. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THIS MARCH 21ST MEETING OF THE BLOOMINGTON PLANNING COMMISSION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION ADVISES THE CITY COUNCIL ON DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS LONG-RANGE PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION ISSUES. THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS COMPOSED OF SEVEN VOLUNTEER RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. EACH PLANNING COMMISSIONER HAS BEEN APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO SERVE A THREE YEAR TERM FOR A MAXIMUM OF TWO TERMS. WE HAVE FIVE COMMISSIONERS PRESENT THIS EVENING SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM ON SOME ITEMS. THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS FINAL DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY WHILE ON OTHER ITEMS THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MAKE THE FINAL DECISION AND WE ACT AS AN ADVISORY COMMISSION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. AS WE GET STARTED THIS EVENING I ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE RISE AND STAND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING. TWO OF THOSE ITEMS ITEMS NUMBER ONE AND TWO ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS DURING. PUBLIC HEARINGS. THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO TESTIFY. YOU CAN DO THAT HERE IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT DURING OUR PUBLIC HEARING. BUT IF YOU'RE REMOTE AND WATCHING US ONLINE OR ON TELEVISION AND YOU'D LIKE TO TESTIFY REMOTELY, YOU CAN DO THAT ALSO AND THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS SCROLLING ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF YOUR TELEVISION SCREEN ON HOW TO DO THAT. SO WITH ALL OF THAT SO WE'LL GET STARTED WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE WHICH IS A PRIVATELY INITIATED CITY CODE AMENDMENT AND SENIOR PLANNER MR. NICK JOHNSON HAS OUR STAFF REPORT. THANK YOU. ACTING CHAIR KIRK DUNN I'LL PROVIDE A SLIDE DECK HERE FOR YOU AND THE APPLICATION FOR YOU AND ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A PRIVATELY INITIATED CITY CODE AMENDMENT. WE DON'T GET THOSE TOO OFTEN AND JUST AS A REMINDER IT IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS WHERE YOU ARE KIND WEARING THAT LEGISLATOR OR LEGISLATIVE HAT AS OPPOSED TO THE QUASI JUDICIAL JUDICIAL EXCUSE ME. SO JUST A HEADS UP ABOUT THAT . THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED NINE MILE BREWING COMPANY AND RELATES TO THE CITY'S TRASH REFUSE STANDARDS SO ORIENTING EVERYONE TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY THE SUBJECT APPLICATION IS NOT SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON THIS PROPERTY ALONE IT IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY CODE BUT PROVIDED BUT DO WANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND AS TO KIND OF WHAT LED US HERE AND I'M OUR BREWING OF COURSE IS AN EXISTING TAPROOM AT 9555 JAMES AVENUE JUST TO THE NORTH OF CITY HALL HERE THE SITE IS ZONED I TWO LIMITED INDUSTRIAL IT'S BEEN OPERATING SINCE 2021 I THINK THEY HAVE JUST AROUND 350 ISH SEATS APPROXIMATELY AND THEY WANT TO EXPAND OR RENOVATE. ONE ASPECT OF THEIR USE IS TO PROVIDE A LIMITED KITCHEN FACILITY SO BE SURE TO BE ACTUALLY AT TO COOK AND PROVIDE FOOD ONSITE AS OPPOSED TO HAVING FOOD TRUCKS OR OTHER FOOD OPTIONS BROUGHT IN AND SO PER THE BLOOMINGTON REFUGE STANDARDS THAT WOULD TYPICALLY TRIGGER AN TRASH ROOM THAT HAS SPECIFIC DESIGN STANDARDS FOR INCLUDING A FLOOR DRAIN QUARTILE CLEANER SURFACES HOSE BIB KIND OF ELEMENTS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH CLEANING THE SPACE AS IT RELATES TO FOOD REFUSE AND SO BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT CREATING THIS NEW FOOD OPERATION WITHIN THE BUSINESS THEY WOULD HAVE TO EITHER CONSTRUCT THIS CODE COMPLYING TRASH ROOM OR IN THIS CASE WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO POTENTIALLY AMEND THE CITY CODE IN A WAY THAT IS IN RECOGNITION OF SOME OF THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS USE AND THIS PROPERTY. SO GETTING TO THEIR SPECIFIC REQUEST THEY ARE LOOKING TO CREATE AN EXCEPTION WITHIN THE REFUGE STANDARDS AND AGAIN THAT'S 21.3 OR 1.17 OF THE CITY CODE IN THE ZONING CODE . AND WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS CREATE A NEW CATEGORY FOR THESE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR THIS TYPE OF SPECIFIC PROPERTY WHEREIN IT WOULD CREATE AN EXCEPTION FOR FOOD SERVICE FACILITIES AT A SITE THAT IS OWNED INDUSTRIAL. SO LIMITED TO THAT THERE'S NOT SERVE FRIED FOOD AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT WHY THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE IMPORTANT AND MAYBE MOST IMPORTANTLY FROM NUISANCE STANDPOINT AND KIND OF DEALING SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF FOOD WASTE IS ONLY WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO SITES THAT ARE LOCATED 500 FEET FROM A RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AND USE PROPERTY. SO WE'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF ANALYSIS ON KIND OF WHAT TYPES OF SITES WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS TYPE OF ARRANGEMENT SHOULD THIS CURRENT AMENDMENT PASS AND IN WORKING WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH STAFF AS WELL AS IDENTIFYING USES THE ASSESSING CODES WE CAN'T THINK OF ANOTHER RESTAURANT THAT MEETS THIS CRITERIA. THERE IS SOME PRIVATE FOOD SERVICE USERS ON THAT THAT ARE ZONED INDUSTRIAL BUT THEY ALSO DO SERVE FRIED FOOD. SO THOSE WOULD ALSO NOT MEET THOSE CRITERIA IN ADDITION TO CANADA LOCATIONAL CRITERIA THAT'S IMPORTANT THE CODE AMENDMENT PUT FORTH BEFORE YOU LAYS OUT MULTIPLE PERFORMANCE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE MET IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ARRANGEMENT SO THE TRASH STORAGE AREA COULD NOT BE VISIBLE FROM A PUBLIC STREET WOULD NEED TO BE SCREENED FROM PUBLIC VIEW CONTAINERS, BE CONSTRUCTED OF NONCOMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS AND MUST BE LOCATED WITHIN 20 FEET OF AN ACCESS DOOR AND THAT IS IMPORTANT FROM A SECURITY THE CONTAINERS MUST BE LEAKPROOF NOT ABSORBENT WITH TIGHT FITTING LIDS. IT HAS TO DO WITH KIND OF PROTECTING THE CITY'S STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE AREA MUST BE PROPERLY LIT AND AGAIN THAT'S A SECURITY COMPONENT. SO ADDITIONAL STANDARDS MONITORED BY A SECURITY CAMERA AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK CONTAINERS TO BE CLEANED IN AN AREA THAT DRAINS THE SANITARY SEWER NOT STORM SEWER THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL FOR OUR WATER RESOURCE STAFF AND THEN MUST NOT BE LOCATED IN REQUIRED PARKING AREAS OR BLOCK DRIVE AISLES AND PEDESTRIAN OR VEHICLE CIRCULATION SO OF THE OTHER THINGS YOU TYPICALLY SEE IN OUR PARKING AREAS SO MILE BREWING IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND SUBMITTING THIS PRIVATELY INITIATED CODE AMENDMENT HAVE A KIND OF PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN AND PROPOSAL THAT WOULD THIS CRITERIA THEY ARE PROPOSING TO INCLUDE MULTIPLE BINS FOR TRASH RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING IN AN AREA THAT WOULD SCREENED AND ONLY VISIBLE FROM FROM THE NORTH INTERNAL TO THIS INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY KIND OF IN THEIR TRUCK BAY AREA THEY DO HAVE OVERHEAD DOORS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF WHERE THE STORAGE LOCATION SO THEY COULD ROLL THESE CONTAINERS AND THIS AND ANYTHING SERVING THAT PURPOSE INSIDE IN ORDER TO CLEAN UP AND THEY'VE COMMITTED TO THESE OTHER KIND OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS THAT YOU SEE WITHIN THE ORDINANCE. AND THEN FINALLY I MEAN THE APPLICANT IS HERE CAN KIND OF SPEAK TO WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING. I DON'T WANT TO RELEASE ANY BREAKING NEWS SO I'LL BE CAREFUL WHAT THEY'RE THINKING BUT THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING TO HAVE FRIED FOODS AS PART OF THIS KITCHEN FACILITY SO AS STAFF JUST TO KIND OF TIE A BOW IN TERMS OF WHAT STAFF THINKING WITH THIS WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE TYPES OF APPLICATIONS IN TERMS OF CREATING AN EXCEPTION OR AMENDING THE CITY CODE MORE GENERALLY WE ALWAYS DO LOOK TO THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE REFUGE STANDARDS OUR STANDARDS DEVELOPED TO PRECLUDE UNSANITARY CONDITIONS OUR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVE EMPLOYEE SAFETY IMPORTANT MAINTAIN PROPERTY ESTHETICS GENERALLY AND PROMOTE GENERAL HEALTH WITH RESPECT TO ROUGH USE AND SO IN STAFF'S JUDGMENT AND LOOKING AT KIND OF THE WIDE BREADTH OF STAFF LOOKED AT THIS WE DO FEEL THAT THIS CODE AMENDMENT DOES NOT RUN AFOUL OR CONFLICT WITH THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE TRASH STANDARDS. THIS IS A PRETTY UNIQUE SITUATION. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE MORE RESTAURANTS BEING CONSTRUCTED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS FOR THE MOST PART TYPICALLY THEY'RE LOCATED IN MORE ORIENTED AREAS AND CORRIDORS SO DUE TO THE LOCATION AND WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE AND THE ABILITY TO KIND OF MEET THESE STANDARDS STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROBABLY INITIATED CODE AMENDMENT. I DO HAVE A SUGGESTED MOTION AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND AS I NOTED THE APPLICANT IS IN ATTENDANCE. THANK YOU MR. JOHNSON. