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August 19, 2019 - Committee of the Whole City Council Meeting
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B
A
Here,
thank
you.
We're
gonna
go
start
with
public
comment
and
just
want
to
clarify
that
if
you
want
to
get
some
immediate
answers
or
responses
or
perhaps
problem
solved,
please
come
to
my
mayor's
open
house
on
Friday
before
regular
City
Council
meetings.
Those
are
certainly
the
possibilities
where
you
can
get
interaction.
Sometimes
we
have
administrative
staff
and
some
other
council
members
are
there.
A
So
just
let
you
know
that
the
public
comment
is
for
you
to
talk
about
whatever's
on
your
mind,
for
up
to
three
minutes,
given
that
we
have
quite
a
few
tonight,
I
would
ask
you
to
especially
if
it's
repetitious
to
be
as
respectful
as
possible
of
others
abilities.
We
are
going
to
start
I'll
count
it
at
6:02,
and
that
is
we
start
with
Tim
Jones
and
then
Serena
fish,
and
then
we
have
Jim
waters
so
again:
Tim
Jones,
sarena,
fish,
Jim
waters
and
all
ladies
and
groups
of
three
thank
you,
hello.
F
E
F
F
It
is
very
unfair
for
those
businesses,
if
they're
not
allowed
to
be
able
to
compete
with
other
places,
such
as
large
truck
stops
that
you're
going
to
consider
allowing
to
have
ten
games.
So
I'm
not
saying
you
shouldn't,
give
it
to
them.
I'm
saying
you
should
be
fair
and
everyone
should
have
a
fair
shot
at
it,
and
then
someone
that
works
hard
that
lives
here.
It
spins
their
money,
air,
the
bikes
cars
here
that
buys
homes
here
that
employs
people
here.
B
H
Hi
three
and
a
fish
909
Westwood
I
was
not
going
to
speak
tonight,
but
when
I
walked
in
here
and
saw
what
I
saw
I
have
to
say
something:
I'm
extremely
upset
by
the
shirt
that
is
being
worn
by
one
of
our
council
people
Jeff
and
to
me
it
is
very
inflammatory
and
the
shirt
itself
is
much
more
racist
than
what
it
says
on
it
and
I
don't
think
he
should
be
allowed
to
sit
at
a
council
chamber
desk
wearing
it.
Thank
you
thank.
A
You
we
go
to
Jim
waters,
Peter,
Pontius
and
Tom
Hubbard.
I
Thank
you,
I'm
Jim
waters
with
the
VFW
here
in
Bloomington
and
part
of
the
reason
I'm
here
is
in
reference,
the
Gaming
issues
that
are
probably
going
to
be
decided
on
tonight
or
at
the
next
meeting
as
the
VFW
we're
not
individually
owned.
The
organization
owns
the
actual
building
and
the
business
we've
been
in
Bloomington
here
for
ninety
nine
years
may
of
next
year.
We
will
celebrate
100
years
right
here
in
this
town.
Our
thing
with
the
gaming
is,
it
helps
us
keep
our
building
open.
I
It
helps
us
keep
everything
available
for
that
next
generation
of
veterans
who
haven't
come
in
to
the
VFW
fold
at
this
time,
and
we're
also
one
of
the
organizations
that
we
use
that
money
not
only
to
repair
the
building,
keep
it
upgraded,
provide
new
services,
but
we
also
use
the
money
to
donate,
to
veterans
programs
and
a
multitude
of
other
community
charities
right
here
in
bloomington-normal.
So
it's
not
like
we're
putting
the
money
in
our
pocket
and
walking
away
with
it.
I
I
If
I
don't
have
the
money
coming
in,
it
will
be
harder
for
us
to
keep
our
place
open
and
I
hate
saying
it
that
the
moment
there's
a
lot
of
VFW's,
American,
legions
and
other
veterans
organizations
over
the
next
five
years.
That
will
probably
disappear
because
they
can't
afford
to
stay
open,
as
mr.
Jones
mentioned,
about
the
actual
$15
an
hour
minimum
wage.
That's
coming
in
2025,
that's
added
expenses
that
we
have
to
go
with
right
now.
I
have
four
full-time
employees
and
11
part-time
employees.
I.
Don't
want
anything
to
happen
to
those
folks.
I
D
Good
evening
my
name
is
Peter
Pontius
I'm,
the
director
of
loss
prevention
and
compliance
for
b-and-b
amusement
of
Illinois.
We
are
the
only
terminal
operator
located
within
Bloomington
Normal
and
I'm,
a
longtime
residents
of
Bloomington
Normal
as
well
I'd
like
to
speak,
of
course,
the
video
gaming.
That's
on
the
agenda
for
this
evening,
I
met
with
several
of
the
council
members
in
the
last
couple
weeks
to
discuss
it
as
well.
The
key
theme
seems
to
be
the
number
of
games
in
each
location
and
as
well
as
the
number
of
licensed
establishments
in
Bloomington,
the.
D
As
a
lot
of
you
know,
we
operate
the
pilot
truck
stop
in
Bloomington,
which
is
a
large
considered,
a
large
truck
stop.
But
we
also
have
concerns
for
the
other
terminal
operators
and
the
other
licensed
establishments
in
Bloomington
as
to
limiting
their
games
when
several
of
the
locations
that
already
have
less
than
five
will
not
be
increasing.
Their
number
of
games
per
the
conversations
I've
had
with
some
of
the
other
terminal
operators
in
the
room.
D
So
the
key
thing
is
to
be
fair
to
all
the
terminal
operators
and
all
the
license
establishments
and
allow
them
to
grow
as
needed
to
accommodate
the
number
of
players
they
may
have.
The
economics
will
determine
who
adds
games
and
who
doesn't
add
games.
You
might
see
at
what
comes
down
to
not
a
change
in
the
number
of
games
in
bloomington
other
than
at
the
large
truck
stops.
So
I
would
encourage
the
council
to
be
fair
to
all
the
parties
involved
and
allow
them
to
grow
as
neat.
Thank
you
thank.
J
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Tom
Hubbard.
Recently
we
sent
a
letter
to
every
one
of
the
council
and
the
mayor.
My
son
wrote
it
and,
unfortunately,
the
only
person
to
reach
back
to
us,
you
know
requesting
additional
information
was
Donna
Boland,
which
I
appreciate
I've,
had
a
liquor
license
in
this
town
for
over
40
years
and
in
40
years,
I've,
never
ever
kind
of
a
problem
with
the
police,
with
underage
with
gambling,
with
anything
and
most
of
that
time,
I've
had
two
liquor
licenses
in
this
town.
J
What
I,
don't
really
understand
is
over
the
last
40
years,
on
several
occasions
to
several
councils.
Several
mayors.
We
have
came
up
and
asked
for
a
cap
on
liquor
licenses,
but
that's
always
been
a
no.
We
can't
do
that.
We
have
to
let
the
free
market
rule
well
now,
here
we
are
with
another
issue
which
is
supporting
the
very
small,
independent
businessman
in
this
town
with
liquor
licenses.
Why
does
why
do
the
rules
change
now?
Why
can't
the
market
rule
for
these
video
poker
machines?
J
We
took
a
hit
with
smoking,
a
terrible
hit,
there's
many
places
that
almost
I
almost
went
down,
because
that
was
very,
very
expensive
and
I.
Don't
understand
why
it's
okay
for
the
truckstops
to
have
ten!
It
was
explained
to
me
because
this
is
a
wash
they
come
to
town.
You
get
your
five
percent,
they
leave
town.
No,
the
big
check
goes
to
some
corporation
out
of
town,
where
my
big
check
comes
to
me
and
I
reinvest.
J
It
right
here
in
town,
I,
reinvest
it
by
hiring
people
by
those
people
going
out
and
spending
it
into
by
everything
else,
but
you
can't
this
is
like
the
pot
calling
the
kettle
black.
You
can't
say
it's:
let
the
market
dictate
for
liquor
licenses,
but
we're
not
going
to
let
the
market
dictate
for
these
video
poker
machines.
K
Leaving
everyone
I
just
want
to
address
really
the
continuity
of
their
proposal.
That's
that
set
out
there's
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
the
rhetoric
that
goes
out
says
like
video
gaming
is
so
evil
and
so
hard
on
the
community,
but
right
now
and
I
apologize
to
the
gentleman
with
the
power
station-
and
it's
mentioned
by
mr.
Harvard
as
well
as
that
money
goes
goes
away
from
this
town,
but
we're
allowing
places
that
already
currently
generate
the
highest
highest
revenue
to
them,
double
their
their
their
number
of
total
machines
allowed
and
yet
you're.
K
Okay
with
that
proliferation
of
gambling,
while
while
you're
limiting
the
establishments
like
myself
and
others
that
you
know
again
reinvest
as
you're
gonna
hear
this
over
and
over
again,
we
reinvest
our
money
in
this
community.
We,
when
we
need
to
have
worked
on
our
equipment
when
we
have
work
done
on
our
stores,
whether
we
are
remodeling
or
whatever,
that
money
comes
right
back,
meaning
we
hire
local.
K
We
we
get
local
contractors,
those
things
aren't
able
to
be
done
unless
we
are
able
to
generate
revenue
in
fact,
you're
really
giving
a
competitive
advantage
to
these
larger
establishments.
When
who
already
have
a
competitive
advantage,
simply
by
the
fact
that
they
generate
the
revenue
that
they
do
they're
24
hours
a
day,
we
don't
have
that
ability
to
be
24
hours
a
day.
It's
pushing
people
to
those
those
establishments
that,
unfortunately,
we
can't
compete
with
that.
We
can't
tell
anyone
that
they
can
come
24
hours
a
day
to
our
chart
establishment.
K
It's
really
contrary
to
the
idea.
That's
presented
in
the
agenda
today
that
we're
trying
to
you
know,
grow
a
local
economy
and
you're
trying
to
build
a
strong
relationship
with
the
businesses.
This
isn't
building
a
strong
relationship
with
the
local
businesses
that
provide
jobs
to
our
local
people,
now
granted
the
larger
truck
stops
and
that
they
they
do
provide
that
it's
just
it's
not
really
fair
to
allow
one
thing
and
then
not
allow
the
other
I
guess
in
really.
K
You
don't
want
to
believe
that
you're
trying
to
be
moral
police
in
this.
If
people
are
going
to
gamble
whether
or
not
you
you
think
that
they're
going
to
that's,
that's
indicated
by
the
fact
that
when
the
video-gaming
law
came
into
effect
in
state
of
Illinois,
most
of
the
revenue
from
the
riverboats
then
started
getting
dispersed
locally.
Those
people
were
coming
going
to
the
river
boats
from
here
before
so
now,
they're
doing
here
generating
revenue
for
us
here.
K
So
then
we
can
then,
instead
of
a
large
corporation
like
the
the
boy
gaming
company
over
in
Peoria
they're,
not
spending
their
money
in
Bloomington,
but
we
are
and
I
guess
the
last
thing
that
I
would
have
to
say
is
it's
and
I
guess.
Mr.
Mantha,
you
might
be
the
only
person
on
the
council
that
can
understand
this
is
of
your
local
business.
K
K
L
The
gaming
Illinois
Gaming
Board
reports
that
Bloomington
has
two
hundred
and
thirty
eight
video
gambling
machines
operating
in
51
establishments.
This
past
July
only
area
residents
lost
1
million
three
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
three
hundred
and
twenty
five
dollars
and
fifty
four
cents
in
gambling
machines
in
a
list
of
communities
with
the
most
video
gambling
losses.
L
Bloomington
is
number
six
statewide
I'm,
not
too
proud.
Remember.
In
July,
only
area
residents
have
lost
1
million
three
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
three
hundred
and
twenty
five
dollars
and
fifty
four
cents.
It's
a
known
fact
that
people
who
can
afford
to
gamble
the
least
are
the
ones
that
are
more
tempted
to
gamble.
L
L
There
are
some
projects,
surely
that
we
could
do
without
in
order
to
pay
for
what
is
needed.
The
most
concerning
the
request
to
create
a
cannabis
task
force
to
make
recommendations
on
legalized,
legal
legalizing.
Recreational
use
of
marijuana
I
have
brought
along
a
few
a
one-page
fact
sheet
on
reasons
to
oppose
and
ban
marijuana
businesses
to
share
with
the
City
Council
and
I
have
a
few
extras
in
case
there's
those
here.
That
would
like
a
copy
and
thank
you.
A
L
M
Hi
I'm
grant
Jones
and
I
work
with
midwest
electronics.
Gaming
I
just
want
to
reiterate
what
everybody
else
has
kind
of
said
about
the
local
dollars.
I
am
for
a
fair
playing
field
and
I
would
love
to
hear
when
you
guys
do
discuss
this
on
what
the
thought
process
was
behind
on
excluding
the
local
business
people
here.
You
know
these
are
your
neighbors.
They
owned
restaurants,
bars
and
other
establishments,
for
example,
Park
View
Inn
just
spent
1.5
million,
and
you
were
able
to
give
him
machines
and
I
know
he's
thrilled
about
that.
M
If,
at
some
point
in
time
he
gets
busy
where
he
has
five
people
playing
and
a
sixth
person
comes,
and
they
can't
play
they're
going
to
go
to
the
quick
and
easy
they're
going
to
go
to
the
pilot
and
those
dollars
don't
stay
in
this
community,
and
so
what
I'd
ask
for
is
is
is
what
we
said
earlier
is
not
necessarily
keep
it
at
five,
but
if
you're
gonna
do
something
an
add
to
the
large
truck
stops
at
least
add
to
the
local
people
too,
so
they
have
an
opportunity
to
compete.
