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A
Thought
that
I
tested
a
positive
for
for
comet
and
with
fairly
mild
symptoms,
but
I'm
on
demand,
which
is
good.
I
actually
when
I
got
tested
today,
was
negative,
but
I
think
just
out
of
an
abundance
of
caution,
because
I
I
do
feel
like
I-
I
still
have
a
little
bit
of
a
cough
and
congestion.
I
thought
it
would
be
better
to
be
remote
tonight.
D
B
Okay
moved
by
alderman
durbin,
second,
by
alderman,
ward,.
D
E
B
C
Thank
you,
and
I
just
wanted
to
note
for
the
record
that
the
mayor
is
attending
remotely
for
a
medical
reasons.
Thanks.
A
Okay,
thank
you
all
very
much.
I
was
advised
to
speak
a
little
louder.
I
hope
this
is
better,
maybe
by
thumbs.
Okay,
all
right!
Thank
you
very
much.
So
we're
gonna
move
on
to
the
next
item
on
the
agenda,
which
is
a
public
comment.
Madam
clerk,
do
we
have
any
public
comment.
A
Can
everybody
hear
me
now,
okay,
good,
I'm
sorry
from
time
to
time
my
headset
goes
in
and
out
for
some
reason,
but
I
get
to
figure
out
so
you'll
have
to
forgive
me
so
so
we're
going
to
move
on
to
the
next
item
on
the
agenda,
which
is
the
consent
agenda.
Is
there
a?
A
All
second,
okay,
move
by
council
member
crumpler
and
second,
I
thought
I
heard
councilman
urban.
A
Councilman,
sorry,
all
right!
This
is
interesting
and
challenging
at
the
same
time
and
fun.
Okay,
so
do
we
do
we
have
a
link
to
approve
electronically.
C
All
right
mayor
pro
tim
bolin,
yes,
councilmember,
yes,
councilmember
emig,
yes,
councilmember
becker;
yes,
councilmember
urban,
yes,
councilmember,
ward,
aye,
councilmember
crumpler;
yes,
councilmember
crabal,
yes,
keeping
you
on
your
toes
thanks.
A
F
Thank
you
mayor
and
council.
This
is
actually
a
mutual
request,
one
of
this
council
of
the
connect
transit
and
the
city's
representatives,
but
also
of
connect
transit
of
the
board,
chair
ryan
whitehouse,
the
other
city
of
bloomington
representative,
judy
buchanan
and
the
general
manager
david
braun
to
present
the
budget
presentation
to
council
last
week.
As
a
reminder,
we
did
approve
the
fy
23
budget,
so
this
is
after
the
fact,
but
both
parties
us
requesting
and
they
requesting
wanted
to
present
and
discuss
how
the
dollars
are
being
used.
Ryan,.
G
D
G
Yeah,
after
what
we
went
through
technology
should
be
easier
for
me,
but
in
2020,
but
well.
Thank
you,
mayor
members
of
the
city
council
city
administration,
for
the
opportunity
to
come.
Speak
I'm
going
to
be
brief.
This
is
really
david's
presentation
I'll
be
here
to
answer
any
questions
I
also
want
to
introduce
david
tim
did,
but
judy
buchanan.
Another
point
d.
Thank
you
for
allowing
us
to
be
representatives
from
the
city
of
bloomington
on
connect
transit.
G
G
I
turn
over
david
thank
each
and
every
one
of
you
for
taking
the
time
to
hear
us
from
time
to
time,
to
give
us
feedback
and
to
make
hold
us
accountable
to
provide
a
service
to
our
community
you're
going
to
see
in
this
budget,
I'm
very,
very
proud,
connect
transit
is
strong
and
our
financial
standing
is.
Is
it
strong,
as
well
so
with
that
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
david
and
if
there's
any
questions
we'll
take
them
afterwards,
so
david.
H
Thank
you,
ryan,
and
thank
you
for
having
me
here
to
present
our
budget,
we're
not
asking
for
anything
additional.
This
is
really
setting
you
up
for
what
we
plan
to
do
as
connect
transit
for
the
city
and
for
the
town
moving
forward.
So
next
slide,
please,
as
ryan
said,
we
have
a
strong
leadership,
a
strong
board
that
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
work
with
considerably
working
on
the
strategy
of
connect
transit
who
we
are
and
where
we
want
to
be
not
only
in
the
next
year,
but
in
the
next
five
to
ten
years.
H
H
We
have
a
number
of
directors
and
they
report
directly
to
me
that
really
allows
us
to
do
a
lot
of
things
that
allows
us
to
to
work
together
to
put
something
on
the
street
and
and
the
service
that
is
really
necessary
under
the
guidance
of
of
the
board
and
and
under
the
direction
of
myself
with
me
here
tonight
is
pat
kubrick
pat
is
our
director
of
finance
and
he
was
very
instrumental
in
putting
together
this
budget,
but
something
that
was
also
a
little
different
is
that
we,
we
did
a
zero-based
budget
this
year.
H
Since
I'm
new
to
the
system,
we
really
looked
at
not
only
what
we
need
to
provide,
but
how
we
need
to
provide
it.
Looking
at
the
resources
we
have
and
then
what
what
we
should
be
providing
in
the
future
and
we
really
kind
of
stripped
it
clean
and
then
built
it
up
into
what
we're
presenting
tonight
next
slide,
please
our
services,
I
think
many
of
you
are
familiar.
We
have
a
fixed
route
and
a
mobility
service.
Our
mobility
service
is
meets
the
requirements
of
the
americans
with
disabilities
act,
and
that
is
a
requirement.
H
It's
something
that
we
don't
have
an
option
to
provide,
but
something
that
is
a
welcome
service
that
we
provide
to
a
market
of
passengers
who
really
can't
ride
our
fixed
route
service
over
the
past
years,
as
you
can
see
down
below
from
2019
to
2021,
we
lost
ridership,
but
we're
slowly
gaining
that
back
in
fiscal
year,
22
and
year
to
date,
we've
seen
a
17.5
increase
in
fixed
route
ridership
and
a
34.55
percent
increase
mobility
ridership
the
mobile
mobility
ridership
is
quite
interesting
because
we
did
buy
your
graces,
reduce
our
fares
to
a
one
fare
for
all
our
fare
reduced
significantly
for
people
using
connect,
mobility
and,
as
a
result,
I
think
that
people
are
willing
to
travel
more
often
and
that's
led
to
an
increase
in
ridership
next
slide.
H
Please
one
of
the
new
services
that
we're
proposing
this
year
is
a
route
expansive
expansion
to
serve
rivian
motors.
We
would
actually
run
a
u-shaped
route
going
from
uptown
normal
to
rivien
and
then
down
past
the
osf,
so
down
rivian
motorway
to
market
street
and
then
market
street
into
downtown,
bloomington
and
and
back
and
forth
it.
The
route
itself
would
take
a
full
two
hours
to
do
so,
we're
requiring
four
buses
to
run
it
every
30
minutes,
and
that
would
allow
us
to
run
in
the
peak
periods
and
serve
the
majority
of
their
employees.
H
This
is
something
that
we
hope
to
provide
by
july
of
this
year.
One
of
the
key
issues
that
we
have
four
buses
are
required,
but
we
don't
have
those
four
buses
in
the
fleet
right
now,
so
we
are
looking
at
a
a
short-term
operating
lease
to
lease
about
three
buses
that
have
been
rehabilitated
refurbished.
I
guess
to
operate
service
this
service,
and
we
would
do
that
under
an
operating
lease
so
that
we
can
utilize
illinois
state
monies
to
to
cover
the
operating
expense
next
slide.
Please.
H
H
So
I
think
that
what
I've
seen
a
lot
of
is
that
people
are
would
be
interested
in
using
the
bus,
but
accessing
the
bus
from
their
neighborhood
might
require
a
half
mile
to
a
quarter
mile
walk
through
the
neighborhood
just
to
get
to
that
access
point
on
the
main
road.
This
would
provide
areas
that
that
have
limited
access
or
currently
no
access
whatsoever
to
order
the
bus
via
an
app
a
cell
phone
app
and
then
that
bus
would
travel
and
pick
them
up
either
at
a
a
virtual
stop.
H
H
It's
really
providing
access
to
the
fixed
route
system
from
the
neighborhoods
that
aren't
currently
being
served,
and
the
next
slide
actually
gives
an
example
of
what
that
looks
like.
So
you
can
see
in
the
in
the
south
western
portion
of
town
there's
very
little
service
as
a
matter
of
fact,
there's
no
service
right
now.
