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A
Hey
everybody
I
hate
to
interrupt
the
fun
conversation.
I
see
a
lot
of
smiling
faces,
so
this
is
awesome.
Thank
you
very
much
for
coming
and
joining
us
and
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
call
the
meeting
of
the
this
Committee
of
the
whole
meeting
to
order
and
Madam
clerk.
Could
you
please
call
the
roll.
C
A
And
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
public
comment.
Madam
clue.
Do
we
have
any
public
comments
tonight?
We.
B
A
Okay
sounds
good.
Thank
you.
Very
much.
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
the
verse
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.
F
E
E
The
current
proposal
could
greatly
utilize
this
information
to
maximize
the
effectiveness
of
of
what
we're
looking
to
do
in
the
future,
to
develop
our
downtown
like
to
encourage
everyone
to
utilize,
our
our
staffers
being
led
by
Mr
Gleason
and
Mr
tyus,
and
their
expertise
in
this
area.
They've
gone
through
a
long
process
in
another
Community
very
successfully,
and
they
will
be
of
great
benefit.
E
E
We
will
have
an
opportunity
with
this
Redevelopment
to
maximize
the
potential
of
our
community
and
the
focus
of
our
downtown
as
its
Center
and
I.
Thank
you
very
much.
G
Good
evening
everybody
mayor
council,
member
Grant,
it's
been
a
long
time
since
I
spoke,
but
my
issue
is
more
with
residential
areas.
More
specifically
low
Street,
five
months
ago,
Gilder
came
and
tore
up
low
streets,
including
my
driveway,
my
neighbor's
yard,
my
yard
put
in
the
manholes
incorrectly
had
to
tear
it
up
or
redo
it
concrete
it
over.
The
street
thought
it
was
pretty
much
done
next
thing.
You
know
the
manhole
covers
are
tore
up
filled
with
hot
patch
Here
Comes,
another
company
that
scours
the
street.
G
G
G
My
question
would
be:
when
is
that
going
to
happen,
and
when
is
that
in
the
plan
again,
it
seems
like
now
we're
back
to
downtown
with
driverless
trolleys
and
LED
lights
and
new
designs
and
streetscapes
just
seems
misplaced
priorities,
plenty
of
residential
streets,
Oakland
Avenues
one.
If
you
drive
from
veterans
down
to
Main
Street
it'll
jar,
your
teeth
loose
along
with
many
other
streets
in
this
town
and
I,
understand
I've,
been
told
many
times
it's
a
matter
of
Manpower.
G
You
can
only
do
so
much
each
year
with
what
you
have
I,
get
that
but
again
misplaced
priorities
and
I
appreciate
the
fact
now.
Tom
has
nice.
You've
already
done
that
once
how
about
we
get
the
streets,
the
sewers
fixed?
First,
that's
all
I
have
that's
all
I
want
to
say:
I
can
be
nice
when
I
want
a
BD
come
on.
H
Scott
steimling
Ward
five,
my
concern
is
the
streets
are
below
curb
line
their
places.
The
curb
is
level
with
the
grass
the
storm
drains
or
the
inlets
are
so
low.
H
It's
dangerous
to
clean
them
out
and
I
was
cleaning
them
out
and
saving
the
city
a
trip
out,
but
I'll
just
call
the
city
now
I
would
like
to
know
when,
in
the
world
these
streets
are
going
to
be
done,
I
mean
and
they
keep
being
pushed
back
and
back
and
back
and
I've
been
bringing
this
up
for
over
10
years
and
they
still
aren't
done.
H
H
You
know
I
if
somebody
that
late
in
their
property
tax
they're
probably
being
a
long
time
ago-
and
you
know
it
and
I
guess
the
thing
there
was
a
neighbor
that
was
two
blocks
down:
she's
moved
since
her
disabled
granddaughter
was
in
a
wheelchair,
Junior
High
age.
She
was
lifting
that
wheelchair
up
over
a
curb
and
I
went
down.
I
said
you're
out
of
your
mind,
I
said:
I
would
call
at
that
time.
Jim
Carson
was
a
public
works.
H
Director
I'd
call
Jim
cars
Republic
at
City
Hall,
and
that
she
must
have
done
it
because
the
city
was
out
there
the
next
morning
to
put
a
sidewalk
in
at
7
30.,
and
there
it's
unforgivable.
Every
sidewalk
in
this
city
was
to
be
Ada
accessible.
Everyone,
the
sidewalks,
are
absolutely
terrible.
There
was
something
that
was
a
walker,
his
his
father
since
passed
away.
H
The
sidewalks
were
so
bad,
they
tried
the
roads
and
they
were
worse
and
they
just
went
back
to
his
son's
house.
That
speaks
real
well
for
the
city
of
Bloomington.
Let's
see,
oh,
the
other
thing
is.
Why
do
not?
Why
does
the
city
I
know
they're
donated?
But
why
does
the
city
insist
on
shooting
off
those
fireworks
every
year?
H
Take
that
money
put
it
right
in
the
roads,
it
does
cost
the
city,
something
for
you
know
additional
services
and,
if
you're,
saying
well
they're
on
staff
anyway
well
yeah,
but
they
could
be
doing
other
things
other
than
just
out
of
the
fireworks
yeah.
There
are
people
that
enjoy
him,
but
do
you
think
that
everything
is
what
people
enjoy?
No
and
I
really
have
a
problem
with
that
I
really
do
I
I've
said
it
all.
I've
got
to
say
thank
you.
Tim.
I
I've
never
been
on
this
side
before
I
feel
like
I
should
tell
a
story
like
I
once
caught
a
fish,
this
big
so
just
a
couple
things
I
wanted
to
talk
to
you
all
about
today,
just
a
reminders.
I
2009
after
we
went
through
the
financial
crisis,
the
city
found
itself
in
a
very
bad
financial
situation,
hired
City
Manager,
David
Hales,
who
came
in
and
cut
189
positions
across
the
city.
Many
of
those
positions
have
still
never
been
replaced.
That's
why
we
still
find
ourselves
short
staffed
in
a
lot
of
places
like
rental
assistance
or
rental
review
programs,
City
Planning,
things
of
that
nature.
I
2016
the
state
of
Illinois
passed
a
law
that
said
that
every
city
and
every
municipality
needed
to
fund
their
pension
plans
by
90
before
2042.,
so
2016,
the
city
council
at
the
time,
voted
and
said.
No
we're
going
to
vote
and
we're
going
to
fund
those
pension
programs
to
100
by
2040..
There
was
a
ramp
program
that
was
created
at
that
time
that
every
year,
between
2016
and
2040,
the
amount
of
money
that
we
would
pay
towards
back
pension
that
would
go
up
this
year.
I
I
think
that
number
was
14
million
in
our
budget.
Before
we
get
to
the
end,
the
number
will
be
23
million-
that's
9
million
more
than
we're
spending
right
now.
So,
if
we've
already
cut
all
those
positions,
we've
never
filled
a
lot
of
them
back
in
we're
short
staffed
as
it
is.
You
know
we
did
a
review
in
2017,
where
we
looked
at
every
program
that
the
city
has
top
to
bottom
every
single
program.
I
We
discovered
that
most
of
the
programs
were
mandated
by
either
state
or
federal
mandate
and
most
of
those
mandates,
we
were
doing
the
absolute
bare
minimum
we
needed
to
comply
to
those.
We
didn't
even
feel
comfortable
about
where
we
were
at
on
those
we
were
doing
the
bare
minimum.
At
that
time,
point
being,
we've
already
tried
to
cut
our
way
into
prosperity
and
it's
not
working.
It's
we're
not
getting
where
we
want
to
be.
I
We
can't
keep
cutting
if
you
can't
cut
yourself
into
Prosperity
you're
going
to
have
to
do
some
smart
investment
to
get
where
you
want
to
be
and
I
think
that's
a
big
part
of
where
this
downtown
plan
is
and
why
I've
been
advocating
it
for
it
before
I
ever
not
had.
I
have
I
have
self-interest
in
it
now
and
I
realize
that
it
sounds
bad
with
me
coming
up
here
and
talking
to
you,
but
the
numbers
don't
change
right.
We
can't
keep
cutting
our
way.
We
can't
talk
about.
I
We've
got
to
cut
our
way
in
we've
got
to
grow
the
downtown
Tiff
District
that
was
put
in
place,
which
undid
a
lot
of
the
neglect
that
had
happened
from
the
60s
into
the
80s.
When
the
malls
came
to
town
and
everybody
disinvested
from
downtown,
we
stopped
the
worst
of
the
rock.
We
stopped
the
building
the
roofs
caving
in.
We
stopped
the
sewers
from
collapsing.
We
stopped
a
lot
of
that
now.
A
You,
the
next
item
on
the
agenda,
is
the
consent
agenda
and
it's
only
one
item
on
the
consent
agenda,
which
is
approval
of
minutes
and
is
there
a
motion
to
approve
the
consent,
agendas
presented
I'll.
J
A
L
Thank
you,
mayor
and
Council,
and
to
the
community.
This
is
I,
think
our
third
year
correct,
Nicole,
okay,
third
year
and
What.
The
community
sees
right
here
is
our
future
and
it's
very
bright.
These
are
some
of
the
participants
and
the
city's
youth
enrichment
program,
a
mentorship
type
of
program
where
it's
far
more
than
just
a
relationship
with
a
municipal
government.
It's
a
connection
to
municipal
government,
it's
considering
municipal
government
as
a
possibility.
Hopefully
it's
with
the
city
of
Bloomington.
L
But
if
your
journey
takes
you
elsewhere,
you
know
you
don't
need
my
permission,
but
you've
got
my
permission
and
please
you
know.
Please
keep
us
in
the
loop
very
excited
for
everyone's
future
Nicole.
Take
it
away.
C
Not
going
to
repeat
anything
city
manager,
Gleason
said
just
really
excited
to
be
here
to
be
able
to
present
our
mentees
to
you.
We
did
start
in
2019
with
the
partnership
through
the
jewel
Foundation,
which
is
organized
and
ran
by
Jade
and
Andre.
Hershey
Jade
is
here
this
evening
somewhere
yeah
Round
of
Applause
2020.
C
We
added
the
youth
program
from
the
NAACP,
so
we
have
Dr
Carla,
Jackson,
Campbell
and
Linda
Foster
with
us
too,
and
then
I
don't
know
that
we've
got
any
of
our
mentors
in
the
group.
I
know
at
least
one
is
here,
but
you
know,
we've
had
mentors
across
the
city
volunteer
their
time
to
really
work
with
our
youth,
and
this
is
just
a
handful
of
of
our
youth.
C
We
had
a
total
of
15
this
year
and
we
plan
to
continue
to
grow
it
across
the
city
for
future
years
to
come
and
as
city
manager
Gleason
said
these.
These
are
our
future.
We
want
to
expose
our
youth
in
the
community
to
careers
in
government
and
so
I'm.
Just
very
excited
and
kind
of
proud
mama
bear
some
of
them.
I've
worked
with
them
for
about
three
years,
and
it's
just
a
really
great
thing:
I
do
and
I
warned
them.
C
N
Hi
I'm
Amaya
Hershey
I'm,
a
senior
at
normal
West
I've,
been
a
part
of
this
program
for
three
years,
so
I
first
worked
in
HR
and
then
I've
moved
to
admin,
and
then
I
was
just
all
around
doing
videos
If.
You
guys
seen
that
video.
That
was
me,
but
I
did
a
video
for
the
city
of
Bloomington
and
then
now
I'm
in
the
water
department
and
I
really
enjoyed
the
water
department.
I
got
to
work
with
BJ
and
Jake,
who
was
also
another
mint
tea.
So
it
was
a
good
experience.
O
P
Q
Greetings
and
salutations,
my
name
is
Bradley
Ross,
Jackson
and
I'm,
one
of
the
summer
interns
for
the
city
of
Bloomington
this
year
through
the
NAACP
and
I,
worked
in
the
I.T
Department
this
year
and
by
working
in
it,
I
gained
a
better
understanding
of
technology.
For
example,
I
worked
with
Mr,
Chris,
Carter
and
learned
about
wiring
and
how
routers
function.
I
also
worked
with
Miss
Ashley,
and
she
taught
me
the
importance
of
keeping
items
organized
with
the
fresh
service
and
munis
systems.
Q
Q
He
is
also
working
on
technology
that
can
assist
the
Blind
and
allow
people
to
know
when
someone
is
out
their
door.
Matthias.
Also
assisted
me
with
my
kindness
campaign
website
called
be
kind
because
of
his
assistance.
I
now
know
how
to
use
Wix
the
website
builder
and
how
to
create
a
professional
logo,
while
I
wasn't
involved
in
this
internship
I
was
able
to
win
multiple
awards.
First
I
was
inducted
into
the
National
Honor
Society
and
I
participated
in
the
Operation
Push
competition
and
won
first
place.
Q
Q
A
Okay,
well:
okay,
I'm,
just
gonna
make
a
a
very
quick
comment.
First
of
all,
I
I
want
to
thank
the
folks
who
were
at
the
Inception
of
this
particular
program.
Jade
and
Drey
Hersey
Andre
actually
happens
to
work
for
the
city,
and
so
this
is
It's
a
Wonderful
opportunity
for
these
young
people
I.
A
You
know
I
I
work
at
ISU
in
my
other
life,
and
this
is
a
conversation
that
I
often
have
with
students
who
are
unsure
at
times
about
what
you
know
what
they
want
to
major
in
and
what
they
want.