It's
it's.
M
You
know
Joe's
Pub
is
a
great
example.
You
know
they
they
redid
their
whole
area
and
they
want
an
opportunity
to
compete.
You
know,
Cadillac
Jack's
spent
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
and
you're
gonna
allow
a
quick
and
easy
to
get
ten
machines
where
you're
not
going
to
allow
him
to
get
six
machines.
You
know
the
VFW
there
right
down
the
street
from
there
if
they're
ever
busy.
How
is
it
fair
that
they
don't
have
an
extra
machine
when
the
quick
and
easy
down
the
street
is
going
to
be
able
to
get
ten
machines?
M
You
know
I
just
want
local
local
local
I
want
all
the
dollars
to
stay
here
as
long
as
possible,
and
you
know
the
two
large
truck
stops
on
74
on
Market
Street.
You
know
those
dollars
go
to
Cleveland
Ohio.
If
they
go
to
Knoxville
Tennessee,
they
leave
this
community
and
so
anything
we
can
do
to
keep
it
here.
M
You
know
that
is.
That
is
absolutely
what
I
hope
you
do
and
and
I
would
ask
that.
I
would
like
to
know
everybody's
opinion
when
we
do
discuss
this
and
at
the
next
part,
the
rest
of
this
meeting
is
why
we
think
that
it's
okay
or
what
we
were
thinking
or
what
the
mindset
is
of
of
not
having
that
balance
Plainfield.
M
F
F
F
A
We're
gonna
move
along
from
there
to
the
consideration
of
our
minutes
from
the
Committee
of
the
Whole
meeting
of
July
15
2019.
Is
there
excuse
me?
Are
there
any
corrections
to
the
minutes?
Is
there
a
motion
then
to
approve
them
as
presented
some
of
moved
by
alderman?
Excuse
me,
councilmember
crevel.
Is
there
a
second
second
by
councilmember
black?
If
everyone
will
go
ahead
and
please
go
ahead
and
vote?
A
Okay,
all
right,
the
okay?
Oh
there
we
go
motion
carries
nine
to
zero.
There
are
no
needs
to
announce.
Madam
clerk
minutes
will
stand
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
move
into
the
McLean
County
Regional
Planning
Commission
and
their
short-range
transit
plan
and
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
turn
this
over
to
our
city
manager,
and
we
have
about
20
minutes
there
and
then
15
minutes,
given
our
the
nature
of
our
tight
schedule
tonight.
If
we
go
beyond
the
minutes,
I'm
going
to
ask
us
for
a
special
extension,
not
for
you
I'm
talking
about
us.
N
You
real
quick
mayor
and
council.
We
have
two
presentations
tonight
that
are,
you
know
in
large
part
about
the
transit
discussion.
Community
McClain,
County,
Regional
Planning
is
going
to
provide
a
presentation.
Theresa
is
going
to
do
that
and
I
think
Basu
presented
this
very
similar
to
the
town
of
normal
a
couple
of
months
ago.
It's
something
that
they
had
prepared.
I
think
we
have
ten
minutes
for
discussion
and
I
believe
20
minutes,
for
you
is
that
right,
okay,
I'm,
going
to
turn
it
over
to
three.
So
thank
you.
O
Hi
everybody
good
evening.
My
name
is
Teresa
Anderson
I'm,
the
assistant
planner
at
the
McLean
County
Regional,
Planning,
Commission,
and
tonight
we'll
be
presenting
on
behalf
of
everyone
in
MC
RPC,
who
helped
create
this
first
short-range
transit
plan
done
in
decades
back
in
the
70s
and
early
80s,
when
it
was
still
the
Bloomington
Normal
public
transportation
system.
O
We
did
these
short-range
transit
plans
and
currently
we
still
work
very
closely
with
them
and
they
work
on
a
lot
of
our
projects
or
we
work
in
a
lot
of
projects
with
them,
but
we're
excited
to
pick
back
up
on
a
short-range
transit
planning
with
them.
So
to
start,
what
is
the
short
range
plan?
The
short
range
plan,
our
transit
plan
is
to
bridge
between
the
operational
day-to-day
work
that
connect
Transit
does
and
the
long-range
plans
and
goals
that
they
have.
O
So
this
accounts
for
the
initiatives
that
are
underway,
as
well
as
the
financial
feasibility
and
just
looking
at
you
know
what
will
help
us
get
to
those
long-range
goals
and,
as
the
SMC
RPC,
we
really
work
to
become
an
objective
third
party.
We
took
as
much
raw
data
as
we
could
and
to
the
analysis
that
way,
not
so
much
with
connect
transit
watching
just
taking
the
facts
and
reporting
them
to
this.
O
We
also
use
spatial
analysis
to
show
different
how
big
clear
connect
transit
works
around
the
community
and
transit
propensity,
which
we'll
explain
later,
as
well
as
the
transit
corridors
and
a
look
at
the
bus
stops
and
what
they
look
like
today.
So
and
then
we
create
a
recommendations
based
off
of
all
of
that
analysis
and
the
review
of
plans
and
projects
that
are
currently
happening.
O
So
we're
not
going
to
go
very
deep
into
all
the
analysis,
because
of
course,
that
would
take
forever,
but
I
will
we're
gonna.
Show
you
a
few
examples,
so
we'll
be
started
out
with
is
actually
the
survey
that
connect
transit
conducted
in
the
spring
of
2018
and
what
you're
looking
at
is
a
map
of
origin
and
destination
data
that
that
survey
collected
as
well
as
that
survey
collected
demographic
data
of
the
people
taking
the
survey
and
satisfaction.
O
So
while
we
didn't
really
use
a
satisfaction
for
the
survey
that
was
more
beneficial
for
connect,
what
we
used
is
to
kind
of
take
this
as
a
representation
of
connect
ridership.
We
felt
really
comfortable
doing
that,
because
that
map
shows
that
they're.
The
people
who
took
the
survey
are
coming
and
going
from
all
over
blowing
to
normal
and
that
bar
graph
you're
looking
at
is
comparing
overall
ridership
to
the
percentage
of
surveys
taken
on
each
route.
O
As
you
can
see,
it
matches
up
pretty
well,
which
is
a
very
conscious
effort
made
by
connect,
transit
and
the
controller
that
they
worked
with
and
what
we
can.
What
we
were
able
to
glean
from
that
survey
with
over
with
almost
1200
responses,
was
that
transit
riders
are
young
with
47%
percent
of
riders
under
the
age
of
24
and
31%
of
riders.
Our
students
in
the
communities
of
color
make
up
majority
of
ridership
with
49
percent
african-american
riders.
O
Also
55
over
55%
of
those
who
are
taking
connect,
transit
and
took
the
survey
do
not
have
a
license
and
nearly
half
of
those
respondents
have
been
using
connect
transit
for
over
three
years.
So,
looking
at
that
data,
a
very
transit
dependent
population
that
connect
is
serving
so
next
we'll
look
at
the
transit
propensity
that
I
mentioned
before
this
was
our
big
J
s,
analysis
that
we
did.
That
was
kind
of
the
basis
of
all
of
our
analysis.
We
purposely
did
not
use
any
current
transit
data
to
put
into
this
propensity
model.
O
O
Housing
areas
like
student
apartments
and
dorms,
as
well
as
subsidized
housing
units
and
mobile
homes,
also
connect
mobility
pick
up
some
drop-off,
so
those
who
are
approved
to
use
connect,
transit
or
connect
mobility
services,
where
they're
asking
to
be
picked
up
from
and
dropped
off
at,
as
well
as
property
assessments
and
senior
tax
exemptions.
We
also
looked
at
where
people
need
to
go,
so
that's
grocery
stores,
medical
centers
and
hospitals
and
jobs.
O
So
these
are
all
things
that
were
taken
and
then
basically,
a
heat
map
came
out
of
this
counting
the
number
of
instances
of
each
of
those
each
of
those
items,
and
so
the
darker,
the
color,
the
more
transit
propensity
is
and,
as
you
can
see,
generally
speaking,
this
transit
ridership
or
the
propensity
matches
up
really
well
with
how
transit
routes
are
currently
lined
up.
So
then,
using
this
propensity
data,
we
were
able
to
use
it
as
a
base
for
the
rest
of
our
analysis.
O
Looking
at
just
fixed
route
data,
the
raw
ridership
combined
with
their
service
schedule
and
timetables,
we
were
able
to
find
ridership
per
hour,
both
just
overall
and
during
different
frequency
changes
as
well
as
overall
rapport,
and
these
are
kind
of
where
we
get
to
do
the
smaller.
You
know,
actions
that
make
big
influences
so
those
three
sorry,
those
three
to
five
year
changes
that'll
help
get
to
that
bigger
goal
of
providing
transit
to
everyone
that
we
can.
O
We
also
use
their
fare
box
data
to
get
a
better
idea
of
who
was
writing
and
how
they
are
paying.
The
main
takeaways
we
found
from
this
analysis
was
that
fixed
route
ridership
is
growing
and
that
routes
with
30
minute
or
better
frequency
throughout
the
day
typically
perform
better
than
those
with
more
than
30
minutes
or
vary
frequencies.
Also,
the
silver
and
the
purple
rail
are
the
only
ones
that
change
frequency,
but
do
not
have
higher
ridership
during
the
peaks
and
during
the
off-peak.
O
O
This
is
only
going
way
up.
It
has
more
than
doubled
in
seven
years
and
based
on
current
data.
There
is
a
possible
additional
30%
increase
in
mobility
trips
by
the
mid-2020s,
and
what
makes
this
really
difficult
is
that
every
single
person
we
found
from
looking
at
that
database
of
users,
they
all
have
different
needs,
and
that
makes
you
know.
Every
single
trip
is
a
different
trip.
So
it
costs
a
lot
more
than
the
fixed
route
and
it's
a
lot
more
specialized.
O
So
there's
a
much
better
breakdown
in
the
page,
27
and
28
as
a
report.
But
overall
there's
an
instability
of
funding.
Dope
funds
have
been
pretty
stable
over
the
last
couple
years,
but
you
never
know
as
well
as
federal
funds.
These
I
think
that
we're
not
in
control
over,
so
diversifying
that
funding
source
would
be
definitely
a
short-term
goal
to
keep
in
mind
for
connect
and
something
that's
not
necessarily
short-term,
but
is
something
that
a
lot
of
that
helps.
A
lot
of
these
transit
providers
is
becoming
a
transit
district,
which
connect
is
not
so.
O
After
all
of
these
analyses,
we
we
had
a
couple
different
findings
and
recommendations,
something
that
we
found
is
that
my
higher
ship
definitely
is
growing
and
that
these
fighters
are
transit
dependent.
So
that
means
that
this
population
is
growing
and
I
mean
the
connect
transit
is
serving
this
population,
but
the
very
low
income
riders
are
paying
a
higher
price
to
ride.
O
The
bus
and
we've
found
this
because
that
bulk
price
of
a
bus
pass
at
the
beginning
of
the
month
is
something
that
the
low-income
riders
can
afford
is
for
their
paying
day-to-day,
which
ends
up
being
a
lot
more
at
the
end
of
the
month.
So
something
that
we
recommend
for
that.
It's
called
fair
capping
which
would
allow
a
person
to
pay
up
until
what
the
pass
would
cost
and
then
after
that,
would
not
need
to
pay
any
longer
or
something.
O
If
that's
what
they
want
by
providing
you
know,
safe,
sidewalks
and
safe
bus
stops
to
put
riders
back
on
the
buses
that
they
want
to
be
on
also
working
with
the
community
to
create
a
transit,
supportive
development
community.
This
isn't
transit
oriented
development
as
its
kind
of
popular
in
the
urban
speak,
but
that
which
is
more
focused
on
light
rail
or
bus,
rapid
transit
transit.
Supportive
development
is
looking
at
our
comprehensive
plans
which
talk
about
condensed,
condensed
development.
O
So,
instead
of
building
on
the
edges,
where
transit,
it
would
cost
a
lot
more
and
become
a
lot
less
efficient
to
go
to
building
near
transit,
keeping
transit
in
mind
when
doing
things
like
resurfacing
capital
improvements.
You
know,
thinking
about
bus,
stops
and
sidewalks,
and
you
know
safe
crosswalks
when
when
Bloomington
would
be
resurfacing
Road
anyway,
it's
keeping
this
all
online.
O
And
then
next
we
have
the
bus
stops
that
we
looked
at
language
that
we
used
in
the
plan.
Allah
is
high
frequency
bus
stops,
which
our
bus
stops
that
are
serviced
at
least
every
30
minutes.
So
bus
stops
that
you
can
kind
of
count
down
having
service
all
day
at
and
accessible
stops.
This
is
not
a
TA
accessible.
This
is
just
generally
accessible
within
a
quarter
mile
of
a
walk,
so
that
doesn't
seem
like
a
burden
to
walk
to
or
to
get
you
so
using
the
boarding
in
the
Lighting's
data.
O
Total
67
have
15
or
more
passenger
boardings
a
day
and
are
eligible
for
shelter,
but
only
to
two-thirds
do
not
have
a
shelter
for
a
variety
of
reasons,
so
finding
those
priority
bus
stops
to
update
without
are
used
frequently
in
Kentucky
aside
infrastructure
I,
just
keeping
an
eye
on
that
that
data
and
for
mobility.
