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April 9, 2018 - City Council Meeting
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A
Well
I'll,
go
ahead
and
read
it
anyway.
Okay,
a
lot
of,
whereas
is
in
this,
so
bear
with
me
national
health
care
decisions
day,
April
16th
2018,
whereas
healthcare
decisions
day
as
a
designator
to
raise
public
awareness
of
the
need
to
plan
ahead
for
health
care
decisions
related
to
the
end-of-life
care
and
medical
decision-making.
A
Whenever
patients
are
unable
to
speak
for
themselves
and
to
encourage
the
specific
use
of
advanced
directives
to
communicate
these
important
health
care
decisions
and
whereas
the
Illinois
living
will
act
and
Illinois
power
of
attorney
acts
provide
the
specifics
of
our
advanced
directives.
Animal
offers
a
model
form
scuse
me
for
patient
use
and
whereas
it
is
estimated
that
only
about
20%
of
people
in
Illinois
and
in
Bloomington
have
executed
an
advanced
directive.
A
And
whereas,
as
a
result
of
April,
16th
2018
being
recognized
as
healthcare
decisions
day
in
Illinois
I've
been
to
new
law.
Excuse
me,
more
citizens
will
have
conversations
about
their
health
care
decisions.
More
citizens
will
execute
advance
directives
to
make
their
wishes
known
and
fewer
families
and
health
care
providers
will
have
to
struggle
with
making
difficult
health
care
decisions
in
the
absence
of
guidance
from
the
patient.
A
So
this
will
be
the
first
and
I
will
pass
this
over
to
you
at
the
end
of
the
meeting,
the
second
well
second
and
third
directives,
our
recognition
of
Jan,
Alam
and
Todd
Campbell
of
Bloomington
Illinois
for
their
work
on
the
completion
and
restoration
of
the
gazebo
and
pavilion
at
the
Briarwood
in
dogs.
Intersection
are
both
of
these
people
here
or
representatives
from
them
to
accept
these.
Would
you
please
come
forward.
A
That
will
be
treasured
and
used
for
generations
to
come
and
whereas
both
were
crucial
for
providing
a
structure
with
excellent
form
and
useful
function
and
they're
critical.
Excuse
me.
The
crucial
work
led
to
the
renovation
of
a
treasured
residential
landmark
that
had
fallen
into
disrepair,
adding
charm
and
character
to
the
broader
wood
Dawes
nor
Blum
neighborhood,
and
whereas
both
has
served
as
outstanding
citizen
of
Bloomington
goodwill
ambassadors
to
the
neighborhood
and
helping
promote
neighborhood
unity
with
the
improvement
safety
and
means
to
preserve
the
character
and
gazebo
shelter.
D
Of
these
employees
are
part
of
our
department
parks
maintenance.
This
was
all
neighborhood
neighbor
driven
by
the
Hollister's,
are
here,
I
brought
these
guys
food
and
beverages
quite
wild
during
the
time,
but
loved
the
point
out.
The
fact
of
you
know
these
guys.
They
don't
do
it
because
of
recognition
like
this.
D
In
fact,
they
they
probably
rather
not
be
here,
then
be
here,
but
it
just
shows
how
much
pride
and
work
ethic
our
guys
have
across
our
whole
department
and
thanks
for
their
work
and
thank
for
the
whole
department
that
we
work
really
well
together
and
tried
to
invest
kanna
for
the
whole
trinity.
So
thank.
A
Just
we
have
a
just
one
appointment:
recognition,
Tyson
Morris
Tyson
in
the
audience,
appointment
to
the
planning
Oh.
Actually
he
did.
Let
me
know
he
was
not
going
to
be
able
to
attend
this
evening
and
apologize
at
this
point.
We
moved
to
public
comment
and
just
to
want
to
remind
everyone
that
yeah
that
I
do
have
a
mayor's
open
house
before
regular
City
Council
members.
Excuse
me
before
regular
City,
Council
meetings.
The
regular
meetings
are
on
Monday,
like
last
Friday.
A
We
had
a
meeting
and
we
sit
around
the
table
in
the
back
and
you
can
come
in
and
ask
questions
of
any
form
that
you
want.
Sometimes
we
can
get
answers
on
the
spot,
not
always,
but
sometimes,
and
sometimes
get
problems
resolved
on
the
spot.
Here
we
do
not
respond,
so
these
are
just.
This
is
literally
public
comment
without
response,
so,
anyway
we're
going
to
head
and
start
and
we
have
up
to
30
minutes
we
don't.
We
won't
have
that
this
evening,
cuz,
we
don't
have.
We
have
fewer
than
ten
people
who
signed
up.
A
F
Scoffs
dialing
Ward,
five
Terry
I
think
the
II
knew
that
you're
not
going
to
extend
the
mayor's
open
house
Friday
April.
Six.
Due
to
the
fact
the
presentation
took
approximately
75%
of
the
time
allotted
I
thought
you
were
going
to
extend
it
as
I
guess
not
this
very
easily
could
have
taken
place
at
a
council
meeting
after
public
comment
and
what
about
the
fact
that
you
abused
the
p-card
in
the
city.
You
know
the
council
should
have
removed
in
my
opinion,
should
remove
you
from
office
right
then.
F
This
is
not
only
Westland
Terry
I
really
do
feel
that
the
reason
that
you
moved,
the
mayoral
open
house
or
the
citizen
set
foot
meeting
into
your
office
was
so
that
you
would
not
take
the
chance
of
being
embarrassed.
I
would
not
think
that
you
would
appreciate
it
if
your
students
would
not
give
you
their
undivided
attention
in
class.
If
you
tried
to
have
that
with
the
council
meetings,
you
would
be
in
violation
of
the
Open
Meetings
Act.
Do
you
remember
the
p-card?
F
G
I'm
down
a
bowl
and
I
live
in
Moore
too
I
have
a
family
member
who
is
a
twit
with
great
personal
growth,
smuggled
food
to
those
in
hiding
in
the
Nazi
occupied
Holland
during
World
War
two.
She
entered
the
United
States
illegally
through
Ellis
Island.
We
all
have
personal
stories
about
immigration.
They
are
national
because
they're
personal,
when
making
laws
one
has
to
step
back
and
set
the
motion
aside
and
use
reason
there.
G
If
a
need
to
review
the
history
of
immigration
reform
in
the
current
law,
there's
a
need
to
review
the
role
and
responsibilities
of
the
three
branches
of
government
under
the
US
Constitution.
The
US
Congress
has
complete
authority
over
immigration.
The
Illinois
Trust
Act
was
debated
by
all
state
congressional
representatives
passed
and
approved,
signed
into
law.
That
is
how
representative
government
works.
The
police
chief
warned
the
council
about
the
safety
of
the
community.
G
The
council's
responsibility
is
to
provide
support
for
a
wall
or
a
law
enforcement,
so
they
can
keep
the
community
safe
and
they
are
responsible
to
hold
uphold.
The
Constitution
of
the
United
States
I've
heard
no
reasonable
argument
for
passing
about
welcoming
ordinance.
What
I
have
heard
are
antidotal
comments.
G
Some
was
drawn
by
the
immigration
lawyer,
I've
seen
signs
with
phrases
tugging
at
heartstrings,
similar
to
the
plaque
on
the
Statue
of
Liberty
I've,
heard
organ
infused
in
confirmation
bias
intended
to
undermine
the
post
Chiefs
credibility,
I've,
seen
and
experienced
bullying
by
the
activists
and
I
have
heard.
Promotion
of
Anarchy
social
justice
for
the
illegal
immigrants
is
accomplished
up
close
and
personal
one-on-one
face-to-face.
G
There
is
no
shortcut
and
there's
no
substitute.
If
the
activists
truly
are
concerned
about
the
safety
of
members
of
the
local
and
illegal
immigrant
community,
they
need
to
comfort
them
reach
out
to
them,
educate
them,
reassure
them
and
direct
them
to
the
appropriate
social
services
by
law.
The
victims
are
protected
and
there
are
legal
processes
in
place.
G
It
is
easy
to
make
posters
attend,
say,
council
meetings
and
use
Facebook
to
berate.
Those
who
disagree
instead
put
the
pressure
on
US
Congress
to
reform
Emery
immigration
law,
trust
in
the
States
Trust
Act
do
not
pass
the
welcoming
ordinance
instead,
honor,
the
u.s.
form
of
government
integrations
need
to
learn
how
our
government
works
if
they
want
to
become
citizens.