I
believe
that
that
service
was
cut
a
number
of
years
ago
in
the
red
zone,
kind
of
the
pink
zone
that
you
can
see
here.
H
That
would
be
a
micro
transit
zone,
so
the
si
the
vehicle
would
serve
within
that
zone.
People
wanting
to
go
point
to
point
from
maybe
a
neighborhood,
the
fox
creek
neighborhood,
for
example,
to
ferraro.
They
would
be
able
to
do
that
within
the
micro
micro
transit
vehicle
if
they
wanted
to
go
outside
the
zone.
If
they
wanted
to
go
to
downtown
downtown
bloomington
or
uptown
normal,
they
would
actually
connect
to
a
fixed
route
bus
at
one
of
the
stops
or
or
at
the
downtown
transfer
area.
H
So
it
really
expands
the
availability
of
service
in
an
efficient
manner
and
that
we're
only
serving
those
people
who
are
demanding
it
at
the
time
and
we're
we're
circular
we're
standing
still
we're
not
constantly
running
that
bus.
Just
waiting
for
people
to
to
board
the
bus.
A
smaller
vehicle
allows
us
to
access
it,
and
it's
really
a
new
service
that
a
lot
of
cities
are
adopting
and
it
works
quite
well.
It
would
work
quite
well
for
bloomington
and
normal
next
slide.
Please.
H
H
What
this
allows,
though,
is
rather
than
a
large
company
having
to
commit
resources
to
run
a
van
pool
of
their
own.
This
allows
multiple
companies,
employees
of
multiple
companies
to
gather
where
they
live
and
travel
to
work
at
similar
times
of
day
also
a
very
efficient
way
to
travel.
We
would
not
be
providing
any
vehicles,
we
wouldn't
be
providing
any
any
support
staff
of
our
own
again.
We
would
be
contracting
on
a
per
van
basis,
with
we're
proposing
a
company
called
commute
to
enterpr
or
commute
with
enterprise.
H
Enterprise
is,
as
you
know,
rental
car
agency.
They
have
local
maintenance
and
they
would
provide
the
vehicles
based
on
this
coordination
model.
So,
as
for
people
next
slide,
please
I'll
go
over
this
a
little
bit
as
as
people
express
their
interest
via
web
app
or
a
phone
call
to
enterprise.
H
When
four
more
people
match
origins
match
travel
times
match
close
nearby
destinations,
the
vanpool
would
be
created.
It's
a
volunteer
driver
that
driver
would
be
an
employee
of
someone
else,
not
of
connect
transit.
They
would
be
driving
to
work
anyway,
typically,
and
they
would
just
agree
to
pick
up
those
four
people
on
a
daily
basis
and
and
travel
in
the
vehicle
that
is
provided
to
them.
H
The
vanpool
coordinator
provides
the
app
they
provide
the
manpower,
the
vehicles,
the
insurance
and
then
roadside
assistance
if
there
is
any
any
issues
along
the
way
and
they
provide
the
maintenance.
So
it's
a
tremendous
program
that
would
really
expand
the
ability
for
people
to
get
to
work
next
slide,
please
so
for
the
employers
in
the
area.
H
H
It
reduces
the
need
for
parking
and
it
really
provides
access
to
employees.
There
are
likely
people
just
the
first
slide,
showed
about
one
major
employer
and
where
their
employees
live
within
a
50
mile
radius,
35
000
people
a
day
commute
into
bloomington.
According
to
the
edc,
there
are
likely
others
that
don't
have
cars,
don't
have
reliable
transportation
that
could
work
here
in
bloomington,
but
just
don't
have
the
means,
so
this
is
to
provide
that
those
means
and
also
provide
an
efficient
way
to
get
into
into
the
area
to
work
for
the
employee.
H
It's
access
to
those
jobs
that
are
available
here,
less
traffic
related
stress.
If
you're
just
a
rider
you
you
ride
on
the
vehicle,
you
don't
drive
you,
you
have
less
cost
for
vehicle
maintenance,
cost
for
fuel
costs,
for
insurance
and
so
on.
For
connect
trans.
It
really
helps
us
fulfill
our
mission.
H
Our
mission
is
to
provide
access
to
opportunities
here
in
the
bloomington
normal
area,
and
this
provides
that
level
of
access
it
also
and
to
be
perfectly
transparent.
If
we're
able
to
attract
30
vans
or
more
we'll
also
be
able
to
attract
more
federal
subsidy.
So
we
meet
under
the
small
transit
intensive
communities
funding.
We
meet
three
criteria
right
now.
This
would
allow
us
to
take
one
more
criteria
and
we
would
get
the
value
of
that
criterion.
That's
about
500
000
a
year,
so
30
vans
for
us
would
be
about
160.
H
000
of
that
we
would
get
a
500
000
return
and
of
that
the
city's.
Well,
actually,
the
local
portion,
which
could
either
be
federal,
subsidy
or
local
subsidy,
would
really
be
only
less
than
35
percent
of
that
65
is
covered
by
the
state
of
illinois.
H
So
it's
a
tremendous
investment
into
something
that
would
draw
more
funds,
make
us
more
sustainable
for
the
future,
but
also
serve
the
employers
of
the
area.
H
Next
slide,
please!
So
now
we'll
get
into
our
our
operating
budget
as
as
with
everything
our
budget
has
increased,
you
can
see.
Labor
and
benefits
has
increased
primarily
because
the
cost
of
benefits,
but
also
because
of
the
additional
services
that
we're
proposing
fuel
and
lubricants.
H
We
just
don't
know
where
fuel
is,
we've
been
blessed
to
have
a
contract
that
has
allowed
us
to
contract
for
that
fuel,
a
much
lower
rate
than
it's
being
sold
for
now,
but
that
contract
expires
in
october,
and
we
just
don't
know
where
it's
going
to
go.
So
we
we
did
substantially
increase
fuel
and
lubricants
bus
repair
and
maintenance.
Our
bus
repair
costs
have
gone
up
significantly
only
because
of
the
cost
of
parts.
Some
of
our
parts
have
increased
over
100
percent.
H
Our
our
vendors
are
telling
us
to
expect
at
least
a
15
increase.
So
with
the
addition
of
more
fleet
and
some
additional
costs,
you
can
see
that
our
fuel,
our
our
bus
repair
costs,
have
gone
up
as
well
insurance,
professional
services.
Those
types
of
things
are
all
going
up.
So
the
key
to
this,
though,
is
that
labor
and
benefits
are
still
the
vast
majority
of
our
budget.
H
So
when
people
are
talking
about
the
cost
of
big
buses
versus
small
buses
and
things
like
that,
really
the
cost
of
that
bus
is
behind
the
scene
is
driving
that
bus.
We
are
always
looking
for
efficiency
and-
and
I
think
that
you'll
see
over
the
next
years-
and
that
we
are-
we
will
be
adjusting
our
routes
adjusting
our
schedules
so
that
we
are
trying
to
maximize
the
number
of
people
on
that
bus
and
when
and
when
people
are
riding
next
slide.
H
Please
our
revenues,
as
I
mentioned
most
of
them,
come
from
the
downstate
operating
grants,
so
65
of
our
operating
is
reimbursed
from
the
state.
That's
a
flat,
65
percent.
Our
budget
can
go
up
and
it'll
be
65
percent.
Bloomington
share
of
the
operating
hasn't
changed.
We
we
did
not
request
any
more
than
we
had
in
previous
years,
and
that's
about
4.4
of
our
entire
budget.
H
Normal
share
is
about
3.4
and
then
with
contract
fairs
passenger
fares
and
advertising
miscellaneous
we've
made
up
a
little
bit
more
than
that,
so
our
the
remainder,
what
doesn't
get
covered
by
by
the
local
and
by
some
of
our
other
fair
media
and
advertising
revenue,
is
made
up
by
fta
operating.
So
that's
the
the
small
transit
intensive
cities
grant
as
well
as
some
cares,
act
funding
and
some
residual
funding
that
we've
had
from
from
recent
years.
H
I
wanted
to
mention
advertising
and
and
miscellaneous.
This
year's
advertising
program
changed
quite
a
bit
in
the
past.
We
actually
had
our
internal
staff
selling
advertising
and
we
would
get
about
a
hundred
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year
on
average
in
advertising
revenue
for
that
hundred
thousand
dollars,
though
we
had
labor
costs
so
say:
seventy
to
80
000
was
labor
cost
to
earn
that
hundred
thousand
dollars.
H
We
decided
not
to
use
internal
staff
this
year
and
we've
contracted
that
service
out
instead
of
having
labor
that
sells
the
advertising
we
actually
contracted
out
to
an
advertising
sales
company
and
they
have
guaranteed
us
a
revenue
of
a
hundred
and
fifteen
thousand
dollars.
