City of Bloomington, Indiana City Council, 29 Jul 2020

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This meeting will come to order. This is a regular session of the.

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Bloomington common council for wednesday july 29 2020. will the clerk please call.

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The roll- that's remember rolla here.

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Scandaloury here rosenberger here.

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Here sandberg here, thank you.

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Thank you uh here is a submission of the agenda for the evening. We'll have.

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Approval of minutes, although there are none scheduled, we'll hear reports from council members, the mayor and city offices.

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Including the annual tax abatement and economic development commission report.

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uh We'll hear from council committees and then from the public.

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uh 20 minutes per period for each of those.

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We'll hear appointments to boards and commissions we'll hear.

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uh Legislative for second reading evolutions, we have none.

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We'll have here legislation for first reading, including ordinance 2013.

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To amend the city of bloomington zoning maps by amending the district ordinance.

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And preliminary plan for the thompson pud to add 8.46 acres.

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Regarding 700 west guy avenue, habitat for humanity, petitioner and.

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Ordinance 2014 an ordinance to amend title 15 at the bloomington municipal.

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Code entitled vehicles in traffic regarding.

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Reflecting a proposed redesign of 7th street as the 7 line, we'll have additional public comment.

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uh We'll take up matters of the council's schedule and then we will.

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Adjourn: let's go now to reports from council.

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Members I'm going to start on my second screen uh with.

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Councilmember sims councilmember sims. Do you have a report.

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No report, thank you. Thank you, member flaherty. Do you have a.

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Report no report, thank you. uh Councilor rose.

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No report, thank you, councilmember sandberg. Do you have a report.

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No report thanks: councilmember piedmont. Thank you. Councilmember, piedmont, smith,.

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Do you have a report no report tonight? Thank you.

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Councilwomallo, do you have a report? No not this evening. Thank you. Thank you.

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Councilmember smith, do you have a report? I just wanted to uh report that the.

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Parks and the parks and rec's master plan.

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Development process has begun. We had our first meeting this morning at.

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Eight, uh it's to develop uh and I'll look.

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Through that part of the accreditation process for our parks- and I'm really excited to be on that.

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Because we have such a fantastic park system so.

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I just thought I wanted to uh to mention that tonight. Thank you.

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We appreciate that, thank you, councilmember scamilari. Do you have a.

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Report, yes, thank you um just wanted to extend.

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An invitation to my first saturday's constituent meeting this coming saturday uh with cover 19 still in play, we're.

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Going to continue meeting by zoom for the time being.

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And you'll find the link either on my pencil webpage through the city's.

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Website uh or on my own page at.

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Suedforcitycouncil.Com you'll find a link just to join from there, so much of our discussion will focus on district 2 issues like.

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Lower cascades, but we'll look at other issues as well.

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Thank you. Thank you. I have no report, so we will go.

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Now to reports from the mayor and city offices.

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uh Mr crowley is the mayor here or are you going to.

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Set up our presentations tonight, mayor is not here, so I will just briefly.

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Introduce the two presentations we will make uh so.

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Jane cooper smith, who is the assistant director for small business development, will be first. She will take you through the tax.

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Abatement and edc economic development commission report uh a summary of it really because it's fairly extensive.

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And then kaiser goodman, who is new to the.

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Esd team will update you on some recent activities that we have been undertaking.

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In the um the reopening effort support efforts, so I will turn it over.

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To jane, to take it away, thank you, hi. Everyone.

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um Yeah, as alex said, I'm the new well not.

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New anymore assistant director for small business development, I started in.

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January, but this is my first opportunity to speak to you.

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As uh the common council at large so.

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Yeah, let me get my start screen sharing. Sorry, everyone.

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Here we go. Oh, isn't that exciting, okay, here to provide the annual report on tax.

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Abatement, compliance on behalf of the economic development commission.

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As well as to offer a summary of other edc activity from 2019.

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The edc files, its annual report on abatement compliance in order for.

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Council to approve or deny the continuation of abatements.

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This year, city staff and the edc find all abatements in compliance and the.

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Edec approved this report. Well, the report that was circulated with.

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The packet on with a formal vote on july 15th, the.

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Purpose of this report is to compare the estimated benefits filed on the.

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Statement of benefits the sb1 during the application process, with the.

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Actual benefits reported annually on the cf-1, which is the compliance form.

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The cf-1 details, actual investments made and categorizes economic economic impact.

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Of those investments by jobs, retained and jobs created along.

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With total total dollar values for those salaries.

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The abatements granted by the city can be either for real property or personal.

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Property investments, the period of abatement may be up to 10.

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Years on a sliding scale of up to 100 of the increase.

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In assessed value, each property follows its own schedule of abatement, which is.

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Set at the time of the approval- and I know many of you have gone through this.

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Before but there are new council members- and um I think it's it's good to just go over the.

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The basics of abatements, um since we're not thinking about them all the time.

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um The what did I say, the city uses the pavements.

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As a tool is for specific types of development here, you can see a sketch of.

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The guidelines, as proposed uh in 2019.

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uh Detailing the types of projects that can be supported, creation of full-time.

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Permanent living wage jobs, creation of capital, investment to enhan.

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Enhance the tax base, quality of life and sustainability.

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Affordable housing, community service and community character, the current active abatements are focused primarily.

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On job creation and affordable housing.

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So we can quickly look at the authorization process here.

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Esd receives applications and sb1s. We review those present them to edc.

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If appropriate, edc then reviews the materials and recommends the approval of.

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An er era or edta, so that's the first.

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Resolution that's approved by the the edc and.

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They recommend an abatement term and schedule.

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These items are presented to common council for review and either approval.

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Or denial, the organization itself triggers the start of the abatement period and then esd reports back well esd for.

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The edc reports back annually on the status which can be rescinded by council if a project is found to be non-compliant.

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This slide breaks economic impact out by abatement type.

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So you can see, we have commercial, real estate, commercial, personal.

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Property mixed use and residential, which are also real estate,.

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Some categories are lower for the actual investment, because the abatement.

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Happens in phases, so the sb1 may report on both personal.

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Property and real property, but you know maybe the the personal.

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Property investment actually happens first, because the real property won't.

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Commence until there's a new assessed value, so those are.

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Staggered um and yeah that doesn't indicate.

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Non-Compliance just that the the abatement hasn't been fully activated.

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um Yeah, so the total at the bottom. This results in an actual investment figure.

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That is less than what was anticipated in the sb1.

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um Here we can look at economic impact in terms of new.

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Jobs, we see the total new jobs and retaining jobs completely dwarf. What.

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Was anticipated in both number, um which shows a net gain of 1559 jobs.

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And as a dollar figure, which shows a net gain of.

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71 million 46 759, which um you guys could probably guess.

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What this is, this is growth primarily at, but it's not.

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Exclusively catalan, there's growth um above.

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Sb1 uh projections in other organizations too.

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Any questions about this super exciting: let's, uh let's just give the whole.

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Report and then we'll ask questions at the end. Thank you, and so here I.

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Wanted to take um a minute to highlight the union.

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Crescent abatement, which is coming on as an active abatement, this.

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Year, this is a real estate improvement abatement. The property is.

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Located on crescent drive between vernal pike and fountain drive.

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So northwest of downtown kind of close to.

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I-69, this abatement is targeted at increasing, affordable housing.

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So no fewer here are the details. No fewer than um 102 of the 146 units.

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Will be allocated to to households at 60 ami, so it means a minimum of 102 units.

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Will be 60 ami, which is 31 000.

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29 units are reserved for market rate, and this leaves 15 additional units at.

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Play so the 15 remaining units could go affordable or could go at market rate.

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Depending on what the need is, um so, in sum, this means.

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That we've added an addition, additional 100.

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Potential 131, affordable units to the community.

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Which, I think is really um you know it's important. We need them.

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So summarizing other edc activity, we have a couple of bond.

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Projects to review and then can look at the the update on the guidelines, so the first bond project um limestone.

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Crossing was approved in april of 2019 um for revenue bonds not to exceed 26.

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Million dollars to rehabilitate a 208 unit apartment.

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Complex on basswood drive, so this is between 2nd and 3rd street.

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Close to I-69, these units were previously 80.

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80 of these units or 166 were at 60 ami and then the 20.

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Were market rate after renovation, 100 of the units will be at 60.

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Ami, so it's going from 80 affordability to total affordability,.

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um And then the second bond project is the.

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Walnut woods, reverend butler renovation, so these are some older.

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Buildings that were in need of of renovations, they're.

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Held by they were held by bloomington housing authority, this renovation will.

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Update 116 units, the first phase will be complete in.

