City of Bloomington, Indiana City Council, 10 Jun 2020

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Let's call this meeting to order.

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This is hang on a second. This is a special session of the bloomington.

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Common council for wednesday, the 10th of june, will the clerk. Please call the roll.

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Councilmember rallo, your council members campbell larry here.

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Councilmember rosenberg here comes member simms here.

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Council member low lunge here councilmember piedmont smith here.

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Councilmember flaherty here councilmember smith here and.

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Councilmember sandburg here everyone is present and accounted for here- is a.

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Summation of the agenda, we will hear reports from the mayor and city offices.

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We will hear appointments and hirings. We will hear legislation for first reading.

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And resolutions, including ordinance 2011, an ordinance recommending that portions.

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Of the bloomington municipal code be temporarily suspended due to the ongoing.

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Public health emergency: we will take up matters of council schedule and then we.

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Will adjourn followed immediately by a hearing of the sustainable development.

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Committee on ordinance 2011, let's go to reports from the mayor and city offices.

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Thank you. Sorry, I didn't know you're not doing it's a special session. Sorry hi.

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I'm learning sorry, thank you. The question. Okay, am I allowed to amend and.

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Make a motion to amend the agenda? I'm sorry is that, like should I wait until.

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After the mayor, you can, but I think that the motion is in order before or after.

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The mayor's so let's hear the reporter, then we can talk about it. I'd be happy to let kate go first. If she wants to. I don't want to.

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Get annoyed if the customer rosenberger wants to make her motion. She look.

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Conclusive: okay, thanks council president I'd like to make a motion to amend the.

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Agenda tonight to add time, an item for council comment after our first reading.

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For new legislation, did you say, council comment or public comment public.

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Comments. Sorry, second, there's a motion in a second can we have some discussion.

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On the motion, customer rosenberger, would you like to.

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Explain sure, yes, I know this is a special session, but I just wanted to.

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Make sure we added a space in here tonight in case we had folks who are.

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Joining the meeting with anything, but they wanted to talk about. I know.

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Sometimes it's hard to figure out what our, what our meetings allow and do not.

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Allow- and I know, we've had some county meetings recently where folks are.

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Getting on and and commenting about, current events, and so I just wanted to.

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Have that space here in case anyone did get on tonight? Okay, is there any.

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Discussion, councilmember sandberg questions. Is there any concern over what.

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This might be scheduling for the following for the standing committee.

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Meeting that will directly follow this, or is there any concern about the length.

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Of time that this would delay it yeah, I think I should probably answer that.

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So in scheduling tonight's meeting there was very little intended to be on the.

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Agenda we, it was a special session and to pick up a couple of items that.

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Couldn't be done last week and last week I told council members, you know that I.

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Promoted the special session on the idea that it was going to be very brief.

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Certainly, events have overtaken us. I don't have any particular objection to.

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To including public comment here, I think that a.

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Might be, I mean typically, we don't take public comment in special session. We.

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Limit that to our usual 20 minutes for public comment, would that help in.

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Getting on with the next meeting, we could, but I also wanted to suggest that.

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The one of the events that have overtaken us is the news of the protests.

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Regarding policing and to that end, I know that the public safety committee is.

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Planning a meeting, I think, objection, counsel, burello.

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I think I agree with councilmember samberg's.

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Suggestion that we limit it to 20 minutes or have some time limit to make.

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Sure that we're on schedule for a next meeting customer rosenberger do you have.

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Any objection to that so far it looks okay to have a time limit. I don't I mean.

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There are a ton of people on here, and both of them are familiar faces, such as.

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The nine of us and city staff- so I think, that's okay, I think if we need to adjust.

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That as we go, that could work too. Okay, normally public comment by the way comes.

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After reports from the council members in the mayor, so we would still have the.

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Mayor's report before we had public comment customer scan blurry. Thank you.

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But any other questions our comment on this councilman. I question from the.

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Clerk mr. ziegler, yes, well, it's not so much a question, but I just want a.

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Clarification of the motion, so is the motion, a motion for a public, a 20-minute.

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Public comment period is that the motion is just republic comment. You know the.

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The limiting of it is something that we could make formal or I can arbitrarily.

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Do it, I don't think we need to be that formal about it as long as we have the.

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Period, that's that's what the motion calls for. Okay, so emotional for public.

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Comment: okay, there are questions. Are there any other questions or comment on.

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The motion councilmember sims, I'm just so I'm clear- is it okay with.

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Councilmember rosenberg on our intent that 20 minute limit is okay, at least to.

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Start off she said, I think, yeah, I think councilmember bowen was right on that. We.

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Can start I mean we can start with that and if it needs to be adjusted, that's.

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Okay again so far, I think it looks okay. Okay, are there any other any other.

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Questions or comments will ready take a vote. Seeing none will the clerk please.

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Call the roll on the motion.

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Yes, we will start with councilmembers campbell erie, yes, rosenberger, yes, sims.

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

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Sandburg, yes, rallo, yes, okay. Okay, that motion passes.

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We will have public comment amelia after reports from the mayor and city offices.

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And I will endeavour to limit it to 20 minutes. Mr. mayor, if you would please go.

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Ahead with your report, thank you very much.

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Nice to be with you, I I will try to be brief. There's so much that could be said.

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I know many of you were involved some very directly in the very powerful day.

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For our community last friday, with the march and rally at a size that has not.

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Been seen in recent years, I want to just comment. I've commented in other places.

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And at more length, but I just want to comment that that that event really was.

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A challenge to us about how well or how poorly we are living our values in this.

