City of Bloomington, Indiana City Council, 12 Jun 2019

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Agenda, Regular Session Memo, Packet : https://bloomington.in.gov/onboard/meetingFiles/download?meetingFile_id=4628

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A 12th of june 2019. well, the clerk. Please call the roll.

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Foster clerk he'll be right. Now. he'll be right back okay, here he comes.

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Steven, your honor.

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Thank you, terrific. If anyone's looking for a seat, there are rooms, this room in the balcony.

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Will the clerk, please call roll councilmember ruff here: piedmont, smith., yeah,.

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Rolla here boland here sins here, sandburg. yeah.. Thank you.

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I'll make the summation of the agenda this evening and if you'd like a copy, you find it beside the clerk there extra copies. If you'd like to read along.

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We have approval of minutes for the 17th of april 2019 2:15 15th of may regular session.

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29Th of may and june 5th 2019, then we'll go to reports from council members.

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And then we have three reports from the mayor and city offices. This evening the bloomington arts, commission and.

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Bloomington entertainment and arts district has an annual report.

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We'll have the innovation director report and then we'll have an introduction of transportation demand management.

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Consultant this evening, before we go to council committee reports and then we'll.

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Reserve 20 minutes for the public if you would like to speak on items not on our agenda at that point,.

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We'll then go to appointments the boards and commissions and.

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Then we have for legislation for second reading and resolutions.. We have six items.. Those are ordinance.

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1911 to amend title 2 of the bloomington municipal code entitled administration and personnel regarding amending chapter 2.2, one.

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Entitled, department of law to prohibit discrimination and harassment of any person doing sanctioned work for the city and that received the committee.

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Recommendation do pass. 2:07. Second item is resolution: 1911 the bloomington youth for environmental sustainability. You.

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Society's resolution for environmental responsibility and improvement.

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Resolution item three is resolution: nineteen twelve to.

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Review and approve the intra category transfer and expenditure of a thousand hundred thousand dollars or more.

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Within a covered fund under ordinance, eighteen, ten, additional fiscal oversight of the common council regarding a.

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250 thousand dollar transfer from line three nine nine other services and charges to 3/8 to line three nine six grants.

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Within the housing trust fund number nine, zero, five and expenditure of transferred funds.

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Item four of legislation for second reading and resolutions as resolution 1909.

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That is authorized the allocation of the jack hopkins social service program funds for the year 2019 in related matters.

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Item six is resolution. Nineteen ten waiving current payments and move taxes.

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Pilot by the bloomington housing authority to the city and.

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Then item six is resolution 1908 to approve a revised cooperation agreement between the city of bloomington.

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The city and bloomington housing authority, bha for provision and operation of low-income housing units and associated.

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Payment in lieu of taxes by pha in exchange for city services,, and I received the committee.

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Recommendation at a committee meeting of do pass seven: zero, zero.

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We have no legislation for first reading. We will go to additional public comments if you would like to.

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With 20 minutes reserved for items not on our agenda at that time,.

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And then we'll review our council schedule before we adjourn this evening.. So with that do we have approval of minutes?.

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Anyone like to make a motion.

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Before I finished my motion., I want to check anybody wants to separate out any of this packet of minutes.

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Okay., if not,, I move approval of the minutes of april 17th, may 15th.

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May 15th the second meeting we had that night.

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May 29th and june 5th and two sets of minutes were revised this morning, so.

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Second okay.: we have a motion to approve and second are there additions in corrections to those minutes?.

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Seeing none all in favor aye any opposed. Those minutes are approved?.

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We'll go to reports on council members. I'll start on my left with council member sandberg.. Do you have a report? This evening?.

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Yes, I do. I have had the privilege of serving on the.

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Review committee for the 4th street garage and in our last meeting.

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I'm pleased to report that all of the conditions that we had and the rdc had requested.

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Have had appears appear to have been met.

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This was run by a very proficient.

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Project manager in in conducting all the elements to this.

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Including the demolition of the existing garage, no more than 550 spaces, and currently the the design on the table is at five.. Oh four.

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Ten electric vehicle charging stations, solar panels, 50 bikes,.

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Spaces ten bike, lockers 25% of all space used by compact vehicles.

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Dedicated carpool parking maintenance and caretaking plan for the life of the garage retail space on the ground floor.

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Two public restrooms designated area for transportation, pickup, drop-off parks.

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Smart sustainability, certification and we're going for the silver and.

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Then, of course, public art and architectural, a significant design elements and all within a reasonable cost.

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This is not an easy process, but it was one that christa obama and I got to sit sitting on and observe.

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With the architects and the construction manager and again, the project managers who did just a phenomenal job of.

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Working through all the details and solving all the problems. there's still a lot more to go.

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This is still at the the design review phase, but it is moving along as as planned and first.

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You know borrowing no foreseen difficulties.. This should be up and running.

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Fairly quickly, even though it will be a complete demolition and a rebuild, but.

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I'm pleased to report this is going to go to the rdc on monday for their approval and their strong look at the finances.

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But just pleased to report back to my colleagues and to the public that things are going quite well with the design.. Thank you.

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Thank you for the report and thank you for your service on that committee.

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Councilmember sims.: do you have a report? no report this evening? Come particularly. looking forward to hearing from our students.

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Thank you., so much comes my role. yes,. I do. thank you.. I am pleased to see.

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Councillor rallos resolution 1911 on the agenda tonight in the same way that the yes society of the youth for environmental sustainability.

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And improvement is trying to better the world.. So is a group of students at the project school.

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Who have been working all year?

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to research, solution to a problem in the city and looking forward to they've prepared a presentation that they'll be giving during public comment and.

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They have handed out packets that each member should have in front of them on the dais that they can take a look at.

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During their presentation,, but I just want to say that between those two initiatives and the I forget what it's called the.

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There's a some kind of initiative to have a youth council.

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That I'm looking, I haven't, lost track of what is happening with that, but I'm eager to.

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The budget, the budgeting council, yeah, where high school students and younger can take part.

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I'm looking forward to seeing that happen to engaging fully the youth of the community in the governance of the city.

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So I'm very grateful for everyone who has come out tonight to support the project. Schools, presentation and I urge everyone to.

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To listen to it attentively because it's very interesting. thank you.

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Thank you, councilmember ruff.. Do you have a report?.

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Yeah,, I just like to say to people, because it's coming pretty fast, the.

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Construction, north of martinsville to indianapolis of the interstate 69 extension.

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Most people are quite familiar with dealing with the.

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That dealing with the stretch between bloomington and martinsville for many many years.

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This was a project that many in this community many on this council.

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Aggressively and actively opposed did absolutely everything we could as a community in the leadership of the community, backed by.

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A tremendous number of of individuals and groups.

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Who worked alongside and supported?.

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Community leadership in opposing this project.

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25 years ago, the opposition to the project was.

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Articulating that opposition, in terms of the insanity of building.

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Another super highway truck car and it's super highway in the face of.

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Global climate change- this is being talked about.

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At the time 20 to 25 years ago, and many in the community continue to be cheerleaders for the project, including our local newspaper, the herald times.

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And we shouldn't let it be forgotten, because the mistake, if we don't remember and recognize and continue to think about mistakes of the past.

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We were will will continue, has decided to make.

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Similar mistakes in the future.

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So again,, don't don't let it be forgotten that that was a multi-billion is a multi-billion dollar project.

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Many of those funds which could have gone to.

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Maintaining improving existing roads, and I've you've driven a lot around the state lately.

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But the condition of a lot of the roads is, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

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It is directly related to the diversion of billions of dollars.

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To construct this additional.

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Mileage that now also has to be maintained, in addition to.

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To the already existing pre-existing mileage that was already maintained and don't let people also tell you that it couldn't have been used for anything but construct. The united.

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69 because that's a lie, the initial seven hundred and fifty million dollars of that project.

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Came directly from governor daniels sale of the northern indiana toll road. That money is a state asset.

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Being liquidated basically.

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Could have gone to schools.

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Education could have gone to help to cook on it anything any priority. This state would have wanted to put it towards.

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Instead, we put it towards a an unneeded, I mean people say oh,, it's a great driving between.

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Bloomington to eva's little now yeah, because there's hardly any traffic on it ever because there was no demand then, and there will not be and.

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It's just a it's just a tragic waste in in the face of.

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Changing global climate change and this battle to.

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Reduce the consumption of fossil fuels.

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Say be prepared for a very difficult time for the next several years between indianapolis and bloomington,.

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As the stretch from martinsville to dynamis gets under construction and all traffic has to be diverted up, sixty seven.

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There's really no other way to go.

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And so all the existing sixty-seven traffic plus the address additional.

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37 traffic is going to be going away because I don't think many people will go.

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Columbus and up 65.

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But anyway,, don't don't let the lessons be forgotten, make sure they if they've been learned at all.

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But make sure that you do what you can to make sure people do understand and and do learn from from from that fiasco.

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Thank you, councilmember ruff, councilman, piedmont, smith report.

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Okay,, I don't have a report, but I'd like to have read a disclosure of conflict of interest for councilmember grainger this evening, who could not be here.

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She's in louisville this evening at the congress for new urbanism with councilman., mr.

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Baum and seem to be as member fallen.

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That disclosure is councilmember. Granger has requested that a disclosure of conflict of interest attached.

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To our memo this evening be submitted for council acceptance this evening.

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She was a member of the 2019 jack hopkins committee and also serves as development director for the shalom community center sec.

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Which would receive two grants with adoption of resolution.

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1909 this evening, these grants would fund the following number one.

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Twelve thousand five hundred two dollars to purchase water, efficient, toilets, washers and dryers, and a reach and freezer and number to.

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8400 ninety-eight dollars as part of a collaborative application with life designs to purchase fifty fingerprint deadbolt locks.

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Please note that these grants would not result in a direct.

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Financial benefit to councilmember grainger.

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During the committee to deliver deliberations, she announced the conflict and recused herself from the votes regarding these grants, as councilman.

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Granger will not be in attendance tonight.. There is no need for council to divide the question. As indicated in the council packet.

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Assuming acceptance., this disclosure form will be filed at a state and local level and will immunize councilman granger from certain liabilities.

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Mr. sherman, is there anything to add?.

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Move to disclose to accept disclosure of the conflict.

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Okay is: do we require a roll call vote or a simple voice? Affirmation? I?.

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Move for a voice, vote. okay,. I.

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Think I'll choose that. So all in favor of accepting this conflict of interest from councilmember grainger say aye.

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Aye any opposed it is accepted.

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Okay., thank you. That concludes councilmember reports will now go to marin, city offices., and our first item is the bloomington arts, commission and.

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Bloomington entertainment and arts district annual report.

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Who is presenting.

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Terrific thank you, and the.

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Lymington, entertainment, arts, district and let me turn ours commission.- the presentations are combined now.

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So shawn star wits and I will be speaking back-to-back and we'll take questions afterwards.

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I'd like to thank members of the community and the common council for allowing me the opportunity to speak on the activities of.

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The bloomington arts commission over this past year.

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The bloomington arts commission was created in 1983 and our mission is to stimulate and encourage.

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The arts and cultural activities in bloomington, with the vision of.

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Contributing to a thriving community where the arts are central to the quality of life.

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When full, the commission has 11 members, five appointed by common council and six by the mayor and I'd like to ask many of our members of.

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The commissioner here tonight, if they would rise.

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Thank you all for being here among our ranks include artists, arts, administrators art, historians, art educators and artists, representatives.

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Above all, all of us are advocates for the city of bloomington and the arts fostered here.

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In 2016 and 2017, the commission developed a strategic plan intended to serve as a guide for our development through the year.

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2019- and there are three key priorities- is document.

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Promoting and supporting community-wide cultural planning efforts.

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Amplifying and supporting the development of sustainable programs, services and processes that increase community engagement, who provide growth.

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To the arts and culture of our city.

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And finally, advocating for enhanced access participation and investment in the arts.. All these are important and reflected in our organized work together.

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Now the plan itself is largely driven by our defined civic values for art, which, in some some, which you see above and some support. The idea that all.

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People should be encouraged to create and participate in the arts that arts have a personal, civic and economic worth.

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That private and public sectors are responsible for the fostering of arts and that the arts can be an information and cultural exchange and.

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I should note here too, when we speak about the arts, we're generally thinking about sculpture and murals as being public art.

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But we also recognize that music, theatre, dance, film and creative writing are important as well.

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Now these civic values for the arts have been our guideposts for the commission as we grow and continue to support the arts in this.

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Community, the list was actually developed from our public art master plan,, which, after many years of hard work, was released in 2015.

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This public art master plan articulated not only the principles and the guidelines for those public art activities with which it has direct connection.

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But also to put forth a blueprint for the ideal environment.

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Of public art in the city and a recognition that the arts really exists within a changing physical.

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Sociological, political and economic landscape.

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So how have we done and how have we fulfilled both our current strategic plan and the public art master plan over the last year?.

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First is one of our most important jobs and that's the oversee. The city's percentage for the arts program.

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This ordinance was passed in 1994 and established a municipal arts fund from 1% allocations of city capital projects.

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This fund is supported, many of bloomington's iconic works of public art, and this year the program has really flourished, based on two major.

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Municipal projects, the trades district just north of here and switchyard park and.

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I'm happy to know that we've selected finalists for both of these projects and intend to announce the commission artist in the very near future.

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Although I'm sorry to say not this evening, but very soon,.

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These artists were chosen based on their skills, as well as how the proposed works will contribute to the past and current history of the site's and the.

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Physical spaces, in which they'll inhabit we're confident that the trades district and swigert park.

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Represent just two of the many ways in which the percent for arts ordinance will continue to support the contributions to the art through municipal.

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Capital projects, an important part of the percent for art's- has really allowed us. Is the arts commissioners to engage more directly with the community, not only in.

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Terms of advocacy, but in terms of an active involvement, investment, for example, over a period of four weeks.

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This spring we collected more than 350 public comments concerning the five trades district finalists.

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We took these both at the farmers market at various cities, events and.

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Digitally on the website hosted by the city.

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This increased dialogue around public art helped, we think, to build community trust in the process and we plan to continue this type of structured.

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Public engagement as more and more projects develop.

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Now, with the time remaining, I'd like to.

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Go on to a few more of our key activities over this past year.

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One thing that we're most proud proudest of that were most proud of over this last year, was the commissioning of the bloomington.

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Bicentennial community song ride by local resident jeff cannon.. Mr.

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Cannon was chosen from over 20 responding applicants to a public call for proposals with funds.. Mr.

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Cannon along with members of the bloomington arts, commission and many volunteers and local musicians.

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Creating lasting and charming musical and lyrical testament bloomington's character.

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Significantly, the song was written with adaptability in mind.

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He has a marching band arrangement, the symphonic arrangements.

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Folk acoustic arrangement, as well as a rock arrangement and he's also established a website where members of community can download.

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Download the song, as well as the scores for their own use,.

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And I hope you all saw him just moments ago present in the lobby of city hall, during our grants, reception.

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Next, another new initiative taken on by the bloomington arts commission.

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This year was partnering with ivy tech, community college, bloomington and their annual.

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Community arts awards this event held at the waldron fine arts center, publicly recognized individual contributions to bloomington szarvas community and.

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More significantly, perhaps it also serves an annual reminder of the community that hart art can help to build.

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And finally, I'd like to highlight the grants for arts program, which we just held a reception for a few moments ago,.

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Considering the bloomington art commission charged to promote and support the creation of art, this program directly fosters and bolsters local arts and arts organizations in bloomington.

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Traditionally, the arts commission has been awarded, 20 has awarded $20,000 annually and grants the local artists and organizations.

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This year, our city's common council increased their financial support for the program to $40,000.

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This significant, truly significant increase in funding allowed the arts commission to expand our efforts in supporting the arts and, on behalf of the arts,.

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Commission we'd like to thank the common council now for their tremendous support for this program.

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And the results of your investment, the expanded funding and parameters have led to some real growth in this last year. First, we saw.

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33% increase in applications, and this year we were able to award 16.

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Organizations and artists granted with project and operating support and I'd like those.

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Recipients who are still here at sitting all tonight to stand and be recognized as well.

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Of those 2019 grant recipients, 31% were new applicants to the program and finally,.

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73% of organisations selected for funding received the amount requested for project support which will help to ensure the complete success of their endeavors.

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And to conclude, this has been a year of tremendous growth for the arts in bloomington.

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I'd like to thank the common council, as well as the mayor's office for their continued and increased support. The arts commissioners deserve.

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Thanks for their dedication to volunteer public service and.

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More than anyone we'd like to give thanks to the citizens of bloomington who supports their support, the arts, commission and the arts community.

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But also challenges to make meaningful and responsible decisions of public funding as we wrap up this year.

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We look forward to developing a new guiding document, strategic plan that will allow us to build on the successes of the last several years.

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Act on a couple of lessons learned and continue to enhance the quality of life in the city through the arts.. Thank you.

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Thank you for your presentation, yeah. yeah shawn starwood's.

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Economic and sustainable development.- I'm sorry that's taken me three years to present to you all, but we've been having a lot of work with the cultural district known as the bead that we're we're home to so I'll. Just jump.

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Right in and then we can go into questions.. So if.

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You all have may noticed, we have a new look.

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Always having technical difficulties.

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So it's actually inspired by the city logo and our motto for the bloomington and entertainment on arts district as we move forward. Is that there's possibilities in every direction.

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So the bloomington entertainment at arts district was founded in 2008.

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We were one of the first cities in indiana to establish that just like our 1% program.