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September, 2020 and the whole project will be complete in december.

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2021 and h, jobs will be retained throughout the project.

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And then the the final sort of this is kind of a big topic.

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Activity for 2019 is the the guidelines review.

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Obviously I wasn't part of this conversation, but edc.

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Kept running into some.

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Recurring problems when looking at abatement reporting and the applications.

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Basically, the metrics that they were looking at weren't relevant to the.

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Projects and then they just wanted to make sure that the types of projects that they were.

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Abating were the values were aligned with.

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Edc priorities and um city priorities so.

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um Yeah, so the edc approved changes in 2019 that yeah, that better line.

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Abatement, metrics and flexibility of other guidelines, which are nearly all.

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Customizable, meaning that the percentage of the.

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um Abatement and the.

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The ed, the eeri or the edta are are really flexible in how they're.

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Applied so I'll bring the new set of guidelines back to council for approval um later this year, and I didn't include.

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Those in the I I can open a different powerpoint if.

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You all want, um but I didn't include them here in.

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This shorter version, because you had them in your packets I'd, be.

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Happy to pull them up if you want to look at them now,.

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So that's our nutshell of abatement activity for 2019.

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Thank you, ms coopersmith, for the presentation. If you would.

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Unshare a screen, so we can see people. I appreciate that.

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Are there any questions for the economic, sustainable development department or ms.

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Cooper smith on the tax abatement report.

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Council, member piedmont, smith, yeah: I had a couple questions.

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The first is about urban station. um In the report it says on their statement.

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Of benefits they estimated to retain 10 jobs and then, where it says,.

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Actual retained employment, it says not applicable so did they.

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Retain 10 jobs, or did they not.

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And then, similarly um on the statement of benefits, that said, they estimate.

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Creating five jobs and the actual new employment is for jobs.

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So I'd like to know more about both of those yeah absolutely.

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um Alex since you do, you want to weigh in on this one.

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Is he available yeah yeah, I'm here with the details of this one yeah, I'm.

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Sorry, I need to pull up the full presentation to look at it. If you give me one second here.

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I'm gonna give you one. Second, I apologize for the delay here.

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Council member vol is it okay for me to share the screen with the.

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Full, oh yeah, of course, okay.

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Okay, so you're, uh if I'm uh council, member smith, you're asking about.

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The the the jobs discrepancy in the in the compliance.

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Report, yes, yeah, so you know. I think this is a good.

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Example of where the guidelines are uh perhaps not set up correctly.

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um So you know this is primarily an affordable.

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Housing uh tax abatement plan and what what we've tried to do is kind.

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Of force fit uh requirements having to do with.

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Employment into structures that really are about.

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A a different priority, so the reason why we recommend a finding of.

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Substantial compliance is that we are we're really evaluating.

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This, on the basis of what it was intended to do, which was to make a an actual investment, so a new, a.

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New investment um uh which which exceeded the original.

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Statement and then also to um you know, to recognize the importance of.

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The affordability component which they have met so so that's why we found the the uh you know. Generally speaking, we found.

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Them to be in compliance.

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But when they um submitted their statement of benefits, they.

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Said they were going to have 10 retained employees and 5.

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New employees, so that was the basis on which the abatement was.

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Was given, I understand that the main benefit of.

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Project was the workforce housing but still shouldn't. We hold them to what.

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They promised even on the employment.

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Well, I think therein lies the problem that that.

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uh While while they stated certain elements of that to be the case,.

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That and and you'll find this also in in the uh I think, the warrior one where.

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Which is directly affected by the covet situation that uh you know, I think what we have to do is is go in.

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And go to the underlying guidelines and say: what is it exactly that we're trying.

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To accomplish and is the intent of what we're trying.

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To accomplish being met- and I think in this particular case, we.

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Thought and and edc agreed that in this particular case the intent was really.

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uh Not the not the jobs, the intent of the.

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Of the effort was to ensure affordability in the complex.

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And to make the investment of the scale that they were intending to make, and so.

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That that's why the judgment was made.

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So disqualifying them on the basis of what we felt was a really deprioritized.

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Element of the of the proposal was something that we we.

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Thought was would undermine really the value that they were truly.

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Bringing to the to the complex.

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um I understand that I don't think it should be glossed over, though.

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I mean there should have been a further explanation appended to this one.

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In my opinion, um because I mean you just look at it.

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And then it says finding of compliance and.

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On face value, it's not compliant, so I understand.

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That, when it was approved, the the main benefit was the workforce housing. I.

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Think a note needs to be added, if that's the case in future future.

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Yeah- and I think this becomes a moot point if and when the time comes, that we.

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Actually bring forward the guidelines and and strip out uh requirements that are less relevant.

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To the objective of the abatement, so I think this becomes moot in future years.

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If we can bring to you a revised set of guidelines and that's exactly the that's exactly the concern that edc.

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Raised uh that we wanted to work through, with all of you.

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To say uh this discrepancy exists, it's an important discrepancy to.

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Overcome and we have to be clear about uh accepting proposals.

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Like this one, uh and and be clear about what the under.

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Underlying motivation is so I hear your point, I think it's it's well taken.

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And I hope that in the future we don't run into this problem because we'll end.

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Up- and you know with with the right metrics to.

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Evaluate successful uh investments like these.

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Thank you. Thank you. Further questions for the tax abatement report from.

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I'm looking on both screens councilman varallo.

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There thank you well. That was a good segue to my question.

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uh Well, alex has gone away, but miss cooper smith.

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Since we've got covet now, you know we're going to have anticipated effects.

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Or mr crowley, we're going to have anticipated effects of this in terms of.

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Capital investment and job creation and compliance.

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uh Could you maybe describe a little bit more of that.

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Since I'm sure it's going to have a tremendous effect on some of the.

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Not sure that I think I don't think it will. Maybe it's stating the obvious that.

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It shouldn't have an impact on the affordability projects.

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um I could see it having an impact in that.

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Some abatements will not be able to meet their.

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Retained or created jobs numbers, and I think, uh if that's the case, we'll.

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Have to just take in that information and report back to you.

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As alex mentioned, we did actually have that in one instance this year with the.

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Wool or email abatement- um I can I'm not sure how many jobs.

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They've had I have to look it up. Sorry guys, I don't have a photo photographic memory.

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They had anticipated growth of.

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45 new jobs and because this has been delayed in part and then additionally.

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They responded that this is related to copid, but of course that's in 2020 not.

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2019. um so we're already hearing that.

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Feedback from businesses, I'm sure we'll hear more of it next year,.

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Yeah this year definitely, but I do if I could add something to.

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That, which is uh you know, one of the strategies that when we came to council.

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To talk about the catalan abatement, one of the you know we we knew that they.

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Were on a trajectory to really be able to build out what was a.

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You know semi empty former rca facility and we felt at the time- and I and I.

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Think and council uh agreed that the value in providing.

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Them an incentive to start to build that out was that that provided a pretty significant growth potential.

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Which is actually you know to your credit, been proven out.

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By the um you know, with the positioning that.

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Catalan has has had relative to the pandemic response.

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They have several uh significant contracts related to different vaccines,.

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And their ability to ramp up and build out and really execute.

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Honestly, not only is is good for bloomington.

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But um but it's actually a kind of a national.

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Service right- and so we are, we find ourselves, they have among.

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Among the the vaccines that they're helping to.

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uh Facilitate is modern one which is, as you may know, one of the leading.

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Leading ones- and you know bloomington is you know it's not hyperbole to say.

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Bloomington is at the center of a national effort um and it's really.

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Thanks to uh all of your ability to to help them.

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Build out the facilities at the time that they were intending to do it.

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Before they knew that they were gonna be in this position, so I think it's.

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It's uh it's. You know it worked. It's worth mentioning.

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Well, thanks for mentioning that I agree. um Catalan aside, though, it looks like.

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We're going to need a lot more flexibility next year.

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Is that what you're, anticipating I mean in this year this coming year in terms.

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Of compliance yeah, I mean the only thing I would say is you know, tax abatements.

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Tend to focus on larger employers, uh you know, in fact, we have as you'll.

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Hear in the next couple of weeks, we have some tactical strategies to go after helping to support smaller.

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Employers and those are the ones that do generate new jobs.

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So it's important to also focus on the smaller employer group and you'll and.

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You'll see some some discussion about that in the next couple of weeks, tax abatements have largely been leveraged by larger.

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Employers- and so um you know to the extent that.

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Some of those may falter we're obviously very concerned about.

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That, uh in the case of the only ones really at.

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The large employer level that we have going on right now they tend to be actually growing significantly rather than.

