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July 14, 2014 - City Council Meeting
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A
B
B
E
F
B
C
G
Mayor
and
council
members
for
this
opportunity.
What
reminded
me
about
the
opportunity
to
make
a
comment
tonight
was
I
noted
on
the
agenda
that
you're
on
item
8e,
that
public
comments
are
going
to
be
discussed
a
little
bit
this
evening,
and
I
certainly
am
a
big
supporter
of
transparency,
but
I've
had
an
experience
recently.
G
I
just
wanted
to
share
with
everybody,
not
only
you
people,
but
the
people
in
the
audience
that
I
about
60
days
ago,
I
I
took
the
time
to
draft
a
email
to
the
entire
council
and
I
spent
a
lot
of
time
on
it
because
I
wanted
to
be
articulate
and
and
to
not
be
too
negative,
but
I
had
some
points
I
wanted
to
make.
I
want
to
report
to
everybody
that
I've
had
just
excellent
response
from
that.
I've
had
opportunity
to
have
coffee
and
conversation
or
phone
conversations
with
many
members
of
the
council.
G
The
reason
I
haven't
got
100
around
is
my
fault,
because
I
haven't
made
the
contact
so
anyway.
I
want
the
point
is,
I
think,
there's
other
ways
to
very
effectively
communicate
with
the
council
other
than
purely
in
the
public
comment
section
of
the
meeting,
but
I
very
much
appreciate
these
continuing
to
be
offered
and
so
forth.
G
So
that
was
the
main
thing
I
wanted
to
say.
I'm
also
excited
tonight
to
hear
that
you're
going
to
have
and
to
hear
myself
an
update
on
the
comprehensive
planning
process,
because
I
think
that's
going
to
give
a
clearer
vision
for
not
only
the
public
but
also
the
council
and
leaders
across
this
area,
and
I
think
that
is
extremely
important
and
I'm
excited
about
it.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
your
efforts.
B
B
H
H
I
happen
to
be
watching
a
couple
months
ago
when
mayor
renner,
in
my
opinion,
verbally
costed,
all
the
warm
and
stearns
for
wanting
to
discuss
some
items
on
the
budget
to
help
reduce
some
costs.
I
feel
that
mayor
renner
was
deliberate
to
do
this
publicly
and
tried
to
intimidate
all
the
woman's
stearns.
H
I
kind
of
bit
my
lip
for
a
long
time
about
it
and
I
just
felt
like
coming
forward
now
with
this
stuff,
I'm
kind
of
appalled
that
no
other
council
member
stood
up
to
for
mrs
stearns.
Nor
has
the
mayor
apologized
for
his
outburst.
It
is
not
the
mayor's
job
to
verbally
abuse,
council
members
who
do
not
agree
with
him
or
blame
them
for
poor
performance
of
city
staff.
The
council
was
elected
to
represent
the
citizens
and
all
the
women's
stearns
was
doing
what
she
believed
she
was
elected
to
do.
H
It
would
be
nice
if
the
rest
of
the
council
did
that
as
well.
You
are
not
supposed
to
just
rubber
stamp
everything
the
mayor
and
the
city
manager
would
like
and
you're,
essentially
the
checks
and
balances
to
the
office.
Secondly,
I
recently
read
and
heard
that
there
have
been
some
turnover
from
mid
to
high-level
staff
within
the
city.
H
The
morale
of
the
city
seems
to
be
pretty
low
and
I
don't
believe
it's
because
of
any
members
of
the
council.
I
think
the
blame
falls
squarely
on
the
city
manager
and,
ultimately,
the
mayor.
I
wonder
if
any
evaluation
was
done
on
the
city
manager
prior
to
voting
on
his
substantial
pay
raise.
I
personally
know
two
people
that
work
within
the
city
they're
pretty
low
level
people
and
they
were
really
upset
when
they
found
out
about
the
raise
when
they
themselves
only
received
about.
H
In
my
opinion,
you
know
people
seem
to
be
leaving
their
jobs.
The
coliseum
stuff
that
I
hear
in
the
meetings-
and
I
hear
with
other
people,
is
in
shambles.
The
budget
process,
in
my
opinion,
was
a
joke
and
you
have
raised
taxes
which
really
torqued
me
off
and
will
probably
need
to
do
them
again
soon.
H
I
applaud
alderwoman
cerns
and
alderman
lauer
for
their
efforts
to
reduce
costs
and
make
this
government
more
efficient,
the
rest
of
the
brigade,
I
would
hopefully
take
a
page
out
of
their
playbook
and
do
some
critical
thinking
before
following
all
kinds
of
tax
increases
and
everything
just
blindly,
and
I
also
pray
that
the
citizens
do
their
job
at
the
ballot
box
next
election
and
help
get
the
city
on
track.
Thank
you.
I
We're
here
tonight
for
the
oath
of
office
for
officer,
michael
brandt,
parsley
brent,
grew
up
in
fairfield
illinois
in
wayne
county
received
his
bachelor's
degree
in
criminal
justice
from
southern
illinois.
University
of
edwardsville
in
2004,
eventually
went
on
to
work
for
the
mount
carmel
police
department
as
a
patrol
officer
from
2007
until
he
joined
the
ranks
of
the
bloomington
police
department.
2013.
I
B
B
Thank
you
all
very
much.
Then
we
have
we
move
right
along
to
our
consent
agenda,
but
before
we
do,
I
just
wanted
to
let
everybody
know.
We
have
an
unusually
tight
timeline
tonight
and
so
I'm
going
to
need
to
be
a
little
bit
more
draconian
and
making
sure
that
we
all
stay
within
our
time
limits,
and
I'm
also
going
to
include
myself
in
that
there's
a
couple
things.
B
I
want
to
make
comments
on
and
I'm
going
to
confine
my
comments
to
between
60
to
90
seconds,
including
my
mayoral
remarks
at
the
end,
so
that
we
can
make
sure
that
we
move
forward
and
we're
as
productive
as
possible
this
evening.
And
that
being
said,
we
have
a
consent.
Agenda
is
presented,
but
there
is
a
item.
7-0
is
already
being
removed
and
the
city
manager
has
informed
me
and
they
have
requested
that
correct
and
are
there
any
other
items?
Okay,
so
the
consent
agenda
would
not
include
item
7-0.
B
E
B
B
L
B
K
K
It's
my
understanding
that
we
have
had
this
type
of
bird
at
miller
park
many
years
past
and
they
weren't
handled
properly
or
for
some
reason
they
passed
away
prematurely,
and
I
I'm
just
I'm-
I'm
I'm
concerned
that
we're
going
to
go
down
that
same
path
here,
if
we're
not
handling
them
properly
or
if
we
can't
really
afford
to
handle
them
properly,
that
it's
just
going
to
be
a
great
additional
expense.
We're
operating
in
the
red,
as
I
understand
it,
on
an
annual
basis
and
we're
having
to
subsidize
the
zoo
as
it
is.
K
I
realize
that
the
zoological
society
is
is
is
putting
forth
a
great
effort
to
try
to
make
it
more
than
it
is
and
and
try
to
bring
it
a
little
closer
to
being
in
the
black,
and
I
applaud
all
those
efforts,
I'm
sure,
but
I'm
just
in
question
as
to
whether
this
is
the
right
way
to
go.
I'm
hearing
an
awful
lot
from
the
neighbors,
I'm
hearing
an
awful
lot
from
folks
in
my
ward,
my
constituents
that
they
really
don't
want
this
right
now.
Okay,.
B
N
Well,
I
guess
the
I'd
start
with
ultimate
lower.
If,
if
I
feel
we
can't
adequately
care
for
an
animal
we're
not
going
to
have
at
the
zoo,
as
we
looked
at
our
animals
animals
we
wanted
to
bring
in
animals,
we
have.
We
would
not
even
consider
animals
that
we
did
not
feel
we
could
adequately
care
for
and
exceed
expectations
of
the
care.
N
N
N
Staff-Wise,
we
don't
plan
to
add
any
full-time
staff
for
this
project
in
terms
of
other
costs
in
terms
of
heating.
Let's
say
these
guys.
These
birds
can
tolerate
10
degrees
down
to
20
degrees,
so
a
lot
of
heating
is
not
involved.
We
also
plan
to
have
newer
like
floor
heat,
for
example,
which
is
usually
cheaper
than
other
extremes,
so
we
can
have
our
building
at
a
lower
temperature.
