WELCOME. I WILL CALL THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER ON THIS MONDAY MAY 20TH, 2024. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANKS TO EVERYBODY WATCHING ONLINE. WE HAVE THE HONOR TONIGHT OF HAVING THE COLORS POSTED BY THE BLOOMINGTON HONOR GUARD. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND AND WELCOME THE BLOOMINGTON HONOR GUARD RIGHT. OFFICERS COME TO ATTENTION . OFFICERS PRESENT ARE I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OFFICERS. ORDER! OH , THANK YOU ALL. YOU MAY BE SEATED. ONCE AGAIN, THANKS AND WELCOME TO EVERYONE AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE BLOOMINGTON HONOR GUARD. IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT WAY TO START A MEETING TO HAVE THEM PRESENT THE COLORS AND POST THE COLORS FIRST AND GREAT TO SEE THEM THIS EVENING AND THE REASON WHY THEY ARE HERE WILL BE EVIDENT VERY SOON HERE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS TONIGHT COUNCIL IS WE NEED TO APPROVE OUR AGENDA OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING WE HAVE UNDER INTRODUCTORY ITEMS WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS WE HAVE THE SWEARING IN OF OUR NEW BLOOMINGTON POLICE OFFICERS AND THE INTRODUCTION OF OUR CIVILIAN STAFF MEMBERS INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WE HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS THIS WEEK FOR PUBLIC WORKS WEEK AND FOR ME CFS DAY HERE IN MINNESOTA UNDER OUR CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCILMEMBER HAS CONSENT THIS EVENING AND WE HAVE 19 ITEMS UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA OR EXCUSE ME 20 ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING UNDER OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES WE HAVE SIX ITEMS WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS FIVE OF THOSE ITEMS. SO WE'VE GOT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE ISSUANCE OF CONDUIT REVENUE BONDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF 700 AMERICAN. WE'VE GOT A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE 2022 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION OUR REPORT AND IN 4.3 IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE MINNESOTA D THE SMALL CITIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CDBG PROGRAM AND 4.4 IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON CITY CODE AMENDMENTS FOR SPEED LIMITS. 4.5 IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ADOPTION OF THE SPEED LIMIT MAP AND ITEM 4.6 WE'VE GOT A RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF US FOR BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS THE TRANSFER STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUNDS FOR THE TRAFFIC INJURY REDUCTION PLAN. UNDER OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS IN 5.1 IS THREE I REPORT AND THE RESULTS OF THE TRANSPORTATION ARE RELATED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND ANALYSIS AND 5.2 IS OUR SANITARY SEWER CAPACITY UPDATE AND FUNDING OPTIONS WE'LL BE HAVING THAT DISCUSSION IN 5.3 A PRO FORMER ANALYSIS FOR THE ROSA DEVELOPMENT AND WE WILL WRAP UP OUR EVENING AS WE ALWAYS DO AND IN 5.4 THE CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE COUNCIL IS THERE ANY ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS TO OUR AGENDA? IF NOT I WOULD MOVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS STATED SECOND MOTION AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S AGENDA NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND WE HAVE AN AGENDA VERY GOOD. AND OUR FIRST ITEM OF THE AGENDA IS ITEM 2.1 THE SWEARING IN OF BLOOMINGTON POLICE OFFICERS AND THE INTRODUCTION OF OUR CIVILIAN STAFF MEMBERS. CHIEF HODGES ARE YOU GOING TO DO THE HONORS OF INTRODUCING FOLKS SOME BRING THEM UP ONE BY ONE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL DO THE OFFICIAL SWEARING IN . SO FIRST I'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH OFFICER MILLER. YOU HAVE A NICE LITTLE SCRIPT UP HERE FOR YOU WHERE CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER MY NAME IS ANGELA MILLER. I GREW UP IN BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA. HERE I SEE MY ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE AT ARMIDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND PRIOR TO WORKING HERE I WAS A CADET FOR BLOOMINGTON FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT WILL BRING UP OFFICER SANDERS MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER MY NAME IS MITCHELL SANDERS. I GREW UP IN MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA. I HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FROM METRO STATE AND AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM CENTURY COLLEGE PRIOR TO GETTING PROMOTED I WAS ALSO A CADET WITH ANGIE FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. THANK YOU. WELCOME. THANKS FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE GOT OFFICER BURTON MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER. MY NAME IS ANDREW BURT. I GREW UP IN THE CITY OF ROSEMONT. GOT A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM THE CITY OF OR FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MANKATO AND PRIOR TO WORKING HERE I WAS WORKING FOR THE CITY OF WOODBURY AS A POLICE OFFICER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELCOME. NEXT WE GOT OFFICER HANSON MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER MY NAME IS KIP HANSON. I GREW UP IN MANKATO, MINNESOTA. I WENT TO RASMUSSEN UNIVERSITY WHERE I GRADUATED WITH ASSOCIATES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PRIOR TO WORKING HERE I WORKED OVER FOUR YEARS AS A POLICE OFFICER WITH THE CITY OF ROSEMONT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELCOME. AND THEN NEXT IS OFFICER ANDERSON MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER MY NAME IS JOSHUA ANDERSON. I GREW UP IN PRYOR LAKE, MINNESOTA. I HAVE AN ASSOCIATE'S IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FROM INVER HILLS AND AN ASSOCIATES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM HENNEPIN TECH. AND PRIOR TO WORKING HERE I WORKED SINCE 2012 AT ALLINA HEALTH AS A PARAMEDIC. WELCOME HARD SO WE'LL DO THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS AND THEN AFTER THAT I'LL BRING UP THE CIVILIANS AND I'M JUST REMINDING THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS THAT WHEN I BECAME CHIEF ONE OF THE THINGS I CHANGED WAS I DON'T BRING PEOPLE BEFORE YOU THAT ARE NOT FULLY FLEDGED POLICE OFFICERS, OTHER AGENCIES WILL HAVE THESE BIG ACADEMY CEREMONIES AND THEN HALF THOSE PEOPLE FAIL AFTER OR DON'T MAKE IT EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT COMES HERE IS A FULLY FLEDGED BLOOMINGTON POLICE OFFICER. THIS WORK IN THE STREET SO THEY'RE ON YOUR STREETS RIGHT NOW SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE OF THAT CHANGE. SO THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE THESE THAT FREQUENTLY. SO WITH THAT OFFICERS PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. CHIEF, IF I COULD SLOW YOUR ROLL JUST A MINUTE THERE ARE TO ALL THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO ARE HERE THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN ONCE SO DON'T BE SHY IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE PLEASE GET UP. GET IN BEHIND WHEREVER YOU NEED TO GET TO GET THE BEST SHOT FOR FOR THE PERSON THAT YOU WANT THE PICTURE OF . THAT'S RIGHT. SCOOT ON OVER JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER. YOU CAN YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR SEATS YOU CAN COME ON UP HERE. WE'RE OR DON'T LET ME GET OUT WE LATER ALL RIGHT IN CHIEF IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND AGAIN YOU CAN STAY IN THE POSITION. IT'S JUST IT'S ALWAYS BEST WITH THE HANDS ARE WHEN THE HANDS ARE RAISED SO ALL RIGHT SO RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I STATE YOUR NAME AND ACTUALLY SAY YOUR NAME DON'T LIKE SAY STATE YOUR NAME I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CREATION OF THE UNITED AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIESO DISCHARGE THE DUTIES AS A POLICE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA, A CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA TO THE BEST OF MY JUDGMENT AND ABILITY JUDGMENT AND ABILITY CONGRATULATIONS . ALL RIGHT. NOW YOU GOT TO GO THROUGH AND SHAKE EVERYBODY AND BEFORE WE BEFORE THE SHAKING EVERYBODY'S HANDS. WELL, HOLD ON 1/2. I WANT TO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ALL AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE, CHIEF. CONGRATULATIONS. IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER OUTSTANDING GROUP OF NEW OFFICERS. IT'S GREAT TO HEAR TWO OF YOU CAME THROUGH THE CADET PROGRAM . THAT'S THAT'S WONDERFUL BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S IT'S A A WAY TO RECRUIT AND FILL OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN A IN A NONTRADITIONAL OR A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WAYS. SO I'M VERY GLAD TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. ALL OF YOU I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD THE SPEECH FROM THE CHIEF ABOUT THE EXPECTATIONS AND WHAT ALL COMES WITH JOINING THE BEST POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. AND SO I WON'T REPEAT IT HERE BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON THE STREETS, LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR APPOINTMENT AND YOUR SWEARING IN AS BLOOMINGTON POLICE OFFICERS. WELL DONE IS LOOKS LIKE THE CONGA LINE OVER HERE HEART SO NEXT WE'LL BRING UP THE CIVILIANS OUR CADETS AND AS OFFICER MILLER AND OFFICER SANDERS SAID THEY WERE THE PART OF THE FIRST CADET PROGRAM THAT WE DID HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. THE CADET PROGRAM HAS REALLY HELPED OUR DEPARTMENT MAINTAIN OUR STAFFING AND OBVIOUSLY AS ONE OF THE LARGER DEPARTMENTS IN THE STATE WE'RE NOT ONLY FULLY STAFFED WERE OVERSTAFFED AND I DON'T THINK A LOT OF AGENCIES WELL I DON'T KNOW OF ANYBODY ELSE THEY CAN SAY THAT AND PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THIS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE HERE, THIS CADET PROGRAM AS ONE OF THE PIECES TO THAT. SO WITH THAT I'LL BRING UP CADET BASHI. SO YOU GOT TO READ THE SAME THING THAT THEIR CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER MY NAME IS CARTER BASHI I GREW UP IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI AND I'M CURRENTLY GOING TO METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY AND MY PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT WAS I WAS A TRUCK DRIVER DOES IT SOUND FUN? BUT IT WAS FUN TO BE. WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU. WELCOME. OUR NEXT CADET HAEG WHOSE NAME IS THE SAME AS OUR CONFERENCE ROOM UPSTAIRS SO ARE YOU RELATED? YEAH . MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER MY NAME IS KYLE HAEG. I GREW UP IN PRYOR LAKE, MINNESOTA. I HAVE A FOUR YEAR BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN BUSINESS FROM CONCORDIA SAINT PAUL AND I'M CURRENTLY IN SKILLS AT RASMUSSEN UNIVERSITY AND THEN BEFORE THIS I WORKED AT ERNIE ROSE GOLF. THANK YOU. WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO BRING OUR BONY NOW MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER MY NAME IS BONIN ON FROM WAUSAU, WISCONSIN. AND RIGHT NOW I'M CURRENTLY GOING TO CENTURY IN WHITE BEAR FOR MY LAW ENFORCEMENT DEGREE AND BEFORE THIS I WAS A CONSTRUCTION CARPENTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WELCOME. SO YOU GUYS DON'T GET OFF THE HOOK LIKE THAT EITHER. YOU GOT TO COME UP HERE AND SHAKE HANDS SO YOUR FAMILY YOU GUYS GOT FAMILY HERE? THEY CAN TAKE PICTURES OF YOU GUYS TO WELL SAVE IT WHEN YOU PASS AFTER THOSE OFFICERS AND WELL I WILL SAY WELCOME ABOARD . THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING JOURNEY FOR YOU AND I AND I HOPE YOU YOU LEARN WHAT YOU NEED TO LEARN NOT ONLY TO BE A POLICE OFFICER BUT FOR YOURSELVES AS WELL. AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP THAT YOU'RE TAKING AND WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. WELCOME . ALL RIGHT. NOW I'LL JUST CLOSE OUR CEREMONY WITH THIS. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO ALLOWING US TO CONTINUE TO NOT ONLY HIRE THE BEST PEOPLE BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR POLICE OFFICERS BACK HERE ARE THE VERY BEST AT WHAT THEY DO AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE THE VERY BEST IN THE COUNTRY. AND I GOT MATRIXES THAT REALLY CAN SHOW THAT. SO NOT ONLY GETTING THE BEST BUT ACTUALLY ALLOWING THE BEST TO WORK HERE, UNDERSTAND ME WHEN I TELL YOU AGAIN I'M NOT GOING TO GET TOO MUCH IN MY POLITICAL STATEMENTS BUT IN THIS COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO BE THIS STAFF IS A TESTAMENT TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY . SO WELCOME TO BLOOMINGTON. CONTINUE TO HAVE FUN AND WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS OVER THERE IN THAT RECEPTION ROOM OVER THERE. SO THANK YOU . AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE CHIEF AND CONGRATULATE YOU AND THE ENTIRE COMMAND STAFF FOR THE OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP THAT YOU SHOW WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH. I KNOW FAMILY AS MUCH AS YOU ALL WANT TO STAY HERE FOR THE REST OF OUR COUNCIL MEETING I KNOW YOU PROBABLY WANT TO GET TO THAT RECEPTION SO I'LL LET YOU ALL DO THAT AND CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND WE WILL TAKE A PAUSE IN OUR PROCEEDINGS HERE WHILE YOU HEAD ON OUT BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. IT'S GREAT THAT YOU'RE HERE IN SUPPORTING YOUR YOUR PEOPLE. WELL DONE ALREADY THEN FROM ALL THOSE DIFFERENT ALL READY TO COME FROM PITTSBURGH TODAY . YOU SURE CAPTAIN GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A LONG WHILE. GREAT TO SEE YOU PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE GOT SOME NOW WE GOT SOME ELBOW ROOM HERE. VERY GOOD. AND WE WILL MOVE ON WITH OUR AGENDA COUNCIL AND THANKS FOR YOUR YOUR GREETINGS OF OUR NEW OFFICERS AND OUR NEW CADETS THAT I KNOW IS IS APPRECIATED BY THEM. ITEM 2.2 AND OUR AGENDA IS THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES AND I SEE JULIE LONG COMING FORWARD TO MAKE THE INTRODUCTIONS FOR US. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE JOHN CHAMPA TO YOU. HE IS GOING TO BE EMPLOYED AS AN ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN IN THE ENGINEERING DIVISION. HE GREW UP IN DAKOTA COUNTY AND GOT HIS ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN LAND SURVEYING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING FROM THE DAKOTA COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS HE'S WORKED FOR A PRIVATE CONSULTING FIRM BUT WE ENCOURAGED HIM TO COME OVER TO THE PUBLIC SIDE AND HE HAD FOND MEMORIES OF AN INTERNSHIP AT THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY I'VE BEEN HERE JUST SHORT OF ABOUT SIX MONTHS AND IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. I'VE LEARNED SO MANY THINGS AND THIS SUMMER I'LL BE WORKING ON THE THE OVERLAY, THE MILLEN OVERLAY AND YEAH THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. GOOD AND GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD AND HOPE TO SEE MORE OF YOU. WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU . NOW NEXT UP ON THE AGENDA ARE TWO PROCLAMATIONS. SO I'M GOING TO HEAD DOWN TO THE PODIUM AND DO THE PROCLAMATIONS FROM THERE . AS I SAID, WE'VE GOT TWO PROCLAMATIONS THIS WEEK AND IT WAS THE FIRST IS FOR PUBLIC WORKS WEEK WHICH WE CELEBRATE EVERY YEAR HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND THEN I'LL DO IT NATIONALLY. I GENERALLY INVITE FOLKS UP WHO ARE HERE TO TO CELEBRATE WITH IS CURRENTLY YOU WANT COME UP OR OTHERS FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OH VERY GOOD. I WANT YOU TO JUST COME AROUND BEHIND ME PLEASE AND GOOD TO SEE YOU AND DIRK CABLE DIRECTOR, GIVE ME YOUR NAME. I'M SO, SO GLAD YOU SAID YOU WANT TO SEE JOHN AGAIN SOON. EXACTLY. THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FOR PUBLIC WORKS WEEK MAY 19TH THROUGH THE 24TH 2024 WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES PROVIDED IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR RESIDENTS EVERYDAY LIVES. AND. WHEREAS THE SUPPORTIVE AND UNDERSTANDING AND INFORMED CITIZENRY IS VITAL TO THE EFFICIENT OPERATION OF PUBLIC WORKS SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMS SUCH AS WATER, SEWERS, STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, PARK MAINTENANCE, PUBLIC BUILDING, SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND SNOW REMOVAL. AND. WHEREAS, THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND COMFORT OF THIS COMMUNITY GREATLY DEPENDS ON THESE FACILITIES AND SERVICES AND. WHEREAS, THE QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE FACILITIES AS WELL AS THEIR PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION IS VITALLY DEPENDENT UPON THE EFFORTS AND SKILLS OF PUBLIC WORKS OFFICIALS. AND. WHEREAS, THE EFFICIENCY OF THE QUALIFIED AND DEDICATED PERSONNEL WHO STAFF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS IS MATERIALLY INFLUENCED BY THE PEOPLE'S ATTITUDES AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK THEY PERFORM NOW THEREFORE I MAYOR TIM BUSSEY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 19TH THROUGH THE 24TH 2024 AS PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. AND I CALL UPON ALL RESIDENTS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS TO ACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN PROVIDING OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS WHICH PUBLIC WORKS OFFICIALS MAKE EVERY DAY TO OUR HEALTH, SAFETY, COMFORT AND QUALITY OF LIFE DATA THIS 20TH DAY OF MAY 2024 I. I REALLY ENJOY THIS WEEK BECAUSE IT'S IT REALLY DOES CALL OUT A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CITY GOVERNMENT THAT I DON'T THINK EVER GETS ENOUGH ATTENTION OR ENOUGH CREDIT FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO IF NOT FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS FOLKS THIS WOULD BE AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WORLD IF YOU COULDN'T GET OUT OF YOUR DRIVEWAY DRIVEWAY AFTER A SNOWSTORM OR IF THE PARKS WERE NOT TAKEN CARE OF WHERE THE DRINKING WATER DIDN'T TASTE AS GREAT AS IT DOES. IT'S AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WORLD WITHOUT OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND OUR OUTSTANDING PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. SO IT IS MY HONOR TO TO TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO PRESENTED TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES AND TO TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO ANYONE PLEASE. THANK YOU. VERY QUICK INTRODUCTION I'M DEREK CABLE. I'VE BEEN ACROSS THE STREET IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING WORKING FOR THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS. I PRIMARILY WORK IN OUR WATER RESOURCES GROUP WITH MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING OUR STORM SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE. VELMA JOHN. THAT BEING SAID, JOHN, I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A BRIEF STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF BLOOMINGTON'S PUBLIC WORKS STAFF. WE BELIEVE PUBLIC WORKS IMPACTS BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS DAILY LIVES IN A POSITIVE WAY FROM OUR STREET MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT WHO MAINTAINS OUR NETWORK OF STREETS, OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WHO WORKS TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE OUR MINIMUM MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE, LAKES AND PONDS AND THE SAFETY OF THE TRAVELING PUBLIC TO OUR UTILITY DEPARTMENT WHO PROVIDE SAFE DRINKING WATER AND MAINTAINS THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM AND ALL SUPPORT STAFF THAT WORKS BEHIND THE SCENES TO HELP IMPLEMENT AND IMPROVE OUR SERVICES. THAT BEING SAID, IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR WE START TO SEE MORE AND MORE OF US OUT AND ABOUT ON CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IT'S A GOOD TIME TO REMIND EVERYONE TO PLEASE SLOW DOWN AS YOU PASS THROUGH THESE CONSTRUCTION SITES OR MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS. WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE A LOT OF ROOM TO WORK WITH AND WE ALL WANT TO RETURN HOME TO OUR FAMILIES SAFE AT THE END OF THE DAY. THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR WORK WITH THIS PROCLAMATION. THANKS FOR THE SAFETY PSA. JUST REALLY QUICK AND THAT'S REALLY GOOD. SO WELL DONE. SO I'M GOING TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY TAKE A PICTURE OR JULIE'S GOING ON? WE SAID LET'S STEP OVER HERE. WE'LL GET THE OFFICIAL PICTURE BUT YOU HOLD IT IN THE MIDDLE THERE IT'S CALLED RIBBON GREEN. YOU'LL GET USED TO IT. JOHN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR THAT EMBARRASSING OUR SECOND PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING IS ACTUALLY FOR A DAY THAT WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. IT WAS MAY 10TH. IT WAS MINNESOTA. OKAY. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PRONUNCIATION ALL DAY AND AND I'VE MET RN SO FOLLOW ME AT I HAD IT I HAD IT THANK YOU ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VERY GOOD THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. SARAH ARE YOU HERE SIR? UTTER YES PLEASE COME ON UP AND I APOLOGIZE FOR BUTCHERING I AGAIN I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT ALL DAY AND I'M DISAPPOINTED IN MYSELF. I'M DISAPPOINTED IN MYSELF. SO IT'S MINNESOTA AND STUFF A LOT OF YOU MY MY IT'S ME CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME DATE MAY 10TH 2024 SO THIS WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DOUBLED BACK AND PROCLAIM THIS DAY BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPORTANT DAY WHEREAS EMMY IS COMMONLY AND AS IT'S COMMONLY KNOWN AND ALSO CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME. CFS OR ME CFS IS A DEVASTATING MULTISYSTEM DISEASE THAT CAUSES DYSFUNCTION OF THE NEUROLOGICAL IMMUNE ENDOCRINE AND ENERGY METABOLISM SYSTEMS . AND. WHEREAS THIS INCAPACITATING DISEASE IS CHARACTERIZED BY SEVERE EXACERBATION OF SYMPTOMS FOLLOWING ANY FORM OF EXERTION AND IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE AN INABILITY TO PROPERLY GENERATE ENERGY WITHIN CELLS HAVING AT LEAST 25% OF LEAVING AT LEAST 25% OF PATIENTS HOME OR BEDBOUND AND WHEREAS ME CFS AFFECTS AN ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 AND A HALF MILLION AMERICAN CHILDREN AND ADULTS OF ALL AGES RACES, INCOME LEVELS AND GEOGRAPHIC AREAS COSTING OUR ECONOMY BETWEEN 18 AND $24 BILLION ANNUALLY IN DIRECT MEDICAL COSTS. AND THIS INCLUDES UP TO 40,000 PEOPLE IN MINNESOTA LIVING WITH THIS MANY OF WHOM LIVE IN BLOOMINGTON COSTING OUR STATE ECONOMY UPWARDS OF $700 MILLION AND ALSO COSTING OUR CITY ECONOMY AND. WHEREAS PEOPLE WITH ME CFS HAVE LOWER QUALITY OF LIFE MEASUREMENTS THAN ANY OTHER DISEASE TESTED INCLUDING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, LATE STAGE AIDS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, CANCER TREATMENTS AND THERE IS NO DIAGNOSTIC TEST, NO FDA APPROVED TREATMENT AND NO CURE. AND WHEREAS THIS NUMBER IS EVER INCREASING BOTH AS MORE PEOPLE CONTRACT ME CFS IN MINNESOTA INCLUDING THROUGH THOSE WHO HAVE NOW BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH IT THROUGH LONG COVID AN UMBRELLA TERM ENCOMPASSING SEVERAL DIFFERENT INFECTION ASSOCIATION DISEASES INCLUDED AMEX M.S. AS POTUS AND OTHER FORMS OF DIACETYL TO HELP ME WITH THAT ONE TO DECIDE ON THIS AUTONOMY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WORKED ON THIS ALL DAY I WORKED ON THIS AND WHEREAS ON THIS DAY AROUND THE WORLD AND ON THIS DAY IT WAS MAY 10TH OF THIS YEAR THERE WERE THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF GLOBAL VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON EVENTS TO HELP BRING GREATER AWARENESS OF THIS DEBILITATING NATURE OF THIS ILLNESS AND THE NEED FOR MORE RESOURCES TO FUND RESEARCH FOR A CURE AND CREATE STRONGER MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL AWARENESS. NOW THEREFORE I'M HERE. TIM BUSSEY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 10TH 2023 AS ME CFS AWARENESS DAY IN BLOOMINGTON AND COMMEND ITS OBSERVANCE TO ALL CITIZENS AND ENCOURAGE DOCTORS AND SCHOOLS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THIS ILLNESS TO MAKE A HEALTHIER BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA AND AMERICA DUE TO THIS 20TH DAY OF MAY 2024. SO SARA UTTER IS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR THE ASSIST AND I APOLOGIZE ONCE AGAIN FOR MY YOU KNOW, I THERE'S A REASON WHY I DIDN'T GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL AMONG OTHER MANY, MANY REASONS BUT APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE HERE AND WILLING TO TO BRING THIS FORWARD. AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A THIS I THINK FIRST IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE OFFERED THIS PROCLAMATION HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS CORRECT. I'M GOING TO TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO YOU IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS MEANS A LOT TO ME AND TO MY COMMUNITY. WE HAVE BEEN LIVING IN A WORLD WHERE WE HAVE NO DOCTORS WHO RECEIVE US. NOBODY'S EDUCATED ON IT. THERE'S NO FUNDING FOR RESEARCH AND NOW LONG-COVID HAS HAPPENED AND 60% OF PEOPLE WITH LONG COVID ARE MEETING THE CRITERIA FOR ME CFS SO IT IS TIME FINALLY FOR US AS A CITY AS A STATE, AS A NATION TO START LOOKING AT POST-VIRAL ILLNESSES AND FINDING ANSWERS . IT'S OBVIOUSLY COSTING A LOT OF MONEY TO HELP US AND TO SUPPORT US AND I THINK IF WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO FIND A CURE THAT WOULD BE THE BEST. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND AGAIN I APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE THIS EVENING AND APOLOGIZE FOR BUTCHERING THE WORD BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHEN WE GET A NICE PICTURE HERE, DO THE GROUP JUST PULL THIS UP? YOU'RE GOING OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY . NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA COUNCIL IS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS AND COUNCILMEMBER YOU HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT COUNCILMEMBER I THINK I HAVE TO HALT ANYONE ELSE. OKAY, I HAVE A HOLD FOR ITEM 3.6 FROM COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND THEN A HOLD FROM COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS FOR 3.19. WITH THAT I WILL MOVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 3.1 THROUGH A 3.53.7 THROUGH 3.18 AND THREE POINT TWO 0/2 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO ACCEPT TONIGHT CONSENT BUSINESS AS STATED BY COUNCILMEMBER NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM 3.6 YOU SAID COUNCILMEMBER NELSON COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO BRING THIS UP VERY QUICKLY. I WILL SUPPORT IT BECAUSE I THINK IT MEETS ALL OF THE RULES BUT I CONTINUE TO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT LAWFUL GAMBLING AND MONEY THAT LEAVES THE COMMUNITY AND TO MY UNDERSTANDING ALMOST IF NOT ALL OF THIS MONEY LEAVES THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW THERE'S SOME STATE LAW THAT INDICATES THAT AS LONG AS IT GOES INTO CONTIGUOUS CITIES OR ADJACENT CITIES THAT THAT'S OKAY AS WELL. BUT ARE STILL NOT REALLY THRILLED ABOUT IT THAT YOU KNOW, I'D PREFER THESE TYPES OF THINGS STAY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND BLOOMINGTON PLACES AND ALSO JUST REQUEST THAT THE THE ORGANIZATION THAT'S GETTING THIS LAWFUL GAMBLING LICENSE MAYBE AT LEAST LIST THE LOCATIONS IN BLOOMINGTON AND PROMOTE THEM AS OPPOSED TO THE ONES THAT AREN'T IN BLOOMINGTON THAT THEY USE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE BLOOMINGTON LOCATIONS LISTED ON THEIR WEBSITE. SO IF THEY COULD AT LEAST PROMOTE OUR BUSINESSES THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL WITH THAT I'D MOVE ITEM 3.6 SO UH MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ACCEPT ITEM 3.6 AND TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCIL ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? I WILL SAY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU AT ALL AND WE HAVE LOOKED AT THIS AND I THINK IT IS IT IS THE RULES THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING. I WILL I WILL POINT OUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE FAMILIES HERE IN BLOOMINGTON WHO HAVE KIDS AT SAINT THOMAS ACADEMY AND SO IT DOES WORK THAT THERE IS A CONNECTION. BUT I WOULD AGREE IT'S NOT AS OF A DIRECT CONNECTION AS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. I THINK I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO COUNCIL MEMBER RIVAS WITH ITEM 3.19 YES I JUST I HAVE LEARNED THAT THE LIBRARY AT PARK AVENUE HAS MADE SOME PROPOSALS TO THE CITY. HOWEVER I STILL HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT THE PARKING SITUATION HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED BY AND CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE. I AM AWARE THAT THE CITY WAS OUT THERE THIS LAST FRIDAY AS I WAS ALSO DRIVING AROUND ON FRIDAY NIGHT. THE PROBLEM IS JUST IS A IS A VERY BIG PROBLEM THE PARKING SITUATION IS JUST OUT OF CONTROL AND MY CONCERN ALSO IS NOT ONLY THE PARKING BUT ALSO THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE BUILDING AT ONE TIME. I AM ASSUMING WITHOUT HAVING FACTS ON MY HANDS THAT THEY'RE IN VIOLATION ALSO OF THE FIRE CODE OF THE FIRE CODE AS WELL BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN A BUILDING AT ANY TIME THAT IS ALLOWED IS A GIVEN NUMBER AND BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF OTHER AUTOMOBILES IN THE AREA AND THE PEOPLE THAT COME OUT OF A BUILDING THE END OF THE SESSION, IT JUST IS WAY TOO LARGE FOR THE BUILDING SO THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS AT ANY POINT IN WHAT I HAVE READ SO FAR. NOBODY'S MENTIONING THAT THOSE ISSUES ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY OR THAT THEY HAVE PLANS TO TAKE CARE OF IT. SO WITH THAT SAID, I, I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS AT THIS TIME BECAUSE I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THEY SAY THAT TWO YEARS TO STUDY WHAT THEY CAN DO TO ME IS THAT THERE ARE IMMEDIATE CONCERNS OF PARKING SITUATION AND PROBABLE VIOLATION AND OF A FIRE CODE TO ME THAT SHOULD BE MENTIONED IN ANY OF YOUR LITERATURE THERE HAS BEEN EXCHANGE WITH THE LOCATION AND THE CITY AT THE SAME TIME AS SOON AS IT IS NOT ADDRESSED IN THESE ISSUES I'M SORRY BUT I CAN SUPPORT THIS AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS AND ON THE TWO ISSUES I JUST I WOULD RESPOND IN THIS WAY THE PARKING ISSUE OBVIOUSLY AS WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE PARKING ISSUE AND WE KNOW THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CARS OVER THERE ON ANY GIVEN FRIDAY AND ON ANY GIVEN EVENT DAY. I THINK THERE ARE TWO ISSUES. FIRST OF ALL, THE THE FACT THAT IF THEY ARE PARKED ON THE STREETS THEY'RE PARKED ILLEGALLY BECAUSE PARKING IS ALLOWED ON THE STREETS IN ALL THE BLOOMINGTON'S NEIGHBORHOODS. I REMEMBER EARLY IN THIS PROCESS EARLY IN THIS DISCUSSION WE APPROACHED THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAID DO WE WANT TO MAKE IT A PERMIT? ONLY PARKING SITUATION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? AND THE NEIGHBORS SAID NO THAT WAS NOT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO. SO IF THERE IF FOLKS ARE PARKED LEGALLY ON THE CITY STREETS THEY'RE PARKED LEGALLY IN THE CITY STREETS. THE OTHER PART IS OF COURSE IF THEY'RE PARKED ILLEGALLY ON THE CITY STREETS AND THAT I THINK IS A IS A CONCERN THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO ADDRESS. AND THEN I THINK THE THIRD PART ABOUT PARKING AND I'VE HAD I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH WITH DONALD TRUMP LEADERSHIP ON THIS THAT IT'S NOT ONLY THERE'S PARKING LEGALLY AND PARKING ILLEGALLY BUT THERE'S ALSO BEING GOOD AND BEING A CONSIDERATE NEIGHBOR IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I WOULD HOPE IN ADDITION TO THE LEGAL THE ILLEGAL ISSUES, THERE'S ISSUES OF CONSIDERATION THAT ARE CONSIDERED AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE DO I HAD, AS I SAID, A CONVERSATION THAT WE WOULD SIT DOWN AND TRY AND WORK THROUGH THIS AND TRY AND FIGURE OUT A BETTER PATH FORWARD THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY. I HOPE YOU'LL BE INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATION AS WELL COUNCILMEMBER BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT ONE TO HAVE AND WHAT I'M BASED IN IS NOT JUST IN MY EXPERIENCE WATCHING THE WHOLE SITUATION FOR SEVERAL WEEKS BUT ALSO THE AND NUMBER OF EMAILS THAT IF I HAD HAD THE TIME TO GO CHECK IT OUT WHEN THEY SAID THAT PEOPLE WERE PARKING THEIR DRIVEWAYS THAT'S WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. I MEAN THERE THERE'S SOMETIMES A LOT OF PEOPLE PARKING OUR AREA BY MY HOUSE. I DON'T MIND AS LONG AS THEY DON'T PARK IN MY DRIVEWAY AND I'M STUCK MY WAY OUT I'M FINE WITH THAT. THAT'S TOTALLY LEGAL TO DO WHAT THE CONCERN IS PEOPLE PARKING HALF OF THEIR VEHICLES ONTO SOMEBODY'S DRIVEWAY AND IF THEY HAVEN'T EMERGENCY AND THEY CAN'T GET OUT OF THEIR HOMES FOR THAT, THAT'S PUTTING PEOPLE IN JEOPARDY UNNECESSARILY. AND AGAIN, THE CITY GOT THE PURSUIT OF THE FIRE CODE . IT'S I DON'T KNOW WITH CERTAINTY BUT IT'S MORE THAN WHAT THE BUILDING TO HOLD THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THERE AND THAT IT AS I'VE SEEN HIM IN MY OWN AND THAT IS SOMETHING I'LL ASK OUR CITY STAFF AND OUR FIRE INSPECTOR I MEAN BECAUSE THAT'S A SPECIFIC LEGAL ISSUE AND THAT'S A I MEAN THAT'S A SERIOUS ALLEGATION TO MAKE AND WE'LL WE'LL BRING IT FORWARD TO OUR OUR FIRE OFFICIALS AND HAVE MAKE THE DETERMINATION BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO HAVE THE OFFICIAL SAY ON THAT AND THAT'S GOOD. I SEE. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF AND ALL THAT AND YOU, MAYOR, FOR WORKING ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE. I THINK TWO YEARS IS A GREAT PERIOD OF TIME TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH SOME OF THESE AND KIND OF RESET THE DIAL ON THIS AND I CERTAINLY BELIEVE THAT WE CAN GET SOME OF THESE THINGS ADDRESSED AND HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS AND I THINK THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE PERIOD OF TIME I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS EVENING. I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. WE CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND DISCUSS THIS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND KIND OF GET OURSELVES IN A PLACE WHERE WE WANT TO BE KIND OF MOVING FORWARD AND I TRUST THAT STAFF AND AND THE MAYOR WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND GET THIS THING RESOLVED IN A WAY IN WHICH THAT WE WON'T BE BACK HERE AGAIN. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING HERE FOR THE LAST MEETING WHERE THIS WAS DISCUSSED I THINK THE FIRST TIME. SO IF THIS IS REDUNDANT APOLOGIZE I TWO QUESTIONS THE FIRST ONE BEING WE'RE SPECIFICALLY IN THIS PARTICULAR ITEM TALKING ABOUT THE SHARED USE AGREEMENT OF THE EXISTING PARKING LOTS. CORRECT. SO THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS LANGUAGE RELATED TO EITHER STREET PARKING OR VIOLATIONS OF FIRE CODE , AM I CORRECT ON THAT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY GREAT. I JUST WANTED MAKE SURE I WAS VOTING ON THE RIGHT THING. SECOND QUESTION I HAVE IS I KNOW THAT WE HAD THE DISCUSSION AT ONE POINT NOT THAT LONG AGO ABOUT LIKE DOING SOME ADDITIONAL WORK OVER BY THAT AREA BECAUSE IT IS SO HEAVILY USED ON STREET PARKING TO DO THINGS LIKE YELLOW AND RED STRIPING ON THE CURBS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT TO REALLY HELP PEOPLE VISUALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY CAN AND CANNOT PARK. AND I DON'T KNOW IF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING IS PLANNING TO DO ANY OF THAT BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE MAYBE BRING THAT UP AGAIN. I FIND THAT TO BE INCREDIBLY VALUABLE IN ALL THE CITIES I'VE EVER LIVED IN . IT IS VERY CLEAR. I MEAN I KNOW AROUND HERE ALL WE SAY IS 30 FEET FROM A STOP SIGN AND IT'S LIKE WELL I DON'T KNOW WHAT 30 FEET LOOKS LIKE BUT IF I HAVE A BIG RED STRIPE THAT SHOWS THE 30 FEET I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO PARK. IT HELPS ME A LOT. AND SO IF WE HAVE BUFFERS LIKE FIVE FEET ON EITHER SIDE OF A DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE WE CAN STRIPE CURVES WITH RED OR YELLOW STRIPING AND THINGS LI THAT WE MIGHT BE DOING A LOT OF PEOPLE A LOT OF FAVORS AROUND THERE. SO I'D LIKE TO THROW THAT OUT THERE AS A POTENTIAL THING AS WE PUT THIS ON THIS TWO YEAR TRACK. THANKS. I APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. YEAH, THANK YOU. MAYOR AND I HAD HELD THIS LAST TIME JUST TO HAVE A FURTHER CONVERSATION WAS NOT INTENDED TO GET INTO THE CONVERSATION LAST TIME BUT THAT'S OKAY. WE STARTED THAT AND I'M GLAD WE'RE HERE AND I THINK IT'S LED TO SOME PRODUCTIVE THINGS JUST FOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO IN ADDITION TO THE PARKING IT ALSO INVOLVES THE PARKS AND THAT'S PART OF THE SHARED USE AGREEMENT JUST SO PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC ARE AWARE OF THAT. IT'S IT'S BOTH OF THOSE PARTS OF IT THE SHARING OF BOTH OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, IS TWO YEARS THE RIGHT NUMBER? I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN I KNEW TEN YEARS WASN'T YOU KNOW AND I DON'T THINK THREE THREE MONTHS IS THE RIGHT NUMBER. IT'S A IT'S A GOOD ENOUGH I MEAN I COULD SIT UP HERE AND THAT PIC IS TWO YEARS TOO LONG OR TOO SHORT OR WHATEVER. WHAT I DO HEAR AND WHAT I HAVE HEARD CONSISTENTLY IS THERE BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF PARKING THAT IS AVAILABLE THERE IT REQUIRES ON STREET PARKING FOR SOME OF THEIR EVENTS AND THAT AT TIMES THAT NEGATIVELY IMPACT RESIDENTS BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T PARK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES AND I JUST HOP TO CLEAN THAT UP. THAT'S ALL I WANT TO BRING IT UP AND WHEN I BROUGHT IT UP THE REASON THAT I DID WAS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TOOLS. THEY HAVE A COPY, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXIST THERE. THAT'S ALL BEEN MADE, YOU KNOW, 15 YEARS AGO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND YET WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT IT AND SO I JUST SAW THIS AS A WAY TO ENGAGE IN THAT CONVERSATION AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED THAT THE CITY AND ARE AL-FAROUQ AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AND OUR PEOPLE THERE ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND WORKING TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUES RESOLVING THE ISSUES AND RECOGNIZING THAT PEOPLE CANNOT THEY CAN'T PARK ON A STREET AND THEY CAN'T PARK IN FRONT OF SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY . LET'S MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN FOR THE PEOPLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAVE CONCERNS IF THERE ARE CONCERNS IN TERMS OF CAPACITY USAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I ACTUALLY DO BELIEVE WE ALREADY HAVE TOOLS ON THOSE. IF THERE ARE CAPACITY THE COPY HAS LIMITATIONS ON THE NUMBER OF USERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE IF THOSE ARE ISSUES WE HAVE TOOLS TO LOOK INTO THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THIS AGREEMENT IS THE THE MECHANISM TO LOOK INTO THAT AND SO I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THIS AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE GREAT WORK STAFF HAS DONE AND THE REPRESENTATIVES OF FOR WORK AND TO COME FORWARD AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY ON THESE ISSUES AND YOU KNOW IF TWO YEARS IS THE AGREEMENT THAT THEY KIND OF CAME TO IN TALKING ABOUT WORKING THROUGH THESE THINGS AND I CAN I CAN LIVE WITH THAT I THINK THAT'S PERFECTLY REASONABLE. SO AGAIN THANK YOU STAFF THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE FOLKS AT THE FOR APPRECIATE IT THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER NELSON COUNCILMEMBER THE MAYOR I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR CONTINUED WORK ON THIS. THANK YOU TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS THAT ARE FOR WHO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS AS WELL. THIS IS VERY REMINISCENT MURDER INNOCENT OF THE EVENTS THAT I'VE LIVED THROUGH AS A FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN AND MY HOMETOWN THE FIRST HMONG CHURCH OPENED AND THESE SAME ISSUES, SAME CONVERSATIONS WERE THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP WHEN A PUNK ROCK CONGREGATION MOVED INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S LOTS OF CARS. THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO WORSHIP WORSHIP TOGETHER. BUT HOW WE MOVED THROUGH AND HOW WE BUILT A RELATIONSHIP AS WE OPENED DOORS WE LET THE CONVERSATION FLOW BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND WHEN IT'S YOUR HOUSE THAT YOU LIVE THERE IT'S NOT JUST BUSY ON FRIDAYS IT'S BUSY FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE THERE SO I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS THAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT OUR AL-FAROUQ IS THERE AND THEY ARE NEIGHBORS AS WELL SO HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER IS HOW WE CREATE COMMUNITY NOT DESTROY IT. AND SO I'M THANKFUL THE STAFF AND OUR FARRUKH WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THIS INTERIM AGREEMENT FOR US AND I KNOW THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK AND FIND RESOLUTION SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW AS A COMMUNITY TOGETHER BECAUSE WHEN WE GROW AS A COMMUNE TOGETHER AND SHARE OUR HISTORIES WITH EACH OTHER, THAT'S HOW WE CAN CHART OUR PATH FORWARD AND BLOOMINGTON WE WILL BE BETTER BECAUSE WE DID THAT COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION I WOULD LOVE TO PLEASE COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I MOVE TO AUTHORIZED MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT ALLOWING UP TO A TWO YEAR EXTENSION OF THE SHARED USE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND PROPERTY OWNER OF 8201 PARK AVENUE CITY AGREEMENT 2015 DASH TWO EIGHT FOR SECOND MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SECOND VOTE COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO ACCEPT ITEM 3.19 ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA AS STATED ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING THEN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ONE WITH COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS IN OPPOSITION THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCILMEMBER THANKS FOR HANDLING OUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING. MOVING ON TO OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES ITEM FOUR ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING AND ITEM 4.1 IS A TIMELINE AND THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE ISSUANCE OF CONDUIT REVENUE BONDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF 700 AMERICAN LLP ITS ECONOMY SHOULDER. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE AMERICAN COUNCIL. AS YOU MENTIONED THIS ITEM IS FOR A CONDUIT REVENUE BOND FOR 700 AMERICAN JULIET INTO AN OUR BANDITRY IS WITH ME BACK IN NOVEMBER THE COUNCIL APPROVED A RESOLUTION ALLOWING FOR SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO MINNESOTA MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AND IN DECEMBER THEY ARE STANDING WHERE THEY WERE GRANTED THE ABILITY TO HAVE BONDS ISSUED UP TO $22,000,712 $212,250 AND OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS NUMEROUS ITEMS HAVE BEEN BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL ON 700 AMERICAN PROJECT AND THIS IS ONE OF THE FINAL ONES WHERE THE COUNCIL IS ASKED TO ALLOW US TO ISSUE THE CONTRACT BONDS FOR THEM. THIS IS A TAX EXEMPT REVENUE BOND. THIS IS NOT A MORAL OBLIGATION OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS NOT OBLIGATED TO MAKE ANY SORT OF PAYMENTS ON THESE BONDS AS WE ISSUE BONDS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS FULLY STATED . THEY ARE BASICALLY USING OUR TAX EXEMPT STATUS TO ALLOW THEM TO ISSUE THESE BONDS. ALL OF THEIR REVENUES WILL PAY AT THE BONDS SO THE CITY IS OBLIGATED. SO WITH THAT LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS OR ON ANY MORAL OBLIGATIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. IT IS NO COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS PUBLIC HEARING SO I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. STANDBY IF YOU COULD PLEASE I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW ON ITEM 4.1. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE RESOLUTION TO THE ISSUANCE OF CONDUIT REVENUE BONDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF 700 AMERICAN TO ANYONE IN THE COUNC CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 4.1 THIS EVENING. ANYONE IS MERCER DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK 10 A.M. 4.1 MAYOR THERE IS NOT LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY IN THE CHAMBERS. COUNSEL NOBODY ON THE PHONE AND NOBODY IN THE CHAMBER IS COMING FORWARD TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.1 I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 4.1 SO MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.1 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING SO COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS ON THIS WE HAVE WE HAVE DEALT WITH THESE CONDUIT REVENUE BONDS IN THE PAST AND ONE FAIRLY RECENTLY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DO WE HAVE ANY NEED ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS? COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS WOULD LIKE A BIT OF AN EXPLANATION FOR A CONDUIT REVENUE BOND IF YOU COULD PLEASE IS ELLINGTON MR. MAYOR MR. CITY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS WE DO CONTRACT BONDS QUITE A BIT IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THE IRS CODE ALLOWS CITIES TO BE A CONDUIT BORROWER OR CONDUIT FOR BORROWING. IN THIS INSTANCE, 700 AMERICAN IS GOING TO BE IT HAS ABOUT 22 MILLION IN HOUSING ALLOCATION AND THAT'S HOW THEY CAN DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THEY USE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALLOCATION AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE BOND THAT WILL BE GO OUT TO THE TO THE UNIVERSE AND IT WILL BE YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE BIDS AND THEN WE'LL GET A AN INTEREST RATE AND THE FINAL AMOUNT OF THE BONDS SEPARATELY INTERESTINGLY THEY'LL ALSO HAVE ANOTHER PIECE THAT'S WHAT WE CALL THE 2004 BEPS AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A SMALLER LOAN THAT THEY'RE GETTING FROM BRIDGEWATER BANK AND THAT WILL BE DONE AS PART OF THIS RESOLUTION. IT'S IT'S BEEN APPROVED IN THE RESOLUTION AS WELL. SO AND JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR THE CITY NO RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE BOND EXCEPT FOR YOUR AUDIT RESPONSE YOU HAVE TO ADD THAT TO THE AUDIT. IT'S A ONE LINER IN THE AUDIT AT THE BACK IF THERE IS AN EVENT OF DEFAULTS IF SOMETHING HAPPENS IT'S NOT A PROBLEM FOR THE CITY. IT HAS THE THE ENTITY THE BORROWER THAT'S TAKING ON THIS DEBT WILL HAVE TO REMEDY ANY DEFAULTS IF THERE IS AN IRIS AUDIT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO THAT AND THE BORROWER WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT. SO THERE IS MINIMAL RISK TO THE CITY FOR CONDUIT BONDS. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON 700 AMERICAN FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THERE ARE NUMEROUS FINANCIAL LAYERS THAT WE HAVE TO HELP AND WE TO TO PROVIDE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THIS IS ONE OF THEM. THE OTHER LOAN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEY'RE ALSO TAKING A DRAW FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. THEY ALSO HAVE TAX INCREMENT AND THERE'S OTHER PIECES THAT ARE PART OF THE PUZZLE. SO THERE'S NUMEROUS PUZZLE PIECES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE FINAL PIECES IF I MAY, MR. MAYOR PLEASE. THIS IS THE SAME LOCATION THAT WE BROUGHT THE PRICE DOWN FOR THE LAND, CORRECT? CORRECT. THERE'S A LAND RIGHT DOWN ON IT. SO IS THERE STILL MORE THAT TH CITY HAS TO HELP FOR THE BUILDING TO BE BUILT? MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER REAVIS, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE LAST PIECE THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CONDUIT BONDS, THE LAND WRITE DOWN THAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND THE PORT AUTHORITY MONTHS AGO. YES I RECALL THAT I WAS PART OF THAT. I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW MUCH MORE THE CITY IS GOING TO INVEST AND THERE ARE AND THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT LOCATION AND BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ALL THIS HAS TAKEN PLACE ALREADY SO I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY THE CITY HAS TO BACK UP THE BONDS AND ALL THAT THEY UTILIZE OUR TAX EXEMPT STATUS IS BECAUSE WE ARE A TAX EXEMPT GOVERNMENT UNIT AND THAT ALLOWS THEM TO GET THEIR DEBT AT A CHEAPER INTEREST RATE. SO THIS COUNCILMEMBER KERNAN AND COUNCILMEMBER NELS I'M SORRY COUNCILMAN RIVAS, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY COUNCILMEMBER CARDIN COUNCILMEMBER NELSON HI. I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR WITH THE PUBLIC WHO IS WATCHING BECAUSE THESE THINGS CAN GET PRETTY COMPLICATED. WE THIS IS NOT AN INVESTMENT OF THE CITY. THIS IS WE'RE KIND OF THE INTERMEDIARY OF A LOAN, CORRECT? OR WE'RE NOT INVESTING IN IT NOR IS THIS A DEBT OF THE CITY. YEAH. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT VERY, VERY CLEAR FOR THE PUBLIC THAT THAT'S THE CASE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. YEAH, THANK YOU. JUST CURIOUS IF WE KNOW WHEN THEY PLAN TO START CONSTRUCTION AND ARE THEY FULLY COMMITTED TO MOVING FORWARD ON THIS? IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE GETTING THE FINANCING IN PLACE. SO JUST YOU KNOW, ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS THAT THEY MIGHT NOT MOVE FORWARD? MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE KENNY HERE AND KENNY MIGHT OR THE DEVELOPER IS HERE. OKAY. AKASHA FROM SHAFER RICHARDSON IS ACTUALLY SPEAK TO US. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME EVENING MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS YES WE ARE READY FOR CONSTRUCTION. IT WILL BE CONTINGENT ON CLOSING OBVIOUSLY BUT WE ARE ON TRACK FOR A MID-JUNE CLOSING WE WOULD START CONSTRUCTION SHORTLY THEREAFTER USUALLY A WEEK OR TWO DELAY TO GET DOCUMENTS RECORDED AND THEN ISSUED A NOTICE TO PROCEED FOR THE CONTRACTOR. GOOD. THANK YOU. AND I JUST PIGGYBACKING ON ON COUNCILMEMBER NELSON'S QUESTION THERE WERE A VARIETY OF FINANCING PIECES THAT WENT INTO THIS AND THIS IS THE LAST PIECE OF THE FINANCING PUZZLE HERE CORRECT? YEP. THE BONDS GET PAIRED WITH LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS THROUGH THE MINNESOTA HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS HAVE SCORED THE PROJECT THROUGH HOUSING TRUST FUND WHICH WAS ALREADY VOTED FOR THE TIFF IS A PART OF THAT HOUSING TRUST FUND REPAYMENT AND THEN THERE WAS THE LAND WRITE DOWN. SO THOSE ARE THE FINAL COMPONENTS AND THEN THERE IS A PRIVATE EQUITY PARTNER AS WELL THAT WILL TAKE THE TAX CREDITS. SO THESE ARE LAYERED AND COMPLICATED PROJECTS BUT WE HAVE A FULL CAPITAL STACK SO GOOD GLAD TO HEAR THAT. COUNCILOR, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THERE? VERY GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO COUNCIL IS THERE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL ANY MORE INFORMATION WE NEED ANY MORE DETAILS ON THIS? I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOST OF MISS MARIA COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND TASTIC I MOVED TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF MULTIFAMILY HOUSING REVENUE NOTES FOR THE BENEFIT OF 700 AMERICAN LLP APPROVING A HOUSING PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF RELATED DOCUMENTS. MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND VOTE COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE FAMILY HOUSING REVENUE NOTES FOR THE BENEFIT OF 700 AMERICAN LLP. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU TO OUR FRIENDS THE CHAIR FOR RICHARDSON SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE PROJECT START SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING AND IN 4.2 ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING THIS REGARDING IRD THIS IS OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING TO SOLICIT COMMENTS ON THE PROGRAM YEAR 2022 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT WHICH IS A CAPER AND KENNY NIEMEYER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST IS HERE TO FILL US IN MORE ABOUT THIS GOOD EVENING WELCOME CLEARING MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER CITY MANAGER SO YES THIS ITEM A KIND OF A REPEAT IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR 2022 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT. THE REASON THIS ITEM IS REAPPEARING IS WHEN THE PUBLIC THE INITIAL PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM WAS HEARD IN OCTOBER OF 2023, THERE WAS NOT A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF DAYS GIVEN FOR NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND THAT PUBLIC HEARING . SO THAT WAS AN ERROR DUE TO THE DEFINITION OF WORKING DAYS CALENDAR DAYS WHICH HUD ACTUALLY DEFINES AND SO WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY THAT. SO IT'S IF I CAN YOU DO THAT THING THERE'S SOME SLIDES THAT SHOW THE TAKEAWAYS FROM THE 22 CAPER WHICH WE CAN GO OVER IF THAT'S HELPFUL IT'LL BE FAMILIAR. IT'S THERE WE GO. SO IN TERMS OF SOURCES THERE IS AROUND 1.5 MILLION WHICH ENCOMPASSES CARRYOVER FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR OF CDBG ENTITLEMENT FUND. IT INCLUDES THE ALLOCATION FOR THAT PROGRAM YEAR WHICH IS AROUND $460,000 AND IT ALSO INCLUDES PROGRAM INCOME WHICH COMES IN THROUGH REPAYMENTS OF LOANS THAT GO OUT THROUGH OUR PROGRAM. SO THINK OUR HOMEOWNER REHAB LOANS IN THAT YEAR THERE WAS USES OF AROUND A MILLION SO WE DIDN'T USE THAT FOR 1.54 SOURCES BUT WE YOU CAN SEE HERE A LOT OVER 50% WENT BACK INTO REHAB LOANS AND THEN WE ALSO HAD ACTIVITIES RELATED TO AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP SENIOR SERVICES AND AS WELL AS LEAD PAINT REMEDIATION AND ABATEMENT IN TERMS OF DEMOGRAPHIC. YES, YOU CAN SEE OUR CHARTS HERE OF WHO THAT WAS SERVING ALL OF CDBG FUNDS HAVE TO SERVE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AND WE ALSO TAKE DATA RELATED TO RACE AND ETHNICITY FOR THOSE WHOLE HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE SERVED AND THEN JUST TO GO OVER THAT PUBLIC COMMENT SO THERE WAS NO PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED DURING THE 15 DAY PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 6TH TO OCTOBER 20TH THERE WAS NOTICE GIVEN BUT THAT WENT OUT ON OCTOBER 5TH FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON OCTOBER 16TH. SO THAT WAS NOT A SUFFICIENT PERIOD OF TIME. SO WE HAVE REISSUED THAT PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE ON MAY 2ND FOR TONIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING OF MAY 20TH. AND WITH THAT I THINK ANY QUESTIONS OR COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. NIEMEYER ON THIS? ALL RIGHT. THANK Y. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BACK ONCE AGAIN AND WITH THAT I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.2. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2022 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT ALSO KNOWN AS OUR KEEPER. ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK TO IN 4.2 THIS EVENING IS MERCER IS THERE ANYONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK THAT IN POINT TWO THERE THERE IS NO ONE ON THE PHONE LAST CALL FOR ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS COUNCIL SEEING NO ONE COMING FORWARD NO ONE'S ON THE PHONE. I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT AND 4.2 SOME OF MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.2 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND TO BE CLEAR HERE THERE'S NO COUNCIL ACTION REQUIRED ON THIS OTHER THAN TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THAT CORRECT, MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER CITY MANAGERS THAT IS CORRECT. WE'RE HEARING OPENING AND CLOSING A PUBLIC HEARING VERY GOOD. SO ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO KNOW? VERY GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING ON THAT IN 4.3 ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING THIS REGARDING THE MINNESOTA DEED SMALL CITIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CDBG PROGRAM AND WE HAVE WITH US ARE NATALIE BURT, OUR ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEMBERS CITY MANAGER I'M ALSO JOINED BY KELLY JACKSON PROGRAM SPECIALIST WHO FOR THE HRA WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS MINNESOTA DEEDS SMALL CITIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CDBG OKAY. THIS IS A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AS REQUIRED BY DEED TO CLOSE OUT THIS AGREEMENT AND PROGRAM TO HELP GROUND US AND PROVIDE A LITTLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION. THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CDBG PROGRAM IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR HOUSING, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IN 1974, CONGRESS PASSED THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT TITLE ONE WITH WHICH AUTHORIZED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CDBG PROGRAM THE PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF TWO COMPONENTS A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES FUNDING DIRECTLY TO URBAN ENTITLEMENT AREAS AND A SMALL CITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES FUNDING TO NON ENTITLEMENT JURISDICTIONS. THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS AN URBAN ENTITLEMENT JURISDICTION AND IS ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA HAS RECEIVED A SPECIAL ALLOCATION OF CDBG CVE FUNDS TO BE USED TO PREVENT, PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. THE FUNDING IS MADE AVAILABLE FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HUD THROUGH MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALSO KNOWN AS DEED SMALL CITIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM UNDER CARES ACT TO RESPOND TO THE GROWING EFFECTS OF THIS HISTORIC PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS DATA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING THE CDBG PROGRAM ON MAY 24TH 2021 THE CITY APPLIED FOR AND WAS AWARDED $154,430 FROM THE MINNESOTA DEED SMALL CITIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CDBG PROGRAM THE APPLICATION TO DEED REQUIRED IDENTIFICATION OF SUB GRANTEES WHICH WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL WITH BEEP AS FOOD SHELF ASSISTANCE AND COMUNIDADES LATINAS UNITARDS AND SERVICIO ALSO KNOWN AS CLUES FOR HOUSING AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE $119,780 WHICH WAS ADMINISTERED BY CLEWS FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS, SENIORS AND PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES ECONOMICALLY IMPACTED BY THIS COVID 19 TO MAKE RENT PAYMENTS, MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE AND UTILITY PAYMENTS AND THEN FOR FOOD SHELF ASSISTANCE $34,650 WHICH WAS ADMINISTERED BY VOLUNTEERS ENLISTED TO ASSIST PEOPLE ALSO KNOWN AS VEEP FOR FOOD SHELF TO INCREASE ACCESS TO FOOD AND DELIVER SUPPORT FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS, SENIORS, PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES AND THOSE ECONOMICALLY IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC AND INABILITY TO ACCESS NUTRITIONAL. THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED RESOLUTION 202192 TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MINNESOTA DEED SMALL CITIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AS CDBG C V AND THEN THE HRC STAFF ADMINISTERED THE PROGRAM AS IT ALIGNS WITH PRIORITIES AND PROCESS WITH THE CITY'S ANNUAL CDBG ALLOCATION AND THEN ADDITIONAL CDBG PROGRAM ALLOCATION AND AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS AND SO SOME OF OUR OUTCOMES V EXPENDED 31,500 AND PROGRAMMATIC FUNDS AND $3,150 IN ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS TO SERVE OVER 14,000 PERSONS. THIS WAS THE FULL EXPECTATION OVER 80% OF THOSE SERVED WERE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME WHICH IS CONSIDERED LESS THAN 30% AMI TO 80% AMI CLEWS EXPENDED $3,319.15 IN PROGRAMMATIC FUNDS AND $1,296.84 IN ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS TO SERVE TWO HOUSEHOLDS THAT WAS LESS THAN THE FULL EXPECTATION OF 35 HOUSEHOLDS ENCOMPASSING RENTAL MORTGAGE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE. BOTH HOUSEHOLDS WERE BELOW 30% AMI WHICH IS EXTREMELY LOW INCOME. THE REASON WE WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET THE GOAL OF 35 HOUSEHOLDS WAS THE ISSUE WAS WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW RECORD REQUIREMENT FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE. THIS ISSUE WAS IDENTIFIED EARLY IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTATION AFTER WE WERE AWARDED FUNDS AND SIGNED THE AGREEMENT WITH MINNESOTA DEED OUR INSTRUCTION FROM DEED WAS TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH THE REQUIRED PROCESS AS IT IS A REQUIREMENT THAT IS EMPLOYED FOR ALL GRANTEES AND DEED WAS NOT ABLE TO CHANGE THE THE PROCESS JUST FOR ONE GRANTEE WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION AND OR REDIRECT THOSE FUNDS FOR OTHER ACTIVITIES AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT APPLICATION OR GRANT AGREEMENT IN THIS PROGRAM DEED IDENTIFIED SPECIFIC CATEGORIES AND ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES FOR GRANTEES TO EXPEND THE FUNDS FOR ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE IMPACTS OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON WAS ABLE TO USE THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO ASSIST BLOOMINGTON LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS WITH HOUSING ASSISTANCE WITH CLUES TO ASSIST AN ADDITIONAL 36 HOUSEHOLDS. AND THAT WAS $25,552.68 IN PROGRAMMATIC FUNDING AND $5,745.81 IN ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING. THE REMAINING FUNDING WAS NOT EXPAND THAT WAS NOT EXPANDED IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE REDEPLOYED. BLOOMINGTON OUR GRANT AGREEMENT ENDED MARCH 1ST, 2024 AND ADDITIONALLY THE FUNDING IS ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS. DEED DID NOT SEND US THE FUNDING UPFRONT AND WE HAD TO SUBMIT FOR REPAYMENT AS WE WERE THE INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN CLEWS AND VEEP AND THEN MINNESOTA DID. WE RECEIVED FUNDING AND THEN SENT OFF A VPC WILL EXPENDING BLOOMINGTON CDBG FUNDS ON ELIGIBLE HOUSING ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES AND WITH THAT I CAN STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THERE IS NO FURTHER COUNCIL APPROVAL ON THIS ITEM AND THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON THIS. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU MAYOR AND I AS MUCH OF A QUESTION AS JUST A COMMENT I WOULD ASK STAFF LOOK MORE INTO THE REALITY THAT YOU KNOW WE HAD 100,000 $315,000 IN FUNDING TO HELP PEOPLE IN A VERY DIFFICULTIME AND WE FOR WHATEVER REASONS WERE NOT ABLE TO USE IT TO THAT HELP OUT THERE. AND FRANKLY I FIND THAT VERY DISAPPOINTING. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WERE COMPLICATIONS BUT FROM WHAT I HEARD THE DEED TOLD US THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO CHANGE THE RULES FOR ONE COMMUNITY. I ASSUME OTHER COMMUNITIES GOT GRANT FUNDING SO I ASSUME THAT MEANS THEY WERE ALL ABLE TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS. WE HAD MULTIPLE YEARS. THIS WAS FROM A GRANT IN 2001 TO FIGURE OUT AND FIX THAT PROCESS AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO MEET IT AND WE DIDN'T DO THAT AND THAT HURT PEOPLE THAT COULD HAVE USED HELP. FURTHERMORE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE PROCESS WORKS EXACTLY BUT COULD WE HAVE CANCELED THAT GRANT AND REAPPLIED FOR A DIFFERENT GRANT WITH DIFFERENT PARTNERS TO DO THAT? IF THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE REQUIREMENTS WERE NOT SOMETHING THAT OUR CURRENT PARTNER COULD MEET, I JUST ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS PEOPLE TO LOOK INTO THIS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG HERE, FIGURE OUT HOW WE PREVENT THAT IN THE FUTURE AND IF THE COUNCIL COULD IF FOR AT LEAST ME COULD GET A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION BACK ON WHAT OUTCOMES ARE FROM THAT INQUIRY BECAUSE I MEAN THE REALITY IS AS WE TRIED TO HELP THOSE PROBABLY MOST SUFFERING FROM THE PANDEMIC AND WE DIDN'T GET THE JOB DONE AND THAT'S ON US AS MUCH AS ANYBODY ELSE AND SO I'M TRYING TO POINT FINGERS OR ANYTHING LIKE I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW WE FIX IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER AND I'M ASSUMING STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP AND PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION FOR THAT SO I CAN THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT ALL HOUSEHOLDS THAT DID NEED ASSISTANCE WERE ABLE TO GET ASSISTANCE SO WE DIDN'T TURN ANYONE DOWN. IT WAS JUST A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE HAD TO USE BECAUSE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT CAME WITH USING THE FUNDING WITH DID THE MAJOR HURDLE WAS THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS WHICH THE MAYOR HAS TO WHAT SIGN AND IF THAT IS TYPICALLY A THREE DAY BUSINESS PERIOD TIME FRAME TO ALLOW THAT AND SO NOT BEING ABLE TO ANTICIPATE NEEDS OR WHEN SOMEBODY WOULD CALL FOR ASSISTANCE THAT THEY NEEDED IT WAS HARD TO MAKE THAT MAKE THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW GET SIGNED PRIOR TO THE DRAW REQUEST BEING DONE WHICH IS WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE. SO I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT FOR THE PUBLIC'S AWARENESS AS WELL I DON'T KNOW I KNOW THE ARCHERY ADMINISTRATOR ERIKA COLEMAN IS ALSO ON THE LINE POTENTIALLY TO BE ABLE TO ADD TO THAT. I DON'T KNOW SO IF SHE'S THERE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ADDITIONAL SHE WOULD LIKE TO ADD BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO IT AS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE FUTURE FOR FUNDING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE AHEAD OF THOSE ISSUES. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANKS MR. MAYOR. I I PROBABLY I DID I HAD INTERPRETED WHAT I HAD HEARD A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY AND SO I WAS GOING TO MAKE A KIND OF A REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION. BUT I THINK, I HAVE IT NOW MY MY UNDERSTANDING BASED ON WHAT I JUST HEARD HERE IS THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE PROBLEM USING THE FUNDS WAS WITH THE MECHANISM BY WHICH THE MONEY HAD TO BE MOVED. IT WASN'T SO MUCH THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE PEOPLE WHO COULD USE IT THAT WE DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO USE IT. IT WAS THAT BY THE TIME SOMEBODY WOULD THE TIMER WOULD START AND IF WE DIDN'T GET EVERYTHING SIGNED WITHIN THAT THREE DAY PERIOD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THEN THE THING JUST WENT AWAY AND I THINK THE IT MEAN FOR ME WHEN WHEN WE HAVE WHEN WE HAVE THESE KINDS OF EMERGENCIES WELL LET JUST SUM UP I DON'T THINK THAT THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY COMPARED TO ALL THE MONEY WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO PEOPLE DURING THAT TIME IS LOT OF MONEY THAT WE LEFT ON THE TABLE. AND SO I DO WANT TO PUT PUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT OF A PERSPECTIVE OF THAT SAYS YOU KNOW I I'D BE SURPRISED IF THIS ACCOUNTS FOR WHAT 1% OR 2% OF THE MONEY THAT BLOOMINGTON AND THE GREAT STAFF THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED OUT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. RIGHT. AND SO WE ALSO I THINK KEEP THAT IN A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE. THIS WAS JUST ONE WHERE IT DIDN'T THE PROGRAM DIDN'T GET BUILT CORRECTLY TO MAKE IT MOST USEFUL. AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A LOT MORE ON D THAN IT IS ON ANY ONE OF US OR ANYONE IN THE AGENCY THAT MY INTERPRETATION DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ANYBODY ELSE'S BUT THAT WAS MY TAKE AWAY WITH AN INPUT OTHERS ALL RIGHT THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION THE PRESENTATION. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING SO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT IN 4.3 REGARDING THE AMENDED CITIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CDBG PROGRAM IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHO WISHES TO SPEAK AND ITEM 4.3 THIS EVENING IS MERCER DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE? MAYOR WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ON THE PHONE THIS CALL FOR ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS COUNCIL, NO ONE COMING FORWARD, NO ONE ON THE PHONE. I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN ITEM 4.3 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.3 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND ONCE AGAIN ON THIS IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF A PUBLIC HEARING IS NO FURTHER COUNCIL ACTION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE ON THIS THIS WAS JUST A A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC FEEDBACK WITH NO FURTHER ACTION BY THE CITY . SO WE WILL MOVE ON FROM ITEM 4.3. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 4.4 WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING ALSO REGARDING OUR CITY CODE AMENDMENTS FOR OUR SPEED LIMITS AND KIRK ROBERTS OUR OR OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER IS HERE THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL FOR THE PRESENTATION TO COME UPO HERE TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT IT'S THE CULMINATION OF SEVERAL OF A COUPLE OF YEARS WORTH OF WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ON SPEED LIMITS IN THE CITY COUNCIL TASK STAFF TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND POLICIES RELATED TO NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND SPEEDS THE WORK YOU'LL RECALL WAS COMPLETED ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN LAST YEAR INCLUDING THE COUNCIL APPROVING A 25 MILE AN HOUR CITYWIDE SPEED LIMIT. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO JUST WRAP UP THE REST OF THAT WORK INCLUDING THE CITY CODE CHANGES THAT ARE NEEDED, ADOPTION OF A SPEED LIMIT MAP FOR THE LARGER ROADWAYS IN THE CITY AND THEN JUST APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET FOR ALL THAT EFFORT. SO FIRST ITEM UP UNDER 4.4 IS CHAPTER EIGHT OF THE CITY CODE THAT'S VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THROUGH IT AND COMMITTED TO MEMORY, IT'S WHEN THE CITY ESTABLISHES LAWS. WE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH STATE STATUTE THE AUTHORIZING LANGUAGE FOR SPEED LIMITS IS IS FOUND IN ONE 69.14 THAT WAS AMENDED IN 2019 TO ALLOW CITIES TO DO THEIR OWN SPEED LIMITS. PRIOR TO THAT THE STATE RETAINED ALL JURISDICTION FOR THAT. SO WHEN YOU READ THE CODE THAT'S WHY IT REFERENCES CHAPTER 169 AND THE PROVISIONS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE ARE CONSISTENT WITH THAT THE FIRST CHANGE IN THE CODE TO IMPLEMENT THE 25 MILE AN HOUR CITYWIDE SPEED LIMIT TO DO THAT AND TO HAVE IT BE LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE. WE'VE GOT A POST ENTRYWAY SIGNS AT EVERY KEY ENTRYWAY INTO THE CITY AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE UP HERE. THAT'S GOING TO ADD ABOUT 75 SIGNS AS YOU ENTER INTO BLOOMINGTON. THE NEXT CHANGE IN CODE IS TO ESTABLISH TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY ENGINEER TO PRICE SCHOOL ZONES. NOW YOU'LL SEE LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWS 20 MILE AN HOUR SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMITS ON CITY ROADWAYS. THERE'S A COUPLE WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THAT IN TERMS OF SIGNAGE AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SCHOOL ZONES AS I GO THE NEXT CHANGE IN THE CODE IS THAT IT ENABLES THE CITY ENGINEER TO ESTABLISH SCHOOLS OWNS ON COUNTY ROADWAYS BY AGREEMENT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S PROVIDED UNDER STATE STATUTE AND HENNEPIN COUNTY IS OPEN TO THOSE TO DOING SO AND SO THAT'S THAT'S EXCITING. THAT'S GOOD. THEY MIGHT NOT BE THE 20 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMITS YOU SEE CITY STREETS THERE'S SOME STATUTES THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF AND SO WE'LL FIGURE THOSE EXACT SPEEDS OUT AS WE GO. SAME PROVISIONS APPLY AND WITH THAT AUTHORIZING LANGUAGE WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START IMPLEMENTING THE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMITS. I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF THINGS BECAUSE THE THE CITY COUNCIL MADE CLEAR LAST YEAR THAT 102ND STREET WAS A PRIORITY FOR IMPLEMENTING THESE 20 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMITS. THERE'S SIMILAR CONDITIONS AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT FOR THAT AND WE INTEND TO DO THAT. THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER SITUATIONS ARE VERY SIMILAR. THERE'S FOUR LANE ROADWAYS AROUND OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OVER ON 106TH STREET AS WELL AS ON 84TH STREET NEAR POPULAR BRIDGE. THE CONDITIONS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO 102ND STREET THEY HAVEN'T HAD AS MUCH RESIDENT CONCERN EXPRESSED BUT THOSE ARE SIGNIFICANT AS WELL. WE WERE SEEKING STATE FUNDING TO ARTHUR TO GO AHEAD AND IMPLEMENT THESE SCHOOL ZONES CITYWIDE AT ALL OF OUR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AS APPLICABLE WE DID NOT RECEIVE THAT STATE FUNDING SO WITH THAT DISAPPOINTING NEWS WE DO INTEND TO ADVANCE THREE FORWARD AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN PAY FOR THAT THE COST TO IMPLEMENT THESE IS SIGNIFICANT. IT'S MUCH MORE THAN JUST SIGNS WE ARE ADVANCING THAT AND FINDING ATTEMPTING TO THE CITY ENGINEER'S WORKING TO FIND BUDGET FOR THAT SO WE CAN GET THOSE IMPLEMENTED THIS SUMMER IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN HAND SOON WE'LL BE BACK THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THAT ISSUE AS WELL BUT OUR INTENTION IS TO IMPLEMENT SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMITS AT THESE THREE LOCATIONS. THAT'S ITEM 4.4 DISCUSSION AND THE MOTIONS IN FRONT OF YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ROBERTS COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS OR QUESTIONS OF MR. ROBERTS FIRST ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU, MAYOR SO I KNOW YOU SAID WE DIDN'T GET THE STATE FUNDING. IS THERE ELSE WE'RE DOING TO FIND ALTERNATIVE FUNDING TO HELP SUPPORT THIS? I KNOW YOU IDENTIFIED THE THREE SCHOOLS AS BEING PRIORITY. I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER SCHOOLS SO HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND FIND THE FUNDING FOR IT? MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER THERE'S A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. WE'LL CONTINUE TO PURSUE THE STATE FUNDING AS THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE. THE OTHER THING IS LAST WEEK WE SUBMITTED A SAFE STREETS FOR ALL APPLICATION THAT INCLUDED A FUNDING ASK TO UPDATE ALL OF OUR SCHOOL AREAS. THE PLANS FOR THOSE SCHOOL AREAS AS WELL AS THE SPEED LIMITS AND WE'LL KEEP WE CONTINUE TO PURSUE ANY KIND OF FUNDING THAT COMES AVAILABLE. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS VERY GOOD. DON'T GO FAR, MR. ROBERTS, BUT THIS IS A ITEM 4.4. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING CITY CODE AMENDMENTS FOR SPEED LIMITS IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN M 4.4 THIS EVENING . GOOD EVENING MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER. MY NAME IS BRIAN SAVAGE. I LIVE AT 10941 HUMBOLDT. MY FIRST QUESTION IS WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS HEARING WHAT ARE WE TO REACT TO AS I ASSUME I'M ASSUMING THAT THE SPEED LIMITS DECISION HAS BEEN MADE AND SO I'M NOT I'M UNCLEAR ON WHAT'S THE PUBLIC TO REACT TO IN THIS PARTICULAR HEARING. I THINK WHAT WOULD YOU WOULD BE REACTING TO IS IS A BIT IN . YEAH IT'S AN ORDINANCE YES IT'S A BIT IN DEPTH. IT'S MORE THAN THE THE THE SLIDES THAT YOU SAW UP HERE THIS EVENING. RIGHT. BUT THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET WITH A NUMBER OF CHANGES LANGUAGE JUST READING THE RESOLUTION YET SO FORTH I'M NOT SEEING WHAT THE ISSUE IS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO ADDRESS IT SEEMS YOU'RE MOVING TO DO THIS BASED ON A PREVIOUS YOU'VE MADE. SO IF YOU IF YOU SEE IN THE ORDINANCE EVERYTHING UNDERLINED IS NEW LANGUAGE OKAY EVERYTHING UNDERLINED WHY WE OPPOSE NOT THE LIMITS THEMSELVES CORRECT. THAT'S DECISION HAS BEEN MADE. EVERYTHING IN UNDERLINED IS NEW LANGUAGE SO INCLUDING WHERE IT SETS THE SPEED LIMITS THE SPEED LIMIT ON CITY STREETS SHALL BE 25 MILES PER HOUR AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. ALL OF THAT THAT THAT'S ALL PROPOSED THAT'S ALL PART OF THE THAT'S ALL PART OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. AND THAT'S AN OPEN QUESTION. IT IS IT'S PART OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. AM I AM I SAYING THAT CORRECTLY? AND AS A MATTER OF TIME YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON A CITY CODE AMENDMENT ESSENTIALLY THAT IT IS IN THE CONSIDERATION OF NEW LAW IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON ENACTED IF APPROVED TONIGHT BY WAY OF A CITY CODE ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD BE CODIFIED INTO OUR CITY CODE OR WE'RE DISCUSSING HOW IT WOULD BE CODIFIED NOT IS BEING CODIFIED CORRECT? AS MENTIONED MAY REMEMBERS WERE WE'RE DISCUSSING EXACTLY THE WORDS THAT WILL BE CODIFIED INCLUDING THE LIMITS THEMSELVES AS MOTION REMEMBERS IN AS MUCH AS THOSE LIMITS ARE IN THE CITY CODE YES OKAY FIRST LET ME LET ME STATE MY MY I I TOTALLY SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF PROTECTING PEDESTRIANS VEHICLE OPERATORS. I MEAN ANYBODY OUT THERE IT'S IT'S SERIOUS OBVIOUSLY THE CONSEQUENCES CAN BE SERIOUS BUT I THE CITY MORE OR LESS CREATING ITS OWN PROBLEMS I MEAN BASICALLY THE POPULATION INCREASE BUT BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021 ALMOST 5% IS 4.94 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE'RE THE CITY EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THERE'S ESSENTIALLY ZERO BUILDABLE LAND. SO WE ARE INCREASING THE DENSITY, WE ARE REDUCING ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES THE AMOUNT OF DRIVABLE SPACE. SO THOSE TWO THINGS ARE AT LOGGERHEADS IN TERMS OF YOU'RE TAKING YOU'RE TAKING A DRIVING POPULATION, GIVING THEM LESS SPACE TO OPERATE ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES MANY OF WHICH GO BY SCHOOLS AND UNFORTUNATELY WERE LOCATED ON MAJOR THOROUGHFARES WITHOUT ANY PLANNING SIDE ROADS OR SERVICE ROADS OR SOMETHING LIKE TO GET THEM SEPARATED FROM THESE MAJOR DRIVEWAYS BUT DRIVING PATHS BUT BASICALLY I'D ASK THAT WE THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING VERTICAL INCREASING THE POPULATION, MAKING BLOOMINGTON A PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY WANTS TO COME TO BECAUSE AGAIN YOU'RE GOING TO JUST CREATE YOUR OWN PROBLEMS WHICH I THINK WE HAVE HERE. AND SO LIKE I SAY, I'M UNCERTAIN WHAT I CAN WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK AGAINST. I'M NOT AGAINST SAFETY BUT I AM LIKE FOR INSTANCE WE CLOSED THE SERVICE ROAD ON 106TH STREET ALL THE RESIDENTS SOUTH OF 106TH STREET GOING BY OAK GROVE NOW HAVE TO GO BY OAK GROVE AND VIRTUALLY EVERYONE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WAS AGAINST CLOSING THAT ROAD BUT WE STILL DID IT. AND SO THOSE ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. WE WE WE JUST DON'T PLAN VERY WELL. WE CREATE A PROBLEM AND THEN OKAY, YOU'RE GOING TO SLOW IT DOWN. SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO OR YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE VIOLATING AND STUFF LIKE THAT JUST BECAUSE ANY TIME YOU TAKE A CLOSED SYSTEM AND TIGHTEN IT UP AND MAKE YOU INCREASE THE PRESSURE, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. THAT'S JUST THE NATURAL REACTION. SO I WOULD URGE THE COUNCIL TO BE THOUGHTFUL IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND IF WE'RE YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE WHY THE GOAL IS TO MAKE BLOOMINGTON BIGGER. SO ANYWAY I'LL REST MY COMMENTS THERE BUT IT DOES SEEM WE CREATE OUR OWN PROBLEMS. THANK YOU VERY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN AND 4.4 THIS EVENING ? GOOD EVENING, MR. COLEMAN. WELCOME. HELLO MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I'M HERE I AM TALKING ABOUT YES MY NAME IS ROBERT COLEMAN . UH, I AM NOT GOING TO SAY EXACTLY WHERE I LIVE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT SEEMS WEIRD BUT I LIVE IN BLOOMINGTON. I DO NOT HAVE REGULAR ACCESS A CAR. I AM OFTEN MY DAILY COMMUTE TO WORK IS WALKING BOTH ON A STREET THAT DOES NOT HAVE SIDEWALK AND ON THE SIDEWALK ON A NOT VERY BUSY STREET AND ALSO ON THE SIDEWALK OF A A VERY BUSY STREET AND I FEEL LIKE I'VE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING THAT 25 ISN'T LOW ENOUGH AND I, I TEND TO AGREE WITH THAT BUT LIKE IT IT FEELS LIKE THAT DECISION HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE BUT THEN IT ALSO KIND OF SEEMS LIKE MAYBE THAT DECISION HASN'T IT COULD BE CHANGED. BUT I THINK THAT REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT WITHOUT DOING LIKE LIKE PUTTING UP SIGNS ISN'T THE WAY THAT YOU GET PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY CHANGE HOW FAST THEY'RE DRIVING BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THAT AND THE ACTUAL MAKING, THE CHANGING THE SIGNS WITHOUT THE THE LAYOUT OF THE ROAD OR CHANGING MAKING ANY ENGINEERING CHOICES DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE A VERY LIKE I REMEMBER IN ONE OF THE EARLIER PRESENTATIONS SAYING THE EFFECTS OF THIS MIGHT TAKE A WHILE TO SHOW THEIR FULL EFFECT. THAT REALLY DOESN'T IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE CHOICE LIKE SHOULD TRY TO PROTECT PEOPLE NOW AND TO PROTECT PEOPLE IN TEN YEARS. RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE INCLUDING ME WOULD WANT TO GO DOWN TO 20 AND LIKE IT IS IN MINNEAPOLIS AND IN SAINT PAUL AND ALSO THE FACT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE THE COST IS FOR ESTABLISHING THE SCHOOL ZONES, WHY THAT WOULD BE SO EXPENSIVE THAT WE CAN ONLY DO THREE AT THE BEGINNING I REMEMBER I WAS DRIVING WITH MY PARTNER IN LAKEVILLE AND ON ON DODD BOULEVARD IN LAKEVILLE THERE IS SENTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I WAS FLABBERGASTED SEE THAT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IT WAS A 50 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT ON A FOUR LANES A TURN LANE. THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THE SADDEST LITTLE CROSSWALK SIGN WHEN I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYONE IN LAKEVILLE ACTUALLY ABIDING BY THAT WHEN IT'S HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO ABIDE BY THAT SIGN HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. YOU KNOW WHEN THE SPEED LIMIT IS ONLY 30 ON SOME ROADS WHICH IS YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE WORSE. RIGHT. BUT WHEN WE'RE STRIVING FOR SAFETY WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO DO IT EFFECTIVELY. I HAVE AS A AS A PEDESTRIAN I'VE NEARLY BEEN HIT SEVEN TIMES. I DON'T KNOW IF NUMBER HAS GONE UP SINCE THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE BUT SEVEN TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR ON BLOOMINGTON STREETS AND IT IS IT IS REALLY FRUSTRATING TO SEE EVERY DAY PEOPLE NOT OBEYING STOP SIGNS GOING WELL I OBVIOUSLY I CAN'T TELL FROM A PEDESTRIANS PERSPECTIVE WHETHER OTHER PEOPLE DRIVING PAST ME OR GOING THE SPEED LIMIT BUT IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT. I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME POLICE ENFORCEMENT IN HERE BUT IT'S REALLY THE WAY THAT YOU CAN CONVINCE PEOPLE LIKE PASSIVELY LIKE AN IN TERMS LIKE A PASSIVE INSTEAD OF AN ACTIVE ENFORCEMENT WOULD BE TO CHANGE THE DESIGN OF THE STREETS NARROWING THE STREETS WILL IT HAS BEEN SHOWN IN STUDIES THAT DRIVERS WILL PERCEIVE THAT CHANGE THEY WILL DRIVE SLOWER AS OPPOSED TO LIKE IF YOU IMAGINE A FREEWAY THE LANES ARE WIDE AND THERE'S A LOT OF RIGHT OF WAY AND THERE'S NOT YOU KNOW CARS ON EITHER SIDE OBSTRUCTING VIEWS EN PEOPLE WILL DRIVE FASTER AND THOSE SAME PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS HOW ARE APPLIED TO THE CITY STREETS AS WELL SO THINK I MEAN OBVIOUSLY THE CHANGING THE FLOOR TO 20 AND SO THE FLOOR BEING 25 MILES AN HOUR IS A GOOD IDEA BASICALLY I DON'T SEE WHY ANY SCHOOL SHOULDN'T HAVE A SCHOOL ZONE BUY IT RIGHT. WE HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE PARENTS DON'T FEEL LETTING THEIR KIDS WALK HOME FROM SCHOOL LIKE I WENT TO OAK GROVE. ELK GROVE MIDDLE. I DIDN'T WALK HOME FROM SCHOOL EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A YOU A MILE AND A HALF. IT'S IT'S NOT TERRIBLE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THAT'S PRETTY NORMAL. I NEVER I THINK I'M MAYBE ONCE IN THE THREE YEARS I WENT TO OAK GROVE MIDDLE I EVER DID THAT A LONG 106TH ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THAT'S RIGHT WHERE THE FREEWAY EXIT IS EVERYBODY'S YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STILL IN THEIR MINDS THEY'RE GOING FREEWAYS AND THEY'RE GOING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET. YOU GOT TO MAKE THE THE ENGINEERING CHOICES AS WELL, NOT JUST PUTTING UP SIGNS AND HOPING PEOPLE WILL ABIDE BY IT . COULDN'T AGREE MORE. MR. COLEMAN, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 4.4 THIS EVENING? MS.. MERCER DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS MAYOR? THERE'S NO ONE ON THE LINE. THANK YOU. LAST CALL FOR ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 4.4. 4.4? YES. COUNCIL NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE CHAMBERS NO ONE ON THE PHONE I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING OUT OF THE POWER POINT FOR THE SOMEWHAT SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN ITEM 4.4 TONIGHT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO SO COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON THIS I MEAN I WILL KICK IT OFF AND WE'LL SEE OUR SPEAKERS I AGREE WITH BITS AND PIECES OF WHAT THEY'VE SAID I DISAGREE WITH WHAT THEY'VE SAID AS ONE ON THE NUMBER OF THINGS I THINK WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THIS FROM A COUPLE OF PERSPECTIVES. FIRST OF ALL, I THINK WE HAVE ALL HEARD MANY TIMES FROM MANY PEOPLE THAT SPEED IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND ON OUR CITY STREETS IS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR FOR BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS. AND SO I THINK THESE ARE THE APPROPRIATE STEPS TO TAKE BUT I THINK AMONG THOSE STE ARE THE I THINK I FIRST STARTED WITH FOUR E'S I THINK IT'S GONE UP TO SIX OR SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS NOW. BUT IT JUST THE NOTION THAT ENFORCEMENT ALONE ISN'T GOING TO DO IT, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE ENGINEERING CHANGES ON OUR ON OUR STREETS. IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE EDUCATION. IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE PUT FORWARD IT'S GOING TO BE HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT THIS FROM AN EQUITY PERSPECTIVE. THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE WE HAVE TO MAKE THE NORM THAT YOU DON'T SPEED IN BLOOMINGTON AND IT'S A CHALLENGE BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ZIP THROUGH BLOOMINGTON ON THEIR WAY TO OR FROM WORK OR TO GET TO THE FREEWAY OR CUT THROUGH BECAUSE 494 IS SUCH A DISASTER IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE. BUT I THINK ALL THE TOOLS WE HAVE AT OUR FINGERTIPS WE HAVE TO WORK TO MAKE IT THE NORM. THE EXPECTATION THAT YOU THE SPEED LIMIT IN BLOOMINGTON AND IT IS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW. BUT BUT I THINK THE MORE WE CAN PUT OUR OUR RESOURCES AND OUR EFFORTS AND THE TALENTS WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY I MEAN AND IT'S NOT JUST WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT'S NOT JUST THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. IT'S OUR COMMUNICATION STAFF. IT'S IT'S ALL OF US. I MEAN THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS BUT. THERE ARE WAYS TO DO THIS AND I THINK I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION A BIT ABOUT THE FUNDING FOR ALL OF THIS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS THAT GOING TO HAVE AS WE TALK ABOUT SCHOOL ZONES AND HOW TO ADDRESS THIS. I'M I'M JUST THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IT'S TIME HAS COME AND I THINK WE'VE GOT TO PUT A STRATEGY TOGETHER TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN IN THE CITY. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THANK YOU SIR. I THE ONLY THING I DIDN'T NOTICE IN THE SCHOOL ZONE SECTION THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER I DON'T KNOW IS LIKE HOW BIG A SCHOOL ZONE IS IN AND AROUND SCHOOL. I WASN'T SURE IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO ACTUALLY ADD TO THE ORDINANCE THAT IT'S WITHIN 100 FEET OF A PARTICULAR THING OR WHATEVER BUT I DIDN'T SEE IT IN HERE SO I WANTED TO JUST THROW THAT OUT VERY QUICKLY TO SEE I DON'T KNOW MR. ROBERTS IF YOU HAVE A POINT OF VIEW ON THAT OR IF THERE WAS A STATE STATUTE THAT REQUIRED THAT THAT ACTUALLY HAS A DIMENSION ALREADY IN QUESTION. MR. ROBERTS MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO IT IS A GOOD QUESTION. SO THE WAY THE STATE STATUTE READS IS THAT IT'S ADJACENT TO A SCHOOL OR IN AN AREA DESIGNATED AS A SCHOOL CROSSING SO FOR EXAMPLE YOU COULD SET UP YOUR SCHOOL ZONES RIGHT ALONG THE PROPERTY LINES . THE PROPERTY LINES BEGIN AND END FOR SCHOOL OR IF WE HAVE A CROSSING LOCATION SAY JUST DOWN WHICH WE OFTEN DO IN BLOOMINGTON WHERE WE ARE KNOWN CROSSING AREA WHERE KIDS AND IT COULD BE SOME DISTANCE AWAY WE CAN SET THAT UP AS A SCHOOL ZONE TOO. OKAY. SO IT'S ALLOWED TO BE SOMEWHAT ARBITRARY IN THE SENSE THAT ON PLACEMENT OF THE ACTUAL SCHOOL ITSELF. THAT'S CORRECT. COUNCILMAN DALLESSANDRO AND THEN YOU KNOW, WE HAVE STUDIES ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS AND SO WE DON'T MAKE TOO LONG WE DON'T WANT IT TOO SHORT. SO THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO DECIDING EXACTLY WHERE SCHOOL ZONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, GREAT. WELL, THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. SO THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I'D MAKE THEN IS AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT THIS IS COMING I AGREE IT'S YOU KNOW, IN MY TWO TOURS OF DUTY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, THIS HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION EVERY SINGLE TIME I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE SCHOOL ZONE STUFF AND I THINK NOT TO NOT TO STEAL ANY THUNDER FROM WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND MISSIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT COMING UP ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOPICS THANK YOU EMMA . BUT PART OF THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THE CHALLENGES WE DO HERE IN BLOOMINGTON IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE NODES OF COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE WHERE PEOPLE CAN WALK AND RIDE THEIR BIKES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND SO BY PULLING PULLING PEOPLE INTO THOSE CENTERS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WE'RE GOING 25 MILES AN HOUR IS NOT A BIG DEAL BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY IS IN THEIR CAR ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY'RE ABLE TO WALK TO GET THEIR COFFEE OR THEY'RE ABLE TO WALK TO GET TO THEIR PLACE OF WORSHIP, THEIR WALK TO GET THEIR GROCERIES. THOSE THINGS ALSO HELP. SO I'D ADD ONE MORE YOU KNOW, ITEM TO YOUR EASE THAT'S THE CASE AND THAT IS YOU KNOW, THE THE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT WE NEED TO DO WITHIN THESE SPACES SO THAT WE DRAW PEOPLE INTO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WHO LIVE THERE AND WHO WANT TO STAY THERE AND BE THERE SO THAT THOSE COMMUTERS ARE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF OUR AREAS AND ARE NOT IMPACTING THE KIDS THAT GO TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO SO WE WE CAN TAKE A BROADER I AGREE COMPLETELY WITH THE IDEA OF TAKING A BROADER SCOPE OF LOOKING AT THIS AND THIS IS A GREAT STEP IN THAT DIRECTION IN MY OPINION. BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THAT, YOU KNOW, MORE COMPREHENSIVELY ESPECIALLY AS WE START TALKING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION WE'LL START TALKING ABOUT HOW THAT IMPACTS US FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE PERSPECTIVE. SO I'M HAPPY THAT THIS IS HERE AND I'M EXCITED THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THIS WORK DONE. SO THANK YOU TO STAFF THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THINK THINKING HERE TRY TO FIGURE THINK WHERE TO START HERE I'LL TRY TO GIVE IT TO THIS. WE DID HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED AND I KNOW THAT IN THE IN THE PAMPHLET THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THOSE QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED. SO I JUST WANT TO POINT SOME OF THAT OUT. JUST WANTED IT TO RAISE A COUPLE THAT I DIDN'T THINK THERE WERE IN THE PACKET. COULD WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COST AS TO WHY I KNOW ONE OF THE SPEAKERS THAT WERE HERE MENTIONED THAT IT'S SO MUCH MORE FOR SCHOOLS ON IT CAN. CAN WE BRIEFLY KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT MAY MEAN OR NOT MEAN? MR. OR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THE SO THAT THE THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR DOESN'T INCLUDE THE SCHOOL ZONES THE BUDGET THAT'S GOING TO COME UP NEXT AS PART OF THE SUBSEQUENT ITEM IN TERMS OF THE COST OF SCHOOL ZONES. ARE THEY THE AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT ARE FAIRLY COMPLEX FROM A SPEEDING PERSPECTIVE YOU'VE GOT OLSON AND JEFFERSON LONG 102ND THAT'S A HALF MILE OF SCHOOLS JUST ON ONE CITY STREET AND THEN IT'S ON FRANCE AVENUE AS WELL FOR ANOTHER THREE QUARTERS HALF A MILE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE WE CAN'T JUST PUT UP SIGNS TO DO THAT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT BEACONS AND SOME OTHER THINGS TO DRAW ATTENTION. YOU'VE GOT A 40 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT ON FRANCE AVENUE AND DRIVERS DO 40 MILES AN HOUR AS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. THE ROADS WHEN THEY'RE WIDE LIKE THAT WHEN THERE'S MULTIPLE LANES, PEOPLE TEND TO DRIVE ACCORDINGLY. AND SO TO THINK THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUT SOME SPEED LIMIT SIGNS UP ON THE CHEAP , GET A SAFE SCHOOL ZONE THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT BEACONS AND THEN WE HAVE THE ASSOCIATED COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND THERE'S JUST A LOT. SO I THINK THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS THE COST IS IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT'S COMPLEX AND BECAUSE IT'S PUBLIC. AND SO ANYTIME WE'RE DEALING WITH PUBLIC WORKS OR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS LIKE THAT, THERE THERE IS SOME COST THERE. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. NOT MY QUESTION. CERTAINLY A ONE OF THE RESIDENTS QUESTIONS JUST WANT TO PUT THAT FORWARD. ANOTHER ONE SINCE I'VE GOT YOU HERE THERE IS THE IT'S SOME TIME BACK NOW THE RATIONALE FOR CLOSING DOWN THAT FRONTAGE ROAD ON SIXTH STREET I CERTAINLY HAVE SOME OPINIONS BUT BEFORE I RAMBLE ON ABOUT MY MY OWN PERSONAL OPINIONS ABOUT THAT, I WONDER IF THERE'S A YOU KNOW, A STAFF RATIONALE AS TO WHY THAT THAT FRONTAGE ROADS CLOSE AREN'T SIX FEET. SO MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, 106TH STREET IN FRONT OF THE OAK GROVE FACILITY WHEN WE STUDIED THE INTERCHANGE THERE WERE TWO CONNECTING ROADS THAT WERE VERY VERY CLOSE TO THE INTERCHANGE. ONE WAS WEST BLOOMINGTON FREEWAY WHICH CAME IN ON THE NORTH SIDE 102ND STREET AND ON THE SOUTH THERE WAS RIVER TERRACE THAT CAME IN . RIVER TERRACE WAS CLOSE ENOUGH THAT IT CREATED A CONFLICT WITH TURNING MOVEMENTS AT THE INTERCHANGE ONTO THE FREEWAY VERY BUSY MOVEMENT AND SO LOOKING OUT TO THE FUTURE AND MAINTAINING THE CAPACITY THAT WE NEEDED ON THAT INTERCHANGE THE DECISION WAS MADE TO CLOSE RIVER TERRACE WEST BLOOMINGTON FREEWAY ON THE NORTH SIDE IS VERY CLOSE TO THE OFFRAMP 435 W AND ONE OF THE KEY DECISIONS THERE IN CLOSING IT WAS ACTUALLY THE KIDS WALKING TO SCHOOL THERE'S OVER 100 KIDS A DAY THAT WALKED OUT AND THEY PRIMARILY GO ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 106 TO GET TO THE OAK GROVE CAMPUS AND SO THEIR SAFETY FOR THE SAFETY OF THE KIDS WALKING PEDESTRIANS AND EVERYONE AT THE INTERCHANGE THE DECISION WAS MADE TO CLOSE THAT AS WELL. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT AND I'LL JUST I'LL SAY THAT WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL THERE AND I DO KNOW THERE WERE A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT WERE VERY UPSET ABOUT CLOSING THAT DOWN. I DO RECALL I WAS HERE FOR THAT. I DID VOTE TO SUPPORT THAT WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL THERE WHEN ONE OF OUR TEACHERS WERE KILLED IN THAT INTERSECTION AND THE SAFETY OF THE KIDS THAT ARE IN THAT AREA AND OUR TEACHERS THAT GO THROUGH THAT AREA I THINK OUR PRIMARY ARE IMPORTANT TO ME AND SO I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THAT BUT I THINK WE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION AT THAT POINT IN TIME AND I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT THAT THAT POLICY DECISION WE MADE AT THAT TIME. MOVING ON I DID HEAR SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE DENSITY BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN OUR POLICY RELATED TO DENSITY WITHIN WITHIN OUR CITY SO I WAS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED BY THAT. I'M NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER FOR THAT BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT DENSITY WITH RESPECT TO THIS PARTICULAR POLICY. SOMEONE COULD INFER THAT BUT I A LITTLE CONFUSED BY THAT SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO KIND OF HOW TO EVEN ANSWER THAT SO I'M JUST GOING TO MOVE RIGHT ON TO MY LAST KIND OF THING. MAYOR JUST SAY, YOU KNOW I APPRECIATE YOUR STATEMENTS ABOUT THE THE MANY DIFFERENT E'S THAT ARE OUT THERE. YEAH. IT'S NOT EASY SOMETIMES TO GET AROUND TOWN AND SOME FOLKS MAY VIEW IT THAT WAY IF YOU REDUCE THE TRAFFIC. BUT I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE IS THAT WE DO FOCUS ON THIS AND TRY TO FIND A WAY AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND AND I'VE BROUGHT THIS UP IN THE PAST AND I THINK WE OUGHT TO CONSIDER IT AT SOME POINT IN TIME AT ALL. AT ONE POINT IN TIME WE HAD MERGED OUR I CAN'T KNOW WHAT THE TITLE OF IT WAS BUT THE STREETS COMMISSION BACK INTO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND I THINK GIVEN OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE HERE IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS AND WE WANT TO YOU KNOW WE WANT TO LOOK AT EQUITY, WE WANT TO LOOK AT ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS. I THINK THAT HAVING A GROUP LOOKING AT THE STREETS ON AN ONGOING BASIS TO KIND OF MOVE THIS FORWARD. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A TASK FORCE OR WHAT THE NEW NEW PIECE OF ITEM IS OR A OR A COLLECTION OF FOLKS OFF OF DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS TO KIND OF LOOK AT THIS AS WE MOVE THIS FORWARD TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD, GOOD IDEA TO SUPPORT YOUR YOU KNOW, EASE OF MOVING AROUND IN THE IN THE CITY. SO AGAIN, I THINK YOUR YOUR YOUR NICE WAY OF PUTTING THAT A COMMUNICATOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMEMBER AND COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I GUESS JUST HAVE MORE OF COMMENTS. I KNOW I WASN'T AS SUPPORTIVE OF THE 25 MILE AN HOUR STREET. I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WOULD MAKE AS BIG A DIFFERENCE. BUT ANOTHER NEED TO ADD TO THAT IS THAT I'VE KIND OF GOTTEN AROUND TO IT THROUGH THE EVOLUTION OF THE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, THE SPEED LIMITS THAT WE HAVE HERE ARE PART ARE ONE PIECE OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT WE HAVE AND. THEY SUPPORT THE EVOLUTION OF TRAVEL THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE SHIFTING TO. MY KIDS JUST STARTED BIKING THIS LAST COUPLE YEARS AND SO WE'VE BEEN BIKING SIGNIFICANTLY EVEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. I CAN TELL YOU HOW TERRIFIED I AM TO CROSS OLD SHAKOPEE BECAUSE THAT LIMITS SO MUCH OF THE CITY TO ME AND MY CHILDREN. WE'RE OUT TRYING TO EXPLORE OUR CITY AND NOT ONLY THAT WE LIVE IN 1263. I WILL NEVER LET THEM GO UP AND DOWN ON SIXTH STREET BECAUSE IT IS RIGHT ON THE ROAD. BUT I THINK WITH THIS STEP TO CREATE SCHOOL ZONES TO LOWER SPEED LIMITS IN OUR CITY THAT HELPS US CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AS CHANGING TASTES EVOLVE AS PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR THESE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT INTO THE FUTURE. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I'M EXCITED THAT THIS IS ONE PIECE OF HOW WE CONTINUE TO EVOLVE. BLOOMINGTON BECAUSE WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHEN MY MOTHER IN LAW FOLLOW LAW GREW UP IN HERE AND TALKING TO THEM ABOUT SPEEDING DOWN 106 SO THEY COULD GET OVER TO THE HAMBURGER STAND OR WHATEVER IT WAS THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. IT WASN'T MEANT FOR PEOPLE TO BIKE AROUND AS MEANT FOR FOR PEOPLE TO DRIVE AROUND BUT AS WE SEEN AS YOUNGER FAMILIES HAVE STARTED TO MOVE IN HERE AND ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO SAFELY MOVE THROUGH OUR CITY, THIS IS A PIECE THAT I THINK IS GOING TO CARRY A LOT OF WEIGHT THAT'S GOING TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER AND KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER NELSON GOT AN E NOW AND I KNOW HE SERVED THAT AND I GUESS I GOT CUT OFF HERE BY MY COLLEAGUE SO HE'S GOT A COUPLE QUICK THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, I LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WE HAD A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF PUBLIC COMMENTS IN THE PACKET ON THIS WHICH I THINK HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ISSUE TO THE COMMUNITY NOT ALL OF THEM AGREEING WITH EVERYTHING BUT ALL OF THEM PROVIDING GOOD INPUT. AND I DO WANT TO JUST THANK MR. ROBERTS BECAUSE I THINK YOU RESPONDED TO ALL OF THOSE EMAILS AND GAVE GOOD INFORMATION TO PEOPLE SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE GETTING FOLLOWED UP ON WHEN THEY RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE. QUICK QUESTION ON SCHOOL ZONES THE LANGUAGE HERE SAYS THE SPEED LIMITS FOR SCHOOL ZONES ON CITY STREETS SHALL BE 20 MILES PER HOUR DURING THE DAYS AND TIMES DISPLAYED ON SIGNAGE, ELECTRONIC BEACONS OR OTHER TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. MY ONLY QUESTION IS I KNOW OTHER COMMUNITIES. I KNOW A SCHOOL THAT I DRIVE PAST ON A FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS IN LAKEVILLE THAT SAYS WHEN CHILDREN ARE PRESENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS SO THAT IT YOU KNOW I KNOW IF IT'S BETTER OR WORSE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU MAYBE IT'S BETTER TO BE TOLD SCHOOL HOURS AND THINGS LIKE THAT VERSUS YOU KNOW I HAVE TO MAKE A JUDGMENT CALL OF A SCHOOL IF A CHILD IS PRESENT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A DRIVEWAY FOR HOUSES AWAY FROM THE ROAD, I DON'T KNOW. BUT DID WE LOOK AT OTHER WAYS OF DOING THAT OR IS THERE ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY FOR THAT? THE REASON BRING THAT UP IS I KNOW THAT A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS PARTICULARLY SOME OF THE SCHOOLS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, THEY HAVE ACTIVITIES ON THE WEEKEND THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, THEY MAY BE USED BY YOUTH SPORTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A FIELD THERE AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SHARED USE AGREEMENTS WITH SCHOOLS TO USE THEIR FIELDS AND SO THERE MAY BE KIDS THAT MAY CHASE A BALL INTO A STREET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENCOMPASSING EVERYTHING THAT WE SHOULD WITH THESE SCHOOLS . MR. ROBERTS COMMENTS ON THAT, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THAT SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IN TERMS OF WHAT DEVICES WE'RE USING, IT'S IT'S GOING TO END UP BEING A MIX. THERE ARE ROADWAYS WHERE THAT 20 MILES AN HOUR WHEN CHILDREN PRESENT IS JUST NOT GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE OR IT'S GOING TO ADD COMPLEXITY TO THE DRIVING TASK WHICH IS THE LAST THING THAT WE WANT. WE DON'T WANT SOMEONE DRIVING THROUGH A SCHOOLS ONGOING. IS THAT IN EFFECT THE CALENDAR ? WHAT'S THE THAT THAT'S JUST NOT GOING TO WORK. IT MIGHT WORK IN SOME CASES WE MIGHT HAVE WE HAVE A LOT OF WONDERFUL SCHOOLS TUCKED BACK IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THAT SIGN MIGHT BE EFFECTIVE AND ALL WE NEED. BUT FOR FRANCE AVENUE INSTANCE FOR SOME OF OUR HIGHER SPEED COUNTY ROADWAYS WE'RE GOING TO NEED BEACONS. WE'RE GOING TO NEED THAT LIGHT FLASHING WHEN THAT'S PRESENT THE TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS FOR THAT TO BE PROGRAMED UP TO A YEAR IN ADVANCE SO WE CAN COORDINATE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND GET THEIR SCHEDULE WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE ACTIVITIES AND DECIDE WHEN WE'RE GOING TO OPERATE THOSE TOO. SO YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO USE A WIDE SPECTRUM OF DEVICES REALLY MAKE IT EFFECTIVE SCHOOL ZONES BUT I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS MY ASSIGNMENT. IT SOUNDS LIKE OUR PLAN IS MORE ROBUST AND THAT MAY WORK FOR A SMALL RESIDENTIAL STREET WHERE THAT'S THE ONLY TRAFFIC. SO THANK MY LAST QUESTION COMMENT ON THIS ENTIRE THING WITH SPEED LIMITED SCHOOLS ANSWERS THIS IS NOT THE ONLY ITEMS WE'RE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC NOR THE END OF OUR CONVERSATION AND AS MY UNDERSTANDING WE'VE STOOD UP THE PROGRAM FOR NEIGHBORHOODS TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT WE HEARD RESIDENT CONCERNS ABOUT YOU KNOW, PARTICULAR STREETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT MAY BE HAZARDOUS. SO IF ANYONE HAS CONCERNS AND I KNOW THERE ARE CONCERNS ACTUALLY NOT TOO FAR FROM MR. ROBERTS AND MYSELF OF NEIGHBORS THERE THAT ARE HAVING CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES WE HEAR ABOUT. WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THEY DO? SHOULD THEY CONTACT YOU? SHOULD THEY CONTACT ME? HOW DO WE HELP THEM? TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS THAT GO BEYOND JUST THE SPEED LIMITS? COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. SO THERE ALWAYS IS CITIZENS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO CALL THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK TO THEM AND WE DO FOLLOW UP ON THOSE CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MADE VERY CLEAR AT THE OUTSET OF THIS LAST YEAR WAS WE NEED TO IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATE CLEARLY WITH THE PUBLIC ON WHAT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO WITH TRAFFIC. AND SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW ON OUR WEBSITE AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE ISSUES SO THAT WE CAN PRESENT A CLEAR AND UNIFIED MESSAGE THAT PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING FOR TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS IN THE CITY. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS THANK YOU MAYOR. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. ONE IS THAT IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT AND ALTHOUGH IT DOES CREATE A LOT OF PROBLEMS AS JUST YESTERDAY I WAS DRIVING DOWN IN PORTLAND AND I WAS I SET MY CRUISE CONTROL AT THREE OR FOUR MILES AN HOUR AND SOMEBODY FLEW BY ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE THEY WERE ANNOYED THAT I WAS DRIVING. I JUST. I MEAN AND IN THOSE INSTANCES THIS ONE AND ACTUALLY GOOD HABIT I MEAN AND IT HAPPENS OFTEN I MEAN IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME AND MY CONCERN IS DOOR KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL SATURDAY MORNING I REMEMBER WHERE I WAS HEADING BUT ANYWAY AROUND 830 OR SO SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING AND THERE IT WAS PRETTY BUSY THERE SOMEBODY GOT OUT OF THAT SCHOOL CUT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME DISRESPECTING WHOEVER IS DRIVING WITH THE RIGHT IS GOING TO HIT THE BRAKES. SO THEY CAME OUT RIGHT OF THE SCHOOL WENT INTO THE MEDIA AND THEN MAKE A U-TURN TO GO EAST ON IT ON 98TH TO ME, YOU KNOW I WILL MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT WE WILL PROBABLY SHUT DOWN THAT ENTRANCE ON 88TH, PUT THE ENTRANCE ON THE OTHER SIDE AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I'M AMAZED THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD MAJOR ACCIDENT IN THAT SECTION THERE. SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO FORGET TO ADD THAT SCHOOL TO THE TO THE MASS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND THAT BEING THE SPEED LIMIT TO 25 I MEAN TWO MILES UNDER 35 IT ALLOWS US ANOTHER 50 FEET TO STOP I GUESS. RIGHT. AND A REACTION IN OUR BRAIN IS A LOT FASTER AT THAT SPEED ALSO SO WE CAN HIT THE BRAKES A LOT FASTER THAN GOING 35 MILES AN HOUR AT LEAST THAT'S THE STUDY THAT I HAVE READ. I MEAN IT'S ALL ANYTHING IN FUTURE WE'RE GOING TO STOP FAST NEAR ANY SCHOOL OR INSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S A GREAT THING THAT WE'RE DOING. I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THAT EVEN I WASN'T PART OF IT I THINK IS ONE OF THE BEST IDEAS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT OUT THERE. BUT PLEASE DON'T FORGET KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL IS REALLY BAD OUT THERE. I THINK IT'S NOT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER COUNCIL. ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS? IF NOT WE HAVE HAD OUR PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL. I WILL LOOK FOR ACTION ON THEM. 4.4 COUNCILMEMBER DELASALLE ALL RIGHT FOLKS I'M STANDING BECAUSE I HAD BACK SURGERY LAST WEEK SO APOLOGIES. YEAH. LET'S DO THIS. THIS IS FUN. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE. I MOVE TO ADOPT THE AN ORDINANCE THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO CHAPTER EIGHT OF THE CITY CODE MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO A SECOND COUNCILMEMBER TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO CHAPTER END OF THE CITY CODE . THIS IS RELATED TO ITEM 4.4 IN OUR AGENDA. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU MUCH COUNCIL AND IN A RELATED ITEM ITEM 4.5 THIS IS THE ADOPTION OF A SPEED LIMIT MAP MR. COUNCIL MEMBERS WAIT FOR THAT POWERPOINT TO COME BACK UP. YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY IN YOUR LIFE AND LET'S SEE SO ADVANCING ON THE NEXT ITEM THE OFFICIAL SPEED LIMIT MAP ONE OF THE CHANGES TO THE CODE AND BY YOUR MEMBERS THERE'S A RESOLUTION DIRECTING SUMMARY PUBLICATION AS WELL IN THE PACKET I I MOTION I APOLOGIZE I DON'T HAVE THAT ON THE MOTION SHEET SO I MISSED THAT SO I MY APOLOGIES THERE WE NEED A MOTION FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF ITEM 4.4 SO MUCH SECOND MOTION MY COUNCILMEMBER AND SECOND MY COUNCILMEMBER FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF ITEM 4.4 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AS COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO HAS STEPPED AWAY DID WE FORGET ANYTHING ELSE FROM HIS MANAGER SHINE WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT FOR US. THANK YOU, MR. ROBERTS. NEXT UP SPEED LIMITS ON LARGER ROADWAYS. SO ONCE COUNCIL MADE THE DECISION LAST YEAR TO GO WITH A 25 MILE AN HOUR POSTED 25 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT AS THE DEFAULT SPEED LIMIT STAFF BEGAN LOOKING AT SPEED LIMITS ON THE LARGER ROADWAYS THESE WOULD BE YOUR COLLECTORS AND ARTERIALS WHERE WE ACTUALLY GO AHEAD AND SIGN FOR THE SPEED LIMIT WHEREAS THE LOCAL STREETS ARE UNSIGNED IT'S A CITYWIDE ORDINANCE. WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS A SET OF SPEED LIMITS 25 MILES AN HOUR ON WHAT WE'RE CALLING THAT SORT OF OUR PARK SERVICE ROADS OR OUR REGIONAL RECREATION ROADS UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR POSTED ON SOME OF OUR ARTERIAL STREETS, THE BULK OF OUR SYSTEM IS COLLECTORS AND THAT THOSE WOULD GET 30 MILES AN HOUR POSTED. THIS MAP HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON PAGE SINCE LAST YEAR THERE WAS A BIT OF CORRESPONDENCE WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN THE COUNCIL PACKET AS YOU ALLUDED TO EARLIER TONIGHT SEEKING FORMAL ADOPTION OF THE OFFICIAL SPEED LIMITS MAP. THIS MAP IS THE ACTUAL OFFICIAL MAP IS AN ELECTRONIC COPY IN OUR CITY'S GPS SYSTEM SO IT WON'T BE A SCROLL THAT YOU HAVE TO ROLL OUT WHEN YOU COME TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. BUT IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION UPON ADOPTING THE MAP. BEYOND THAT IT'S NOT SO THE NEXT STEPS UPON ADOPTION OF THAT MAP ARE WE HAVE TO ADD ABOUT 400 SIGNS IN THE CITY TO OUR INVENTORY OF ABOUT 16,000 SIGNS CITY WIDE. THAT'S ABOUT 500 STAFF HOURS. THOSE SAME PLANS ARE READY TO GO AND WE'LL START IMPLEMENTING THOSE ADOPTION TONIGHT. THE FIRST STEP THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IS A CITYWIDE ORDINANCE. SO WE'VE GOT THE COUNTY ON BOARD. WE'LL HAVE THEM POST THE SIGNS UP ON THEIR STREETS AND THESE WILL BE THE ENTRYWAY SIGNS TO ESTABLISH THE 25 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT. BUT THOSE ARE THE NEXT BACK ONE IF YOU COULD OR MAYBE I CAN I CAN'T BACK ONE MORE OUTREACH ON ENGAGEMENT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ADDING ENGINEERING STAFF WORK HARD AND WE DO REALLY GOOD TECHNICAL WORK. WE'RE NOT ALWAYS THE BEST AT COMMUNICATION WELL WE'VE GOT BASIC EYE CONTACT DOWN BUT BEYOND THAT WE STRUGGLE. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS THE HELP OF A CONSULTANT AS THE COUNCIL HAS TOUCHED ON SEVERAL TIMES TONIGHT THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF CHANGES TO MANAGE SPEED IN THE CITY AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO IS COMMUNICATE TO THAT TO THE PUBLIC, COMMUNICATE EXPECTATIONS ABOUT SPEEDS IN THE CITY AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME CONSULTANT HELP THAT I IN ADDITION TO PRACTICING HERE ALSO LIVE IN THE CITY AND IN TALKING TO PEOPLE PEOPLE LOVE BLOOMINGTON THEY LOVE WHERE THEY LIVE AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN FIND A CONSULTANT TO HELP US APPEAL TO THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND AS IT PERTAINS TO PEOPLE'S DRIVING AND GET THAT MESSAGE OUT AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL ZONES AS THIS THE SCHOOL YEAR COMES ABOUT IN IN THE FALL TO HELP US REALLY ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO PUT A CONSULTANT ON BOARD. ONE THING THAT CAME UP AS I WAS PREPARING THIS PACKET WAS THE STATE THE LEGISLATURE HAS THIS IS JUST AN ASIDE BUT THEY HAVE PASSED SOME LEGISLATION THAT WILL MANDATE THAT THE STATE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ACTUALLY REVIEW OUR SPEED. SO AS SOON AS THIS GETS APPROVED BY COUNCIL IT WILL GO UNDER REVIEW BY THE STATE AND THAT'S FINE. I WELCOME THAT. I THINK LANGUAGE IS INTERESTING. IT SAYS THE REPORT MUST IDENTIFY AFFECTED CITIES AND RECOMMEND UPWARD ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON OBSERVATIONS IN THE REPORT. SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT TURNS OUT. BUT I WELCOME THE STATE'S REVIEW OF OUR SPEED LIMITS AND I THINK WE'LL WILL DO JUST FINE. IT WILL CERTAINLY SAVE THE PAPERWORK NEXT UP AWARENESS STRATEGIES. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE POLICE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE RAISE AWARENESS. WE TALKED ABOUT EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT NEW SPEED LIMITS. WE'RE ALSO EMPLOYING STRATEGIES THAT AIM TO PROVIDE REAL TIME FEEDBACK. WE ARE ASKING FOR FUNDS TO TO PURCHASE TO SPEED TRAILERS. THESE ARE SPEED TRAILERS THAT THE POLICE SPEND THE SUMMERS OUT ROLLING AROUND THE CITY IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS WHERE THERE'S PROBLEMS. THEY'RE PRETTY EFFECTIVE AND THEY'RE WELL-REGARDED BY THE PUBLIC. WE'D LIKE A COUPLE MORE OF THOSE AND WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEM TO SCHOOLS AND OTHER PROBLEM LOCATIONS. I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE CONSULTANT TO HELP WHAT WE NEED AND THE POLICE WILL BE DOING SOME ENFORCEMENT WORK OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS AND INTO THE INTO THE FALL THAT THEY'VE SOUGHT AND MONEY TO HELP WITH THAT WORK AND THAT WILL COME TO YOU AS A SEPARATE ITEM NOT TONIGHT SO THAT'S HOW WE INTEND GO ABOUT AWARENESS WEEK IN ADVANCE ONE MORE THAT'S WHAT I HAVE ON THAT SO IN THE NIGHT TONIGHT I'M ASKING YOU TO ADOPT THE OFFICIAL SPEED LIMITS MAP WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY ADOPTING PROPOSED SPEED LIMITS THE POSTED SPEED LIMITS FROM 25 UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR ON THE MAP IS SHOWN. THANK YOU, MR. ROBERTS COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. ROBERTS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO? NO, NO QUESTIONS. COULD WE PUT THE MAP BACK UP JUST SO AS WE DO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS THERE? OH SURE. THANK AS WE DO THE PUBLIC CERTAINLY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER . THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. SO THAT'S MY THAT THERE WAS LEGISLATION MOVING FORWARD THIS YEAR AROUND TRAFFIC CAMERAS OR SPEED CAMERAS? I THINK IT WAS A PILOT PROGRAM. I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WITH HOW THE SESSION ENDED IF IT PASSED OR NOT. AND AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S A PILOT AND TEST TO SEE IF IT WOULD ROLL OUT WANT TO BE ROLLED OUT STATEWIDE, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA, MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THERE WAS A TEST PROGRAM MINNEAPOLIS WAS SIGNED UP AS ONE OF THE CITIES. THERE WAS, A COUNTY IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION. I DON'T KNOW THE FINAL STATUS OF THAT BILL. WE DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE TEST PROGRAM IN THE DRAFT LANGUAGE IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE BUT I'M NOT CERTAIN WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THAT BILL WAS. IT LIKE THE CITY ATTORNEY KNOWS MORE MANY MEMBERS THEY DON'T KNOW MORE OTHER THAN THAT WE OFFERED TO PARTICIPATE BUT I THINK THAT WE PROVIDED THEM WITH INFORMATION ORDER TO GET US INTO THE BILL BUT I THINK THAT THEY I GOT THE SENSE BASED ON THE JURISDICTIONS THAT WERE SELECTED THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR KIND OF A CHOCOLATE VANILLA AND A YOU KNOW, SHERBET OR SOMETHING. THEY HAD A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF SETTINGS THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR. WELL, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT YOU TRIED TO GET US INTO THE BILL BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT IF WE IF IT DID NOT PASS, WE SHOULD TRY TO GET TO THE BILL IN THE FUTURE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I READ THROUGH SOME THE COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE HAD SENT IN , I THINK THERE WERE QUITE A FEW AROUND ENFORCEMENT CONCERNS WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY A LEGITIMATE, LEGITIMATE CONCERN. AND I THINK ABOUT I LIVED OVERSEAS WHEN I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH AND THEY HAD SPEED CAMERAS. PEOPLE DID NOT SPEED BECAUSE YOU WOULD GET TICKETS AND THEY WERE SUBSTANTIAL AND SO IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BRING TO BLOOMINGTON IN THE FUTURE IF THE STATE LEGALIZES IT I WOULD BE MUCH ON BOARD FOR THAT AND THEN I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT. I WASN'T TOTALLY SURE IF I WAS GOING TO ASK OH NO I'LL SEE IF MY COMMENTS MAYBE IF YOU COULD PLEASE AND COUNCILMEMBER CARTER ITEMS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR JUST AS A FOLLOW UP ON THAT, THE SAFETY CAMERAS FOR SPEEDING ARE INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE. THEY SHOWED THE DATA BEHIND SOME OF THOSE IN TERMS OF CRASH REDUCTION AND INJURY PREVENTION IS IS SIGNIFICANT THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING THAT'S MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THAT. SO YEAH, DEFINITELY SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE KINDS OF CHANGES AS WE SEE THE MOST CONCERNING ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF MR. ROBERTS AND THE PRESENTATION THE SPEED LIMIT MAPS. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU, MAYOR. ONE OF THE PIECES OF THE MATH THAT WE CHATTED ABOUT LAST TIME WAS JUST CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE DISTRICTS. DID ANYTHING GET CHANGED AT THE MAP THAT WE CHATTED ABOUT TO MAINTAIN THAT CONSISTENCY? MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER THE ONLY CHANGE OVER THE DRAFT MAP IS 82ND STREET BETWEEN PORTLAND AVENUE AND NICOLLET AVENUE. THIS IS IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT AS YOU PASS BY TORO HEADQUARTERS 82ND STREET THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AS AN UNSIGNED ROADWAY. IN LOOKING AT THAT, THERE'S THERE'S ENOUGH INDUSTRIAL OTHER USES THERE THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE MAINTAINED AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SO THAT'S THE BLUE LINE AT THE UPPER TOP OF THE MAP BETWEEN LYNDALE AND PORTLAND WAS AT 1.25 IT WILL BE 30. UNTIL WE CAN DO SOME TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT WORK TO MAKE THAT WORK DIFFERENTLY. COUNCIL MEMBER WOMAN THANK YOU MAYOR. SO IF WE LOOK AT 102ND STREET AND OUR SIXTH STREET YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE PARKS THAT ARE ON THOSE STREETS AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME SERVICE ROADS ARE THERE OR YOU'VE GOT THE OLD OLD CEDAR AVENUE PIECE THAT GOES TO THE BRIDGE AND THEN ALSO DOWN TO THE TO THE DOCK PIECE OF THAT . JUST CURIOUS FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO LIVE AND SEE YOU KNOW, LIVE IN THOSE AREAS AND SEE THAT AS BEING A AREA WHY THOSE? SO NOW THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN TRYING TO MOVE THAT TO 25 MILES PER HOUR. I DON'T KNOW THE RATIONALES BEHIND WHY WE DIDN'T DO THAT ON HER SECOND STREET AND HER SIXTH STREET. AND SO I WANTED TO JUST SEE IF YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD READDRESS THAT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT THERE ARE THERE ARE PARKS THAT THAT PEOPLE DO ATTEND AND GO THERE. MR. AYER COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHICH STREETS WHERE YOU ARE IN SECONDS? WELL, IT'S SORT OF THE HIGHER END SIXTH STREET OBVIOUSLY THERE'S MORE PARK THAT'S DOWN THERE. THERE'S A YOU KNOW, THE ENTRANCE WAY DOWN THAT WAY. AND THEN ALSO ON 100/2 STREET. WE'VE GOT THAT OTHER PARK RIGHT THERE AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME OF THESE OTHER AREAS HERE AND I GUESS I KIND OF THINK I ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS AS TO WHY WE WOULDN'T DESIGNATE THOSE. BUT WE LOOK AT OLD CEDAR AVENUE DOWN TO THE BRIDGE THAT'S KIND OF LEADING US TO THE OLD CEDAR AND THEN ALSO OLD LYNDALE AVENUE THERE WE HAVE THAT THAT RED OF TAKE IT DOWN THAT ADDITIONAL FIVE MILES AN HOUR. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THERE'S SCHOOLS ON THAT THAT ZONE TOO. BUT THERE ARE ALSO PARKS ON BOTH OF THOSE. AND WHY NOT BRING IT DOWN TO 25 AROUND THOSE PARKS? MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN IT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND I UNDERSTAND IT WELL ENOUGH THAT AND I'LL START WITH THE REASONS WE POSTED THE ROADS WE DID AT 25 OR WE'RE PROPOSING THOSE AT 25 MILES AN HOUR SO YOU'RE HEADING DOWN LOWER LYNDALE PASSED 160 AND YOU'RE HEADING DOWN TO THE RIVER VALLEY. THAT'S STRICTLY RECREATION DESTINATION. YOU CAN EXPECT DRIVING DOWN THAT ROAD TO SEE BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS RIGHT THERE ON THE ROAD EITHER IN A BIKE LANE OR WALKING ON THE ROAD NEAR THE PATH. THE SAME WITH MOST OF THOSE AS YOU'RE HEADING INTO THOSE RECREATIONAL DESTINATIONS YOU'RE CORRECT THAT THERE ARE PARKS ON 102ND STREET AND WE ALWAYS WANT PEOPLE TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. THERE'S BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS NEARBY BUT THOSE ARE A DIFFERENT CONTEXT. THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT ACTIVELY USING THE ROAD TO GET TO THAT RECREATION DESTINATION IN THE SAME WAY THAT THESE OTHER 25 MILE AN HOUR POSTED STREETS ARE. THEY FIT ALL OF THE SAME CRITERIA AS THE OTHER ROADWAYS THAT ARE CLASSIFIED AS COLLECTORS AT 30 MILES AN HOUR OR SO THAT SEEM TO BE THE APPROPRIATE SPEED LIMIT FOR THOSE. AND I MEAN I GET IT ON YOU KNOW, WITH 106TH STREET GIVEN THAT OBVIOUSLY THAT I MEAN YOU CAN SEE THAT'S YOU KNOW YOU'RE COLLECTING GOING AT 35 W HERE IN SECOND STREET THAT'S THE ONE WHERE I'M I'M A LITTLE LESS PERSUADED AND YOU'RE THINKING 102ND STREET BETWEEN WHICH SEGMENTS IF I MIGHT ASK WELL IF YOU GO IN ESSENTIAL IF YOU GO RIGHT THERE WITH IT WHERE THE PARK IS THERE YOU KNOW AS YOU SEE LIKE AN EVEN READ THIS HERE SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A YEAH A PEN ALL THE WAY OVER WELL BASICALLY ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO NORMAN DON'T REALLY YEAH I THINK THAT CLARIFICATION YEAH SO THAT ROAD DOES HAVE SCHOOLS AND PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS DO MOST OUR COLLECTOR STREETS D SO AGAIN THAT THEY FIT THE CLASSIFICATIONS FOR A COLLECTOR ROAD SAME CONTEXT SAME DESIGN AS EVERY OTHER COLLECTOR ROAD IN THE CITY SO I DIDN'T THINK IT I DON'T THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO POST THOSE AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND EXPECT THAT EXTRA COMPLIANCE. I DON'T KNOW IF I AGREE BUT YOU'RE THE SO WE'LL DEFINITELY GO WITH THAT COUNCIL. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS? ALL RIGHT WHY DON'T WE THEN OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ITEM 4.5 THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT OUR SPEED LIMIT MAP AS SEE ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU ANYONE IN THE CHAMBER WISHING TO SPEAK AND I AM 4.5 THIS EVENING AT THE RISK OF BEATING A DEAD HORSE BRAIN SAVING JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT MY REMARKS OUR FIRST TASK WAS AT THE END OF FRENCH AVENUE AN OVERLOOK DRIVE WE I INTERRUPT YOU FOR JUST A SECOND IF I COULD YOU PUT THE MAP BACK UP ON THE SCREEN PLEASE. SO WE CAN HAVE IT UP ON THE ON THE BIG SCREEN. THANK YOU. WE LEFT THAT AFTER THREE YEARS THERE WERE THREE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS WITH SPEED LIMITS. THERE WAS A RIGHT ANGLE TURN. THERE WAS SPEED ABOUT 50 MILES AN HOUR. ONE PERSON HAD A TREE PUSH THE ENGINE IN THE FRONT SEAT OF CAR. ANOTHER ONE CAME FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION. THERE WERE FOUR GRANDCHILDREN OF WOMAN THAT LIVED ON THE HOUSE IN THE OPPOSITE CORNER SLEEPING IN A TENT AND HAD HER YARD NOT HAD SIGNIFICANT HILL. THOSE KIDS WOULD BE DEAD BECAUSE THEY HIT THEY HIT THE HILL SO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO PROTECT KIDS, TO PROTECT NEIGHBORHOODS AND AGAIN BEATING THE DEAD HORSE, THE SERVICE ROAD THAT TOOK BETWEEN 250 AND 300 HOUSING UNITS HOUSES AND PUT THE TRAFFIC ON 106 STREET INSTEAD OF GOING DOWN THAT SERVICE ROAD. I THINK THERE COULD HAVE BEEN SOME CREATIVE THINGS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE HUGE FRONT YARDS OR 7500 FOOT SETBACKS AND. I THINK SOME THINGS COULD HAVE BEEN DONE THERE. THAT'S THAT'S BEATING THE DEAD HORSE. BUT ALL I'M SAYING IS YOU PUT 250 HOUSEHOLDS DRIVING. IF I COULD ASK THIS PUBLIC HEARINGS REGARDING THE BILL I UNDERSTOOD. UNDERSTAND. BUT YOU SEEM TO BE AGAIN I'M GOING BACK I'M ASKING PLANNING AND AND CONSIDERATION FOR INSTANCE YOU'RE NOT CHANGING THE SPEED LIMIT ON 106. IT'S STILL AT 30 MILES AN HOUR ACCORDING TO THIS MAP. NOW THAT MAY BE BECAUSE IT'S A COUNTY ROAD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ALL I'M SAYING IS THERE'S A THERE'S A STREET IN THE MIDDLE THAT YOU CAN TURN DOWN AND ONLY GO BY HALF OF OAK GROVE. BUT IT'S A VERY CURVY STREET AND IN MY OPINION IF YOU GO 30 MILES AN HOUR THERE WHICH CURRENTLY YOU'RE ALLOWED NOW THE FUTURE YOU WON'T BUT POINT IS IT'S PROBABLY NOT EVEN SAFE AT 25 MILES AN HOUR BECAUSE IT CURVES I DON'T GO DOWN THERE BUT WHEN I TURN ON ON HUMBOLDT AVENUE I'VE GOT PEOPLE COMING FROM THIS HILL DOWN SO THE WRITING ON THE BRAKES THEN THEY'RE SPEEDING UP TO GO UP THE HILL THEY POP OVER THE TOP OF THE HILL AND THERE YOU ARE AT THE STOPLIGHT AND YOU'RE TURNING LEFT NOW IN THE WINTER THAT GETS TO BE PRETTY BECAUSE YOU'VE ONLY GOT ABOUT I KNOW THE CITY HAS SAID WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T HAVE 200 FEET OF VISIBILITY. I HAVEN'T MEASURED IT. BUT IF YOU'VE GOT THAT YOU BARELY GOT THAT AND I THINK IT'S LESS THAN THAT. BUT ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT THAT'SNSAFE FOR 250 HOUSEHOLDS UNLESS THEY GO THROUGH THIS CURVY STREET. SO I'M JUST IN ONE SENSE WE'RE LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT TO GET PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN. BUT TO ME THE IF WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE 30 MILES AN HOUR THEN WE SHOULD BE ENFORCING WHAT WE DO HAVE RATHER THAN SLOWING THINGS DOWN PARTICULARLY SINCE I SAID WE'RE WE'RE TAKING A BALLOON, WE'RE IT AND THEN WE'RE SQUEEZING IT AND SO ALL I'M SAYING IS PLEASE USE WELL I'D LIKE TO I'D LIKE TO ADD THE INTERSECTION OF 106 AND HUMBLED TO BE LOOKED AT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S SAFE IF YOU'RE GOING TO TURN LEFT THERE. I DON'T THINK THAT'S A REAL GOOD IDEA BUT I DON'T LIKE THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE EITHER. BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS AND I WANTED TO PROVIDE THE CONTEXT BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN IN BEING A SPEED DEMON OR RACING BY SCHOOLS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I'M JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU A CONTEXT OF THE CITY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING AT THE END OF FRANCE AVENUE THEY STILL HAVEN'T TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO. MAYBE THERE'S A SPEED BUMP. THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO SLOW DOWN BECAUSE EVERY CAR THAT WENT BY WAS OVER THE SPEED LIMIT. BUT WE LEFT THAT HOUSE FINALLY BECAUSE THE CITY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING. PLEASE UNDERSTAND I'VE BEEN FRUSTRATED BOTH WAYS. SO AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO ROBERT COLEMAN AGAIN, I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO I'M JUST GOING TO IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THIS, I'M GOING TO NIT PICK THE MAP A LITTLE BIT. I DON'T WANT TO I'M NOT TRYING TO BE RUDE. SO MR. MUIR, I ON XERXES AND A HUNDRED AND SIXTH SORRY I MEAN FOR THE TIME MR. I'VE HAD I'VE NEARLY BEEN HIT TWICE AT 108 IN XERXES AND I WALK ON THAT STREET ACTUALLY 106TH AND XERXES I WAS NEARLY HIT TWICE AT THAT INTERSECTION BOTH TIMES AT NIGHT WHEN I WAS WALKING HOME FROM THE BUS STOP. AND IN BOTH OF THOSE INSTANCES IN FACT IT HAPPENED THE EXACT SAME WAY THERE WAS A DRIVER COMING SOUTH ON XERXES TURNING LEFT ON 106TH AND THEY THERE WAS I'VE I MEAN I'VE GOTTEN RESPONSE BACK ABOUT MY COMPLAINT ABOUT THE VISIBILITY ,THAT EXACT LOCATION BUT I'M NOT YIELDING TO ME EVEN THOUGH I WAS ALREADY OVER HALFWAY INTO THE INTERSECTION BOTH TIMES THE CAR CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT JUST A FEW FEET IN FRONT OF ME WHERE I WAS IN I WAS ACTUALLY IN THE PATH OF THE CAR IF THEY HAD NOT STOPPED. I THINK THAT WHEN IT TO THE FACT THAT SOME OF THESE STREETS ARE 106 EVEN THOUGH ON PAPER IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IT WOULD BE GOOD ACCESS FOR PEOPLE TO WALK TO MOYER PARK OR TO OAK GROVE. I THINK THAT IT'S KIND OF A CHICKEN AND THE EGG SITUATION WHERE IF IT'S NOT SAFE THEN PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO WALK THERE. I HAVE WALKED THERE AND I'VE SEEN LIKE A COUPLE CROSSING THE STREET OF 106 AND BEING HONKED AT BY SOMEBODY WAS NOBODY NOWHERE NEAR THEM LIKE HE WAS GOING TOO FAST AND HE WAS NOWHERE NEAR THEM BUT HE STILL HAUNTED THEM. RIGHT? THAT'S THE KIND OF THAT'S THE KIND OF MENTALITY THAT SOME OF THESE SPEEDERS HAVE. I FEEL LIKE IF LIKE THERE IS SOME OF MAYBE I'VE HEARD THAT LIKE FREIGHT IF THERE'S IF THAT'S FACTOR THAT IT COULD BE HIGHER I DON'T SEE HOW HUMBOLDT ON THE EAST PART OF MORE I DON'T SEE HOW THAT WOULD FIT THE 30 MILE AN HOUR CRITERIA IN GENERAL I MEAN I WOULD I WOULD HOPE TO SEE MOST OF THE LOWER I'VE SAID THAT BUT IT'S IT'S REALLY I MEAN A LOT OF THESE ROADS ARE IF THEY'RE AT 30 AND THEY ALREADY ARE AT 30, I DON'T SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO SEE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE RIGHT. IF THERE'S NOT ACTUALLY A CHANGE BEING MADE RIGHT ON. 106 AS I'M PRETTY SURE IS CURRENTLY MARKED 30. I'M RAMBLING. I'M SORRY. YEAH IN GENERAL XERXES IN THE SOUTHERN BLOOMINGTON AREA AND 106TH AND HUMBOLDT THOSE ARE MY MAIN NETWORKS ON THE I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE 25 IN THIS INSTANCE ANYONE ELSE IN THE CHAMBER IS WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS THIS EVENING. MS. MERCER IS THERE ANYONE ON THE PHONE ? YEAH, THERE'S NO ONE ON THE PHONE CONSOLE. NO ONE IN THE CHAMBER IS COMING FORWARD. NO ONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THEM. 4.5 I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IT ADDED 4.5 SO MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM 4.5 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO COUNCIL ONLY COMMENTS ON 4.5 ANY DISCUSSION TO BE HAD COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I THINK MR. MAYOR, I'M JUST I KNOW THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE BRINGING UP I THINK ARE GREAT RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT THE ONLY THING WE'RE GOING TO DO AS IT RELATES TO TRAFFIC SAFETY WE KNOW WE HAVE A FULLY FEATURED ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT WE'RE TRYING TO EXECUTE ON A NUMBER OF THINGS. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN A SERIES OF STEPS THAT WE'RE TAKING TO IMPROVE THINGS. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE SCHOOL ZONE STUFF DONE TODAY OTHER THAN IN THE ORDINANCE. WE'VE GOT TO STILL GET THAT FUNDED AND IMPLEMENTED. I MEAN THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. WE TALK ABOUT THE PARKS MASTER PLAN AND HOW WE'RE MODIFYING THE WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN GET TO AND FROM OUR PARKS EACH TIME WE GO IN AND RENOVATE THEM. RIGHT. SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S DISCUSSIONS ABOUT 86TH STREET IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR BRYANT PARK AT BOTH EMERSON AND BRYANT AND BRYANT AVENUES TO CREATE CROSSING AREAS ON 86TH STREET. WE NEED THAT ON 82ND STREET FOR THAT PARK AS WELL AND THAT'S TRUE FOR THE OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED HERE. SO THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP COMING IS MY POINT AND. I I THINK SOMETIMES BECAUSE WE PASS SOMETHING TONIGHT PEOPLE THINK THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE EIGHT YEARS AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP WORKING ON THIS BUT THIS IS I THINK A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THIS COUNCIL AND SO USING THE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATED WORK THAT MR. ROBERTS MENTIONED, IF YOU HAVE AN AREA IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY WITH HOW THING ARE WORKING ON YOUR PART OF THE WORLD, CALL YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND TELL THEM THAT YOU WANT TO GET ONE OF THESE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATED THINGS GOING AND THE ENGINEERING TEAM WILL HELP YOU DO THAT. IT WORKED VERY SUCCESSFULLY ON LOUISIANA AVENUE IT'S WORKED OTHER PLACES. I THINK WE HAVE A TRAFFIC CIRCLE OVER NOW NOT THAT FAR FROM OH I SHEPPARD I'M GOING TO GO WITH SHEPPARD IN THE 96TH STREET SOMETHING LIKE THAT. RIGHT BECAUSE SOMEBODY LIKED THAT AS AN IDEA AND THAT LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD GOT TOGETHER AND DECIDED TO DO IT IN AN ASSESSMENT WAS DONE AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO. SO WE'VE GOT LOTS OF TOOLS NOW IN OUR TOOLBOX AND I THINK THIS MAP IS JUST ANOTHER PIECE OF THAT PUZZLE. SO I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT IT TONIGHT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE PUT IT TOGETHER AND I KNOW IT'S NOT REALLY THE LAST TIME WE TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC AROUND HERE. THANKS IT WILL NOW. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND THEN COMES TO REMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU MAYOR I WILL KEEP THIS SHORT AND SWEET I WAS PLANNING TO SAY SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR SO JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF I KNOW WHEN I FIRST STARTED ON COUNCIL IN JANUARY 20 I THINK AT THAT TIME MY FIRST MEETING I HAD SAID THE NUMBER ONE THING I HEAR ABOUT IS HOW FRUSTRATED PEOPLE ARE WITH THE SPEED OF CARS THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS AND ON CITY STREETS AND SO A LOT OF THIS WORK IT TAKES A LOT IT'S IT'S VERY ANALYTICAL AND IT'S VERY DETAILED AND THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT BEHIND SCENES THAT MOST OF US CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO IMAGINE. AND SO SO IT TAKES SOME TIME BUT WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS AND THE LOWERING OF SPEED LIMITS THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLANS. SO THE WHOLE REDO OF THAT THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WE'VE HAD SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AT INTERSECTIONS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OUR ADA COMPLIANCE. WE'VE PUSHED FOR SAFE ROUTES TO PARKS AND SO THE COMBINATION OF ALL OF THESE THINGS I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT ARE GOING TO IMPROVE SAFETY ON OUR ROADS AND PEOPLE'S PERCEPTION AND THEIR FEELINGS OF SAFETY. AND SO I AM VERY EXCITED TO TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT FOR COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH. THANK YOU. ONE OF THE COMMENTS WITH REGARDS TO FRANCE AVENUE AND OVERLOOK JUST MADE ME THINK OF SOMETHING AND I THINK THIS IS JUST A CLARIFICATION FOR THE PUBLIC. THERE ARE DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS THERE NOW IT'S TEN MILES PER HOUR AT THAT CORNER . THERE'S SOME SIGNS THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THOSE WERE PUT IN IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS VERY UNSAFE THERE AS WELL AS A LOT OVERLOOK IS ALREADY 20 MILES PER HOUR BASED ON THE MEANDERING NESS OF THAT ROAD. I'LL DESCRIBE IT THAT WAY NONE OF THAT CHANGES BY THIS RIGHT I MEAN THE BASE UNDERLYING SPEED LIMIT IS THAT IF THERE'S UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS THE CITY APPARENTLY HAS TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO GO AND PUT IN SOMETHING SPECIFIC TO THAT BECAUSE WE'VE THAT'S NOT THE ONLY PLACE THAT WE HAVE A WEIRD RIGHT ANGLE ON A ROAD THAT WE HAVE PROBLEMS AND WE TALKED AT LENGTH WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE CARS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE POSSIBLY AFTER HAVING A FEW DRINKS SOMEWHERE JUST DROVE THROUGH THE END OF IT AND YOU KNOW HAPPENING AND SO AND THANKFULLY THOSE KIDS WEREN'T INJURED OR WORSE SO BUT JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THOSE THINGS WOULD REMAIN IF THERE ARE PARTICULAR REASONS AND GETS INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS I JUST LIKE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER COMMUNICATION IT'S BASICALLY WHAT WHAT'S MISSING A LOT OF THE THINGS THE CITY IS DOING IS GREAT THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE OF IT OUT THERE. SO YOU CAN FIND A WAY TO PUT IT OUT THERE THAT IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE I GUESS FOR US FOR EVERY ONE OF US HERE WE WE HAVE THE TIME WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO ACCESS THE INFORMATION AND AND WHENEVER WE FIND A TIME TO READ IT WE DO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL DON'T HAVE THE SAME ACCESS THAT WE HAVE. SO IF THERE'S A WAY TO PUT IT OUT THERE TO COMMUNICATE IT TO THE PUBLIC WILL MAKE THINGS A LOT MORE SMOOTH SO TO SAY. BUT THAT SAID I MEAN I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING IS GOOD FOR THE CITY AND THAT IS TO MY OPINION AGAIN I'M NOT BEING STATE THAT I'M NOT HERE BECAUSE OF MYSELF JUST TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE THAT ELECTED ME BUT THAT SAID THIS IS A GREAT THING THAT IS HAPPENING MOST THE PEOPLE AGREE THAT THE SPEED LIMIT SHOULD BE REDUCED IN A LOT OF THE THAT IS BEING ALREADY DONE SO IT'S MORE TO COME LIKE EVERYBODY'S I'M JUST EAGER TO SEE WHAT'S COMING IN THE FUTURE IS I'M WILLING TO PUT IT OUT THERE AS MUCH AS I CAN ALSO. BUT AGAIN THE COMMUNICATION IS LACKING AND IF YOU CAN DO ANYTHING POSSIBLE TO PUT IT OUT THERE IN THE EASIEST WAY FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND IT, THAT WILL BE GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL I THINK WE'VE ALL HAD HER SAY I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION AND ITEM 4.5 COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND MOVE TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED SPEED LIMIT MAP MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SECOND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED SPEED LIMIT MAP AS OUTLINED IN ITEM 4.5 OF OUR AGENDA NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND THE FINAL PIECE OF THIS PUZZLE ITEM 4.6 THIS IS A RESOLUTION FOR A BUDGET TRANSFER A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT TO TRANSFER STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUND. JULIE LONG GOOD EVENING. WELCOME MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL WE THOUGHT A CHANGE OF PERSONNEL MIGHT JUST BE INTERESTING SINCE WE HAD THREE ITEMS TOGETHER WE ARE PROPOSING OF JUST UNDER $300,000 OF ONE TIME FEES OR ONE TIME COSTS EXCUSE ME FOR THIS WE HAD WORKED WITH CARI CARLSON IN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND DID SOME OF THE BUDGETING BACK IN 2023. SO THIS IS SUPPORT OF ONE OF THE BEATTY'S TRAFFIC INJURY REDUCTION. SO IT'S FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD. MR. ROBERTS WENT OVER THE DIFFERENT ITEMS EARLIER AND GOES TO COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS IS EXPLANATION THAT ENGINEERS AREN'T GOOD AT COMMUNICATION AND WE DON'T LIKE TOOTING OUR OWN HORN SO. WE NEED SOME OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE IN THAT BECAUSE WE DO BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT BEING MY OR MY GRANDCHILD OR WHOMEVER YOU WOULD SLOW DOWN FOR THEM. BUT WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING SOMEWHERE ELSE YOU FORGET THAT IT JUST FLIES OUT OF YOUR HEAD . SO WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE REMEMBER THAT AND THEN BECAUSE WE'RE A LITTLE TECHNICAL WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CHANGE SOME OF THE SIGNAL TIMING ISSUES SO THAT WHEN YOU ARE PLATOONING DOWN OR PART OF THE GREENHOUSE GAS ALSO FOR JUST PLAIN FRUSTRATION AS A DRIVER THAT IF YOU GO THE SPEED LIMIT IT WILL WORK WITH YOU IF YOU GO SOMETHING FASTER I'M SORRY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STOP SO MAKE A BETTER CHOICE AND THEN IT GOES INTO TRAFFIC, MAINTENANCE AND POLICE AS WE'VE COVERED EARLIER BUT COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON THIS I THINK I MEAN IT FITS INTO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THESE THE FACT THAT AND IT REALLY DOES IT'S AND IT'S NOT JUST ALL WRITING TICKETS AND SO ON AND THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF IT TO ME THE EDUCATION I THINK I AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS EDUCATION THE THE AWARENESS THE PUBLIC TO HELPING TO CHANGE THAT CULTURE IS JUST PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT. I THINK THE QUESTION WAS BROUGHT UP AND AT ONE POINT AND I WOULD ASK SEEING THE CHIEF OVER THERE I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF ENFORCEMENT YOU KNOW, IF YOU WRITE A SPEEDING TICKET, HOW MUCH COMES BACK TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND IF IT COMES BACK TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, HOW MUCH CAN WE PUT TOWARD PROGRAMS THIS AND THE CHIEF JUST POINTED TO THIS MAN SAID YEAH I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW THE BREAKDOWN ON THE CITATIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT MONEY GOES BUT FOR SPEEDING I KNOW WE GET THE SMALLEST PORTION AS AS YEAH I FIGURE THAT WAS PROBABLY THE CASE SO I THINK THE TICKET ACTUALLY COSTS US MONEY TO BE HONEST IF SOMEONE HAS TO GO TO COURT. YEAH, IT COSTS US MONEY. OKAY. YEAH, I KNOW. DO YOU KNOW NOT ME OR MEMBERS? I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY I'M CURIOUS NOW THOUGH I KNOW THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF SURCHARGES ADDED SO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE ACTUAL TICKET WHEN YOU GO TO PAY IS A DIFFERENT DOLLAR AMOUNT AND QUITE BIT LARGER. I ALSO RECALL THAT THAT COMES TO US IN BIG CHUNKS FROM THE COUNTY PERIODICALLY SO WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU. A FOLLOW UP WOULD BE APPRECIATE IT SO OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU MAYOR. SO I AM CURIOUS I KNOW YOU ANSWERED A QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT THE COST OF THE SCHOOL ZONES AND THAT DEPENDING ON THE COMPLEXITY THEY JUST VARY IT SORT OF SOUNDED LIKE IN THAT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS AT THIS POINT AND. I GUESS I JUST MAYBE I'M MAKING A COMMENT YOU MAY WANT TO RESPOND THAT I AT LEAST WOULD BE OPEN TO CONSIDERING IN OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES USING SOME THOSE FUNDS FOR SCHOOL ZONES IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. I MEAN I WAS JUST IMAGINING EVEN IF TONIGHT IF THERE WERE A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS THAT LIKE LOW HANGING FRUIT VERY EASY IN QUIET NEIGHBORHOODS PUT UP SOME SIGNS LIKE VERY YOU KNOW, SIMPLE LIKE MAYBE WE COULD JUST KIND OF KNOCK THOSE OUT AND HAVE SOME EARLY WINS AND THEN FOR THESE KIND OF BIGGER, MORE COMPLEX THAT'S GOING TO THAT ARE PROBABLY TO NEED MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MOVE THOSE ALONG DOWN THE ROAD. SO JUST SOME THOUGHTS THERE. MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, FOR THE THREE SCHOOL ZONES THAT WE WERE PROPOSING WE WERE ESTIMATING AROUND $100,000 FOR THOSE THREE SCHOOLS OWNS THE REASON FOR THAT AS MR. ROBERTS COMMUNICATED EARLIER, THEY HAVE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROGRAM THOSE SIMILAR TO SOME OF OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEMS UP TO A YEAR AND IT HAS COMMUNICATION THAT COMES BACK TO OUR OFFICE SO THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE COST IS ALONG WITH THE FLASHING BEACONS BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE STREETS ARE ON STATE AID ROUTES WE WERE GOING TO PROPOSE TO USE OUR STATE INTERNAL STATE AID FUNDS FOR THAT FOR THOSE THREE BUT WE WILL BE HAVING A FUNDING ON SOME OF THE OTHER AS YOU CALL LOW HANGING FRUIT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS WHERE THAT WE CAN'T USE THAT FUNDING THERE. SO IS THAT 100,000 FOR EACH OR TOTAL TOTAL. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THEY'RE EXPENSIVE BUT THEY'RE NOT CRAZY. AND DO YOU WILL YOU NEED COUNCIL FOR THAT OR WILL YOU BE ABLE TO JUST MOVE THOSE FORWARD BECAUSE IT'S $100,000? I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL BUT WE AREN'T AT THAT POINT READY TONIGHT TO DO THAT. SO IT WILL BE A ACTION SIMILAR TO HOW WE SPEND SOME OF OUR OTHER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. OKAY. FUNDS DO YOU HAVE ANY ESTIMATED TIMELINE ON THAT FOR THESE THREE SCHOOLS? MR. ROBERTS HAS COMMITTED TO GETTING THEM READY FOR SCHOOL OPENING IN SEPTEMBER AND THAT'S WHAT SAID TOO. SO HE WENT PUBLIC WITH THAT. SO NOT OUT ON HIM BUT THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR GOAL SO PLEASE DON'T ADD ANY MORE SCHOOLS TO IT LIKE LET US COME UP WITH A PLAN AND BRING IT BACK IF YOU DON'T MIND CAN YOU REMIND PUBLIC WHAT THREE SCHOOLS WELL THEY'RE NOT SCHOOLS PER SAY SO FOR INSTANCE ON 102ND THAT'S A HALF MILE. IT COVERS THREE SCHOOLS SO IT'S A 102ND 106TH AND 84TH. OKAY AWESOME. SO IT'S MORE ROADS AND LOOKING AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE ROADWAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL GOOD NEWS KURT. YOU GOT TO SHARE THAT YOU COULD HAVE TAKEN THE BATTLE FOR THE TO HAVE THAT DONE BY THE START OF SCHOOL YEAR SO HE SAID IT'S LIKE OH I MISSED IT I DID YOU SORRY I MISSED IT THERE'S A LOT THERE'S A LOT COUNCIL UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS I WOULD LOOK FOR ACTION ON ITEM 4.6 ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU. I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT COUNCILMAN IF I MAY I MOVE TO APPROVE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT RESOLUTION TO TRANSFER $296,025 FROM THE 4200 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUND TO THE 1001 GENERAL FUND IN ORDER TO FUND TONIGHT'S TRAFFIC INJURY DETECTION PLAN SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO APPROVE THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT AS OUTLINED IN OUR PACKET NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO AS COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN HAS STEPPED AWAY THANK YOU MUCH THANKS FOR THE THREE ITEMS MR. ROBERTS MISS LONG THAT WAS GOOD INFORMATION AND GOOD DISCUSSION AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD AND ALL IS STILL WELL THEN THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE ON OUR AGENDA OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS THIS EVENING AND WE'VE GOT THREE ITEMS COUNCIL AND WE'RE JUST PUSHING UP TO 9:00 SO TAKE A LOOK AT THE TIME AND LET'S MAKE SURE WE GET THROUGH THESE IN AN EXPEDITIOUS MANNER HERE . WE'LL START WITH ITEM 5.1 WHICH IS THE RESULTS OF THE TRANSPORTATION RELATED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION ANALYSIS AND REPORT I'M A STRESS OR SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR IS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING IS BY MY OFFICE IT JUST REALLY OH IT'S THE RESULTS I WAS LOOKING TO TALK THERE YOU GO. GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I'M A STRESSED THE CITY SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR AND TONIGHT I'M JOINED BY ASHTON RHIANNON WITH SRF CONSULTING AND WE ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE THE THEME OF TRANSPORTATION TONIGHT AND SHARE THE RESULTS OF A TRANSPORTATION RELATED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ANALYSIS AND REPORT. SO BEFORE I HAND IT OFF TO ASH A LITTLE CONTEXT WHY WE DID THIS SO WE'VE BEEN REALLY LUCKY TO A LOT OF DATA AROUND NATURAL GAS AND ELECTRICITY TO UNDERSTAND OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS OR POLLUTION FROM ENERGY. WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT SAME INFORMATION FROM TRANSPORTATION AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION TO DATE SO WE'VE DONE SOME GREAT ACTIONS . THE EV INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN AND THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. BUT IF SOMEONE SIX MONTHS AGO SAID EMMA IF 10% OF THE POPULATION STARTED DRIVING AN EV VERSUS 90%, WHERE IS THAT GOING TO GET TO THAT OVERALL GOAL WE SET BACK IN 2017 TO REACH CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2050 AND I WOULD SAY I DON'T KNOW. SO THAT'S WHY WE HIRED SARA TO HELP US DO SOME MODELING AND UNDERSTAND DATA SO THAT WE CAN NOT ONLY DEVELOP STRATEGIES ARE BASED ON INFORMATION THAT WE CAN GO BACK TO AND SET GOALS AND TRACK AND SEE IF WE'RE ON PACE AS A REMINDER ABOUT 40% OF OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS OR POLLUTION COMES FROM GROUND TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY. SO WE HAVE ABOUT 60 PICKUP COMING FROM ENERGY THAT'S ORANGE ON THE SCREEN AND THAT 40% IN THE GREEN FOR TRANSPORTATION AND I'M ROUNDING SO 2% IS COMING FROM WASTE AS CONTEXT AND THEN TONIGHT ASH IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT VARIOUS STRATEGIES. I THINK AN IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REDUCING CLIMATE POLLUTION WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT REDUCING TRIPS. SO RIGHT NOW IF WE HAVE SIX RESIDENTS IN THE CITY AND THEY WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE, IF THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO AFFORD A CAR AND HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR HAVE ACCESS TO SOMEONE WHO CAN DRIVE THEM AROUND RIGHT NOW DATA US THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE GOING AROUND THE CITY WITH CARS OR VEHICLES AND THEY'RE BRINGING TRANSPORTATION RELATED WITH THEM THAT WE CAN SEE HERE THE IDEA THAT WE'RE TALKING IS STILL HAVE THOSE SIX RESIDENTS GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO BUT HAVE MORE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS THAT HAVE LESS POLLUTION GOING WITH. SO THEY'RE GETTING TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO BUT WE HAVE LESS CARBON EMISSIONS LEADING TOWARDS CLIMATE CHANGE SO WE'RE REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BUT AT THE SAME TIME INCREASING MOBILITY OPTIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY AND THEN ALSO TYING THAT TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY HEALTH. MY FINAL SLIDE BEFORE I PASS OFF TO ASH THIS PROJECT WAS REALLY DIPPING OUR TOE THIS INFORMATION SO IT'S PURELY INFORMATIONAL IT WAS MEANT TO QUANTIFY OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM TRIPS STARTING OR ENDING BLOOMINGTON BEFORE THIS WE JUST HAD IF SOMEONE WAS GOING FROM MINNEAPOLIS BURNSVILLE DOWN 35 W NOT STOPPING IN THE CITY THAT WAS IN THE COUNT. SO NOW WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE RESIDENTS OR PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE THAT WE HAVE MAYBE MORE CONTROL OVER THEIR BEHAVIOR, INFLUENCE OF TO REDUCE THEIR POLLUTION AND DEVELOPING DIFFERENT MODELS ON HOW TO REACH CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2050 IN THAT GOAL BETTER UNDERSTANDING CURRENT TRAVEL AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND THEN ALSO THINKING ABOUT POTENTIAL STRATEGIES THAT WE CAN EXPLORE MORE WILL DEVELOP IN THE CLIMATE PLAN IT WAS NOT MEANT TO COME WITH SPECIFIC STRATEGIES SO TONIGHT YOU WON'T HEAR FORMAL RECOMMENDED ACTIONS OR SPECIFIC GOALS TO MOVE FORWARD. THAT'S ALL COMING WITH THE CLIMATE PLAN LATER IN ABOUT A YEAR SO WITH THAT I WILL PASS IT OFF TO ASH THANK YOU EMMA AGAIN MY NAME IS ASHLEY RYAN AND WITH SRF GROUP THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THANKS FOR BEING HERE SO HERE WERE SOME OF THE KEY PROJECT QUESTIONS WE WERE TRYING TO ASK AND ANSWER JUST TO GIVE? AS I SAID, POLICYMAKERS ARE BASED ON WHICH TO BUILD YOU KNOW, FUTURE PLANNING FOR CITY OF BLOOMINGTON TRANSPORTATION WHAT IS THE ROLE OF TRANSPORTATION GENERATING CARBON EMISSIONS AND HOW WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO ALIGN WITH CITY GOALS? SO WE KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MANY OTHER DIFFERENT GOALS AND PLANS AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE THESE THIS PROJECT WAS DONE IN CONTEXT OF THOSE PLANS. WHAT PATHWAYS EXIST TO REDUCE TRANSPORTATION RELATED EMISSIONS AND WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC SCENARIOS IN WHICH WE CAN WHICH WE CAN USE GET TO ZERO CARBON EMISSIONS AND THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON A GOAL OF NET ZERO CARBON EMISSIONS BY 2050 WHAT ARE THE AREAS IN WHICH THE CITY CAN OPERATE AND EXERT INFLUENCE IN REDUCING EMISSIONS? HOW DO PEOPLE IN THE CITY TRAVEL AND WHAT DO THEY TRAVEL FOR AND WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES THAT CAN HELP US ACHIEVE THOSE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CO-BENEFITS THAT CAN COME WITH THESE STRATEGIES? THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE TRIED TO ASK IN THIS PROJECT AND. HERE ARE THE STEPS THAT WE TOOK BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND MAY OF SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR IN MAY OF THIS YEAR STARTING WITH UNDERSTANDING WITH A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT EXISTS TODAY IN THE CITY WE COLLECTED WE BUILT OUT AND MODELED THESE SCENARIOS. WE CREATED A FRAMEWORK TO CREATE STRATEGIES AND THEN WE LOOKED AT WHAT SPECIFIC STRATEGIES COULD BE AND THEN WE HOPE TO LEAVE WITH A SET OF NEXT STEPS THAT WILL INFORM FOR EXAMPLE THE CLIMATE THAT'S COMING UP HERE. SO FIRST PHASE ONE, THE TWO QUESTIONS WE ASKED THE ROLE OF TRANSPORTATIONS CARBON EMISSIONS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO ALIGN WITH CITY GOALS WE REDUCE EMISSIONS. SO WE TOOK A LOOK AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT INITIATIVES PLANS, POLICIES AND EFFORTS THE CITY IS MAKING INCLUDING THE BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THE CORPORATE CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN, THE ENERGY ACTION PLAN EFFORTS BY THE OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING AND OF COURSE THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN. AND WE ALSO TOOK A LOOK AT THE ZONING CODE AS SO WE FOUND THAT THESE WERE SOME OPPORTUNITIES WE HAD TO ALIGN THIS PROJECT WITH VARIOUS OTHER GOALS HERE INCLUDING THE NET ZERO CARBON GOAL ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, THE WORK OF THE RACIAL EQUITY OFFICE, PUBLIC WAS A HUGE PIECE OF THIS INCREASE IN COMMUNITY AMENITIES. WE NOTED THAT AS WE'VE SEEN THAT IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEN MAKING SURE BLOOMINGTON REMAINS AN ECONOMICALLY VIBRANT AND INCLUSIVE FOR EVERYBODY. SO COMING BACK TO WHERE CLIMATE POLLUTION COMES FROM WITHIN THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR IN BLOOMINGTON HERE YOU CAN SEE A GRAPH FROM THE YEARS OF 2015 TO 2022. WE CAN SEE THAT ABOUT 500,000 METRIC TONS OF CO2 EQUIVALENT ARE PRODUCED THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR THIS IS FROM JUST THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND YOU CAN SEE THAT CARBON EMISSIONS HAVE REMAINED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT STEADY OVER THE YEARS WITH A DECLINE IN 2020 WHEN THE PANDEMIC FIRST HIT. BUT IN 2021 AND 2022 WE'VE STARTED TO SEE THOSE EMISSIONS CREEP UP AGAIN. AND SO WITHIN THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR WHERE DO THOSE EMISSIONS COME FROM? WE FOUND THAT 93% OF EMISSIONS COME FROM SINGLE OCCUPANCY PASSENGER VEHICLES. SO THESE ARE CARS AND SMALL TRUCKS THAT WE DRIVE AND THEN THE REMAINING COMES FROM COMMERCIAL VEHICLES LIKE LARGER TRUCKS AND THE CITY'S TRANSIT SYSTEM AS WELL AND. HERE I'D LIKE TO TOUCH ON WHAT'S CALLED VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED. THIS IS A MEASURE OF HOW MUCH WE DRIVE TYPICALLY WITHIN A GIVEN GEOGRAPHIC AREA USUALLY WITHIN THE YEAR AND SO THE MORE WE DRIVE THE MORE WE EMIT CARBON . AND SO ONE WAY TO ACHIEVE OUR CLIMATE GOAL IS TO REDUCE AMOUNT WE DRIVE IN SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY TRYING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRIPS THAT THE CITIZENS OF BLOOMINGTON TRYING TO MAKE. WE'RE SIMPLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS ALL OF THEIR DESTINATIONS THROUGH A VARIETY OF WAYS INCLUDING MANY OF WHICH NOT AS POLLUTING AS DRIVING IN A SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE. SO WE TRIED TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE BLOOMINGTON IS TODAY AND WE COMPARED THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY AS A WHOLE. WE FOUND THAT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON SPENDS ABOUT $13,918 ONE HOUSEHOLD SPENDS THAT AN ANNUAL TRANSPORTATION COSTS. THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD HAS CLOSE TO TWO AUTOS BOTH HOUSEHOLD 1.83 AUTOS AND THEN 15,517 MILES IS DRIVEN BY THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD. ALL OF THIS IS HIGHER THAN THE THAN HENNEPIN COUNTY. WE THE CITY DRIVES ABOUT 1000 IT SPENDS ABOUT $1,000 MORE IN ANNUAL TRANSPORTATION COSTS. THE COUNTY HAS AS AN AVERAGE HAS 1.71 AUTOS PER HOUSEHOLD AND THEN WE DRIVE ABOUT 14,122 MILES FROM A COUNTY HOUSEHOLD . WE ALSO TOOK A LOOK AT THE CITY'S CAPITAL PLAN JUST TO SEE HOW THE CITY WAS SPENDING ITS TRANSPORTATION FUNDING BETWEEN 2024 AND 2033 WE'RE SLATED TO SPEND ABOUT $229.7 MILLION ON AUTO INFRASTRUCTURE SO MOSTLY STREET PROJECTS AND THEN 27.5 MILLION ON BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND 13.2 MILLION ON WALKING INFRASTRUCTURE. AND I DO WANT TO CAVEAT BY SAYING CAVEAT THIS BY SAYING THAT A LOT OF THE BUT THEN THAT TO 29.7 MILLION YOU'RE SEEING IN THE AUTO CENTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE THERE ARE SEVERAL BIKE AND PET PROJECTS INCLUDED AS WELL BUT THEY'RE NOT SPLIT UP IN THE CITY BUT IT IS BEING AMENDED BY CITY STAFF RIGHT NOW TO INCLUDE IN FUTURE EDITIONS. SO WE ALSO TOOK A LOOK WHAT CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE EXISTS IN THE CITY. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE 1029 VEHICLE CENTER LANE MILES, 241 MILES OF SIDEWALKS, 46 MILES OF BIKEABLE SHOULDERS, 8084 MILES OF MULTI-USE TRAILS. WE ALSO HAVE 16 LEVEL THREE. THESE ARE THE HIGH POWERED CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLES STATIONS IN THE CITY 74 LEVEL TWO CHARGERS 501 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION STOPS 627 INACTIVE TRANSPORTATION STOPS AND 37 TRANSIT STOPS WHICH SHELTERS AND OR BENCHES. SO THEN WE TOOK A LOOK AT HOW PEOPLE TRAVEL HOW ARE THE TRIPS THAT PEOPLE MAKE CONTRIBUTING TO DRIVING IN THE CITY AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE OUR VMT IS SIMPLY A MEASURE OF HOW MUCH WE DRIVE AND SO WHAT THIS GRAPH SHOWS IS THE ABOUT PERCENT OF ALL THE TRIPS THAT WE MAKE CONTRIBUTE ABOUT I'M SORRY OF THE TRIPS THAT ARE LESS THAN 15 MILES IN LENGTH CONTRIBUTE ABOUT 50% OF ALL THE DRIVING THAT WE DO THE TOTAL VMT IS COMES FROM TRIPS THAT ARE LESS THAN MILES IN LENGTH AND THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIPS COME FROM THE REMAINDER OF VMT COMES FROM TRIPS OVER 15 MILES AND 15 MILES IN LENGTH. AND SO WHAT THAT SHOWS US IS THAT A MAJORITY OF EVEN THOUGH A MAJORITY OF THE TRIPS WE MAKE LARGE NUMBER OF TRIPS THE SHORTER TRIPS DON'T CONTRIBUTE ALL THAT MUCH TOTAL DRIVING LONGER TRIPS ARE WHAT RESULT IN TOTAL DRIVING OVERALL SO BREAKING THAT DOWN 9% OF TOTAL VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED ARE BETWEEN MILE ARE MADE BY TRIPS MADE BETWEEN ONE AND FIVE MILES 17% ARE BETWEEN FIVE AND TEN MILES 31% ARE BETWEEN TEN AND 20 MILES AND THEN 43% OF VMT COMES FROM TRIPS THAT ARE OVER 20 MILES IN LENGTH. AND SO THEN WE TOOK A LOOK AT WHY PEOPLE TRAVEL IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND AGAIN THESE ARE TRIPS THAT ARE JUST THAT ARE EITHER BEGIN OR END WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON CITY LIMITS. AND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WORK TRIPS, HOME TRIPS AND SHOPPING TRIPS ARE THE BIGGEST REASONS THAT PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING AND HOME TRIPS ARE JUST GOING HOME FROM WHATEVER THAT YOU'RE AT CURRENTLY AND YOU CAN SEE THESE BARS HERE THE YOU CAN SEE THOSE ARE THE TRIP LENGTH AS WELL AND SO WE CAN SEE THAT WORK TRIPS TEND TO SKEW LONGER, HOME TRIPS SKEW LONGER AS WELL WHILE EATING SOCIAL AND OTHER ACTIVITY TRIPS TEND TO SKEW SHORTER. AND SO MAJOR TAKEAWAYS FROM OUR EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS IS THAT WE HAVE 40% OF TOTAL CARBON EMISSIONS COMING FROM THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR IN BLOOMINGTON DRIVING AND SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES, CARS AND SMALL TRUCKS MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF THOSE EMISSIONS AND TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS HAVE REMAINED STEADY UNLIKE ENERGY GENERATION WHICH HAVE DECLINED EXCEPT WHEN THE PANDEMIC STARTED IN 2020 WE FIND THAT BLOOMINGTON HOUSEHOLDS DROVE MORE THAN THE COUNTY AVERAGE AND SPEND MORE IN TRANSPORTATION COSTS AND WE SPEND MAJORITY OF OUR TRANSPORTATION FUNDING ON ROADWAY MAINTENANCE AND RECONSTRUCTION AND A FEW OTHER TAKEAWAYS FROM THE TRIP DISTRIBUTION IS THAT 75% OF VMT IS GENERATED BY TRIPS OVER TEN MILES IN LENGTH AND AGAIN WORK TRIPS ARE LONGER SHOPPING EATING SOCIAL AND SCHOOL TRIPS ARE SHORTER. SO THE NEXT PHASE WAS TO MODEL ALL THEIR WAYS FOR US TO GET TO THE NET ZERO GOAL WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. AND WHAT ARE THOSE PATHWAYS TO GET THERE. AND SO WE LOOKED AT TWO MAJOR WAYS IN WHICH WE COULD ACHIEVE THOSE AND THEY WERE ELECTRIFYING THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND REDUCING NUMBER OF MILES THAT WE DRIVE SO WE BUILT OUT FOUR SCENARIOS AND THIS IS HOW WE THOSE SCENARIOS YOU KNOW BY LOOKING AT WHAT PUBLICLY VMT DATA THERE WAS DOING SOME CALCULATIONS TO YOU KNOW TRANSLATE ONE MILE DRIVING INTO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BUILDING INTO DIFFERENT SCENARIO MODELS AND BUILDING A BUNCH OF ASSUMPTIONS INTO THOSE MODELS GROUND TTHING THOSE MODELS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY REFLECTED WHAT OTHER SIMILAR ENTITIES WERE DOING AS WELL AND THEN USING THAT AS A BASE TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR THE CITY TO GET THERE AS WELL . SO WE AGAIN WE MODELED A MIX OF DIFFERENT WAYS REACH THAT GOAL AND LIKE I SAID ELECTRIFICATION AND REDUCING DRIVING WERE THE TWO MAJOR WAYS THAT WE LOOKED TO SEE HOW WE COULD ACHIEVE THOSE GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS. SO AGAIN SCENARIOS ARE BASED ON ONLY ADDRESSING TRIPS THAT START OR STOPPED WITHIN OF BLOOMINGTON LIMITS. SO ALL THE PASTORAL TRIPS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER ARE NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THIS MODEL AND THEY MAKE UP APPROXIMATELY 50% OF ALL TRIPS MADE WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. WE ALSO LOOKED TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY 80% AND ABSOLUTE REDUCTION OF 80% FROM TODAY AND WE DEVELOPED DEVELOPED FOR THE FIRST ONE WAS A HIGH ELECTRIFICATION SCENARIO. WHAT IT WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF WE WENT ALL IN ON ELECTRIFICATION? SECOND ONE WAS REDUCING DRIVING SIGNIFICANTLY AND THE TWO OTHER SCENARIOS WERE SORT OF MIDDLE OF THE ROAD SCENARIOS THAT AT A COMBINATION OF BOTH OF THESE THINGS. SO THE FIRST SCENARIO THIS GRAPH SHOWS WHAT IT WOULD BE IF WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. THE TOP LINE OF GRAPH SHOWS WHAT IT WOULD WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF TRAVEL CONTINUED AS NORMAL AND THEN WITH FUEL EFFICIENCY INCREASES COMING ON LINE WITH SEVERAL FOR SEVERAL REASONS INCLUDING THE INCLUDING CARS BECOMING EFFICIENT AND THE MINNESOTA CLEAN CARS RULE WE WOULD SEE SOME DECREASE THERE. ON TOP OF THAT WE LAYER ON VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED REDUCTION AND HERE WE DID A 10% REDUCTION BY 2050 AND THAT RESULTED IN US FINDING THAT WE NEED TO ELECTRIFY 65% OF ALL NEW ON ROAD VEHICLES BY 2045 AND THAT WOULD GET US TO 80% GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS WITH 20% BEING WILL HAVE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF IN SOME OTHER WAY. SCENARIO TWO WE FOUND THAT WE WOULD NEED IN A HIGH VMT REDUCTION SCENARIO 40% REDUCTION IN VMT BY 2050 TO REQUIRE US TO ELECTRIFY 45% OF ALL OF OUR ON ROAD VEHICLES AND 8580 5% OF ALL NEW VEHICLE SALES HAVE TO BE ELECTRIC VEHICLES BY 2050. SCENARIO THREE A 30% REDUCTION IN VMT AGAIN THIS IS A MIDDLE THE ROAD SCENARIO WHERE WE HAVE 55% OF ALL NEW ON ROAD VEHICLES AND ALL NEW VEHICLE SALES ELECTRIFIED 2050. AND FINALLY SCENARIO FOUR WHICH IS