. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME. I WILL CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER IT IS MONDAY, MARCH 4TH, 20/24. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THANK EVERYBODY WATCHING ONLINE. WE'LL START A MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK ALL AND ONCE AGAIN WELCOME TO EVERYBODY WHO IS JOINING US THIS EVENING. THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS TONIGHT IS TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA AND COUNCIL. THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT'S AGENDA UNDER INTRODUCTORY ITEMS. ITEM 2.1 WILL BE MEETING A COUPLE OF NEW EMPLOYEES AND I THINK ARE PARKER AND REC DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES SO WELCOME TO THEM. I'LL BE READING A PROCLAMATION REGARDING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. WE WILL HAVE TWO UPDATES AND WORKPLAN PRESENTATIONS FROM OUR CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION AND THE SECOND FROM OUR ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH. THEY WILL DO THAT THEIR 2023 UPDATE AND PRESENT TO US THEIR 2024 WORK PLAN AND ON 2.5 WE'RE GOING TO GET A PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE FROM CHIEF BOOKER HODGES. HE'S WITH US THIS EVENING AND IS GOING TO BE PROVIDING A BIT OF INFORMATION AND UPDATE REGARDING PUBLIC SAFETY HERE IN BLOOMINGTON OUR CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCILMEMBER HAS CONSENT THIS EVENING THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT THIS EVENING RIGHT FOR UNDER HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES WE'VE GOT NOTHING WE'VE GOT NOTHING ON ITEM FOR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES UNDER ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SHORT ITEMS AND A 5.1 IS A DRAFT TERM SHEET REVIEW FOR THE 700 AMERICAN BOULEVARD PROJECT AND THEN THE STATE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UPDATE COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I THINK ISOING TO BE HELPING OUT WITH THAT PRESENTATION. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND WE'LL WRAP UP AS WE ALWAYS DO WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE COUNCIL ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA IF NOT I WOULD MOVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS STATED SECOND GOT A MOTION IN THE SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER ROHMAN TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES IT SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH I DIDN'T BUY INTO OUR AGENDA BUT BEFORE WE GET THERE I WANT TO WELCOME AND THANK DIANE KIRBY WHO'S SITTING IN AS ACTING MANAGER THIS EVENING. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND GOOD TO HAVE YOU IN IN THE BIG CHAIR HERE AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ADVICE AND YOU'LL BE PROVIDING WITH US. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. ITEM 2.1 TONIGHT IS OUR INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES . AS I MENTIONED, I THINK WE'VE GOT TWO NEW EMPLOYEES FROM OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT. PLEASE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT. YOU MAY FEEL A LITTLE BIT OF DEJA BECAUSE WE WERE ACTUALLY HERE ABOUT A YEAR AGO EXACTLY INTRODUCING THESE SAME TWO EMPLOYEES TO YOU BUT AS PART TIME EMPLOYEE. SO WE ARE VERY SORRY 1/2 BUT WE'RE HAPPY NOW INTRODUCE THEM AS FULL TIME EMPLOYEES AND THIS LITTLE MAN NOT THE EMPLOYEE UNFORTUNATELY BUT I AM VERY HAPPY. INTRODUCE ANTHONY DIBELLA GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF I AM ANTHONY DIBELLA RECREATION SUPERVISOR OF ADULT SPORTS AND ULTRA ICE RINKS AND WARMING HORSES A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. I WENT TO JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2011. I RECEIVED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM SAINT CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY THEN A MASTER'S FROM SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY. I'M A LONGTIME SPORTS OFFICIAL WITH BASEBALL AND BASKETBALL IS MY MAIN SPORTS. I AM A DIEHARD VIKINGS. I HAVE A WONDERFUL WIFE AT HOME AND AN ALMOST TWO YEAR OLD WHO KEEPS US BUSY WITH BABY NUMBER TWO COMING HERE IN JULY WE HAVE A GREAT PARKS AND RECREATION TEAM WITH A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM AND SHOWCASING THOSE IDEAS TO THE RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON. A LITTLE BIT OF FUN FACT WE JUST OPENED ADULT SPORTS REGISTRATION FOR OUR SPORT LEAGUES STRONG NUMBERS ALREADY WITH THE GOAL TO KEEP IMPROVING THOSE NUMBERS EVERY SINGLE YEAR THANK YOU. WELL THANK YOU THANKS FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. THANKS. YOUR PERSISTENCE MOVING FROM A PART TIME POSITION INTO A FULL TIME POSITION I KNOW THAT I'VE HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF FOLKS SO HIGHLY TO SPEAK OF YOU AND OTHERS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT WHO ARE MOVING FROM THE PAST TO A FULL TIME AND WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU. SO THANKS SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS I'M HERE. I'M JILL MURPHY CREEKSIDE, MANAGER HERE TO INTRODUCE MATT COLWELL. HE STARTED OFF A YEAR AGO AS WELL AS A PART TIME RECREATION COORDINATOR AND HE HAS JUST DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB HIS FIRST YEAR. WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE HIM GROW IN THE POSITION AS A FULL TIME RECREATION SUPERVISOR NOW SO LET YOU TELL HIM TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIMSELF LEADING MAN MAYOR BUZZY COUNCILMEMBERS THANK SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP HERE AND INTRODUCE MYSELF TONIGHT. AS THEY SAID BEFORE ME ALMOST EXACTLY A YEAR AGO ANTHONY ANTHONY AND I WERE UP HERE INTRODUCING OURSELVES AS RECREATION COORDINATORS SO VERY EXCITED TO BE BACK INTRODUCING MYSELF AS RECREATION SUPERVISOR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. I WENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LACROSSE WHERE I EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE RECREATION MANAGEMENT WHEN I GRADUATED IN 2021 I WORKED FOR A HANDFUL OF DIFFERENT CITIES ACROSS THE METRO MOST RECENTLY BEING THE CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS. I'M CURRENTLY IN MY ROLE I OFFICE OUT OF CREEKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE I OVERSEE OUR ADULT ADAPTIVE ADULT AND SENIOR PROGRAMS. I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE LAST YEAR WORKING HERE IN BLOOMINGTON HAS BEEN REALLY AWESOME BEING ABLE TO NOT ONLY ALONGSIDE OUR TEAM HERE BUT TO LEARN FROM THEM DURING THAT YEAR HAS BEEN A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE AM VERY EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH NOT ONLY THE AWESOME FOLKS OVER AT CREEKSIDE BUT THE AWESOME TEAM HERE AT CIVIC PLAZA TO CONTINUE TO OFFER SOME AMAZING PROGRAMS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING AND. THANKS FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AT CREEKSIDE. I KNOW WE ARE OUT THERE THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE AND HEAR A LOT FROM A LOT RESIDENTS ABOUT THE PROGRAMING THERE AND THE ONE ON ONE CONTACT THE PERSONAL TOUCH THAT YOU FOLKS PUT TO YOUR WORK SO. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT AND I APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE A GROUP THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE ABLE TO HELP US WITH THAT AND TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO THEM. SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MATT AND ANTHONY , WELCOME FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IF YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT, IF YOU SEE THEM PLEASE DO SAY HELLO TO THEM AND WELCOME THEM TO THE CITY BLOOMING SO BLOOMINGTON SO THANKS VERY MUCH ADAM TWO POINTS TO ON OUR AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND I'M GOING TO COME DOWN TO THE PODIUM AND MAKE THE PROCLAMATION AS I MENTIONED, ITEM 2.2 IS A PROCLAMATION FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND I WANT TO STATE THAT THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD. WE HAVE A RELATIVELY NEW EMPLOYEE RESOURCE HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON STARTING IN 2022 A WOMEN'S EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP AND I DON'T KNOW I KNOW IT STARTED WITH FOUR PEOPLE AND IT'S NOW BLOSSOMED UP TO MORE THAN 60 ACTIVE MEMBERS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN ME? IT'S A PERFECT THAT'S HOW WE LIKE TO DO THIS AND I I'LL EVEN TURN THE MICROPHONE TO YOU IF NEED BE. SO ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A PROCLAMATION PLEASE DO. YES. GET IN THE CAMERA SHOT YOU GOT IN THE CAMERA SHOT HERE. THERE YOU GO. WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH MARCH 20, 24TH. WHEREAS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH ORIGINATED IN 1981 WHEN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS PASSED A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT PROCLAIM THE WEEK BEGINNING MARCH 7TH, 1982 AS WOMEN'S HISTORY WEEK. AND. WHEREAS AFTER BEING PETITIONED BY THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY PROJECT, CONGRESS PASSED RESOLUTION THAT DESIGNATED THE MONTH OF MARCH 1987 AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. AND. WHEREAS, SINCE 1995 UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS HAVE ISSUED ANNUAL PROCLAMATIONS DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF MARCH AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. AND. WHEREAS, THESE PROCLAMATIONS CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS WOMEN HAVE MADE TO THE UNITED STATES AND RECOGNIZE THE SPECIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS WOMEN HAVE MADE OVER COURSE OF AMERICAN HISTORY IN A VARIETY OF FIELDS. AND. WHEREAS, BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND WOMEN OF COLOR UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES, WOMEN WITH CHILDREN, TRANSGENDER WOMEN AND WOMEN WHO LIVE AT THE INTERSECTION OF THESE IDENTITIES OFFER UNIQUE AND VALUABLE PERSPECTIVES AND CONTRIBUTIONS . AND. WHEREAS, THE CITY ENDEAVORS TO CREATE A CULTURE THAT VALUES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ALL EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDES EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT. AND. WHEREAS, 2022 A CITY EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP FORMED TO SUPPORT EMPLOYEES IDENTIFY AS WOMEN AND THEIR ALLIES. AND. WHEREAS THE WOMEN'S EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP BRINGS TOGETHER INDIVIDUALS IN AN INCLUSIVE WAY, PROVIDE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FOR WOMEN, CREATE AWARENESS AROUND ISSUES WOMEN FACE AND MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT FOR WOMEN IN OUR ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY. AND. WHEREAS, FEMALE PERSONS MAKE UP 51% OF BLOOMINGTON'S POPULATION YET REPRESENT 33% OF THE CITY'S FULL TIME WORKFORCE. AND. WHEREAS THE WOMEN'S EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO RECOMMENDATIONS ON ACTION STEPS TO SUPPORT RETAIN AND RECRUIT FEMALE LEADERS TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON'S WORKFORCE AND THEREFORE I'M HERE TO ADVISE YOU DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 2024 AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IN BLOOMINGTON AND INVITE THE COMMUNITY CELEBRATE THE VITAL ROLE OF WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND EXPLORE A RESOURCE RESOURCES AT WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH DOT GOV DATA THIS FOURTH DAY OF MARCH 2024. SO MELISSA, I KNOW THAT YOU WERE THE INITIAL SPONSOR OF THIS ORGANIZATION. OH, EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE SPONSOR AND. I'M I'M GOING TO STEP OUT OF THE WAY TO TURN OVER THE MIKE TO WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK SO. GO AHEAD. WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M HAPPY TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF THE OTHER OF THE WOMEN'S EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP AND THE REST OUR MEMBERSHIP WE ARE GROWING AS YOU MENTIONED 16 MEMBERS AND THE THE EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS ARE A WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTION. THE CITY ORGANIZATION I THINK WE SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THEM. THEY HAVE BUILT IMPORTANT CONNECTIONS THE ORGANIZATION AND WHEN EMPLOYEES THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION BENEFITS SO I JUST WANT TO SAY HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH TO EVERYONE ANYTHING I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU THE OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION WITH THAT'S THE SCRIPT IS THE OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION WE'RE GOING TO GET A PICTURE I KNOW IT'S GRADUATION. THANK YOU . THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA AS I MENTIONED ARE 2023 UPDATES IN 2024 WORK PLANS FOR ,OUR CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION AND OUR ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH. I'VE MENTIONED EACH TIME WE'VE DONE ONE OF THESE THAT OUR CITY CHARTER REQUIRES THE CITY TO BRING FORWARD NOT ONLY REPORTS THE PREVIOUS YEAR BUT WORK PLANS FOR THE COMING YEAR FOR ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT WAY TO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORK THAT OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS REFLECT WHAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND ALIGNS SO VERY NICELY WITH THE WORK OF THIS COUNCIL AND THE WORK OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS BUT ALSO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN THE COMMUNITY WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS HEAR A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSIONER, THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH WITHOUT REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO WELCOME TONIGHT I'LL PALANCA WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF OUR CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION AND JACKY ROSEN, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK AGAIN FOR HAVING US HERE. AGAIN MY NAME IS ALEJANDRO PELINKA. I'M DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE PLACEMAKING AND I'M JACKI ROSENBERG AND I'M THE CHAIR. NICE TO SEE YOU TONIGHT. SO TONIGHT WE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF SOME 2023 PROJECTS AND EVENTS AND SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR 2024 WORK PLAN . JUST MAKE SURE YOU KNOW HOW TO ADVANCE THIS. IT IS THAT AND WHILE WE'RE GETTING IT TO WORK I LOVE THIS PICTURE BECAUSE I WAS AT THIS EVENT AND LOVED HOW COOL THIS WAS AS THEY WANT EVERYBODY TO DANCE AND WHAT I ESPECIALLY LOVED IS THAT I'M NOT IN THIS SO WE COULD HAVE FOUND ONE. YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL RIGHT. THIS WAS A CREATIVE HOUR EVENT THAT WE DID IN THE PAST WITH MALA MANA BAND IN THE BACK IN THE BACKGROUND WITH A SALSA DANCING STRUCTURE. A LOT OF FUN. LET'S SEE IF I CAN DO IT ALL FOR OR DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST TELL YOU BECAUSE THIS ISN'T WORKING? I DON'T THINK. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THE SOUTH OF CREATIVE PLACEMAKING PLAN VISIONING GOALS HAVE REALLY GUIDED OVER OUR WORK PLAN AND OUR STRATEGIES OVER THE YEARS. SO OUR VISION IS THAT OUR SUSTAIN EFFORTS WILL ESTABLISH THE SOUTH LOOP AS A DISTINCTIVE DESTINATION KNOWN FOR WELCOMING AND USING THE ARTS TO TRANSFORM THE NEIGHBORHOOD PHYSICALLY AND CULTURALLY. NEXT AND OUR GOALS URBANISM ANIMATION INVOLVEMENT, IDENTITY LEADERSHIP AND INVESTMENT. NEXT OUR COMMISSION ALSO PARTICIPATED IN A PRACTICAL VISIONING WORKSHOP AND WE ASKED OURSELVES GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT ELEMENTS DO WE WANT SEE IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS? AND WE AGREED TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON INITIATIVES THAT WOULD SUPPORT ELEMENTS SUCH AS GRAND AND COLORFUL PLACES TO PLAY AND WELCOMING AND THRIVING GREEN SPACES. OUR WORK HAS BEEN FOCUSED IN THE SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT BUT WE ARE NOW WORKING TOWARDS EXPANDING OUR EFFORTS CITYWIDE WHICH I WILL TOUCH ON AGAIN SHORTLY NEXT. SO NOW I'LL GO INTO A FEW OF 2023 PROJECTS AND EVENTS NEXT WE OFFER TO MAKING IT PUBLIC WORKSHOP IN JANUARY TO LOCAL ARTISTS. IT WAS FACILITATED BY FORECAST PUBLIC ART WITH THE GOAL TO GROW ARTISTS CAPACITY TO WORK ON PUBLIC ART AND COMMUNITY BASED ARTS PROJECTS. NEXT WE ALSO SOME CITYWIDE INITIATIVES THAT WERE OUTSIDE OF THE SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT OF WHICH WAS OUR HOMETOWN POETRY PROGRAM AND. WE EMBARKED ON INSTALLING FOUR SIGNS WITH POEMS BY BLOOMINGTON IN THREE PARKS. NEXT WE ALSO STAMPED TEN OF 14 STAMPS IN SIDEWALKS AND WE ALSO CREATED A WEBSITE PAGE WHERE THERE AN MAP WHERE YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE POEMS IN THE LOCATIONS. NEXT ANOTHER PROJECT OUTSIDE OF SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT WAS OUR WORK WITH SMALL BUSINESSES AT THE INTERSECTION OLD CHALK PEA AND OLD CEDAR TO INSTALL SOME FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS SUCH AS A CUSTOM BENCH AND CUSTOM WINDOW DECALS. NEXT AND WE ARE EXCITED TO SPONSOR BLOOMINGTON'S FIRST JUNETEENTH EVENT WHICH WAS HELD ON JUNE 19TH AT KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL AND INCLUDED MUSIC PERFORMANCES, FOOD TRUCKS, HISTORY BOARDS AND MORE. AND IT WAS REALLY AN EFFORT LED AND ORGANIZED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACROSS ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES IS ONGOING SUPPORT OF THE SMALL CENTER AND THIS SUMMER WE SUPPORTED JUXTAPOSITION ARTS AS USE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING AS A STRATEGY FOR ENGAGEMENT DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS. WE PARTNERED WITH THEM ON AN OPEN HOUSE HELD IN AUGUST CONNECT MORE WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND END WITH ATTENDEES TO GET MORE FEEDBACK ON THE SPACE PLANS. NEXT WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH MINNESOTA VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE WORKERS, LATINAS AND INDIGENOUS ON THE LATINO CONSERVATION WEEK FESTIVAL WHICH WAS HELD AT THE REFUGE CENTER IN JULY AND THIS EVENT INCLUDED FOOD TRUCKS PERFORMANCES, ARTS ACTIVITY AND A MURAL WAS CREATED ON SITE BY PABLO KALAKAUA AND DANIELA BIANCHINI WHICH IS NOW DISPLAYED THE VISITOR CENTER. THIS WAS ONE OF THREE BLOOMINGTON EVENTS WHICH AFFILIATED WITH THE METRO WIDE WALK PATRIMONIAL ART FESTIVAL AND THAT WAS RECENTLY NAMED AS THE NUMBER FIVE BEST NEW FESTIVAL IN THE COUNTRY BY USA TODAY. TEN BEST READERS CHOICE TRAVEL AWARD CONTEST WHAT NEXT? WE HOSTED AN INDIGENOUS HISTORY OF BLOOMINGTON PRESENTATION HERE AT CIVIC PLAZA IN AUGUST WITH SPEAKERS DR. KATE BEAN AND PETER DICARLO AND 96.8% OF ATTENDEES REPORTED THAT THEY LEARNED SOMETHING FROM THAT PRESENTATION. NEXT SIGNIFICANT SITE WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT THE NEW SOUTH LOOP COMMUNITY GARDEN INCLUDING GARDEN PLOTS AND THE INSTALLATION OF CYANOTYPE BANNERS CO-DESIGNED BY SHEILA NOVAK WITH THE CODA ARTIST AARON GENEA. THIS CYANOTYPE HER SUN PRINT SHARE THE STORY OF THE LAND HONORING THE SUN WATER AND THE HISTORIES OF THE SIGNIFICANT MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. THE LIFE IT SUPPORTS AND VALUE TO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES NEXT SOME ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS THIS YEAR INCLUDE AN INSTALLATION OF A SCULPTURE BY ARTIST TEAM SAFIR SERVICE DANI AND SHARON GRACI AT BLOOMINGTON'S CENTRAL STATION PARK. WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON THE MURAL CODE ORDINANCE AND A NEW MURALS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES DOCUMENT. WE SAW CONTINUED PRIVATE INVESTMENT INCLUDING A BLOOMINGTON FAIRY MURAL AT CARBON 31 BY TYLER AND ASHLEY VOORHEES COMMISSIONED BY MCGUFF. WE HIRED CREATIVE KATHRYN MURRAY AS OUR NEW CREATIVE PLACEMAKING SPECIALIST AND WE DEVELOPED A CITYWIDE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING PLAN REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. EXPANDING CREATIVE CITYWIDE WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMUNITY AS A PART OF OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVE IN AND BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN TO ADVANCE THE STRATEGIC OUTCOME OF A CONNECTED WELCOMING COMMUNITY. SO THIS PLAN WILL REALLY ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS AND BUILD OFF OF OUR PREVIOUS SOUTH LOOP CREATIVE PLACEMAKING PLAN. NEXT NOW I'LL JUST DO SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR UPCOMING 2024 WORK PLAN. NEXT WE'LL BE FINALIZING SITE DETAILS AND OPEN OUR SOUTH LOOP COMMUNITY GARDEN WITH AN OPENING CELEBRATION ON SATURDAY JUNE NINTH. IT IS OPEN FOR RESERVATIONS. WE FILLED ABOUT 12 OF THE 35 PLOTS SO FAR SO I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SIGN UP IF THEY'RE INTERESTED. NEXT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH WITH PART TWO PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT ON A SUNDAY FUNDAY MUSIC AT BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION PARK WITH THREE PLANNED AND EACH MONTH ONE IN JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO HOST THE ON THE ONE FESTIVAL AT BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION PARK IN JULY OR AUGUST NEXT. WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING AGAIN WITH THE MINNESOTA VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE IN WAYS LATINAS ON LATINO CONSERVATION FESTIVAL WHICH WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, JULY AND INCLUDES SIMILAR ITEMS INCLUDING NATURE, EDUCATION DEMONSTRATIONS, ACTIVITIES AND MORE. NEXT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH PARKS AND RECREATION AGAIN ON POTENTIAL POND HOUSE ART INSTALLATION AND WE'LL BE WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH THEIR ADVISORY COMMITTEE PUTTING OUT A CALL FOR ART IN 2024. NEXT AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ARTISTS SANDY SPILLER AND TARA PERON ON A POTENTIAL FUTURE ART INSTALLATION AT THE OLD CEDAR AVENUE BRIDGE TRAILHEAD THAT WILL REFLECT THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE INDIGENOUS HISTORY OF THE AREA . AND THE PREVIOUS GUIDED ACTIVITY THAT WAS HELD HERE LAST YEAR WILL REALLY HELP INFORM AND SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION FOR THIS FUTURE INSTALLATION. NEXT WE CONTINUE TO PLAN EXTERIOR ART PROJECTS AT THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER IN THE SOUTH LOOP NEXT YEAR AND A BIG INITIATIVE COURSE THIS YEAR WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITYWIDE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING MASTERPLAN. WE'LL BE WORKING WITH CONSULTANTS, FORECAST PUBLIC ART AND THE PROCESS WILL INCLUDE REALLY THOROUGH ENGAGEMENT EFFORT THROUGH THE SUMMER I WILL BE WORKING WITH A LOT OF LOCAL ARTISTS WITH A POTENTIAL CELEBRATORY EVENT TOWARDS THE END OF THAT PROCESS AND A FINAL PLAN IN DECEMBER NEXT CREATIVE PLACEMAKING AND PUBLIC ART PROCESSES AND INSTALLATIONS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BUILD COMMUNITY RESILIENCE PROVIDE CONNECTION ADD TO THE LIVABILITY FACTOR SUPPORT LOCAL ECONOMY AND SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURS SPECIFICALLY ARTISTS. MINNEAPOLIS SAINT PAUL BLOOMINGTON WAS ACTUALLY RANKED SIXTH AMONG 20 MOST ARTS VIBRANT LARGE COMMUNITIES IN THE NATION IN 2023. SO WE ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK MULTIPLE ARTISTS, CREATIVES AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS WHO CONTRIBUTE TO VIBRANCY OF OUR CITY. THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WITH THAT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE RECAP LAST YEAR AND YOUR PLANS FOR THIS YEAR. THE EXPANDING AND CITYWIDE I IT'S VERY EXCITING AND I THINK EVERYBODY IS EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORT THAT'S GOING INTO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NO SMALL TASK AND IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU LOOK AT THINGS A LITTLE BIT I'M SURE AND APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO OF STRETCH ON THIS ONE BECAUSE IT IS IT IS A BIG IT'S A BIG TASK BUT I MEAN ULTIMATELY GREAT CITIES HAVE GREAT ART AND. THIS IS PART OF IT AND WE HAVE THE PERFORMING ARTS, WE HAVE THE THE VISUAL ARTS AND WE HAVE THE THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING. I THINK JUST TO MAKE ALL THE THINGS THAT MAKE BLOOMINGTON UNIQUE AND RANK HIGHLY NATIONALLY IN TERMS OF AN ARTS VIBRANT COMMUNITY SO IT'S EXCITING TO HEAR ABOUT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER I'M CURIOUS THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE BY THE WAY AND I SEE YOU I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE THE MASTER PLAN. DO YOU HAVE ANY CORE PRINCIPLES DEFINED YET IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, HOPING TO FOCUS ON WITH THE CONSULTANT IN TERMS OF GETTING THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT WHAT WHERE WHERE DO YOU THINK THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE CHALLENGES THAT YOU KNOW, EITHER WE CAN BE HELPFUL IN TERMS OF GETTING OUT THE WORD OR YOU KNOW, WE CAN PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES OR WHATEVER FOR IT. I'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT. THANKS. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER JILL SANDRO YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE IN THAT WERE ABLE TO START OUR WORK WITH IN A SMALLER SCALE WITH THE SOUTH LOOP PLACEMAKING PLAN. IT SERVED US VERY WELL AND SERVED AS A REALLY TOOL AND GUIDE FOR US. SO I THINK WE'LL LOOK AT THAT FOR INSPIRATION AND GUIDANCE ON SOME OF THE MAJOR KIND OF VISION IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES AND ELEMENTS THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH FORECAST PUBLIC ART A BIG OF THIS IS WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD A VERY STRONG VOICE AND DEVELOPING WHAT THOSE CORE PRINCIPLES WOULD BE. I THINK CERTAINLY A CHALLENGE IS NOW THE GREAT SCALE. HOW DO WE HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE BRIDGE PROJECTS IN TERMS OF GEOGRAPHY IN , TERMS OF TYPES OF PROJECTS? WHAT ARE GOING TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT TYPES OF THINGS PEOPLE WANT TO SEE DO THEY WANT TO EXCUSE ME DO THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON MORE TYPE OF THINGS OR PERMANENT PUBLIC PROJECTS? SO JUST REALLY GETTING THAT FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT. I'LL LET JACKIE EXPAND ON THAT IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE. YEAH, I THINK THAT FORECAST IS TO DO A GREAT JOB REALLY MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE VOICES ARE HEARD. SO ANY SUPPORT FROM YOU GUYS AS AS SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS I THINK WILL BE HELPFUL. GREAT. THANK YOU. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBER WOMAN THANK YOU FOR MAYBE MORE SO A COMMENT AND MAYBE SOME ADVICE. YOU KNOW YOU HAD MENTIONED YOU KNOW WE SEE THIS THIS LONG LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I STRUGGLE IS YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATIVE PLACEMAKING WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT YOU MENTION THERE CONNECTING DIFFERENT FOLKS FROM ACROSS THE COMMUNITY AND DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND THOSE PARTNERSHIPS HOW DO WE YOU KNOW FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT'S LOOKING AT THIS, HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THAT THAT MESSAGE AND THE WORTH OF THIS ? BECAUSE I THINK SO MANY TIMES THAT WHEN PEOPLE SEE THIS IT'S YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE SECOND ROW OR THE BACK OF THE YOU KNOW, OF OF OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND I THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I STRUGGLE WITH IS JUST IN TERMS OF I'VE GONE TO MANY CONFERENCES AND THEY TALK ABOUT THIS AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE THAT ARE DOING WELL THEY'RE DOING THESE TYPES OF THINGS IN THIS AREA AND SO ANYTHING YOU CAN HELP WITH THAT YOU KNOW , I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH WHEN WHEN I SEE THIS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY WITH AND ASK OURSELVES AS WELL. I THINK THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS IS IT GIVES US A LARGER AUDIENCE TO DIRECT OUR EFFORTS WITH IN TERMS OF OF A MASTER PLAN FOR THE WHOLE CITY. SO SOMETHING THAT WE COMMUNICATED WITH THE CONSULTANT IS OUR DESIRE FOR REALLY GREAT COMMUNICATION IN TERMS OF EVEN JUST DESCRIBING WITH CREATIVE PLACEMAKING AS PART OF OUR ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS AND DEFINING IT BECAUSE IT IS JARGON NOT ALL PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT IT MEANS AND THE BENEFITS THAT IT IS SO AS PART OF OUR ENGAGEMENT PLAN WILL AND THAT THAT WITHIN OUR COMMUNICATIONS WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A COMMUNICATION PLAN JUST TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE USE SOCIAL MEDIA OUR COMMUNICATION TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK TO CELEBRATE THE WORK IN A BETTER, MORE ROBUST. I THINK THAT WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT YOU KNOW HOW, DO YOU HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THIS IN THE IMPACT IT'S CERTAINLY A MIX OF QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE METRICS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALSO ASKED OUR CONSULTANT TO HELP US WITH IS SOME METRICS THAT WE CAN TRACK OVER TIME THAT ARE WITHIN OUR CAPACITY TO TRACK TO KIND OF DETERMINE SOME OF THOSE METRICS OVER YEARS. WE HAVE A FEW REPORTS AND THINGS THAT WE'VE LOOKED TO IN THE PAST FOR METRICS BUT I THINK WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB ON KIND OF EXPANDING THAT AND TRACKING HOW THE IMPACT EVEN SOMETIMES IT'S CAUSE CAUSATION, SOMETIMES IT'S CORRELATION. I THINK IT WILL HELP US TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE METRICS ON HAND SO THAT WE'VE BEEN CONSISTENTLY AND LOOKING AT THINGS AND HOW THEY'RE HELPING OUR CITY ANYTHING FOR THEIR CUSTOMER MEASUREMENT COUNCILMEMBER REALIZE I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT IS IT WHAT IS EXACTLY LATINO CONSERVATION I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT TERM BEFORE UNTIL I READ IT A FEW DAYS AGO. SURE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS. SO THE LATINO CONSERVATION WEEK IS A NATIONAL EFFORT BY YOU KNOW, THE WILDLIFE REFUGE WORKS WITH THEIR FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICES ON THIS. IT'S A STRATEGY JUST TO CELEBRATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONNECTION THAT LATINO FAMILIES AND PEOPLE HAVE TO NATURE AND IT'S A WAY TO WELCOME THEM INTO DIFFERENT PUBLIC AREAS LIKE THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FOR EXAMPLE. SO IT'S A NATIONWIDE EFFORT AND THE OUR OUR FRIENDS AT THE MINNESOTA VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE PARTICIPATED IN AN ANNUAL BASIS. TYPICALLY IT'S HELD IN JULY THIS YEAR. THEY THINK THEY'RE CHANGING IT TO SEPTEMBER BUT BECAUSE OF THE TIMING WORKED REALLY WELL FOR US AS A SUMMER EVENT IN JULY WE'RE GOING TO BE RENAMING IT SO IT PROBABLY WON'T BE AFFILIATED WITH THE NATIONAL LATINO WEEK CONSERVATION WEEK BUT WE STILL WANT TO FIND WAYS TO CONNECT LATINOS FAMILIES TO WELCOME THEM INTO PUBLIC NATURE NATURE SPACES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. HEARING ON COUNCIL I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE OF THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION 2024 WORK PLAN AND ACCEPT THE 2023 UPDATE ON THEIR WORK SO MOVED A SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO APPROVE THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COMMISSION 2024 WORK PLAN AND ACCEPT THEIR 2023 UPDATE. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I PROPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE AND OUR CHAIR ROSEN BUSH IF YOU COULD SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE COMMISSION OUR THANKS FOR THE WORK THAT GOES ON AND AND TO WELCOME YOUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS I THINK YOU'VE GOT NEW COMMISSION MEMBERS COMING ON BOARD AND WELCOME THEM AS WELL. AND BUT THANK YOU AND CONTINUE THE GOOD. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. THANKS SO MUCH. ABSOLUTELY. ADAM 2.4 ON OUR AGENDA IS THE ANNUAL REPORT AND THE 2024 WORK PLAN OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH. WE'VE GOT DR. NICK KELLY AND ANDREA PUCKETT WHO IS THE INCOMING CHAIR OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH ARE GOING TO PRESENT THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS. I'LL DO RECAP OF WHAT HAPPENED IN 2023. APOLOGIES A STAR SAGE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT JUST A REITERATION OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH REALLY IS THAT APPOINTED BOARD BY COUNCIL TO REALLY PROVIDE SOME OF THAT PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT. THEY HELP SUPPORT TWO DIFFERENT DIVISIONS SO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AS YOU'RE THE COMMUNITY HEALTH BOARD GOT IN THE HEALTH OF THE CITY. THIS GIVES A RUNDOWN OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS WITH A VERY ROBUST BOARD WITH SOME INCREDIBLE PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICAL AND COMMUNITY EXPERTIZE IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH AN EXCELLENT THEN MYSELF NYBO LINDA RESCUE LINDA IN OUR ARE THE STAFF SUPPORT AND WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER AS OUR PRIMARY REP FOR SCHECK MEETING DATES WE WE DON'T MEET TWICE DURING THE SUMMER BUT EVERY OTHER MONTH WE'RE THERE AND IF WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE WE HAD A VERY BUSY LEARNING AN AWFUL LOT. THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT GOING ON THAT HELPED INFORM THIS WORK AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHILE IS A STRONG PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF PARTICIPATION WE ALSO HAD SOME VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE SPEAKERS FROM ACROSS THE CITY FROM ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT PORT AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATOR. THE NEXT WE DID A LOT OF LEARNING THIS YEAR LEARNING A LOT ABOUT BLOOMINGTON FORWARD THAT TOP POINT WAS REGULAR UPDATES ON OPIOID WORK WITH THE WORKGROUP. WE HAD A MEMBER AS PART OF OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION WORK THAT YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT FROM PUBLIC WORKS AND WE ALSO HAVE TWO MEMBERS THAT ARE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN BLOOMINGTON HOUSING TEAMWORK GROUP. THEY ALSO SAW A LOT OF UPDATES ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENING IN THE CITY THAT IMPACT HEALTH. SO ONE OF THOSE YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER AND THE DESIGN WE TALKED ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER TOO AND JUST SOME OF THE WAYS THAT THEY CAN INNOVATE AND CHANGE HEALTH IN THE COMMUNITY. AS USUAL, WE HAD A LOT OF WORK ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY TRENDS AND THE BOARD PICKED FOOD SAFETY AWARD WINNERS THAT ARE GIVEN OUT AT THE DIAMOND SERVICE AWARDS. GO TO THE NEXT. THEY HAD SOME GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE LEARNED DURING COVID 19 AND SOME AFTER ACTION PLANNING OUR NEXT STEPS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE AND MENTAL HEALTH AND JUST SOME OF THE REALITIES THAT THE COMMUNITY IS FACING AS THE BOARDS NAVIGATING WHAT'S GOING WITH STUDENT AND ADULT MENTAL HEALTH AND TRYING TO PREPARE FOR THAT. THEN WE TALKED A BIT ABOUT CANNABIS TO PREPARE THE BEST WE CAN FOR WHAT WE ANTICIPATE TO A BUSY BOARD YEAR ON CANNABIS NEXT SOME OF THE EXTERNAL PARTNERS THAT WE HAD WE HAD SOME PRETTY GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE BOARD HAPPENED TO BE THE FIRST EXTERNAL BODY THAT. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PRESENTED SOME OF THEIR MENTAL HEALTH WORK THAT THE COUNCIL IS WELL FAMILIAR WITH AND THEN WE ARE JOINT MEETING WITH THE DINAH AND RICHFIELD. WE HAD SOME REALLY ROBUST DISCUSSIONS WITH THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ADULT MENTAL HEALTH BOARD AND SOME OF THEIR LEADERSHIP IN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE BOARD CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT PREVENTION WORK OF MENTAL HEALTH. EXCELLENT. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING. AS NICK MENTIONED AND THE PREVIOUS CHAIR ELECT WILL BE MOVING INTO THE CHAIR ROLE THIS UPCOMING YEAR SO I'M EXCITED TO UPDATE YOU ON OUR WORK PLAN UPCOMING. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO KIND OF COVER A LITTLE BIT BUT OBVIOUSLY THE PURPOSE OF THE BOARD IS REALLY TO DO RESEARCH AND EVALUATION REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON TO HELP SHARE THAT INFORMATION AND WHEN APPLICABLE MAKE RECOMMENDATION FOR ACTION AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE. SO THOSE ACTIONS MIGHT COME IN TERMS OF A NO VOTE OR NO FORMAL RECOMMENDATION THAT COULD BE IN THE FORM OF RESEARCH FIRM REPORT WHICH IS PRIMARILY WHAT WE SPENT TIME ON THIS PAST YEAR AND THEN OBVIOUSLY STUDY AND COMMENT AS WELL WHICH WE DID ALSO THIS PAST YEAR. THE NEXT SLIDE GOES OVER WHERE WE HOPE TO BE NEXT YEAR WHEN WE COME HERE. VERY SO LOOKING TO CREATE FOCUS WITHIN THE BOARD ON A COUPLE OF PARTICULAR AREAS SO THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO EVALUATE AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL NEXT YEAR. WE ALSO DO INTEND TO DO THE LAST ITEM ON HERE AS WELL WHICH IS SUPPORTING MORE WITHIN THE BROADER COMMUNITY. SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR EVENTS THAT CAN PARTICIPATE IN TO HOPEFULLY AGAIN CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY BE ABLE TO HAVE AN IMPACT IN YOUR AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE WORKPLAN 2024 WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO PRIORITIZE A COUPLE PARTICULAR AREAS AND THEN OTHER AREAS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP A PULSE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING SO THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PULL THOSE INTO POTENTIALLY PRIORITIES IN 2025. SO THE COUPLE OF AREAS THAT YOU WILL SEE ON LISTED MANY TIMES IN THE WORKPLAN IS GOING TO BE CANNABIS AS NIC HAD MENTIONED, THIS IS AN AREA THAT CITY COUNCIL HAD COME TO US THIS PAST YEAR FOR REVIEW ON SOME INITIAL POLICY. WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT MAYBE THERE IS MORE COMING OUR WAY AND THEN MORE BROADLY OBVIOUSLY THIS IS SOMETHING NEW THAT WE ARE NOW DEALING WITH IN OUR COMMUNITY VIA LEGISLATION THAT PASSED THIS PAST YEAR. WE DO TO BECOME EDUCATED ON THIS AND HELP TO ADVISE WHERE APPLICABLE ON POLICY. THE OTHER PRIMARY FOCUS WILL BE ON MENTAL HEALTH THAT REALLY CAME IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL OR SORRY THE CITY STAFF ARE DOING IN TERMS OF MENTAL HEALTH FOCUS THIS UPCOMING YEAR. WE ALSO WERE VERY COMPELLED BY THE BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL UPDATE ON YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AS WELL. AND SO THOSE ARE AREAS THAT WE WANT TO REALLY FOCUS ON THIS UPCOMING YEAR. OTHER AREAS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP A PULSE ON WOULD REALLY BE AROUND KIND OF CLIMATE CLIMATE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE. OPIOID WORKGROUP WE HAVE PARTICIPANTS IN THE BLOOMINGTON HOUSING ACTION TEAM WE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THAT AS WELL AND THEN WE DO FORWARD TO HELPING TO SUPPORT ANYTHING AROUND THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER. WELL AS THOSE NEEDS MIGHT COME UP WITHIN OUR ACTUAL WORK PLAN. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH JANUARY AND FEBRUARY AS WE LOOK INTO MARCH, APRIL, MAY WE'RE HITTING ON MOST OF THESE TOPICS IN MAY WE MEET AGAIN WITH YOU DOWN IN RICHFIELD AS WELL WITH A FOCUS ON CANNABIS WITHIN THAT MEETING THIS PAST YEAR WE ALSO MET WITH THEM AND IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND HELPFUL TO LEARN WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING LOOKING KIND OF AT SIMILAR TOPICS AND HOW THEY APPROACH THEM. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR. SO AGAIN KIND OF GOING THROUGH A LOT OF THE SAME GENERAL UPDATES BUT YOU WILL SEE AGAIN MENTAL CANNABIS LISTED ON HERE SEVERAL TIMES WE WILL MOVE INTO JANUARY IN FEBRUARY WE DID ALSO APPROVE AGENDAS FOR THOSE MEETINGS. THOSE MEETINGS ARE REALLY KIND OF HITTING ON THOSE KEY TOPICS TOPICS AGAIN REVISITING WHAT WE'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, FORMULATING A RECOMMENDATION THEN ALSO COMING UP WITH A 2025 WORK PLAN. SO THAT WILL BE KIND OF OUR FOCUS AS WE HEAD INTO THE YEAR HERE. I THINK THE NEXT SLIDE IS FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY FOR US. THANK YOU MUCH. THANKS FOR THE UPDATE AND THANKS FOR THE PLAN FOR THE COMING YEAR. DID HAVE ONE QUESTION REGARDING THE MAIN MEETING THAT YOU MENTIONED WITH EDINA IN RICHFIELD ON CANNABIS IS THAT WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS IS THAT WITH OTHER STAFF MEMBERS IN THOSE TWO CITIES? WHO EXACTLY IS THAT WITH MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS MEMBERS? THAT WOULD BE WE DO IT WITH THE DIANNA HEALTH COMMISSION AND THE RICHFIELD ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH AND SO THOSE THREE BOARDS OR TWO BOARDS THAT COMMISSION MEETING AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET SOME EXPERTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY MINNESOTA'S CANNABIS RESEARCH CENTER, THEIR NEWLY FORMED CENTER TO COME IN AND REALLY TALK ABOUT HOPEFULLY RECAP WHAT WE LEARNED IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES AND CUTTING EDGE WORK WITH SOME OF THEIR WORK THEY'RE DOING ON EQUITY AND POLICY RIGHT DOWN AFTER THAT MEETING AFTER WHAT YOU GO THROUGH THERE AND I WOULD HOPE WE COULD SEE YOU BACK SOMETIME OVER THE SUMMER AN UPDATE ON WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED AND BASICALLY THE SAME PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL I THINK WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS HERE. NO OF THE COUNCIL COUNSEL. I THINK IT WAS A INADVERTENTLY LEFT OFF BUT WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE THIS. I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH 2023 ANNUAL REPORT AND THEIR 2024 WORKPLAN. SO MOVED THE MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER KERNER TO APPROVE THE ADVISORY BOARD OF 2023 OF THE ANNUAL REPORT AND 2024 WORKPLAN FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES A70 THANK YOU THANKS MUCH FOR SPENDING TIME WITH US EVENING. THANKS FOR THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND IF YOU COULD SHARE THAT WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. SO THANKS SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONCERN. THANK YOU OUR FINAL INTRODUCTORY ITEM OF THE IS ITEM 2.5 AND THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE BY OUR POLICE CHIEF BOOKER HODGES WITH A AN UPDATE ON PUBLIC SAFETY HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. GOOD EVENING, CHIEF. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING MIKE. ARE YOU DOING WITH SLIDES? ALL RIGHT FIRST BEFORE I GET STARTED I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND JAMIE. WE ALL KNOW THAT TRAGICALLY ON FEBRUARY 18TH THE 3/1 OF ALL, FIRST RESPONDERS LOST THEIR LIVES THE LINE OF DUTY AND IT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED BY ME OR OUR OFFICERS OR THEIR FAMILIES THAT YOU ALL CAME TO THE FUNERAL AND THAT YOU ALL SENT THE DEPARTMENT A MESSAGE. SO I JUST WANTED TO CONVEY THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US AND THEN ALSO TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVING THE MONEY FOR OVERTIME SO WE COULD COVER SHIFTS IN . BURNSVILLE ALONG WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THIS WAS A TRAGIC EVENT AND ONE OF THE OFFICERS HAPPENED TO BE ONE OF MY STUDENTS AT NORTHWESTERN. SO THIS IS SOMETHING GOING TO BE FELT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE BURNSVILLE COMMUNITY FOR A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF SO I JUST THOUGHT I'D SAY THAT ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET TO THE UPDATE. ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, ALWAYS TALK ABOUT OUR CORE VALUE AT THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. WHAT'S YOUR RESPECT DEMONSTRATED THROUGH OUR COMPASSIONATE, HONEST SERVICE AND THAT'S OUR SHARED VALUE WITH, OUR COMMUNITY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. STAFFING THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT IN OUR SWORN RANKS AS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE PUBLIC SAFETY DOLLARS. SO YOU GUYS AUTHORIZED US HIRING OVER 13. WE HAVE NOT BUT I DECIDED NOT TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS IMMEDIATELY. SO RIGHT NOW. OUR AUTHORIZED STRENGTH IS 129. WE HAVE 133 POLICE OFFICERS ON THE BOOKS BUT THAT DOES NOT FIVE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN PATHWAYS WHO WILL START IN JUNE AND ONE CADET WHICH IS ANOTHER SIX ONCE THOSE SIX ARE ON WE WILL BE TEN OVER STAFFED. WE ARE THE ONLY LARGE AGENCY IN THE STATE THAT IS OVERSTAFFED OR THAT IS EVEN AT STAFFING SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIG RECRUITING HURDLES OBVIOUSLY BEING IN HENNEPIN COUNTY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE BEING AFRAID OF THE CURRENT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, COUNTY ATTORNEY AND I'M NOT GOING TO SUGARCOAT THAT. BUT FOR YOU ALL IN BEING A FUNCTIONAL COUNCIL THAT REALLY HELPS US IN OUR RECRUITING EFFORTS HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE WHEN THESE APPLICANTS ARE FOR PLACES TO WORK THEY LOOK TO THIS POSITION AND THEN THEY LOOK FOR YOU ALL AND IT REALLY IS REALLY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO GET THE BEST PEOPLE TO WORK IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AGAIN AND I SAY THIS EVERY MEETING ALSO OF OUR DEPARTMENT IF YOU COMPARE US TO ROCHESTER AND DULUTH SO LIKE I SAID WHERE EVEN WHEN WE HAD THESE FEW PEOPLE WILL BE AT 139 WHEREAS ROCHESTER AND DULUTH ARE AROUND 150 560 COPS. SO THAT JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU WHERE WE'RE AT RETROSPECTIVELY TO THEM NEXT SLIDE PLEASE SO THIS IS OUR CIVILIAN CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE TWO OPENINGS IN OUR TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER WHICH IS GREAT THE ONLY REASON WE HAVEN'T FILLED THOSE IS A TRAINING CAPACITY BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAINING RIGHT NOW AND OUR TRAINING IS FULL SO WE CAN'T TRAINING MORE PEOPLE SO WE'RE GOING TO STAGGER THESE NEXT TWO HIRES OUT TO GET PEOPLE IN AND WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THAT AND AGAIN IN THOSE POSITIONS TO HAVING A FUNCTIONING COUNCIL AND WHATNOT ALSO HELP US RECRUIT THE BEST PEOPLE. SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S GET INTO SOME NUMBERS IF YOU NOTICE AT THE TOP OF THIS SHEET I PUT VIOLENT CRIMES WITHOUT TRANSIT THIS YEAR IN MARCH WE TOOK ON ASSISTING TRANSIT POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE TRAIN OUR OFFICERS WERE ON THE BLUE LINE FROM 4:00 IN THE MORNING UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT MOST DAYS STARTING IN MARCH. SO WE TOOK THOSE NUMBERS OUT AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP THAT THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT IMPACTED OUR CRIME NUMBERS THIS YEAR AND TRANSIT WAS ONE. SO I'M GOING TO BREAK THAT DOWN FOR YOU. SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR MURDERS THIS YEAR, WE'RE DOWN LAST YEAR BUT THERE'S TWO INSTANCES BUT THERE WERE THREE VICTIMS SO WE HAD THE SUICIDE ON FRANCE AND MINNESOTA STREET WHERE THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE AND THEN WE HAD THE INCIDENT WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL KILLED ONE OF HIS ELDERLY RELATIVES AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT IN ANOTHER ROBBERIES ARE DOWN MORE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS ARE DOWN. WE SAW A SLIGHT INCREASE IN OUR VEAP NUMBERS BUT WE HAD SOME VICTIMS COME FORWARD AND SAY THAT THEY FELT COMFORTABLE CALLING THE POLICE AND THAT'S WHY THEY CALLED US. BUT PUT THIS IN RETROSPECT AND 2021 WE HAD 103 RAPES IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO WE'RE DOWN TO 56 WHICH AGAIN I DON'T TO SEE ANY OF THOSE BUT THAT'S BETTER THAN 103. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M TO GO THROUGH THIS ONE FOR YOU HERE. IF YOU GO DOWN TO AUTO PARTS WHICH IS OUR CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS, WE HAD 416 OF THOSE IN 2022 AND LAST YEAR WE'RE DOWN TO 174. SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT DROP. THERE ARE THEFT FROM BUILDINGS WENT DOWN ARE THEFT FROM VEHICLES WHERE PEOPLE WERE STEALING FROM PEOPLE'S VEHICLES ALSO WENT DOWN? I WILL TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO LARCENY SHOPLIFTING WE HAD AND THIS WILL IMPACT OUR OVERALL NUMBERS ADDITIONAL 509 CASES THIS YEAR THAT WAS A RESULT OF TWO THINGS ONE A POLICY CHANGE WAS MADE TO WE WERE NOT GOING TO SEND POLICE OFFICERS TO BUSINESSES THAT INDICATED THAT THEY DID NOT WANT SOMEBODY PROSECUTED FOR SHOPLIFTING WHY IS THAT IT'S WE'RE NOT SENDING COPS TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE FOR A CIVIL ISSUE SO BEFORE THIS POLICY CHANGE WAS MADE A LOT OF BUSINESSES WILL CALL AND SAY SOMEONE STOLE SOMETHING. WE JUST WANT OUR ITEMS BACK IN THEM TRESPASS. WELL THAT'S A CIVIL ISSUE. SO WE MADE THAT POLICY CHANGE TO SOME OF OUR RETAILERS, BEEFED UP THEIR LOSS PREVENTION EFFORTS. SO THAT HAS ALSO LED TO THE INCREASE. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT 509 INCREASE IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR OVERALL NUMBERS . NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. HERE IF YOU LOOK ARE SIMPLE ASSAULTS WERE UP SLIGHTLY AND A LOT OF THIS IS GOING TO BE ATTRIBUTED TO OUR INCREASE IN SHOPLIFTING BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THAT PEOPLE SHOPLIFT THEY ASSAULT THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICERS AND THAT'S ALSO LED TO THIS INCREASE OF VANDALISM WHEN I WAS DOWN OUR WEAPONS OFFENSES WERE FLAT . ALL OTHER OFFENSES SUCH AS SMOKING DOG BITES WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY DOG BITES LAST YEAR AS WE HAD THE YEAR BEFORE SO THAT THAT WAS DOWN THE TRESPASS AGAIN WE WERE UP 189 AND AGAIN THAT'S LARGELY INVOLVED BECAUSE OF THE SHOPLIFTING ASPECT THAT TOOK BECAUSE YOU STILL YOU GET TRESPASS. SO THAT'S A OF WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. STANDALONE TRANSIT THIS IS WHAT US ASSISTANT TRANSIT WITH HOW IT IMPACTED OUR CRIME IN BLOOMINGTON AND I WANT OUR CITIZENS TO PAY ATTENTION TO THIS THESE NUMBERS ARE PROBABLY UNDERCUT BECAUSE OUR OFFICE STARTED TO GET CALLS REGARDING THE TRAIN BACK IN JANUARY AND WE PROACTIVELY WENT OUT THERE WITHOUT BEING INVOLVED IN TRANSIT BUT OUR INVOLVEMENT IN TRANSIT ADDED 382 CALLS CRIMES TO OUR CITY NUMBERS THIS YEAR JUST FROM TRANSIT AND YOU CAN SEE THAT LAID OUT HERE WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN AGREEMENT WITH TRANSIT TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES SO WE HAVE NOT BEEN ON THE TRAIN AS OF DECEMBER 31ST BUT UNDERSTAND THAT WAY TRANSIT WORKS IN A LOT OF THESE CITIES IS IF OUR COPS ARE DOING THIS NUMBERS TRANSIT IS COUNTING THESE NUMBERS IN THEIR OVERALL NUMBERS SO THEY'RE GOING TO THE CITY. SO I JUST WANT OUR CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE OUR CRIME IT'S NOT THAT THE CITY IS HAVING MORE CRIME. IT'S FROM THESE OTHER PROACTIVE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO IF YOU LOOK OUR COMBINED CRIME AND I'LL JUST TURN YOU DOWN TO THE MY LEFT WHERE IT SAYS 2022, 2023 AND IT'S GOT THE 8000 NUMBERS ON THERE. IF YOU WERE TO TAKE OUR INCREASE IN SHOPLIFTING FIVE OR 509 OF THOSE AND OUR TRESPASS AN INCREASE OF 189 WHICH IS 698 IF YOU WERE TO MINUS THAT FROM THE NUMBERS OF WITHOUT TRANSIT YOU CAN SEE WE'D BE LIKE 8227 SO OUR CRIME ACTUALLY WOULD BE CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN LAST YEAR IF IT WERE NOT FOR THIS CHANGE IN SHOPLIFTING IN OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH TRANSIT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SOUTH LOOP MALL AMERICA THESE ARE CALLS THAT WE GET AT THE MALL OF AND AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN CALL VOLUME AT THE MALL OF AMERICA AND SOUTH LOOP FOR 2023 VERSUS 2022. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS IS WHEN YOU TAKE OUT OUR DIRECTED PATROLS TRAFFIC DETAILS AND TRAFFIC STOPS EVEN WHEN YOU TAKE THOSE NUMBERS OUT YOU CAN SEE THAT WE STILL HAD A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN OUR CALLS THE MALL OF AMERICA. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE'RE ALMOST DONE OF OUR RESPONSE TO BRAIN HEALTH OR MENTAL HEALTH CALLS AS INCREASED LAST AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE STARTED TO PROVIDE MEDIA THERAPY TO FOLKS OR THERAPISTS ARE CURRENTLY SEEING BETWEEN TEN AND 15 IS WHAT THEIR CURRENT CASELOAD IS. SO I THINK YOU KNOW FOR SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THEY'RE AGAIN SEEING WE'RE TO HAVE AN IMPACT BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE STILL DON'T WANT SERVICES. SO WE ARE TRACKING THAT TOO BECAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE CONFUSED WHEN AGENCIES OFFER THESE SERVICES THAT EVERYONE'S GOING TO WANT TO GET THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT THEM. BUT WE DID SEE AN INCREASE IN CALLS LAST YEAR IN THAT AREA. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO OUR 2020 FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE THESE ARE ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS YEAR AND WE ACTUALLY DID THESE LAST TOO. BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITIES. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS YEAR WE'RE ADDING COMMUNITY CLASSES, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALL OF OUR OFFICERS GO THROUGH UNCONSCIOUS BIAS TRAINING BUT WE'RE GOING TO OFFER THAT TO THE COMMUNITY. OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING FOR US AS COPS AS SOMETHING OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHOULD BE PARTICIPATING IN . ALSO WE'RE GOING TO DO CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION CLASSES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THIS SUMMER SO IF YOU GOT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO. THERE YOU GO. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO SELF-DEFENSE CLASSES FOR, SOME OF OUR SENIORS AND WOMEN. SO WE'LL BE GETTING THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS OUT TO FOLKS THERE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO A DRONE OPERATION CLASS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. SO IF WE'RE DOING THE DRONE OPERATION CLASS WE'LL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT SO PEOPLE DON'T CALL AND SAY ALL THESE DRONES ARE FLYING BUT REALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY IS TO CONNECT WITH KIDS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S KIDS ARE OUT HERE DOING POSITIVE THINGS DURING THE SUMMER. NEXT SLIDE ARE NOT CLOSED WITH THIS AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING IN THIS ROLE FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS AND THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT WORK HERE ARE THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY. AND I'M NOT JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE I'M THE CHIEF THEY I WATCHED THEM DAY IN AND DAY OUT IN THE WORK THEY DO. IT'S IT'S SECOND TO NONE. YOU HAVE A GREAT POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE A GREAT COMMUNITY. RIGHT. I YOU DON'T HAVE A GREAT POLICE DEPARTMENT WITHOUT HAVING A GREAT COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT ALL STARTS. SO WITH THAT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WELL, YOU CHIEF HODGES, INTERESTING INFORMATION. APPRECIATE THE CONTEXT BECAUSE . THERE IS A LOT OF CONTEXT AROUND THE INFORMATION PROVIDED. THE NUMBERS GO IN CERTAIN DIRECTIONS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. AND SO IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT AND UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT RATHER THAN JUST REACTING TO DATA RAW DATA. SO I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING SOME SOME SOME WALLS AROUND IT AND HELP US UNDERSTAND IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. SO COUNCIL I SEE COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU MA'AM. SO THANK YOU TO YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND TO ALL OF THE OFFICERS AND CIVILIANS AND I AGREE WITH YOU. I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WHAT I THINK PROBABLY A LITTLE BIAS IN BLOOMINGTON BUT IT'S QUITE OBVIOUS THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS EXCELLENT AND THAT OUR COMMUNITY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS DO WE. SO I HAVE TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. SO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NUMBERS ARE QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY IS THAT A TREND ACROSS THE METRO OR IS THAT COULD COULD WE ATTRIBUTE THAT TO THE POLICY THAT WE PASSED? I THINK IT'S ATTRIBUTED TO BOTH. IT'S KIND OF DOWN AROUND THE METRO BUT OURS ONCE YOU GUYS PASS THAT POLICY, OUR NUMBERS START TO GO DOWN IN 2022 ALSO SO I MEAN I REALLY AND I SAID IT AT THE TIME I WAS REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE POLICY THAT YOU PASSED BECAUSE IT HAVE AN IMPACT AND I THINK IT INFLUENCED SOME OF OUR LEGISLATURES TO PASS SOMETHING ON A STATEWIDE BASIS. AWESOME. GOOD TO HEAR THAT. YEAH. AND SO MY SECOND QUESTION YOU TALKED ABOUT THE INCREASE OF I'M AWARE AND YOU KNOW, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD I MEAN DO YOU THINK IS BEHIND THAT? IS IT RELATED TO THE CHANGE IN OUR POLICY OR THE POLICE POLICY OR IS IT SOMETHING ELSE I THINK IT'S A CHANGE IN OUR SHOPLIFTING POLICY BUT ALSO I'LL GIVE THE EXAMPLE TWO WEEKS AGO I TOOK MY FAMILY DOWNTOWN ON A SATURDAY. IT WAS A COMPLETE GHOST TOWN. WE DROVE WHEN I WAS DRIVING HOME THE MALL WAS PACKED AND PEOPLE WERE PARKED ON THE TOP LEVEL AT THE MALL THEY TRAFFIC OUT THERE RIGHT NOW IS BEYOND PRE-PANDEMIC NUMBERS SO WHEN YOU HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THERE I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE GENERATION OF CALLS BUT. I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO TRANSIT RIGHT NOW. I DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD BUT SOME OF THIS IS A RESULT OF PEOPLE GETTING OFF THE LIGHT RAIL AND GOING INTO THE MALL AND WE'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I WOULD GUESS I'LL JUST MAYBE STATE THE OBVIOUS BUT IF YOU GUYS HAVE IDEAS FOR YOU KNOW, THINGS WE COULD DO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MALL AND TRANSIT TO HELP WITH THOSE THINGS I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HEAR THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANKS. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE, CHIEF. I HAVE TO HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND I HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTION RELATED TO THAT QUESTION ABOUT TRANSIT. YOU MENTIONED THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A A AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM RIGHT NOW TO PROVIDE OVERTIME SERVICES. WAS THAT WAS THAT DONE OR I GUESS I DON'T WANNA SAY ON PURPOSE BUT WAS THERE WAS THERE AN THAT TRANSIT WOULD TAKE OVER THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES IN THAT WAY WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT AND IF THAT'S TRUE ARE WE SEEING THEM DO THAT OR IS THERE STILL A GAP IN THE RESPONSE OF THIS OF TRANSIT ON THE ON THE RAIL WE PRESENTED TRANSIT WITH AN OPTION TO HELP THEM BECAUSE THEIR STAFFING NUMBERS THEY CHOSE NOT TO THEY CHOSE NOT TO USE THAT OPTION THAT WE PROVIDED THEM SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT ON THE TRAIN THEY HIRED PRIVATE SECURITY TO BE ON THE TRAIN AND THEY THEY HAVE FEW STAFF OUT THERE ON THE TRAIN OKAY RIGHT NOW DO THEY COMMUNICATE WITH YOU REGULARLY ABOUT HOW THAT'S GOING? IS THAT KIND OF BEEN FOR LACK OF A BETTER WAY TO PUT IT IS THERE IS THERE SOMETHING STONEWALLING YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION EXCHANGE THERE OUTSIDE OF JUST YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IT THEMSELVES THE DEFINE COMMUNICATE REGULARLY WELL KNOW I WOULD ASSUME THAT THESE ARE OUR NUMBERS TO YOUR POINT WE HAVE THESE NUMBERS AS A RESULT OF OUR WORK ON TRANSIT WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO EASILY GET HOW THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW FROM THEM? OH YEAH WE COULD. OKAY. OKAY SO IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT OPAQUE. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO MY SECOND QUESTION WAS SIMPLY IF YOU I'M THE WOULD YOU I APOLOGIZE IF IT SOUNDS LIKE I'M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT I DON'T MEAN TO I'M CURIOUS IF YOU FEEL LIKE OF ANY OF THESE TRENDS UP AND DOWN WHAT EXPECT MIGHT BE CONTINUING IN 2024? I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE SHOPLIFTING IS GOING TO INCREASE BECAUSE OUR RETAILERS QUITE FRANKLY HAVE GROWN TIRED OF PEOPLE STEALING FROM THEM. SO NOW YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE PEOPLE INVESTING IN LOSS PREVENTION WHICH AGAIN IS GOING TO BOOST UP THESE NUMBERS. AND AGAIN THAT POLICY CHANGE THAT WAS MADE I THINK WE MADE THAT MIDYEAR NOT TO GO OUT BECAUSE WE'VE WE HAD THREE OFFICERS SIGNIFICANTLY HURT LAST YEAR DEALING WITH SHOPLIFTERS. SO I DO THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE CONTINUED INCREASE IN SHOPLIFTING THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO OCCUR JUST BECAUSE THE PROACTIVE POLICING OH THE OTHER NUMBERS I MEAN I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE HOPEFULLY TO SEE DOWNWARD TRENDS IN MOST MOST OF OUR NUMBERS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON I DON'T FORESEE, YOU KNOW OUR AUTO THEFTS EVERYBODY'S AUTO THEFTS DO THIS RIGHT AND I THINK YOU MIGHT ADD BUT I STILL EXPECT THAT TO REMAIN STEADY. OKAY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER AND JUST TO DOUBLE BACK TO YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE METRO TRANSIT SITUATION, I MEAN MY PERSPECTIVE INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTING THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE WORK WITH METRO TRANSIT AND I'VE HEARD THIS FROM EXECUTIVES AT THE MALL OF AMERICA, EXECUTIVES FROM OUR OUR HOTELS, THE SOUTH LOOP AREA BUSINESS OWNERS ALL OF THEIR ALL OVER THAT AREA HOW MUCH IT INCREASED, HOW MUCH BETTER IT WAS WHEN BLOOMINGTON POLICE WERE ON THE TRAIN FROM MALL OF AMERICA TO THE 24TH STREET STATION OR YEAH WE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE WE'D RIDE PAST THE AIRPORT PAST THE AIRPORT THE IN THE IMPROVEMENT WAS ACCORDING THESE FOLKS WHO WERE RIGHT THERE ARE RIGHT THERE THE IMPROVEMENT WAS PHENOMENAL AND THAT'S A CREDIT TO OUR OFFICERS AND THE WORK THAT THEY WERE DOING AND THEIR PRESENCE ON THE TRAINS AND I MEAN IT'S BEYOND DISAPPOINTING THAT METRO TRANSIT DECLINED THE OFFER FOR ASSISTANCE FROM FROM BLOOMINGTON POLICE BECAUSE WHATEVER IT IS ON THE REST OF THE ON THE LINE AS PEOPLE COME FROM THE AIRPORT TO MALL OF AMERICA THERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND IT'S A REFLECTION OF BLOOMINGTON HOW THEY THEIR TRANSIT EXPERIENCES A REFLECTION OF BLOOMINGTON. AND I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE CURRENT PRIVATE SECURITY FORCES THE THE YELLOW SHIRTS TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE OUT AND ALL OF THAT IS NOT THE SAME AS POLICE OFFICERS THE TRAIN SO I'M IT'S DISAPPOINTING AND I HAVE EXPRESSED TO THE TO TO OUR FRIENDS AT MET COUNCIL AND TO TO OTHERS THAT IT'S JUST NOT NOT ACCEPTABLE AND WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR THANKS FOR BEING HERE, CHIEF. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE HOW WE ARE FOR THE FORCE THAT WE HAVE HERE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND HOW INGRAINED ARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S MORE MY MY IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT I THINK THE FIRST TIME YOU AND I MET MY MY QUESTION TO YOU IS HOW DO WE BECOME MORE INGRAINED AND ENTRENCHED IN THE COMMUNITY AND SHOW THE COMMUNITY WE'RE NOT JUST POLICE OFFICERS TRYING TO CATCH YOU DOING BAD THINGS BUT WE ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE OFFICERS THAT LIVE HERE, PEOPLE WHO RECREATE HERE AND DO THEY DO THEIR BUSINESSES HERE. SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF OUR PUBLIC PROGRAMING TO JUST BRING THE RESIDENTS, THE BUSINESSES OF BLOOMINGTON TOGETHER TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO CREATE A DYNAMIC COMMUNITY. AND SO I WANT THANK YOU FOR THAT LEADERSHIP TO CONTINUE TO GROW THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE TO COME. THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THEN COUNCILMEMBER ALONE AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH THANK YOU MAYOR FIRST THANK YOU CHIEF HODGES AND ESPECIALLY TO FOR YOUR RECOGNITION OF THE TRAGIC EVENTS IN BURNSVILLE. HAVING GROWN UP IN BURNS HALL HAVING MY SMALL BUSINESS IN BURNSVILLE FOR ALMOST YEARS MY FAMILY BUSINESS ON OUR LOCATION WAS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM FIRE. FIRST ISSUE NUMBER ONE AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR AND THE SUPPORT OF YOU AND THE ENTIRE CITY. TO BURNSVILLE AND I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN THANKFUL FOR THAT AS WELL. IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN TOUGH DOWN SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. A COUPLE OF THINGS ON. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT PREVENTS US FROM FUNDING AND AUTHORIZING YOU TO HAVE OFFICERS ON WITHIN BLOOMINGTON? IS THERE A RESTRICTION AGAINST US DOING THAT BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THE SAME COMMENTS THAT THAT THE MAYOR HAS HEARD ABOUT THE VERY POSITIVE IMPACT AND IF IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT YOU AND OUR OFFICERS IN THAT, LET US KNOW I GUESS THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT PROHIBITS IT BUT I THINK RELATIONSHIPS WOULD I THINK THAT MIGHT STRAIN SO I WOULD CERTAINLY HATE TO STRAIN YOUR RELATIONSHIP BUT IF THEY DON'T LIKE ME THAT'S FINE. SO I MEAN I MEAN, YOU KNOW THEY THEY HAVE A PLAN COUNCILMEMBER AND THAT'S WHAT GOING WITH. OKAY. I JUST KNOW PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ON TRANSIT FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT. THEY'RE NOT GOING BACK TO IT AND IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM FOR THIS COMMUNITY THAT. THEY ARE NOT TAKING THAT SERIOUSLY AND I'LL SAY IT VOCALLY AS I CAN. THEY'RE GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION. WE'RE HERE TO HELP THEM AND THEY SHOULD ALLOW US TO HELP. THE SECOND THING YOU HAD MENTIONED IN A SIMILAR VEIN I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT AGAIN BUT WITH THE HADN'T BEEN COUNTY YOU HAD MENTIONED THE SHOPLIFTING IN THE POLICY THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO GO OUT THERE AND GET INVOLVED IN CIVIL THINGS. I'M SURE IT'S FRUSTRATING TO GO OUT AND DO GREAT WORK AT POLICING IN A RACE PEOPLE JUST TO SEE THEM RELEASED BY THE COUNTY IS THERE ANY CHANGES THERE? AND DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE WHAT I THINK YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND APOLOGIZE IF I GET THE TERMS WRONG BUT THE CLEAR RATE ON ARRESTS AND THOSE PROSECUTIONS GO I KNOW WE DO SOME OF THE MORE MINOR THINGS AND AND APPRECIATE OUR PROSECUTORS AND TAKING CRIME AND WORKING ON THOSE BUT WHAT ARE WE SEEING AT THE COUNTY LEVEL IN TERMS OF WHEN WE DO THE GREAT POLICE WORK TO BRING THAT THERE? WHAT IS HAPPENING IN TERMS OF DATA I. SO ON OUR POLICE WEBSITE WE DO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S CASE DECLINATION NUMBERS THAT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY GIVES FOR OUR CASES AND I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME STUFF WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY ON SPECIFIC THE BLOOMINGTON BLOOMINGTON AND OUR CASES I MEAN WE MEET HER STAFF REGULARLY SO WE'RE WE'RE THROUGH SOME ISSUES AND I THINK SOME OF THE STUFF WE CAN GET THROUGH BUT THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY DOWN NOW THAN THERE USED TO BE. SO I'M CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THESE ISSUES WITH HER. OKAY. AGAIN, IF YOU NEED ANY SUPPORT FROM THE COUNCIL, IF WE NEED BE THE BAD GUYS, LET US KNOW WE'LL DO SO. OTHERWISE I JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU TO ALL OUR OFFICERS WHO SERVE BLOOMINGTON, ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS AND GET HOME EVERY NIGHT. THANKS. THANK YOU. LET'S REMEMBER A MOMENT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND YOU KNOW, YOU PUT IT WELL AND I DON'T WANT TO GO AHEAD AND REPEAT ALL THAT STUFF BUT I DO WANT TO THANK AND FIREFIGHTERS AND YOURSELF IN THE IN THE OFFICERS FOR THEIR WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR PRESENTATION I A BIT OF AN UPTICK IN THE THE DRUG VIOLATIONS AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS THERE WAS A COUPLE OF CATEGORIES WITH I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING THAT THOSE THOSE INCREASES THERE WE SAW FROM 2022 AND 2023 THEN I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A CHANGE WITH ALL THE REPORTING. SO IF YOU COULD PUT THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF A GREATER TIME PERIOD THAT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL AS WELL. YEAH. SO THE SOME OF THIS IS WHAT I MEAN I THINK SOME OF OUR OUR TRANSIT NUMBERS ARE UNDERCOUNTED BECAUSE WE CREATED A SEPARATE CATEGORY FOR TRANSIT CALLS LATER IN THE YEAR. MM HMM. SO I THINK THAT UPTICK WAS STILL TRANSIT RELATED WHEN OUR OFFICERS WERE WORKING TO TRAIN PRIOR GETTING THE SEALED AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSIT DOWN HERE BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF OVERDOSES THAT WERE TAKING PLACE IN THE BATHROOMS DOWN THERE. SO WE WENT DOWN THERE TO DOING ENFORCEMENT. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT'S WHAT THE UPTICK IS. SO SOME PROACTIVE POLICING THERE. SO OBVIOUSLY NOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT THAT CONTRACT GOING. HOW DO YOU HOW YOU HANDLE YOU KNOW, ANY THAT ARE THAT ARE GOING ON OVER THERE IN TERMS OF REPORTING? IS THERE A WAY FOR THIS COUNCIL TO TO TO KNOW KIND OF BECAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE THERE'S GOING TO BE AN UPTICK OVER THERE TO SOME DEGREE. YOU KNOW, GIVEN GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW. YEAH, WE WE STILL CREATED OUR TRANSIT WHERE WE RESPOND TO THOSE INSTANCES SO WE CAN STILL TRACK WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH TRANSIT SPECIFIC ISSUES. BUT I THINK FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND IS TRANSIT WAS GIVEN AN EASY WAY BY THE MALL AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT TO BUILD THE TRANSIT CENTER SO THAT WHOLE PLACE WHERE THE LIGHT RAIL COMES AT THE MALL GAVE TRANSIT AN EASEMENT BECAUSE MALL IS PRIVATE PROPERTY SO THAT IT SOMETIMES GETS TRICKY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NUMBERS WHEN YOU'RE RESPONDING TO THAT AREA. SO WELL WHAT I'M NOT NOT TICKING THAT ALONG SO I DID NOTICE THAT YOU KNOW YOU PUT THOSE DIFFERENT CLASSES IN THERE AND I AM INTERESTED TO SEE YOU KNOW HOW MANY ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT AND THEN YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, GIVING THE POLICE IN IS SO, SO DIFFICULT AND I SEE THAT WE'RE WE'RE GETTING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. IS THERE ELSE THAT WE AS AS YOU KNOW, JUST RESIDENTS CAN DO TO HELP THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE FORCE TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL? WELL, I THINK YOU KNOW CONTINUED WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I MEAN I MEANT WHAT I SAID WHEN YOU KNOW HAVING A FUNCTIONAL COUNCIL REALLY HELPS THE CITY. I YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT GET HATE MAIL AND ALL THAT STUFF BUT IT REALLY HELPS. I MEAN BECAUSE REALLY, YOU KNOW, A THEN OF THE DAY THERE'S A DIVISION IN SOME RESPECTS BETWEEN POLICE OFFICERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS AND I'M NOT GOING TO SUGARCOAT IT. SOME OF IT'S. RIGHT. I MEAN A LOT OF ENFORCEMENT ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA, SOME POLITICIANS HAVE SAID SOME VERY EGREGIOUS THINGS ABOUT POLICE OFFICERS AND WE DON'T FORGET WE GOT LONG MEMORIES. I DON'T GET. SO BUT JUST BEING THAT FUNCTIONAL PIECE IT HELPS. IT REALLY HELPS US AND IT HELPS OUR COMMUNITY. SO I KNOW SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU ALL DO BUT BE ASSURED BLOOMINGTON YOU HAVE A FUNCTIONAL COUNCIL HERE AND THEN FINALLY YOU HAD MENTIONED AT THE OUTSET OF YOUR PRESENTATION THE RANK OF HOW MANY FOLKS THAT YOU HAVE IN COMPARISON TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS OF OUR SIZE. YOU KNOW AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAD ALSO MENTIONED AT ANOTHER POINT IN TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THE BUDGET THAT WE WERE YOU KNOW, HAVE A NUMBER OF RETIREMENTS THAT ARE COMING UP. AND SO I'LL ASK AGAIN AS I ALWAYS ASK EVERY TIME I SEE YOU YOU KNOW, DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE ARE WHERE WE NEED TO BE AT FROM A FROM A MAKING SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS THERE TO BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR FOUR, FOUR, FOUR PREVENTING CRIME IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. YEAH, I DO. I MEAN WE'RE WHERE WE NEED TO BE RIGHT NOW AND I MEAN THE NUMBERS REALLY I SAID I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE UPTICK IN SHOPLIFTING THAT JUST SHOWS ME THAT NOW THE POLICY CHANGE AND RETAILERS GETTING TIRED OF YOU KNOW, GETTING STUFF STOLEN FROM THEM. SO I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THESE NUMBERS THAT CONCERN ME. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE UPTICKS THAT WE HAVE HERE ARE PROACTIVE POLICING WHICH WHICH IS GOOD AND OUR OFFICERS ARE COMING HOME SAFE EVERY NIGHT. SO I THINK THAT'S GOOD TOO ON OUR WE HAVE LESS IN OUR CITY AND THAT'S GOOD. SO I THINK JUST FINALLY SIMMER I JUST APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE YOU KNOW YOU KNOW IT WAS VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHY THERE THE NUMBERS ARE DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF A REPORTING WHERE WE WERE TAKING ON MORE THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THAT PIECE AND NOT FROM WHAT WE'RE WE'RE NOT LACKING WE'RE NOT DOING HERE AS A CITY. MM. WELL I SAID YOU KNOW I'M GOING TO REPEAT MYSELF IF WE TOOK OUT THE TRESPASSING INCREASE THE SHOPLIFT AND TRANSIT WE ARE FAR THAN WE WERE EVEN LAST YEAR. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS THANK YOU, MAYOR CHIEF, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MY HEART AND ALL THE OFFICERS AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO TOO MUCH ASKING QUESTIONS SO ALREADY HEARD ENOUGH BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. IT'S TRULY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ONE FINAL QUESTION, CHIEF. THE STAR TRIBUNE THIS MORNING REPORTED ON HENNEPIN COUNTY, A THREE DAY SAFER COMMUNITIES SUMMIT IN MID-MAY BRINGING TOGETHER LAW ENFORCEMENT, LOCAL LEADERS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND SO ON. I HAVEN'T CHECKED MY MAILBOX LATELY BUT I HAVEN'T GOT AN INVITATION YET. I HOPE YOU'RE AT LEAST AWARE OF AND HELPING WITH THIS. THAT'D BE A NO. GOOD TO KNOW. YEAH, YOU KNOW AND I'LL FINISH WITH THIS I MEAN I REALLY I THINK YOU KNOW, FOR OUR COMMUNITY WE ARE A GREAT COMMUNITY HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. RIGHT. AND IT JUST SHOWS THAT GREAT COMMUNITIES PUT GREAT PEOPLE IN OFFICE. GREAT PEOPLE OFFICE MAKE DECISIONS THAT REALLY SUPPORT THE PUBLIC SAFETY AS A COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AND IT'S WORKING HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WE'RE THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN HENNEPIN COUNTY, THE FOURTH LARGEST CITY THE STATE WE HAVE MORE RETAIL AND MORE HOTELS THAN ANY OTHER IN THE STATE WITH OUR FREEWAYS AND EVERYTHING. IF YOU EVER WANTED TO BE A CRIMINAL THIS WOULD BE THE PLACE TO DO IT. BUT BECAUSE OF OUR FUNCTIONING COMMUNITY WE DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF KEEPING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE. I WOULD ECHO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. I HOPE YOU'LL EXTEND THAT THANKS FROM THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL TEAM TO THE RANK FILE AND TO CIVILIAN FORCE. WE WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO. LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT TAKES A YOU KNOW IT TAKES A GREAT COMMUNITY TO HAVE A GREAT POLICE DEPARTMENT, TAKES A GREAT POLICE DEPARTMENT, HAVE A GREAT COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. THANKS FOR WITH US TONIGHT. THANKS KELSO. WE WILL PLAY LIKE EXCUSE ME WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT BUSINESS. ITEM THREE ON OUR AGENDA COUNCILMEMBER HAS THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE THREE ITEMS TO HOLD FAR . ANY OTHER HOLDS TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT. ITEM 3.14.2 AND 3.3 TO HOLD. SO I WILL MOVE ITEM 3.4 THROUGH 3.12 SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S CONSENT AS STATED. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION AND SEVEN ZERO. COUNCILMEMBER LET'S START WITH ITEM 3.2 IF WE COULD. 3.2 IS A CUSTOMER. I'LL TAKE IT. THANK MAYOR. THIS IS FOR AN APPROVAL OF COUNCIL FOR AN LC CONFERENCE AND I WANT TO HOLD IT FOR TWO REASONS. ONE, YOU KNOW OUR MISSION IS TO CULTIVATE AN ENDURING AND REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE A COMMUNITY THRIVES WHEN ITS MEMBERS SHARE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS WELL-BEING. TRANSFORMATION WILL COME COLLECTIVE COURAGE AND THE WILLINGNESS TO TAKE RISK. AND A BIG PART OF THAT IS TRAINING AND HAVING OUR MEMBERS BE TRAINED IS A IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THING. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO POINTED OUT TO ME THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME THAT I HAD ADMONISHED THIS COUNCIL TO DO BETTER AROUND, YOU KNOW, ATTENDING THESE EVENTS OR THAT TYPE THING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I SAID WRONG AND IF I OFFENDED YOU I WANT TO DO IT RIGHT IMMEDIATELY EVEN BEFORE I LOOK AT ANY VIDEO AND APOLOGIZE TO YOU IF . I'VE OFFENDED YOU IN ANY WAY WITH REGARD TO ANY TRAVEL THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TAKEN OR ANYTHING YOU WOULD HAVE DONE. I WANT TO JUST GO ON THE RECORD RIGHT NOW THAT IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT I HAD SAID THAT WOULD HAVE YOU KNOW MADE YOU FEEL HORRIBLE. I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE THE CASE. WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME MISSION HERE TOGETHER AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I VALUE YOUR OPINION AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND AGAIN I APOLOGIZE IF THERE'S ANYTHING I SAID THAT OFFENDED YOU IN ANY WAY. AND WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THIS MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND AND SECOND A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ACCEPT ITEM 3.2 ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND 3.3 COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SO I KNOW WHAT THIS IS AND THERE'S A PART OF ME THAT JUST WANTS TO STOP VOTING YES THESE THINGS BECAUSE I REALLY, REALLY WANT US TO GO ON A ROAD DIET AND SO I THERE'S A PART ME THAT'S JUST DOING THAT AND IT'S PERFORMATIVE AND I DON'T WANT TO DO IT FOR THAT REASON BUT. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WE DID HAVE A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT THE AT THE CORNER OF WHERE THE LIFESIZE LIFETIME IS ON LYNDALE AVENUE IT LIKE IT'S NOT LYNDALE AVENUE IT'S LIKE THE BLOOMINGTON FREEWAY AREA 106TH AND LIKE THAT STRIP AND I HEAR A RESOLUTION ABOUT IT BEFORE THIS CAME BEFORE COUNCIL. SO I'M HOPING THAT WE EITHER WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE LIKE WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THEM OR OR ARE THEY JUST GOING TO GET THAT DOUBLE ASSESSMENT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WE REALLY WOULDN'T LIKE THEM TO HAVE HAPPEN AND JUST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE ADDRESSED. BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS AND I'M GOING THROUGH THE FILES IN MY MIND CAN'T REMEMBER TO REMEMBER THIS DISCUSSION AND WHERE WE ENDED UP ON IT ON MR. KIEHL CAN YOU HELP HELP REMIND ME HERE. YES, I THINK WHAT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO WAS REFERRING TO IS A CONVERSATION THAT WAS HAD DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS PROJECT AND THERE WAS A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES THAT HAD FRONTAGE ON TWO STREETS. ONE OF THEM ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD I FORGET THE ACTUAL NAME OF IT BUT ON THE FRONTAGE AND IT WAS THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FAIRNESS OUR ASSESSMENT POLICY AND IF THAT WAS THE PROPER WAY TO ASSESS IT. AND I THINK WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD CERTAINLY REPORT ABOUT THE OPTIONS OF THAT AND AS I RECALL THAT WAS BEFORE WE HAVE AN ASSESSMENT HEARING WHICH IS REALLY KIND OF THE ISSUE OF THAT AND WHICH WILL HAPPEN LATER IN THE SUMMER EARLY THE FALL OF THIS YEAR WHEN THAT ACTUAL ASSESSMENT HEARING WOULD BE HELD. SO THIS ITEM IS JUST APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND WE WOULD GO OUT FOR BIDS TYPICALLY WHAT WE AFTER WE AWARD A CONTRACT AND WE CONSTRUCT IT THEN WE TALLY THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT AND THEN THE ASSESSMENTS ARE DONE AFTER THAT. SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THAT ISSUE BUT THIS WAS REALLY NOT THE SPOT TO ADDRESS IT. THANKS FOR THE REMINDER. YEAH, THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. I APPRECIATE THE OPTION SO THAT SO MY UNDERSTANDING FOR THOSE RESIDENTS WILL BE THAT THERE WILL BE A MOMENT WHEN WE WILL HAVE CALCULATED THE ASSESSMENT GIVEN OUR CURRENT POLICY AND THEN THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR US TO TALK WITH THEM OR FOR YOU TO TALK WITH THEM ABOUT IN THAT ASSESSMENT HEARING ABOUT WHAT THE OPTIONS MIGHT BE ALTERNATIVE ONLY AND THEN YOU MIGHT EVEN BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL TO SAY HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO SEE YOU MAKE A CHANGE OR WHATEVER. IS THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING OUT OF WORK? CORRECT. OKAY GREAT. AND THAT'S IN THE TIMEFRAME IS PROBABLY AUGUST AUGUST. OKAY GREAT. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU. WITH THAT I'LL MOVE 3.3 SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ACCEPT ITEM 3.3 IN TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO COUNCIL MEMBER THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT OUT THAT I WAS DIGGING THROUGH THE FILES TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT IN MY HEAD BUT I APPRECIATE YOU REMEMBERING THAT I REALLY DO. LET'S DOUBLE BACK TO 3.1 IF WE COULD COUNCILMEMBER THE RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT DONATIONS . YES, THANK YOU. MAYOR WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO JUST THINK THE INCREDIBLE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS WITHIN BLOOMINGTON FOR THEIR DONATIONS. I KNOW THE RESIDENTS HERE ARE VERY GENEROUS WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY AND AND THE WORK WE DO HERE AT THE CITY AND SO WHY DON'T THINK THAT THE MALL OF AMERICA FOR DONATING TO COEDS BABY RESOURCE FAIR I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY BIG FAIR THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR TO REALLY PROVIDE YOUNG FAMILIES WITH THE RESOURCES THAT NEED. I'M SO EXCITED TO HAVE THAT GOING ON. WE HAVE AN ANONYMOUS DONATION FOR THE BLOOMINGTON ICE GARDEN WITH ALL THE WORK THAT WE HAVE GOING I KNOW HOW AND AS A NEW HOCKEY DAD MYSELF I'M PERSONALLY SEEN HOW DEDICATED AND FOLKS ARE TO SEE BOOTS GARDENS GET A NEW FACELIFT, A MUCH NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT AND SO THAT DONATION IS GOING TO GO A LONG WAY AND REALLY PROVIDE THE NEXT GENERATION OF HOCKEY PLAYERS IN BLOOMINGTON THE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE HERE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT THEN WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS REACHED OUT AND DONATED TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE ANIMAL FOR TREATS AND DOG FOOD OR JUST DIRECTLY TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS PROVIDING YOU KNOW, A SNACKS AND ESPECIALLY THE RICHFIELD BUS COMPANY FOR PROVIDING CHARTER FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY MEMORIAL SERVICE. AND SO I THINK THAT JUST SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THE WONDERFUL RESIDENTS THAT WE HAVE HERE AND THE BUSINESSES WE HAVE HERE. AND SO WITH THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO MOVE OUR RESOLUTION ACCEPT 3.1 SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN LOWMAN TO ACCEPT THE DONATIONS AS LISTED IN ITEM 3.1. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ELOQUENT EXPLANATION OF THAT. COUNCILMEMBER APPRECIATE IT. ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANKS COUNCILMEMBER FOR TAKING THE CONSENT BUSINESS FOR US THIS EVENING MOVING ON I MENTIONED AS WE ADOPTED THE AGENDA TONIGHT WE HAVE NOTHING UNDER RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS AND OUR FIRST ITEM UNDER ORGANIZATION OF BUSINESS AS AN INFORMATION ITEM ARE A DRAFT TERM SHEET REVIEW FOR OUR 700 AMERICAN BOULEVARD PROJECT AND MICHAEL PALERMO FROM OUR PORT AUTHORITY IS HERE. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT 700 AMERICANS. IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A SO FAR BUT WE'RE GOING TO START SPRINTING HERE SO WE WANT TO BRING THE DRAFT TERMS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S GOING TO TRIP US RIGHT AT THE FINISH LINE. SO WITH THAT I'LL KIND OF JUMP INTO SOME BACKGROUND AND KNOWING WE HAVE A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER SOME OF THIS WILL BE OF REPEAT FOR YOU BUT TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE PROJECT. SO 700 AMERICAN IS A CITY OWNED PROPERTY LYNDALE AND AMERICAN BOULEVARD. IT'S ABOUT 1.85 ACRES. IT'S BY THE AREA AND TOP LINE . EXCELLENT. SO IN NOVEMBER 2022 WE HAD CLOSED AN RFP TO SELL THE PROPERTY. IN THAT RFP WE INDICATED WE'D LIKE TO SEE A HIGH DENSITY MIXED. YOU DEVELOP USE DEVELOPMENT THAT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE CORNER AND SHOW AS A GATEWAY TO THE LYNDALE CORRIDOR. WITH OUR RECOMMENDATIONS COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO WORK WITH SHAFER RICHARDSON TO BE THE DEVELOPER FOR THAT AND WE WORKED REAL QUICKLY AFTER THAT TO PROVIDE A LETTER OF SUPPORT LACKING IN OUR QUALIFIED CENSUS TRACT STATUS FOR OUR LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT APPLICATION BECAME AN IMPORTANT PIECE. IT WAS GOING TO LAPSE IN 2023 SO WE NEEDED TO LOCK THAT IN AND SO NEXT SLIDE. SO WITH THAT COMPLETE WE THEN THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS WORKING THROUGH THAT IN 2023 WE'VE WE'VE WORKED THE PROJECT A LITTLE BIT WORKED ON PARKING ISSUES WENT THROUGH THE ZONING MET DID A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AND AS WE WERE DOING THAT WE WERE AWARDED $1.77 MILLION FROM THE MET COUNCIL LIVABLE COMMUNITIES DEMONSTRATION ACCOUNT. SO THAT WILL HELP FUND THE PROJECT AND FILL A LITTLE GAP THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT TODAY AND DECEMBER 18TH IS WHEN COUNCIL REVIEWED THAT FOR ENTITLEMENT THE PROJECT AT THAT TIME. AS YOU REMEMBER WE WERE DIRECTED TO LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO TO INCORPORATE LABOR PROTECTION LANGUAGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. SO THE PROJECT THAT YOU APPROVED BACK IN DECEMBER WAS 128 UNIT BUILDING ABOUT 1500 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL. THERE ARE EIGHT UNITS AT 30% AREA MEDIAN INCOME. THOSE WILL SUPPORTED THROUGH PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS FROM OUR HRA 104 UNITS WILL BE AT 50% AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND THE REMAINING 16 UNITS ARE AT 60% AREA MEDIAN INCOME. AND SO IT AVERAGES FOR THE MOST PART TO BE THE 50% AREA MEDIAN INCOME. AND TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE CONTEXT, THIS IS SENIOR HOUSING FOR A FAMILY OF TWO. THAT INCOME IS JUST UNDER $50,000 ANNUALLY. SO WE ORIGINALLY WERE SAY TRYING TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS SAYING. THIS MAY BE A LONG PROCESS SOMETIMES IT TAKES A COUPLE OF ROUNDS GOING FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS HERE LOGITECH YOU USUALLY DON'T WIN ON YOUR FIRST APPLICATION SO MIGHT TAKE A YEAR OR SO TO GET THROUGH THAT PROCESS. WELL WE GOT IN THE FIRST ROUND SO IN JANUARY 2024 WE WERE AWARDED THE TAX CREDITS SO NOW WE ARE ENTERING OUR SPRINT HERE AT THE END AND SO I'LL KIND OF REVIEW SOME OF OUR DRAFT TERMS. SO AS I MENTIONED WE REALLY AT WHAT THAT GAP IS IN OUR PROJECT SO THE DEVELOPER WILL HAVE THEIR PRIMARY MORTGAGE THEY'LL HAVE THEIR SYNDICATION SYNDICATED MORTGAGE FROM THE TAX CREDITS AND THOSE ARE A LARGE PART OF WHAT'S FUNDING THE PROJECT BUT THEN THEY HAVE THE MET COUNCIL GRANT AND WILL BE APPLYING FOR A GRANT THROUGH THE HENNEPIN AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVE FUND. BUT WE HEAR BACK UNTIL ABOUT APRIL AND WHETHER WE GET THAT SO WE'RE LOOKING TO FILL THAT GAP AND WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THAT WITH INCREMENT FINANCING WHICH WE ARE PROJECTING THAT'S ABOUT 500,000 A LITTLE OVER OF PRESENT VALUE. SOFI YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE'LL BE GAINING INCREMENT EACH YEAR . WE CAN USE THAT TO KIND OF GO BACK AND WHAT THAT AMOUNT WE CAN KIND OF TAKE OUT IN A LOAN TODAY THAT'S ABOUT 500,000 THAT INCREMENT WILL BE USED TO HELP PAY DOWN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. SO THIS IS KIND OF AN UP TO AMOUNT BUT ABOUT $3.4 MILLION OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND IT OBVIOUSLY PAY THAT WHOLE THING. IT'S JUST A PORTION OF IT. SO OF IT WILL BE PAID THROUGH EXCESS CASH FLOW. WE'RE LOOKING AT A TERM ABOUT 4% OR 4.5% OVER 18 YEARS 18 YEARS IN WHICH MATCHES THEIR THEIR PRIVATE MORTGAGE STILL NEEDS TO MATCH THEIR PRIVATE MORTGAGE WITH THAT IF THERE'S A SALE THAT HAPPENS IN THAT WHICH THEY ARE ANTICIPATING A SALE OR REFINANCING ROUTE YOU'RE 15 THAT IS WHEN WE'LL BE EXPECTED TO BE PAID BACK IN FULL. BUTNTIL THAT TIME WE'LL BE USING THE TEF AND WE'LL BE GAINING EXCESS CASH FLOW FROM THE PROJECT TO HELP PAY DOWN THAT BALANCE. AND THEN WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO END A LAND WRITE DOWN SO WE PUT IN THAT RFP THAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING SELL THE PROPERTY AT $2 MILLION SIMILAR TO OTHER PROPERTIES APPRAISED IN THE AREA BUT BECAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE ARE ABLE TO APPLY TO HAVE PARK DEDICATION FEES REIMBURSED AND OTHER PERMIT FEES. SO RATHER THAN REIMBURSING THEM FOR THAT WE'VE THOUGHT IT'S SIMPLER TO REDUCE IN A LAND WRITE DOWN RATHER THAN HAVE US PAY US MONEY JUST TO PAY THEM BACK FOR THAT THIS IS AN OPTIONAL INCENTIVE THAT COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO GIVE THAT. BUT WE HAD BEEN RUNNING KIND OF WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THEY WOULD BE RECEIVING THAT FROM THE BEGINNING AND HAVE BEEN KIND OF UNDERSTANDING WHERE THAT FUNDING IS GOING TO COME FROM THROUGH OUR VARIOUS SOURCES THAT WE HAVE. SO WE HAVE SOURCES THROUGH POOLED TEST AND OTHER FUNDING THAT WE WILL BE COVERING THESE THIS GAP FOR. SO WE SETTLED ON THE 1.1 MILLION PARTLY BECAUSE OF WHAT THE ARE BUT WE KNEW WE COULDN'T GO BELOW A CERTAIN LIMIT BECAUSE AS IT MENTIONED IN THE STAFF REPORT WE WOULD LIKE TO PAY SOME OF THAT ACCESS FROM THE RIGHT AWAY FUND RIGHT AWAY FUND FOR LYNDALE AVENUE. SO THIS WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED TO STATE AID FUNDING TO HELP WITH THE WIDENING OF AMERICAN BOULEVARD AND STILL A BALANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE PAID DOWN ON THAT BUT THAT IS ONLY ABOUT $600,000 OF THE REMAINING AMOUNT THAT ABOUT 500,000 PEOPLE USED TO PAY DOWN THE BALANCE ON THE SIMILAR ALONG LYNDALE AVENUE TO HELP WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROJECT AS WELL AS THAT MOVES FORWARD AGAIN FOR COGNIZANT OF WHAT THE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES ARE TO KIND OF HELP FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT ON THAT SITE AS WELL AS THIS SITE. AND THEN ONE LAST TRIP JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM. WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFICS QUITE YET ON WHAT THE LANGUAGE IS FOR LABOR PRACTICES HOW GOING TO INCORPORATE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT MAYBE THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR THE CONTRACTORS TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO REVIEW. THAT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT'S BEING WORKED OUT WITH OUR LEGAL BOTH OUR LEGAL TEAMS SO THAT WILL COME BACK HOPEFULLY KNOW IT WILL COME BEFORE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND SO WE ARE NOW ENTERING THIS PHASE IN MARCH AND APRIL WILL KIND OF HAVE TO GO AND DO APPROVALS FOR THIS TERM SHEET. SO THE TIFF APPROVAL PROCESS HOUSING TRUST FUND AS WE TALKED ABOUT AND THEN THE LAND SALE SO IT IS A CITY OWNED PROPERTY. OUR GOAL IS TO CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY AND SELL THE PROPERTY BY MAY EARLY JUNE AS KIND OF WHAT WE NEED FOR THE TAX CREDITS FOR IT TO WORK OUT BUT WITH THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO START CONSTRUCTION IN JULY. IT'S ABOUT 18 MONTH PROCESS TO CONSTRUCT BUILDING SO IT'LL BE OPEN HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF 2025. SO THIS IS JUST REVIEW OF KIND OF WHEN WE ANTICIPATE MEETINGS TO OCCUR. I WILL BRING A SIMILAR PROBABLY THE SAME PRESENTATION TO THE HRA IN NEXT WEEK TO GET THEIR HEAD NOT APPROVAL AND THEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS TO APPROVE TIFF SHOW THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THEN WE'LL GO AND HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE TIFF, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND AND THE SALE OF THE LAND. AND WITH THAT I'LL OPEN UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. WE ALSO HAVE SCHAEFER RICHARDSON HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO. THANK YOU MR. PALERMO COUNCIL QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN I MAYBE I MISSED IT BUT I THOUGHT THAT THAT TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT SOME OF THE LABOR TERMS. IS THAT NOT TONIGHT OR NO DON'T HAVE MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN WE DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFICS ON THAT YET. OKAY. I MISSED IT MOST OF THE STUFF. OKAY. BUT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR SOMETHING ON THE CITY ATTORNEY'S AS THE 18TH. THE 18TH. OKAY. I'M SORRY. GOT TO GOT THE DATE WRONG ON THAT. SO THEN I HAVE A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS SO WITH THE YOU HAD MENTIONED THE WRITE DOWN PIECE OF IT AND I'M JUST YOU KNOW I MEAN I KIND OF ALREADY KNOW ACADEMICALLY, YOU KNOW, BUT I STILL WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION BECAUS IF YOU'RE THE PUBLIC I JUST YOU KNOW, WANT TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT. WHAT I KNOW THERE WOULD BE AN IMPACT IF WE DIDN'T DO THAT RIGHT DOWN TO THE PROJECT. SO IF WE DIDN'T DO THAT WE DID A DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVE. HELP ME UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHAT THAT MEANS AND HOW THAT WORKS I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF YOU KNOW, A LOT OF ACCOUNTING MESS AND THAT'S WHY IT'S EASIER JUST TO DO WHAT WE WE HAVE THERE. BUT IS THERE ANY ADVANTAGE TO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW AS OPPOSED TO THE OPTION THING OTHER THAN THE YOU KNOW, THE WORK WITH IT? AND MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN ESSENTIALLY, IF WE DON'T DO THE LAND WRITE DOWN, WE'RE CREATING A $900,000 GAP IN THERE. THEN THEY'RE PRO FORMA THAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED SOMEHOW. SO WITH THE WRITE DOWN LIKE I SAID, IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER JUST IT'S EASIER FOR US JUST TO THE PRICE RATHER THAN TO PAY US FULL PRICE JUST GIVE THEM THE MONEY BACK. YOU KNOW WE'RE JUST ADDING TRANSACTIONS THAT DON'T NEED TO OCCUR. WE KNOW THAT AMOUNT THAT WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE IT BY IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO CHARGE YOU MONEY FOR ME TO GIVE YOU BACK MONEY SO WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND KIND OF LOWER DOWN THE FRONT END AND THEN THEN WE JUST ONE LAST QUESTION THEN ON ON THIS PIECE HERE. SO THEN SO WHEN WE DECIDED TO KIND OF DO THAT YOU'D MENTIONED THAT WE CAN'T GO LOWER THAN THAT. THAT'S THE PIECE OF NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY WHY NOT LOWER THAN THE THE 900. MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER WELL, I MEAN WE GO LOWER IT WOULD PUT AT JEOPARDY OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE WANT YOU KNOW, $900,000 IS WHAT WE FEEL WE HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS IF WE LOWER THAN THAT THEN WE'RE DIPPING INTO OTHER FUNDS AND PULLING FROM OTHER PROJECT POTENTIAL PROJECTS. SO WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. BUT GOING MORE THAN THAT THEN IT'S GOING TO START IMPACTING OTHER PROJECTS THAT WOULDN'T GET US ANY MORE AFFORDABILITY IF WE WANT ANY LOWER AT ALL. MR. MARY CONSTANTINE WE LOVE IT. I MEAN IT COULD POTENTIALLY BUT YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THE DIFFICULT ANALYSIS IS IF WE'RE SO IF WE'RE KILLING ANOTHER PROJECT TO GET ONE MORE OR A 50% NEW INTO GOING DOWN TO 30% UNIT I THINK AT SOME POINT YOU'RE STARTING TO KILL WELL YOU'RE STARTING TO REALLY IMPACT THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND NOT HAVING AS MUCH IMPACT ON THE AFFORDABLE UNITS MEAN WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO SEE MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS BUT I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE STOPPING OTHER AFFORDABLE UNITS FROM HAPPENING. SO THE ONLY REASON I ASK THE QUESTION IS THAT AT CERTAIN LEVELS WE HAVE A NEED FOR MORE OF THOSE AS OPPOSED TO AT OTHER LEVELS AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I'M ASKING AND ASKING A QUESTION I KNOW THAT WOULD CERTAINLY KILL OTHER PROJECTS BUT YOU KNOW, WE ARE KIND OF AHEAD SOME AREAS AND THAT'S WHY I WANT TO ASK THAT QUESTION THAT WE EVALUATED AND LOOKED AT THAT CASE. I KNOW THERE IS A NEED AT LOWER LEVELS SOMETHING COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH THANK YOU MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE. IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THAT THE PERMIT FEES AND PARK DEDICATION FEES ARE APPROXIMATELY 900,000. MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THERE IS AGAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A WRITE DOWN TO HELP WITH UNTIL THAT PROJECT CAP IT IS NOT QUITE 900,000 BUT IT IS IN THAT 100,000. OKAY. MAYBE SOME TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE UH WHAT HAPPENS IF THE CASH FLOW ISN'T ON THE PROJECT? WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE HOUSING TRUST FUND MONEY? MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING WITH THE DEVELOPER . WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A CORPORATE GUARANTEE TT WOULD AT HOPEFULLY LEAST HAVE SOME MINIMUM CASH FLOW THAT THERE IF THE PROJECT FUNDING THAT THE CORPORATION THE PARENT COMPANY WOULD BE ABLE TO. WE UNDERSTAND IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO PAY DOWN UP FRONT IT REALLY IS THAT CAPITAL EVENT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN YEAR 15 1617 WHERE THEY EITHER REFINANCE OR SELL THE PROPERTY IN WHICH CASE WE'RE GOING TO GET THE VAST MAJORITY AND THAT'S FOR THAT CORPORATE GUARANTEE IS IMPORTANT BUT WE'RE BOTH ANTIS THAT THAT SALE WOULD MORE THAN ADEQUATELY PAY BACK FUND AT THAT POINT. OKAY. AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT FEE IS ACCORDING TO OUR ORDINANCE THE DEVELOPMENT FEE REIMBURSEMENT COME FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND AND THAT'S IN OUR ORDINANCE THAT THAT IS THE SOURCE THE MONEY. SO HOW ARE WE USING LAND RIGHT DOWN TO NOT TO PAY FOR THAT IT REIMBURSEMENT WHEN THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S IN OUR ORDINANCE SO IN THIS CASE THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY GETTING THE REIMBURSEMENTS FOR CHOOSING NOT TO AND WE'RE GIVING THEM THE LAND RIGHT DOWN SO. OKAY SO THINK THROUGH THAT FUND FOR A MOMENT. YEAH. SO THEN THE QUESTION IN MY MIND BECOMES INSTEAD OF DOING THAT WOULD WE BE BETTER OFF DOING LESS LAND WRITE DOWN AND USING HOUSING TRUST FUND FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT ON A PORTION OF THAT IN ORDER TO GIVE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT MONEY FOR FUTURE USES. I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF ACCOUNTING TRANSACTIONS THAT GO ON AND BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD GIVE US MORE FLEXIBILITY TO GET A HIGHER PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE LAND AND THEN DO WE INTENDED USE THE HOUSING TRUST FUND TO REIMBURSE THOSE FEES? MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I'M TRYING TO DO THE MATH IN MY HEAD. I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING RATHER I THINK IT IS IT REALLY IS TIED TO WHAT THE FUNDS WE'RE PULLING FROM TO PAY FOR THAT THE TRUST FUND IS A LOAN THAT WE HAVE TAKEN OUT OLD NATIONAL BANK IT THEY BE USING THE REMAINING BALANCE OF THE TRUST FUND THAT 3.4 MILLION IS THE REMAINING BALANCE OF THE TRUST FUND. SO IF THEY TAKE THAT FULL AMOUNT THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL MONEY TO TAKE OUT OF THE TRUST FUND TO UTILIZE FOR THAT. SO HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS IT DOES IT ALSO RAISES AND THAT'S NOT A QUESTION FOR THIS I DON'T THINK BUT I'M CONCERNED WE'VE DRAINED THE HOUSING TRUST FUND AND NOW I'M HEARING THAT IT MIGHT GET PAID BACK IN THIS PORTION IN 15 YEARS IN A REFI AS OPPOSED TO BEING SORT A REVOLVING LOAN ACCOUNT THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY DISCUSSED WITH THE HOUSING TRUST FUND. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PART OF THIS CONVERSATION IN TERMS OF APPROVING THIS OR NOT AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS YOU INDICATED THAT IT WOULD GO TO THE HRA BUT DOESN'T THE PORT NOW DO THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE? SO WHEN DOES IT GO TO THE PORT OR DID IT ALREADY AND MAYBE WAS THERE THEY GET JEALOUS. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONFUSION SO AT THIS POINT THE ORDINANCE SO WHILE THE PORT IS MANAGING THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE THE WAY THAT DAWNS WRITTEN IT STILL INDICATES THAT THE HRA IS THE BOARD IS THE ONE THAT'S IN CHARGE OF THE ORDINANCE NOT THE PORT BOARD. SO THAT IS SOMETHING COULD BE DISCUSSED IN THE FUTURE ON WHETHER IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR OTHER BODY TO TAKE THAT. SO OUR STAFF IS WORKING ON IT. THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY STILL EXISTS UNDER THE HRA OC AS MANAGER SOME OF YOUR MEMBERS YOU MAY OR MAY REMEMBER THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THERE'S AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PORT AND THE CITY AND THE AGENCY RELATED TO STAFF SERVICES. SO WE ALL WE ALL WORK IN THE SAME BUILDING AND THEY'RE ALWAYS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND SO THERE ARE SOME STAFF THAT WORKING IN ALL OF THE ALL OF THEM AND SO ALTHOUGH SOMETHING MIGHT SPECIFICALLY LIVE IN ONE ENTITY IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY THERE ARE NO WALLS SO TO SPEAK LITERALLY. AND SO IT'S IT'S MORE ABOUT GETTING THE WORK DONE OR THAT AGAIN ANOTHER THING TO MAYBE CLEAN UP AT SOME POINT IF PORT'S IN CHARGE OF IT IT SHOULD PROBABLY BE AT A PORT AGENDA COSTS. ANYTHING ELSE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? WELL, MEMORY LOSS PLEASE IF WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME IF I CAN PLEASE YOUR MICROPHONE. YEAH I THINK IT NOW MAYBE PERHAPS I CAN SET UP A MEETING WITH YOU AND IT'S JUST CURIOSITY MEAN I DO HAVE A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT TRANSACTIONS ARE SINCE. I TOOK SOME CLASSES. THANKS FOR WRITING THOSE CLASSES BUT I DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN AT THIS SINCE I DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN I WON'T MAKE ANY SENSE. SO IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND AS TO IN THE FUTURE HAVE A MEETING WITH THE IT WOULD BE GREAT IN SOME KINDS OF MATERIALS. YEAH THAT WOULD BE WE CAN MEET WITH YOU IN KIND OF ONE ON ONE WALK THROUGH THESE AND SOME OF THE IMPLICATIONS. YEAH I THINK THAT'S THAT'S ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE THAT'S GREAT THAT IT'S GOOD BUT YOU MENTIONED MR. PALERMO AFTER KIND OF SLOW WALKING THIS ALL OF A SUDDEN RUNNING NOW AND YOU'RE REALLY EXPECTING THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THE GROUND BY END OF THE SUMMER HERE AND WE'RE BEGINNING ON THIS. I SEE NODS OUT IN THE AUDIENCE SO YES WELL GOOD. I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THAT. GOOD. VERY GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE COUNCIL ? WELL THIS IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY SO THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION MR. PALERMO. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND WE'LL SEE YOU SHORTLY. VERY GOOD. AND NEXT SADDAM HUSSEIN AND 5.2 IT'S AN UPDATE ON STATE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND I THINK THIS IS A DIRECT RESULT FROM A COMMENT THAT I MADE I THINK ACTUALLY BECAUSE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS ON A FEW DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND SAID I EXPRESSED MY MY IGNORANCE AS TO WHAT THIS GROUP DOES AND I SAID THIS WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE FOR THE FOR THE COUNCIL AND FOR THE A PRESENTATION ON WHAT THE CHC IS AND SO AND HERE WE ARE WE'VE GOT DR. NICK KELLY AND WE'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WHO IS A MEMBER BLOOMINGTON'S REPRESENTATIVE ON THE STATE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES COMMITTEE TO KIND OF LEAD US THROUGH AS TO WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE DEALING HERE. SO PLEASE TAKE IT ON OVER. THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS I WANT YOU OKAY HERE. OH, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT SCHACK DOES AND IN REALLY THE UNIQUE NATURE OF SCHACK IS WAY OF ANECDOTE. I WAS RECENTLY WITH 18 OTHER STATES TALKING ABOUT SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND EVERYONE IS JEALOUS OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SCHECK HERE IN MINNESOTA YOU'RE IN FOR A WILD RIDE WITH SO LITTLE CONTEXT WALK BACK DOWN HISTORY BACK IN 1858 ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN MINNESOTA WAS THEY GAVE THE LEGISLATOR THE ABILITY FOR TOWNS AND CITIES TO REGULATE THAT CAUSED INFECTIOUS DISEASE HENCE THE LITTLE INFECTIOUS THAT RESULTED IN LITERALLY THOUSANDS LITTLE OVER 2000 LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE STATE RAN INTO A LOT OF CHALLENGES TRYING TO COORDINATE WORK AROUND I THINK JUST UNDER 2100 ENTITIES AND SO IN 90 AND IN THE 1970S THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO CLARIFY THAT. AND SO IN 1976 THE LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH ACT WENT INTO PLACE AND WE WENT FROM 2000 TO 51 COMMUNITY HEALTH BOARDS. I CAN GO IF I COULD ASK DR. KELLEY SO THERE'S LESS THAN A THOUSAND CITIES IN MINNESOTA AND ONLY 87 COUNTIES. HOW DO WE END UP WITH 2100 LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH? YOU COULD LITERALLY HAVE A TOWN ANY YOU COULD HAVE MULTIPLE WITHIN A COMMUNITY. THE STRUCTURE BEHIND IT WAS FAIRLY SO IF YOU HAD AN INTERESTED GROUP YOU COULD HAVE YOU KNOW, ONE SIDE OF A COMMUNITY ANOTHER SIDE OF A COMMUNITY. IT WAS FAIRLY FLUID. IT SOUNDS EFFICIENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO IN 1976 THE LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH ACT WENT INTO PLACE AND SO WE WENT FROM MORE THAN 2000 TO 2. WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS 5151 COMMUNITY HEALTH BOARDS WHICH ARE THE GOVERNING ENTITY FOR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND SO IT'S REALLY TO THINK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH BOARD STRUCTURE. SO THAT INCLUDES CITIES LIKE US, IT INCLUDES COUNTIES, IT INCLUDES MULTI COUNTY, IT INCLUDES IN SOME CASES HOSPITAL RUN PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS. THERE IS A WEALTH. THERE'S ABOUT SIX DIFFERENT STRUCTURES OF WHAT COMMUNITY HEALTH BOARDS LOOK LIKE IN MINNESOTA. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE THE STATUTE LANGUAGE THIS IS TO MINNESOTA. WE ARE THE ONLY STATE IN THE NATION THAT HAS THIS WHERE WE HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH THAT PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS AND. SO THAT UNIQUENESS IS INCREDIBLY VALUABLE. SO WHEN YOU'RE AT THESE SHACK MEETINGS YOU'RE SITTING NEXT TO A FARMER YOU'RE SITTING NEXT TO A BUSINESS PERSON FROM SOMEWHERE IN MINNESOTA AND YOU'RE SITTING NEXT TO SOMEBODY THAT'S DOING THINGS HERE IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO THAT DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT ALL COMING TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH A COMMON PURPOSE IS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT ONE AS I'VE SAID BEFORE IT'S UNIQUELY MINNESOTAN JUST LIKE HONEYCRISP, MALL OF AMERICA JUCY LUCY IN THE LOONS SHACK IS SOMETHING VERY UNIQUE AND SOMETHING THAT MINNESOTA IS VERY PROUD OF . SO I'M GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT WHAT SHACK IS AND SO DR. KELLY ALREADY TO THAT SO IT IS A NONPARTISAN GROUP OF PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATORS FROM ACROSS THE STATE. SO PEOPLE LIKE DR. KELLY FROM OF THOSE PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES AS WELL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND I WOULD SAY PROBABLY MAJORITY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FROM THEIR LOCAL PERSPECTIVE. AND THEN OUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH. SO AT THIS POINT IT'S DR. BROOKE CUNNINGHAM SINGING ON THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THE BROADER SCHACK GROUP MEETS ABOUT FOUR TIMES A YEAR AND THEY ARE USUALLY ALL DAY MEETINGS ON FRIDAYS SO IT'S SUPER FUN AND THEN WE HAVE MULTIPLE WORK GROUPS AS YOU CAN SEE THAT HELP MOVE THE BODY'S WORK FORWARD SO THE BOLDED ITEMS ON THE LIST ARE THE ONES THAT EITHER DR. OR MYSELF SIT ON. SO I SAW THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THEN THAT OBVIOUSLY PROVIDES KIND OF THE OVERARCHING DIRECTION THE GROUP AND THEN I THINK YOU IT ON THE OTHER THREE CORRECT I DON'T SIT ON THIS WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF THAT SITS ON THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE WORK GROUP AND THEN I SIT ON THE OTHER THREE AND THEN AS PART OF THE SHACK ALSO HAVE A SPOT ON THE JOINT LEADERSHIP TEAM WHICH. DR. KELLY MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT IN HIS LAST PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL IS REALLY PROVIDING THAT STRATEGY AND FRAMEWORK FOR MODERN MODERNIZING OUR PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM ACROSS THE STATE. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE IMPACTS SHACK'S HAVING, THIS IS REALLY CREATING CADRE OF LARGELY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERS ACROSS THE STATE THAT ARE THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT THE STORIES OF WHAT PUBLIC HEALTH IS DOING AND WHY WE'RE MODERNIZING OUR FIELD MANY OF MUCH OF THIS WORK REALLY DRIVEN BY THE ASSOCIATION AND SORT OF COUNTY'S PROCESS GIVEN THAT THE MAJORITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES ARE COUNTY THEY'RE HEAVILY INVESTED INTO THE AMC PROCESS AND SO IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE TO WATCH OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS THE SHACK LEADERSHIP, ELECTED OFFICIALS REALLY PUSHING AND GETTING PUBLIC HEALTH TO BE A PRIORITY IN THE AMC LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM THAT THEN RESULTED SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDING AND SO THAT POWER AND STRUCTURE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE SHACK HELPED. SO WHEN YOU SEE NEW FUNDING COME DOWN IF YOU READ THE STATUTE IT WILL OFTEN SAY FUNDING IS TO DO THIS IN COTS IN CONSULTATION WITH SHACK THE COMMISSIONER WILL DISTRIBUTE SO THE STATE STATUTE ACTUALLY SAYS SHACK HAS TO BE CONSULTED. THEY COME UP WITH A WORKGROUP DRIVE THAT WORK IT GOES BACK TO SHAKE SHACK APPROVES, IT GOES TO THE COMMISSIONER AND THEN THE MONEY GOES OUT THE DOOR. WE SAW THAT WITH THE OVERSIGHT GROUP WITH THE RECENT EP FUNDING. WE ALSO SAW THAT WITH THE FOUNDATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH. SO I WAS PART OF BOTH OF THOSE PROCESSES WITH UNDER SHACK WORK GROUP ALONG WITH SOME INCREDIBLE ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM HERE IN THE METRO IN GREATER MINNESOTA AND THEN THAT JOINT LEADERSHIP TEAM IS THIS TEAM IT IS JOINTLY SHARED POWER BETWEEN THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT HEALTH SHACK AND LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH. WE HAVE AN EXTERNAL FACILITATOR AND WE'RE THERE PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION FOR HOW THE SYSTEM MOVES FORWARD. AND SO IT'S SENIOR LEADERSHIP FROM MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. IT'S MEMBERS FROM THE SHACK EXECUTIVE TEAM AND IT'S MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND WE ROTATE IN AND OUT AS OUR TERMS CHANGE. THAT GROUP IS DRIVING THIS MODERNIZATION MINNESOTA AND IT'S INCREDIBLE TO SEE SOME OF THE CHANGES EVEN MY SHORT TIME ON THAT GROUP REALLY NEXT SLIDE SO THIS IS A SLIDE THAT I WANTED TO ADD BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS LIKE WHY AM I HERE? WHAT ARE WE DOING? SO NOT ONLY BECAUSE WE YOU KNOW PER LEGISLATOR THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PART OF THIS BUT REALLY THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS TO BLOOMINGTON AND SO WE'RE BIASED BUT WE DO BELIEVE THAT BLOOMINGTON HAS ONE OF THE BEST PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN THE STATE AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW OFTEN I ACTUALLY WE'RE IN MEETINGS TOGETHER AND I SEE DR. KELLEY BEING TAPPED AND LIKE CORNERED BY PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATORS AND COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM ACROSS THE STATE ASKING QUESTIONS AND AND IT'S REALLY COOL. IT'S REALLY GREAT TO KNOW THAT IN BLOOMINGTON WE ARE A LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT IS LEADING THE WAY IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION WAS THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATORS ARE PART OF THE SHACK WE ARE ABLE TO A VERY UNIQUELY LOCAL CITY PERSPECTIVE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AND IT IS DIFFERENT RIGHT THE COUNTY IS JUST WORK ON A MUCH MORE MASSIVE SYSTEM EVEN IN GREATER AND LIKE DR. KELLY MENTIONED SOME OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES ARE MULTI COUNTY SO IT'S EVEN BIGGER SO SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH AND THEIR LEADERSHIP THERE TO UNDERSTAND KIND OF SOME OF THOSE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES WE CAN EXPERIENCE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. AND THEN AS DR. KELLY MENTIONED SOME REALLY CONCRETE EXAMPLES WE ARE ABLE TO INFLUENCE STATE POLICY ACTIONS AND PRIORITIES AND MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES GET DOWN HERE TO THE LOCAL LEVEL. WOULD YOU ADD ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK ONE OF THE THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE SEEN IS THE SORT OF JOINT LEADERSHIP TEAM HAS BEEN ACTUALLY MEETING HERE. THEY A NICE CENTRAL LOCATION AND SO WE GET PEOPLE SHOWING UP FROM ACROSS THE STATE OF MINNESOTA ON A REGULAR BASIS TO BLOOMINGTON TO PARTICIPATE IN THE JOINT LEADERSHIP TEAM, ENJOY THIS INCREDIBLE FACILITY AND BE PART OF THAT PROCESS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE I THINK YEP. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE UPDATE AND THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION AND TAKING QUESTIONS AT OH ABSOLUTELY. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN HAS A QUESTION YEAH YOU KNOW AND I JUST TO SAY COUNCILMAN RECURRENT WE'RE GLAD YOU ADDED THAT BENEFITS TO BLOOMINGTON IN PARTICULAR THAT SECOND BULLET AROUND PROVIDING UNIQUE LOCAL CITY PERSPECTIVES AND I'LL TELL YOU JUST FROM BEING ON COUNCIL A NUMBER OF YEARS MY MY MY PERSONAL FEAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT ONE DAY THAT FOLKS WILL NOT UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT PUBLIC HAVING A PUBLIC LOCALITY. AND WHAT I WANT TO HAVE YOU TALK IS JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY FOR OTHER CITIES THAT WANT TO MAYBE DO WHAT WE'RE DOING THE COUNTY TO JUST TALK ABOUT THAT UNIQUENESS A LITTLE BIT MORE AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO KIND OF KEEP WHAT WE'VE GOT. SHE COULD EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT. SO FOR EXAMPLE IF I'M EDEN PRAIRIE COULD I JUST SIMPLY GO TO THE STATE AND YOU KNOW, BE A PART OF ONE OF THESE YOU KNOW, HAVE A SEPARATE SET UP THERE? COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO. SO THE WAY THE STATUTE IS WRITTEN YOU HAD TO MEET CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS OF THE CITY. YOU HAD TO BE AN EXISTING COMMUNITY LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH. YOU HAD HAVE A CERTAIN POPULATION LEVEL AND YOU HAD TO AGREE TO CONTINUE THE SERVICE. SO THERE WERE FOUR CITIES AND HENNEPIN AND THERE IS ONE CITY IN RAMSEY THAT MET QUALIFICATIONS BACK IN 76. SAINT PAUL AND RAMSEY HAVE MERGED INTO A SINGLE ENTITY AND THE REMAINING FOUR ARE IN HENNEPIN COUNTY. YOU CAN'T SO IF YOU WERE A LARGE CITY IN DAKOTA CNTY YOU COULDN'T SAY YOU CAN BE A COMMUNITY HEALTH BOARD TODAY BASED ON CURRENT STATUTE. THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW THE JOINT LEADERSHIP TEAMS NAVIGATING ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THAT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THOSE STRUCTURES. WE OFTEN WILL COMMENT THAT THE WAY WE DO GOVERNMENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH TODAY IS NOT THE SAME WAY WE DID BACK IN 1976. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THE JOINT LEADERSHIP TEAM IS DOING IS TO NAVIGATE HOW WE PROVIDE SOME MODERNIZED LANGUAGE ON SOME OF THAT PROCESS. THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A QUICK PROCESS BUT IT REALLY RECOGNIZING THAT IMPORTANT. YOU HEARD THE CHIEF EARLIER TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF NAVIGATING BIG ISSUES ACROSS MULTIPLE CITIES A COUNTY. WE NAVIGATE SOME OF THE SAME THINGS WHERE WE'RE OFTEN WORKING WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNER TO THEM UNDERSTAND HOW TO WORK WITH LOCAL CITY COUNCILS OR DO THINGS. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR OUR STAFF TO GET TAPPED TO HELP WITH HOW DO YOU ENGAGE ON A SMALL FRY ORDINANCE OR HOW DO YOU ENGAGE WITH BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DO AND WE HEAR THAT WHETHER IT'S THE PARTNERSHIP WITH PARK AND REC OR PUBLIC, WE'RE HERE AT THE CITY LEVEL WHERE THE THE POLICY MEETS THE ROAD AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE BIG IMPACT. JUST TWO MORE QUICK THINGS JUST YOU KNOW, WITH RESPECT SOME THERE'S BEEN AN ARGUMENT OUT THERE THAT YOU KNOW THERE'S A I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT THIS A DOUBLE TAXATION IN THE SENSE YOU'RE PAYING FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY THEY'RE PROVIDING THE SAME SERVICE AND THEN YOU KNOW THAT WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN TERMS OF CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND YOU BROADLY TALKED ABOUT THAT BUT IF YOU COULD TALK MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT THE DIFFERENCES AND WHAT THE BENEFIT IS FOR TAXPAYERS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON, MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN WILL SAY BROADLY SPEAKING OUR BOUNDARIES WHERE THEY THEY MAY OVERLAP FOR MY COUNTY AND THE CITY BOUNDARY STANDPOINT WE RARELY INTERACT WITH HENNEPIN IN DOING THE WORK WE PARTNER ON MANY THINGS BUT WHAT HAPPENS IN BLOOMINGTON AND RICHFIELD IS ALMOST ALWAYS DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF IN THOSE INCREDIBLE LOCAL CONNECTIONS AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF AND THOSE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WE DO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY ON SEVERAL BIG PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES BUT THE WORK THAT'S OCCURRING HERE IS UNIQUELY BLOOMINGTON'S WORK AND WE SEE DIFFERENCES IN HOW THAT LOOKS WHEN LOOK AT HOW THINGS HAPPEN IN EDEN PRAIRIE OR MAPLE GROVE LIKE THAT. I WILL ALSO ADD DR. KELLY MENTIONED THIS THE LAST TIME HE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AND I'VE HEARD IN MEETINGS FROM PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATORS AND COUNTY ELECTEDS ACROSS THE STATE THAT OUR PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM HAS BEEN UNDERINVESTED IN FOR DECADES AND SO THERE IS MORE NEED AND MORE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. AND IN BLOOMINGTON WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE MORE RESOURCES BECAUSE HAVE LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH BECAUSE WE HAVE BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND PEOPLE WHO INTERACT EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH CITIZENS AND KNOW WHAT THE ISSUES ARE. AND SO I THINK ABOUT LIKE THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, THE OPIOID BACK WHEN IT'S STILL CHALLENGE TOBACCO BUT CANNABIS I MEAN THERE'S SO MANY ISSUES THAT ARE SO LOCAL IN NATURE AND AND OF COURSE HAVE YOU KNOW REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE IMPACTS BUT AGAIN LIKE WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE IN BLOOMINGTON TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT WE HAVE AND THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AND THERE'S NOT DUPLICATION RESOURCES WITH THE COUNTY BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE HAVE A GREATER IMPACT IN BLOOMINGTON I WOULD ARGUE BECAUSE OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE ARE FRANKLY LIKE AND I DON'T SAY ENVIOUS BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF A NEGATIVE TERM BUT I MEAN PEOPLE IN PUBLIC HEALTH AT THIS POINT THE STATE ARE DESPERATE. THEY'RE IN REALLY BAD SHAPE. SO THERE'S PLENTY OF NEED. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ROLE AND YOU KNOW, DR. ESPECIALLY FOR WHAT YOU DO AND I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN YOU KNOW, THINK OF WAYS TO PRESERVE THIS FOR FUTURE COUNCIL SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORT OF THIS. SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU ASKED THIS QUESTION THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE YOU KNOW, THIS DIALOG FUTURE COUNSELS TO UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US DON'T COME FROM OUT OF THE MEDICAL FIELD THAT TYPE OF THING OR SEE THE IMPORTS OR YOU KNOW, MIGHT SOMETIMES GET CONFUSED BY THE FACT THAT WHILE THE COUNTY HAS AND THE CITY HAS THIS WHY ARE WE WHY ARE WE DOING THIS TO THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO SAVE MONEY IN THE BUDGET BUT I WANT TO JUST BE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE ALWAYS STEADFAST KEEPING THIS AS A PART OF THE CITY AND YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU MAYOR FOR RAISING THIS QUESTION ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCIL I WOULD SIMPLY ADD I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS HOSTING MEETINGS OF THIS GROUP IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. IT'S IT SHOWS THE GOOD WORK THAT GETS DONE HERE. I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BRING PEOPLE WITHIN OUR DOORS AND SHOW THEM WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON AND SO KEEP THAT UP. I LIKE TO HEAR THAT WELL DONE SO WELL THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. SAME THAT BRINGS THIS COUNCIL TO ITEM 5.3 OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE I WILL START OFF BY RECAPPING OUR CITY COUNCIL LISTENING SESSION AT 545 THIS EVENING. WE HAD FOUR SPEAKERS THIS EVENING SELLING US EXPRESSED SOME ONGOING CONCERNS REGARDING HANDICAPPED PARKING ACCESS OUR AL-FAROUQ ADVISORY THAT CHIEF HODGES HAS ADVISED IT IS NOT AN ISSUE AND WE CONTINUE TO REPEAT THAT THAT CHIEF HODGES HAS ADVISED THAT IT'S NOT AN ISSUE. JIM JIM FISHER SPOKE TO THE GROUP ASKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT BIODIVERSITY CENTRAL PARK AND ALONG THE NINE MILE CREEK CORRIDOR AND QUIZZED COUNCIL ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND I HAD NO IDEA THAT IT TOOK A LADY 8 TO 10 YEARS TO BLOOM IN MINNESOTA SO THAT THAT WAS A GOOD WORK BY MR. FISHER TO TO EDUCATE US AND ALSO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION REGARDING BIODIVERSITY IN CENTRAL PARK WE HEARD FROM MATTHEW SINDELAR AND HE AND HIS WIFE DIANA ARE CONCERNED WITH THE REQUIREMENT FOR OBTAINING FINANCIAL CONSULTING 30 DAYS BEFORE CLOSING AS PART OF THE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON HOME HOMEBUYER MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND SO WE WILL GET BACK TO THIS IN JUST A MOMENT BECAUSE THEY DID AGREE OR DID PROMISE MR. SIMILAR THAT WE WOULD DISCUSS THIS AS A COUNCIL OUTSIDE OF THIS REPORT AND WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT. AND THEN MR. RANDY THOR SPOKE AND ADVOCATED ON BEHALF OF TRADING TECHNICAL AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION AND I OPINED THE NEED FOR A LOCAL FAIR OR TRADE IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION KIND OF FAIR FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND MAYBE TO D SOMETHING IN CONJUNCTION BETWEEN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND THE CITY EXCUSE ME THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ONCE AGAIN I'LL POINT OUT HALF OUR PEOPLE THIS EVENING WERE FIRST TIMERS TO TALK TO AT OUR LISTENING SESSION AND WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION THAT CONTINUES TO BE I THINK WELL-ATTENDED AND WELL USED BY THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE COME BY AND SEE US SO I'M GOING TO TURN TO MISS KIRBY HERE AND SEE ABOUT UPDATES. WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THE SCOTT THIS QUESTION WITH THE SCHINDLERS I KNOW YOU RECEIVED AN EMAIL AND IF YOU WANT TO TAKE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND JUST TRYING PONDER WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO ON BEHALF OF THEM MISS KIRBY. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, IT WAS A PLEASURE TO JOIN YOU TONIGHT. I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF UPDATES FOR YOU STARTING WITH A COUPLE OF UPCOMING MOVES THAT WE'VE GOT AND I'LL START WITH OUR ASSISTANT MANAGER MIKE SABLE. THIS IS HIS LAST BLOOMINGTON'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT HE'LL BE JOINING US FOR. HOWEVER, HE'S MANY MORE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AHEAD OF HIM BECAUSE HE IS MOVING TO MAPLEWOOD AS THEIR CITY MANAGER. SO HE WILL BE LEAVING US TOMORROW IS HIS LAST DAY SO HE'S LEAVING US THIS WEEK. SO MIKE, WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. YOU'VE HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON US AND WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. I WILL CHIME IN IF I COULD PLEASE INTERRUPT. THANKS MIKE. I APPRECIATED YOUR COUNSEL I'VE APPRECIATED YOUR YOUR INSIGHT AND YOUR WISDOM INTO SO MANY OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND I JUST ENJOYED GETTING KNOW YOU AND WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK IN MAPLEWOOD. I HOPE YOU LAST THAN THE NINE MONTHS THAT I LASTED IN THE CITY OF MAPLEWOOD I HAVE NO DOUBT YOU WILL BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S A IT'S A LONG STORY. TRUST ME BUT GREATLY APPRECIATE IT AND BEST OF LUCK TO YOU IN MOVING FORWARD COUNCILOR. ANYBODY ELSE PLEASE? WELL, IT'S BEEN GREAT TO HAVE HERE. YOU KNOW, YOU WENT TO A GREAT, GREAT COLLEGE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I VERY MUCH APPRECIATED IS THAT PART OF HOW YOU RESHAPED THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WITH WITH RESPECT TO GETTING BACK TO RESIDENTS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF DOING HERE AT THE CITY. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR ABILITY TO KIND OF GET BACK TO RESIDENTS AND REALLY KIND OF LIFT UP WHAT YOU KNOW OUR CITY MANAGER HAS BEEN HAS BEEN DOING OVER OVER THE TIME THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF WORK WITH H.R AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WITH A LOT OF TURNOVER AND THAT TYPE OF THING. SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT YOUR EXPERTIZE THERE AND THEN ALSO HERE TO THE COUNCIL MEETING IN TERMS HANDLING SOME INTERESTING TIMES THROUGHOUT WITH PHONE CALLS AND HANDLING WITH PROFESSIONALISM. AND SO I WILL CTAINLY YOUR SMILING AND HAPPY FACE WALKING DOWN THE DOWN THE HALLWAYS HERE AND PULL ME ASIDE TO GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT ADVICE ON THIS OR THAT. GOOD LUCK UP THERE, YOU KNOW AND IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND US. CONGRATULATIONS. MANY THANKS AND THEN AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE OTHER DEPARTURE BEFORE YOUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THAT IS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR KARLA HENDERSON WHOSE LAST DAY ON MARCH 15TH. SO IF YOU WANT TO DROP HER LINE AND SAY THANK YOU THAT WOULD BE MOST APPRECIATED. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE OF UPCOMING EVENTS THAT I WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF REMIND YOU OF AS WELL AS OUR VIEWING AND THE FIRST IS THE EVENT BEING SPONSORED BY THE HUMAN COMMISSION JUST DEEDS AND BEYOND THE LEGACY AND FUTURE OF HOUSING ACCESS FOR ALL THAT IS COMING UP NEXT WEEK ON MARCH 13TH FROM 530 TO 7:30 P.M. HERE AT CIVIC PLAZA WILL START WITH A MEAL FOLLOWED BY A PANEL DISCUSSION AND WE'VE GOT AS THE MODERATOR DANIEL BURGIN WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER AT TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION. SO WE'VE GOT AN EXCELLENT PANEL SCHEDULED FOR THAT SO PLEASE WE'D WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE ALSO INVITE YOUR NETWORKS WELL TO JOIN US FOR THAT EVENT AND THEN A REMINDER ABOUT THE 2024 STATE OF THE CITY EVENT WHICH IS COMING UP THIS YEAR ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20TH AT 11 A.M. TO 1:15 P.M. AT THE ZAWADI CENTER THIS YEAR OVER AT 1701 AMERICAN BOULEVARD EAST AND THE CITY MANAGER AND MAYOR WILL BE DOING A PRESENTATION AGAIN THIS YEAR ON HOW WE ARE MOVING BLOOMINGTON WITH A NUMBER OF NEW PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES. SO PLEASE DO IF YOU CAN PLEASE DO PLAN TO ATTEND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU JOIN US FOR THAT AND THEN I JUST HAD ONE OTHER. THIS HAS BEEN A SAD DAY HERE AT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, PARTICULARLY IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE FOUND ABOUT THE PASSING OF OUR COWORKER MATT SOLER. MATT DIED IN AN ATV ACCIDENT ON SUNDAY MORNING. HE WAS A TRAFFIC TECHNICIAN IN PUBLIC WORKS. HE STARTED IN THE CITY IN 2016. HE'S ONLY 33 YEARS OLD, MARRIED, LIVED IN NEW PRAGUE. UNDERSTAND THAT HE WAS REALLY HIGHLY RESPECTED FOR THE WORK HE WAS DOING PARTICULARLY IN OUR SIGNAGE AREA. SO PLEASE DO KEEP MATT HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COWORKERS IN YOUR THOUGHTS THESE DAYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP AND YES AND EXTEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO DEMAND AND THAT FAMILY AND THAT IT'S A TRAGEDY ALWAYS TO LOSE SOMEONE AND ESPECIALLY A IN A DEPARTMENT LIKE PUBLIC WORKS WHERE I KNOW THERE'S BEEN AN UNNATURAL AN ODD NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT WE'VE LOST OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS IN PUBLIC WORKS AND IT'S A IT'S IT'S IT'S A TRAGEDY AND I KNOW IT'S AFFECTED THE GROUP BECAUSE IT'S A IT'S A SMALL TIGHT KNIT SO I'M SURE TO KEEP THEM IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS COUNCIL BEFORE I OPEN IT UP TO EVERYONE ELSE HERE THIS EVENING I DO WANT TO DOUBLE BACK TO OUR CONVERSATION REGARDING THE SINGLE HOURS AND SOME INFORMATION WAS OUT BASICALLY AS I SAID THIS WAS REGARDING THE BLOOMINGTON HOMEBUYER MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND A IT'S A UP TO 10,005 $500 FORGIVABLE LOAN FOR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE IN BLOOMINGTON IF YOU'RE A BLOOMINGTON HOMEBUYER AND SO ON THERE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL THERE'S TWO BASIC REQUIREMENTS THE HOMEBUYER EDUCATION REQUIREMENT AND 1 TO 1 FINANCIAL COUNSELING COMPLETED AT LEAST 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF CLOSING. WE HEARD TONIGHT THAT JUST BECAUSE OF SCHEDULING ISSUES AND ALL THAT WAS GOING ON IN THE ATTEMPT TO TRY AND GET A CLOSING DATE THAT THE SCHINDLERS NOT ABLE TO MEET THAT 30 DAY REQUIREMENT AND THEREFORE WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE $10,500 FOR FORGIVABLE LOAN. I PROMISED MR. SINDELAR WE WOULD AT LEAST BRING IT UP AND TALK ABOUT THIS IT'S WE'RE IN A WE'RE IN A TOUGH SPOT HERE AS WE DON'T MEET FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW. AND I THINK THAT WE ARE UP AGAINST THEIR CLOSING DEADLINE. AND SO IF WE ASKED FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO TRY AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS, I THINK WE'RE WE'RE BUMPING UP AGAINST THAT REALITY THAT I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN MEET THAT. SO IT WOULD BE A CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE. SO I WOULD TURN TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY JUST ONE CLEAR. YES PLEASE. SO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU, MAYOR I DID YOU KNOW I NEEDED SOME CLARIFICATION THE LISTENING SESSION AND THEY HAVE COMPLETED THE LIKE THEY'VE COMPLETED IT THEY JUST DIDN'T COMPLETE IT WITHIN THAT 30 DAY TIME FRAME SO THEY HAVE MET THE REQUIREMENTS. IT'S JUST THAT ONE LITTLE KIND OF TECHNICALITY THAT WAS BEYOND THEIR CONTROL BECAUSE THEY REACHED OUT TO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE LIST AND THEY COULDN'T GET THEM THEY COULDN'T GET IT SCHEDULED BECAUSE THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE OVERCAPACITY APPARENTLY. SO IT REALLY FEELS LIKE IT'S NOT LIKE THEY TRIED TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY AND THEN ALSO AND THIS WOULD NEED TO BE VERIFIED BUT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM INCLUDING MINNEAPOLIS IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THEY HAVE THAT 30 DAY REQUIREMENT THAT IT CAN UP UNTIL CLOSING AND SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING MOVING FORWARD WE SHOULD AT FOR OUR POLICY BUT I DO HOPE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO MAKE AN EXCEPTION OR SOMETHING TONIGHT. MR. ANDERSON MAYOR MEMBERS I I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO PUT TOGETHER A MOTION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. I HAVEN'T RUN SPECIFICALLY BY MRS. COLEMAN BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET SOME INFORMATION FROM HER. SHE OR SHE WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY PROVIDE WITH SOME INFORMATION. SEEMS LIKE AT A HIGH LEVEL THERE'S TWO REQUIREMENTS THERE'S HOMEBUYER EDUCATION AND ONE ON ONE FINANCIAL COUNSELING. THEY HAVE TO BE COMPLETED AT LEAST 30 DAYS BEFORE CLOSING. THERE ARE SPECIFIC GUIDELINES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT ARE ON OUR WEBSITE AND I'VE PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION TO YOU AND YOUR EMAIL PERHAPS DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT GIVEN WE WERE ACTIVELY MEETING AT THE TIME. THAT SAID, AS YOU MENTIONED IT IS A LITTLE BIT TRICKY TO DRAFT ON THE FLY WITHOUT KNOWING EVERYTHING SO I THIS TOGETHER. YOU KNOW I HAVE NO PRIDE OF AUTHORSHIP HERE JUST TRYING TO MOVE THE SITUATION FORWARD AND THIS IS WHAT I GOT HERE. MOTION TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATE TO WORK WITH PARTNER ENTITIES TO SEEK TO RESOLVE THE CINDERBLOCKS SCHINDLER'S SITUATION AND AS DESCRIBED DURING THE LISTENING SESSION REGARDING THE ADVANCED 30 DAY REQUIREMENTS IF POSSIBLE FIRST PART AND TWO TO DIRECT APPROPRIATE STAFF TO REVIEW THE OVERALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAM HOMEBUYER EDUCATION PROGRAM AND BRING ANY REVISIONS BACK TO THE REQUISITE BOARDS FOR SUBSEQUENT ACTION. I'VE GIVEN THE THE AMOUNT INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE IN OUR HANDS AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THIS HONESTLY I THINK THIS IS ABOUT AS FAR AS WE COULD TAKE IT SHORT OF SIMPLY SAYING WAIVE THE 30 DAY REQUIREMENT AND LET THEM MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WITH THE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM. AND I'M HESITANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING WITH INCOMPLETE INFORMATION BUT TO DO WHAT IS MANDATED KIND OF OUTLINED IN A MOTION THERE TO TRY AND WORK TOWARD RESOLUTION DIRECT STAFF TO TRY AND WORK TOWARD RESOLUTION AND THEN TAKE A LOOK IN RETROSPECT WE NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT AND MAYBE CORRECT THIS MOVING INTO THE FUTURE TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT WE COULD MAKE THIS A BIT MORE USER FRIENDLY AND MAYBE A BIT MORE COMPATIBLE OR MORE CONSISTENT WITH WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND US. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THOUGHTS? WELL, YOU KNOW SO JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SO IF BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE MEET NEXT, THERE ARE OTHER SITUATIONS LIKE THIS. DOES THIS OPEN THIS UP TO ANYTHING AND THEN YOU KNOW AND WHAT'S THAT BEING SAID? YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT THAT HAVE FELT YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IF WE LOOK AT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD BE THE REMEDY FOR THAT? I GUESS MY MY QUESTION IS WHAT ARE WE OPENING OURSELVES UP BY BY YOU KNOW, HANDING THIS OFF TO STAFF AND YOU KNOW, FOR THIS ONE SPECIFIC EVENT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO AND THAT'S THE THING CONCERNED ABOUT IS YOU KNOW, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT I MEAN UNDERSTAND THEIR SITUATION AND I WANT TO RESOLVE THAT. BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO OPEN UP OPEN THE CITY UP TO EVEN MORE ISSUES DOING THIS ONE THIS ONE EXCEPTION SO I'M MORE INTERESTED IN TRYING TO RESOLVE IT FOR EVERYBODY AS OPPOSED TO JUST THIS ONE PERSON AND THAT'S WHERE I AM JUST. I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS ABOUT GOING DOWN THERE JUST DOING THIS THIS ONE PERSON OR THIS ONE COUPLE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF OUR PROBLEM AND. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M I'M KIND OF I WANT TO BE PUT AT EASE FROM THAT THAT ISSUE. APPRECIATE THAT. I'M SORRY. DO YOU REMEMBER THE ONE THING THAT COMES TO MY MIND BE SORT OF A NEUTRAL FINDING IN THAT THEY DID ATTEMPT TO SEEK TO TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS BUT IF THEY COULD PROVIDE SOME PROOF THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE GIVEN THE AVAILABILITY OF APPOINTMENTS OR SOME SORT OF SOMETHING THAT'S NEUTRAL AND SPECIFIC TO THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION THAT'S THE REALLY THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK OF OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD HERE IT IS IT IS NOT IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ENTIRELY ACCURATE THAT OTHER ENTITIES DON'T HAVE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO TIMING . AGAIN WITH WITH THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION IN TIME THAT WE HAVE DOES APPEAR THAT SOME OTHER PROGRAMS HAVE TIME TIME REQUIREMENTS AS WELL UP TO SEVERAL MONTHS. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT TIMING SUCH AS THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WANT HOMEOWNERS TO BE THINKING ABOUT ARE THEY READY, ARE THEY PREPARED TO BE HOMEOWNERS AND HAVE THE REQUISITE TIME MARCH THROUGH THE PROCESS AND GETTING THEIR THEIR FINANCES AND OTHER SORTS OF THINGS IN PLACE IN TO PURCHASE A HOME AND TO MAKE THE DECISION ABOUT WHETHER THEY'RE IN A SITUATION THAT THEY SHOULD BE PURCHASING A HOME. I GET THAT THERE ARE OUTLIERS AND THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE AND I SHARE YOUR CONCERN WITH CREATING SORT OF AN ON THE SPOT SITUATION WHICH WHY THE LANGUAGE THAT I DRAFTED IS BOTH BROAD AND SPECIFIC AND AUTHORIZING STAFF TO DO SOMETHING IF SOMETHING COULD BE DONE. BUT AGAIN BEING MINDFUL OF THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION BUT IS JUST SPECIFIC THOUGH TO THIS ONE INDIVIDUAL THOUGH THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE LANGUAGE. AND THEN JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION I THOUGHT AS YOU SAID THAT ARE WE LISTED ON HERE AS THE AND I ASSUME THAT IF WE'RE NOT LISTED AS A COUNCIL OF IF WE WANTED TO DO AN APPEAL THAT WE WOULD THAT PEEL BUT AS A PART OF THIS POLICY, ARE WE INCLUDED IN THAT IN TERMS OF IF YOU WANTED TO APPEAL ANYWHERE IN THE PROGRAM, I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO TO TO LOOK CAREFULLY IN TERMS OF THAT. IS THAT WRITTEN? MAYOR MEMBERS WITH THE TIME THAT'S BEEN AVAILABLE AND THE TIME THAT I'VE SPENT RESEARCHING I DON'T SEE ANY LANGUAGE IN HERE REGARDING APPEALS. THERE'S A THERE'S AN APPEAL. YEAH. I DON'T YOU KNOW, IT'S RELATED TO ELIGIBILITY AND FUND AVAILABILITY AND SO IT ISN'T A GUARANTEE, YOU KNOW THERE'S SOME OTHER LANGUAGE IN HERE BUT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT APPEALS AND MAYBE IF OTHERS HERE HAVE MORE INFORMATION I WOULD OBVIOUSLY DEFER TO BUT. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THEN COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS COUNCILMEMBER. DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. TO ME THIS FEELS FOR LACK OF A BETTER WAY TO PUT IT SOMEWHAT ARBITRARY AND I AGREE YOU IN TERMS OF HEY IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO ONE ON ONE FINANCIAL COUNSELING TO CONFIRM THAT YOU CAN THAT YOU CAN AFFORD A HOME FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT, THEN THAT SHOULD BE A PREREQUISITE BEFORE THE APPLICATION PROCESS AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. RIGHT. IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME THAT YOU WOULD APPROVE THAT YOU'D GET THROUGH AN APPLICATION AND APPROVE SOMEBODY AND THEN TELL THEM TO GO FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD HAVE A HOUSE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT FOR THAT HOUSE. RIGHT. I MEAN I'VE I DON'T KNOW I'VE BOUGHT AND SOLD EIGHT, 12 HOMES IN MY LIFETIME ALREADY AND THOSE THINGS HAPPEN IN A VERY REGIMENTED ORDER. AND SO IF WE WANT TO CIRCUMVENT OR IF WE WANT TO PUT A BARRIER TO TO OUR PROGRAM IN FRONT OF THAT WE SHOULD PUT IT IN THE RIGHT PLACE IN MY OPINION. SO THAT'D ONE PIECE OF ADVICE. THE SECOND THING I WOULD SAY IS THIS DOESN'T FEEL ANY DIFFERENT TO ME THAN A A COMMUNITY MEMBER INITIATED ORDINANCE REQUEST CHANGE WHERE WE OFTENTIMES DO THE ONE OFF FOR THE PERSON THEN GO BACK AND CHANGE THE ORDINANCE TO ACCOMMODATE AND I FEEL LIKE THAT DOESN'T PUT AT RISK AND WE DO IT ALL THE TIME ON ON ON LAND ISSUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THIS DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP A CAN OF WORMS FOR OURSELVES IN MY OPINION. AND THIRDLY, I MAY BE WRONG ABOUT THIS BUT IT FEELS TO ME LIKE ALL LIKE NOBODY I'VE NOT HEARD ANYBODY SAY AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM EVERYBODY SAY UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO I WANT THIS TO BE LESS THAN 30 DAYS. AND IF THAT'S TRUE, THEN I THINK THAT THAT PROBABLY ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT WE EXPECT THAT THIS THING WILL PROBABLY GET MORE RELAXED OR LENIENT OVER TIME IN WHICH CASE NOT AGAIN. WE'RE NOT OPENING OURSELVES UP TO ANYTHING BECAUSE WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT WE'LL HAVE THIS PROCESS OR THIS ORDINANCE CHANGED TO TO MAKE IT MORE COMFORTABLE FOR EVERYBODY. SO I'M I FEEL VERY MUCH FOR THEM. AND LET ME JUST SAY ONE MORE THING IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN PLACE, THEN WE HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN GET IT. AND WHAT WE BASICALLY SAID IS AT LEAST IN THE 5 MINUTES THAT I HEARD WAS GOOD LUCK TO YOU, GO FIND YOURSELF YOUR OWN COUNCILOR. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HELP YOU DO THAT. AND THEN WHEN YOU CAN'T MEET OUR TIMELINE, WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU YOU CAN'T HAVE THE MONEY AND. THAT DOESN'T FEEL GOOD TO ME EITHER AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WAS THE INTENTION BY ALL MEANS. BUT THAT'S THE OUTCOME, RIGHT? WHICH IS WE LEFT THEM TO OWN DEVICES TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THEY GOT OR NOT HEARD FROM OR WHATEVER AND WE HAVE. SO IF WE IF WE IF THAT MATTERS THEN WE SHOULD BACKSTOP THAT BY SAYING THERE IS A CITY RUN PROGRAM THAT WILL QUALIFY YOU SO THAT MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY CAN'T GET IT FROM AN EXTERNAL PARTY WE CAN THEIR PROBLEM AND GET IT FOR THEM WITHIN THAT 30 DAY LIMIT SO WHATEVER WE TRY TO DO HERE I THINK THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS WE CAN MAKE THIS MUCH MORE USER FRIENDLY FOR FOLKS AND I THINK WE'LL SEE AN UPTICK IN PEOPLE USING IT WHICH I ACTUALLY THINK IS REALLY GREAT BECAUSE THAT MEANS WE'RE HELPING FOLKS ESPECIALLY YOUNG FOLKS FIND FIND HOUSING. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND THEN I SEE OUR HRA ADMINISTRATOR ON THE LINE AS WELL. SO LET'S START WITH COUNCILMEMBER. I TRY TO LET HER SPEAK BEFORE ME. OKAY. SO WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY ALMOST THE SAME THINGS LIKE THE REALITY IS IS THAT THAT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO APPLY FOR THIS LOAN ALREADY WENT TO ALL THE THE LOOKS TO A MORTGAGE FOR THE BANK SO THIS POINT I THINK THE RIGHT THING DO WILL BE TO ALLOW THEM TO GET IT. I KNOW THERE COULD BE BUT IF IF IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE SAME SITUATION WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS I GUESS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DISCUSS AT THE NEXT MEETING AS WELL. BUT IF WE WANT TO PROVIDE YOUNG COUPLES THE INCENTIVE TO BUY A HOME AND THE HAS MADE PLANS FOR THAT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO ACT ON THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER MEMBER NELSON THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I DID A QUICK SEARCH HERE. MINNEAPOLIS REQUIRES THREE DAYS. THEY USED TO REQUIRE THREE MONTHS AND THEY CHANGED IT IN 2020 TO 2 TO THREE DAYS JUST FOR WHATEVER THAT'S WORTH. AND MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T ALWAYS DO WHAT MINNEAPOLIS DOES SO JUST THROWING THINGS OUT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD IS THAT THE INDIVIDUALS WERE TOLD THIS WAS TOLD THAT THIS COUNCIL SAT THAT I DON'T RECALL EVER SETTING THAT REQUIREMENT AND OR REVIEWING THAT REQUIREMENT. SO WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED? THAT'S SOMETHING WITHIN OUR PURVIEW. I WAS HEARING IT AS IT WAS A CITY COUNCIL POLICY WHETHER THIS COUNCIL SET IT OR TEN YEARS AGO I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT SURE. I SEE AS COLEMAN HAS JOINED US. MAYBE SHE COULD SHED A BIT MORE LIGHT ON THIS AND GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN YOU HEAR ME ALL? ACTUALLY YOU'RE KIND OF KIND OF LOW RIGHT NOW. OKAY, I'LL TRY AND TALK CLOSER AND LOUDER. MUCH BETTER. THANK YOU. SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. FIRST OFF, YES, THIS IS A CITY COUNCIL APPROVED GUIDELINES THAT WERE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU IN I BELIEVE 21. THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM FUNDED WITH AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT DOLLARS WHICH IS WHY IT IS UP TO $10,500 FORGIVEN BY FIRST 2027 OF CONTINUED OCCUPANCY. SO THE GUIDELINES WERE ACTUALLY APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND SO ANY EXCEPTION TO THE GUIDELINES NEEDS TO BE RULED ON BY COUNCIL IN ADDITION TO THE COMMENTS IN QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE HEARD THIS EVENING. ABSOLUTELY. MINNEAPOLIS DID CHANGE ONE OF THEIR PROGRAMS TO THREE MONTHS BUT THEY HAVE MULTIPLE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT IS NEITHER HERE NOR THERE AT THIS POINT. THE EVERY HOMEBUYER OR POTENTIAL HOMEBUYER THAT HAS TRIED TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM HAVE ALL BEEN HELD TO THE SAME REQUIREMENTS. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVEN HOMEBUYERS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY WITHDRAWN BECAUSE THEY DID NOT GET THE CERTIFICATE IN TIME. THERE HAS BEEN AT LEAST ONE OTHER HOUSEHOLD THAT HAS REACHED OUT AND ASKED FOR AN EXCEPTION. THE LENDER AND THAT WAS NOT APPROVED. SO NO I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU ARE OPENING YOURSELF UP TO ANYTHING GOING FORWARD AS THERE HAS BEEN AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2023 THERE HAS BEEN OVER 20 HOUSEHOLDS AND THERE'S ACTUALLY ONLY ENOUGH FOR ABOUT 25. AND SO IF YOU DO DECIDE ALLOW AN EXCEPTION THIS EVENING I WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT THE ADMINISTRATOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS STILL FUNDING AVAILABLE AS THIS FUNDING IS ALMOST GONE AND THERE IS NOT AN IDENTIFIED SOURCE FOR A PERMANENT DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. A PERMANENT DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WOULD CONSIDER ALL OF THE FEEDBACK BY LENDERS, REALTORS, CURRENT HOMEBUYER AND THOSE THAT WERE TRYING TO USE THE PROGRAM TO BETTER BETTER HAVE A SUITED PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. THERE'S NO FUNDING AT THIS POINT AND IF WE DID DO A PERMANENT PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IT WOULD PROBABLY MOST LIKELY NOT BE FORGIVABLE WHICH MAKES THIS FUNDING MORE MORE LIKELY TO BE USED AND TO HAVE MORE PRESSURE WITH IT IN ADDITION TO THE COMMENTS AROUND THE GUIDELINES AND THAT THEY NEED TO FIND THEIR OWN HOUSING COUNSELORS. THAT IS WHAT WAS LISTED IN THE GUIDELINES WHEN IT LISTS THAT HOME STRETCH WHICH IS MANAGED BY THE MINNESOTA HOMEOWNERSHIP CENTER FRAMEWORK WHICH IS THE ONLINE PROGRAM MANAGED BY MINNESOTA MARKET CENTER AND REALIZING THE AMERICAN DREAM BY URBAN EXCUSE ME THE URBAN LEAGUE. THOSE ARE THE HOME BUYER CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATIONS ARE EIGHT HOUR COURSES. THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY 1 TO 1 COUNSELING THAT IS BY EITHER MINNESOTA HOUSING THAT LISTS THE ENHANCED HOMEBUYER COUNSELORS OR BY THE COMMUNITY MEDIATION RESTORATIVE WHICH IS ANOTHER ENTITY OR BY THE MINNESOTA HOMEOWNERSHIP CENTER ALL OF WHICH LISTS NETWORKS WHICH IS IT IS IMPORTANT WHEN THE REALTORS AND THE LENDERS ARE INVOLVED WITH THE HOMEBUYERS. ALL THAT I STILL SAY IS UP TO THIS COUNCIL IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION THEN WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH WHATEVER THIS COUNCIL DECIDES . THANK YOU, MISS COLEMAN. COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. COLEMAN ON THIS? COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN JUST SO JUST SO I'M CLEAR YOU HAD MENTIONED THERE ARE SEVEN APPLICATIONS THAT ARE EXHAUSTED AND HAVE THOSE HAVE THEY'VE LOST ABILITY THAT TO BRING FORTH THE CLAIM. THIS IS THE ONLY THAT'S IN THE QUEUE RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THAT IS CORRECT. THOSE SEVEN WERE FROM 2023 BETWEEN MAY THEY HAD CLOSING DATES BETWEEN MAY AND SEPTEMBER OF 2023 AND THEY MOVED ON. THEY BOUGHT THEIR HOUSES BUT THEY MOVED ON FROM THAT THROUGH DOWN WITHOUT THAT AND WE'RE NOT THAT'S THAT CAN'T BE OPENED BACK UP FOR ANY PIECE. NOW THE SECOND QUESTION THAT I HAVE THESE ARE FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE. IS THAT IS THAT TRUE? YES. THIS IS AMERICAN RESCUE ACT DOLLARS WHERE I PROVIDED SO THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED $250,000 FOR A DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BECAUSE THE COUNCIL IDENTIFIED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AS A PRIORITY BUT THERE WAS N FUNDING TO ACTUALLY PUT A DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN PLACE. AND SO THIS PROGRAM IS A PILOT PROGRAM TO COLLECT DATA AND INFORMATION TO HELP INFORM A PERMIT DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. AND SO THAT'S THE $250,000 OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT DOLLARS AND THIS COUNCIL AT THE SAME TIME DID A SEPARATE $250,000 FOR HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE AND PREVENTION SERVICES. AND WHAT THESE ARE THESE ARE FEDERAL DOLLARS. AND THEN ARE THERE ANY REQUIREMENTS UNDER, YOU KNOW, HOUSING DISCRIMINATION OR ANYTHING WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT AS A COUNCIL WITH RESPECT FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT ARE COMING TO THIS CITY? I KNOW THAT THAT AMOUNT THAT YOU QUOTED $250,000 I THINK THAT'S UNDER THE AMOUNT THAT WOULD MAKE US ELIGIBLE FOR SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS BUT I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE WALKING OURSELVES INTO ANY OTHER ISSUES WITH FEDERAL DOLLARS IF WE MAKE AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULES THAT WE HAVE PRINTED OUT IN OUR GUIDELINES HERE IF IF WE MAKE A CHANGE. THAT'S THE THING I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET OURSELVES RUN AFOUL OF ANY FEDERAL POLICIES OR ANY RULES WITH REGARD TO MAKING A CHANGE HERE FOR THIS ONE INDIVIDUAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THESE ARE FEDERAL DOLLARS FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT WHICH CAME OUT OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. ANYTHING WE DO AT THE CITY WHETHER NO MATTER THE AMOUNT WE ARE NOT TO CONTRIBUTE TO HOUSING DISCRIMINATION WE ACTUALLY ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF THE CITY AND OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND SO IN MAKING AN EXCEPTION THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS DECIDED BASED ON THE GUIDELINES THAT THIS COUNCIL PUT IN PLACE. SO IF YOU'RE MAKING EXCEPTION TO YOUR OWN GUIDELINES IN MY OPINION AS A JURY ADMINISTRATOR, NOT YOUR LEGAL COUNSEL YOU ARE NOT VIOLATING ANY FAIR HOUSING OR HOUSING ACT REQUIRED SINCE THE MAYOR'S COMING. YOU MENTIONED THE SEVEN APPLICANTS WHO WHO DIDN'T COMPLETE THE PROCESS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T THEY WEREN'T WITHIN THIS TIME FRAME OR OR FOR WHATEVER REASON IS THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE SEVEN AND THE FOLKS WE'RE CONSIDERING TONIGHT IS THE FOLKS CONSIDERING TONIGHT TO OUR PUBLIC LISTENING SESSION AND VOICED DISPLEASURE ABOUT THIS. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER. I WANT TO SAY THAT PARTIALLY FROM THE OTHER SEVEN I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT THEY TRIED TO ATTEND COUNSELING AND THEN THERE WERE DELAYS DUE TO BACKLOGS OF THE HOUSING COUNSELORS. SO IF THAT IS NOT A PART OF THEIR STORY THEN THIS WOULD THE ONLY DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, WERE YOU RAISING YOUR HAND IF THANK YOU MAYOR. IN GENERAL I THINK THAT RELAXED THIS TIME FRAME COMMITMENT MAKES SENSE AS A POLICY BUT YOU KNOW I WOULDN'T WANT TO MAKE THAT POLICY CHANGE RIGHT NOW TONIGHT. I'M STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH MAKING THE EXCEPTION TO COUNCILMEMBER LOEHMANN'S POINT YOU KNOW YES. THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES I HAD ASKED BUT WERE THE OTHER ONES LOOKING FORWARD TO? DOES THAT OPEN US UP TO SOME TYPE OF DISCRIMINATORY CHANGE THAT WE DID IT FOR ONE PERSON. WE DIDN'T DO IT FOR OTHER PEOPLE? COULD THERE BE SOME BASIS IN THAT? I FRANKLY THINK BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY DID MAKE THE ASK AND IT WASN'T LIKE WE WERE ASKED TO DO THIS FOUR TIMES AND ONLY APPROVED IT ONE TIME. WE'VE BEEN ASKED ONE TIME AND IF WE APPROVE IT ONE TIME I DON'T SEE HOW THERE CAN BE DISCRIMINATION AND WE APPROVED IT EVERY TIME WE WERE ASKED TO DO THAT WITH THAT. THAT SAID, I MEAN IT KIND FRANKLY IT REMINDS ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GETTING MARRIED. I MEAN I MADE A PROPOSAL IT WAS ACCEPTED FOR WHATEVER REASON AND THAT YOU KNOW, WE WENT TO THE COUNSELING TO DECIDE IF THIS WAS A IDEA OR NOT. SO AND THEN THE CHURCH THE CHURCH SAID YEAH, IT WAS IT WAS FINE THAT WE GOT MARRIED. IT'S WORKED OUT EVER SINCE. AND SO I SEE THIS SIMILARLY. I MEAN YOU GO THERE, MAKE YOUR OFFER YOU YOU GET THAT AGREEMENT, YOU GO IN THERE I MEAN BANK HAS REVIEWED THIS AND SAID HEY, THEY'RE FINANCIALLY QUALIFIED TO DO THIS AND THEN YOU GET COUNSELING TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL TO, MAKE SURE YOU DO IT RIGHT, MAKE SURE YOU KNOW YOU'RE LIVING YOUR THE WAY YOU SHOULD. YOU PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE IT SHOULD GO INSTEAD OF YOU KNOW WHERE IT SHOULDN'T GO AND THAT SEEMS FANTASTIC. I MEAN FOR FOR THAT ARE GETTING THEIR FIRST HOUSE TO GET THAT TYPE OF HELP TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY DID THEY QUALIFY JUST BECAUSE THE BANK WANTED ANOTHER LOAN BUT TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT AND TO GROW THAT EQUITY AND TO GET ALL THE TREMENDOUS BENEFITS OF HOMEOWNERSHIP I THINK ARE SUPER IMPORTANT. AND SO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S ONE TIME AND WE APPROVE IT ONE TIME I'D I'D SUPPORT AN EXCEPTION FOR THEM AND TRY TO FIND A PATHWAY TO GET THAT DONE. LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS JUST PROBABLY FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO MAKE THAT EXCEPTION BECAUSE WE THE POLICY VERSUS GIVING STAFF THE DISCRETION TO TRY TO WORK SOMETHING OUT. YOU MENTIONED MAYOR MEMBERS YEAH I I I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE FUND GRANT ARE FUND REQUIREMENT REQUIREMENTS. WE WOULD CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE STAYED ON THE CORRECT SIDE OF THAT WHICH IS WHY THE MOTION THAT I HAD PUT TOGETHER WOULD BE NOT A PER SE WAIVER OF THIS PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCE BUT THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE BUT RATHER AUTHORIZATION FOR THE STAFF TO WORK WITH THE ENTITIES INVOLVED HERE TO SEEK TO RESOLVE THIS PARTICULAR OR SIMILAR SITUATION IF POSSIBLE . AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT YOU'RE GIVING A PER SE A WAIVER CARTE BLANCHE RIGHT HERE BUT RATHER AUTHORIZING STAFF TO TO TRY AND FIND A PATH FORWARD IF POSSIBLE. AND UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU KNOW, NEITHER ERIKA NOR I HAVE THE REGS IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW AND IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT SAYS NO WHERE YOU SHOULD NOT CANNOT DO THIS BUT IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE AND I THINK THE MOTION THAT I THAT I PUT FORWARD WOULD GIVE STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO IF IT'S POSSIBLE. AGAIN, ALSO WITH THE THAT THERE MAY NOT EVEN BE FUNDS AVAILABLE YET AT THIS POINT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S A POSSIBILITY TOO IN WHICH CASE I'M SURE MISS COLEMAN WILL BE LOOKING INTO THAT IN THE MORNING AND IT MIGHT BE SORT OF A MOOT POINT. RIGHT. AND THEN THE LAST THING AGAIN WOULD BE TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL REQUIREMENTS AND YOU KNOW YOU'VE INDICATED THIS IS OF INTEREST AND THIS COMMENT IS INDICATED THAT SHOULD THERE BE FUNDS AVAILABLE SHOULD BE YOU KNOW, TAKE THE RESEARCH FROM THIS PARTICULAR PILOT AND APPLY IT THAT WE WOULD WRAP UP AND DO A LARGER ROLL OUT TO SO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, FOLLOW UP. YEAH, JUST A QUICK THING. SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY OR WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING IS WE WOULD AUTHORIZE TO DO THIS IF IT'S LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE, IF THERE'S FUNDS AVAILABLE THEN YEAH GO FOR IT. IS THAT A MY UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECT ME REMEMBERS THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION AND MS. COLEMAN ARE YOU COMFORTABLE THAT. THANK YOU. YES I AM I JUST WILL THERE'S NOTHING FROM THE RESEARCH THAT DONE WHEN WE REQUESTED THIS THAT IS DIGGING DOWN INTO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT DOLLARS FOR THIS PROGRAM TO SAY THAT YOU CANNOT DO THIS THESE ARE THE RULES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED SO THESE ARE NOT RULES CAME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN TERMS OF THIS PROGRAM THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THESE GUIDELINES AS PRESENTED TO THEM. SO YOU'RE AN EXCEPTION TO YOUR OWN RULES THAT YOU APPROVED THAT WERE NOT BASED ON THE SOURCE OF THE FUNDS. THE ONLY THING THAT'S BASED ON THE SOURCE THE FUNDS IS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY EXPENDED AND NOT BACK IN THE DOOR BY JANUARY 1ST, 2027. LET'S REMEMBER LOEHMANN'S YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION? I THINK MY QUESTION WAS ANSWERED THAT YOU KNOW, WITH WITH WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT THE SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH FOR THE SEVEN SEVEN PEOPLE. AND I THINK THAT'S MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD IF SOMEHOW WERE TO COME BACK AND ASK US FOR THAT. SO I THINK I'M GOOD WITH WITH WITH HOW THIS WAS WRITTEN AS YEAH, THANK YOU. I MEAN I, I BE I MEAN I'D BE WILLING TO BRING THIS FORWARD AS A AS A MOTION. I WILL SAY I'M I DON'T KNOW THAT I SUPPORT WHAT WE'RE DOING ONLY BECAUSE THE OTHER SEVEN DIDN'T COME FORWARD AND I JUST FEEL THERE'S A FAIRNESS ISSUE AND THEY DIDN'T COME FORWARD PERHAPS THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY COULD COME TO THE LISTENING SESSION. MAYBE THEY HAD SOMETHING GOING ON THAT EVENING FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY DIDN'T BRING THEIR CONCERNS FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL AND I JUST I JUST THINK FROM A FAIRNESS AND FROM AN EQUITY ISSUE EQUITY PERSPECTIVE I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD SUPPORT THIS BUT. BUT THAT BEING SAID, MS. MANDER SAID DO YOU WANT TO READ THAT AGAIN OR DO YOU WANT ME TO YOU WANT ME TO READ WHAT WOULD BE BEST HERE I WAS RIFFING OFF OF OF THE WORDS I PUT ON HERE SO YOU CAN CERTAINLY READ IT IF YOU'D LIKE. SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAYBE DO A LITTLE BIT OF ON THE FLY EDITING. WOULD YOU FEEL DIFFERENTLY IF WE BROUGHT ALL SEVEN OF THOSE TOGETHER WITH THIS ONE? I DON'T THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY FINALIZED LOANS OR YEAH. AND MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION OF FAIRNESS, BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THEY CAME TO US BUT FOR THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ADMINISTRATOR HERE WHO INSTRUCTED THEM TO DO THAT THEY WERE WORKING WITHIN THE SYSTEM AND IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE MISS COLEMAN WOULD HAVE OFFERED THAT TO THE OTHER SEVEN BUT THEY THEN DECIDED NOT TO CONTINUE. SO I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S A FAIRNESS ISSUE HERE IN MY OPINION ANYWAY BECAUSE THAT THAT ESCALATION WAS A WAS MADE AN OPTION BY THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THEM AND SO THEY JUST HAD TO TAKE THEM UP ON THAT. I FULLY BELIEVE THAT MS. COLEMAN WOULD HAVE SAID THE SAME THING TO EVERY ONE OF THE OTHER SEVEN SHOULD THEY HAVE ASKED IF THERE WAS ANOTHER RECOURSE AND I AGREE WITH THAT. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF SAW THE ORIGINAL EMAIL I MEAN THE EMAILS DID COME FORWARD AND AGAIN I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE OTHER SEVEN EVEN THOUGHT THEY GOT THEY REALIZED THEY COULDN'T WITHIN THE 30 DAYS AND SO THEY THREW UP THEIR HANDS AND WALKED AWAY YOU KNOW AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DID THAT OR WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE AND IT JUST MAKES ME A BIT UNCOMFORTABLE TO THINK THAT WE'RE LEAVING SOMEBODY BEHIND. THANKFULLY THE RIGHT ANSWER TO THAT IS TO GET RID OF THOSE 30 DAYS RIGHT? YEAH. COUNSEL, I'M GOING TO OFFER THIS UP AND. LOOK FOR SOMEBODY TO MAKE THIS MOTION TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATE STAFF TO WORK WITH PARTNER ENTITIES TO SEEK TO RESOLVE THE SPECIFICS REGARDING THE 30 DAY ADVANCED NOTICE REQUIREMENTS IF POSSIBLE AS IT RELATES TO THE SCENARIOS THAT WE WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND TO TO DIRECT STAFF TO REVIEW THE OVERALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAM AND BRING ANY BACK TO THE REQUISITE BOARDS SO MOVED WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON REGARDING THIS ANY ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION COUNCILMEMBER I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUICK QUESTION. DO GIVEN THE FACT THAT MOST LIKELY THIS PARTICULAR LOAN OR THIS PROGRAM OUT WILL EXHAUST THE FUNDS, IS IT IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR TO ASK THEM TO GO BACK AND REVIEW THE PILOT PROGRAM OR WHAT WE ASKING THEM TO DO IS BRING A PROPOSAL FOR AN ONGOING PROGRAM THAT WOULD CORRECT SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND THAT THAT'S A POINT AND I THINK YES, THAT THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE IF THIS PROGRAM IS ENDING WHICH WE HEARD IT IS TO TRY AND TO BRING BACK AN ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM BUT THEN ALSO BRING BACK A FUNDING OPTION TO YOU KNOW, SUGGESTIONS FOR A FUNDING AND IT'S INCUMBENT ON THE COUNCIL THEN I THINK TO TO FIND THAT MONEY SOMEWHERE AND DO THAT BECAUSE WE'VE I THINK WITHOUT QUESTION WE KNOW THAT THIS A GOOD PROGRAM THAT THIS IS A WORTHWHILE PROGRAM FOR HOMEBUYERS IN BLOOMINGTON. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SO MARY, I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE AT ON THIS RIGHT NOW I JUST WANT A REAL CLEAR UNDERSTANDING WHERE YOU'RE AT IS KNOW AS YOU KNOW AS OUR LEADER OR AND AS I SAID, I'M JUST I I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE FACT THAT SEVEN AHEAD OF THIS GROUP OF DIDN'T THE SAME THING AND WE DON'T KNOW WHY PERHAPS THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY COULD PERHAPS THEIR REALTOR DECIDED NOT TO SEND OFF A SNOTTY GRAHAM TO MS. MRS. COLEMAN IN THE HRA YOU KNOW FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY JUST DECIDED THEY THEY GOT WITHIN 30 DAYS REALIZED THEY COULDN'T MEET THE DEADLINE AND SO THEY STEPPED AWAY FROM IT AND IF THEY HAD KNOWN IT WAS A AN OPTION WOULD THEY HAVE DONE IT YOU KNOW WOULD THEY HAVE COME FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL SO I'M JUST I, I CAN COUNT NOSES, I CAN SEE WE'VE GOT ENOUGH VOTES TO PASS THIS AND I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT PERSONALLY I JUST FROM AN EQUITY AND FROM A FAIRNESS STANDPOINT I THINK I'M GOING TO SAY NO THANK YOU TO THIS BUT IT'S NOT IN ANY WAY A REFLECTION OF THE SCHINDLERS THEIR REQUEST AND ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD LOOK AT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO MORE OF A OF A FAIRNESS ISSUE. WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE ON THIS AS STATED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED NO. SO PASS IS FIVE TWO WITH UH WITH BUSSING LOGAN IN OPPOSITION SENATOR COLEMAN THANK YOU FOR FOR JUMPING ON LATE IN THE EVENING HERE AND HELPING US OUT GET TO A RESOLUTION ON THIS. I APPRECIATE IT AND APPRECIATE THE MEETING THAT YOU'LL BE HAVING WITH THESE FOLKS AND TRYING TO WORK TOWARD A RESOLUTION ON THIS. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND JUST POINT OF CLARIFICATION REALLY QUICK SO I CAN GO BACK TO THE ADMINISTRATOR AND ASK THEM TO REVIEW AGAIN BASED ON THE COUNCIL RULING THIS EVENING FOR THAT ONE HOUSEHOLD, CAN I ALSO ASK THEM THAT FOR WHATEVER REMAINING FUNDS THERE MAY BE AND I DON'T KNOW AT LAST I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK IT WAS LIKE LESS THAN FIVE. ARE YOU LOOKING TO REMOVE THE 30 DAY REQUIREMENT FOR THE REMAINING HOUSEHOLDS THAT MAY COME THROUGH FOR THIS PILOT PROGRAM? I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT WE VOTED TO APPROVE THIS EVENING. I THINK WE RATHER HAVE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION THAT NOT BEYOND THE PILOT PROGRAM LOOKING FOR EXPERIENCE, LOOKING FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AS WE MOVE BEYOND THE PILOT PROGRAM WHETHER OR NOT THERE SHOULD BE THAT 30 DAY, WHETHER OR NOT THERE SHOULD BE ANY OTHER CHANGES AND THEN ALSO LOOKING FOR THE RECOMMENDATION OR LOOKING FOR AN IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD A AMOUNT OF MONEY WOULD BE AND THEN IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL TO TRY AND FIND THAT MONEY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GOOD EVENING THANK YOU THANK YOU TO HIS MANAGER CHATTER CLEAR ON ON EVERYTHING HERE I BELIEVE SO MAYOR I PROVIDED THE WORDS YOU SPOKE TO MISS MERCER SO WE HAVE THOSE FROM THE RECORD. VERY GOOD. THANKS FOR THE CONVERSATION ON THAT COUNCIL. I THINK WAS GOOD TO HAVE AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION BUT AND GLAD WE CAN HELP OTHERS IN THE HOURS ON THIS COUNCIL IS THERE ANYTHING ON OUR COUNCIL ISSUES UPDATE COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO. COUNCILMEMBER LYMAN SO JUST REAL QUICK I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF A SNOWSTORM IN CALIFORNIA AND THEN WILDFIRES IN TEXAS AND SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE IN PARTICULAR ABOUT YOU KNOW, AS WE TOWARDS SPRING AND THE SUMMER WE CONTINUE TO BE IN A SENSE IN A DROUGHT KIND OF THROW THIS TO THE CITY MANAGER A LITTLE BIT. WE'LL HAVE THERE BEEN ANY PREPARATIONS OR THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO PUT OUR OUR CITY IN THE BEST POSITION TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE READY FOR ANY OF THESE, YOU KNOW, SEEMINGLY THINGS THAT ARE YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO CALL THEM CLIMATE RELATED BUT THAT ARE JUST DOWN THE PIKE AND YOU KNOW THEY'RE COMING. I KNOW THAT'S PART OF THE WORK THAT'S DONE WITH OUR YOU KNOW, WITH OUR OUR OUR OUR PUBLIC HEALTH GROUP. BUT YOU KNOW THESE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN I DID DISCUSS THAT WITH OUR FIRE CHIEF TODAY AND HE IS PREPARING A RESPONSE. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY THANKS TO THE TWO FAITH AND THE OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING FOR A REALLY LOVELY WELCOME TO BLOOMINGTON PROGRAM THAT HAPPENED MARCH 2ND AT NINE MILE BORING THANK YOU ALSO TO THE FOLKS AT NINE MILE FOR TAKING GOOD CARE OF US THEY OPENED UP THEIR DOORS AN HOUR EARLIER THAN THEY NORMALLY DO SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT REALLY COOL PROGRAM. IT WAS WELL ATTENDED AND IT'S CONTINUING TO GROW AND ITS VALUE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T ABOUT IT WELCOME TO BLOOMINGTON IS A CHANCE FOR NEW RESIDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT THE CITY AND GET TO KNOW SOME NEIGHBORS AS WELL IN THE PROCESS. THE REASON I BRING IT UP HERE IS NOT JUST TO SAY THANK YOU BUT ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTEND THEM IF YOU CAN. I'VE ASKED THEM TO BE PUT ON CALENDAR CITY COUNCIL CALENDARS THAT WE ALL KNOW WHEN THEY'RE HAPPENING. I ACTUALLY I WAS THERE I ACTUALLY GOT UP AND DID AN IMPROMPTU DOG AND PONY ABOUT THE CITY AND WAS REALLY FUN TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW THE CITY GOVERNMENT IS ORGANIZED, WHAT OUR ROLES ARE AND YOU KNOW AND GO FROM THERE WHICH WAS WHICH IS IN IN MOST PEOPLE'S OPINION EASIER FOR FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND THAN SOMEBODY WHO ISN'T. PART OF THAT WAS YOU KNOW, JUST READING OFF A SLIDE FOR EXAMPLE IN ALL SO HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT AND CERTAINLY WOULD LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO BE AMBASSADORS OF THAT PROGRAM IT WAS REALLY FUN AND AND I GOT TO MEET SOME REALLY COOL PEOPLE INCLUDING SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME UP TO ME CAME UP TO ME AFTERWARDS AND ASKED ABOUT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO AND THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND I PITCHED THE POLICE CITIZENS ACADEMY AND WE JUST HAD A LOT OF FUN TALKING ABOUT STUFF SO SO YEAH THESE REALLY ,REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR CALENDAR AND SEE IF YOU CAN MAKE SOME OF THIS. THANKS FOR BEING SUCH A GOOD AMBASSADOR FOR THE CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS A LOT OF FUN. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER ON A SIMILAR NOTE I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE SO MANY MEETINGS AND OPPORTUNITIES EVENTS AND IT'S REALLY HARD, IT'S REALLY EASY THEM TO GET LOST IN EMAIL AND I KNOW LAST WEEK IF I HAD A DOCUMENT THAT WE COULD ALL SIGN UP LIKE IT WAS SUPER HELPFUL BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD JUST LIKE MAYBE CONSISTENTLY GET MEETINGS ADDED LIKE THESE EVENTS ADDED TO OUR CALENDARS AS A COUNCIL OR HAVE A CALENDAR THAT IS LIKE COUNCIL MEETING AND EVENTS THAT WE COULD OPEN ON OUR CALENDAR AND SEE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. SO I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT I'M LIKE I HAD NO IDEA THAT WAS HAPPENING. NO IDEA BECAUSE IF YOU MISS, YOU KNOW, A ONE WEEKLY OR YOU WHEREVER LIKE THERE'S JUST NOT ONE CONSISTENT PLACE THAT THEY'RE ALL OR MAYBE THEY'RE MAYBE THEY ARE IN THE ONE WEEKLY BUT IT'S JUST REALLY EASY WHEN WE'RE OBVIOUSLY ALL OF US HAVE DAY JOBS AND FAMILIES AND LIKE IT'S JUST REALLY EASY FOR THESE THINGS TO GET MISSED AND SO AND THEN ALSO LIKE YOU KNOW IF THERE IS AN EXPECTATION FOR TO SPEAK OR SAY WORDS JUST TO MAKE THAT CLEAR AND WHAT OUR LIKE ARE WHAT'S OUR KEY MESSAGE FOR THAT AUDIENCE BUT GOOD THAT'S KIND OF A LEVEL I LOOK DOWN THE DAYS HERE AND I LOOK TO MERCER AND THINK YOU DON'T HAVE TO RESPOND NOW BUT I PUT YOUR PUT YOUR THINKING CAP ON AND FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY THAT WE COULD HANDLE THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THESE THESE MANY THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON OUR GROUND COUNCIL'S CALENDARS. MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, THERE'S ACTUALLY A CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR EMAIL THAT EVERY MEMBER OF STAFF CAN SEND DIRECTLY TO SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH SO FAR TO DO THAT. AND SO I ENCOURAGED THE FOLKS THAT I WAS WITH TO SAY IT'S CALLED COUNCIL CALENDAR. I AT BLOOMINGTON. AMANDA GOV AND THEY CAN SEND IT THEY JUST INCLUDE US IN THEIR CALENDARS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON STAFF CALENDARS AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND THEN WE GET IT ON A GROUP CALENDAR AND THAT'S WHAT WE IT CORRECT. YEAH AND WE CAN DECLINE IT OBVIOUSLY BUT I'M THAT'S WHAT I'M ENVISIONING AT LEAST THE INVITE IS THERE AND YOU CAN SAY CORRECT TO IT CORRECT BUT THERE'S AN EMAIL ADDRESS THAT THEY CAN TO PUT IT ON THAT COUNCIL CALENDAR FOR US AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WOULD COVER EVERYTHING BUT I THINK YOU'RE YOU'RE RIGHT AND BUT THAT MIGHT STILL LEAVE SOME THINGS OUT. SURE. IF THEY'RE NOT SENDING INVITES ANYWHERE THEN THEY NEED TO MAKE A SPECIAL CASE FOR US THAT'S DIRECTLY YEAH AND IF I MAY IF I KNOW OF THE EVENT I AM PUTTING IT ON THE COUNCIL CALENDAR SO ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT I'VE HAD IN MY CHART THEY ARE ON THE CALENDAR. GOOD TO KNOW. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ? SEEING NO OTHER HANDS GOING UP I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING SOME. WE'VE GOT A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. WE'VE GOT A SECOND MOST BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR THE DISCUSSION THIS EVENING THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR YOUR WORK AND EVERYBODY WHO HAS JOINED US BOTH IN-PERSON AND ONLINE. HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR WEEK. THANKS