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September 22, 2014 - City Council Meeting
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A
A
B
B
B
E
E
I
I
just
have
real
issues
with.
I
just
don't
want
to
see
it
track
back
into
the
way
that
it
has
been
in
the
past,
where
we
wait
and
wait
and
wait
and
push
off
and
push
off
and
push
off
until
such
time
as
oh.
We
need
to
do
this
right
now.
Something
goes
in
and
it's
not
in
the
best
interest
of
the
citizens
of
our
fair
city
on
another
matter.
I
congratulate
diana
hallman
on
her
nomination
by
the
mayor.
E
I'm
still
a
little
bit.
Quizzical
I've
never
seen
miss
hammond.
I
hope
she
can
find
her
way
here.
Simply
put
I've
invested
a
lot
of
time.
I
put
a
lot
of
thought
and
a
lot
of
care
into
what
I
have
brought
to
the
council
the
times.
I've
come
up
here
to
public
comment
in
the
times
that
I've
done
the
one-on-one
sessions
on
the
side
bars
that
we've
had,
and
I
really
don't
understand
how
anybody
could
be
more
closely
identified
with
the
citizen
of
ward
8
and
myself.
But
I
guess
maybe
that's
why
I'm
not
mayor.
E
E
E
E
E
All
that
being
said,
I
again
feel
like
we
need
to
have
a
more
measured
view
of
what's
going
on
and
we
don't
need
to
talk
about.
What's
not,
we
need
to
talk
about
what
we're
going
to
do,
to
grow
and
to
progress
and
to
take
care
of
the
citizens
of
our
fair
city
and
last
point
both
for
the
regular
and
consent
agendas.
E
F
F
F
F
The
question
is,
since
it
is
now
a
state
law
that
it
is
a
felony
to
block
foia
requests
and
the
wording
of
that
is
documents,
but
I
don't
care
how
you
cut
it.
A
email
is
a
document
and
I'm
wondering
if
the
new
foia
request
that
citizen
will
incur
cost
in
fighting
that
and
will
these
new
events
change
the
transparency
issues
that
seem
to
be
becoming
fairly
rampant
in
your
office.
B
Okay,
just
to
make
it
clear
for
everybody:
oh,
we
don't
have
make
a
common
practice
of
responding,
but
the
the
big
picture
I
can
tell
you
is
unless
it's
a
personnel
issue
or
something
really
sensitive,
pretty
much
the
media
and
everybody
knows
what's
going
on
in
city
hall.
So
anyway,
that's
the
only
comment
that
I'll
make.
B
B
F
B
Okay
good
evening,
all
right
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
move
on.
We
have
a
6a
is
appointments
and
recognition,
and
we
have
an
appointment
recommendation
under
award
eight
alderman
and
we
did
have
two
candidates
and
actually
we
did
have
two
candidates
that
certainly
had
a
very
strong
commitment
to
the
community
and
I
think
to
our
city.
There
was
no
question
about
that.
B
I
did
consult
with
the
entire
council,
got
feedback
from
the
entire
council.
I
did,
as
I
did
in
the
previous
appointment
in
ward.
5
consulted
the
previous
occupant,
so
I
did
consult
with
former
councilman
rob
tazzini
as
I
did
consult
with
former
councilwoman
jennifer
mcdade.
They
don't
have
a
vote,
but
I
think,
as
a
courtesy,
it's
it's
important
to
to
hear
what
they
have
to
say
in
in
making
a
decision,
and
the
recommendation
that
I
had
submitted
to
the
council
was
that
of
diana
hallman.
B
G
A
G
The
the
weight
of
you
know
varying
opinions
and
whether
in
fact,
we'll
have
will
actually
have
varying
opinions
on
the
city
council,
whether
the
citizens
want
that,
perhaps
they
don't,
but
that's
what
elections
are
about.
I'm
a
big
fan
of
elections
versus
frankly
appointments
elections.
Allow
you
the
people
to
choose.
G
Elections
are
about
the
consent
of
the
governed,
and
you
are
the
governed
and,
in
my
opinion,
humble
as
it
may
be,
you
should
you
should
select.
That's
why
resignations
from
council,
for
whatever
reason
to
me
are
very
disappointing,
because
someone
is
not,
you
know
essentially,
is
not
honoring
their
commitment
for
whatever
reason,
and
it
may
be
a
very
good
reason.
Still.
It
allows
the
mayor
to
appoint
now
when
the
mayor
appoints
a
member
of
city
council.
The
advantage
of
course,
when
it
comes
to
elections
for
the
incumbent,
is
rather
huge.
All
of
the
election
specialists.
G
G
Having
said
that,
I
am
going
to
read
a
very
short
email.
I
wrote
to
mayor
renner
again.
This
has
no
bearing
whatsoever
on
diana
who,
I'm
sure
is
very
qualified
and
a
very
fine
person.
But
here's
what
I
wrote
and
I'm
very
disappointed
that
I
don't
believe
the
citizens
of
bloomington
will
get
to
know.
G
Mayor
renner
talked
about
input
from
rob
cassini
or
from
jennifer,
whatever
the
loss
talks
about
advice
and
consent
of
the
council.
Now
that
brings
you
in
we
are
are
here
and
are
charged
with
bringing
the
citizens
of
bloomington
into
the
process,
and
I
think
that's
critically
important
and
I
think
in
my
opinion,
every
one
of
us
should
voice
our
own
opinions
and
not
just
submit
an
anonymous
secret.
If
you
will
vote,
I
put
mine
out
there
and
I'm
going
to
read
it
and
with
that
said,
I
am
going
to
vote
for
this
appointment.
G
Dear
mayor
renner,
this
was
sent
on
september
10th.
In
the
interest
of
transparency.
My
email
is
completely
available
to
forward
or
publish.
I
would
assume
all
votes
from
city
council
should
be
discoverable
by
foia.
This
is
city
business.
If
I'm
mistaken,
please
inform
me,
I'm
not
sure
other
council
members
even
sent
for
us
or
emails.
I
have
a
feeling
they
didn't.
I
think
our
citizens
deserve
to
know
our
thought
process
in
a
decision
as
important
as
this
one,
and
I
hope
you
agree.
I
would
like
to
know
what
my
fellow
council
members
are
thinking.
G
This
was
sent
to
the
mayor
of
the
entire
council.
In
closing
I
vote
for
a
citizen
who
has
taken
an
extraordinary
interest
in
our
city
and
city
government.
He
has
spent
literally
hundreds
of
hours
attending
our
meetings
and
speaking
to
us
as
frequently
as
possible,
both
formerly
formally
and
informally.
He
knows
us
and
he
knows
the
issues
and
has
shown
an
extraordinary
commitment
to
the
improvement
of
the
city
of
bloomington.
He
is
a
gentleman
in
the
truest
sense
of
the
word,
a
veteran
of
our
country's
armed
services.
H
I
know
I'm
on
a
professional,
a
city-wide
and
a
personal
level
he's
very
involved
and
I
don't
know
diana,
and
I
would
think
that
someone
as
involved
would
have
taken
certainly
a
lot
of
consideration.
I
hope
he
did
and
I
encourage
anyone
that
has
the
will
and
the
the
energy
that
alton
has
to
be
involved,
civically
the
way
that
he
is
he's
quite
a
leader,
and
I
I
think
that
he
has
a
future
at
some
point
here.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
B
I
B
B
L
Thank
you,
mayor
mayor
council
and
mr
hales.
Thank
you
very
much
for
for
having
the
beautification
committee
here
at
the
council
meeting
this
evening.
This
is
our
annual
beautification
awards,
we'll
be
presenting
here
tonight.
It's
very
exciting.
This
is
sort
of
our
big
night
of
the
year
to
come
before
the
council
and
to
present
these
awards.
