City of Bloomington, Indiana City Council, 17 Jun 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, the 17th of june 2020, will the clerk.

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Please call the roll.

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Council member roli yeah skin blurry, yep raisin burger here, sims yeah, bullying,.

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Here: piedmont, smith, here, flaherty yeah smith, your sandburg. I.

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Think she's still on her way in but okay well, we have a quorum. This is a.

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Summation of the agenda for this evening, we will here approval of minutes.

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Actually we have note mints for approval, we'll go to reports from council members.

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Followed by from the mayor and city offices from council committees and.

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Members of the public there will be a 20-minute period for comment. We will.

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Have appointments to boards and commissions followed by legislation for.

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Second reading and resolutions, which include ordinance 2011 an ordinance.

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Recommending that portions of the bloomington miss will code be temporarily suspended due to the ongoing public health emergency and resolution.

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2009 authorizing the allocation of the jack hopkins social service program.

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Funds for the year 2020 and related matters, there is no legislation for.

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First reading we will have a second period, public comment, 25 minutes for.

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Items on the agenda, we will hear madison council schedule and we will adjourn for.

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What will be a long looked forward to council recess with that? Let's go to.

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Reports from council members I'm going to start with the person who is last on.

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My screen councilmember sandburg, I'm glad to see you made it back in. Yes, you have a report. Please go ahead. Hi.

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I do not thank you all right, councilmember rallo.

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You're, muted, ma'am! No! No. Thank you. Okay, see brief items. One is I wish to go on.

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Record in supporting randi paul's suggestion or request some weeks back to.

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Continue zooming our meetings for the public, particularly those who have.

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Physical challenges, I think it is an excellent idea.

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Despite some concerns of security and disruption, I think those can be overcome.

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And I hope we can do this maintain zooming when this body.

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Assembles in place again and the council chambers, my second comment is just a.

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General comment to say that I'm quite distressed, I think, a number a lot of.

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People are according to polls for our country, hoping that we will address.

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Challenges particularly regarding race and inequality, including the grotesque.

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Economic disparities that exist in er in our country. What makes me worried is.

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That we have a very polarized country- and this is made worse by various media.

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That caters to polarities and probably made worse by social media and results.

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In echo chambers that it creates, I think this conversation is very much needed. I.

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Fear that if it doesn't occur and we can't come to agreement, then violence.

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Will probably continue, and I would suggest that this conversation needs to.

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Be based on objectivity needs to be based on the ability for people to speak.

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Without being bullied, it needs to be based upon statistical data and other.

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Types of data that we can, we can all agree on and to move.

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On public policy that works in in everyone's interest, so that concludes my.

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Comment, thank you. Thank you, councilmember smith. I have no.

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Comment, thank you councilmember flaherty, now report tonight. Thank you.

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Councilmember rosenberger no report. Thank you. Mm-Hmm councilmember sins.

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Thank you. I don't make unmute myself. I have a couple brief comments. First, I'd.

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Like to join my colleague, councilmember rallo, with regard to maintaining virtual.

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Platforms for meeting soon, as we move forward for the reasons that he stated.

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But I would also like to to throw my head in there that, and many of us has.

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Talked about this to keep the afl people, the american sign language, people in.

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Order to translate in that regard- and I hope we can work that out and make that.

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So, even in virtual meetings, the second brief comment is just something I would.

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Like for the public to think about- and many of us have been thinking a lot.

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About on our social situation, but another thought for the for the folks.

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Out there and for my colleagues if, in fact, we can view a police officer.

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Kneeling on a man's neck in broad daylight to the point of death, I want.

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Everyone to think about what could possibly be happening across in america.

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In our human resources offices in our hospitals and our doctors offices in our.

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Classrooms in our banks, there are many other areas that we can have. This.

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Discussion, obviously we're going to start, at least in this area, with local.

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Law enforcement, which is the same way but I'd like everyone to think about.

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Those other examples that I just gave lastly, tomorrow evening at 7 p.m. the.

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City council's public safety standing committee will have a hearing starts at.

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7 o'clock, we are hoping for it to last for a couple hours and get as much.

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Public comments that we can. I would like to mention that, on those standing.

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Committees are my colleagues councilmember susan sandburg.

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Councilmember zeus, campbell larry and councilmember, isabel piedmont, smith,.

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Formidable groups and I'm proud to be working with now. Our meeting tomorrow.

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Night, we are only intent is to receive information from the public.

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I hope there's been a little bit of misinformation, so hope no one is.

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Expecting as I've seen before, a robust dialogue that will not occur at least.

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Tomorrow we will have it in the future, but I don't think tomorrow there will.

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Not be a question-and-answer period, we just simply want to receive and hear.

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What the public thinks with regard to local law enforcement, and we have not.

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Invited any city staff to join us, so we want to keep this as generic as we can.

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In order to get information from the public- and I want everyone to understand.

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That once we compile that and analyze it a little bit or transcribe it as a.

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Better word: it is our hope that we can use this information as a basis for.

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Considering or possibly, making changes in the future moving forward and we'll.

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Talk a little bit more about that tomorrow when we start, but those are my.

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Comments for the evening, and thanks for asking mr. president, thank you, council members, campbell larry. Thank you. Councilmember.

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Piedmont smith. Yes, I just wanted to remind the public that black lives.

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Matter, bloomington is having a juneteenth celebration on friday june.

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19Th juneteenth is actually tomorrow, but june.

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19Th at reverend butler park from 4 to 8 p.m. with.

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Social distancing and mask requirements, recommendations of the cdc in place and.

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You can find out more about that and they do ask that you register, so they.

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Can have enough food and masks available at black lives matter, bloomington on.

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Facebook, so if you just search black lives matter, bloomington you'll see.

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Their juneteenth celebration should be some some great artists and speakers.

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Involved so hope to see some of you there. Thank you. Thank you. Just to.

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Clarify the 19th is a friday. Welcome right, you said that it was to is the.

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Event tomorrow or friday, it's friday, okay, thank you.

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I'm sure t's is actually on the 18th, but their event is going to be all those the.

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19Th, okay, my bad mm-hmm. I want to echo canceller sims announcement. I want to.

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Thank the public safety committee for beginning the process of taking up the.

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Complicated issue of policing tomorrow night, I want to urge everyone to attend.

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We do go on recess after this meeting tonight, although there will be committee.

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Meetings such as public safety and such through the recess, but our next regular.

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Session will not be until july 22nd. It is my intent that we find a way to.

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Integrate zoom or the equivalent meeting protocol of remote meeting protocol into.

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Our meeting procedures as soon as we can, after recess questions of accessibility.

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Such as zoom asl have already begun, we've already been discussing those.

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Items internally between leadership and council staff, we are actively looking.

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For ways to make that to keep the council as accessible as it has been, and.

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To make it as accessible as possible, so if anyone has thoughts on those issues.

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We welcome them. I certainly do please set email.

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Bolon s at bloomington da da and echo so with that now go to reports from the.

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Mayor and city offices- I see mayor john hamilton is here mr. mayor, would you.

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Like to take it away thanks very much.

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It's good to see you all I'll, try to last through a few things tonight and.

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Then hand it off to beverly calendar anderson who's gonna provide an update.

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On the social services working group, first, some updates on kovat related.

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Coronavirus related issues. You all know the county health department ordered.

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Last friday that we would shift into stage four basically, the state's suits.

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Tablas stages, that means according to that order, bars are allowed to open. Now.

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As a friday, up to 50% capacity, playgrounds, courts, sports leagues.

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Allowed to function, restaurants back to 75% capacity, retail stores, a hundred.

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Percent we did from the county, they did choose to keep the social gathering.

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Level below a hundred people or fewer, as what's approved for private social.

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Gatherings we have at a recent modest bump in cases and fatalities in the.

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County, it is important to note that the county death rate is still about one.

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Half of that of the state average, as well as the national average, but I am.

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Still very concerned, and in particular we have the big fact of thousands and.

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Thousands tens of thousands of students likely to come back in august as they.

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Come back from around the country in the world, we're gonna need to be very.