So
we,
the
the
cost,
should
not
be
extreme.
By
any
stretch.
B
Just
just
if
I
could
clarify
this
did
come
up
at
our
open
house
in
the
mayoral
open
house
we
have
every
friday
and
just
to
clarify
for
the
audience
and
others
that
this
the
the
idea
would
that
the
city
would
spend
150
000.
That
was
a
matching
agreement
by
the
city,
that
a
contract
that
the
city
had
had
agreed
correct,
that
we
would
match
a
dollar
and
a
half
for
every
dollar
that
was
raised
by
the
private
sector.
Yeah.
N
The
75
000
that
includes
design
of
us,
the
south
america
piece,
which
is
a
hundred
percent
being
funded
by
the
society.
The
idea
there
is
we're
we're
putting
okay.
Let
me
let
me
step
back.
The
flamingo
exhibit
is
250
000.
a
project.
That's
coming
soon
is
a
south
america
piece
which
is
galapagos,
tortoises,
giant
tinder
and
bush
dog
after
consulting
with
different
people.
Architects,
mostly
if
we
lump
those
two
projects
together
and
design
them.
At
the
same
time,
we
can
bring
our
costs
down.
N
K
N
That
is
it's
not
there's.
No,
it's
not.
In
addition,
the
design
cost
for
so
the
breakdown
exactly
for
flamingo
exhibit
design
is
33
720.
to
design
the
south.
America
exhibits
twenty
one
thousand,
eight
twenty
that
is
being
paid
by
the
society
they're
paying
100
of
that.
A
survey
for
the
construction
sites
potentially
is
4200
and
the
flamingo
exhibit
construction
phase
for
the
architect
to
oversee
the
construction.
K
F
N
F
Okay,
I'm
sorry
all
right,
that's
part
of
the
other
thing,
but
I
just
wanted
to
follow
up
on
that,
and
I
was
a
little
bit
confused
about
all
the
different.
I
appreciate
your
breakdown,
which
you
just
you
just
gave
us
some
of
the
different
south
american
flamingos,
and
all
that
here
I
think
what
would
clarify
a
little
bit
more
for
me
is
what
is
the
total
coming
from
the
zoological
society,
because
I
thought
they
were
only
basically
had
about
a
hundred
thousand
now.
Are
they?
Is
that
about
right
or.
N
N
N
N
F
I
appreciate
that
and
my
concern
continues
to
be
exactly
the
same
as
it
was
during
the
budget
process.
For
me,
this
isn't
necessarily
a
question
for
you
jay,
but
because
I
do
appreciate
all
of
your
all
of
your
input,
but
the
the
question
for
me
is
and
has
always
been
needs
versus
wants,
and
when
we
are
raising,
you
know
three
taxes.
I
realized
some
of
it
just
you
know.
Motor
fuel
just
goes
for
rows.
F
I
understand
that,
but
when
we
are
raising
three
taxes
and
we're
raising
utility
taxes
on
people
on,
you
know
everyone
fixed
incomes,
everyone.
It's
highly
concerning
to
me
about
the
affordability
of
the
city
of
living
in
the
city
of
bloomington
and
how
many
you
know
extras
how
many
things
nice
to
have
we
can
really
afford
and
to
me
this
is
definitely
one
of
those
things
that
is
an
extra
a
want,
maybe,
but
not
a
need.
So
I
totally
support
you
know,
keeping
up
with
the
zoo
and
maintaining
it
and
enhancing
it.
F
This
to
me
is
a
it's
a
frivolity
that
the
citizens
are
telling
me
loud
and
clear.
You
know
don't
raise
our
taxes,
get
down
to
the
business
of
streets,
police
and
the
things
that
we
truly
need-
and
this
is
this
is
not
one
of
them,
so
that
is
why
I
will
be
not
continue
to
support
this,
or
I
will
not
support
it
as
I
did
not
in
the
budget
process.
Thank
you.
We're.
B
O
N
N
O
O
B
Again,
just
to
clarify
everybody,
the
the
the
city
in
the
past
agreed
contractually
to
match
private
contributions,
a
dollar
and
a
half
to
dollar,
and
that
came
out
to
100
150
000
private
public.
In
addition
to
that,
the
society
is
paying
for
22,
000
and
change
for
the
south
american
exhibit
on
top
of
that.
So
it
is
confusing,
but
just
to
clarify
anything
else,
alderman
fizzini
and
we're
gonna
vote.
I.
J
B
B
K
K
Talking
about
an
additional
snack
vending
area
inside
the
zoo
and
and
the
neighbors
are
asking
me
why
we're
not
operating
this,
the
vending
area
that
we've
got
out
there
currently,
so
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
we're
not
we're
not
operating
one,
that
we've
got
that's
very
nearby,
probably
within
less
than
a
block,
and
then
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
build
another
new
one
and
and
probably
continue
not
to
operate
the
one
that
we've
got.
I
I
don't
understand
why
we
would
do
that.
N
The
I
can't
answer
the
outside
concession
stand:
that's
always
been
at
the
parks
director
level.
As
far
as
I
have
been
informed,
I
can't
answer
to
your
question
about
success.
Stand
for
the
zoo.
We
have
never
had
one
in
our
well.
We
have
not
had
one
in
the
near
past
for
sure
we
feel
by
adding
this
concession
stand
and
enlarging
our
gift
shop.
We
will
be
able
to
raise
more
funds
and
again
bringing
down
our
subsidy
trying
to
make
the
zoo
more
sustainable.
N
B
N
N
K
L
Yes,
thank
you.
I
certainly
think
that
the
zoo
master
plan
addressed
these
in
a
really
successful
way,
and-
and
I
feel
confident
about
this-
I
think
it's
a
really
good
investment
and
it's
an
investment.
That's
a
public-private
partnership
that
you
know
we're
looking
at
over
the
last
10
years,
1.5
million
dollars.
I
really
think
that
this
is
a
step
in
the
right
direction
and
taking
care
of
something
that's
an
asset
to
our
community,
and
I
would
like
to
make
a
motion
that
we
approve
this
project
agreement
between
the
zoo
and
the
idnr
is.
B
P
Okay,
you
just
alluded
to
it,
but
it
may
have
gotten
lost
in
in
kind
of
the
the
conversation
that
the
concession
stand
for,
the
zoo
will
also
serve
folks.
Didn't
isn't
that
what
you
just
said:
we'll
have
a
window
that
services
folks
who
are
visiting
the
park,
but
not
attending
the
zoo,
correct.
Thank
you.
Okay,.
B
Now
we're
gonna
go
to
our
regular
agenda
and
that's.
The
first
item
is
item
8
a
and
just
I'm
sorry,
there's
going
to
be
an
amendment
later,
but
item
8,
a
ordinance
providing
for
the
issuance
of
not
to
exceed
26
million
dollar
general
obligation,
refunding
bonds
for
the
city
of
bloomington,
mclean
county
illinois
for
the
purposes
of
refunding
the
2004
coliseum
bond,
and
this
is
essentially
to
save
us
money,
I'll
turn
it
over
to
the
city
manager.
But
essentially
we
when
we
first
floated
the
bonds.
B
M
M
We,
as
you
indicated,
we
do
believe
that
the
savings
possible
savings
from
this
particular
refunding
on
a
net
present
value
basis
is
just
going
to
be
a
little
less
than
six
million
dollars.
Patti
lynn,
our
silva,
our
finance
director
is
out
of
town
on
some
emergency
family
business,
but
we
do
have
here
tonight
with
us
todd
kraskowski,
managing
director
of
mezro
financial
and
linda
givens,
partner
with
chapman
and
cutler
who's
serving
as
our
bond
council.
M
B
Q
Q
We
continue
to
hear
that
in
the
press-
okay
back
in
2004,
when
these
bonds
were
originally
issued,
interest
rates
on
them
and
that
for
taxable
bonds,
the
interest
rates
on
the
outstanding
bonds
are
anywhere
from
five
point:
five
percent
to
six
point:
three:
eight
percent:
okay,
six
and
three-eighths
percent.
So
that's
where
the
bonds
are
at
right
now
we
believe
we
know
from
the
current
market
here.
Interest
rates
are
really
200
to
350
basis
points
lower
than
that.
Q
Q
We
can
refinance
it
at
any
time
because
you
can
prepay
at
any
time
with
a
municipal
bond
here,
in
this
case
the
the
first
optional
redemption
date.
