City of Bloomington, Indiana City Council, 15 Apr 2020

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We're here, uh this meeting will come to order.

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This is a meeting a regular session of the bloomington common council.

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For wednesday april 15 2020 will the clerk please call the roll.

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uh Yes, councilmember rallo skip councilman here.

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Rosenberger sims here.

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Here: piedmont, smith,.

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Here, flaherty smith,.

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Here sandberg here and I'm going to come back to no.

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I think we lost councilmember rallo, but he was here.

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Not here we have a quorum um and just uh for the record per.

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Executive orders issued by the governor this meeting is being conducted electronically. The public may access the meeting using.

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Zoom.Us at room number 712-583-082 here is a summation of the agenda. We.

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Will hear reports from council members, we will hear a special report from petty.

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Caudle of the county health department, we will then heal reports from the mayor.

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And city offices, council, committees and then the public.

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We'll uh hear appointments to boards and commissions and then we'll handle two items of legislation for first.

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Reading and resolutions ordinance 2006 to repeal and replace the.

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Official zoning map within title 20 of the bloomington municipal code.

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Entitled unified development, ordinance and ordinance 2007 to amend title 20 of.

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The willington municipal code entitled unified development ordinance.

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Note on these two, this meeting constitutes the first.

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Regular meeting of the council after the ordinances were certified.

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To the council, by the plan commission under state law.

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Indiana code, section 36, 74, 600 and so on. The council may act on the.

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Proposals tonight the council intends to consider the.

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Proposals for final action at this meeting, which is why legislation for second reading resolutions will follow.

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First readings and they will be ordinances, 2006.

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And 2007. we will have up to 25 minutes for additional public comment.

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We will discuss matters of the council's schedule and then we will adjourn.

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Followed immediately by a committee of the whole to take up ordinance, 2009.

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To amend title ii of the bloomington municipal code entitled administration.

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And personnel and to grant authority to act in.

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Accordance with declared disaster emergencies regarding amending bloomington municipal code, 2.22.030.

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Entitled employee policies and complying with the state of indiana's declaration.

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Of disaster emergency under indiana code, section.

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10 14 3 12., with that we will go first to reports from council members.

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I'll start uh with the members, as they appear on my screen.

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With council member sandberg no report, thank you. Thank you. Councilman bruce.

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Campbelluri no report, thank you. Councilmember smith,.

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No report, thank you. Councilmember piedmont, smith,.

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No report, thank you, councilman varallo. I have none. Thank you. uh Councilmember.

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Sims no report. Thank you. Councilmember.

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Rosenberger no report thanks accounts over flaherty.

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No report thanks all right. I have no report either so we'll go.

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Straight to a report from penny caudle, the director of the monroe county health.

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Department, ms caudle, are you there? Can we see your.

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Smiling face, I am here, thank you very much for having.

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Me I appreciate it uh just a few things to kind of update.

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You, the state health department's dashboard, has.

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Been revised and and updated to add more.

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Detail and information, and it is now updated at noon instead of 10- am so.

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Because of the added information, so just a few things that.

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One might find on that website now it not only.

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Tells you the number of tests the state department of health has done.

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But it will tell you the number of new cases. The total number of cases.

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Deaths are reported, the new deaths for the day.

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The total number of deaths total number of tests.

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Done and that's a big change because, with communicable diseases, positive test.

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Results are reportable, but not negative tests.

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So last week, dr box, our state health commissioner, ordered that all.

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Covid19 tests were reportable whether the results were negative or positive.

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So that's a big change and will really give us a better picture about. What's.

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Going on in terms of testing testing is increasing, the state has.

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Started doing some drive through testing, they did a drive through in.

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Maryville earlier this week last weekend and I.

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Think the first of this week that seemed to go very well. They have a.

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Couple planned for southern indiana and then I think as.

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Those occur and they'll be expanding. Those is.

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What I understand so today's report, monroe county, had 95.

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Cases we have unfortunately experienced two deaths.

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So far and those have come in the past week.

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So we hope that we can prevent those. I think one thing that's very important.

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Is that we continue to do the things that are in.

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Place uh the social distancing, um the.

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You know wearing a face covering if you're out in public, and you can't.

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Maintain that social distance staying home as much as you can only.

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Going out for essential services and doing that singularly going.

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Alone, as opposed to a group or taking your whole family.

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Go as few people as possible, I know some. If you're a single parent, you may have.

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To go with somebody but may, if you can help each other out and not do that in groups, that's helpful.

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And that's what is really helping us kind of maintain.

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Our numbers and keep them as low as they possibly can be and.

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The the fight isn't over here yet so we need to kind of stay the course and.

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Continue to do those things, there's also information on here. I know.

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That there were questions last time about the hospital capacity.

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So this is for the state, but it does look at.

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Icu beds and ventilator usage and so right now the state is in pretty.

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Good shape, as far as that goes, but that's also.

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Included on that website, so it is good information, lots more information than what's been on there before.

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Including the demographic information, so I think that that.

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They'll continue to add more information to that.

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As we go, but that's why it's not updated now until.

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Noon as opposed to 10 am again, we talked about.

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I think before face coverings and people making those and donating them and the.

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County ema and the health department, the hospital have been working together to collect those.

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We have given out well over 700 to over 12 agencies, mostly.

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Shelters and long-term care facilities, group homes, those type of facilities we.

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Want to thank people for making those donations, we still need them, and I know that there are other groups.

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Who are doing similar things that are making that those face coverings.

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uh Cloth masks and then distributing those and that's a wonderful community.

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Outreach and we appreciate everybody who's who's involved in that.

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So a big thank you for those.

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The other thing that I wanted to to say is that we are working very hard. I know.

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The city is working hard and our shelter folks are working hard and.

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This the county is involved as well in terms of how we can protect.

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Our populations, our residents, who are experiencing homelessness.

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So we're working very hard on that. We are starting kind of a peer.

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Educator training so that we can get people who are experiencing.

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Homelessness themselves and can educate their friends and and.

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Others that they encounter on a daily basis about social distancing and what that may look like.

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Can help them get a bandana or some something to use as a face covering.

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And just those kinds of things what good hand washing looks like.

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We're looking at handing out some bandanas and some hand sanitizer to.

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Those folks so we're working on those things and and.

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Getting that started that's kind of where we are oh, I know.

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One other thing that, in terms of the hospital rate for the.

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State right now the hospital rate for covid19.

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Patients is about 12.3 per 100 000 people.

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So some of you, I know, like those statistics and that's just something.

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Else that I was provided with this week, so that's.

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That's my report in a nutshell, thank you. Miss cottle.

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Are there questions for miss cottle and her report? Cosmo rallo.

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Thank you, miss condo. I, if you were a bloomington.

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Monroe county resident you'd like to be tested.

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uh How does one go about it? You go about it. The best way is to use that virtual.

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App that iu health has and it will walk you through screening process,.

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And then, if testing is advised, you have symptoms that are consistent with.

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Covid19 then they will tell you where you can go.

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To get tested so there is some drive-through testing.

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But you do need to have that order and kind of a ticket.

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To get that test done so use the virtual hub.

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If you have a private provider, you can ask them.

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If you're seeing them, if they can provide testing for you,.

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It is opening up a little bit now. You do need to have symptoms, but testing is.

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Becoming more available, thank you, council over people, smith.

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Yes, um I didn't quite understand the 12.3 per 100 000.

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People statistic: what what is that sure. So when they look at the associated.

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Hospitalization so the overall rate of people with.

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Covid19 so hospitalizations that are related to.

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Covid19 there is a rate of about 12.3 people per.

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100 000 people, it's just looking at a rate.

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As opposed to an actual number of people, so for every hundred thousand people.

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There are 12 that are in the hospital related to covet 19.

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For every 100 000 people who have coveted 19.

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Only hospitalized well, it's 12.3 per 100 000 people. So yes,.

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Counting all all people healthy and not healthy,.

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The rate is 12.3 for 100 000. That's the number in the hospital for.

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Coven 19. overall cumulative covid 19 associated.

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Hospitalization rate yes, 12.3 for 100 000.

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Other questions from ms caudle county risk gambler.

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Just to make sure I'm understanding this out of a hundred thousand population.

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There are 12.3 people hospitalized with covid19.

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The actual infection rate, though, will be higher correct. Yes,.

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Yes, very much that yeah, that's just looking at hospitalization rates.

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Do we know the infection rate or no out of 100.

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I don't think we really do because everyone hasn't.

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Because of the testing capacity that we have.

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Okay, thank you very much. Councilmember smith,.

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Thank you, miss cottle, I'm wondering if there's any news on.

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Serological testing, where someone who thinks they may have had coveted 19.

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Could get tested and allay some of their fears right. So the.

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Antibody testing, I think, is what you're talking about. That's, certainly not ready.

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Yet but I think it will be coming down the pike and it will certainly be useful tool for us.

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In many ways to identify uh one if people have been infected can.

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They go back to work, um but the bigger picture in terms of.

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How long we maintain immunity and those kinds of things will be very.

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Important to us going down the line, thank you hopefully soon, but I don't.

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Have a date yeah yeah appreciate it further.

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Questions from council members, councilmember sims.

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If you cannot mute councilmember sims, please.

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Can't hear you, jim okay, how about now yeah good good? Thank you.

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I had the pleasure of listening to um miss carl, give her presentation the.

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Other day- and um I think there was an answer to.

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One particular question that um maybe she could expound on, maybe not, but.

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Maybe it'll be an interest of everyone else, and that is miss caudle um with the burgeoning rate.

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The disparate rate of how it's affecting african americans across the country.

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How are we looking in indiana um and more specifically, bloomington.

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Monroe county yeah, you know, I don't have some specifics in.

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Terms of monroe county at the moment I expect we will have.

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Those, but certainly we are seeing disparities and african-american population being affected.

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um More in terms of more serious complications and that.

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May fall we see with social determinants of health.

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Greater proportion, sometimes of underlying health conditions that may be.

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Playing a role in that, certainly something that.

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We want to watch and address. I think it will help.

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Us as we look at how we can address those.

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Issues and concerns going forward.

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Oh go ahead. I'm sorry! I was just going to say: I'm not sure that I completely.

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Answered your your question and I lost the website or.

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I might be able to give you the some of the demographic data that was on.

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There fight and pull it back up. Well, I know things changed so fast.

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And um that's another issue, I think that's.

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Going to take further study, I think on you guys, as part of the state's part.

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And since things move so fast, I thought maybe we'd heard something in the last.

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24 hours since I've last heard from you yeah.

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Okay, thank you, you're welcome. Thank you. Any further questions from members.

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Seeing none miss caudle. Thank you so much for coming by to give us an update.

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We really appreciate it uh we're going to be inviting you until.

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The emergency is over, so uh you know we would love to have you.

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Every time we meet, thank you very much for having me. I.

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Appreciate the opportunity same here, thank you. We now go to reports.

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From the mayor and city offices- and I want to introduce the mayor by saying that, on behalf of the council.

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We wish your wife dawn a speedy recovery. Thank you, y'all hear me: okay. Okay, yes,.

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Yes go ahead. uh Thank you very much. Let me just say.

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Thanks to penny, coddle too we've been working closely: she's a professional and.

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Her group, her team and herself, uh have been so.

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Committed in working so hard on this and we appreciate their.

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Expertise and their dedication uh every day in this she's been.

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Running hard for a long time, we really appreciate that.

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I'm pleased to be with you again nice to see you uh virtually.

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um You've heard me say we're in a marathon that starts with a sprint. I.

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Think maybe I would say we're kind of coming.

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To the end of a sprint and ready to settle into a marathon.

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um About now, we, as you heard from miss caudle the physical distancing, I I.

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Call it physical distancing, because we don't have to be socially distant. We.

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Just need to be physically distant, but that physical distancing is so important.

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Staying at home, except for essential work and activities that you.

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Heard her talk about um is so important. um We know it's hard.

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uh As your mayor, I I know it's changed, virtually everyone in our city.

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I know that every city employee, without exception.

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Is doing their job differently from how they did it? Two months ago,.

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Every city employee, there is no city employee that is working the same way.

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Today that they did two months ago and that's.

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True for everybody in our community, everybody's life is different today than it was two months ago.

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It's important to uh just kind of say: look if, if you're out there and you're.

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And you're lonely if you're feeling isolated if you're feeling down. We understand that this is a. This is a challenging.

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Time uh we want to make sure you reach out to.

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People and to each other, if you're, worried if you're bored, if.

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You're, you feel stuck in your home or isolated. Please.

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Don't be socially distant, be be connected with people.

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Stay physically distant with people, affirming that.

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Over and over and over again- but uh this is a tough time and we are.

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I think uh settling into a marathon where we're going to be.

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In this different place for some time, um and we need to take care of each.

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Other I do want to again thank our workforce.

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Our health care workers, the service sector, that's.

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Working so hard to help, everybody else continue to.

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Get groceries and pharmaceuticals and other necessary items and.

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Of course, our government employees, who are hard at it every day.

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And we so appreciate that uh the surge we don't know exactly the surge.

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But it's probably still coming in terms of the health care system. But as ms.

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Caudle said, the work that we've all done together has really helped protect the health care system. So um I will just briefly comment. Thank you. So much for your comments about dawn.

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She's five days in the hospital I'll report, you all no, we we let that out in she went in on.

