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You will come to order. This is a meeting of the bloomington common council for.

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The first of april 2020 is the second special session conducted electronically.

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Pursuant to the governor's executive order, 2002 declaring a public health.

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Emergency for the code 19 outbreak, as well as several further executive orders.

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Will clerk please call the roll it's member raleigh your skin, be weary.

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Yeah rosenberger here sims yeah rollin here p moans me here: clarity here, smith,.

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You're in sandburg here present and accounted for tonight's agenda includes.

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Reports from council members reports from the mayor and city offices in.

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Particular or reports from the economic stability and recovery working group.

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Reports from council committees and in reports from the public or fortune house.

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Committees, I think, will include and appointments to boards and commissions.

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We will have legislation for first reading, including appropriation.

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Ordinance 2001 to especially appropriate from the food and beverage tax on.

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Expenditures related to the convention, center expansion and support of local.

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Tourism during the kovach 19 emergency, I see a foreign sports question eb after.

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First reading of the council schedule discussion and a german followed.

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Immediately by committee of the whole to discuss appropriation, ordinance, 2001.

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Should council see fit this evening with that, we're gonna go to reports from.

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Council members be the first time that members have had a chance to speak to.

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The public since a month ago is there anyone who would like to speak I'll.

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Start with councilmember smith sure it's been out.

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Tough last month- and I know everybody's reaching out trying to help each other.

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And that's a really great thing in it, and it certainly makes us all feel.

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Better, I I looked at my job in in a real world is working with people out in.

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Public and elderly and disabled in their homes- and I did an informal poll of the.

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Providers, probably about 10 or 15 providers about if they had masks of.

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Equipment and all of them said: yes, we have an adequate supply. Some of them are.

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Sewing masks, some of them are gobbling it together from old supplies and some.

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Of them have been able to order some of them online so that we're all kind of.

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Holding the line at that point, but I just wanted to let everybody know that.

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At least from my perspective, things are being held up and we're doing a pretty.

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Darn good job in the scary times, so thank you. Thank you. Councillor smith,.

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That's member sims hi. I didn't happen on this, but I think I will thank you. That's.

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My council, member just previously stated this, has been a very tough time for us.

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I do believe things are continue to be tough for a while, but I think this too.

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Shall pass but at first what I'd really like to.

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Thank or acknowledge is the staff and the folks at the united way, monroe.

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County united way and some of the things they're doing in monroe, county and green.

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And in owen the community foundation- and I think that's a bloomington and monroe.

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County and iu health bloomington's foundation- and I think many of us.

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Already know what a lot of the funds that they've collected and how they're.

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Utilizing it to help those in our community that have basically been.

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Hardest hit and there's so many in this community.

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That are doing things to help lighten the load. Overall, things like the food.

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Train that we're delivering food across the city to help those in need.

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I know that the food bank is just very very busy because many of the food.

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Pantries across the city are meeting to be restocked and replenished.

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So we can help a lot of those folks and, as you can imagine, most of that meat has.

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Increased since this co mid-nineteen has started, and even our little small pantry.

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At second baptist, we replenish it restock it help as many people as we can.

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And do it all over again and I think that is being replicated many many times.

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Across this community- and there are so many others out in the community- that's.

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Helping, I don't know of all of them and if I keep talking I'm sure I'll, not.

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Mention someone and I don't want to offend anyone. I just want to say thank.

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You bloomington is a great community to be involved in. Can we do better? Yes, will we do better? Yes, I believe we will, but as.

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We are now I just want to offer my thanks to everyone. That's helping us get.

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Through this time, thank you. Thank you, council, verse in wisconsin.

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Brisk and blurry yeah. I want to acknowledge a group that has done a.

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Staggering amount of work this weekend, and that is an economic stabilization.

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And recovery group this was recommended by mayor hamilton and includes alex.

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Crowley of our economic and sustainable development office, general referral of.

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The bloomington economic development, corporation and fred, more of the chamber.

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Shaun starwood's indian coopersmith, also of economic and sustainable development.

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Brian pain of cdfi bloomington and it can't eats their dimension, though I.

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Think the kovach crisis has created the number of immediate needs for us and a.

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Number of demands on any number of people for quick response to it. It also.

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Is going to require us to think long term, and this group has done amazing.

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Work thinking about how we are going to support our local businesses and employers in the coming months- and I just want to applaud them.

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You will hear more of their work tonight, but I've been sitting in on daily.

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Check-In calls with his group every morning and I watched the plan that.

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They'll be talking about go from an idea to to a pretty well-developed, rushed out.

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Plan in 72 hours- and I just want to applaud them for that- and thank them for.

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Their work on behalf of our local businesses, my employers, thank you. Thank.

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You, council, where's camera laurie, comer sandberg. Thank you. This is a time to.

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Thank a lot of people, and I want to especially mention my own community.

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Neighborhood of matlock heights, we are a close-knit neighborhood to begin with.

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Always looking out for one another, and we are relatively compact and we keep in.

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Touch even in normal times, but the leadership of the matlock heights.

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Neighborhood association has done a really good job, reaching out making sure.

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That we're all checking in especially some of our more elderly neighbors, who.

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May have some needs and so kudos to matlock and I'm sure there are.

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Neighborhoods across the city that are being good, neighbors and looking out for.

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One another and that that needs to be mentioned because I think that's a big.

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Part of what makes bloomington such a special place also, while we're giving.

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Thanks big thanks to the continuation of city.

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Government team, and also our council liaison dave rallo for keeping us all.

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Informed of that really excellent work, that's going on there too! So as many of.

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My colleagues have said there are so many people to thank a lot of people.

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Stepping up and taking taking charge of where some of the need gaps are, and so.

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Thank you to all who are doing that. Thank you. Councillor sandberg.

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Councilmember flaherty sure you know the comments of others and just briefly.

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Think also city staff, most of whom are continuing to work through this.

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Emergency and challenge I'll, be it through in unique circumstances. So.

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Whether it's you know, folks, that are at city hall or.

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Public works utilities and out in the field everybody's going to find new ways.

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To get to work and work within this within the limits of of staying, safe and.

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Healthy while still earning city services, so I know it's been a challenge.

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For the city, and certainly the continuity of city government team that councilmember sandberg mentions has been leading that charge. So thanks to all the.

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City workers also, I just wanted to briefly mention that, in addition to the.

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Economic stabilization recovery working group, the mayor hamilton, has also.

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Convened a working group on social services led by many in philanthropy in.

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Bloomington and the climate action and resilience committee of city council is.

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Laying with with that group, which is also headed up by a beverly calendar,.

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Anderson with the city, so I just wanted to mention that for anybody watching if.

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You have questions or ideas or input in the context of community resilience by.

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All means feel free to reach out to me or the other members of the climate.

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Action and resilience committee, which includes council members, rallo piedmont,.

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Smith and rosenberg, thank you. Thank you. That's what were flared a councilmember.

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Rallo yeah thanks well: d, continuity of city.

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Government purpose already been mentioned, and I just wanted to say what.

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An excellent job that they've been doing department, heads and deputy mayor niacin.

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Mayor hamlin, saying essentially to keep the city running, keep vital services.

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Going protect city staff, protect the public who may still visit city hall and.

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Particularly particularly mission-critical staff, for instance, in.

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Public safety and and at the water treatment plan so forth to protect them.

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So they can continue doing their job, just by also wanted to just mention that.

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I think that's when I wanted to make a call out to the bloomington quilters.

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Guild at his bloomington quilters guild out of work because they've been doing a.

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Really great effort in organizing mask-making.

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We know that masks are in short supply. We know the n95 are particularly needed by health care workers, and so we don't want.

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To compete with health care workers in service of securing masks but cloth.

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Masks can work very well, and you know they work as a barrier to prevent you.

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From getting infected to prevent if you're, asymptomatic or you're just.

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Starting to show symptoms to keep you from spreading is it's a good means by.

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Which you can prevent touching your face, which is one avenue by which you get.

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Infected and then it may actually intend you eight the severity depending upon.

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The dosage that you get so, if you get a smaller viral load by having a mask.

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That's probably going to be better for you than getting a lot of virus at once.

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So, for all those reasons, I think, with hearing more and more about it, that it's.

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A good idea to wear a mask in public, and I imagine that very soon we're all going.

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To be wearing masks, we're going to see everybody wearing masks in public, so.

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That's that's all I have thank you. Thank you. Councillor, ello concept, we're.

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Rosenberger hi thanks. I really don't have anything new that I.

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Mean I am just so thankful for everyone working around the clock and grateful.

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For all of our you know, health workers and grocery workers folks are out there.

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Doing their essential jobs to help keep everything going. So thanks a lot. That's.

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It thank you. Councillor, rosenberger come over a few months smith. Yes, um I don't.

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Know if I have anything to say that hasn't already been said, I am very.

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Impressed by neighbors friends, colleagues, professionals reaching out.

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And tackling this problem from various perspectives, the bryant park.

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Neighborhood association has an active email list among the neighborhoods that.

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I represent that's the most active email list and there have been wonderful ideas.

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Wonderful volunteer opportunities. The neighbours have gotten together to make.

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Kits for salom center to make masks to share meditation.

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Techniques to have you know rainbows in the windows, so people can go for a walk.

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With their kids- and they can count the rainbows to have packed lunches for a.

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Wheeler mission, so I know this is happening in all the neighborhoods in.

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Bloomington and I think that's you know the very thin silver lining in this in.

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This pandemic is that it is showing the best in people and bringing out the best.

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And showing that our community really is filled with people who want to help. So I.

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Really admire that, and I commend that- I wanted to just mention with the masks of.

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Course my colleague councilmember rallo is is absolutely right. The homemade.

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Masks are a lot better than nothing, but they are not. They don't make you.

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Invincible they're not like surgical masks; they're, not like the 95 grade.

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Masks so I do recommend people, people wear them in public and keep making them.

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For our frontline people, but you still need to be very careful even if you're.

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Wearing one of the homemade masks, so I think that's all for me. Thank you very.

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Much thank you concert people in smith. I am glad to hear that the neighbors are.

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Getting together as long as it's not too close, you know to help with shalom.

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Center, but you know this is the new reality april has come and the news is.

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We're going to be doing this for a period measured not in weeks anymore, but.

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Perhaps in months and what we're gonna be doing is essential business only not.

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Just in council, but everyone has been admonished by the state government that.

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We need to shelter in place for the foreseeable future, so I'm grateful for.

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All the reports I've heard from my colleagues about how the citizens of.

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Bloomington ever risen to the occasion, but we need to brace ourselves that the.

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News is probably going to get worse before it gets better, so I urge everyone.

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To steel themselves, to resolve themselves to you know, make our way.

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Through this crisis intact, as one community with that we're going to go.

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Now to a report from the mayor and his offices to discuss details of the.

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Response to the crisis, mr. mayor, would you like to present thank you very much.

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Can you all hear me, okay, give me a lot of money? Okay, good! Thank you! It's really.

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Nice to see your faces good to be together in these new ways, and I want to.

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Just echo you all discussed in such good ways, many good things happening in the.

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Community to be thankful for and thinking our neighbors and our people.

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Doing the work that you all talked about, I won't repeat all of that: just affirm.

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It and add my thanks on behalf of everybody. I've said we're in a marathon.

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That starts with a sprint, I think, we're probably still in the sprint, but we're.

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Looking at the marathon soon, you know, there's been a pretty intense effort to.

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Get a lot of things up to speed. A lot of that is happening has happened, of course,.

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There's more to do in this sprint, but I also think we're starting to think about.

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What's the marathon gonna be like as you referenced, we do expect, we don't know. I.

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Don't I can't add any inside information, but I would I would expect the governor.

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Is gonna add some weeks to the stay at home order that officially is still.

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Scheduled to end next week, but I certainly expect that that's gonna get.

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Extended so I appreciate the chance to come here, give you updates every week as.

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We continue to respond to this health emergency and answer your questions and.

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Give updates and get some dialogue, and let the public hear about this too, via.

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Kat so now I appreciate everybody listening in who wants to get updated.

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Thank again all the employees, all our residents I'll just know, thank you for.

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All of your work, nine of you and the clerk and the staff.

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Who are helping keep things moving at the city, council and clerk office level?.

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Including thanks for your review of the food and beverage ordinance tonight,.

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Which is an important investment in our continued cooperation? We look forward to.

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That so jumping into some updates, as if, in reference, the continuity of city.

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Government team is continuing, I think they've had eight meetings now and in.

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Two and 1/2 weeks or so they're meeting now regularly twice a week. We appreciate.

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The participation of all on that, including clerk, bolden and councilmember,.

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Rallo, as well as the number of administration folks that group again in.

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A sprint, but also thinking about the the marathon is really working very hard to.

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Keep city government functioning protecting against risk both as an.

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Institution and as all our employees, one big step happening this week is the I.

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Think it's called the families. First, coronavirus relief act, something like.

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That that is a federal law that kicks in today april 1st the big things that are.

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Relevant for you to know that does create a particular two weeks paid leave.

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That we are making available to every employee who is dealing with a certain.

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Category of things, in particular, if they're, sick or if they're caregiving,.

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For someone who's, sick and a couple other categories like that, that's going.

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To be available to all of our employees, there's also a provision of that act.

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That creates a family medical leave, 12-week leave that is also paid, though a.

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Two-Thirds level, basically, this is a federal mandate. We exempt from that.

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12-Week family medical leave, which is designed specifically for people who.

