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September 11, 2017 - City Council Meeting
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A
A
C
C
Okay,
so
Matt
Burke
completed
his
probationary
period,
September
6,
so
we're
presenting
him
tonight
to
take
the
oath
of
office
in
front
of
counsel.
Matt
Burke
is
from
Hudson
Illinois.
He
started
in
the
fire
service
with
the
Hudson
Fire
Department,
where
he
has
served
as
a
firefighter
EMT
for
the
last
five
years.
He
attended
the
Peoria
Fire
Academy
at
the
Peoria
Fire
Department
training
academy
center
matt
is
accompanying
this
evening
by
his
mother
Kim
Burke
his
girlfriend
Kaylee
sprout
and
her
daughter,
Addison
sprout.
F
A
F
My
name
is
Tim
Tilton
I'm,
a
resident
business
owner
and
property
owner
here
in
downtown
Bloomington
at
200,
West,
Monroe
and
I'm,
going
to
be
commenting
on
the
signage
portion
of
the
meeting
today
and
just
some
comments
very
briefly,
I
encourage
all
those
in
the
gallery
to
first
of
all,
thank
our
council
members
and
the
members
of
the
folks
that
worked
on
this
committee
and
be
appreciative
of
their
after
efforts.
They've
they
put
on
over
forty
seven
meetings
for
this
for
coming
to
the
point
where
they
are
known.
F
I
encourage
all
of
us
to
be
a
part
of
the
process,
be
a
part
of
the
planning
and
be
part
of
these
47
type
meetings
in
these
in
these
councils
and
in
task
force,
be
part
of
the
positive
motion
be
willing
to
make
decisions,
not
just
criticize
bring
solutions
that
are
thoughtful
and
lead
to
a
positive
result.
Not
procrastination
be
part
of
the
future.
Please
don't
get
mired
in
the
past
and
I.
Thank
you.
Thank.
G
G
Secondly,
I-
wanted
to
mention
on
the
article
in
the
paper
this
last
week,
I
had
about
12
people
commented
me
about
the
parking
garage
situation
turning
into
the
library
and
everybody
is
totally
against
it.
We
have
problems
parking
downtown
and
we
need
to
have
a
parking
garage,
I
realized.
We
only
have
5
to
10
years
left
worth
that
garage
and
something
needs
to
be
done
about
it.
We
need
to
have
a
parking
garage
rebuilt.
We
need
to
have
a
parking
garage
downtown
to
sustain.
I
G
J
J
The
other
thing:
why
don't
the
city
take
the
city
sponsored
fireworks?
We've
got
plenty
of
private
one
displays
and
take
that
money
and
put
right
in
the
roads.
I
know
people
would
be
maybe
upset,
but
I
wonder
if
chief
Hefner
is
really
that
upset.
When
somebody
stops,
somebody
writes
in
a
ticket
and
they're
upset
with
the
police
department.
I
said:
I,
don't
I,
don't
think
so
the
sidewalks
they
are
a
tripping
hazard
and
if
anybody
doesn't
believe
it
go
out
and
sleep,
what
sub
didn't
take
a
look
at
it.
J
There
was
just
replaced
this
past
week
at
no
expense
to
the
property
owner,
because
the
city
took
a
look
at
it
and
said
their
hazardous
one
was
between
I
believe
109
and
105
Park
View
Drive,
the
one
next
to
that
is
absolutely
pathetic,
and
nothing's
been
done
about
it.
Why
didn't
they
do
something
when
they
were
out
there?
J
J
Maybe
I
don't
know
if
anybody
has
an
answer
to
that
or
not,
but
I
guess
I
brought
this
up
time
after
time
after
time
after
time-
and
you
know
why
do
we
have
to
wait
until
there's
a
major
crisis,
you
know
they
say:
there's
a
noise
ordinance
in
Bloomington,
but
the
fireworks
aren't
a
noise.
Are
they
after
that
takes
place
after
6:00
at
night?
Thank
you
very
much.
Q.
I
I
It's
very
sophisticated,
but
I
feel
that
that
dream,
big
at
the
top
does
not
necessarily
correspond
stylistically
and
I'm
wondering
what
why
the
logo
may
not
have
been
included
in
the
design
and
since
our
mission
statement
says
that
were
the
jewel
of
the
Midwest
that
stylistically
a
jewel
could
be
incorporated,
maybe
in
the
design
and
at
the
downtown
is
jewel
of
the
city
that
dream
big
room.
That
strikes
me
as
an
order
like
do
this
instead
of
a
brand,
and
it
strikes
me
as
it's
not
an
invitation.
K
K
My
great-niece
was
here
from
California
I
thought
it
was
the
best
thing
ever
because
she
literally
could
take
two
steps
out
and
participate
in
a
parade,
a
hometown,
real
parade.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
that.
The
other
thing
I
would
like
to
say
is
that
the
dream,
big
thing
I
also
have
a
problem
with
the
title.
It
doesn't
commentate
to
me
what
you're
trying
to
say
it's
good
for
internal
the
businesses,
but
if
I'm
driving
down
a
highway
and
I
see
dream
big,
is
it
a
basketball
camp?
K
A
A
A
M
A
A
A
A
O
P
You
very
much
city
manager,
Hales,
Mayor,
Pro,
Tem
and
City
Council.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
want
to
talk
about
the
existing
City,
Hall,
Annex
I.
Think
everybody
knows
where
that
is
it's
just
to
the
south
of
city
hall,
and
you
can
see
the
nature
of
the
problem
here.
We've
got
a
lot
of
vehicles
parked
there
and
that
whole
building
there
is
not
in
use.
This
is
the
is
the
nature
of
the
problem.
It
is
falling
apart.
It's
has
has
mold
in
it.
P
It's
not
economically
repairable
and
it
simply
needs
to
come
down
before
it
falls
down,
is
simply
a
hazard
to
safety
and
public
health.
The
problem
here
is
that
this
project
was
not
specifically
included
in
the
FY
18
budget.
However
facilities
Department
knows
it
needs
to
come
down,
and
so
they
budgeted
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
out
of
their
existing
major
facilities.
Repair
to
do
this
demolition
because
it
is
so
urgent
to
get
it
done.
However,
the
cost
of
the
demolition
was
more
than
that.
P
It
was
in
the
range
of
six
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
which
you
saw
in
your
packet.
So,
in
order
to
get
this
done
now,
facilities
recommended
that
we
move
the
repair
of
the
police
department,
the
roof
into
the
nineteen
budget,
and
they
determined
that
that
roof
could
stand
another
year
or
two
much
better
than
this
building
could
which
is
falling
down
apart
on
us
now.
What
that
did,
however,
was
that
left
five
hundred
ninety
thousand
dollars
to
do
this,
but
it
was
ninety
one
thousand
dollars
short.
P
Here's
what
it
looks
like
and
you
can
see
the
crowded
nature
of
that.
What
you
see
in
these
pictures
is
the
the
fleet
maintenance
facility
straight
ahead,
and
then
the
building
we
want
to
demolish
is
on
the
right
and
there
is
not
enough
room
to
move
vehicles
in
and
do
the
maintenance
in
the
fleet
area
that
we
have.
