. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME. I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR TONIGHT SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2023. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING WE ALWAYS START OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS WITH THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE BUT ON NIGHTS WHEN WE HAVE A SPECIAL NIGHT LIKE TONIGHT WHEN WE'RE SWEARING A NEW POLICE OFFICER WE ALWAYS HAD THE HONOR OF HAVING THE HONOR GUARD POST THE COLORS AND THEN LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF HODGES AND LET HIM LEAD THROUGH THIS AND THEN WE WILL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. ALL RIGHT, GOOD. EVERYBODY PLEASE . ALL RIGHT. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND INDIVISIBLE LIBTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL . THANK YOU. CAN YOU CAN BE SEATED NOW NOW THAT IS ALWAYS SUCH A PLEASURE TO HAVE THE COLOR BRING IN THE COLORS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE COLOR GUARD. THANKS FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR MAKING THAT ENTIRE UNIT A REALITY AND DOING THAT IT REALLY ADDS A LOT TO OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS AND TO OTHER OFFICIAL BUSINESS WE HAVE HERE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON ONCE AGAIN, WELCOME TO EVERYBODY HERE IN THE CHAMBERS AND EVEONE WATCHING ON LINE TONIGHT WE HAVE A AN INTERESTING AGENDA TONIGHT AND OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO APPROVE THAT AGENDA IN THE AGENDA THIS EVENING UNDER OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER TWO. FIRST OFF, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SWEARING IN OF OUR NEW BLOOMINGTON POLICE OFFICERS AND AN INTRODUCTION OF NEW BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES AND THEN RECOGNITION OF A GIFT BY REX AND JULIE. YOUR PERIOD FROM YOUR OPINION SO GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE THIS ENING. LOOKING FORWA TO THAT ITEM POINT TWO IS A SECOND INTRODUCTION A ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF A DONATION AND THIS BY OUR FRIENDS FROM THE BLOOMINGTON LIONS CLUB. GREAT TO SEE SO MANY OF THE LIONS HERE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. WE WILL HAVE AN INTRODUCTION OF OTHER NEW EMPLOYEES. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HENNEPIN COUNTY UPDATE FROM OUR HENNEPIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER DEBBIE GOODELL IS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE 2023 NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY, AN ANNUAL SURVEY THAT WE DO OF RESIDENTS TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING IN THE CITY OF BLOINGTON. DIE KBY WILL BE PRESENTING THAT FOR US. THAT'S ITEM POINT FIVE. OUR CONSENT BUSINESS IS TEN ITEMS LONG AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO HAS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS THIS EVENING UNDER ITEM FOUR ARE HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING SOME AMENDMENTS TO OUR EARNED SICK AND SAFELY TIME CODE AND THAT WILL BE A DISCUSSION WE HAVE UNDER ITEM MOVED TO ITEM FIVE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS WILL HAVE AN UPDATE ON OUR OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE AN UPDATE IN THE DISCUSSION ON THE 102ND STREET TRAFFIC AND SCHOOL SAFETY PLANSND WORK TH HAS GONE ON HAS BEEN UNDERWAY FOR A WHILE AND ITEM 5.3 WE WILL WRAP UP THIS EVENING WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS ADDITIONS SUBTRACTIONS, ANYTHING OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IF NOT I WOULD MOVE AGENDA AS STATED AND SECOND WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL AGENDA THANK YOU ITEM 2.1 ON THAT AGENDA IS THE SWEARING IN OF OUR NEW BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS CHIEF HODGES. THERE HE IS. I DIDN'T SEE HIM THERE. GOOD EVENING, CHIEF. WELCOME. THE FLOOR IS YOURS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE SWITCHED THE ORDER SO FIRST WE'RE GOING TO DO THE CIVILIANS FIRST AND THEN THE POLICE OFFICERS IF THAT'S. CHIEF, WE HAVE AN AGENDA. I MEAN, COME ON. WELL, LET ME KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHAT ARE YOU GUYS ON THE SECOND LEVEL? WE'RE GOOD WITH THE RISE MOTION OVER HERE ALL SO FIRST WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH OUR CADETS AND FOR MANY PEOPLE WHO MAY BE WATCHING TS IN BLOOMINGTON WE HAVE A CADET PROGRAM HERE WHERE THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO SCHOOL TO BE POLICE OFFICERS GET TO COME WORK FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHILE THEY'RE GETTING THEIR TRAINING. SO THEY DO A LOT OF STUFF FOR US SUCH AS ANIMAL CONTROL, A LOT OF OTHER DUTIES AROUND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM. THE NEXT GROUP OF OFFICERS AFTER THIS GROUP WE SWEAR YOU'LL SEE WE ACTUALLY HIRED THREE OF OUR CADETS TO BE POLICE OFFICERS. THIS PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE TO FULL FULLY STAFFED AND STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE WHERE A LOT OF AGENCIES ARE STRUGGLING TO HIRE PEOPLE. THIS IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE HELPFUL FOR THAT. SO WITH THAT FIRST WE'LL JUST START OFF WITH JEREMY. SO YOU'RE GOING TO COME UP HERE AND JUST TELL I GOT A LITTLE SCRIPT FOR YOU RIGHT HERE MAN. I STILL GET GET USED TO READING MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MANAGER MY NAME IS JEREMY MORRISON. I GREW UP HERE IN BLOOMINGTON AND I'M CURRENTLY TAKING LAW ENFORCEMENT CLASSES AT NORMAN DALE AND I CAME FROM SAM'S CLUB AND I GRADUATED FROM JEFFERSON SO. I GUESS YOU CAN SAY I REALLY LIKE IT HERE IN BLOOMINGTON THEY WELCOME BOTH JEREMY WELCOME AND YOU CAN SEE WHY WE HIRED HIM I MEAN THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY THAT HE HAS HOLD I THOUGHT I HAD SOME ENERGY. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT UP WE'LL BRING UP GABRIEL MAYER CITY CITY COUNCIL. THANKS FOR HAVING US. MY NAME IS GABRIEL MORALES ORIGINALLY FROM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. SO UNFORTUNATELY THAT MAKES M A DODGE FAN. UM, I GREW UP ALSO IN LIKE THE SOUTH OF MINNEAPOLIS. I'M CURRENTLY AT NORMAN DELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE WORKING ON MY DEGREE COMING FROM AMERICA. I'VE BEEN WORKING THERE FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT WELL THAT'S WHY I'M HERE NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELCOME ABOARD. AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL START TO NOTICE IS WE'RE FORMALIZING A PARTNERSHIP THE MALL. SO AGAIN TO STAY AHEAD OF OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTSND HELP THEM ALSO. SO NEXT IS JOCELYN . GOOD EVENING MAYOR CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER MY NAME IS LEDER. I GREW UP IN MINNETONKA, MINNESOTA ALTHOUGH. I WAS ADOPTED FROM SOUTH KOREA. I GRADUATED WITH MY DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FROM UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN PAUL I'M CURRENTLY GETTING MY LAW ENFCEMENT CERTIFICATION FROM HENNEPIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND I'M PLANNING ON TAKING MY POS EXAM THIS MAY I CAME FROM THE MINNETONKA POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, JOCELYN. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING. AND JOCELYN WAS ONE OF MY STUDENTS AT NORTHWESTERN. WHAT GRADE YOU GET IN MY CLASS ? ALL RIGHT. NEXT ONE OF OUR NEWEST PUBLIC SAFETY TELA COMMUNICATORS ALLIE MARES CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER MY NAME'S ALLIE HOGAN . ACTUALLY GREW UP IN SAINT PAUL. I NOW LIVE IN WOODBURY AND I ACTUALLY WORK AT LIFETIME FITNESS IN THE CHILD AND I DECIDED I NEEDED A LITTLE BIT MORE TO DO. SO NOW I'M HERE IN PUBLIC PUBLIC SAFETY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ALI. WELCOME. AND SHE'S DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE NORMALLY PEOPLE THAT COME INTO OUR DISPATCH CENTER WHO DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT TYPE EXPERIENCE, WE ALWAYS WORRY A LITTLE BIT. BUT SHE IS DOING PHENOMENAL SO I KNOW SHE'S GOING TO BE GREAT ONCE SHE'S DONE WITH THEIR TRAINING. SO NICK'S AND I HAVEN'T MET HIM YET BECAUSE I WAS BUSY THIS MORNING AND GETTING MY TEETH CLEANED BUT JAMES WHO'S ONE OF OUR PART TIME RADIO TECHNICIAN OH HOW ARE YOU DOING MAN ACTUALLY IT'S HELLO MARY GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JAMES ACCOUNT. I GRADUATED FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN LAST YEAR AND STARTED DOING A LOT OF FILM. I DO MEETINGS FOR MINNETONKA, DEEP HAVEN, EXCELSIOR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE. I'M THE MAN BEHIND THE CAMERA AND USUALLY I'D LOOK THE CAMERA AND SEE THE GUEST SPEAKER RIGHT HERE ONE OF THESE DAYS AND I THINK MANY ALWAYS LOOK SO NERVOUS AND I ALWAYS LAUGHED AT IT THE CAMERA BUT NOW I KNOW WHY HE WAS NERVOUS SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. THANK YOU, JAMES. WELCOME. WELCOME ABOARD. ALL RIGHT. I'LL MOVE ON TO OUR SWORN OFFICERS AND I JUST GIVE MY QUICK SPIEL HERE. THE OFFICERS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TODAY HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED THEIR TRAINING. THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH OUR ACADEMY AND THEY ARE WORKING STREET RIGHT NOW. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I CHANGED WHEN I BECAME CHIEF IS I TO BRING PEOPLE BEFORE YOU AFTER THEY COMPLETED THEIR TRAINING SO YOU SEE THEM THESE E FULLY FLEDGED POLICE OFFICERS AND THEY'RE OUT WORKING THE STREET BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT OUR CORE VALUE IS RESPECT AS WE ALL KNOW AND OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS RESPECT DEMONSTRATED THROUGH OUR COMSSIONATE HOST SVICE AND EACH ONE OF YOU ARE EXPECTED TO THAT EVERY DAY AND ALREADY KNOW YOU'VE DONE THAT. YOU'VE ALREADY GOT MY LECTURE WHEN YOU STARTED DAY ONE AND SOMEDAY MAYBE ONE OF YOU GUYS COULD BE SITTING HERE WEARING THESE STARS GIVING THAT SAME LECTURE. SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO BRING UP OFFICER RYAN BROWN BUT YOU CAN WALK THIS GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER MY NAME IS RYAN BROWN . I GREW UP IN COTTAGE GROVE HERE IN MINNESOTA. I HAVE AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE FROM THE ALEXANDRIA TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND PRIOR TO COMING HERE I'VE BEEN A POLICE OFFICER FOR 12 YEARS WITH THE LAST EIGHT OF THOSE AT THE WOODBURY POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANK THANK YOU. WELCOME HOME. SO RYAN'S A GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT THIS HIS SECOND GO AROUND WITH ME HE WORKED HE AND I WORKED TOGETHER DAKOTA COUNTY I WAS BACK WHEN I WAS A REAL COP I WAS A SERGEANT SO HE WORKED FOR ME THERE. SO HE'S GOING TO DO GREAT HERE NEXT UP IS ANOTHER RYAN OFFICER RYAN MCCRARY GOOD EVENING. I LIKE YOU'VE SAID I'M AN ALL AROUND RYAN MCCRARY SOME WOULD SAY THE BETTER LOOKING ONE I GREW UP IN BLOOMINGTON SO BEING HERE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY THAT I GREW UP IN IS AN HONOR. I ACTUALLY GOT AN EXERCISE SPORTS DEGREE FROM UW ALL ACROSS WISCONSIN AND THEN ONLY HOLD I DID A LITTLE BIT OF TRAINING AND I FIGURED THIS IS A BETTER CAREER FOR ME SO I MADE THE SWITCH GLAD TO BE HERE. THANK YOU, OFFICER MCRAE. WELCOME. YOU KNOW WHEN HE CAME THAT INTERVIEW WE NEED TO ASK WHAT HE DID FOR A LIVING JUST LIKE HE WORKS OUT OKAY. GOT SO MIXED UP AS A CEDRIC OFFICER CEDRIC MCCOY GOOD EVENING MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER MY NAME IS CEDRIC OKOYE. I GRADUATED FROM CONCORDIA SAINT PAUL WITH MY MASTER'S IN CRIMINAL LEADERSHIP. I GOT MY MASTER'S IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND I GOT MY LAW ENFORCEMENT CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE FROM HEAD UP IN TECH GOING THROUGH THE PATHWAYS PROGRAM PRIOR TO THIS I WKED FOR RAMSEY COUNTY PART TIME FOR TEN YEARS AS A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER AND I WORKED FULL TIME EIGHT YEARS FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY OF THAT TIME AS A SOCIAL WORKER OH, I'M HERE NOW AND I'M REALLY PROUD TO BE HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU. WELCOME. SO I CAN TELL YOU I KNEW WE MADE THE RIGHT PICK WHEN WE PICKED CEDRIC OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW I'M IN THE COMMUNITY A LOT AND WHEN I HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE FORMER VISITORS TO CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS TELL ME THAT THEY REMEMBER HIM AND HOW WELL HE TREATED THEM. I KNEW THAT WE MADE THE RIGHT PICK SO ALL THREE OF THESE GUYS ARE GOING TO DO WELL. SO WITH THAT WAS AN OATH OF OFFICE. OUR CITY CLERK CHRISTINA SCIPIONE IS GOING TO COME UP ALL YOU DOING THE OATH OF OFFICE AND. THIS IS WHAT I TYPICALLY TELL FAMILY MEMBERS NOW THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN ONCE SO DON'T BE SHY ABOUT IN THE GOOD CAMERA POSITION AND YOU CAN GET UP YOU CAN COME FORWARD ON CHRISTINA LET'S LET'S LET'S GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE COME ON. COME ON UP. YOU'RE WELCOME. STAND WHEREVER YOU NEED TO STAND TO GET THE BEST PICTURE POSSIBLE BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, YOUR ONE SHOT AT THIS . I THINK WE'RE GOOD TO GO. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME RYAN BROWN. RYAN MCCRORY, CEDRIC OKOYE REPEAT AFTER ME DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATES THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AS THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES AND WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF A POLICE OFFICER POLICE OFFICER FOR THE CITY BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA. OOMINGTON, MINNESOTA TO. THE BEST OF MY JUDGMENT AND ABILITY TO THE BEST IN MY JUDGMENT AND ABILITY CONGRATULATIONS . I WANT TO SAY WE ARE OFFICIALLY GOING TO TAKE THIS PICTURE US ALL RIGHT. I MEAN THEY LOOK BETTER TO ME THEY GOT A REAL ON CALL THEY'RE GOING TO WATCH THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE THING YOU GET YOUR TEETH CLEANED, CHIEF NOT SURE YOU SURVIVE BUT YOU'RE RIGHT THEY HAD SOMETHING TO DEAL WITH. SO WHAT'S YOUR WIFE'S ? WELL TO HER NEW OFFICERS. CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO THEIR FAMILIES. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THEM WITH US. IT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY TIME OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AN TO THE REST OF OUR OFFICERS, I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU WELCOMING THEM ALL ON AND MAKING THEM PART OF THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE FAMILY AS AS WE AT THIS TIME YOU FOLKS ARE THE FACE SO OFTEN YOU'RE THE FACE BLOOMINGTON SO FOR SO MANY PEOPLE AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO THE RESPECT YOU GIVE TO OUR RESIDENTS, THE OUTSTANDING POLICE WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY SINGLE DAY AND HOW YOU REFLECT BLOOMINGTON TO THE PEOPLE WHO WORK PLACE VISIT TO SHOP IN THE CITY. SO THANK ALL SO VERY MUCH. NOW I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE GOT A RECEPTION AFTER THIS OR UNDERSTAND THAT WE'LL WAIT FOR YOU TO CLEAR OUT. BUT IN THE MEANTIME BUT BEFORE THAT I KNOW WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OF A SPECIAL PRESENTATION OF AN ART PIECE AND I BELIEVE CHIEF, ARE YOU GOING TO TALK TO US ABOUT AS WELL BECAUSE IT'S JUST A CITY MANAGER SAY. WE'RE GOING TO PULL IT UP . OKAY. SO REX AND JULIE GAVE US THIS OR IT WAS A GIFT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE IT. NORMALLY WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO DONATE A PIECE OF ART IT'S KIND OF TRICKY ESPECIALLY FOR A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. BUT THE MEANING BEHIND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT MEANT SO MUCH TO ME AND THE DEPARTMENT PERSONALLY BECAUSE IT REALLY YOU KNOW, IF YOU TALK TO AND LISTEN TO REX TALK ABOUT FAMILY RIGHT AND YOU CAN SEE HIS FAMILY HERE TODAY. SO I MEAN THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT OUTLIVES ME IN THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF OFFICERS. SO WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE THIS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT . ABSOLUTELY. REX, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THE DONATION. THE THE PIECE OF ART WILL BE WILL IT BE IN E POLICE DEPAMENT ITSELF AND YES, REX WANTED IT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SO IT'S IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND IT'S GOING TO STAY THERE. SO VERY GOOD. GOOD. YOU GOT TO HAVE ACCESS TO SEE IT SO GET TO IT. YEAH. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND AND SAY SOMETHING TO US THIS EVENING PLEASE MR. MAYOR? SO JIM MANAGER THE CONCERN AND THE CHARGES MANY OF YOU CAN TELL THAT I AM A BLACK MAN . NO, NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. WHEN THE CITY HIRED A BLACK MAN FOR POLICE CHIEF IT AN VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO ME. YOU CAN GUESS THE MESSAGE MY FAMILY IS HERE. MY OLDER SONS HERE GRANDDAUGHTER OF SIX IS HERE. I HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE NOW IN THEIR FORTIES AND WHO GREW UP IN IS TOWN WHO WENT TO SCHOOL IN JEFFERSON AND KENNEDY AND OAK GROVE AND MY DAUGHTER ENDED UP AS VICE PRINCIPAL AT KENNEDY. SHE IS NOW SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT FOR HOPKINS WHERE I'VE BEEN AS A PART OF BLOOMINGTON FOR MORE SINCE 1976 AND WE DID OUR GALLERY IT'S 90 AND PENNY AND I SEE POLICE CARS GOING BACK AND FORTH IF YOU REMOVE THE POLICE FROM THE CITY WE HAVE YOUR WORD FOR THAT WE CALL IT MAYHEM I WOULD LOVE TO DO 90 MILES AN HOUR ONLY FREEWAY I DON'T BECAUSE THERE ARE POLICE OFFICERS ON THE ROAD SO I WAS SAVED AS A BUSINESS AND WE OWN YOUR HOME IN BLOOMINGTON. HOW HOW WOULD WE BE SAFE WITHOUT A POLICE OFFICERS? SO THIS IS ONLY OF SAYING GOOD JOB. WE APPRECIATE YOU. MY WIFE TOLD ME NOT TO TALK FOR MORE THAN 2 HOURS SO I QUIT THE OFFICER WAS REX. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR KIND WORDS AND FOR YOUR APPRECIATION OF THE BLOOMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND GREATLY I COULDN'T AGREE MORE AND GREATLY APPRECIATE IT . WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS YOU DON'T SELL YOURSELF SHORT BECAUSE GREAT CITIES HAVE, GREAT ART IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT AND GREAT ART THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING HERE TODAY THE GREAT ART THAT YOU CREATE AND THAT WE KNOW ARE IN LIVING ROOMS AND OFFICES AND COLLECTIONS ACROSS THE CITIES ACROSS. THE TWIN CITIES MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE A GREAT CITY, GREAT ART AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THAT SO VERY WELL DONE. THANK YOU . YOU SAID THAT LIVING THERE IS A CITY, THERE'S A FINE REPUTATION AND WE HAVE TO BE A PART OF YOU. THANKOU. WELL, THANK YOU. THAT WAS A WONDERFUL CEREMONY AGAIN, WELCOME TO OUR NEW OFFICERS. THANK YOU TO OUR ON OUR EXISTING OFFICERS AND OUR EXISTING FORCE. WELCOME TO OUR NEW STAFF. GLAD TO HAVE YOU ALL ON BOARD NOW GO ENJOY RECEPTION AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO THE MEETING HERE. THEY NEVER WANT TO STICK AROUND AFTER THE SWEARING IN OR SAVE US CAKE OR SAVE US CAKE. WE'LL GIVE THEM JUST A MINUTE ANDHENE'LL MOVE ONITH OUR AGENDA . OKAY. YOU KNOW, THERE SEEMS TO BE OR I'LL GET A PIECE LATER THAT YOU GUYS ARE THAT IT WILL BRING US TO ITEM 2.2 ON OUR AGENDA AND WE'RE ON THE TOPIC OF WHAT MAKES A CITY GREAT. IT IS GREAT SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AND THE BLOOMINGTON LIONS ABSOLUTE WE FALL UNDER THAT CATEGORY. AND ALISON, YOU'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT A GIFT THAT THE BLOOMINGTON LIONS HAVE MADE TO THE BLOOMINGTON PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT. ALISON, AM MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS CITY MANAGER CHIEF HODGES DID NOT GIVE ME A SCRIPT BUT I WILL DO MY BEST WITHOUT IT. TONIGHT WE ARE HERE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE BLOOMINGTON LIONS FOR THEIR VERY GENEROUS DONATION OF 20,000 $25,000 TOWARDS PICKLEBALL AND TENNIS SHADE STRUCTURES. I AM SURE YOU GUYS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HEARD MAYBE SOME OF THE NEED FOR SOME OF SHADE FOR OUR AVID PLAYERS AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY THE BLOOMINGTON LIONS CAN HELP US CONTRIBUTE TO THAT GREAT NEED OF OUR COMMUNITY SO. I'D LIKE TO INVITE THEM UP HERE TO SAY A FEW WORDS IF THEY'D LIKE TO . YOU GUYS CAN ALL COME DON'T BE SHY. YOU CAN ALL COME AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THE LIONS CLUB BE SHORT OF A SPOKESPERSON EITHER. SO THAT'S GOOD. ONE THING I'M DAN REINER. I'M THE PAST PRESIDENT, THE BLOOMINGTON LIONS AND THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE WANTED TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THIS LAST YEAR WE WORKED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL LIONS FOUNDATION, HAVE A STRONG COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM THAT WE SUPPORT BUT. WE OCCASIONALLY CAN TAP INTO IT OUR COMMITMENT TO ONE OF OUR PILLARS IS THE ENVIRONMENT AND. OVER THE LAST 50 PLUS YEARS THE BLOOMINGTON LIONS HAVE BEEN HERE. WE ALWAYS FOR THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND SO FOUND OUT WELL IN 2016 WE PLANTED TREES IN ONE OF YOUR PARKS AND THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE EXCITING THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IS FIND ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK. AND SO TONIGHT WE'RE VERY PROUD T GIVE YOU GUYS 25,000 TO SUPPORT THE PAVILION THIS NEXT YEAR AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN BE THERE AS WELL TO CELEBRATE ITS USE SO I MEAN HALF OF ALL OF US THE BLOOMINGTON LIONS THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT I APPRECIATE IT. SO HERE'S THIS CHECK AND I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD PASS IT ON TO I'LL COME DOWN AND GET IT AND I HOPE YOU'LL MAKE IT A GOAL THAT Y STAND BEHIND. YEAH YOU GET A GET A GET A PICTURE AND A CAMERA HERE YOU GOT THAT YOU GOT RJ LOOKING THANK YOU. ALLOWING US AGAIN TO BE HERE APPRECIATE IT. YEAH, THANK YOU. THANKS STILL VERY MUCH. I THINK WE ALSO I'M REALLY EXCITED I TALKED TO ALLIS ABOUT SOME OTHER COMMUNITY PROJECTS WE REALLY TRY EACH MONTH TO COME UP WITH COMMUNITY PROJECT AND SO WE'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT DOES IT THROUGH THE PARKS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALSO GET BACK AND SUPPORT KEEPING THE PARKS CLEAN OR WHATEVER THE THINGS WE CAN DO SO. THAT'LL BE SOMETHING YOU'LL BE SEEING AS DOING MORE OF THIS NEXT YEAR AND MAYBE WE CAN EVEN FIND A FEW MORE BLOOMINGTON LIONS MEMBERS. AMEN. THANKS. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANKS VERY MUCH. MAY YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON DAN'S STATEMENT HERE. YOU WILL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT OUR ADAPTIVE PARK PROGRAM COMING UP HE IN OCTOR AT ONE OF YOUR FUTURE MEETINGS AND THE BLOOMINGTON LIONS ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THAT PROGRAM SO LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE. ACTUALLY I HEARD FROM THEM SATURDAY MORNING AT THE FARMER'S MARKET. I STOPPED BY AND HEARD QUITE A BIT ABOUT THAT AND WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT YOU HAD THE CONVERSATION AND HEAR ABOUT THEIR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, THE COMMUNITY AROUND US. YOU ADAM 2.3 ON OUR AGENDA IS A SECOND INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES. WE MET OUR NEW MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT EARLIER. NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO AND MEET SOME NEW MEMBERS OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. SO GOOD EVENING. THANK MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL I HAVE FOUR NEW DYNAMIC EMPLOYEES THAT ARE JOINING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. SO I'M GOING TO START WITH MATT AMMERMAN WHO STARTED WITH THE CITY ON MAY 1ST. HE IS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY APPRAISER. PRIOR TO JOINING THE TEAM HE WAS A COMMERCIAL APPRAISER AT DAKOTA COUNTY FOR SIX YEARS BEFORE WORKING FOR DAKOTA COUNTY. HE WAS A CMERCIAL FRUIT FEE APPRAISER IN CHICAGO FOR OVER 15 YEARS HERE AT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. HE WORKS PRIMARILY ON HOTEL AND OFFICE PROPERTIES AND HE IS MARRIED TO BECKY AND THEY LIVE IN SAINT PAUL WITH THEIR DAUGHTER AYESHA AND TOO MANY PETS IN HIS FREE TIME HE ENJOYS HIKING, CAMPING AND FOLLOWING LEAGUE SOCCER. THANK YOU. THAT NEXT I HAVE COURTNEY BRIGGS WHO STARTED AN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION ON AUGUSTTH AS AN OFFICE SUPPORT SPECIALIST. SHE'S WORKED THE LAST TWO YEARS AT WOOD LAKE MEDICAL MANAGEMENT IN MINNETONKA HOWEVER SHE'S EXCITED TO GET BACK INTO LOCAL GOVERNMENT BASED ON HER NINE YEARS AT THE CITY OF A DINER IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. THIS INCLUDES POSITIONS AT THE AQUATIC CENTER ONSITE FACILITY ,EDINBURGH PARK GUEST SERVICES AND CENTENNIAL LAKES PARK SUPERVISOR. IN HER FREE TIME COURTNEY LIKES TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES AND BOARD GAMES TRAVEL AND GO TO WEEKLY TRIVIA WITH HER FRIENDS AND HER TRIVIA TEAM TOOK SECOND PLACE LAST WEEK WELL THEN MY GOOD FRIENDS PARKS HANDS OFF COURTNEY, PLEASE. AND NEXT WE HAVE MARIT RASMUSSEN WHO JOINED THE PORT AUTHORITY IN MAY AS THE OFFICE SUPPORT SPECIALIST. SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE TWIN CITIES WHERE SHE SPENT 17 YEARS WORKING WITH NORTHWEST AIRLINES IN VARIOUS ROLES MOST RECENTLY SHE SPENT SEVEN YEARS IN THE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WORKING AS A CLOSING COORDINATOR AND WITH PERMITTING IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. BUT SHE CAME BACK TO MINNESOTA TO BE CLOSER TO HER FAMILY. SHE RECENTLY BECAME A BLOOMINGTON RESIDENT AND MOVED INTO AN APARTMENT IN EARLY AUGUST AND SHE LOVES HER NEW AND SPENDS HER FREE TIME WALKING AROUND HIGHLAND LAKE SO MARK . AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST AND YOU'RE GOING HEAR FROM HIM LATER ON THIS EVENING AS WELL WE HAVE KENNY NIEMEYER WHO STARTED IN AUGUST AS A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST FOR THE PORT AUTHORITY AND THIS IS PART OF OUR EXPANSION OF THE POOR, THE WORK THEY'RE DOING CITYWIDE AND WE REALLY FELT WE NEEDED SOMEBODY TO CHAMPION OUR OPPORTUNITY HOUSING AUDIENCE AND THIS BE KENNY PRIOR TO COMING TO BLOOMINGTON HE WORKED AT THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH FOR THE PAST YEAR ADMINISTERING THEIR REHAB IN FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER LOANS AS WELL AS THE CITY'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMS. HE HAS A MASTER'S IN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING, A CONCENTRATION ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND. HIS CAREER PASSION CENTERS ON EQUITABLE EXPANDING TO HOUSING IN THE TWIN CITIES. KENNY WAS BORN RAISED IN MINNESOTA IN HIS FREE TIME HE SINGS TENOR WITH ONE OF THE VOICE MICS COURSE AND PLAY SOFTWARE AND THE TWIN CITIES GOOD TIME SOFTBALL LEAGUE THEIR TEAM NAME IS THE PITCH HITTERS SO HERE THEY ARE. THANK YOU. WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY FOR FOR CHOOSING BLOOMINGTON AS THE PLACE THAT YOU WANT TO FURTHER YOUR CAREER WE WE WELCOME YOU WERE GREATLY APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU'RE HERE YOU'VE GOT YOU GOT BIG JOBS AHEAD OF YOU AND I WILL SAY IT'S INTERESTING AS WE'VE STARTED TALKING INTERNALLY ABOUT LOOKING ABOUT THE PORCH WORK ACROSS THE CITY AND CONNTRATI ON HOUSING, I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT FROM RESIDENTS WHO ECHOING THAT AND WHO ARE SAYING HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS AND HOW MUCH THEY SUPPORT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN THAT REGARD. SO NO PRESSURE OR ANYTHING BUT AT TIMES YOU'VE GOT FOLKS WHO ARE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING ARE EXCITED TO SEE THE WORK THAT'S GOING TO GET DONE. SO WELCOME ABOARD. THANK FOR BEING HERE, CARLO. THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTIONS THIS EVENING. THANKS, ROBERT. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND WELCOME. GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD . ADAM 2.4 ON OUR AGENDA IS AN UPDATE FROM OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER DEMING, A TOWN COMMISSIONER I'M SORRY YOU'RE KIND OF IN A TOUGH SPOT HERE. BOY, YOU'RE FOLLOWING UP THE POLICE SWEARING IN AND THE LYONS AND THE NEW EMPLOYEE ALL THE GOOD STUFF. YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER THIS WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL. THIS IS THE BEST PART OF YOUR JOB, ISN'T IT, TO SEE ALL THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND TO BRING GREAT PEOPLE ON BOARD. YES. THIS IS THIS IS SO MUCH FUN. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. YES, THANK YOU. MAYOR BESSEY, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, CITY STAFF I JUS WANT TO SAY IS REALLY HONORED TO BE HERE AGAIN THIS YEAR AND NOW THAT WE'RE OUT OF A PANDEMIC TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT IN FRONT OF YOU THIS WAY IT'S IT'S REALLY NICE AND I DO HAVE SOME SLIDES TO SO ARE THEY UP SHOWING THEY'RE COMING UP RIGHT NOW OKAY THAT'S WONDERFUL THANK YOU. THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO. I CAN SEE THE YOU SEE MYSELF ON CAMERA. THAT'S BETTER THAN I USED TO BE ABLE TO READ ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY. SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO JUST TO INTRODUCE MYSELF FOR THE THOSE FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING THE RERUNS ARE ON TONIGHT. MY DISTRICT IS THE GREAT CITY OF BLOOMINGTON WHERE WE'RE HERE TONIGHT MOST OF EDEN PRAIRIE JUST SOUTH OF CROSSTOWN AREA THE MOST PART RICHFIELD. AND THEN I HAVE THREE PRECINCTS TO PRESENT EXCUSE ME IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AFTER REDISTRICTING. SO THAT'S I HAD AN EXPANSION OF SOME OF MY AREA WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY NICE TOO YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS I ALWAYS HAVE TO TALK TO PEOPLE IS WHEN THEY SAY WHEN TELL THEM I'M A HENNEPIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER YOU'RE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT THEY ASKED ME IS WELL WHAT IS A HENNEPIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER? DO THEY HAVE IDEA WE FLY UNDER THE RADAR QUITE A BIT. IT'S NOT LIKE THE JOB WHEN I WAS MAYOR. EVERYBODY WAS THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP ON MY DOORSTEP. I'M SURE YOU'RE USED TO THIS MAYOR, YOU KNOW AND EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU. THEY NOTION THIS. THEY KNOW YOU IN THE SUPERMARKET. I'M STILL KNO IN RICHFIELD THAT WAY AND SE FOROME FOS IBLOOMINGTON IT'S IS A LOT DIFFERENT AND ALTHOUGH I GET I DON'T GET THE CONSTITUENT CALLS I USED TO I THE ONES I GET ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT SOLVE AND SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE SIMILAR AND I TELL THEM IT'S BEING A MAYOR ON STEROIDS SO IT'S AT LEAST I'VE HAD THAT EXPERIENCE TO KNOW THAT. SO GOVERNMENT IS REALLY DIFFERENT WHEN WHEN YOU'RE GOVERNING AND THE COUNTY LEVEL SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THE NEXT SLIDE THEN THIS IS THE HENNEPIN COUNTY BUDGET AND A LOT OF YOU KNOW I THINK SHARED WITH A LOT OF YOU HERE THAT WE ARE SETTING OUR LEVEE AT 6.5%. WE STEWARD OF ROUGHLY $2.7 BILLION ANNUAL BUDGET ACROSS A RANGE OF TOPICS. THE TOPICS ENCOMPASS HUMAN SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC PUBLIC WORKS RESIDENTIAL SERVICES WHICH INCLUDES LIBRARIES ELECTIONS DISPARITY REDUCTION IS DRIVING PRINCIPLES THAT EMBEDDED ALL WORK AS WE CAN DO THROUGH OUR HRA WE STEWARD CONSIDERABLE INVESTMENTS INTO HOUSING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE DO THIS ON BEHALF OF 1.26 MILLION DESERVING RESIDENTS THAT'S ONE IN FIVE WE WHO CALL HENNEPIN COUNTY HOME SO A LOT OF FOLKS HERE THAT COUNT ON US OUR BUDGET LAST WEEK APPROD NINE HUNDRED AND 91.3 MILLION MAXIMUM PROPERTY LEVEL FOUR FOR 2024 AND AN INCREASE OF 6.5. I MENTIONED EARLIER AN AMOUNT OF 60.5 MILLION ADMINISTRATOR HAVE PRESENTED A 2.64 BILLION PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE BOARD WHICH WILL BE EXAMINED AND MODIFIED THROUGHOUT SEVERAL MONTHS JUST MUCH LIKE YOU DO. YOU START WITH A PROPOSED LEVEE. SOMETIMES IT CAN GO DOWN BUT IT CANNOT GO BACK UP. WE PRIORITIZE DEEPLY INVESTING IN AFFORDABLE HSING HENNEPIN COUNTY AND OUR WORKFORCE ROSEVILLE MAINTAINING INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS BORNE OUT OF THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE AND RECOVERY . SO A GREAT OF THAT BUDGET INCREASE IS GOING TO PAY WAGES FOR OUR WORKERS WHICH I THINK YOU PROBABLY EXPERIENCE HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE IS RISING AND BEEN RISING QUITE A BIT. WE ALSO ARE GOING TO BE HIRING SOME FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS INTO THE SOCIAL SERVICE SECTORS RIGHT NOW. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PRIORITIES WE WILL HAVE ON ON THIS THE BUDGET HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE IN DECEMBER WHEN WE CONCLUDE BUDGET IS ON THE FISCAL YEAR WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM JANUARY TO JANUARY WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE DO IT. THE OTHER THROUGH JULY TO FOLLOW THE STATE LEGISLATURE WE DO NOT. SO I'VE ALSO BROUGHT A HANDOUT WITH ME. THIS IS THE PROPOSED TAX LEVY AND HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT DIFFERENT CITIES THROUGHOUT METROPOLITAN AREA. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING FOR YOU TO SEE I KNOW YOU DO THIS FOR YOUR OWN TAX LEVY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE WHEN YOU PRESENT IT'S ALL PASSES TO LOANA FIRST YOU OWE TO MY MAKE THERE'S TEN COPIES OF THAT SO YOU CAN HAVE THAT TO LOOK AT YOURSELF. I THAT A REALLY GOOD LITTLE PRIMER AND I KEEP THOSE SO I ALWAYS CIRCLE MY CITIES AND I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY CITIES ALL THE TIME THAT THAT I REPRESENT SO THE SO NEXT SLIDE SO THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE SO WE'RE ALLOCATING LEE ALLOCATED 246 MILLION IN FEDERAL RECOVERY FUNDS THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT SMART AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AIMED TO HELP RESIDENTS EMERGETRONR D MOR RESILIE. AS OF QUARTER TWO OF 2023 WE HAVE SPENT MORE THAN 111 MILLION OF THOSE FUNDS WITH THE REMAINDER ALLOCATED AND READY TO BE OUT DOOR BEFORE 2024 WE WILL SPEND IT DOWN SO . YOU CAN SEE THERE'S LARGE INVESTMENTS IN THOSE AREAS WHICH INCLUDE UP EMPLOYMENT STRATEGIES YOU KNOW THE RECOVERY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EMPLOYEES YOU THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION THAT'S A BIG ONE ACROSS OUR TOWNS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HOUSING AND HOMELESS A LOT OF DOLLARS WENT INTO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS W HELP PPLE P THEIR MORTGAGES. WE HELP THEM PAY THEIR UTILITIES. WE HELP GET FOOD ON THEIR TABLES AND PAID THEIR BACK RENT AND WE ARE STILL DOING SOME OF THAT RIGHT NOW. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO GO AND GET MORE FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT THE THAT DID NOT SPEND THEIR DOLLARS. THEY HAVE TO TURN THEM BACK IN AND SOME HAVE ALREADY AND WE ACTUALLY THEY GO BACK OUT FOR BID FOR RFP AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING IN MORE DOLLARS AND PUT MORE DOLLARS TOWARD HOUSING ON THAT WHICH IS MUCH NEEDED RIGHT NOW. SO NEXT SLIDE THIS IS ONE OF THE TOPS TT COMES UP A LOT WHICH IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND MENTAL HEALTH AND I KNOW THIS IS NEAR AND DEAR YOUR HEARTS TOO WITH ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALREADY DO. ONE YOU KNOW A LOT OF INSTANCE WE SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE COME OUT OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC WITH MENTAL HEALTH CRISES OUR MENTAL HEALTH ESPECIALLY OUR STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS BUT ALSO EVEN OUR ADULTS. AND THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DID NOT COME OUT OF THAT HOLE AND HAVE BEEN COUIES WORKING AND MANY FRONTS TO MITIGATE SOME OF THIS TO BUILD OUT OUR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT ACROSS AN ENTIRE CONTINUING OF WORK. PUBLIC SAFETY JUSTICE OUTCOMES FOR THIS PROCESS SO THAT IT'S MORE FAIR EQUITABLE TO THOSE WHO RUN INTO THE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES. YOU KNOW THERE'S CRUCIAL SPACE WHERE THE ISSUES INTERSECT BOTH THE POLICE AND THE SOCIAL PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, STARTING IN 2019 THIS HAS BECOME AN ESSENTIAL NEW RESPONSE WHICH IS THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WHICH YOU YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST PILOTS HERE AS WAS RICHFIELD. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND YOU CONTINUE TO EXPAND. I TALK TO YOUR POLICE AND YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT CHECKING IN ON A REGULAR BASIS. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU KNOW THE MUNICIPALITIES THERE'S 45 SOCIAL WORKERS NOW OUT THERE. IN 2022 ALONE BLOOMINGTON RECEIVED 1109 MENTAL HEALTH CALLS 584 OF WHICH WERE REFERRED TO THE PEACE W PROGRAM THROUGH QUARTER TWO OF 2023. WE HAVE SEEN 4 REFERRALS WITH 158 CLIENTS REFERRED TO A RANGE OF SOCIAL SERVICES INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH, DRUG TREATMENT, HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES. AND HENNEPIN COUNTY HAS ALSO BEEN HELPING YOUR SCHOOLS TO GET MENTAL CARE PROVIDERS THAT THAT'S HAD SOME MIXED RESULTS. I WILL SAY NOT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PROVIDING IT BECAUSE WE CAN'T KEEP MENTAL HEALTH CARE WORKERS. WE'RE IN THE SAME STREETS AS EVERYBODY ELSE IS ACROSS THE OF TRYING TO GET THOSE GREAT FOLKS TO MORE OF THEM INTO SLOTS THAT CAN HELP OUR STUDENTS AND HELP OUR COMMUNITIES SO JUST A HDS UP WE'R CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT SIDE PLEASE SO ONE OF THE BIG CAMPAIGNS IS ON SEEING MENTAL IT'S IT'S A COUNTY WIDE CAMPAIGN AND IT'S ONE OF MANY RESPONSES TO THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF COVID 19 PANDEMIC. THE CAMPAIGN IS INTENDED TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONVERSATION AND THE CONNECTION TO WAYS WE CAN REDUCE THE STIGMA AND THE ISOLATION THE CAMPAIGN TARGETS USE VETERANS, SENIORS AND DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. WE KNOW OUR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES REALLY STRUGGLE WITH SOME THIS. WE SEE MENTA HEALTH CAMPAIGN THAT'S BEEN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE FEDERAL PANDEMIC RECOVERY DOLLARS AS OF QUARTER TWO OF 2023 THE CAMPAIGN HAS RECEIVED 70 MILLION IMPRESSIONS 34% OF DIGITAL IMPRESSIONS REACHING YOUTH AND 16.3 MILLION TOTAL IMPRESSIONS FROM COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. THIS IS THE TARGET AUDIENCE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO HIT AND . WE ARE GLAD THAT WE ARE GETTING THERE. WE STILL HAVE MORE OUTREACH TO DO IN THESE COMMUNITY ISSUES THOUGH. NEXT SLIDE. SO AND THIS IS ABOUT THE SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM. ACCORDING TO THE CDC, MORE THAN FOUR IN TEN STUDENTS FEEL PERSISTENTLY SAD OR HOPELESS. ONE IN THREE EXPERIENCE POOR MENTAL HEALTH THIS PAINFUL TREND IS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE AND THE RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC THROUGH OUR SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIP WE ARE NOW PROVIDING SERVICES TO MORE THAN 7000 STUDENTS AND AS OF 23 THIS PROGRAM IS IN EVERY DISTRICT AND EVERY SCHOOL COUNTYWIDE SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF , YOU KNOW AND IF WE CAN JUST KEEP THOSE SERVICES COMING AND THOSE PROVIDERS AROUND NEXT SLIDE WE WILL KNOW ALL ECONOMIC RECOVERY FOLLOWED TO THE END COVID 19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY MEANS CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES THE BACKBONE OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY DURING THE PANDEMIC THE SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF FUND ADMINISTERED BY HENNEPIN COUNTY PROVIDED OVER $70 MILLION IN RECOVERY GRANTS TO SMALL BUSINESSES WITH 335 GRANTS TOTALING $3.9 MILLION INTO BLOOMINGTON ALONE. SO IS ONEF OUR GREAT LITTLE SIDE BUSINESSES. NEXT SLIDE BUT KNOW OUR RESPONSIBILITY DOESN'T END THERE. THAT'S WHY WE CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE ELEVATE HENNEPIN A RESOURCE HUB CONNECTING LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS TO EXPERT ADVISORS AT NO COST IN A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS LISTED HERE FOLKS CAN VISIT ELEVATE HENNEPIN DAWG ANY TIME THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION AND YOU HAVE BEEN AN EARLY ADOPTER THIS ESPECIALLY WITH YOUR INNOVATION AND THE SPACE YOU'RE OPENING UP TO BUSINESSES IN THE FUTURE. I WAS ABLE TO GO OVER THERE AND SEE SOME OF THE PRODUCTION . YOU GUYS ARE REALLY GOING TO HIT THE FLOOR RUNNING HERE WITH ALL THE INNOVATION LAB THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE SETTING UP FOR BUSINESSES AND I'VE HEARD FROM THEM THEY'RE REALLY TO BE A PART OF THIS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT, THIS IS JUST ONE PIECE OF A BROADER STRATEGY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURS AND BUSINESSES AT EVERY STAGE INCLUDING THROUGH THE RANGE OF ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS TOO. YOU CAN SEE THOUSANDS OF BUSINESSES HAVE USED ELEVATE AND SO WE DECIDED WE NEEDED TO DO MORE INCLUDING MORE THAN 1600 TO HAVE ACCESS TO OVER 13000 HOURS OF FREE ONE ON ONE ADVISING ON COHORT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES . SO WHETHER YOU HAVE A NEW IDEA OR YOU'RE LOOKING TO SCALE WE'RE HERE TO MEET YOU AND WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU THRIVE AGAIN GOOD GOVERNMENT ACTION AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE KEEP HEARING BACK FROM THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN THROUGH SOME OF THESE PROGRAMING AND WORKED WITH US AND THIS IS WE KEEP BRINGING MORE THINGS ON BOARD BECAUSE THEY SAY WE NEED THIS PIECE, WE NEED THAT PIECE SO WE BRING THOSE CONSULTANTS FORREE SO PEOPL CAN ILIZE THEM FOR THEIR BUSINESSES AND SO IT'S REALLY GREAT TO GET THAT FEEDBACK LOOP. I'M LOOKING FOR BLOOMINGTON TO BE ONE OF THOSE GREAT FEEDBACK LOOPS TO HERE AS YOU OPEN THINGS UP. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SLIDE SO AND WHEN IT COMES TO LOCAL BUSINESSES I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE HERE WHO LOVES TO SEE MORE DIVERSE TAXPAYERS AND WHEN WELCOME THIS WELL-PAYING JOBS ARE RESPONSIBLE CORPORATE COMPANIES COUNTY CONTRIBUTED 300,000 THROUGH OUR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO HELP CLOSE A FINANCIAL GAP TO START TO ESTABLISH CEQ NORTH AMERICA HEADQUARTERS HERE IN SOUTH LOOP AND WITH THE NEW CHIPS ACT DOLLARS LIKE THIS YOU KNOW OUR FOUR POLAR SEMICONDUCTORS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE YOU KNOW THIS ADVOCACY AND THIS INVESTMENT THAT THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL AND THE PORT AUTHORITY TO OUR FREE TRADE ZONE THIS IS THIS IS A FABULOUS BEGINNING FOR THEM. I KNOW THAT BLOOMINGTON IS ONLY JUST ONE OF THE ON THE VERGE OF HUGE BOOM IN ECONOMIC BOOM IN THE YEARS TO COME. CERTAINLYRE AN ECOMIC ENGINE HERE IN THE METRO AREA . NEXT SLIDE. SO YOU KNOW NOW SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TREES. THAT'S SOMETHING YOU KNOW, VERY BROADLY OUR GOAL IS TO PLANT A MILLION TREES IN 2030 AND THE COLLABORATION ON THIS IS PART OF OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE IN A BROAD BASED AND YOU KNOW CARBON SEQUESTRATION. SO WE ESTIMATE THAT 348,000 TREES WILL HAVE BEEN PLANTED IN 2020 BY THE YEAR'S END. THE GOAL IS TO MITIGATE THE SS TREE CANOPY CANOPY AND THAT'S FROM THE EMERALD ASH BORER THAT WE'RE SEEING AND OTHER PESTS THAT WE SEE IN THE OAK DO ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE SOME OF OUR SPECIES. SO THERE'S A SPECIAL FOCUS ON IMPROVING EQUITY IN THIS TREE CANOPY, REDUCING AIR POLLUTION AND COMBATING THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE WE ARE DEFINITELY FOCUSED ON. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR PLANS THOSE ARE WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR DOLLARS TO INVEST TOO. SO SOME OF THE REALLY GREAT THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN THIS PROGRAM IS $500,00 WHICH I MADEVAILABLE THROUGH HEALTHY TREE CANOPY GRANT PROGRAM AND REALLY GOES TO CITY SCHOOLS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS AND NONPROFITS. SO IT'S A COST PROGRAM THAT YOU GET A TREE OR WE PAY HALF THOSE COSTS. MANY OF TREES HENNEPIN COUNTY GROWS ITSELF SO WHOLESALE TREES PURCHASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COUNTY, OUR FORESTRY PROGRAM IS HELPING BRING YOUNG ADULTS AND TO A CAREER PATH TOO. IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET A FORESTER INTO YOUR FUTURE IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY'S FIRST EVER URBAN TREE CARBON OFFSET SALES PGRAMS STARTING SO, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A FUN THING TO BE THINKING ABOUT TOO AS YOU LOOK AT YOUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND I KNOW YOU'RE WELL ON YOUR WAY IN YOUR THERE TOO FOR THAT SLIDE 14 PLEASE. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT BLOOMINGTON PROJECTS AND THE LASTLY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WE WANT TO INCLUDE THIS MAP AND LIST SOME OF THE FUTURE PROJECTS ON THE HORIZON. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THESE LINE BY LINE BUT YOU WANT TO MIGHT WANT TO PERSONALLY EXTEND A BIG THANKS ANDOLLABORATION TO ALL THE FOLKS WHO MADE ALL THESE GREAT PROJECTS YOU KNOW POSSIBLE NICOLLET IS GOING TO BE A BIG ONE THE EYE FOR 94 CORRIDOR IS SOMETHING I WORK CLOSELY WITH YOUR STAFF HERE IN BLOOMINGTON THANK YOU VERY MUCH THEY ARE GREAT TO WORK WITH IS PUSH LAKE ROAD WAS A GREAT REPAVING PROJECT MUCH NEEDED I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THESE ARE THESE HAVE BEEN ON THE BACK BURNER FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND THESE ROADS ARE IN DIRE STRAITS NEEDING SOME OF THE BEST HELP THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM. AND I KNOW THERE WERE A COUPLE OFTHER QUESTIONS SO THAT MAYOR BUSY I'LL TURN THINGS BACK OVER AND I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR AND QUESTIONS I HAD ONE ON SUSTAINABILITY ALREADY AND ANOTHER ON THE HOMELESS. SO IF I MAY THANK YOU COMMISSIONER AND COUNSEL KNOW YES I HEARD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE PERCOLATING THIS AFTERNOON AS SO YES IF YOU WANTED TO ADDRESS THE TWO QUESTIONS THAT CAME YOUR WAY EARLIER TODAY. SO THE SUSTAINABILITY QUESTION WAS THE ORGANICS RECYCLING SO WE ARE MANDATED TO PASS THAT DOWN AS THE COUNTY THAT HAS TO REGISTER THAT. SO YOU ARE MANDATED I AS A CITY NOW TO OFFER ORGANICS RECYCLING TO RESIDENTS NOW IT'S A SLOW GO AND IT'S A SLOG I KNOW THERE AREN'T AS MANY ADOPTERS AS WE WOULD LIKE THIS IS TRUE WE HAVE GOALS SET TO WEAR OUT AT ALL THE FAIRS WE WERE OUT AT THE WHERE I MET THE MAYOR OUT THERE WE WERE OUT THERE TALKING TO AND WE SIGNED UP LIKE 25 FOLKS FOR THE ORGANICS RECYCLING AFTER WE TO THEM THERE SO THERE WILL BE MORE PEOPLE AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALSO COMMUNITY SITES TO DROP OFF WHERE PEOPLE COULD DO IT THERE BECAUSE A OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ORGANICS TO HAVE A BIG DINNER DON'T WANT TO D SO IN SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY COMPOST IN THEIR OWN YARD LIKE MYSELF BEEN DOING IT FOR DECADES AND SO I DROPPED A FEW BONES AND THINGS I HAVE OFFERED UP MY COMMUNITY SITE AS WELL. THE REASON WE ALL HAVE TO FOR THIS IS BECAUSE WE ALL USE THE ROADS, WE ALL DO ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO PAY FOR THOSE COMMUNITY SITES AND EVERYBODY ELSE AND WE REALLY EVERYBODY TO BE ON BOARD WITH THIS AND I KNOW IT'LL TAKE TIME I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING GOING THROUGH THE SCHOOLS TO TEACH OUR KIDS SOME THIS YOU KNOW IF WE WORK WITH THE KIDS LOTS OF TIMES THEY BRING IT HOME. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE SEAT BELT THINGS WE DID. IT'S ALSOIKE WE D WITH JUST PICKING UP TRASH AROUND PARKS AND AROUND ROADS AND EVERYTHING GIVE A HOOT, DON'T POLLUTE. THOSE WERE THE DAYS THAT I HAD YOU KNOW WE ALL DID THIS AS KIDS IT'LL TAKE TIME. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO BRING THIS FORWARD. BUT WE WILL AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING MORE. THERE'S ALSO GRANT DOLLARS AS ENVIRONMENTAL GRANT DOLLARS. SO IF YOU HAVE A GREAT IDEA FOR HOW TO GET MORE ORGANICS RECYCLING OR GET THE WORD OUT MORE THE EDUCATION PIECE PLEASE PUT IN FOR A HENNEPIN COUNTY GRANT. WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO GET ONE OF THOSE GRANTS. I WOULD CERTAINLY FOLLOW IT FOR YOU SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE DONE FASTER AND QUICK AND. THIS WOULD BE GREAT. SO ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS WAS ABOUT THE HOMELESS ISSUES AND SOME OF THEM LET ME TELL YOU ON AN ON A REGULAR YEAR HENNEPIN COUNTY SPENDS $140 MILLION ON HOUSING AND HOUSING SUPPORTS. SO THAT'S JUST STAND UP HOUSING SO THAT WE CAN PUT PEOPLE IN IT. RIGHT. AND THOSE SUPPORTS ARE THE SOCIAL WORKERS AND OTHER PEOPLE OR CARE WORKERS THAT HAVE BE AROUND THOSE FOLKS BECAUSE SOME OF THEM CAN'T LIVE TOTALLY INDEPENDENT THAT THOSE HOUSING AND THEY BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY FACE BUT THEY'RE THERE IS A BIG ISSUE THAT HAPPENED AFTER PANDEMIC WE WE DROPPED THE MORATORIUM SO WERE NOW COULD EVICT FOLKS AND WE EXPECT THE UPTICK AND WE DID SEE IT BUT WE DID EXPECT THAT WE WOULD SEEHE CURVE START TO GO DOWN WE HAVE NOT SEEN IT WE EXPECTED IT BY NOW AND THIS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING AND ALARMING AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE MORE MORE HOMELESS AND, MORE EVICTIONS THAN WE CAN PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER TO TO GRAB. WE ARE GRABBING PEOPLE AT THE COURTS. WE LITERALLY HAVE HENNEPIN COUNTY HIRED ATTORNEYS AT THE COURTS TO TRY TO NEGOTIATE OF THE EVICTIONS AND OTHER THINGS THERE TO TRY TO STEM AT THE COURT AREAS SIDE. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET EVEN FURTHER UPSTREAM TO GET TO PEOPLE THAT WE CAN GET THEM THE EMERGENCY IN ASSISTANCE WITH SOME OF THOSE FEDERAL GRANTS THAT WE'RE GETTING TO GIVE TM EMERGENCY DOLLARS THE AVERAGE PERSON IS NOW BEHIND FOR TWO SIX MONTHS OF RENT NOT A COUPLE. SO NOT A SMALL TICKET ITEM TO PAY THAT BACK RENT FOR THEM TO GET THEM WHOLE AND ON THEIR FEET AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOT FEASIBLE OR THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR THEM. BUT WE'D LIKE TO KEEP THE OFF OF THEIR RECORD AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS A HOTEL HERE THE HOLIDAY INN AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR HELPING HENNEPIN COUNTY WITH THIS AND TAKING ON THIS BIG LIFT WE ALL HAVE HOMELESS AND YOU DOING YOUR PART. THANK YOU. THE ARE FAMILIES THESE ARE USUALLY MOMS, KIDS THAT ARE THERE. THEY ARE FULLY TAKEN CARE OF AND SUPPORTED BY HENNEPIN COUNTY THERE'S 24 SEVEN AROUND THE CLOCK SERVICES FOOD CARE AND SECURITY FOR THEM. SO I KNOW THAT I HAD HEARD FROM VEEP THAT THERE IS A HUGE UPTICK IN VENEZUELANS ASKING FOR FOOD. IT IS NOT FROM THAT SHELTER. IT IS BECAUSE YOUR FAMILIES YOUR GENEROUS FAMILIES HERE ARE ALREADY SETTLED ASK FOR THEIR RELATIVES AND THEY ARE BRINGING THEM HERE AND SO IS THE UPTICK THAT YOU ARE SEEING IS ACTUALLY THE AMOUNT OF FAMILIES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE SPONSORED THEIR FAMILIES TO COME IN HERE AND THEY ARE COMING FROM THE BORDER INTO HERE AND THEY'RE BUSSED IN TO HENNEPIN. WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE WE GREET THE BUSSES SO I DID WANT TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND I HAVE GOTTEN CONCERNS FROM SOME OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND I I'VE SHARED THEM ALWAYS WITH YOUR CITY MANAGER. SO HE KNEW THAT I ALSO RESPONDING TO THEM AND I SHARED THOSE RESPONSES WITH THEM THAT YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL AND IT'S VERY GENEROUS AND WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE OUT OF THAT HOTEL. WE ARE NOT AND IT CONTINUES TO GO AS SOON AS WE HOUSE PEOPLE WE HOUSE PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR MONTHLY AND THEY FILL UP WE AT 300% CAPACITY THAT HOTEL IS FULL AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR MORE. WE CAN'T FIND ANY NOW AT THIS POINT WE HAVE PURCHASED A COUPLE OF MOTELS AND WE DO SINGLE OCCUPANCY BUT THAT'S FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO WILL NOW LIVE IN THOSE THOSE ARE USUALLY SINGLE PEOPLE AND WE PUT SOCIAL SERVICES THIS AND THOSE ARE ALL IN MINNEAPOLIS CURRENTLY AND WE JUST BOUGHT A THIRD ONE BELIEVE ANDO WE RENOVATE THEM AND WE PUT SOCIAL SERVICES THEM SO WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO FIND MORE CAPACITY HERE IF WE CAN'T STEM THE TIDE OF THIS ISSUE THAT'S THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE SIX AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE IN NEW HIRES. THEY WILL BE IN THE SOCIAL SERVICES TO COVER THOSE WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE TO RESPOND TO THE OVERWHELMING NEED THAT WE STILL SEEING THAT AFTER THE PANDEMIC THAT WAS UNEXPECTED PEOPLE NOT EVERYBODY ARE ON THEIR IS ON FEET THEY'RE JUST NOT ALL DOING SO WELL SO. IF THERE'S OTHER QUESTIONS I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER COUNCIL . ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN THANK YOU MAYOR. AND JUST SINCE I HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE TO SO MANY RESIDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND WE KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR HARD WORK DONE ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY AND FOR MANY OTHER CITIES I KNOW YOU'RE ALSO HAVE THE SAME PASSION THAT COUNCILMEMBER ALESSANDRA AND I SHARE AROUND SUSTAINABILITY AND I IF YOU KNOW WE BOTH SERVE ON TRANSPORTATION ONE OF 35 SOLUTIONS AND I WONDER AND THAT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTORS TO YOU KNOW, THE GREENHOUSE EFFECTS AND ALSO I'M JUST TO SEE YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO? I KNOW THERE'S SO LITTLE THAT WE CAN DO AT THE CITY LEVEL BUT YOU KNOW, AT THE COUNTY LEVEL IT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AND WE CAN DO IT. SO IF YOU IF YOU COULD AT ALL JUST ANY RECOMMENDATIONS MIGHT MAKE THAT WE AT T CITY LEVEL OR A THE COUNTY LEVEL COULD MAKE AN ADDITION. I KNOW WE HAVE THE OVERALL GOAL OF TRYING TO GET NET ZERO BY 2050 IN THE PLAN AND WE'VE GOT A SIMILAR PLAN TO HERE IN BLOOMINGTON SO I'D BE CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. AND THEN I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION AROUND IF ANYTHING MORE CAN BE DONE WITH THE BURNSVILLE WITH ANYTHING WITH THAT IN TERMS OF JUST THERE'S THE ONGOING EFFECTS OF YOU KNOW, THE WATER MITIGATION I KNOW THEY'RE IN A TIGHT SPOT DOWN THERE AND I KNOW IT'S CENTER OR COUNTY BUT I WOULD BE CURIOUS ABOUT YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. WELL, THERE'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTIONS. FIRST OF ALL, LET ME START WITH, YOU KNOW, THE ZERO EMISSIONS AND THE 494 CORE AND ALL THOSE YES. CARL KYLE AND I THANK YOU CARL. CARL'S JUST A GREAT AET HERE AT THE CITY I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT SIT ON THE 94 CORRIDOR WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON THE BEGINNING OF THAT AND I'LL AT THE OPEN HOUSE THAT THEY HAVE COMING UP SOON WE ALSO SIT ON HE'S ON THE TACK AND I'M ON THE TAB IT'S PART OF THE SAME ORGANIZATION AND WE ALL WE ARE LOOKING AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, THE METROEVEL AND THE STATE WE ARE PARTNERING TOGETHER ABOUT VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED AND HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE VEHICLES AND INTO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WITH THE CORRIDOR OPENING UP IT'LL MAKE THE TRANSIT SYSTEM MOVE FASTER THERE WITH EVEN THAT UNDERPASS ON THE RICHFIELD SIDE BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE AMERICAN BOULEVARD SIDE WE CAN DO ROAD KINDS OF FEATURES TOO AS CERTAIN TIMES THE DAY TO GET THE TRANSIT. SO THAT'S ONE BIG PIECE OF IT IS TO GET PEOPLE MORE INTO TRANSIT AND WE ARE SEEING RIDERSHIP GO UP. IT'S QUITE PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS BUT IT'S CLOSE AND IN SOME PLACES IT IS PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS SO THAT'S AN ENCOURAGING SIGN. WE'RE ALSO WORKING AT A MAJOR PROGRAM AND WE HAVE DOLLARS FOR THIS AS WELL AS METRO AND AS THE STATE FOR ELECTRIFICATION SO THAT WE WILL ELECTRIFY CORRIDORS SO THAT PEOPLE WHO GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE THOSE ELECTRIC VEHICLES WILL HAVE VIABLE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEM CHARGED WHEN WHEREVER THEY'RE GOING, WHEREVER THEY'RE STOPPING SO THAT THERE'S MULTIPLE SITES AND EVERYTHING. SO THAT'S BEING PLANNED IN A COORDINATED WAY WHICH IS GREAT. WE'RE ALSO TALKING TO COMPANIES BECAUSE SOME OF THE COMPANIES ARE PUTTING AND THEMSELVES AT DIFFERENT PLACES AND WE WANT THEM TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION WE'RE LOOKING AT YOU KNOW, STANDARDIZING AS WELL AND IT LIKE WE'RE GOING TO THE TESLA MODEL FOR STANDARDIZATION IN THIS INDUSTRY WHICH MAKES A SENSE TO GET DOWN TO ONE RATHER THAN TWO AND THEN TO HAVE VARIOUS TYPE OF CHARGING SOME OF THEM FAST, SOME OF THEM NOT SO FAST CHARGES AND HAVING THE PRICING YOU KNOW THROUGH THE DEMAND ON THOSE. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO ENCOURAGE SOME OF THAT GREAT BEHAVIOR BESIDES JUST MAKING OUR STREETS SAFER MAKING THEM FLOW BETTER, YOU KNOW, SO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BIKE OR WANT TO WALK FEEL SAFER, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW BACK IN THE DAY AND BLOOMINGTON DID THIS JUST AS THE CITY OF RICHFIELD DID THIS AS WE TOOK OUR ROADS WE WANTED TO DO WE JUST WIDENED THEM IN . THE SIDEWALKS ARE RIGHT UP AGAINST THE STREETS IN SOME OF THESE PLACES AND THOSE DON'T FEEL SAFE. THERE'S NO WAY THOSE FEEL SAFE. AND AS WE'RE ROAD DIALING DOWN AND UP BETTER SIDEWALKS AND EVERYTHING, YOU'RE SEEING A LOT MORE PEOPLE. YOU'RE SEEING LOT MORE KIDS OUT THERE BIKING TO SCHOOL AND ALL THOSE KINDS NOW WE GOING MAKE THOSE ROADS SAFER AND WE ALSO HAVE TO GET PEOPLE MORE USED TO SPPIN FOR PEDESTRIANS. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE IN SOME OF THE CROSSINGS 66TH STREET PEOPLE ARE USED TO PEOPLE CROSSING 66TH STREET AND THEY'RE NOT USED TO SEEING A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AND STOPPING FOR IT. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT IT'S GOING TO A LONG TIME AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF TRAFFIC FEATURES WORK THE TRAFFIC, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR PEOPLE. WE'RE ALSO BELIEVE IT OR NOT WITH THE CITIES THE CITY PLOWS AND THE COUNTY PLOWS, THE METRO PLOWS TO NOT PLOW IN THE BUSSES, THE BUS SHELTERS SO THAT THE BUS SHELTERS CAN STAY OPEN AND SO THEY'RE NOT ICED OVER AND EVERYTHING LIKE THIS SO PEOPLE DON'T FALL AND HURT THEMSELVES. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO FALL ON THE ICE SO WE GOT TO KEEP THE THE ROUTES TO THE THE BUS SHELTERS OPEN SAFE AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE COORDINATED EFFORTS THAT I HAD STARTED LAST YEAR AS PUBLIC WORKS IS TALKING TO YOUR PUBLIC WORKS IS TALKING TO THE METRO PUBLIC WORKS AS WE START DOWN THROUGH THE ROAD. SO THERE'S A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON TO MAKE IT SAFER, MAKE IT A MORE VIABLE OPTION FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE TRANSITNDO OTHER INGS. WE ARE EXPANDING THE TRANSIT WE KEEP PUTTING ANOTHER BRT LINE ABOUT EVERY OTHER YEAR SO AND THAT'S GOING TO KEEP UP. WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT STOPPING THERE SO AND I KNOW I, I FOLLOWED AMERICAN BOULEVARD. I KNOW YOU DIDN'T GET YOURS YET. I KNOW IT'S WHICH WAY IN THE FUTURE BUT YOUR DENSITY GROWS THERE AND IT WILL IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN SO. I CAN SEE THAT BECAUSE YOU DEFINITELY NEED SOMETHING EAST WEST THAT WOULD BE A GREAT BUS ROUTE. I WAS I WAS FOR KEEPING IT ON THE MAP I VOICE THAT OPINION. OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, FOR BEING HERE. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU I THINK THE UPDATE THAT YOU GAVE TO US ON THE FOLKS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT FOLKS OUT, YOU KNOW, ASKING FOR MONEY AND THINGS LIKE AND SO IT'S REALLY NOTICEABLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE IS AN UPTICK IN IN FOLKS THAT ARE NEEDING HELP. I'M CURIOUS IF IF THERE'S BEEN ANY CONVERSATION BETWEEN T COUNTY IN THE STATE ABOUT MORE PEANENT SOLUTIO TO FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS DUE TO MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES? I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T DO IT RIGHT MANY YEARS AGO BUT WE DID HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO WHO COULD NOT FIND A WAY TO BE, YOU KNOW, INCORPORATED INTO SOCIETY TO FIND A SAFE AND COMFORTABLE PLACE TO BE HOUSED AND SERVED AND THOSE PROGRAMS ON A LONG TERM BASIS SEEM TO HAVE BEEN CUT DOWN DRAMATICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 40 TO 50 YEARS. I I THE CONVERSATIONS I HAVE WITH POLICE OFFICERS IS VERY MUCH AROUND THE KIND OF REVOLVING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. RIGHT. AND IT DOES FEEL TO ME LIKE THAT'S BEYOND THE LOCAL LEVEL ISSUE TO ADDRESS AND I IMAGINE EVEN IT'S BEYOND THE COUNTY LEVEL NECESSARILY TO ADDRESS. AND SO I'M CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES OR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IN THE COUNTY AROUND WHAT THE STATE IS WILLING TO FORWARD TO HELP PUT OUT LONG TERM, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT SERVICES IN PLACE FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY RESIDENTS. WELL, THERE IS COUPLE OF THINGS GOING ON. I WILL TELL YOU THAT 1800 CHICAGO AND SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO WORK WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS MORE AROUND OUR CITIES IS 24 SEVEN OPEN NOW SO AS THOSE KINDS OF FOLKS ARE IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND NEED THOSE THOSE SERVICES RIGHT NOW THAT THE OFFICERS CAN TAKE THEM RIGHT DOWN TO 1800 CHICAGO IF THEY'RE HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS SO IT'S JUST YOUR EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER THAT THAT HAS THAT ON THEIR PTE SOHAT'S TT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE CMC HOSPITAL IS LOOKING AT A MUCH LARGER MENTAL WARD TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE THOSE PEOPLE AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO TO GROW THAT AND WE HAVE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT AS A MUCH LARGER AND WE WOULD BE GOING TO THE STATE TO ASK FOR DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THAT SO THAT WE COULD TREAT MORE PEOPLE LONG TERM IN A FACILITY ,YOU KNOW, THAT WAS MORE APPROPRIATE. THERE ARE OTHER APPROPRIATE PLACES F THE TO GO BUT TAKES A LOT OF WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO PUT THEM IN AND BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE LAWS THAT HAD CHANGED A LONG TIME AG THERE ARE NO ALLOWED TO THIS BE PUTTING THEM IN NECESSARILY GROUP HOMES AND SO YOU KNOW THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE OUT ON THEIR OWN BUT TO TRY TO GET THOSE SOCIALISTS IT'S EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND WE DON'T HAVE THE PERSONNEL TO DO IT. THIS IS A NATIONWIDE ISSUE TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE THESE PEOPLE VERY DIFFERENTLY BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT SOME OF THOSE THINGS THERE ARE SOME REAL BOTTLENECKS BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME EXTREMELY AGITATED PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE'S ONE MAN WHO HAS LITERALLY BEEN IN OUR WARD AND SHUT DOWN A WHOLE WING OF ONE OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH BOARDS AND WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MOVE HIM BACK TO SAINT PETER WHERE HE BELONG. THEY MOVED HIM OF THERE AND HE ENDED UP RIGHT BACK IN AND HE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN OUT AND WE CAN'T GET SAINT PETER TO TAKE THEM AND SO WE'VE BEEN GOING TO THE OFFICE. THIS IS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH SOME OF THESE EXTREME CASES WHERE PEOPLE CANNOT BE ON THEIR OWN AND THEY NEED THEY TO BE IN A FACITY AND YES, WE CHANGED THE LS AONGIME AND PEOPLE HAVE T RIGHT TO CHOOSE NOW RATHER THAN US PUSHING THEM INTO THAT. AND QUITE FRANKLY WHAT'S SO SAD BECAUSE I'M OUT IN THE STREETS TO TALK TO SOME OF THESE FOLKS IS THAT THEY TURN US DOWN. WE OFFER AN OFFER AN OFFER AND THEY TURN US HOSTILE. YOU KNOW, WE OFFER THEM TAKE THEM SOMEPLACE BUT IF WE SEE A FAMILY UP ON A CORNER I MEAN I STOP NO MATTER WHERE I'M OUT WHAT TIME OF DAY AND I CALL YOU'RE USUALLY YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY OR WHOEVER SERVES I THINK IT WAS THE PRAIRIES LAST TIME I SAW A FAMILY OUT AND I THEM WHERE IT IS AND I ASKED THEM TO COME PICK THEM UP AND TAKEHEM TO HENNEPIN COUNTY SHELTERS BECAU WE'LL HOUSE A FAMILY IN 24 HOURS 24 HOURS TIME FRAME INTO A HOTEL ROOM SOMEWHERE. WE WILL NOT ALLOW A FAMILY WITH CHILDREN OUT ON THE STREETS SO THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE HAVE. SO AND I'M SURE YOUR OFFICERS KNOW ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS AND HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US THROUGH THE TO THE OFF HOURS TOO. SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS WE ARE ABLE TO DO WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND NOT EVERYBODY WILL SEEK IT IF WE GET IT TO THEM. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ADDICTION TREATMENT AND EVEN IF WE OFFER IT THEY DON'T WE TRIPLED OUR LOW BARRIER WHICH MEANS PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED WHO ARE STILL USING CAN USE THAT AND IT'S STILL IT'S AT CAPACITY AND THERE ARE WAITING LISTS AND THERE'S NOT ROOM FOR THEM. WE JUST DON'T HAVE A WAY TO KEEP AHEAD OF YET AND IT'S THE SAME THING WITH THE FAMILIES THAT WERE HOUSING YOU THROUGHOUT THE CITY BUT ALSO HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. THANK YOU APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION THERE. THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS RELATED TO TRANSIT. SO FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WE'VE TALKED INTERNALLY WITHIN THE CITY ABOUT IMPROVED PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICES HERE. I KNOW YOU AND I SPOKE A ONE POT ABOUTOTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING THE PILOTING OF OF THE MOBILE APP SERVICE METRO TRANSIT HAS BUT IT SEEMS LIKE METRO TRANSIT IF I CAN BE BLUNT DOESN'T KIND OF HAVE ITS ACT TOGETHER AT THE MOMENT AND SO I'M AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU'VE HEARD ANY MORE FROM THEM AND MET COUNCIL ABOUT EXPANDING ANY SERVICES TO THE TO TO SPECIFICALLY BLOOMINGTON IN GENERAL AROUND SOME INNOVATIONS THAT WOULD MAYBE HELP WITH US TO HAVE MORE PUBLIC INTEREST CITY WE OBVIOUSLY CAN GET AND FROM MINNEAPOLIS PRETTY WELL RIGHT WE HAVE THE BLUE LINE WE HAVE THE ORANGE LINE ETC. BUT THERE ARE THERE'S CERTAINLY LIMITS WITHIN THE CITY THAT YOU KNOW COULD WE COULD SUPPORT A NUMBER OF WAYS AND I'M CURIOUS IF THAT CONVERSATION HAS COME UP AT ALL AND IF SO GREAT IF NOT MAYBE WE COULD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE MIT METRO TRANSIT IS WITH ITS YOU KNOW, NEW PROGRAMING AT THE MOMENT. WELL, THERE'S TWO PARTS AND THEY HAVE THEY HAVE AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY DONE PILOTS BUT THEY'RE OFF ON NORTHEASTERN NICOPOLIS AND SO THEY HAVE DONE CIRCULATOR TYPE TYPE PROGRAMS WAS ALREADY AND TRIED THEM AND THEY WERE ACCEED AND THEY WE AND SOME THEM ARE DIAL AND SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN JUST REGULAR PICKUPS AND GOING TO REGULAR PLACES WITHIN THAT MOST PEOPLE NEED TO GO TO. SO THEY HAVE TRIED SOME OF THESE PILOTS. UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE THE LAND OF 10,000 PILOTS SOMETIMES AND WE'RE NEVER ABLE TO SCALE BECAUSE OF THE COST OF THOSE KINDS OF SCALING. NOW I KNOW SOME CITIES HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. I KNOW EDEN PRAIRIE HAS A TRANS A SMALL INNER CITY TRANSIT THAT GOES AROUND AND IT'S AN INNER CITY LOOP THAT THEY DO AND EVEN SOME KIDS CAN TAKE IT OFF TO SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING LIKE THIS WHEN HE AN IRREGULAR SCHOOLIME AND EVERYTHING LIKE THIS AND I KNOW OTHER FOLKS USE IT TO GET AROUND TO DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS AND GROCERIES OTHER THINGS AND I HEAR THAT IT WORKS QUITE WELL. YEARS AGO RICHFIELD HAD A SENIOR BUS THAT TOOK PEOPLE AROUND TO THE SENIOR LUNCHEONS AND SEVERAL OTHER THINGS AND WOULD DO UP TO THE DOOR STOPS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THIS BUT IT ALL CAME DOWN TO FUNDING. NOW IT'S THE EDEN PRAIRIE SAID TO FUND THAT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THROUGH THEIR OWN TAX DOLLARS BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT MANY COUNCIL DOLLARS TO DO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS INTEREST WHICH WOULD BE REALLY DELIGHTFUL AND REALLY HELPFUL TO RESIDENTS ABOUT IN ANY CITY . I THINK WE HEAR THAT AS WE HAVE AN AGING POPULATION OR IF WE WANT TO GET VMT DOWN, IF WE WANT TO GET TO ZERO CARBON WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE KINDS OF OPERATIONS AND THEY NEED TO BE DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE FOR SOME FOLKS BECAUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINTER YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE AN 80 YEAR OLD GOING TO WANT TO GO WALK DOWN TO THAT BUS STOP THROUGH ALL THAT SNOW AND ICE. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT RIGHT. THEY CAN'T TAKE RISK. THEY CAN'T TAKE THE RISK TO FALL. THEY NEED DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE . AND SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT I THINK THEY'VE LOOKED ITHEY TNK THEY KNOW THERE'S A NEED. THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN MAKE IT WORK. BUT WHETHER THERE'S A WILL AT THE STATE TO START FUNDING SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND THE MET COUNCIL WE SHALL SEE YOU KNOW BECAUSE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT YOU AS A CITY COULD PUSH YOURSELF RATHER THAN DOING IT. SOME CITIES DECIDED NOT TO WAIT AND HAVE DONE IT ON THEIR OWN. YEAH. THANK YOU. THE FINAL I JUST WANT TO SAY AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT YOUR PROGRAM I KNOW THAT WE INCLUDING COMING UP HERE ARE LOOKING AT GRANTS FOR THE DNR BUT SOME OF OUR LOCAL POPULATIONS ARE NONPRITSRE ARE COMING TO YOU ALL WITH GRANTS AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD JUST IN GENERAL THE COMBINATION OF OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, OUR NONPROFIT COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND OTHER THINGS WORKING TOGETHER TO GET AS MUCH OF THAT MONEY AS WE CAN, YOU KNOW, FUNNELED INTO SOLVING OUR OUR TREE PROBLEM. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. MAY THANK FOR MAKING THAT AVAILABLE IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. I THINK THAT BLUE ANTONIANS GOING TO UTILIZE THAT BECAUSE WE DO LOVE OUR TREES. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. I WANT TO GO BACK TO YOUR BURNSVILLE LANDFILL. I COMMENTN THAT SEVERAL TIMES IN A LETTER TO MPCA AGAINST THAT FOR SO MANY ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS AND THEY ALLOWED THAT I DON'T KNOW BEING THE MPCA AND EVEN ALLOWED AT REGION FIVE IS BEYOND ME THINK YOU KNOW BEYOND I THINK THE ONLY THING THE BIGGEST IMPACT WE COULD HAVE WAS TO NOT FIGHT ANYBODY IS ONE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO SUE BURNSVILLE WHICH THEY COULD AND I SUSPECT MAY HAPPEN FOR THE EXPANSION OF TH BECAUSE WH THE GRAVEL PIT STOPS THE OPERATIONS THERE AND THEY SAY THEY WILL IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS THEY WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO PUMP AND IF THEY DON'T PUMP WATER THAT WATER WILL FILL INTO THAT LANDFILL AND THAT IS NOT A GOOD THING IF WE EVER LOOK TO NEARING THAT WATER AS A DRINKING WATER SOURCE THAT IS A VERY BAD THING. THERE IS NO REASON AND IT'S A REALLY BAD REASON PUT A LANDFILL DOWN ON A RIVER BOTTOM AND IT'S LIKE ON A RIVER BOTTOM. NOT A GOOD IDEA EITHER. THEY FLOOD AND THEY DO A LOT OF DAMAGE AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S MORE AND MORE FLOODS AND WHEN THE WATERS COME LIKE THESE LAST FEW DAYS, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN THREE INCHES OF RAIN WE'VE SEEN THAT'S A LOT OF RAIN FOR US TO ABSORB A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AFTER A DROUGHT AND IT WILL IMPACT THINGS SO I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. IT WAS WELL I DON'T HAVE ROUTE TO GO AND IN FACT WHEN I TALKED TO THE NEWER MPCA COMMISSIONER SHE SAID SHE WOULD HAVE NEVER LET THAT PASS AND THAT'S REALLY SAD. AND NOW BECAUSE OF THAT THE FREEWAY BOARD SIDE WANTS TO EXPAND THEIRS AND THAT'S A SUPERFUND SITE RIGHT SO THAT'S EVEN WORSE. SO I'M FULL OF GOOD NEWS SHOWCASE. IT IS A TOUGH QUESTIONS. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD GOING ON IN HEAD OF BOONE COUNTY BUT YOU KNOW IT'S SEEMS LIKE YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE TOUGH QUESTIONS AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE WRESTLE WITH. RIGHT. YOU DO AS A COUNCIL AND I DO TOO AS A BOARD MEMBER. MR. VERBRUGGE THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK COMMISSIONER GOODELL. WE HAVE A REGULAR MEETING WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS THE COUNTY AND THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ON THE METROPOLITAN COMMISSION JUST TO MAK SURE THAT ALL OF US AGENCIES ARE COORDINATING AND WORKING TOGETHER ON ISSUES OF COMMON INTEREST TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND I APPRECIATE THAT COMMISSIONER GOODELL HAS ALWAYS PRIORITIZED THAT MEETING AND MAKES A HABIT OF BEING THERE AND BEING AN ACTIVE CONTRIBUTOR AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO SERVE OUR RESIDENTS. AND SHE'S EAGER TO KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING SO SHE CAN BETTER HER JOB. SO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. I DID WANT TO DEPART ONE LAST THING HERE BECAUSE EVEN COUNCIL MEMBER TALKED ABOUT IT WAS THE WORK MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME LEGISLATION GOING ON AT THE STATE LEVEL ABOUT PRODUCING A REPORT WHICH WE HAVE PRODUCED TO OF A POSSIBLE SHUTDOWN FOR THE WORK AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO GET TO ZERO WASTE BEFORE WE CAN SHUT DOWN THE HURT BECAUSE THERE'S NO PLACE YOUR WASTE GOES TO WORK AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT CLOSED TOMORROW AND IF YOU DON'T STAND UP FOR YOUR CITY KNOWING THAT YOU WOULD BE PUTTING IT INTO LANDFILLS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT LANDFILLS WOULD ACCEPT ALL THIS WASTE AS IT WOULD CLOSE BECAUSE EVERYBODY WOULD BE FIGHTING OVER WHAT SPACE IS AVAILABLE AND I'M SURE YOU DON'T TO ADDO BURNS BILLS AFTER THE BATTLE YOU'VE HAD WHETHER THEY'D EVEN IT RIGHT SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU FACE RIGHT NOW . YOU CAN ALSO HELP AS YOU'LL SEE WILL HAVE A VERY PLATFORM FOR A LOT OF REALLY BOLD AND INNOVATIVE THAT THE STATE NEEDS TO DO FOR US TO GET TO THAT ZERO WASTE IF THEY WANT US TO SHUT DOWN THAT HURT SOONER BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T DO THEM THAT'S NOT A POSSIBILITY BECAUSE WE WILL OUT OF THE WASTE BUSINESS AND EVERY CITY WILL BE ON THEIR OWN TO TAKE THEIR WASTE AND DO WITH IT WHAT THEY CAN AND THAT WOULD BE REALLY SHAME WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. THAT IS NOT THE SERVICE THAT WE HAVE AS A COUNTY FOR YOU BUT THAT IS WE ARE LEFT NOW WE ARE BUILDING A BIO DIGESTER SO WE WILL TAKE THOSE ORGANICS AND WHATEVER WE CAN BURN AND WE WILL GO OUT OF THAT WASTE STREAM AND PUT THEM IN A BIO DIGESTER THAT WILL ALSO CHURN ELECTRICITY OF SOME SORT. WE HAVEN'T DECIDED EXACTLY HOW BUT WE'VE ALREADY SITED IT. WE HAVE MONEY AND WE HAVE PLANS BUT IT'S A LONG WAY AND WE HAVE TO GET THAT THING UP AND RUNNING BEFORE YOU KNOW THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST THINGS IS TO GET THAT SO WE N TE THE ORGANIC AND HER THINGS THAT ARE CARBON BASED TO TAKE THROUGH THERE. BUT WE HAVE TO GET THINGS WE HAVE TO BAN PLASTIC BAGS. WE HAVE TO ONE USE TYPES OF PACKAGING HAS TO HAVE TO GO AWAY WE CAN'T BE DOING THESE KINDS OF THINGS AND EXPECT TO GO TO ZERO WASTE CARDBOARD CAN'T BE WE I WAS JUST AT THE NOT LONG GONE SO A WHOLE TRUCKLOAD OF CARDBOARD BOXES THOSE CAN BE RECYCLED AND THEY SHOULD NEVER COME TO HOOK AND IN FACT WE PENALIZE TRUCKS THAT COME IN WITH THEM SO THAT THEY GO TAKE THEM SOMEPLACE ELSE. SO THOSE ARE KINDS OF THINGS WE ARE REALLY WORKING HARD AT INCREASING THOSE KINDS OF PENALTY FEES WHEN THEY BRING A TRUCK LIKE THAT. BUT WE COULD USE YOUR HELP AND LETTING YOUR REPRESENTATIVES KNOW THAT CLOSING THE HURT NOW IS NOT A GOOD IDEA AND UNTIL WE HAVE A BETTER SOLUTION AND GOING TO LANDFILL IS NOT THE SOLUTION THAT'S MOVING BACKWARD THAT WOULD MOVE YOU BACKWARDS. IT WOULD MOVE US BACKWARDS. IT WOULD MOVE THE STATE BACKWARDS SO COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. THANK FOR YOUR ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF BLOOMINGTON. THANKS FOR YOUR YOUR SERVICES COUNCILMEMBER LOMAN HAS SAID AND YOU'VE PUT IN A LOT OF YEARS AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. SO THANKS FOR BEING US TONIGHT. I LOVE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. YOU GUYS ARE GREAT. THANKS. THANK YOU. OUR FINAL AGENDA ITEM UNDER OUR INTRODUCTORY ITEMS TONIGHT IS ITEM 25 AND THAT IS A REVIEW OF THE 2023 NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S A ANNUAL SURVEY THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING ACTUALLY FOR SOME TIME NOW AND SEEN SOME INTERESTING RESULTS. DIANE KIRBY, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR IS GOING TO LEAD US THROUGH THE RESULTS. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. WELL, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND CITY AND AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, WE HAVE BEEN DOING THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY OF BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. IN FACT THIS THE 12TH TIME THE 12TH SURVEY IN A ROW I HAVE STOOD BEFORE YOU TO PROVIDE THE RESULTS OF THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY OF BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS. SO I HAVE A LOT OF A LOT OF INFORMATION PROVIDE TO TONIGHT THE 150 145 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT WERE TESTED THIS YEAR. AND I'M GOING TO PROVIDE JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THOSE RESULTS AND DO THAT HOPEFULLY FAIRLY QUICKLY AS WELL. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED AND LET'S START THOUGH WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY AND THE VENDOR THAT CONDUCTS THE SURVEY AND THAT IS POCO AND RC SO NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER AT POCO GIVES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS THE DATA THEY NEED TO MAKE MORE INFORMED DECISIONS. AND SINCE 94 THE NRC HAS BEEN WORKING WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS NATION HUNDREDS OF JURISDICTIONS NATIONWIDE AND TENNESSEE IS BEST KNOWN FOR ITS NATIONAL BENCHMARKING SURVEYS INCLUDING THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY AND IN FACT INDICES BENCHMARK DATABASE IS THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES. WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE. INNER CITY AND POCO MERGED BACK IN 2019 AND A.C. POCO ALSO COLLABORATES WITH INTERNATIONAL CITY COUNTY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION, THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY OR WH WE CALL THECC IS A STANDARDIZED FIVE PAGE COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY THAT ALLOWS MUNICIPAL AND COUNTIES TO ASSESS RESIDENT OPINION ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THE NCC FOCUSES ON THE LIVABILITY OF A COMMUNITY AND IN FACT IT MEASURES TEN MAIN FACETS WHICH THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED AS MOST VITAL TO CREATING A QUALITY COMMUNITY THAT PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE IN . SO THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY OF BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS THIS SURVEY WAS A RANDOM SAMPLE SCIENTIFIC SURVEY THAT AS I SAID HAS BEEN CONDUCTED ANNUALLY IN BLOOMINGTON SINCE 2012. THIS YEAR THERE WERE 4500 HOUSEHOLDS THAT RECEIVED THE SURVEY IN THE MAIL. THE POLLING TOOK PLACE BETWEEN APRIL 27TH AND JUNE 8TH OF THIS YEAR. THERE WERE 709 SURVEYS THAT WERE COMPLETED. THAT'S A RESPONSE RATE OF 16%. THE MARGIN OF ERROR WAS PLUS OR -4% WITH A 95% CONFIDENCE LEVEL. THERE WAS ALSO AN OPEN PARTICIPATION OPT IN SURVEY THAT WASONDUCTED ONLINE THAT ATTRACTED 557 RESPONSES AND THOSE RESULTS WERE KEPT SEPARATE FROM THE RANDOM SURVEY RESULTS. SO FOR THOSE 4500 HOUSEHOLDS THE FIRST MAILING WAS A POSTCARD INVITING THE HOUSEHOLD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY AND THEN THE NEXT MAILING CONTAINED A COVER LETTER WITH INSTRUCTIONS THE SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE AND A POSTED RETURN ENVELOPE. ALL MAILINGS INCLUDED A WEB LINK TO GIVE RESIDENTS THE OPTION TO FILL IT OUT ONLINE AND ALL MAILINGS CONTAIN PARAGRAPHS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH INSTRUCTING PARTICIPANTS ON HOW TO COMPLETE SURVEY IN THEIR PREFERRED LANGUAGE. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES IN PARTICIPATING IN THE NCS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE OUR RATINGS AGAINST COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION. SO THERE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT HUNDRED COMMUNITIES IN THE NCS DATABASE BLOOMINGTON COMPARISONS TO THE ENTIRE BENCHMARK DATABASE NATIONWIDE AND WE ALSO OPTED TO RECEIVE CUSTOM BENCHMARK COMPARISON INS FROM A LIST OF PEER CITIES THAT WERE HAND-SELECTED FOR HAVING CHARACTERISTICS TO BLOOMINGTON AND THAT LIST DID INCLUDE 14 CITIES IN MINNESOTA INCLUDING EAGAN, EDINA, EDEN PRAIRIE RICHFIELD, PLYMOUTH, WOODBURY AND DULUTH. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW IS DOVE INTO THE SURVEY RESULTS. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE WERE 145 CATEGORIES IN THE STANDARD QUESTIONNAIRE THIS YEAR 118 OF THOSE RATINGS WERE SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR SO SIMILAR TO THE MARGIN OF ERROR 18 READINGS INCREASED ABOVE THE MARGIN OF ERROR THAT CRIME PREVENTION PUBLIC INFORMATION SERVICES CODING MEANT AVAILABILITY OF PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES AND SENSE OF CIVIC AND COMMUNITY. AND THEN THERE WERE NINE CATEGORIES THAT EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT IN 2023 THEY INCLUDED RESIDENTS CONNECTION ENGAGEMENT WITH THEIR COMMUNITY EASE OF WALKING, STREET REPAIR AND AIR QUALITY . AS NOTED BEFORE, WE'RE ABLE TO BENCHMARK OUR RESULTS AGAINST CITIES AND COUNTIES IN THE INNER CITIES NATIONAL DATABASE 22 CATEGORIES HAD HIGHER OR MUCH RATINGS THAN THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK IN 2023 HIGHER RATINGS INCLUDED BLOOMINGTON AS A PLACE TO WORK SNOW REMOVAL DRINKING WATER, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND EASE OF TRAVEL BY CAR. THERE WERE ONLY TWO RATINGS THAT RECEIVED LOWER RATINGS FROM THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK AND THEY WERE THE AMOUNT THAT PEOPLE SHARED THEIR OPINIONS ONLINE AND HOW OFTEN THEY SHOPPED ONLINE. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE QUALITY LIFE, 84% OF RESPONDENTS RATED IT AS EXCELLENT OR GOOD. THIS WAS SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR'S RATING AND BLOOMING AS A PLACE TO LIVE REMAINED WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR AT 88% YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD REMAINED THE SAME AS LAST YEAR AT 89% AND OVERALL IMAGE OR REPUTATION OF BLOOMINGTON INCHED UP TO 75% WHEN ASKED IF THEY WOULD REMAIN IN BLOOMINGTON THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THE RESPONSE LANDED WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR AT 83% AND THOSE WHO WOULD RECOMMEND LIVING IN BLOOMINGTON REMAINED STABLE FROM LAST YEAR AT 88%. SCORES FOR BLOOMINGTON IS PLACED RACE CHILDREN CAME IN AT 81% DOWN 4% FROM LAST YEAR'S RATING. SATIACTION RATINGOR BLMINGTON A PLACE TO RETIRE ROSE BY 3% TO 68% AT BLOOMINGTON AS A PLACE TO VISIT REMAINED UNCHANGED AT 7%. SO THERE WERE SEVERAL FINDINGS COMING OUT OF THIS YEAR'S SURVEY AND I'M GOING TO COVER THOSE NOW STARTING WITH KEY FINDING NUMBER ONE RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY SAFETY AS AN IMPORTANT FOCUS AREA AND THEY FEEL SAFE IN BLOOMINGTON. SCORES HERE REMAIN STRONG IN MOST 76% OF RESPONDENTS REPORTED FEELING SAFE IN BLOOMINGTON, RELATIVELY UNCHANGED FROMAST. THE OVERALL SCORES WERE SIMILAR TO THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK FEELING SAFE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD DURING THE DAY HELD STEADY FROM LAST YEAR AT 94% AND FEELING SAFE IN BLOOMINGTON'S COMMERCIAL AREAS DURING DAY WAS 86% DOWN 2% FROM 2022 FEELING SAFE FROM PROPERTY CRIME UPWARD TO 77% IN 2023 FEELING SAFE FROM VIOLENT CRIME ALSO INCHED UP TO 81% AND FEELING SAFE FROM FLOOD, FIRE AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS ROSE BY 5% THIS YEAR ABOVE THE MARGIN OF ERROR AND IN THE TOP QUARTILE OF COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES RATINGS FOR ALL OF THESE SERVICES ROSE THIS YEAR THE POLICE SCORE IMPROVED BY 2%, RANKING IT IN THE TOP ONE THIRD OF ALL JURISDICTIONS NATIONWIDE CRIME PREVENTION ROSE ABOVE THE MARGIN OF ERROR FROM 72% TO 77% AND THE RATING FOR FIRE SERVICES ROSE BY 2% THIS YEAR TO 96%. THE RATING FOR FIRE PLACED IT IN THE TOP ONE THIRD OF CITIES AND COUNTIES IN THE NATIONWIDE DATABASE. OUR NEXEY FINDING WAS THAT BLOOMINGTON'S ECONOMY CONTINUES BE A STRONG COMMUNITY FEATURE AS. IN PAST YEARS SEVERAL RATINGS WITHIN THE ECONOMY CATEGORY WERE HIGHER THAN RATINGS OBSERVED IN THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK INCLUDING BLOOMINGTON AS A PLACE TO WORK EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WHICH RANKED 15 NUMBER 50 NATIONALLY AND SHOPPING OPPORTUNITIES RANKING NUMBER 26 NATIONALLY. THIS NEXT QUESTION IN THE ECONOMY AREA ASKED WHAT IMPACT, IF ANY THE ECONOMY WOULD HAVE ON FAMILY INCOME IN T NEXT SIX MONTHS LAST YEAR? THOSE RESPONDING THAT THE IMPACT WOULD VERY OR SOMEWHAT POSITIVE DROPPED DOWN TO 10% THIS YEAR. THE VERY OR SOMEWHAT POSITIVE RESPONSES ABOVE THE MARGIN OF ERROR WITH 16% OF RESPONDENTS STATING THAT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT WOULD BE VERY OR SOMEWHAT POSITIVE ON THEIR FAMILY INCOME, AN ADDITIONAL 43% WERE NEUTRAL. THE SCORE FOR VARIETY HOUSING OPTIONS INCREASED BY 4% TO 65% AND THAT WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO RANK IT IN THE TOP 20% IN THE NATIONWIDE DATABASE AND WITH 44% APPROVAL RATING THE AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN BLOOMINGTON RANKED AMONG THE TOP 20% OF CITIES IN THE NATIONWIDE BENCHMARK AND NUMBER ONE AMONG OUR PEER CITIES OUR KEY FINDING NUMBER WAS THAT RESIDENTS VALUE THE CITY'S UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING THEME IN THE INDEX THROUGHOUT THE YEARS UTILITIES IS AN AREA BLOOMINGTON TRADITIONALLY HAS DONE VERY WELL AND HAS CONTINUED TO DO SO IN THE 2023 SURVEY RESPONDENTS GUSHED OUT THEIR PRAISE OF BLOOMINGTON'S DRINKING WATER WITH 2023 RATINGS OF 92%. THAT'S NUMBER ONE IN THE NRC NATIONWIDE DATABASE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ALSO NUMBER ONE IN THE NATIONWIDE DATABASE WITH AN 89% APPROVAL RATING AND WITH A SCORE OF 91% SEWER SERVICES WAS IN THE TOP 10% OF JURISDICTIONS NATIONWIDE AND NUMBER ONE AMONG OUR PEER CITIES AND WHEN IT COMES TO WASTE MANAGEMENT GARBAGE COLLECTION EXCELLENT OR GOOD RATINGS FROM 83% OF RESPONDENTS A 4% INCREASE FROM 2020 TO RECYCLING IN AT 81% AND YARD WASTE PICKUP SCORED A 79% SATISFACTION RATING. AND OUR KEY NUMBER FOUR WAS THAT RESIDENTS APPRECIATE BLOOMINGTON'S HEALTH AND WELLNESS. THESE SCORES IN THE HEALTH WELLNESS CATEGORY ALL ROSE FROM 2020 TO THE AVAILABILITY . PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES ROSE ABOVE THE MARGIN OF ERROR BY 6% TO 71% AND THE AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE MENTAL HEALTH CARE INCREASED BY 10% TO8% GOOD ENOUGH TO RANK IT IN THE TOP 20% OF COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE. AND ONE OF THE WAYS RESIDENTS STAYED HEALTHY THIS PAST YEAR WAS BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. 86% OF RESPONDENTS AGAIN RATED THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES AS EXCELLENT OR GOOD AND 81% OF RESIDENTS WERE PLEASED WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF PARKS AND WALKING GOOD ENOUGH TO RANK IT AT THE TOP QUARTILE NATIONWIDE AND IN THE TOP 25% NATIONWIDE WAS RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WHICH ROSE 2% TO 79%. THE RATINGS FOR CITY PARKS DROPPED SLIGHTLY TO 83% THIS YEAR. RECREATION PROGRAMS AND CLASSES REMAINED AT 78% AND 69% OF RESPONDENTS RATED RECREATION CENTERS OR FACILITIES AS EXCELLENT OR GOOD. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CITY'S GOVERNANCE SCORES BLOOMINGTON'S OVERALL DIRECTION MOVED UP 2% FROM 2022 TO 64%. THE RATINGS FOR OVERALL CONFIDENCE THE CITY GOVERNMENT WAS ALSO UP 2% TO 58% WHEN IT COMES TO THE CITY'S OVERALL CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT SCORE WAS UP BY 2% AS WELL TO 83% IN 2023 AND THAT SCORE PLACES BLOOMINGTON IN THE TOP 25% OF COMMUNITIES IN THE NATIONAL DATABASE IN THESE RATINGS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE CITY'S GOVERNANCE, MOST LANDED WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF VALUE OF SERVICES FOR TAXES PAID IN THAT CATEGORY DROPPED BY 6% TO 56% IN 2023. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT SEVERAL CATEGORIES LISTED HERE LANDED THE TOP ONE THIRD OF THE NATIONWIDE BENCHMARK AND THEY INCLUDED TREATING RESIDENTS WITH RESPECT, TREATING ALL RESIDENTS FAIRLY ,INFORMING RESIDENTS ABOUT ISSUES FACING THE COMMUNITY, BEING OPEN AND TRANSPARENT TO THE PUBLIC AND THE JOB THAT BLOOMINGTON GOVERNMENT DOES AT WELCOMING RESIDENT INVOLVEMENT RATINGS FOR CITY SERVICES GENERALLY REMAINED STABLE FROM 2022 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PUBLIC INFORMATION WHICH ROSE BY 5% TO 76% AND CODE ENFORCEMENT WHICH INCREASED BY 11% TO 60%. SCORES FOR THE CITY SERVICES LISTED WERE COMPARABLE TO THE NATIONAL BENCHMARKS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NATURAL AREAS PRESERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF NATURAL AREAS RANKED IN THE TOP 10% OF JURISDICTIONS NATIONWIDE AND NUMBER THREE IN THE PIERCE CITIES GROUP IN THE CATEGORY OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT NEW DEVELOPMENT EARNED EXCELLENT OR GOOD RATINGS FROM 57% OF RESPONDENTS WELL-DESIGNED NEIGHBORHOODS ROSE 3% TO 69% AND OVERALL APPEARANCE OF BLOOMINGTON CAME IN AT 72%. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE MOBILITY CATEGORY AND WE'LL START WITH STREET REPAIR BECAUSE THIS IS HAD HAD AN INTERESTING HISTORY OVER THE YEARS. THIS IS ONE CATEGORY THAT DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY IN 2023 RATINGS DECREASED BY 72% OR NOT 72% BY 17% FROM 2022 FROM 58% TO 41%. AND WE HAVE SEEN A SIMILAR KIND OF DIP HAPPEN IN THE PAST, PARTICULARLY BACK IN 2014 AND WE CONDUCTED A FOLLOW UP SURVEY THE FALL OF THAT YEAR AND FOUND A CORRELATION BETWEEN THE AND THE SEVERITY OF THE PRECEDING WINTERS WEATHER AND PEOPLE'S RCEPTION OF TH SCORES WHEN TAKING THE SURVEY IN LATE APRIL AND MAY. AND SO ALSO THE SURVEY DOESN'T DIFFERENTIATE CITY ROADS, STATE ROADS, COUNTY ROADS TOO . SO IT'S HARD TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEIR WHAT THEIR PERCEPTION OF EACH OF THE DIFFERENT ROADS WITHOUT ACTUALLY GOING IN AND ASKING SPECIFICALLY. SO WE HAVE SEEN SOME CORRELATIONS THERE BETWEEN WINTER WEATHER AND PEOPLE'S PERCEPTION OF THE ROADS AND POTHOLES AND THAT SORT OF THING. SPEAKING OF WINTER WEATHER SNOW REMOVAL SCORES SWINDELL BIT THIS YEAR BUT THEY WERE STILL WELL WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR. EVEN SO THE 81% SATISFACTION RATING WAS HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK RANKING IN THE TOP 15% OF JURISDICTIONS NATIONWIDE AND IN TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT THAT GREW BY 4% TO 71% IN 2023. THAT WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO PLACE IT IN THE TOP ONE THIRD OF JURISDICTIONS NATIONWIDE AND NUMBER FOUR AMONG OUR PEERS IN OTHER MOBILITY RELATED CATEGORIES EASE OF TRAVEL BY CAR IN BLOOMINGTON GREW BY 7% TO 86% THIS YEAR AND THAT SCORES HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK THE TOP 20% AND NUMBER THREE IN THE PEER CITIES RANKINGS. EASE OF WALKING IN BLOOMINGTON THOUGH DROPPED BY 10% AND EASE OF TRAVEL BY BICYCLE WAS VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED AT 59%. NOW IN 20 THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY ADDED QUESTIONS ABOUT INCLUSIVITY, ENGAGEMENT AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE SCORES RIGHT NOW 61% OF RESPONDENTS RATED THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY BLOOMINGTON AS EXCELLENT OR GOOD AND THAT'S UP 2% FROM 2022. AND WHILE OF THE READINGS IN INCLUSIVITY AND ENGAGEMENT REMAINED STEADY, CERTAINLY INCREASED BY MORE THAN THE MARGIN OF ERROR ATTRACTING PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS INCREASED BY 6% TO 78% AND TAKING CARE OF VULNERABLE RESIDENTS ALSO ROSE BY 6% TO 70%. ALSO YOU'LL NOTE THAT THREE CATEGORIES RANKED HIGHER THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK THEY WERE ATTRACTING PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, VALUING AND RESPECTING RESIDENTS DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND TAKING CARE OF VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. BUT THEN WHEN WE START TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS DEMOGRAPHIC AND SO WANTED TO GIVE YOU JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THESE NUMBERS BY THE RACE AND ETHNICITY DEMOGRAPHIC. THEY DO TELL A DIFFERENT STORY HERE IN THE CATEGORY OF ATTRACTING PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS. YOU CAN SEE THAT WHILE THE SCORES FOR WHITE RESPONDENTS REMAINED STABLE AND EVEN INCREASED OVER THE YEARS WE'VE SEEN DROP SINCE 2021 FOR MEMBERS OF OUR BIPOC COMMUNITIES THE SAME GOES FOR VALUING RESIDENTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS. SCORES BY PEOPLE IDENTIFYING AS WHITE HAVE GONE UP OVER THE PAST THREE SURVEYS BUT SCORES BY THOSE IDENTIFYING AS BIPOC HAVE. AND AGAIN THE SAME TND HELD TRUE IN THE CATEGORY OF MAKING OUR RESIDENTS FEEL WELCOME AND THERE IS ACTUALLY A 16% GAP THIS YEAR IN THE SCORES OF EXCELLENT OR GOOD BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS WHITE AND PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS BIPOC SCORES OVER TIME ARE BEING TRACKED IN THIS AREA FOR THE TOMORROW TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN IN THE AREA OF WELCOMING CONNECTED COMMUNITY. AND FINALLY THERE WERE SEVERAL CUSTOM QUESTIONS FROM THIS YEAR'S SURVEY THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU RIGHT NOW. THE FIRST ONE ASKED IN A TYPICAL DAY HOW OFTEN DO YOU USE THE FOLLOWING MODES OF TRANSPORTATION FOR WORK OR PERSONAL REASONS? THIS WAS SOMETHING OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ASKED FOR AND THE MOST POPULAR RESPONSES WERE GAS AND DIESEL VEHICLES WALKING AND BIKING. THIS NEXT CAME FROM PUBLIC HEALTH AND IT ASKED RESPONSE RESPONDENTS TO DESCRIBE HOW MUCH OF A PROBLEM VARIOUS ISSUES HAVE BEEN FOR THEM IN THE PAST YEAR. TOP ON THE LIST WAS DEPRESSION ANXIETY FEELINGS OF SADNESS WITH 20% OF RESPONDENTS SAYING THAT THESE WERE MAJOR OR MODERATE PROBLEMS FOR THEM AND 19% OF RESPONDENTS REPORTED THAT SOCIAL ISOLATION, LONELINESS AND GRIEF WERE MAJOR OR MODERATE PROBLEMS AND THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE RECENT U.S. SURGEON GENERAL'S REPORT ON PUBLIC PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS OF ISOLATION, LONELINESS AND LACK OF CONNECTION IN OUR COUNTRY AND THAT THIS CONNECTION FUNDAMENTALLY AFFECTS OUR MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL HEALTH AND CAN EVEN INCREASE OUR RISK OF PREMATURE DEATH. THE NEXT SET OF QUESTIONS ASKED RESIDENTS WRITE PUBLIC ART THAT CELEBRATES DIVERSITY IN PUBLIC EVENTS THAT CELEBRATE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES AND CULTURES IN BLOOMINGTON IN TWO THIRDS OF RESPONNTS SCOREDOTH CATEGORIES AS EXCELLENT OR GOOD. IN BLOOMINGTON. AND THEN A FINAL CUSTOM QUESTION ASKED WHETHER RESPONDENTS AGREED OR DISAGREED WITH THE STATEMENT I MAKE A LIVING WAGE ENOUGH TO MEET MY BASIC NEEDS 85% OF RESPONDENTS STRONGLY OR SOMEWHAT AGREED, 6% STRONGLY DISAGREED. AND BY THE WAY, THIS QUESTION AND THE PREVIOUS SET OF QUESTIONS WILL BE MONITORED FOR PROGRESS IN THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN. SO THAT IS A LOOK AT THE RESULTS FROM THE 2023 NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY OF BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS. THE FULL SURVEY RESULTS ARE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT BLOOMINGTON AND DOT GOV JUST SEARCHED FOR 2023 SURVEY AND IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FROM ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS I DID INCLUDE IN YOUR PACKET I YOU ALL PACKETS BINDERS AND I DID INCLUDE THE RESULTS OF THE BREAKDOWN BY COUNCIL DISTRICT SO YOU HAVE THOSE RESULTS THERE AND THEN FINALLY I JUST WANTED TO TALK VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT NEXT STEPS GOING FORWARD. SO I'VE MENTIONED WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SURVEY NOW FOR THIS IS OUR 12TH SURVEY WITH THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER. I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH STAFF FROM INNER CITY PORCO DEBRIEF ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN FINDING, SOME OF THE TRENDS THAT WE'VE BEEN WITH THIS SURVEY DECLINE IN RESPONSE RATE AS ONE OF THE BIGGEST TRENDS USED TO BE BACK IN THE 2012 TO PROBABLY 20 1516 TIMEFRAME WE WERE SEEING RESPONSE RATES OF ANYWHERE BETWEEN 35 AND 40%. WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT ANYMORE WHERE WE SAW 16% THIS YEAR. SO THE RESPONSE RATES HAVE DECLINED SIGNIFICANTLY. SO I'VE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THAT. ONE OF THE REASONS PERHAPS MAYBEHEYSED TO DO A FOURTH MAILER REMINDER POSTCARD TO REMIND PEOPLE YOU GOT THE SURVEY, PLEASE FILL IT OUT. THEY NO LONGER DO THAT AND THEN ALSO THE DEMOGRAPHIC PARTICIPATION AT THE NURSING DOES WAIT. THE RESULTS REFLECT THE DEMOGRAPHICS, THE POPULATION BUT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF PARTICIPATION CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WITHIN BLOOMINGTON SO WE'LL BE REASSESSING THIS SURVEY INSTRUMENT IN 2024 AND LOOKING AT OUR OPTIONS AND SO WITH THAT I WILL SND FOR QUESTIONS THANK YOU. WELL THANK YOU THANKS FOR THE THE YEARLY UPDATE ON THIS APPRECIATE IT AND APPRECIATE THE ABOUT THE DECLINING RATE OF PARTICIPATION I WASN'T SURE IF THAT WAS A MATTER OF THE WAY THE SURVEY WAS ADMINISTERED OR. THE FACT THAT PEOPLE DON'T CALL IT SURVEYS ANYMORE OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO AND I THINK THAT PROBABLY IS THE CASE ALSO GLAD TO SEE YOU HAD THE DISCUSSION WITH HIM ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REACH ALL THE DIFFERENT DIVERSE POPULATIONS WITHIN THE CITY. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING AND CAN'T BE OVERLOOKED. COUNCIL COMMENTS ONLL THIS COUNCILMBER LOWMAN THANK YOU, MAYOR GOT THREE REAL QUICK ONES ON PAGE NINE WE HAVE THIS THIS BALANCING PERFORMANCE AND IMPORTANCE AND IT HAS YOU KNOW, ON THE ONE ACCESS, THE QUALITY AND THE ON THE OTHER ACCESS IMPORTANCE BY PERCENTAGE. AND IT'S ALWAYS TAKEN EVERY YEAR WHEN I SEE THAT ON THE BOTTOM YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY ALL MONEY WE'VE INVESTED AROUND INCLUSIVITY AND ENGAGE THAT THAT IS SO LOW SO DON'T KNOW IF IF THAT'S JUST A MATTER OF THE INSTRUMENT THIS IS WEIGHTED OR JUST EVEN IF YOU COULD HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS AS A POLICYMAKER IF YEAH, IT'S BASICALLY WHAT THEY'RE SEEING BASED ON THE SURVEY RESULTS AND HOW THEY KIND OF FALL WITHIN THE OTHER CATEGORIES THEY HAVE. AND SO LIKE YOU SAID THAT ONE PARTICULAR ONE EVEN THOUGH IT'S STILL ON THE HIGHER END OF THAT AREA IN TERMS OF QUALITY AND THEN ON KIND OF GETTING TOWARD THAT SECTION IN TERMS OF IMPORTANCE WHERE IT'S KIND OF FALLING INTO YEAH, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT IN HIGH QUALITY I IS STILL THE LOWEST OF THE THOSE TEN FACETS RIGHT NOW THAT THAT WE'RE ON OKAY SO AGAIN YEAH IT'S ANOTHER CONVERSATION TO HAVE WITH FORCILLO'S FOLKS REALLY GETTING TOGETHER. THE OTHER QUESTION IS AROUND THE YOU KNOW IT WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE HAD 83% WITH THE GARBAGE RATING. I LIKE THAT BUT WHAT OTHER CITIES DOING THAT ARE RATED HIGHER THAN US YOU KNOW EITHER PEER OR FROM THE NATIONAL IS THERE A WAY TO AND I'M NOT NOT LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER WITH THAT TODAY BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF ONES LIKE WHAT ARE OTHER CITIES DOING THAT YOU KNOW KIND OF GET THAT THAT SCORE HIGHER OR IS IT JUST YOU KNOW, LIKE THE SNOWPLOW PIECE IT'S WHEN YOU ASK ASKED THE I ASK THE QUESTION YEAH MR. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS THE NEXT PHASE RIGHT WHEN YOU GET THESE SCORES LIKE THIS YOU HOPEFULLY YOU DON'T LET THOSE SURVEY RESULTS JUST SIT ON THE SHELF AND GATHER DUST BUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO THEN IS START DIVING INTO THE WHY BEHIND AND WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON IN OTHER COMMUNITIES SO SO THAT'S KIND OF THE NEXT STEP IS IN THE LAST ONE I HAD AND MAYBE THIS IS MORE OF A QUESTION TO THE TO THE MAYOR OR THE MANAGER, YOU KNOW, SEEING THAT DROP IN THAT 6% VALUE FOR SERVICE FOR TAXES PAID I JUST GET CONCERNED WHEN I SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OF COURSE THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER REALLY GOOD THINGS ON THE REST OF THAT PAGE BUT YOU KNOW THAT OF MADE ME SAY YOU KNOW WHY DID FOLKS RESPOND THAT WAY WHO RESPONDED THAT WAY YOU KNOW BECAUSE THERE COULD BE A LOT OF REASONS TO KIND DRIVE THAT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE FIRST QUESTION THAT I ASKED TOO AS WELL. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ISN'T THAT NO MISDIRECTION IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT THAT SURVEY PIECE LOOKS LIKE. THOSE ARE MY LIMITED QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I GUESS I JUST HAVE A COMMENT I'M REALLY GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THIS GROUP TO REEVALUATE THE SURVEY TOOL BECAUSE I JUST I THINK THE MAYOR ALREADY SAID IT. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE FILL OUT SURVEYS THE WAY THEY USED TO. I KNOW WE GET ALL KINDS OF SURVEYS IN OUR HOUSE AND MAILERS AND THEY GO RIGHT INTO THE RECYCLING I ALSO KNOW THAT IN DIFFERENT CULTURAL COMMUNITIES THAT LIKE FILLING SOMETHING OUT IN A WRITTEN FORMAT IS NOT PREFERENCE AND SO JUST THINKING ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS COLLECTING THIS INFORMATION AND THEN OF COURSE WE'RE DOING I FEEL LIKE WE ARE DOING A LOT OF WORK ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WITH OUR OFFICE RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WITH THE BARRIERS ARE THE CHALLENGES ARE THE CONCERNS ARE WHICH IS THAT DEEPER LAYER THAN LIKE TH JUS AS A SNAPSHO RIGHT ? SO IT'S ONE PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT WE CAN USE INFORM OUR STRATEGIES BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY PIECE OF INFORMATION AND IT'S NOT PERFECT. RIGHT? SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT KIN OF WAYS TO COLLECT THIS INFORMATION. THANK YOU. AND THERE'S WELL THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN AND. LOOK FORWARD TO THE FOLLOW UP AS WITHIN THE CITY STRUCTURE ITSELF BUT ALSO WITN T BLOOMINGTON TOGETHER STRATEGIC PLAN TO SEE HOW THIS APPLIES AND FEEDS INTO THAT AND SOME OF THAT WORK. I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT NEXT STEP THIS IS THESE THESE ALL CAN'T BE STAND ALONE KIND OF THINGS WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALL INTEGRATED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND SO I'M I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT IT IS BEING CONSIDERED IN A FEW THE QUESTIONS AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW WE USE THIS AS A TOOL TO ADVANCE OUR BLOOMINGTON TOMORROW TOGETHER GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WITHIN THE CITY SO THANK YOU THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL UP NEXT WE HAVE MADE IT TO THE CONSENT NOW THAT IT'S 10 MINUTES AFTER 12 MINUTES AFTER 8:00 ITEM THREE IS OUR CONSENT BUSINESS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO OUR CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT ANY HOLDS COURSE AS ALWAYS TRADITIONALLY I WILL HOLD 3.1 JUST TO MAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME RECOGNITIONS BUT OTHERWISE IF YES, GO AHEAD. SO I WAS ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO HOLD IT THERE 3.2 I'LL BRING IT UP IN THE IN OUR POLICY INITIATIVE UPDATE PIECE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER FROM DALLAS COUNTY. JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BRING IT UP. OKAY COOL. GREAT. SO SO ANYBODY ELSE NOT GOING TO BRING SOMETHING UP? JUST I WOULD LIKE TO NOT BRING UP 3.4. NO, JUST KIDDING. GET A LITTLE CHEEKY. OKAY. WELL IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER HOLDS THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO ADOPT ITEMS 3.2 THROUGH 3.10 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CARTER TO ACCEPT TONIGHT'S CONSENT BUSINESS AS STATED NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES IT SEVEN ZERO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I DID 3.1 WONDERFUL. YES. I MEAN THERE'S A LOT ON THIS AS ALWAYS. WE HAVE A GENEROUS POPULATION OF FOLKS HERE IN LIVINGSTON ALWAYS THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO SAY THANK YOU IN PARTICULAR AMONG OBVIOUSLY THE DONATIONS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT INCLUDE THE WONDERFUL PRESENTATIONS WE HAD TODAY FROM THE MAYOR PERRY GALLERY AND REX AS WELL AS THE LIONS CLUB. SO OBVIOUSLY WE ACKNOWLEDGE THEM DIRECTLY BUT OTHER THINGS THAT INCLUDE HERE ARE BP, THE HONOR GUARD, THE K-9 UNIT. EVERYBODY SUPPORTS BLOOMINGTON POLICE IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS OUR SUMMERFEST DONATIONS ARE PART OF OUR OUR CONTENT ITEM THIS YEAR AS WELL. THANK YOU EVERYBODY THAT SUPPORTED THAT. I KNOW SOME OF YOU DIDN'T PUT YOUR NAMES ON HERE. YOU WENT ANONYMOUS AND I TOTALLY APPRECIATE THAT. SO BUT SOME OF THAT WAS A HIT AND THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY STEPPING UP TO SUPPORT THAT AND THEN THERE'S OER THINGS AROUND A SENIOR PROGRAM. I KNOW THAT BASED ON WHAT I UNDERSTAND WE LOST A COMMUNITY MEMBER ARLENE JACKMAN AND THERE WERE LOVELY GIFTS PRESENTED TO OUR SENIOR PROGRAMS IN THAT PERSON'S MEMORY AND WE ALSO HAVE A 30 $500 DONATION FOR FROM THE AMERICAN LEGION FOR VETERANS APPRECIATION. SO JUST A LOT OF REALLY WONDERFUL CAUSES AND SUPPORT FROM AROUND THE COMMUNITY SO JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO DOES THAT LOTS OF TIMES WE DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE BUT WE WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU'RE APPRECIATED NONETHELESS . SO WITH THAT I'D VERY HAPPILY MOVE TO ADOPT ITEM 3.1 ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND MOST OF MY COUNCILMEMBERALLESSDRO SECOND BY COUNCILMEER MARTIN TO ACCEPT IT IN 3.1 ON THE CONSENT BUSINESS I WILL MAKE THE COMMENT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO I AGREE COMPLETELY. I THINK IT SAYS SO MUCH AND WE HEARD A $25,000 DONATION FROM THE LIONS CLUB WE MERCURY VALLEY WITH WONDERFUL PIECE OF ART. THERE ARE LITERALLY FIVE AND A HALF PAGES WORTH OF PEOPLE WHO DONATED TO SUMMER FED EVERYWHERE FROM $10 ALL THE WAY UP TO $10,000 BY THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 550. IT JUST SHOWS THE THE GIVING NATURE OF THIS COMMUNITY. WE JUST WE JUST HEARD SURVEY RESULTS ABOUT THE PEOPLE'S INVOLVEMENT AND FEELING OF BELONGING TO THE COMMUNITY AND SO ON I THINK THIS SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THAT IN TERMS OF OUR RESIDENTS WHAT THEY YOU KNOW, YOU PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS AND THAT'S WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE DOING AND IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED. SO YOU'RE SO WE HE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO ACCEPT ITEM 3.1. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO WE MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR ON OUR AGENDA THIS IS OUR HEARINGS, RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES AND WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING. THIS WILL BE A ITEM 4.1 AS A PUBLIC HEARING ON EARNED SICK AND SAFE LEAVE CODE AMENDMENTS BEFORE THE HEARING I THINK WE'VE GOT A PRESENTATION BY AMIR MALIK, A COMPLIANCE MANAGER . GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. HELLO. GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND MEMBERS. GOOD EVENING. YES I'M THINKING ABOUT TOMORROW ALREADY. OH IS THAT PATHETIC OR WHAT. WE'RE NOT THERE YET. OH, BUT YEAH I'M I'M HERE TO PRESENT ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FOR THE EARNED SICK AND SAFE LEAF TIME AND YEAH LET'S GET STARTED SO THE BACKGROUND FOR THIS IS THE STATE PASSED A STATUTE PAID SICK TIME SO YOU CAN SAVE TIME AND AND PREVIOUSLY YOU KNOW SAINT PAUL BLOOMINGTON MINNEAPOLIS DULUTH HAD PASSED ORDINANCES HOURS EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST UM HERE IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WE DO THE COMPLIANCE THE LAST YEAR WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES TO GO OVER UM THE ORDINANCE NOW THAT THE STATE THOUGH HAS PASSED ITS OWN WE FELT THE FAIR THING TO DO ESPECIALLY TO BLOOMITONUSINESSES IS JUST TO ALIGN OUR ORDINANCE WITH STATE SO THEN THERE CAN NEVER BE A CONCERN THAT HEY WE'RE FOLLOWING STATE LAW BUT WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW WE'RE VIOLATING BLOOMINGTON LAW SO WITH THE WAY THIS IS SET UP OUR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE IT COULD NEVER HAPPEN THAT SOMEONE IS FOLLOWING THE STATE AND THEY'RE VIOLATING THE BLOOMINGTON ORDINANCE SO THE STATEWIDE PROGRAM IS VERY SIMILAR TO BLOOMINGTON. UH, YOU KNOW THEY'VE EVEN ASKED HAD SOME OF STAFF TO HELP WITH TRAINING AND THINGS LIKE THIS BUT I ALSO HEAR OF THE CHANGES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING THESE WOULD INTO EFFECT ON THE SAME DAY AS THE STATE SO WE WOULD KEEP OUR CORE ORDINANCE JANUARY 1ST AND THEN WE WOULD FOLLOWING THE STATE ORDINANCE IF THIS IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL. SO I'VE LISTED EIGHTHANGES THERE FOR HERE AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE FIRST ONE WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO ALIGN EVEN THE NAME WE'RE JUST YOU WHY CAUSE ANY CONFUSION SO WE'RE KEEPING THE SAY WE'RE CHANGING OUR NAME TO THE SAME AS A STATE YOU'LL SEE EVEN THE DESCRIPTIONS OF WHO'S COVERED ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL SEE OTHER CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AND EVERYTHING YOU KNOW WE TRIED TO THE T TO HAVE IT LINE UP WITH WHAT THE STATE IS SAYING ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE CHANGES BEFORE I GO ON OR WOULD YOU AND I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON NUMBER FIVE TREHE REDUCES FROM 5O 1 THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES OF BUSINESS HAVE TO BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE EARNED SICK AND SAVE TIME. THAT WAS AN EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION HERE AT THE COUNCIL AND WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT QUITE A BIT AND I THINK WE SETTLED FIVE AND I THINK WE RANGED ALL THE WAY UP TO 12 OR 20 OR SO ON BUT WE EVENTUALLY SETTLED ON FIVE. IS THAT A CHANGE FROM THAT 5 TO 1 THAT PUTS US IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE IS THAT A REQUIREMENT AT THE STATE LEVEL? SO REGARDLESS THE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE THAT NUMBER AT THE STATE LEVEL WOULD BE ONE AND THAT WOULD BE THE NUMBER THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE ADHERED TO. IS THAT CORCT? AH. IF FOR INSTANCE I GUESS IF WE STAYED AT FIVE A BLOOMINGTON IN BUSINESS THAT WAS AT LET'S SAY THREE AND THEN NOT GIVING OR IN SICK AND SAFELY WOULD BE VIOLATING STATE LAW BUT WOULD NOT BE VIOLATING OUR ORDINANCE SO I MEAN WE COULD DO THAT AND WE WOULD YOU KNOW BUT THAT'S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN SO STATE LAW WOULD SUPERSEDE ANYTHING THAT WE DID IN THE ANYWAY SO IT JUST SIMPLY MAKES SSE FOR US TO REDUCE FROM 5 TO 1 THAT NUMBER IN OUR AUDIENCE. YEAH THE JUST THE OVERALL WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS REDUCE ADMINISTRATIVE LIKE FOR BUSINESSES THEY HAVE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON AND THIS MAKES IT EASY FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT FOLLOW THE STATE LAW YOU'RE CALLED BLOOMINGTON VERY GOOD COUNCILMEMBER. WOMAN SO WITH WITH SEVEN I THOUGHT WE HAD DEALT WITH THAT BY BY EITHER GETTING RID OF THAT IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR STATUTE I THOUGHT WE HAD DONE OR PREVIOUS ISH BUT OUR IS THERE SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THE HOW THAT THAT THAT'S BEING ADMINISTERED? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION A MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER LOEHMANN WHAT WE HAD WHICH WAS DIFFERENT AND IN MY OPINION BETTER THAN LIKE MINNEAPOLIS AND OTHERS IS IF THE EMPLOYER PROVIDED HEALTH INSURANCE TO THE EMPLOYEE THEN THEY COULD BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION ANDOR INSTANCE IN OTHER CITIES EVEN IF THERE WAS NO YOU WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION THE STATE GOT RID OF EVEN THE INSURANCE PART THE STATE SAID IF IT'S GOING TO BE A BURDEN REGARDLESS OF INSURANCE NO INSURANCE IT IS GOING TO BE A BURDEN ON THE EMPLOYEE OR IF THEY DIDN'T GO TO THE DOCTOR AT ALL THEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO PRODUCE ANY DOCUMENTATION THEY OTHER THAN THEY CAN JUST HAVE A WRITTEN STATEMENT THE EMPLOYER SAYING I AM USING MY EARNED SICK AND SAFE TIME FOR A QUALIFIED REASON BUT THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT THE SAME QUESTION THE MAYOR HAD ON THAT ONE BUT I SUPPOSE THAT THAT WOULD SUPERSEDE ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD COME UP WITH. SO YES, WE DO HAVE TO GO BACK AND TRY TO MAYBE ED OUR POLICY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS WE LOOK FOR LEGISLATION. YEAH. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, AT THE AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING FLIPPANT WHICH I DON'T MEAN BE IS THERE ANYTHING THAT IS IN HERE THAT WE DO HAVE AN OPTION ON BECAUSE I JUST WOULD RATHER GET TO THE STUFF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT'S IN OUR STUFF AS OPPOSED TO LIKE WORRYING ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE THE STATES ARE GOING TO OVERRIDE US ANYWAY IS CAN WE JUST CUT TO THAT? I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING MAYBE THERE'S NOT YOU'RE LIKE MAYBE YOU JUST HAVE TO DO ALL OF THIS AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED SO WE COULD KIND OF GET TO THE NUTS. WHAT I HEARD FROM MR. MALLICK IS THERE WERE THE EIGHT THINGS AND I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT THE EHT HERE AND YEAH SO THERE'S NO OPTION THOUGH IN MY IN MY INTERPRETING THAT CORRECTLY THERE'S NO OPTION FOR US TO SAY YEAH WE'D LIKE TO KEEP THE STUFF WE HAD. I THINK THAT IS THE CORRECT INTERPRETATION. GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. MALIK MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER THE WAY THE LAW ENDED UP COMING OUT FROM THE STATE IS THERE WAS NOTHING THAT BLOOMINGTON DID THAT WAS MORE GENEROUS I GUESS YOU COULD SAY TO EMPLOYEES THEN THE STATE WAS PROPOSING SO LIKE IT WASN'T A SITUATION FOR INSTANCE WHERE BLOOMINGTON SAID YOU CAN HAVE UH 60 HOURS OF SICK AND SAFE TIME AND THEN THE STATE WAS SAYING 48 HOURS THEN KEEPING THE BLOOMINGTON ONE WOULD GIVE YOU MORE YOU KNOW, MORE HOURS IN THIS SITUATION AND KNOW IT THAT IT NEVER HAPPENED. SO ANYTHING WE KEEP WOULD JUST BE WOULD JUST RESULT IN AN EMPLOYER VIOLATING THE STATE LAW BUT NOT VIOLATING ORDINANCE. SO WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING RIGHT . ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE LET'S REMOVE HERE WE GO. SO JUST FINISHING OFF WITH UH YOU KNOW WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE WE YOU WE'RE GOING TO DISTRIBUTE UPDATED POSTERS AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO BLOOMINGTONMPLORS AND EMPLOYEES REACH OUT TO AND ENGAGE WITH EMPLOYERS REGARDING MAILINGS OR ONE ON ONE MEETINGS EMAILS THE BLOOMINGTON BRIEFING ALSO REACH OUT ENGAGE WITH EMPLOYEES IN THE COMMUNITY USING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR PARTNERS AND WE HAVE OUR CITY WEBSITE WHERE WE KEEP EVERYTHING SO THAT'S THE PLAN AND YOU KNOW THERE'S OUR QR CODE TO OUR SITE THAT WE KEEP ON OUR OUR AND ERYTHIN THA WE DISTRIBUTE AND. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO VERY GOOD COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEAH, THANK YOU MAYOR JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THE POSTERS. THE POSTERS ARE A REQUIREMENT THAT PEOPLE THOSE IN THEIR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT CORRECT? YES. THAT'S THE SAME AS ALL OF THE OTHER CITIES. THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN POSTERS AND THE STATE HAS THEIR OWN POSTER CORRECT. WELL AT SOME POINT I ASSUME THE STATE WILL HAVE A POSTER FOR THIS BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S YET. OKAY. THANK YOU COUNSEL. ANYTHING ADDITIONAL IF NO THANK YOU MR. MALIK THANK YOU . AS I MENTIONED WHEN WE BEGAN THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. RIGHT NOW I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.1 REGARDING THE EARNED SICK AND SAFE LEAVE TIME CALLED TO ANYONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 4.1 THIS EVENING . MR. SABLE, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE PHONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 4.1 MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS NO ONE ON THE LINE LAST CALL FOR ANYONE THE CHAMBERS COUNSEL NO ONE ON THE PHONE, NO ONE COMING FORWARD IN THE CHAMBERS I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 4.1 SOME OF THE MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LONG AND SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN NELSON TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARINGN ITEM 4.1 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY SAYING I OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES A70 CONSTANTLY ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COMMENTS ON THIS COUNCILMEMBER? NELSON THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS ON THIS. I GOT TO BE HONEST I DON'T SEE WHY WE DON'T JUS ELIMINATE THIS FM OUR ORDINANCES IT'S A STATE HAS OVER THIS SPACE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REDUCING THE ADMINISTRATIVE THE LEAST BURDENSOME FOR BLOOMINGTON BUSINESSES IS TO JUST HAVE ONE LAW THE STATE LAW AND I THINK I SAID THIS WHEN I VOTED FOR THIS BECAUSE I'M NOT AGAINST IT BUT THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING THE STATE'S DOING AND LO AND BEHOLD THEY LISTENED TO US SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE SHOULD SAY THAT THEY SHOULD DO. MAYBE THEY'LL LISTEN TO US AGAIN IT SEEMS TO ME, YOU KNOW AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS I ASKED ABOUT THE POSTERS. I MEAN IF YOU'RE AN EMPLOYER THAT WORKS MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES YOU CAN HAVE AS MANY AS SIX SEVEN POSTERS FOR ONE LAW FOR ONE RULE THAT YOU HAVE TO MANAGE AND HANG UP THERE. I ALSO HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND TIME AND MONEY FOR ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH AND WORKING WITH EMPLOYERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT KNOW WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR BUDGET DURING THIS CYCLE AND WE DO TALK THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD STOP DOING. I THINK IT'S PRETTY LOW HANGING FRUIT TO STOP DOING SOMETHING THE STATE'S DOING AND AS COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO NOTED, THERE'S NOTHING NO DISCRETION HERE. THERE'S NOTHING WE'RE HAVING A CHOICE AUT. THE STATE LAW COVERS OF THIS LET THE STATE RUN IT. THAT'S MY OPINION. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. AND IT'S A GOOD POINT. I WILL TURN TO EITHER MISS MANDER SHADOW OR MR. FERRUCCI AND ASK. SO ONCE WE GET PAST THESE 90 SOME DAYS BEFORE WE GET TO THE FIRST OF THE YEAR WHEN THE STATE LAW KICKS INTO EFFECT, IS THERE A IS THE A CITY ROLE IN TERMS OF OVERSIGHT COMPLIANCE ENFORCEMENT OR IS THIS COMPLETELY ON THE STATE? MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I THINK THE I THINK THE ORDINANCE SHOULD STAY IN EFFECT AT LEAST UNTIL THE STATE LAW GOES INTO EFFECT. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO AND WHY ASKING YOU TO MAKE THESE CHANGES TONIGHT? I THINK WE PROBABLY WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME DOING AN ASSESSMENT TO MAKE SURE THERE ISN'T A GAP THAT' BE CREATED SOMEHOW. IF WE IF WE DO REPEAL OUR ORDINANCE IN FAVOR OF LETTING THE STATE JUST OCCUPY THE FIELD THEN IT WOULD NOT BE UNPRECEDENTED FOR A CITY TO SEE THAT WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE ON THE BOOK BECAUSE IT'S AN EXPRESSION OF OUR VALUES AND. WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE BELIEVE. AND IF THERE ISN'T ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT THAT IS PLACED UPON US BASED ON THAT THEN YOU MAY WANT TO LEAVE IT IN PLACE FOR REASONS OTHER THAN JUST NOT WANTING TO BE DUPLICATIVE. BUT I THINK THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS SOMETHING ADDITIONAL TO RESPOND. WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AND DO AN ASSESSMENT IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE US TO DO IT LEADING UP TO JANUARY 1ST IS MY UNDERSTANDING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT MAY OR MEMBERS THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR IN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH POWERS OER ENTITIES HAVEND PROGRAMS THAT OTHER ENTITIES HAVE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE PUT ON OUR BOOKS OBVIOUSLY AND YOU ALL ADOPTED IT. WE DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME THAT THE STATE WAS GOING TO ADOPT ITS PROGRAM. THE STATE IS GOING TO BE SEEKING TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM AND ENFORCE IT STATEWIDE. WE KNOW THAT IN BLOOMINGTON WE HAVE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE NOT HISTORICALLY BEEN PROVIDED WITH ACCESS TO LEAVE AND HAVE NOT HAD COMPENSATED ABSENCES. SO WE KNOW THAT WE WILL CREATE RE ENFORCEMENT AT THAT AND WITHIN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON BY THIS IN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES SO IT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THEIR OWN VERSION OF EARNED SICK AND SAFE LEAVE HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO KEEP IT AND BOLSTER THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE IT IMPLEMENT IT STATEWIDE AND ALSO CERTAINLY WELCOME THE COMPLIANCE MANAGER UP TO THE PODIUM IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING MORE MR. MALIK ANYTHING THEN . THANK YOU, MAYOR. NO OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR SPECIFICALLY HAS ASKED BLOOMINGTON TO ENFORCE. THEY SPOKE WITH US THIS YEAR STAFF AND THEY SAID WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY AND WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE OUR PARTNERS ENFORCE AND SO NONE OF THE CITIES ARE DROPPING THEIR ENFORCEMENT WE HAVE LIKE MONTHLY WHERELL OF THEM TALK AND EVERYTHING WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS THEY'RE ALIGNING WITH THE STATE BUT THE STATE AS IT WAS JUST TOLD US DIRECTLY THEY JUST CANNOT THEY DON'T HAVE THAT CAPACITY. WELL COUNCILMEMBER I APPRECIATE THAT I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION TO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON'S POINT AND I WOULD APPRECIATE OVER THE NEXT 90 DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR AN EVALUATION OF WHAT WHAT IT WOULD MEAN IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT, IN TERMS OF COMPLIANCE AMONG OUR OUR BUSINESSES, IN TERMS OF THE COST OF THE PROGRAM, THE DUPLICATIVE NATURE OF THE PROGRAM, JUST AN EVALUATION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD BE CONTINUING THIS. AND I WE SHOULD HAVE THAT DISCUSSION HERE AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL IF IT IS A A VERY OBVIOUSLY DUPLICATIVE SERVICE THAT'S OFFERED AT THE STATE AND WE'RE OFFERING IT HERE AT THE CITY LEVEL, I THINK WORTH THE CONVERSATION TO HAVE WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO CONTINUE DOING IT. WE'RE MEMBERS WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH THE CITY MANAGER LIKES DATA. SO FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PROGRAM WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING DATA NOT ONLY ON OUTREACH BUT ALSO TO MANY OTHER TYPES DATA COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE COME IN , CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN THAT HAVE COME IN . SO WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND WILL CONTINUE OBVIOUSLY TO TRACK IT WITH REGARD TO EXISTING STAFF RESOURCES, WE HAVE A LAWYER AND A PARALEGAL THAT SPENT OF THEIR TIME ON THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM. THEY ALSO HANDLE SEVERAL OUR OTHER PROGRAMS THAT HAVE COMPLIANCE ASPECTS TO THEM FOR EXAMPLE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE WHICH WE'LL BE HEARING ABOUT TONIGHT. THERE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS YOU ALL KNOW HAVE A LAYER OF ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCES THE COMPLIANCE DIVISION HAS BEEN HANDLING THOSE FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THERE ARE OTHER SMALLER PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE ALSO INVOLVED IN . SO AS WE ROLL OUT MORE PROGRAMS AND WE BECOME WE'RE VERY BUSY AND LEGAL AND IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE OUR OUR ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS BE NOT HANDLING APPEALS AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE THEM OUT OF THEIR WORKLOAD AND PUT THEM INTO THE COMPLIANCE MANAGER'S WORKLOAD. IT'S A CLEANER BREAK AND IT PROVIDES MORE ACCESS. OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE QUESTIONS AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND WORK COMPLIANCE WITH OUR VARIOUS PROGRAMS SO WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE A MORE THOROUGH UPDATE BUT JUST A HIGH LEVEL INFORMATION ABOUT THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT AMIR AND OTHERS SPEND THEIR DAY AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL. I DO THINK IF WE COULD BRING BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND BRING BACK FOR DISCUSSION THAT TYPE OF EVALUATION, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS TO CONSIDER AND PERHAPS THE POLAR SIDE THE POLAR EDGES OF WHAT THIS MIGHT BE BUT ALSO WHAT A MIDDLE GROUND YOU KNOW SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE MIGHT LOOK LIKE AS WELL TO TO MEET SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND WITH EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON. COUNCILMEMBER LOMAN, JUST REAL QUICK, WE DO DO THAT PIECE WHICH I'M SUPPORTIVE OF . YOU'VE MENTIONED I WOULD REALLY BE INTERESTED TO SEE IF THE STATE WOULD BE WILLING TO SUBSIDIZE SOME OF THE ENFORCEMENT THAT WE HAVE OR LIKE WE HAVE WITH PUBC HEALTH WHERE WE' WORKED IN RICHFIELD AND DIANA AND PROVIDE THAT SERVICE FOR MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS SO THAT IT'S A IT'S A WIN WIN FOR OUR TAXPAYERS. A GOOD SUGGESTION AS WELL, COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER TURNER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS WHEN THE STATE PASSED THE POLICY YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF CITIES WHO HAVE RESOURCES FOR COMPLIANCE AND THERE ARE NOW MANY, MANY CITIES AND TOWNS THAT DON'T HAVE THOSE RESOURCES. AND SO HOW ARE THEY EXPECTING TO ENFORCE AND HAVE COMPLIANCE ACROSS THE STATEND THEN WHY DO SOME CITIES THEN NEED TO SPEND THEIR OWN RESOURCES VERSUS OTHER CITIES WHO WILL GET STATE SUPPORT SO MANY MEMBERS THERE ARE EXAMPLES OF THAT THROUGHOUT THE WAY THAT THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON OPERATES AND THAT WE'VE HAD WE HAVE AUTHORITY FROM STATE AGENCIES AND OTHER EXAMPLES OF THAT. SO THAT WE CAN IN SOME CASES BRING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. IN OTHER CASES MORE. AND IT'S BEEN A CHOICE TO DO THAT. SO COUNCIL ARE WE IN AGREEMENT? WE'D LIKE TO SEE AN ANALYSIS OF THIS AND PERHAPS HAVE THAT CONVERSATION SOMETIME IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS AS WE GET TO THE FIRST OF THE YEAR WHEN THIS WOULD BE IN IN PLACES THAT YOU GOT IT IN THE 90 DAYS IT'S LEGITIMATE BETWEEN NOW AND THE FIRST OF THE YEAR WHEN AT A STATE LEVEL WE'RE GOING TO AFFECT THINGS. OKAY. VERY GOOD. AND COUNSEL, ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION THIS IF NOT WE DO HAVE INFORMATION HERE AND I'D BE I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION LOOK FOR ACTION TO ADO TSE ANGES SO WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE THE NEXT 90 SOME DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR ON DON'T LOOK FOR ACTION ON THAT FROM THE COUNCIL TONIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, THANK YOU. THIS IS VERY MINOR AND I ACTUALLY DON'T EXPECT ANYBODY TO GO FOR IT RIGHT NOW BUT IT WOULD REALLY BE NICE IF WE JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE OTHER POSTERS AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THE POSTERS YOU'RE COOL LIKE IT'S LIKE YOU KNOW BECAUSE SERIOUSLY THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE SEVEN POSTERS FOR A BUSINESSES FOR THE SAME THING. AGAIN DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE CHANGED TONIGHT SOMETHING TO LOOK AT LATER BUT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, WE DID HEAR THAT PART OF THE THE WORK PLAN OVER THE NEXT 90 DAYS THAT IT WAS WAS EDUCATION. PERHAPS WE COULD DIRECT STAFF TO MAKE SURE AS PART OF THE EDUCATION TO CLARIFY THE POSTER ISSUE AS IT AS IF THAT WASN'T UGLY HEAD. HOW ABOUT THAT? THANK YOU. OKAY. IT'S ACTUALLY MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AN INITIATIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S BUYING MUCH LARGER POSTER BOARDS. IT WORKS. SO YES, IT'S AN ECONOMIC STIMULUS ACTION. THE CITY WE PREPARE THEM IN OUR OWN PRINT SHOP WE HAVE SOME CUTNG EDGE TECHNOLOGY THAT WITHSTANDS MOISTURE SO SERIOUSLY IT'S A PERMANENT MISSION ON MY BUILDING FOR THE POSTERS YEAH BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR MAYOR I HEARD A BIT OF TIMING HERE. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT OUR EXISTING CODE IS GOING TO STAY IN PLACE UNTIL THE END OF THIS YEAR. THIS ORDINANCE IS HAS A DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE OF JANUARY 1ST. SO THIS THIS EFFECT OF THIS THESE CHANGES DON'T FLIP ON UNTIL THE OF THE YEAR WHEN THE STATEWIDE ESD BECOMES EFFECTIVE. WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION AND I THINK I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH IT TO TO PASS THIS THIS EVENING TO HAVE THEM IN PLACE IN THE EVENT AS WE CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION IF WE DECIDE TO TO ELIMINATE THE SERVICE LOCALLY WE'RE OR NOT BUT THEN WE'RE STILL SET UP FOR JANUARY 1ST ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WE CAN DEAL WITH THAT THEN. BUT I THINK IT DOES MAKE SENSE TO TO PUT THESE IN PLACE NOW TO PASS THIS NOW. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANKS MR. CHAIR. I'M FINE TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. I AGREE THAT I, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY CONVERSATION THROUGH OUR LOBBYING ORGANIZATIONS IN THE LEGAL MINNESOTA CITIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT LIKE ASKING SLASH, REQUIRING SLASH BEGGING THE FOLKS AT THE STATE LEVEL TO ACTUALLY FUND THE THING THAT THEY PASSED THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE THING THAT THEY PASSED OFF. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I DON'T KNOW IF IF ALL KNOW IF THAT'S ON THE DOCKET FOR US IN TERMS OF OUR LEGISLATIVE BUT THAT I THINK THAT INFORMS THE QUESTION WE'RE ASKING HERE RIGHT WE MAY HAVE TO TAKE UP THE MANTLE OF ENFORCEMENT THEY CHOOSE NOT TO BUT I THINK WE WOULD PREFER THAT THEY EITHER DO LIKE BUILD OUT AN ENFORCEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE OR THEY FUND IT. RIGHT. AND SO I DON'T KNOW DO HAVE THAT ON OUR DOCKET FOR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AT THIS TIME I EVEN BEFORE WE GET ON THE DOCKET I THINK IT'S WORTH ASKING THE QUESTION OF THE STATE. THEIR PLANS ARE AND I MEAN THEY SAY THEY CAN'T DO THIS WELL WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YEAH, MY MY ASSUMPTION, MR. MAYOR, WAS JUST THAT THEY THEY PASSED THE ORDINANCE BUT THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN INTO THE DETAILS OF LIKE HOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO EXECUTE IT AND MAYBE THAT'S COMING KIND OF MY POINT IF IT'S COMING THEN WE COULD WAIT FOR IT AND THEN FIGURE IT OUT. BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY'RE EVEN PLANNING TO WORK ON IT IN THE NEXT SESSION. MAYBE A CONVERSATION PART OF THIS EVALUATION IS A CONVERSATION WITH MLSE OR THE LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES AND TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHERE WE MIGHT BE WITH YEAH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. AND WITHOUT GETTING THE QUESTIONS MEMBER ELEMENT ONE OF MY QUESTION YEAH IF YOU'RE ALL RIGHT I WAS OKAY T MOVE THEN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO PLEASE. VERY GOOD. OKAY EMMA I AM MOVING THAT WE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 23 OF THE CITY CODE RELATED TO EARNED SICK AND STAY TIME THE SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LOEHMANN TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AND THEN IN CHAPTER 23 OF THE CITY CODE RELATED TO EARNED SICK AND SAFE TIME FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I PROPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO SUMMARY PUBLICATION YES SIR MOVED TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 23 OF THE CITY CODE RELATED TO URNS IT CAN SAVE TIME SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO BY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN FOR SUMMARY PUBLICATION ON ITEM 4.1 NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I PROPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO WELL THANK YOU THANK YOU MR. MALLET AND THANKS FOR THE UPDATE AND THANKS FOR THE CONVERSATION. INTERESTING INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE HERE. SO THANKS COUNCILMEMBER. THAT'LL WRAP UP ITEM FOUR ON OUR AGENDA AND MOVES ON TO ITEM FIVE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS A WEAVE ACTUALLY TWO ITEMS THAT ARE INFORMATION ONLY JUST KIND OF UPDATES AND I THINK TONIGHT FIRST ONE IS ITEM 5.1 AND UPDATE ON OUR OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE. I SEE CARLA HENDERSON AND I SEE KENNY NIEMEYER THE FIRST TIME YOU'RE IN FRONT OF US. WELCOME. THANK YOU. PLEASE BE GENTLE. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS AS YOU ARE AWARE THIS HONORABLE BODY PASSED THE OPPORTUNITY HOW THE ORDINANCE IN 2019 AS PART OF THAT REQUIREMENT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IS SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL UPDATE PRIOR OCTOBER 1ST. WE'RE GOING TO LET KENNY GIVE YOU MOST OF THOSE DETAILS. BUT AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE ARE LEADING AS THIS KIRBY TALKED ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE COUNTRY AMONG OUR PEERS CITIES AND SO IN FOUR SHORT YEARS WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT AND KENNY WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO YOU. THANK. THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS CITY MANAGER. THIS EVENING I'LL BE PRESENTING THE ANNUAL UPDATE THE ANNUAL REPORT, THE ONGOING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PORTITY HOUSING ORDINANCE . SO WE'LL GO THROUGH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ORDINANCE THE INCENTIVES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND UTILIZED BY DEVELOPERS WITH A FOCUS ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. WE'LL GO THROUGH A RELATED CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AND GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS. SO YOU'VE SEEN THIS. THIS GRANT OR THE SPREADSHEET BEFORE EACH YEAR HUD UPDATES RELEASES THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME FOR THE MINNEAPOLIS ST PAUL BLOOMINGTON METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA. THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL USES THE AMATEUR ASSET OWNERSHIP AND RENT AFFORDABILITY LIMITS AND LIMITS ESTABLISH AFFORDABILITY FOR OUR OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE UNITS. AS YOU CAN SEE I INCREASED FROM 2022 TO 2023 ALTHOUGH BY A SMALLER AMOUNT THAN IN 2021 TO 2022. THERE WAS A 12.7% INCREASE FROM 21 TO 22 JUST A 5.7% INCREASE FROM 22 TO 23. AND WAS STATED LAST YEAR THAT LARGE INCREASE FROM 21 TO 22 WAS A RESULT OSUBSNTIAL REGIAL AND NIONAL INCREASES MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME AS WELL AS THE INCREASE IN INFLATION. SO WE'RE SEEING THAT LESSON HERE WITH THESE NUMBERS FROM 23. SO THE ACTUAL OFFERS MULTIPLE OPTIONS FOR DEVELOPERS TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS. THE MOST FREQUENTLY USED OPTION CONTINUES TO BE ONSITE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REQUIRED AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT'S SET AT 9% OF THE TOTAL UNITS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. THE TOTAL OF DWELLING UNITS AND THOSE UNITS MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE TO EARNING 60% OR LESS OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME DEVELOPERS CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO MAKE A PAYMENT IN LIEU BASED ON IN LIEU RATE WHICH IS CURRENTLY SET AT $9.60 PER SQUARE FOOT OF LEASABLE MARKET UNIT SQUARE FOOTAGE. SOME DEVELOPERS ARE OPTING FOR THIS PAYMENT IN LIEU RECENTLY ONE IN PARTICULAR THE ORDER IS A DEVELOPMENT THAT PAID THE FEE IN LIEU. AND THEY ALSO ARE UTILIZING THE OPTION TO USE THAT PAYMENT FOR THEIR OWN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WHICH WILL INCLUDE THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AT WERE NOT IN THAT ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT. TWO OTHER UPCOMING DEVELOPMENTS WILL LIKELY BE PAYING FEE IN LIEU DIRECTLY INTO OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. AND THAT FUNDING CAN THEN BE USED TO SUPPORT FUTURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACTIVITIES . SO ON THE SLIDE WE'LL THE TWO MAJOR CATEGORIES OF INCENTIVES THAT THE 000 OFFERS TO DEVELOPERS. THERE ARE DEVELOPMENT STANDARD FLEXIBILITY INCENTIVES WHICH RELATE TO THE ASPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN THERE ARE FINANCIAL INCENTIVESELP WITH FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY FOR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS. SINCE YOU'VE LAST SEEN THIS GRAPH WE'VE ADDED IN 1801 AMERICAN BOULEVARD AND THE INCENTIVES THAT THEY UTILIZED. SO THEY RECENTLY GOT ENTITLEMENT FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT PARKING AND FUNDING CONTINUE TO BE THE MOST UTILIZED INCENTIVES YOU CAN HERE 100% OF DEVELOPMENTS TOOK THAT PARKING STALL REDUCTION INCENTIVE. THERE'S ALSO BEEN AN INCREASED INTEREST LATELY IN PROJECT BASED HOUSING VOUCHERS AND, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND INCENTIVES. SO THOSE ARE DEVELOPMENTS UPCOMING. SO THEY'RE NOT REFLECTED HERE IN THIS GRAPH. BUT I'LL POINT OUT I'M BACK TO THIS GRAPH. INCENTIVES USED BY 1801 AMERICAN BOULEVARD WERE SOME THAT BEEN USED MUCH BEFORE. THOSE INCLUDE EXPEDITED EXCUSE ME THE SITE AREA REDUCTION SITE WITH REDUCTION AND SPACE REDUCTION. SO THOSE WERE PREVIOUSLY NOT FREQUENTLY UTILIZED. WE'RE SEEING MORE INTEREST IN THOSE NOW. SO ONTO THE AFFORDAE HOUSING TRUST FUND WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS FUND WHICH IT WAS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LHO. THIS FUND IS A POWERFUL TOOL THAT THE CITY CAN USE TO PROMOTE THE CREATION UNITS WITH DEEP AFFORDABILITY AND TO PRESERVE OUR EXISTING EXISTING UNITS OF NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY LEVERAGED TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF 15 UNITS AFFORDABLE AT 30% AREA MEDIAN INCOME THAT'S IN TERMS OF TRACKING THAT'S THE LOWEST LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY FOR OUR METROPOLITAN COUNCIL HOUSING GOALS. THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND HAS ALSO HELPED PRESERVE 306 UNITS OF NO AND THAT'S NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE UNITS AT AFFORDABILITY LEVELS OF 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME. OH EXCUSE ME THESE THESE UNITS WERE SUPPORTED THROUGH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUNDS REVOLVING LOAN FUND. BUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND ALSO AIMS TO PROVIDE HOUSING STABILITY SUPPORT AND THIS WILL BE UNDERTAKEN AS MORE SOURCES ARE IDENTIFIED. SO SOME OF THOSE POTENTIAL URCE THAT ARE COMG 2024 COME IN THE FORM OF THE LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AID WHICH WAS PASSED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR AND WILL BE FIRST RECEIVED BY THE CITY NEXT YEAR AND AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED A FEW OF THESE UPCOMING DEVELOPMENTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE HAVE ARE EXPECTED TO CHOOSE THE PAYMENT OF FEE IN LIEU TO SUPPORT THESE PROGRAMS THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND HAS. SO NEXT WE'LL FOCUS ON THE HOUSING NEXUS STUDY IS THE ANALYSIS THAT ESTIMATES NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING THE DEMAND GENERATED FOR THOSE NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN RESPONSE TO NEW MARKET RATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. SO THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY WHICH WAS LAST COMPLETED IN 2018 WERE USED TO SET THE REQUIRED UNIT AND PAYMENT IN LIEU RATE PER SQUARE FOOT WHICH I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER. STACKER STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING A RENEWAL OF THE HOUSING NEXUS STUDY SO THAT WE CAN REEVALUATE BENCHMARKS AND CONTINUE TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF THE OPPORTUNITY ORDINANCE ALSO POINT OUT THAT AT LEAST ONE LOCAL FUNDING SOURCE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED TO SUPPORT THE COST. THE STUDY WHICH IS AROUND $72,000 IN 2018 PLUS AN ADDITIONAL $80,000 FOR TESTING AND FINANCIAL MODELING OF THE POLICIES THAT RESULTED FROM THE. SO NEXT I'LL HIGHLIGHT SOME UPCOMING IMPROVEMENTS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE. THESE ARE INTENDED TO IMPROVE CLARITY. THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT TRANCHES OF AND AMENDMENTS TH ARE COMING. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE WE'LL SEE IS THE ORIGINAL COMPLIANCE PROGRAM WHICH WAS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE MEETING ACROSS DEPARTMENTS. WE'RE MEETING WITH LEGAL THE COMPLIANCE MANAGER TO DISCUSS THIS AND WE HOPE TO BRING THESE ITEMS BACK IN FRONT OF YOU IN QUARTER ONE OF 2024 . SO THIS IS WORK. FINALLY WE WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL GOALS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE WE'VE WELL EXCEEDED OUR GOAL FOR 60% AREA MEDIAN INCOME UNITS WHICH IS FANTASTIC. WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO ACHIEVING GOALS ON 50% VERY MIDDLE INCOME UNITS BUT ARE WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO FOR 30% AMI SO THAT'S WHY OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST IS SUCH A POWERFUL TOOL. IT CAN GET THAT GAP FINANCING FOR PROJECTS THAT INTENDED TO INCLUDE 30% MORE UNITS. IT CAN BE USED AS LEVERAGE SO AS THAT INCENTIVE STANDS WE CAN NEGOTIATE WITH DEVELOPERS TO IF THEY WANT AESS TO THOSE FUN WE CAN PUSH A LITTLE HARDER TO, ASK FOR THOSE 30% ARMY UNITS AND PROMOTE MORE MORE OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN JUST QUICKLY WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME DEVELOPMENTS THAT WERE SOME WERE BROUGHT TO YOU LAST YEAR JUST SOME IMAGES AND QUICK FACTS ABOUT THESE DEVELOPMENTS. SO WE'VE GOT UPDATES ON THOSE . SO YOU'LL SEE RISER THIS ONE'S ALMOST WRAPPED UP NOW THAT WAS JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. THEY'RE ALMOST DONE. OXBOW HEIGHTS AS WELL ALONG ITS WAY. I'LL POINT OUT THOSE NINE UNITS AT 30% AMI THOSE ARE NINE OF THAT 15 THAT I MENTIOD TT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND TO HELP SECURE NOBLE APARTMENTS ALSO WELL ON ITS WAY THE ARDOR IS THAT THE DEVELOPER THAT I MENTIONED THAT PAID FEE AND LIEU THAT WILL THEN THAT DEVELOPER WILL THEN USE THAT FEE IN LIEU TO TO DO FUTURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. SO THEY'VE JUST STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON THAT FIRST DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN CARBON 31 WILL BE CLOSING OR OPENING I SHOULD SAY VERY SHORTLY HERE IN POSSIBLY IN OCTOBER. SO A LOT OF PROGRESS ON THOSE DELOPMENTS AND TRE ARE MORE DEVELOPMENTS UPCOMING AS I MENTIONED. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING ABOUT THOSE MORE WITH YOU ALL. SO I'LL STAND FOUR QUESTIONS ON THE OVERALL. THANK YOU MR. NIEMEYER. WELL DONE AND WILL BE WILL BE GENTLE WITH THE QUESTIONS I PROMISE. I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THOUGH YOU YOU STARTED OFF WITH DISCUSSION ABOUT THE AM I I HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST OR MAYBE I HAVE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BUT I THINK THE ARMY IS MORE GENERAL TO THE AREA AND I'VE SEEN NUMBERS SPECIFIC TO BLOOMINGTON AS WELL. HAVE THOSE NUMBERS CHANGED OR IF THEY'VE BEEN PRODUCED FOR FOR THE RECENT TIME PERIOD? SO THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS MY UNDERSTANDING WITH THE FOR BLOOMINGTON IS THAT SO HUD STILL SITS AT THE METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL BUT THAT 80% AMI LIMIT IS IN IN THE CASE OF OUR METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA IS LOWER THAN THE US NATIONAL . SO IF I'LL TRY AND GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE THERE'S ASTERISK NEXT TO THAT NUMBER I WENT TOO FAR ON THE 80% ON THE LOWER HALF OF THE SCREEN SO WE'RE THAT'S REFLECTING OUR METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS LOWER AMI VERSUS THE NATIONAL MEDIAN. SO THAT MIGHT BE ONE LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF BUT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL IS EXPLORING THIS CONCEPT OF AFFORDABILITY. THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT THEY'RE HAVING THEY'VE GONE OUT FOR SURVEY ON THIS OF TALKING ABOUT MORE LOCALIZATION OF THESE AFFORDABILITY NUMBERS. SO CHANGING THAT GEOGRAPHIC AREA THAT THEY'RE USING TO TO ASSESS THAT AREA MEDIAN INCOME. SO THAT'S A THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT'S ONGOING AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO I THINK FOR ME THE MSA IS ONE THING AND I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL BUT I THINK THE MORE SPECIFIC WITHIN OUR CITIES ESPECIALLY THE CITY THE SIDE OF BLOOMINGTON YOU KNOW PERHAPS FOR A SMALLER CITY IT WOULD BE MORE TO G THOSE NUMBERS. BUT I WOULD HOPE FOR A CITY OF 91,000 THE GEOGRAPHIC SIZE OF BLOOMINGTON WE'D BE ABLE TO TO CARVE THOSE OUT AND UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER WHERE WE ARE WITHIN OUR CITY. E SECOND QUESTION I HAD A LITTLE MORE GENERAL. WE HEARD FROM OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THEY HAVE AVAILABLE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND I'M WONDERING HOW MUCH OF THAT WE HAVE OUR EYE ON HERE IN BLOOMINGTON OR HAS ALREADY COME OUR WAY TO BLOOMINGTON? THERE IS A LOT ON THE HORIZON AND I WOULD THAT THAT'S STATE LEVEL FUNDING. SO THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS. ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT I MENTIONED ALREADY IS THE LOCAL HOUSING LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AID. SO THEY'VE GIVEN THAT THE ACRONYM LARGER WHICH APPARENTLY IS GOING TO STICK. THAT IS FRO THE METRO AREA SALES TAX AND THAT FUNDING IN PARTICULAR IS AN ENTITLEMENT FUND. SO THE BLOOMINGTON WILL BE RECEIVING THAT FUND AND THEN THE CITY CAN USE THAT HOW IT SEES FIT SO THAT THAT CAN BE A VERY POWERFUL TOOL FOR HOUSING AFFORDABILITY ESPECIALLY WITH ITS INTERACTION WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. THE THE WAY THAT THAT AT LARGE IS WRITTEN IS THAT IF THOSE FUNDS IF THOSE DOLLARS END UP IN OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND, THEY WILL BE TREATED AS SPENT. SO THERE'S MORE TO COME ON THAT THE STATE STILL WORKING ON A LOT THE THE COMPLAINTS THAT THE PROGRAM ITSELF BUT IT'S AN EXCITING DEVELOPMENT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS THAT WERE PASSED IN THE MOST RECENT LEGISLATURE SOME THAT I CAN THINK OF OFF TOP OF MY HEAD AS THE THERE'S A CHALLENGE PROGRAM FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ESPECIALLY RELATED TO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WHICH WE HEARD ABOUT THE NEED OF WHAT PREVIOUS SPEAKERS IN FACT. THERE'S ALSO FUNDING AT MORE LOCAL LEVEL IN TERMS OF HENNEPIN COUNTY CURRENTLY THEY'RE WORKING ON UTILIZING THE FINAL AMOUNT OF THEIR ARPA DOLLARS WHICH THE COMMISSIONER SPOKE TO. THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF THOSE FUNDING ARE GOING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE ALSO IN TERMS OF CITY OF BLOOMINGTON WHERE SOME OF OUR EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS GOING OUT FOR BROWNFIELD CLEANUP GRANTS WHICH IN TERMS OF THAT STOCK THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS. I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD THE FUNDING FOR THESE DEVELOPMENTS KEEPS GETTING LONGER AND LONGER AND LONGER. MORE SOURCES ARE NEEDED TO MAKE THESE DEALS WORK. SO AT THE BLOINGT LEVEL WEE WORKI WITH DEVELOPERS TO GO OUT FOR APPLICATION TO THOSE FUNDING SOURCES. SO THOSE AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, THE METROPOLITAN METROPOLITAN COUNCIL LEVEL AND THEN THE STATE LEVEL WITH DEED AND THAT'S THAT'S ALL VERY ENCOURAGING AND I WILL DEFER TO YOU AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE THE ACRONYMS TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE POSITIONED BLOOMINGTON AS WE NEED TO. AND ON A MORE GENERAL DISCUSSION GIVEN THE THE WORK THAT BLOOMINGTON HAS OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS AND HOW FAR OUT WE ARE AAD OF SO MAN OTHER COMMUNITIES AND I'M GOING TO PUT THAT MEASUREMENT AS ROUGHLY A COUNTRY MILE THAT I WOULD HATE FOR ALL OF THIS STATE FUNDING GO TO FOLKS WHO ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO CATCH UP WHILE WE'VE BEEN DOING THE HARD WORK OVER THE PAST DECADE HERE. AND SO WE NEED TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION AND OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND SO ON TO MAKE SURE THAT BLOOMINGTON IS RECOGNIZED FOR THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE AND THESE RESOURCES DON'T SIMPLY GO TO OTHER COMMUNITIES IN AN EFFORT TO CATCH UP TO WHAT WE'VE WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED. SO I THINK IT'S A WORTHWHILE CONVERSATION TO HAVE WITH OUR FRIENDS. SO OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER IN THE COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO MAYOR WELL STATED MAKING SURE THAT WE YOU KNOW GET OUR ARE JUST DUE WITH THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING I APPRECIATE THAT THAT STATEMENT CERTAINLY SUPPORT THAT AND I PROMISE I WILL NOT ASK ANY TOUGH QUESTIONS EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT MY MY TRADITION TO DO. I LIKE TO GIVE FOLKS THE HOT SEATHENHEY FIRST GETERE I WON'T DO THAT I PROMISE. SO LOOKING AT I JUST HAD TWO QUESTIONS MAYOR. SO LOOKING AT THE PERCENTAGES PROJECTS THAT YOU UTILIZE INCENTIVE MORE OF IT IS JUST A QUESTION UNDERSTANDING. SO ARE WE LOOKING AT WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS GRAPH THAT GOT THERE I THINK IT'S PAGE SEVEN 256 OF OUR OUR PACKET. SO IS THIS TO LOOK BACK AT ALL OF THE PROJECTS WE'VE EVER DONE? SO FOR EXAMPLE WHEN I LOOK AT THE PARKING STAR REDUCTION 100% OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT CAME THROUGH USE REDUCTION WHEREAS THE FLOOR AREA RATIO BONUS NONE OF THOSE PROJECTS UTILIZE THOSE THAT COME. I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY WHEN I WHEN I LOOK AT THE GRAPH. THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT'S FOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE COME POST OR OPPORTUNITY HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AFTER 2019 AFTER 20 YEAR. OKAY. AND SO I'M ALWAYS AND I'M NOT LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER TODAY BUT I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS IN WHICH THAT WE CAN YOU KNOW, ONE IMPROVE THOSE THE ONES A ZERO. AND THEN ALSO AS WE LOOK AT THESE CLASSIFICATION THAT ARE OUT HERE, ONES THAT YOU KNOW IN PARTICULAR THERE'S A WAY TO BOOST THOSE ONES THAT YOU KNOW, FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT HAVE A BETTER AND THAT'S MORE OF A POLICY THING I'M JUST KIND OF SAYING IN GENERALLY FROM THE MAYOR YOU KNOW MAKE IT BETTER FOR IT FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY STANDPOINT SO MORE OF A MORE OF A COMMENT ON THAT ONE. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS AROUND I THINK YOU HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE HERE WHERE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, KIND IN TERMS OF OUR GOALS FOR THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL. PAGE 11 A LOOK AT THAT 30 YOU KNOW PERCENT AM I AM ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT OUR MAYOR WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS NUMBER THAT WE'VE GOT THE 42 THERE. I KNOW THERE'S KIND OF A CLOCK TICKING BEHIND THE YOU KNOW, BEHIND THE SCENES AT LEAST IN MY HEAD AND YOU KNOW AND SO I ALWAYS THINK TO MYSELF, WELL, HOW LONG DO WE HAVE THOSE 42 UNITS OF AFFORDABILITY? AND I WOULD LOVE IT AS. WE LOOK AT PRESENTATIONS LIKE THAT THAT WE SOMEHOW KEEP INFORMATION IN FRONT OF US, PARTICULARLY OF THESE ONES THAT ARE TO GET, YOU KNOW, THE 30% AM I IN THE 50% AM I BECAUSE THEY'RE HARD FOUGHT AND THEN ALSO WHEN THEY ROLL OFF THE ROLLS I ALWAYS GET CONCERNED ABOUT ESPECIALLY WE'VE SEEN FOLKS COME BEFORE THIS THIS BODY AND SAY HEY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO PLACE FOR ME TO ROLL TO, YOU KNOW, AT THAT LEVEL. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I LIKE THE IN THE PERMANENT TYPE, YOU KNOW AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT A PERMANENT TYPE THING BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING'M TNKING ABOUT JUST YOU KNOW, JUST FOR THIS BODY TO BE AWARE AT LEAST STAFF MAYBE MAYBE SAT BEHIND THE SCENES HAS THAT AWARENESS BUT I JUST AS A AS A POLICYMAKER DON'T HAVE THAT AWARENESS. SO NOT REALLY A QUESTION MORE OF A COMMENT SO YOU'RE NOT GETTING OFF EASY TODAY I WON'T PROMISE NEXT TIME IS GOING BE THAT EASY. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU. MAYOR FIRST I JUST WANT TO SAY I NEVER TRULY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF THIS ARBITRARY HOUSING ORDINANCE UNTIL A NEIGHBOR OF MINE WAS ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS AND IT ALLOWED AND HER CHILD TO MOVE TO AN APARTMENT IN TOWN TO STAY TO THEIR FAMILIES. THEY COULD CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT FAMILY SUPPORT. AND SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING IS IS FANTASTIC AND IT'S SHOWING BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, WHO GREW UP HERE AND WHO WANT TO RAISE THEIR HERE. SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK WE'RE DOING WITH THIS. MY MY QUESTION KIND OF RUNS ALONG THE SAME LINE AS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN AND THE PERCENT OF PROJECTS THAT UTILIZE INCENTIVE ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE PAKISTAN REDUCTION AND THEN THE FACT THAT THERE IS ZEROMPERVIOUS SURFACE RUCTION AND SO PEOPLE ARE REDUCING PARKING STALLS, WE'RE STILL COVERING IT UP WITH CEMENT. IS THAT KIND OF WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING OUT OF THAT? THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ONE THING THAT I'VE AS I'VE MET WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND DISCUSSED SOME OF THESE INCENTIVES WE'RE THINKING ABOUT AMENDMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS. ONE THING THAT CAME UP FREQUENTLY IS THAT A OF THESE INCENTIVES HAVE A VERY COMPLICATED INTERPLAY. SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKING STALL REDUCTION, OPEN SPACE REDUCTION AND IMPERVIOUS SURFACE REDUCTION, ANY CHANGE TO ONE OF THOSE MIGHT CHANGE THE OTHER INCENTIVES. SO I THINK THAT WOULD WHAT U'VE BROUGHT U IS A REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT IS A CLOSER EYE TO THAT INTERPLAY OF THOSE INCENTIVES. OKAY. I THINK THAT MAKES TOTAL SENSE AND ESPECIALLY IF EVERYONE IS USING PARKING SAW REDUCTION I WOULD LOVE FOR TO BE ABLE TO BETTER INCENTIVIZE THOSE THOSE OTHER OPTIONS AND PARTICULARLY FOR ME IF WE'RE LOOKING TO REDUCE IMPERVIOUS SAVINGS, IF WE'RE LOOKING TO REDUCE THE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, IS THERE SOMETHING TRANSIT RELATED? I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AS COMMISSIONER GOODELL AS WELL BUT TRANSIT IS IN A DIFFERENT STATE BUT IT WON'T REMAIN THAT WAY FOREVER. AND SO AS WE TO LOOK AT THIS ORDINANCE, HOW DO WE INCENTIVIZE TRANSIT TO OR TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT ON PARTICULAR LOCATIONS TO REDUCE PARKING NEED TO REDUCE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE? SO THAT ISOMETHING I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE. THANK YOU MARIN COUNCIL I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND TO SAY ABSOLUTELY ON BETTER INCENTIVES REGARDING TRANSIT. I'LL ALSO POINT OUT THAT A LOT OF EXTERNAL FUNDING SOURCES THAT DEVELOPERS HAVE A GREAT EMPHASIS ON TRANSIT. SO YOU MENTIONED THAT COUNCIL THEI TRANSIT ORIEND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS WILL INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPERS TO BE CLOSE TO SOME OF THE TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS THAT BLOOMINGTON HAS SEEN. AND THEN ALSO AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR HOUSING THAT'S RECEIVING OR THAT'S GOING OUT FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS WHICH IS ONE OF THE IF NOT THE BIGGEST TOOL THAT DEVELOPERS TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THEY GET POINTS ON THEIR ON THEIR APPLICATION IT'S A POINT BASED SYSTEM FOR SELECTION FOR RELEVANCE TO TRANSIT. SO I THINK THERE'S ABSOLUTELY A PLACE FOR LOCAL EMPHASIS ON THAT AS WELL JUST TO REFLECT THAT EMPHAS ATHE STATE LEVEL AS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO, THANK YOU FROM HERE. NICE TO MEET YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. SO I YEAH, I THINK BETWEEN MILLER AND COUNCILMEMBER LOMAN I HEARD SOME OF THE THINGS I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN . I THINK WE'RE AT A POINT RIGHT NOW WHERE AND I THINK I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE WHERE I'D LIKE TO SEE US RE RE CAST OF THESE INCENTIVES TO FOCUS ON ON EIRONMENT JUSTICE INITIATIVES FOR EXAMPLE GREEN ROOFS, SOLAR PANELS ON THE ROOF, YOU KNOW, ELECTRIC HEATERS AND YOU KNOW, IN NOT DOING GAS SERVICES AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, I THINK I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THERE. I THINK KNOW THAT IT'S VALUABLE FROM A FROM A PUBLIC PERSPECTIVE TO DO THAT. AND KNOW THAT IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY LIKE RESULT. I MEAN LONG TERM IT RESULTS POTENTIALLY IN LESS MONEY SPENT AS WELL BUT IT ALSO IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO LONG TERM FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND FOR THE FOLKS THAT LIVE THERE. SO YOU KNOW, I'D VERY MUCH WANT TO SEE US CONSIDER SOME ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFIC INCENTIVIZING HERE ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE USING PUBLIC DOLLARS AT THE STAGE THE THING I WOULD SAY ABOUT THAT AND THIS IS PROBABLY MORE OF A QUESTION FOR YOU IS ARE WE ACTUALLY HEARING PEOPLE COMING TO THE TABLE WILLING TO GET TO 30% AMI IF THESE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE WE ACTUALLY SEEING IT AND AND IF IF WE ARE YOU KNOW, I'D LOVE TO GET SOME KIND OF ANALYSIS OF LIKE WHY THOSE PEOPLE PLANNING TO HELP US WITH THAT AND WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. RIGHT. AND HOW MANY OF THEM ARE THINKING ABOUT IT FROM A RENTAL PERSPECTIVE VERSUS A HOMEOWNERSHIP PERSPECTIVE? YOU KNOW, ARE THERE ANY IS ERE ANYBODY OUT THERE WILLING TO LIKE TAKE A LEAP WITH US AND SAY I'LL BUILD YOU A CONDO BUILDING EVEN THOUGH THE STATUTORY OUT THERE BECAUSE THAT'S AN INCENTIVE I'D BE WILLING TO SPEND MY, YOU KNOW, RISK AGAINST IF YOU'RE WILLING TO THROW SOME PUBLIC DOLLARS AT IT OR SOMETHING THAT EFFECT SO WE CAN SOLVE KIND OF A COMBINATION OF PROBLEMS THAT HAVE RIGHT. WE HAVE A HOMEOWNERSHIP PROBLEM WE HAVE WHICH IS A GENERATION A WEALTH ISSUE. WE HAVE A 30% AND MY LOW LIKE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE. WE DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ISSUES OF OF OF DENSITY WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, RESOLVE. I JUST FEEL LIKE MAYBE WE COULD THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS KIND OF ALL TOGETHER AND BE A LITTLE BIT HOLISTIC AND FIND A COUPLE OF OF OF DEVELOPERS WHO MIGHT BE WILLING TAKE A LEAP WITH US. I HAVE NO IDEA, MR. MAYOR, IF IF WE CAN HELP THAT PROBLEM IN THE STATE I WAS TOLD YOU KNOW SO IT'S NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT DESPITE THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE REALTORS AND EVERYBODY THAT WE'VE TALKED TO WOULD REALLY LIKE THE STATE TO BACK OFF THAT STATUTORY WARRANTY IT'S NOT GOING TO ANYTIME SOON. SO WHAT DO WE WHAT CAN WE DO TO WORK AUNDT? N WE DO ANYTHING WITH THE TRUST FUND WITH THE DOLLARS COMING FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY, WITH THIS ORDINANCE THAT CAN HELP US WORK AROUND THAT. AND IF TRUE, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT BECAUSE I THINK A AFFORDABLE CONDO BUILDING THAT PROVIDES HOMEOWNERSHIP LONG TERM IS LIKE THAT WOULD BE HOLY GRAIL OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE ON MULTIPLE OR MULTIPLE LEVELS. AND SO I DON'T KNOW BUT IF WE CAN THINK THROUGH I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY IDEAL SO THAT MAYBE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABO WHA MIGHT BE MING UP IN MAYBE THAT THERE'S SOME COOL THINGS THAT YOU CAN THINK ABOUT THAT ARE ON THE HORIZON BUT I'D LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT THEM IF NOT JUST YOU COULD TAKE THAT COMMENTARY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARIN COUNCILMEMBER . SO I WANTED TO FIRST RESPOND TO YOUR POINT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENVIRONMENTALLY RELATED INCENTIVES. I THINK WHAT WE HAVE HERE WITH OUR CURRENT STRUCTURE OF THE SHOW IS KIND OF AN INVERSE INCENTIVES. SO WE HAVE OUR CODE AT MARKET AND THEN WE LOOSEN THE RESTRICTIONS OF THAT CODE WHEN AFFORDABLE UNITS ARE OFFERED PAST WHAT IS THE BASE REQUIREMENT. SO THIS IMPROVING OR SORRY INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY RELATED INCENTIVES IS ALMOST AN INVERSE TO THAT TO THAT CURRENT STRUCTURE. SO I THINK THERE WOULD TO BE A RETOOLING OR PERHAPS AN ADDITION TO THE THAT IT IS STRUCTURED TO HAVE THAT BE A COMPONENT OF WHAT WE'RE SEEKING FROM OUR DEVELOPERS BUT BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT I WOULD SAY I WANTED TO RESPOND ALSO TO YOUR POINT OF WHY CERTAIN DEVELOPERS OR ARE THERE DEVELOPERS COMING FORWARD WHO ARE WILLING DO 3% UNITS? THERE ARE THE IT COMES OFTEN DOWN TO THE OR WHAT THE FINANCIAL OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE AND THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE TO SHOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO WORK IS WITH PUBLIC DOLLARS, WITH PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. SO THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND THAT'S THAT FUNDING THAT CAN GET THEM TO THAT POINT WHERE THEIR DEVELOPMENT WILL WORK WITH THE INCLUSION OF OF 30% UNITS. I'LL ALSO MENTION IN THE SLIDES I TALKED ABOUT AN INTEREST INTEREST IN PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS. THAT'S ONE OF THE OTHER WAYS THAT THESE DEVELOPERS ARE ABLE TO GET 30%. SO IN THAT CASE THE ARRAY OF CITY OF BLOOMINGTON CONVERTS SOME OF THEIR EXISTING HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS INTO PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS. SO THOSE VOUCHERS ARE THEN HOUSED IN THAT DEVELOPMENT ENSURING THAT 30% OF MY UNIT IS AVAILABLE AND SO THERE ARE DEVELOPERS WILLING TO DO THE WORK. OFTENTIMES THEY HAVE TO BE VERY EXPERIENCED IN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. THEY HAVE TO KNOW WHERE ALL OF THESE AFFORDABLE SOURCES LIE. AS I SAID THAT I'M REVIEWING DEVELOPMENTS PROPOSED FOR THOSE REMAINI FUNDST HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR THE COMMON FUNDS ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT I SAW HAD 20 SOURCES, 20 FUNDING SOURCES AND THAT'S FOR THEM THEY HAD A 30% AFFORDABLE UNITS IN THAT DEVELOPMENT. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY HAVE TO KNOW WHERE TO GO AND WHAT THE STEPS ARE TO GET THAT . SO THERE'S A WILLINGNESS BUT IT TAKES A LOT EXPERIENCE. SO TO YOUR POINT OF ATTRACTING THOSE DEVELOPERS, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD LOOK INTO. AND THEN FINALLY YOUR POINT ON INCENTIVIZING 30% AMI FOR OWNERSHIP. ONE THING THAT AND I KNOW YOU'VE MENONED TS THE STATUTORY WARRANTY ON CONDO UNITS. I'M SOMEWHAT AWARE THAT BUT I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS BUT I DO KNOW WHAT THE WHOLE THESE REQUIREMENTS COME INTO PLACE WHEN THERE'S 20 UNITS OR MORE. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON ARE FEWER THAN 20 AND IN THAT CASE THERE THAT PURVIEW WOULD FALL UNDER THE HRA AND THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST THE RIGHT TO CREATE OWNERSHIP AT THOSE LOWER AFFORDABILITY. SO I'LL TAKE THAT NOTE AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MARTIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS MORE JUST KIND OF A CURIOSITY. I'D LOVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT AS YOU'RE TALKING TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND MAYBE PROPERTY. SO OBVIOUSLY THE OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE HAS PROVIDED ENOUGH LEVERS CHANGE THINGS AROUND THE EDGES TO GET AFFORDABILY PJECTS ACROSS TH FINISH LINE THAT WOULDN'T HAVE OTHERWISE AND I JUST THINK ABOUT THE PACE OF CHANGE THAT WE'VE SEEN IN SO MANY OF OUR COMMERCIAL NODES, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE WE BROUGHT TOOLS TO BEAR LAKE AB THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OPPORTUNITY OR THE GATEWAY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. SO I JUST WONDER AS IS KIND OF A THOUGHT EXERCISE AS YOU'RE TALKING TO FOLKS IF WE REALLY PUT THE PEDAL TO THE METAL WITH ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY ESPECIALLY DOWN AT THE LOWER END OF THAT UTILIZATIONS WHETHER IT'S IN TERMS OF THE HEIGHT BONUSES OR OPEN SPACE REDUCTIONS, WHATEVER IT IS, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE WHERE ALL OF A SUDDEN THOSE PROPERTIES WE DON'T ANTICIPATE MOVEMENT ON ANYTIME SOON SUDDENLY THOSE PERFORMERS SENSE AND THOSE PROPERTIES MAY TURN OVER FOR REDEVELOPMENT SOONER WE WOULD THINK OTHERWISE. IT MAY BE AN UNACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY WE WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. BUT IF IT'S IF IT'S NOT OUTSIDE THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY WHEN WE SEE WHAT THAT WOULD TAKE IN THE END THAT'S STILL PRODUCING ADDITIONAL AFFORDABILITY IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'LL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE THOSE UNITS INSIDE OF THEM. SO JUST IT'S SOMETHING I'D BE CURIOUS YOU COULD SNEAK THAT INTO CONVERSATION AS WELL TO SAY WHETHER IT'S ALONG LYNDALE AVENUE OR PORTLAND AMERICAN OR CEDAR OLD SHACK. HOW HOW FAR WOULD YOU WANT TO CRANK SOME OF THESE KNOBS BEFORE AND IN ORDER TO GET THINGS MOVING FASTER THAN THE DECADE DECADES IT MIGHT TAKE OTHERWISE. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. ABSOLUTELY THAT CONVERSATION. WELL, I THINK THE VERY EASILY DOVETAILED WITH OUR INTENT TO DISCUSS THIS COMPLIANCE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE WORKING ON STANDING UP. WE WANT TO TALK TO THE DEVELOPERS AND THEIR PROPERTY MANAGERS ESPECIALLY ON THAT COMPLIANCE PROGRAM AND I THINK WE CAN PLUG THIS RIGHT IN AS THAT DISCUSSION ON HOW FAR THE INCENTIVES WOULD NEED TO GO TO MAKE THAT WORK WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH THE DEVELOPER WHO REALLY EMPHIZEDHE THE AND INTEREST RATE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN NOW HAS BEEN QUITE PROHIBITIVE IN TERMS OF THAT DEEP AFFORDABILITY. SO THAT'S A CHALLENGE THAT MIGHT BE OUT OF OUR CONTROL BUT HOPEFULLY CAN IMPROVE AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO GO MORE AGGRESSIVELY SEEKING THESE DEEP AFFORDABILITY DEVELOPMENTS. ABSOLUTELY AND EVEN JUST BRIEFLY EVEN BEYOND AFFORDABILITY I MEAN CURIOSITY FOR MARKET RATE THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE MINIMUM PERCENTAGE OF AFFORDABLE UNITS. I MEAN JUST DEVELOPED IN GENERAL TO KNOCK DOWN SOME OF THESE OLD KIND OF GROSS STRIP MALLS. HOW MUCH FLEXIBILITY WOULD WE NEED TO MAKE THAT? MAYBE IT'S TOO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER AND COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. THANK YOU. SO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, 2018, 2019, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF KIND OF HIGH PROJECTS THAT HAPPENED. NOAH PROPERTIES WERE FLIPPED AND TURNED INTO MARKET RATE AND IT DISPLACED, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND FAMILIES. AND I FEEL LIKE AT THAT TIME WAS A LOT OF FOCUS AND CONVERSATION ON NOAH PROPERTIES THAT. I DON'T FEEL LIKEE'VE REALLY FOCUD ON ON THEM AS MUCH OR AT TALKED ABOUT THAT IN A PUBLIC WAY. AND SO I DO APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL GOALS TABLE YOU HAVE THE 80% AMI. NOAH AND I THINK THAT'S INDICATING WHERE WE'VE HELPED TO PRESERVE NOAH UNITS AND IT JUST MAKES ME WONDER YOU KNOW AS WE THINK ABOUT THIS 30% AMI RANGE LIKE MY INSTINCT WOULD BE THAT THERE'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY THERE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PRESERVING THE UNITS WE ALREADY HAVE AVAILABLE AT THAT 30% OR 50% AMI BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOWOU KNO H 30% ARMY UNITS DO WE HAVE IN BLOOMINGTON RIGHT NOW AND ARE THEY AT RISK OF , YOU KNOW, BEING REDEVELOPED AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO PROACTIVELY MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING PRESERVED AND WORKED WITH, YOU KNOW, BUILDING OWNERS, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE THINKING SELLING BECAUSE THEY HAVE TOO MANY MAINTENANCE ISSUES OR WHATEVER THE IS LIKE COULD WE OFFER INCENTIVES THROUGH OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND TO HELP THEM IMPROVE THEIR PROPERTY WHILE NOT THEN YOU KNOW, JACKING UP RATES FOR THEIR TENANTS SO I GUESS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT AS WE THINK ABOUT THE 30% AND 50% AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS US HIT OUR COUNCIL IF PRESERVING HELPS GO TOWARD THESE NUMBERS BUT IT FEELS LIKE, YOU KNOW, A REALISTIC PATH FORWARD AND NOT THAT OTHERS AREN'T BUT YOU KNOW, PRESERVING WHAT WE HAVE IS I FEEL LIKE GOING TO REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO THAT'S MY COMMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AARON COUNCIL. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY I WOULD TO YOUR OF HOW MANY 30% OF MY UNITS ARE OUT THERE. I THINK WE CAN GET THAT UNDERSTANDING FROM RENTAL SURVEY WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IN TO OUR ANNUAL HOUSING REPORT. THE HRA PREPARES THAT REPORT PARTNERS WITH COSTAR IS A REAL ESTATE COMPANY THAT IS ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO THOSE THE DATA THAT IS BACKING FOR WHAT THOSE RENTAL PRICES ARE SET AT. SO TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT THAT DATA IS, VERY HELPFUL. AND THEN YOUR POINT ON REACHING OUT DOING DOING SOME OUTREACH TO RESIDENTIAL LANDLORDS. SO I'LL MENTION AGAIN WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS A LOT OF THE THOSE NOI UNITS ARE LESS THAN 20 UNITS. IN FACT THEY'RE CLOSER TO FOUR UNITS OR LESS AND THAT IS A TRADE ENTERPRISE PER VIEW NOT THAT DOESN'T QUITE TRIGGER. WE DO HAVE OUR TENANT PROTECTION ORDINANCE BUT THAT'S FOR AGAIN THOSE MORE UNIT BUILDINGS BUT I WILL MENTION ERICA COLEMAN IS TALKING ABOUT INTEREST IN A RESIDENTIAL RENTAL RAB PROGRA, SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM. WE HAVE OUR EXISTING CDBG FUNDED HOMEOWNER REHAB PROGRAM WHICH IS VERY WELL UTILIZED AND APPRECIATED BUT GETTING SOMETHING IN PLACE FOR THOSE RENTAL UNITS AS WELL IS SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WITH SOME OF THAT STATE FUNDING COMING TO PERHAPS PUT IT TOWARD THAT USE. VERY GOOD COUNCILMAN TO MOVE US ALONG HERE REALLY QUICKLY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO CHECK IN IN TERMS OF PRESERVATION OF EXISTING UNITS IF STAFF WAS COMFORTABLE OR IF TY REVIEWED HAPPENED IN DULUTH WITH A PROJECT THAT THE AFTER THE START OF THE PROJECT CONVERTED OF THE MARKET RATE UNITS IN A SHORT TERM RENTALS OR BOUTIQUE HOTEL AND SO NOW THERE'S A LEGAL DISPUTE GOING ON BETWEEN THEM ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THEY DID PRESERVE THE AFFORDABLE UNITS WITHIN THE PROJECT BUT THEY DIDN'T MEET THE ORIGINAL PROJECT GOALS AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT COULD HAPPEN HERE BECAUSE I THINK HOUSING UNITS ARE IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, IF WANTS TO BUILD A HOTEL OBVIOUSLY THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, VERY OPEN TO THAT IDEA THROUGHOUT THE YEARS BUT NOT A CONVERSION OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS INTO THAT USE. SO THAT'S WHY I GOT THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP COUNCILMEMBER. THANK AMERICANS I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND AND SAY I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT PROJECT BUT I WILL SAY IN THE HAS WRITTEN THERE IS A REQUIREMENT TO PUT SOME TOOLS IN PLACE FOR UNITS THAT RECEIVE OUR TO REMAIN AFFORDABLE IN PERPETUITY SO WHETHER THAT BE A DEED RESTRICTION A COVENANT SOME SORT OF RIDER THAT GOES ALONG WITHHOSENITS THAT WOULD BE IN PLACE TO ENSURE SOME LONG TERM AFFORDABILITY. I BELIEVE THAT IT I MEAN THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING FOR ME TO REVIEW WHETHER OR NOT IT DROVE DOWN ONTO THAT SHORT TERM RENTAL QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THAT BEING ALLOWABLE USE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION THEY DID NOT CONVERT THE AFFORDABLE UNITS. THEY CONVERTED THE MARKET RATE UNITS AND THAT WAS THEIR ARGUMENT THAT. THEY COULD DO THAT AND I WOULD JUST MAKE SURE OUR DEVELOPMENT DON'T ALLOW FOR THAT IF THAT WAS SOME TYPE OF LOOPHOLE THAT MIGHT EXIST. THANK YOU MR. NIEMEYER. GOOD INFORMATION AND GOOD DISCUSSION COUNSEL. THANKS MUCH. AND THAT WILL BRING US TO ITEM 5.2 TONIGHT ANOTHER DISCUSSION THIS IS ON OUR 102ND STREET TO TRAFFIC AND SCHOOL SAFETY PROJECT OR EVALUATION OR CONSIDERATION OR DISCUSSION I'M NOT SURE WHAT A LITTLE A LITTLE A LITTLE OF ALL THOSE HAVE YEAH SO GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SO OVER THE PAST YEAR WE HAD SOME APPROVALS COME THROUGH COUNCIL A PROJECT ON 102ND STREET AT THE WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL DRIVEWAY THAT ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF CRASHES REALLY KIND OF BROUGHT AWARENESS FROM RESIDENTS TO THE COUNCIL OF SOME OF THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT HAPPENED ON 102ND STREET. THE COUNCIL ASKED STAFF TO BACK JUST TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION SO TONIGHT COVER A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY OF WHAT'S GONE ON ON THIS SECTION OF 102ND STREET AS LONG AS WELL AS CURRENT CONDITIONS OUT THERE AND SOME RECOMMENDED NEXT STEPS SO YOU'LL SEE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 102ND STREET BETWEEN NORMANDALE BOULEVARD AND FRANZ AVENUE ON THE SECTION OF ROADWAY WE HAVE THREE SCHOOLS. WE'VE GOT JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND AWESOME SCHOOL. IT'S A FOUR LANE UNDIVIDED ROADWAY TO THE TO THE WEST WE HAVE CONVERTED EXISTING FOUR LANE ROADWAY INTO A THREE LANE AND TO TO THE FAR WEST WE HAVE CONVERTED FROM A FOUR LANE TO A TWO LANE HISTORICALLY SO HERE'S SOME SOME BACKGROUN SO THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF PREVIOUS OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE HAVE STUDIED 102ND STREET WITH OUR COLLECTOR STREET STRIPING RECONFIGURE ATION PROGRAM STARTING BACK IN 2009 AND THEN AGAIN IN 2014 AT THOSE TIMES THERE WERE SOME PROPOSALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONVERT FROM A FOUR LANE TO A THREE LANE. HOWEVER WITH THE PEAK CONCENTRATION OF TIMES AND TRAFFIC WE HAVE THE SCHOOLS THE STRIPING CHANGES DO HAVE TO HAVE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE MADE WITH THEMHICH WOULD INCLUDE RIGHT TURN BASE INTO THE SCHOOL OR SOME MODIFICATION OF THE SCHOOLS FUNCTION AT JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL THE CIRCULATION AND SO BOTH OF THOSE PROPOSALS WERE WERE RECOMMENDED TO BE MOVED FORWARD OR WERE NOT APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. WE ALSO DID SPECIFIC STUDY AT OLSON SCHOOL DRIVEWAY STARTING BACK IN 2013 AND THE OUTCOME OF THAT IS THAT PROJECT THAT YOU SAW IS JUST FINISHED GETTING CONSTRUCTED THE OLSON DRIVEWAY IT'S DRIVER AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT A COUPLE OTHER THAT WE HAVE DONE SO WE'VE DONE SEVERAL PEDESTRIAN CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS ALONG ALONG 102ND STREET AS WELL AS ON CAL AND SHOCK ROAD AND ON FRANCE AVENUE AT HILLS. SO THESE ARE ALL CONSIDERED SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECTS THAT HAVE IMPROVED PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO AND THE SCHOOLS. BUT WHAT WE'RE STILL LEFT WITH IS THE FOUR LANE UNDIVIDED CROSS SECTION ON 102ND STREET. SO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF CONDITIONS THE VOLUMES ON 102ND STREET RANGE OF BETWEEN 5000 VEHICLES PER DAY ON THE NORMANDY HILL AND UP TO 6700 VEHICLES PER DAY ON THE FRENCH AVENUE AND THE THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT CURRENTLY IS 35 MILES AN HOUR AND THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEEDS ARE BETWEEN 35 AND 38 MILES PER HOUR. WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT SPEED LIMITS. ALL RIGHT. SO AT THE COUNCIL MEETING LAST MONDAY, THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WITH THAT PLAN IT APPROVED SPEED LIMIT MODIFICATIONS ON ALL LOCAL ROADWAYS. 102ND STREET IS A COLLECTOR STREET AND AT THAT MEETING THE COUNCIL ALSO DIRECTED STAFF TO START LOOKING AT SPEED LIMIT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COLLECTOR AND ARTERIAL ROADWAYS IN BLOOMINGTON. SO ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OR ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE ADDRESSING BUT IT IS A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGINGS THE FACT THAT THE SCHOOL CAMPUSES SPAN A HALF MILE SECTION. SO I'M GETTING SOME VERY SPECIFIC SPEED REDUCTION THROUGH SIGNAGE IN A SCHOOL AREA IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE TRICKY JUST OUR PRELIMINARY LOOK AT IT WE LIKELY PROPOSE SOME VERY SPECIFIC ZONES. SO I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THAT IS IN THE WORKS WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT AND CONSIDERING THAT ALONG WITH THE SPEED REDUCTION CHANGES FOR THE COLLECTOR STREETS AND THAT'S ALL IN DEVELOPMENT AND WE'LL BE COMING TO THE COUNCIL SO TO TALK ABOUT CRASHES FIRST OF ALL I JUST WANTED TO SHOW SO THIS IS A GRAPHIC SHOWS CRASH DATA FROM 2021 TO PRESENT THIS IS BASED ON OUR CALL TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NOT ON CRASHES REPORTED TO THE STATE SO TYPICALLY THAT THE CALLS THAT COME INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE HIGHER SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS REFLECTED HERE YOU'LL SEE WE DO HAVE SOME INTERSPERSED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR. OBVIOUSLY THE IS AT THE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTNS A FRANCIS AVENUE AND AT ARMADALE BOULEVARD THE RIGHT IN THE DDLE IS THE AWESOME DRIVEWAY WITH THE TWO CRASHES THIS IS TWO AND A HALF YEARS WORTH OF DATA. IT REALLY JUST REPRESENTS THAT ONE CRASH PER YEAR THAT THAT WE HAD BEEN SEEING FOR YEARS AND YEARS AT THAT DRIVER LOCATION. AND WE THINK THAT THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE BUILT THIS YEAR WILL REALLY HELP TO ADDRESS. ALL RIGHT. AND I REALLY DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE WEEDS ON CRASHED OUT BUT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO REPORT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE ON TSE HHER CRASH NUMBERS AT THE INTERSECTION SO AT NORMAND BOULEVARD THIS IS A CRASH RATE THAT'S PROVIDED BY HENNEPIN COUNTY THIS A THREE YEARS WORTH OF CRASH AT A .36. SO THAT'S CRASH PER MILLION ENTERING VEHICLES AT THE INTERSECTION AND THEN IF YOU COMPARE THAT SO THAT AVERAGE CRASH RATE HENNEPIN COUNTY THAT IS OF SIMILAR INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT HENNEPIN COUNTY THAT WOULD BE THE AVERAGE CRASH RATE SO WITH THIS THREE YEARS WORTH OF DATA NORM DAL BOULEVARD WAS A LITTLE BELOW THE AVERAGE CRASH RATE AND FRANCE AVENUE WAS A LITTLE THE AVERAGE CRASH RATE . WE ALSO DO A TRACKING OF CRASHES ON ALL OF THE BLOOMINGTON INTERSECTIONS AND WE ALWAYS MEASURE THOSE IN FIVE YEARS WORTH OF DATA IT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS IF WE WERE TO RANK ALL OF THEM BASED ON JUST CRASH RATES NORM ADL FALLS ABOUT RANKING NUMBER 14TH RIGHT AND FRANCE AVENUE IS ABOUT 28TH. SO I REALLY JUST TELL YOU THAT SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT NONE OF THESE ARE IN THE TOP TEN BUT THEY ARE IN THE TOP 25. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S A LOT OF A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON. THERE'S A LOT OF CONCENTRATION OF TRAFFIC ON THIS CORRIDOR. A LOT OF THINGS HAVE BEEN TRIED. WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS AND I WOULD CALL THEM LOW HANGING FRUIT BUT NONE OF THEM ARE EASY SO FAR. HOWEVER, I THINK THAT THE NEXT REALLY WILL INVOLVE INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES LIKELY RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO JUMP AND SAY WE KNOW A SOLUTION. WE REALLY THINK THAT THIS CORRIDOR COSTS A FULL STUDY WITH A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND WE WOULD INCLUDE IN THAT STUDY SITE CIRCULATION FOR JEFFERSON CAMPUS SPEED LIMITS AND SCHOOL SPEED ZONE ON 102ND STREET AND JOHNSON AVENUE THE INTERSECTION DESIGN AT FRANCE AVENUE AND 102ND STREET WE KNOW THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM SOME TURN LANES IT COULD POSSIBLY BENEFIT FROM A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT INTERSECTION DESIGN. A ROUNDABOUT MAY BE A GOOD FIT THER WE DEFINELY WLD LIKEO SEE THAT A BIG HUGE CHANNEL IS RIGHT GO AWAY SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE THERE. THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S AN EASY OR OBVIOUS SOLUTION SO THAT WOULD BE A POSITIVE OUTCOME OF THE STUDY ON THE INTERSECTION DESIGN AT NORMAN DELON 102ND I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE AS MANY OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED ARE NEEDED OUT THERE WITH THE UPCOMING TRAILS PROJECT IN THAT AREA. SO THOSE ARE IN 2024 AND 2025. WE WOULD STILL INCLUDE IT IN THE STUDY JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE AS NEEDED AS A CORRIR WE AND THEN RIGHT TURN OUR LANE CONFIGURATION ON 100 SECONDS THREE POSSIBLY THAT FOUR LANE TO A THRILLING CONVERSION AND WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND THEN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND FACILITIES BOTH ON AND OFF ROAD IN THE QUARTER SO HOW DO WE GET THAT STUDY SO FIRST STEP WOULD BE TO IDENTIFY FUNDING FOR THE STUDY SCIENTISTS COMPLETE THE STUDY AND THIRD IS TO APPLY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS SOME OPTIONS FOR TRYING TO IDENTIFY AND TIMING FOR A STUDY. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE THAT KEEP COMING UP FROM AND ON THE MINOT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ASSISTANCE GRANT IS THERE OPENING ANOTHER SOLICITATION IN FALL OF 2023 I DISCUSSED WITH THEIR STAFF AND SEEM LIKE THEY INDICATED THAT THIS SEEMS LIKE IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A CANDIDATE PROJECT FOR THAT TYPE OF AN APPLICATION. THERE'S ALSO A SPECIFIC SEAFRONTS TO SCHOOL PLANNING ASSISTANCE GRANT. THEY HAVE PUSHED BACK THEIR SOLICITATION FOR THAT UNTIL FALL OF 2024. OTHER FUNDING OPTIONS WE COULD STRATEGIC PRIORITIES IF WE DO HAVE ENGINEERING STUDIES BUDGET IT IS ALREADY PROGRAMED OUT TO AT LEAST 2025 AND I WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE OUR DISTRICT DRIVE SEAFRONTS TO SCHOOL PLAN HAVE THAT TENTATIVELY SLATED END FOR 2025 AS WELL SO THERE BE A LITTLE BIT OF CONFLICTING INTEREST THERE BUT OF COURSE THOSE ARE ALL OPTIONS ONCE WE GET THAT STU FUNDED I WOULD LOVE TO COMPLETE IT IN THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR. I THINK THAT THAT WOULD WORK IN OUR IN OUR STAFFING WORKLOAD. I WOULD THAT WE WOULD DEFINITELY NEED A STAKEHOLDER GROUP SO THESE ARE BOTH HENNEPIN COUNTY INTERSECTIONS WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO REALLY DEMONSTRATE THE NEED FOR PROJECT AND BUILD THEIR SUPPORT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS ALONG THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD OF COURSE AND THEN APPLY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS. I MEAN IS A TIME IS RIPE WITH FUNDING FOR THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS WE REALLY LOVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF RIGHT AWAY. HOWEVER THE REALLY CRITICAL STEP IS TO GET A GOOD PLAN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PAYING FOR THE RIGHT PROJECT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I JUST WANT TO MENTION SOME OTHER SEAFRONTS TO SCHOOL PROJECTS. YOU KNOW WE'VE GIVEN A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THIS AREA STILL MORE IS WE HAVE DONE TO FOSTER SCHOOL PROJECTS ACROSS ENTIRE CITY AND WE ARE REALLY JUST KIND OF OUR HAVE A FACT HAVE TOUCHED OF THE SCHOOLS WITH IMPROVEMENTS SOME THAT YOU WILL SEE UP SHORTLY KIND OF AT KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL THEY HAVE A PRETTY HIGH PEDESTRIAN CROSSING TO ME A ON OLD SHARPIE SO JUST TO THE EAST OF NICOLLET AVENUES WERE PROPOSED OR WE HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM A HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANT TO WORK ON BUILDING A PROJECT THERE IN 2024 AND THEN WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED SOME SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL FUNDING BUILD AROUND VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AWESOME NEW SIDEWALK ON EAST IDIOT STREET AND THEN SOME ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS TO THAT REALLY HEAVILY USED CROSSING ON PORTLAND AVENUE AND 88TH STREET AND THEN I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED OUR DESIRE UPDATE OUR 2012 COMPREHENSIVE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PLAN WITH THAT WHO WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS REALLY INTENDED AS A KIND OF PROVIDING UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION AND SOME FEEDBACK ON ON WHAT'S PROPOSED TO. THANK YOU MUCH COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THIS. THIS IS GREAT. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE A A SENSE FOR YOU KNOW, PLUS OR -20% THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING YOU'RE LOOKING TO TO TO SECURE HERE FOR THIS STUDY? MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO, I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT BEFOREHAND AND YOU KNOW, WE EXACTLY WE KNOW WHAT WE THINK WHAT WE'D WANT STUDIED B ION'T HAVE IT WITHIN 20%. BUT I THINK THIS IS BETWEEN A 60 AND $120,000 STUDY. OKAY THANKS. THAT'S HELPFUL. YEAH. SO IN OTHER WORDS, MR. MAYOR, IT'S NOT A LOT OF I MEAN DO THOSE DO YOU DOES ANYBODY KNOW DO YOU THOSE GRANTS THAT YOU WOULD APPLY FOR WOULD THEY COVER ALL OF THAT? THEY COVER SOME OF THAT? WOULD WE HAVE TO DO A MATCH WITH THE WHAT'S THE GENERAL PERSPECTIVE THAT. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO SO WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN RECEIVING AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING GRANT THOSE THESE PLANNING ASSISTANCE GRANTS ARE NOT AWARDED DIRECTLY TO THE CITY. SO THAT MEANT THAT UNDER THOSE PROGRAMS HISTORICALLY THEY HAVE HIRED CONSULTING SERVICES AND THEN CITIES HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN RECEIVING THOSE CONSULTING SERVICES. SO THEY PUT AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF I THINK IT WAS LIKE 30,000 ON THE ON THE LAST ONE WE RECEIVED FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION. SO MAYOR, IF MY DOING MY MATH CORRECTLY, LET'S SAY LET'S SAY BETWEEN THOSE TWO GRANTS THEY FUNDED 50% WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING BETWE 30 AND 60,000 OUT OF THESE OTHER KIND OF CITY SPECIFIC RESOURCES TO TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. GENERALLY SPEAKING I THINK THAT THAT'S VALUABLE. I MN WE'VE HEARD EVERYONE THAT THIS IS A STRATEGIC PRIORITY FOR THE CITY ESPECIALLY OUR SCHOOLS. SO I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT IT NOT THAT THEY'RE ASKING SPECIFIC DIRECTION BUT I DON'T SEE ANY REASON NOT TO PROCEED MY PERSONAL TAKE THANKS APPRECIATE THE INPUT. COUNCILMEMBER AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR. THE BIGGEST THING FOR ME AS I'VE DUG INTO THIS I THAT THIS HAS COME BACK TO THIS PARTICULAR STRETCH OF 102ND HAS COME TO COUNCIL TWO OR THREE TIMES AND HAS FAILED TWO OR THREE TIMES. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY ENGAGING FULLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO BRING THIS ALONG GIVEN THAT THIS HAS FAILED MULTIPLE TIMES ALREADY. AND SO I WOULD HATE FOR US TO INVEST THIS MONEY DO STUDY, PROPOSE THIS AND THEN HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD COME BACK AGAIN AND BE AGAINST WHAT PROPOSING? SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON THAT MAKING SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT ISOING ON, GETTINGHEIR INPUT SO WE CAN FINALLY MOVE SOMETHING FORWARD FOR SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR 20 YEARS. THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A FEW QUICK QUICK QUESTIONS ONE FOR CLARIFICATION. DOES THE CRASH DATA INCLUDE PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS? I KNOW BEEN SOME AT FRANCE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. MR. MAYOR, COUNCILWOMAN NELSON SAID THAT THE NUMBERS THAT YOU WERE SEEING INCLUDED ALL INCIDENTS COULD INCLUDE PEDESTRIANS OR VEHICLES. OKAY. LOOKG AT THE TIMINE OF SPRING OF NEXT YEAR OR SOMETIME NEXT YEAR, HOW WOULD WE MODEL OR THINK THROUGH THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO TRAFFIC FROM WHAT JEFFERSON OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS LOOKING AT FOR A STADIUM THERE? THEY'RE LOOKING AT STADIUMS AT BOTH OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WILL HAVE A HUGE TRAFFIC IMPACT ON 102ND THERE. HOW DO WE INCORPORATE THAT INTO THERE? I MEAN TO MY UNDERSTANDING IT WON'T BE THERE YET. WHEN WE WOULD STUDY IT SO MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER NELSON THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE ONLY ANSWER I NEEDED. SO I'M JUST GOING TO ADD TO THAT TOO. SO IF THEY COME FORTH A STADIUM PROPOSAL SOMETHING SPECIFIC AS THEY THROUGH THIS TRAFFIC IMPACTS THE EFFECTS OF TRAFFIC PEOPLE CIRCULATING IT THERE WILL BE A STUDY OF THAT WILL BE PART OF THAT AND THEN HOW WILL WE MIX THAT INTO THE JUST THE GENERAL BACKGROUND DAY TO DAY THAT WOULD ALSO BE FACTORED IN . I TSSUE AFFECTING 102ND STREET ARE MUCH MORE CENTERED AROUND JUST THE DAY TO DAY THINGS PEOPLE GETTING TO SCHOOL AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO ANY LARGE STADIUM LIKE THAT WOULD COME WITH ITS OWN SET OF ISSUES AND TRAFFIC TO ADDRESS JUST WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT STADIUM. OKAY. THANK YOU. ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HEARD FROM PREVIOUS PREVIOUSLY THAT THAT LED TO NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS IS THAT THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE CHANGES AT THE ENTRANCES THE SCHOOLS. DO THE CHANGES THAT WERE RECENTLY MADE AT OLSEN HELP IN ASSIST AT LEAST WITH THAT LOCATION? COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YUP. THAT DESIGN TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE POSSIBILITY OF A FUTURE THREE LANE EXPANSION SO IT IS A FULL ADDED TURN BAY AND LENGTH DESIGNED FOR ANTICIPATED FUTURE VOLUMES AS WELL. OKAY. SO THAT WAS PART OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS. LAST QUESTION OR JUST THOUGHT ON THIS. I ASSUME THAT THE STUDY WOULD ONLY LOOK AT VEHICULAR TRAFFIC BUT ALSO PEDESTRIAN. THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT WALKING NOT ONLY CROSSING NORMANDY , FRANCE AND ALL OF THAT BUT JUST ON THE SIDEWALK IN GENERAL. I THINK IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, IT'S ONE OF THE NARROWER ONES . THERE ARE SEVERAL AREAS THAT THAT ICE UP PRETTY BAD IN WINTER AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WOULD IT TAKE THAT HOLISTIC VIEW OF THE COUNCILMEMBER NELSON YEP, THAT WOULD DEFINITELY ALL BE IN THE SCOPE . FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. REMEMBER? THANK YOU, MAYOR. READING MY MIND HERE AS I DID I JUST TOOK I MEAN I BELIEVE I WAS HERE I2014 WHEN WE WE DID THIS AND SO THE COUNCILMEMBER SAID POINT WHY DID THAT FAIL? I JUST I I MEAN I REMEMBER THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEING VERY YOU KNOW, VERY OPPOSED. THEY REMEMBER 100/6 STREET BEING RIGHT AROUND THAT SAME PERIOD OF TIME AND WE DID THE ONE IT DIDN'T DO THE OTHER ONE AND I KNOW FOLKS WERE VERY, VERY UPSET. AH SIXTH STREET YOU KNOW IT'S PROVEN TO BE A LOT ON SIXTH STREET AND I DRIVE THAT MORE OFTEN NOW AND SO I'M YOU KNOW ,I SO IF YOU COULD JUST YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME AND REMIND US WHAT WERE YOU THINKING OR MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN SO THERE WAS A LOT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH THAT PROCESS. THERE WERE A LOT OF CONCERNS FROM FROM SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS GOING FROM A FOUR LANE TWO OR THREE LANE WAS GOING TO INCREASE CONGESTION AND THERE HAD DIFFICULT TIME SEEING THE SAFETY BENEFITS OF THAT TO THE LEFT TURN LANE. AND I WILL SAY ONE THING THAT SEEMED TO BE PRETTY INFLUENTIAL ON THE COUNCIL'S DESION WAS THE FACT THAT RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION WAS NEEDED TO ADD A RIGHT TURN AT JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL AND RESULTING IN SOME SIDEWALK RECONSTRUCTION IT WOULD BE WOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSER TO SOMEBODY'S HOME. AND I THINK ALONG THAT WAS A LOSS OF SOME TREES THAT PLAYED THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL. GOSH, IT JUST SEEMS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THOSE ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED THERE, IF WE COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING YOU KNOW, WHILE I DON'T I DON'T I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF WAS SUPPORTIVE OR NOT OF IT. I DON'T THINKAS BUT GOSH NOW IT JUST OH GOSH JUST KIND OF YOU KNOW YEARS LATER YOU GO WELL WHY WHY DO WE WHY DO WE DO THAT? YEAH, I HAVE THE SAME FEAR THAT THIS MIGHT GET WHIPPED UP AGAIN AND BUT YOU KNOW IT JUST YOU KNOW AS LOOK AT THE OTHER I KNOW THE MAYOR YOU'VE MENTIONED THIS IN THE PAST OF LOOKING AT HER SIXTH STREET AND SOME OF THE OTHER STREETS THAT WE'VE MADE THE CONVERSIONS OF GOING TO THAT AND BRINGING SOME OF THAT DATA SINCE WE HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION AROUND THAT AND I DON'T KNOW TS ISIMILAR TO I THINK WOULD VERY HELPFUL AS WE KIND OF I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF UNIQUE AND EVERY EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD UNIQUE AND YOU KNOW I BELIEVE MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS YOU KNOW MORE UNIQUE THAN ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD IN ENTIRE COUNTRY WHICH THAT IS NOT TRUE BUT BUT IT JUST YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME SIMILARITIES THERE THAT MAKE SENSE BUT YEAH I TOTALLY WOULD SUPPORT US LOOKING AT SOME STRATEGIC, YOU KNOW, PRIORITY DOLLARS IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CONVERSATION LATER ON IF THAT MAKES SENSE AND I GUESS THIS TIME WILL JT BE A LITT MORE MORE GUTSY IT WHEN IT COMES UP HERE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE COMING TO THIS INTERSECTION SO ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? WELL I DO THINK WITH THE NEXT STEPS TO IDENTIFY THE FUNDING FOR THE STUDY I YOU KNOW, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO COMMENTS THINK THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD DIRECTION AND THE AND THE COMMITMENT THIS COUNCIL HAS TOWARD SAFETY ESPECIALLY AROUND THE SCHOOLS AND THE DISCUSSION THE WHOLE DISCUSSION WE HAD THEAST FEW YEARSND ESPECIALLY LAST WEEK WITH OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS CONTINUE. APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION AND GUIDANCE. THANK YOU. THANK COUNSEL. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR LAST ITEM OF THE EVENING AND IN 5.3 OUR CITY COUNCIL POLICY AND ISSUE UPDATE I WILL KICK US OFF AND RECAP LISTENING SESSION TONIGHT WE HAD ONE SPEAKER CATHARTIC TALKED ABOUT BRYANT PARK. HE HAD A SERIES OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PLACEMENT OF THE ACTIVITIES WHAT THE MASTER PLAN LOOKED LIKE, WHETHER OR NOT WOULD BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN BEFORE THE MASTER PLAN BECAME FINAL. HE HAD GOOD QUESTIONS AND WHAT I APPRECIATE IS THAT RENEE CLARKE FROM OUR PLANNING OR FROM OUR PARKS TEAM WAS THERE AND I THINK AS I WAS WALKING DOWN HERE THEY WERE MEETING AND AT THE MASTER PLAN THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. SO ONCE I MEAN THIS IDEA OF A LISTENING SESSION THAT A BACK AND FORTH AND THEN RESULTS IN SOME INTERACTION AND SOME HOPELLYOOD DISCUSSIONS AND ULTIMATELY RESOLUTION TO PEOPLE'S QUESTIONS IT'S KIND OF WHAT WE WERE AIMING FOR AND IT LOOKS LIKE WORKING AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND THAT SORT VERY WE SAW IT VERY CLEARLY AND REALLY DID APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT RENEE WAS THERE AND I APPRECIATE QUESTIONS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BROUGHT THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND I HOPE WE CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS FOR THEM. THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I HAVE THIS I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY LAST NIGHT TO HEAR A PRESENTATION BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF SOMALIA, ABDI BAR AND IT WAS A GOOD SIZED GATHERING OVER AT THE THE WHERE IT WAS AT THE DOUBLETREE THE DOUBLETREE A LOT OF FOLKS THERE A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM WENT LATE INTO THE NIGHT BUT IT WAS IT WAS A GOOD GATHERING AND COMMUNITY BUILDING EVENT FOR FOR THE SOMALI COMMUNITY, THE TWIN CITIES BUT ESPECIALLY HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. IT WAS I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY HELLO TO THE CROWD MAYOR OF EDEN PRAIRIE RON CASE WAS THERE ALSO AND HE SAID HELLO FIRST AND GOT THE CHEERS FROM EDEN PRAIRIE. SO I OF COURSE TRIED TO ONE UP HIM WITH THE CHEERS FROM BLOONGTO AND THERE WERE A LOT OF BLOOMINGTON FOLKS THERE AND THEY WERE APPRECIATIVE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO HOST THE PRIME MINISTER HERE IN BLOOMINGTON IT WE DON'T OFTEN GET A PRIME MINISTER TO COME TO BLOOMINGTON AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE APPRECIATE THE HENNEPIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THE SHERIFF DID A GREAT JOB COORDINATING SECURITY WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH BLOOMINGTON POLICE. BLOOMINGTON FIRE WERE THERE AS WELL THEY WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH SECRET SERVICE. THIS IS NOT A SMALL OPERATION WHEN A PRIME MINISTER COMES AND IT WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB AND SO JUST WTED TO TIP MY HAT TO THE ORGANIZERS ORGANIZERS TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS WHO MADE IT ALL WORK AND TO THE TO THE PRIME MINISTER FOR CHOOSING TO COME TO THE BLOOMINGTON OF ALL PLACES. I MEAN I THINK HE WAS IN NEW YORK AT THE UNITED NATIONS EARLIER IN THE WEEK AND CAME TO BLOOMINGTON AFTER THAT SO IT IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. SO THAT IS MY UPDATE. MR. FAROOQUI ANYTHING TO ADD THIS EVENING? THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE REPORTING OUT A COUPLE OF EVENTS FROM LAST WEEK FRIDAY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND STATE OF THE AIRPORT LUNCHEON WHICH IS HOSTED BY THE MSP FODATION. IT'S AN ANNUAL REPORT SIMILAR TO THE MAYORS OF THE CITY TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THE ACTIVITY AND THE BENEFITS THAT THE AIRPORT BRINGS TO OUR COMMUNITY. IT WAS EXTREMELY WELL ATTENDED AT THE INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL A CELEBRATION OF THE FACT THAT MINNEAPOLIS SAINT PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CONTINUES TO BE AN IMPORTANT ASSET FOR THIS REGION THAT IT IS ANNUALLY RATED AS THE BEST IF NOT SECOND BEST ACCORDING TO RECENT NEWS AIRPORT ALL OF NORTH AMERICA AND REALLY DESERVES RECOGNITION FOR THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT IT IS PUTTING INTO ITS ARTISTIC EXPRESSION MAKING SURE THAT THE TRAVELER EXPERIENCE IS POSITIVE AND CALMING AND TAKING LOT OF ACTION TO TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL AT HOME AS THEY TRANSIT THROUGH MINNEAPOLIS SAINT PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OBVIOUSLY AS A HUB THE AIRPORT THERE AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE COME THROUGH HERE WHO ARE NEITHER ORIGINATING OR CONCLUDING THEIR TRAVEL IN MINNEAPOLIS SAINT PAUL IN THE AIRPORT PROVIDES REALLY WONDERFUL AMENITIES FOR THEM. ALSO GOOD TO NOTE THAT EMPLOYMENTS AT THE AIRPORT LAST YEAR WERE OVER 39 MILLION WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO THE THAT WAS SET BACK IN 2019 PRE-COVID AND SO THEY'RE HOPING THEY'RE ON TRACK TO ACTUALLY EXCEED 40 MILLION APPOTMENTS FOR THEIRST ME EVER NOT THIS YEAR THEN PERHAPS NEXT YEAR ALSO CELEBRATED A NUMBER OF NEW ROUTES AND AIRLINES ARE COMING INTO THE AREA. LUFTHANSA HAS NEVER OPERATED BEFORE. THEY ARE ESTABLISHING A FRANKFURT ROAD IN THE SPRING NEXT YEAR AND AIR LINGUS IS BRINGING BACK THEIR DUBLIN ROUTE AND THE SOUTH KOREA OR SORRY THE KOREA ROUTE CALLED KOREA IT'S NOT SOUTH KOREA. E SEOUL ROUTE IS BEING INITIATED AGAIN FOR DELTA SO IT IS EASIER TO GET MANY PLACES IN THE WORLD THAN IT HAS BEEN EVER BEFORE FROM THIS AIRPORT. SO AGAIN VERY POSITIVE NEWS . WE AS A COMMUNITY BENEFIT FROM OUR PROXIMITY TO AND RELATIONSHIP THE AIRPORTS ECONOMICALLY IN TERMS OF USES ACCESS FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND SO CONTINUING TO HAVE A STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AIRPORT IS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US SO I APPRECIATED THAT OPPORTUNITY ALSO WANTED T THANK OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTO WHO ORGANIZED A LITTLE TOUR FOR SEVERAL OF US STAFF LAST WEEK WITH YUSUF ALI TO GO OVER TO THE ZAWADI CENTER. THE COMMUNITY CENTER THE COUNCIL APPROVED SOME TIME AGO AT 1701 AMERICAN BOULEVARD IT WAS REPURPOSING OFFICE WAREHOUSE SPACE INTO A COMMUNITY CENTER SPACE THAT WILL BRING COMMUNITY TOGETHER FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES, FOR LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY, FOR GATHERING ROOMS AND JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT THEY HAVE DONE A FIRST CLASS JOB IN DEVELOPING THAT SPACE. THE NOMADIC CAFE IS VERY WARM AND WELCOMING THE ZAWADI RESTAURANT IS OPENING I BELIEVE TODAY WAS ACTUALLY THEIR FIRST DAY. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO GO THAT OUT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS IS THAT IT'S FUSION EAST AICAN AND LATIN FOOD SO SEEMS VERY INTERESTING AND NICE ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY. THE SPACES ARE VERY NICELY DECORATED AND NICELY APPOINTED SO A NICE CELEBRATION AND AND A SUCCESS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND APPRECIATE OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF THEIR WORK TO FACILITATE THEM THANK YOU MR. BREWINGTON COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU MAYOR. SO COUNCILMEMBER NELSON MENTIONED THE KVM CONVERSATIONS AT JEFFERSON AND I KNOW THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING NOW AT BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS WITH THE ENDING OF THE LEASE OF THE LINCOLN FOOTBALL FIELD AND. SO I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS YOU KNOW, IS THE CITY'S ROLE AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PLANS THESE NEW STADIUM FACILITIES? I THINK THAT THE I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A PLANNING COMMISSION ITEM COMING UP IN OCTOBER RELATED THEM BUT JUST REALLY YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WANTING TO CONTINUE TO WORK AN EVEN STRONGER PARTNER WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SO HOW CAN WE BE AS SUPPORTIVE AS POSSIBLE KNOWING THAT YOU KNOW BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS NEED THESE FACILITIES AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF THIS TOO IS THAT I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN THE QUESTION MULTIPLE TIMES WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE LINCOLN FIELD ? AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHO OWNS IT AND THE CITY'S ROLE IN IT. AND YOU KNOW, SO I I WOULD BE CURIOUS IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE NOW BUT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE YOU KNOW, DOES THE CITY HAVE ANY KIND OF SAY OR INFLUENCE IN WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT THAT LINCOLN FOOTBALL FIELD? I MEAN I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE VERY STRONG FEELINGS JUST FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO THEM. BUT I ALSO A LOT OF THE ATHLETIC ORGANIZATIONS THERE'S YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING BECAUSE THEY WOULD LOVE IT TO BE A DOME FOR WINTER USE. SO ANYWAY, IT'S JUST CURIOUS FOR AN UPDATE ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE AND WHAT'S OUR ROLE AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORTIVE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COMMUNITY AS THEY FIGURE THOSE PLANS OUT. MR. RUBY ANYTHING OFF THE CUFF HERE OR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. AS OF THIS TIME, DISTRICT LEADERSHIP HAS NOT MADE ANY SPECIFIC REQUEST OF US IN TERMS OF PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT AND INFORMATION SHARING EFFORTS. I'LL CERTAINLY TALK TO SUPERINTENDENT MELANIE AND SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO IF NOTHING ELSE JUST TO AMPLIFY THE EFFORTS THAT THEY ARE GETTING OUT INTO WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS AND GET AS MUCH COMMUNITY INPUT AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN. REGARDING THE THE FATE OF THE LINCOLN FOOTBALL FIELD OVER AT 90TH AND IN THE AREA OF 90TH AND PENN I GUESS IT' QUEEN. IT'S ACTUALLY ON THAT IS OWNED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE A ROLE IN THAT PROPERTY TO THIS DATE WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT DISPOSITION OF THAT PROPERTY MIGHT LOOK LIKE IF THE SCHOOL IS SUCCESSFUL AND IN DEVELOPING FACILITIES IN OTHER PLACES SO NOTHING TO REPORT THAT REGARD. SO I'LL REPORT BACK AFTER TALKING TO DR. MOBLEY COUNCILMEMBER MOMENT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO TWO ITEMS ARE NECESSARY LOOKING FOR A TODAY? I DON'T WANT TO PUT STAFF OR OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE YOU KNOW, ASK FOR SOMETHING RIGHT TODAY BUT THE ITEM I HAD NOT HELD EARLIER. 3.2 THE AMENDMENT TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION RULES OF PROCEDURE. I DO THAT WE HAD A NUMBER OF YOU KNOW I DON'T WANT TO SAY INCIDENTS BUT SOME RESIGNATIONS AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENED OVER THE YEAR WITH THAT AND I'M JUST AS WE GET TOWARDS AND I'VE TALKED WITH OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS YOU KNOW AND OTHER CAST MEMBERS HAVE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD SO WE GET READY TO WORK TOWARDS A WORK PLAN. I JUST I'M HOPING THAT THE MANAGER AND STAFF LEADERSHIP KIND OF WORK THROUGH SOME SOME ITEMS THERE WITH THAT PARTICULAR COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE KIND OF ALIGNED WITH KIND OF WHERE THIS COUNCIL IS GOING OR AT LEAST HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES SENSE THE COUNCIL TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION OR WHERE THAT CONVERSATION SHOULD LIE. BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AT LEAST THIS COUNCILMAN WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ARE BEING VY PROACTIVE ANDUST MAKING SURE THAT THAT THE ON THAT WHETHER THE CHAIR OR THOSE FOLKS ARE PART OF THAT COMMISSION HAVE REAL CLEAR LEADERSHIP KIND OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND THEN SECONDARILY I THINK IT'D BE INTERESTING FOR US TO GET A KIND OF AN UPDATE ON THE VETERANS MEMORIAL IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT. I KNOW THEY'VE GOT SOME EVENTS COMING UP AT SOME POINT I DON'T I'M NOT AS DIRECTLY AS INVOLVED WITH THAT. I JUST HAPPEN TO RUN INTO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING ON THAT OVER THE WEEKEND DURING FAMILY TIME AND IT'D BE INTERESTING TO HEAR A LITTLE MORE OF AN UPDATE IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE THAT'S WELL WHERE THAT'S GOING. SO WHENEVER IF ANYBODY HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT I'D LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT AND THEN YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF TALK ABOUT BEING OF A INTERNATIONAL CITY IN THE LAST WEEK OR LAST TIME WE MET WE HAD THE MAYOR TALK ABOUT THE TRIP TO JAPAN AND THEN TONIGHT MARY TALKED ABOUT THE SOMALIA PEACE HAVING THE THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THERE COMING. BUT I WONDER IF THE CITY MANAGER WOULD WOULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A ROTARY INITIATIVE THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON IN THE CITY IN TERMS OF MAKING US A BID OF BE A POSSIBLE ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CITY. I KNOW YOU WERE WORKING ON SOME OF THAT TODAY AND THERE'S THAT POSSIBILITY OF US EXPANDING THAT INTERNATIONAL PEACE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN, I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT. ROTARY INTERNATIONAL IS A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION. ONE MORE 1.4 MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD BEEN ACTIVE SINCE ABOUT 1905 WAS FOUNDED IN CHICAGO AND THEIR FIRST CONVENTION WAS ACTUALLY HELD IN 1930 IN CHICAGO AND THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION WILL BE HELD IN 2030 IN CHICAGO. SO IT'S A IT'S A VIBRANT ORGANIZATION OF PEOPLE WANTING TO DO GOOD THINGS IN THE WORLD FOCUSED AROUND SEVEN CAUSES THAT ARE HUMANITARIAN IN NATURE IMPROVING LIVING CONDITIONS LIKE CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION WHATNOT. SO THEY HAVE AN ANNUAL CONVENTION INTERNATIONALLY THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. THE NEXT ONES ARE IN SINGAPORE CALGARY, TAIPEI AND HONOLULU AND MANILA WHICH GETS US TO 2029 WHICH HAS NOT BEEN FILLED YET. MINNEAPOLIS IS OF TWO FINALISTS ALONG WITH SAN FRANCISCO TO HOST THE 2029 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION. I'M I'M THE CO-CHAIR OF OUR BID COMMITTEE. I WANT TO BE CLEAR I'M DOING THIS IN MY CAPACITY AS A ROTARY MEMBER NOT AS A CITY STAFF PERSON. SO TIME THAT I'M SPENDING ON IT MY OWN TIME I'M NOT CHARGING CITY TIME TO DO THAT BUT WE HAVE THE SITEELECON COMMITTEE IN TOWN THIS WEEK AND THEY WILL BE SPENDING A NUMBER OF DAYS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MINNEAPOLIS PROPOSAL IS AND HOW WE PLAN TO WELCOME SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 17 AND 25,000 PEOPLE IN 2029 FROM AROUND THE WORLD. REALLY WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO PUT MINNEAPOLIS ON THE MAP GLOBALLY AND AGAIN DEMONSTRATE THAT WE ARE A WORLDWIDE DESTINATION THAT WE ARE VERY GOOD AT HOSTING LARGE EVENTS LIKE THIS AND THATE HAVE A LOT TO OFFER TO PEOPLE OF THE WORLD AND I'M HOPING THAT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. WE'LL FIND OUT IN JANUARY. MANAGER THANK YOU FOR THAT BRIEF UPDATE AND IF I MAY JUST SAY COUNCILMEMBER CHICAGO IS QUITE THE SHARP DRESSER TONIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO WELL THOSE ARE ALL FUN UPDATES, MR. MAYOR. I HAD ONE KIND OF CONSTITUENT COMPLAINT KIND OF CAME UP AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF BRING UP IN AGGREGATE OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST THREE WEEKS OR SO I'VE HEARD A NUMBER FOLKS. WELL, THIS PROBABLY GOES BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. WE SEEM TO BE HAVING A A RUN OF ISSUES RELATED TO FOLKS DOING CONTRACT UTILITY WORK OR OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT IN . THE AREA WHO END UP DAMAGING LIKE LOCAL PROPERTY OR OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE WE HAVE A WE DON'T SEEM TO HAVE A MECHANISM TO MAKE IT EASY FOR FOLKS TO GET REMEDY FROM THAT. AND I WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE'S SOME FIBER TO THE CURB STUFF HAPPENING AND THERE'S BEEN SOME CONCERNS IN MY AREA. OBVIOUSLY THE SAD SITUAON WITH SOME OF THE CENTURYLINK STUFF AND EVEN OUR OWN CURB AND GUTTER STUFF HAS BEEN PROBLEMATIC. I'M JUST I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A IF THERE'S A CURRENT CLAUSE OR ANYTHING BUT WHAT IS OUR WHAT IS OUR WHAT DO WE OBLIGATE PEOPLE WHO DO THAT KIND OF WORK THE CITY TO IN TERMS OF LIKE YOU KNOW THE CARE AND FEEDING OF THE PROPERTY THAT YOU KNOW WE AS RESIDENTS I'LL PUT ON MY HOMEOWNER HAT WE AS RESIDENTS HAVE TO LIKE ENABLE FOLKS TO GET TO THAT RIGHT AWAY ALL THE TIME RIGHT. IT WHAT RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE MAINTENANCE AND ALL THE UPKEEP AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF AND THEN PEOPLE COME IN AND DO THAT WORK IN THAT RIGHT AWAY AND THEY BUTCHER THAT WHAT YOU KNOW THE GOOD THAT'S BEEN DONE AND THEN THERE'S NO REMEDY AND SO WHAT IS OUR OBLIGATION TO THOSE UTILITIES IF ANY AND CAN WE STRENGTHEN OR LENGTHEN THE OBLIGATION THAT THEY HAVE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY PUT THINGS BACK THE WAY THEY WERE IF POSSIBLE? I'M JUST CURIOUS I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND I BRING UP NOT SO MUCH TO ANSWER THE QUESTION TODAY BUT JUST TRY TO UNDERSND IF WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS AND HOMEOWNERS GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER SERVICE AS A RESULT OF THAT. SURE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO. SO TRY TO BE QUICK WITH THIS BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, YOU'RE RIGHT WE HAVE HAD AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF RIGHT OF WAY WORK THAT'S GOING ON THIS YEAR THAT'S PICKING UP. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COMPANIES THAT ARE WORKING IN THE FIBER SECTOR THAT ARE LAYING FIBER ALL OVEROWNOR FOR WTEVER . THERE'S BEEN A PICKUP IN THAT PARTICULAR BUSINESS AND EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO BE THE FIRST ONES IN THE DIRT AND WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IS AN AWFUL LOT OF STRUCK LINES AND NOT JUST OUR OUR SYSTEMS BUT ALSO THE PUBLIC ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME FRUSTRATION. SO WHAT WHAT IS REQUIRED OF THEM I'M GOING TO ASK JULIE LONG, OUR CITY ENGINEER IS BACK THERE TO START MAKING HER WAY TO THE MICROPHONE TO GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW. BUT WHILE SHE'S DOING THAT, I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT WHILE I WAS AT THE AIRPORT LUNCHEON ON FRIDAY I WAS TALKING TO MICHELLE SWANSON WHO IS OUR XCEL ENERGY COMMUNITY SECTOR REP ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT THE COUNCIL MADE TO OUR RIGHT OF WAY PERMITTING PROCESS AND THE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THEM AND SHARING BACK TO YOU HER APPRECIATE AND FOR THE COUNCIL DOING THAT BECAUSE THAT FEE STRUCTURE IS BEING VERY WELCOMED BY THEM AS IS SOMETHING THAT'S HELPING THEM GET THEIR PROJECTS DONE BETTER AND MORE COST. SO THAT WAS SOME POSITIVE FEEDBACK FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. BUT I WANT TO GIVE JULIE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE IS WHEN SOMEBODY IS WORKING IN OUR RIGHT AWAY FOR FOR RESTORING THE RIGHT OF WAY AFTER WORKED BUT ALSO REMEDYING REMEDYING ANY DAMAGE INCURRED IN THAT PROCESS. MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO, ALL OF THE PRIVATE UTILITY COMPANIES ARE OBLIGATED TO GET A PERMIT FROM US AND THEIR OBLIGATION IS TO RESTORE THE EXISTING GRASS. WE DO NOT HAVE AN OBLIGATION. YOU HAVE PERENNIALS OR OTHER SHRUBS TO RESTORE THOSE BUT WE ARE STRUGGLING AS YOU HAVE SEEN AND AS YOU HAVE HEARD WITH SOME OF THESE NEW FIBER COMPANIES THEY'RE NEW TO US. WE DON'T HAVE GOOD LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM. SO UNLIKE A LOT OF OUR OTHER COMPINTS, IF WEET A COMPLAINT FROM AN XCEL ENERGY CUSTOMER OR CENTERPOINT ENERGY CUSTOMER WE ALREADY KNOW WHO THEIR RESTORATION CONTRACTOR IS. WE CAN PUT THEM IN CONTACT WITH THEM IF IT IS NOT RESOLVED APPROPRIATELY. WE KNOW ALL THE PEOPLE TO CONTACT TO GET THEM RESOLVED WITH THESE COMPANIES WE DON'T HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP SO WE'RE WORKING ON IMPROVING THAT. YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT SOMETIMES WE HAVE THE SAME COME COME COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON OUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. OUR STANDARD WARRANTY IS 30 DA SOROMHEN WE PUT DOWN THE SIDE IT'S AND USUALLY AT 30 DAYS SO IT HAS A GOOD CHANCE OF SURVIVAL. BUT I WILL TELL YOU SOD AS I ALWAYS CALL IT IT'S LIKE A TODDLER JUST BECAUSE IT'S A BABY AND IT'S EVERYTHING'S GOOD YOU STILL HAVE TO PARENT IT AND BABY IT ALONG FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS. SO WE'VE HAD DROUGHTS SO IT NEEDS MORE WATER THAN THE REST OF THE YARD. SO IF YOUR REST OF YOUR YARD WAS PLANTED IN THE SEVENTIES EIGHTIES YOU KNOW THIS NEW STUFF WILL NEED ADDITIONAL WATER IN COMPARISON TO THE OLD STUFF. SO THAT'S ONE LITTLE HISTORICAL THING BUT I ALSO JACK DISTAL WITH OUR WATER RESOURCES THIS GROUP IS WORKING A NATIVE PLANTING GROUP THE CONTRACT AND I TOLD THEM PUT IN SOME SOD RESTORATION IN THERE SO THAT WHEN WE GET THE COMPLAINTS WE HAVE A MECHANISM BECAUSE WE CAN GO BACK TO OUR CONTRACTOR THE WAY OUR SPECIFICATION SPECIFICATION IS WRITTEN TO GET THEM TO FIX THE THING SO IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE AN ON CALLERSON SO BUT AS SOON AS YOU TOUCH ONE ON THE BLOCK YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO TOUCH ALL OF THEM ON THE BLOCK SO IT MAY BE ADDED SOME SOME ADDED EXPENSE. I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE ON THAT AND YOUR ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I'M JUST 100% SURE PEOPLE YOU KNOW, KNOW WHAT THEIR OBLIGATIONS ARE. RIGHT. AND SO MAYBE PART OF IT IS JUST AN OUTREACH. I'M HOPING THAT MAYBE WE DON'T PERMIT THOSE FIBER FOLKS UNTIL THEY LEARN NOT TO DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW BUT THAT SO I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME CARROTS AND STICKS TO WORK WITH THERE BUT YEAH I MEAN THIS IS AN EXAMPLE I'M IN TH NEIGHBORHOOD AN 82ND IN UPTON AREA. RIGHT. THEY GOT THEIR CARBON GOT HER TWO YEARS AGO SOD WAS GOOD FOR ABOUT A YEAR BECAUSE WENT THROUGH AND WE ACTUALLY DID WATERING AND THEN YOU KNOW IT STARTED TO FAIL THEY'RE JUST WONDERING WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. RIGHT. AND SO I GET IT BUT WE WE ALSO CHARGE PEOPLE FOR THEIR WATER AND SO WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE IT'S KIND OF A HARD YOU KNOW IN AGGREGATE IT BECOMES REALLY HARD WE SAY YEAH WELL WARRANTY FOR 30 DAYS AND THEN IT'S ON AND OH BY THE WAY WITH A DROUGHT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND MORE WATER AND OH WE'RE GOING TO UPDATE THE WATER CHARGES AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND MORE AND IT JUST LIKE IT'S REALLY TO MANAGE PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS AROUND THAT STUFF SO YOU KNOW NO JUDGMENT THERE AS MUCH AS TO SAY LIKE THIS IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE CLIMATE MITIGATION STRATEGIES MAYBE NEED TO BE IN BROUGHT IN MAYBE IT'S A MORE DROUGHT TOLERANT SOD THAT WE PUT DOWN. IT'S YOU KNOW THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT IN THE IN THE EVENT BECAUSE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO CARBON GOT OUT AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO OVERLAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO THANK YOU I APPRECIATE YOU LET ME BRING IT UP AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE NEED TO APPRE TO TO STRENGTHEN THAT RELATIONSHIP ON PERMITTING OR PLEASE I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT IS WHAT I'M GETTING TO. THANK THANK COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL IS THERE ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER THIS EVENING SEEING NO HANDS UP CAN ALSO ENTERTAIN A TO ADJOURN SO MOVED A SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND TO ADJOURN TONIGHT NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE BY SAYING I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO THANKS SO MUCH COUNCIL FOR THE DISCUSSION THANKS TO THE STAFF FOR YOUR WORK AND THANK YOU TO FOR EVERYBODY WHO TUNED IN THIS EVENING HAVE A GOOD REST YOUR WEEK