I
understand
that
this
has
to
do
with
everyone's
dislike
of
Trump
point
taken
vote
him
out
next
time.
Thank
you.
Thank.
H
Ola
absolutely
passed
that
ordinance
swear
to
God
y'all
need
to
do
it
seriously.
I
mean
pass
it
pass.
It
pass
the
ordinance,
it's
bad,
what
the
police
is
doing
to
these
people,
because
you
know
they're
doing
bad
things
to
the
people
that
are
legal
immigrants
in
this
country.
We
were
in
here
talking
about
that
not
too
long
ago,
but
that's
not
what
I
came
here
tonight
to
talk
about.
I
came
to
publicly
ridicule.
H
My
former
alderman
Kevin
Lauer,
for
making
fun
of
me
about
having
a
GED
and
Kevin
Lauer
said
that
I'm
dumber
than
a
sack
of
hammers,
a
bunch
of
crap
like
that,
because
I
got
a
GED
and
I
got
it
from
the
Lincoln
Challenge
program
which
I
successfully
completed
but
yeah.
So
I
offer
you
this
alternative
reality.
When
you
guys
aren't
getting
along
that,
you
can
get
stuck
with
the
guy,
that's
making
fun
of
people
for
having
a
GED.
So
just
you
know
chill
it
out.
It's
cool
love!
You
guys!
Okay,.
I
Good-Evening
wanted
to
talk
about
finances
just
briefly,
my
confidence
level
and
I
sent
most
of
you.
The
email
is
very
minimal
that,
as
a
group
I,
don't
think
you
have
a
clue
what
you're
doing
and
I'm
gonna
say
why
other
than
Jamie,
not
sure
any
of
you
are
businesspeople,
you're,
all
professionals
of
sorts
somewhere
and
I'm.
Just
talking
about
a
couple
comments
made
in
the
pantograph,
they
wrote
flat
revenue
and
face
of
increasing
costs,
resulted
in
a
2.9
million
deficit.
I
We
talked
about
expenses,
you
folks
are
real
good
at
raising
taxes,
the
expenses
you
have
a
shortcoming
as
I
wrote
in
my
email
and
I'll
repeat
myself
a
little
bit
here.
I,
don't
think
anyone
in
this
room
has
the
discipline,
including
myself
and
the
audience
to
cut
expenses.
It's
too
unpleasant
I
advise
businesses
every
day,
work
day
of
the
year
about
how
to
help
them
be
more
successful.
I
You
folks,
as
I,
wrote
in
the
email
to
you
if
you're
ever
gonna
cut
expenses
at
all
other
than
reduce
the
number
of
pencils
somebody
gets
you're
gonna
need
a
little
outside
influence,
not
me
Pais,
no
one
that
lives
in
central
Illinois
to
come
in
and
say
if
we
had
to
cut
expenses.
Here's
areas
of
opportunity,
I,
don't
think
this
has
ever
been
done
in
ten
years
in
Bloomington,
so
you're
wasting
your
time
to
make
a
material
adjustment
without
getting
somebody
outside.
I
That's
independent
of
everybody
in
the
room,
pantograph
reported
someone
said
the
reductions,
that's
the
reductions
you
folks
have
done
are
more
about
a
difference
in
accounting
than
any
changes
in
revenue
and
spending.
I
agree.
What's
that
saying
backwards,
you
just
scraping
at
the
edges.
You
had
the
budget,
you
increase
the
fees,
2.9
million,
don't
really
cutting
things.
You
raise
more
fees,
look
back
a
little
bit
of
the
history
of
the
council
cultural
district.
The
study
that
you
folks
did
was
off
by
millions
Coliseum.
The
study
you
folks
did
was
off
by
millions.
I
J
I
I
So
if
a
citizen
wants
to
find
something,
it's
impossible,
the
tax
base
isn't
going
up
as
you
folks,
no
common
sense
says
we
maybe
need
to
reduce
some
taxes,
so
I'm
suggesting
you
make
a
real
effort
if
you
care
to
get
some
outside
consultant
in
heaven
forbid
and
let
him
or
her
tell
you
where
there
are
opportunities
or
where
I
would
cut
the
first
five
million
dollars.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
A
K
Look
at
the
numbers
yourself,
I
have
seen
many
articles,
academic
studies,
documentaries
and
even
an
HBO
real
sports
investigation
that
keeps
pointing
to
the
fact
that
sports
tourism
exploding
nationwide
done
right.
It
is
a
major
economic
development
opportunity,
Bloomington
being
centrally
located
and
connected
via
interstate
to
the
rest
of
the
state
and
surrounding
states.
It
is
uniquely
positioned
to
take
advantage
of
this
opportunity.
Most
people
understand
the
impact
that
comes
from
having
various
IHS
a
state
finals
here,
but
they
don't
realize
that
travel
soccer
drawing
from
multiple
states
is
bigger.
K
Just
don't
take
my
word
for
it.
Look
at
the
numbers
yourself
in
fact:
look
up,
Grand
Park
a
facility
located
in
Westfield
over
in
central
Indiana.
This
facility
is
locust
itty
about
the
size
of
Kankakee
brought
in
over
165
million
dollars
last
year.
An
economic
impact
it
offer
also
happens
to
host
one
of
our
sister
teams
in
Indiana
fire
juniors,
but
don't
take
my
word
for
it.
Look
at
up
those
numbers
yourself,
closer
to
home
outside
of
a
much
smaller
facility
in
Rockford.
K
There
is
nothing
like
this
in
downstate,
Illinois
soccer
is
growing
and
we
already
have
the
only
down
state,
Major,
League,
Soccer,
affiliated
club
right
here
in
Bloomington,
and
there
are
other
clubs
in
Bloomington,
Morton
and
other
places
in
central
Illinois.
That
would
likely
use
the,
but
don't
take
my
word
for
it
look
at
the
actual
numbers.
In
fact,
last
May
we
held
our
annual
tournament
here
in
Bloomington
that
116
68
teams
attended
168
teams
with
an
average
of
15
kids
on
each
team,
not
to
mention
moms,
dads,
siblings,
etc.
K
That
is
a
lot
of
visitors
to
town
and
we
have
actual
numbers
that
show
hotel
stays
a
lot
of
eating
out,
etc,
but
don't
take
my
word
for
it.
Look
at
the
actual
numbers.
In
fact,
last
year,
during
a
rain-soaked
cold
weekend,
your
own
Traffic
Division
put
up
camera
and
traffic
counter
at
the
entrance
and
saw
thousands
of
cars.
Thousands
there
were.
These
were
the
numbers
on
a
bad
weather
weekend.
They
would
swell
when
we
have
good
weather
and
once
our
lot
filled
up,
cameras
captured
eight
captured
right
at
two
thousand
people.
A
L
A
A
J
You
mayor
I
pulled
this
item
from
the
consent
agenda
because
there
was
an
updated
copy
of
the
minutes
of
the
February
12
2018
meeting
circulated
this
afternoon,
and
it
would
be
my
motion
that
that
updated
copy
be
adopted
by
the
City
Council
as
the
rendering
of
the
minutes
for
the
February
12
2018
meeting.
Okay.
A
A
J
A
A
A
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
call
the
public
hearing
to
order,
and
this
is
on
the
proposed
downtown
East
Washington
redevelopment
project
as
scheduled
by
ordinance
2018
Oh
8,
which
is
approved
on
February,
12,
2008
een
and
we're
gonna
start
by
with
a
brief
presentation,
and
then
we
will
open
this
up
to
any
sort
of
public
hearing,
color
or
comments
on
this
item.
So
this
is
one
of
the
types
of
public
comments
that
have
to
be
germane
to
the
item
that
we
are
considering.
M
Thank
You
mayor
I
just
wanted
to
provide
a
brief
introduction
of
our
TIF
consultant
Mike
Weber
from
PG.
A
and
B
he'll
provide
a
simple
overview
of
the
Downtown
East
Washington
Street
TIF
and
then
after
his
presentation,
we'll
ask
them
to
open
the
public
hearing
for
for
public
comment.
Thank
you.
Okay,.
