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A
The
time
is
now
602
we're
gonna,
go
ahead
and
call
the
meeting
of
the
bloomington
city
council
to
order
committee
of
the
whole.
Madam
clerk,
could
you
please
call
the
role.
A
Here,
thank
you
at
this
point.
We're
gonna
go
into
public
comment.
Madam
clerk,
do
we
have
anybody
register
for
public
comment.
A
So
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
read
the
statement.
Public
comment
is
an
opportunity
for
speakers
to
provide
their
views
and
feedback
to
the
city
council.
It
is
also
an
opportunity
for
the
city
council
to
listen
and
hear
diverse
points
of
view
to
maximize
the
impact
of
public
comment
and
show
respect
for
the
expression
of
all
views.
Speakers
should
maintain
civility
and
focus
on
city
issues.
A
Speakers
must
identify
themselves
for
the
record
but
are
not
required
to
give
their
address.
Each
speaker
is
given
the
floor
for
three
minutes,
and
the
council
does
not
respond
or
engage
in
debate.
Any
speaker
that
engages
in
threatening
or
disorderly
behavior
will
be
deemed
out
of
order
and
their
time
ceased.
So
karen,
if
you
could
please
step
forward.
B
And
mayor
also,
we
do
have
mary
carlisle,
for
I
forgot
to
say
that
one.
Thank
you.
E
Up,
I
should
keep
that
okay,
my
name
is
karen
kinsella.
I
live
in
julie,
meg's,
work,
she's
been
very
supportive
of
me.
I
will
have
to
say
at
this
point,
I'm
in
disagreement
with
the
property
tax
increase
proposed
for
building
the
expansion
at
the
library
I
wanted
in
my
email
to
all
of
you.
E
I
had
given,
given
you
some
information
about
how
every
time
somebody
in
a
public
office
says
let's
tax
for
this
or
tax
for
that
they're,
not
taking
into
account
the
total
tax
burden
of
the
individual
taxpayer,
such
as
myself
and
my
husband.
So
I
prepared
a
handout
here,
and
I
just
put
a
few
items
on
here
and
all
of
you
have
it:
the
handout
comparing
20
20,
21
expenses
to
2022
expenses
and
just
heat,
which
we
all
know
is
going
up.
Average
cost
30
per
household.
E
Everybody
here
is
going
to
be
paying
that
too.
Medicare
is
going
up
from
148
to
170
148
a
month
to
170,
that's
an
increase
gas
is
increased
and
I've
put
the
price
increase
on
there
on
the
spreadsheet.
For
you,
food
is
astronomically
rising,
as
we
all
know,
with
inflation
licenses
for
vehicles,
health
insurance
is
rising
for
families.
E
It
I
averaged-
or
I
calculated
out
to
be
at
least
without
this
property
tax
increase,
it's
going
to
be
248
dollars
and
22
cents
for
the
average
person
per
month
per
month,
and
then
they
are
asking
for.
Another
30
only
is
how
I
heard,
but
it's
only
on
top
of
everything
else.
That's
taking
it
up
to
about
300
per
person
in
this
town
having
to
pay
an
extra
cost
and
inflation
has
not
even
stopped,
and
we
haven't
even
gone
into
2022..
E
E
E
What
is
a
matter
with
the
sidewalks,
it's
horrible,
so
I
learned
that
42
of
the
roads,
just
the
roads,
not
the
sidewalks
in
this
town-
are
rated
fair
to
poor.
So
please,
if
we
have
extra
money,
let's
get
our
roads.
Let's
get
our
sidewalks,
let's
make
it
safe
so
that
when
we
go
to
a
library
which
will
eventually
be
improved,
we
have
the
streets
to
go
there.
E
F
Hello
u-haul,
you
all
have
a
very
important
opportunity
to
remedy
a
situation
which
has
been
deliberately
neglected
for
too
many
years
each
year
for
25
years,
the
repair
and
replacement
of
old
out-of-date
sewer
systems
on
the
west
side
have
not
received
the
proper
priority
on
the
budget.
F
F
These
are
your
responsibilities,
representatives
of
the
citizens
of
bloomington.
These
are
areas
we
expect
you
to
take
care
of
with
tax
money.
It
is
obvious
that
these
areas
have
not
been
properly
funded
as
they
should
have
been,
and
instead,
funds
were
allocated
for
things
outside
the
scope
of
what
local
government
is
tax
tasked
with
caring
for
taxpayers,
place
their
faith
and
trust
in
you
to
take
care
of
the
services.
We
elect
you
to
take
care
of
on
behalf
of
the
people
who
live
here.
F
Here's
a
question
for
all
of
you
to
thoughtfully
consider
what,
if
all
of
you
had
raw
sewage
and
water
come
up
in
your
basements
every
time
it
rained.
Then
what?
If
you
learned
that
this
has
been
a
problem
festering
for
a
couple
decades,
because
it
wasn't
important
enough
to
have
money
allocated
for
repair?
F
Please
have
the
decency
as
human
beings
to
allocate
this
13.3
million
dollar
million
dollars
and
make
a
good
faith
effort
to
break
ground
this
spring.
On
the
west
side,
neighborhoods
impacted
by
this
70
year
old,
failed
and
broken
sewer
system,
be
the
people
who
finally
care
enough
about
your
neighbors
to
believe
this
issue
deserves
priority,
be
the
people
who
finally
see
the
importance
of
your
neighbors
on
the.
A
Okay,
thank
you
very
much.
Our
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
the
consent
agenda.
Is
there?
Does
anybody
want
to
remove
this
item
from
the
consent
agenda?
There's
only
one
consensus,
okay,
motion
by
council
member
bolin:
is
there
a
second
okay,
second,
by
councilmember
becker?
A
Okay,
all
right!
Thank
you.
Surprisingly.
The
item
passes
so
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
the
regular
agenda
item,
a
presentation
and
discussion
of
western
avenue,
community
center's
history
and
programming,
as
requested
by
the
administration
department.
So
at
this
point
this
is
a
presentation
only
so
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
city
manager
gleason
for
some
introductory
comments.
G
Thank
you,
mayor
and
council,
and
to
the
community
thought
we
would
take
the
opportunity
this
evening
to
ask
the
western
av
representatives
come
and
present
they've
been
a
pillar
of
this
community
for
decades
and
the
deputy
city
manager-
and
I
met
a
couple
of
months
ago
out
there
with
the
board
chair,
mr
mike
jones
and
the
newish
executive
director,
mary
tackett,
and
we
thought
that
this
was
an
opportunity
to
share
a
little
bit
of
the
history,
but
also
more
so
just
sort
of
a
renewed
energy.
G
H
Thank
you,
mr
gleason.
It's
really
our
pleasure
to
be
here
this
evening
to
share
with
you
the
western
avenue
story.
H
First
again,
my
name's
mike
jones
board
president
at
western
avenue,
lifelong
bloomington,
normal
resident
growing
up
in
in
bloomington
and
attending
the
western
avenue
community
center.
Since
I
was
age,
seven
to
my
right
is
mary
tackett
r
newly,
which
is
a
relative
term
she's
been
with
us
since
june,
and
has
just
done
a
fabulous
job
in
terms
of
the
programs,
her
leadership
in
terms
of
focus
for
what
we're
trying
to
accomplish
at
western
avenue.
I'm
just
going
to
give
a
real,
quick
kind
of
a
back
story
back
history
about
western
avenue.
H
H
Western
avenue
has
been
on
the
same
corner
of
west
northwestern
avenue
and
locust
street
for
95
years
in
1926,
the
doors
opened
founded
by
reverend
frank,
breen
and
believe
it
or
not.
He
raised
money
with
a
number
of
community
leaders
to
build
the
facility
and
I,
as
I
recalled
it,
cost
about
thirty
thousand
dollars,
so
those
are
1926
dollars.
I
can
imagine
what
inflation
would
do
to
those
dollars
today.
H
H
The
the
building
burnt
down
to
the
ground
and
second
presbyterian
church,
which
was
the
owner
of
western
avenue,
rebuilt
the
building,
and
that
is
the
facility
that
you
see
in
the
first
slide
there
that
we
currently
occupy
we're
we're
currently
currently
supported
by
second
presbyterian
church
we've
had
great
support
from
state
farm,
other
churches,
businesses
and
individuals
throughout
our
95
year
history.