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Receding during the pandemic so far I would just add. I think that.

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um Raising that the point of the impact of covet is super important and that's.

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Something that we will be discussing, I think it will be.

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An ongoing topic for edc when we meet next.

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Thank you. Thank you. Further questions from members.

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If not, I how councilmember sims go ahead, uh I have a comment: is that allowable.

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Now, of course, that's well, what I wanted to say is tag along with council member piedmont smith. I think we understand.

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That there may be some reasons for non-compliance.

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But if it is obviously not in compliance, but the report gives it a pass as.

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Compliant then, I'm looking for accountability and I'm looking for documentation or explanation.

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um And I think that's all not to speak for.

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My colleague, but I think that's what we're looking for, because.

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Obviously, it's going to be us council that will determine whether it's in.

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Compliant and whether we take action on that um abatement.

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So I think all we're asking or all I'm asking.

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Is if, in fact, we're not compliant, I want a full explanation as to why.

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And then we all can determine. um Is that acceptable enough to move on or to take.

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Other action, so I think that's all I want to say I think, would you agree with that? Miss cooper smith or mr crowley yeah? I.

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Think that makes sense and um and and I and again I think, a lot of.

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This discrepancy in the future will be eliminated, but but certainly.

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I appreciate your point: uh councilman, sims and and we'll we'll.

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uh Highlight those in the future, thank you.

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And maybe next so next january is when we'll talk about.

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General activity again and then next summer, we'll.

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Go over the full abatement report and it seems like there may be interest in.

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Looking at those individually, rather than doing an overview of the program.

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Maybe you all would like to have me dig into the guts of each abatement, a.

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Little more, which I'd be happy to do.

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Appreciate it, but I think if we approve an abatement with the expectation.

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Of five jobs retained but they're actually not, then I think we.

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Deserve a full accountability. I think that's all. I'm.

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Saying so, I understand the what has been described this evening.

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As the bigger goal, which was housing, I mean I get that.

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um But when we approve that we approve all components.

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And if they're, not in compliance, I just kind of want to know why.

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Thank you. um I actually had a question that.

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Is related, can we establish how much tax was actually.

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Abated in that project, do we have that number handy.

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I don't have it handy, but I can estimate it really quick, um while you're.

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Doing that I was just going to point out that the.

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I'm familiar with the slides. You know I've seen some of them before, of course,.

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Having sat through many of these and one of the things that I've noticed.

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Is missing from the slide? Is the actual amount of tax abated.

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And perhaps it would be good to include that amount.

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In every slide, and even.

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Put divisions like how much per apartment did we tax the week later? How.

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Much per job did we make. I definitely want to encourage the idea.

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That, if we're going to um provide an abatement for a reason.

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Other than creating jobs, we ought to have a different template in.

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The slideshow for for that, because it doesn't look good to.

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Show that you know 10 jobs retained and then it says not.

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I apologize I'm going to have to back up. I I'll need to get this cf. One should be.

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Explained and uh getting questions from a few other council members like that.

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Shows that the detail we should know anyway, did you happen to find the data, or do you not have it off top? No, I'm sorry. I.

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Will need to look up the cf-1 in order to.

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Get at that number, but I'd be happy to follow up with that information.

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If, sometime at a future meeting, you can.

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Include a quick report with uh that data. You know during the mayor and city.

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Reports, I think we really appreciate it uh with that. uh Councilmember smith do.

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You have a question. um Thank you, president vollen, uh mrs.

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Cooper smith, I I'm just gonna, follow up on.

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Steve's request: that's that's what was in my mind was.

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If you can just give us uh an idea of how much abatement.

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Is worth for each of those projects? I think it's, this great.

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Yeah, full disclosure for the you know the public and everybody.

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And for us, because it's kind of an art form and a.

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Guess from where we sit exactly how much that means.

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Happy to do that well, thank you and I have one other question.

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Go ahead when we say that there was um 60.

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Of the ama sorry ami uh amas, the medical guys.

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um Is there a way that we can say how much that is.

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um So that not only us on council can understand that. But if somebody's.

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Watching out on cats- and we say sixty percent and ami.

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Just doesn't it just doesn't register um absolutely and it's 31 000 and change.

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For the record, um but I'd be happy to and include that.

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Thank you very much. I appreciate it in general, spelling things out doesn't.

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Doesn't hurt, you know we don't mind additional.

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Documentation, you know, but we we uh chafe when there isn't enough, so that.

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Would be great if you can add that later any other final questions before we go on to the next report: council, member piedmont, smith, yeah for the foundry.

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It says that the personal property investment hasn't been made yet.

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What is that? Personal property investment that is planned.

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um Alex will be able to speak to that again, a little more.

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I believe it has to do with some technology equipment computing.

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Equipment alex, do you remember yeah? So so, if you.

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Know the foundry. You know that there are um basically the ground floor of the.

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Foundry is uh cornerstone information systems.

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um And then you have uh residential uh above it and then at the top floor.

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You have um uh condominiums.

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Private condominiums for the I think, the ownership so.

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What what the personal property was was really what was going into that first.

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Floor and they they are basically up and going.

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But they have not started their personal property tax abatement, so they are pulling themselves together. We expect that to be.

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Submitted as part of the next year's effort, so it is.

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Very specifically, cornerstone information systems is a company.

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That provides reconciliation technology services for for.

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Experian uh uh not experian, I'm sorry um uh who's that the travel company.

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Expedia so for expedia, so their business basically does.

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Several things it does uh reconciliation of of orders that are.

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Done through expedia uh for for travel tickets and then.

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Actually, it does um changes, so it helps to.

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Facilitate the technology behind if you change a ticket.

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And so that that's what that company is focused on and so their their.

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Personal property will be tied to technology. That's tied to that effort.

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So is that the.

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How much was that for the personal property.

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Trying to see what it is here.

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This estimated new investment was 400 000.

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For the personal property, okay, okay, all right! Thank you.

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Thank you, uh mr lucas, there's been some.

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Expression of concern over at least one item.

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One tax abatement uh is there a an action that a member members could.

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Take to uh I mean what is in order as far as.

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Accepting this report sure so what the council is being asked.

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To do tonight is determine whether the property owners that have received these.

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Abatements are in substantial compliance with the statement of benefits that were.

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Originally approved and there's a process, the council could.

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Follow if they determine uh property owners, not in substantial.

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Compliance and that the failure to uh substantially.

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Comply with that statement of benefits uh was not caused by factors beyond the.

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Control of the property owners. So if the council feels that a property.

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Owner has failed to substantially comply and that it was due to factors within.

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That property owner's control there's a written notice that can be.

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Mailed to the property owner to notify them of a.

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A hearing uh in front of the council to further consider.

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uh The the reason for non-compliance and that hearing would have to be held.

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Within 30 days,.

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Of when the notice is mailed so due to the deadline for the council to.

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uh Act, I the forms, I believe, jane or alex, could correct me if I'm wrong, they.

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Were due june 15th, uh the council has 45 days from that.

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Date to to make such a determination, so today I.

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Believe is the second last day: uh we'd need to mail, a notice if the.

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Council wanted to pursue that option. We would need to mail a notice to any property owners tomorrow.

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Now, when you say, if council determines you mean uh if a.

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Member or members moves and the council votes.

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To determine whether uh property is in substantial compliance or.

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Not is that what you mean yes, okay,.

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And but I mean so, we don't have a choice here to.

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Delay acceptance of the report in order to get information on a particular.

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Property, if we have to move to to call them.

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In for a hearing? Yes, so because we are right at the end of the.

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Council's window to review these um any delay would would uh basically.

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Give up the council's right to further uh further evaluate whether they're in.

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Compliance or not okay. Well then, in that case, is there a.

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Member who would like to move to uh remove an item from the report for.

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What's the term again, mr lucas, like, is it consideration or.

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Re-Evaluation, what is it we so you'd be setting a hearing to.

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Further consider the property owner's compliance with the statement of.

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Benefits in compliance prerequisite to.

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Potentially terminating the abatement- um and I don't know the last time.

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uh The city has terminated, and I know dan is on the call he might be able to.

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Add a bit more uh context, um I don't know if alex or.

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Jane knows of any previous abatement. That's been terminated, I can add something if you wish, if you.

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Will please, I don't recall us.

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Terminating an abatement we've worked with petitioners who have agreed.

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To terminate the abatement, but often what happens is that you learn.

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More about the that these subsequent hearings, you you.

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Learn more about the circumstances, sometimes at those hearings you might.

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Have a recommendation for what should happen.

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In subsequent years, so you actually give the petitioner or.