N
Secondly,
you'll
have
to
make
a
finding
that
the
area
on
the
whole
hasn't
been
subject
to
growth,
an
investment
on
the
part
of
private
enterprise,
and
then.
Thirdly,
you
would
have
to
make
a
finding
that,
but
for
TIF
we're
not
going
to
see
redevelopment
projects
or
private
investment
take
place
within
that
proposed
area.
N
We've
had
a
plan
document
on
file
I
believe
since
early
February.
It
explains
the
statutory
basis
for
TIF.
It
contains
an
eligibility
analysis
of
the
area
proposed
for
TIF.
It
presents
the
redevelopment
plan
and
it
also
has
a
section
that
presents
various
other
findings,
including
evidence
at
the
area
as
a
whole
hasn't
been
subject
to
growth
and
investment
on
a
part
of
private
enterprise
and
would
not
be
developed,
but
for
TIF
the
boundaries
are
shown
on.
The
map
exhibit
that's
displayed
here
on
the
screen.
N
All
of
the
buildings
do
not
meet
the
city's
minimum
code
standards.
All
of
the
improved
parcels
have
excessive
land
coverage.
We
have
some
inadequate
utilities
with
regards
to
some
combined
sewers
in
the
area
as
well
as
small
water
mains,
and
then,
furthermore,
we
have
declining
property
values
within
the
area.
So,
in
total
we
have
seven
blighting
factors
out
of
the
13,
for
which
we
need
five
to
qualify
it
as
a
blighted
area
in
terms
of
the
redevelopment
plan.
N
N
N
Labour
excuse
me
labourers
a
home
development
corporation
to
purchase
up
several
city-owned
properties,
as
well
as
a
church
property
to
redevelop
those
properties
into
multi-family
residential.
Both
these
projects
have
major
financial
gap
issues
with
them.
P
Gav
analyzed
their
pro
formas
and
it's
clear
that
they
need
assistance
not
only
from
tiff
but
from
low-income
housing.
Tax
credits
to
make
these
projects
financially
feasible.
N
Overall
objective
of
the
plan
is
to
induce
private
investment
to
bring
the
property
values
up
in
the
area
and
just
by
way
of
compare
and
the
existing
taxable
fair
market
value
in
the
area
is
averaging
$15
square
foot
per
building.
That's
fair
market
value,
not
equalize.
The
assessed
value
by
comparison,
the
fair
market
value
of
the
old
Illinois,
Bank
or
Illinois
house.
Building
in
downtown
is
twenty
six.
Fifty
a
square
foot
and
the
PNC
Bank
building
is
one
hundred
twenty
six
dollars
a
square
foot.
N
The
most
recent
equalise
assessed
value
for
the
entire
heirs
is
six
hundred
and
forty
thousand,
and
we
anticipate
after
full
redevelopment
within
that
area,
that
the
eav
would
increase
by
three
point.
Four
or
three
point:
six
million
in
terms
of
financing,
we
anticipate
the
financing
would
be
all
done
on
what
we
call
a
page.
You
go
basis.
N
The
city
wouldn't
be
issuing
any
debt,
it
would
be
tied
to
the
specific
properties
performance
and
the
developer
would
be
taking
all
of
the
risk
with
regards
to
being
paid
back
from
TIF
and
then
the
estimated
date
for
retirement
of
any
obligations
such
as
TIF
redevelopment
agreements
would
be
not
later
than
December.
31St
to
2040,
too,
would
be
23
years
from
the
2018.
N
A
N
A
A
Next
we
move
to
item
9
a
consideration
of
the
adoption
of
the
FY
2019
proposed
budget
and
appropriation
ordinance,
and
they
have
a
very
brief
presentation
by
Steve,
Rasmussen
and
I've
got
three
excuse
me,
I'm.
Sorry,
I,
there's
only
two
five
minutes.
My
eyes
are
failing
me
already:
I.
Guess
it's
cuz
I'm
over
a
hundred
years
old,
Thanks.
O
All
right
great,
thank
you
very
much
mayor
and
members
of
City
Council
I'm
pleased
to
bring
before
you
tonight
a
balanced
budget
for
the
2019
budget
as
you
to
2019
budget.
As
you
can
see
on
the
chart
up
there,
the
line
is
marching
down
today,
as
April
9th
we'll
put
the
line
below
that.
Should
there
be
a
problem
tonight
we
can
move
back
in
to
vote
again
on
an
April
23rd,
but
I
believe
that
we
have
everything
necessary
for
this,
that
you
have
asked
to
put
into
it.
O
I'm
gonna
give
you
two
more
slides,
though,
just
to
give
you
a
quick
rundown
on
this.
This
is
the
first
slide,
and
what
this
is.
It
shows
that
the
total
balanced
budget
is
two
hundred
and
ten
million
one
hundred
and
seventeen
eight
hundred
and
fifty
five
thousand
dollars
of
that.
The
general
fund
is
approximately
one
hundred
and
four
thousand
and
all
other
funds
is
105
I'm
going
to
come
back
and
talk
to
that
two
hundred
and
ten
million
dollars
in
a
couple
minutes,
because
there
have
been
various
numbers
that
got
out
and
I.
O
Think
in
the
newspaper
today
we
talked
about
a
two
thousand
six
million
dollar
budget,
but
I
want
to
come
back
and
talk
to
you
about
that.
But
of
that
balanced
budget,
you
can
see
that
we
did
that
by
a
combination
of
two
things.
We
were
three
million
dollars
or
so
out
of
balance,
the
council
targeted
certain
items
which
we
did
the
last
couple
of
meetings,
which
amounted
to
2.1
million
dollars,
and
we
took
departmental
cuts
of
seven
hundred
and
seventy-five
thousand
dollars
out
of
that.
O
This
budget
also
includes
a
nearly
twenty
six
million
dollars
in
capital
improvements.
Now
these
are
not
the
five-year
capital
improvements.
These
are
not
the
major
projects
that
we're
going
to
bring
back
to
you
in
a
couple
of
weeks,
but
these
are
the
ones
that
are
the
ongoing
projects
that
are
done
in
all
of
the
different
departments
in
their
capital
improvements,
and
then
what
this
does
also.
O
It
leaves
us
a
general
fund
balance
of
fifteen
percent,
which
is
fifteen
point,
eight
million
dollars,
which
is
generally
pretty
healthy
for
for
most
cities,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
we
keep
it
above
fifteen
percent.
As
you
know,
if
it
gets
too
high
citizens
would
wonder
why
we
have
so
much
money
in
reserve
when,
when
we
probably
don't
need
that,
but
if
we
go
below
fifteen
percent,
then
we
have
questions
about
being
able
not
only
to
make
our
payrolls
but
also
questions
about
credit
rating,
so
15%
and
a
little
bit
higher
is
always
healthy.
O
Now,
I
wanted
to
talk
about
that
two
hundred
and
ten
million
dollars
a
little
bit
here.
I've
tried
to
make
this
a
little
bit
simpler
and
and
if
you'll
bear
with
me
out,
I
will
go
through
that
the
expenditures
and
revenues
both
equal.
The
same
amount
proposed
budget
that
we
brought
back
to
you
several
months
ago
was
207
million
dollars.
But
what
happens
is
this
is
a
moving
target
because
things
don't
sit
still
for
3
months
in
the
budget
to
business.
The
city's
payroll
and
the
city's
expenditures
continue
to
move
forward.
O
O
If
you
look
down
at
the
second
one,
the
arena
fund,
we
had
$400,000
in
there
for
the
the
Americans
with
Disabilities
Act
elevator
for
the
arena,
and
we
were
trying
to
get
that
done,
but
we
could
not
get
the
project
done
in
2018,
so
we
had
to
move
that
$400,000
at
the
last
minute
into
the
2019
budget.
Well,
because
of
accounting
that
then
$400,000
counts
as
as
new
revenue,
because
we
moved
it
into
the
year
2019.
O
Even
though
it's
the
same
amount
of
money,
we
just
moved
it
from
one
year
to
the
other
and
I'll
give
you
another
one,
the
one
right
down
below
it.
Three
hundred
and
seventy
thousand
dollars
for
the
island
grow
Ireland,
Grove,
Wanda,
Barnes
project.
You
remember,
we
went
through
that
for
a
for
a
month
or
two.