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Need to care for a dependent under 18 due to school, closings or childcare.

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Closings, we are we under the law, we are to exempt emergency responders and we've.

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Identified those many that you would think of police and fire and dispatch.

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Also, water works folks, sanitation is included and that.

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List has been has gone out to employees. We will continue to work with that that.

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That kicks in today and that's going to be a relief to some. We we, by the way you.

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Should know we don't get, we don't get federal reimbursement for that. That's at.

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Least in the current set up another update, you all probably are aware we did.

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Have our first employee of the city with a confirmed, kovat, 19 diagnosis, a.

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Firefighter they were diagnosed to confirmation last saturday, a few days.

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Ago they have been in isolation before that and have been since I can report to.

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You I'm happy to report to you that this firefighter is doing very well and is.

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Actually itching to get back to work and they will be back to work when their.

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Protocols are met to assure no transmission risk. We also implemented.

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Protocols as we have ready in every place of when, when, if when a person has.

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Been confirmed that way that were put into place with the fire department with.

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Other people being isolated and other things like that, you know our parks just.

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One of the examples of what the continuity of city government does our.

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Parks department, of course, we closed playgrounds last week, we're continuing.

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To monitor, we do want to let people get outside exercise with safe physical.

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Distance, we did determine that the basketball hoops were not amenable to.

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That we hope people could, but they couldn't so those hoops have been closed.

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And chalked and and and and locked up changes at the golf course and and a lot.

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Of protocols like that happening and signage all over encouraging people when.

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They're outside to be careful- and we will continue to monitor that- that's the.

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Kind of thing that the continuity of city government keeps looking at.

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Regularly just some updates to on police, I think it may be of interest to you. We.

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Have a really excellent collaboration going with the iu police department, we.

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Okay, you excellent operation zone with the iu.

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Police department, in particular, as students have returned to town. We do see.

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Some and we get reports of some anecdotally and I've, seen some myself of.

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Students gathering in ways that are probably not consistent with the.

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Governor's order, the iu police and the bloomington police have kind of carved.

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Up the city with with iu police, taking areas closer to campus, both west and.

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East north, to say, if we have reports of people gathering in parties or.

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Gatherings that are not consistent with the stay at home order.

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Yeahyou police are gonna, respond directly in those areas. The bloomington.

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Police will respond directly in the other parts of the city and and one.

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Thing you should know of the iu campus and iu officials have been very.

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Cooperative in wanting to make clear their relationship to those students and.

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To make clear to those students that they are expected to comply with to stay.

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At home, unless you have essential business order and the university is.

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Taking that very seriously, in terms of their connection with the university and.

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Relationship to the to the dean of students, so we're happy with that.

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Just one other note, council related to the changes in protocols you you know.

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The police, I think I told you before the police- have changed, trying to reduce any.

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Arrests, if not necessary, particularly for misdemeanors or lower-level crimes,.

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In order to relieve pressure at the jail- and you probably saw the report today,.

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It's very good: the jail population is actually down by one-third. In the last.

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Month, both because of the county judicial system releasing people but.

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Also because of the police department- and I think the sheriff to trying to.

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Reduce to the minimum necessary, very people being introduced to the jail so.

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All that's happening in many other things and happy to talk about those. I.

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Also wanted to remind you report that the I continue to coordinate with the.

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Kind of the health and civic leadership, including the leadership of indiana,.

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University iu health, county health department, county.

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Commissioners and some of staff three times a week, we meet regularly virtually.

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To coordinator or share information responses, that's.

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The kind of thing that can lead to that great police response as well. We also.

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Now have a weekly press conference friday afternoon at 1:15 that that group.

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All is available. We we share our updates. We take questions from the press and the.

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Public to the extent there's time- and I'm really appreciative of that group.

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Moving forward with that and trying to keep keep the public as informed as we.

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Can be, and also I appreciate you letting me do this each each wednesday, which.

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Helps do the same thing. Lastly, in terms of updates, you've heard mention of both.

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Of the working groups, I'm really very, very pleased to with these groups. I.

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Asked to stand up because we have this excellent collaboration and coordination.

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On the health focused effort, which of course is front and center, but there are.

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These at least two parallel very important lanes and you'll, hear shortly.

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From beverly calendar anderson, who's coordinating the group of five.

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Philanthropic and civic organizations to really address: where are the gaps? The.

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Threats, the immediate needs short-term needs in the social service safety net.

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That are related to kovat 19 things like the immediate housing isolation. That's.

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So important things like child care for essential workers when we have so many.

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Childcare centers close things like food security, and that group has done a great.

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Job trying to align those resources find the gaps and, in short order, will be.

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Helping us try to assemble those resources. I would not be surprised if.

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They come to us to city council asking for support and we look forward to that.

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Discussion second group also referenced is the economic stabilization and.

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Recovery group, as outlined by councilmember scambler ii and you'll.

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Hear from alice crowley, with a brief update about their work again that.

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Economically and how do we try to minimize the economic pain immediately.

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And help people stabilize both at a family level and at a small business or.

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Small enterprise level and then also thinking longer-term 12 months and 36.

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Months, even how? What is it going to be like, as we come.

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So I really appreciate their work and you'll hear more from them. Lastly, just.

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Closing final thoughts, I'd say: stay at home. It's really important. If you can.

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Flatten the curve we're trying to help our health care system, our community.

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Don't try to find loopholes, find the spirit adopt the spirit of this, which is.

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To diminish the threat of interacting and sharing the virus as much as we can.

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All of us, while those doing the essential work do so, it will get tougher.

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Before it's going to get easier, we don't know exactly how long and I hope the.

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Health group I talked about will be able to share some modeling soon about what.

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We forecast the peak to be. We don't know that yet.

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But it's going to get poor, it gets easier. We need to keep protecting each.

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Other in our community, this is very serious if you're sick feel sick, don't.

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Go to war, we will. We do have protocols to check that there will be more testing.

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Arriving though, there's certainly not enough of that in our community, but it's.

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Wonderful, how people are taking care of each other, it's important to do that. We.

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Will get through it? We know we're gonna come out on the other side of this. We're.

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Trying to minimize the damage as we go through it and maximize our chance of.

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Recovering as quickly as we can on the other side of this so I'll be happy. I'm.

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Gonna I'm going to turn over to beverly and then to alex and then maybe open it.

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Up for all three of us for questions, if that's okay with you.

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President boland, yes, I think that sounds fine. Let's go now to philippa guthrie.

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Sorry, it's a beverly calendar anderson. Next, oh I'm, sorry.

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Well, it's beverly, then alex's phillip, also presenting not not she'll, be.

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Presenting later in the food and beverage tax appropriation, I see what's.

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Going on out of beverly calendar anderson, director of community and family resources, hello, ms calendar anderson, hello, president bowen and good.

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Evening, council members just have a quick update. The mayor talked about the.

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Social services working group just want to tell you a little bit about what.

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We've been working on and where we're headed and to start with, I just want to.

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Let you know, I'm been so honored to work with the members.

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Of this group, it consists of john barrett, with the bloomington health.

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Foundation, diane bozell at iu health foundation, a fried fefferman with united.

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Way of monroe county tina, peterson with community foundation and dan smith at.

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Indiana university foundation, and so we have been meeting to really look at.

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Proposing a plan or a policy that is designed to be pliable, we realize that.

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It's going to have to be a flexible plan that will identify the emerging gaps.

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That need to be addressed over the next 45 90 or 180 days in order to secure the.

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Monroe county basic needs safety net as a result of kovat the kovat 19 pandemic.

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And we're looking specifically in the areas of food, shelter, health and safety.

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And childcare those seem to be the the largest or the biggest emerging needs. We.

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Are currently identifying key stakeholders and resources, that's our.

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Stage one: when we move on to stage two so stage, one is probably in interviewing.

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Those stakeholders and that's we'll, be doing that and probably have that piece.

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Of our work done by friday, then we'll synthesize that into a document and.

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Start to come up with ideas about how to move forward, have a refinement stage and.

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Then an implementation stage, which is stage five and, like I said, we're looking.

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At the next 45 90 180 days, we'll be benchmarking that we're considering what.

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Federal and state financial aid might be coming down the pike and be available.

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And what might be the role of financial institutions as well so that that's.

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Pretty much what we're doing looking at our competitor capacity versus needs in.

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Each of those four areas- and we are looking at other communities and what.

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Some other communities have done, especially communities that are similar.

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In size and structure to ours and we're also.

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Going to be looking nationally and seeing what other ideas and information.

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We can we can gather that way. So, just I just wanted to take a few short minutes.

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Just to let you know about that, I'm happy to answer any questions at maybe.

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After alex, you may have questions for the both of us. Yes, we good mr. crowley.

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Now alex crowley from atkins, stable development, yeah thanks president pollan.

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And everyone for giving me a couple minutes to talk. I'm alex riley director.

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Of economic sustainability, the city, so first of all, it was a pleasure to.

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Present to the sustainable development committee of the city council yesterday.

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We went into some depth on what I'll summarize today, but thank you to.

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Councilmembers cammalleri voland, sandberg and flaherty for their input in.

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The process it was very helpful if we will integrate that into our future.

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Thinking in light of the fact that we're gonna spend only a few minutes here, I.

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Just wanted to give you a brief summary I'll focus on the short term activities.

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In the interest of time- and I will try to get very fancy here and project, my.

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Screen which is disabled but hopefully will become a table. It is a great group.

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Of people that's working on their working group, it includes, as was.

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Mentioned her pearl who's with a jen pirtle who's with the bdc erin pridemore.

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With the bloomington chamber of commerce, a greater bloomington chamber of.

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Commerce, pat east, with dimensional inc brian, I am painting with cdfi friendly.

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Bloomington and then from from the esd staff at the city, jane coopersmith and.

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Shawn starwood's we're also very pleased to have councilmembers campbell rejoin.

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Us regularly as a interface to the council, that's been very helpful, so.

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Anyway, we are pursuing a multi-pronged strategy, as the mayor men are looking.

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First at rapid response and then we are also looking at recovery, which were.

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Thinking of as being a sort of four months to twelve month period,.

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And then and then long-term revitalization, which is really 12 to 36.

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Months so we're trying to balance all three, but we very much have a focus on.

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The rapid response right now, because that is the most urgent need- we've got a.

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Lot of feedback along the way we've interfaced with resources at the.

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University, like the iprc, which is the business resource centre at the.

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University, the cooke center downtown bloomington a.

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Visit bloomington and many others who have been really helpful in providing.

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Information on on-the-ground information about the economic situation as well as.

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Top-Down information about about what what the marketplace as a whole looks.

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Like and what we can expect in terms of having to do rapid response, so things.

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Are very much in progress right now. It's fairly fluid with the karasek becoming a.

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Little bit more clearly defined in the last, you know, sort of 72 hours and there.

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Are also other programs that are evolving potentially from the state and and even potentially additional phases of the care act so we're trying to stay.

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Abreast of what's happening while we're developing local strategy, but basically.

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The the ameesha crowley that your screen sharing is enabled now, if you want to.

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Try to share your screen, so, okay, let's try this. I was just gonna show off the.

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Team can everybody see the team so anyway, I don't know. Can you hear hear me.

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Everything everything okay, yeah, yeah, you're, still visible. We can still hear.

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You, okay, good. The rapid response includes funding and non funding efforts.

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So on the funding efforts- and we appreciate you looking at this evening-.

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Our efforts in physically four steps, which is number one to establish the.

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Need number two to determine what the funding sources may be to meet that need.

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Number three and, very importantly, to build a administrative function that.

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Allows us to disseminate funding in a in a way that is fiscally responsible and.

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Discipline and then number four to measure that impact and also report back.

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Both to the council and and the public and other stakeholders about the the.

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Effects of the so next steps are for us to take what.

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Was called version 2 of a plan that we had submitted to the mayor and update.

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That to reflect the latest thinking that we have. We expect that to be available.

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To the mayor by the end of the week, and then the council at the beginning of.

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Next week and the public following that, so we look.

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Forward to sharing that with you and again it will reflect some of the latest.

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Thinking that that comes from the finalization of the cares act and other.

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Information that's come point. We also will finalize rapid response funding and.

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Non funding programs there's a lot of work being done to stand those up and.

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And so we look forward to having those become available as they are finalized.

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And ready for the public and then finally I just want to say there is this.

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Great resource at monroe, county, koba, 19, org.

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I'm showing the link here and I would encourage the public if you're not aware.

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Of this, this is being hosted by the greater bloomington chamber of commerce.

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We really appreciate them doing it and there's this great compilation of.

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Information on that site that allows for people to sell for some programs that.

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Are available already and then also to get information about things that are.

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Coming their way, so I will stop there and stop sharing my screen. I will ask.

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Yes, I stopped sharing my screen. I will then open myself up for questions. Thank.

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You well, we didn't actually see anything. I didn't see any shared screen and audio.

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Dropped a little bit near the end, but I think we heard everything mr. crowley.

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We appreciate that very much. I don't know if ember has had a chance.

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To see the second draft of the report that the esr working group has prepared.

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It is a pretty thorough document I recommend. Reading I'm looking for.

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We're just seeing what work product the other group that miss calendar madison's.

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Leading as well too, when that becomes available,.

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But with that I'd like to open it up to questions from members for any of the.

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Three who have presented tonight so anyone who has any questions about it.

A

Councillor morello, thank you. Well, this is crowley. I have a question.

H

About the kara's eggs, have you been able to establish? Maybe there are gaps within.