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Vigilant I want to let you know that there is discussions going on about.

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Potentially particular rules or approaches that may be different from.

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What we have right now kind of for that august to november period, when we're.

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Going to have a fairly different kind of environment for the disease and for our.

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Community, so we will be in more in touch on that as we look at those.

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Possibilities effective monday this coming monday, the city is going to.

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Implement a mandatory masks policy for all of our employees. We've had a very.

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Strong lien aged policy and provided free masks and.

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Had a lot of compliance, but not a hundred percent compliance and we've.

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Decided with all the expectations, we really need to move to a mandatory.

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Policy for all of our employees whenever they are within six feet of each other.

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Or the public or may likely be that way, we'll be providing those masks and that.

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Will be effective starting monday? Just you know, our parks department did.

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Extraordinary yeoman's work to get all the playgrounds sanitized clean couple.

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Dozen playgrounds and fitness stations in record time for friday opening there.

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Are public restrooms now open since monday, at 3:00 parks.

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Alcot bryan and lower cascades 13 hours a day. We plan to open two more public.

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Restrooms and building and trades in butler park at stage five.

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Those have been a little more difficult. We don't have the staffing to cover.

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Those that we do in the other three parks to continue to sanitize those.

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Throughout the day like we will in the currently open restrooms.

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Let me turn just to some very other brief updates. Before I hand it over to.

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Beverly calendar anderson just very quick updates on a few items, one the.

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Waldron we have asked a internal team, an internal team, to focus on some.

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Short-Term questions and opportunities short term, meaning kind of the next 12.

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Months, probably ish to identify what it means to have that building back what.

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Kind of uses it might be offered for used for over the next six twelve months.

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We appreciate councilmember sandburg serving on that internal team. At your.

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Direction to just kind of identify in the short term what we can do, I would.

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Expect it in a few months, in a few weeks or months, we will ask a longer-term.

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Group community focused group community-based group to really help.

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Analyze the longer-term uses of that building, which we expect to come into.

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Possession a repossession of in in august and thinking more broadly.

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Longer-Term, what's the right use of that so just.

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Wanted to let you know that of course, take questions on all these. A quick.

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Convention center update, you all know the revenues, food and beverage have been dramatically declining in since the closures to have.

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Cut and of course, the convention industry is upside down right now, so.

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Collaborating with our county colleagues and you and all we expect to kind of.

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Take a pause on any activities related to planning for that convention center.

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Until the end of the year and we'll come back to revisit, look at revenue look at.

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The industry and such, but I just wanted to let you and the public know we'll.

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Take a 6 or 6 or 7 month break on that right up the street from that the.

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Hospital reuse committee met last night with a public session about 200 people.

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Joined that with dozens of questions, asked and answered, including online, that.

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Is a big conversation that has begun about that that location? I would.

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Encourage anybody interested in that go to bloomington hospital site all one.

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Word: si te at the end they're calm to look at the tons of material. Please give.

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Feedback on that, a similar big conversation is starting.

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Tomorrow, night about the seven-line, that was one of the four major trails.

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Invested and funded through the bicentennial bond that we did in 2018.

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That seven-line the plan for a protected bike lane enhanced bus service, enhanced.

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Pedestrian access from the b-line east on 7th street all the way to campus at.

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Woodlawn and eventually a couple miles farther than that all the way to the far.

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East side of town that begins with a public meeting tomorrow night as well, I.

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Think that's at 6 o'clock and please jump on line with that too. On the city I.

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Want to thank the council for your consideration of the signage changes to.

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Help our retail businesses in particular pick back up and get where they're going.

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And the exciting kirkwood pilot project this weekend, which I hope many of you.

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Will enjoy, and I finally want to thank and appreciate the consideration of the.

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Discussion and the consideration of all of our public safety efforts.

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Councilmember simms referred to his meeting the.

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That will be happening tomorrow. It is always a good thing, as a community to.

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Review what we are doing, how we are doing in all ways, and especially around.

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Racial justice, yes around public safety and beyond, as councilmember sims, stated.

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These are key issues for all of us to welcome and and and support.

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Conversations reviews questions, suggestions, changes in and I look.

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Forward to that, besides, the council committee meeting.

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Tomorrow there will be a public safety review board meeting early next week.

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Some of you know that got disrupted last evening, technologically, and so that will.

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Take place again next week and I look forward to working with all of you to.

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Keep getting our city better, I'm gonna hand it over to beverly calendar.

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Anderson for an update and then happy to take questions on that or any other.

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Matters. Thank you. Thank you, mayor hamilton,.

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I am beverly calendar anderson. I am the director of community family resources.

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Department- and I'm just going to give you a brief update before you all leave.

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Out on your break of what the social services working group has been up to so.

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I'm going to share my screen. Okay, and so some of this is a repeat of what the.

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Committee talked about two weeks ago, but I think it was about two weeks, but I.

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Will go through that part very quickly. As you know, these are the members of the.

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Group, they have been a great group to work with.

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Just very proactive in doing everything, and so we had john barrett a diane.

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Bozell ephrathah firm and tina peterson and dan smith when we prioritize the.

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Areas of emergency food provision, an isolation, shelter for persons.

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Experiencing homelessness, childcare for essential workers and personal health.

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And safety and in the areas of food provision we have been meeting with each.

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Of these affirm provision, child care and isolation, shelter, we have been meeting.

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With providers of these services, sometimes weekly.

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Sometimes every two weeks get the shelter, isolation, shelter we meet daily.

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Well, now we're down to three days a week, but we were meeting daily. The community.

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Foundation is serving as a navigator for child care has been helping those those.

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Essential workers who are needing childcare find the appropriate services.

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Also has helped with some funding in that area.

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The isolation shelter is serving a six county area. They have averaged about one.

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Guest a week there was one week where there were like three guests in the.

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Shelter at one time, but of in all the weeks that they have been open there.

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You've only seen two positive cases, one of those got through cova, just fine. The.

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Other ended up going to indianapolis to the isolation shelter in indianapolis.

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And that was at the very beginning, so I think that our shelters, good job with.

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Education masking thinking face coverings hand-washing, so we have not.

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Had the spread that was expected, our emergency food providers had a problem.

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With the food chain at the beginning, they've sort of stabilized, but their.

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Goal is to stay, at least with with at least a two-week inventory, as we.

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Continue to move through this with personal health and safety, we were.

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Really looking at things like mental health services, domestic violence and.

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Some other services, and so again those priorities are continuing to develop.

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That one was a little more difficult to work through. There has been several.

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Grant funds related to coated, and these this is a list of the grant funding some.

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Of them are pending and they haven't quite been completed. Some of them have.

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Been completed but through all of these funds there is three million two hundred.

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Forty seven thousand nine hundred sixty three dollars and change that has been.

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Awarded or will be awarded direct to social service agencies to deal with.

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Newport either new programming supplies need.

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Whatever changes they needed related to cove at 19 and, like I said, a couple of.

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Those are pending, some of them are complete, but that's the amount of money.

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From throughout not just the city of bloomington but city, small c, so the.

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Needs that we're seeing coming up- I don't know how many people know, but.

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Right now, wheeler women's shelter is scheduled to close july 5th.

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It's purely a financial issue. They have been running a deficit for all the time.

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That they've been here so in speaking to them, it's basically about three hundred.

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And fifty thousand dollars a year to keep them open, we will lose thirty. Five.

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To fifty women's beds, if the shelter closes, they suspect that.

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Seven to ten women will go to indianapolis, but that also I mean if ten.

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Go they have thirty five right now, that's twenty five women that will be.

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Without shelter, they hope to continue to run some of the case management through.

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The men's shelter, but the men's shelter won't be able to take on any new women.

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And the yeah so that that will leave a big loss in our community for beds. For.

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Women, the men's shelter is current at wheeler is currently rushing the.

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Completion of their remodel, they bought the tri state, bearings building and they.

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They're trying to rush that with the expectancy of another kovat surge in the.

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Fall which will allow for social distancing they had to dispatch this.