So
we
want
to
take
that
building
down,
but
not
just
take
it
down.
P
We
wanted
to
create
more
space,
and
so
what
you
see
here
is
that
big
green
spot
in
the
middle
is
where
that
building
is
we
want
to
take
that
building
down.
This
is
what
we'd
call
bydd
and
it
just
takes
it
down
and
replaces
that
spot
with
a
grass
ten
area
at
a
gentle
slope
that
removes
the
building,
but
only
accomplishes
half
of
the
problem.
It
doesn't
give
us
any
more
usable
space,
it's
absolutely
critical,
that
we
get
more
space.
P
The
difficulty
is
here,
though,
is
that
this,
as
you
see
now,
is
just
a
sheet
metal
retaining
wall,
it's
not
very
attractive,
a
better
way
to
do.
It
would
be
with
a
stone
wall
which
would
be
concrete
like
this.
The
problem
is
that
ends
up
being
about
sixty
one
thousand
dollars
or
so
more
expensive,
so
it's
more
expensive
and
it's
money
which
we
would
end
up
taking
out
of
our
our
a
fuel
budget.
P
So
we
looked
at
this
and
we
wanted
to
give
the
council
the
opportunity
to
weigh
in
on
this,
although
our
recommendation
is
to
go
with
a
concrete,
retaining
wall,
and
here
you
see,
example
of
what
the
concrete
retaining
wall
looks
like
on
the
right
and
what
a
sheet
pile
retaining
wall
looks
on
the
left
on
the
right.
It
looks
better,
it's
as
it
turns
out
would
be
about
sixty
one
thousand
dollars
more
and
I
can
show
you
how
those
numbers
numbers
look.
P
On
the
other
hand,
the
sheet
pile
on
the
Left
does
the
job
for
what
we
need
to
do.
It
gives
us
more
space
and
it
saves
us
sixty
one
thousand
dollars.
It's
not
a
great
deal
of
money,
but
as
we
look
at
our
budget
every
time
we
talk
about
$61,000
pre
soon
we
start
talking
about
real
money,
so
it
is
an
issue
but,
on
the
other
hand,
I'm
running
out
of
hands.
P
P
So
it's
more
expensive
to
go
with
the
one
you
see
on
the
right,
then,
if
we
go
with
the
one
on
the
left,
so
what
we're
proposing
we
do
is
we
take
that
500,
nine
and
ninety
thousand
dollars?
It'll
cost
us
and
we
break
the
money
up
into
two
pieces,
and
so
what
happens
is
instead
of
the
full
ninety
one
thousand
dollars
coming
from
the
fuel
budget,
we're
going
to
take
50
thousand
dollars
from
some
other
facility
funds
and
move
that
in
to
the
base
bid
1
plus
alternative
one.
P
So
what
happens
is
we've
done
here?
Is
we've
taken
the
ninety
one
thousand
dollars
more?
That
it's
going
to
cost
us
and
we
broke
it
up.
So
we'll
only
take
forty
one
thousand
dollars
out
of
Public
Works
fuel
budget
and
we'll
put
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
from
not
some
other
reallocated
operational
funds,
and
that's
because
when
we
looked
at
that,
ninety
one
thousand
dollar
hit
to
our
fuel
budget
I
begin
to
get
a
little
nervous
about
that
and
I'm
I'm
also
beginning
to
get
pretty
stingy
about
how
I
spend
your
money.
P
We
thought,
however,
would
give
you
the
opportunity
to
discuss
that
so
that
you
would
know
why
we
were
spending
more
money
than
just
the
minimum
amount
that
was
necessary,
but
we
feel
that
the
look
of
that
for
our
downtown
would
be
worth
the
additional
money
we're
available
opera
and
answer
any
questions
you
may
have.
I
have
Russ
Waller
here
and
I
have
Jim
Karcher
asking
questions,
and
this
makes
it
a
slight
bit
different
than
what
you
see
in
your
packet.
P
So
we've
asked
for
a
new
financial
impact
where
I
broke
the
ninety
one
thousand
dollars
up
into
those
two
pieces
so
to
make
it
correct
for
the
record.
I'm
gonna
answer
Russ
Walter
and
give
you
all
a
copy
of
that,
and
that's
all
that
does.
It
makes
it
a
little
bit
different
than
what
the
then
what
the
package
said.
C
C
I
was
just
gonna
say
that
personally
I'm
perfectly
fine
with
the
sheet
pile
retaining
wall,
because
I
would.
Rather,
if
we
were
gonna,
spend
extra
money,
you
know
making
a
concrete
retaining
wall
I'd
rather
take
that
money
and
put
that
into
bushes
trees.
Something
planted
on
next
to
the
sidewalk
there
to
hide
the
fact.
There's
still
a
whole
bunch
of
parked
vehicles
right
behind
there,
I
think
I
think
that
that
would
make
you
know
kind
of
that.
Landscaping
would
make
a
bigger
visual
impact
than
worrying
about
what
the
wall
is
behind
all
the
park
vehicles.
C
So
just
that
was
just
one
thought
that
I
had
that
you
know
I,
don't
care
about
the
retaining
wall
at
all.
As
long
as
we
had
some
landscaping,
the
high
hide
it.
The
other
thing
I
wanted
to
point
out
to
is
one
of
the
pictures
you
had.
There
was
a
ladder
truck
that
was
in
the
picture.
Yes,
I
took
a
tour
of
the
Public
Works
facility
in
the
vehicle
maintenance
shop
last
month,
and
that
is
a
problem
we
have
to
deal
with
in
the
future.
C
Just
to
put
it
on
record
because,
though
we
have
vehicles
that
are
too
big
to
get
into
the
shop,
so
the
guys
literally
lay
on
the
ice
or
the
burning
hot
pavement
or
whatever
the
weather
conditions
happen
to
be
in
Illinois
at
the
time
to
work
on
the
vehicles,
because
we
don't
have
a
vehicle,
they
big
enough
to
put
the
ladder
trucks
in
there
or
any
of
the
very
expensive
dump
trucks
and
recycling
trucks
that
we
just
bought.
We
can't
put
them
inside
to
work
on
them
and
that's
a
that's.
An
issue.
C
P
You
very
much
and
I
would
point
out
that
one
of
the
considerations
with
the
sheet
steel
retaining
wall
is,
we
are
working
with
a
space
needs
study
with
the
proposal
of
finding
an
operational
center
where
we
can
move
that
whole
facility
or
maybe
repair
it
there.
But
when
we
do
some
of
that,
there
is
something
coming
down
in
the
future
that
we
are
going
to
try
to
do
something
with
the
whole
area.
P
C
Agree
and
that
that
picture
right
there
is
the
one
where
I
was
thinking
that
that
whole
stretch
along
the
sidewalk
right
there.
We
could
landscape
it
and
hide
everything
back
there
behind
it
and
all
the
vehicles
and
everything
so
I'd
rather
put
the
money
there
than
worry
about
the
walls.
My
personal
preference.
Thank
you.
A
N
N
Feet
and
so
I'm
assuming
then
at
10
feet.
That's
you
know
we
have
garbage
trucks,
fire
trucks,
dump
trucks
and
such
that
are
every
bit
as
as
tall
as
that,
so
I'm,
trying
to
envision
the
the
value
anyway.
