City of Bloomington, Indiana Board of Park Commissioners, 25 Feb 2020

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Okay, it is four o'clock, so we will call to order the february meeting of the.

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Bloomington board of park commissioners, so first could we have the roll call.

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Please kim kathleen mills here, les coyne israel.

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Herrera all right, and then we have the consent calendar, which is made up of.

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Approval of minutes from the last meeting claim submitted non, reverting.

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Budget items business report- oh sorry, business. It shows that it's on.

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Am I on okay, business report, okay and a little bit of declaration of surplus, so.

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We've all had these since last week, thanks to kim so we have a motion to.

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Approve the consent calendar.

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Okay, all right all those in favor, please say: aye aye motion carried.

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All right and then we next move on to section b, which is our public comment.

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Period and we obviously have some items on the agenda that people might be.

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Especially interested in commenting on so I just want to clarify if you haven't.

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Been here before, even if you have so, the public comment period is specifically.

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For items that are not on the agenda so as examples we've had people come and.

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Say not on the agenda. Why is why can you smoke in this park right next to my.

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House or you know, how can this playground be fixed up in this park in.

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My neighborhood so things not on today's agenda. So if you have any comment of.

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That type not pertaining to an agenda item you can come up to the podium and.

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If you have a comment related to an agenda item, we will certainly welcome.

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That just a little bit later on in the meeting. So yes, please and I think.

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There's a sign-in sheet there, so we can get your name as well.

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So is the is the timer running? Oh yes, sorry. I failed to mention yeah we're.

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Gonna allow people to minutes tonight and I think kim's gonna run the timer.

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For us, since we yeah perfect okay, thank you, yeah, happy to.

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So my name's thomas westgard and I live in bloomington and I asked about the.

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Timer because I last time I was here, I complimented you on having the system of.

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The timer, because there was some issue with people feeling like they got.

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Different amounts of time and and this person didn't get enough and that person.

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Got more so this really makes it a lot more fair, and I appreciate that and also.

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I think there was a louder bell that you know just helped clarify things, so I it.

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The thing about the timer and the bell is that makes it there's. You know the.

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Fair rule that everybody follows like the in the two minute thing like.

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Everybody gets two minutes, that's how it ought to be. There are basic rules that.

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We all follow, and so with that in mind,.

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The the opposite of that is a content-based restriction which can.

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Either discriminate based on the viewpoint or the subject matter for.

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Example, the law regulating the subject matter of speech would be a city.

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Ordinance that forbids all picketing in front of a school except for labor.

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Picketing because then that would be, you know allowing the unions or anti-union.

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People to have speak, but you know not letting people who I don't know have.

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Opinions about smoking or something so that would be content-based so that.

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It favors one subject over another in deciding who's allowed to speak, so an.

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Example of a law that regulates the speaker's viewpoint would be the policy.

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Of government official who pro-life proponents to speak on.

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Government property but band pro-choice proponents because their views in is.

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That, oh, I'm done. Okay, all right! Thank you! It's thomas right, yeah! Thank you.

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Is it starting okay, hi? My name is alex good lad and I.

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Would just like to thank the parks board for having kathleen mills moderate and.

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Well not was going who interrupts his own meetings and threatens to shut it.

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Down thanks so much okay, alright, thank you. Sweetie.

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Provides a china he patch it nanak, deshita jahna yetta, not clueless slough,.

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China is tech, poor buddha. I came here to participate in.

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This meeting as a citizen of bloomington, I read you a rather strange poem by anna.

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Madhava there's a lot going on that is perhaps reminiscent of totalitarian.

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Regimes in this society breaking of rules, the shattering of free speech, it's.

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Also, really, rather lunch box stuff compared to what people have really.

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Suffered in the world, but we walk down certain paths and live certain lives and.

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It's important to respect order and process, so I'm going to continue.

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Speaking for five four, three, two well, not one second,.

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Twenty seconds, I guess, there's a lot you can see. I never really find myself at a.

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Loss for words, but I think this parks board needs to consider its role in the.

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World and its role in this city- and I suppose that's my time all right. Thank.

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You all right, I don't see anyone else at the podium for the public comment period.

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So we'll move into the other business and just by way of explanation, I know.

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There may be some people here interested in c16, the community farmers market rules of behavior. We do have that later on the.

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Agenda just because the parks board or the parks department, rather can't can't.

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Function unless the a lot of these other items are taken care of in a timely way,.

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Getting paid to local businesses and putting on local events, so we do have.

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Some of those first to ensure that we can get those done so first up is the.

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Review of partnership agreement with buzz kirk chumley theater management.

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Paula hammock devitt this month to recommend approval of a second amendment.

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To the 2019 bus, curt chumley, theater management partnership agreement at the.

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January meeting I presented the first amendment. They have had a change in.

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Leadership and the management team was was currently interviewing for their new.

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Director so it's been difficult to finalize the 2020 agreement, so we want.

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To keep the conversation going, we did meet a few times with them in february.

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We plan to meet with them and their new director who has just been hired and.

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We'd like to welcome him, so we will be bringing the full 2020 partnership.

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Agreement to you at your march meeting and introduce the new director, so this.

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Amendment is just to keep in place the 2019 partnership agreement with buskirk.

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Chumley theater management, okay, so sort of keep it.

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Keep us on a status quo and that's meet lee director. Okay, all right.

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So so do we have a motion on this one right? I move all right all those in.

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Favor of the partnership agreement- oh I'm sorry, any public comment or question about this item.

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Sorry, did you have the timer again.

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Okay, thomas westgard, again on c1 the review and approval of the partnership.

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Agreement with the bus, kurt chumley, theater management, with paula mcdevitt.

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We all know and cherish the united states constitution dearly. So in honor.

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Of the second amendment, I will read the second amendment to the contract, which.

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Is second amendment to the partnership agreement, this agreement, amendment.

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Entered into this blank day of march 2020, by and between the city of.

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Bloomington indiana its board of parks, commissioners, which used the term parks.

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Board later in the contract and its redevelopment commission, which just.

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Shortened to commission or collectively all of that is the city and bct.

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Management, inc and indiana nonprofit corporation and that's called bct m.

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Witnesses, whereas parties entered into a partnership agreement for management of.

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The bus, kirk chumley theater with an effective date of january 1st 2019, the.

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Original agreement and whereas the parties entered into a first agreement.

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To the original agreement that extended the term of the original agreement until.

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March 4th 2020, which was you know just a couple days ago, and whereas the parties.

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Are continuing their negotiations regarding the new partnership agreement.

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For 2020 and whereas it's in the public interest that the term of the original.

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Agreement be extended further until april 1st 2020 or until a new agreement.

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Is reached now, therefore, it is agreed between the parties hereto that.

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Paragraph 3 of article 2 duration of agreement shall be amended to read as.

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Follows this agreement shall be in full force? In effect from january 1st, 2019.

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Until april 1st 2020, unless replaced by a new sorry, thank you hi, how are you.

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I am firmly against an interpretation of the second amendment that does not.

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Provide for the creation of a well-regulated theatre according to the.

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Amendment, whereas parties entered into a partnership agreement for management of.

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The bus, kirk chumley theater with an effective date of january 1st 2019.

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Original agreement and whereas the parties entered into a first amendment.

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To the original agreement that extended the term of the original agreement until.

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March 4th 2020 and whereas the parties are continuing their negotiations.

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Regarding the new partnership agreement for 2020, I don't understand where, as in.

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The context of regulation, there is no provision for the creation of a theater.

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Militia or for the fact that our rights should not be infringed of this delicate.

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And pressing matter- and I have another full minute, so I think what do you guys.

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Think I should do well. You know I did take a lot of time this last summer, in.

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The market- it was quite an enlightening experience. I spent probably five months.

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Looking at white nationalist every single day, every single saturday and.

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That's a problem for me: it's been a problem for a very long time and I can't.

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Believe that there are so many people sitting right here, looking at us with.

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What is this feigned faint interest? Is that what it is, because we don't.

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Tolerate the intolerant, that's the problem, that's what we've lost. We don't.

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Tolerate intolerance, because we therefore lose our own tolerance, because.

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Those will overwhelm us is that clear.

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Thank you. I would just like to also comment if, if there's to be, let's say 10.

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Or 15, or even 20 minutes before the vote of each one of these other items I mean.

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That's that's fine. There's public comment. We would ask that it would be.

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Relevant to the item that we're actually voting on and also if we don't get to.

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All of these items than what's essentially happening is we're we're.

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Hijacking the other things on the agenda which may be well okay, so perhaps you.

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Don't care about bloomington soccer or tennis or invasive species or artisan.

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Contracts, well, I understand that. Well, we have a place on the agenda to discuss.

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That and we're fully expecting to have plenty of comments at that place, but it.

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Does I guess, I'm frustrated to think that.

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These other things may not actually even happen in the next couple of months. If.

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We can't get to their approval this evening, so I just put that out there and.

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I would ask people while we're voting on a particular motion, if you could make.

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Your comments, please relevant to that mode to that motion go right ahead.

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Hi, I have a little I mean not so much a statement, but just some relevant theater.

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History that I think we should take into account with this item so for the first.

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25 years of its existence, the indiana theatre was racially segregated.

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African-American patrons were only permitted to sit in the theaters balcony.

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While white patrons could sit anywhere, the situation changed in 1948. The.

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Theaters manager, a b clark made a phone call to, and I apologize for butchering.

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The same but george taliaferro, a popular african-american football player at.

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Indiana university clark invited taliaferro to bring a date to the.

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Indiana theater and sit wherever he liked because of tala fear of status as.

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A sports hero, nobody challenged his right to sit anywhere in the theater. The.

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Next week he sat on the main floor again this time with another african-american.

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Football player and their dates again, no one challenged them and thus the indiana.

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Theatre quietly became racially integrated in the late 1960s college.

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Small cinema opened up on bloomington's east side, creating suburban competition.

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For the indiana and other town movie theaters, this was a period of.

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General decline for the city's downtown and the future of indiana became even.

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Less certain, when the last of the theaters original owners, again apologies.

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Nova von der schmidt died in 1974. The indiana was excuse me, yet the indiana.

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Theatre was spared of closing when the illinois based movie che and kara saudis.

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Theater stepped up and brought the theater in 1976 under kara saudis.

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Theater management, the indiana theatre continued to show movies for another 20.

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Years in january, 1995 that theater closed and two months after that, the.

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Company's east side cineplex went from six to eleven screens, so I mentioned.

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This because the fate of the downtown building was in question until 1995, when.

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That, when carrie studies donated the theater to the bloomington arts council.

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And I don't have time, unfortunately finish all this, but I think this sort of.

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Past is the kind of thing that we need more aware to solve. Thank you.

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These actor roles from the customer and vendor interactions, the following.

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Conduct is prohibited in the market activity areas picketing demonstrating.

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Yelling, excessive and unreasonable noise making, I guess, unreasonable noise making.

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Mean singing because that's what we got arrested for last year, if I remember.

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Right conducting hidden in the flow of pedestrian or access to a vendor and or.

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Other conduct disrupting market activities, market staff will then ask.

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Any persons violating these prohibiting to relocate to a free speech area which.

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I actually still would like to know where that's at I've been told two.

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Different things, one it's in the information le into by a person on the.

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Council, they don't know, I'm sorry to intro. We actually are going to talk.

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About all of that, when that is up on the agenda but scrying the doors at my time.

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Place? Okay? Okay, if this is not successful market staff successful by.

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Market staff will contact the bloomington police department, bpd bpd.

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Will reiterate the request to move, and if this is not successful, the individual.

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May be subject to arrest which, like I said, I guess singing, is disruptive and.

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Trespasses, I still they're saying that, because from my.

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Interest in the public property, no one in this room owns the market property.

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Second of all, since I got 24 23 22 21 seconds, let's talk about how saf stands.

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Have came up to me personally, one person told me that they thought I needed to be.

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Euthanized, like in hitler days, another person, transgender friend of mine, was.

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Told harassing and bashing nothing was done about that, but I don't understand.

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The cfc is still there and they're suing the city, but you still allow makes no.

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Sense, thank you. Thank you, hello. My name is nate. I live here just like you. Do.

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Miss mills- I just want to thank you for your comment and let you know that I.

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That I absolutely value bloomington soccer. You know mc tennis and monroe.

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County martial arts, specifically in regards to reviewing and approving the.

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Partnership amendment with buskirk chumley, theater management. I have a few.

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Remarks but first just a quick comment about the story about george taliaferro.

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It's legendary legendary man, legendary story and, as I heard it, he walked into.

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The theater, I think, on a tuesday afternoon when black blue man, tony ins,.

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Were not allowed to see a film there and he walked in with the screwdriver, and he.

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Removed the whites only sign from the wall he put in his pocket and he went.

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And sat down and he kept that as a trophy and there's some really good.

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Photographs of it floating around, I mean what an amazing story about bloomington.

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So yeah, sorry about that. Look about the theater.

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I'm sorry that was rude. So look paulo mcdevitt at the time.

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Director on december 11th 2018, the department then entered into a.

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Partnership with bcg management incorporated to manage the 2019 buzz.

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Kirk chumley theater season in the original agreement, the duration of the.

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Agreement was from january 1st 2019 through all the way until december. Ok,.

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Thank you for your time. Thank you.

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Howdy everyone, as we all know, the bus, kirk chumley, the big theater with the.

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Indiana side has been a fixture in this town since 1922, but as it leads.

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Environmentally certified is it a park? Is it a green space and should a.

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Contract be entered there and because of now we all like holding car my bullet.

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Chlorines pork, tenderloin sandwiches- and you know I'm here to tell you that since.

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1922 we've also liked theater. You know one day a guy named herman b welles came.

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Into this town and decided to give everyone a good kick in the behind a.

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Bath and show you how to open foreign language departments- and you know funnel.

