. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME. I WILL CALL THIS BLOOMINGTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. IT'S MONDAY, OCTOBER 16TH, 2023. WELCOME TO EVERYBODY HERE IN THE CHAMBERS AND EVERYONE WATCHING ONLINE. THAN FOR JOINI US TONIGHT WE WILL START OUR MEETING AS WE ALWAYS DO IF YOU'RE ABLE PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL . ONCE AGAIN, THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. COUNCIL OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS TONIGHT IS TO APPROVE OUR AGENDA AND I WILL GO THROUGH IT VERY QUICKLY HERE WE HAVE FOUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS UNDER ITEM NUMBER INTRODUCTORY AND NUMBER TWO I WILL HAVE AN INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES. WE'LL HEAR ABOUT OUR 2023 COMMUNICATIONS AWARDS. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR A PRESENTATION ABOUT OUR ADOPT A PARK PROGRAM AND AN UPDATE ON BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN. OUR CONSENT BUSINESS IS RATHER LENGTHY COUNCILMEMBER HAS THE CONSENT BUSINESS TONIGHT AND WE'VE GOT 18 ITEMS THERE UNDER ITEM FOUR ARE HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES. WE HAVE THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING. 4. IS TO CONSIDER PROVIDING RECYCLED HOUSING ALLOCATION TO THE CITY OF COLUMBUS. 4.2 IS VERY SIMILAR SIMILAR CONSIDERATION FOR THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW AND ITEM 4.3 WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR 2022 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT. THAT'S OUR KEEPER ITEM FIVE ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS AND WE'VE GOT A GOOD NUMBER OF THINGS IN OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS. WE HAVE A PROJECT OVERVIEW FOR BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION RESIDENTIAL NUMBER FIVE AND THAT IS OUR ITEM 5.1. THEN WE GO THROUGH A SERIES OF FOUR DIFFERENT BGET DISCUSSIONS 5.2E'LL BE TALKING ABO COMMUNITY SERVICES 5.3 OUR RATE AND UTILITY FUND DISCUSSION 5.4 IS A DISCUSSION ON PUBLIC WORKS AND 5.5 PARKS AND RECREATION. 5.6 IS OUR COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE AND 5.7 ACTUALLY COUNCIL IS GOING TO MOVE INTO A CLOSED MEETING AND COUNCIL BECAUSE OF A POTENTIAL CONFLICT WITH MY PROFESSIONAL INTEREST I BE STEPPING AWAY BEFORE THAT CLOSED MEETING AND SO TURNING THE REINS OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDROND SO SHE WIL CLOSE THE MTING, CONDUCT THE MEETING AND THEN AS YOU COME BACK INTO BUSINESS SHE WILL CLOSE THE OFFICIAL MEETING ALSO BECAUSE I'M NOT HANGING AROUND WHILE YOU TALK THROUGH THE CLOSED MEETING I KNOW IT'S AN ITEM YOU GOT TO STRUGGLE ON SO COUNCIL IF THERE'S ANYTHING TO ADD OR ANY CORRECTIONS IF NOT I WOULD LO FOR A MOTION TO ADOPT TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS STATED SO MOVE WILL MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLAS HUNTER TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S COUNCIL AGENDA AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING HEY I OOSE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO WE HAVE AN AGENDA AND COUNCIL WE HAVE A A BUSY AGENDA. THERE'S A LOT ON THERE THIS EVENING AND I WILL SAY BOTH TO COUNCIL AND TO STAFF AS WELL AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR INSIGHTFUL COMMENTS AN YOUR YOUR IDEAS AND YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR YOUR WITTICISMS ABOUT ALL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I WILL REMIND EVERYBODY WE DO HAVE A VERY FULL AGENDA THIS EVENING AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK OUR BEST TO GET THROUGH IT. AND SO JUST TO LET EVERYBODY IN ON THAT SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CONSIDERATION. WE WILL START OUR MEETING WITH ITEM 2.1 WHICH IS INTROCTION OF NEW EMPLOYE AND I THINK OUR NEWMPLOYEES THIS ARE ALL IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY MELISSA MANASSEH . THANK YOU MAYOR MAYOR MEMBERS WE HAVE WELCOME THREE NEW EMPLOYEES AND ONE OF THEM IS HERE IN PERSON AND I BELIEVE THE OTHER TWO ARE PARTICIPATING BY TELEPHONE AND WILL JOIN US THAT WAY WE HAVE RECENTLY ADDED TWO NEW PROSECUTORS DAVID AND EMILY AND WE HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY ARISE WITH OUR FRONT DESK PERSON WILL SAY JUST SOR GENERALLYPEAKING BECAUSE THESE OFFICE OFFICE ASSISTANT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS THE TERM FOR TITLE BUT SHE JOINED US AS A TEMP EMPLOYEE TO HELP EARLIER IN THE YEAR WITH OUR GROWING CASES AND SHE WAS ABLE TO APPLY FOR THE FULL TIME POSITION AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT FIT. SHE WAS ABLE TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE CORY WITH US AS WELL. WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED SOME GREAT FEEDBACK FROM STAFF THAT WORK WITH OUR NEWEST HIRES AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM HERE. I'M GOING TO MEET DAVID UP TO THE PODIUM FIRST AND THEN GIVE EMILY CORREA A HEADS UP THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PULLED UP AND MIKE WILL CUE THEM UP AND IT'S TIME FOR TO START. DAVID WANTED TO COME TO THE THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS DAVID SMITH. I'M AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY IN THE PROSECUTION DEPARTMENT HERE AND I STARTED IN JULY JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO WORK WITH SUCH A GROUP OF EXPERIENCED ATTORNEYS. I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. WE'RE VY GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD. DAVID, WHERE DO YOU COME TO US FROM? MOST RECENTLY I WAS WITH THE CITY OF MAPLE GROVE. BEFORE THAT I WAS IN BECKER COUNTY, DETROIT LAKES. SO GREAT. WELL WELCOME ABOARD AND THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COREY IS THE NEXT ONE, RIGHT? HELLO. MY NAME IS COREY. I STARTED AS A SERIES AND OLD TIME BACK IN JUNE AND NOW I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FULL TIME AT THE FRONT DESK JUST LT MONTH. I AM VERY, VERY EXCITED TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU AND MEET ALL OF YOU AND IT GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND GROW EVERYONE. WELL, WELCOME ABOARD COREY AND CONGRATULATIONS. OBVIOUSLY YOU IMPRESSED LOT OF FOLKS SO WITH YOUR WITH THE SEASONAL TEMP POSITION THAT YOU HAD AND GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD. WELCOME. THANK YOU. COREY HAS BEEN A GREAT ADDITION AND NOW WE HAVE I BELIEVE WE HAVE EMILY AS WELL PARTICIPATING BY TELEPHONE. EMILY, IF YOU'RE THERE HI. YES,Y NAME IS EMILY FISHER DANCER. I'M ONE OF THE NEW ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS AND PROSECUTOR . I STARTED WHEN DAVID DID IN JULY VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE. IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE SO FAR AND HAPPY TO GET TO CONTINUE TO LEARN AND GROW HERE. WELL, WELCOME ABOARD, EMILY. IT'S KIND OF OMINOUS. YOU SAY IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE SO FAR BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF ALL THREE MONTHS. JUST THREE MONTHS. I'M SURE IT WILL CONTINUE. SO WELCOME ABOARD. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING AND LOOK FORWARD TO MEING YOU IN RSON SOMETIME SOON. THANK YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU MISS MANAGER. THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTIONS AND WELCOME TO ALL OF OUR NEW EMPLOYEES AND TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OR EVEN THE CITY STAFF WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO MEET THESE FOLKS. IF YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO STOP BY AND SAY HELLO OR AS THEY'RE DOING THEIR WORK MAKE SURE YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND. GIVE THEM A WELCOME TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO WELCOME ABOARD. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. AM 2.2 ON OUR AGENDA ARE 2023 COMMUNICATIONS AWARDS JANINE HILLER COMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTRATOR IS HERE AND THIS ONE THIS IS ALMOST BECOME AN ANNUAL THING AND I THINK IT'S FABULOUS BECAUSE IN THE NUMBER OF AWARDS THAT WE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON ROUTINELY WINS, ESPECIALLY IN THE COMMUNICATIONS REALM, IT'S DEFINITELY A POINT OF PRIDE FOR THE CITY. SO VERY EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY THIS TIME. SO GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. WELL, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING MAYOR BASSEY AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT. I HAVE SOME VERY GOOD NEWS REGARDING CITY COMMUNICATIONS. JANINE, CAN I ASK YOU TO SLIDE THE MICROPHONE JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSE OKAY. THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN BLOOMINGTON'S TIME TO SHINE. FIRST THE CITY PICKED UP TWO NATIONAL AWARDS FROM THE CITY COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING SAVVY AWARDS CONTEST HELD IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA. THE SAVVY AWARDS CONTEST RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACHIEVEMENTS IN COMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC SECTOR MARKETING AND CITIZEN GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIPS. THIS YEAR THREE CMA RECEIVED 878 ENTRIES FROM 237 JURISDICTIONS AT THE STATE LEVEL AND I'M HAVING TROUBLE COOKING THE THERE WE GO. OKAY. THE CITY RECEIVED TEN AWARDS FROM THE MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATORS. ALMOST 160 ENTRIES WERE SUBMITTED TO THIS YEAR'S CONTEST FROM MINNESOTA ORGANIZATIONS. FOUR OF BLOOMINGTON'S AWARDS WERE FIR PLACE HONORS 26/1 PLACE AWARDS WERE GIVEN OVERALL BLOOMINGTON'S COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED THE MOST AWARDS OF ANY ORGANIZATION ENTERING THE CONTEST WITH EVERY BLOOMINGTON ENTRY RECEIVING AN AWARD SEVERAL ATTENDEES COMPLIMENTED BLOOMINGTON STAFF ON THEIR COMMUNICATIONS AT THE CEREMONY HELD IN SAINT PAUL. ONE MENTIONED THE INCREDIBLE PRODUCTION VALUE OF BLOOMINGTON STATE OF THE CITY. ANOTHER CITY COMMUNICATOR SAID BLOOMINGTON IS CLEANING UP TONIGHT. LET'S SRT ON T NATIONAL STAGE OUR NEIGHBOR VIDEO SERIES RECEIVED THREE SAME SECOND PLACE SILVER CIRCLE AWARD THREE CMA JUDGES REALLY LIKED THE SERIES WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE WORK AND ACCOMPLISHMENT OF RESIDENTS AND CELEBRATES THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY . THIS IS A REALLY CREATIVE WAY TO SHOW HOW YOU VALUE YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THEY SAID. IT ALSO HELPS CREATE A LOT OF COMMUNITY PRIDE WHICH IS REALLY LOVELY TO SEE AS A RESULT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHOWING HOW MUCH THEY CARE. NICE WORK. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT MINNESOTA IN MY HOME I THINK OUR QUOTE OF THE DAY WHY NOT ENDURE HEARING TO SO MANY FAMILIES WHO DON'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE AND THIS IS WHY WE BRING THESE TRAININGS IN . YOU ALWAYS READ MORE ON THIS GROUP STARTED TRAINING FULL TIME TWO YEARS AGO FOR THIS AND IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO TRAIN FOR MOUNTAINS IN MINNESOTA. AT ONE TIME I HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND I JUST LOVE LIVING IN THE BRIEFING HAS BEEN A MULTIPLE AWARD WINNER OVER THE YEARS BRINGING HOME A TOTAL OF 15 AWARDS FROM THE NATIONAL SAVVY CONTEST THIS YEAR IT RECEIVED THIRD PLACE FROM THREE CMA. THREE CMA JUDGES HAD HIGH PRAISE FOR THE NEWSLETTER GREAT WORK YOU CLEARLY MET YOUR GOALS HAVE AND HAVE BETTER INFORMED YOUR RESIDENTS. A TRUSTED NEWS SOURCE FOR BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ALIKE GREAT JOB ON BRANDING YOUR NEWSLETTER TO BE THE PLACE TO GET INFORMATION STRAIGHT FROM THE SOURCE, THEY SAID THE BLOOMINGTON HAS BUILT UP A LOYAL FOLLOWING AND DOCUMENTED READERSHIP PROVING THAT IT IS A GREAT ASSET FOR YOUR COMMUNICATIONS TOOLBOX. AND CLOSER TO HOME BLOOMINGTON RECEIVED TEN AWARDS IN THIS YEAR'S MINNESOTA CONTEST INCLUDING 4/1 PLACE NORTHERN LIGHTS AWARDS THE FIRST HOPE ON THE HORIZON THE ANNUAL REPORT CONTAINED IN THE BRIEFING IN JUNE JUDGES SAID FANTASTIC JOB, SIMPLE VISUAL, EASY TO UNDERSTAND, EASY TO FOLLOW REALLY IMPRESSIVE AND NOTABLE NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY INTEREST VARIOUS VIDEO REIVED SECOND PLACEWARD FROM OUR FIRST PLACE AWARD I'M SORRY FOR THIS LOCAL CONTEST I LOVE THIS SERIES. I WAS HOOKED AND WATCHED THEM ALL JUST A GREAT JOB. BLOOMINGTON COLLECTIVE VIDEO SERIES EXCELLENT WAY TO BRING A VOICE TO THE GREATER COMMUNITY GREAT JOB TELLING THE STORY OF BIPOC BUSINESS OWNERS IN BLOOMINGTON AND DISCOVER BLOOMINGTON VIDEO SERIES. THIS PROJECT SO SHOWCASES THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOUR COMMUNITY HAS TO OFFER THE CITY ALSO RECEIVED SECD PLACE FOR THESE ENTRIES. BLOOMINGTON TODAY WEEKLY NEWS SHOW I ENJOYED THIS PROJECT THE TECHNICAL SKILL AND CREATIVITY JUDGES SAID AND THE 2022 STATE OF THE CITY HOPE ON THE HORIZON COMPREHEND SIVE AND WELL-PLANNED PROJECT. THE EVENT WAS WELL THOUGHT OUT AND VERY WELL PRESENTED AT AND THE THIRD PLACE BRONZE AWARD WENT TO BLOOMINGTON BRIEFING GREAT NEWSLETTER WITH ALL THE DATA TO JUSTIFY THE WORK COST AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT WELL DONE AND FINALLY THESE ENTRIES RECEIVED AN AWARD OF MERIT FROM MGC. FAREWELL TO DAVID FONG'S COMMUNITY INTEREST VIDEO YOU CAPTURED THE EMOTION PERFECTLY AND IT MADE ME BOTH SAD AND PROUD. YOU GREAT STORYTELLERS BLOOMINGTON PIONEERS AND CHANGEMAKERS VIDEO SERIES THE STORIES TOLD HERE ARE INCREDIBLY JUDGES SAID THE VIDEO PRODUCTIVITY QUALITY IS STRONG AND I LOVE THAT WE GET TO HEAR FROM THE STORIES HERE THE SRIES FRO THEOMMUNITY LEADERS THAT HAVE TO SHARE DIRECTLY FROM THEM. AND INSTAGRAM REVIVED SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT. IT'S AMAZING TO LOOK AT THE TRANSFORMATION OF YOUR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT. I LOVE THE STRATEGY AND TEAMWORK THAT AWESOME RESULTS MAYOR BUSSEY AND COUNCIL MEMBERS IT HAS BEEN MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT TO YOU THESE AWARDS WHEN ENTERING THESE CONTESTS IT'S NECESSARY TO SHOW ACHIEVEMENT THINGS LIKE OVERALL VIEWS, COMMENTS, FEEDBACK FROM READERS, SUCCESS OFROGRAMS CALLSND TERVIEW INQUIRIES RECEIVED EVENT TURNOUT AND SURVEYS ALL HELP TO DOCUMENT THE SUCCESS OF THESE COMMUNICATIONS TOOLS FOR JUDGES IN ADDITION TO THE QUALITY OF THE ENTRY ITSELF, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM THEN BEN VINER, EMILY TAPLIN GRANT PARKER, OLIVIA PURBECK, JODY WILLARD, ASHLEY CLEMMER, ERIC JEWEL AND DAN MARSHFIELD FOR THEIR HIGH STANDARDS FIRST RATE SKILLS AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN STORYTELLING AND IN INFORMING THE COMMUNITY ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. D THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO PROVIDE US WITH GREAT CONTENT AND TO OUR LEADERSHIP ESPECIALLY COMMUNITY COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR DIANE KIRBY AND CITY MANAGER JAMIE FAROOQUI FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE. I AM HAPPY TO LET THE BLOOMINGTON COMMUNITY AND KNOW OF AWARDS AND RECOGNITION TONIGHT. THANK YOU ALL AND THANK YOU AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THEM SO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, MISS KIRBY. JANINE MR. BROBERG, CONGRATULATIONS. THIS IS LIKE I SAID, IT'S ALMOST BECOME A ANNUAL THING AN IT SHOWS JUS THE WORK THAT GOES INTO IT AND THE OUTSTANDING COMMUNICATION STAFF THAT WE HAVE PASSED TO CONGRATULATE AND GO ON TO THEM AS WELL. I MEAN I KEEP SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, BLOOMINGTON INVESTS IN WAYS THAT REFLECT THE VALUES OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS COMMUNITY VALUES OUTSTANDING COMMUNICATION IN THIS WAY AND THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE IN THE IN RESOURCES AND IN PEOPLE AND THE OUTPUT IT JUST SHOWS THE OUTSTANDING WORK THAT YOU DO. SO CONGRATULATIONS . THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND AS I SAID, SHARE THOSE THAT THE CONGRATULATIONS WITH YOUR STAFF AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED A BIGGER TROPHY CASE OBVIOUSLY. I MEAN IT'S JUST GETTING BIG. SO I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING TO ADD HERE. SO OUTSTANDING WORK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, THANK YOU . AND ITEM 2.3 ON OUR AGENDA AND THIS IS PRESENTATION ARE ADOPT A PART PROGRAM LEAH HUGHES OR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION IS HERE TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS NEW ADAPTIVE PARK PROGRAM WHICH WE ALREADY TOUCH . ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. WELL, GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, MAYOR MANAGER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS LEAH HUGHES AND I AM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE PARKS REC DEPARTMENT. I'M ALSO HERE WITH RENEE CLARK AND DAVE HANSEN. SHOULD THERE BE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ADOPT A PARK PROGRAM AND ANY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN SO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON MAINTAINS 97 PARKS AND THAT EQUATES TO 2751 ACRES OF PARK LAND AND THESE PARKS AND FACILITIES ARE 40 TO 70 YEARS OLD. THEY WERE MOSTLY BUILT IN THE 67 AND EIGHTIES AND HAVE RECEIVED VERY LITTLE REINVESTMENT THE CITY IS MAINTAINING TWO RESIDENT PARTICIPATION PROGRAMS FOR ITS PARKS AND NATURAL AREAS. THE FIRST IS A BASIC ADOPT A PARK PROGRAM THIS RESIDENTS AND RESIDENT GROUPS THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER IN THEIR LOCAL PARKS, TRAILS AND GREEN SPACES AND IT ALSO ASKS THEM TO COMMIT TO A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE SEASONAL BEAUTIFICATION AND BASIC MAINTENANCE OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS AND NATURAL SPACES. THE SECOND IS A NATURAL RESOURCES PARTICIPATION PROGRAM. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT UNDERTAKES LARGER NATURAL RESOURCES PROJECTS AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LEGALLY REGISTERED GROUPS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO COLLABORATE AND COORDINATE WITH THE CITY ON LARGER NATURAL RESOURCES PROJECTS ON CITY OWNED PARK LANDS PROPOSALS CAN BE CAN INCLUDE GRANTS FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES AND ANY PROPOSAL THAT IS SUBMITTED MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S LONG TERM MANAGEMENT PLANS. THE BASIC ADOPT A PARK PROGRAM I'LL SPEAK ABOUT FIRST IT'S A REALLY GREAT WAY FOR RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT THEIR CITY BY DONATING THEIR VALUABLE TIME HOURS AND SKILL SETS. AND THIS THESE HOURS EQUATE INTO $2 AND THE ABILITY FOR THE PARK MAINTENANCE STAFF AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO REALLY ALLOCATE STAFF HOURS TO OTHER PARK PROJECTS AND RESOURCES IN OTHER CAPACITIES AS FAR AS WHO CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE BASIC ADAPTIVE ART PROGRAM ANYONE WENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS FAMILIES BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS ALL TO PARTICIPATE THE ONE REQUIREMENT THAT IS ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 MUST BE SUPERVISED BY AND MONITORED BY ADULTS. WHAT CAN YOU DO IN THE BASIC ADAPTIVE PARK PROGRAM PRETTY BASIC BASIC PROGRAMING SUCH AS COMMUNITY CLEANUPS ESPECIALLY IN THE SPRING OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER OR WEATHER EVENTS AND THEN AGAIN IN THE FALL BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS FOR AREAS OF OF WHERE FLOWERS ARE PLANTED BLACK BOXES, PARK PROJECTS, SOME INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL AND THEN IF THERE ARE IDEAS THROUGH SOME OF THESE GROUPS THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR OTHER PROJECTS AS APPROVED ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT WAYS TO BECOME INVOLVED JUST HELP MAINTAIN AND SUSTAIN OUR PARKS AND NATURAL AREAS. KEEP THEM SAFE, KEEP PLAYGROUNDS SAFE AND ALLOW FOR THIS ADDITIONAL PAIR OF EYES AND A LOT OF OUR PARKS AS FAR AS VANDALISM AND OTHER ISSUES MIGHT HAPPEN, WHY BECOME INVOLVED AGAIN? IT JUST HELPS IMPVE OUR PARK AND THE SAFETY WITHIN OUR PARKS. VOLUNTEERS CAN HELP REPORT ANY ISSUES THAT REGULAR STAFF MAY NOT HAVE COME ACROSS YET VOLUNTEERS ARE HELPFUL AND THEIR SUSPECT WITH RECEIVE REGULAR CHECKS THROUGH THEIR PARKS, TRAILS AND NATURAL AREAS. AND THEN AGAIN THE CITY CAN ALLOCATE THESE RESOURCES TO OTHER PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY . AS FAR AS A VOLUNTEER COMMITMENT GOES FOR THE ADOPT A PARK PROGRAM WE THAT THEY COMMIT TO ONE YEAR OBVIOUSLY IN THE GREAT STATE OF MINNESOTA THIS IS USUALLY GOING TO BE DURING THE WARMER MONTHS HOPEFULLY SOME TIME BETWEEN APRIL AND OCTOBER WE ASK THAT THEY PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF 1 TO 2 DAYS PER MONTH WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PARK ACTIVELY CLEANING OR REPORTING ANY ISSUES AND MAINTAINING THAT PARK AND THEN WE ASK THAT THEY COMMUNICATE AND COORDINATE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES WITH OUR PARK MAINTENANCE STAFF SO THAT WAY THEY CAN BEST PREPARE ANY GROUP TO ENTER THAT PARK WHETHER THEY NEED BAGS, GLOVES OR TRASH PICK UP THINGS SUCH AS THAT NATURE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE COORDINATED. AND THEN WE ASK THAT THEY DO FOLLOW THE EXPECTATIONS. THE ARE SAFETY GUIDELINES AND WAIVER IN LIABILITY GUIDELINES SO WE ASK THAT THEY TRACK THEIR HOURS, PROVIDE SUPERVISION FOR THOSE YOUTH UNDER THE AGE OF 18 AND THEN PARTICIPATE AND ANY NEEDED TRAININGS THAT THERE MAY BE AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO INVASIVE REMOVALS AS FAR AS WHAT THE VOLUNTEERS CAN EXPECT FROM A CITY COMMITMENT, THE CITY IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING BASICS ANY SORT OF INSTRUCTION OR TRAINING AS NEEDED WHEN IT COMES TO GENERAL CLEANUPS, COLLABORATION OR INVASIVE REMOVALS. AND THEN WE WOULD PROVIDE ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR WORK COMPLETED. WE CERTAINLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE ANY OF OUR VOLUNTEER GROUPS FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY'RE MAKING TO THE CITY AND THEIR LOCAL PARK. AS FAR AS PROGRAM GUIDELINES GO, PARKS WILL BE ASSIGNED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS . IT IS REQUIRED THAT ANYONE PARTICIPATING MUST FILL OUT A WAIVER FORM THEY ARE COMMITTING TO ONE YEAR AND THEIR PARK WORKING AT LEAST THOSE 1 TO 2 MINIMUM DAYS PER MONTH. THEY'RE GOING TO BE FOLLOWING THE POLICIES SET BY THE CITY INCLUDING SAFETY GUIDELINES, THE WAIVER AND THE LIABILITY RELEASE AND THEN ANY LARR PROJECTS OR IDEAS THAT GO BEYOND THE BASIC MAINTENANCE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED MUST BE APPROVED BY THE PARK MAINTENANCE AND PARK AND REC TEAM BEFORE THEY HAPPEN APPLICATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE IN ADDITION TO THE APPLICATION PACKET COMPLETED PACKETS CAN BE SENT VIA EMAIL POST MAIL OR IN PERSON. WE DO ASK THAT THERE IS A DEADLINE OF MARCH 1ST SO THAT WAY PARKS CAN BE ALLOCATED BEFORE SUPPOSEDLY THE WEATHER WARMS UP HOPEFULLY IN APRIL D ANY SORT OF AGREEMENTS CAN BE IRONED OUT BEFOREHAND. ANYONE WHO APPLIES WILL BE CONTACTED BY THE ADOPT A PART COORDINATOR AND ALL DETAILS WOULD BE WORKED OUT PRIOR TO THEIR COMMITMENT STARTS. IN ADDITION TO REMINDING ANY CURRENTLY INVOLVED PARTICIPANTS WHEN THEIR YEAR IS COMING TO AN END, THAT VOLUNTEER WOULD ALSO CONTACT THOSE GROUPS TO SEE IF THEY WANT TO RE UP ON THEIR APPLICATION FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN THE FOLLOWING PARK THE SECOND RESIDENT PARTICIPATION PROGRAM IS OUR NATURAL RESOURCES PARTICIPATION PROGRAM. ULTIMATELY THE PROGRAM INTENT IS TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO COLLABORATE AND WITH ORGANIZED GROUPS TO PARTICIPATE AND LARGER, MORE AMBITIOUS NATURAL RESOURCES PROJECTS. THERE ARE SOME GRANTS THAT CITIES CANNOT APPLY FOR THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. TIONS IN THIS KIND OF OFFICIAL PARTNERSHIP MAY OPEN SOME DOORS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND ADDITIONAL NATURAL RESOURCES PROJECTS SOME IMPORTANT CRITERIA FOR THE NATURAL RESOURCES PROJECT PROGRAM IS THAT PROPOSALS MUST CONTAIN AN ACTIVE PARTICIPATION COMPONENT FOR THE APPLICANT GROUP SO THEY MUST BE AN ACTIVE PARTNER WHENEVER THEY PROPOSE THEY MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH ALL THE APPLICABLE CITY MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL PLANS FOR THE PROPOSED LOCATION. THESE ARE THE PARKS SYSTEM MASTER PLAN THE NATURAL RESOURCE PRIORITIZATION AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES PLAN AND THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY STRATEGIC PLAN. AND LASTLY THEY MUST NOT CREATE AN UNDUE BURDEN ON CITY RESOURCE IS WHEN IT COMES TO STAFF TIME SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE AFTER THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED THEROPOSAL PROJES THE RESIDENT GROUPS MAY PROPOSE A NATURAL RESOURCES PROJECT BY APPLYING TO THE CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION. THEIR APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A GROUP NAME AND EVIDENCE OF AN ACTIVE REGISTRATION WITH THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE. THEY MUST INCLUDE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE GROUP A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THEIR PROPOSED NATURAL RESOURCES PROJECT INCLUDING THE SPECIFIC TASKS TO COMPLETE BE COMPLETED BY THE RESIDENT GROUP. A STATEMENT OF CONSISTENCY WITH APPLICABLE CITY NET NATURAL RESOURCES OR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PICIES IS AN ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL STAFF TIME AND PHYSICAL RESOURCES NEEDED FROM THE CITY A DESCRIPTION OF THE LONG TERM MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS ANY LONG TERM MAINTENANCE OBLIGATIONS REQUESTED TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE CITY A DESCRIPTION OF THE RESIDENT GROUP'S FINANCIAL AND LABOR COMMITMENT TO THE PROJECT AND LASTLY A DESCRIPTION OF ANY GRANT FUNDING PROPOSED TO FUND THE PROJECT AS APPLICABLE PARK STAFF WILL EVALUATE APPLICATIONS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA ITS CONSISTENCY WITH OUR APPROVED PARK OR NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND PRIORITY PLANS. THE BURDEN ON THE CITY IN RELATION TO FINANCIAL TIME AND ONGOING MAINTENANCE. A RESIDENT GROUP'S ABILITY TO EXECUTE THE PROJECT THE LONG TERM MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS AND THE RESIDENT GROUP AND ITS PARTICIPANTS PERMISSION. PERFORMANCE ON PAST PROJECTS WHETHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THIS POLICY FOR APPROVED PROJECTS, RESIDENT GROUPS ARE REQUIRED TO EXECUTE A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY. ONE RECENT EXAMPLE OF A NATURAL RESOURCE PARTICIPATION PROJECT IS THE COMMUNITY MEMBER L RESTORATI PROJECT THAT HAPPED BEHIND THE BLOOMINGTON ICE GARDEN. THIS REQUIRED 550 STAFF HOURS IN 2023. THIS TOTAL DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY SIGNIFICANT SUPERVISOR OR STAFF HOURS. THE NATURAL WORK INCLUDED THREE ACRES OF INTENSIVE TREE HARVESTING FOR SAVANNA RESTORATION. IT WAS FOLLOWED UP WITH THREE ACRES OF SEATING OF NEEDED NATIVE SPECIES AND TO ESTABLISH MOWS DURING THE SUMMER. IT WAS A GREAT PROJECT WITH A WONDERFUL OUTCOME BUT STAFF RESOURCES REQUIRED WERE NOT PLNED OR EXPECTEDRIOR TO THE START OTHAT PROJE. SO THIS NATURAL RESOURCE PARTICIPATION PROGRAM IS TRYING TO GIVE MORE ADVANCE NOTICE OF THESE PROJECTS SO THAT WHERE THE CITY CAN BETTER COLLABORATE AND COORDINATE WITH ANY GROUP INTERESTED IN DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR. IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO MOVING FORWARD. AS FAR AS THE PROPOSAL REVIEW PROCESS COMES IN , THIS IS WHERE YOU GUYS COME IN . THE REVIEW PROCESS IS REALLY GOING TO BE FOUR STEPS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE APPLICATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION AND PARK MAINTENANCE STAFF AND THEY WILL BE THE INITIAL REVIEW OF THOSE PROPOSALS. PARK STAFF WILL THEN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY PARKS, ARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION. THE PARK COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER THE PROPOSAL DURING ONE OF ITS REGULAR MEETINGS AND THEN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEN CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE FINAL DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY ON ALL PROPOSALS. IF THERE ARE GRANT FUNDS PROPOSED THE PROPOSAL WILL REQUIRE A VOTE OF FIVE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS IS DUE THE POTENTIAL AMOUNT OF SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE APPLIED FOR ALL PROPOSED NATURALESOURCE PARCIPATION PROJECTS WILLEQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL AND THIS HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH IMPLICATIONS ON BUDGET STAFFING AND THE TIMELINES FOR OTHER NATURAL RESOURCE AND CSP PROJECTS WE HAVE ON OUR CALENDARS. THAT'S IT FOR ME. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AGAIN I'M HERE. RENE CLARK AND DAVID HANSON ARE HERE. THERE IS A MOTION SO THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND ISSUES. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, GOOD EVENING. GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THE THE SECON SLIDE ON THEET AND I GUESS IT'S SLIDE 14 HERE NATURAL RESOURCES PARTICIPATION. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT LIKE IF YOU ASIDE FROM THE SPECIFICS, DO YOU HAVE A SENSE FOR HOW LONG THESE PROJECT PROPOSALS ARE LIKELY GOING TO BE? AND I DON'T MEAN LIKE LENGTH OF THE ACTUAL PROPOSAL BUT I MEAN LIKE HOW LONG WOULD THE PROGRAM LAST OR ARE THEY JUST LIKE I'M GOING TO DO THIS FOR ONE YEAR OR IT'S A FIVE YEAR COMMITMENT OR WHAT DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE BRING IN TO THE TABLE? COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I THINK IT WILL VARY. I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE GRO. I THINK IT DEPENDS ON ANY SORT OF GRANT FUNDING THEY MAY RECEIVE AND I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE TIMING AS IT RELATES TO OTHER PROJECTS AND WE HAVE SOME AMBITIOUS NATURAL RESOURCE GOALS IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. WE WOULD LOVE SOME HELP TO ACHIEVE SOME OF THOSE GOALS AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THERE ARE SOME NONPROFIT AND RESIDENT GROUPS OUT THERE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THAT. SO I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF A FLUFFY ANSWER BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY WILL DEPEND ON WHERE THE WORK IS, WHO THE GROUP IS AND THE CAPACITY WITHIN THAT GROUP. SO SO FOR EXAMPLE IFF THEY WERE BRINGING TO THE TABLE A A LIKE A TWO YEAR COMMITMENT BUT WE KNEW THAT THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE THEN WOULD BE THE OBLIGATION OF THE CITY PAST THAT TWO YEAR COMMITMENT THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE OVERALL PROJECT REVIEW AND WE WOULD HAVE THAT BROUGHT TO US AS A AS A IT'S BODY. YES. OKAY. CORRECT. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHERE YOUR YOUR COMMITMENT TO HELPING US REVIEW THESE PROJECTS WOULD COME IN BECAUSE SOME OF THESE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE SOME SOME TAILS TO THEM DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT AND WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE TO EVALUATE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE THE IMPLICATIONS FO THE BUDGETIMING AND OTHER PJECTS. OKAY. WE WOULD NEED YOUR ADVICE ON THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCIL ARE TWO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO WAS POINT I APPRECIATE THE STRUCTURE AROUND THIS YOU THINK ADOPT A PARK AND IT'S JUST GO OUT AND CLEAN UP THE PARK AND TAKE CARE OF THE PARK AND SO ON BUT APPRECIATE THE STRUCTURE AROUND IT TO ENSURE AND ESPECIALLY THIS NATIONAL RESOURCES PLAN WELL WITH THE REVIEW PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT IT FITS WITH WHAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AS WELL NOT ONLY FROM A PLAN STANDPOINT, FROM A RESOURCES AND A STAFFING STANDPOINT AS WELL. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT SO I APPREATE THE THOUGHT THAT'S GONE INTO PUTTING PUTTING THE WALLS AROUND ALL OF THIS IN KIND OF THE STRUCTURE THAT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM OVER THE LONG RUN. SO WELL DONE WITH THAT MEMBER C THANK YOU. COUNCIL ANYTHING ADDITIONAL? COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR IF YOU'RE AT HOME REMOVE IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN WHERE I MOVED TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE ADOPT A PARK PROGRAM. MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECONDED COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO ADOPT THE APPROVED THE ADOPT A PARK PROGRAM. IT WOULD BE WEIRD TO ADOPT T ADOPD PARK PROGR WOULDN'T UNTIL WE WILL APPROVE THE ADOPT A PARK PROGRAM. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS FLIGHT. WELL DONE. THANK YOU ALL. AND 2.4 ON OUR AGENDA AN UPDATE ON OUR BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN. MR. SABLE I THINK THERE'S A PULL THIS UP ON THE SCREEN FOR EVERYBODY VIEW. I'M GOING TO ASK NOAH FOLLOW THAT FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO TAKE IT FROM HERE. HELLO. THAN YOU, MAYOR UNCILMEMBER IS AND COMMUNITY. GOOD EVENING, MR. FELLOW. WELCOME. THANK YOU. GREAT TO BE BACK. AND SO I'M HERE TO PROVIDE A QUARTERLY UPDATE ON THE DIMENSIONS OF OUR TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE THIRD QUARTER. THIS IS FROM JULY TO OCTOBER FOR CONTEXT THERE AND LET'S GET INTO IT. OH, THAT'S TOO FAR INTO IT. OKAY. THERE WE GO. SO WE CAN HAVE A TALK ABOUT THE BEAUTY WITHOUT STARTING OFF WITH THE MISSION WHICH IS TO CULTIVATE AN ENDURING REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE MY EYES ARE COVERED JU FOR EVERYONE T KNOW. AND THAT IS ONE TEST I'VE BEEN DOING ACROSS THE CITY AS WELL AS FAR AS THE INTERNAL CULTURE KIND OF UPDATE PEOPLE ARE GETTING WAY WAY BETTER AT THAT SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT SIGN TO SEE AND THE OTHER PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN WE MUST ALWAYS THINK OF AS OUR THREE PRIORITY AREAS A CONNECTED WELCOMING COMMUNITY, HEALTHY COMMUNITY AND A COMMUNITY WITH EQUITABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH. ON OUR REPORT THIS QUARTER YOU'LL SEE ON THE BOTTOM OUR VALUES LISTED AT THE BOTTOM WHICH ARE SHARING RESPONSIBILITY COLLECTIVE EMBRACING DIVERSITY, EQUITABLE ACCESS AND SAFETY AND SECURITY . ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND ADJUSTMENTS ON THE DASHBOARD TO GO OVER. FIRST, THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE ESTHETIC FORMATTING CHANGES MADE NOTHING TOO NOTEWORTHY THERE. BUT SECOND, I TOOK IN SOME OF YOUR CONSIDERATIONS INTO ACCOUNT DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS YOU OFFERED. AS FAR AS THE SEARCH BAR FUNCTION GOES THAT HAS NOT BEEN IMPROVED YET BUT I HAVE TALKED WITH IN VISIO. THEY ARE WORKING ON THAT WHICH IS A BIG DEAL BECAU THEY HAVE TO DOHAT FOR EVERYE NO SO THE FACT THAT WE PROMPTED THAT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA THAT'S A GOOD SIGN FOR. THIRD, I'VE ADDED A LIST OF DEPARTMENT. THE LEADERSHIP TEAM DID NOT THINK IT WAS FIT TO PUT THE PROJECT MANAGERS NAMES ON THE DASHBOARD SO WE WENT WITH THE DEPARTMENTS. SO YOU CAN REACH OUT TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT WAY . AND LASTLY, THERE'S A COUPLE OF DATA IMPROVEMENTS STILL IN PROGRESS. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF INITIATIVE OWNERS GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FIND IMPROVED DATA THAT WE WILL BE REPORTING ON AND UPDATIN THAT AS WL IN OUR SUSTAINILITY ARE AND OUR NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY AS WELL. AND AS FAR AS THE REPORT, THERE ARE FOUR MAIN COMPONENTS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY THAT IS THE OVERVIEW. THE HIGHLIGHTS ENGAGEMENT WE'VE DONE AND WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE NEXT QUARTER. SO AS FAR AS THE OVERVIEW GOES ,WE HAVE HAD 76% OF OUR INITIATIVES ON TRACK. THAT IS THE MOST THAN BEFORE. THAT IS ACTUALLY 18% MORE THAN PREVIOUSLY. AND WE'VE ALSO 6% PROGRESS. THAT'S ABOUT 12 PROJECTS. THIRD 12 MILESTONES IS A MAJOR STEPS AND THESE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED WHICH A 24% ALTOGETHER. SO THERE'S A KIND OF A TREND HITTING ROUGHLY ABOUT 6% EACH QUARTER WHICH IS A GREAT SIGN THAT WE'RE BEING CONSISTENT BUT ALSO TAKING ACCOUNT OVER 75% OF OUR PLANNED INITIATIVES HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. SO THAT IS A BIG WORKLOAD FOR EVERYONE. A COUPLE KIND OF BIG NOTABLE LEAPS THAT YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE DASHBOARD IS THE EXPO HAS BEEN SCRATCHED. YOU DON'T SEE THAT LITTLE DARK SLIVER IN THE STATUS ANYMORE WHICH JUST SAID I'M SORRY, I LIKE TO HOLD ON TO IT. I WAS THINKING MAYBE FOREVER BUT THE NEXT PIECE IS OTHER THAN THAT THERE'S A COUPLE OF NEW INITIATIVES AS WELL ADDED TO THE DASHBOARD THAT HAVE NOW BEGUN WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE ON TRACK NUMBER HAS INCREASED AND THE UPCOMING NUMBER IS DECREASED AND THAT IS THE COMMERCIAL NO TOOLKIT A THE MENTAL HEALTH POP UP PROGRAM AND THE THE MOBILE HEALTH HUB HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE DASHBOARD AS WELL FOR NEXT STEPS IN THAT INITIATIVE. SO SOME HIGHLIGHTS AS I MENTIONED WE HAVE THE NEW WE'VE HAD 12 MILESTONES ACCOMPLISHED. YOU RECENTLY HEARD ABOUT ONE OF THESE MILESTONES THAT WAS JUST ADOPTED ABOUT ONE MINUTE AGO THE ADOPT A PARK PROGRAM AND FEW OTHERS THAT YOU CAN SEE PICTURED HERE. ONE OF MY FAVORITES IT FELT LIKE IT WAS MANY, MANY YEARS AGO ALMOST AT THIS POINT. BUT THE BLOOM IN BLOOMINGTON INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FINISHED OFF IN AUGUST. WE HAD THE KICKOFF THAT HAS BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT PERSONALLY FOR ME THAT I GOT TO EXPERIENCE BEING AT THAT CELEBRATION HEARING THEM SPEAK AS MY HIGHLIGHT. WE DID SOME ENGAGEMENT THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND AND A LOT OF OUR STAFF'S HIGHLIGHT IS OUR FORESTER RIGHT THERE. HE RECEIVED A LOT OF ON THAT IMAGE AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND. SO WE DECIDED WE TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS GET SOME SLEEP TONIGHT SO WE ARE SCRAPPING A VIDEO. IT'S THE DASHBOARD AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DASHBOARD IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CORP PLANNING TEAM MEETING THAT WE DID. OVERALL REALLY REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THEM. A COUPLE OF QUOTES I JUST KIND OF GRABBED FROM THEM IS THAT THE PLAN BOLD, MONUMENTAL, INCREDIBLE HUGE EXCITING THAT'S BECOMING REALITY. IT'S A STRONG PLAN. IT IS A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE CITY AND THAT THE CITY IS TAKING IT SERIOUSLY. SO REALLY GREAT AFFIRMATION FROM THE CORPS PLANNING TEAM. AND SECOND, WE ALSO DID A BGT GALLERY AND SO THAT IS THE IMAGE FROM LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS KIND OF IN ITS BABY PHASE. WE HAVE IMPROVED IT THIS TIME AND WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 70 STAFF PARTICIPATE OUT OF ROUGHLY THE SAME NUMBERS LAST YEAR AND THAT PROCESS IS. STAFF CAN COME AND UPVOTE THEIR FAVORITE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY WHETHER IT'S DIFFERENT ACHIEVEMENTS WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT UPCOMING PROJECTS AND THE METRICS AS WELL AND THEY COULD OFFER SUGGESTIONS. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING THOSE TURN THEM INTO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US MOVING FORWARD. ONE THING I WANTED TO NOTE HERE IS THAT THE FORESTER IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE IS THE ONE OF THE MOST UPVOTED THINGS ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO LOTS OF LOVE FOR THE STAFF. GREAT TO SEE THE CAMARADERIE AND WHAT'S NEXT. SO GOING INTO THE WINTER I'M FROM A FARMING COMMUNITY NOT A LOT HAPPENS. IT'S A TIME OF PREPARATION AND PLANNING AND SO IN ORDER TO CULTIVATE ANYTHING WE MUST REFLECT AND PLAN OVER THE LAST THREE QUARTERS IN THIS INSTANCE. AND SO I SUSPECT OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF UPDATES TO OUR WORK PLANNING EFFORTS. I'LL DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT IN A SECOND AS WELL. ONE SAD UPDATE ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT IS MY TEMPORARY TERM IS COMING TO A CLOSE AT MY INTERNSHIP IN TWO WEEKS AND SO THERE MIGHT YOU SAID LOOK OUT FOR THAT THERE MIGHT BE CHANGES AS FAR AS WHO'S PRESENTING FORMATTING OF THE PRESENTATIONS, THE REPORTS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE BOTH THE PLAN AND THE DASHBOARD AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON A COUPLE OF OTHER DASHBOARDS THAT I'LL BE DISCUSSING NEXT. SO THE FOUNDATION OF THE BOARD AND COMMISSION'S WORK PLAN DASHBOARD IS THAT IT'S COMPLETE. THE ONLY REASON WHY HASN'T LAUNCHED IS BECAUSE AS I SAID GOING INTO THE WINTER WE'RE REFLECTING THEY'RE BUILDING NEW WORK PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR. SO ONCE THAT'S DONE THAT GETS PUT ON THEIR DASHBOARD AND IT GETS LAUNCHED. WE ARE ALSO DOING DEPARTMENTAL DASHBOARDS AND SO FINANCE IS COMPLETED ONE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE INTERNALLY FACING LOTS OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION FOR THEM PLANNING THINGS OUT. THERE'S A COUPLE OF EXTERNAL FACING ONES PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN WE JUST FINISHED THE FIRST DRAFT RECENTLY THAT WILL BE HOPEFULLY UP AND RUNNING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS HOPEFULLY BY NEXT YEAR JANUARY . AND THEN ALSO A UTILITIES DASHBOARD. WELL AND THE PROJECTS DASHBOARDS IS A BETA TEST SO WE'RE RUNNING DIFFERENT PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY WHETHER IT BE CHP PROJECTS, HOPEFULLY BLOOMINGTON FORWARD. THEY CAN ALL BE TRACKED THERE AND LINKED TO DIFFERENT PLANS ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AND SO IT ADDS A COUPLE OF NEW FEATURES THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ON THE SOFTWARE AND THAT ARE A GREAT BENEFIT AS FAR AS LOCATING PARTICIPATING GETTING IS A HIGH LEVEL VIEW CLOSELY ON THE PROJECT SPECIFICALLY NOT MORE ON THE ELEMENTS OR PRIORITY AREAS AND THAT IS EVERYTHING. THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS AND COMMUNITY. IT'S BEEN A REAL PLEASURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL GIVE YOUR FAREWELL IN JUST A MINUTE HERE BUT I'LL ASK COUNCIL FIRST IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. REAL QUICK QUESTION ABOUT BOARDS COMMISSIONS AND I'M ASSUMING THAT THOSE WILL REFLECT THEIR WORK PLANS OR IS THAT KIND OF THE IDEA? YES, ON A ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THE IDEA SO I GUESS OUR CALENDAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE WEIRD TO ME WHEN IT COMES TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS LIKE WE GET THE WORK PLANNED IN LIKE I DON'T KNOW FEBRUARY OR MARCH AND THEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT ALL DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND THAT SEEMS REALLY HARD. I'M JUST WONDERING IS THERE ANY ANY CHANCE THAT BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR WE HAVE A SENSE FOR WHAT THE 2024 DRAFT BOARD PLANS FOR EACH OF THE COMMISSIONS LOOK LIKE SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO PUT ON THESE DASHBOARDS SO WE CAN THEN BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THEY PLAN TO TRACK IT. I'M WONDERING IF AND I GUESS I'M LOOKING OVER HERE AT MR. KABUKI LARGELY BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WORK PLAN CONCEPTS FOR THE COMMISSIONS AS A WHOLE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBERS DALLESSANDRO THE TIMING IS A IS A GOOD OBSERVATION. WE TRIED TO BRING IN MOST OF THE BOARD AND COMMISSION PLANS IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY THAT ALSO TIME'S OUT WITH THE APPOINTMENTS AND WHEN NEW TERM STARTS AND WHATNOT BUT YOU'RE RIGHT THEN IT LEAVES LIKE NINE MONTHS AND THEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO REPORT ON THE YEAR SO WE COULD EITHER ADJUST AND SAY THAT IT'S THE WORK PLAN FOR MARCH OR APRIL THROUGH MARCH OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR. IN TERMS OF GETTING SOMETHING A LITTLE EARLIER, I KNOW THAT UPCOMING COMMISSION MEETINGS THIS MONTH AND NEXT MONTH I THINK THEY'RE JUST GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT THOSE WORK PLANS SO WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET ENOUGH TURN AROUND TO HAVE THEM FULLY FLESHED OUT BUT PERHAPS TO HAVE AT LEAST AN INDICATION OF WHERE THE WORK PLAN DISCUSSION IS GOING BEFORE WE COME IN WITH A FORMAL PRESENTATION AS POSSIBLE. MM HMM. COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN I YES. I WOULD ADD TO THAT IS IF WE DID DO THAT I LIKE THE IDEA THAT THE MANAGERS PUT OF MAYBE A PUSH IN THAT TIME FRAME OUT JUST WITH THE NEW FOLKS THAT ARE COMING IN AND IT'S KIND OF TOUGH TO GET THAT INFORMATION RIGHT WHEN YOU'RE WALKING IN THE DOOR SO BUT I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF PUSHING THAT THAT TIMEFRAME ON WELL DONE. THANK YOU. WELL, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL. I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. THANKS FOR THE ENERGY THAT BRING TO IT AND THE PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU BROUGHT AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU MADE TO THE ENTIRE PROCESS AND THE DASHBOARD AND EVERYTHING. WELL DONE. I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE RETURNING FULL TIME TO HUMPHREY AND MAKING SURE YOU CAN DEDICATE ALL YOUR TIME TO YOUR STUDIES. I'M DOING MY BEST THAT WELL. GOOD FOR YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND DON'T BE A STRANGER. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBERS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND I ALSO WANT TO ECHO YOUR COMMENTS MR. MAYOR THANKING NOAH FOR HIS WORK OVER THE OF THE PAST YEAR. HE HAS CERTAINLY SET A HIGH BAR FOR FUTURE COMING IN AND NOT JUST IN HIS COMPETENCE BUT ALSO HIS INTERPERSONAL SKILLS. I'VE SAID BEFORE IT'S NOT EY COMING IN TON ORGANIZATION AS SOMEBODY WHO DOES NOT KNOW THE OANIZATION WEL DOES NOT KNOW THE PEOPLE AND TO MA AN IMPACT RHT AWAY AND I WANT TO SAYHANK YOU T NO BECAUS HE WAS ABLEO VIGATE ALL OF OSE ISSUES WITHEING AEWCOMER AND HAVI TO LEARNND TRYIN TO ESSENTLLY RUN A STAUP BUNESS WITHHE INVISIBLE OIL IN E DASHBOARD. AND H DID ALL OF THATITH GRACE A APLOMB AND IS YOU KNOW, I'MOPINGOR MANY YEARS INTO THE FUTURE THAT WE GET TO USE THE WORD APLOMB WHEN TKING AUT YOU KNOW, THE THE FACT IS WHEN WE WHEN WE HAVE REALLY GOOD FOLKS LIKE NOAH WORKING IN INTERN ROLES, WE ALWAYS WANT TO LEAVE OPEN THE POSSIBILITY THAT THEY'LL RETURN AND WE ARE HOPEFUL HIS FUTURE MAY INCLUDE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AT SOME POINT. THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GREAT EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. BRUIN. A NICE, NICE BOY. THEY GET A LOT OF APPLAUSE. IT'S DEFINITELY WORTHWHILE. MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE ON OUR AGENDA WHICH IS THE BUSINESS AND COUNCILMEMBER MUA HAS THE CONSENT BUSINESS THIS EVENING COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS OF RIGHT NOW I HAVE NO GOALS FOR THREE. SO WITH THAT I WOULD MOVE TO MOVE TO PROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA 3.1 THROUGH 3.18 SECOND A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA AS STATED BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. YEAH, JUST ONE QUICK COMMENT I DIDN'T FEEL THE TO PULL THIS BUT 311 RELATES TO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND VEEP AND JUST WANTED TO DISCLOSE TO PEOPLE THAT AREN'T AWARE THAT I AM ON THE BOARD OF VEEP I HAVE NO PERSONAL FINANCIAL INTEREST IN THIS BUT DIDN'T SEE ANY NEED TO HOLD IT AND TAKE UP MORE TIME SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER FOR MAKING THAT KNOWN. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? KWAME IT'S IT'S NOW WE'VE GOT A MOTION IN THE SECOND FOR TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS NO FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES A70 THANK YOU MUCH COUNCILMEMBER. MOVING ON ITEM AGENDA WHICH IS OUR HEARINGS RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENINGS AND IN 4.1 AND THIS IS TO CONSIDER PROVIDING RECYCLED HOUSING ALLOCATION TO THE CITY OF COLUMBUS. OUR CFO IS LORI ECONOMY SCHOLER IS GOING TO JOIN US AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND EVERY TIME IT BRINGS UP QUESTIONS AND SOME PUZZLEMENT BY RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WEREN'T JUST SURE WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. SO APPRECIATE IT. JUST A QUICK PRIMER AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. SO GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. CURRENTLY MAYOR AND COUNCIL I HAVE WITH ME JULIE EDINGTON, OUR BOND ATTORNEY AND ACTUALLY RECYCLED BONDS. I MEAN WE'VE DONE HOST APPROVALS AND WE'VE DONE CONTRACT DEALS. WE HAVEN'T DONE A RECYCLING BOND DEAL. SO THIS THE ODD ONE AND THEN I THINK WELL WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS SO THAT WE COULD REALLY ADD SOME THINGS TO IT. SO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. OKAY. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES . SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD BEEN ASKED LAST WEEK WAS WHY ARE THESE TWO CITIES ISSUING THE BONDS WHEN THEY ARE THE PROJECTS ARE NOT IN THEIR AREAS. SO LET'S SEE. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE OVERVIEW THE CITY ISSUED KIND OF WITH BONDS FOR SHERIFF RICHARDSON, THE BORROWER FOR THE PROJECT ON 8012 CEDAR. IT WAS A MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING AND SO WITH THAT WE ISSUED $11 MILLION AND THEN THE NOTE WAS PAID BACK IN AUGUST OF 2023 AND THEN THE SUMMER BOUGHT THE CITY OF COLUMBUS AND THE CITY AMOUNT HAVE AGREED TO ISSUE CONDUIT BONDS FOR THE MULTIPLE HOUSING PROJECTS AND WITH THE RISING COSTS THEY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE AUTHORITY HELP THESE MULTI-FAMILY PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD. SO AGAIN JUST GIVING YOU THE SUMMARY JUNE OF 21 THE CITY ISSUED THE 11 MILLION AUGUST IT WAS REPAID THE ALLOWS 11 MILLION TO BE RECYCLED TO OTHER IF IT'S WITHIN CERTAIN CRITERIAS. SO IT HAS TO BE REPAID WITHIN FOUR YEARS AFTER THE ISSUE SO THAT 21 2 TO 23 IT'S REPAID WITHIN FOUR YEARS AND THEN THREE CYCLE HAS TO HAPPEN WITHIN SIX MONTHS. SO AUGUST OCTOBER SO WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THAT AND THEN THERE'S A FEW OTHER YOU KNOW, DURATION PIECE. SO JUST AGAIN THE CITY OF MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING ROSEMONT HAS ASKED THE CITY COLUMBUS AND SAINT PAUL WILL BE THE BONDS FOR SAINT PAUL WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CITY OF MOUNT AND THAT WE BREAK THAT DOWN INTO A 5 MILLION AND A $6 MILLION PIECE. SO THE CITY OF COLUMBUS WILL ISSUE 6 MILLION OF THIS AND THE CITY OF MOUND WILL DO THE 5 MILLION AS WITH OTHER CONDUIT BONDS. THESE ARE NOT TAX OBLIGATIONS OR PART OF OUR LEVY. THEY ARE NOT PART OF ANY OF THOSE THINGS. IN FACT I THINK WE GET TO PUSH IT ALL AWAY FROM US SO THAT KIND OF CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION BUT JULIE AND I ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON UNIQUE RECYCLED BONDING PROJECT. MY APOLOGIES FOR CONFUSING CONDUIT BONDS WITH RECYCLED BONDS I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. THEY'RE BOTH CONDUITS. THEY'RE BOTH RECYCLED CLEAR. IT'S I'M STILL IN THE DARK HERE. COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS? COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I'M JUST GOING TO BE THE QUESTION PERSON TONIGHT. APPARENTLY I ONLY HAD ONE KIND OF PROCEDURAL QUESTION. WHAT IS WHAT IS THE EXPLICIT IRS RULING THAT ALLOWS THESE THINGS TO GO FROM LIKE CITY TO CITY TO CITY OR LIKE, YOU KNOW, MUNICIPALITY AND MUNICIPALITY? IF YOU COULD HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANKS. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDRA MY NAME IS JULIE ADDINGTON. I'M YOUR BOND COUNSEL. THE CITY. THERE IS AN IRS SECTION OF THE CODE THAT SAYS YOU CAN RECYCLE HOUSING ALLOCATION AND YOU CAN GIVE IT TO OTHER PEOPLE WITHIN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SO WHEN 8030 12 WAS CONVERTED INTO A PERMANENT LOAN WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE THAT $11 MILLION IN HOUSING ALLOCATION AND THEN WE WE GAVE GAVE IT TO SCHAFER RICHARDSON. THEY'RE DOING A PROJECT IN THEY'RE DOING A PROJECT IN ROSEMONT AND THEY'RE ALSO DOING A PROJECT IN MOUNDS VIEW AND THEN THE THEY CAN USE THAT MONEY AS TAX EXEMPT DOLLARS BUT THAT ALLOCATION THAT THEY DO GET DOES NOT CREATE ANY TAX CREDITS. SO THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY GET FROM MINNESOTA MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET THAT WILL PROVIDE TAX CREDIT BUT THE REST OF IT IS REALLY JUST TO HELP WITH COSTS BECAUSE COSTS ARE WAY OVER. MOST HOUSING PROJECTS ABILITY TO GET THEIR DEAL DONE SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE TRYING TO GET THAT. ALL OF THAT HOUSING ALLOCATION THAT'S LEFT OVER TO PEOPLE WHO NEED IT TO GET THOSE PROJECTS DONE ACROSS THERE. THE STATE REALLY IF I MAY ASK A FOLLOW ON REAL QUICK. SO SO IS IT A IT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT THAT ORIGINAL BOND WASN'T TIED TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. IT WAS IT WAS TIED TO THE SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT IT WAS ALLOCATED TO. AND ONCE THAT PROJECT WAS REPAID, IF THERE'S MONEY THERE ,IT CAN GO TO OTHER PROJECTS. IS THAT HOW IT'S ENDING UP BOUNCING BETWEEN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND THE CITY OF MOUNT AND IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT THE CITY IN OTHER WORDS IT'S ABOUT THESE PROJECTS IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? THAT'S CORRECT. SO BLOOMINGTON HAS 11 MILLION RIGHT NOW. WE'VE GOT TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT ONE TO GIVE MONEY TO MOUNDS VIEW BECAUSE THEY NEED IT AND ONE TO GIVE MONEY TO COLUMBUS WHO'S THE ROSEMONT DEAL IS A LITTLE COMPLICATED. THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS . BUT YES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON IS IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY HOUSING HOUSING DEALS GOING ON AT THIS MOMENT THAT HAVE REAL HOUSING ALLOCATION AVAILABLE. THEY NEED TO GO TO A DIFFERENT PLACE. WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET HOUSING ALLOCATION AND ANY LONGER THIS YEAR FOR ANY PROJECT IN THE CITY. AND JUST TO GO BACK IT HAS TO BE WITHIN THAT SIX MONTH WINDOW WHEN IT'S REPAID. RIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING COOKING IN OF THE PROJECTS HERE THAT WE COULD. I SEE. SO SO EVEN LIKE THE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE MR. MAYOR AT AT THE AT THE AMERICAN IN LYNDALE WE'VE ALREADY DONE SOME WORK ON WOULDN'T QUALIFY AT THIS STAGE. THAT'S CORRECT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE HOUSING ALLOCATION FROM MINNESOTA MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET YET. I SEE NO ONE WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM THEIR LEFTOVER ALLOCATION BECAUSE IT MIGHT GO TO WASTE IF THEY DON'T GET AN ALLOCATION IN FROM MINNESOTA MANAGEMENT AND NONE OF OUR HRA PROJECTS ARE ALSO READY TO GO THEN LIKE THE ONES WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AT THE AT THE VACANT LOTS OVER ON HUMBOLDT AND THAT KIND OF THING. NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YOU I APPRECIATE IT. AND MISS EDDINGTON, YOU SAID A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY YOU USE THE PHRASE BLOOMINGTON TO GIVE MONEY TO COLUMBUS. AND I WANTED TO BE CLEAR HERE BECAUSE LANGUAGE MATTERS AND I THINK PEOPLE WILL HEAR THAT. AND I WANTED TO BE CLEAR BLOOMINGTON IS NOT GIVING TO COLUMBUS OR TO MOUNDS VIEW IN THIS CASE. ABSOLUTELY, MR. MAYOR. YES. WE ARE GIVING LILLY NO. ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY NO. THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS NOT GIVING ANY MONEY TO ANY BODY. THEY ARE GIVING AN ALLOCATION $11 MILLION IN ALLOCATION TO OTHER CITIES. BUT THAT'S NOT MONETARY IT'S IT'S IT'S AN ALLOCATION NOT IT'S NOT MONEY . THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. Q SORRY ABOUT THAT PROBLEM. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SO I JUST WANT TO GO ONE STEP FURTHER, MAYOR. I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR AND I CAN SEE IT IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER. SO THE IMPACT TO BLOOMINGTON TAXPAYERS I MEAN IT'S PRETTY CLEAR IT'S WRITTEN HERE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. WHAT'S THE IMPACT OF AND TAXPAYERS IN THIS? ZERO IT WILL NOT IMPACT OUR TAX LEVY IT DOES NOT IMPACT IT WILL NOT BECOME A DEBT OF THE CITY HAS NOT BEEN PART OF THE CITY'S DEBT SINCE 2010 WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLEAR AND THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY COST LOST THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, CORRECT? CORRECT BECAUSE WE HAVE NO PROJECTS THAT WE COULD LOOK SEND THIS ALLOCATION TO WITHIN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU. QUICK FOLLOW UP ON THAT JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE GET REIMBURSED FOR WHATEVER THERE'S A FEE THAT THERE BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY SPEND TIME ON THIS IS THAT ACCURATE? MAYOR AND COUNCIL JULIETTE INTENDS COST AS AN ATTORNEY ON THIS THE DEVELOPER TAKES CARE OF ALL OF JULIE'S COST AND THE CITY RECEIVES A $5,000 FEE FOR EACH OF THESE AND WE HAVE RECEIVED THE $10,000 IN FEES FOR THIS WORK. THANK YOU. AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE OPPORTUNITY COSTS IN MY CRAZY OR THAT DIDN'T WE WERE WORKING WITH SHAFER RICHARDSON ON A PROJECT IN BLOOMINGTON AND IS THAT NOT MOVING FORWARD MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON SHAFER RICHARDSON IS INVOLVED IN THE 700 AMERICAN PROJECT. THE A12 CEDAR IS ACTUALLY A REUTERS POLL. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTION? COUNCIL YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS? UNDERSTAND IT ENOUGH TO MAKE A DECISION ON IT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IN 4.1 IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EVENING AND I WILL CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW AND IN 4.1 TO CONSIDER PROVIDING RECYCLED HOUSING ALLOCATION TO THE CITY OF COLUMBUS. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK THAT IN 4.1 THIS EVENING? MR. SABLE IS THERE ANYONE ON THE LINE WISHING TO SPEAK DONE IN 4.1? MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER HITTING REFRESH JUST TO MAKE SURE NO NO ONE IS ON THE LINE. LAST CALL FOR ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS COUNCIL. NO ONE IN THE CHAMBER IS COMING FORWARD. THERE'S NO ONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO HIM. 4.1 I'D LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING OUT AND IN FOUR POINT OF MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN 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 MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING HOUSE ANY QUESTIONS ANY ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION NEEDED THIS ONE. IF NOT I WILL LOOK FOR ACTION VERY BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT MOTION MEMBER LOWMAN BROWN TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS OF CONDUIT MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVENUE OBLIGATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE AUBURN AVENUE LLP USING IN RECYCLED BONDING AUTHORITY FROM THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVENUE NOTE 12 CEDAR PROJECT SERIES 2021 MOTION MET COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN MARTIN TO ACCEPT ADAM 4.1 AS STATED VERY ELOQUENTLY BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND AFTER THE PRESENTATION I WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 4.2 AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ADDENDUM 4.2 THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER PROVIDING RECYCLED HOUSING ALLOCATION TO THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW SO ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.2 THIS EVENING MR. SABLE ANYONE ON THE LINE MR. MAYOR? COUNCIL MEMBERS NO ONE ON THE ONE LAST CALL FOR ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS COUNSEL NO ONE IN THE CHAMBER IS COMING FORWARD NO ONE ON THE PHONE TO SPEAK TO IN FOUR POINT TO LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING THE SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MERRITT AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN A CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING IT ITEM 4.2 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING ALSO ANYTHING ELSE ON 4.2 OTHERWISE I'D LOOK FOR MOTION ON THAT AND 4.2 COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN MAYOR I WILL MOVE WE APPROVE A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW CONDO AND MULTIFAMILY HOUSING REVENUE OBLIGATIONS ON BEHALF OF SCHAFER RICHARDS RICHARDSONS LLC USING IN PART RECYCLED BONDING AUTHORITY THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON'S MULTIFAMILY HOUSING REVENUE NOTE AT 8012 CEDAR PROJECT SERIES 2021 SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN SECOND COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN TO ACCEPT ITEM 4.2 AS ELOQUENTLY STATED COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED THE MOTION SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU MUCH THANK YOU MUCH FOR THE READING ALREADY. WELL THANK YOU MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU MISS EDDINGTON. THANK YOU, MISS ECONOMY CHLOTTE FOR THERESENTATION AND THE INFORMATI ON THISE MOVE ON T ITEM 4. THIS IS OUR FINAL PUBLIC HEARING OF E EVENING THIS DISCUSON IS REGARDI OUR 22 CONSOLIDATEDNNUAL PERFORMANC AND EVALUATIO PORT OUR KEEPE ANDUR HRA MINISTRATION AINISTRATOR ERICA CEMAN IS HEREO LEAD THROUGH THIS. GOOD EVENING MIS COLEMAN. GOOD ENING MAYORITY COUNL THANK YOUOR HAVING ME TS EVENING. I HAV A VERY BRIEF ESENTATION FORHIS ITE AND IT IS A PUBLICEARING SO ANALLY I COME BEFORE YOU LTIPLE TIMES BUTHIS TIME 'S ABOUT OUR CMUNITY DEVELOPMEN BLOCK GRANT CDBG CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT SO I DO LIKE TO JUST ALWAYS GROUND US IN THE PURPOSE OF WHAT CDBG BECAUSE WE USE THIS ACRONYM A LOT AND SO WHEN WE COME BEFORE YOU JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE IN THE PUBLIC CONTINUOUSLY, WE HAVE THE INFORMATION ON WHAT THE PURPOSE IS. SO THIS PURPOSE FOR CDBG IS ACTUALLY FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS WHERE CDBG IS ADMINISTERED. IT IS AN ANNUAL TO DEVELOP VIABLE URBAN COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING DECENT AND A SUITABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND BY EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES PRINCIPALLY FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS. THEREFORE BLOOMINGTON IS AN ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITY. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE GET A DIRECT ALLOCATION ANNUALLY FROM HUD. OUR PROGRAM YEAR HOWEVER IS JULY 1ST OF THE CURRENT YEAR TO JUNE 30TH OF THE NEXT YEAR. SO I AM GIVING YOU THE REPORT FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2022. HOWEVER THE PROGRAM YEAR DID NOT END UNTIL JUNE 30TH OF 2023 AND SO THIS INFORMATION THAT IS BEFORE YOU IS FROM JULY 1ST 2022 TO JUNE 30TH 2023. I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR BECAUSE I DID COME BEFORE YOU IN ABOUT MARCH OR APRIL FOR THE 2023 BUDGET WHICH THAT PROGRAM YEAR DIDN'T START TILL JULY ONE OF THIS YEAR SO IT CAN GET CONFUSING BUT I WANT TO JUST KEEP REITERATING THE INFORMATION SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WE'RE AT AND SO THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE UNDERTOOK IN PROGRAM YEAR 2022 WERE FOR SINGLE FAMILY REHABILITATION LOANS, AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP CREATION, SENIOR SERVICES, FAIR HOUSING ADMINISTRATION. SO IN 2022 OUR SOURCES WERE A TOTAL OF $1,537,819. WE GET AN ANNUAL ALLOCATION IN PROGRAM YEAR 2022 A $462,819. THAT WAS OUR DIRECT ALLOCATION FROM HUD FOR THE BUDGET YEAR. HOWEVER WE HAD $575,000 OF CARRYOVER FUNDS. THESE ARE FUNDS THAT ARE UNSPENT FROM PRIOR YEARS MOSTLY PROGRAM INCOME FROM PRIOR YEARS. THEN WE ARE REQUIRED BY HUD TO GIVE AN ESTIMATED OF WHAT THE PROGRAM INCOME WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE DURING THE PROGRAM YEAR AND LAST YEAR WHEN YOU APPROVED THE 2022 BUDGET THAT ESTIMATED PROGRAM INCOME AMOUNT $500,000 THIS IS HOW WE GET THE TOTAL SOURCES OF WHAT WE HAD TO WORK WITH FOR THE YEAR. I DO WANT TO NOTE THERE IS A REQUIREMENT IN THE GUIDELINES FOR THIS PROGRAM BY HOOD THAT PROGRAM INCOME IS SPENT FIRST. SO SOMETIMES WE MAY HAVE CARRYOVER WHICH IS THE PRIOR YEAR'S GRANT ALLOCATION BECAUSE WE HAD SPEND THE PROGRAM INCOME FIRST OUR PROGRAM INCOME COMES FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY REHABILITATION LOAN PROGRAM IN WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING LOANS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. SOME OF THEM HAVE HIGHER INTEREST LIKE 5%, SOME OF THEM HAVE LOWER INTEREST BUT AS PROPERTIES SOLD AND PEOPLE PAID THOSE LOANS OFF WHICH WERE 30 AND OR 40 YEAR DEFERRED MORTGAGES WE HAVE RECEIVED A LOT MORE MONEY INTO THE PROGRAM WITH THE REAL ESTATE MARKET. SO I JUST WANT TO GROUND YOU AS TO WHY WE HAD THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND WHAT WE DID WITH IT. SO IN TERMS OF OKAY USES WE SPENT OF THE ONE POINT ABOUT 1.5 MILLION $995,002 FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2022. OKAY. SO WHERE DID THAT MONEY GO? WELL, $642,139 WENT TO NEW REHABILITATION LOANS. THIS IS ACTUALLY 28 LOANS THAT AVERAGE IS A LITTLE BIT UNDER $30,000 PER LOAN. SO THESE ARE NEW LOANS THAT WERE TAKEN OUT THEN WE HAD LEAD BASED PAINT. THIS IS $15,300 FOR ANY HOME BUILT BEFORE 1978. WE ACTUALLY DO TESTING AND OUR CLEARANCE THEM AND THIS IS MONEY THAT WE DON'T ROLL INTO THE LOAN WE TAKE CARE OF THAT THAT ITEM FOR THE HOMEOWNERS AND SO THAT'S A PART OF THE CDBG AND WE PAY FOR THAT. SO 28 HOMES IT WAS $15,300. THIS IS BETWEEN THREE AND $600 PER PROPERTY ON SENIOR SERVICES. THIS IS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT DO HOUSEHOLD AND OUTSIDE MAINTENANCE FOR THE ELDERLY SO THIS IS HOW INDOOR TOURS WORK AS AS OUTSIDE ON MAINTENANCE AND SO THAT WAS $20,000 AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE TO CREATE NEW AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND SO WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IN PARTICULAR FROM LAST YEAR IS WORKING WITH WEST HENNEPIN AFFORDABLE HOUSING LAND TRUST DOING BUSINESS AS HOMES WITHIN REACH WHERE THEY DID PURCHASE AND REHABILITATE THREE HOMES. SO $75,000 PER PROPERTY THREE HOMES IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND THEN SOLD THEM TO INCOME QUALIFIED HOMEBUYERS THAT ARE WITHIN THE LAND TRUST PROGRAM. AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT SEE NEW HOMES BEING CONSTRUCTED, THEY'RE ACTUALLY BUYING HOMES ON THE MARKET, REHABILITATING THEM AND THEN PROVIDING AFFORDABLE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE ARE PROVIDING AS A CITY ADMINISTRATION AND FAIR HOUSING. SO ADMINISTRATION INCLUDES SALARIES, PLANNING DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES TO ADMINISTER THE CDBG PROGRAM AND ALL ITS COMPONENTS AND THEN FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES. WE ARE A PART OF A REGIONAL BODY CALLED THE FIC ANOTHER ACRONYM FAIR HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION COUNCIL AND THIS IS A REGIONAL BODY THAT CARRIES OUT FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES AND WE MEET COLLECTIVELY AND DECIDE ON THE PLANS AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPEN. SO $5,000 A YEAR IS ALLOCATED TO THAT FROM US IT INVOLVES A NUMBER OF CITIES AND COUNTIES BECAUSE THE COUNTY WASHINGTON COUNTY BUT THEN OTHER CITIES THAT ALL CONTRIBUTE OUT ANNUALLY FROM THEIR CDBG ALLOCATION AS WELL. SO DEMOGRAPHICS I BRING THIS FORWARD BECAUSE IS IN THE REPORT THAT'S IN THE PACKET BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT HUD DOES REQUIRE THAT WE COLLECT DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND REPORT OUT ON IT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT IS THAT CDBG IS ACTUALLY AN INCOME RESTRICTED FOR THE MOST PART INCOME RESTRICTED AND WHO WE CAN SERVE BECAUSE IT'S PRINCIPALLY FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. WELL, LOW AND MODERATE INCOME BY HUD'S DEFINITION IS 80% AMI OR BELOW. SO WE DO SERVE PEOPLE OVER 80%. AMI WOULD SAY TBG FUNDS AND SO OUT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE BETWEEN THE ACTIVITIES THAT I LISTED 22 OF THEM WERE EXTREMELY LOW. THEY WERE AT 30% AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW 20 OF THEM WERE LOW BETWEEN 31% AND 50% AMI AND 53% 53 HOUSEHOLDS WERE MODERATE WHICH IS 51% TO 80% AMI SO THEN WE HAVE THE RACE AND ETHNICITY AND AS YOU CAN SEE OUT OF THE 95 PEOPLE THAT WE DID SERVE 87 WERE WHITE NON-HISPANIC, ONE WAS HISPANIC, FOUR WERE BLACK OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN, TWO WERE ASIAN, ONE WAS AMERICAN INDIAN OR AMERICAN NATIVE. THIS IS JUST REPORTING INFORMATION. THERE ARE NOT SPECIFIC GOALS SET RACE OR ETHNICITY ON WHO WE SHOULD SERVE. I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WHEN WE DO LOOK AT THE RACE ETHNICITY IT DOES RUN IN TANDEM WITH OWNERSHIP THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. AND SO IF IT'S GREAT TO SERVE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE WE'RE SERVING PEOPLE THAT NEED IT AND SO IF WE SEE THAT ONE GROUP IS HIGHER THAN THE OTHER, IT'S ALSO IN TANDEM OUR OWNERSHIP DEMOGRAPHICS FOR HOUSING. SO THIS IS A OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. WE HAVE A 15 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD THAT'S RUNNING FROM OCTOBER 6TH THROUGH OCTOBER 20TH. PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS AND WRITING IN PERSON BY MAIL BY EMAIL. WE DO HAVE THIS REPORT ON OUR HRA WEB PAGE OR EXCUSE ME CITY WEB PAGE AS WELL AS THE OFFICE HANGING UP THIS NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND PUBLIC HEARING. WE DID SEND IT OUT IN TERMS OF ON THE CDBG WEB PAGE THROUGH THE NEWSLETTERS THAT PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING INFORMATION AND HRA INFORMATION. IT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SUN CURRENT TO NOTIFY PEOPLE AND IT'S ON OUR CITY PUBLIC NOTICE PAGE IN ADDITION TO THAT I DID BRING THIS UPDATE BEFORE THE HRA BOARD ON THE 10TH OF OCTOBER AND WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND SO WITH THAT CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AND THEN WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU MS. GOLDEN ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNSEL. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. VERY WELL DONE WITH THAT I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ITEM 4.3 THIS EVENING THIS IS OUR 2022 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT OUR KEEPER PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO? ITEM 4.3 THIS EVENING MR. SABLE IS THERE ANYONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK? MR. MAYOR NO ONE ON LINE LAST CALL FOR ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS COUNCIL. WE HAVE NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE CHAMBERS, NO ONE ON THE LINE WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 4.3 I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING SO MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBER MILLISECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.3 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO COUNCIL ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS OR ANYTHING THAT NECESSARY THAT WE WOULD NEED BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ACTION ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN I JUST WANT SAY AND I KNOW OTHER MEMBERS HAVE SAID THIS IN THE PAST SO JUST SO MUCH APPRECIATE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA AND I REALLY DO LOOK FORWARD TO MORE WORK THAT WE CAN DO JUST ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA. VERY GOOD. SO NO FORMAL ACTION IS REQUIRED. I MISSPOKE THERE. THERE IS NO FORMAL ACTION ON THIS. WE'RE JUST HERE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT COUNCILMEMBER DALLAS. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO ALSO SAY LIKE I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S REALLY INTERESTING. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THE THE THE WORK THAT WE DID ON ZONING AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT EARLIER IN THIS YEAR IS THAT WE YOU KNOW WE KNOW THAT WE NEED HOMES THAT PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN . THESE ARE PROGRAMS THAT HELP PEOPLE STAY IN HOMES THAT THEY CAN LIVE IN . RIGHT. AND THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING ALSO TO BE CONSIDERING AND SO REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. I MEAN IT MAKES SENSE THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT WERE SERVING THIS PROGRAM ARE WHITE BECAUSE MOST OF OUR HOMEOWNERS TRADITIONALLY HAVE BEEN SO AND THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AND IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM WHILE CONTINUING TO TRY TO BUILD NEW HOMES SO THAT YOU KNOW THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE MOVING HERE WHO MAY NOT HAVE HAD THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TRADITIONALLY WILL NOW ALSO GET THEM. SO IT'S A TWO PRONGED APPROACH AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT FOR THE WORK HERE I GUESS THE ONLY QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS THAT IS THERE IS THERE A WAY TO IS A WAY TO REALLOCATE THESE FUNDS? WE WANTED TO SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE SAID WE REALLY I'M MAKING THIS UP, WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO DO ANY LEAD PAINT STUFF. WE WANT TO ALWAYS ONLY DO THIS STUFF, YOU KNOW THAT KIND OF THING. COULD WE COULD WE DO THAT AS A GROUP OR? IS IT IS IT BASICALLY LIKE IS IT UP TO US AS AS THE MEANING THE HRA AS THE FOLKS THAT ADMINISTER THIS PROGRAM TO DECIDE HOW THE ALLOCATIONS WORK OR ARE WE KIND OF TOLD WHAT TO DO? I GUESS IT'S COMMON. THANK YOU MAYOR CITY COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO FIRST THIS IS THE CITY'S GRANT. OKAY, SO THIS COMES TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AND THERE IS A CDBG MUTUAL AGREEMENT THAT IS ENTERED INTO BY THE HRA BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL EVERY YEAR FOR THE HRA TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM. I'M SURE I VOTED FOR THAT AT SOME POINT. YES YOU DID SECOND LEA YOU HAVE ACTUALLY VOTED THROUGH THE BUDGET FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2023 TO EXPAND HOW WE OFFER THE SERVICES SO IN 2023 WHEN YOU VOTED ON THE BUDGET WHICH WAS BACK IN MARCH YOU APPROVED REHABILITATION OF RENTAL OF RENTAL PROPERTY YOU APPROVED BEING ABLE TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY AND DEMOLITION AND OR CLEARANCE. YOU ALSO APPROVED EXPANDING THE PROGRAM INCOME. SO HOW THAT HAPPENED WAS PROGRAM INCOME WAS IN A REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM WHERE IF THE PAYMENTS WERE REPAID THEY ONLY COULD GO TO MAKE NEW LOANS. WELL THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL RULES ALL THESE RULES BY HUD THAT WE HAVE TO NOT ONLY SPEND THE PROGRAM INCOME FIRST BUT WE HAVE TO SPEND IT WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME FRAME AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO NOT HAVE SO MUCH MONEY BY THE TIME THEY DO A TIMELINESS TEST EVERY YEAR. AND SO YOU APPROVED US EXPANDING THE PROGRAM INCOME SO THAT NOW PROGRAM INCOME THAT COMES IN CAN NOW SERVE ALL THE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES SO WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AGAIN AS WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PROGRAM YEAR 2024 WHICH WOULD START JUNE JULY ONE, 2024 WHICH I WOULD BE BRINGING BEFORE YOU ALL IN ABOUT MARCH OF 2024 TO REALLY LOOK AT HEY ARE THESE ACTIVITIES ENOUGH OR DO WE WANT TO DO MORE OR DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THE PROGRAM? SO ALL OF THAT TO SAY YES IT IS STILL YOUR DECISION IT IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF TO THE HRA BOARD IN WHICH THEY REVIEW EVERYTHING, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF WHAT THEY REVIEWED AND PROVIDE A COMMENT AND FEEDBACK ON. SURE THAT MAKES SENSE. ONE FINAL VERY QUICK QUESTION WHILE I HAVE YOU HERE IF THAT'S OKAY, MR. MAYOR, DOES THAT IN CONNECTICUT CAN THOSE REHABILITATION DOLLARS INCLUDE LIKE THIS THE THE PLOT ITSELF AND IS IT ONLY HAVE TO BE ON THE STRUCTURE LIKE FOR EXAMPLE ,IF WE IF SOMEBODY SAID MY GARAGE NEEDS TO BE REAL DEBILITATED OR I NEED HELP BECAUSE I HAD MY BACKYARDS OVERGROWN AND I NEED LIKE IT TO BE CLEANED UP AND ACTUALLY LIKE ARE THOSE DOLLARS ARE ALSO LIKE ALLOWED TO BE USED IN THAT CASE OR IS IT JUST STRUCTURAL? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO OUR REVIEW THAT IN PARTICULAR SPECIFIC QUESTION BECAUSE ONE THING IS IS THAT THE REASON THAT WASN'T OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING LAND TRUST ONLY ACQUIRES IN REHABS IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A CERTAIN CERTIFICATION TO DO NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGH THIS FUNDING. SO WHAT I NEED TO LOOK UP IS JUST IN THE REGULATIONS FOR THE CDBG PROGRAM ABOUT IF IF IF IT'S NOT TIED TO THE STRUCTURE CAN OTHER THINGS BE DONE AND THEN I WILL SAY AND I KNOW IT WAS JUST JUST AS AN EXAMPLE BUT LEAD BASED PAINT IS ACTUALLY A REQUIREMENT OF HUD. AND SO WHAT WE ALSO HAVE FOUND IS EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT TOUCHING WHERE THERE MAY BE LEAD BASED PAINT, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THE FUNDING TO POTENTIALLY REMEDIATE EVEN IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING OSIDE IF THERE'SOMETHING IN TH HOE AND SO WE LOO ALL OF THOSE THIS TO DECIDE ON WHAT'S THE BES SOURCE OF FO OPLE TO BE ABLE TO ACHVE WHAT THEY WLD LIKE TO ACHIEVEO I WOULD LOOK INT THAT SPECIFICUESTION AROUN CAOT JUST BE T GROUNDS OR ES IT HAVE TO BE THE STRUCTURE A THE GROUNDS? OK THANK YOU ALSO ANY ADDITIAL QUESTIONS O THIS? ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ANK YOU MUCH. THAT WILL CONUDE OUR FOURTH ITEM THIS EVENING. OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINAES WILL MOVE ON TO NUMBER FIVE ON OUR AGENDA, OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS AND FIRST UP IS ITEM 5.1 AND IT'S A PROJECT OVERVIEW. UM, REGARDING BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION RESIDENTIAL NUMBER FIVE THIS IS JUST THE LATEST PROPOSAL THE LATEST PROJECT UNDERWAY IN BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION WHICH IS HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY IN RECENT YEARS AND CONTINUES TO CHANGE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS MOVE FORWARD AS WELL. JASON SCHMIDT IS WITH US. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TONIGHT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION RESIDENTIAL NUMBER FIVE. THIS IS LOCATED WITHIN OUR BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION DISTRICT AREA AS WELL AS AN ESTABLISHED TIFF DISTRICT THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN 2005. SO OVERALL ALL DEVELOPMENT THAT DOES HAPPEN WITHIN OUR SELF LOOP WE LOOK TO SELF LOOP DISTRICT PLAN GOALS DOES DO THE DEVELOPMENT CONTINUE YOU THE INVESTMENT IN SELF LOOP TO TRANSITION THE AREA FROM SUBURBAN TO URBAN AS WELL AS LEVERAGING THE PREVIOUS PUBLIC INVESTMENTS WITHIN THE AREA. ADDITIONALLY WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE ARE WE TRYING TO ADD ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS OUR FAR EASTERN CORRIDOR WITHIN THAT AREA BECAUSE WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT MOMENTUM OF ADDING THOSE UNITS TO SOUTH LOOP TO HELP SUPPLY THE CRITICAL MASS OF POPULATION THAT'S NEEDED TO HELP SUPPORT THE IDENTIFIED RETAIL AND GROCERY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OCCUR WITHIN THIS AREA TO DATE WITHIN BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION THERE HAS BEEN OVER $530 MILLION OF INVESTMENT AS WELL AS INVESTMENT THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AND THE GOLF DEVELOPMENT ALSO HAS PLANNED AN ADDITIONAL 300 MILLION WITHIN THIS AREA AND PART OF THAT HAS BEEN FROM THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE THAT HAS BEEN CREATED BY THE BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION TIVE DISTRICT JUST RECENTLY IN 2003 THIS COMMITTEE IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE DID PASS AND EXTEND THE FIVE YEAR RULE AS TO WHEN PROJECTS ARE REQUIRED TO TO OCCUR AS WELL EXTENDING THAT DURATION OF THAT TIPP DISTRICT TO 2044. SO OF THAT $530 MILLION INVESTMENT AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN THAT HAS OCCURRED IN MULTIPLE PHASES TO DATE THE EARLIEST IN 2060 SAW THE REFLECTIONS CONDOMINIUM OPEN AFTER AFTER THE GREAT RECESSION WE WERE ABLE TO DO WE HAVE SEEN INDIGO APARTMENTS OPEN UP IN 2017 395 UNITS WITH WHICH SIX OF THOSE WERE PROJECT BASED IN 2020 THE FINALLY OPENED AT 402 UNITS WHICH SAW 40 UNITS AT THE 80% AMI LEVEL IN AND JUST RECENTLY THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH CARBON 31 OPENED THEIR FIRST PHASE AND WELCOMING RESIDENTS TO THAT AREA THAT IS 403 UNITS WITHIN THAT FACILITY AND OF THAT 9% ARE AFFORDABLE AT THE 60% AND LEVEL AND ON NOVEMBER FIRST AXIOM BILLS GROCERY MARKET THERE WILL BE OPEN IN ITS DOORS ARE PRESENTING A GROCER WITHIN THIS MUCH NEEDED AREA THIS FOOD DESERT AND THEN TO WE ARE HERE TALKING ABOUT BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION NUMBER FIVE THIS WOULD BE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE CARBON 31 DEVELOPMENT ACTUALLY DIRECTLY NORTH OF WHERE THE OX AND DALES MARKET IS LOCATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND ALONG 31ST AVENUE THIS DEVELOPMENT IS 165 UNITS AND IT WILL BE AN ACTIVE SENIOR FACILITY PER WHAT THE DEVELOPERS ARE TERMING IT ACTIVE SENIOR THEY ARE LOOKING TO UTILIZE THE FEED AND LOO WITHIN THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE THE HOUSING ORDINANCE ALLOWS DEVELOPERS TO PAY THE FEE IN LIEU WHICH IS $9.60 PER LEASABLE SPACE AND MCGUFF DEVELOPMENT HAS OPTED TO UTILIZE THAT FIELD LOU FOR THEIR NEXT PHASE WHICH WOULD BE BC'S NUMBER SIX JUST TO THE WEST OF THIS FACILITY WHICH THEY ARE PROPOSING RIGHT NOW TO BE A 100% AFFORDABLE PROJECT BECAUSE FIVE HERE IS OUR TOTAL PROJECT COSTS RIGHT AROUND $67 MILLION WE HAVE IDENTIFIED PRELIMINARILY REVIEWING THEIR FINANCIALS AS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FINANCIAL GAP OF PRESENT VALUE BETWEEN 10 TO 12 MILLION AS I STATED WE'RE STILL ANALYZING THOSE NUMBERS. THOSE NUMBERS ARE FLUID AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO ANALYZE THOSE IF THAT IS THE DIRECTION OF THIS BOARD AS WELL AS THE PORT AUTHORITY THAT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THAT WE CURRENTLY ARE LOOKING AT WOULD BE A TIFF PAY GO NOTE SO ALL OF THE RISK FALLS ON THE DEVELOPER SO ALL DEPENDENT ON THAT INCREMENT COMING IN THERE IS NO FINANCIAL RISK ON BEHALF THE CITY. ADDITIONALLY WE CONTINUE TO ANALYZE PROJECT WITH REGARDS TO THE NEEDS ANALYSIS AS WELL AS LOOKING AT A RECAPTURE AGREEMENT THE PRELIMINARY NEEDS ANALYSIS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT WITH REGARDS TO WHY IS THIS GAP SO HIGH BETWEEN THE 10 TO $12 MILLION? ONE OF THEM IS DEALING WITH THE CURRENT RENT LEVELS THE MARKET RENTS WITHIN THIS AREA ARE FAIRLY HIGH. THEY'RE RIGHT AROUND THE $2 PER SQUARE FOOT LEVEL AND THE DEVELOPERS CAN GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. HOWEVER, WHEN WE DO LOOK AT OTHER PROJECTS WITHIN THE AREA AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITIES TO THE WEST OF US IN NORTH THEY'RE GETTING SUBSTANTIALLY ABOUT ANOTHER 10 TO $0.15 PER SQUARE FOOT AND WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT HELPS TO HELPS TO CLOSE FINANCIAL GAP TO MAKE THE PROJECTS EITHER NOT HAVE A GAP AND THEY'RE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND JUST DEVELOP VIA THE MARKET OR WHAT WE ALSO ARE STARTING TO SEE AS WELL WITHIN SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES IS THERE IS A GAP EVEN WITH THOSE HIGHER RENT LEVELS ADDITIONALLY FOR THIS AREA THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE ACOUSTICAL WITH THE AIRPORT RUNWAY ZONE. SO THAT DOES HAVE A INCREASE ON THEIR PROJECT COSTS OF PUTTING IN THAT ADDITIONAL SPECIALIZED CLASS AS WELL AS INSULATION TO MITIGATE THE AIRPORT RUNWAY NOISE FROM THOSE AIRPLANES. PART OF THE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD OCCUR WITH BC'S FIVE IS THEY WOULD BE LOOKING TO TO COMPLETE SOME OF THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND THAT AREA SO AS WELL SO THAT ENTAILS FINISHING OFF THE STREET NETWORKS THEIR PUBLIC SIDEWALKS SO THAT DOES ADD A LITTLE BIT TO A COST IF IT'S JUST AN APARTMENT PROJECT GOING IN AND THEN LASTLY THAT'S HITTING EVERYONE'S DEVELOPMENT COSTS IS KIND OF THE INTEREST RATES AND THE CONSTRUCTION COST INTEREST RATES AS WE HEAR CONTINUE TO RISE WITH THE MARKET AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION COSTS. THEY'RE STARTING TO STABILIZE . HOWEVER, THEY HAVE NOT STARTED TO COME DOWN YET. SO LOOKING AT IT AS BASED ON A PUBLIC INVESTMENT RATIO AND LOOKING BACK AT OUR OTHER PROJECTS WITHIN THIS DEVELOPMENT SO OVERALL TO THE PUBLIC TO PRIVATE RATIO IS RIGHT AROUND 13%. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THERE ARE SOME DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE GREATER RIGHT AROUND THE 22% WAS THE CARBON 31 THAT WAS FILLING THE GAP FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE UNITS AS WELL AS TO BRING IN THAT INDIGO IT WAS RIGHT AROUND 18% THAT WAS TO GET THE PROJECT JUST OFF THE JUST TO GET IT OFF THE GROUND TO MOVE THAT PROJECT FORWARD THE FENNELLY WE DID WERE ABLE TO LAND AND NEGOTIATE WITH THAT RIGHT ON THE 12% THAT AT THE MARKET OBTAINED IT FAIRLY WELL I THINK THE DEVELOPERS COULD TALK ABOUT THAT WITH REGARDS TO INTEREST RATES BEING A LOT LOWER HITTING CONSTRUCTION COSTS A LITTLE BIT LESS FOR BC'S FIVE WHAT WE ARE IN ANALYZING CURRENTLY BASED ON THE PROJECTIONS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THE LOW RANGE FOR THIS WOULD BE AROUND 10 MILLION THAT WOULD BE A PUBLIC PRIVATE RATIO OF ABOUT 17% AT THE HIGH RANGE IT'S JUST SHY OF 22% AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO ANALYZE TO SEE IF WE CAN BRING THAT DOWN BUT IT'S MOST LIKELY GOING TO LAND SOMEWHERE WITHIN THAT RANGE AND THAT AND BASED ON TONIGHT'S MOTION WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS COMFORTABLE WITH REGARDS TO OUR TERMS WE WOULD LOOK TO STRUCTURE A RECAPTURE AGREEMENT FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. ALL OF THE PROJECTS HERE HAVE A SIMILAR OUR PREVIOUS RESIDENTIAL AGREEMENTS HAVE A RECAPTURE AGREEMENT. WE WOULD LOOK TO TRY TO RECAPTURE UP TO 50% OF THE NET PRESENT VALUE OF THE TIFF NOTE BASED ON MULTIPLE TRIGGERS AS TO IF THEY ARE TO SELL THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE FIRST TEN YEARS OR EVEN DO AN AUTOMATIC LOOK BACK AFTER THAT 10TH YEAR THE RECAPTURE WOULD BE BASED ON 100 TO 105% OF THE BASE PRO FORMA SO WE WOULD AT THEIR ACTUALS AND COMPARE IT TO THAT BASE PROFORMA TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY BACK SOME OF THAT PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FUNDING FROM THIS THAT STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PJECT WOULD COMPLELY COME FRO THE BLOOMITON CENTR STATION TIP DISTRT WHOEVER WE IDENFIED THREE SOURC OFHAT FUNDI SO 5,000,005.3 MILLN WOULD COMEROM THIS PROJECTLONE WHAT THAT WHA THIS DEVELOPNT WOULD CREAT ANNCREMENT AUT 2 MILLION WOULDOME FROM OUR ADNISTRATIVE FUN FROM THE BLOOMINGN CENTRALTATION. THAT ISHE 10% TT I GOT AT COMES FROM ALL DEVEPMENTS WITHINHIS AREA INTO SEPARATE POOD AND THEN BETEN 3 T 5 MLION WOULD ROUNDUT THE REMAINING AMOUNT WHICH WOULD COME FROM THE MASTER TIFF WHICH IS COMING FROM ALL OF THESE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT DO NOT HAVE AN OBLIGATE FINANCIAL OBLIGATION TO PAY FOR ANYTHING ELSE . SO BASED ON THAT SO WE DO HAVE THIS MOTION JUST WE ARE LOOKING FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE PORT AUTHORITY WHICH WE WILL BE GOING BEFORE THEM ON MONDAY NEXT MONDAY, AUGUST THIRD LOOKING TO SEE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT STAFF TO CONTINUE STUDYING THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS PROJECT AND TO BRING BACK AT A FUTURE MEETING A DRAFT TERM SHEET WITH WHICH THEY CAN WE COULD GO AHEAD AND DEEP GO IN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND ANALYZE AND POTENTIALLY LOOK TO THEN CONSIDER STAFF TO START THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS. AND SO WITH THAT I AM OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND THERE ARE REPRESENTATIVES FROM A GOLF DEVELOPMENT HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU, MR. SCHMITT COUNSEL QUESTIONS ON THIS. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU, MAYOR . CAN YOU EXPLAIN IF YOU HAVE ANY BACKGROUND ON WHY WE'RE A LITTLE SHORT ON THE RENT COST OF THE REST OF THE AREA? I FEEL LIKE THIS AREA HAS REALLY BEEN UP AND COMING SO TO HEAR THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, 15 TO $0.20 LESS PER SQUARE FOOT IS A LITTLE CONCERNING CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND EFFORT WE PUT INTO THIS AREA. MR. SCHMITT SURE. MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER I WOULD ACTUALLY DEFER TO OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM HERE. THEY COULD ANALYZE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER WHERE WE HAVE LOOKED AT IT AND JUST RECENTLY TALKING WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPERS WE'RE STARTING TO SEE VARIOUS POCKETS WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER, A LITTLE BIT LOWER AND IT'S ALL DEPENDENT ON THE MARKET AS TO WHEN THEY DO THE ANALYSIS OF WHERE THOSE AVERAGE RENTS ARE FALLING IS WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM THE INDUSTRY LEADERS THAT WE TALKED TO WITHIN FOUR STAFF. BUT I WOULD LOOK TO TO THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM THEY COULD ANALYZE IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BASED ON THEIR STUDIES . ANYTHING TO ADD WOULD YOU COULD YOU ENLIGHTEN US PLEASE ? GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. DAVID HIGGINS WITH REGARDS TO THE LITHIUM HABIT JOINING ME WITH THREE OFF DEVELOPMENT. APPRECIATE THE TIME MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE THE DRIVING FACTORS ARE REALLY KIND OF THE STORY OF LOCATION WHICH IS THE STORY OF REAL ESTATE YOUR SURROUNDING AMENITIES AND THAT ARE READILY AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS IN THE AREA AS WELL AS GENERAL ACCESSIBILITY. OFTENTIMES WHEN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BIKES WE'VE DEFAULTED TO REFERRING TO RELATIVELY THE NEXT MOST HEAVILY DENSELY POPULATED AREA FOR COMMERCE MIXED USE OBVIOUSLY THE BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION AREA IS A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND THERE'S THERE'S A ROUTINE DEFAULT TO THE AREA FOR EXAMPLE AND THAT SETTING YOU HAVE A LOT MORE APARTMENTS, YOU HAVE A LOT MORE RETAIL AND THERE'S BEEN A HARD PUSH ON KIND OF THE CALIBER DEVELOPMENT THERE. AND SO THERE'S OFTEN A COMPARISON WE'VE WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN THE ENTIRE CITY THE SOUTH LOOP THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT BUT WE'RE STILL TELLING THAT STORY AND WE'RE ALL STILL TELLING THAT STORY AND THE REALITY IS WE HAVE FARTHER TO GO AND IT'S AN OPEN QUESTION WHETHER WE'LL REACH PARITY WITH SOME OF THESE OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE GOTTEN THERE FIRST. BUT YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY IT'S ONE OF THESE THINGS WHERE IN THIS GOES TO SOME OF THE OTHER FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A SITUATION WHERE ASSETS ARE SOMETIMES BECAUSE THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY IS INCREDIBLE THE, WILDLIFE REFUGE IS INCREDIBLE. WE'RE SUPER FORTUNATE TO HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SO CLOSE BY WE'RE SUPER LUCKY TO HAVE A LIGHT RAIL RIGHT OUT THE FRONT DOOR AND THE MALL OF AMERICA IS A WONDERFUL ASSET THOSE THOSE ELEMENTS DON'T ALLOW FOR A LOT OF OTHER DEVELOPMENT AND THOSE AFFECT THINGS LIKE THE TERM ROOFTOPS WHICH IS A HUGE IMPACT ON RETAIL WE ALL KNOW ALL OF AMERICA IS A DIFFERENT ANIMAL BUT THE RIVER VALLEY ITS PROTECTIONS, THE AIRPORT THOSE HAVE HUGE, HUGE ACREAGE BUT THEY ALSO HAVE LIMITATIONS EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE GREAT BENEFITS THAT INHIBIT EXCUSE ME INHIBIT MORE BEING THERE AND IT'S SORT OF THE MORE STORY THAT MAKES UP LOCATION AND THAT'S USUALLY WHAT DRIVES RENT COUNCILMEMBER WOMAN OH THANK YOU. THEY'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE STUDY PIECE. BUT ONE QUESTION I DID HAVE AS I LOOK AT THIS IS MORE OR SO FOR STAFF OR MAYBE I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD ANSWER THIS I'LL LEAVE IT OPEN BUT YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT 165 YOU KNOW FROM THE OCCUPANCY HELP ME UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW HOW WE GOT TO THAT NUMBER AS OPPOSED TO SOME OF THE OTHER NUMBERS THAT WE SAW ON SOME OF THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS. SURE. SURE. CERTAINLY THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER. I THINK TODAY YOU IF WE STARTED HISTORICALLY AND LOOKED AT REFLECTIONS, CONDOS THAT'S A REALLY HIGH NUMBER AND AND A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RISK THAT YOU WOULDN'T TYPICALLY WE DON'T SEE MANY CONDOS IN GENERAL MOST RECENT CONDO PROJECT WE LOOKED DOWNTOWN AT 11 AND I THINK THEY HAD 127 ROUGHLY SO LESS THAN HALF IN TERMS OF INDIGO THAT WAS A ONE OF THE LARGEST NATIONAL DEVELOPERS OF HOUSING THAT'S USED TO BUILDING 3 TO 400 UNITS AT A TIME AND IT WAS A FIRST PROJECT IN THE MARKET AND THEIR RISK PROFILE WAS DIFFERENT. I WOULD JUST SAY THAT BUT BUT THEIR SUCCESS WAS INFORMATIVE TO US ABOUT THE UNMET DEMAND IN THAT AREA AND WE LOOKED AT DOING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS ON THE FINLEY SITE IN SEQUENCE. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS CONSTRUCTION DISRUPTION FOR OTHER RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE FELT LIKE IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING OF A SIMILAR SIZE WE HAD A TRY WE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT INVESTMENT PARTNERS THAT WERE COMFORTABLE AROUND THAT NUMBER . NORMALLY WE WOULDN'T TAKE THAT APPROACH BUT THAT WENT REASONABLY WELL COVERED WASN'T HELPFUL. BUT WITH WE'VE COME A LONG THERE TO CARBON 31 SIMILAR SIZE TO FENNELLY THE REASON WE'RE NOT GOING AS LARGE ON THIS PARTICULAR PRODUCT AS IS IS BASICALLY TWOFOLD ONE THIS CLIMATE IS PRETTY HORRENDOUS FOR FINANCING AND MOMENTUM IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND MOMENTUM CONTINUING THE SOUTH THROUGH CONTINUING WITH THIS REDEVELOPMENT TIF DISTRICT AS JASON NOTED THERE'S A CLOCK ON IT AND THE LONGER WE WAIT WITHOUT DOING THINGS WE LOSE MONEY AND WE LOSE THE BENEFIT OF THE TOOL YOU GUYS HAVE ALL HELPED US CREATE THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT IS IF WE COME ONLINE WITH MORE RESIDENTIAL WHICH IS REALLY THE BEST USE HERE WHAT CAN WE COME ONLINE WITH THAT WOULDN'T IT'S NOT A PERFECT TERM BUT CANNIBALIZE IS THE LEASE UP ON A LARGE BUILDING NEXT DOOR AT CARBON 31 AND THE WAY TO DO IS TO INTRODUCE A DIFFERENT PRODUCT TYPE AND SO THE DIFFERENT PRODUCT TYPE WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THIS ACTIVE ADULT OR ACTIVE SENIOR WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY 55 PLUS HOUSING THAT IS IS NOT TYPICAL SENIOR HOUSING IN THAT IT DOESN'T OFFER SERVICES AS A PART OF THE BUSINESS OPERATION AND BECAUSE THE DEMOGRAPHIC THERE NOTWITHSTANDING THE 55 PLUS ACTUALLY NATIONALLY IS MORE LIKE 70 TO 74 AS AN AGE DEMOGRAPHIC IT COMING IN REALLY ISN'T COMPETITIVE BUT WITHIN THAT SEGMENT OF PRODUCT THE TYPICAL PROJECT SIZE IS AROUND 140 TO SOMEWHERE IN THE 160. SOME GO AS HIGH AS 180 BUT NOT VERY OFTEN AND THE REASON FOR THAT AT THE NEXT LEVEL DOWN IS THAT FOR SENIORS TRANSITIONS LIKE A HOUSING TRANSITION IS A VERY SLOW DECISION. SO IF THE AVERAGE LEASE UP ON AN APARTMENT BUILDING IS SOMEWHERE DEPENDING ON THE MARKET AND THE PRODUCT TYPE AND WHAT THE DRIVERS ARE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 15 UNITS A MONTH TO 30 UNITS A MONTH IN A VERY STRONG PERIOD OR A STRONG SEASON WITH THESE IT CAN BE SIX A MONTH OR SEVEN A MONTH OR EVEN A MONTH. AND SO JUST LIKE WHEN SOMEBODY BUYS A HOUSE AND THEY'RE GOING TO RENOVATE IT NOT UNLIKE THE GRANT FUNDS THAT ARE SITTING THERE YOU TO PAY ON AND SO THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT WOULD TAKE TO LEASE A 400 UNIT ACTIVE ADULT WOULD LITERALLY BE YEARS AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT WE NEED TO DO A SMALLER BUILDING SO THAT IT CAN LEASE BE MARKETED AND LEASED UP IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME JUST FROM A FINANCING STANDPOINT SORRY FOR THE ANSWER BUT I THANK YOU NOT VERY CLEARLY AND MR. MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, THIS DEVELOPMENT IT'S ONLY TAKING HALF OF THE SITE THAT'S JUST AROUND TWO ACRES. THIS IS AT ABOUT AN 80 UNITS PER ACRE DENSITY WHICH DOES MEET OUR PLAN IN THE VISION FOR THIS AREA. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. I THANK YOU MAYOR. SO CAN YOU JUST TALK A BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHY YOU DECIDED TO DO BC'S FIVE AS 100% MARKET RATE AND THEN V6 AS HUNDRED PERCENT AFFORDABLE AND I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT I'M LIKE WELL WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO LEVERAGE INCENTIVES BOTH PROPERTIES AND TO FUND BOTH PROPERTIES? AND SO I GUESS IF YOU COULD SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT DECISION MAKING AND YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THAT BE SUPER HELPFUL. THANK YOU. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. COUNCILMEMBER THERE ISN'T MAGIC TO THIS STUFF AND THERE'S THERE'S NOT A SPECIAL FORMULA OR SPECIAL SAUCE. IT'S IT'S LOOKING AT PROS AND CONS CHALLENGES AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY STUDIED PRETTY HARD 100% AFFORDABLE PREVIOUSLY. WE BELIEVE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THINK IT'S IMPORTANT YOU KNOW WE'VE SUPPORTED LENNAR WHEN THEY WERE DOING IT OVER IN INDIGO. WE DID IT AT FAMILY AND. WE'RE DOING IT AT CARBON 31. WE SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING . THE TRICK IS WEIGHING ALL THE FACTORS IN IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE WE FELT WITH A SMALLER OVERALL UNIT COUNT THE OVERALL IMPACT ON ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO EPCS WOULD BE GREATER IF WE DID SORT OF THAT 100% ACTIVE ADULT AT A MARKET LEVEL THINKING ABOUT A FEW DIFFERENT FACTORS AND AND SOME FOLKS EVEN ON THIS BODY I'VE TALKED TO HAVE HIGHLIGHTED ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT IS THE REALITY IS A LOT OF THE SENIORS THAT WE ANTICIPATE COMING TO THIS BUILDING ARE IN ALL LIKELIHOOD COMING FROM BLOOMINGTON OR OTHER VERY NEARBY COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY ARE LEAVING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND ACTUALLY CREATING SINGLE FAMILY HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AS RESULT OF VACATING THEIR HOMES SO THAT OTHER RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON OR FOLKS WHO WOULD WANT TO COME THERE OR YOU KNOW, RICHFIELD OR YOU KNOW EAGAN OR WHERE HAVE YOU LIKE NEARBY COMMUNITIES THOSE WILL OPEN UP SOME OPPORTUNITIES. THE OTHER PIECE IS IN AND IT'S NOT A COMPLETE COMPONENT BUT YOU KNOW WE SEE THIS SENIOR PRODUCT AS CONTRIBUTING TO THE BROADER FABRIC OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THAT SENIOR DEMOGRAPHICS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE AROUND MORE AND SO WE THINK WE'LL SEE MORE STREET PEDESTRIAN LIFE OUT THERE. IT'S NOT A COMPLETE CROSSOVER ON THE AFFORDABLE BECAUSE AFFORDABLE TENANTS WOULD DO THE SAME SAME THINGS BUT IT'S ALSO IN THIS ECONOMIC CLIMATE THERE'S KIND OF A TIPPING POINT OF WHERE WE WANT TO BE GOOD PARTNERS. WE WE WANT TO ASK FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT WHERE THERE IS A NEED BUT AT SOME POINT WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT BE PUSHING THE ENVELOPE ON HOW MUCH TO TO REALLY BE ASKING FOR CANDIDLY AND TO DO THE EXTRA AFFORDABLE SOME OF THE SOME OF THE WAS HELPFUL A FAIR AMOUNT OF IT FOR THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE BUILDING DOESN'T ACTUALLY MONETIZED A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE AND SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, YOU KNOW WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF AT YOU KNOW, AS JASON SAID, WE'RE WE'RE AT A FLOATING NUMBER THAT WE FEEL LIKE A WINDOW THAT'S AS FAR AS WE CAN REALLY GO AND WE'D HAVE GO FARTHER THAN THAT TO GET IN THAT AFFORDABLE IN THAT INSTANCE AND WE FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW WHEN THE CITY PUT TOGETHER TO SHOW HAVING THE PAYMENT IN LIEU IS A FORM OF PARTICIPATE AND CERTNLY THERE ARE PROJECTS AROUND T CITY THAT A GOING NEED THOSE DOLRS THAT WOULD NOT OERWISE HAVE TM AND THEY NEEDO WORKYOU KNOW, WAITONGER TO GET O THE GROUND S. IT'S A BANCE AND BALAN IS REALLY PFECT BUT THANK Y, MR. HIGGI. WANT TO MAKE SURE W STAY O TRACKERE FRO AIMING STANDPOINT I'M IN FAVO OF THIS THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA TO CONTIE THE STU AND GO BACK WITHHE PORT AUTHORITY ANDHE COUNC AND NTINUE THIS CONRSATION. ON THING THAT DEMSTRATION THAT WE WANT YOU TO CSIDER AS WE HEAD TO OUR MEETING NEXT MONDAY WITH THE PORT AHORITY HELPED ME GET MORE COMFORTABLE WITH. THE NOTION OF THE PAYMENT IN LIEU OF BEING PAID BASICALLY TO THEMSELVES YOU KNOW THAT THAT MCGUFF DOING BOTH PROJECTS AND THE PAYMENT IN LIEU OF IN ONE PROJECT GOING ON TO THE NEXT PROJECT JUST HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER I TALK ABOUT COMPARABLES, OTHER PROJECTS WHERE THAT HAS HAPPENED AND BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT MYSELF AND OTHERS ARE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT NOTION OF OF A PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TO YOURSELF TO CONTINUE A PROJECT THAT YOU'VE GOT RIGHT NEXT DOOR SO CANCEL ANYTHING ELSE REALLY QUICK HERE WE DO HAVE A MOTION IN FRONT OF US LOOKING I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE IT. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I THINK IS WHERE I THINK I THINK THIS IS VERY COOL AND I THINK ABOUT MYSELF AND WHERE I'M AT MY LIFE ACTIVE DOWN BY THE MINNESOTA YOU KNOW WILDLIFE REFUGE AND EVERYTHING WITH A BICYCLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING SOMETHING AT THE END OF THE DAY AT THE AUCTION DEALS. I MEAN IT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD TO ME. SO WE'LL SEE IF WE'LL SEE IF IT'S TRUE RIGHT. I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THIS MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO CONTINUE STUDYING THE FEASIBILITY OF THE BCS FIVE PROJECT AND BRING BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND PORT AUTHORITY A TERM SHEET BASED ON THE RANGERS IN THE STAFF REPORT FOR CONSIDERATION SO AGAIN MOST BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND TO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER DIRECT STAFF TO CONTINUE STUDYING THE FEASIBILITY OF THE BCS BCS PROJECT NO FOR THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHERE THIS LEADS THANK YOU THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS AN IN 5.2 AND IT'S THE FIRST OF OUR FOUR STAFF DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET DISCUSSIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BUDGET. GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR AND WELCOME MR. MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DIANE KIRBY. I'M COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR AND TONIGHT I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING YOU WITH OUR 2024 BUDGET REQUEST FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, OUR MISSION IS INFORMING AND GAUGING AND STRIVING TO ENHANCE PEOPLE'S LIVES IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT WAS VERY EVIDENT OVER THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS DURING THE PANDEMIC. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND BY THE WAY OUR DIVISION MANAGERS ARE STANDING BY HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT MAY COME UP THAT I CAN'T ANSWER. AND I WANT TO JUST INTRODUCE THEM REAL QUICKLY NOW ARE ERIC HOLTHAUS, OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT MANAGER JANINE HILL WHO YOU MET EARLIER, OUR COMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTRATOR AND DR. NICK KELLY, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR. SO LET'S MOVE INTO THE PRESENTATION A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA AND OUR 2024 BUDGET REQUEST IS APPROXIMATELY $416,500. THIS AREA DOES A VARIETY OF THINGS. OVERALL ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS IT DOES SPECIAL PROJECTS SUCH AS ADMINISTRATION OF THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS ADMINISTERING THE INSIGHTS DISCOVERY TOOL FOR INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM DEVELOPMENT, ALSO ASSISTING WITH SPECIAL EVENTS. MOST NOTABLY RECENTLY THE VISIT FROM OUR SISTER CITY IS ZOOM JAPAN AND PROBABLY BIGGEST PROJECT FOR SURE IN 2023 HAS BEEN COORDINATION OF THE BLOOMINGTON FORWARD AWARENESS AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT DIVISION CODE CONTINUES TO SERVE BLOOMINGTON A PRIORITY TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN CITY DECISIONS AND ADVANCE ITS MISSION OF INVOLVING COMMUNITY INFLUENCE AND GREATNESS. THE DIVISION IS ITS FIFTH YEAR. IT WORKS IN THREE AREAS CONSULTING WITH TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT INCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES BUILDING TRUST AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESIDENTS THROUGH INTENTIONAL OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AND PARTNERSHIPS AND COORDINATING IMPORTANT PROGRAMS THAT BUILD CAPACITY INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY NOTABLY THROUGH THE BLOOMINGTON LEADERSHIP PROGRAM ,THE CITY'S FACILITATION NETWORK. THE 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR COIT IS $1.15 MILLION AND WE'VE GOT SIX FULL TIME AND ONE PART TIME EMPLOYEES PROPOSED FOR 2024 IN THIS DIVISION WITH AN ASTERISK AND THAT ASKS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADD A FULL TIME POSITION IN COED WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY WOULD BE COORDINATING VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY THE CITY. THIS IS AN INITIATIVE IN THE BEATY STRATEGIC I SEE YOU CHEERING COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THE POSITION THAT WOULD BE UTILIZED CURRENTLY RESIDES IN PARKS AND RECREATION. IT IS A PART TIME POSITION. IT WOULD BE MOVED INTO COED IN 2024 AND EXPANDED INTO A FULL TIME POSITION TO PROVIDE COORDINATION OF VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION IF IT IS APPROVED IN THE 2024 BUDGET. NEXT WE MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEALTH. WE HAVE IN TERMS OF STAFFING 49 STAFF THAT EQUATE TO 38 FTE WITHIN THAT DIVISION BY THE WAY NOT COUNTED IN THE STAFFING NUMBERS ARE TWO FULL TIME PUBLIC HEALTH CORPS MEMBERS CURRENTLY WORKING AT COST TO THE CITY. OUR 2024 BUDGET REQUEST IS $7.45 MILLION. THIS INCLUDES THE BENEFITS PUBLIC HEALTH PROVIDES VIA WICT TO CLIENTS IN THE COMMUNITY WHICH EQUATES TO MORE THAN ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOOD ASSISTANCE IN 2024 AND THAT IS MONEY THAT IS DIRECTLY INVESTED INTO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY IN THE LOCAL GROCERY . AND THIS AMOUNT IS IN BOTH THE REVENUES AND THE EXPENDITURE LINE ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH BY THE WAY, PROVIDES HEALTH SERVICES ACROSS THE CITIES OF BLOOMINGTON. EDINA RICHFIELD AND THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR 46 YEARS SINCE 1977. AND HERE'S A LOOK AT THE COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION. WE HAVE STAFFING UP TEN EMPLOYEES IN 2024 ENTER 2024 BUDGET REQUEST IS JUST OVER $2.1 MILLION. COMMUNICATIONS IS A FULL SERVICE SHOP THAT MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION VEHICLES DEVOTED TO EDUCATING AND INFORMING THE COMMUNITY. THE DIVISION, CABLE CARS AND WEBCASTS, CITY COUNCIL AND OTHER MEETINGS PRODUCES THE COUNCIL MINUTES BLOOMINGTON TODAY AND OTHER VIDEOS MAINTAINS THE CITY'S WEBSITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA OPERATES PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION AND GENERATES THE MONTHLY BRIEFINGS NEWSLETTER AND SUPPORT SERVICE. FINALLY, THAT IS SUPPORT SERVICES IS OVERSEEN BY OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION. THERE ARE FIVE PART TIME EMPLOYEES WITHIN THAT AREA. THERE ARE 2024 BUDGET REQUEST IS APPROXIMATELY $526,000. THE CITY'S PRINT SHOP MAILROOM AND DESK PROVIDE SERVICES TO ALL DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THESE ARE SUPPORTED BY USER FEES TO DEPARTMENTS BASED ON USAGE. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR 2024 BUDGET REQUEST. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT A LOT OF WHAT COMMUNITY SERVICES DOES IS IS NOT SUPPORTED PRIMARILY BY PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS. THE DEPARTMENT IS GETTING INTO THE COMMUNITY DOING MUCH OF ITS WORK WITH OUTSIDE DOLLARS PARTICULARLY IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND WE'RE DOING OUR WORK EFFICIENTLY IF YOU RECALL THE PROPOSED 2024 PROPERTY TAX DOLLAR ALLOCATION GRAPHIC FINANCE $0.06 OF EVERY PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS GOES TO COMMUNITY SERVICES IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, COED PUBLIC HEALTH ARE LOCATED THERE. THE TOTAL BUDGET REQUEST IS FOR $8.8 MILLION IN 2024. THAT'S A DECREASE OF CLOSE TO $200,000 FROM THE 2023 BUDGET REQUEST. HOWEVER, REVENUES ARE ALSO DOWN BY $537,000 IN 2024. AND HERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIGHT INTO THAT BUDGET UP PUBLIC HEALTH IS THE BIGGEST DRIVER THE OVERALL BUDGET NUMBERS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES AND AS YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT AN OVERALL DECREASE IN REVENUE AND EXPENSES IN COMMUNITY SERVICES DUE TO THE ONE TIME PUBLIC HEALTH COVID RESPONSE CONTRACTS WITH THE DINE IN RICHFIELD FOR ITS $700,000 IN THE 2023 BUDGET AND THE EXPENSE REDUCTION IS OFFSITE NOW IT'S BY PROJECTED SALARY AND BENEFIT INCREASES FOR COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS AND STEP INCREASES FOR EXISTING STAFF. NOW I WANT TO NOTE THAT PUBLIC HEALTH WILL LIKELY HAVE MORE GRANT DOLLARS COMING. THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY REFLECTED IN THIS BUDGET WE'RE LOOKING AT UP TO APPROXIMATELY $700,000 THAT WE EXPECT MAY BE COMING IN IN 2024 PUBLIC HEALTH RECEIVES THE MAJORITY OF ITS REVENUES FROM SOURCES OUTSIDE OF PROPERTY TAXES. IN FACT, PROPERTY TAXES MAKE UP JUST 29% OF PUBLIC HEALTH REVENUES IN THE PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET. THE DIVISION WILL RECEIVE 66% OF ITS REVENUES FROM GRANTS CONTRACTS NEXT YEAR AND MOST OF THESE GRANTS AND CONTRACTS ARE STABLE FUNDING STREAMS. BUT THEY DO STRUGGLE TO KEEP UP WITH COST INCREASES THAT WE HAVE RELATED TO THINGS LIKE SPACE AND OCCUPANCY AND INTERNAL SERVICE FUND CHARGES. OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUES INCLUDE THINGS LIKE INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT AND FEES AND NOW LOOKING AT THE COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION BUDGET IT'S LOCATED IN A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND SINCE THE BULK OF ITS REVENUES COME FROM CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE FEES. YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX LEVY OF $400,000 IS NOT CHANGING AT ALL FROM 2023 TO 2024. INSTEAD WE WILL BE MORE OF THE DIVISION'S FUND BALANCE IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET BECAUSE REVENUES ARE LESS THAN EXPENSES AND GENERALLY AS FAR AS EXPENDITURES GO THIS WAS A HOLD LINE BUDGET. HERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIGHT INTO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION BUDGET. ALMOST TWO THIRDS OF THE FUNDING FOR THE DIVISION IN 2024 WILL COME FROM CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE AND PEGGED PUBLIC EDUCATION GOVERNMENT ACCESS FEES TOTALING ABOUT $1.3 MILLION. $400,000 COMES FROM PROPERTY TAXES THAT BEGAN WHEN THE CITY EXPANDED THE BRIEFING FROM AN EVERY OTHER MONTH TO A MONTHLY PUBLICATION AND OTHER INCOME INCLUDES FEES FROM SERVICES AND TRANSFERS INTO THE BUDGET . NOW I'VE SHOWN YOU THIS GRAPHIC LAST YEAR. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE TRENDS FOR CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE FEES AND PEG FEES. THIS CHART SHOWS CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE REVENUES SINCE. THE CURRENT CONTRACT WITH COMCAST WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2015. AS A REMINDER THE CITY RECEIVES FRANCHISE FEES 5% OF GROSS REVENUES FROM THE CABLE COMPANY. THAT'S IN THE BLUE BARS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HIT A HIGH POINT IN CABLE FRANCHISE FEE REVENUES IN 2017 OF $1.16 MILLION. BY CONTRAST, FRANCHISE FEES THE CITY RECEIVED IN 2022 TOTALED APPROXIMATELY POINT ZERO $2 MILLION A DECREASE OF APPROXIMATELY $135,000. THE CITY, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, ALSO RECEIVES A PEG FEE AS NOTED IN THE ORANGE BARS THAT STANDS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION GOVERNMENT ACCESS CABLE TELEVISION THIS PEG FEE MUST BE USED FOR CAPITAL EXPENSES IN OUR PEG ACCESS OPERATE SINCE COMCAST COLLECTS A FEE OF $1.40 PER SUBSCRIBER PER MONTH THAT IT REMITS TO THE CITY IN SUPPORT OF PEG CAPITAL EXPENSES. IT IS THIS THAT DOES REALLY TELL THE STORY ABOUT WHERE THINGS HAVE BEEN HEADED WITH CABLE TELEVISION SUBSCRIBER SHIP IN BLOOMINGTON THE REVENUES FROM THAT FEE HAVE DROPPED FROM A HIGH OF $336,000 IN 2017 DOWN TO $242,000 IN 2022. SO WE CONTINUE TO SEE A MOVEMENT TOWARD CORD CUTTING IN BLOOMINGTON SIMILAR THE NATIONAL TREND. HERE'S A LONG TERM MODEL FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS THE AREA WE WERE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO AGAIN THE REVENUES FROM CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE AND PEG FEES THAT THE CITY RECEIVES FROM COMCAST. LOOKING AHEAD AT THE SUPPORT SERVICES BUDGET WHICH IS AN INTERNAL SERVICE FUND WE EXPECT WORKING CAPITAL BALANCE TO STAY IN THE BLACK THROUGH 2027. NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT NEW INITIATIVES COMING UP NEXT YEAR AND COMMUNITY SERVICES STARTING WITH COHEN COED WILL BE SERVING A MEANINGFUL ROLE IN SOME OF THE BETTER STRATEGIC INITIATIVES IN 2024. LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'LL BE CENTRALIZING VOLUNTEER COORDINATION. WE KNOW THIS IS IMPORTANT AS COMMUNICATED BY THE COMMUNITY CITY COUNCIL AND CITY. OUR INTENTION IS TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING PART TIME POSITION AS I MENTIONED EARLIER AND SUPPLEMENT IT WITH NEW FUNDING TO BRING THIS FUNCTION INTO COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT. ANOTHER INITIATIVE IS CREATING A NEIGHBORHOOD MODEL ALSO A BETTER STRATEGIC PRIORITY. THROUGH THIS EFFORT, COED WILL LEAD A HIGHLY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS TO UNDERSTAND COMMUNITY INTEREST AND CREATE A SUSTAINABLE MODEL THAT IS BOTH SCALABLE AND COMMUNITY DRIVEN AND BRIDGING 23 AND 24 COED IS NOW UNDERTAKING A PLANNING STRATEGIC PROCESS WITH WILDER RESEARCH TO BRING NEW ENERGY AND FOCUS INTO THE DIVISION'S MISSION. AND IT WILL INVOLVE COMMUNITY AND CITY INPUT AND SHOULD BE READY FOR WIDE RELEASE IN APRIL 2024 AND IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION THE MOBILE HEALTH HUB AS BEEN PUBLIC HEALTH HAS BEEN USING THAT FOR IMMUNIZATIONS THIS FALL AND THEY ARE CONTINUING TO FINE TUNE THAT VEHICLE UTILIZING IT AS PART OF THEIR OPERATIONS AND OPIOID WORK IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE WORK GROUP'S ON OPIOIDS AND THE USE OF OPIOID SETTLEMENT DOLLARS, INITIAL FOCUS CONTINUES TO BE ON RAPID RESPONSE AND SUPPORT PARTNERSHIPS ESPECIALLY THOSE SERVING OUR YOUTH. SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE PROJECTING FOR 2024 IN OUR DEPARTMENT INCLUDE IN PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE CHANGES STAFF ARE PROVIDING PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES BASED ON A MODEL FROM 1976 IN 2023 AND THERE'S A LOT THAT WE ARE RECOGNIZING THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE IN HOW PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM WORKS AND HOW IT IS FUNDED. SO THIS WILL BE A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS BEING DONE ON THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS OUR PUBLIC HEALTH BUILDING WE KNOW THAT THAT'S THAT PUBLIC HEALTH WHERE PUBLIC HEALTH PROVIDES SERVICES IS NEED OF CHANGE. WE ARE WATCHING WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE ELECTION WITH THE BLOOMINGTON FORWARD INITIATIVE NEXT NOVEMBER AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH STAFF AND PARTNERS ACROSS THE CITY TO NAVIGATE OUR CURRENT REALITIES AND WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH WITH THE BUILDING RIGHT NOW AND HOW BEST TO SUPPORT STAFF IN THE CURRENT BUILDING AND THEN JUST REALITIES WE'RE SEEING INCREASED DEMANDS FOR SERVICE . WE'RE SEEING SOME CHALLENGES GETTING FUNDING INTO THE COMMUNITY AND PART OF THIS IS JUST THE COMPLICATED FUNDING STREAMS THAT WE HAVE AND THE LIMITED RESPONSES THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM RFP. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT STAFF ACROSS THE CITY AT ISSUE AND THEN FINALLY IN COMMUNICATIONS I MENTIONED OUR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BLOOMINGTON AGREEMENT WITH COMCAST EXPIRES IN DECEMBER OF 2025 SO WE WILL BE UNDERTAKING PREPARATIONS FOR FRANCHISE RENEWAL COMCAST BEGINNING IN JANUARY OF 2024. FUNDING IS NEEDED FOR OUTSIDE LEGAL SERVICES FOR THIS THIS REFRANCHISING WORK IN ADDITION TO CONSULTING WORK THAT INCLUDES A NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND TECHNICAL AUDIT OF COMCAST'S EQUIPMENT, A SURVEY OF RESIDENT PREFERENCES, VIEWING HABITS AND COMMENTS, CUSTOMER SERVICE SATISFACTION AND A REVIEW OF FUTURE EQUIPMENT NEEDS AND THEN THE AREA OF THE PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING STRATEGIC PLAN STAFF RECENTLY COMPLETED PARTICULAR PLAN WITH THE HELP OF AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT AND THE GOAL OF THE PLAN IS TO INFORM AND ENGAGE THE BLOOMINGTON COMMUNITY AND BEYOND. SO KEY STRATEGIES IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN WILL IMPROVE MEDIA RELATIONS AND INTERNAL INFORMATION FLOW TO BETTER TELL OUR STORY AND, ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITY'S IMAGE. SO THIS PLAN WILL ALSO ALIGN THE KEY PRIORITIES OF THE BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER STRATEGI PLAN WE NOW HAVEN IMPMENTATION PLAN THA WAS SENT TOOU THROUGH THE BLOOMINGTON THISWE LAST WEE AND IT IDENTIES KEY RESOURC IA TIMELINE TT WILL BE NDED TO IMPLEMENT T KEY RECOMMENDATION IDENTIFIED THE STRATEC PLAN STARTG 2024 SO THA QUICK ERVIEW OF THEOMMUNITY SERVICES BGET PPOSAL FOR 24 PRIVY COUNC QUESTIONS THIS COUILMEMBER NELSO THANK Y MAYOR. JUSTOT A FEW QUESTIONS HERE THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR AM I CORRECT UNDERSTAND ADDING JUST HALF AN FTE IT IS A NEW POSITION BUT WE ALREADY HAVE POSITION THAT'S BEING DONE. IT'S A PARKING RACK AND MOVING OVER. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I GOT THAT CORRECTLY. THE SECOND QUESTION THE COVID CONTRACT, THE 700,000 THAT WAS FROM EDINA AND RICHFIELD PAID TO BLOOMINGTON THAT CORRECT. I'M GOING TO ASK DR. KELLEY TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION AND MEAN DR. KELLEY, YOU MARY CONFIRMING ALSO THAT FUNDING IS PART OF SOME OF THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT FLOWED THROUGH TO A DINER IN RICHFIELD AND THEY CONTRACTED THAT US TO PUSH OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY SO AS A ONE TIME INCREASE IN OUR BUDGET OKAY. AND THEN JUST FOR CLARIFICATION IN MIND, IT WAS A ONE TIME INCREASE IN OUR BUDGET. IS THERE A CORRESPONDING DECREASE? WAS IT JUST ONE TIME SPENDING OR WAS IT JUST A ONE TIME INCREASE TO COVER EXPENDITURES THAT WE ALREADY HAD? MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THAT FUNDING IS THE SUM OF THE WORK CONTINUING TO WORK TO TRY AND GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. WE RECENTLY HAD A COVID FOR AROUND $1,000,000 IN FUNDING AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON WAYS TO GET MORE OF THAT FUNDING OUT THE DOOR INTO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT FUNDING IS NOT COVERING IT IS JUST DESIGNATED FOR GOING INTO THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY RECOVERY WORK. OKAY THEN I GUESS I'M CONFUSED HOW IF IT'S NOT COVERING COSTS WHAT IS THE $700,000 HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH OUR BUDGET? I MEAN MR. MAYOR? COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IT'S SIMILAR TO THE WAY OUR WITH FUNDS COME IN AND THEY GO STRAIGHT OUT THE DOOR FROM PROCESS STANDPOINT WE NEED TO COUNTER THIS REVENUE WHEN IT COMES IN AND WHEN IT GOES OUT IT'LL SHOW UP. BUT I GUESS FUNDAMENTALLY QUESTION IF IT'S NOT COMING IN IT CAN'T GO OUT SHOULDN'T THAT BE ZERO IMPACT? IT DOESN'T COME IN IT DOESN'T GO OUT. WE DON'T HAVE THE REVENUE WE DON'T HAVE THE EXPENSE. MR. RUGGIE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS THE THE MONEY CAME IN AND BECAUSE IT'S IT'S BEING DOLED OUT NOT ALL IN THE SAME YEAR WE'RE HAVE CARRYOVERS ASSOCIATED WITH IT BUT THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS THE NEXT YEAR IT'S NOT COMING IN . WE HAVE A REDUCTION IN THE REVENUE. WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A REDUCTION IN THE EXPENDITURES TO MATCH IT. SO WE TRY TO CARRY OVER INTO THE FUTURE. OKAY SO IT JUST TAKES MULTIPLE YEARS TO GET IT OUT. THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME THERE. THE CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN WE'RE USING AN OUTSIDE RESOURCES THERE A REASON WE DIDN'T USE AN INSIDE RESOURCE AND THIS MAY ACTUALLY APPLY TO DR. KELLY AGAIN BUT BECAUSE I THOUGHT I RECALLED WHEN PUBLIC HEALTH THAT IT'S A STRATEGIC PLAN WE DID THAT INTERNALLY IF I RECALL CORRECTLY BUT MAYBE I'M MIS RECOLLECTING BUT I STILL THE SAME QUESTION OF WHY NOT DO IT INTERNALLY BUT MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THAT IS CORRECT. PUBLIC HEALTH HAS WORKED AND IS CONTINUING TO WORK WITH A SYSTEM CONSULTANT THAT MDH PROVIDES AS A BENEFIT OF BEING A COMMUNITY HEALTH BOARD. WE CAN ENGAGE THEM TO GUIDE OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING WORK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER, IN REGARDS TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT CODE AND WHY WE'RE USING THAT WE'RE UTILIZING OUTSOURCED OUTSIDE EXPERTIZE THAT WE DON'T HAVE HERE AVAILABLE HERE WITHIN THE INTERNAL ORGANIZATION TO HELP US WITH THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS. WELL, THE RESEARCH HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE DOING THAT SORT OF WORK ACROSS THE STATE ACTUALLY. OKAY, MAYBE I'LL TAKE THAT ON LINE WITH THE CITY MANAGER OR OFFLINE. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A CAPABILITY WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD AS A IN THE CITY FROM PAST CONVERSATIONS SO THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. YEAH ACTUALLY MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER, I'LL JUST REAL QUICKLY ADDRESS THAT. A LOT OF THAT CAPABILITY RESIDES WITHIN THE CODE DIVISION AND SO WE IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SORT OF BRING IN A THIRD PARTY NEUTRAL TO CONDUCT THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT GETS INTO THE WORK OF THE CODE TEAM RATHER THAN HAVING THEM DEVELOP THEIR OWN PROCESS OVER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. IT'S NOT A QUESTION ON IS KIRBY ON THE COMMUNICATIONS FUND THE 2100 AS I LOOK HERE AND AS LOOK OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS THE WORKING CAPITAL BALANCE GOING FROM 535 IN 2020 AND BY 2024 IT'LL BE IN THE RED BY 58,000 AND I'M SEEING I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT'S A MATTER OF USING THAT CAPITAL BALANCE FOR MONTHLY EXPENDITURES IS CORRECT AND THEN SOME HAVE SOME CAPITAL REPLACEMENT IN SOME CAPITAL COST. BUT BASICALLY FOR THE PAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS WE'VE BEEN EATING OUR SEED CORN AND NOW DON'T HAVE THAT AVAILABLE. AND SO WITH ALL OF THAT IN MIND, THAT'S A RESULT OF THE PIG FEES COMING DOWN. WHAT'S THE PLAN WHAT'S THE THOUGHT ON THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD? MR.. FOR YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MR. KIRBY IN ANSWER MOST OF THE BUT I DID WANT TO JUST CLARIFY, MAYOR WHEN YOU SAID IT'S IN THE RED BY $58,000, WHAT I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT IS WE'RE NOT IN THE NEGATIVE TO $50,000 THE WAY THE WAY THAT THE LONG TERM FUND PROJECTION LOOKS. THE RED IS A VISUAL INDICATOR TO US OF WHERE WE ARE ON THE WORKING CAPITAL BASE. THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING ME ON THAT. SO WE'RE AT ABOUT 36% OF THE CAPITAL OF THE WORKING CAPITAL BALANCE GOAL BUT WE'RE NOT NEGATIVE THANK YOU FOR CORRECT ME ON THAT. APPRECIATE THAT AND MR. MAYOR, APPRECIATE THAT RESPONSE FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND IT'S SOMETHING WE LOOK AT EVERY YEAR AND I WILL POINT OUT THAT WE DID COMPLETE A NEWS PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING STRATEGIC PLAN. THERE ARE SOME PRETTY GOALS AND ACTIVITIES LISTED IN THAT PLAN AND CERTAINLY LOOKING AT RESOURCES AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION WHAT WE MIGHT NEED IN ORDER TO BRING THAT PLAN TO LIFE TO FULL EXISTENCE. SO WE WILL LIKELY COMING BEFORE YOU IN THE FUTURE TO TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT THAT. VERY THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THANK YOU ARE THE THE BULK OF MY QUESTION WILL BE IN OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS AROUND FIBER DEPLOYMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON AROUND THE CITY RIGHT NOW. BUT I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE FOLKS THAT ARE DOING THAT HAVE ANY OF THE SAME AS LIKE THE COMCAST FOLKS DO. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. I DON'T I'M NOT ATTORNEY I DO PLAY ONE ON TV FROM TIME TO TIME. AND SO YOU KNOW, IF NECESSARY THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL THROW AN ELBOW AND JUMP IN THE WAY THE THE THE REVENUE THAT WE GARNER FROM THE FIBER THAT'S BEING PUT INTO THE RIGHTS WAY IS IF THEY'RE DELIVERING VIDEO SERVICES AND THAT'S WHAT IS THAT'S WHAT GENERATES THE REVENUE AND WHAT DETERMINES WHETHER THEY HAVE TO HAVE A FRANCHISE WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. SO THE FIBER THAT IS GOING IN IS LARGELY FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BEING FOR VIDEO EXPLICITLY AND AS SUCH WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A FRANCHISE REQUIREMENT. BUT IF WE DO BECOME AWARE THAT THEY ARE DELIVERING VIDEO SERVICES THROUGH THAT FIBER THEN WE WILL NECESSITATE A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH THEM . ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.3. CONTINUE YOUR BUDGET DISCUSSION. THIS REGARDING OUR UTILITY FUNDS AND I THINK WE'VE GOT A A GROUP EFFORT HERE. MR. ANDERSON. WE'VE GOT MR. TURNER. I SO MAYOR BUT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS I'M SCOTT ANDERSON UTILITY SUPERINTENDENT AND I'LL BE PRESENTING TONIGHT THE PRESENTATION UP THE WATER UTILITY AND WASTEWATER UTILITY THE WAY I FIGURE THIS OUT. ALL RIGHT. BEGINNING WITH OUR WATER UTILITY THE WATER FUND ACCOUNTS FOR THE COSTS RELATED TO OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE AND RENEWAL OF THE CITY'S WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. SO ON THE AND MAINTENANCE SIDE THAT'S THE DAILY OPERATION OF OUR 14 MILLION GALLONS A LIME SOFTENING TREATMENT PLANT DAILY OR SEASONALLY OPERATION INSPECTION OF HYDRANTS LARGE VALVES REPAIR OF OF WATER MAIN BREAKS WATER TOWER REHAB AND RENEWAL WATER STORAGE FACILITY REHAB AND RENEWAL ALL OF THIS WHILE WHILE MAINTAINING UNINTERRUPTED DISTRIBUTION OF WATER MEETING STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS THE SAFE WATER DRINKING ACT AND HOPEFULLY OCCASIONAY WINNING SOME TASTE TEST AWARDS AWARDS REVENUES. UM SO LET'S SEE LET'S WE'LL GET RIGHT INTO IT. SO AS I MENTIONED THIS FUND ACCOUNTS FOR THE DAILY AND MAINTENANCE OF THE OF THE SYSTEM BUT ALSO ACCOUNTS FOR THAT LONGER TERM ASSET RENEWAL THE SYSTEM THE BLOOMING THE OVERALL WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS WERE WERE BEGUN IN THE SIXTIES, SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES. SO WE'RE REACHING JUST FROM A FROM AN AGE PERSPECTIVE FOR AN INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE THIS. WE'RE WE'RE TO REACH SOME SOME CRITICAL MILESTONES IN TERMS NEEDING TO RENEW AND REPLACE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE YOU HAVE HERE. AND SO THE GOAL AND MISSION OF THIS FUND IN ADDITION TO MAINTAINING THOSE DAILY OPERATIONS IS TO TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN AN ADEQUATE CAPITAL BALANCE TO BE ABLE TO FUND IMPROVEMENTS IN A WAY THAT THAT IS SUSTAINABLE IN THE LONG TERM WITHOUT CREATING UNREASONABLY LARGE NEEDS IN PARTICULAR YEARS. SO WHAT YOU WHAT SEE ON THIS CHART THE GRAY BARS REPRESENT THAT REPLACEMENT NEED AND THAT'S THAT'S BASED STRICTLY ON THE ON AN ASSET REALLY REALLY BASED ON KIND OF AN ASSET AND AND ITS AGE OUT SO WHEN YOU COULD EXPECT A WATER TOWER TO FAIL A WATER MAIN TO FAIL THE ORANGE LINE OR THE BOTTOM ORANGE ON MY SCREEN REPRESENTS OUR CURRENT ASSET MODEL WHERE WE'RE APPLYING RENEWALS RENEWAL TREATMENTS POTENTIALLY INCLUDING IMPROVEMENT BUT REALLY FOCUSING ON KIND OF RIGHT ACTION RIGHT TIME APPROACHES SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HEAR FROM OUR PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM EVERY YEAR TO TO SMOOTH AND TO AND TO MANAGE SO YOU DON'T WHEN AS INFRASTRUCTURE YOU KNOW BEFORE IT REACHES ITS END OF LIFE THERE ARE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE CAN DO TO TO INCREASE THAT LIFE AND REVIVE ITS PERFORMANCE AND SO IN DOING SO THAT RESULTS IN THE GREEN LINE WHICH IS LOOKING AT THAT THE AXIS ON THE RIGHT THE PERFORMANCE INDEX OR CONDITION THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO MAINTAIN THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IN IN AT LEAST A FAIR CONDITION HOPEFULLY HOPEFULLY REACHING GOOD AND EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE BLUE LINE JUST GIVES YOU A JUST FOR REFERENCE THAT'S KIND OF A NO FUNDING SCENARIO. THAT'S WHERE WHAT WE CAN EXPECT OUT OF THIS OUT OF THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE IF WE IF WE JUST KIND OF JUST OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AND WE DON'T INVEST IN THAT IN THAT RENEWAL ONE OF THE OTHER DRIVERS TO DO THIS BUDGET AND TO TO THE RATES AND EXERCISES IS THE CONSUMPTION OF THE OF OUR CUSTOMERS OF RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. THIS IS A GRAPHIC WE'VE SHOWN IN THE PAST TO TRY TO GIVE TO GIVE YOU IN THE PUBLIC AN IDEA OF WHAT WE IN TERMS OF CONSUMPTION AND WHAT WE LOOK AT IN TO UNDERSTAND CONSUMPTION. THIS THIS GETS TO THE THE OUR OUR CURRENT RATE STRUCTURE BEING A CONSERVATION RATE STRUCTURE CONSISTING OF TWO TIERS WHERE THAT TIER ONE IS REALLY DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR TYPICAL TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL WATER USE. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE LOOK AT THAT MIDDLE CHART WINTER WATER USING GALLONS RECOGNIZING THAT THAT SEASONAL SUMMER WATER USE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, LAWN IRRIGATION WHAT WE CALL SO OFTEN REFERRED TO AS DISCRETIONARY USE INCREASES IN THE SUMMERTIME. SO ON THE LEFT YOU'VE GOT YOUR ANNUAL WATER USE BY CUSTOMER CLASS COMMERCIAL IN THE LIGHT BLUE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND YELLOW AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND DARK BLUE AND THEN THEIR ASSOCIATED TIER TWO USE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS ON TOP WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS GRAPH THESE GRAPHS AS I THINK IT REALLY KIND OF DEMONSTRATES THE WHERE THAT TIER TWO USE COMES FROM AND AND SUPPORTS THE THE THE STRUCTURE AS A AS A CONSERVATION RATE MODEL. SO VERY, VERY LIMITED WINTER TIER TO WINTER USE AND THEN AND YOU SEE IT COMING IN IN THE SUMMERTIME THE AND KIND OF WHAT LEADS TO THIS AND AND I THINK EVERYONE AWARE CLIMATE AND WEATHER IMPACTS TO THE AREA OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS THE DROUGHT IN 20 2081 WAS WAS THE MOST SEVERE SINCE 1988 AND THAT'S WHEN IF YOU RECALL WE WE OUTDOOR WATER USE RESTRICTIONS INCLUDING AN EVEN WATERING AND SOME TIME CONSTRAINTS WE FOLLOWED THAT UP IN 2022 WITH WITH ADDITIONAL DROUGHT AGAIN THIS YEAR THIS YEAR'S WAS I WOULD SAY A LITTLE MORE SEVERE THAN 2022 BUT GIVEN A HEALTHY HEALTHY DOSE OF SNOW LAST WINTER THAT REALLY I THINK PARTICULARLY WHEN LOOKING AT THE RIVER REALLY KIND OF MAINTAINED BASE FLOWS AND KIND OF CARRIED US THROUGH THE BULK OF SUMMER WE WERE ABLE TO TO DODGE RESTRICTIONS LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR HOWEVER W DO STILL PROMOTE WATER CONSERTION ACTIVITS AND THINGS TT THAT WER USERS CAN DO TO T TRY T HELP CONSERVEATER AS A ROURCE AND MAK THAT INFORMAON AVAILABLE O THE WEBSITEHAT I GUE YOU KNOW THAT THA THE ARE WHERE OUR BUDGET REQUEST COMEROM WHERE OUR RATE COME FROM A NOW WE'LL GET INTO YOU KNO THAT DISCUSSION ARE THIS IS THIS IS OUR OUR ANNUAL COMPARISON OF OF AND NEARBY COMMUNITIES COMPARING THE MONTHLY RATE OF SOFTENED WATER SO THE BLUE BARS REPRESENT COMMUNITIES THAT THAT SYSTEM SOFTEN THE RED BARS ARE COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T AND SO THAT KIND OF EMPTY BAR ON TOP IS THAT THAT COST TO HOME SOFTEN AND AS YOU CAN AND ONE ONE OTHER CLARIFICATION THAT OF WITH REGARD TO A QUESTION THAT CAME UP EARLIER THIS IS BASED ON WE DO THIS COMPARISON AND WE CAN WE'VE DONE IT DIFFERENT WAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS BUT THIS PARTICULAR COMPARISON SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE DONE THE LAST FEW YEARS IS BASED ON 6000 GALLONS A MONTH. THAT'S OUR TIER ONE THRESHOLD . BUT GIVEN THE FACT THAT THAT OUR AVERAGE ANNUAL SINGLE FAMILY CONSUMPTION IS CLOSER TO 4000 GALLONS, WE WE USE 6000 GALLONS TO ROTATE OUT TRY TO ARTIFICIALLY SIMULATE TIER TWO USE THAT MOST MOST ACCOUNTS ARE GOING TO USE IN THE SUMMERTIME AT SOME POINT. SO THAT'S WHY WE PICKED THAT NUMBER. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, BLOOMINGTON'S RATES REMAIN VERY COMPETITIVE AND AND ON THE LOW SIDE WHEN COMPARED TO TO OUR OUR NEIGHBORS AND COMPETITION WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT AND WE WHILE WE HAVE HISTORICALLY LOVED THAT RATE COMPARISON WE'VE ALSO TO TAKE A HARDER LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, COMPARING RATES FINE. BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO OUR TO OUR CUSTOMERS, TO OUR BUSINESSES HERE? AND SO WE TRY TO LOOK AT AFFORDABLE BILITY AND EQUITY FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AVENUES RECOGNIZING THAT WE DON'T HAVE EASY ACCESS TO ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WOULD MAKE THAT THAT WE LIKE TO HAVE. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THIS THESE ARE THE FINAL ASSESSMENTS FOR UTILITY BILLS FOR 2022. SO THIS ISN'T JUST WATER THIS IS THIS IS THE UTILITY ALL THE UTILITY BILLS AND AND BY CENSUS TRACK AND SO YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS GRAPH AND YOU KNOW WHERE THERE ARE HIGHER PERCENTAGES OR HIGHER OF OF DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS AND ULTIMATELY ASSESSMENTS OVERALL THOSE NUMBERS I THINK FROM FROM INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE ARE PRETTY LOW. WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT WE'VE ALSO TRIED TO TO LOOK AT TIER TWO USE RELATIVE TO TO THESE ASSESSMENTS OR THESE DELINQUENCIES TO TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WELL WHAT'S DRIVING IS THIS IS THIS A TIER TWO WATER ISSUE OR OR SOMETHING ELSE? AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DON'T TO CONCLUDE BUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND SO FAR IS THAT THERE STILL IS NOT A LOT OF TIER TWO USE OF THESE ASSESSED ACCOUNTS GOING FURTHER BOTH AGENCIES AND SOME INDUSTRY WIDE STUDIES HAVE HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT DRINKING WATER SPECIFICALLY DRINKING WATER RATE AFFORDABILITY AND HAVE PROVIDED MEANS TO TO TRY TO CALCULATE THAT MOST OF THOSE ARE BASED ON MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD . AND AGAIN I THINK YOU KNOW, USING MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME WHERE WE'VE LEARNED IS NOT THE GREATEST MEASURE. SO WE'VE TRIED TO LOOK AT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT INCOME TO TO TO MAKE THIS DETERMINATION MOST MOST OF THE AGENCIES IN THE STUDIES HAVE IDENTIFIED ANYWHERE FROM ONE AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF PERCENT OF THOSE OF THAT MEDIAN VALUE INCOME AS DEFINITION OF OF FOUR OF WATER BEING AFFORDABLE. AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS CHART, IF WE AT JUST STRICTLY THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN BLOOMINGTON THE THE TYPICAL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNT ACCOUNT IS OR MONTHLY BILL IS 0.42% OF THAT GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN LOOKING AT POVERTY LEVEL INCOME YOU KNOW NOW WE'RE AT 2.3% THAT'S GETTING INTO THAT THAT 2 TO 2 AND A HALF PERCENT. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S GIVING US SOMETHING TO THINK BUT I THINK YOU KNOW, OVERALL STILL FALLS WITHIN FALLS WITHIN MAIN THAT'S THAT'S STILL CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE RECOGNIZING THAT THESE EFFORTS ARE NOT PERFECT WE'RE WE'RE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WE KEEP TRYING TO CONTINUE WORK WITH. WE'RE WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE U.S. WATER ALLIANCE TO DEVELOP AN OPPORTUNITY BRIEF TO GIVE US SOME ADDITIONAL TOOLS TO TO FURTHER DIG INTO SOME OF SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS AND AREAS TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND AFFORDABILITY AND EQUITY HERE IT TAKES IT TAKES ME TO KIND OF THE HISTORY OF WATER RATE GOING BACK TO 2018. SO WE HAD SOME SOME FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASES EARLY ON AND THAT WAS REALLY WHAT WAS REALLY DRIVING THAT WAS A REDUCTION IN OUR IN OUR CAPITAL BALANCE AS YOU JUST DISCUSSED WITH AND WITH REGARD TO THE LAST FUND 2021 WE WE TRIED TO KIND OF AS A RESULT OF COVID AND RECOGNIZING DIFFICULTIES WITH THAT TIME TRIED TO KEEP THAT RATE DOWN AND LOOKING AT SEVEN AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE GOING INTO NEXT YEAR WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE TO THE CHANGE OF RATES YOU CAN SEE HERE 35% OR A 35 CENT INCREASE FOR TIER ONE AND A 62% INCREASE IN TIER TWO AND LAST WE JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THAT BUDGET MODEL THAT SHOWS WHERE WE WHERE WE SIT WITH REGARD TO THAT THAT CAPITAL BALANCE. I CAN TAKE SOME QUESTIONS WATER HERE OTHERWISE I CAN JUMP RIGHT INTO WASTEWATER. COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, THANK YOU SO THANK YOU. AND THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS THAT I'VE KIND OF REACHED OUT TO ME ABOUT THE YOU KNOW, THE INCREASE THAT THAT'S YOU KNOW, QUITE A BIT OF AN INCREASE AND I APPRECIATE THE SLIDES WE HAVE BEFORE THAT KIND OF SHOWS THE AFFORDABILITY I KIND OF PUTS IT IN ITS PROPER PLACE. YOU KNOW I KNOW THAT WATER EVEN THOUGH WE PAY FOR IT NOW IS RELATIVELY CHEAP FROM OUR OVERALL EXPENSE BUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE WERE TO AND YOU SORT OF ALLUDED TO THAT WHEN WE DID IT DURING THE PANDEMIC IF IT WERE NOT INCREASE THE YOU KNOW THAT $0.35 YOU KNOW AT THAT TIER ONE AND THEN YOU KNOW THE OTHER AMOUNT WHAT WOULD THAT THE IMPACT BE IN THE OUT YEARS I'M NOT DOING THAT SO CITY COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN YOU KNOW WITHOUT RUNNING THAT SPECIFIC SCENARIO WITH REGARD TO THIS YEAR I MEAN WHAT WHAT WE DO IS IS THOSE RATE INCREASES ARE BASED REALLY PREDOMINANTLY ON MAINTAINING THAT TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL BALANCE TO ADDRESS THAT ASSET RENEWAL GRAPH THAT I SHOWED A FEW SLIDES EARLIER. SO TO I MEAN JUST TO YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW LIKE I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO THAT WAY AND SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT WE WOULD JUST SEE INCREASES IN I'M NOT ASKING TO DO MATH YOU KNOW UP HERE I WOULDN'T DO THAT TO YOU BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT THAT DONE EITHER. CHALKBOARD MATH BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THAT WOULD JUST YOU KNOW, IN THE IN YEARS GOING FORWARD IN ORDER TO MEET THOSE ASSETS BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN PEOPLE SEE THE THERE THEY GO. WELL, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THAT THOSE DOLLARS AND REDISTRIBUTE THAT SO WE CAN HAVE SOME SAVINGS NOW. BUT I KNOW THERE'S AN IMPACTS WE THE LATER ON YEAH IT'S IT'S KIND OF A FUNCTION IF WE WOULD JUST FALL THAT WE WOULD FALL BEHIND WE'RE TRYING YOU KNOW WE'RE REALLY CHASING THAT THE OF THOSE EXISTING ASSETS AND SO YOU A DOLLAR NOT SPENT TODAY IS TWO OR $3 IN THE FUTURE AND SO YOU WOULD JUST BE WATCHING YOUR YOUR CONDITION YOU WOULD BE CHASING THAT THAT TRAILING CONDITION. NO. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. AND I ALSO LOOKED AT SOME OF THOSE OTHER CITIES ON THAT COMPARISON CHART THAT THEIR NUMBERS ARE A LOT HIGHER. SO I WONDER IF IN SOME OF THOSE YEARS NOT YET AND DON'T KNOW THE EVIDENCE I'M ASKING YOU TO SAY THAT EITHER. I WONDER IF SOME OF THOSE YEARS WERE DONE THAT WAY. WERE THEY THEY KEPT IT DOWN ARTIFICIALLY LOW AND NOW YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PAYING THE PIPER LATER ON. I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN RESPONSIBLE WITH THIS AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TO PROVIDE THE BEST VALUE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. AND I KNOW YOU KNOW, SOME ARE STRUGGLING SO I'M NOT I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK WE REALLY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO TRY TO KEEP THIS AS BALANCED AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. SO I THINK THAT'S MY RESPONSE TO THOSE RESIDENTS TO HAVE THAT QUESTION MY MY DISTRICT AND AREA COUNCILMEMBER AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO BOTH REMEMBER. MARTIN THANK YOU, MAYOR JUST BRIEFLY AND I'M GLAD YOU DON'T NEED TO PULL IT UP. I'M GLAD YOU INCLUDED KIND OF THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION FOR THAT RATE AFFORDABILITY I KNOW IN PREVIOUS YEARS COMING BEFORE US MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT OF OUR NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS SOME OF THE MOST INEFFICIENT WATER IN THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY A COUPLE OF THOSE REALLY HUGE PROPERTIES I KNOW WORKED WITH COMMERCIAL ENTITIES. I KNOW SOME BUSINESSES IN TOWN TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH WATERING THINGS LIKE THAT SMART METERING ESPECIALLY AS THOSE LARGER AND OLDER MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES HAVE CHANGED HANDS. WE SEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP INCREASE AFFORDABILITY THROUGH REDUCED USAGE IN SOME OF THOSE OLDER BUILDINGS OR IS THERE OPPORTUNITY THERE? MAYOR CITY COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN I THINK CERTAINLY THERE'S OPPORTUNITY WE HAVEN'T SO WE PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN OPERATING A WATER EFFICIENCY REBATE PROGRAM AND THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THOSE LARGE IRRIGATORS TO TRY TO TRY TO PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE IN THAT REALM, WORKING KIND OF MORE INDIVIDUALLY WITH THOSE PROPERTY MANAGERS OR BUILDING OWNERS. YOU KNOW HISTORICALLY, HAS BEEN MORE OF A CHALLENGE. YES, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. IT'S ONE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CRACK JUST YET AND THEN IT COMES WITH THE WITH THE CAVEAT OF WE WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER HOW THEY THEY THEIR THEIR RENTS OR HOW THEY PASS THOSE THROUGH BECAUSE THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE ARE TYPICALLY METERED AT THE AT THE PROPERTY. SO THOSE YOU KNOW, UTILITY COSTS ARE ARE WRAPPED INTO AND WE AND WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY THE ABILITY TO INDIVIDUALLY METER RENTAL UNITS IN THOSE IN THOSE LARGER BUILDINGS. SO ACCESS IS IS AN ISSUE THEN KIND OF HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT THAT THOSE SAVINGS ARE PASSED THROUGH IS IS ANOTHER ISSUE? WELL AND JUST TO KIND OF PUT THE PLUG IN AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE AS I KNOW THERE WAS A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL PARTNERSHIP AS THAT THE PROPERTY I'M THINKING OF CHANGED HANDS TO A NONPROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDER AND THERE WAS A LOT OF KIND OF COORDINATION WITH THE CITY ON THE FINANCING TO GET THAT BRIDGED AND TRANSITIONED. SO AS WE'RE ENGAGING IN PARTNERSHIPS LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE, IS THAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US DO SOME RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO YEAH I THOUGHT WHEN THINKING AS MAYOR WHEN I WAS COUNCILMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE GOING THERE I WAS THINKING YOU WERE GOING TO LIKE DOVETAILING BACK TO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR CDBG GRANTS. I'D LOVE TO SEE US TARGETING PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH MAYBE SOME REHABILITATION GRANTS THAT ACTUALLY HELP THEM BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH THEIR WATER UTILIZATION LIKE THAT TO FEELS LIKE SOMETHING WE CAN DO A MUCH MORE TARGETED APPROACH TO BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE DATA AND THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY FOLKS AND THE UTILITY FOLKS AND, THE HRA FOLKS ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. BUT I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US BECAUSE HEY IF WE CAN USE THOSE REHABILITATION DOLLARS TO CREATE BETTER EFFICIENCIES THOSE WHATEVER THOSE HOMES ARE THAT ARE HAVING THESE CHALLENGES, NOT ONLY WILL WE MORE MAY BE MORE LIKELY TO GET OUR BILLS PAID WHICH IS A GOOD THING. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT WE WOULD THEM YOU KNOW, MORE RELIEF WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY ORIGINALLY SO THANK YOU FOR PROMPTING ME ON THAT I'M ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE I'LL PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT HARSHER THAN YOU WERE. MR. LOWMAN LOWMAN I'D LOVE TO SEE THIS IF YOU GOT A 5% INCREASE AS OPPOSED TO 7.5% INCREASE, I WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU THAT THIS GRAPH DOESN'T LOOK THAT MUCH DIFFERENT. YOU CAN SEE WE'RE FALLING BEHIND AND I GET THAT BUT LIKE WE HAVE AN PRECEDENTED PROBLEMS WITH THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE INTEREST RATES THAT ARE THROUGH THE ROOF. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T SELL THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY OTHER HOMES BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET FINANCING AT THE INTEREST RATES THEY HAVE SUPPLY YOU KNOW, SUPPLY CHAIN PROBLEMS, EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN RECOVERING FROM IT FEELS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME TO TO DO A WHAT WHAT WAS I THINK OUR THIRD BIGGEST INCREASE EVER IN THE LAST TEN YEARS RIGHT NOW THIS DOESN'T FEEL GOOD TO ME AT ALL SO I'D TO HAVE A REASSESSMENT OF THESE OF THESE ITEMS. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HELPFUL NOT BUT IT FEELS TO ME LIKE WE COULD DO BETTER. MAYOR BUZZY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THE THE RATE INCREASES AS AS I MENTIONED EARLIER WERE WERE BASED PRIMARILY ON TRYING TO STAY CLOSE TO THAT TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL BALANCE SO WE COULD WE CAN RUN THAT MODEL AT A AT A LOWER INCREASE AND AND SEE HOW IT AFFECTS THAT BALANCE AND AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE THE TEN YEAR SEE YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT WHAT THAT IMPACT HOW THAT IMPACTS THE TEN YEAR CHP WE DO HAVE SIGNIFICANT EXPENSES IN THE NEAR TERM WITHIN THAT TENURE OF CHP INCLUDING A NEW SUPPLY WELL AS WELL AS IMPROVEMENTS AT THE PLANT AND AND SOME METERING INFRASTRUCTURE SO WE WE THE WE HAVE SOME SOME REAL PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE THAT THAT WILL BE UTILIZING AND WORKING AGAINST THAT WORKING CAPITAL BALANCE. BUT WE CAN WE CAN PLUG THAT IN AND SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW I JUST BE VERY INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. IN FACT, YOU KNOW, JUST AS A RULE I'D ALWAYS LIKE THINK IF WE COULD GET LIKE A HIGH LOW AND THEN WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATION IS IT WOULD ALWAYS BE HELPFUL TO JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT THE WHAT YOU KNOW ON A PER UNIT BASIS THEN WHAT THE IF YOU CHANGE A UNIT HOW MUCH IS IT DRIVE THE DOLLAR CHANGE THAT'S JUST GENERALLY SOMETHING I THINK IS VERY HELPFUL TO US IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES RIGHT NOW. SO I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT I FULLY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE DON'T I'D ALSO ARGUE THAT OUR CIP PLAN TEN YEARS FROM NOW IS NOT GOING TO LOOK AT ALL LIKE THE ONE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE DESPITE FACT THAT YOU ALL KNOW WHAT WE DO NEED TO DO CLIMATE CHANGE IS GOING TO CHANGE WHA U PRIORITIZET JUST IS AND SO WE HAV FLOOD MITIGATIONS, WE HAVE DROUGHT ISSUES. WE HAVE YOU KNO WEON'T KNOW WHA OUR WATER TLE IS GOING T LOOK LIKE WN YOU KNOW THE NEW LDFILL GETS ILT AND A BUNCH OF UFF HAPPENED. I MEANHERE'S JUSTO MUCH I'M N SAYING R PETER T PAY PAUL B I'M SAYING THK WE CAN BE LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE O OUR NEAR-TERM GOALSECAUSE WERE GOINGO HAVE VY DIFFERENT LGER TERM GOALS AS A RESULT LN IS HO TAKE DON EVEN YOU KNO TAKET FOR WHAT IS WORTH BU THAT'S WHY I'D LIK TOEE THE NUMBERSOOK A LITTLE I WE COULD GET A LITTLE BIT OF AN UNDERSTANNG OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AT 5% AS OPPOSEDO 7.5%. IS THAT IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? I THINK IT'S ONLY ú2 AND IT'S FINE. NO, I THINK WE COULD WE COULD EVEN RUN THE NUMBERS TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I WILL POINT OUT THAT THOSE NUMBERS THAT WERE LOWER OVER PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WERE INTENTIONALLY LOWER AS WAS STATED BECAUSE OF CORPORATE YES RATE THOSE THEM UNDERSTAND IT'S A MATTER THEN OF NOT NECESSARILY CATCHING UP BUT CATCHING UP TRYING TO TO MAKE FOR THOSE TWO YEARS WHEN IT WAS LOWER AND WE WERE MISSING SOME OF THE GOALS THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO HIT EARLIER. SO SURE I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THE THE LONG TAIL OF THAT BUT EPICALLY BAD PROBLEM IS OVER YET AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S TIME FOR US TO JUST PUSH EVERYTHING WAY BACK UP AGAIN AND TRY TO RECOUP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY AS WELL I'M JUST TRYING TO MITIGATE DOWN THE MIDDLE A LITTLE AND THANKS APPRECIATE IT. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I AGREE IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE YOU KNOW, TO SEE THE MODELING AT 5% ALTHOUGH I DO DISAGREE THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE PROBLEMS IN OUR FUTURE GOING TO BE EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE. SO I DON'T THINK HAVING LESS MONEY THE RESERVES ARE IN THE WORKING CAPITAL BALANCE LONG TERM WOULD BENEFIT US. SO I DID HAVE A QUESTION TO THE PROJECTS YOU ACTUALLY JUST MENTIONED THE MORE EXPENSIVE PROJECTS I KNOW THAT WE HAD AN EARLIER CONVERSATION PROBABLY COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO ABOUT POTENTIAL BONDING REQUESTS AND PRIORITIES PRIORITIZING THOSE EVENTUALLY I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOTTEN TO THAT BUT I THINK THERE WERE AT LEAST THREE WATER PROJECT WATER RELATED PROJECTS ON THAT LIST IF WE WERE TO PRIORITIZE THOSE AND IF MAGICALLY THE LEGISLATURE APPROVES BONDING REQUESTS FOR THOSE PROJECTS, WHAT TYPE OF IMPACT WOULD THAT HAVE ON THE BUDGET KIND OF OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEN ON OUR WORKING CAPITAL BALANCE EVERYBODY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I MEAN CERTAINLY WOULD THAT WOULD CHANGE THE MODEL THAT WOULD ADD A NEW REVENUE STREAM . AND SO WE YOU KNOW, AGAIN COULD COULD, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT SCENARIOS TO SEE SEE WHAT THAT DO TO THE TWO DUE TO THE RATES. SO IN THEORY LIKE NEXT WE COULD HAVE A MUCH LOWER RATE INCREASE OR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS POTENTIALLY OR WOULD WE JUST MOVE UP OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE ALSO PROBABLY HIGH NEED AS MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER IF WE WERE SUCCESSFUL GETTING LEGISLATION OR GETTING BONDING DOLLARS TO HELP FUND SOME OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, IT WOULD SIMPLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING IS WE SUPPLANT THAT WITH OTHER SOURCES. SO THAT'S GOOD FOR THE LONG TERM MODEL. I DON'T THINK IT'S LIKELY THAT WE WOULD BE ACCELERATING OTHER PROJECTS UNLESS THAT WAS SUCH A SUBSTANTIAL TO REALLY CHANGE THE MATH HERE. I THINK REALLY ALL IT DOES IS IT JUST MAKES OUR FUTURE PERCENTAGES LOOK JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER. BUT GIVEN THE AMOUNT THAT'S IN THE CAPITAL PLAN AND THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE LIKELY SEEKING AND POSSIBLY WILL GET IT, IT'S NOT A HUGE NEEDLE MOVER OF THINGS. I THINK WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO WASTEWATER CONSIDERING WE'RE MOVING ON TO 9:00 AS WELL. I WOULDN'T BE PAST 9:00. THAT'S RIGHT. OH, THIS ONE'S EASY. EASIER EASIER. THIS ONE ACCOUNTS FOR OPERATION MAINTENANCE AND AGAIN RENEWAL OF THE CITY'S WASTEWATER SYSTEM INCLUDES 360 MILES OF SANITARY SEWER MAIN 28 LIVE STATIONS. IT ALSO PAYS FOR OUR SHARE OF WHAT METROPOLITAN COUNCIL VETERAN SERVICES CHARGES IN TERMS OF THEIR INTERCEPTOR WE DRAIN TWO TO THEIR BIGGER PIPES AND THEN THAT THAT CONVEYS AND IS TREATED AT THE SENECA WASTEWATER PLANT. SO ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THIS FUND IS A PASS THROUGH TO MCE HERE'S THE WASTEWATER UTILITY ASSET OUTLOOK SIMILAR SIMILAR TO THE WATER AND GETTING RATE INTO OUR RATE COMPARISON FOR THE SAME AGAIN VERY COMPETITIVE WHEN COMPARED TO OUR OUR NEIGHBORS AND SIMILAR COMMUNITIES WE'RE PROPOSING A I GUESS A SNAPSHOT OF OUR PAST WASTEWATER RATE INCREASES AND PROPOSING A 4% RATE INCREASE THIS YEAR. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MET COUNCIL IS PASSING IS IS HANDING US ABOUT A 9% INCREASE NEXT YEAR WE'RE ONLY LOOKING TO TO TO IMPLEMENT A 4% INCREASE AND CAN MAKE THAT WORK WITH THE BUDGET AND THAT'S A DIFFERENCE OF $0.21 PER MONTH AND LOOK AT THE BUDGET MODEL YOU CAN ANY QUESTIONS QUESTIONS ON WASTEWATER COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTRY QUESTION JUST KIND I DO THINK WHERE OUR WORKING CAPITAL ON THIS ONE THAT WE'RE LIKE 130% MAYBE WE COULD GO A LITTLE LOWER THIS YEAR BUT AGAIN I MEAN I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MODELING IS FOR THE PROJECTS BUT NEARBY CITY COUNCILMAN CARTER SO WHAT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS IS IS YOU KNOW FOR YOU KNOW 2023 IT'S THERE'S YOU KNOW THAT'S A NICE LOOKING BALANCE LOWERING THAT RATE NOW ACTUALLY SHOWS UP MUCH FURTHER DOWN IN THE MODEL AND SO IT'S NOT JUST LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, RATE INCREASES. YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE CAPITAL BALANCE FOR NEXT YEAR. IT'S WHAT IT'S DOING YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY WHAT'S THROUGH 2027 WHAT YOU SEE HERE BUT WHAT'S EVEN FURTHER OUT. AND SO AND WE SAW THIS A LITTLE BIT WHEN WHEN WE DEALT WITH SOME ARP COMING INTO THE WATER UTILITY AND TALKED ABOUT WELL IF WHAT IF CAN WE LOWER A RATE INCREASE AND USE THESE ARP FUNDS FOR THAT AND IT JUST IT DIDN'T IT DIDN'T ADD UP AT ALL THAT THAT RATE PLAYS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PIECE LONG TERM TO THAT CAPITAL BALANCE. BUT BUT WE CAN YOU KNOW WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT IT AND SHOW YOU SOME SOME SOME OUTPUT. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER I'LL BE BRIEF NOW LOOKING FOR A RESPONSE I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME AND IT'S IS MORE TOWARDS THE MANAGER IS THAT YOU KNOW IF WE WERE TO DO SOME OF THESE FLUCTUATIONS OF YOU KNOW PAYING IT DOWN WHAT'S THE IMPACT YOU KNOW IN TEN OR 20 YEARS WHAT WOULD WHAT WOULD THE RATE HAVE TO BE IN ORDER TO MEET THAT I KNOW IT'D BE A GUESS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT INFLATION WILL DO ON A OF THE OTHER FACTORS BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO TO HAVE A LOOK BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT THOSE THOSE FURTHER OUT YEARS IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN WE DEAL WITH HERE WITH THE ROADS YOU KNOW IF YOU DON'T DO A SECTION OF ROAD THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE THE OVERALL COST AT LEAST IN THIS COUNCILMEMBERS POINT OF VIEW OR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT FOR THE OVERALL CITY, YOU MIGHT SAVE THOSE RESIDENTS SOME MONEY YOU'RE GOING TO END UP PAYING YOU GOT TO PAY AT SOME POINT. IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT. YEAH. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS I THINK THE LIKE MR. ANDERSON SAID WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT FOR EACH OF THE FUNDS NOT JUST THE WATER FUND. WE CAN SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE CAN TO STORM IT. THANK YOU MR. EDISON. MR. GRADLE STORMWATER OKAY. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS MY NAME IS BRIAN GRIDDLE AM THE WATER RESOURCES MANAGER OVER IN ENGINEERING AND SO I'M GOING TO ABOUT STORMWATER UTILITY TONIGHT THE OTHER UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE OUT THERE ALONGSIDE SCOTT'S SEWER AND WATER SO THE STORMWATER FUND PROVIDES FOR THE OPERATION MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STORM SYSTEM THROUGH THAT STORM UTILITY FEE THAT IS CHARGED TO PROPERTY OWNERS. SO THAT INCLUDES THINGS SUCH AS INFRASTRUCTURE INSPECTION REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY AS WELL AS STREET SWEEPING MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF OUR DIFFERENT TREATMENT STRATEGIES OR BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THAT ARE OUT IN THE GROUND OUT THERE PERMIT COMPLIANCE AS WELL AS INFRASTRUCTURE RENEWAL REPLACEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT. AND SO THE RESULTS OF THIS WORK THEN LEAD FLOOD MITIGATION ASSET PROTECTION, IMPROVED RUNOFF WATER QUALITY LEADING TO HEALTHIER WATERWAYS WELL AS ROADWAY SAFETY AND IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE SO THIS IS SHOWS THE GRAPH OF ANNUAL SINGLE-FAMILY STORMWATER UTILITY RATE FOR BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS COMPARED TO THE SAME SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES THAT YOU SAW IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION BROOKLYN CENTER WITH THE LOWEST AND MINNEAPOLIS AT THE HIGHEST SO BLOOMINGTON IN THE UPPER MIDDLE WHICH WAS WHERE WE HAVE CURRENTLY BEEN FOR NUMBER OF YEARS AND THIS GRAPH IS ALSO SHOWING THE PROPOSED 7% INCREASE AND WHERE THAT FALLS FOR 2024 IN COMPARISON WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES 2023 RATE A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE STORMWATER RATE IT TELLS A SIMILAR STORY OF WHAT WE'VE ALREADY ABOUT HERE HOLDING IT DOWN DURING THE PANDEMIC YEAR AND THEN TRYING TO NOW BUILD THAT BACK UP SO THE STORMWATER RATES ARE DETERMINED BY LAND USE CATEGORY ON A PER ACRE RATE. SO AND AGAIN WE'RE PROPOSING A 7% INCREASE FOR 2024 SO EACH SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE THIRD OF AN ACRE AND SO THAT PROPOSED 2024 RATE WOULD BE $9.36 A MONTH. A LOOK AT THE LONG TERM BUDGET MODEL FOR THE STORMWATER UTILITY AGAIN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT IS THE BIG DRIVING EXPENDITURE IN THIS FUND SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES A TOTAL REVENUE OF ABOUT 8.2 MILLION AND THE PROPOSED EXPENSES FOR 2024 AT ABOUT 9.6 . SO WITH 4.8 MILLION OF THAT GOING TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND ABOUT 1 MILLION PAYING FOR A DEBT SERVICE WHICH IS RELATED TO THAT PAN-AMERICAN STORMWATER PROJECT THAT WAS BUILT IN 2019. SO AND THEN THE WORKING CAPITAL BALANCES TO DIP A LITTLE BIT BELOW 90% BUT IT DOES BOUNCE BACK UP IN 2027 AND WITH THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GREENALL REGARDING STORMWATER YOU GET OFF EASY WELL THEN THANK YOU MR. HUNTER. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS LAURA HORNER. I'M CITY OF SOLID WASTE PROGRAM COORDINATOR. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK YOU ABOUT THE SOLID WASTE UTILITY FUND. SO THIS FUND ACCOUNTS FOR THE CITY'S RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES THE COLLECTION OF GARBAGE RECYCLING ORGANICS RECYCLING AND YARD WASTE AND OUR BULKY ITEM MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. IT ALSO ACCOUNTS FOR FORESTRY AND THE REMOVAL OF DISEASE TREES SUCH AS EMERALD ASH BORER CLEANUP AFTER MAJOR EVENTS AND PRIVATE PROPERTY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ABATEMENTS THESE WORKERS SO TO BEGIN THERE THERE ARE NO MAJOR OPERATIONAL BUDGET REQUESTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED FOR 2024 STAFF ARE PROPOSING INCREASES IN OUR RATES BASED ON CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND OUR KNOWN INCREASES IN SERVICE COSTS FOR THIS NEXT YEAR. SO TONIGHT I'LL WALK THROUGH OUR RATES FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE PROGRAM BEGINNING WITH THE GARBAGE RATE SO OUR GARBAGE RATE IS MADE UP OF FOUR DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. THE FIRST COMPONENT IS THE COLLECTION RATE THAT'S IN OUR CONTRACT WITH THE GARBAGE HAULERS CONSORTIUM AND FOR 2024 THAT COLLECTION RATE WILL INCREASE 3% FOLLOWING THE PRICE ESCALATORS THAT ARE SET IN CONTRACT WITH THE CONSORTIUM. THE NEXT COMPONENT OF GARBAGE RATES IS THE DISPOSAL RATE WHICH AGAIN IS ALSO SET IN OUR CONTRACT WITH THE CONSORTIUM AND THIS IS BASED ON THE GARBAGE FEE AT THE HENNEPIN ENERGY RECOVERY CENTER WHERE OUR GARBAGE IS PROCESSED. THIS IS ESTIMATED TO INCREASE SEVEN AND A HALF PERCENT IN 2024 AND THEN THE GARBAGE RATE ALSO INCLUDES ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE THAT COVERS THE CITY'S BILLING SERVICE, EDUCATION AND CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION. AND THE RATE ALSO INCLUDES THE MINNESOTA STATE SOLID WASTE TAX AND THE HENNEPIN COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FEE AND THOSE NOT INCREASING IN 2024 RESIDENTS PAY TAX AND FEE ON THEIR UTILITY BILL AND THE CITY PASSES THOSE PAYMENTS ON TO THE COUNTY IN THE STATE. SO OVERALL FOR GARBAGE WE ARE PROPOSING A 4 TO 5% INCREASE IN THE GARBAGE RATE FOR 2024 THAT'S BASED ON THE SIZE OF YOUR GARBAGE CARD AND AGAIN THIS THIS INCREASE IS BASED ON THE COMPONENTS THAT MAKE UP OUR GARBAGE RATE TOTAL . SO OUR NEXT RATE THAT I'LL DISCUSS IS OUR RECYCLING RATE . SO OUR RECYCLING RATE THIS YEAR WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING A 3% INCREASE IN THAT RATE AND THIS IS IN LINE WITH THAT INCREASED CONTRACT COST THAT IS SET IN OUR CONTRACT WITH THE CONSORTIUM OUR RECYCLING RATE PAID THE CONSORTIUM IS MADE UP OF TWO DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. THE FIRST BEING THAT COLLECTION RATES THAT WILL INCREASE BY 3% AND OUR RECYCLING RATE IS ALSO BASED ON WHAT'S CALLED THE RECYCLING COMMODITY ADJUSTMENT OFFSET FEE AND THIS IS A FORM OF A REVENUE COST SHARE WHERE THE CITY KIND OF SHARES IN THE RISK AND REWARDS OF THE RECYCLING MARKETS WITH THE HAULERS. SO THIS IS BASED ON THE PREVIOUS MONTHS OF PUBLISHED COMMODITY MARKET PRICES FOR OUR RECYCLABLES AS THE COMPOSITION OF OUR RECYCLING THAT'S DETERMINED THROUGH AN ANNUAL RECYCLING SORT AND OUR ANNUAL RECYCLING TONNAGE THAT'S COLLECTED RESIDENTIALLY SO THE MARKET PRICE FOR RECYCLING COMMODITIES WAS FAIRLY REASONABLE OVER GOOD FOR US OVER THE PAST YEAR AND IT RESULTS IN A 37 CENT REDUCTION PER HOUSEHOLD THAT WE PAY TO THE HAULERS. SO THIS DOES HELP KEEP OUR MONTHLY RECYCLING FAIRLY STABLE. HOWEVER, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A POTTIAL FOR THISECYCLING COMMODITY ADJUSTMENTEE TO CHANGE FURE YEARS AND NOT BE INHE CITY'S FAVORF RECLING MARKETS LOSE VALUE AS ISROJECTED TOO IN TH NEXT COUPLEF YEARSND AGAIN CLK HERE STRAIT HERE. SO OUR NT TT I'LL DISCUSS IS OUR ORGANICS RECYCNG TES AND AIN WE'RE PROSING A 3% IREASE IN TH GANICS RAT AND THISS DUE OUR CONTRACTU OBLIGATIONS WITH HAULERS THAT WILL INCREASE 3% IN 2024 AS COUNCIL WILL RECALL ORGANICS AS A NEW THAT BEGAN IN MARCH OF 2022 LIKE REGULAR RECYCLING THIS RATE IS PAID BY ALL RESIDENTS WITH CITY GARBAGE AND RECYCLING SERVICE. OUR RESIDENTS DO NEED TO OPT IN TO RECEIVE THAT ORGANICS CART. CURRENTLY WE HAVE 27.9% OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE SIGNED UP FOR AN ORGANICS CART OR ALMOST A 28 AND THIS IS AN INCREASE OF TWO AND A HALF PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR WHEN I PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION TO COUNCIL AND WE DO EXPECT THAT THIS NUMBER IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO TICK UP AS MORE PEOPLE LEARN ABOUT THE ORGANICS PROGRAM. WE KNOW IT'S A BEHAVIOR CHANGE FOR RESIDENTS AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO A LOT OF EDUCATION OUTREACH. I ALSO JUST WANT TO NOTE AS CAN BE SEEN IN THE PICTURE THAT TO ASSIST RESIDENTS IN OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATING THE PROGRAM, THE CITY MAILS RESIDENTS WHO ARE SIGNED UP VOUCHER FOR A BOX OF 130 COMPOSTABLE BAGS THAT THEY CAN REDEEM AT FRED ALANIZ AND NORMANDY VILLAGE. AND SO FAR 48% OF HOUSEHOLDS WHO WERE MAILED A VOUCHER HAVE REDEEMED IT. WE DID SEND OUT A YEAR TO A VOUCHER TO HOUSEHOLDS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP SINCE THE PROGRAM BEGAN THROUGH THE OF AUGUST AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN 16% OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS GO INTO FRED LOUIE'S TO REDEEM THOSE BAGS. WE HOPE THAT THESE BAGS ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE UTILIZE THE PROGRAM AND OUR LAST RATES TODAY IS THAT THE BULKY ITEM MANAGEMENT . SO AS COUNCIL WILL RECALL THE COUNCIL APPROVED A NEW BULK YEAR TO MANAGEMENT PROGRAM BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2021 AND THE PLAN HAS NOW BEEN FULLY OUT IT INCLUDES A REIMAGINED EVERY OTHER YEAR CURBSIDE CLEANUP WITH LIMITED ITEMS ACCEPTED AN ANNUAL COMMUNITY DROP OFF EVENT THAT WAS JUST HELD IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR A PERIODIC SWAP EVENTS FOR REUSABLE ITEMS AND, A REGULAR MONTHLY CURBSIDE COLLECTION OF REUSABLE AND RECYCLABLE ITEMS. THE NEW PROGRAM SEEMS TO BE OPERATING FAIRLY WELL SO FAR IT WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE LEAGUE MINNESOTA CITIES FOR THEIR SUSTAINABLE CITY AWARD EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE GOALS OF THIS NEW PROGRAM INCLUDE REDUCING THE VOLUME OF WASTE THAT SENSE LANDFILLS INCREASING TO BULKY ITEM MANAGEMENT TO RESIDENTS IN MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS, KEEPING THIS PROGRAM CONVENIENT AND REDUCING OUR COSTS OVERALL. I SHOULD NOTE AS WELL THAT A PORTION OF THIS RATE DOES GO TOWARDS CLEANUP AFTER A MAJOR STORM EVENT IN 2023 THE RATE WAS REDUCED 16% AFTER THE SIGNIFICANT PROGRAM CHANGES. THIS NEW PROGRAM NOW OPERATES ON A TWO YEAR BUDGET DUE TO THE CURBSIDE CLEAN UP WHICH IS MAJOR EXPENSE IN THIS PROGRAM OPERATING EVERY OTHER YEAR AND THAT CLEANUP WILL BE HELD IN 2024. SO THESE 3% INCREASE PROPOSED THIS YEAR AGAIN IS IN LINE WITH OUR CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS THAT WE PAY TO THE HAULERS FOR THIS SERVICE WHICH IS AGAIN MAIN EXPENSE IN THE BULKY ITEM PROGRAM. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU THE MONTHLY COST FOR RESIDENTS ALL OF THEIR SOLID WASTE SERVICES. AGAIN THIS INCLUDES GARBAGE ORGANICS RECYCLING AND THAT BULKY ITEM MANAGEMENT FEE WITH THE DIFFERENCE IN THE COST BEING THE SIZE OF THE GARBAGE CART IN EACH OF THESE LINES. SO AS YOU CAN SEE OVERALL RESIDENTS WILL SEE A THREE TO ABOUT FOUR 4.2% INCREASE IN THEIR SOLID WASTE SERVICES . I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE OUR RATES INTO THE FUTURE. AS I'VE MENTIONED THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION, WE DO HAVE PRICE ESCALATORS SET IN OUR CONTRACT WITH THE CONSORTIUM SO THOSE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE. WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT THE DISPOSAL COST FOR GARBAGE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE WITH CAPACITY AT THE HURRICANE LOCAL LANDFILLS BECOMING AN ONGOING CONCERN. RECYCLING MARKETS HAVE HIGH OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. HOWEVER WE ARE STARTING TO SEE COMMODITY PRICES DIP DOWN AND THIS COULD IMPACT OUR RECYCLING RATE IN FUTURE YEARS . I SHOULD NOTE WE ALSO DO RECEIVE A OF FUNDING FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR RECYCLING AND ORGANICS RECYCLE RECYCLING THAT CAN HELP US WITH OUR EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE OUR CURRENT TERM OUR CONTRACT WITH THE BLOOMINGTON HAULERS WILL EXPIRE IN JUNE OF 2026 SO NEXT YEAR WE WILL START DISCUSSIONS COUNCIL ON THE DIRECTION REGARDING RENEGOTIATING OUR CONTRACT, GOING OUT FOR AN RFP FOR NEW SERVICES FROM OTHER METRO CITY CONTRACTS OVER THE PAST YEAR WE HAVE SEEN PRICE INCREASES IN THOSE CONTRACTS FOR COLLECTION DUE TO HIGHER COSTS FOR HAULERS RELATED TO STAFFING, NEW TRUCKS, FUEL AND DISPOSAL COSTS. SO WE DO ANTICIPATE OUR FUTURE CONTRACT COSTS WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED AS WELL. AND LASTLY TO NOTE WE WANT TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR SOLID WASTE RATE STRUCTURE THAT WE SHARED WITH CITY COUNCIL A FEW MONTHS BACK. WE HAVE RECEIVED SIX RESPONSES FROM VENDORS TO CONDUCT THE STUDY AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SELECTING A VENDOR AND WE SHOULD BE UNDER CONTRACT VERY SHORTLY HERE AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK COUNCIL TO SHARE RECOMMENDATIONS IN 2024 FOR CONSIDERATION FOR OUR 2025 SOLID WASTE RATES AND ON THIS SLIDE YOU CAN SEE OUR LONG TERM BUDGET MODEL HERE OF THE TOTAL BUDGETED REVENUES FOR 2024 ARE JUST OVER 11.4 MILLION AND THE TOTAL BUDGETED EXPENSES FOR 2024 ARE JUST OVER 12.2 MILLION . SO I GOT FOR YOU COUNCIL ON THE QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU. EXCUSE I CAN I ASSUME THAT THE EXPENSE LINE CALLED MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES IS ACTUALLY OUR OUR CONTRACT WITH THE HAULERS? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. YEAH, I THINK I THINK THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THIS. IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE. I THINK THERE'S TWO THINGS I'D LIKE TO MENTION. ONE WOULD BE ACTUALLY THREE. SO SIMILARLY I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE IF WE IF WE DIDN'T INCREASE EVERYTHING I MEAN SOUNDS LIKE WE MAY HAVE THE RIGHT ANYTHING BUT THE RIGHT TO DO THAT JUST BECAUSE OF THE DRIVERS OF THE BUT I DO KNOW THAT CERTAINLY FOR THE ORGANICS PROGRAM IT'S A BONE OF CONTENTION WITH SOME PEOPLE AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE DON'T CHARGE PEOPLE EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T USE IT. THAT'S THEIR CHOICE. BUT WE DO SPREAD LOTS OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS AROUND BUT YOU KNOW IT IS A NASCENT PROGRAM AND SO I THINK I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT THE RATE HAS TO GO UP ALREADY CONSIDERING WE JUST LAUNCHED IT LAST YEAR. SO MAYBE THAT'S TO BE CONSIDERED. I'D LOVE TO SEE SIMILAR TO THE THE MAP THAT WE HAD FOR WATER WHERE ON A PRECINCT BY PRECINCT BASIS WE COULD THE SENSE FOR WHAT THE WHAT OVERAGES ARE OR WHAT THE UTILIZATION IN TIER ONE IN TIER TWO IS. I'D LOVE TO SEE A KIND OF A DEMOGRAPHIC VIEW WHO HAS BIG CARTS AND WHO HAS LITTLE CARTS AND WHO HAS RECYCLING, WHO HAS ORGANICS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE COULD ALSO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT THE WHAT THE CORRELATIONS WE COULD ,YOU KNOW, DETERMINE MIGHT BE WITH THAT I HEAR ALL THE TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, PENALIZING FOLKS NEED LARGER CARTS MORE BECAUSE THEY HAPPEN HAVE LARGE FAMILIES OR WHATEVER YOU KNOW THAT THAT CAN BE THAT CAN BE REGRESSIVE. RIGHT. AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO DO THAT. I ALSO THINK THAT WE SHOULD GIVE PEOPLE BENEFIT IF THEY'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF NOT WASTING SO MUCH RATE. AND SO I'D LIKE TO JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE SO THAT WE CAN MAYBE YOU KNOW, WE ASSUME THAT BIGGER FAMILIES NEED BIGGER GARBAGE. I'M SURE THAT'S TRUE. LIKE I DON'T KNOW LIKE I HAVE NO DATA AND SO IF WE COULD IF WE COULD UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BETTER, I THINK THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. SO I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A BUNCH OF THIS TYPE STUFF AND ALL KINDS OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA. LOVE TO SEE WHAT YOU PUT TOGETHER ON THAT JUST TO SEE IF WE COULD UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BETTER. AND I THINK I HAVE ONE MORE THING OH THE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO MENTION IS I'D BE ALSO VERY CURIOUS TO UNDERSTAND YOU MENTIONED THAT THE COMPOSITION OF OUR RECYCLABLES IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN DETERMINING THE RATE STRUCTURE OR THE BENEFIT THAT WE GET BACK. I'M CURIOUS HOW WE ARE DOING ON THAT. YOU KNOW, I THINK RECENTLY REMEMBER GETTING SOMETHING EITHER FROM BLOOMINGTON OR FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY ABOUT LIKE WHAT REALLY SHOULD GO INTO OUR RECYCLING CARTS AND WHAT SHOULDN'T BECAUSE MAYBE ONE, TWO AND FIVE ARE OKAY BUT LIKE STAY AWAY FROM SEVEN OR WHATEVER. I'M CURIOUS HOW WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING AGAINST THAT AND IF IF THERE IF WE'RE NOT DOING THAT GREAT IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME EDUCATION SO THAT WE CAN SHORE UP GETTING OUR RECYCLING YOU KNOW, COMPOSITION ALIGNED WHAT IT SHOULD BE TO GET MAXIMUM VALUE? SURE. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO, THOSE ARE ALL GREAT POINTS AND QUESTIONS I WILL NOTE WITH OUR SOLID WASTE RATE STRUCTURE STUDY THAT WILL BE CONDUCTED CREATING A MAP AS YOU'VE SUGGESTED WILL BE CERTAINLY PART OF THAT PROCESS. THERE ALSO WILL BE A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH RESIDENTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND POTENTIALLY WHY THEY HAVE A GARBAGE A LARGE GARBAGE CART, AN ACTUAL FIELD SET OUT SURVEY TO SEE SO YOU HAVE A CART A LARGE GARBAGE CART. HOW FULL IS IT TYPICALLY YOU KNOW, ARE YOU FILLING IT? IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SAVE MONEY JUST BY THAT TO A MEDIUM CART WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE EDUCATION? SO WE WILL BE CREATING A MAP LIKE THAT AND I THINK IT CAN PROVIDE US WITH A LOT OF GREAT DATA GOING FORWARD. AND YOUR OTHER QUESTION RELATED TO THE COMPOSITION OF OUR RECYCLING, WE ACTUALLY JUST OUR SORTS FOR 2023 A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO SO DO GO TO THE MATERIAL RECYCLING FACILITY AND WATCH THEM SORT OUR MATERIAL. IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT PICTURES AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A POSITIVE A DECREASE IN OUR CONTAMINATION FROM 2023 SO IN 2022 OUR CONTAMINATION WAS AT 15% AND THIS YEAR WE FOUND THAT TO BE 12%. SO THAT'S THAT IS A POSITIVE THING. WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE EDUCATION AND WE HOPED I THINK THAT THAT CONTAMINATION RATE NATIONWIDE IS IS VERY LOW AND VERY COMPARABLE WITH OTHER CITIES INHE METRO. SO WHAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EDUCATION ON IS RESIDENTS USING PLASTIC BAGS TO COLLECT THEIR RECYCLING. UNFORTUNATELY WHEN YOUR RECYCLING IS COLLECTED IN THE PLASTIC BAG AND THAT GOES TO THE FACILITY THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO OPEN THAT BAG, DUMP IT OUT AND SORT OUT THOSE MATERIALS SO. UNFORTUNATELY THAT WHOLE BAG WILL COUNT AS GARBAGE SO WE CONTINUE TO DO A LOT OF EDUCATION ON NO PLASTIC BAGS OR FILM IN YOUR RECYCLING COUNCIL. MEMBER WOMAN I COULD SEE THE TIME HERE IT'S 925 SO I'M GOING TO BE AS BRIEF AS I CAN. I KNOW THIS IS ANOTHER QUESTION I'VE HAD FROM A NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN DOORKNOCKING AND I KNOW THE REDUCTION OF THE OVERALL FEE YOU KNOW IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO REDUCE THAT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND AGAIN I ASK YOU TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION I KNOW THE OVERALL IF YOU LOOK AT THE JUST A SMALL GARBAGE CART IF YOU DO THAT FOR A YEARLY AMOUNT IT'S ABOUT $12 MORE PER YEAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. IF YOU GO FROM YEAR TO THIS YEAR IF YOU HAVE THE LARGEST CART IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT $19 AND EIGHT OR $19.80 ALMOST 20 $20, NEARLY EIGHT BUCKS WORTH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THAT DOWN, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE ROBBING FROM THIS YEAR TO THEN RAISE IT THE NEXT YEAR WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND I JUST AND I KNOW THAT AND I GET IT PEOPLE SAY HEY YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S 12 BUCKS MORE THAT I CAN'T SPEND. THAT'S KNOW AND I'M NOT GETTING THAT TYPE OF RAISE AND HERE EVERYTHING IS INCREASING BUT YOU KNOW IT'S A PRETTY GOOD VALUE THE SERVICE THAT YOU GET THAT WE'RE ONLY SEEING THAT INCREASE OF SEVEN POINT OR YOU KNOW 12 BUCKS IF YOU'RE AT THE LOW END LIKE WE OR YOU KNOW OTHER FOLKS I KNOW IN OUR NEIGHBORS ARE AT 20 BUCKS. SO REALLY NOT A NOT A QUESTION BUT MORE OF A STATEMENT THAT YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU COULD GET OUT OF THAT. SO THANKS. THANK COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'VE GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THE CURBSIDE CLEAN UP CHARGE IS THAT THAT'S A SEPARATE OUTSIDE OF THE TRASH OR IS THAT CORRECT? SO THE BULKY ITEM MANAGEMENT FEE IS MADE UP OF OUR OUR CONTRACT WITH THE CONSORTIUM FOR CURBSIDE CLEAN UP AS WELL AS A CONTRACT WITH BETTER FUTURES FOR THE MONTHLY CURBSIDE COLLECTION. OKAY GREAT. AND IS THE THE PART FOR THE BIANNUAL CURBSIDE CLEANUP IS THAT BASED ON VOLUME? IS IT A FIXED RATE? THAT'S A FIXED RATE, YEAH, THERE'S A FIXED RATE FOR COLLECTION AND THEN WE PAY THAT DISPOSAL DIRECTLY TO THE DISPOSAL PART OF IT THOUGH WITH I MEAN I GUESS MY QUESTION ESSENTIALLY IS WE'RE DOING ALL THESE THINGS TO DIVERT A BUNCH OF THAT STUFF OUT OF THE WASTE STREAM. WHY IS THE FEE GOING UP? WHAT PART OF THAT WAS SHOULDN'T WE RECOGNIZE SOME COST SAVINGS FROM HAVING A BUNCH OF IT? NOT GOING TO THE LANDFILL? YEAH I WILL SAY THAT THE THE COLLECTION PORTION OF THE RATE FOR CURBSIDE CLEANUP I THINK 75% OF THAT RATE IS FOR COLLECTION AND 25% IS FOR DISPOSAL. SO THE COLLECTION STILL IS THE MAIN DRIVER FOR THAT RATE AND WE DO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT THAT DISPOSAL COST INCREASED FAIRLY SIGNIFICANTLY YEAR OVER YEAR. I THINK WE HAD ABOUT LIKE A 200% INCREASE THIS PAST YEAR FOR WHAT WE PAY THE LANDFILL FOR THAT DISPOSAL. SO WE HAVE BUDGETED IN A LARGER INCREASE IN THE DISPOSAL. I THINK IT'S HARD FOR US TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE'LL LAND THERE SO THERE COULD BE A POTENTIAL FOR US TO REDUCE THAT RATE AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD BRING FORWARD AS WELL. THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION. I APPRECIATE THAT AND IT BE GOOD AT SOME POINT TO JUST GIVE AN UPDATE AFTER WE'VE GONE THROUGH A FULL CYCLE OF THIS OF LIKE DID WE SEE A DECREASE? HOW MUCH OF A DECREASE I ASSUME THAT INFORMATION WILL BE COMING JUST TO SEE IF IT'S WORKING OR IF WE NEED TO STILL TWEAK THE PLAN. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. SO SEE IN THE PACKET THERE'S A COUPLE OF WRAP UP THE SLIDES IS THAT YOU ARE IS THAT THAT IS KANO. OH MIKE I THINK THAT'S CARI HI AND THANK YOU. SO I HAVE THE AND THE NEXT SLIDE IAN WRAP UP THE THE RM DETL AND PSENTATIONS HE WE GO. SO THIS A SLIDEHERE WE TAKE ALL OTHE PROPOSEDTILITY TOTHER AND TO SHOW WHA AN BASE ON AVERAGE UGE SO THIS IS SPLIT UP BETWEEN AN EXAMPLE FOR A SMALL GARMENT WITH MINIMAL WATER USE AND THAT WOULD BE $5.50 FOR A TWO MONTH INCREASE $5.50 FOR A PERIOD FOR THAT OR $33 A YEAR. AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE THERE THAT'S THE MEDIUM GARMENT AND MEDIUM WATER USE THAT WOULD BE AN INCREASE $10.05 RANGE PERIOD OR ELSE $60.30 FOR THE WHOLE YEAR AND THEN THEN YOU'VE GOT THE LARGE GARBAGE AND HEAVIER WATER USE THAT WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF $19.54 FOR A TWO MONTH PERIOD OR $170 FOR TWO YEARS. THAT'S EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND AND THEN IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE IT'S JUST RECAP OF THE PROPOSED RATE ON ONE SLIDE AND AS WE SAID WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AND WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU WHAT THOSE LONG TERM MODELS WILL LOOK LIKE AND DIFFERENT RATE INCREASES TO SEE WHAT THAT DOES IN THE IN THE LONG TERM MODELS. SO LET YOU SEE THAT AND AND THEN LAST THING ON THE NEXT SLIDE JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN 2020 FOR UTILITY RATES AND THE CORRESPONDING IS FOR NOVEMBER 13 THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR JUMPING IN TO WRAP UP FOR US APPRECIATE IT COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT COMMENTS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO JUST A VERY QUICK COMMENT THAT THE ONE THING I DON'T KNOW I THINK WE SAW HENNEPIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTE TO LIKE COME UP WITH SOME END OF LIFE FOR THE HERC AND THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE CONSIDERED AND I'M NOT SURE IT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED BUT I WOULD WONDER IF OUR OUR LONG TERM LONGER RANGE VIEW OF LIKE WHAT ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO TRY TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS OR WHATEVER I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT'S IN HERE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT UNTIL JUST NOW. RIGHT. SO IS THAT GOING TO CHANGE WHAT WE'VE SEEN TONIGHT IN ANY KIND OF LIKE MAJOR WAY OR IS THAT MORE FOR LIKE NEXT? I'M JUST CURIOUS IF I RECALL AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG MR. RUBY, BUT I THINK THEY KIND OF SET IT AS A A RANGE PUSHING OUT TO 2048. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER AS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THAT IS CORRECT IN TERMS OF THE COUNTY RECENTLY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF HERC TO YOUR IT WOULD HAVE I BELIEVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR COSTS RELATED TO SOLID WASTE AND NOT JUST BLOOMINGTON BUT EVERY EVERY CITY THAT SENDS MATERIAL TO HERC WILL HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL AND THAT'S NOT EVEN FACTORING IN THE IMPACT TO LANDFILLS IN THE AREA AND THE ADDITIONAL PRESSURE IT WILL CAUSE THEY CLEARLY HAVE SOME DIFFICULT ISSUES TO WORK THROUGH BECAUSE THE THE OTHER ISSUES THAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING OR EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT TRADE ISSUES OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND IMPACT TO SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THOSE THINGS. WE'LL BE TALKING TO COUNTY STAFF JUST TO PROVIDE LOCAL INPUT AND I EXPECT WE'LL BE BACK IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL IN THE NOT TOO FUTURE JUST TO HAVE MORE OF A DISCUSSION ABOUT ANY THAT WE MAY WANT INTO THAT CONSIDERATION. AND I RECALL THE DISCUSSION IN THE ARGUMENTS WHEN THEY WERE PLANNING THE HERC AND SO AND NOW WE'RE SHUTTING IT DOWN COUNCIL I'M GOING TO OFFER AN AUDIBLE HERE AS WE LOOK AT THE CLOCK AND WE'RE AT 930 AND IF I COULD COUNSEL I IF I COULD AND IF TELL ME IF THIS WOULD WORK. MR. FERRUCCI BUT I THINK IF WE COULD MOVE ITEM 5.45.4 OUR BUDGET DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC WORKS TO THE 30TH WHEN IT WOULD LINE UP WITH SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE'RE HAVING WITH FLEET AND WITH OTHERS AND THEN MOVE RIGHT TO THE 5.5 DISCUSSION ON PARK AND RECREATION AND THEN CONTINUE THE REST OF OUR CONVERSATION THEN THE REST OF OUR AGENDA. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WILL WORK FOR US THE AND FLEETS OR THE BACK END OF THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE WE GET INTO PUBLIC WORKS AND WE'LL PULL ALL THOSE FORWARD TO OCTOBER 30TH WHICH HAS A RELATIVELY DECENT TIE IN WITH THE CIP AND SOME OTHER STUFF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON 30TH AS WELL. WE HAVE ABOUT 40 MINUTES SCHEDULED YET FOR PARKS AND RECREATION AND SO THAT WILL GET US MOSTLY BACK ON SCHEDULE AT LEAST PART OF THE WAY THERE. SO THAT WE CAN GET INTO OUR EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION AT REASONABLE HOUR. THANK YOU. SO COUNCIL I WOULD, I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE ADJUST TONIGHT'S AGENDA TO ITEM 5.4 TO THE 30TH AND THEN JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REST OF THE AGENDA AS STATED THE SECOND MOTION AND THE SECOND TO AMEND AGENDA IS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR OF PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIED SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT THANK YOU MR. KEEL AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS FOLKS FOR UNDERSTANDING AND WE WILL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM 5.5 OUR BUDGET DISCUSSION WITH PARKS AND RECREATION AND CATTERY IS WITH US GOOD EVENING WELCOME GOOD EVENING THANK YOU MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WE HAVE OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DREAM TEAM THAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTING WITH ME THIS EVENING. WE PROMISE TO BE FAST AND EFFICIENT BUT COMPREHENSIVE AS WELL. SO STARTING OUT PARKS AND RECREATION CULTIVATES COMMUNITY PARKS AND. RECREATION IS AN ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY SERVICE. OUR WORK PROMOTES HEALTH WELLNESS, PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND JOB SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, DRIVES THE ECONOMY AND CREATES RESILIENT COMMUNITIES. WE'VE HAD AN INCREDIBLY BUSY YEAR AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT IN OUR PRESENTATION THIS SLIDE REFLECTS OUR STAFFING FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. YOU WILL SEE TWO BUDGET REQUESTS. WE HAVE TWO PART TIME POSITIONS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING MOVE TO FULL THERE CURRENTLY 28 HOUR WEEK POSITIONS IN THE PARKS RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND WE HAVE FOUND BUDGET ALLOCATIONS TO FUND THESE POSITIONS SO WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING RESOURCES TO MAKE THESE TWO POSITIONS FULL TIME ALISON WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE TWO POSITIONS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AS WE GET INTO THE PRESENTATION. THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET INCLUDING PARK MAINTENANCE. AS YOU REMEMBER PARK MAINTENANCE WAS MOVED INTO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IN JANUARY OF 2023 . WE WANTED TO SHOW A WITH THE GENERAL FUND PARKS AND RECREATION WITH A BUDGET OF JUST OVER $12 MILLION AND THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE GENERAL FUND NOT PARK MAINTENANCE. SO THIS WOULD JUST BE THE RECREATION BUDGET OF OVER $5 MILLION THE PARK MAINTENANCE BUDGET ABOUT $7.2 MILLION. AND WHAT WE WANTED TO IN THIS SLIDE WAS WE HAVE A SLIGHT BUDGET INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY $260,000. THAT INCREASE REPRESENTS INCREASES IN MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL OVER AND THEN STAFF WAGE AND THEN INTERNAL SERVICE CHARGE INCREASES AS WELL WELL. AS I MENTIONED, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR INCREASES IN THE BUDGET. MY NAME IS ALLISON WARREN THE RECREATION MANAGER HERE AND BUDGET ANALYST ANALYST. SO AS MENTIONED THE INCREASES ARE DUE TO SALARY AND BENEFIT PRODUCTIONS AS WELL AS INTERNAL SERVICE FEES. THE TWO OTHER REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE THE PART TIME CLASSIFICATION TO FULL TIME THE FIRST ONE IS MOVING OUR PARK TIME RECREATION COORDINATOR WHO IS IN CHARGE OF ADULT SPORTS AND ICE RINKS TO A FULL TIME RECREATION SUPERVISOR IN CHARGE OF ADULT SPORTS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO POSITIONS SUPERVISOR AND A COORDINATOR THAT SHARE THE DUTIES OF ADULT SPORTS FACILITY RENTAL ICE RINKS AND ,MAINTAIN OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONS AND IT'S A REALLY BIG JOB SO I'LL EXPLAIN THESE TWO AND IN TO TWO DIFFERENT POSITIONS ALLOWS FOR A MORE ATHLETIC PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM DEVELOPED MANAGE MORE DIVERSE OFFERINGS AS WELL AS ALLOWS TIME FOR MORE RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WITH OUR ASSOCIATIONS WHICH IS A GREAT BIG STRATEGY THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MEET HERE WITH THIS POSITION. THE SECOND RECLASSIFICATION IS OF A PART TIME ANOTHER PART TIME RECREATION COORDINATOR FOR AND SENIOR PROGRAMING TO A FULL TIME RECREATION SUPERVISOR AGAIN NO NET INCREASE IT TO THIS BUDGET BUT IN 2020 THE PROGRAMING STAFF AT CREEKSIDE WAS CUT DUE TO COVID. WE HIRED A PART TIME POSITION IN 2023 BUT REALLY TO HAVE SOME QUALITY SENIOR AND ADULT PROGRAMING WE NEED A FULL TIME POSITION AT CREEKSIDE TO MANAGE THAT AND ALSO OUR PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN HIGHLIGHTS A GAP IN ADULT PROGRAMING AND SO BY THIS POSITION FULL TIME WE'RE MEETING THAT NEED AGAIN SOME GENERAL FUND HIGHLIGHTS JUST OF OUR RECREATION AND WHAT WE DO HERE. OUR SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMS HAD 443 PARTICIPANTS INCLUDING CAMP COLA SUMMER ADVENTURE PLAYGROUNDS. THIS YEAR WAS OUR SECOND YEAR OF OUR FREE MOBILE RECREATION PROGRAM WHICH WE HAD IN TOTAL OF SIX DIFFERENT EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY AND HAD ABOUT 200 PARTICIPANTS IN THAT 134 ADULT RECREATION YOU GUYS CAN READ ALSO A NUMBER OF OTHER VISITORS HERE. I THINK I'M A PASS IT ON DAVE . GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'M DAVE HANSEN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE JUST TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING ON NOW WE'RE DOING A PLAYGROUND AT SMITH SO IT IS A IT'S AN INCLUSIVE NINJA WARRIOR STYLE PLAYGROUND LIKE WE'VE WE'VE NEVER HAD HERE IN TOWN VERY EXCITING. THAT SCHEDULE WILL BE COMPLETED THIS FALL. WE REPLACED BUNCH OF HORSESHOE PITS WITH CONCRETE BAG TOSS. THEY'RE ALL DONE AT BUSH LAKE. WE PLAN TO MOVE ON TO TWO MOYER PARK AND VALLEY VIEW AND REPLACE SOME OF THOSE UNUSED HORSESHOE PITS EARLIER ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA WAS A RENOVATION OF THE HERB AND BASEBALL FIELDS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SCRAPE AWAY THE INFIELD, THE TURF INCREASE THE WIDTH OF THE WARNING TRACK, DRAIN IT OUT REALLY NICE SO IT'LL DRAIN BETTER, ADD SOME NEW MATERIAL, IT'LL BE MORE PLAYABLE, IT'LL UP TO WHETHER IT'LL HOLD MORE GAMES AND IT'LL BE EASIER TO MAINTAIN FOR THE LONG RUN. BASKETBALL COURT RESURFACING VALLEY VIEW AND CEDAR CREST ARE GOING ON NOW WE REPLACE THE BACKBOARDS LAST YEAR AND THEY'RE FINISHING THAT UP THE SPLASH PAD WAS JUST RESURFACED BY LIFE FLOOR THEY USE IT AS A SHOWCASE TO SHOW OFF ALL THEIR DIFFERENT OPTIONS SO THEY JUST CAME AND DID THAT THE NORMAL DALE LAKE RESTROOM AND MAINTENANCE FINAL INSPECTIONS ARE HAPPENING TODAY AND TOMORROW I WILL DO A WALK THROUGH AND HOPEFULLY GET THAT COMPLETED AND OPENED UP WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. BRYANT AND BALL PLANS ARE AT 60%. WE'RE STILL CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN IN THE SPRING AND LASTLY WE HAVE SOME SHADE STRUCTURES COMING UP AT DRED SCOTT AND WESTWOOD ASSOCIATED WITH PICKLEBALL AND TENNIS. THE NEWS PARK MAINTENANCE MOVED TO PARK AND RECREATION. THIS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED THE COMMUNICATION AND THE COLLABORATION THAT WE HAD WITH THE TWO DIVISIONS OR TWO DEPARTMENTS. IT ALLOWS US TO WORK VERY COLLABORATIVELY ON PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN INITIATIVES AND CITY COUNCIL INITIATIVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT REACT MORE QUICKLY, DECIDE MORE QUICKLY RESULTED IN SOME NEW POSITIONS ONE BEING MINE AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ROLE ALLOWS ME TO FOCUS MORE ON PARK AND RECREATION INITIATIVES NATURAL RESOURCES AND ALL THE PLANNING THAT'S GOING ON ALONG WITH MY PUBLIC WORKS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PLOWING SNOW AND OTHER THINGS THAT MAINTENANCE STAFF DO PUBLIC WORKS WHILE WE WE ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER TO NATURAL RESOURCES SPECIALIST HE HAS HE'S ABLE TO PROVIDE EMPHASIS ON PLAN IMPLEMENTATION GRANT APPLICATION AND FINISHING PROJECTS A CITY FORESTER HE WAS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER I WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT HIM UP VERY POPULAR GUY BUT ALSO VERY DYNAMIC HE'S BEEN APPLYING FOR GRANTS HE'S BEEN STILL MAINTAINING HIS EAB DUTIES INCLUDING TREE PLANTING AND WE HOPE TO EMBARK ON A URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN IN 2024 THAT WOULD INCLUDE A CANOPY ANALYSIS AND RIGHT AWAY BOULEVARD TREE INVENTORY. ALISON MENTIONED EARLIER OR THAT THE BUDGET IS SEVEN $7.3 MILLION AND THAT'S SPREAD OUT A BUNCH OF ACROSS A BUNCH OF BUDGETS NINE OF THEM EXACTLY THAT ARE MORE LOCATION BASED THAN WE USED TO BE BEFORE THIS STRUCTURE WHERE WE WOULD BE CHARGING TIME AND MATERIALS TO A SPECIFIC PARK BETTER ALIGNS WITH OUR TRACKING OF COSTS IN PARK AND RECREATION WITH BOTH WITH WITH TIME AND IN OUR PURCHASES WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANALYZE PROJECTS AND PROCESS MORE QUICKLY MORE UNIFORM. THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. WE WERE ABLE ANALYZE PROJECTS ALL JUST WENT UP OR ELSE WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANALYZE PROJECTS AND PROCESSES MORE QUICKLY WITH MORE UNIFORMITY IN ONE DEPARTMENT WE ALSO BE ABLE TO ADD MORE ACCURATELY PREDICT THE FINANCIAL AND LABOR IMPACT OF FUTURE PROJECTS LIKE OUR GOING ON IT AT BRYANT PARK THROUGH THE USE OF THIS NEW CODING WILL WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THESE PROJECT CODES ACROSS BUDGETS LIKE NATURAL RESOURCES TO TO TRACK COSTS FOR THOSE ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS ACROSS THE THAT MADE SENSE ACROSS ALL THE NINE BUDGETS OF DIFFERENT PARKS SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE NATURAL RESOURCES PROJECT BUDGET. WE'VE GOT SOME NUMBERS UP ON THE SLIDE SUPPLIES ARE SEEDS AND IMPLANTS AND TOOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. CONTRACTUAL SERVICES COULD BE CONSULTING FEES OR CONTRACTS TO DO WORK AND SOME SEASONAL STAFF THAT SHOULD GET US 3 TO 4 SEASONAL STAFF FOR NEXT YEAR FULL TIME STAFF BENEFITS ARE $279,000 INCLUDING THAT BREAKDOWN AND WE DID ADD ONE FULL TIME STAFF TO THIS BUDGET THROUGH LAST PROCESS SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WORK THAT WE DID WITH SOME OF THIS REORGANIZATION IS WE DID RECEIVE A CPO GRANT FROM THE DNR $455,000 TO DO RESTORATION NEAR THE POND HOUSE. I BELIEVE THAT ONAST WEEK' UNCIL AGENDATEM THE R IN THE CONTRT SO THATORK WILL BEGIN RHT AWAY WE RTNERED WITHANOVER COUNTY TO RESRE 13 AES IN CENTL RK NEAR 106 AND HUMBOLDT THROUGH PROGRAM THATHEY HAVE SORT OA TURNKEY ERATION WHEREHEY MANAGE THE WLE PROJECT A PAY FOR IT WEOMPLETED THREE ACRES OF TRE HARVEST TO SPORT A VOLUEERFFORT BIND THE ICEARDENS THISINTER . AND TN WE ALSO JUSTID A LOT OINVASIVE CONTROL INCLUDING THE GOATS AT HARRISON PARK A CONTRACT TO DO SOME FOLIAR AND OUR OWN IN-HOUSE STAFF HAVE MADE MAKING INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT VISITS TO ALL OUR PRAIRIES MORE OF A PRIORITY THIS THAN THEY HAVE IN THE PAST BUT IN THE LAST WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PUBLIC OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT VOLUNTEER SEED COLLECTION BUCKTHORN IS COMING UP GARLIC MUSTARD LAST SPRING AND MY LAST SLIDE IS THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION PLAN . WE ALL WISH THAT THAT WAS FARTHER ALONG THAN IT IS BECAUSE IT WOULD HELP WITH A LOT OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE AND PLAN TO MAKE IT BEGAN AS A STAFF LED MICRO-BUSINESS IN 2022 WE HIRED A CONSULTANT IN 2023 WE EXPECT IT TO BE COMPLETED LATER YEAR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WE NOTICED IS THAT IT NEEDS TO ALIGN WITH OUR GAS INVENTORY WORK DONE BY GTG THE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE NEEDS TO ALIGN WITH THIS PLAN GOING FORWARD AND SO THEY NEED TO COME TOGETHER AT THE END AT THE SAME TIME WHAT WE EXPECT TO DO WITH THIS IS YOU DEFINE OUR SERVICE LEVELS, ESTABLISH UNIT COSTS FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE DO BACK TO THE PREDICTING THE NEED FOR RESOURCES FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS WILL PROVIDE GUIDANCE STAFF AND THE PUBLIC ON SERVICE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS FOR EVERYTHING WE DO THE PARK SYSTEM IT WILL IT WILL USE CATEGORIES 123 WITH ONE BEING THE HIGHEST FOR THE SERVICE LEVELS. MOST OF THE WORK THAT WE DO NOW IS LEVEL THREE OR LEVEL TWO. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S A LEVEL ONE RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS THE WAY WE'RE BENCHMARKING IT, WE'RE STILL REFINING THE DATA ON THAT BUT AT THE END WE WILL HAVE A BLEND OF ALL SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM THINGS LIKE GENERAL PARK TURF ON IRRIGATED WILL STILL REMAIN A LEVEL THREE SERVICE WITH A HIGHER TOLERANCE FOR WEED PRESSURE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WELL SOME OF THE SIGNATURE ATHLETIC FIELD LIKE PADDOCKS OR THE HERB FIELD OR AN UPGRADED FASTPITCH FIELD THAT KELLY WE COULD TO A LEVEL ONE ON THOSE MORE DETAIL WILL BE PART OF A FUTURE PLAN OUR INITIAL BENCHMARKING WITH OUR CONSULTANT THAT ISN'T EXACT DOES INDICATED IF WE IF WE THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE GATHERED SO FAR IF WE PUT EVERYTHING AT A LEVEL TWO WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT ADDING APPROXIMATELY 17 FULL TIME STAFF TO ACHIEVE LEVEL TWO SYSTEM WIDE JUST SO WE ALL KIND OF HAVE A AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WHERE THE NEEDS MIGHT BE AND COME DOWN THANK YOU THAT GREAT TO. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL I'M JILL MURPHY MANAGER AND I JUST WANT TO SHOW SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON AT CREEKSIDE . SO WE CURRENTLY OFFER 36 DIFFERENT ONGOING SENIOR PROGRAMS AND THIS INCLUDES FIVE NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE STARTED THIS YEAR THREE OF THOSE BEING NEW FITNESS OPPORTUNITIES WHICH ARE VERY POPULAR AREA OF GROWTH FOR OUR OLDER ADULTS AND WE'VE ALSO INCREASED OUR NUMBER OF SPECIAL EVENTS FROM 12 TO 24 TRYING TO CONTINUE OFFER A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS. THE THINGS ARE FUN AND SOCIAL AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL. WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTNER OPPORTUNITIES. WE PARTNER WITH BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC HEALTH FOR THINGS LIKE FLU SHOT CLINICS, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES CPR CLASSES AND WE ALSO PARTNER WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS FROM THROUGHOUT MINNESOTA THE MARTIN LUTHER SENIOR CARES SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES, AARP, SMART DRIVING FAIR FOR ALL. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS PARTNERS THAT WE CAN BRING IN TO CREEKSIDE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR OLDER ADULTS THIS CURRENTLY IN 2023 WE'RE AT 1200 UNIQUE CREEKSIDE PARTICIPANTS AS FAR AS OUR RENTAL REVENUE WE ARE ON TRACK TO REACH OUR OUR GOALS FOR THE YEAR WITH A VARIETY OF BUSINESSES NONPROFITS AND PERSONAL RENTALS COMMUNITY GROUPS COMING IN TO USE THE SPACE FOR A VARIETY OF THINGS. SO JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS. THANK YOU TO ALL RIGHT SO WE HAVE A OF GRANTS THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THE COUNCIL THIS YEAR. WE'VE VERY ACTIVE IN OUR GRANT REQUESTS. WE HAVE DNR GRANTS THAT WE HAVE APPLIED FOR RECEIVED WE HAVE APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT HENNEPIN COUNTY YOUTH GRANTS. WE HAVE ANOTHER HENNEPIN COUNTY FACILITY GRANT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE APPLYING TOMORROW FOR $300,000 FOR BRIAN PARK. WE HAVE RECEIVED A THREE YEAR HENNEPIN COUNTY LIFEGUARD GRANT $55,000 ANNUALLY FOR THREE YEARS AND WE RECENTLY APPLIED FOR TWO GRANTS FOR FORESTRY. ONE IS TO REPLACE TREES ON AMERICAN BOULEVARD AND THE OTHER IS $250,000 FOR AN URBAN FORESTRY MASTER. HOPEFULLY WE HEAR ABOUT THOSE TWO FORESTRY GRANTS IN NOVEMBER OF THIS. ALL RIGHT. YOU GET OH THAT ONE DOESN'T WORK. SO THIS IS OUR BUDGET SLIDE FOR AQUATICS. I'LL BE ALL OF THESE SLIDES THAT THAT CARI TYPICALLY WOULD DO. SO YOU GET TO HEAR MY VOICE INSTEAD OF HERS. THIS IS THE FIRST AQUATIC SLIDE OUR TAX REVENUE OR THE TAX INCREASE FOR THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT WE HAVE HERE WAS DECREASE IN 2023 DUE TO A NUMBER OF WARM DRY SUMMERS THAT SO WE WERE HAD SOME POSITIVE VARIANCE THERE WE ARE MOVING BACK UP TO THE $500,000 TO HELP COVER SOME OF THESE EXPENSES THAT WERE UNSEEN AS FAR AS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ALSO WE ARE DECREASING OUR SALARIES AND BENEFITS AS HAVE MOVED A REALLOCATED ONE OF OUR FULL TIME STAFF TO THE FUND. SO OVERALL THE WORKING CAPITAL OF THIS FUND REMAINS POSITIVE AND ABOVE THE WORKING CAPITAL GOAL MOVING FORWARD NEW IN OUR PRESENTATION FOR ALL OF YOU TO REVIEW FOR ALL OF OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS IS OUR COST RECOVERY ANALYSIS. ALL THE SIDES WILL BE VERY SIMILAR SO I'LL DO A LITTLE BIT IN DEPTH ON THIS 1/1 SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE HOW IT WORKS. THE TOTAL RECOVERY IS GOING TO BE THE REVENUES IN RED AT THE TOP SO PROPERTY OR EXCUSE ME PROGRAM INCOME OTHER REVENUE EVER GONE TO RENTAL AND AND FOR THE TOTAL COST RECOVERY WHERE WE ARE INCLUDING OF THE EXPENSES SO THE RED LINE ON THE BOTTOM THERE SO FOR EXAMPLE THIS IN 2022 THIS IS A SEVEN YEAR ANALYSIS THE COST INCLUDING THE ENTIRE BUDGET FOR THE AQUATICS WAS 45% AND THEN THE VARIABLE COST RECOVERY IS TAKING THE SAME REVENUES PROGRAM INCOME OTHER REVENUE EVER GOT INTERGOVERNMENTAL INTEREST INCOME AND THEN COMPARING IT TO THE JUST TWO SALARIES AND BENEFITS MATERIAL SUPPLIES AND SERVICES THINGS THAT ARE UNDER OUR CONTROL SO THAT THEN PROVIDES OUR OTHER NUMBERS AT 87% FOR OUR VARIABLE COST RECOVERY FOR THIS FOR THE AQUATICS FUND GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS MY NAME IS DAVID BENSON I AM YOUR FACILITY AND PROJECT SUPERVISOR. WE WILL BE DIPPING OUR TOES INTO THE AQUATICS BUDGET TONIGHT FOR 2024 THE ONLY PROPOSED INCREASE IS IN PART TIME SALARIES AND PRE-LOADED EXPENSES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I'M HAPPY TO SAY THINGS WENT SWIMMINGLY AT THE BLOOMINGTON FAMILY AQUATIC IN 2020 FOR A BIT OF PUN INTENDED. HIGHLIGHTS ARE PRESENTED ON THE SLIDE PARTICIPANT AND REVENUE NUMBERS ARE SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE OTHER HOT DRY SUMMERS WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HOST THE 2023 REGIONAL LIFEGUARD GAMES HENCE THE PICTURE IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. WE INSTALLED A NEW AIR CONDITIONER UNIT AT AT ADA ACCESSIBLE ACCESS POINTS AND SECURED A GRANT FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY TO AID IN LIFEGUARD CERTIFICATION. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ME AGAIN. NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE BLOOMINGTON ICE GARDEN AND THIS IS OUR FIRST BUDGET SLIDE WHICH IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR TOTAL REQUEST FOR THE ICE GARDEN. THE REVENUES ARE PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY 7.88% AND THAT'S JUST THE PROGRAM REVENUES. WE ALSO HAVE AN OVERALL INCREASE OF EXPENSES OF ABOUT $30,000 WHICH IS SOMEWHAT OFFSET BY THE DECREASE IN THE CAPITAL EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE AT THIS FACILITY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE THE TEN YEAR MODEL HERE OR SIX YEAR FIVE YEAR MODEL AND FOR THIS ONE WE ARE SPLITTING OUR PROPERTY ON THE TOP REVENUES ONE FOR DEBT SERVICE AND ONE FOR OPERATIONS. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT PAST IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE HAVE THE PROPERTY TAXES SUPPORT THAT AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL FOR OPERATIONS WHO DOES REMAIN POSITIVE GOING OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS BUT IT IS BELOW OUR GOAL MOVING FORWARD . WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TOTAL AND VARIABLE COST RECOVERY AGAIN WE CAN SEE IN 2022 OUR TOTAL COST RECOVERY FOR THE ICE GARDEN WAS 85%. IF WE REMOVE OUR INTERNAL SERVICES AND CAPITAL OUTLAY EXPENSES, THE BLOOMINGTON ICE GARDEN IS REACHING RECOVERY OF OVER 100%. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE INTERNAL SERVICES CHARGE HERE AT THE ICE GARDEN OUR TOTAL OF 30% 20% INSURANCE AND 50% IS REMAINING OF PORTIONS OF FINANCE LEGAL THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND OUR H.R. DEPARTMENT IN DAVID ZIMA I'M GOING TO SKATE IN HERE REAL QUICK AND NOW SO SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OUR NEEDS FOR BUDGET INCREASES NEXT YEAR AT THE BLOOMINGTON ICE GARDEN. INFLATION IS THE BIGGEST DRIVER IN A LOT OF WAYS IN WHAT WE DO WHETHER IT'S PART TIME STAFF AND UTILITY COSTS ARE PROBABLY OUR BIGGEST TWO DRIVERS THAT WE HAVE CREDIT CARD FEES AS WELL AS ANOTHER ONE IT'S A $7,000 INCREASE FROM THIS YEAR TO NEXT YEAR. THE BIGGEST PART OF THAT IS TAKING ON THE CONCESSION OPERATION AND THEN JUST THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE USING CARDS MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY THAN THEY HAD BEEN IN THE PAST THEN INTERNAL SERVICES FEES AS ALLISON MENTIONED, I WAS AN 18,000 HOUR INCREASE AND INTERNAL SERVICES FEES MAKES UP ABOUT 10% OF MY ENTIRE EXPENDITURES. SO THAT'S COMPLETELY OF MY CONTROL. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BLOOMINGTON ICE GARDEN WE'RE HAVING A VERY GOOD YEAR THIS YEAR. WE'RE ON TRACK FINANCIALLY TO TO MEET OR SURPASS A LOT OF OUR BUDGET GOALS. WE JUST GOT SEPTEMBER AND MONTH NUMBERS AND WE'RE ABOUT $300,000 AHEAD OF LAST YEAR'S AND A MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER. YEAR TO DATE IN REVENUE SO WE'RE HAVING A VERY GOOD YEAR I'M PART OF THAT IS A CONCESSION WE TOOK THAT OVER IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR AND WE BUDGETED $170,000 IN REVENUES FOR 2023 BY TODAY WE'VE NOW SURPASSED THAT HUNDRED AND $70,000 IN REVENUES. WE PROJECT THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A KIND OF A NETAIN NEW REVENUES PROFITS OF 70 T $80000 THISEAR BYPERATING NCESSIONS ONC YOU TAKE STAFFING A MATERIAL COS OU OF THAT SE OF TH GHLIGHTS IFOU HAVEN'T BN TOIG IN THE LT YEAR I GHLY ENCOURAGEOU TO MAKE IT OUTELL THERE'S HIGH SCHOOL HOCKE GAME THE BLOOMINGTONOLICE FIREAME WHICH WAS AZING THIS LAS YE AND SUP GREATOMMUNITY GATHERING A FUNDRAISE FOR EP, TH SKATE SHOW. AND INOVEMBER HER WE'LL B HOSTING THEIDWESTERN SECTIONA AND US I DANCE COMPETITION. SO THE 13TH OR THE8TH PEOPLE FROM ALL OVE THE UPP MIDWEST WILL BE COMPETING AT THE BLOOMINGTON ICE GARN SPENDING THEIR TAX DOLLARS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME ON OUT IN AND CHECK IT OUT SO THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS I DON'T HAVE ANY FUN PUNS BUT MAYBE IAN DOES. SO THERE IS A REVENUE INCREASE HERE OF ABOUT $100,000 AND THAT REVENUE INCREASE IS DUE SOME INCREASE IN OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS EDUCATION TICKET COSTS AND OTHER RENTALS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR FIVE FIVE YEAR MODEL AGAIN WE ARE I DON'T HAVE MY NOTES FOR THIS ONE. OH, WE STILL ABOVE OUR GOAL BUT NOT IN A GOOD WAY. MOVING ON THIS NEXT ONE IS OUR TOTAL AND VARIABLE COST RECOVERY . AS YOU CAN SEE, THINGS HAVE DRASTICALLY FROM 2016 LIKELY DUE TO COVID AND THE NUMBER OF RENTALS AND USERS WE HAVE HERE. BUT AGAIN AS IN OUR PAST SLIDES, OUR TOTAL RECOVERY IS 2% AND OUR VARIABLE COST RECOVERY IS 5%. GOOD EVENING. I DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS PREPARED I CAN SING OR THAT'S ALL I CAN. MY NAME IS IAN BREKKIE AND THE MANAGER OF THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WE LOOK AT POTENTIAL INCREASES HERE ONE THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT WE IMMEDIATELY NOTICED A PRESSING NEED FOR ADDITIONAL STAFFING FOR BLOOMINGTON BOX OFFICE. SO WE ARE PROPOSING IN A 2024 BUDGET TO PAY FOR THIS IN THREE WAYS. NUMBER ONE TO ADD A PER TICKET FEE FOR OUR BOX OFFICE OF $2.50 PER TICKET. NUMBER TWO EXPANDING OUR BLACK BOX PERFORMANCE SERIES OFFERINGS TO HAVE PERFORMANCES IN THAT SPACE AND THREE TO OFFER EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN 2024 IN OUR CLASSROOMS OVERALL THE THE VAST MAJORITY THE BCA BUDGET IS A NET NEUTRAL. WE'RE TRACKING ADDITIONAL EXPENSES THROUGH THIS BOX OFFICE BUT THEN IT'S MIRRORED IN OUR EXPENDITURES THROUGH OUR SERVICES LINE ITEM. WE HAVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU HERE. AGAIN ONE I'D LIKE TO DRAW A HIGHLIGHT TO HERE IS THAT OUR RESIDENT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS ARE WORKING ON A COLLABORATIVE EVENT OFFER A SENSORY FRIENDLY CONCERT IS THEIR BLACK BOX PERFORMANCE SERIES WHICH IS A TYPE OF EVENT THAT HAS JUST NEVER HAPPENED IN THIS SPACE AND I THINK IS NEEDED FOR OUR COMMUNITY. BUT OVERALL BCA IS AN INCREDIBLY DIVERSE PLACE. WE CONTINUE TO BE JUST VERY POPULAR AND AND RECOGNIZED BY THE AS A STRONG ASSET. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT FOR GOLF WE ARE PROPOSING A 5% INCREASE IN PROGRAM INCOME AND THAT IS ABOUT A $77,000 INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD AS FAR AS THE BUDGET GOES. WE ARE REQUESTING A DECREASE IN PROPERTY TAX HERE OF ABOUT $55,000 DUE TO SOME POSITIVE VARIANCES MOVING FORWARD AS WELL AS I'M GOING TO JUMP TO THIS ONE REALLY QUICK. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MODEL HERE FOR GOLF ARE MOVING FORWARD ABOVE OUR GOAL AND POSITIVE AND PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT WE HAVE NOW PAID OUT ALL OF THE HIGHLAND DEFICIT. SO BEGINNING IN 2024 WE ARE NO LONGER FUNDING ANY OF THAT DEFICIT. SO MOVING FORWARD THE GOLF FUND HAS A POSITIVE CAPITAL WORKING GOAL AS FAR AS OUR AND VARIABLE COST. AGAIN TOTAL COST RECOVERY ALL FEES INCLUDED IN CURRENT INCLUDING INTERNAL CHARGES WE ARE ALREADY ABOVE 100% AT 104% IF WE REMOVE OUR INTERNAL CHARGES WE ARE AT 124% OF COST RECOVERY AT TOOWONG GOLF COURSE. GOOD EVENING PETER COVERS GOLF COURSE MANAGER FOR CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. MR. MAYOR COUNCIL JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS ON THE BUDGET IT'S BASICALLY A ZERO INCREASE BUDGET FROM 2023. THE COSTS INCREASE REFLECTED IN WHAT YOU'VE HEARD REDUNDANCY IS AS FAR AS INFLATIONARY AS WELL AS MATERIAL COSTS AND IT'S EFFECTIVELY OFFSET WITH A PROPOSED GREEN FEE INCREASE BETWEEN FOUR AND 6% CREDIT CARD FEES ALSO AS WAS ALLUDED TO IT BIG CONTINUES BE A DRIVING COST CENTER FOR US BUT ALSO DRIVES BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING SO MUCH PLAY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO HIGHLIGHTS FOR DWAN. DWAN IS ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WITH ALL THE STRUGGLES THAT THE CITY HAS IS OF THE POSITIVES DWAN IS FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS THIS AD REVENUE INCREASES EVERY YEAR AROUND AND CONTINUE TO BE ROBUST AND I CAN'T TOTALLY TAKE CREDIT FOR THIS BUT I THINK IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS IT NEVER RAINS ANYMORE IN THE SUMMERTIME THE SO NO RAIN KIND OF LEADS TO A GOOD ROUND SO ALSO I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT WE ARE IN THE PEOPLE BUSINESS AND WE'RE IN THE RECREATIONAL BUSINESS BUT PEOPLE DRIVE THAT BUSINESS AND WE HAD TREMENDOUS STAFF RETENTION AT THE GOLF COURSE AND ACTUALLY ONLY HAD ONE TURNOVER IN THE LAST YEAR. SO JUST LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO THE GROCERY STORE OR ANYWHERE ELSE YOU LIKE TO SEE A FAMILIAR FACE. WE'VE HAD THAT AT DWAN, WE'VE HAD EXCEPTIONAL GOLF CONDITIONS DESPITE THE DROUGHT AND WE'VE ALSO HAD KIND OF GOING FORWARD WE'VE HAD THE PAST SIX YEARS VERY POSITIVE BUT I THINK EVEN LOOKING AHEAD BECAUSE OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN OF DWAN WE'VE SEEN A GREATER BLEND OF DIVERSITY AND GENDER ETHNIC MAKEUP AS AS AGE . SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS PAINT A POSITIVE PICTURE GOING. NEXT SLIDE. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS THAT DROVE REVENUE I DIDN'T POINT THAT OUT ON THE LAST SLIDE BUT WE WE ARE GOING TO EXCEED $2 MILLION IN IN GROSS REVENUE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF DWAN. WE SHOULD EXCEED 50,000 ROUNDS. SOME OF THAT WAS DRIVEN BY WELL ACTUALLY ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS HAD INCREASES BUT FOOD AND BEVERAGE WAS UP 11% DRIVEN BY NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTIONS. WE CONTINUED TO HOST LEAGUES AND EVENTS SIX OUT OF SEVEN NIGHTS A WEEK AND THEN AS YOU SEE THERE WE PURCHASED IN THE CAPITAL WE PURCHASED TWO ALL ELECTRIC GREENS MOWERS WHICH PRODUCED EXCELLENT TURF CONDITIONS AS WELL AS EXCELLENT NEIGHBORHOOD RELATIONS BECAUSE WE HAD ZERO SOUND WITH THESE MOWERS ZERO SOUND AS WELL AS KIND OF IN THE WEEDS HERE BUT NO HYDRAULIC LEAKS SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DAMAGE ON THE GREENS. THANK YOU. HELLO. CITY COUNCIL MANAGER MAYOR LEAH HUGHES, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PARKS RECREATION. SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR ONGOING AND NEW INITIATIVES. SO STARTING WITH OUR THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP, ONE OF TWO THINGS I'LL BE SPEAKING BURROWS ARE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF OUR REGIONAL PARKS. THOSE INCLUDE BUSH LAKE PARK AND BEACH NORMAN TO LAKE PARK THE NORTH AND SOUTH CORRIDOR IN MINNESOTA NOKOMIS REGIONAL TRAIL WITH PARTNERSHIP THE MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE OF THE REGIONAL PARKS WOULD BE TAKEN OVER BY THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT. THEY WOULD ALSO TAKE OVER THE RENTALS, CANOE RACKS AND BEACH OPERATIONS. HOWEVER, PROGRAMING THE NORMAN DALE BANDSHELL WOULD REMAIN WITH THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. IN ADDITION TO ALLOWING FOR CONTINUED USAGE OF THE PROPERTY EXISTING CITY OF BLOOMINGTON PROGRAMING. THIS PARTNERSHIP WOULD PROVIDE FOR FESTIVAL CAPITAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BY THREE RIVER PARK DISTRICT AND ALLOW OUR CURRENT STAFF TO INCREASE SERVICES IN CITY PARKS AS. THEY WOULD BE REALLOCATED INTO THOSE AREAS. OUR CURRENT STAFFING WOULD REMAIN THE SAME. THIS THIS PARTNERSHIP WOULD SHOW A REDUCTION OF ABOUT $150,000 IN 2024 AND THERE WOULD BE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE PARTICULARS AND THE DETAILS OF THIS PARTNERSHIP. IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR CURRENT AGREEMENT WITH THREE RIVERS PARTNERSHIP FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF HIGHLAND GREENS IS GOING TO SUNSET THIS YEAR AND SO WE'RE IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE IN ITS NEXT ITERATION. SO MORE. MORE TO COME. WE'VE ALREADY HIT THE ADAPTIVE PARK PROGRAMS PRETTY HARD SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND REMIND YOU THAT IT'S THERE AND WE'LL MOVE ON. THE NEXT IS THE MEMORIALS AND DONATION POLICY THAT WAS CREATED THIS YEAR. ALISON WARREN WAS A VERY KEY PLAYER IN THIS PARTICULAR PIECE SO SHE MAY PUSH ME ASIDE AND CHIME IN A BIT HERE BECAUSE SHE'S REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS POLICY AS SHE SHOULD BE. SHE WORKED REALLY HARD BUT REALLY WHAT THIS POLICY IS DOING IT'S CREATING A STANDARD FOR BENCHES, BIKE RACKS, TREES AND A CONSISTENT RED RIBBON RECOGNITION PROCESS FOR DONATIONS GOING FORWARD. PRESELECTED LOCATIONS IN OUR PARKS WILL FIT WITH OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE PARK DESIGN PLANS SO WE'RE BEING MORE PLANFUL OF WHERE THESE DONATIONS WOULD BE LOCATED IN ADDITION TO STREAMLINING THE PROCESS. THIS IS GOING TO BE TIED INTO GIS ASSETS PROJECT TO SHOW AVAILABLE LOCATIONS SO PEOPLE CAN EASILY LOOK UP PARKS AND LOCATIONS FOR THEIR POTENTIAL DONATION. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING A COST NEUTRAL PROGRAM WITH THE HIGH BENEFIT SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING HIGH QUALITY STANDARDIZED PIECES IN OUR PARKS SO THERE'S CONSISTENCY AND MAINTENANCE THAT IS REASONABLE ADDITION TO GIVING PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DONATE TO THEIR THEIR FAVORITE PLACE. THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR SOME LARGER DONATIONS AS THE BLOOMINGTON LIONS CLUB DONATION OF A SHADE STRUCTURE. SO WITHIN THIS POLICY AND KIND OF THOSE SMALLER AMENITIES THAT CAN BE DONATED, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER THINGS TO HAPPEN. IS THERE ANYTHING I MISSED? OKAY, PERFECT. THE NEXT PIECE IS ON PARKS AND RECREATION IS NOW USING PLACER OR WILL SHORTLY BE IMPLEMENTING PLACER II. WHAT THIS IS IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THAT USES CELL PHONE DATA. AS PEOPLE ARE MOVING THROUGH BLOOMINGTON, PLACER AIR IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT STREET AS IT STREETLIGHT. STREETLIGHT ENGINEERING STAFF WERE PART OF THE INITIAL PROCESS AS WERE SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAMS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T REINVENTING THE WHEEL. SOME OF THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PLACER AIR IS THAT IT SHOWS NOT ONLY VISITORS AND BUT THE TIME THEY SPEND DWELLING IN AN AREA. YOU CAN GET DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION WHICH IS PULLED FROM A NUMBER OF SOURCES INCLUDING THE CENSUS DATA. BUT IT ALSO SHOWS AFTER ECONOMIC IMPACT. AND SO SOME OF THE IMAGES ON THE SLIDE, ALISON, WILL PROBABLY ELABORATE ON A LOT MORE BECAUSE SHE'S THE ONE WHO RAN THE REPORTS TO PULL THEM BUT GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHO'S COMING HERE, WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, HOW LONG THEY'RE STAYING, WHAT THEY DO BEFORE AND AFTER THEY COME HERE AND SO FORTH. STREETLIGHT REALLY IS MORE FOR OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. IT SHOWS MOVING THROUGH AN AREA AND SO THESE TWO PLATFORMS WILL BE COMPLEMENTARY TO ONE ANOTHER IN ADDITION TO, ONCE PARKS AND REC FIGURES OUT THE IMPLEMENTATION IT WILL BE ROLLED OUT TO OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS SO OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS AS WELL. AND I JUST THOUGHT THIS IS A FUN ONE SO ON THE BOTTOM THERE THAT IS OUR VISITOR DATA FROM ONE OF OUR PARKS THIS PAST SUMMER. CAN ANYONE GUESS WHICH ONE IT IS? IF YOU CAN GUESS IT'S NORMAL LIKE BANDSHELL BECAUSE ON JULY 3RD WE HAVE A LARGE SPIKE THERE AND THEY GIVE US ACTUAL DATA OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE AT THAT TIME AND WE HAVE ALWAYS ESTIMATED ABOUT 20,000 PEOPLE IN THE PARK AND THIS HAS CONFIRMED THAT INFORMATION FOR SUMMER FED. ALONG WITH THIS YOU CAN SEE THE HEAT MAP ABOVE FOR THIS SAME LOCATION OVER THAT SAME PERIOD OF TIME. THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM TO VISIT THE HARMONY LAKE BANDSHELL. TO THE RIGHT OF THAT YOU CAN SEE THE ETHNICITY OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE ATTENDING AND THE PERCENTAGES OF THAT. AND THEN EVEN ON BEYOND THAT WE CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THERE WHERE PEOPLE CAME FROM AND WHERE THEY WENT TO AFTER THEY CAME TO THE NORMAL LAKE BANDSHELL SO THIS IS JUST A LITTLE TAD BIT TINY BIT OF INFORMATION THAT WE CAN ACCESS FROM PLACE THERE. I AND A LOT MORE TO COME. THANK YOU, ALISON. SO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT PARKS AND RECREATION AND PARK MAINTENANCE ARE STILL SEEING HAVE TO DO WITH STAFFING FEE ASSISTANCE AND AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. SEASONAL STAFF IS STILL SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING HARD TO FIGURE OUT AND WE HAD SOME GOOD LUCK THIS LAST YEAR AND I KNOW MANY OF OUR DIVISIONS ACTUALLY WERE FULLY STAFFED BUT SOME OF THEM WEREN'T AS HIGH AS WE HOPING. SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON FINDING WAYS TO TO MEET AND ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS TO BE EMPLOYED WITH US FOR SEASONS AND DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR. OUR FEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM NO LONGER HAS A DEDICATED FUND. OUR FEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM DOESN'T HAVE A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE AND SO CURRENTLY WE'RE WORKING WITH SOME COMMUNITY PARTNERS ONE OF WHICH MAY INCLUDE THE BLOOMINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT WE CAN RECEIVE DONATIONS AND POTENTIALLY WRITE GRANTS TO COVER OUR FEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND BUILD THAT THAT POOL OF MONEY TO PROVIDE FURTHER ASSISTANCE AND MORE ASSISTANCE THE COMMUNITY AS NEEDED. WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HOW TO USE THIS EMPLOYEE RFP NOW THAT EVERYONE RECEIVES FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE TEAR FEE ASSISTANCE AND FIGURE OUT WHO THE FAMILIES ARE WITH NEEDS. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S STILL IN PROCESS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH. AGAIN BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SOME OTHER PARTNERS TO TRY TO NAVIGATE IN ADDITION, YOU KNOW, AGING AND FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR PARKS AND OUR OUR FACILITIES ARE AGING AND WE'VE GOT SOME BIG DECISIONS COMING UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE IN ADDITION TO JUST HAVING A LOT OF POTENTIAL AND FUNDING PRIORITIES WITHIN THE PARK SYSTEM AND FACILITIES AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO PRIORITIZE THESE AND PACE OUT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AS BEST WE CAN. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT OUR SERVICE ALTERNATIVES THINGS THAT WE CAN EITHER DO DIFFERENTLY STOPPED DOING IN ORDER TO MAKE ROOM FOR THINGS IN SPACES. SO HERE ARE SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE PUT FORWARD TO POTENTIALLY STOP DOING OR CHANGE HOW WE DO THEM. RIVER RENDEZVOUS IS AN ACTIVITY THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND SINCE COVID WE'VE SEEN SOME REDUCTIONS IN PARTICIPATION TO THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM AND SO WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IS IS THIS RECENTLY POPULAR LIVING HISTORY EVENT COULD POTENTIALLY BE TRANSITIONED INTO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. SOME IDEAS NATURALIST PROGRAMING WHERE WE BASICALLY MOVE THROUGH DIFFERENT PARKS OR NEIGHBORHOODS. THESE PROGRAMS COULD BE FREE OR AT A LOW COST COVERING SUPPLIES ONLY WE'D ABLE TO BRING THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM INTO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND PARKS. AS I MENTIONED JUST SHOW THE NATURAL RESOURCES THAT BLOOMINGTON HAS AS A CITY IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING SOME ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. ANOTHER THING WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IS REDUCING SIDEWALK PLOWING. RIGHT NOW. WE'RE CALLING A LOT OF RESIDENTIALIDEWALKS. NO OTHER CITY REALLY PROVIDES LEVEL OF SERVICE IN THAT AREA SO THEIR POTENTIALS THERE THE EQUIPMENT IS ALSONABLE TO MEET THE SNDARDS EXPTED OF RIDENTS AND OEN THESE AREAS HAV ALREADY BEENEALT OR SHOVELE BEFORE OUR PLOWS SHOW UP. SOHERE'S SOME THERE A IN ORDER T PROVIDE THE OF SVICE THAT PEOE ARE LOOKING F, WE WOULD ND DITIONAL EQUIPNT TO, MATAIN THAT SVICE. SO SOMEOSSIBILITI THERE ULD BE TO CHANGE FRO SIDEWALK CLEAN TO MAYBE SE WINTER FORESTRY PROGRAMS AND DO SOME OTHER WINTER MAINTENANCEN SOME OF OUR PARKS THAT IS NECESSARY DURING THAT OFF SEASON. ANOTHER CHANGE IS A FORESTRY FOCUS FOR MAKING DISEASE TREES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY TO SHIFTING TO A MORE PROACTIVE FORESTRY ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. AND SO WE WOULD DECREASE THE PRIORITY FOR RESIDENTIAL TREES FROM OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. CITIES HAVE HAVE STOPPED DOING THIS PRACTICE ALTOGETHER. IT WOULD MAKE A SMALLER IMPACT OVERALL CITYWIDE AND IT'S SOMEWHAT INEQUITABLE BECAUSE WE CAN'T REALLY SERVE THE WHOLE CITY AT ONCE. WE ALL KNOW THAT EAB IS A HUGE ISSUE AND A BIT OF A CRISIS RIGHT NOW SO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT POCKETS IN THE CITY TO SERVE IS A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION TO MAKE AND THIS WAY WE COULD FOCUS FORESTRY STAFF ON PROACTIVE FORESTRY PRACTICES IN MOST PUBLIC AREAS. IN ADDITION TO DOING SOME STUDIES ON IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR BOULEVARD PROGRAM THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED BY AN AND THEN FOR US TO COULD CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR AS A RESOURCE FOR RESIDENTS ASSISTANCE WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES THEY'RE HAVING. LASTLY OUR AGREEMENT WITH BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR PROGRAMING FUNDING AND SERVICE DELIVERY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY EVALUATING RIGHT NOW. PARKS AND RECREATION IS MAINTAINING SCHOOL DISTRICT PLAYGROUNDS AND. WE'RE ALSO FUNDING THE GALAXY PROGRAM. WE GIVE DEEP DISCOUNTS AND LARGE DISCOUNTS TO SOME OF OUR FACILITIES. SOME OF THEM ARE EVEN FOR FREE USE OF THE GOLF COURSE ICE THINGS LIKE THAT AND THEN WE'RE PAYING FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT FACILITY USE FOR US. SO WHEN WE HAVE IN SOME SCHOOL FACILITIES WE'RE ACTUALLY CHARGED AND SO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT DIFFERENT WAYS WHERE WE CAN MASSAGE THAT PARTNERSHIP, HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN WHAT WE DO AND HOW THAT PARTNERSHIP COMES TOGETHER SO WE CAN ALL BENEFIT OTHER THAN THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING CITY PLAYGROUNDS. IF WE WERE TO PULL BACK ON THAT WE COULD MAINTAIN OUR CITY PLAYGROUNDS AT A HIGHER STANDARD. THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WAS SPOKEN ABOUT EARLIER. I'M CHARGING 25% OF THE STANDARD RATES BOTH WAYS OR POTENTIALLY NOT CHARGING EACH OTHER. SO IF COMING TO SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT ON HOW PARTNERSHIP COULD WORK FOR FACILITY USE AND THEN CREATING A MASTER AGREEMENT IDENTIFY AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT AND COLLABORATION GOING FORWARD AND THEN I'M GOING TO WRAP IT UP EVERYBODY. SO QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION POINTS WELL WAS A LOT OF PARKS INFORMATION? IT WAS IT WAS PEOPLE COUNCIL I HOPE YOU WERE TAKING NOTES AS THINGS WENT PAST AND I SAVED UP ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS FOR AN OUR COMMENTS ANYTHING. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATIONS AND ALSO TO I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HARD WORK IN AT HOW ESPECIALLY WITH OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS TO TRY TO MAXIMIZE THEIR VALUE AND TO GET THEM INTO YOU KNOW EITHER NET NEUTRAL PROFITABLE SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU KNOW IT'S LOOKING GOOD AND WE SHOULD ALL BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A SOURCE OF CONTENTION NOT TO PUT ON THE SPOT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON BUT I KNOW THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO YOU SO YOU KNOW THAT'S THE KIND OF THING WE WANT TO SEE AND I APPRECIATE THAT A LOT. I THINK THE WHAT I WHAT I'D LIKE TO JUST MAKE SURE WE TAKE AWAY FROM THIS IS THAT YOU KNOW, THE THE THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMPONENT WHAT WE DO OVERALL IS IS ALWAYS SMALLER THAN I THINK IT SHOULD BE AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE STOP DOING OTHER THINGS TO TO FOCUS ON THAT. BUT THE THE YOU KNOW, THE ADAPTIVE PART PROGRAM AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS AND THE GRANT PROGRAMS AND EVERYTHING ARE GREAT BUT AT THE END THE DAY WE KNOW THAT LIKE PEOPLE WANT US TO PRIORITIZE OUR NATURAL RESOURCES LIKE THEY ABSOLUTELY DO. AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT I FEEL COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, STOPPING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN ORDER TO PRIORITIZE THOSE NATURAL RESOURCES WORK, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AROUND TREE CANOPY AND ESPECIALLY AROUND THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR OR THE THE ERADICATION OF OUR INVASIVE SPECIES, THOSE THINGS SEEM TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT AND I ALSO LOVE TO SEE MORE PROGRAMING WITH PEOPLE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND WHAT THEY CAN DO IN THEIR OWN PROPERTIES . YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE WE TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE LIKE UP TO DRAIN, SOME PEOPLE DOWN SOME PEOPLE LIKE NO NO MORE MAY SOME PEOPLE DON'T WHATEVER DOESN'T REALLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO STOP PUTTING A LOT OF PESTICIDES IN OUR WATER AND WE NEED TO GET BACK TO LIKE MORE NATURAL LANDSCAPING ALL OVER THE CITY. IT'S JUST NOT YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT SUSTAINABLE OTHERWISE AND IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T REQUIRE US ALL TO HAVE LIKE NINE INCH GRASS. NOBODY'S SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN DO IT. I JUST THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START. AND SO EXCITED ABOUT THE IDEA THAT WE MIGHT CHANGE SOME OF THAT PROGRAMING IN AS WE INTO OUR PARKS WE WE PRIORITIZE SOME OF THOSE SEED COLLECTIONS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT THAT REALLY DO HIGHLIGHT THE NEED FOR THAT. YEAH. MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AS A PART OF THE CHANGE THE RIVER RENDEZVOUS PROGRAM WE ARE ANTICIPATING DOING BIWEEKLY PROGRAMS IN NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS TO DO JUST THAT. OUR RECREATION SUPERVISOR IS WORKING WITH OUR NATURAL RESOURCES SPECIALIST TO IDENTIFY THE PRIORITY THAT WE CAN BRING PEOPLE TO AND HOW TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON THE PARKS AND WHAT THEY CAN DO IN THEIR HOME OTHERS. COUNCILMEMBER AND WHILE THERE'S A LOT THERE AND CERTAINLY I COULD ASK QUESTIONS FOR 4 HOURS BUT I WILL NOT DO THAT JUST INTERVIEW QUESTIONS. GOOD WORK THERE. JUST A COUPLE OF CONCERNS. I KNOW WITH THE RIVER RENDEZVOUS PIECE THERE IS A NATIVE AMERICAN COMPONENT TO THAT AND I'M HOPING WE MOVE FORWARD THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE RICH HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE CITY. I HOPE THAT WE WILL INTEGRATE THAT IN WHATEVER WE DO, ESPECIALLY AS WE LOOK AT NATURAL RESOURCES. SO I JUST HOPE THAT THAT THAT THAT CONTINUES AND THERE'S ALSO A HISTORICAL COMPONENT TO IT AS WELL. SO I HOPE YOU ALSO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO IT THE SAME WAY BUT I HOPE THOSE WILL ALL BE A PART OF OF THAT NEW COMPONENT AND THEN MAYBE IT'S JUST THE WAY THAT I LOOKED AT IT BUT IT SEEMS TO ME AND MAYBE I'M NOT SEEING IT CORRECTLY BUT IT JUST APPEARS THAT THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING SOME DUPLICATION OF SERVICES AND WORK USED TO BE DONE BY ARTISTRY AND THAT THAT KIND OF THAT KIND OF SEEMS STRANGE TO ME. AND WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT OFFLINE. I DON'T NEED TO BUT THAT'S ONE ONE CONCERN THAT I HAVE WITH THAT THAT I SEE HERE ON THE SERVICE ALTERNATIVES THE ONE THAT I HAVE HERE ABOVE THE RIVER RENDEZVOUS I SAW REMOVE RINGS AT RIDGE VIEW DID NOT MAKE THE MAKE THE CUT. WHAT HAPPENED THERE, MR. MAYOR? COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, WE ARE CONTINUING TO IDENTIFY ICE RINKS THAT ARE NOT PERFORMING AS WELL AS OTHERS AND IN THE PAST REGGIE HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR LOWER PERFORMING RANKS PRIOR TO THIS PRESENTATION. ACTUALLY TODAY I GOT OUR NUMBERS FROM YEAR AND THAT WAS NOT THE CASE FOR REGINA MOVING FORWARD THAT THEIR NUMBERS WENT UP HIGHER. SO WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE COLLECT DATA MOVING FORWARD OVER THIS WINTER TO SEE WHERE OUR USERS ARE GOING FOR ICE RINKS. SO THAT WE CAN USE THAT PLACER IDEA FOR THAT EVENT FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO WHO MAY BE, YOU KNOW, ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED AND MAY NOT AND I ASSUME WILL DO THAT THAT RESEARCH THAT MAY NOT HAVE THEIR CELL PHONES TURNED ON OR MAY NOT HAVE THAT DATA RUNNING. I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT THAT? AND WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST GETTING ONE, YOU KNOW, VIEW OF PEOPLE THERE. SO I'D BE CURIOUS ABOUT THAT AND I'M SURE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING INTO THAT. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE ON TOP OF THAT, BUT THAT'D BE ONE CONCERN THAT I HAVE. MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THOSE NUMBERS THAT WE ARE USING RIGHT NOW ARE ACTUAL ACCOUNTS FROM OUR STAFF ARE NOT CLEAR CURRENTLY IS IN PLACE OR I HAD TO I A I DATA AND WE CAN GO MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PLACER WORKS AND HOW PLACER I WORKS IN THE FUTURE YEAH NO AND I THINK WE'LL LOOK AT THAT LAST THING THAT I HAVE IS THAT I DON'T NOT LOOKING FOR A RESPONSE BECAUSE I KNOW WE GOT A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME HERE IS THAT I WONDER HOW SOME OF THESE PRIORITIES WILL SHIFT AND CHANGE IF THE BALLOT MEASURES PASS IN THE FALL SO. THANK YOU. MR. RUBY WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN AND I KNOW YOU WEREN'T LOOKING FOR A RESPONSE BUT PART OF THE COMMUNICATION AROUND THE THE BALLOT QUESTIONS IS WE HAVE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION OF WHAT HAPPENS IF THE BALLOT QUESTIONS DO NOT PASS RIGHT. AND SO THE ANSWER IS WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT PRIORITIES AND TIMELINES AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT WOULD HAPPEN RATHER QUICKLY PROBABLY AS SOON AS DECEMBER OR JANUARY. SO. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER NELSON COUNCILMEMBER CARTER, I HAVE A VERY QUICK QUESTION. SO FOR THE SERVICE ALTERNATIVES, ARE THOSE DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OR ARE YOU STILL ASSESSING OR DID YOU WANT FEEDBACK OR YOU KNOW AND I'M NOT GIVEN MAYBE NOT RIGHT NOW BUT MAYBE IN AN EMAIL LIKE I'M JUST CURIOUS KIND OF BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS IN THE PAST LIKE AROUND REDUCED SIDEWALK PLOWING AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND SO I'M CURIOUS LIKE HAVE THE DECISIONS MADE OR WHEN ARE WE GOING TO PROVIDE THAT INPUT? THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. I WOULD MAYBE LEAVE IT TO THE CITY MANAGER REHBERG AND THE COUNCIL TO LET US KNOW HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO TO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK MOVING FORWARD. I WILL ADD THAT WE ARE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT RIVER RENDEZVOUS WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD THIS YEAR. NO BLOOMINGTON SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN RIVER RENDEZVOUS AND THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT DISCOUNTED AND DID NOT ATTEND AT ALL THIS YEAR. IN ADDITION WE'RE EXPERIENCING THAT TRANSPORTATION TO THAT PROGRAM NOT ACCESSIBLE FOR SCHOOLS PEOPLE. WE HAD ONE SCHOOL THAT NORMALLY KIND OF BRINGS 500 STUDENTS THEY TALK TO US UP UNTIL THE DAY AND COULD NOT GET A BUS TO GET THEM THERE. SO IT'S WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE YOU SAID PROVIDING THAT SIMILAR PROGRAMING USING SIMILAR VENDORS JUST NOT IN THE LARGE. INSTEAD BRINGING HISTORY PROGRAM TO PEOPLE CONTINUING TO EXPAND POND PROGRAM ETC.. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THANK YOU MAYOR. TWO VERY QUICK THINGS. I'LL JUST MAKE MY ANNUAL SUGGESTION REQUEST FOR ADVERTISING AND SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM DON'T MAKE A RESPONSE RIGHT NOW UNLESS YOU SEEM TO WANT RESPOND TO EVERYTHING I DO. MR. MAYOR GOT SOME NUMBERS. COUNCILMEMBER I'VE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY OUT OF THE MEETING 1024 ACTUALLY WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT PLACER AND THE OPPORTUNITIES IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE FOR US. IT MAY DELIVER I THINK THE THE KIND OF SPONSORSHIP SUPPORT THAT MAYBE YOU'RE ENVISIONING BUT IT IS GOING TO HELP US WHEN WE GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO TO SEEK ADDITIONAL SPONSORSHIP BECAUSE WE'LL BE ABLE TO ESPECIALLY FOR CORPORATE AND YOU ENTERTAINMENT AND RETAIL AND RESTAURANT TYPE SUPPORTERS REALLY BE ABLE TO SHOW THEM INFORMATION TO JUSTIFY AN INVESTMENT IN THAT'S ONE OF THE REAL BENEFITS OF HAVING A SYSTEM LIKE THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT. LET'S GO ONE OTHER QUICK THING AND AGAIN I DON'T NEED A RESPONSE BUT A PERFECT SEGUE. MY OTHER QUESTION WAS ABOUT PLACER AIR AND HOW DO YOU GET DATA WITH REGARDS TO EVENTS THAT HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN BECAUSE A LOT OF CHILDREN DON'T HAVE CELL PHONES AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW YOU TRACK KIDS WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL AS A PARENT. MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON I ALSO HAVE THREE CHILDREN THAT DOES SEEM CONCERNING BUT THE WAY THAT PLACER I DATA PLACER AIR USES DATA IS THEY'RE USING THE LOCATION OFF THE APPLICATIONS ON YOUR DEVICE AND WITH THAT THEY'RE DETERMINING HOW WHERE ARE YOU AT MOST EVENINGS THAT'S LIKELY HOME BASED ON DEMOGRAPHICS FROM THE CENSUS ARE FROM POP STATS THEY'RE USING THAT TO SAY THAT IN THIS AREA THEY'RE LIKELY HAVE 2.5 PEOPLE IN THEIR HOME AND USING THOSE NUMBERS ACCOUNT THEY'RE USING THAT SAME INFORMATION AS FAR AS ETHNICITY, INCOME, ANY OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS USING CENSUS DATA AND OTHER DATA SOURCES TO COMPILE WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE GET. I THINK IT'S GOOD 95%. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU TO TEAM PARKS AND RECREATION. MR. BREWER. YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. MARILYN. THANKS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. THEY TRAVEL IN PACKS THE APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION. YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE BURIED THE LEAD ON NOT JUST THE PARKS AND RECREATION BUDGET BUT MOST OF THE BUDGETS WE BROUGHT IN HERE. ALMOST ALL OF OUR OPERATING EXPENSE INCREASES ARE BEING DRIVEN BY SALARY AND BENEFITS. THERE'S VERY, VERY INCREASE IN SUPPLIES OR OTHER NON PERSONNEL RELATED COSTS BECAUSE THE MESSAGE HAS BEEN THIS IS A STATUS QUO BUDGET AND WE'RE DOING OUR VERY BEST TO DELIVER ON THAT OTHER THAN WHAT ARE OBLIGATIONS ARE FOR RETAINING GOOD STAFF. AND SO I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF HERE AND THE OTHER STAFF THAT PRESENTED FOR FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THAT COMMITMENT AND I JUST WANT TO REINFORCE ONE MORE TIME BECAUSE THE PARKS AND RECREATION BUDGET LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO REITERATE AGAIN IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE PARKS MAINTENANCE COMING IN FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS INTO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. IT'S AN OUT OF 29 STAFF AND SO THERE IS A CORRESPONDING REDUCTION PUBLIC WORKS THAT YOU'LL SEE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET AS WELL. SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A GIANT INCREASE IN ONE BUDGET. IT'S A SHIFT OF ONE BUDGET TO ANOTHER BUDGET. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. AND AGAIN ONCE AGAIN THANKS TO TEAM PARK AND REALLY APPRECIATE PRESENTATION AND THE INFORMATION AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO BE WITH US THIS LATE THIS SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH VERY MUCH. THANK YOU COUNCIL. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON QUICKLY HERE TO ITEM 5.6 WHICH IS OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE AND I'M GOING TO KICK IT OFF WITH A RECAP OF OUR COUNCIL LISTENING SESSION EARLIER THIS EVENING. WE ACTUALLY HAD FIVE SPEAKERS THIS EVENING STEPHANIE ZIMMER SPOKE AGAIN THIS WEEK. SHE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE DISTRICT FOUR CANDIDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL AND ENUMERATED THEM AND HER CONCERNS AROUND NOT ONLY THE THE CANDIDATE THEN THE REACTIONS SOME PEOPLE HAD TO SOME OF HER EARLIER COMMENTS REGARDING THE CANDIDATE MR. JONATHAN MENKES SPOKE AND HE SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF STEPHANIE AND AND ACTUALLY KIND OF CHASTISED OR SCOLDED COUNCIL BASED ON OUR REACTION LAST WEEK TO STEPHANIE'S COMMENTS, MR. DAVID CLARKE SPOKE AND HE ASKED THE COUNCIL TO TURN ON FACEBOOK POSTS ONCE AGAIN AND WE GOT INTO A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MERIT OF THAT AND ACTUALLY THE INFORMATION AS TO WHY THOSE ARE NOT ON AND THE TIMING AND SO ON HAD ALREADY BEEN SENT TO MR. CLARKE BY. MR. FAROOQI EARLIER IN THE WEEK I THINK LAST WEEK THAT WAS THAT EMAIL WAS SENT WE HEARD FROM SALLY NESS WHO SPOKE SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF STEPHANIE AND THEN BROUGHT IN THE THE THE LOOPED ROPE ISSUE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COUPLE OF YEARS AGO A COUPLE THREE YEARS AGO AND I'M SO SHE BROUT THAT IN AS A QUESTIO WELL. AND THEN FALLY MR. DALE JOHNN SPOKE HE H QUESTIONS ABOU HIS NEIGHBO HAD ISSUES WITH HIMARKING WITH SOM THE CORRECTIO TO CORRECTIVE ACTNS THAT H WAS BEING DIRECTED T TO UNDERTAKE BY T CITY ANDUST HOWHE CITY TOOK O A NEIGHBOR W WAS NOT CPLYING WH SOME OFHOSE ISSUES. SO THO WERE OUR FIVE SPEARS AT OUR CITY COUIL STENING SESSI TONIGHT AND ONCE AGA I THINK AT LEAST TWO OF TH FOUR TWO OF THE FIVE HADEVER SPOKEN BORE AN NEVER BEENO A LISTENING SESSIONN THE PAST. THAT WAS GOOD. SO MR. FAROOQ, ANYTHING TO ADD? THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS NOTHING SUBSTANTIVE TO EXCEPT TO MAYBE SUGGEST SINCE WE ARE GOING INTO CLOSED EXECUTIVE THAT PRIOR TO DO THAT THE COUNCIL MAY WANT TO VOTE TO EXTEND THE MEETING BEYOND THE 11:00 TIME FRAME. I MAYBE 1130 OR SO AS AN HOUR WOULD WOULD BE GOOD 1145 MIGHT BE SAFER BUT. I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO THE WISDOM OF THE CROWD HERE. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILOR, ANY OTHER ANYTHING ELSE FOR COUNCIL ISSUES AND UPDATES? I HAD ONE THING THIS ROOM I WANT TO DO A QUICK THERE WILL BE ALL OVER AND I PROMISE YOU IT WILL BE QUICK. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WE GET IN ONE WEEKLY OR SOMEPLACE SORRY THAT NO THAT'S NOT THE NAME OF THE DAY. I WOULD JUST LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FIBER DEPLOYMENT THAT'S GOING ON A LOT OF A LOT OF RESIDENTS ARE SEEING FLAGS GO UP IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THEN OF COURSE AS I MENTIONED IN THE LAST SESSION ,PEOPLE DON'T REALLY GET THEIR GRASS AND THEIR SOD AND PUT BACK WHERE THEY ARE. AND SO WE HAVE THAT VENDOR MANAGEMENT ISSUE AND NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER THAT NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW ABOUT THAT'S RUNNING ALL OVER THE CITY. SO IF WE COULD IF WE COULD GET SOME SENSE FOR LIKE WHAT THEY CAME AND ASKED ABOUT WHAT WHAT IT'S GOING ON, HOW LONG IT'S GOING ON, WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS IT'S AFFECTING IN KIND OF THING. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE OBVIOUSLY TONIGHT I JUST IF WE COULD GET THAT FOR THE COUNCIL AT SOME POINT THAT'D BE GREAT. YEAH. MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO WILL DO THAT FOR YOU AND HE ELSE COUNCIL VERY GOOD WITH THAT COUNCIL. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR FINAL ITEM WHICH IS POINT SEVEN. IT IS THE CLOSED MEETING AND AS I MENTIONED THE START OF THE MEETING WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE AGENDA I AM GOING TO STEP ASIDE BECAUSE OF MY PROFESSIONAL OBLIGATIONS THAT MAY BE IN CONFLICT FOR THE DISCUSSION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE HAVING. SO I'M GOING TO TURN THE GAVEL OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO TO TAKE CARE OF THE REST OF THIS AND I'M NOT COMING BACK TO CLOSE THE MEETING IN GENERAL. SO ENJOY THE REST OF THE MEETING THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER WE DO PROCEED IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER YES, I WAS JUST GOING TO DO THAT. THANK YOU, SIR. YES. SO WE WE DO HAVE A MOTION THAT NEED TO POTENTIALLY ASK FOR RELATED TO EXTENSION OF THE MEETING BECAUSE. THEY HAVE A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD READ LIKE A MOTION INTEGRATE IT SO WE COULD DO IT. SURE. ACTING MAYOR MOVED TO EXTEND THE MEETING TO WAS SUGGESTED 1145 1130 1130 MYSELF IT ACTUALLY PUT YOUR GUYS IN THE PRESSURE WHAT MAY REMEMBER MAYOR ACTUALLY REMEMBER IS WE CAN CERTAINLY TRY FOR 1130 I WOULD SAY 1145 WOULD BE THE BEST AND WE CAN OUR CONSULTANTS PRESENTATIONS IS ABOUT 20 MINUTES I WANT TO RESERVE ADEQUATE TIME FOR A LITTLE YOU KNOW THE FIVE OR SO MINUTES IT TAKES TO GET SITUATED AND THEN AND ALL THE REST SO ALL RIGHT I'LL PUT FORWARD 1145 ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION IN SECOND TO EXTEND UNTIL 1145. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR I AND HE OPPOSED MOTION CARRY 603 WE'RE GOING TO GO IN A CLOSED SESSION OH WAIT A MINUTE WE HAVE TO PASS A RESOLUTION TO GO IN A CLOSED SESSION. THANK THERE IS A RESOLUTION. OKAY, LET'S DO IT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ABSOLUTE I WILL MOVE THAT WE AND AFTER RESOLUTION DIRECTING CLOSURE OF A PUBLIC MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL SECOND WOW WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND TO CLOSE THE MEETING ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AND OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO WE ARE IN CLOSED SESSION FOR DAY WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION THEN OKAY SO WE RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION I THINK I THINK AT THIS POINT ALL WE NEED TO DO IS I GUESS ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DO IT DURING THE MEETING COUNCILMEMBER CARTER MADE THE MOTION COUNCILMEMBER SECOND THE MOTION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. WE ARE OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED. THANKS EVERYBODY FOR STICKING AROUND. HAVE A GREAT EVENING