This
is
something
that
again,
education
is
very
important
about
why
you
know
how
its
funded
and
the
constraints
we
have
and
there's
a
lot
of
data
out
there.
We
have.
O
You
know
we
have
this:
the
database
that
life
sills,
creating
as
well
as
all
these
businesses.
They
just
know
their
people
so
finding
those
places
that
people
are
going
to
a
lot
that
need
mobility,
services
and
coordinating
trips
as
well
as
coordinating
developments.
If
you,
if
people
are
knowing
that
you
know
a
high
school
or
a
retirement
community
is
being
built.
Just
you
know,
finding
those
places
are
convenient
and
coordinating
that
effort
to
help
people
get
onto
the
fixture
or
help
coordinate
that
mobility
service.
O
So
it's
not
quite
as
expensive
and
it's
more
convenient
for
everyone,
and
only
19
percent
of
riders
are
accounting
for
46
percent
of
all
trips.
So
it's
very
clear
to
us
that
you
know
this
effort
is
a
condensed
effort.
These
are
people
that
we
know
that
we
can
track
and
that
we
can
kind
of
work
out
that
schedule
of
how.
How
can
we
help
you
the
best
way
and
then?
O
N
Think
the
biggest
thing
was
just
providing
the
information,
the
council.
This
fits
this
presentation
of
connecting
transit
presentation
fit
into
what
the
connect
transit
working
group
is
doing
so.
I
didn't
necessarily
have
an
expectation
that
there
would
be
comment
or
an
opinion
just
wanted
to
get
as
much
information
as
I
could
to
Council
for
the
day
that
we're
going
to
have
a
working
group
report.
P
Gotcha,
if
you
can
go
back
to
the
slide
with
the
recommendations,
real
quick,
I
apologize,
I
just
I,
know
you're
not
really
looking
for
an
opinion
when
one
more
back
I
think
it
was
alternative
modes
such
as
scooters.
I
am
adamantly
opposed
to
scooters
in
this
community.
I
hate
those
damn
things,
and
as
long
as
I'm
sitting
up
here,
I
will
vote
against
anything
that
comes
back
with
those
scooters.
Q
Q
We
hear
about
that
also
the
the
inability
of
the
size
of
the
buses
that
we
currently
have
to
get
into
some
neighborhoods
creating
then
bus
stops
that
are
on
peripheries
of
neighborhoods
rather
than
within
the
neighborhood,
so
just
wanted
to
know,
and
then
we
hit
asked
a
lot
of
questions
about
size
of
the
current
bar
side
and
there's
proposals
to
replace
with
a
similar
size.
So
is
this
something
that
your
group
studied
or
have
an
ability
to
study,
and
could
you
share
so.
O
Unfortunately,
we're
not
engineers,
so
we
don't
we
don't
look
at
the
you
know
the
load
capacity
or
anything
like
that.
Unfortunately,
that's
something
I
don't
have
to
pass
on
to
Martin
as
far
as
maintenance
and
the
cost
of
that.
That's
not
necessarily
something
add
to
the
scope
of
what
we're
looking
at
we're
looking
at
more
of
people-focused
data
and
how
people
removed
around
the
community
and
less
about
you
know
the
exact
facility
that
they're
being
moved
within
I.
Thank.
O
O
Q
R
I
want
to
thank
you
for
all
this
data
that
you're
providing,
and
what
I
really
appreciate
is
that
it's
regional
collaboration
and
local
regional
data
done
by
a
local
person,
because
I
think
that's
very
beneficial.
I,
don't
think
it's
beneficial
to
bring
in
people
from
they're
not
familiar
with
the
demographics
and
the
needs
that
we
have.
The
special
needs
that
we
have
within
this
community.
So
I
very
much
appreciate
and
I
read
the
entire
Wow.
S
Know
what
with
you
just
a
quick
question?
I
was
curious
if
there
is
ever
if
your
office
has
ever
had
taken
a
a
conversation
with
the
largest
employers
here
in
town
to
try
to
find
out
what
are
the
impediments
to
their
employees
using
transit
because
I
do
know
in
my
in
my
particular
case.
The
reason
why
I
I'd
love
to
write.
O
S
When
I,
when
I
get
to
work,
I
have
many
other
things
that
might
come
up.
You
know
picking
up
the
kids
for
something
doctor's
appointment
and
things
like
that.
So
I
was
curious
if
there
was
a
conversation
like
that
and
and
try
to
find
a
way
to
to
work
together
to
to
make
sure
that
people
have
options
right
once
they
get
to
work
absolutely.
O
So
we've
actually
started
that
effort
on
the
mobility
side,
like
I
said
when
we
were
looking
at
all
these
places
that
mobility
people
are
being
dropped
off.
We
kind
of
found
those
those
employers
that
were
nearby
and
had
conversations
with
them
and
it's
definite
ongoing
conversation
and
something
that
is
a
recommendation
here
of
both
us
and
connect
transit
reaching
out
to
those
employers
of
mobility
riders.
But
definitely
that's
something
that
we'd
like
to
expand
to
fixture
out
and
every
one
of
just
seeing
what
the
barriers
are
to
taking
transit
and
helping
close
those
I.
U
T
Supportive
development-
and
it
sounds
like
what
we
have
here-
is
more
transit
supportive,
but
you
also
talked
about
metrics
about
you,
know,
high
frequency
on
time,
increasing
ridership,
perhaps
increasing
ridership
from
more
and
more
of
the
community
in
ways
that
were
referred
to
you
know
it's
a
convenient.
Does
that
make
sense?
T
Does
it
take
a
long
time
versus
making
sure
that
we're
also
serving
our
most
vulnerable
citizens
and
I
to
read
the
report
that
that
projection
is
also
in
part
due
to
the
projected
aging
population
in
the
community,
and
so
it's
something
to
really
pay
attention
to?
Can
these
two
things
exist
simultaneously
again,
your
opinion?
Is
there
a
way
to
do
both
sorry
to
do
both
to
bebote
to
be
oriented
towards.
B
O
O
So
as
much
as
we
can
coordinate
that
as
much
as
we
can
help
people
on
mobility
who
want
to
ride
fixed
route,
but
just
can't
get
there
or
don't
feel
secure
in
that
as
much
as
we
can
transfer
that
over
it's
benefiting
those
system
overall,
because
it's
saving
money,
it's
putting
money
that
we
can
do
towards
bus
jobs
towards
buses,
newer
buses
and
the
more
that
we
are.
You
know,
even
if
we're
concentrating
our
efforts
on
those
that
are
vulnerable,
it's
better
for
the
system
overall,
yeah.
G
B
G
O
O
G
O
G
O
G
G
G
A
Pretty
much
appreciate
your
help
and
efforts
and
fantastic
presentation.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Okay.
At
this
point,
we
will
move
on
to
item
5b,
which
is
presentation,
discussion
of
an
update
regarding
connect,
transit
and
I'm,
going
to
go
ahead
and
turn
this
over
to
mr.
Gleeson
who's,
going
to
kind
of
introduce
mr.
thorn
and
where
we're
going
from
here.
We
have
25
minutes,
budgeted
for
that
and
approximately
15
minute
council
discussion.
So
mr.
policing,
I'm.
N
Going
to
talk
real
quick,
so
we
can
get
to
the
meat
of
the
presentation,
Thank,
You,
mayor
and
council.
This
is,
if
not
identical,
very
similar
to
the
PowerPoint
presentation
for
the
town
of
normal.
That
was
shared
with
you
guys
a
couple
of
months
ago,
we're
going
to
have
three
that
are
actually
going
to
be
presenting.
We've
got
Isaac
thorne,
the
general
manager,
Martin
glaze,
the
CEO,
oh,
and
our
very
own,
trustee
Judy
Buchanan,
who
is
our
representative
on
the
connect
transit
board
so
guys.
B
V
Mr.
mayor
and
city
council
say
blending
council,
thank
you
for
Lana
Connect
transit
to
speak
tonight
with
me.
I
have
trustee
Judy
Buchanan
chairman
Mike
mccurdy
is
here
and
also
chairman,
our
Vice
Chairman
Ryan,
Matt,
White
House,
and
then
tonight
we'll
be
speaking.
Martin
quays
chief
operating
officer
me
and
Emily
talking
about
information
from
our
ridership
trends,
costs
types
of
service,
Medicaid
program,
fares,
bus
stops
and
upcoming
projects,
and
then
trustee
Judy
Buchanan
is
going
to
provide
an
update
on
the
connect
transit
text
to
the
future
working
group.
V
So
Teresa
did
a
great
job
as
ending
the
short
range
transit
plan.
I
am
going
to
highlight
some
of
some
of
that.
So,
as
Teresa
had
said,
our
riders
are
typically
younger.
They're
47
percent
of
respondents
are
under
the
age
of
24
years
old
and
31
percent
respondents.
Our
students,
our
riders,
are
transit,
dependent
majority
of
our
customers,
make
less
than
$15,000
a
year,
and
bus
service
is
predominantly
serving
transit-dependent
populations.
V
So
I
want
to
go
a
little
more
detail
in
terms
of
the
transparency
map.
I
think
this
is
a
great
visual
representation
of
on
the
left.
You
have
our
transit
density
map
that
trees
talked
about
it,
ten
attributes
that
went
into
that
and
then
on
the
right.
You
have
our
routes
overlaid
on
top
of
that
that
map,
so
our
routes
align
pretty
well
with
the
transit
propensity
map
and
again
we're
serving
a
very
transit
dependent
population
and,
as
Theresa
said
as
well
within
the
bus
network
66.
D
V
On
the
top
right
hand,
corner
is
transit
ridership,
the
blue
indicates
that
indicates
indicates
that
increase
and
the
orange
indicates
a
decrease
in
the
middle
of
the
national
peer
agencies
and
then
the
bottom
right
hand
corner
is
our
average
regional,
pure
agencies.
Those
are
agencies
here
in
Illinois,
so
6
2016,
FY
2016
ridership
nationally,
as
decrease
there's
been
on
a
pretty
steady
decline,
both
regionally
and
nationally
connector
angels,
able
to
buck
that
trend
and
up
by
18
and
19.
V
Reason
for
that
trend
is
the
gas
prices
and
starting
the
fy15,
obviously
decrease
from
the
hives
of
four
to
three
dollars,
a
gallon
all
the
way
to
a
dollar
26.
Now
there
are
somewhere
between
250
and
275.
Again
we
added
frequency,
starting
in
FY
17,
a
more
frequent
bus
network,
more
reliable
net
bus
Network,
something
our
riders
have
asked,
and
the
riders
survey
over
the
last
two
years
and
they're
responding
to
or
riding
the
bus.
More
often.
V
This
is
our
transfer
trends
and
passenger
trips,
so
this
graph
represents
transfers
as
a
percentage
of
ridership.
This
is
from
FY
13
to
FY
19.
We
made
the
route
restructure
and
FY
17
and
we
saw
a
decrease
and
the
transfers
as
a
percentage
of
ridership
over
the
last
three
years,
and
then
that
5.7
9%,
that
represents
the
percentage
of
2.4
million
rides
we
provide
last
year,
comes
out
to
be
a
roughly
one.
J
V
And
thirty,
nine
thousand
transfers
were
part
of
our
ridership
last
year
and
there's
a
lot
of
talk
about
unlinked
passenger
trips
and
how
we
count.
Those
FDA
requires
us
to
count
caster
trips,
the
same
way
all
across
the
United
States
we're
in
Chicago
Los
Angeles.
We
count
passengers
every
time.
They
board,
no
matter
how
many
vehicles
they
use
to
travel
from
their
origin
to
their
destination.
W
I
W
That
was
our
third
largest
ridership
year
in
the
history
of
Connect
transit.
When
you
break
down
the
operating
cost,
it's
just
about
$4
per
ride
on
the
fixed
route,
and
that
comes
out
to
90
dollars
and
59
cents
per
hour
for
the
fixed
route.
When
we
look
at
connecting
mobility,
we
have
90,000
515
passenger
trips
and
that
comes
out
to
$27
Ryde
and
seventy-eight
dollars
and
32
cents
per
revenue
hour
with
the
fixed
route.
Now
those
service
hours,
those
revenue
hours
are
fixed.
W
So
when
we
budget
for
that,
we
know
exactly
how
many
hours
were
providing
and
what
it
costs
every
ride
that
we
provide
on
that
bus
makes
it
more
efficient
that
cost
per
ride
goes
lower
and
lower,
as
we
provide
more
rides
overall
on
an
average,
we
provide
twenty
two
point:
six
trips
per
revenue
hour
now
per
revenue
hour
means
one
bus
running
for
one
hour.
So
if
we're
running
twenty
buses,
that's
twenty
hours
of
service,
so
every
single
one
of
those
buses
during
that
hour
would
have
twenty
two
and
a
half
rides
on
each
one.
W
That's
on
average
the
connect
mobility,
the
unaudited
cost
of
twenty
seven
dollars
is
about
five
dollars
less
than
it
was
last
year.
So
if
that
number
holds,
we've
decreased
our
expenses,
almost
twenty
percent
on
that
service
that
comes
out
to
about
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
revenue
hours
for
Connect
mobility-
they
are
not
fixed.
The
cost
per
hour
is
pretty
fixed.
We
have
some
back-end
work.
We
can
do.
However,
every
single
ride
that
scheduled
on
connect
mobility
adds
to
our
overall
cost.