H
Today
we
serve
over
1800
families
per
year
in
the
community
and
has
many
friends
and
supporters
who
I
run
into
often
who
say
I
grew
up
at
the
center.
They
talked
f
fondly
of
the
time
that
they've
spent
there
so
with
without
further
ado,
I'm
gonna
bring
mary
up
to
talk
more
about
some
of
the
programs
and
services
that
we
offer
out
of
western
avenue.
I
Thanks
mike
and
thank
you
all
for
giving
us
the
time
to
present
today,
my
name
is
mary
tackett.
I
just
started
in
my
position
in
june,
but
I'm
not
new
to
bloomington
normal.
I
graduated
from
illinois
wesleyan
in
2012.,
so
it's
and
I
actually
interned
with
socorro
alvarez
who's.
Our
hispanic
outreach
director,
so
it's
a
very
fun,
come
full
circle
experience
for
me,
western
avenue
has
been
a
first
responder
to
the
needs
of
bloomington
normal.
I
Our
programming
has
changed,
but
they've
always
aligned
with
our
mission
of
opening
doors
of
love
and
hope
with
our
faith
in
jesus
christ,
and
so
when
all
of
our
programming
has
been
to
support
people
to
give
people
that
push
connect
them
with
resources
that
they
need
to
make
them
feel
loved
and
to
make
them
feel
safe
and
to
give
them
hope
if
we
could
go
to
the
next
slide.
Please
and
the
next
one
western
avenue.
I
Community
centers
programming
are
built
on
pillars,
education,
recreation,
well-being
and
health,
and
so
I
wanted
to
start
today
to
talk
about
our
educational
programs.
First,
I
want
to
start
with
sisters
by
chance.
This
is
the
third
year
of
this
program.
It
started
as
the
girls
program,
so
the
name
has
become
a
little
more
creative.
I
mean
it's
focused
now
on
eighth
grade
girls.
I
Secondly,
we
have
our
after
school
club.
This
is
for
5th,
through
8th
grade
students
right
now,
we've
partnered,
with
the
bloomington
junior
high
school
to
get
our
students
there.
We
provide
them
with
a
meal
we've
partnered
with
illinois,
wesleyan
and
illinois
state
university's,
pre-service
teachers
to
give
the
students
one-on-one
tutoring,
and
then
we
provide
additional
programming
for
the
rest
of
the
evening.
Again
we
take
them
on
field
trips,
we're
trying
to
get
our
kids
from
our
center.
I
We've
also
opened
a
computer
lab
at
western
avenue
community
center
we've
recognized,
especially
with
kova
the
lack
of
access
and
lack
of
knowledge
with
technology,
and
so
we
wanted
to
be
a
place
where
people
could
come.
We
people
can
print
scan,
create
documents
browse
the
internet,
moving
forward,
we'd
love
to
get
more
classes
in
there,
but
just
access
is
the
first
step
to
bridging
that
gap.
We've
also
been
lucky
to
have
a
great
partner
with
heartland
community
college,
starting
this
fall.
I
I
We
have
senior
exercise
classes
that
this
group
started
as
a
very
loyal
three
and
has
now
grown
to
close
to
15
seniors
that
come
tuesdays
and
thursdays
and
work
with
ormond
jones
to
do
low
impact
strength,
balance
exercises,
there's
a
woman
there,
who's,
95
and
she's
there.
Every
time
walk
and
laps
she's
amazing.
I
We
also
have
in
connection
with
help
mental
health
services.
We
provide
free,
bilingual
family
counseling
this
year,
we've
serviced,
63
families,
individuals
excuse
me,
and
that
includes
families,
couples
and
children.
I'm
really
excited
and
proud
of
that
program
to
support
people
with
language
needs,
and
it's
also
free
so
people
who
don't
have
access
to
insurance
or
need
that
or
don't
have
that
choice
or
liberty
to
receive
therapy
or
counseling
they
can
come
to
us.
I
We
have
a
martial
arts
program,
that's
for
youth,
and
then
we
also
have
work,
which
is
a
cardio
dance
program
similar
to
zumba.
So
those
are
our
physical
health
programs.
You
go
to
the
next
slide.
Please.
I
We
also
focus
on
recreation.
We
know,
especially
during
the
pandemic,
that
isolation
was
a
big
part
of
a
consequence
of
the
pandemic.
We
also
know
children
face
isolation
and
not
having
their
normal
extracurricular
programming,
and
so
we
really
have
tried
and
are
proud
of
the
programming
that
we
have
to
let
people
relax
and
create
relationships
and
have
fun.
We
have
senior
dinner
dances,
they're
quarterly,
they're
themed
for
our
seniors.
We
have
a
cards
day
where
the
seniors
come
to
the
center,
and
then
we
also
have
a
movie
day
for
our
seniors.
They
do.
I
They
did
not
enjoy
my
fair
lady,
but
we
we
gave
it
a
go.
We've
got
about
a
loyal
group
about
15,
50
seniors
who
come
to
our
different
events.
Next
slide,
please
continuing
on
with
recreation
and
with
our
senior
focus.
We
have
bingo
and
that's
once
a
month
we
provide
prizes
and
lunch
and
we
also
recognize
that
there
weren't
a
lot
of
spanish-speaking
seniors
coming
to
our
center
issues
with
transportation,
trust
and
language,
and
so
we
created
a
program
as
lotheria.
I
It's
essentially
bingo,
but
instead
of
numbers,
it's
pictures
and
each
picture
has
a
little
phrase
I
mean
so.
We
started
having
lotteria
events
at
our
at
our
center.
The
goal
is
that
we
will
have
our
bingo
players.
Learn
how
to
play
lotoria
and
all
dotaria
players
will
learn
how
to
play
bingo,
and
then
we
can
have
a
more
regular
scheduling
of
both
of
those
events
which
I'm
excited
about,
and
then
we
also
have
our
team
club.
I
mean
this
is
just
a
place
for
kids
to
come.
Play
basketball
play
video
games.
I
Do
art
just
just
talk
right
now
our
teams
are
making
blankets
for
our
seniors,
and
so
that's
just
another
place
where
kids
can
feel
safe
and
have
a
place
to
go
next
slide.
Please,
our
our
other
pillar
is
well-being
back
to
that
love
and
hope,
and
security
and
support.
We
want
to
make
sure
people
are
feeling
good
and
and
feeling
safe
in
their
community.
I
mean
a
lot
of
that
is
providing
resources
and
support
and
knowledge.
I
We
are
breaking
that
gap
of
how
to
navigate
different
systems,
and
one
of
the
stars
of
that
navigation
is
our
hispanic
outreach
program.
Our
hispanic
outreach
program
has
served
over
a
thousand
families
starting
in
january,
and
so
cora
alvarez
and
her
team
works
with
anyone.
Who's
spanish-speaking
immigrant
american-born
doesn't
matter
who
lacks
the
social,
cultural
and
language
capital
to
navigate
the
bloomington
normal
and
the
american
systems,
and
a
part
of
that
program
is
interpretation.
I
We
provide
interpretation,
sort
resources
in
medical
cases
at
courts
at
schools.
We
also
do
translation.
We
provide
spanish,
french
and
american
sign
language.
Translation,
interpretation
and
saul
is
our
interpretation
coordinator
is
busy
running
all
over
mclean
county
to
provide
those
services,
and
we've
also
have
a
food
program.
We've
been
blessed
to
partner
with
the
tinderman
family
foundation
to
provide
non-perishable
food
boxes
to
the
community.
I
Our
relationship
with
them
started
at
the
peak
of
the
pandemic
before
I
got
here
during
that,
you
know
that
initial
crisis
of
getting
food
out
to
people
and
we've
been
able
to
continue
that
programming
program
distributing
over
3
000
boxes.
This
year,
we've
also
partnered
with
state
farm
to
get
additional
kinds
of
foods:
sugar,
oil
things
that
family
can
use
to
cook
and
we've
currently
partnered
with
mcca
to
provide
fresh
produce
to
families.
So
we're
excited
about
working
to
promote
or
just
battle.
I
Food
insecurity
in
our
community
we've
also
partnered,
with
ccsi
community
care
systems,
incorporated
they
come
to
our
center
once
a
month
and
meet
with
center
senate,
get
sit
against
citizens.