Okay,
for
these
bonds
is
june,
1st
of
2014.,
so
you're
upon
the
time
right
now,
where
you
can
willingly
go
in
and
reduce
that
interest
cost
and
immediately
replace
the
outstanding
bonds
with
lower
interest
costs
without
having
to
escrow
anything
to
this
this
redemption
date.
Q
So,
again,
that's
a
driver
which
was
very
functional
in
having
your
administration
look
very
closely
at
this
right.
This
opportunity
right
now,
because
you
don't
want
to
be
in
a
position
where
your
bond
covenants
allow
you
to
reduce
your
interest
costs,
and
you
willingly
go.
You
know
past
the
optional
redemption
date
and
say
we
want
to
pay
a
higher
interest
cost.
So
those
are
the
things
that
are
your
bond
documents
in
the
marketplace
are
driving
your
your
opportunity
here.
Q
The
other
thing
from
a
credit
rating
standpoint
and
you've
heard
me
talk
a
little
bit
about
this
in
the
past.
Is
it's
just
good
management
practice
to
be
able
to
execute
the
covenants
that
really
you
put
in
your
bond
documents
over
10
years
ago,
they're
there
to
be
used
if
interest
rates
were
seven
or
eight
percent.
You
wouldn't
be
using
this
covenant.
Okay,
but
when
they're
much
lower,
you
have
to
you
know
at
least
analyze
whether
or
not
you
want
to
pull
the
trigger
on
that.
B
F
Thank
you
for
the
information
and
understand
the
market
drives.
You
know
just
cost
savings
and
all
that
on
the
interest
rates,
but
here
here's
my
question:
now,
I'm
looking
at
the
ad
valorem
part
of
this,
the
ad
valorem
property
taxes
that
need
to
be
that
need
to
ensure
the
payments,
and
I
did
ask
the
question-
got
the
answer
that
the
payments
will
be
made
primarily
out
of
sales
tax,
so
help
me
with
this
part
of
the
ordinance.
F
If
we
add
up
all
these
payments,
of
course,
we're
looking
at
some
58
million
or
something
like
that,
which
may
be
well
less
than
what
we
would
have
paid.
But
can
you
help
me
with
the
total
that
the
city
is
going
to
actually
be
paying
out?
Let's
just
say
that
we
never
refinanced
that
all
this
is,
you
know
all
this
goes
forward
to
the
end
and
we
pay
all
the
interest,
and
then
we
pay
the
the
principal
at
the
end,
and
what's
the
total
I
mean,
can
you
is
that?
R
Good
evening,
with
respect
to
the
tax
levy,
the
city
has
back
when
the
30
million
was
originally
issued.
The
determination
was
to
issue
those
bonds
as
general
obligation,
bonds,
supported
by
a
property
tax
levy
and
you're
absolutely
correct
investors
in
the
bonds
prefer
to
purchase
bonds
with
that
kind
of
unlimited
property
tax,
backup.
Okay.
Historically,
the
city
has
used
sales
taxes
to
make
the
debt
service
payments
and
annually
abates
the
property
tax.
F
R
R
F
Makes
that
makes
perfect
sense
but
again
to
be
try
to
be
concise
at
all
here.
Thank
you
for
that
totally
understand
that
that's
good
news.
What
would
the
eventuality
be
and
heaven
forbid
that
the
sales
tax
were
not?
You
know
adequate
now.
I
believe
we
take
this
out
of
our
sales
tax
first,
but
what?
How
does
that
work
if
ever
the
sales
tax?
Somehow
you
know
we're
not.
C
F
F
Q
F
M
Q
The
original
debt
service,
if
you
would
never
refinance
anything
and
what
we're
talking
about
here
by
the
combination
of
the
prior
refinancing,
you've
done
in
2011
as
well
as
this
proposed
one.
You
would
be
reducing
that
63
million
dollar
number
to
just
under
49
million,
so
okay
and
that
gross
that's.
B
B
We
move
right
along
then
and
to
item
8b,
comprehensive
master
plan,
existing
conditions,
analysis
process
by
the
zoo
from
the
mclean
county,
regional
planning,
director,
obviously
the
executive
director
in
20
minutes,
and
I
I'm
going
to
have
to
be
tight
with
that
bazoo
and
then
we
will
begin
we
have
so
we
have
15
minutes
of
discussion
afterwards
and
again.
This
is
just
a
and
I've
got
you
at
six
or
seven.
Forty
two.
S
S
S
S
Some
of
the
limitations
of
the
data
analysis
is,
of
course,
data
availability
and
data
used
in
this
analysis,
spanned
several
years
from
2007
to
2013.
So
there
might
be
a
variation
in
that
and
some
of
the
data
that
will
be
presented
here
is
at
census
tract
level.
So
when
we
get
deep
deeper
into
the
project,
we
may
have
to
do
some
finer
analysis
and
there
might
be
some
possibilities
of
errors
in
local
data
gathering.
S
S
It's
it's
bloomington
is
is
envy
of
majority
of
central
united
communities
and
illinois
communities.
This
city
has
more
strengths
than
challenges:
the
location,
the
strong
economy,
location
connections,
major
employers,
high
skilled
workforce.
I
I
can
go
on
and
on
really,
I
think,
is
an
envy
to
most
of
the
central,
my
communities
in
the
past
50
years,
the
population
growth
is
has
nearly
doubled.
There
is
always
a
constant
growth
and
the
growth
rate
peaked
in
90s.
At
about
25.
S
S
This
is
a
double-edged
sword.
We
do
not
have
any
physical
restrictions,
which
can
be
a
great
strength,
but
if,
if
not
used,
it
can
be
a
challenge.
The
purple
here
is
what
bloomington
was
in
1970
and
each
each
decade.
This
is
the
purple,
and
our
our
surrounding
natural
environment
does
not
present
any
physical
restrictions
on
our
growth.
S
S
S
S
S
S
Labor
shed,
this
is
something
that
most
of
the
businesses
look
to
before
moving
into
a
market
and
bloomington
is
positioned
very
well.
Our
current
labor
shed
extends
well
beyond
50
miles,
and
we
have
nearly
about
2
000
members
commuting
to
and
from
chicago,
and
we
expect
this
to
grow
with
the
high-speed
rail.
S
S
S
S
So,
in
a
sense,
there
are
numerous
strengths
in
this
area
that
are
being
capitalized
not
just
by
the
city,
but
also
the
community
members.
There
are
various
efforts
going
on
in
the
community
like,
for
example,
light
ready
group.
It's
a
group,
that's
trying
to
market
bloomington
normal
as
a
technology
hub,
central
illinois,
regional
airport
is
becoming
more
of
an
economic
driver.
They
are
trying
to
promote
about
700
acres
as
commercial
driving
commercial
development.
S
S
So
the
first
thing
just
like
rest
of
the
country
and
rest
of
the
world,
we
are
having
aging
population.
What
this
means
is
our
younger
workforce.
We
are
losing
our
younger
workforce
and
gaining
more
older
workforce
during
the
planning
horizon
period,
which
is
the
next
20
25
years.
This
could
become
a
challenge
with
the
workforce
issue,
so
in
the
last
three
years
the
workforce
has
been
dropping.
S
This
could
be
again
the
result
of
the
aging
population
and
a
number
of
people
filing
disabilities
and
people
just
dropping
out
of
labor
force
due
to
unemployment
again.
This
is
all
in
line
with
the
state
trends.
However,
if
you
remember,
one
of
our
strengths
is
our
educated
labor
force.
So
this
is
this
is
an
area
we
need
to
watch
closely.
S
Again,
relatively
speaking,
blue
is
bloomington.
Here,
brown
is
illinois,
green
is
u.s,
we
are
relatively
younger
compared
to
state
or
the
nation.
Part
of
it
is
because
we
have
two
great
local
universities,
but
the
question
becomes
retention.
Are
we
retaining
younger
younger
millennials
in
the
community
and
right
now,
at
least
from
our
research?
We
could
not
find
a
good
metric
that
says
one
way
or
the
other
like
there
is
no
tracking
system
in
place.
S
So
we
talked
about
younger
population
not
growing
at
the
same
pace
as
older
population,
the
top
maps
here
I
know
these
are
not
very
clear
I'll.
Try
to
explain
the
best
I
can
reds
are
lower
numbers
and
greens
are
higher
numbers
and
up
up
at
the
top.
These
are
this
map.