Their
career
to
be
and
I
I.
Think
so.
I've
always
encouraged
young
people
to
participate
in
internships
because
it
is
an
opportunity
for
them
at
the
very
minimum
to
find
out
the
things
that
they
might
not
be
well
suited
for
or
the
things
that
they
do
not
like.
A
But
you
know
most
of
the
time
they're
able
to
find
out
what
they
really
like,
and
it
really
gives
them
an
edge
in
terms
of
being
able
to
to
you
know
to
to
move
forward
in
their
career
I've
seen
a
number
of
people
and
not
that
it's
a
bad
thing,
but
you
know
changing
Majors
a
number
of
times,
but
also
changing
careers
later
in
life,
because
they,
you
know
they
realize
that.
A
Well,
this
is
not
the
career
that
I
wanted,
but
I
just
did
it
because
it
was
just
something
that
allowed
me
to
earn
a
living
and
so
I
think.
For
that
reason,
I
think
this
kind
of
program
is,
is
critical
for
for
young
people
to
figure
out
what
they
they
need
to
do
very
early
on
in
their
life
and
and
we're
very
thankful
as
well
that
you
know
we.
We
do
not
see
a
lot
of
minorities
in
in
government,
particularly
municipal
government.
So
this
is
you
know.
A
Hopefully
you
guys
will
we'll
take
that
on
as
as
a
career,
I
think
it
will
be
a
wonderful
because
you
provide
another
perspective.
That
is
very
important
for
our
community.
So
really
appreciate
it.
So
thank
you
all
and
I
know.
I
want
to
also
applaud
the
staff,
because
I
know
I
mean
these
young
people
are
fantastic,
but
it
it
takes.
A
A
A
Go
ahead
and
move
on
to
item
5B,
which
is
a
a
presentation
of,
and
discussion
of,
the
proposed
downtown
streets,
streetscape
project
concept,
design,
as
requested
by
a
public
works
department,
and
before
we
you
know,
we
we
go
further.
I
I
wanted
to
just
kind
of
share
some
thoughts,
and
you
know
about
my
my
experience.
First
of
all,
I
I
want
to
thank
city
manager,
Gleason
and
his
staff
for
bringing
forth
a
plan
for
downtown
revitalization.
A
As
you
know,
downtown
revitalization
has
been
the
subject
of
many
discussions
for
many
years,
and
we've
heard
a
couple
of
the
commenters
today
refer
to
that.
It
even
predates
me
as
a
as
a
council
member,
because
even
though
I
joined
the
council
into
2011,
so
we
we've
had
a.
There
have
been
a
number
of
discussions
about
this.
It's
certainly
not
my
intention
to
rehash
a
history
tonight,
because
I'm
sure
the
council
would
not
look
kindly
to
that.
A
However,
I
just
wanted
to
point
out
that,
a
a
few
years
ago,
in
2017,
a
downtown
task
force
was
established
and
that
task
force
issued
a
report
that
identified
a
number
of
items
that
we
we
should
execute
in
2020.
At
the
initiative
of
a
former
council
member
Matthew,
who
is
back
there,
the
city
council
formally
adopted
the
task
force
report
and
agreed
that
we
should
focus
on
the
action
items
that
are
low-hanging
fruit
and
the
larger
more
complex
items
should
be
addressed
at
a
later
date.
A
So
the
presentation
that
staff
were
given
a
few
minutes
is
an
attempt
to
address
those
larger,
more
complex
issues.
It's
the
beginning
of
a
Community
community-wide
conversation,
and
ultimately
it
will
be
up
to
us,
as
the
council
and
representatives
of
the
community,
to
decide
what
we
do
and
how,
how
much
of
it
we
do
and
how
to
pay
for
it.
A
I'm
certainly
excited
that
we
have
something
on
the
table
to
consider.
I
know
this.
Council
to
be
thoughtful
and
very
inquisitive
in
their
quest
to
make
the
best
decision
for
the
community
My
Hope,
Is
that
when
it's
all
said
and
done,
we
would
have
moved
the
needle
forward
in
a
much
more
significant
way
and
how
significant
will
depend
on
the
the
conversations
that
we
we
have.
You
know
in
the
upcoming
tonight
and
upcoming
weeks
so
with
that
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
city
manager.
Gleason.
L
Thank
you
mayor
and
Council
good
evening.
Everyone.
This
is
an
exciting
night
that
is
yours
in
the
making.
Tonight's
presentation
is
about
the
true
next
step
for
bloomington's
downtown.
This
is
a
culmination
of
the
formal
and
informal
conversations
and
work
that
have
been
done
by
many
that
share
a
passion
for
our
large
Historic
downtown.
L
This
is
not
a
duplicate
step
again.
This
is
the
necessary
Next.
Step
tonight's
presentation
will
discuss
how
to
build
the
downtown
streetscape.
This
has
never
occurred
in
past
studies,
while
all
a
part
of
this
do
not
satisfy
this
critical,
architectural
and
Engineering
Next,
Step,
bloomington's,
historic,
large
and
Charming
downtown
is
like
no
other
communities
like
Carmel,
Indiana,
Naperville,
normal
and
others
have
been
used
to
describe
the
investment
those
communities
made
in
their
downtown,
but
the
similarities
end
there.
L
A
number
of
things
have
been
held
as
to
not
duplicate
or
undo.
Investment
awaiting
this
conversation,
such
as
permanent
striping
for
parking,
giving
direction
to
the
downtown
businesses
regarding
outdoor
dining
and
other
items,
I
would
not
bring
this
750
000
project
before
the
council
and
Community.
L
If
I
did
not
feel
there
is
majority
support
to
improve
the
downtown
to
actually
put
what
we
pay
for
into
action
once
the
design
plan
is
completed,
the
question
becomes
to
what
degree,
as
an
example,
a
few
million
to
improve
the
downtown
square
or
several
million
to
improve
the
entire
downtown
and
then
at
what
pace?
What's
the
schedule,
my
Council
has
made
it
very
clear
that
infrastructure
is
their
number
one
priority.
What
varies
amongst
them
is
to
what
degree
of
financial
investment.
L
L
And
possible
funding
sources.
I
was
waiting
on
you
Nick
to
yeah
and
possible
funding
sources.
A
tiff
you've
heard
me
a
comment
to
that
state
and
federal
stimulus
money
with
East
Moline,
recently
receiving
24
million
for
downtown
re
revitalization.
That
made
the
news
just
in
the
last
couple
of
days.
These
are
prime
examples
and
there's
other
sources
out
there.
I
do
want
to
briefly
share
the
process
up
to
this
point,
July
of
2021.
So
over
a
year
ago,
we
sent
out
an
RFP.
That's
a
request
for
proposal.
L
Six
firms
responded,
we
chose
to
interview
three
of
those
firms
and
CMT
was
overwhelmingly
the
choice
of
the
interview
committee.
The
scope
of
work
conversations
began
in
December
conversations
and
information
provided
to
council
have
brought
us
to
tonight
are
elected,
are
always
under
intense
scrutiny.
I
ask
that,
regardless
of
the
ultimate
vote
on
this
matter,
that
the
residents
respect
how
tough
some
decisions
are.
L
L
R
You
Tim
I
appreciate
that
I
think
it
goes
without
saying
that
we've
got
a
special
downtown.
We
really
do
so.
Virus
Tim
talked
about
a
vibrant
mix
of
residential
and
commercial
with
that
historic
charm
that
nobody
wants
to
lose
and
we
want
to
build
upon
if
you'll
go
to
the
next
slide.
Please
appreciate
it.
R
If
you
look
at
the
slide
here,
there's
it's
been
a
busy
summer
and
there's
typically
on
any
given
week
and
there's
something
going
on
more
than
80
community
events
which
nobody's
doing
that
I
mean
that's
in
our
downtown
quaint
shops.
Larger
shops,
restaurants,
bars
other
establishments-
are
happening
in
our
downtown.
Again,
it's
a
great
downtown.
R
We
also
know
that
you
as
a
council
most,
if
not
all
of
you
want
to
do
something
want
to
do
more
to
invest
in
our
town
downtown.
The
question
becomes
how
and
how
much
the
item
that
we're
going
to
discuss
tonight
in
the
coming
weeks
helps
us
to
identify
what
that
could
look
like
and
gives
you
an
option
and
options
for
doing
that.
R
We
know
what
you're
being
asked
to
consider
in
terms
of
this
this
plan,
but
we
also
would
ask
that
you
and
you
as
a
council,
but
also
you
as
the
public,
look
beyond
that
and,
let's
think
about
what
happens
after
this.
What
do
we
get
as
a
result
of
this,
and
this
team
will
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
of
that
tonight
and
frankly,
there
are
things
that
you
as
a
councilman,
have
talked
about
over
the
years.
R
In
terms
of
things
you
want
to
see
and
things
that
we've
also
heard
from
the
public
in
terms
of
things
that
they
want
to
see
downtown
they're
things
like
improved
Ada
access,
there's
garbage
management,
I
mean
we've
been
talking
about
garbage
I,
know
since
I've
got
here
three
years
ago
and
probably
I'm
sure,
before
that
I'm
having
a
more
walkable
downtown
with
areas
for
activities,
new
sidewalks
and
new
seating
and
new
lighting.
Potentially
you
know
permanent
accommodations
for
outdoor
dining
I
think
it's
fair
to
say
that
outdoor
dining
is
here
to
stay.
R
So
this
potentially
gives
us
opportunities
to
accommodate
that
permanently
versus
the
crowd,
fencing
and
the
temporary
barricades
that
we
use.
Now
it's
worked,
but
it's
not
very
attractive,
and
so
how
do
we
more
permanently
accommodate
that
as
part
of
a
process
coordinated
Landscaping
that
enhances
that
historic
charm
that
we
talked
about?
You
know
the
the
sign
clutter
and
cover
your
ears.
R
Craig
is
a
terrible
sign,
clutter
that
we
have
in
our
downtown,
giving
us
an
opportunity
to
really
address
that
comprehensively
things
like
that
critical
infrastructure
improvements,
both
above
ground
and
below
ground,
all
those
things
that
we
know
that
we
need
to
do
that.
You
and
others
have
said
you
want
to
do
well.
R
A
program
like
this
allows
us
to
specifically
identify
those
things
and
figure
out
what
it's
going
to
cost
and
give
you
options
for
her
taking
them
on.
If
you
so
choose
to
that's
what
this
is
about
this
and
much
much
more
next
slide.
Please
we've
heard
the
question
why
here
and
why?
Now,
as
the
mayor
talked
about
it's
about
revitalization,
like
I,
said,
we've
got
a
great
downtown,
but
how
do
we
take
it
to
the
next
step?
R
How
do
what
do
we
do
in
order
to
enhance
what
we've
already
got
to
make
it
better,
as
you
again
and
others
have
talked
about
wanting,
the
other
thing
is
downtown,
is
a
neighborhood
just
like
other
neighborhoods
in
our
community,
and
it
needs
help.
I
mean
as
great
as
it
is.
There
are
things
that
need
to
be
done
in
our
downtown
currently,
and
we
know
that
this
gives
us
a
plan
for
doing
that.
R
The
other
thing
I'll
say
is
that
downtowns
are
economic
drivers
so
and
I
know
you
know
all
this,
but
it
will
spur
additional
growth.
What
you'll
see
if
when
and
if
we
move
forward
with
this
program,
you'll
see
additional
private
investment
which
again
provides
additional
revenues
for
other
investment
in
other
parts
of
the
community.
R
Your
return
on
investment,
in
our
opinion
is,
is
happens
faster
here,
so
we
can
do
all
the
other
things
and
we
will
in
other
neighborhoods,
but
I
think
we
also
have
to
make
sure
that
we
we
focus
here
as
well,
because
it
will
allow
us
to
do
other
things
in
other
parts
of
our
community.
That
again,
you've
talked
about
doing.
R
We
know
that
you'll
see
other
investment
here
and
which
again
will
provide
other
revenues
to
do
other
things,
and
so,
just
with
that,
encourage
everyone
to
really
have
an
open
mind
and
and
realize
that
we
can
do
this
and
we
can
do
other
things
as
well
at
the
same
time,
and
so
with
that
I'll
turn
things
over
to
Craig
and
he'll,
introduce
the
team
and
we'll
we'll
go
from
there.
S
Thank
you,
Deputy
city
manager,
Billy
Tice,
as
you
folks
know,
I'm,
can
you
hear
me
yeah
assistant,
newly
assistant,
Public,
Works,
director
and
city
engineer
to
my
right
is
Mike
Sewell
from
CMT.
He
is
the
pro
the
project
manager,
so
his
right
is
Kent
Massey
he's
with
Massey
and
Massey
Associates,
and
he
would
be
the
lead
designer
to
his
right
is
Chris
streisel
and
he
is
the
project
principal
with
CMT
next
slide,
please.
S
S
S
A
successful
streetscape
has
multiple
aspects,
because
all
roads
have
multiple
users
and
serve
many
functions.
Each
streetscape
design
must
be
context.
Sensitive,
Transportation
Systems
must
consider
the
context
or
physical
setting
and
use
design
approaches
and
materials
that
are
consistent
with
local
conditions.
A
streetscape
needs
to
have
boundaries
to
ensure
safe
travel
for
all
roadway
users.