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The applicant excuse me, the receiver of the tax.

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Abatement, um an opportunity to make some changes do.

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Better and review it the following year. Thank you.

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Well, is there someone who wants to make a motion to have a compliance hearing.

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If not we'll entertain a motion to accept the report.

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Council repeat month, smith, oh I I wanted to just um encourage.

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uh To say they too will be forced to come. Sorry.

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Can someone please mute? Thank you. Sorry. I was distracted. um I would just.

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Like to encourage miss cooper smith or mr crowley to reach.

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Out to um the uh urban station.

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um Owners to discuss with them, um you know that.

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Maybe I think you know, I think part of this is a.

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Problem on the front end that when it was approved.

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They said they were going to have these jobs.

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And now we're saying that's not so important.

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So it's kind of I mean it's, it's pretty fuzzy and I I'm.

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Not a fan of that at all, um but you know we're just going.

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To have the same conversation next year, so I wonder if.

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uh You know we could reach out to that business and just say: look.

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You know this the main um reason you were granted the abatement.

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Is because of the housing um we had some concerns that your actual.

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Employment doesn't reflect what was the statement of benefits, but we're going to put a note in your file or something like that.

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So they understand, and so we have it for next year.

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Is that does that sound, reasonable.

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Yeah and one just to give a little color around that particular property that that actually has had two other owners since the time that the.

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Original particular put in so uh so in fact, one they, if I'm not.

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Mistaken there was a transaction on that property in june of this year, so um you know and and part of the reason why.

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We're up against deadline here is that, uh with with intermittent.

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Availability of government offices and and change of.

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Ownership and some others that the um the process.

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Really got complicated quickly and then there was delay in the cf1 filing date. So the whole thing this year is an.

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Atypical year, when it comes to us handling these processes, because.

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Usually it's like clockwork, you get the information you're dealing.

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With the same person who made the commitment, there were a lot of moving parts, but I think absolutely. I think what we have to.

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Do is get underneath some of these, including.

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Some of the others, where there's been some difference between what was put on the sb1 and what the outcome is.

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And and to make sure that that doesn't uh that doesn't.

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You know happen again or if, if it is happening that there's a good reason for.

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K

Yeah, if we could have those conversation, if, if you as staff, could have those.

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Conversations with the businesses and then make a note, you know to append to next year's review.

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That would be helpful.

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Councilmemberallo I attempted to move to accept the report so try again.

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We need a second second promotion in a second uh will, the clerk.

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Please call the roll on the motion to accept the tax.

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Abatement report- that's remember yes,.

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Scandaloury, yes, rosenberger. Yes, simon.

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Yes, pian; yes, clarity, yes,.

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So sorry, yes, sandberg! Yes, thank you.

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uh The report accepted 9-0, thank you, and now we go to the next.

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Item, uh mr crowley, would you introduce it.

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Yeah happy to do it so kaiser goodman is new to the e.

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To the economic, sustainable development department.

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uh Having joined merely weeks ago, um and we're very pleased to have her.

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She was the result of a council, approved uh new position in the department for.

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The 2020 budget, we appreciate that very much.

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She's, a special projects manager and uh her role is really to help us tackle.

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A variety of different projects- we've gotten her going early. She had to.

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Be going on this project day, two, uh her focus will be across the the broad.

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Swath of the department in 2020 and beyond.

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uh With a with a bias for sustainability, projects, which are.

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Significant um but what kaiser's going to talk about today.

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Are some additional actions we've taken to the council-approved.

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Signage and kirkwood closure efforts, which.

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Which we in the and the business community very much appreciate your support on to talk about uh what additional steps.

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uh We are starting to take to express the fact that the.

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uh Recovery, which we hoped would be a little bit more robust.

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And a little bit more positive at this time of year.

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Back in march, when we started all this, uh the recovery is not.

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As we all know what we had hoped, it would be so.

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I'll turn it to kaiser to talk about uh programs. She's been working on.

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um And we'll pass along.

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uh Hello, council members. Thank you so much for your time this evening.

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Like mr crowley said, my name is kaiser goodman and I'm the new special projects.

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Manager in the department of economic and sustainable development, and this evening I'll be speaking about.

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The implementation of 15-minute free parking, pickup.

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Drop-Off zones in the downtown corridor.

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As part of our initial covered response, the city offered.

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Two hours of free parking as a way to remove a barrier to visiting downtown.

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And to supporting local businesses with parking again at a premium in august.

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With the return of the iu students, the city will be reactivating the meters.

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And monitoring parking as of august 1st, however, covert has unfolded differently.

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Than we originally anticipated and as a result, the city must make.

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Adjustments to our original plan in order to best serve residents and.

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Local businesses, so this proposal regarding the pickup.

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Drop-Off zones is one of a number that will serve to.

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Ensure small businesses will be able to generate economic activity in.

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Spite of spikes in cases designating parking spaces for.

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Short-Term use for getting take out from a restaurant or running into a store is not an original idea, but rather.

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Modeled, after what many peer towns, as well as larger cities, have.

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Implemented during the covet pandemic, adding this parking option to our own.

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Downtown was driven by requests from local businesses in the chamber of.

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Commerce who are concerned about the availability.

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Of short-term parking, particularly with the students returning.

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So to get into the plan specifics, 30 zones have been selected for pickup.

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Drop-Off points near to mainly restaurants, but also.

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Retail establishments in the downtown quarter each zone is comprised of one to two parking spaces.

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For a total of 54 total spaces that will be free, 15-minute parking.

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During metered hours, which is 8, am to 9 pm monday through saturday. These zones.

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Represent 5.5 of the on-street metered parking.

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Spaces within the study area and 3.5.

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Of the total on-street metered parking spaces.

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In order to be nimble and to implement these pickup drop-off zones.

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By the august, 1st return to regular metered parking.

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A temporary order has been issued by the department of public works.

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The pickup drop-off zones will run as a trial period.

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Through september 30th so as to be concurrent with the intermittent.

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Closings of kirkwood from indiana to grant and also to respect the intentions of the council, who approved these kirkwood.

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Closings at the june 17th meeting, thank you, as alex and jane, have said for.

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Your ongoing support of programs and activities during the covert crisis, the addition of these pickup drop-off zones.

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As well as other potential modifications to downtown parking.

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Such as temporary parklets, a natural extension of the intermittent kirkwood.

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Closing plan due to the shared goals of economic stimulus, support for small businesses, compliance.

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With covered related health guidelines and convenience for patrons of downtown.

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Businesses at this time, we have strong support from.

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Both the chamber of commerce and downtown bloomington inc, who have.

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Examined the proposal and shared it with downtown businesses.

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To overwhelmingly positive feedback, I do want to stress that these pickup.

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Drop-Off zones are very much a trial and esd is open to feedback from all.

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Stakeholders as we roll out this new system and tweak.

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It to best fit the needs of our own community.

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um Are there any questions.

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Thank you, ms goodman, and welcome. Are there questions for her about this new.

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Plan councilman varela.

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How long is the trail through september, 30th.

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It's concurrent with the intermittent closing of cookwood.

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And you will assess the efficacy uh from the.

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Announcer then, or when, when it's implemented until then, and then.

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Maybe report back to us about its effectiveness.

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um Department of public works is able to issue.

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A 180 day temporary order, um though this initial childhood, is only.

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60 days should we decide that we wanted to.

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Extend it, we would have the ability to extend it.

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Up to 180 days with the temporary order, if we wanted to make it.

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Semi-Permanent, I can't say whether or not we will.

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If we would have to take it to the council within 120 days of implementation, okay, thank you. Further questions from.

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Members on this new item- councilmember flaherty.

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Thank you uh and thank you for the presentation. I'm miss goodman, welcome to.

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The city uh following up on uh councilmember.

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Rallo's second point: um has any thought been given yet to our.

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Ability to monitor the success or not of this program do we have.

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I imagine it may be difficult to know actually how much uh these pickup and.

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Drop-Off zones are being used, but it'd be nice to know if, for instance, some are are very and and thus not worth keeping or if.

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More are needed in a certain area with a lot of restaurants or.

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Something um so uh any thoughts on that. Yes, thank you for that question. Council.

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Member flaherty, um so with this being a trial, um we are in.

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A close communication with the chamber of commerce and downtown bloomington inc.

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As well as local businesses, though, those two organizations do.

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um Kind of serve as a conduit for us collecting feedback.

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And so we expect to use feedback from restaurants as well as patrons of.

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Restaurants, as well as parking enforcement to see.

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How effective um they are, um which ones are.

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Being used, um some of the zones are only one space.