Of
of
something
that's
aesthetically,
more
pleasing.
If
we're
going
to
have
large
vehicles
backed
up
against
and
I'm,
assuming
we
put
large
vehicles
back
up
against
that
spot.
So
I'm
wondering
how
much
this
would
be
be
visible
anyway,
and
then
can
you
go
back
to
your
picture?
P
J
N
I
mean
I'm,
not
sure
where
we
found
this,
but
but
I
mean
there
could
be
some
other
things
that
could
be
done
to
make
this
thing.
We
can
paint
it
and
well
there
could
be
any
number
of
things.
I
mean
there
could
be
some
murals
on
it.
There
could
be
I
mean
there
could
be
any
numbers
of
things
and
so,
and
so
so
I
guess
I
guess.
N
If
you're
looking
for
some
feedback,
I
guess
I
would,
you
know
be
probably
similar
to
Jamie
and
now
I
would
be
in
favor
of
you
using
that
money
for
some
other
other
benefit,
given
that
probably
a
lot
of
its
going
to
be
blocked
from
view
anyway
by
my
vehicles
parked
there
for
maintenance,
and
there
could
be
some
other
things
done
to
make
it
certainly
more
aesthetically
pleasing.
So
thank
you.
Alright.
L
Thank
You
mayor
pro-tem
and
thank
you
Steve
for
the
presentation,
I
think
I'm
going
with
my
colleagues
here
on
this
piece.
I,
you
know
steel.
Retaining
Y
imagines
can
be
covered
by
trucks
most
at
the
time.
I
guess
my
only
note
would
be
as
a
process
piece
I
mean.
This
would
be
a
great
example
where
we
can
maybe
engage
the
Beautification
Committee
for
a
recommendation
or
feedback
I
mean
I'm,
not
the
most
aesthetic
kind
of
guy
I.
Don't
I,
don't
really
see
a
difference
between
the
two,
but
those
who
have
more
artistic
sensibility
might
have.
L
P
Here's
the
here's,
the
argument
that
my
engineers
back
here
will
make
and
they
will
say
that
we're
going
to
put
that
sheet
pile
retaining
wall
up
and
then
after
it's
up
there
we'll
be
able
to
be
driving
by
and
say
that
it
looks
terrible
and
then
we'll
have
to
deal
with
that
and
it
costs
us
more
to
fix
it
after
the
fact
and
after
we
put
it
in
and
I
understand
that
and
that's
why
I
we
bring
those
discussions
to
you
all
to
get
your
feedback.
Okay,.
P
R
P
R
P
R
Okay,
yeah,
because
to
me
I
mean
that's
a
big
element
of
making
this
attractive,
and
especially
with
all
been
really
nice
work.
We've
done
just
to
the
north
of
us
here,
with
a
fountain,
etc.
Having
some
trees
leading
in
there
would
be
would
go
a
long
way,
I
think,
and
we
certainly
if
we
choose
to
go
with
the
the
metal
wall,
could
use
some
of
that
money
that
we
save
that's.
H
So
I
have
a
question
about
maintenance
and
longevity
of
a
metal
wall
as
compared
to
a
concrete
wall.
I
guess
when
you
say
to
me
metal,
I,
think
of
rust
and
maintenance
and
upkeep
and
might
think
about
concrete
I.
Think
it's
there
until
somebody
hits
it
damage
is
okay
right.
So
can
we
any
numbers
been
crunched
on
what
we
could
see
in
10
20
years
as
far
as
I
keep
between
the
two.
P
S
The
metal
retaining
wall
you're
gonna
have
some
maintenance
requirements,
especially
if
you're
going
to
paint
it
because
paint
that
type
of
retaining
wall
has
a
natural
tendency
to
rust.
That's
why
you
see
them
that
way
all
the
time,
and
so
yes,
you
could
paint
it
you'll
have
to
sandblast
it.
If
you
take
extra
pretending
the
initial
preparation
and
painting
that'll,
give
it
a
longer,
you
know
longer
lifespan,
but,
like
with
anything
metal,
basically
had
always
fades
over
time
degrades
over
time.
S
You
will
have
to
come
back
and
maintain
it,
so
both
of
them
will
have
a
long
term
long
jump
from
a
long
life,
just
the
concrete
facade.
Essentially
that
will
be
on
that
essentially
makes
it
maintenance-free
as
long
as
it
doesn't
get
damaged
by
vehicles
or
anything
like
that
running
into
it.
Essentially,
once
it's
there
minimal
maintenance,
you
can
seal
coat
it
a
couple
of
times
over
the
life
just
to
give
it
a
little
more
durability
to
salt.
P
H
E
Hearing
a
couple
of
different
thoughts
up
here:
there
are
two
different
options,
and
tonight
you
can
go
with
the
recommendation.
That's
in
the
packet,
an
alternative
motion
would
be
to
award
the
base
bed
to
s
Schaefer
and
the
amount
of
six
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
dollars
and
approve
an
amendment
to
the
budget
in
the
amount
of
thirty
thousand
dollars,
and
that
would
come
from
facilities
so
depending
on
which
motion
you
want
to
make
or
which
option
you
want
to
go
with.
O
O
As
northbound
traffic
comes
up
on
what
is
it
does
Main
Street
yeah
I
think
we
probably
over
think
that
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
track
or
vehicles,
large
vehicles,
constantly
blurring
them,
and,
secondly,
and
probably
most
importantly,
I-
think
about
it-
really
should
be
the
city
helping
to
set
the
count
the
standard
for
how
we
want
downtown.
To
look,
and
frankly,
would
we
be
allowing
you
know
new
development
to
put
in
this
kind
of
rusty.
O
You
know
piles
sheet
metal
wall
I,
don't
think
so
and
keep
in
mind.
This
is
such
a
key
entranceway
gateway
into
the
city.
I
fear
that
if
again,
a
concrete
mall
wall
is
more
consistent
with
I
think
our
vision
for
a
clean,
attractive,
beautiful
downtown,
so
I
just
want
to
think
say
for
those
type
reasons.
I
would
just
encourage
the
council
and
consider
that
concrete
retaining
wall
as
opposed
to
the
the
ugly
sheet
mile
pocket,
but
anyway,
that's
just
my
thought.
Thanks.
M
L
My
expertise,
I
wonder
if
maybe
there's
another
option
here
and
you
guys
can
weigh
in
on
this.
Perhaps
we
approve
the
bid
to
tear
the
building
down
and
maybe
refer
this
back
to
beautification
or
somebody
for
feedback
and
then
have
them,
because
I
can't
visualize
this
and
then
to
amelia's
point
with
with
the
green
eye.
P
P
S
No
in
order
to
tear
the
law
of
the
building
down,
you
actually
have
to
put
the
retaining
wall
in
first,
the
north
side
of
the
existing
building
is
essentially
a
retaining
wall
in
itself
holding
the
soil.
The
parking
lot
for
the
city
hall
is
right
up
against
that.
If
you
remove
the
building
without
having
something
there
to
hold
that
ground,
you
will
lose
that
entire
slope
possibly
lose
the
parking
lot.