S
The
athletic
appeal
elements
of
beautification
initiatives,
attractive
lighting,
Street,
Furniture,
clean
streets
and
outdoor
dining
contribute
to
a
Town's
sense
of
place.
Of
many
amenities
should
be
designed
to
get
people
out
of
their
cars
to
socialize,
interact
with
their
environment
and
discover
other
Mobility
options.
S
What
you
see
on
the
slide
here,
I
want
to
highlight
a
few
things
we
selectively
picked.
A
representative
sample
of
streetscaping
up
on
the
upper
left
is
green
infrastructure
that
could
be
bioswales
rain,
Gardens
tree
and
planter
boxes.
S
S
S
S
That
plan
had
a
lot
of
public
input
it.
It
developed
a
Downtown
Vision.
It
had
a
market
assessment,
a
retail
plan,
but
it
also
had
limited
streetscape
information.
It
had
an
Implement
implementation
strategy,
but
there
were
no
costs
developed
in
that
plant
in
the
middle
upper.
Is
the
downtown
Street
Escape
lighting
plan,
which
was
prepared
in
2014..
S
This
would
be
the
closest
plan
to
what
we're
talking
about
tonight,
but
it
was
mainly
for
street
light
circuits.
It
contained
streetscaping
and
cost,
but
it
limits
those
to
mostly
replacing
the
existing
sidewalks
as
they
exist.
Now
on.
The
upper
right
is
the
city
of
Bloomington
bicycle
master
plan,
which
was
adopted
by
Council
in
2015
and
amended
in
2017,
and
it
provides
recommendations
on
bicycle
infrastructure.
S
It
expands
on
downtown
the
downtown
Bloomington
strategy
and
establishes
top
priorities
for
downtown
revitalization
and
Redevelopment
for
the
next
three
to
five
years
and
the
bottom
right,
two
slides
or
two
images
are
the
downtown
Bloomington
parking
planning
existing
conditions
prepared
in
2021
and
the
2019-2020
Downtown
parking
utilization
study
prepared
in
2020.,
though
both
of
those
plans
examine
Downtown
parking
conditions
and
utilization.
S
Those
along
with
the
downtown
Bloomington
strategy,
can
be
used
as
a
Downtown
parking
framework.
All
of
these
studies
get
us
to
a
certain
point
here.
If
we
look
at
it
and
we
we
talk
about
what
the
mayor
said
with
the
needle
or
we
look
at
it
in
a
football
analogy,
we're
probably
at
the
50-yard
line.
This
plan
that
we're
going
to
talk
about
today
moves
us
closer
to
the
goal
line,
and
that's
that's.
What
we're
talking
about
today
so
we're
we
don't
look
to
start
from
scratch.
S
S
S
This
this
project
also
did
not
include
street
light
upgrades
as
far
as
development
projects
there's
with
the
main
street
or
the
Market
Street
Garage
There's
an
opportunity
there
to
incorporate
Street
skate
Escape
elements
around
the
site
perimeter.
But
what
are
they
there's
also
another
unknown
developments
or
redevelopments
that
can
occur
from
time
to
time,
but
are
we
prepared
to
incorporate
those
when
we
don't
really
know
what
they
are
next
slide?
S
Please
so
why
this
project,
this
home
honeycomb
structure,
talks
about
the
benefits
this
weekend,
I
went
through
an
exercise
with
one
of
my
staff
members
and
we
had
brainstormed
about
the
benefits
of
the
project
that
we're
bringing
forward
this
slide
at
one
point,
Had
Each
cell
blew,
and
we
went
through
and
looked
at
the
past
plans
thought
about
what
we're
bringing
forward
that
the
CMT
CMT
team
will
talk
about
and
said.
Well,
let's
change
each
one
to
Green.
If
it's
different,
it's
all
different.
S
Every
one
of
those
are
a
new
thing.
That's
not
been
discussed
in
the
past
when
we
go
through
those
cells.
Ev
charging
there's
a
question
of
whether
or
not
charging
stations
are
needed.
Downtown.
Are
they
on
street
or
are
they
in
the
parking
garages
or
both
the
state
of
Illinois
had
a
funding
opportunity
that
the
city
could
have
pursued,
but
we're
not
ready
for
it,
because
we
don't
have
a
defined
plan
of
where
those
DB
charging
stations
are.
This
plan
would
provide
that
safer,
Festival
closures.
S
What
we're
talking
about
there
is
going
Beyond
construction
barricades,
there's
a
possibility
here
of
decorative
Gates
that
physically
close
off
the
space
or
bollards
that
are
removable
for
installation
that
provide
a
safe
area
where
an
errant
vehicle
could
not
get
into
that
space
and
basically
do
harm
date,
downtown
Gateway
Concepts.
Yes,
we
have
a
new
Arch
and
it's
on
the
North
End,
but
that
Arts
that
concept
can
be
difficult
or
near
impossible
to
install
on
state
routes
over
streets
and
I'll.
Show
you
a
map
later.
S
It's
also
more
of
a
challenge
when
you
get
into
a
wider
Road
like
Washington
Street,
perhaps
maybe
we're
looking
at
something
like
a
vertical
pillar
that
has
some
Led
bike
back
lighting
that
says
Downtown
Bloomington,
maybe
there's
a
new
median
installed
where
that
signage
could
be
there
on
the
entryway.
What's
the
look
and
feel
we
don't
have
that
right
now
downtown
boundaries
they're
currently
undefined
when
we
come
across
and
I
think
of
coming
across
from
the
south,
where
we
do
we
come
across
the
railroad
over
under
overpasses
we
enter
in.
S
It
doesn't
really
say
to
you:
hey
we're
in
downtown
Bloomington.
This
plan
would
address
that.
It
also
would
Define
cost
block
by
block,
and
then
that
would
help
for
planning
implementation.
S
What
are
our
downtown
identities?
None
of
the
plans
really
address
that.
Do
we
highlight
our
past
association
with
Abraham
Lincoln
former
president?
What
about
Route
66?
Do
we
use
the
city
logo,
other
kinds
of
things
that
are
unique
to
Bloomington
Route,
51
coordination?
The
Department
of
Transportation
is
currently
involved
in
a
study
for
Route
51
from
Olive
Street
in
the
South
up
through
basically
normal
they've
approached
us,
we've
talked
with
them.
We
don't
have
a
plan
that
we
can
give
them
that
we
could
incorporate
in
their
improvements.
S
If
we
had
a
plan,
we
could
ask
for
those
to
be
approved.
Yes,
the
city
would
have
to
probably
pay
the
differential
for
the
extra
amenities,
but
that's
an
opportunity
that
could
be
lost.
However,
though,
if
this
plan
is
passed
and
we
do
go
forward,
we
can
immediately
have
our
CMT
team
engage
with
IDOC.
S
Cmt
also
has
a
former
idot
bureau
chief
on
their
team
and
that's
very
critical,
because
that
gentleman
talks
the
idot
language
and
that
can
help
us
with
Communications
with
IDOC
and
we'll
talk
about
that
a
little
bit
later.
What
about
pending
utility
issues?
Are
there
utilities
that
should
be
fixed
before
investment
is
made
on
the
surface?
S
S
There
is
a
city
Smart,
City,
Smart
City
commute
a
committee
that
has
an
interest
in
this
project
that
made
of
Staff
members.
There
could
be
a
fiber
Network,
that's
installed
with
with
or
identified
locations
with
this
plan,
there
could
be
power
feeds
that
could
then
allow
for
Smart
City
initiatives,
which
is
basically
the
Internet
connected
connective
things.
S
So
what
could
that
be
in
the
future?
Right
now?
We
we
couldn't
really
Implement
that
if
we
go
forward
with
this,
we
can
put
the
the
basically
the
networking
below
ground
which
can
allow
for
an
expansion
of
that
those
Smart
City
initiatives
in
the
future.
What
about
grant
opportunities?
You
know
we
need
to
plan
that
positions
the
city
for
those
should
they
arise.
Last
September,
the
state
of
Illinois
had
a
downtown
revitalization
grant
that
went
out.
S
We
looked
at
it
as
staff
that
Grant
was
for
anywhere
from
50
000
to
3
million,
and
but
when
we
looked
and
said
well,
what
projects
should
we
take
forward?
Well,
we
don't
have
the
information
that
a
plan
such
as
what
we're
needing
would
provide
for
us
to
be
able
to
apply
for
that
funding,
so
that
was
a
lost
Grant
opportunity,
because
we
haven't
moved
this
far
enough
alone.
S
We
need
a
plan
that
is,
has
a
consistent,
look
and
feel
across
all
of
downtown
historic
protection
restrictions.
Much
of
downtown
is
in
a
historic
district
that
we
need
a
plan
that
needs
to
respect
that
and
meet
historic
protection
guidelines
and
then
project
phasing.
What
goes
first,
that's
very
important.
A
plan
like
this
would
tell
us
that
and
then,
like.
Lastly,
green
infrastructure,
it's
difficult
to
incorporate
into
the
existing
space
that
we
have
now.
S
S
So
we
took
the
past
plans
and
then
we
we
re-looked
at
it,
and
this
is
oriented
where
North
is
to
the
right
and
the
West
is
up
top
and
we
felt
that
the
inner
belt
loop,
which
is
the
51
belt
loop,
the
inner
belt
loop,
is
a
focus
area
with
Locust
Street
to
the
North
and
then
Olive
and
slightly
south
of
that,
which
is
where
the
bridge
starts
to
the
South
and
then
we'd
also
look
at
surrounding
areas,
west
and
east
of
the
Belt
look.
S
Past
plans
show
downtown
limits
farther
south
of
olive
down
to
water
in
Jackson,
but
we
noted
really
that
that's
mostly
a
transition
zone
from
downtown
to
south
of
water
in
Jackson,
which
is
the
warehouse
District.
The
warehouse
district
is
not
a
part
of
this
plan
on
this
map.
You'll
see
a
couple
things
that
I
want
to
highlight.
The
Market
Street
Garage
is
in
the
center
right
of
the
map.
We
know
that
that
site
one.
S
Likely
to
be
redeveloped
if
it's
redeveloped
by
code,
the
developer
would
need
to
upgrade
the
sidewalks
There's
an
opportunity
there
that
we
can
incorporate
streetscape.
We
don't
have
a
a
consistent
look
and
feel
or
an
identified
streetscape
for
that
location.
Center
Street
as
an
example
has
two
lanes.
Maybe
that
goes
down
to
one
wider
Lane,
which
then
brings
the
curbs
in
which
allows
for
green
infrastructure
or
outdoor
space
that
could
be
used.
S
S
There
is
an
existing
Gateway
on
Center
that
was
installed
a
year
or
two
ago
and
then
in
the
blue.
Ovals
would
be
the
proposed
gateways
and
they
mainly
are
on
the
south,
as
you
Atop
The,
the
railroad
bridge
and
as
you
enter
they're,
also
on
Washington,
West
and
East,
and
then
Market
is
a
very
important
Gateway
in
into
downtown.
S
S
The
CMT
team
also
brings
something
like
a
traffic
modeling
software
that
we
do
not
have.
We
have
a
traffic
engineer
that
can
review
the
results,
but
they
have
a
sophisticated
piece
of
of
software
that
will
model
the
whole
downtown.
We
also
don't
have
any
Landscape
Architects
on
staff.
They
they
do
in
their
team.
We
also
don't
have
the
ability
to
produce
visuals
or
of
Concepts.
P
S
Do
on
their
team,
however,
those
City
staff.
We
do
have
the
people
available
to
coordinate
and
manage
the
plan
very
much
different
to
coordinate
and
manage
and
guide
and
to
actually
go
forth
with
the
creation
of
a
plan.
That's
when
we
decided
we
needed
Professional
Services
in
Illinois
for
a
Public
Act.
S
The
qualification-based
selection
process
is
used
for
architectural
and
Engineering
Services.
That
selection
is
based
on
qualifications.
Once
a
firm
is
selected,
then
then
a
a
scope
and
a
fee
is
negotiated.
With
that
firm.
We
did
consider
the
multi-year
Professional
Services
list
that
we
have,
but
we
felt
that
this
was
a
specialized
process,
a
project
that
we
really
wanted
to
receive
distinct
proposals.
S
So,
as
mentioned
before,
there
was
a
request
for
statement
of
qualifications
issued
in
July.
We
formed
a
committee,
and
you
see
that
committee
on
the
right
with
representatives
from
facilities,
Administration
procurement,
Public,
Works
and
economic
and
Community
Development.
We
reviewed
six
proposals
that
were
submitted.
We
selected
three
for
interviews
brought
those
three
in.
They
did
a
presentation
and
then
we
interviewed
them
and
out
of
there,
Crawford,
Murphy
and
Tilly
was
the
highest
ranked
firm.
A
A
A
U
T
U
A
K
W
Well,
thank
you
for
extending
the
time
so
next
slide.
Please
I!
Think.
Okay!
Well
again,
thank
you
Craig
for
that
introduction
and
thank
you
guys,
for
you
know
allowing
us
for
inviting
us
to
speak
here
tonight
on
your
behalf.
Really.
My
name
is
Chris
stritzel
I'm,
a
business
unit
director
and
a
vice
president
at
Crawford,
Murphy
utility,
and
for
those
that
may
not
aware
of
craft
Murphy
until
we're
an
engineering
firm
based
in
Springfield
Illinois.