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The carers act that we might be able to fill, or is it too soon to evaluate it in.

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In that, in that way, and I'm also thinking of evaluating needs of specific.

H

Businesses in the community I mean, is there way a metric that you we can.

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Employ because you know, resources are limited locally, I'm so to be most.

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Efficient and I haven't read the landlady's version, so if it's included.

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In there you can just direct me to it. Well, let me answer that quickly and then.

M

But it is, as you say, it's kind of evolving, but the carrots act is is.

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Frankly, pretty impressive and pretty robust, it helps employees workers it.

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Helps you know, obviously it helps large businesses. It also helps small.

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Businesses and individuals, so it's a pretty strong play. It's gonna, be you.

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Know it's time limited so there's going to be some drop off after a certain.

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Period of time we'll see if that covers enough, so I think in the mean in the.

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Early term, what we've been able to figure out about it is and we're you.

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Know becoming quickly trying to read up on it that that the some of the gaps.

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That are that are there have to do primarily with timing and when resources.

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Might become available, so one of the things we're looking closely at is to be.

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Able to create bridge loans that can go out cover people for a short period of.

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Time and then, when things like sba, emergency funding or other funding,.

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Becomes available that funding actually can be used, it appears to repay existing.

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Loans, and so those loans, then can be leary paid and potentially recycled into.

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Additional tranches of support add with the community, so I think the I would.

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Answer the first question by saying the biggest gap that we help now is a gap of.

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Timing and availability of resources coming from the federal government and.

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So tactical bridge, loaning and potentially grants could be a way to.

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Fill that, in terms of your second question, which was what was your.

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Second question: again: I'm sorry.

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That's what verella attempting to unmute sorry! My second question was about a way.

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In which we can have a metric to evaluate business needs relative to each.

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Other and to target that funding so that we can be, you know optimally. You used.

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Optimally yeah, so that's gonna be a complicated game, but but at a macro.

M

Level we can, we can look at industry sector groupings within the community.

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And understand that you know anecdotally, what's happening with a handful of them.

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Is probably able to be extrapolated across the others, so there's a there's a.

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Way to do it from a top-down perspective, by saying, for example, restaurants, you.

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Know we're hearing the x percentage of we're doing some bottoms up research.

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That we're doing surveys out of the chamber and some other data gathering.

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But so we can figure out that you know we're estimating x being an impact at a.

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Certain industry code level, so we we know we can we and we know how many.

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Businesses there are- and we know how many employees that affects, because we.

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Have that data from the ib rc, so we can make drug, we can make estimates about.

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What that could be, but I should say that you know the the rubber will hit the.

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Road when, when we go and receive applications, and that will be that.

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Application process is being finalized, it will be posted everywhere and then.

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We're gonna communicate the heck out of it, so that people know what's out there, that that will be really the the detail that we only need to establish what.

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Exactly is go on and we will use that. But there gonna.

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Be some businesses that will not qualify? I mean they're they're, you know they're.

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Businesses where they, you know, I you know, I think it's it's tough to say this.

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But they're gonna be some businesses that are in a financial situation that.

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Will not be adequately stabilized for success with limited funding that we.

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Have and and if those businesses are eligible for whatever reason for funding.

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Coming out of some of the much more substantial federal programs, you know.

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It's gonna be so we're gonna have to be pretty selective it. You know it's it's a.

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Fair amount of money for any individual, but it's not in aggregate enough to.

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Really carry an economy, and so we have to be pretty selective about how we use.

M

It in the in the loan and grant phase do this further questions from council.

A

Members scott's bruce campbell ring. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. crowley, for the.

E

Report we're gonna, spend a lot of this evening talking about money and monetary.

E

Support of the appropriation ordinance, but you also mention on pending labor.

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System that's important to particularly in navigating this complex landscape.

E

Could you talk just a little bit more about that and how that's helped.

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Organizations yeah, that's a great question: there's there's a lives in fact,.

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That's a very important part of this. You know we, those who are paying close.

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Attention to federal funding programs and you know, are reading all the details.

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We're pretty well-informed but but the general public will not be, and so we.

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Feel that there's there of things that can be done in the short term and and.

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And I'll give you some examples just to give you a sense of what those are so number one: a navigate function, a navigator function, helpdesk, if you will.

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To help individuals figure out how to know how to leverage what's happening.

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From the federal and potentially the state government, and and and also to be.

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Able to job to expertise in the key can help them take care of what they need. So.

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There's a navigating funding function. That's that's very useful and.

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And we're standing that up and and dimension milling is leading the charge.

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On that, another example is actually something.

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That our department is helping the parks department with and we've gotten great.

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Help from the controller's office and others of the city, it's a virtual.

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Farmers market- that is a product that we've thought about for a while, but this.

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Has accelerated that, and so we rush rushing into market is basically a.

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Software platform that we've purchased that allows growers in the community to.

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Connect with purchasers in the community hires individuals I just signed up for.

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It I would encourage you to do it go to bloomington. The website would slash.

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Farmers market online, you can set up an account and then you can actually.

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Purchase vegetables that are grown locally and delivered the switchyard.

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Park on saturday- and you pick them up and off you go so it's you know that.

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Kind of non funding support we're spending money on it, but we're really.

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Standing up a process, people to take it, you know, take advantage of both from a.

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Buying and selling perspective and and rachel buyer in the in the sd department.

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She's, a grant a usda grant vision has been chasing that down relentlessly. It's.

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Been she's been amazing. Another another example is something we actually you.

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Know solve from arizona it's a it's. A mapping function that lays out. You know.

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In a map- restaurants, for example, who are doing takeout or other other services,.

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That are actually open and, if and mapping it out and in such a way that it.

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Becomes intuitive for someone who's looking for services within the.

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Community that are within the governor's order, so that is currently being worked.

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On through the mill, it's actually a 39 degrees north, which is a local company.

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Local startup: that's that's chasing that down and they're trying to stand it up.

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As quickly as possible to give people an opportunity, as small businesses to.

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Continue? Commerce, even if it's in a non-traditional way, and so that you know.

M

Those are kind of those are different examples of another. One is actually.

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Talent sharing so kind of like a if you know what up.

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Work is where someone has a job that needs to get done, and someone has a.

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Talent that can be matched for that the city is doing that leveraging some.

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Capacity that we have at city to help other departments so we're using an.

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Internal system, thanks to the mayor, to really set that up and allow for sharing.

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Between departments, but if you take that to community level, a business that may.

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Not know how to go online could be helped by an individual who knows how to.

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Support someone going online and so that kind of talent sharing functionality is.

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Another way to stimulate the move to what may be an uncomfortable way to do.

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Commerce in the short term, while leveraging talent that we have in the.

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Community, so those are all you know just examples of the kinds of things that we.

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Can put up and helps, support and and help communicate that we're working on.

M

Right now great, thank you for that, and can you eat the farmer's market online.

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Website, please sure, so it's a bloomington, you know it's a city.

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Bloomington website, which is bloomington, dot and dot gov forward slash farmers.

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Market online, and if you go to it, you sign up, I just did it. You sign up for an.

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Account and it will become active glitch with technology with the state, but it.

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Got cleared, you're gonna be opening it up for commerce, starting hopefully, as.

M

Early as either this evening or tomorrow morning, great, thank you very much. Thank.

E

You for all your hard work for the questions for the city administration.

A

Isabelle city, councilmember, piedmont, smith, yeah,.

J

I'm sorry to harp on this. But what is that website again? Because I typed it in.

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As you were saying it mr. crowley and it didn't bring me anything.

J

Is there an apostrophe in there somewhere? I don't think it's just.

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Farmers market online, so it's ten dot. I n dot, gov mm-hmm.

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Slash forward slash right, so farmers market online, it's yeah, it's not coming.

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Up for me either yeah change not found. We try it alone.

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One second, that's okay. We can figure it out later.

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Just as a pointed point of information, I know sometimes when you're editing a web.

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Page that page will be down for for a moment, so that could be the correct.

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Website, if someone's actively working on it right now, it might not be functioning so go to the city website. It'll, be there further.

A

Questions from members, that's where smith! Thank you very much.

C

For the presentation, mr. crowley and this calendar anderson.

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And the question I had was so: we have a business. Is it a a catch-all site or is.

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It a catch-all telephone number that businesses could call for some.

C

Assistance and then I'm gonna on the flip side of that is there going to be a.

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Some kind of a catch-all site a call site for social services that, if people.

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Are experiencing stress home during this time, for whatever reasons that we.

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Recommend they call 2-1-1 or whatever. So, oh, whoever wants to respond to those.

C

Questions, thank you. So I can go first on the social services site, one of the.

L

Things we would ask people to do is go to helping bloomington monroe org. That.

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Is it's so two one one is: is a staff line helping bloomington monroe is a.

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24/7 line and it's on everything is online. There are multiple resources that.

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Are loaded in that, and so whether it's if someone is looking for shelter or.

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Food or mental health services, or they just put in their zip code, and it will.

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Tell them everybody that or every agency in their zip that serves that zip code.

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So not that is actually in a zip code, but that serves a zip code and there are.

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Ways for them to link directly to the agency, call set up an appointment and do.

L

A lot of things like that, oh that's, great yeah. It was online.

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Farmers market, not farmers, market online. There you go and, and will you please.

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Repeat the website that you just told me helping bloomington org, helping.

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Bloomington monroe data work. Thank you very much. Further questions for staff.

A

From cots members house morello, thank you. That's our l! Oh yes thanks! This is.

H

For mr. callender anderson, I understood that $350,000 will be.

H

Available next week from the group, but I wondered about the, could you describe.

H

The distribution of those monies where, where it's, where it's targeted to go so.

L

Not from our group, I think you may be thinking about the grants that were.

L

Granted from community foundation and in a way of monroe county and so that money.

L

Has been granted, I don't have a list with me, but I can get that to you. Okay,.

L

Thank you I'll, take a question: if nobody minds miss calendar anderson, maybe you.

A

Can tell us about the state of repurposed housing for the duration. I.

A

Know that there's been concerned about where the homeless have been sheltered.

A

Even as there are many hotels and dormitories that are now devoid of of.

A

Occupants is your committee addressing that concern and if so, what conclusions.

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If any have you come to so far, so our committee is sort of looking like, I said.

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45 90 and 180 days out so so, for these immediate needs like that, we have a.

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Subgroup of us that have been that have been looking at.

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What resources we have available? I've been working with chief jason, moore fire.

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Chief jason moore to see what properties would be safe for the number of people.

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That need to be sheltered during this time. Of course, you probably know that.

L

Shalom wheeler, new hope and middle-way house established an isolation, shelter.

L

And so I think it's waiting on its final inspection from the state fire chief, but.

L

So if there is someone who has symptoms and need to be isolated, they have a play.

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At least a place for that right now, so now we're looking to help them find some.

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Places for social distancing purposes so that people are able to be to be the.

L

Amount of feet, apart that they need to be to stay healthy, but we also want it.

L

To be safe for them, so thank you, so we are working on that now yeah. I.

A

Appreciate that also, is there a draft of your report circulating yet there is, and.

L

I sent it to mr. sherman last night, so you may not have gotten it, but I can.

L

Make sure everyone gets to all the councilmembers yeah, we look forward to.

A

That one as well any further questions from me, I did may.

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I just add a moment, of course, mr., just as as beverly said.

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And thanks again to both alex and beverly for great work, an example of.

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What her that group may try to do is we have multiple space needs, for example,.

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We've already heard from iu health, some concern and thinking about childcare for.

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Their workers, we're gonna, be heading into really tough, tough sledding. Here.

K

Over the next few weeks and they're also talking about housing for their workers, who may not want to go back and forth, they may live a couple counties away and.

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If they're intensively working so one of the things this group needs to do is.

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Think about the different assets we have and whether they're that asset is better.

K

For housing for a health care staff, or whether it's better for isolation.

K

Housing for people who don't have housing or whether it's better for childcare usage and trying to try to align and.

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Coordinate that, because we have multiple needs that are lining up and pressing.

K

Right now and it's really important to have a group that helps coordinate and.

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Collaborate that with our wonderful social service providers, so I really.

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Appreciate their their work on that.

A

Thank you any further questions.

A

Hey seeing none mr. costa crowley just clarify I'm sorry. This is me trying to.

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Do it from memory and that's always a bad idea. The site is at bloomington.

M

Diane go online farmers market right emailed it to the council. Email address.

M

So you have it as well and we got a glimpse of it on a shared screen. A few.

A

Moments ago, wonderful, thank you all again for the presentation with that.

A

We're going to move into the rest of our agenda next up of reports from council.

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Committees are there any council committees to report if not we'll go.

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Ahead, our member reports from the public. Mr. lucas, do you have any sense of how.

A

Many people have wanted to speak tonight on the covert 19 emergency. Has anybody.

N

Know I've not received any chat. Requests right now now might be a good time to.

N

Ask folks, if they'd like to make a comment, if there's anyone who is.

A

Attending the meeting virtually who would like to make public comment now is.

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A good opportunity, if you would indicate your interest by typing in the chat box.

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Mr. lucas will acknowledge you and, depending how many people will speak.

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You'll have up to five minutes to speak. Is there anyone who would like to speak.

A

From the public, now is your opportunity, and this is for items that are not on.

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The agenda so, if you'd like to speak about the food and beverage tax.

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Appropriation that will occur later, that's correct.

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Please enter some text into the chat now to let mr. lucas know that you would.