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COMMISSIONER GOLTZMAN THANK YOU CHAIR. I'M LOOKING AT THIS PROPERTY OBVIOUSLY THERE THEY HAVE FOOD, WATER, FOOD WASTE OR THEIR REFUSE WHERE DO THEY CURRENTLY STORE THAT? AND ALSO IF THERE'S A UP QUESTION DID STAFF LOOK AT OPTIONS FOR STORAGE ON THIS PROPERTY AS AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION? YEAH SURE. MR. GROSSMAN, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO I BELIEVE THEY DO HAVE BINS FOR THEIR MASH THE OWNER COULD CONFIRM THAT INSIDE BUT GIVEN THAT THAT IS MORE AN INDUSTRIAL PROCESS AND NOT A FOOD FACILITY NOT SUBJECT TO THOSE MORE RIGID DESIGN STANDARDS WITH RESPECT TO THE WASHABLE SURFACES, THE TILE HAVING THE FLOOR DRAINS AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS INSIDE THE FACILITY AND SO I DON'T KNOW IN TERMS OF THINKING THROUGH CREATING A CODE COMPLYING TRASH FACILITY BUT THE CURRENT BREWING OPERATION NOT SUBJECT TO THOSE STANDARDS. OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF MR. GREEN THEY SHARE I GUESS I HAVEN'T SEEN A PRIVATELY INITIATED CODE UPDATE YET HAS THE CITY TAKEN ANY FURTHER LOOK AT YOU KNOW DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO IF IF THE CITY'S ALREADY RECOMMENDING PASSING THIS HAS THE CITY LOOKED AT WHETHER THIS SHOULD BE EXPANDED OR IS THIS SPECIFICALLY AT THE I SUPPOSE AT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST IT TURN OUT EXACTLY AS WRITTEN AS WE'VE GOT IT IN FRONT US. YEAH. CHAIR COMMISSIONER CURRY THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION ACTUALLY . AS PART OF THE REVIEW OF THE 2024 PLANNING COMMISSION WORKPLAN, THE CITY COUNCIL DID ADD A PROJECT WHEN THEY ADOPTED THE WORKPLAN TO LOOK AT SMALL BUSINESS CODES AND POLICIES AND SO ONE OF THE OUTSIDE ELEMENTS OF THAT BROADER PROJECT WILL BE LOOKING AT OUR STANDARDS SO THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT'S COMING BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS OWNER THE TIMING PROBABLY ISN'T SO WITHIN THEIR CONTROL THERE ALIGNS WITH THEIR DESIRED TIMELINE AND SO I THINK BEING AROUND THE APPLICATION JUST A LITTLE BIT FROM THE OUTSIDE I THINK THEY WANTED TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THIS SO THAT THEY COULD KIND OF MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR PLANS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEP. OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF SEEING NONE. I WILL ASK IF THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK PLEASE PLEASE STEP FORWARD. USE A MICROPHONE. I'M BOB COUNTRYMAN WITH NINE MILE BREWING AND THE PRESIDENT AND CEO WHAT WE ENVISION IS A SMALL KITCHEN THAT IS GOING TO BE PIZZA FOCUSED, WILL NOT HAVE FRIED FOOD, PIZZAS, SANDWICHES, SALADS JUST TO GIVE OUR GUESTS AN OPTION ONE OR TO ME ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR THAT IS TO HAVE FAMILIES GROUPS THAT CAN COME IN THAT ARE LARGER AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR MEAL AT NINE MILE WERE FOOD TRUCKS DOESN'T REALLY WORK THAT WELL IF YOU HAVE A TEAM WITH SAY YOU KNOW 1012 YEAR OLDS THEY MIGHT NOT WANT MOMOS TIBETAN DUMPLINGS BUT EVERYBODY LIKES A CHEESE PIZZA SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR FOCUS EVERYTHING WILL BE IN TAKEOUT CONTAINERS SO VERY SIMILAR TO THE TYPE ROUGH WE HAVE NOW FOR A FOOD TRUCK. SO REALLY NOT CHANGING A WHOLE LOT. THERE WILL BE OBVIOUSLY SOME KITCHEN WASTE THAT WE DON'T HAVE CURRENTLY BUT WE REALLY THINK THAT THIS WILL BE A BENEFIT TO THE AND THE COMMUNITY. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? COMMISSIONER HOLTZMAN THANK YOU CHAIR. MR. COUNTRYMAN, DID YOU LOOK AT POTENTIALLY BUILDING A TRASH ROOM WITHIN THE FACILITY ? AND CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE LOGISTICAL ISSUES THAT YOU RAN INTO? SURE. SO FROM A SPACE PERSPECTIVE IT REALLY IS KIND OF PROHIBITIVE WITH THE WAY THAT WE HAVE THE TAPROOM SET AND IT WOULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE TO ADD SOMETHING EXTERNALLY TO REALLY YOU KNOW, MEET THE STANDARDS OF WHAT THEY WOULD SAY ESPECIALLY THINGS LIKE YOU'D HAVE TO ADD A DRAIN ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO JUST THE WAY WE'RE SET UP OUTSIDE WOULD REALLY BE THE SOLUTION WE THINK. COMMISSIONER MCGOVERN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR THAT I DO HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE CONTAINERS AND WILL THEY BE BIODEGRADABLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PURPOSES? SO WE DO PLAN TO COMPOST SO I HAVEN'T TALKED WE'RE DOING THIS WITH A PARTNER NORTH STAR TAVERN WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THE CONTAINERS AS SO I CAN'T ANSWER THAT DIRECTLY BUT WE DO WANT TO HAVE COMPOST RECYCLING AND GARBAGE SO THAT WE ARE REALLY SORT OF SUPPORTING THE CITY INITIATIVE THAT. I MEAN I THINK FROM A PRIVATE RESIDENTS STANDPOINT I REALLY DO LIKE THE FACT THAT WE NOW HAVE HEARD YOU KNOW WHAT COMPOSTING WASTE SO WE PLAN TO DO THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU . OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BECAUSE SIGNING FOR US PLEASE SO WE HAVE YOU ON THE RECORD IS APPRECIATED. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW AND ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY ON THIS ITEM. SEEING NO STEPPING FORWARD. MR. JOHNSON, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ONLINE? THANK YOU, CHAIR. WE DO NOT. CITY STAFF. VERY WELL. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLICLY. MUSHTAQ CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I I OPPOSED MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION MR. GOLTZMAN THANK YOU, CHAIR. YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS APPLICATION IS QUITE UNIQUE IN THAT IT WOULD ONLY APPLY TO A VERY SMALL GROUP OF BUSINESSES. ONE THING THAT I THOUGHT ABOUT AND FOR THOSE OF FIT ON THE COMMISSION IN THE PAST WE HAVE A VERY STRICT RULE AROUND INDOOR TRASH ROOMS AND THERE'S A LONG HISTORY THERE WITH THAT . SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE THING I STUCK IN THE BACK OF MY MIND BUT AS THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE NON QUASI NON QUASI. THAT'S CORRECT, SIR. SO IT'S UP FOR INTERPRETATION RIGHT FOR THE FOLKS AT HOME. WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE HAVE A LOT OF LATITUDE TO YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE FOLLOWING LESS OF CITY CODE HERE IN MOUA. SO HOW WE WANT THE FUTURE OF THE CITY TO LOOK. GOT IT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE LIKE I SAID, WE'VE GOT SOME DISCRETION HERE SO PART OF ME LOOKS AT IT FROM THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF WE REQUIRE INDOOR TRASH ROOMS AND THERE'S A MYRIAD OF REASONS FROM A WASTE PERSPECTIVE A SAFETY FROM AN EMPLOYEE PERSPECTIVE AND JUST SOME OF THE HISTORICAL NEEDS THERE . AND SO PART OF ME LOOKS AT THAT AND SAYS THERE'S A REASON WHY WE REQUIRE INDOOR TRASH ROOMS. THERE'S ANOTHER SIDE OF ME THAT SAYS THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION. IT'S A UNIQUE APPLICATION IN THAT IT'S NOT OPENING THE DOOR FOR OTHER TYPES OF APPLICATIONS LIKE RESTAURANTS, OTHER TYPES OF FACILITIES. AND THEN I ALSO LOOK AT IT FROM THE SUPPORT ABILITY OF SMALL BUSINESS AND ALLOWING SMALL BUSINESS TO RUN IN OUR CITY. SO I'M AND BETWEEN THE TWO OBVIOUSLY IS. AND I WOULD LIKE HEAR FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON WHAT THEY THINK AND WHAT ARE THE ODDS BETWEEN THE TWO. COMMISSIONER CURRY THANK YOU CHAIR. I MEAN I THINK IT SEEMS LIKE THE CITY CITY'S TAKEN A GOOD LOOK AT THE I GUESS THE POTENTIAL CHALLENGES WITH THE ENGINEERING DIVISION EXPRESSING CONCERNS AND THE APPLICANT RESOLVING THOSE CONCERNS. SO I DON'T HAVE I MEAN I THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. WE DEFINITELY WANT TO CONTINUE TO THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AS WE'VE SEEN APPLICATIONS IN THE PAST WHERE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE HAD CONCERN OVER VACANCY RATES IN THE AREA. MY ONLY QUESTION WOULD BE IS SO SPECIFIC THAT IT ESSENTIALLY EXCLUDES THE ABILITY FOR ANYBODY ANY OTHER FUTURE TO DO ANYTHING IN AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT SO YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY OR THE LIMITATION FROM SERVING FOOD FOR INSTANCE I MEAN PEOPLE LOVE FRIED FOOD AND AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT SETS UP PERFECTLY FOR FOR ANOTHER BREWERY OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE WOULD TO ON WEEKENDS TO HAVE A GOOD TIME SO I GUESS THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY QUESTION. OTHERWISE I THINK THIS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CURRY. SOME OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT ABOUT ARE ARE THINGS YOU MENTIONED WITH THE EXCLUSIVITY PIECE OF IT AND I, I THINK YOU KNOW, ARE WE THERE'S SO MANY EXCEPTIONS TO THIS THAT WE'RE OF ALMOST GIVING A SINGLE APPLICANT SPECIAL TREATMENT AND NO ONE ELSE COULD DO THIS AND I THINK WE COULD HAVE SOME OTHER UPSET LAND OWNERS WHO ARE NOT TERRIBLY PLEASED THAT WE'RE DOING THIS. WE WE SEE THIS REQUEST ALL THE TIME TO NOT HAVE INDOOR TRASH AND ACROSS THE BOARD WE HAVE NEVER EVEN CONSIDERED IT REALLY. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SUPER INCLINED TO START IT NOW RECOGNIZING WE HAVE A UNIQUE HERE BUT IT ALMOST FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE SPECIAL AND I, I, I DON'T LIKE THE INEQUALITY OF IT FROM THAT STANDPOINT. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CONCERN ME ARE YOU KNOW WE HAVE SO MANY RULES ON THIS AND OVER TIME IT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO ENFORCE. WOMEN ARE THOSE CHEESE CURDS. THOSE ARE FRIED WE CAN'T HAVE FRIED FOODS HERE AND I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE SOME OF THESE THINGS. I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THIS PARTICULAR APPLICANT IS WELL-INTENDED. I'M NOT AT ALL SUGGESTING GOING TO GO AGAINST OUR RULES BUT THIS GOES WITH THE LAND RIGHTS SO IF NINE MILE ONE DAY BECOMES TEN MILE BREWING UNDER DIFFERENT OWNERS AND THEY WON'T HAVE FRIED FOODS, IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH FOR US TO ENFORCE THAT AND SO I THINK THE WHERE I'M AT IS THAT FOR THE LONGEST TIME WE HAVE SAID NO OUTDOOR TRASH AND I THINK I'M INCLINED TO STAY WITH THAT HERE. YOU KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE WITH WITH YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT THE PLATE OR THIS IS THE PLATE RATHER OF THE APPLICANTS THAT THEY HAVE SELECTED A SITE IN AN AREA IN AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING THAT ISN'T SUPER CONDUCIVE TO THINGS LIKE SIDEWALKS AND INDOOR TRASH AND IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE TO BRING A SITE LIKE THAT UP TO STANDARDS AND I THINK THAT'S THE PLIGHT OF MOVING TO AN INDUSTRIAL AREA. THAT PARTICULAR SITE THAT THEY CHOSE DOESN'T HAVE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REQUIRE AND I DON'T THINK I'M INCLINED TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION IN THIS CASE IF IF YOU'VE CHOSEN A SITE WITHOUT AN INDOOR TRASH FACILITY, THINK IT BE MY EXPECTATION THAT THAT'S ONE OF YOUR COSTS OF CHOOSING A FACILITY IS HAVING TO INSTALL INDOOR TRASH. COMMISSIONER RIZZO UM, I THANK YOU CHAIR AND I PERSONALLY AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ONLY WELL MORE SO BECAUSE THE APPLICANT DID DO HIS DUE DILIGENCE AND THE BUSINESS IS DUE DILIGENCE