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Is the potential that a restaurant would say?

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This is great, please see if you can add another one.

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It's also possible, they would say we're mostly doing dine in.

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um Business and so we only have one per each side of a.

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Block and so if we make adjustments to a given.

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Block we'll take into account feedback from all of the restaurants and retail establishments on that block. If we.

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um Need to move it, so I want to clarify that we are.

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um Our goal is to be nimble and also flexible.

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But also make sure that we are collecting.

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Opinions from a wide range of viewpoints, okay and just a quick follow-up, uh so we.

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But we don't have the ability to actually monitor like.

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You know this. This one was occupied uh four times an hour, and this one was.

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Occupied only once an hour or something like that, it'll be sort of a best best impression based on business owners and.

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Parking enforcement observations is that uh correct.

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Yeah, that's correct.

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It isn't feasible for parking enforcement to monitor.

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um 54 spaces um constantly to be able to figure out.

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Exactly how many people are using them with all of the other duties, so it will.

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Be more qualitative data great. Thank you.

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Other questions for ms goodman.

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If not, I have one: oh counselor, piedmont smith. Go ahead.

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um Thank you, ms goodman, for your report, and this sounds like a a good.

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Idea I myself have been trying to find you know, drive around just find a.

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Place to go pick up food. um My question is you mentioned briefly.

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That the idea of parklets- and I know councilmember flaherty- has mentioned this in the past.

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um Is this something that esd is also exploring.

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uh You know to create more outdoor seating for cafes and restaurants,.

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Yes, it is so um I actually just sent a memo to the administration. um This.

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Afternoon, um with some recommendations on parklets.

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And so um you may expect to hear a further.

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Report from me on on that, but that is another thing that.

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We're looking at in order to meet the changing needs of our own.

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Downtown great, I look forward to hearing your.

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Report. Thank you. Thank you.

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Ms goodman, has your department considered it all the possibility of.

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Parking sensors: you can get uh sensors that are that you know they have.

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To be installed on the street, of course, it's a public works task, but.

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um You know this sort of is a use case for them.

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For at least those 54 spaces, if we put sensors in, we could in fact measure.

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uh Exactly how much use there were is that the kind of thing that esd is.

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Willing to consider I mean, um maybe not immediately yeah.

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So um I would have to speak with the department about that. This is.

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um The first that I've been made aware of this as an option, and I think that it.

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Would depend on implementation um and cost, of course,.

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One of the goals with these pickup drop-off zones is to make them easy to.

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Install um just for our own city operations.

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And especially, if we're making modifications to them.

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At the beginning and potentially adding or removing or moving them.

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We want to make sure that it's not overly labor intensive and that it's.

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Something that can be done in a quick and nimble.

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Fashion, but I personally would be interested to to.

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Look into that and um see what the feasibility and cost is.

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Thank you for being here I mean yeah. Ideally, while we still have.

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Poles at each space, as opposed to multi-space meters, either.

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The poles at the space or the concrete, underneath the space.

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There's, I think, two different ways to measure.

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Cars coming and going into spots, and it seems like what you've done is.

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Presented a significant and important use case for.

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That kind of technology- and I don't think it's inordinately.

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Expensive, at the very least, it's an investment, a capital investment.

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That we can use for many years to come, ideally someday. We will have every space.

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That is metered also be censored so that we can actually.

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Measure the exact usage of spaces and price it accordingly, but for now.

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I would I would encourage you to look into this technology.

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And see if there isn't uh an agreeable price point or.

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Installation schedule that might help, because I have a feeling that this.

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Effort is going to go well beyond september 30th, um as we continue to.

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Endure this crisis for the next six months, 12 months, 18 months, we don't.

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Really know so yeah, please do look into it and.

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If you have any questions, uh I'm happy to help the parking commission.

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Who's very interested in these issues and we'll be happy to advise.

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Okay, thank you so much councilmember. Thank you and thank you for the report.

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Yeah much obliged to welcome and we wish you luck in your work here. um I.

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Sang with ms coopersmith uh and mr crowley, thank you. Are there.

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Any other reports from the mayor and city offices.

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That's it for now. Okay, thank you. We go now to.

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Reports from council committees are there any council committee reports.

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Seeing none, we will go to reports from the public.

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If there is somebody who would like to make a report on an item, that's not.

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Currently, on tonight's agenda, uh please uh use the raised hand.

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Function in zoom or type into the chat now and mr.

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Lucas will recognize you is there anyone who would.

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Like to make public comment on an item that is not currently on.

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Tonight's agenda, please type into the chat or.

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Raise the hand, use the raise hand function in zoom.

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First call for public comment.

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We do have one request from jaina arthur and if you give me just a moment.

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uh She should be unmuted and ready to comment.

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Miss arthur you'll have five minutes, go ahead. Okay,.

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Thank you. Can you guys hear me? Okay, we can hear you fine. Yes, please go ahead.

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Beautiful yeah- um I just wanted to take this time to lend my voice to amplify.

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The black voices in the community um and black lives matter, bloomington.

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Has extended the offer of anti-racist policy.

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Training to the monroe county council and they said that the creation of this.

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Training was born from a request for help from city council members.

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um And due to this pressure, the city council and the mayor's office have.

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Expressed commitments to participate in some sort of anti-racist policy; training to make bloomington safe civil and just.

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The problem is that, since the rise of the black lives matter as a movement.

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There's been an explosion of opportunists eager to profit by offering.

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Anti-Racism workshops to give politicians a gold star but yield no.

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Substantive change in terms of how officials approach policy making.

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The burgeoning anti-racist training industry operates like a degree mill.

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Online university that offers cut rate credentials.

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But no actual education, many of the police guilty of the recent murders of.

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Unarmed black people had taken these types of workshops.

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We need our city officials to participate in real anti-racist.

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Training, not a perfunctory workshop that produces no substantive changes.

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That is why black lives matter, bloomington created their workshop to.

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Address the local needs and locate changes in current policies.

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And I yield my time.

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Thank you very much. Are there any other members of the public who would like to.

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Speak tonight on an item that is not on our agenda.

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Please use the raise hand, function in zoom or type into the chat.

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Mr lucas, uh up next we've got uh kelly clark, who should be.

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Unmuted and ready to comment, miss clark, you'll have five minutes. Please go ahead.

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Hello counselors, my name is kelly clark and I am a private practice. Doctor of.

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Physical therapy at patient pt, I'm also a mayoral appointee of the.

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Bicycle and pedestrian safety commission and I have lately become best known as.

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The co-founder of bloomington mask drive a community effort that has provided 25.

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000 free masks to bloomington and monroe county.

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I have two comments to make to council this evening.

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First, in my capacity as a medical, professional and community organizer.

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And an acknowledgement of the statewide mass mandate that has now gone into.

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Effect, I'd simply like to let it be known that, though bloomington mass drive no longer accepts direct requests from masks. We.

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Have recruited a network of partners around the city to help us continue to.

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Distribute free fabric, masks and handmade that are handmade by our now 380 plus volunteers.

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On monday, bloomington mask drive activated the second of seven.

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Planned community mask stations this one in partnership with area 10 agency on.

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Aging- and it is the first of what will be accessible to the, it- is the first mask station that will be accessible to.

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The community seven days a week, those who need masks or who would like.

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To donate or volunteer can find all of the information on.

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Bloomingtonmastdrive.Com in my capacity as a member of the.

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Bicycle and pedestrian safety commission, I recently initiated a discussion on the.

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Subject of christy bennett the person accused of deliberately using.

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Her car to attack protesters in downtown bloomington on july 6th of 2020.

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It is my feeling that the commission has long been unduly focused on matters that.

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Do not pertain directly to our mission of advising on matters of safety for.

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Non-Motorists I further assert that our lack of formal.

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Response to this attack or to the other two crash-related.

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Pedestrian deaths within the last year greatly contributes to our perceived.

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Lack of effectiveness as a commission to address this, I drafted a statement.

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For approval by our commission to be publicly disseminated, including to.

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Common council, however, uh after extensive revisions with feedback from.

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My fellow commissioners, it was brought to a vote at our meeting last night and.

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The vote ended in a tie due to the absence of one of our regular.

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Commissioners, in light of the fact that our next meeting is not taking place until the end of august and that timeliness is of utmost importance in addressing issues of.

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Public safety- I have elected to read this statement in common council as an individual representing views of my own. I invite.

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Any president who find this vision compelling to provide comments.

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To the bicycle and pedestrian safety commission.

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Via the email address bpsc at stosberg.com, which our long-standing.