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Saturday, she's 14 days into her symptoms, it's a nasty, brutal.

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Infection, it's tough and she's.

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Working hard with great support from people in the.

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In the iu health system- and uh we really appreciate the.

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Support that she gets like everyone else in.

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In the hospital and in the system- and um you know, there's no stigma to having.

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This disease: this is a disease that you get.

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And you need to get it taken care of, uh and thank goodness, we have the kind of.

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Health care system and access to it that we.

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That we do- and I I know she appreciates your.

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Your support and we'll keep people informed about that as appropriate.

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um And if she's watching hello, it is hard not to get to hi don. You know.

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Not to get to get to be in the room with her uh that's.

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Really tough, but um let me just mention a few things and.

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Then I'm gonna hand it over to to alex and beverly um to update on the work groups. um The continuity of city government team.

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Is uh active, they are actually kind of moving into a weekly rhythm. Now.

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They began at three three meetings a week uh really doing the sprint trying.

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To make sure we adjusted all we could and responded all we could they're now settling into a weekly.

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uh Meeting to assure that we're keeping on top of this can give you reports like.

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Our our firefighter that was our first uh covet positive, is back at work. um That's terrific.

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Also, all of the individuals who were connected with that.

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Firefighter uh in any way have been either.

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14 days with no simpsons or they've been tested, we've had a couple tested.

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Negatives, so it appears that that that incident did not expand. At least it.

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Looks like that right now. Our second employee from parks uh is, is.

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Recovering um I'm glad we haven't had a third.

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Report yet, uh but we'll keep monitoring all that um masks have all.

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Been delivered, uh you heard ms cottle reference that.

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The awesome jukebox become kind of a mask factory of the.

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Volunteer uh work, quilters and others who are.

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Doing incredible things I think, they've from what I understand from jason moore.

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They've increased production from about 200 a day to almost 900 masks a day.

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From this volunteer army, which is fantastic.

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We've delivered masks to all city staff. Additional employee changes are underway.

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We've added 40 new employees to get email accounts that they didn't have.

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Before so, they can be better informed. In these days of distancing, we have moved a holiday.

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I can't steve, I didn't hear the very beginning. I don't know if you mentioned.

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That but we um because the governor moved the.

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Election day from may 5th to june 2nd the city.

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Is shifting our election day holiday from may 5th.

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To june 2nd, consistent with this, with the state's emergency order and.

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We also have decided for a variety of reasons, partly because of that holiday.

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Movie, partly frankly, just because our employees are are kicking it in and killing it and working so hard. We just decided to add.

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Another eight-hour day benefit time to every employee that they.

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Can use may 5th if they want or anytime after that this year we just awarded an extra day of holiday.

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To thank them for all that they're doing. um I can report on the family's first.

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Coronavirus relief act, which we've mentioned here before.

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We have had up to date, 48 employees seek coverage for that which is either a.

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Week paid leave or a 12-week two-thirds pay leave for child care.

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Split mostly on the two-week, though a substantial number on the 12-week as.

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Well, so that's uh six, six, seven percent of.

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Our workforce um and they're not all eligible to all of that uh who have sought that and we appreciate.

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The chance to offer that and people are taking advantage of that over the next.

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Couple weeks and few weeks you know we're continuing our city. We.

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Work from public safety to sanitation, to construction projects.

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You've seen I'm sure the list of construction projects that are underway.

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Farmers market is underway. uh I understand that they're.

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They've they're tailoring that learning as we go. I understand they're going to.

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Be back up to a goal of about 475 attendees for this coming week, so back.

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uh Substantial growth from this past week- and I am really pleased to let you know that in the midst of all this.

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Tomorrow there will be a virtual ribbon, cutting.

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Of the switch yard park, affordable apartments, switch yard park, apartments.

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uh Eight new apartments that you may have seen there going up. uh We we donated the land and working with sciho and others.

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With with financial support, those are eight new, affordable units that will be virtually.

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uh Ribbon cut tomorrow so uh look forward to that.

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I'm so proud of what people are doing. I appreciate.

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uh All your support, I am also just need to personally thank my staff, who have.

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Made it possible for me to keep my focus in many ways on my family.

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As as I need to even from a distance.

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While continuing to try to to do what I can and should.

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As mayor during this time, and hopefully that'll all.

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Shift for our own family pretty soon we hope, uh but I want to thank them.

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uh Individually, not individually, I want to thank each of them for their.

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For their dedication, they're working so hard, so I'm not going to summarize.

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uh But you'll hear from let's do beverly calendar anderson first and then.

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Alex on the two work groups, I'm so pleased with what they're doing to help.

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Support our social safety net uh very important.

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Housing progress, child care, progress, others and as well. I.

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Know you'll hear from alex the incredible speed and work on the.

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Economic recovery work that we're doing so I'll, uh maybe.

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We let them speak and then we can all take questions at the end. If that works.

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For you, but uh thank you so much for giving me the time.

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So beverly, I think you're out yep thank you mayor and thank you, council, member.

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Volun, so I have been working with these.

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Social services working group- and I think last week when I reported we had.

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Spoken to a number of child care providers and.

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Shelter providers and started to assemble their priorities.

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Some of those have moved forward those things that.

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We can resource and and sort of get some solutions to quickly.

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We're trying to do that. We have since talked to.

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Food providers and persons who are working in areas where health and.

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Safety are important, and so looking at mental.

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Health issues, things that would cause.

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A public health public health issues in the community.

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And other behavioral health kind of things, so that's what we we've done, that.

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Had a group of about 30 people on a call today.

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And so that was really interesting and there were some really emerging themes.

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Around that I want to talk a little bit more, though about the.

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Isolation, shelter, if you saw the paper yesterday, you know that.

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The travel lodge has been identified and secured as an isolation, shelter for.

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People who are experiencing homelessness, who are.

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Covet 19 positive, presumed positive awaiting testing or.

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Have been required to maintain isolation, but have no other.

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Place to do it, and so we have been working really.

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Closely with new hope, wheeler shalom.

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The county bpd and the state pulling that together.

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The city agreed to be the fiscal agent for that.

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Shelter, there's there's a grant for running that.

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um So we'll be the fiscal agent for that.

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Unfortunately, they had their first guest last night.

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um It was a gentleman who was presumed positive, awaiting testing.

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His test did come back negative, and so he was leaving today. I believe.

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Either today or tomorrow, but they isolated him while he was awaiting.

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Testing now that his test has come back negative he'll be returning to shelter. The state has been really great with us.

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They have offered um support in the areas of putting.

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Together, security teams and emergency plans and.

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So the police department and the fire department both have been working.

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Closely with us on that um it's I mean it's really been a good.

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Relationship so far, I said to the group um the other day: it's going to be really.

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Great and I hope we never have to use it, but you know we have had to use it once.

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And and if that's all we have to do, that would be a good thing. um Our team has also, or my.

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Cfrd team has been working with the fabric mask project and I.

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Just wanted to piggyback on what the mayor and penny said, and they have.

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Distributed over 6 000 masks in the community.

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um So far, um and so that um really proud of that, I mean and they're.

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And they're still going they're really going to try to get as many out as we can. We gave.

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Some to our dros and other police officers, so if they are seeing people.

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Out and about uh whether they're in parks or walking a long stream, they.

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Don't have them if they wish to have they want to have them, they can distribute it to them as well. So.

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Those are some of the things that we've been been working on.

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And I guess I guess I can take questions after alex or.

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Yes, please thank you, mr crowley, thanks beverly, so I'm alex riley.

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Director of economic, sustainable development.

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Turn it up a little bit alex a little bit. Okay,.

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Is that okay, it's a little bit a little bit louder.

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Okay, uh let me see what I can do here. It's a fancy setup you have there.

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It is a fancy setup how's that that's better.

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Okay, so um I'm going to share my screen here.

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um I need steven's help to share my screen if.

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Okay, so even if you would.

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Everybody see that okay, yes great! So I'm going to give you a quick.

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um A quick uh update on the rapid response fund.

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And uh just want to kind of fly through this quickly and then.

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We can open it up to questions. I will share this document at the end with you.

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And certainly um feel free to ask questions because I'll go pretty fast. So.

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um The first uh thing I want to remind you is: we've got a really great team.

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Working on this, this is the economic stabilization recovery working.

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Group, and just to remind you, who's on that they've been doing unbelievable amounts of work, and uh it's really.

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Very impressive to see this team um move as fast as they have so.

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This is the team.

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So the next thing I want to talk to you about is we've gotten a whole bunch of applications. I'll give you some data on that, but I just want to remind you of what the application review process.

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Is so an application comes in, it is scored first, as a financial review score.

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By a subset of reviewers that are lenders.

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And they are um going through that application.

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uh Concurrently, it's also being scored for impact review and by that.

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uh We mean that it's the organization, whether it's a.

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Non-Profit or for-profit is being looked at in terms of its impact in the.

M

Community so both of those are happening in parallel process and because the.

M

Second, one: the impact review is much more subjective than the.

M

Financial review, which is much more objective, based on the information's.

M

Being submitted on the application, we have five reviewers up to five.

M

Reviewers, looking at each application coming across both of those.

M

Yield a score, all of that is compiled.

M

And then it is uh issued to the city as part of a recommendation sheet. So the.

M

The compilations brought together the city ultimately makes the final.

M

Recommendation and final decision and then um if it if it is an approved.

M

Loan, it is uh sent through an internal process at.

M

The city, which has uh various different controls.

M

And if it is rejected, then then we will issue a rejection.

M

Notification, which will then trigger um an appeals process um and and.

M

Frankly, we are working through the appeal process right now to understand exactly what that'll look like, but essentially.

M

um That's that's how this all works in the approval.

M

Process there is ultimately a loan agreement.

M

On another documentation and we're we're building that up and getting ready to.

M

Issue some of that shortly in the case that anybody has an issue. If you look at the bottom, with with the application itself, um there are essentially two different layers of help.

M

Desk one is more of a technical help desk, which is being manned by the city.

M

And also by cdf5 friendly bloomington uh and to.

M

Remind you, cdfi, friendly bloomington help build the platform, so they they have a good sense. Brian payne has a good sense.

M

Of how it works, but also at the city, we can help answer questions and then, if.

M

There's more of a general question about how to fill it out.

M

Then we send those over to the sbdc and they can help with with that.

M

So, in terms of application volume, what you'll see is a in this graph.

M

Is the volumes from uh april 10th, which is the first.

M

24-Hour period and we tend to track these from 9 30 in the morning.

M

At 9 30 in the morning, so these are all 9 30 in the morning.

M

uh Numbers so, within the first 24 hours we had 66 applications that were started.

M

Which is the light blue? We had five that had been completed, which is the dark.

M

Blue and then you'll see in the the last date, you'll see an orange in review, which means that's. What's.

M

Being looked at by those two review committees, so you'll.

M

See here the trend uh there were a lot of um you know.

M

There's a pretty aggressive increase in the number of applications that were.

M

Started there were that increase also played out.

M

In terms of those that were completed, but frankly, we're looking at a completion rate starting to tail off a little bit, we're trying to figure out. What's going on with that- and I can talk about that a little later so from four from april 10 through april.

M

15Th you'll see that growth from 66 to 138.

M

Totally started um 36 were completed as of uh this morning, and 32 are in.

M

Progress in terms of the review progress right now. um This is a quick overview of.

M

Non-Profit versus for-profit applicants so you'll see that the non-plot profit.

M

Which is in red is about 22 percent of the total and the.

M

For-Profit is about 78 of the total.

M

We look we're looking at ethnicity of the applicant.

M

And you'll see here heavily skewed to white.

M

Applicants one african-american applicant, two asian and and or.

M

uh Pacific islander and then um three hispanic or other and and the.

M

Reason those two are grouped together is because there was a little bit of uh um funkiness, which we'll we'll clear out of.

M

The process which, where um exactly designating that was.

M

Was less than clear, so I've grouped those together.

M

In terms of the uh gender of the applicants,.

M

um So of the this is again all of them being.

M

um These are the 32 that are currently being reviewed.

M

As was the last slide, uh 17 of them are by male applicants 11 or by female.

M

And four other and by other you'll, see at the bottom.

M

So we have gender queer and binary two of those.

M

One of them was had preferred not to answer, and one had just been left blank.

M

So the issues and the next steps that we're tackling right now.

M

Other than building the actual process, which is literally happening as we speak,.

M

And for generation of loan agreements, um but.

M

The general process challenges that we're seeing is: why is there a drop-off between in progress and submitted applications.

M

um Does it have to do with the complexity of the application process.

M

Is there something else going on? We need to get underneath that and we intend to do that in the next days number two. What improvements can be made.

M

To the applications and to the review process, so one of the things we're doing.

M

Is we're having an 8 a.m session tomorrow morning, with all of the.

M

Reviewers that can make it to give us feedback about the review.

M

Process and anything that we can change and improve on that we'll.

M

Implement as quickly as possible to address future applications, the next point is: how do we reach more.

M

Underserved businesses via communications and so we're going to.

M

Dig into that and try to figure that out and address that as quickly as possible.

M

And then also generally we're starting to see thing, you know we're getting.

M

Anecdotal feedback about the cares act elements of that hitting, and so we want.

M

To make sure we understand how this loan fund is fitting in with the.

M

Keras needs next steps, uh so we're going to complete.