H
So
not
only
are
we
increasing
our
revenue
by
about
fifteen
thousand
dollars,
but
we
also
don't
have
the
expense,
so
the
net
increase
is
actually
115
000,
something
that
we
hadn't
done
before
and
and
something
that
the
board
has
supported
next
slide,
please
so
I
I
shared
this
with
some
of
you,
but
this
is
how
we
compare
as
a
transit
agency
to
to
other
transit
agencies
in
the
state.
You
can
see
we're
at
the
top
line,
but
we're
the
second
most
efficient
in
terms
of
cost
per
service
hour.
H
Second,
only
to
decatur,
which
is
a
general
fund,
funded
general
fund,
funded
agency,
a
lot
of
what
happens
in
a
in
a
city
that
that
runs
it
through
a
general
fund
is
that
things
are
allocated
differently,
so
they
have
their
own
attorneys.
They
don't
necessarily
apply
those
to
transit,
so
I
think
that
we're
still
very
efficient
even
compared
to
decatur.
H
When
you
look
at
the
others,
others
are
transit
districts,
so
they're
tr,
they're
taxing
authorities
and
which
we
don't
have
so
you'll
see
that
as
a
taxing
authority,
many
of
them
have
a
much
larger,
much
higher
cost
per
hour,
which
is
how
we
measure
efficiency
we're
the
second
highest
utilization.
A
lot
of
that
is
attributable
to
isu
and
we're
the
second
lowest
in
local
contribution
again
only
to
decatur
next
slide.
Please.
H
So
we
have
a
number
of
planned
capital
projects
and,
even
though
they
hit
this
year
in
terms
of
our
plan,
these
are
for
funds
that
can
be
used
over
the
next
five
years
and
I'm
not
going
to
read
through
all
of
them.
But
our
transit
center
is
a
big
part
of
this,
and
then
we
also
have
some
additional
transportation
planning
that
we
would
like
to
do
to
make
sure
that
we're
operating
in
the
areas
that
we
need
to
operate
with
the
services
that
we'd
like
to
we'd
like
to
operate
in.
H
H
Okay
next
slide,
please
one
of
the
big
capital
projects
that
we
have
obviously
is
our
transit
center
in
downtown
bloomington.
Now
we're
still
going
through
the
nepa
process,
the
the
national
environmental
protection
act
that
they
that
they
make
sure
that
our
facility,
the
federally
funded
facility
will
meet
within
well,
will
serve
well
the
environment
around
it.
So
it
has
a
little
to
do
with
environmental
with
a
capital
e.
A
lot
of
it
is
a
small
environment
that
it's
not
disturbing
the
the
areas
around
it.
With
our
use.
H
We
have
looked
at
the
pantograph
site.
We've
looked
at
the
market
street
site.
What
we're
currently
looking
at
from
a
market
street
perspective
is
that
we
would
we
would
have
our
transit
center
on
the
market
street
level,
so
it
would
actually
be
flat
kind
of.
If
you
look
at
3d,
it
would
be
flat
from
market
street
to
monroe
street
and
that's
where
all
of
our
buses
would
go
on
monroe
street.
We
would
build
a
with,
hopefully,
with
the
city's
partnership.
We
would
build
a
multi-level
deck
that
would
serve
over
200
cars.
H
H
So
next,
please
all
right.
I
believe
I've
shared
this
with
you
as
well,
but
in
2020
we
actually
had
an
economic
economic
development
study
performed
and
for
every
dollar
invested
in
connect
transit
by
the
city
and
town.
H
It
attracts
11,
additional
support
for
connect,
transit
operations,
and
that
makes
sense,
given
what
you
put
in
and
the
amount
that
we're
able
to
get
from
the
feds
in
the
state
we
generated
indirectly
and
directly
387
jobs,
and
that's
people
who
are
who
use
transit
to
get
to
work
and
rely
on
transit
to
get
to
work.
Those
jobs
created
income
that
income
get
got
turned
over
in
the
economy
to
the
level
of
about
45
million.
H
So
the
study
summarized
that
for
every
dollar
spent
by
us,
five
dollars
was
returned
to
the
economy.
That
means
that
for
every
dollar
that's
spent
by
you
actually
generates
about
sixty
dollars
in
return
to
the
economy.
So,
even
though
transit
is,
is
a
high,
valued
asset.
We
believe
that
we
also
provide
something
that
is
structurally
important
and
we
are
part
of
the
fabric
of
the
community
and
we
help
the
community
run
next
slide.
A
Okay,
thank
you
very
much,
david,
a
great
job
first
time
in
front
of
council.
A
And
I
so
I'm
I'm
working
here
right
now.
My
screen
is
completely
up,
but
I've
been
told
that
councilmember
bullet
has
some
questions.
Okay,.
B
Well,
I
have
a
lot
of
questions,
but
primarily
I'd
like
I'd
like
you
to
explain
how
that
pink
zone
or
red
zone
in
ward
2
would
work
most
of
people
that
live
in
the
den
are
probably
not
going
to
be
working
at
ferraro.
Oh.
H
B
Possibly
the
people
that
live
between
may
and
morse
might
that's
the
lower
income
neighborhoods
more
than
likely
they
could
come
from
out
of
town
or
from
normal
for
that
matter.
So
how
explain
how
this
is
going
to
work?
Because
you
said
something
about
accessing
a
fixed
route
with
these
little
buses.
H
Correct,
so
our
fixed
route
system
would
would
continue
to
serve
up
to
that
zone.
I
think
that
you
saw
a
couple
of
routes
that
actually
touched
upon
that
zone
or
actually
entered
that
zone
a
little
bit.
If
someone
wanted
to
go
to
say
ferrara
or
the
neighborhood
adjacent
to
that
area,
they
could
take
a
fixed
route
into
the
zone,
connect
to
a
small
micro
transit
bus
and
then
that
micro
transit
bus
would
take
them
to
their
final
destination.
H
Alternatively,
they
can
go
from
micro,
transit
and
and
really
hail
it
via
an
app
or
a
telephone.
If
they
don't
have
a
smartphone,
they
would
hail
the
vehicle.
It
would
likely
be
there
within
10
minutes,
because
it
is
in
only
a
about
a
five
mile
zone
and
then
take
them
to
connect
to
a
fixed
drop
bus.
That
connection
could
either
be
done
downtown
if
it
were
serving
an
area
to
the
north.
H
B
I
would
hope
in
the
future
that
there
is
some
more
expansion,
because
the
option
to
fix
droughts
is
maine
by
the
mcdonald's
right
or
alexander
and
alexander
doesn't
have
any
sidewalks,
so
I'm
just
throwing
that
out
there.
I
appreciate
that
you're
taking
more
two
into
account
and
all-
and
I
had
some
other
questions.
B
I
think
you
probably
answered
them,
but
some
of
the
numbers,
like
the
economic
impact
numbers,
I
sort
of
question
them,
partly
because
I
think
they're
assuming
a
median
income
for
bloomington,
which
is
50
000,
but
I
would,
I
would
say,
the
majority
of
the
writers
fall
below
that,
and
also
I've
mentioned
this
ryan
and
and
I've
talked
about
this
in
the
past,
the
numbers
speak
to
passenger
when
actually
they
are
rides,
you
don't
track
how
many
times
it's
like
every
time
somebody
gets
on
the
bus,
they're
counted.
B
H
I
I
do
and
I'm
not
sure
that
the
economic
development
study
dealt
with
ridership
as
much
as
the
the
value
of
the
people
that
were
actually
going
to
work
or
from
work
or
the
or
the
employees
that
we
have
ourselves.
So
I
think
that
I
don't
know
that
shopping
was
part
of
that
and
ryan.
I
wasn't
here
at
the
time,
so
you
might
have
more
of
an
answer
to
that,
but
it
I
mean
studies
or
studies.
They
are
what
they
are,
but
certainly
I
understand.
B
Well,
I
you
know,
I
appreciate
and
really
value
doing
these
studies
and
certainly
isu's
program,
but
this
is
going
to
sound,
very
rude,
but
I'm
into
numbers
and
math
numbers
out
are
only
as
good
as
numbers
in
and
so
that's
why
I'm
bringing
up?
Are
they,
including?
B
Are
they
only
using
median
income
versus
the
number
of
people
that
ride
the
bus
are
probably
closer
to
25
or
30
000
a
year,
as
you
know,
as
income,
and
that
would
change
just
you
know
disposable
income,
how
much
they
would
spend.