Just
about
an
hour
south,
we
were
founded
in
1946
and
we've
done.
W
You
know
countless
projects,
for
you
know
dot
agencies
and
in
municipalities.
Just
like
you
guys.
We
have
about
450
employees
total
across
25
different
offices.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
horsepower
behind
us,
but
that
being
said,
we
tried
to
develop
a
team
of
professionals
that
we
thought
would
be
able
to
deliver
this
historic
project
for,
for
your
community
to
my
left
is
Kent
Massey
he's
with
Massey
Massey
and
associates.
They
are
a
woman-owned
landscape,
Architecture
Firm,
based
in
Springfield
Illinois.
W
We've
done
several
projects
together,
Kent
and
I,
specifically
a
few
few
of
those.
He
will
kind
of
share
with
you
guys
tonight
to
kind
of
show
you
what
this
means
so
that
Kent
will
be
the
lead
designer
on
this
workbench
Architects
were
brought
in
to
help
with
the
visualizations
and
3D
renderings.
There
are,
as
you
guys
should
know,
there
are
local
Architecture
Firm
here,
founded,
maybe
five
to
ten
years
ago.
W
Their
office
is
right
next
to
downtown,
so
they
will
be
helping
us
with
those
types
of
things
and
then
there's
three
small
firms
at
the
bottom
there
that
we're
going
to
use
for
some
of
the
data
collection
exercises
we're
going
to
do
early
on
in
this
project.
So
with
that
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Mike,
Mike
Sewell
is
will
be
the
lead
project
manager
for
CMT.
W
X
So
what
you
see
here
are
examples
of
the
tools
that
we
have
used
for
when
engaging
the
public
and
as
on
excuse.
X
Don't
need
me
to
tell
you
that
there's
already
been
a
lot
extensive
public
input,
that's
been
received
by
you
guys
if
you
go
back
to
the
the
far
downtown
Bloomington
strategy
and,
more
recently,
the
downtown
Bloomington
task
force
and
involved
things
like
open
houses
and
numerous
design
tourettes,
and
things
like
that,
and
all
of
that
served
to
inform
your
specific
goals
that
you
have
with
your
comprehensive
plan
for
downtown
improvements,
our
job
will
be
to
again
engage
the
public.
X
We
will
be
validating
and
perhaps
updating
those
specific
goals
for
downtown
based
on
the
feedback
that
we
get
in
conversations
with
you
guys
we're
not
going
to
do
this
design
in
a
vacuum,
we'll
be
working
hand
in
hand
with
City
staff
throughout
the
process,
and
there
will
be
various
opportunities
to
have
you
guys
and
really
anybody
in
the
community.
That's
interested,
take
a
look
at
options
that
we've
put
together
and
receive
comments
and
feedbacks
and
and
listen
to
that
from
them.
Next
slide.
X
So
the
basis
of
our
project
approach
is
the
idea
that
we
are
completing
the
planning
process.
So
Craig
talked
about
getting
the
football
from
the
50-yard
line
across
the
goal
line,
and
that's
what
we're
doing
here
to
do
that
as
Craig
mentioned
really
Craig.
You
still
have
my
talking
points
on
this
slide.
X
We
are
going
to
be
performing
a
lot
of
tests
that
really
haven't
been
studied,
either
at
all
or
in
great
detail,
and
I'll
just
suggest
that
the
the
that
that
all
these
different
bullet
points,
the
different
tasks
that
we're
doing
will
serve
to
serve
as
the
city's
upfront
investment
to
minimize
the
the
bad
surprises
and
the
costly
change
orders
that
you
could
run
into.
X
You
know
you,
you
find
out
that
you've
got
to
replace
the
Big
Sewer
Main
and
dig
out
a
lot
of
the
improvements
that
you've
just
put
in.
Nobody
wants
that
to
happen,
and
so
this
is
how
we
work
with
you
guys
to
make
sure
that
we
are
good
stewards
of
the
city's
resources
and
and
funding
and
I'll
just
add.
Craig
was
talking
about
the
funding
part
of
that
and
part
of
our
team.
X
Next
slide,
please,
as
part
of
our
deliverable
to
you
guys,
we
will
prepare
detailed
schematic
drawings,
like
the
one
that
you
can
see
here
for
every
single
block
in
downtown
Bloomington
and
there
will
be
an
Associated
construction
cost
opinion
with
those
we
will
work
with
City
staff
to
develop
a
program
of
phasing
all
those
individual
streetscaping
projects
in
a
logical
manner,
informed
by
funding
available
and
construction
considerations.
X
X
X
You
can
see
the
list
there
of
the
the
EV
charging
stations
and
the
refuse
and
all
of
that
the
Old
Courthouse
Square
project
I'll
just
say
that
I
think
that's
a
tremendous
opportunity
for
downtown
Bloomington,
the
one
as
many
assets
as
you
guys
have
the
one
thing
that
you
don't
have
that
a
lot
of
communities
have
is
a
lot
of
open
space,
a
place
to
bring
large
people
large
groups
of
people
together
for
events
and
and
concerts,
and
things
like
that
and
and
so
working
closely
with
the
county
on
the
History
Museum
there
and
the
work
they're
doing
that.
U
We
have
been
had
our
office
for
almost
50
years.
It's
hard
to
imagine,
and
over
that
time
period
we've
worked
over
20
downtowns,
either
in
Central
Illinois
and
into
Missouri
and
Iowa,
also
so
from
large
to
small
we've
almost
seen
it
all.
I
would
like
to
say
a
period
of
time.
U
I'd
like
to
First
Define
difference
between
an
urban
planner
and
an
urban
designer
urban
planning
is,
is
what
a
lot
of
the
studies
up
here
have
done,
and
so
what
we're
doing
Mike
repeated
this
from
Craig
is
taking
it
the
next
step
to
an
Urban
Design,
really
coming
down
into
the
meat
of
the
project
and
and
looking
at
it
from
a
design
standpoint,
and
that's
where
we
tend
to
fall
into
that
category
of
taking
Vision
to
reality.
U
I
wanted
to
to
do
that.
We
often
it's
a
big
part
of
it
is
to
listen
to
All
parties
concerned
and
I.
Think
here
you
have
a
lot
of
ingredients
that
have
been
done
in
the
past
and
we
need
to
read
those
and
listen
to
that,
but
also
listen
to
all
the
parties
concern
and
try
to
seek
a
common
Solution.
That's
the
main
thing.
I
work
with
anyhow,
when
working
with
a
public
open
space.
There
are
five
things
I
would
like
to
highlight,
because
that's
all
the
fingers
I
have
one
is
accessibility.
U
We've
talked
about
that
and
that's
people,
bicycles,
cars,
buses,
garbage
trucks
and
so
on.
Services
you
need
to
have
water
power
light
and
everything
in
the
downtown,
for
not
only
the
use
of
public
events,
but
just
for
everyday
maintenance,
durability
and
maintenance
is
very
important.
U
We've
seen
too
many
downtowns
that
have
taken
the
cheap
route
and
falls
apart
fairly
soon.
We
were
talking
about
this
a
little
bit
earlier
sustainability
we'll
get
into
that.
This
is
the
very
key
point
of
today's.
U
U
Earlier
our
firm
had
done.
A
quick
study
on
the
Jackson
Street
Corridor,
which
basically
connects
Lincoln's
home
to
the
Capitol
complex,
is
an
underutilized
Street.
There
are
three
problems
with
that
street
quarter.
First,
one
was
one
of
the
blocks
didn't
even
exist:
it
wasn't
a
street,
it
never
been
planted
as
a
street.
It
was
never
right
away
or
anything.
So
we
had
a
big
missing
part
in
the
center
that
didn't
work.
U
The
other
thing
was
downtown:
Springfield
had
a
severe
flooding
problem
in
the
downtown
storm,
Service
couldn't
accommodate
at
all,
and
so
we
had
a
backup
and
flooding
situation.
That
was
pretty
bad
and
then
the
other
thing
we
had,
which
is
typical
of
many
communities,
is
the
two
major
thoroughfares
that
went
through
town.
You
know
bisected
this
area
so
to
make
it
a
really
nice
pedestrian
Corridor,
which
was
the
the
purpose
of
the
study.
You
know
we
developed
this
idea
of.
U
How
can
we
treat
this
all
the
way
through,
knowing
that
it
would
be
several
years?
The
thing
that
came
forward
out
of
this
early
meeting
was
the
governor
wanted
to
do
a
project,
so
the
state
of
Illinois
run
into
it.
Governor
wanted
to
redo
the
mansion
and
the
grounds
around
it
and
the
flooding
problems
they
had.
The
City
of
Springfield
wanted
to
do
something
with
this
one
block
in
front
of
the
governor's
mansion
and
then
the
missing
block,
as
I
referred
to.
U
It
happened
to
be
owned
by
the
one
of
the
major
lobbying
groups
in
the
state
of
Illinois,
the
Illinois
Board
of
Realtors.
All
three
can
came
together
and
decided.
We
could
do
this
project
in
sync,
so
we
had
three
different
clients
and
coordination
with
a
very
fine
time
limit.
U
What
we
came
up
with
was
this
that
you
see
here,
which
is
a
a
plaza
for
the
one
area
we
tore
down
a
drive-up
Bank
built
a
closet,
it's
not
a
street,
it's
a
plaza
that
can
be
used
for
multi-functions.
Again,
flexibility
was
key
to
this,
so
outdoor
lighting,
storyboards
that
told
the
history
of
the
town.
You
know
all
these
ingredients
kind
of
came
together,
but
the
big
thing
was
it
can
be
used
in
many
different
ways.
U
We
have
anchors
for
tying
down
tents,
it
has
been
used
with
big
screen,
TVs
or
big
screen
shows
for
concerts
and
parties
and
so
on
across
the
street.
If
we
can
go
to
the
next
slide
across
the
street,
is
the
continuation
of
that?
What
you
see
there
as
far
as
the
street
is,
is
the
400
block
of
Jackson
in
front
of
the
governor's
mansion,
which
is
to
the
right
to
the
left.
U
There's
one
whole
city
block
that
the
city
over
the
years,
starting
out
with
the
state
tearing
down
most
of
the
buildings,
and
then
the
city
came
in
tore
down
the
rest
of
them,
and
it's
been
sitting
there.
It's
been
called
the
north
Mansion
block,
which,
if
you
follow
the
press
in
Springfield,
has
been
sitting
there
for
quite
a
while.
U
It's
quite
controversial
I'm
glad
to
say
that
this
week
we
will
now
be
kicking
off
the
the
project
that
you
see
on
the
upper
left
hand
corner,
which
is
to
revitalize
that
as
a
public
open
space,
not
a
park,
but
a
public
open
space
that
may
include
several
different
activities
that
will
front
the
Mansion
to
the
right.
So
this
was
the
type
of
work
we
get
into
and
then
the
lower
left.
U
You
can
see
how
this
space
has
already
been
used
for
the
Lovett
concerts,
the
past
two
or
three
years,
we're
reviewing
thousands
of
people
just
for
an
evening's
entertainment.
Even
though
we
don't
have
the
the
development
of
the
Y
block,
we
do
have
the
other
one
of
the
things
that
has
done
all
that
you
see
here
in
red
and
tan
or
as
permeable
pavement
we've
taken
care
of
the
storm
drainage
which
Chris
can
allude
to
part
of
the
what
we
call
the
north
Mansion
block,
there's
underground
storage
of
storm
water.
U
We
don't
have
flooding
anymore,
we
have
safe
pedestrian
Crossings
and
we
have
the
missing
block
now
as
a
public
thoroughfare.
So
one
of
the
things
I'd
like
to
kind
of
end
on
here
is
that
something
that
I
kind
of
my
wife
and
I
have
been
watching
these
makeover,
TV
shows
of
Home
Makeovers
and
a
few
things
really
strike
me
that
comes
out
of
that
one
is
you've,
got
to
work
with
the
bones
that
you
have
and
they
keep
the
decorators
or
whatever
keep
talking
about.
You
know
find
out
what
the
bones
of
you
have
I.
U
Think
Bloomington
has
some
good
bones
here
to
start
out
with
and
then
is
to
typically
unclutter
and
simplify
and
I
think
we
talked
about
that
a
little
bit
earlier.
That's
very
important!
You
want
a
clean
looking
in
downtown
and
the
other
is
to
bring
in
some
color
and
life
to
the
downtown
and
light.
You
know
you
hear
these
people
talk
about
redoing
their
houses
and
that's
one
of
the
first
things
they
they
talk
about,
but
probably
the
biggest
thing
that
struck
me
the
other
night
when
I
was
watching.
U
This
was
when
they
said
you
know
we're
really
not
doing
this
for
us,
we're
really
doing
it
for
the
people
who
will
buy
this
or
the
Next,
Generation
and
I.
Think
that's.
The
key
part
here
is
that
whatever
is
being
done
in
this
plan
is
really
not
for
we
who
sit
here,
but
it's
really
for
the
Next
Generation.
W
Thanks
Kent
next
slide,
please
the
last
project
we
kind
of
wanted
to
share
with
you
guys
is.
You
know
the
first
two
that
Kent
shared
were
close
to
home
to
us.
Obviously,
it's
a
very
similar
size,
Community
to
Bloomington
normal.
This
is
a
project
we
did
for
the
city
of
Indianapolis
called
Georgia
street,
so
in
2012
Indianapolis
they
hosted
the
Super
Bowl
and,
as
part
of
that,
a
Pursuit,
you
know
they
were
tasked
with.