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We've always been a thought leader in the state and in the region, under the previous administration, mayor, kruzan and and maya michaelson, who you all know very well.

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And as that logo kind of evolved, it's lived its life.

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And so we had to think about ways in which to kind of update ourselves and compete in the 21st century economy.

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And we really think that this branding identity that was helped.

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Created by under consideration a national organizational graphic design firm that moved to bloomington.

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Was a word of the contract late last year and was able to come up with this and part of a challenge with the cultural district? Is that we have.

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Arts and culture groups that are not housed within the cultural district., so the idea of.

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Possibilities in every direction allows us for.

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The next slide allows us to be more inclusive.

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Allows them to own the identity of the bead and.

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Ultimately, help us with our mission statement,, which is to bring together the business in the creative sectors to advanced commerce and culture.

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Build community and spur sustainable economic development and in 2018. we added to foster an excellent excellent quality of place,, which is a really thriving.

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Factor to my particular department, as well as the city as a whole,.

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So in terms of how we've been doing since 2008.

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So total in bloomington, we have 783 nonprofits.

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We're going strong, but within the cultural district and also within the arts and culture sector in 2008.

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We had 51 in 2016, we have 78, so we are clearly making a significant investment to support nonprofits in our community.

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And once again, this is cardinal stage,, which we've seen that growth in evolution since 2008.

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We've recently updated our cultural asset maps we've.

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Inventory to over a hundred 90 cultural assets, and so you can kind of see the bead, which is that little red.

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Highlighted area and the amount of assets that are not necessarily within the cultural district.

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So we're always trying to be because, as a city entity, it's hard not to, we can't alienate our own population.

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So we try to be inclusive as possible in terms of cultural assets.

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We received a grants for a grant from the indiana arts commission.

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Last year, through the cultural district program to create the first bead summit, which brought over a hundred people into council chambers for a whole day,.

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Long workshop, where we heard from other cultural districts across the state to see where we matched up where we wanted to aspire to.

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But then also secretively, we were working on the strategic plan as in this community,, we're kind of we have a lot of plans. The comp plan was passed last year.

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We have the tdm coming up, there's a variety of things, and so we wanted to think about of a more creative approach in which we could finalize a.

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Strategic plan- and we did that through the summit through a series of activations engagements and questions and ultimately, where we ended up, is.

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Here for the 2019 2021 strategic plan, which goal number one is to promote and support the district-wide cultural planning and identity efforts.

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The bead is committed to planning and implementing.

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Implementing diverse policies and programs that enhance and promote equitable culture and large community.

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Amplify and support the development of sustainable services processes and collaborations that increase community engagement and.

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Promote growth in the arts around the bead and.

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Ultimate ultimate league goal: number three is to coordinate and research.

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Advocacy initiatives about the bead provide data and analysis to arts and cultural organizations, partners, patrons constituents and ultimately supporters.

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So we've started to do that.. We have our first comprehensive.

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Maintenance plan underway right, now. we've been taking inventory., I'm sure you all have seen some of the issues we've had with graffiti or vandalism.

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To the evan ferrell memorial, we're actually relocating the sculpture further down the b line, to protect it and ensure its longevity.

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So on the left here is the damaged piece and we just got it out of the fabricator shop to be repaired.

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And also in terms of infrastructure and maintenance, some ongoing research and data we've been doing. We just completed a bead.

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Salary study, and that is a way for to make sure that our cultural nonprofits are being transparent and being competitive in the workforce.

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We are also working with joanna rocco woods out of the spea program.

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On a space needs assessment, as we think about growth within the cultural district.

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It's it's really important to make sure that we're leveraging the spaces. we do have and also thinking about the spaces.

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We don't have so it's a dual fold. Kind of space needs assessment in terms of.

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Arts and culture initiatives and then also as well.

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Ongoing things like ensuring equity, inclusion and accessibility to the arts and cultural programming in our community, making sure things ad a are accessible a.

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Variety of those kinds of initiatives, and I'm also happy to announce that through our department and esd.

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We've been able to create an arts capital investment program specifically for artists through our one percent program,.

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Which has been an economic barrier for artists who have never done public art, before?.

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And we'll have more, as that program rolls out.

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We also were able to create a connects micro grant program, and this is to encourage in foster more community engagement.

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In our community. we, this also came from an iac grant from the state., so we're very lucky to be.

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Three-For-Three on grants out of the state which is at a hundred percent right now,.

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And so there are micro grants.. So there are a thousand dollar grants that encourage community engagement in 2018.

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We awarded lotus education and arts foundation.

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For their open house event to make sure that you know.

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The fire bay is being used or the fire house, I'm sorry, is being used properly and ensuring that the community has buy-in and that programming and then also the chamber of commerce, is.

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Researching an arts passport type model which will be really beneficial to the community and we will continue that program in 2019.

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We also advocate on state legislation,, which is really a tremendous opportunity for bloomington to be a thought later on.

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This year, senate bill 255 was introduced, which would create a.

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Tax area for the cultural districts in the state there was only ten. We were one of ten and the way that bill would work is it would capture?.

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Future state sales, tax and payroll tax, so it's not an additional tax on the community, its future revenues that have not been.

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Generated in the state- and it ultimately could get back to us to invest in the arts and culture and.

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Apart from the small budget that the state melot's for the indiana arts, commission.

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This would be the only other funding mechanism in the state for arts and culture.. So it's a really tremendous opportunity.

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Unfortunately, it died on the house floor, but I've been told that third time's a charm so we'll be we'll be going back and I've we. We were fortunate to.

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Be one of the communities that offered testimony and to kind of showcase the stories.

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And businesses like secretly, canadian and their growth here, as well as a.

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Rainbow bakery the I fell group and a variety of other kind of arts and culture assets that make for good talking points during.

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Legislative sessions, we also are expanding programming. This is an exciting opportunity for us to work cross departmentally, similar to what we did with the street fair.

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So we've been working with a community and family resources department, the latino affairs commission and the black history month, commission on.

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The black e brown arts festival, which expanded this year to three days we saw over a thousand people over three events.

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And that really kind of strikes true to our equity and inclusion priorities that came through the strategic plan and.

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I believe that's all I have and we and.

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Sorry to rush through it,, but we know we're limited on time and we got these amazing.

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Yes, folks that are gonna talk about their resolution., so happy to answer. any questions. Thank you., mr.

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Stewart's, you did very well- and I appreciate the brevity. so we'll go to questions from council.

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I don't have a question just a correction.

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The council does not have the authority to raise funds, you can only cut them while we approve the budget. We owe.

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Thanks to mayor hampton and his administration for allotting the extra dollars that the arts commission was able to give out.

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So I just wanted to make sure that credit went where it was due.. We aren't solely responsible.

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We were responsible for approving the budget that was presented by the administration., so you should have them to thank as well.

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That's all thank you.

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Councilmember sandburg definitely lobbied for it., so give her some credit to these, our council liaison.. Thank you.

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Further questions.

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May ask one about when you.

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Were talking about space needs that includes the display space for for artists in the community, correct it.

J

That would be included., it's not necessarily about solely focused on visual art.

J

That's and that's the challenge with a space needs assessment, is the diversity of arts and cultural offerings that we have in our community.

J

It's pretty cumbersome., so the way that we're thinking about is.

J

Thinking about what spaces are being either underutilized or not used at all or how there could be,. You know.

J

Even in the city's resources, how the banneker, which was the heartbeat of blackie brown this year,.

J

You know how do we leverage that for more arts and cultural support?, and then also to thinking about creative strategies for vacant storefronts to a variety of other kind of cross.

J

We've already started to see- and I can't take credit for this in the arts community resource sharing so like, for example,.

J

Cardinal stage and bpp or sharing technical directors like that kind of.

J

Ability to kind of share resources and share availability among the groups is really important to make sure that we're getting kind of high quality.

J

Experiences,, but also supporting each other.

K

It's it's arts and culture., it's competitive, but it's not competitive like.

J

Business is competitive,, right? yeah., it's complementary, other questions,, okay,.

A

Thank you so much for your report and I thank you too. and then we can arts, commission members.

A

Terrific now we'll move on to the innovation director report good evening. good evening.

L

My name is dave tackett and I'm. The current director of innovation for the city of bloomington.

L

I am so excited that we've got a full chamber to hear about the wonderful work that has been done in.

L

Innovation before we get into the presentation itself,.

L

I want to let you know that this is a bit on the long side.

L

The last time that innovation presented to the council was june of 2017.

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So I've got two years worth of information to supply to you.

L

I'll try and keep it very high-level, but if you feel like, I have glossed over something that's really important to you or your constituents.

L

Please reach out to me I geek out on this, and I love talking about innovation.

L

I'd love to have one-on-ones or a working session if you're open to that.

L

Before we get into the projects itself, there are two things that I want to give you a little bit of background on. One is me, and one is the national.

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Context of the role of director of innovation, the the takeaway from this- this is a.

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Graphic representation of my resume. there's just a variety of.

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Areas, and fields that I've been involved in and you can see a lot of technology in there.

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I have a master's and positive organization, development and change from case western in cleveland.

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You'll see the influence of process, improvement and technology in the future plans before.

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Joining the city government in january of this year, full-time.

L

So, nationally, a decade ago, this role of chief innovation officer or director of innovation., it didn't exist.

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Today there are more than 70 and if you look at the data on the right,, you'll see that more and more cities are.

L

Offering this role, they are staffing, this role as the role matures and they're, also ensuring that this role.

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The staff that supports this role have the skill sets of.

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Design, thinking data analytics and even storytelling, I.

L

Love this quote from james anderson.. I actually applied for this role. The first time around and tom miller beat me out.

L

But one of the criticisms that I that I read way back in the day was why do we need a director of innovation.

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Shouldn't we expect that our staff be innovators? and I absolutely agree.

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We should absolutely expect that our staff be innovators and we should absolutely supply them with the training.

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The coaching the direction that they need in order to be successful in.

L

Organizations like ours, innovation doesn't start with a director of innovation.. It's already happening.

L

It's been happening in the city of bloomington, since the city of bloomington was born.

L

What is also happening? is that we have some really bright, creative people with very big ideas, and our innovation is dependent on them and.

L

The next stage of innovation is to create a culture of innovation, where everyone has the tools, the methodology, the framework and the vocabulary to spread it.

L

So a bit of context when mayor hamilton was elected in early 2016.

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He established the innovation task force.. One of the recommendations of the task force was the establishment of this role.

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Tom miller filled this role until 2018 and I came on board in 2019. The.

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Task force had a number of different recommendations. The top 11 are listed here.

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10 of the top 11 were implemented. Three of those are still in progress.. There is one the creation of a universal community.

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Which was not pursued, and I can go into details of that at a later date. also,, I'd like to.

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Bring to the attention of the council that yesterday, a memo was distributed with a lot of details about.

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Each of the aspects of the topics that I'm covering here.

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So again,, if you're, finding that there's just not enough detail, there. I'd love to talk with you about it.

L

From a budgetary perspective in 2017 and 2018, in addition to the salary for the.

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Director position, a hundred thousand dollars was allotted to an innovation fund so that we can seed.

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Innovation projects internally and also in partnership with the community and you'll, see expenditures in 2017 and 2018.

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Didn't even approach that hundred k so in evaluating the budget for 2019.

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We've brought that down to 50, k. all of the details of the exact expenditures are included in that memo.

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Now we're getting into some of the projects and I'm following up on the.

L

The presentation that tom miller gave in.

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2017 one of the efforts was automated automatic meeting transcription.

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Hopefully, to displace the amount of time that it takes to create meeting minutes.

L

A lot of different technologies were explored.

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None of them really fit what we needed and, at the same time, the sophistication of youtube and their technology.

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Increased to the point where, when you upload a video to youtube, it automatically transcribes and you can search through that click on the keyword and go to the exact.

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Timestamp we've changed the wording of our contract with cats, so that and we're working on the process.

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About this with them, so that not only are they uploading the video to their database.

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But they're also going to be uploading it to cat to youtube as well.

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The program fast forward, bloomington.

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Provides an avenue for the residents of our city to get up close personal with some technology.

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That will be a part of their lives and.

L

2017 we brought an autonomous bus in 2018.. There was a virtual reality.

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Panel at the library and in 2019. we will have a celebration of drones called drone palooza.

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It's september the 7th at north high school from 1 to 6 p.m. so save the date.

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Unfortunately, many of the the processes throughout the city.

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Still rely on paper, one of the processes that.

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We were able to transform, are the fire inspections.

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So hand and the fire department have been supplied with ipads that they use in the field.

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Not only can we create these?.

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Reports in the field, but we can also query the data that comes out of them to look for trends on.

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Where to deploy our resources more efficiently,.

L

Trans map is a project that our public works. would love to present to you separately.

L

There's just so much great stuff about trans map. The.

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Vehicle on the right is outfitted, with a bunch of different cameras and sensors, and it created a map of our roads or.

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Sidewalks and our street signs that you can see on the left and it allows a.

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Comprehensive picture so that they can do better planning and they can have better coordination with the projects that are planned by public utilities.

L

Two drones were purchased through the innovation fund, one small one and one large one.

L

They were largely proof of concept, we're now creating the guidelines at the city for how those drones can and cannot be used.. Those guidelines will be distributed to a.

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Number of the departmental boards and will be available for the public to view and.

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Provide input on at drone palooza.

L

One of the partnerships that we really cherish are with our coding community.

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Code for america is the umbrella organization, and we, a local brigade, called the mg hack in.

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2017 they created a prototype app for mobile bus passes in.

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2018 they reviewed both the user interface and the functionality of our.

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Report and in 2019, they're working with our volunteer network.

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To create some technology that will help connect those people who have services or things.

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With the people who want those services or things and do that?.

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Without the manual input of the volunteer network coordinator.

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In order to better connect, our residents with the information about the services that that we want, one of the technologies that was explored was a chat bot so that, when a visitor to our website.

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Comes to a page, then a text box, pops up and a series of.

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Funnelling questions are presented so that, at the end of all of that.

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They're presented with the information that they're looking for and the contact, information and they're on their way.

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What we found through research is that people aren't actually.

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Searching in our website, they're actually searching through google and coming to the page that they actually want.

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So we didn't pursue this one, any fault, any further. however, the technology, that's underneath it is called text it and it is used by.

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Bloomington road work to push networks out through that twitter account.

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About roadwork changes and forecasts.

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Facebook live is something that we invested in heavily in.

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2017 and we now use a lot again as another way to bring residents into.

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Not only decisions but discussions about really big topics like affordable housing, the energy and waste task force and so forth.

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Troller project management is a collaborative and free project management tool that we've began to use in our our.

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Departmental budgeting process, it allows for visibility into all of the.

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Projects and also gives some visual management as to whether we are on target for those budget goals or not.

L

Who? So that's all of the projects that have been.

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Accomplished from 2016 to 2018, I'm going to spend just a little bit of time to tell you about where we're going in 2019 and our three focus areas.

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The first is increasing organizational effectiveness.

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By identifying the business process, flows and.

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Using the the lean framework and methodology, we can look at.

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From multiple perspectives, multiple departmental perspectives, what is actually going on?.

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Where are the barriers and then through that process?.

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Understand where the opportunities are.

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As part of that, we need data to support this and.

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The best way to understand the data is to make it visual. so there's a heavy emphasis on.

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Data visualization and choosing the right tools for that where we've got a lot of data sets and be clear.

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We're beyond a hundred and eighty one data sets at this point and.

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We can do a better job of making. Those data sets more.

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Understandable through data visualization, both by the public and internally in our operations.

L

The second area focus is nurturing a culture of innovation and, as I mentioned before,.

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Innovation has already been happening.

L

We do need to know where it's happening and who is involved in it, because those are our champions.

L

And we want to leverage them as coaches throughout the organization.. So we're at the point where we're capturing successes.

L

So we had interns that are crawling through the organization and capturing these stories.. So this is an instance where storytelling is.

L

Really hopeful the image on the right shows an innovation at the fire department.

L

This is a gear drying rack and these are available commercially.

L

However, they were too large for our fire bay and.

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They were not on wheels, so they had to be stationary, the fireman said and fire women said we can build this where we're handy people, and so this is all pvc pipe. That.

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Has holes drilled in it and there are two blowers on either end when they come back from a fire. Their gear is really sweaty and wet from the hoses.

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They hang it up on here, turn on the blowers and it dries out so they're not putting on a clammy.

L

Suit or stinky suit, the next time they go out, they're. Actually on version two of this, because they incorporated a feedback loop to collect information about what's working. and what's not and.

L

That's how innovation is showing up.

L

Design thinking is part of nurturing a culture of innovation.. I talked about supplying the organization with a framework, a methodology of vocabulary.

L

Design, thinking really disrupts the way that we are able to look at business processes. Many of the employees and the.

L

Staff at the city have been working here for a number of years and it's very difficult to take a fresh pair of eyes to something that you've been.

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Doing for a number of years, design thinking helps us do that.

L

Preparing the organization for the future., we are aligning with two.

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Organizations that have emerged as thought leaders in helping cities.

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Become more innovative and use best practices, one is bloomberg. Philanthropies.

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And the other is metro lab network bloomberg, philanthropies.

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Has an evaluation of 45 different dimensions where we self evaluate and when we submit.

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We get information back from bloomberg on how well are you doing, according to best practices, what you could be doing to get closer to it? and.

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Where they recommend that you start to have the biggest splash effect.

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We don't have to be certified to get the benefit of aligning with them.

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But through the certification process we get free access to conferences to.

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Webinars to free on-site training and coaching.