These
are
the
same
people
that
are
having
trouble
paying
rent,
in
other
words,
right.
H
B
A
Okay,
thank
you,
council
member
golan.
I
I
do
believe
next
we
have
council,
member
ward,
crumpler
emi
and
council
member
urban
and
council
member
kramer.
I
Okay,
well
I'll
jump
in
while
there's
still
time
before
I
do
the
mr
whitehouse.
Did
you
want
to
make
any
comment?
Okay,
okay,
thanks
for
this
presentation,
I
really
appreciate
you
running
through
this
and
I
I
really
appreciate
all
that
you're
doing
for
the
community
and
for
connect
transit,
so
welcome
aboard.
I
can
say
that,
eight
months
later
I
had
a
couple
of
questions
about
the
better
bus
stops.
Design
and
construction.
Can
you
can
you
expand?
H
Absolutely
so,
as
you
know,
a
number
of
years
ago,
we
decided
to
try
to
make
all
of
our
bus
stops
accessible
here
in
the
community,
and
we
received
some
federal
funding
from
senator
duckworth.
As
I
recall,
with
federal
funding
also
comes
a
lot
of
federal
requirements
so
for
every
bus
stop
we
have
to
have
a
nepa
review.
We
have
to
look
at
all
the
housing
in
the
area
determine
whether
or
not
it's
historical,
and
if
that
bus
stop,
would
then
impact
the
housing
and
the
area.
H
H
That
means
that
every
route
will
have
a
bus
or
every
bus
stop
will
be
accessible
either
with
a
pad
sidewalks
fall
under
your
realm,
but
we've
been
very
working
very
closely
into
trying
to
get
those
sidewalks
so
that
our
bus
stop
is
fully
accessible,
but
even
a
pad
from
the
bus
to
the
to
the
sidewalk
or
or
off.
H
The
bus
at
the
site
is
valuable
to
someone
who
who
has
some
mobility
issues
so
we're
either
providing
a
pad
with
a
stop
sheltered,
a
lot
of
locations
that
are
a
little
wider
and
also
accessible.
I
And
just
in
follow-up
to
that,
I
appreciate
that
and
I
I
appreciate
seeing
those
little
seats.
What
I
am
curious
about
is
what
percentage
of
of
bus
stops
will
have
covered,
shelters
and
and
how
you
know
is
there
an
algorithm
or
how?
How
is
that
decided?
I
You
know
that
one
bus
stop
gets
a
covered,
shelter
and
another
dozen,
and
and
mr
whitehouse,
you
and
I
have
had
some
conversation
about
a
particular
rather
busy
bus,
stop
that
has
neither
and
I'm
eager
to
to
see.
If
there's
you
know
any
movement
and
possibility
on
that,
one
in
particular,.
H
I'm
not
exactly
sure,
but
I
can
tell
you
sometimes
the
property
owner
doesn't
want
us
to
build
a
shelter
so
we'll
be
able
to
put
a
pad
in
the
in
the
utility
space,
but
we're
not
able
to
put
a
shelter
because
the
property
owner
just
doesn't
want
one
there.
So
to
the
extent
possible,
we
try
to
do
it
based
on
ridership,
but
there
are
other
realities
as
well.
Ryan.
You
wanna,
council
member.
G
G
Count
yeah
councilmember
thanks
and
yeah,
so
I'm
just
gonna
clarify.
I
know
humans
are
data
and
data
or
humans.
But
a
lot
of
that
we
look
at
where
a
lot
of
people
are.
Writing
and
that's
you
know,
limited
resources
is
where
we'll
decide
where
we're
gonna
put
those
those
shelters,
we'd
love
to
cover
them
all,
but
limited
resources.
I
Well,
I'll
just
make
one
comment.
I
I
hope
that
perhaps
if
there
are
future
discussions
about
route
changes-
and
I
know
that's
a
touchy
subject
sometimes,
but
that
that
could
be
taken
into
account-
you
know
the
the
feasibility
of
having
a
covered.
Shelter,
I
think
is,
is
important
to
to
that
decision.
A
Okay,
thank
you,
councilmember
ward.
Before
we
go
any
further,
I
think
we
are
past
our
time.
So
if
I
could
get
a
motion
and
a
second
and
I'll.
A
C
Emig,
yes,
councilmember
becker,
yes,
councilmember
urban,
yes,
councilmember,
ward,
aye,
councilmember,
crable,
yes,
councilmember
crumpler,
yes
and
sorry.
If
I
could
just
for
two
seconds
when
your
mic
goes
green,
it
just
means
we
have
too
many
mics
on
and
so
the
mayor
and
I
are
working
to
keep
a
tally
of
how
you're
who's
wanting
to
speak.
So,
if
you
see
it
turn
green
we've
got
you
on
the
list
and
then
the
next
person
might
just
have
to
turn
off
sorry.
Thank
you.
A
C
A
Thank
you
very
much.
We
have
15
more
minutes,
so
it's
my
understanding
that
councilmember
crumpler
turned
off
his
light.
So
no
question
because
you
were
next.
B
A
A
Okay,
thank
you.
So
next
on
the
list
is
council,
member
ebay.
C
D
E
Thank
you
mayor.
I
just
have
a
couple
of
quick
questions.
David.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation.
I
really
really
enjoyed
it.
I
wonder
I'm
sort
of
picking
up
on
the
idea
that
councilmember
boland
brought
forward.
Did
you
survey
members
of
the
you
know
in
terms
of
the
pool
and
the
micro
transit
they
seem
like
exciting.
You
know
ideas
for
us.
I
wonder
if
you
surveyed
people
in
those
communities
whether
they
would
actually
be
interested
in
use
that
service
in
other.
Is
there
a
plan
to
exceed.
H
For
the
vanpool,
the
larger
employers
have
had
we've
spoken
to
them
through
enterprise,
the
company
that
we
would
contract
with.
So
it
would
be
really
the
employers
that
would
be
driving
whether
or
not
their
their
employees
would
do
it.
They
would
communicate
with
their
employees.
Employers
would
be
able
to
subsidize
the
service
and
we're
we're
planning
to
subsidize
the
service
to
a
small
portion
of
the
van
cost,
like
I
said,
about
35
000
people
ride
and
and
those
employers.
H
Those
major
employers
like
ribbian
and
and
like
state
farm,
have
expressed
interest.
Okay,
we
just
don't
have
the
the
ability
to
do
that
as
a
transit
system,
and
that's
why
we're
looking
to
a
third
party
provider,
the
micro
transit.
On
the
other
hand,
that's
actually
something
that
we'll
do
a
planning
study
for
so
as
we're
looking
at
our
our
routes
and
making
sure
that
they
serve
the
right
areas.
H
Part
of
that
is
also
making
sure
that
we're
serving
with
the
right
type
of
service,
so
lower
density
areas
will
likely
have
will
likely
not
have
a
fixed
route
bus
but
might
have
a
micro
transit
solution
or
areas
that
are
underserved
or
areas
that
just
are
aren't
convenient
to
serve
with
the
fixed
drop
bus.
E
Okay,
thank
you
excuse.
My
second
question.
You
talked
about
contracting
or
using
rehab
buses
for
the
ribbian
route.
Correct
and
understand
that
you're
purchasing
is
that
there
might
here
are
nine
electric
buses
this
next
year.
H
So
the
buses
that
we're
getting
this
year
will
be
a
replacement
of
old
2003
buses,
so
we're
still
running
those
buses
in
service.
We
also
ordered
some
that
will
replace
the
2010s
and
2011s,
but
we
don't
anticipate
getting
those
until
24
or
25..
H
H
H
Actually,
it's
a
similar
bus
to
what
we're
having
right
now
so
or
what
we
have
right
now.
So
I
think
that
losing
the
2003's
will
actually
be
a
gain.
Okay,
putting
some
2010s
in
their
place
to
some
degree
will
will
probably
be
a
wash
or
maybe
even
a
bit
of
a
game.
Okay,.
A
Thank
you,
councilman
carpo.
I
think
next
is
councilman
unique.
J
Yes,
thank
you
for
the
presentation
david.
So
I
have
a
follow-up
about
the
micro
transit
system.
Would
you
be
charging
the
same
amount
of
fare
as
you
would
for
a
regular
rider,
or
is
it
to
be
determined.
H
That
is
to
be
determined.
Our
board
would
set
the
fares.
I'm
there
to
implement
so
that'll
be
a
discussion
that
we'll
have
with
the
board
as
we
get
closer
to
that
time.