M

The review of the first 32 applications and then issue loans as approved um that.

M

Should happen here in the next uh 24 hours and then um iron out any.

M

Process challenges that we've uncovered as either part of the application.

M

Process or the reviewing process, and then you know not unimportantly.

M

Because, while we're all focused very much on this rapid review,.

M

Rapid response fund loan we also want to start to pivot our.

M

Attention to mid-range and longer range planning, which has already started.

M

But we've been so in the weeds on this that we're.

M

We're basically, we need to do that in earnest.

M

So I'm going to stop sharing my screen here.

M

B

I want to thank the officers for their presentations. Are there.

B

Questions from councilmembers 4, mayor hamilton or department heads calendar.

B

Anderson or crowley councilmember arello.

G

uh One from mr crowley: I wondered about.

G

You say there are multiple reviewers uh for these applications.

G

Is an application seen by different eyes? In other words, is there an objective.

G

Measure or uh how do you prevent that? You know.

G

Subjectivity so we have uh the reviewers so they're two sets of reviewers one is.

M

A financial reviewer one is an impact reviewer.

M

In both cases we have given them um and built into the system. A matrix.

M

uh A essentially a a very kind of black and white matrix on how to.

M

Judge the application, so in the case the financial one it's much more.

M

Quantitative it's about what is the data that's being submitted on the.

M

Application follow this matrix, it's very quantitative, there's not so that's why we were comfortable doing a single.

M

Reviewer on that on the impact reviewer, it's admittedly much.

M

More subjective asking questions about you.

M

Know a variety of different, you know things.

M

For example, like you know what is the impact of this organization in the in the community right which uh and as as judged by.

M

Economic or cultural, and so it's very subjective.

M

And so we are using the five reviewer process on that.

M

To isolate the russian judge problem and let ourselves have a little bit more of.

M

An averaging that can that can help to avoid.

M

You know the subjective, skew that might come otherwise.

B

Great council, member piedmont, smith, yes,.

E

I wanted to ask about the buea funding is now the process that you described. Mr.

E

Crowley was that just for the loan program through the.

E

Food and beverage tax dollars, or is that same process being used also for.

E

The buea funding, so it's being used for both.

M

With the exception of some buea funding that was set aside for grants,.

M

Specifically, which are kind of longer term grants that will be.

M

um Managed under a separate process, but the majority of the buea money and the and the food and beverage money are.

M

Going to be treated the same way and in fact, at the end of the process,.

M

It falls to city staff to put an approved loan.

M

Through a series of questions that determine whether it's eligible for food.

M

And beverage, if not, then is it eligible for buea and.

M

That's a smaller amount, so we want to start with a larger amount.

M

And then, if it's not eligible for that um and that you know, then we are having.

M

Discussions right now about what other capital sources might become available, but those the sequencing and the decision making will.

M

Be happening at the city staff level for those two.

B

Further questions for city staff from council members.

B

Councilmember flaherty uh yeah for uh miss connor anderson. Thank you for the.

N

Update um and then heard some of those details about the uh regional isolation.

N

Center and the grant that was awarded there, I was wondering if you could speak to um sheltering needs in the community.

N

Generally right now, I know part of your prior updates to to us have.

N

Been um about the challenges with uh physical.

N

Distancing in our shelters in town and kind of capacity in that regard- and I have no folks who've- been.

N

Working with um a group sort of loosely called hotels.

N

For homeless that have been uh sort of augmenting uh the sheltering.

N

Capacity that we have in the city, through our great nonprofit.

N

Organizations that have been looking at that and and sort of from the last report I gathered that wheeler had expanded some and friend's.

N

Place had kind of moved to the uh temporary shelter on hillside. I was.

N

Wondering are there, are we still uh facing capacity issues.

N

uh For sheltering at at safe physical distances,.

N

In bloomington, how are the um sheltering organizations and nonprofits feeling.

N

About that, and and are there are we looking at you know, anticipated increases even as a result of um the economic fallout of this uh health crisis. You know, for example, so if.

N

You just kind of speak to that issue. I would appreciate it sure um so.

L

Wheeler and a friend's place both are good right now, with the move to.

L

uh The other building at wheeler they were able to.

L

Spread out, they were hiring some more staff, but even.

L

As they were, they moved people over to the other building. They were you.

L

Able to use their existing staff and maintain a safe distance in both.

L

Locations they write together the same with a friend's place, moving to.

L

The hillside, shelter that gave them the room that they needed.

L

We've not talked about um oh and I'm sorry and I'll also.

L

Bring new hope into it, I think new hope had a couple of families.

L

That needed to be isolated and they were able to get hotel rooms for them, and so.

L

That worked out for them, we've not talked about anticipated needs in light.

L

Of covet and that's something we'll probably be.

L

Talking about later, when we see more, what's what's what the trends are coming down, the line.

L

But we haven't talked about that so far, but right now both wheeler and.

L

Friends, place feel like they're in a good place.

L

With the other guests that they have now yeah other shelters as well.

N

In town I'm sorry, the other shelters in town as well also feel.

N

Yes, they have adequate capacity. Okay, now I and I will say I have not worked with.

L

um I think what you said was the hotels for the homeless or housing for the.

L

Homeless, I've not worked with that group at all.

B

Thank you further questions from members to department heads going once customer.

B

Sims councilmember sims go ahead. All right.

J

Thank you. I need a third arm. um This is for mr crowley. If I may.

J

um Is he there? Can you hear me? Yes, okay, um on your.

J

Your graphs and I think, um and I didn't get this exact- I might not have caught.

J

It off, but we've started a hundred and.

J

Plus applications 36 were completed and 32 are in review.

J

Is that about right- and I guess my question is.

J

Is there a reason for the the difference between those numbers.

J

um In lieu of the urgency of the need, or is this a.

J

A timing thing- um and I guess my second part will go along with that.

J

I know you've changed the view, the mid to longer range planning.

J

Is there still room for short and very short term needs.

J

Will people still be able to try to take advantage of that.

M

So yeah, so in order of of those two questions, the first one was.

M

The difference between 100, so as of this morning, there were 138.

M

uh Applications that had been started 36 have been completed.

M

And 32 are in review, so let me talk about the differences.

M

Between those numbers, we believe that there's probably some number of the 138.

M

That were started out of curiosity, and people just want to check it out. We.

M

Also are looking at whether or not the.

M

Process itself is uh onerous and.

M

Is that is that depressing? The number of people who make it through to the other.

M

End and um now you, you obviously have to.

M

Balance that out with the um you know the responsibility that all of.

G

Us have in terms of being fiscally responsible with.

M

With public monies, and so you know that that is a.

M

That is a balancing act that we need to strike a good balance with.

M

um The difference between the 36 that are currently completed and the 32.

M

Was just a quick timing difference we ended up sealing the first 32 into a.

M

Initial group that we would send, through as a group of.

M

Applications in part test the system, and while we were doing that.

M

And had set them aside, four others came in so that that's the difference between.

M

The 36 and the 32. uh in terms of the your second question.

M

Which had to do with the difference between short-term needs and longer, you know mid-range and longer term.

M

We are absolutely focused on short-term right now that that's where the fire is.

M

And we are not diverting our attention too much from that. We need to get this.

M

Process uh ironed out. There are definitely some challenges, there's still some problems with it. We need to figure out what those are and make sure that we we clear those- and we understand that that while some.

M

Money is coming in from federal government and there might be some more on the horizon. There's still a lot of people who are being left out and or not pursuing that thoroughly or the timing of it is.

M

Different than their need, and so this funding is focused on the.

M

Short-Term need on bridge loans, and so we want to.

M

Make this as thorough coverage as we can um and and then.

M

You know sort of make sure that that uh that continues. While we do.

M

Start to think about other other projects.

M

Which have longer term views.

J

Okay, thank you. um If I still have the opportunity.

J

I'd really like to say, I'd really like to say thank you.

J

Mr crowley and your team, as well as miss calendar anderson and her team, you guys.

J

Are working very very hard and we we do appreciate those efforts.

J

And as we move forward as it starts to flesh itself out.

J

uh Under you guys, purview with regard to the process and maybe the application.

J

You mentioned there could be something onerous, you don't you know not necessarily think so, but you'll flesh all that out.

J

I'd like to hear how that works itself out as we move forward.

B

Thank you, mr sims. Are there further questions from.

B

uh Council members house, member piedmont, smith.

E

Yeah, I don't actually have a question, but I've been trying to just.

E

Sneak in just a comment, and that is to give people that state website.

E

Where they can get mystics about the coronavirus.

E

So it is coronavirus.I.

E

And then, if you click on where it says, indiana.

E

Novel coronavirus map- that's where you get all the.

E

The data that miss caudle was talking about so I just wanted to.

E

Let everybody know about that.

B

That's once again, that's coronavirus.ian.gov.

B

Is that right and then click on the map button.

B

Any further questions from members uh customer smith.

I

Miss calendar anderson- I I had heard that.

I

There might be a restriction on some deliveries to.

I

The used to be willow manor to is that under our purview in.

I

With the city, that's not something I've heard about or know about it's something.

L

I can look into, but I don't know about it is that, should I send you a note on that, would you please.

I

Yes, yeah. I had just heard that uh there was a restriction on delivery.

I

To people's apartments in that facility- and um I just heard that yesterday and.

I

Thought, well, I might ask you um so I'll: send you a.

I

Note on that, all right I'll have to gather that from.

I

My other for my other life and uh I'll send it.

I

Over to you and just yeah I'll see what I can find out. Okay,.

I

Yeah, I think it was a delivery of actually.

I

Some medical supplies or incontinence supplies for somebody, so.

I

Okay: okay, thanks! Thank you, mr smith. uh Councilmemberallo, mr crowley.

G

I know your team is being careful about this review process.

G

But I wondered when we would anticipate disbursement of funds.

M

So um that will come down to how quickly we can get loan agreements back.

M

Processed and out the door, we have everything.

M

On the back end set up so from a banking wiring perspective, the bank is ready to.

M

Go the accounts, are you know the whole process of doing that is all set up, um but we have a pretty rigorous.

M

Internal um controls system, um which I can speak.

M

To very briefly, but but the the first step of it is to.

M

First of all, you know make sure we get approval on on the loans.

M

From both legal and controller and then once that's done.

M

At a high level, then, then get the loan documents out to the borrower, who fills.

M

It out and gets it back so to some extent, the first step, which.

M

Is probably the most critical is going to be? Is going to depend on something.

M

That's outside of our control, which is how long are they going to take.

M

To fill in the documentation, get it out the door once it comes back.

M

uh Jane cooper smith, one of the members of the team right now.

M

As we speak, is building a document management system.

M

That we've just uh stood up for this, and hopefully for other things, but the.

M

System will issue the documents around and get.

M

Approvals as quickly as people are able to do it right, so that's wholly within our control.

M

And we're building a system that is going to be as efficient as it possibly can be getting out of the business of walking physical documents around et cetera, so it'll all be electronic and we'll be.

M

Able to do that relatively quickly. My original hope was that we were going.

M

To get at least orders to the bank to issue monies by the end of the week.

M

And you know if a borrower finishes that up pretty quickly and we can get, you know, get everything back in and.

M

Circulating and and make sure the system works, that's still possible.

M

um But if the borrowers in this cohort, who are approved.

M

Take longer, then it then it'll roll into next week.

G

Is this progresses? Is it possible that a business or a non-profit could apply.

G

M

So in terms of, if they've been approved for a loan to get an incremental loan or.

M

If they have been um not approved for a loan, uh if they've.

G

Been approved and- and we know this is going to.

G

We anticipate that this process is going to go for quite a long time.

M

Yeah, I think I think that the answer to that is yes, um you know they'll they'll.

M

Be reviewed with that context in mind, but if the need is there and the need is.

M

Justifiable there's nothing to say that they only had one shot at it.

M

So so, yes, someone could come back around and say: look you know we're.

M

You know- and we know we already have a loan. We need this much.

M

More and if that loan is justifiable, then there's no reason why that can't be.

M

Sent through I see thank you any final questions for department heads.

B

About the state of uh the city, mr mayor.

K

I just wanted to note: um I mean you've getting a glimpse of two.

K

Department heads, but you should be very, very proud of your city government.

K

The department heads all the way down: they're just working their tails off and.

K

Doing great stuff and the the the government that you fund and.

K

That you, you uh legislate uh the rules for and oversee.

K

That way, that's you should be very proud of that, and I forgot to mention one thing in regard to some of our employees.

K

We are now offering up to, I think, about 30 hotel rooms that we have retained.

K

To help employees in particular areas, police.

K

Fire dispatch and water treatment if they.

K

Feel it's important to stay in a hotel rather than go home.

K

In between shifts, we've made that available and something 10 or 12 people.

K

Are using that to avoid either long distance trips uh possible.

K

Interaction with families and others, so you should know that's happening. That's.

K

Another thing we're doing to help our employees and thanks for the time. Thank you. We appreciate the reports.

B

With that, we'll conclude, this portion of the meeting we'll go now to reports from.

B

Council committees do we have any.

B

See none will go to reports from the public. This is the opportunity for members of the public to weigh in on items that are not already on our agenda. If there is any member of the public who is attending.

B

Via zoom, who would like to address the council.

B

Here's your opportunity please either use the raise hand.

B

Function in zoom or type into the chat, your desire to.