W
W
So
Kinect
mobility
as
a
service,
as
Theresa
had
mentioned
earlier,
the
increase
has
been
significant
year-over-year.
So
since
2011
we
have
not
seen
a
year
without
an
increase
of
usage.
The
big
thing
to
note
is
that
in
FY
19
we
actually
saw
an
increase
of
only
1.3
percent.
It
is
our
lowest
increase
ever
basically,
this
breaks
down
to
about
250
rides
that
we're
providing
on
a
daily
basis
and
about
seven
to
eight
thousand
rides
monthly.
W
W
If
we
were
to
use
the
exact
same
cost
per
ride
this
year
as
compared
to
that
2011
or
mobility
costs
went
from
1.2
million
to
2.4
million
without
increase
in
funding.
We
have
to
cover
that
out
of
capital
expenses
that
we're
not
allowed
to
use
now
towards
buses
ad
a
accessible
stops.
Any
capital
improvements.
W
The
connect
mobility
service-
this
is
a
slide
that
Therese
add
up
they're,
just
showing
the
cost
inference
so
demand
response
at
the
top.
That's
your
paratransit
cost
about
five
dollars
and
eighty
eight
cents
per
passenger
mile
fixed
route
only
cost
about
a
dollar
thirty
seven
again.
This
just
shows
that
it's
more
efficient
to
move
more
people
all
at
once.
Similar
to
you
know,
if
you
order
on
Amazon
Christmas
shopping,
you
should
be
shopping
local,
but
if
you
order
on
Amazon,
you
want
to
combine
all
those
packages.
It's
the
same
with
transporting
people.
W
This
is
our
connect
mobility
service
area,
the
light
highlighted
area
in
the
very
center.
This
is
the
3/4
of
a
mile
from
every
fixed-route.
This
is
what's
mandated
by
a
DEA
guidelines.
Those
additional
red
areas
on
the
outside
those
are
the
premium
areas
that
our
board
of
trustees
has
adopted.
We
are
not
required
to
go
to
these
areas.
However,
it
was
adopted
that
we
would
provide
service
in
these
areas,
since
it
costs
more
to
go
further
out
on
the
periphery.
We
do
charge
a
premium
rate
for
these
areas.
W
W
W
This
got
us
to
thinking.
Why
aren't
we
accepting
Medicaid
as
a
transportation
provider
we
reached
out
and
found
out
that
Rockford
does
a
little
on
the
county
side?
Besides
that,
no
urban
transit
in
Illinois
is
a
non
emergency
medical
transportation
provider,
except
for
connect
transit.
We
were
approved,
proven
took
about
eight
months
for
the
whole
approval
process.
W
Before
we
fully
adopted
it
through
the
state,
we
actually
had
to
fight
legislation
that
was
coming
into
the
state
that
wanted
to
put
an
increased
burden
on
the
writer
that
would
have
made
it
very
difficult,
very,
very
time-consuming
for
them
to
access
these
services.
We
are
able
to
track
them
down
with
the
help
of
our
Illinois
public
transportation,
Association
and
our
state
lobbyist.
W
We
found
who
is
responsible
for
the
bill
and
gave
them
our
insight
and
they
changed
that
before
it
went
into
effect
once
that
went
into
effect,
we
were
able
to
fully
staff
that
position
and
that's
when
the
real
work
started
we
went
after
Molina.
Molina
is
another
provider
in
the
state.
It's
called
an
MCO
and
managed
care
organization.
We
were
just
approved
by
them
in
July,
so
we're
gonna
start
rolling
that
out
here
shortly.
Unfortunately,
again
we
had
some
staffing
issues
and
we're
actually
hiring
a
new
person
for
our
Medicaid
position.
W
Right
now,
with
Molina
there's
about
nine
thousand
residents
in
McLean
County
that
have
Molina
and
could
possibly
use
those
for
transportation.
We
are
currently
aware
of
a
hundred
and
fifty
that
are
on
our
connect
mobility
service
with
Molina.
The
customer
benefits
from
us
accepting
Medicaid
are
all
qualified.
Trips
are
100%,
free
to
that
writer,
they're
available
to
any
writer,
even
those
in
the
Premium
Zone.
In
the
last
seven
months,
we've
provided
5,000
rides
and
at
the
$2
fare.
W
That's
a
savings
of
$10,000
in
seven
months
for
our
writers,
our
top
user
took
300
trips,
so
they
saved
at
least
$600
in
seven
months.
Because
of
that
the
benefit
to
connect.
Is
we
get
paid
based
on
pickups
and
mileage,
which
can
vary
from
ten
to
twenty
dollars
per
trip,
which
is
the
best
much
better
reimbursement
rate
than
$2?
The.
W
Fixed
route
and
fair
comparison,
so
what
we're
looking
at
is
our
regional
pears
Pierce.
Here
in
Illinois
we
have
Springfield
Metrolink
in
Rock,
Island,
Peoria,
Champaign,
Decatur,
Danville
and
Rockford.
Many
of
these
you'll
see
that
the
one-way
fare
is
one
dollar
Springfield
is
at
a
dollar
twenty-five
and
Rockford
is
at
a
dollar
fifty.
We
have
a
proposal
out
there
that,
in
an
acceptance
in
January,
our
rates
will
grow
up
to
a
dollar
25
and
in
a
few
years
up
to
a
dollar
50.
W
What
I
want
to
point
out
with
this
list
is
that
rockford,
mass
transit
is
the
only
one
that
doesn't
have
a
dedicated
funding
through
some
sort
of
tax
revenue,
so
they're
paid
are
funded,
similar
to
connect,
transit
and
they've,
been
at
that
dollar
50
for
about
nine
years
now,
each
of
them
do
provide
some
sort
of
30-day
pass
or
both
trip
purchase.
It's
not
standardized
and
they
kind
of
have
a
variety
on
each
one.
W
For
the
paratransit
comparison,
the
just
to
let
you
know,
the
one-way
fare
for
paratransit
cannot
be
more
than
double
what
the
fixed
route
is.
So,
as
you
see,
those
five
still
have
a
$2.00
pair
transit
fare.
Springfield
has
a
250
and
Rockford
has
a
$3
fare.
Many
of
these
do
offer
a
bulk
ride
fare.
However,
they
don't
discount
it
and
zero
of
our
regional
peers
offer
a
$30
pass.
W
This
is
one
of
the
reasons
why
we
proposed
to
eliminate
the
$30
pass
or
30-day
pass.
Is
it's
an
unlimited
ride
that
incur
the
cost
every
time
it's
used,
it's
a
great
service,
it's
a
great
benefit,
and
if
we
had
the
funding
to
support
that,
then
it's
a
it's
a
great
pass
to
keep.
However,
at
this
time
we
incur
additional
costs
and
there's
no
way
to
sustain
it
sustainably.
W
As
far
as
mobility
trip
frequency
so
again
kind
of
looking
at
the
30-day
unlimited
pass
vast
majority,
it
would
not
benefit
so
they
don't
have
the
option
of
purchasing
it
or
utilizing
it
to
its
full
potential
about
80
percent.
Don't
have
that
option
the
break-even
for
that
pass.
Thirty
two
rides,
so,
as
you
see
only
about
20%
could
utilize
it
with
the
introduction
of
Medicaid.
W
Many
of
those
rides
are
now
going
to
be
free,
so
that's
going
to
reduce
the
number
of
fare
or
paid
rides
that
they
would
actually
be
taking,
and
then
the
monthly
pass
is
currently
not
available
for
the
premium
zones.
So
the
value
card
that
we
proposed
would
be
able
to
provide
a
discount
to
all
of
our
riders
and
I'll
pass
it
back
over
to
Isaac.
V
Bus
stops
so
we
installed
bus
stops
and
all
of
our
bust
up
locations,
starting
in
2014.
This
gives
a
customer
a
better
idea.
Well,
they
know
where
to
stand
when
you
install
bus
stops
or
to
stand
they'll
in
order
to
get
off
that
it
also
keeps
his
bus
routes
on
time.
Prior
to
2014.
We
did
not
have
fixed
route
stops.
Our
on-time
performance
was
around
72
to
74
percent.
Today,
it's
now
at
94%,
so
the
customers
know
that
the
bus
is
going
to
be
reliable.
V
It's
going
to
be
on
time
and
that's
very,
very
important
for
individuals
trying
to
get
to
work.
Medical
appointments
school
stops
have
a
spacing
of
quarter
mile.
That's
the
industry
standard
history
talked
about.
The
FPA
is
listed
a
quarter
mile
to
up
to
a
half
mile
spacing
for
your
stops.
We
use
the
quarter
mile
spaced
mile
spacing
for.
B
V
Mouth
stop
spacing.
If
you
have
five
to
10-minute
frequency,
people
will
be
more
willing
to
walk
a
half
mile
to
that
higher
frequency
bus
network
I'm
in
reasonable
modification.
So
all
of
our
customers
have
the
ability
to
request
a
reasonable
modification
under
the
ABA
law.
They
can
contact
us
and
ask
the
bus
driver
to
you
move
slightly
from
the
bus
stop
area
if
there's
any
kind
of
obstruction
or
whatnot
in
that
area
or
we
will,
we
will
do
be
able
to
do
that
from
a
reasonable
modification.
Then
the
bus
stop
improvement
process.
V
So
this
this
actually
started
under
the
butter
bus
stops
campaign.
But
we
took
this
to
the
architecture
transit
of
eizariya
committee
to
get
their
feedback
on
what
our
priorities
should
look
like
for
bus
stops
and
we
used
our
bus,
stop
data
passengers
getting
on
and
off
to
pry
organize
our
stops.
So
once
we've
prioritized
our
stops,
we
didn't
take
those
sight
drawings
to
an
engineer
here
locally
to
draw
up
the
site
plans
for
every
single
one
of
those
stops.
We
then,
after
that,
have
to
go
for
the
permitting
process.
V
So
those
stops
then
go
to
the
city
of
Williams,
an
engineering
department.
They
look
at
that
to
make
sure
they're
all
ID
a
compliant
that
we're
in
the
right
away
and
then
issue
the
permit.
If
there
is
an
issue,
wait
to
go
back
to
our
engineers
and
fix
those
and
then
the
next
process
after
permitting
is,
if
we're
trying
to
install
a
shelter,
it
needs
to
be
inside
the
right
away.
V
Otherwise
we
need
an
easement
agreement
from
that
private
business
or
a
property
owner
to
allow
us
to
put
the
shelter
in,
because
the
shelter
typically
goes
behind
the
sidewalk
and
areas
where
we
don't
have
the
right
away
and
then
the
next
step
is
construction
and
we
know
that
we
live
in
Illinois.
We
have
four
seasons,
so
we
typically
have
a
six
month
construction
window
to
get
these
bus
stops
and
prison.
It's
done
so
it
can
be
a
very
long
process
going
from
site
drawings,
permanence
to
easement
agreement.
V
Actually
getting
this
truck
the
site
constructed
and
the
better
bus
stops
campaign.
This
is
again
an
effort.
The
board
approved
in
2018
with
the
help
of
transit,
Advisory
Committee
board,
is
committed
to
at
least
eight
hundred
eighty
thousand
dollars
I'm
making
bus
stop
improvements.
This
slide
is
incorrect.
It
should
be.
We
have
21
bus
stops
improvements
through
FY
19.
V
V
So
the
challenges
as
I
just
talked
about
the
lack
of
sidewalks,
that
is
one
of
our
big
challenges,
were
reason
why
we're
moving
quickly
now
to
get
our
2021
bliss
done
is
because
we
facing
lack
of
sidewalks
and
many
many
different
areas
throughout
the
city
of
the
town
and
some
of
those
we
even
have
to
coordinate
with
the
Illinois
Department
of
Transportation,
because
the
city
also
doesn't
own
the
right-of-way
now
those
areas.
The
second
issue
is
pedestrian.
V
Crosswalks
again
we
don't
regulate
or
approve
the
best
in
crosswalks
we
have
to
work
with
only
Department
of
Transportation
city
of
Bloomington
and
town
normal
to
get
those
completed
and
then
maintaining
the
bus
stops.
It's
very
easy
for
us
right
now
and
these
warmer
months
to
go
out
clean,
get
rid
of
the
garbage
its
bus
stops.
But
when
we
get
three
to
four
to
six
inches
of
snow,
it's
going
to
be
very,
very
hard
for
us
to
come
out
and
maintain
these.
V
When
that
happens,
it
may
take
us
a
week
to
get
all
of
our
bus
stops
shoveled
and
then
the
other
problem.
The
large
problem
is,
can
I
transit
maintenance
staff
is
clean,
the
shelter
area
out
from
snow,
but
the
entire
sidewalk
is
still
has
three
four
six
inches
of
snow
on
top
of
it.
How
is
anybody
going
to
be
actually
utilize?
V
So
through
the
McLean
County
Regional
Planning
Commission
the
short-range
transit
plan,
they
have
obviously
designated
major
and
minor
transit
corridors
based
on
transit
usage.
So,
what's
very
interesting
about
these
major
minor
transit
corridors,
isn't
of
our
2.4
million
rides
that
we
provide
last
year.
Seventy
percent
of
those
those
rides
came
from
six
routes
doing
service
on
those
major
minor
transit
corridors.
Those
are
very,
very
key
to
our
success.
I
mean
tree
sauce
talked
about
this
partnering
with
local
miss
counties
to
help
and
implement
programs
enhance
multi-modality
of
streets.