Well,
what
happens
was
we
couldn't
use
state
motor
fuel
tax
because
the
project
had
gotten
so
large
to
accommodate
the
state
requirements
that
we
wanted
to
move
it
back
down
under
$500,000?
O
But
we
couldn't
do
that
and
still
meet
the
state
requirements.
So
what
we
did
was
we
chose
to
use
our
own
local
motor
fuel
tax
for
that
three
hundred
and
seventy
thousand
dollars,
and
then
we
will
use
the
state's
motor
fuel
tax
for
other
projects
that
will
qualify
for
state
motor
fuel
tax,
so
what
it
amounts
to
it's
a
wash
for
us,
except
because
we're
using
the
three
hundred
and
seventy
thousand
dollars
because
of
municipal
accounting
that
then
again
counts
as
revenue.
O
So
what
happens
is
our
our
total
revenue
has
gone
up
and
there's
an
number
of
other
numbers
in
there
that
are
like
that,
but
it
makes
it
look
like.
We
are
about
2.2
million
dollars
greater
in
our
adopted
budget
than
we
were
in
our
proposed
budget.
It
is
moat,
but
all
of
that
is
a
wash
because
those
things
equal
out
the
same
amount
as
expenditures
and
revenues
which
will
come
to
210
million
dollars
instead
of
the
207
million
dollars.
O
But
when
I
ask
you
to
approve
that
210
million
dollar
budget,
that's
why
that's
a
little
bit
different
than
you
would
have
seen
previously
items
like
the
motor
fuel
tax
in
the
arena.
Those
things
keep
happening
and
they
move
on
on
a
on
a
month-to-month
basis,
and
so
sometimes
we
we
can't
bring
it
all.
We
can't
stop
the
budget
at
one
moment
to
make.
It
account,
make
the
accounting
come
out
the
same
all
the
time.
O
So
what
happens
is
now
the
one
that
we
will
do
is
the
adopted
budget,
though,
that
we're
asking
you
to
approve
is
that
210
million
dollars
and
those
books
will
will
be
published
in
a
couple
of
months.
We
don't
have
them
ready
for
you,
but
these
are
the
changes
from
the
proposed
budget
to
the
adopted
budget.
That's
the
last
slide
that
I
have
for
you.
If
you
have
any
questions,
I
would
be
happy
to
answer
them
for
you
and
our
our
Budget
Officer
Scott
Rothman.
Here
is
here
with
his
books.
A
Just
have
one
sort
of
macro
level
question,
because
there
there's
certainly
been
lots
of
debate
and
people
have
asked
me
and
other
questions.
Some
people
at
public
comment
have
made
some
questions
or
have
concerns,
but
is
it
fair
to
say
that
of
the
over
million
dollars
that
we
saved?
If
you
will
out
of
solid
waste,
that
a
large
portion
I,
don't
know
what
the
dollar
amount
is,
but
a
majority
that
was
actually
cuts
because
we're
not
going
to
pick
up
a
bulky
waste
more
than
twice
a
year?
A
O
Real
cut
it
was,
and
that
saves
us
a
great
deal
of
money
towards
that
$1,000,000,
but
what
we
will
do
is
we
we'll
continue
to
pick
pick
up
that
solid
waste
and
I
think
that
what
happens
is
on
a
year-to-year
basis.
The
public
will
still
get
the
same
amount
picked
up,
but
we
do
save
it
because
we're
not
sending
the
trucks
out
every
other
week
that
that's
where
that
savings
come
from
Jim.
Are
you
here
well
how
much
of
that
1.1
just
a
row.
P
A
B
O
A
We
move
to
item.
Excuse
me,
9b
I
was
going
to
say
8b
and
we
start
out
with
a
very
brief
presentation
from
mr.
Rasmussen,
and
this
is
a
consideration
of
authorizing
the
payment
for
property
liability,
excess
liability
and
excess
workers.
Compensation
coverage
for
the
city
of
Bloomington
is
requested
by
the
administrative
department.
I'm
gonna
turn
this
over
to
you.
Thank.
O
You
very
much
mayor
I
wanted
to
point
out.
We
bring
this
forward
to
you
every
year,
it's
a
little
bit
different
each
year,
but
we
have
two
people
here
who
are
with
us:
Mike
Nugent,
who
is
our
consultant
and
Walt
Larkin,
are
here
from
our
third-party
administrator
and
I'm
gonna
ask
Mike
Nugent
to
come
up
and
talk
about
this
811
thousand
dollar
budget
that
we
have
for
insurance
this
year,
Mike.
Q
Good
evening
we
started
this
renewal
back
in
October,
with
a
little
bit
different
tone
from
the
insurers
than
we've
had
the
past
couple
years,
primarily
due
to
all
the
storm
activity
late
last
summer,
in
early
fall,
so
optimistically,
I
had
hoped
to
secure
flat
rates
for
this
renewal
and
I.
Wasn't
all
that
optimistic
that
we'd
be
able
to
do
that.
Q
So
the
premium
increase
on
dollars
is
three
point,
six
percent,
but
all
of
that
is
coming
from
increased
exposures,
property
values
and
annual
payroll
increases
and
not
from
a
rate
increase,
so
the
rates
have
actually
stayed
flat
and
in
some
cases,
actually
tweaked
down
just
a
little
bit
as
composed
as
compared
to
the
current
plan.
So
all
in
all,
I'm
really
pleased
with
what
we're
able
to
accomplish
from
this
renewal,
especially
given
where
I
thought
we
were
back
late
in
2017.
A
A
S
You
coordinated
here
good
evening,
mayor
council
citizens.
It's
always
a
pleasure
to
be
up
here,
I'll,
be
discussing
the
2017
crime
statistics
before
I.
Do
that
I
just
want
to
let
you
know
where
the
crime
goes
up
or
down
we're,
giving
110%
from
everyone
across
the
street
to
my
assistant,
Chiefs,
we're
always
going
to
do
what
we
think
is
best
for
the
citizens.
We
may
not
always
agree
on
the
same
things.
S
We
will
respectfully
agree
to
disagree,
but
we're
always
given
in
our
best
for
those
of
you
who
hadn't
seen
it
before
the
Uniform
Crime
Report,
that
denotes
reports
that
we
forward
on
from
our
results
of
taking
reports
of
incidents
that
we
send
on
to
the
FBI
which
they
put
out
nationally
same
as
all
other
agencies.
What
we're
looking
at
are
the
prep
the
part
one
crime
report:
information.
Those
are
your
major
crimes,
basically,
which
most
agencies
are
measured
by.
S
As
you
see,
we
went
down,
1%
may
not
seem
like
a
lot,
but
if
we're
going
down
I'm
good
with
it,
obviously
we
would
like
zero
crime,
but
I
think
what
is
not
evident
there
is
that
we're
looking
at
16
and
17
since
2014
crime
here
has
went
down
almost
30
percent
and,
as
I
said,
that's
the
results
of
the
hard
work
of
the
people
across
the
street
to
include
our
intelligence
unit.
The
analysts
everyone
working
hard
and
guidance
from
my
assistant,
Chiefs,
total
group
effort.
S
Unfortunately,
as
I
told
you
last
year,
it
was
the
first
time
and
I
believe
almost
twenty
years
we
had
not
had
a
homicide
that
ended
in
17.
We
had
three
has
always
stayed.
Any
loss
of
life
is
always
terrible.
Without
a
doubt
we
are
still
within
our
average.
We
would
like
it
to
be
zero
again,
but
there
are
just
some
things
that
are
hard
to
control,
one
difference
that
we
have
in
the
three
homicides
that
we
experienced
last
year.
That
would
be
different
than
what's
occurring
in
other
places.
S
As
you
know,
there's
one
of
our
neighbors
to
the
west
that
just
had
three
over
the
weekend
is
that
ours
are
not
involving
shooting
incidents.
While
we
still
are
having
hybrid
gang
issues
like
everyone
else,
our
intelligence-led
policing
is
really
helping
us
to
kind
of
stay.
On
top
of
that,
so
we
can
mitigate
some
things
before
it
happens,
or
we
can
apprehend
some
people
afterwards.
S
Robberies:
robberies
went
down
that's
just
good
aggressive
police
work
by
our
patrol
units
and
also
once
again,
the
Intelligence
Unit
given
us
information.
So
we
can
deploy
our
resources
where
they
need
to
be,
and
if
we
are
experiencing
some
robberies
in
a
certain
area
we
adjust,
we
will
use
investigative
efforts.