Excuse
me
and
navigate
the
really
sometimes
often
difficult
and
tricky
insurance
policies
or
medicare
or
medicaid,
and
they
also
have
a
focus
on
helping
senior
citizens
with
disabilities
again
just
navigating
systems
giving
supports
taking
the
time
to
sit
down
with
someone
and
answer
questions
and
that's
a
big
part
and
focus
of
our
hispanic
outreach
program
on
nccsi
next
slide.
Please!
I
So
that's
where
we
are
now
opening
those
doors
of
love
and
hope
supporting
people
making
people
feel
safe,
and
this
is
where
we
would
love
to
go.
As
mike
said,
we've
been
around
on
the
corner
for
95
years,
and
I
think
that
says
a
lot.
It
says
a
lot
about
our
staff,
a
lot
about
our
building
and
a
lot
about
our
community
and
a
lot
about
the
friends
of
western
avenue,
and
so
we
want
to
maintain
that
presence.
I
A
I
I
We
also
want
to
expand
our
programming
to
create
this
continuum
of
service
right
now,
as
you
saw,
we
have
pockets
of
programs,
but
if
we
can
hear
create
programs
or
support
all
the
way
through,
so
if,
for
example,
I'm
a
single
mom
coming
to
a
foodbot
to
get
my
food
box
or
I'm
coming
to
an
exercise
class,
is
there
someone
that
can
watch
my
kid?
I
Can
I
provide
transportation
to
someone
or
deliver
food
to
get
a
person
somewhere
taking
away
those
barriers
and
creating
services
all
the
way
through
from
zero,
all
the
way
to
their
senior
programs
and
their
zeke
walking
around
at
95.?
We
want
to
have
programs
for
all
of
our
clients
and
supporting
them
all
the
way
through
whether
they're
in
a
basketball
program,
and
we
can
mentor
them
to
get
them
into
a
career.
I
Anything
like
that
to
support
them
all
the
way
through.
We
do
have
really
strong
partnerships
and
friends
of
western
avenue
already,
but
we
want
to
continue
that
work,
meaning
more
with
with
other
professionals,
community
members
and
other
non-profits.
I
We
are
connecting
with
mclean
county
united
way
on
workforce
180..
That's
an
initiative
to
provide
career
readiness
with
support
systems
with
young
adults
or
non-traditional
adult
students,
getting
them
the
support
that
they
need
to
stay
within
mclean
county
and
get
a
job
and
be
successful,
and
that
aligns
directly
with
our
goal
of
creating
a
continuum
of
service.
I
We
also
want
to
connect
with
the
broader
donor
base.
Right
now,
a
third
of
our
almost
a
third
of
our
donations
of
revenue
come
from
churches.
We
want
to
expand
that
we.
We
are
really
grateful
for
those
relationships,
but
focusing
more
on
endowments
grant
development
corporate
we
have
less
than
20
percent
of
our
revenue
comes
from
corporate
sponsors.
So
how
can
we
utilize
the
organizations
that
we
have
here
to
share
our
story
and
get
support
for
what
we
do?
I
A
Sure,
thank
you
very
much.
I
really
appreciate
having
the
opportunity
to
learn
more
about
western
avenue
community
center
and
certainly
look
forward
to
visiting
one
of
these
days
and
to
see
for
myself
what
the
what
you
guys
do.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
with
that,
I'm
going
to
open
it
up
for
questions,
okay,
councilmember,
crumpler
and
then
councilmember
matthew.
J
A
few
years
ago,
I
was
invited
by
a
group
of
pre-service
teachers
to
attend
a
year
in
celebration
of
the
at
the
end
of
the
tutoring
program,
and
I
came
on
on
an
afternoon
and
I
was
treated
to
a
delicious
meal
and
I
got
to
meet
with
the
families
and
the
kids
and
they
had
a
dramatic
performance,
and
I
was
so
struck
by
the
strength
of
bilingual
education,
development
and
the
progress
they
had
made
with
proficiency
in
both
languages,
and
I
just
wanted
to
tell
you.
J
I
appreciate
the
work
you
do
and
I
would
support
anything
that's
going
on
at
the
center.
Thank
you.
C
I
didn't
have
any
questions
either.
I
just
wanted
to
again
say
thank
you
for
all
the
work
that
you
do.
I've
been
at
the
center
a
few
times.
I
think
I
built
that
computer
lab
the
first
time
and
I
still
think
of
the
murder
mysteries
that
you
hosted
the
fundraisers.
I
hope
we
can
get
back
to
those.
They
were
a
lot
of
fun.
I
still
have
a
signed
scooby-doo
print
from
both
hannah
and
barbara,
that
I
won
in
one
of
the
auctions
at
those.
C
So
I
see
that
in
my
office
every
time
I
sit
down
so
love
that
part,
but
you
know
just
keep
up
the
amazing
work
and
keep
getting
the
message
out
and
keep
being
amazing.
I
know
that
the
board
and
the
staff
have
always
been
so
kind
and
generous
every
time
I've
been
there
and
just
you
know,
let
us
know
what
you
need.
K
Yes,
I
also
would
like
to
just
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you
do.
It's
good
to
see
you
again
and
thank
you
for
being
such
a
stalwart
presence
on
the
west
side
and
I'd
like
to
to
say
anything
that
I
can
do
personally
with
sisters
by
chance
in
particular,
I'd
be
very
interested
if
you
just
reach
out
excellent.
Thank
you.
A
D
Yes,
thank
you
for
your
presentation.
We
were
very
thrilled
to
partner
with
your
organization
at
the
museum
when
we
created
our
ofrenda
and
it
was
it's
just
really
nice
to
to
see
all
of
these
efforts
converge
and
my.
I
also
want
to
applaud
the
work
you're
doing
with
workforce
180
and
I'd
and
that
that
initiative
about
the
the
kind
of
wrap
around
services
that
are
provided.
It's
not
just
funding,
someone's
education
and
a
career,
but
what
do
they
need
in
order
to
make
that
possible
transportation,
child
care?
D
H
Oh
daycare
services,
there
was
just
a
inherent
lack
in
there
in
terms
of
availability
during
the
pandemic
and
out
of
that,
with
kids
being
out
of
school,
one
of
the
areas
of
focus
has
been
around
behavioral
or
mental
health,
and
I
think
we've
all
seen
that
somewhat
play
out
in
our
school
systems,
and
that
is
one
of
the
concerns
coming
out
of
the
pandemic,
that
we
want
to
be
able
to
be
a
part
of
in
terms
of
addressing.
H
To
my
knowledge,
we
are
the
only
downstate
center
community
center
that
provide
the
diverse
types
of
services
and
programs
that
that
we
just
shared
with
you,
and
I
just
think
that
is
so
important
for
a
community
our
size
to
be
able
to
offer
what
we
offer
out
of
western
avenue.
So
thank
you
for
your
support.
I
If
I
can
peg
you
back
off
of
mike's
comment
that
mental
health
piece
talking
to
our
food,
my
food
program
director,
my
my
directors
with
their
with
the
senior
and
youth
program
and
even
with
socorro.
I
Right
now,
we're
not
like
most
of
us,
hopefully
are
not
like
enclosing
our
house
and
isolated,
and
you
know
completely
stressed
out,
but
we're
not
normal
right
like
we're
not
like
everything's
great
and
everything's
fine
like
we're
in
this
place
in
the
middle
and
we've
been
there
for
a
really
long
time
and
that's
stressful,
that's
stressful
for
kids,
it's
stressful
for
parents,
it's
stressful
for
caregivers,
it's
stressful
for
providers,
and
so
just
just
acknowledging
that.
Am
I
okay
like
what
do
I
need?
L
Thank
you
for
the
work
that
you
do
and
thank
you
for
sharing
some
of
the
plans
you
have
for
the
future
and
I
think,
since
your
organization
has
been
involved
in
the
community
for
so
long,
one
of
the
discussions
we're
going
to
have
after
after
this
is
about
how
to
spend
some
money
that
we've
we
have
or
will
receive
from
the
federal
government,
and
we
hope
that
you're
part
of
that
conversation,
as
well
as
other
stakeholders
in
the
community.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
B
G
A
G
Thank
you,
mayor
and
council,
and
to
the
community.
This
is
a
very
brief
presentation
by
myself
and
deputy
city
manager
tyus
what
we've
prepared
for
council
this
evening
to
continue
this
discussion
on
the
arp
funds
that
city
of
bloomington
has
received
to
the
tune
of
nearly
13.4
million
dollars.