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So it's a huge benefit to align with them and be part of their network.

L

The others metro lab network and their goal is to help cities establish.

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Formal relationships with their local universities to treat the cities as living laboratories and.

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Leverage, the brain trust of the university, especially in research for those really big, thorny issues that that we.

L

Encounter the department led initiatives that I want to bring your attention to, many of which you are already aware.

L

Because they've presented or will be presenting advanced metering initiative.

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This is the smart meters- smart water meters, that's being led by public utilities. The youth participatory budgeting pilot.

L

They're doing a fantastic job., this is being led by cf rd, our director of safe and civil cities.

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I can't wait to hear their presentation to you all.. I think it's going to happen in august and.

L

They're they're just really hitting it out of the park on this one and the energy and waste task force.

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Which is a cross departmental across.

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Partnership, some of the initiatives that I'm directly involved in include data analysis and visualization, which we talked about.

L

Hr process optimization right, now. we've got a big.

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Bottleneck when we onboard about 350, part-time seasonal parks and rec workers every spring.

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So we're working with parks and rec it and.

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Hr to take an interdepartmental look at that process and we're also looking.

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Regionally to see what other parks and recs are doing about this.

L

The internet of things with the smart water meters, we have an opportunity.

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Because the smart water meters are building a.

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Communications network that we could add other sensors to to communicate with.

L

Some of the things that we heard from residents and the department heads our parking sensors to help.

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Residents find parking quicker to reduce our carbon print and also reduce frustration not being able to find a parking place.

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Trail or park counting., so we understand really?.

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Granularly how our parks are being used, so we can direct resources to the ones that need it, as opposed to a regular.

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Maintenance schedule and smart lighting, where we can automatically brighten or dim according to the need.

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The last is our favorite drones.

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Unpiloted aerial vehicles or uavs we're as I mentioned. we're developing those guidelines and we have an event to introduce the public to.

L

What is possible, with drones?.

L

So, in closing, I just want to thank the council for allowing us to present on all the great work over the past couple of years and the direction that we're going and.

L

I want to encourage connection and I'm open for questions if there are any thank you., miss good.

A

Questions from council councilmember simms. thank you.. Thank you for the report. let's get.

M

Rollin and our relationship with them have we through that?.

M

Established a relationship or a partnership with the university or ivy tech in order to, as you say,.

M

Study community issues- and that happened yet.

L

We're currently I'm talking with metro lab about their process and also a south bend because they're, a member of the metro lab network.

L

One of the requirements of being a member of the network is that you have a formal memorandum of understanding between the mayor and.

L

Either the president or the provost or the vp of research of the university.

L

I don't know if it would include community colleges.

L

But I will definitely ask them, as I'm exploring that, but have we established anything with iu for an example yet, or is this part of the future plan?.

M

It's part of the future plan. yeah.

A

Thank you other questions from council well,. Thank you very much appreciate your report.

A

Welcome to the city team will now go to the introduction of transportation management consultant.

A

Mr. robinson welcome.

K

Good evening., my name, is scott robinson., I'm the assistant director for planning and transportation.

K

I thank you for giving this opportunity to give you a report tonight.

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About the kickoff for travel demand management plan. Back in february, the city issued a request for qualifications.

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That's a process that we do to solicit.

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Qualifications from consultants around the country interested in working with the city to solve some.

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Problems that we're working with one., this is identifying a process to help us manage our transportation system.

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We had seven consultants from the around the country that responded to our.

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Request I was very impressed with the both the quality and high caliber of the firms., I'm proud to announce that we do have somebody under contract tonight.

K

I want to introduce introduce to you justin shore, with wells, & associates.. He will give a brief presentation on what?.

K

Travel demand or transportation demand management is about the process of what we're gonna embark on over the next six months.

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Give you an opportunity to ask us some questions. so with that I'm going to turn it over to justin.

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He'll, give you a brief introduction about their firm and what they do.

K

Some observations that he's seen here in bloomington and things that we are working on. so again,. Thank you.

N

Thank you, scott, and thank you all for having us here tonight.

N

Scott mentioned, I would tell you a little bit about what transportation demand management is, and I like to tell the story about how I.

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Guess about 25 years ago. I had my first job out of college.. I came home to my roommate, who is now a.

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Pediatrician runs his own practice and, I said hey, I got this job doing transportation, demand management and he kind of tilted his head, and he said, is- is that like supply and demand?.

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And I said, yeah,, actually it kind of is because in the world of transportation,, there's really two ways to.

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Impact traffic congestion, and/or parking supply issues and that's supply-side, which is building more supply, building more roadway or.

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Managing the demand and how people use that, and that's what that's what I do for my company, and it's what we're here to talk about with you today.

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So a little bit about my team.

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Lauzon associates is a transportation consulting firm.. We do work all over the country.

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We focus on both supply and demand side solutions.

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So we really try to look at it through a balanced lens and understand what the best approach is, because it's.

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Sometimes it's a little bit of both the team that at wells that is focused on this project is and from the transportation demand, management or tdm.

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Perspective is myself.. I bring the perspective of the planning side of things.. I've been doing tdm for 25 plus years.

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I've been in the trenches,, but my background is more in urban planning and city planning.

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My colleague courtney, who will be involved in the project later on, is more of the marketing side of things.

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And very much in the trenches implementing these kinds of programs across the country.

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And my colleague, brian last but not least, is an engineer.. I bring that up to you because.

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It's the it's the balance of disciplines that we bring to this- that, I think, will be most helpful.

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The last bullet on this slide, you'll see talks about how we make recommendations based on what we know works in the field.

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We're not just a planning firm, we're what we call practitioners and we work in environments where, if our clients, don't me their goals to reduce.

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Traffic or reduce parking demand., they can face multi-million dollar fines.

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So we've had to figure out over the years how to really narrow down our.

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Approach and identify what it takes to change behavior because there's money at stake, and it's with that in mind that that's the approach.

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We're going that sense of urgency is what we bring to our plans, because we want to make sure they work.

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Based on what we know works in the field, we've done that kind of work in the private sector. Large universities.

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Transportation management associations which are nonprofits that do tdm as.

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Well as government agencies- and we feel like all of that is what's required.

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For the city of bloomington,, all of these entities are part of your community and is what is needed to make a successful, tdm, program?.

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Our approach is one that we like to say is more. it's an ongoing approach.. We start with really trying to make sure that our plans are based on.

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What the community needs and you'll see? We have four phases here. We go from planning and developing strategies to actually.

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Creating those strategies and outlining what they are, but we, what we've found over the years is that you can create strategies.

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But if people aren't aware of them and aren't engaged in using them,, there's no value and that's kind of you know.

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Just you always hear the you know the metaphor of having a plan that sits on a shelf. It's important that people are engaged in that plan and.

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Last but not least, what we find is that, if you're not measuring the performance of your tdm program,.

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You don't really know if you've made progress and one of the things we want you to be able to know is. Are you you?.

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Know you put this plan in place., you took some action on it.. Are you making progress towards your goals?.

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Otherwise,, why are you doing it?

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you're spending a lot of money and not really measuring your performance.

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But that's not where it ends and you'll see in this graph is the approach that we will take with you.

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The measurement is just an opportunity for you to reevaluate.

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Where you are with your tdm program and then tweak it it, this is. This is not there's never an end point with your tdm.

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Program, if you ask me two years ago what I think scooters would be such a big thing in transfer. I wouldn't known about it five years ago.

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I would have known about bike-share, you know,, I could go on and on it's and as technology.

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Evolves, the transportation solutions that are out there are constantly evolving, and you have to be evolving your tdm program to go along with that.

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But then feeding it into new strategies and going through the process to engage in measure again.

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Our goal with this plan is to leave you with that process in place.

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So that, after we're gone, you can be constantly evaluating and tweaking and.

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Modifying your plan so that it's yours to own and and carry on into the future.

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Critical to our approach is really making sure we have our stakeholders engaged.

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There are a number of them that we've already started having conversations with, but we there's two key elements.

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For us one is, you may have heard of a swot analysis.. We use something called a soar analysis, its strengths opportunities.

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Aspirations and results. well, we like about it as two things.

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It does as opposed to a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats which focuses on negative things.. This is focused on what we do.

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Well, what we could do to enhance what we do well and then weird,. What do we want to be?.

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Where do we want to be in ten years?? That's the aspirations, and, last but not least, is the results.

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How do we measure that we've achieved that aspiration and why that's important that.

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Are that result from our perspective is the most important thing, because if.

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Depending on how you measure success, different types of tdm programs could be more important.

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So for example, we talked about this earlier. If.

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You decide you want to have a zero carbon footprint as your metric for success.

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I might recommend that your garages all have electric charging stations.

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Which would be an absolute legitimate way to reduce your carbon footprint.? Would it reduce demand on parking? no,? Would it reduce traffic?.

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No, and and I'm not saying that that's right or wrong., I'm just saying, depending on what you're measuring success.

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You know the strategies you use to get. There would be completely different.

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So that's why we start with that and that's something we'll be doing very early in the project.

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That's high level stakeholder engagement key to maker's, but that's not where it ends, because ultimately it's people's be travel. Behavior.

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Its individual people who are traveling that need to use the services and the strategies that we recommend, if they don't use them again,.

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It's just a plan that sits on a shelf, so the survey that we'll be doing is really to work with the end users to understand.. What would they use?.

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And what would it take to motivate them to change their behavior to not drive as much or to use another transportation? Choice?.

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We've done this approach in a number of cases or cases. Examples throughout the.

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Country outside of washington dc is as an edge city called tyson's.

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Again, not just writing a plan but actually implementing it. So we know what works when we're writing these plans. The same thing with buffalo, niagara.

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And finally, triangle region is the raleigh-durham area in each of these cases.

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Especially the latter two, a lot of the dynamics are very similar to bloomington. there's. You know a.

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Considerable amount of higher education influencing that community there's biotech., there's all the things that make this community tick as well.

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Maybe you know some smaller some larger, but a lot of the same dynamics.

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In each of those cases, what we've learned is that.

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It's really important to have buy-in if again, we write a plan and no one owns it to take it over the finish line.

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It's just gonna sit on the shelf, so one of the things we're going to make sure we do is have this stakeholder group.

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Buy into it but ensure that there is somebody to take ownership. Who is the champion? That's going to make sure this plan is.

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Activated and taken over the finish line, and that's not really enough even there, because if the plan has all these great ideas.

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But there's not the funding to make should make it happen and again sits on the shelf.

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So one of the things, the most important two things we're going to do is make sure there is somebody to take the charge to.

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Make this plan happen and make sure there are clear ideas on where to secure funds, to bring it to life.

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We understand that as much as you know,.

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As a consultant, we're often perceived as the carpetbagger right, where the people from out of town.

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You know,, what do we know about the local,? You know local environment and so as much as I'm talking about these other.

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Communities where we know we have lessons learned that we can bring to bloomington.

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We also understand that bloomington has its own unique qualities and so,. You know some of the things we've already understood just by driving around today.

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We did a lot of touring of the entire city. Is you know.

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Understanding, obviously,, the university is a significant player. The other communities I mentioned had universities.

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But it's not as dominant a player and you know don't have as much of a town downtown dynamic.

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But you know having a younger average age of your population gives you opportunity to get people to change their behavior.

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Having a higher education level, significant healthcare industry, all these things play into.

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How we will strategize helping with your tdm plan?.

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We also had a chance to take a closer look at your at the transit system, understand the depth and the reach that it has.

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You know the level of service that it provides. The multi trail.

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System multi-use trail system. All these things are unique to bloomington that other communities don't have and how to best leverage.

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Those assets that are available if you're going to ask people not to drive there, has to be something else for them to use, and these are the assets we.

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Would some of the assets we'd be looking at.

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We also want to make sure we understood look. there's a lot of great.

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Foundational work that is, has been done recently and is being done or about to be completed that we want to build on.

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We don't want to reinvent the wheel.. We want to make sure that our plan, synchronizes synergizes, with the efforts that have already happened.

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So,, you know, the comprehensive plan is one of those elements. The multimodal transportation plan.

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Is you know almost done as well?? The sustainability action plan has a very clear goal in it about.

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Single occupancy vehicle mode split and reducing it, making sure that what we, whatever we do, synchronizes with that as well and then finally,.

N

With parking ordinance. is that managing parking?.

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A municipal parking facilities is another key element and something that has to be integrated with the tdm program.

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You know how people decide to arrive is driven by.

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Their decision on whether or not they they need to park and where to park or whether or not there are other choices for them.

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So again, we, this is really just to highlight some of the things that we've observed just driving around today.

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There's a lot of good stuff happening in bloomington right now, and we're gonna make sure that we're not reinventing the wheel and building on that.

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That said, there are also things that we need to overcome and we're in the process of learning what those are and making sure that.

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Whatever barriers there are, we come up with strategies to help you overcome them.

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One of the you know the sort of some closing thoughts. I think that we've found with our plans that I would say is going to be a key part of this one as well.

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Is that it's really important to be flexible and not too prescriptive. I mentioned earlier. Technology is constantly changing.

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I've worked in a jurisdiction where they had a regulation for new development that they needed to put in certain tdm strategies and.

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They've regulated that a particular development needed to have high-speed, wi-fi or high-speed internet in every unit of the apartment. Building that.

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Was ten years ago.? I now have high-speed internet on my phone.

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I don't need it in my unit., so you can see where now that the developer is saying. well,. What do I do?.

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How do I, how do I integrate that into my property?.

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That's just an example to say, you know,. If we get too prescriptive and not focused on the metric for success,.

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We we bind ourselves and actually in the spirit of innovation,.

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Constrain ourselves from being innovative in terms of how we solve the problem. so again, focusing on the metrics for success.

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Instead of tactics will be a key part of this, not to say that there won't be larger strategies, but not to bind us to them either.

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In creating a toolbox, I mean that toolbox, just like mine at home and constantly filling it and changing with new tools is something that we want to arm your.

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Staff and other key stakeholders with to implement these tdm strategies over the long term so over the next.

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Six plus months we'll be working through that wheel.

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I've showed you in the beginning, all the steps that will walk through from the creation to the engagement to the.

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Monitoring and the planning part and we'll be wrapping up in january of 2020.. So with that.

N

Thank you, mr. schorr,. I appreciate your presentation. Are there questions from council.

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Councillor valen or you I was gonna, ask to have if we could have your slideshow and the other slideshows presented tonight,.

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Sam via email to council staff, so that we can pour over some of the details of the slides up b.

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Appreciate it., I was to want to say thank you. glad you're here excellent presentation and.

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Let's get cdm down.. Thank you.

F

If there are other questions,, I had a question regarding.

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Perhaps it's for mr. robinson. Regarding the stakeholder group.- what is the composition of the stakeholder group and I.

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Understand it's already begun. correct?. We have you been meeting with.

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We've met with internal staff and we're in the process of identifying some of the external stakeholders.

K

So haven't been defined yet. so typically with most consultant projects. That kickoff is usually an internal.

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With other staff and the consultants are asking for data and who we want to include.

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Part of the soar process and survey. we're gonna reach out to indiana university. The chamber.

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You know cooke and other employers in and around this community, so that we identify the right.

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People that are involved to give us some direction on both that soar.

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Analysis and the survey so that we can target that we met today with bloomington transit, some internal city departments.

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We've reached out to indiana university and other.

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Folks that are have been involved in both reviewing the.

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Rfq responses and interviewing., so we've tried to include as many people as possible in this and moving forward.

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We don't have any preset list of stakeholders, that's to be determined as we move forward, and you know as many as we can bring to the table.

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That's that's our goal.. It's short when you.

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Work was to stakeholder groups when we have a very diverse community.

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And so a lot of people who are challenged in terms of transportation or people who have low-income.

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People who are marginalized in the community. is that going to be part of the stakeholder group as well, reaching out to people who?.

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Have challenges in terms of mobility in this community and that sort of thing or mr. robinson. yeah,? Is that part of it?.

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I mean,, I think in general our intent would be through the survey instrument to reach.

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You know employees of all kinds throughout the city.

N

And I think it's you know, and I would imagine, even with the chamber of commerce.

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They would have some suggestions on how to best reach that audience., but absolutely I think the intent would be to.

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Have a system and a tdm plan that addresses every group within the city and that's part of the toolbox that I mentioned earlier.

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Like I'm trying to think of the word,, but it's not prejudiced toward any particular group.- okay,. So it's all inclusive.! That's what you're aiming.! Yes, terrific.

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Any other questions,, thank you so much for your presentation. look forward to.

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Alright well. That concludes reports from the mayor and city offices. Council committee. Reports.. Do we have any,, you know, don't think so. well now go to.

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Public comments and we reserve 20 minutes over there couldn't show of hands how many people who are not with the project school here to.

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Make public comment on items not on autumns that are not on the agenda.? Is anybody here?? We have one? okay,, okay,.

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Well, we have enough time for 20 minutes., so.

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Let's start with a parsec project, school. yes,. If the project school would like to.

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Step up and introduce yourselves and make your presentation., I understand you may have a video.

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Thank you for coming.

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Hi,, my name is karen mcqueen and my classmates, and I are from the sixth and seventh grade class.

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At the bloomington project school today was our last day of school and we wanted to hit it and.

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We want to end it with a bang with you.

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To share with you today, we are hopeful that you will help us.

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To make our classes huge dream come true.. We are also hopeful that we might be able to help you.

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Make that happen we're going to talk to you about our playground project, which is our hope for a more accessible and universally designed playground at the waldron hill and the scourge park.