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Season this part of the phase of the pandemic really used some space that.

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Should have been remodeled for a day room and they were able, but they were.

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Able to use it to spread people out and so they're hoping, while their numbers.

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Are a little lower, they can finish their remodel in case there's, a surge in the.

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Fall the I think we talked about two weeks ago that the isolation, shelter.

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Moved to a new location and reduced the number of deaths they had because they.

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Weren't, seeing as many guests as expected,.

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So hopefully the cost savings of that move will allow them to say open through.

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The fall in case there is a second surge in kovat, and I want to mention in the.

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Shelter area, although this is not a shelter, many of you know that salom.

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Closed for a while to having anyone in their shelter because they didn't have.

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The space, and so they have reopened at 50% capacity and are seeing people but.

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They're only seeing people who are homeless people who are not homeless but.

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Who come there for food only they're serving on a carryout basis, so they're.

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Still getting food but they're getting it on a carryout basis, but they do have.

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The shelter open now for people to come in, but at 50% capacity, so people can.

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Come in and get their walk and do laundry eat and the other services that they offer in the childcare area. That is.

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Still being monitored, our registrations on childcare were low, because so many.

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People were, we believe, working from home or had other ways to do childcare, but.

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There is the suspicion that this will be a bigger issue once all the workplaces.

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Are reopened and when school begins in the fall right now we don't know what.

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The format for school opening will be so we don't know if kids will be going. Five.

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Days a week two days a week three days a week, and so the childcare group is.

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Really, monitoring that and working closely with mcc sc to keep tabs on that.

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Right now the food supply is is pretty stable and but the providers are.

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Reporting that they're continuing to see an increase over last year, so a lot of.

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Those new clients that were coming because of the pandemic, who either have.

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Not gone back to work or whose hours have not got back up to their regular power hours that they worked are still getting food.

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Through the emergency food supply providers- and so they are still seeing.

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That increase, but right now they say they're pretty stable things are being.

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Delivered on time, and that kind of thing in personal.

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Health and safety just wanted to report that the better day club is permanently.

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Closing that is a it's really an effective colvin better day club was a.

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Day center for people experiencing dementia and alzheimer's, they did a.

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Wonderful job in this community, but most of the people that they saw were much.

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Older, very high-risk, and so they closed during kovat, and it just doesn't look.

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Like they will be able to reopen, and so when that it doesn't look like they.

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Won't be able to reopen the other piece of this is that we looked at, which would.

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Be an emerging need would be technology and thinking about if a lot of class.

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Work is being done remotely if they're doing distance learning, just making sure.

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That all children have not only the equipment but also the services to.

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Access their their lessons, and so I know that at least mcc sc provides ipads and.

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I could not find out if that's to every student or that's one per family, so that.

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I don't know, but they do provide ipads to students, but if a family doesn't have.

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Internet services, then that becomes an issue, and so that's another issue that.

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That we're looking to try and resolve the work for the work group in the.

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Future they are pursuing the creation of a funders collaborative- and this is this.

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Is strictly funders that will meet probably quarterly to start to discuss.

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Priorities and initiatives, and to also that agencies informed about upcoming.

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Funding opportunities, and that will be something that would be ongoing and they.

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Will continue to meet with the shelter child care and emergency food service.

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Providers and monitor ongoing needs and one of the.

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Things that the group wanted me to say to council members was to thank you so.

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Much for your support, and and and thank you for anything, you know all of you.

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Just support to the agency support to them for your time at the meeting a.

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Couple of weeks ago to explain all that had been done so in personally, I thank.

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You as well, and that's the end of my report, unless you have questions thank.

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You miss calendar anderson. Are there questions rather than mayor or director.

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Of community and resources from council members, please let me know.

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Councilmember simms, thank you, and this may not be a mr. calendar. Anderson's.

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Specific area but hearing this report, what I was thinking about, I've heard I'm.

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Not in town, but I've heard that the mass making process in banneker is coming to.

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An end and, of course, are very appreciative of all the work and master.

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They provided, but does anyone know how we are said or more specifically, how I.

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You is set up with mass suppliers for when students return. I know it might be.

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A little bit early, but has that been part of the discussion? It's not been.

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Part of any discussion I've had councilmember sims yeah. I don't so. I.

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Don't know I don't know, I I can add a little bit. First, the volunteer mask.

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Makers because banneker is now being used for additional services in the.

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Summer we found another place for them to go. I think, even yet today that group.

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Because, well, I think iu is in good shape from what they report for their own.

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Needs from asks, the iu, health and others who are using the surgical masks are.

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Really supportive of these homemade masks continuing to be offered to the.

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Community, so that group of volunteer heroic mask makers will be relocating to.

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Another place, I'm not sure I can announce where yet, but so they're going.

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To keep going because people feel like that will be very helpful to the community. Thank you, yeah. Any further questions.

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From members customers gambler ii, yes, thank you. Miss calendar anderson. I am.

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Especially excited to hear about the notion of a funders collaborative.

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There's a finite amount of money and the more we didn't coordinate. I think the.

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More, we can stretch it. So thank you for that. Who is likely to be part of that.

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I'm assuming jack hopkins united way yeah so right now I think it's all all.

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The folks that were on this team for sure but the city, so the city, whether.

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It's jack hopkins cdbg, whatever those those funding sources, are united way, iu.

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Health foundation, hospital foundation- you may have said united way, community.

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Foundation yeah great, thank you you're welcome. Thank you. Further questions for.

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Members, rallo pigman smith afterwards. Thank thank you. Thank you.

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Beverly regarding the women's shelter- yes, are those beds currently all.

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Occupied and I'm trying to get an idea of how many women will be in need and.

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Then other than those going to indies do you know where clients main may go as of.

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Today they have 35 beds that are occupied. They estimate that ten, maybe.

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Twelve might go to nd if we say ten they'll leave 25. That makes the math.

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Easy and we don't know where they will go, there's a there's, a possibility that.

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They can go to new hope services for families, but new hope has had a waiting.

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List throughout the pandemic, and so they would be put on a waiting list if there.

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Is a domestic violence factor in there they may be able to go to middle way, but.

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Both of those are iffy mm-hmm, okay, so that's distressing! Yes very much so.

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Potentially, people have no recourse but be on the street.

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Okay, I have another question for the mayor: yeah go ahead, please mary hamilton.

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I just wondered about the seventh street trail project have residents and.

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Business has been notified of the meeting, we're gonna be affected by the.

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Project, yes, we've had direct notice to residents and businesses along there in.

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Fact and a number of meetings individually with some of them already.

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This is beginning the wider public engagement of that they'll certainly be.

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Welcome to be part of that too, but they've been contacted directly. Anybody.

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Along that route or me, thank you for them, mm-hmm good, to know.

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Thank you, consumer customer team. On smith, I was going to ask the same.

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Questions about the wailord women's shelter that councilmember rallo asked.

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So, okay, I guess I can just ask one more wishful thinking. Question. Are there any.

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Solutions being investigated or any possibilities, so I mean we're looking.

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But wheeler has wheeler has not found any yet, and so I have said to them that.

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You know I will try to help and see if I can find some funding sources for them.

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Which I have been doing, but I've not been able to pull it together. It quite.

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Yet so it's a matter of them continuing to pay rent at that facility or well.

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It's all it's all of their services, so basically the men's shelter has been.

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Supporting the women's shelter and, and so the women's shelter has been running.

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A deficit, and so in order to keep the men's shelter at the level where that it.

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Is now which is probably a hundred they've just had to make a decision and.

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That three hundred and fifty thousand dollar figure that I named us for in a.

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Year so that's salaries, that's whatever services they provide at the shelter.

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That's everything for you know 35 to 50 women.

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Thank you any further questions.

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President boland, are you there look if mi? Even? Can anybody hear me.

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What's happened, all right, you're back you're, all back! Let's go now to members.

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Of the public is there, a member of the public would like to speak on an item.

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Not on tonight's agenda, please raise your hand. I see two people who raise.

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Their hand should lucas, if you would call them off if well before we do that.

