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June 26, 2017 - City Council Meeting
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A
All
the
meeting
of
the
Bloomington
City
Council
to
order
could
we
please
rise
for
the
pledge
and
remain
standing
for
a
moment
of
silence,
I
pledge
allegiance
to
the
flag
of
the
United
States
of
America
and
to
the
Republic
for
which
it
stands.
One
nation
under
God
indivisible
with
liberty
and
justice
for
all.
C
B
D
E
A
Before
we
get
started,
mayor,
Renner
is
at
the
US
Conference
of
Mayors,
so
you've
drawn
the
short
straw.
You
get
me
tonight
and
we're
going
to
muddle
through
together.
The
first
item
on
our
agenda
is
recognitions
and
appointments
and
we're
very
honored
to
have
tonight
Destinee
Pinnock
with
us
destiny.
Could
you
come
forward?
Please
destiny?
Is
our
USA
national
missile
annoy
and
I
have
a
proclamation
to
read
to
you.
A
F
Well,
first
and
foremost,
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
you
all.
It
is
truly
an
honor
to
be
here
on
today
and
to
be
invited
to
be
recognized
by
the
city
of
Bloomington
as
USA
national,
miss
Illinois,
2017
and
I
hope
and
pray
that
I
can
represent
the
whole
state,
including
Bloomington,
exceptionally
well,
when
I
go
to
Nationals
next
month
in
Boca,
Raton,
Florida
and
so
I.
Just
want
to.
Thank
you
all
one
more
time
for
helping
me
along
the
way.
I.
F
Want
to
give
a
special
thank
you
to
my
pastors
and
assistant,
pastor,
Priscilla
and
Walter
Jones
and
Bloomington
worship
centers
before
supporting
me.
So
much
and
I
want
to
thank
my
parents,
Coquina
Harris
and
Demetrius
Harris,
for
helping
me
along
the
way
they've.
All
given
me
more
support
than
I
could
have
asked
for.
So.
Thank
you
so
much
well,.
A
A
G
The
national
academy
program
held
at
the
FBI
Academy
officers,
ten
weeks
of
advanced
communication
leadership
and
fitness
training
for
selected
officers
proven
with
proven
records
as
professionals
within
their
agencies.
On
average,
the
officers
have
21
years
of
law
enforcement
experience,
FBI,
Executive,
Assistant,
Director,
Joshua
school
was
a
principal
speaker
at
the
academy.
Training
for
the
academy
is
provided
by
instructional
staff
from
the
FBI
special
agents
and
other
staff
members
who
hold
advanced
degrees,
many
of
whom
are
recognized
internationally
in
their
field
of
experience.
G
G
Congratulations
ed
and
we
have
another
one,
hopefully
in
the
hopper
I
will
tell
you
that
I've
been
trying
to
get
him
through
that
it's
taken
him
three
years
to
get
there.
It
is
not
just
a
process
where
you
are
automatically
accepted
yeah.
They
look
at
your
resume.
They
look
at
your
department,
they
take
things
into
consideration,
you're,
actually
competing
against
other
officers
to
actually
be
accepted
into
the
program.
So
it's
a
great
honor
I
know.
A
H
Good
evening,
everyone
glad
to
be
back
here
seems
like
it
was
just
a
short
time
that
I
was
standing
in
front
of
you
guys
and
we
were
getting
things
rolling
last
year.
So
I'm
delighted
to
be
back
in
front
of
you
to
give
you
an
update
on
kind
of
what's
been
happening
over
the
year
and
where
we
kind
of
plan
on
head
on
planning
plans
ahead
in
the
in
the
next
upcoming
year.
H
Some
of
our
strategies
there
were
identify
our
high-risk
youth
who
pose
a
danger
to
themselves
the
families
peers
in
the
community,
establish
effective
communication
between
young
people
and
their
families
and
identify
opportunities
for
young
people
to
reach
their
full
potential
and
take
ownership
of
their
community.
If
you
go
back,
I,
don't
know
if
you
remember
seeing
this
chart,
but
this
was
a
while
back
I
know
it
may
be
a
little
bit
hard
to
see
on
the
screen,
but
when
we
first
started,
we
really
broke
it.
H
Our
program
down
into
three
three
key
areas,
which
were
primary
services.
Primary
services
means
things
like
our
open
gyms
that
we
have
our
tutoring
programs.
We
have
a
relationship
where
we
put
kids
out,
take
kids
out
to
game
time,
gym
for
like
basketball
leagues,
we
have
a
relationship
with
Parks,
Bloomington
parks
and
recs,
where
we're
every
Tuesday
and
Thursday
in
the
summer.