V
So
again
it
goes
back
to
sidewalks
bike
paths,
Complete
Streets.
All
these
items
help
or
hurt
connect,
transit,
long
terms,
ensure
people
can
get
to
the
bus
stop
safely
and
utilize
it
and,
as
Jeff
brought
up
every
bus.
Stop
that
we
improve
we're
gonna,
see
more
ridership
at
that
bus.
Stop
because
it's
easier
to
use.
They
actually
have
a
place
to
wait.
The
bus
to
all
those
items
help
in
terms
of
new
developments
anytime,
a
new
development
comes
either
it's
a
business
or
housing
a
project.
V
All
those
items
go
to
the
city
of
Bloomington
for
permanent
connect.
Transit
usually
does
not
find
out
unless
it
suit
the
paper
or
very
rare
cases
they
actually
reach
out
to
us
and
say:
hey
trends
is
important.
We
want
you
and
be
involved
in
this
and
in
the
planning
stages,
and
typically
we
we
don't
find
out,
like
I,
said
until
later
on
we're
way
past
the
permitting
process.
V
Where
that
past
the
planning
stages-
and
they
come
to
us
and
say
we-
we
want
to
have
transit
here
or
we
cover
them
and
say
if
you
thought
about
how
trains
or
customers
aren't
access
your
building,
so
we
wouldn't.
We
want
to
get
in
early
in
the
early
stages
and
be
part
of
the
permitting
process.
Have
something
on
that.
Permit
that
says,
have
you
thought
about
transit
and
have
some
questions
about
transit
in
terms
of
sidewalks
walkways
shelters?
V
That
would
be
a
huge
improvement
for
us,
because
when
the
constructions
are
started
or
the
planning
has
already
been
done,
we
go
to
them
and
ask:
have
you
thought
about
transit?
They
say
no,
it's
very,
very
expensive,
but
then
change
your
plans
for
the
construction
to
make
sure
they
have
a
shelter
or
walkway
to
their
building.
V
W
A
W
All
right,
okay,
so
electric
buses
connect
transit,
issued
a
request
for
proposal
that
we
should
be
getting
back
at
the
end
of
this
week
to
purchase
12
electric
zero
mission
buses.
These
buses
will
replace
ten
buses
that
are
16
years
old
and
used
we'll
be
running
these
until
we
have
all
those
replacements,
so
they're
gonna
run
another
four
years.
Useful
life
of
a
bus
is
14
years
and
we're
going
to
run
them
20.
These
are
10
of
the
buses
that
are
out
there
on
the
street
at
this
time.
The.
W
How
are
we
paying
for
these
buses?
Well?
Connect
transit
was
first
awarded
a
lower,
no
emissions,
discretionary
federal
grants
for
one
point,
four
or
five
million
dollars
that
was
for
an
electric
bus
and
solar
array
infrastructure,
Connect
transit
then,
additionally
won
another
award
for
six
million
dollar
discretionary
federal
grants
for
bus
and
bus
facilities.
W
Both
of
these
grants
are
discretionary,
which
means
that
they
get
to
pick
them
based
on
criteria
that
they
feel
is
appropriate.
So
you
have
to
appeal
to
those
that
are
issuing
the
grants
and
what
they're?
Looking
for
the
about
7.5
million
dollars
that
we
got
in
grants,
we
will
actually
leverage
IDOT
funding
to
nearly
21
million
dollars
for
the
twelve
buses,
as
well
as
infrastructure
and
partial,
partially
paying
for
a
possible
downtown,
Transfer
Center,
which
Isaac
will
talk
about
so
for
these
buses,
zero
local
local
funds
will
be
used
to
purchase
them.
W
There
will
all
be
federal
and
state
funds.
The
electric
vehicles
are
backed
by
the
federal
government
and
by
the
personal
car
industry
for
Tesla
riffian
they're
really
pushing
the
electric
vehicles,
which
means
infrastructure
and
costs
and
support
are
going
to
be
much
cheaper,
much
more
widely
available
for
this
type
of
this
type
of
fuel-
and
you
know,
there's
CNG,
there's
propane
there.
Hydrogen
and
electric
is
the
one
that
is
most
widely
adopted.
W
They
have
a
much
lower
operating
costs
than
the
diesel
buses,
so
on
average
we've
calculated
that
they
should
save
us
almost
a
quarter
million
dollars
over
the
life
span
of
that
vehicle.
That
includes
the
purchase
price,
as
well
as
the
continued
operating
cost
to
run
that
vehicle.
The
fuel
costs
are
much
lower.
As
far
as
the
electricity
is
concerned,
the
preventative
maintenance
costs
are
much
lower.
W
V
All
right,
really
quick
by
the
downtown
Transfer
Center
I,
was
in
front
of
council
I
think
over
nineteen
months
ago
talk
to
the
downtown
Transfer
Center
and
after
we
had
one
and
I
at
at
Illinois
Department
of
Transportation
grant
to
perform
this
feasibility
study.
We
have
finally
secured
the
approval
of
I
dot
and
we
are
moving
forward
with
it.
We
released
the
request
for
proposals
to
higher
firm
a
couple
weeks
ago.
V
The
reason
why
we
need
to
downtown
Transfer
Center
is
because
we
have
1800
boardings
a
day
at
the
front,
Street
location,
it's
our
second
major
Transfer
Center
and
bloomington-normal
May.
The
people
and
downtown
Bloomington
live
around
this
area
and
they
actually
walk
to
the
Transfer
Center
on
Front
Street
and
lacks
proper
amenities
and
infrastructure
there,
such
as
shelters
lighting
and
places
to
sit.
V
So,
as
you
know,
in
the
summer
when
it's
very
hot,
we
put
a
cooling
station
out
on
Front
Street
for
our
customers
in
the
winter,
when
it's
very
cold,
we
put
a
warming
station
out
there
because
we
lack
the
proper
infrastructure
at
the
stop.
The
safety
concerns
we
have
buses
on
north's
Front,
Street
and
South
Front
Street,
because
we
lack
the
space
requirements
for
eight
buses.
V
So
we
have
people
most
a
day
that
walk
back
and
forth
on
Front
Street
to
catch
a
different
bus
and
then
also,
obviously,
the
lighting
is
a
safety
concern
as
well
make
some
people
feel
very
unsafe
because
it's
not
well
lit,
and
the
last
item
is
we're
going
to
be
investing
up
to
ten
to
fourteen
million
dollars
in
downtown
Bloomington.
There's
a
lot
of
economic
development
opportunities
that
could
be
spurned
by
this
us
being
able
to
build
this,
and
we
have
a
majority
of
the
federal
and
state
funding
to
be
able
to
build
this.
V
X
Thank
you.
I
wanted
to
share
briefly
with
you,
because
I
know:
we've
exceeded
our
time.
The
members
of
the
connect
to
the
Future
workgroup.
There
are
13
volunteers
from
throughout
Bloomington
Normal.
They
represent
a
cross-section
of
our
community.
We
have
a
driver,
who's,
a
member
of
the
AAU
Union
and
an
Executive
Committee.
We
have
riders
of
both
the
fixed
routes
and
the
connect
mobility.
We
have.
The
business
community
represented
healthcare
community
advocate
for
people
with
disabilities,
a
member
of
the
connect
transit,
Advisory,
Committee
representative
from
Illinois
State
University,
and
to
connect
transit
trustees.
X
In
addition
to
that
group,
we
have
added
what
we
are
calling
subject
matter
experts,
and
these
are
individuals
with
some
specific
expertise
and
experience
that
could
serve
in
a
resource
capacity.
We
have
the
life
skill,
Executive
Director
joining
us.
For
that
conversation,
the
Bloomington
director
of
economic
development,
Melissa
Hahn,
the
town
of
normal
planner,
a
regional
planning,
commission,
transportation,
planner,
that's
Jennifer
Stix,
and
there
are
some
others
to
be
engaged.
In
addition,
we
have
Isaac
thorne
and
Martin
glaze
with
us
for
support
and
resources.
The
group
is
meeting
monthly
and
has
been
since
June.
X
Small
groups
are
meeting
in
between,
so
we
recognize
we
have
a
fairly
aggressive
agenda
and
time
frame
and
we're
taking
it
seriously.
All
of
our
meetings
are
open.
We
do
comply
with
open
meetings
act
and
we
do
recognize
public
should
they
be
there
to
comment.
Our
work
is
being
facilitated
by
Smart
Growth
America,
and
this
is
a
firm
that
has
worked
nationally
with
transit
systems
and
transportation
departments
at
various
state
levels,
so
they
are
coming
in
to
facilitate
the
conversation
and
that
we
think
helps
us
ensure
some
transparency
as
well
as
the
global.
X
Look
that
we're
looking
for
the
purpose
of
the
group
is
to
engage.
The
community
in
questions
have
been
raised
relative
to
the
essential
role
of
public
transit
in
bloomington-normal.
You
know
it's
about
a
year
ago
that
our
trustees
began
a
discussion
as
we
were
looking
at
preparing
budgets
again
and
the
trajectory
of
our
ridership
going
up
the
uncertainty
of
some
of
our
funding
sources
and
that
has
kind
of
morphed.
Now
into
earlier
this
year.
There
was
a
great
deal
of
conversation
about
transit.
X
We
heard
from
our
mobility,
riders
and
others,
and
so
it
has
given
us
an
opportunity
to
really
pull
that
together,
but
this
has
been
something
in
discussion
for
a
while
we're
going
to
gauge
what
value
this
community
places
on
public
transit
we're
taking
a
deep
dive
into
connect
transit
operations.
In
fact,
I
might
mention
that
the
fare
cap
has
been
approved
by
our
board,
we're
waiting
into
the
first
year
as
we
revisit
the
fare
increase,
and
but
the
purpose
is
really
part
of
the
foundation.
X
It
speaks
to
the
strategic
plan
and
that
is
that
connect
transit
exists
to
focus
on
funding
and
designing
a
sustainable
system
to
optimally
serve
living
to
normal
in
some
really.
What
we're
hoping
to
accomplish
is
to
ask
our
community
what
you
want
from
public
transit.
How
do
you
want
to
get
there?
How
are
we
going
to
fund
it,
and
how
are
we
going
to
sustain
it
to
that
effort?
We
have,
after
a
fairly
lengthy
brainstorming
session,
with
all
of
our
focus
group
members.
We
have
identified
four
focus
groups.
They
will
inform
the
recommendations.
X
They
will
reflect
best
practices,
we're
looking
nationwide
at
some
communities
of
similar
size.
Many
of
them
have
faced
the
same
challenges
we
faced
so
we're
looking
at
those
and
some
of
those
people
are
going
to
be
participating
in
our
discussion.
We
will
be
really
drilling
down
on
that.
Each
group
will
report
back
to
our
larger
group,
but
it
will
be
an
integrated
report.
Recommendations
will
come
together,
be
a
consensus
of
our
group.
X
The
four
focus
areas,
I,
would
let
you
know
our
ridership
and
access
a
lot
of
what's
been
talked
about
this
evening:
integration
of
public
transit
into
land,
use
and
development.
As
we
continue
to
talk
about
it,
we
just
learn
more
and
more
may
be
missed
opportunities
that
we
can
take
a
look
at
that
could
help
us
sustainable
funding.
That's
the
big
elephant
in
the
room
and
connecting
to
the
future
connect
transit
as
an
economic
partner.
X
So
we
do
expect
for
the
group
to
have
come
together
through
the
end
of
this
calendar
year,
I
think
initially,
we
might
have
been
talking
about
something
a
little
bit
sooner
but,
as
you
might
imagine
at
this
point,
we
have
bitten
off
a
fairly
large
task
and
we
do
expect,
though,
in
January,
to
have
recommendations
for
our
stakeholders,
our
City
Council's,
our
advisory
group,
and
eventually
they
will
go
back
to
the
connect
transit
board
for
implementation.
So
that
is
what
I
have
to
say
and
we
would
be
welcome.
You
know
to
answer
any
questions.
I'm.
E
W
As
far
as
em
cos
there's
about
five
of
them
here
in
Illinois,
currently
we
only
are
partnered
with
Molina
and
then
we're
partnered
through
the
state
itself,
so
those
other
four
we're
currently
not
partnered
with
they're
the
least
used,
but
they
have
the
most
restrictions
or
most
qualifications
that
they're
requesting
of
us
for
application,
so
we're
continuing
to
look
at
it.
Some
of
them
are
very
high
and
burdensome
I'm.
Sorry
evaluating
that.
So,
okay.
Y
Yeah
well,
I
want
to
go
back
to
the
maybe
the
slide
about
the
accessible
stops.
Can
you
tell
me
what
is
the
total
number
of
stops
that
are
encompassed
in
in
the
system?
Yeah.
W
Much
of
the
improvements
that
we're
currently
doing
to
the
stops
are
taking
some
that
are
accessible
stops.
However,
we're
making
them
better
a
landing
pad
offers
a
quicker
transaction
between
person
getting
on
or
getting
off
the
bus
they're
able
to
stay
in
the
lane
properly.
They
don't
have
to
get
into
a
crosswalk.
They
don't
have
to
go
into.
W
You
know
the
where
the
curb
cut
is
so
many
of
the
sidewalks
still
have
curb
cuts
which
make
the
stops
ADA
accessible.
They
just
don't
have
a
path,
so
there's
about
70
stops
that
have
absolutely
nothing,
no
sidewalk,
no
pad
anything
of
that
nature,
so
those
are
kind
of
hands
down,
not
accessible
the
other
ones.