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Community and, of course, wider in the country, and how do we do that? Better and.

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It was a powerful day for bloomington, powerful voices and powerful calls for.

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Change that I know we all take very seriously, and it was a day that our.

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Community stood up and and and raised voices and marched and a powerful day.

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That means a lot to us. I was really proud of our community on that day and.

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The organizers did it for a fantastic job and it's a challenge to the.

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Government, it's a challenge to all of us about how we.

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Our work and I look forward to working with you as we go forward on that. I do.

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Want to note, I think, in that regard, with with so much work to do to overcome.

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Racism that still is all around us and with particular attention. I know to.

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Public safety and the police there will be a board of public safety meeting next.

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Tuesday evening or I don't know the exact time- maybe five o'clock, but we can.

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Confirm that maybe in the chat, but the board of public safety will meet next.

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Tuesday, the 16th and presentations will include some of the detailing of our own.

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Communities protocols approaches trainings activities, including for.

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Example, the eight can't wait list which, which I think will be useful for our.

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Community to hear where we are on those and the 21st century policing report.

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Which we did an intensive review of an adoption of virtually all of them. Four.

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Years ago, but I think we're gonna ask for a review of that and the board of.

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Public safety will be a good place for that to happen, and I'd be happy to.

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Answer questions about any of this if you like in terms of the kovat update.

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Let me quickly just note, as you know, we're in stage three in your local order.

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Through june 15th monday, with the exception that our.

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Gathering sizes are still limited to 50 for social gatherings that the the.

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Numbers that we do have continue to be good in terms of infections in terms of.

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Hospitalizations, in fact, we now have no one on a ventilator. As I understand it,.

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As of the latest report in the county, which is a good, a good sign, but this.

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Concerns continue, as we continue to see experts advising about that, and we know.

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Students returning I do expect as we move likely under a new county health.

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Officer order into stage four that means bars, playgrounds, gathering sizes all can.

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Change, including opening up of bars, which would be a first step here, locally.

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For that, I continue to be in in collaborating very closely on the.

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Right steps with that next week, you'll hear from the social services working.

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Group, which you also heard, I know a week or two ago in detail as they kind of.

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Helped provide some ongoing recommendations tonight, you'll hear from.

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The economic stabilization and recovery group, including particularly from brian.

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Payne of the cdfi friendly bloomington about their role in our community's.

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Recovery and I'll just close with three quick updates one, I know you've seen the.

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News about the waldron, we will be doing immediate review of the condition of the.

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Waldron we expect that to be transferred back to the city, probably in august.

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Doing an immediate review just on physical condition, we'll also look at.

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Kind of the short-term temporary uses of that as we take that back in short order.

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And then I do expect we'll want to create a an entity ad hoc, the group that.

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Will help advise our community represent the voices of our community about how it.

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Should be used in the longer run, going forward and two and three related thank.

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You for your consideration and review of the adjusting and loosening in some ways.

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Of sign regulations and fees, reflecting how we want to help our community.

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Particularly the hospitality industry recover and and begin to get their feet.

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Again and and lastly, also on that same vein, appreciate your consideration of.

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Doing some pilot project at kirkwood to open up some seating outdoor seating.

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Some adjustment, with the with the new smooth kirkwood for the weekend after.

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This coming went on june 19th. We think that'll be a good thing for the.

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Community so I'll, I think I'm handing it to alex crowley. For a brief comment, an.

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Introduction of brian payne in and then happy to take questions at the end.

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Thanks a lot mr. crowley, experimental ttan council members alex crowley.

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Director of economic and sustainable development for the city and also a.

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Member of the economic stabilization or recovery working group, as you know, that.

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Group has been hard at work since march on three french fronts: the the rapid.

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Response fund and I'll give you a very brief highlight you have this information in your packet, but the rapid response fund.

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Loan program and some of the non moneyed support that happened immediately.

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Including some of the work that came out with mill and then the reopening process.

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Which is underway right now and, and you know, the stainable development committee.

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Will be looking at some actions that support that are part of a package of.

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Support for that and then finally, long-term planning, which is arguably the.

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Most important thing and that's that's well underway as well and we'll bring.

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You up to date on that activity later on. I wanted to continue to highlight.

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Members of the economic stabilization recovery, working group team and so.

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Before I hand it over to brian payne, who has been integral in the process of.

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Standing up the rapid response fund and some other activities and also council.

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Members campbell area's been a member of the team as well. I wanted to just.

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Quickly highlight the information that starts the presentation and brian pain.

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Will launch it here will jump straight to slide 4, which is kind of the the key.

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And and what you'll see on slide 4 is that we are basically committed to about.

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1.5 million dollars, right now of which about 1.2 million come from the the.

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Funded amounts that have gone out the door and 1.16 are related to the food.

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And beverage monies, so we are in pretty good shape. Moving forward, one of the.

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Challenges will be whether or not this kind of program can extend beyond the.

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Executive order and we're looking at that right now we're also looking at.

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Additional funding sources that might help to augment what we have. I continue.

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To be concerned about the ongoing pressure on our businesses, we're by no.

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Means out of the woods and, and that has to do with for profits and not for.

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Profits in the in the arts culture world in bloomington that are integral to our.

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Society so I'm very concerned about what the future holds and.

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So we are we're pleased to know we have a little bit of additional funding.

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Available and we're continuing get applications and we will keep you.

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Apprised of how that progresses over the weeks ahead, so I'd like to turn it over.

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To brian payne and I'll be around, I can answer questions at the end. If that's.

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Okay, thank you mr. payne. Thank you alex and.