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Chair mark stossberg set up to email all commissioners on the bpsc. This statement has been lightly edited.

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From the version we voted upon to reflect that it is my own statement, the.

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Statement voted upon is as follows: the purpose of the bicycle.

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And pedestrian safety commission is to support safe access to our public spaces.

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For pedestrian cyclists, transit and people using other alternative modes of transportation, I, as a commissioner I'm deeply disturbed.

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By the act by the attack on two people, as they exercise their first amendment right to protest on the streets of downtown.

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Bloomington, this is an extreme example of how motorist entitlement to exclusive use of roadways can endanger pedestrians and.

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Cyclists, I was deeply invested in addressing this.

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Issue as a member of the bpsc before the dramatic re-prioritization, we have all.

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Undergone due to the ongoing worldwide pandemic.

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The simultaneous reckoning with the reality of institutionalized racism and.

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Its impact on the everyday lives of black indigenous people of color makes.

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It easy to forget that bloomington has seen the deaths of two pedestrians and.

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Crashes within the last year, but this more recent and deliberate attack is a.

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Grim reminder that protecting the rights and safety of both pedestrians and.

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Cyclists in a car centric community is my responsibility.

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In light of all this, I would like to publicly recognize that our mission.

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Is meaningless if we are not working to ensure that our streets, sidewalks and.

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Transit systems are safe for everyone in our community.

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An acknowledgement of the 50 plus years of research indicating that bypoc senior.

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Citizens and economically disadvantaged households are both more dependent on and less likely to have access to.

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Safe and reliable transportation, I understand that we have much work to do.

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One obvious area of improvement would be to diversify the representation on our.

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Commission, currently, all members are caucasian, and we are past due to hold commission elections for leadership.

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I vow as a commissioner to work with all relevant authorities, including the mayor.

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Common council, the plan commission and the planning and transportation.

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Department to ensure that pedestrian and cyclist safety.

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Remain foremost in investigating crashes and especially motorist attacks within.

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The city of bloomington, to this end, I will volunteer to seek and.

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I will volunteer and seek additional volunteers from our membership to attend.

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And report back on the meetings of these entities, along with those of the community council for accessibility,.

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The human rights commission and the bloomington board of transit.

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Public transit. Excuse me: this will aid me in ensuring that we are working in.

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Tandem with both city authorities and citizen groups to center the needs of.

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The most vulnerable users of our cities and transit systems.

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Further, I will lock up miss clark. Your time is up if you could wrap it up.

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Please thank you, go ahead and finish your statement, but.

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Your five minutes is go ahead. Thank you. I'm almost finished.

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I commend the efforts of our local law enforcement agency and swift.

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Acting swiftly to bring this attacker into custody and filing charges.

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But I also see it as a small victory in the greater battle to ensure our.

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Municipal streets are safe and accessible, not just to protest, but also to cycle walk, run.

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And take advantage of public transportation by reaching out and.

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Seeking to understand the objectives and workings of other groups concerned with.

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The safety and well-being of our residents, we can harness the power of collaboration and community to make.

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All our residents feel safer on our streets.

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And I for one plan to do exactly that: apologies for exceeding my time.

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Thank you, and this is a note to anyone who has spoken tonight in public.

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Comment because of the vagaries of zoom, sometimes words drop out. It appears that both speakers had.

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Prepared statements, I would strongly encourage them to also.

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Email, their text statements to the council. If you see email to counsel.

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Bloomington.Ion.Gov, it will go to all members. Thank you for.

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Your comments is there any other member of the public who would like to speak.

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On an item that is not on the agenda, please use the raise hand function in.

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Zoom or type into the chat and mr lucas will recognize you.

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First call for further comments.

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Second call for comments, mr lucas is anyone.

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I don't see any uh any additional requests.

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Okay, well, on that note, we will close public comment.

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uh For the first round, we will go now to appointments to boards and commissions.

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Do we have any appointments to boards and commissions.

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You cut out steve. Did you recognize me? Yes, my councilmember sandberg. Please go.

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Ahead, yes, um team c would like to um recommend that for the commission.

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On hispanic and latino affairs that amy oakley be appointed to the commissioner.

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Seat, 2 and that pedro.

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Ramirez be recommended for the advisory seat. Five.

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Second, we have a motion in a second will. The clerk please call the roll.

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On the motion council, member scandalory- yes,.

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Rosenberger, yes, sims. Yes,.

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Volunteer, yes, piedmont, smith! Yes,.

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Clarity, yes, smith. Yes,.

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Sandberg yes and valon: yes,.

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Thank you. Thank you. uh That motion apparently passes nine.

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Zero, I heard a few dropouts there, any other motions to board.

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Our recommendations, or boards and commissions.

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Seeing none we will go now to legislation for second and rec. Second,.

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Or first reading, um madame problematarian.

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Mr president, I move that ordinance, 20-13 the uh be introduced in red by title and.

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Synopsis only by the city, clerk.

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We have a motion in a second will. The clerk. Please call the role on the motion.

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Sorry councilmember rosenberger, yes,.

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Yes, piedmont, smith; yes, clarity! Yes,.

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Yes, sandberg, yes, brown, yes, scandalary.

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Yes, thank you. Thank you. That motion passes will the.

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Clerk, please read by title and synopsis.

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Ordinance 2013 to amend the city of bloomington zoning.

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Maps by amending ordinance and preliminary plans.

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For the thompson pd to add 8.46 acres regarding 700th avenue,.

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West sky street west guy avenue habitat for humanity, petitioner.

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Thank you um wait is that the synopsis as well.

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And the synopsis is as follows: my apologies.

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I got very excited about being done with that.

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The synopsis is assault, ordnance, 2013 would amend the preliminary plan and.

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District ordinance for the thompson pd to add 8.46 acres to allow 70.

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Single-Family laws: okay; okay! Thank you.

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Mr president, I move that ordinance, 20-14 be introduced and read by the title and.

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Synopsis only by the city clerk. Second, we have a motion in a second will.

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The clerk, please call the role on the motion to introduce.

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Yes, council, member sims, yes.

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Yes, clarity, yes smith. Yes,.

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Sandberg, yes, brown. Yes,.

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I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you on that. One.

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Yes, sorry and rosenberger. Yes, thank you.

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uh That motion carries: will the clerk please read by title and synopsis.

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Yes, ordinance 2014 an ordinance to amend title 15 of the bloomington municipal.

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Code entitled vehicles and traffic regarding reflecting a proposed redesign.

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Of 7th street as the 7 line, the synopsis is as follows:.

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This ordinance amends title, 15 vehicles and traffic of.

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The bloomington municipal code to accommodate the design.

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And eventual construction of the seven line project.

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Located along seventh street by making various parking and intersection changes.

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Along the project route.

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Thank you and with that we go now to uh additional public comment.

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If there's anyone who has not yet spoken and would like to address an item that.

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Was not on tonight's agenda? Here's your opportunity to speak now.

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Please use the raise hand, function in zoom or type into the chat, and mr lucas will acknowledge you.

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Is there anyone who would like to address the council.

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On a matter that is not on tonight's agenda,.

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Please use the raised hand, function and zoom or type into the chat.

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That you would like to speak. Second call for public comment.

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And we will close public comment. I move to matters of council schedule.

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President, yes, councilmember piedmont, smith,.

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I move an anconium for dan sherman. Thank you but motion in a second.

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uh It is uh with uh great uh sorrow that I have to announce that our.

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Attorney and administrator dan sherman is retiring as of friday. This is his.

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Last official meeting as our attorney and administrator.

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Years and so we have prepared them.

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You're breaking up, whereas since first joining the office.

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Of the common council in 1990, daniel sherman has provided counsel and.

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Advice to 38 council members over nine council terms and during the.

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Administrations of four mayors and whereas dan oversaw the growth of.

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The council office from a one-person operation to a staff.

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Of three to handle the growth in legislative activity, reflecting the tremendous growth and change of the city of.

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Bloomington, which increased in population 50 from.

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The beginning of his tenure to today and whereas under dan's guidance council.

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Has taken up and passed such important and historic initiatives.

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As the development and adoption of the city's first growth policies plan.

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In 1991, the establishment of the jack hopkins social services fund in 1993.

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The city's second growth policies plan in 2002.

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The smoking ordinance in 2003 the living wage ordinance in 2006.

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The city's first unified development ordinance in 2007.

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Its first comprehensive plan in 2018 and its second unified development.

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Ordinance in 2020, among many other legislative initiatives,.

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And whereas dan has shepherded the work of council time, limited committees on.

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Specific projects and topics such as the jack hopkins social services.