It's
kind
of
a
level
of
accessibility
right,
so
most
of
them
are
accessible
to
an
extent.
They
just
sometimes
require
a
little
modification
yeah.
Y
And
again,
I'm,
not
necessarily
looking
for
a
you
know,
a
number
that
I'm
gonna
call
you
on
later,
but
just
like
you
know,
I
have
a
grandma.
She
walks
with
a
walker
or
with
a
wheelchair
so
like
what
what
what
what
percentage
or
what
number
of
stops
like
are
stops
at
my,
but
you
would
put
your
grandma
on
or
that
you
say:
grandma
go
to
the
bus.
Those.
W
Y
W
The
hardest
ones
are
those
70,
it's
those
ones
that
don't
have
sidewalks.
Those
are
ones
that
were
in
talks
with
both
the
city
in
town
and
discussing
is
this
on
your
radar?
Is
it
not
as
streets
are
being
redone?
We
may
you
know
prioritize
that
a
little
further
in
the
future
and
allow
the
city
or
town
to
develop
that
as
they're
going
through
or
we
may
come
in,
and
do
it
first
and
then
they
kind
of
connect
to
it.
B
Y
W
R
Well,
on
the
one
slide,
you
had
a
95
percent
growth,
I
guess
and
that's
over
since
28
2008,
so
you're
simply
going
up
1%
per
year,
which
is
really
pretty
impressive
and
then
on
another
slide.
You
have
$90
of
cost
per
hour
and
if
you
divide
it
by
4
you'll
end
up
with
22
people
on
a
bus
at
any
given
time,
but
you
have
14
route.
So
how
does
that
break
down?
V
So
what
you
do
is
basically
take
your
total
expenses,
divided
by
your
total
ridership,
to
get
your
cost
for
fixed
route
and
what
Martin
was
saying
is
we
on
average
of
22
warnings
per
hour,
but
we
also
have
26
buses
that
all
have
20
borings
per
hour
and
peak
service,
so
every
one
of
those
buses
because
we're
doing
it
by
revenue,
our
each
bus
represent
or
revenue
I,
already
26
and
peak
service.
That
means
we
have
22
riders
per
bus
during
those
post
periods.
Okay,.
V
V
R
I
would
venture
to
guess
that
there's
a
lot,
particularly
in
normal
and
that's
the
propensity
and
one
of
the
slides,
is
very
heavy
and
I
also
know
in
your
online
material
that
the
soft
and
normal,
or
at
least
at
least
the
stops
that
have
a
high
propensity.
You
assign
the
shortest
amount
of
time
between
for.
J
D
F
R
B
R
If
that's
taken
into
the
account,
if
you're
down
in
you
know
normal
downtown,
the
buses
will
be
still
will
not
be
that
full,
because
it's
coming
every
15
minutes,
you're
going
to
end
up
with
maybe
10
people
on
a
bus.
So
you
know
I
still
am
struggling
I,
don't
believe
that
we
need
40-foot
buses.
If
you
do
all
the
math
and
at
any
given
time
in
the
highest
propensity
with
15
minute
turn
around
you'll
have
10
people
on
a
bus
and
then
on
the
other
side,
there's
two
people
on
the
bus
at
a
given
time.
R
V
So
here's
our
here's,
our
issue,
I
think
some
of
it.
It
goes
back
to
optics
for
people.
Look
I
see
this
bus
I
want
to
see
five
people
on
it
all
day.
Long,
so
I
don't
think
it's
serving
anybody,
but
I
get
to
go
back
and
look
at
and
as
I
said,
you
have
two
point.
Four
million
rides
six
routes,
70%
of
the
ridership
about
2.4
million
on
six
routes.
Those
six
routes
require
17
buses,
40-foot
buses,
they
have
our
highest
ridership,
they
have
our
highest
boardings
per
out
revenue,
our
on
them.
V
A
V
To
replace
those
with
35
buses,
that'll
bring
our
fleet
to
about
an
average,
but
pretty
good
split,
40-foot
buses
and
35
foot
buses.
Now
there's
and
then
I
want
to
be
clear
on
this.
There
is
definitely
areas
that
you
could
run.
You
know
smaller
a
connect
mobility
bus
on,
but
you
are
going
to
replace
those
buses
at
our
higher
level
than
you
are
a
fixed
route
bus
because
it's
just
not
made
for
and
they're
also
the
kind
of
routes
where
you're
looking
at
a
much
longer
60
minute
headway
route.
V
V
V
X
Thank
you,
I
I
think
that
that
could
well
mean
they're
looking
at
the
future,
they're
not
going
back
and
looking
at
there's
places
and
maybe
they're
going
to
be
looking
at
so
much
smaller
buses.
What
has
been
their
experience?
Where
I've
been
the
cost
they're
going
to
be
presenting
recommendations,
Thanks.
X
Trying
to
fix
the
present
is
that's
absorbed
into
where
we
are
right
now
and
going
forward.
If
we
do
that
right
and
have
strong
recommendations
that
will
it
should
address
the
current
problems,
but
our
role
is
not
to
take
the
current
problems,
it's
to
look
at.
Where
do
we
go
and
we
go
with
those
problems
so
that
they
will
have
to
be
addressed?
X
X
We've
got
a
very
enthusiastic,
energetic
group
and
Jeff
you've
been
at
some
of
our
meetings.
There
are
no
shrinking
violets
and
that's
wonderful
at
this
point.
I
think
when
they
came
on
board
in
May,
they
were
ready
to
go
and
jump
into
things,
and
so
the
feedback
was.
When
can
we
get
started
in
this
last
Saturday
we
started
with
the
workgroups
and
two
of
the
workgroups
have
already
come
together
with
their
people
and
the
resource
people
and
begun
to
look
down
into
what
can
they
do?
X
What
can
they
learn
both
here
and
other
places,
so
that
they're
prepared
to
start
some
work
and
come
back
with
their
recommendations?
So
I
think
once
we
got
into
the
work
and
their
works
really
going
to
be
in
those
work
groups
I'm
sensing
that
you
may
be
hearing
otherwise,
but
I'm
sensing,
a
higher
level
of
enthusiasm
thanks.
G
V
What
we
actually
our
wife's
our
contact
with
Lysa,
was,
more
so
on
the
88
eligibility
applications
that
were
being
submitted,
and
we
we
did
that
process
for
a
dig
three
years.
What
we
were
trying
to
do
is
determine
are
there
individuals
that
don't
necessarily
need
Kinect
mobility,
that
could
be
riding
fixed
route
transit
and
we
went
through
that
process
and
there
was
very,
very,
very
few
people
that
did
not
qualify
for
that
mobility
and
absolutely
needed
the
service.
That's
still
overseeing
today.
V
Now,
majority
of
our
riders,
we
don't
know
and
I
think
this
is
an
assurance
transit
planner
are
ever
going
to
be
able
to
ride
fixed
route
transit.
There
may
be
a
few
in
certain
instances,
but
majority
of
those
riders
desperately
need
that
service.
They
cannot
walk
the
500
feet
or
200
feet
or
some
other
limitation
or
like
this
cannot
right
fixed
route,
transit.
V
Illinois's,
very
every
agency
is
a
little
bit
different,
so
some
of
the
Illinois
agencies
and
even
national
agencies-
they
run
the
fixed
route
transit
system,
but
they
do
not
operate
the
ATA
paratransit
and
maybe
have
a
county
that
runs
that
there
are
a
few
I
do
believe.
It's
City,
Lincoln
Tory
runs
already
a
paratransit
in
house.
I.
Think
your
question
is:
is
the
fare
always
twice
as
much
as
the
fixed
route?
Pretty
standard?
Yes
in.
V
V
Not
not
to
my
knowledge
that
was
charge
different
land
and
here's.
The
other
thing
you
know
the
working
group
is
talking
about.
Do
we
make
mobility
free?
Is
that
something
that
the
community
wants
to
do
in
supports
that?
Maybe
something
they're
willing
to
consider
and
say?
Yes,
we
think
that
should
be
free.
That's
perfectly
fine
with
us.
A
Okay,
yeah
I'm,
sorry,
okay,
second
by
all
the
woman
breaks
at
this
point,
if
you
just
go
ahead
and
vote
motion
carries
nine
to
zero,
no
names
to
announcement
clerk.
Okay
continue.
Thank.
P
You
so
first
off,
thank
you
and
thank
you
for
for
presenting
and
I
just
also
wanted
to
talk
about
some
thanks
to
the
board
members
that
I
see
here
and
the
ones
that
aren't
here
this
evening
for
the
work
thing
they've
done
not
only
over
the
last
few
few
months,
but
also
up
until
now.
P
The
only
question
I
really
have
cuz
I'm
going
to
reserve.
A
lot
of
my
feedback
until
after
the
working
group
comes
back
is
part
of
the
conversation
we
had.
The
last
time
we
were
discussing,
Connect
transit
was
about
the
intergovernmental
agreement
with
normal.
Where
we
add
in
that
process,
is
that
going
to
come
back
as
part
of
a
working
group
recommendation?
Can
we
do
that
and
in
conjunction
with
or
in
spite
of
a
working
group
recommendation
at.
A
X
P
You
and
I'll
just
say
from
from
where
I
said:
I
have
a
very
keen
interest
in
seeing
that
document
upgraded
and
updated
because
of
the
ambiguity
that
has
been
created
through
a
couple
of
things,
as
we've
seen
through
the
process
in
the
last
few
months
here.
So
looking
forward
to
seeing
what
the
group
comes
back
with
all.
Y
But
my
question
is
whether
the
working
group
is
in
their
scope
are
limited
in
terms
of
considering
alternatives
for
the
fare
increases
and
the
elimination
of
the
Monthly
Pass,
because
I
believe
we
had
a
lot
of
Resident
feedback
here
and
we
decided
not
to
take
action
until
the
working
group
was
complete
in
their
analysis,
but
want
to
know
whether
you
are
sensing
consensus
around
some
directive
or
whether
that's
being
considered
at
all.
Well.
X
Sustainable
funding
and
ridership
and
access
we'll
definitely
be
looking
at
that.
Our
board
has
also
delayed
taking
formal
final
action
on
that
until
January,
at
least
after
the
first
year.
For
that
very
reason,
but
we
have
two
working
groups
that
that's
part
of
what
they're
deliberating
is
fairs.
If
they
look
at
them,
some
of
them
are
across
the
board
or
free
or
they're
dealt
with
in
different
ways.
So
it
is
young
a
list
so.
X
X
Z
You,
okay
over
there,
it's
been
six
weeks,
so
one
of
the
things
that
I
heard
you
say
tonight
that
I
thought
was
interesting
was
that
you
wanted
to
be
involved
with
future
developments
at
a
faster
timeline
sooner
in
the
process
and
I
think
I
had
a
conversation,
maybe
with
Ryan
or
I,
don't
know
him
for
his
Ryan
or
with
you
that
we
were
talking
about
some
of
the
new
developments
on
Washington
Street
on
the
OSF
campus,
that
by
the
time
the
question
was
asked.
How
is
this
gonna
be
gonna
play
into
this?
Z
They
had
already
designed
and
started
breaking
ground,
and
it
was
too
late.
It
was
going
to
be
very
expensive
for
them
to
change
directions
at
this
point,
so
you
know
I
really
appreciate
that
you
said
that
you
want
to
be
part
of
that
process
at
an
earlier
date
and
Tim
as
I
was
thinking
that
we're
working
on
this
concept
of
one-stop
shop
that
that's
a
new
checkbox
on
that
list
of.
Does
this
development?
Z
How
does
our
transportation
infrastructure
incorporate
with
this
new
development
as
we
go
along
as
well
right,
so
I
think
that's
just
an
easy
add
into
the
process
to
make
sure
that
conversation
is
happening
every
time
we
have
a
new
development,
that's
coming
forward
for
plan
review
and
permits
and
stuff
of
that
nature.
That
seems
simple.
We
also
have
a
sidewalks
master
plan
and,
and
you've
talked
about
that,
there's
70
locations
in
the
community
that
they're
simply
just
no
sidewalks
to
even
get
to
those
stops.
Z
Part
of
that
sidewalk
master
plan
has
been
putting
a
priority
on
places
where
we
know
that
there
are
children
walking
to
school
and
there's
no
sidewalks
and
I
think
that
maybe
we
can
consider
an
amendment
where
we
put
that
may
be
an
equal
priority
or
a
tertiary
of
secondary.
However,
you
unfreeze
it
priority
to
say
where
we
know
that
from
that
list
that
lifestyle
put
together,
we
know
that
there
are
people
with
mobility
issues
trying
to
get
to
bus
stops.
Z
We
can
prioritize
some
of
those
as
well
and
put
that
hand-in-hand,
and
then
we
work
our
way
down
the
list
of
places
where
you
know
we
know
we
have
places
in
the
community
at
the
MOE,
your
sidewalk
every
once
in
a
while,
so
but
those
maybe
are
not
as
simply
as
high
a
priority.
So
I
appreciate
that.
As
part
of
this
conversation,
we
can
start
some
planning
internally
on
our
side
even
to
make
that
happen
even
before
we
get
to
a
January
recommendation
from
the
working
group.
Z
The
third
thing
I
was
thinking
tonight
is
and
I
had
this
thought
when
I
drove
by
one
of
the
upgraded
stops
the
other
day
is
this.