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Hi,, my name is emma. wild. We have a packet of material materials for each of you, which includes what we're showing today.

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Spreadsheets, at with research, we have done links to a link to a video. We will show you and letters from several members of our class in photographs.

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If you would like more thoughts and ideas of what we.

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What could be included in the planning about a new playground of the new playground?? We would be happy than with you.

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Hello,, my name is matty waters. Our playground project began in the fall of 2018 when, with other work, around disabilities awareness, our.

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Class watch new stories and read articles about the borders, boundaries and limits. People with disabilities often encounter with amusement parks and playgrounds and.

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About how people who cared made a difference, we began to consider the playground in park that we use for recess each and every day.

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And saw that it is in many ways inaccessible. One student in our class who uses a wheelchair.

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Shared that she takes a book to recess every day, because there isn't anything at the park, that's accessible to her.

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That statement hit our class very hard and we immediately began to dream about tackling the problem using poetic license., we developed a catchphrase.

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Unaccessible is unacceptable.

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I'm ruth I'm ruth. We learn from parks and rec and from bloomington utilities in the fall of eighteen.

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That work will be done on a stormwater project which will necessitate the removal of the current playground at waldron hill and buskirk park. It.

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Is our hope, as a new playground, is planned and purchased that serious consideration will be given.

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To making the new playground accessible to all and universally designed so that all residents of and visitors to bloomington.

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Can experience a playground that is both fun and equitable for all.

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Hi,, I'm stephan bartlett.

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Our class held the disabilities awareness fair this past winter, where we partnered with local agencies and the disability. advocacy program.

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We organized and provided information tables, awareness building games and a schedule of speakers of students with this abilities who shared about their.

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Disabilities and their lives, this fair helped to raise awareness of our desire to improve the playground.. We began to get the word out.

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Partnering with the iu media school, a many documentary was made about our work joining with the council for community.

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Accessibility, our our class helped to celebrate local businesses,, which have been deemed accessible.

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Our class met with the city in order to gain more understanding of the workings of local government agencies. In this process we met with mr.

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Steven bowen, our local representative., he encouraged us to make a presentation for the to the whole council.

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Hello,, my name is marcela.

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Click medina and we hope that a future playground would be more.

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Inclusive and might be able to include options for thing might include options such as.

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Musical instruments, sensory needs and wheelchair accessible hair areas.

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We would love to see the new playground be a place where all people can have fun next to each other.

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This has been a big dream and a big project, but, as one student said when we were told this would not be easy.

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I don't think it's not easy,, but I don't think that is what we're going for. we're going for. What is right?.

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Thank you for your time this evening, we realize that a presentation to the council is fairly limited in what we can share in a timely fashion.

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If you would like to follow up or ask questions,, please feel free to reach out to our teacher cindy stark her contact information.

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Is in your packet.

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Hi,, my name is lily lauren next, to have a video to show you. We hope that it will help. You believe that.

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Unacceptable is unacceptable.

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The park accessible the first moment of the way recognized there here.

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Could not access the play around the room.

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Dead silent, they, you could almost see their brains.

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Planning and money and.

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The project is kind of teaching them over across subjects,, so.

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Readers workshop they're burning, expect nonfiction attack., so right now.

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Well stands over as a reader,, but it is.

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Basically, there. we're really nice man.. Where is the profession?.

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They want to be.

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Thank you so much for your time.. Do you have any questions?? Thank you.

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I think I think we'll have a few questions.. Would you introduce yourself?? What's wrong?, my name is marcela watzek, medina.

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Well,, this was an excellent presentation and a very important topic.

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So we'll go to council for questions. Councilmember rowland has a question. First.

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I want to say thank you for bringing your presentation in on time. and and, and it was very well done.

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Thank you very much for it.. I'm also glad to see the spreadsheets that you've included the package.

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You've clearly done a great deal of research.

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One question I had was about. It seems like one of the ideas that.

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Your class has is to introduce musical instruments to the playground.

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Was there any concern about?.

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People outside the playground who might be distracted by the noise,, especially if somebody comes say, late at night and decides to play the glockenspiel or something.. What does the class say to that concern if any.

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Just someone who has a we have an expert in the in the audience. Here, who knows about this.

F

Said state your name again,, please maddy waters. yeah,. So I think.

P

We wouldn't get anything that's too loud, so that we wouldn't disrupt people, and I also think that, as.

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People as kids in a playground make noise.

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I don't know if that disrupts people as much. So if we make something that's no louder than the sound of like a yelling child.

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Then people won't be that disrupted an excellent answer.

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My name is stefan bartlet. I have another thing to add. We also had a committee working on a cocoon, which is a place. That's very secluded. where.

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Kids can go if it's too loud and just relax,, so yeah.

F

Well, very thoughtful., I the only other thing I want to say,- is that the parks and recreation department.

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Responded to a inquiry from council attorney dan sherman, who said that.

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All the city's playgrounds now have some accessible features.

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Switchyard park, when it opens, will be a hundred percent accessible what they're calling.. It is boundless.

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He also said that the department would welcome discussions regarding more accessible features at waldron hill and buskirk park.

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Especially because, as you know, the utilities project is going to go through and dig up the whole park and it's going to need to be replaced anyway, so.

F

You've already done a lot of work towards that. I can't wait to sit in on the discussion between.

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Your class and the parks department. so,. Thank you.

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For their questions, councilmember sandberg has of course,. I would like to echo. what a great job. you've all done.

D

Very thoughtful dealing with problems that are very, very real for a good number of our residents and.

D

My next question has to do with: are you willing to take on the issue of scooters?.

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Have you been talking about it?

D

we'd love, to have your input on that too. and and thank you very much.

D

This will help move this along in a very positive manner.. Thank you.

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Other questions or comments from council.- yes. also.. Thank you for not using images of me on the scooter in your film.

F

I appreciated that.. Oh.

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Please I wish you had other comments. Councilmember ruff.

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Really impressed with the intelligence and thoughtfulness of the comments by the young people.

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In that presentation and, of course, the work I went into in the project, the whole idea the whole concept and the importance of the subject. But I.

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Really was just struck by yet. just how articulate in how sharp these people these.

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Kids, young people are here tonight,, and it gives me it makes me feel really good.

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It makes me feel give me a little more. hope for the future.

D

Because it's in your hands.

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Thank you councilmember a few months smith.

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Don't shy about reminding us about this need in.

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3Rd street park, because we do a lot of things every week we have a lot of meetings and you know,. Sometimes we forget things so.

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Please feel free to come back and remind us. thank you., also watching.

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Other questions. oh come summer. Simpson.

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Thank you.. I want to thank everyone for their presentation and.

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The slogan unaccessible is unacceptable.. I think that is very, very important.

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I think it needs to be repeated and if it's okay with the chair.

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I'd like to rise and give you a handshake myself, and I, like everyone here.

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There's a part of this project to join me in saying that.

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Unaccessible is unacceptable,. Please join.

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Excellent work., thank you so much and parks and rec and we'll be back in touch with you.

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Will now go to oh, we're gonna conclude public comment.? I think there was another.

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Gentleman interested in public comments.

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Please step to the mic and introduce yourself if you have a comments.

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I'm darryl boggess.. I.

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Intended before that, my presentation to speak in support of the youth for environmental sustainability.

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But I was so impressed., I don't think you need any encouragement.

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To appreciate their vision and the ability to.

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Recognize what's important? and what's possible?, I.

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Can briefly share with you a fairly recent.

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Example and the high school level I.

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Volunteered for several years locally in the subject of renewable energy.

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And we were just going in a slow walk pace a good year for solar five years ago.

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Was 12 or 15 projects in a whole year for all companies, total.

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Until a mother and daughter and a few high school friends.

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Presented their proposal, which at first we thought was way too ambitious,.

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The neighborhood south of campus down by bryant park had the largest number of solar homes.

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Anywhere, maybe in a whole midwest and.

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They wanted to double that in six months.

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And we said: gee, that's nice, but we that's overachieving.

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So they convinced us to help and we agreed reluctantly.

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They exceeded the goal.

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That neighbourhood now has more than 15 solar homes,, and that was the basis for.

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Summarise bloomington,. The next program will be next week, tuesday 7 o'clock in this space. That.

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Became the basis for summarize, indiana.

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Which is now expanded to evansville and carmel and let's see and fort wayne and south bend, it started with a group of high school.

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Students right here without them it never would have happened.

F

State your name again for the record.. We didn't hear your full name, darrell bachus. thank you.. Thank you for coming.

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Hi, I came here a couple months ago and to say that after the sidewalk had been closed for a solid year,.

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At rogers and between a beeline, an 11th street., I thought it was finally open.

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It's closed again, its utility work, this time. there's just some some cones and some safety tape say: oh, you can't really go unless you're gonna.

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Rip up the safety tape, you can walk in the mud,, but they dug a deep, ditch in the mud.

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You can walk in the street on rogers if you want to walk in the street on rogers as a pedestrian. you're. Welcome to.

X

That's this is just what happened on college in walnut, where I said it was closed for five years.. It was just like this.

X

There was a utility project and there was a bank. Then there was a hotel and.

X

Soon, we're going to have a parking garage right there. we can close the sidewalk for the parking.

X

Are we going to close the sidewalk for the sewer?

X

and then are we gonna close it for the gas and then we're gonna close it for the first business that moves in and then.

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We're gonna close it for the second business that moves in and the trades district when it was sold.. I.

X

Saw a very nice presentation here I saw a bunch of papers. I read.

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Again, and again, a walkable development.

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Walkable walkable bikeable walkable walkable, sustainable, walkable, bikeable, sustainable walkable. That was in all of that.

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Propaganda there was no parking garage on that pop again, I'm sure somebody must have put it in a plan,, but I didn't see it.. It wasn't sold.

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It wasn't highlighted in the paper while we're getting in the parking garage.

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But the sidewalks been closed for a solid year.

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It is now closed. Again., the sidewalk will close several times. Yet whenever there is a crew there.

X

They just parking the bike lane., they just closed the bike. Lane. they just parking the bike., they no detour, no signs.

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No,, no yellow tape, just construction workers parked in the bike lane.. This is gonna, go on.

X

How many more years, so I want to change gears a little bit to something even less fun to talk about so about a month ago.. We have the.

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Bike month- and there was a city event like with the mayor and after that we went to upland right by here and.

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I saw a guy there that I rather liked- and he didn't make it through the night because he was killed by a car.

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It was outside of city limits, if you, if you really feel like that, lets you off the hook,, but.

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Michael, brooks was, was there at the city event and serving beers, and now he's dead.. I.

X

Think about his trip home that night in the city, how much bike infrastructure did he see that was blocked?.

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That was incomplete, that had gaps, and I can tell you almost all of it.

X

How much did he see that wasn't designed according to the minimum standards from astro and from mit cd.

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You know,, these are designed to prevent deaths and our engineers just ignore them, because they know that will be complaints.

X

There will be people here, though. there'll, be michael cassidy here, saying no, you can't do this. he'll kill my business.

X

Well, this killed somebody that worked for upland for a number of years and probably would have worked for upland for a number more.

X

Downtown businesses do pay that cost air transportation decisions when the parking garages were here.. You said you want people to drive from union bill.

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Tire downtown, I don't. I don't want people to make that drive when the lady that killed michael brooks.

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She was in town for some reason., I don't know, but she rear-ended him on the way out of town.. She was in town.

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She did what you wanted., she came, here., I'm sure she spent money. you know,. She used the parking that the zoning requires.

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She used the parking that was subsidized., I'm sure.

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Every intersection she met where there was construction.

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Had clear signs had maintained, science had to maintain detour.

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I'm sure she didn't go 1/4 mile out of her way to avoid going through 10th in the bypass.. I.

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Am sure that when her, when.

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Transportation issues came up where somebody said this will slow down cars.. This will be too expensive. You guys found the way.

X

You guys have already spent 12 million dollars on a parking garage, so we can have the sidewalk closed for a year.

X

If the trades district is just gonna, be the no sidewalk district., what are you doing here?? I think this is an emergency.

X

I think this is very important. I think that when you you close infrastructure, that bike lane directly in front of upland was closed, that specific night, the trades district.

X

That wouldn't have saved its life, but everything you guys have as priority says to drivers. You should drive, you shouldn't, go to local business and unionville.

X

You should drive all the way to bloomington. You shouldn't go to a local business and all the solution dry up all the way to bloomington.

X

I don't want them to drive all the way to bloomington.

X

I think there is a high cost for every hundred million miles. Traveled somebody dies in a car and.

X

That seems like a lot of miles,, but you look, you look. You just add. 500 new parking spaces.

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How far are those people good, right, 5 miles, 10 miles, 15 miles every single day.

X

Every workday for 30 mile 30 years you think that garage is gonna, be how many people are gonna die. Just.

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Because you guys spent 30 million dollars on a parking.

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That's why this is so personal to me.. Thank you for your attention.

A

Thank you for your comment. Other other comments from the public.

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Okay,, you have an opportunity at the end of our meeting. If you would like to speak on items not on our agenda.

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So move on now to appointments the boards and commissions there any.

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Okay, I would like to as council president. I.

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Am choosing to reconstitute the council rules? Committee., I.

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Named council members, piedmont smith,.

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Steve olin and and jim sims and city clerk bolton as an official member ex officio member.. Excuse me.

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And the goal is to reconsider a council processes and make them more efficient and effective.

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Do I require any vote vote or is that.

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Alright,, it's horrific.

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We will now move to legislation for second reading and resolutions,. Mr. president,.

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I moved that ordinance, 1911, be introduced and read by title and synopsis only.

D

Second, it's been moved and seconded. its ordinance 1911 be introduced in red by the clerk by title and synopsis. Only.

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All in favor. say aye any opposed. will the cook clerk please read?.

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Title to the bloomington municipal code, entitled administration and personnel.

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Regarding amending chapter 2.21, entitled department of law to prohibit discrimination and harassment of any person doing sanctioned work for the city.

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The synopsis reads as follows: this ordinance amends title to administration and personnel of the bloomington municipal code at the request of the bloomington human rights commission and staff.

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It provides that in anyone doing sanctioned work for the city of bloomington, who feels she or he has.

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Been discriminated against or harassed by a city, employee.

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Has the right to bring that concern to the appropriate city official who will investigate the concern promptly and take appropriate.

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Action, it also requires contractors covered by the city's affirmative act requirements to implement a harassment policy for their employees.

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These changes will help ensure that anyone doing work for the city will have at least one avenue of her dress.

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Should she or he encounter possible discrimination or harassment at work?? This received a committee?.

B

Recommendation do pass to 0-7.

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Thank you, mr. president,. I move that ordinance 1911 be adopted. A second.

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Very good, miss mckinny.. Would you like to present?.

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It's really not fair to follow the kids. Is this really? I don't appreciate that at all,, I'm barbara mckinney.

Y

I'm the director of the bloomington human rights commission and also an assistant city attorney, and I'm here, to talk again about organist.

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1911 we had a fairly thorough discussion about last week., so I won't repeat all of that,, but I.

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Will give a quick summary for people who might have missed last week's meeting., it's my voice. okay,. Can you hear? okay.? Thank you.

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Y

The ordinance under consideration tonight were suggested by mayor hamilton and by councilmember grainger, and it has a unanimous.

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Unanimous support of the bloomington rights commission voted forward in april and.

Y

Rainshadow, who is a chair of the commission, is here, and I think, he's going to speak about as well.

Y

I appreciate the commission support what this ordinance does is fairly simple.

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It revises our public policy to make it clear that the city will not tolerate any of its employees.

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Harassing or discriminating against anyone who do work for the city, whether it's coworkers, independent contractors, interns or volunteers,.

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And frankly, if we had such a complaint right now,, we would take it seriously and we would take appropriate action.

Y

But we were concerned that independent contractors might not know that we were taken seriously.

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And we want to make it clear to them that this was indeed our policy.

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And we, and so we want to change our public policy and we'll include a provision in contracts going forward to. Let them know that this is our.

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Policy and then they have a right to complain.

Y

The ordinance also requires any contractor who has to submit an affirmative action plan to the city will also have to.

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Submit a harassment policy.: this is something employers should already have it's been a part of the law for a long time,.

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We're just nudging them to do the right thing.

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It reminds them of their obligations and all that employees know that have an internal recourse.

Y

Should the ever experienced harassment or discrimination on the job?.

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Lots of questions came up last week that, frankly, I wasn't prepared to answer.. So I'm we prepared a memo that I believe.

Y

Attorney sherman is shared with you and I hope that answers your questions.

Y

I want to thank my colleagues and legal who helped put that mammal together pretty quickly.

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Especially fluid-like got three and larry allen and, with that I'd be glad to answer any questions.. Thank you.

A

Miss mckinny are the questions from council.

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Well, we have a an amendment. Would you like to offer the amendment or should we see appropriate time? sure.? I move amendment one to.

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Please describe it.

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This amendment just changes the.

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Binary gender identifier of she key to include.

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They so it'd, be he. She.

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They so that's all it does.

A

Okay, are there questions for the sponsor.

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Pretty straightforward,, okay, we'll go to the the public. If you would like to comment on the amendment, amendment 1 of ordinance, 1911.

Z

Good evening my name is ryan shetty and I'm the chair of the blooming hidden human rights commission and.

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I will keep this really brief, because miss mckinney has done such a great job at this.

F

This is on amendment 1, not on the ordinance as a whole. We'll come back to the.

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Ordinance,, but if you this is just for the amendment, you have a comment on amendment. Why we'd like to hear we'd like to dispose.