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Funding committee, the sidewalk committee and the public safety, local income tax.

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Committee and whereas the work of the common.

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Council has been greatly improved and more council initiatives have been.

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Made possible by dan's deep contemplation of a panoply of.

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Complicated issues, as well as his care for, and attention to.

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Detail and whereas dan's cogitation and.

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Meticulousness leave behind a thorough record of deliberations of more than a thousand weekly packets.

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Respected by all who read them, which he spent countless hours every week.

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Preparing an administrative legacy that has already benefited council members researching the actions of prior.

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Councils and that will benefit future members of council city staff and the public and whereas dan has acted.

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As council's primary emissary to every city department throughout.

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And beyond city hall, cultivating relationships with courtliness.

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And tactful diplomacy, and whereas one former council member recently described.

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Dan, as quote the first thing that comes to mind when you say city, council unquote, and another colleague considers.

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Dan quote one of the nicest and most hardworking people.

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Sentiments shared by many others and whereas.

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His service to council and to the community it serves.

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Dashing distinguished nothing short of outstanding and.

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Now, therefore, be it hereby said by the common council of the city of.

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Bloomington monroe county indiana that we honor.

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Daniel sherman, who served the bloomington common council.

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As its attorney and administrator for dedicating 30 years of his life.

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To making bloomington a better place with the thanks of a grateful city.

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With that, I'm happy to entertain questions and comments.

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From my colleagues.

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Just so we have a motion on the table. Second,.

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We have a motion in a second. Is there any comment or question.

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uh From my colleagues on the incoming.

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Seeing none, perhaps we should ask the man of the hour if you'd like to say.

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Anything, mr sherman. um Yes, thank you. um It's been an.

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Incredible 30 years- and uh it wouldn't have happened without.

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You and past councils giving consent uh to me to.

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Stay in this role for as long as I did so, I want to thank you and past councils.

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I want to thank council office staff. There are many of.

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Them uh just to remind people of.

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Who've worked for us over the years, joyce schuler.

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Rachel axe, melissa, o'neil, rebecca bustani who's still with us and.

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Stacey, jane rhodes and two dozen or so interns I'd like to give.

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Special thanks to two of the staff first is stacy, jane.

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Rhodes, she served for 15 years and vastly.

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Transformed what we do as a council office and.

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What the council was able to get done so there's a.

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Hearty thanks for her. Second, I want to thanks thanks steven lucas.

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Who has served as an intern and deputy administrator attorney.

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And will step up to be the next council administrator attorney.

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In august uh those who have seen him facilitate the meetings and read recent.

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Packets and seen what more information is now.

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Showing up online before meetings should have a sense of what to expect.

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The council will be in excellent hands also. I want to thank.

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City staff across the board, I've enjoyed my time at city hall and.

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Staff city, employees and the great work they.

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Do um it's largely the reason why so I thank.

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You thank you. Thank you.

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If there are no comments, if here's your chance to.

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Say something members if you wanted to to greet uh mr sherman.

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Mr rollin he's.

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Your microphone so that we can uh pass the synchomia. Are there any final.

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Comments from members, counselor, piedmont, smith,.

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Yes, um this is certainly the end of an era.

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Dan sherman has spent 30 years dedicated to improving the service of.

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The bloomington city council, which is admirable in and of itself, but the.

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Way, he does it and his uh even-handedness and his.

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um Patience and uh his thoroughness uh and his vast.

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Knowledge of municipal law are just uh outstanding um and the way he.

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uh Also has really.

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Helped new council members, um myself included when I was new.

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To to understand the workings of city government, how the different offices.

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Function together, uh what the city council can and cannot.

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Do has really I mean we city council,.

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Members are all part-time legislators, so we really rely on our staff.

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To help us to craft legislation and dan sherman is excellent at that he's.

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Very careful- and that has um you know that's.

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Essential because often you just think, oh I'm just going to make this law. But there are so many considerations and.

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He has always brought those forward and brought.

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Solutions forward- and I I deeply appreciate.

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His work and his service and all the help he's given me over the.

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Years so dan uh have fun.

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I'm sorry this is. uh uh We can't have a big party for you, but let's do that.

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When we're able to in the future, thank you thank you.

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Council piedmont, smith, councilmember sims, thank.

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You um I'm not so sure if the public knows but.

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We had a um a meeting or I don't want to say a fake.

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Meeting but a scheduled leadership meeting, but it was really a surprise. uh Farewell public meeting um to dan.

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Sherman, so I won't relive all the comments that.

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I made, um I simply want to say thank you.

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For my time being here, which is going on for years now, thank you for.

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Keeping this council running smoothly. Thank you for.

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Helping my transition um when I was first joined the council in the middle.

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Of the budget hearings in 2017, um then we went into the comp plan.

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And then so you can imagine, um I was like the duck trying to be.

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Smooth but working very, very hard underneath.

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And you helped that, and lastly, I just want to thank you for being my friend.

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We've had a lot of one-on-one conversations. um I won't.

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uh Deliberate on that much much more, I won't say goodbye, my friend I'll just.

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Say see you later, thank you. It's been a pleasure. Thank you.

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Councilor sims any further comments. Councilmember.

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Sandberg. Thank you. As jim um mentioned, we've.

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Already had one surprise, zoom meeting for dan, so uh all I want to.

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Say is how bittersweet this is. It's sweet.

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For dan, because he's going to get to take some well-deserved rest.

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And it's bitter for the rest of us that are going to miss so terribly much.

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You've been such a good friend to us all so trustworthy.

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So diligent and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts,.

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Wish you only the best moving forward from here.

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Thank you dan. Thank you. Thank you. Any other comments from members customer.

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Thank you. We will miss you dan I'll, miss you.

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uh I remember my very first council meeting.

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It was the iraq war resolution and I walked into the council chambers.

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With 300 people so ecstatic and the other.

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Half really pissed off and I was terrified.

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And I remember dan got me through that, uh although he was kind of pushing me, I.

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Think into the council chambers, I I didn't know if I knew what I was.

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Getting into uh so we've had some uh really enjoyable.

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Times on council, there are some very difficult stressful times.

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And through it all dan has provided, I think, just the yeoman service to the.

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City, I've never known a more dedicated uh employee of the city um and.

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There are hard shoes, big shoes to fill, but.

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Mr lucas is doing a great job uh and uh under dan's uh uh tutorship.

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Actually, for the last year, or so so, dana I'll be seeing you we're neighbors, yes,.

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So I'll be looking you up but uh enjoy your retirement and we will.

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Miss you thanks for all your work. Thank you. Thank.

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You councilwoman councilmember flaherty. Congratulations.

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Dan on three decades of outstanding service and congratulations on your retirement, um it's been a pleasure. These first.

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Seven months uh getting to learn from you as I as.

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Along with the other new members, we adjust this this role and the service.

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um I particularly appreciate when I, when I dig deep into the minutia of state.

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Code, uh your ability to provide good answers.

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No matter, no matter how uh sort of uh detailed the.

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Question or sort of um uh yeah getting into the.

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Weeds as I tend to do sometimes so, I've always really appreciated your guidance uh and this time I only uh lament that we don't get to work with you uh any longer, but congrats again.

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Thank you so much. Thank you. Councilmember scandaloury.

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Thank you, um these these videos, the recordings by cats.

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Serve as essentially a permanent record of what these conversations are.

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And how these meetings go, so my comments are actually aren't directed to dan.

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uh They are directed to whoever is watching this.

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20 or 30, or 50 or 100 years from now trying to learn more about the council.

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In the late 20th and early 21st century.

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Looking look at our look at this period of time as having been profoundly.

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Influenced by this man, um the insurmounts fingerprints are all over.

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The good work done in this city in the last 30 years.

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uh So please dig in to the good work he's done.

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And be sure and know that he is very much part of the story.

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Of what clinton has become.

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Thank you, councilmember smith. I just want to say thank you very much. Dan.

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I I do appreciate all your counsel and uh I hope I see you at the swimming.

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Thank you, councilmember rosenberger I'll, just say a quick bit dan.

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Congrats and I'll miss you um one thing: I've thought about with you.

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Headed out is just the orientation you gave me in the beginning.

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And I think maybe we had it scheduled for an hour, maybe an hour.

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And a half- and we ended up having to stop that. I think after three hours.

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Because everyone was really hungry and we had just really gotten into the weeds.

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On some code stuff, but it was a lot of fun. So thanks for that.

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Nothing like two lawyers being introduced.

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Thank you. um I will conclude by saying that.

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I remember my first legislation was in 2005.. It was the most trivial thing it.

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Was adjusting uh which parking zone collins students.