The
the
the
upgraded
bus
stops
are
very
clean,
they're
very
pretty,
and
they
one
of
the
differences
I've
noticed
from
other
communities.
I've
traveled
in
is
ours,
are
the
only
ones
that
don't
have
any
advertising
on
them
as
much
as
I.
Don't
like
advertising
necessarily
everywhere
in
the
city.
V
And
I
won't
say
that
we
did
have
one
advertising
rap
on
one
of
our
shelters,
the
prime
locations
for
most
people.
They
want
to
be
around
the
eyes
you
campus
and
that's
exactly
where
it
was.
However,
we
would
love
to
do
more
of
that
throughout
the
community
and
I
think
you're,
absolutely
right.
We
have
to
partner
with
the
city
and
sponsoring
whatever
is
going
on
to
be
CPA
or
whatever.
What
not
that
they
want
to
advertise.
We're
happy
to
do
that.
Yeah.
Z
I
was
I,
just
I
had
the
opportunity
to
go
to
Minneapolis
st.
Paul
area
a
few
weeks
ago,
and
the
curse
of
being
on
City
Council
now
is
that
everywhere,
I
travel,
I'm
looking
to
see
what
they
do
in
all
these
different
areas
around
their
parks
and
their
public
transportation
system
and
stuff,
and
there
wasn't
a
single
bench
and
there
wasn't
a
single
shelter
that
I
drove
past
that
did
not
have
some
form
of
advertising
to
to
go
along
with
the
maintenance
and
support
of
the
infrastructure
other
than
that
I
would
say.
Z
D
A
T
V
So
again,
going
back
to
this,
we
did
a
rfp
back
in
2014.
We
did
a
joint
procurement
with
26
different
agencies
across
the
exchange,
326
agencies
across
26
states
or
something
anyway.
We
led
this
procurement
and
we
had
the
option
of
for
30,
35
and
40
foot
buses
again
going
back
to
what
I
said
earlier,
there's
only
one
manufacturer
that
makes
a
30
foot
bus
everybody's
going
away
from
that.
One
of
the
reasons:
why
is
when
we
had
our
30-foot
buses
there
on
semi
jassi's?
V
Can
you
imagine
running
a
semi
chassis
on
a
transit
bus
that
stops
every
quarter,
allow
for
somebody?
So
we
spent
about
fifty
thousand
dollars
a
year
on
brake
parts
when
we
were
operating
our
two
thousand
and
three
and
four
30-foot
buses,
so
we
couldn't
wait
to
get
rid
of
them
and
go
to
disc-brake
buses,
so
we
ordered
the
contract
and
we
purchase
40-foot
buses
because
at
that
point
in
time
we're
seeing
our
increase
I
think
that
year
was
2.6
million
in
trips,
so
we
purchase
10
buses
and
we
continued
to
do
that
up
to
it.
V
Now
we
have
22.
Now
again,
we
have
10
use
buses.
It
makes
a
total
fleet
of
30
to
40
foot
buses.
Those
10
buses
are
gonna,
be
replaced
with
12
35
foot
buses,
but
the
biggest
reason
is
30
foot.
Buses
are
all
made
by
one
manufacturer
and
I.
Don't
want
to
write
a
single
source
bit
for
those
because
it'd
be
much
more
expensive.
Yep.
Q
V
You
should
always
designed
your
Transit
Center
like
that
for
the
largest
bus
as
possible,
because
you
just
don't
know
that
that
Transit
Center
is
going
to
be
there
for
4050
years.
So
you
want
to
you
want
to
build
it
for
peak
demand.
Just
like
you
do
your
roads.
You
want
to
build
that
for
peak
demand,
but.
I
B
V
V
Don't
know
the
time
horizons,
obviously
of
Thomas
vehicles
it
could
be
10
years
from
now
could
be.
5
could
be
20,
but
when
that
technology
is
there
were
the
bus
manufacturer
industry,
the
bus
bus
manufacturers
they're
all
ready
in
testing
autonomous
buses
out
in
Arizona
with
the
partnership.
What
I
do
believe,
Arizona,
State,
University
I
believe
so
they're.
A
Okay,
thank
you
again
appreciate
it
now.
We
move.
Excuse
me
to
our
of
next
item,
which
is
discussion
of
first
presentation
and
discussion
by
a
new
video
game,
gambling
regulations
and
I'm,
going
to
turn
this
over
for
five
minutes
to
mr.
Gleason
in
five
minutes
the
City
Council
just
to
make
it
clear.
This
is
only
the
beginning
of
the
discussion.
There
is
no
action.
A
N
You,
mayor
and
council,
this
was
an
area
that
there's
been
a
fair
amount
of
staff
and
elected
time
spent
on
this
topic
and
I
felt
that
it
was
my
responsibility
to
try
to
land.
On
the
you
know:
nine
ten,
differing
opinions
as
best
we
can
and
potentially
you
know,
get
get
a
yes
vote
out
of
everybody
if
this
would
come
in
front
of
Council
next
week
in
August
26th,
and
we
may
not,
but
I
guess
I
just
wanted
to
share
that.
N
That
was
the
thought
process
behind
the
work
and
the
document
that
I'm
about
to
share
with
more
so
the
the
community,
as
we
promised,
we
would
report
back
to
them
prior
to
council
considering
and
taking
action.
So
that's
exactly
what
we're
doing
the
moratorium
has
been
in
place
for
quite
some
time
a
few
months
ago,
earlier
this
year,
we
were
also
tasked
to
see
what
comes
out
of
the
spring
General
Assembly
at
state
level.
Regarding
sports
betting.
N
N
We
believe
that
the
document
for
council
to
consider
next
week
would
place
lift
a
moratorium
but
place
a
cap
of
60
establishment
licenses.
This
allows
limited
growth
based
on
restrictive
criteria.
Council
can
begin
to
reduce
through
attrition
if
tis
hired
in
the
future,
and
what
I'm
talking
about
there
is
in
some
of
the
discussions
with
council.
Additional
establishment
growth
might
be
driven
by
a
reduction
in
the
amount
of
video
gaming
terminals
per
establishment,
but
that's
down
the
road
potentially,
but
that
is
something
that
was
discussed
and
seemed
to
be.
N
A
fair
amount
of
consideration
would
be
given
to
that
number.
Two
requirements
for
obtaining
a
video
gaming
license.
Primary
focus
of
businesses
must
not
be
video
gambling,
mostly
I've,
been
in
business
for
at
least
12
months
prior
to
the
application
or
opening
a
new
location
based
on
the
same
business
model
that
is
verified
over
a
12-month
period
to
meet
city's
requirements,
be
gross
receipts
from
video
gaming
terminals
shall
comprise
no
more
than
50%
of
total
establishment
gross
revenue,
and
this
is
consistent
with
what
we
do
with
our
liquor
licenses
see.
N
Establish
establishments
must
have
at
least
five
customer
seats
per
video
gaming
terminal
located
on
the
license
premise:
excluding
terminal
seats,
truck
stops
exempt
from
the
seating
requirement.
D
no
new
establishment
may
be
located
with
a
within
a
residential
zoning
district
number
three
set
a
cap
of
five
video
gaming
terminals
at
each
establishment,
with
the
exception
for
large
truck
stops,
which
could
have
ten
video
gaming
terminals
and,
according
to
the
Illinois
Gaming
Board,
the
city
of
Bloomington
has
five
large
truck
stops.
N
That
would
be
eligible
for
10
video
gaming
terminals
for
truck,
stop
number
four
promotion
of
addiction,
assistance
and
related
resources,
suggesting
a
sticker
on
each
machine,
giving
a
hotline
number
for
addiction
services
and
then
also
a
warez
clause
that
would
allow
the
city
manager
to
explore
potential
partnerships
with
local
service
agencies.
This
was
a
topic.
You
know
that
was
discussed
quite
a
bit
that
we
believe
and
I.
Think
common
sense
would
tell
you
that
you
know
there
is
gambling
addictions,
but
we
also
struggle
locally
with
the
public
data.
That
would
support
that.
N
But
we
have
the
ability
to
address
this,
possibly
in
the
form
of
the
sticker.
On
the
side
of
the
terminal
working
with
County,
Administrator
Camille
Rodriguez,
to
see
if
we
could
actually
use
the
McLean
County
hotline
number
and
then
that's
a
way
for
us
to
start
generating
local
data.
So
it's
sort
of
a
you
know,
I
guess
killing
two
birds
with
one
stone
if
you
will,
but
that
also
is
something
that
that
discussions
not
complete
with
the
county.
That's
ongoing
with
Camille.
She
was
receptive
to
the
idea,
but
there's
some
additional
considerations.
N
Six
change
in
location,
City,
Clerk
and
approve
if
moving
locations
in
not
within
a
residential
zoning
area,
number,
seven
sale
of
cannabis
and
any
other
gambling
prohibited
on
premises,
exception
for
sports
betting,
at
kiosks,
located
within
truck
stops
and
the
last
one
maintain
existing
fees
in
the
amount
of
500
per
video
gaming
terminal,
but
add
a
new
fee
for
large
truck
stops
in
the
amount
of
1500
/
video
gaming
terminal.
Fair
amount
of
work.
N
A
A
P
You
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Tim,
for
putting
this
together.
I
know
that
this
has
been
a
lot
of
time
and
effort
spent
behind
the
scenes
in
getting
with
different
council
members
to
get
their
feedback.
I'll
just
continue
to
advocate
for
the
idea
that
we
have
a
lower
fee
for
fraternal
organizations
and
not-for-profits
I.
Think
that
there's
a
lot
of
evidence
to
suggest
that
those
are
organizations
like
the
VFW,
the
Hungarian
Club,
put
that
money
into
those
organizations
that
do
good
work
in
our
community.
Y
N
To
us,
well,
we
have
research
indicates
that
we
have
five
establishments
that
are
licensed
as
truck
stops
by
the
state
Gaming
Board,
and
they
are
quick
and
easy
pilot,
Travel
Center
Huck's
food
and
fuel
Travel
Centers
of
America
and
freedom
oil
company.
All
five
of
these
establishments
are
over
three
acres,
so
they
could
still
qualify
as
a
large
truck
stop
based
on
the
acreage
requirement.
However,
we
do
not
have
the
data
to
verify
if
each
sell
more
than
the
50
gallons,
50,000
gallons
of
diesel
fuel
per
month.
Y
N
Y
Will
continue
to
advocate
since
we're
doing
that
for
the
fact
that
I
think
we
should
commit
to
actually
you
know
putting
some
resources
behind
supporting
those
who
are
suffering
from
gambling
addictions.
It
seems
like
the
right
thing
to
do
to
me
and
in
terms
of
us
not
having
exact
local
data.
I
think
you
know
that's
a
valid
point,
but
we
can
take
a
lot
of
national
data
and
extrapolate
it
and
unless
we're
doing
something
radically
different
in
this
community,
I,
don't
see
why
those
numbers
wouldn't
apply.
Y
I,
guess
the
other
small
thing,
which
is
not
a
deal
breaker
for
me
but
curious
about
why
we
allow
for
the
sale
of
alcohol
and
video
gambling
to
take
place
into
the
in
the
same
establishment,
but
then
wouldn't
allow
for
the
sale
of
cannabis,
which
you
know
wouldn't
be
coming
for
many
years
in
the
future.
So
it
just
seems
silly
to
to
me
that
we
are
limiting
that
before
that's,
even
even
really
a
possibility
and
or
something
that
we've
really
discussed.
Y
R
N
A
R
We
already
the
city
already
commits
one.
Is
that
a
quarter
of
one
percent
to
mental
health
and
from
my
experience,
addiction
is
addiction
just
to
be
honest,
I
think
it's
a
chemical
imbalance,
but
addiction
is
addiction.
So
if
you
call
path
or
any
other
support
organization,
you
would
get
support
for
gambling.
Also.
T
First
I
agree
with
alderman
blacks
suggestion
to
create
that
caveat
for
for
those
organizations
that
are
donating
and
I.
This
is
just
a
question
of
clarification.
I've
been
reading
this
the
state
code
trying
to
make
sure
I
understand
it.
It
is
it
not
true
that
we
can
allow
up
to
six
video
gaming
terminals
in
local
establishments
and
then
up
to
ten
and
large
truck
stops
that.
N
T
Just
wanted
to
clarify
that
it
could
be
more
than
six
and
that
you
have
done
so
for
me
and
then
finally,
I
would
just
say
that
I
think
this
document
does
represent
a
compromise,
that
it
reasonably
captures
the
views
of
many
differing
opinions
and
it's
it's
incremental
progress,
but
it's
progress
so
I
appreciate
that
that
that's
what
we're
trying
to
do
to
accomplish
something.
Thank
you.
Okay,.
A
A
Z
I
just
want
to
say
that
I'm
really
appreciate
the
amount
of
work
that
you
guys
put
into
trying
to
pull
all
these
ideas
together.
If
we're
saying
that
the
things
the
one
thing
that
I
would
really
like
to
see
change
is
I
would
actually
like
to
remove
the
expansion
of
ten
to
those
large
truck
stops
and
I.
Think
that
we
heard
several
community
members
saying
that's,
given
the
truck
stops
and
unfair
over
the
local
places.
I
know
the
counter
argument
for
why
we're
doing
it,
I,
but
personally
I,
don't
agree.
Z
Z
Q
A
Q
A
Q
Q
Now
we're
revisiting
everything,
and
so
do
we
want
to
revisit
what
are
the
consequences
when
someone
does
reduce
the
threshold
we
do
we
want
to
do
that.