Here
is
from
2000
and
this
is
2010
census
and
we
are
showing
zero
to
14
year
olds
by
census
tract.
If
you
can
see,
we
are
losing
younger
0
to
14
population
between
2000
and
2010.
S
S
This
becomes
challenging,
especially
on
households
on
the
bottom
rung
of
the
income
ladder,
so
these
maps
again
not
too
clear,
but
up
at
the
top,
you
can
see
the
median
household
income
in
dollars.
Red
is
lower.
Oranges
are
below
50k,
which
is
below
the
community
median
income
greens
being
the
higher.
S
S
So
we
have
higher
median
incomes
and
our
home
values
and
median
home
values
and
median
rents
are
both
lower
than
that
of
the
state
averages.
However,
our
ownership
is
not
as
high
as
we'd
like
to
see
when
we
have
high
median
incomes
and
low
median
home
values.
We
are
at
62
percent.
Yes,
we
are
at
62.9
percent
owner
occupied
and
67.5
in
comparison
to
that
of
the
state.
S
S
S
However,
census
defines
housing
cost
burden
as
30
of
your
overall
household
income,
paid
towards
housing
costs
that
include
your
mortgage,
your
taxes,
homeowners,
insurance
utilities
etc,
and
what
we
found
out
is
we
first
of
all,
as
a
community,
we
are
at
23
housing
cost
burdened
than
that
of
the
state
at
17
and
most
of
our
housing
cost
burden
is
concentrated
in
the
core.
If
you
look
at
the
bottom
map,
red
is
census,
tracts
with
higher
housing,
cost
burden
versus
green
on
the
periphery,
with
lower
housing,
cost
burden.
S
S
The
next
thing
we
looked
at
is
vacancy
rates,
a
number
of
units
that
are
awakened
for
three
months,
six
months,
10
months,
12
months,
36
months.
What
we
don't
want
to
see
is
vacancy
rates
in
the
36
month
going
up.
So
these
maps
here
are
from
data,
is
from
united
states
postal
service
and
on
your
left
or
right,
I
should
say
up
at
the
top
is
2010
and
down
here
at
the
bottom
is
2013..
S
S
S
Here
we
see
in
the
last
50
years
we
have
about
91
percent
population
increase
about
147
percent
corporate
area
increase,
which
is
two
and
a
half
times,
107
percent
increase
in
street
miles.
Essentially,
this
is
resulting
in
850
fewer
people
per
square
mile,
so
that
really
does
put
a
stress
on
city
budgets
because
of
increased
infrastructure
and
increased
area
to
cover
with
public
services.
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
A
number
of
households
that
can
walk
to
a
grocery
store
is
about
8.9
percent,
and
this
is
not
considering
any
of
the
traffic,
the
sidewalk
conditions
or
perception
issues
of
crime
or
traffic
issues.
This
is
strictly
number
of
housing
units
that
are
within
a
quarter
mile
of
grocery
stores,
nationally
for
elementary
schools.
They
say
about
a
mile
is
a
walkable
distance.
S
S
This
is
a
map
of
our
fire
response
time.
Ideally,
fire
department
would
like
to
reach
every
household
within
six
minutes.
That's
four
minute
travel
time
and
two
minute.
Two
minute
turnaround
time
we
do
have
all
the
yellows
is
where
you
have
beyond
six
minutes.
So
all
of
these
north
east
parts
are
really
beyond
reach
within
the
sixth
minute.
To
add
to
the
complexity.
M
S
So
something
else
that
I
was
quite
enlightened
learning
is
the
unit
hour
utilization,
which
is
a
which
is
essentially
a
measure
to
say
when
you
call
will
there
be
somebody
to
respond,
and
ideally,
fire
department
would
like
to
see
those
numbers
within
0.25
to
0.3.
This
information
is
from
the
recent
fire
department's
plan.
S
So
bloomington
does
not
have
many
crimes,
but
the
few
crimes
that
we
do
have
are
very
concentrated
and
just
for
just
out
of
curiosity,
we
mapped
some
liquor
licenses
on
top
of
that
to
see
how
they,
how
they
are
correlating
and
they're
correlating
pretty
well.
This
also
correlates
with
densities,
their
residential
densities
as
well.
B
S
S
S
S
Despite
the
challenges
that
that
the
school
districts
the
inner
city
school
district
is
facing,
schools
continue
to
be
the
biggest
asset
in
bloomington.
They
do
act
as
neighborhood
anchors
and
with
overall,
with
overall
economy
being
as
strong
as
it
is,
and
with
highly
educated
community.
We
do
think
that
now
is
the
time
to
first
of
all,
acknowledge
this
issue
and
to
going
forward
help
establish
a
clear
vision
for
the
future.
B
Okay,
yeah
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
because
we
do
need
to
have
some
time
for
the
council
to
ask
questions
and
it
is
805
and
we
have
budgeted
15
minutes
for
discussion
who
would
like
to
so.
I
can
get
some
idea
who
would
like
to
weigh
in
or
ask
questions,
decide
hold
the
woman
stearns
okay
well,
go
ahead,
all
the
women's
turns
and
then
alderman
black.
A
F
Talk
a
lot
about
the
downtown
that
the
surrounding
area
is,
is
critically
critically
challenged
and
threatened,
and
I
appreciate
seeing
some
data
to
back
that
up
and
you're
concerned
about
it.
One
one
quick
question
other
than
this
is
that
the
you
compared
bloomington
with
the
state
of
illinois,
unemployment.
A
F
T
S
F
B
S
O
Thanks
alderman
black,
thank
you,
mr
mayor,
and
thank
you
vasu
for
going
through
this
presentation
and
all
the
data
that's
kind
of
come
from
a
lot
of
hard
work.
I
know
you
and
your
staff
have
been
doing.
What
I'm
interested
in
knowing
is
you've
got
the
next
step
up
here.
How
are
the
citizens
groups
coming?
I
know
that
you
were
working
about.
Was
it
15,
16
groups?
Is
it
that
many
or
has
it
been
narrowed
down
or
where
are
you
out
with
that?.
S
Yes,
so
the
next
step
is
a
public
input
and
we
have
about
17
working
groups
and
for
each
of
the
working
group
we
have
a
lot
of
data
that
we'll
be
presenting.
That
is
very
specific
to
their
focus
area
of
the
17
working
groups
about
10
seem
to
be
very
popular,
so
tomorrow
you'll
see
a
update
on
facebook
page
that
we
are
nearly
full
on
10
of
them,
but
seven
of
them
like
water
issues.
Air
quality
seem
to
intimidate
people
and
we
are
not
able
to
recruit
as
many
so
we'll
we'll.
B
O
S
B
Thanks
any
other
questions,
comments
for
zoo,
and
it
would
just
clarify
that
we
did
talk
about
this,
also
at
our
mayoral
open
house
and
encourage
people
to
get
involved
and
that
that's
certainly
one
of
the
strengths
that
you
bring
is
that
many
different
ways
that
you're
attempting
to
get
people
involved?
This
is
more
than
just
voting
in
many
ways.
This
is
probably
a
way
to
get
involved
and
have
an
impact
on
your
community.
B
B
B
S
This
went
to
the
next
step,
which
actually
I'll
play
the
video
in
a
bit.
This
is
the
input
that
we
have
received
so
far.
All
the
green
is
what
people
value
about
bloomington.
So
far,
we've
been
seeing
a
lot
of
small
town
field
with
big
city,
amenities
and
safe
community,
and
all
of
these
come
through,
and
people
really
do
want
to
see
a
revitalized,
downtown
and
infrastructure
investment
and
some
green
transportation
options.
T
U
X
M
X
V
U
X
M
And
mayor
this
may
go
quickly.
We
are
recommending
that
the
council
approve
this
service
agreement
with
hanson
professional
services.
In
our
backup
report.
We
did
give
a
number
of
reasons
why
we
believe
hanson
is
best
suited
because
of
prior
work
to
help
us
in
developing
the
streets
master
plan
which
includes
a
number
of
items,
including
the
detailed
methodology,
so
that
going
forward
we're
trying
to
be
much
more
objective,
fair
and
equitable
in
prioritizing
street
projects,
as
opposed
to
just
subjective
opinions,
either
by
engineers
or
others.
M
F
M
M
M
Unfortunately,
many
or
fortunately,
many
of
the
plans
in
the
past
or
listings
of
projects
were
generated
by
the
engineers
or
they
were
generated
by
you,
the
elected
officials.