You
know
beautification
really
plays
a
large
part
in
community
and
economic
development,
as
well
as
boosting
city
morale
and
also
adding
to
the
general
enhancement
of
our
neighborhoods.
L
It's
really
an
important
thing
and
we're
just
so
pleased
to
be
able
to
serve
you
as
members
of
the
beautification
committee.
This
year
we
had
94
nominations
from
across
the
entire
city.
From
those
94
nominations,
we
chose
11
winners.
There
are
seven
residential
winners
that
will
showcase
this
evening
and
four
non-residential
winners,
but
before
we
get
to
that,
I
want
to
take
just
a
quick
moment
and
recognize
the
members
of
the
beautification
committee,
many
of
whom
are
here
today,
beautification
committee.
If
you
would
please
stand
up.
L
L
First,
up
to
bat
this
evening
are
our
residential
award
winners,
as
I
mentioned
before,
and
we
have
marsha
hammerstrad,
who
is
at
16
fountain
lake
court
on
the
eastern
side
of
bloomington,
and
you
can
see
looking
at
her
home,
she
loves
downtown.
She
has
the
sign
right
there
and
in
the
front
yard,
but
some
lovely
landscaping
there
by
the
garage,
as
well
as
to
the
entrance
of
the
drive.
L
That's
really
just
a
lovely,
lovely
bush,
that's
out
there
in
front
of
the
home,
really
adds
to
the
character
of
the
overall
property
and
then
I'm
a
big
fan
of
this
moose
that
she
has
in
the
front
yard.
It
really
really
is
a
neat
thing,
and
this
is
just
looks,
looks
wonderful,
so
marcia
invites
you
to
come
forward
and
receive
your
beautification
award.
L
L
Next
up,
we
have
gay
back
at
401,
south
mclean
street
in
bloomington.
You
can
see
this
is
a
corner
home
it.
It's
a
great
corner.
Lot
really
gives
a
lot
of
space
to
do
some
wonderful
things
in
the
yard,
there
are
some
lovely
bushes
planted
along
the
side,
as
well
as
some
nice
rock
landscaping
there
along
the
edges
of
the
home,
something
that
struck
out
struck.
The
committee
members
was
the
wonderful
ornate
paint
and
wood
sculpting
there
along
the
top
sides
of
the
porch,
really
adds
wonderfully
to
the
home
in
general.
L
When
we
look
for
beautification
awards,
we
just
don't
look
at
the
play,
things
that
are
out
front.
We
look
at
the
overall
appearance
of
the
home
and
that's
one
of
the
things
that
that
stood
out
to
us
on
this
one
again,
the
front
door
painted
painted
crimson
there
with
the
green
and
crimson
striping,
and
the
steps
really
just
helped
set
this
home
apart
in
the
neighborhood
and
there's
a
nice
kind
of
pullback
view.
Looking
at
the
home
there
on
the
corner,
so
gay
please
come
forward
and
receive
your
award
for
a
job
well
done.
L
Next,
we
have
fred
and
linda
kuck
at
610,
west
emerson
street
in
bloomington.
I'm
sorry,
thank
you!
East
east
emerson
street.
Excuse
me,
you
can
see
it's
a
lovely,
lovely
white
home
with
some
great
shrubbery
and
flowers.
There
out
front
great
flower
pots
lead
up
along
the
side
of
each
one
of
the
steps
there
lovely
garden
off
the
side
there
full
of
lots
of
beautiful,
beautiful
flowers
and
plantings.
L
We
loved
the
sunflowers
on
this
particular
property,
just
beautiful
and
really
really
showcased,
so
well.
How
how
lovely
this
home
is
in
the
neighborhood
and
again
just
some
great
some
great
landscaping
and
shrubbery
all
around
the
front
of
the
house
so,
linda
fred.
If
you
would
come
forward
and
accept
your
beautification
award.
L
You
can
see
this
home
a
lovely
blue
awning
and
the
blue
accents
that
are
around
it
on
the
front
of
the
home
there,
as
well
as
some
great
plantings
along
the
along
the
front,
walk
just
some
great
flowers
in
the
bird
bath
out
front,
as
well
as
some
nice
shrubbery
around
the
front
of
the
house,
really
just
sets
it
off.
Well
with
that
picket
fence
around
the
front
of
the
home,
just
just
lovely.
L
We
were
so
pleased
to
offer
this
home
and
award,
especially
when
you
see
the
beautiful
flowers
there
along
the
side
of
the
white
ticket
fence.
So
we're
very
excited
to
be
able
to
offer
this
award
this
evening
to
janus
and
here
to
accept
it
with
her
is
her
grandson
angel
muniz,
so
jansen
angel?
If
you
would
come
forward,
please.
L
L
Lots
of
lots
of
wonderful
flowers
planted
not
along
not
just
along
the
front
fence
there,
but
also
on
the
bushes
up
by
the
porch
and
on
the
walkway
leading
up
to
the
front
of
the
home
and
again
the
the
landscaping
there
with
the
flowers
and
the
lovely
shrubbery
continues
there
along
the
along
the
side
of
the
home
and
doesn't
that
american
flag
just
look
great
accented
there
in
the
middle
of
that
well-manicured
lawn.
So
ron
and
mary.
L
Next
we
have
the
home
of
linda
krause
at
1320.
North
fell
avenue
in
bloomington.
Linda's
home
is
really
really
super.
It's
got
some
great
stone
accents
along
the
front
and
along
the
drive
with
some
wonderful,
wonderful,
shrubs
there
on
either
side
of
the
walk
heading
up,
see
the
great
great
plantings
there
and
flowers
on
really
all
sides
of
her
home.
She's
really
done
a
terrific
job,
showcasing
this
property
and
it
really
just
lights
up
the
neighborhood
and
again
there's
the
stone
wall
with
the
beautiful
flowers
going.
L
L
Next
is
stacy
steeler
at
1421,
east
olive
street
in
bloomington
stacy's
home
has
that
at
old
barn
look
to
which
we
just
thought
was-
was
great
and
really
stood
out
in
the
neighborhood,
as
just
a
lovely
style
of
home,
to
add
to
the
lovely
style
of
home.
She's
done
a
great
job
with
many
of
the
plantings
along
the
the
front
of
the
house
as
well
as
along
the
side
there.
L
L
First
up
is
kelly's
bakery
in
cafe,
which
is
located
at
113
north
center
street
in
downtown
bloomington.
Callie's,
of
course,
is
a
great
staple
for
for
food
here
in
the
downtown
area
and
is
also
a
wonderful
place
to
look
at
some
lovely
plantings
and
flowers
along
along
the
building.
They've
got
these
great,
these
great
pots
out
front
with
some
just
some
beautiful
prairie
grass
that
is
planted
in
there
really
sets
it
off.
L
Some
beautiful
accented
flowers
hang
in
front
of
kelly's
there
as
well,
really
set
it
off
and
there's
some
other
flower
plantings
along
the
the
front
of
the
building.
There
really
just
looks,
looks
super
and
just
a
great
way
to
help
accent,
downtown
and
spruce
up
the
downtown
area
and
we're
very
happy
to
present
kelly's
bakery
and
cafe
with
an
award.
I
think
we
have
jamie
matthey
who's,
one
of
the
co-owners
with
kelly
matthew,
jamie's,
going
to
come
forward
and
accept
the
award
tonight.
M
L
No,
no!
No!
No,
I
don't
know
if
any
of
the
folks
had
a
chance
to
view
the
beautiful
landscaping
of
the
new,
the
new
fountain
out
front
of
bloomington
city
hall,
but
we
just
couldn't
just
couldn't
pass
up
the
opportunity
to
recognize,
not
necessarily
the
city
but
to
recognize
some
of
the
members
of
the
parks
and
rec
staff
who
have
done
such
a
super
job
heading
up
this
project
to
spruce
up
the
front
of
city
hall.