We're
very
fortunate.
G
G
We
have
obligated
some
of
the
funds
related
to
a
couple
of
the
public
works
infrastructure
projects
and
those
have
been
discussed
previously.
But
at
this
time
I'm
going
to
turn
the
floor
over
we've
got
a
four
of
five
powerpoint
slide
presentation
and
then
the
majority
of
the
time
belongs
to
council.
M
Thank
you,
senator
gleason,
I
still
haven't
figured
out
the
glasses
thing,
sorry,
and
so
really,
as
the
manager
talked
about,
we
have
the
american
rescue
plan
whereby
cities
and
towns
and
townships
and
villages
were
allocated
at
roughly
65
billion
dollars.
I
believe,
and
that
was
signed
into
legislation
in
march
of
2021..
M
Next
slide.
Please
phil,
as
as
we
as
the
manager
talked
about,
the
city's
allocation
was
just
more
than
13
million
dollars.
We
have
received
our
first
allocation
back
in
may,
which
was
roughly
6.6
million
dollars,
and
the
second
installment
is
expected
at
some
point
next
year,
roughly
12
months
after
for
another
6.6
million
dollars,
those
funds
have
to
be
allocated
by
december
31st
of
2024
and
by
obligated.
M
That
means
that
the
expenditures
have
been
approved
by
council
and
that
we
actually
have
a
purchase
order
for
the
work
to
be
done
whatever
it
is.
Just
that
is
decided
to
be
done,
and
so
council
approval
and
purchase
orders
in
hand
again,
as
the
manager
talked
about.
We
still
have
some
time
to
do
some
planning
and
in
looking
at
other
cities,
they
are
in
the
same
spot.
For,
for
the
most
part,
there
are
some
who
are
further
ahead.
M
M
The
u.s
treasury
talks
about.
They
give
examples
of
how
we
can
spend
the
money.
They
don't
tell
you
specifically,
but
they
give
you
examples
and
they
have
overarching
objectives
for
how
the
money
can
be
spent.
Some
of
these
are
would
be
self-explanatory,
but
others
may
need
a
little
bit
of
explanation.
M
So,
for
example,
we
know
water
sewer
and
broadband
infrastructure,
that's
self-explanatory,
but
some
of
the
other
areas
like
when
you
talk
about
replacing
revenue
loss
that
allows
recipients
to
replace
budget
shortfalls
in
some
cases
based
on
a
formula
that
they've
given
us
that
builds
annual
growth
into
what
you
can
actually
use
from
the
funding
to
replace
revenues.
If
so,
it
builds
in
growth
and
it's
based
on
the
year
before
the
pandemic
hit,
and
so
the
last
year
of
quote.
Unquote.
M
Normal
revenues
is
the
baseline
and
then
there's
a
formula
that
you
have
that
allows
you
to
determine
what
you
can
utilize
for
revenue
for
revenue
replacement,
the
category
of
addressing
negative
impacts.
Examples
are
things
like,
so
you
can
do
things
like
small
business
loans
and
grants.
You
can
do
help
with
recovery
for
for
impacted
industries
such
as
tourism
and
travel
and
hospitality.
M
One
of
the
things
that
we've
talked
about
tonight
with
western
app
and
that
we
will
talk
about
a
little
bit
later
are
equity,
focused
services
where
we
are
able
to
address
systemic
public
health
and
economic
challenges
that
have
contributed
to
the
the
unequal
impact
of
the
pandemic
on
certain
communities.
We've
all
seen
it
we've
seen
the
news
we've
seen
how
that
there
are
certain
portions
of
our
community
that
have
been
unequitably.
M
If
that's
a
word
impacted-
and
there
are
allowances
here-
to
try
and
address
some
of
those
systemic
problems
that
have
led
to
some
of
that
that
inequity-
and
so
with
that
and
with
those
categories-
and
we
are-
we
wanted
to
provide
you
with
some
possibilities
for
categories
for
spending
again,
not
necessarily
specific
programs,
but
with
categories
for
for
spending.
But
before
I
go
to
that,
I
want
to
ask
if
the
manager
has
any
comments
or
thoughts
or
questions
all
right
next
slide,
please
phil!
M
So,
based
on
what
we
just
talked
about
and
based
on
the
rules
we
are,
we
are
providing
some
possibilities
for
categories
of
expenditure,
for
your
consideration
as
we
go
forward
again.
Some
of
these
obviously
we'll
need
some
fleshing
out.
M
We
obviously
would
need
to
come
forward
with
what
those
programs
would
look
like
and
what
the
dollar
figures
would
actually
be,
but
we
wanted
to
start
to
form
a
structure
for
your
consideration,
so
one
of
them
we
talked
about
we
have
talked
about
is
storm
water
management
and
again,
as
we
talked
about
earlier,
there's
have
been
some
funds
obligated
to
projects
for
that,
but
that
category
of
spending.
M
What
can
we
do
in
that
category
to
to
to
to
utilize
these
funds?
And
we've
talked
a
lot
about
the
locus
colton
project.
We've
talked
about
hydraulic
modeling,
modeling.
We've
talked
about
these
opportunities
to
address
our
systems
throughout
the
community
to
to
to
to
impact
our
our
storm
water
management
and
where
the
water
goes
once
it
rains.
Basically,
we
talk
a
lot
about
road
improvements
in
this
community.
You
heard
conversations
tonight
about
roadway
improvements.
Are
there
opportunities
here
to
replace
lost
revenue
to
first
keep
up
with
our
current
schedule?
M
Over
the
last
several
years,
we've
we've
allocated
more
money
than
we
had
in
previous
years,
more
than
we
perhaps
ever
had,
but
one
of
the
things
that
we
know
is
that
these
last
couple
of
years,
we'll
probably
see
a
decrease
in
revenues.
So
do
we
utilize
some
of
the
funding
to
to
help
with
that
shortfall?
One
of
the
other
things
that
we've
talked
about.
I
think
it
was
actually
council
member
becker
who
has
consistently
said.
M
M
And
obviously
we
haven't
figured
that
out
yet,
but
are
there
other
opportunities
to
perhaps
have
companies
come
to
our
community
frankly
and
help
with
some
of
the
additional
work
so
increase?
Work
is
if
we
can
increase
capacity
downtown.
We
talk
a
lot
about
down
downtown.
We
know
that
there
are
going
to
be
significant
water
and
sewer
improvements
down
there.
There
there's
mains
underground
there
that
need
some
work.
Do
we
use
a
portion
of
the
funding
for
that
we're
talking
now
about
streetscape
improvements
and
that's
not
just
pretty
trees
and
lights?
M
It's
not
it's
more
than
that.
It's
re
completely
bringing
a
new
energy
and
feel
and
and
creating
recreational
opportunities
in
our
downtown
as
well,
which
in
turn
impact
the
entirety
of
the
community.
When
you
bring
when
you
create
create
these
senses
of
place,
you're
you're
you're
bringing
more
people
downtown,
which
in
turn,
helps
with
revenues
that
again
it
gives
people
that
quality
of
life
that
we
want
to.
M
We
want
to
see
next
slide,
please
phil
equity
again
and
that's
a
pretty
broad
term,
but
are
there
opportunities
now
to
do
things
to
address
some
of
the
systemic
issues
that
led
to
that
disproportionate
impact
of
the
pandemic
on
parts
of
our
community?
M
M
It's
not
as
simple
as
coming
to
a
training
and
learning
and
going
and
get
a
job
there.
There
are
traumas
that
impact
them
and
can
hinder
them
from
doing
that.
One
of
the
things
talked
about
tonight
was
trust.
You
know
there
are
trust.
There
are
trust
issues
with
with
certain
portions
of
our
population
who
it's
not
as
simple
as
hey,
come,
get
this
training
and
and
and
you'll
get
a
job.
You
know
their
trust
issues.
Can
we
address
when
you
talk
about
this
363
degree
targeted
training?
M
There
are
opportunities
to
possibly
also
address
those
issues,
as
we
talk
about
preparing
people
for
our
community
for
work
in
our
community.
The
other
thing
that's
fantastic
about
this.
The
city
and
this
community
is
that
we've
got
growing
industries
that
are
hiring
like
like
never
before.