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Thank you, council members for the opportunity, so I think most of you know.

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Me- and you certainly know what I look like so I'm not gonna flip back to my.

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Physics just to just to show you tonight's view, so I appreciate the.

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Chance to talk about my organization, cdfi friendly bloomington, as well as our.

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Work with the economic stabilization recovery team, so, let's make sure we're.

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Doing this so cdfi friendly bloomington, I think you know most of the projects.

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I've been involved with in my time of the city, and I should preface this by.

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Saying I understand that you're very busy not keep this high level and I'll.

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Stick to ten minutes. Most of my projects have been pretty visible to council, but.

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This one has not, and so I'm really happy for the opportunity to talk about our.

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Journey here and then what we've been able to do in our first few months as a.

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Staff organization, so cdfi friendly bloomington, has a mission of helping.

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Cdfi is deliver a flexible and formal financing to bloomington monroe county.

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And the surrounding region- so many of you may know this, but for those who.

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Don't what rc deifies these are community development, financial.

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Institutions, and so these are private financial entities, they can be nonprofit.

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Or for-profit entities but they're their funders, they lend capital out and they.

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Can take many forums, you know, experts in the industry like say if you've seen one see if I you've seen one cdfi can be a loan fund, a.

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Credit union bank other types of depository institutions venture funded.

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Micro enterprise fund, but what's unique about cdfi, is, is that, unlike other.

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Lenders they are a hundred percent dedicated to their mission right, which.

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Is affordable, flexible financing to help disadvantaged communities and people.

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Furthermore, cdf eyes have to provide development services and technical.

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Assistance as well as capital, so banks can just give you any and then.

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Hope for payments on a regular basis, but cdfi has to get certification from the.

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Department of treasury need to show how they're providing assistance to help.

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Their borrowers succeed beyond just providing the money itself. They also are.

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Held accountable to a target market, so they can either be held accountable to.

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Target populations or target geographic areas that meet minimum federal poverty.

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Standards or that are federally designated populations, minority.

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Populations better known minority-owned businesses, things like that.

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And then you know the bottom line is that cdfi is said to be profitable, but.

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Not profit maximizing, so they are more accountable to the community and mission.

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Rather than shareholders, so these are some of the ways that cdf eyes are.

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Distinct from traditional financers, so cdf eyes operate in the community.

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Development's page, which is a deliberately broad term, but what that.

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Means is that they fund projects that have trouble accessing financing from.

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Traditional lenders, like banks, so either banks are regulated against lending to.

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Those entities because of their creditworthiness- or they simply don't do.

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It because it's not profitable and cdfi has definitely developed out of a.

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Historic long-standing problem of discrimination within traditional.

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Lenders so this can be for community facilities, affordable housing, childcare.

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Infrastructure, a lot of cdfi is focused on consumers to need auto loans, get to.

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Work mortgage assistance, credit enhancement and then, of course, small.

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Businesses nonprofit organizations and then commercial real estate, affordable.

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Housing, so those are some of the typical areas that see if I have operating but.

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They're innovating all the time and they operate in a broad range of sectors. So.

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Historically, this is a better part of two decades cdfi lending in bloomington.

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Has been has been lacking so that over approximately 15 years there was about.

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5.3 million dollars in lending- and this is according to the largest cdfi trade.

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Association, so it's not perfect data. It won't capture the the few cdfi that.

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Aren't on the federal certified radar or are not on the oh.

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And network radar with the cdfi coalition, but it's pretty it's the best.

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Data we have, and so you can see that over that time there was there was under.

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Six million dollars in lending so keep that number in mind. So why are we cdfi.

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Friendly, if cdf eyes are so wonderful, why why don't we start a cdfi, so the the.

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Answer we came up with, and this is giving pretty short shrift to what was a.

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Two-Year journey by the city of bloomington, led by the mayor community.

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Foundation, the bloomington urban enterprise association to do a market.

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Study talk to stakeholders think through what was the best strategy and then.

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Stand up an organization, so this started in 2017 and we didn't get our 501c3.

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Status until late 2018, so cdf eyes have just in the last three or four decades.

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Grown to a huge industry, they have over a hundred and eighty billion dollars in.

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Assets in the community active right now, but they stand to look like the power.

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Grid they are in areas where poverty is concentrated, but also where people are.

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Concentrated which leaves a lot of lower population areas, especially rural areas,.

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And communities that aren't major cities underserved by cdfis and since see, if.

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Eyes serve capital needs that aren't met by traditional financing. Those places.

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Don't have adequate capital for those needs and the the barrier to entry for.

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Starting a new cdfi is high, and not only is it difficult, you need specific.

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Expertise to do it, but cdf eyes are increasingly specialized and we're not a.

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Huge community, but we have the whole spectrum of capital needs. We need small.

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Business funding, affordable housing, financing, public facilities, we need all.

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Of it, so one new cdfi is unlikely to solve all our problems and cdf eyes are.

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Looking for new places to deploy their assets and expanding to new markets, so.

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This dovetails nicely with where the industry is looking to head, so the.

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Bottom line is that we are seeking to work with the best regional and national.

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Cdf eyes to bring them to bloomington in the surrounding area by organizing our.

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Market and providing access to incentives or credit enhancement, funding.

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Through the services of our organization, so this is just a basic graphic of how.

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Cdfi friendly markets differ from financial markets and cdfi markets, cd5.

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In the middle graph insert themselves between investors and users to direct supply of capital, so background investors, like big banks,.

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State and localities and other investors and cdf eyes, don't have to have the.

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Expertise to advise do to meet the end-user so see. If I friendly just adds.