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Is there only oh, I see three if we have more than four we'll reduce the.

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Amount of time per person, otherwise it'll be five minutes per person.

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Last call for, can we just go ahead? I'm sorry! Yes, I will. I will be going over.

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The rules for public comment here well and how to raise one's hand ends it.

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Sorry in the zoom menu there is a function.

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That says raised hand. I think it's different depending on what device.

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You're using if you cannot find it please type into the chat.

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Mr. lucas will recognize you so far. I see three people since seeing that.

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And limited to five minutes per person, people may make general comments either.

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Now or at the end under purports in the public, you may not comment more than.

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Once tonight, whether it's beginning or the end of the meeting, I please do state.

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Your name for the record. We are going to keep audio and video disabled until.

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Public comment is called for during the rest of the meeting, those people who.

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Wish to speak during public comment at any point during the meeting.

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Will will have will enable audio. Only during that comment, then disable audio.

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When the comment is over, video is going to be disabled for all speakers during.

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Making public comment with that mr. lucas, who would like to speak first, I.

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Believe I saw mr. greg alexander's hand go up. First, they were all pretty close.

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So I apologize if I, if I call on folks out of order, but I will unmute him. First.

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And he should be ready to comment. Mr. alexander you'll have five minutes.

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Please go ahead. Hi, I'm greg alexander. I just thinking.

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About all the problems that that we face with inequalities in our society, I I.

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Simply I I want to understand how we're gonna fix disparities and how police.

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Treat people without fixing the underlying economic disparities that.

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Drive personal behavior and I don't know how we're gonna fix economic disparities.

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Without addressing educational disparities, that really lie at the root.

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Of that- and I don't know how we're gonna address educational disparities without.

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Addressing neighborhood segregation- and I don't know how we're going to.

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Desegregate our neighborhoods, as long as neighbors, are allowed to demand of the.

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City that every house in their neighborhood is essentially of the same.

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Economic background as they are- and this is just a really hard problem, because.

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People are rational when they say I don't want to live with poor people.

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That's a rational desire, but it's segregation and if we, if we don't do.

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Anything about segregation in our neighborhoods and in our housing. Then I.

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Simply don't see how we're going to progress if the only time people from.

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Different backgrounds interact with each others through the windshield of a car while they're commuting. I simply don't know how we're gonna build the kind of.

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Community and opportunities that actually make change possible thanks for.

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Your time, thank you, mr. lucas, who's. Next up, we've.

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Got randy paul who should be unmuted and ready to comment? Mr. paul you'll have.

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Five minutes, please go ahead. Okay, can you get me? Yes, I won't need near five.

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Minutes the last time I'll be commenting on the zoom meetings just to thank the.

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Council for your efforts, you try to make it continue. I think it's gonna be a huge.

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Benefit to the community, but especially those with disabilities. This is gonna, be.

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A landmark kind of change for many of us to participate in government, so I.

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Appreciate everybody- and you know thanks a lot. Thank you all right who's. Next, mr.

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Lucas next up is mr. jim shelton, who should be unmuted ready to go mr.

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Shelton you'll have five minutes go ahead good evening council. I want to.

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Agree with mr. paul, but I want to expand that, and I appreciate that you guys are.

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Talking about somehow involving tell a video communication link that it into.

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Your meetings, but I want you to think about and especially administration to.

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Think about doing this for more than the council because of the zip code in.

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Nineteen and everybody being behind I've been able to participate in community on.

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Aging committee on commission on aging meetings, the cca transportation and.

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Mobility committee, where michael shermer spotted me and grabbed me and drafted me.

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Into being representing the chamber on a focus group, that's looking into.

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Wheelchair accessible vehicles I've been able to watch the environmental.

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Commission, which is only covered by cats, you, I would be able.

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To and later to watch the mpo technical advisory committee, the mpo citizens.

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Advisory commission committee, so there are lots of opportunities to watch.

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Things that aren't covered by cats and to participate in just about everything.

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So I think you need a broader horizon than just your meetings. I certainly.

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Think yours are very important, but I think it would be something to think.

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About to have these other meetings covered, that cats doesn't cover and to.

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Be able to participate in them, so I hope you'll think about that. I certainly.

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Agree with mr. paul that these kinds of meetings needs to be accessible to.

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People who are disabled, but they also need to be accessible to people who've.

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Got children and can't leave them or can't cut, don't want to come downtown.

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And go through the hassle of parking and getting anything meeting same with the.

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County meetings, this way they don't just watch among cats, they can actually have.

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Input so thank you very much for, and I hope you'll think about that. Thank you.

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Thank you mr. shelton, and that seems to conclude, the public comment is for this.

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Evening, first round we have no appointments to boards and commissions.

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So we will now move to legislation for second reading and resolutions. Madame.

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Parliamentarian yeah mute did it again. Mr. president, I moved that ordinance.

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2011 she introduced in read by the clerk by title and synopsis only second, we.

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Have a motion a second with a clerk. Please call the roll on the motion to.

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Introduce councilmember vella.

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Yes, skin blurry, yeah, rosenberger, yeah sims, yes, bolin.

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Yes, piedmont: snip, yes, flirty; yes, smit, yes and sandberg. Yes,.

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Okay, will the clerk please read by title and synopsis ordinance 2011 an ordinance.

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Recommending that portions of the bloomington municipal code be.

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Temporarily suspended due to the ongoing public health emergency and the synopsis.

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Is this ordinance is a request from the common council to waive certain.

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Formalities contained in the bloomington municipal code related to science and.

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Sidewalk eating and merchandising encroachments. The ordinance allows.

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Temporary suspension of these formalities in order to assist the local.

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Business community with its recovery following ordered closures, due to the.

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Cova 19 pandemic. These temporary measures will last until september, 30th.

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2020 but may be extended as needed beyond that date. Thank you. Mr. president,.

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I moved that ordinance 2011 I adopted. Second, we have a motion in a second is.

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There someone for the administration here to make the presentation on this.

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Item to the full council, I see alex crowley. Yes, I'm here. If I may make a.

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Quick presentation: this has been reviewed by the sustainable development.

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Committee, and so I wanted to summarize what we presented to them and and open.

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It up for questions go right ahead. Okay, I got to share my screen. Okay, can you.

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See that's coming up, maybe others can see it but go ahead.

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Don't wait price? Well, let me start before I get into the couple of slides. I.

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Have here very quickly putting this in the context of the economic.

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Stabilization of recovery effort that's been underway. What we're.

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Talking about are two different elements. One is easing signing signage.

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Regulations and the other is allowing for a kirkwood closure this weekend in.

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The context of what we've been doing- we, as you may know, have been looking at.

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Rapid response first and we had the fund and thank you for your support of that.

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We've been looking at reopening, and this falls in the context of reopening.

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Commercial activities in the downtown and then and then we also look at the.

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Longer term, revitalization of bloomington the feedback we're getting.

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From the reopening effort, and which has been led primarily by the chamber, has.

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Been that you know any effort that we can make as a city to aid. That would be.

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Helpful, they are reopening slowly they're doing.

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It very carefully they're focused on health and safety and they're also.

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Trying to find ways to innovate and reopen in ways that they can get some.

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Commercial activity going without really putting themselves and their customers.

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At risks, so what we see this, as as doing, is really helping that effort and.

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Supporting them in that effort I'll, take you through a couple of slides that.

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Summarize very quickly what the ordinance is asking for. You should know.

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Though, as as we go through this, that multiple groups have been involved in.

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The due diligence on what we're proposing through the ordinance the plan.

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Commission has been involved, the board of public works has been involved.

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Planning to transportation and and city staff across multiple departments have.

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Looked at this, and so we we've had a very intentional process and we intend.

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To do this carefully and let me take you through very quickly.

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What that looks like and then I'll answer any questions and my coworker.

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From city legal is also available to answer questions, so basically the goals.

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Of easing the signage regulation program is our number one to help businesses.

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Communicate their safety protocols to potential customers and visitors during.

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The reopening to move barriers and the sign process.

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During economically challenging times and to allow for a smooth transition.