B

Speak and mr lucas, our council, meeting host.

B

Will unmute you and give you a chance to speak? Do we have any takers for.

B

Public comment: we do have our first taker. We've got. Mr.

O

Jim shelton, if you give me one second, I will.

B

Set the timer for five minutes.

B

Should be good to go all right good evening.

B

Shelton, please go ahead good evening, I'm jim shelton.

D

I'm with the chamber of commerce, but I want to talk to you tonight on behalf of.

D

The court appointed special advocate or casa program, casas.

D

As you know are probably know, are volunteers who work with children who.

D

Are in the justice system because they've been abused or neglected.

D

And the covet 19 is also impacting the juvenile justice.

D

System we're having more cases coming every.

D

Week, you can imagine the stress on folks.

D

Whose children are home? We've got parents reverting to the use.

D

Of drugs or we've got parents physically abusing.

D

Their children so we're having new cases every week and right now we've got 30.

D

Children we do not have a casa to assign to so. We need people to step.

D

Up and volunteer it's a very rewarding program. The first thing you would do.

D

You would be trained by the casa staff professionals.

D

To prepare you to work on this kind of program.

D

You would be working virtually. The casa program is very very.

D

uh Careful about our volunteers, so there's no more face-to-face.

D

Interactions with anybody going on you use things like zoom or facetime.

D

To interact with the children or the service providers, I have a.

D

Cft account child family team meeting tomorrow evening.

D

Or more afternoon, at 1 that we will be doing by zoom.

D

So you're you're not endangered by being uh exposed to the virus by virtue.

D

Of being a casa, the first step would be. You would go to.

D

Monroecountycasa.Org call 333-2272 and get any concerns you.

D

Might have answered, there's an application you could download and fill out and then you would have a training of some 30 hours.

D

The next one of which is scheduled for one june, we hope we can still do that.

D

There's a good chance, it will be a zoom kind of training and then you would.

D

Be sworn in by judge galvan and be assigned a case.

D

You would work the case along with a casa staff member, so you're not out.

D

There by yourself, you are not in charge of trying to fix.

D

Things that's the court's job. Your job is to help the court know. What's going.

D

On so I invite people to who have been.

D

Thinking about this and nationally, we hear people think about it for about two.

D

Years before they actually do it to think about actually doing it now we.

D

Need people to volunteer in this time and.

D

Keep up on the website with when the training is going to actually happen.

D

And I appreciate the opportunity to bring this to your attention.

D

B

Thank you, mr shelton, an important message. Further members of the public.

B

Who wish to speak? Mr lucas? Yes,.

O

We've got uh miss jennifer pearl. If I can there, you go hi.

P

Miss pearl please go ahead. Thank you. So much and.

P

I'm jennifer pearl and the president of the bloomington economic development.

P

Corporation, I'm working with the esnr team and it's.

P

Been a real pleasure to do so. um What I wanted to actually comment on.

P

Is something broader than that? Our team was putting together.

P

A list of all of the workers in our community today.

P

Just that you know we have a great deal of appreciation for.

P

And I just wanted to take a moment uh to give a shout out.

P

uh To this, this broad coalition of people.

P

uh That we've been hearing about and seeing.

P

You know this last month or more and just to rattle off some of the.

P

Categories of people- it's you know the health care workers.

P

Not just the nurses and doctors, but the receptionists, the cooks.

P

The cleaning staff, the technicians, public health officials.

P

Emergency responders public safety workers.

P

Frontline workers, anybody from a grocery store.

P

To gas stations and home supply stores, uh there's ferrari and mortuary.

P

Individuals, restaurant and hospitality teams, transit.

P

Personnel government employees at all levels.

P

Social service and philanthropic partners, educators, and not just the teachers, but the families who are now doing.

P

E-Learning as well as even cooks and janitors who've done a huge pivot.

P

Within the schools that we've gotten to hear about from the superintendents.

P

Utilities and infrastructure crews, individuals working in the trades.

P

That are keeping our infrastructure going from heating and cooling to other.

P

Things we have our manufacturers who are on the.

P

Front lines of creating ppes as well as.

P

Producing medical supplies and there's so many of those in our community.

P

um The financial and legal teams that are helping us all navigate these times.

P

And also a huge thank you to the families.

P

Of all these essential workers, because they've borne.

P

A greater burden in taking on more responsibilities, while.

P

Also worrying about their loved ones, who are on the front lines.

P

And finally, we just wanted to thank our neighbors, um because everyone is trying.

P

To do their part, they're donating they're sewing they're staying home.

P

And we just wanted to express our appreciation for everyone.

P

Thank you. Thank you. Miss pearl, mr lucas. Further members of the public who wish.

B

O

Yes, just one second,.

O

I believe we've got uh miss kelly clark here, although.

O

I don't see that she's connected to the audio yet.

B

Miss clark, can you speak for a second, so we can hear up here.

B

There we go there, you go, please go ahead. Miss clark go ahead. Oh sorry, I think.

Q

That my audio must be behind from you guys.

B

You're doing great go ahead and speak okay. I just uh wanted to hop on and say.

Q

Real quickly um for those of you who don't know who I.

R

B

Could we have you uh mute your audio uh so that you don't feedback? I don't.

B

Know if it's possible, please go ahead. Hi miss clark. Go ahead. I I'm talking. I.

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Think my audio must be behind you, guys you're.

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Doing great go ahead and speak okay, I just.

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I sent her a message uh to turn down her volume.

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uh Can you turn her up now see if that will work.

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She's she's apologizing hi kelly. If you can hear us go ahead.

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If you'd, uh I can send her something, so I am going to go ahead and just.

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Talk, I'm sorry, I can't hear any of you.

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But uh I just wanted to say quickly uh thank you to.

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Beverly calendar anderson and to chief moore.

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uh And to our council meeting host here, who is trying to guide my.

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Very zoom not friendly self through this, but I'm the person leading the.

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Bloomington fabric mask drive and they have gotten me.

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Access to allison jukebox in this past week.

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They chief moore, helped set up free washing of our masks through.

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Bloomington cleaners he sent over max one of his, I believe.

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Deputy chiefs with a white board like the size of my couch the other day.

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They've just really done everything that they possibly can to bend over backwards and help us and make our work easier. And um I'm sorry that I uh probably look very silly on all of.

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This, but I just really wanted to hop on and say, thank you live while I can.

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Thank you very much. We really appreciate it, mr lucas, any other.

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Public comment, yes, give me a second.

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We've got uh mr ethan shimon, uh who should be good to go all.

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Right exactly, thank you, council. uh Can anybody hear me? Yes,.

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Go ahead, thank you. uh So I'm a student here at uh at indiana university.

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um Obviously, I'm back home right now with everything going on.

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And uh I just had a couple of my roommates bring up something that I.

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Wanted to share um something that maybe somebody could comment on that, maybe even a later date. um I know there's a lot of students who live in off count off campus housing.

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And uh definitely are using a lot of the like bloomington city utilities, things.

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Like you know, trash stuff like that and um we're not and.

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They're probably not suspended any of those services.

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But definitely not utilizing those services but still paying for them.

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um So is there a way that um either you know those.

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There's a reimbursement or something along those sorts.

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In terms of city provided utilities that are still ongoing,.

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Or maybe even the divergence of funds um and to be used in a better way. um So.

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That it just doesn't sit there and collect uh when those utilities aren't being uh utilized.

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uh We don't it's not a back and forth. uh Mr.

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Sheeman we uh we will take your comment under advisement, so.

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If you have any other things to say, that's all. Thank you.

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We appreciate your comments and we will take it under advisement. Thank you.

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Are there further members of the public wish to speak on items that are not on.

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The agenda mr lucas.

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I don't see anyone else, but give me just a moment.

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If you remember the public who like to speak on an item, that's not on the.

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Agenda: here's your opportunity, please use the raise hand function in.

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Zoom or type into the chat of this meeting.

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We'll wait 10 more seconds, seeing no further public comment. We will.

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Resume the rest of the meeting, we thank everyone for their comments.

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Which we'll take under advisement? We now go to appointments to boards and.

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Commissions duty members have appointments.

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See now we'll move to legislation for first reading and resolutions. Madam.

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Parliamentarian, yes, mr president, I move that ordinance.

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2006 be introduced and read by the clerk by.

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Title and synopsis only second motion in a second: uh we have to.

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To we cannot do voice votes here, so will the clerk please call the role on.

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Whether or not to introduce ordinance, 2006.

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Madam clerk, yes, I apologize. I was muted um councilmember. Yes,.

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Scandalory, yes, rosenberger, yes, sims.

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Yes bowling, yes, piedmont! Smith! Yes,.

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Clarity, yes, smith, yes and sandberg.

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uh Will the clerk please read ordinance 2006 title and synopsis.

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Yes, ordinance 2006 to repeal and replace the official zoning map.

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Within title, 20 of the bloomington municipal code entitled.

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Unified development ordinance, the synopsis is as follows:.

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This ordinance repeals the 2007 official zoning map as referenced within title 20.

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Of the bloomington municipal code and adopts a 2020 official zoning map.

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Conversion map the 2020 official zoning map will.

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Consist of a conversion zoning map, the conversion zoning map will only.

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Replace the names of the 2007 official zoning map.

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Existing districts with new district names as detailed in table two.

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One summary of zoning districts of the new.

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Newly adopted udo, the effective date of the.

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Adopted udl will be the same date as the effective date of this.

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Conversion zoning map, following adoption of the official zoning map.

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The plane, commission and common council will consider a more comprehensive.

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Update to zoning district boundaries and may consider other changes to the.

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Udo. Thank you, madam clerk. uh Will the.

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Prominentarian continue. Yes, mr president, I move that ordinance.

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2007 be introduced by the clerk and read by.

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Title and synopsis only.

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Second, uh can we have a voice vote on or a roll call vote rather on, whether to.

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Introduce ordnance 2007 madam court council, member scandalory, yes,.

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Rosenbacher, yes, sims. Yes,.

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Roland yes, in mount smith,.

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Piedmont spin, yes, clarity.

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Lost him: okay, um smith, yes, sandberg.

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Yes and wrong: yes, okay- and I see that, can we get mr.

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Flaherty's vote. Sorry, I had to step out of the room and didn't hear the motion. I'm happy to vote on motion to introduce.

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Ordinance 2007, yes, will the clerk please read title and.

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Synopsis ordinance 2007, yes,.

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Ordinance 2007 to amend title 20 of the bloomington municipal code, entitled.

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Unified development ordinance, the synopsis is as follows. This.

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Ordinance amends title 20 of the bloomington municipal code.

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Containing the zoning ordinance entitled unified development, ordinance.

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Adoption of a new official zoning map in ordinance 2006 establishes the effective.

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Date of the udo than the textual amendments contained in.

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This ordinance, these text amendments are few in number.

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And are intended to make non-substantive corrections to the udl.

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None of the amendments change policy. Thank you uh with that. We now go to.

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Legislation for a second reading resolutions, madam problematarian.

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Yes, uh first I'd like to move that the council introduce and consider.

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Ordinance 2006 for adoption at the same meeting and on the same night. It is.

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Motion in a second uh is this debatable, mr sherman.

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Mr lucas, yes, it is debatable. So, yes does anyone have any.

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Discussion on uh whether, beyond the motion.

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I just want to explain that, um according to.

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Our local municipal code, we normally cannot.

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Introduce and also take a final vote on the same.

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Ordinance on the same night, we just lost your audio, ms piedmont.

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Stop stop mute her. Would you please she's, muted herself.

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Mr bond smith, we lost you after a certain point.

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Can you repeat the second set there you're back? Can you please.

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Finish your explanation, okay! Well, so I just wanted to explain.

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Why we have this extra motion on the table, um and that is because, uh under our municipal code, we cannot.

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Normally um introduce and have a vote on.

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An ordinance on the same night, and um so that, therefore, this motion is.

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Necessary and it must be approved unanimously by all council.

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Members and if it is approved, then the ordinance itself must be.

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Approved by at least two-thirds of the council in order to pass.

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I have a question: if nobody else does.

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I understand that uh statute actually. First of all, I think that our.

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Code as as, as ms piedmont smith has described,.

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It because of statute, but that statute also.

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Allows for this particular kind of ordinance, a.

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Planning ordinance to be considered in one.

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Without exception, with apple majority, mr lucas, can you.

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Or mr sherman can one of you expound upon this.

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I I can try. uh Yes, state law typically requires two.

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Readings and uh would also require unanimous consent, like.

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uh Council, member piedmont smith just moved to take something up in the same.

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Night, it's introduced for for final vote. So yes, that's.

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Our local code mirrors state law in that respect.

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For these particular ordinances, ordinance, 2006 and 2007.

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State law does allow for action at one meeting.

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And the reason for the motion is purely because our local code doesn't include.

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That same allowance um so.

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Because our local code doesn't make an exception for these types of ordinances,.

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When state law does that's the reason for the motion, okay,.

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Any other questions on the motion. All the question: yeah, okay, okay,.

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All right uh will the clerk. Please call the roll on the motion.

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Yes, councilmember rosenberger.

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Yes, sims, yes rolling, yes,.

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P mount smith, yes, flaherty, yes, smith. Yes,.

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Sandberg, yes, rollo, yes and scandalory. Yes,.

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The guys have it, uh we will proceed under those.