H
We're
able
to
take
our
teens
out
to
O'neil
pool,
and
so
it's
just
something
that
gives
young
people
something
to
do,
keeps
them
busy
so
that
primary
we
had
a
target
there
of
about
75
to
125
kids.
We
actually
have
a
186
kids
right
now
registered
for
our
program.
The
secondary
secondary
programming
is
on
our
Tuesdays
and
Thursdays.
We
have
what
we
call
a
teen
club.
We
have
guest
speakers
that
come
in.
We
work
with
100
black.
They
come
in
and
do
mentoring
with
our
young
men.
H
That's
huge
because
our
our
program
is
not
something
that
you
have
to
be
at.
Our
young
people
are
choosing
to
be
there
which
to
me,
and
our
community
is
huge-
that
we
have
young
people
who
are
wanting
to
be
in
our
programs.
They
understand
idea
that
it's
not
just
fun
and
games.
They
know
that
we
have
speakers,
they
understand
our
program
and
so
I'm
very,
very
proud
of
that.
Another
secondary
thing
that
we
talked
about
a
year
ago
were
employment
opportunities
for
young
people.
H
H
This
is
not
paid,
it's
really
up
to
them
to
be
there.
They
understand
the
schedule,
but
I'm
really
proud
of
that
program
again,
because
I
think
that's
going
to
be
a
huge
opportunity
for
us
in
the
future
to
develop
some
young
people
and
actually
get
them
ready
for
employment
situations.
We
always
get
opportunities
where
young
people
are
wanting
to
work
or
our
employees
are
looking
for
young
people
by
getting
them.
H
We
employable
and
ready
to
be
out
there
in
the
workforce
is
something
that
we're
going
to
really
focus
on
in
the
future,
and
so
that
junior
staff
program
is
a
huge
part
of
that.
The
intervention
that
was
kind
of
our
last
tier
of
our
program,
and
so
that's
where
we're
getting
our
working
really
with
the
police
department.
Chief
Brennan,
all
he's
calling
me
or
let
me
know,
hey
Mike
I
got
a
young
person
on
my
radar.
Can
you
go
out
meet
with
the
families
this
year
we
got
about
seven
of
those
young
people.
H
That
came
came
our
direction
that
we
were
able
to
actually
keep
in
services,
while
I'm
very
proud
of
our
program.
I
can
tell
you
that
we
don't
have
the
the
fix.
All
you
know,
I
mean
we
still
have
challenges
with
our
young
people
in
the
community,
but
I
think
that
this
is
a
great
start
to
really
being
able
to
sustain
some
programming
for
our
young
people,
especially
those
that
need
us
the
most
right
now,
strategies
for
2017
2018.
H
So
one
of
the
things
that
we
identified
and
that
I
identified
really
early
on
was
that
with
our
males
we
had
a
lot
of
male
staff.
We
have
female
some
female
staff,
but
we
had
a
lot
of
the
male
staff
and
I
was
watching
how
those
relationships
were
being
built
with
our
males,
mainly
through
one-on-one
conversations
through
the
basketball
coaching
I'm
not
sort
of
deal
well.
We
have
some
young,
ladies,
that
play
basketball.
You
throw
them
a
basketball,
they
throw
it
back
at
you.
H
You
know
I
mean
so
they're,
not
really
they're,
not
not
all
of
them
anyway.
Are
our
sports
minded
in
that
sense,
and
so,
and
the
other
thing
that
I
know
is,
is
that
our
young
ladies?
At
times
they
have
things
that
they're
going
through
that
they
may
not
want
to
share
with
me.
They
may
have
a
great
relationship
with
me,
but
honestly
being
able
to
have
someone
that
looks
like
them
that
understands
kind
of
what
they're
talking
about.
H
That's
the
that's
of
utmost
importance
to
to
us
and
to
those
young,
ladies
and
so
being
able
to
hire
a
female
youth
interventionist.
That's
going
to
be
doing
a
lot
of
the
work
that
that
I
do
in
regards
to
the
one-on-one
meetings
being
there
for
programming,
that's
going
to
be
essential
to
how
we
move
forward.
You
see
case
management,
that's
going
to
be
something
that
we're
really
pushing.
While
we
have
the
young
people
come
in,
I
want
to
be
able
to.
H
You
know
a
young
person
that
I
meet
when
they're
in
seventh
grade
I
want
to
be
able
to
show
through
documentation
where
they're
at
when
they're
at
12th,
when
they're
and
12th
grade
and
kind
of
the
work
that
we've
done
so
really
a
push.
Put
it.
Putting
a
more
focus
on
the
case
manager
is
going
to
be
important.
Those
core
competencies.
H
What,
with
the
way
that
we've
kind
of
designed
our
program
moving
forward,
is
that
each
month,
we're
going
to
have
a
theme
that
we're
going
to
have
the
young
people
work
towards,
so
it
could
be.