L
It's
really
been
quite
a
transformation
from
what
the
front
of
city
hall
used
to
look
like,
and
it
really
just
sets
it
off
and
makes
this
look
like
a
first-class
facility
for
a
first-class
city.
I
wish
it
certainly
is
so
we'd
like
to
invite
bobby
may's
superintendent
of
parks
for
the
city
of
bloomington
to
come
forward
and
accept
this
award
tonight.
L
Our
next
non-residential
award
this
evening
goes
to
pnc
bank
at
the
corner
of
202
east
washington
street
again
a
downtown
bloomington
award
winner
pnc
has
just
done
a
super
job
of
doing
some
great
landscaping
throughout
their
parking
lot.
This
certainly
is
not
by
any
means
a
concrete
desert.
They've
done
a
great
job
with
many
flowers
and
shrubs
and
bushes,
throughout
the
entire
parking
lot,
as
well
as
along
the
sides
of
the
building,
really
just
spruces
up
the
bank
and
makes
it
look
just
great.
L
And
our
final
award
this
evening
goes
to
the
brook
ridge,
homeowners
association,
this.
This
specifically,
is
for
the
entrance
to
their
subdivision,
which
is
located
right
by
the
corner
of
lincoln
and
hershey
sort
of
down
just
a
little
bit
from
from
e3
church
there
on
lincoln
street
homeowners
association
has
just
done
a
stupendous
job
of
doing
some
great
plannings
here
at
the
entrance
to
the
subdivision.
Great
beautiful,
bright,
bright,
pink
flowers
and
some
great
some
great
plantings
also
help
accent
that
area.
L
If
you
can
see
here,
I'm
just
when
I
took
this
photo
as
I
was
by
the
sign
and
all
the
way
down
that
that
center
median,
they
have
taken
the
time
to
do
some
great
planning
with
shrubbery
and
flowers
all
the
way
down,
and
this
is
looking
back
from
the
other
side,
really
just
a
stupendous
job.
That's
a
great
entrance
to
the
subdivision.
L
I
I
drive
by
it
every
day
and
just
feel
feels
so
good
to
be
able
to
see
that
see
that
they're
sprucing
up
the
neighborhood
and
adding
to
the
beautification
of
the
city
so
like
to
welcome
arne,
lisakowski
and
brad
c
cord
forward.
On
behalf
of
the
brook
ridge,
homeowners
association
to
accept
this
award.
L
For
the
homeowners
association
this
year,
because
we
wanted
them
to
be
able
to
display
it,
and
we
didn't
know
how
it
would
look
to
have
a
plaque
hanging
on
a
tree
in
the
middle
of
their
median.
There,
we've
actually
ordered
the
the
brook
ridge
homeowners
association,
a
nice
decorative
stone
with
an
inscription
on
it
which
which
located
at
a
later
time
since
we
didn't
want
to
put
that
stress
on
the
mayor's
back
hauling
a
rock
around
a
city
council
chambers,
but
yeah.
B
B
Next,
we
move
to
the
consent
agenda
and
are
there
any
items
that
any
member
of
the
council
would
like
to
pull
for
separate
consideration
or
questions
on
the
consent
agenda?
Yes,
seven
g,
please
seven,
which
one
g
g,
seven
g,
okay,
anything
else.
Is
there
a
motion
to
approve
the
consent
agenda,
as
presented
with
the
exception
of
item
seven
g.
B
O
B
P
So
the
question
was
just
to
give
a
quick
over
so
that
everybody
can
hear
a
quick
overview
of
the
project
so
that
every
year
sure
the
city
council
has
approved
moving
forward
with
the
development
of
a
bank
master
plan.
As
part
of
that,
the
city
council
approved
some
a
bike
lane
along
front
and
then
also
along
there's
some
charros
along
prairie
and
then
also
along
front
street,
to
connect
the
constitution
trail.
What
staff
is
asking
for
tonight
is
some
consideration
of
some
additional
interim
steps
in
this
well
future
recommendation
for
a
bike
master
plan.
P
Specifically
this
is
along
jersey,
avenue
between
the
bridge
over
sugar,
creek
and
then
also
towanda
avenue.
Now.
The
reason
why
we're
asking
for
this
now
is
because
of
the
local
motor
fuel
tax.
The
council
approved
that
one
million
dollars
part
of
that
work,
is
being
done
on
jersey
avenue
so
that
that
work
is
going
to
be
happening.
We're
going
to
be
resurfacing,
jersey,
avenue.
The
reason
for
the
timing
of
asking
the
council
to
prove
this
now
is
that
we
know
we're
getting
closer
to
the
completion
of
that
bike
master
plan.
P
We
know
this
will
be
a
recommendation
in
it
because
the
town
of
normal
has
already
put
in
bike
lanes
west
of
sugar,
creek
they're
finishing
that
up
now
and
then
you
have
a
major
employer
country
companies
just
on
the
east
side
of
tawanda.
So
you
know
part
of
the.
The
logic
is
that
now
would
be
the
time
whenever
you
resurface
you
can
put
in
that's
when
you
need
to
put
some
sort
of
center
line
down.
P
If
you
do
bike
lanes
that
would
need
to
shift
so
whenever
you
just
put
down
that
hot
asphalt,
that's
when
you
need
to
do
it.
Some
key
considerations
for
the
council
is:
there
are
no
city
properties
that
have
driveways
onto
jersey,
avenue
the
only
properties
that
access
jersey,
avenue
are
on
the
north
side,
that's
the
town
of
normal,
and
so
we
did
coordinate
and
cooperate.
As
you
can
see
in
the
packet
with
the
town
of
normal
staff.
P
We,
you
know
worked
with
them
whenever
we
sent
out
letters
to
the
residents
and
so
because
of
that,
what
we'd
be
looking
to
do
is
remove
the
parking
on
the
south
side,
where
there
are
no
properties,
fronting
it
and
then
on
the
north
side,
continue
to
allow
parking,
because
that's
where
the
people
have
the
the
parking
right
in
front
of
their
property.
So
if
there's
questions.
H
P
Specifically
they're
trying
to
deal
with
a
lot
of
the
state
routes
and
whenever
you
do
some
work
on
state
routes,
this
is
part
of
our
overall
initiative
that
the
city
is
doing
on
local
streets,
and
so,
while
you
know
the
the
council
has
provided
direction
for
us
to
move
forward
that
bike
master
plan,
that's
why
we
come
back
to
ask
for
that.
Additional
direction.
P
No,
that
that
would
be
more
for
funding
of
the
federal
routes
throughout
bloomington,
so
in
this
case,
jersey
was,
is
not
one
of
those
we'd
be
looking
for
that
type
of
funding.
The
additional
just
to
keep
in
mind,
though
too
the
additional
markings
there
is
not
a
lot
of
additional
need
other
than
just
some.
The
pavement
striping.
P
That
goes
along
with
the
bike
lanes,
the
linear,
the
linear
lines
to
the
bike
lanes,
two
of
them,
one
on
each
side,
the
parking
that
delineates
on
the
north
side
and
either
way
you
have
to
do
a
center
line.
So
you
also
have
some
the
delineation
that
says
these
are
bike
lanes
on
the
signage,
so
it
it
is.
The
time
would
be
the
time
to
do
it.
So.
H
I
understand
the
logistics
and
and
if
we
were
going
to
do
it,
I
understand
that
why
we
would
do
it
now.
I
understand
all
that.
I
understand
the
fact
that
we
are
really
not
putting
anyone
directly
out
unless
they
have
multiple
cars
in
certain
neighborhoods.