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Great scholars into the cia build this town into the. What are they called? What.

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Is the mayor called the blueberry and the tomatoes.

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So I I just like to say thank you all for the knock-up job you're doing and.

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Any contract that you can manage with any of the fine people in this town, it.

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Surely appreciated and honestly, on a more serious note, we all care about.

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Local activities- I'm not from here- I have literally nothing to do with this.

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Place but I've come to love it and more than my mockery can sustain me. Every.

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Item you work on and you three work on, and everyone who is employed by this.

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City works on is affected by justice and by racial justice in particular. So you.

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Think about it and you think about the people. Who've had to sit in the back.

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While you sit in the front and I'll leave you your ten seconds, you so all.

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Those in favor of the agreement with buster chumley theater management- please.

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Say aye hi motion carried next up. We have just.

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Klein with the review of a partnership agreement with iu health, hi good.

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Afternoon, I'm jack lime, I'm the health and.

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Wellness coordinator for the city of bloomington parks department, I'm here to.

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You here today to talk about the approval of the partnership agreement with iu health bloomington. This partnership has been established for.

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About 10 years now, and we both work together on the health.

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And wellness of the community, we have a strategic action plan that follows: eight.

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Strategic parts and those include sports medicine, marketing, employee wellness and.

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Health and wellness resources, the respective teams, will, we will continue.

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To meet annually to of reevaluate the partnership agreement make changes as we.

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See necessary and then move forward from year to year. There are no major changes.

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From last year, okay yeah- this has been ongoing for some time. Sports medicine.

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Employee wellness, as you say so, all right questions. Are we ready for a.

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Motion, okay, do we have any public comment or questions about iu health.

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Partnership agreement.

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And please again, if I could remind you of you, if you have comments related to.

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The market item, if you could please save those for the market portion of the.

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Agenda, thank you sure. Of course, I my name is.

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Tom and I'm a resident of bloomington, I have been treated at iu health and I got.

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A really good care- I was very happy with the care that they gave me. I was.

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Saddened to hear that recently- and I guess maybe if there's someone from iu.

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Health here they could confirm this, but my friend said that he tried to go to.

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The walk-in clinic- and they said that you have to make an appointment at the.

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Walk-In clinic which seemed weird because it's a walk-in clinic and.

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Supposedly, you would, you know, just walk in and not have to make an appointment.

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But I guess maybe they're swamped. I know a lot of people are sick these days, but.

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I don't know, maybe they should change the name. I know he was very sick anyway.

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So one of the one of the key people at iu health, you know with where you're.

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Making the contract is dennis murphy he's the president and the chief.

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Executive officer of iu health, which is the largest healthcare system in indiana,.

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I'm sure you've driven I've driven all over the state and it's kind of amazing.

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How often, while you're going down the highway you'll see iu health so.

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Definitely they they have the size to handle the volume here.

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He joined iu health in 2013 as the chief operating officer, so he came in.

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Basically, that's one level lower and he's guided iu health as it builds a.

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Larger market role in value-based care and he enhanced outpatient care and.

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That's really important, because hospitals are keeping people in for.

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Shorter amounts of time now so the outpatient care is really crucial to the.

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Quality of service also virtual visits, which saves people a lot of time. You.

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Know for things where you don't actually to be in the room with the doctor: okay,.

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Thank you. Thank you, hi again, also a resident of.

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Bloomington, I wasn't gonna talk about my experience by health, but since you.

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Brought it up, I have never been told to get an appointment, although it's been.

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Many years since I've tried to go to the walk-in clinic, but they did not accept.

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My I you health insurance when I did go there few years ago. I thought that was.

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Strange, I don't know if that's changed since then, but nevertheless I think that.

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They have expanded sort of beyond what they're capable of of the service.

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Providing good services to people, I think that's a consideration. However, you.

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Know the people who are involved in this contract seem to be good people for the.

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Most part who are trying to bring some services to this place, so one of them is.

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Gary d, henry ott, a lifelong resident of lafayette, indiana henry I graduated from.

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Purdue university's krannert school of industrial management, he is currently.

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The chairman of henry ott group, an insurance risk management and employees.

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Benefits firm with clients throughout the midwest, so very reputable henriette.

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Has been with the firm for over 40 years, and I don't know if the name is taken.

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From him, but I'm assuming there's a connection there.

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He has been an active also in addition to his work, an active community.

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Volunteer recognized by several groups for his leadership. Currently he serves.

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On the board of the iu health, west, central region and chairs its committee.

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On quality and safety, henry ott is also president of the city of lafayette board.

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Of public works and safety, he chairs the wabash heartland innovation network and.

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Serves on the boards of the community foundation of greater lafayette, the art.

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Museum of greater lafayette foundation and l thc homeless services, which he.

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Founded henry ott also serves on the purdue athletic affairs committee and is.

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Active with the united way of greater lafayette chairing its community.

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Commitment to education, so I think we can be grateful for these people.

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Involvement, thank you. I also was not going to share my.

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Experience with iu health, I had a I had to go. I had to hit the emergency room.

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And get a quick pain shot and an x-ray and it cost $1,700. I feel like that's.

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Fairly exorbitant, considering that I wasn't even there for a half an hour so.

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And that's that's just one story: I've heard a lot of stories, one of my biggest.

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Issues with the healthcare system as an iiu health helps pervade. This is that.

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Insurance companies are designed to tell us no and we've already seen evidence of.

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That, but just within the first two people that commented, so I think it's.

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And that's very indicative of the healthcare system in general, I have spoken a lot of health care providers recently and people that are directly.

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Involved with people and care in the health care industry- and they have.

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Stated all of them almost almost unanimously, have stated that they would.

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Never turn anyone away for care, but that they have to turn people away because of.

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Insurance, I think health represents that sector fairly. Well, the insurance sector has aware- and this this little aside is.

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About and nobles and nobles retired from eli, lilly and company after a 22-year.

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Career where she last served as a senior vice president for enterprise risk.

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Management and chief ethics and compliance officer she has served on the.

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Boards of director of iu health since 2011 and as board chair from 2014 to.

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2015 she also serves, as vice chair of the board of directors of citizens,.

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Energy group, hmm where she has served as either a trustee or member of the board.

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Of directors since 2000 nobel's has been a member of the board of trustees of the.

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Image indiana chapter of the nature conservancy since 2013 presently chairs.

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That board she is active in the work of her church. Second presbyterian church of.

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Indianapolis nobles holds bachelor's of art, bachelor of arts, degree of arts and.

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Masters of arts degrees from harvard university and anthropology, with a focus.

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On archeology, she received her jake. What is jd.

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A law degree from georgetown university. Thank you.

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Hi again, I'm nate from bloomington. I was born here a cradle bloomington ian. You.

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Might say I have some remarks, but briefly just would like to apologize to.

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Wtiu for moving your microphone earlier, I didn't see who it was from and I think.

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I was a little nervous. This is uncomfortable for me as public speaking.

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Is not exactly hmm you know something I'm good at.

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Anyway, regarding the agenda item, stephen g, more md has served as president and.

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Ceo of carden & associates since july of 2000 more an indiana native like myself,.

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Graduated from the indiana university school of medicine. Additionally, he.

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Trained at the mayo clinic in internal medicine and at john hopkins university.

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In preventing medicine, actually don't know what that is, and I'm not sure if I.

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Pronounced it correctly, where he earned his master of public health degree and.

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Spent one year as chief resident card on and associates has a 30-plus year.

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History of developing and managing communities for seniors in the state of.

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Indiana the company currently owns, operates or manages 21 communities for.

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Seniors throughout the state of indiana, these communities offer skilled nursing.

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And rehabilitation services, long-term care memory, care, assisted living senior.

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Housing apartment. Yes, thank you yeah. Thank you. Oh golly,.

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I'm historian by trade and memory care probably means something different to me.

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That it means die you health. Ultimately, I I've had the experience when my health.

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Insurance wasn't accepted and I'm curious as to the nature of the contract.

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Between the parks, department and iu health, if one of the three percenters or.

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American vanguard or even an american identity movement member, were per se to.

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Shoot someone in the market would high you, health, be the one charged with.

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Mopping up the blood is that the nature of the contract, or is it just simply.

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About providing services to the parks, I guess I could have read the packet. I.

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Think I might wrap up. I just want to say one thing. Mr. hall here has been.

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Photographing people in this line, as they lined up, and I want to give you the.

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Opportunity to take a picture of me, so you can send it right to your friends.

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Sarah died mr. hall, any whose hands that it might make it into.

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Who are a physical, violent threat to the market into this town? Yes, go ahead and.

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Take a picture be proud of yourself. You, sir, are a gentleman. Thank you hi, my name.

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Is cassie and I wanted to first of all, I wanted to talk about iu health's mission.

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Statement and then afterwards, if there's enough time, I would like to discuss my.

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Own experiences with iu health- and this is read from the iu health websites.

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About us section and it's entitled harnessing the power of philanthropy to.

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Improve hoosiers health. I have a friend who actually pronounces it huger's, but.

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That's a different story: anyway, um indiana university health foundation, an.

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Entity of indiana university health harnesses the positive impact of.

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Philanthropy to support our goal to make indiana one of the healthiest states in.

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The nation, our approach, is to improve the health of individuals, community and.

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Our state, by focusing philanthropy on people, progress and partnerships.

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Foundations of iu health refers to the foundation's rosette representing iu.

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Health, which include local hospital based foundations, our integrated.

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Partnership with the rehabilitation hospital of indiana foundation and the.

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Flagship iu, health foundation critique and analyzed the mission statement well.

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So I think about their their mission statement to make indiana one of the.

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Healthiest states in the nation- and I remember a time when I was a victim of a.

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Violent crime and I was transported by ambulance which at the time was actually.

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Owned by indiana health, so when I got my you know, I was built for the time that I.

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Spent in the emergency room for my ambulance ride, it actually kind of.

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Bankrupted me and my time is up now. Yes, thank you. Leave you with that. All right.

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So again, mmm before we vote, I would just like to remind people. Yes, it is helpful.

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If you want to look at what is in the the packet pertaining to the agreement,.

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The agreement with iu health is on very specific terms. It is not to use an.

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Analogy the city council recently voted on towing ordinances. It's not a place.

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For every person, who's ever owned a car to get up and explain their background.

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Of owning a car, it was very specifically about towing, so this is very.

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Specifically about sports medicine, employee wellness, health and wellness.

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Resources etc. So all those in favor of this agreement, please say aye aye motion.

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Carried thank you and next up. We have the review.

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Of a contract with monster digital marketing from julie, raimi I'll, take it.

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Thank you good afternoon. My name is julie. Raimi.

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I'm the community relations manager with the city of bloomington parks and recreation department and I'm here to recommend approval of a service.

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Agreement with monster digital marketing to develop a visually appealing and.

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Technologically superior website for the twin lakes, recreation center, the twin.

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Lakes, recreation center is, of course, our sports fitness and wellness facility.

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Located on west bloomfield road, it is operated much like any other gym or.

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Fitness center in town with membership, based as well as a host of sports.

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Leagues and tournaments, especially for youth, the presence of.

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Like the agreement says, a technologically superior website would.

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Allow people who are looking for those kinds of services to be able to easily.

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Find them in cyberspace when they're searching for a gym in bloomington and.

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The company monster digital marketing is a locally owned company, with a great.

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Reputation among the websites that it has developed the total amount of the.

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Contract is not to exceed six thousand seven hundred ninety five dollars and.

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That includes the research search engine optimization and the maintenance of the.

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Site with code updates, security updates and the like for the rest of the.

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Calendar year, okay, any questions about the agreement; okay, no motion; okay, okay,.

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Any public comment or questions specifically about the agreement with.

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Monster digital marketing for the twin lakes, recreation center, hi, I'm tom, I'm a.

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Bloomington resident just want to make sure that the timer's going so I get the.

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Correct amount, I I have some experience with digital marketing. I at one time I.

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Had a website that was about 300 pages and I invested quite a bit of time and.

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Energy in learning about search engine optimization, which is essential to.

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Digital marketing, because it's you know it most- people use google or there a few.

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Others like yahoo, duckduckgo and other popular search engines and that's.

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Usually the most common way that people connect with a website. There is.

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Obviously, the traditional marketing aspect of things like business cards or.

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Postcards or whatever, but most people are going through the search engines so.

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The digital marketing aspect is super important, but about monsters.

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Specifically, they they specialize in creating search engine optimized.

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Websites, which I really appreciate they, they can either build websites or.

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Optimize existing ones so that way the cities covered, whichever one is needed.

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And I was, I was really amused because this this company I mean monster, is a.

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It's a website for finding a job, but you know so they had to distinguish.

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Themselves and so the business advisor suggested that they not just go with.

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Bloomington seo, because that's super boring who would ever want to just be.

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Named bloomington seo, because also they do business all over the united states.

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So just limiting it to bloomington wouldn't make any sense and also seo. I.

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Don't know if I define that but search engine optimization seo, so he was.

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Looking around for a way to name it and he saw his fluffy white bichon frise ms.

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Monster and we have a photograph here of the dog. Alright, thank you, hello again. I.

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Love our parks and I really appreciate the opportunity to talk to you about.

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Something I'm also very passionate about which is high quality web design and the.

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What it can do, I think, a lot of people. You know assume you know what is a park.

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Need with with a state of the art website right, but in fact you know, I.

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Don't as someone who specializes in rhetoric, among other things, the.

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Importance of not only being able to get information to the public in in a way.

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That will actually be accessible to them, but but also in a way that will help.

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Them appreciate and understand better the information they're getting, and so I.

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Think that this contract with monster is an excellent idea. I hope that we will.

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Consider the importance of these sorts of things moving forward with, with all.

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Of our parks and you know monster, I would.