AND SETTING FORTH THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE SET BY STAFF. UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A LOT OF VACANCY RATES IN AND THIS TYPE OF ZONING INDUSTRIAL AREAS AND SO A BUSINESS BRINGING IN OR BRINGING IN CUSTOMERS BRINGING IN PEOPLE ACTIVITY THIS SORT OF AREA I THINK IS GOOD FOR THE CITY AND I DO HAVE THE SAME QUESTION THAT COMMISSIONER CORY HAD BUT OVERALL I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AND YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF MY TAKE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER GOLTZMAN IF I MAY ASK STAFF THE QUESTION AROUND JUST THE HISTORICAL AND UNIQUENESS OF BLOOMINGTON ON INDOOR TRASH SO HOW I GUESS INDOOR TRASH NOT ALWAYS BEEN REQUIRED BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME LOCATIONS THAT HAVE OUTDOOR LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING SO FIRST OF ALL CAN I CAN YOU GIVE US BACKGROUND OF THE HISTORY OF THAT AND THEN ALSO AS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION, CAN YOU GIVE US A FRAME OF REFERENCE WHAT OTHER CITIES IN OUR AREA ARE DOING REGARDING TRASH AND INDOOR OUTDOOR OPTIONS AT YOUR COMMERCIAL GOALS BUT THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO MY DATES MIGHT NOT BE PERFECTLY PRECISE BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT FOR STARTING AT SOME POINT PRIOR TO PROBABLY THE 2000S THEY STARTED ATTACHING A CONDITION OF APPROVAL ON A LOT OF RESTAURANT APPROVALS OR WHEN THEY BUILT OUT THESE FACILITIES THEY WOULD HAVE A CONDITION TYPICALLY THROUGH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PROCESS AND SO IT WASN'T FOR A PERIOD OF TIME IT WAS NOT EMBEDDED IN CODE EVENTUALLY THEY DID ADOPT THESE STANDARDS DIRECTLY THE CODE AND SO THEN FROM THAT POINT MOVING FORWARD THESE ARE KIND OF THE STANDARDS YOU SEE AND I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES AS A PERSON IS ADMINISTER THIS CODE OVER THE YEARS IS THAT NOT ALL FOOD SERVICE FACILITIES ARE EQUIVALENT. YOU HAVE LIKE A VERY LARGE AND OR A VERY SPECTRUM AS TO HOW THEY ALL OPERATE. SOME ARE MUCH LARGER, SOME DIFFERENT MENUS AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO I THINK ONE OF THE INTENSIVE LOOKING AT THIS LOOKING AT THESE STANDARDS AS PART OF THIS SMALL BUSINESS PROJECT IS TO TRY AND GET A LITTLE BIT FIRMER HANDLE ON KIND OF DRILLING STANDARDS ARE IN ON THE SITUATIONS THAT CAUSED MORE THE THE PROBLEMS IF YOU WILL WITH OUTDOOR TRASH AND TRYING TO NAVIGATE OR DEVELOP STANDARDS THAT KIND OF ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS OR THOSE NUISANCE CHARACTERISTICS SO IN TERMS OF WHEN THE STANDARDS ARE ADOPTED I CAN'T GIVE THE EXACT DATE I CERTAINLY CAN TELL YOU WHAT DATE IT SHOWS UP IN OUR AMERICAN LEGAL BUT THAT'S NOT ALWAYS NECESSARILY PRECISE EITHER IT LIKELY WAS MOVED FROM CHAPTER 19 BUT WE'VE HAD THESE STANDARDS FOR A WHILE ALL RESTAURANTS ARE SUBJECT TO THEM. ONE THING I WOULD SAY JUST KIND OF PUTTING A PIN ON SOME OF THE EARLIER DISCUSSION IS THAT WE DO REQUIRE AN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERMIT FOR ALL OF OUR BUILD OUTS OF KITCHENS SO STAFF IS VERY AWARE AND COGNIZANT OF THE TYPE OF COOKING AND EQUIPMENT COMMERCIAL KITCHENS BECAUSE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH STAFF LICENSES THEM SO JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER FROM A ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE IN ADDITION TO THAT I THINK THAT'S AN I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S AN ANNUAL INSPECTION OF THOSE KITCHEN FACILITIES SO IT'S NOT AS IF WE JUST ISSUE OUR PERMIT, THEY BUILD IT OUT, THEY FINAL IT AND THEN WE DON'T SEE IT AGAIN. SO THERE ARE ANNUAL I BELIEVE INSPECTIONS ON THAT. I CAN'T REMEMBER I CAN'T RECALL YOUR QUESTION AGAIN, COMMISSIONER CURRY, YOU SAID IS THIS JUST ONE PROPERTY? I THINK NO, I THINK IT WAS I WANT TO TRY AND GET A DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A I THINK MY QUESTION WAS RESOLVED BUT I GUESS I WOULD SAY JUST AS A FOLLOW UP TO THE HOW SPECIFIC THIS IS IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS LATER ON DOWN DOWN THE ROAD, I JUST REQUEST THAT WE YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOOK AT YOU KNOW, INCLUDING THIS IN IT AT THAT TIME AS WELL THE SPECIFIC APPLICATION AND THE SPECIFIED SPECIFICITY AROUND IT. YEAH THANK YOU CHAIR. IF I MAY JUST TO RESPOND TO THAT REALLY QUICKLY, THAT'S WHAT YOU KIND OF JUST MY MEMORY IS THAT I DID CONFIRM IN THE USE TABLE THAT A RESTAURANT IS A PERMITTED USE IN OUR INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS YOU JUST DON'T HAPPEN TO SEE A LOT OF THEM IN OUR INDUSTRIAL ZONE PROPERTY. SO IN TERMS OF LIKE WHERE THIS COULD BE APPLICABLE AT OTHER SITES IT'S NOT AS IF THERE IS A IT IS A THERE IS A PATHWAY TO ESTABLISH RESTAURANTS AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS. YOU JUST DON'T SEE A LOT OF THEM IN . MR. JOHNSON, ANY BACKGROUND ON OTHER CITIES? OH YES. OKAY. FORGIVE ME, MR. GOLTZMAN. I'M SORRY. SO YES, WE DID DO AN EVALUATION OF OTHER TRASH REQUIREMENTS. I WOULD PUT BLOOMINGTON ON THE HIGHER END OF THAT SPECTRUM JUST FROM A YOU KNOW, A REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN AWARD WINNING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH STAFF WHO REALLY DOES SEEK TO DO TO CARRY THINGS THROUGH AND BUILD OUT COMMERCIAL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT TO A HIGH QUALITY STANDARD THAT KIND OF MAINTAIN DURABILITY AND QUALITY THROUGH MANY YEARS AND GENERATIONS OF RESTAURANT OWNERS. AND SO I WOULD PUT BLOOMINGTON ON THE HIGHER END OF THAT SPECTRUM. YOU KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY A COUPLE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE SIMILAR STANDARDS BUT I WOULD THAT WE'RE MORE IN THE SMALLER PORTION IN TERMS OF THE LEVEL OF DESIGN STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES ,OTHER DISCUSSION IF NOT I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION SO I'LL ASK MR. JOHNSON TO PULL THE MOTION UP ON HER SCREEN FOR US HERE PLEASE. THANK YOU AGAIN. CHAIR WE WILL COMMISSIONER MCGOVERN THANK YOU. IN CASE PEOPLE 2024 DASH 13 I MOVED TO RECOMMEND CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A INITIATED CITY CODE AMENDMENT TO CHANGE STANDARDS RELATED TO TRASH AND RECYCLING FACILITIES. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO RECOMMEND THAT CITY COUNCIL ADOPT AN ORDINANCE APPROVING PRIVATELY THIS PRIVATELY INITIATED CODE AMENDMENT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL THOSE FAVOR OF APPROVAL SAY I I OPPOSED NO THAT MOTION PASSES 3 TO 2. THIS ITEM WILL MOVE ON TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON APRIL 15TH. THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE THEN TO ITEM NUMBER TWO WHICH IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING. IF THE ITEM IS CITY OF BLOOMINGTON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION STUDY I BELIEVE MR. TOMLIN WOLFE'S THOMAS RAMBLER OLSEN RATHER IS HERE. OKAY. GOOD EVENING TOM . DO I HAVE THE WRONG ITEM NUMBER? I DON'T REMEMBER STUDYING THERE. I BELIEVE THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR REZONING PARCELS NORTHWEST OF LYNDALE AVENUE. FORGIVE ME. NO IS CHAIR SORRY A CEREMONY DON'T CHEESE YEAH I. I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS I'M SORRY SORRY . THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE CHAIR WHEN YOU SEE PLANNING MANAGER MARK GARRETT AGAIN, YOU CAN GIVE HIM A FIRM HANDSHAKE. THERE WE GO ERIC I'LL JUST CONFIRM I'M USUALLY PRETTY GOOD ABOUT IT MY DUCKS IN A ROW , YOU KNOW? UH HUH. THAT'S TOPPED OUT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. ITEM NUMBER TWO ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS PROPOSED REZONING AS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LYNDALE AND 84TH. SO SPECIFICALLY THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU TO ARIZONA CONTIGUOUS GROUP OF 11 PARCELS NORTHEAST OF THE LYNDALE AVENUE AND WEST 94TH STREET INTERSECTION WELL IT SHOULD BE FROM B TO OR THREE TO B4 THERE'S TEN PARCELS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED B TWO AND ONE THAT IS OWNED BY THREE . SO IN FORMING THIS PROPOSAL ARE THERE ARE SEVERAL PREVIOUS PLANNING ACTIONS THAT OCCURRED. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IS BACK IN 2021 THE CITY ADOPTED THE LYNDALE AVENUE SUBURBAN RETROFIT PLAN WHICH WAS THEN INCORPORATED IN THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT PLAN IDENTIFIED THE ZONING DISTRICT B AS INCONSISTENT WITH THE VISION THAT WAS LAID OUT IN THAT PLAN BUT WITHIN SPECIFIC AREAS IT TOOK AN APPROACH BASED ON NODES THOSE ARE LOCATED AT 86TH AND LYNDALE AND 98TH AND LYNDALE AND FURTHERMORE THAT PLAN IDENTIFIED THE B4 DISTRICT AS MORE CONDUCIVE TO THE VISION AS IT SUPPORTS MIXED USE DENSE HOUSING, WALKABLE DESIGN WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED IN THAT PLANNING THE SECOND AND THAT WELL I SAY THEREAFTER SO THERE WERE NUMEROUS ACTION STEPS THAT WERE DESCRIBED IN THE RETROFIT PLAN THAT THAT THE STAFF THEN CARRIED OUT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS BEGINNING WITH THE TRANSITIONAL INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT CREATION. SO WE CREATED THAT DISTRICT AND APPLIED IT TO A GROUP OF 28 PARCELS BETWEEN 86 AND 92ND ON THE EAST SIDE OF LYNDALE AVENUE REZONING FROM I3 TO THIS NEW TRANSITIONAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT THAT ACTUALLY ALLOWS RESIDENTIAL AGAIN ADVANCING THE GOALS OF THE PLAN TO ADD MORE RESIDENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO LYNDALE AVENUE AFTER THAT STAFF THEN RE ZONED A ANOTHER OF PARCELS THESE CONGREGATED AROUND THOSE INTERSECTIONS OR WITHIN THE NODES OF 86TH AND 90TH STREETS. SO WITHIN THOSE NODE AREAS THERE WERE 28 PARCELS AND THOSE WERE REZONING FROM B TO B FOR OR FROM B2 TO B4 THAT ACTION WAS ADOPTED LAST YEAR IN SEPTEMBER. IT WAS ACTUALLY DURING THAT MEETING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL REQUESTED THAT STAFF LOOK AT OTHER AREAS OF THAT MIGHT QUALIFY FOR REZONING BASED ON GOALS AND THE VISION LAID OUT IN THE PLAN. THE REASON FOR THAT BEING IS BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN THIS ORGANIC CREATION OF A NEW AT 94TH AND LYNDALE AND THAT'S OCCURRED THROUGH SEVERAL ACTIONS DEVELOPMENT ACTIONS THE OLDEST BEING THE REAL LIFE CO-OP BUILDING THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN 233 THAT WAS ADDING 96 UNITS TO THE AREA. SO IT'S A FOUR STORY 