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Back to whatever normal is going to be and normal sign requirements when the.

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Adjustments expire, so what we're proposing in signage is to suspend fees.

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For temporary sign permits, which currently cost $75 and also for a.

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Permanent sign permits, which cost $125 we are asking to simplify and streamline.

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The application and permitting processes for temporary sign permits and then to.

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Relax certain restrictions on temporary signs and sandwich boards in the.

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Mixed-Use downtown district from the perspective of the kirkwood closure.

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Which is tentatively scheduled with your approval to happen this weekend? What.

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We're hoping to do is to help the kirkwood association by closing portions.

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Of kirkwood avenue to pedestrian traffic to expand seating availability in the.

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Public right-of-way, so what this means is we are not enabling them to increase.

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Their capacity we're allowing them to distribute that capacity across a.

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Broader spectrum, including the outside, which allows for people to make perhaps.

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To feel more comfortable and we'll be monitoring that very, very carefully.

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We are planning with your approval to have the first test of this from june.

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19Th, which is friday through the 21st starting at around five o'clock on.

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Friday, the closures are tentatively scheduled to be allowed through.

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September 30th that the kca, which is the kirkwood association, would be allowed to.

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Submit a single application for additional seating and merchandising.

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Encroachment, and that is about basically being able to have tables and other.

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Encroachments on the sidewalk and on the inn and in the parking spaces of the.

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Street and then we would have the street lanes become the new sidewalk, which.

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Would allow us to maintain a da accessibility city staff would place.

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Bollards to close the streets between grant and indiana, so two blocks grant.

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And done and done and indiana, we would put no parking signage on blocks. We.

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Would communicate and have communicated with the food trucks so that they stay.

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Out of the area, because the parking spots they usually use are those same.

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Spots that would be used for tables and that we would put signage at both ends.

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Of the block to redirect pedestrian traffic both into the traffic lanes and.

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The closed blocks and back to the crosswalks at the end of the blocks to.

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Maintain maximum safety, we are also on those signs we're putting.

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Qr codes to get real-time feedback from people and we'll be monitoring very.

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Closely, what happens is the first weekend and have a report back to you so.

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That we can make a decision about whether or not we felt this would be.

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Something that would be worth continuing past the initial trial weekend. So that's.

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A summary of it again: I'm alex crowley, director of economic, sustainable.

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Development, that's my contact information and I'll turn it back to you.

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For questions, thank you before we go to questions we'll, hear a report from the.

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Sustainable development committee, which heard this last week, council bruce.

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Campbell larry, which, like to report, thank you very much.

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First begin me thanks to you, mr. crowley, for the very good work done by.

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Economically sustainable development in moving this process forward, I think.

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Somebody was very, and I think the updates are going to be very helpful.

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Going forward to, I don't also want to thank the members of sustainable.

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Development committee councilmembers boland clarity, stanford and myself. We.

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Met on wednesday, the 10th to hear more details and field questions on this.

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Particular proposal, no one, no members of the court spoke in opposition to the.

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Ordinance, I do want to acknowledge to worship topic of downtown bloomington.

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And mike mac, the visit bloomington and mary morning, the greater rid of.

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Bloomington chambers, who offered an enthusiastic support for this pilot and.

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I particularly want to acknowledge the kirkwood community association as well.

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Where they're working putting this bowl finding ways that might help us throw it.

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Was pretty remarkable times with that? The committee is very supportive. We send.

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It back to the council with an invitation to support it. The.

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Recommendation of four zero zero. Thank you. Thank you.

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Alright questions from members for either mr. crowley or the committee. I.

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See councillor rallo raised his hand. First then come for a few months. Smith.

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Thank you, mr. president, mr. crowley, my on, can you hear me? Yes,.

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Yes, I was curious about between grant and indiana is there, and I realized that.

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This is a pilot, but of course, our restaurants between wash walnuts and.

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Washington- and I wondered you know- was it: was it the idea that it was two.

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Owners for traffic there wasn't, you know it couldn't be accommodated for that.

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Reason or well, you know: why is it circumscribe to grant from grant indiana.

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So we we took the lead of the kirkwood community association and what they did.

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As a process was to basically assign a block captain for each block from walnut.

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All the way through to indiana and the block captain basically was charged with.

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Determining whether or not there was enough critical mass of interest on.

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Their particular block to warrant a closure, and there was frankly some.

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Contentions there some some businesses wanted it. Some did not. It was determined.

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That the blocks these two blocks were the ones with the greatest amount of of.

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Approval- and so we decided as a result of that limited to these initial blocks,.

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For this first trial, we believe that there is potential if it's successful,.

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And it helps helps the commercial activities that that could expand on.

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Kirkwood, and also for you know beyond that, potentially I should say that.

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Kirkwood- and this is a tribute to the to the work of public works- has done a you.

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Know with the remodel of the kirkwood or the the work that was done there, this.

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Summer, the ability to close kirkwood is a lot easier than it is.

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They're streets, and so it makes sense for us to limit the initial look to.

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Kirkwood just for implementation and execution purposes, but it could expand.

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Beyond that and we have to regroup and determine that following the first.

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Weekend I see so this is on a trial basis, obviously, and we'll take take.

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Stock and see how to proceed after some period, some weeks, perhaps well, in fact,.

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We're gonna be so we will be collecting real-time feedback from pedestrians and.

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And consumers during the weekend, so we have a qr code that goes into a you know.

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A survey basically will also be issuing a very quick monday morning, survey to.

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The merchants both inside the closure and adjacent to the closure, so we can.

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Understand what the feedback from them and then in the first couple of days.

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Next week, we'll want to make a decision based on that feedback and based on the.

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Assessment, we also will be monitoring from a city perspective and we're gonna.

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Be asking the health department to do the same to get all the feedback we can.

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And make it a decision about, how was it did it work? Is it worth continuing and.

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If so, and we can potentially expand the footprint, if, if that's what the.

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Merchants would like I see one other thing briefly is the suspension is just.

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Don't have any effect on on revenue, I would assume it's probably very minimal.

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It's not a significant effect, but it is an effect. Thank you for your answers.

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Thank you, councilmember, piedmont, smith. Yes, um I was interested in what you said.

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Mr. crowley, about the fact that this does not, I want to make sure I.

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Understood it correctly, you said that this does not increase the capacity of.

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The businesses, even though they'll have more space, did I understand that right.

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Yeah, so one of the things we learned from the health department is, let's say.

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That you are at 75 percent capacity and that's the rule that applies. You are not.

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Allowed to expand your capacity by expanding outdoor space, so you have a.

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Set pasady that is not allowed to be.

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Expanded as a result of having incremental you know, sidewalk or.

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Footprints to be able to grow into so we are essentially the hypothesis here is.

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That that people may or may not be comfortable going inside a restaurant.

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But they may be more comfortable going outside of a restaurant, and so the.

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Allowance here is, for is, for flexibility and in locale dot. Flexibility in.

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Capacity, if that makes sense, yes, and what are what is the capacity allowed.

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Currently, I believe it's 75% and that's for restaurants, as well as retail stores.

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I believe that the retail may be at a hundred percent capacity. Oh okay,.

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That was that leads me to my next question, which was, if you have a retail.

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Store and you have stuff I've merchandise on the sidewalk, how do you.

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Count your capacity at that point when people are just you know, walking by or.

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Walking through your displays- but maybe that's not so important if it's a.

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Hundred percent anyway, this is not a perfect science, but I you know I would.

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Imagine that there's going to be probably a self-monitoring among crowds.

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Perhaps and and then we'll just have to keep it all right, you know, but but if.

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We're, if we're watching, what's going on, which we intend to do al, have a pretty.

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Good idea of these types of problems that might exist that we're not totally.

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Anticipating so will the city have staffs that are that will be out to sea.

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Yes, we'll be out there over the course of the weekend and then also we have a.

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Meeting tomorrow over the kirkwood association to their credit, they are very focused on safety as well, and so they, you know, they've, been concerned.

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About inadvertently, creating a festival, atmosphere, and they don't want to do.