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A lot of the things that tom said and I'd also add that it's not just about.

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Creating a great looking website that you know can interest people it's much.

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More complicated, it really is about multi-modality and and introducing.

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People to information by helping them make the most of the intersection of.

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Word and image, and I think monster they have been many for many years.

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Demonstrating their prowess in that area, excuse me miss about that word.

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So just to quote from their own packets, it is important to present a.

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Well-Designed site not only to current customers but to prospects as well. We.

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Can provide you with the quality web design that is both easy to access and.

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Easy to navigate for your visitors, every site we build and host is fast fast.

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Loading maintained with up-to-date code secured against hacking and secured.

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Against malware, and I find that to be my experience as well, thank you hi. It's.

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Brandon again, I was reading the proposed contract with master digital marketing.

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Llc an article 9 stood out to me. It says article 9, opinions of probable cost all.

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Opinions of probable construction costs to be provided by contractors shall.

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Represent the best judgment of contractor, based upon the information currently available and upon the contractors background and experience.

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With respect to projects of this nature, it is recognized, however, that neither.

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Contractor nor the department has control over the cost of labor materials.

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Or equipment over contractors, method of determining cost for services or over.

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Competitive bidding marketing market or negotiating conditions accordingly,.

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Department cannot and does not warrant or represent that the proposals or.

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Construction bids received will not vary from the cost estimates provided.

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Persuade into this agreement, this does not seem correct to me.

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I think the contractor does have control over these things. Does the contractor.

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Have control over labor costs? I think they do. Does it go.

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Does a contract or have control over overly competitive bidding.

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I think they do does a contractor have control over negotiating conditions. I.

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Think they do does a contractor have control over their own method of.

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Determining costs for services, I think they do also a contractor- can and should.

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Have control over the costs of materials and equipment by seeking out various.

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Sources and comparing prices, therefore, I.

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Believe this contract, it's not accurate.

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And what it says, thank you. Thank you.

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Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished people, human beings of all types, it's my.

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Honor to get an opportunity to approach this microphone speak into it at a.

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Volume that creates noise that you can hear with your ears. That's then.

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Transmitted to your brains in a language that you speak, therefore, we are now.

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Communicating it's most excellent, so thank you for this opportunity. I would.

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Like to thank my mother for giving me the opportunity to be here today,.

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31 years ago I would like to thank my kindergarten teacher, mrs. dudley for.

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Inspiring me to color in and outside the lines in a way that brings me great.

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Satisfaction, and I would also like to thank my second grade teacher, her name.

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Escapes me, but she was there. She filled me with promise the promise it takes. You.

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Stand up in front of an audience and say almost nothing and fill two minutes.

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Doing it with pleasure, so thank you mom. Thank you. Miss dudley and my second.

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Grade teacher, you, ladies, are not forgotten today, and so that brings me to.

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My point: do we really want to celebrate monsters absurd.

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Thank you. Thank you so much. It makes this so much easier. My name is joe varga.

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And I'm a resident of bloomington I've lived here for 10 years now, and I've.

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Come to love bloomington, I love bloomington. The way white people.

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Love mayonnaise, I love bloomington. The way crows like.

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Telephone wires, I just I've, come to love it. So much and I've come to respect it.

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So much our freedom of speech, it's restricted to certain areas, and so I.

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Feel compelled, alas, I am compelled to rise in opposition to this contract for.

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At a time when our society is filled with monsters, monsters of all times,.

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Monsters like mediocre white men who throw people out of meetings and give.

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Some people more time than others to speak monsters like people who pretend.

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To be objective, political actors but defend white supremacy and then take.

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Pictures of people and probably will publish them dangering arise because the.

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People that they are in concert with are dangerous people.

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Monsters indeed, when we live among these monsters, is that the time to award a.

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Contract to a company called something I don't know, monster digital.

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Marketing, I say not monster digital marketing. Won't somebody, alas, think of.

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Our children once think of the puppies.

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If we can't stop this, what can we stop in our bastion of free speech, your move.

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To speak by this, aren't you, my god, does much stop. Thank you.

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Mdm is a maneuver that was performed upon me once long ago, or was it a.

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Monster energy drink, which has the sign of the devil in the logo. Klaus darkness.

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Sadness, eternal nights: these are the things that this evokes to mine. I don't.

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Know what need of digital marketing the parks board has in the first place I.

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Don't know why you can't hire a whiz like one of the mayor's speech, writers.

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Or you know someone who can do it this guy right here? Has it experience and.

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He's a jack of all trades uh I could learn c++. Is that still the thing or is.

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It python now python, like I'm, not much of a snake guy monsters, but I could.

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Learn these things and be moved to employ if you'll pay me half half of.

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What you're paying monster digital marketing all do the work by myself.

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After I finished my dissertation on the fate of soviet writers who are oppressed.

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By stalling now, that's some real repression. Those are some real monsters.

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You know the people who are around in the mid twentieth century, but we have.

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These pretenders to monstrosity all around and I just want to say you called.

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Charles and you're gonna get some good internet services and I'll make you an.

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Energy drink of my own concoction on the house.

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Hello, so I minced everything else that folks.

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Are talking about one issue that actually hasn't come up that I do.

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Actually think is a bit of a moral question that we need to consider when.

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You know hiring a digital marketing firm is the use of metadata.

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I don't know sure if everyone's aware that many corporations, including.

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Facebook and google and lots of others that we haven't heard of they they're.

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Constantly monitoring us, even people who don't have facebook pages, have files.

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That are owned by facebook that are keeping track of all of our digital.

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Behavior, and so the question that comes up is a is the public's use of city.

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Internet access, you know to city information and parks, information going.

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To be tracked and surveilled in that way, and if so will will we have the.

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Opportunity as users to opt out of it, and also regardless of the answers to.

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Those questions, then, I would wonder, are there things that the city can do with.

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That data that would be beneficial to the mission of the parks, department and.

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Stuff like that, so that's that's all I wanted to say thank you very much.

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All right, we have one more comment here and then we're going to take a vote on.

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Okay, so I've already used up six seconds so we're talking about digital marketing.

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Which we all know we're most doing here, that I have no clue about, but what I do.

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Have a clue about is when someone who is called all the way from massachusetts.

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Who is the president of a? I am patrick casey? A few people in here know him.

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Personally, with scf invited him, so he came here to buy tomato from.

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Massachusetts, that's bs, while he was here. Not only did he follow me around.

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And a friend of mine, but I know you're little aggravating- takes me a minute to.

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Talk but he also privately of run wharton, not.

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In the market, but a friend of sarah dice took our picture blasted it with.

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Horrible hateful words all over his twitter, which is not just national.

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Worldwide he is a president of a I am, but yet you who are by the way, if you.

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Didn't notice all white on the board here allowed him to come to the market.

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Be stand-in for scf, that's what I know about digital marketing bashing. You know.

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What I also know is to people in this room who are friends of sarah dies and.

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Her husband, don't know his name, don't care blasted. My picture when I was standing in front of my son's grave all over.

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Twitter, horrible, that's what I know you know. What I also know is my picture. My.

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Car, my home, nothing son about it. Okay, thank you.

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All right, so all those in favor of the agreement with monster digital marketing.

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For twin lakes, recreation center, please say: aye.

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Aye motion carried all right so um when we obviously have a strategy here to eat.

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Up as much time as possible, I've been a protester sorry, it sounds like you do so.

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So I'm gonna respond to that for a minute, so I've been a protester before.

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In various occasions in my life, and so I asked myself when people are protesting.

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In this fashion, what's the goal of it and one goal could be to eat up enough.

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Time so that we never get to the review of the farmers market rules of behavior.

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I suppose that could be a goal. Eventually, we could have to leave the.

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Room we could have to schedule another meeting that would happen. I guess.

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Another possible goal could just be to be annoying. I'm a high school teacher. I.

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Can do annoying all day long, so I understand that as a goal, but I am also.

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About efficiency- and I don't really see the purpose of going through on every.

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Single one of these contracts and having a unrelated conversation before we have.

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Each one of the votes we are welcome. We certainly welcome any comments about the.

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Khmers market rules of behavior related issues that is on the agenda. We are not.

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Saying that people cannot comment on that just for efficiency sake, it seems.

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Like it would be better to proceed with the rest of the items on the agenda more.

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Quickly and I've been advised by city legal that we can do that with skipping.

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The public public comment period on the you will still have plenty of time to.

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Comment: you'll still have plenty of time to comment when that item is on the.

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Agenda, so you will still have plenty of time if your goal is to comment you'll.

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Still have plenty of time to do that.

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Yes, so we are going to move on with the next item. I, if you have items if you.

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Have comments that are actually tangential to the item again, I point out.

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The analogy of city city towing, I didn't get up with a city council meeting and.

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Describe every car I've ever owned at how many oil changes I had and read.

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Random things off the owners manual, so no I'm not deciding okay. So alright.

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Alright, so we are going to take, we are going to take a break. We are going to.

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Briefly, adjourn the meeting and take a ten minute break, please for a break and.

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We're going to reconvene and we've decided since clearly, people have a lot.

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Of things to say about some items later on the agenda, it might make more sense.

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To bump those up so right we're going to deal with all the items on the agenda.

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But in in out of courtesy to people here who might want to speak on items later,.

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In the agenda we're going to go ahead and move those up so, okay, sir we've said.

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It's her weave, what's going what's going on, is that people want to speak to an.

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Agenda item and we're accommodating you by moving it up in the.

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So that is what we are going to do now: okay, we're going I'd! Ask you please.

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We're trying it's not illegal, we have consulted with city leader.

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Okay, we're going to move on we're going to move on to item c 15 in which paulo.

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Mcdevitt will discuss an update to the administrative policy 2050, which is.

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Related to somewhat related to the farmers, market and other parks, thank you.

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Paula. Thank you. Moving to this agenda item staff is recommending the approval.

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Of updates to the administrative policy 2050 entitled removal and suspension.

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From use of property, owned, managed or operated by the city of bloomington,.

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Parks and recreation department just a little bit of background on our.

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Administrative policy manual: this is a compilation of policies by which the.

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Bloomington parks and recreation department and the board operate to.

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Maintain its usefulness, this policy manual must be updated and.

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Revised at regular intervals or as necessary, concurrent with board approval.

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The policy manual is also referred to to throughout our capra accreditation.

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Process, it is the backbone of our operation and is used through our.

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Re-Accreditation I would like to now go through this policy and I will cite the.

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Recommended update policy 2050, section 1 removal. The proposed update is in.

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Section 1 c, however, I would like to review section 1a and 1b section 1a.

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Removal, in accordance with the authority established in indiana code 36:10 for.

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And bloomington municipal code 2.20, a person may be asked to leave or be.

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Removed from property, owned, managed or operated by the city of bloomington,.

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Parks and recreation department for reasons that include but are not limited to actions or behaviors, which violate the united.

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States code, the indiana code, the indiana administrative code and the city of.

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Bloomington municipal code actions or behaviors, which violate the rules and.

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Regulations adopted by the city of bloomington parks and recreation department, our city of bloomington parks board, unless the appropriate permit has.

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Been obtained aggressive or violent actions or behavior actions or behavior.

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That unreasonably disrupts the activities of other users of the park or.

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Facility actions are behaviors that in unreasonably interferes with other.

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Person's ability to use the park or facility actions are behaviors, which.

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Unreasonably cause or creates a risk of causing injuries to persons within or on.

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The property owned, managed or operated by the city of bloomington parks and.

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Recreation department actions are behaviors which unreasonably cause or.

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Creates a risk of causing damage to property, owned, managed or operated by.

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The city of bloomington parks and recreation department or actions are.

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Behaviors with constitute a public notion, this policy is used throughout.

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Our department at our facilities, property, zoned and parks.

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Section v of this policy, the following individuals, have the authority to ask a.

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Person to leave or ask a person to be removed from a property, owned, managed or.

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Operated by the city of bloomington parks and recreation department, employees of the city of bloomington parks and recreation department or law.

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Enforcement officials lease, but they will be public they'll, be public comment.

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Period in a moment, ok.

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Because we're asking you to please wait till the public comment period, all right.

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Please slip please, let me speak debit finish. Please would you you will have.

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Time to comment on me, I changed the rules to accommodate.

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People might like to comment on this yeah.

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Sorry, yes, for this for this year: yes, yes, okay! So I find the police asking you. You.

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Will have time to comment you can make a comment about effectively. Sir. Please.

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Wait until the public comment period.

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Rests one of those comments: okay, the rule that we're following is that.

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Someone raised an issue and she is from city legal department who would like to.

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Answer she is from the city legal department. She would like to answer the.

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Question that was raised. If you would be quiet for a minute, you could hear her.

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Okay, yes, apologies hitchens filter. You will have.

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A chance you've had more than ample chance to speak, and you will have.

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Another chance to speak, but we're going to ask you for the last time. Please be.

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Quiet during this portion and then you can comment well or we're going to ask.

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You to leave the meeting. There is a place to make a comment.

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No one of silencing you we're just asking you to wait into the comment.

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Period, that's all okay! So paula. Could you please on the dish.

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With me, yes, please thank you section, one c of.

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The policy any person who is asked to leave or is removed from property owned.

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Managed are operated by the city of bloomington parks and recreation.

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Department shall be advised of the reason he or she is being asked to leave.

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Or is removed, the update to this policy would read any person who is asked to.

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Leave by law enforcement officer as defined by indiana code and refuses to.

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Do so may be subject to arrest section 2 of policy 20/50 suspension.

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Policy 2050 section 2 suspension in accordance with the authority.

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Established in indiana code, 36, 10-4 and bloomington municipal code 2.20, a person.

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May be suspended from use or entrance on part property, owned, managed or operated.

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By the city of bloomington parks and recreation department, for reasons that.

