EVERYONE AND WELCOME I WILL CALL TO ORDER THIS BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY MARCH 18TH, 2024. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO IS HERE WITH US IN THE CHAMBERS THIS EVENING. THANKS TO EVERYBODY WATCHING AT HOME WE WILL BEGIN OUR MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO. IF YOU COULD 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 WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL . ONCE AGAIN, WELCOME AND THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS TONIGHT COUNCIL IS TO APPROVE OUR AGENDA OUR AGENDA TONIGHT ACTUALLY IT'S A BEEFY ONE AGAIN WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF INTRODUCTORY ITEMS WE'LL BE HEARING FROM OUR SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION HEARING THEIR 2024 RECAP AND THEIR 2020 EXCUSE ME THEIR 2024 TO 2025 WORK PLAN. AND I THINK A RECAP 2023 ALSO AS I LOOK FOR SUSTAINABILITY FOLKS, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY CASE. THAT'S RIGHT. AND THE SECOND PART OF OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS WILL BE THE PROCESS REGARDING OUR PORT AUTHORITY FIVE YEAR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTION PLAN WHICH IS AN EXCITING THING TO SEE UNDERWAY. OUR CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN HAS CONSENTED THIS EVENING AND WE'VE GOT 20 ITEMS UNDER CONSENT TONIGHT SO THAT'LL BE A BUSY ONE UNDER ITEM FOR OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES. WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING. ITEM 4.1 IS REGARDING AMENDMENTS TO OUR OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE AND. ITEM 4.2 IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE VACATION OF PUBLIC DRAINAGE UTILITY SIDEWALK BIKE EASEMENTS FOR A LOT IN THE SOUTH SOUTH BLUFF NEIGHBORHOOD IN BLOOMINGTON UNDER ITEM FIVE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS WE'VE GOT SIX ITEMS UNDER OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING BUDGET ADJUSTMENT TO TRANSFER STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUNDS FOR THE CLIMATE CHANGE EQUITY MITIGATION AND RESILIENCY PLAN ITEM 5.2 IS A RESOLUTION FOR A SIMILAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT TO TRANSFER STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUNDS FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH FOOD ACCESS PLAN AND POINT THREE IS THE ADOPTION OF OUR PARK MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS PLAN AND POINT FOUR A DISCUSSION ON PREVAILING WAGE AND WAGE THEFT THAT WE'VE BEEN TEEING UP OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AS DIFFERENT PROJECTS HAVE COME THROUGH AND THAT IN 5.5 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FUNDS FROM THE U.S. EPA FOR A ENERGY EFFICIENCY GREEN COST SHARE PROGRAM. AND WE'LL WRAP UP OUR MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO WITH ITEM 5.6 OR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE COUNCIL, ANY CHANGES CORRECTIONS, ANYTHING TO ADD TO THE COUNCIL AGENDA THIS EVENING? IF NOT I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA SECOND AND A MOTION IN A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND WE HAVE AN AGENDA TONIGHT OUR FIRST ITEM ON THAT AGENDA ITEM 2.1 WHICH IS THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION RECAP AND MARCH 2024 THROUGH FEBRUARY 2025 WORK PLAN AND WE'VE GOT AN ADDRESS IN ANDY BIGGS WHO'S, THE VICE CHAIR OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. MY NAME IS A.B. GHOSH AND I AM VICE CHAIR OF THE BLOOMINGTON SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION ADVISES THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY ON ISSUES RELATED TO THE SUSTAINABLE USE OF RESOURCES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THEN VICE CHAIR IF I COULD ASK YOU COULD YOU GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE AND MOTION SORRY I'D APPRECIATE THAT THANK YOU SO MUCH WE ARE ALSO ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY YOU MIGHT SEE US AT THE FARMER'S MARKET ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT RECYCLING THE ORGANICS PROGRAM REMOVING BUCKTHORN AND GARLIC MUSTARD FROM OUR CITY PARKS AND COLLECTING NATIVE SEED TO EXPAND PRAIRIE PLANTINGS IN OUR PARKS. I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR PROPOSED WORKPLAN. THIS PROCESS BEGAN WITH COMMISSIONERS BRAINSTORMING HOW WE COULD BEST ADDRESS SUSTAINABLE ISSUES IN OUR CITY THAT OUR CITY IS NOW CONFRONTING AND WILL IN THE FUTURE. EMMA KIM AND ELLEN DID A FANTASTIC JOB WORKING WITH US PRIORITIZE OUR IDEAS AND FOCUS ON THE ONES WHERE WE CAN HAVE THE MOST IMPACT. OUR PRIORITIZATION WAS WEIGHTED HEAVILY BY CLIMATE CHANGE EQUITY AND INCLUSIVENESS. THE INITIATIVES IN THE PLAN ARE NOT COMPREHENSIVE. WE WILL WORK WITH STAFF TO ADDRESS OTHER ISSUES AS THEY OCCUR. OUR CURRENT AND OUTGOING CHAIR DANA WHITE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT. I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE HER FOR HER TWO TERMS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMISSION AND THANK HER FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND HER CONTRIBUTIONS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M EMMA STRAUSS, THE STAFF LIAISON TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND ALONG WITH ANGIE ASHE WILL WALK THROUGH THE WORK PLAN FOR THIS YEAR. SO AS ANGIE MENTIONED, THIS IS NOT COMPREHENSIVE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT THE COMMISSION IS WORKING ON EVERY YEAR THEY RESERVE TIME IN THEIR WORK PLAN TO BE A THAT'S THERE TO ADVISE COUNCIL AND COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS AND THE COMMUNITY WITH TOPICS THAT COME UP. SO FOR EXAMPLE WEEK THEY'RE HAVING THREE PRESENTATIONS AND NONE OF THEM ARE WHAT YOU'LL SEE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. BUT THERE ARE SIX FOCUS AREAS WE HAVE ENERGY ECOLOGICAL AND STEWARDSHIP WE HAVE SOLID ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WATER AND TRANSPORTATION SO THESE 11 INITIATIVES I'LL WALK COVER THOSE ITEMS. SO THE FIRST IS AN ENERGY REVIEW OF TWO LARGE PROJECTS THAT THE CITY IS WORKING ON. THE COMMISSION WANTS TO BE INVOLVED LOOKING AT THE BLOOMINGTON ICE GARDEN RENOVATION AND AT THE ENERGY SYSTEMS WITH THAT AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER. THE SECOND INITIATIVE UNDER THE FOCUS AREA OF ENERGY IS LOOKING AT HEAT RECOVERY OPTIONS. THIS IS A RESEARCH PROJECT THE COMMISSION WANTS TO LOOK INTO OPTIONS CAPTURING WASTE HEAT FROM CITY INFRASTRUCTURE TO REDUCE RELIANCE ON FOSSIL FUELS AND POTENTIAL FINANCIAL SAVINGS. THE NEXT INITIATIVE IS UNDER TRANSPORTATION AND IT RELATES TO SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT WITH MIDDLE HOUSING BUT THIS INITIATIVE REALLY LOOKS AT PROMOTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS THAT ARE CONNECTED WITH THAT AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY WORKING ON THIS ISSUE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION PLANNING HRA AND CITY COUNCIL NEXT WE LOOK AT ECOLOGICAL AND STEWARDSHIP. WE HAVE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE NATURAL RESOURCES PRIORITIZATION PLAN AND THE COMMISSION IS REALLY LOOKING FOR STAFF DIRECTION ON OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME UP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO WORK ON THAT. THEN WE HAVE AN INITIATIVE THAT STARTED LAST YEAR THAT'S AT UPDATING CITY CODES TO HAVE INFORMATION AND ALLOW FOR NATIVE PLANTING AND RESIDENTIAL. SO THAT'S AN INITIATIVE THAT THEY WANT TO SEE THROUGH THAT CURRENTLY WORKING ON A DRAFT ORDINANCE UPDATE AND THEN CONTINUING VOLUNTEER EVENTS. SO THE COMMISSION'S REALLY ACTIVE WITH PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TO COME AND PULL BUCKTHORN OR DO A GARLIC MUSTARD POLE OR PLANT A TREE. SO ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMING WILL STILL CONTINUE AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND ECOLOGICAL AND STEWARDSHIP FOCUS AREAS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR THE COMMISSION TO SUPPORT STAFF IN DEVELOPING THE URBAN FORESTRY PLAN AND INCREASE BOULEVARD PLANTINGS. NEXT WE HAVE A CONVERSATION FOCUSED ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND ECOLOGICAL AND STEWARDSHIP LOOKING AT COLLABORATING WITH PARKS AND REC STAFF AND PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE IMPACTS PESTICIDES ON BIPOC COMMUNITIES AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS INCLUDING SENIORS AND CHILDREN THEN NEXT WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, ECOLOGICAL AND STEWARDSHIP INITIATIVE THAT'S FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING PARKS AND REC STAFF AND PROMOTING AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO LOCAL COMMUNITY GARDEN PLOTS TRANSFERRING OVER TO THE FOCUS AREA OF SOLID WASTE WE HAVE A INITIATIVE TO HAVE A ZERO WASTE GROUP SLASH HER CLOSURE RESPONSE TASK FORCE LOOKING AT WAYS TO SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED BLOOMINGTON'S WASTE THEN UNDERWATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WE HAVE LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE WATER CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION OUTREACH INITIATIVE AND THAT'S LOOKING AT A PART OF IT BEING A RESEARCH PROJECT OF WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING TO INCENTIVIZE WATER CONSERVATION BUT ALSO TO BE THERE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF WATER CONSERVATION AND THEN ALSO TO HELP WITH THE WATER RATE STUDY AS NEEDED AND TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT POTENTIAL CHANGES TO RATES. SO THAT SUMMARIZES THE 11 INITIATIVES IN THE WORKPLAN AGAIN THESE ARE INITIATIVES THAT THE COMMISSION REALLY TAKES A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING WITH STAFF SUPPORT AND THEY'RE ALSO AVAILABLE TO HELP WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY AROUND SUSTAINABILITY THAT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE LET US KNOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND I'LL APOLOGIZE TO THE FOLKS HERE WATCHING WE ARE WE'RE OFFLINE RIGHT NOW SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THE SLIDES UP BUT WE'RE YOU CAN TELL WE'VE GOT THE BEST MINDS WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW SO THEY'RE WORKING HARD. CANCEL ANY QUESTIONS TONIGHT COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I HAVE A QUESTION YOU MENTIONED THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS THAT YOU WENT THROUGH. I'M CURIOUS IF YOU COULD KIND OF DEFINE IT FOR US A LITTLE BIT MORE. HOW MANY THE PROPOSED WORK PLAN IDEAS DID YOU START WITH? HOW DID YOU LIKE WHAT WAS THE PROCESS OF GETTING TO THE 11? YOU KNOW, COULD YOU WALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF YOU KNOW, HOW THE GROUP WORKED TOGETHER ON THAT THANKS TO ME ? SO WE WE BASICALLY AS COMMISSIONERS JUST HAD WE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS EVERYTHING THAT WE VALUED WE TOOK SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT CAME FROM OUR WORK GROUPS AND THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW WE STARTED WITH IT IS EACH GROUP WITHIN THOSE GROUPS PRIORITIZED WHAT THEY REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON AND A LOT OF THAT LOOKED AT WHAT WE FELT WAS IMPORTANT, WHAT WE FELT WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE AN IMPACT WITH WHERE THERE WERE ACTUALLY ITEMS THAT WE COULD DO AND WORK WITH THE STAFF ON AND STAFF'S AVAILABILITY TO DO THAT. THEN WHEN WE BROUGHT IT BEFORE THE WHOLE BOARD THAT'S WHEN WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEBODY TO SAY WE WERE GOING TO BE THE CHAMPION THAT THAT'S WE WERE GOING TO LEAD THAT AND THEN THERE WERE PEOPLE SUPPORTING THAT AND WHEN WE IDENTIFIED THOSE THOSE WERE THE ONES THAT WE ACTUALLY DECIDED THAT WE HAD THE MOST RESOURCES FOR AND THAT'S HOW WE WERE GOING TO PICK THE TOP ONES. THEN WE HAD MORE DISCUSSION ADDED ANY WE THOUGHT MAYBE SOME ISSUES THAT HADN'T BEEN ADDRESSED OR THAT WE DIDN'T FEEL WERE ADDRESSED ADEQUATELY AND THEN WE INCORPORATED THOSE INTO THAT THOSE FINAL 11 AND THEN WHEN WE SAW WHAT OUR LIST WAS AND WE WERE SATISFIED WITH IT THAT'S HOW WE MOVED FORWARD . THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION COUNCILMEMBER AND SIMILARLY I'VE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN THE SUSTAINABILITY WORK PLAN WAS ABOUT 52 ITEMS IF I RECALL AND SO EVEN EVEN I'M NOT EXAGGERATING IT WAS A LOT SO I'M PLEASED TO SEE DOWN TO 11 THE FOCUS ON THE 11 BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S IT'S IF EVERYTHING IS A PRIORITY NOTHING IS AND SO TO FOCUS ON THESE 11 SEEMED TO BE THE APPROPRIATE ONES AND I'M GLAD YOU HAD THAT NICE PROCESS TO TO NARROW IT DOWN AS YOU DID BUT I ALSO LISTENING AND WITH WHAT YOU HAVE BOTH SAID THAT YOU'RE AROUND FOR ADDITIONAL WORK AND HELP WHEREVER YOU POSSIBLY CAN WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OR WITH WHATEVER THIS COUNCIL MIGHT NEED. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. SO COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER LUMEN LOWMAN I JUST I JUST WANTED TO JUST SAY THANKS TO STAFF AND OUR AND OUR LEADERSHIP I KNOW THAT THIS WHITE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING AND HAVE ENJOYED HER LEADERSHIP AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO OTHER FOLKS AS LEADERSHIP AS WELL WHEN THAT COMES ALONG AND THAT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS TO NARROW THAT DOWN BECAUSE YOU HAD TO HAVE OTHER FOLKS GET ALONG WHAT YOU HAD TO TO DO AS WELL. AND I JUST THINK IT WAS A GREAT PROCESS. EACH YEAR WE KEEP IMPROVING AND GETTING BETTER AND BETTER BUT WINNING AWARDS NOW SO THAT FOCUS IS REALLY PAYING. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. SO 52 DOWN TO 11 I STILL FEEL LIKE THIS IS A BIG LIFT. I DON'T AND I DON'T WANT TO ADD ADDITIONAL THINGS BUT DID HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE NINE MILE CREEK RESTORATION OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE IT'S A BIG PROJECT COMING UP SO HOW HOW IS THE STATE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION GOING TO BE TOUCHING THAT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S PART OF THE THAT PLAN RIGHT NOW. SO HOW HOW ARE YOU GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THAT AS WELL MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER SO THAT FALLS UNDER THE ADVISORY CATEGORY THAT ISN'T SPECIFICALLY CALLED BECAUSE THAT IS A STAFF LED INITIATIVE BUT DAVE HANSON HAS REGULAR CONVERSATIONS AND CONNECTIONS WITH THE SUSTAINABLE COMMISSION SO THEY'LL BE INVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND PARKS REC STAFF HAVE ALREADY HAD CONVERSATIONS SO THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WHERE THE COMMISSION WILL PLAY A ROLE. IT'S JUST THOSE INITIATIVES AREN'T SPECIFIC CALLED OUT BECAUSE THE COMMISSION ISN'T LEADING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH THANK YOU MAYOR. AND ALONG THE SAME LINES AS COUNCILMEMBER WE HAVE SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE PROBABLY COMING FORWARD WITH A NEW WATER WELL IS THERE A ROLE THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION WILL PLAY WITH REGARDS TO THAT WELL OR IS THAT JUST A CONVERSION FROM ONE TO ANOTHER AND NOT MUCH TO LOOK AT I GUESS MAYOR COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER NELSON WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC ASKED TO MY KNOWLEDGE TO LOOK INTO THAT PROJECT BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BRING FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION AND LOOK AT CHRISTOPHER BREWER WHAT'S THE TIMING ON THE WELL PROJECT NOW MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TBD SO SOON AS WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION WE'LL LET YOU KNOW AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CITY. I ASSUME BY INFORMATION YOU MEAN MONEY BUT I'M IT IS IT IS MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THE TIMING OF WHEN THOSE FUNDS ARE ACTUALLY RECEIVED THANK YOU IN TERMS OF THE ZERO WASTE PROJECT I KNOW A LOT OF THAT IS BEING DIRECTED BECAUSE OF HER WHICH IS A COUNTY FACILITY COUNTY THERE'S SOME STATE THINGS GOING ON THERE DOES IT MAKE ANY SENSE FOR US TO HOLD BACK ON THAT AND ALLOW THEM TO DO THEIR WORK AND THEIR PLAN SO HOW THEY SEE US GETTING TO ZERO WASTE AS OPPOSED TO US GETTING TOO FAR FRONT OF THAT AND THEN THEY COME IN WITH SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT WORRIED THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND STAFF RESOURCES AND TIME AND THEN IT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH WHAT WERE GOING TO REQUIRE AND MANDATE FOR US TO DO. MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCIL NELSON I CAN LET COMMISSIONER SPEAK TO THAT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IT WILL BE COMMISSION LED SO. THERE WILL BE MINIMAL STAFF TIME ON THIS BUT THIS WORK PLAN IS ONE OF THE COMMISSIONS AND I KNOW THAT WAS A PRIORITY FOR SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS SO I COULD EITHER LET COUNCIL MEMBER WOMAN OR CHAIR PUGWASH SPEAK FURTHER ON THAT AND CONFIRM A WOMAN. THANK YOU. AND THAT THAT WAS A CONCERN THAT STAFF DID RAISE WITH WITH THAT AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO DO WAS THERE WAS WORK THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE BETWEEN STAFF AT THE HENNEPIN COUNTY LEVEL. AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS GO THROUGH THE DATA THAT'S ALREADY THERE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO PROACTIVELY AND JUST BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL. YOU KNOW AND PARTICULARLY I IF I CRITICIZED THIS THIS IDEA AND WENT ALONG WITH IT AND SO WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE POSITIONING THE CITY TO BE READY TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND WHEN THEY DO HAVE A RESPONSE WITH THAT. SO WE DID KEEP THAT IN MIND AND WE WANTED TO JUST USED DATA AND INFORMATION THAT WAS ALREADY OUT THERE. SO CERTAINLY YOUR CONCERN AND IT'S CERTAINLY PART OF OUR OUR DISCUSSION SO I'M I'M GLAD THAT'S BEEN THOUGHT THROUGH AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AH MY LAST QUESTION IS I KNOW YOU KNOW PUBLIC WORKS WE'RE LOOKING AT SOLAR PANELS AND WE TALKED ABOUT SOLAR OVER PARKING AREAS AND THE PROS AND CONS OF THAT AND PART THAT IS THERE'S FEDERAL FUNDING WE CAN NOW TAKE ADVANTAGE OF . SO I GUESS A TWO PART QUESTION IS WHERE DOES SOLAR FIT INTO THIS IN OF OUR EXISTING BUILDINGS OR NEW BUILDINGS AND THEN WHERE DOES FEDERAL FUNDING GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF THAT IS AVAILABLE FIT INTO THIS SO THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE THAT FOR OUR INITIATIVES? MR. COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SO THAT'S DEFINITELY AN EXCITING THING THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION LAST YEAR BROUGHT TOGETHER THE PROPOSAL FOR SOLAR AND PUBLIC WORKS STAFF BEEN WORKING ON THAT. WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO DIRECT PAY SO THAT'S THE 30% OF THE PROJECT THAT ESSENTIALLY IS COVERED . SO THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT ALSO TIES IN TO AT BIG THAT RENOVATION AND THEN ALSO THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER LOOKING INTO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN WE'RE ALSO AS STAFF LOOKING INTO FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO FUND RENEWABLE ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES . SO THAT WOULD GO BEYOND WHAT THE COMMISSION HAS CAPACITY TO DOVE INTO. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT STAFF IS LOOKING INTO. SO THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE ANSWERS. CALLS FOR COUNCILMEMBER CURRY NO, THANK. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, YOUR QUESTIONS AND JUST REGARDING THE HERC, I THINK THE OTHER I APPRECIATE YOUR POINT ON THAT. THE OTHER WAY TO LOOK AT THAT IS THAT I WOULDN'T MIND SEEING BLOOMINGTON TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THIS, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE TALKING AND WHERE WE MIGHT END UP. AND SO IT WOULD BE EXCITING TO SEE THAT THE COMMISSION WORKING ON IT STAFF HOWEVER WE NEED TO WORK ON IT BUT ALSO HERE AT THE COUNCIL TRYING TO TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE AND HELP TO RATHER THAN REACT TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF DIRECTING IN TERMS OF WHERE THESE REQUIREMENTS AND EVERYTHING REGARDING THE HURT GOES. SO SO COUNCIL ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS SEEING NO QUESTIONS COUNCIL I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION WORK PLAN FOR MARCH OF 2024 THROUGH FEBRUARY OF 2025 TO MOVE TO A SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO APPROVE THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION WORK PLAN NOW FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION AND IF YOU CAN TAKE OUR THANKS BACK TO THE REST OF THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AS WELL. WE APPRECIATE THEIR WORK. THEY DO OUTSTANDING WORK AND I KNOW THEY'RE ONE OF THE MORE HANDS ON COMMISSIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS THAT THEY PUT INTO IT BUT ALSO THE GETTING THEIR HANDS DIRTY AS WELL. SO IF YOU COULD ON AND WE'D APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANKS. THANKS ADAM. 2.2 ON OUR AGENDA IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR THE PORT AUTHORITY'S FIVE YEAR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTION PLAN ALI MUSIC WHO IS OUR PORT AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATOR WILL TELL US UP AND INTRODUCE TO THE CONSULTANTS THAT WE HAVE WORKING ON THIS EXCITING PLAN . GOOD EVENING, MR. SECRETARY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND. COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M HOLLY BASIC. I AM THE PORT AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATOR AND I AM HERE TONIGHT WITH OUR CONSULTANT TEAM FROM TIPS STRATEGIES. WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES? GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS I'M JEFF MARCELLE, A SENIOR PARTNER WITH TIPPY. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ELIZABETH SCOTT SENIOR CONSULTANT WITH GOP STRATEGIES AND PROJECT MANAGER ON THIS PROJECT. ALL RIGHT, SO A BIT OF CONTEXT ON THIS PLAN. AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, THE HRA UNDERWENT AN ASSESSMENT IN 2022 THAT DETERMINED THAT THE HRA NEEDED TO FOCUS ITS ABILITIES ON AND CAPACITY ON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY AND THE FULL HOUSING CONTINUUM WHEREAS THE PORT SHOULD EXPAND ITS SERVICES AND ESPECIALLY ECONOMIC TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CITYWIDE. AFTER WORKING EXCLUSIVELY IN THE SOUTH LOOP FROM ITS ORIGINS REDEVELOPING THE MET STADIUM SITE INTO THE MALL OF AMERICA. SO AS PART OF THAT PROCESS IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WE SHOULD DO A FIVE YEAR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE WENT THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS LAST YEAR, HEARD FROM 13 FIRMS AND TIPI STRATEGIES WAS SELECTED TO BE OUR CONSULTANT FOR THAT PROCESS. WE KICKED OFF OUR WORK TOGETHER ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND THIS IS THEIR FIRST VISIT TO BLOOMINGTON. WE WILL BE DOING SEVEN ROUNDTABLES IN THE COURSE OF THESE THREE DAYS HAVING INTERVIEWS MEETING WITH OUR STEERING COMMITTEE WHICH WILL SHOW YOU THE MEMBERS OF IN A MOMENT. AND THEY WILL ALSO BE INTERVIEWING OUR COMMISSIONERS, THE CITY COUNCIL AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE THIS EVENING ABOUT THIS PROCESS. AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO TAKE ABOUT 6 TO 7 MONTHS. WE ANTICIPATE WRAPPING UP IN SEPTEMBER AND WE HOPE TO ENGAGE YOU ALL THROUGHOUT IT AT DIFFERENT MOMENTS FOR FEEDBACK. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU, HOLLY. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE EXCITED TO BE HERE IN PERSON IN BLOOMINGTON. WE DID WANT TO JUST INTRODUCE WHO WE ARE AS A COMPANY SO YOU GET A SENSE ABOUT WHO WE ARE, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BACKGROUND. AND THEN ELIZABETH IS GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING UNDER THE NEXT SIX, SIX, SEVEN MONTHS. YOU HAVE TO ASK FOR SIZE. OKAY. AND IF I COULD ASK IF YOU IF YOU COULD LEAN INTO THE MAKE A ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY CAN HEAR EVERYTHING HERE. KEEP GOING. AND ONE MORE. AND SO JUST A QUICK INTRODUCTION TO WHO TYPE STRATEGY SINCE WE'RE A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR. THE NAME IS ACTUALLY AN ACRONYM AND IT STANDS FOR THEORY INTO PRACTICE THAT THANK YOU. AND THAT'S BECAUSE EVERYONE IN OUR COMPANY AND THERE'S 25 OF US HAVE A BACKGROUND BEING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONER SO EACH ONE OF US HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING OUT AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY. SO WE TAKE IMPLEMENTATION VERY SERIOUS WHENEVER WE WORK ON A PROJECT LIKE THE COMPANY ITSELF IS 29 YEARS OLD. DURING THAT TIME FRAME WE'VE WORKED IN OVER 350 COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THAT INCLUDES CITIES AND COUNTIES AND REGIONS AND STATES. AND ALL WE DO IS DO ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND DO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLANS FOR TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE OR TO LEVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THERE ARE 25 OF US AS I MENTIONED WERE BASED OUT OF AUSTIN, TEXAS. BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE STAFF ALL OVER THE COUNTRY I OFFICE OUT OF THE SEATTLE WASHINGTON AREA ELIZABETH THIS OFFICE IN THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN BUT WE HAVE FOLKS IN DENVER AND WASHINGTON D.C. AND BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS AS SO WE'RE ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND THIS IS THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT. THIS IS THE PROJECT TEAM THAT WE HAVE ASSIGNED HERE YOU SEE. ELIZABETH AND I ARE HERE IN PERSON TODAY BUT WE HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM THAT'S FOCUSED IN ON THIS PROJECT. I WON'T GO THROUGH EVERYBODY'S BACKGROUND BUT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT TRACY MCDANIEL IS GOING TO IS THE PRESIDENT OF OUR FIRM WILL BE ACTING AS STRATEGIC ADVISOR ON THIS PROJECT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. SHE'S A NATIONAL LEADER IN THE FIELD OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MR. PERKINS IS A CONSULTANT WILL BE ASSISTING ELIZABETH AS WELL. SHE HAS NATIONAL EXPERTIZE ECONOMIC EQUITY AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCE PLANNING AS WELL. AND THEN JOHN CHRIS WITH OUR TEAM IS GOING TO BE LENDING HIS IN URBAN PLANNING AND LAND USE AS WELL. AND I'LL LET ELIZABETH GIVE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER BACKGROUND. THANK YOU. SO I'VE BEEN WITH TYPE STRATEGIES FOR A BIT OVER FIVE YEARS WHERE I PRIMARILY WORK WITH CITIES COUNTIES, REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLANNING, DO A LOT OF COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, WORK AS WELL AS PLANS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE PORT AUTHORITY SUPER. AND JUST BY BACKGROUND I'VE BEEN WITH TYPEKIT I'VE BEEN A PARTNER FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS. I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO WORK INBOUT 80 DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY HELPING THEM WITH THEIR PLANS. PRIOR TO THAT I WAS WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF SEATTLE KING COUNTY. I SERVED AS THEIR PRESIDENT AND CEO AND WAS WITH THAT GROUP FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS AND I ACTUALLY GOT MY START OH GOSH 25 YEARS AGO WORKING IN HOUSTON, TEXAS FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION HELPING LOCAL MANUFACTURERS GROW AND COME AND SET UP OPERATIONS IN THE HOUSTON MARKET. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR TEAM. WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK OUR STEERING COMMITTEE AND THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE MEMBERS OF OUR STEERING COMMITTEE AND THESE PROBABLY FAMILIAR NAMES TO ALL OF YOU. WE COULD NOT ASK A BETTER STEERING COMMITTEE TO HELP US THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PROCESS. THEY COME FROM ALL WALKS PUBLIC SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR, SMALL BUSINESS, LARGE BUSINESS EVERY AREA THAT WE COULD ASK FOR US TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND THEY'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THIS AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. THEY'LL BE REVIEWING ECONOMIC DATA WITH HELPING TO BRAINSTORM ABOUT STRATEGIES, VALIDATE A LOT OF THE IDEAS THAT ARE SURFACED THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS AS WELL AND WE COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER TEAM. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STEERING COMMITTEE I DO NOW THIS IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT ITSELF. THANKS, HOLLY. AND WE COULD ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THE FIRST SLIDE THAT WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU IS THE PROJECT . HOLLY ALREADY COVERED MOST OF THIS. TWO KEY TAKEAWAYS HERE IT IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT TERM, SHORT TERM, MID-TERM AND LONG TERM STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS FOR THE PORT AUTHORITY. THIS WILL EXTEND BEYOND THAT YEAR EVEN THOUGH WE'RE LOOKING AT FIVE YEAR IMPLEMENTATION, LOOKING AT STRATEGIES IMPACT FOR A LONGER TERM. NEXT SLIDE. WE'RE OFTEN ASKED WHAT INFORMS THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND WE CAN KIND OF DIVIDE THAT INTO THREE MAJOR BUCKETS. THE FIRST ONE ON YOUR SCREEN IS WHAT YOU ALL TELL US WHAT WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE DO THAT THROUGH VIRTUAL ENGAGEMENT IN-PERSON ROUNDTABLES AND INTERVIEWS LIKE THE ONES THAT WE'LL BE CONDUCTING THE NEXT FEW DAYS SURVEYS WITH STAKEHOLDERS EMAILS HOWEVER SOMEONE WANTS TO SUBMIT AND SHARE INFORMATION WITH US. WE ARE WILLING TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE TO COLLECT THAT . WE WILL ALSO WE HAVE A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS AND ANALYSTS WHO WILL BE PULLING DATA FROM PUBLIC PROPRIETARY SOURCES TO HELP US UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC BUSINESS INFORMATION. AND THEN THE LAST AREA IS WHAT'S OUR EXPERIENCE TELLS US? JEFF COVERED SOME OF OUR FIRM'S EXPERIENCE. ONE THING THAT I WILL HIGHLIGHT HERE ARE BEST PRACTICES AND USE CASES. WE WILL NEVER SUGGEST THAT X, Y OR Z BE DONE IN BLOOMINGTON WHAT WE USE USE CASES FOR AND BEST PRACTICES HARD TO OUR HOW TO EXPLAIN AND ARTICULATE OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE HELPED OVERCOME SOME OF THEIR BIGGEST CHALLENGES LOOKING AT WHAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM THOSE AND HOW SOMETHING SIMILAR BE IMPLEMENTED HERE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A THREE PHASE PLANNING PROCESS AS HOLLY WE KICKED OFF AT THE VERY END OF JANUARY. WE ARE RIGHT THE DISCOVERY PHASE WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE LEARNING AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. FROM THERE WE'LL MOVE AND BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER AND TO THE OPPORTUNITY PHASE BY THAT POINT WILL HAVE SOME OF THOSE KEY THEMES IDENTIFIED FOR THE PLAN AND REALLY WORK ON REFINING STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS INTO WILL BE AN IMPLEMENTABLE ACTION PLAN. THERE IS A REASON THAT A FULL THIRD OF THE PLANNING PROCESS IS SPENT ON IMPLEMENTATION WILL ENSURE THAT THERE ARE RESOURCES AND ALIGNMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE TEAM CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING ON DAY ONE OF PLAN IMPLEMENTATION WITH A STRONG PLAN. THE LAST THING WE WANT IS A PLAN THAT JUST SITS ON THE SHELF AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS. AND WE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO IMPLEMENT A PLAN AND THAT'S PART OF OUR CORE PHILOSOPHY. AND JUST A NEXT STEP SLIDE. THIS IS OUR LAST SLIDE AND WHAT'S HAPPENING AGAIN. WE'RE IN THE DISCOVERY PHASE RIGHT NOW. WE'RE ON SITE UNTIL WEDNESDAY. WE'RE MEETING WITH OUR STEERING COMMITTEE ON WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR A MEET AND GREET. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THEM AT LEAST MONTHLY THROUGH THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THE PROJECT, POSSIBLY MORE NEEDED . AND AT THIS POINT ONE THING THAT WE WOULD ASK ALL OF YOU IS TO HELP US IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTICIPANTS FOR OUR ROUNDTABLES AND INTERVIEWS. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING TIME ONE ON ONE WITH EACH ONE OF YOU. WE'LL WORK AROUND YOUR CALENDARS TO DO A VIRTUAL MEETING BECAUSE YOU'RE TO YOUR ECONOMIC PRIORITIES IS ESSENTIAL FOR US AND WE WANT TO START THERE. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. THANK YOU. AND I WILL ATTEST TO THEIR FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE. I JUST ASKED THEM TO CHANGE OUR MEETING TOMORROW AND THEY AGREED TO DO THAT. SO IT'S ALREADY. THEY'RE WALKING THE WALK AND TALK SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE AN OPENING CONCERNING QUESTIONS NO QUESTIONS. WELL, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS UNDERWAY AND EXCITED TO SEE WHERE IT'S GOING AND THE THAT THE WORK THAT YOU THE GROUP THAT YOU HAVE PULLED TOGETHER FANTASTIC. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S VERY REPRESENTATIONAL OF IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND THERE'S A LOT OF VERY GOOD THINKERS THAT GROUP I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET THEM YET BUT YOU'RE GOING TO CERTAINLY ENJOY WORKING WITH THEM. I KNOW YOU WILL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR CONVERSATION TOMORROW AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS ENTIRE PROCESS MOVE FORWARD. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF US. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCIL. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN HAS THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SO I'LL MAKE ONE LAST CALL TO SEE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO HOLD ANYTHING. SEEING NOTHING I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO PASS 3.1 THROUGH 3.20 ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS ITEMS 3.1 THROUGH 3.24 THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRY SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN . MOVE ON ITEM FOR OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES AND WE HAVE I MENTIONED EARLIER THIS EVENING WE'VE GOT TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING. THE FIRST IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AMENDMENTS TO OUR OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE AND KENNY NIEMEYER OUR PORT AUTHORITY IS GOING TO STEP UP AND TALK US THROUGH THIS THIS . GOOD EVENING NIEMEYER. GOOD EVENING. I'M PLAYING DOUBLE DUTY TO THANKS FOR JUMPING IN ON THAT. WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. I'M FLUSTERED THAT'S WHY. WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS. TONIGHT I'M BRINGING FORWARD THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND THIS AN ITEM THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND OUR DIVISION AND DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND I'LL GO THROUGH THE TIMELINE BUT WE'VE TAKEN THIS TO THREE STUDY SESSIONS ONE WITH HRA, ONE WITH PLANNING COMMISSION AND ONE WITH PORT AUTHORITY. WE MADE BASED ON THE STUDY SESSIONS AND THEN WE RETURNED THAT ITEM TO FINAL RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL BY CITY COUNCIL. IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WHAT I'LL GO THROUGH TONIGHT PRIOR TO OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING IS GIVING AN A BACKGROUND ON THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE GO THROUGH THE HISTORY AND PURPOSE OF THE H O TALK THROUGH WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR COMPLIANCE AS WELL AS WHAT THE INCENTIVES ARE AVAILABLE TO DEVELOPERS UNDER THIS ORDINANCE. I'LL TALK THROUGH WHAT THE WHAT SOME OF THE RELATED OBJECTIVES FOR CITY PRIORITIES AND INITIATIVES ARE AND HOW THEY ALIGN WITH THE SROS WORK. AND THEN I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME UPCOMING WORK ITEMS RELATED TO THE SHOW. THEN I'LL GET INTO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT WERE IN RESOLUTION ORDINANCE AND THE AGENDA PACKET. I'LL TALK THROUGH WHAT THAT AMENDMENT HAS BEEN OVER THE LAST FOUR MONTHS. I'LL GO THROUGH SOME MAJOR TAKEAWAYS FROM THE STUDY SESSION MINUTES. TALK THROUGH HOW THAT INFLUENCED THE REVISIONS THAT WERE MADE TO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT AS WELL AS SOME ENGAGEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY. AND THEN WE'LL TALK THROUGH THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE WAS INITIATED BY A HOUSING NEXUS STUDY COMMISSIONED 2018. THAT STUDY INFORMED THE INCENTIVES WELL AS THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE STILL IN PLACE TODAY. SO AS A RESULT OF THAT HOUSING NEXUS STUDY THE OVERALL WAS CREATED AND ADOPTED IN FEBRUARY OF 2019. THERE WAS A SIX MONTH TRIAL PERIOD TRIAL AND OUTCOME ASSESSMENT PERIOD BEFORE THE ORDINANCE WENT INTO FULL EFFECT IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019. SINCE THEN THE DOCUMENT IS BEING MAINTAINED AS A LIVING DOCUMENT AND THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE TO THE. OVER THE YEARS. WE'LL TALK MORE THAT LATER ON AS THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THOSE AMENDMENTS EVERY YEAR THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE COMES BEFORE THIS BODY WITH ITS ANNUAL REPORT THAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS AROUND SEPTEMBER. SO I BROUGHT THAT ITEM LAST IN 2023 AND SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT MEETING WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TONIGHT. AND PART OF THAT EFFORT IS TO HAVE THIS CONTINUOUS PROCESS OF FEEDBACK AND ASSESSMENT ON THE OUTCOMES OF THE IMPLEMENTATION. SO THERE ARE PURPOSES THAT ARE PART OF ESTABLISHING THE LHO THAT ARE LAID OUT IN ORDINANCE. I'VE PULLED JUST FOUR OF THOSE. THOSE STATED PURPOSES THERE ARE MORE IN THE ORDINANCE BUT I FELT THAT THESE PURPOSES ALIGNED CLOSELY WITH WHAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FOR THIS EVENING ARE AND THOSE ARE TO ESTABLISH AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM THAT FLEXIBLE FLEXIBILITY AND DEVELOPMENT AND IS ADAPTABLE TO CHANGING ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES CREATING AN O THAT IMPLEMENTS COUNCIL AND CITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO BUNDLE INCENTIVES TOWARD A SINGLE DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE TO THE EXTREMELY LOW AND VERY LOW INCOME POPULATIONS WHO IN NEED OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ALLOW THE CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW AND REVISE THE OJO'S REQUIREMENTS PERIODICALLY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO TO GIVE A BACKGROUND ON THE THE IMPLEMENTATION AND FUNCTION OF THE SHOW, WE'LL START HERE WITH WHAT THOSE COMPLIANCE OPTIONS ARE. AND FIRST OF ALL, EXPLAIN WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE. SO THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE REQUIRES DEVELOPERS OF NEW HOUSING AS WELL AS SUBSTANTIAL HOUSING REHABILITATION FOR PROJECTS OF 20 UNITS OR MORE TO PROVIDE 9% OF THE DWELLING UNITS IN THOSE PROJECTS AFFORDABLE TO HOUSEHOLDS EARNING 60% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR LESS. SO TO COMPLY WITH THAT REQUIREMENT, THE DEVELOPERS CHOOSE ONE OF ANY ONE OF THESE METHODS. THERE ARE ALSO POTENTIAL TO COMBINE METHODS TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE THE MAIN COMPLIANCE METHOD THAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR WITH THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED SINCE THE ORIGINAL CAME INTO PLACE ARE ONSITE DEVELOPMENT OF UNITS SO THAT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS A MIXED USE MIXED INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD INCLUDE THOSE 9% OF UNITS AFFORDABLE AT 60% AMI DEVELOPERS COULD ALSO CHOOSE TO PAY FEE IN LIEU OF A FEE IN LIEU OF DEVELOPING THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS. IF THEY JUST PAY THAT FEE IN LIEU IT WOULD BE IT GO INTO THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND AND IT COULD THEN BE REPROGRAMED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACTIVITIES THAT COME BEFORE THE CITY OR THAT ARE PART OF THE CITY'S PRIORITIES. THE DEVELOPER COULD ALSO CHOOSE TO ASSIGN THAT PAYMENT OF FEE IN LIEU TO A SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE REQUIRED UNITS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED FOR BOTH DEVELOPMENTS. AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABO THAT . AND THEN THERE ARE SOME OTHER COMPLAINTS METHODS THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN DEVELOPERS UTILIZE YET BUT IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THEM AS OPTIONS. THAT WOULD BE DEDICATION LAND AND THAT DEDICATION OF LAND WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A COMPARABLE VALUE TO WHAT THE PAYMENT OF FEE IN LIEU WOULD BE. AND JUST FOR REFERENCE THAT FEMA IS SET IN THE ORDINANCE AND IT'S IT BASED OFF OF THAT HOUSING NEXUS STUDY FROM 2018. SO THAT THAT'S CURRENTLY SET AT $9.60 PER SQUARE FOOT OF LEASABLE MARKET RATE UNIT SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THE INTERIOR UNITS ONLY. AND SO IF THEY'RE DEDICATING IT WOULD BE FOR A COMPARABLE VALUE. DEVELOPERS COULD ALSO CHOOSE TO PURCHASE AND REHAB EXISTING UNITS ALSO KNOWN AS NATURALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS NO UNITS. AND THAT WOULD BE FOR A COMPARABLE AMOUNT OF UNITS TO WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED FOR THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE SLIDE IS JUST TO SHOW WHAT THE CURRENT EFFECTIVE RENT AND INCOME LIMITS ARE FOR THE. SO AS I'VE BEEN MENTIONING THAT 60% AND MY LEVEL THAT THIRD COLUMN IS WHAT OUR BASELINE REQUIREMENT WOULD BE 9% OF UNITS WOULD HAVE TO BE AFFORDABLE AT THOSE VARIOUS RENTS DEPENDING ON THE UNIT TYPE. AND THEN IF YOU GO TO THE BOTTOM TABLE, SEE WHAT THAT AREA MEDIAN INCOME ACTUALLY IS AND IT'S THESE NUMBERS COME FROM HUD FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THEY'RE UPDATED YEAR TYPICALLY AROUND APRIL MAY, JUNE IN THAT TIME FRAME. SO WE EXPECT TO GET NEW NUMBERS THAT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE FOR THE 2024 YEAR SOON. AND YOU'LL YOU'LL A CHANGE IN THESE NUMBERS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEN AS MENTIONED THE ALLOWS DEVELOPERS TO ACCESS INCENTIVES AS THEY COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW AND THEN THERE ARE MORE DEVELOPMENT STANDARD FLEXIBILITIES AND FINANCIAL BASED INCENTIVES THAT DEVELOPERS BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR AS THEY EXCEED THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE WHOLE OFFERING MORE UNITS, MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS AND UNITS AT THE DEEPER AFFORDABILITY LEVEL. THOSE BENCHMARKS WOULD BE THE 50% AMI LEVEL OR THE 30% AMI LEVEL. AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE THE INCENTIVES THAT WE OFFER ARE IN TWO MAJOR CATEGORIES DEVELOPMENT STANDARD FLEXIBILITIES WOULD BE THOSE THAT WOULD COME INTO PLAY AT THE PLANNING STAGE. SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE A DENSITY BONUS, A REDUCTION IN , THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF PARKING STALLS OR A REDUCTION IN THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF STORAGE SPACE UNITS. AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE IS THE FINANCIAL BASED INCENTIVES. SO THOSE WOULD COME AT THAT PERFORMANCE STAGE AS A DEVELOPER, AS A STRUCTURING STRUCTURING THE FINANCIALS OF A DEVELOPMENT. AND THOSE LOOK LIKE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND ACCESSING THOSE FUNDINGS POTENTIALLY BEING ELIGIBLE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT OR LOOKING FOR SOME SORT OF LAND WRITE DOWN IF IT'S A CITY OWNED HRA OWNER PORT AUTHORITY OWNED PROPERTY. SO THOSE ARE THE INCENTIVES THAT DEVELOPERS CAN GET TO. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEN I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF WHAT I SEE ARE THE PLACES WHERE THE OUTCOMES OF THE METRO ALIGN WITH THE GOALS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY AT LARGE. THE MAIN WAY I WOULD SAY THAT IS WITH OUR BLOOMINGTON SMART TOGETHER PRIORITIES THE WAY THAT I THINK ABOUT IT I'LL GO THROUGH EACH PRIORITY. WE'VE GOT A CONNECTED WELCOMING COMMUNITY. I SEE THE SHOW CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO BE WELCOMED INTO THE CITY BY THEIR COMMUNITY TO FEEL VALUED AND DIGNIFIED IN THEIR HOUSING AND BE IN A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN CONNECT WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS. HEALTHY COMMUNITY. I SEE HOUSING AND CREATING THAT FOUNDATIONAL JUMPING POINT FOR PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH, SAFETY AND SECURITY BY HAVING STABLE HOUSING AND THEN A COMMUNITY EQUITABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH. I SEE HOUSING CONTRIBUTING THAT GROWTH BY PROVIDING WORKFORCE HOUSING IN BLOOMINGTON AND HELPING THE CITY'S GROWTH BE EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I'LL ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE COUNCIL'S GOALS AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE MET COUNCIL FORECASTS FUTURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEED USING A REGIONAL ECONOMIC MODEL AND THEN ALLOCATES A SHARE OF THAT OVERALL NEED TO COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE SEVEN COUNTY METRO. THESE GOALS THAT ARE REFLECTED IN THE BOTTOM ROW OF THIS TABLE WELL YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE REQUIREMENTS THAT VARIOUS AFFORDABILITY LEVELS THESE ALSO ROUGHLY ALIGN WITH THE HOUSING ANALYSIS CONDUCTED BY THE HRA IN 2018 AND A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS TABLE. THIS IS DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE OPEN COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OR THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY PROPOSED HAVE NOT YET BEGUN CONSTRUCTION. BUT TAKEAWAYS HERE ARE THAT FOR UNITS AFFORDABLE AT THAT 60% AMI LEVEL OR THAT 80% M HIGH LEVEL OR BELOW BLOOMINGTON HAS ACTUALLY ACHIEVED ITS MET COUNCIL GOAL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF UNITS WHICH IS A THAT'S A GREAT OUTCOME AND THAT REALLY REFLECTS THE WORK THAT THE OJO IS DOING FOR PROGRESS THE UNITS AFFORDABLE AT 50%. THERE'S GOOD. AND CURRENTLY IF PROJECTS THAT ARE PROPOSED PROCEED WE WOULD REACH THAT GOAL AND EXCEED THAT GOAL. AND THEN THE FINAL COLUMN THAT 30% AMI LEVEL IT'S CLEAR TO SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE THERE AND WITH IN THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THIS EVENING THERE ARE SOME CHANGES THAT WE HOPE WILL GET EVEN JUST A COUPLE MORE UNITS THAT GOAL FOR THE 30% I BUT AS I'LL TALK ABOUT AND WE'LL HEAR THIS EVENING THOSE 30% UNITS ARE VERY DIFFICULT FINANCIALLY TO PENCIL OUT IN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND WHAT IS REQUIRED TO MAKE THEM WORK IS FINANCIAL SUBSIDY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO JUST TO TO CLOSE OUT HERE ON SOME OF THE UPCOMING WORK AROUND THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE I'M CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THE COMPLIANCE CHECK FOR THE 2024 2023 SO LOOKING TO SEE DID OUR PROPERTY MANAGERS AND DEVELOPERS IN OUR COMMUNITY UPHOLD THE THAT THEY MADE WHEN THEY WORKED WITH THE CITY ON DEVELOPING THESE UNITS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE UNITS HAVE THAT AFFORDABLE RENT THAT WAS AGREED UPON AND THE PEOPLE RENTING THOSE UNITS WERE IN NEED OF THOSE UNITS SO THAT THEIR HOUSEHOLD INCOMES WERE AT OR BELOW THAT REQUIRED LEVEL. SO THAT'S UNDERWAY CURRENTLY AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT NEW TO STREAMLINE AND MAKE THAT PROCESS FOR COMPLIANCE EVEN MORE EFFICIENT IN THIS CURRENT YEAR OF 2024. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO CONTRACT FOR RENEWED HOUSING NEXT THE STUDY I MENTIONED 2018 WAS THAT STUDY IT'S REACHING THE END OF ITS RELEVANT AND EFFECTIVE LIFESPAN SO WE WOULD LIKE TO RENEW THAT STUDY. AND THEN I HIGHLIGHTED SOME ITEMS THAT WOULD BE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST UNDER THAT STUDY THAT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY THAT FEE IN LIEU RATE WHICH I MENTIONED WAS THAT 960 PER SQUARE FOOT AND IT WOULD BE TAKING LOOK AT THAT AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT. SO THAT'S THAT 90%, 9%, 60% AMI WE MAY ALSO LOOK TO EXAMINE OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE AFFORDABLE AND THAT MIGHT REQUIRE NEW INCENTIVES RETOOLING OF INCENTIVES OR JUST TARGETING INCENTIVES TOWARD HOMEOWNERSHIP. WE ALSO MAY REEXAMINE THE EXISTING INCENTIVES AND COMPLIANCE METHODS THAT ARE OFFERED UNDER THE. SO THAT WOULD COME A RENEWED HOUSING NEXUS STUDY. WE'VE CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED A POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCE THAT COULD FUND OR AT LEAST IN PART FUND A RENEWED STUDY. SO WE HOPE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT SOON. AND THEN FINALLY WE'LL CONTINUE TO GATHER FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS ON THE OUTCOMES THAT THE OITO IS CREATING AND REPORT THOSE TO YOU. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THAT WAS THE BACKGROUND FOR THE SHOW AND NOW I'LL GO THROUGH WHAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE THIS EVENING THAT WERE IN THE PACKET JUST TO GO AGAIN THROUGH THAT TIMELINE THERE WERE THREE STUDY SESSIONS ONE TO THE PORT AUTHORITY, ONE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ONE TO THE HRA IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR WE COLLECTED FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMISSIONERS AND BOARD MEMBERS AND THEN WE ALSO SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK HAD US GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, THE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY AND GETTING SOME INFO FROM THEM AS WELL AS LOOKING BACK AT THE HISTORY THE OH SHOWS IMPLEMENTATION AND WE TOOK THAT ALL TO TO CREATE SOME REVISIONS BEFORE WE BROUGHT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS BACK TO THOSE BODIES IN FEBRUARY. THOSE THREE BODIES UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENTS AND THAT IS WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT FOR TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT STUDY SESSIONS TOOK PLACE IN JANUARY AND WHAT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THOSE BODIES WERE TWO MAJOR CATEGORIES OF AMENDMENTS. THOSE ARE MINOR THAT DO NOT PROPOSE TO SUBSTANTIALLY ALTER THE OF THE LHO SO THINK CLARIFICATIONS TO EXISTING LANGUAGE CLEAN UP LANGUAGE CLEAN UP GRAMMAR CLEAN UP FOR THE ORDINANCE AND THEN THE OTHER MAJOR SECTION IS MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING LANGUAGE THAT DO IMPACT IMPACT OR ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO I'D JUST LIKE TO GO A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF EACH OF THOSE MAJOR MODIFICATIONS. SO THE FIRST MODIFICATION IS TO OUR DEFINITION OF AFFORDABILITY AND THAT'S A CHANGE FROM 80%. AM I BEING AFFORDABLE TO THAT UPPER SPECIAL BEING 60% AMI? AND THIS IS TO HAVE THE DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE ITY ALIGNED WITH OUR OWN INCENTIVES. THERE ARE NO INCENTIVES FOR PERCENT OF MY UNITS. IT'S ALSO TO ALIGN WITH OUR MET COUNCIL GOALS SO DELIVERING ON 60% OF MY UNITS. SO WE WANTED TO BE CLEAR WITH DEVELOPERS WHAT IS CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR ORDINANCE. THE NEXT MAJOR MODIFICATION IS TO THE PAYMENT IN FEE IN LIEU PAYMENT IN LIEU OF DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE UNITS. AND THIS IS TO THIS IS A UPDATES TO ENSURE THAT IF THAT IN LIEU OPTION IS TAKEN AND THEN THAT FEE WAS ASSIGNED TO A SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE STILL GETTING ALL OF THE UNITS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED UNDER THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT IN ADDITION TO THE UNITS REQUIRED AND THE SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT. SO IT'S A CHANGE OF LANGUAGE FROM 20% OF THE UNITS IN A SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT TO 9% OF UNITS FROM THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT PLUS 11% OF UNITS IN THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. WE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED A ALTERATION TO THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA INCREASE BUT AS I'LL SPEAK ON MORE LATER THAT HAS BEEN AMENDED IT'S REVISED . THE PROPOSAL IS NOW TO REMOVE THAT AMENDMENT. THE REEXAMINATION OF THE SOME OF THIS INCENTIVE WAS IN RESPONSE TO TAKING A LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT THE CHOSE OUTCOMES ARE ALIGNING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. WE WANT TO ONE WANTING TO UNDERSTAND IF THOSE GOALS ARE ALIGNED SO THIS IS A STEP TOWARD THAT AND I'LL SPEAK MORE ON THAT LATER. SO THE MAJOR MODIFICATION IS TO THE PARKING REDUCTION INCENTIVE TO ALLOW FOR DISCRETION BY THE CITY ENGINEER WHEN A DEVELOPER IS SEEKING A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF PARKING SPACE, A REDUCTION NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THE THESE ARE THE REST OF THE MAJOR MODIFICATIONS. ONE IS TO THE STORAGE SPACE REDUCTION TO CREATE AN ADDITIONAL TIER FOR 30% UNITS. THE NEXT IS TO REMOVE THE DEVELOPMENT FEE REIMBURSEMENT INCENTIVE. AND THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO THE PORT AUTHORITY AND HRA ARE COVERING THE COST OF THIS INCENTIVE. ESSENTIALLY IT'S REMOVING FROM OR IT'S REMOVING COSTS FROM THE DEVELOPER. THE COST FOR THIS INCENTIVE DOES FALL UPON THE PORT AND HRA BOTH OF WHICH CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE FUNDING FOR INCENTIVE . IF THERE WERE A SITUATION WHERE THERE WAS FUNDING FOR THE INCENTIVE THE STAFF'S OPINION IS THAT THAT FUNDING COULD BE BETTER ALLOCATED TOWARD PROJECTS THAT ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT THE HRA AND PORT AUTHORITY HAVE. SO I THINK DEVELOPMENTS HAVE THAT DEEPER AFFORDABILITY LEVEL UNDER THE INCENTIVE PREVIOUS TO AN AMENDMENT DEVELOPMENTS THAT PROVIDE JUST UNITS AT THAT 60% AMI LEVEL WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS INCENTIVE AND THIS WAS ONLY TWO DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GATEWAY AREA WHICH IS NO LONGER A TARGET AREA FOR THE CHOICE PURPOSES. NEXT WE HAVE THE EXPEDITED REVIEW OF PLANS INCENTIVE WHICH WE'RE PROPOSING TO EXPAND CITYWIDE FROM THE GATEWAY AREA AND TO CREATE A TIER AT THE 30% AM I LEVEL. AND THEN FINALLY IS AN UPDATE TO THE OBJECTIVES SECTION THE SHOW TO CLARIFY THAT COMPARABLE DESIGN INCLUDES IN UNIT AMENITIES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO AFTER PRESENTATION OF THOSE MINOR MINOR AND MAJOR TO THE STUDY TO THE BOARDS THROUGHOUT THE STUDY SESSION WE HAD SOME MAJOR TAKEAWAYS FOR FEEDBACK. THOSE ARE EMPHASIZE THE ENFORCEABILITY OF ANY REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE LEVERAGING UNDER THE OLD SO FOR EXAMPLE THE UNIT AMENITY PROPOSAL THE WAY THAT WE WOULD ENFORCE THAT IS AT SITE PLAN SITE PLAN REVIEW STAGE WE WOULD LOOK TO SEE FOR THOSE PROPOSED UNITS THAT ARE THAT THOSE PROPOSED UNITS WITHIN THAT DEVELOPMENT. IS THERE A COMPARABLE COMPARABLE DESIGN ACROSS THE UNIT TYPES? WE WOULD LOOK TO ENSURE THAT DEVELOPERS AREN'T ALL THERE NOT CLUSTERING ALL THE AFFORDABLE UNITS IN ONE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OR THEY'RE NOT DESIGNATED DESIGNATING ALL EFFICIENCY AS A AS THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE. OPPORTUNITY HOUSING UNITS WHEN THE REST OF THE BUILDING HAS THREE BEDROOMS OR TWO BEDROOMS. SO ENSURING THAT COMPARABLE DESIGN WE WOULD LOOK ALSO TO SEE IF SOME UNITS HAVE UNIT LAUNDRY. IS THERE A COMPARABLE AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT HAVE ACCESS TO THAT IN UNIT LAUNDRY? THE NEXT FEEDBACK WE GOT WAS GIVING CLARITY ON THE PARKING REDUCTION INCENTIVE. AND I'LL SPEAK MORE ON THAT WE WE GOT FEEDBACK TO PROPOSE CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO MOVE CONCURRENTLY WITH PLANNING DIVISION 24 WORK ITEMS AND WE WERE ASKED TO GET ADDITIONAL CLARITY ON THE STORAGE SPACE REDUCTION INCENTIVE AMENDMENT. AND THEN FINALLY THERE IS BROAD BROAD SUPPORT TO CONTINUE MAINTAINING THE LHO AS A LIVING DOCUMENT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO JUST TO GO THROUGH THOSE THREE MAJOR REVISIONS THAT I'VE BEEN CALLING OUT. THE FIRST IS TO THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA INCREASE. SO AS I MENTIONED ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AMENDING THIS TO BE INCENTIVE ACCESSIBLE TO OFFICE TO RESIDENTIAL CONVERSION PROJECTS. THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM PLANNING THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS THIS IS AN ITEM THAT THE PLANNING DIVISION WILL BE LOOKING AT IN THEIR 2024 WORK AGENDA AND THAT'S TO LOOK AT OFFICE TO RESIDENTIAL CONVERSION STUDIES. SO RATHER THAN MOVE THAT AHEAD OF TIME, WE'LL MOVE THAT CONCURRENTLY WHEN PLANNING IS CONSIDERING THAT ITEM. SO FOR NOW THE RECOMMENDATION IS SIMPLY TO REMOVE THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA INCREASE AS AN INCENTIVE AND THEN WE CAN RECONSIDER DOWN THE ROAD WHEN PLANNING DIVISION HAS THAT ITEM ON THEIR TABLE. THE NEXT REVISION IS TO THE PARKING REDUCTION. SO AS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED THE CITY ENGINEER OR DESIGNEE WOULD HAVE DISCRETION TO REQUIRE A PARKING STUDY IF A DEVELOPMENT SITE 10% A REDUCTION OF 10% TO THEIR PARKING REQUIREMENT OR MORE AFTER LOOKING AT OUR PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENTS WE SAW THAT THE AVERAGE PARKING REDUCTION GRANTED TO DEVELOPMENT'S THAT SITE ONE WAS 28% AND THAT ONLY FOUR DEVELOPMENTS EXCEEDED THAT AMOUNT. SO WE'VE RAISED THAT LEVEL OFISCRETION TO THAT 30% LEVEL SO THAT THE AVERAGE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WOULDN'T BE TO THAT DISCRETION FOR A PARKING STUDY. OF COURSE THE CITY ENGINEER STILL HAS THAT RIGHT IF THEY SEE A SITUATION WHERE THEY HAVE A LOT OF CONCERN. THERE'S NO ON STREET PARKING, FOR EXAMPLE, AND A SITE IS QUITE RESTRICTED IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT AREA. THEY COULD REQUIRE THAT PARKING STUDY BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO CREATE ADDITIONAL CLARITY FOR OUR DEVELOPERS AND BASE IT OFF OF THE OUTCOMES OF THE LHO TO THIS POINT. AND THEN FINALLY WE TOOK A LOOK AT STORAGE SPACE REDUCTION. WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH SOME MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTAND IF THEY WERE TO DEVELOP A MARKET DRIVEN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT HOW MANY EXTERNAL STORAGE SPACES WOULD THEY BE PROVIDING IN THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT? AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT WAS 10 TO 15% OF THE UNITS IN A IN A DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO AN EXTERNAL STORAGE SPACE. SO TO REFLECT THAT IN OUR PROPOSED TIER THAT WE'RE CREATING AT THE 30% LEVEL THE WE'VE REVISED OFFER A 90% REDUCTION OF THE REQUIRED STORAGE SPACES IF A DEVELOPER DELIVERS 10% OF UNITS AFFORDABLE AT THE 30% AMI LEVEL. AND THE REASON THAT THAT 10% LEVEL WAS CHOSEN IS THAT LOOKING BACK AT OUR PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENTS THAT DID HAVE 30% UNITS IT WAS TYPICALLY 6 TO 8% OF THE TOTAL UNITS IN THOSE DEVELOPMENTS. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO WITH THIS 10% LEVEL IS ENCOURAGE DEVELOPERS TO DELIVER MAYBE JUST ONE MAYBE JUST TWO ADDITIONAL UNITS AT THAT 30% LEVEL. AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT REQUIREMENT THAT WOULD THEN BE ACCESSIBLE FINANCIALLY BECAUSE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT IS WHILE THIS HELPS THE NUMBERS IT DOESN'T REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE IN TERMS OF DELIVERING THESE 30% UNITS. WELL, THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT IS THAT NEEDED IS FINANCIAL SUBSIDY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO FINALLY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL. AS I MENTIONED, THE COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS HEARD THIS ITEM AGAIN IN FEBRUARY THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE EACH BODY APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN TERMS OF DISCUSSION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AS WELL AS ENGAGEMENT WITH MEMBERS IS THAT MORE WORK IS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF 30% OF MY UNITS AND IT WON'T ENOUGH TO JUST LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT STANDARD FLEXIBILITY. WE'LL HAVE TO BE CREATIVE FINANCIAL SUBSIDY. AND THEN WE ALSO JUST TO MENTION ONE MORE TIME. OUR GOAL AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED IS CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THIS DOCUMENT AS A LIVING DOCUMENT AND ONE THAT COMES BEFORE YOU FREQUENTLY WHEN ARE CHANGES TO BE MADE AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES TO BE RESPONSIVE TO. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND SO WE'VE BROUGHT THESE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU. THANK YOU MR. NIEMEYER. I APPRECIATE IT. COUNCIL QUESTIONS OF MR. NIEMEYER ON THE PRESENTATION. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN REALLY JUST ONE QUESTION WITH THE 9.25 RECOMMENDATION THAT IT WAS AND THAT HAD DO WITH THE DEVELOPMENT FEE REIMBURSEMENT INCENTIVES THAT REMOVAL. I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY AND I WANT TO BE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THAT WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO PULL THAT BACK SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS FOR THAT. OR IS THAT JUST A MONEY? MONEY THAT WHY WE REMOVE THAT? MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS IT'S IT'S A DUAL ISSUE. ONE IS THAT THERE ISN'T CURRENTLY FUNDING AVAILABLE THAT INCENTIVE. BUT THE OTHER ISSUE THAT STAFF HAVE IDENTIFIED IS THAT IT'S NOT SEEN AS AN EFFICIENT USE OF FUNDING. IF THAT IF THIS INCENTIVE WEREN'T EXISTING AND THERE WERE AVAILABLE IT WOULD THE THE THE THOUGHT BY STAFF IS THAT THAT FUNDING COULD BE DESIGNATED TO PROJECTS THAT ARE DELIVERING MORE ON CITY GOALS. AND SO THE EXAMPLE USED AS A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S DELIVERING JUST 60% MY UNITS MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT REIMBURSEMENT BUT THE STAFF AND TO DELIVER ON OUR COUNCIL GOALS FOR EXAMPLE WOULD WANT TO PRIORITIZE THAT FUNDING FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS DELIVERING THAT 30% MY UNIT MY UNITS. SO TO PROVIDE THAT FINANCIAL SUBSIDY THAT THOSE PROJECTS NEED. SO IT'S BOTH A FUNDING ISSUE AND ANFFICIENCY ISSUE. I WAS JUST KIND OF SURPRISED DIDN'T COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION YOU KNOW WITH WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID THERE RATHER THAN REMOVING IT. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT FUNDING WOULD BE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND AND AS THAT STRUCTURED THAT FUNDING DOES GET PRIORITIZED TO 30% OF MY PROJECTS. THINK OUR RECENT DISCUSSION ON 700 AMERICAN THAT PROJECT WHICH WAS ABLE TO DELIVER 50% MORE UNITS BROADLY AS WELL AS EIGHT UNITS THAT THAT 3% MY LEVEL IN THAT CASE WE WERE PUSHING TO HAVE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND ALLOCATED TO THAT PROJECT. IN THAT CASE THAT PROJECT DID SEEK THE DEVELOPMENT FEE REIMBURSEMENT. BUT AGAIN THERE WASN'T FUNDING DESIGNATED SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT USE. SO WE'RE WE'RE ESSENTIALLY BACKFILLING THAT NEED WITH THE TRUST. SO RATHER THAN DOUBLE DIP THAT FUNDING WE SEE IT AS AN EFFICIENT USE TO JUST HAVE THAT JUST HAVE THE FUNDING ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE TRUST FUND. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON THE PARKING REDUCTION AT 30%. CAN YOU ELABORATE MORE ON THAT JUST TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS YEAH. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT GIVING THE BACKGROUND. SO THE REASON THAT THAT ITEM CAME UP AS PART OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THERE WERE THERE WAS A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT SORT CLOSE TO THE MAX REDUCTION FOR PARKING SPACES BELIEVE IT WAS 35% AND AFTER THAT PROJECT DEVELOPED WAS OPENED AND UNDERWENT OPERATION THERE SOME CONCERNS THAT THERE WASN'T SUFFICIENT PARKING FOR TWO THERE WASN'T SUFFICIENT PARKING FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS AS WELL AS RESIDENTS WHO HAD CARE STAFF WHO WERE POTENTIALLY VISITING OR WHO HAD GUESTS WHO WERE VISITING TO ALL PARK ON SITE AND IN THAT PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT ON STREET PARKING WAS NOT PERMITTED. SO THAT CREATED A SITUATION STAFF WERE HAVING TO PARK STAFF FOR RESIDENT CARE. WE'RE HAVING TO VIOLATE PARKING SO THE THE REASON THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS IS TO ENSURE IF THESE ISSUES ARE CAUGHT BY CITY ENGINEER THE CITY ENGINEER OR HER DESIGNEE THAT WE COULD ASK REQUIRE A DEVELOPER TAKE A PARKING STUDY THROUGH A THIRD PARTY TO FORESEE THESE SITUATIONS THAN TO RESULT IN ANOTHER. IF I UP WITH ANOTHER QUESTION IF I CAME ON REGARDS TO THAT WHAT IS THE CITY'S PERCENTAGE IN RELATION TO THE AMOUNT OF UNITS BEING BUILT IN A PARTICULAR BUILDING AMERICANS MEMBERS THE 30%? WOULD YOU MOST WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF THAT INCENTIVE? SO THE 30% IS A LEVEL OF REDUCTION THAT DEVELOPERS CAN GET ACCESS TO IF THEY DELIVER MORE UNITS AT AN AFFORDABLE LEVEL. THE PARKING REQUIREMENT WOULD BE BASED OFF OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN OUR ZONING AND LAND USE SO UNDER PLANNING THEY WOULD ESTABLISH WHAT THE REQUIRED PARKING NUMBER IS THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE A RESULT OF THE AMOUNT OF UNITS AS WELL AS WHERE IN THE CITY THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT IS DEPENDING ON THE ZONING LAND USE THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO THAT DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN THIS 30% REDUCTION COULD APPLY TO THAT REQUIRED NUMBER OF PARKING UNITS. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THAT YOU THAT IT INVOLVES THE LOCATION AS WELL NOT JUST THE AMOUNT OF UNITS IN THE BUILDING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER BREMER. Q ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM DEVELOPER PARTNERS SPECIFICALLY YOU KNOW WHAT PAIN POINTS THEY HAVE WITH THE ORIGINAL VETO AND HOW ARE THESE AMENDMENTS POSSIBLY HELPING RELIEVE ANYTHING ABOUT THAT NOW COUNCILMEMBERS I CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT AND I'LL ALSO MENTION THAT WE HAVE A MEMBER OF THAT DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WHO IS WILLING TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING. SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK MORE ON THAT TOPIC. BUT BROADLY WHAT I'VE HEARD SINCE TAKING ON MY ROLE HERE AT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS THAT BLOOMINGTON IS AN OUTLIER AND THAT HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS GET DONE HERE AND, THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS AND WE HAVE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE FEASIBLE COMPLY WITH THAT. DON'T RESTRAIN THE FINANCIAL VIABILITY OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. AND SO WE'RE NOT ONLY ARE WE ABLE TO GET DEVELOPMENTS GOING BUT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THESE AFFORDABLE UNITS INCLUDED WITHIN THOSE DEVELOPMENTS. SO AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE SINCE STARTING MY ROLE, THE FEEDBACK FROM DEVELOPERS THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS I SEE NONE. THANK YOU MR. NIEMEYER DON'T GO AWAY. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL SEE IF ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COME UP SO WE ARE GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW ON ITEM 4.1. THIS IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING OUR OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK JEREMY 4.1 AND I WANT TO HEAR IN THE CHAMBERS . Q CATHY BENNETT, I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE TWIN CITIES HOUSING ALLIANCE, THE TWIN CITIES HOUSING IS A COLLABORATIVE NETWORK DEDICATED TO ADDRESSING THE HOUSING CHALLENGES AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY VITALITY IN THE TWIN CITIES REGION. WE ARE A NETWORK OF 40 OVER 80 EXPERIENCED HOUSING PROFESSIONALS WHO ADVOCATE FOR CREATING MORE AFFORDABLE, EQUITABLE, ECONOMICALLY VITAL AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE HOUSING. THE TWIN CITIES REGION. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE BLOOMINGTON OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS. YOUR COMMITMENT TO INCREASING HOUSING SUPPLY PRESERVING EXISTING OPTIONS AND PROTECTING THOSE MOST VULNERABLE TO HOUSING INSECURITY ALIGNS WITH TCHC HOUSING PRIORITIES THE CITY'S OPPORTUNITY ORDINANCE HAS BEEN AN EFFECTIVE TOOL IN PARTNERING WITH THE PRIVATE AND NONPROFIT SECTOR TO MEET AND ACHIEVE HOUSING GOALS. WE VALUE THE CITY'S RECOGNITION THAT FINANCING HOUSING AND INCLUDING AFFORDABILITY WITHIN NEW DEVELOPMENTS REQUIRES A PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP BASED UPON OUR REVIEW OF THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING AMENDMENTS. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS THE FIRST IS IN REGARDS TO PARKING THE .19 SECTION. THE UPDATES ARE AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE PRIOR PRIOR PLAN. HOWEVER WOULDN'T I WOULDN'T BE DOING MY JOB IF I DIDN'T MENTION THAT MANY CITIES ARE MOVING TOWARDS LOOSENING PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENTS AND PARTNERING WITH THE DEVELOPER TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF PARKING NEEDED BASED UPON THE SPECIFIC UNIT MIX. ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION AND THE TYPE OF USER. SO FOR INSTANCE SENIOR HOUSING MAY REQUIRE MORE PARKING VERSUS JUST ONE AND TWO UNIT DEVELOPMENTS. AND I WILL NOTE AND I'VE HEARD THIS FROM MANY OF OUR DEVELOPERS THAT THEY WILL NEVER UNDER PARK DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IF THEY CAN'T IT THEY CAN'T MAKE MONEY. ALSO THEY ARE SCRUTINIZED BY THEIR CAPITAL PARTNERS, BANKS AND INSTITUTIONAL LENDERS THAT REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. BUT SPECIFICALLY WITH THE BLOOMINGTON OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE THE HIGHEST INCENTIVE THAT IS ALLOWED IS THE 45% PER 45% REDUCTION WHICH AMOUNTS TO IN OUR ESTIMATION A 1.1 STALL FOR 2 TO 2 BEDROOM UNITS OR MORE. THE PERCENTAGE REDUCTION BE HIGHER PARTICULARLY FOR LOW VERY LOW INCOME HOUSING PROJECTS IN AREAS WITH TRANSIT OF AVAILABILITY. SO AT A MINIMUM BUILDING MORE THAN 1 TO 1 IS COMPARED COMPARED TO OTHER WHO HAVE REDUCED PARKING REQUIREMENTS IS SOMETHING THAT MAYBE YOU WOULD LOOK TO IN YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIRING A PARKING STUDY AND HAVING FULL DISCRETION REGARDLESS OF THE STUDY RESULTS ADDITION. IS IT ADDED COST TO THE PROJECT AND IF IT COMES IN AT A PERIOD OF WHEN THE FINANCIAL METRICS ARE ALREADY DONE IT CAN BE AN ADDED COST THAT ISN'T SEEN. YOU KNOW INITIALLY HOWEVER INCREASING THAT REQUIREMENT AT OR ABOVE OVER 30% FROM THE TOP 10% IS A POSITIVE ADJUSTMENT. AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. THE SECOND ITEM IS ITEM 9.23 THE STORAGE SPACE REDUCTION OVERALL REQUIRING STORAGE SPACE ARTIFICIALLY ADDS COST OF NEW HOUSING WITH LITTLE TO NO PUBLIC IF THIS REQUIREMENT WAS ELIMINATED ENTIRELY IT WOULD BE AN EASY WAY TO LOWER THE COST OF HOUSING IN THE CITY OVERALL. NO DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO FUND 20% OF UNITS AT 30% AREA MEDIAN INCOME THROUGH A REDUCTION STORAGE SPACE STORAGE SPACE REQUIREMENTS. AS AN THE GAP FOR BUILDING A 30% AREA MEDIAN UNIT AVERAGES BETWEEN 200 AND 250,000 PER UNIT THE COST OF STORAGE UNIT IS A PROBLEM IS APPROXIMATELY 5000 PER UNIT. THEREFORE THE REDUCTION OF 50 STORAGE UNITS MIGHT OFFSET THE GAP OF ONLY 30% AREA MEDIAN OF UNIT. IN ADDITION, BASED UPON MARKET EXPERTIZE ONLY 5 TO 10% OF TENANTS USUALLY UTILIZE THESE EXTERNAL STORAGE. MOST DEVELOPERS DO NOT INCLUDE THE EXTERNAL STORAGE SPACES BUT ENSURE THAT THERE IS ADEQUATE IN STORAGE AND THAT THERE IS A SHARED STORAGE SPACE. LARGER ITEMS WITH A LOCK AND KEY. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 9.25. THE REMOVAL OF THE DEVELOPMENT FEE REIMBURSEMENT REIMBURSEMENT OF ALL OR A PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT FEE IS A GOOD SOURCE OF FUNDS TO OFFSET THE COST OF ADDING AFFORDABLE UNITS. REMOVING THIS AS A TOOL WORKS AGAINST THE STATED GOAL OF THE ORDINANCE. WE ENCOURAGE CITY TO ADD THE BENEFIT BACK INTO ORDINANCE AND DETERMINE WHERE THE COST WOULD COME FROM INTERNALLY TO ENSURE THAT IS EQUITABLE WITHIN THE OVERALL CITY BUDGET . WE APPLAUD YOU FOR INCREASING DESIRE FOR MORE 30% AREA UNITS. HOWEVER THESE CHANGES AND THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE WILL NOT MOVE THE NEEDLE. THE CITY WOULD BE BETTER SERVED IF THEY IDENTIFIED SOURCES OF FUNDING OUTSIDE THE INCENTIVES PROVIDED BY THE CHL TO OFFSET THE CAPITAL AND OPERATIONAL COSTS OF BUILDING MORE 30% UNITS. IN ADDITION SPECIFICALLY, PARTNERING WITH NONPROFIT HOUSING PROVIDERS TO DEVELOP AND SERVE THE 30% AREA MEDIAN POPULATION WOULD BE MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CITY OVERALL IN ACHIEVING ITS GOALS. THERE ARE TWO KEY ISSUES RELATED TO PROVIDING 30% AREA MEDIAN INCOME UNITS. ONE IS THE FUNDING GAP FOR A 30% AREA MEETING UNIT IS MEANINGFULLY MORE COST THAN A 60% AREA MEDIAN UNIT AND THEREFORE REQUIRES MORE FUNDING AND TOOLS TO OFFSET THAT GAP. THESE ARE MINIMAL AND DO NOT PROVIDE THOSE ADDED FUNDING TOOLS. THE SECOND IS THE COST TO ADD ON SITE SERVICES 30% AREA MEETING UNITS USUALLY REQUIRE ONSITE SERVICES WHICH ADDS OPERATIONAL EX EXPENSES AND ARE GENERALLY OUTSIDE THE NEED AND OF MOST MARKET RATE OPERATORS. I'M YOUR COMMENTS HERE AND I DO APPRECIATE THEM WITH OUR FIVE MINUTE MARK OR YOU'RE SORRY I APOLOGIZE. NOT A PROBLEM WE ACTUALLY LET YOU SLIP OVER THE TOP THERE A BIT BECAUSE I APPRECIATE THE INPUT THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT. YEAH I APOLOGIZE. I ONLY HAVE ONE OTHER COMMENT AND THAT IS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT CONDUCTING AN UPDATED MARKET FEASIBILITY STUDY AND THERE ARE SPECIFIC REASONS FOR THAT. ONE, BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN THE MARKET AND ALSO BECAUSE OF THE DESIRE TO INCREASE THOSE 30% AREA MEDIAN INCOMES. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THE FUTURE. THANK MUCH. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK THIS EVENING EVENING BRIEFING WELCOME. GOOD EVENING JULIAN FERGUSON GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR ALSO NAMED THE GATEWAY DISTRICT AND . I'M HERE TO COMMENT ON THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE . ACTUALLY I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAN I DO COMMENTS. SO FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE A TRUE DEFINITION OF WHAT OPPORTUNITY HOUSING IS BECAUSE AS I LOOKED THROUGH THE DOCUMENTATION AND THE THE ORDINANCE IT ONLY TALKED ABOUT RENTALS. OKAY SO HIGH DENSITY RENTALS. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT EQUITABLE HOUSING WHERE IS CONDOS SENIOR OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES YEAH. AND OTHER TYPES OF HOUSING IN THE CITY. TWIN HOMES, THAT KIND OF THING. I'M ALSO I DIDN'T SEE ANY INFORMATION ON THE LIMIT ON HEIGHT. NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES PARKING WILL IT FIT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? AND ARE YOU TAKING THE KNOWN DATA AND STATISTICS THAT THE SENIOR POPULATION IN THIS CITY AND IN THIS COUNTRY IS INCREASING OR YOU PLANNING TO IGNORE OLDER ADULTS NEEDS AND YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE BIKING AND WALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER WHICH NORMALLY IS SIX MONTHS HERE. SO I ALSO NOTE IN SECTION 9.27 THAT THE GATEWAY DISTRICT IS BEING DEPRIORITIZED AND IT'S THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY NOW. SO I JUST WANT RESIDENTS TO TAKE NOTE OF THIS THAT ON THE WEST SIDE DENSE HOUSING MAY BE COMING TO YOU SOON. AND THEN ALSO WHY IS THE CITY SO COMPLETELY UNCOMMITTED TO THE GATEWAY DISTRICT? YOU KNOW, ARE YOU NOT ENSURING THE LIVABILITY AND VIABILITY OF THIS PART OF THE CITY? DO YOU WISH IT TO BECOME DUMP IT HASN'T BEEN REVITALIZED FOR YOU KNOW ALL OF THESE YEARS. MY NEXT QUESTION IS THE NEXT TIME MY NEIGHBOR SELLS A HOME ON MY STREET, DO I NEED TO BE CONCERNED THAT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IS GOING TO BE RAISED AND A MULTI-UNIT STRUCTURE PUT IN ITS PLACE IN A JANUARY 7TH, 2024? EMAIL EXCHANGE WITH YOU MR. MOUA ABOUT THE LOT SPLIT ON COLUMBUS AVENUE SOUTH YOU REPLIED LIKE THIS IF I'VE LEARNED ANYTHING IN MY SHORT TIME IN COUNCIL IS THAT CITY IS A LIVING BREATHING ORGANISM JUST LIKE YOU AND ME AND JUST LIKE YOU AND ME IT IS GOING TO GROW AND CHANGE AND CHANGE AGAIN IN FIVE, TEN, 100 YEARS THE CITY WON'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE YOU OR I REMEMBER NOW HOW IS IT GOING TO CHANGE SO MUCH IN FIVE YEARS THAT I WON'T RECOGNIZE IT THAT WE WON'T RECOGNIZE IT I SEE THAT I HAVE ONE MINUTE AND 30 SECONDS BUT I'M GOING TO ASK FOR THE ADDITIONAL TWO 2 MINUTES IF I NEED IT LIKE THE PREVIOUS PRESENTER. THANK YOU. THAT WOULD BE FINE THANK YOU. AND THEN I JUST HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY. THE LAST TIME YOU ATTENDED A LISTENING SESSION I WASN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT A TOPIC ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE IT VIOLATED A RULE THAT I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO AT A LISTENING SESSION BECAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC COMMENT. AND YOU, MR. MASSEY, MAYOR BASSEY PROMISED THAT THERE WOULD BE AN FOR BACK AND FORTH WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ME WHICH NEVER HAPPENED AND PRIOR TO LISTENING SESSION I JUST NEED TO ASK YOU BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS A LEGAL PROCEEDING HERE A PUBLIC HEARING IS A LEGAL PROCEEDING AND THE COMMENTS NEED TO BE REGARDING WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE ON THE LEGAL PROCEEDING. SO DO YOUR COMMENTS RIGHT HERE SO YOU HAVE TO DO IT. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE IS A POINT OF ORDER AS A VOTING RESIDENT AND MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY POINT OF ORDER THAT PRIOR TO THE LISTENING SESSIONS WERE INSTITUTED THAT YOU SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO ENGAGE IN A BACK AND FORTH SO YOU WANT IT BOTH WAYS. THE LISTENING SESSIONS ARE THE LISTENING SAID BACK AND FORTH PUBLIC HEARINGS LIKE THIS WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE PUBLIC ON WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THEN WE ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THE END AND THEN THE COUNCIL DISCUSSES IT. THAT'S HOW THIS WORKS. THAT'S HOW THAT'S HOW THIS THIS IS A THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING THERE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AROUND WHAT WE CAN DO IN A PUBLIC HEARING. AND ONE OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS IS THAT WE STICK TO THE SUBJECT THAT WE'RE HAVING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON. OKAY OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OTHERS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER SHOUT IS THERE ANYONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK? MAY REMEMBERS I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY PEOPLE CALLING IN FOR THE HEARING. IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE IT'S JUST STAFF. VERY GOOD LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY IN THE CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.4.1 TONIGHT OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT COUNCIL KNOWN COMING FORWARD NO ONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE AMENDMENTS SO IT'S LIKE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON IN 4.1 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIED SEVEN ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON IT AND 4.1 WE HAD A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ASKED AND EITHER MR. NIEMEYER OR MR. BRUYERE I THINK WE COULD GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE. I THINK THERE WERE QUESTIONS AND THERE WERE THERE WERE OPINIONS AS WELL REGARDING THE THE THE THE ELIMINATION OF THE STORAGE SPACE WONDERING WHAT THE DISCUSSION WAS REGARDING THAT AS OPPOSED TO JUST THE REDUCTION OF THE STORAGE SPACE COUNCIL. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT FEE REMOVAL AND WHERE THAT STANDS OFFICIALLY THE DEFINITION OF AN OPPORTUNITY OR THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE WHICH I THINK I UNDERSTAND IT'S JUST IT WAS BASICALLY A WORK OFF OF RATHER THAN AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE WE CALL ON AN OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE I MEAN I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT WAS PERHAPS EITHER YOU MR. NIEMEYER OR MR. FABBRI DISCUSSED THE THE CONDOS, THE SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES, THE OWNER OCCUPIED AND SO ON AND OTHER QUESTIONS . SO MR. NIEMEYER YOU JUST HEARD AMERICANS MEMBERS THANK YOU. IF I MAY RESPOND TO THE COMMENT OR FIRST SO THE ORDINANCE DOES DEFINE AN OPPORTUNITY HOUSING UNIT AS JUST MENTIONED IT'S A UNIT AFFORDABLE AT 60% AMI OR LESS AND SEE WELL IF WE WENT TO THE RENT SLIDE YOU COULD SEE WHAT THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE FINANCIALLY THE FHA DOES REQUIREMENTS FOR AFFORDABLE EXCUSE ME FOR OWNERSHIP AS WELL. IT IS NOT AN ORDINANCE THAT ONLY APPLIES TO RENTAL DEVELOPMENTS. THE SAME REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE WOULD BE THE SAME REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS PURELY OWNERSHIP. HOWEVER THE AFFORDABLE WOULDN'T BE THAT 60% AMI IT WOULD BE THE 80% AMI AND THAT'S ONLY FOR OWNERSHIP PROJECTS. SO IF A PROJECT WERE TO COME FORWARD THAT'S A CONDO PROJECT THAT'S 20 UNITS OR MORE 9% OF THOSE UNITS WOULD NEED TO BE AFFORDABLE AT THE 80% AMI LEVEL IN TERMS OF THE TOPIC ON LIMITING HEIGHT PARKING OR FIT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD THOSE REQUIREMENTS WOULD COME INTO PLAY UNDER OUR ZONING ORDINANCE THAT WOULD BE OUR PLANNING DIVISION. SO ALL DEVELOPMENTS THAT COME THE CITY GO THROUGH A PLANNING PROCESS WHERE OUR STAFF LOOK AT WHAT THE REQUIREMENT THE EXISTING ZONING REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THAT PARCEL AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS HEIGHT PARKING AND YOU COULD CONSIDER WHAT THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE IS LIKELY IMPACTING WHAT THE ZONING AND LAND USE FOR THAT PARCEL ARE. THERE WAS A QUESTION ON SENIOR BUILDINGS THE NECESSITY TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR SENIORS AND I'LL JUST MENTION SOME OF THE HOUSING PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS TABLE OXBURGH HEIGHTS IS A 100% AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT EXCLUSIVELY FOR SENIOR RENTERS RECENTLY COMPLETED IS THE RISER DEVELOPMENT ALSO 100% FOR SENIORS? BUT THAT PROJECT DID TAKE THE 9% AND 60 COMPLAINTS OPTION BUT THAT'S A COMPLETELY SENIOR BUILDING AND THEN NOT ON THIS LIST BUT ONE THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED FREQUENTLY RECENTLY IS THAT 700 AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ALSO COMPLETELY SENIORS FOR SENIORS AND AFFORDABLE AT THE 50% AMI LEVEL AS WELL AS 30% AMI LEVEL EIGHT UNITS AT THAT LEVEL AND THEN A FEW UNITS AT THE 60% LEVEL. SO NOT ONLY DO WE NEED HOUSING FOR SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY, WE ALSO NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE CASE THAT PEOPLE WILLE ABLE TO RENT A MARKET RATE UNIT. SO I ALSO WOULD MENTION THAT FOR THESE SENIOR DEVELOPMENTS OFTENTIMES THE ASSESSMENT ESPECIALLY THE AFFORDABLE ONES I THINK ARE ROXBURY HEIGHTS AND 700 AMERICAN. THEY'LL BE GOING FOR FUNDING FROM THE STATE THE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES IF PROJECTS ARE DELIVERED WITH TRANSIT ACCESS . SO I'M THINKING SPECIFICALLY OF 700 AMERICAN UP ON A BOULEVARD WEST AMERICAN BOULEVARD THEY HAVE ACCESS METRO TRANSIT BUSSING AND SO HOPEFULLY SENIORS CAN GET ACCESS TO THEIR NEEDS AS WELL AS SOME WALKABILITY IN THAT AREA TO ACCESS COMMERCIAL NODES AND WHATNOT. AND THEN FINALLY IN TERMS OF THAT COMMITMENT TO THE GATEWAY DISTRICT, I WOULD MENTION SOME OF THE ITEMS MENTIONED EARLIER TONIGHT THE PORT AUTHORITY IS OUR BODY THAT'S EMPHASIZING OF COMMERCIAL NODES AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SOME IDENTIFIED NODES WITHIN THAT GATEWAY DISTRICT AND AS WE WORK ON THE EXPANSION OF THE PORT AUTHORITY GOING CITYWIDE SO WE WE AREN'T WANTING TO FAVOR THE GATEWAY DISTRICT NECESSARILY BUT RATHER TO TO BENEFIT ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. SO THOSE ARE THE ITEMS I WOULD ALSO ADD IN ADDITION TO THE HOUSING AUDITS WHICH YOU TALKED ABOUT AND THE THE PROVISIONS IN THERE FOR OWNER OCCUPIED, I KNOW THAT OUR HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY WAS RECENTLY AWARDED $3.2 MILLION TO BUILD 27 AFFORDABLE OWNER OCCUPIED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND I THINK THAT PROJECT IS JUST GETTING UNDERWAY AND JUST GETTING STARTED AS WELL ON AND CONDOS NOBODY'S BUILDING ANYWHERE ANYMORE FOR FOR ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY DID I DID I CONSIDERING THIS ANY QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN I JUST WANTED TO JUST BE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GATEWAY THAT'S IN THE OASO THAT THAT'S THE SAME GEOGRAPHICAL AREA THAT THE COMMENTER WAS TALKING ABOUT. I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE WE'RE CRYSTAL CLEAR ABOUT WHAT AREA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS SO I'M TRYING TO PICTURE IT IN MY HEAD. I BELIEVE THAT THE GATEWAY DISTRICT IS IT'S THAT PAN-AMERICAN INTERSECTION ACROSS TO THE ROAD THAT BORDERS THE MALL OF AMERICA AND DOWN TO SOUTH BOUNDING ROAD. SO IT'S A GEOGRAPHICAL SQUARE SO KIND OF TO THE WEST OF THE MALL OF AMERICA AND BOUNDED BY PENN THAT'S THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA THAT IS IN REFERENCES IN ORDINANCE. THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE WITH THAT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE DEEP PRIORITIZATION ABOUT THAT I KNOW SEEN AT SOME POINT MAPS OF WHERE WE HAVE MOST OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND NO PIECES ACROSS THE CITY AND WHERE THE CONCENTRATION OF THAT IS. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE CLEAR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IDEA AND YOU SAID IT EARLIER BUT I WANT TO BE SURE WE'RE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT THAT THAT THIS IS AN ORDINANCE NOT JUST FOR ONE DISTRICT OF THE CITY BUT THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, THIS WHOLE ORDINANCE RIGHT WAS CORRECT. AND I THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT. IT ALSO BRINGS UP ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE IS DISPERSION OF OPPORTUNITY UNITS SO NOT TO CREATE A SCENARIO WHERE ALL OF THOSE UNITS ARE BEING ARE DEVELOPED IN JUST ONE AREA SO THAT RATHER THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN THESE AFFORDABLE UNITS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. SO I THINK THAT THIS CHANGE DOES ALIGN WITH THAT OBJECTIVE AS WELL WHERE THAT COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I THINK MAYOR SO I THOUGHT WE HAD A MAP ON OUR WEBSITE THAT THAT SHOWED WHERE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DEVELOPER INTS HAVE HAPPENED. I'M NOT PULLING IT UP QUICKLY BECAUSE WE HAVE LOT OF INTERACTIVE MAPS NOW WHICH ARE GREAT. SO BUT I AM CURIOUS FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE AS YOU THINK ABOUT THAT MAP HOW YOU DESCRIBE THE DISPERSION AT THIS POINT LIKE HAVE THEY BEEN DISPERSED ACROSS THE CITY? I KNOW IN SOUTH LOOP BY THE MALL OF AMERICA THERE'S BEEN MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE OF JUST SPACE IN GENERAL. BUT WOULD YOU SAY THAT IT'S BEEN PRETTY DISPERSED OR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOUTH LOOP WOULD YOU SAY IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN CONCENTRATED ELSEWHERE? MARION COUNCILMEMBERS I, I CAN THAT MAP IN MY HEAD I WOULD BROADLY LOOKING IT IT WOULD BE DISPERSED HOWEVER THAT SOUTHWESTERN OF BLOOMINGTON THAT THE COMMENTARY DOESN'T IDENTIFY IT I WOULDN'T SAY THAT THAT'S AN AREA THAT HAS RECEIVED OPPORTUNITY HOUSING UNITS BUT BROADLY THINKING OF SOUTH LOOP THERE ARE PROJECTS RISER CARBON 31 BLOOMINGTON MEADOWS NORTH AND BLOOMINGTON BLOOMING MEADOWS SOUTH ARE IN THAT GENERAL GEOGRAPHIC AREA IN TERMS OF THAT THAT TYPE A CONCENTRATION OF THOSE UNITS I THINK WHAT WE AS STAFF HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN DOING IS IN SCENARIOS WHERE DEVELOPERS ARE PROPOSING 100% AFFORDABLE UNITS SIDE BY SIDE WITH TWO OTHER TWO SEPARATE DEVELOPERS, WE WOULD WE ARE ENCOURAGING DEVELOPERS TO INSTEAD DELIVER A MIXED INCOME DEVELOPMENT. SO RATHER THAN HAVE THAT SCENARIO WHERE DEVELOPMENTS ARE STRICTLY AFFORDABLE YEAH THAT THERE AT LEAST A MIX OF INCOME YEAH SO THEY HAVE BEEN DISPERSED ACROSS THE CITY ALREADY AND I DO THINK WE'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OF WHEN IT'S MIXED BUT WHENEVER THERE IT WHEN IT'S NOT 100% AFFORDABLE THAT THEY ARE MOSTLY MIXED INCOME BUILDINGS. OKAY SO THIS IDEA THAT LIKE OH WE'RE GOING TO START CONCENTRATING ON ONE OTHER SIDE OF THE CITY OR WHATEVER IS NOT ACTUALLY FACTUAL LIKE IT'S ALREADY BEEN DISPERSED. OKAY THANK YOU COUNSEL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION REGARDING THESE ARE THESE AMENDMENTS THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCES EVENING COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH THANK YOU MAYOR AND IT'S BECAUSE A DISCUSSION IS WHERE I'D LIKE TO START I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SO I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS A COUPLE TIMES AND OTHER GROUPS BUT AGAIN I DON'T THINK WE'RE EVER GOING TO GET A PERFECT ORDINANCE AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE REVIEW IT ALL THE TIME. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ON MAYBE SOME AREAS TO CONTINUE LOOK AT IN MY MIND IT'S NOT A REASON NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE CHANGES. IT'S A REASON TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION GOING FORWARD AND TAKING A LOOK AT WHEN WE LOOK AT IT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE PART OF WHAT I WANT TO SAY I READ A WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE THIS WEEKEND THAT TALKED ABOUT IN CALIFORNIA THAT THEY ARE STARTING BUILD SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THAT SPECIFICALLY DON'T UTILIZE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES BECAUSE OF ALL THE RULES ATTACHED TO IT. THEY DRIVE UP THE COST AND THEY HAD INFORMATION THEY WERE BUILDING UNITS FOR $290,000 VERSUS NEARLY 600,000 WHEN THEY USED GOVERNMENT'S. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE BEEN MOST IMPRESSED BY THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE IS THAT IT'S NOT A PROGRAM LIKE HEY YOU WANT OUR MONEY DO ALL THIS STUFF IT'S HEY WE WANT AFFORDABLE UNITS IF YOU CAN GET THEM WE'RE GOING TO GIVE FLEXIBILITY. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE RULES WORK FOR YOU. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET OUT YOUR WAY AS LONG AS YOU'RE WILLING TO PROVIDE WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS OF A MIX OF UNITS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE AND MARKET RATE. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS I MEAN THE NUMBERS SHOW THAT WE'RE BUILDING A LOT OF MARKET RATE UNITS AS WELL AND THAT'S GOOD UNITS. OUR UNITS ARE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE THEIR FAMILY CAN AFFORD AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF THEIR LIFE AND SO I JUST I THINK THIS ORDINANCE IS GREAT BECAUSE IT REDUCES THOSE BARRIERS AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE STAFF LOOK AT THAT ARTICLE AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DO MORE OF THAT FOR EVEN LESS YOU KNOW, I MEAN IF THERE'S OTHER THINGS IF IF OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IS SEEING BARRIERS BECAUSE OF , YOU KNOW, THEIR LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT OR STATE REQUIREMENTS ON FUNDING I KNOW SOME OF COME THROUGH THE MAT COUNCIL LET'S WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO REDUCE THOSE BARRIERS AND MAYBE SHIFT THEIR THINKING MORE TO THE BLOOMINGTON WAY OF THINKING OF WE CAN MEET THESE GOALS BETTER BY MAYBE PROVIDING MORE INCENTIVES AND NOT REQUIREMENTS. COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE PAYMENT IN LIEU SECTION. DO WE HAVE A DO WE HAVE A TIME LIMIT ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THAT SECOND PROPERTY TO LEVERAGE THOSE FUNDS? DO WE HAVE THAT TODAY? THERE ARE COUNCILMEMBERS DO HAVE IT TODAY AND ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS IS JUST CLARIFYING EVEN MORE SO AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN THERE'S IT'S 24 MONTHS THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP THAT SECONDARY UNIT, SECONDARY DEVELOPMENT AND STILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT PAYMENT A FEE IN LIEU. WHAT WE'RE CLARIFYING IN THE AMENDMENT TONIGHT WOULD BE THAT THAT FUNDING AT THE END OF THAT DEADLINE IS RELEASED TO THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND FOR USAGE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACTIVITY. SO IT WASN'T COMPLETELY CLEAR WITHIN THE ORDINANCE AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN THAT THAT DOESN'T GO BACK RIGHT. OKAY. SO IF SO IF AN THEY IF THEY DON'T START OR AT LEAST BRING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT THE A A PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF PROPOSAL FOR THAT BY 24 MONTHS ESSENTIALLY THEY THEY GIVE UP THEIR RIGHTS TO USE THAT MONEY AFTER 24 MONTHS. OKAY. HAS THAT BEEN A A DETERRENT OR I MEAN IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S MOVED THE NEEDLE EITHER WAY. MAYBE COMPARED TO LIKE HOW YOU KNOW, OTHER PLACES ACCORDING TO YOUR YOU KNOW, BACKGROUND HERE HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY USE THAT MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS SO OF THE LAST 18 DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED SINCE THE OIL CAME INTO EFFECT TWO DEVELOPMENTS ARE SEEKING TO PAY THE FEE IN LIEU AND ASSIGNED TO A SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT. THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE PROPOSED OR HAVE DEVELOPED ON SITE UNITS SO THE TWO THAT I'M REFERENCING ARE THE ARDOR THAT WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN REFLECTED IN THAT. SO THEY HAVE PAID THAT FEE IN LIEU. IT'S BEEN RECEIVED BY THE CITY AT THIS POINT AND WILL NOW BE WAITING THEM TO GET THEIR FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL FOR THAT SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT WHICH THEN THEY WOULD GET THAT ACCESS TO THAT FUNDING AND THEN THE OTHER PROJECT IS BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION PHASE FIVE THEY ARE PROPOSING TO USE THE PAYMENT OF FEE IN LIEU IN COMPARISON WITH SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES WE SEE A LOT MORE DEVELOPERS ELECTING TO PAY A FEE IN LIEU AND IT'S A BIT OF A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD AND ONE WAY THE AFFORDABLE TRUST FUNDS FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE QUITE LARGE BUT THEY'RE NOT GETTING THEY'RE NOT HAVING THE UNITS DELIVERED SO THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY THOSE NEW UNITS COMING ONLINE WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY AND HAVING PEOPLE LIVE IN THOSE UNITS. SO THAT'S A CONFLICT. YEAH RIGHT. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT NECESSARILY RELATES MR. MAYOR TO THE QUESTION OF THE FEE REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IF WE DID DO THE FEE REIMBURSEMENT WOULD COME O OF THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING TRUST FUND AND AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS I WE WANTED TO HAVE A DISCUSSING DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FEE REIMBURSEMENT AND THE REMOVAL THAT I'M NOT SURE WHERE TO GO WITH THAT BUT I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS MIGHT BE OR THE COUNCIL'S THOUGHTS MIGHT BE ON THAT KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE THEY HAVE NOT IN A BAD WAY BUT A CONTRADICTORY EFFECT ON EACH OTHER. RIGHT. IF WE DON'T DO PAY IN LIEU THEN PEOPLE DON'T PUT MONEY INTO THE TRUST FUND AND THEN IF WE OFFER REIMBURSEMENT THEN THEY TAKE MONEY OUT OF THE TRUST FUND. BUT WE DIDN'T PUT ANY MONEY INTO THE TRUST FUND THROUGH PAY IN LIEU WE'RE PUTTING IT IN THROUGH SOMETHING ELSE. AND I DID YOU KNOW WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS LAST LAST WEEK WHEN WE WHEN THE THEY WERE DOING THE JUST DEEDS AND BEYOND PROGRAM I HAD A CONSTITUENT COME UP AND TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW, HOW OUR HOW OUR TAX DOLLARS BEING TO TO FUND THE OPPORTUNITY OR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. AND SO I THINK A DISCUSSION ABOUT TOGETHER IS PROBABLY A GOOD THING FOR US TO CONSIDER AS WE VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO CHANGE AND OR MOVE THESE THINGS UP OR DOWN SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE NUMBER ONE TO FUND THE TRUST FUND AND TWO THAT WE ARE OFFERING THE RIGHT INCENTIVES FOR PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THE HOUSES. AGREED COUNCIL MEMBER AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT AFTER HAVING GONE THROUGH THE THE THE THE HRA, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE PORT AUTHORITY AND SO ON I THINK WE'RE TO A POINT HERE WHERE WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US I'M COMFORTABLE WITH BUT YES IN THE AS WE EMBRACE THIS AS A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT'S A DISCUSSION WE NEED TO HAVE AND WE NEED TO KIND OF FRAME IT UP IN THE WAY THAT YOU JUST DID SO. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN WELL THANK YOU. 9.5 WAS MY THING. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TWO OR IN ADDITION TO THAT AND I THINK THAT I'D LIKE TO THAT FOR US TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION SO I KNOW IT'S IT'S BEEN GREAT YOU KNOW A NUMBER OF COUNCILS BACK WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD AND I THOUGHT AT THE TIME WHEN WE DID IT WAS WAS AMAZING THAT WE MOVE THIS THIS WHOLE OR IT'S FORWARD AND I, I STILL EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT THIS MARY I'M LIKE WOW I'M GLAD THAT WE WE DID THAT AND IT WAS CUTTING EDGE AT THE TIME AND WE CONTINUE THIS LIVING DOCUMENT WHICH I BELIEVE IN AND I BELIEVE THIS IS A PROGRESSION THAT CERTAINLY YOU ON ITS WAY TO DOING MORE AND MORE THINGS FOR FUTURE RESIDENTS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WELCOMING FOLKS TO OUR COMMUNITY THIS IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S A PART OF THAT PIECE AND SO ONE OTHER COMMENT THAT I WOULD KIND OF BRING FORWARD IF WE COULD I AM VERY IN DOING THAT ADDITIONAL STUDY, YOU KNOW THAT THE STAFF HAS BROUGHT FORWARD AND I PARTICULAR AM INTERESTED IN THE EXAMINATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVES. YOU KNOW, I YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY HAD YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE COMMENTS HERE THAT CAME FORWARD THAT TALKED ABOUT THAT THIS IDEA OF AFFORDABILITY YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, WITH WITH HOME OWNERSHIP I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE BE CUTTING EDGE WITH CONDOS? HOW CAN WE CHALLENGE THE TO TRY TO FIND SOLUTIONS BY WHICH TO TO GO ABOUT DOING THAT AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE THAT BE A PART OF OF THAT STUDY IF WE IF WE GO DOWN THAT ROUTE AND KIND OF DO THAT AND THEN JUST TO KIND OF BRING IT ON HOME HERE . YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S INTERESTING IS WHEN YOU WHEN YOU YOU LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW IT HAS CHANGED AND I'VE LIVED ALL MY LIFE AND IT'S AMAZING. YOU KNOW, I THINK BACK FIVE, TEN, 15 YEARS AND IT'S AMAZING BUILDINGS THAT ARE NO LONGER THERE AND AND THE THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AND I'M JUST AMAZED AT WHAT NO LONGER IS THERE AND THAT THAT IS SOMETIMES UNSETTLING. YOU KNOW WHEN I LOOK BACK AT THOSE THINGS BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S WHAT A GROWING COMMUNITY IT'S A LITTLE BIT RISKY. IT'S A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS THIS THIS WAY THIS COMMUNITY GREAT IN THE PAST AND CONTINUED TO DO GREATNESS IN THE FUTURE AND SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT YOU KNOW IS THE COMMUNITY THE WAY I SAW IT WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID NO IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT AND IT'S TOTALLY CHANGED IN A LOT OF WAYS IT'S STILL THE SAME THE SAME PEOPLE ARE HERE WHO BELIEVE IN THE THINGS THAT THAT I BELIEVED IN WHEN I WAS THERE AND FOR THOSE REASONS I CERTAINLY CAN'T SUPPORT THIS LIVING DOCUMENT LIVING ON YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS, TEN YEARS, 20 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE I CAN SUPPORT THAT AS WE DO THAT WORK THINK ABOUT REMEMBER LET'S REMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU MR. NIEMEYER FOR BEING HERE. I I SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE HAS IMPACTED RESIDENTS HAVING SEEN THE NEIGHBOR MYSELF BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY, MOVE HERSELF AND HER CHILDREN OUT INTO AN APARTMENT WHERE SHE COULDN'T DO THAT BEFORE. AND SO I THINK WE'VE DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK. I THINK THE PIECE THAT I AM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING HAVING A NEW STUDY IS THAT HOMEOWNERSHIP PIECE. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT OF WELL JUST LEGISLATION THAT'S CAUSING THE HOLDUP WITH CONDOS AND TOWNHOMES AND THAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT. BUT WHATEVER WE CAN DO I THINK IN THE CITY TO INCREASE THAT PORTION OF IT MAKES SENSE AND I THINK THE THE THING WITH THIS PIECE AND THE THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING AND WHAT IT ALLOWS US TO DO IS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT MARKET BECAUSE THERE THERE'S A CLEAR NEED IN THE MARKET FOR AND RENTALS RIGHT NOW BUT AS THAT CONTINUES TO CHANGE AS SHIFT KEEPING A LIVING DOCUMENT ALLOWS US TO BE NIMBLE, TO ADJUST TO CHANGING MARKET NEEDS AND AND GIVE DEVELOPERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE NEW HOUSING STOCK THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD BEFORE. AND AS A PROPONENT OF FREE MARKET, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE US DOING IS ALLOWING THAT MARKET TO DETERMINE AND TELL US WHAT'S HAPPENING WHERE WE NEED DEVELOPMENT. AND I SAW THIS FIRSTHAND THIS WEEKEND WHEN I WENT BACK HOME WHERE I GREW UP EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN. IT TOOK MY BACK AND THEY WANTED TO VISIT THEIR GRANDPA WHO'S IN A CEMETERY UNFORTUNATELY. BUT THAT ALLOWED ME TO DRIVE THROUGH DOWNTOWN AND CLAIRE ALLOWED ME TO DRIVE THROUGH MY OLD NEIGHBORHOODS, ALLOWED ME TO DRIVE THROUGH MY MOM'S NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT HAS CHANGED AND ONLY 36 YEARS OLD AND WITHIN THE 16 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN AWAY FROM HOME, MY HOME TOWN LOOKS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND I THINK IN 100 YEARS WHEN I LOOK BACK IF OUR CITY HAS CONTINUED TO LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME NOTHING HAS CHANGED I WILL BE THE SAME WITH THE WORK I'VE DONE BECAUSE I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING THAT IMPACT BLOOMINGTON AND MOVE US FORWARD AND SO I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE CONTINUED UPDATES WE HAVE TO SHOW AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS IN COUNCILMEMBER OR COUNCIL. I THINK PERSONALLY I THINK THIS IS THIS WAS A STRONG DOCUMENT WHEN IT WAS PUT TOGETHER AND IT'S JUST GOTTEN STRONGER OVER YEARS AS THE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE AS WE'VE LEARNED AND IT'S EVOLVED AND GROWN AND WE'VE KIND OF EVOLVED AND GROWN AND WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. SO I THINK THIS IS A STRONG DOCUMENT AND I WON'T BE SURPRISED WHEN COME BACK IN A YEAR AND CHANGE IT AGAIN IN TWO YEARS AND CHANGE IT AGAIN BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT STRENGTHENS IT. AND THE ONE THING THAT ALWAYS CATCHES MY EYE AS WE TALK ABOUT AREA MEDIAN INCOME THE 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME THAT'S A HOUSEHOLD MAKING $95,000 A YEAR AND THINK ABOUT THAT OR EVEN AT 60% AMI IT'S A HOUSEHOLD MAKING ALMOST $75,000 A YEAR. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE OUR FIRST YEAR COPS BASICALLY AND TO TO LOOK AT THIS IN THAT WAY THAT WE'RE BASICALLY PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO WORK IN BLOOMINGTON TO LIVE IN BLOOMINGTON AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO YET WITH HOMEOWNERSHIP. ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO HAVE THEM OWN A HOME IN BLOOMINGTON AS WELL. BUT THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO LIVE IN BLOOMINGTON AND YOU KNOW NOTION OF I KEEP SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOUSING THAT PEOPLE CAN AFFORD BECAUSE YOU TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS COMES INTO ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE'S MINDS ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS AND SO ON. THIS IS HOUSING PEOPLE CAN AFFORD IN THE HOUSING THAT PEOPLE WHO WORK IN OUR CITY WHO WORK IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES THEY CAN LIVE HERE NOW AND SO I'M PROUD OF THIS AND WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB WITH IT. SO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, JUST A QUICK FOLLOW UP QUESTION IF I CAN I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THIS EARLIER I APOLOGIZE. DIDN'T DO WE HAVE IN THE 18 TO 18 UNIT OR I'M SORRY 18 PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED SINCE THIS HAS BEEN IN PLACE HAS ANYBODY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT FEE REIMBURSEMENT? COULD YOU GO TO THE LAST SLIDE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I HAVE A TABLE. YEAH, NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE THAT SHOWS WHICH WHICH INCENTIVES DEVELOPMENT TOOK SO IT LOOKS LIKE WHY AN A 9.25 SO LIKE THEY CAN'T GESTURE BUT SO LINDO FLATS FEE REIMBURSEMENT SOLO APARTMENT THAT'S A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSING TO USE THAT OXFORD HEIGHTS I MENTIONED BEFORE TOOK THAT AND UM SEVEN AMERICANS RIGHT SO FOUR OF THEM YEAH OKAY THANK FOR THAT THE REASON I'M ASKING THE QUESTION IS SO IF THERE ARE A COUPLE THIS SHEET THAT ARE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS LIKE ZILLOW WOULD WOULD ASK FOR MOVING 9.25 FROM THE ORDINANCE PUT THEM IN JEOPARDY MARIN COUNCILMEMBERS IT MIGHT REQUIRE SOME THEY CALL IT VALUE ENGINEERING THEY TOOK ANOTHER AT THEIR PERFORMANCE HERE ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO COVER THAT CHANGE FROM A DIFFERENT SOURCE IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE THEM AND US NEGOTIATING AS PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERS TO SEE IF WE CAN IDENTIFY ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE THAT'S THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND THAT WE DISCUSSED OR IF THAT'S AN EXTERNAL SOURCE I WOULDN'T SAY THAT. SO THIS AMOUNT JUST FOR YOUR REFERENCE THAT DEVELOPMENT FEE REIMBURSEMENT IF THEY GOT 100% OF A REIMBURSEMENT WHICH WOULD BE A PROJECT THAT INCLUDES I BELIEVE AT LEAST 50% OF THE UNITS AFFORDABLE AT 60% AM I THAT'S SOMEWHERE IN THE $200,000 RANGE THAT FOR THAT ALL OF THOSE FEES SO THAT'S THE KIND OF IMPACT YOU'RE LOOKING AT WITH THE PROJECT AND THAT PROJECT MIGHT COST MILLION DOLLARS, RIGHT? OKAY. OPEN QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT INSTEAD OF JUST ELIMINATING AND POTENTIALLY PUT ANYTHING ANYTHING IN PROGRESS IN JEOPARDY WOULD WE WANT TO PUT A MORATORIA ON IT INSTEAD TO SAY LIKE OTHER THAN WHAT'S IN FLIGHT WE THEM INTO IT IN ORDER TO DO THE STUDY THAT WE WERE PLANNING TO DO JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE AS AN IDEA. MR. FERRARI IS THAT DOABLE? MR. MAYOR MORATORIUM IS ACTUALLY A LEGAL TERM OF ART AND SO I'M LOOKING AT THE CITY ATTORNEY OVER THERE TO IF IT'S IF IT'S JUST FOR US TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO HOLD IT IN ABEYANCE WHILE, WE CONSIDER THE POLICY AS OPPOSED TO AN ACTUAL MORATORIUM SO THAT'S FINE. I APOLOGIZE IF I USE THE WRONG TERMINOLOGY BUT BASICALLY SAYING ANYTHING THAT'S IN FLIGHT CAN GO AHEAD BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT ANYTHING NEW FOR A WHILE UNTIL WE DO THE STUDY. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. YEAH SO WHATEVER THE RIGHT LEGAL LANGUAGES AND REMEMBERS WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT PROBABLY MORE THINGS TO THINK ABOUT WE COULD COME UP WITH RIGHT HERE IN THE MOMENT BUT WE COULD GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. OKAY. SORT OF LOGISTICALLY HOW WE WOULD PULL THAT OFF IN A STAFF LEVEL DECISION MAKING PROCESS. OKAY. SO I THINK THAT'S SO MISMANAGED. I'M NOT SURE HOW WE WOULD PHRASE THIS OTHER THAN IF WE IF WE APPROVED ALL CHANGES EXCEPT FOR THE CHANGE TO 9.25. I MEAN WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY FORWARD ON THIS TO GIVE US THAT OPPORTUNITY UNTIL WE CAN COME UP WITH MORE FORMAL LANGUAGE THE WHOLE THING OF BEING IN BALANCED LANGUAGE MIRA MEMBERS I WOULD DEFER TO KENNY I DON'T KNOW HOW INTERTWINED THE DRAFTING IS. I COULD LOOK HERE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT WOULD JUST AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE AMENDMENT THE ORDINANCE RESOLUTION DOCUMENT BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT THE MEETING IN THE MOMENT BUT PERHAPS IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DO. I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT 700 AMERICAN WHEN THEY APPLIED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT FEE REIMBURSEMENT AT THAT POINT WE HAD ALREADY EXPENDED THE SOURCES THAT COULD HAVE COVERED THAT COST. SO AS I MENTIONED WE'VE WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM TO COVER THAT COST THROUGH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. SO THEY'LL STILL HAVE THAT FINANCIAL STAKE THAT THEY'RE NEEDING TO MAKE THAT PROJECT FLOW. AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE SOLO APARTMENTS THEY'VE EXPRESSED THROUGH THEIR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN THAT THEY WOULD SEEK THIS REIMBURSEMENT. HOWEVER, THEY HAVEN'T REACHED THE STAGE WHERE THEY WOULD EVEN BE SUBJECT TO THESE FEES THAT PROJECT IS STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES SO I WOULD ARGUE THAT IT WOULDN'T BE PUT IN JEOPARDY FROM THE REMOVAL OF THIS INCENTIVE AND THEN LINDO FLATS AND ROXBURY HEIGHTS ARE DEVELOPED AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION RESPECTIVELY. MAYOR I JUST DID A QUICK SEARCH ON THE ORDINANCE. I ONLY SEE ONE REFERENCE TO 9.25 AND THEN THE DRAFTED ORDINANCE. SO I THINK YOU COULD CRAFT MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE LESS OR SANDS OR I GUESS ENGLISH LESS THE SECTION 9.25 LANGUAGE AND IT'S AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THE SAME ADJUSTMENT TO THE SUMMARY PUBLICATION RESOLUTION AND ON COUNCIL I DON'T KNOW IF WE'D BE IN FAVOR OF DOING THAT AND THEN WE GIVE US TIME THEN TO TO STRAIGHTEN OUT WHAT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT TO STRIKE COUNCILMAN MALONE I'D BE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF DOING THAT. I THINK THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO TRY AND MAKE THAT PROPOSAL WITH MAYOR GIVE YOU A BUCK IF YOU DID? YEAH. LET'S SEE. OKAY, I I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER. SORRY. I MOVED TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER NINE OF THE CITY CODE EXCLUDING AMENDMENTS TO 9.25 RELATED TO HOUSING OPPORTUNITY AND PRESERVATION SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER NELSON QUESTION JUST WONDERING THE FUNDING SOURCE OF IT I MEAN WHAT I HEARD IS THE FUNDING SOURCE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AND SO IT WOULD PRESUMABLY SOMEWHERE COME OUT OF GENERAL FUND SOMEWHERE. MR. TAXPAYER MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. A LOOK AT MR. AS WELL BUT BECAUSE IT IS IN THE ORDINANCE DOESN'T OBLIGATE US TO PROVIDE IT IT'S OBVIOUSLY PART OF THE NEGOTIATION AND SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ON AN AS AVAILABLE BASIS AND IF IT'S NOT AVAILABLE THEN THERE ISN'T REALLY ANYTHING TO NEGOTIATE. I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING IS NOT TAKING IT OFF THE TABLE WHILE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION AND THEN THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE TIME AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE TO DECIDE IF ARE FUNDS THAT YOU WANT TO ALLOCATE SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PURPOSE BUT WE'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE IT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO SUPPORT IT. OKAY. SO IF I MIGHT PLEASE JUST TO CLARIFY THAT SO THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE THAT AS LONG AS THEY MEET A CERTAIN THRESHOLD THEY AUTOMATICALLY THERE'S DISCRETION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY GET IT EVEN IF THEY PROVIDED, YOU KNOW, ALL 30% ARMY UNITS. WE'D STILL HAVE DISCRETION. MARIN COUNCILMEMBERS I WOULD SAY THAT'S AN ACCURATE READING THERE. ALL OF OUR INCENTIVES ARE CONSIDERED ELIGIBILITY BASED SO THAT WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY IN SOME CASES THE PLANNING COMMISSION, HRA AND PORT AUTHORITY MAY HAVE DISCRETION OVER WHICH ONE OF THOSE INCENTIVES IS GRANTED TO A DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS THE CITY COUNCIL. SO ELIGIBILITY MARY THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. I GUESS I'LL ADD THAT THE LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE IT'S CURRENTLY DRAFTED IS ALSO PERMISSIVE. IT SAYS THE CITY WILL CONSIDER REIMBURSING THAT THAT ORDER FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND SO THERE IF THERE ISN'T SUFFICIENT FUNDS IN THE TRUST FUND YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO IT WOULD RESOLVE ITSELF BY THE LANGUAGE ON BOOKS RIGHT NOW TO LOOK AT THE FUNDING COMES THE TRUST FUND MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS THAT'S WHERE IT TAPS INTO PRIMARILY AND THEN WHEN IS EXPENDED IF A IF THAT'S THAT SITUATION WHERE THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY WOULD HAVE TO COVER THAT COST AND. YEAH AND THAT'S THE PART THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT COVERING THE COSTS SOME TYPE OF TAXPAYER FUNDING BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE HOUSING TRUST FUND IS BASED ON A LOAN THAT IS BASICALLY PAID BACK BY THE LOANS FROM THE HOUSING TRUST FUND. SO SORT OF SELF REVOLVING IN THERE AND NOT RELIANT ON GENERAL TAX FUND DOLLARS. SO AS LONG AS I UNDERSTAND IT THAT WAY THAT I CAN SUPPORT THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. AND MR. MAYOR, I REMEMBER DELEGATED TO COUNCILMEMBER POINT THAT WAS KIND OF THE LARGER ISSUE I WAS NOTING EARLIER WHEN I SAID THESE THINGS KIND OF PAYMENT IN LIEU AND THE REIMBURSEMENT KIND OF WORK AGAINST EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE FIGHTING OVER THE SAME DOLLARS AND SO WE NEED I THINK TO RECONCILE THAT WHETHER WE FUNDED SEPARATELY OR WE CHOOSE NOT TO FUND THOSE ARE ALL GOOD QUESTIONS. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. DID WE DO WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE MOTION OR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO MADE THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER NINE OF THE CITY CODE HOLDING OUT ITEM 9.25 OF THE CITY CODE RELATED HOUSING OPPORTUNITY AND PRESERVATION AND WE'RE THAT WE HAD A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN EVERYBODY CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL HEARING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO NOW NOW COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO WE NEED TO DO SUMMARY PUBLICATION BUT WE NEED TO MAKE THE SAME OKAY SAME CARVE OUT OF 9.25 AGAIN PLEASE I MOVED TO A RESOLUTION DIRECTING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER NINE OF THE CITY CODE SANS OR EXCLUDING SECTION 9.25 RELATED TO HOUSING OPPORTUNITY PRESERVATION SECOND MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND ABOUT COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION THE SANS ITEM 2.9. 25 IN THE CITY CODE FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO MR. NIEMEYER THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION THANK YOU. HELPING US GET THROUGH THAT WE MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING. THIS IS ITEM 4.2 AND COUNSEL I WILL LOOK AT THE CLOCK ON THE WALL AND SEE WE'RE ALREADY 820 AND WE STILL HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS SO I WOULD LOOK AT BOTH COUNCIL AND STAFF AND REMIND THEM THAT WE'VE GOT TO GET THROUGH OUR WORK DONE TONIGHT. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING VACATION OF PUBLIC DRAINAGE UTILITY SIDEWALK AND BIKE BIKEWAY EASEMENTS OVER AND ACROSS LOTS ONE AND TWO BLOCK ONE SOUTH BLUFF HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA MR. KEELTY, GIVE ME YOUR COUNCIL THIS IS A AS SIMILAR ONCE IN THE PAST A VERY ROUTINE ITEM AND IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED REPLANTING OF TWO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ON OVERLOOK DRIVE. SO WE'RE RELEASING ALL THE EASEMENTS THAT ARE ON THAT SO THAT IT CAN BE REPLANTED AND THE APPROPRIATE EASEMENTS WILL BE REPLANTED AS PART OF THE NEW PLAN. SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL COUNCIL QUESTIONS OF MR. KIEHL THIS EVENING I SEE NO COUNCIL HANDS GOING UP. CAN I HAVE A SEAT, MR. KIEHL BUT DON'T GO TOO FAR. WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.2 OF THIS EVENING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE VACATION OF PUBLIC DRAINAGE UTILITY, SIDEWALK AND BIKEWAY EASEMENTS OVER AND ACROSS LOTS ONE AND TWO BLOCK ONE SOUTH BLUFF HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. SO ANY ONE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHO WOULD WISH TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.2 THIS EVENING I DO OH PLEASE IF YOU IF HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY PLEASE COME ON UP. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. YOU CAN SIGN IN WHEN YOU'RE DONE. IF YOU IF YOU COULD SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE, IDENTIFY YOURSELF SO WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE. THANK MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS EMMA, CINDY, HOMER ALL AND AM I? I MIGHT BE HERE AT THE WRONG NIGHT BUT THIS REGARDING AN OVERLOOK DRIVE THE THE LIGHTS THE LIGHTS ONE TWO AND BLOCK ONE SOUTH BLUFF YES THAT'S OVERLOOK DRIVE. YES DON BECAUSE I HAVE A HOUSE 3115 OVERLOOK DRIVE AND I'M THINKING IT'S AFFECTING MY PROPERTY. AM I CORRECT? MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S TWO PARCELS THE TWO PARCELS ARE 3011 AND 3015 OVERLOOK DRIVE AND THOSE PRICES ARE BEING ARE OWNED BY ONE OWNER WHO IS PROPOSING TO REPLANT THOSE TWO PARCELS INTO A NEW CONFIGURATION AND AS PART OF THE PLANNING THIS IS JUST RELEASING EASEMENTS THAT ARE ON THOSE TWO PARCELS SO RIGHT IT'S ONLY AFFECTING THESE TWO PARCELS SO THE HOW SO THE HOUSE THAT'S ON OVERLOOK DRIVE THERE'S ONE WHITE OR BLUE NOW OR AND THEN THERE'S ONE ON THE BLUFF AND THEN MINE IS ALSO LIKE UP I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT I CAN TELL YOU I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP NOW I SEE YOU'RE 3115 OVERLOOK DRIVE 3115 OVERLOOK DRIVE AND THE MAP THAT I'VE SEEN IN FRONT OF ME IT DOES NOT AFFECT 31153115 OVERLOOK DRIVE AT ALL OKAY SO BECAUSE I DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS LIKE WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THE SIDEWALK NOBODY'S TOLD ME ANYTHING AND THE BLUFF AREA BEEN DECIMATED WITH THE TREES COMING DOWN AND. THEY HAD ENCROACHED ON MY PROPERTY. I TOOK CARE OF MY DAD THAT HAD DEMENTIA AND SO ANYWAYS IT'S BEEN A LONG HAUL AND 20 YEARS AND NOW I FINALLY GOT OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY AND ONE OF MY DAD'S TREES 20 FEET OVER THE THEY HAD TAKEN THE TREE DOWN AND YOU KNOW AND IT WAS ONE OF HIS FAVORITE TREES AND I'M SORRY I DON'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS THIS EASEMENT VACATION BASICALLY JUST MEANS THAT THE CITY NO WILL LAY CLAIM TO THIS THIN STRIP OF LAND THAT CROSSES TWO PROPERTIES NEXT TO YOU. NOW WHAT HAPPENS TO IT NEXT WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND SO ON. AND IF ANYTHING HAPPENS WHAT WE DO IS GENERALLY DRAW A CIRCLE WHAT IS IT 500 FEET OR 750 FEET OR WHATEVER AND YOU WILL GET NOTICE OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND I'M YOU'RE THAT CLOSE AND SO YES YOU WILL. I AM RIGHT THERE NEXT DOOR SO WE'LL WILL GET NOTICE OF OF THE NEXT STEPS WHATEVER SO THERE'S NO SIDEWALK GOING ON MY PROPERTY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT RIGHT. I, I MEAN I'M SORRY THAT I JUST SAID THAT IS CORRECT. WHAT'S BEING RELEASED HERE IS AN EASEMENT WHICH MEANS THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONSTRUCT THE SIDEWALK AND SO GIVING UP THE RIGHT TO CONSTRUCT THE SIDEWALK TEMPORARILY UNTIL THIS PROPERTY IS REPLANTED AND THOSE RIGHTS WILL BE PUT ON THE ACTUAL PLAT ITSELF. SO IN A IN THE END THERE WON'T BE A DRASTIC DIFFERENCE TO WHAT THE CITY'S RIGHTS ARE ALONG WITH THE LOOK DRIVE THAT'S NOT TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO CONSTRUCT ANYTHING WITHIN THOSE EASEMENTS BUT THE RIGHTS WILL BE SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY ARE TODAY AFTER THE PLANNING IS COMPLETE SO WHEN THINGS ARE BEING PLATTED DOES THAT MEAN NEW HOMES ARE COMING IN ? I DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT'S GOING TO BE REPLANTED BUT POTENTIALLY YES IT WOULD BE A RECONFIGURATION OF THE LOT LINES AND TYPICALLY THAT'S PRECEDES SOME TYPE OF REDEVELOPMENT OR RECONFIGURATION OF OF HOUSES ON THOSE PROPERTIES. OKAY. WELL I'LL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS LATER. YOU'LL SEE ME AGAIN. SURE. VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD. SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME I DID NOT UNDERSTAND SO THAT'S WHY I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION FOR YOU THEN SO THANK YOU AND I'LL SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.2 THIS EVENING ? MR. NIEMEYER DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO US? 4.2 WE ONLY HAVE STAFF MEMBERS SO NO COUNSEL NO ONE IN THE CHAMBER IS COMING FORWARD ONE ON THE PHONE LOOKING TO SPEAK 10 A.M. 4.2 I WOULD LOOK FOR MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN ITEM 4.2 SECOND MOTION BY CONTRALTO D'ALESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.2 THIS EVENING. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSOLE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION AND I 4.2 THIS EVENING IF NOT I WOULD LOOK ACTION COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THANK YOU MAYOR I WILL MOVE TO ADOPT AN AUDIENCE APPROVING THE LOCATION OF THE PUBLIC DRAINAGE UTILITY SIDEWALK BIKEWAY OVER IN THE CROSS LOTS ONE IN TO BLOCK ONE SOUTH BLUFF HENNEPIN COUNTY MINNESOTA MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND MY COUNCILMEMBER TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS STATED FOR ITEM 4.2 THIS EVENING NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU MR. HILL APPRECIATE IT. THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES THIS EVENING COUNCIL WILL MOVE ON ITEM FIVE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS AND OUR FIRST ITEM OF ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS IS A ITEM 5.1 A RESOLUTION FOR A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT TO TRANSFER STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR THE CLIMATE CHANGE EQUITY MITIGATION AND RESILIENCY PLAN . THE STRESS IS BACK WITH US. WELCOME BACK . OKAY. IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD LOOKING SOME ANIMATION SO GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M A STRESSED THE CITY SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR AND I'M JOINED BY ANGIE BUT GOSH THE VICE CHAIR OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. THE PHOTO WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY OFTEN ACROSS STREET BETWEEN PUBLIC WORKS AND CIVIC PLAZA AND THIS WAS TAKEN SUMMER AND IT'S NOT A GRAY CLOUDY DAY THIS IS SMOKE FROM FOREST FIRES IF YOU THINK YOU CAN EVEN IF YOU CAN CLICK HERE'S A PICTURE I TOOK LAST WEEK PRETTIER SKY BUT IT WAS 64 DEGREES AND I THINK WE CAN ALL SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN DIFFERENT THAN NORMAL AND WHY I'M STARTING THIS PRESENTATION IN THIS WAY IS BECAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE WE ARE SEEING AND FEELING IT RIGHT NOW. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE FUTURE. IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE EXPERIENCING IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT HERE IN THIS BUILDING RIGHT OUTSIDE. AND ALTHOUGH WARM TEMPERATURES MIGHT BE NICE HAS MANY IMPACTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY THINKING ABOUT TICKS THEY DON'T LIKE AND SEEING THE FACES THAT DON'T LOOK HAPPY THEY DON'T LIKE REALLY COLD WEATHER RIGHT? IF WE DON'T GET THOSE OVERNIGHT COLD TEMPERATURES LIKE WE NORMALLY DO THEIR POPULATIONS THRIVE. THEY CARRY LYME DISEASE. WE KNOW THAT RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE A HIGHER RISK THIS SUMMER PLAYING OUTSIDE BEING OUTSIDE BECAUSE OF THESE CHANGES. SO KEEPING THAT IN MIND I WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT BEFORE WE START TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN THAT'S PREPARING US FOR THESE CHANGES SO A CLIMATE RELATES TO BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER WITH THE INITIATIVE THINK THERE WE GO THANK YOU. WITH THE INITIATIVE OF IMPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT REDUCING GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS OUR AGENDA I RECOGNIZE WE GOT A LOT OF THINGS THE FULL AGENDA SO IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES WE'RE GOING THROUGH WHAT A CLIMATE PLAN WHAT OUR PEERS ARE DOING, WHAT OUR OWN GUIDELINE AND PLANNING TIMELINE HAS BEEN FOR THE CITY. WHAT THIS PLAN WOULD ACCOMPLISH WHY ARE STRATEGIC PRIORITY FUNDS NEEDED? WHY THIS YEAR THE PROPOSED TIMELINE AND THE BUDGET REQUEST? SO WHAT IS A CLIMATE PLAN? THEY VARY FROM COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY BUT WHAT IT IS IS A KEY COMPONENT IS UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE SPECIFICALLY TO OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE HEALTH OF RESIDENTS, THE ECONOMY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. IT'S ALSO LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE'RE CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROBLEM OF CLIMATE WITH CLIMATE POLLUTION AND HOW TO REDUCE THOSE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, DEVELOP STRATEGIES AND GOALS AROUND THEM AND THEN ALSO INCREASING THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WANTING TO BE AN ENDURING AND REMARKABLE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WE NEED TO NOT ONLY THINK ABOUT PREVENTING THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S HERE WE WANT TO PREVENT THE WORST OF IT BUT ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO PUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND POLICY INTO PLACE TO PROTECT COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THEN OVERARCHING THING IS LOOKING AT APPLYING AN EQUITY LENS RECOGNIZING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO BE CAUSING UNDUE HARM TO RESIDENTS AND, CAUSING HARM IN ONE AREA TO SOLVE A PROBLEM IN ANOTHER AREA RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE GOING TO APPLY THAT LENS TO THIS ENTIRE PLAN TYPICAL PLAN SECTIONS THEY'RE ORGANIZED IN DIFFERENT WAYS BUT USUALLY HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S TALKING ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY THAT IMPACTS WHO'S MOST VULNERABLE TO THOSE IMPACTS AND WHERE GEOGRAPHICALLY IN THE COMMUNITY MIGHT YOU HAVE URBAN HEAT ISLANDS OR INCREASED RISK OF FLOODING? YOU'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITY IS FOR CLIMATE ECONOMY, LOOKING AT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. ARE THERE SECTORS THAT ARE GROWING SUCH AS RENEWABLE ENERGY THAT COULD LEVERAGE ENERGY SINCE THAT TENDS TO BE A LARGEST SOURCE GREENHOUSE GAS POLLUTION WE HAVE HEALTH, SAFETY AND RESILIENCY PARKS, TREES AND GREEN SPACES TAKING THAT CARBON OUT OF THE AIR BUT ALSO BEING A RESILIENCY MEASURE TO HIGH EXTREME TEMPERATURES TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE, SOLID WASTE WATER AND THEN THERE'S A LARGE LIST OF APPENDIXES TAKING ALL THE STUDIES AND RESEARCH THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY THE COMMUNITY AND DRAWING THAT INTO THIS OVERARCHING PLAN AS A REMINDER THE MAJORITY OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS COME FROM NATURAL GAS AND ELECTRICITY USE FOLLOWED BY TRANSPORTATION AND THEN SOLID WASTE. SO THINKING ABOUT OTHER COMMUNITIES KNOW SOME COUNCILMEMBERS LIKE TO COMPARE OURSELVES TO WHERE COMMUNITIES LIKE SAINT LOUIS PARK ARE AT. WE AREN'T ON THIS LIST BUT MANY OF OUR PEERS IN THE PAST REALLY FIVE YEARS HAVE DEVELOPED A PLAN. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S MOST OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH AND ENGAGING WITH ALREADY HAVE THIS PLAN. SO THE QUESTION IS WHY DON'T WE? BACK IN 2017 COUNCIL ACTUALLY APPROVED A RESOLUTION SUPPORT OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT THAT WAS SAYING WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THOSE GOALS CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2050 AND IT ACTUALLY CALLED OUT DEVELOPING A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN PRIOR TO 2020. WHY DIDN'T WE DO THAT? BECAUSE XCEL ENERGY RIGHT AFTER THAT REACHED OUT TO THE CITY AND OFFERED TO PAY A FACILITATED PROCESS TO DEVELOP A PLAN AROUND OUR LARGEST SOURCE OF GREENHOUSE GAS POLLUTION ENERGY FOLLOWED BY TRANSPORTATION. AND THEN THAT PLAN TOOK US REALLY THROUGH THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THE POSITION I'M IN WAS DEVELOPED AT THE END OF 2019 WE SPENT A LOT OF STAFF TIME DEVELOPING ORDINANCES LIKE LARGE BUILDING BENCHMARKING TIME SCALE ENERGY DISCLOSURE DEFINITELY OTHER WORK HAS HAPPENED HERE BUT WE'RE REALLY AT A PLACE WE HAVE INCREASED STAFF CAPACITY AND NEED TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE SO WHAT WOULD THIS PLAN ACCOMPLISH? IT'S A ROADMAP. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SUMMARIZING BASELINE DATA FOR ALL THOSE SECTORS BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE STRATEGIES AND THEN SET QUANTIFIABLE GOALS SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK PROGRESS FOR EXAMPLE LOOKING AT OUR ENERGY USE WE GET ANNUAL DATA WE SEE WHERE WE'RE AT CURRENTLY NOW AND WHERE OUR CURRENT GOAL OF 75% REDUCTION BY 2035 AND THERE'S A GAP WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT ON TRACK TO HAVE SAVINGS EACH YEAR TO REACH THAT. SO WE NEED TO BE TO HAVE STRATEGIES AND PRIORITIZE RESOURCES TO GET THERE AND NOT JUST FOR ENERGY BUT TRANSPORTATION, SOLID WASTE. ALL OF THOSE SECTORS IT'S ALSO A COORDINATION DOCUMENT. WE HAVE MANY DIVISIONS IN THE CITY AND WE HAVE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS WE HAVE RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES. EVERYONE REALLY NEEDS TO COME TOGETHER TO WORK ON THIS. IT'S A BIG TASK SO BEING ABLE TO PRIORITIZE STRATEGIES AND HAVE EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE OF WHEN WE HAVE ANNUAL WORK PLANS FOR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS KNOWING WHAT STRATEGIES ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO TACKLE FIRST ALLOWS US TO BE ABOUT USING STAFF RESOURCES AND CITY RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT CHANGES WE WANT TO SEE ALSO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS REALLY IMPORTANT SO THE LAST TIME WE HAD THE ENERGY ACTION IT'S JUMPING AROUND HONESTLY THAT PROCESS DIDN'T REFLECT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE CITY AND. THAT'S BEEN A GAP IN OUR CLIMATE WORK TO DATE WE'VE DONE SOME WORK OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS TO HAVE LISTENING SESSIONS AROUND ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION BUT REALLY THERE'S NEVER BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY IN AND SAY HEY THIS IS WHAT WE'RE THINKING AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE. THIS IS WE WANT TO SEE AND INFORM THAT CONVERSATION ALONG THE DATA THAT THE CITY IS GETTING. SO THIS WOULD PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DEEP COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO DEVELOP A PLAN THAT'S GOING TO GUIDE THE CITY THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DATE. IT ALSO UNLOCKS FOR GRANTS. SO LATER TONIGHT YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT A GRANT OPPORTUNITY FOR CLIMATE WORK. THERE'S A LOT OF FUNDING THAT'S COMING OUT WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SAY HEY WE HAVE A PLAN TO BE COMPETITIVE, GET THOSE FUNDS AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF STRATEGIES WITH OUR OLD PLAN TO BE ABLE TO JUMP AT OPPORTUNITY THIS AND CRAFT A GOOD APPLICATION AND THEN ALSO A COMMUNICATION TOOL. SO IT'S AMAZING THAT WE'VE DONE GREAT PLANS LIKE THE EV INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, OUR PARKS PLANS YOU'LL ALWAYS SEE CLIMATE WORK AND IT SHOULD BE DIVIDED UP INTO ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS. BUT WHAT WE'RE MISSING IS THAT UMBRELLA THAT TIES THOSE PLANS BACK TOGETHER SO WE'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TO FOLKS THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO GO. THIS IS HOW THIS ACTION IS WORKING TOWARDS THAT SO THAT WE'RE ALL MOVING TOGETHER IN THE SAME DIRECTION INSTEAD OF HAVING ACTIONS THAT IT'S SOMETIMES HARD FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SEE WHEN WE GET EMAILS WHAT ARE WE DOING AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE? IT'S A HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER BECAUSE IT'S SO SPREAD OUT. THIS DOCUMENT WOULD REALLY MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO WHY ARE STRATEGIC PRIORITY FUNDS NEEDED AS YOU SAW THE LIST OF OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE DONE THIS THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY A NEW THING AND FOR A COMMUNITY OUR SIZE BEING THE FOURTH LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE HONESTLY A HARD I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO COMPETITIVE FOR GRANT FUNDING TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FUND PLAN LIKE THIS AND THE GRANTS THAT ARE COMING OUT FOR PLANS IT'S A TEMPLATE THAT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON SMALLER COMMUNITIES DON'T HAVE A FULL TIME STAFF PERSON TO DEDICATE AND NOT FOR JUST THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND OUR SIZE. I DON'T THINK WE CAN FIT BLOOMINGTON INTO A TEMPLATE THAT'S MEANT FOR A COMMUNITY 2000 PEOPLE ALSO RECOGNIZING BUDGET WISE IN THE GENERAL FUND WE HAVE ABOUT $150,000 A YEAR TO SPEND ON SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES NOT INCLUDING STAFF TIME. SO THAT GOES TOWARDS ALL OF OUR ENERGY PROGRAM, OUR WATER, THE WORK THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION DOES. SO A PLAN LIKE WOULD TAKE UP ABOUT TWO YEARS OF THAT FUNDING. WHY IS THIS THE IDEAL YEAR? WE KNOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS ALREADY HAPPENING AND WE NEED TO GET GOING ON IT. SO ONE IT'S YOU KNOW IT'S TIME TAKE ACTION GET A PLAN IN PLACE TO LAST. WE'RE ABLE TO HIRE TWO MORE STAFF POSITIONS SO WE HAVE INCREASED STAFF CAPACITY SO A PLAN WON'T JUST SIT ON A SHELF WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO IMPLEMENT IT. WE HAVE MORE CAPACITY TO TAKE ON THOSE ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES . THE PROPOSED TIMELINE IS TO START IN Q2 OF 2024 DEVELOP AN RFP TO HIRE CONTRACTOR, DO THIS WORK AND RIGHT AWAY LEVERAGE THE SUMMER FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AFTER THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FINALIZED THE PLAN SCOPE WE DON'T WANT TO SET EVERYTHING IN STONE BEFORE WE START TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE MISSED SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE IN PLAN TO DRAFT THE PLAN, GET FEEDBACK FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THE COMMUNITY AT THE END OF Q2 OF 2025 AND THEN LOOK FOR PLAN APPROVAL. SO IT'S ABOUT YEAR LONG PROCESS THAT'S BEING PROPOSED. THE BUDGET REQUEST AS WE DISCUSSED BACK ON FEBRUARY 12TH STAFF DID SOME RESEARCH AND ARE BRINGING FORWARD REQUEST OF 300,000 BUT THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION ALSO REVIEWED THIS AND HAS COMMENTS SO WITH THAT I WILL PASS IT TO VICE CHAIR BUT TO ADD REFLECTIONS FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU. WHEN WE DISCUSS THIS ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS THAT IF THAT WE REALLY BELIEVE IN THIS PLAN BELIEVE THIS SHOULD HAPPEN OBVIOUSLY WE'VE PUT SO MUCH TIME INTO OUR WORK PLAN FOCUSING AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE AND WE REALLY WANT TO SEE THIS THROUGH OUR CONCERN WAS THAT IF WE WANTED MAKE SURE THERE WAS ENOUGH MONEY TO FUND US AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORD THIS CORRECTLY BUT WE WOULD WANT TO BE OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING IF POSSIBLE. WE DON'T WANT A LACK OF FUNDS TO PREVENT US FROM DOING THIS IMMEDIATELY IN THE RIGHT WAY. AND WITH THAT I WILL OPEN FOR QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME COUNCIL QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBER RIVAS YEAH IF I MAY YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE NO MORE GRANTS IN REGARDS TO SUSTAINABILITY RIGHT. I JUST HAPPENED TO COME BACK FROM A BEAUTIFUL VISIT TO WASHINGTON DC AND I JUST OPENED ONE OF THE LAST SESSIONS THAT I PARTICIPATED IN AND BASED ON THE I GOT THERE THERE ARE GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR ANYTHING RELATED TO SUSTAINABILITY IN THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS SO I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON THAT THIS IS JUST WHAT I JUST LEARNED. SO YOU KNOW I REALLY LIKE YOU TO KIND OF DIG MORE INTO THAT SINCE YOU'RE A SPECIAL SPECIALTY. BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW THESE LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR ANY PROJECTS IT'S RELATED TO SUSTAINABILITY, ENERGY AND WATER AND REFORESTATION AND ALL THAT TOO. YOU KNOW AS THE OF BERKELEY WE'RE ALSO TESTIFY TO THAT I GUESS MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS ARE YOU MAY NOT BE AN EXPERT AS YOU SAID, BUT YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THERE IS A LOT OF GRANT FUNDING FOR CLIMATE WORK TO CLARIFY TO HAVE THE CITY GET FUNDING TO SPECIFICALLY DEVELOP A CLIMATE PLAN. THERE'S THE LACK OF OPPORTUNITY THAT BUT BEING ABLE TO USE THAT PLAN TO APPLY FOR GRANTS AROUND ENERGY, WATER, URBAN FORESTRY THERE ARE TONS OF OPPORTUNITY COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE AND AND ARE HERE RIGHT NOW YEAH YES I THINK SO THANK YOU I'M IF I MAY ADD THIS ALSO A FUND I CAN'T IT'S SO MUCH INFORMATION LOOKING AT IT ON BOARD BUT THERE'S ALSO ONE THAT PROVIDES CITIES I THINK WE QUALIFY BECAUSE WE ARE SLIGHTLY UNDER 100,000 PEOPLE THAT PROVIDES FUNDS JUST FOR STUDIES TO UP WITH A PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THE FUTURE. I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY WHAT THE NAME OF THAT IS BUT THERE'S ALSO ONE PARTICULAR OF THAT I THINK IT WAS ABOUT $250 MILLION AVAILABLE TO CITIES SO THAT WOULD BE OPTION ALSO. BUT AGAIN, I CAN'T AND DON'T I'M NOT AN AUTHORITY ON THIS STUFF BUT I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN THAT BECAUSE IT'S A ONE ASPECT ONE OF THESE YEARS TO UNSEAT MY COUNCIL MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THAT I JUST GO TO YOU TO THAT BUT REALLY PLEASE LOOK INTO THAT I THINK THERE'S MONEY ENOUGH IN THERE TO PAY FOR ANY STUDY . THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THANK MR. MAYOR. I BELIEVE IF I HEARD CORRECTLY WHAT MR. HOUSE WAS SAYING WAS YES, THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE BUT WE QUALIFY FOR IT BECAUSE IT'S TARGETED TOWARDS PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE FULL TIME RESOURCES TO TO WORK ON CLIMATE INITIATIVES. AND SO WE WE DON'T QUALIFY FOR IT WITH THE PROGRAMS REQUIREMENTS. THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD. I CORRECT IN MY UNDERSTANDING SO ALL OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED ARE TRUE AND I BELIEVE THEY HAVE BEEN RESEARCHED IF I CAN SAY THAT RIGHT. AND WE DON'T THERE'S A REASON YOU'RE ASKING FOR THIS MONEY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET IT FROM THESE SOURCES. CORRECT OKAY. BUT I. I ONLY SAY THAT BECAUSE THESE HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS NOW AND I ACTUALLY THAT QUESTION LAST YEAR ABOUT THIS TIME SO IF I MAY COUNCILMAN TO REVISE THE THE VERSION ONE OF THE TOP FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO ENCOURAGE YOUR CITIES BECAUSE NOBODY IS APPLYING FOR THESE FUNDS AND THEY ARE JUST SITTING THERE AND THERE ARE SUPPOSED BE ENDING ON MAY 31ST. THAT'S WHY I GOT I REALLY TOOK IT TO HEART TO MENTION IT IF I COULD BECAUSE THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY PUT ASIDE SO THAT PEOPLE COULD RESEARCH PUT A PLAN IN PLACE FOR FUTURE OPERATION. SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I VALUE THAT BUT THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M AGAIN LIKE I SAID YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND I KNOW OUR CITY HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB TRYING TO GET FUNDS AND GRANTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE SO I DO UNDERSTAND THAT PART AND THAT'S I THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH I SAID THANK YOU THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S THE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU MAYOR SO I THINK YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB JUSTIFYING WHY WE SHOULD SUPPORT THIS AND I APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO COUNCIL AND TALKING THROUGH THIS BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN ON A CONSENT AGENDA AND I KNOW I WAS ONE THAT ASKED FOR MORE DISCUSSION OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE WE DID DECLARE A CLIMATE EMERGENCY AND IT AND IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO REALLY BACK THAT UP WITH SOME OF SOME SUBSTANTIAL PLANNING. I GUESS ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS I KNOW THAT THE SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION FEELS STRONGLY THAT IT SHOULD BE AROUND 300,000. IS THAT COMPARABLE TO THE OTHER PLANNING PROCESSES THAT WE'VE I MEAN I'M JUST I'M NO FOR RACIAL EQUITY IT WAS A LOT LESS THAT BUT THAT WAS YEARS AGO AND IT WAS DURING COVID IN A MUCH MORE PROCESS AND THEN WE HAVE THE PORT STUDY. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT COST SO I'M JUST KIND OF TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF YOU KNOW IS 300 300 JUST SEEMS HIGH TO ME BUT I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH IT JUST WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT MAY NOT ALL BE SPENT RIGHT. MR. DRAGHI. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. I THINK THAT MR. ROSE CAN SPEAK MORE SPECIFICALLY TO WHY WE THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT AMOUNT. I WILL TELL THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION ACTUALLY THOUGHT THERE SHOULD BE MORE MONEY ALLOCATED IT RIGHT. YOU KNOW HOW IT COMPARES TO OTHER STUDIES THAT WE'VE DONE . I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THOSE WERE. BUT DO YOU WANT TO MAYBE REAL QUICKLY JUST HIGHLIGHT YOU KNOW WHY WHY THIS AMOUNT? YES. SO GIVEN THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING SECTIONS IN THIS PLAN FOR EXAMPLE SOLID WASTE WE'RE LOOKING FOR A LOT OF DETAIL THAT HASN'T BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE PAST. SO THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DRAW UPON YOU KNOW, THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN TO COVER THAT. BUT THERE'S A OF NEW MATERIAL THAT WE HAVEN'T DUG INTO AS A CITY ALSO THE FOCUS AND EMPHASIS OF HAVING MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ESPECIALLY WITH FRONTLINE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE IMPACTED THE MOST BY CLIMATE CHANGE. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT WILL TAKE RESOURCES HONESTLY DOING CONVERSATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT DIFFERENT WAYS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HIRE THE BEST RESOURCES AND MAKE SURE TRANSLATIONS AVAILABLE AND DO THAT IN A MEANINGFUL WAY INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING YOU KNOW, HERE'S A FEW ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS AND WE'RE DONE SO REALLY THE BUDGET IS FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH TO DO THAT MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT PIECE BUT ALSO A LOT OF COMPREHENSIVE DETAILS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN EACH CHAPTER OF PLAN. IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG PLAN AND IT'S REALLY PLANS WITHIN THIS PLAN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WHICH IS IN THE BUDGET. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT AND I ASSUME IT'S A SIMILAR PROCESS AS ANYTHING ELSE WE KIND OF PUT OUT RIGHT? LIKE YOU'LL GET PROPOSALS FROM MULTIPLE CONSULTANTS AND. SOME MIGHT SAY HEY IT'S GOING TO BE TO 80 AND SOME MIGHT SAY IT'S GOING TO BE 300 AND THEY'LL HAVE DIFFERENT SCOPES OF WORK AND YOU'LL YOU'LL MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL SIGN ANYTHING ADDITIONAL . IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE JUST SOME CONSENSUS, SOME COMFORT WITH US THROUGHOUT THE COUNCIL. SO IF THERE IS COMFORT I'D LIKE TO GET ACTION THIS AND MOVE FORWARD. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN BE ABLE TO MAKE THE MOTION A MOVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT RESOLUTION TO TRANSFER $30,000 FROM THE 1400 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUND TO THE ONE ON ONE GENERAL FUND TO PROVIDE NECESSARY FUNDING FOR THE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND RESILIENCE PLAN. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO APPROVE THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT RESOLUTION AS STATED IN ITEM 5.1 FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRY SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK MOVEMENT ITEM 5.2 WHICH IS SIMILAR THIS IS A RESOLUTION FOR A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT TO TRANSFER PRIORITIES FUND FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH FOOD ACCESS PLAN AND ABBY ECCLESHALL IS WITH US FROM OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS LET'S GET THIS . ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET BACK TO THE BEGINNING. ALL RIGHT, WONDERFUL. HELLO EVERYONE. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS MY NAME IS ABDI ECCLESHALL AND I WORK IN PUBLIC HEALTH AS A STATEWIDE HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP COMMUNITY LIAISON. THE STATEWIDE HEALTH AND HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP A.K.A. SCHIP IS A THAT SUPPORTS COMMUNITY DRIVEN SOLUTIONS TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTIVE LIVING, EATING AND COMMERCIAL TOBACCO FREE LIVING. ITS MAIN GOAL IS TO HELP PEOPLE ALL PEOPLE IN MINNESOTA PREVENT CHRONIC DISEASES SUCH AS CANCER, HEART DISEASE, STROKE AND TYPE TWO DIABETES. SCHIP WAS APPROVED BY THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE IN 2008 AND PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMMUNITY HEALTH BOARDS AND TRIBAL ACROSS THE STATE. IT ADDRESSES THE TOP THREE LEADING PREVENTABLE CAUSES OF ILLNESSES AND DEATH WHICH ARE TOBACCO USE AND EXPOSURE, POOR DIET AND THE LIKE AND A LACK OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. NOW THAT YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT SCHIP, NOW EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT SCHIP IS. LET'S GET STARTED. THE FOOD ACCESS PLAN THE FOOD ACCESS PLAN IS THIS IS A STRATEGIC INITIATIVE AIMED AT REDUCING BARRIERS ARE VULNERABLE RESIDENTS FACE WHEN TRYING TO OBTAIN THEIR FOOD NEEDS. THIS INITIATIVE WILL ALSO EXAMINE METHODS THAT INCREASE AVAILABILITY OF LOCALLY GROWN PRODUCE. ULTIMATELY IT'S MORE THAN JUST A PLAN. IT'S A COMMITMENT TO OUR RESIDENTS HEALTH AND FUTURE OBJECTIVES. TO BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS THAT PREVENT OUR RESIDENTS FROM ACCESSING THE FOOD THEY. WHETHER IT'S AFFORDABILITY, AVAILABILITY OR KNOWLEDGE. WE'RE TACKLING THESE ISSUES HEAD ON. THE PLAN IS TWOFOLD. WELL, FIRST CONDUCT FIRST WILL CONDUCT A THOROUGH ASSESSMENT TO UNDERSTAND OUR CURRENT LANDSCAPE. THEN WE'LL USE THE INSIGHTS TO DEVELOP A WORK PLAN FILLED WITH TARGETED RECOMMENDATIONS AND INITIATIVES. WE'RE NOT WORKING IN ISOLATION. THE PLAN ALIGNS WITH THE GOALS OF THE STATEWIDE HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP ENSURING OUR EFFORTS ARE SUPPORTED PROVEN STRATEGIES TO HELP ENHANCE HEALTH AND PREVENT DISEASE. GOAL IS ALSO HAVE THE PLAN SUPPORTED BY A COLLABORATIVE NETWORK WITHIN OUR CITY INVOLVING LIKE PLANNING, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, SUSTAINABILITY AND PUBLIC WORKS. GUIDED BY CONSULTANT SPECIALIZING IN FOOD SYSTEMS OUR APPROACH INTEGRATES DIVERSE EXPERTIZE TO TACKLE FOOD SECURITY COMPREHENSIVELY . THIS THOUGH IS ABOUT MORE THAN FOOD. IT'S ABOUT CREATING COMMUNITY . EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE THEIR HEALTHIEST LIFE. IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT THE NEXT GENERATION GROWS UP IN A CITY THAT VALUES AND ACTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH AT THE HEART. OUR FOOD ACCESS PLAN IS THE COMMUNITY FOOD ASSESSMENT A.K.A. THE CFA. IT'S A LENS THROUGH WHICH WE VIEW OUR COMMUNITY FOOD LANDSCAPE SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND NUANCES OF ACCESS, AFFORDABILITY AND AVAILABILITY. CFA IS NOT AN AUDIT IT WILL BE A COMPREHENSIVE EXPLORATION OF OUR FOOD SYSTEM. IT EXAMINES HOW FOOD MOVES FROM FARM TO TABLE AND IDENTIFIES THE BARRIERS THAT PREVENT OUR RESIDENTS ACCESSING THE NUTRITIOUS FOOD THEY DESERVE. WHY DO WE UNDERTAKE ASSESSMENT ? THE AIM IS TO CULTIVATE A SHARED UNDERSTANDING AMONG ALL STAKEHOLDERS WHAT OUR FOOD ENVIRONMENT LOOKS LIKE AND TO USE THIS COLLECTIVE INSIGHT TO FORMULATE THAT MAKE REAL LASTING IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS A JOURNEY WE TAKE TOGETHER BY INVOLVING A BROAD SCOPE SPECTRUM OF OUR COMMUNITY. IN THIS ASSESSMENT WE ENSURE THAT THE FINDINGS RECOMMENDATIONS REFLECT THE DIVERSE NEEDS AND VOICES BULLINGTON EVERY PERSPECTIVE IS VITAL TO CRAFTING SOLUTIONS THAT TRULY FIT OUR COMMUNITY CENTRAL TO OUR CFA IS A GUIDING QUESTION THAT FOCUSES OUR EFFORTS HOW WELL WE'RE MEETING THE FOOD NEEDS OF OUR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS. THIS QUESTION US TO LOOK CLOSELY AT ACCESSIBILITY AFFORDABILITY AFFORDABILITY AND AVAILABILITY FROM THE VIEWPOINT. IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT WITH ANY STUDY THE FINDINGS ARE LIMITED BY THE AVAILABLE DATA AND SO IT'S NOT A FULL PICTURE OF THE FOOD ENVIRONMENT ACROSS BLOOMINGTON RATHER WHAT EMERGES FROM A CFA IS A BLUEPRINT FOR ACTION? PROVIDES US WITH A CLEAR PICTURE OF OUR CURRENT STATE AND A PATH FORWARD FILLED WITH TARGETED RECOMMENDATIONS TAILORED TO OUR UNIQUE COMMUNITY. LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK BACK AT WHERE WE'VE BEEN. THE 2012 AND 2013 WE EMBARKED ON A JOURNEY TO UNDERSTAND OUR COMMUNITY'S FOOD LANDSCAPE A COMMUNITY FOOD ASSESSMENT. BUT A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN. THAT INITIAL ASSESSMENT LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING AND RESPONSE TO FOOD INSECURITY IN BLOOMINGTON . IT WAS A PIVOTAL MOMENT THAT BROUGHT THAT BROUGHT OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS INTO SHARPER FOCUS. HOWEVER, IT WAS CONSTRAINED BY THE DATA AVAILABLE AT THE TIME AND ENOUGH WILL EXPLORE THE INSTITUTIONAL FOOD ACCESS OR THE NUANCES OF OUR EVOLVING FOOD ENVIRONMENT. SINCE THEN OUR COMMUNITY HAS EVOLVED THROUGH ECONOMIC CHALLENGES, DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS AND HEALTH CONCERNS HAVE EMERGED SIGNALING THE NEED FOR RENEWED ATTENTION AND UPDATED DATA. ACCORDING TO THE HENNEPIN COUNTY SHAPE SURVEY FOR THE SOUTH SUBURBS DIABETES HAS RISEN FROM 5.9% IN 2010 TO 6.9% IN 2022 ACCORDING TO THE SAME SURVEY. OBESITY HAS ALSO RISEN FROM 19.8% IN 2010 TO 22.4% IN 2022. THE RISE IN FOOD INSECURITY AFTER COVID BENEFITS ENDED FROM 12.8 NATIONWIDE IN 2023 COMPARED TO 10.5 IN 2022 ACCORDING TO THE USDA. RISE IN OBESITY IN CHRONIC DISEASES NOT JUST NATIONALLY. RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN BACKYARD THE URGENCY OF OUR MISSION. THESE ARE NOT JUST THE STATISTICS. THEY'RE STORIES OUR NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS AND FAMILIES. TO CRAFT EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS MUST BASE OUR STRATEGIES ON THE MOST IMPORTANT AND THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE UNIQUE BARRIERS THAT OUR RESIDENTS FACE TODAY NOT JUST THOSE WE IDENTIFIED YEARS AGO. THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT REVISITING AN OLD PROJECT. IT'S BY RECOMMITTING TO OUR COMMUNITY'S HEALTH WITH THE MOST ACCURATE UP TO DATE INFORMATION GUIDING OUR WAY. THE FINDINGS FROM OUR PREVIOUS COMMUNITY FOOD ASSESSMENT NOT PROVIDES US WITH NOT ONLY A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHALLENGES BUT ALSO WHAT THE ROAD MAP FOR MAKING MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENTS. HERE ARE THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS. ENHANCE COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT. IMPROVE HEALTH AFFORDABILITY. HEALTHY FOOD AFFORDABILITY. AFFORDABILITY. ADDRESS ACCESSIBILITY FOR THOSE WITH LIMITED MOBILITY. STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY FOOD ASSETS AND INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION PLANNING. REFLECTING FROM THESE INSIGHTS. REFLECTING ON THESE INSIGHTS EVIDENT THAT THE CHALLENGE OF ENSURING FOOD SECURITY IS COMPLEX AND A HOLISTIC INCLUSIVE APPROACH. WHILE THE FINDINGS FROM TEN YEARS AGO PROVIDE US VALUABLE DIRECTION, THE WORLD HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY THEN. THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC SHIFTS IN OUR ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND EVOLVING COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY DEMOGRAPHICS HIGHLIGHT THE URGENT NEED FOR INFORMATION TO GUIDE OUR ACTIONS AS WE MOVE TOWARD THE BEGINNING OF THE TRANSFORMATIVE INITIATIVE OF OUR FOOD ACCESS PLAN. WE COME TO A PIVOTAL MOMENT WHERE THE COMMITMENT OF OUR COUNCIL BECOMES ESSENTIAL. THIS REQUEST FUNDS FROM THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUND IS NOT JUST A FINANCIAL REQUEST IT'S REAL. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CULTIVATE AN ENDURING AND REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE TO BE THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALSO QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND AGAIN THIS WAS THEONSENT AGENDA AND I WANTED TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT IT PUBLICLY AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS BECAUSE THIS ISSUE AROUND FOOD ACCESS AND HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS CAME UP DURING THE COMMUNITY BASED STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AND IT CAME UP DURING THE RACIAL EQUITY STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH UPDATING THIS COMMUNITY FOOD ASSESSMENT. AND THEN OF COURSE I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS BY NOW I'M A HUGE PUBLIC HEALTH SUPPORTER AND I KNOW ACTUALLY WORKED ON CHIP MDH WHEN IT FIRST LAUNCHED SO LOVE SHIP. SO I GUESS THAT KIND OF LEADS TO MY QUESTION BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE DO GET SHIP FUNDING AND I DO KNOW THAT THERE WAS A BUNCH OF NEW GRANT MONEY COMING INTO THE CITY. WE JUST HEARD ABOUT IT A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO SO I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY WE NEED TO USE $100,000 WORTH OF STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUNDING WHEN THEY'RE SHIP FUNDING AVAILABLE AND THERE'S OTHER KIND OF GRANTS IN AND MAYBE IT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU OR MAYBE IT'S A QUESTION FOR DR. KELLY. SO OBVIOUSLY VERY SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING THIS FORWARD. I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS ON THE FUNDING PIECE WITH ALL OF THE GRANT FUNDING COMING IN , WHY WOULD WE NEED TO USE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUND? RIGHT. WELL WHEN I THINK ABOUT MAYOR COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S BEYOND ONE YEAR OR TWO YEAR PROJECT. IT'S GOING TO BE A MULTI-YEAR COMPARED TO THE INITIAL PLAN WE HAD IN 2012 WHICH WAS ABOUT ONE YEAR AND I THINK IT TOOK ABOUT $20,000 TO DO THAT PROJECT WITH THAT SPECIFIC CONSULTANT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. ALSO THE PACT THE FACT THAT THIS WILL BE A MULTI-YEAR PROJECT WE THOUGHT BEST TO GET STRATEGIC PRIORITY FUNDS TO DO THIS WORK INSTEAD OF FUNDING BECAUSE THAT'S IN FUNDING IS ALREADY ALLOCATED TO OTHER THINGS IN THE WORK PLAN THE WAY THAT SHIP WOULD BE PUTTING YOU KNOW SHIP IN THIS PROJECT WOULD BE THROUGH OUR STAFF TIME WORKING WITH TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE FOR THAT AT THE MDH LEVEL AND ALSO THE RESOURCES AND GUIDELINES FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION KIND OF SHIP THIS WOULD BE ACTUALLY SOMETHING BROUGHT INTO OUR OWN WORK PLAN FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS BUT SOMETHING THAT WE HOPE THAT WOULD BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT ON THE FUNDING FROM THE FUTURE PRIORITIES FUNDING. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL EXPLANATION. AND SO CAN YOU TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT MEAN BY LIKE IT'LL BE A MULTIYEAR PROCESS? WELL, WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS IS THE PREVIOUS FOOD ACCESS PLAN. THE COMMUNITY FOOD ASSESSMENT WAS ONLY A ONE YEAR IT WAS ONE YEAR RESEARCH PLAN. THERE WASN'T REALLY AN EXTENSIVE VIEW INTO INSTITUTIONAL FOOD ACCESS THE FOOD ACCESS AND SCHOOLS WITHIN THE ENTIRE OF BLOOMINGTON. AND SO IT WASN'T A COMPREHENSIVE OF WHAT THAT FOOD FOOD INSECURITY LOOKS LIKE IN BLOOMINGTON AND THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. RIGHT. SO WE'RE HOPING THIS PROCESS BECOMES. OKAY AWESOME. WELL I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT. AGAIN, OUR HAS SAID IT REPEATEDLY THAT FOOD ACCESS AND HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS CHALLENGES ARE AN ISSUE AND SO YOU KNOW, I THINK IN A COMMUNITY LIKE BLOOMINGTON WHEN I THINK GENERALLY PEOPLE ARE LIKE OH WELL WE HAVE GROCERY STORES AND YOU KNOW PEOPLE CAN HAVE GARDENS. LIKE WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL? I THINK GOOD TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF A DEEPER DOVE AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT DATA AND ENGAGE COMMUNITY AND FIGURE OUT YOU KNOW WHAT ARE THOSE CHALLENGES IN HOW WE CAN START TO ADDRESS THEM. SO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. LOWMAN AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THANK YOU, MAYOR AND I CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AND I'M ALWAYS YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS WANT TO AVOID TALKING BUDGET, YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF A MEETING BUT THAT IS YOU KNOW, TO MY QUESTION TO I'M WONDERING IF THIS IS A MULTIYEAR THING. WHY HAVEN'T WE AND MAYBE THIS IS HOW WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST BUT WE JUST BUILT IT INTO OUR GENERAL FUND WITH A FOUR TO MAYBE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DO WITH HEALTH STUFF I KNOW I'M RETIRED FROM MY HEALTH COMMITTEE THAT I'VE BEEN ON AND BUT YOU KNOW CERTAINLY I'VE SUPPORTED THIS BUT I'M JUST I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FUNDING THESE THINGS ON AN ONGOING BASIS IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN. THE PLANNING ACTIVITY IS GOING TO OCCUR OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS IT'S NOT GOING TO BECOME LIKE AN ONGOING OPERATIONAL AND THAT'S WHY WE FEEL THAT IT IS MORE APPROPRIATELY FUNDED THROUGH STRATEGIC COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT WE HOPE LEARN THROUGH THE BUILDING OF THIS PROGRAM, THIS ACCESS PLAN THAT WE DON'T KNOW FROM THE MANY PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE AND LIKE VP AND OTHERS THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW DOING IMPORTANT WORK FOOD ACCESS. I'M WONDERING FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW WHAT INFORMATION WE CAN GET FROM THE STATE NOW THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, FREE LUNCH PROGRAMS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF OF THAT IN PROVIDING FOOD ACCESS, IF YOU WILL. AND IS THERE IS THERE IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE BELIEVE WE HAVE SPEND THIS MONEY TO GET TO THAT WE CAN'T GET FROM OTHER SOURCES? MY QUESTION AND TRULY GOOD IF THAT'S THE CASE. JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW WHAT WE THINK WE'LL LEARN DOING WORK THAT WE COULDN'T GET FROM THOSE PARTNERS. THANKS MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER THIS PLAN WE HOPE TO BE A MORE EXTENSIVE AN INITIAL ONE THAT CAME ABOUT IN BACK IN 2012 AND WE KNOW THAT SINCE THEN HAS BEEN PLETHORA OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN IN THE FROM COVID TO DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS IN THIS COMMUNITY TO ECONOMIC CHANGES. AND THIS WOULD ACTUALLY ADDRESS THE GAPS THAT WERE AT EXISTED IN THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT. BY AGAIN FOCUSING ON WORKING WITH WORKING WITH NEW PARTNERS WHO ARE JUST COMING OUT OF YOU KNOW, WORKING FOOD INSECURITY DURING COVID AND REALLY TRYING TO ENGAGE THOSE STAKEHOLDERS ALONGSIDE OUR OWN CITY STAFF AND PLANNING PUBLIC WORKS TEAMS TO FIND HOW CAN WE DO A COLLECTIVE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IN TACKLING FOOD INSECURITY? ARE THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE MORE SO DOING THINGS WITH THEIR OWN ORGANIZATIONS JUST TO BE OUR STRATEGIC CITY PLAN TO DO THIS WORK. COUNCILMEMBER CUTTER THANK YOU MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO RESPOND BECAUSE AS YOU ASK THE QUESTION HE RESPONDED I WAS THINKING ABOUT MY TIME ON THE BOARD AND IT WAS DURING THAT TIME THAT VEEP DID A CLIENT SURVEY AND DISCOVERED THAT THE COST OF HOUSING WAS DRIVING FOOD INSECURITY IN THEIR CLIENT. AND SO I ALSO THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEARN FROM PARTNERS ABOUT THE OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT BE IMPACTING FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS LIKE ABILITY TO ACCESS FOOD, RIGHT? SO THE FINDINGS OF A FOOD ASSESSMENT MIGHT POINT TO LIKE HAVE MORE COMMUNITY GARDENS BUT IT ALSO MIGHT POINT TO SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'RE NOT EXPECTING THAT COULD OPEN UP SOME POLICY CONVERSATIONS FOR US AS A COUNCIL TO. THAT WAS A SURPRISE FOR ME WHEN I WAS ON THE VEEP BOARD. I MEAN IT WAS BACK IN 2017 OR 18. RIGHT. AND SO SO I JUST I GUESS I WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT PERSPECTIVE TOO THAT IT MAY BE THERE MIGHT BE THINGS COME UP THAT WERE LIKE OH WOW. LIKE WE DIDN'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD COME OUT OF A COMMUNITY FOOD ASSESSMENT BUT IT DID SOME COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK THE THE GOAL OF THIS IS LAUDABLE BUT I'LL BE I STRUGGLE WITH IT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE COULD PUT $100,000 TOWARDS HELPING PROVIDE FOOD FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO GET THAT FOOD. THERE'S A HUGE FOOD SHORTAGE, SIGNIFICANT DEMAND IN OUR COMMUNITY. THERE'S ALREADY A RESOURCE AS BOTH MY COUNCILMAN TO MY COUNCILMEMBER COLLEAGUES MENTIONED VEEP THAT DOES THAT THEY'RE STRUGGLING FOR FUNDING WE COULD GET FOOD TO PEOPLE WITH THIS MONEY OR WE COULD SPEND IT TO PLAN ON HOW TO GET FOOD TO PEOPLE. WE KNOW HOW TO GET THE FOOD TO PEOPLE. I MEAN I THINK WITH MY PERSONAL OPINIONS I THINK WE'D BE BETTER OFF JUST HELPING PEOPLE GET THE FOOD AND I CANDIDLY DON'T KNOW WHAT PLANNING WE NEED TO THAT. I THINK WE CERTAINLY COULD LEARN A COUPLE OF THINGS BUT I DON'T THINK WE WOULD LEARN MORE THAN THE BENEFIT OF HELPING TO FUND VEEP OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR MISSION THAT THAT THEY'RE ALREADY STRETCHED ON BECAUSE OF THE COST OF FOOD AND BECAUSE OF THE OVERWHELMING DEMAND FOR IT, BECAUSE OF HOUSING, BECAUSE OF COMING OUT OF COVID, BECAUSE INFLATION, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO JUST PUT THE MONEY INTO HELPING PEOPLE GET FOOD SO COUNCILMEMBER KERNAN AND COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER CARTER CAN WHERE I HAVE SOME PASSION AND INTEREST AND EXPERTIZE RIGHT AND I'M SORRY I SHOULD LET YOU ANSWER FIRST. I WILL JUST SAY THOUGH THAT THE ROLE OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO ADDRESS UPSTREAM FACTORS TO FOOD INSECURITY. THERE'S FRONT LINE ORGANIZATIONS MEET BASIC NEEDS FOR PEOPLE IN CRISIS NEAR CRISIS. BUT THE ROLE OF A COMMUNITY FOOD ASSESSMENT PUBLIC HEALTH WOULD BE TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE DRIVING HUNGER IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT VERSUS . SO IT'S LIKE YOU KNOW INSTEAD OF I'VE NEVER HEARD THIS COUNCIL TALK ABOUT WANTING TO FUND DIRECT SERVICE, RIGHT? LIKE TO FUND VEEP TO PROVIDE WELL I GUESS WE'VE DONE HOUSING HOUSING ASSISTANCE BUT I GUESS WE'VE I'VE NEVER HEARD A CONVERSATION OF US TO ACTUALLY FUND HUNGER RELIEF DIRECTLY LIKE VEEP AND SO THAT PERSONALLY SO I GUESS I BUT I WANTED TO MAKE THE DISTINCTION THAT FOR FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE LIKE OBVIOUSLY THERE IS THERE ADDRESSING KIND OF THE FOOD INSECURITY PIECE BUT REALLY THE FOCUS OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS TO ADDRESS UPSTREAM FACTORS COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN THANK YOU THERE YOU AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY A GOOD POINT. CUSTOMER AND ALSO YOU RAISE YOU KNOW HEY AREN'T THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. I COULD BUY A LOT OF FOOD FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE AND I DO THINK THAT THAT IS A IT'S AN INTERESTING WAY OF LOOKING IT. AND WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS AND I WAS KIND OF GLAD YOU HELD THIS BECAUSE I WAS WONDERING IF THE SAME TYPE OF THING YOU KNOW BUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE ALSO A HEALTH BOARD AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW, SOME OF THIS IDEA OF AS IT'S COME UP IN A NUMBER OF OTHER AREAS WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR PRIORITIES THAT WE'VE KIND OF SET FORTH, YOU KNOW, IF WE LOOK THIS IDEA OF IDENTIFYING BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN RESOURCES FOR FOR FOOD ACCESS, I THINK WHAT THIS DOES AS WE LOOK AT THIS FROM THAT FROM OUR SEATS AS A AS A HEALTH BOARD, HOW CAN WE TEAR DOWN THOSE BARRIERS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AS IT RELATES TO THIS FOOD PIECE? AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD BE LOOKING YOU KNOW, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS A AS A AS HEALTH BOARD MEMBER AS AS THIS WORK IS BEING DONE, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE CITY, HOW CAN WE, YOU KNOW, LEVERAGE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE OUT THERE? WE'VE GOT THE YOU'VE GOT THE ALL THOSE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFYING GRANTS FOR THEM. WE REALLY THE ABILITY TO CONVENE IN A WAY THAT REALLY NO OTHER ENTITY IN THE CITY REALLY CAN KIND OF KIND OF DO THAT. AND SO WHILE I AGREE WITH YOU AND ONE SENSE IN TERMS OF THE SHORT TERM NEEDS, YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY YOU IF WE CUT THIS IN HALF AND IT DID BUT I THINK FROM A LONG TERM PERSPECTIVE I WOULD SUSPECT THAT THE INVESTMENT THAT WE MAKE TODAY WILL BRING BACK ADDITIONAL GRANT DOLLARS AND OTHER MONIES THAT WILL BE IDENTIFIED THAT ARE OUT THERE, BRING IT BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND GET IT TO PEOPLE THAT NEED THOSE DOLLARS. AND SO I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER GIVEN OUR STATUS AS A HEALTH BOARD MEMBER. RIVAS THANK YOU, MAYOR. I KIND KIND OF AGREE WITH EVERYBODY BUT I DO HAVE AN IN REGARDS TO IT WHAT ARE WE DOING NOT TO JUST MITIGATE THE PROBLEM BUT TO TRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE IS INVESTMENT JUST TO STUDY THE ABILITY TO HELP PEOPLE FOR SEVERAL YEARS OR IS THERE ANY STUDY BEING CONDUCTED THE SAME TIME TO ELIMINATE THE ISSUE IN THE FUTURE? BECAUSE I MEAN TO ME IF I'M GOING TO WORK ON A PROBLEM JUST DON'T WANT TO PUT A PASSION THAT HOLD FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND STUDY TO HELP PEOPLE TO 20 YEARS OR MORE. THE IDEA WOULD BE TO REMEDY THE ISSUE WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THAT SITUATION? I MEAN I THAT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT IF YOU HELP PEOPLE TEMPORARILY SOME PEOPLE MANAGE TO GET OUT OF THAT SITUATION BY ALL ITS REMAINING THERE SO WHAT ARE WE PLANNING THAT RELATES HEALTH RIGHT AND NUTRITION AFFECTS EVERYBODY HEALTH BUT MY QUESTION IS WHAT ARE WE EXACTLY PLANNING ON DOING TO ELIMINATE THAT PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE? IT'S JUST OUT THERE, COUNCILMEMBER THIS PLAN WILL NOT OR WILL NOT ONLY BE A STUDY IT WILL ALSO BE A PLAN. SO THE GOAL WOULD BE FOR US TO CONDUCT THESE STUDIES AND GO THESE ASSESSMENTS THE COMMUNITY IN THE WAY INTO ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE DOING WORK AND THEN COME UP WITH THE FINDINGS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THEN REDUCE AND ALMOST ELIMINATE KNOW FOOD INSECURITY. THAT'S OUR GOAL. THAT WOULD BE OUR GOAL IS TO PLAN TO GO AND DO THE THAT WORK IN RELATION TO THE CITY. ANOTHER PLAN WOULD BE BY 2030 TO INCREASE ACCESS TO LOCALLY PRODUCE FOR COMMUNITY RESIDENTS AND LOCAL NON-PROFITS BY 5%. THAT'S OUT OF 2030 GOLD PLAN ALSO FOR THIS WORK. SO THIS WILL NOT BE JUST A STUDY, NOT BE JUST SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO JUST KIND OF EXAMINE REALLY WANT TO AGAIN GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINDINGS FOR THIS WORK AS WELL AND TO ADDRESS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON'S COMMENT, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THAT YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT ALL THE TIME THAT WORK WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING TO HELP THE SERVICE IS ONE THING BUT WITH CHIP WE WORK ON SOMETHING CALLED PSC CHANGES SO POLICY SYSTEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES AND WE TRY NOT TO DO THINGS THAT ARE ONE TIME CHANGES SO THAT FUNDING WOULD GREATER THAN IT WOULD BE BUT ONLY THE THING WOULD BE BE WOULD RUN OUT WOULD NOT BE NECESSARILY SUSTAINABLE. SO WE'RE THE HOPE FOR THIS PLAN WOULD BE THAT WE CAN FUND RIGHT NOW IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND THEN HAVE THAT BE A FRAMEWORK TO BUILD OFF FOR FOR THE NEXT TEN, 20, 30 YEARS. SO WE THEN WHO DON'T HAVE THOSE YOU KNOW, INSECURITY IN THE COMMUNITY AND FOR SURE REDUCE DISPARITIES ACROSS THE BOARD IN THE RELATIONSHIP SECURITY. AND YOU KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TALKED ABOUT THAT THIS MAY THEN EXAMINE AND YOU KNOW HIGHLIGHT AND SHOWCASE OTHER AREAS WHERE INSECURE FOOD INSECURITY IS A FACT IS YOU KNOW, IS AFFECTING WATER, WHETHER IT BE HOUSING, WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION, SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS WHERE KNOW STUDENTS ADULTS FAMILIES ARE AFFECTED VIA THIS WORK. SO THAT'S WHERE THIS PLAN WILL BE AND THEN YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS HERE. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND THEN YEAH, I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK ON MY COMMENTS I SINCERELY DO MY QUESTION. SO WE DID THIS ABOUT A DECADE JUST OVER A DECADE AGO WHAT TANGIBLE RESULTS THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE I MEAN I LOOKED AT THE SLIDE AND SAYS ENHANCE COMMUNICATION I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY COMMUNICATION THAT WE HAVE WITH REGARD TO THIS PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE HEALTH FOOD FOR AFFORDABILITY. I AM NOT OF ANYTHING THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING WITH REGARDS TO THAT AND MAYBE I'M NOT SEEING IT IMPROVED PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY TO FOOD . WHAT CHANGES WERE MADE TO DO THAT? AND THAT'S THAT'S MY CONCERN IS YOU KNOW WE DID THIS A DECADE AGO MAYBE I'M JUST MISSING IT BUT I DON'T I DON'T SEE THE BENEFITS OF PLAN FROM BEFORE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES SO THEY'RE SUSTAINABLE INTO FUTURE AND SO WHY I GUESS GIVE ME SOME CONFIDENCE THAT THIS WILL BE EITHER I'M MISSING SOMETHING OR THIS WILL BE DIFFERENT THAN THAT I MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER I WILL HAVE TO SEE THAT OVER TO EITHER JAMIE OR DR. KELLY BECAUSE I DON'T NECESSARILY I DON'T KNOW THE EFFECTS OF THAT FOOD ASSESSMENT BACK IN 2012 BUT I KNOW THAT THIS WOULD BE A HOPE AND A GOAL TO REALLY AFFECT YOU KNOW, TO FILL IN THE GAPS AND MITIGATE WHATEVER FINDINGS ARE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WEREN'T IMPLEMENTED. BUT I DIDN'T SAY WE ARE THIS WOULD BE UP TO DECISION MAKERS. WE'RE GOING TO THE GOAL IS TO BE GIVING, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS SHOWING FINDINGS INITIATIVES AND THEN HAVING THE DECISION MAKERS MAKE THOSE GOALS AND YOU KNOW, MAKE THOSE CHANGES. SO WE'VE GOT TO SEE DR.. KELLY CAN YOU PROVIDE ANY INSIGHT FOR US ON STEPS THAT WERE TAKEN AS A RESULT OF THE PREVIOUS STUDY THAT WAS DONE? MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SOME OF THE WORK THAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT LAST ASSESSMENT WAS FURTHER AND DEEPER PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON NUTRITION POLICIES AND PROCESSES SOME OF THE FINDINGS FROM THAT WORK ALSO SHOWED UP IN LIKE THE LYNDALE AVENUE RETROFIT AND THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT FOOD ACCESS. SOME OF THAT WORK WENT INTO HELPING DRIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ABOUT HOW WE CAN ADDRESS WHERE WE HAVE GAPS IN GROCERY STORES IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO WE SAW SUCCESS IN THAT IN THE SOUTH LOOP CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE THINGS AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED OUT OF THAT FOOD ASSESSMENT. THIS ONE'S GOING TO DRIVE A BIT DEEPER INTO BROADER TOPIC AREAS WHICH WILL GIVE US HOPEFULLY MORE POLICY AND SYSTEM CHANGES THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT TO DRIVE SOME OF THE ACCESS. WE ALSO SAW AN INCREASE IN COMMUNITY GARDEN ACCESS AS PART OF SOME OF THE OUTCOME OF THIS PLAN TO THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION COUNCIL UNLESS ARE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET RESOLUTION TO TRANSFER $100,000 FROM THE 4200 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUND TO THE 1001 GENERAL FUND TO PROVIDE NECESSARY FUNDING FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH FOOD ACCESS PLAN. SECOND, MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SECOND MY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO APPROVE THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT RESOLUTION AS DESCRIBED TONIGHT IN 5.20 FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO WITH COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND COUNCILMEMBER SUPPORTING THAT NO ONE THANK YOU VERY MUCH MOVING ON COUNCIL ITEM 5.3 THIS IS A CONSIDERATION OF OUR PARK MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS PLAN AND WE'VE GOT DAVE HANSEN AND OPENING UP. WE GOT ALL KINDS OF FOLKS HERE I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST DAVE AND COUNTRY OUR PERSON REC DIRECTOR IS HERE. IT DOES TAKE A VILLAGE. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. JUST A REALLY QUICK INTRODUCTION FOR ME. AS YOU ALL REMEMBER IN 2021 THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN. THIS IS THE NEXT REALLY BIG STEP OUT OF THE PARK SYSTEM. MASTER PLAN AND IT'S GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT HOW THE PARK MAINTENANCE TEAM DOES THEIR WORK MOVING FORWARD AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THE PARKS MOVING FORWARD. SO I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE LEON YOUNGER THE PRESIDENT OF PROS CONSULTING AND OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW DAVE HANSEN AND P.J. SCORES FROM OUR PARK MAINTENANCE TEAM. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. WE HAVE THE CLICKER CLEARLY MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU THE FINAL PARK AND RECREATION MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT PLAN. DAVE IS GOING TO START AND JUST OF GO THROUGH AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS AND WHAT WE WERE INVOLVED IN AND AND THEN I'LL PICK IT UP. ALL RIGHT GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TONIGHT TO LET US PRESENT THE PLAN THAT WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING FOR MORE THAN MORE THAN TWO YEARS PROBABLY STARTED AS A STAFF LED MICRO-BUSINESS WITHIN PARK MAINTENANCE WHERE WE ENGAGED PARK AND REC STAFF. THAT'S WHEN WE WERE SEPARATE. WE WERE PART OF PUBLIC WORKS AT THAT TIME SO WE INVOLVED STAFF FROM PARK AND RECREATION STAFF, FROM ENGINEERING STAFF, FROM FLEET AND WE TOOK A REAL DEEP LOOK AT WHAT WHAT WE WERE DOING REALLY LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AT THE SERVICES THAT WE WERE DELIVERING AND FRANKLY WHERE WE WERE COMING SHORT WE REALIZED THAT THIS WAS BIGGER THAN WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ON OUR OWN. SO WE BROUGHT LEON IN . HE WORKED ON THE PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN AND ALREADY HAD GOT TO KNOW US A LITTLE BIT. HE TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AT OUR OPERATION. HE INTERVIEWED STAFF AND ASKED THEM ABOUT JOB SATISFACTION STRUCTURE. DO THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT? THEY TO GET THEIR WORK DONE AND WHAT KINDS OF THINGS COULD THEY TO MAKE IT A BETTER DEPARTMENT? FROM THEN WE MOVED ON LEON'S GUIDANCE AND ALL THAT ENTAILS WELL PART OF THE WORK WAS REALLY FOLLOWS THE CAPITAL STANDARD FOR AN ARPA WHICH IS WHICH I KNOW THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS MOVING FORWARD TO TRY TO ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH THAT. THERE'S OVER 10,000 PARKS SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES AND THERE'S ONLY A LITTLE OVER 300 OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY CERTIFIED CHAPARRO CERTIFIED AND THAT'S ONE OF THE GOALS OF VANS TO BASICALLY DO THIS. AND SO THIS FOLLOWS PROCESS. WITHIN THAT WE ALSO FILED THE THE THE THE THE MISSION AND VISION OF THE OF THE MASTER PLAN THAT YOU ALL APPROVED A COUPLE OF THREE YEARS AGO. AND WE WANTED TO BUILD THE MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT PLAN AROUND THAT. SO PART OF THAT REALLY LOOKED AT THE PHILOSOPHY OF MAINTENANCE WHICH REALLY WAS TO MAXIMIZE THE VALUE OF THE EXPERIENCE AND OF YOUR FACILITIES AND YOU HAVE A VERY STRONG PARK SYSTEM FOR THE SIZE OF THE CITY. YOU HAVE IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE AMOUNT OF LAND YOU HAVE AS WELL AS THE MANAGEMENT THAT YOU PROVIDE PEOPLE AND THE TRIBE THE TYPE OF EXPERIENCES THAT YOU HAD. AND I THINK THE WHOLE GOAL HERE WAS TO BASICALLY MAXIMIZE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE DEPARTMENT BUT ALSO TO REALLY CALCULATE WHAT THAT WHAT THAT THAT LOOKED LIKE. AND SO PART OF OUR PRESENTATION IS ACTUALLY TO SHARE WITH YOU THE CALCULATIONS OF WHAT IT TAKES TO TAKE CARE OF AN ACRE OF PROPERTY OR TO TAKE CARE OF MILE TRAIL AND WHAT IT TAKES TO TAKE CARE OF A COMPETITIVE SPORTS FIELD OR WHAT EVERY ELEMENT OF WHAT GOES ON PARKS AND RECREATION THERE IS A STANDARD THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR SYSTEM RIGHT NOW ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT ON A PER ACRE BASIS AS WELL AS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL SYSTEM, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE A LOT OF OPEN SPACE AREAS BUT STILL FOR THE SIZE OF THE CITY WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED HERE IS FANTASTIC AND THAT'S REALLY QUITE FRANKLY BETTER THAN YOU KNOW, 99% OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS COUNTRY THAT HAVE THE SIZE OF COMMUNITY WITH THE SIZE OF PARK SYSTEM. SO THE REAL WEAKNESS THE SYSTEM WE WERE VOTERS JUST TO PROVE WAS TO ACTUALLY TO HAVE INDOOR SPACE AND THAT'S REALLY GOING TO CHANGE THE BALANCE OF THE PARK SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE KIND OF ABILITY TO DELIVER ON A ON A COMMUNITY FACILITY THAT YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED. SO WE JUST WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH DAVE AND HER TEAM AND JUST CALCULATED EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID. THE STAFF WAS PART OF THE PROCESS AND THEY ACTUALLY CREATED COLLECTIVELY TO GATHER ALL OF THE COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. SO DO YOU WANT TO SHARE YOUR HANDOUT? SURE. SO IF YOU HAVE THE COPY YEAH. WE'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A COPY JUST TO GIVE YOU A DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE I THINK UNTIL YOU SEE IT YOU REALLY DON'T REALIZE HOW THE PARK SYSTEM BASICALLY IS DEVELOPED. AND BY DOING THIS WE IDENTIFY WHAT A LEVEL ONE MAINTENANCE MODE IS WHICH IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CARE PARKS AND WE WENT TO A LEVEL TWO MAINTENANCE MODE WHICH BASICALLY IS PRETTY MUCH ABOUT I WOULD SAY 60 TO 70% OF YOUR SYSTEM IS IN A LEVEL TWO WHICH REALLY IS A VERY GOOD LEVEL OF CARE AND THEN A LEVEL THREE IS MORE OF YOUR TYPICAL OPEN SPACE NATURAL AREAS AND YOU MAINTAIN AND OPERATE THOSE AND THOSE WERE ALL CALCULATED THROUGH THIS PROCESS. SO AS YOU KNOW YOU HAVE 97 PARKS THERE. THIS BASICALLY COUNTS FOR A CARE OF 1571 ACRES AND THAT RECOGNITION FOR WHY WE DID THIS IS TO ACCURATELY ACCOUNT FOR HOW MANY HOURS DOES IT TAKE TO MEET THE STANDARDS WE'VE ESTABLISHED NOT GUESS BUT ACTUALLY ACCOUNT FOR IT. AND SO PART OF OUR WORK WAS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT AND WHAT WE IDENTIFIED WE WERE REALLY PRETTY GOOD IN TERMS OF THE WHERE WE THOUGHT BUT THE STAFF WILL BE ACTUALLY CHECKING AGAINST THAT THIS WHOLE SUMMER BASED WHAT THEY'RE DOING. I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO DAVE TO LOOK WAY OUT HERE. KEEP ON GOING A COUPLE OF SLIDES TO CATCH UP ON VERY COOL. THESE ARE WHAT'S ON IN FRONT OF YOU AS ALL OF THE FUNCTIONS THAT THE PARK SYSTEM HAS AND THESE ARE STANDARDS FOR EVERY ONE OF THESE FUNCTIONS. OKAY. YEP. KEEP GOING. SO WE LOOKED AT THE COVER ALL THIS? YEAH. GOT IT. I'M WAITING FOR THE SNOW SLIDES. THERE WE GO. SO SNOW PLANNING HAS BEEN AND WE ANTICIPATE IT WILL BE IN THE FUTURE PART OF OUR OUR ROLE. I WON'T SPEND TON OF TIME ON THIS. YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD ALL THIS BEFORE BUT PARK MAINTENANCE HAS 33 PLAYGROUNDS. WE ALL HAVE OUR RESPONSIBILITIES. IT'S A BIG DEAL OF WHAT WE NORMALLY DO DURING THE WINTER . WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND THE PRIORITIES HERE. WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AT A LATER DATE AND TALK MORE IN ABOUT SIDEWALK BY BUT WE DO 270 MILES DIVIDED INTO TEN ROUTES WE TRY PRIORITIZE THEM BECAUSE WE CANNOT DO THEM ALL AT ONCE. SO WE WORK THROUGH THEM IN A SYSTEM. AGAIN, JUST CREATING FOR EVERYTHING THAT THE DEPARTMENT MANAGES. CORRECT. OKAY. NOW P.J. HERE WE GO. YEAH. SO INTRODUCE P.J. SCUSA OF OUR ONE OF OUR PARK MAINTENANCE SUPERVISORS AND THE AMONG OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS PLAN, P.J. IS THE ORGANIZER OF DATA. SO WHY DON'T I TALK ABOUT THIS SLIDE AND THEN YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE SHEETS YOU JUST HANDED OUT. SO CONCURRENT TO THIS PROJECT HAVE DONE A COMPREHENSIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT INVENTORY OF ALL OF OUR PARKS AND THAT WAS DONE WITH GIS. SO THIS MAP IS A REFLECTION OF THAT. THAT'S A MAP OF VALLEY VIEW. YOU CAN SEE DIFFERENT COLORS AND DIFFERENT SHAPES WE PUT UP HERE TO SHOW YOU THAT BEHIND THESE SHAPES AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE DIFFERENT COLORS WITH A NUMBER IS THE DATA THAT YOU'RE HOLDING IN YOUR HAND. THE FIRST ONE IS IS THE LANDSCAPE FORM. SO THAT'S A WORKSHEET SYSTEM WIDE INFORMATION THAT TALKS ABOUT THE PARENT ASSET THE ACTIVITY WE DO. AND THEN LIKE SAID THE UNIT COSTS PER HOUR FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AND THE FREQUENCIES ONE, TWO AND THREE AND THE LABOR AND THE HOURS. SO I THINK I COULD JUST ADD TO THAT A LITTLE BIT. THIS WAS A MAP THAT WHEN WE WENT THROUGH IT WITH MYSELF AND STAFF MEMBERS OF WHAT WE THOUGHT IT TOOK TO DO THE WORK THAT WE DO AT EACH ONE OF THESE AND HOW WE FROM OUR MAINTENANCE EXPERIENCE RATE THOSE CERTAIN AREAS OF THE FIELDS AND WE KNOW THAT LIKE EVEN RED HAD ITS BASEBALL FIELD ONE OF OUR BEST BASEBALL FIELDS IN THE WHOLE CITY. IT FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT COULD STILL BE IMPROVED BY CERTAIN MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES. WE DO BUT THIS GIVES US THE TOOL TO BE ABLE TO SAY YES WE CAN DO THOSE THINGS BUT THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST AND THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO DO SO. IT GIVES US A BETTER TOOL TO BE ABLE TO WITH YOU FOLKS AND OTHERS TO SAY THAT YES WE CAN MORE AND THIS IS WHAT IT WILL TAKE WHEN BEFORE IT WAS JUST LIKE WE JUST NEED MORE STAFF OR WE NEED MORE PEOPLE BUT WE COULDN'T REALLY QUANTITATIVELY WHY IT WAS ALWAYS FROM A QUALITATIVE PERSPECTIVE SO THIS A TOOL THAT SHOULD HELP US DO THAT AND THEN JUST TO HIGHLIGHT HERE THIS FIRST SHEET THIS IS JUST LOOKING AT A TINY PIECE OF A VERY LARGE SPREADSHEET WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ASSETS IN OUR WHOLE PARK SYSTEM AND WHAT WE DO TO THEM AND HOW MUCH TIME IT TAKES TO TO DO THOSE THINGS. AND AGAIN, ALL OF THESE SHEETS IF WE PRINTED OFF ALL OF THEM TODAY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE 50 PAGES OF PAPER JUST FOR VALLEY VIEW PARK. SO IT'S EXTENSIVE FOR EVERY SINGLE POLYGON THAT'S UP THERE THERE'S MULTIPLE LEVELS. SO AS TO WHAT THEY ARE. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL SO FAR GUYS ARE KILLING IT SO FAR WE'RE GOOD FOR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT SO ANYWAY ONE PART OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO IS ALSO INCORPORATE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS SO THAT YOU CAN MEASURE WHAT THE IMPACTS OF THEIR WORK IS. THAT INCLUDES STAFFING EQUIPMENT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND WHETHER THEY MET THE STANDARD THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO MEET. AND THIS WAY IF THERE NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTMENT WHICH RECOGNIZE WILL PROBABLY BE SOME ADJUSTMENTS BASICALLY TO HIT THE STANDARDS THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE BUT WE'VE CALCULATED ALL ON A STAFF LEVEL IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF HOURS SO THESE INDICATORS LOOK AT CUSTOMER SATISFACTION LEVEL OF MAT MEETING THE STATE MAINTENANCE STANDARDS AT LEAST AT 90% BASED ON WHAT WAS DEVELOPED AND MAKING SURE THAT VANDALISM IS ADDRESSED WITHIN 48 HOURS AND THAT EACH AMENITY SHOULD BE TRACKED ON A YEARLY CONDITION BASIS ESPECIALLY FOR LIFE CYCLE REPLACEMENT SCHEDULES SO THAT THEY CAN KEEP UP WITH WHAT THEY ALREADY OWN AND THEN AND A PLAN FOR HOW TO DEAL WITH IT WHEN WELL WHEN IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE OTHER THING WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE STAFF IS WE DID A FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE THAT LOOKED AT WHAT IS THE COST TO TAKE CARE OF THE ENTIRE PARK SYSTEM IN HOURS. AND SO WE EVALUATED EVERY ASPECT OF THE THINGS THAT THEY MANAGE AND WE PUT OUR STAFF HOURS WITH IT AND CAME UP WITH A TOTAL HOURS OF THE PARK AS WELL. NOW THE GOAL IS BASICALLY TO BREAK IT DOWN INTO WHAT SHOULD BE FULL TIME, PART TIME SEASONAL OR WHAT COULD CONTRACTED AND DEPENDING ON HOW THE PARK SYSTEM OPERATES AND IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL CHART WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVED TO A PERSON CHART THAT IS ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. WE BUILT THE PLAN AROUND 650 HOURS EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE PAID 2080 HOURS IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEIR VACATION TIME, HOLIDAY TIME, THAT AND CYCLIC TIME THAT THOSE HOURS ARE REMOVED FROM THE 2080 BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE. AND SO WE'RE NOT WE'VE CHANGED THAT TO REFLECT THAT IN THE PLAN. SO ACCURATE HOURS TO WHAT'S REALLY AVAILABLE OKAY. ORG CHART AND YET THIS ONE. YEP SO ONE OF THE ONE OF THE EARLY OUTCOME OR FINDINGS THAT LEON NOTICED ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT WAS WE TWO SUPERVISORS, 26 EMPLOYEES, 40 SOME SEASONALS CREATED KIND OF AN UNUSUAL SPAN OF WHERE THAT LEVEL OF SUPERVISORY SUPPORT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE EMPLOYEES SO WE WE DEVELOPED THIS FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION CHART AND HAVE DEVELOPED RECLASSIFICATIONS FOR FIVE POSITIONS TO BE LEAD WORKERS ON CREW SO THEY WILL BE FRONT LINE SUPERVISORS STILL IN WORK BUT ORGANIZING AND SUPPORTING THE CREWS ON A DAILY AND PERFORMING REPORTING BACK TO A SUPERVISOR YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'VE BROKEN DOWN THE HOURS BENEATH EACH ONE OF THOSE FUNCTIONAL THOSE JOB FUNCTIONS AND THE AMOUNT OF STAFF THAT WE CURRENTLY APPLY TO THAT THIS WILL BE A BIG CHANGE SOME SOME OF OUR PARKS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO A LOT OF OUR PARKS ARE MAINTAINED THROUGH THIS KIND OF APPROACH WHERE WE A MORE CREW AND WE HAVE A TREE CREW. WE ALSO HAVE SOME SITES AND WE HAVE AT THAT SITE WE HAVE STAFF THAT DO EVERYTHING WE'RE GOING TO STEP AWAY THAT AND GO TOWARDS THE FUNCTIONAL MODEL WHERE YOU'LL HAVE TEAM OF EXPERTS COME IN AND TAKE CARE OF A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF MAINTENANCE AND ANOTHER ONE AND ANOTHER ONE AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO IN AND OUT OF THERE QUICKER WITH THE EXPERTIZE AND ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY NEED. SO BASICALLY THAT'S OUR PLAN AND THE STAFF HAVE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH AND I THINK THAT THEY'VE LEARNED A LOT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND I THINK THAT THIS WILL MAKE THE PARK SYSTEM NOT ONLY BETTER IN TERMS OF THE EXPERIENCES THAT THEY PROVIDE TO THE PUBLIC BUT ALSO THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SYSTEM. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION FOR THE INFORMATION WE HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS, REACTIONS, THOUGHTS ON THIS. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR . THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I FIND IT REALLY EXCITING TO ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING WHEREAS BEFORE WE'RE KIND OF JUST GUESSING RIGHT? EXACTLY. YOU'RE SAYING LIKE I THINK WE'RE DOING THIS. I THINK THIS IS HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST. SO HAVING THIS ACTUAL I THINK HELPS US REALLY DIG INTO IT. MY MY QUESTIONS WITH THE STAFFING AND THE HOURS THAT WE'VE DETERMINED WILL WE HAVE ENOUGH STAFFING TO DO THAT IF WE DON'T THERE ARE A CERTAIN PRIORITIZATION THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO PLACE TO MANAGE THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE ON THE YEARLY BASIS. YEAH, WE FEEL WE ARE SHORT STAFFED OVER YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS OF INCREMENTAL SCOPE CREEP THAT AGREED TO WE FIND OURSELVES SPREAD WAY TOO THIN . WE KNOW A LOT OF THE STANDARDS THAT WE PUT INTO THIS PLAN ARE HAVE BEEN COMMENTED AS INADEQUATE THROUGH STAFF OR A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PARK SYSTEM AS ONE AND THAT IS THAT A HIGHER LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE DESIRED IN OUR PARKS. HAVE WE TOTALLY QUANTIFIED THAT YET? NO, BUT WE HAVE SOME BENCHMARKING. WE HAVE BENCHMARKS AND DATA THAT WE THINK WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST BUT WE RECOGNIZE UNTIL YOU TEST IT THAT WE I'M WE KNOW THAT THE STAFF WILL COME BACK YOU AND SAID THIS IS HOW MANY HOURS SHORT AND WHAT THOSE HOURS LOOK LIKE EITHER WILL THAT BE FULL TIME PEOPLE OR WILL THAT BE SEASONAL PEOPLE OR PART TIME PEOPLE THAT HASN'T BEEN DECIDED BUT IN MY MIND YOU'RE PROBABLY SHORT BUT THE STAFF WANTS TO TEST IT AND WE SEE WHERE YOU ARE NOW. OKAY. YEAH COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. HI. NICE TO SEE YOU FOLKS. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. RELATED TO THAT, IS THERE IS THERE AN AND AN UNDERSTANDING AS YOU THINK ABOUT BRINGING THIS BACK TO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO US BUT I ASSUME YOU WITH THE FUNDING REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STAFFING ETC. THE THE IMPACT OF SO LET'S SAY YOU KNOW WE CAN'T MEET ALL OF THESE NEEDS WITH THE WITH WITH THE THE YOUR PROPOSED LABOR WE CAN'T MEET THAT WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THAT HOW DO WE MEASURE THE IMPACT OF THAT HOW HOW HOW DOES THIS PLAN GET REVISED I'LL SAY DOWNWARD IF YOU WILL, IN TERMS OF LEVEL OF EXPECTATION AND THEN IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATING THAT OUT TO PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS OR DOWNGRADE THEM, WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE WHAT DO WE THINK THE COMMUNICATIONS PROCESS NEEDS TO BE FOR FOR FOLKS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS TO THEM IN TERMS OF WHAT THEIR LOCAL PARK THE ONE THEY CARE ABOUT RIGHT. IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD. HOW DO WE HAVE A PLAN FOR ADDRESSING THAT? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO MAYOR TWO PART QUESTION I AM GUESSING SO ONE IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO REFLECT ON THIS AND WE TALK ABOUT REFLECTING ON IT ANNUALLY A LOT OF THE THE DATA THAT WE'RE COLLECTING IS SUMMER WORK AND SO WE'LL SPEND TIME IN THE WINTER REFLECTING THAT AND ANALYZING IT AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S ACCURATE AND ADJUSTING. WE BELIEVE FIRMLY THAT THIS WILL GET MORE PRECISE OR MORE ACCURATE THE LONGER WE HAVE IT WHEN THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION IS HOW WILL WE COMMUNICATE THAT TO RESIDENTS ? AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE REALLY COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR HOW WE WOULD DO THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS. MM HMM. MR. MAYOR, THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW THE DATA I I AM A DATA NERD AS YOU ALL KNOW. SO I'M GOING TO LOVE THIS AND I'M GOING TO BE EXCITED TO SEE THIS AND FRUITION. YOU KNOW, PERCEPTION IS REALITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT? AND SO DESPITE YOUR BEST EFFORTS TO INDICATE A PARTICULAR MAINTENANCE PLAN IS APPROPRIATE FOR A PARK IF SOMEONE DOESN'T THINK THAT IS, THEY'LL COME AND ASK YOU ABOUT IT. RIGHT. AND SO I THINK IT'S AN PIECE OF THE PUZZLE HERE AND SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS YOU BRING THIS BACK AND. TALK ABOUT STAFFING AS WELL AS ONGOING OPERATIONS HOW WE HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS IN LAYMAN'S TO SAY, YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS A LEVEL ONE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, RIGHT? NOT SO MUCH LIKE. THE MOWER IS OUT THERE THREE TIMES A WEEK WHICH IT IS. FAIR ENOUGH BUT ALSO LIKE WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT THEIR EXPERIENCE BE AT THE PARK? RIGHT. YEAH. WELL MY THING AND MOST PEOPLE WHEN THEY GET TO A POINT THAT THEY'LL KNOW VERY QUICKLY WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO HIT THAT STANDARD OR NOT AND THE INTENT IS IS TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BOARD AND THAT CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND BASICALLY THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT NEED TO THESE ADJUSTMENTS IF WE WANT TO KEEP THESE STANDARDS OR CHANGE THE STANDARDS A LITTLE BIT AND NOBODY EVERYBODY WANTS MORE I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY DONE ONE MORE BUT SO THE INTENT IS IS THAT BASICALLY ADDRESS IT THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AS WELL AS EXPECTATIONS OF THE COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER DELA SANDRA MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. IF I COULD GIVE YOU ONE SPECIFIC EXAMPLE THAT I THINK HELP WE CURRENTLY DON'T MAINTAIN ANY OF OUR ATHLETIC FIELDS AT A LEVEL ONE STANDARD WE PROPOSING TO MAINTAIN OUR BALL FIELDS VALLEY VIEW AT DREDD AT GENE KELLY A LEVEL ONE STANDARD AT THE SAME TIME WE COMPLETELY CHANGING HOW OUR PARK MAINTENANCE TEAM DOES THEIR WORK AND WE COULD COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING AND ACTUALLY HAS SOME NUMBERS TO SAY ARE THIS MANY STAFF OUR SHORT BUT WE FEEL A TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY TO YOU TO BE ACCURATE AND WE FEEL THAT IT'S TO TEST THIS WITH OUR NEW STAFFING MODEL BEFORE WE COME TO YOU WITH THAT PLAN SO SO WE'RE EXCITED DO THAT WORK WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE PJ YOU KNOW LIKE LIKE WE WERE SAYING IS OUR DATA GUY THEY'RE GOING TO BE TRACKING THE WORK THAT THEY DO OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND WE'LL BE REPORTING TO THE COUNCIL SAFE TO SAY FROM CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS WE FEEL THAT WE'RE AT LEAST FOR FULL TIME EQUIVALENT AND I SAY FULL TIME EQUIVALENT BECAUSE IT'S NUMBER OF STAFF HOURS SHORT TO MAINTAIN THE PARKS THAT WE WERE MAINTAINING PRIOR TO INCREASING THE STANDARD SO . WE KNOW THAT WE'RE SHORT BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SEE HOW CHANGING THE WAY THAT WE DO OUR WORK IS GOING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND THE WAY THAT WE DO MAINTENANCE OF THE PARKS. MR.. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. FIRST COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION ABOUT HOW COMMUNICATE WITH OUR WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE BEING SERVED, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE AND WHAT HAPPENS IF WE'RE NOT MEETING THE EXPECTATIONS AND I APPRECIATE DIRECTOR KATCHER JUST SAID BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW WE HAVE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS TRIED TO ENGAGE THE COUNCIL IN A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT OUR STANDARDS ARE AND THEN BEING REALLY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR BUDGET IMPLICATIONS SO YOU'LL RECALL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE DID FACILITY SERVICES ASSESSMENT AND WE IDENTIFIED THE LEVEL AT WHICH WE WANTED TO MAINTAIN OUR FACILITIES THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THOSE MAINTENANCE STANDARDS HAD BEEN OVER THE COURSE OF TIME PREVIOUSLY AND IDENTIFIED FOR COUNCIL HERE'S HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST US FROM A STAFF RESOURCE TO DO IT AND THAT EVERY YEAR WHEN WE GET TO BUDGET THEN WE'RE FRAMING UP THE DECISION POINTS ARE FOR COUNCIL THIS IS GOING TO FALL IN THAT SAME CATEGORY SO ONE IT'S IT'S IDENTIFYING WHAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT IN TERMS OF A STANDARD BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT BEFORE AND THEN IT SERVES AS A POLICY DISCUSSION FOR COUNCIL TO ALLOCATE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF RESOURCES OR HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. BECAUSE REMEMBER LOWMAN SIKKEMA GREAT WORK HERE BUT WHEN I KIND OF LOOK AT ALL OF THIS I GO OKAY SO WE'RE GOING TO YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE DONE WITH THIS YOU KNOW NOT DONE WITH THIS BUT WE'LL BE IN THE PROCESS OF THIS A YEAR FROM NOW AND THE THINGS THAT I START THINKING ABOUT AND I LOOK AT ALL THESE NUMBERS IS YOU KNOW WHAT THE IS GOING TO BE FOR THE RESIDENT THAT'S UTILIZING THIS THE SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE IN THE CITY AND SO SOME QUESTIONS THAT ARISE TO ME YOU KNOW FOR EXAMPLE WE'VE DONE SURVEYS WE HAVE OUR OUR YEARLY SURVEYS. SOME OF THE ISSUES WE RUN INTO THAT IS SEASONALITY. SO EXAMPLE IF A BIG SNOWSTORM HAPPENS AT A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, THE WAY THAT PEOPLE RATE THINGS ON THAT SURVEY REALLY CHANGES AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY GET CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN WE GET READY TO TRY TO DO THAT. SO JUST MORE SO WHEN WE DO THIS WORK THAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THAT SURVEY TRYING TO FIND WAYS IN WHICH TO TO TRY TO TAKE SOME OF THOSE TAKE SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS OUT OF IT. SO WE REALLY KIND OF KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING AND OCCURRING AND WHERE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO REASONABLY IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE THAT FOLKS HAVE IN OUR PARKS AND THEN YOU KNOW IN THAT SAME LIGHT IN TERMS OF THAT YOU KNOW, COMPLAINT PROCESS, I'VE GOT A NUMBER OF THINGS FOR RESIDENTS HAVE HAVE SAID TO ME YOU KNOW HEY I'VE MADE A MADE A COMPLAINT AND YOU KNOW I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A HAVE A PROCESS IN THAT THAT IS SOMEWHAT STRUCTURED SO THAT WE CAN BECAUSE THERE COULD BE THERE COULD BE TWO EXTREMES, RIGHT? THERE'S THE ONE WHERE YOU DON'T LIKE THE RESPONSE THAT I'M GIVING YOU AND SO YOU DIDN'T RESPOND. AND THEN ON THE OTHER HAND IT CAN BE YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PROBLEM GOING ON THERE AND THEN THERE'S JUST IT GETS LOST THE SYSTEM BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE TO THAT MAGNITUDE IS REALLY COMPLICATED TRY TO NAVIGATE EVEN JUST FOR ONE PERSON AND SO THAT'S JUST ONE PIECE THAT I'M GOING TO BE REALLY KIND OF KEYING IN ON IS THAT AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT REFLECTED SOMEWHAT IN THE SURVEYS IS THAT YOU KNOW THAT THAT COMPLAINT PROCESS IN TERMS OF HERE WE GOT A PROBLEM YOU KNOW HOW TO HOW TO RESOLVE THAT AND THEN FINALLY SINCE I LIKE TO DO FORECASTING I DO A LOT WITH WITH PEOPLE I'M CURIOUS FROM YOUR WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE BEFORE OR SEASONAL IN FTE OR FULL TIME EMPLOYEE THESE ARE THOSE IS THE PRODUCTIVITY THE SAME HOUR THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THERE DO THEY ACCOMPLISH OR ARE THEY AS PRODUCTIVE AS YOU KNOW OR YOU KNOW AS YOU KNOW FROM A POLICYMAKER STANDPOINT WE WANT TO GET THE BEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK? YOU KNOW, I KNOW SEASONALITY SOMETIMES CAN BE A LITTLE BIT CHEAPER BUT CAN WE SAVE BY INVESTING IN MORE MORE FULL TIME WORKERS IN TERMS OF THAT PRODUCTIVITY AND TRAINING? IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I MEAN WE GO BACK AND FORTH ON THIS ALL THE TIME AND IT'S REALLY HOW WELL THEY'RE TRAINED I MEAN BOTH FULL TIME AND PART TIME AND THE IMPORTANCE ELEMENT OF IT IS IS IS YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY WANTS MORE FULL TIME STAFF BUT THAT YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A COLD CLIMATE WHERE YOU'RE YOU HAVE A 28 WEEK GROW SEASON WHERE A LOT OF OTHER AREAS HAVE YOU KNOW, 3436, YOU KNOW, AND SO WORK BASED AND EVERYTHING ON THIS SCHEDULE OF 28 BUT LIKE THIS YEAR YOU DIDN'T HAVE SNOW EVENTS SO YOU SAVED A LOT OF MONEY AND SO YOU'RE KIND BACK AND FORTH BUT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION JUST ON THAT SUBJECT AND PART OF IT IS WHAT IS THE RIGHT BALANCE AND PART OF THIS SHOULD TELL WHAT THAT RIGHT BALANCE IS BECAUSE THE STANDARDS WILL DICTATE IT BEFORE THE STANDARDS. WE'RE PRETTY MUCH DRIVEN PERSONALITY BY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE PARK AND WHAT THEY FELT WAS MOST IMPORTANT THIS WAY STANDARDS ACROSS THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE A LOT MORE CONSISTENT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL THE QUESTIONS COUNCIL WELL DONE. THIS IS BIG WORK. THIS IS A LOT OF WORK AND APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT WENT INTO IT AND THE DETAIL TO TO KNOW WHAT IT HOW MUCH TIME IT TAKES BLOW OUT A BACKSTOP IS JUST NOT SOMETHING I EVER THOUGHT ABOUT BEFORE SO IT'S IMPRESSIVE THAT YOU GUYS ACTUALLY CONSIDER THAT KIND OF THING. I THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN THIS AND THERE'S GOING TO BE MANY, MANY, MANY CHALLENGES THE BIGGEST ONE THAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES IN MY MIND AND COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE MENTIONED IT'S IT'S IT'S LOCATION I MEAN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THEIR PARK SO IT'S HOW CLOSE IT IS TO THEM AND IT'S RECENCY WHAT HAPPENED MOST RECENTLY THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO AFFECT HOW THEY EVALUATE LEVEL ONE, TWO OR THREE. I MEAN IT'S JUST GOING TO AND AND I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN IT EVERYWHERE AND THAT'S HOW IT ALL WORKS OUT AND SO APPRECIATE THE CHALLENGE THAT COMES WITH IT AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING HOW YOU WORK WAY THROUGH THAT BECAUSE THAT'S I THINK A BIGGIE FOR A LOT OF A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. YEAH YEAH YEAH RIGHT COUNCILOR IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON THIS, I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADOPT THE PARK MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS PLAN. I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO ADOPT THE PARK MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS PLAN NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU MUCH AND IN 5.4 IS A DISCUSSION AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN MEETING ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A WHILE AND HAVE BEEN I THINK AND LOOKING FOR A BIT MORE DETAIL AND SPECIFICS ON IT. THIS IS OUR DISCUSSION ON PREVAILING WAGE AND WAGE THEFT AND MS.. MS. MANDU SIDE AND MR. MALIK ARE GOING TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS SO CORRECT. MAYOR THANK YOU SO I AM GOING TO START BY SAYING THAT AMIR HAS DONE HOURS WEEKS, MAYBE EVEN MONTHS WORTH OF RESEARCH ON THIS. I HAVE NOT I OFFERED TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION AND I WANT TO BE RECEPTIVE. I WANT TO BE SORT OF MINDFUL THE HOUR WE HAVE SLOTTED THIS IN SORT OF GENERALLY FOR 15 MINUTES OF SLIDES AND AROUND 30 MINUTES OF DISCUSSION OBVIOUSLY YOU'LL DISCUSS FROM OVER LONG YOU WANT BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE GIVEN THAT IT'S 945 KIND OF WHAT WHAT WE'RE HEADED TOWARDS HERE, I GOT TO JUST A COUPLE OF SLIDES . ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT NEXT SLIDE HERE. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR BACKGROUND HERE, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE BACK AT THE END OF LAST YOU ALL ASKED US DURING A DISCUSSION ABOUT A HOUSING PROJECT TO GET BACK TO TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, PUT SOME LANGUAGE IN THAT PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND WE DID THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME DEVELOPMENT SOME LANGUAGE THAT HAS BEEN CREATED TO HEIGHTEN THE THE THE THE LEVEL OF PAYROLL RECORDS AND COPIES THAT HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT ACTUAL AGREEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED YET BECAUSE IT'S NOT AT THAT STAGE IN THE PROCESS BUT THE LANGUAGE HAS BEEN HAS BEEN PREPARED. YOU ALSO ASKED US TO REPORT BACK TO YOU ON THE TOPIC OF LOCAL PREVAILING WAGE AND WAGE THEFT. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THOSE AND I I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO START AT VERY HIGH LEVEL AND TALK BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE COME AT THIS AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING AND I THINK THAT WORDS REALLY MATTER THAT WE'RE USING IN THE TERMS REALLY MATTER AND THEY CAN GET CO-MINGLED. SO I WANT TO JUST START THE CONVERSATION WITH A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF THE TERMS THAT WE'RE USING SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WAGE THEFT THAT'S TIME. OOPS I GOT TO ADVANCE THE SLIDE ANY TIME THE EMPLOYER DOES NOT PAY AN EMPLOYEE EVERYTHING THAT THE EMPLOYEE IS OWED BY LAW IT APPLIES TO EVERYBODY AND IT COVERS A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT EXAMPLES WHICH I'LL GET TO IN THE NEXT SLIDE. IT'S REGULATED BY THE STATE NOW AND IF WE ADOPTED IF YOU HAD ASKED US TO CREATE A LOCAL ORDINANCE IT WOULD BE MODELED THE STATE LAW AND THERE ARE CITIES THAT HAVE A LOCAL WAGE THEFT ORDINANCE MINNEAPOLIS AND SAINT PAUL IN PARTICULAR. WE WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW OUR WORKERS SUBMIT COMPLAINTS LOCALLY AS OPPOSED TO THE STATE AND ESSENTIALLY YOU WOULD HAVE IS A SITUATION OF OF ENHANCED LOCAL COMPLIANCE. WE COULD YOU COULD ADVISE US TO FOCUS ON A PARTICULAR AREA AND WE'LL GO THROUGH A WHOLE BUNCH OF THOSE COMMON EXAMPLES. BUT IS ESSENTIALLY THE WORLD OF WAGE THEFT REGULATION SO WHAT IS WAGE THEFT? I GAVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES ON THE SLIDE. AGAIN IT'S WHENEVER THE THE THE WORKER ISN'T GETTING WHAT THE WORKER IS OWED BY LAW AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT AMIR AND I HAVE LOOKED AT A GREAT DEAL OF RESEARCH AND LOTS OF SLIDES AND LOTS OF CHARTS AND GRAPHS AND WOMEN LOWER INCOME WORKERS YOUTH AND BIPOC PEOPLE THAT IDENTIFY AS BIPOC THEY DON'T THEY DO PRETTY BAD WHEN IT COMES TO WAGE THEFT THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH WAGE THAT WAGE THEFT SO IF YOU FALL UNDER THOSE CATEGORIES YOU'RE A LOWER INCOME WORKER, YOU'RE A WOMAN, YOU'RE YOUTH OR YOU'RE BIPOC YOU'RE GOING TO BE MUCH MORE LIKELY EXPERIENCE WAGE THEFT. I FOUGHT FOR THE FOLKS THAT LIKE VISUAL DEPICTIONS I WOULD PREPARE THIS DOCUMENT SO THE WORLD OF WAGE THEFT REGULATION IS THE BLUE CIRCLE. EVERYTHING IN THERE AND PREVAILING WAGE IS WITHIN WAGE THEFT PREVAILING WAGE REGULATIONS IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO NEXT. IT'S IT'S A SMALLER SUBSET OF THE LARGER WORLD OF WAGE THEFT REGULATIONS. SO ANOTHER THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT IS LIVING WAGE IN LIVING WAGE EASILY DEPICTED ON THAT BUBBLES THAT WE HAD ON LAST SLIDE. LIVING WAGE IS A MORE GENERAL MINIMUM WAGE WHEN WHEN CITIES ABOUT A LOCAL LIVING WAGE IS ESSENTIALLY LIKE LOCAL MINIMUM WAGE. IT'S NOT PREVAILING WAGE AND IT IS IT IS NOT SORT OF WAGE IT'S NOT WITHIN THE WORLD OF WAGE THEFT UNLESS YOU DIDN'T PAY SOMEBODY THE MINIMUM WAGE. SO LIVING WAGE IS NOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. WE CERTAINLY HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT LIVING WAGE IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT OR ASK US TO COME BACK WITH MORE INFORMATION ON. BUT TONIGHT WE'RE FOCUSED ON WAGE THEFT AND PREVAILING WAGE . SO THE DIFFERENCE THAT IS THAT IS MOST IMPORTANT FOR FOR YOU TO TAKE AWAY TONIGHT IS THAT PREVAILING WAGE ONLY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. WHAT PREVAILING WAGE A LOCAL PREVAILING WAGE DOES IS ESTABLISH A MINIMUM WAGE FOR THOSE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. IT'S CALCULATED IN IN IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. IT'S CALCULATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND SOMETIMES THEY WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON THE PROJECT. THEY COME UP, THEY SURVEY WORKERS. IT IS CALCULATED BY THE WAGE RATE FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF WORKERS THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING, THE FUNCTIONAL WORK THAT THEY'RE PERFORMING IN THE COUNTY THAT THEY'RE PERFORMING THAT WORK AND IT'S A HUGE THAT YOU REFERENCE WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING ENFORCE A LOCAL PREVAILING WAGE YOU YOU GO ONSITE AND YOU WHO HERE IS YOU KNOW THEY TELL YOU WHO HOW MANY PEOPLE THERE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING YOU GO ON SITE AND YOU SEE IS THAT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE DOING PLUMBING DO THEY LOOK IF THEY'RE DOING THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT WORKS AND THEN THERE IS A ELEMENT FOR THE EMPLOYERS THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT PAYROLL RECORDS EVERY TWO WEEKS SHOWING WHO'S WORKING ON THE PROJECT, THE NUMBER OF HOURS AND AND HOW MUCH THEY WERE PAID. THERE'S ALSO LIKE I MENTIONED THE SITE VISITS WOULD CONFIRM THE ACCURACY OF THOSE REPORTS. SO THERE'S THAT THAT'S AT THE LOCAL IT FUNCTIONS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IT'S JUST THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE EXCUSE ME THE FEDERAL PREVAILING WAGE. SO IF IT'S A FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECT, IF IT'S HUD OR LIKE FOR 94 FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THOSE ARE DOING THOSE ARE REGULATED BY FEDERAL WAGE FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS LOOKING AT CARL TO MAKE SURE I'M SAYING ALL THAT RIGHT. YEP. OKAY. HE'S NODDING. OKAY ALL RIGHT. SO LOCAL PREVAILING WAGE SEVERAL CITIES AROUND US HAVE A LOCAL PREVAILING WAGE. THEY ARE STRUCTURED DIFFERENTLY. THEY ARE SOME OF THEM ARE STRUCTURED BASED ON COST OF THE PROJECT THAT IS HAPPENING AND OTHERS OF THEM ARE. AND THIS ONE IN WEST SAINT PAUL IS A CLICKS ON WHEN IT IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CITY FUNDS THAT ARE IN THE PROJECT. SO AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS VASTLY AMOUNTS HERE EVERYTHING FROM 2000 TO 300000 AND IT'S IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES SO IT'S AROUND THE METRO A FAIR AND OUTSIDE OF THE METRO TO SO WHEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT OH THANK YOU GOSH I'VE GOT A THANK YOU SO I'M THINKING ABOUT AGAIN WHAT WOULD BE IN A LOCAL WAGE WHAT SORTS OF DECISIONS WOULD YOU ALL NEED TO MAKE? WE WOULD NEED YOU TO TELL US WHAT A PROJECT MEANS WHEN WHEN WILL WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT IS WITH THAT WILL TURN ON THE PREVAILING WAGE REGULATIONS HERE IS A DEFINITION FROM THE STATE STATE LAW AND IS BROAD AND INCLUDES LOTS OF THINGS BUT THERE ARE OTHER DEFINITIONS IN OTHER ORDINANCES. THE OTHER THING THAT WE'D WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE THE DEFINITION OF CITY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THAT WOULD CLICK THE OBLIGATION TO COMPLY WITH A PREVAILING WAGE SHOULD IT BE ALL OF THESE THINGS? SHOULD IT BE SHOULD IT NOT BE ALL OF THESE THINGS IN SOME CASES CITIES DON'T REQUIRE IT PREVAILING WAGE WHEN IT'S JUST TO FINANCE. SO THERE ARE ALL KINDS DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THIS IN DIFFERENT CITIES AND THEN THE SAME QUESTION WOULD BE AND SAME CONSIDERATION WOULD APPLY TO THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE PROJECT. SO WE'VE HAD A SLIDE ON THE PREVIOUS ONE THAT TALKED ABOUT ALL THE VARIOUS DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT CITIES USED AND SOME CASES THEY USED HOW MUCH CITY MONEY WAS IN IT IN THE CITY WE NEED TO SET THAT SO SORT OF THE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WE'LL LOOK AT FANCY TRANSITION THAT'S JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWAKE SO THE NEXT THREE SLIDES ARE ABOUT 15 OR 14 CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT LOCAL PREVAILING WAGE. SO I'M HERE AND I MOSTLY READ A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF, A WHOLE BUNCH OF REPORTS, ALL DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES THAT THE DEAL WITH PREVAILING WAGE AND LOOK AT IT FROM THE EMPLOYER THE EMPLOYEE SIDE FROM THE WORKER AND THE REGULATOR AND THE EMPLOYER AND AND WE ALSO MET WITH STAFF MET WITH FOLKS IN PARKS AND REC AND PUBLIC WORKS AND IN FINANCE INTERNALLY IN OUR ORGANIZATION TO TALK WITH THEM ABOUT HOW WOULD THIS HOW WOULD A LOCAL PREVAILING WAGE ORDINANCE BE ADAPT FOR OUR PARTICULAR TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE HERE THE TYPES OF EXPERIENCES THAT WE'VE HAD HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THAT SO FAR AND MOVING FORWARD. SO WITH THAT AS THE SET UP HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT LOCAL PREVAILING WAGES ARE CONSIDERED A TOOL TO COMBAT WAGE THEFT IN THE THEORY IS THAT IF YOU ARE A CITY THAT REQUIRES PREVAILING WAGE THAT IT'S LIKELY TO DETER EMPLOYERS THAT DO NOT WANT TO COMPLY. THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THE COMPLIANCE WORK BECAUSE THEY AREN'T ABLE TO COMPLY AND SO THEY WON'T PARTICIPATE IN BIDDING FOR YOUR PROJECTS. SO IT'S A SORT OF DETERRENT BY ITS FUNCTION THERE THERE ARE OFTEN AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN OTHER CITIES HEIGHTENED LABOR COMPLIANCE PROJECTS WHEN YOU'RE RECEIVING CITY FUNDS. SO IF YOU GET CITY FUNDS THAT'S OFTEN WHAT TRIGGERS THE NEED TO COMPLY WITH LOCAL PREVAILING WAGE. SO IT'S SORT OF LIKE IF YOU GET OUR MONEY YOU KNOW THEN WE WANT YOU TO ENSURE THAT YOU'RE GETTING THAT THAT WE AS A CITY ARE NOT HAVING OUR CITY MONEY USED IN A WAY THAT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE BELIEVE IS A REASONABLE WAGE FOR EMPLOYEES TO BE PAID. THE OTHER THING THAT WE WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT AGAIN THE DEFINITIONS THESE THRESHOLDS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE EFFECTIVE DATE THESE COULD HOWEVER YOU DECIDE TO PROCEED COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT SOME OF THE LARGE BIG THAT WE HAVE ON OUR CONSTRUCTION HORIZON. THEY'RE GOING TO UTILIZE A LOT OF WORKERS AND CONTRACTORS FOR EXAMPLE, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER IS THE ONE THAT IS ON OUR MIND RIGHT NOW MOST IN THAT WE HAVE A PENDING TIMELINE. SO AROUND THE END OF APRIL WE HAVE TO RELEASE THE RFP FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AND WE WILL NEED TO LET THEM KNOW IF THEY ARE TO BE MANAGING PROJECT THAT USES PREVAILING WAGE. SO WE HAVE SOME REAL TIMELINES ARE THAT WE'LL NEED SOME DIRECTION ON THE OTHER THING TO KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE ORDINANCES WE HAVE SURVEYED CITIES THAT HAVE ORDINANCES AND WE HAVE THEIR OPINIONS ON WHETHER THERE'S IS EASY TO USE WHETHER THEY LIKE OTHER CITIES YOU KNOW SORT OF THE LIVED EXPERIENCE SO SO AMIR HAS PUT TOGETHER A DRAFT SO WE'RE NOT STARTING FROM GROUND ZERO. WE WE HAVE WORDS ON PAPER AND THEN WITH THE STATE'S ORDINANCE WE HAVE FOR WAGE THEFT WE HAVE THAT ALREADY TOO. SO WE HAVE GOT A SORT OF A RUNNING ON A LOT OF THIS. SO IF YOU DID WANT TO TURN IT ON THAT BE POSSIBLE. OKAY. NUMBER FOUR AND I'M GOING TO BE FASTER HERE SORRY THIS THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE ON NUMBER FOUR HERE AND THERE ARE THERE ARE A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING ON. FOR EXAMPLE, THE FIBER INSTALLATIONS IN OUR RIGHTS IN OUR AND THEN ALL OF OUR CITY STAFF ESTIMATE AROUND 600 WORKERS A DAY OR SOMETHING A LOT A LOT OF A LOT OF WORKERS AND THEY'RE NOT USING CITY FUNDS AND SO IT'S THAT WON'T BE THAT PREVAILING WITH THAT SORT OF A TRIGGER WON'T CLICK ON IN THIS ENVIRONMENT IF THEY WON'T BE IMPACTED BY THESE REQUIREMENTS BUT WAGE THEFT THEY WOULD BE POTENTIALLY OBVIOUSLY IF THAT'S HAPPENING I'M NOT SUGGESTING IT IS. ALL RIGHT THEN THE LAST ONE ON THE SLIDE IS THAT THE GENERAL BELIEF IS THAT THESE TYPES OF PREVAILING WAGE STANDARDS ACT AS A WAY PROTECTING CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND IMPROVING INCOME DISPARITIES, FACILITATING EQUAL PAY, THE COMPLIANCE, THE REPORTING ETC. . ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. PREVENTS LABOR ABUSES, DISCOURAGES PEOPLE FROM ENGAGING IN THEM OFF CONDUCT IN REVIEWING THE CITY'S AND BEATTY IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL INITIATIVES IN BEATTY THAT PREVAILING WAGE WOULD CONSISTENT WITH THERE ISN'T WIDESPREAD CONSENSUS ON WHETHER IT INCREASES COSTS SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IT WILL INCREASE COSTS. OTHERS BELIEVE AND HAVE REPORTED IN PEER REVIEWED STUDIES THAT IT DOES NOT. BUT THERE ARE THERE ARE BIDDERS THAT HAVE IT LIKE OFTEN FREQUENT BIDDERS THAT HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY WOULDN'T BID IF WE REQUIRED THIS. SOME OTHER CONCERNS THAT STAFF MENTIONED IS THAT WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT SOMETIMES ONLY ONE BIDDER THEY'RE VERY SPECIALIZED PROJECTS AND THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO COMPLY AND PARTICIPATE IN PREVAILING WAGE. THEN WE WEREN'T SURE WHO WE WOULD HIRE FOR THAT PROJECT BECAUSE YEAR OVER YEAR WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE BIDDER. SO THERE'S SOME CONCERN THAT WE HAVE ABOUT THE OTHER THING THAT WE HEAR IS THAT SOME EMPLOYERS ALREADY PAY WHAT THEY WOULD PAY WITH PREVAILING WAGE SO THIS WOULD BE ADDITIONAL COMPLIANCE AND THEY'RE ALREADY PAYING THEIR WORKERS THAT THOSE LEVELS. ALL RIGHT THE LAST SLIDE HERE I MENTIONED THIS ONE ALREADY. THERE'S ALSO RESEARCH THAT SUGGESTS WHEN YOU HAVE A LOCAL PREVAILING WAGE THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS PAYING LESS TO SUPPORT SOME POVERTY TYPE PROGRAMS SO FOOD STAMPS, OTHER OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE RELATED TO, GOVERNMENT FUNDED POVERTY SO ARE POVERTY ALLEVIATION I GUESS SO IT HAS THE BENEFIT OF EMPLOYERS PAYING MORE SO THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T HAVE TO SUPPORT HOUSEHOLDS AS MUCH. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE NEED FOR THE LIKELY NEED FOR ASSISTANCE TO GET SOME CONTROL ARE SOME EMPLOYERS READY TO COMPLY. SO FOR EXAMPLE WE CAN WE KNOW OF SITUATIONS AND HAVE BEEN TOLD OF SITUATIONS WHERE IT'S A VERY SMALL OPERATION AND IF THE PERSON SORT OF LEAVES THE ROOF OR LEAVES THE JOB SITE LEAVES THE THE PROJECT SITE THAT THEY'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON FOR THEIR BUSINESS, THEY THEY THEY WILL HAVE TO DO THAT IN ORDER TO GO TO FILE THE REPORTS AND TO DO THE MEETINGS AND YOU KNOW, WHATNOT. SO WE'RE MINDFUL OF THAT. WE'RE ALSO MINDFUL THAT THAT THERE IS COMPLIANCE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. AND IN THE NEXT SLIDE I TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THOSE COSTS. SO FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE THERE IS A SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT A LOT OF OTHER ENTITIES USE WE'VE FIGURED OUT WHAT IT IS AND HOW THEY USE AND HOW MUCH IT COSTS AND THERE'S THE ESTIMATES THERE. WE BELIEVE THAT OUR COMPLIANCE STAFF AMIR AND LAURA WHO WOULD LARGELY TAKE THE LEAD IT'S GOING TO BE A HEAVY LIFT IN THE OPENING YEARS BECAUSE OF THE WHILE BECAUSE OF THE LAUNCH RELATED ITEMS. BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT WILL IMPACT OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL FOR EXAMPLE PUBLIC WORKS IN THAT WE WILL NEED THEIR ASSISTANCE TO REVIEW AND PARTICIPATE IN FOR EXAMPLE SITE VISITS AND THAT WILL BE IN ADDITION TO THE WORK THAT THEY'RE ALREADY ASKED TO DO FOR FOR WHAT THEY DO. SO JUST WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. WE'RE NOT PREDICTING THAT IT WILL NEED YOU KNOW, 3.2 NEW FTE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT WE DO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE ALREADY WORKING FULL TIME AND THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING ADDITIONAL THAT WE'D BE ASKING THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN . WE ALSO THINK THAT WILL WELL I THINK WE'LL NEED OUTREACH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRAINING AS I'VE MENTIONED AND WE ALSO THINK THAT THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE HOUSED IN OUR OUR HOPEFULLY OPENING SMALL BUSINESS CENTER AND PERHAPS STAFF PERSON IN WHATEVER FORM THEY ARE THERE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH THAT. SO I WENT THROUGH THAT FAST BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HOPED YOU COULD HELP US WITH AND GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE ON. AND AGAIN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS THROUGH THE OF WAGE THAT FIRST AND PREVAILING WAGE SECOND WE REALIZE THAT THEY'RE RELATED BUT THEY ARE TWO AGAIN VERY DIFFERENT THINGS ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO THE REGULATORY ACTION THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN AND SO WE LOOK FOR SOME GUIDANCE ON THAT. THE OTHER I WANT TO JUST SAY WHAT THE ABBREVIATIONS ARE HERE. THE OTHER IDEA THAT WE TALKED ABOUT INTERNALLY WAS PERHAPS FOLLOWING THE APPROACH THAT WAS TAKEN WITH ERNST AND SAVE TIME AND SETTING UP TASK FORCE WE WE WOULD LIKE TO JUMP TO THE LEVEL OF HAVING THEM START BY LOOKING AT OUR ORDINANCE AND PERHAPS TAKING IN THE FEEDBACK ALSO FROM THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND THEN WE THOUGHT THAT MIGHT ALSO BE A TIME WHERE WE COULD DO A RACIAL EQUITY IMPACT. WE'VE STARTED IT BUT WE COULD DO IT MORE AT A MUCH GREATER DEPTH DURING THAT PROCESS. ALSO FINALIZED ORDINANCE ALSO COLLECT FEEDBACK ON A YOU KNOW A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS WAS DESIRED AND THEN SEEK SOME DEFINITIONAL CLARITY ON SOME OF THESE OTHER ASPECTS SO IT COULD FORM THAT THAT THE PROVIDE THAT VALUE THAT SAID IT'S GOING TO DELAY THE ROLL OUT CERTAINLY IN SO JUST TO KNOW THAT THAT'S THE IMPACT FOR SURE OF A TASK FORCE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BENEFITS AS WELL. THE OTHER OPTION OF COURSE IS TO DO NOTHING AND CONTINUE IS AND THEN I'M SURE THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER OPTIONS TOO. SO WITH THAT AMIR AND I ARE READY FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. AND SO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, THOUGHTS. LET'S REMEMBER A MOMENT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED . THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS STAFF FOR BRINGING THIS BACK IN THE YOU KNOW KIND OF INTRODUCTORY KIND OF CONVERSATIONS AND SO LOTS OF QUESTIONS TO THINK ABOUT. ONE THING THAT I AM INTERESTED TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WORK THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET DONE BECAUSE FOLKS WON'T BID THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S COMMON IN OTHER CITIES TOO TO HAVE THAT IF THAT'S JUST A THREAT OR, YOU KNOW THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE BUT I YOU KNOW, I JUST YOU KNOW IS THAT SOMETHING THAT KNOW MINNEAPOLIS EXPERIENCE OR SAINT PAUL EXPERIENCE WITH THAT? SO THAT'S A CONCERN THAT I HAVE IF WE KIND OF GO DOWN THAT ROUTE AND THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, KIND LEAN ME TOWARDS A TASK FORCE TYPE OF THING BUT COULD COULD SOMEONE HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT KIND OF WHAT THAT MEANS SO MARY MEMBERS CARLYN ANN ARE HERE ON PURPOSE AND SO THEY OFTEN AD ANSWER A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS IF YOU WANT ME OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT ALONG THE WAY BUT THEY'RE HERE ON PURPOSE SO FEEL FREE TO CALL ON THEM AND CARL SUGGESTED HE KNOWS THE ANSWER . COUNCILMEMBER LOOMIS QUESTION MAYOR, DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS OR JUST LET'S LET'S HAVE CARL ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT CAME UP WITH FIRST AND THEN WE CAN NIP THEM OFF ONE AT A TIME. SO I THINK COMMENT ABOUT CONCERN ABOUT TOO SHORT OF BIDDERS OR NOT ENOUGH COMPETING FOR WORK COMES FROM PUBLIC WORKS AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT PROJECTS MIGHT APPLY TO THIS THIS MIGHT APPLY IN PUBLIC WORKS. WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS TRANSPORTATION SAYS NOTED IF THEY HAVE FEDERAL OR STATE MONEYS WE'RE ALREADY DOING IT ON THOSE PROJECTS. SO I MEAN SO THAT'S WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING NEW WE FOUND THAT PROBABLY THE NEW PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT THIS WOULD APPLY WOULD BE THE LARGE BUILDING PROJECTS THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. BUT THE BULK OF THEM WOULD BE IN OUR UTILITIES GROUP AND THOSE ARE TYPICALLY VERY DETAILED KIND TECHNICAL CONTRACTS FIXING A SLEEKER AT WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CONTRACTORS FIXING SNEAKERS AND WATER TREATMENT PLANTS AND SO THAT THOSE ARE THE TYPES PROJECTS WHERE WE HAVE VERY LIMITED SUPPLIERS OR PEOPLE WITH THAT EXPERTIZE THAT WAS THE CONCERN WAS IF OF THOSE WERE NOT TO BID WE WOULD HAVE SOME DIFFICULTIES AND I DO HAVE MAY REMEMBER IS I DO HAVE SOME NUMBERS FROM FROM DANA AND OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT RELATED TO THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS WE HAVE THAT WOULD BE SORT OF WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR YOUR IF YOU WANT IT AND THEN DOLLAR AMOUNTS TO IF YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT SORT OF THRESHOLDS ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS MAYBE FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON MAYBE A $1 MILLION THRESHOLD IS THE RIGHT AMOUNT FOR US BASED ON THIS THE SORT OF LARGE PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE ON THE ON THE HORIZON 175 IS OFTEN USED BECAUSE THAT'S THE MUNICIPAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING THRESHOLD AND STATE LAW AND THEN THE ONE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS FIFO BECAUSE INTERNALLY THAT'S A THAT'S A DELEGATED AUTHORITY DOWN THE DOWN TO THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL. SO THOSE ARE NATURAL BREAKS WE WOULDN'T WANT TO DO LIKE YOU KNOW 375,000 SOME RANDOM NUMBER BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT FOR US THE CITY TO MANAGE. BUT I WOULD JUST ASK ONE MORE QUESTION AND THEN THE COLLEAGUES JUMP IN IF THEY WANT TO THEN YOU KNOW I APPRECIATE THE WE HAD THE WAGE THEFT BUBBLE AND THE PREVAILING WAGE INTERNAL PINK PIECE THERE AND SO YOU KNOW WHEN WE LOOK AT YOU KNOW IN TERMS OF OUR OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE TYPE CITY WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE AND HOW THIS IS KIND OF IT SEEMS TO BE WHAT THE PREVAILING WAGE SEEMS TO BE MORE, YOU KNOW, FOCUSED ON A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION AS OPPOSED TO I THINK I BELIEVE YOU HAD THE LIVING WAGE PIECE WHICH WAS KIND OF MAYBE IN A MAYBE IN AN ADJOINING BUBBLE WITH THE WITH THE BLUE OR SOMEWHERE THAT HAVE CITIES GONE DOWN THE ROUTE OF ADOPTING A WAGE THEFT PIECE COMPONENT WITH THE WITH A LIVING WAGE TO TRY TO ENCOMPASS MORE MORE MORE SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION THEN TIE IN THAT PREVAILING WAGE. SO MINNEAPOLIS AND SAINT AMEER CORRECT ME NOT OR GIVE ME A SIGNAL IF I'M OFF TRACK HERE BUT I BELIEVE OF US SAY PAUL ARE THE TWO LIVING WAGE CITIES IN THAT HAVE LOCAL LIVING WAGE ORDINANCES AND THEY ALSO HAVE WAGE THEFT REGULATIONS AND LOCAL MINIMUM WAGE AND YEAH YES MINIMUM WAGE AND WAGE THEFT. THEY ALSO HAPPEN TO HAVE PREVAILING WAGE TOO, RIGHT YEAH SO WE GET ALL FOUR THEN OR OH THREE YEAH. SO A LIVING WAGE PREVAILING WAGE AND WAGE THEFT AND LOCAL MINIMUM WAGE. YEAH SO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER AND COUNCILMEMBER MOUA COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I HAD A QUESTION AS IT RELATES TO WAGE THEFT. SO YOU ALREADY SAID THAT STATE AND FEDERAL LAW SO ANY PROJECTS IN BLOOMINGTON THAT ARE GETTING STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDING ALREADY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH PREVAILING WAGE. AH SORRY. NO NO NO SORRY. I'M GETTING THE TWO CONFUSED. SO WAGE THEFT IS ALREADY STATE LAW AND SO OUR ROLE WOULD BE ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT. SO WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL FOR US IF THE STATE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCEMENT AND THEY OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE KIND OF THIS NEW ISSUE WITH FORENSIC AND SAVE TIME RATE WE'RE NOW THE STATE HAVE WE HAVE A STATE LAW AND ENFORCEMENT. YEAH. SO I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS IS THERE A SIGNIFICANT ADDED BENEFIT TO HAVING THE WAGE THEFT COMPONENT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL LIKE WOULD IT BE WORTH US SPENDING OUR TIME ON PREVAILING WAGE SOLELY SO MANY MEMBERS A MERE SITS ON A COUPLE OF TASK FORCES AND ATTENDS LOTS OF MISSIONS. I DON'T MEAN TO SAY THAT IS LIKE DOING THIS ALL THE TIME BUT HE'S VERY ACTIVE IN THIS IN THE LABOR STANDARDS WORLD AND IS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND HAS TOLD ME SOME HORRIFIC STORIES ABOUT FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS THAT HE HAS HEARD RELAYED THE GROUPS ABOUT EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE ON JOB SITES AND THEY RUN THE GAMUT AND SOME OF THEM FALL WITHIN WAGE THEFT SO WOULD WOULD LOCAL ENHANCE COMPLIANCE MAKE A DIFFERENCE PROBABLY AND WHAT I THAT AMIR AND I WOULD DO IS IS THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE LIKELY AREAS THAT ARE HAPPENING A LOT AND DO SOME MAKE SOME EDUCATED DECISIONS ABOUT THE FOCUS SHOULD BE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AMIR AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS MISCLASSIFY LOCATION OF EMPLOYEES AND INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS WITHIN YOU KNOW ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF MAKING SOME INDEPENDENT AND IT'S A IT'S A TECHNICAL ANALYSIS IT'S NOT JUST YOU DON'T JUST GET CHOOSE IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO COVER THEM FOR WORKER'S COMPENSATION FOR EXAMPLE SO IF THEY GET INJURED ON THE JOB AND YOU HAVE THEM AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, IT'S CALLED SORT OF 1099 THEM RIGHT AMIR AND THEN YOU KNOW THAT'S THE FEDERAL FORM AND THEN THEN STUCK RIGHT THEY DON'T THEY DON'T HAVE ANY HELP TO GET THEM BACK ON THEIR FEET SOMETIMES LITERALLY. SO THAT'S ONE AREA THAT WE KNOW IS A PROBLEM SPOT AND I'M SURE YOU KNOW WE COULD REACH OUT AND GET A BETTER SENSE OF IF THERE ARE OTHER SORT OF HOTSPOT PROBLEMS IN BLOOMINGTON. AMIR, DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING MORE TO THAT? YEAH. I MEAN I'LL JUST COMPARE IT TO I GUESS OKAY. HOW IT'S DONE IN OTHER PLACES THE WASTE THEFT ORDINANCE BUT I'LL SAY THIS PREVAILING WAGE ENDS UP BEING USED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND THE WAGE THEFT ORDINANCE ENDS UP FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. THAT'S IN GENERAL HOW IT'S DONE. SO YOU'LL HAVE LIKE YEAH ACROSS THE BOARD THEY'RE USUALLY NOT PUT TOGETHER AS IN YOU'RE NOT USING THE WAGE STUFF ORDINANCE AND THE PREVAILING WAGE ORDINANCE ON THE ON THE SAME THING JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN OTHER INDUSTRIES AND I SPENT YEARS LIKE ENFORCING WAGE THEFT AND IT'S VERY DIFFERENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION CONTEXT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A FIXED TARGET PEOPLE ARE WORKING FOR LIKE A WEEK OR TWO AND THEN THEY'RE THEY'RE MOVING ON. SO YEAH THESE ARE NOT REALLY IN PRACTICE THEY'RE NOT REALLY OVERLAPPING. THEY'RE APPLYING TO DIFFERENT GROUPS OF WORKERS. SO WHEN IT COMES HOW WE COULD LOOK AT USING THE WAGE THEFT ORDINANCE IT WOULD BE UP TO COUNCIL DIRECTION BUT WHAT WOULD COME TO MIND IS HAVING IT AS COMPLAINT BASED YOU KNOW FROM ANYBODY IT COULD BE FROM CITY STAFF FROM OTHER ORGANIZATION PERSONS AND THEN YOU WOULD YOU KNOW, GO OUT THERE AND SEE IF THERE'S TO THIS COMPLAINT AND IF THERE IS OR THERE MIGHT BE THEN YOU WOULD DO AN AUDIT LIKE WE WOULD DO WITH SICK AND SAFE TIME JUST. YOU KNOW, YOU PROVIDE YOUR RECORDS AND THEN PREVAILING WAGE IF YOU WANT ME TO ALSO MENTION HOW THAT WOULD KIND OF LOOK THAT AT LEAST TALKING FROM A LOT OF STAFF IN OTHER CITIES IS THE PREVENTATIVE ASPECT IS MOST IMPORTANT AND THAT IS YOU KNOW FILTERING OUT PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO PAY OR REPORT THE REPORTING PART IS WHAT TURNS A OF BAD ACTORS AWAY BECAUSE YOU'RE TO SEND A CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT EVERY TWO WEEKS AND SO BUT YEAH THESE ARE WOULD BE HANDLED AND WOULD THEY BE WOULD WE BE PUTTING US IN ONE ORDINANCE OR TWO SEPARATE ORDINANCES TO SEPARATE OR AND MEMBERS TO OKAY TO SEPARATE COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU, MAYOR. I GUESS I'M INTERESTED TO SEE OR HEAR WHAT OTHER NEIGHBORS HAVE SEEN LIKE RICHFIELD THERE RIGHT UP THE STREET VERY SIMILAR SET UP TO US BECAUSE I'M KIND OF THINKING BACK TO JUST MY WORK AND WHAT I'VE DONE I PUT WORKING IN FOOD AND I THINK FOOD IS SIMILAR TO CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WORKERS WHO WILL MIGRATE TO PARTICULAR JOBS BASED ON THE SEASON AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO MY STAFF SLAP A LABEL ON SOMETHING THAT SAYS CONTACT ME HERE, I'LL GET A PEEK AND COMMENTS AND COMPLAINTS AND THEN AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME IT FALLS OFF AND NO ONE PAYS ATTENTION TO IT ANYMORE. SO I'M WONDERING IF WE DO THESE ORDINANCES, IS THAT GOING TO BE THE SAME EFFECT? WE'RE GOING TO SEE A PEAK MAYBE INITIALLY BUT IN THE NATURE OF CONSTRUCTION AS THESE WORKERS COME IN THEY DO THEIR JOBS AND THEY'RE OUT WITHIN 1 TO 3 WEEKS. IS THAT GOING TO TELL OFF AS WE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MANAGE THIS AND IT'S NOT AS CLEAR OF A FOCUS OR IT'S NOT A PRIORITY ANYMORE BUT IT IS WHAT HAVE THEY SEEN WHEN IT COMES TO THAT THAT LONG TERM IMPACT? OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE COUNCILMEMBERS SO WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THIS WOULD ONLY APPLY TO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT ARE RECEIVING CITY MONEY SO GENERAL CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL GENERAL CONSTRUCTION IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED SO WE WOULD HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PROJECTS AND FOR INSTANCE WHEN WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE MILLION DOLLAR THRESHOLD YOU KNOW THAT WAS MENTIONED AVOID MY UNDERSTANDING IS ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WOULD HAVE A SINGLE BIDDER. YOU KNOW WHEN WE TALK TO CITY STAFF WITH UTILITIES WHERE WOULD THIS STOP LIKE TELL A THRESHOLD WHERE NONE OF THE SINGLE BIDDER WOULD BE TRIGGER WOULD TRIGGER PREVAILING WAGE AND THEY SAID $1,000,000 WOULD DO IT. SO THAT'S GET RID OF SO THAT GETS RID OF A LOT OF PROJECTS BUT FOR THE THINGS WHERE THIS IS HAPPENING A LOT THEY WOULD BE COVERED . YOU KNOW OUR HOUSING PROJECTS ARE DEFINITELY MORE THAN $1,000,000 ALL OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THESE ARE ALL OVER A MILLION. SO THE MILLION IS TO AVOID THE SINGLE BIDDER PROJECTS AND THAT'S WHAT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME IT WOULD GET RID OF IT WOULD TAKE ALL OF THEM OUT AND SO WE WOULD NOT HAVE THAT NOW IN THIS CITY THE WAY PREVAILING WAGE WORKS THE REASON YOU WOULD ALWAYS HAVE IT ON YOUR RADAR IS BECAUSE A PROJECT STARTS AND EVERY TWO WEEKS THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT THERE'S AN ONLINE SOFTWARE THEY SUBMIT A CERTIFIED PAYROLL REPORT BEFORE THAT THEY WOULD BE TELLING CITY STAFF HOW MANY WORKERS ARE GOING TO BE THERE AND WHAT THEIR JOB CLASSIFICATIONS ARE AND WHAT THEY'RE GETTING PAID . CITY STAFF WOULD VISIT ONCE IN A WHILE JUST FOR LIKE AN HOUR. SEE IF YOU KNOW IF THEY SAID THERE'S GOING TO BE 30 WORKERS THERE AND THEN WE SEE THERE'S 100 WORKERS THERE THEN WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE ARE BEING ARE OFF THE BOOKS SO THE AND ALSO WE WOULD CHECK YOU KNOW YOU COULD YOU COULD ASK A COUPLE WORKERS HOW MUCH ARE YOU GETTING PAID AND YOU COULD SEE IF THE RATES THAT THE CONTRACTOR SUBMITTED THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT THEY'RE BEING PAID. SO BECAUSE IT'S ONLY APPLYING TO PROJECTS RECEIVING CITY FUNDS AND WE HAVE A SYSTEM OF COMPLIANCE ON PREVAILING. THERE'S NO REASON THAT IF WE'RE DOING OUR JOB IT SHOULD EVER BE OFF THE RADAR. NOW ON OTHER LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WAGE THEFT THAT'S DIFFERENT SAME WITH SICK AND SAFE TIME. IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WHEN THEY'RE INITIALLY THERE ARE MORE COMPLAINTS THERE'S A SPIKE IN COMPLAINTS AS EMPLOYERS START TO REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE TO THINGS GET AN ORDER IT'S NORMAL YOU DO SEE A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE THAT STAYS IN THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS SO THAT THAT HAS HAPPENED ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON SICK AND SAFE TIME AND THAT'S MAYOR IF I MAY THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE THINK THAT OUR COMPLIANT STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE ON THESE PROJECTS IF. YOU ASK US TO DO THAT BECAUSE THE EARNED AND SAFE TIME SHOULD BE GOING LIKE THIS AND THIS IS SORT OF UP HERE AND THEN IT TOO WILL GO DOWN SO IN A COUPLE OF YEARS THERE WILL BE A LOWER SORT OF FLAT RATE OR HOPEFULLY NONE. BUT THE PEAKS ARE HAPPENING AT DIFFERENT TIMES. OTHERS COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS COUNCILMEMBER COULD YOU PLEASE TURN ON COUNCILMEMBER COULD YOU TURN YOUR MICROPHONE PLEASE? THANK YOU. I'LL BE LOUD USUALLY SOME SAY EX-MAYOR I'M JUST CURIOUS DO WE ANY COMPLAINTS OF PEOPLE NOT PAYING THEIR WORKERS ACCORDINGLY IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON COUNCILMEMBER AND THEY HAVE A WAY TO COMPLAIN UNDER OUR CURRENT SYSTEM IF THEY DID HAVE A COMPLAINT I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE WERE SOME PROBLEMS WITH SOME OF OUR PROJECTS AND IF THERE ENDS UP BEING PUBLIC HEARING PEOPLE ARE TO SPEAK ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS WHO FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF OF THOSE PROBLEMS BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A MECHANISM FOR PEOPLE TO CONTACT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IF THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PAID. THANK YOU. SO TELL ME IF THIS IS A CORRECT ANALOGY JUST THINKING ABOUT EARNED SICK AND SAFE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR WAGE THEFT THE FACT THAT IT'S GOVERNED BY THE STATE AND WHAT WE COULD HAVE IMPROVED SERVICE LEVEL IF WE TAKE CARE TAKE IT ON LOCALLY. I MEAN HOW IS IT DIFFERENT? IS IT A A CORRECT ANALOGY DO YOU THINK? IT'S BASICALLY THE DISCUSSION WE JUST HAD ABOUT PARKING. IT'S DO WE WANT LEVEL ONE, LEVEL TWO OR LEVEL THREE SERVICE BASICALLY IT'S SIMILAR TO THAT. BUT I WOULD SAY ONE DIFFERENCE IS WE WOULD HAVE DISCRETION ON WHAT ALLEGATIONS WE PURSUE AND HOW WE DO THINGS. SO WHEN WE TALK, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW MY MY GOAL ON THIS AND WHAT I SEE AS REALISTIC IS THAT AT LEAST FOR COMPLIANCE THAT ADDITIONAL STAFF WOULD NOT BE NEEDED. BUT THAT ALSO DEPENDS ON HOW YOU DO ENFORCE MENT SO I'LL GIVE THAT SO PREVAILING WAGE IS IT'S AS A SET SYSTEM BUT WHEN IT COMES TO WAGE THEFT YES COULD BE WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND DO OUTREACH AND GO DOOR TO DOOR OR IT COULD JUST IF WE SEE A PROBLEMATIC THING THAT COMES UP FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WILL INVESTIGATE OR IF WE GET COMPLAINTS SO I SEE IT AS MORE GIVING THE CITY FLEXIBILITY ON TRYING DEAL WITH CERTAIN ISSUES AND YES IT DOES INCREASE THE SERVICE THAT WORKERS IN BLOOMINGTON GET BUT IT'S IN A CONTROLLED MANNER. WE CAN DECIDE HOW MUCH ENFORCEMENT WE WANT TO DO AND WHEN SO IT GIVES US THAT CONTROL. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT SO YOU CAN MANAGE STAFF RESOURCES THINK THE ANALOGY THAT I WAS LOOKING AT WAS IF IT'S IF IT'S ENFORCED AT THE STATE LEVEL AS WELL YOU KNOW PUT THAT NUMBER WHETHER IT'S TWO OR THREE OR WHATEVER IT'S AT BUT BY DOING IT LOCALLY THEN IT BECOMES A ONE AND THEN THE QUESTION IS WHAT WHAT WHAT LEVEL DO WE DO? WE WANT TO YOU KNOW, THE SAME WITH FLYING OUR STREETS, YOU KNOW, DO YOU WANT TO BE A LEVEL ONE, TWO OR THREE WINGS PLOW THE STREETS AND IT'S A IT SAID SERVICE I THINK KNOW ONE I AGREE YES SO COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR I THAT THAT TO ME TRIGGERED JUST A CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD OUR STOP DOING LIST AND THIS FEELS LIKE ANOTHER ADD JUST THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO WHEN WE KNOW THE STATE DOES A LOT OF WORK WITH THIS ALREADY I KNOW JUST THE THE THE EFFORT THAT OUR STAFF PUTS IN WHEN THEY'RE THEY'RE OUT IN SITES AND INSPECTING THOSE THINGS AS WELL. I MEAN IT JUST IT FEELS LIKE A LOT THIS IS NOT I'M SAYING I DON'T SUPPORT LIVING WAGE I DON'T SUPPORT WAGE THEFT. IT'S A QUESTION OF LIKE IS THIS A SOMETHING WE PUT ON TO STOP DOING THIS BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY DOING SO MUCH OR IS THIS SOMETHING LIKE WE FULLY BELIEVE IS ENOUGH TO ADD TO THE ALREADY HAVE YOU LIFT THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING BECAUSE THAT CONVERSATION COMES AROUND EVERY YEAR LIKE WHAT DO WE NEED TO STOP DOING THIS EVERY TIME WE DO ADD SOMETHING IT'S TO SAY OH WE HAVE TO STOP DOING THAT. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOU KNOW WHO SHOULD REALLY STOP DOING STUFF? PEOPLE WHO ARE STEALING FROM PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO I'M I'M OF THE OPINION THAT AND I'M NOT 100% SURE WHAT I THINK THE QUESTIONS THAT WE WERE ASKED WAS DO YOU WANT TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE? DO WE WANT TO DO A TASK FORCE ABOUT THE ORDINANCE? DO WE WANT TO LEAVE IT ALONE? FORGET THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE PROBABLY SO SO I THINK THAT IF IF WE BELIEVE THAT THE CURRENT COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT STAFF WITHIN THE CITY'S LEGAL TEAM CAN ABSORB THIS THEN I THINK THAT WE SHOULD TRY. I DEFINITELY HAVE HEARD THE SAME ANECDOTAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS BEING A PROBLEM. YOU KNOW, UNLIKE OTHER AREAS OF THE THE CITY OR THE TWIN CITIES, YOU KNOW BLOOMINGTON IS A IS WE GOT A LOT OF PROJECTS IN THE HOPPER AND SO IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE NONCOMPLIANT AND STEAL FROM WORKERS WE'RE A GOOD TARGET FOR THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO WORK HERE AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT LOCAL ENFORCEMENT OF PREVAILING WAGE IF IT IS ALREADY A STATE THING FEELS LIKE SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALREADY BE DOING MEANING IF IT COMES TO US FIRST IT DIDN'T GO TO THE STATE WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT A MECHANISM FOR IT TO GET THERE AND GET ENFORCED AND DEALT WITH SO THAT THE IDEA THAT IF SOMEBODY CAME TO US WE SAID GOOD LUCK TO YOU, YOU NEED TO GO TO THE STATE FOR THAT AND I MEAN NEVER BOTHERED TO FOLLOW UP AND IT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY WITH FUNDS THAT WE SUPPORTED THROUGH GOVERNMENT WORK THAT FEELS BAD TO ME AND SO I'D LIKE TO NOT DO THAT IF WE CAN AVOID IT I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME WAY FOR US TO SAY WHEN YOU DO WORK IN BLOOMINGTON USING GOVERNMENT FUNDS PROVIDED BY US YOU NEED TO COMPLY WITH NOT JUST ETHICALLY BUT LIKE LEGALLY WITH THE THAT ARE THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU DO THAT. SO THAT'S THAT'S MY FEELING ON PREVAILING WAGE AND IN TERMS OF WAGE THEFT VERY, VERY MUCH YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE PEOPLE WHO ARE IT'S TRUE ABOUT EVERY REGULATION EVERY LAW WE'VE EVER HEARD RIGHT. AND PEOPLE EVEN USE IT ON A REGULAR BASIS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. RIGHT. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO HIDE, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. RIGHT. AND SO I WANT US TO FEEL LIKE WE HAVE THE DATA TO SAY THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM IN BLOOMINGTON. BUT TO ME THAT FEELS REALLY GOOD THAT THE THE CONTRACTS THAT WE SIGN AS A CITY TO THE PEOPLE THAT THAT DO WORK IN THE CITY ARE REALLY GOOD AND THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE VERY GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO. THEY TAKE CARE OF THEIR WORKERS THERE. THEY TAKE CARE OF , YOU KNOW, THEIR OWN STAFF. THEY HIRE CONTRACTORS WHO ARE NOT TRYING YOU KNOW, MAKE A QUICK BUCK BUT ARE ACTUALLY BUILDING QUALITY PRODUCT FOR THE CITY. THESE FEEL RIGHT TO ME FOR US TO PUT IN PLACE. SO WHETHER WE WHETHER WE DO TASK FORCE OR NOT TO GET THE LIKE THE THE STUFF DEFINED I DON'T KNOW THAT I CARE THAT BUT I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE SURE WE DO SOMETHING ON BOTH THESE ITEMS. I JUST THINK IT'S GOOD POLICY FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE CITIES THE ABILITY THE CITY TO ENFORCE ITS VALUES ON CONTRACTS THAT IT IS SIGNING USING THE CITY'S DOLLARS. IT JUST FEELS RIGHT TO ME LIKE COUNCILMEMBER AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER FOR THE SAKE OF TIME I WILL KEEP MY COMMENTS VERY BRIEF BUT I AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO. YOU KNOW, I ALSO DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THE FULL TASK FORCE PROCESS BECAUSE. IT SEEMS LIKE PREVAILING WAGE WOULD BE PROBABLY PRETTY WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SOME KIND OF KEY DECISIONS AND THEN FOR FOR WAGE THEFT I JUST I FEEL I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH A PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING SO. NUMBER ONE, BASED ON THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT AND THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO DRAFT SOME OF THE ORDINANCE LANGUAGE AND I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL GIVE US OPPORTUNITY TO TO HEAR FROM THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE A POINT VIEW AND THEN OF COURSE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE DECISION NIGHT OR WE COULD, YOU KNOW, MOVE THEIR DECISION TO A FUTURE IF WE NEED MORE INFORMATION. SO YEAH, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, JUST A QUICK QUESTION YOU IS THERE AN EXISTING CLAUSE ON THE PREVAILING WAGE LIKE FOR INSTANCE, SOME CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES FOR HIRE EXCUSE ME PLUMBERS, ELECTRICIANS THEY ALSO THEY HAVE APPRENTICES AND PEOPLE THAT ARE A LOWER LEVEL NOT ENTIRELY WELL VERSED IN THE IN THE PROFESSION. SO THEY PAY A DIFFERENT RATE. IS THERE A CLAUSE IN THE PREVAILING WAGE THAT WOULD ALLOW THESE CONTRACTORS TO PAY DIFFERENT WAGES TO DIFFERENT ABILITIES WITHIN A PROFESSION ITSELF? YEAH. COUNCILMAN RIOS, THE COUNCIL YES. IT'S A VERY SPECIFIC THING AND THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE REASONS THAT ENDS SAVING ON THE COSTS FOR PREVAILING IS YOU DO YOU'RE ALLOWED TO FORMALLY USE APPRENTICES AND THEY HAVE SET RATES FROM THE STATE ON HOW MUCH YOU PAY THEM AND IT IS LOWER THAN EXPERIENCED WORKERS BUT IT'S ALL CLEAR THERE'S NOTHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE TABLE. SO WHAT WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PUBLISHES THE RATES THEY HAVE IT FOR AN APPRENTICE AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT THEY SAID ALSO MAKES IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO JOIN THESE TRADES BEING ABLE TO HAVE THOSE APPRENTICESHIPS BUT YOU HAVE TO SEPARATE FROM THE STATE FOR AN APPRENTICE IS NOT THE SAME AS AN EXPERIENCED WORKER. AND SO MAYOR IF I MAY ADD THE THERE ARE RESEARCH THAT WE READ THAT FROM SORT OF TRADE SCHOOL TYPE PRO TRADE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE I'M LOSING MY WORDS HERE IT 1030 BUT THAT BECAUSE OF THIS GRADUATED PAY RATE THAT IT IS IT IS A GREAT WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GET THE TRAINING ON THE JOB AND GROW INTO THESE TRADES AND SO IT'S BEEN GOOD FOR TRADES AND DEVELOPMENT OF WORK TRADE WORKERS BUT THEN THE EMPLOYER GETS THE BENEFIT OF THE LOWER SALARY RATES. I THINK YOU REMEMBER NELSON YEAH. THANKS MAYOR I'LL BE QUICK HERE JUST FOR CLARIFICATION WAGE THEFT WOULD APPLY TO ALL BUSINESSES NOT JUST THOSE THAT HAVE A CONTRACT RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE CITY. IS THAT ACCURATE? COUNCILOR NELSON YES, THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN THERE ANECDOTAL STORIES OF WAGE THEFT WITHIN BLOOMINGTON. I'VE HEARD THEM AS WELL AND VERY MUCH SYMPATHIZE WITH THOSE THAT ARE VICTIMS OF IT. MY QUESTION IS THERE IS STATE LAW IN THIS AREA. WHAT DID THE STATE DO? OH, WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE, I WAS NOT TALKING ABOUT A VIOLATION OF THE WAGE THEFT ORDINANCE. I WAS TALKING ABOUT OF WHAT WOULD BE THERE I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PROBLEMS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY THAT THE PREVAILING WAGE ORDINANCE WOULD LOOK TO BE DEALING WITH LIKE YOU KNOW, WELL YOU'LL HAVE A LIVELY PUBLIC HEARING AND PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT ON CITY FUNDED PROJECTS AND CONSTRUCT AND THAT THERE WERE THERE WERE VIOLATIONS OF LABOR LAWS SO THAT'S WHERE THE PREVAILING WAGE ORDINANCE WOULD BE TRYING TO DEAL WITH THAT I THE ANECDOTAL PART I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING AT RETAIL LEVELS AT LEAST FOR ME MENTALLY I DO LOOK AT THESE THINGS AS SEPARATE ISSUES BECAUSE IT'S EVEN A DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE. SOME YOU DEAL WITH IT'S LIKE YOUR OFFICE A CONTRACT COMPLIANCE DEALS WITH PREVAILING WAGE AND YOUR LABOR STANDARDS DEALS WITH THE WAGE THEFT ORDINANCE. I MEAN IN BLOOMINGTON WE'D HAVE EVERYTHING TOGETHER BUT NO WHEN I WAS TALKING ANECDOTAL I WAS TALKING ABOUT CITY FUNDED CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION THERE'S ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE ON CITY FUNDED CONSTRUCTION THAT THERE ARE VIOLATIONS OF LABOR LAWS THAT CORRECT AS IN THEY DID NOT GET PAID. YEAH THEY DO AND BUT THOSE WOULD NOT LIKE I SAID THEY WOULDN'T TRIGGER UNLESS THEY WERE GETTING STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDING THEY WOULDN'T TRIGGER ANY OF THOSE LAWS. THIS THE THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WAGE THEFT AND PREVAILING WAGE RIGHT NOW IF THERE'S JUST GENERAL LIKE A WAGE THEFT THING YOU COULD TO THE STATE IF THERE ARE VIOLATIONS REALLY IN CONSTRUCTION OR THINGS THE PREVAILING WAGE AND THERE'S ONLY CITY MONEY THEN THOSE THINGS WOULDN'T BE TRIGGERED THEY WOULD BE TRIGGERED IF PROJECT WAS GETTING STATE OR FEDERAL BUT NOT IF IT'S JUST LIKE A TIFF OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I GUESS I'M TRYING TO BE YEAH I KNOW MAYOR AND MEMBERS I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I YES I BELIEVE IS THE ANSWER AND WHEN I TALKED TO I MEAN I HAVEN'T RECEIVED THOSE CALLS IN MYSELF ARE ACTUALLY I THINK THEY WERE FOR IT MAYBE BUT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE ALLEGATIONS ARE TRUE. WE HAVE FOLLOWED UP WITH THEM WHEN WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT THEM BUT STATISTICALLY SPEAKING I IT'S POSSIBLE YOU CAN HARDLY READ THE AND NOT SEE A STORY ABOUT WAGE THEFT OR PREVAILING WAGE OR YOU KNOW I MEAN THAT'S BEEN I KEEP IT'S LIKE YOU KNOW I JUST KEEP SEEING THEM NOW NOW THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SO I MEAN IT'S HAPPENING WE DIDN'T INCLUDE ALL THE STATISTICS FOR SAKE OF TIME BUT STATE THERE THERE ARE THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF RESEARCH THIS AND THE NUMBERS ARE HUGE AND I APPRECIATE ALL THAT AND I'M NOT TO DIMINISH IT AS AN ISSUE AND YOU KNOW I HAVE THE SAME OPINION OF EARNED SICK AND SAFE LEAVE IT'S A STATE LAW. THE STATE SHOULD ENFORCE IT. I'M VERY RETICENT FOR THE CITY OR AT LEAST TO STEP INTO THAT SPACE WHEN THERE'S IF A LAW BEING VIOLATED WE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD HELP. AND IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING IS PROVIDING A WAY TO HELP PEOPLE GET THE ASSISTANCE AND THE LEGAL THAT THEY NEED FROM THE STATE THAT I WOULD TOTALLY 100% SUPPORT IF WE'RE HAVING TO COME IN AND ENFORCE STATE BECAUSE THE STATE WON'T OR CAN'T SOMEONE HAS TO GO TALK TO THE STATE AND GET THEM TO FIX THEIR HOUSE AND I'LL PUT THAT AS A BURDEN ON OUR CITY. BUT MAYOR MEMBERS THERE IS A GAP THOUGH SO FOR CITY ONLY FUNDED CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS PREVAILING WAGE DOES NOT. I KEEP HEARING COUNCILMEMBER NELSON ASK ABOUT WAGE THEFT OKAY. WAGE THEFT WHETHER IT'S IN RETAIL CONSTRUCTION FORCE GROOMING WHATEVER IT IS IF THERE IS WAGE THEFT GOING ON IT IT IS A IT IS AGAINST THE STATE LAW AND TO YOUR POINT IT SHOULD BE ENFORCED THE STATE LEVEL DID I SOMETIMES I GREATLY COUNCILMEMBER. WOMAN THANK YOU MAYOR HMM. YOU KNOW JUST BY MY MY ON THIS YOU KNOW I THINK THAT SOME OF THIS DUPLICATIVE QUESTION IS MAYBE ANOTHER TO HAVE ANOTHER ANOTHER STUDY SESSION WITH MORE STATISTICS AND THE OTHER THAT I HAVE IS FOR THESE CITIES YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUGGESTING $1,000,000 THRESHOLD FOR THIS BUT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW DULUTH MINNEAPOLIS, RICHFIELD AND I MEAN DULUTH HAS A $2,000, YOU KNOW, PREVAILING WAGE OUT PIECE. HOW DO THEY GET THEIR UNIQUE SERVICES DONE? I MEAN OUR SERVICES CAN'T BE SO UNIQUE AND BLOOMINGTON THAT THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, DONE ACROSS THE REST OF THE CITY OR ACROSS THE REST OF THE STATE. SO THAT THAT TO ME DOESN'T DOESN'T FIT THE SMELL TEST FOR ME. SO THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT I KIND OF HAVE AS I LOOK AT THIS YOU KNOW, AND IF THERE IF IF STAFF IS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT THEN MAYBE IT DOES MAKE SOME SENSE TO DO A DO A TASK FORCE OR AT LEAST IN OTHER SESSION TO TRY TO TO TRY TO GET THIS GET THIS FIGURED OUT. I HAVE AN ANALOGY TO MAYOR WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS I THINK ABOUT YOU KNOW, I USED TO NOT BE BIG IN FAVOR OF HAVING CAMERAS ON OUR POLICE FORCE. BUT THEN I BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT THE YOU KNOW, REPUTATIONAL RISK OF NOT HAVING A CAMERA OUT THERE KIND OF IS A TWO WAY STREET. YOU CAN KIND OF CONFIRM WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, WHAT TOOK PLACE. THE WAY I LOOK AT THESE ARE OF , YOU KNOW, WAGE THEFT, PREVAILING WAGE. AND I ALSO PUT MYSELF IN THE CAMP OF A LIVING WAGE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THAT TOO. SO IT'S A IT'S A CAMERA. IT'S A WAY OF OF VERIFYING YOU KNOW WHAT, IS TAKING PLACE. AND OF COURSE YOU COULD SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH YOU KNOW YOU KNOW THE STATE HAS A THING AROUND ON WAGE THAT EASY WAY TO SOLVE THAT IS JUST DO A LIVING WAGE AND YOU DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM ANYMORE THAN YOU GOT YOU GOT A LIVING WAGE. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT I THINK THAT WE OUGHT TO YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, COME BACK LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE MAYBE IT MAYBE FOR SOME OTHER MEMBERS MIGHT MAKE MORE SENSE TO HAVE SOME MORE OF THESE THOSE 15 QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE OUT THERE ANSWER IT A LITTLE BIT MORE BUT I'M CERTAINLY INTERESTED IN HAVING US MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE A DEEPER LOOK AT THIS. I'M NOT SURE THAT I'M COMPLETELY THERE YET ON OF THIS BUT YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY AM WILLING TO HAVE A DEEPER LOOK AT THE ELSEWHERE LOWMAN THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS INSTRUCTED ME NOT TO GET DEEP INTO THE WEEDS SO I'M GOING TO TRY NOT TO. BUT THIS ISSUE DID COME UP ABOUT THE DIFFERENT NUMBERS. SO THIS IS WHAT I CAN TRY TO SAY SO NOT ALL ORDINANCES ARE CREATED EQUALLY SO MAY SEE A LOW THRESHOLD BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT DOESN'T COVER LIKE IT MAY SAY THIS IS ONLY FOR VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION THIS IS ONLY FOR IF THE IF THE CITY IS A DIRECT WHAT'S IT CALLED THEIR ON THE BUILDING CONTRACT YOU KNOW SO THERE'S A LOT OF THESE AND WE LOOK AT WHAT KIND OF GOES WITH EVERY CITY IS DIFFERENT OURS WOULD BE BROAD BASED IT WOULD COVER EVERYTHING WE WOULDN'T BE MAKING EXCEPTIONS FOR CERTAIN KINDS PROJECTS AND BASED ON OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU KNOW, UTILITIES AND OTHERS THAT'S WHERE THE IDEA OF THE WE FEEL THAT $1,000,000 THRESHOLD WOULD COVER THE TYPES OF THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE THESE. SO WHAT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME IS LIKE SOME OF OUR PROJECTS LIKE THESE ONES WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT WOULD BE UNDER $1,000,000 THEY DON'T USABLE CONTRACTORS THAT'S IN GENERAL WHERE YOUR PROBLEM COMES SO WE WOULDN'T USE THOSE BUT ALL THE ONES THAT PEOPLE ARE USING SUBCONTRACT ACTORS ALL THOSE PROJECTS WOULD GET COVERED BY THIS MILLION DOLLAR THRESHOLD SO IT'S KIND OF I APPRECIATE CIVIC AND I THINK AGAIN YOU KNOW I THINK IF WE WERE TO GO BEYOND THAT I DON'T I WOULD SUPPORT SOMETHING WITH THE MILLION DOLLAR THRESHOLD. I JUST I CAN THINK OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT COULD BE DONE UNDERNEATH IT AND I JUST I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HAVING MORE OF A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT GOSH MILLION DOLLARS THAT AT SOME POINT IS GOING TO BE 2 MILLION. THAT'S GONNA BE 3 MILLION, YOU KNOW. SO I JUST I I'D RATHER HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT LATER ON FOR GOOD SO COUNCIL I'M NOT HEARING WHOLE LOT OF CONSENSUS HERE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE ANY OF THESE FOUR OPTIONS. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S COMFORTABLE WITH ANY OF THESE FOUR OPTIONS QUITE YET. I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW THAT WE TO GO TO A PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE WE'RE NOT SET FOR THAT YET. THE TASK FORCE IS I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WOULD ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE IT IT DOESN'T THE WAY IT'S DEFINED HERE I THINK WE AGREE THAT DOING NOTHING IS MAYBE NOT THE BEST FEEL BUT SO THAT LEAVES US WITH OTHER OPTIONS AND I WONDER IF COUNCILMEMBER LOEHMANN SUGGESTION IS CORRECT. MAYBE WE CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'RE IT DOESN'T FEEL BAKED YET PERSONALLY. SO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND TO CLARIFY MY COMMENT I MEANT IN GENERAL LIKE NOT GOING TO TASK FORCE ROOT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE I GUESS BUT I DO I DO WONDER IF WE COULD SEPARATE THESE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE NEXT DISCUSSION. SO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND THEFT AND THEN HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND PREVAILING WAGE. UM, AND THEN AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN CHARTS OR WHATEVER BUT TO HAVE REALLY CLEARLY LAID OUT LIKE WHAT THE DECISIONS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE RELATED TO BOTH OF THEM BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THE CHALLENGE WE HAD IN TONIGHT'S CONVERSATION IS JUST THE LIKE YEAH NOT THE NOT TRACKING WHAT WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT AND JUST TO KIND OF REALLY CLEARLY SEPARATE THOSE I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL . MR. BROOKIE REALLY QUICKLY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I THINK THE OTHER OPTION RATHER SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AN ORDINANCE SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE STARTED THE WORK OF WHAT A DRAFT ORDINANCE MIGHT LOOK LIKE IS IF WE JUST BRING THAT BACK MORE DISCUSSION AND THEN WE CAN FRAME SOME OF THESE POLICY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT A DRAFT ORDINANCE LOOKS LIKE AND THEN SEE IF THERE IS ANY SORT OF CONSENSUS THAT EMERGES AFTER HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AND THAT WILL INFORM WHAT OUR NEXT MIGHT BE. DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A REASONABLE APPROACH AND THAT I THINK SOUNDS REASONABLE. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THEN COUNCILMEMBER NELSON COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO YES. JUST IN TERMS OF PRIORITIZATION GIVEN THE DEADLINE THAT WE HEARD OF AT THE BEGINNING OF PRESENTATION HERE I'D PREFER US TO BE FOCUSED ON PREVAILING WAGE FIRST SINCE WE HAVE THE CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PERSON FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER. SO IF WE COULD IF WE COULD NARROW THE SCOPE MAYBE WE TABLE THE DISCUSSION ON ON ON WAGE THEFT FOR A LATER DATE MAYBE YOU KNOW LATER IN APRIL ,WHATEVER. AND WE PRIORITIZE GETTING THIS PREVAILING WAGE THING BACK TO US WHERE WE CAN MAKE A DECISION. WOULD THAT BE OKAY? YEAH. MR. FEELS MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD AND I THINK THAT IS OKAY. I THINK WHAT WE'RE LIKELY TO DO SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER IS HAVE SOME SORT OF LANGUAGE IN THAT RFP THAT GOES OUT THAT SAYS THE CITY IS CONSIDERING ADOPTING PREVAILING WAGE AND SO ANYBODY WHO BIDS SHOULD KNOW THAT THAT'S EYES WIDE OPEN SO THAT MAKES SENSE. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH. THANK YOU MAYOR. I AM JUST WONDERING I DON'T HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS BUT IF IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE BRING IN JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE INTO THE CONVERSATION PEOPLE WITH FAMILIARITY THIS AREA PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE IMPACTED BY THE DECISION. I'M NOT TRYING TO OPEN IT UP TO A PUBLIC HEARING, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE BUT MAYBE JUST YOU KNOW WE HAD A CONSULTANT EARLIER TALKING ABOUT AN ISSUE IF STAFF COULD JUST WORK WITH A FEW PEOPLE TO HELP EDUCATE US ON BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN AREA THAT I KNOW YOU KNOW, MAYBE A BREADTH OF STUFF BUT NOT IN MUCH OF A DOWN VELVET . SO I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE AND AS A MATTER OF TIME MAY AS WE WE WERE VERY VERY CAREFUL IN MATERIALS TODAY TO SORT OF NOT PICK A SIDE AND BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT. THERE ARE THERE IS A RESEARCH ENTITY WE COULD CONTACT THAT WE COULD ALSO REACH OUT TO AN AND ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS THAT HAS THESE ORDINANCES AND BRING IN SOMEONE WHO'S WORKING IN IT DAY TO DAY AND THEN YOU KNOW, MAYBE WELL MAYBE I DON'T KNOW WE'LL COME UP WITH MAYBE ONE OR TWO OTHERS AND WHAT I'M SENSING IS PROBABLY PREVAILING WAGE IN APRIL AND THEN MAYBE WAGE THEFT IN MAY. DOES THAT SOUND OKAY? I THINK THAT THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT FES LIKE THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. WE'RE I I THINK INFORMATION AND ESPECIALLY AS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL VOICES JUST TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT SOME FOLKS HAVE. SO IF YOU COULD SEND THOSE QUESTIONS, WE MAKE SURE THAT CAN GET THEM ANSWERED IF IF EVERYONE COULD SEND QUESTIONS AND ANY THAT CAME UP THIS EVENING. YES. JUST SEND THEM OFF PLEASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE DIDN'T GET TO A RESOLUTION TONIGHT BUT SOMEHOW IT WORKS SOMETIMES. SOMETIMES IT WORKS. YEAH. NEXT UP, MR. FERRUGIA, ITEM 5.5.5 THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FUNDS FROM THE U.S. EPA FOR A COMMERCIAL ENERGY GREEN COST SHARE PROGRAM. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL NORMALLY THIS ITEM WOULD HAVE BEEN A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM BUT BECAUSE BROUGHT IT IN SUCH SHORT ORDER I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER AND ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS THAT THIS IS A GRANT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'VE BEEN INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN WITH MINNEAPOLIS A NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES AND THIS WILL HELP US DO ENERGY AUDITS ESPECIALLY IN THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR WHICH IS WITH WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING THE RESIDENTIAL SECTOR. SO IT FITS SQUARELY WITHIN WHAT OUR SUSTAINABILITY PLAN IS AND WHAT OUR BEAUTY PLAN IS . SO I THINK THIS IS RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD BUT I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME BECAUSE THE COUNCIL DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT VERY MUCH BEFORE BRING IT ON FOR ANYBODY WHO IS WATCHING THE REASON THAT IT IS A LAST MINUTE REQUEST IS WE DIDN'T RECEIVE THE INFORMATION UNTIL FRIDAY AFTER THE PACKET HAD BEEN PUBLISHED SO WE HAD A SHORT TURNAROUND TIME IF THERE IS ANY MORE DETAILED QUESTION MR. KIEHL IS HERE AND CAN ANSWER AS WELL AND IT WAS NICE OF HIM TO LET HIS STAFF GO SO . THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO STAY UNTIL NOW TO HANDLE IT. COUNSEL ON ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? I THINK PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD ON THIS ONE. SO IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS I'D LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FOR A COMMERCIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY GREEN COST SHARING PROGRAM AND MAKING BUDGET AMENDMENTS MOVED AS STATED IN MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION THIS HEARING ON ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH COUNCIL WE'VE GOT 12 MINUTES I THINK WE CAN GET THIS DONE YET TONIGHT MOVING ON ITEM 5.6 ARE COUNCIL POLICY ISSUE UPDATES. I'LL START BY RECAPPING OUR LISTENING ON MISCELLANEOUS HAD ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING HANDICAPPED PARKING AND BUS PARKING AT DAR AL FAROOQ CAROL GOGARTY I THINK I PRONOUNCED IT RIGHT THIS TIME AND WHEN I INTRODUCED HER THE FIRST TIME I SPOKE ELOQUENTLY IN SUPPORT OF TREES TALKED VERY, VERY MUCH ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TREES AND THE BENEFITS THAT THEY DO PROVIDE. BRIAN HOFFMAN SPOKE UP THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO SPECIFIC ISSUES AND TALKED ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION AND RESPONSE OF QUALITY SERVICE ISSUES THAT HE SAW THAT THE CITY MIGHT HAVE IN WAYS THAT WE IMPROVE THAT QUALITY SERVICE RESPONSIVENESS AND MIKE LIST CAME BACK AGAIN. WE HAD A DISCUSSION AGAIN ABOUT THE ISSUES WITH A GROUP HOME IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE I CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT ONE NOT ONLY WITH MR. LIST BUT THINK WITH OUR BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO IN CONSIDERATION AND WITH THE LICENSING THAT GOES ON FOR THE ALL OF THE GROUP HOMES NOT ONLY IN MR. LIST NEIGHBORHOOD BUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. MR. FERRARI ANYTHING TO ADD TONIGHT? MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST A QUICK QUERY OF THE COUNCIL. I SENT SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE JUDGING FOR HATCH WE HAVE THREE COUNCIL MEMBER SEATS ON THE JUDGING. I'VE HEARD FROM COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING AND JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT IF ANY OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING. SO DATES WERE IN THE INFORMATION THAT I SENT. I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE OUR STAFF AN INDICATION YET THIS WEEK SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE DATES AND THE TIMELINE PLEASE DO SO AND FOLLOW UP WITH ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BRODY COUNSEL ANYTHING TO ADD THIS EVENING? COUNCILMEMBER AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER WITH US. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU, MAYOR I JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND SAY HOW THANKFUL AM TO THE BLOOMINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR POLICE BECAUSE THIS LAST WEEK THERE WAS A FIRE TO BLOCK TWO BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE AND THEIR RESPONSE TIME WAS FANTASTIC. THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. NO ONE WAS INJURED BUT JUST THE COMMUNICATION, THE THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESPONSE TIME AND ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE THAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO THE DAY TO DAY BASIS MADE ME REALLY THANKFUL CONSIDERING EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED SO FAR SO. I JUST WANT TO SEND THAT THANK YOU TO OUR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT ,OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO CAME RUNNING WHEN THE CALL CAME. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WELL SAID, COUNCILMEMBER THANKS MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO BRING UP WHAT SALINAS HAS BEEN MENTIONING IS ANY WAY THAT WE CAN PUT AN END TO DO THIS COLLECTIVELY, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE SO THE INFORMATION THAT IS PROVIDED THIS EVENING THE EMAIL FROM THE GENTLEMAN OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA WHAT I WILL DO IS SHARE THAT WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO IS TASKED WITH ENFORCING THESE THINGS AND. SEE IF WE CAN FACILITATE A CONVERSATION BETWEEN OUR POLICE CHIEF AND THE INDIVIDUAL THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE ARE RELATED TO THE TYPE OF PROPERTY AND THE ENFORCEMENT THAT GOES WITH THE TYPE PROPERTY IT'S A PRIVATE PROPERTY AND SO IT OUR ENFORCEMENT IS GOING TO IN SOME WAYS BE DICTATED OR VARY BASED ON WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC PROPERTY, PRIVATE PROPERTY AND WHO IS WHO NEEDS TO LIKE NOTIFY US IF THERE IS A COMPLAINT OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON THERE. SO WE'LL DO A LITTLE BIT MORE FOLLOW UP AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAYBE GET CLOSER TO BEING ON THE SAME PAGE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. ANYTHING ELSE THIS EVENING, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? YEAH, THANK YOU MAYOR I JUST WANT TO CHECK WITH STAFF AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE AN ANSWER RIGHT NOW BUT IF THERE'S BEEN ANY DISCUSSIONS AT THE CITY LEVEL REGARDING UBER, LYFT, THE NEW ORDINANCE IN MINNEAPOLIS I'M CERTAINLY SYMPATHETIC TO MAKING SURE AND WE JUST HAD A NICE DISCUSSION OF MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE PAID FAIRLY FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S PRIORITY OF THIS COUNCIL. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO COME HERE TO ENJOY OUR HOSPITALITY AND AND YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY I'D LIKE TO HAVE TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE TO GET TO THE AIRPORT AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO I'M JUST WONDERING BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THEM UBER SAYS THEY'RE OUT OF THE REGION COMPLETELY AND LYFT HAS SAID THAT THEY MAY STAY THE REGION PARTIALLY JUST IS THERE A WAY TO FACILITATE GET A HOLD OF THEM AND FIND OUT WHERE THEY'RE AT AND LET THEM KNOW WHERE BLOOMINGTON IS AT AND THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THIS ALSO THE ATTENTION OF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND LEGISLATORS WHO I THINK ARE PONDERING WHETHER TO INTERVENE SOME WAY AT A STATE LEVEL WE DO NOT REGULATE UBER OR LYFT AND SO YOU KNOW, ASKING IF I THINK IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT HARD TO GET THEIR ATTENTION RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE THE PUBLIC POLICY DECISION MAKERS WHO ARE INFLUENCING THIS ARE A HIGHER LEVEL THAN WHAT WE ARE SO THAT'S JUST THE HONEST ANSWER. RIGHT IS I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU THAT SEEING OPTIONS EXIT THE MARKET IS NOT GOOD FOR PEOPLE AND IRONICALLY GIVEN THE CONVERSATION WE JUST HAD, I THINK EVERYBODY FEELS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE COMPENSATED FAIRLY FOR THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE PROVIDED SO I CAN I CAN DO A CHECK IN WITH SOME OF OUR INTERAGENCY PARTNERS AND SEE IF THERE IS A ROLE FOR OTHER NON MINNEAPOLIS MUNICIPALITIES TO PERHAPS PLAY A ROLE. THANK YOU. I MEAN JUST GIVEN OUR ROLE IN A LOT OF THE AND THINGS THAT COME TO THE REGION, I THINK THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO STAY ABREAST OF IT AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO FORMALLY ADD IT TO OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. IF YOU COULD JUST KEEP US UP TO DATE AS BEST WE CAN. SO I HAVE ONE LAST THING IF I COULD VERY QUICKLY, VERY, VERY QUICKLY. SO I WAS LISTENING TO PUBLIC RADIO AND I DID NOT HEAR ENTIRE STORY BUT IT WAS THE CHIEF OF METRO TRANSIT TALKING ABOUT HOW GREAT THEY'RE DOING AND REDUCING CRIME AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND SO IF I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET KIND OF A RECAP OF SOME OF THAT BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE WAS GOING TO CALL IN AND ASK IF THEIR DATA INCLUDED OUR DATA OR NOT AND I JUST I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY FROM STAFF FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HEARD THE HEARD THE SEGMENT THAT THEY DID. I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY ACCURACY OF SOME OF THE CLAIMS THAT WERE MADE DURING THAT SHOW. MR. FERRARI THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON CHIEF IS HERE BUT THIS ONE I THINK I CAN ANSWER PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD BECAUSE WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH CHIEF MORALES AND WITH CHAIRS ELLIE FROM METRO COUNCIL AND THE GM OF METRO TRANSIT ALONG WITH FOLKS AT THE METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND SPECIFICALLY CLARIFIED FOR THEM THAT THE NUMBERS THAT THEY PUBLICLY CITED ARE NOT INCLUSIVE OF CITY OF BLOOMINGTON NUMBERS . OKAY. SO THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL STATISTIC THERE THAT HASN'T BEEN REPORTED IN THE QUESTION I ASKED AND THAT I HAVEN'T HAD ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON IS IF THAT'S EXCLUSIVE US OR DOES IT INCLUDE THE OTHER AGENCIES THAT THEY HAD SPECIAL CONTRACTS WITH? SO HAD THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA THAT WAS ALSO PROVIDING YOU MPD WAS PROVIDING CONTRACT OVER TIME METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION WAS PROVIDING CONTRACT OVER TIME AND HEIGHTENED ENFORCEMENT IN PRESENCE AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT AGENCIES THAT THEIR NUMBERS ARE ALSO NOT INCLUDED SO THE THE THE BLOOMINGTON NUMBERS WOULD BE ADDITIVE TO THE STATISTICS THE METROPOLITAN METRO TRANSIT HAS BEEN REPORTING. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT I'VE SAID PREVIOUSLY AND I THINK THE CHIEF MADE THIS POINT DURING HIS PUBLIC SAFETY PRESENTATION AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING IT'S COMPLICATED BECAUSE HEIGHTENED ENFORCEMENT IS NATURALLY GOING TO LEAD TO MORE THE MORE CITATIONS AND MORE ARRESTS RIGHT. IT'S IN THE SERVICE OF MAKING SURE LINE IS SAFER THE PERCEPTION OF SAFETY IS ENHANCED AND JUST BEING MORE VISIBLE AND MORE PROACTIVE IS NATURALLY GOING TO INCREASE THE NUMBERS. CHIEF TALKED ABOUT THAT WITH OUR OWN STATISTICS NOT INDEPENDENT OF TRANSIT IN THE FACT THAT OUR WORK TO ENCOURAGE TO TO BE COMMITTED PROSECUTING SHOPLIFTING FOR EXAMPLE RIGHT THAT'S LEADING TO HIGHER NUMBERS BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF PROACTIVE COMMITMENT THAT THAT'S HAPPENING SO IT'S IT'S A COMPLICATED ISSUE. SO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS HEARING NONE SEEING OUR AGENDA IS COMPLETE I WOULD LOOK FOR MOTION TO ADJOURN SO MOVED WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL FAVORITE PLEASE SAY HI GOES MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU MUCH FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION TONIGHT THANKS TO THE STAFF FOR THE INFORMATION BROUGHT FORWARD AND THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED EITHER JUST BY WATCHING OR PARTICIPATING IN OUR MEETING TONIGHT THANKS