J
Great,
that
would
be
something
I
would
be
interested
in
hearing
about
as
as
you
proceed
and
is
ribbon
going
to
contribute
at
all
financially
to
the
service
that
that
will
be
provided
to
their
employees
or
or
will
the
employees
pay
for
that,
I'm
just
wondering
how
that's
going.
H
Well,
we
would
we're
hoping
to
establish
what
we
call
a
universal
access
agreement.
We
have
one
with
isu
with
wesley
and
heartland
right
now
and
we
would
develop
an
agreement
with
ribbian
so
that,
if
they,
if
their
employees
have
a
badge
or
something
like
that,
they
will
be
able
to
ride
the
bus
for
free.
H
Thank
you
yeah,
and
the
nice
thing
about
that
too,
is
that
it
it
expands
our
service
to
that
western
portion
of
of
bloomington,
and
it
serves
areas
that
we
don't
serve
right
now.
So,
like
the
the
osf
prompt
care
and
things
like
that
that
it
is
available
to
the
public,
it's
not
a
exclusive
ribbon
service
and
it
provides
greater
opportunities
as
the
the
city
and
the
town
grow.
H
J
That
makes
sense,
given
the
numbers-
and
I
I
just
want
to
to
applaud
efforts
to
address
coverage,
because
I
think
that
this
community
strongly
supported
that
in
previous
iterations
of
connect,
transit
planning
and
we
wanted
our
constituents
to
be
served.
And
I
hear
that
you're
trying
to
do
that.
So
I
appreciate
it,
but
you're
also
seeking
out
kind
of
new
ways
to
think
of
ridership
really
happy
about.
The
electric
vehicles
hope
that
maybe
the
micro
vans
or
the
yeah.
J
Transit
perhaps
can
become
electric,
maybe
rj,
scringe
can
help
out
with
that
one,
but
but
that
that
would
be
a
great
service
and
and
finally,
I
just
am
curious
about
an
update
on
the
mou,
which
perhaps
you
can
speak
to
tim
later
or
as
part
of
the
end
of
this
conversation.
J
H
Just
to
follow
up,
we
have
asked
for
a
congressional
discretionary
grant
for
those
micro
transit
vehicles
and
we
have
asked
them
to
be
electric,
so
we
should
learn
hopefully
early
next
year,
whether
or
not
we
would
be
successful
in
that
and
then,
as
those
fleets
become
available,
we'll
be
able
to
to
purchase
electric.
A
K
Thank
you
mayor
and
thank
you
david.
Thank
you,
ryan,
appreciate
the
presentation
and
all
that
connect
transit
does
in
the
community.
You
know
we've
been
focusing
on
the
better
bus
stop
campaign
to
make
it
more
ada,
accessible.
One
question
I
wanted,
and,
and
also
too
I
like
the
fact
that
the
connect
transit
board
is
more
representative.
I
believe
the
community
than
what
it
used
to
be
when
we
talk
about
a
new
transfer
station
and
one
of
those
options
being
the
market
street
garage
area.
H
Absolutely
yeah
the
the
design
that
we've
actually
looked
at
and
again
a
lot
of
things
are
up
in
the
air.
No
designs
have
been
finalized.
These
are
all
conceptual
at
this
point,
but
the
design
that
we're
looking
at
would
allow
for
not
only
a
an
elevator
from
basically
20
feet
below,
which
is
where
the
the
transit
center
would
be
located
up
to
the
monroe
street
side.
So
the
people
getting
off
the
bus
could
get
onto
an
elevator
and
go
to
the
top
floor,
which
would
be
monroe
street.
H
D
H
And
then
there
are
some
other
engineering
things
things
like
kind
of
the
modified
steps,
so
that
it's
not
a
step
from
market
street
to
monroe
to
monroe.
But
it's
more
of
a
series
of
lower
platforms
that
people
could
get
up
without
having
to
to
walk
the
steep
hill.
So
we're
looking
at
any
number
of
design
alternatives
and
we
will.
H
We
will
definitely
engage
the
the
community
and
especially
the
community,
of
people
with
disabilities
as
we're
designing
these
things
so
that
we
know
that
people,
people
who
use
our
service
or
need
our
service
will
be
served.
K
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
that
answer
so
hi
I
didn't
in
looking
at
the
expenses.
I
did
see
something
for
a
messaging
consultant.
H
So
what
we
don't
do
very
well
is
we
don't
sell,
connect,
transit
very
well
and,
as
you
know,
the
edc
is
also
going
through
a
messaging
campaign
trying
to
trying
to
determine
what
how
people
perceive
bloomington
normal
and
and
why
people
would
want
to
live
here.
Why
people
would
want
to
move
here.
I
think
that
our
messaging
campaign
would
dovetail
on
that.
Not
only
move
here,
but
try
to
get
people
to
understand
that
that
connect
transit
is
a
big
part.
We're
part
of
the
infrastructure
of
this
community,
and
we
haven't
done
that.
H
Well,
we've
spoken
about
our
app
and
and
we've
certainly
been
available,
but
we
haven't
put
that
clear
messaging
out
and
I
think
that
the
messaging
consultant
would
be
a
combination
of
of
creating
that
message
determining
what
the
community
believes
connect.
Transit
is
and
should
be,
but
also
using
some
of
those
funds
to
to
promote
that
within
the
community,
whether
it
be
advertising,
whether
it
be
more
communications
outreach.
Things
like
that.
Thank.
K
You
one
last
question:
I
our
goal
is
to
have
the
hamilton
extension
project
started
this
year.
Okay,
and
is
there
any?
Has
there
been
any
thought
with
regard
to
how
that
could
impact?
What
connect
transit
does
with
possibly
adding
stops,
and
things
like
that.
G
Please
I'll
take
that,
because
that
is
something
that
we
we
have
talked
about
right.
So
the
hamilton
road
will
allow
us
to
put
a
bus
to
the
va
clinic
right.
That's
one
of
the
things
that
we've
heard
and
we
do
have
a
bus,
that's
within
an
acceptable
means,
but
we
have
we've
made
that
commitment
to
the
public
and
once
we
can
get
a
bus
down
there,
we've
in
the
past
and
planners.
G
A
Okay,
thank
you
councilmember
krabill,
I
believe
next
is
councilmember
urban.
L
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
david
for
this
presentation
and
taking
the
time
out
with
your
team
to
come
and
talk
to
us.
I
really
do
appreciate
seeing
some
good
news
coming
from
connect
transit,
and
so
with
that
you
know.
I
want
to
comment
to
the
micro
transit
that
you're,
proposing
in
your
presentation
that
definitely
affects
a
much
needed
area
that
that
needs
transportation.
H
What
what
would
make
it
a
convenient
service
to
use
being
able
to
get
that
the
responsiveness
within
about
a
10-minute
pickup
window,
so
we're
looking
at
actually
late
spring
of
next
year
by
the
time
we
do,
the
planning
studies
get
it
approved
and
then
get
the
vehicles
here
to
provide
that
service.
So
we
don't
currently
have
those
small
vehicles,
as
I
showed
in
the
the
presentation,
but
those
are
something
that
we
would.
L
So
not
until
next
spring,
so
I
I
I
would
just
come
back
to
that-
and
you
know
for
me
and
in
just
having
seen
all
of
this
and
heard
all
the
things
that
you
say
that
is
really
huge.
The
micro
transit
program
is
is
a
tremendous
thing
that
we
see
here,
potentially
getting
people
to
a
fixed
route
could
get
them
out
of
their
vehicles
and
on
to
the
on
to
the
come
ride
with
us
on
connect
transit
right.
L
L
H
Absolutely-
and
I
will
make
my
commitment
here-
that
I
hope
to
keep
you
more
apprised
as
we've
done
in
the
past,
I
hope
to
put
out
more
of
a
quarterly
statement:
try
to
meet
with
you
more
regularly
and
just
let
you
know
what's
happening
at
connect
transit.
I
think
you
know,
as
we
were
talking
about
the
messaging
campaign,
that's
one
of
our
biggest
failures
is
communicating
with
the
city
and
the
town
who
sponsor
us
and
who
support
us.
So
that
is
that's
a
commitment.
H
A
Okay,
sorry,
my
mice
is
playing
a
number
of
me
on
me
here,
but
council
member
montany
is
next
heaven.
D
H
Yes,
so
we
would
subsidize
each
van
and
and
I'm
proposing
to
the
board
at
our
next
board,
meeting
a
500
per
van
subsidy.
The
van
cost
is
about
1200
per
van
for
about
four
passengers.
H
D
You
know
just
my
thought
there
is
that,
given
the
demand
for
employees
in
this
area,
perhaps
you'd
be
able
to
get
sufficient
contributions
from
the
large
employers
to
cover
that
cost.
