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL GUIDING JUST PUTS THAT IN MORE ALIGNMENT WITH THE USE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO. AND THEN WE HAVE TWO STRATEGIES THERE'S FROM THE PLAN IN SUPPORT OF THE AMENDMENT. JUST QUICKLY ON THE OH SORRY I FORGOT I HAD THIS ON HERE. THIS IS JUST A MAP FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AGAIN SHOWS WHERE WE HAVE PROTECTED INDUSTRIAL AREAS WHERE THAT WAS KIND OF GUIDANCE FROM THE COUNCIL ON WHERE WE WANTED TO PRESERVE MORE INDUSTRIAL USES AS WELL AS THESE TRANSITIONAL AREAS WHERE WE COULD SEE NON INDUSTRIAL USES AND THEN THE REALLY SMALL YELLOW SQUARE OFF TO THE RIGHT AS THIS PROPERTY AGAIN IN THAT TRANSITIONAL AREA FOR REZONING. JUST SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER IN THAT AGAIN STAFF FELT LIKE WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF THE REZONING THEIR CURRENT SHOWROOM AND RETAIL SALES WERE GRANTED BY THAT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND ACTUALLY AREN'T CURRENTLY ALLOWED IN I3. SO IT'S A LEGALLY NONCONFORMING USE REZONING THIS PROPERTY TO B2 WOULD PUT ALL OF THE USES OF THEIR PROPERTY AS PERMITTED AND LEGALLY CONFORMING USES THAT AS A BENEFIT FOR THE BUSINESS AND KIND OF THINKING ABOUT GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN THE FUTURE FOR THEM. AGAIN LIKE I'VE MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES IT'S IN THAT TRADITIONAL TRANSITIONAL INDUSTRY AREA TO SUPPORT REZONING AND THEN IF THE COUNCIL IS SUPPORTIVE OF GOING TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL WE ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THAT THAT UNDERLYING ZONING ALIGNS WITH THAT. AND SO THAT WAS WHERE KIND OF B2 IS THAT COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO ALIGN WITH COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL I ALSO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WE DID LOOK AT SOME OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS THAT MAYBE THEY COULD REZONE TO INCLUDING THE TY ZONING DISTRICT AND THE BEFORE ZONING DISTRICT AND THE REASON WE DID THAT WAS THIS PROPERTY WAS A PART OF THE STUDY AREA OF THE LYNDALE AVENUE SUBURBAN RETROFIT PLAN . HOWEVER, ONCE WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE DETAILS MORE IN THOSE ZONING DISTRICTS THE TY ZONING DISTRICT REQUIRES DIRECT ACCESS TO LYNDALE AVE WHICH THIS PROPERTY CURRENTLY DOES NOT AND THEN WE'VE GUIDED THE B FOR ZONING DISTRICTS TO MORE OF OUR PRIORITY DESIGNATED NODES ALONG 86TH AND LYNDALE AND 98TH AND LYNDALE. SO THOSE ARE THOSE AREAS KIND OF OUTLINED IN RED. AND SO AGAIN THIS PROPERTY ISN'T DIRECTLY IN THOSE THOSE NODES AND SO STAFF FELT B2 WAS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING DISTRICT . I ALSO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THE STAFF REPORTS WE DON'T TRADITIONALLY CONDITION A REZONING APPLICATION LIKE WE WOULD ON A SITE PLAN OR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. SO AS PART OF THIS PROCESS THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT STAFF BECAME AWARE OF THAT WE WOULD JUST WANT TO ADDRESS AGAIN TO KIND OF FURTHER THAT ZONING CODE COMPLIANCE ISSUE AND THAT RELATES TO THE PARKING AREA ON THE EAST SIDE OF THEIR PROPERTY. THEY'VE HAD SOME OUTDOOR STORAGE WHICH ISN'T CURRENTLY ALLOWED AS A CONDITION OF THAT. SO YOU P AND THEN TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF MINIMUM PARKING FOR THE INDOOR RECREATION USE AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEY RESTRICT THEIR EAST PARKING LOT TO THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN TO ENSURE THAT THEY MEET THAT PARKING MINIMUM AND THEY CURRENTLY HAVE RESTRICT THAT AND THERE'S LESS STALLS ON THAT THE EAST PARKING LOT. SO AGAIN THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE AS STAFF KIND OF REGARDLESS OF THE DECISION TONIGHT TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT ON THIS WAS CONSIDERED AT A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ON FEBRUARY 13TH AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF BOTH ITEMS ON A60 VOTE. AND THEN I HAVE THE MOTIONS HERE. ONE IS FOR THE COMPLAINT AMENDMENT ONE IS FOR THE REZONING AND THEN THE THIRD IS FOR THE AUTHOR AUTHORIZING SUMMARY PUBLICATION. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE REPRESENTED AS OF THE APPLICATION HERE AS WELL AS ANSWERING QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. MR. CASSIDY YEAH, OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER LOHMANN JUST REALLY ONE QUESTION I APPRECIATE THE ANSWERS, YOU KNOW TO THE SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT THE SITE BUT MORE MY QUESTIONS THAT I WANTED TO FOCUS IN ON TODAY IS JUST WITH THE STAFF'S KIND OF POSITION AROUND YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, INDUSTRIAL ZONING AND YOU KNOW IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT YOU KNOW AS I SAW SOME TYPE OF STUDY THAT YOU KNOW IF YOU USE INDUSTRIAL ZONING YET YOU BRING IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT'S A LOT HIGHER THAN YOU KNOW THIS THIS THIS TYPE OF RETAIL TYPE TYPE WORK AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NO WAY TO KIND OF KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS AND THEN JURY REGARD TO YOU COULD MAKE IT WORK WITH WITH THAT WITH THAT USE SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF BACKFILLING OR WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WITH THE REST OF THE REST OF THE CITY AS WE KIND OF GOBBLE UP THESE OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE HARD TO REPLACE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL FOLKS DON'T WANT THIS STUFF NEXT TO THEM. SURE. YEAH. MAYOR COUNCILMEN, MAYOR LOHMANN I THINK AS STAFF WE KIND OF RELY ON THAT THE MAP OR KIND OF THE INDUSTRIAL OBSOLESCENCE STUDY THAT WAS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BACK DURING THAT PROCESS. SO YOU KNOW WE KIND OF LOOK AT WE DO GET A LOT OF INQUIRIES ON SOME OF OUR OLDER INDUSTRIAL AREAS ON NON-INDUSTRIAL USES AND WE KIND OF USE THIS GUIDANCE WHEN WORKING WITH APPLICANTS THAT IF IT'S IN AN AREA THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A POTENTIAL TO TRANSITION TO A NON INDUSTRIAL USE THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE DIRECT APPLICANTS TOWARDS AND THEN OF COURSE WE'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS THIS PROCESS AND THAT CONSIDERATION FROM PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL. SO YEAH I GUESS I DON'T HAVE A TON OF SPECIFIC SPECIFICS ON ON SOME OF THAT BUT WE DO GET A LOT OF INQUIRIES ABOUT IT AND WE KIND OF GUIDE IT TO SOME OF THESE OLDER AREAS THAT DON'T REALLY MEET KIND OF STANDARD INDUSTRIAL SPECS IN IN SPACES. YEAH. THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION AND I'LL HAVE COMMENTS LATER WHEN WE GET TO THE COMMENT PERIOD. GOOD AND ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT SWITCHING OVER TO B TWO DOESN'T IMPACT ANY CURRENT OPERATIONS OR FUTURE OPERATIONS. THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO JUST OPERATE THE WAY THEY ARE. YEAH. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER THAT IS CORRECT. SO YEAH REZONING TO B TWO WOULD STILL ALLOW FOR THEIR KIND OF STORAGE AND WAREHOUSE PART OF THEIR BUSINESS. IT WOULD STILL ALLOW FOR THE SHOWROOM AND THEN ALLOW FOR THE INDOOR AND RECREATION USE. AND THEN THERE'S THIS REMOVE THIS UP THIS CURRENTLY YEAH. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER MUA I HAVE TO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I THINK IF IT BECOMES PERMITTED THEN I DON'T BELIEVE THE C U P WOULD BE REQUIRED BUT WE CERTAINLY WOULD STILL LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE CONDITIONS OR IS A LOT OF THOSE CONDITIONS ARE PART OF THE ZONING CODE NOW ANYWAY JUST TO ENSURE THE COMPLIANCE WITH THAT BUT I GUESS THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THE ROLE OF CITY ATTORNEY HERE MIKE, HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? BUT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THE B TO TWO B FOR DISCUSSION THAT YOU HAD SO WHEN I LOOKED AT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN I KNOW THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE LANGUAGE IN THE COMP PLAN ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AREAS AND THEN WE HAVE THE I FOR 94 CORRIDOR DISCUSSIONS AND THEY'RE NOT REALLY IN CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER BUT THEY THEY THEY HAVE DISTINCT LEANINGS IF YOU WILL. BUT THERE ARE SOME LIKE YOU KNOW THIS IDEA OF OF REINVESTING IN AGING NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AREAS TO IMPROVE MARKET VIABILITY AND ESTHETICS AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE IT SAYS ENCOURAGE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOP WITHIN THE QUARTER NEAR SERVICES AMENITIES, EMPLOYMENT AND TRANSIT AND THAT'S IN THE I FOR 94TH QUARTER. SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A THE OUTSIDE OF THE HEY THIS WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THE 86 AND 98TH STREET LYNDALE AVENUE RETROFIT ALTHOUGH WE USE IT AT 90TH AND PENN AS WELL RIGHT. IT FEELS LIKE THE BEFORE IT COULD GIVE THEM THE SAME BENEFIT BUT ALSO HELP US WITH A FORWARD PLAN FOR FOR WHAT THAT COULD BE GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT SITS ON BOTH A A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA WHERE WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC TRANSIT BICYCLING YOU KNOW IT'S NOW GOING TO BE ACROSS THE STREET FROM A A A PLUS 55 PLUS COMMUNITY ETC. AND AND IN ADDITION TO THAT WHICH WHICH FALLS INTO THAT I KNOW FOR 94 CORRIDOR IDEA FOR COMP PLAN AND THEN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMERCIAL YOU KNOW COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AREA WHICH INTENT I MEAN IT ENCOURAGES MORE RESIDENTIAL USES IN AND ADJACENT TO REDEVELOPING OLDER COMMERCIAL NODES I MEAN I HAVE FRIENDS WHO GO HERE AND TRY NOT TO TURN THIS INTO A COMMENT. MY QUESTION IS I'LL MAKE SOME COMMENTS IN A MINUTE. I HAVE TONS OF FRIENDS WHO GO THERE LOVE WHAT Y'ALL DO. TRUST ME. THE FOLKS AT RAINBOW MAKE A GOOD PARTY APPARENTLY SO THAT'S REALLY GREAT. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT AND I WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO WALK THERE IF THEY HAVE A PARTY COMING UP. I WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO GET THERE. SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE LIKE IS THERE ANY DOWNSIDE TO JUST DOING THE B FOR VERSUS THE B TWO? IF WE CAN ALSO GET KIND OF KIND OF FORWARD THINKING IN TERMS OF THAT AREA? THANK YOU. YEAH. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO YEAH. THAT WAS CONSIDERED AS PART OF KIND OF STAFF DISCUSSIONS AND TRUTHFULLY LOOKING AT A LOT OF THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AROUND LOT SIZE IN THOSE THINGS THE B TWO AND BEFORE REALLY ISN'T THAT DIFFERENT. SO I, I THINK ULTIMATELY THE THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BEING BEFORE WOULD ALLOW RESIDENTIAL VERSUS B TWO DOESN'T CURRENTLY ALLOW RESIDENTIAL AND I GUESS WHERE WE KIND OF LANDED ON AND B TWO AGAIN I THINK THERE WERE SOME LANGUAGE KIND OF PERTAINING TO LYNDALE AVE IN IN THE BEFORE DISTRICT AND JUST KIND OF MAKING AN ASSUMPTION THAT BY ALLOWING THE INDOOR RECREATION USE THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE THERE FOR A LONG TIME AND WOULDN'T SEE RESIDENTIAL ON THIS PARTICULAR SITE FOR A WHILE ANYWAY. SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE DECISION BUT I GUESS ALL OF THAT TO SAY I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN AN ISSUE IF YOU WANTED TO GO BEFORE VERSUS B TWO THERE ISN'T NECESSARILY A A DETRIMENT I GUESS TO THAT. YEAH. OKAY. SO MATERIALLY IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE PLANS FOR THE THE APPLICANT. YEAH THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MR. COUNCIL. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO AWAY. THE APPLICANT ANYTHING TO TO ADD TO THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT PLEASE . THANK YOU. MAYOR BUSSEY AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WILL SAY THAT I LAST I WAS IN FRONT OF A MICROPHONE WAS 16 DAYS AGO FOR A EULOGY AND I WENT TO EIGHT MINUTES TOO LONG. SO IN ORDER OF TIME I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT SHORT BRIEF IT'S BEEN 5:00 THE ENTIRE TIME YOU GUYS. BUT YES. SO THE WAY RAMO MIDWEST HAS OPERATED IF YOU COULD IF YOU COULD IDENTIFY YOURSELF. OH YES. I APOLOGIZE. I'M JOHN MEYER. I WORK ON BEHALF OF RAINBOW. THANK YOU FOR THE LAST 26.5 YEARS WE'VE BEEN AT OUR CURRENT LOCATION ON 900 WEST 80TH STREET. WE HAVE OPERATED SINCE OCTOBER OF 98 TO ACTUALLY HAVE BIRTHDAY PARTIES. IT WASN'T UNTIL RECENTLY IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024 THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DECIDED THAT WE WERE IN VIOLATION BEING AN I3. SO UNFORTUNATELY FOR US THE IDEA OF WORKING WITH DAKOTA AND THE REST OF THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN NOTHING MORE THAN JUST TRYING TO LET US VALIDATE OUR BUSINESS SO HOPEFULLY WE GET TO OPERATE THE EXACT SAME WAY FOR THE NEXT 26.5 YEARS. YOU BROUGHT UP OUR QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN AS FAR AS GOING FROM INDUSTRIAL TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL, THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD DO IS IT ACTUALLY REDUCE OUR VIABILITY FOR BUSINESS BY NOT HAVING BIRTHDAY PARTIES OR PAY FOR PLAY OPTIONS IS REALLY TO HELP REALLY BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND APRIL OF EVERY CALENDAR YEAR BEING A SEASONAL RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT FACILITY WE'RE JUST NOT ABLE TO OPERATE YEAR ROUND WITHOUT THOSE WITHOUT THOSE OPTIONS EITHER. SO OBVIOUSLY WHEN THE CITY HAS BUILT BEAUTIFUL PARKS, HAS INVESTED A TON OF MONEY UNFORTUNATELY IN THE WORST TIME TO USE CITY PARKS IS BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND END OF MARCH TO BE HONEST AS YOU CAN SEE. SO WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE GIVE PARENTS AND CHILDREN OPTIONS TO PLAY AND OBVIOUSLY IN RETURN WE HOPE THAT THEY LOVE OUR EQUIPMENT AND EVENTUALLY BUY SOMETHING FROM US. SO IN ORDER OF ONLY SCREWING THIS UP THE MORE I SPEAK WE JUST OBVIOUSLY LIKE TO MAINTAIN OUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS THE WAY WE HAVE THE FEW ITEMS THAT WE DO NEED TO CLEAR IT UP WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF. WE'VE HIT ALL THE CODING COMPLIANCE THINGS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE'VE REMOVED THE STRUCTURES THAT ARE OUR DOOR THAT HAVE BEEN OUTDOOR WHICH HAS BEEN A PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. UNFORTUNATELY THE HOMELESS PEOPLE HAVE FOUND A NICE FACILITY TO SLEEP IN AT NIGHT AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO RE STRIVE TO ADD THERE TO DIGITAL SPOTS THAT BRING US UP FROM 56 TO 58. SO WE'VE HIT EVERY REQUIREMENT OUT THERE AND WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS OUR FORM OF BUSINESS. I OPEN UP ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN A QUESTION JUST A QUESTION ABOUT MY COLLEAGUE. IT ASKED ME TO TO BE 40. I'M ASSUMING THERE'S NOT NO ISSUE AT ALL. THERE REALLY IS NO THE ONLY WHY WE ARE REALLY LOOKING WHICH WERE TO SAVE US MONEY WAS GOING FROM A THROUGH TO TIE BUT WE ARE UNFORTUNATELY 500FT AWAY FROM LYNDALE AVENUE ITSELF. SO JUST BEING THAT WE HAD TO REAPPLY FOR THE REZONING SO BE TO TWO BEFORE IT STILL ALLOWS US TO OPERATE IN OUR CURRENT BUSINESS THE WAY IT IS TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. DON'T GO FAR, MISS MADISON MAYOR AND MEMBERS. SO WHAT I HEARD DURING THE COMMUNICATION WAS OR DURING THE PRESENTATION WAS THAT STAFF PUBLICLY NOTICED AB2 ZONING CLASSIFICATION AND I HEAR SOME COUNCIL DISCUSSION ABOUT A, B FOUR INSTEAD POTENTIALLY AND I THINK WE SHOULD TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT DUE PROCESS . AND NOTICE WITH REGARD TO THAT IF THERE'S A DESIRE TO SHIFT TO TO SOMETHING ELSE, I THINK WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. >> THANK YOU. MISS ME? I UNDERSTAND. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE FOR AB2 REZONING IF WE GO TO A B FOR REZONING THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO RE NOTICE AND PROBABLY DO THIS WHOLE OPERATION OVER AGAIN. AND IF IF IT'S LIKE YOUR I LIKE YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS IF IT'S A HORSE A PIECE ON B TWO VERSUS B FOR WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF SOME YOU KNOW, FUTURE EXPANSION OR CHANGES IT MIGHT BE WORTH IT TO STICK TO THE B TWO OR I MEAN IF WE FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT IT WE CAN CHANGE IT TO THE B FOUR. BUT THEN AS I SAID WE'LL HAVE TO RE NOTICE AND HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING. SO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO YEAH. MR. MAYOR, I WASN'T NECESSARILY SUGGESTING THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS OR ANYTHING. I MY MY MY MY CURIOSITY WAS JUST WHERE WE CAN IF WE CAN MAKE THE DECISION TO BE MORE OPEN TO THAT ESPECIALLY ALONG 494 CORRIDORS AND MAJOR COMMERCIAL NODES IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE IF I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE ASSESSMENT THAT THIS THIS PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION WILL BE THERE FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A CHANCE TO YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T NEVER SAY NEVER BUT IF IT'S B TWO VERSUS BEFORE THE RIGHT ANSWER IS TO LEAVE IT THAT WAY TO GET THE BUSINESS DONE. I, I DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER AND THANK YOU WONDERFUL. THANK YOU GUYS. AND WE ARE NOW GOING TO OPEN OUR PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING IN ITEM 4.2 THIS EVENING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AND REZONING FOR RAINBOW MIDWEST AT 900 WEST 80TH STREET. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 4.2 THIS EVENING? SEE NO ONE COMING FORWARD. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE? MAYOR THERE IS NO AN ONLINE LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY IN THE CHAMBERS COUNCIL. NO ONE ON THE PHONE. NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN ITEM 4.2 SOME OF MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCIL MEMBER I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION BEFORE WE CLOSE IT AND I JUST THOUGHT OF THE APPLICANT CAN I ASK IT AFTER WE CLOSED WE CAN WE YES. THANKS. YOU'RE NOT OFFICIALLY PART OF THE PUBLIC. YOU'RE PART OF THE DECISION MAKING BODY. SO YES, YOU CAN CERTAINLY ASK THE QUESTIONS ONCE WE GET DOWNGRADED. YEP. WE'RE SIMPLY CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE CAN CONTINUE THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS SO WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ANY MORE QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.2 COUNCILMEMBER NELSON A QUESTION YEAH I HEARD A COMMENT FROM THE APPLICANT THAT NOT DOING I AND GOING WITH B TO COST THEM MORE MONEY. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS JUST THE APPLICATION FEE THAT IS IN THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN PRICE ON THE APPLICATION FEES. I THINK WE HAVE TO DO BOTH THE COMP PLAN IN ADDITION TO THE REZONING THOSE THANK YOU. APPRECIATE. OKAY, TERRIFIC. I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO EITHER NOTE THAT THAT WAS IT GOING TO THIS REQUIRED THE COMPLAINT AMENDMENT AND THE REZONING TIE WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN A REZONING GOT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION AND THEN I WOULD IF WE COULD GET AN ANSWER TO THE COPY IF IT GOES AWAY OR WHAT HAPPENS TO IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ANY INITIAL THOUGHTS ON THIS MEMORY EXCUSE ME EXCUSE ME TYPICALLY YOU MAY REMEMBER MAYOR AND MEMBERS COPIES RUN OF THE LAND WE WERE JUST CHATTING HERE WITH THE ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY WHO WORKED ON THIS MATTER TO TALK ABOUT THE CONDITIONS THAT ATTACH TO THE CUP IN I TO RELATIVE TO BE TO OR WAS IT I TO EXCUSE ME I THREE TO BE TO AND TO SEE IF WE NEED TO DO ANY CLEANUP ON THAT SO IF WE DO WE'LL BRING THAT BACK OUT AND OTHERWISE TIDY IT UP. OKAY WITH THAT COUNCILMEMBER ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER LOHMANN AND COUNCILMEMBER NO BECAUSE REMEMBER MOMENT I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON THIS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE'RE OUT THERE ON LONG ENOUGH TO SEEN WHEN THIS BUILDING WAS YOU KNOW, WHEN IT WAS PUT TOGETHER AND OVER THERE. SO AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, MY COMMENTS ARE NOT WE'RE NOT REALLY DIRECTED IN TERMS OF YOUR BUSINESS IN TERMS OF HOW YOU'RE OPERATING THAT I APOLOGIZE I SHOULD BE ADDRESSING YOU. MAYOR, SO EXCUSE ME FOR THAT BUT REALLY MORE MY CONCERN IS AROUND YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN TERMS OF A PLAN. YOU KNOW, WITH THAT GENERAL GENERAL AREA MAYOR THAT WHEN WE WHEN WE KIND OF MAKE THESE CHANGES AND YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT THIS COMP PLAN THAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE AND WE'VE GOT THE ZONING IT'S ALREADY THERE YOU KNOW, WE CAN TRY TO BE JUST MORE MORE PLANFUL AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND CERTAINLY THIS IS GREAT THAT WE'RE BEING FLEXIBLE WITH THE BUSINESSES ARE THERE. I THINK IT MAKES GOOD SENSE TO TO SUPPORT THIS AND I AND I AND I DO SUPPORT THIS AND I WILL SUPPORT THIS. THIS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AND TYPICALLY I DON'T SUPPORT THESE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO DO WITH YOUNG FOLKS THAT ARE IN IN AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT THAT'S DANGEROUS. BUT YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY IS DIFFERENT. YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY ON THE EDGE. IT'S IT'S RIGHT THERE. YOU KNOW YOU KNOW ON THAT ON THAT MAIN THOROUGHFARE THERE IT FITS INTO THE INTO THE ENTIRE AREA AND IT JUST MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. IT'S NOT REALLY CONNECTED TO THE ANY OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE AND YOU KNOW, IT JUST I THINK IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. AND SO WITH THAT IN MIND I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS AS THIS COUNCILMEMBER DELGADO I HAD AN IDEA FOR A THOUGHT FOR A QUESTION. MR. MAYOR, I'M WONDERING IF WE GOT ANY IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT PER THE PACKET BUT DID WE GET ANY FEEDBACK FROM ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS WHEN WE DID OUR NOTICE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS ANY CHALLENGES OR FOR THAT MATTER DID WE GET SUPPORTIVE STATEMENTS? MR. ALLSTON ANY PUBLIC FEEDBACK ON THIS MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THE ONLY CORRESPONDENCE WE HAD WAS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING FROM ROBERT COLEMAN AND THAT WAS THE ONLY CORRESPONDENCE I'VE RECEIVED SINCE THEN SO NONE OF THE BUSINESSES RESPONDED I ANYTHING THAT'S USUALLY A GOOD SIGN NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS IN THAT REGARD. OKAY GREAT. THANKS. YEP. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. >> THANK YOU MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT. I HAVE BEEN TO THIS PLAYGROUND FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS NO LESS THAN PROBABLY 30 TIMES BECAUSE I'M JUST IN THAT AGE GROUP WHERE THIS IS A HUGE VALUABLE RESOURCE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEY HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY HAVE BEEN NOTHING BUT GOOD NEIGHBORS GOOD REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY AND SO I WANT REMOTE PLAY SYSTEMS TO CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A SERVICE AND I WOULD HAVE NO LESS THAN 300 FAMILIES REALLY UPSET AT ME IF WE DIDN'T DO THIS. AND SO THEY HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT US, WANT TO BE HERE THE COMMUNITY AND SO THE LEAST WE CAN DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE OPERATE A ROUSING ENDORSEMENT. MEMBER ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL HEARING NONE. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR . WITH THAT I WOULD MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO REGARD THE PROPERTY AT 900 WEST EDDIE STREET FROM INDUSTRIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO APPROVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT REGARDING THE PROPERTY AT 900 WEST 18TH STREET FROM INDUSTRIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL. ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO COUNCILMEMBER I WOULD MOVE TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP TO REZONE THE PROPERTY AT 900 WEST 80TH STREET FROM I THREE GENERAL INDUSTRY TO B2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL MOTION FOR COUNCILMEMBER SECOND MY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO AMEND THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP TO REZONING PROPERTY AT 900 WEST 80TH STREET FROM I THREE GENERAL INDUSTRY TO B2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO COUNCILMEMBER AND I WOULD MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUMMARY OF PUBLICATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP TO REZONE THE PROPERTY AT 900 WEST 80TH STREET FROM I THREE GENERAL INDUSTRY TO BE TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP REZONING THE PROPERTY AT 900 WEST 80TH STREET FROM 83 GENERAL INDUSTRY TO B2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU MUCH FOR I MEAN YOU'RE HERE BLOOMINGTON'S SUCCESS STORY 26 YEARS 29 YEARS HOW HOWEVER LONG DOING THIS KIND OF THING AND I MEAN EVERYBODY KNOWS RAINBOW PLACE SYSTEMS EVERYBODY DOES AND SO CONGRATULATIONS AND COUNCILMEMBER WE'LL SEE YOU SOON AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL TONIGHT. THANKS. WITH THAT COUNCIL WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON ITEM FIVE ON OUR AGENDA, OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ITEM 5.1, A PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE WITH OUR POLICE CHIEF BOOKER T HODGES. CHIEF HODGES. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. HOW DO I GET TO CONTROL THIS THING OVER HERE IS HOW DOES THAT WORK? ALL RIGHT. I NEED A VISUAL SO I CAN'T SEE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME PROBLEMS OVER HERE. I'M SORRY. I'M JUST COMING FROM ANOTHER MEETING. YEAH, ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE HERE. OBVIOUSLY OUR MISSION AT THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IS I'LL BE ALWAYS BE RESPECTFUL WHILE WE'RE KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND WE STRIVE EVERY DAY TO DO THAT. THIS NEXT THING YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT HERE AND I'M JUST I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO BE TOO ACADEMIC WHEN I TALK ABOUT US BEING THE BEST POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE GOT FROM THE COUNCIL OF MAYORS WAS A GRANT TO DO THIS STUDY ABOUT HOW ALIGNED WE WERE AS A DEPARTMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF OUR CORE VALUES. THE LINE FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THE BLUE GRAPH YOU'RE LOOKING AT THERE AND THE REST OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTRY ARE PURPLE NOW ALIGNMENT IS CONSIDERED 90% OR ABOVE. MOST SURVEYS ARE DONE AT THE 60% MARK BUT THIS SURVEY PARTICULARLY IS 90% OR ABOVE. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE MINNESOTA THEME LIKE ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT IF YOU'RE ON A BOAT AND YOU DON'T HAVE TOTAL ALIGNMENT, THAT BOAT'S NOT GOING TO ROLL THE WAY IT NEEDS TO ROW. SO ONE OF THE THINGS HERE THAT YOU CAN SEE OBVIOUSLY WE'VE SCORED HIGHER AND THIS WAS ONLY SIX MONTHS INTO OUR CORE VALUES BASED PROJECT. SOME OF THE THINGS YOU KNOW THE MISSION PIECE WHICH IS THE FAR ARROW AND THE EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT PIECE WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATION MEANING THAT OUR ORGANIZATION IN THIS CITY IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH EMPOWERING OUR OFFICERS AND OUR EMPLOYEES. IF YOU WERE TO TAKE THIS DOWN TO THE 70% MARK, THAT LINE WOULD BE WAY FURTHER OUT. BUT DURING THE 90% MARK IS A VERY HIGH STANDARD COMMUNICATION WHICH IS THE ONE AT THE TOP. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT WE FAR EXCEED EVERYBODY ELSE IN COMMUNICATION AND WE DEFEATED THE MODEL IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO REALLY GOOD HERE AT THE CITY AND WHILE WE'RE ABLE TO OPERATE AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PROVIDING TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STAFF. THIS SURVEY WAS COMPLETED BY 100% OF OUR STAFF NOT JUST POLICE OFFICERS. THOSE OUR CIVILIAN STAFF IS THE ONLY SURVEY THAT THEY'D DONE WHERE THEY HAD A CENSUS OF THE OFFICERS THAT COMPLETED IT AND THAT ALSO SHOULD BE AN INDICATION OF IF PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO COMPLETE A SURVEY SUCH AS THIS WHAT HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS NOW WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN WE GOT THIS GRANT WE WANTED TO LOOK AT WAS WAS THERE SOMETHING HERE THAT COULD BE REPLICATED NATIONALLY IN TERMS OF IMPROVING IMPROVE A COMMUNITY TRUST WITH SHARED VALUES? AND I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO HERE AFTER SIX MONTHS OF IMPLEMENTING THIS WHAT WAS SUBMIT TO THE COUNCIL OF MAYORS IS THAT IF A COMMUNITY ENGAGES IN A SHARED VALUES PROJECT AND IT'S TRUE SHARED VALUES WITH THEIR COMMUNITY, THE DEPARTMENT CAN GET IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND START TO REBUILD OR REESTABLISH TRUST OR MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE TRUST LIKE WE HAVE HERE AND ALSO WHERE OUR OFFICERS ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT AND THE MISSION VISION VALUE STATEMENT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS JUST WRITTEN ON THE WALL IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY BELIEVES IN AND I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AT THE END IF YOU WANT OR YOU CAN INTERRUPT ME ANY TIME YOU LIKE. SO OUR STAFFING HERE BY YOUR GRACE WE ARE CURRENTLY SIX OVER FOUR POLICE OFFICERS BUT I'M STILL A LITTLE CONCERNED WITH THAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE RETIREMENT ELIGIBILITY PIECE HERE WE HAVE FOUR OFFICERS THAT CAN GO THIS YEAR AND FIVE THEY CAN GO NEXT YEAR FOR A TOTAL OF NINE. SO THAT WOULD LEAVE US THREE SHORT. IT TAKES 18 MONTHS BEFORE SOMEONE IS FULLY UP AND READY TO GO. WE HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE HERE THROUGH OUR CADET PROGRAM WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HIRE POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE REFLECTIVE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS HERE SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO BE FLOAT A LITTLE OVER SO WE DON'T FALL BEHIND BECAUSE ONCE YOU FALL BEHIND YOU'RE LOOKING AT 18 MONTHS BEFORE YOU CAN CATCH UP. ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN WE DID OUR INITIAL RETIREMENT PROJECTIONS WAS MOST PEOPLE WILL LEAVE AT 53. THE CULTURE HERE HAS SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT AND SO SOME OF THESE FOLKS ARE STAYING LOW 55 SO THAT'S WHY YOU GOT BOTH NUMBERS ON HERE FOR 53 AND 55. NOW IF THEY CHANGE SOME OF THE PENSION STUFF THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CAPITAL NOW I WOULD FULLY EXPECT THE 53 NUMBER TO BE ACCURATE. SO IF THEY LOWER SOME OF THE PENALTIES OR IF THEY INSTITUTE THIS DROP PROGRAM, THE DROP PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DOES NOT BENEFIT US HERE. BLOOMINGTON BECAUSE WE HAVE ADEQUATE STAFFING THE DROP PROGRAM ESSENTIALLY SAYS IF YOU RETIRE TODAY YOU CAN RETIRE AND THEN COME BACK TO WORK AND STILL GET A SALARY. SO IT'S LIKE DOUBLE DIPPING RIGHT? SO THE STATE EMPLOYEES ARE ALLOWED TO DO THAT WITH THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL BCA AND ALCOHOL AND GAMBLING ENFORCEMENT. THE THEORY BEHIND IT IS YOU WOULD GET TO KEEP RETAIN MORE EMPLOYEES SO PEOPLE DON'T LEAVE AND YOU DON'T HIT THE STAFFING SHORTAGES BUT HERE IN BLOOMINGTON QUITE THAT JUST WOULD NOT BENEFIT US BECAUSE WE HAVE 100% RETENTION RATE AND WE'RE OVERSTAFFED. SO THAT'S WHY I PUT BOTH THOSE NUMBERS IN THERE. SO IF YOU SEE THAT THAT'S A COMBINATION I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO PASS BECAUSE MONEY RIGHT NOW THE CAPITAL. NEXT UP OUR CIVILIAN STAFF MEMBERS HERE AND THEN NEXT SO CRIME HAS BEEN DOWN 8% OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AND THE MAYOR WENT ON CAR KARAOKE. SO I FIGURED I'D MAKE A HIGHLIGHT HIM HERE IN THAT BUT CRIME GOING DOWN AGAIN I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME IT DOESN'T MATTER AS POLICE CHIEF IF I TELL YOU CRIME IS DOWN IF YOUR HOUSE JUST GOT BROKEN INTO OR THE OTHER DAY THIS WEEKEND THAT'S THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW WE'VE HAD SIGNIFICANT CAR BREAK INS ON THE EAST SIDE OVER SPECIFICALLY WHY GREAT WOLF. WE CAUGHT THE FIRST GROUP. NOW WE'RE WORKING ON CATCHING THE SECOND GROUP THAT DID THE DAMAGE THIS WEEKEND. SO I DON'T WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE. SO AGAIN, CRIME IS DOWN. BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOU, YOU DON'T CARE IF PEOPLE SAY AND CRIME IS DOWN OR NOT OUR FISCAL CONSIDERATIONS I KNOW WE'RE GOING IN BUDGET AND I JUST WANTED THE PUBLIC TO LOOK AT JUST THE GENERAL INCREASES THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING IN TERMS OF JUST SALARY WITHOUT BENEFITS THE SQUAD CAR PIECE AND HOW MUCH SQUADS ARE GOING UP AND WITH THESE TARIFFS AND WHATNOT WE FULLY EXPECT SOME OF THESE PRICES TO CONTINUE TO TO RISE AND THEN JUST OUR UNIFORMS IT MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE A HUGE INCREASE IN UNIFORMS BUT WE DO THAT ON AVERAGE TIMES 3 OR 4 POLICE OFFICERS TIMES 136. YOU CAN QUICKLY SEE HOW FAST THAT CAN GO UP AND SOME OF THESE TARIFFS WILL AFFECT SOME UNIFORMS. I MEAN THEY SWITCHED TO A FEW YEARS AGO WHERE YOU HAD TO BUY UNIFORMS MADE IN AMERICA. SO THE UNIFORM PIECE I THINK IS A LITTLE STABLE. IT'S THE VEHICLE PIECE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT MOVING FORWARD TO AS A CITY NEXT BLOOMINGTON COMMUNITY BRAIN HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAM. AGAIN, NO ONE ELSE IS DOING THIS. WE PROVIDE FREE IMMEDIATE THERAPEUTIC SERVICES FOR THOSE IN CRISIS. THIS PROGRAM IS FAR EXCEEDED WHAT I THOUGHT WE WOULD DO. SO SO FAR THROUGHOUT FEBRUARY WE'VE SEEN 74 INDIVIDUALS AND COUPLES 477 PSYCHOTHERAPY