So
we
cannot
do
that
so.
P
So
what
when
we
had
talked
about
this,
what
we
have
to
do
is
we
have
to
pound
some
sheet
metal
in
there
to
begin
with,
and
in
fact
they'll
be
doing
that
during
the
week
we
asked
if
they
could
do
it
during
the
weekend,
so
they
wouldn't
be
pounding
and
it
would
be
an
additional
seventy
thousand
dollars.
We
said
we'll
put
up
with
the
noise
pounded
during
the
week,
but
it'll
it'll
still
have
to
have
to
go
in
there
before
we
tear
the
building.
Now.
R
H
P
Okay,
thank
you
again,
Mayor
Pro
Tem.
What
we
have
here
is
there
are
three
actions
within
this
and
well.
I
will
present
each
one
as
separately,
but
the
first
one
is
to
give
a
presentation
of
the
results
of
47
meetings
of
a
signage
committee,
and
tomorrow
morning,
at
eight
o'clock,
they'll
meet
again
for
meeting
number
48
and
I'd
like
to
introduce
the
current
co-chairs
of
of
that
committee.
P
G
You
before
I
begin
I
would
like
to
speak
to
that
47.
Meeting.
Khan
comment.
That's
been
made
time
and
again,
a
great
portion
of
our
time
was
devoted
to
looking
at
eight
different
design,
camp
applications
and
vetting
those
companies
and
selecting
our
design
partner,
and
also
just
working
on
a
fixing,
the
universal
parking
symbol
to
our
existing
parking
structures
that
that
took
a
good
portion
of
our
first
year
together.
Just
to
get
that
far
so,
and
we've
been
speeding
right
along
ever
since
so
bear
with
me,
while
I
find
whoops.
G
G
G
There
we
go
there,
we
go
all
right.
Technical
difficulties,
reigned
supreme.
My
apologies
for
that
I
appreciate
your
patience.
So
over
the
last
few
years,
we've
worked
together
to
identify
ways
to
enhance
the
downtown
experience
for
our
visitors,
whether
they
be
tourists
spending
an
afternoon
parents
delivering
their
students
to
us
for
higher
education
opportunities
or
new
professionals
seeking
to
live
and
work
in
our
city
center.
G
At
first
glance,
we
didn't
see
much
in
terms
of
consistent
wayfinding,
a
lot
of
problems.
In
fact,
there's
lack
of
understanding
in
the
community
regarding
downtown's
boundaries,
there's
difficulty
in
identifying
our
many
wonderful
destinations
and
finally,
existing
signage
is
inconsistent
and
confusing.
G
In
fact,
we
have
very
little
in
place,
as
you
can
see
by
these
examples,
that
welcomes
people,
provides
much
needed
information
or
give
any
indication
at
all
that
a
world
of
wonderful
excitement
is
waiting
for
them
just
around
any
corner,
as
you
can
see,
if
you're,
if
you're
brand,
new
and
you're
just
traveling,
there's
absolutely
nothing
in
our
landscape
right
now
that
says,
hey
don't
go
around
come
on
in
there's
a
whole
lot
to
do
so
we
definitely
knew
we
were
on
the
right
path.
With
this
project.
G
Downtown
has
a
number
of
strengths.
I
was
only
able
to
list
a
few,
but
first
and
foremost,
we
have
a
splendid
architecture
that
we've
worked
painstakingly
and
deliberately
to
preserve.
We
have
again
a
splendid
history,
not
only
in
that
architecture,
but
in
the
stories
of
our
community.
We
have
a
thriving
nightlife
lots
of
things
to
do
here.
Our
emerging
art
scene,
many
unique
retail
experiences,
fine
dining
and
one
thing
that
I
didn't
put
on
the
list,
but
I
should
have
our
most
important
asset
in
our
downtown
community.
G
Is
the
people
of
downtown
the
passion
that
each
one
brings
to
the
table
and
they
deserve
to
have
people
coming
to
see
them.
So
so,
as
we
began
this
process
with
kma
the
the
company
that
we
chose
to
be
our
design
partner,
we
began
this
process
with
a
public
meeting
at
which
surveys
were
distributed
and
not
surprising
to
us.
The
responses
that
we
received
echoed
what
we
had
already
seen
expressed
in
the
comprehensive
plan.
We
want
to
be
a
city
that
is
thriving,
sophisticated,
growing
adaptive
and
progressive.
G
G
Well,
we
want
to
celebrate
the
entrepreneurial
spirit
and
the
openness
found
here
in
the
Midwest
by
encouraging
the
next
generation
to
dream
big,
as
our
ancestors
have,
as
it
was
explained
in
your
packets.
The
message
encourages
community
members
to
continue
to
achieve
their
greatest
aspirations,
for
dreams
can
and
do
come
true
here.
G
With
this
sign
design
and
color
palette,
we
pay
homage
to
both
our
political
and
our
architectural
history.
We've
gone
with
a
very
patriotic
red
white
and
blue
color
palette,
and
we
have
been
influenced
by
the
Art
Deco
style
of
architecture.
Here,
we've
also
looked
at
in
addition
to
you,
I'll
go
back
in
addition
to
the
the
taller
signs
that
will
help
both
pedestrian
and
vehicular
traffic
find
their
way
around.
G
We
want
to
say,
welcome
and
we're
glad
you're
here.
So
thank
you
again
very
much
for
your
time.
Again.
We've
all
worked
very
hard
on
this,
and-
and
we
appreciate
all
comments,
we're
hearing,
we
get
it
we're
getting
a
great
deal
of
feedback
and
if
you
have
any
questions
or
comments,
we'll
be
happy
to
address
them,
and
thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you
comments.
R
People
are
very
appreciative
of
the
amount
of
work
that
have
gone
in
it,
but
I
also
am,
as
we
heard
in
public
comment,
hearing
people
who
would
like
to
provide
some
additional
commentary
and
suggestions
with
regard
to
the
design
and
to
have
that
taken
into
account.
I,
don't
know
what
that
means
for
actions
tonight,
but
I
think,
because
for
many
people,
despite
the
fact
there
have
been
previous
opportunities
for
public
input
they,
for
whatever
reason
have
missed
out
on
that.
So
I
think
from
many
people.
R
I'm
hearing
that
they're
seeing
this
for
the
first
time,
and
so
I
would
like
to
give
an
opportunity
for
that
that
commentary
to
go
to
good
use
before
we
finalize
the
design.
But
I,
don't
know
what
that
means.
In
terms
of
our
action
tonight,
because
again,
I
think
the
community
is
very
supportive
of
moving
forward.
Okay,.
N
You
in
in
thanks
Trisha,
and
also
a
nice
shout
out
to
the
members
of
the
signage
committee,
because
I
I
know
what
47
meetings
looks
like
in
the
end.
So
these
folks
are
troopers
to
have
stayed
in
there
for
that
long.
I
had
a
chance
to
meet
with
a
couple
of
folks
and
and
one
of
the
questions
that
I
had
was
a
lot
of
times.
We
get
we
get
questions
about
is.
Is
there
any
way
to
to
quantify
some
of
the
economic
benefits
of
an
investment
like
this?
N
G
Unfavorably
absolutely
I
appreciate
your
question.