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uh Constraints, um mr president, who is here.

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Oh yes, 2006 be adopted. Second, we have a motion in a second uh will. The.

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Clerk, please call the roll. Oh sorry, we don't need that. We go motion.

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Seconds enough to begin the discussion, I see terry porter.

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Here from the department of planning and transportation, uh is she.

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Presenting or is someone else presenting.

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I believe we've got scott robinson here.

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Who, I think, is uh joining us just via audio so scott? If you can hear us.

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You're ready go ahead. Yes, uh can everybody hear me? Okay, yes, you're.

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Coming through loud and clear, yes, I apologize. I have some uh four.

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Connections so I had to call in tonight, but I want to appreciate.

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uh Council for taking the time to hear these two ordinances this evening under.

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These unique circumstances, um I really don't.

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Have much of a staff report pretty much what was included in the.

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Council packet is very detailed, and what these two.

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Ordinances are covering it's something that we've.

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Talked about from the very beginning, um with the unified development.

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Ordinance update process that once we got through getting the rules uh adopted, which we did back in.

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December and january, with the plan commission.

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This next step is simply just uh updating the zoning map.

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And again we're doing that because the zoning districts simply change their.

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Names, and so we need to reflect those name changes on the zoning map.

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None of the boundaries are changing, it's just the names. uh The second.

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Ordinance, 2007 um staff went through after all the amendments that were.

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Considered both at the plan, commission and city council level.

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Found a few little minor corrections and that's what the second.

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Ordinance 2007 is addressing is just uh doing some cleanup.

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To the udl and so I'd be happy to answer any questions.

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Again, I apologize that uh I'm calling him by phone.

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So um with that again, I wanted to thank everybody for.

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uh Taking the opportunity to bring this uh for considering.

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Consideration tonight and again for uh under consideration under one hearing I.

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Do appreciate that? Thank you. Thank you, mr robinson. We.

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Appreciate it, uh let's just stick to 2006 the question of the maps. First.

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We're gonna have a vote on 2007 in short order. Are there any questions from.

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Council members on ordinance, 2006.

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I see no hands raised.

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uh Mr robinson, I will ask one question: um when do you force so again, 2006.

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Simply renames every uh or renames the.

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The zoning type to reflect the uh the new types that are in.

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The the new udo which we'll consider next, uh when do you foresee.

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The uh changes to the map, uh the substantive changes coming.

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uh Council member, um that's a good question.

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You know, I think, if you were to ask me that I think that was discussed during.

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Our council lunch meeting about a month ago, I might have had a different answer, but given the current situation that we're.

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In right now, I think there's a couple of things to be.

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Mindful of one, the city is just now initiating a.

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Kickoff process for the bloomington hospital uh site: that's a focus area.

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That there's one area when to anticipate the need to change the zoning there, but that's a process that we want to kick.

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Off and get feedback from the community on what are the right types of things we want to see happen there, so we would like to see that wrap up before we come back to you.

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To make those kind of recommendations on that particular area of the community on.

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What's rezoned so again with the circumstances that we're.

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In right now, it's public engagement and those sort of things are we're still navigating those timelines and processes.

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So once that starts running its course, our team will start picking up.

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Where that leaves off and initiate a separate process about updating the.

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Zoning map, um I would anticipate that to take about a year, but again, it kind of depends on what happens the next month or two on.

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The current status of the state, homeowner and other things that we're looking at um so it is.

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But you're saying that it's possible that.

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The rezoning that is necessary that will follow.

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Tonight's discussions uh may not happen in 2020 at this point.

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I think that's a fair expectation uh again, you know we want to.

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Make sure we let that process run with the hospital before we're? Looking at.

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uh Rezoning other areas of the community, I know there's some large.

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Areas in the southwest area of the community that.

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Were discussed about and you know we would kick off a.

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Public process to get input from the community about other areas but again.

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We're kind of looking at those focus areas that were identified in.

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Comprehensive plan, the hospital side is one of those areas.

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That we're looking at as well as the southwest portion of the community there. There really isn't an intent by us to.

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You know look at other uh areas within the.

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Built out environment to rezone, but again we would be.

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Listening to that feedback, when we kicked that process off so short answer.

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I think would be highly unlikely. We get this done before.

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Before the end of this year, considering we have to have a public process.

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Considering we have to take it to plan commission and get on your.

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Agenda uh before the end of the year, I think that would be a.

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Pretty aggressive schedule to accomplish by that time, that is understandable,.

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Thank you, mr robinson. Any further questions on ordinance, 2006.

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Can I make a comment? No we're unquestioned still.

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And ms porter has uh appeared too in case you have questions for her as well.

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I have a question, then all right. What's the question uh the.

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Question is, will the I think I understand it will.

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The public uh opportunity, the opportunity.

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For the public to weigh in that will come before, um you will.

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Develop the changes in the ordinance are in the zoning, so they have time to.

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Incorporate those into uh the process- yes, councilmember smith, that's correct!.

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um So with the hospital uh process there.

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Will be a public engagement uh opportunity and multiple.

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Opportunities for that um so once that wraps up that would we.

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Would use that to base our recommendations on and then with our planning process, we would have a similar.

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Opportunity to specifically talk about the map.

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um Some public engagement and then we'd have to bring it to.

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uh Planning commission and then subsequently city council, so.

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There would be ample opportunity for members of the community to participate.

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In both of those thank you, mr robinson, and they, how would.

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They be publicized the opportunity for public comment well,.

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The the hospital site we're still discussing that internally and how to outreach with the community. um You know.

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They're, certainly looking at online forums and other things so that public process hasn't kicked off yet, but that's stuff.

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That we're working with our consultants with right now and how to engage the community.

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So we're exploring all venues and opportunities with that with the mapping.

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Process it'd be very similar what we did with the unified development ordinance update. I do believe.

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Because of the notification rules that we would have to mail out.

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Postcards to every property owner in the community, so that's another.

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Kind of benchmark to keep in mind that you know oftentimes people aren't aware.

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Of what's going on through, you know typical outreach that.

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We do that at the very least they would get a.

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Notice in the mail with that I'd have to double check on.

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The requirements, but generally when we're looking at zoning math.

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There's a pretty high threshold. We have to meet on that.

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Notification process. Thank you, mr robinson.

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Thank you, mr smith. Are there further questions on.

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Ordinance 2006.

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Seeing no further questions we're going to go to the public now.

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Nicole yeah, uh madam clerk, you have a a statement for us.

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um Just a point of order, you haven't actually.

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Read the ordinance yet for second reading.

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Oh sorry, we're in strange days here.

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I moved in, but we did just have it read in first reading.

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uh I think you know we're since we're doing it in one night. I think it's okay.

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We heard it seconds ago, it was moved for approval.

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It was just not read again. Yes, it.

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It wasn't moved um or it just wasn't read for title synopsis. I.

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Think steven wanted to see something given, given that this is tied to the.

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Effective date of the entire udo, I think it would be worth going back and.

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Making sure that we read it for second reading.

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All right, we need a motion from the parliamentarian.

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I move, ordinance, 2006., be read, introduced, introduced and read by.

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Title and synopsis only by the city, clerk.

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Thank you for a second.

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We need a roll call vote, yeah.

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Okay, um ordinance 2006 to repeal and replace the official zone. We need to.

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Vote first, before you start reading it and see, I.

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Just went right into it too. Sorry, all of us, it's easy to get.

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Flustered, well we're just off track. I think.

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I'm still talking: okay, councilmember smith, sims.

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Yes, thank you volin, yes, whoever's pouring something should.

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Mute themselves.

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Yes, flaherty. Yes, yes,.

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Sandberg, yes, rollo, yes, scandalory.

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And rosenbarker yes heard a yes, uh the eyes have it? Will the.

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Clerk, please read: oh my god,.

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Okay, ordinance 2006 to repeal and replace the official zoning map within.

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Title 20 of the bloomington municipal code entitled unified development.

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Ordinance, the synopsis is this ordinance repeals.

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The 2007 official zoning map, as referenced within.

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Title 20 of the bloomington municipal code and adopts the 2020 official zoning map. The 2020 official zoning map will.

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Consist consist of a conversion zoning map, the conversion zoning map will only replace the names of the 2007 official.

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Zoning map districts with new district names as detailed in table 2-1 summary of zoning districts of the newly.

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Adopted udo, the effective date of the new of the.

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Adopted udo will be the same as the effective date of this conversion. Zoning.

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Map following adoption of the official zoning map, the planning, commission and common council will consider a more.

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Comprehensive update to zoning district boundaries and may.

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Consider other changes to the udl.

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Thank you, madam parliamentarian, would you please.

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Make the second motion again? Yes, just in case I move ordinance, 2006.

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Be adopted second, thank you. We've already heard the.

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Comments from mr robinson, I ask everyone to just take those and.

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The questions are there any further questions on.

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Ordinance 2006.

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Seeing none, we will now go to the public for comment.

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On ordinance 2006, mr lucas, is there anyone who is queued up to make.

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Comment while he looks that up, I will simply point out if you want to comment on ordinance 2006, please use the raise hand.

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Function in zoom or type into the chat for this meeting.

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Mr lucas, do you see anybody.

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Not at the moment, no wait a few more seconds.

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For people to either type into the chat or to use the raise hand function.

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Public comment: another 10 seconds.

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Miss lucas anybody, no all right, we'll go back to the council.

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For debate is there any final comment on ordinance, 2006.

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Call the question: oh here's, the mail, it's got a question council member.

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Councilmember, piedmont, smith! Please go ahead! I'm sorry! I just wanted to once again thank mr robinson and ms porter and all.

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Of the hard-working staff in the department of planning and.

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Transportation on this uh very lengthy and involved udo.

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Process, I think that we also had good help from.

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Clarion and associates our our advisors on the project, and so I.

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Really just want to take the opportunity again to thank.

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Everybody- and I think, we've come up with a.

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A solid udo- and this is kind of the final.

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The final touch uh to approve the map and.

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And get it into effect. I understand that there have been.

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Some developments that have been waiting for the final approval of the new udo.

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So um I hope we can see those come through and.

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uh And um that they are uh bring more positive change to to.

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Bloomington and more development that our community can use.

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Thank you, councilor piedmont, smith. Any other comment from members.

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Second, do we have a call in a second, I called it all right.

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And I'm sorry, uh I believe terry porter had a comment. I.

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Just saw that she uh give me a second, ms porter: can the it's.

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A comment: can the comment: wait until 2007 the udo as a whole, because we're.

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Just doing voting on the maps now, yes, my comments all right. Thank you.

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Thank you we'll pick you up right, just a minute.

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

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2006. again, it must be two-thirds majority to.

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Be approved tonight, council, member folen.

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Yes, p mount smith; yes, clarity! Yes,.

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Smith, yes, sandberg, yes, rollo! Yes,.

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Scan blurry, yes, rosenberger, yes, sims.

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Yes, that passes nine zero.

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Adam problematarian uh yeah I'm having a sporadic problems with my connection, I.

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Apologize, I moved that ordinance, 2007.

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Be introduced and read by the clerk by title and synopsis only.

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Beckon we have a motion in a second uh will. The clerk. Please call the role.

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On the introduction of 2007., councilmember piedmont, smith, yes,.

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Flaherty, yes, smith, yes, sandberg! Yes,.

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Rallo, yes, scandalory, yes, rosenberger.

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Yes, sims, yes, bowling.

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Yes, that's nine zero. Will the clerk please read.

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Yes, ordinance 2007 to amend title 20 of the bloomington municipal code, entitled.

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Unified development ordinance, the synopsis is as follows:.

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This ordinance amends title 20 of the bloomington municipal code.

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Containing the zoning ordinance entitled unified development, ordinance.

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Adoption of a new official zoning map in ordinance, 2006.

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Establishes the effective date of the udo and the textual amendments contained.

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In this ordinance, these text amendments are few in number.

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And are intended to make non-substantive corrections to the udo.

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None of the amendments change policy. Thank you, mr president. I move that.

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Ordinance 2007 be adopted.

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Second, we have a motion in a second here to present.

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Is scott robinson, mr robinson, would you please.

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Present again, scott robinson assistant director for.

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Planning transportation and I appreciate council for considering ordinance 2007.

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I really don't have too much to provide in the.

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Staff report and I have to apologize- I've lost all connectivity, so I'm.

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Driving blind here, I'm going by memory.

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There are probably a half, maybe about a dozen amendments that we're looking at.

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Tonight and again these were all just looking at little fixes as staff went.

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Through unified development ordinance, that was.

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Adopted at the end of the year, looking at clarifying accessory.

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Structures for flagpoles to include them um changing the the size to footprint.

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um So again, these are kind of some scribner errors or clarifications.

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um About some uh parking space dimensions.

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Including a definition for habitable space.

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So these are again things that staff went through.

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Just to make sure that there was clarity and.

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The regulations that were being considered and.

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uh Certainly be happy to answer any questions, but that's all I have to.

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Report at this time, thank you. Thank you, mr robinson. I'd like.

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To give terry porter the director of planning and transportation a chance to.

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Address the legislation as a whole, I think she had some comments.

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Miss porter can we mute her. Thank you yes. Well. Thank you very much. I wanted to.

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Echo scott's appreciation to you all for.

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Hearing the legislation, um it's been a long road and.