Diversity
could
be
community
service
could
be
healthy
lifestyles,
one
of
those
types
of
things
that
our
guest
speakers
and
anybody
who
comes
in
moving
forward
they'll
know
exactly
what
we're
trying
to
do
with
those
young
folks
for
that
for
that
particular
month,
I'm
getting
back
out
more
to
the
schools,
so
we
have
more
school
level
outreach.
H
It's
something
that
we're
going
to
be
moving
towards.
I
would
be
written.
I'm
gonna
introduce
our
new
CEO,
which
is
Tony
Moore
Stoddard.
That's
right
here
he's
been
a
great
addition
to
the
Boys
and
Girls
Club.
He
and
I
are
constantly
in
conversation
about
how
do
we
sustain
and
build
great
programming
for
our
young
people.
I've
seen
him
work
with
the
young
people
he's
not
that
CEO
that's
sitting
in
his
office.
He
gets
out
there.
If
you
can
imagine
60
young
people
kind
of
around
your
ankles.
H
I
just
I
added
some
pictures
here
on
the
end,
so
this
is
one
of
our
like
mentoring
sessions.
So
if
you
see
our
young
people,
this
is
kind
of
how
they,
how
I
wouldn't
say
they
start
their
day
like
this,
usually
typically
when
they
come
in,
we
do
tutoring,
so
they
have
a
time
where
they're
doing
homework,
but
then
on
Tuesdays
and
Thursdays.
They
know
that
there's
a
point
where
we
everything
gets
put
up
and
you're
in
one
of
these
sessions.
H
Ladies,
if
you
recognize
us
Dody
Dunson
junior
right,
there
he's
an
assistant
coach
at
SIUE
and
he
invited
some
of
our
girls
down
for
basketball
camp,
and
so
we
again
it's
all
about
exposure
and
trying
to
get
them
out
of
conv
their
element.
And
lastly,
this
is
desi
desi
adams
desi
was
our
Boys
and
Girls
Club
Illinois
youth
of
the
year.
She
was
in
a
competition.
H
She
got
third
place
represented
the
organization
really
really
well
so
I
see
y'all,
know
I'm
at
at
time
and
don't
want
to
keep
a
lot
of
don't
want
to
keep
you
guys
longer
than
what
I'm
supposed
to
I
just
want
to
say
to
the
city,
to
the
council
that
we
truly
appreciate
everything
that
you
guys
have
done
to
continue
to
support
us
continue
to
support
our
young
people
and
we're
going
to
do
our
part
to
make
sure
that
that
we
reach
our
young
people
and
kind
of
keep
them
flowing
along
this
trip.
Thank.
A
C
A
A
Now
we
move
to
public
comment:
I
have
a
number
of
cards
here
from
individuals
who
had
submitted
their
cards
at
our
last
meeting
and
we're
not
we
weren't
not
able
to
get
to
them
so
we'll
take
them
first.
In
order
and
if
they're
not
here,
of
course,
we
will
continue
to
move
on
I'm
going
to
read
the
first
three
Alton
Franklin
Jan
meadows
and
Ken
durable.
Are
they
here?
A
I
Hi
I'm
down
the
bowl
and
I
would
live
in
Warren
and
I'm
going
to
be
talking
about
the
bike
lanes
on
Washington
I
couldn't
make
it
to
the
Planning
Commission
meeting
I
basically
represent
the
11,000
motorists
that
used
the
road
to
get
downtown
and
around
town
and
I,
don't
feel
that
they
were.
There
was
a
reach
out
reach
to
those
motorists,
because,
basically
it's
a
bike.
Community
issue.
I
The
bicycle
ordinance
that
we
have
on
the
book
says
that
every
person
riding
a
bicycle
upon
the
roadway
shall
be
granted
the
rights
and
shall
be
subject
to
all
the
duties
applicable
to
a
driver
and
the
Complete
Streets,
so
that
the
heat,
vehicular
public,
transportation,
bicycle
and
pedestrian
modes
are
integral
to
the
transportation
system.
Complete
Streets
does
not
require
that
all
modes
be
present
on
any
given
street
at
the
same
time,
meaning
bus
cars,
bikes
and
pedestrian.
Okay,
the
bike
master
plan.
I
It
seems
that
again,
the
bicycle
community
is
very
familiar
with
that,
but
not
the
community
at
large.
The
steering
committee
had
two
aldermen,
the
mayor,
Public
Works
engineering
and
three
bike
group
members
and
on
page
2
of
the
planning
of
the
plan.
It
says
that
it's
very
important
for
the
public
to
understand.