It
can
be
very
difficult
to
quantify
the
positive
impact
of
a
comprehensive
signed
program
like
this,
but
I
would
like
to
emphasize
what
has
been
said
many
many
times
before,
and
that
is
you
only
get
one
opportunity
to
make
a
first
impression
and
adding
attractive
and
welcoming
gateways
as
well
as
helpful
information
to
our
landscape
will
certainly
improve
the
impact
that
we
have
on
guests.
G
N
N
Do
we
would
we
anticipate
that
we
would
have
one
of
these
signs
each
block,
so
that
is
that
I'm
trying
the
envision,
especially
and
again
what
I
brought
up
in
a
conversation
was
traffic
moving
rapidly
down
East,
Street,
right
and
and
I
I
heard
that
the
engineer
brought
in
slide
rules
in
large
books
and
everything
and
plotted
that
all
out
but
I'm
trying
to
what
I'm
trying
to
understand
is
will
will
there
be
some
sense
of
people
moving
through
that?
Okay,
this
is
a
next
block.
There
will
be
a
sign
here.
We
do.
G
Let
me
see
if
I
can
go
back
to
what
some
of
these
look
like,
so
we
have
multiple
destinations
on
each
sign,
so
we
we
have
a
meeting
tomorrow
morning,
number
48
and,
and
we
will
be
solidifying
locations
for
signs.
We
certainly
are
very
sensitive
to
we.
We
don't
want
too
much
too
many
sign
poles
and
adding
to
the
clutter
of
downtown.
G
G
A
L
You
Mayor
Pro
Chapman,
Thank,
You
Trisha
for
the
wonderful
presentation,
I,
remember,
I,
feel
it
was
about
a
year
or
so
ago
that
we
commissioned
the
downtown
or
maybe
was
two
years
ago,
and
then
we
did
another
meeting.
I
remember
we're
at
the
BCP
a
we
engage.
The
public
and
I
was
at
that
meeting
where
I
think
KMA
was
they
came
and
spoke,
and
we've
gotten
a
lot
of
feedback
and
I
think
it's
undeniable.
L
The
work
that
the
committee
has
done
to
be
accessible
and
be
out
there
that
acai
that
I
think
this
the
last
48
hours
have
been
really
the
first
public
real
that
got
the
press.
You
know,
and
the
pantograph
story
really
helped
get
the
look
out
there
and
if
there's
one
thing
that
that
people
have
opinions
of
it's
a
graphic
design,
uh-huh
I
really
wouldn't
be
exaggerating.
If
I'd
say
some
of
the
the
visceral
responses.
L
I've
gotten
to
this
have
been
more
intense
than
that
when
we
talk
about
tax
increases
or
sewer
rate,
freeze,
I
didn't
add
a
single
feedback
about
that.
But
boy
did
I
hear
about
you,
know
the
slogan
and
the
look
and
all
that.
But
what
that
tells
me
is
that
I
think
we
need
to
emelius,
isn't
so
much
better
than
I
do
so
I'll
just
I'll
credit
to
her.
Maybe
we
need
to
pause
and
I
think
the
concept
overall
is
supportive
and
doing
something,
but,
but
perhaps
this
isn't
the
final
design
and
I
remember.
L
We
had
a
meeting
sometime
in
the
early
summer
timeframe
with
the
downtown
science
committee
and
there's
a
couple
other
aldermen
there,
and
there
was
a
lot
of
discussion
about
que
mas
expertise
with
these
types
of
signs
being
outdoors.
What
colors
you
can
use
well
cause
you
can't
that
the
cost
implications
of
this
paint
backlighting
all
that
technical
stuff
but
I-
think
that
really
suits
them
as
the
the
ultimate
choice
to
do.
This
I
think
we
need
a
couple
more
options
in
terms
of
the
design
and
the
slow
okay.
L
This
is
something
that
people
have
a
lot
of
strong
opinions
about,
which
is
absolutely
fantastic
and
they
totally
should
and
I,
don't
think
we'll
ever
land
on
a
someone's
going
to
make
everybody
happy
and,
as
we
noted
I,
don't
have
a
aesthetic.
You
know,
expertise
and
the
guy
who
wants
to
paint
my
whole
house
red
what
I'm
going
to
talk
about
the
cliff
on
that.
L
L
It's
a
top
priority
for
this
mayor
and
now
now
comes
a
time
to
do
it
right
and
I
would
rather
do
it
right
long
term
and
that
archway
that
is
top
priority
for
me,
I
think
it
looks
great
it's
what
major
cities
do
when
they
have
these
sorts
of
things.
If
we're
serious
about
wayfinding,
that's
one
way
to
start
it
I
think
piece
number
two,
you
know:
I
didn't
grow
up
in
this
community.
I
came
here
for
school
like
a
lot
of
people.
L
Do
we
talk
about
visitors,
I,
see
crystal
and
I
see
bats
out
there
they're
bringing
people
in
by
the
thousands
on
a
monthly
basis
there?
There
was
always
this
sense
of
you
should
just
know
where
the
museum
is.
You
should
just
know
where
the
BCP
a
is,
but
we
got
students
coming
here
with
with
their
families.
You
know
we
want
to
show
off
our
community,
and
wayfinding
is
a
great
way
to
do
that.
This
is
a
much
needed.
A
very
important
step
and
I
want
to
see
it
funded
properly.
L
I
want
to
see
it
done
very
well
long
term,
because
the
economic
impacts
to
me
are
measurable
and
that'll
be
great
for
our
whole
community,
but
I
think
this
point.
Let's
take
a
breather
on
the
design.
I
think
that
the
firm
doing
its
the
the
right
approach
and
I
guess
on
the
furred
you
guys
on
how
I
would
take
it
from
there
Thank.
C
I
won't
belabor
the
point
either,
but
the
abbé
people
were
very
passionate
about
this.
All
of
a
sudden-
and
you
know
all
afternoon,
my
phone
was
blowing
up.
Facebook,
email
and
and
people
were
very
passionate
about
using
any
method
that
they
could
to
communicate,
how
they
felt
about
things.
I
love
the
throwback
to
the
Art,
Deco
style
on
the
poles
and
the
design
of
those
and
everything.
It's
it's
amazing,
but
the
it's.
It
seems
to
be
the
slogan
and
the
design
of
the
slogan
itself.
C
You
know
we
have
people
wandering
around
on
event.
Nights
lost
not
sure
where
they're
going,
what
they're
supposed
to
be
doing,
and
so
that's
where
these
signs
come
in.
You
know,
in
addition
to
the
families
from
ISU
and
Wesleyan,
who
are
bringing
their
children
down
here
every
year
as
well.
I
do
appreciate
a
little
shout
out
to
Wesleyan
that
they
do
their
scavenger
hunt
for
the
incoming
freshmen
every
year
and
I
usually
have
to
redirect
lost
freshmen
around
the
downtown
too.
C
G
C
This
project
is
I'm,
so
excited
to
see
this
happening
and
that
we're
moving
a
lot
closer
to
fruition.
I
I,
like
the
idea,
though,
of
pausing
and
getting
more
public
involved
and
more
things
around
the
design.