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That you know there was talk early on of hey. Should there be bands out there and.

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They and that was quashed immediately, so I think the idea is: let's try to keep.

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This thing controllable: let's make it successful, let's allow it to potentially.

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Expand and- and you know I think, it'll come down to whether or not.

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It may not be immediately apparent in the first weekend what the commercial.

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Value of it is, but if it does continue and if we do build it as a program and.

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It goes through the currently proposed september 30th. We might be able to see.

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Some incremental benefit for commerce downtown. Thank you.

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Thank you, councilmember smith. Thank you, president boland. Mr. crowley is a great.

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Idea and I'm think thinking this is gonna, be a nice reopening to some extent.

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For the merchants and hopefully really successful, my question is the bollards.

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Yeah and the new street some of the improvements of street is that they will.

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Prevent any anyone from inadvertently turning a car down those roads that will.

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Now be made into pedestrian walkways, yes, they've been set up and I don't remember.

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The exact count, but I think they're six across the intersections, so they are set.

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Up to do that, they're set up to be inserted and extracted easily our fire.

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And police and iam ems workers, or have been trained on on that process. So if.

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There's a need to get in there quickly. They can do that. There they're easily.

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Placed by public works, so that makes it easier than closing another street.

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And we will have signage on those bollards that allow for people to.

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Recognize they've come to the end of a protected walkway. We don't want them to.

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Cross the intersection in the middle of the street. We want them back on to the.

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Crosswalk and so we'll have signage, saying time to go back to this.

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Essentially, to the crosswalk, when you cross the street great, I'm happy that.

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All these safety concerns are addressed, and thank you very much. Thank you.

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Further questions from my colleagues on ordinance 2011. If not, I have one.

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Question mr. crowley will dunn street continue to go through or will it be.

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Closed in other word well, will cars be able to continue to go.

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Through via dunn street yeah, all northwest north-south access will be.

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Continuing so dunn and grant and indiana will both all three of them will have.

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North-South very good. Thank you any further questions before we go to.

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The public, councilmember piedmont smith, yes, so.

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What happens if we would like to extend the program beyond september 30th, either.

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The signage component or the right-of-way component or both can I.

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Defer to mr. walker on that one. Yes, I'm happy to address that question. Michael.

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Rooker city attorney, so we would go back to all three of the bodies that we had.

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Discussed this with previously the plan commission, the board of public works and.

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We would come back to this council to discuss extending this. If this is a.

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Program that we believe is successful and worthwhile to continue beyond.

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September 30th, thank you further questions. Seeing none will.

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To the public for a comment on ordinance 2011, if you are a member of the public.

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Would like to address this ordinance. Please raise your hand now and mr. lucas.

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Will call on you, I see one taker. Mr. lucas, mr. alexander should be unmuted.

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And ready to comment hi, I'm greg. Alexander again I mean his.

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Plans awesome I, the last time this council discussed closing kirkwood to.

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Cars, it was brought up that other cities had tried closing their main streets to.

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Cars like in the 70s and 80s other cities in the us and in indiana, and that.

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They had had challenges. I want to just give a short little bit about the.

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History of that, that is true- they tried that and it was. It was almost university.

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Of failure in the us and that's because the way that they did it is they did the.

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Same thing, that the bloomington did they, they emptied out their core.

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Neighborhoods, because of the the rapid construction of suburbs- and they.

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Bulldozed about half of the commercial properties in their downtown's to build.

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Parking which we did that too, and they also turned their their main streets in.

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Our case college and walnut, they turned those into highways, and we did that too.

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And so they kind of built a moat of parking and highways around downtown and.

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So then, when you take your main street and you pedestrian eyes it it it, it's.

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Kind of a catch-22: you know that the you're only happy there if you drove to.

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Get there because you have to cross such a major highway in terms of college and.

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Walnut to get there and there's so much parking that there's less destinations.

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For you, less diversity of destinations, especially, but then on the flip side, now.

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You've banned cars on the on the main street, and so of course it didn't work.

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But the good news is that our downtown is filling up again with residences and.

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In the last decade or two decades, kirkwood has really seen a lot of people.

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Have been digging up old parking lots and turning them into businesses again.

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And census, and so we've seen a reversal of.

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The mistakes that made it so impossible at the desk, unitas kirkwood and we still.

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Have this problem of college and walnut? Those are still highways and you see as.

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As close as like, eighth and walnut, you know the it's switch, your switch yard.

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Brewing right now, but we know mars and axis and jake's there were a whole.

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Series of businesses that have failed in that location, it's because of walnut and.

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College pedestrian oriented businesses simply can't survive that close to.

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College and walnut, and so we have this opportunity, that if we fix college in.

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Walnut everything else is lined up and we can repossess tyrannize our downtown.

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So that's just something to think about, because this really could be something.

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That would be permanent. That would be successful over a long time span. Thanks.

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For your time, thank you, mr. alexander next, mr. lucas. Next up is mr. jim.

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Shelton should be unmuted and ready to go speaking for the chamber at this time.

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We obviously we support this. We want to really appreciate mr. crowley and the.

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Rest of the administration is working with the business community in order to.

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Make this happen, we really, I think, it's smart to do it as an experiment and see.

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What works and what doesn't so we encourage you to approve this. Thank you.

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Thank you any other public comment. Please speak up in the chat or raise.

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Hand you use the zoom function to raise your hand.

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Seeing no further public comment we'll come back to the council for debate is.

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There any final comment on ordinance: 2011, councilman, bruce campbell, larry.

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Just one minor detail I want to acknowledge to you in report submitted.

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By this committee that came out in the packet, I don't believe councilmember.

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Flaherty's electronic signature was included just because it came a little.

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Later but I could you confirm that don't remember clarity that you've added your.

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Signature since I did sign-off in artwork- yes, it might have come in too.

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Late today, my apologies, thank you. That's all. I need thank you and he he did.

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Adon ordinance, 2011 cats morello nothing to debate just to credit, really the.

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Department of economic and sustainable development and mr. crowley, his team.

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When clearly, we've had challenges economically with the with source code.

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Co2 and we've stepped up in terms of assistance and now we're stepping up in.

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Terms of adaptation- and I think he, mr. probably and his department deserve a.

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Lot of credit for this and for implementing it and I'm excited to see.

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It happen. Thank you. Thank you. Mister allah. Please don't mistake, debate for a.

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Rancor, it's simply a term of a term of parliamentary art. Any further comments.

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From council members, if not I'll just say that I have studied a couple of.

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Cities that did in fact try to create pedestrian streets, iowa city and charles.

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Field of them around the mid 70s tried to block off several streets of their.

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Downtown shopping district from cars, and indeed they were failures, at least for a.

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Decade, while whatever mr. alexander said is notwithstanding, the problem was also.

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That it was too much of a shock to the system, because people were in fact still.

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Using cars, what we have right now is situation where no one's using their car.

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And this request to close came from the merchants of those streets themselves.

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Was not imposed upon them from above, but the city I think, has been very ready to.

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Accommodate them it's an eye for an unusual set of reasons whose time seems.

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To have come, I am looking forward to being there as masked as I as unmask as.

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I can be while still keeping other people safe, but I'm looking forward to.

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Visiting kirkwood this weekend to see how people are received, I do want to.

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To be careful when they go out, I know that my colleagues and I have seen a.

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Number of people who have decided that masks are no longer important and you.

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Know they they are, they continue to be so, but with that, I do hope that.

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Bloomington will support its local businesses downtown this weekend. This.

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Experiment is very important. I want to thank the committee for its work want to.

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Thank economical development and I wish the merchants luck and I will hope to.

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See you all downtown this weekend? Is there any other comment? If not, I will.

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Call well the clerk. Please call the roll on ordinance 2011, your skin valerie. Yes,.

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Rosenberger yeah sins; yes, boland; yes, piedmont! Smith! Yes, flaherty! Yes,.

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Smith, yes, sandburg, yes and roll. Oh yes, by 9, ov, oat, ordinance, 2011 is adopted.