You
know
the
the
east
side
of
lafayette
street
is
is
one
of
those,
but
we
have
the
remaining
portion
of
lafayette,
which
could
be
a
very
expensive
project
and
unfortunately,
we,
just
as
the
staff
haven't,
had
the
time
to
put
to
pull
together.
M
Hence
we
need
some
outside
help,
a
much
more
methodical
way
of
not
only
listing
many
of
these
projects,
but
coming
up
with
a
way
to
show
the
public.
There
is
a
cost
benefit
analysis
that
can
be
done
to
help
show
that
if
some
of
the
funding
is
provided
for
some
of
these
projects,
there
will
be
a
not
only
a
municipal
but
a
regional
benefit.
For
some
of
these
projects,
such
as
the
hamilton
road,
abundant
commerce
project.
M
F
Just
a
comment-
and
you
can
comment
back
if
you
like
it-
looks
to
me
like
there's
a
lot
more
than
streets
in
here.
You
know,
there's
multimodal
transportation,
there's
infill
we're
talking
about
how
to
get
infrastructure
to
infill.
It
just
looks
to
me
like
there's
a
lot
more
than
streets
in
this,
and
am
I
am
I
correct.
I
mean
I
read
through
the
contract
and
that's
what
it
looked
like.
M
No
you're
correct,
but
again
anytime,
we're
seeking
state
funding
or
we're
trying
to
get
our
projects
put
on
the
state
tip
transportation
improvement
plan.
All
those
issues
have
to
be
considered.
I
also
want
to
you
know,
give
this
caveat.
There
is
things
that
ultimately
could
be
added
in
the
future,
such
as
all
our
bridges.
You
know
some
of
our
traffic
signals
that
may
be
needed,
etc.
So
I
I
this
is
a
major
first
step,
but
there
will
be
additional
elements
to
be
added
that
just
cannot
be
accommodated
within
the
current
price
estimate.
Here.
J
B
K
M
K
M
Well
again,
we
are
recommending
hanson.
We
do
believe
that
they
are
best
suited.
They
have
done
some
previous
experience
where
they
have
used
traffic
demand.
Modeling,
that
has
really,
I
believe,
is
going
to
be
an
integral
part
of
our
methodology
going
forward.
However,
again
we're
asking
to
waive
the
bidding
so
that
we
focus
on
hanson
and
we
utilize
them
for
this
particular
project.
Keep
in
mind
that
this
hundred
thousand
is
probably
much
much
less
than
what
we
could
be
spending
on
a
very
significant
project.
M
O
A
O
That's
being
covered
here,
I
said
that
big
paths
are
being
covered.
I'd
like
to
see
a
large
group
of
things
taken
into
consideration,
because,
again
and
again,
we
continue
to
hear
that
cars
are
not
the
wave
of
the
future.
That's
going
to
be
multimodal,
and
I
mean
I
hear
from
the
neighbors
that
they
want
to
see
connections
to
constitution
trail
from
where
they're
at
and
this
this
takes
that
into
account,
and
also
what
I
guess
my
concern
would
be
is
that
we
have
this
great
data.
O
We
create
this
methodology,
let's
just
assume
that
it's
the
perfect
the
best
in
the
world.
It's
what
we
do
with
that
data.
That
comes
next
and
I
I
know
that
in
conversations
I've
had
with
some
people
some
folks
like
when
they
can
see
how
their
street
pothole
fits
into
the
larger
scheme
of
things.
Some
folks,
don't
so
as
long
as
the
council
still
has
the
mechanism
to
make
the
decisions
about
what
the
priorities
are.
I
think
I'm
on
board.
So
thank
you.
Oh
okay,.
B
M
I
think
this
has
been
a
couple
of
years
in
the
making,
but
this
particular
sidewalk
master
plan
is
a
city,
employee
generated
and
prepared
document,
so
I-
and
secondly,
this
is
going
to
be
the
first
of
many
different
components
of
our
capital
improvement
plan
and
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
that
later.
This
this
later
on
this
evening,
but
right
now,
I'd
like
to
turn
the
gym
to
kind
of
give
an
overview
of
this
draft.
Sidewalk
master
plan
document.
Z
Thank
you,
city
manager,
mayor
and
city
council.
The
city
manager
stole
two
of
my
starting
points,
so
I
will
go
ahead
and
first
kind
of
give
a
broad
overview
and
then
some
thanks
to
particular
staff.
First,
as
the
city
manager
pointed
out,
this
is
a
key
component
of
a
larger
capital
improvement
plan.
You
know
we've
brought
to
you
in
the
past
ratings
of
our
pavements,
but
that's
dealing
with
resurfacing.
Z
Now
we
just
voted
on
a
contract
to
deal
with
capital
projects,
but
we've
dealt
with
the
sewer
master
plan.
This
is
going
to
be
talking
about
ratings.
That's
dealing
with
storm
sewer
and
sanitary
we've
also
been
dealing
with
the
ratings
of
alleys,
brick
streets.
We've
done
a
lot
of
work
internally
in
public
works.
To
try
to
get
all
of
this
to
come
together,
so
the
council
can
have
more
objective
criteria
moving
forward.
So
with
that
being
said,
I
think
it's
important
to
give
a
lot
of
thanks
to
staff.
Z
We
have
two
people
in
the
audience,
in
particular
steve
arne,
a
miscellaneous
technician
for
us
steve,
I'm
sorry,
I'm
gonna
embarrass
him
steve
stand
up
and
then
jeff
rains
right
beside
him.
Jeff
rayne's
our
engineering
technician
in
charge
of
sidewalks.
Many
of
you
when
you
see
me,
respond
to
you
and
I
say:
jeff
reigns.
I
see
see
him.
That's
jeff
rains
you
can
put
a
face
to
the
name
next
time.
Both
of
these
two
were
instrumental
in
a
lot
of
this
effort.
I
mean
this
is
while
they
were
tremendous.
Thank
you
so
much
they.
Z
While
they
were
tremendous
in
this,
it
did
involve
a
lot
of
other
folks,
a
lot
of
park
staff,
big
thanks
to
that
the
legal
department
others
this
this
really
again
is,
I
know,
there's
a
lot
on
the
agenda,
but
but
I
don't
take
this
lightly.
I
hope
you
don't
either.
This
was
a
lot
of
work
by
our
staff
whenever
they
care
they
cared
about
this
a
lot.
They
put
a
lot
of
their
heart
into
this
because
they
wanted
to
see
this
done
well,
so
I'm
really
proud
of
them
in
the
work
that
they
put
together.
Z
That
being
said,
this
is
just
a
start.
It's
good
for
you
to
know.
This
is
just
a
draft
I'll
talk
to
you
later
about
the
fact
that
we
already
are
going
to
start
be
starting
to
make
some
changes
to
this,
trying
to
be
responsive
to
some
of
the
things
that
we've
seen.
But
but
we
need
to
get
this
out
there.
We
need
to
start
getting
feedback
from
people.
Z
What
we
did
is
we
actually
went
through
and
re-rated
all
of
the
sidewalks,
and
you
probably
get
sick
of
me
saying
that,
but
we
like
to
rate
things
in
public
works
and
in
in
our
in
our
sidewalks.
What
we
did
is
actually
a
parcel
by
parcel
rating.
What
I
mean
by
that
is
in
front
of
everybody's
property.
We
rated
that
individual
property,
if
you'll
recall
many
times,
yeah
that's
a
lot
of
work.
That
is
a
lot
of
work
that
took
multiple
years.
There
were
also
summer
staff
that
we
used
again
jeff
reigns
was
instrumental.
Z
We
used
graduate
management
interns.
We
threw
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
resources
toward
a
lot
of
that
rating.
That
goes
into
our
geographic
information
system
and
and
actually
in
talking
with
jeff.
Today
we
are
fairly
close
to
being
up
to
date,
keeping
that
active
as
we
go,
we're
interacting
with
our
own
departments
and
other
contractors.
So
we
keep
that
information
fresh
and
and
really
that's
a
great
system
to
have,
but
we
did
this
parcel
by
parcel.
Z
Z
Obviously
this
is
something
we
presented
to
you
before
we're
going
to
keep
with
that,
but
we're
going
to
be
dealing
with
some
big
issues
with
sidewalks,
trees,
trees
and
sidewalks
are
a
big
issue
for
for
many
citizens,
for
our
council,
for
both
the
aesthetics
of
trees,
the
beautiful
aspect
of
trees,
but
also
the
fact
that
many
times
trees
don't
play
well
with
public
infrastructure.