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Like to speak,.

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If you'd like to speak publicly, here's your opportunity.

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Mr. lucas no takers yet- and we do have a couple of different hosts on the meeting.

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This evening, so I apologize, I believe, I'll see any chat that comes through, but.

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If that's the issue, send your chat to council meeting host.

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But um there's one raised hand: oh, I do see yes give me one. Second, you may also.

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Choose the raised hand, function and zoom. I think we've got greg alexander. Can you.

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Hear us, can you yep perfect? You should be good.

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To go okay, hi, greg alexander, I just figured. I.

O

Should let you know I'm still here for sidewalks, I wanna tell a story about a.

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Friend of mine on facebook, this is a different story than the last time, but.

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It's actually the same story from though it's a different person. She she lives up.

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In blue ridge and she so that's on the north side of town between walnut and.

O

Dunn north of the bypass, and so she works at iu and her car died and she's.

O

Not made of money so, even though you know she lives up there, she knows she's.

O

Gonna buy new cars, she's gonna fix the car or something, but she she can't buy.

O

Or rent a car, she can't use uber every day just to get to work, and so she.

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Walked and so she walked down done where there's no sidewalks about a high-speed.

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Traffic around rush hour and she walked in that and then she walked across the.

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Bypass and she walked in the parking lot, because that's the only there's no.

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Sidewalk south of the bypass that'll get her where she needed to go undone and.

O

She goes the I you bus stop, which is really nice. They have the bus, stop in.

O

This stadium parking lot, and so she she then could take the bus to go to work.

O

And this worked for her, you know, people who feel lucky to have a job will do.

O

That, if they have to and that's a mile and a.

O

Half of walking basically most of that about at least a half mile, but without.

O

Any sort of sidewalk whatsoever of walking and that's that's kind of a lot.

O

Of walking to take the bus most people won't do that as their daily commute, but.

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People who feel lucky to have a job will absolutely a hundred percent. Do that and.

O

She's walking in the street on done and we've had a plan on the books for more.

O

Than ten years already to do something about that undone, so you know a couple.

O

Unlike a month ago, we had the presentation from staff and from a.

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Consultant about a transportation demand management plan and the consultant said.

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Something real why's that it's got to be composed of carrots and.

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Sticks and we prefer the carrots you know, but the only thing he presented as.

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Carrots was van share and what was a guaranteed ride, home and and and both of.

O

Those were basically just a website and I don't want to denigrate the.

O

Opportunity there, but it's really it's nothing. It doesn't cost much because.

O

It's nothing and the stick is we're gonna charge for parking well that stick.

O

Works really well, that's what I you does and that works for a lot of people, but we we need to consider some carrots and you know, I'm not, I'm not criticizing.

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Staff or the consultant, but you can see that they they felt a sense of defeat.

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That the only kind of carrot that they could imagine would be. Basically if we.

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Didn't spend any money, but we need a carrot. We need to give this lady, who has.

O

To get to work, and I yeah we need to give her sidewalks, she might not use that sidewalk every day. She might, though she likes going outside. In addition to.

O

Complaining that she was walking in the road she posted pictures of the flowers.

O

And everything that she could or that plants this you could see starting to go green on the side of the road. You know a lot of people will walk if they can, but.

O

They can't because there are no sidewalks and at the planning commission.

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Meeting where they approved the for street garage council member scan berg.

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Was there and she said again, she said the same thing a year ago when that, when.

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You all approved the funding that she can't stand, how people always pretend that it's either spend the money on parking garage, spend the money on bike and ped we treated like a zero-sum game. Well, if.

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It's not a zero-sum game, then. Why is this lady walking in the street undone.

O

When are we gonna get sidewalks? We really need sidewalks. Staff is.

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Discouraged because they know that it's just not an option to ask for sidewalks.

O

Why isn't it an option to ask for sidewalks why, when we try to come up.

O

With a consultant to come up with an imaginative carrot, stick approach to.

O

Getting people out of the car staff just knows you guys, aren't gonna.

O

Pay for sidewalks, you guys have to pay for sizeable. Thank you very much. Thank.

A

You is there any other public comment. Yes, in randy paul, my finger instituted.

N

By the way that loud gong means that there's 60 seconds left in the period to.

A

Speak, it's not the and the beeping means the end. All right go ahead. Mister paul.

A

Did you want to speak? His microphone is still muted.

A

Oh, it's it's it's off tonight! It's me. It's unmuted! Now.

A

No, it's meet it still, muted, not on my screen on my screen. It's on mine. It's.

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Still shows muted randy. Can you hear us there you go hear me: yes, go ahead.

P

I wanted to speak on the beverage tax later, not this one. Neither sir, oh okay,.

A

All right, we do have one other person, daniel bingham, give me just a second.

N

Daniel can you hear us, can you speak a little louder? Can you hear me a little.

Q

Louder, be a dear, my clothes are using hair. That's now you now we can hear you.

A

Go ahead again, yeah all right! I just I'll bend over to make this comment real.

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Quick, um I just wanted to follow on to greg sidewalk comment. I'm not sure what.

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The average width of sidewalk is in bloomington, but in the.

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U.S. it's about five to six feet and I wanted to point out that we are supposed.

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To be maintaining social distancing of at least least six feet between people.

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Which means two people cannot pass each other on our sidewalks with the amount.

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Of distance that they are supposed to maintain in this pandemic right now and.

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It's worth thinking about that when we're designing future sidewalks, that's.

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All I had to say thank you any further public comment. Mr. lucas.

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Any requests: no, we have had a few new folks join the meeting if you've joined.

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To make a public comment: do so by typing a message in the chat function and let.

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Us know that you'd like to make a comment, but no I've not seen any other.

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Requests come in and again as the parliamentarian. I just want to remind.

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You it's comments on items that are not on the agenda, so the food and beverage.

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Tax comments will come later. Yes, thank you. I don't hold the floor for another.

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30 seconds: what's that I don't see any other any comments at the moment. Okay,.

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Well, with that, there is a period at the end of the meeting. We could return to.

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That but listen now go to legislation for first reading resolutions. Madam.

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Parliamentarian, mr. president, I move that appropriation ordinance 2001, be.

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Introduced in red by the clerk by title on synopsis, only that he's a second a.

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Motion a second all in favor, please signify by saying aye, aye opposed, say.

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Nay, well, the clerk please read appropriation.

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Ordinance 2001 she especially appropriate from the food and beverage.

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Tax fund expenditures related to the convention center expansion in support.

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Of local tourism during the co-ed 19 emergency, the synopsis is as follows:.

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This ordinance appropriates funds from the food and beverage tax fund for.

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Expenditures to businesses and their employees that together are crucial to.

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The success of the convention center and happens merely affected by the kovat 19.

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Pandemic. Thank you. Welcome had a problem at arian. Oh that's! First reading, I'm.

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Sorry I thought we were on second reading with that. We now go to.

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Appointments to boards and commissions are there any. Mr. president, I move that.

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We appoint nikolas campus to the redevelopment commission. Second, so I get.

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Motion a second all in favor signify by saying aye opposed, say, nay,.

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The eyes have it that the nomination is approved. Thank you. Mr. president, I have.

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One more mr. lucas, mr. lucas, point of information, I believe.

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Some of the guidance that's come out from the public access. Counselor has.

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Called for all votes during these, like that's right, it's to be roll call, votes.

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So that the clerk should call the roll on these appointments? Okay, if we can.

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Have a roll call vote on the appointment of nick campus to the real discussion.

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Question council risk and blurring.

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Regarding this nomination or another nomination, yes,.

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Was there an opportunity to interview candidates for this position? I don't.

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Know it was not on the committee. Is there a member of the committee who can.

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Speak to a we have a motion in a second, so it's open for discussion. Is there a.

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Member of the nominating committee who like to speak to the cosmos, capillaries question.

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Well, I'm not so sure what she's asking every interview committee has an.

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Opportunity to interview any candidate, so if she's asking did we hold.

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Personal interviews for the rdc and ron, and I'm sorry, council, member smith and.

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Councilmember rosen barber and jogged my memory, but we did not. Thank you correct.

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Any further questions.

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If not, will the clerk please call the roll on nick campus to the redevelopment.

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Commission, yes, let's see council member skimary, phillip state.

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Council, member rosenberger yeah simms, yes, rolling, yes, piedmont, smith, yes,.

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Clarity, yes, smith. Yes, sandburg! Yes,.

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Raleigh, yes, thank you. Thank you. Any further nominations. Mr. president, we.

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Have one more, I move that we nominate, I'm sorry a point david wolter or.

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Reappointment, as this were to the redevelopment commission second motion.

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Is second any discussion: if none well the clerk, please call the roll.

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Actually, the question, mr. clarity, since for the same commission, I guess I'd like.

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To ask if interviews were conducted in this case for the reappointment of this.

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Nominee and just as a note for the public sim who's, an interview wasn't.

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Conducted does not mean that applicants were considered based on the merits of.

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Your application, resume, etc for folks unfamiliar with the process, but my.

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Question is specifically, was mr. walser interviewed no, oh, the answer to your.

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Question again, specifically, is no on us three. As you know, there's three of.

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Us on the interview committee we all did meet. We went over the criteria, the.

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Information that the clerk has plus was what came with the applications and then.

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Us, as the interview committee made, these decisions, councilman rose embargo or.

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Councilmember smith, would you have anything that now I agree to jim that.

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That's what we did. We looked at the criteria we looked at the qualifications.

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And felt that these are the best two candidates. Thank you. Further questions.

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Say sorry comment, not a question. Oh I'm sorry.

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Customer stamberg, I don't believe we are absolutely required to do interviewing.

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They are sending in patient's, those are reviewed. I think many of us do prefer to.

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Have interviews because it's an opportunity for us to engage with people.

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But under the circumstances I am not sure it is required that there be.

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Interviews conducted again, if the committee sort of look at the apps feel.

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That they've got good candidates and they feel comfortable, making the appointments they're free to do so. If I'm not mistaken, this is all true mm-hmm.

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Any further comment: if not, let's have a roll call vote on the nomination.

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Madam clerk come in rosenberger yeah sims, yes,.

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Rolling, yes, piedmont, smith! Yes,.

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Clarity? Yes, smith; yes, sandberg, yes, rolla, yes, scam, blurry,.

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I will upstate okay and both our names to the redevelopment commission are.

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There any other nominations to boards and commissions, seeing none. We will move.

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Now to issues of the council schedule, mr. shermin well defer to lucas to mr.

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Lucas few reminders: there is a council work session that appears on our annual.

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Schedule scheduled for this friday, we had originally thought we might need to.

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Cancel that but after hearing from the administration about a an emergency.

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Related ordinance they'd like to bring forward for you all next week.

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Councilmember vohland, as president thought that the work session would be a.

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Good idea, or a good opportunity for the council to hear about that ordinance so.

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I think the plan is to continue with that work session. Perhaps you all could.

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Indicate if you'd be able to attend that scheduled for friday at noon, and I see a.

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Few hands going up: yes, more hands. Okay, I will be about a half hour late, but yes,.

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We will there have that at noon and, if needed, I don't believe. That's a meeting.

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That cats or facebook live would would broadcast. I think we can record that.

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That virtual meeting and make it available for any folks who want to.

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Watch later on, so I'll try to set that up.

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Yes, sir ella, if the media is relevant or am I unmuted, can you hear me? Oh, we can.

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Hear you go ahead, great suppose the media or public one to.

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Attend this meeting the meeting sure the meeting will still be held on zoom' and.

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The meeting link will be posted on our council web page right at the top, so.

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Anybody who wants to join, I like they joined on this meeting, would be welcome.

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To do so and could could still attend that way. Thank you.

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Further questions go ahead. Mr. mr. lucas, next week we've got a meeting on tuesday.

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Which is a little out of the ordinary that's a meeting that was also on our.

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Annual schedule- and I think that tuesday meeting was to account for passover.

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Which begins on wednesday right now, we have the appropriation ordinance that.

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You'll hear about at the committee of the whole scheduled for action next week.

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And it also would be an opportunity to potentially discuss that that ordinance.

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That I mentioned that you'll hear about at the work session as well. So just a.

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Heads-Up that that's coming down down the the pipe and finally, I wanted to.

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Mention the april 15th meeting. That is a regular session that appears on our.

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Annual schedule, and after discussing with the administration and planning.

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Staff there's been a request to address the two. You do related ordinances, the.

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Adoption of the conversion maps and some correcting texts- and I think the.

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Tentative plan is to address those at the april 15th meeting, which would.

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Technically, be our first regular meeting after those items were certified to the.

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Councils- so we're still talking about that, but I just wanted to raise that.

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Issue those things could be adopted in one one evening. If the council was.

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Comfortable doing so, the administration's requested that the.

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Council consider that so that's not for a few weeks, but I wanted to raise that.

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Issue as well so no changes to the schedule, just a heads-up on what's.

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Coming up, thank you, mr. lucas. I think all members will be I've been properly.

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Advised and if they have any concerns, they will bring it either to your.

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Attention or to leadership attention with that, we have concluded our business.

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For the moment, immediately after adjournment.

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We're gonna reconvene as committee of the whole, chaired by counsel, bruce campbell larry to take up consideration of.

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Appropriation or ordinance 2001, which was first read at this meeting,.

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Any final concerns: if not this meeting, is adjourned. This meeting of the.

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Committee of the whole for bloomington common council. It is still 1st of april.