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Thank you, mr. crowley. Thank you. Everyone. Thank you for now to the next item.

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Adam parliamentarian, mr. president, I move that resolution 2009 be read by the.

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Clerk by title and synopsis only second, we have a motion. A second will. The clerk.

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Please call the roll of emotion to introduce and read by title and synopsis.

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That's a member of rosenberger yeah sims. Yes,.

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Valen, yes, iman smith, yes blaire d, yes smith! Yes,.

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Sandburg, yes, rolo, yes, skin valerie! Yes, all right.

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We have that's a adopted. Will the clerk please read by title and synopsis.

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Resolution 2009 authorizing the allocation of the jack.

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Can social services program funds for the year 2020 and related matters the.

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Synopsis is this resolution brings forward the recommendations of the 2020.

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Jack hopkins social services funding program committee, the principle task of.

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The committee is to recommend funding for local social services agency.

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Proposals that best meet program criteria and best meet the needs of the.

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Community, this resolution allocates a total of.

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Three hundred and nineteen thousand seven hundred and ninety five dollars to.

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Twenty four different agency programs: the resolution also approves the funding.

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Agreements with these agencies accepts the report of the committee authorizes.

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The chair of the committee to resolve any questions regarding the.

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Interpretation of the agreements and adjusts the committee membership to.

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Include four members from the council assigned by the president of the council.

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And three city residents appointed by the committee chair with experience in.

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Social services. Thank you. I move that resolution 2009 be adopted. Second, all.

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Right, I think here to present would be council, member and chair of the jack.

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Hopkins serve social services funding committee, susan sandburg, councillor.

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Sandberg, would you please go ahead? Yes proudly. This is the 28th year for.

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The jack hopkins social services fund and we are very proud to be able to.

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Allocate the my records say three hundred eighteen thousand seven hundred.

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Ninety five dollars that was distributed, distributed among 24 outstanding.

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Agencies and programs that support individuals in our community that are in.

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Low-Income categories: this was definitely a code 19 driven.

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Focus as we worked very collaboratively with beverly calendar anderson and her.

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Social services workgroup who had been diligently taking a look at the most.

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Pressing community need as a result of the cova crisis, and so the members of.

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The committee- I let me just introduce them briefly, they are.

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Matt flay hardy ron, smith, soos campbell, lauri and my selfish, and then we were.

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Joined by two community members, tim maher and mark fraley, one of the.

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Recommendations that will be coming forward from this this committee is that.

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In next year's round we actually add one more to the committee, and that would be.

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A community member, as opposed to the traditional five council members and two.

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Community members, so again that's for your consideration. As of tonight's.

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Report a lot of information is already in at the resolution itself and a very.

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Comprehensive report that walks you through the process- this is a very.

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Time-Consuming and long process it was made even more complicated by the fact.

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That we had to conduct all the meetings virtually. We did not have that same.

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Ability to do the public round of hearings as the agencies came forward to.

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Make their presentations, in addition to the the grants that all of us on the.

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Committee read through and used as the basis for our considerations this year. I.

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Clearly want to thank our staff, stephen lucas dan sherman and becky boustany.

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As the public probably knows, I hope you know, council members are not full time.

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Staff we many of us, if not the majority of us have full-time jobs. In addition to.

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Our work on council and the amount of work, the preparation, the transparency.

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The the the careful administration of this particular grant program does.

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Require a lot of assistance from our from our very outstanding staff, and we.

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Had new members of the staff who had not done this before, as well as we're going.

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To be welcoming from the hand, staff and, of course, now that the recommendations.

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Are coming forward and this body will hopefully approve them tonight the hand.

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Staff will then work with the agencies in executing their fits grant and making.

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Sure everything's going well and we'll have a new member of the hand, staff.

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Joining that team and that's cody tooth men, who've joined dort stands with eric.

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Sater and sitting in on our meetings and in guiding us through much of the.

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Deliberations, this is a smooth-running machine having.

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Been in operation since 1993, there have been some significant changes made over.

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The years in most recent years, we are recognizing that many social service.

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Agencies have a growing need for operational funds, and so we have become.

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A lot more flexible in granting some of that at the request of the agencies.

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Themselves, we do carefully survey them at the end of each round to get feedback.

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On what their, what their needs are in serving low-income individuals in this.

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Community jack hopkins has always prioritized food.

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Shelter and health care- and that was primarily the theme this year again in.

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Addressing the emergent needs from the kovan crisis, and so I will say kudos to.

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This committee, they did an outstanding job of allocating the dollars in a way.

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That the agencies will benefit and be able to do some significant things with.

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The dollars that we've had available so I believe that is it for just a brief.

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Summary and happy to answer any questions if we have any, but hopefully.

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You have read through the allocations. They are in your packet as to the 24.

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Agencies that were granted and for what their requests were granted for. Thank.

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You thank you guys for sandburg with that. I will open the floor to questions.

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From members, so anyone who has a question about resolution to 2009 going.

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Once going twice will go out to the public if there's a member of the public.

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Would like to speak on resolution 2009, please raise your hand and zoom or type.

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Into the chat mr. lucas will call on you: is there.

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Anyone who would like to speak to resolution 2009, I see one hand mr. lucas,.

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I see carol canfield, who should be unmuted and ready to comment. Miss can't.

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Really about five minutes go ahead.

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I just like to voice my objection to plan.

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In all options receiving funds, this is not an old argument that I have made.

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It's one I've posted for many years, but particularly with planned parenthood.

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This year, when they refused to stop doing their abortions at a time when.

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Non-Emergency and non necessary surgeries for us to be halted and they.

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Continued to do them, this is just not acceptable, and they are also now being.

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Supported by planned parenthood of northwest the northwest region, including.

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Hawaii- and I can't remember the proper name of it- I'm sorry, but in the.

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Northwest planned parenthood region, they're being supported with by them now.

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They don't need these funds from us and I would just ask that either you both is.

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Down or to isolate them so that they can be voted on separately. And as far as the.

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All options goes, it's basically a front for referring abortions and for.

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Supporting the hoosier abortion fund, which they started, there are other.

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Groups in town which provide diapers, not the diapers, aren't needed and can be.

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Used you know from any source they get them, but that's not the main focus. Thank.

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You thank you, so any further public comment on resolution 2009 mr. lucas.

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This is a in true. I've got chris connell here, mr. lucas, that has private message.

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Me so if they sure I believe mr. connell is now unmuted and ready to comment, I.

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Ask go ahead: you'll have five minutes thanks.

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I just like to second what mrs. canfield has said here and point out that yeah.

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They they receive just indiana and kentucky alone planned parenthood, which.

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We all know, I hope, is really the main provider of abortions in the us and its.

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Really that is the primary function. Here I mean there's other services they offer.

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But they're not unique to those services they took in, like nineteen million.

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Dollars just that part of planned parenthood, you know the they're part of a greater organization. I think mrs. canfield was.

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Speaking out that took in fifty eight million in 2018, they don't need this.

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Local support and it's extremely partisan, you know and from our point of.

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View from my point of view, they are killing babies and this is a really.

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People thing many people agree with me: there's a maybe a majority feel this way.

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And believe this way, I think you know technically, when the face of it, it's.

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Clear that, obviously, but whether you agree with it or not, this is not a local.

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Local organization, I would highly recommend there are so many good causes.

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That can be the recipients of this money that are truly local and reaching the.

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Poor and doing actual good service to poor developing businesses and really.

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Improving the lives of many of the people in our community directly, I.

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Highly just hope you will consider not funding them this year, taking them off.

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The list, or at least isolating for supper, photos.

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Canfield said, thank you.

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Thank you any further public comment, mr. lucas, not that I seen I don't know if.

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Anybody else is requested. Last call if you'd like to make comment on resolution.

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2009, please use the raise hand, function and zoom or type into the chat. Mr.

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Krabs or mr. lucas going once.

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Going twice and public comment period has ended, we'll come back now for debate.

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To the counselor there any final comment on resolution: 2009, councilmember, sims.

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Thank you. I just want to add my appreciation to the jack hopkins social.