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Include outlined in the administrative policies, 2050 and as I just previously.

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Read through that list in section 1a, the policy update that is recommended in.

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Section 2 suspension is in section b and c, and it is the addition of the word.

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Heard in the dirt the determination that a person is to be suspended from use or.

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Entrance on property, owned, managed or operated by the city of bloomington.

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Parks and recreation department is limited to the director of parks and.

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Recreation and or his/her appointed designee, section c once the decision to.

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Suspend has been determined, a person will be notified of the suspension in.

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Writing via certified mail or personal service, the notification will be signed.

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And dated in the direct by the director of the parks and recreation department.

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And/Or his her appointed doesn't need any person who receives a notification.

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Of suspension shall have the right to appeal said suspension following the.

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Appeal process outlined in administrative policies 2050 and be.

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Entitled to a suspension hearing before the board of park, commissioners, a.

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Maximum length of suspension, no suspension shall be issued. That is.

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Shorter than seven calendar days or less longer than one calendar year upon entry.

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Upon or into any property owned, managed or operated by the city of bloomington.

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Parks and recreation department by a person who is suspended in accordance.

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With this policy shall be subject, the shall subject the person to arrest for.

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Criminal trespass in accordance with indiana code 35, five, forty three to two.

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If the request updates are approved, the date will be changed at the top of the.

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Policy and will be entered into the policy in accordance with updating.

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Policy document procedures for accreditation.

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And again, as I stated at the beginning of my report, this is a policy that has.

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Been in place for decades and used throughout the department, it's been used.

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At facilities from time to time, we have activities that we run that do sometimes.

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Get a little out of hand, and we've referred to this policy. We've used this.

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Policy as well in some of our parks over the past two years, and I would be happy.

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To answer any questions you have about this policy update all right. Thank you.

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And just to sort of feedback on to what paula just said. I've only been on the.

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Parks board for three years, but in that time unfortunately there have been a few.

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Instances where someone has been suspended from a park for some period of.

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Time the one most recent that I remember, someone who threatened a parks, employee.

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To the point where she had to call 9-1-1, I believe, and he was suspended from the.

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Park for some period of time I think 30 days or so. This is a continuation of.

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That same rule that we have had so do have any other comments or questions.

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About this all right, all right so do we have a we will get to some public.

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Comment in a second do we have a motion to approve an update to administrative.

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Policy, twenty-fifty, okay, all right any public comment or question about this.

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Yes, bloomington, I want to reiterate something that was.

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Said earlier, and that is that's all of the work that you do as city employees.

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Is impacted by racial justice, and so I want to make a comment about this.

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Particular policy as it relates to race, racial justice.

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The mayor acknowledged in his state of the city, talk that bloomington has a.

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Legacy of racial injustice- and this is not debatable- we all know this- is true.

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This is in our history. The mayor also expressed some support for democratic.

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Protest generally, although he then restricted it kind of.

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Climate action protests, and so I want to make mention that democratic protest is.

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Important beyond climate action, the important thing I want you as city.

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Officials to think on, when we're approving policies that are restrictive.

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In nature is that bloomington is by default, a white, safe city and not by.

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Default, a city safe for people of color. We are over 80 percent white with a.

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Tremendous and profound legacy of racial injustice, every policy that you write.

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And that you adopt, that is about legal restriction of individuals, is colored by.

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Our legacy of racial injustice and I would like I need my 30 seconds. I would.

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Like to see in the policy, it stated directly that we recognize our history.

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Of racial injustice, and that this is a risk in our restrictions and that this.

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Is called out in the policy that this is something that we're paying attention to.

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And we have a strategy to avoid. I think this applies to this particular.

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Administrative policy just because it's always been around and it's always.

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Worked for us, the largely white people in this room does not mean that it's.

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Effective or just thank you, thank you, I think whatever happens here with your.

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Vote today, although I think we know how you're going to vote the lid or the.

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Facade of your investment in the first amendment has been utterly decimated by.

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Your choices here so keep that in mind as a tactic banning protests to stop.

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Protests is utterly futile. The right to free assembly is given by the first.

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Amendment the government does not have a right to use time place and manner.

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Restrictions to stop a legitimate boycott, you are making the situation.

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Worse with your proposed rules, which will be received by the majority of the.

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Public as the threat to free speech that it is.

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The act map vendor representative by the way, to give some context from where.

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These choices are coming from the f mac. Vendor representative is an avowed sef.

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Supporter, the public has a right to know this, because this person is supposed to.

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Be representing all vendors interests and instead they are representing the.

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Interests of a minority who supports and enables white supremacy all across the.

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Country white supremacists are planning to overthrow the government and kill.

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Activists, le o--'s government officials and, of course, groups of marginalized.

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Groups that they see as their enemy- this is not an exaggeration this. This is not.

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A situation that can be taken lightly and I don't understand why you won't.

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Approach this issue in that context, given the overwhelming evidence of that.

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Threat and the where the fbi stands on it and where other state governments.

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Including new jersey, which has recently declared whites our domestic terrorism,.

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To be a higher threat than isis, I don't know why so many smart people are.

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Rushing to fill historically predetermined roles of foolish abettors.

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To white supremacy why? It is not obvious to you that you will be scorned by.

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People living a hundred years from now, alright, thank you very much for your.

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Contest in your journey to absolute mediocrity and historical anglian,.

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Okay, good evening to the members of the parks and rec board and to all those who.

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Are here contributing their time to speak regarding this important community.

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Issue, my name is rob stewart ingersoll. I grew up in bloomington. I went to iu for.

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Undergrad and and then moved with my wife, who I met. Working for parks and rec.

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A way for a number of years, I studied political science and became a professor.

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Of international relations and I worked at a number of institutions, both.

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Traditional as well as military, the last institution military I worked at was the.

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National defense college at the uae, and one of the things that we were primarily.

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Worried about concerned about thinking strategically about, unless I really wish.

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You would listen, your body, language speaks volumes, and I've known you and.

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I've known your children from when I was a kid, and this is shocking. Your behavior.

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So one of the things that we spent a lot of time, one of the things that we spent.

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A lot of time at the national defense college talking about was violent.

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Extremism and how to counter that. And we talked a lot about the process of.

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Recruiting vulnerable people from society a lot about the marketing.

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Strategies of isis and other groups who portray themselves as good as reasonable.

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As part of society is protecting tradition, now that the people that I.

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Worked with with the us defense department or the people that I worked.

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With in the unit, the emiratis strategic community disputed that the recruitment.

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Process the radicalization process, the integration into all segments of.

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Community, like our farmers market, our gem of a farmers market was part and.

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Parcel of what eventually became the violent attacks that they perpetrated.

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All right, thank you, sir, about that they you I've, heard a lot about laws and.

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Rules and civility, and this process that you saw tonight, was designed to make you.

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Make a choice, would you follow rules? Do you respect rules? Would you be civil.

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Would you follow the law and you've made the wrong choice? I mean, ironically,.

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You've, given us another thing to sue you for by not following your own rules, you.

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Have made a content-based choice to reorganise the agenda in violation of.

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The open meetings act and why? Because you don't respect rules, you want us to.

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Respect rules, but when it comes down to the responsibility that you as.

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Government officials have the power you hold. What do you do? Rules go out the.

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Window, you don't care, you expect us to care, you think we should follow rules.

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And let's be civil, but the moment it comes to you where you have to come up.

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With some minor accommodation, what do you do hypocrites week? Hypocrites who.

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Don't have the strength of your own convictions to follow rules. That's why.

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People don't respect government because you don't respect government enough to.

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Follow the rules to give us the respect, the free speech opportunities that we.

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Are entitled to by law? We have marsha feldman, a management level, employee of.

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The city admitting on tape that the rules were changed to affect us, that is.

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The most direct violation of the united states constitution- you can possibly.

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Find and now you've lined up armed cops to.

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Arrest me again with no cause, and you know it. Thank you.

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Okay, so I just want to make some stuff clear that I don't think paula quite.

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Made clear in our explanation of c15, which is that there there aren't really.

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Very many changes to see 15, you still have suspension powers but like there's.

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There's two changes of note. The first is that there's there's a change in.

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Gendering to his to his /, her you might want to put non-binary pronouns there.

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Too, you know they then there's and also. The other thing is that the real.

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Sentence, that's changed is any person who is asked to leave by a law.

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Enforcement officer, as defined by indiana code infuses, may be subject to.

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Arrest, that's the new thing. It should have been they're like you know, you're, like a half a year ago, when they started arresting.

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People at the bc, fm and and out- and I mean my question- is if, if we can't trust.

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City officials to abide by their own rules because they didn't before why? Why.

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Should we trust them now? Why should we reward them with more power.

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Especially because with good good thing, you gave me an extra minute, because I.

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Can get to some of the statistics, that of bpd you, the use of force rates from.

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2018 77.7% on african-americans 90.5% use of force.

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Stats on all black women out of all woman arrested, you can find this on the.

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Bloomington website 2019 that you know that dipped down for some reason to.

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Twenty four point: five percent and then 18 percent on black woman. You can go to.

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The bp and and keep in mind this is a you know. The population is 4.2 percent.

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According to the 2018 census, numbers of black people, so it's it's vastly.

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Over-Represented, why should we trust uh bpd? Thank you.

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Hello, I just wanted to talk for a minute about about these changes and whether or.

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Not they require codification by the city council to be actually effective or.

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Meaningful or if this is just really some kind of theater to intimidate us.

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Into not protesting at the market, not you know continuing to take a stand.

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Against white supremacy, because I look at this board- and I I see less and he's.

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I don't know if he's been playing, minecraft or pokemon or what he's been.

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Doing okay, but he hasn't really been listening at, as was you know, apparent.

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When he was called out earlier- and I I see you and you're so concerned with.

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Just maintaining tight control over the order, even if it means that people lose.

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Their voices- and I wasn't aware when I came into this room tonight, that this.

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Was a restricted speech area? I thought that we would be allowed to talk at the.

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End of each agenda item that we would follow the agenda that was laid out.

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Before us, I actually thought that there were rules in place that kind of.

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Prevented you from going completely off agenda and just talking about the items.

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That you wanted to talk about when that you wanted to talk about them, regardless.

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Of whether anybody else could participate in that conversation now to.

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Go back to my original point about codification by city council. It's my.

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Understanding that, in order to create rules in which people can be arrested,.

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For free speech, there has to be some sort of codification in this city city.

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Rules or legal yes, so I I just wanted to thank you for bringing that up and.

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Perhaps we could get city legal to respond to that, whether their needs.

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Whether we are solely responsible for voting on these rules or whether the.

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City council also has to come along and approve them or disprove them, or the.

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Parks board is a statutory board and there is statute governing your powers.

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And you have the power to set policy related to any property under the.

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Control of the parks department- okay, all right! Thank you good question. Good.

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Question all right, yes, next good afternoon, I would like to thank the.

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Board, and especially paula, she is one of the few people that, over the past couple.

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Of years that listened to me and at the same time I appreciate you listening to.

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Us when we come to you with what we feel are reasonable alternatives. I went to.

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People's park for my birthday, when I was 60 years old,.

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And I was called everything, but you can't say in public and that made me mad.

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So I went to paula and I asked her: what does grier uncle david do and she says.

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Just keep I've be nice and state your case. So with that I said what we need to.

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Do is to be able to allow people who might necessarily agree with you. Have.

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That opportunity, at the same time, I had two uncles that served in world war. Two.

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And fought the nazis. Okay, I had two cousins.

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That served in vietnam, okay, my son is an servicemen in the air force.

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All we ask as a code conduct, be nice, be respect.

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Be accountable and for now did you serve? Thank you. Thank you. My name is tran pur.

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Bock, I'm a candidate for senate district 40, I'm a resident of bloomington, I'm.

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Really frustrated about this market situation, I have been for a long time.

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What I see here is a calamity of errors by this city government less my mom.

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Graduated with your brother from the old bloomington high school, I thought people.

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Here respected the rights of minorities, but that's not what I've seen the last.

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Seven months kirika do wasn't violent. She was holding a damn sign. Why are you all escalating.

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This it's time for de-escalation, don't add! You know. I lived in the south for 17.

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Years after I graduated from purdue the deep south houston texas 17 years, I went.

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Lived under the remnants of jim crow and black laws, why is it coming to.

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Bloomington, what are you doing with these rules and regulations? We know who.

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They're, for I'm scared of you all, and it shouldn't be like that.

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I-I think professor ingersoll and everyone has spoken today brought up.

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Some excellent points about creep and the creep toward violent ideologies. I am.

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A specialist in soviet history- I am a convinced, roosevelt ii and.

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Democrat, if you will, I want this country to succeed and thrive and it thrives on.

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Nothing but freedom of speech. That being said, when there is such a grave threat.

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To people's lives, to their voices, to their speech that that speech itself.

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Stifles life and cuts tongues out, something must be done and the thing.

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That could have been done. The steps that could have been taken bravely like this.

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By this city but weren't taken because you are afraid of lawsuits and we're.

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Sued, anyway, and by the way, as much as I agree as much as I agree with the mayor.

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That die suit is meritless. You better get outside counsel, because city, legal.

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Has messed this up and now you are facing other suits, and I am not a.

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Litigious person, but I wanted to say something about what the professor said.

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I recently was reading an article by a friend about the spread of mujahideen.

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From afghanistan to isis over a 30-year span after the soviet invasion and the.

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Seeds of radicalism, born in one place, born out in magazine articles and.

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Newspapers by people who were not radical terrorists at the time, but had.

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Certain ideas about how their integrity should be preserved, birthed a genocide.

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Already m--, you have to use your conscience.

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Thank you. I'd like to take the first 10 seconds of my time and have a 10-second.

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Moment of silence for each of the victims of the identitarian attacker in.

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Germany last week.

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Thank you as you've already heard, and I hope that you guys are realizing you're.