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2020, do we need to call the roll? Could you refresh my mind? Oh no, no! It just.

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Goes straight to discussion of the item on the agenda with that we have one.

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Agenda tonight and that's appropriation, ordinance 2020, which we just heard about.

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Patience from I'm sorry, do we have a quorum, do you have we have a quorum? Yes,.

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Okay, a five katrina, please good catch. Thank you. I believe education.

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From corporation counsel, philippa guthrie and controller jeff, underwood.

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Yes, I'll start over to you. Thank you. This is a continuation of what was.

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Started last week, this is an appropriations ordinance following up on.

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The request that you made to the food and beverage tax, advisory, commission and.

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That request was for two million dollars to be appropriated to assist businesses.

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That are either food and beverage businesses or tourism-related businesses.

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They have been devastated by the executive order from the governor 2004.

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That essentially shuttered in person dining, so they are reduced to carry out.

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And delivery, and not all of them, can do that and then other businesses all of.

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Which, while the food and beverage businesses, are the ones that funnel the.

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Taxes to the state government, which then come back to the county, the nose have.

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Earmarked, as you all know, in both the county and the city, separate funds for.

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Those funds and the cities has been committed to the mission center.

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Expansion project and these businesses are crucial to that if they fail. If the.

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Food and beverage in particular fail that really jeopardizes our has the.

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Potential to jeopardize the funding for the expansion, it also just jeopardizes.

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Our community, the economy of our entire community, it's with the university and.

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Other attractions, tourism is, is a big business bloomington and there are other.

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Businesses that are also essential to attracting convention center business so.

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This request is to appropriate 2 million dollars to assist these businesses as.

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Alex crowley described earlier there, we are thinking of them as bridge loans and.

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There are other pools of money available that will take longer for them to access.

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The ordinance itself is is fairly simple. It has a lot of where, as clauses that.

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Describe the situation, how dire it is, and then there is the request for the 2.

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Million section to is an attempt to delineate the kind of process that we.

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Would be looking at for distributing these funds, so we've said that and and.

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This process is still in the works. It's not it's not defined yet, but enlisting.

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Community partners to help in assessing the need and distributing the funds that.

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Would include people who do this for a living, for example, forming a committee.

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Of people experienced in making loans setting applicant at eligibility.

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Criteria specifying conditions on loans or grants, including, but not limited to.

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Purposes for which funds may be used in any repayment terms, accepting and.

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Approving applications for funding and then identifying other available eight.

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Resources the funding I mentioned earlier- that might be either more.

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Appropriate for a particular applicant, or that they should look to access first.

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I do want to point out: oh, I should mention that the food and beverage tax.

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Advisory commission did approve and recommend that this is an appropriate.

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Use of funds from the food and beverage tax fund, I did want to mention the issue.

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That came up last week about whether or not this was going to be acceptable to.

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The state board of accounts- as you know, they are the body that audits the city's.

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Use of funds- and we had already issued to you both the memo and the ordinance.

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When they came out with, we asked them for an opinion on this when they came.

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Out with a memo that actually applies statewide, so we are not the only city.

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That has requested to use various funds to aid economic interests and social.

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Interests in communities due to this epidemic and I think you were provided.

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With that memo, is that correct steven, the spo a memo, so they do not directly.

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Address our request, but they talk, they provide guidelines for what would be.

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Inappropriate use- and I think it clearly supports the city council, approving this.

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Use, I think my memo and the ordinance cover all of the points that they say.

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Are they would like to see when they come in and audit in order to support.

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You know to not say this is an inappropriate use when they're auditing.

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And one is that the governing body has adopt.

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Policy in a public meeting that approves the expenditures as an authorized use of.

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Public funds, so that would be you next week.

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Approving us, this ordinance, the govern the governing body, has received advice.

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Of counsel, in writing that the expenditure has a legitimate government.

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Purpose and is acceptable under indiana code during the current emergency.

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Declaration, I think you that is in the, whereas clauses and also in the memo.

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That I provided there is a sub point under that bullet, which is if the.

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Expenditures are from a dedicated fund source. There also must be a.

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Determination that the particular fund has a closer connection to the.

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Government purpose to be fulfilled than general fund money. That is not currently.

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In this draft of the ordinance, but in consulting with dan and stephen.

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And others, including our outside counsel, on a lot of these issues, bruce donaldson.

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We we thought that inserting another where, as a second to last, where us that.

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You could amend the ordinance next week with and we will provide you with that.

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Language that just says, whereas the memo from the city's corporation council.

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Which accompanies this legislation advises that this expenditure is about.

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Appropriate and necessary, and the council explicitly determines that.

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Expenditure from this dedicated fund source, there is a closer connection to.

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The purposes set forth in this ordinance than the city's general fund. We would.

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Just ask you next week to consider amending this draft to include that and.

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I think that's it, I'm I'm open for questions, as is controller jeff.

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Underwood, mr. underwood, did you come and said no, I'm here to answer any questions.

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You might have okay with that, we'll move into questions.

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And discussion council, member piedmont, yes, I wanted to make a motion just to.

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Structure the rest of the meeting a little bit. I move that we have five.

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Minutes of questions per council member per round of questions as a maximum and then public comment. Three minutes per person.

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And then coming back to council for comment, a maximum of three minutes per.

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Council member : seconds and correct me if I'm wrong this.

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Needs to be done by roll call, vote, roll call, vote. Yeah then will the clerk.

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Please call the roll the clerk present.

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Yes, sorry, although I stepped away from the.

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Computer so you'll have to repeat your question or statement: can you call the.

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Roll on the motion to structure debate- yes, um council, member rallo, yes.

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Scam, burglary, yes, rosenberger, yep simms, yes,.

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Boland, yes, piedmont, smith; yes, clarity, yes, smith! Yes and sandburg! Yes, thank you.

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Thank you and that passes council member bowling is cute. You can't bring in your.

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Timekeeping wizardry, I will do so. Okay with that. Thank you again to miss.

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Guthrie and mr. underwood, for being here, are there questions and discussion.

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Council, member yeah, thank you well, this good question could go to the.

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Corporation council or controller, or maybe even the council president, I.

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Wonder if we have an estimation of a target date where businesses might.

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Receive the funds, I don't know that we've come up with a date. I think, as.

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Soon as possible, as very saying just from a procedural standpoint, obviously.

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Next tuesday will be the required public hearing that was advertised. There's a 10.

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Day requirement for that, assuming that you approve the appropriation will go to.

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The local government finance for their approval, so we're hoping to have that.

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Approved by the end of the week next week from friday, so once that's done the.

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Funds from the city's perspective will be available, and then there is the.

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Process of administration, of evaluating the applications yeah and is there any.

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Idea with what that timeline might be I'll, let alex jump in and answer that if.

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He's still on the call, so I can speak a little bit to that. So we are you're.

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Hoping to stand up we're trying to work in parallel paths here, because speed to.

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Market is important, so we want to set up an intake process. We may jump the gun a.

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Little risky but jump the gun before all of this plays itself out. Just we've got.

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Things in hand and can start that process well, the timing will be a little.

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Delicate, but I think what we're trying to do is aim it so that the intake and.

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Review process can have occurred potentially and completed, at least in.

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The first instance of any kind of loan judgments that it can be issued out.

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Almost immediately file the availability funds- okay, excellent, that's a great idea.

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To have that parallel process, thank you.

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Other questions.

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Council member commencement- yes, so in in the actual appropriation ordinance of.

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Course it doesn't specify who is going to come up with the criteria and the.

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Guidelines in the process, but am I right to assume that it's the working groups.

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Aes are working group, mr. crowley, that you head up that will be setting up the.

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The administrative process is that right, well and even the criteria I mean the.

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App or it is very vague on this point yeah, so we intend to so. You know there.

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Will be preliminary guidelines terms that are being published as part of the.

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Intake, so people understand, if anything is immediately disqualified will, for you.

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Know if they're in business type, for example, that would not be able to be.

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Helped gambling, for example, with some other things, and then we are working.

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Feverishly in the background here to to set up guidelines be issued to the.

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Advisory folks, that would allow them to know what the parameters within which.

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They need to work would be, and then those those guidelines would then be be.

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Applied as as they were, a few loans coming in yes, thank you, I'm a little bit.

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Concerned because there's no council representation officially on that work.

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Group that's going to come up with those guidelines. Could we have an official.

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Appointment, I mean council members campbell larry.

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Has been attending your meetings anyway, I don't know if mr. crowley could speak.

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To that, and maybe mr. ball and his council president, well, I you know.

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Frankly and I'd certainly, you know: council members campbell aries very.

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Involved in what's going on and we we hope that she'll be continued to be and.

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So that that's you know, that's that's great. I think the the final guidelines.

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Really need to be set forth and and and crafted by experts.

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In the field of which I do not count myself, and so we we are looking, we as.

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Miss guthrie mentioned we've sent it to outside council. We are also having a.

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Review by local lending authorities and experts in banking to take a look at.

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Those guidelines, I think, are are gonna benefit a lot from that professional.

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Input in the field- and certainly we will- we will be continuing to discuss that.

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Review them and lock them down and then look forward to having council members.

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Discussions so is, would we be able to see those guidelines before our final.

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Vote on this issue, yes, our hope is, and again, as I said,.

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Earlier in the earlier part of the previous meeting that the our hope is to.

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Have a version three of the document that we've already published available.

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And part of the delay in getting it to you is in fact, to try to work out some.

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Of this detail so that it can be incorporated into that document, so we do.

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We do anticipate, have the headlines locked in by then and and yes, it would.

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Be holy, you know relevant to you as you make that final vote, so we look forward.

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To getting videos those to you in advance of that? Okay, that's that ole's.

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My concerns, thank you very much. Thank you. Councilmember boland yeah, mr.

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Crowley, I think, maybe to sort of drill down a little bit more into account. Some.

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People on smith's question: you know we're accustomed to the jack hopkins.

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Process, which is for council members to members of the public or three members.

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Of the public or five and two and of course this is a very different.

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Circumstance it's much more urgent. Can you tell us a little bit more granularly.

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How you imagine it might work right now, even though you haven't got it. The.

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Wordsmith out, in other words, is there going to be like a five person panel or.

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A seven person panel will there be loan professionals on that panel. It.

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Sounds like it would be foolish for us to not have people who know how to how.

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To originate loans, what do you think yeah? So I that's exactly right, so I.

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Think it probably isn't that five to seven range, I think there certainly will.

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Be heavy representation from experts in the loan originating field, maybe not.

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Exclusively because we also want some industry representation, for example, or.

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Someone who may be able to understand and speak to challenges that pretend a.

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Particular sector trying to help you know what you know could do that a.

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Banker might not be able to do, but but some makes that has diversity of.

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Expertise is is critically important to successfully reviewing applications as.

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They come in and we do expect roughly that that sort of five to seven person.

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Group and and are working through exactly how that group can you know you.

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Have liability, protection and issues that might pop up related to some of the.

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Process so we're looking very very closely at that, and you know just give.

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You a sense of the some of the details of some of the decisions that have to be.

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Made we do have to come to terms with the fact that there may be some default.

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On loans, and so one of the questions has to be, what is our appetite for default?.

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What you know, how deep do we want get cut on this, and and and that will have a.

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Direct impact on things like are: we gonna require collateral right. So if you.

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If you want to minimize that number, then use your criteria become more stringent.

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On the other hand, if you want to be looser, then you have to have an appetite.

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For a deeper default rate- and so you know we just have to go through another.

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Thing I would say that this came yesterday and I appreciated counsel.

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Number of flaherty's reminder of it and it's pretty much prominent in our.

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Thinking, how do you prioritize minority owned businesses, how you prioritize.

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Women-Owned businesses, you know, perhaps businesses that are.

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Underserved, typically in traditional circumstances, and how does that elevate.

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You know in the assessment of a particular patient, so there are a lot of.

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Moving parts and we're really moving as quickly as we can to try to lock down.

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Using the best expertise available to set those up so that they are serving.

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Bloomington in the best possible way- and I don't mean to add to that burden. But I.

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Do wonder how far in advance of the meeting we will have an opportunity to.

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See the version three final rules that you are hoping to finish before them.

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Well, I think we're gonna be working every my my best guess right now is that.

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Our hope is to get it locked in and published to you midday on monday.

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Recognizing that you have, you have to have at least a little review time.

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Before your tuesday evening meet yeah, I was hoping for at least 24 hours to for.

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Us field to read it, so if you can get it to us by monday afternoon, we will be. I.

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Think appreciative and we all recognize the urgency of the moment, so we you know.

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We understand, and I thank you for the answers. Thank you, councilmember hall and.

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Other questions, councilmember clarity, yeah, just a quick confirmation.

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Clarification from miss guthrie and the state board of accounts, memo guidance.

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Specified a few times that the governing body has to have adopted a policy.

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Specifying a few things, this appropriations ordinance will serve as.

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That adopted policy is that right, we don't have to adopt anything separate.

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Okay, making sure thank you.

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That's okay! Thank you. Can you hear me fine yep, um I don't know who this was.

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Going to but miss guthrie and her presentation stated that the.

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Food and beverage businesses is where the the taxation or the funds were.

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Funneled through collected, if you will and that there were other business, that.

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Are essential to convention convention center businesses that may not be food.

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Or beverage businesses is that correct water that are essential to the tourism.

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And do you have an example or one or two examples of what those might be.

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The pajama in the in particular in the downtown area.

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Well: arts organizations, for example, yes, and in some retail, perhaps you know a.