So
that's
just
one
and
then.
Secondly,
if
you
don't
mind,
if
you
haven't
already,
maybe
just
to
send
that
stevenson
center
study
to
us
absolutely.
H
A
A
Okay
and
it
was
okay
and-
and
I
think
tim
you,
you
were
gonna-
make
some
some
additional
comments
as
well.
F
I
did
very
brief.
There
were
three
things
that
I
was
going
to
comment
to
regarding
the
possibility
of
market
street
being
the
downtown
transfer
station.
This
is
premature
at
the
beginning.
Conversations
with
council
in
the
community
also
have
reached
out
to
some
of
the
partners,
life
cell
specifically
to
ask
them
to
help
be
a
part
of
the
solution.
When
we
talk
about
accessibility,
see
what
their
partners
might
have
out
there
in
the
state
or
in
the
you
know,
somewhere
in
the
united
states,
where
they
have
accomplished
similar
engineering
challenges.
F
We
have
both
corporation
councils
running
the
lead
on
that
pam
reese,
the
city
manager
for
the
town,
and
I
had
met
it's
probably
been
a
couple
of
months
ago,
and
we
had
handed
that
off
to
their
corporation
council
to
consider
some
of
the
red
line
changes
I'm
going
to
I'm
going
to
say
early
march,
so
we
are
definitely
due
for
a
response
expect
that
at
any
time
now-
and
then
lastly,
was
going
to
just
comment
to
the
the
partnership
that
we
have
and
appreciate
the
increased
conversation
david.
F
A
Okay,
thank
you
all
very
much,
david
ryan.
We
definitely
appreciate
you
all
coming
to
give
us
an
update
on
connections
and
look
forward
to
future
updates.
Thank
you.
Next
on
the
agenda
is
a
item
5b.
F
Thank
you,
mayor
and
council,
and
to
the
community.
We
have
four
active
council
initiatives
and
last
month
made
the
pledge
to
the
community
that
we
would
provide
an
update
to
the
community
on
at
the
committee
of
the
whole.
Today
we
priority
honestly
was
the
fy
23
budget
that
was
approved
last
week.
While
we
have
had
some
staff
work
towards
completing
these
initiatives,
not
completely
done,
there's
not
a
need
to
reaffirm
the
initiatives.
F
Staff
know
the
direction
that
we
have.
We
are
going
to
present
updates
on
all
four
and
then
turn
it
back
to
the
mayor
for
questions
comments.
If
there
are
any
to
any
of
the
four
council
initiatives,
we
do
have
one
question
that
we
will
hold
to
the
very
end
related
to
one
of
the
council
initiatives.
M
Thank
you,
tim
phil
next
slide,
please,
as
the
manager
said,
we're
going
to
run
through
these
initiatives
and
then
have
a
conversation
about
what
is
presented
and
see.
If
you
have
any
questions
for
us,
the
first
is
the
requester
was
council
member
emec,
and
it
was
for
the
formation
of
a
green
infrastructure
committee.
M
M
I
believe
this
was
prompted
out
of
the
the
summer
floods
and
in
our
work
to
do
hydraulic
modeling
and
some
of
the
e
street
basin
work
et
cetera,
et
cetera,
just
to
really
work
to
incorporate
green
infrastructure
into
that
work,
and
so,
as
part
of
the
early
conversation,
we
believe
that
some
of
you
asked
what
are
we
already
doing,
and
so
next,
several
slides
are
really
a
listing
of
some
of
the
things
that
are
doing.
M
It's
obviously
not
an
all-encompassing
list,
but
wanted
to
give
you
an
idea
of
some
of
the
things
that
we
are
already
doing
related
to
greening
in
our
community
and
green
infrastructure
and
some
of
the
other
things
that
are
happening
and
so
phil
next
slide.
Please
there
are,
and
I
don't
intend
for
you
to
be
able
to
read
or
see
all
these
or
memorize
them.
It's
really
to
give
you
more
of
an
idea
of
the
volume
of
work
that's
happening.
There
are
a
lot
of
things
that
are
already
going
on.
M
Some
are
big
and
noticeable.
Some
are
small
and
maybe
not
so
noticeable.
If
you
look
at
this
list,
you
know
I'll
call
out
a
couple,
especially
you
talk
about
landscaping
and
open
space
and
store
management
code
requirements.
M
When
you
see
trees
in
parking,
lots
and
plantings
and
parking
lots,
it
helps
with
storm
water
management
so
that
it's
not
just
just
runoff
off
of
the
the
permian
permeable
impermeable
the
hard
surface,
and
so
it
really
when
you
have
plantings,
it
helps
a
lot
with
and
again
every
new
development
has
a
requirement
for
that.
M
You
talk
about
parkland
dedication,
every
new
development
with
every
new
development
there's
an
offsetting
requirement
to
provide
land
for
parks
or
payment
and
loot,
and
so
someone
comes
in
and
wants
to
subdivide
and
develop,
there's
a
requirement
that
they
provide
land
for
parks
again
for
for
outdoor
greening
of
breeding
of
our
community,
pre-cigar,
prairie,
burnings
and,
and
the
natural
ecological
maintenance
of
you
know.
We
have.
M
We
have
a
number
of
prairie
burnings
across
285
acres
of
our
community
and
it
reduces
mowing
and
helps
with
reducing
the
amount
of
chemicals
that
we
use
as
well.
When
you
talk
about
drainage,
we
have
requirements
or
we've
worked
to
remove
farming
from
city
land
adjacent
to
our
reservoirs.
Farming
occurs
on
some
of
the
richest
land
in
our
community,
but
with
that
comes
nitrates,
and
so,
when
you
have
a
situation
like
that,
where
farms
are
adjacent
to
reservoirs,
you
can
have
nitrate
runoff.
So
we
work
hard
to
remove
farming
operations
near
reservoirs.
M
You
talk
about
things
such
as
bioswells,
I'm
sorry
next
slide,
please
phil,
bile,
swells
and
natural
routing
features.
You
don't
notice
those
but
but
they're
they're
throughout
our
community,
where,
where
they're
they're
drains
and
natural
ditch-like
structures
that
are
built
to
route
water,
so
that
it's
it
we
don't
have
excessive
runoff.
Those
are
throughout
our
community.
So
again,
there
are
a
number
of
things
like
that
that
are
happening
that
are
perhaps
when
some
are
not
aware
or
folks
in
our
community
are
not
aware
of
it.
M
So
we
wanted
to
give
you
an
idea
of
some
of
the
things
that
we're
doing
part
of
the
initiative
request,
referenced
the
e
street
basin
and
the
the
hydraulic
modeling,
and
if
you'll
go
to
the
next
slide,
please
phil.
We
want
to
give
you
an
idea
of
some
of
the
things
that
are
happening
specific
to
those
projects
with
the
easter
egg
east
street
basin.
We've
seen
some
preliminary
designs,
that'll
be
coming
your
way
very,
very
soon.
M
We're
still
reviewing
those
where
you'll
have
wetland
entry
into
into
into
the
the
actual
structure
that
can
help
with
some
of
the
filtration
and
the
the
slowing
of
of
the
drainage
we
have
you'll
have
native
grasses
along
the
perimeter,
and
then
but
the
thing
we're
excited
about
is:
we've
talked
about
having
permeable
pavers
on
prairie
street
along
the
basin,
where
they're
not
just
completely
solid
structures
where
drainage
can
happen
throughout
the
pavers
as
it
goes
into
the
base,
and
so
that
it
it
is
allowed
to
soak
into
the
ground
versus
running
off
onto
adjacent
streets.
M
You
talk
about
some
of
the
sewer
separation
that
that
we
we're
doing
again,
bile
swells
that
we
talked
about.
It
will
be
a
significant
part
of
that
and
smaller
things
like
rain
gardens
and
other
possibilities
as
space
and
funds.
Allow.
M
We've
had
some
preliminary
conversations
with
you
about
the
downtown
street
gate
project
and
again
working
to
build
in
the
potential
for
bioswales
and
in
brain
gardens
and
other
other
things
that
can
help
with
drainage
as
part
of
that
proposed
development,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
tim
talked
about
as
as
a
question
as
we
go
through.
This
will
be
obviously
there's.
Never
enough
I'll
say
it
that
way,
but
we
are,
we
are
doing
a
number
of
different
things
and
we'll
do
more.
M
The
question
to
you
will
become
you
know:
is
the
committee
something
that
you
want
to
do
based
on
some
of
the
things
that
we're
showing
that
we
are
already
doing?