I
What's
what
is
being
presented
and
on
page
27,
it
says
that
Washington
is
one
of
the
busiest
streets
and
the
plan
recommends
not
using
busy
streets
if
at
all
possible,
there
are
listed
several
E's
and
one
of
them
is
education,
and
that
goes
back
to
my
point.
That
I
don't
think
the
community
is
really
educated
and
I
feel
that
confusion
is
counter
to
safety.
I
So
I
think
that
it's
really
important
to
have
a
community
educated
and
on
page
40
it
says
that
the
goal
is
to
get
an
official
award
for
bicycle
friendly
community,
which
probably
is
an
important
thing
for
economic
development.
I
also
believe
that
observation
of
only
four
days
really
is
not
statistically
significant
to
given
serious
opinion
about
how
the
bike
lanes
would
work.
I
Okay,
my
major
concern
with
a
packet
that
was
given
to
the
Planning
Commission.
It
included
the
resolution
and
it
was
dated
July
10th
as
having
been
passed
and
I
file
find
that
to
be
a
lack
of
integrity.
If
that's
the
way
things
are
works,
we're
resolutions
are
sentient,
unelected
boards
and
with
the
date
that
indicates
that
it's
passed
Thank.
J
Good
evening,
I'm
renee
nestle
staff
representative
for
asking
local
699,
Public,
Works
and
Parks
tonight
I'm
here
with
some
of
our
members.
Often
we
hear
public
or
city
administrators
speak
highly
of
the
work
our
members
do
and
their
efforts
are
appreciated.
They're
called
upon
to
work
in
the
hottest
heat
in
the
coldest
cold
to
provide
services
to
the
community,
whether
it's
picking
up
garbage
and
recycling,
filling
potholes
mowing
the
golf
courses
feeding
animals
at
the
zoo
or
plowing
snow.
J
However,
while
administrators
often
speak
good
words
about
our
members
in
the
work
that
they
do
the
treatment,
many
of
our
members
experience
is
not
that
of
a
respected
worker.
Morale
has
been
low
for
quite
some
time
in
public
works.
Unfortunately,
when
we
think
morale
couldn't
sink,
any
lower
administration
finds
something
to
take
it
to
a
whole
new
low
one
issue:
that's
particularly
bothersome
to
us
is
how
the
department
spends
money.
City
Council,
often
discusses
public
constraints
and
concerns
in
2015.
The
city
decided
to
move
to
every
other
week.
J
Bulk
picked
up
due
to
needing
to
cut
costs.
This
result
is
an
elimination
of
five
positions
on
public
works.
However,
it's
frustrating
to
remembers
to
see
a
new
Operations
Manager
position
posted
until
that
a
six-figure
salary
and
benefit
package.
Eighteen
months
later,
at
the
same
time,
our
members
see
the
work
that
they
are
capable
of
doing
and
have
done
in
the
past
being
outsourced
such
as
some
sidewalk
repair
and
pavement
slabs,
like
those
recently
replaced
on
Eastland
by
a
private
company.
J
This
work
is
outsourced
because,
with
the
reduction
of
the
positions
over
the
years,
there
are
not
enough
employees
to
do
the
work.
We
find
it
hard
to
believe
that
it's
cheaper
for
a
private
company
to
do
the
work
than
your
own
city
employees.
Other
unnecessary
expenses
include
the
once
temporary
now
permits
shed
behind
the
Public
Works
building
that
cost
over
twice
as
much
as
originally
projected,
and
also
the
renting
of
equipment
that
is
used
regularly,
but
without
shopping
around
for
the
best
deal
or
decide
to
purchase
instead.
J
Another
issue
is
working
conditions
and
has
been
a
past
practice
for
the
city,
not
to
order
trucks
with
air
conditioning
when
air
condition
became
standard
in
vehicles,
city
would
pay
to
have
the
a/c
removed.
Currently,
very
few
of
the
trucks
have
air-conditioning
and
no,
they
are
not
rotated
amongst
employees.
J
In
addition,
the
one
in
the
Publix
built
Public
Works,
building
that's
not
advisable
to
drink,
resulting
in
only
safe
water,
on
site
being
in
the
vending
machine,
also
replacing
bench
seats
and
some
of
the
trucks
with
air
ride
seats
prevent
injuries
from
rough
rides
have
been
brought
up
to
management
with
little
response
or
action.
This
is
no
way
to
treat
these
hard-working
dedicated
employees,
25
percent
I'm,
having
work
20
years
or
more
for
the
city.
J
There
are
a
number
of
practices
that
have
been
existence
for
years
in
some
cases
decades
that
have
developed
and
built
a
workforce
that
exists
today.
Those
are
currently
a
risk
as
well
further
because
of
the
changes
made
unilaterally
by
your
administration.