That's
and
the
big
thing
I
heard
was
more
throwback
to
what
makes
Bloomington
unique
in
that
being
Lincoln
and
architecture
and
and
things
of
that
nature,
I'm.
A
D
You
Thank
You
Tricia
I,
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
the
members
of
the
committee,
because
I
know,
47
meetings
is
quite
a
bit.
I.
Take
that
and
I
know.
A
lot
of
those
meetings
were
at
eight
o'clock
in
the
morning.
You
know
if
I
remember
correctly
and
I
attended
one
of
them.
I
I
I
know
that
there
were
when
I
was
there.
There's
I
had
a
few
questions,
not
being
a
very
artistic
person
myself.
D
You
know
I'm,
not
understanding,
Art,
Deco
and
all
those
things,
but
it
you
know
it's
starting
to
grow
on
me,
especially
how,
when
you,
you
explained
a
couple
of
the
the
references
to
history.
You
know
their
history
of
downtown
and
and
dreaming
big,
because
I
I
couldn't
quite
understand.
You
know
dream
big.
You
know,
because
dream
big
to
me
sounds
somewhat
generic.
You
know
that
something
that
anybody
can
can
pick
up
but
I
think
eventually,
once
she
made
the
connection
to
the
history
now
I
thought.
Oh,
yes,
it
makes
sense.
D
Remember
several
years
ago,
I
went
on
a
tour
with
the
McLean
County
Museum
of
History
I,
think
it
was
the
history
of
labor
right
in
in
Bloomington
and
and
through
that
I
learned
things
that
I
had
no
idea.
You
know
where
had
happened
at
that
time.
So
I
think
this
is
something
to
build
upon
and
I
know.
You
know
designs
and
things
like
that
is
system.
It's
a
matter
of
style
and
taste.
D
You
know
we'll
we'll
get
there
eventually,
but
I
I,
just
wanna
I
know
when
you
put
in
that
much
time
that
much
work,
my
you
know,
I
I,
don't
want
the
members
of
the
committee
to
be
to
feel
discouraged.
You
know,
but
you
know
hopefully
we'll
get
to
something
that
I
think
you
know
has
a
lot
more,
no
consensus,
but
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
and
I
think
this
is
great
work.
Well,.
O
Mayor
Pro
Tem
I'd
like
to
offer
a
suggestion
that
it
it
appears
that
it
would
be
premature
tonight
to
approve
this
change
order
for
construction
documents
on
the
ongoing
project,
but
I'd
like
to
suggest
for
your
consideration
that
that
the
that
you
still
consider
a
change
order
tonight,
but
only
for
continued
design
services
up
to
say
ten
thousand
dollars.
That
would,
in
turn,
allow
this
committee
working
with
kma
to
bring
to
work
on
and
bring
back
both
to
the
council
and
publicly
some
additional
options
on
design
elements
and
then.
O
Secondly,
the
council
also
consider
continue
on
in
approving
the
reappointments
to
the
downtown
signage
ad
hoc
committee.
I
think
that
revision
to
the
change
order
would
help
facilitate
what
I
think
your.
What
I'm
hearing
is
that
you
want
to
see
additional
options,
brought
back
design
options
and
it
does
give
a
little
bit
more
money.
Cuz
talk
in
talking
to
the
assistant
city
manager,
I
think
the
vendor
has
used
up
really
the
bulk
of
the
money
allocated
for
this
project
so
would
take
some
additional
funding
set,
such
as
up
to
ten
thousand
dollars.
A
B
P
P
His
other
commitments
have
become
such
that
he
did
not
wish
to
be
reappointed
and
I
also
would
note
that
on
that
appointment,
we're
not
reappointing
Trisha
Stiller
as
well,
because
as
of
next
month,
she
will
be
a
city
employee,
so
she
will
be
sitting
on
on
our
side
of
the
table
now
and
she'll
continue
to
operate
on
this.
But
one
of
the
things
that
committee
wanted
to
do
in
their
28th
meeting
tomorrow
was
elect
a
new,
a
chairperson.
That's.
A
H
You
know
just
taking
a
look
at
the
graphics
itself.
The
one
area
says
downtown
Bloomington
and
that's
kind
of
the
Art
Deco
feel.
But
then
we
have
kind
of
a
that
we've
added
a
slogan
and
then
the
slogan
and
the
downtown
Bloomington
have
different
font.
So
maybe,
if
you
could
walk
us
through,
do
we
have
a
little
time
for
that
I'm
caring
for
her
to
give
us.
H
T
Time
constraints,
I
think
we'd
only
had
twenty
three
and
a
half
million
minute
meetings
if
I
would
not
have
been
there.
So
so,
if
you
want
to
talk
about
no
I
would
I
would
like
to
state
in
the
mind
that
we
have
prior
to
reaching
dream
big.
There
probably
were
how
many
different
different
models-
seven,
eight
and
it
may
have
been
appropriate
thinking
backwards
now
to
have
run
all
of
those
up
the
flagpole
here.
T
The
other
thing
was
after
that
was
decided
because
the
first
group
that
was
presented-
we
declined
all
of
them,
so
they
gave
us
these
next
seven
and
then
from
those
they
interviewed
individually
each
one
of
the
members-
and
we
came
up
with
four
from
those
four
we
selected
one
and
that's
what
you
see.
So
we
really
have
a
lot
of
past
homework
that
I
think
it
may
be
appropriate
to
share
and
I.
T
Don't
know
how
the
mechanics
of
the
council
works,
but
maybe
in
a
work
session
of
sorts,
you
certainly
could
see
the
diversity
of
thinking
that
was
in
there,
as
well
as
probably
the
same
number
of
paint
schemes.
Color
schemes,
I,
should
say
I.
Do
know
that
if
we
present
lots
of
options
to
a
very
large
committee
called
the
public,
very
few
people
see
blue
the
same
color.
You
know,
and
that's
just
how
that
is
so
I.
T
There
is
a
depth
of
experience
that
I
have
appreciated
with
with
the
committee
and
I
think
we
should
just
share,
maybe
more
of
what
has
already
been
developed
and
then,
if
need
be,
I'm
speaking
almost
unilaterally
here,
but
if
need
be.
We
certainly
can
ask
the
consultants
to
continue
with
some
professional
services
and
because
there's
a
lot
of
there's,
a
lot
of
information
has
been
developed.
I,
don't
know
if
that's
helpful,
I,
just
I'll
cite
one
thought.
Whenever
you
see
the
dream
big
with
the
swoosh
beneath
it.
T
Having
come
dreamed
realize
their
dreams
as
well
as
maybe
this
is
directive
I
thought
of
it
as
much
as
directed
but
I
like
the
idea
that
I'd
be
inviting
you
to
not
have
stopped
with
Lincoln
or
Jessie
fell,
but
really
to
continue
to
think
as
big
as
a
people,
as
we
are
we're
great
people
in
the
Midwest
and
I'm,
not
one
of
you
by
native,
but
I
am
here
I've
been
here
since
1977,
so
I
guess.
For
me
it
was
very
comprehensive,
very
Invitational,
very
much.
H
H
H
T
O
L
You
and
thank
you
I
guess
I
would
just
suggest
that
I
I
know
you
know
you
put
a
bunch
of
suggestions
out
that
the
public
is
gonna,
have
a
lot
of
feedback.