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Definitely just crashing the bus on this one. I can't believe that, with all that's.

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Going on and all the talk of free speech that you're actually going to change, one.

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Sentence in a legal document so that it can be brought up so that you can remind.

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Us that we are under threat of being banned from, is it just the city market.

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Or is it all parks properties? We can be banned from all parks properties for.

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Holding a sign in the farmers market is that what I'm hearing here? No, it would.

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Be the disruption occurred in 3rd street park, it could potentially be a.

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Suspension from 3rd street, but not all parks, no, not all, ok! Well! That's that's!.

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Nice, at least so I also, and just still completely stunned by the irony that the.

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Last time I was in this room sharla's it low, whose name is on the justice.

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Building that killed four people last year and tortured. My friend got 5.

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Minutes to speak, while everyone else was given two and now we come and we used me.

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As a time that has been legally allotted to us, as has is completely in line with.

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The rules and you change the rules so that people are less able to speak the.

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The idea that city government believes in the first amendment is an absolutely.

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Ridiculous concept that I know.

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Thank you all right. Do we have a motion on administrative policy policy 2050.

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Kind of lost track: yes, move; okay, all right, all those in favor, please say: aye.

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Aye motion carried and the next step is a related item. Again we have adjusted.

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Some of the items because it seemed like three-quarters of the room, was.

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Interested in those items and in the to allow for more people to be able to.

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Participate in them, we have moved to the bottom of the agenda. So c16 is the.

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Review of the bloomington community farmers market rules of behavior from.

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Marsha feldman marsha bellman the farmers market coordinator, I'm here to.

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Recommend the approval of the rules of behavior, as outlined in the january.

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Ninth 2020 meeting of the board of park commissioners, the mission of the.

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Bloomington community farmers market is to strengthen our local agriculture and.

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Food community, by serving as a venue to nurture the direct positive.

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Relationships between farmers, food and beverage, artisans and customers to.

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Promote a safe and welcoming environment for all, while enhancing and reflecting.

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The city of bloomington's diversity and encouraging multicultural awareness to.

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Promote and improve food justice by implementing programs to increase access.

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To market product by low-income populations and to improve local food.

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Security and community sustainability by fostering a resilient food supply as the.

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Mission statement indicates that the market operates on a variety of levels.

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It is primarily a market, a place where local growers, farmers, food, artisans.

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Artists can connect with customers and sell their.

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This simple, yet profound activity improves local food security, strengthens.

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The local economy and enhances community sustainability, which is critical as we.

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Face a changing environment, another fundamental level at which the.

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Market operates is, as a community gathering place for decades. People have.

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Come together on saturday mornings to meet friends and neighbors, listen to.

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Music participate in events celebrating food culture and community, with a focus.

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On the aspect of the mission of enhancing and reflecting the city of.

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Bloomington's diversity and improving multicultural awareness, the farmers.

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Market advisory council has established the broadening inclusion subcommittee.

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With the goal of evaluating existing market practices and programs and taking.

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A forward-looking approach by providing suggestions to make the market even more.

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Inclusive, the market is also a place where people come together to engage.

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With issues politics and movements, as is stated in the market information.

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Tabeling policy, the city of bloomington parks and recreation department, is.

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Committed to providing an environment where issues can be openly discussed and.

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Explored to that end there are two designated free-speech areas within the.

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Market boundaries info alley and plaza 1a, as well as public areas beyond the.

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Boundaries of the market, the rules a behavior, are designed to allow the.

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Market to fulfill its primary purpose of being a place where farmers, artisans and.

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Customers can come together while also creating a vibrant community space and.

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Allowing for robust community engagement and not just because it's protected by.

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The constitution, because it is a strong civic value, the.

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Rules of behavior for the 2020 market season have been reviewed and approved.

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By the legal department and parks and recreation staff and reviewed by the.

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Farmers market advisory council- there are several changes made them to.

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Them relatively to the ones in place last year, including refining, the.

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Boundaries of the market to reflect the functional boundaries and further.

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Defining types of activities in the market and where they may take place.

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Some existing rules that were regularly enforced, but not included previously on.

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The written document were added, including information on pets and.

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Smoking in the market, one update made to the rules behavior since those that were.

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Included in that january, 9th 2020 park board packet is the addition of a.

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Reference to the applicability of the department, administrative policy, 2050.

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Regarding removal and suspension from property, owned managed are operated by.

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The city of bloomington parks and recreation department- I will try and.

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Answer any questions you have otherwise other staff can support me on that. Okay,.

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Do you have any questions? Okay, yeah? I guess I I would just like to comment.

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That I think I total up there's. There are seven areas of protest, at least in.

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My reading of this seven spaces around the market, where a person could go and.

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Protest if they wanted to and also just pointing out, you mentioned information.

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Alley goes back to, I believe at least the early 1990s that that space has been.

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There for people who want to protest, I also recognize again that the point of.

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Protest is is often to cause a disruption. The point of protest is to be.

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Right there inches away from what it that you're trying to affect. I totally.

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Get that, but I think if we have a free-for-all of protests, that we.

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Probably don't have a market anymore and we have voted the continuum market and.

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That's that's what we're charged with doing if we're having a market we're.

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Having a market, I'm I'm not sure the public wants to run a gauntlet through.

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Various sides of protestors to buy cucumbers and bread, but I understand, but.

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I understand that the point I understand that I understand the frustrations and I.

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Understand the point of protest is to so with that we'll move to any other public.

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Comment I understand that any other problems public comment about this issue.

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Yes, hello, I'm judy klein- and I urged the park board to adopt these proposed rules.

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Of behavior for the farmers market, our first priority as a city is to decry.

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White supremacy and work to dismantle it. It is not surprising that the ugly.

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Legacy of white supremacy is still with us, and adherents can be found at the.

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Farmers market, both among vendors and customers. We are reminded daily of how.

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Messy democracy is messy enough that both schooner creek farm and professor.

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Kadu can claim their first amendment. Rights have been denied in their.

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Respective lawsuits, I believe the proposed rules of behavior.

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Strike a compromise that respects the first amendment rights of all, while.

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Allowing commerce to proceed in the setting where customers can choose the.

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Vendors they wish to buy from, and farmers and prepared food artisans can.

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Make a living! Thank you. Thank you.

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Anna lynch longtime bloomington resident, I understand that the city wants to.

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Complete a lot of business this evening and I want to reiterate again every bit.

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Of business that you complete is impacted by racial justice, and I haven't.

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So I have the question for you. Sorry. I have so many questions. I opened the.

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Wrong one: I understand that the rules as laid out in this draft, our desing, are.

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Designed to limit the chances that protests will disrupt the market, that's.

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Clear you've said that the city wants to make the market a safe place for.

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Community building a place where bloomington, ian's and visitors alike can.

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Share conversation get to know each other and make new connections. Of course,.

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This kind of environment is also perfect for recruiting white supremacists and.

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Expanding that network, in full view of a community that is loath to acknowledge.

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Or name the sin of racism, so to reiterate, the city is working to protect.

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An environment of relationship and network building by restricting options.

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For protest, which not to state the obvious, but that's not going to restrict.

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Protests my question to the board is: what elements in this draft are designed.

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To restrict or limit white supremacists from relationship building and network.

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Ie recruiting in the market in 2020. Thank you. Thank you. I I don't think.

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There's that's there's nothing that that we have the power to do in our as a.

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Board to restrict people from recruiting- I don't know.

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No, that is not in our power to do to restrict people from having.

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Conversations about that of the market or any other cup or any other.

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Conversation about the market that so I'd like to move on to the next.

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Commenter, please thomas, if you'd like to move on please you know this is how you.

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Make it all worse right what you're doing right now the reason for having.

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Free speech is so that things don't get worse. You give people an outlet. You give.

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People an opportunity to speak and have difficult conversations. That's why you.

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Have free speech, if you bottle that up it goes somewhere else. I don't know.

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Where yet, you know we'll be there in one form or another doing our thing we'll be.

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Nonviolent now there was somebody who attacked me physically in the market.

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Last year to try to provoke me into a fight, I didn't take him up on it. I.

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Called the police, they told me that you can. You can hit someone in the city of.

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Bloomington and if you don't end up in the hospital or a cop, doesn't see it.

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That they won't file charges. I knew the man tim morrow.

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At white supremacists supporter, like mr. hall here I was able to identify him. He.

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Struck two other people in the market that day, but the police said if they.

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Didn't see it, they won't do anything about it.

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You act like there are rules, but the moment you have to do something to.

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Respect those rules, you don't do it. You created a set of rules that showed up. I.

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Was frantically running through the market trying to find out the written.

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Rules asking everyone I could for the for the rules. No one would give me the.

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Rules while carica do was carrying your sign hours later, you published some.

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Bullshit document back dated a month and then we have her on tape, saying that the.

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Rules were changed to oppress us.

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Then you give charlotte zeit low two and a half times the amount of time to speak.

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Against us, you think rules deserve respect. You.

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Deserve respect you wish. Thank you. Thank you, sir. So I'm quite disturbed by the.

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Whole affair, the thing is this: set of rules intentionally to respond to our.

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Speech is content-based restrictions masquerading and as time and place.

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Restrictions cannot be, cannot stand and they will be challenged. There's a fear.

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Of course, of danger that is rightful among among the public.

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Among the vendors among the protesters among everyone who comes around that.

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Market I want to make it clear that that threat comes from white supremacists. We.

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Are not going to be victim blamed? We are not going to be scapegoated now. Marsha.

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Feldman, who spoke in defense of these rules and gave a flowery speech about.

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Diversity and inclusivity wears purple. Today. She often wore purple to the.

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Market was that a sign of solidarity, I'm tempted to ask her, but I should focus on.

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Anyone I wondered: was this: a sign of solidarity, a milquetoast, lukewarm.

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Solidarity, well, I don't like racism, I don't like racism and racist and I'm.

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Willing to wear a jacket or a color, but I'm not willing to respect your free.

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Speech, I'm not willing to understand the true threat of white supremacy to this.

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Country to that flag to this town, to our bodies to the bodies of people who are.

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Much more vulnerable than we are so I would say, don't wear purple.

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If you're not going to stand up for it and don't be a hack, thank you yep. So I.

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Want to talk to you about equivocation and I will make a point in relation to.

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Actually, I I wanted that map up there, but that's all right.

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Equivocation is, is a word, and it means when you use language to disguise your.

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Intent, it's actually not just a word, it's a kind of lying and it's a sort of.

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Lying that people do when they are aware that they're, lying and they're aware of.

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What they're, covering up sir, for instance, when you create a zone to take.

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Up more space in the market, where you know protesters were last summer and you.

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Call it a free speech zone when it's designed to silence them. That's.

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Equivocation when you wear purple in defiance of protest, because you want to.

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Normalize it and pretend like it doesn't mean what it means. That's equivocation.

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um When you, when you call anything free speech, that's meant to silence that it's.

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Equivocation and when you say that you believe in diversity, but your policies.

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Support white supremacy, that's equivocation and the reason I know a lot.

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About equivocation is because I study shakespeare and equivocation is the.

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Great crime, at the heart of macbeth, which is his play about human evil and.

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For shakespeare, I think it's fair to say that equivocation is the worst kind of.

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Evil, maybe even worse than original sin, but I don't want to go that far.

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Nevertheless, the reason it's so evil is because it's the sort of evil that.

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Regular people do it's the sort of evil that leads a guy like macbeth who's,.

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Basically, a good guy to do something horrible because he lets his.

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Relationship to language dictate his relationship to morality and I think.

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That we can do a little, but I don't know actually that we can do better because.

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It's been going on for thousands of years. This way, I don't expect you people.

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To rise up and overcome it, but you should at least be aware of it that what.

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You're, doing is equivocation and it is wrong and we will be here to stand up.

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For truth, thank you.

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Hello, are we considering item c16? Yes, okay, just make sure, because, based on.

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Listening to what martha say, I had no idea. You know I have the in front of my.

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Laptop the like the new draft of the rules of behavior, and you know I'll just.

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I'll just tell people what it actually does it it. It clarifies what like what.

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Protesters can't do basically and well one thing that it clarifies, which is.

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Interesting is it it talks about some like what vendors can do because, like I.

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Mean we have this whole issue in the first place because of vendors free.

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Speech and I find it interesting that vendors can't carry signs except as laid.

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Out in the it says, the contract, but really it should say the handbook, but I.

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Mean you guys are going to prove it anyway, so why? Why should I note the.

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Error, but what? What? What in the handbook? It says- and this is a new sentence- that.

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Was that was approved of back in the january 9th meeting? Was vendors may only.

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Display signs information, and/or items at their stands that consists of the.

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Products they are selling or that directly relate to their business. So so.

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That that's a content-based restriction right there and I know I I know mayor.

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Hamilton is gonna, you know say, ah but it's it's not a political speech. It's a.

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Political speech but or whatever he has to say about political speech but like.

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You might want to look up, read verses, town of gilbert, which you know they.

D

Tried to say was a content-neutral restriction for something that was tried.

D

To restrict protesters and and and and that didn't go so well, so I just check.

D

It out, thank you.

M

The lawyer, so one thing that I want to touch on, is goal posts and how it seems.

M

Like the goal, posts are continually being shifted, shifted for us as.

M

Protesters certainly, but also they've, been shifted for schooner creek farm as.

M

Well, I know that nobody's wanting to say the name, schooner creek farm or sarah.

M

Die but that the goalposts for schooner creek farm have been shifted at first.

M

When we started this protest gosh what was at nine long months ago, almost ten.

M

Months ago we were told that recruiting for white supremacist terror groups in.

M

The market was forbidden well fast forward a few months and we find out.

M

That sarah actually has been effectively recruiting for her white supremacist.

M

Terror group american identity movement in the market, so much so that patrick.