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Should be able to park in, and it was my first big legislation and.

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I was really sweating the details and I remember dan, level-headed dan sort of walking me through it sponsoring my first.

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Legislation- and it was a good hour a year and a half two years.

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You have frozen steve and was always there with wise counsel.

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Again level head: uh he of you know legislative.

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Laning and laying your arguments and beyond.

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Just the uh the text of the legislation and I've always taken that to heart.

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And as kepler scandaloury pointed out and as I think the encomium says.

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If you look at the the last 30 years of the records of administrative.

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uh Documentation of the work that we've done.

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That is almost single-handedly due to dan's.

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Work, um I have had the I mentioned to him today that I.

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Have had the privilege of looking through the records of.

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Of bloomington past you go back to the 1850s, the 1870s.

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To see the way that records were kept and.

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Depending on who held the pen at a given time, the.

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The documentation could be very uh well established or very scanned.

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And so it definitely reflects the personalities of the people who.

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Basically kept score, who kept track of things and.

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I just never uh have trouble going back the last 30 years of documentation and.

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Finding, uh as almost as much as I hoped to.

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Define on any given topic and again that is.

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Thanks in no small part to dan sherman, who.

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Has been, uh you know a uh steadying and.

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Consoling presence to uh nervous legislators for.

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Three decades, dan, uh we hope we'll see you around town. We hope you're not going.

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To be a stranger, we hope that you will come and see us and that uh we will hear.

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You tell stories of your time uh working for the council. uh We heard.

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Some yesterday, as customer sims, pointed out some interesting war stories,.

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From previous council members who came in on the call.

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um But uh you know, I know that there's more stories where that came from some.

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That I haven't heard yet I'm looking forward to hearing them.

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Thank you again for your service. We are grateful.

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All right with that, I will call for a vote. Please.

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Unmute your mics, my fellow council members,.

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All in favor of adopting the encomium, please say: aye.

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Hi hi hi, I oppose you better, not say no all right.

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The eyes have it the incoming is adopted. Mr sherman, thank you.

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We will miss you and thank you all. Thank you.

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uh Mr lucas, our uh his successor, do we have any matters of counsel.

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Scheduled to discuss well it's hard to follow that act, but.

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There are a few things I wanted to bring up. First.

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The council has a work session scheduled for this friday.

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But given the uh lack of any new legislation, that's ready to come forward.

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uh The council may want to entertain a motion to cancel that work session.

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um And I'll, let you handle that how you want.

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Before I go into the reminders, so moved second second motion to second: will the.

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Clerk, please call the role in the motion to cancel the work session.

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Council member.

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Female smith, yes, clarity, yes, men.

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Yes, sandberg, yes,.

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Yes, yes, rosenberger. Yes,.

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Finn, yes,.

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That motion carries there will be no work session.

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uh On july 31st, mr lucas, mr chair, mr president, yes, I'm sorry, I know we'll.

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Go back to mr lucas, but it just occurred to me that um when we.

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Introduced the two items at first readings we never referred them to.

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Committees, yes, the ordinance 2013 will be referred to the.

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Landings committee 20.

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Vacation committee.

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You broke up, can you say that second, one again.

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I'm sorry uh 2014 will go to the transportation committee.

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Thank you, councilmember lucas or mr lucas. Sorry.

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um Councilmember, councilmember piedmont smith stole the words out of my mouth. I.

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Had stepped away from the computer, so I was going to ask if those motions had been made but uh council president volun has made.

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Those those referrals so unless the council uh needed to make a different referral.

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Those those have already taken place. There is a question of.

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uh What order the committee meetings will take place next wednesday? We've got.

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A committee of the hole, a transportation committee meeting.

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And a land use committee meeting and the start times in order for those.

M

uh Meetings are are up in the air, so um I'd like to propose that we uh have the.

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um uh The land use committee at 5, 15, actually we'd, have to to move to.

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Suspend the rules because 5 30 is the earliest but uh 5 15, to give an hour for land use. 6 30 for the committee of the whole and.

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Then 8 30 for the transportation committee.

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Is there any objection to that? Do I need to.

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Make a motion to suspend the rules to begin the committee meetings.

K

um On august 5th, at 5 15., yes, okay! I'm sorry can you repeat that.

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It will be land use committee at 5, 15 committee of the hall at 6 30.

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Transportation committee at 8, 30.

K

And I moved that way. Sorry did I did it once again: it's land use.

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Committee at 5, 15 committee to hall, at 6, 30 and.

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Transportation committee at 8 30., thank you.

K

I moved I need a second for the motion. I'm sorry go ahead.

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And haven't made the motion yet yeah. Sorry.

K

I moved to suspend the rules so that we can begin our committee meetings on.

K

August 5th, at 5 15. second motion in a second.

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Is there any discussion, see man will the clerk? Please call the.

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Role in the motion.

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I'm going to ask that you give me just a moment so that I can record the motion.

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Properly, thank you no problem. Thank you.

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And then there will be a following motion after this to.

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Well, actually, there was there's no need for the motion. This is just to suspend.

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So if the motion passes, then that will be the schedule.

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Okay, I'm ready council member piedmont smith.

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Yes, flaherty, yes, schmidt, yes,.

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Sandberg, yes, brown, yes, scandalory.

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Yes, frozen bargain, yes, send.

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Yes, okay, that will be our schedule for thank you. That will be our schedule for.

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August 5th, again, land use at 5, 15.

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Committed the hole at 6, 30, chaired by comfortable flaherty and.

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uh Transportation committee at 8 30. um are there any other matters of.

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Council scheduled mr lucas uh just two reminders and I don't know.

M

That they're reminders, if folks haven't seen this yet but the uh public safety, local income tax committee.

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Just scheduled two meetings today for next week, so.

M

Notices went out, and members should be aware that those meetings are scheduled.

M

They'll be august, the 4th at 8 00 am and august the 6th at 6.

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30, although that second meeting may depend on whether the committee's able.

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To wrap up its work at the first meeting so both of those.

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Have been noticed and members on that committee.

M

Should expect to get some information in a packet.

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By the end of the week, hopefully.

M

And thank you because I have today that's plenty.

A

Are there any uh final announcements, if not I'll, entertain a motion to adjourn.

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Councilman varela, yes, I have a question, uh mr president,.

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um Well, essentially, is we will probably continue zooming for.

L

Some time it looks like the rate of infection of.

L

Covid is on the increase in the state reaching.

L

Highs we haven't seen since april and may um and they're they're going up in monroe county we're having students.

L

Coming back, uh what could you tell us a little bit.

L

About your anticipated uh schedule, in terms of.

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Us meeting remotely we'll continue doing that.

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I'm going to defer to mr lucas on this, but I will say that.

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You know I expect that the order will be continued.

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Allow us to have remote meetings that no one has any illusions right now that.

A

The crisis is somehow uh finally abating. Mr lucas, could you.

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Give us some details, my understanding is the governor's ability to.

M

Our ability to meet virtually at the moment is tied to the public health.

M

Emergency and the governor is able to extend that.

M

30 days at a time, I've gotten indications from the state.

M

That they will, let us know well in advance of when we are no longer able to meet virtually.

M

um And at the moment I believe it extends to august the 3rd.

M

I've not received any word that they're planning to terminate that. So I fully expect to get another 30-day extension of the health emergency in the next day or two and who knows.

M

What will happen a month from now but, like you said, there are no indications that this is going away and again we should get.

M

Advanced notice, once we have to return to in-person meetings.

M

And just as an update to the council and the public, we've been working.

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Closely with it and a contractor that set up our our av.

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System and council chambers to figure out a way to integrate.

M

Zoom and remote participation into council meetings.

M

Once we do have to start meeting back in in person, so we've made lots of progress.

M

We still have a few details to work out, but we think it should be possible.

M

And um that's that's the update. uh I will share more uh when I get.

M

Information from the governor and the state, thank you for that. uh I would also like to add to that thanks, mr lucas, and to.

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Councilwoman for the question um that, if uh we are going to have to.

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Anticipate uh the eventual re-entry to the chambers.

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And so, if there's any member, who has a particular concern about how that would.

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Work uh we're still actively thinking about.

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Ways that we can uh have meetings with social distancing.

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And how we would conduct them? Who would have to be president? Who wouldn't um so please send along your concerns to.

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Either myself or mr lucas and let's uh work out logistics.

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uh Are there any other further announcements or questions.

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If not I'll, entertain a motion to adjourn so moved.

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Motion, second, all in favor say aye.

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We are adjourned. Thank you again, dan sherman good night.

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Good night, everyone.

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