We
certainly
do
that
as
a
matter
of
fact,
there's
a
lot
of
consternation
at
times,
even
with
our
snow
removal,
people
not
being
able
to
get
off
the
street.
H
I've
even
got
one
lady
in
my
immediate
neighborhood,
that's
in
her
late
80s
and
has
a
car
and
it's
still
legal,
to
drive
and
has
no
driveway,
and
so
I
can
see
that
there's
going
to
be
some
issues
going
down
the
road
here.
If
this
is
setting
a
precedent
for
what
we're
going
to
do,
especially
if
we
have
a
a
route
in
each
direction
and
a
separate
specific
part
of
the
pavement
for
that,
and
so
I'm
kind
of
following
up
on
one
of
alderman
sage's
question
here.
H
So
this
is.
This
is
one
of
the
areas
that
I
just
I'm
not
sure
how
I
would
propose
to
fund
this,
I'm
certainly
not
against
bike
routes,
but
on
the
other
hand,
I
really
have
an
issue,
and
I
can
see
that
there's
there's
a
cascade
of
problems
down
the
road
with
these
as
we
propagate
them
throughout
the
city.
P
Well,
I
think
the
the
response
that
would
be
good
for
the
council
to
know
as
we
move
forward
with
closing
out
the
bike
master
plan.
We
we
answered
the
questions
and
which
was
which
is
always
great
from
the
council
you'll
see
in
that
the
question
and
answer
with
the
council.
We
talked
about
a
timeline.
We
wanted
to
give
you
a
heads
up
on
when
we'd
be
bringing
this
back
to
you.
This
bike
master
plan
in
the
middle
of
october.
P
Now
we're
going
to
be
meeting
with
the
subcommittee
again
finalizing
some
of
those
recommendations,
but
the
council
needs
to
be
aware
that
staff
is
very
sensitive
to
parking.
I
mean
whenever
you
deal
with
something
like
this.
You
know
the
you
know
that
a
lot
of
the
biggest
issues
with
with
bike
lanes
charros
anything
to
do
with
that.
If
you
impact
people's
parking,
then
then
that
means
a
lot
to
folks.
P
But
in
this
case
that
was
one
of
the
considerations
we
thought
was
a
potential
win
with
no
properties
fronting
on
the
south
side,
the
elimination
of
that
parking
had
minimized,
I
won't
say
no
impact,
but
it,
but
it
had
minimized
impact.
As
opposed
to,
if
you
had
properties
that
actually
had
driveways
on
it,.
B
Q
Mayor,
if
I
could
too,
I
think
utilizing
motor
fuel
tax
is
an
ideal
way
to
fund
these
type
of
expenditures.
The
reason
I
say
that
is
the
illinois
department
of
transportation
is
committed
to
so-called
complete
street
planning
and
development
they
see
and
they
encourage
cities
counties
the
state
even
itself
to
not
just
look
at
roads
as
a
vehicle
only
corridor,
but
a
multi-use
corridor
for
vehicles
for
bicyclists,
etc.
H
P
If
I
could
really
quickly,
it's
important
to
note
nobody's
being
forced
into
this
night,
if
the
council
should
vote
this
down,
there's
nothing
requiring
it's
good
to
know.
That's
a
good
thing
to
address.
Thank
you.
There's
there's
nothing
requiring
the
council
to
to
approve
this
tonight.
This
is
something
that,
by
direction
before
the
council
had
given
direction
to
our
staff
to
move
forward
with
the
bike
master
plan,
you
know
if
that,
if
the
the
governance
model
should
change-
and
that
is
not
supported-
these
are
the
kind
of
things
that's
good
for
us
to
know.
P
H
And
just
one
one
last
thing:
so
what
exactly
is
the
logic
of
doing
this?
When
we
have
a
parallel
bike,
only
route
in
constitution
trail
just
a
few
blocks
away.
I
I
I
it
kind
of
escapes
me:
it
would
be
much
safer
to
encourage
folks
to
use
that
area
where
they're
not
going
to
be
exposed
to
automobiles
at
all,
and
vice
versa.
P
And
this
is
one
of
the
major.
This
is
a
good
good
point
to
hit
on.
This
is
one
of
the
major
impacts
of
the
spike
master
plan.
It's
not
just
for
recreation.
It
I'll
say
that
again,
it's
not
just
for
recreation.
The
constitution
trail
is
a
wonderful
amenity
in
the
community.
It's
a
is
a
great
kind
of
if
you
picture
a
human
body,
it's
a
great
skeleton.
P
It
gets
a
lot
of
people
to
a
lot
of
places,
but
if
we
really
want
multimodal
improvement,
if
the
council
is
still
wanting
to
go
in
that
direction,
these
are
the
kind
of
corridors
that
are
very
important,
because
this
is
also
serves
as
a
transportation.
People
who
work
at
country
companies
can
go
down.
The
constitution
trail
can
go
on
this
bike
route,
get
to
work.
It
allows
people
to
get
to
a
park
in
the
town
of
normal,
yes,
but
it
still
is
a
a
community,
a
twin
city
amenity
in
this
community.
B
B
C
C
C
Who
knows
yeah?
They
knew
who
I
was
exactly
there's
that
joker
with
no
pedal.
So
you
know
when
it
comes
to
these
sorts
of
things.
I
would,
I
think
the
the
future
of
our
community
is
in
multimodal
transportation.
You
know
we
talk
about
expanding,
you
know
our
public
transit
service.
We
want
to
get
more
ridership,
that's
one
thing
that
those
buses
weigh
more
and
put
more
wear
and
tear
on
the
roads.
C
We
talk
about
cars
and
parking
and
that's
certainly
important,
but
I
don't
think
the
wave
of
the
future
is
going
to
be
cars
and
automobiles.
You
know
the
couple
times
I've
had
to
work
with
jim
on
some
parking
issues.
You
know
we
definitely
take
into
concern
some
of
the
parking
issues
on
where
people
are
where
the
residents
need
in
those
older,
neighborhoods
and
and
being
the
older
and
representing
an
older
neighborhood.
C
We
do
have
people
who
don't
have
driveways
and
you
need
to
park
on
the
street
and
in
many
cases
we
can't
make
everybody
happy,
but
we
do
often
come
to
a
resolution.
So
you
know,
if
I
had
my
way
and-
and
you
know,
I'm
just
one
alderman-
I
would
love
to
see
more
bike
lanes
throughout
the
community.
I
think
if
we
ever
do
any
kind
of
work
anywhere,
we
should
be
allowing
for
space
for
bikes.
Whenever
we
go
to
these
conferences
or
we
we,
I
visit
other
communities
in
the
country.
C
You
know
la
phoenix
come
to
mind
dc,
they
have
bike
lanes,
they
want
to
encourage
people
to
do
that.
It
actually
is
a
better
way
of
getting
people
around
more
effective,
and
I
ride
my
back
to
work
every
day.
It's
not
just
for
recreational
uses,
and
it's
been,
you
know,
there's
been
some
unsafe
moments.
I
think
it's
a
small
investment
that
we
can
make
to
to
put
long-term
safety
of
our
residents
and
it's
the
future,
and
we
need
to
do
everything
that
we
can
to
make
that
happen.
C
As
for
the
funding,
you
know
I've
been
a
pretty
vocal.
You
know
I
loathe
the
motor
fuel
tax
for
a
lot
of
reasons.
I
think
it's
an
unfair
mechanism
that
doesn't
necessarily
fund
the
things
that
we
wanted
to
in
the
way
that
we
needed
to
and
eventually
it's
going
to
be
skyrocketing
and
as
we
continue
to
hear
out
of
congress,
but
it's
something
that
we
have
right
now,
it's
one
tool,
but
I
think
that
there
is
definitely
a
community
investment
that
goes
into
this
and
I
don't
think
it's
a
small
minority
of
people.