So
how
do
you
find
that
balance?
And
that's
that's
a
tough
one
to
find
a
balance
to,
because
everybody
loves
trees.
Z
It
provides
the
character
of
the
neighborhood,
but
it
also
costs
money
whenever
they
lift
up
sidewalks
and
push
out
curbs.
So
it's
a
and
they
also
always
find
the
sanitary
sewer
services,
because
the
roots
of
trees
just
love
those
those
lines
so
trees
are
tough,
but
we're
going
to
have
to
deal
with
that
in
this
plan
and
we're
going
to
be
looking
for
direction
from
the
council
and
input
from
our
citizens.
Z
We're
also
going
to
be
trying
to
make
sure
we
comply
with
the
americans
with
disabilities
act.
This
this
plan
that
you
see
before
you
will
qualify
for
our
transition
plan,
which
is
required
for
the
city
of
bloomington.
It
was
back
in
the
1990s,
the
last
one
we
had
so
we
have
to
update
this.
This
is
something
that
is
very
much
needed.
A
transition
plan
is
really
nothing
more
than
saying.
Z
Here's
where
we're
at
here's,
where
we
need
to
be,
how
are
we
going
to
get
there
so
eventually
that's
what
this
document
will
be
and
then
carriage
walks
is
another
biggie.
Recently,
a
lot
of
you
have
been
you
know:
you've
been
seeing
the
emails
you've
been
seeing
some
of
the
different
feedback
from
citizens
and
we've
been
trying
to
balance
that
desire
for
the
historic
component
of
our
community
and
the
liability
issues
that
come
along
with
that.
Z
I'm
here
to
let
you
know
that
on
the
21st
of
july
of
this
month,
the
committee
of
the
whole
will
be
addressing
specifically
carriage
walks.
We
already
have
a
lot
of
that
information.
Put
together,
we're
going
to
be
trying
to
look
to
make
some
alternate
recommendations.
We've
looked
at
other
communities
and
we're
trying
to
find
a
good
balance
that
we
hope
that
the
council
and
citizens
will
find
palatable.
So
it's
always
good
to
try
to
find
that
if
possible.
Z
I
guess
I
I
wanted
you
to
see
numbers,
but
I
don't
want
you
to
be
put
to
sleep
by
numbers.
I
guess
let
me
let
me
let
you
know
many
times
I
come
before
you,
unfortunately
gloom
and
doom
about
our
streets
at
times,
and
I
guess
I
want
to
give
you
some
positive
news
that
our
sidewalks
are
in
better
shape
than
our
streets.
Z
Whenever
you
do
an
improvement
on
a
sidewalk,
it
lasts
longer
than
a
street
streets
deteriorate,
quick,
more
quickly,
sidewalks
last
significantly
longer
so
whenever
you
improve
them,
they'll
stay
better
longer,
so,
as
opposed
to
with
our
streets,
where
we
have
25
to
30
percent
of
our
streets
in
a
four
number
four
you'll,
you
know
you're
used
to
our
system
by
now,
one
to
ten
we've
been
talking
about
this
forever.
We
decided
to
do
the
sidewalks
in
the
same
way,
but
with
we
say
four
and
less
with
our
streets.
Z
Z
Now
we'll
call
you
literally
I'm
thankful
to
to
finally
be
the
public
works
director.
That
brings
you
good
news.
That's
that's
a
positive,
we'll
take
it.
So
we
wanted
to
to
that's
the
good
positive
aspect
of
this
that
it's
it's
not
a
gloom
and
doom
at
this
point
with
our
sidewalks,
but
we
need
a
plan.
I've
heard
many
of
you
say
to
put
on
the
woes
from
the
past
that
we
underfunded
our
streets.
Z
Oh
that
now
we're
to
the
point
where
now
we
have
this
backlog
and
it's
just
really
tough
to
kind
of
get
back
caught
up
with
our
streets.
We
don't
want
that
to
happen
with
our
sidewalks.
If
we
have
an
intelligent
plan
starting
now,
we
can
really
make
sure
we
maintain
an
excellent
way
to
get
people
to
and
from
you
talk
about
the
recreation
of
our
community.
Getting
people
around
our
sidewalks
are
a
critical
part
of
of
that.
Z
So
it's
good.
If
you
know
some
other
issues
that
we've
got,
though,
are
ramps.
One
of
the
difficulties
with
this
ada
is
they
keep
changing.
They've
changed
the
requirements
over
time,
which
is
very
difficult
on
municipalities,
not
just
the
city
of
bloomington.
So
what
we?
What
we're
going
to
do
is
we're
recommending
out
of
this
plan
the
proposed
service
level.
What
we're
saying
for
this
is
going
to
be
when
we
resurface
we're
required
to
touch
any
ramp
that
gets
touched
by
resurfacing.
Z
You
have
to
redo
the
ramp,
so
we're
saying
well,
let's,
let's,
whenever
we,
whenever
we
resurface,
let's
just
make
it
part
of
that
and
and
really
not
deal
with
ramps.
Unless
there
are
some
some
people
that
are
visually
impaired
or
other
handicap
issues,
we
need
to
deal
with
outside
of
the
resurfacing
program.
So
any
of
the
resurfacing
costs
moving
forward.
Z
We're
going
to
recommend
that
when
you
approve
a
dollar
figure
for
resurfacing
that
a
portion
of
that
goes
toward
the
rams,
that'll
reduce
the
amount
of
money
we
put
towards
streets,
but
it
allows
us
to
stay
compliant.
So
there's
there's
positives
and
negatives
with
every
action,
and
that's
the
one
for
this.
Z
So
let's
summarize,
what
would
the
plan
accomplish
again?
What
we're
trying
to
do
is
we're
trying
to
fix
the
sidewalks
that
are
rated
the
one
two
three
and
four,
that
fair,
minus
and
worse
we're
trying
to
take
care
of
tripping
hazards
we're
trying
to
make
it
so
it's
safe
for
people
to
walk
we're,
trying
to
also
look
at
some
gaps
in
the
community.
Z
We
all,
probably
you
can
probably
all
think
about
some
places
in
your
wards
where
there's
pieces
of
sidewalk
a
block
of
sidewalk
missing
right
now
we
don't
have
any
funding
to
do
any
of
those,
and
so
this
part
of
this
plan
is
to
to
set
some
priority
one
and
priority
two
levels
for
the
sidewalks,
the
gaps
to
be
filled
in
and
then
also
we
talk
about.
We
have
to
bring
these
ramps
up
to
code.
Part
of
that's
required.
Part
of
that
is,
as
our
citizens
need
that
and
then
the
last
one.
Z
This
plan
really
tries
to
reduce
the
citizens
of
the
city's
liability
and
our
exposure
for
some
tripping
hazards
and
the
like.
So
let's
talk
about
funding
because
so
much
of
that
always
comes
back
to
money
and
we
know
it's
tight
at
the
city
with
our
funding
where
we've
been
you
can
see
up
on
the
screen.
This
is
a
range
the
darker
red
shows
where
we
have
been
spending
money
over
the
last
five
years.
Z
So
then
you,
the
higher
number,
the
I
don't.
Really,
I'm
not
good
with
colors,
but
the
I
guess
tan.
I
don't
know
somebody
could
probably
correct
me,
but
let's
call
it
the
tan
color
is
you
can
see
that
really
if
we
doubled
our
spending
in
general
on
sidewalks
we're
in
the
hundreds
of
thousands,
not
millions?
I
think
that's
a
key
thing
that
we
just
doubled
our
spending
on
sidewalks
within
10
years.
Z
Z
So
how
do
we
break
this
out
again?
This
is
a
10-year
plan,
so
over
that
10
years
again
I
don't
want
the
numbers
to
to
get
to
to
be
overwhelming,
but
we
just
wanted
you
to
see
that
over
10
years
in
today's
dollars
we
still
are
looking
to
par
partner
with
citizens.
Now
that
we've
again
a
lot
of
credit
to
our
staff.
Now
that
we
do
a
lot
of
outreach,
50
50
money
actually
gets
spent.
Now
it
actually
gets
exhausted
and
that's
never
happened
in
the
past.