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Services committee and this as council members sandberg said this is tedious. It.

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Was long and it wasn't easy and there's always a greater need throughout the.

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Community, even with the the organizations that.

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Have been funded, so I just want to thank the committee for their hard work. It's.

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Just one of the programs that are throughout the community that helps a.

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Very vulnerable community and I'm grateful. Thank you very much. Thank you.

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Further comment from members cots members campbell, larry and then.

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Counselor piedmont, smith. Thank you and I appreciate the opportunity to serve on.

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This group and participate the recommendation, as perhaps other council.

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Members not to have received a number of messages in the last few days, opposing.

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Funding for planned parenthood and for all options- and I want to take a minute.

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And acknowledge those and let them know that those arguments are heard they fell.

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Into two categories, as I went back and looked at all the messages earlier today,.

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One very violent concern and was the notion that any funding from jack.

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Hopkins would be commingled with other funds that would provide abortion.

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Services I'm a fundraiser by trade. Then you know that I care deeply about donor.

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Intent when it's a gift- and I care deeply about the use of these grants, so.

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I actually spent time on the phone with planned parenthood and with all options.

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Yesterday, asking about their accounting and their audit procedures and the.

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Independent audits that happen of their funds.

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I am satisfied that these funds are not used to provide abortion services. Some.

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Of the messages are you as fungible, but I want people to know that this.

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Committee has thought about that and and put in place questions and processes to.

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Ensure that these funds are kept separate, the second major category of.

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Objections I heard suggested that, even though this particular grant was for.

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Colposcopy equipment that essentially tests for hpv the human papilloma virus.

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And infection with that is tied to that behavior. Basically, this was the argument.

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You need, and I will lead to others judgment around- that particular issue.

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But the argument was that planned parenthood is essentially encouraging.

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That behavior, by providing services related to this and the logic of that to.

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The aerie honest, respectively, fell apart for me, that seems a kin to faulting an.

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Oncologist who treats people with lung cancer and saying that that doctor is.

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Encouraging smoking by virtue of treating lung cancer, so that analogy and.

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That train of logic didn't resonate with me, so I just want to acknowledge that.

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Those are deeply held feelings and that feedback is important and I encourage in.

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All the messages I responded to, I encourage people to consider applying to.

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Be a citizen participant in the japanese city next year and I provided links to.

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That this is a public process and I'd like to keep some of that. So those are.

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The comments I thank, thank you councilmember piedmon smith. Yes, I'm I'd.

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Also like to thank the committee very much, I know this is a time intensive.

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Process and it's very difficult to allocate insufficient funds when there.

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Are so much need in the community? I do want to ask my council colleagues, as we.

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Go into future years of the jack hopkins social funding committee to consider.

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Having at least one person of color on the committee, the committee many years.

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Is is all whites and I think it would be a good added perspective to have a.

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Person of color or a person of the ethnic minority group to join the.

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Committee, so I just encourage us to consider that next year, in the future.

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Thank you. Thank you. Further comment from council members.

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Looking at both screens, consumers sandberg then counsel for smith, council.

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Member smith bingo first all right: she will defer to councilmember smith. I.

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Just wanted to say it was an honor to be on the jack hopkins committee. It was.

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Really a challenging to allocate the funds, and I want to thank the city staff.

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And the chair, susan sandberg, who did a fantastic job.

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Keeping herding cats keeping us all kind of going in the right direction and.

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That's why I got into public service was to do good things, so I made me feel good.

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To participate so thank you very much and that's all I had to say thank you.

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Summer sandberg, thank you. This year was the largest amount of requests that.

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We've ever had what made the committee decisions so difficult this year, as we.

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Had to first round, we had to eliminate our agencies. That would not even be.

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Heard would not even be considered and then those that we did consider. We had.

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To cut it in half in order to fit the amount of dollars that we have available.

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Now social services fund here at the city of bloomington, is a real source of.

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Pride, because not all cities designate this kind of they don't earmark this.

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Kind of money for social services, so we've been ahead of this curve since.

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1993- and that is something the city of bloomington- can be proud of. The other.

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Thing is, this is a very strong community for social services. Now social services.

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Are under tremendous strain right now, because they're not able to conduct.

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Their fundraising activities in ways they normally can their major events.

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Their signature events had to be canceled they're having to appeal to.

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People online, and that is having a significant impact on a lot of our.

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Social services agencies, which is why these funds are more important than ever.

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This combined with the cdbg dollars- and we did have some additional funding this.

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Year that that came about because of the kovat crisis, that again the hand.

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Department is overseeing, but this committee did have a big lift and the.

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Decisions they made were not unwise in terms of keeping the priorities in front.

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Of us as to what was needed, and so I feel very comfortable in the.

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Recommendations that you see before you- and I hope the rest of the council will.

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See your way to approve them. Thank you. Thank you, consumer sandberg, any final.

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Final comments from other members who have not yet spoken council member.

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Flaherty, yes I'll, keep it brief. I echo many of the sentiments my colleagues.

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Already shared, I just wanted to express my thanks to chair sandberg for chairing.

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The committee this year and express that it was a pleasure to.

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Take part in that process and acknowledge that, yes, it was a very difficult decision, allocating these funds among groups, but I feel very.

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Confident in the final recommendations we came up with. Thank you. Thank you.

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Customer sandburg, if I could just make one last comment, because I absolutely.

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Agree with councilmember piedmont, smith's comment about diversity and that.

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Was something that we considered? There was a little instability, we weren't sure.

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Who that that last member of the committee was going to be as chair, I.

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Picked this year, some experience that kind of was the diversity I was looking.

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For given that there were so many newcomers to the process this year, but.

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Next year, if you would accept our recommendation to add that third.

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Community member, you can absolutely guarantee that the committee will be.

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Extremely mindful of adding diverse members of the community, who also have.

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Experience and and knowledge about local nonprofit organizations thanks.

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Thank you I'll just say in conclusion that I've never the task of the ha it's.

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Difficult every year, I am grateful for the vision that our predecessors had.

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Almost 30 years ago, in creating this fund, which I'm happy to say, has been.

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Nurtured by every council since, and I think that we're a fillable even though.

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We really can't do enough to help these not-for-profits provide the crucial.

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Services they provide to our community. With that, I will accept a motion. I sure.

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There's no need to I'm just I can call the question all the roll on resolution.

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2009, council, member simms, yes boland, yes, iman smith,.

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Yes, flirty, yes, snip, yes, sandburg, yes, lulu! Yes,.

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Skin valerie, yes in rosenberger, yeah fine, I know vote resolution. 2009 is.

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Adopted thank you to everyone. We will now go to additional public comment. If.

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There is someone who has not yet spoken this evening on a matter that was not on.

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The agenda here is a second opportunity for you to make public comment. If you.

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Would like to do so: please raise your hand in zoom or type into the zoom chat.

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Is there anyone who would like to speak to items that are of not we're not on.

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Tonight's agenda and who has not already spoken seeing then we'll go to matters.

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Of the council schedule who will take this mr. chairman or mr. lucas, I can.

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Jump in there aren't aren't many items for your consideration. Just a few.

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Reminders that after tonight's meeting, the council does begin its annual summer.

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Recess, it's not actually that long. The council will pick up its first.

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Legislative cycle in july, with the work best work session on july, the 10th, the.

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First, regular session of the council will be july 22nd and, as noted earlier.

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In this meeting there are standing committees that may meet over recess.

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One such committee meeting is happening tomorrow. That's a meeting of the.

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Council's public safety committee, as opposed to the board of public safety.

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Which will have to reschedule their meeting from yesterday so that meeting.

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Of the council standing committee will take place tomorrow at 7 p.m.

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Over zoom and those are all of the reminders, thank you if there are are.

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There any other announcements or closing comments, you're all frozen. So I don't.

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Know if you can even hear me but I'll, entertain a motion to adjourn.

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Second, oh second, all in favor, please say aye.

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All right, we are adjourned. Thank you. All. It's been a hell of a first half of the.

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Year we'll see you in july: please have a good recess and stay safe.

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