M

Casey, who is the president of the american identity movement, which is a.

M

White nationalist terror group came to bloomington several weekends and he.

M

Filmed recruitment videos here he there are pictures of him that have been used.

M

On the terrorist website, american identity movement featuring sarah.

M

Featuring doug featuring their children and that's been a very effective.

M

Recruiting tool, it seems, like, I know that they have recruited at least one.

M

Person in this room- and I know that there are people in bedford- that they've.

M

Recruited and those people actually came to our market from different cities.

M

Armed with guns and knives, and they in some cases, assaulted protesters, but they.

M

Always threatened them, and I want to talk about that goal post and why that.

M

Ball post was moved back. Thank you.

J

Start my minutes yet please go back forward minute. Four seconds go back. I.

J

Was not at the mic she's getting it yeah? Why would you do that? Ridiculous? Okay,.

J

Now that I'm talking so marsha had said and we've all read and heard over and.

J

Over and over repetitively kind of, like the 51st states,.

J

Jesus safe and welcoming city, safe in civil city, you know what that's a joke.

J

And many agree with me: the market is not know, this is or not. The market is not as.

J

Long as white supremacy and their support, our threatening citizens, one.

J

Citizen is myself: another is a very close friend of mine who is in the lgbt.

J

Community another sitting right beside me who was assaulted. Another is my.

J

Immediate next-door neighbor do you know why she doesn't come to.

J

These meetings wonder why? Because she's scared that she will see a supporter of.

J

Sarah die and schooner creek farm basically same thing. Son am I selling.

J

Because why she was grabbed by who, not just a supporter I'll, say, z, tim mauro mo.

J

Rrow also robert brummett robert brahma, write it down. He is a white supremacist.

J

Supporter very good friend also of sarah died. He was upstairs in room 225.

J

Harassed me with video making fun of the way. I speak in a room full of people.

J

Nobody said anything: do you know why? Why? Because no one on.

J

Your board me, I like a few people personally on.

J

Your board, I do not you three, because I don't know yet, but you know what, because.

J

You don't give a shit.

J

Thank you yes, 50 seconds. When are we gonna talk about the switchyard.

A

Which? Chart? Which? Which element of swiss chard, which element of swiss chard park.

A

Well, there's about 50! Well, you know the one of the alcohol permit for community.

A

Events, well, that's the only other switch charge. Alcohol is that what we're.

A

Talking! That's that that is another item on the agenda tonight is an alcohol.

A

Permit for four events in switchyard park. Okay, are we on that right? No right.

A

No right now bring that up eventually right. We if we have time before we have.

A

To vacate the room and we can get to the rest of the items I met with dave.

J

Williams, this week or last week, since it's a tuesday friday- and he mentioned.

J

That it's in the process of switch art park, brand new building, wonderful.

J

Bloomington building that's not accessible for the elderly, wheelchair.

J

Users, children, anyone on walkers, I asked when that's gonna happen. He says in the.

J

Process but here's my thing what I told him was: if a good architect or project.

J

Manager had common sense, he would have worked that in in the beginning, with the.

J

Walls being up not the friggin last thing you know: what's the last thing, cuz.

J

You don't give a shit about marginalized people. Thank you. Okay,.

A

Thank you. Thank you for bringing that up as well. um Look kathleen earlier. You.

K

Were characterizing the point of protesting, it is a strategy. The point is.

K

Justice kathleen we're asking for justice. I I do not believe that you are.

K

Personally, racists, I don't believe you are racists defined here as an.

K

Individual person who harbors feelings of racial hatred in their hearts, okay, I.

K

Don't believe that describes you that definition of racism is very problematic.

K

So, just for the purposes of my remarks here, the the policy that you're about to.

K

Enact is a racist policy, the black leaders and other non-white leaders of.

K

Bloomington have already called for a public boycott of the city market, where.

K

Are they today they're? Not here, they have already written you off. They have.

K

No sense of trust in you. This is heartbreaking.

K

Okay, I'm heartbroken by that, I'm ashamed! Are you not ashamed of that? Where are.

K

The black leaders of bloomington- and why are they not welcome here? Why do they.

K

Feel unwelcome here, it's it's the same reason that they don't feel welcome at.

K

The market in in dr. qudoos tort claim she's claiming false arrest, because the.

K

Rules were made by an ad hoc committee in an informal session this. This is.

K

Changing that what you're doing now will guarantee that it will guarantee police.

K

Violence: okay, what you're doing now is very harmful and it would end the.

K

Outcome of what you're doing is a racist outcome. You are creating, I all, but.

K

Guarantee that you are creating an all-white market.

K

You should not be doing that. Thank you.

K

Bpd has a legal monopoly on violence, okay and and whereas, before the the.

K

Legal claim is, is that the false arrest was based on informal rules.

K

You're being asks to vote on this today, because your body is, you know.

K

Statutorily created this this will. This will prevent anyone in the future for.

K

Asking for the the justice that doctor could do is asking for if people engage.

K

In free speech, constitutionally protected free speech activity in the.

K

Market political speech where they choose not these bullshit free speech.

K

Zones you're threatening them with police violence. The police will come.

K

Arrest them, if they, if they still want to exercise their free speech, the police.

K

Will use violence the only way violence will not happen in that situation is if.

K

The person who is exercising their free speech, you know self sensors, themself.

K

And chooses to stop. This is why I say that it's a threat of police violence.

A

Y

Congratulations kathleen! You are now the head of the new caste system, ca ste. I.

Y

Want to be clear for everyone here, I think there's a lot of misconceptions.

Y

About what this board is, I'm gonna read right from their website about us. The.

Y

Board of park, commissioners is a policymaking authority for the city of.

Y

Bloomington parks and recreation department, the board is comprised of.

Y

Four members appointed by the mayor, the board, meets and so on. Okay, so you're an.

Y

Executive board you're, not a legislative board, that's the point: what you're.

Y

Making is policy for city employees and city contractors like these vendors, you.

Y

Have no authority over the rest of the people in the market? That's for city.

Y

Council to take up, if you want to pass jim crow rules of behavior, you need to.

Y

Put it before the city council, there were no laws on the book. I talked. I got.

Y

The city of the city attorney mike walker on audio I'm happy to release it.

Y

To anybody that wants it where he admits these rules weren't even written down. I.

Y

Mean how was kara supposed to know? I mean this is so ridiculous, and here you.

Y

Are you're caught up in these lawsuits and you can't say I'm sorry: why can't.

Y

You say I'm sorry.

Y

The board of park commissioners have zero power to make much less codified.

Y

Law, their policy and policy changes apply only to the conduct of city.

Y

Employees, city contractors, not to the public at large what is happening today.

Y

At the bloomington board, a park commissioners meeting is merely another.

Y

Attempt by this in this failed calamity of errors to intimidate minorities and.

Y

Their supporters with threats of false, malicious arrests, / bullcrap internal.

Y

Policy changes not lycée any law or municipal code. Thank you. May I go ahead.

V

So what I want to point out that you have clearly stated, I want to point out.

V

That you have clearly stated that you do not have the right to restrict free.

V

Speech, you have consistently made an argument that this is a first amendment.

V

Issue and you are not permitted to restrict free speech, this policy.

V

Actually restricts free speech, so that's our first disconnect right in logic. So.

V

When I brought up the issue of recruiting in the market, which we know.

V

Is going on, then you said again: well, we can't restrict their free speech in the.

V

Market, which actually is not true because legally, you can restrict hate.

V

Group recruiting in a city market. That's your choice! That's the city government's.

V

Choice to do that, so my question to you is since we're going back and forth on.

V

We can restrict free speech, we can't restrict free speech and it's getting.

V

Pretty fuzzy, why don't we just not restrict free speech.

V

Let the hate speech be free, let the protest speech be free, then we're being.

V

Consistent, if you want to make a first amendment argument, let's we can all get.

V

Behind the first amendment argument free speech, let the white supremacists say.

V

Their piece, let the protesters in to say our piece and then let's see.

V

This town is against white supremacy, but as long as you're suppressing the.

V

Protest speech we aren't going to know who's really against white supremacy and.

V

That is incredibly dangerous, so free speech. Let's do it. Thank you.

B

So recruiting you mention of including so a is there evidence of how many times.

B

These happen in the market. I think we have to be careful careful about trying.

V

To codify it, it's so thinking about how we would approach research, quantitative,.

V

Research or qualitative research- and I don't think the quantitative piece of.

V

This is the critical piece because, if we've seen it once or twice, I think we.

V

Can pretty much be sure that we haven't seen it all, so we have seen it and no.

V

Have recounted it? No, I don't think it's possible to count it recruiting tactics.

V

Are very nuanced, and I mean let and let's just think about what we do as.

V

Bluemont onehans in the market and I think of politicians who are walking.

V

Through the market every saturday recruiting voters, I think it would be.

V

Hard to follow a politic you'd, really pretty much have to follow that person.

V

Around in a weird stalkery way, to start counting how many voters they picked up.

V

In that, in the course of walking the market and shaking hands, so no, we don't.

V

Know how many times, but we know it's happening, and we know it's being successful because of the visibility that the national white supremacists are.

V

Giving her so if she weren't successful that wouldn't be happening, yeah thanks.

V

For your follow up question.

F

To relieve, there are multiple reports going back at least a couple three years.

Q

Even before these protests started, which goes back to you, know, they've, my only.

Q

Other comment here, which is that even if you all were to apologize, if you're.

Q

Going to go ahead and pass these rules, there's no way that we could accept or believe such an apology, because you clearly do not respect our freedom of.

Q

Speech, you have so much agency like discretion to choose which rules you.

Q

Enforce which is really clear when sharla's its little wants more time or.

Q

When you want to rearrange the order of the items on tonight's agenda, changing.

Q

The rules is no problem, but then you have a vendor contract that says that.

Q

Recruitment recruitment cannot take place for crazy organizations like this.

Q

That the vendor assistants, who work in the booths have to have their real names.

Q

Given and that no transphobic, homophobic or racist speech will be allowed and and.

Q

The and then I understand the the contract also says that vendors are not.

Q

Allowed to sue the city, so sarah dies farm has broken all of those rules and.

Q

You have not enforced the contract against her and yet you're bending over backwards to make new rules to make it illegal for us to call for a legal and.

Q

Moral boycott, it's just unbelievable to me. I don't understand how any of you.

Q

Sleep at night.

AA

Hello, my name is robert hall. I may be the only speaker in favor of your rules.

AA

Tonight, I'd never heard of spooner creek farm, sara died or identitarian before.

AA

July, I am a conservative republican. I started reading everything I could find.

AA

About the controversy at the bloomington farmers market, I even interviewed sarah.

AA

Dye and asked her directly if she was a white supremacist. She said absolutely.

AA

Not I've asked her three times same answer.

AA

Then I observed what was going on at the farmers market, racist graffiti and tifa.

AA

Protesters, intimidation, harassment, false accusations, misrepresentations loss of.

AA

Attendance invasion of privacy daxing, I was doxed vandalism and intolerance. The.

AA

Only hate I saw displayed was by opponents of sarah die.

AA

So I invited sarah dye to speak at a meeting of the grassroots conservatives.

AA

At the evidence, ville library, unfortunately, protesters disrupted our.

AA

Meeting more hate was displayed by them. My conclusion is: our freedom is more.

AA

Threatened by these radical protesters than by sarah die, I call on the park.

AA

Board to approve farmers, market rules of behavior that restricts protesters and.

AA

Boycotting to information ali. Thank you.

F

Okay, sorry, I'm speaking because I did not want robert hall to have the last.

AB

Wood, so so everyone in this town tells me that this town welcomes protesters.

AB

And protests, but what I've actually observed is that when it comes to.

AB

Anti-Racist work: it comes with a caveat as long as you don't make other white.

AB

People uncomfortable and as long as you don't go against beloved institutions.

AB

And so I've been told to worry about the kkk instead or like more about forums of.

AB

Hatred, but the biggest concern to me right now is the civil and polite face.

AB

Of white supremacy that identitarian ism presents, of course, right now, adays and.

AB

Identitarian as they call themselves they're not going to tell you that they were white, supremacist, they're gonna say: oh, I just don't believe in you know.

AB

Immigration from countries that have people of color just the other day, one.

AB

Of sarah's friend lana, who runs red eyes, tv, which is a white supremacist network,.

AB

Said, oh, you know like we should just close the borders to chinese people.

AB

Because they're bringing coronavirus- and you know the black that used to come.

AB

From chinese people anyway and as a chinese person, I obviously do not like.

AB

That I am, they are not going to tell you that they they're not going to tell you.

AB

That they are nazis. They're not gonna, tell you that they were white.

AB

Supremacists they'll just tell you that they want to return america to its.

AB

Majority white roots and I would roots I would like you to think about what that.

AB

Means- and I would like you to think, and I hope that you know that that face is a.

AB

AC

I just I just want to say that the moral questions of the last century was what.

AC

If we had done something- and here we are.

AC

Maybe there's not a legal way to say your beliefs are more than just beliefs.

AC

They are potentially violent, they have a plan and agenda, but at the same time, how.

AC

Can we legally spend so much time protecting them and then say it's not.

AC

Okay, to say no, this is a moral failure and it breaks my heart.

F

AD

Okay, all in favor of the approval authorization of the farmers market will.

A

Behavior, please say: aye aye any opposed.

A

Not a lot of time remaining and the the food and beverage artisans have been.

A

Been here many meetings now and coming back and waiting for us to reviews some.

A

Information about their pricing structure, which is really important to.

A

Their getting ready for an upcoming market so we're gonna go over to c14.

A

Have becky higgins: it's not a vote, but a review good evening. Becky higgins.

AD

Recreation services division director staff is here to record our to request.

AD

The board, apart from insurers, review the attached options for pricing of the food.