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Of the amendment, so just to change.

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I would just like to say thank you for adopting the image your name,, please jada, be fine community member.. Thank you.

AA

I would just like to say thank you for this amendment.. I think it is important.. All city documents should start, including.

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Non-Binary individuals in their language and I'm not sure how many others have before, but it should possibly.

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Become a standard practice for any ordinances that are put forth in front of this council.- thank you.

A

Thank you for your coming other comment: okay back to council for final comment,.

A

Anyone have a final coming call the question.

F

Well,, I would like to say that's an excellent point. We ought to review all of our legislation and find if this exists.

A

And amend a second., so the question has been called and second. it will. The clerk.. Please call the roll on amendment. One.

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Councilmember rough., yes, piedmon smith.; yes, rallo., yes, boland., yes, simms. yes,, sandburg.! Yes,.

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Thank you that amendment passes and thank you for to the sponsors.

A

Is about piedmont, smith and dorothy grainger.

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So we're back now to the ordinance as amendment amended, excuse, me, and.

A

Is there further?, we have questions, okay,, we'll go to questions.

F

So I have a question for we're. Gonna kind of questions preside a question for miss mckinny.

F

Can you comment at all on some of the I mean,? I know you wrote some responses.

F

Can you summarize them for us some of the responses you had to our questions that you weren't, prepared to answer?.

Y

One of the questions you had was whether there should be an independent commission to.

Y

Something deal with some of the issues that we're talking about here and our belief is that.

Y

We don't really quite see how that would function or that it's really necessary.

Y

As I said in the memo, any employee who feels discriminate against or harass has remedies has effect as.

Y

Independent commissioners ago they may file complaints with human with the indiana civil rights commission or with the equal employment opportunity, commission or both and.

Y

Those agencies will do investigations. will they find discrimination. Occurred?.

Y

We'll attempt to work out settlements will, in some cases take the matter to court., so those people are covered.

Y

So apparently, this independent commission would be dealing only with issues brought forward by independent contractors or volunteers or interns.

Y

We don't have any reason and think that that never had any of those complaints. So we don't have a reason thing.

Y

There's a big problem and a commission is necessary to.

Y

Be creative to address those problems and we're not really sure what that commission would do that can't be done internally now or if we had a really awful.

Y

Situation outside counsel could deal with an independent commission could not reprimand anybody. I.

Y

Think we have enough to internal and external processes in place.. We didn't always see the need for independent commission.

E

Thank you other questions.

A

Councilmember piedmon smith.

C

The question that I posed last week,: could you please address it? It was.

C

What if it was the mayor that was accused of some sort of harassment?.

C

Since the mayor is the boss of anybody who works for hr or any other department head right- and we did address that in the memo- and I.

Y

Said the memo we would investigate to an extent we could. We would talk to the witnesses.

Y

We would try to find out what happened and we would take what actions we could to.

Y

You know make like we said last week, separate the person who felt harassed.

Y

Front of me, or take some other action that would work if it were a situation where we just felt. We couldn't do that.

Y

Because of conflicts of interest or whatever, we would hire outside counsel, who would do that investigation for us much as large corporations have done.

Y

Was getting accused of misconduct and they'll hire an outside counsel.? I do a more independent investigation., so we would handle internally if we could.

Y

We and we would hire outside counsel if we had to do that.

Y

We would be someone limits, as you can't terminate a mayor because of that kind of thing.

Y

But we would do the best we could, under those circumstances and as a follow-up.

C

You mentioned a few minutes ago that there is an appeal process outside the city, the eeoc.

C

I think you said, and the icrc both right are those available to people who are doing contract work.

C

No,, that's only for employees., I'm saying I didn't.

Y

Indicate that we're an independent commission it would that wouldn't be something employees with me because they have an indiana civil rights. Commission are the eeoc.

Y

Agents investigating their complaints,, but it would not be available for independent contractors, though,.

C

So but you still think an independent commission, it would not add value for.

C

An independent contractor who had a grievance., we don't see what an independent commission could do that can be done internally or externally.

Y

We don't see really any problem in this area anyway to justify having such a commission. We haven't never, and maybe we haven't had to complaints, because people don't know that they have an avenue to complain that we would take.

Y

It seriously,, but at this point we don't see any evidence of a problem that needs a commission to address.

Y

I'm not sure what the commission would do month to month. frankly. okay.. I have another question, please. go ahead.

C

So what?, if this ordinance passes this evening,.

C

What will the city do to make it clear to both employees and.

C

In other individuals doing work on behalf of the city that these options are available.

C

How is this going to be publicized well for employees? oh,, it's already in our employee manual personnel manual.

Y

That we don't tolerate discrimination that, if you feel you've been discriminate against. This is what you do.

Y

And if they want to follow dlc or the icrc, they can come to my office and I'll give them the forms to do it.

Y

I mean we and that's in the manual too, that they know they can do that.

Y

I think most people would do it online now, but they can't come and get the forms for me as far as reaching and independent contractors.

Y

It will be in all contracts going forward, a provision that you we take this seriously.

Y

We we want you to bring these problems our attention.. We will do what we can on your behalf.

Y

And that will be in the contracts and also the fact that.

Y

Contractors are going to have to implement a harassment plan, they will communicate that to their employees and that's. We hope that will reach employees as well.

C

So there's of course, two levels or at least two levels.

C

Contractor, there's the you know: individual person who's going to do some consulting and then there's like a business. Huge company.

C

So, in the case of that individual.

C

You know one or two person, business.

C

They, of course, wouldn't rise to the level of having a plan.

C

Harassment plan right unless it's ten thousand dollars or ten thousand dollars or more for service, right?.

Y

But they would but they would be signing a contract with the city and that contact will say, hey if you feel mistreated.

Y

This is what you do. okay,. There were no from that.

Y

Okay. all right. thank you.. Thank you.

A

Further questions comes murmur, sims.

M

Thank you,, I'm first of all one thank you for the memo that clarified some things.

E

I was one of the folks who asked last week about possible recall votes or elected officials.

Y

And it's clearly stated that it's not possible., so I appreciate that.. I was educated.

M

But my question is: has or will current contractors or interns or volunteers?.

M

Have they or will they be informed of this policy update?? Should we pass it? and what is the plan for?.

M

Involving in educating folks.

Y

Going forward they'll be informed through the congress,. You know during orientation for volunteers or interns.

Y

I hadn't really thought about how I'd reach current contractors. they've already signed their contract.

E

Yes,, they don't have to do for rasslin plan, because that wasn't in place when they sign their contracts.

Y

Frankly, I'd have to give that some thought and think how we can reach those people, but a lot of contractors have contract after contract.

Y

Under contract because they do work over the years, so even they don't know right, now,, they're, gonna know the next time the contract is up for them.

M

Okay, thank you.

A

Councilmember sandberg just a point of information.

D

I sure there are quite a few interns here at the city of lymington, from the o'neal school of public and environmental affairs.

D

And I can tell you that internally, in our internship agreements,.

D

Our students are very well informed about our harassment policy at iu.

D

Which is very clear if they experience anything in the work force., they are to first.

D

Contact us at spea and then we are to then contact the host organization.

D

To make sure any issue is dealt with so again,, there are probably other interns here. Besides o'neill stew, school students.

D

But ours are very carefully trained and that may be quite a few of our interns.. I would assume. so,. Thank you.

A

I have one miss mckinny about so if a complaint say it's, it is the.

A

Administration, the administrator of the mayor, who is the offending party.

A

Would it's with the human rights commission.

A

Automatically review it or would they send it to a independent?.

A

Counsel, or is, is the independent counsel only an option in the event of interference.? How do how does that proceed?.

Y

Human rights commission wouldn't be involved because we did we. I.

Y

Represent the city in that sort of an area so and humors commission and cannot investigate the city itself.

Y

It just would be kind of awkward to do that.

Y

I'm sorry., I forgot the rest of your question.

Y

Okay. wait,. What point do you decide that an independent counsel is required.

Y

Really?, it's really how the attorney involved- and I would probably be involved sort of thing- feels that they can't go forward with investigation without.

Y

Violating their ethical rules and it's the kind of thing. we've dealt with in legal before.

Y

I mean this would be different than having somebody outside, but I represent the city in unemployment cases occasionally.

Y

We have a good friend of mine, who's lost his or her job or their job.. I guess I should say, and.

Y

They and they filed for unemployment. I can't represent the city in that case, because there's a conflict it would be. It would not be proper for me to do that.

Y

So somebody else I'm legal does that it would be that same kind of analysis?.

Y

But in that case it may need to go outside legal department itself.

A

Okay,, if there are no other questions,, then we'll go to the public. If the public would like to comment on.

A

Ordinance 1911 as amended. I.

Z

Think it's my turn now.. Yes, it is.. Thank thanks for your patient.

A

Z

Once again, I'm rhine, shetty- and I am the chair of the bloomington human.

Z

Rights, commission- and I will keep this brief really quickly because miss mckinny and our commission.

Z

Have both done a great job working on and passing this resolution.? I.

Z

Would like to thank her for getting this on our plate and on to you in a timely manner.

Z

With that said, as an independent contractor myself, I find this resolution important important and pass due.

Z

With a kind of mind-boggling to me that it hasn't come to us to our attention before now,.

Z

Bloomington should be on the forefront of any human rights issue, ensuring that we remain the beacon that indiana should strive to be. I.

Z

Hope that our commission and this council will continue to be on top of these problems.

Z

Not only when they arise, but before they arise as well,. Thank you for your time and your.

Z

That's important topic.

A

Thank you for your comment,. Please.

A

Step forward and state your name for the record.

AB

It's brandon drake,. I just want to say thank you for one thing for taking this up.

AB

Also,, I want to know like if it's possible, one of the things that I experienced was conflict of interest. It was thick and.

AB

Heavy with my case, and so I would like for the for the council to consider and in barbara to consider looking into other.

AB

Like to the committee to the to the commission outside commission as an option in case, there is.

AB

Conflict of interest all around the person whose report.

AB

When everybody's friends and people are appointing friends to committees and people are put like that, that can be very scary for a personal experience.

AB

In that they don't know where to go so like an outside commission, possibly, but they could at least report to and start the process. Someplace safe outside of city council outside of.

AB

The I know everybody here is probably a good person,, but you just never know.

AB

I mean every ever. I thought there were a lot of good people around me at the time, too.

AB

So I just keep it keep it in mind and I like free to keep it the option open.. Thank you.

A

Thank you, mr. drake.

AC

Cape link,- and I just want to thank you again for.

AC

Considering this ordinance and for the amendment as well,, and I hope you pass it.

A

Thank you for your coming any other comments?.

AA

Jayda be once more, I want to say thank you again for considering this ordinance and the amendment to it as well.

AA

What mr. drake was talking about in particular?.

AA

That we're just worried about loopholes right and so any way that we can think of to close any loopholes and.

AA

Dot all the I's and cross all the t's to make sure everyone is protected at all times is the key to this.

AA

That's why we put forth the idea of making sure that we were putting.

AA

They/Them language into the ordinance- and I appreciate the human rights commission counsel, karen berg on there,. You know realizing that there could be some conflicts of interest, but always having outside input on anything.

AA

That could have outside, you know, conflicts of interest is always necessary and.

AA

In particular, if involving the citizens in that process is always the best way forward, because we can help be watchdogs.

AA

And and keep an eye out as we are not entrenched in the.

AA

Establishment, so think about those sorts of things. I would think about those sorts of things in all commissions and in all.

AA

And/Or the bodies that investigate using the community and using the citizens to help keep an eye on things and making sure that everything is above board.

AA

A

Thank you for your comment.

A

Please step up state, your name.

AD

Good evening, good evening to all.

AD

But especially to any members of the audience that are.

AD

Contractors of any kind or independent contractors or aspiring to be.

AD

Contractors,, my name is kenneth shaffer.. I.

AD

Know more, I know more than a little bit.

AD

Of what I am about to talk to you about having had a four-year career as a true independent contractor.

AD

Performing over thirty-five engagements.

AD

For more than 25 different clients in both government and corporate areas., I.

AD

Do feel a need to speak up for my profession.

AD

Especially when there's so many emissions and so much misleading blather in the current discussion.

AD

AD

Have I have two, I have two overarching recommendations.

AD

One is that you consider a friendly amendment to the language replacing the phrase.

AD

Independent contractor with contracted personnel., I will set forth the reasons for this in just a little bit.

AD

The inaccurate and an inappropriate use of.

AD

Independent contractor can be problematic for you, the city and for the contractors themselves.

AD

My second recommendation is that you.

AD

Strongly consider ms. mckinney's position of approving the ordinance.

AD

Amendments in the briefest language possible, leaving it to the human rights commission, human resources, our city, legal, to flesh out the details.

AD

I am satisfied that that is the way things have been resolved.

AD

As I will describe below, there are a number of important areas for which no questions are being asked, areas that are will ill understood and.

AD

City administration will need flexibility with the details, its policies and procedures.

AD

To continue to tweak the policies and procedures to adjust to changing conditions and.

AD

To respond to a better understanding of the issues., I.

AD

Set forth for reasons that this flexibility is needed.

AD

Number one: there are several different kinds of contracting, not just one kind called independent contracting. In fact, independent.

AD

Contracting is actually a small minority share of overall contracting.

AD

Here I am speaking primarily of using contractors for what is known as staff augmentation.

AD

Or contingent workforce with which I believe, the council and the administration have very little experience.

AD

These different types include contract employees, brokered contractors, direct contractors, contract for higher and term employees.

AD

Each of these is particularly. well suited to a certain set of business conditions.. I will not go into detail about them now.

AD

The designation of independent contractor arose not so much from a label of what was needed to solve a business problem.

AD

But rather as a federal internal revenue, service tax guideline.

AD

Reason: two: there are case studies and applicable employment, labor law.

AD

Regarding retroactive, reclassification of contractors as de-facto employees.

AD

Inadequate attention to these aspects puts the city at risk, significant risk of pain for very large sums of money to such.

AD

Reclassified individuals, in the form of compensation of.

AD

Unrealized benefits such as health insurance.

AD

Vacations and pension contributions, in other words the city in its attempt to.

AD

Shriek contractors, just like employees.

AD

Runs the risk of having them reclassified.

AD

Reclassified as de-facto employees in the full sense, with all the retroactive financial liability thereof,.

AD

Third reason: there are also case studies in applicable.

AD

Employment and labor law regarding a reclassification as it pertains to paying tax withholding.

AD

In a nutshell, if the city is not careful in its language and procedures,.

AD

The irs can done the city for all taxes that were not withheld and paid.

AD

Because the city mistakenly thought it was unnecessary to do so because it was dealing with quote.

AD

Independent contractors- fourth point: during the discussion at the june 5th meeting, I heard very little about.

AD

Any significant number of.

AD

Independent contractors,, especially senior independent contractors and other kinds of contractors, like I just mentioned.

AD

Or the contract services firms who provide staff augmentation.

AD

I didn't hear any discussion about them being surveyed as to how they feel about these proposed changes.

AD

It is foolhardy to make ordinance changes in a vacuum, which, as far as I can tell.

AD

Completely avoids looking at the business impact.

A

Mr. schaefer you've taken about six minutes, and I wonder, if are you.

A

A

Thank you for indulging me. I do appreciate it.

AD

In closing, I state that any ordinance change made with good intentions by well-meaning people, which is impractical and unwieldy.

AD

Will serve only to make its proponents feel better about being on the right side of the issue.

AD

But it will have no practical effect because it is unimplemented.

AD

And unenforceable, a perfect example is the phrase prohibiting a contractor from.

AD

Retaliating, I guess an employee for complaining about.

AD

Harassment, if you deny contractors the.

AD

Wherewithal to solve their problems on their own and at the lowest possible levels, any.

AD

Complainant working for a contract services firm will be supported by that firm.

AD

Only in the short term, and in a long term, the individual will be thought of as a troublemaker for unduly burdening the client.

AD

It's just the contractors job is to get the work done and not to create additional problems for the clients.

AD

Contract services firm attitude will be. I thought you were a professional.

AD

We certainly paid you like one. You should have been able to figure this out on your own and.

AD

Handle it without raising our firms profile at the highest level of the client.

AD

So I think you very much for indulgence.. I.

AD

AD

I'd like to talk to you about what I believe is in your true interest. thank you.. Thank you.

G

As I ask this question, okay well,.

A

I like to determine if we conclude a public comment: anyone else. well,. This has to do with public comment.

F

Are you who you would like to ask a question of mr. schaefer? no, I'd like to ask a question a.

G

Procedural question. oh,, I'm sorry. go ahead. Please I.

G

Maybe I missed it,, but I don't recall taking a vote to limit public comment on this item.

G

To five inches per person. yes., I was using my discretion at this point because we have a full agenda.

F

He wasn't required to quit the consulate the customer asked him to.

F

To if he could finish his comments in a timely fashion,.

G

Well,, I would suggest that we have a long tradition, particularly in.

G

Regular sessions of when we are going to limit public comment on an agenda item.

G

That we pass, we take a vote and we agree or disagree.

G

To do that, and I would say that if the gentleman was not.

G

Completed with his comments or a hurried or passed over something in order to try and bring it under the.

G

Suggested time that he'd be allowed to return to the podium and finish any comments., he might have.

A

Mr. schaefer,, do you were you able to conclude your comment and you you.

A

Could you just indicate yes or now?.

AD

I read the rules for public comment ahead of time., so I was familiar with limit.. I.

AD

Feel like that., I have been accorded sufficient time.. I will say that I did have to abbreviate.