There
are
contract
violations
that
have
occurred
and
we
have
filed
unfair
labor
practice
charges
with
the
Illinois
Labor
Relations
Board,
the
list
of
grievances.
As
long
been
administration
has
made
it
perfectly
clear.
They
are
not
interested
in
hearing
them.
J
The
city
of
Bloomington
new
handbook
includes
a
teamwork
policy
that
reads:
the
city
expects
that
all
employees
will
make
a
concerted
effort
to
ensure
a
harmonious
work
environment
that
promotes
the
teamwork
mentality.
We
do
not
believe
that's
what's
happening.
Hero
meets
the
city's
expectations.
Too
often
our
members
are
held
accountable
and
the
rules
are
made
on
dust.
No
things
done
are
almost
the
rules
are
made
up
after
the
fact
and
are
held
to
a
higher
standard
than
management.
J
This
is
not
fair
how
it
should
be
all
this
boils
down
to
bad
management,
and
our
members
are
tired
of
it.
These
items
have
created
lack
of
trust
in
management,
a
low
morale.
Our
members
are
frustrated
and
offended.
I
encourage
you
in
a
certain
to
you
for
you
to
ensure
and
respect
the
fairness,
make
sure
they
get
the
fairness
and
respect
they
deserve.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
K
I'm
Scott's
timeline.
My
concern
is
with
mr.
Garcia
that
there
seems
to
be
a
double
set
of
standards.
You
know
he's
once
when
someone
is
convicted
and
done
their
time.
That's
fine
that
that's
records.
Gonna
follow
them
around
for
the
rest
of
the
life.
Nobody
forced
him.
You
know
to
commit
the
crime
to
the
streets.
K
Grove
Street
was
absolutely
terrible
and
it
still
is
I
realized
that
it's
been
something's
been
put
on
the
back
burner
for
years,
but
we
always
find
money
to
do
everything
else,
but
we
don't
find
the
money
to
fix
our
streets
and
the
one
that
you
come
in
to
Bloomington.
It
should
say:
welcome
to
Bloomington
home
of
the
potholes,
because
the
roads
in
this
town
are
absolutely
pathetic.
K
That's
regarding
the
bike
lanes
since
when
do
bicyclists
have
the
right
to
drive
on
the
street,
they
don't
have
to
be
licensed,
they
don't
have
to
be
insured.
It's
cutting
that
street
down
and
I
know.
There
are
people,
probably
that
don't
agree
with
it-
the
fireworks
that
money,
the
money
that's
spent
on
the
fireworks
every
cotton-pickin
year
that
could
go
right
into
the
streets,
but
I
know
that
there
are
some
people
that
say
well,
normal
has
theirs.
Bloomington
needs
theirs.
Thank
you.
L
Good
evening
Council,
based
upon
that
the
corn
we
have
to
have
here
with
public
comment,
Diana
Hallman
in
good
faith,
tried
to
interrupt
me
at
a
situation
like
this
and
I
asked
her
just
stop
I
apologize,
Diana,
you're
right
and
what's
talking
about
the
Ovation
cinemas
I
totally
misunderstood.
What
was
on
the
agenda?
I
thought
I
was
a
change
in
license
to
expand
the
liquor
from
beer
wine
to
much
more
than
that
someone,
the
public
apologized
to
ovation
theatres
and
to
Diane
Hellman
for
misunderstanding
the
situation.
L
But
that
brings
me
to
another
point
that
I've
always
asked
that
we
try
to
do
stuff
at
the
committee.
The
hole
where
there
is
a
two-way
public
comment.
Alderman
discussion
that
can
occur.
I
know
it's
not
quite
a
public
hearing,
but
I
think
he
could
be
handled
that
way
and
I
hope
you'll.
Consider
that
on
the
connect
transit
that
was
in
a
special
meaning
that
most
the
public
doesn't
even
know
anything
about.
L
At
this
point,
I
attended
a
lot
of
meetings
to
connect
transit
when
they
did
the
advertising
changes
in
their
bylaws
to
allow
the
wrapped
ads.
There
was
much
more
deliberative
and
thought
out
then,
when
I
saw
tonight
rushing
to
put
a
bandaid
on
the
city
code.
I
will
be
following
up
with
that,
since
I
am
a
business
that
does
work
in
that
arena.
L
As
part
of
this
commerce
of
this
community
I
have
problems
with
the
restrictions
of
it
only
being
nonprofit
and
it
only
being
for
connect,
transit,
I
do
believe
case
law
will
back
me
up
on
that.
I
will
take
that
up
with
legal
counsel
and
with
the
zoning
committee.
I'd
also
suggest
that
you
might
reconsider
sending
that
to
the
Beautification
Committee
and
here's.
Why?