SESSIONS COMPLETED. WE'VE ALSO STARTED TO DO OUR DIVERSION PROGRAM WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND SOME OF OUR PARTNERS WHERE IT GETS THE ONE WHO HAS A DRUG CHARGE AS OPPOSED TO CHARGING THEM START TO GET THEM IN TREATMENT, HOLD THAT OVER THEIR HEAD SO THEY CAN START TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THEIR SOME OF THEIR ISSUES. SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES. I THINK IT'LL BE SUCCESSFUL. SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM FOLKS VERY GOOD PROGRAM FOR FREE SERVICE WAS A WONDERFUL TOOL, EXCELLENT LIFE CHANGING. WE DID HAVE ONE PERSON WHO QUIT THE PROGRAM AND SAID THERAPY IS NOT FOR THEM WHICH IS WHICH IS FINE AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO FORCE PEOPLE TO DO IT BUT WE PROVIDE THE SERVICE FREE TO ANYONE AND AS OF LAST WEEK I WAS JUST TOLD WE'VE EXCEEDED OUR CAPACITY HERE SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE THINGS. BUT AGAIN WE PROVIDE A FREE THERAPY SESSIONS TO FOLKS. IT DOESN'T MATTER YOUR INCOME LEVEL, WE DON'T ASK ALL THAT SO WE'RE WE BUILT THIS AIRPLANE AS WE WERE FLYING IT SO IT'S STILL FLYING. SO I GUESS THAT'S THE GOOD PART. SO SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY STUFF ARE WE GOT OUR OPEN HOUSE HERE ON THE 17TH READING TIME AND LIBRARIES COPS AND CONES CAMP HERE ALL SEEN SENIOR SAFETY ACADEMY A LOT OF THESE THINGS ON HERE STUFF THAT A COMMUNITY IS ASKED FOR LIKE THE SENIOR SAFETY ACADEMY IS ONE THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. IT'S REALLY TEACH OUR SENIORS IF WE CAN JUST GET OUR SENIORS TO STOP ANSWERING THEIR LANDLINES, WE COULD PREVENT A LOT OF A LOT OF FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY THAT TAKES PLACE THERE. YOUR GRANT FOR THOSE OF YOUR SINGERS WHO ARE WATCHING YOUR GRANDKIDS YOUR KIDS ARE NOT GOING TO CALL YOU FROM JAIL NEEDING MONEY AND NEED YOU TO GET A CREDIT CARD OR PREPAID CARD TO GO GIVE TO THEM IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AND NO ONE THE BANK IS NOT GOING TO CALL YOU ASKING YOU FOR YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER OVER THE PHONE . AND I KNOW FOR SOME OF US WHO ARE A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER WE LOOK AT THAT AND WE KIND OF CHUCKLE A LITTLE BIT. BUT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GO OUT AND TALK TO THESE FOLKS, I THINK AT LEAST FOR ME ANYWAY WE DON'T REALIZE WHAT IT'D BE LIKE TO SIT IN A PLACE ALL BY YOURSELF ALL DAY, EVERY DAY AND THESE PEOPLE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE CALLING YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO YOU. SO THAT'S SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL JUST BE SUCCESSFUL AT LEAST THE FOLKS THAT GET OUT FOR A DAY AND GET TO MEET SOME OTHER FOLKS BOWLING HOLIDAY HELPERS AND BLUE FAITH AND BLUE THANKSGIVING AND COPS COACHING YOUTH SPORTS THIS HAS BEEN REALLY BIG FOR US A LOT OF SPORTS ACTIVITIES IN BLOOMINGTON OUR COPS COACH AND THEN AT THE END OF THE SEASON THEY'RE FINDING OUT THAT THEY'RE POLICE OFFICERS SO IT REALLY WORKS OUT REALLY WELL. RECENT AWARDS WE'VE GOT OUR REGIONAL LEADERS FOR OUR BRAIN HEALTH PROGRAM WE JUST GOT TO AND THIS IS A VERY TOUGH AWARD TO GET ESPECIALLY FOR A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, THE MINNESOTA ETHICAL LEADERSHIP AWARD FOR OUR SHARED VALUES PROGRAM. AND THEN WE JUST GOT AWARD AGAIN WHICH IS TOUGH TO GET FROM THE MINNESOTA CHIEFS OF POLICE ASSOCIATION FOR OUR BRAIN HEALTH PROGRAM. SO WITH THAT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANKS CHIEF. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE WITH US TONIGHT. COUNSEL QUESTIONS OF THE CHIEF COUNCIL MEMBER MOON AND COUNCIL MEMBER. WOMAN THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. CHIEF I THINK ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS I EVER ASKED YOU WHEN WE FIRST MET WAS HOW DO WE GET MORE PUBLIC INVOLVED IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT I DO CONTINUE TO HAVE CONCERNS BECAUSE PUBLIC SAFETY CONTINUES TO CHANGE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND FROM YOU. WHAT ARE KIND OF THE THE CONCERNS YOU HAVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS THAT WE AS A COUNCIL SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT AND PLANNING FOR? SO WE GOT EXTENSIVE INPUT IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT SO THE MAC OBVIOUSLY THEY HELP US A LOT WITH POLICY OR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH GROUP AND IF ANYBODY UP HERE CAN COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT NAME FOR THAT PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO BRAINSTORM TO CHANGE THAT BUT THERE'S MULTIPLE AVENUES FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE INPUT INTO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY DO. BUT FOR ME FOR THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS FIRST IS GOING TO BE HUMAN TRAFFICKING AS A PROFESSION WE'RE JUST GETTING OUR HEADS HANDED TO US IN THAT AND YOU KNOW EVERY TIME WE DO THESE DETAILS EVEN WITH THE PUBLICITY OF THEM, WE SHOULD NOT BE CATCHING THIS MANY FOLKS AND WE SHOULD NOT BECAUSE IN AS MANY FOLKS WHO ARE HABITUAL CONSUMERS OF THAT TYPE OF SERVICES SO THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE FIRST AND FOREMOST. THE NEXT THING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT IS POLITICAL VIOLENCE. UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT AROUND THE COUNTRY AND YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE IT, YOU KNOW, EVEN POP UP HERE IN MINNESOTA. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY WATCH OUT FOR THAT. I DON'T THEFT AND THOSE THINGS ARE CURRENTLY ARE DOWN OUR ASSAULTS AND MURDERS AND ALL THAT STUFF IS CURRENTLY DOWN THE VIOLENT CRIME ASPECT OF IT BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT I WOULD LOOK FOR TOO FOR THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS ALL THAT COULD CHANGE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS BUT RIGHT NOW THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR BECAUSE REMEMBER AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN THANK YOU. I THINK I'LL START WITH THIS ONE FIRST. SO YOU KNOW YOU SHOWED A SLIDE, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME OF YOUR BUDGET CONCERNS ON THERE OR JUST THE INCREASES IN THAT. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS AS A POLICYMAKER, WHAT WOULD YOU ADVISE FOR US TO MAKE A BIGGER INVESTMENT TODAY BECAUSE OF THOSE THOSE TARIFFS MAY GET, YOU KNOW, LARGER LATER OR YOU KNOW, IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANT TO YOU KNOW, KIND OF WANT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF TELL ME AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE? SO YOU GUYS HAVE THE ELECTIONS CERTIFICATE SO I'LL LET YOU MAKE THAT DETERMINATION, RIGHT? THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. I'LL PUT PUT YOU ON THE SPOT AGAIN. I LIKE TO DO THAT FOR YOU ALL RIGHT. SO I SAW THIS SLIDE YOU KNOW A GREAT PICTURE OF OUR MAYOR, YOU KNOW, WITH 8% DOWN. BUT WHAT DO WE MEAN 8% DOWN, 8% DOWN VIOLENT CRIME WERE WE UP BEFORE? HOW DO WE COMPARE TO OTHER OTHER CITIES? WHERE DOES THE 8% CAN HELP ME? YEAH, I CAN GET YOU THE NUMBERS BUT VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN OVERALL THE 8% NUMBER IS OVERALL CRIME IS DOWN AND BLOOMINGTON BY 8%. VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN SINCE 2022 THE ONLY NUMBER WE'VE SEEN A SLIGHT UPTICK THIS LAST YEAR WAS IN OUR AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS. BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS DOWN IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW. SO YOU KNOW, WE CAN WHEN WE COMPARE THAT TO OTHER CITIES, YOU KNOW, ARE WE BETTER THAN THEM OR YOU KNOW, HOW DOES HOW DO WE COMPARE I HAVE TO LOOK I DON'T WANT TO THROW ANYBODY. OKAY. YEAH, I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH ONE I GOT THROWN UNDER THE BUS SOME OTHER THAN I WAS SO I'M MORE THAN WILLING THROW WAS LIKE WELL WELL THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. I MEAN I THING I LIKE ABOUT ABOUT THAT IDEA THAT WE'RE YOU KNOW THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE MENTIONED AND BROUGHT FORWARD IS AN EXAMPLE ON A TESTAMENT TO THIS CITY'S FOCUS AROUND AND ALSO MAYOR YOUR PRIORITIES AROUND THIS IDEA OF INVESTING IN YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY. YOU KNOW, I DON'T I DON'T THINK WE'D SEE THESE NUMBERS LIKE THIS UNLESS WE HAD THIS TYPE OF INVESTMENT. AND I HOPE, YOU KNOW, TO MY FIRST QUESTION THAT I ASKED THAT YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO THINK ABOUT THAT AS