AD

My remarks um,, but certainly willing to compensate for that just by doing a copy and paste.

AD

Follow up with with hto., so anybody who wants to read my full set of comments could just go to ht online.

AD

Um,, I would like to make please councilmember up.

A

I just like to clarify for the city, the public and particularly the the current speaker,.

G

There's not a five-minute time limit or any time limit on public comment on a specific item.

G

Agenda item: unless the council.

G

Makes that a motion to that effect at the start of the meeting, and we didn't do that tonight. so.

G

There there wasn't the time limit that you felt it was.

G

I'm glad that you were able to get your comments in and it does it's been along meetings. A lot left on the agenda.

G

And we appreciate the gravity or your efforts to to get your comments made.

G

I mean,, I read your email you sent, which this was several pages long and.

G

But I just want to make clarify that for the record.

A

Thank you for your comment and I I.

A

Regret that I should have inquired in terms of how much time you had written., you thought you had remained a point of order.

F

Mr. chair,, I know that that rule is the case for committees of the whole. I believe that.

F

We, unless we because committees the whole, are less formal, that we don't have time limbus unless we set them, but.

F

Generally speaking. we've reviewed to a five-minute rule for a while, including an open public comment.. Mr. shermin., am I correct about this in regular session?.

F

H

Comment in the past, without a vote without a vote.

AE

That the chair simply says is not in writing and so.

H

You both have a point. You okay?.

G

But mr. chair,, yes.

G

I don't recall- and maybe I was not at the meetings, but I would disagree with mr. shermin.. I do not recall.

G

Limiting public comment on agenda items.

G

Formally, limiting them without a motion and some kind of a vote.

G

Thank you. Thank you for that observation.

A

Are there any other public comments related to ordinance?.

A

A

A

All right, we're back to council for final comment and perhaps emotion or.

A

Questions if you prefer questions council more volunteer,, I like to ask a question of mr. sherman.

F

And frankly, of ms.

F

Mckinney I blanking on people's names now.

F

What do you think of mr. schafer's comment that the idea between an independent contractor and contracted personnel is there a term of art that.

F

Were required to use.? Is there a problem?

F

swapping this out.? How wide this affect in this case?? I will defer to.

H

Counsel mckinney, mr. bikini., what say you.

Y

We really don't change in the term independent contractor to contracted person contractor personnel.. The term independent contractor has a very clear meaning in the law.

Y

It's used in cases a lot of issues and regulation contracted personnel does not have that kind of establish.

Y

Understood, meaning the word personnel implies employee, which would cause problems. These people are not employees and we don't want them to be seen as employees.

Y

It's really important, as mr. schaefer said, that we classify people properly as either independent contractors or employees.

Y

It matters some discrimination cases have been talking about, but also in workers, comp cases and liability cases.

Y

And taxes, social security benefits all sorts of things.

Y

And often this question ends up in court and when the court has to determine whether somebody is an independent contractor or an employee.

Y

They look at a number of different factors that are intertwined.

Y

To make that determination and it's unduly complicated and won't bore you with all eight of the factors or nine or whatever they are.

Y

But one factor they look at is that the intention of the parties, so the parties intend to create an employee employer.

Y

Relationship or an independent contract relationship, if we use a term contracted personnel.

Y

That could be seen as meaning we intended to create an employee.

Y

Relationship and if there were in any other factors that went that way as well, the court could make the determination that.

Y

Somebody we thought was an independent contractor is now.

Y

Considered an employee would be entitled some benefits that we had anticipated and we hadn't budgeted for.

Y

So we really don't think that that's a good idea. so just to be clear.

F

While mr. schaefer may have had some points about his concern about the different.

F

Colors of contracted personnel that independent contractor is a term of art, is a legal term rather, and that it's it's.

F

Its meaning in the legal system and in court is.

F

Known where, as contractor personnel is not, it could be misinterpreted because case law isn't sufficient to have tested it.

Y

Exactly,- and he mentioned that there are things besides independent contractors and employees.

Y

I think that policy covers that by saying this policy of being able to complain about harassment, discrimination applies anybody.

Y

Doing including contacted volunteers, interns and anyone doing sang should work for the city.

Y

So I think it's broad enough to cover anyone. Isn't it presumed that contractor is independent by.

F

Y

Well,, we have to weigh all the factors I mean,. It really depends, are they're dependent contractors. Are there? I never heard of a dependent country., I'm not sure what that would mean.

Y

But I think normally sometimes again, it can get complicated.. Somebody is paid by the hour.

Y

We think they're independent contract and we pay them by the hour. That might look like an employee relationship and it just gets fuzzy. Sometimes.

F

Is the legal department?

F

reluctant to examine the the term.? I mean we don't have to do it tonight,, but perhaps, if that does better serve.

F

The city's needs we might reexamine this at some point that that actual term.

F

I suppose we could do that.

Y

But and I'm very clear that this isn't that we would not want to use the term contract of.

Y

Personality and I talked to mike ricker who's, our risk attorney and he had the same concerns as I do. The.

Y

Definitions are the same in both risk and equal employment.

Y

Issues,- and it just would really go down a road that way., I don't think we want to go down. Thank you.

A

Council, member sandburg. did you have a question? no?.

A

Other other questions.

A

Miss guthrie,: do you have any comment, on?.

A

Objections raised by okay, then haven't been covered by miss mckinney. yes, they've been covered.. Okay,.

A

Comments comes from member sandburg for coming. thank you.. I will be in support of this as amended, and I do appreciate.

D

Excellent work. she provided really great information for us.

D

Regarding all the many questions that were raised last time, including removal of elected officials., she quoted eight.

D

Citations from indiana code that dealt with that, as well as from our own bloomington code. That thoroughly goes to that.

D

It was very educational.. I appreciated that she also covered the bypass procedure, which has been questioned, and that covers the conflict of interest that we're all concerned loopholes.

D

We may be concerned about and if I could quote she said if we did not think this could be done.

D

Objectively or if we thought it could not be done without a conflict of interest or even the appearance of.

D

A conflict we would hire someone external to conduct the investigation. once again,. We have outstanding legal staff here.

D

We get outstanding legal legal guidance and I'm very satisfied with all the answers that were provided here, including you know,. Your explanation about the contractual language.

D

So I feel comfortable that this is a fine.

D

Piece of work- and I will support it. thank you.. Thank you other comment.. We come summer simpson.

M

M

And to support the ordinance- and I also want to thank continued public comment from those that are involved here.

M

As my colleague sandburg.

M

Councilmember sandberg just said, I think the statement any person doing sanctioned work for the city.

M

Covers everything that we are concerned with this evening., I also.

M

Believe and correct me, if I'm wrong, that, should we wish to add other amendments or change it in the future that we have that authority and that option?.

M

So I think where we come to the updates to where we are now,, I think it's sufficient.

M

And again,, I want to reiterate, and I agree as well.: I have confidence in our legal.

M

Staff in researching and doing what what they present it to us this evening.

M

There could be opportunities for an independent commission or a.

M

Necessity, I should say in some other situation,, but you also have the same potential for legal.

M

Remedies that may be outside of what we're talking we're talking about.

M

Persons sanctions to do work, that includes contractors, interns, volunteers, as we've stated.

M

So I'm fairly confident happy with the work our legal folks have done and, as I stated earlier, I plan to support.

M

On this ordinance. thank you. thank you.. It comes mira, piedmon smith,.

Q

Regardless of anything that has happened in the last four months., it's just a good idea.

A

Other comment: I support this. I appreciate the amendments.

A

I think it's a very good observation by jada b that we ought to think about all city code and amending it.

A

To that respect- and I I.

A

Think we're referring to mr. drake's what? mr. drake mentioned., I'm still, it still bears considering.. I think that someone who's.

A

Suffered the trauma of harassment should not be in fear of intimidation in in the process and and.

A

I'm a little bit wary of.

A

Having someone in a very high position, for instance, the mayor of the city, being in a position where the process can be.

A

Where that intimidation can can can be reflected. so, but as.

A

Councilmember sim said we could revisit this, so I think we we might think about it in the future.

A

But for now, this is a good, very good story. Do you yeah your comment and there was another one made.

F

I I was satisfied with the answer about why an independent commission would not be practical.

F

As I said at the committee of the whole, I've been working on a different kind of independent commission about redistricting.

F

City council seats and running into the problem that the city council can't throw.

F

The question, if if they reject a proposal from an independent commission,.

F

To the courts, because state law doesn't allow the courts to have jurisdiction over the council.

F

So what to do if the council decides to reject something that affects its own?.

F

Turf, shall we say in the same way? you know,. We should be concerned about what, if the mayor, for example, is.

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There's no there's no impeachment clause that state law gives to to municipalities. so.

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You know,, but I am satisfied with the idea that the the human resources department.

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Can adequately.

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Investigate that issue, in the same way, that I'm confident that the controller who is a.

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Department, head of the city is also a separately.. It has a separate responsibility given to them by the state to.

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Certify the veracity and the accuracy of our budget numbers,, so.

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We have precedent for that and you can see that because in third class cities.

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The clerk is also the treasurer, but in second class cities the treasurer gets split off and becomes the controller who reports to the mayor.

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So we do have precedent, for you know something that directly affects the the office of an elected official.

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And so I'm confident that that will work, even though we all need to make sure we pay close attention to.

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You know to every elected official and to every department head and to make sure that.

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Everyone is sort of following the code that we set out for ourselves., so.

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Having said that, I'm satisfied with it, and I have to feel comfortable supporting dis ordinance tonight. thank you.. Do we have a recommendation?.

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Call the question: second, okay, questions been called and we have a second ordinance 1911, as amended. Will the clerk. please call the roll.

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Yes, one yes, simms, yes, sandburg, yes, ruff. yes.! Thank you.

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That ordinance is adopted six-zero.. Thank you all for coming.

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All right,, mr. president, I moved that resolution 1911, reintroduce and read by title and synopsis. Only second.

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Okay,, it's been moving a second.

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Pardon me resolution 1911 be introduced in read by the clerk by telling synopsis only all in favor,. Please.

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Say aye aye any opposed.. Will they quit please read?.

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Resolution 1911 the bloomington youth for environmental sustainability.

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Society's resolution for environmental responsibility in improvement, the synopsis reads as follows:.

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This resolution is sponsored by councilmember rollo, the.

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Resolution is the product of youth for environmental sustainability.

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Yes, it outlines ways to mitigate the effects of climate change by setting emission and natural gas use reduction goals.

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Methods for reducing co2 emissions and encouraging renewable sources of energy.

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This had no committee recommendation.

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Second, second, if the council would indulge me. I'd like to read the resolution.

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Excuse me,: this is resolution 1911.

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The bloomington youth for environmental sustainability., yes.

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Society's resolution for environmental responsibility and improvement.

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Whereas in the last decade indiana residents have experienced record-breaking eat waves, cold spells and floods.

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Which have shut down roads, damaged homes and businesses prolonged.

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Construction projects and made farming increasingly difficult and.

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Whereas the number of extremely hot days per year in southern indiana is projected to rise between.

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38 and 51 by mid-century, these changes in indiana climate are.

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Projected to increase the amount of energy that hoosier businesses need to cool commercial buildings by 20%.

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And whereas the national oceanographic and atmospheric.

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Eric administration noah found that the average temperature in indiana has risen by 1.2 degrees fahrenheit. Since.

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1895 and is expected to increase by 5 or more degrees by 2050 and.

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Whereas carbon emissions raise global temperatures by trapping solar energy in the atmosphere and whereas.

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Combustion of fossil fuels can lead to increased amounts of air pollutants.

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Such as nitrous oxide, sulfur oxides, volatile organic compounds in particulate matter.

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This reduced air quality leads to increased risk of asthma, attacks, high blood pressure and heart disease, and it can exacerbate.

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Symptoms of mental illness such as anxiety and depression,.

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Nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds lead to ground-level ozone production in an smog and whereas.

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Record-Setting highs for annual global mean temperatures have been recorded 12 times since 1979, with 2014 2015 and 2016.

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Each breaking the record and whereas.

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Indiana's frost-free season, in which the temperature continuously stays above 30 degrees, 32 degrees, fahrenheit,.

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Has been extended by an average of nine days beyond what it was in 1895 by 2050.

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It is projected that the frost-free season will extend up two weeks.

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Beyond the 2019 15 to 2. mm 313 average, this will cause an increase in.

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Insect borne diseases such as those carried by mosquitoes ticks and parasites, and whereas.

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Purdue's university indiana climate change assessment found that the temperature increases.

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To decrease soil, moisture retention and extreme rain events caused a soil erosion and nutrient runoff.

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These effects of climate change are a threat to important indiana crops such as corn, wheat and soybeans, as shown by the epa findings that height.

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Mature events have caused over 1 billion dollars and heat related losses to agriculture, industry.

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Especially farmers and whereas increasing temperatures will increase the rate at which blue-green algae can grow.

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This algae is very common, indian indiana lakes and streams, and is known to have dilla tereus effects on human health, such as vomiting.

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Nausea fever and skin irritation upon skin contact or inhalation and, in rare cases, life-threatening effects and.

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Whereas increasing temperatures cause changes in habitats and encourage invasive species and higher concentrations of carbon dioxide.

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Promote the growth plans like poison, ivy and ragweed, and whereas.

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The average bloomington resident is burning over 20 metric tons of co2 per year.

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And whereas grits applied electricity is the greatest source of co2 emissions in bloomington,, indiana and whereas.

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The purdue indiana climate change impacts assessment report.

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Estimated that the average annual precipitation in indiana has increased five point six inches since 1895 with winters and springs.

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Experiencing heavier rain and snowfall, increasing the likelihood of flooding and polluting water and sewer systems, overflow.

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Which can be shown through the fact that, due to annual precipitation.

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Increase there have been around 60 sewer discharges per year in indianapolis alone,.

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Sending 80 billion gallons of untreated sewage into the river.

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Worsening both water quality and crop productivity and whereas non-commercial vehicles in bloomington emitted.

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Ninety six thousand sixty one metric tons of co2 and.

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Vehicles in bloomington admitted 20,000, 730, metric tons of co2 in 2015 alone and whereas the members of the bloomington commission on.

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Sustainability, the members of the bloomington city council and the bloomington room in bloomington.

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Mayor hamilton have consistently shown themselves to be advocates for.

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Analysis of the environment, public health. Now, therefore, it be of.

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Hereby resolved by the common council of the city of bloomington, the monroe county indiana that section 1.

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The city of bloomington will encourage all new commercial buildings in all new city-owned buildings to be.

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Constructed with at least half of the roof being the green roof, a solar roof, a white roof or a sand roof a.

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Green roof would require the rooftops space to be covered in vegetation in an attempt to sequester carbon from the atmosphere and back into the plants of soil. A.

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Solar roof with require solar panels covering the rooftop space in order to generate electricity for the building.

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And/Or, the city as a whole white roof or sand roof would require buildings to have roos painted completely white.

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Covered or covered in sand, which would increase the building subido and help in lowering the temperature in and around bloomington.

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With increasing innovation, it is understood that if there is another technology that would increase the surface of be toe of a building, roof.

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It should be accepted section 2, the bloomington. The community bloomington will aim to reduce net emissions by 28 percent by 2025.

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Calculated from extrapolated data to represent emissions during.

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2005 is called for by the paris climate accord and 80% by 2050.

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Section three: the community of bloomington will aim to cut by 15% the use of natural gas from space heating by the year. 2025.

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Either through space heating via renewable energy sources or by making.

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Efficiency improvements, in addition to this, the city of bloomington.

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Will also increase the percentage of energy that is renewable for the next ten calendar years by an.

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Average margin of equal to or greater than 0.5% per year.

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Section four: as city park for a city park facility and trail drinking fountains are retired.

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The city of bloomington will replace them with stations that include water bottle. Fillers., the city of bloomington will consider non freeze.

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Refillable water bottle stations and future projects. In addition,.

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The city of bloomington will work with and encourage entities such as monroe county public library and the bloomington public.

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Transportation corporation to provide public water bottle, fill refilling stations to the public.

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This would decrease co2 emissions by abstaining from the consumption of excess, single-use plastics and unnecessary transport of water.

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Section five by 2030 contingent on funding the city of bloomington will provide increased, walking and biking.

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Accessibility within the city limits particularly to all public schools, in order to reduce the number of automobiles used daily by high school students and parents, the city.

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Could begin this process by adding trails off the beelined and allow for safe and efficient travel and by installing more.

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Multi-Use pathways protected bike lanes or other high comfort, bicycle infrastructure.

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The city will strive to achieve platinum, bikes, certification standards awarded by the league of american bicyclists. In section six, the city of bloomington will seek to plant trees of equal diameter.

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Breast height for every tree that is removed.

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From city-owned property, in order to remove carbon from the air and.

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Create a better, safer community during this replacement process.

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The city of bloomington will put an emphasis on biodiversity and using native, indiana plants and trees.

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Giving preference to native species with higher rate of carbon sequestration.

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In addition to this, the city of bloomington will also make also work with local scientists, researchers and community members to find new and innovative.

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Methods of carbon sequestration and reduction.

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Heat island effect, that is the resolution.. Thank you for your indulgence and we will go to.

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Miss mauer, would you like to.

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Okay, very good,, please step forward and state your names.

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I'm mattie clemmer, and I'm jared alexander.

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Council members and citizens of bloomington. thank you for coming and staying to hear our resolution.

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Our resolution for environmental improvement and.

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Responsibility in bloomington I'm mattie clemmer.. I am a student at indiana university and a recent graduate from bloomington high school south.