L
Because,
if
you
write
that
law,
you're
going
to
write
in
the
city
of
Bloomington
is
also
allowed
to
have
the
science,
if
you
decide
to
do
something
really
positive
and
creative
with
the
Gateway
instead
of
having
static
signs
in
the
Gateway
that
you
have
electronic
LED
or
projection
video,
so
they
can
change
what's
going
on
at
the
Coliseum
or
somewhere
else
in
committee,
as
something
arrives
to
the
community,
I
find
the
current
language
too.
Controlling
now
you
also
might
want
to
scent
the
transportation
committee.
There's
a
lot
of
discussion
about
distraction.
L
With
that
organization
than
painting
our
streets
and
what
I
can
remember
the
discussions,
the
night
that
we
gave
them
money?
How
people
were
so?
Oh,
we
don't
wanna,
spend
the
money's.
Well,
we
say
proof
in
the
pudding
right
that
money
was
well
spent
and
we
need
to
spend
more
on
that
for
our
community.
N
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity.
I
would
have
said
this.
Last
week.
If
I'd
known
you
didn't
meet
at
7:00,
the
police
complaint
Review
Board
is
much-needed
filing
a
complaint
can
be
an
intimidating
for
anyone,
but
the
black
community
takes
the
greatest
risk.
Every
effort
should
be
made,
so
people
feel
safe
from
police
retaliation,
which
happens
often
enough
that
it
does
discourage
complaints.
I'm
here
to
provide
some
information
in
1993
I
founded
the
minority
advocacy
council.
One
longtime
member
was
an
ex-offender
and
he
was
very
valuable
in
our
work.
N
In
1998
we
did
a
survey
of
580
minority
and
white
citizens
to
compare
their
perceptions
of
local
police
treatment.
The
result
was
an
most
perfect
97%
difference
between
blacks
and
white,
closely
matching
a
similar
Gallup
poll
done
about
the
same
time.
Our
data
were
used
later
by
a
local
attorney
in
winning
a
thirty
thousand
dollar
racism
suit
against
the
Bloomington
Police.
N
Since
then,
map
was
formed
and
three
racially
prejudiced.
Officers
left
the
force,
they've
improved,
but
more
is
needed.
We
ourselves
in
my
cat
and
max
acted
on
her
own
recommendations
by
forming
a
minority
complaints
about
police
committee,
and
we
call
that
my
cap,
m.I.c
ap
black
residents,
complained
directly
to
us.
In
four
years.
We
had
eleven
formal
complaints,
lots
more
than
the
current
reports
about
surrounding
review
boards.
We
have
also,
we
also
worked
with
Bloomington
on
adopting
their
first
written
complaint
policy.
N
Looking
at
our
experience
of
my
cat
here
are
two
changes.
I
hope
you'll
adopt
for
your
board
policy.
If
you
form
one
I
believe
you
will
have
much
more
participation
if
the
complainant
can,
as
an
option,
come
to
the
board
earlier,
even
before,
or
shortly
after
filing,
these
whistleblowers
will
feel
safer,
and
since
many
outstanding
justice
boards
have
benefited
greatly
from
the
insights
provided
by
having
an
ex-offender
as
a
member,
a
respected
ex-offenders
should
be
required
for
this
complainant
board
as
well,
certainly
not
be
denied
you'll.
A
Need
to
wrap
up
Barbara.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
Now
we
move
to
the
consent
agenda.
The
items
on
the
agenda
are
routine
in
nature
and
are
enacted
in
one
motion.
Are
there
any
items
anyone
would
like
to
pull
or
is
there
a
motion
to
approve
move
that
we
approve
the
consent
agenda
as
presented
share
a
second
second,
all
right
motion
made
by
alderman
Hellman
seconded
by
alderman
painter
and,
let's
see,
if
I
can
make
this
thing
work
so.
A
Yay:
okay,
when
you
don't
do
this
very
often
it
seems
kind
of
magical.
So
there
the
vote
is
nine
to
nothing.
There
are
no
nays
to
announce
okay.
Now
we
move
to
our
regular,
a
regular
agenda
and
our
first
item
is
the
naming
rights
changing
the
name
to
gross
finger
motors
arena
and
are
you
presenting
David?
Yes,.
D
Let
me
just
start
off
here
for
a
quick.
Second,
as
all
of
you
know,
a
very
significant
press
conference
was
held
at
our
local
arena.
Last
Thursday
afternoon.
It
was
conducted
by
Lynn
cannon,
the
executive
director
there
at
the
arena,
and
it
was
to
celebrate
and
to
also
introduce
the
entity
that
through
contract,
has
purchased
the
naming
rights
for
the
building,
and
that
is
the
name
as
the
new
Grossinger
motors
arena
we
do
have
with
us
tonight.