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Lot of people bloomington has a very vibrant shopping district with unique.

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Shops and some of them are there not all food and beverage. So that's one idea.

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People come, I know, and go to a bpp play or a jewish theater or a cardinal stage.

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Play when they come to a convention they stay over for a weekend and go to these.

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Things so I think, we'll know more when people apply okay, and I was also.

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Thinking more about definitions, I guess is that and I haven't thoroughly went.

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Through the state board of accounts report thoroughly yet, but do their.

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Guidelines define what those businesses are that we're talking about, and who's.

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Who's eligible and who's, not no yeah, the spo. A memo just lays out the kinds of.

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Information that they want to see in our records or why we thought this was an.

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Appropriate use of the funds, because what they're doing is is auditing the.

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Funds that we dispense and making sure that they are appropriate under the law.

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So I mean whatever they said in that memo as long as we document why we're.

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Doing it and his purpose did not seem wrong to.

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Them or they would have told us, I think, and they didn't and I think what their.

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Guidance was designed to do was tell a lot of cities across the state who are.

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Looking at all the funding they have available and trying to figure out how.

R

They can help in this situation so that I'm sure there are all kinds of other.

R

Funds that are that are being advocated for use in different ways. So all they.

R

Did was set out a process for how we can do that and pass their muster, and I.

R

Think the way we've set this up, I think it will pass muster. Okay, thank you. So.

D

It's safe to say that this is just one fund. That's going to be able to possibly.

D

Help one segment of our commerce and then there's other right. Yes, I think the.

R

Tie is pretty close, though these are tourism-related businesses and that's.

R

What this fund is designed to do expand our tourism sector by expanding the.

R

Convention center and operating it okay, thank you.

D

Thank you, councilmember ola. Thank you, miss guthrie. Do we have any.

H

Worries about liability, in terms of, if we I mean, I assume we have a broad.

H

Latitude of of targeting these funds, and so say we want to limit to locally owned.

H

Businesses only with that specificity is is that are we protected if someone.

H

Objects, for instance, about how they're targeting yes, I we set up an application.

R

Process with criteria we're allowed to set the criteria: okay, terrific.

E

Are there other first-round questions.

C

Ysabel, oh I'm sorry cuz, remember keith mon sneh. Well, it was a second round.

J

Question but if you're ready for second round I'll go no more first round.

E

Question please go her okay! Thank you. So councilmember rallo raised a point.

J

That I wanted to ask about, and it may be a question- that's most appropriate for.

J

Mr. crowley, if he's still available, and that is about prioritizing locally owned.

J

Businesses and how we would define locally owned business. You know whether.

J

What am I thinking of somebody? Local owns a change franchise franchise. Thank.

J

You very much so. Could you speak to what the working groups views are at this.

J

Point as far as prioritizing locally owned yeah, I mean it's, as I mentioned.

M

Earlier pretty fluid, you know we we do recognize that franchises are locally.

M

Owned right so so that's an important thing to recognize. We also recognize, as.

M

A franchise may have a corporate structure that is organizing to support.

M

It in a way that a locally owned, independent business may not, and so I.

M

Think we have to the short answer and I to the honest answer is I I just don't.

M

Know yet, and we have to really drill down and set that up the way that that.

M

Makes the most sense I do want to you know, of course, that that that franchises.

M

Hire locally are often owned locally. The income can often reside. You know with.

M

The corporate parent in some part, but also a lot of it flows by the community.

M

So I wouldn't necessarily say we're out of hand that we would discount them, but.

M

I do think that we need to recognize that there is gonna, be a difference.

M

Between a shop that is independently owned by someone who lives here and a.

M

Shop that is owned as a franchise here, and what kind of resources they may or.

M

May not have access to from a corporate parent, so that kind of question is very much top of mind for us. We have to really drill.

M

Down and decide so that so that we can apply limited resources appropriately.

J

Okay, so I will look for your conclusions in the final draft of the report. Then.

J

Thank you. Another second round of questions.

E

In which case I'll add so this is perhaps for mr. crowley, probably from.

E

This country welcome back, but could you comment on the uses of.

E

This money once it actually arrives, it's out of business. So do you envision.

E

Restrictions, could it only be used to for debt service? Could it be used for.

E

Payroll, could it be, could you speak to those kinds of things? Well, we've already.

M

Laid out in a draft of a term that would sort of entry-level terms that monies.

M

Cannot be used for things like paying equity investors, you know there's some.

M

Basic ship level restrictions that we want to exclude use of the money for so.

M

We've already thought through some of that we're trying to list out the types.

M

Of expenditures that can be made using the monies, I try to be as clear as.

M

Possible for that, so it would be, you know again, it would be a broad. You know.

M

Expense base, but it could be payroll, could be read its to be mortgage. It.

M

Could be, you know a number of those types of activities, but we don't want as.

M

People, you know pocketing the money is over as owners and not distributing it.

M

Or using it explicitly to stabilize the business in the short term, pending.

M

Access to to more significant money's coming from federal stimulus.

E

Thank you and we'll see more of that in version 3 of the report correct.

E

Yeah, that's already been itemized get a high level and version yeah. We do intend.

M

To to clarify those guidelines right, thank you. Councilmember rosenberger was.

E

That a question: no okay! I surprised other questions before we get a public.

E

Comment, I'm not seeing any! Oh I'm sorry! That's my other few months! No! It's me.

J

Again so last week I think it was councilmember. Flannery asked I'm sorry.

J

Am I coming through okay, okay, so last week the question was brought up as to.

J

Whether these funds could be applied for by individuals, perhaps employees or.

J

Former employees of businesses that have been hard hit by the cope at 19 an.

J

Economic downturn, what is the working groups current thinking on that, and I.

J

Need to apologize, I have not read the second draft of the report. I didn't have.

J

Enough time to do that, but if you could just speak to that, whether you think.

J

That will be an option or whether it will really be focused on the business.

J

Owners we've evolved a little bit, I think since last week. I do think that we.

M

Have much more of a focus on businesses and nonprofits that have employees so.

M

Ultimately, employees will benefit, but, but the I think at this point or less.

M

Convinced that a targeted program for individuals makes sense and that that.

M

Instead, we really should be focusing in especially given the fact that the cares.

M

Act, it has direct payment individuals that seems to be staged to flow pretty.

M

Quickly that that convinced us that probably makes sense for us to be really.

M

Be focusing on more of the employer and nonprofit that.

M

Has not be covered by funding from social services funding to really try to.

M

Leverage the funding into a wider benefits. Thank you, councilmember clarity,.

E

Sure I'll follow up on the same, and we had this discussion a little bit last.

G

Night in the sustainable development committee meeting and actually I'll just.

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Mentioned for the benefit of the public too, that there was a fairly robust discussion about all this last night and you can view that meeting on cats, if you.

G

Want to see other things that were said already about this and then questions.

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That were answered, but my question, I guess, relates to the same the same.

G

Question councilmember piedmont, smith had and how to make sure we are.

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Benefiting workers often lower wage workers in bloomington, who are.

G

Struggling right now, so we talked about how you know we are complementing state.

G

And federal aid and dollars that are coming in and in particular I think two.

G

Things we discussed with the paycheck protection program as part of the cares.

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Act which will allow for businesses to have loans and if they cover payroll.

G

With those loans- and it's correct, you're actively dated- I think in february that.

G

Those loans will be forgiven, so that's one way they can cover.

G

You know payroll with with a greater resource potentially than we have to.

G

Offer second, is that increase in unemployment benefits, bringing people? I.

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Think, basically, to 100% of lost wages, so those are two possible avenues for.

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Out-Of-Work employees or potentially out-of-work employees and bloomington to.

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Be able to stay whole and I so mike I have two points or questions. Rev related.

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That the first is, I want to highlight and emphasize again the importance of.

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The wraparound services or the navigation services for our local.

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Business community, as part of this effort that we need to make sure we're.

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Being really proactive in making sure businesses locally know how to leverage.

G

That aid to benefit their employees and to which is the question part, I think, is.

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Just like we're concerned about timing gaps for the business community.

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And not having funds available soon enough when they're in dire straits. Now.

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I have the same concern about individuals that yes, there's a becoming.

G

From federal dollars and elsewhere, but but there's a timing gap there too, you.

G

Know today is april, 1st people have rent and ulcers, so their bills due and they.

G

Probably haven't seen any aid yet so I'm my question essentially is probably to.

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Mr. crowley, you know how do we, I guess their social service. This is one piece.

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But how do we make up that gap and address that timing, gap for individuals.

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And I don't know it's a difficult question, but but I just want to do.

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Acknowledge that gap exists for individual. You know employees as well as.

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The businesses themselves and wanted to make sure we're thinking through how.

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Best to meet that gap for for individuals as well.

G

I mean additional thoughts. Well, I guess I would say that you know my pending is.

M

At sba and other sort of small business loan structures may be taking 812 weeks.

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To come through so that that's a pretty significant gap and my understanding of.

M

The cares act is that that could be significantly shorter when checks arrive.

M

In the mail for people for the individual payment structure, I'm trying.

M

To try to get up to speed on exactly what the best guess of what that could.

M

Look like it is not available today, certainly, but it probably won't take 8.

M

To 12 weeks, so there's going to be a more aggressive move to get. I think that.

M

Kind of money out- and I you know, I think that we just have to be frank, like we.

M

Just don't have the capacity nor the you know, the the the ability to cover.

M

Individuals in our community to the extent that that would be required. And I.

M

Think we just have to stay a little bit disciplined on recognizing what we can.

M

And can't do and while absolutely there is a need.

M

From that, I totally hear what you're saying I'm just worried that the the.

M

System could just collapse onto itself if we tried to solve everybody's problem.

M

And so I think we have what we're trying to do is say all right. What.

M

We do, what did we do well? What can we do, given some of the you know longer delays.

M

That they're gonna be hitting. How does that get leverage through programs that.

M

Were proposing to put in place have an effect on individual. You know if a.

M

Sandwich shop is, they do distribute the monies that we would make available to.

M

Employees in the near term, the employee individual, then that but there's gonna.

M

There's naturally, gonna be a whole segment that we just we just don't have.

M

The capability to to support, I think and and we just have to keep our eye on the.

M

Ball, I guess and and and you know try to stay disciplined on the things that we.

M

Can do well, otherwise I think it's gonna be problematic for the whole system and.

A

That's time other questions. Council members before we go to public comment.

E

And I had one questioned: councilmember simms simms.

E

I'm sorry smith you're both right next to each other, I'm most being right in.

C

The memo memorandum from the state of indiana there's the the line in there.

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That I was just gonna ask if he could say something about was if the.

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Expenditures are from a dedicated fund source that little that sentence. It says.

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That the particular fund has a closer connection to the government purpose to.

C

Be fulfilled in general fund money. Miss guthrie do anna. Can you kind of say.

C

A little bit about that, what does that mean, or in our case for example, we the.

R

Dedicated fund is the food and beverage tax fund and the connection to the the.

R

Use we would like to make of it is, is supporting businesses that they have.

R

Supported that fund or be are tourism related, which.

R

Is what the statute says we can use that the funds for our general fund is is not.

R

That targeted this is this is literally targeted to the kinds of businesses we.

R

Want to support so in our mind that, and I think legally, that is a closer nexus.

R

Between the fund and the proposed use than the general fund would be for that.

R

Use that make sense yeah, I think I understand so that means in the in.

C

Crafting the policies and the ways that the money will be given out it'll just.

C

Be language in there that ties that to make it a closer connection, is that how.

C

It's gonna work. Well, I think the connection just exists by virtue of the.

R

Types of businesses that we're saying we would like to support, which is food and.

R

Beverage and tourism related, but but we will we are we we are proposing to add.

R

Or whereas clause that states that we we believe this use of this fund is better.

R

Than using the general fund for this purpose so that we would cover that in.

R

The ordinance you can always have another, whereas right yeah, so thank you.

C

Very much, thank you other questions, for I chairman the question I think mostly.

E

From mr. underwood and miss guthrie, the foodie beverage tax was originally.

E

Conceived of to to support the creation of an expanded convention center and we.

E

Have made some commitments in that regard and some we may need to undo.

E

Could you comment on that process and what council may need to be aware of.

E

Going forward I'll speak to that, as you know, yes, we encumbered funds late last.

S

Year for the design of the convention center and for a garage, obviously that.

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Project has been put on hold so we'll be able to appropriate monies that we.

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Expect will be spent before that project starts back up.

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We will then have to take a look at the collections and my law, you, you know.

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You're you're limited to the amount of cash you actually have in it. So.

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Regardless of the amount that gets appropriate it because, in a general.

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Budget we're looking at an 18-month period if the revenues don't come in.

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High enough, along with the cash balance, you can't overspend your up to the.

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Appropriation amount: you can only spend the combination of cash on hand in your.

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Revenue, so we would be prohibited from doing that, but we'll take a look at that.

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As we go on throughout the year, and as we get ready to start that project.

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Backed up, obviously we'll look at the cash balance and the amounts that are.

S

Available to us, thank you. I'd like to ask members of the public who wish to.

E

Comment, please let mr. lucas know, through the comment section that you.

E

Have an interest in doing that and start queuing up chad and going back to.

E

Council or final go-round question: okay: let's go to public comment then, and.

E

Councilmember piedmon smith refresh our memory. These are limited to three.

E

Minutes, that's right. I thought I thought kate had a question. Did you? Oh I'm sorry.