WE KIND OF MOVE FORWARD AS WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE FOLKS. SO THAT MIGHT MY LAST QUESTION THAT I KIND OF HAVE AND I'VE HAD THIS NOW YOU KNOW AT THE OPTIMIST CLUB HAD A COUPLE OF EMAILS THEY HAD A PHONE CALL EARLIER THIS WEEK IN TERMS OF WHAT IS OUR CITY'S POSITION AROUND, YOU KNOW, DOING THINGS THAT THAT ARE BEING HANDLED THAT SHOULD BE MAYBE HANDLED AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL, YOU KNOW THE FEDERAL LEVEL AT THE STATE LEVEL WHAT IS OUR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT'S POSITION AROUND AROUND THAT? YEAH THAT'S SO OUR POSITION YOU KNOW WE PUT A SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO OUT THERE ON WHAT WE DO FIRST AND FOREMOST ICE HAS NOT ASKED US TO DO ANYTHING. LET'S JUST START THERE RIGHT? I MEAN ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN PEOPLE SAYING THEY'RE NOT COOPERATING WITH ICE, NO ONE ELSE OUR IMMIGRATION CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, NO ONE TAKES THE TIME TO ASK THEM WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU'RE NOT COOPERATING WITH THEM? RIGHT. SO ANYTHING THAT THEY'VE ASKED FOR THUS FAR IS FOR SHERIFF'S OFFICES WERE BAD SPACE FOR JAILS. SO IN TERMS OF THAT WE STILL DON'T WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE TITLE EIGHT LAW WHICH IS IMMIGRATION LAW. NOW ONE THING I WILL SAY THAT'S DIFFERENT THIS TIME AROUND THAN WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED BACK IN 2016 IS WHEN THE PRESIDENT DECIDED THAT HE WAS GOING TO USE THE WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS. THAT MEANS THE USE OF ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES ARE GOING TO THIS IS THEIR PRIORITY. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IF WE ARREST SOMEBODY AND FINGERPRINT THEM? RIGHT. WHICH IS WHAT YOU DO WHEN SOMEONE GETS ARRESTED PREVIOUSLY WE WOULD HAVE TO REPORT THAT TO IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS IF THEY CAME BACK AS SOMEONE WHO WAS NOT IN THIS COUNTRY THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE. THEY ARE CALLING YOU BECAUSE THEY ARE NOTIFIED WHEN A FINGERPRINT IS RUN. SO AND I'M JUST GOING ON THE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE STUFF IRIS ,THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES HUD, THE MARINE I JUST GOT BACK FROM THE BORDER AND YOU GOT U.S. MARINES ON THE BORDER PUTTING UP CONSTANTINE WIRE, THE WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN DIRECTED TOWARD THIS ISSUE. SO FOR THE AVERAGE CITIZEN, IF WE STOP SOMEONE ON A TRAFFIC STOP, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYBODY'S IMMIGRATION STATUS. THAT'S NOT OUR JOB TO DO THAT. IT'D BE THE SAME AS YOU KNOW, IF THE FAA CAME TO US FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION CAME TO US AND SAID THERE'S A PILOT OVER HERE THAT FLEW THIS PLANE WITHOUT A LICENSE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEND A POLICE OVER THERE TO GET THEM BECAUSE THAT IS A FEDERAL LAW. WE ARE NOT AUTHORIZED NOR ARE WE DEPUTIZED TO ENFORCE FEDERAL LAW. BUT THE THING I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON IF SOMEONE IS IN THIS COUNTRY AND WE ARREST THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE BROKEN THE LAW, ICE WILL GET NOTIFIED BECAUSE THEY ARE FINGERPRINTED YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW ALL THAT. SO SOUNDS PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WHAT I SAID AND BUT I APPRECIATE THAT DISTINCTION IN TERMS OF OF OF WHAT WE'RE DOING THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE WE'RE FOLLOWING LAWS SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD. I'M READY FOR KARAOKE WHENEVER YOU ARE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ASKING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH RENAMING PROGRAM. I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT FOR A LONG TIME SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT. I'M I STAY CONCERNED ABOUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN UP OR DOWN OR IT'S BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT BUT I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A HIGHER THAN I WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCIDENT RATE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE CITY. THAT'S PROBABLY TRUE IN MINNESOTA TOO. I WOULD IMAGINE WE'RE NOT OUTLIERS PER SE BUT SINCE YOU DIDN'T MENTION IT EXPLICITLY AROUND WHEN YOU MENTIONED HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE EFFORTS WE'VE MADE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AROUND WORKING WITH OUR OUR YOU KNOW, OUR PROGRAMS THAT ARE HERE IN THE CITY AS WELL AS THE WORK FROM THE COUNTY IN WHAT DIRECTION DO YOU THINK THAT'S GOING AND IN IN WHAT WAYS IS THERE MORE WORK FOR US TO DO? >> YEAH AND I DIDN'T MENTION IT BECAUSE THEY GAVE ME A TIME BUZZER OVER HERE BUT ANYHOW SO WE DO A LOT OF WORK WITH MARIA'S VOICE AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT I THINK REALLY PAYS OFF. IN ADDITION TO THAT, PEOPLE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ALSO ARE OFFERED ARE FREE AND HOME THERAPY AND PEACE. SO IT'S NOT JUST OTHER FOLKS THAT WE COME INTO CONTACT WITH BUT I AND I'M TRYING NOT TO SAY THINGS DON'T GET ME IN TROUBLE BUT I DO THINK THERE IS A THERE'S AN ASPECT OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE TO BETTER ASSIST US WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND IT'S NOT FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE PUTTING HANDCUFFS ON PEOPLE. >> NO, NO, I IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED FROM US, I'D LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT IT. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION NOT TO BE FACETIOUS. OH YEAH. BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THAT YOU ALL YOU ALL OFFER TO US IN PUBLIC HEALTH I THINK IS INVALUABLE. WE JUST GOT TO FIGURE OUT A DIFFERENT ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THAT'S OUTSIDE OF WHEN THEY LEAVE OUR JAILS COUNSEL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF THE CHIEF, ISN'T IT? WELL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. I EXTEND OUR THANKS OUR HEALTH FOR A HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE REST OF YOUR COMMAND STAFF AND ALL OF YOUR OFFICERS FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO. WE WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO HEAR ALL THIS GOOD NEWS AND SEEING ALL THE AWARDS YOU'RE WINNING AND EVERYTHING ELSE SO WELL THEN THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'M GOING TO CLOSE ON THIS. OBVIOUSLY MY THREE YEAR ANNIVERSARY COMES UP HERE NEXT WEEK AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN I TOOK THIS JOB THE BUNCH OF REGIONAL CHIEFS HAD TOLD US THAT WHEN YOU TAKE ONE OF THESE JOBS THAT YOU SHOULD WRITE DOWN THE MOST COMMON QUESTION THAT YOU'RE ASKED AND THE POLICE CHIEF ROLE AND IT'S FUNNY LIKE I JUST TALKED TO THESE FOLKS THE OTHER DAY AND THE MOST TWO MOST COMMON QUESTIONS I'VE BEEN ASKED IS DOES THIS COUNCIL SUPPORT ME IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? I'VE BEEN ASKED THAT QUESTION IN THE LAST THREE YEARS 932 TIMES AND HOW IS OUR STAFFING? I'VE BEEN ASKED THAT QUESTION 215 TIMES AND MY ANSWER IS THE SAME THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT GOOD TO ME IN THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT CONTINUOUS SUPPORT AND ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS. WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST PEOPLE I BELIEVE IN RUNNING THIS CITY AND NONE OF US WOULD BE ABLE TO DO ANY OF THAT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE YOUR SUPPORT AND THAT ALSO HELPS WITH RETAINING TOP TALENT AND WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE BEST CITY IN MINNESOTA. SO AGAIN THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND WINNING AND ACTUALLY HAVING TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF THINGS COMPLAINTS AND STUFF YOU GET FROM CITIZENS. SO THINGS THANKS CHIEF. OUR FINAL ITEM THIS EVENING COUNCIL IS THAT IN 5.2 OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATES NOW TYPICALLY THIS IS WHERE I'D RECAP OUR LISTENING SESSION BUT OF COURSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A LISTENING SESSION TONIGHT SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS KIND OF I'M GOING TO TAKE A MAYOR'S PREROGATIVE. WE HAVE THE ONLY NON STAFF MEMBERS REMAINING IN OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS RIGHT NOW ARE STUDENTS FROM A UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA STUDENT CLASS CALLED ENGINEERING ECONOMICS AND THEY'RE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING AND YOU STUCK IT OUT. WE TYPICALLY GO A LOT LATER THAN THIS SO YOU GOT A GOOD EVENING TOO. BUT YOU KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE UP TO IT, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU UP HERE AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND TELL US EXACTLY WHY YOU'RE HERE, WHY YOU WHY YOU'RE LISTENING TO THE BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 31ST DAY OF MARCH . SO FIRST OF ALL, WHY DON'T YOU ALL INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND THEN THEN JUST AN EXPLANATION OF WHY YOU'RE HERE, WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE HOPING TO LEARN. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. MY NAME IS JOHN RACE. I'M A CIVIL ENGINEERING MAJOR FROM UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. I AM NICHOLAS CARR BUT I'M ALSO A CIVIL ENGINEERING MAJOR AT THE U.N. IT'S NICE TO BE HERE. I'M JACK CARLSON. SAME. I'M SYDNEY HEINTZELMAN AND I'M A GEO ENGINEERING MAJOR. AND WHY ARE YOU HERE? YEAH, WE'RE TAKING A COURSE CALLED ENGINEERING ECONOMICS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND WE FOCUSED A LOT ON MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING AND A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS GOING ON IN MINNESOTA RIGHT NOW AND SO WE WERE TASKED WITH CHOOSING A CITY AND SO WE CHOSE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON JUST TO COME AND SIT IN ON A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, SEE WHAT YOUR GUYS'S PRIORITIES WERE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY ON THE ENGINEERING AND INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE, SEE WHERE YOU GUYS WERE LOOKING FOR. SO IF YOU DON'T MIND IF WE ASK YOU A QUESTION PLEASE WHAT WHAT SORT OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ARE YOU GUYS LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE COMING YEAR AND IN THE FUTURE AND THIS YEAR SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WELL WHERE ARE YOUR PRIORITIES OUT IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE? WE YEAH, WE DO HAVE ONE OF OUR CITY ENGINEERS IN THE BACK THE CITY AND THE CITY ENGINEER IN THE BACK I WILL TELL YOU IN GENERAL AND THEN JULIE CAN CORRECT ANYTHING WE'RE DOING A LOT OF A VARIETY OF THINGS ACTUALLY. SO THE BLOOMINGTON ICE GARDEN IS DOING A COMPLETE RENOVATION WHICH EVERYTHING FROM NEW COOLING UNITS TO REDOING YOU KNOW, SHRINKING THE SIZE OF ONE OF THE RANKS TO JUST A COMPLETE REDO OF THE THE BUILDING BASICALLY. SO I MEAN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE ALSO DESIGNING AND BUILDING A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER SO A BRAND NEW FROM THE START A COMMUNITY CENTER WHICH IS AN ENORMOUS PROJECT WE HAVE UNDERWAY AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT DOING A AN ECOLOGICAL AND SUSTAINABLE AND BIOLOGICAL REDO OF THE NINE MILE CREEK CORRIDOR. AND SO LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HOW TO BEST CONTAIN INVASIVE SPECIES, HOW TO DEAL WITH THE THE CREEK MEANDER AND HOW TO DEAL WITH THE EROSION OF BANKS AND THAT KIND OF THING ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THE CITY TYPICALLY DOES INCLUDING YOU KNOW, STREETS AND ALL KINDS OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS . THE OTHER BIG THING WE'RE WE'RE DEALING WITH CITY WIDE HERE IS SO MANY OF OUR COMMERCIAL AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO REDEVELOPMENT. THEY WERE REDEVELOPED. THEY WERE COMMERCIAL AREAS AND IF IT'S A IF IT'S A SHOPPING CENTER OR YOU KNOW, A COMMERCIAL AREA, THE THE SEWER CAPACITY IS ONE SIZE IF WE HOPE TO REDEVELOP IT WITH RESIDENTIAL WE NEED A MUCH BIGGER SEWER CAPACITY AND AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPANDING THAT. AND THE TRICK THERE IS OF COURSE AS YOU KNOW DEPENDING ON YOU KNOW, GRAVITY AND FLOW IT IT'S NOT JUST IN THAT AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO REDEVELOP. IT NEEDS TO BE IT NEEDS TO MAKE ITS WAY DOWNSTREAM UNTIL WE CAN MATCH IT UP WITH A LARGER PIPE AND OR WITH OR WITH A PIPE THAT WILL HANDLE THE WITH THE CAPACITY THAT WE NEED. SO JULIE, WHAT OUR NAME IS ANYTHING ELSE OR NO SHE SAYS THAT'S FINE SHE'S NOT GETTING IN THERE SO SO SO THOSE ARE THE BIG THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. AND NOW HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH OUR ENGINEERING STAFF AT ALL OR NO, WE HAVE NOT. WELL, TWO OF OUR WE WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS ARE UP TO IT, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET. AND I'M SPEAKING FOR JULIE THERE. SHE'S LOOKING AT ME AND SHOOTING DAGGERS RIGHT NOW. BUT YOU CAN WE WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU MEET WITH THEM. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU TO OR SOME OF OUR FACILITIES, OUR WATER PLANT. WE HAVE THE BEST WATER IN MINNESOTA AND THAT'S NOT US SAYING THAT THAT'S BY CONTEST AND SO YOU CAN WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND WE'D LOVE TO HELP YOU ANY WAY THAT WE POSSIBLY COULD. AWESOME. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND SIT DOWN. SO NOW ARE YOU GUYS IS IT YOUR FOLKS DO YOU DO THE THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS THAT GO TO THE MUSIC OR IS THAT IS THAT THE ELECTRICAL BUILDING THAT'S OUTSIDE YOUR BUILDING? >> WHAT IS THAT THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS IS THAT THE ANYONE IN ENGINEERING AND ALL THE ENGINEERS THAT'S GREAT. THAT WAS ALWAYS THAT WAS ALWAYS FUN TO WATCH SO WELL DONE WITH THAT COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS OF OUR STUDENTS THIS EVENING? NO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS FOR COMING AND I'M YOU WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT WE PUT IN TOUCH WITH JULIE FOR INFORMATIONAL INTERVIEWS ON WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE AN ENGINEER IN THIS IN A CITY. SO BY ALL MEANS GET YOUR KIT, YOUR INFORMATION TO HER BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR GOOD RESOURCES IF YOU WANT TO COME TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, WE LOVE TO HAVE YOU. THE OTHER THING I WOULD RECOMMEND IS IN OUR CAPITAL RECIPE OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN EVERY YEAR IT GETS REVISED AND YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE OUT FRONT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THAT THE MAYOR DIDN'T MENTION . WE HAVE A NEW FLEET GARAGE. WE JUST FINISHED A FIRE STATION. WE HAVE TO BUILD MORE BECAUSE YOU KNOW THERE'S A NEED FOR BETTER FIRE STATIONS TO HOUSE THE FULL TIME FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE NEW TRUCKS AND THEIR CAPACITY AND THEIR SIZE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF LIKE JUST GROWING INTO THE CITY WE'VE BECOME THAT IS ALL THROUGHOUT THAT PLAN. IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AND I'M GOING TO MAKE A PLUG FOR THE PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN BECAUSE I'M A HUGE FAN OF IT. WE'VE GOT BRYANT PARK, WE HAVE BALL PARK AND WE HAD SMITH PARK LAST YEAR 20 DIFFERENT PARKS THAT WAY OVER THE NEXT 20 OR 30 YEARS WE'RE GOING TO COMPLETELY REVISE. SO IF YOU'RE INCLINED TO DO ENGINEERING WORK OF AN OUTDOOR NATURE, TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE LAKES. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD MEMBER NELSON THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TWO QUICK THINGS SO TOO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR CONSENT AGENDA, IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT TONIGHT WE APPROVED A CENTRAL SANITARY SEWER CAPACITY PROJECT, A PMP SEAL CORING PROCESS AND A WATER TANK AND EQUIPMENT. YOU KNOW SO A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IS I THINK ALIGNED WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING. BUT MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS WHAT IS THE ECONOMICS PART OF YOUR COURSE? BECAUSE I KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE ENGINEERING SIDE BUT HOW DO YOU INTEGRATE THAT WITH THE ECONOMICS? SURE ABSOLUTELY. SO LOOKING AT MUNICIPAL PROJECTS, THE ECONOMIC SIDE OF IT WAS FINANCING THESE PROJECTS, STUDYING BONDS, PERFORMANCE BONDS AND SEEING HOW CITIES LIKE YOURSELVES PAY FOR THESE PROJECTS. I THAT'S OKAY. ABSOLUTELY. WE JUST ACTUALLY THERE WE GO. ANYTHING ELSE, COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN WELL I MEAN I'LL I'LL I'LL ASK YOU KNOW KIND OF A VARIATION WITH THE MAYOR ASKED BUT YOU KNOW NOW YOU'VE SEEN THIS AND YOU'VE BEEN AT YOUR CLASSES WHAT ARE YOU WHAT ARE YOU GUYS PLANNING ON DOING WITH YOUR IT WITH YOUR DEGREES AND WHEN YOU LEAVE