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An organizational hub in between the cdfi and the user, because this the cdfi.

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Capital is not getting to bloomington, it's not getting central indiana. So our.

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Job is to organize our market and and export that out to cdf eyes and promote.

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Our opportunities to cdf eyes and also to bring cdf eyes into bloomington into.

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The surrounding region and learn about what's going on here, so brief.

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Organizational details: we are an independent nonprofit region, an.

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Independent nonprofit, we serve 13 counties, so it's the regional opportunities initiatives, counties plus jackson and lawrence. I think so over. It.

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Down to orange over to brown up to lawrence over to davies into voice. But.

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Not our thumb, so it's almost every county in our region is smaller than the.

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City of bloomington proper, so it's it's monroe county and then the most rural.

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Counties in the city we've got a board of six members. Three.

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Of those permanent seats are held by our co-founding organizations, our.

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Operational funding has come from bank foundations, local and national as well.

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As competitive grants that we've secured- I am the only staffer, but I'm lucky.

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Enough to have a fiscal sponsorship with the community foundation, which gives me.

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An office space and access to hr services and controller services and.

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It's been really really helpful and and given at no charge to help our.

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Organization get off the ground. Cfb capital is our enhancement fund, so that.

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Is a pool of money we use to help cdf eyes and borrowers complete projects. We.

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Can use that in a variety of ways, to manage risk to increase the cap with.

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Which a cdfi is comfortable lending to blend an interest rate down, so that's.

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It's affordable for the local borrower when it's not affordable for a cdfi as.

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Is we could guarantee loan losses? There's any number of ways we can use.

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The money, but the money is designed to facilitate projects that couldn't.

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Otherwise happen and this totally owned and operated by a cdfi.

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Friendly bloomington and we have an investment committee that approves our expenditures. So basically, I like to organize our pea services and the.

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Reasons a cd- if I wouldn't want to work with us and into four things, one is that.

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Regional and national cd files don't know what's going on in our region and.

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My job is to identify and develop prospective investment opportunities, get.

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Them ready for cdf eyes to look at them and help them arrange their.

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Documentation and know what see if I is a good match so see if eyes are very.

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Specialized and they're very different with what they like to invest in. So you.

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Need someone to help direct traffic for for a market? That's not currently served.

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And then, of course, I get those opportunities and do whatever I can to.

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Make cd if I was interested and make them successful, and then we have our.

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Money from cfb capital that we can use to complete investments. We also have a.

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Deal with bank of america that allows nec, if I, that does business in our.

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Region to access very, very cheap backstop financing as an incentive for.

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Them to look at south central indiana and then finally, we provide technical.

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Assistance and coordination, so we have borrowers that are going through city.

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Permitting that are looking for city grants that need to work with local.

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Contractors and and some just need business assistance and support services.

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So I can utilize my personal network and our board members have an outstanding.

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Network to help them get those wraparound services, they need to make.

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Their project successful, so you know I came on board on september 3rd, so we've.

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Been a staffed organization for a little over eight months and we've we've made a.

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Really big impact already and we're really proud of it. So five million.

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Dollars in better part of two decades and in the last year we have seen cdfi.

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As invest fifteen point five million dollars in bloomington proper for cbf, I.

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Have participated in programs or are looking at underwriting projects.

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Currently, we've supported projects that created 50, new, affordable housing units.

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As well as a hundred and sixteen existing units that were renovated and.

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Upgraded you all know about the red conversion of river woods and then that.

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Has gordon ten jobs community we've leveraged almost 17 million dollars in in tax credits and state incentives and.

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Overall, that bottom number is the total project cost of the projects that see if.

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I firmly has been a part of so we've had a big impact already and we're working.

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To make that bigger, as as we learn about how to be a cdfi friendly city, and if I.

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Didn't mention it before we're the first city in the united states to try this.

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Model, so let me talk a little bit about how that mission overlaps with the rapid.

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Response fund and again I'll, be quick so from the planning stage on the front end.

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My job was, and my board members job to assist us was to analyze the lending.

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Landscape that was available both before the pandemic and in the pandemic context.

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Acidifies and and lenders worked really quickly to come up with new programs and.

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Grants and loans, and so we needed to know what was going to be available.

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Already and what the gaps were at the rapid response event was going to have.

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To meet and specifically where the gaps were that were affecting our region, so.

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That was a big part of my job in the front end. You know I talked to cdfi.

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Folks and local bankers, and and worked with the other team members to create a.

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Quickly, administrable loan product that targets our specific needs and actually.

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Helps make the impact we're looking to make so helping design the terms the.

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Eligibility criteria, the application process, everything that goes into.

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Deciding what what the product was ultimately going to be, and then you know.

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We we all played a big role on an ongoing basis as an informational.

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Basically, a one-stop-shop for anybody who needs to know you know how to get.

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Payment protection program how to get economic injury disaster loans. Other sba.

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Programs, what was going to be in the care zach package tracking? What was.

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Going to be available for businesses and employees, we held a one stop soon, fair.

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For businesses and nonprofits, which eight cdfi has attended, we had over a.

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Hundred people there so just keeping the information flowing and then on the back.

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End, you know, and during the the standing up of the process I was able to use.

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Community force, which is the community foundation's online grant-making platform, and build the application right so to take what we.

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Thought needed to be understood in terms of documentation and then put it online.

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In a platform and then help us, you know troubleshoot that process and on a.

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Website that we knew about you know week earlier, so that that was a big project.

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And it's worked really well and the city and and the other it's our team members.

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Has been and then of course, the advisory commission that actually reviews the.