C
I
think,
there's
a
growing
number
of
people.
You
know
I
was
riding
my
bike
on
the
trail
this
weekend
a
couple
different
times
and
it
was
packed
with
people
on
their
bikes,
and
you
know
that's
one
way
of
getting
people
from
point
a
to
point
b,
but
the
trail
is
limited
access.
You
know
when
I
try
to
cross
veterans
parkway,
that's
south
of
washington.
Forget
it.
I
mean
it's,
not
it's
just
not
safe
and,
and
we
need
to
be
putting
you
know
to
me.
C
Public
safety
is
number
one,
and
this
is
one
way
we
can
do
it
at
the
cost
of
a
little
bit
of
paint.
You
know
having
ridden
down
prairie
and
on
front
street
with
the
charros.
It's
been
a
lot
safer
and
people
know
where
I
am,
and
I
know
where
they
are,
and
I
I'd
rather
be
comfortable
than
not,
and
I
think
residents
would
agree
so
my
thoughts.
B
Thanks
just
as
a
we'll
only
take
about
30
seconds,
but
just
to
reiterate
when,
whenever
we're
at
the
international
city
management
association,
the
national
league
of
cities,
u.s
conference
of
mayors
and
an
international,
this
is
what's
happened
throughout
most
of
the
rest
of
the
world.
It's
not
just
the
future
of
bloomington,
it's
the
future
of
urban
centers
throughout
the
world
right
and
regardless
of
contrary
thoughts.
That's
happening,
go
ahead,
alderman,
bruin
and
then
schmidt.
Thanks.
O
Mayor
just
a
couple
quick
comments,
I
think
kevin
does
raise
some
good
questions
and
one
of
them
that
caught
my
attention
was
the
fact
that
we're
not
duplicating
parallel
routes
constitution
trail.
But
before
I
get
too
excited
about
that,
let
me
back
up
because
if
you
follow
constitution
trail,
I
don't
know
what
you
call
it,
but
there
is
a
pathway
off
the
trail
to
the
corner
of
hershey
and
ge
road.
So
people
have
access
to
the
country
building
there
at
that
corner.
But
then
you
go
further
west
and
you
go
under
veterans.
O
There's
no
pathway
up
from
veterans
off
that
trail
and
there's
no
pathway
up
off
the
trail
at
twand
avenue.
So
anybody
getting
off
of
tuan
or
veterans
has
to
you
know,
cut
through
the
the
midas
muffler
or
whatever
is
on
that
corner.
But
with
that
said,
I
there's
some
good
points
there.
With
that
said,
when
I
was
driving
down
jersey
the
other
day,
I
was
driving
east
off
of
a
lint
linden
and
I
wasn't
sure
I
really
warmed
up
to
the
design
of
it.
O
O
R
B
G
I
just
wanted
to
make
a
comment
as
a
registered
nurse
er
and
occupational,
which
I
still
do
very
part-time
and
some
in
the
city
of
chicago
and
we
all
know,
bicycles,
are
everywhere
they're
on
I
mean
the
bike
lanes
on
dearborn
clark
all
over
the
the
loop
are
unbelievable,
but
here's
what
we
don't
know
and
in
chicago
the
conversation
is
definitely
taking
this
turn.
We
don't
know
about
the
morbidity
and
even
the
mortality
involved,
and
I
assure
you
that
I
have
seen
I
have
seen
it
in
the
city
of
chicago.
G
A
lot
of
tragedies
are
occurring
and
this
is
an
anti-bike.
This
is
just
this
just
a
reality
that
we're
not
we're
not
talking
about
mortality
is,
is
definitely
occurring,
and
it's
very
tragic
when
it
does
because
car
versus
bike,
it's
not
a
good
scenario,
also
the
car
door,
injuries
of
people
opening
their
car
doors,
I'm
seeing
it
all
the
time
when
I
work
up
there.
G
So
what
what
they're
talking
about
in
the
big
cities
is
licensing
they're
talking
about
fees,
they're
talking
about
registering
and
they're
talking
about
data,
real
data
that
we
can
actually
see.
So
we
understand
what
the
morbidity
and
mortality
is,
because
we're
not
talking
about
that,
and
I
think
we.
R
B
We're
going
to
move
right
along
from
our
consent
agenda
to
our
regular
agenda
and
excuse
me
before
the
regular
general.
We
have
a
public
hearing
item.
8A
is
public
hearing
regarding
the
removal
of
the
barrier,
the
road
barrier
on
west
jefferson
street
at
allen
street
and
mr
jurgens.
I
guess
at
this
point
I
would
just
ask
right
that
I
would
who
would
like
to
speak
for
or
against
this
at
this
point.
This
is
the
proposal.
B
B
S
S
S
T
S
West
and
jefferson
headed
east,
and
I
think
if
we
could
continue
to
have
that,
that
would
be
good
now
we
do
have
one
problem,
one
that
safe
harbor,
the
salvation
army
there
when
they
constructed
the
loading
docks
they
constructed
them
to
face
west,
and
so
when
the
semis
have
to
come
in
to
offload
their
their
their
merchandise
or
their
supplies,
they
would
have
to
back
against
the
traffic
flow
their
the
nose
would
be
headed
into
the
traffic.
They
would
still
be
out.
S
S
I
know
this
is
a
difficult.
This
is
a
one
of
those
issues
in
my
neighborhood.
That
is
very
emotional,
as
you
can
imagine,
and
I
know
that
there
are
people
of
goodwill
on
both
sides,
and
so
I
just
you
know,
think
that
we
have
heard
also
in
these
citizens
meetings
with
the
with
the
staff
that
the
police
and
the
first
responders
it's
going
to
make.
You
know
their
options.
R
S
Yes,
I
would,
I
would
propose
that
we
continue
to
just
go
east
all
the
way.
Yes,
okay
and
I
don't
know
anything
about
the
construction
of
some.
You
know
what's
underneath
there,
but
just
in
looking
at
it,
if
we
could
eliminate
that
it
would
save,
I
think
several
thousand
dollars
to
not
have
to
re
reroute
those.
B
I
I
I
think
if
the
garbage
trucks
are
a
concern,
we
could
put
up
no
parking
signs.
I
believe
that
police
still
have
full
access
to
the
area
because
they
can
come
from
the
north,
south,
east,
east
and
west
directions.
There
are
streets
on
the
east
side
of
town,
did
it
they
go
in
there
they're
trapped.
They
can't
get
out
any
other
way.
I
There's
one
way
and
one
way
out,
they
at
least
have
access
from
all
four
directions
in
our
area,
and
I
don't
think
that
opening
the
street
up
is
going
to
solve
the
issues
within
the
area.
It's
well
known
that
not
too
long
ago,
just
a
couple
of
blocks
down
in
the
900
block.
There
was
very
large
gathering
and
people
getting
stabbed
bricks
thrown
through
windows.
I
M
Trained
her
because
we
have
been
divided
in
our
neighborhood
association
for
quite
some
time
been
to
all
of
them.
If
you
just
see
who
you
are
for
the
record,
dennis
arnold
in
lee
bloomington,
thank
you
dennis
and
as
president
of
the
neighborhood
association
gridley,
allen,
prick
at
old
town
that
we
have
discussed
this
many
times
in
our
meetings,
both
with
aldermen
and
without
and
we've
been,
and
I've
attended
all
the
city
meetings.
M
And
what
we
found
is
that
the
residents
who
live
in
the
immediate
700
block
are
have
is
where
you
find
the
majority
of
opponents
of
opening
this
street
and
other
than
that,
the
rest
of
the
neighbors.