It's
gonna,
be
kind
of
a
big
mess,
I
think
maybe
a
couple
different
designs
of
various
styles
and
then
we
can
kind
of
hone
in
on.
Perhaps
that's
the
best
for
the
buy-in
for
the
community.
This
is
certainly
one
style
that
has
garnered
powerful
feedback,
so
perhaps
other
ones
and
I.
Imagine
a
committee
of
the
whole.
L
This
is
what
that
would
be
nice
guys,
so
we're
not
making
any
final
decisions.
We're
rolling
out
public.
Perhaps
there's
another
pantograph
article
that
then
gets
more
people
engaged
and
we
make
the
best
decision
overall,
I
don't
know
if
that
requires
to
reinvent
the
wheel.
I
know,
there's
probably
some
other
work.
That's
been
done
that
maybe
the
committee
comes
back
with,
but
I
would
defer
to
them
and
staff
on
that
piece.
P
Well,
I
think
what
I
hear
is
some
interest
in
working
this
a
little
further,
and
maybe
what
we
do
tonight
is
we
vote
on
the
the
second
two,
and
that
is
to
vote
on
a
suggestion,
as
mr.
Hales
is
made
to
consider
the
resolution
to
do
the
change
order
in
the
amount
of
$10,000
to
reappoint
the
committee
and
then
maybe
what
we
can
do
is
instead
of
adopting
the
concept.
A
N
N
Know
I'm
always
looking
for
synergy
Steve
wherever
I
can
find
that
a
so-so
you
know.
Maybe
we
bring
some
things
in
there
a
little
bit
more
life-size
or
something
no
just
so
that
people
can
see
things
I'll
and
but
but
I
guess
I
don't
want
to
go
back
and
rebake
the
cake
here
right,
I
mean
I,
think
what
Russell
was
suggesting
was,
or
maybe
it
was
Karen
who
said
maybe
just
illuminate
a
little
bit
more.
P
A
I'm,
quite
certain
that
this
was
not
exactly
how
you
wanted
this
conversation
to
go,
but
thank
you
very
much
for
your
service
on
this.
It
really
is
an
incredibly
important
part
of
defining
who
we
are
and
I
know.
You
can't
even
imagine
how
many
hours
you
put
in
on
this.
If
you
bear
with
us
just
a
little
bit
more
we'll
get
there.
A
A
O
Thank
you
just
a
couple
of
reminders
of
two
important
meetings.
This
week
tomorrow
at
our
BC
PA
beginning
at
9
a.m.
we
do
have
a
facilitator
who
is
going
to
help
leading
facilitating
the
discussion
on
a
proposed
project
as
part
of
the
Bloomberg
challenge,
the
project
specifically
to
be
talked
about,
but
not
exclusively,
is
a
solar
energy
project.
O
People
just
want
to
make
sure
we
do
have
a
number
of
people
scheduled
to
attend
that,
but
anyone
else
that
might
have
an
interest
certainly
can
come
and
join
them
and
then
Wednesday
is
also
notified
and
an
article
in
the
paper
mentioned
a
public
meeting
over
at
the
McLean
County
Highway
Department,
on
to
one
the
Barnes
Road
and
Ireland
Grove
Road,
and
an
intersection
project
up
there.
That
there's
been
some
discussion
about
as
well
as
some
questions
about
the
the
value
benefit
of
some
of
the
improvements
there.
O
A
A
R
Okay,
just
briefly
because
it
came
up
during
public
comment,
but
about
the
idea
of
reduction
in
parking
being
part
of
the
recommendation
coming
from
the
task
force,
and
we
were
very
much
still
at
the
brainstorming
stage.
But
I
shouldn't
clarify
that
the
task
force
is
is
head,
has
had
numerous
discussions
about
how
to
increase
parking
and
I
would
anticipate
that
any
catalyst
project
that
the
task
force
ultimately
recommends
would
include
considerations
of
parking
and
not
the
removal
of
parking.
R
So
I
want
to
clarify
that,
because
I
think
that,
unfortunately,
we
just
kind
of
all
implicitly
understood
that
and
it
kind
of
got
left
out
of
the
conversation,
because
I've
heard
a
lot
of
concerns
about
that.
But
again
we're
aware
that
you
can't
remove
parking
and
also
do
a
catalyst
project
or
bring
more
people
to
downtown.
But
anyway
we
we
did
send
out
the
interim
report
to
Council
and
and
are
very
excited
to
continue
our
work
on
the
task
force.
R
N
N
What
I
did
was
first
go
back
and
review
I
think
it
was
back
in
June
we
had
a
joint
meeting,
the
City
Council
with
the
library
board,
and
we
had
a
number
of
conversations
in
there
that
centered
around
whether
there
was
consensus
on
expanding
and
improving
the
library
in
its
present
location
or
if
there
was
any
interest
and
looking
elsewhere
and
and
those
minutes
are
available
to
that.
But
but
the
the
last
paragraph
of
the
minutes
that
I
went
back
and
looked
at.
N
N
Alderman
Bray
favoured
the
existing
location,
but
would
like
to
review
other
locations.
Alderman
sage
did
not
endorse
new
library,
but
if
it
did
happens,
he
would
like
I
like
it
to
be
an
existing
location,
alderman
Mela,
wombly,
alderman,
Schmidt
alderman,
black
aldermen,
howlman,
alderman
painter
and
mayor
Renner
favored,
the
existing
location.
N
Now
my
takeaway
from
there
was
that
there
was
clear
council
majority
for
keeping
the
library
where
it
was,
and
so
most
of
the
questions
that
I
got
back
was.
Why
aren't
we
doing
that?
If
that
was
the
council
direction,
a
decision
based
in
a
joint
meeting
with
both
the
library
board
and
the
City
Council?
Then?
N
As
we
sit
here
tonight,
a
majority
of
the
council
still
favors
expanding
the
library
where
it
is,
and
so
what
I'm
trying
to
understand
is
do
we
need
to
have
some
again
some
type
of
a
they
have
a
sense
of
the
council
and
we
can't
vote
on
things.
But
but
the
minutes
of
that
joint
meeting
are
very
clear
and
that
was
a
majority
of
the
council
said
we
favorite
expanding
the
library
where
it
was
so.
N
Again,
I
get
worried
whenever
I
see
that
we
have.
We
have
majority
council
priorities
that
are
put
in
place.
We
asked
staff
to
go
and
work
on
those
priorities,
but
then
I
see
this
as
yet
what
what
appears
to
be
yet
another
in
a
string
of
events
where
we
have
a
minority
of
the
council
who
seems
to
somehow
kind
of
bypass
the
majority
wishes
of
the
council,
so
I
guess
I,
don't
suggesting
it.
We
spend
a
lot
of
time
talking
about
this
tonight
other
than
to
say.
A
C
C
That
maybe
we
need
to
have
a
brief
conversation
about
that
as
a
separate
thing,
because
it
would
be
if
the
library
moved
it's
part
of
a
multi-step
plan
of
this
that
would
well,
if
it
moved
it,
could
involve
multiple
buildings
right.