M
We
also
want
to
make
sure
that
portions
of
our
community,
certain
all
portions
of
our
community,
have
equal
access
to
that
work
into
those
jobs.
So
can
we,
for
example,
target
training
opportunities
or
build
upon
those
training
programs
to
make
sure
that
they're
expanded
into
the
entirety
of
our
community?
Are
there
opportunities
like
that
that
we
believe
are
possible?
Scholarships
obviously,
doesn't
I
don't
think
need
any
explanation,
but
can
we
provide
scholarships,
housing
and
community
health
initiatives
as
well?
M
And
so,
when
you
talk
about
equity,
it's
really
making
sure
that
there's
equal
access
to
all
that
this
community
has
to
offer.
So
it
would
be
another
potential
category
for
us
to
focus
on
and
again
we
would
come
back
to
you
with
what
that
would
look
like.
And
finally,
as
you
talk
about
council
award
initiatives
and
again
these
are
just
possibilities
that
we've
discussed
you
know.
Is
there
an
opportunity
here
to
set
aside
a
portion
of
this
funding
and
say
to
all
of
you?
M
Please
take
the
opportunity
to
go
to
your
wards
and
talk
with
the
people
in
your
wars
about
what
they
want,
what
they
need,
what
they
would
like
to
see,
and
then
you
gather
that
list
and
again
this
is,
you
know
we
haven't
flushed
it
out.
You
gather
that
list
and
then
you
come
back
and
have
a
discussion
about
based
on
this
part
of
pot
of
funding
that
is
available.
These
are
the
projects
that
are
possibilities,
and
you
decide
as
a
council
and
mayor
what
some
of
those
projects
are
as
well.
M
So
again,
these
are
potential
categories.
We
understand
that
they
need
some
fleshing
out,
but
we're
trying
again
to
provide
sort
of
a
framework
for
how
we
potentially
go
forward
with
the
with
the
allocating
of
this
funding.
I
don't
have
anything
else
tim.
I
don't
know
if
you
do.
G
I
do
thank
you,
billy
these.
What
has
just
been
presented
in
this
slide
in
the
previous
slide
by
the
deputy
city
manager.
G
Effort,
you
know
amongst
the
directors,
so
this
is
a
staff
product
for
council
to
view
the
community
and
ultimately
be
a
council
discussion,
but
we
get
the
most
excited
honestly
about
these
last
two.
That's
on
the
current
slide
well
within
the
parameters
for
an
allowable
expense
for
these
funds.
G
I
definitely
do
not
want
to
go
outside
the
boundaries
for
that,
but
this
has
a
connectivity
to
so
many
other
conversations
that
we've
had
in
the
past,
whether
it's
privately,
whether
it's
part
of
a
public
conversation,
pre-covered
amitskovid,
when
you
talk
about
workforce
as
an
example
and
the
demands
on
this
community-
and
this
is
an
allowable
expense
covered
related-
we've
got
a
population
within
this
community.
G
That's
unemployed
may
not
know
what
they
don't
know,
and
this
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
step
in
and
potentially
dramatically
change
our
life.
So
it's
exciting,
but
I
know
that
the
deputy
city
manager
is
nearing
the
end
of
this,
but
I
just
wanted
to
jump
in
and
thanks
for
giving
me
a
ability
to
do
that.
But
these
are
the
two
that
is
staff.
We
get
the
most
excited
about
hearing
more.
M
A
Okay,
well,
thank
you
very
much
for
a
great
presentation,
billy
and
given
us
an
opportunity
to
you
know
to
put
some
contour
around
what
we
can
do.
I
definitely
appreciate
that,
and
I
and
I
am
as
well
excited
about
the
the
opportunity
to
to
help
some
of
the
members
in
the
community
who
have,
you
know,
suffered
a
lot
more
through
kovi,
but
at
the
same
time
you
know
being
able
to
connect
that
with
employers
as
well,
because
I
know
there's
a
need
there
and
if
you
can
bring
the
two
together.
A
I
think
that's
that's
great
with
that.
I'm
gonna
give
council
a
a
chance
to
provide
some
comments
and
reactions
looks
like
council
member
emig.
You
have
you
light
up.
Oh
yes,.
K
D
Thank
you
very
much,
and
thank
you
for
that
that
framework-
and
I
just
want
to
make
a
few
points
too-
that
I've
been
thinking
about
and
share
with
city
staff
and
my
colleagues
and
the
community
that
I
recently
looked
at
a
brookings
institute.
You
know
overview
of
a
framework
for
how
communities
might
spend
this
funding
and
one
of
the
questions
posed,
which
I
thought
was
really
helpful,
was
in
10
years
from
now.
Will
you
look
back
and
say:
did
we
just
spend
the
money,
or
did
we
invest
it?
D
So
I
like
that,
we're
thinking
about
broader
notions
of
diversification
and
the
categories
within
that
question
that
really
stuck
with
me
was
first,
you
know.
Well
what
do
we
need
to
do
to
stabilize
what
what's
immediate?
D
So
you
asked
in
terms
of
what
we
can
realize
for
revenue
replacement,
there's
a
formula,
so
we
we
know
what
we
may
have
lost
and
therefore
I'm
thinking
about
the
the
need
to
stabilize
our
funding
on
roads,
which
is
something
that
all
of
us
are
committed
to
continuing
to
think
about
green
and
gray
infrastructure
initiatives
and
the
baseline
for
longer
term
recovery.
I
think
that's!
D
That's
one
facet
that's
important
to
consider,
but
then
there's
also
this
equity
or
inclusivity
focus
how
how
feasible
would
it
be
to
wipe
out
the
remaining
water
bills
for
residents,
for
example,
or
a
percentage
of
that?
How
do
we
bolster
organizations
to
provide
support
to
the
most
vulnerable
and
for
me
I
would
definitely
want
not
just
to
turn
to
the
constituents
in
my
ward,
but
to
those
who
serve
those
individuals
directly,
such
as
the
individuals
we
heard
from
this
evening.
D
Do
we
need
to
expend
more
on
workforce
development,
and
that
is
hand-in-hand
with
increasing
capacity
to
do
these
kinds
of
jobs
that
we
need?
What
about
our
mental
health
needs?
Do
we
need
to
find
ways
to
to
incentivize
or
fund
education
for
for
people
who
can
provide
greater
and
more
diverse
mental
health
services?
D
Affordable
housing
is
also
a
really
important
issue,
and
I've
heard
from
many
members
of
of
my
ward
about
the
importance
of
all
three
of
these,
as
well
as
as
the
roads
and
and
finally,
the
the
third
part
of
that
framework
was
how
do
we
organize?
We
can't
do
this
alone.
Teamwork
is
required.
D
So
I
certainly
don't
want
us
to
get
so
siloed
that
we're
not
leveraging
each
other
together
to
find
ways
that
we
can
do
a
lot
more
when
we
consider
how
we
can
not
just
work
together,
but
maybe
even
you
know,
if
there's
a
housing,
affordable
housing
initiative,
maybe
we
can
work
in
partnership
with
the
town
of
normal
or
mclean
county,
so
there's
really
an
opportunity
to
go
beyond
what
we're
what
we're
doing
so,
I'm
I'm
excited
to
consider
all
of
this,
and
I
I
agree
that
to
do
it
right
requires
some
time
and
research
and
hearing
from
others.
K
Sorry
yeah,
I
would
echo
the
the
appreciation
not
only
for
the
presentation,
but
also
for
the
the
opportunity
to
really
take
some
time
and
do
this
right.
I
think
this
is
a
I
mean
not
every
day.
Do
you
have
something
like
this
sort
of
fall
into
your
lap
and-
and
I
hope
that
we
can
can
take
the
time
to
do
it
right.
K
So
that's
something
pretty
important
to
me
to
see
us
look
into
I'd
also
be
very
curious.
You
know
high
on
my
list
of
priorities
has
to
do
with
using
either
the
arp
money
or
the
infrastructure
money
to
deal
with
with
ada
accessibility
issues
that
we've
been
kicking
that
can
down
the
road
a
long
time.
Obviously,
this
the
the
sewer
and
the
roads
are
are
issues
that
need
to
be
attended
to,
but
there
are
also
issues
around
affordable
housing,
particularly
for
seniors
and
in
any
of
those
projects.