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I really appreciate you all. uh Staying with us.

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And supporting us and and getting us through this process.

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We began this back in february of 2018 and while I couldn't have imagined.

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Then or uh even a few weeks ago that this is.

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How we would um wrap up this, this portion of adoption of the udo.

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um I I wanted to to thank you all very much.

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uh For your, your support and your assistance moving.

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Through the process- and uh I also wanted to thank uh mr robinson.

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He really did a masterful job of keeping this entire process on track.

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And just wouldn't, we wouldn't be where we are.

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Without his focus and attention to this, and also um jackie scanlan, our.

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Development services manager and her team played an integral role in uh keeping the project on track and reviewing.

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um The the texts and for corrections and additions, so um I thank you very.

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Much and uh I'm hoping that you will approve this tonight because when I am muted, I plan to pop the course on a sparkler.

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And I had hoped to share with everyone, but.

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Dog got it, I'm just gonna have to sip on that alone.

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Well, don't drink it all at once. I know they promise.

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We wish we could all be there too um all right, let's go to.

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Questions from council members on ordnance, 2007.

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For membership planning, transportation staff.

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Anyone have a question.

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I'm looking I'm looking, I'm not seeing questions.

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All right, anti-climactic as it is we go now to the public.

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For comment on ordinance, 2007 revision at the final revision of the unified.

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Development ordinance, if you have an interest in addressing the council on this subject, please type into the chair.

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That's that mr lucas can see it or use the raise hand, function.

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In zoom, mr lucas, has anybody lined up to speak on this subject.

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uh No one has lined up and while I'm watching chat, I believe mr sherman had a.

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Question about whether I'm sorry to bother you.

O

With another procedural question, but um there's a motion to.

O

Introduce the uh the ordinance, I don't believe the council made its.

O

The uh special motion to uh consider the ordinance for adoption on the same.

O

Night, it was introduced, I'm sorry to be a stickler, but uh these are.

E

My apologies yeah. It's a complicated procedure that.

O

We're trying to follow well this will. This will actually give the.

B

Public a chance to line up to speak while we're waiting for public comment.

B

If the parliamentarian would please make up the necessary motion.

E

Yes, I move that the council both introduce.

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And consider and do a final vote on ordinance 2007.

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At the same meeting and on the same night, it is introduced.

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Second promotion in a second is there any discussion of the motion.

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If not I'll, entertain call the questions, let's just have.

R

A roll call vote on the motion, madam clerk.

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uh Councilmember flaherty, yes, smith, yes, sandberg! Yes,.

T

Rallo, yes, rosenberger! Oh sorry, scandal! Oh yes,.

C

I got both of you I apologize for that. Yes, yes,.

C

And piedmont smith. Yes, thank you.

B

All right, so we have the appropriate motion. Now we go to public comment. Mr.

B

Lucas is there anyone who likes to speak on organization.

O

No, no one has uh has jumped in line.

B

Final call for public comment on ordinance, 2007.

B

Please use the raise hand function in zoom.

B

Or type into the chat, so that mr lucas may recognize you.

B

If any member of the public speak on ordinance, 2007.

B

Seeing now we come back to the council for debate, is there any final comment.

B

From members on ordinance 2007, I know there's going.

B

To be a couple people who want to speak, so, let's not rush in motion.

B

Councilmember sandberg. Thank you. uh I echo the thanks to the staff and our.

T

Consultants that have led us through this process, but I also want to say a few words for the public, who also contributed to the.

T

Vibrancy of this uh planning document uh and for.

T

Anyone in the public that is concerned this, of course, is uh for the most part keeping, um and so there are some some things left.

T

To do, uh but this is uh certainly a milestone.

T

In a long journey that uh we're all glad to.

T

See coming to its uh finalization here so again, as a member of the plan.

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Commission, I also want to thank my fellow plan, commissioners. They have put.

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In a lot of work, considering as well and making sure this document is as clean and as focused as we can possibly make.

T

It thank you. Thank you guys over sandberg other final.

B

Comments for members.

B

If not I'll, I want to take a moment to.

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Point out, first of all that um I did uh declare that this.

B

Issue was essential um so that we could discuss it during the emergency.

B

We have been as customer sandberg, as rightly pointed out,.

B

At this, for many more years than was ever intended,.

B

The udo was intended to be updated, starting back in 2011.

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And for any number of reasons, it's taken almost a decade to finally.

B

uh Get a revision done and I I really appreciate the efforts that.

B

Planning and transportation are going to make to.

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Keep a closer eye on it, so that we don't wind up taking 15 or 20 years to update.

B

It again that I missed when supporter has pointed.

B

Out rightly, that we should be looking at it more closely.

B

And more frequently- and I am- I trust that that will happen uh so.

B

I'm very grateful that uh it's finally done.

B

Even if there wasn't any other reason to call it essential, I was ready to call it.

B

Essential just to get it off the drawing board and.

B

In use, but it also is important for all future development.

B

And uh with the sudden onset of the.

B

Coronavirus crisis uh construction is going to be a very.

B

Important part of bringing the series economy back.

B

So there's any number of reasons why this is an essential vote tonight.

B

It's just very long overdue and I wanted to.

B

To say, thank you to reiterate the um acknowledgement of how much work.

B

Has gone into this by planning a transportation staff, I do not envy.

B

Terry porter, uh her task uh over the past several years, and I want.

B

To commend her and scott robinson and their staff.

B

For a job well done, we need this ordinance, updated.

B

Immediately updated yesterday, I'm happy to vote on it tonight.

B

Is there any other final comment on ordinance, 2007.

B

With motion in a second will, the clerk, please call the role.

B

On ordinance, 2007, the unified development ordinance.

C

Council, member smith, yes sandberg, yes, rallo.

G

Yes, scandalory yeah rosenbacher.

C

Yes, sims, yes, volin, yes,.

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In mont smith, yes and flaherty, yes, it's 9-0, miss porter. You can pop.

B

That quark now congratulations and thank you.

B

uh We now go to uh legislation.

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For no we're going now to additional public comment.

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If there's anyone who like to speak on items that have not been on our agenda.

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We have one more opportunity for that. Is there anyone who would like to speak.

B

Please raise use the raised, hand, function and zoom or.

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Make a mention in the chat I'll wait, 15 seconds.

B

While we're waiting for that, if mr sherman, mr lucas.

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Have any council schedule we're going to get ready to talk about that next.

B

Mr lucas, any mention in the chat I see no.

O

No takers for public health- that's fine! Let's now go to.

B

Issues of council schedule, uh mr who will take this one up.

O

I can uh just give a few reminders. um The uh the meeting next week uh will.

O

Take place is scheduled on wednesday at 6 30.

O

uh The week after that, the council has a budget advance meeting.

O

And everyone should mark their calendars for that. That meeting, I believe, will.

O

Take place at 6 30, but stay tuned for meeting details. uh I.

O

Have to assume that that will be a virtual meeting. That's only two weeks from today it's coming up quick, so you'll you'll get more information on.

O

That uh shortly so just wanted to put those things on on.

O

Your radar and uh after those two meetings we're into may.

O

And uh who knows? How long we'll be in this virtual mode? But.

O

um We may have some more scheduling updates next week.

B

Very good, thank you, mr lucas, with that, uh before german, we are going to.

B

Go immediately into a committee of the whole chaired by councilmember sims.

B

To take up ordinance 2009 uh do I have a motion for adjournment.

B

So moved into a journal motion a second all in favor.

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To signify by saying aye, aye aye aye aye not going for a voice vote on.

B

This we are adjourned. We will reconvene in a couple of minutes with.

B

Councilmember sims chairing uh committee of the whole.

B

Thank you, um okay, we'll get started. Thank you all.

J

um We have a quorum. This is a committee of the whole meeting of the city of.

J

Bloomington common council for wednesday april 15 2020.. We have.

J

One item on our agenda that we will hear in the following order:.

J

Or in its only order, the first item- and let me get right here-.

J

Is ordinance 20-09.

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And you can an initial discussion. I'm sorry um we'll begin by writing its.

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Number title and synopsis so bear with me.

J

Please this is ordinance 20-09 and it is to.

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Amend title ii of the bloomington municipal code.

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Entitled administration and personnel and to grant authority to act in.

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Accordance with declared disaster emergencies.

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Reasoning amending 2.22.030, entitled employee policies and complying.

J

With the state of indiana's declaration of disaster, emergency.

J

Under indiana code.

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10-14-3-12 the synopsis is as follows. This.

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Ordinance repeals the tool, the 2007.

J

Oops, I'm sorry, I think, I'm on the wrong one.

J

Bear with me, I thought I had it.

O

Councilmember sims there's there's no need to read the synopsis. Well, I didn't.

J

Think we and I couldn't even find the synopsis, but I thought we did that on committee of the whole meeting so.

O

That's okay! That is much much better! Thank you very, very much.

J

Okay- and we will hear from the city representative.

J

This evening and the public before voting on a recommendation tonight.

J

I understand that miss philippa guthrie um city corporate council.

J

Is here to present this matter, ms guthrie, would you please.

J

Come forward, yes, thank you. I want to point out that.

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Controller underwood is here as well, since you may have.

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Questions related to finances. Thank you. So this ordinance um arose.

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Out of the covid crisis and.

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What it involves is complying with state board of accounts, guidance.

X

On how to manage municipal government, while we're having to deal with strange.

X

Situations such as, how do you conduct your public meetings.

X

With appropriate social distancing and as you know, we've.

X

Done we've moved almost everything online. That's very unusual.

X

um And it raised questions about procedures.

X

And how you uh have the public involved? Did you have to continue to have the.

X

Public involved, uh the the other area, where a lot of.

X

Questions arose for municipal governments and counties.

X

As well was uh the handling of financial.

X

Transactions, so, for example, we are, as you know,.

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Every day is a new day while we uh withstand this emergency situation,.

X

And it requires speed and nimbleness, uh and there are numerous examples, I'll.

X

Just give one we are now. I think the mayor mentioned that we are making available housing. I won't call it isolation.

X

Housing because it's not related to being having been in contact with.

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Someone with coveted, but it is to separate some of our employees.

X

The emergency responders, which includes sanitation, water.

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Treatment and sewer and police and fire.

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If they so wish, because they don't want to.

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Go out and do their jobs and then contaminate their families, for example,.

X

Or risk their families. So, in the space of about five days, mary.

X

Katherine carmichael put together housing at the hyatt hotel.

X

Normally, we wouldn't do that. We wouldn't sign a contract it was signed. I think.

X

Saturday, without getting board approval, some.

X

Board approval all of our contracts are approved by board.

X

That's the kind of situation I'm talking about and and.

X

That we need more flexibility to deal with.

X

So when these issues started arising, the state board of accounts.

X

Was getting all of these questions, and so they started issuing.

X

Memos memorandums, they called them um guiding municipalities as to how they.

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Could conduct business legally without running a foul of them.

X

When they came to audit you, because they look at your procedures and while.

X

Whether you're following them, especially well, they mainly deal with.

X

Financial transactions so um one of their their primary guidance, the.

X

The underlying principle in all of these memos is that.

X

um The city needs to needs to adopt a policy allowing this kind of.

X

Flexibility uh so- and you are the the body.

X

That um they suggested legislative bodies.

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Ought to pass a policy adopt a policy that allowed the flexibility to the city.

X

Administration to to uh act more quickly.

X

Without incurring issues when the state board of accounts.

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Comes to audit so.

X

State law there's an emergency provision for the governor to declare an emergency.

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Which he has done, as you all know, um and part of the statute under which he does.

X

That says that each political sub- this is.

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1014 317, j5 and jay the entire statute.

X

All of the j provision has many uh provisions related to.

X

How you can manage your affairs, but the one for us that was the most.

X

Pertinent was uh j5 provides that each political subdivision of the state has.

X

The authority to waive procedures and formalities otherwise required by law.

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Pertaining to and then there's a list of things, public work.

X

Entering into contracts, incurring of obligations.

X

Use of volunteer workers, appropriation and expenditure of public funds. I.

X

Haven't read all of them, but it's a list of of essentially our.

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Primary functions and then other ones that.

X

We could take.

X

So what this ordinance is designed to do is act as the policy that provides this.

X

Flexibility, the first thing it does is.

X

It would amend the bloomington municipal code.

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Section 2.22.030 on employee policies and it provides.

X

A new section that would allow stay-at-home pay during.

X

A declared emergency where we might be required to send employees home.

X

Inclu, we have already done that. Essentially, we've sent.

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Anyone home who can work from home, but there are people who.

X

Whose jobs don't really permit that? So this would allow in in a serious.

X

Emergency uh to have employees be at home.

X

And be, as we've turned it on duty, available by phone or email and able to.

X

Come in within two hours we haven't had to avail.

X

Ourselves of that, but in the event things get worse, we may.

X

Have to do that and we wanted to be sure that that power.

X

Was available because who knows if this is the last.

X

Emergency, we would have of this nature, so this would be.

X

Something that amends the code and would be there for future emergencies as well.

X

The second thing this ordinance would do is um under.

X

This current declared emergency and for the term of the the period of this.

X

Emergency um provide the mayor.

X

The city through the mayor, uh the ability to waive any and all procedures.

X

And formalities, in accordance with the the code section, I read you earlier.

X

The emergency declaration, as long as it's.

X

It would be considered in compliance with other existing law.