A 20% REDUCTION IN VMT WHICH WHICH REQUIRES US TO HAVE 60% OF ALL NEW ON ROAD VEHICLES, ALL NEW VEHICLE SALES ARE ELECTRIFIED BY 2047 . AND SO WHAT DO SOME OF THOSE SCENARIOS LOOK LIKE IN REAL LIFE SO OH I'M SORRY I FORGOT TO MENTION WE COMPARED OUR RESULTS WITH OUR STUDY THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DID WAS CALLED PATHWAYS TO DECARBONIZING TRANSPORTATION AND WE FOUND THAT OUR RESULTS WERE VERY MUCH IN LINE. WHAT THE D.O.T. FOUND ALTHOUGH THE D.O.T. HAD SEVERAL OTHER INDICATORS AS WELL WE ONLY LOOKED AT ELECTRIFICATION AND VMT WHILE THE D.O.T. LOOKED AT A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS INCLUDING BIOFUELS. SO ACHIEVING THIS CARBON REDUCTION GOAL WE FOUND IT REQUIRES A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH. THERE'S NO SINGLE SILVER BULLET AND SO ALL OF THESE STRATEGIES HAVE TO LAYER ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. SO THE MORE YOU ELECTRIFY THE EASIER IT BECOMES TO ACHIEVE YOUR TARGET. AND THEN THE VMT REDUCTION MAKES THAT MUCH MORE EASIER AS WELL. AND SO THE REST OF THIS REPORT WE KEEP SCENARIO FOUR AS THE BASIS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE. WE FOUND THAT THE 20% VMT REDUCTION WAS IN LINE WITH WHAT OTHER CITIES THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL AND OTHERS ARE DOING. SO WHAT DO THE SCENARIOS LOOK LIKE IN REAL LIFE FOR IN IN 2050 WHEN WE SAY 60% OF ALL ON ROAD VEHICLES ARE ELECTRIC BY 2050 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHO WORKS IN AN OFFICE BUILDING AND SHE PARKS HER CAR AND SHE WALKS TO HER OFFICE, SHE WALKS BY TEN VEHICLES AND SHE NOTICES THAT SIX OF THEM ARE ELECTRIC VEHICLES. AGAIN, THIS IS IN 2050. SO YOU KNOW, QUITE A WAYS AWAY. BUT BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS HOPING TO SHOW YOU IS THAT THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, A RADICAL CHANGE AND A LOT OF THIS IS THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING ALREADY FOR SOMEONE TO ACHIEVE THAT 20% VMT REDUCTION BY 2050, ALL THEY WOULD NEED TO DO IS INSTEAD OF DRIVING TO DO THEIR WEEKLY SHOPPING THIS PERSON CAN RIDE AN ELECTRIC CARGO BIKE JUST TWICE A MONTH BETWEEN MAY AND OCTOBER . SO THE MONTHS WHEN BLOOMINGTON IS BIKEABLE WITHOUT SNOW FOR SIX MONTHS IF THEY DRIVE AN ELECTRIC RIGHT AN ELECTRIC CAR ,CARGO BIKE TWICE A MONTH THEY CAN ACHIEVE THAT 20% VMT REDUCTION GOAL AND THERE'S OTHER BENEFITS AS WELL THAT BIKING CARRY AS MUCH GROCERIES AS A CAR CAN STORE AS MANY BAGS GO UP TO 20 MILES PER HOUR AND YOU OFTEN DON'T NEED TO PEDAL IF YOU HAVE A THROTTLE ON YOUR E-BIKE. THAT COULD BE ME. I DID THAT STARTING LAST MONTH . SO YOU MEAN IT IS YOU, RIGHT? SO YEAH . YEP. HERE WE GO. ANOTHER EXAMPLE WE'RE SEEING CITIES INCORPORATE BUS ONLY LANES AND COUPLING THAT WITH TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY WHERE A BUS GETS PRIORITY ON THAT LANE AS WELL AS PRIORITY OUT OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS OF THE BUS REACHES THE SIGNAL IT WOULD TURN GREEN ALLOWING IT TO GO WITHOUT STOPPING AND SOMEBODY COULD DISCOVER USING THAT BUS MAKES IT MORE EFFICIENT FOR THEM TO DROP KIDS OFF AT DAYCARE INSTEAD OF DRIVING. AND SO IF THEY DO THAT JUST EVERY OTHER DAY THAT CAN HELP HIT THAT 20% VMT REDUCTION GOAL AS WELL. AND THERE'S OTHER CO-BENEFITS INCLUDING SAVING MONEY ON FUEL COSTS AND OTHER SCENARIO IS WORKING FROM HOME SOMEONE WHO GOES INTO THE OFFICE FIVE DAYS A WEEK TODAY IN 2050 ALL THEY NEED TO DO IS JUST WORK FROM HOME ON ONE OF THOSE DAYS AND AT HOME THEY CAN WALK TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD CAFE GRAB LUNCH. AND SO THAT IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHAT 20 20% REDUCTION BY 2050 IN VMT COULD LOOK LIKE. SO WHAT CAN THE CITY DO TO MOVE SOME OF THESE CALLS FORWARD THERE WE THE ANALYZED YOU KNOW CITY, OPERATIONS ACROSS THESE AND ACROSS SEVERAL CATEGORIES AND CAME UP WITH THIS FRAMEWORK TO SAY YOU KNOW THE CITY MAY HAVE THE GREATEST INFLUENCE IN HELPING MOVE TRANSPORTATION SUSTAINABILITY FORWARD CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AS WE SAW WE SPEND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY OF THE CITY BUDGET ON TRANSPORTATION. THE CITY IS THE LOCAL DECISION MAKER ON HOW LAND USE AND SO THAT IS ANOTHER MAJOR AREA AS WELL THAT THE CITY'S STREETS AND ROADS IS THE LARGEST SOURCE OF PUBLIC LAND WITHIN CITY LIMITS AND SO WHAT ROADS LOOK AND FEEL LIKE HAVE A GREAT INFLUENCE ON HOW PEOPLE CHOOSE TO TRAVEL AND THEN THE CITY ALSO SETS MANY DIFFERENT POLICIES AS WE JUST SAW IN THE PREVIOUS SECTION HERE. AND SO THOSE POLICIES TO TO MOVE THIS GOAL FORWARD AND BASED OFF OF OUR TRIP WE CAME UP WITH THIS FRAMEWORK TO TO MAKE TO MOVE THESE TO TO MOVE CARBON REDUCTION FORWARD. SO THESE THIS FRAMEWORK INVOLVES SHIFTING TRIPS SO MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO MOVE FROM SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE TO OTHER LESS POLLUTING MODES LIKE BIKING, WALKING PUBLIC TRANSIT AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AVOIDING TRIPS SO MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO STILL MEET ALL OF YOUR NEEDS BUT WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE THE TRIP ITSELF SHORTENING TRIPS SO BRINGING DESTINATIONS CLOSER TOGETHER SO YOU CAN REACH ALL THE PLACES THAT YOU NEED TO GO WITHOUT DRIVING AS FAR AND THEN INCENTIVES SO CARROTS OR TO TO HELP PEOPLE MAKE BETTER CHOICES IN TERMS OF HOW THEY CHOOSE TO TRAVEL. SO AGAIN WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT THOSE ARE WHEN WE LOOK AT SHIFTING MODES THOSE WOULD BE BEST SUITED FOR TRIPS THAT ARE SHORT AND WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER MODES SUCH AS SHIFTING TO TRANSIT, SHIFTING TO CARPOOLING THOSE WOULD BE BEST SERVED FOR BETWEEN TRIPS THAT ARE BETWEEN TEN MILES LONG AND 20 MILES LONG AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER LONGER TRIPS CAN BE BEST ADDRESSED BY ELECTRIFYING AND THINGS LIKE TELEHEALTH AND WORKING FROM HOME. SO WHEN I WHEN WE AT ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT YOU KNOW, THE STRATEGIES THE PLANS THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING ON, WE WANTED TO AGAIN MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROJECT WAS GROUNDED IN WHAT THE CITY WAS ALREADY DOING AND. SO WE BUILT THESE TEAMS TO DEVELOP ACTUAL STRATEGIES THAT THE CITY CAN USE IF THEY CHOOSE TO IN THE FUTURE. AND SO THE FIRST THING WAS WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE INCREASED THE ACCESS OF PEOPLE TO INCREASE THE ABILITY OF PEOPLE TO ACCESS CITY DESTINATIONS WITHOUT THE USE OF A PRIVATE VEHICLE. WE KNOW THAT EQUITY IS A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY AND SO MITIGATING HISTORICAL HARMS AND BRINGING EQUITY TO MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES WAS A WAS INCORPORATED INTO THIS PROJECT REDUCING HOW MUCH TRANSPORTATION COSTS FOR LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND THAT KIND OF GOES WITH THE HOUSING PIECE AS WELL BECAUSE WE KNOW HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION GO TOGETHER AND SO MAKING THOSE DECISIONS IN A MORE COORDINATED WAY WAS IMPORTANT . WE KNOW THAT PUBLIC HEALTH IS A MAJOR PRIORITY FOR THE CITY AND WE KNOW THAT TRANSPORTATION HAS A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON PUBLIC HEALTH WHETHER IT'S WHAT KIND OF AIR YOU BREATHE TO YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC SAFETY CONVERSATIONS WE WE JUST HEARD EARLIER AND THEN ELIMINATING DEATHS AND INJURIES FROM TRAFFIC CRASHES AS WELL. SO SOME EXAMPLES AND AGAIN KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE AND SOME EXAMPLE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MADE OF WHAT WHAT WE CAN DO TO SHIFT MODES SO RIGHTSIZING OUR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, MAKING SURE THAT OUR STREET NETWORK REFLECTS THE WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO ACHIEVE, WHAT THE OUTCOMES WE'RE HOPING TO ACHIEVE ON THE STREETS ARE INCREASING ACCESS AND FREQUENCY OF PUBLIC TRANSIT INCREASING, THE SAFETY AND COMFORT OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND REDUCING THE ECONOMIC BARRIERS FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS WALKING, BIKING, ROLLING AND TRANSIT AVOIDING TRIPS. THESE WOULD BE THINGS LIKE ENCOURAGING TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES LIKE SHARED MOBILITY CARPOOLING, FREE BUS BUSSES AND INCREASING THE VIRTUAL INCREASE IN VIRTUAL ACCESS TO BASIC NEEDS TELEWORK TELEHEALTH SHORTENING TRIPS. AND SO HERE WOULD BE WHERE WE WOULD BUILD TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ENCOURAGING COMPACT DEVELOPMENT, MAKING SURE THAT MANY AMENITIES ARE CLOSE TO WHERE YOU LIVE AND WORK AND THEN INCREASINGLY OF SPECIALTY SERVICES WHICH PREVIOUSLY YOU MAY HAVE HAD TO CROSS CITY LINES TO GET TO AND THEN INCENTIVIZING BETTER TRIP MAKING SO PROVIDING FREE TRANSIT PASSES FOR EXAMPLE MAKING SURE PARKING IS BEING PRICED IN WAY THAT REFLECTS DEMAND PROVIDING SAFE AND COMMUNICATIVE LENIENT PARKING FOR BICYCLES AND SUBSIDIZING ELECTRIC BIKE PURCHASES. AGAIN THESE ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT THE CITY COULD SO BEYOND WE ALSO DEVELOPED SPECIFIC ACTION STEPS THAT THE CITY CAN TAKE AND THOSE ARE WILL BE IN THE FINAL REPORT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN TAKING A LOOK THEY'RE NOT PART OF THIS PRESENTATION TODAY BUT THOSE ARE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT GO BEYOND THE STRATEGIES I SIT THESE ARE SPECIFIC STRATEGY AREAS AND THOSE ARE YOU KNOW, CONCRETE STEPS THAT THE CITY CAN TAKE TO MOVE THESE GOALS FORWARD. SO WITH THAT I WILL PASS IT BACK TO TOO TO FINISH THIS OFF HERE. SOUNDS GREAT SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE KEEPING IN MIND IS THAT WHEN AN OPTION IS SAFE, WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT, WHEN AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO DO THAT AND RIGHT NOW WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT TENDS TO BE DRIVING FOR FOLKS SO LOOKING AT WAYS WHERE WE CAN BE SWITCHING THAT AND MAKE PEOPLE FEEL MAKE PEOPLE ENJOY EXPERIENCES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES MAYBE THEY'RE CARPOOLING AND SOCIAL INTERACTIONS PLEASANT TO SO BUT JUST THINKING BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE THOUGHT OF IN THE CITY TO DATE PUTTING KIND OF ALL OF OUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET OF GETTING AROUND PASSENGER VEHICLES AND EXPANDING THE VARIOUS OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US TO MEET THOSE CLIMATE GOALS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE SEEING I HAPPEN TO BE A COUNCIL FOR THE APRIL 15TH MEETING AND THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM PRESENTED THAT NIGHT AND I JUST SMILED WHEN I SAW THAT WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING THEIR DREAM CITY TWO OF THE THINGS WERE BLOOMINGTON AND A WALKABLE BIKEABLE EMPOWERED COMMUNITY AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HEARING MORE OF FROM RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY AROUND OPTIONS TO GET AROUND WITHIN THE AND THAT TIES SO NICELY WITH NOT ONLY OUR WORK BUT ALL OF THE EASE THAT WE'RE BEING BROUGHT UP AROUND TRANSPORTATION AND SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT'S NEXT ON THE HORIZON SO. WE'VE COMPLETED THIS REPORT AND STUDY AND NOW WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION SO WE CAN SIT DOWN AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP THE TRANSPORTATION SECTION OF , THE CLIMATE PLAN AND THEN IT WILL BE GO TIME WELL CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT WHAT THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING AND HAVE VARIOUS TARGETS EVERY TEN YEARS TO GET US TO THAT CARBON NEUTRALITY AT 2050. SO WITH THAT WE ARE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, THANK YOU. THAT'S A GOOD STUFF. THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE AND LOT OF GOOD THOUGHT WENT INTO IT OBVIOUSLY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT TOO. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS MYSELF. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I THINK YES THIS IS GREAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE REPORT WITH ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SPECIFIC THINGS THE CITY CAN BE DOING. AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF YOU ALSO COMPARED YOUR FINDINGS THINGS THAT HENNEPIN COUNTY IS DOING AND I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE EXAMPLE OF GETTING GROCERIES ON A BIKE AND I THINK I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE LIKE I LIVE NOT VERY FAR AWAY FROM FRESH THYME BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BIKE ON RIGHT RIGHT AROUND AMERICAN BOULEVARD AND LIKE I JUST IT'S I WOULD NOT FEEL SAFE DOING THAT AND SO THINK ABOUT THE INTERSECTION WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY LIKE ROADS AND JUST THINGS LIKE THAT AND HOW WE CAN MOST EFFECTIVELY MAKE THESE THINGS ACTUALLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE A LOT OF JURISDICTION IN OUR IN OUR CITY. AND SO WHERE DID THAT COME UP AT ALL THREE OR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WE DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY INVOLVE HENNEPIN COUNTY IN THIS STUDY. HOWEVER WE ARE SIDE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR CLIMATE STAFF AND. THEY ACTUALLY RECENTLY HIRED A STAFF MEMBER WHO'S SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT VMT REDUCTION. SO CONVERSATIONS HAVE STARTED AND I KNOW ENGINEERING STAFF HAVE HAD ONGOING CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY THANK YOU AND I LIVE 5 MINUTES FROM WORK BUT THAT WOULD MEAN TAKING FRANCE AND THEN I'M LIKE IT DOESN'T YOU KNOW YEAH IT'S LIKE WE CAN DREAM SOMETIMES BUT IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE IT'S NOT SAFE OR PLEASURABLE OR THE THINGS THAT YOU LISTED. SO I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL OF ARCATA JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT TOO THAT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE CITY CAN DO BUT TO REALLY ACHIEVE, YOU KNOW, A HOLISTIC REDUCTION IT'LL TAKE COLLABORATION AT MANY DIFFERENT INCLUDING WITH THE COUNTY WITH NEIGHBORING CITIES AND THE STATE AS WELL. AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE CITY THAT HENNEPIN COUNTY HAS A 20% VMT REDUCTION GOAL AND THEY'VE DEVELOPED A BUNCH OF STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL AS HAS THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. AND WE HAVE WE ARE SEEING THAT THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR SEVERAL OF THESE PROJECTS THAT CAN HELP YOU KNOW, PUT BIKE ON PEN FOR EXAMPLE AND INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC SAFETY DESIGNS. SO COLLABORATION IS REALLY KEY AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT THAT I WAS TALKING TO 11 COUNTIES COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I HAD TWO QUICK QUESTIONS THANK YOU FOR THIS IS GREAT WHEN MY FAVORITE TOPICS WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE COMPARATIVE INFORMATION OF BLOOMINGTON VERSUS HENNEPIN COUNTY I WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THAT INCLUDED MINNEAPOLIS OR DID WE EXCLUDE MINNEAPOLIS BECAUSE IT WOULD BE AN OUTLIER IN AND OF ITSELF WITHIN THE WITHIN THE REALM OF HENNEPIN COUNTY DATA THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO IT DID NOT IT DID NOT EXCLUDE MINNEAPOLIS. IT INCLUDED MINNEAPOLIS. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SEE THAT COMPARISON EXCLUDING MINNEAPOLIS JUST BECAUSE IT IS SUCH AN OUTLIER AND THEY HAVE SUCH A STRONG PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE COMPARED TO MOST OF THE FIRST TIER SUBURBS SO IT MIGHT BE WORTH TAKING A LOOK AT THAT LARGELY BECAUSE WE COULD BE WORSE OFF EVEN YOU KNOW, OR BETTER DEPENDING ON THAT. SO I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT. AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD WAS RELATED TO THE DATA YOU YOU MENTIONED YOU YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT STARTING OR STOPPING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF BLOOMINGTON. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THE AIRPORT BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF IN THAT WEIRD MOMENT OF COULD BE IN BLOOMINGTON MAYBE MAYBE NOT DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE DID DO DO WE DO WE COUNT TRIPS INITIATING OUT OF MSP AS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AS A START OR A STOP DO LIKE HOW DID WE DO THAT AND OR DID WE GIVING NO COULD WE DETERMINE THAT MSP WAS INCLUDED IN THOSE NUMBERS MSP WAS NOT WAS NOT SO IT WAS EXCLUDED FROM THAT OKAY GREAT I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS UP. I AM GOING TO POINT OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES ONE MORE TIME THAT 75% OF ALL OF OUR TRANSPORTATION MONEY THAT WE SPEND IS ON ROADS. AND YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID FROM THE DAY I GOT HERE ROAD DIETS ARE GREAT SO I'M JUST GOING TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, THANKS FOR YOU I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW YOU'VE COME TO DETERMINE THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE PERCENTAGE OF MILEAGE THAT WE TRAVEL FROM WITHIN BLOOMINGTON WORK AND BACK TO BLOOMINGTON. HOW DOES THAT HOW DID THAT DATA COME UP TO TO BE THIS? YEAH. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS WE USED A PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE CALLED REPLICA THAT A COMBINATION OF CELL PHONE DATA PROBES ON THE ROAD WE PAY FOR THAT SUBSCRIPTION AND SO WE GOT THAT INFORMATION FROM THAT SOFTWARE PROGRAM. WE RAN OUR OWN ANALYSIS AND THEY HELPED US RUN A VMT CALCULATION AS WELL AND SO WE USED THOSE NUMBERS TO COME UP WITH THAT INFORMATION JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. SO FOR INSTANCE I DRIVE NINE MILES TO WORK AND NINE MILES BACK. HOW DO YOU DETERMINE THE PERCENTAGE OF MILES THAT I DRIVE WITH IN BLOOMINGTON WHEN THAT IS GIVEN TO YOU? OBVIOUSLY YOU GET IT FROM NOT MY PHONE BUT MY CAR ALSO TRACKS EVERY MILE I DRIVE AS YOU KNOW EVERY CAR HAS IT EVEN TELLS ME HOW FAST SOMEBODY PASSES ME WHEN THEY PASS ME. SO IT'S KIND OF A WHILE BUT ALL THE INFORMATION IS OUT NOW SO HOW IS THAT OUT OF THOSE NINE MILES? I THINK IT'S C12 IS LIKE SIX AND A HALF TO TWO MILES. THEY DRIVE WITHIN BLOOMINGTON IS THAT ACCURATE OR THE 18 MILES THAT I DRIVE GETTING TO WORK I'M BACK TO BLOOMINGTON. IS THAT ALL INCLUDED? HOW SO IF YOUR STARTED IN BLOOMINGTON THAT WHOLE TRIP WOULD COUNTED IN THE ANALYSIS AND IF THE TRIP ENDED IN BLOOMINGTON THAT WHOLE TRIP WOULD BE COUNTED IN THE ANALYSIS. OKAY, SO THE 18 MILES TO 1820 MILES WOULD BE CONSIDERED HIGH . THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN THANK YOU. SO THIS IS MY SECOND GO AT THIS AND IT INTERESTING FIRST TIME AND AGAIN INTERESTING AGAIN THE SECOND TIME THROUGH AND I MADE A NUMBER OF COMMENTS AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO BRING FORWARD IS YOU KNOW IN TERMS OF HOW DO YOU SEE THIS PARTICULAR POLICY I DON'T KNOW THIS IS FOR YOU OR IF FROM A KNOW KIND OF FITTING INTO OUR ATP AND THEN ALSO THE COMPLETE STREETS COMPONENT OF IT. I JUST I LOOK AT YOU KNOW THIS LANGUAGE HERE AND THAT THE COMPLETE TRUTH POLICY THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A BALANCED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT WILL ENHANCE SAFETY HEALTH AND LIVABLE LIVABILITY FOR USERS OF ALL AGES ABILITIES INCLUDING PEDESTRIANS, TRANSIT USERS BICYCLISTS COMMERCIAL AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES, FLEET AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON. HE GOES ON TO KIND OF SAY THAT AND I'M JUST I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW THAT HOW THIS KIND OF INFORMS IT OR FITS INTO THAT BOTH THOSE POLICIES AS TO WHERE COUNCIL MEMBERS LOWMAN I WOULD SAY THAT THIS STUDY HELPS US HAVE QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION THAT'S LINKING A LOT OF THINGS WE'RE ALREADY DOING TO HOW TO REACH THE CLIMATE GOAL SO UNDERSTANDING WHEN I'M TALKING TO MY COWORKERS IN ENGINEERING RIGHT NOW WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A PROJECT IT'S UNCLEAR EXACTLY HOW FAR THAT WILL GET US TO OUR CLIMATE GOAL AND THAT RELATION BACK TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND. THIS INFORMATION NOW I THINK IS GETTING US CLOSER TO UNDERSTANDING THOSE DIFFERENT WEDGES. SO IF YOU KNOW COUNCIL PASSES CLIMATE PLAN THAT SAYS OKAY WE'RE GOING TO DO THEM MIDDLE OF THE ROAD SCENARIO OR WE WANT TO SEE 10% REDUCTION VERSUS 20 THAT'S GOING TO START TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE LOOK AT PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE. WHAT ARE WE PRIORITIZING AND ABOUT? OKAY, HOW MUCH ARE WE INVESTING IN PUBLIC EV CHARGING VERSUS BIKE LANES ALL THOSE DECISIONS I WOULD SAY WITH COMPLETE STREETS IT'S MORE THOSE INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS AND WHERE TO INVEST THAT THIS INFORMATION IS HELPING US GET TO IF THAT MAKES SENSE? NO, I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I GUESS YOU KNOW, AS I LOOK THROUGH THAT INFORMATION THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE BROUGHT FORWARD, IT KIND OF KEEPS ME THINKING HEY, HOW COULD WE REVISE, YOU KNOW, THOSE COMPLETE STREETS BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY MAY NOT BE OUR GOAL ANYMORE. YOU KNOW, OF TO MAKE THIS BALANCE MAYBE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO KIND OF MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE TRYING TO DO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF THING WITHIN THAT WITHIN POLICY AND ALSO THE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN MAYBE IT'S YOU KNOW, THE PRIMARY YOU KNOW OR SOMETHING. SO I JUST KIND OF LOOK AT THAT . I'M JUST I'M CURIOUS ABOUT ABOUT BECAUSE NOW AS I READ THAT INFORMATION ALL OVER AND I LOOK AT THOSE THOSE TWO PARTICULAR POLICIES, I'M THINKING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THAT AND MAYBE THAT'S THE INTENT OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO BY PUTTING THIS DATA OUT THERE. BUT I'M WONDERING IF IT MAKES SOME SENSE TO TO KIND OF DO A LITTLE MORE DIGGING IN THERE. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OUR SPEED AND THAT TYPE OF THING. AND AND SO THESE ARE AGAIN ALL ELEMENTS AND ITEMS I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW ON WHAT STAFF THINKS ABOUT IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD THOSE DO WE NEED TO REVISE THOSE ITEMS LET'S REMEMBER. NELSON THANK YOU, MAYOR SAID A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ACTUALLY KIND OF FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO WAS ASKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF JUST UNDERSTANDING THE DATA AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN BLOOMINGTON IS THE MALL OF AMERICA AND. IT'S A NATIONAL AND REGIONAL DESTINATION AND COULD BE THE ENDPOINT AND START POINT FOR MANY TRIPS. HOW IS THAT IMPACTING THE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED PARTICULARLY IN THE SHOPPING CATEGORY IF PEOPLE COME FROM YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE YOU KNOW, SAINT CLOUD OR SOMETHING TO GO THE MALL OF AMERICA THEY WENT TO BLOOMINGTON IS THAT CAPTURED THAT ENTIRE TRIP FROM SAINT CLOUD HERE OR FROM MADISON HERE HOWEVER THAT WORKS. MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS AND COUNCILMEMBER YES. THAT WOULD BE CAPTURED. OKAY. BUT O THE FLIP SIDE, IF SOMEBODY SAY CAME FROM FURTHER AWAY AND THEY FLEW HERE THE AIRLINE PART OF THAT WOULD NOT BE CAPTURED. BUT IF THEY GOT A CAB OR WERE IN LEFT WHICH WE STILL HAVE THAT WOULD BE CAPTURED THE IF THEY GO TO UBER OR LYFT OR WHATEVER A CAB AT THE AIRPORT AND THEN CAME AND STAYED AT A HOTEL IN BLOOMINGTON THAT THE CAR PART WOULD BE CAPTURED. THE AIRLINE PART WOULD NOT. IS THAT ACCURATE? GROUND TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED NOT AIR MILES TRAVELED AND THEN JUST SOMETHING THAT I'VE DONE A GREAT DEAL IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AND I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY IS CAPTURED IN THIS IS YOU KNOW I DROVE TO CALIFORNIA I STOPPED OVERNIGHT AND I KEPT DRIVI AND I'VE ACTUALLY DRIVEN STRAIGHT THROUGH AS WELL DOES THAT WHOLE TRIP GET PICKED UP OR DOES IT ONLY GET PICKED UP UNTIL STOP FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME OR SO THE YOU KNOW, THESE ARE MODELS THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY CAPTURING EVERY TRIP THAT EVERY CITIZEN IS MAKING. THEY, YOU KNOW, HAVE WAYS OF NORMALIZING THESE TRIPS TO CAPTURE WHAT A TYPICAL DAY WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. AND SO SOME OF THOSE OUTLYING TRIPS THEY HAVE WAYS OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY DON'T SKEW THE DATA IN A IN A SPECIFIC WAY. GOOD. AND THAT WAS I APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET TO IS JUST MAKE SURE THINGS WEREN'T SKEWED THERE IN THAT WAY. THE PROBABLY THE LAST ONE I HAVE IS THERE WAS AN INDICATION THAT FOR OBVIOUS REASONS TRAFFIC TO OFFICES DROPPED OFF IN 2020. I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHY PROBABLY REMEMBER THAT YET WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED BY REDUCING THOSE TRIPS TO WORK THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT SAID IF WE JUST DIDN'T GO ONE DAY IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE PRESSURE IS MUCH MORE ON GETTING PEOPLE BACK INTO THE OFFICE AGAIN AND SO THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S GOING TO GO AGAINST THIS GOAL AND IT SEEMS MORE LIKELY IN THE FUTURE EVEN MAYBE ONE DAY. BUT YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW IT MIGHT BE YOU'RE NOT GOING IN YOU'RE ONLY GOING IN ONE DAY OR TWO DAYS AND IN THE FUTURE YOU MIGHT GO FOUR DAYS AND STILL GET THAT ONE DAY OFF. I JUST FEEL LIKE THE PRESSURE IS ON THAT THAT ONE IS GOING TO INCREASE B BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO GET BACK INTO THE OFFICE. THEIR BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO WANT THEIR EMPLOYEES COME BACK TO THE OFFICE. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THIS IS A AGAIN LIKE A LONG TERM STUDY WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENS YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE GET TO THIS END POINT IN 2050? AND SO ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXAMPLE STRATEGIES WAS YOU KNOW, THINKING OF MAKING SURE OUR DESTINATIONS ARE ACCESSIBLE USING VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MODES SO THAT YOU TELL THAT TELEWORKING IS ONE WAY BUT THEY COULD STILL MAKE THAT TRIP TO THE OFFICE FOR EXAMPLE IF SOMEONE CHOSE TO THAT CHOSE TO COME NOW AND LIVE IN THE CITY BLOOMINGTON PREVIOUSLY THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN LIVING IN MINNEAPOLIS. THEY DIDN'T MAKE THAT TRIP TO HEALTHPARTNERS BY BIKE FOR EXAMPLE. AND SO THEIR OFFICE WOULD STILL GET THAT TRIP BUT IT WOULD NOT BE A VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED AND SO THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN ACHIEVE GOAL INCLUDING TELEWORKING BUT YOU KNOW STILL GETTING PEOPLE TO OFFICES IF THAT'S THAT'S THE GOAL WITH CITY LOOK THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT CLARIFICATION BUT TO JUST QUICK LAST WORD TO IT VERY QUICKLY WE GOT TO MOVE THIS ALONG. OKAY. YOU HAD EVE OR NOT, EVY, WHAT ABOUT PLUG IN HYBRID OR PLUG IN HYDROGEN, THINGS LIKE THAT ? ARE THOSE PART OF THE MIX FOR THIS STUDY? WE JUST USED EVS AS A OF PROXY FOR FUELS I WOULD SAY SO THAT SECTION OF THE GRAPH COULD BE REPLACED BY ANYTHING FROM HYDROGEN PLUG IN HYBRIDS, THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL AND MY ONLY LAST THING IS FOR ALL THE TRANSPORTATION WE TALKED ABOUT THE OTHER MODES OF THINGS WE GOT TO KEEP IN MIND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTROL IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND ONE OF THE BIG REASONS PEOPLE AREN'T TAKING TRAINS AND BUSSES IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEED TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT AND POLICE THAT A POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE GREAT WORK IN BLOOMINGTON HERE BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT I THAT DON'T WANT TO GET ON A TRAIN TO GO ANYWHERE OUTSIDE OF BLOOMINGTON. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. I'M GOING TO MOVE THIS ALONG. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF ITEMS WE STILL GOT TO GET TO YET TONIGHT WE'RE GETTING LATE. I JUST WANT WRAP UP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATION. LIKE I SAID, IT'S GREAT AND TO BUILD ON A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I AGREE COMPLETELY WITH TO LOOK AT THIS I LOVE THAT WE LOOK AT IT FROM BLOOMINGTON'S PERSPECTIVE BUT WE'RE IN A REGION AND IT ALL IT MATTERS WHAT HAPPENS. WELL, YOU KNOW, JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 494 MATTERS AS MUCH AS WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE THE RING OR INSIDE OUR CITY. AND AND THERE ARE MANY BEYOND OUR CONTROL. SO IT'S JUST A TRICKY ONE. BUT THIS IS REALLY GOOD DATA TO WORK WITH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE THANK YOU THANK YOU SO AND I'M 5.2 ON OUR AGENDA THIS IS AN UPDATE ON FUNDING OPTIONS FOR OUR SANITARY SEWER CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SHAWN LUNDY FROM OUR PORT AUTHORITY I'VE ALSO GOT SCOTT ANDERSON, I'VE GOT GLENN, MARK HOGAN THIS IS GOING TO BE A CAST OF THOUSANDS. IT'S GOING TO BE FABULOUS. SURE. SHAWN'S GOING TO KICK US OFF. GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR STICKING IT OUT THIS LATE. YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT PAST MY BEDTIME RIGHT NOW SO I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE IN THE SAME BOAT. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. CITY MANAGER. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW ME MY NAME IS SHAWN LUNDY. I'M WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES MANAGER ONLY I COULD BE WITH THE PORT AUTHORITY. MY APOLOGIES. I'M SORRY. I'M ALSO HERE WITH GLEN MARKEY GUARD FROM DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND SCOTT ANDERSON, UTILITY SUPERINTENDENT SO WE ARE A PART OF A CROSS MENTAL WORKING GROUP THAT HAS BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE ISSUE OF SANITARY SEWER CAPACITY AND HOW TO FUND THAT INTO THE FUTURE. SO TONIGHT WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU AN ON WHERE WE ARE AT AND WHAT OUR THINKING CURRENTLY IS. SO LIKE I SAID, WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE DIFFERENT THE SEWER, THE FUTURE THE FUTURE SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS AND DISCUSS PLAN NEXT STEPS SO JUST AS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYBODY HAS HERE FOR A WHILE WE WANT TO BE SHORT AND SWEET. SO FIRST WE'RE JUST GOING TO KIND OF GIVE CONTEXT SHORT HISTORY OF THE BLOOMINGTON SEWER, WHAT OUR PROJECTED SANITARY NEEDS ARE GOING OUT INTO THE FUTURE AND THEN DISCUSS WHERE POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES WOULD COME FROM. WE'LL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF ASSET MANAGEMENT BUT THEN WE WILL LET KNOW ABOUT WHERE SOME OF THE FRICTION POINTS ARE. AND THEN I PROPOSED SORT OF NEXT STEPS. SO AT THIS POINT I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY HAND IT OVER TO SCOTT TO DOVE MORE INTO THE HISTORY AND CONTEXT. GOOD EVENING, MR. ANDERSON. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND IS AS YOU'RE MOST LIKELY AWARE BLOOMINGTON'S SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM WAS WAS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED AND CONSTRUCTED PRIMARILY IN THE 5060S, SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES TYPICALLY DESIGN AID TO SERVE THE ANTICIPATED LAND USE AT THAT AT THAT TIME WITH WITH GROWTH CONSISTENT WITH THOSE LAND USES RECENT IN LAND USE FROM FROM WHAT COULD BE THOUGHT AS TYPICAL SUBURBAN LAND RETAIL LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO HIGHER MIXED USE MORE COMPACT DEVELOPMENT GENERATES SIGNIFICANTLY MORE WASTEWATER FLOW CREATING MUCH MORE DEMAND ON THE EXISTING SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE THIS THIS HAS BEEN SEEN MOST RECENTLY AND MOST OFTEN IN OUR SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSIONS OF OF ONE STORY WAREHOUSES TO TWO HOTELS TO TWO APARTMENT RESIDENTIAL CONDOS AND EVERYTHING OF THE LIKE. THOSE LAND USE CHANGES HAVE HAVE NECESSITATED UPGRADES TO NOT ONLY STREET UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL TO TO SUPPORT THOSE LAND USE CHANGES IN THAT DISTRICT THOSE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE THE MOST PART BEEN FUNDED BY THE SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT OR ASSESSMENTS TO DEVELOPERS OR SOME TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THE THE LOOKING OUTSIDE OF THE SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT FUNDING MECHANISMS AREN'T AS PREVALENT IN SOUTH LOOP AND SO IT BECOMES A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING ON HOW TO FUND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AND AND SO THE THAT'S THAT'S THE CRUX OF THE ISSUE AND WE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT INFORMATION WITH SOME WITH SOME DIRECTION WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS OUR THE PROJECTED SANITARY SEWER NEEDS ACROSS CITY DUE TO LAND USE CHANGES DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT THIS REPRESENTS ABOUT $40 MILLION OF NEW OR IN CREASED INFRASTRUCTURE BETWEEN NOW AND 2040 AND THERE IS NO IDENTIFIED FUNDING FOR THIS OR THIS WORK. SO HISTORICALLY AS I MENTIONED LOCAL SANITARY SEWER WHEN IT WAS INSTALLED WAS PAID FOR BY BENEFITING PROPERTIES EITHER THROUGH ASSESSMENTS OR CONNECTION CHARGES. THE COST TO INSTALL REGIONAL WASTEWATER CONVEYANCE INFRASTRUCTURE OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL IS LARGELY PAID FOR THROUGH SOMETHING CALLED A SACK A SEWER AVAILABILITY CHARGE OR SEWER ACCESS CHARGE AND COLLECTED FROM DEVELOPING PROPERTIES WHEN THEY CONNECT OR WHEN THEY MAKE CHANGES TO TO THEIR LAND USAGE OF THEIR PROPERTY THAT SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERS THE WASTEWATER FLOW NEW OR NEWER UPGRADED SEWER NEEDS DUE TO DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OR ARE HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN FUNDED THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OR THAT THE ACTUAL PROJECT OR SOME OTHER DISTRICT WIDE SOURCE SOMEWHAT SEPARATE THE COST THE COST OF ONGOING MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS AND REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE IS HANDLED BY OUR OUR WASTEWATER OUR WASTEWATER BUDGET RATEPAYERS THE SEWER RATES THAT ARE CHARGED TO TO OUR RESIDENTS AND TO OUR COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS CUSTOMERS. MY COUNCIL OPERATES THE SAME WAY WE PAY A CHARGE FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FOR THAT INTERCEPTOR LINE. LAST YEAR IT WAS RIGHT AROUND $9 MILLION AND AND ENCOMPASSED ABOUT 60% OF OUR WASTEWATER BUDGET AND AGAIN THE COST TO EXPAND THESE SYSTEMS HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN FUNDED OUTSIDE OF UTILITY RATES. AND I THINK I WILL TURN IT OVER TO GLENN FOR A SHORT BEFORE COMING BACK. MR. MARK GOOD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. OBVIOUSLY COUNCIL MEMBERS I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FUTURE FUNDING OPTIONS AND WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A DECISION THIS EVENING THAT WILL BE AT A FUTURE MEETING AFTER WE'VE HAD PUBLIC AND INPUT TONIGHT YOU KNOW IT'S ABOUT ASKING QUESTIONS AND JUST INFORMING THE COUNCIL BUT IN TERMS OF POSSIBLE APPROACHES THAT WE COULD TAKE CERTAINLY THERE'S THE NO ACTION APPROACH OUR CITY COULD USE THE CITY TAXI APPROACH TO FUND THESE IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN LOOK AT INCREASED UTILITY RATES, WE COULD LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES SOURCES. WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT OR CERTAINLY COMBINATION OF ALL OF THOSE ITEMS IN TERMS OF GEOGRAPHICALLY WHERE DO WE HAVE ISSUES GOING FORWARD? WE HAVE ONE AREA THAT IS HIGHLY IMPACTED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THAT IS THE AREA ALONG 494 BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY XERXES AND AND LYNDALE AVENUE IN THAT AREA THE REMAINING CAPACITY IN THE SYSTEM ALL OF THOSE PIPES FLOW TO ONE LARGER PIPE A PINCH POINT THE CAPACITY IN THAT PIPE IS ABOUT 99 UNITS OR WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO 99 DWELLING UNITS. SO IT'S AN IMMEDIATE PROBLEM BUT WE ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS ON THE HORIZON AND SEVERAL OTHER AREAS INCLUDING THE ARMIDALE LAKE AREA 90TH AND LYNDALE AREA, THE KIND OF GREATER PORTLAND AND AMERICAN AREA AND THEN AND THE SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT WE'VE ALREADY HAD A MAJOR SANITARY SEWER UPGRADES AS SCOTT MENTIONED THOSE HAVE BEEN PAID WITH THE SOUTH LOOP DEVELOPMENT FUND ARE FUNDED BY IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE AREAS THAT ARE EITHER IMMEDIATE OR NEAR TERM CONSTRAINED AREAS THEY ARE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE ALMOST ALL OF OUR FORECAST DEVELOPMENTS OR AT LEAST THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND THAT MAKES BECAUSE THESE ARE AREAS THAT ARE CLOSE TO TRANSIT WAS FREEWAYS CLOSE TO AMENITIES THIS IS WHERE DEVELOPMENT WANTS TO BE AND WHERE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN IN THE WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THE SEWER CAPACITY ISSUES TODAY. AS I MENTIONED ONE POSSIBILITY IS SIMPLY TAKING NO ACTION IF THAT WERE TO BE THE CITY'S APPROACH WITHIN THESE CONSTRAINED AREAS AND ASSUMING THAT A DEVELOPER IS NOT ABLE TO FUND THE COST THE IMPROVEMENTS THEMSELVES WHICH IN MANY OF THESE AREAS THE COST IS VERY HIGH SO THAT WOULD BE UNLIKELY BUT WITH THAT ASSUMPTION DEVELOPMENT WOULD EITHER NEED TO BE DENIED IF THERE WERE AN APPLICATION OR POTENTIALLY A CONDITIONAL APPROVAL ATTACHED TO THE DEVELOPMENT THAT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY COULD NOT BE ISSUED UNTIL PROJECT X WAS COMPLETED. SO WHAT WE WOULD SEE IS NO ADDITIONAL IN THOSE CONSTRAINED AREAS ONCE THE CAPACITY REACHED AT LEAST NOT DEVELOPMENT THAT RESULTS IN MORE SEWER AND MOST REDEVELOPMENT DOES RESULT IN MORE FLOW THAN WHAT'S THERE TODAY. SO ULTIMATELY UNDER NO ACTION DEVELOPMENT IT WOULD DIVERT TO OTHER AREAS THE CITY OR TO OTHER CITIES AND INCREASINGLY THAT DEVELOPMENT WOULD OCCUR AWAY FROM TRANSIT, AWAY FROM FREEWAYS, FROM AMENITIES THAT AREAS THAT WE WANT DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR. NOW THE SECOND POTENTIAL APPROACH IS THE WAS WAS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS A CITY SEXY AND THAT IS ADDITIONAL CHARGE ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT MANY CITIES USE TO FUND SORT OF MAINTENANCE AND EXPANSION. BLOOMINGTON DOES NOT HAVE A CITY TAXI TODAY WHICH ON ONE HAND IS VERY POSITIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT. THAT MEANS THAT DEVELOPMENT IN BLOOMINGTON IS SOMEWHAT CHEAPER THAN A LOT OF CITIES. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND IT ALSO MEANS WE DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR SOME OF THESE EXPANSIONS. SHAWN LUNDY DID A SURVEY OF 78 CITIES, 40 OF THE CITIES RESPONDED AND THOSE 4023 CHARGE A FEE OF SOME TYPE AND 17 SPECIFICALLY CHARGES CITIES CITY SACK FEE AND THOSE 17 CITIES ARE LISTED IN THIS TABLE YOU CAN SEE THE FEES RANGE SIGNIFICANTLY ON THE HIGH END $5,000 PER CITY SAC UNIT AND THAT'S IN BROOKLYN CENTER AND THEN ON THE LOW END MAPLE AT $130. WE DO HAVE THREE ADJACENT CITIES THAT WE KNOW OF THAT CHARGE CITY SACK FEE NAMELY EDINA SAVAGE AND SO IN TERMS OF FIGURING OUT WHAT THAT CITY SAC FEE COULD BE IN BLOOMINGTON, THE BASIC METHODOLOGY IS TO TAKE THE TOTAL PROJECT COST. SCOTT MENTIONED $40 MILLION DIVIDE THAT BY THE PROJECTED OR FORECAST NUMBER OF SAC UNITS AND THIS IS A NUMBER THAT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AS PROJECT GO UP BUT THAT COMES TO AROUND 2150 $5 PER SAC IN BLOOMINGTON. SO A SAC UNIT IS ONE SAC UNIT IS EQUIVALENT TO A SINGLE HOUSEHOLD AND THEN DIFFERENT LAND USES THAT'S CALCULATED OFF THAT. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT WHAT IF WE HAD 100% OF THE COSTS PAID THROUGH A CITY SAC FEE SO PAID BY DEVELOPMENT AND THEN LOOKED AT VARIOUS LAND USES TO SEE WHAT THOSE FEES WOULD BE AND THE IMPACT ON PROJECT. SO ASSUMING AGAIN 100% PAID BY A DEVELOPER ON A FAMILY HOME IF YOU ASSUME A $450,000 COST THAT'S PROBABLY IN THE LOW END AT A IT TURNS OUT TO BE ABOUT A LITTLE BIT BELOW HALF A PERCENT OF THE PROJECT COST WOULD BE THAT CITY SAC FEE SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOW NUMBER BUT WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE RIGHT UP AGAINST WHAT IS AFFORDABLE OR FEASIBLE IN THEIR PRO FORMA AND THAT KIND OF NUMBER COULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE AND ON SOME PROJECTS. SO THAT IS FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WE LOOKED AT A MIXED USE PROJECT IN THIS CASE 31 ACTION DEALS HERE THE FEE WOULD BE JUST UNDER $900,000 COMES TO ABOUT POINT 72% OF THEIR PROJECT COST ON A PURE MULTIFAMILY BUILDING .75 PERCENT OF THEIR PROJECT COST INDUSTRIAL BUILDING FOR 3% AND THEN A HOTEL CAME 2.37% OF THEIR PROJECT COST. SO CLEARLY THAT WOULD VERY AS THAT FEE CHANGES OVER TIME IT WOULD ALSO VARY IF THERE WAS A MIXTURE OF OF SOURCES SO WHAT WOULD THE IMPACTS ON DEVELOPMENT IF THE CITY DID HAVE A CITY SAC FEE OR COULD BE A VARIETY OF IMPACTS THE BEST CASE SCENARIO WOULD BE FOR A PROJECT WHERE THE PERFORMANCE PENCILING OUT AND THEY COULD ACTUALLY ABSORB THAT ADDITIONAL SAY HALF TO 1% OF PROJECT THAT COULD HAPPEN IN SOME CASES I DON'T HOW FREQUENT THAT WOULD BE WE DON'T SEE PERFORMANCE EXCEPT FOR PROJECTS THERE'S YOU KNOW CITY INVOLVEMENT OR AIRPORT INVOLVEMENT BUT IN THE BEST CASE SCENARIO THE DEVELOPER COULD SIMPLY ABSORB THE FEE. BUT IN MANY OTHER SCENARIOS IF THAT PROFORMA IS RIGHT UP AGAINST WHAT IS FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THAT IN THAT SITUATION? WELL, THE DEVELOPER COULD TRY TO PASS ALONG THE COST TO A RENTER OR TO IF THEY'RE SELLING A UNITS FOR EXAMPLE BUT THEY COULD ONLY PASS THAT ALONG IF THE MARKET WOULD SUPPORT IT AND MARKET MAY OR MAY NOT SUPPORT THOSE HIGHER RENTS. SO ANOTHER OPTION THEY WOULD HAVE WOULD BE SIMPLY TO PURSUE THE PROJECT IN CITY WHERE MAYBE FEES ARE A LITTLE BIT LOWER AND THEY COULD CERTAINLY SEEK A PUBLIC RESOURCES SUCH AS TAX INCREMENT FINANCING TO HELP FILL THE GAP. A LOT OF OUR DEVELOPMENT TODAY DOES HAVE SOME SORT OF CITY ASSISTANCE WHERE THERE IS A GAP THAT'S BEING BRIDGED THROUGH VARIOUS RESOURCES. SO ANY CASES WHERE THERE IS A GAP TODAY THAT GAP WOULD JUST WIDEN BY THE AMOUNT OF THE FEE . AND THEN FINALLY IF NONE OF OTHER OPTIONS WORK THEY COULD SIMPLY NOT PURSUE THE PROJECT THAT WOULD BE A WORST CASE SCENARIO AT THIS POINT I'LL TURN IT BACK TO SCOTT ANDERSON . SO SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT THEN IN TERMS OF IMPACT TO RATE PAYERS AS GLENN POINTED OUT AND ONE OF THE EARLIER SLIDES THERE WERE THREE SCENARIOS SOMEWHAT ARBITRARY 2550 AND 75% RATEPAYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO TO THE CITY SACK FEE TO OFFSET THE IMPACT TO TO DEVELOPERS OR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THEY WERE CHOSEN SIMPLY FOR THEIR ROUNDISH NATURE. BUT AS AS MENTIONED EARLIER THE CURRENT SANITARY UTILITY FUNDS OPERATION MAINTENANCE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS AS WELL AS RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT OF OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING THAT MET COUNCIL THAT MATT COUNCIL FEE RATE RATES APPLY TO ALL CUSTOMERS SO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL IN 2024 THEY WERE THEY ARE $5.51 PER THOUSAND GALLONS AS METERED DRINKING WATER WITH WITH SOME PROVISIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS FOR SUMMERTIME USAGE SO SO YOUR YOUR WATER USED OUTSIDE FOR GARDENS AND THINGS YOU'RE NOT BUILD SEWER ON THAT BASED ON WINTERTIME USAGE AND IN THE SUMMERTIME COMPARISON AND THAT'S HANDLED THROUGH THROUGH BILLING CURRENTLY RATE RATE INCREASES IN OUR PROPOSED BUDGET MODEL BETWEEN NOW AND IN 2033 ARE ARE PROJECTED TO BE PROPOSED AT ABOUT 7% AND THAT AGAIN IS JUST FOR FOR AND MAINTENANCE AS WELL AS THAT ASSET RENEWAL IN IN ANY OF THESE SCENARIOS AND I'LL RUN THROUGH THEM THE NEXT SLIDE SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE ADDITIONAL RATE INCREASES TO TO ACCOUNT FOR INCREASES FOR FOR DEVELOPMENT REDEVELOPMENT WOULD ADD AN ADDITIONAL ONE AND A HALF TO 7% OVER THE NEXT YEARS. AND SO HERE ARE A COUPLE OF GRAPHICS THAT DEMONSTRATE THE DIFFERENT TIERS OF RATEPAYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO TO A SACK FEE. THAT 25% RATE REPRESENTS OR RESULTS IN A $3 AND 48 CENT PER MONTH INCREASE BY 2033 JUST FOR THE CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS COMPARED TO THE THE TOTAL 31 $31 A MONTH INCREASE FOR EVERYTHING ABOUT 11%. CONVERSELY THE 75% RATEPAYER CONTRIBUTION IN ABOUT 26% OF THAT INCREASE BEING DEDICATED TO THOSE CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES AS GLENN MENTIONED TAX INCREMENT FINANCING TAX A CREATION OF A TAX ABATEMENT DISTRICT SIMILAR TO THE NORMANDALE LAKE DISTRICT ASSESSMENTS TO BENEFITING PROPERTIES, OTHER GRANTS OR FEDERAL AID OPPORTUNE CITIES. AND THEN JUST TO JUST REAL BRIEFLY AGAIN TO JUST HIGHLIGHTING THE CURRENT STATE OR DIRECTION OF THE WASTEWATER UTILITY. THIS IS IS OUTPUT FROM OUR OUR CAPITAL MODEL OR ASSET RENEWAL MODEL, THE GRAY BARS REPRESENTING ACTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENTS BASED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE MODEL OUTSIDE OF ABOUT 2030 BASED STRICTLY ON AN AGE BUT AS WE DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT DEEPER WE CONSIDER CONDITION AND RISK AMONG OTHER THINGS WHEN WE DETERMINE ACTUAL REPLACEMENTS THAT THAT BROWN LINE IS OUR BUDGETED CAPITAL PLAN FOR FOR WE'RE MAKING THAT THOSE REPLACEMENTS OR THOSE RENEWAL TECHNIQUES THE YELLOW ABOVE IS THE RESULTING CONDITION OF THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE BASED ON THAT PLAN INVESTMENT SHOWN IN BROWN AND THE BLUE LINE IS IS THE RESULTING WITHOUT THAT FUNDING CAN COMPONENT INCLUDED AND PROBABLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT YEAH THAT YELLOW LINE TRENDING UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT BUT THAT THAT'S IT'S A MOVING AGAIN THE SLIDE YOU'VE SEEN IT BEFORE ONE OF OUR FAVORITES IT'S THE IT'S OUR THIS AND THIS THIS SLIDE IS MISMARKED THIS IS JUST WASTEWATER RATE COMPARISON THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOW EVERY BUDGET CYCLE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE LIKE TO USE TO HELP GUIDE US AND UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, HOW AFFORDABLE OUR RATES ARE, HOW COMPETITIVE WE ARE WITH WITH SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND AND IN HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COUNCIL THIS DOES NOT TELL THE WHOLE STORY AND SO WE TRY TO LOOK AT AND UTILIZE OTHER INFORMATION TO UNDERSTAND UTILITY RATE AFFORDABILITY THE CHART ON THE LEFT THIS IS FOR THIS IS IS LOOKING AT OR COMPARING WATER WASTEWATER RATE BURDEN TO DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS AND IN BASED ON A NUMBER OF STUDIES YOU KNOW THE TARGET WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOR COMBINED WATER AND RATE IMPACT ON INCOME IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN TWO AND A HALF TO 4% KIND OF DEPENDING ON UNCERTAIN FACTORS. AND SO YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, TOWARD THE TOP OF THAT CHART WE'RE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD AS MOVE TOWARD THE BOTTOM AND I THINK THERE'S YOU KNOW THERE THERE MAY BE SOME SOME ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT OR SOME THINGS TO TALK ABOUT. THE THE GRAPHIC TO THE RIGHT IS SIMPLY UTILITY RATE ASSESSMENTS 2022 MAPPED JUST MAPPED BY A CENSUS TRACT JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA GEOGRAPHICALLY KIND OF WHERE WHERE YOU'RE HAVING UTILITY RATE DELINQUENCY IS KEEP IN MIND THIS IS NOT JUST WATER OR SEWER. THIS IS THE ENTIRE BILL. SO IT'S IT'S SOLID WASTE. IT'S EVERYTHING THAT'S INCLUDED THE BILL AND WITH THAT PERSON IN FACT GLEN OR SHINE I CAN BE GOING. SO JUST TO WRAP THIS UP REAL QUICK, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE FUNDAMENTAL FRICTION THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT WHICH KEEP DEVELOPMENT COSTS LOW, KEEP UTILITY RATES. IS THERE SOME OTHER OPTION THAT WE CAN LOOK AT? SO WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR YOU GUYS TONIGHT IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR PROPOSED NEXT STEPS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. BUT REAL QUICK JUNE THROUGH SEPTEMBER WILL BE A COMMUNITY PERIOD. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH COED FORM. WE ENGAGE WITH BOTH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON AND AFTER THAT MOVE INTO PLANNING COMMISSION CITY COUNCIL HEARING IF NECESSARY DRAFT CODE AMENDMENTS, PREPARATION FEES AND THEN HOPEFULLY HAVE A FORMAL AMENDMENT TO PRESENT TO YOU IN DECEMBER. SO IF THAT THINK WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE WELL THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION COUNCIL QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO YEAH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR SO JUST ONE CLARIFICATION ON THE FUNDING. I LOOKED AT THE CIP HERE AND IT I HAVE I SEE THREE PARTICULAR PROJECTS THAT ARE RELATED TO THIS ONE IS PAN AMERICAN 35 W SANITARY SEWER 26 2030 THAT'S $15 MILLION I SEE ONE IN HERE CALLED SEWER MAIN ASSET RENEWAL REPLACEMENT ONGOING FOR $19,800,000 AND THEN ANOTHER ONE STORM MAIN ASSET RENEWAL REPLACEMENT ONGOING WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE RELATED $21 MILLION I JUST YOU MENTIONED $40 MILLION. IT SOUNDED LIKE THAT WAS OVER AND ABOVE. I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH OF THAT $40 MILLION, IF ANY, IS ALREADY BUILT IN ? IF SO, ARE THESE PROJECTS THE ONES WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT? MARY BUSSEY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, THAT $40 MILLION IS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT'S FUNDED IN CFP. A COUPLE OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED THE SOUTH TOWN FOR EXAMPLE THAT'S IN THE CFP BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S UPON US BUT IT'S NOT FUNDED SO IT'S IT'S THERE AS A PROJECT BUT IT'S STILL LOOKING FOR FUNDING ,RIGHT? OKAY. THAT HELPS A LOT. AND SO JUST A FOLLOW UP THEN BECAUSE IT'S SLATED FOR 2026, I ASSUME WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING CONVERSATIONS IN THE IMMINENT TERMS AT LEAST ON THE ON THE ONE THAT WAS IDENTIFIED ON THE MAP AS NOW RIGHT IN THAT PAN AMERICAN AREA. IS THAT EXPECTATION CORRECT, MAYOR BUSSEY COUNCILMAN, MAYBE I THINK THAT THAT 2026 WAS STAFF'S BEST GUESSTIMATE OF WHEN IT WAS EXPECTED THAT THAT PROJECT MAYBE NEEDED BUT KIND OF DEPENDING ON DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT DEPENDING ON FUNDING. I MEAN THAT THAT DATE WILL LIKELY MOVE RIGHT. THE EXPECTATION I HAVE USUALLY AND I COULD BE WRONG ABOUT THIS IS THAT WHEN SOMETHING IS IN THE CITY THAT EVENTUALLY WE GET SOME KIND OF A BONDING REQUEST OR A YOU KNOW, A WE DO SOME KIND OF DEBT FOR THESE PROGRAMS. IS THAT OFF THE TABLE IN THE IN THESE PARTICULAR CASES, MR. MAYOR, OF BECAUSE THAT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE ONE ANY OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE CONSIDERED HERE TONIGHT WHICH IS LIKE JUST USE REGULAR SIP YOU KNOW THAT STUFF WE DO LIKE THAT AND I DIDN'T HEAR THAT TONIGHT SO AND THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION I THINK AND MIGHT NEED SOME FURTHER CLARIFICATION YEAH I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. I WOULD HOPE OR EXPECT THAT A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE IN THE CFP ALREADY AT SOME POINT AND SO WHAT WAS THE PLAN THEN? OKAY. YEAH SO THAT WOULD BE JUST WE COULD IF YOU GUYS CAN BRING THAT BACK IN YOU KNOW JUST IN TERMS OF SOME OTHER STUFF YOU MIGHT BRING TO US IS THAT JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE SEEKING SOURCES THAT ARE NOT OUR TYPICAL SOURCES IN THAT COULD BE URGENCY I UNDERSTAND COULD BE JUST VOLUME YOU KNOW JUST SOME LEVERS THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULDN'T USE THE NORMAL SIP PROCESS TO JUST KIND OF MOVE THESE THROUGH. MAYBE YOU HAVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE IMMINENT THAT WE WOULD WANT TO GET STARTED QUICKER IF WE COULD GET THIS FUNDING FASTER, RIGHT. THOSE KIND OF THINGS. I THINK BE GOOD FOR US TO KNOW THAT. I THINK IT COULD BE HELPFUL. YEAH. RIVAS AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M JUST WONDERING I KNOW I'M WORRIED THAT WE OR THE CITY HAS SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR $10 MILLION AND A GRANT $10 MILLION DOLLARS IS SORT WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THAT? IF IF MAYOR ROSSI COUNCILMAN RIVAS I THINK WE WE SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING FOR A PORTION OF THAT SOUTH TOWN SEWER PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF THREE $3 MILLION. SO THOSE THAT PROCESS IS MOVING WE APPLICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED AND ACCEPTED AND SO NOW WE WE WAIT TO HEAR WHAT YEAH HOW IT ALL COMES OUT COMES TOGETHER WE ENDED A LONG TIME LAST YEAR AND SAW THAT PROCESS BUT THAT'S OKAY THANK YOU. I DON'T REMEMBER IT. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO AS I'VE GOT SEVERAL QUESTIONS HERE AND I'M NOT GOING TO ASK THOSE NOW I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE US THROUGH THAT AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW AS I THINK ABOUT THIS IS THAT I'M CONCERNED IS THAT WE'VE GOT THIS GOING ON BUT WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE ALSO HAPPENING AND I JUST MY MY FEAR IS THAT WE KIND SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. BUT THEN THERE'S THESE OTHER ONES THAT ARE OUT THERE AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE TOWN HALLS AND THE AND AND WE'VE HAD THE ASSET MANAGEMENT YOU KNOW, CONVERSATION A NUMBER OF YEARS BACK. AND SO I'M JUST SO THAT'S ONE THING I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THIS JUST YOU KNOW, DO DEFINITELY WANT TO GO DOWN DOWN THIS PATHWAY. I'M NOT SAYING I DON'T WANT DO THIS THESE NEXT STEPS BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT MAYOR IN A IN MANNER THAT'S IN ISOLATION OF THE OTHER I WANT TO KIND OF BRING THAT ALONG AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY LIKE THAT OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT DOES SINCE THEY HAVE THOSE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS WHERE WE KIND OF COME IN AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND SO I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAYBE SEE IF I GET SOMETHING SCHEDULED LIKE COME AND AND ASK YOU KNOW A NUMBER OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE AND OTHER ONES ARE GOING TO COME UP WITH FROM THOSE LAST PRECEDING THINGS THAT I HAD SO THAT I CAN I CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, WITH WITH THIS GROUP. SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT MIGHT BE MAYOR IF THAT THAT YOU AND I WANT TO DO IT BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HELPFUL BUT THERE'S JUST TOO MANY QUESTIONS HERE AND I LOOK AT THE HOUR AND I DON'T WANT TO GET IN THAT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER THROUGH OUR 2024 PROCESS. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. LORI KIND OF BE SURE AND CALL HER BACK UP AND TO SEE WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY ON THIS AS WELL. IF WE COULD HERE IN COUNCIL IN OUR WE LIST ALL THE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES OR POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES FOR THOSE PROJECTS GOING IN AND OUT. ERE'S NONE OF THE UTILITY PROJECTS DO WE ISSUE DEBT FOR OR IN A NORMAL PROCESS AT ALL OTHER UTILITIES RAISE RATES AND THEY PAY AS THEY GO OR WE RELEASE THE MONEY IN THE RESERVES AND, BUILD THEM TO PAY AS WE GO BUT WE HAVE NOT ISSUE DEBT FOR UTILITIES. THERE WAS ONE PROJECT ON PENN AND WE HAD SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS INVOLVED WITH THAT ONE THAT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO SOMEBODY WAS IN THE ROOM WAS PART OF THAT BUT WE NORMALLY DON'T ISSUE DEBT FOR UTILITY PROJECTS SO THAT'S WHY PART OF THE FUNDING SOURCES AND LOOKING AT THIS THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION, MR. MAYOR. JUST REALLY IF I MAY IS THAT BECAUSE IT'S IT'S NOT OKAY TO DO THAT OR IT'S JUST BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THESE OTHER SOURCES MAYOR AND COUNCIL IT IS OKAY TO ISSUE DEBT FOR OUR UTILITIES BUT IN NORMAL PIECES OF THAT WE WOULD INCREASE OUR UTILITIES TO PAY FOR THAT AND SO THAT'S A RATE INCREASE ON OUR UTILITIES AND THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR ONE FINAL PIECE I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND IS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH STATE LEGISLATION. WE HAD THE DELEGATION HERE TOURING A CITY AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW SO MANY CITIES LIKE WERE BUILT IN THE FIFTIES, SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES AND WE'RE HAVING THESE INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE WE'D LOVE TO UNDERSTAND WAS CONTINUE TO GO WITH THAT AND LIKE WHAT FUNDING THE STATE IS PROVIDING FOR THAT BECAUSE I THINK THIS FALLS RIGHT LINE WITH WHAT THE STATE'S ALREADY TALKING ABOUT I WOULD AGREE COUNCILMEMBER AND ALSO THE QUESTION THAT I HEARD OR THE THOUGHT THAT HAD LOOKING AT FOR YOU THE CONSTRAINED AREAS MAP THAT WE SAW ESPECIALLY IN THE THE NORMANDALE LAKE AREA WHICH JUST TO THE NORTH OF 494 IS THE PENTAGON AND THE THE THE FRED RICHARDS AREA THAT'S DOING THE SAME THING THAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR AREA AND WONDERING THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY TO WORK REGIONALLY AS TO CITIES WORKING TOGETHER WE'RE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES I'M SURE THAT THE DINERS LOOKING AT EXACTLY THE SAME AND IS THERE A CREATIVE WAY TO APPROACH THIS IN SOME OF THOSE CASES AND FOR THAT MATTER PERHAPS RICHFIELD ON THE OTHER END OF 494. SO JUST A THOUGHT TOO TO CONSIDER ALL THIS IS KIND OF SOBERING NUMBERS LATE IN THE EVENING BUT I APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE IT'S IT'S GOOD INFORMATION HAVE AND IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT YOU WORKING ON IT AND CONSIDERING DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. I LIKE YOUR PROCESS OF OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT LET'S CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION AND SEE WHERE WE ARE AS WE GET MORE OUR BUDGET SET BUDGET SCHEDULE AND AS WE GET INTO DECEMBER WHEN WE START SETTING THOSE UTILITY FEES THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING. SO COSTS ARE GOING TO KEEP US MOVING ALONG IF THAT'S OKAY, I WILL DO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. APPRECIATE IT . ITEM 5.3 ON OUR AGENDA LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST BEFORE WE GET TO THE COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE PRO FORMA ANALYSIS OF THE ROSA DEVELOPMENT AND I SEE JASON SCHMIDT FROM THE PORT AUTHORITY MIKE CENTENARIO FROM PLANNING AND I SEE OUR APPLICANTS IN THE AUDIENCE EVERYBODY THANK FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND THANKS FOR STICKING IT OUT WITH US AS WE GET LATE INTO THE NIGHT HERE GENTLEMEN. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS OH, WHEN WE HAVE A NICE OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU WE'LL GET THE PARK WIND UP MOMENTARILY SO THANK YOU THE 5.3 THOUGH THAT MUST BE OF MY EDITS FOR ROSA DRIVE AND PRO FORMA ANALYSIS AND PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION START SO WE'LL DETAIL JUST A COUPLE ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE IT IT IS A VERY SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IS VERY TECHNICAL AND. I THINK IT'S EASY TO GET CONFUSED ON SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES. WE'LL TALK ABOUT. SO TO REFRESH THE COUNCIL'S MEMORY DEVELOPMENT PHASE ONE THAT'S THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IS FOR A SIX STORY 183 UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING AND RENDERING IS ON THE SCREEN HERE AND THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN APRIL OF 2020 . AND SO THE THERE'S A VERY THERE'S A VERY DIRECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ROSA DEVELOPMENT, A VARIETY OF FUTURE PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT AND THEY'RE TIED TO INTERIM USE PERMITS THAT WERE ISSUED FOR PARKING FLIGHT REMOTE AIRPORT PARKING . THE WHOLE IDEA IS WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A VERY LARGE SITE REDEVELOPMENT NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AT ONCE. IT'S GOING TO TAKE IT'S GOING TO BE IN PHASES. SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS TIE INTERIM USE PERMIT APPROVALS TO MOVING FORWARD PERMANENT DEVELOPMENT AND CALL THOSE DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES. SO THE MOST RECENT IRP WAS APPROVED IN 2022 AND WAS ALSO SUBJECT TO SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES THAT I MENTIONED IN THE APPROVAL FROM 2022. THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ULTIMATELY THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS ADOPTED IS BEFORE YOU THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT MILESTONE THAT WE'RE REALLY HERE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT AND IT'S HIGHLIGHTED A REALLY YOU'VE HEARD THE TERM PERFORM QUITE A BIT TONIGHT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING. AND SO ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO DO IS TO MAKE A DETERMINATION IF PERFORMANCE AT MARKET CONDITIONS AND RETURNS ARE INSUFFICIENT AND IF THAT DETERMINATIONS MADE THERE IS LANGUAGE IN THIS IRP APPROVAL THAT ALLOWS THE PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION START TO BE CONTINUED A YEAR CURRENTLY MILESTONE IS THAT THE PHASE ONE THAT SIX STORY 183 IN A BUILDING WOULD START CONSTRUCTION AND A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AND CERTAINLY THE APPLICANT WHO'S HERE TONIGHT ISN'T PREPARED TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT THE THE PROFORMA IS AS INSUFFICIENT RETURNS THAT I WILL TURN OVER TO MR. SCHMITT FOR A FEW MINUTES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL I JUST MET THE ASSISTANT PORT AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATOR AND AS SENIOR PLANNER JUST STATED ONE OF THE MAJOR CONDITIONS OF THAT IEP IS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO DETERMINE IF THE PROFORMA MEETING MARKET CONDITIONS WITH REGARDS TO PORT AUTHORITY STAFF IT IS OUR MISSION OR ONE OF OUR DUTIES TO REVIEW PERFORMANCE AND BRING ANALYSIS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PORT AUTHORITY COMMISSION WITH REGARDS TO IF THERE IS ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE REQUESTED WITHIN THESE PROJECTS. AND SO WHAT STAFF DID IS WE WORKED WITH BAKER TILLY, OUR MUNICIPAL ADVISOR IN REVIEWING THE SUBMITTED PROFORMA THAT WE RECEIVED IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR. AND SO THIS PROFORMA WAS BASED ON THAT 183 UNIT APARTMENT PROJECT THAT WAS PROPOSED BACK IN 2020 AND SO BASED ON STAFF ANALYSIS AND REVIEW OF THAT PROFORMA WE WERE TO DETERMINE THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING WITHIN THAT PROFORMA WAS WITHIN THE MARKET RANGES THAT WE ARE SEEING FOR CLASS A COMMERCIAL APARTMENT PROJECTS. SO THIS PROJECT I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT KIND OF THE AFFORDABILITY IN THIS PROJECT AS WELL. THIS PROJECT AS STATED WAS 183 UNITS. 