One
of
the
ideas
that
was
thrown
out
was
if
the
library
moves
well
by
the
current
building
is
a
great
place
where
City
Hall
can
move
into
again.
C
There
was,
it
was
people,
spitballing,
ideas
that
are
out
there
and
alderman
brave,
made
great
points
during
the
meeting
that
she
wants
to
continue
to
look
at
other
ideas
and
other
options
for
catalyst
projects
too.
So
people
did
get
very
excited
about
the
concept
at
this
meeting,
but
it's
not
something
that
is
going
to
be
written
and
nobody's
dominus,
I'm,
gonna,
say
and
saying
we're
gonna.
This
is
the
way
we're
gonna
make
this
recommendation,
but
people
are
very
excited
about
it
right
now.
Yes,
so
it's.
N
Well
and
Jamie
makes
a
good
point.
However.
The
downtown
task
force
was
tasked
with
taking
the
doubt
the
downtown
plan,
the
study
and
doing
a
review
of
those
items
within
the
downtown
plan
and
prioritizing
those
for
possible
consideration
in
next
year's
budget.
So
the
scope
of
the
downtown
task
force
was
was
to
to
align
with
and
work
from,
the
downtown
master
plan,
and
we
talked
about
that
specifically
when
the
task
force
was
formed.
C
Speak
and
I'll
just
point
out
that
the
downtown
master
plan
actually
has
the
recommendation
moving
the
library
into
that
parking
deck.
It's
one
of
the
options
that
says
it
specifically
says
that
parking
decks
should
be
remodeled
and
there
was
three
options
that
were
listed.
One
was
the
library
one
was
the
YMCA
and
I.
Don't
remember
right
now
with
other
links.
What's
that
Community
College
was
but
they're
Community
College,
so.
R
I,
don't
want
to
go
into
detail
here,
because
again,
this
is
at
the
early
stages
of
brainstorming,
so
I
think
it
would
be
a
shame
at
this
point
to
cut
that
process
off,
given
that
it
is
grounded
in
our
plans
and
looking
at
the
bigger
picture.
But
I
did
want
to
note
that
the
library
board
has
been
very
engaged
in
the
downtown
task
force
plans,
Jeanne's
been
and
I
think
every
meeting
as
well
as
Alice
Cardona
and
several
the
other
library
board
members
have
been
attending.
R
They
were
at
the
last
meeting
and
and
provided
comments
on
this
particular
topic,
and
this
and
this
this
talking
point
that
were
actually
very
favorable
in
considering
it
so
I
think
the
best
we
can
everyone's
part
of
the
conversation
I,
don't
know
where
that
conversation
will
go.
Our
next
meeting
is
September,
25th
and
I.
Think
at
that
point
time,
we'll
have
more
time
to
discuss
this
issue.
Where
else
we
talking
about
infrastructure.
A
They
seemed
to
indicate
that
there
were
plans
that
were
already
drawn
up.
I
I,
don't
know
for
sure
where
they
are
or
anything,
but
they
talked
about
expanding
the
library
where
it
was
just
a
little
bit.
They
couldn't
go
up
because
they
said
something
about
the
footings:
weren't
right
and
the
load-bearing
requirements
would
be
too
great
to
expand
up,
and
then
there
were
plans
for
a
separate
children's
library
down
by
where
the
bacon
building
is
I,
believe
and
when
I
think
about
all
those
things.
A
You
know
to
me:
it's
really
hard
to
comprehend
a
library
and
a
parking
garage
together
if
the
load
bearing
requirements
were
too
great
to
expand
the
library
where
it
is
up
to
do
both
a
parking
deck
and
a
library
together,
I
I
think
that
would
be
really
really
expensive.
But
I
may
be
wrong
about
that.
A
I,
just
don't
think
that's
a
good
idea
and
I
think
it's
a
big
waste
of
money
and
I
think
there
will
be
a
lot
of
people
who
will
be
very
upset
who
wanted
an
East,
Side
branch
and
we're
told
they
couldn't
have
it
because
we
had
to
expand
the
library
where
it
was,
and
people
have
long
memories
about
things
like
that
and
I.
Don't
think
this
is
going
to
fly
and
you
know
I'm
sorry
I
don't
mean
to
rain
on
anyone's
parade,
but
I
I
just
think
this
is
not
a
good
idea.
A
I
think
there
are
certain
elements
of
it
that
are
good
as
far
as
you
know,
taking
care
of
the
the
parking
deck
but
I
I,
just
I've
heard
a
lot
of
not
good
feedback
on
this.
So
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
a
heads
up
on
that
thanks,
Carmen
Matthew,
you
probably
had
other
things
you
wanted
to
talk
about.
It.
D
To
be
and
I
think,
I
would
land
on
the
on
the
same
side
of
a
couple.
My
colleagues
here
I
for
me,
I,
like
the
idea
of
being
consistent.
You
know
with
what
I've
said
from
the
beginning
and
I
think
as
a
council
awhile
back,
we
made
some
decisions
that
kind
of
laid
the
foundation
for
us
to
expand
the
library
where
it
was
and
and
for
some
of
us
you
know
we
we
took
some
flack,
you
know
for
purchasing
the
building.
The
the
bacon
building
is
already
yeah
there.
D
You
go
sure
a
great
plan
and
we
took
some
flack
from
for
for
doing
that.
But
knowing
that
this
is
what
we're
going
to
go
so
and
so
I
think
we
we
also
have
to
be
careful
to
to
to
be
engaged
in
in
and
I
understand
the
excitement
of
something
sometimes.
But
you
know
when
we
start
to
engage
in
inside
conversations.
You
know
we
have
to
have
some
some
discipline
about
the
conversations
that
we're
going
to
have.
This
is
where
we're
going
to
go.
D
L
Briefly,
I
still
continue
to
believe
that
we
should
have
a
joint
library
and
City
Hall
building
that
accommodates
our
current
our
needs
and
then
also
gets
the
public
engage.
That
way,
which
would,
in
my
vision,
keep
it
in
that
current
location
until
I
mean
I,
know,
there's
always
ideas
that
are
floating
around
out
there,
but
I
think
we've
been
clear
to
staff
on
where
that
heavy
lifting
is
from.
From
our
perspective,.
Q
A
Think
the
West
Jefferson
Community
House
would
be
a
great
place
to
start
with
something
like
that
in
one
of
the
rooms
have
computers,
and
you
know
there
would
be
people
there
to
help
them
and
anyway,
I
think
that
that's
the
way
that
libraries
are
going
and
I
think
we
should
look
at
things
like
that,
rather
than
you
know
a
big
catalyst
project
downtown,
because
I
don't
think
a
library
is
really
a
catalyst
like
that
bite.
You
on
okay,.
C
Well,
this
is
a
good
word,
so
why
is
on
a
positive
note?
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
you
for
everything
you've
been
doing
and
in
helping
out
the
council
for
the
last
few
weeks.
You
know
it's,
it's
you.
You
know
it's
been
fabulous,
it's
not
what
you
signed
up
to
do.
It's
not
what
you
were
elected
to
do
and
I
just
wanted
to
publicly
say
thank
you
and
if
there's
anything
you
need
help
with
please
let
us
know
we
will
help.