If
they
want,
if
the
city
is
going
to
open
the
street,
the
majority
opinion
is
that
the
street
remain
one
way
east,
and
that
was
all
I
had
to
say.
B
Q
Q
B
Okay,
thank
you
very
much.
Okay
and
then
we
will
move
along
to
our
regular
agenda
and
we
have
two
items
on
our
regular
agenda,
each
of
which
are
budgeted
for
10
minutes
and
we'll
see.
Item
9a
is
the
comprehensive
master
plan
update
and
our
presentation
by
our
distinguished
mclean
county
regional
planning,
commission
executive
director
lazu.
B
K
As
you
know,
in
a
word
cloud,
the
bigger
the
word
is:
that
is
how
many
times
it
has
repeated
inc
by
comparison,
any
words
that
did
not
repeat
more
than
20
times
so
far
have
not
been
made
into
this
cloud.
Yet
so,
as
you
can
see,
for
the
most
part,
I
can
almost
guarantee
you
for
every
third
survey
that
we
receive.
People
love
the
fact
that
bloomington
has
this
small
town
feel
with
big
city
amenities.
They
love
the
kinship.
K
That's
offered
here:
they
really
love
the
family
friendliness
of
the
community,
they
feel
very
safe
here.
They
feel
like
people
care
about
each
other,
but
they
also
feel
like
this.
Has
all
the
big
city,
amenities,
like
high-paying
jobs,
good
access
to
health
care,
regional
shopping
experience
and
great
education
and
school
systems.
K
And
the
next
biggest
one
that
keeps
coming
up
is
parks
and
trails.
People
love
the
amount
of
recreational
opportunities
they
have
here.
Constitution
trail
we
hear
about
it
all
the
time.
People
really
love
the
fact
that
it
really
connects
and
it
acts
like
somebody.
I
really
like
this
analogy
where
they
said
right
now.
It
really
connects
every
every
part
of
town
to
some
degree,
but
I
want
to
see
that
as
a
nervous
system
connecting
every
single
part
of
city
of
bloomington,
so.
K
Good
education
system,
people
really
like
both
our
k
through
12
schools,
as
well
as
the
universities
here,
safe
community
people,
feel
very
safe
in
bloomington,
and
they
there
are
several
comments
on
how
people
feel
like
they
can
let
their
kids
out
and
let
them
play
in
the
neighborhood
and
don't
have
to
worry
about
that.
At
the
same
token,
safety
is
also
just
as
big
on
the
blue
words.
K
If
you
look
right
at
the
at
the
top
of
where
the
safe
community
is
in
green,
we
hear
a
lot
about
a
lot
of
people
saying
they
don't
feel
as
safe
here
in
bloomington.
That's
something
that,
at
the
end
of
this
outreach
october
31st,
we
really
want
to
see
where
we
are
getting
these
comments
from.
If
there
is
a
significance
by
a
particular
age
group
or
by
a
particular
geographic
concentration
or
where
do
people
feel
safe
and
where
do
people
feel
unsafe?
K
K
K
Improvement
suggestions
by
far
if
we
have
to
award
a
trophy
to
one
improvement
word
that
keeps
coming
up
all
the
time
that
is,
infrastructure
investment,
pretty
much.
That
really
does
come
up
quite
a
bit,
and
the
interesting
thing
is:
when
we
look
at
it,
it
is
the
infrastructure
investment
that
people
can
see
that's
streets,
potholes
that
comes
up
a
lot
more
than
infrastructure,
that
they
cannot
see
like
the
sewers
and
storm
waters,
and
things
like
that.
K
K
Is
they
really
want
a
vibrant,
downtown
and
people
have
different
opinions
on
what
that
means,
and
that's
something
that
we
will
be
presenting
to
the
council
at
a
later
date,
along
with
revitalize
downtown,
we
hear
a
lot
about
revitalizing
existing
neighborhoods
people
feel
like
the
surrounding
neighborhoods
need
to
be
looked
at
along
with
downtown,
and
we
need
to
grow.
Denser
is
what
we
hear
all
the
time.
K
Keeping
the
small
footprint
of
bloomington
like
it
is
today
is
what
people
refer
to
when
they
talk
about
revitalizing
existing
downtown
sorry,
existing
neighborhoods
green
transportation
options.
This
includes
when
people
say
I
want.
I
want
to
see
more
of
walkability
bike
ability
or
transit
options.
All
of
these
three
are
combined
into
green
transportation
options
among
those
three
definitely
bike
lanes
keeps
coming
up
a
lot.
K
C
I
did
oh
on
that
yeah.
I'm
sorry,
that's
about
the
last
slide,
so
I'm
noticing
that
many
of
these
are
contradicting
ideas
is,
very,
you
know
opposite
to
polar
ends
of
the
spectrum.
Is
there
going
to
be
some
breakdown,
because
I
I
imagine
that,
like
arts,
culture
and
history
may
mean
one
thing
to
me,
but
might
mean
something
to
somebody
else.
Is
that
report
that
you've
outlined
going
to
detail
kind
of
the
methodology
on
on
how
you
took
some
of
those
responses
and
then
codified
it
into.
K
That
category
yes,
so
what
we
do
is
every
week
we
take
the
responses
and
we
kind
of
give
them
a
tag.
As
you
know,
none
of
the
questions
are
multiple
choice.
These
are
all
open-ended
questions,
so
we
are
trying
to
do
our
best
to
to
come
up
with
a
meaningful
way
to
present
this
information
in
our
end
report,
what
we
want
to
do
is
definitely
there
is
a
debate
based
on
what
we
are
seeing.
K
Go
ahead
continue
awesome,
so
this
is
who
responded
to
our
surveys
so
far
about
1600
people.
If
you
look
at
your
packet
that
I
submitted,
I
believe
two
and
a
half
weeks
ago,
the
number
has
really
gone
up
quite
a
bit.
Part
of
it
is
because
we
have
been
out
and
about
in
the
community
starting
july
one,
and
it
took
about
two
months
to
really
get
the
word
out,
and
now
we
are
starting
to
see
an
average
of
anywhere
between
150
to
250.
K
They
were,
there
was
a
week
or
two
where
we
did
receive
350
surveys
a
week,
so
it
has
picked
up
quite
a
bit
and
who
responded
so
far
about
62
percent
women
and
38
percent
men.
National
statistics
for
some
reason
so
show
that
women
respond
to
service
more
than
men
from
owner
and
renter
information.
This
is
something
that
we
are
slightly
disappointed
that
we
are
not
able
to
reach
as
many
renters
bloomington
has
about
38
rental
units
and
62
ownership
units.
K
So
we
are
trying
very
hard
to
reach
out
to
apartment
complexes,
to
see
how
we
can
reach
out
to
more
rental
renters
age
groups.
There
is
a
pretty
even
distribution,
except
for
the
younger
age
group.
We
want
to
reach
more
to
the
younger
age
group.
We
have
made
quite
a
bit
of
progress
in
the
last
two
to
three
weeks,
but
we
want
to
definitely
reach
out
to
more
of
them:
income
income
wise.
We
have
reached
out.
I
I
think
this
is
pretty
representative
of
bloomington
from
a
ward
perspective.
K
This
is
this
is
what
it's
looking
like
at
this
time
from
every
ward
we've
received
at
least
100
surveys.
If
not
more
definitely,
word
number
four
we've
received
a
lot.
The
other
classification
here
is
when
people
do
not
submit
their
word
information,
or
they
give
us
information
that
we
cannot
pinpoint
to
a
particular
word.
For
example,
if
they
say
east
washington
street,
that
really
does
go
a
stretch
or
if
they
point
out
that
they
live
in
normal
or
one
of
the
other
surrounding
communities.