W
You
know:
improving
the
area
around
the
stadium,
so
they
engaged
CMT
to
assist
with
this
prop
process
and
basically
take
a
three
block,
Urban
four-lane
section
of
Road
and
turn
it
into
a
pedestrian
friendly
Corridor.
You
know
with
more
green
space,
more
active
Active,
Space
and
a
lot
more
spaces
for
people
to
congregate.
W
So
what
you'll
see
here
as
a
result,
you
know
not
only
did
they
and
you
kind
of
see
it
in
the
image
on
the
top
left,
but
they
they
did
some
of
the
similar
things
that,
during
that
project,
as
we
did
on
Jackson
Street,
where
they
controlled
the
storm
water
and
the
urban
flooding
they
had
down
there,
but
they
also
had
came
up
with
some
innovative
solutions
to
that
were
that
were
new
to
the
city,
such
as
curbless
streets.
W
You
know,
and
CMT
successfully
helped
to
navigate
that
process
through
ndot
and
fhwa
in
order
to
to
get
those
by
for
their
non-standard
design
guidelines,
and
basically
there
was,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
I
think
a
million
people
came
through
this
three
block
stretch
the
street
in
about
a
week,
so
it
was
a
very
successful
project,
a
lot
of
different
moving
Parts,
and
so
it
kind
of
shows
the
you
know,
the
regional
experience
that
our
team
can
bring
to
the
table
as
well.
As
you
know,
some
of
the
local
Hometown
stuff.
X
Next
slide,
I'll
talk
briefly
about
project
schedule,
so,
as
you
can
see
from
the
graphic
we're
basically
looking
at
from
start
to
finish
about
12
months,
12
months
might
seem
like
a
long
time.
But
you
know
for
a
project
of
this
scope
and
all
the
ground
we
need
to
cover
we'll
probably
be
moving
into
a
pretty
good
clip.
X
Generally
speaking,
if
you
broke
up
the
schedule
into
quarters,
the
first
quarter
will
have
activities
similar
to
team
kickoffs,
identifying
steering
committees.
Data
collection
such
as
traffic
counts
things
like
that,
the
middle
six
months
of
the
project,
that's
where
the
majority
of
the
work
will
be
completed
as
far
as
design
a
lot
of
the
public
engagement
will
be
occurring
and
then
that
final
quarter
will
be
where
we're
kind
of
pulling
it
all
together.
X
Finalizing
the
designs,
the
cost
opinions
doing
some
of
that
programming
of
the
the
overall
program
into
different
phases
that
I
talked
about
and
then
ultimately,
coming
back
and
and
doing
a
presentation
for
you
guys
and
laying
out
that
deliverable
for
you
and
that
should
that
that
timing
will
position
the
city
perfectly
for
implementing
that
first
project
that
you
break
out
of
that
plan
to
be
that
first
streetscaping
project
such
that
you
could
start
construction
on
that
somewhere
around
spring
of
2024.
X
That's
all
that
we
have
for
you
guys.
We
really
appreciate
your
time
and
consideration
of
this.
No
doubt
some
questions
have
come
to
your
mind
and
we're
prepared
to
field
your
questions
at
this
time.
Thank
you.
A
Sure,
thank
you
very
much
for
the
presentation
and
how
much
time
do
we
have
left.
A
A
Sounds
good
then,
let's,
let's
see
who
has
questions?
I
know
this
is
not
a
shy
bunch.
B
If
I
could
just
really
quickly
just
so
the
journal
at
the
table
note,
there
can
only
be
four
likes
on
at
a
time
and
then
it'll
start
blinking
green.
So
if
it'd
be
okay,
just
as
you
answer
to
come
on
and
off
that'd
be
great.
Thank
you.
V
Thank
you
mayor
and
thank
you
for
the
presentation
this
evening.
Clearly
this
is
an
ambitious
plan
and,
having
read
through
the
draft
proposal,
I
learned
a
lot
already
and
I
appreciate
your
remarks
this
evening.
You
know
here's
a
question
I'd
like
to
start
with.
V
There
have
been
five
at
least
previous
plans
put
forth
you
know,
and
if,
if
we
were
to
approve
this
proposal
and
spend
three
quarters
of
a
million
dollars,
I'm
worried
I'm
wondering
about
public
engagement,
you
know,
specifically,
you
know
things
like
surveys
are
often
they
receive
low
percentages
of
return.
V
Public
meetings
sometimes
are
poorly
attended
and
so
I'm
wondering
what
strategies
your
group
has.
That
would
really
ensure
that
there's
a
broad
representation
of
public
engagement
about
this
project,
because
this
is
huge
in
my
ward,
it's
on
the
far
East,
far
north
east
side
of
Bloomington
and
I've
already
received
input
from
folks
who
are
concerned
about.
You
know
the
cost
of
this
project
on
the
west
side
of
Bloomington.
X
X
Yes,
okay,
all
right
sure
can't
I
might
just
pass
this
one
to
you,
because
you
just
have
so
much
experience
with
this
part
of
it.
U
I
would
like
to
say
that,
yes,
there
will
be
the
opportunity
to
do
that
and,
as
we've
done
in
other
communities,
I
think
one
of
the
there
will
be
those
forms
that
people
can
speak
or
other
ways
that
you
know
we
can
digest
different
ideas
and
so
on.
One
of
the
things
I
would
like
to
kind
of
state
with
this
and
I'll
try
to
be
diplomatic
about
it
is
that
we
need
to
be
able
to
consider
a
lot
of
things,
but
you
don't
want
to
spend
half
of
the
time
waiting.
U
You
know
for
for
this
sort
of
thing
and
a
lot
of
community
input
has
been
done
in
these
previous
studies
now
granted.
Some
of
them
are
a
few
years
old
and
the
world
has
changed
considerably
in
the
past
two
years
and
it'll
probably
considerably
change
in
the
next
two
years.
So
I
think
we
need
to
update
those
and
not
toss
them
away,
because
there's
some
good
information
that
was
done
by
committees
and
a
lot
of
public
meetings
and
so
on.
U
So
I've
I've
digested
quite
a
bit
of
those
reports
just
to
get
a
better
understanding
of
Bloomington.
So
you
know
it's
it's
really
good,
but
I
think
we
need
to
update
that,
and
so
we
need
to
figure
out
a
tailored
way
to
update
that
public
input
and
revise
it
to
fit
today's
needs,
but
not
spend
maybe
six
months
trying
to
do
that,
because
I
think
the
importance
of
this
might
be,
as
we
were
talking
about
with
these
other
projects.
Is
that
usually
there's
some
sort
of
a
deadline,
and
that
keeps
us
all
moving
along.
U
You
know
if
there's
a
deadline,
so
I
think
that's.
How
can
we
do
that
in
an
efficient
way
and
get
the
public
input
without
dragging
on
and
on
some,
and
there
too
will
depend
on
City
staff
for
assisting
with
that
as
far
as
some
of
the
Outreach
sort
of
things
but
I
think
it's
very
easy
to
do.
Go
ahead.
Chris,
council.
R
Member
Crumpler
to
some
of
your
points,
I
also
know
that
today,
utilizing
social
media
is
an
incredible
way
to
gather
input
quickly
and
effectively
so
long
as
we
tailor
our
Outreach
to
get
to
the
the
types
of
answers
that
we're
looking
for
not
the
specific
answers,
so
social
media
can
be
key
to
getting
to
people
directly.
The
other
thing
we
know
is
that
you
talked
about
public
meetings
and
nobody
comes
to
well.
We
know
that
we
will
also
have
to
go
where
people
are.
R
You
can't
one
of
the
things
that
government
doesn't
necessarily
do
a
great
job
of
is
soliciting
input,
so
we
know
that
we're
going
to
have
to
go
to
where
people
are
instead
of
saying,
hey
we're
going
to
have
this
meeting
on
this
day.
Please
come
we're.
R
Gonna
have
to
get
inventive
and
creative
in
terms
of
how
we
reach
out
to
people
and
to
make
sure
that
we're
reaching
all
segments
of
our
community
again,
it's
not
to
get
a
completely
new
set
of
information
and
data,
but
in
updating
what
it
is
that
we
have
got
to
make
sure
that
we
reach
every
everybody
and
we'll
have
to
get
creative
in
doing
it.
And
there
are
ways
to
do
that.
U
Is
that
sometimes,
during
the
process,
you
can
get
people
to
react
to
something
more
than
you
can
just
asking
them,
Point
Blank
it's
what
we
call
it's
easier
for
somebody
to
react
to
different
ideas
than
it
is
to
give
them
a
blank
piece
of
paper
and
say:
hey?
What
do
you
want
downtown
so
I
think
during
the
process?
There's
going
to
be
this
opportunity
for
a
lot
of
feedback,
which
is
what
I
depend
on
tremendously.
Y
Thank
you
and
thank
you
for
the
presentation.
I
just
have
a
few
questions
here:
Craig
the
first
one's
for
you,
because
I
think
part
of
this
effort
here
is
to
scope
the
sewers
downtown.
When
were
the
sewers
last
scoped
downtown,
we.
S
S
Almost
all
of
the
sewers
okay
in
this
contract,
though
we
did
put
it-
asked
them
to
put
in
about
3000
feet,
so
we'll
be
working
through
that
strategically,
but
talking
with
our
director
Kevin
Kofi,
he
felt
pretty
good
about
the
data
that
we
do
have,
and
the
point
of
this
all
ultimately,
is
that
this
is
a
streetscape
project
and
not
you
know
we're
not
redoing
all
the
utility
lines,
but,
as
was
mentioned,
we
want
to
hit.
S
We
want
to
address
the
critical
lines
that
may
have
to
get
you
know
or
could
be
problematic
within
the
short
term.
Where
we,
you
know,
we
don't
want
to
have
things
that
are
built
and
then
have
to
get
those
tore
out.
Y
Okay,
Kent
there's
a
someone
had
made
a
comment
that
you've
done
over
20,
downtowns
and
so
and
looking
around
at
some
things
and
looking
at
what's
been
done
in
Springfield
and
the
plans
for
Springfield
and
and
stuff
like
that,
I
see
a
lot
of
concrete
sidewalks
bricks,
trees.
You
know
for
the
streetscape
itself.
They
all
look
the
same.
Y
U
That's
a
an
excellent
question
and
over
the
years
things
you
know
have
changed
and
I
say
we
did
20
downtowns
a
lot
of
those
are
small.
Downtowns
to
you
know
the
whole
downtown
of
Decatur,
and
a
lot
of
this
has
changed
over
the
years
and
I
see
it
changing
very
rapidly
right
now
and
part
of
that
it
used
to
be
that
all
communities
wanted
to
do
fancy
lighting
schemes
for
their
downtown
historical
light.
U
Fixtures
were
real
popular
now
we
realize
a
lot
of
those
aren't
very
efficient
they're,
not
giving
light
they're
they're,
not
adaptive
to
LED
lighting
and
some
of
the
other
new
technologies
that
exist
so
I
see
that
one
as
one
area
it's
hard
to
beat.
You
know
concrete
concrete,
can
be
done
in
nice
ways
and
it
can
be
brushed
and
other
things.
But
it's
a
a
great
surface.
U
One
of
the
things
we
have
found
and
I
would
suggest
looking
at
Europe
for
a
lot
of
this
is
where
they've
gone
to
some
sort
of
a
modular
Paving
system
which
allows,
and
some
of
those
have
been
around
for
thousands
of
years.
They
allow
Pavements
to
be
picked
up.
Utilities
worked
on
Pavements
put
back
down
in
their
same
place.
U
U
Anything
that's
petroleum-based
I'm,
not
against
the
asphalt
companies.
They
have
a
great
product,
but
you
know
it
has
a
limited
life
and
and
I
think
the
big
thing
that
we're
finding
now
is
this
kind
of
division
between
what
is
sidewalk.
What
is
parking,
what
is
roadways
and
that
that
line
is
now
becoming
very
gray
and
I.
Think
you'll
see
this
in
a
lot
of
the
complete
streets:
zero,
curb
type
situations,
we're
working
on
one
over
in
Quincy,
which
is
the
zero
curb
kind
of
area.
U
To
basically
look
at
you
know:
how
can
these
streets
function
in
different
ways
at
different
times?
So
a
lot
of
this
is
changing
quite
a
bit
from
what
was
done,
but
you
know
we're
far
from
closing
the
streets
completely
and
building
the
the
replicas
of
malls,
which
so
many
communities
did
back
in
the
70s
I
was
involved
in
some
of
those
actually.
Y
After
the
initial
cost
here,
I've
heard
comments
about
you
know:
CMT
has
somebody
who's
who's
well
versed
in
helping
write
grants
and
it
sounds
like
there's.
There
were
a
number
of
things
mentioned
that
it
seems
like
that
would
be
after
this
initial
project
is
done,
and
is
that
all
of
that
part
of
I'll
say
the
continual
project
that
it
just
goes
on
and
on
or
or
would
all
those
things
be
add-ons
that
someone
would
be
coming
back
to
this
Council
and
saying?
Oh,
we
need
an
additional
100
000.
X
Can
speak
to
that,
so
that
is
included
in
our
fee
as
a
service
is
basically
having
Ali
check
in
with
us
periodically
it.