20% OF THOSE UNITS ARE GOING TO BE AFFORDABLE AT THE 50% AMI LEVEL THAT'S 37 UNITS LOOKING AT IT, THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT COST THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS $54 MILLION JUST SHY OF HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER UNIT WITH OUR REVIEW OF PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE HAVE WORKED ON AS WELL AS WITH BAKER TILLY WHO REVIEWS A NUMBER OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE METRO AS WELL AS THE STATE THAT IS WITHIN THE TYPICAL MARKET RANGE THAT THEY ARE SEEING AND WHAT WE ARE SEEING ARE FOUR CLASS-A APARTMENT PROJECTS LOOKING AT IT WE LOOKED AT THEIR SOURCES AND SOURCES OF THE PROJECT DEBT FINANCING. THEY WERE COMING IN AT 60%. THEY WERE GOING TO SECURE 60% OF THEIR THEIR PROJECT VIA A LOAN AND IT WAS REQUIRING 40% OF EQUITY UPFRONT SPEAKING WITH CURRENT DEVELOPERS AS WELL WITHIN THE MARKET AS WELL AS WITH BAKER TILLY THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE MARKET TODAY. BACK IN 2020 IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. YOU DIDN'T NEED TO BRING AS MUCH EQUITY TO THE TABLE WHERE WE ARE TODAY IT'S RIGHT AROUND THAT 40%. ADDITIONALLY WHAT WE DID IN THE ANALYSIS IS WE LOOKED AT WHAT WAS THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PORT AUTHORITY WAS LOOKING TO GIVE AT THAT TIME BACK 2020. SINCE THAT TIME THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT HAS LAPSED. ANY ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WOULD NEED TO GO BACK FOR APPROVAL. BUT WHAT WE DID IS WE ANALYZED IT AS TO IF THE PORT WAS STILL WILLING TO GIVE THEM AN $825,000 GRANT OF TIFF ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS LOOKING TO GIVE THEM A PAYGO NOTE IN THE PREVIOUS ROUND. HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THIS ANALYSIS? AND SO WHAT WE CAN SAY IS THAT PRIOR TO ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THIS PROJECT DIDN'T EVEN MEET A DEBT COVERAGE COVERAGE RATIO OF 11.0. SO MOST LIKELY WEREN'T EVEN GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET A LOAN BECAUSE THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ENOUGH ENOUGH CASH FLOW TO COVER A DEBT SERVICE. ADDITIONALLY BY LOOKING AT THAT THE RATE OF RETURN WAS WELL BELOW A 6% CASH ON CASH RETURN. THEN WHAT WE DID IS WE ANALYZED IT WITH THAT ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE PREVIOUS APPROVAL BACK IN 2020 OF THAT $825,000 GRANT FROM THE PORT AUTHORITY AS WELL AS PAY GO HOUSING TIP WITH THAT ASSISTANCE THAT THAT COVERAGE RATIO DID INCREASE ABOVE A 1.0 SO MOST LIKELY THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO SECURE FINANCING. HOWEVER WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT AND ANALYZED IT FURTHER IT DID INCREASE THE OF RETURN. HOWEVER IT DID NOT MEET THAT THAT MINIMUM OF PERCENT RATE OF RETURN WHICH WAS PART OF THE CONDITION OF THAT AUP AND I WILL STATE IT IS A 6% RATE OF RETURN WHAT WE ARE SEEING WITHIN THE MARKET RANGE OF OF OTHER PROJECTS WITHIN THE AREA THAT BAKER TILLY HAS ANALYZED THEY HAVE STATED A NUMBER OF DEVELOPERS ARE SEEKING A SEVEN OR 8% RETURN AND SO THIS IS A LOWER RETURN MECHANISM THAT THIS DEVELOPER WAS SEEKING OR WAS APPROVED WITH THAT AUP THEY'RE STILL NOT MEETING THAT 6% AND SO BASED ON THIS ANALYSIS IT IS STAFF'S INTERPRETATION AS WELL AS OUR MUNICIPAL ADVISOR BAKER TILLY'S THAT THIS PROJECT BASED ON THE PERFORMANCE WE HAVE RECEIVED WITH REGARDS TO THE DEVELOPMENT THAT MR. SIMPSON ALREADY HAD STATED PREVIOUSLY IS NOT MEETING THAT REQUIREMENT AND WE AGREE THIS PROJECT PROBABLY IS NOT MEETING THAT CONDITION. WE DID DO SOME SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS WITH BAKER TILLY IN REVIEWING IT AS FAR AS WHAT COULD BE DONE. A MAJOR THING THAT COULD BE DONE IS IF THEY COULD TRY TO VALUE ENGINEER $11 MILLION OUT OF THE PROJECT. HOWEVER WHEN YOU DO THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF STRINGS THAT MOVEMENT AS SOON AS YOU BRING OUT AMENITIES THAT THEN THE RENTS THAT THEY CAN CAN SUPPORT AND WHAT THE MARKET CAN CAN WARRANT. I SHOULD STATE THE DEVELOPER DID USE MAC OR EXCUSE ME MAXFIELD AND AN ANALYST TO DO A RENT STUDY AND WE STAFF DID REVIEW THAT RENT AND WE AGREED WITH THAT ANALYSIS AS FAR AS WHAT WERE THE MARKET RENTS THAT THEY COULD OBTAIN WITHIN THIS AREA. AND SO WITH THAT THAT IS OVERALL MY STAFF REPORT IN MY REVIEW OF THE PRO FORMA AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ADDITIONAL SO GROUP OF BEFORE THERE'S QUESTIONS FOR MR. SCHMIDT IT'S WORTH NOTING THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON MAY 9TH WE BROUGHT THIS BEFORE THEM AS WELL AND A THIRD ONE VOTE THEY DID NOT MAKE THE DETERMINATION THE PERFORMERS AND WORKING CONDITIONS AND RETURNS OUR RETURNS ARE SUFFICIENT. THE ONE POINT THAT COMMISSIONERS FOCUSED ON WAS THE FACT THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT IS PHASE ONE DEVELOPMENT IS NO LONGER A VALID DEVELOPER PLAN APPROVAL. THERE ARE CERTAIN LIMITED TIME CONSTRAINTS OR TIMELINES WHEN DEVELOPMENTS CAN BE CONSTRUCTED AND APPROVALS EXPIRE. SO WHILE WE UNDERSTAND THAT PERSPECTIVE WE STILL ARE MAINTAINING OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT MAKES THIS DETERMINATION THAT RETURNS ARE NOT SUFFICIENT A NUMBER OF REASONS I HAVE THIS ON THE SCREEN BUT I'LL JUST IDENTIFY THEM QUICKLY FOR OTHER FINAL DEVELOPER PLAN FOR THIS PHASE ONE DEVELOPMENT WAS VALID WHEN THEY SUBMITTED TO THE CITY FOR REVIEW YOU KNOW EVEN THOUGH THE APPROVAL EXPIRED WE DON'T SEE ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO THE SITE OR HAVEN'T THAT IDENTIFY ANY MAJOR CHANGE TO THE SITE OR TO CITY CODE WITH THE WITH THE IDEA THAT THIS WOULD SHOULD BE A FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD RE APPROVAL FURTHER HAVING A VALID FOUND VOTE PLAN APPROVAL IS NOT OUTLINED IN THE IEP DEVELOPER MILESTONES WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND FRANKLY IT REALLY ISN'T RELEVANT FOR FROM A REVIEWS GIVEN THAT IT'S EVERY DEVELOPMENT HAS A PRO FORMA THAT'S PREPARED AND REVIEWED BEFORE WE EVEN SEE AN APPLICATION CITY STAFF THAT THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS THAT GENERALLY THE CITY IS NOT NOT A PART OF SO WE DO HAVE TO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU TONIGHT TWO OPTIONS ONE IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND IT'S IT'S A MOUTHFUL I MET AND THEN THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION IS BASED OFF OF WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY MADE AND SO WE'RE HAPPY YOU ANSWER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR QUESTIONS AS MANAGER SHERRY COULD YOU GIVE US THE LEGAL BREAKDOWN ON ALL OF THIS ? SO MAYOR MEMBERS, THIS IS THIS IS DENSE, RIGHT? SO I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO MAYBE GIVE THE VERY HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF THE LEVERS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE SO THEY HAVE AN IAP THE PROPERTY HAS THERE'S AN IEP AND THE PROPERTY AND IEP IS A IS INTENDED TO BE A TEMPORARY PERMISSION TO USE LAND IN CERTAIN WAYS AND THEY HAVE TO MEET THESE MILESTONES IN THE ANALYSIS THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE WHETHER THE PRO FORMA IS MEETING THE MARKET CONDITIONS, WHETHER THE RETURNS ARE SUFFICIENT, THE PORT AUTHORITY, WHETHER BAKER TILLY ADVISOR DID THE ANALYSIS OF WHAT THE UP WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS SUBMITTED CONCLUDED IT DOES NOT IT DOES NOT THE RETURNS ARE INSUFFICIENT ESSENTIALLY THE MILESTONE IS NOT MET AND THEREFORE IT COULD BE EXTENDED AN ADDITIONAL YEAR THAT RECOMMENDATION WAS BROUGHT TO CORRECT. I'M STILL THINKS THAT RECOMMENDATION BROUGHT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID NOT AGREE. HAD THEY AGREED WITH STAFF IT WOULD HAVE GOTTEN CONSENT BUT BECAUSE THERE WASN'T AGREEMENT. IT'S ON ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS SO THAT IS WHY WE'RE HERE HAVING A LONG DISCUSSION TONIGHT BUT BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING STAFF REVIEWED ALL THE MATERIALS SUBMITTED BY THE OWNER AND AGREED WITH IT WITH THE OWNERS POSITION THAT THE CURRENT THEIR CURRENT ABILITY TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW AND MOVE AWAY FROM THE PARK AND FIRE LAND USE IS NOT POSSIBLE. IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE UNDER ANY MARKET CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S WHY HERE TONIGHT AND SEEKING TO UM CONSIDER THIS STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND MAKE AWARE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S POSITION AND THEN THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF THERE'S ANY DESIRE TO ARE THE PROPERTY OWNER I SHOULD SAY IS HERE IF THERE'S ANY DESIRE TO CLARIFY ANY POINTS THAT MADE OR THAT I SAID THANK YOU AS MENTIONED COUNCIL QUESTIONS OF OF ANY OF OUR THREE PRESENTERS SO FAR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANKS MAYOR UM JUST, A QUICK QUESTION ON THE LEGAL WE'RE BOUND BY THAT THAT IF WE FIND THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE A FINDING OF IF WE BELIEVE IT'S NOT MARKET FEASIBLE OR NOT AND IF WE SAY THAT IT'S NOT THEY AUTOMATICALLY GET THE ONE YEAR EXTENSION WHERE THAT'S MAYOR MEMBERS THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S GOING ON HERE THE MOTION THAT'S BEFORE YOU WITH A STAFF RECOMMENDATION HERE THAT'S THE LONG FORMAT HERE IS KEYING OFF OF THE AUP MILESTONE FOR PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION START LOOK GO BACK TO THAT. THAT'S HELPFUL. AND SO AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE THE IS THE MARKET FEASIBILITY. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE THE CONCERN OR THE STRUGGLE HAVE THAT MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME FIGURE OUT IS THE ORDER I BELIEVE IS BEING BUILT CURRENTLY DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET BECAUSE IT JUST FINISHED PHASE AND IS WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS TO START PHASE FIVE JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM THIS LOCATION WE HAD 700 AMERICAN ON OUR AGENDA TODAY AND THEY TOLD US THAT THEY'RE GETTING READY TO START THAT THIS WAS THE FINAL PIECE OF THE FINANCING AND THEY'RE READY TO START ITS FOUR PROJECTS WITHIN A VERY SHORT RANGE OF THIS ONE THAT ALL TOLD ME IT'S MARKET FEASIBLE TO BUILD HOUSING IN BLOOMINGTON IN THAT AREA HOW HOW CAN I HOW CAN I SEE IT DIFFERENTLY GUESS WHAT WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT I'M MISSING THERE THAT THAT LEADS TO CONCLUSION THAT IT'S NOT FEASIBLE WHEN OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING IT. MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW, I WE STAFF IT'S NOT REVIEWED THE CHARTER BECAUSE THAT WAS A MARKET RATE PROJECT WITH REGARDS TO THE PROFORMA HOWEVER I DID SPEAK WITH SOMEONE EARLIER TODAY JUST ACTUALLY IT WAS A COL CALL ASKING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL FROM THE CITY WAS AN ADVISOR WORKING ON THAT PROJECT WITH REGARDS TO THEIR RUNS WHAT THEY WERE WHAT I'VE BEEN ADVISED AND TOLD IS THAT THE DEVELOPER THERE WAS ABLE TO TO GET AND PROVE HIGHER RENTS WITH REGARDS TO BEING ON THE BLUFF SO THE BLOCK VIEWS AND THE BLOCK RENTS ARE ABOVE MARKET RATE RENTS THAT BOTH ROSA IS PROJECTINGASED ON THEIR ANALYSIS AS WELL AS WHAT BC'S ALL OF THE PROJECTS FROM THE FAMILY CARBON 31 AND INDIGO ARE ABLE TO TO GET WITH REGARDS TO MARKET THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THAT PROJECT WAS ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD OUTSIDE OF ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN ADDITION THE SAME THING WITH THE RISER THE RISER JUST TO THE SOUTH THAT'S A SENIOR PROJECT ON THE BLUFF THAT IT JUST UP EARLIER THIS YEAR SAME THING THAT MOVED FORWARD WITH A 9% AFFORDABILITY WITH REGARDS TO US THE CARBON 31 THAT ONE JUST OPENED OVER THAT ONE CLOSED ON FINANCING ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF TWO YEARS AGO SO DIFFERENT FINANCING STRUCTURE INTEREST RATES WERE A LITTLE BIT LOWER ADDITIONALLY THAT PROJECT IS ONLY DOING 9% OF THE UNITS AT 60% AMI AND WAS ABLE TO UTILIZE AN EXISTING ECONOMIC OR ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT TIFF DISTRICT SO THEY WERE ABLE TO TO TO GET A DIFFERENT WITH REGARDS TO HOW THIS STRUCTURE WOULD BE WITH REGARDS TO ROSA 700 AMERICAN ANOTHER PROJECT THAT YOU HAD JUST STATED AS WELL ONCE AGAIN AS AS ECONOMY SCHOLER HAD STATED THAT PROJECT HAS A NUMBER OF FINANCIAL SOURCES TO THAT PROJECT THROUGH THE FINISH LINE, ONE OF THEM BEING THE THE BONDS THAT WERE APPROVED TONIGHT FROM THE STATE AND SO THOSE ARE A LOW INTEREST LOWER INTEREST THAN WHAT OF ROADS ARE EXCEEDING WHAT ROSA IS ABLE TO GET ON THE MARKET FOR A MARKET RATE PROJECT. ADDITIONALLY WE WERE ABLE TO DO A LAND WRITE DOWN ON THAT PROJECT. WE WERE ABLE TO DO A NUMBER OF GRANTS FOR THAT PROJECT TO HELP MOVE THAT FORWARD AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN TALKING OTHER ECONOMIC ADVISORS, HOUSING DEVELOPERS WITHIN THE METRO AREA, THE PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD RIGHT NOW ARE PRETTY MUCH 100% AFFORDABLE PROJECTS. WE'RE CURRENTLY TRYING TO CLOSE ON A COUPLE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT 100% AFFORDABLE. THOSE DEVELOPERS I CAN SPEAK PUBLICLY IS THAT THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME RIGHT NOW TRYING TO GET THE EQUITY IN DEALS AS WELL AS TO GET THE PRIVATE FINANCING. AND SO EVERYTHING IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT UNFORTUNATELY THE TIMING OF THIS YOU IS KIND OF WHAT STALLED THIS OUT THIS PROJECT WAS READY GO IN 2020 I STILL REMEMBER THE DAY WHEN THE DEVELOPER CALLED ME UP AND INFORMED ME THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO GET A THE GIRLS MAXIMUM PRICE FROM THEIR BUILDER THEY WERE READY TO GO BUT FOR THAT THE LACK THAT GMP AND BECAUSE OF THAT ADDED RISK THE DEVELOPER DID NOT MOVE FORWARD AT THAT TIME. COUNCIL MEMBER WOMAN THANK YOU . SO WHAT I WANTED JUST WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT MY MIND AS AS I LOOK AT THIS AS IT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO ME IN TERMS OF THAT FEASIBILITY AND I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH IEP AND SOME THE MOTIVATIONS BEHIND THAT BUT I WANTED TO JUST UNDERSTAND SO BAKER TILLY TILLY HAS COME BACK AND THEY HAVE DONE AN ANALYSIS OF THIS PARTICULAR AND AND THEY HAVE MADE A A DETERMINATION BASED ON EVIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO THIS PARTICULAR PROFORMA THAT . IT'S INSUFFICIENT. IS THAT CORRECT? MR. OR COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THAT IS CORRECT. WE REVIEWED THE PROFORMA THAT WAS WITH WORKING WITH BAKER TILLY STAFF DID DID THE ANALYSIS. WE MADE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS WITHIN MARKET RANGES AND THEN FROM THERE BASED ON THE PROFORMA THAT WAS SUBMITTED FOR THIS PROJECT, THIS 183 UNIT PROJECT THE DESIGN WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2020 CURRENTLY DOES NOT MEET MARKET OR MEET THE RETURN BASED ON MARKET CONDITIONS. COULD YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BAKER TILLY'S YOU KNOW THEIR BACKGROUND IN AND WHY THEY MAY HAVE SOME EXPERTIZE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA I MEAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT SURE. MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN SO TILLY IS OUR MUNICIPAL ADVISOR. THEY DO THEY STEP IN FOR A NUMBER OF SMALLER COMMUNITIES WITH REGARDS TO ANALYSIS ON OUR PERFORMANCE AS WELL AS ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THAT GOVERNMENTS ARE LOOKING TO GIVE PRIVATE ENTITIES. AND SO THEY HAVE THEY HAVE THE AND EXPERTIZE ON STAFF THAT DEALS WITH THIS EVERY DAY. PORT STAFF HAS UTILIZED BAKER TILLY IN THE PAST JUST AS WE ARE REVIEWING ANALYSIS AND PERFORMANCE IN HOUSE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STILL WITHIN MARKET RANGES AND SO ARE OUR GO TO MUNICIPAL ADVISOR THAT WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH AND SO ELLA'S IS ANOTHER ONE AS WELL. SO JUST OTHER QUESTIONS AND I THINK I GET THE POINT THERE I JUST I'M TRYING TO GET GET TO UNDERSTANDING SOME OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THEY HAVE MADE A RECOMMENDATION THAT IS TO NOT TO THAT EFFECT WHAT. I'M NOT CLEAR WHAT THE EVIDENCE IS THAT THEY'RE BRINGING FORWARD THAT'S SAYING THAT THIS IS NOT SUFFICIENT OR THEY DO THEY HAVE A MARKET STUDY OR MARKET ANALYSIS THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT IT'S BRINGING THAT BACK THAT'S VERY COUNCILMEMBER IS WITH WITH REGARD TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION THE YOU KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO SUMMARIZE AN EXTENDED DISCUSSION ON THE ON THIS ITEM BUT THE THE ONE THE ONE ITEM THAT THEY FOCUSED ON WAS THAT IF THIS PROJECT CAN'T GET THE BUILDING PERMIT RIGHT NOW THEN IT'S NOT A FEASIBLE PROJECT. SO IT WAS IT WAS NOT ADDRESSING THE RETURN QUESTION DIRECTLY. IT WAS ESSENTIALLY USING THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT A VIABLE PROJECT FROM A STANDPOINT. I GET THAT. SO ULTIMATELY THEY JUST COULD NOT MAKE THE FINDING THAT WHERE THEY FOUND THAT THE RETURNS WERE SUFFICIENT AND WANT THE CONSTRUCTION TO STICK TO THE DEVELOPMENT MILESTONE AS IT SITS TODAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M PRETTY CLEAR MY MIND WHAT I NEED TO DO AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THANK YOU MAYOR. I GUESS MY QUESTION IF WE APPROVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION THIS ALLOWS THE DEVELOPER EXTRA TIME TO GET THE EQUITY WHATEVER THEY NEED TO GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. IF WE WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT SO WE FOLLOW WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOES IS. IS IT JUST GONE? WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD LIKE WHERE WHERE WE HAD A MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER SO IF YOU FOLLOW THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION THE DEVELOPER MILESTONE WOULD REMAIN AS IT IS SCREEN WHERE PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION START IS SUPPOSED TO BEGIN JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR. WELL, THE REALITY IS THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN GIVEN A NUMBER OF FACTORS. SO THEN THE CITY HAS TO CONSIDER ENFORCEMENT ACTION DUE TO A DELINQUENCY THE APPROVED DEVELOPER MILESTONES CERTAINLY WE TRY TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT TO CORRECT THAT BUT YOU KNOW THE LIKELIHOOD IS THAT THEY WOULD BE IN VIOLATION THEIR IEP. THEY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS TO TRY AND MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE . COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. VERY GOOD QUESTION. WHAT WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE VALUE TO DOING THIS ON LIKE A YEAR BY YEAR BASIS AS OPPOSED TO SAYING, YOU KNOW, HEY, JUST GO AHEAD AND HAVE IT AS A PARKING LOT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND COME BACK TO US WITH A NEW PLAN LIKE WHAT'S THE WHAT WOULD BE THE REASON WHY THAT WOULDN'T BE ON THE TABLE AS AND JUST CONTINUE TO DO THIS CONTINUANCE THING. THANKS MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS YOU KNOW ONE REALITY IS THAT THESE PARKING LOTS HAVE BEEN OPERATING UNDER TEMPORARY OR INTERIM APPROVALS FOR 35 PLUS YEARS AND AT WHAT POINT TEMPORARY OR WHAT'S INTERIM AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS MOST IN SOME WAYS THE WHERE WE EXPECT AND WANT THE MOST INTENSE DEVELOPMENT TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND A REMOTE AIRPORT PARKING LOT IS NOT IN LINE WITH THE VISION OF THE SOUTH OF DISTRICT IN ANY WAY. AND SO YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT ,YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE RIGHT TIMING? WELL, FOR THE LAST 35 YEARS IT'S BEEN EXTENDED EXTENDED, EXTENDED AND I SUSPECT THAT WILL JUST CONTINUE. AND SO THIS WHOLE IDEA OF DEVELOPED MILESTONES TO GET PHASE DEVELOPMENT WAS TO TRY AND CHANGE THAT REALITY AND START TO SEE PERMANENT DEVELOPMENT ON THESE SITES. SO LET'S ANSWER THE QUESTION DIRECTLY THE CITY COULD CONTINUE TO ISSUE THESE TEMPORARY RULES COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS SO IS THERE ANY BENEFIT DENY IT TO THE CITY IF NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN THERE ANYWAY IT'S VERY COUNCILMEMBER IS A DIFFICULT QUESTION TO ANSWER IT IT REALLY IS YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION THAT YOU FEEL IS APPROPRIATE UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THAT'S MY POINT THERE IS WHAT IS THE BENEFIT IF WE GIVE IT ANOTHER YEAR OR WE JUST SEE NOT DO IT WELL WHAT IS THE BENEFIT EITHER WAY TO THE CITY ITSELF ? I THINK THE BENEFIT TO THE CITY, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS IS IT GIVES THE APPLICANT SOME MORE TIME TO HOPEFULLY MAYBE THEY DO GO THROUGH THAT VALUE ENGINEERING EFFORT TO TRY AND BRING IT IN TO A LEVEL THAT IS FEASIBLE AND IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO NOT TO TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION. IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE LIKE TO DO OR WANT TO DO TRY TO WORK WITH FOLKS WITHOUT HAVING TO SEND THEM, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY THREATS TO FIND THEM OR OR SOME OTHER ACTION IF I WOULD UP ON THAT. I MEAN YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THAT ONE YEAR, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT WRONG. A MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO EXTEND THE DEVELOPMENT MILESTONE A YEAR. SO I THANK YOU MS. MANAGER MAYBE MEMBERS JUST WANT JUST MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY MUCH IN COMMUNICATION OVER THE TIME PERIOD AND IN WORKING STAFF AND TRYING TO MEET THE DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES WHEN THEY'RE CONCERNED THAT THAT'S NOT MAYBE GOING TO BE THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY SO GIVEN THAT THE ONE YEAR EXTENSION WAS CONTEMPLATED IN THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT IT'S THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL FROM 2022. ANYONE ELSE? WELL I WILL SAY COUNCIL I'M A BOTH MINDS ON THIS FIRST OF ALL I I WHEN I DON'T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING I RELY ON THE EXPERTS IN THE ROOM AND THAT THAT'S NOT ME I MEAN I UNDERSTAND BUT CANNOT EFFECTIVELY LOOK AT A PRO FORMA AND MAKE A DETERMINATION OR NOT SOMETHING IS IS VIABLE OR NOT SO TO HEAR FROM STAFF AND TO HEAR FROM BAKER TILLY CARRIES A LOT OF WEIGHT WITH ME THAT THIS IS THAT IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND SO THAT DOES CARRY A LOT OF WEIGHT ON THE OTHER HAND I REMEMBER WHEN WE MADE THIS FIRST WE STARTED MAKING THESE ACCOMMODATIONS I MEAN IF THIS IS 36 YEARS I'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE YOU'RE 22 OR WHATEVER AND CONTINUE TO SEE THIS AS A SURFACE PARKING LOT WHICH I KNOW MAKES MONEY AND IT'S A VIABLE BUSINESS BUT TO STAFF'S POINT IS ALSO IT'S IT'S PRIME DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND NOT THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE IN MY MIND OF THAT THOUGH THAT PIECE LAND IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A BACK AND FORTH. I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF , YOU KNOW, LITIGATION OF SOME KIND OR YOU KNOW, ANGRY LETTERS GOING BACK AND FORTH BUT AS I SAID, I ALSO DON'T WANT TO PUSH INTO A FOURTH DECADE OF THIS AND SO MEAN I CAN SEE AND UNDERSTAND WHERE WE COULD BENEFIT FROM AN ADDITIONAL BUT BOY I JUST DON'T I JUST HOW DO WE HOW DO WE MAKE SURE IT ULTIMATELY HAPPENS AND I I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION I'M NOT SURE HOW WE MAKE SURE THIS ULTIMATELY MOVES FORWARD IN A WAY THAT WE WANT TO DO. COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU HIT THE SQUARE ON ON THE MONEY AND I JUST YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS THIS MOTIVATION, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT PARKING LOT BEING THERE TO TO TO MAKE MONEY AND NOT NOT GET THIS THING DONE. ALTHOUGH AGAIN I'M NOT GOING TO THE PERFORMANCE. SO I WONDER IF WE GO INTO THIS NEXT YEAR BUT THEN WE ARE AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S EVEN LEGAL BUT YOU KNOW LOOK TO KIND OF CURTAIL THAT MONEYMAKER AND MAYBE THAT MIGHT MOTIVATE TO GET SOMETHING DONE MORE QUICKER. BUT BUT I CAN'T SEE AT THIS LATE HOUR AT THIS YOU KNOW I'LL AT THIS STAGE DOING ANYTHING OTHER THAN HONESTLY. RIGHT. BECAUSE I MEAN GOSH, I'D HATE TO SAY NO AND THEN WOW THIS THING BLOWS UP ON US AND AS I SAID I MEAN I RESPECT BAKER TILLY, I RESPECT STAFF AND I RESPECT THE ANALYSIS THEY BRING FORWARD WITH THIS AND AND GIVEN GIVEN THE WAY THAT I CAN VIEW A PRO AND I'M NOT ABLE TO SAY YOU KNOW I'M NOT ABLE TO POKE HOLES IN A PERFORMANCE AND KNOW IF THEY'RE WRONG. BAKER TILLY IS WRONG AND I'D BE MORE CORRECT IN THIS SO WELL, MAYOR, IF THAT IS THE WAY YOU'RE LEANING, I'M WILLING TO MAKE THIS MOTION THAT'S IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT SO WE CAN MOVE THIS ALONG AND WE CLOSE ON TIME HERE AND I THINK I MEAN UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A IS A ONE YEAR EXTENSION, AN ANNUAL EXTENSION. I'M COMFORTABLE THAT AND HOPE THAT WE GET A DIFFERENT ANSWER THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. I HOPE WE WERE COMING UP OUT OF THE GROUND THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN WAS AT THE WELL. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN SEE ONE MORE YEAR BUT THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR WE VOTE ON IT IF NOTHING IS MOVING FORWARD WE JUST CAN ELIMINATE IT. I MEAN ADD AN ADDENDUM TO WHATEVER BEING WRITTEN ALREADY HAS BEEN WRITTEN. I MEAN TO TO STATE THAT IN A YEAR IF WE ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION WE CAN VOTE ON IT AND MOVE ON FROM THERE. I MIGHT I MIGHT SUGGEST THAT I THINK THAT THE STAFF HAS HEARD OUR CONCERN AND WHAT YOU'VE KIND OF BROUGHT FORWARD AND IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT AND IF YOU THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE MAYOR THEY'VE HEARD IT AND WE CAN MOVE THIS FORWARD WITH THAT WITH THAT IN AS MENTIONED MAYOR REMEMBERS IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AND STAFF SHOULD FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME BUT ONCE IF WE GET IF WE'RE BACK A MONTH WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK HERE IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WILL THEN BE AT A NEXT EXPIRATION DATE. SO THIS WON'T BE THE IF THEY DON'T TAKE ACTION TO MOVE FORWARD. THIS WILL BE BACK IT WON'T THE LAST TIME THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND FRANKLY WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE IN THE MARKET? WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING HAPPEN IN THE ECONOMY? I MEAN LOTS OF STUFF CAN CHANGE, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT THE DOCUMENT AS DRAFTED IN 2020 TO SET UP I SEE MY WORD AT 1048 BUT CONTEMPLATED A ONE YEAR EXTENSION IF IF THINGS WERE NOT PENCILING OUT AND IT APPEARS THAT THAT'S WHAT WAS AND CONCLUDED SO THAT'S I BELIEVE WHY THE STAFF IS MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION THAT IT IS THANK YOU. SO TO YOUR YOUR COMMENT COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS I THINK MANDERS SHADE IS CORRECT THAT IT'S WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME DOWN TO IF WE COME DOWN TO THE 11TH MONTH AGAIN NEXT YEAR AT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND SO I THINK WE CAN WE CAN SAFELY SAY THAT IF WE GET TO THE AS STAFF WORKS THROUGH THIS AS WE GET TO THE 5 TO 6 MONTH PERIOD, WE WILL KNOW ONE WAY OR ANOTHER AND THEN PERHAPS CONTINUE TO WORK WITH STAFF, CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE THE OWNER AND TRY AND FIGURE OUT A PATH FORWARD AS OPPOSED TO TONIGHT AT THIS LATE HOUR TRYING TO PUT A A DEFINITE CUT OFF ONE WAY OR ANOTHER I THINK MAKES MORE SENSE. IT'S JUST ONE BIT OF ADDITIONAL CONTEXT. THIS IS UNDER AN EXISTING IEP AND THAT IEP EXPIRES AUGUST FOUR, 2027. SO WHETHER WE'RE HERE A YEAR FROM NOW YOU WILL YOU WILL STILL HAVE ADDITIONAL CHANCES TO CONSIDER FUTURE INTERVIEWS, PERMITS AND. YOU KNOW AGAIN IF WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING HAPPEN THAT 2027 DAY IS GOING TO COME UP AND YOU HAVE YOU'LL BE ASKED TO MAKE FINDINGS OR NOT TO CONTINUE AN IEP. THAT'S GOOD CONTEXT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER. YOU JUST ANSWERED MY QUESTION ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR WHEN THAT IEP WOULD BE UP SO THAT THAT WORKS FOR ME. OKAY. SO HAVING REVIEWED THE APPLICANT'S UPDATED PHASE ONE PROFORMA THE STAFF REPORT MEMORANDUM PORT AUTHORITY STAFF AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS TO MAKE A DETERMINATION THE APPLICATION'S UPDATED PHASE ONE PROFORMA IS THAT MARKET CONDITIONS AND RETURNS ARE INSUFFICIENT AS DEFINED IN THE DEVELOPMENT MILESTONE ATTACHED TO THE CITY'S DECISION NOTICE DATED AUGUST 12TH, 2022 AND THAT THE PHASE ONE PROFORMA MILESTONE EXTENDED TO YOU MOVED IN ON ME THERE SO YOU MEAN I GOT TO GRAB IT OUT HERE ALL RIGHT. OKAY WE'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO YOU GUYS TO DO THAT WE ALWAYS WILL AS A YOUNG COUNCILMEMBER AND THAT WAS A PHASE ONE PROFORMA MILESTONE DATE EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 24TH, 2025 IN THE PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION START MILESTONE BE EXTENDED TO THE JUNE 30TH 2025 MORE MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER LONG AND SECOND MY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ACCEPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AS STATED ON ITEM 5.3 THIS EVENING. ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS HEARING NONE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU . ALL RIGHT COUNCIL OUR LAST ITEM OF THE EVENING IS ITEM 5.4 OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE I'LL START VERY QUICKLY WITH A REVIEW OF OUR LISTENING SESSION THIS EVENING. I THINK WE SET A RECORD FOR MOST SPEAKERS AT THE LISTENING SESSIONS. I THINK THAT WAS THE MOST WE'VE EVER HAD. WE HAD SIX PEOPLE SPEAK SELLING US CONTINUE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE USE OF SMITH PARK PAM PALMER WAS THERE AND TALKED ABOUT THE FIBER OPTICS WORK BEING DONE AROUND THE CITY AND SOME OF THE IMPACTS OF IT AND WHAT COULD BE DONE TO TO MAINTAIN QUALITY CONTROL ABOUT THE WORK THAT IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW AND THEN WE HAD A SERIES OF SPEAKERS WHO ALL HAD OPINIONS REGARDING THE PROPOSED STADIUMS AT KENNEDY AND JEFFERSON CATHERINE BABCOCK TERRY DALE, AMY DELAHAYE, CRAIG HOFF AND SEAN ALL SPOKE OUT REGARDING THE STADIUM PROPOSALS AND I THINK WE'VE MADE IT CLEAR THAT IT WILL COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND AT ADJOURNED JUNE 3RD MEETING I THINK A REVIEW OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OR PROPOSAL REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ARE OUR STATEMENT WAS THAT FRANKLY THAT BEING THAT FAR OUT AND WITH A HOLIDAY IN BETWEEN WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY INFORMATION AS A CITY COUNCIL ON THIS AND WE WILL WAIT FOR THE STAFF REPORT AND WE'LL CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING IN EARLY JUNE ABOUT THIS AND. I WILL BE MOVING FORWARD ON ALL OF THIS AND BRINGING THE CONVERSATION FORWARD AT THAT TIME. SO IT WAS A GOOD THAT LIKE I SAID WE HAD SIX PEOPLE AND SOMEHOW WE MANAGED TO GET EVERYBODY IN UNDER A HALF HOUR. I'M NOT SURE HOW OH I'M SORRY THERE'S COUNCILMEMBER CURRY OR SOMETHING RELATED SO JUST FOR I'M SURE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE LISTENING RIGHT NOW SO JUST FOR THEUBLIC WITH JUNE 6TH IT'S ALSO GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION I BELIEVE I'M LOOKING AT YOU JUNE JUNE SIX AND IS THAT GOING TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING NEARBY CITY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THAT'S CORRECT. JUNE SIX THERE'S A SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING DEPENDING ON WHAT THE COUNCIL DOES ON JUNE 3RD. THAT JUNE 6TH MEETING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED FOR EXAMPLE IF THE COUNCIL AGREED WITH A PETITION THAT EAW WAS REQUIRED THEN THAT EAW WOULD NEED TO BE COMPLETED THE PLANNING COMMISSION TAKES FOR MY ACTION BUT WE DO HAVE A SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 6TH. WOULD PEOPLE STILL BE ABLE TO TESTIFY IN THAT MEETING OR AND PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT OR WOULD THEY LET IT JUST BE PUSHED OFF IN GENERAL UNTIL A FUTURE DATE AND THERE WAS SAID COUNCILMEMBER CARTER IF IT GOES FORWARD THERE WOULD BE A PUBLIC HEARING IF THE GUIDANCE IS PREPARE AN EAW THEN THERE WOULD NOT THAT WOULD BE CONTINUED INDEFINITELY. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO ELIZABETH ALTMAN WAS OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WAS OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR KEEPING US ON TRACK AND GETTING OUT OF HERE. GOOD 6 MINUTES TO SPARE SO REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, MR. AND COUNCILMEMBERS. THREE QUICK UPDATES ONE TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP DUE TO POTENTIAL RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW EVENING AND IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY FOR OUR STAFF AND COMMUNITY WE ARE GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THE NINE MILE CREEK CORRIDOR CELEBRATION THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE AT MOUA PARK FROM 4 TO 6. WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED THE DETAILS OF THE RESCHEDULE AND WE WILL GET THIS OUT TO OUR COMMUNICATION CHANNELS AS WELL AS TO OUR RESIDENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA BY TOMORROW MORNING AS AS OUR WEBSITE ON BOOMTOWN FORWARD TALK AND THEN I JUST WILL GIVE YOU A QUICK LEGISLATIVE UPDATE OBVIOUSLY SESSION ENDED LATE NIGHT AND SO JUST THREE QUICK HIGHLIGHTS WE WERE SUCCESSFUL WORKING WITH OUR DELEGATION TO GET A TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO LAST YEAR'S BONDING ALLOCATION REPLACEMENT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH BUILDING TO USE THOSE FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION NOT JUST PLANNING AND PRE DESIGN WORK AS ORIGINALLY PASSED SO THAT WAS GOOD THAT UPDATE THEIR SECOND WE WHILE WE WERE SUCCESSFUL GETTING BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE BONDING BILL THIS YEAR FROM THE NORMANDY TRAIL PROJECT JUST A QUICK DATA POINT WE HAD REQUESTED 4.5 MILLION AND WE WERE IN THE BILL FOR 4 MILLION CONSIDERING MANY OTHER CITIES NOT EVEN HAVE THE REQUEST GET AN AGREED UPON BILL IS VERY ENCOURAGING. UNFORTUNATELY THE LEGISLATURE COULD AGREE ON A BONDING BILL AND NOTHING PASSED SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO REQUESTS IN THE UPCOMING SESSION. AND THEN LASTLY ISSUES RELATED TO MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING LEGISLATION AND OTHER PROPOSALS THAT WOULD PREEMPTED CITY PLANNING AND ZONING CONTROLS DID NOT PASS THIS YEAR AND CITIES WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE LEGISLATURE BEFORE NEXT SESSION TO TRY AND FIND A COMPROMISE WE'LL HAVE A MORE THOROUGH SUMMARY OF WHAT LEGISLATION DID PASS IN UPCOMING MEETINGS AND COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS SO STAY POSTED ON THAT. WE'LL HAVE A MORE FORMAL UPDATE THERE AT THE VERY LAST UPDATE AS PART OF THE INTERNAL SERVICES TEAM WE'RE WORKING TO ASSURE THAT YOU KNOW, SITTING IN COUNCIL MEETINGS WE HEAR A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION EQUITY IMPACTS. I KNOW WE WORK CLOSELY WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS REC ON COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT ON THOSE AREAS WITH THIS NEW REORG AND RESTRUCTURE I'M GOING TO BRING OUR TEAMS TOGETHER SEPARATELY PHYSICALLY MY AREA ON IS COMMUNICATIONS H.R. OR CITY CLERK OFFICER RACIAL EQUITY BELONGING CODE AND OUR NEW STRATEGY INFORMATION PERFORMANCE TO ENSURE THAT WE BRING THOSE IMPACTS UP SO THAT BEFORE POLICY ITEMS COMES BEFORE YOU YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE ASSESSED THAT IN ADVANCED THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING THANK YOU. GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. ALTMAN COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, A QUESTION OR A QUESTION? YEAH PLEASE. I'M JUST WONDERING IF ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORKSHEET IF WE CAN GET INFORMATION ON THAT BEFORE THE COUNCIL PACKET AND WE COULD GET THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE COPY OF EVERYTHING WE HAVE JUST SO WE HAVE MORE TIME TO REVIEW THAT THAT WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. AND THIS REGARDING THE PROPOSED STADIUMS IS THAT OUT ? YES. OKAY. REGARDING THE PROPOSED STADIUMS IF WE COULD. SO YEAH. SO ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD OR ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER ONE THING I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD IS I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAKE ANOTHER IMPASSIONED PLEA TO GET AROUND THE BONDING BILL NEXT YEAR BECAUSE I THINK THAT HELPFUL TO GET THE NORMAL PROJECT ON THE LIST ANYWAY SO HAPPY TO DO THAT. ABSOLUTELY. AND WHO ELSE COUNCIL HEARING NOTHING ELSE FROM COUNCIL WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR AGENDA. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING SOME MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN THIS EVENING'S MEETING. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I YES POSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION TONIGHT. WELL DONE. THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE HERE AND BRINGING THEIR PERSPECTIVES FORWARD THANKS TO EVERYBODY WATCHING AT HOME. THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR YOUR GOOD WORK EVERYBODY STAY SAFE TOMORROW IF THE WEATHER TURNS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. THANKS TO AN ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER BILL