AD

And beverage artisans for the 2020 farmers market staff will seek final.

AD

Approval at the march 24th 2020 board park. Commissioners meeting the following.

AD

Is a summary of different pricing options? The various revenue lines are.

AD

Deposited into farmers, market revenue, so looking back food and beverage artisans.

AD

Have requested to lower the fees they pay to participate and solve the market.

AD

In the past, the fees included a weekly install fee, ranging from ten to four.

AD

Hundred ninety nine dollars and ten percent of gross sales paid to the parks.

AD

Department, monthly, these revenues were designed to help farmers market meet.

AD

Their cost recovery goal of a hundred percent, as set by the.

AD

Our commissioners, this is the 2019 budget and in 2019, as a result of.

AD

Discussions between artisans staff and the park board approval the stall fees.

AD

War removed and the food beverage artisans continued to pay. Ten percent of.

AD

Gross feed the food and beverage artisans requested lower fees in regards.

AD

To the ten percent of gross revenue, in order to be more equitable with foreign.

AD

Vendors, the farmers market advisory council recommended to park staff that.

AD

Their fee be lower to five percent for our sales, complete budget information.

AD

For 2019 was not available at the time of that recommendation in consideration.

AD

The park staff took a closer look into the budget information from 2016 to 2019.

AD

As well as the projected budget for 2020 in 2019, the cost recovery goal was not.

AD

Met in fact, the budget operated out an overall deficit of fifty-five thousand.

AD

Two hundred and fifty dollars with the cost recovery of sixty three percent.

AD

Budget information used in the past several years was based on direct costs.

AD

Only if both direct and indirect costs were used, which is what provides a.

AD

Complete picture of what it costs to run a program, the cost recovery rates would.

AD

Have been lower than 100% for 20, 16, 17, 18 and 19. Lastly, we are projecting that.

AD

2020 farmers market budget will operate at a deficit of thirty seven thousand.

AD

Seven hundred six dollars, which equals a cost recovery.

AD

Rate of 76% in the past few years, the farmers market has not met cost recovery.

AD

Goals to lower the feed more would only make it more difficult to meet these.

AD

Goals staff will continue to review costs yearly in prep. Any preparation for.

AD

2021 market season staff will review both farm vendor and food and beverage.

AD

Artisan fees in the effort to make these more equitable, we ask the park board of.

AD

Commissioners to review the proposed options for 2020 and determine what.

AD

Percentage of gross income be used for the food and beverage artisans examples.

AD

Of 10% of gross that's what's currently up there, which shows a projected deficit.

AD

Of thirty seven thousand seven hundred and fifty six dollars in a cost recovery.

AD

Of seventy six percent- and I would point out that the food, the artisans.

AD

Proportion of the budget is 44 percent. If you go to the next one, which should.

AD

Be a six percent reduction or six or I'm sorry, seven point five. Then the deficit.

AD

Is fifty thousand seven hundred and fifty-six dollars cost recovery drops to.

AD

Sixty eight percent and the food and beverage artisans would be paying 37.

AD

Percent of the total income that comes from marquette, if you go to the next.

AD

Slide it will show six percent of gross. Would equal.

T

Yes, yes, so 6% would equal a deficit of 68.

AD

Thousand five hundred and fifty six dollars and a cost recovery of sixty.

AD

Three percent, with the artisans paying thirty two percent of the total overall.

AD

Revenue and then a five percent drop in the gross paid would equal a deficit of.

AD

Sixty-Four thousand one hundred fifty six dollars in a cost recovery of.

AD

Fifty-Nine percent, with the artisans paying twenty eight percent of cost of.

AD

Revenue to market and then lastly, we looked at what. If there was a flat rate.

AD

And if the boost paid about the same amount as farm vendors- and you can see.

AD

That drops us into a deficit of eighty one thousand four hundred and forty.

AD

Eight dollars in a cost recovery of forty eight percent. So what we're doing.

AD

Is offering these options to you for you to take back review and then just let us.

AD

Know how it is you would like us to handle that the food and beverage.

AD

Artisans also requested and did receive their name change from prepared food.

AD

Vendors to the food and beverage artisans, two seats at the farmers market.

AD

Advisory council, which you voted on increased marketing and social media.

AD

Presence and addition to the farmers market overall mission statement I'd be.

AD

Happy to answer any questions.

A

Okay, thank you very much and I think the it's possible some of the prepared food.

T

Vendors artisans would like to speak.

AE

AF

So we have that, but I wanted to start with the slides that we already have a.

T

Bigger far, that's okay.

AF

Let's start with two: let's just do the five percent and then blackfeet once.

T

AF

Okay: okay, I'm I'm eric sadler, I'm a vendor at the bloomington community.

AF

Farmers market with muddy fork bakery. I appreciate you taking the time to.

AF

Consider our request again and we're gonna try to be as brief as we can. I.

AF

First, just want to go back to the slide that becky had. This is the proposed 5%.

AF

Rate you'll see on the highlighted part towards the top that the prepared food.

AF

Vendors still contribute 28% of the budget, and I want to remind everyone.

AF

That we are 12% of the vendors, so what we are asking for is equity and to pay.

AF

The amount that it costs the market, so you provide our space and then, if you'll.

AF

Go on to the next one, the flat fee, and I I think the amount that you have on.

AF

There might be less than what we proposed paying and this one we provide.

AF

11 percent of the budget out of 12 percent of the vendors, then I want to go.

AF

To the spreadsheet that I emailed you guys ahead at the meeting and hope you.

AF

Had a chance to look at it, I just wanted to highlight how those different few.

AF

Levels, can you see it how those different few levels affect the vendors.

AF

And what we pay.

AF

There we go: okay, okay, okay, so the first line there. That's the.

AF

Average cost that we would be paying under those percents something that's.

AF

Important to recognize currently under 20 19's revenues, which were down of.

AF

Course we paid on average 114 dollars a market and that's compared with $18 or.

AF

$10 for a farm vendor and as you go down, you see even at 5%, we'd still be paying.

AF

An average of 57 dollars per market, which is above the costs that we.

AF

Estimate the market spends per person now let the rest of the people. Thank you.

B

They feed a flat fee after the 5% columba, so the last column is $37 flat.

AF

Fee, which is what we estimated it actually costs per booth to operate. The.

AF

Market, it's not the same as the one that becky put on the flat fee. I think that.

AF

Was an $18 a week on her slide, so hi maria.

AG

Bacolod og maria callas rm so again we're here to ask you to try and follow.

AG

The farmers market advisory council recommendation that was made in december.

AG

Of lowering the fee of the food and art and beverage artisans to 5% this year.

AG

And then lowering down down to a flat fee for future years in order to reach a.

AG

Fair and equitable equitable financial responsibility among all vendors, all the.

AG

Enders of the farmers market are equal, we're not different. We contribute to the.

AG

Farmers market to the success of the farmers market in equal way as much as.

AG

Every single farmer, so we need to be treated equally.

AG

The 10% fee applied to us on gross sale is unfair, even under favorable market.

AG

Conditions that we had in the past, it was still not enough to reach the.

AG

Hundred percent recovery cost. That gives me the idea. I mean the idea yet that.

AG

This system will not work. Even if we sell tones of food, we will still be.

AG

Struggling with the hundred percent recovery cost, so that means that there's.

AG

Something wrong in the system and the financial system of this market that.

AG

Needs to change. In addition, the system is also very risky. It's not resistant is.

AG

Resilient, it relies heavily on only 12% of the vendors to get 50% last year of.

AG

The revenues super risky- the problem is very complex. It calls for a new strategy.

AG

And the new strategy should acknowledge the need for a more fair distribution of.

AG

Costs we need to start from there, so please go see their desk okay. Thank you.

AH

Hi, my name is louise miracle, I'm a vendor with pie, first bakery, and I we've.

AH

Had a lot of numbers kind of given back and forth here, and I just wanted to say.

AH

Just in summary, there are a hundred and four vendors at the market and.

AH

Approximately fourteen of us are the prepared where the food and beverage.

AH

Artisans, so it's 14 of us, we make up about 12% of the vendors, but we account.

AH

For around 52% of the of the revenue- and you might ask well how is that possible.

AH

It's not because we employ more people, it's not because we're working any.

AH

Harder: it's not because we're using up more and more ingredients or supplies.

AH

For our products that we sell, the reason that we have come up with the 52% of the.

AH

Venue of the of the revenues because we are taxed 10%, which the growers have not.

AH

Been and that's really kind of it in a nutshell, that's why we're asking you to.

AH

Get us in same line and on a line of equity with.

AH

With the growers, and thank you very much thank you good evening. My name is katie.

AI

My slawek and I don't need more coffee, roasters and I'm a vendor at the.

AI

Bloomington community farmers market and, as you may remember last month, one of.

AI

The points that I wanted to just make clear to you guys was the fact that the.

AI

We're not meeting the cost recovery, but also the fact that it's like maria, has.

AI

Stated it's so risky, because weather is one thing climb. Social climate is.

AI

Another thing that can't be predicted and if you're, relying on a percentage of.

AI

Our sales, as opposed to a flat fee like the vendors, the farmers, play a pay, a.

AI

Flat fee, and that means that the budget can be predicted as far as what they're.

AI

Going to pay and with ours, you can't predict that, and that does make it shaky.

AI

And on top of that, it's not fair or equitable, so I would just like to ask.

AI

That we get to a part where it's a flat fee so that the city can run the market.

AI

In a predictable way and make it fair for everyone, thank you. Thank you, hello. I.

D

Would recommend to the board to vote to lower the fees? I'm not a vendor myself.

D

But just someone who's, you know, concerned about them and you know I know.

D

That the person presenting it has talked about the need to like to make deficit.

D

Or whatever, and I think we have to think about what to cut as opposed to what to.

D

Charge, I'm not sure if the increase you know the 20 fold increase in policing.

D

Has much to do with the farmers budget, like I don't know, if that's to do with.

D

The city or the parks, but you know stuff like that- is something to think about.

D

So you know there's a lot. We don't agree on kathleen, but I'm.

D

You voted yes last time I watched the cats video for for, like the last time.

D

This item was considered and I'm glad to see you vote to lower the fees again and.

D

I thank you, israel, for abstaining and and looking more into the matters and.

D

And I hope less cons that you could, you know, have a better reputation with.

D

Fairness and equity and that you vote to lower the fees not like last time, we're.

D

You voted to keep them thanks all right. Thank you, hi there. My name is.

AJ

Josh hermus, I'm a vendor at the market with wild alaskan salmon and seafood and.

AJ

Just to kind of reiterate some of the points my fellow vendors have stated we're, certainly not asking to you know you.

AJ

Know wipe away all the fees we absolutely want to pay our way. We just.

AJ

Ask that it be in a more equitable and fair representation of the actual market.

AJ

I believe one of them stated that you know there's only 14 of us and we.

AJ

Contribute a large part of the budget where the the revenue for the market.

AJ

Comes from us, it seems a little bit lopsided and I hope that you take that.

AJ

Into consideration, and thanks for your time, thank you, hi, I'm suzanne man, okay,.

AK

AK

Yes, please go ahead. Suzanne man, I'm a member of the advisory.

AK

Council, but I'm here speaking privately and predictability, I think, is probably.

AK

That real one of the words since everything else has been addressed a.

AK

Budget is something that be responsible to, but parks and rec is a big department.

AK

And you know, moving money around is something that's very difficult to do.

AK

But I'm sure that you deal with that a lot with the predictability I was.

AK

Thinking you have the golf course and if you have very rainy cold season, no one's.

AK

Gonna play golf: if it's very cold and rain, you know it's gonna, go to the pools.

AK

And so you get less income from entities like that, but you've not if you have a.

AK

Bad season, you've, not the prepared foods are coming in with who that they've made.

AK

They purchased ingredients, they made the food they come and there are no buyers.

AK

Or the weather is bad, they take it on the chin because of the predictability.

AK

Is unpredictable so they go home and they eat a lot of whatever they have or.

AK

Sell it at are at a reduced rate, but what the predictability, if you can look.

AK

At it as a whole department, and just know that that it's it's it's a.

AK

Challenge for everybody, and I hope that you can find the funds and move the.

AK

Funds around to make this more equitable. Okay. Thank you.

A

All right, we were just reviewing on this issue and we've got great information.

A

From becky now so we can discuss that and look at that more and come back to.

A

It at the next meeting- and I think I think can can we can we rapid-fire.

A

Through the staff- and they all nodded their heads- that they really okay to.

G

Stay and get their approval now we'll see who's really dedicated. Thank you all.

A

Right: okay, so we'll do a quick run-through, then we're up to c for a.

A

Review of the contract with monroe convention center.

T

Good evening, I'm ashley spurgeon on the community events specialist and I.

AL

Recommend the approval of the contract for the murrow convention center for the children's expo, the children's excellence for adults and their children.

AL

It's been going on for 20 plus years to provide services for them. We have a.

AL

Couple free screenings, health screenings and there are some summer camps of a.

AL

Summer, camp area, baby clothes, bakeries, doctors, there so much more they're, just.

AL

Besides those few that I have named and the the cost of the rental will not.

AL

Exceed three thousand and I will answer any questions that you guys have: okay.

AK

You know, I know it's been very successful over the years. The children's.

A

Expo, yes, yes, okay and so we're continuing, and this is the rental.

A

Agreement with the monroe convention center- okay, all right.

A

Any public comment or question seeing none all those in favor, please say aye.

A

Aye motion carried thank you and next up we have a contract template for a fair.

A

Of the arts, hello, my name is crystal ritter and the community events.

AM

Coordinator, I am here tonight to recommend the approval of the affair of.

AM

The arts, exhibitor agreement and exhibitor information for the 2020.

AM

Affair, the arts season, this agreement, details the policies and expectations.