D
In
addition
to
Jeff
Jergens,
we
have
Lynn
cannon
and
Terry
Dietrich
I
do
want
to
point
out
that
Terry
is
the
one
who,
for
eight
plus
months,
has
been
as
a
videoworks
official
working
on
trying
to
get
the
naming
rights.
So
the
did
a
tremendous
job
and
and
in
fact
Jeff.
If
we
could,
let
me
just
bring
up
Lynn
for
a
few
minutes.
D
O
You
David
well
I'm
the
late
comer
to
the
party.
The
venue
works
company
took
over
the
Colosseum's
business
last
year
and
the
naming
rights
of
the
building
had
already
expired.
When
venue
works
came
to
be
the
management
company
at
the
Coliseum,
so
Terry
diederich
was
brought
in
by
venue
works
and
he
was
given
that
directive
to
go
out
and
seek
the
naming
rights
partner
for
us
here
in
Bloomington,
and
he
worked
diligently
and
very
long
hours.
O
Getting
to
this
point
now
that
we
are
at
where
we
were
able
to
announce
on
Thursday
our
naming
rights
partner
being
Grossinger
motors
arena.
So
we
are
very
thrilled
to
have
a
local
business
being
able
to
be
this
naming
rights
partner,
a
highly
respected
business
in
the
state
of
Illinois
and
we're
happy
to
be
here
at
this
point.
M
I
think
wind
said
it
all.
Thank
you
for
your
patience.
I
know
when
we
were
here
about
six
months
ago.
Talking
about
it,
we
were
close
and
just
didn't
know
how
soon
we'd
be
able
to
wrap
that
up.
It
does
take
time
and
you
have
to
dot
all
the
I's
and
cross
all
the
t's
and
I
think
we're
to
that
point
now
and
you
have
it
in
your
hands
and
and
we're
ready
to
move
forward
with
some
positive
things
from
here
on
out.
So
thank
you.
John.
D
Seal
who
was
also
here
from
videoworks,
mentioned
that
the
naming
rights
you
know,
while
we
really
hoped
and
always
wish
they
go
quickly,
he
says
sometimes
they
can
take
12
to
18
months,
so
it
is
very
much
a
long
process
they,
but
thank
you
so
much
if
you
would
kind
of
have
a
seat,
we'll
have
Jeff
come
up
and
Jeff.
If
you
just
kind
of
give
a
few
of
the
highlights
of
this
agreement
and
then
the
council
might
have
questions
of
either
the
venue
works
or
you
were
I
on
this
naming
rights,
agreement
I.
C
Think
I
said
him:
city
manager,
just
real
quick.
All
the
highlights
are
early
outlined
in
the
memo.
As
you
already
know,
it's
a
five-year
agreement
with
the
potential
five-year
renewal
for
the
first
five
years.
It's
175
thousand
dollars
per
year,
paid
in
two
different
installments,
the
subsequent
five-year
renewal.
We
do
have
some
renegotiating
power.
C
A
Questions
or
is
there
a
motion:
alderman
hammond,
Mayor,
Pro,
Tem
I,
move
that
the
naming
rights
agreement
between
the
city
of
Bloomington
venue
works
of
Bloomington,
LLC
and
Grossinger
Motors
Inc
be
approved
and
the
city
manager
and
clerk
be
authorized
to
execute
the
agreement.
Thank
you
is
there
a
second.
A
C
A
Q
First
of
all,
I
would
like
to
apologize
that
you're
getting
the
four
different
agreements
at
three
different
council
meetings,
HUD.
Unfortunately,
some
years
we
get
all
the
agreements
at
once,
and
sometimes
we
don't
and
this
year
we
didn't
so
we
try
to
push
them
through
as
fast
as
we
can,
instead
of
holding
on
to
them.
So
our
agencies
can
get
their
money
as
fast
as
we
can
get
it
to
them.
So
I
wanted
to
apologize
for
that.
It
creates
a
little
bit
confusion.
I
know
with
all
the
different
councilmen
has
been.
Q
The
COC
program
funds
are
competitive
in
nature,
which
is
a
little
bit
different
than
the
COC
or
the
CDBG
program.
Their
funds
are
available
to
local
not-for-profits
state
and
local
governments
and
public
housing
authorities
and
five
different
areas
of
support,
and
you
can
fund
programs
through
permanent
support
or
permanent
housing,
transitional
housing,
supportive
services
only,
which
is
where
the
majority
of
our
funding
comes
in
to
that
that
line
item
the
homeless
management
information
system.
Q
We
also
dedicate
funding
for
that
through
our
grants,
and
that
has
data
tracking
system
so
that
we
can
keep
track
of
all
the
numbers
and,
and
are
we
moving
the
numbers
in
the
right
direction
and
then
homelessness.