It
makes
the
most
sense
not
to
wait
till
the
end,
because
these
things
may
inform
each
other.
There
may
be
a
specific
low-hanging
fruit
grant
that
comes
up.
X
That
might
have
us
consider
some
type
of
improvement
improvement
more
so
than
another,
or
it
might
be
the
other
way
around
that,
based
on
public
feedback
and
and
some
of
the
design
work,
we
end
up
in
a
certain
direction
that
informs
her
to
look
at
certain
other
grants,
but
included
in
our
fee
is
the
involvement
of
her
to
to
research
and
identify
and
and
communicate
as
part
of
our
team
with
the
city
on
what
those
opportunities
are.
X
What
is
not
included
is
any
sort
of
actual
grant
writing
which
can
be
fairly
extensive
and,
as
I
understand
it,
the
city
has
their
own
staff
to
do
a
lot
of
that
already.
We're
certainly
available
to
assist
with
that.
That's
probably
going
to
be
a
case-by-case
basis
once
a
a
specific
opportunity
is
identified.
Okay,.
Y
Back
to
the
Springfield
project
and
then
the
Indianapolis
project
with
Springfield
you've
and
the
Jackson
Street
Corridor.
There
you've
got
going
from
the
Lincoln
Home
area
down
Jackson,
getting
rid
of
that
old
YWCA
building
nice
move
the
the
governor's
mansion
on
down
to
the
Capitol
complex
to
you
had
two
anchors
with
something
there
in
the
middle.
Y
X
Well,
I
think
one
of
the
and
I
think
Craig
mentioned
this,
the
the
historical
character
and-
and
so
it's
not
just
one
block
of
nice
old
cool
buildings.
The
way
a
lot
of
communities
have
downtown
Bloomington
has
a
lot
of
that.
We've
talked
internally
about
doing
what
we
can
to
reflect
that
historical
asset
down
into
the
streetscaping
into
the
character
of
the
streetscaping.
X
That
old,
County,
Museum,
old,
County
Courthouse
I
feel
like
is
a
very,
very
visually,
interesting
Landmark
that
that
could
serve
as
an
anchor
for
for
some
of
this
streetscaping
projects,
but
yeah,
there's
every
Community
is
different,
has
different
landmarks,
but
I.
Think
Bloomington
really
is
a
blessed
to
have
such
a
preserved
downtown
that
you
have.
Y
P
Y
Y
U
That
part
is
shared
by
many
communities
right
now
and
I.
Think.
The
big
thing
is
to
make
sure
that
your
historic
preservation,
ordinances
and
the
way
you
look
at
codes
and
everything
else
can
be
tailored
again.
I
use
that
term
to
you
know
to
address
those
things
and
a
lot
of
communities
are
working
on
this.
We
work
with
landmarks.
Illinois
is
a
good
example
of
an
agency
that
you
know
really
does
work
with
communities
in
trying
to
figure
out
methods
for
doing
it.
U
The
other
thing
that
drives
this
this
Market
and
I
think
what
we're
seeing
now
is
a
return
to
Urban
living
and
people
who
are
seeking
this
character
and
therefore
you
know
it
becomes
a
little
more
attractive
for
for
upper
story.
Rentals
and
I
think
it's
important
that
the
community
works
at
figuring
out
a
way.
I
mean
I'm
a
preservationist.
We
live
in
the
whole
house.
U
We
our
office
is
in
the
whole
building
and
so
on
and
it's
they
have
problems,
but
those
problems
can
be
solved,
but
I
think
it
takes
working
carefully
with
the
codes
to
to
address
some
of
those
issues
and
having
a
market
that
you
know,
makes
it
attractive
and
I'll
point
to
a
couple
of
communities
familiar
with
being
Springfield
and
Decatur,
where
there's
been
an
emphasis
on
downtown
living
and
what
you
need
with.
That
is
a
mix
you
have
to
have.
You
have
to
have
other
things
than
just
a
nice
apartment.
U
R
Member
Walt,
if
mayor,
if
I,
might
sure
super
quickly.
Yes,
a
couple
things
to
that
point:
I
can
tell
you
that
in
communities
that
have
done
this
type
of
work,
you
will
I
won't
guarantee
you,
but
I'll
almost
guarantee
it
you'll
start
to
see
private
investment,
because
the
Investments
the
city
makes
will
spur
businesses
that
you've
talked
like
you've
talked
about
to
invest
in
their
businesses.
They
will
see
an
increase
in
foot
traffic,
which
means
an
increase
in
customers,
which
is
increasing
revenues
which
again
allows
them
to
invest
in
their
businesses.
R
So
you
will
start
to
see
private
investment.
I
will
tell
you
without
naming
names
since
we've
been
having
this
conversation
about
streetscape
we've
had
inquiries
over
the
over
the
last
year
from
people
who
want
to
know
if
we're
going
to
go
forward
because
they
have
an
interest
in
our
downtown,
so
you
that
you'll
start
to
see
that
private
investment.
The
other
thing
is
that,
depending
upon
the
financing
vehicle
that
you
as
a
council,
ultimately
choose,
if
you
choose
to
go
forward
with
this
say
it's
a
TIF
district.
R
Creating
that
tool
allows
us
as
a
city
to
also
invest
in
businesses
as
well.
So,
for
example,
say
you
choose
to
create
a
tiff
and
I
don't
want
to
get
too
far
in
the
weeds.
You
can
utilize
that
tool
to
actually
create
programs
to
invest
in
businesses
as
well,
because
you'll
start
to
see
an
increase
in
the
value
of
the
property
properties,
which
in
turn
creates
an
increment
for
investing
in
the
businesses.
R
One
of
the
things
that
the
manager
has
talked
about
is
wanting
to
get
inside
some
of
these
buildings
and
perhaps
creating
sprinkler
programs
or
perhaps
creating
an
elevator
program.
Creating
a
tool
like
that
and
I
know
nobody
likes
to
talk
about
Tiff,
but
when
done
right-
and
we
can
do
it
right,
we've
done
it
right.
T
T
One
of
the
things
that
I
know
about
goal
setting
is
that
it's
really
really
helpful,
not
just
to
set
goals,
but
it's
also
really
helpful
at
times
to
look
at
how
you're
going
to
ensure
that
you
don't
succeed
and
I'm
curious
based
on
your
many
years
of
experience
and
I,
guess
I'm
talking
to
to
Kent
right
now
again,
but
I'm
curious
how
how
do
communities
sabotage
projects
like
this?
What
are
the
minefields
that
we
should
be
looking
for
to
avoid.
U
I
think
the
minefields,
the
look
or
in
any
kind
of
an
urban
project,
as
is
maybe
going
too
fast
and
in
some
cases
I've
seen
too
many
projects
where
I
call
the
something's
done
very
quickly
and
it's
a
frill.
There
are
very
popular
sort
of
thing
and
then,
in
about
a
few
years
that
Tower
or
or
sign
or
whatever
it
was
that
you
know
the
fountain
fountains
are
great
Focus.
U
Of
things
that
are
done
wrong-
and
you
know
they
just
don't
work-
they're
they're,
not
maintained
maintenance-
is-
is
going
to
be
a
key
element
in
the
success
of
a
downtown
and
too
many
times,
I've
seen
where
they
don't
have.
The
follow-up
maintenance.
That's
really
required
and
I'm
I
am
not
going
to
name
communities.
U
You
know
where
I've
seen
things
neglected,
that
a
lot
of
money
was
spent
on
and
so
and
I've
seen
other
communities
that,
if
we're
going
to
invest
this
much
money,
you
know
we're
going
to
assign
Public
Works
staff
to
maintain
it
and
that's
their
total
responsibility.
Is
you
know
in
doing
that
so
I
see
that
as
as
probably
being
the
key
thing
is,
is
the
follow-up
and
in
some
cases,
and
not
getting
too
glitzy.
U
You
know
with
some
of
the
initial
work
that
you
there
you're
tied
into
something.
So
another
Pitfall
is
flexibility
and
going
back
to
the
urban
malls
that
you
know,
everybody
was
closing
their
streets
and
and
doing
different
things
with.
U
There
was
no
flexibility
in
those
you
couldn't
even
get
fire
trucks
through
them
and
and
emergency
vehicles,
which
I
didn't
even
go
into
tonight,
is
another
whole
ingredient.
Now
in
urban
planning
and
Design.
T
W
I
mean
I
can't
talk
a
lot
about
the
design
elements,
but
I
mean
there's
also
the
engagement
elements
right
I
mean
if,
if
and
part
of
the
answer
to
I
think
one
of
your
questions
was,
you
know
we're
going
to
develop
a
stakeholder
group
out
of
this.
We
don't
know
what
some
of
that
looks
like
today
right
and
that's
going
to
be
City
staff
and
that's
going
to
be
the
people
in
the
room
back
here.
W
You
know
that
are
that
are
the
invested
owners
in
downtown,
but
we're
gonna
we're
gonna
we're
gonna
get
the
people
that
are
energetic
about
this
right
and
we're
going
to
help.
You
know
Steer
that
that's
part
of
our
job
is
to
steer
that
towards
a
common
goal
right
and
if
we,
if
we
let
too
much
outside
noise
and
clutter
and
too
many
surveys
and
too
many
studies
go
about,
you
know
we'll
get
bogged
down
at
the
details
right.
We
have
to
keep
this
on
track.
W
J
Thank
you,
mayor,
I
appreciate
it.
Thank
you,
gentlemen.
So
much
for
your
presentation,
I
very
much
enjoyed
it
and
I
I
just
have
some
interesting
comments,
and
maybe
some
questions
too
and
I'm
going
to
try
and
keep
it
under
six
minutes
according
to
the
clock.
J
J
And
the
important
thing
is
that
we
come
to
a
happy
medium
and
that
we're
all
blessed
with
a
beautiful,
vibrant
downtown
that
can
Cascade
throughout
our
entire
city
and
make
Bloomington
the
number
one
place
to
go.
And
I
really
need
that.
Assurance.
Because
I'm
being
asked
to
give
you
three
quarters
of
a
million
dollars
to
bring
me
a
plan.
And
that
plan
needs
to
be
like
Jurassic
Park.
To
me.
Spare
no
expense
and
I'm.
Sure.
Lots
of
people
are
going
to
come
after
me
because
of
tax
dollars.
X
X
I
I
I
believe
that
this
is
a
generational
project
for
the
city
of
Bloomington
generational
opportunity.
I.
Think
that
there's
a
real
opportunity
here
to
make
the
quality
of
the
streetscaping
such
that
this
isn't
just
something
that
the
people
that
are
already
happen
to
be
downtown
enjoy
more
this.
X
Will
this
really
has
the
opportunity
of
making
downtown
Bloomington
a
regional
destination
and
that's
going
to
be
the
what
Rises
All
Ships
and
helps
to
businesses
and
and
the
conversations
about
that
Jamie
mentioned
earlier,
about
the
the
growth
and
and
the
economic
development
that
can
come
from
this?
It
can
help
things
with
staff
shortages
and
and
all
of
that,
it's
it's.
X
There
will
always
be
potholes
to
be
filled
and
I
mean
absolutely
no
disrespect
to
anybody
that
comes
to
you
and
wants
to
see
the
money
sent
there.
But
it's
been
in
all
the
years
that
I
lived
in
Bloomington.
It's
it's
so
wonderful
to
see
that
there's
some
Unity
that
appears
to
be
with
the
council
and
wanting
to
make
this
forward-thinking
investment
for
for
the
people
of
Bloomington.
W
Okay,
I
was
going
to
add
to
that
as
an
engineer
and
I
think
Corporation
Council
could
back
me
up.
We're
taught
not
to
ensure
or
assure
anything
right,
but
I
think
I
can
guarantee
you.
We
will
promise
to
do
everything
we
can
to
do
that
and
part
of
what
I
brought
these
manuals
for.
I
was
just
telling
Craig
about
this.
I
mean
this
is
this
is
a
study
we
did
for
downtown
Branson,
and
you
don't
have
this
right.
We've
looked
at
everything
we
turned
over
every
stone.
We
talked
to
every
individual.
W
We
could
we
hosted
ice
cream
socials
to
get
the
community
out.
You
know
as
a
way
to
get
them
out
right.
I'm,
not
saying
we're
gonna
do
that
I'm,
not
gonna
insure
or
assure
any
of
that,
but
I
think
those
are
tools
we
have
at
our
disposal.
The
other
thing
back
to
Mr
Walsh's
point
about
what
makes
this
different.
What
will
make
Bloomington
different?
We
can't
answer
that
today,
I
think
we
got
some
ideas,
but
that's
part
of
the
process
we're
going
through
is
listening
to
these
people.
Listening
to
the
city
staff.
W
U
Oh
you're
gonna,
put
me
on
this
I
I
agree
with
this
I
tried
to
say
in
my
comment
that
you
know
I'm,
not
the
one.
That's
determining
this
I
have
to
listen
to
people
and
decipher.
You
know
this
and
I
it's
the
key
thing
and
we're
we're
designers
we're
not
the
artists,
we're
we
listen
to
the
artists
in
the
community.
U
We
found
that
out
and
sometimes
just
sitting
down
and
talking
about
these
things
you
know
opens
up
new
ideas
to
different
people.
The
art
aspect,
I,
think,
is
wonderful.
That's
what
makes
certain
communities
their
community
and
I
think.
Another
thing
that's
important
about
that
is
sometimes
not
having
all
the
pieces
be.