K
I
really
would
love
us
to
have
a
focus
on
doing
those
things
in
a
sustainable
way,
whether
that
means
you
know,
building,
affordable
housing
or
renovating,
affordable
housing
in
such
a
way
that
that
makes
it
sustainable
from
and
and
affordable,
partly
because
people
can
pay
their
utilities
and
and
so
forth.
I
I
have
some
curiosity
about
whether
the
arp
dollars
can
go
toward
addressing
issues
of
the
food
desert
on
the
west
side,
so
these
are
all
high
priorities
that
I'm
hearing
people
talk
about
in
my
ward.
N
Just
as
an
example,
so
that's
let's
say
we're
we're
just
talking
about
a
four-year
window.
If
we
just
look
at
the
roads
in
that
four-year
window
and
say
that
seven
million
is
what
we
need
to
stay
afloat
and
move
forward.
If
we
were
started
at
level
right.
If
we
since
we're
starting
below
level,
we
need
more
than
seven
million
we're
also
going
to
lose
money,
probably
for
the
next
two
years.
Out
of
that
funding,
so
there's
three
four:
five:
six:
seven:
eight
million
right
there.
That's
that
can
be
allocated
for
something
that's
absolutely
necessary.
N
What
I
don't
want
people
to
misunderstand
is
there's
a
lot
of
good
ideas
here:
the
workforce
development,
I'd
love
to
see
better
work
for
the
workforce,
development
across
the
community
work
with
the
edc
and
that
and
so
forth.
But
13
million
is
not
a
windfall.
It's
a
small
amount
of
money
when
spread
over
that
many
years.
We're
going
to
have
to
be
careful
to
not
give
50
000
here,
100
000
there
that
isn't
going
to
do
any
good
for
the
long
term.
That
would
be
to
julie's
point
spending
and
not
investing.
N
We
need
to
put
significant
amounts
of
money
in
the
places
where
we
can
really
have
a
long-term
impact
to
make
the
city
better
and-
and
I
don't
mean
that
again,
a
twenty
thousand
fifty
thousand
dollar
investment
in
a
certain
area
would
be
a
bad
thing.
It's
just
remember.
We
have
needs
that
we
have
to
do
and
that
13
million
isn't
that
much
across
four
years.
It
really
isn't.
So
we
need
to
be
very
careful
that
we
don't
lose
focus.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Councilman
baker
did
you
want
to
say
something.
G
Thank
you
mayor.
I
was
going
to
comment
to
that.
Alderman
becker's
comments
about
the
local
motor
fuel
tax
revenues,
the
previous
council
and
it's
been
continued.
You
know
up
through
this
fiscal
year
we
do
have
lost
revenue
related
to
the
local
motor
fuel
tax
council's
made
a
commitment
of
nearly
six
plus
million
dollars
in
road
work.
We
call
it
asphalt
and
pavement
repairs.
One
million
of
that
is
dedicated
to
sidewalks.
G
I
think
we're
in
year
six
of
a
ten
year
commitment
to
sidewalk
improvement
throughout
the
city,
and
this
is
definitely
an
area
that
we
feel
for
the
next
couple
of
years.
We
could
possibly
supplement
we
sort
of
took
the
approach.
You
know
looking
around
the
diocese
and
again
past
conversations.
Is
this
an
opportunity?
G
You
know
for
a
half
dozen
two
million
dollar
buckets
to
be
invested
in
different
things.
That's
entirely
for
council
to
decide
at
the
end
of
the
day
and
completely
respect
that
but
excited
to
take
notes
and
see
where
we
end
up
here.
O
I'd
just
like
to
reinforce
the
comments
that
nick
made
when
you
look
at
this
as
a
percentage
of
our
total
spend
it's
a
very
insignificant
amount
in
that
context,
and
when
we
look
at
the
fact
that
the
local
government
here
us
we're
spending,
you
know
over
50
percent
more
than
what
we
were
spending
just
eight
years
ago.
O
Making
up
the
shortfall
alone
on
the
roads
would
take
more
than
this
money
has
the
opportunity
at
low
single
digits
as
a
percentage
of
our
annual
spend
and
then
in
thinking
about
your
comments,
wd
city
manager,
concerning
equity.
I
can't
imagine
anything
more
disequitable
than
what
happened
with
the
combined
sewer
overflow
in
this
event
that
we
had
this
summer.
O
There
was
a
disproportionate
impact
with
that
particular
storm
event,
and
we
have
the
opportunity
to
not
address
it
all,
but
to
make
a
difference
in
that
by
putting
our
resources
toward
infrastructure
defined
as
streets
and
sewers,
with
sewers
being
the
top
priority.
From
from
my
point
of
view,
what
we
saw
up
here
today
really
is
dealing
with
the
locus
colton
project
and
it's
also
dealing
with
the
hydraulic
modeling.
O
L
Thank
you
mayor,
so
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
something
on
the
combined
sewers.
So,
with
regard
to
the
difference
between
the
combined
sewer
overflow
and
the
combined
sewer,
the
illinois
epa
requires
us
to
fix,
by
a
certain
period
of
time,
the
combined
sewer
overflow
there's
no
similar
requirements
with
to
the
combined
sewers.
L
We
need
to
reach
beyond
those
that
have
the
loudest
voices.
We
need
to
ask
community
stakeholders
like
one
tonight,
just
to
say
what
our
community
needs.
That's,
that's
everybody
from
large
businesses,
small
businesses,
the
mclean
county,
regional
planning,
commission
naacp.
L
I
could
go
on
and
on
and
and
like
julie
said
with
regard
to
how
we
can
combine
our
resources
say
with
the
town
and
the
county.
L
L
We
need
to
ensure
that
our
historically
underserved
residents,
neighborhoods
and
commercial
areas
of
the
city
are
prioritized
for
support
and
reinvestment.
These
are
areas
that
need
access
to
affordable
housing,
fresh
food,
high-speed
internet
well-lit,
streets,
minority
entrepreneurs
with
good
ideas,
but
little
money
to
invest
must
be
supported.
They
have
much
to
offer
on
the
infrastructure
question.
L
Now,
if
we
are
to
spend
money
on
infrastructure
from
the
art
money,
I
would
like
it
spent
on
how
to
prevent
backup
of
sewage
for
those
on
the
west
side
who
have
combined
sewers
and-
and
we
know
our
public
works
department-
is
looking
into
that
issue
and
coming
up
with
solutions,
and
I
we
should
wait
to
see
what
they
have
to
come
up
with,
to
see
how
that
can
be
done
and
how
much
money
that
will
cost.
We
should
also
think
do
we
hire
more
city
employees
for
things
that
we
need
like
do.
L
J
Thank
you
mayor.
I
really
appreciated
council
member
emig
and
councilmember
becker's
points
about
investment
in
long-term
projects,
rather
than
just
trying
to
spend
the
money
you
know
quickly.
I
actually
agree
with
that.
You
know
when
I
listened
to
my
constituents
in
ward
9.
Mostly.
What
I
hear
is
it's
communicated
to
me
is
is
again
that's
been
echoed
over
and
over
this
evening,
is
a
belief
in
and
really
putting
money
into,
repairing
bloomington
infrastructure,
including
sewers
and
roads.
J
For
me,
I'm
I
you
know
this
council
in
the
last
six
months
has
approved
two
capital
projects,
the
o'neill
pool.
I
mean
we're
working
on
improving
the
library
and
I'm
really
proud
of
those
projects
and
supporting
both
of
them
and-
and
I
really
want
to
encourage
us
to
think
hard
about
investing
as
much
as
possible
into
an
acceleration
of
needed
infrastructure,
sewers
and
roads.
I
think
this
would
show
a
commitment
to
our
community.
You
know
to
work
on
a
problem.
J
That's
that's
been
with
us
for
a
long
time
and
was
exacerbated
certainly
this
june
in
in
the
floods,
and
the
second
thing
that
I
really
want
to
talk
I
just
mentioned.
I
am
so
appreciative
of
council
member
ward
that
she
mentioned.
You
know
ada
issues,
particularly
in
downtown.
J
We
know
that
since
2014,
the
council
has
had
a
draft
plan
on
dealing
with
accessibility
in
bloomington.
It's
still
in
a
draft
and
whether
it's
the
current
art
funds
or
if
we
were
to
get
additional
funding
from
the
new
federal
infrastructure
bill,
moving
moving
forward
to
try
to
help
think
about
increase
increase.