Prevention
is
the
the
fifth
area.
The
continuum
of
care
from
McLean
County
is
as
a
subset
of
the
central
Illinois
continuum
of
care,
which
is
an
11
County
continuum
that
ranges
from
down
to
Logan
County
through
McLean
and
then
actually
all
the
way
up
to
Kankakee.
Q
Locally
is
the
city's
role
with
the
continuum
of
care.
Is
that
we're
primarily
the
fiscal
agent
for
these
Grants
Pass?
Does
the
day-to-day
operations
of
the
grants?
They
are
the
boots
on
the
ground,
and
so,
if
you
want
more
information
about
the
actual
homelessness
problem
really
would
need
to
get
passed
up
here
because
they're,
the
ones
that
are
dealing
with
on
a
day-to-day
basis
and
getting
those
numbers.
Q
So
what
we
do,
because
the
city
does
have
the
capacity
to
handle
the
funding
where
the
fiscal
agents
for
this
current
year
we
get
about
three
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
dollars
and
through
four
different
grants.
The
four
different
grants,
our
shelter
plus
care
grant
and
those
funds
provide
rental
assistance
at
five
units
mayor's
Manor,
which
is
permanent,
supportive
housing.
We
partner
with
MidCentral
Community,
Action
and
Bloomington
Housing
Authority
to
support
those
programs.
Q
The
McLean
County
serve
core
services
grant
in
a
the
amount
of
one
hundred
and
thirty
six
thousand
seven
hundred
and
six
dollars
for
the
year
that
provides
a
homeless
outreach
specialist
at
pass
and
then
job
development
and
case
managers
at
Salvation,
Army,
and
then
the
city
does
get
a
little
bit
of
administrative
funding
to
help
cover
part
of
my
salary.
For
that
as
well,
the
final
grant
and
that's
the
ones-
that's
the
one-
that's
coming
next
council
meeting
so
you'll
see
it
on
next
agenda.
To
is
the
families
and
individuals
with
disabilities.
Q
It's
about
a
hundred
and
twenty
eight
thousand
dollars.
It
provides
for
a
position
that
path
to
provide
housing
and
benefits,
services
to
homeless
individuals.
We
provide
childcare
at
Crisis
Nursery.
It
funds,
warehouse
staff,
positions
that
recycling
furniture
for
families
and
then
also
a
counselor
at
collaborative
solutions,
just
to
kind
of
give
you
an
idea
of
where
HUD
is
headed.
Q
We've
just
started
that
but
I'm
very
pleased
to
say
that
I'm
on
the
committee
that's
looking
at
this,
and
when
we
look
at
the
number
of
first-time
homelessness,
our
numbers
are
actually
dropping
in
that
area,
so
we're
making
some
progress
there
we're
having
a
little
bit
of
a
harder
time
with
people
returning
to
homelessness.
So
that's
gonna
be
an
area
that
we're
really
going
to
focus
on
so
in
closing.
Q
A
D
You
I
just
wanted
to
make
mention
of
a
topic
that
came
up
today
in
our
our
administrative
staff
meeting
and
that
was
Jim.
Karcher
public
works
director
who's
sitting
in
the
back
mentioned
the
the
help
and
support
of
the
police
department
and
helping
to
monitor
speed
through
a
local
construction
zone.
Anyone
who's,
driven
along
Locust,
Street
kind
of
from
downtown
over
to
the
high
school
you'll,
see
some
excellent
signage
that
has
been
put
up,
indicating
that
in
this
local
construction
zone,
the
speed
limit
is
20
miles
per
hour
and
so
again
a
couple
of
points.
D
One
is
sometimes
I,
don't
think
the
public
and
the
motorists
at
large
realize
that
even
in
these
local
construction
zones,
we
do
lower
the
speed
limit.
The
police
did
give
a
lot
of
help
and
unfortunately,
just
like
out
on
the
freeways.
As
we
see
even
motorists
locally
in
these
residential
streets
can
travel
too
fast
for
the
conditions.
We
are
always
very
concerned
about
the
safety
of
our
workers.
I
think
there
was
even
work
going
on
on
Saturday
to
catch,
but
something
to
just
share
publicly
and
to
anyone.
D
You
know
to
please
extend
the
requests
for
our
local
driving
public
to
please
observe,
not
only
now,
but
throughout
the
summer,
the
speed
limits,
especially
in
these
local
construction
zones.
So
it's
something
we'll
continue
to
try
and
get
that
that
information
out,
but
I
thought
there's
some
excellent
signage
work
by
our
people
other
than
that
I
have
nothing
else
to
share
with
the
council
tonight
or
so
well.