We
will
do
whatever
we
can
to
mitigate
these
things.
We
will
also
put
things
on
social
media.
We
had
some
people
being
robbed
while
they
were
selling
things
on
Craigslist.
S
S
S
They
kind
of
are
off
the
grid
for
a
bit
and
then
they
are
back
in
the
area
or
back
out
and
it's
kind
of
tough,
but
I
will
tell
you,
though
we
did
have
a
spike,
a
real
spike
that
actually
pushed
it
up
at
the
end
of
the
year,
November
December
and,
as
you
see
on
there
unattended
cars
running,
be
it
be
at
homes,
be
it
being
a.
You
know,
quick
stop's,
it's
kind
of
hard
for
us
to
prevent
that,
but
we
did
have
a
spike
in
that
cold
weather
people,
leaving
vehicles,
running
and
I.
S
Think
people
fail
to
realize.
We
try
to
get
that
information
out
that,
just
because
you
have
pushed
to
start,
you
leave
your
vehicle
run
and
they
can
still
take
it
now
once
they
stop
they're,
not
going
anywhere,
but
a
lot
of
our
chefs
are
just
people
going
and
just
taking
short
rides
just
going
somewhere.
S
We
don't
have
like
a
big
syndicate
around
here,
taking
car
stripping
them
and
take
them
up
to
Chicago
or
anything,
but
most
of
them
were
vehicles
that
were
taken
and
driven
for
a
while
and
actually
dropped
off
kind
in
the
same
area.
So
we
will
keep
putting
the
information
out
there
as
far
as
how
to
avoid
that
DUI
arrest
went
down,
it
doesn't
mean
we
aren't
working
as
hard
on
that,
but
just
like
in
other
jobs.
You
know
we
have
officers
who
change
shifts.
Most
of
you
do
duis
come
from
midnight
system.
S
We
had
some
officers
who
were
really
really
aggressive
in
DUI
enforcement
that
changed
shifts.
Now
we
have
some
new
officers
on
that
shift
and
we
didn't
have
the
same
numbers
last
year,
but
the
effort
is
the
same.
These
are
things
that
you
learn.
We
already
know
we
one
officer,
there's
gonna
by
themselves,
make
numbers
go
back
up
again.
People
people
take
it.
You
know
very
personally
as
they
should,
but
that's
the
reason
in
the
dip.
We
were
still
out
there
hitting
it
hard,
but
I
would
hope
also
that
people
are
using
more
of
our.
S
Street-Level
violence,
the
shootings
always
good
to
see
that
number
go
down,
that's
another
one.
We
would
like
to
have
at
zero,
but
that
reduction
in
that,
and
once
again,
that's
good,
intelligence-led
policing
having
our
officers
in
areas
where
shootings
are
occurring.
We
have
in
some
instances
apprehended
people
who
have
been
involved
in
shootings
shortly
after
that
happened.
S
The
contributors,
a
problem
or
any
policing,
you
know
by
the
patrol
division
with
that
intelligence
information
that
we
get
operations,
they
get
the
information
out.
The
officers
know
where
certain
crimes
are
going
on
or
we
have
areas
that
are
more
in
need
than
others
we're
going
to
focus
our
efforts.
There
I
think
I
told
you
all
last
year
during
a
conversation
that
I
don't
need
you
to
tell
me
where
to
put
people,
we
figure
that
out
I
deploy
the
resources
we
do
what
we
need
to
do
and
that's
because
of
the
data-driven
responses.
S
We
do
that.
The
repeat:
calls
for
service
the
social
media
of
the
crowdsource
we
caught
someone
who
had
been
down
here
with
credit
card
fraud
and
upwards
of
ten
thousand
dollars
within
twenty
minutes
after
it
being
posted.
They
were
recognized
by
someone
in
the
Chicago
area
and
got
us
the
information.
So
the
Media
helps
a
lot
the
coordination
with
the
adult
and
juvenile
defenders
through
the
court
system,
through
rather
through
other
areas.
Sometimes,
when
people
get
out,
we
don't
want
that
recidivism
rate.
S
We're
trying
to
stop
them
from
getting
in
trouble
again
be
the
adult
or
juveniles,
because
that's
the
way
it
should
be.
So
we
try
to
work
with
everyone
now.
You
know
we
are
going
to
do
our
job,
we're
going
to
arrest
people
when
we
can,
but
if
there
are
other
alternatives
to
that,
that's
what
we're
going
to
pursue
and
we
learn
that
by
working
with
all
these
different
agencies
and
with
the
court
system,
the
participation
and
the
task
forces
those
you
see
up
there.
S
What
that
helps
us
do
is
we
don't
have
to
utilize
so
many
resources,
because
we
have
these
resources.
So
if
we
need
to
go
get
people
somewhere,
we
can
use
a
Marshal
Service.
They
don't
have
to
go
out
of
town.
We
have
a
person
assigned
to
that.
We
have
all
of
those
resources
you,
whether
it's
a
drug
case,
Secret
Service.
They
help
us
with
the
cyber
crimes
and
one
other
good
thing.
S
We
don't
think
we
need
to
at
least
at
this
time,
even
put
up
more
because
they
have
worked
great
caught
a
suspect
in
this
Hastings
homicide
from
information
that
we
had
seen
in
our
pub.
In
our
cameras,
we
move
them
at
times,
but
they
have
really
worked
great
to
help
us
investigate
crashes.
We
can't
put
crash
information
together
again
shootings.
We
have
apprehended
people
involved
in
shootings
because
we've
seen
things
from
our
public
safety
cameras,
great
tools.
S
So
you
have
a
really
good
in-depth
knowledge
of
these
cameras,
and
I
will
tell
you
that,
just
like
other
places,
we've
been
experimenting
with
them
and
some
officers
who
volunteered
we're
kind
of
uneasy
about
it,
but
they
did
it.
Some
of
them
were,
you
know
they
had
to
be
pushed
to
volunteer,
but
after
they
get
them,
they
see
the
importance
of
it.
S
We
will
continue
our
community
outreach
efforts
through
the
pro-social
contacts
in
areas
just
like
the
West
Jefferson
Community
House
I
will
tell
you
that
we
had
shootings
in
that
area
before
that
house
opened
up
now
we
have
zero
for
2017,
since
the
house
has
been
opened
up
crime
because
it
went
down
in
that
area
and
we
have
not
assigned
extra
people
over
there
except
for
officer.
Mineola
goes
by
there
he's
our
public
information
officer,
which
is
part
of
his
duties,
but
overall
it
has
worked
the
way
we
had
hoped
and
we're
still
learning.
S
It's
still
a
work
in
progress,
but
zero
shootings
in
the
area
crime
going
down.
That
was
the
goal
work
with
our
you
know.
Pscr,
be
you
know:
we've
had
four
meetings
now,
I
think
it's
going
very
well.
I
think
what
I
have
to
remind
some
of
our
citizens
is
that
it's
the
public
safety
citizen
relations
board
we're
supposed
to
be
working
together.
It's
not
supposed
to
be
a
part,
but
we'll
get
through
that,
but
I
think
we
have
a
good
board
I'm
they're,
very
open.
S
They
have
some
ideas
and
I
think
it's
going
to
be
good.
Obviously,
maintain
open
dialogue
with
the
community
regard.
Our
relations
I,
don't
think
you'll
ever
find.
Anyone
who
said
they
have
a
problem
coming
in
to
speak
to
me.
I
may
not
give
them
the
answers
that
they
want,
but
they
can
always
come
talk
to
me.
I've
always
be
honest,
we're
still
working
towards
accreditation,
we're
trying
to
work
through
I
leap.
The
Illinois
Association
sees
a
police
accreditation
process.
S
They
were
low
on
Assessor
for
a
while,
and
we
are
still
working
on
getting
up
to
the
level
where
they're
going
to
come
inspect
this
always
continue
on
reducing
violent
street-level
gun
and
gang
crimes
that
will
be
ongoing
out.
I
would
hope
that
would
change.
It
is
not
at
the
levels
that
our
neighbors
have
and
we
were
blessed
with
that.
But
that's
because
we
work
at
it.
We
work
at
and
stay
on
top
of
it
and
continue
our
department
wide
focus
on
cultural
diversity
that
will
maintain
every
year
going
on
all
the
time.