AM

Set forth for both the city and a fair of the arts for the 2020 season affair,.

AM

Of the arts is a fine arts and crafts fair that takes place. The second.

AM

Saturday of every month that may, through october, it is held adjacent to the.

AM

Bloomington community farmers market it was established in 1998 and the contract.

AM

For this year, just includes updated dates and some updated information to.

AM

Clarify the jury process for the artists and I'm happy to answer any questions.

AM

That you might have okay all right. Thank you crystal no.

A

Questions all right.

A

All right any public comment or question, seeing none all those in favor of the.

A

Contract template for a fair of the arts- please say: aye aye motion carried all.

A

Right and next up the sassafras audubon society, bird fest.

A

Partnership agreement, which I believe did I read that is that gonna be in switchyard park. Did I read them? Yes, it is okay, if you approve it today. Thank.

AN

You yeah, I'm steve, connor natural resources manager here seeking your approval for an agreement with the sassafras audubon society for bird fest.

AN

2020, this will be the third year. First year was held at the iu research and.

AN

Teaching preserve second area was at at cars park and they're really excited.

AN

About the possibility of doing it at the pavilion in switchyard park,.

AN

It'll be an event where people can come and learn about birds. Are you.

AN

Researchers who are working on bird related issues we'll be there. It will.

AN

Also be groups that can help people understand how they can better care for.

AN

Birds, so we think it's going to be a great event and we're we're eager to.

AN

Work with them plus bring people to switch shared pavilion as well. Yeah, okay,.

A

Okay, all right any public comment or questions seeing.

A

None all those in favor aye motion carried. Thank you. Thank you, steve.

A

And review of the contract with purcell monument, barb dunbar, hi, barb dunbar.

AE

Operations coordinator staff recommends approval of this contract with ronnie.

AE

Purcell or for some monuments to perform monument repairs at rose hill and white.

AE

Oak cemeteries, funding source being from our general fund cemetery budget, the.

AE

Department has been very successful in securing these funds for several years.

AE

Now, to a lot that allow us to make annual headstone repairs at both of our.

AE

Cemeteries over time earth does settle and stones begin to show signs of.

AE

Leaning or they completely tip over in order to prevent the headstones from.

AE

Disappearing into the earth or incurring damage from grounds equipment, we do.

AE

Attempt to reset and or repair as many have stones as time and budget allows us.

AE

To this, annual process has been vital to the preservation of some of our city's.

AE

Most notable and historical markers and there's a photo, I chose that photo.

AE

Because all three of those will be on the list for this year to be.

AE

Straightened, those are very large ones and they require large equipment that.

AE

Purcell brings in, we typically can get twenty to thirty stones depending the.

AE

Larger they are the more expensive each stone is so typically anywhere from.

AE

Twenty to thirty stones are reseting straightened every year and I'm guessing.

A

By the look of those does go back to the 1800s: yes, okay! Yes, you know these yeah.

AE

Late 18-hundreds, exactly that's what that's in the old spencer addition all.

AE

Right: okay, thank you all right. Any public.

A

Comment or question seeing none all those in favor aye.

A

Motion carried all right, thank you, barb and next we have a review of an alcohol.

A

Permit for community a few could community events at ruth's with shared.

A

Park, hi leslie, brinson community events manager. I am here today to ask approval.

AO

For sale of alcohol at the parks and recreation events taking place only at.

AO

Switchyard park during 2020 staff will utilize outside vendors to provide.

AO

Alcohol permits secure serving areas where individuals, 21 and over will able.

AO

To purchase and consume their alcohol within designated areas, the parks and.

AO

Recreation department would like to offer alcohol sale at specific events.

AO

Managed by the department and taking place at switchyard park staff will work.

AO

With outside vendors, one at a time per event for the sale of alcohol, these.

AO

Contracted vendors will be responsible for following requirements of our.

AO

Internal alcohol permit. This includes obtaining an approved application from.

AO

The state of indiana alcohol and tobacco commission and providing a copy of that.

AO

Permit to staff prior to the event the contracted vendor will also be.

AO

Responsible for securing the service area where individuals, 21 and over will.

AO

Be able to purchase the alcohol and consume it, vendors will pay the.

AO

Department, 10% of their gross sale on each event, just as we do with other.

AO

Concession agreements, events in which we would like to have alcohol sales include.

AO

But are not limited at this point to trivia nights in the park. The performing.

AO

Arts series concerts at switchyard park movies in the parks at switch art and.

AO

Any yappy hour events at switch our dog park, I'm happy to answer any questions.

B

So that will be yes for 2020. We are going to do it at during 2020 on a trial.

AO

Basis we a real reevaluate at that point and bring it back to you if it is.

AO

Successful or make changes at that point so right now we are just looking at 2020.

AO

And limit for at this point we would just be looking at one vendor per event.

AO

And spreading those vendors out amongst the different vendors per events in the.

AO

Parks department will be providing the security and working through that component as well, and just to note, we've had some not exactly the same, but.

A

Similar situations, I believe there was alcohol at garlic fest. There has been.

A

People who have used special use permits in our parks have been able to come to.

AO

You and ask special permission right for alcohol in the parks. Garlic fest is one.

AO

Of those vehicles in waldron bus, gherkin, chumley, yeah, / 3rd street park, yeah, okay,.

A

Okay: okay, great thank you.

A

Any public comment or question seeing none all those in favor aye.

A

Motion carried all right, thank you. Leslie and service agreements. Okay,.

G

Turnbull all right and a sports division, so this is a staff, is recommending.

G

Approval of seven service agreements and these service agreements will come out.

G

Of regular general fund budgets in the sports division area for specific areas.

G

When and if the service is needed, and the list here includes terminex.

G

International steiner, sports training, inc keller, heating and air conditioning.

G

Inc deem inc, steve's welding.

G

Young's, plumbing and mechanical and price electric and the background of.

G

This this is similar to a lot of service agreements that, once we have these.

G

Service agreements approved and on file, then staff can contact any one of these.

G

Service providers for the different areas that they work in for needs at.

G

Facilities; okay, so as emergencies come up these red really, sir, the police.

A

Absolutely all right, great all right.

A

Any public comment or question seeing none all those in favor aye.

A

Motion carried all right and next we have t lrc front counter project. Yes,.

A

From megan stark, yes megan and I'm the membership coordinator for the twin.

AP

Lakes, recreation center and I am requesting approval for the complete.

AP

Update in color scheme of our front lobby counter, so the reconfiguration of.

AP

Cabinets some glass panels, the flooring to be replaced and security system put.

AP

On both of the front door and the back door so that it can be locked off from.

AP

The public, whenever it's not in use okay, and is there a little bit more.

A

Background about why updating the front counter area or yeah, it looks nice.

A

Lights, so I believe that this will be the first time that it has been touched.

AP

Since at least we've had it, so it's extremely worn, it does not function well,.

AP

For the staff anymore, one example is our front desk staff in.

AP

The evenings have a large basketball program, bloomington, youth, basketball and.

AP

To get the basketballs just because of how everything is configured within.

AP

There they have to go all the way to the back. Almost to the concession stand to.

AP

Get a bag of balls for each coach that comes in, and so it pulls them away from.

AP

Our front desk counter and doesn't allow them to do their job properly anyway,.

AP

Okay- and I will also add it's probably 21 years: oh, oh because we've owned the.

G

Property for just over ten years- and it was ten years old when we purchased it.

G

So it's time for an update, okay, I've been.

R

In a lot of fitness, centers kind of largely on the west coast just to see.

R

What they look like and how they and to work out.

A

Yeah, no, no, I see how the customers respond to a six in total. That's where.

R

They're doing a lot of this stuff- and I came back here and looked at that and.

R

Said this is gotta change if we're gonna be competitive and try to draw in.

R

Customers and they have to see that it's not gonna work, so this is just to be.

R

Another effort to draw more people into this because of they just spent a lot of.

R

Money cleaning the place, putting not cleaning that putting new equipment in.

R

Servicing the equipment this will actually match what our previous remodel.

AP

Of our upstairs locker rooms and then the upstairs weight room. All of that, the.

AP

Color scheme has been brought down stairs into the cardio studio and.

AP

Eventually will make its way down into our group exercise room, so this will.

AP

Kind of make us a much more cohesive look when you walk in the door. Okay, all.

A

Right. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Second, any public comment or question. Seeing.

A

None all those in favor, aye motion carried all right. Andy tuttle has.

A

Bloomington soccer and mc tennis, I do I am d tuttle. I am the sports facility.

AQ

Facility manager at frank, southern ice arena.

AQ

Winslow sports park the pools and olcott park. So today I'm seeking approval of.

AQ

Two new partnerships and the first one is the partnership agreement with the.

AQ

Bloomington football club to provide a soccer program at winslow sports, complex.

AQ

And the bloomington football club has previously played at all cop park monday.

AQ

Through friday or monday, wednesday and friday, and it's headed up by gentlemen.

AQ

Of the name of jeremy sweet and he provides soccer for the beginners and.

AQ

He also provides soccer for the more experienced player and they are wishing.

AQ

To move their program to winslow sports park on one of the senior side fields.

AQ

Playing two to four fields at once monday, through thursday, okay and I know.

A

There's been well just continues to be growth with the soccer program in town.

AQ

Yes, yeah all right, yes, right is the affordable.

B

And effective right, he will be a user group of ours, and so with this.

AQ

Partnership agreement, he sets a price and then he will pay so much per hour to.

AQ

Rent our facility, it has yes, they have been a really really good user. We think.

AQ

That this partnership agreement can do nothing but increase in numbers, and it's.

AQ

Just good for both sides: okay! Thank you. Yes, all right.

A

Any public comment or question seeing none all those in favor aye.

A

All right motion carried and mc tennis, yes, the second partnership agreement- is.

AQ

With mc tennis and this partnership is to provide tennis lessons at bloomington.

AQ

High school south and/or winslow sports complex, so once again, mc tennis wishes.

AQ

To provide affordable and effective youth and adult tennis lessons they had.

AQ

To have a lot of expertise in the sport of tennis.

AQ

It'll be headed up by matt corey, which is the boy's head. Varsity coach at.

AQ

Bloomington south high school, so we expect this program to grow in numbers.

AQ

The seasons, progress and provide some income back to the parks department. We.

AQ

Will retain 20% of all of the registrations.

AQ

Okay, matt cory, who will head the head the tennis program up so that he's adult.

B

Youth youth, an adult he will provide three different sessions, a session in.

AQ

May a session in june and a session in july for adult beginner and intermediate.

AQ

Players and then for youth, beginner and intermediate right, but not you know.

B

Children, yes, youth children, children, ages, 5 to 17 and then adults from 18.

AQ

Over we had yeah. Unless you know, sports sports is cyclical.

AQ

And so in tennis we have seen a decrease in the lessons that we have actually.

AQ

Offered to the public, so our idea was with this is to bring some enthusiasm.

AQ

Back into the sport and a larger exposure, okay, any public comment or.

A

Question seeing none all those in favor aye motion carried. Thank you d. Thank you and poor joanna sparks invasive plant.

A

Removal is very important, bringing up the rear at almost 7:00 o'clock. All.

A

Right very important: it is well worth waiting. It is thank you very much for.

AR

Your patience, hey joanna, sparks city landscaper here today, once again to talk.

AR

To you about the importance of invasive plant management, on our properties and.

AR

I'm proposing that we hire ecologic llc once again to run their forestry mower.

AR

To remove several acres of asian bush honeysuckle at the very south end of the.

AR

B line trail and just south of swiss chard park and.

AR

This is very exciting if this project is approved, this will be the culmination of.

AR

The clear creek trail the complete mowing of all the available areas along.

AR

The clear creek trail, the bloomington rail trail and the beeline all the way.

AR

To reverend butler park and we're and we're well on our way north there so.

AR

We've covered over seven point five miles of the trails with the forestry.

AR

Mower and we're actively managing several the original area of we started.

AR

In 2018, we've performed five different treatments on that and we we are, I'm.

AR

Actually, seeing natives return and and we plan it- I'm several thousand trees.

AR

Native trees there last spring and we'll be planting more trees in the coming.

AR

Spring so, anyway, more videos we're very excited to to just clear the decks to.

AR

Get this invasive woody material out of the way and bring in the natives? Okay.

A

All right, excellent, how many trees did you safe and we planted over 3,000 trees.

AR

Along the trails in about a year ago, right yeah and we have over 7,000 on the.

AR

Slate so for ordered, and for and we hope to do more yeah. And we also just as a.

AR

Plug will be doing them two tree plantings in april. One of them will be.

AR

Saturday april 18th at the old cot park will be reforesting and about a two acre.

AR

Area that we mowed with the forestry mower a few weeks ago, all those calorie.

AR

Pairs are gone and we're also on the following day for arbor day on the.

AR

Following saturday, the 22nd for arbor day, we will be doing another tree.

AR

Planting and we're not exactly sure which location but yeah. If you want to.

AR

Come plant some trees, um yeah stay tuned. Okay, great! Thank you. Thank you right. Any.

A

Public, oh yes, sorry, yeah, public comment or question.

AS

My name is amanda sheridan and I'm speaking on behalf of the local green.

AS

Party, we are in support of efforts to remove invasive species, including plants.

AS

As well as animals and pathogens that are harmful to local biodiversity, these.

AS

Species can potentially harm agriculture and small business water quality and the.

AS

Ecosystem as a whole at the local green party is assuming due diligence has been.

AS

Taken in selecting ecologic as a service that contributes to this purpose, all.

AS

Right. Thank you very much all right, all those in favor of the contract with.

A

Ecologic I motion carried all right paula. Do you have anything.

A

Else to tell us about, I know just that your next meeting is march 24th at 4:00.

G

P.M. okay, all right, thank you and we're adjourned.

T