I

Yeah, I do it's fine, okay, of course, I guess I just.

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Wanted to ask in general when the statute says this should be. It's really.

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Related tourism or economic development project. I think that is hard to define.

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Right so I mean I was just thinking about this ted talk, this woman. She.

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Travels- and she takes this suitcase, it's like only underwear and buys all of her.

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Clothes for a conference like at like secondhand stores when she's at her.

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Conference city right, so I would things like secondhand stores be included in.

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This tourism or related economic project- and I don't feel like I've, heard us talk.

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About we're related project so like. How is that related and.

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Are we using that for this? I don't know if alex is a better person to respond to.

R

This I don't know that we are talking about economic development projects. I.

R

Think we're talking about tourism related in that language. As far as.

R

Secondhand stores I, if I can jump in, I usually I think at this point, what we.

M

Want to do is is minimize the restrictions to the extent possible and.

M

And try to keep you know the second-hand store. It's a interesting cultural thing.

M

That we've gotten bloomington right and it's part of who we are and it's it's.

M

You know it's an interesting about like clothing, funky, clothing stores for.

M

Example, I mean we. What we wanted to do is make sure that we're we're keeping.

M

Our options open, we don't want to necessarily disqualify a business, is not.

M

Right and we want to make sure that the advisory committee has allied it needs.

M

To make good decisions and and fund what it believes to be robust, businesses can.

M

That can that, can you know, come back and thrive. So so I think the the the broader.

M

We can allow you the ordinance to to be the better. It can be for bloomington.

M

Over the long term, yeah any other questions from council members.

E

Seeing none: let's go to the public. Mr. lucas, who do we have queued up? We we.

N

Do have a few folks, I think randy paul should be able to. Can you hear me out.

P

Yes, yeah well first, I wanted to thank you for allowing us to participate by.

P

Zoom something that he's a real help, and I hope that you don't end this after the.

P

Crisis is over. I think I could make a really strong argument.

P

That people with disabilities need this all the time, not just during a crisis.

P

Period but anyway, back to the the topic here, my hope is, is that focus as far as.

P

Guidelines is that you're only looking at two million dollars, you've got a.

P

Limited amount of help you can give out and that we look at it from the.

P

Standpoint of who can you help the most and who need it? The most.

P

And one concern I've got: are the employees who I think are suffering.

P

Badly but the other one is on the business side. They're gonna be some.

P

Businesses are gonna, show a loss of revenue during this period and there are.

P

Gonna be some businesses who might very well go bankrupt and not survive. This.

P

And since this is public money, I would hope that focus would be on those.

P

Businesses that are so marginal that if they don't get an infusion of cash, it.

P

Might very well be the end of their business, they don't have the ability to.

P

Go to the banks in the private sector and get help. So what was mentioned.

P

Earlier about collateral, I think we ought to focus on companies that don't.

P

Have a lot of collateral that can't go out on their own onto the banks versus a.

P

Company that will just you know, certainly show a loss of income, but.

P

They're gonna survive, they will survive and also with the focus of those.

P

Companies, our underserved minority companies, those are the ones where they.

P

Don't have any options and if this is gonna be public funds, I think this would.

P

Be an ideal way to help those people out. Thank you. Thank you. Mister give me just.

N

One second, I believe daniel bingham wanted to make another comment should be.

N

Ready to go quite well, I think it's really important when we're thinking.

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About this, to remember that business owners have all the knowledge have all.

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The power between them and their employees and they also get to walk away.

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With the profits on the basis of the idea that they are supposedly the ones.

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Taking all the risk I went and looked up, the businesses were.

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Primarily talking about when we're talking about this relief, it's heavily.

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The hospitality industry in the restaurant industry, so I went and looked at the bureau of labor statistics, data for bloomington of what people working.

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In that industry, make the the median salary for a cook is twenty four.

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Thousand a month, which means their unemployment insurance before the carers.

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Act was nine hundred and sixty dollars a month for food. Prep median was twenty.

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Five thousand a month so you're, looking at nine hundred eighty nine at unemployment for bartenders, the median was twenty thousand a month, so you're.

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Looking at seven hundred ninety four median unemployment for waiters, it was.

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Twenty thousand, similarly, seven hundred for dishwashers, it was nineteen thousand.

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Similarly, seven hundred bloomington's median rent is eight hundred and thirty.

Q

Five dollars a month, so you know we started having this discussion because a.

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Bunch of local business owners and restauranteurs signed a petition asking.

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That this money be used in this way to help them. In that petition, they admitted.

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That they were laying off their workers and asking them to survive on this.

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Unemployment insurance, which, at that time pre cares act, was not enough to pay.

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Rent, so in a pandemic they were placing their employees at risk of being.

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Homeless, rather than taking the risk of supporting them, which begs the question.

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Could some of these businesses that were laying off their employees had continued.

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To support their employees and the answer unfortunately, is yes, one of them.

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And an online conversation revealed to me enough about their business that I.

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Was able to calculate their average revenue using benchmarks for the past.

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Couple of years calculate their savings rate and calculate that they could have.

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Maintained their payroll for at least a month potentially more. This was one of.

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The more successful business owners in town, but by no means the most successful.

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Business owner in town- and this was a signatory to the petition we have to.

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Remain aware of the power structures ingrained in our society, and it really.

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Bothers me that we are talking about helping and empathic.

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Mailing out those who are already enriched.

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And empowered on the basis that they are supposedly shouldering the risk when.

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They, in fact, in this crisis, have the power to protect themselves from the.

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Risk and have laid off their employees, placing them in risk of destitution and.

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Homelessness when we are in a pandemic, basically shifting their risk right onto.

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The backs of their employees, we should be talking about how to help those.

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People we need to be keeping people off the streets, we need to be keeping people.

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In their homes, where they can shelter in place, and we need to be asking business.

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Owners to do what you know the the deal is they take the risk they get. The.

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Reward if they want the reward, they should be shouldering the risk.

Q

Thank you. Thank you most keeping them mr. lu. I believe we've got susan bright.

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Give me just one moment.

N

Hi susan, are you with us and here right, hello, I'm susan bright, I'm owner and cfo.

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Of knicks english hut and I've lived and worked in our community for 40 years and.

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I'm proud of what the council does and all our community members to make this a.

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Great city to live and work, I'd like to give you a perspective from a small.

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Business owner and what we are going through to keep our business going and.

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To reopen with a healthy financial business model, we like we like most.

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Businesses during this kovat 19, evidently loans to stay in business.

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We're about one week away from using our funds up. We generally have about two.

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Hundred thousand dollar expense monthly.

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Bottom line for our expenses and that's about how much we keep in the bank two.

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Hundred thousand dollars, so we've had about one week left to finish paying.

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Bills up and we have kept our payroll going after we were forced to close for.

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These last two weeks, so employees did have the opportunity to work and what.

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Kind of work because they do basically cleaning tearing down closing up shop.

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Our precoded 19 business model we were able to manage our expenses wisely in.

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Proportion to our revenue now we have to barb loans and your.

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Healthy business model, the paycheck protection program isn't as ideal as I.

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Was led to believe from the media, I went ahead and figured out how much money.

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We'd be eligible for based on a 1.5 million dollar payroll a year were.

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Eligible for four hundred sixteen thousand dollars october is two months.

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Of normal expenses, but we're not open with normal operation, so I mean our.

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Expenses, I'm projecting are going to be about one hundred twenty two thousand a.

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Month, what I'm thinking is our health insurance, employee health, insurance.

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Premiums our utilities I rent in our payroll are the critical ones that need.

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To get paid while we're closed with that said, if you take an eight week.

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Period for those four categories, plus payrolls, I'm keeping our five salaried.

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Workers on payroll plus another part-time, employee.

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We need a hundred thousand dollars just to cover that eight week period for.

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Utilities read payrolls and employee health insurance premiums. I think if you.

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Could award fehb tax money to us who need it for those categories that would.

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Be a great start because our loan forgiveness for that four hundred.

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Sixteen thousand dollar loan is only seven thousand, maybe eight thousand.

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Dollars that will be forgiven the rest of it. We're gonna have to pay interest.

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On for the next ten years, and if this keeps going, I don't even think you know.

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416 is going to get us very far, but we'll cross that bridge when it happened.

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Restaurants also have a lot of food that was lost, so we lost about ten thousand.

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Dollars to date, we might lose more if the stuff in the freezer don't hold hold.

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Up and then we're also going to have some labor costs to reopen. So I took our.

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Labor costs to tear it down singing up that was about $10,000 and.

T

I'm just variety yeah you're a time now. Could you please finish up your comments.

E

Yep and I'm just figuring that summit and startup cross will need so like I.

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Said if the money can go to those four categories, to help us and gets a good.

T

Start and we'll go from there. Thank you. Liz yep.

E

Mr. lucas, yes, we've got mr. box booker. I believe you're unmuted and ready to go.

N

Can you hear us absolutely mr. booker, please go ahead.

U

Counsel, first of all, it's a pleasure with you this evening. I appreciate you.

U

All taking up this, this tremendous effort in this uncertain time, real.

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Leadership is comforting. I'm malou dismayed that in a time that dena some.

U

Of us have mentioned we're all facing a huge part of all population having food.

U

Insecurity and worrying about just making rent and childcare those other.

U

Things that one of the areas that I see you know a great deal of focus is on.

U

Bailing out businesses, I think it can be- it can be great to build businesses if.

U

You're going to support their employees, I'm a big fan of bailing out people.

U

Rather than entities, I also want to make sure that that I say I hear a lot that.

U

There's a lot of effort to be moving very quickly because of the time crunch.

U

But I would ask that the council, please do their due diligence in serena, as I.

U

Checked the mayor's administration we've gone down this path, many many times.

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Before where there was some inconsistency between the view of the.

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Administration and some council members, I want to make sure that if there's a.

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Business that will help you more doing it because we want to you know, keep.

U

Those businesses, employees, we heard mixed, speak to that they had kept their.

U

Employees on payroll- I commend them for that. I think that.

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Priority above all, it should be to businesses that have already kept their.

U

Employees on pay well during this difficult time, one of the areas that.

U

Will also mention that making minority business owners of priority and and we.

U

Get that that line a lot with minority businesses or peyote, but we rarely get.

U

Any teeth and in legislation on that, I would love to ask that in this new this.

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New body, that's being form to evaluate this long process that we would have.

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Minority representation, among that also, once again, I live there. It's no.

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Community, it's one of the reasons I live here, but I also want to make sure that.

U

We'll still holding up people, the earth's will always be a thing.

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Businesses will come in, though the people, the spirit of bloomington. I want.

U

Us to reevaluate, I know that you're, not the body that directly controls us, but I.

U

Would love for us to reevaluate the viability of the convention sitting and.

U

Continuing with this tax, especially the food and beverage tax that is especially.

U

While businesses are already under this constraint at this time, there's no.

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Pressing great need that all community has to have a convention snow at the.

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Moment, I'm at time good time all righty council. Thank you very much once again.

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For your time, I appreciate him. Thank you. Mr. booker, muted, myself, that.

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Time we've got miss air and fred moore, who, I believe, is it's already movie time.

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Yes, thank you counsel, and I get to thank you for allowing my blue and what I.

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Really look like here this evening on.

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The greater bloomington chamber of commerce- and it's been a great privilege to work with the rest of the team alex mentioned.

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Earlier on this and this opportunity to help some of our businesses in the.

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Community to provide this crisis, and I just wanted to take a minute to respond.

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To a couple of the comments made by some other other community members about.

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Concerns about employees not being looked after in this, which I do.

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Understand a cruder prior to being at the chamber.

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Was in nonprofit management and community counseling and one of the.

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Reasons I'm drawn to this job is because I recognize the link between economics.

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Mental health, personal stability and all the ways those things are inter woven.

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And I think it's really important to be able to keep all of those things at the.

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Front of our mind during a crisis like this, so we make sure everybody's going to be ok, a lot of the things that, in the conversations we've had as a as a.

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Committee as an advisory group, it's been talking about how payroll is gonna, be.

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One of the primary focuses so we talked about our term sheet and also the.

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Application, that's one of the things that I've been working on personally and.

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So I can tell you on the application we say: are you gonna use this for payroll.

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For your employees, have you made a good-faith effort to keep your employees.

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On are there other essentials that you need these funds for like rent or.

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Supplies it's those types of things to be able to keep your business open. Just.

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Recognizing that, without these businesses, we wouldn't have employees.

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And they wouldn't have income. So how do we keep this thing moving so that everybody can get back going as quickly as they can, and I also wanted to. I know.

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Mr. booker had asked about minority businesses, women-owned businesses and.

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That's also part of the application as well we're asking for that information.

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So that the as the application is evaluated and the decisions made that.

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Were able to have that ad that data to be able to evaluate those applications.

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In that not full way to make sure so I hope that helps and allay some of your.

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Concerns about that, it has been a a good good process with a team. That's really.

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Trying to take this whole picture in mind, it keeps that community going thank.

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You miss pred more mr. dosoo. Do we have that? I believe.

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We've got miss jennifer pearl, who should be muted and then ready to comment. Miss.

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Pearl, please go ahead. Alright! Thank you so much. I just wanted to introduce.

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Myself, my name is jennifer pearl and I'm the president of the bloomington.

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Economic development corporation and it's been a pleasure to serve on the esn.

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Our committee, alongside alex and aaron, and so many other partners as we're.

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Trying to help our community through this time, I would like to second many of.