R
Sage,
Thank,
You,
chief
I,
always
look
forward
to
these
presentations
because
they're
so
educational
for
me
and
I
have
to
tell
you
that
I'm
a
frequent
viewer
of
some
of
the
central
Illinois
early
morning,
news
shows
and
I
watched
those
with
some
regularity
and
I
can't
tell
you
how
many
times
as
I
watched
those
broadcast.
I
say
to
myself.
R
Thank
you,
Bloomington
police
department
for
the
exceptional
work
that
that
your
team
that
the
police
department
team
does
and
it
is
exceptional,
and-
and
so
thank
you
if
you
have
made
a
positive
impact
in
the
quality
of
life
here
in
the
city
and
and
I,
have
seen
such
a
change.
I
know
in
the
11
years
I've
been
here
and,
and
that
starts
at
the
top
and
I've
seen
it
move
down
through
through
the
ranks
of
the
police
department.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you,
but.
A
Any
any
other
comments,
questions
cheese.
All
of
you.
Thank
you
so
much
and
Brendan.
Thank
you
very
much
for
all
you're
doing.
Okay.
Next,
we
move
to
consideration
of
a
resolution
designating
and
authorizing
a
project
to
reconfigure
and
resurface,
the
intersection
of
empire
and
fairway
drive
and
I'm,
going
to
turn
that
over
to
mr.
carts
for
a
five-minute
presentation
and
a
council.
Afterwards,
council
discussion,
mayor.
T
City
Council-
that
is
a
tough
act,
to
follow
idea.
If
I
could
have
three
people
behind
me
that
I'd
appreciate
it
that'd
be
great,
so
our
Police
Department
does
a
great
job.
Thank
you.
So
just
this
should
be
hopefully
a
simple
item
that
we'll
be
asking
you
to
take
action
on
a
resolution.
So
this
is
not
approving
projects.
This
is
a
resolution
that
will
allow
for
future
eligibility
of
these
capital
projects
to
be
funded
and
get
reimbursement
back
from
the
TIF.
T
This
TIF
district,
this
Empire
Street
corridor
TIF
that
has
been
established
in
2016
in
February
2016.
The
council
established
this
so
tonight
we're
bringing
you
two
projects
and
we're
just
asking
for
this
resolution
so
that
in
the
future
the
council
can
choose
to
go
tour
them.
Iae
is
one
of
those
projects.
This
is
part
of
the
work
that
we're
going
to
be
bringing
to
you
on
April
23rd.
The
power
portion
of
the
iaea
Drive
project
that
we're
going
to
be
doing
starts
at
bandanas.
T
One
of
my
favorite
lunch
place
is
really
tasty
right,
so
that
is
starts
down
there.
It
goes
up
to
Grace
Church
of
the
Nazarene,
but
if
you'll
notice,
though,
on
that
right
side,
if
you
look
at
that
pink
it
actually
the
iaa
corridor,
that's
being
resurfaced-
is
much
larger
than
the
area
that
we're
talking
about
tonight.
But
but
again,
what
we're
focusing
on
is
the
eligible
area
within
the
TIF.
That's
all
that
the
resolution
covers
the
next
project
is
fairway
drive
project
that
is
also
in
the
temp
Empire
Street
TIF
corridor.
T
That
one
is
a
reconfiguration
and
resurfacing
of
the
intersection
of
fairway
and
Empire.
So
again
tonight
we
are
not
asking
for
your
approval
of
these
projects
that
will
come
back
to
you
on
the
April
23rd
council
meeting
as
part
of
our
larger
resurfacing
tonight.
We
have
to
bring
these
to
you
so
that
you
so
that
we
they're
approved
before
the
capital
projects
are
approved,
so
yes,
actually
have
to
take
the
tip
resolution
before
the
capital
project
is
approved.
That's
why
the
council
meeting
before
this
we're
bringing
this
item
to
you.
T
So
both
of
these
projects
are
a
tip
eligible
they're.
Both
project
public
works
projects,
they're
classified
as
TIF
redevelopment
projects
and
again
I'd
like
to
stress
that
the
council
in
the
future,
can
can
choose
to
spend
TIF
funding
on
other
projects.
This
just
makes
these
two
projects
eligible
to
me,
so
we
think
it
is
intelligent
planning
for
us
to
go
ahead
and
do
this
so
again.
C
We
have
a
list
of
all
the
possible
projects
that
could
happen
with
inside
of
this
TIF
district,
because
I
remember,
I,
think
last
fall.
We
got
a
list
from
the
school
district,
which
is
the
school
district
of
the
high
school
and
the
new
higher
included
in
this
district
of
projects.
They
wanted
to
see
and
I
was
just
curious
that
there
was
like
a
total
list
of
like,
what's
already
been
committed
and
future
projects
that
could
be
funded
in
this.
T
Well,
I
can't
ask
for
our
Director
of
Community
Development
Bob
mark
to
speak
to
this,
but
briefly
what
I
can
say-
and
he
can
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
but
when
the
chip
was
set
up,
there
were
eligible
projects
that
were
discussed
as
potential,
so
that
was
in
the
packet
at
that
time,
and
the
council
did
act
upon
that.
That
was
not
definitive
nor
restrictive,
but
it
gave
some
examples
of
what
could
be
covered,
so
other
ones
could
be
added
at
that
time
they
have
to
be
eligible,
as
defined
as
we
can
see.
T
M
C
M
A
A
A
The
next
item
is
item
9e
consideration
of
resolution
to
provide
financial
support
in
the
amount
of
seventeen
thousand
six
hundred
and
twenty
five
dollars
for
the
feasibility
report
and
economic
impact
analysis
regarding
a
potential
multi
sport
complex
in
bloomington-normal,
there's
a
brief
presentation
by
mister
rasmussen
and
then
possible
council
discussion
following
that.
Thank.
O
You
very
much
mayor
and
council,
as
you
may
recall,
we've
talked
about
this
over
the
last
a
month
or
so.
I
was
approached
about
two
months
ago
by
a
city
manager
from
normal
mark
Peterson,
who
asked
if
we
would
like
to
share
in
the
cost
of
this
study,
and
he
simply
asked
me
to
poll
the
council
to
see
where
we
were
what
they
were
doing
was.
O
This
was
a
study
which
was
not
to
exceed
$47,000
and
they
had
divided
that
up
to
kind
of
split
spread
it
around
the
community
between
the
town,
the
city,
the
county
and
the
Convention
and
Visitor's
Bureau
because
of
their
budget
restraints.
The
county
was
not
able
to
participate
in
that.
However,
the
Convention
and
Visitors
Bureau
did
and
I
think
we
have
a
crystal
Howard
here
from
the
CVB
and
they
did
kind
of
their
one
quarter,
which
was
eleven
thousand
seven
hundred
and
fifty
dollars
which
they
contributed,
and
so
the
remaining
forty
seven
thousand
dollars.
O
If
we
split
that
between
the
city
in
the
town
equally
would
come
down
to
seventeen
thousand
six
hundred
and
twenty
five
thousand,
which
you
see
in
your
packet.
As
we
talked
about
it,
we
got
mixed
feelings
about
it
from
the
council
and
I
didn't
want
to
move
forward
on
this
until
we
got
clear
direction
from
the
council.
O
I
wanted
to
be
certain
that
everybody
understood
that
this
is
not
to
move
forward
with
a
Sports
Complex,
nor
is
it
to
commit
in
any
way
to
a
Sports
Complex,
but
rather
to
share
in
the
in
the
cost
of
the
study.
The
town
has
already
sent
forward
that
contract
with
the
the
company.
That's
going
to
do
the
study,
so
it's
out
there
they've
offered
for
us
to
participate.
Jted
Slough
is
attending
a
meeting.
O
I
think
tomorrow
with
them
and
he'll,
participate
that,
and
they
will
also
ask
us
to
come
and
sit
at
the
table,
whether
we
pay
or
not,
because
this
is
a
an
effort
for
the
entire
community
and
there's
no
guarantee
as
to
where
it
might
be.
The
study
will
look
at
all
the
areas
in
the
in
the
bloomington-normal
area
and
it
was
simply
an
offer
on
their
part
to
see
if
we
wanted
to
share
in
it.