Z
I
think
it's
important
for
you
to
see
that,
as
you
recall
that
last
slide,
we
were
spending
about
five
and
a
half
million
dollars
for
for
the
overall
sidewalks
over
a
10-year
period.
If
we
brought
all
of
our
ramps
up
to
code,
it
would
actually
be
seven
and
a
half
million
in
general,
so
the
the
ramps
are
a
big
exposure
for
the
city,
it's
a
big
cost
of
the
city,
but
that's
why
staff
is
recommending.
Let's
spread
that
out
and
let's,
let's
touch
the
whenever
we
touch
a
ramp,
then
let's
redo
it.
Z
Z
So
with
that
I'd
like
to
let
you
know
that
in
the
back
there
there
were.
I
don't
know
if
there
are
any
nope
there's,
there's
none
left
and
that's
not
a
surprise.
There
were
some
documents
back
in
the
back
and
you
each
have
one
with
you
a
hard
copy,
but
I'd
like
to
also
let
you
know
this
is
online.
There
are
some
sheets
I
can
see
back
there
that
are
two.
Z
This
is
a
single
page,
a
single
page
summary
of
the
overall
plan
and
at
the
bottom
it
shows
a
link
where
citizens
can
go
to
see
the
plan
online
and
they
can
also
we
we
want
to
hear
the
comments
we
want
to
hear
their
feedback.
All
this
is
tonight
is
a
presentation
opening
this
up
for
starting
the
dialogue,
both
with
the
council
and
with
our
citizens.
So
my
thanks
to
you
for
the
support
for
all
of
our
staff,
of
what
they've
done
and
we
just
look
forward
to
trying
to
continue
the
dialogue
on
sidewalks.
B
Thank
you,
jim,
and
thank
you
for
coming
in
two
minutes
under
budget
we
like
under
the
budget
and
glad
to
help
so
a
minute.
I
wonder
if
we
can
then
begin.
We
have
budgeted
about
15
minutes
for
discussion
and
we
can
cite
that
as
starting
here
now
at
835.
Other
questions
comments,
alderman
black,
we'll
start
with
you
and
then
lauer
and
stearns.
O
Mr
mayor
and
thank
you
jim
for
putting
this
together
and
then
such
I
love
these
books
and
they're
just
so
kind
of
good
to
go
through,
and
I
know
it's
online
too
and
I'll
keep
a
digital
copy
as
well,
and
the
pictures
are
fantastic.
I
know
you
guys
are
out
taking
those
and
it's
really
good
to
see
a
visual
aid
of
what
each
one
of
these
looks
like,
because
sometimes
it
can
be
challenging
to
describe
the
different
levels
and
what
makes
it
what
so,
that's
fantastic.
O
My
points
to
be
brief,
are
three
prong
number
one
would
be
the
carriageways
I'm
looking
for
that
discussion
next
week.
I've
got
a
lot
of
feedback
about
that
and
interested
to
see.
Kind
of
what
I
read
in
here
isn't
exactly
lining
up
with
what
I
think
we
want
to
do
so
I'll.
Just
hang
tight
for
that
next
week.
Number
two
would
be
the
50
50
program.
O
B
O
O
You
know
what
I
need
to
so
just
just
a
thought
as
we
move
forward
and
then
finally,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
I'm
you
know
saying
it
out
there
that
I've
gotten
a
lot
of
feedback
from
some
residents
about
the
ada
compliance
and
a
lot
of
people
will
say:
oh
should
we
be
putting
these
out
there.
I
have
handicapped
residents
who
struggle
to
get
around
because
they
can't
get
down
our
our
sidewalks
and
that's
those
are
the
types
of
people
that
we
can't
forget
and
they're.
O
Z
If
I
could
briefly
comment
on
the
carriage
walks
just
to
let
you
know
in
this
document,
please
understand
that
we
are
going
to
be
making
major.
You
know
there
are
some
major
tweaks
that
you're
going
to
be
seeing
on
the
21st,
so
we
did
have
to
kick
this
out.
There
had
to
come
a
point
when
you
said
this
is
frozen
in
time,
but
with
changes
coming.
So
that's
why
you
saw
the
slide.
That
said,
you
know
that
that's
already
in
in
motion,
alderman.
Z
Yeah,
the
city
always
tries
to
work
as
best
we
can
with
illinois
the
state
of
illinois,
but
also,
I
you
know,
illinois
department
of
transportation.
There
are
different
different
times
in
the
city
has
even
sent
letters
encouraging
the
state
and
on
particular
issues
I
always
think
of
the
overlay
that
was
done
on
southbound
center.
You
know
that
was
it
just
it
failed
prematurely,
and
you
know
they
didn't
do
you
know
some
of
the
milling
that
needed
to
be
done.
Z
F
Thank
you,
jim
for
the
you
know,
presentation
it
it's
it's
very
interesting
and
I
too
have
a
lot
to
say
about
carriageways,
because
some
of
these
elements
are
very
unique
in
the
historic
areas
in
the
inner
city
and,
frankly,
the
victorians,
which
you
know
some
of
us
really
prize,
and
hopefully
you
know
it's
is
really
a
key
element
of
the
core
of
the
city.
The
victorian
construction
and
the
carriageways
are
a
very
integral
part
of
a
victorian
house.
F
My
own
is
1889
or
so
and
without
the
carriageway
you
you've
kind
of
you've,
ruined
the
look
and
feel,
and
so
I
look
forward
to
that
discussion
next
week
and
that's
all
I'll
say
about
carriageways
but
they're,
they're,
critically
important
to
the
architectural
integrity
of
a
historic
structure
and
and
leaving
that
alone.
I
want
to
go
on
to
the
the
school
routes,
and
I
think
it's
it's
really
great
to
see
this
in
here.
These
walking
routes
to
school.
F
So
is
there
any?
You
know,
interaction
with
the
district
school
districts
in
terms
of
you
know,
encouraging
or
somehow
facilitating
the
use
of
these
walking
routes.
Instead,
you
know,
as
opposed
to,
of
course,
all
the
busing,
and
that
kind
of
thing,
because
I
mean
we
have
them
in
here
and
I
I
really
like
them.
F
I
was
curious,
it's
just
a
simple
question:
are
we?
Are
we
trying
to
sort
of
move
toward
a
time
where
we
can
encourage
the
use
of
these
walking
routes
versus
all
the
busting
and
all
the
you
know
across
town
stuff
that
goes
on
and
I
I
don't
have
children
in
school?
So
I
you
know,
I'm
not
as
familiar
as
parents
are,
but.
Z
One
of
the
particular
ways
we
actually
do
try
to
do
that
is
by
putting
a
priority
on
our
school
walking
routes,
because
in
order
to
to
really
want
them
to
use
them,
they've
got
to
be
in
good
shape.
So
one
of
the
things
this
plan
does
just
to
acknowledge.
Where
they're
at
and
to
say,
we
need
to
make
sure
they're
they're
in
good
shape,
to
allow
students
to
be
able
to
walk.
M
Comment
just
I,
what
we
would
ask
is
for
the
council
to
review
this
document,
we're
sure
that
you
may
not
have
had
time
to
go
through
it.
Now
is
the
time
that
we're
looking
for
input
what's
not
addressed
what
needs
to
maybe
be
better
clarified.
So
before
we
bring
to
you
a
final
sidewalk
master
plan,
we
really
want
your
input
and
I'll
talk
in
just
a
minute,
a
little
bit
more
on
the
entire
cip
and
the
communication
strategy.
So
thank
you,
mayor,
okay,.
B
Actually
we're
not
in
this
difficult
position,
I
thought
we
were
as
I
thought
we
were
going
to
be.
I
thought
maybe
we
were
even
going
to
have
to
bring
out
cots
as
we
went
into
the
wee
hours,
but
we're
not
there.
We
are
moving
on
to
item
8e
and
just
for
information.
That
item
is
going
to
be
pulled
and
I'm
going
to
turn
that
over
to
our
corporate
council
to
explain
we.
We
still
have
some
tweaking
to
do
on
this.
I
believe
before
we
bring
this
to
the
council
next
in
the
next
meeting.
AA
Just
real
quick:
this
is
something.
As
you
know,
we've
worked
with
the
council
to
try
and
draft.
Over
the
last
few
months,
I've
also
worked
been
working
behind
the
scenes
with
the
public
access
counselor's
office,
the
state's
attorney's
office,
and
I
had
an
in-depth
conversation
today
with
somebody
from
the
public
access
counselor's
office
on
this,
with
a
few
more
suggestions.