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Applications needs to be trained on how to use a website trained on the criteria.

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For the loan and then they need to have their question answers and we got really.

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Good feedback from them as to how to make that process easier. We also created.

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An appeals process for really close cases, that is an add-on to the end of.

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The existing market process and then finally for folks who are determined.

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Either ineligible or rejected for the program they enter immediately into the.

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Cdfi friendly pipeline and I work to try to find them financing if they're.

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Interested from cdfis or other local lenders so yeah, I think you've seen this.

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Crap before, but this is just a quick overview of the way, the application.

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Review process works for somebody who wants to rapid response fund money and.

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So this is: wouldn't it what had to be built on the platform and what these.

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These really generous volunteer advisory. Commission members are doing to analyze.

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There we've got bankers and financial experts looking at the credit worthiness.

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In a situation, and then we've got local stakeholders, committees analyzing the.

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Qualitative impact and the importance to the community, the city, plays the final.

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Role and this and a parallel process, the city and the is btc and cdfi friendly.

K

Bloomington they're all working to help desk to make everything run smoothly so.

K

That's that's just a taste of how we've been really honored to be able to help.

K

The esr team and it's a one, perfect person organization, I'm really really.

K

Lucky to be able to work with my former city colleagues and wonderful people in.

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The city so here's my contact information, I'm certainly interested to.

K

Share more and learn more about focus, you think, would be good matches for cdfi.

K

Talk about what our organization does talk about ways we can work together to.

K

Meet community needs, so it's good to see you all again and thank you for the.

K

Opportunity, thank you mr. payne and mr. crowley and.

A

Mary hamilton are there questions from members on the presentations you just.

A

Saw anyone, that's members, campbell larry! Thank you mr. payne, wherever you want, I.

L

Think you could come back. Could you speak about the city's specific.

L

Commitment to supporting cdfi friendly bloomington design in the form of your.

L

Salary yeah, that's a good question and and the mayor's certainly here and alex.

K

Can can make sure that I'm telling the truth says I'm no longer city.

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Representative, so that the city did not funds, my salary in in no way the.

K

Operations, money we have at cdfi, friendly bloomington comes from banking.

K

Foundations and competitive grants we've secured from nonprofits and it comes.

K

Also from debt and equity for the cfp capital fund, so we have two million.

K

Dollars in public source or quasi-public sourced equity that we can lend through.

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The enhancement fund- and we have two million dollars in debt for cfb capital.

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Committed by local banks, so we have low interest debt. We can then real end and.

K

We have equity from the bba and from the redevelopment commission, so so none of.

K

That money is from the city of bloomington proper, but the redevelopment.

K

Commission certainly is tif revenue, so the city of bloomington, not only you.

K

Know provided most of the staff power and the you know, the funding and the.

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Platform to do the market study to do all the research and and the mayor's.

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Expertise and vision, but also the bloomington, our prize association in the.

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Community foundation paid a fair amount of money to to hire the probably the.

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Foremost national expert in the former director of the opportunity, finance.

K

Network mark insky to help us set this up. Thank you, mr. feeny. That's how fun I.

L

Especially appreciate hearing about investments from other from the.

L

Community found from the other partners from around town.

L

Thank you. Thank you counts. Remember clarity. Yes, thank you.

M

I'm mr. crowley, I believe you mentioned near the end of your presentation and.

M

Thank you for the presentation by the way and the updates, but I think you.

M

Mentioned you know that there was some funding and left available if needed and.

M

You were exploring what needs businesses small businesses in our community still.

M

Have and what you know even exploring the idea of leveraging this money in.

M

Some way beyond the emergency order, if needed- and I guess I was wondering if.

M

You could explain a little more what those needs look like and and how we.

M

Could be most effective in helping? I know. Initially, this money was at least.

M

My understanding was that this money was, we were playing an integral role, because.

M

We were acting more quickly and more nimbly. Then then then, sort of larger.

M

Markets could and we were getting money to businesses sooner than then. They.

M

Could get from other places, so it seems like going forward. Things will be a.

M

Little bit difference if you could speak to maybe a little bit about anticipated.

M

Future needs and how funds from the food beverage tax might be used to help those.

M

Emerging needs for businesses yeah so well. First of all, just so you understand.

J

The the possible restriction, which is that the state board of accounts.

J

Specifically tied the food beverage monies in its ruling original ruling.

J

Which allowed you, the council to allocate food? There were twenties to the.

J

Executive order so there and that executive order currently expired set is.

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Set to expire on july 4th it may it may the language of the svo, a ruling allowed.

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For clarification, and/or extension of that order right so that that.

J

Possibility exists that that somehow can be clarified or extended. So let's assume.

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That it's neither and that and that this sunsets it is not our intention to.

J

Disregard that and it you know, we would effectively the last monies that could.

J

Go out the door from from the food, never it's currently allocated and the loan.

J

Program would have to go out the door essentially before the executive order.

J

Expired so the first thing that we're going to be doing is just reaching out.

J

And we've done it already, but we'll do it again, s'mores reaching out to.

J

Organizations that would be beneficiaries of that money and say just.

J

So you know you know, the horizon is unclear that you should probably, if you.

J

If you believe that there's there's a possibility, you may need some financial.

J

Support as this window of pandemic continues to expand, then now would be a.

J

Good time to do it, so that would be the first step in the event that there would.

J

Be an extension that I don't at this point, anticipate that we'd be doing.

J

Anything much differently than what we're doing. Instead, we would just have.

J

The opportunity to extend it beyond the end of the executive order, so it's not.