Because
is
what
are
the
consequences?
Do
we
say
you
no
longer
have
a
license
any
longer
and
now
there's
license
that
license.
There's
five
machines
all
can
go
to
somebody
else.
You
can
file
to
get
these
or
do
they
have
a
period
to
remedy,
or
do
they
get
one
machines
taken
away
and
then
the
next
time
you
know
all
of
them
go
I,
don't
know
the
answer
to
that.
Q
So
maybe
we
want
to
consider
something
like
that,
so
I'd
be
interested
in
and
everyone
else's
thoughts
in
that
regard.
And
finally,
the
idea
of
the
truck
stops
I
when
we
talked
about
the
truck
stops.
I
think
we
thought
there
were
three
there's
now
five
allowing
each
one
of
them
to
have.
Five
machines
really
grows
this
industry
in
our
community
and
that's
when
we
know
that
there
are
already
addiction
problems.
Q
N
A
couple
of
quick
comments:
what
I'm
going
to
do
is
prepare
fraternal.
You
know
just
expecting
that
there's
going
to
be
an
amendment
called
prepare
some
$250
for
fraternal
per
video-gaming
terminal
number
two
truck
stops
at
five
terminals:
alderman
Mathias
polka
that
and
then
also
definitely
get
into
everybody's
hands
the
penalty
component.
N
You
know
get
that
language
to
you
guys
so
that
you
can
consider
prior
to
this,
making
its
way
as
an
agenda
item
well
Thursday,
so
we're
gonna
have
a
short,
actually
Friday,
but
we're
gonna
have
a
short
turn
around,
but
Jeff's
working
on
this.
This
just
was
a
quick
overview
document,
but
we'll
get
that
in
front
of
everybody
as
well
and.
A
Maybe,
on
the
last
one
I
know,
we've
we've
run
out
of
time,
but
George
just
sort
of
very
quickly.
You
know
with
the
do
we
do.
We
have
any
other
options
other
than
the
ones
that
we've
been
exercising
already
I
mean
you
know
the
in
terms
of
yeah
I
mean.
Obviously
we
with
the
institution
that
you
know
what
I'm
talking
about.
A
U
We
had,
we
probably
could
have
done
a
few
things,
but
one
thing
we
could
have
done
is
suspend
the
license.
You
know
so
it's
not
taking
it
away
all
together,
but
suspending
it
for
up
to
30
days,
there's
also
the
possibility
of
finding
them
for
violating
that
particular
part
of
the
Act,
so
could
have
been
a
per
diem.
Fine
and
it's
possible
maybe
to
have
come
to
an
agreement.
We
didn't
have
specific
language.
We
don't
have
specific
language
in
our
ordinance.
U
A
You
thanks
again:
okay,
so
right,
alderman
boca
in
one
way
and
it's
gonna
have
to
be
quick.
S
Very
quick,
I
mean,
I
think
I
we
probably
should
be
a
little
careful
too,
to
make
too
many
changes.
I
think
it
took
us
a
while
to
to
get
to
this
point.
So
that's
just
a
word
of
caution
for
the
future,
and
I
would
say
that
I
that's.
It
sounds
like
doublespeak,
but
I
I
would
support
reducing
the
number
of
video
gaming
terminals
and
truck
stops
well
well,.
N
Quick
Mara
got
a
quickie
to
alderwoman
braids
maja
man.
Thank
you.
You
know
in
the
research
melissa,
an
economic
development
director
did
a
fair
amount
of
work
on
this
as
well
and
some
of
the
stuff
that
they
provided
her
team
provided
of
the
five
that
are
licensed
as
a
truck
stop
in
the
state
of
Illinois.
Oh
I
didn't
finish
this
comment
earlier
and
I
apologize.
We
only
think
two
are
hitting
the
actual
fifty
thousand
gallon
per
month
threshold,
which
would
make
them
eligible
for
the
expanded
video
gaming
terminals
from
five
to
ten.
A
Thank
you
very
important.
Okay,
thank
you.
Alright.
At
this
point,
then
we
move
on
to
council
initiatives
and
we
have
a
three
minutes
and
three
minutes
so
the
the
feedback
on
this
is
just
is
this
a
question
that
we
want
to
talk
about,
so
all
the
woman
excuse
me,
council,
member
katyo
hit
it.
You
got
three
minutes
I'm.
Y
Gonna
see
if
I
can
do
it
under
three.
So,
as
you
all
know
this
year
the
state
of
Illinois
passed
legislation
that
allowed
or
the
legal
adult
use
of
recreational
cannabis,
starting
on
January,
first
of
2020,
which
means
we
have
a
huge
socio-cultural
change
coming
our
way
in
just
under
a
little
over
four
months.
The
the
last
time.
Something
of
this
magnitude
magnitude
took
place.
Y
Of
course,
the
legalization
of
cannabis
will
also
come
with
significant
challenges,
like
figuring
out
how
our
local
police
handle
intoxicated
people
roadside
testing.
What
our
employee
policy
looks
like
as
an
employer
whether
we
want
to
do
targeted
zoning
where
all
of
the
purchasing
and
consumption
happens
in
the
city,
but
I
think
that
we
can
meet
those
challenges.
If
we
put
our
heads
together.
Y
Finally,
I
know
that
there
are
still
a
lot
of
questions
around
the
local,
the
role
of
local
municipalities,
in
terms
of
what
we'll
be
able
to
determine
whether
we'll
be
able
to
play
a
role
in
influencing
who
get
the
license
for
cultivation,
dispensation,
infusion
transportation,
and
it's
rumored
that
the
state
will
soon
pass
a
trailer
bill
to
clarify
some
of
the
murkier
parts
of
the
legislation.
But
I
don't
think
it's
in
our
best
interest
to
sit
in
on
our
hands
in
the
meantime.
So,
regardless
as
to
European
about
how
permissive
or
non-permissive
we
should
be.
Y
What
I
am
asking
fellow
council
members
to
consider
tonight
is
that
we
give
a
clear
signal
to
staff
in
our
community
that
this
is
something
that
we're
interested
in
moving
forward,
and
one
way
to
do
this
would
be
to
establish
a
cannabis
task
force
that
can
be
empowered
to
explore.
The
new
legislation
seek
answers
to
our
questions
around
the
role
that
municipalities
will
play
and
make
recommendations
for
a
local
implementation
that
this
body
can
then
consider
Wow.
A
Q
This
particular
initiative,
I,
would
say
that
in
in
the
city
of
Bloomington,
we
have
the
great
benefit
of
our
Ward
system,
wherein
we
have
nine
separate
areas
and
Ward's
that
we
all
represent,
and
we
have
the
ability
to
interact
with
the
constituents
and
our
individual
awards
and
then
come
together.
Put
our
heads
together
and
then
see
what's
to
see
where
we
can
find
common
ground
and
meet
consensus,
and,
in
addition
to
our
award
system
that
we
use
to
do
that,
we
interact
with
our
individual
constituents.
Then
we
set
about
working
with
our
staff.
Q
There
are
three
and
one
process
where
then
we
we
choose
out
additional
ideas
and
I
guess
garner
support
for
each
other's
ideas.
In
that
regard,
to
me
saying
up
a
task
force
undermines
what
we
already
have
in
place
as
our
process
and,
in
fact,
I
think
it
it
for
me,
I
would
see
it
as
abdicating
my
responsibility
as
an
alderman
forward
nine
to
not
interact
with
my
constituents
and
and
get
the
information
that
I
from
them
in
order
to
come
to
the
table
and
share
that
with
you
and
I
again.
Q
Finally,
because
the
nature
their
Open
Meetings
Act,
not
everyone
here-
could
be
on
a
task
force.
It
would
be
a
very
limited
number
and
again
I
think
that
that
does
not
that
just
doesn't
match
well,
this
kind
of
initiative
that
would
impact
our
entire
city
and
our
word
system
will.
Then
our
three-in-one
system
will
serve
as
well
and
I'll,
be
voting
no
for
your
initiative.
Okay,.
A
We're
not
having
a
vote
tonight.
This
is
just
a
quick.
Do
we
want
this
on
just
in
terms
of
the
it
doesn't
have
to
be
this
model,
but
the
model
we
had
when
the
budget
task
force
that
we
had
with
the
downtown
task
forces.
We
had
three
council
members
on
that
out
of
nine.
If
you
can't
have
more
than
you
know,
you
know
three,
but
we
complied
to
the
Open
Meetings
Act,
and
then
the
council
does
obviously
have
to
debate
and
go
through
those
proposals.
Anyway,
if
we
could.
A
Got
you
okay,
very
quick,
Alderman
cradle?
Yes,
no.
G
G
We
can
work
with
staff,
certainly,
but
there
are
stakeholders
outside
of
that
group
that
need
to
be
heard
and
I
don't
think
we
always
do
a
great
job
with
that
and
we
create
law
that
has
unintended
consequences
and
the
more
people
that
we
can
and
that
since
bringing
the
boat
we'll
get
to
the
best
solutions.
Although
yes.
A
P
P
A
P
A
P
E
I
will
say
yes
with
the
caveat
that
I
don't
think
that
this
should
carry
the
weight
of
the
whole
city.
Whatever
she
comes
up
with,
you
know,
I
think
that
you
know
if
she
wants
to
find
out
what
the
police
and
what
the
stakeholders
think
that's
great,
but
I
don't
want
it
brought
to
us
and
in
a
way
that
we're
going
to
have
to
vote
on
that
or
agree
with
that
I
don't
want
it
to
turn
out
like
the
downtown
task
force
did
cut.
S
H
S
S
But
then
also
what
what
I'd
like
to
hear
as
well,
because
I'm
assuming
we've,
we
all,
went
to
IML
right
and
we
we
heard
about
you,
know
this.
Coming
down
the
pike
and
and
I
know,
staff
usually
doesn't
fall
asleep
on
things
like
that
and
I,
and
my
assumption
had
been
on
something
you
know
it's
going
to
come
eventually
but
I
not
to
put
the
staff
on
the
spot,
but
have
there
about.
S
R
Think
I
think
Jen
should
do
what
she
does
best
and
that's
having
listening
session
rather
than
a
task
force
like
Aldo
and
Bray
said.
I
do
not
want
to
add,
advocate
my
position
as
a
council
member
I
have
seen
over
the
past
five
years.
How
task
force
work
together
and
the
results
that
come
out
of
them
and,
in
my
opinion,
have
not
really
been
very
successful.
So
I
would
rather
the
council
deal
with
it
after
listening
to
the
community,
whether
it's
going
to
your
ward
or
having
open
session
Thank.
Z
So
I
think
this
is
something
that
we
obviously
need
to
talk
about.
My
concern
with
the
task
force
is
not
whether
or
not
we
should
do
it.
My
concern
with
the
task
force
is
whether
or
not
it
can
be
done
fast
enough.
I
was
approached
by
a
developer
last
week
who
wanted
to
know
where
the
conversations
were
what
we
were
doing,
because
they
want
to
open
a
location
in
Bloomington.
They
live
in
Bloomington.
Z
Z
Lisa
staffing,
business
plan,
marketing
and
everything
else,
and
if
we
could
give
somebody
90
days,
that
would
be
great,
but
if
we're
giving
them
less
than
60
days
going
into
the
holiday
season,
that
seems
like
a
tough
egg
to
crack
for
just
about
any
business
devolver
out
there.
So
I
think
it's
important
I
do
think
that
we
talk
about
it
and
have
something
quickly.
We
know
IML
has
released
a
model
to
cities
that,
but
I
just
don't
know
that
a
task
force
goes
fast
enough
for
them,
for
what
I
would
like
to
see
happen.
A
Maybe
but
it's
got
to
go
fast.
Yes,
like
real,
fast,
okay,
all
right,
I
think
we
had
one
two,
three
four
or
five
yeah.
We
had
five
and
six
anyway.
So
we
can
put
this
on
to
talk
about
bring
your
ideas
back.
You
have
what
you
need
as
we
go
forward.
Okay,
thank
you
very
much.
Okay
and
now
I'm
going
to
turn
it
back
to
you,
because
you
have
a
five
minute
city,
manager's
report
and
we're
going
into
an
executive
session
got.
N
It
I
do
have
20
items.
18
I
have
two
and
they're.
Both
awesome
on
August
26th
finish
line
is
here
for
the
Boys
and
Girls
Club.
There
will
be
an
agenda
item
for
council
to
consider
approving
next
Monday.
Next,
one
is
tomorrow
night
6:00
o'clock,
BCP
a
hour
and
a
half
meet
and
greet
with
the
to
police
chief
finalists.
So
if
you're
able
to
come,
it's
you
know,
I
think
community's
going
to
be
impressed
with
the
two
finalists
very
impressed.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Okay.
At
this
point,
can
we
have
a
motion
to
go
into
executive
session
for
personnel
reasons
cited
in
Section
to
see
one
of
five
ILCs
1:20,
there's
a
lift
moved
by
a
councilmember
krehbiel?
Is
there
a
second
second
second
by
councilmember
Carillo?
If
everyone
would
just
go
ahead
and
vote
what
oh
and
just
so
that
those,
if
you
want
to
wait
around
you
are
certainly
welcome
to
wait
around
it'll,
probably
be
about
45
minutes,
but
we
are
going
to
do
nothing
else,
except
take
a
motion
to
adjourn
that
can
be
riveting.