AA
Potential
ways
that
we
can
maybe
address
this
in
a
couple
of
different
ways
also
wanted
to
take
into
account
a
couple
other
comments
and
suggestions:
we've
gotten
from
the
council,
so
as
opposed
to
doing
this
piecemeal.
We
thought
it
might
be
best
to
bring
this
back
before
you
at
the
next
meeting,
so
we
don't
have
to
keep
amending
this
and
bring
it
back
to
the
council.
So
my
suggestion
we
just
hold
this
off
for
another
two
weeks-
come
back
and
vote
on
it
at
that
time.
Okay,.
B
M
Mayor,
let
me
just
mention
a
a
topic,
as,
as
I've
been
talking
with
our
directors
and
staff,
one
thing
we're
going
to
bring
back
to
you
is
a
draft
of
a
capital
improvement
program.
Communication
plan
included
in
that
will
be
a
timeline.
Now
why
that's
important
is
just
like
tonight:
you've
got
the
streets
draft
master
plan.
Previously
we
presented
a
facilities,
master
plan
as
well
as
sanitary
sewer
and
storm
water,
eventually
we'll
be
adding
water,
etc.
M
We
do
feel
just
like
with
any
budget.
We
have
some
significant
challenges
when
you
look
at
the
operating
budget.
You
know
it
doesn't
look
as
rosy
as
it
could
be,
given
some
of
the
assumptions
we're
making
on
revenues
as
well
as
some
of
our
costs
and
expenditures,
labor
costs
and
so
forth.
Then,
when
you
add
a
capital
improvement
budget,
which
is
usually
one
of
these
things
that
come
after
you
solve
and
fund
your
operating
budget
during
good
times,
you
spend
a
little
bit
more
during
bad
times.
You
spend
less
if
anything
at
all.
M
Some
of
you
might
recall
that's
why
we
were
at
that
situation.
Back
in
0910,
there
was
very
little
in
the
way
of
capital,
improvements
and
expenditures
being
made,
but
once
again
we
think
there
needs
to
be
a
comprehensive
approach
similar
to
what
the
comp
plan
is.
We
want
to
bring
back
to
you.
Some
ideas,
get
your
ideas
and
then
only
have
you.
M
You
know
over
the
next
five
ten,
even
20
years,
deal
with
a
significant
backlog
of
deferred
maintenance
on
many
many
of
these
issues,
but
I
I'm
a
firm
believer
in
in
many
other
communities
as
we've
done
this.
The
critical
first
step
is
to
begin
to
educate,
to
inform
and
get
people
to
to
recognize
the
problem
and
then
have
them
be
part
of
the
solution.
M
Yes,
we
do
have
some
dedicated
water
sewer
and
storm
water
fees,
but
we
have
only
the
general
fund
to
address
streets
generally
than
motor
fuel
tax
and
sidewalks
and
many
other
things
so
again
we're
going
to
bring
back
to
you
kind
of
some
some
details,
some
strategy
and
we're
going
to
seek
your
input
on
that
next
item.
I
just
do
want
to
mention
that,
as
I've
been
briefing
the
mayor
for
the
remaining
meetings
in
july
and
even
into
august,
unfortunately,
we're
going
to
continue
to
see
some
very
heavy
agendas.
M
There
is
a
lot
of
I
think
items
in
the
work
where
we
desperately
need
council
direction
some
input,
so
we
hope
you
will
bear
with
us
because
many
of
these
items
at
the
staff
level
at
my
level,
we
really
need
to
engage
the
council
and
ask
for
your
help
and
support
a
press
release.
Just
that
went
out
to
mark
late
this
afternoon.
M
We
do
have
an
interim
parks
and
recreation
and
cultural
arts
director
who's
coming
in
bobby,
and
I
and
you
her
last
name
is:
I
don't
have
that
in
front
of
me,
but
she's.
The
retired
executive
director
of
the
champaign
parks
district
she's,
coming
on
board
to
help
us
in
this
transition,
we're
very
fortunate
to
have
her
come
on
board
and
then
we'll
have
some
other
news
in
the
very
near
future
on
some
others.
M
B
B
B
I
don't
know
why
it
had
to
be
july
30th,
but
I
won't
be
there.
I'm
sure
our
mayor
pro
tem
and
all
the
woman,
karen
schmidt
will
be
there
it's
also
in
her
ward.
So
this
is
certainly
an
exciting
time
and
beyond
that,
I
again
wanted
to
wish
rachel
well
and
that's
all
I
have
who
who
needs
like
to
have
some
council
comments?
F
Neither
I
don't
see
anyone
else
from
parks,
but
maybe
there
is,
but
I
did
want
to
compliment
the
miller
park.
Fireworks
display
it's
on
my
facebook
page.
Some
amazing
pictures
and
I
thought
that
the
parks
people
did
an
outstanding
job.
I'm
sure
those
of
all
of
you
who
were
here
would
probably
agree
just
grooming
the
park.
It
was
absolutely
gorgeous.
The
display
was
nice.
The
police
did
a
fantastic
job.
I
think
we
saw
the
police
chief
here
of
patrolling
the
whole
thing.
It
was
just.
F
I
got
a
lot
of
compliments
from
the
citizens
and
one
just
the
other
day
that
I
need
to
put
on
email
to
them,
but
really
I
mean,
I
think
I
thought
it
was
just
an
outstanding
effort
and
spoke
very,
very
well
in
the
city
I
like
to
see
the
park
that
quiet
all
the
time
because
it
was
I
mean
the
people
aren't
picnics.
It
was
no
disturbances,
no
nothing,
but
anyway
it
was.
It
was
great.
The
other
thing
is
a
quick
comment
on
the
plan.
F
I
appreciate
I
love
quotes
and
yeah.
If
we
fail
to
plan,
we
plan
to
fail,
and-
and
I
I
love
that
it's
a
great
quote-
I
just
wanna-
I
grew
up
here
and
I've
seen
all
the
changes
from
the
50s
wow
and
I
guess
that's
one
of
the
advantages
of
getting
to
a
certain
age
when
you've
seen
the
inner
city
actually
deconstructed.
F
Almost.
I
came
back
to
my
historic
neighborhood
on
purpose
for
a
reason,
and
I
and
I
love
being
there,
is
it
challenging
unbelievable?
But
is
it
worth
it
to
me?
It
is
and
I've
seen
the
deconstruction.
If
you
will
I've
watched
it.
My
whole
life
went
to
franklin
school
on
wesleyan's
campus.
Everybody
walked
to
school.
It
was
kind
of
a
utopian
thing
and
guess
what
I
mean
it
all
went
away
east
when
mall
came
downtown
went
away.
F
You
know
we
talked
about
foreign-based
code,
it's
it's
so
revolutionary,
it's
so
new!
We
need
it.
Well
guess
what
we
have
it.
My
grandparents
lived
on
the
west
side
above
a
grocery
store.
You
know
for
50
years
and
now
we
need
to
be
above
retail
establishments.
It's
just
fascinating,
but
it
didn't
happen
by
accident.
The
inner
city
has
really
really
suffered.
It
happened,
kind
of
by
planning
at
some
point
all
our
kids
had
to
be
bussed.
You
know
all
the
inner
city
schools
had
to
go.
Jefferson
franklin
very,
very
interesting.
F
K
Just
real
quick
I'd
like
to
thank
you,
david
and
thank
patti
linforce
for
her
cognizance
on
the
refunding
of
those
bonds
and
something
I've
been
urging
for
a
long
time,
and
I
think
it's
it's
money,
that's
out
there
and
if
we
can
put,
the
effort
in,
I
think,
is
well
worth
it.
Thank
you
very
much
also
mayor.
You
know
I
spent
a
lot
of
time
in
pontiac
with
extended
family
up
there.
K
Actually
many
generations
in
the
area,
and
one
of
the
things
that
strikes
me
about
pontiac,
is
that
they
really
embrace
their
own
original
culture.
Okay,
and
that's
something
that
I
think
sometimes
we
kind
of
miss
the
boat
here
with
and
I
think
judy
you
are
you're
touching
on
that.
So
just
an
idea,
anybody
wants
to
come
up
and
be
my
guest
you're
you're
welcome.
I
I'm
probably
up
there
at
least
one
weekend
or
or
one
week
in
evening
for
dinner
a
month.
So
thanks
cool.