Excuse
me
increasing
accessibility
in
downtown
bloomington,
I
think,
should
be
a
priority.
Thank
you.
P
Yeah,
what
I
forgive
me
billy,
I'm
not
saying
I'm
not
seeing
a
whole
lot
of
covert
related
when
I
read
the
information
regarding
these
funds
that
they
have
to
be
covert
related
and
they
are
federal
funds
and
the
federal
funds
are
allocated
to
the
state
as
a
recipient,
the
county
as
a
recipient
and
the
municipality
as
a
recipient,
and
in
my
opinion,
each
of
those
entities
need
to
stay
within
their
purview
as
to
how
they
spend
their
money
housing.
P
We
have
a
bloomington
housing
authority
which
gets
grant
money
from
the
federal
government.
That's
where
housing
money
comes
from.
P
P
I
remember
talking
to
scott
black
about
his
ward
and
downtown,
and
I
said
I
told
him-
and
I
will
say
it
publicly
if,
if
you
want
to
improve
downtown,
address
the
infrastructure
on
the
adjacent
neighborhoods,
and
that
is
where
the
money
should
be
spent.
Of
course,
hershey
and
the
other
roads
are
important
too,
but
take
care
of
the
old
infrastructure.
A
D
I
A
C
Thank
you
mayor,
so
I
love
the
fact
that
we
have
such
diverse
opinions
on
the
council
and,
and
I
actually
agree
with
everything
that
every
one
of
you
has
said
tonight.
The
problem
is:
is
that
13
million
dollars
doesn't?
Let
me
agree
with
everything
every
one
of
you
said
tonight,
which
is
exactly
what
nick's
point
was
as
well,
and
you
know
I
I
guess
if
I
had
to
tell
you
a
few
things
that
I
see
as
topping
my
list
of
importance
right
now.
C
Ironically,
for
the
first
time
I
probably
have
ever
said,
this
rhodes
is
not
necessarily
one
of
those
things,
because
roads
aren't
as
important
if
you
don't
have
a
car
and
a
lot
of
the
people
that
were
worst
the
worst
hit
with.
This
are
the
people
who
who
don't
have
cars
and
we
have
funding
set
aside
for
roads.
It's
not
whole
right
now,
but
we're
we're
we're
going
to
get
back
to
that.
But
but
if
we
put
some
money
towards
roads,
it
wouldn't
hurt
my
feelings
at
all.
C
I've
been
talking
about
sewers
for
years
and
years
and
years,
so
I
would
definitely
like
to
see
us
and
at
least
start
that
process
as
well,
with
investing
into
the
hydraulic
modeling
that
is
necessary
for
the
west
side
and
plus
a
couple
of
areas
that
aren't
necessarily
the
west
side
like
the
evergreen
memorial
cemetery
area.
That
was
also
impacted
pretty
severely
by
the
the
storms
this
year,
and
particularly
south
hill,
was
hit
really
hard.
But
that's,
I
guess,
that's
kind
of
west
sided.
It's
a
weird
in-betweener
space.
C
Child
care
is
something
that
keeps
coming
back
over
and
over
and
over
again
that
people
can't
go
back
to
work
because
they
can't
find
child
care,
and
I
don't
know
how
we
would
deal
with
that
one.
But
if
we're
talking
about
any
sort
of
workforce
development
and
we're
talking
about
trying
to
help
people
get
back
to
work,
that's
step
one
we're
stuck
right
there
that
people
can't
leave
because
they
they
can't
leave
their
house
because
they
can't
afford
child
care.
They
don't
have
child
care.
C
There
are
child
care
centers
that
we
already
have
in
town
that
can't
hire
enough
staff
to
to
actually
service
kids
that
they
need
so
as
well.
So
so
that's
near
the
top
of
my
list
when
we're
talking
about
the
stuff
as
well.
I
love
the
idea
around
the
workforce,
development
of
helping
people,
and
maybe
part
of
that
is
teaching
people
how
to
be
child
care
professionals
right.
It's
like
you
know.
C
We
provide
child
care
to
them,
while
they're
learning
to
be
child
care
professionals
to
provide
child
care
to
the
next
people
kind
of
a
self-fulfilling
circle
there.
At
that
point
as
well,
and
I
think
that
mental
health
should
be
part
of
the
conversation
as
well.
That's
something
that
I'm
hearing
from
a
lot
of
teachers
right
now
that,
and
particularly
around
the
children,
are
there's
a
lot
of
struggling.
That's
still
happening
there,
and-
and
again
I
don't
know
the
best
way
to
deal
with
that.
C
I
think
that
tim
at
some
point
we,
it
would
probably
be
beneficial
to
all
of
us
to
get
a
copy
of
that
intergovernmental
agreement
and
see
and
get
a
report
from
the
county
in
terms
of
how
they're
spending
that
money
right,
because
I
think
that
that's
something
that
we
don't
we,
none
of
us
have
actually
seen
the
details
of
where
that
money
is
going
donna's
our
please,
whoever.
C
C
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
lose
focus
to
donna's
point
on
the
related
costs
to
our
community
and
a
lot
of
those
costs
were
on
things
that
people
couldn't
afford
when
they
lost
their
jobs
and
they
haven't
been
able
to
go
back
to
work.
So
that's
child
care
that
is
water
bills
that
people
we
know.
C
There
was
a
wglp
report
today
on
how
many
people
are
still
behind
on
their
water
bills
and
that's
a
real
cost
that
just
hangs
over
their
head
like
a
permanent
burden
as
they're
going
forward,
and
how
do
I
pay
for
this
to
keep
this
and
and
housing?
The
reason
why
housing
is
on
that
list
is
because
we
there
was
an
article
in
the
panograph
was
talking
about
how
many
people
have
been
evicted
in
the
last
month.
The
number
of
filings
at
the
county
courthouse.
C
So
that's
why
housing
should
be
on
our
radar.
I
am
not
proposing
that
the
city
build
or
run
or
do
anything
around
housing,
but
you
know
I
I
sent
a
council
initiative
that
we'll
probably
talk
about
next
month
or
maybe
in
january,
to
start
thinking
about
how
do
we
address
affordable
housing
julie?
I
love
the
idea
of
if
we
can
partner
with
the
town
or
the
county
on
ins,
you
know
some
way
to
incentivize
the
private
market
to
build
more
affordable
housing
to
provide.
C
You
know
some
way
to
fix
up
places
that
need
to
be
fixed
so
that
they're
rentable
livable
again
whatever
that
looks
like
we,
we
know
that
we
have
a
shortage
of
housing
of
every
type
and
every
category,
but
particularly
affordable
housing
right
now.
So
I
guess
those
are
the
top
things
that
are
on
my
mind.
Right
now
is
is
starting
the
ball
for
sewers
figuring
out
child
care,
thinking
about
mental
health
and
then
affordable
housing,
and
I
think
you
know
roads
are
always
important.
We're
going
to
build
the
sewers
we're
going
to
build
the
roads.
C
There
will
be
money
in
other
places,
but
there
are
some
specific
things
right
now
that
are
still
the
impacts
left
over
from
kovid
that
I
think
we
could
do
address
quicker
and
faster
to
try
to
lift
everybody
up
and
get
people
back
into
this
a
mental
health
place.
You
know,
I
think
mary
said
it
very
well
earlier
that
you
know
as
we're
all
sitting
around
here.
C
Everybody
in
the
room's
still
wearing
a
mask
that
none
of
us
is
normal
at
this
point
and
at
some
point
we're
going
to
get
that
way,
but
investing
in
people
and
investing
in
the
infrastructure
to
move
us.
That
direction
is
where
I
would
like
to
see
us
spend
the
money.
M
I'll,
just
we
can
absolutely
do
that.
One
of
the
things
that
we
did
in
preparing
this
was
to
go
over
those
as
well
to
make
sure
as
best
we
could,
that
some
of
the
things
that
were
being
suggested
or
potentially
were
eligible.
The
other
thing
I
want
to,
I
guess
clarify
is
I
don't
want
to
lose
sight
of
the
fact
that
some
of
what
we're
allowed
to
do
is
to
address
some
of
the
systemic
issues
related
to
why
certain
portions
of
our
community
were
disproportionately
impacted.