K
As
as
when
we
first
presented
the
scope
of
project
here,
we
really
wanted
to
reach
out
to
about
7600
people.
That's
about
10
of
bloomington.
So
far,
we've
we've
reached
out
to
about
5000
people,
and
why
is
there
a
disconnect
between
survey
responses
and
number
of
people
reached?
Sometimes
we
tap
on
people's
shoulders
many
times
and
still
they
may
choose
to
not
respond
to
a
survey.
K
B
T
All
right,
thank
you
for
doing
a
very
nice
job
with
this.
Are
you
in
terms
of
seeking
more
responses?
Are
you
reaching
out
directly
to
to
the
employers,
for
example,
I
would
say
for
let's
say,
isu
and
broman
and
country
who
we
know
have
their
employees
living
in
bloomington,
but
you
know
using
their
channels.
You
might
be
able
to
get
more
responses
that
way.
K
K
We
did
not
have
much
luck
getting
this
information
through
system-wide,
yet
we
have
not
reached
out
to
isu
to
do
this
system-wide.
Having
said
that,
when
people
who
actually
live
in
normal
but
work
in
bloomington
when
they
respond
to
the
surveys,
we
welcome
that,
because
you
know
obviously
they're
experiencing
the
community,
but
we
haven't
actively
seeked
out
the
companies
in
normal.
T
B
C
Done,
thank
you
and
again,
thank
you
for
the
presentation
I
like
getting
powerpoints
like
this
and
having
explanation
as
opposed
to
just
a
long
drawn
out
report.
So
this
is.
This
is
good,
especially
the
the
work
that
goes
into
the
formatting,
and
the
design
of
these
shapes
means
really
a
good
way
of
visualizing
some
of
this
data,
but
along
those
lines,
if
you
go
back
to
the
slide
with
the
ward
ones,
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
post
again
the
link
to
the
survey.
C
K
No,
all
the
surveys
are
considered,
but
we
just
wanted
to
look
at
geography
within
bloomington
to
make
sure
that
we
have
voices
from
around
bloomington
equally
represented
in
here.
So
those
surveys
are
not
thrown
out
one,
because
several
of
those
surveys
could
very
well
be
in
bloomington
that
they
chose
not
to
give
us
the
information.
C
K
I
I
will
give
you
this
one
example.
This
person
said
I
was
born
and
raised
in
bloomington
and
I
lived
there
until
such
and
such
a
time
I
just
moved
out,
and
but
I
have,
I
know
what
I
value
in
bloomington
and
I
know
why
I
moved
out,
and
I
would
like
to
see
these
improvements,
which
we
definitely
think
is
a
great
input
as
we
are
trying
to
make
our
community
a
better
place.
C
C
K
H
C
H
H
K
H
So
we
know
we
know,
you
know
factually
that
there's
roughly
1100
respondents
out
of
76
000
people,
so
it's
a
very
small
percentage
really
overall,
and
so
yes,
I
understand
mathematically
mayor,
you've.
You've
underlined
that
that
data
set
would
be
representative
it's
hard
for
me
to
believe,
though,
and
it's
hard
for
the
citizens
to
understand
that,
and
so
you
know,
I
would
encourage
anyone
to
get
on
and
respond.
Certainly,
if
we're
going
to
have
our
opinion
heard,
I
question
the
effectiveness
if
they
don't
so
thanks.
B
Just
to
clarify
it,
not
that
it
would,
it
could
depends,
and
I
think
what
what
you're
talking,
what
you're
doing
is
an
interesting
outreach,
but
it's
not
a
random
sample.
So
you
know
if
we
really
did
an
1100.
Actually,
you
can
get
a
representative
sample
of
opinion
in
china,
a
billion
and
a
half
people
with
1100
if
it's
done
properly,
but
not
that
yours
isn't
proper
you're
trying
to
do
extra
outreach
to
people
and
so
you're
doing
trying
to
do
something
more
than
a
simple
random
sample.
K
Absolutely
and
actually
we're
collecting
other
demographic
information
as
well,
but
I
would
like
to
mention
something
that
this
is
by
far
the
the
biggest
outreach
as
it
relates
to
comprehensive
planning
that
has
ever
happened
in
the
past.
We've
had
probably
about
150
people
participate
in
this
process
and
if
you
look
at
all
the
comprehensive
planning
processes
throughout
illinois,
this
definitely
is
by
far
the
biggest
response,
and
I
will
tell
you,
though,
that
we
have
received
a
lot
of
suggestions
to
make
it
not
so
open-ended
and
so
make
it
multiple
choice.
K
B
Q
I'd
just
like
to
ask
the
sue
to
comment
on
one
other
issue,
and
that
is,
I
know
in
in
some
of
our
monthly
meetings.
We've
talked
about
making
sure
that
we
invite
the
council
to
participate,
be
part
of
the
process.
Could
you
just
for
the
council's
benefit
reiterate,
even
if
they
just
want
to
go
online
and
stay
abreast
or
if
you
have
any
other
ideas,
is
how
the
council
can
be
involved
throughout
the
process?
K
Absolutely
so,
first
of
all,
I
I
would
again
like
to
acknowledge
that
the
council,
several
council
members,
are
very
actively
involved.
I
know
several
events
where
alderman
schmidt
has
facilitated
the
discussions
and-
and-
and
I
I
you
know-
I
know
that
has
happened
in
a
lot
of
words
and
we
received
a
lot
of
support
from
the
aldermen.
K
This
information
is
posted
through
end
of
the
year
and
our
working
groups
meet
until
end
of
november
december.
We
are
taking
off
and
we'll
start
meeting
again
in
january,
so
we
we
definitely
would
like
members
of
the
public
and
council
to
attend
those
meetings
if
they
can
so
far
we're
at
1600,
like
I
said
we're
averaging
about
100
to
150
surveys,
the
more
we
get,
the
better
information
we
can
have.
So
if
you
can
encourage
your
constituents
in
any
other
way,
please
do
so
to
fill
the
survey
out
employer
based
outreach.
B
Q
Mayor
while
frank's
coming
up,
let
me
just
make
a
few
comments,
and,
and
again
our
objective
tonight
is
to
just
give
the
council
kind
of
an
interim
update
on
the
the
new
enterprise
zone,
application
that
is
being
coordinated
by
the
economic
development
commission,
the
bloomington-normal
area
we
do
have
ken
springer
here
tonight,
vice
president
of
that
organization,
who
is
very
involved
in
helping
both
the
city,
the
town
and
the
county.
In
preparing
this
new
application.
Q
I
think
it
is
important
to
point
out.
We
do
have
a
very
significant
deadline
in
that
these
three
governmental
entities,
with
the
assistance
at
the
edc,
have
to
submit
an
application
by
the
end
of
this
year
in
order
to
be
considered
for
the
first
round
of
applications
that
are
going
to
be
acted
upon
by
the
so-called
enterprise
zone
board
this
tonight.
J
J
What's
unique
about
this
go
around,
is
it
not
a
re-certification,
but
it's
a
brand
new
application,
a
brand
new
zone?
We
have
an
opportunity
to
create
the
boundaries
in
the
past.
When
we've
added
property
we
almost
had
to
have
a
company
in
hand,
they
need
10
acres,
they
employ
200
people,
they're,
going
to
invest
20
million
dollars
and
that
then
gets
submitted
to
the
state.
We
don't
have
that
significant
of
a
task,
but
we
still
have
to
show
that
there
is
in
fact
a
need
for
an
enterprise
zone
within
the
area.
So
what
we're?
J
You
know
where
the
electrolux
properties
are,
there's
some
opportunities
for
reinvestment
redevelopment
in
that
area
not
shown
necessarily
on
this
map,
but
down
by
main
street
and
interstate
74.
Some
of
that
additional
acreage
down
there.