O
As
I
talked
to
the
council,
I
I
did
not
get
a
clear
indication
which
way
we
wanted
to
go,
and
so
I
couldn't
get
a
clear,
clear
number
of
votes
on
either
one
so
I
bring
it
before
you
to
discuss
and
and
I
think
you
have
all
of
the
information
that
we
passed
out
in
the
last
couple
of
weeks
and
I
just
like
to
see
where
you'd
like
me
to
move
forward
on
I
can
I
can
I
can
sign
that
check
on
my
own
authority,
but
not
without
your
permission.
Thank
you.
L
Feel
we
need
to
participate
in
this
feasibility
study
for
for
two
reasons:
one
we
need
to
partner
in
economic
development
options
with
our
neighbor
to
the
north
and
because
what
benefits
one
community
benefits
the
other
community
and
we
we
can't
make
a
decision
on
the
potential
Sports
Complex
complex,
based
on
guesses
or
or
some
positions.
We
need
the
information
to
determine
whether
or
not
this
would
be
a
good
fit
for
both
our
Bloomington
and
capital,
o
capital
C,
our
community
I,
know
I've
been
vocal
in
the
past
about
using
consultants.
L
A
Just
to
clarify
at
the
CVB
and
then
yet
either
crystal
or
Scott,
who
sits
on
the
CVB
board.
As
we
were
discussing
this,
it
was
not
necessarily
assumed
at
all
that
this
was
going
to
be
a
publicly
funded
project
that,
at
best,
a
public-private
partnership
is
that
you
recollect
an
ad
in
the
short
term.
U
A
U
V
Thank
you,
I
wanted
to
make
a
couple
comments
and
then
I
had
a
couple
of
questions.
I.
I've
actually
surprised
myself
by
finding
that
I'm
inclined
to
support
this,
and
I
had
started
out
on
180,
probably
from
that,
but
as
I
read
the
scope
of
the
study
here,
it
became
clear
to
me
that,
at
least
in
my
mind
this
is
very
similar
to
the
kind
of
diligence
and
reporting
we
got
back
from
Steve
Friedman
I
think
his
name
is
are
on
downtown
Bloomington.
V
It's
not
clear
to
me
at
this
point,
though,
a
couple
of
things,
what
the
actual
geography
of
where
they're
looking
and
also
whether
or
not
they
would
be
doing
and
asked
that
analysis
of
places
that
we
already
have.
So
you
know
we
know
that
we're.
We
are
already
attracting
youth
sports
to
this
community
and
you
know,
is
that
going
to
be
part?
O
The
first
part,
I
have
been
been
assured
by
the
town
of
normal,
that
it
is
geographical,
irrelevant
they're,
the
they're,
a
consult
will
come
and
look
at
all
the
areas
in
the
community,
both
of
Livington
and
normal,
where
there
may
be
spaces.
I
know,
we've
had
some
presentations
about
some
spaces,
but
this
study
will
look
community-wide
and.
A
V
I
hope
that
we
will
do
an
inventory
of
all
of
the
different
opportunities
we
already
have
for
you,
sports
and
I
know
that
sometimes
they're
not
adjacent
to
one
another.
Nevertheless,
you
know
I
think
that
we
have
a
number
of
assets
in
this
community,
and
you
know
the
Parks
and
Rec
has
them
our
school
districts
have
them.
We
have
the
arena,
etc,
etcetera,
so
I
wouldn't
want
to
overlook
what
we
already
have.
O
D
Things
that's
part
of
this
and
we
just
start
meeting
tomorrow,
so
I
I'm
still
catching
up
on
what's
going
on,
but
when
comes
the
assets,
so
we
are,
you
know,
3/4
away
through
our
parks
master
plan,
normal
completed.
There
is
I
think
two
years
ago
now,
so
we
have
an
inventory,
that's
already
set.
We
know
what
everybody
has
and
I
am
cording
through
the
normal
partnership.
This
morning,
I
asked
him
about
or
we
looking
up
schools.
That's
part
of
the
conversation,
that's
actually
the
first
part
of
our
conversation
tomorrow.
So
other.
A
A
A
I
could
just
summarize,
as
I
understand
this.
This
is,
we
had
talked
in
the
city,
manager
and
I
had
spoken,
that
these
are
contracts,
a
variety
of
different
types
of
water
contracts
and
because
of
the
size
of
the
expenditure,
not
necessarily
because
of
the
nature
of
the
controversy
you've.
All
everybody
felt
that
it
was
necessary
or
the
by
our
ordinance
was
necessary,
essential
to
bring
to
the
council
for
approval,
correct.
W
Is
a
really
going
to
give
me
five
minutes
to
provide
you
an
overview
of
great
projects
within
the
water
department
highlight
additional
great
work
that
our
staff
does.
It
all
just
happens
to
come
today,
so
bear
with
me
as
I
walk
through
these
six
projects
in
somewhat
of
a
truncated
fashion,
but
I'll
stay
around
to
answer
any
questions
you
have.
We
have
a
location
map
here.
These
projects
span
every
from
within
the
city
limits
up
to
Lake
evergreen
to
Lake
Bloomington.
They
are
very
essential
to
our
production.
W
The
ability
to
convey
the
water
I'm
a
highlight
that
six
we're
going
to
talk
about
real
quickly
and
I'll.
Show
you
some
quick
photos
on
those
and
get
you
done
in
under
five
minutes.
I
promise.
So
the
first
first
two
we're
going
to
talk
about
is
the
Evergreen
Lake
pump
station,
its
construction
and
observation.
We
have
a
pump
station
like
evergreen,
it
pumps
the
water
from
Lake
evergreen
as
it
called
over
Lake
Bloomington.
So
we
can
treat
that
water.
W
It
was
constructed
about
70,
read
it's
and
work
in
the
mid-80s.
We
replaced
one
pump
in
2000
ish.
We
still
have
two
older
pumps
from
the
80s.
We
need
to
bring
them
up
to
standards,
one
of
them.
We
actually
have
to
kick
to
get
going.
If
we're
to
use
it.
We
don't
use
that
one
anymore
observation
I
want
to
highlight
that
we're
not
staffed
internally
in
the
water
department
able
to
provide
the
field
observation
inspections,
so
we've
asked
a
design
consultant
to
watch
the
project
when
it's
underway.
W
So
that's
the
observation
portion
of
that
Lake,
Bloomington
and
Evergreen
miscellaneous
repair
projects.
I'll
show
you
pictures
but
again
observation
along
with
the
construction,
we're
not
staff
to
provide
on-site
all
day
resources
to
do
that.
So
we've
got
observation.
That's
a
firm!
That's
gonna
watch
the
contractor
work
raw,
the
water
main
replacement,
Lake
Bloomington.
This
is
about
a
three
quarter
mile
water
main
replacement
program.
I'll
talk
a
little
further
when
I
hit
those
pitchers
and
meter
installation
program.
W
We
really
ramped
up
our
efforts,
so
we
need
to
transfer
a
little
bit
of
money
to
continue
that
effort.
So
with
that
Lake
evergreen,
you
can
see
in
the
top
left
corner
picture.
There's
a
green
transformer
in
the
bottom.
Right
of
that.
That's
the
480
volt
transformer.
The
bottom
right
picture
is
2,400
volts,
2,400,
volts,
beads,
two
pumps
we'd
like
to
bring
that
down
to
480
volts,
it's
much
more
efficient
new
modernize
and
allow
our
staff
to
be
able
to
work
on
that.
W
As
I
said,
one
of
our
2,400
volt
pumps
don't
work
as
well
as,
if
you
look
inside
the
fence
in
the
bottom
right
photo.
There's
one
transformer
sitting
on
the
ground:
that's
the
last
transformer
the
Ameren
is
going
to
supply.
So
if
we
lose
two
of
them,
we
are
out
of
luck.
So
we
need
to
move
forward.
It's
a
beautiful
picture
of
the
working
end
of
a
pump
station.
If
you
haven't
been
there,
let
me
know
we'll
take
around
back
and
see
the
beautiful
lake
view
as
well
so
stuff,
not
many
people
get
to
see.
W
These
are
some
pictures.
You
don't
have
to
be
well-versed
to
see.
There's
some
issues
in
a
lot
of
these.
These
are
like
Bloomington
and
evergreen
lakes.
Spillways
fencing,
buttresses
ditching.