96 UNIT BUILDING. IN 2021 LYNDALE FLATS WAS CONSTRUCTED THAT WAS 81 UNITS AND MOST RECENTLY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF OXBOW HEIGHTS. SO THAT'S STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S GOING TO ADD 125 UNITS TO THE AREA AS WELL. SO DEVELOPMENTS THE LYNDALE FLATS AND OXBOW HEIGHTS THOSE CAME AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THE RETROFIT PLAN. SO ALL OF THAT TOGETHER STAFF STARTED NOTICE A NEW NODE BEING CREATED AT 94TH AND LYNDALE AND YOU CAN SEE THE LAND USE AND ZONING THOSE THOSE DEVELOPMENTS WE HAVE HIGH DENSITY NOW ON THE ON THE PARCEL WHERE ALLENDALE FLATS IS OXBOW HEIGHTS IS A HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL SAME WITH REAL LIFE CO-OP. THERE'S A VARIETY OF OF DISTRICTS SURROUNDING THE SUBJECT AREA. MOST NOTABLE IS THE AGAIN MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS TO THE SOUTH NORTH AND WEST THERE'S SOME INDUSTRIAL TO THE EAST AND BUT THERE'S STILL BE TWO PARCELS THAT WILL EXIST WITHIN THAT THAT IN THAT INTERSECTION AT THE PRESENT MOMENT BUT NONETHELESS A STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE AREA OUTLINED IN BLACK BE RISEN TO BE FOR SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER YES SO RIGHT NOW THE MAJORITY OF THE PARCELS ARE ZONED B TWO THAT'S A MORE IS A IT'S A GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT AND THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IT AND THE B4 DISTRICT IS ALLOWS A LOT MORE AUTO ORIENTED USES AS OF THIS MOMENT THERE'S 42 PARCELS ALONG THAT ARE ZONED B2 THAT INCLUDES THE AREAS WITHIN THE SUBJECT AREA. SO REMOVING THOSE THERE'S STILL 32 PARCELS ALONG LYNDALE THAT BETWEEN 90TH AND AMERICAN BOULEVARD THAT ARE STILL ZONED TO BE TWO AND SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED DURING THE STUDY SESSIONS THAT DURING THE CREATION OF THE RETROFIT PLAN THERE WAS SOME ACCEPTANCE THAT B2 WOULD EXIST STILL WITH SOME OF THE REZONINGS AND YOU KNOW WITH THE VISION TAKING PLACE ALONG LYNDALE SO IT DOESN'T EXCLUDE B2 BUT THE CREATION OF THESE NODE AREAS REALLY DO SUPPORT A DIFFERENT ACTIVITY AND OR DIFFERENT LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY. SO THAT'S THE REASON BEHIND THIS PROPOSAL GETTING TO THE PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICT WHICH IS THE B4 DISTRICT OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT THAT'S DESIGNED FOR AGAIN FOR MORE NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL MIXED USES. THERE'S A VARIETY OF GOALS THAT ARE LISTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE. WE CAN GET INTO THOSE MORE IF YOU LIKE BUT MOVING ON SOME THE BIGGER DIFFERENCES BETWEEN B2 AND BEFORE IS THERE'S A HIGHER F AIR WHERE THE BUILDING IS PLACED AND WHERE PARKING IS PLACED ON SITE IS VERY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE B TRYING TO A MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT BY WHERE THE BUILDING PLACE IN RELATIONSHIP TO WHERE PEOPLE WALK OR THE THE PEDESTRIAN PATHS IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING SO THIS TABLE COMPARES THE TWO IN REZONING ALWAYS CAN BRING UP THE CONCERN OF CREATING NON-CONFORMITY AND HOW DO WE MANAGE THAT WHEN PARCELS ARE ZONED THERE ARE TWO IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER THAT WOULD BE DONE OR WOULD BE DEEMED NONCONFORMING USES SHOULD THE REZONING APPROVED BUT THOSE USES WOULD CONTINUE TO OR COULD CONTINUE IN PERPETUITY UNTIL THERE WERE THERE WAS AN ACTION THAT TRIGGERED ITS NEED TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE ZONING CODE . A BIT OF A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'VE DONE TO REACH OUT TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND WHAT SORT OF ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES WE'VE DONE IN THIS PROCESS IN 2023 THE LONG SITE THAT'S THE SOUTH FIVE PARCELS OF THE SUBJECT AREA THAT WAS PUT UP FOR SALE AND PLANNING STAFF HAS HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OWNER ALL THROUGHOUT BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN VARIOUS ACTORS THAT HAVE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT PROPERTY. SO WE'VE IN GOOD CONTACT WITH THE OWNER TO SEE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THAT PROPERTY AND AND ENGAGING IT'S IT'S COMPATIBILITY WITH THE RETROFIT PLAN WE CONTINUE THOSE TALKS IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR WE MET WITH THE OWNER OF THE A REPRESENTATIVE THE OF THE LOOPING SITES AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS IN CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THEIR PROPERTY OR WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE WITH THEIR PROPERTY AND JANUARY JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER WE MET AGAIN WITH THE OWNER OF THE FONG SITE BASICALLY ANSWERING THE SAME QUESTIONS AND THE SAME TYPE OF CONVERSATION AND IN JANUARY AND IN FEBRUARY WE HAD STUDY SESSIONS WITH AND CITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THIS PROPOSAL. IN FEBRUARY WE SENT A LETTER TO OWNERS OF THE PROPERTIES OF THE PARCELS SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION IF YOU REMEMBER WE WERE CONSIDERING HOW FAR TO TO EXPAND THE AREA OF REZONING SHOULD WE INCLUDE THE PARCELS TO THE SOUTHWEST? WE DID SEND A LETTER INFORMING THEM OF THE REZONING OF THE PARCELS TO THE NORTHEAST AND THEN TO INVITE THEM TO CONTACT STAFF THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE, WHAT THEIR PROPERTY. UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T GET ANY TO OUR LETTER BUT NONETHELESS WE MADE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO ENGAGE PROPERTY OWNERS TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THIS PROCESS AND SPEAKING TO THE PROCESS YOU KNOW THE AFTER TONIGHT THERE'S A ASSUMING THINGS GO SMOOTHLY THERE WOULD BE A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE APRIL 15TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO CONSIDER THIS ITEM. SO THAT'S THAT WOULD BE THE LAST STEP OF THIS PROCESS. STAFF HAS A RECOMMENDED MOTION AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. OLSEN. I DO A QUESTION JUST TO CLARIFY THE SOUTHWEST PARCELS ARE THOSE A PART OF THIS APPLICATION OR NOT? A SHARE OF THOSE PARCELS ARE NOT A PART OF THOSE AT THE PART OF THIS APPLICATION IT'S JUST THE 11 THAT ARE TO THE NORTHEAST THANK YOU. SORRY IF THERE WAS ANY CONFUSION NOT VERY WELL QUESTIONS FOR STEPHANIE MR. GRAY I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. THANK YOU CHAIR THE THE NOTIFICATIONS THAT WERE SENT OUT TO NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS, HOW CLEAR IS IT TO HOW CLEAR IS IT MADE TO THEM AS TO WHAT THE NEW ZONING WILL ALLOW TO HAPPEN ON THE PROPERTY VERSUS WHAT'S TODAY? IS IT JUST A SIMPLE YEAH THIS IS UPDATED FROM B2 TO B4 AND THEN GO FIND THE STUFF ON THE INTERNET OR DO THEY HAVE A SIMILAR TYPE ANALYSIS SAYING YOU KNOW HERE'S THE CURRENT USES ALLOWED AND HERE'S WHAT BE ALLOWED BECAUSE I IT'S IT'S JUST INTERESTING TO ME TO SEE THAT BASICALLY THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE RESPONDED ARE THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE AT THE HIGH DENSITY APARTMENT BUILDING LIKE ADJACENT TO THE SOUTH. THERE'S NO SINGLE FAMILY THAT HAVE REACHED OUT AT ALL CHAIR COMMISSIONER CARRIED THE NOTICES THE PUBLIC HEARING JUST EXPLAIN THE ACTION THAT THE STAFF IS PROPOSING. SO IT WAS A SIMPLE OR IT WOULD ALSO LIST THE ADDRESSES THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR REZONING. SO IN TO EXPLAINING THE REZONING ACTION FROM B2 TO B OR MAYBE TWO OR THREE TO BEFORE IT WOULD ALSO LIST THE ADDRESSES THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED OR CONSIDERED FOR REZONING SO IT DOESN'T GET INTO A DESCRIPTION OF THE B B4 ZONING IT DOES LIST DOES LIST ME AS A CONTACT CASE. THEY WANTED TO DISCUSS THAT FURTHER BUT IT DOESN'T GET INTO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL I BELIEVE ON THE NOTICES I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS IN THE PAST COUPLE OF TIMES AND I THINK THE CITY IS MAKING SOME STRIDES IN MAKING THAT INFORMATION MORE ACCESSIBLE LET'S THINK THIS MIGHT BE ANOTHER ANOTHER GOOD INSTANCE WHERE COMMUNICATING THAT INFORMATION UPFRONT OR HAVING EXAMPLE WHERE THE RESIDENTS SEE THE SAME THING THAT WE'RE SEEING FIVE SLIDES AGO WHICH IS A SIMPLE COMPARISON THE TWO MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THE AREA. SO THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN MR. JOHNSON THANK YOU. AND TOM TOM DESCRIBED IT PERFECTLY. WE DO THERE'S A LOT OF KIND OF NUANCE AND ELEMENTS ABOUT PUBLIC NOTIFICATION THAT WE CAN HAVE PROBABLY A LONGER DISCUSSION ABOUT THAN YOU WOULD THINK. IT'S A MORE NUANCED TOPIC BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT AS ANA STAFF LEVEL WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO MAKE INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE EITHER THROUGH THE USE OF A QR CODE OR SOMETHING THAT GIVES PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT EASIER ACCESS OR A LITTLE BIT LOWER BAR TO CLEAR IN TERMS OF KIND OF UNDERSTANDING SOME OF THESE THINGS. BUT I SECOND TOM'S ANALYSIS AND POINT THAT WE DO PROVIDE PATHWAYS FOR FOLKS TO DIG INTO THIS STUFF AND THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BALANCE POINT IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT INFORMATION WE MAIL OUT OR PRINT IN THE PAPER AS IT RELATES TO THE PUBLIC COST ASSOCIATED WITH DOING THOSE THINGS. THE MORE INFORMATION PROVIDE THE LONGER THE NOTICE IN THE PAPER THOSE THINGS ARE MORE COST TO THE PUBLIC. IS THERE ANYWHERE ELSE WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ON THE COMPARISON TABLE BETWEEN B2 AND BEFORE THE B4 ZONE WHICH IS BEING PROPOSED HERE AS A MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO OF 2.0 IS IS THAT HIGH ENOUGH FOR WHAT THE LYNDALE AVENUE RETROFIT PLAN SUGGESTS WE DO A LOT OF FIVE STORY SIX STORY WOOD APARTMENT BUILDINGS IS 2.0 IF THEY ARE HIGH ENOUGH FOR WHAT MIGHT WANT TO SEE SHARED I I'M GOING TO I WAS NOT THERE FOR THE CREATION OF THE THE RETROFITTED POINT PLAN UNFORTUNATELY BUT IT DID IDENTIFY THE B4 DISTRICT AS THE MOST COMPATIBLE WITH THE VISION STATED IN IN THE IN THE RETROFIT PLAN. SO I'M FORCED TO ASSUME THAT THE ACKNOWLEDGED THE THE FLOOR AREA RATIO I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE MOST DEVELOPMENTS I GUESS I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO THE SENIOR JOHNSON IF IF ALLENDALE FLATS STAYED WITHIN THE FAIR