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And I'm jared alexander, a recent graduate from bloomington high school north and a future.

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Attendee of indiana university.

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All right,, so our group, the youth for environmental sustainability, came together.

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Almost two years ago, when our when we were all in environmental science classes,.

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And then originally arose out of a project for us all to write where, as statements for a hypothetical.

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Resolution that we would present to the city council, and after doing so a group of us from north and south and the academy got together and decided that we actually wanted to write the.

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Resolution and presented to the city council, and so from that the youth for environmental sustainability was born and we presented a little over a year ago to the city council.

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Preliminary and now we're here again for the real thing.

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So, since the last time we presented to city council.

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We've been to many groups in bloomington to ask for their support and you'll, find the letters of support in your packet.

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I'm gonna go through and read the commission's that didn't give us letters of support and thank them. Now we have the historic preservation commission.

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Bloomington public transportation, corporation and road county, public library,, bloomington parks and recreation.

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Bloomington commission on sustainability and the bloomington tree commission.

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And then, in addition to those commissions and organizations that gave us letters of support.

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We also went to different community engagements to make sure that the public was in support of our.

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Resolution and to get the broadest support possible before we brought it before the city council.

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So some of the things that we did, we presented at green drinks behind upland. we presented at what wednesday at bloomington high school north.

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We had a booth at bloomington, bert fest.

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We presented. We were the some of the keynote speakers at the youth for environmental leadership summit at indiana university.

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We presented an icee screening of chasing ice and we presented to environmental science classes at bloomington, high school.

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North bloomington high school south and the academy of science and entrepreneurship.

AF

So now I'm gonna start talking about the resolution with which.

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President dave rallo just read too, although.

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It's usually up on the powerpoint,, but we'll just have to imagine it's there.

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So the first section is about roofing in ap environmental science.

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We learned that roofing can't be used for more than just covering a building and.

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It has a lot of potential, so some of the things that we want to encourage.

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Buildings within bloomington to put on their roofs are solar panels.

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Which would generate energy for a building? A green roof,, which would act as a carbon sink.

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To sequester carbon and spend a white roof, which would decrease the service or increase the surface albedo of the roof reflecting sunlight.. So it's a little cooler.

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One of the things that I wanted to mention about section one, was that after our first presentation, we left room when we went through.

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Edited it to include future technologies because we don't want to discredit any.

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Future innovation that could help the environment more than the roofing that we've suggested now.

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So section 2 covers reducing net emissions and the first piece of the section.

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Comes from the paris climate agreement which, after the u.s. removed itself from that agreement,.

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Mayor john hamilton signed the city of bloomington to keep committing to um until the first.

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The first piece of the section is a net reduction of 28 percent by 2025.

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Which is also president, the sustainability action plan that was passed by this body. and then the second piece.

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Is that it will be followed up by a variable, an.

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80% reduction will happen by 2050.

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So section 3 of the resolution is about natural gas usage in bloomington.

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And one of the things that we'd like to limit is natural gas usage for space heating, because we can see.

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Other potential energy sources that are non fossil fuel-based, which would be much better for the environment and.

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But we didn't want to limit new, innovative ways to use methane. That's collected.

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Else that could be used for transportation or other energy.

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All right, inman section for rosetta of us as.

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Of bloomington noticing that a lot of public areas lacked the infrastructure for someone to refill their water bottle. After a use.

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And so through negotiations with wilmington parks and recreation., we were able to come to an agreement that, as.

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Existing water fountain infrastructure is.

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Removed and replaced that those new fountains will include technology to refill refillable water bottles.

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And therefore, will this will act as a way that the city of bloomington can encourage people to use.

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Refillable water bottles, instead of single-use plastic water bottles.

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Section five comes from my determination to fight to south high school. During my time there.

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And I realized that the accessibility of biking to south is not very good.

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But it's better than other high schools in bloomington.

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So since then, I've tried to bike to the other high schools, and it's not gone super.

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Well, the academy's somewhat bike accessible,, but right now with construction and also with the lack of connectivity to the b-line.

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It's not awesome and bloomington north really has no.

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Safe bike access, so five is about just providing more bikes access contingent on funding by.

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2032 all public schools.

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Then section six, so we noticed.

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When we were writing the resolution that a lot of trees were being removed,.

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Throughout the control, the constant construction in bloomington,, and so we wanted to make sure that.

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We were decreasing the number of trees because we think it provides a lot of good things for the community. and so.

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While so, this section,, basically.

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Makes it so that the city kind of has to keep the by air they biomass of the trees at a stable level?.

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And we also leave room for the four we want to encourage biodiversity.. We want to encourage the use of native species,, but we also want to give.

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Flexibility to the arborist and other officials in charge of.

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Planting these trees and choosing which trees will be planted to choose the correct trees in their opinion,.

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Now, I'd like to bring up emma hickman she's, a rising senior at bloomington high school south, and she is an active member of the.

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Hi, as maddie clemmer just stated, I am a madman.

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Throughout my high school experience, I was able to study environmental science this year and one topic we discussed.

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Vigorously in our class is climate change and what we can do to make a difference. This resolution.

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Specifically is one way we can all make a difference is important. Bloomington implement this climate resolution in order to combat our changing climate.

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Change is happening that will affect all citizens of ludington, as stated in the revolution in the resolution.

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The average temperatures in bloomington have risen by 1.2 degrees since.

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1895, and as it is expected to exceed 5 degrees by.

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2050 this increase in the next 30 years will double will be double that from the previous.

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125 years, this severe increase in such a short span shows how important these next few years are.

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Well,, the changes may seem far into the future in 2050.

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I will only be 48 the same age as many of our community leaders.

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I do not want to wait until 2050 to make changes, invite problems that will already be too big to stop.

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This resolution includes many new changes that will be bloomington on a path to a greener and sustainable future.

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Capable of combating climate related problems as a member of vhss age, students advocating for a greener environment.

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This resolution brings solutions to problems that we've discussed throughout the years like better transportation and the.

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Implementation of reusable water bottle filling stations in order to decrease our school and community single-use waste.

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Let's not only make bloomington or more sustainable community,, but a model to communities across the state.. Thank you.

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All right, and then up next we have our pan beau's from bloomington high school north.

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Today, come to you all with a complete support of this climate resolution. In my opinion,.

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There's no obstacle that poses a greater threat to our future generations than climate change.

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While climate change effects may be depressing, we have the ability to make focus and focus effort to make an improvement. A.

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Castle cannot be built overnight.. It is built brick by brick.

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Similarly, resolving climate change will require many building blocks.

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This resolution would not only be a huge step forward for bloomington,, but in the future, all across the u.s.

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Bloomington could be seen as a foundation for climate change.

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Thank you for your time. and I hope that you guys will join us in saving the future of this earth.

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Now, I'd like to bring up emma sires, she's, the secretary of the bloomington lake action committee at bloomington, high school south.

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High as she said, I'm emma sire,, I'm the secretary of like action committee., one of our presidents is actually right. There.

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We basically just try to strive for a better lake like health and whatever, but.

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I run cross-country at south. I.

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Think this kind of resolution is for one really important for the stability of all the.

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Ecosystem around bloomington,, which is really important for, like everybody, basically who runs.

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I think that it's vital that we come together as a community to do our part in preventing the destruction of not only bloomington's beauty.

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But like around the nation's world,.

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Like a lot of these little things are pretty.

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Easy to do, I feel like, and they can combine to create, like a really large effect, but bigger than that is like the.

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Like overall precedent that the sets for other communities in both india and across the country.

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It important that we contribute and we can make little adjustments to protect our planet ourselves.

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Now we have a lot of people to think who helped us along the way.

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Some people- I may not get all of the names right now., hopefully jarrett- can help me.

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But we'd like to thank ben brab, sin' and michael hamburger, both iu scientists who fact-checked our resolution to make sure that we were.

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Scientifically accurate, as we went along we'd like to thank dave rallo for sponsoring our resolution,.

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We'd like to thank paula mcdu bit.

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For writing a letter of support from the parks and recreation. we'd like to thank dave williams and beth.

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Rosenberger for meeting with us to discuss some of our plans in the resolution.

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We'd like to give a big thanks to teddy phillips and our for being our adult adviser in this, and we could not have done.

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This without her, we were the driving force,, but she helped us pave the way.

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We'd like to thank both of our teachers from bloomington's high school south and north.

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Amanda cola and angie shelton who's in the audience? and we'd like to thank jim poison for the idea of climate resolution.

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Yeah, and we'd like to thank all of the city council for taking time to hear our resolution, and we also no matter how, like.

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The outcome of this, we would like to urge you to let this be a guiding light to.

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Including young people, in all discussions in the community.

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Because we, we have a unique insight, we have new ideas and we are committed when we're passionate about issues.

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So we shouldn't be written off just because we're younger- and I want to thank you again for your time.

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And thank all of you for staying the whole time to listen to us.

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So does anybody have any questions for us?? Thank you for that presentation.. I think. I'm sure we have questions.

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Who would like to begin councillor vohland.

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First of all, thanks for everyone's patience that we had a full schedule tonight, fuller than I thought, and some of you have sat for almost three hours to make.

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This presentation. so,. Thank you.

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The first question I have is: do the students from bloomington, north and south represent their schools or.

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Were they simply students at bloomington, north and south or part of the.

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The organization.

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Represent their schools. they're just here to I just saw the gentleman has student council on his shirt.

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And so I thought maybe he represented the student. Council.- I wasn't sure, but I just wanted to make sure that okay.

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Finally,, I have one question about section: 5 did any thought go into this siting and.

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Design of the schools of bloomington themselves, in other words,.

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Bachelor middle schools, in the middle of nowhere, a lot of schools are set way back from the street.

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They don't engage with the city, bloomington south., it's a great example.. It's well proved north is.

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As far north, as you can get, I think and bloomington south is way set back and it's on a basically wellness.. It's a major highway. Was there any.

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Talk about bringing the building's closer to the street so that there's a less need or less.

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Perception that cars are necessary or that it's easier to walk.

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There was no discussion on bringing the schools closer to the city, because that seems like a very.

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It's a long-term thing to do just a very large thing.

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But we did talk about. We were asked at one time to try to create routes to the different.

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High schools, the safest route and we're not engineer so we did look into it and we did try to find the safest routes.

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But there were some places where we just could not find a safe, accessible, comfortable bike girl.

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Ok,, thank you.

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Other questions councilmember simms.. Thank you.

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I think this group for presenting- and I am also encouraged a.

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That many of these initiatives were for city-owned property and city.

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Facilities., I think it's a lot better to implement than getting into the private sector.. I also appreciate terminology like.

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We will aim to do some things as opposed to mandating and.

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Contingent on funding, even at your young ages, I think you understand that there are funding and revenue limitations to some of the things. So I'm encouraged by that.

M

Now a more practical question with the water refilling stations or potential.

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And I know this is simple,, but will.

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Will they be scheduled to shut off when the park closes?.

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And then now I'm assuming that that will happen, but it wasn't mentioned anywhere. yeah,. So for the water bottle filling stations, um, the outdoor ones will be.

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Scheduled to shut off at the same time as the water fountain will, because they will be connected, correct., so the whole.

AF

At the same time, and for the outdoor filling stations that there's one outdoor filling station, that will be open, year-round.

AF

And that's the one in switchyard park and.

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That one won't shut off. oh,, that's the only outdoor filling station.

AF

Yeah, and so we met with dave williams, to talk about the water bottle, filling stations and.

AG

So the reason that one, a switch yard won't be turned off is because it's inside of a building and therefore the water.

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They don't have to provide excess heat to keep the pipe cool in the winter., whereas the ones that are.

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Independent of any structure they would have to install new.

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Infrastructure to heat the pipes and.

AG

So I think your question is more specifically about the nighttime, like shutting it off.

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It's more specific for unintended use of water.

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And those resources, I'm fine for them being accessible and open when needed, I'm still a little leery of.

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Some things overnight,, but it sounds like you have a good plan., so that answered my question. Thank you.

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Councilmember piedmon smith.

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What other projects are ahead.

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Yes,, we definitely have plans to continue one of our upcoming.

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Goals that we've kind of discussed is potentially revising the document a little bit taking it to the monroe county council to get in a dish to get.

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Complementary resolution passed by them and then we've also.

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Communicated with other cities in indiana and nearby that are interested in using our resolution as a basis for their own resolutions,.

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And so we kind of want to possibly make this like a statewide.

AG

AF

Jim pointer he's standing over here he's already starting a statewide movement where many other cities in indiana have past climate resolutions.

AF

But ours,, I think so far, has a little bit more teeth to it. Work because bloomington's.

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Kind of on the cutting edge, usually in indiana of sustainability., we felt that we could put a little bit more like.

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200 resolution, and so our resolution will hopefully be updated with even more.

AF

Intense, I guess statements later., we're hoping to more high-schoolers., we'll pick it up and be like, yeah,. This looks interesting.

AF

I'd like to do this as my as a.

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Project as a side project,, I guess so we're just hoping it'll just keep it expanding.

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And given that maddie and I will both be attending indiana university next year,.

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We plan to work to make I un bloomington increasingly sustainable, as the future comes about.

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Other questions from council I had one.

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This is very impressed because this is.

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You took on such a challenging topic and a really serious one, and I wondered about.

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The process and what you've learned in the process and and has it affected.

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Will do you think that you, this will be.

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Maybe a future direction in your in your careers or your studies?.

AF

Like in our generation, I don't see how climate change can't be something that we think about as just people all of us are gonna have to address it at some point.

AF

I know jer., it's probably going to be closer in a career path.

AG

Yeah,, I'm planning to do something in the field of environmental policy study that at indiana university.

AG

So and this resolution has been a big inspiration.

AG

And I think it's really fascinating for me to write the actual policy and have a hand and that.

AG

Definitely when we first went into it, we were kind of we had this idea that we would present it and it would pass and it would be over and now here we are over a.

AG

Year later, having gone to all these commissions and organizations and met with them and revised, the document gone back to them.

AG

It's really taught me a lot about the local government process and I really think that.

AG

That alone has made this whole process really worth it for me.. Thank.

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You so you learn to be very patient., I'm sure.

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Okay,, if there are no other questions,, then we'll go to the public for comment on the resolution. 1911.

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Darryl boggess. I am pleased to support this resolution.

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Which should come as no surprise from me?.

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But to put it in a little perspective,.

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This is a big problem that.

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Takes bold solutions.

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At several levels, international, national state, local personal corporate- at this time.

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National and state are more barriers than.

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Incentives, fortunately, in this place at this time,.

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We have a good head start.

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Duke energy provides most of the electricity.

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Importing tton, they also.

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Have operations in several other states.

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More than 60 counties in indiana.

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They send a report every year to the state utility commission.

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Identifying in detail and many so worth net metering customers they have and how big they are.

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Almost half of deutz total for indiana is in one county.

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Right here, but the potential for solar power.

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It's almost unlimited. If you look at how many customers there are in the whole state.

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Millions of them and you do a ratio.

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Comparison of how many solar owners, it's roughly one out of a thousand.

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It's one tenth of one percent and the.

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Problem we have in the statehouse is most of the representatives from other counties?.

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They don't know anything about it., they don't see somewhere.

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They don't hear so they don't understand it,, but even given that at the statehouse.

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They have a much higher percentage of so our owners.

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Two of our elected representatives to my knowledge.

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Have solar and that's way more.

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Than one out of a thousand,, but it's nowhere near enough for a majority of.

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Votes to pass legislation that is written by the utility companies in a couple of years ago,.

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It finally passed by a handful of votes.

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If a very few votes would have changed, we'd be in a different situation,.

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But in limington we have leadership from the city.

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From the county, the state has about 50 solar churches.

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In 92 counties.

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Seven, the solar churches are in monroe county.

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They're, not only in monroe county. they're in the city of bloomington.

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Right here, churches have members, the city is providing leadership.

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By demonstrating you don't have to put it on the roof., if you want to have solar, you can put it on the parking lot.

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Where you have a farmers market?, you can put them on a roof or the parking garages.

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Where the cars are parked?, we are in a leadership position at this time.

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In this state- and I think in the midwest.

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We have several local solar companies that stay busy.

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We've had a dozen solar companies complete projects in.

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Bloomington and monroe county they're from other parts of indiana they're from kentucky and ohio.. They come here because this is a magnet.. This is an oasis for solar energy.

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They like to work here because we understand it, we get it. We are already.

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Setting an example for the midwest.

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That's just what's icing on the cake.. I commend you.

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Thank you, other public comment,, please step up.

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And remember to state your name.

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My name is nidhi krishnan and I would like to some people so speak in support of this motion.

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This isn't just a problem of environmental sustainability.

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And I also see this as a social justice, racial justice and economic justice issue. As.

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Climate change and the effects of that harm, marginalized populations.

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Disproportionately and I think that bloomington is in a unique place where we have.

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Leadership that is willing to address the effects of climate change, and even if our national government or state government is not willing to take those bold steps.

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I hope that bloomington can serve as a.

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An example for other cities,: it's not just about bloomington passing this for our own city,, but I really hope that other cities will be.

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Emboldened by our example,, so that concludes my comments.

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I just also want to speak in support of it.

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I think that, speaking from experience and watching the pattern being high-schooler, it.

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Often feels like people don't take our voices seriously.

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And we kind of lose our agency to make change as young people, and so it's really inspiring to see this resolution goes so far and.

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I just want to say thank you for listening to the voices of the youth in the community and also for caring. So much about.