Some
greenfield
development,
where
some
larger
opportunities
might
exist,
certainly
adding
property
further
to
the
west
on
the
south
side
of
market
over
there
by
by
the
walmart
again
there's
property,
which
is
service
the
utilities
and
which
could
be
a
good
home
for
those
targeted
industries
that
we're
looking
to
bring
within
the
area.
J
Now
ken
springer
can
talk
about
the
success
the
enterprise
zone
has
had
in
the
area
and
continue
will
continue
to
have
if
we're
successful
in
getting
our
application
put
forth.
So
this
is
what
we're
working
with
the
edc
and
the
properties
we're
looking
to
bring
in
the
red
area.
It
was
my
fault,
looking
at
bloomington
at
thirty
thousand
feet,
empty
land
great
place
to
develop
the
cemetery,
so
we
work
with
the
agency
to
get
that
acres
coming
out
there,
but
that
I
think
we
got
a
pretty
good
map.
So,
if.
B
J
The
the
state
benefits
at
this
point
in
time
there
is
a
qualified
businesses
that
come
in.
There
is
a
waiver
of
the
sales
tax
and
materials
purchased
in
illinois
and
using
the
construction.
There's
investment
tax
credits
made
available
to
those
companies
for
larger
companies.
There
is
a
utility
tax
exemption
which
can
be
beneficial
to
that
as
a
president.
There
are
no
local
incentives
in
that.
It's
all
at
the
state
level,
as
we're
putting
together
our
packet,
we'll
be
coming
back
to
you
with
some
thoughts
on
that
as
well.
U
Thank
you
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
address
the
council.
The
question
of
how
successful
has
been
a
president.
It's
been
our
most
successful
economic
development
tool,
since
the
edc
has
begun
was
reconstituted
back
in
2003
numbers-wise.
We
have
used
enterprise
zone
on
about
three
quarters
of
all
the
projects
that
we've
done
over
the
past
nine
years.
So
without
a
doubt,
it's
our
most
often
used
tool.
G
U
What
absolutely
I
mean,
I
don't
know
how
that
exact
number's
off
top
of
my
head,
but
let's
say,
let's
see
so
at
least
750
jobs,
at
least
75
million.
That
would
be
between
the
period
of
2006
and
2011
since
then,
probably
another
200.
So
it's
it's.
Definitely
in
the
hundreds
of
jobs
and
in
the
millions
of
capital
investment
that.
U
No,
no.
Those
numbers
are
four
projects
that
specifically
located
in
this
there's,
not
not
net
job
creation.
That
is
what
I'm
talking
about,
are
individual
projects
that
the
edc
has
either
certified
in
the
enterprise
owner.
We
have
amended
the
boundaries
such
as
recently
for
fedex.
Those
are
only
projects.
We
have
directly
worked
on.
Q
U
And
there's
interesting
that
the
the
state
captures
more
data
than
what
we
we
directly
at
the
edc
can
have
access
to
because
of
the
edc.
As
our
role
as
administrators,
we
really
only
deal
with
the
building
materials
tax
exemption,
which
mr
kaler
already
referenced.
Those
businesses
that
are
taking
advantage
of
other
incentives
within
the
enterprise
zone
don't
have
to
go
through
us
as
local
administrators,
and
so
we
may
not
even
know
we
may
not
even
know
the
the
extent
of
the
businesses
that
are
using
those
other
incentives.
J
Of
the
enterprise
zone,
it's
fully
has
to
be
approved
by
the
state.
You
know
communities
can
develop
tax,
increment
financing,
districts,
business
development
districts
and
there's
over
400
tip
districts
throughout
the
state
of
illinois.
There
are
only
99
enterprise
zones
throughout
the
state,
the
state's
very
judicious
as
to
who
qualifies
and
who
gets
approval
for
an
enterprise
home.
So
it's
one
of
those.
U
Yeah
and
to
expand
upon
that,
this
is
a
very
competitive
application
process.
There
are
47,
I'm
sorry
49
zones
that
are
going
to
be
authorized
in
this
first
round
of
application,
and
you
can
bet
that
every
city
and
every
county
that
has
its
economic
development
hopes
and
dreams
on
the
line
are
going
to
be
putting
in
for
one
of
these
enterprise
zones,
because
the
state
has
been
very,
very
stingy
with
the
creation
of
these
zones
over
the
years
and
so
for
us.
This
is
a.
U
This
is
almost
a
defensive
play
because
we've
had
our
enterprise
zone
since
1985
we've
used
it
to
the
hilts,
particularly
in
the
past
nine
years-
and
this
is
this-
is
a
critical
tool
in
our
toolbox
and
so
for
us
to
continue
to
provide
economic
development
services
and
and
help
facilitate
the
expansion
of
existing
businesses
and
the
recruitment
of
new
businesses.
We've
got
to
have
this
in
our
toolbox.
U
B
Q
Q
Those
communities
would
have
had
already
prepared
in
advance
of
a
natural
disaster
like
that,
so
part
of
what
I'll
be
sharing
with
you
is.
What
are
some
of
these
needs
that
we
have
from
not
just
the
the
emergency
response,
but
in
order
to
maximize
the
amount
of
fema
type
recovery
funds
that
could
come
our
way,
especially
to
repair
things
like
public
infrastructure,
things
of
that
nature
in
this
day
and
age
fema
has
some
very
strict
and
detailed
guidelines
rules
regulations,
you
know
just
dealing
with
things
like
debris.
Q
Debris
removal
there's,
no
doubt
that,
because
the
lack
of
resources
we
have
not
been
able
to
be
as
farther
along
in
updating
our
emergency
operations
plan
and
for
events
like
this.
Do
we
have
things
like
debris,
debris
removal
plan?
Do
we
have
a
financial
recovery
plan
and
financial
accounting
plan
et
cetera,
et
cetera
these,
as
well
as
many
other
great
ideas,
is
things
that
we
need
to
get
to
sooner
or
later
always
it's
a
function
of
priority.
Q
We
need
to
have
some
of
these
policies,
procedures,
training
everything
in
place
so
that
when
we
do,
if
it's
not
if,
but
when
you
know
one
of
these
events
happen,
we
will
be
as
prepared
as
anyone
as
we've
learned
from
some
of
these
other
communities,
but
I
thought
that
was
a
great
I'll
share,
more
information
on
that
and
other
information
with
you
in
the
very
near
future,
so
other
than
that
have
no
nothing
else
tonight
mayor.
Thank
you
I'll.
B
Obviously
this
is
open
to
the
public
and
it'll
be
again
october,
10th
and
11th,
and
I
also
want
to
thank
mike
kimmerling,
not
just
for
filling
in
as
city
manager,
but
you
wanted
to
make
sure
that
the
mayor
didn't
look
like
a
total
dork
with
the
glasses
that
I
had
last
time
that
were
broken.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
came
in
on
wednesday
and
they
were
appropriately
gift
wrapped
and
I
went
over
and
I
immediately
he
was
in
the
finance
department.
B
Q
B
H
Just
wanted
to
follow
up
on
david's
talk
on
on
the
fema
issue
and
there
is
a
void
in
most
municipalities
between
72
and
96
hours,
which
are
critical.
Most
people
do
not
survive
the
first
36
hours
if
they're
not
prepared,
and
that
requires
a
lot
of
volunteerism
and
it
should
require
a
fair
amount
of
training.
H
Certainly,
we
have
some
very
professional
full-time
fire
men
here
that
would
be
called
in,
but
it
would
probably
require
with
a
with
a
municipality
as
large
as
ours,
a
fair
number
of
volunteers
as
well,
and
so
I
would
like
I'm
very
interested
in
trying
to
trying
to
work
towards
a
better
a
better
plan.
Thanks.