And
if
so
we
do
have
a
possible
structure
for
a
committee.
Should
you
choose
to
move
forward
with
that
and
so
I'll
save
that
for
the
end,
if
you
don't
mind
the
possible
structure
and
we
can
get
to
that
question
at
the
end,
okay
phil,
can
you
go
through
two
slides
one
more
and
then
one
more?
M
Thank
you,
sir.
The
next
initiative
that
we'll
discuss
was
requested
by
alderman
former
alder
person,
jamie
mathe
and
next
slide.
Please
phil:
this
was
the
request
where
he
talked
about
wanting
to
create
an
incentive
program
for
areas
identified
as
areas
and
preservation
areas
in
the
2015-2035
comprehensive
plan
that
was
called
bringing
on
bloomington.
There
were
areas
identified
by
those
titles
that
I'll
show
on
the
next
slide.
M
Next
slide,
please
phil,
I
don't
know
if
everyone
was
familiar
with
where
those
areas
actually
were,
but
the
orange
area
was
identified
as
what
is
known
as
what
is
called
a
preservation
area
and
the
pink
fuchsia-ish
color
is
identified
as
in
a
regeneration
area.
Generally.
Very
generally,
I
think
we
all
we
know
the
community.
M
We
all
know
and
agree
that
those
areas
are
areas
where
we
want
to
work
to
make
physical
improvements
to
housing
and
some
of
the
other
issues
being
faced
very
generally.
In
the
regeneration
area,
there
is
a
higher
concentration
of
properties
with
declining
property
values.
There
are
some
socioeconomic
issues
that
go
on
that
we
as
a
community
are
and
should
be
willing
to
address
some
of
the
some
of
those
challenges
have
made
private
investment
difficult
and
again
they're
it's
an
area
that
is
targeted
as
one
that
needs
some.
Some
care
I'll
say
it
that
way.
M
The
preservation
area
is
one
that
has
probably
the
highest
combination
of
concentration
of
historic
homes,
but
some
of
them
are
older
and
again
over
the
years
they
some
have
fallen
into
disrepair,
need
some
assistance
as
well.
So
those
are
the
two
areas
that
he
talked
about
targeting
for
an
incentive
program
simultaneously,
there
has
been
a
housing
study
commissioned
by
the
edc.
M
M
It's
looking
at
all
of
those
different
things
and
helping
us
to
identify
what
our
needs
are
and
what
we
should
be
prioritizing,
and
so
our
recommendation
is.
Obviously
we
don't
want
to
wait
too
long,
but
it
would
be
to
wait
to
create
that
program
that
incentive
program
whatever
it
would
be
until
that
program.
That
study
was
completed
and
it's
not
far
off
where
they're,
anticipating
that
it'll
be
done
by
the
end
of
april,
and
so,
but
that
study
will
give
us,
in
our
opinion,
a
better
idea.
M
M
If
we
were
to
allow
that
study
to
help
us
to
drive
our
program
in
what
we
would
be
financing
through
incentives,
so
our
recommendation
would
be
to
wait
to
get
that
study
and
then
base
what
we
would
propose,
at
least
in
part,
on
what
that
study
identified
as
as
priorities
and
again
the
bullet.
Talking
about
our
being
in
a
rare
place
in
illinois,
you
know
we're
a
community
where
we've
got
population
stable
population
we've
got
good
good
wages,
we've
got
wages
that
are
above
national
averages.
M
Some
of
the
associate
needs
associated
with
those
things
are
related
to
housing
and
what
we
want
to
see
happen
here
and
so
again.
Another
reason
we
believe
to
be
more
intentional.
Instead
of
simply
simply
creating
an
incentive
program
that
may
or
may
not
fund
those
things
that
we,
the
study,
identifies
as
being
necessary.
The
next
slide,
please
phil,
and
we
also
wanted
to
give
you
an
idea
of
some
of
the
possibilities
for
incentive
examples.
M
There
are
some
areas
that
we
know
have
had
need
some
upgrades
to
infrastructure,
maybe
some
of
our
programs
target
infrastructure
that
being
sidewalks
and
sewers
and
water,
but
also
things
that
are
talked
about
now,
like
ev
charging
stations
and
and
community
wi-fi,
especially
in
some
areas
that
struggle
to
access
wi-fi
right
now
we
don't
want
to
simply
focus
on.
We
know
this
on
new
construction.
M
Existing
properties
need
some
help
as
well.
You
know,
could
this
program
involve
weatherization
and
new
windows
and
roofs
and
porches
and
paint?
We
do
some
of
that
work
now.
But
maybe
this
study
will
identify
and
show
us
that,
by
investing
more
in
those
kinds
of
things
we
can
we
can
move
the
needle
forward
faster
in
making
some
of
the
improvements
in
some
of
these
areas
and
so
really
just
wanted
to
give
an
idea
of
some
of
the
things
that
we
can
do
and
that's
obviously
not
an
all
exhaustive
list
as
well.
M
But
again
with
this,
we
would
recommend
getting
the
study
back
and
building
the
findings
of
that
study
into
a
program
that
we
would
create
versus
simply
saying
we'll.
Do
a
b
c
and
d,
and
it
maybe
doesn't
accomplish
what
we
want
to
accomplish.
The
other
thing
I
want
to
say
is
that,
especially
in
the
regeneration
area,
we
don't
want
to
assume
that
the
residents
who
live
there
now,
while
some
of
the
properties
have
fallen
into
disrepair.
We
don't
want
to
assume
that
that
they
want
more
of
saying
and
so
by
asking
the
questions
of
people.
F
F
Thank
you
very
much
number
three.
The
third
council
initiative
is
alderman
becker's.
It's
the
cost
reduction
opportunities
next
slide.
F
We
were
charged
to
find
ways
to
reduce
costs
as
an
offset
to
come
to
the
coming
spending.
This
efficiency
gain
can
be
much
better
source
of
available
money
than
increasing
the
taxpayer
burden
start
focus
on
options
for
consolidations
and
cooperation
between
entities
and
departments
gain
the
cost,
reductions
and
efficiencies
next
slide.
F
Additionally,
the
goal
is
1.5
million
to
2
million
dollars
in
savings.
Beginning
focus
areas
are
with
the
bloomington
election
commission
county
spinning
overlap,
emergency
call
center,
which
would
be
metcom,
and
our
bloomington
police
and
fire
departments,
dispatch
center
city,
township
administration
and
the
ultimate
municipal
savings
through
internal
opportunities.
Next
slide.
F
Cost
reduction
opportunities
potential
next
steps
established
formalized
intergovernmental,
meaning
schedule
changes
should
be
collaborative
statutory
considerations,
limited
in
time
and
scope
and
a
deliverable
report
of
possible
efficiencies
regarding
the
bloomington
dispatch
of
metcom
and
continued
space
master
planning
with
the
county
and
then
city
savings
report
as
a
part
of
the
finance
director
reports
before
the
next
budget
cycle,
some
additional
actually
next
slide
phil
and
actually
do
me.
A
favor
go
back
kind
of
comment
to
some
of
the
things
that
already
occur
on
a
regular
basis.
F
We
share
this
building
that
we're
currently
in
it's
owned
by
the
public
building.
Commission,
the
county
and
the
city
are
both
tenants
but
have
a
working
relationship
with
previous
county
administrators
as
we
do
currently
with
cassie
taylor.
The
county
administrator
she's
actually
proposed
a
few
weeks
ago
to
do
a
master
plan
space
study
for
this
space
to
see
what
opportunities
we
have
past
conversations
that
are
at
the
very
beginning
but
curious.
You
know
what
opportunities
do
we
have
to
consolidate
some
of
the
resources
that
we
have
in
this
building?
F
Do
we
have
an
opportunity
to
combine
facilities?
Do
we
have
an
opportunity
to
create
the
hub
as
the
true
entry
point
of
you
know,
in
the
first
point
of
contact
for
not
just
the
city
but
also
the
county,
so
there's
other
opportunities
township.
Those
discussions
have
yet
to
begin,
have
had
very
brief
conversations
with
miss
skillrood
in
the
past.
F
The
bloomington
election
commission
is
one
that
I
will
point
out
that
when
we
were
constructing
the
hub
and
building
this
really,
it
was
built
around
the
bloomington
election
commission.
They
were
on
the
fourth
floor
of
this
building.
The
idea
was
to
move
them
down
to
the
street
level
to
make
them
more
accessible
to
the
public,
also
tie
into
what
the
county
clerk's
office
provides
the
community
as
well
as
we're
aware
they
hired
a
new
executive
director.