M
M
So
I
want
to
make
sure
that
that
we
were
clear
in
saying
that
that
there
yes,
there
is
the
infrastructure
and,
yes,
there's
the
code
related
costs,
but
there's
also
that
category
that
allows
for
that
allows
for
some
of
the
spending,
if
you
so
chose
to
be
in
those
areas.
The
other
thing
I
wanted
to
make
sure
councilmember
crable
that
I
answered
your
question
correctly.
You
talked
about
the
the
cso.
M
M
To
I
don't
have
the
number
it's
one
that
I
can
get
for
you,
but
I
don't
have
the
number.
I
don't
know
if
anyone
else
here.
M
O
Heard
it
was
in
the
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
to
complete
that
work,
but
that
may
again
may
be
a
misunderstanding.
I
I
would
really
benefit
from
having
this
facts
as
to
exactly.
M
G
And
real,
quick
deputy
city
manager
phil,
give
me
a
favor,
pull
up
the
presentation
and
go
to
slide
number
three.
I
think
it'll
help
with
some
of
the
closing
comments,
and
this
is
you
know
it
doesn't
go
into
the
detail
that
the
treasury
document
has
provided.
But
this
is
not
a
staff
summary.
G
This
is
actually
taken
from
allowable
uses
for
for
the
arp
funds
that
cities
received.
L
G
That
actually
is
a
payment
for
primarily
public
safety
employees
of
municipal
and
counties
to
receive
up
to
five
thousand
dollars
per
employee.
N
G
There
is
what
you
know:
our
our
employees,
the
union
employees.
You
know,
regardless
of
the
department
that
they're
in
you
know,
for
every
you
know,
15-minute
increment,
they
were
paid
and
if
it
was
beyond
the
eight-hour
shift,
it
was
that
time
and
a
half,
but
it
is
an
allowable
use
that
some
communities
have
approved,
that
direct
funding,
maybe
not
the
full
amount
of
five
thousand
dollars,
but
to
I
don't
want
to
say
reward,
but
to
recognize
what
public
safety
faced.
N
G
P
P
M
M
But
again,
ultimately,
it's
your
choice,
and
we
understand
that
completely.
We
just
felt
the
need
to
provide
you
with
based
on
our
study,
some
of
the
areas
that
you
could
consider,
but
I
get
it
completely.
We
get
it.
P
That
is
a
serious
public
health
issue
and
again,
I
will
repeat:
we
need
to
take
care
of
the
sewers,
the
thing
about
the
streets.
If
you
dig
up
the
sewers
and
fix
them,
you
get
a
brand
new
street
and
these
funds
will
pay
for
the
street
as
well
as
you
know,
as
you
dig
up
the
sewer.
So
for
me
it's
a
two
for
one
and
we
have
to
invest
in
it
anyway.
J
Thank
you
mayor
deputy
city
manager,
tyus.
I
guess
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
presentation
tonight.
I
thought
the
categories
were
really
generative
and
I
appreciated
that,
and
I
also
thought
the
conversation
tonight
among
the
council
was
really
rich
and
a
lot
of
great
ideas
and
I'm
wondering
what
what
are
the
next
steps
for
us
in
terms
of
moving
this
discussion
and
process.
These
complex
decisions
forward.
A
M
One
things
we'll
do
is
take
what
we
heard
tonight
from
everyone
frankly
and
see
if
there
are
trends
there,
terror
etc.
We'll
look
at
we'll
continue
to
look
at
what
the
rules
are
and
make
sure
that,
where
we're
headed
is
is
where
we
should
be,
which
we
believe
we
are
we'll
come
back
to
you
with
something
more
structured
that
has
maybe
I'll
say
more
meat
on
the
bones
in
term.
For
you
to
consider,
based
on
what
we
heard
tonight,.
G
G
We
don't
you
know,
venture
outside
the
boundaries
or
the
parameters
for
an
allowable
expense,
and
this
might
not
be
the
right
way
to
describe
this.
But
you
have
allowances
for
hard
infrastructure,
and
I
will
say
that
you
have
allowances
for
things
that
might
fall
into
the
category
of
more
social
initiatives.
Again
they
have
to
be
an
allowable
expense
and
I've
got
a
diverse
opinion
amongst
nine
elected
officials
that
I
serve
and
and
honestly
I
think,
alderman
matthew
said
it
best.
G
It's
exciting
to
be
a
part
of
that,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we'll
have
funds
to
spend
to
obligate
the
different
projects,
and
I
think
fortunately,
we
have
the
time
to
do
it
right.
L
G
I
didn't
want
to
overstep
my
bounds.
You
know
each
of
the
nine
older
persons
that
are
represented
you've
been
elected
to
lead
in
the
different
awards
that
you
represent,
and
I
didn't
want
to
assume
that
there
was
a
need
for
outreach.
But
if
that's
the
direction
that
I
get
from
the
council,
that's
definitely
something
that
we
can
stand
up.
A
A
It's
it's.
It
is
exciting
to
have
this
particular
opportunity,
but
it's
also,
I
think,
challenging,
and
it
will
lead
to
I'm
sure,
a
lot
of
interesting
and
challenging
discussions,
but
some
that
I
look
forward
to
so
and
I'm
sure
we'll
we'll
come
up
with
you
know.
O
A
Is
you
know
what
are
great
ideas
for
the
community
to
to
to
to
pursue
and
I
wanna
you
know
highlight
this
idea
of
investment.
You
know
truly,
I
mean
there
is
definitely
a
great
need,
for
you
know
investment
in
infrastructure,
but
I
I
think
there
are
also
other
areas
you
know,
if
allowable
where
we
we
definitely
should
ask
ourselves
ourselves.
You
know,
is
this:
you
know
the
right
investment,
you
know.
Should
we
invest
in
this
particular
area?
A
I
mean
the
area
of
workforce
development
really
interests
me,
particularly
given
the
fact
that
I'm
seeing
that
we
have
great
momentum
in
the
community
lots
of
good
things
happening,
and
this
is
where
we
definitely
should
ask
ourselves
if
we
should
do
something
to
further
that
momentum,
because
I
know
a
lot
of
employees
are
struggling
with.
A
You
know
their
workforce,
development
and
and
hiring,
and
things
like
that,
so
so
these
are
just
you
know,
questions
that
we
need
to
ask
ourselves
and
there's
no
finality
to
it,
but
ultimately,
whatever
we
come
up
with,
I'm
sure
will
be
for
the
best
for
the
community
and
we'll
do
it
together.
So
thank
you.
G
I
try
to
mix
it
up
some.
Thank
you
very
much.
This
first
slide
is
one
that
we've
communicated
on
social
media
and
media
releases
the
past
week
or
so,
but
I
want
to
take
another
opportunity
to
share
this
with
the
community.
I
know
the
elected
are
very
aware
and
have
acknowledged
this
tremendous
award
achievement.
G
The
international
academy
emergency
dispatch
has
certified
the
communications
center
as
the
world's
25th
emergency
police
dispatch
accredited
center
of
excellence.
The
bloomington
center
is
the
first
in
illinois
to
achieve
this
designation
together
with
the
city
of
bloomington's
emergency
fire
dispatch
ace,
they
are
the
only
third,
they
are
only
the
third
combination
in
the
world.
This
is
truly
quite
the
accomplishment.
Darren
wolfe
is
the
communication
director.
G
Obviously
that's
a
part
of
the
bloomington
and
bloomington
police
and
fire
departments,
and
truly
quite
the
accomplishment
so
want
to
share
that
one
more
time.
So
congratulations
to
them
next
slide,
please
phil
new
employees.
We
have
holly
dylan
and
fernando
that
have
been
hired
in
the
month
of
october.
G
We
continue
to
recruit
very
well
and
the
diversity
recruitment
efforts
of
the
city
have
gone
very
well
and
we're
finding
that
we're
hiring
top
calendar
caliber
employees
for
the
city,
so
we're
very
excited
about
that.
Next
slide.
Please
downtownbloomington.org!
I
know
I
mentioned
this
at
the
last
meeting
and
we've
shared
this
in
releases.
G
Getting
overwhelming
positive
comments
about
this
website
that
we
stood
up
as
a
result
of
melissa
hahn,
economic
community
development,
craig
macbeth
in
the
I.t
department.
It's
been
a
effort
with
others
as
well,
but
please
check
this
out.
It's
a
good
website,
not
sure
that
I
have
any
more.
Yes,
I
do
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november
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