X

Executive orders or any any other applicable law.

X

And the third thing uh provides more flexibility to the.

X

Controller's office and uh section three provides that the.

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Controller shall have the authority to approve payment of all necessary expenditures on behalf of the city for the duration of.

X

The declared emergency and any board or commissions normally.

X

Tasked with the approval of such expenditures shall review and approve the controller's authorization once the.

X

Declared emergency has ended, and the hyatt is an.

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Example of that, so that is what we are asking you to do.

X

And I'm available to answer any questions you may have.

J

Thank you. We also have mr jeff underwood city controller.

J

Present I was wondering if he wanted to add to this presentation or.

J

Just be available for possible questions I'll just be available for.

Y

Possible questions we're looking at a great job of summarizing. What we're.

Y

Asking for fantastic! Thank you.

J

Are there any questions from the council members.

J

And you guys will have, I don't have everyone on the screen, so you'll have to help me if someone's got their hand up- and I don't see it.

J

Who sue scamp? Oh I'm sorry, council, member, scandaloury,.

H

Thank you, um ms guthrie, can you I think I understand this, but I want to.

H

Check myself on it, could you differentiate between changes.

H

That apply to this emergency, the coveted 19 crisis.

H

And changes that apply to all emergencies in the future.

H

Are there differences in that or no uh well, there may be, it would depend on.

X

The emergency, I suppose I mean the emergencies- I think that have.

X

Happened in the past and some of the language and some of the statutes.

X

um Makes it clear are things like tornadoes.

X

You know where half your city is wiped out or something and and that's why.

X

You'd have a lot of volunteers and things like that.

X

This emergency is new for everybody, but I don't imagine it's going to be the.

X

Last time we have an infection like this that races across the world I mean we've had sars and mers and.

X

Here we are so um I don't know that I can say.

X

Because I don't know what's in our future, but there could very well be.

X

Differences: this one has very odd things about it.

H

But I guess to put a finer point on my question:.

H

Will we have to do this with every emergency we encounter.

H

Or does this take care of that does 2009 take care of that.

X

uh Well, no, the only part that that would last beyond this current emergency.

X

Is the employees our ability to send employees home if we have an emergency.

X

Where we really need them to not be at their job sites,.

X

For their own safety and everybody's safety, the other the other two.

X

Sections are just for this: emergency got it.

H

And they're very misunderstood, no and then a second may ask a second question.

H

Yes, um in the third, whereas paragraph municipalities may waive.

H

Procedures and formalities otherwise required by law, blah blah blah. um I'm sorry to stumble on this, but what's a.

H

What is included in a formality? I get what procedures are, but what's.

H

Included in formalities that we're giving up.

X

uh Well so, for example, before uh entering into a transaction or.

X

Signing a contract having a board approve, it would be a.

X

Formality, I would say.

X

Okay with a public hearing, okay, thank you. Okay! Thank you.

J

Councilmember flaherty. uh Yes, thank you for the presentation, ms guthrie.

N

um I had wanted to clarify the same point that councilmember scamilari did.

N

And I think the ordinance as drafted could probably use um a clarifying clause or two. It's only the.

N

Article, a versus the in section, one versus.

N

Sections two and three that uh distinguish between a emergency.

N

As in any future, emergency versus the emergency, which is intended to mean.

N

This particular kobit 19 emergency, and only this coped 19 emergency.

N

Which actually leads me to a question about these are kind of two separate issues. This ongoing any future emergency, national or state.

N

For the employment procedures versus the coven 19.

N

Current emergency and controller um and and fiscal sort of um formalities.

N

And procedures uh and I wonder if the latter isn't.

N

Better separated into a resolution, um since it's a sort of temporal event.

N

It's not a change in code um and also if, if.

N

Council attorney lucas wanted to weigh in on that as well. I'd be interested to.

N

Hear um it just struck me as a little odd that it's uh paired in this ordinance, I guess and if you could speak more to that ms guthrie.

X

um We discussed whether any or all of this should be an ordinance or a.

X

Resolution, obviously, the part that amends the code.

X

Needed to be an ordinance, and I guess because.

X

Everything has been happening so fast. We we decided that it.

X

Would be more expedient to put it all in one, because they are related to the same.

X

Event and just to follow up um if we could.

N

Clarify, I think, that's okay with me. As long as we could clarify that sections two and I believe three are intended.

N

To uh be temporal, not to change anything in code and that when this covet 19.

N

Emergency is over, um it would no longer be an effect and.

N

Would not go back into effect in the context of future emergency.

N

um And I guess that you know that that seems okay. If we can clarify that that.

N

Is the intent um right? Yes, yeah, okay,.

N

Yeah I'll stop there for now, thanks. Thank you, council, member of owlette.

B

Yeah, um so I had a question about the phrase.

B

uh Formalities and procedures and formalities.

B

um I understand the logic behind wanting to expedite processes in an.

B

Emergency, I guess my question is when the.

B

Emergency is over, will there be a period or process for review of those.

B

Decisions, I mean the board of public works, isn't.

B

Going to um stop, you know existing for the duration of the emergency. uh Can.

B

They not at least be preparing to do a study in arrears of the decisions made.

B

In uh emergency decisions made during the emergency, what what say you must.

B

Country, yes, absolutely, I would say that.

X

Most boards are essential. Boards are meeting.

X

So public works is meeting. It's just that the timing.

X

Is often off, you know yeah, so, um yes, I would say we are.

X

Keeping track of everything I mean right now, normally.

X

Our approval process for contracts, for example, is a stamp from the legal.

X

Department and a stamp from the controller's department, and then it goes.

X

To a board, and then it's signed, our approvals are.

X

Now, email, but we're collecting all of that.

X

And keeping track of what we're doing and if there are things that have not.

X

Been approved by a board, they would definitely be approved.

B

Okay, when uh well, I don't know most of them. What.

X

We are trying to do is, for example, uh if it misses this round.

X

Of public works it would show up on the next okay, so, in other words, all you're saying.

B

Is you want to be able to? uh I mean in a way it's kind of like a.

B

90-Day order yeah that you, you put the the cones out.

B

To change the yellow curve- and you do that before you get a change.

B

In code just to see if it works right, uh so if this is the equivalent of.

B

That and the decisions will still be reviewed and.

B

Approved in arrears by the appropriate board when they can get to it, I'm okay with that. If it means that the decision is.

B

Not going to the given border commission that it's.

B

Supposed to go to at all I'd have a problem with that yeah.

X

No, no it, the actual language of section three says, will be approved by a board after the action. Okay,.

B

That that was just something that wasn't very clear to me and makes me feel a lot.

B

Better about this, thank you.

J

Okay, do we have any further questions from council members.

J

Council member flaherty uh yeah to follow.

N

To follow on that point actually um from councilmember roland.

N

Would it be purely a formality at that point, for a board to approve.

N

um A decision uh ex post of of some expenditure.

N

um Or, do you imagine a scenario where they would.

N

uh You know rescind that authority uh for.

N

Some partial expenditure um and let me clarify too, I think I think something.

N

Like this is is necessary and I appreciate the intent I'm just trying to think through uh possible cases. You know, however,.

N

Unlikely where an expenditure is deemed irresponsible and- and you know um the boards and commissions.

N

And council are uh expected to be to be holding the the.

N

Administration accountable on such things so just trying to think through.

N

uh You know the more negative possible outcomes and what that would look like.

N

So, can you speak to the um the board approval and would that be.

N

Purely a formality, or would it be some other process to address or would it be contextual, I guess.

N

Does that make sense? Well, it does I'm just.

X

um I know that's what lawyers do think of all the worst case scenarios and what.

X

I tried to do that too, but it's very hard to do, because I don't.

X

It's hard to imagine that anything we are trying to do right now and we're not.

X

Doing anything you know in a dark closet, we're trying.

X

To be pretty up front, you know it's in the newspapers and we have committees.

X

And everything is pretty public that we.

X

Would be doing anything that a board would find reprehensible or something.

X

That they couldn't approve in the future.

X

I mean if it happens that I'd defer to mr underwood, but I guess we'd have to.

X

Reimburse an account or something, um but I I don't.

X

I can't imagine what kind of an action that would be.

X

Because everything we're doing is really it's very.

X

Thoughtful and it's designed to either help our employees or to.

X

um Help the community and keep people safe.

J

Okay, council, member of olins, you have is your hand up.

J

No, no, okay, um any further comments from councilmember flaherty.

N

Sorry, I just have more questions. um Would.

J

I'm sorry questions I said comments, I'm in question. Thank you.

J

You're good, um I guess, um could we include a provision that um so.

N

The the sboa state board of accounts guidance. I think.

N

Their second memo does um suggest that we should stay as near.

N

To normal as possible, uh so I understand when there's a timing issue and you need.

N

Approval of funds before a board meets, but um should we have some.

N

Clarification that is la if a board or commission is meeting.

N

I guess I'm looking for uh to make sure this is used sparingly and only when.

N

Needed and I don't know if we could have you know some sort of.

N

Written confirmation or explanation as to why that was the case. That is.

N

Reported or um or something else again, I'm not.

N

uh Trying to um suggest ill intent or anything like that, I'm just trying to.

N

Stick with the spirit of the sboa guidance and and.

N

And our traditional um sort of tools of oversight, wherever we can.

N

uh What are your thoughts about uh an amendment to include language to that.

N

Effect in the ordinance, I suppose it would.

X

Depend on the language um if it's too restrictive, that might be.

X

Problematic, I mean I with all that we have going on.

X

Sound uh well, I shouldn't we have so much going on. It's crazy.

X

And if we had to come back every week, for example, and try and give you a.

X

Report on what we had done over the week, I think we might want to kill ourselves.

X

It is just so um stressful right now.

X

If what you're saying is maybe at the end of this, whatever the end or whenever.

X

X

Want you wanted a list of things that that we had done that were sort of.

X

Outside of procedures, I think that um I don't know it depends on what.

X

You suggest or what what you think is yeah. I guess related.

N

Do you are there um uh fiscal approval processes that are.

N

That you are going through right now that are following the normal channels.

N

So you're doing some of some of both you're are anticipating doing some of.

N

Both are there things that are following normal channels going before boards before um approval right now still I.

Y

Can't answer that? Yes matt I mean we are really using this judiciously. We just.

Y

Have to have the ability to act when it's time to act.

Y

But we're trying to conduct business as usual. You know if we talked about.

Y

Normally, I would hand stamp and and physically sign a contract as.

Y

As should, would she we're doing that by email now.

Y

There's been a few times when I've said we won't follow the normal procurement.

Y

Process where we're going to get three quotes and we're going to do this and we're going to do that because we needed to procure the goods.

Y

We knew it was about the only place that we could get it. It was.

Y

You know it's still getting reviewed, so uh there's a critical eye.

Y

In both the legal department and in our department.

Y

uh On these expenditures, so again, if it can go to the board in the normal.

Y

Process we're doing that, but in the event that.

Y

Let's say uh payroll and and claims are something that gets.

Y

Approved by one board or another, so every payroll.

Y

And claim that gets paid out of the city goes to a border commission.

Y

If we're unable, due to the virus to get signatures or approvals from a majority.

Y

Of the board members in time to make those payments I'm going to make those payments, because the idea is one keep the economy going.

Y

And people need to get paid both from a payroll and a claim standpoint. So.

A

We haven't hit that yet, but there's a pot, you know we. I could foresee that.

Y

Happening so that I would have to go ahead and say, make those payments, but then those claim forms will go back. The board.

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uh Where they're supposed to they'll be reviewed and I'm.

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I'm sure I assure you, I'm that they're gonna approve them because again.

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Anything, that's you know would be way out of the ordinary.

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Is a lot of eyes are going to be on that? I know that uh the mayor and deputy.

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Mayor have regular meetings with leadership with the council to let them.

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Know what's going on uh we're doing all kinds of.

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Outward-Facing communications, on what we're doing so.

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uh Those kinds of things uh are quickly: it.

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I'll give you another example. uh Is that this uh this grant for the.

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Emergency housing, uh the the comment by the the.

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Director at fssa says we're breaking all kinds of rules to get this money into.

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Community's hands uh he said, but the one thing that we're.

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Not using my contract, people are making me tell me.

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We can't expend the money until you have a contract, but he goes.

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Everything else that we would normally do that's out the window, because the.

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Governor has allowed them to do that. So that's just an example of trying to.

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Make sure we can get funds to the right people in the right amount of time, but a.

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Critical eye, regardless of the process, thank you. Thank you. Do we have any.

J

Further questions from council members, councilmember rosenbarker.

U

Hi. Thank you a couple questions about section two. I think for me a.

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Hesitancy is just um allowing us like any amount of money.

U

So did you all think about putting a spending cap on this, where, if you reach a certain.

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Amount of money it would need to go through a.

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Standard approval process.

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uh No, we don't anticipate that anything would be that I mean.

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Again, if, if it's that high of amount of money, then.

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Obviously, you know we would try to do the normal process.

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uh If we could again, I can't think of anything other than.

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Grants don't typically uh get appropriated, so we, you know whatever we.

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Are granted we can spend? um That would be the kinds of things that we would be.

Y

Looking at unless it was a combination of things, if we, if.

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We had a natural disaster and we're in tornado season.

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uh Along with this virus, we might have to marshal a lot.