Permanent
I
mean
you're,
going
to
only
have
so
many
statues
of
David
sitting
around
in
Florence,
but
you
know
you
need
to
have
changeable
spaces
in
areas
that
can
fluctuate
so
that
you
keep
the
community
Dynamic
and
I.
U
So
it's
a
matter
of
listening
and
then
finding
the
niche
and
what
Bloomington
I
don't
know
what
bloomington's
Niche
is
I'm,
not
sure
after
living
in
Springfield
for
40
years
I
know
the
niche
other
than
politics
plays
a
big
role
in
anything
in
Springfield,
but
you
know
I
think
it's
really
listening
to
that,
and
in
some
of
these
you
know
small
towns
we've
worked
in
and
so
on.
You
know
it
ideas
just
generate
and
you
just
have
to
give
a
place
where
people
can.
U
You
know
come
up
with
those
ideas,
then
you
know
we
as
a
team
work
on.
You
know,
here's
expressing
those
ideas
into
some
sort
of
an
a
realistic
visual
aspect
and
then
getting
reaction
and
people
are
like.
You
know
this
isn't
quite
the
way
we
you
know
envisioned
it
or
whatever.
So
it's
a
process
and
the
other
thing
is
it's
not
a
a
one-time
solution.
U
A
That
was
good.
Thank
you,
so
I
think
I
have
found
some
other
money
bowling.
E
K
All
right,
so
a
couple
of
things
related
to
the
schedule.
K
You
know
you
talked
about
deadlines
and
when
you
were
talking
about
that-
and
you
also
talked
about
communities
not
taking
their
time
which
to
me
I,
I
kind
of
you
know
the
word
impulsiveness,
maybe
and
some
choices
came
to
mind,
there's
an
expression
that
work
expands
to
whatever
the
deadline
is
so
in
light
of
that,
and
in
light
of
several
of
the
line
items
that
do
touch
on
things
like
the
sewer
television
televising,
which
we
do
have
prior
traffic
studies
prior
aggregation
of
historical
properties
and
that
sort
of
thing,
if
you
were
to
compress
this
lead
time
for
the
study
aspect
by
50
percent,
could
you
do
that?
X
I
guess
I
would
comment
that
if
we
took
public
involvement
out
of
the
equation
yeah,
we
can
all
go
into
a
room
and
Hammer
this
thing
out
in
a
time
frame
that
you're
talking
about,
but
I
I
feared
that
that
would
dismiss
such
a
vital
input.
That's
needed
to
make
this
successful
for
for
everyone
and
can
I
ask
you
is:
is
the
question
posed
because
there
there's
a
hope
to
accelerate
all
of
this
to
to
begin
a
construction
project
sooner.
K
For
things
that
we've
already
paid
for
so
as
I
looked
at
your
line
item
descriptions,
for
example,
your
public
interaction
component
was
about
10
percent
of
the
cost
valuation.
So
not
setting
aside
something
like
that.
That
may
be
to
these
Point
kind
of
a
Cornerstone
and
Foundation
foundational
important
piece.
K
X
Right,
I,
I,
okay,
I,
understand
the
question.
I
I
feel
as
though,
by
reading
all
of
the
planning
documents
multiple
times
at
this
point,
it's
clear
that
enough
enough
conversations
have
been
had
enough
design,
Tourette's
and
legwork
to
really
establish
what
the
vision
is
for
downtown
that
that
things
like
walkability
need
to
now
be
prioritized.
Whereas
traffic,
you
know,
vehicular
traffic
was
prioritized
before
really
emphasizing
opportunities
for
outdoor
dining.
We
don't.
We
don't
need
to
start
from
scratch
on
this.
X
We've
got
things
that
we
will
we'll
we'll
validate
again,
that
this
is
the
direction
that
the
city
wants
to
go
in,
but
there's
been
there's
a
plan.
I
saw
where
there
was
an
inventory
of
the
vaults
that
are
under
a
lot
of
the
businesses
that
would
be
impacted
by
the
streets,
the
anything
that's
there
that
we
can
use
we're
going
to
be
using
I,
don't
believe
and
and
Craig's
had
a
chance
to
thoroughly
review
our
proposal
that
there's
any
duplication
of
efforts
that
aren't
really
necessary
here.
W
Just
to
touch
on
the
schedule,
real
quick,
remember,
we
started
out
with
an
18.
there's
a
this
study
phase
is
supposed
to
be
18
months,
yeah,
so
we've
already,
we've
already
reduced
it
to
because
we've
gotten
off
to
a
slow
start
here
to
try
to
get
this
delivered
in
12
months.
For
you
guys,
that's
that's
the
goal
for
us
for
sure.
K
A
lot
of
these
prior
studies,
as
well
actually
did
have
tactical
execution
for
several
other
components.
In
your
analysis.
To
prepare
your
proposal,
have
you
found
elements
that
you
could
consider
given
things
that
decisions
that
have
already
been
made,
implementations
that
have
already
begun
or
have
been
fully
executed
in
some
cases
that
you
would
leverage,
as
opposed
to
starting
over
on
those
things.
X
Yes,
so
one
of
the
planning
documents
that
Craig
talked
about
was
a
lighting
master
plan
for
downtown
and,
while
there's
some
components
of
that,
that
now
need
to
be
updated
for
environmental
concerns
such
as
applieding
yeah,
night
sky,
I
picture
us
taking
that
set
of
technical
documents
that
were
in
there
when
we
do
our
first
walk
through
and
seeing
what
was
already
mapped
out
and
that
studies
a
bit
old,
so
I'm
sure
it'll
need
updating
but
yeah.
If
there's
something
we
can
leverage,
it
just
helps
us.
R
And
if
I
could
start
and
let
you
all
speak,
we
know
that
the
team
over
at
the
at
the
museum
has
already
started
to
do
some
work
related
to
design
there
so
before
we
would
get
too
far
with
any
designs
here.
We
would
want
to
coordinate
with
them
to
see
what
they've
already
done,
but
we
know
that
they've
already
done
some
of
the
work
now
in
terms
of
what
that
looks
like
I.
R
X
Yeah,
that's
exactly
right,
that'll
be
closely
coordinated,
so
that
they're
not
here
and
we're
here.
We
we
have
our
own
ideas
and
even
visions
that
Kent
had
sketched
out
some
things
for
that
area.
So
it'll
be
interesting
to
to
talk
with
them
and
see
where
they're
at,
but
it
sure
would
be
nice
if
there
was
so
much
of
it
is
Walled
off
right
now
and
there's
almost
a
feeling
of
I'm
trespassing.
X
Should
I
really
be
here
and
looking
for
opportunities
to
lower
that
ground
around
the
building
and
and
do
things
possibly
with
curbless
Street.
That's
where
you
you
start
to
create
this
big
open
area
is
a
tremendous
opportunity
for
bringing
so
many
people
together
and
that
that's
just
me
talking
we'll
have
to
see
what
their
thoughts
are,
but
yeah
that
that'll
be
it
hit
very
quickly
on,
so
that
they
don't
get
too
far
without
our
input
and
and
vice
versa,.
K
All
right
and
next
question
is
about
maintenance,
the
maintenance
associated
with
our
current
decisions
that
we've
made
downtown
plant
beds,
things
of
that
nature
we'd
be
introducing
additional
plant
material
I'm
assuming
get
through
this
process.
How
will
we
balance
that,
when
there
have
been
some
critical
of
the
maintenance
for
what
we've
already
invested.
S
I
I
can
speak
to
that.
The
parks
and
rec
department
will
be
internally
involved
in
this
I
know.
I
have
had
some
discussions
with
the
director
I
think.
As
we
know
here
we
don't
or
as
we've
started,
we
wouldn't
know
exactly
where
we're
headed,
but
we
have
to
then
as
through
the
process.
You
know,
if
we're
adding
a
bunch
of
things
that
need
to
be
maintained,
then
correspondingly
we'd
have
to
have
discussions
with
Parks
and
Rec
and
and
see
what
what
that
would
mean
for
those
folks.
K
And
I
know
we're
talking
about
two
years
really
before
we
would
begin
executing,
and
yet
we
have
seen
a
lot
of
energy
developing
in
downtown
already,
and
you
know
perhaps
some
of
those
gaps
associated
with
the
plant
beds
and
things
of
that
nature
could
be
closed
without
waiting
for
the
delivery
of
something
like
this.
My
last
question
is
about
your
traffic
modeling
software.
That's
so
special.
What
is
this
product.
W
I,
don't
it's
not
special?
It's
just
there's
a
cost
of
this
software
that
most
Consultants
have
that
the
city
just
I,
don't
think,
has
at
their
disposal
so
they're
and
it's
an
annual
license
fee,
so
you're
probably
talking
at
least
50
or
100
000
a
year
that
we
pay
for
this.
But
we
do
so
many
of
these
across
our
company
that
you
know
we
could
afford
that.
A
Okay,
thank
you
very
much,
I,
think,
council,
member
Bolin,
Credo
and
then
Becker.
A
Sure,
by
the
way,
can
we
yeah,
let's
just
probably
extend
time,
maybe
this
time
we're
going
to
do
since
we
only
have
one
two
three,
so
we're
gonna
do
15
minutes:
okay,
okay,.
K
K
V
F
You,
first
of
all
I'm
glad
to
see
you
have
a
deliverable
from
someone
else,
because
I
really
hesitate
to
commit
three
quarter
of
a
million
dollars
without
seeing
something
concrete.
W
F
And
then
the
scope
also
does
not
include
The
Branding
and
the
way
flying
wayfinding.
So
I
kind
of
would
like
to
know
what
the
monetary
and
environmental
impact
there
will
be
to
replace
some
of
these
elements.
S
I
I
can
speak
to
that
so
Azure.
Where,
a
couple
years
ago
the
city
undertook
away
finding
signage
project
that
that
project.
P
S
Go
away,
those
signs
will
remain,
they
may
get
shifted
here
and
there
depending
upon
the
streetscape
outcomes,
but.
S
We'll
let
the
study
play
itself
out,
but
the
purpose
of
this
is
more
of
a
streetscape,
not
necessarily
wayfinding
I.
Think
The
Branding
initiative
could
come
out
of
public
involvement.
Perhaps
some
of
the
things
that
you
know
and
Kent
can
talk
about
that
with
other
communities,
but
you
know
I've
seen
emblems
be
placed
on
street
lights
and
things
like
that
that
are
unique
to
that
community.
That
could
come
out
of
this.
That's
not
the
sole
purpose
of
this,
though
so.
F
Yeah
well
I
hate
to
cut
down
trees.
So
you
know
that's
going
to
hurt
break
my
heart
and
I
also
have
a
question
this
might
be
to
staff
who
determines
the
priority
is
in
here
I
know
you
have
a
recommendation
for
a
steering
committee
so
who
would
be
on
the
steering
committee.
R
Yet
to
be
determined
related
to
the
committee,
however,
you
as
a
council
would
be
integrally
involved
in
setting
those
priorities
you
you
would
be
heavily
involved
in
setting
those
priorities.
We
would
bring
you
the
information
to
be
considered
But.
Ultimately,
you
you
would
be
heavily
involved
with
that.
X
If
sorry,
if
I'm
hey
I'll,
just
add
that
the
question
you're
asking
is
going
to
be
one
of
the
very
first
questions
that
we're
asking,
because
there's
there's
very
different
philosophies
on
how
to
go
about
this,
and
it
might
be
what
some
easy
low-hinging
fruit
to
to
kind
of
show,
a
proof
of
concept
that
we
can
do
this
or
it
may
be
that
for
the
first
time
in
quite
a
while.
There's
there's
a
lot
of
momentum
at
the
city
at
this.
U
Like
to
add
too
that
in
some
communities
it's
there's
almost
a
tiered
approach,
where
maybe
there's
a
steering
committee
and
then
another
level
of
committee
involvement
that
you
want
to
bring
in
organizations
and
so
on
so
sometimes
I
know.
In
Galesburg
we
used
a
tiered
sort
of
approach
to
to
making
decisions
before
it
came
to
council.
F
Fair
enough,
Alderman
Ward
asked
about
drawbacks
or
Hang-Ups
that
come
along
and
I
know
for
experience
from
experience,
no
offense
to
you
guys
back
there,
the
downtown,
often
as
diametrically
opposed
views
and
or
viewpoints,
and
what
should
be
in
downtown
and
all
that
I
I
would
like
to
see
maybe
people
from
outside
of
the
downtown
also
because
those
are
the
ones
that
you're
going
to
want
to
come.
You
know
Regional
draw,
so
those
people
probably
would
should
have
some
kind
of
input
and
one
other
thing.
F
Four
persons
2014
I've
been
standing
at
that
podium
when
all
these
other
plans
came
forward
and
came
forward
and
came
forward
and
I
consistently
and
I
still
do
advocate
for
modernization
of
the
Underground
infrastructure,
the
streets,
the
sidewalks
in
the
adjacent
neighborhoods,
to
make
them
walkable
to
downtown
and
I
will
stand
by
that
that
that
needs
to
be
a
focus,
maybe
even
before
this.
F
A
D
Thank
you,
mayor
and
I
appreciate
everybody
else's
comment.
I
appreciate
the
presentation.
D
You
know,
I
learned
a
lot
and
I
really
feel
like
I
know
more
about
what
this
could
do
to
improve
our
community
and
and
going
to
what
something
Dee
said:
yeah
we're
all
invested.