J

It was not my intention, I'm sorry, for the lack of clara. It was not my intention to suggest that we'd be doing something different with that allocation.

J

Than what we've been doing, it's mostly a question of timing. Okay, thank you.

A

Further questions from members I'll have one: if nobody else does mr. paine, I.

A

Wanted to thank you for again for the presentation. I wanted to ask something.

A

That you said early on, which is that cdf eyes are quote 100% dedicated.

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Unquote to you know that dedicated I don't know what they're not.

A

Nonprofits, so you know I mean every organization is devoted to their mission.

A

How is a city if I that fundamentally different from a bank, so it's so it's a.

K

Fair question some see: deifies are nonprofits that they're all private.

K

Entities and that they're unaffiliated with the government but but many are 501.

K

C 3 s and their mission cannot be simply to deliver a profit for their.

K

Shareholders or to you know, to provide traditional banking needs in the.

K

Community, the mission has to be to help populations and communities that and.

K

Individuals that have been designated by the federal government.

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As vulnerable and as needing assistance right, so their mission has to be.

K

Targeted at community development- it's not just that they're 100% dedicated.

K

Mission: it's that the mission has to have a community development for sure.

A

But I mean that still doesn't like they could devote five percent of their.

A

Profits to their mission and the rest just goes it I mean that, is there some.

A

Kind of criterion that you use to measure this dedication to their mission.

A

Yeah so that- and I will confess that I don't know every aspect of the federal.

K

Government certification process for cdfi, but every they have to go through.

K

An elaborate certification process to become a cdfi, that's certified by the.

K

Federal government and then every year they have to submit a compliance report.

K

And so some of the the factors of that report are they have to demonstrate how.

K

Much of their lending capital is going to specific populations and specific.

K

Communities and geographic areas that they've designated as their target area.

K

And that those target areas have to be areas that are satisfactory to the.

K

Department of treasury, as you know, vulnerable areas right so the only about.

K

Half of monroe county is even eligible for a cdfi target area. It doesn't mean.

K

That they can't land outside the target area, but it means that they have to be.

K

Accountable to at least sixty percent of their loan, capital has to be designated.

K

In that target area- and they have to be a hundred percent dedicated to their.

K

Mission, which is providing affordable and flexible capital for community.

K

Development projects: okay, thank you that helps yeah. If there's no other questions.

A

We're going to move on to next, I don't want to thank the mayor and city offices.

A

For their presentation and good luck come back and see it soon. Thank you, joe.

A

No, we will now go as previously moved to public comment. Can I see a show of hands.

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Of people who like to make public comment, please use the raise hand.

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Function and zoom, if you would like to make public comment, you see two people.

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So far is there any who would like to make a comment? Please use the raised hand function now.

A

I see only two people, so yes, I just wanted to clarify. So if you to see the.

C

Raised hand option: I think you need to click on participants and then find your.

C

Name and then you can select to raise your hand from there.

C

Mr. lucas, if you'd like to clarify, I think sometimes the raised hand function.

C

Is not so obvious, I think that's right, although, as meeting hosts, I don't think.

N

I even have that same ability, so I'm not sure exactly what button to click but.

N

Because we have so few participants, you can also send a message to the meeting.

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Host over chat- and let us know that way that you'd like to comment.

N

I do see two participants that have raised their hands so if you'd like we.

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Can get started and then, as I said, other people start to request I'll all.

N

Acknowledge them as well, I think I saw alison quince raise her hand first, so.

N

Okay, so each speaker will have five minutes. Ms quants, would you please go.

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Ahead, hi- and I understand that that this is a special meeting but I'll take.

O

Advantage of this time- since you all are here, I wanted to say mayor hamilton,.

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Opened his remarks by saying that the march in bloomington showed how well.

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We're living our values and I want to disagree with him. I don't think that.

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Showing up for march is living our values and I don't think that revisiting.

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The recommendations from the 21st century, policing task force is living.

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Our values either, I think that we in bloomington will only be living our.

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Values when we defund the police police are fundamentally white supremacist.

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Structure they're a tool, that's dependent on the threat of violence and.

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It's the wrong tool for serving our community. So I'd like to see the mayor.

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And the council commit to significantly reducing the police budget in.

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Bloomington with the aim of defunding altogether and that's it thank you.

A

Mr. shelton, please go ahead to have five minutes. Thank you, counsel.

P

Jim shelton with chamber, but again speaking on behalf of casa, to update you.

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In the public on the status of okay, never mind, I was trying to turn my video.

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On but I guess it's turned off, excuse me causes our court appointed special.

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Advocates they work with children who are in duplin justice system, because.

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They've been abused or neglected because of co mid-nineteen. The stress on.

P

Families has dramatically increased, families are having trouble, making a.

P

Paycheck, therefore, taking care of their children, we've got an increase in.

P

Domestic violence, we've got an increase in substance abuse and we've got an.

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Increase on the abuse of children, all of these result in the court having to get.

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Involved dcs having to get involved, and the court asked the casa program to.

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Provide a volunteer for each of the children that are identified as being in.

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Need of services because of this growth in numbers of cases, we don't have enough.

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Volunteers to handle all the cases the court are sending us, we have a training.

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That's ongoing right now. I want to make sure that people know that we've got one.

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That will start in october and cost the program is seriously considering another.

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Training in late summer, so for anybody out there who thinks they need a good.

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Volunteer opportunity you can go to monroe county casa or click on the.

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Volunteer link and get all the information they may need, or you can.

P

Call three three three, two, two seven two and then usually there are a lot of.

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People who are thinking about it thinking yeah, I think I ought to do that.