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The things that aaron said all the things that aaron said so eloquently and.

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Also, just add that you know the work that we're doing when we look at.

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Economic development, it's people first and looking at not only our role in the.

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Bloomington community, but the role that we serve in the region as well. We have.

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About 70,000 people that are working here about 16,000 come from outside.

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Communities and our ability to be able to keep these businesses moving along in.

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Payroll moving along has a multiplier effect, so anyone that is still on.

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Payroll and can move forward is also putting money back into the economy.

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There's also many non funding mechanisms for support that our committee is.

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Looking at as a way to be a multiplier for the funding that would be put out.

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There and so that's a consideration as well, but you know everything that mr.

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Prime moore had said regarding a focused approach is something I would like to.

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Second, thank you. Thank you. Miss pro. Do we have nuts. I.

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Don't believe we've got anybody else queued up at the moment and I've not.

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Seen anybody new join the meeting recently so that maybe maybe it you know.

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Let's give it another thirty seconds just to make sure we have.

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All the opportunities we can and folks can either use the the chat function.

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Which is should be at the bottom of your screen or raise your hand, which I.

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Believe is also an option. I've seen a couple folks use that so either either.

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Option will let us know that you'd like to make a comment. Mr. lucas's, facebook.

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Play a role in this evening or no, this is being streamed on facebook live mr.

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Krebs from the mayor's office is running that stream and, I believe, he's been.

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Responding to questions throughout the meeting, but we don't have access to.

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Those comments on our meeting but he's been monitoring that chat and responding.

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To folks that way, thank you for that any further comments. Let's come back to.

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Council, then, for final comments. This evening, council member boland yeah, I.

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Just want to urge my colleagues to read the report over the next two days. I know.

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That it's not the final draft but it'll prepare you for it.

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While I am sure that there are going to be some substantial changes, you know you.

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Can't wait until monday to read draft three. You need to read draft now. It's.

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48 pages long, it's quite dense, but it was the first time that I actually saw.

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Any kind of light at the end of the tunnel I mean there is a way to break.

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Down this huge problem with respect to the dollars in question, I did a little.

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Math in my head, the 1% food and beverage tax resulted last year in just under 3.5.

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Million dollars I mean that the entire bloomington food and beverage sector.

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Generated 350 million dollars last year divide that by 12, and you have just.

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Under 30 million dollars a month that the sector generates.

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Now we, you know, or rather a a two month period, the period that it would take to.

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Replace the entire sector would be six two million dollars and there's only six.

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Million dollars to the cretan beverage tax budget, so that should give you a sense of how you know impotent. We really are to fix things alone. We are utterly.

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Dependent on money coming from the cares act, oh let's not make any two bones.

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About it, this is a catastrophic moment and we have to respond to see viciously.

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As we can, this is why I'm eager to hear if the money that we use from food and.

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Beverage money could act as itself as a multiplier that it would allow lending.

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Institutions to loan greater amounts or to forgive more to the institutions that.

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That desperately needed. I do sympathize with the idea that a restaurant should.

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Not be rewarded for laying off its workers, I do know that the carrots act.

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Says that if you, whatever your payroll, was on march 24th, that's what they'll.

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Fund, so I don't know if that counts, people that they they've laid off.

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Because they thought there's no end to this and we have to shut down. So you.

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Know I'm willing to forgive businesses that they rehire their employees but.

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This is the kind of thing we need to think about, and so I just want to urge.

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You all to take a good look at the report. It's quite thorough, even though.

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It's in draft form and it sort of it's a small indicator of the enormity of the.

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Task for us, thank you. Thank you. Coming.

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Councilmember sandberg, first of all, I have read the report and even though it.

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Is going to be updated and it's going to be changing with the fluid situation and.

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All of you know ongoing effort of this group. It is quality, it is really good. It.

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Was put together in a relatively short amount of time, we are in crisis and.

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Along with that crisis comes the opportunity for us to do everything we.

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Possibly can to salvage jobs to salvage all the things that bloomington is known.

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For and but let us be clear, we are not the federal government and I think I.

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Heard the word bailout used several times this evening, as I have been.

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Carefully listening to all the comments- and this is clearly not a bailout if.

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Anything this is of a bridge. This is bridge funding. This is gap, funding and.

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From what I have read and what I have observed in talking to the members of.

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This committee, they are the experts. These are the people who understand what.

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Some of the small margins are local and small businesses have been operating.

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Under and will with this crisis, if these businesses go under, you know.

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This is going to do not good things for the bloomington tax base and so we're.

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Gonna find ourselves having to do a lot more with a lot less. If we can't do.

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Everything in our power to keep the wheels turning to keep the shops open to.

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Keep the jobs that this community is going to need, and so again I understand.

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All the good input from people who are concerned about the individual employees.

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But also those employees are not going to get rehired, they are not going to get.

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Jobs back, if we don't do some serious bridge support for local businesses.

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Again in talking to many of them, there's fear some businesses are gonna, make it.

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And some are not, and so we are looking. I don't want to be a doom and gloom er.

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Here but we're looking at a really different bloomington on the other end.

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Of this crisis, and so basically what I'd like to say is.

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I support this committee. I trust them. These are the ones that understand the.

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Business community, the chamber, the b edc, all the other reps, all the people from.

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The cities, economic and sustainable development department- these are the.

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People we need to rely on to make these very, very difficult decisions. I trust.

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Them I support them. I'm looking forward to the next edition of this report. I.

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Think it's going to help us immensely. Thank you. Thank you. Other comments.

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Councilmember snow. Thank you very much. I think that what brought it home for me.

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Was listening to miss bright from nyx, our our great institution in bloomington.

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And you hear that it's gonna be really hard to deal with the fiscal issues.

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Ongoing and and in my mind after she was talking about the amount, specificity.

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With the payroll in keeping the business going, I'm two million dollars, maybe a.

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Down payment right, it's kind of frightening, depending how long this goes.

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On and I would like to thank everybody at the city- who's working on that task.

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Force with with councilman rallo, it's really doing a great job. So thank you.

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Thank you, councilmember spent mother coming.

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That's member kiemce on spent. Yes, I'd really like to thank alex crowley and.

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The group, the working group that has been doing such diligent and quick work.

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On this project, I'm trying to for some reason I cannot remember what the whole.

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Name is mabel ization organization and recovery workgroup. Thank you.

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I really we, as a city, rely on experts in the field to help us in difficult times.

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Like this, and they have really stepped up to help in this case and in addition.

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To the members of the working group, I think there have been other people who.

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Have been consulted and have really helped frame the report and frame the.

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Draft guidelines which we will see finalized next week, so I appreciate.

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Everybody who has who has helped, I also recognize, and I want to emphasize to the.

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Public that this is just a small amount of bridge funding, we will not be able to.

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Help everybody who applies to the extent that they apply for help to the you know.

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To the dollar amount that they apply for, but I do think this is a big step in the.

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Right direction and I think we can help some businesses stay in business and.

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That will help their employees as well. So I, like everything, I've heard so far.

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As far as what the working group is thinking for the guidelines, you know to.

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Emphasize payroll to emphasize locally owned businesses, minority-owned.

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Businesses and to have some guidance as to you know, you cannot spend the money.

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To just enrich yourself as a business owner or your investors, so I look.

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Forward to reading the report, well, I don't know if I look forward to it.

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Because it's gonna be gloomy, but I appreciate the work and I will be.

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Reading draft two and then looking for draft three on monday, so thank you very.

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Much thank you comes member, peanuts, no other come and, let's remember clarity.

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And then councilmember sims, yes, thank you again to the esr wg for all of its.

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Really diligent work this last week to paint a clearer picture.

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Of what so the needs are and what what we can do about it with with food.

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Beverage tax dollars with other types of support and more also for the benefit of.

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The public version too, that was mentioned of this report. It is a 50 page.

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Report but the body of the text is really only 27 pages and depending on.

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What you're interested in you can dig in it's available in tonight's packet on.

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The council's website so and as you heard version 3 will be coming out over.

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The next week, sometime with some changes in line with conversations that took.

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Place in this meeting and other evolutions that are coming as people.

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Keep working on this I want to just emphasize again, I think the I certainly.

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Hear the comments of mr. booker and mr. bingham and and the questions I've been.

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Asking you've really been looking at, you know, workers more than anybody or other.

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Folks, who are struggling in our communities right now, especially low wage workers, folks in the service sector and figuring out how we can make sure.

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They're part of this conversation, I certainly take the point. The app the.

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Business goes under, there's no jobs, and you know people can't go job to come.

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Back to you, that's that's true, but I want to just make sure we're.

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Keeping that, as part of what we're thinking about when we're looking at.

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This bridge funding, so the navigation center wraparound support to make sure.

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That businesses are fully aware of and pursuing the actions they need to take.

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In order to ensure that their employees can get the most amount of support and.

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And benefit an a that they can from the federal government or state additionally,.

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I guess I'd like to hear a little more information I'll be doing some research.

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Myself, certainly but mr. crowley sort of mentioned that he doesn't think the time.

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Gap for aid coming to workers or folks who've, been laid off will be as long as.

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For businesses, which may well be true, so I'd like to look into that more and if.

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The working group you look into that more and have a bit more information for.

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Us by next week that would be great. It occurred to me. We could ask as part.

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Of the application process and maybe part of our evaluation criteria, we could.

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Ask what the business plan is for their employees. We should.

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Have an understanding of how many people have they laid off? Are they keeping people on payroll? Do they intend to use any of this money for that or not, and.

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You know not necessarily that's not necessarily the best use for it if there.

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Are other funds available, but I think having an understanding of how they.

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Intend to prioritize their employees and what and what their plan is for that.

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Would actually go a long way in helping us evaluate applications and I'll stop.

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There for tonight, but again thank you very much that working group for all the.

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Hard work so far and for answering questions tonight thanks. Thank you. Thank.

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You I also to thank the work group for all the work that they're doing many of.

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Us myself and many of my colleagues, we have had the pleasure over the years of.

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Working with people like miss perot miss pratt moore, alex crowley. So we are well.

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Aware of their talents- and I think, we're well aware of how difficult their job is.

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Right now, some of the decisions that are gonna have to be made. I was encouraged.

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From hearing from miss pred moore some of the questions, some of the criteria.

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That will be addressed and I know there's limitations, but some of those.

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Questions pointed to the fact that the emphasis could be as much as I want to.

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Emphasis to be as much as possible on how we can help the people, the workforce.

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Of those businesses and in that industry we know there's limitations. We know that.

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May not pan out to be the biggest bang for the buck. But I think as long as.

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That's part of the thought process and keeping it at the forefront. I think.

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That's important also, I think that's fundamentally important- is some of or.

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Much of the public comment that we're getting even through this format, it's.

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Good to see that the public is still engaged, even if.

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Not so much commenting, there were many participants, so that's encouraging to me.

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And I would like to ask everyone to stay involved and let's get through this.

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Together, I think we'll do better than some of us may think. At least that's.

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What we can hope so, thank you all. Thank you. Other comment that I'll just add.

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Mine anyone who has known me longer than a.

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Week has probably heard me tell the story of a former boss. I had who was an.

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Economist by trade and was asked what he would do to solve all our financial.

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Problems and look that person right in the eye and said the first thing I do is.

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Remind you, there are no solutions, there are only trade-offs and I think we are.

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Seeing that brought to light in this process- and I especially want to applaud.

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The groups who are wrestling with this on the front line, certainly all of the.

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Employers and the businesses, individuals, and especially the three working groups.

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That we heard about tonight, who are who are trying to find the optimal balance.

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Of trade-offs, in the circumstances, I again I'd only worked as one of those.

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Fruits directly- and I saw them- go from a collection of ideas to a report in 72.

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Hours, so I am grateful for all of your hard work, not only even as a council.

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Member, but as a resident, I'm glad that we have your talents to rely on. So thank.

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You for that, as next steps. I look forward to seeing version 3 of the.

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Report from the economic stabilization recovery group, as soon as that's.

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Available and I look forward to a more robust conversation when we can.

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Reconvene next tuesday evening and I believe we will see mr. lucas, I believe.

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We'll see that packet by the end of the correct.

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And then likely a supplemental packet on monday with the full report.

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Yes, we'll release our normal legislative at this friday with as much material as.

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We can for next week's meeting, as we saw this week. We had the supplement last.

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Friday's packet, a couple of times as we got more documents and information, so.

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We'll release what we've got when we've got it as best we can okay. Thank you.

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And with that, it's anything else for to go to the order and I'll entertain a.

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Motion to adjourn, we take a vote to recommend I'm sorry what oh, yes,.

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Is there a recommended path? Sorry I moved it pass. Thank you done good. All.

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The members now so that we can vote it has to be roll call vote please as well.

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He may need to click something on his end and susan. There you go. Oh I'm sorry.

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Got the brady bunch box going on can't see all there you go well then, and well.

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The clerk call the roll please okay, 2001 right. This is a yes or no vote.

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Recommendation do pass. Thank you.

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Okay, so council members tim larry, yes rosenberger, yes, simms.

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Yes, mullin. Yes, three months me: yes, clarity, yes, smith! Yes, sandburg, yes, rallo.

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Yes, thank you.

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And that was nine zero, zero ugly good. Thank you. Everyone.

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And he's our other business council member olih goodbye. Thank you. Come on.

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One second: do we need do we need a roll call vote.

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On this type of motion, no, no, we are everyone. Thank you. Everybody.

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