F
So
while
they
were
very
much
part
of
the
conversation
as
we
were
building
out
the
hub,
a
new
executive
director
comes
in,
and
this
is
no
criticism,
but
it
was
her
professional
opinion
that
the
bloomington
election
commission
move
out
of
the
space
and
there
was
a
cost.
You
know
for
constructing
that
to
the
tune
of
several
thousand
dollars.
So
we
have
explored
some
of
the
consolidation
opportunities
and
those
continue.
F
Possibly
a
suggestion
is
that
we
formalize
that
and
that
possibly
will
satisfy,
but
definitely
more
to
come
next
slide
phil.
This
is
the
sole
slide
on
alderwoman
ward's
initiative
to
reduce
gun
violence.
Just
a
brief
update.
I
know
it
isn't
the
only
slide,
that's
what
the
initiative
asks
for.
Is
there
an
additional
slide?
F
We've
also
learned
from
senator
dave
state
senator
dave
kaler
that,
with
the
approval
of
the
state
budget,
goes
into
effect
july,
1st
through
july
30th,
that
there
is
a
500
000
line
item
for
the
city
of
bloomington
and
also
a
500
000
lion
item
for
the
town
of
normal
and
it's
titled.
I
believe
violence,
prevention
initiative
and
it's
to
address
crime
reduction
and
violence
prevention,
and
this
is
going
to
be
a
grant.
F
That's
administered
through
dceo
alderwoman
ward
was
made
aware
of
this
along
with
mayor
miller
whamway,
and
this
was
just
two
very
quick
updates
regarding
this
and
definitely
more
to
come.
F
A
I
certainly
appreciate
the
time
invested
in
these
initiatives,
although
you
had
quite
a
few
things
on
your
plate,
particularly
the
budget,
and
certainly
look
forward
to
our
future
developments
in
all
these
areas.
Are
there
any
questions?
I
don't
being
told
that
there
are
no
lights.
A
Oh
okay,
I
think
councilmember
ward
is
that
correct.
I
Yeah,
I
will
just
add
to
what
was
said
about
the
the
gun
violence
commission
initiative,
that
I
have
drawn
up
a
basic
structure
for
a
proposed,
a
proposed
basic
structure
for
the
commission,
and
that
is
in
the
hands
of
the
city
manager
and
to
add
a
little
bit
of
detail
in
terms
of
of
drawing
from
community
groups
for
membership.
On
the
commission,
there
is
quite
a
bit
of
support
from
various
community
groups
for
participation
in
a
commission
like
this.
A
Okay,
thank
you,
councilmember
ward
and
that's
councilmember
bowling.
B
Yeah
I
just
I
just
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
staff
specifically
because
I
know
that
these
initiatives
it
was
voted
to
move
them
forward
for
further
discussion,
but
with
the
council
initiative
process,
staff
really
should
not
be
putting
this
much
work
in,
in
my
opinion,
until
the
council
has
voted
to
put
it
forward
for
staff
to
do
the
work.
B
A
K
Thank
you
mayor,
you
know
I'll
just
say
I
think
we
did
follow
the
process
here
and
we
all
voted
that
staff
would
do
some
work
on
these
initiatives
and
I'm
happy
with
the
work
that
staff
has
done
just
a
couple
of
quick
comments
on
the
green
infrastructure
initiative.
K
I
also
think
we
should
look
at
what
other
communities
are
doing
kind
of
what
you
know.
What's
the
latest
and
greatest
right,
you
know.
I
know
that
initially
idling
reduction
technology
was
kind
of
a
new
thing,
but
now
we're
doing
it,
you
know
having
all
electric
garbage.
K
Trucks
is
a
little
too
much
out
there,
but
at
least
we
know
somebody's
doing
it
and
then
on
the
the
housing
there's
a
reference
to
land
banking,
and
just
I
I
know
I
had
mentioned
something
about
that
to
tim
a
while
ago.
But
what
does
it
mean
in
this
presentation
of
land,
banking.
K
Yeah-
and
I
know
that
you
know
the
city
owns
a
number
of
abandoned
houses-
vacant
lots
that
type
of
thing
that
could
be
part
of
this
and
then
see
also,
I
think,
in
if
we're
considering
giving
you
know
helping
people
revitalize
their
properties,
I
think
we'll.
We
need
to
be
careful
about
how
we
structure
it.
K
If
we
look
at
the
rust
grant,
for
instance,
I
don't
think
that's
being
used
much
if,
if
at
all,
because
even
the
25
percent
that
we're
asking
people
to
put
up
front
can
be
a
burden
and
no
they
and
and
they
don't
get
reimbursed
at
all
until
the
work
has
been
done,
so
they
pretty
much
have
to
put
100
up
front,
which
is
you
know,
which
is
prohibitive
for
most
small
business
owners,
you
know
downtown
to
make
their
buildings
accessible.
K
And,
finally,
I
think
we
need
to
address-
and
jamie's
mentioned
this
before
with
regard
to
outside
companies,
buying
houses
and
then
renting
them
out.
I
think,
if
that's
a
new,
you
know
we
need
to
think
of
of
that
as
an
issue
you
know
to
address.
So
that's
it.
Thank
you.
A
Okay,
thank
you
very
much.
Councilmember
creville,
I'm
not
seeing
any
other
lights
and
believe
it
or
not.
I
can
see
them
all
from
here,
so
we
are
gonna,
go
ahead
and
move
on
to
the
next
item
on
the
agenda.
F
We
just
had
one
question:
I'm
going
to
hand
it
back
to
the
deputy
city
manager,
it
was
on
council
initiative
number
two.
M
Thank
you
and
really
that
question
was
based
on
some
of
the
things
that
are
happening
and
again
it's
not
all
it's
not
an
exhaustive
list.
Do
you
want
to
proceed
with
the
establishment
of
a
committee
and
that's
a
obviously
a
council
question,
a
green,
a
green
initiative
committee?
Sorry
and
that's
for
you.
J
Yeah,
thank
you
for
the
exhaustive
response
and
I
do
appreciate
the
time
you
took
to
prepare.
I
would
say
that
at
this
point
I
would
want
to
get
more
information
from
people
in
the
community
who
know
a
lot
more
and
have
greater
expertise
and
see
if,
if
there
is
a
way
forward
that
would
that
would
make
sense
to
establish
some
kind
of
committee.
J
A
Thank
you,
okay!
Thank
you,
hello,
councilman,
councilmember,
warren.
A
No
okay,
all
right!
Thank
you!
So,
moving
on
to
the
next
item
on
the
agenda
and
thanks
again
staff
for
all
your
work
on
this
city
manager,
discussion
manager,
google,.
F
D
F
This
and
I
know
that
we
have
already
and
then
party
for
the
planet
events
all
april
long
at
the
miller
next
slide,
please
prairie
vista
and
highland,
and
the
den
all
three
city
courses
are
open
for
the
season
very
well
attended
as
scott
rathbun,
the
finance
director
has
shared
in
the
past.
F
F
I
know
weather
didn't
quite
cooperate,
but
it
was
ready
and
it
became
the
business
owner's
decision
if
they
were
going
to
offer
that
up
to
patrons.
But
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
did
not
just
give
a
special
thank
you
to
some
of
the
city
staff
in
the
economic
community,
development
department,
katherine
dunlap
and
chris
mcallister,
and
the
clerk's
office
amanda
stutzman
public
works,
phil,
allen,
colleen,
winterland
and
her
crews
and
then
in
parks.
Dave,
lamb
and
bobby
mays
did
an
excellent
job
for
us.
F
So
I
wanted
to
recognize
them
and
then
next
week
for
our
last
council
meeting
in
april,
we
have
a
fair
amount
of
economic
development
items.
That's
very
exciting
that
will
be
coming
before.
Council
we've,
prep
council
in
my
city
manager
update
more
to
come
this
week
and
then
also
we
have
a
fair
number
of
fiscal
year
end
purchases
that
is
not
uncommon,
as
we
close
out
the
fiscal
year,
it's
by
design
and
most
are
budgeted
items,
and
that
will
be
coming
out
when
the
agenda's
posted
as
well.
F
A
Okay,
thank
you
very
much.
I
was
deleted.
I
think
at
this
time
we
do
not
have
any
other
items
for
executive
sessions,
so
I
will
entertain
a
motion
to
adjourn
I'll
make
that
motion
motion
by
council
member
bolden.
Is
there
a
second.
A
Okay,
it
looks
like
cash
number
motley
correct,
yes,
okay,
thank
you
always
in
favor,
say
the
power
by
saying
hi,
hi
hi.
Okay,
we
are.