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But I'm going to do it later. I waited till after I was retired, for example, but.

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Now I know I didn't need to about half of our volunteers are important, so I'm.

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Inviting the public to look into it to seriously consider it to keep up with.

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You can keep up on our web agency if there is going to be a late summer.

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A training session to try to get some more volunteers, but it's very good.

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Opportunity, it's very satisfying, it's very needed. It helps the children.

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Dramatically and as judge galvin has said that he can't imagine trying to.

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Have a juvenile court without casas. So thank you for this extra opportunity.

P

Unexpected to tell people about, thank you. Thank you. Mr. shelton, mr. lucas are.

A

There any other people who'd like to speak and public comment. No one else has.

N

Raised their hand or sent any chat along, so if you want to give it another 15.

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Seconds I did see a few folks hop on the meeting after the the call for public.

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Comment well, we know the 15 seconds again if you would like to speak during.

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Public comment on items that are not on the agenda. Please click the raise hand.

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Function in zoom or type into the chat to the council meeting host.

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Are there any other takers, if not we'll close public comment and.

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We'll go now to the next item on the agenda, which is appointments and hirings.

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Are there any movements appointments? Yes, mr. president,.

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Customer people on smith hold on.

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I move that the council hire stephen lucas, who is currently serving as deputy.

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Administrator attorney of the council to become the administrator attorney of the.

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Council, effective no later of august, an august 1st 2020.

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Motion in a second is there any discussion on the motion.

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Seeing counselor come on smith, I just want to say thank you to council.

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President fall on a council vice president simms for the additional information that was shared with us. As you know, in executives, email, executive.

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Session type email, since it is a personnel matter, but I just wanted to.

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Say that because last week you know we asked for some additional information.

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That has been provided, and so we can all vote on this with the full information. I.

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Think that we need to do so any other comments from council members seeing.

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None we'll go to the clerk for a girl call vote on the motion. Mr. ziegler.

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Councilmember rosenberger yeah simms, yes, voland, yes, piedmon smith, yes, flirty.

B

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Yes, sandburg, yes, rollo, yes and scam, belarus, yep as-90.

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I want to congratulate mr. lucas and thank him for applying to his position.

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We look forward to many years of working with you and you follow in very big.

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Footsteps and mean that only rhetorically, I don't know mr. sherman.

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Sears shoe size, but thank you and good luck and you know do good work. Okay are.

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There any other appointments to boards and commissions or hirings, seeing men.

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Will move to legislation for first reading? Mr. president, I move that.

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Ordinance 2011 be introduced in read by the clerk by title and synopsis. Only.

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Thank you. A motion, a second made, a roll call vote on the motion to introduce mr.

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Ziegler, okay, councilmember sims; yes, rowland; yes, piedmon smith; yes, clarity,.

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Yes, smith, yes, sandburg! Yes, rolo, yes, stan valeri, yes, rosenberger.

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Yeah, okay, well, it's art! Please read yes, ordinance, 2011, an ordinance recommending.

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That portions of the bloomington municipal code be temporarily suspended.

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Due to the ongoing public health emergency, the synopsis is as follows:.

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

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

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Sidewalk seating and merchandising encroachments. The ordinance allows.

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

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

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

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2020 of be extended as needed beyond that date,.

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Thank you and this this ordinance has been referred to the sustainable.

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Development committee chaired by councilman, bruce sandberg members myself.

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I'm sorry cherubi calpers campbell lurie with members, clarity, sandberg and boland.

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As well, and that will be meeting immediately after this this regular, this.

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Special session is complete. Are there any other items to legislation for first.

A

Reading yeah, okay, we now go to matters of council schedule. Mr. lucas, mr.

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Sherman, what do we have as far as scape council schedule goes? I can take that.

N

Just a few reminders the council has to committee meetings tomorrow. The public.

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Safety, local income tax committee will be meeting tomorrow morning, bright and.

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Early at 8 a.m. and hopefully we'll have some updated information from the state.

N

About how some extensions of deadlines will impact that committee's work.

N

Tomorrow there will also be a meeting of the jack hopkins committee. It will have.

N

Its debriefing meeting, the committee wrapped up its process. What was the date.

N

A week or so ago, with its allocation hearing and the council can expect to.

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See a resolution in this week in this friday's packet for next week from the.

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Committee on its funding recommendations, so those two can be committee meetings.

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Will be happening tomorrow and then just a reminder that next week's regular.

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Session is the last council meeting before the summer recess. We will recess.

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Until july 22nd, at which time who knows what kind of world will be living in and.

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Whether we'll still be meeting like this, so those are the items that I wanted to.

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Mention I don't believe there any other scheduling matters very good. If there's.

A

No other announcements from members about a.

A

Coming meetings or events, anything else, we customer repeat, matt smith. I just.

C

Wanted to mention that the council executive committee is considering ways.

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To extend the level of accessibility that we've had while meeting via zoom to.

C

Continue, even if we start meeting in person again, so that is something that's.

C

Being discussed, yes, I've put out a request for you. No.

A

Discussion of this issue among council staff and we'll be discussing, I think.

A

Over the recess, how to how to make that happen?

A

Mr. lucas, one more item, and maybe council members wants to announce this a.

N

It sounded like you made a reference to the public safety committee, possibly.

N

Meeting next tuesday, I don't know that we've issued a notice for that meeting.

N

But one may be forthcoming if, if that committee intends to meet as well mr.

H

Simms, it was my intentions to that was just.

H

The side of this evening and my intention supposed to get with you after.

H

Later on today, to make sure it was properly noticed and to set up zoom and.