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Of resources at one time, I wouldn't want to have to worry about having a cap on.

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The dollar amounts: if we need to go out and get equipment or bring people in or or house people, then we're going to have to do that and.

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Regardless of the cost at the time, so we're gonna have to be.

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Able you know so we have a big natural disaster. On top of this.

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uh Virus, I could see us spend a lot of money in a very short period of time.

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And that's why we really didn't consider putting caps on.

U

Oh follow up on that. Thank you. Thank you. I thought. Okay, sorry.

U

I'm sorry if I am off on this, but I thought section two was only.

U

Related to this current emergency, well again, we would come back the.

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Governor would automatically declare another emergency and we would come back.

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To you and amend this.

U

Okay, so I'm sorry you're saying like if this is for our current.

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Emergency. But because you have as an ordinance.

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Say there was a tornado, then you would come back and ask to amend it to include.

U

That the tornado emergency is that what you're saying yes, okay! Well, I could also argue, though, that.

X

If the covet emergency is still ongoing,.

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It would be hard to separate the housing needs because.

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People are wandering around and need housing, and it's because we don't want.

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Infection spreading I mean they, they might just blend.

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But this is all hypothetical really we didn't.

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We didn't talk about spending thresholds or limits just because.

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Nothing is, nothing is, is terribly large amounts of money.

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You know it's 10 000 here. I think the hyatt is what 26.

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000 or something like that for 30 days, so we're not talking enormous amounts.

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And I I don't really envision those. Do you jeff.

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Not right not at this time, but if this it just depends on the length.

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Y

You know if we had, if, if we had to send that contract for.

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Four more months, then, you know yeah.

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Okay but again well, you know we'll we'll be talking the council giving you.

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Regular updates, so you know, as we approach this, I mean.

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We're not uncharted territory right now, we're operating the same way, the governor's operating every two weeks, and now I fully expect.

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That he's going to come out on friday and extend to stay at home, another at least another two weeks uh that that seems to be.

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The you know so, you know, in addition we're given updates. You know at all the.

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Council meetings and we'll continue to do that. So if.

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Things, you know uh continue on and we start to see.

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um Expenditures amount, given uh that we need to approve uh we'll update.

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You on that, but again we're trying to operate as much as.

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Normally as possible, but there's there's occasions where we have to make.

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Decisions and uh and get things done, especially for.

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Critical infrastructure, so we're really talking about sanitation.

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And street department and police and fire and utilities.

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uh And even transit that um are those basic services that have to be go.

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Ongoing and if, if something breaks or uh we've got to.

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Get it back up and get going or we got to get a piece of equipment we're going to we're going to we're going to waive the.

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Policies we're going to get whatever we need in uh to keep them operating for public safety.

U

Thanks, I just have like one more follow-up on that.

U

I mean I understand that you don't envision a huge expense.

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And that you would try to then, if it's a large expense.

U

Operate under standard procedures, but I mean I could see a benefit in just.

U

Capping it at something, and then I mean, isn't it also an option.

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That council could just call a special session.

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To you know like couldn't we also be nimble in this process a little as well.

X

Well, how about um I mean probably, but what, if.

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uh There was no quorum, everybody else was sick.

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All at the same time,.

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See what I mean I I will I will jump in here. I will jump in here and say.

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Say this, if you, if you would put those kind of caps on it, I.

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One I I don't think you should do that because, secondly, I'm telling you.

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If I have to make a decision based on a public safety issue,.

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And it's more than that cap I'm going to make that decision and then you guys can.

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Come back after me after the fact, so I'm just telling you if it happens, we're.

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Going to do it because I'm not going to put the public.

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Or or city staff at risk waiting to get a.

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Meeting to talk about what we're going to spend over whatever the cap may be, unless you want to make it 5 million dollars, then.

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I'm just telling you personally, I I I would ignore those if, if so needed,.

J

Thank you any further questions from council members.

J

Okay, seeing none.

J

Mr lucas, I think it's time to go to the public.

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Do we have anyone in the queue and I will.

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Repeat that the public that are, if there's anyone who want to make a.

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Comment, please use the hand wave option.

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Or the chat screen in zoom.

O

No one has lined up and I think we lost a large part of our.

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Public after the first meeting uh ended so.

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Might give it just a few more seconds, but oh thank you and once again I'll.

J

Mention you could use the raised hand function on zoom or you could contact our administrator through the chat.

J

Button: okay, still, no one in the queue mr lucas.

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No one has uh jumped up now, thank you or, having heard from the.

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Public or in this case have not heard from the public.

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um Are there any comments from the council.

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Before we make a recommendation on this item,.

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Council, member smith, I just want to say I I have uh confidence.

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In ms guthrie and mr underwood that they will be.

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Judicious in using this- and I I'm going to support this for sure.

J

Thank you, councilmember sandberg. I agree with that. We are.

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In emergency situations- and we are accustomed.

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To working with this staff, we know that they're looking out for the best.

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Interests of the community and there are mechanisms to circle back.

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Around for any kind of approval that we would feel is necessary.

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So I wholeheartedly support this. Thank you. Thank you.

J

Any further councilmember piedmont, smith yeah- I just want to say um I also have.

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Confidence in the staff and the administration and.

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Certainly the two individuals from the administration who presented this.

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Evening I think that uh the questions that were.

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Asked this evening about possibly limiting the dollar.

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Amount or possibly putting language in um about a review after the fact or.

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um Making it very clear that it's it's just for this current emergency.

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This is just, uh I think this is our due diligence on.

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The matter, um I don't think it's an expression of a.

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Lack of trust of any sort. I think it's just that we take very.

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Seriously our responsibility as council members to oversee the budget and to ensure that there is.

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Public oversight of government functions so.

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I like some of the ideas that council members, flaherty and rosenberger.

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Brought up uh this evening, I don't know um you know if, in the end I.

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Would support them, but I think it's worth exploring uh perhaps.

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Tweaking the ordinance um with.

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Some of these uh additional safeguards- and it has nothing at all to do with.

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Any lack of trust in the administration. Thank you.

J

Council, member of olin.

B

Yeah, um I just want to remind uh everyone that.

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uh It's very easy to decry red tape and bureaucracy in layers of government.

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But if you don't have those layers, then different kinds of bad things happen.

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You know there's a reason why we have boards and commissions.

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There's a reason why there are checks and balances.

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There's a reason why there are nine of us.

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Citizens, who don't have any particular expertise in any.

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Particular thing here to oversee the whole city.

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uh You know like we have a system of checks and balances.

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It's not at all inappropriate to temporarily suspend.

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Those rules uh in an emergency- uh none of us are, you, know, stupid.

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We we realize that.

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There's actually the circumstances that require that we change the way we do.

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Business and the proposal that's before us is not.

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Unreasonable in that respect, I have no trouble.

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Supporting it, but I do want to caution us to not take.

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For granted that there's a reason why these levels of checks and balances.

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Exist and we shouldn't take them for granted.

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So with that I mean like if there's any particular modification, that fellow.

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Members would like to to see done uh it's not that different.

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Than the administration wanting to see a modification to the way.

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That things are normally done. uh You know, that's why we have this.

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Process, uh let's, let's not.

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You know demonize the levels of government unnecessarily.

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uh When you know I can cite you examples of.

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What happens when you don't have uh checks? I mean.

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uh Starting with at the national level, what happens when you get rid of.

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Office of of uh vigorous diseases I'll leave it at that.

B

Thank you. Thank you. um We'll change up just a.

J

Little bit we have, I got you down, um council member.

J

Flaherty, but not just yet, we do have a comment from the public, mr dave askins. Is he available, mr lucas.

O

uh Yes, uh mr askin should be uh muted and ready to comment.

O

Okay, thank you. Please go ahead! Mr askins, can you hear me council, member sims? Yes,.

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ah Got it uh just a quick question? I think it would be.

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Useful, if someone could lay out why section two of this ordinance is even.

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Necessary because I think that the state emergency statute, the j5 section, could.

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Be understood to mean that the executive of the city.

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Has all these powers already, and it sounds like that? The administration has already been exercising.

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uh These powers, anyway in this current emergency. So it's not clear to me.

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Why section two is even necessary at all, uh so the question of whether it applies.

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To this particular emergency or any future, emergency is kind of moot make so.

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I'm hoping that maybe not tonight, but by the time you take a final vote on this.

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That the precise analysis for why it's.

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Absolutely necessary at all could be offered to the public.

Z

Thanks. Thank you, mr askins.

J

Anyone else, mr lucas, no no one else. Okay, returning to my council colleagues,.

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For any further comments.

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Council member vote. I'm sorry! I'm sorry, council, member flaherty, you're, correct.

N

uh Most typically, I believe, after a public comment, we would have an.

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Opportunity for um council member follow-up council member.

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Questions as well as comment uh given what mr askins just asked, would it.

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Be appropriate to ask staff if they wanted.

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To offer a particular explanation in the context of indiana code at the moment, and of course it's okay, if.

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Not or if they want a review, um but I would.

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Reiterate his question if- and I think I think I know the answer- I think this was.

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Discussed at the work session. But if, um if somebody from the city staff wanted.

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To weigh in, if that's appropriate at this time, I would appreciate that.

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uh Yes, I can, it was really in an excess of caution.

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uh To make sure that the council was aware of this statute.

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And what it provides and that this is how we.

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Interpret what we we would use it for to make sure that you understood that we.

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Are taking these actions and the sboa's memo says.

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A broad policy supporting you know leeway for the administration, so.

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um I think I said in the in the work session that.

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You know your legislative body and our administration.

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Work together we're kind of two heads of the same body.

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And we need to know what each other is doing, and so we we did that to be very.

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Transparent about the statute and what the powers would be to quickly follow up I'll have to review.

N

uh The definition section of that statute, it specifies a political subdivision, is the entity that has that power and I believe.

N

Your your response, ms guthrie, during the work session, was that um and.

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Perhaps uh um uh council attorney sherman had.

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Weighed in as well that um it was not clear.

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Whether that meant the the legislative or executive.

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Body um right am I misremembering that, or is that, is that sort of the.

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Interpretation yeah. No, that's what I meant by saying.

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It's it's you and it's us, and what is the city we're both in there.

X

So, okay, thank you. um I can just continue or.

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Follow up with with my comment, since we were on those.

N

If that's appropriate but I'll leave it together, yeah.

J

Just hang on for a sec: do we have any further.

J

Comments from any fellow council members.

J

Council member flaherty, please proceed uh sure.

N

Yeah, I I um I think uh I do want to explore a couple of the.

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Topics that I brought up, um it's not it's just not an abundance of.

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Caution and a respect for uh the role we are elected to to play.

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And I, and I grant certainly that these are extraordinary times that that do.

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Call for uh changes in the way we do some things.

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um But um just out of again an abundance of.

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Caution, I do want to explore the the few topics that were brought up related to oversight as long as those were not in duly burdensome to clarify.

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um uh When and how uh this would be used, I think would be useful.

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And help provide um some level of public oversight from elected officials.

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Which is really what the vision is for how our government should function.

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um So I just wanted to mention that that, with that kind of caveat.

N

uh I I also certainly support this and support the intent.

N

And look forward to exploring those few things in the next couple of days.

N

Thank you. Thank you. Any further comments from my fellow colleagues.

J

Thank you. um I will looks like I'll finish this up. um What I my comment is.

J

That I think it's clear- and I think we understand this- is a temporary. This is temporary during this emergency status,.

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um In my view, this board this council has the ultimate.

J

Accountability- and um I think.

J

There there was a an analogy made earlier by one of my colleagues about.

J

Doing something to see if it works- and I agree with that and I will say.

J

Many of the other comments have had merit and should be looked into.

J

So not intending to discount any of that. But one of the big.

J

Or the main things with this particular ordinance, I think.

J

Is to add flexibility so that we can take care of things.

J

um In or quick fast in a hurry, if I could use another.

J

Bit of terminology here- and I am comfortable that there will be.

J

You all or the staff will respond to us. There will be regular updates.

J

There will be documentation which I think is equally important.

J

And I kind of want to caution folks to already have a road map.

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In a place that we haven't ever traveled, I think we will be creating that road.

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Map as we move forward, um but I think everyone for.

J

Their comments, I think they have mayor and I'm sure they will be looked into further. um Any further final comments from any of my council.

J

Member colleagues.

J

Second, thank you um been moved to pass or.

J

Ordinance 20-0-9, um mr lucas, I have it on the.

J

Gallery screen, so I can see everyone so do I call them.

J

I'm being this, is a committee meeting or does the clerk.

O

uh You can just go down the the line and uh ask members what their.

O

Recommendation is okay. Thank you very much. Councilmember smith.

J

Yes, uh councilmember allo, yes,.

J

Council members gambolari: yes,.

J

Councilmember flaherty, yes, councilmember sandberg, yes,.

J

Councilmember is piedmont, smith,.

J

Councilmember piedmont, smith. Yes, thank you.

J

Councilmember rosenbarker, yes, councilmember volin, yes,.

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And councilmember sims votes. Yes, we have a.

J

Do pass recommend recommendation of nine to zero.

J

Okay um with that, I think our business for this evening has concluded.

J

Is there a motion to adjourn so.

J

It's been moved in. Second, um I think we are adjourned.

J

Good night, everybody nice thanks everyone. Thank you. Thank you. Hey.

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