We
need
to
repair
some
ditching
some
erosion.
Some
fences
put
a
drain
in
the
bottom
of
the
spillway,
so
we
can
do
our
maintenance.
All
told
it's
a
very
expensive
and
complex
job,
it's
broken
into
eight
packages.
We
did
take
two
packages
out.
One
is
an
emergency
drain
in
Bloomington,
we're
gonna
rebid
that
and
package
it
later.
W
We
couldn't
get
a
price
on
that
other
one
is
tree
removal.
Some
of
our
slopes
are
very
in
very
poor
condition,
but
we're
going
to
do
some
of
that
with
our
internal
staff
to
bring
the
cost
down
at
a
later
time,
so
that
one
of
includes
observation
as
well.
A
water
main
this
is
about
3/4
of
a
mile
of
water
main
on
the
west
side
of
Lake.
In
the
intersection
you
can
kind
of
see
on.
The
left
side
is
right
there,
where
we
have
Green,
Gables
and
Lake
Road
in
so
to
orientate
yourself.
W
It's
a
current
two
inch
most
of
it's
a
two
inch
water
line.
Think
about
that.
We
need
to
go
to
an
eight
inch
water
line.
Yes,
there's
fire
hydrants
hook
to
the
current
two
inch
water
main,
and
no
it's
not
the
only
two
inch
water
main
we
have
in
our
system,
so
we
need
to
focus
up
here,
puts
an
effort.
This
is
a
will,
be
a
very
complex
project
to
be
a
completely
honest,
we're
not
sure
exactly
where
the
water
main
resides
at
all
locations,
so
we're
assigning
an
internal
staff
member
to
work.
W
The
contractor
to
get
this
one
done
is
efficiently
as
we
can
with,
as
least
disruptive
to
all
our
residents
around
Lake
Bloomington
yeah
meters.
We,
the
graph
I
show
in
there
is
strictly
meter
change
out.
We
usually
talk
about
or
have
talked
about,
RF
meter
changes,
so
we
can
read
those
remotely.
This
is
just
changing
old
meters,
some
that
still
have
LED
in
them,
some
that
are
at
their
end
of
their
service
life.
W
We
have
we're
supposed
to
replace
about
10%
a
year
10
your
life
expectancy
we're
well
behind
staffs,
doing
a
wonderful
job
of
focusing
on
that
we've
run
out
of
money.
In
that
ion.
We
have
another
line
item,
that's
four
meters,
accessories
and
stuff,
so
we
want
to
move
$35,000
over.
So
we
can
buy
more
meters
continue
to
progress.
You
can
see
the
last
couple
of
months.
They've
really
jumped
up
in
their
effort.
R
You
Bob
on
the
under
parts
of
the
project
that
or
have
the
observation
built
into
it
and
and
I'm
trying
to
recall.
I
can't
come
up
specifically,
but
there's
been
something
over
the
years
where,
where
we've
had
some
observation
work
done,
but
then
there
wasn't
any
any
type
of
protection
if
you
will
built
into
the
oversight
so
that
that,
if,
in
fact
something
wasn't
constructed
per
plans,
we
didn't
really
have
any
any
chance
to
re-engage.
R
W
Standard
contract
language
regarding
a
standard
of
care,
what's
standard
for
the
industry
and
what's
expected
for
them
to
do
their
their
job.
It's
observation.
Its
inspection
we've
built
in
the
budget
that
they
will
be
on-site
at
all
times
when
the
contractor
is
working,
makes
it
much
more
difficult
to
observe
and
get
that
day
to
day
when
you
don't
budget
for
the
proper
amount
of
time
to
watch
either.
But
there
are
conditions
in
the
contract
that
we
would
look
towards
if
we
needed
to
address
that
issue.
So.
R
W
L
W
Don't
have
the
statistics
on
who
we
received
change
orders
and
who,
more
than
others
so
I
can't
speak
to
that
directly.
But
do
we
consider
that
past
history
to
some
extent?
Yes,
in
this
case
I,
don't
feel
we
were
aware
of
anything
that
would
have
swayed
us.
We
feel
that
the
low
responsive
bidder,
in
this
case.
L
A
Alleman
black
is
there
a
second
second
second
by
all
the
woman
Peter
any
further
discussion,
seeing
none
if
everyone
will
go
ahead
and
vote.
This
is
a
voting
I.
As
a
group.
Okay,
the
motion
carries
nine
to
zero.
There
are
no
names
to
announce,
madam
clerk.
Thank
you
very
much
Bob
and
your
staff.
We
very
much
appreciate
it.
We're
gonna
go
ahead
and
shift
to
city
manager's
discussion.
Mr.
Rasmussen
thank.
O
A
You
very
much
I
have
a
very
little
I
didn't
want
to
thank
the
staff
and
IT
for
all
their
help
in
putting
the
mayor's
open
house
together
last
Friday,
it
was
a
small
but
very
core.
You
could
core
committee
group
had
some
very
good
discussions.
Several
people
brought
readings
themselves
share
and
we
still
had
a
little
bit
of
time
for
potholes
so
anyway.
I
certainly
appreciate
that
I
also
wanted
to
thank
Scott
sprawl
for
helping
me
get
back
in
and
getting
my
keys.
A
A
week
ago,
Saturday
I
ran
into
City
Hall
get
some
stuff
ran
back
out
in
my
car,
and
then
my
car
said
it
did
not
detect
a
key.
So
I
knew
what
had
happened,
and
this
is
one
of
the
many
many
done
things
that
I
do.
I
went
over
the
police
department,
Police
Department
couldn't
get
me
in
and
they
said
you
got
a
call
Scott
sprawl,
so
eventually
Scott
sprawl
used
satellite
technology
of
some
form.
A
To
let
me
in
and
I
got
him,
but
thank
you
Scott
for
for
being
there
even
on
a
Saturday
I
think
it
was
afternoon
by
that
point.
But
thank
you
so
much
appreciate
that
and
thank
you
also
mr.
Rasmussen,
for
attending
the
the
City
Hall
and
excuse
me
town
hall,
meeting
mayor's
open
house
and
helping
to
solve
a
couple
of
problems
toward
the
end,
and
you
know
I
do
very
much
appreciate
that
and
at
this
point
I
will
turn
over
the
council.
L
Couple
come
in
Jay
left
already,
I
was
gonna.
Thank
him
for
rebooting
the
gazebo
at
rolling
Brook
Park
I
feel
better
sitting
under
that
now
looks
like
it's
gonna
stay
there,
congratulations
to
Amelia
I
mentioned
and
we
thought
I
think
lucky
dimension
it
two
weeks
ago,
as
a
rising
star,
recognized
by
your
professional
organization,
yeah.
L
Little
bit
and
to
our
two
police
officers
have
participated
in
the
wheelchair
basketball
game
on
Saturday
for
life,
show
officer,
Jones
and
another
officer's
name.
I
cannot
pronounce
we're
two
of
the
players
on
the
able
bodied
team
and
they
didn't
do
nearly
as
well
as
the
players
that
have
some
physical
challenges
and
in
a
special
thank
you
to
Steve
and
the
finance
department
for
helping
us
through
the
2019
fiscal
year
budget.
J
You
mayor
I
also
wanted
to
shout
out
to
staff
and
I
T
to
thank
them
for
their
prompt
action
and
providing
a
new
Alderman's
table
in
the
in
the
office
here
as
well
as
a
printer,
and
we
can
pass
our
electronic
tablets
and
laptops
to
the
printer
there
and,
and
it
works
very
promptly.
You
set
that
up
kind
of
a
place.
We
can
go
up
and
mail
and
can
sit
down
there
for
a
minute
and
kind
of
plug
in
and
and
and
print
print
off
things.
So
so
thanks
well.
O
Thank
you
very
much,
I'd
like
to
thank
Melissa
here
for
helping
get
set
that
up
and
I'd
like
to
point
out
to
everybody.
If
you
need
a
place
to
sit
down
there,
we
do
have
that
desk
there
now
for
you
next
to
the
printer
in
the
front
room
I'd
like
to
give
you
all
a
room
here
to
have
for
your
own
and
I'm
working
on
that,
but
at
least
for
now,
I
can
even
give
you
a
place
to
sit
down
thanks
to
Melissa
and
to
alderman
brave
for
working
that
for
us,
okay,.