H

That sort of thing I apologize for my delay, I thought in discussing with our.

H

President earlier that he was going to owe my apology this, however, the public.

H

Safety tentatively, until we get it properly, notice, is scheduled to have a.

H

Meeting next tuesday june 16th at 6:30 p.m.

A

Controverse, anne burke, you had your hand up. Yes, just a clarification on the.

F

Committee's to meet right after this, that does not include me. I don't believe.

F

Did you correct that I may I may be incorrect.

A

I thought customer schedule, I don't believe I'm on the sustainability.

F

Committee, I just got worse campbell larry you're, the chair. Yes, I believe you.

L

Were but I'll confirm with you on the break susan. Thank you.

L

And just to clarify, if I remember mayor hamilton's comments correctly, you.

L

Mentioned that the board of public safety is planning to meet next tuesday.

L

At 5:00 and then we are also, if I'm understanding correctly planning a.

L

Meeting of the public safety committee of city council at 6:30- and I could, if I.

L

Were a guessing woman, those two meetings are going to get confused and conflated.

L

So we might want to be very, very clear about and certainly they're all public.

L

But we might want to be clear that that's actually two meetings happening.

L

Next tuesday night both related to public safety, both with similar purposes.

L

If that's the case, I mean we'll endeavor to make the notice as clear as possible.

A

That's a good observation. I see councillor flaherty and then piedmont.

A

Smith, piedmont, smith was first, I think if he wants to go ahead before we eat.

A

She goes ahead. Mr. simms did you have a follow up to customers, campbell, larry.

H

I did or actually my comments earlier about that monday meeting. I'm sorry.

H

Tuesday meeting of the public safety standing committee, I didn't give much.

H

Detail and like I said this was very quickly formed, but it in rate the intent.

H

This will not be a legislative session. It is intended to receive information.

H

From the public, in particularly in light of some of the social events that have.

H

Been happening, some of the many requests that we have heard or opportunities to.

H

Discuss some things specifically from a public safety standpoint, more.

H

Specifically, maybe police, but that's the intent. It is on also plan to have city.

H

Staff I mean particularly from bpd, and all this remains to be arranged.

H

But we think it will be valuable from an educational or informative standpoint.

H

From staff, in order to go along with public comment, in order that we can.

H

Receive that information discuss it and digest it and either make.

H

Recommendations or plans, as we move forward so sorry to be um somewhat vague,.

H

We started in different and got pushed to another way, so thanks for this.

H

Opportunity, thank you councilmember, sandberg and scambler, and peat moss smith. That's what people on smith? Yes, um I I don't know if.

C

This is the appropriate venue to to bring this up, but I have concerns about.

C

The timing of that meeting, because it conflicts with the hospital site.

C

Redevelopment public forum that is 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. on june 16th, perhaps that's.

C

Something we can talk about, you know with mr. simms, the committee chair after.

C

This meeting this is not really a back and forth. I would say thanks mr. simms.

A

For making clear the goal of the of the committee's hearing- and I would say that.

A

While we've announced the time tonight, it's not said, as so until it's.

A

Advertised so if if the committee would like to delay the start of that meeting,.

A

In order to accommodate you, I think we might be able to arrange it, but it's all.

A

Happening very quickly, so when it's advertised that'll make it official.

A

It's not to accommodate needs to accommodate the public who would like to.

C

Have interest in both topics? My apology and a point well made councillor.

M

Flaherty, similarly, actually and following up on council, understand.

M

Bellarius points not only about the potential for remembers of public to.

M

Conflate aboard a public safety meeting and a public safety standing committee.

M

Meeting, but if they, if there's only an hour and a half difference between their.

M

Starting times, and it sounded like I'm trying to remember now, I think there was.

M

Gonna be some educational component to the board of public safety meeting as well. Regarding our you know, practices and training protocols, and otherwise in.

M

The bpd that it's entirely possible, those meetings would overlap yet have.

M

Similar functions in some respects or a lot of folks who may be interested.

M

In both so so yeah, maybe maybe something we need to think about before 5:00 yeah.

M

As we finalize out certainly deferred the committee, I just wanted to express that concern as well. I'm sure it will be of great interest to committee members.

A

Let alone the rest of the council in public regarding what goes on at the.

A

Board of public safety that night, since it will be relevant to the subject that.

A

The committee would take up, although I do think that the committee will have.

A

Different and probably broader concerns, so you know I. I would recommend that.

A

Everyone who can try to attend the board of public safety meeting as well with.

A

That I will just once again reiterate that you know we will that the official.

A

Time of the committee meeting will be set when it's advertised, but you know.

A

What customer simms originally proposed, as was the original target time constant.

A

Of rollo council president rolling could you describe who will be present if the.

G

Meeting following this, one who serves on the sustainable development is that the.

A

Members of the sustainable development committee are council members campbell.

A

Area, chair councilmember, sandburg, councilmember.

A

Flaherty and myself, thank you I'm mistaken about that. Then I don't have.

A

The list in front of me that's correct, okay, so those are the members who will.

A

Stay for the committee conference campbell larry and yet of course it is a.

L

Public meeting and all council members are more than welcome. Is there any other.

A

Discussion, if not before I adjourn, I simply want to wish council rollo happy.

A

Birthday since we can't be present in the office to do so, I will not make.

A

Anybody sing him a song now's the time to adjourn. Is there a motion to adjourn.

A

Moved all in favor, say aye. The committee will.

A

The sustainable development committee will meet in approximately five minutes.

A

Thank you happy birthday dave. Thank you.

Q