IF YOU EVEN HAVE PLANS I'M SURE YOU KNOW SIR. YEAH. I HAVE A SEMESTER OR TWO LEFT BUT I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD GIG GOING RIGHT NOW WITH A PRIVATE CONSULTING FIRM. PROBABLY JUST GOING TO END UP THERE ONCE I GRADUATE. LIKEWISE I CURRENTLY HAVE AN INTERNSHIP WITH A WITH THE PRIVATE ENGINEERING CONSULTING FIRM THAT CONTINUE AND I'LL BE COMMISSIONING TO THE MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD AS AN OFFICER NEXT YEAR AND SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND SERVING SERVING THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY AND I JUST GOT SOME EXCITING NEWS A FEW WEEKS AGO I GOT AN INTERNSHIP AT MINOT SO I BRIDGE INSPECTION. IT'LL BE A REAL GREAT OPPORTUNITY NEXT SUMMER. FABULOUS. AS THIS WENT ON THIS LAST SUMMER I INTERNED AND GOING TO DO IT AGAIN THIS SUMMER IN RENEWABLE ENERGY SO I HELP WITH SOLAR, WIND AND ALSO ENERGY STORAGE LOOKING AT THE SOIL AND ROCKS THAT HOLD OF IT SO OH FABULOUS. AND THE FINAL QUESTION I MEAN DID YOU SELF-SELECT YOUR GROUP OR WERE YOU ASSIGNED DID YOU ALL KNOW EACH OTHER? WE WERE ASSIGNED YOU WERE ASSIGNED OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW WHO WE ARE LIKE THE LAST FOUR PEOPLE WE'VE PICKED EACH OTHER . THAT'S THAT'S A LESSON TO LEARN. LESSON TO LEARN. YEAH. WELL THANKS SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. THANKS FOR STICKING IT OUT WITH US. AND LIKE I SAID, LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION, IF YOU WANT TOURS, IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO SOME OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE MORE INTERESTING THAN WE ARE AND MORE INTERESTING THAN SITTING HERE FOR TWO HOURS, WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SET IT UP WITH YOU. WE REALLY ARE AND I KNOW THE BIG THING YOU NEED IS A PICTURE TO PROVE THAT YOU ARE HERE. RIGHT? SO ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW YOU HAVE NOW VIDEO THAT YOU CAN POINT TO YOUTUBE VIDEO WHAT IS IN THE BACKGROUND IN THE BACKGROUND? EVERYTHING IN THE BACKGROUND SAY GO GOPHERS. HOW DID YOU ARRIVE? NICE TO MEET ALL THAT. YOU DID VERY MUCH AS YOU GOT AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE IS IT DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TONIGHT AND IF I POINT TO YES MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I WOULD LOVE TO SPEND A COUPLE MORE MINUTES JUST GIVING AN UPDATE ON WHERE OUR TEAMS ARE AT WITH SOME OF OUR LEGISLATIVE WORK. SO AS YOU KNOW, WE WE BOTH MAKE REQUESTS AT THE STATE LEVEL AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. SO I'LL FOCUS ON THREE OF OUR FEDERAL PROJECTS THIS WEEK STAFF COMPLETED THREE APPLICATIONS FOR CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING REQUEST TO THE OFFICE OF SENATOR KLOBUCHAR FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026. THIS IS A FUNDING OPPORTUNITY THAT ALLOWS CONGRESS TO REQUEST FUNDS IN THE ANNUAL FEDERAL BUDGET TO BE ALLOCATED FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS IN THEIR STATES. WE EXPECT THE SAME WILL GO FORWARD THROUGH SENATORS MS. SMITH AND REPRESENTATIVE MORRISON AS WELL. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE APPLICATIONS. THE FIRST PROJECT IS THE BOOSTER STATION AND THESE ARE ALL PROJECTS CONNECTED TO ENGINEERING BY THE WAY THE BOOSTER STATION PUMP REPLACEMENT WHICH IS AROUND DRINKING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT THAT'S $1.5 MILLION ASK. WE APPLIED LAST YEAR BUT LAST YEAR CONGRESS EXCLUDED ALL REQUESTS FROM THE 25 APPROPRIATIONS AND SO WE ARE HOPEFUL THIS YEAR WE HEAR THAT WATER IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE AGREEING ON AND SO WE'RE WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THIS ONE WILL GO THROUGH THIS TIME. THIS REPLACES OUR AGING PUMPS, OUR MOTORS, OUR CONTROLS AT THE POPLAR BRIDGE AND 82ND STREET BOOSTER STATIONS AND ENABLES A RELIABLE DRINKING WATER WHICH WE KNOW IS THE BEST IN THE STATE AND IT SUPPORTS FIREFIGHTING OPERATIONS AND IMPROVES SYSTEM EFFICIENCY. SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN OF COURSE IT ALSO HELPS TO REDUCE COSTS ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND MORE OPPORTUNITY TO MANAGE THE SYSTEM PRESSURE THAT WE HAV. YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THE MANY WATER MAIN BREAKS THAT WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR SO HOPEFULLY IT IMPROVES THAT. NUMBER TWO IS OUR NORTH CENTRAL SANITARY SEWER PROJECT $4 MILLION REQUESTED. IT'S A TOTAL PROJECT OF $26 MILLION. WE DO HAVE A STATE BONDING REQUEST FOR THIS PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $13 MILLION AND ARE UTILITIES SUPERINTENDENT SCOTT ANDERSON ALONG WITH THE MAYOR ALONG WITH REPRESENTATIVE COULTER PROVIDED TESTIMONY AT THE HOUSE CAPITAL INVESTMENT COMMITTEE EARLIER THIS MONTH IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING AN INVITATION TO DO THE SAME WITH THE SENATE THIS YEAR AS WELL. SO THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY EXPANDS OUR SEWER CAPACITY THAT WE MENTIONED TO ACCOMMODATE OUR HIGHER DENSITY REDEVELOPMENT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY THE PAN AMERICAN DISTRICT ENABLING NEW HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT BENEFIT RESIDENTS, OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR VISITORS. AND FINALLY THE NORMAN DALE BOULEVARD SIDEWALK AND TRAIL PROJECT A $1 MILLION REQUEST TOWARD A $9.8 MILLION PROJECT. IS THIS SPECIFIC REQUEST IT ENHANCES SAFETY BY IMPROVING INTERSECTIONS ALONG THE CORRIDOR INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF A THREE QUARTER INTERSECTION THAT REDUCES THE NUMBER OF CONFLICT POINTS. IT CLOSES A KEY GAP IN THE LOCAL TRAIL NETWORK IMPROVING PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST ACCESS AND IMPROVE SAFETY WITHIN THE WALKING BOUNDARY OF AT LEAST FIVE SCHOOLS. THIS BRINGS OUR SIDEWALKS AND TRAILS UP TO ADA STANDARDS AS WELL ENSURING THAT WE ARE MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL. SO THOSE ARE THREE BIG PROJECTS. WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT THESE GET SOME ATTENTION AND SOME FUNDING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND SOME AT THE STATE LEVEL AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. THANK YOU. COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD COUNSEL. ANYTHING TO ADD ON THE POLICY AND ISSUES OUT THERE? COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH. THANK YOU MAYOR. IT MAYOR YOU AND I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS BUT THE FREEWAY DUMP IN BURNSVILLE HAS COME UP FOR CONVERSATIONS AGAIN THERE'S PUSHING FOR A REDEVELOPMENT BUT REDEVELOPMENT TO MY UNDERSTANDING WITHOUT REMOVING THE THE TRASH FROM THAT SITE AND YOU KNOW I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT OBVIOUSLY GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER TO BLOOMINGTON WITH YOU KNOW, OUR RECREATION AND NATURAL SPACE OBVIOUSLY DOWNSTREAM WE HAVE THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO IF IF POSSIBLE I'D LOVE TO JUST GET SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM STAFF ON IF THEY'VE LOOKED AT THAT IF THEY'VE LOOKED AT THE PROPOSAL ,HOW IT MIGHT IMPACT US. YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE OF BURNSVILLE AND DAKOTA COUNTY TO DEVELOP THAT SITE. IT'S IT'S YOU KNOW, A LOGICAL PLACE AND FRANKLY THE PROPOSAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT LOOKS PRETTY COOL PICKLEBALL AND GOLF AND YOU KNOW IT LOOKS REALLY FUN BUT I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT NOT REMOVING THE DUMP AND YOU KNOW I KNOW WE WERE OFTEN AT BURNSVILLE WITH REGARDS TO TRASH MOUNTAIN AND YOU KNOW, RELOCATING THAT OVER TO THE WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND SO I YOU KNOW I JUST ANYWAYS I JUST WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON WHERE THAT'S AT IF THE CITY HAS INFORMATION ON ON IT AS WELL. SO WE GOT A BALANCED VIEWPOINT OF IT. THANKS FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD COUNCILMEMBER I HADN'T HEARD THAT AND SO YES IF IF WE COULD GATHER SOME INFORMATION FOR THAT THAT'D BE APPRECIATED. OTHERS COUNCIL MEMBERS ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR AGENDA COUNCIL. I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN TONIGHT SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOVED TO ADJOURN TONIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANKS SO MUCH COUNCIL FOR THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT. THANKS TO THE STAFF. THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED. >> EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT TUESDAY AND THE REST OF THE WEEK. THANKS