We
have
our
Awards,
but
we're
all
invested
in
the
entire.
You
know
community
and
you
know
I
and
it's
not
just
bringing
people
in
you
know
regionally
right.
D
It's
bringing
people
from
our
own
City
downtown
I
represent
the
Southeastern
part
of
the
city,
and
you
know
you
know
knocking
on
people's
stores
and
talking
to
them
like
I,
don't
go
past
veterans,
you
know,
that's
downtown
is
dangerous.
You
know,
I
heard
a
lot
of
that,
and
so
to
me,
at
Downtown
is
the
heart
of
a
community
right
I
mean
we
got
a
lot
of
great
stuff
on
Veterans,
but
it
could
be
anywhere
veterans
right
with
you
know.
D
So
with
that
being
said,
with
the
downtown
being
the
heart
of
a
city,
I
think
the
you
know
the
west
side
that
you
know,
West
Side,
neighborhood,
old
neighborhood,
is
kind
of
the
Soul
and
one
of
the
things
I
may
maybe
Billy
you
can
address
it
because
you
kind
of
talked
about
it.
D
R
Absolutely
a
couple
things
one
there's
this
project,
but
there's
also
your
ongoing
conversation.
A
lot
of
conversation
is
about
roads
and
improving
of
roadways.
You,
as
a
council
are
having
a
conversation
about
increasing
the
amount
of
funding
that
we
we
put
towards
that
type
of
work,
which
some
of
that
I
can
would
happen
on
the
west
end
of
town.
Second
thing
is:
there
are
several
projects
already
happening
there,
I'll
reference,
the
13
million
O'neill
pool
project
well,
while
some
folks
may
not
I'll
take
that
back.
R
That's
a
sizable
investment
in
the
west
end
of
our
community.
That's
going
to
significantly
improve
the
the
quality
of
life
for
residents
who
live
there
and
we're
making
sure
that
it's
going
to
be
accessible
to
people.
There
are
projects
like
that
that
are
also
being
discussed.
That
will
will
happen
in
the
on
the
west
end
of
town.
So
we
have
the
conversation
about
roads
where
we're
going
to
increase
funding.
For
that
we've
had
the
O'neill
pool
project.
R
There
are
things
happening
with
partner
organizations,
the
Western
Avenue
Community
Center,
who
we're
working
with
to
do
things
on
the
west
end
of
town
as
well?
To
make
investments
there,
so
there
are
projects
happening,
they
were
either
on
the
drawing
board
are,
are
also
already
moving
forward
on
the
west
end
of
town
as
well,
because
we
too
recognize
that
we
need
to
spread
the
investment
one
of
the
things
that
someone
said
I
think
council,
member
Boland.
You
spoke
to
working
to
connect
the
communities
on
the
outside
of
the
Buckle
to
the
downtown.
R
There
are
people
in
this
community
who
I
would
imagine,
have
never
been
downtown,
and
so
part
of
our
work
with
this
will
involve
our
making
sure
that
we're
Connecting,
People
directly
saying
hey,
come
downtown,
but
also
as
part
of
the
process
of
what
we're
going
to
build.
We
need
to
hear
those
voices
as
well.
We
need
to
hear
the
voices
of
people
on
the
West
End
to
see
what
they
want
to
see
as
well
as
part
of
this
project.
So
there
are
things
happening,
they're,
sizable
products
that
are
already
happening.
D
Thanks
Billy
I
also
had
a
question,
and
it
was
the
report
that
you
shared
with
us
Craig.
It
has
to
do
with
Ada
and
I
know:
there's
been
accessibility
reference,
but
that's
more
bike,
accessibility,
pedestrian,
accessibility,
right,
but
it
in
the
report.
It
states
under
ADA
compliance
review,
Ada
review
for
this
high
level
study
will
be
limited
to
examining
instances
of
non-compliance
already
identified
by
the
city
or
areas
where
large-scale
deficiencies
are
obvious.
This
study
will
not
include
a
detailed
field.
R
Craig
for
you,
you
all,
but
I,
want
to
start
by
saying
if
you
choose
to
go
into
the
downtown
and
rebuild
our
sidewalks,
a
lot
of
that
work
will
address
some
of
the
Ada
concerns
that
we
have,
as
it
relates
to
downtown
Bloomington.
A
lot
of
the
complaints
that
we've
heard
from
people
are
about
sidewalks,
being
uneven
or
being
sloped
through
those
kinds
of
things.
R
If
you're
going
in
and
making
this
investment,
this
work
by
Nature
will
address
a
lot
of
it
as
we
go
forward
and
as
this
design
happens,
part
of
the
maybe
it's
not
being
studied,
but
a
part
of
the
design
will
also
have
to
build
in
the
Ada
improvements
that
are
necessary
to
when
you
do
a
new
construction.
So,
if
you're
coming
in
and
building
something
new
you're
gonna
have
you
have
to
fix
those
things?
So
maybe
the
the
study
isn't
saying
we're
going
to
go
in
and
study
these
things.
R
S
S
You
know
I
realized
that
three
quarters
of
a
million
is
a
lot
of
money.
Part
of
that,
though,
was
us
driving
the
cost
down
as
staff,
and
we
were
looking
at
different
ways.
S
So
if
there's
that
first
project,
that's
when
we
would
address
the
Ada
component,
so
the
in
the
end,
when
a
Project's
built
it
will
be
ADA
Compliant,
because
we
are
required
to
do
that
by
law.
This
project
looks
at
the
physical
space
and,
let's
say,
there's
a
chance
to
change
lanes
narrow
those
bring.
The
curb
in
these
folks
will
look
at
what
they
call
a
par,
which
is
a
public
access
route.
So
they'll
have
to
look
at
that
and
they'll.
Also.
Look,
though,
at
the
door
stops
the
entry
points
and
try
to
figure
out.
S
D
Z
Promise
I'm
a
pareto's
law
guy
right
I
want
to
do
the
20
of
the
work
that
gets
me
80
of
the
results
and
I
believe
that
in
every
facet
of
everything
I
do
and
it
works.
So
Molly
asked
a
good
question
before
she
said:
what
are
the
pitfalls?
Z
Let's
take
the
20
projects
that
you've
done
in
the
last,
however
long
and
identify
the
20
of
each
of
those
that
produce
the
most
results
in
measurable
metrics
on
the
success
of
increased
GDP
for
lack
of
a
better
term
for
that
City.
In
other
words,
you
tell
us
the
top
five
projects
all
did
this,
and
these
were
the
five
things
they
did,
that
added
the
most
value
to
that
City's
growth
and
support
of
their
businesses.
I
have
heard
nothing
that
demonstrates
these
are
the
things
that
we
know
will
drive
your
your
city's
businesses
to
grow.
X
X
W
I
think
that
I
mean
some
of
the
pictures
that
we
showed
would
hopefully
tell
that
story.
I
mean
we've,
we've
activated
spaces
come
on
sorry,
you
know
we
beautified
downtown.
We've
got
an
engagement
from
the
the
business
holders,
just
as
we
were
downstairs
talking
on
the
way
in
we
got.
We
got.
W
We
successfully
rewarded
a
grant
in
City
of
Quincy
for
2.4
million
dollars
because
they
had
a
plan
that
was
ready
to
be
implemented
and
now
we're
going
to
go
to
now
that
we're
going
to
go
to
successful
projects
with
that,
so
I
mean
you've
got
the
realtor
Plaza.
You
know
the
it's
the
it's
the
it's
the
synergies
between
the
private
and
the
public
developers,
the
communities
yeah.
U
U
The
square
in
Jacksonville
was
not
even
a
square,
and
then
you
know
they
went
through
a
major
project
and
almost
every
and
background
was
done.
They
said
every
storefront
was
filled.
My
wife
and
I
drove
around
Jacksonville
Square,
just
Sunday
and
I
would
say
that
almost
everyone
is
filled.
There
was
a
couple
vacancies
which
post
pandemic
isn't
surprising,
I
think
on
Jackson
Street.
U
It's
pretty
obvious
that
probably
two
of
the
best
restaurants
in
downtown
Springfield
now
reside
along
Jackson,
Street
being
Obed
in
Isaacs
in
the
brewery
there
and
then
the
other
one
is
lookman's
by
the
Mansion.
So
I
think
you
know
even
that,
even
though
most
of
the
area
along
there
is
publicly
owned
at
least
those
two
businesses
are
quite
successful.
So
I
think
you
know
it's,
it
doesn't
happen
overnight,
but
it
does
happen
and
I
think
you
know
these
communities.
If
you
don't
do
anything,
I
can
tell
you
which
way
it
goes.
Z
I
I
understand
that
and
I
appreciate
that
and
I'm
really
not
trying
to
thump
you
here
I'm
trying
to
make
a
point
about.
Don't
give
me
two
examples
of
two
restaurants.
Give
me
numbers
of
five
years
after
the
project
in
Springfield.
This
is
the
increased
output
of
the
businesses
in
the
area.
This
is
the
increased
Revenue.
This
is
increased
number
of
jobs.
Z
Give
me
some
data
that
points
to
the
specific
aspects
of
the
plan
that
produce
the
best
results,
so
that
we
can
then
use
those
to
prioritize
a
plan
that
we
might
put
forward
so
that
we're
doing
the
things
that
give
the
most
bang
for
the
buck
first
and
then
we're
eliminating
things
that
are
just
going
to
spend
money.
I'm
I'm
a
function
over
form
guy.
He
probably
could
figure
that
out.
You
know
you
tell
me
oh
I'm,
going
to
put
this
extra,
pretty
planner
I
couldn't
care
less.
Z
A
Sounds
good
I
think
city
manager
Gleason
wanted
an
opportunity
to
to
speak
as
well
for
some
comments.
L
Now,
just
very
quickly
in
closing
excited
about
tonight.
You
know
I
know
it's
been
a
couple
hour
presentation.
Fair
amount
of
work
has
gone
into
this
presentation.
L
We're
going
to
call
this
item
as
an
action
item
to
approve
next
week
on
Monday
night,
and
this
has
been
the
culmination
again
of
several
years
of
conversations.
This
was
a
priority.
You
know
when
I
was
hired
here
over
four
years
ago.
This
was
on
my
list
of
marching
orders
to
address
the
downtown
and
that's
what
comes
before
Council
next
Monday
to
make
that
next
step
decision
and
very
much
appreciate
Council
the
community,
the
team
in
front
of
me,
the
deputy
city
manager,
and
more
to
come
next
week
mayor
thank.
A
You
thank
you
very
much
and
and
a
closing
after
the
closing
I
just
want
to
say.
First
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
you
for,
for
your
presentation
and
and
sharing
you
know
your
ideas
and
vision
of
how
this
project
could
work
we'll.
You
know
it
went
a
little
bit
longer,
then
we
not
necessarily
had
anticipated.
Actually
from
my
perspective,
I
I
tend
to
let
things
run
a
little
bit
long,
because
I
think
when
you
have
something
this
important
a
project
of
this
magnitude.
A
It
is
very
important
for
everyone
to
have
an
opportunity
to
to
ask
questions.
So
you
know
I,
think
the
to
me.
The
Hallmark
of
projects
like
this.
You
know
when
they're
successful
is
a
robust
engagement
from
not
only
the
elected
officials
but
also
with
the
public.
You
know,
as
city
manager
Gleason
said
you
know,
this
has
been
a
long
time
coming.
I
and
I.
A
Think
you
know
with
with
this
Council
in
the
past
year,
I
believe
we
have
a
accomplished
quite
a
bit
and
that's
very
important,
so
I
like
to
think
of
this
Council.
As
the
you
know,
get
things
done
Council
it
doesn't
mean
that
you're
not
going
to
be
asked
questions
that
you
know
kind
of
make
your
stomach
churn
a
little
bit
which
is
okay.
That
is
part
of
you
know
getting
to.
You
know
discernment.
You
know
where
you
can
really
determine.
A
What's
the
the
best,
the
best
you
know
way
to
move
forward
and
I
think
that's
what
we
all
are
trying
to
to
do
up
here
and
and
I
look
forward
to
additional
opportunity
for
discussion
next
week
and
and
and
and
and
see
where
we
go.
So.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
all
very
much.
A
And
with
that
we're
going
to
move
on
to
the
next
item
on
the
agenda,
which
I
believe
is
a
city
manager,
discussion.
L
Thank
you,
mayor
and
Council
I've
got
I
think
a
dozen
slides,
no
I,
don't
we
do
have.
K
L
Committee
as
a
whole,
we
always
try
to
recognize
new
employees
to
the
city
and
if
you
would
allow
me
Amy
Adams,
Erica,
Chris,
Davis,
Jeremy,
Martinez,
Alejandro,
Marlena
and
Karen.
Is
there
a
second
slide?
L
Okay
and
new
BCP
actually
check
out
the
website
on
this.
So
we
have
quite
the
lineup
Parks
bcpa
crew
have
done
an
excellent
job
of
recruiting
and
for
this
Concert
Series.
So
please
check
out
artsblooming.org
for
the
lineup
and
then
one
more
Icebreaker
free,
open,
skate.
Festival!
That's
coming
up
this
Sunday
the
21st
over
lunch
11
30
to
1
30..
Thank
you
very
much.
A
Okay,
thank
you
very
much,
I
think
at
this
point
we
are
going
to
ask
for
a
motion.