THAT MAXIMUM IF A HALF OR MORE HEIGHTS NICKEL THAT YOU ANSWER THAT OR I'M SORRY MR. JOHNSON THAT MOST RECENT ONE WE SAW THERE JUST OFF THE LYNDALE IS KIND OF WHAT I THINK THE WHEN I THINK OF THE LYNDALE AVENUE RETROFIT AND WHAT IS BEING SUGGESTED TO US I THINK IT'S FIVE STOREYS ON A PRETTY SMALL LOT. WAS THAT IN CONFORMANCE WITH 2.0 THERE. YEAH THANK YOU CHAIR FOR THE QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW PRECISELY THE AMOUNT OF FLOOR AREA THAT THAT PROJECT HAD IT WITH IT BEING RISEN TO A RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT IT ACTUALLY WASN'T SUBJECT TO FAA REQUIREMENTS. IT'S JUST BASED ON A UNIT DENSITY. IT IS SOMETHING TO BE COGNIZANT OF MOVING FORWARD AND WE COULD EVEN DO SOME CALCULATIONS PROBABLY IN ADVANCE OF CITY COUNCIL TO LOOK AT THAT. THE ONE THING I WILL SAY KNOWING SOME ABOUT THE B4 IS THAT GIVEN ITS PURPOSE AND INTENT IS MORE NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE COMMERCIAL WITH MIXED USE IS THAT HAVING A CAP SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF 2.0 IS PROBABLY AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OR DIRECTION OF HAVING KIND OF THOSE MORE NEIGHBORHOOD ORIENTED NODES AS OPPOSED A VERY HIGH DENSITY DISTRICT BUT I WOULD SAY WHAT I WOULD ADD IS THERE ARE MECHANISMS WITHIN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT TO SEEK ADDITIONAL FFR THROUGH FLEXIBILITY AND. SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THE EMPLOY OF THE CITY I CAN'T RECALL ANY PROJECT NEEDING THAT FLEXIBILITY MOST RECENTL THE OTHER THING I'D SAY IS THAT AS WE'VE SEEN WITH OTHER REDEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA PROPERTY OWNERS CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEEK PRIVATELY INITIATED REZONING IF THAT WAS MORE IN LINE WITH THEIR PROJECT. SO I THINK THERE'S PATHWAYS AND I THINK THE MAX OF AIR IT'S ESTABLISHED IN THE DISTRICT IS MORE IN LINE OR HAS TO DO ITS INTENT AS A NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE COMMERCIAL NODE. THANK YOU MR. JOHNSON. MAYBE AS WE'RE CHATTING HERE IF IT'S NOT TOO MUCH EFFORT FOR YOU TO CHECK ON WHAT THAT FOR YEAR RATIO IS WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME. THANK YOU, MR. WILSON. WHY ARE WE PROPOSING BEFORE INSTEAD OF SOME SORT OF RESIDENTIAL ZONE THAT COULD BE PERHAPS MORE DENSE THAN THAN BEFORE? CHAIR THE DIRECTION OF BEFORE CAME STRAIGHT STRAIGHT OUT OF THE RETROFIT PLAN IN THERE THAT WENT THROUGH A VERY LONG PROCESS AND WAS CONSIDERATE OF A BROAD SECTION OR YOU BROAD CONSIDERATION OF THE DISTRICTS AVAILABLE AND BECAUSE AS SENIOR PLANNER JOHNSON MENTIONED JUST ENCOURAGING A MORE MIXED USE TYPE DEVELOPMENT WHICH WOULD BE MORE COMPATIBLE OR WHICH WOULD BE ALLOWED AND BEFORE AND THEREFORE BE MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE RETROFIT PLAN WAS THE ULTIMATE CONSIDERATION. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT SO THAT'S STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT'S COMING STRAIGHT OUT OF THE THE SUGGESTIONS FROM OR RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE RETROFIT PLAN. SO I MEAN IF THERE'S MORE CONVERSATION TO BE HAD OVER VARIOUS DISTRICTS STAFF IS CERTAINLY WELCOME TO CONSIDER BUT WE WANTED TO HONOR THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THE RETROFIT PLAN AND STICK TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE. SURE. AND I'M GOING TO PEPPER YOU WITH ANOTHER QUESTION HERE SO I APOLOGIZE IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. SO THE ORIGINAL TWO NODES IN THE LYNDALE AVENUE RETROFIT PLAN ARE 98TH AND 84TH OR SIXTH. WE WANTED TO WHAT THOSE BE WHAT WERE THOSE PROPOSED TO BE? ZONE TWO WERE THOSE AT THOSE NODES PROPOSED TO GO TO BE FOR OR WAS IT A DIFFERENT ZONE? DO YOU KNOW THAT CHAIR THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO REZONE WITHIN THOSE NODE AREAS ANY PARCEL THAT WAS ZONED B2 TO BE FOR SO THAT WAS A SPECIFIC ACTION FOR BOTH 86 AND 98 STREET NODES SO IF THERE WAS A B-2 SO FOR INSTANCE GOING BACK TO THE THE THE GROUP OF REZONING THAT OCCURRED JUST YEAH THAT WAS ADOPTED LAST SEPTEMBER ANY ANY PARCEL WAS CURRENTLY ZONED OR THAT WAS ZONED AT THE TIME B2 WERE IDENTIFIED FOR REZONING TO BE FOR US SO THERE WAS THERE WAS AN AREA THAT WAS ILLUSTRATED IN THAT RETROFIT AND JUST THE PARCELS THAT CONFORM TO THAT AREA WE DIDN'T GO BEYOND THAT AREA BECAUSE THERE WAS ANALYSIS AND STUDY INFORMED THE BOUNDARIES OF THAT AREA AND WE JUST STUCK TO THAT. BUT ANY THAT WAS B2 WAS A REASON TO BE FOR VERY GOOD. COMMISSIONER RESA THANK YOU CHAIR I'M LOOKING AT THE FEW RESPONSES THAT WE DID GET FROM RESIDENTS OR BUSINESS OWNERS IN THIS AREA AND ON ONE END YOU KNOW THERE'S A RESIDENT THAT IS OPPOSED DUE TO OUR BEING OPPOSED TO ALLOWING MULTI-FAMILY UNITS SUCH AS APARTMENT BUILDINGS BUT THEN ANOTHER AND THERE'S ALSO A BUSINESS OWNER IT APPEARS THAT IS OPPOSED FROM IT GOING FROM B TO THE ZONING GOING FROM B TO THE BEFORE AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE THAT THE AREA THEY BELIEVE THERE IS UNDERUTILIZED THAT NEEDS TO BE REDEVELOPED AND THERE THEY'VE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO REDEVELOP TO NOT BE ABLE TO FRESHEN FOR MY UNDERSTANDING IT APPEARS THAT THIS ZONING DOES OPEN THE DOORS FOR MORE DEVELOPMENT WITH THAT YOU KNOW THAT FALLS IN LINE WITH THE LYNDALE RETROFIT PLAN SO I'M A BIT CONFUSED IF THIS IS MORE RESTRICTIVE IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW THE DEVELOPMENT PER SE. I KNOW THE THE THE CHART IS YEAH. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS IS IT WHAT IT IS IS IT LESS RESTRICTIVE OR MORE RESTRICTIVE TO DEVELOPMENT REDEVELOPMENT CHAIR COMMISSIONER THE IT DEPENDS HOW YOU LOOK AT IT REALLY. SO THERE ARE CERTAIN GOALS IN A VISION LAID OUT IN THE RETROFIT PLAN CALLING FOR BUILDINGS TO BE CLOSER TO THE PEDESTRIAN SPHERE, REMOVING DRIVING AND PARKING ON PROPERTY TO SIDES OR REAR TO CREATE A CERTAIN PEDESTRIAN THAT'S CONDUCIVE TO YOU WALKABILITY GENERAL WALKABILITY ALONG LYNDALE AVENUE AND A MORE MULTI-MODAL LYNDALE AVENUE. SO WITH B FOR IT DOES RESTRICT THE IT RESTRICTS THE THE LOCATION OF THOSE ELEMENTS LIKE PARKING DRIVING TO CERTAIN SO IN THAT CASE IT IS A RESTRICTION BUT IT DOES OPEN UP WHERE THE BUILDING CAN BE LOCATED. WE WANT CLOSER TO WHERE PEDESTRIANS ARE TO AGAIN TO INCREASE THE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLINESS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL LONG LYNDALE AVENUE. IT DOES ADD MORE USES WITHIN THE THAT THE TABLE OF ALLOWED USES I BELIEVE THE COMPARISON IS THAT IT DOES ALLOW MORE USES BUT IT CERTAINLY PROHIBITS USES ARE CONTRARY TO THE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLINESS THAT IS ADVOCATED IN THE RETROFITTED PLAN SO INSTANCE IT PROHIBITS CERTAIN AUTO ORIENTED USES, CAR WASHES, GAS STATIONS, AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, THOSE TYPES OF USES THAT ENCOURAGE MORE TRAFFIC IN CAR WELL CAR TRAFFIC I SHOULD SAY ALONG LYNDALE AVENUE. SO IT DOESN'T IN IN THE INSTANCE OF DRIVE THRUS FOR INSTANCE, IT DOESN'T PROHIBIT DRIVE THRUS BUT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT LOCATION STANDARDS THAN WHAT YOU WOULD FIND UNDER THE B2 DISTRICT. SO AGAIN IT'S ALL ABOUT CULTIVATE A MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE SO THERE ARE MORE OPPORTUNITIES IN SOME INSTANCES BUT THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF CHARACTER WE WANT TO CULTIVATE ALONG LYNDALE AVENUE. OKAY THAT YEAH THAT TOTALLY MAKES SENSE. I LIVE IN THE AREA SO ACTUALLY ON THAT ROAD SO IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THE RESPONSE BUT I DEFINITELY MAKE SENSE NOW BASED OFF THAT TYPE OF BUSINESS THERE. BUT YEAH THANK YOU FOR ASKING THIS QUESTION WHICH ARE GREAT FEATURE ONE MORE QUESTION THE LIBYAN GROUP IT LOOKS LIKE THEY SORT OF LIKE YOU SAID I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS DO A REDEVELOPMENT. ARE THERE ANY IS THERE ANY HISTORY AS WHAT REDEVELOPMENT THEY'VE TRIED TO DO IN THE PAST? I DON'T KNOW IF ANYTHING HAS GOTTEN A CITY APPLICATION JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'VE TRIED TO DO THAT HASN'T BEEN AND WHY THIS WOULD IT MORE DIFFICULT IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE CITY KNOWS ABOUT THAT ARCHER OH, GO AHEAD. YEAH SURE SURE SURE SURE. I CAN TAKE THAT ONE. SO YEAH, THEY HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF AND THE THE FURTHEST EXTENT THAT THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH A PROCESS WITH THE CITY IS THEY'VE GONE THROUGH PRELIMINARY DRC PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE SO THEY HAVE SUBMITTED DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS AND THIS WAS KIND OF RIGHT ALONG THE SAME TIMELINE AS THE THE LYNDALE RETROFIT BEING DEVELOPED AND SOME OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF THAT PLAN WERE KIND OF BEING SOLIDIFIED. AND SO I THINK THAT WERE INTERESTED IN DOING SOME I WOULD CALL OR I WOULD KIND OF CHARACTERIZE AS A SIMILAR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO WHAT YOU CURRENTLY ALONG LYNDALE AVENUE WITH KIND OF PARKING AREAS IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING SOME DRIVE THRU USES THOSE TYPES OF DESIGN AND SITE CONSIDERATIONS AND AS AS THE CITY ADOPTED THE RETROFIT AND INCORPORATED INTO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT THEY KIND OF PRELIMINARY FEEDBACK FROM STAFF IS THAT THIS TYPE SITE PLAN IS NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY'S VISION FOR LYNDALE SO THAT'S AS FAR AS IT GOT AND IT DIDN'T GET TO THE STAGE OF A FORMAL APPLICATION THAT MAKES SENSE. THANKS. YEAH. OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. MR. JOHNSON SHARED THE FUTURE OF LYNDALE FLATS IS 1.3. I'M STILL IN PROCESS OF CALCULATING I SHOULD HAVE MAYBE WOULD PUT MY HAND UP BUT I THOUGHT I'D LOSE ALTOGETHER I THINK AXBRIDGE HEIGHTS MAYBE HAS A SLIGHTLY HIGHER FSR BUT CERTAINLY WELL BELOW 2.0 FOR THE MATTHEW WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE YOU'RE TRYING THE SPACE SHUTTLE OFF THE GROUND. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXTRA EFFORT TONIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. HAMMER OLSEN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SPEAK ON AN APPLICANT'S BEHALF. SO I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK IF ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHES TO TESTIFY. IF YOU DO, PLEASE STEP FORWARD TO THE PODIUM SEEING NO ONE STEPPING FORWARD, MR. JOHNSON WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE WHO WISHES TO TESTIFY. THANKS FOR CHECKING CHAIR OR MR. CITY STAFF ON ON THE WEBEX ONLINE. GOOD VERY GOOD. I WILL LOOK THEN FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC SO MOVED OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ANY FURTHER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I OPPOSED THEIR MOTION PASSES AND WE WILL MOVE NOW TO COMMISSION DISCUSSION. MR. OGLESBY I'LL GO FIRST AS A COMMISSIONER THAT WAS ON THE COMMISSION WHEN WE DID THE LINDOW RETROFIT PLAN ADOPTED THAT PLAN. I FULLY ABREAST OF WHAT THE CITY'S VISION IS FOR ALLENDALE . WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE NOTES OF THE BEFORE AND OUR REZONING OF THE 98TH AND OLD SHAKOPEE AS WELL AS THE THE 84TH AND LYNDALE I WAS ACTUALLY SURPRISED WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ON 94TH STREET AT THAT TIME AS WELL. I SEE THAT THAT AREA IS A AN AREA THAT COULD USE SOME REVITALIZATION MAKE IT MORE WALKABLE AND INCREASE THE AMENITIES TO THE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A WHOLE YOU KNOW LOOKING AT THAT THAT INTERSECTION IT IS VERY AUTO ORIENTED AND I THINK THIS IS THE TIME THAT IT MAKES SENSE FOR TO REZONE TO BE FOREIGN AS WE HAVE SOME PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE LOOKING TO POTENTIALLY SELL. I THINK IT'S IT'S FOR US TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW I WAS LOOKING THROUGH SOME THE COMMENTS THAT WERE EMAILED TO US AND I WANTED TO THANKS THE RESIDENTS THAT DID EMAIL US A LOT OF THE THE THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE JUST SOUTH OF THESE PROPERTIES YOU KNOW I THINK CHANGE IS IS A CHALLENGE AND AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE THERE IS GOING TO BE CHANGE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT WHAT I LOOK AT IT AS IS THIS IS REALLY CREATING VIBRANCY TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ADDING ACCESSIBILITY AND WALKABILITY TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, ADDING AMENITIES THAT YOU CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE, MAKING IT WALKABLE AND. I ALSO LOOK AT YOU KNOW, IF ADDITIONAL HOUSING COULD POTENTIALLY BE ADDED, MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY HAS WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCREASE THE GREEN SPACE PLAZAS THAT ARE PUBLICLY USED. YOU KNOW LOVE TO LOOK AT APPLICATIONS AND SEE WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE INTENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN BEFORE TO BE THAT VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THAT YOU'RE WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE UM SO ALL IN ALL I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS AS BEFORE MAKING THE BUILDINGS OF A NEIGHBORHOOD TYPE FEEL AND WALKABILITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND SAFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THIS SUCH A BUSY STREET SO OVERALL I THINK THIS IS IS IS GREAT I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING CITIES ON THE CITY'S PLANS AND THOSE PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH AS A CONTINUATION AND THIS REALLY MEETS THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE LANDFILL PLAN OF OF BUILDING THAT MAIN STREET THROUGH BLOOMINGTON, A PLACE THAT WE CAN CALL HOME. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER USHER GREAT. THANK YOU, CHAIR YEAH I GUESS YOU KNOW IT'S TOUGH TO I GUESS OBVIOUSLY THE LOOP GROUP HAS AN INTEREST IN CONTINUING TO OPERATE AN AUTO ORIENTED BUSINESS ON THE SITE AND I HATE TO CHANGE IT TO THE POINT WHERE THEY CAN'T EXPAND THE SITE OR EXPAND THE BUSINESS ON ON THE SITE I SHOULD SAY. BUT IT SEEMS BASED ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE RECENT HISTORY AND SUCCESS I SUPPOSE OF REDEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA THAT IT'S IN THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOME CLARITY AS TO WHAT THE FUTURE USE IS GOING TO BE OF THE PROPERTY SHOULD ADD VALUE OVER THE LONG RUN FOR THE PROPERTY SO I'D SAY I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE THE REZONING. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CORY. I AM ALSO FAVOR OF THIS APPLICATION. I'VE BEEN A VERY BIG PROPONENT OF THE AVENUE RETROFIT PLAN. I THINK IT'S THE BIGGEST SUCCESS STORY WE'VE GOT RUNNING THE CITY RIGHT NOW. IT'S YOU START LOOKING AT THIS NOTE IN PARTICULAR THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WE'RE SEEING IS EXACTLY WHAT WE HOPED FOR AND IT'S ADDING IT'S BRINGING PEOP IN I BELIEVE SOME OF IT'S SENIOR HOUSING, SOME OF IT'S IT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND IT'S IT'S REALLY A SUCCESS STORY TO THIS POINT. AND TO BE CLEAR, WE DO TAKE NON-CONFORMITY VERY SERIOUSLY AND IT'S NOT WITHOUT SERIOUS CONSIDERATION THAT WE CREATE LEGAL NON CONFORMANCE AS WE TRY NOT TO DO THAT AND WE ONLY DO IT WHEN WE BELIEVE IT'S IN THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST IN THIS CASE I DO BELIEVE IT'S IN THE CITY'S BEST INTERESTS AND OF COURSE THOSE BUSINESSES CAN CONTINUE IN PERPETUITY AS LONG AS THEY WOULD LIKE WHICH IS A BENEFIT WE'RE NOT KICKING THEM OUT, WE'RE NOT CLOSING THEIR BUSINESS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THE VISION OF THIS CORRIDOR IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE SEE TODAY. AND AS I TALK TO RESIDENTS BASICALLY ACROSS THE BOARD THERE'S THERE'S ALMOST UNIVERSAL AGREEMENT THAT LYNDALE NEEDS SOME FRESHENING UP AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LIMITED ABILITIES OF WHAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY TO UP SOMETHING. WE HAVE TO RELY ON THE PRIVATE MARKET TO DO THAT. BUT WHERE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENCOURAGE AND CATALYZE REDEVELOPMENT I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THOSE AND THIS IS THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US FOLLOWING THE LYNDALE AVENUE RETROFIT PLAN AND AND REALLY STARTING TO EXECUTE ON THE ON THE DREAMS OF THAT PLAN AND I THINK WE ARE AND SO I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS AND THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY IS TO SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THAT REACHED OUT TO US WE WE DO TAKE YOUR YOUR FEEDBACK SERIOUSLY. AND ONE THING I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM IS ALTHOUGH WE DISAGREE PERHAPS ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE LYNDALE AVENUE RETROFIT PLAN AND I THINK A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS MAY NOT EVEN BE AWARE OF IT AND THEY'RE NOT AWARE THAT THERE'S A VISION FOR THIS AND THINK IF YOU I WOULD ENCOURAGE FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THE CORRIDOR TO TO LOOK YOU KNOW, GOOGLE LYNDALE AVENUE RETROFIT PLAN SEE WHAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER AND I I'M I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT YOU'LL LIKE YOU SEE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STREETSCAPE, MORE GREENSPACE, MORE WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD, SAFER CLEANER, MODERN. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO THIS IN THE WAY AND THE PLAN IS REALLY WELL LAID OUT AND I REALLY DO BELIEVE WE HAVE A GOOD CLEAR IMPROVEMENT VISION FOR THIS CORRIDOR. SO FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME, IF YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE LINDELL AVENUE RETROFIT PLAN I WOULD VERY MUCH ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO OTHER COMMISSIONER MCGOVERN THANK YOU. I HAVE TO FEED OFF OF WHAT COMMISSIONER GOLDMAN SAID ABOUT THE SMALL TOWN FEEL HAVING A MAIN STREET AND I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE IN THE PAST AND THIS AREA GIVES US THAT MAIN STREET THAT HOMETOWN FEELING SO I'M ALL IN FAVOR I SUPPORT THIS AND GIVING A LITTLE RETRO FIT ,A LITTLE CHANGE TO BLOOMINGTON. YES. IT IS HARD FOR RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT CHANGE SOMETIMES IS GOOD ALTHOUGH MAYBE DIFFICULT TIMES BUT I DEFINITELY SUPPORT THIS THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WE COVER ANY OTHER COMMENTS. IF NOT I WOULD LOOK FOR EMOTION COMMISSIONER GOLDMAN THANK YOU CHAIR I'D LIKE TO MAKE PLEASE IN CASE PEOPLE 2024-18I MOVE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE THE CITY OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE THE LOT SHOWN ON EXHIBIT A ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT THE B4 DISTRICT I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN SAY I OPPOSED THAT MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0 THIS ITEM WILL MOVE ON TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S AGENDA ON APRIL 15TH. MOVING ON THEN TO A STUDY ITEM ITEM NUMBER THREE WHICH IS A RESOLUTION HOUSING WITH THE BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER A STRATEGIC PLAN AND LET'S SEE I BELIEVE WE HAVE DIANE KIRBY REMOTELY AS OUR OUR STAFF MEMBER WITH A STAFF REPORT. THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU, CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME IN TONIGHT TO PRESENT YOU WITH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR COMMISSION TO JOIN OTHER BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND THE CITY COUNCIL IN AFFIRMING THE NEED FOR SUITABLE AND HABITABLE HABITABLE HOUSING FOR ALL IN BLOOMINGTON. WITH THIS RESOLUTION TO ALIGN HOUSING WITH THE BEATTY PLAN, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST SHARE MY SLIDES YOU RIGHT NOW. GO AHEAD ALL THOSE UP. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS WHY BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD AND WE'RE BRINGING IT FORWARD TO SEVERAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THEN SENDING IT ON TO THE CITY AND WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH IT. SO HERE'S LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON RECENTLY ACTUALLY THIS ACTUALLY WAS JUST LAST WEEK. THIS IS HOUSING HAS BEEN TOP OF MIND HERE IN THE CITY ESPECIALLY THIS PAST WEEK BECAUSE WAS A PANEL DISCUSSION THIS PAST WEEK THAT WAS HOSTED BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND IT WAS TITLED JUST BEYOND THE LEGACY AND FUTURE OF HOUSING ACCESS FOR ALL. WE HAD A PANEL DISCUSSION OF ALL CHAMBERS AND BROUGHT IN EXPERTS IN THE AREA OF HOUSING FROM AROUND REGION . WE HAD DANIEL BERGIN WHO'S A DOCUMENTARIAN, GQ WHO'S DONE SEVERAL DOCUMENTARIES AROUND HOUSING AND EQUITABLE HOUSING. ALSO YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE MEGAN ROGERS WHO NOW IS A FORMER ATTORNEY WITH THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON NOW WORKING FOR LARKIN HOFMANN AND ASSISTING THE CITY WITH REMOVING RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY COVENANTS FROM HOUSEHOLDS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. AND ALSO YOU'LL RECOGNIZE NICK JOHNSON WHO SPOKE ABOUT SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT THE CITY IS SEEKING REZONING AND OTHER SOLUTIONS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ACCESS TO HOUSING FOR EVERYONE. SO WE TALKED TO THE DISCUSSION WASN'T JUST ABOUT THE JUST DEEDS PROGRAM AND REMOVING THOSE RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY BUT ALSO THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT OTHER PRACTICES THAT HAVE GONE ON THE SENATE OVER THE PAST DECADES THINGS LIKE REDLINING EXCLUSIONARY ZONING, WEAK ENFORCEMENT OF THE HOUSING ACT, THINGS THAT HAVE KEPT PEOPLE FROM ACCESSING AT AN EQUITABLE RATE. AND THIS NOTION OF COMING UP WITH A RESOLUTION TO REALLY TIE HOUSING TO THE BEATTY STRATEGIC PLAN. OUT OF THE CLINTON HOUSING ACTION TEAM THIS LAST SUMMER WHEN THE TEAM STARTED MEETING AND THAT TEAM IS MADE UP OF STAFF AND FROM ROUGHLY FIVE COMMISSIONS, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN THE CITY. WE ALSO HAVE MEMBERS OF NONPROFITS THAT ARE WORKING IN THE AREA OF HOUSING IN BLOOMINGTON. WE ALSO HAVE IN THAT TEAM INTERESTED RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO SEE AN IMPACT ON HOUSING ALL IN BLOOMINGTON. AND SO SOMEBODY BROUGHT UP THE IDEA OF LET'S LET'S REALLY PUT A FOCUS AND AN EMPHASIS ON HOUSING AND DO IT BY BRINGING FORWARD A RESOLUTION THAT WILL GO BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TO BE ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND REALLY RAISE THE VISIBILITY AND THE AWARENESS. SO AS A RESULT OF THAT WE HAD STAFF THIS FALL FROM THIS PAST FALL REPRESENTING HRA LEGAL PLANNING SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION THE, HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH THAT TALKED ABOUT HOUSING AND THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS WOULD GO INTO THIS RESOLUTION AND IT WAS REALLY ABOUT ON THE HOLISTIC ELEMENTS, THE BROAD RANGE OF ELEMENTS THAT GO INTO PROVIDING HOUSING ACCESS TO THOSE THOSE COMPONENTS THAT AFFECT HOUSING AND TRULY WHAT MAKES A HOUSE A HOT IT'S NOT JUST A SHELTER BUT WHAT MAKES IT A HOME PEOPLE. SO WE CAME UP WITH A RESOLUTION THAT IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE HOUSING OPTIONS AND BY TYING IT INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND YOU'LL RECALL THAT THE THE MISSION OF THE CITY THROUGH THAT BIG STRATEGIC IS TO CULTIVATE AN ENDURING AND REMARKABLE COMMUNITY PEOPLE WANT TO BE AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS CREATE A CULTIVATED COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE WITH ACCESS TO HOUSING AND THERE ARE THREE KEY PRIORITIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT CONNECTED WELCOMING COMMUNITY HEALTHY COMMUNITY AND A COMMUNITY WITH EQUITABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH HOUSING HAS TIES TO ALL THREE OF THOSE KEY PRIORITIES. HOWEVER, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY CALLED OUT IN PARTICULAR INITIATIVE WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND YET THERE ARE THAT HAVE THAT DEFINITELY HOUSING IS A PART OF THAT THAT THERE IS THAT WILL INFLUENCE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY HEALTHY SAFE COMMUNITY. WE TALKED A LOT WHEN WE WERE PUTTING TOGETHER THIS RESOLUTION ABOUT WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES A HOME SAFE FOR PEOPLE? WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES A HOME A SUSTAINABLE? HOW DO WE BUILD WELCOMING COMMUNITY IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT ACCESS TO HOUSING FOR EVERY EVERY PERSON. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING TONIGHT IN THE RESOLUTION AND WE GOT THE THEREFORE RESOLVED THE ACTIONS WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THAT THE CITY WILL MORE CLOSELY ALIGN ITS WORK ON HOUSING WITH PARTNERS ON THE LOCAL REGIONAL STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS AT HRA WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ON THE HOUSING CONTINUUM THE CITY WILL REGULARLY REVIEW AND AMEND POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT IMPACT HOUSING . THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DOLLARS TO PROVIDE HOUSING THAT'S AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE ASKING YOU TO SIGN ON THIS RESOLUTION THAT WE REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO HOUSING BY RECOMMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT RESOLUTION WE HAVE WE ARE PLANNING TO GO BEFORE FIVE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN THE CITY PRIOR TO GOING TO CITY COUNCIL. WE'VE BEEN BEFORE THE HRA. THEY HAD APPROVED LAST WEEK. THIS WEEK MET WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. THEY BOTH APPROVED THE MOTION AND WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. NEXT WEEK WE GO TO THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH AND THEN WE WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION ON APRIL 15. NOW THERE'S SIGNIFICANCE TO THE DATE. WHY ARE WE GOING TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON APRIL 15? WELL IT'S NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE IT'S TAX DAY. IT'S ABOUT THE DATE BUT IT'S ABOUT THE MONTH. APRIL IS FAIR HOUSING MONTH AND SO WE WANT TO HONOR THAT RECOGNIZED THAT BY HAVING THE COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION NEXT MONTH. SO THIS IS THE MOTION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT THE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AND ALIGNING HOUSING WITH THE BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN. ONE MORE THING I WANT TO ADD IS THAT WE ARE BRINGING THE SAME RESOLUTION TO ALL OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SO WE ARE BASICALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S CONSISTENCY ACROSS ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN TERMS OF THE RESOLUTION THAT THEY HAVE SEEN AND APPROVED AND MADE THE MOTION TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED AND THEN THAT WILL GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN APRIL. SO WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO ADD IT. WE ARE BASICALLY ASKING YOU TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ALIGNING HOUSING WITH THE BEATTY STRATEGIC PLAN AND. WITH THAT I WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MISS CURRY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COMMISSIONER CURRY? I GUESS I DO THINK CHAIR QUESTION IN TERMS OF PARTNERING WITH THE DIFFERENT GROUPS, THE I GUESS I THINK LABELED SOME DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GROUPS. DO YOU HAVE ANY EXAMPLES OF WHAT KINDS OF GROUPS THOSE MIGHT BE THE LOCAL ONES AND NATIONAL ONES. YEAH. AS MATTER OF FACT CLEARLY THE HRA IS PARTNERING WITH BOTH OUR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL THE STATE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALSO LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH OTHER AGENCIES AGENCIES LIKE THE OTHER AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE OASIS. SO IT REALLY COVERS THE BROAD SPECTRUM. AND THEN ALSO I MEAN WE'VE WE'VE GOT A RELATIONSHIP THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH WITH MDH. THEY CERTAINLY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THIS AREA SO IT COVERS THE BROAD GAMUT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COMMISSIONER GROSSMAN? THANK YOU, CHAIR. I THINK THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE AND ON THIS IS REALLY WHAT DOES THIS RESOLUTION CHANGE? I SEE, YOU KNOW, RESOLVE IT WILL WORK CLOSELY MORE CLOSELY TO ALIGN ITS WORK. I SEE A CHANGE I GUESS OF PROXIMITY OR FOCUS BUT THE REST OF IT IS JUST CONTINUING. SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS IS WHAT DOES THIS ACTUALLY IN THE CITY'S BEHAVIOR INTO HOUSING THAN WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING TODAY? RIGHT. I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER. AND I THINK WHAT IT REALLY DOES IS IT PUTS HOUSING THE SPOTLIGHT PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE PROGRAM AREAS THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY HAVE FOCUS ON HOUSING AS A PRIMARY FOCUS BUT DO HAVE AN INTEREST. AND IT REALLY SAYS THAT WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE WORKING ON THESE INITIATIVES IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE ALSO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONSIDERING HOUSING AND AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ALIGN THAT WORK WITH WORK THAT'S BEING DONE WITH HOUSING AND IT ALIGN MORE CLOSELY TO WITH THE HRA. SO IT'S REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE MORE BROADLY THINK ABOUT HOUSING VERSUS JUST MAYBE THE WORK THAT HRT IS BUT ALSO THINK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF HOW DO WE MAKE HOMES MORE HEALTHY FOR THE COMMUNITY, HOW DO WE MAKE THEM MORE SUSTAINABLE? THAT SORT THING. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE OTHER QUESTION IS FOR STEPH TERESA. THANK YOU, CHAIR, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE DETAILS ON HOW THE CITY WOULD WORK WITH PRIVATE DEVELOPERS ARE FOCUSING ON AFFORDABILITY ASPECT UNITS AS WELL AS LIKE OR LIKE MINORITY LED DEVELOPERS THINGS THAT GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS. THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION SECOND QUESTION BEING I WAS KIND OF CURIOUS WHAT IS THE WORK THAT MDH MAY DO IN REGARDS TO THIS PLAN AS WELL. SO IN RESPONSE TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION COMMISSIONER THAT'S ACTUALLY A WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ON THE HRA LEVEL THAT WHERE THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON LOOKING AT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DOLLARS AND I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN SECURING SOME SOME DOLLARS TO DO WORK AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING THOUGH I, I KNOW THAT OUR HRA ADMINISTRATOR ERICA COLEMAN COULD SPEAK MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGEABLY THAN I CAN ON THAT AREA BUT THEN SHE'S TALKED ABOUT HOW SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS INCORPORATED. I KNOW THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK IN THAT AREA REALLY LOOKING AT THEM AND REALLY PURSUING DOLLARS IN THAT AREA . AS FAR AS YOUR SECOND QUESTION ABOUT MDH THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INTEREST IN TERMS OF PROVIDING HOUSING FOR IT. ONE EXAMPLE THAT I WOULD GIVE IS LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE DEAL WITH ISSUES ASTHMA IN CHILDREN RIGHT WHERE THERE MAY BE SMOKING IN HOUSEHOLDS. HOW CAN WE MAKE HOUSEHOLDS SAFER FROM THAT STANDPOINT SO THAT WE HAVE CHILDREN THAT THAT AREN'T EXPOSED TO SECONDHAND SMOKE AND THEN DEVELOP ASTHMA? SO LOOKING AT THE IT'S THE WHOLE CONTINUUM IN TERMS OF HOW DO WE MAKE A HOME HEALTHY FOR CHILDREN I KNOW THEY DO A LOT OF WORK TO AROUND LEAD AND OTHER OTHER ISSUES IN THE HOME THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MISS KIRBY OR DISCUSSION GO SUGARY THANK CHAIR LISA WE'RE ON DISCUSSION NOW PLEASE I MEAN SO OBVIOUSLY I MEAN THIS IS GOOD TO CONTINUE TO AFFIRM AND SUPPORT THEM AND MOVE THEM ALONG SO I THINK THIS IS GREAT IN TERMS OF , YOU KNOW, LOCAL I THINK YOU KNOW WELL I GUESS TO GO TO A HIGHER LEVEL MY I GUESS GOING BACK IN TIME A BIT I'M I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT FROM WHAT WE SAW WITH THE R-1 ZONING APPROVAL BRINGING MORE DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS INTO THE CITY POTENTIALLY GENTRIFYING NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN MIGHT ACTUALLY CREATE THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE CITY WANTS HAPPEN. SO YOU KNOW, I THINK EXCLUSIONARY ZONING AND WORK THAT WAS DONE IN THE PAST FOR HAVING LARGE LOTS UNFORTUNATELY I MEAN THAT'S ALL HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND ALL OF THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED NOW. RIGHT. SO NOW IF WE ALLOW LOTS TO BECOME SMALLER YOU BASICALLY BRING IN DEVELOPERS TO SPLIT LOTS AND INCREASE THE COST OF THE HOME THAT'S THERE, INCREASING THE COST OF THE HOMES THAT ARE AROUND THAT HOUSE AS WELL. SO I GUESS THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I THINK THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TO PUSH ON THIS IS TO LOOK AT ARE WE ACTUALLY GENTRIFYING NEIGHBORHOODS MAKING NEIGHBORHOODS LESS ACCESSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. MISS KIRBY, WHAT WAS THE CONSORTIUM THE YOU MENTIONED WAS IT THE BLOOMINGTON HOUSING ACTION TEAM THAT IS CORRECT. RECENTLY THAT WAS GOING TO USE THE WORD CONSTRUCTED BUT YEAH YOU RECENTLY CONVENED GROUP LAST SUMMER THAT WAS PULLED TOGETHER AND IT'S MADE UP OF A VARIETY OF PEOPLE BOTH STAFF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN HOUSING AS WELL AS INTERESTED RESIDENTS AND THEY MEET ON A EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS BASIS. IS THE PARTICIPATION IN THAT GROUP SET OR IS IT OPEN FOR MORE PEOPLE TO JOIN? I BELIEVE IT'S OPEN FOR MORE PEOPLE JOIN. COMMISSIONER CURRIE, IF YOU'RE SO INCLINED PERHAPS OR SOMETHING YOU MAY WISH TO LOOK INTO I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH AS KIRBY ON THAT THANK VERY WELL. SOUNDS GOOD. COMMISSIONER GROSSMAN THANK YOU CHAIR. YOU KNOW I THINK BEING ON THE WE SEE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING OBVIOUSLY WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND AND ZONING WITHIN THE CITY AND I THINK THIS ALIGNS RIGHT WHAT OUR OBJECTIVES ARE AND AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENTS AND PLANNING WITHIN THE CITY SO I PERSONALLY LOVE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE HOUSING OPTIONS WITHIN BLOOMINGTON AS DO HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF HOUSING OPTIONS FROM MULTIFAMILY TO THAT MIDDLE MIDDLE FAMILY OR SMALL DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. I KNOW THAT THERE IS A GAP IN ALL OF THOSE LEVELS WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO OVERALL I CAN BE SUPPORTIVE THIS I GUESS THE BIG THING THAT I STRUGGLED WITH IS REALLY WHAT IS THIS CHANGING? I THINK IT'S REALLY US SAYING YES IS IMPORTANT YES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE HOUSING FRONT OF MIND WHICH IS ON THIS COMMISSION ALL THE TIME BUT I GUESS THE QUESTION OR THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS REALLY THIS SHOULD BE WHAT WE DO AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE THAT REGARDLESS OF IF IT'S A RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF US OR NOT OVERALL I THINK IT'S ALL GREAT WORK AND I'LL BE SUPPORTIVE BUILDING OFF OF THAT. COMMISSIONER GOLTZMAN I THINK WE ARE IN THE PRIVILEGED POSITION THAT WE ARE ACTION TAKERS ON THIS COMMISSION . WE HAVE MORE LATITUDE THAN MAYBE ANY OTHER IN THE CITY AND THAT WE GET TO DO THINGS AND SO COMMISSIONER KERR AND THE COMMISSIONER MISS KIRBY I WOULD I WOULD SAY THAT IF THERE ARE ACTIONABLE THINGS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FOR US TO DO YOU KNOW, WE WE HAVE SOME ABILITIES TO DO THOSE THINGS AND IF THERE ARE SOMETHING SPECIFIC TO PLANNING COMMISSION THAT YOU THINK COULD PROVIDE VALUE TO FURTHERING THE GOALS OF HOUSING IN THE CITY, PLEASE LET US KNOW THAT WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO THAT TYPE OF FEEDBACK AND WITH SOME OF THE AUTHORITIES GRANTED TO US MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP IN WAYS THAT OTHER COMMISSIONERS CAN'T AND SO PLEASE LET US KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION CAN DO TO. WE WILL. AND JUST SPEAKING TO THE THE ACTIONS WE HAVE TAKEN OVER MY FOUR AND A HALF YEARS ON THIS COMMISSION, I THINK WE ARE RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHAT THIS IS IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE DO I THINK WE'VE DONE A NICE JOB WITH HOUSING WE'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE AND WITH OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS HAS GONE VERY WELL. THERE'S STILL ROOM TO GROW BUT I THINK THIS IS JUST A RECOMMENDATION AND A RECOGNITION OF OF MORE GOOD WORK TO COME. COMMISSIONER LISA, I THANK YOU CHAIR. I AM ALSO VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS I BELIEVE THE CITY IS DOING A LOT OF WORK. I DO THAT YOU KNOW SOME THIS WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED FOR EXAMPLE THE FIRST POINT HOW HOW WE WOULD BE CLOSELY ALIGNING LIKE EXACTLY WHAT WE'D BE DOING I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY EARLY ON SO THOSE DETAILS MAY NOT BE HASHED OUT . I DO BELIEVE GENTRIFICATION IS SOMETIMES A GOOD THING IT'S NOT ALWAYS BAD AND THEN WE'VE SEEN CERTAIN FOR EXAMPLE RENT CONTROL WE'VE WE'VE SEEN THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES WHERE IT DOES STUDIES DO SHOW THAT NEGATIVELY AFFECTS PEOPLE LIVING IN THESE THESE CITIES THAT ARE OR AREAS THAT IMPOSE RENT CONTROL SO I PERSONALLY THINK THE CITY IS IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK AND TO TO INCLUSIVE AND WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK ON THE AFFORDABILITY AND MAKING HOMES MORE ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE TO ALL I WOULD ADVISE TO MAYBE INCORPORATE OR ADD MORE DETAIL TO SOME OF THIS SPECIFIC CLEARLY GIVING OPPORTUNITIES TO LOCAL DEVELOPERS AND. IT'S YOU KNOW INSTEAD OF HAVING LARGER NATIONAL OR REGIONAL DEVELOPERS IN AND AND YOU KNOW, BASICALLY PUTTING MONEY BACK INTO LOCAL DEVELOPERS AND SUPPORTING THEM AND YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF MY TAKE. THANK YOU. THE COMMISSIONER SO ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? IF NOT I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION. MR. MCGOVERN UM, MOTION MAY COMMISSIONER MCGOVERN I THINK YOU COULD MAYBE IF I MAY STRIKE THE FIRST LINE THERE AND START WITH I RECOMMEND AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ON A VOTE AND ON A SECOND AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON IT. I RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION HOUSING WITH THE BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN. SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY HI OPPOSED THEIR MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO AND MS.. KIRBY I BELIEVE YOU'LL BE TAKING THAT TO FURTHER COMMISSIONS AND ULTIMATELY THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. THANK VERY MUCH. GOOD NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT. WE HAVE ONE FINAL DEBATE AND NUMBER FOUR WHICH IS OUR PLANNING COMMISSION POLICY AND ISSUES UPDATE JOHNSON I WILL TURN TO YOU MAKE YOUR CHAIR CUT DOWN JUST AN UPDATE ABOUT UPCOMING PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING SO YOU HAVE A MEETING ON APRIL THURSDAY FOURTH, 2024 ON THAT AGENDA THUS FAR WE FIVE ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR THAT AGENDA TO START WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A MAJOR REVISION TO PRELIMINARY AND FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS TO REMODEL AND EXPAND 7840 COMPUTER AVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WOULD BE A TYPE ONE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT AND THE SECOND ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR FINAL SITE AND BUILDING PLANS FOR AN APPLICATION FOR BRYANT PARK RENOVATION SO THAT'S A CITY INITIATED APPLICATION ASSOCIATED SOME PARK MASTER PLAN PROJECT'S THIRD ITEM A PUBLIC HEARING ON A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 5600 AMERICAN BOULEVARD WEST FOR FLAGSHIP RECREATION THE FOURTH ITEM ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE A PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT SUBDIVIDE ONE LOT INTO TWO LOTS AT 67 ON ONE WEST 78TH STREET AND THEN FINALLY A STUDY ITEM A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING REVIEW FOR 700 AMERICAN BOULEVARD WEST I BELIEVE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO THOSE ARE THE FIVE ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR THE APRIL 4TH MEETING THE FOLLOWING MEETING AFTER THAT APRIL THE 25TH CURRENTLY HAS NO DEDICATED ITEM SLOTTED THAT WE ARE MULLING THE POTENTIAL FOR A LONG RANGE PLANNING ITEM OR TWO BUT THAT ALSO MIGHT MOVE INTO MAY SO IT MIGHT A FEW ITEMS LONG RANGE PLANNING ITEMS COMING TO YOU IN MAY BUT THAT'S THE UPCOMING AGENDA. THANK YOU MR. JOHNSON. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ITEMS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED THE AGENDA THIS EVENING SEEING NONE. THAT CONCLUDES THIS MARCH 21ST MEETING OF THE BLOOMINGTON PLANNING COMMISSION. GOOD