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Such important issue use that really are gonna decide our future.

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Thank you for your comment.

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Hello,, my name is sarah dwyer, and I would simply like to speak in support of this resolution.

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I think an excellent point was made that being a young person in this.

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With this issue., it's really difficult to not have this at the forefront of your minds.

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And so this resolution that gives me some hope for the future and I think it's an extremely important issue to take into account.

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If people who want to speak could line up, we, you know.

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I'm angie shelton.

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Teacher bloomington high school north, the environmental science teacher where this.

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Originally got started mom, and so I just wanted to give a little background on how this started out, and we see to lead presenters here today.

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But- and I think mr. boland, you asked if they were speaking on behalf of the school.

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They're, not speaking on behalf of the school in any formal regard,, but there were approximately.

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150 students who started this resolution, so we started as a class project.

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But I have rarely seen a group of kids in a room. so engaged in the topic. As this.

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This is a topic. That's in the forefront of their mind.

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I'm often asked, you know, is teaching environmental science. Do kids, really care about climate change?.

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Is this something they think about? Yes, it is, it is something they think about every day and they asked me like why the heck are the adults, not thinking about this.

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And and it's they come into this class, often very disheartened and feeling like there's nothing. We can do.

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It's hopeless, the government doesn't do anything, and it's really heartening to me and inspirational to see a group of kids.

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Who are actually doing something and learning that they can do something.? So I just really want to encourage you all they've gone through.

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A year and a half or more of work in research and.

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Working with people in the community and talking to people in getting their support.

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Have toned down some of the resolutions a little bit, making them more realistic and feasible,, but I don't think they've lost the idealism.

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So that I really hope you will vote to accept this resolution tonight and.

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Continue to inspire our next generation to be leaders.

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I'm a person., I received the individual, the first individual award from the.

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Last year and founded a number of organizations.

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Locally and in the state, I just want to.

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Deeply applaud all of your efforts and thank you for your leadership.

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You do inspire hope. This issue is incredibly important and one of the most important things that research tells us is that we need to be talking about it and that's what you all are.

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Doing so, I want to urge the council to support and approve this resolution.

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It's very very important at this point in time for.

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City governments to be taking the lead, as, as darrell pointed out, the state and federal government right now aren't, but they will.

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And your leadership will make a huge difference.. So thanks so much.

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Thank you for your coming.

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Not really the public, but if I may say a few words on behalf of the administration alex crowley director of economic.

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Sustainable development, and I just wanted to commend the efforts and the enthusiasm and really the.

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Successful delivery of a resolution from this group, I know that they were involved in the sustainability action plan discussions., and so this, even back then was was tying together.

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You know,, I think, as a lot of people said, bloomington is, is really a great leader in sustainability.

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The mayor's very committed to it all of us are, and so we're very pleased to see this come come up and.

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Love the idea like in the budgeting process that youth have become involved and we love the idea to see to see youth involved in policymaking like this.

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So we're very very pleased and thank you.

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Thank you. mr. crowley, any other public comment?, please step out.

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I'm wes kamenka,. I have not prepared my comment,, so please bear with me, as I say about this.

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So, yeah for one of the one of the main one of the big things that this resolution is clearly about is climate change.

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For a long time, it's been understood that two degrees celsius in terms of global temperature increase is bad.. It's like the red line that we shouldn't cross.

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As a part of the paris agreement, there was a.

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Study commissioned on 1.5 degrees of warming that came out in october, and what the study basically said is that.

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1.5 degrees is really bad. Two degrees is really bad. Two degrees is much worse relative to 1.5., there's a stark difference.

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So we need to move decisively to get things under control as soon as we realistically can.

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And the only the only way to do that is through.

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Solutions that are deeply at odds with what politics has look like for the past 20 or 30 years.. That's the only way.

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You all are members of the generation that predominantly has political and economic power right now and.

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As members of that generation.

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You all have a choice to make and the choice is.

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Either get on board with the idea of.

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Solutions that are, as I put it a moment ago, deeply at odds with what politics has looked like over the past 20 or 30 years, either get on board with that or?.

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You condemn your children and grandchildren to a horrible fate.

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That's and that may sound like hyperbole when people hear that kind of thing.

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It's a very natural to one dismiss it as hyperbole,, but it's not hyperbole.. It's just the truth., so yeah.

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Thank you for your comment.

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Any other takers.

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I'm kathleen bagas former high school counselor bloomington north and it always warms my heart. When I see students.

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Really doing good, I was at a meeting at iu a couple months ago, and a woman in the audience was asking bob salzburg.

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Something and making some derogatory comments about the current students at iu, and I could not resist.

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Standing up and saying, I have great hope, I counter what I support. What andy said. I have great hope for the future when it's in the hands of students like this.

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And I hope I live long enough to start to see some of you up here in these chairs and.

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Better, yet to see you at the state legislature.

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Making those policy changes, so set your sights really high. you're doing a great job, and I really appreciate that you have worked hard on this.

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So I support the resolution.

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Thank you for your comments.

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Hi,, my name is belle emmer and similarly to what she was just saying,. I think that tonight has made it.

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Very clear that bloomington is filled with amazing young people.

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The boys, the girls club and the people that just went performing and everyone in the audience who came to support this resolution.

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Have shown that bloomington has a really bright future.. I think that we need to support the climate resolution to prevent to protect our future.

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Bloomington would be great in 2050 if we can keep protecting it.

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And I stand in strong support of this resolution.

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Because I know there may be some people in this room, including who say that our tax revenues would be spent on better thing, could be spent on better things.

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But I can think of no better thing to spend it on then.

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Our future, because I think everyone all the youth in this audience would agree with me that we need strong, decisive action.

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So I hope everyone in the council will support this resolution with me, because I think that these resolutions are the only way we can secure our future. At this point,.

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So,, thank you.

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Thank you for your comment, any others.

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Okay, going gone back to council for a final comment.

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I'd like to make a comment: member ruff.

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Well, bravo to to what the group of students has done. Tonight?.

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And been working on not presented tonight been working on for a long time.. I will.

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Say that, as one of the last speakers noted.

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It can't be business as usual or politics as usual anymore. and so.

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Don't be my advice at this point is don't be, don't be too polite and.

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To politic, I'm looking at section number five, where it talks about.

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To get reduce the number of automobiles used daily by high school students and parents.

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It talks about the city could begin this by adding trails of the beeline.

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Excelling more installing more pathways protected bike lanes and as councilmember simms wisely pointed out,.

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Those things all cost money.

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So there's other things, though, that can be done that are it's easy for everyone. There fairly easy for people to get on board for more bike lanes.

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If they're affordable,, if the funds are there,, it's fairly easy to get it's a little harder.

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When you ask, we need to not accommodate and make it so easy to.

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For automobiles and for cars, that's the flip side of this and there's a lot of research. That shows that, even when you have a lot of amenities.

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For alternatives to driving, if driving is still.

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Really convenient and really easy and parking still really can be really easy. The vast majority of people.

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We'll just continue business as usual, even if you've got, and it is definitely a much more difficult ask of.

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Society and of our generation.

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Too and maybe even your generation to say.

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Where I'm gonna make it as easy for you to be able to drive and park a tool.

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Right so I would say it's time has come to play. Hardball and.

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You, you are the ones just to really start putting on the prep, putting our feet to the fire.

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Other council coming councilor for.

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A number thoughts tonight's been a really interesting evening.

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I think greg alexander was certainly right to critique the lip service. we paid to bike infrastructure.

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But you know little 500 is a student thing., it happened somewhere else and.

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We must be cutters who you know still prefer.

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Selling used cars and driving cars all over town like in the movie.

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We think of ourselves as a bike town,, but are we really a bike down yet? This resolution certainly begins to question it.

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This is not an ordinance,, this is not city code.

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So resolution is just the stated will of the city, but this document can and should go along with our new or newly adopted comprehensive plan. Our newly adopted.

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Transportation plan are soon to be developed. Transportation demand management plan.. We should be keep it in mind. These.

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Recommendations when we consider every project that we're developing and so should the other.

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Boards and commissions in the city that.

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That think about the built environment. The plan commission should be aware of this resolution. The board of zoning appeals.

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They should all be thinking about what our priorities are.

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But it goes further than that. yes,. You have to go to the county.

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You don't just have to go to the county council,, which is the fiscal body.

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We have to go to the county commissioners, which is the executive and the legislative body of the county and get them to think differently about how they design in site.

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Buildings., we also have to go to the monroe county community school corporation.

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Which is a separate taxing entity not related to the city of bloomington.? It is its own.

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Elected organization- and this is where I come back to what I was saying and asking the presenters about this.

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You know we need the the two of my colleagues. Two of our colleagues tonight are not here, because they are in louisville.

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For the congress for the new urbanism is about talking about how basically.

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Cities and the urban form are good and the basic components of urban form are number one.

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Compactness, you don't build a giant building setback a mile from the street, surrounded by a giant swath of grass.

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You put it up next to the street to mixture of uses. You don't make you don't build buildings that just do one thing you tried to have them do.

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Multiple things, or at the very least you have them close to other types of.

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City uses, I fondly remember, hearing councilmember ruff talk about his days as a child going to mcallen on 10th street and being able to go across the street.

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To the building that was yogi's for a long time where it was a general store and you could buy candy there.

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It was right across the street how many schools in bloomington are there that kent, where you can go from the front door and.

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Be at a business by going across the street or one block down.

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I would say the answer is very few and finally, traditional neighborhood design.

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Which means grids not cul-de-sacs and garages and back not garages in front more, like the neighbors in the center of the city, that, on the edge.

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But most of all this tonight is about redefining terms about questioning our assumptions about what is possible.

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You know it is possible to get after the school corporation say from now on the next time you build or.

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Redesign one of your schools that you bring it closer to the street that you cite it closer to the rest of the city. That.

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You encourage a mixture of uses around it and make it like the.

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Schools that still exist in district 6, the project school was presented tonight and.

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Harmony school, which are in the city and close to things and kids, can actually imagine.

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Walking and not expecting that they have to be driven either by bus or by a private car.

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But we need to go further and think about the terms that were that we've taken for granted.. Why is it any surprise? That?.

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Students pulled off this resolution, this presentation, I.

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Represent a lot of college students and I stopped referring to non students as adults, because college students can vote. they can vote for me.

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They can run for this job. A 19 year old ran for this job in 1995. He lost, but he eventually won in.

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2007 he wasn't 19 anymore, but the point is he had experience running and there's no reason why there isn't an 18 year old on the city council, considering how many students there are in?.

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The city of bloomington, but you know if we stop if we start by referring to people who are in high school and making presentations like this as.

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Students and we stopped short of calling them kids.

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Maybe we're going to the tonight's presentations of the kind of result. you can expect. I don't call students, kids anymore,.

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Even those who are not of the age of 18, they're perfectly capable of doing fine work. we've seen two examples of it tonight and.

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The both of them concrete well researched.

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Work that anyone could be a proud of, but if we continue assume that.

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That students are children or that children are somehow incapable of doing this kind of work.. Then we're going to get what we expect.

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So with that, I want to enthusiastically encourage.

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That my colleagues vote for this, and I would also like to say that I expect at least one person who spoke at that mic.

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Night will be sitting here in 2050 mark my words watch this tape.

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Someone sitting in this room is going to be a city councilmember in rc and perhaps at that time.

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They could revisit and see how well we did I'm certainly looking forward to still being around you, no matter how aged and crotchety, I am to witness that day.. Thank you.

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There are some difficult things in here.

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I think I agree with councilmember ruff that you know.

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It's time to take off the kid gloves and and play rough, because this is your future we're talking about. I.

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Mean climate change is an existential crisis, as I'm sure you all know.

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So there are a few things in here that are.

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That are, you know, soft and a few things that are a little more tough,. You know.

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You have the contingent on funding, bloomington will increase biking and walking accessibility. well,. We should do it.

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We should just prioritize that we're working on that.

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There's something in here that that I was a little surprised that parks and rec agreed to this.

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Which is to plant trees of equal diameter breast height for every tree that is removed.

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I mean, if you remove you know, 40 year old tree,, it's gonna be a.

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Pretty big turning., so they they say that they're going to replace with same size tree, and I.

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Hope, that's possible.. I hope they do it.. I.

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Understand why it's in there, because you know, you replace it by a seedling.. It's not gonna absorb the carbon that the original treated.

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The other thing I highlighted here was in section 3 about the natural gas usage.

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It says in addition., so first of all, we're going to cut by 15% you know,. That will be our goal.

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In addition, the city of bloomington will also increase the percentage of energy. That's renewable for the next 10 calendar years by an average of.

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0.5% per year., so there again you got some hard language in there.. We will do it. so.

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When I was asking, you know,, what is what are you all going to do in the future?.

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I was hoping that some of you would.

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Come back and remind us., like I said,, this is the project school student. we're busy. We get bogged down and kind of mundane.

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Everyday details,, you know,, I I always appreciate when people come back and said: hey.

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Six months ago you signed this thing and what have you done and and also help us help us achieve these goals?.

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Because we we need all the help we can get.

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I mean, I think everybody who spoke tonight and helped with this resolution is smarter than half of congress.. I mean you guys are.

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Are saving hope for.

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Politically in this country, and you know,, the the higher levels are extremely frustrating.

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I mean the whole,, you know economic system that.

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That we have based on extraction and fossil fuels is extremely frustrating, but you know most.

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Transformative human movements come from the ground up and you guys are the grassroots and I so I have hope, and I think you should.

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Keep keep working and I know we will as well.

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I want to leave with a quote from my hero: greta tun burg, 16 year old swedish activist.

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She has a lot of good things to say and and and has no hesitation of speaking her mind. she's, very brave.

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Very smart- and I see you know that in some of you as well., so here's just one quote of hers.. She says.

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Until you start focusing on what needs to be done rather than what is politically possible., there is no hope.

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We can't solve a crisis without treating it as a crisis.

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We need to keep the fossil fuels in the ground and we need to focus on equity and.

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If solutions within the system are so impossible to find, maybe we should change the system itself.

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So I thank you all for your hard work. and of course, I'm going to support this.

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Other comes coming.

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Okay,, I have a few things to say, and this is a great segue, because I think changing the system is really equal. Its required.

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And I think that it starts locally.. I.

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Mean it is happening., I think, on a national level, certain countries are stepping up, but.

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Obviously our national government isn't right now, and so it's up to it's up to us.

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And so I think this is a great expression of that and I really I'm very impressed that you've done the work and you've done the research and then you did all this public outreach to all of these.

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Partners and and got their support, and I realized it probably took a lot longer than you anticipated, and it was quite a lot of work.

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But I think it was worth it definitely worth it and.

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I'll mention that in a moment, but back to the idea of changing everything., I I really.

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The shortest, where is klaus, the average bloomington resident, is burning over 20 metric tons of co2 per year really struck me because.

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It really requires everybody stepping up everybody having to reexamine their own habits, their own behavior and.

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That's a hard thing to do.. It's a hard thing to say.

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I'm not going to take that transatlantic flight because it it's the equivalent of driving for years.

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You know,, I'm not gonna, do that. I'm gonna start eating locally or I'm gonna start eating a vegetarian diet, because it's using far less fossil fuels than and.

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And so these sorts of things are really tough for people to take on, but they're, not so it's tough as a.

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Climate in complete disarray and that's what we're seeing happen. and I think any skeptics are not gonna, be skeptics very long.

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I think that in a few years, everybody is going to be have to admit that things are awry. Things are not the way they used to be, and.

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Things are changing and require action so and it's hard to redirect financing. Yet even at a city level.

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But this is, it is an emergency as councilmember piedmont. Smith said it is a climate crisis.

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It is an emergency,, but it's part of a bigger one, and I think it is about.

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Viewing the planet as an infinite resource, and it's you know, it's so it's not on climate change, even though that's a probably biggest problem.

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But it's deforestation and fishery collapse and coral reef bleaching all the rest.. So until we examine that and.

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Put the brakes on that and we know ways in which we can do it.

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We can put the brakes on it and we can make that shift. As councillor vohland said,.

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Some resolutions are purely rhetorical,, but this one is directive.

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So this is something that I see when we move forward with policy such as the sustainability action plan of the comprehensive plan.

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This will be part of what we look to in terms of making that policy.

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So this is really really important and it can't be underestimated.. It's important.

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So I really really appreciate.

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The work and dedication that you've made to do this and.

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I will, of course, support it and be looking forward to using this in the future, for.

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Policy decisions call the questions.

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Ok, the questions been called and seconded on resolution 1911.

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Weather clerk. please. call the roll.

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Boland, yes, simms. yes,, sandburg.

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Ruff. yes, piedmont, smith.; yes,.

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Sinc zero,, it's adopted unanimously., thank you so much, and thanks for staying so late.

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Okay, we'll move on now. Mr. president, with the reading of this next resolution, I must.

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Apologize while the room is clearing out that I need to leave in order to join our colleagues who are in louisville for the congress of new urbanism,. So I will read.

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Resolution I will ask that.

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Resolution 1912 introducing read by title and synopsis and.

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I will depart after the introduction need a second.. It's been moved in second and resolution, 1912 be introduced and read by the clerk by title in sobs.

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It's only own favorite., police., say aye aye any opposed with a book. Please read.

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Resolution 1912 to review and approve the inter category transfer and expenditure of.

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$100,000 or more within a convert covered fund under ordinance, 1810.

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Additional fiscal oversight by the common council regarding a 250 thousand dollar transfer from line.

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399 other services and charges to line 396 grants within the housing, trust fund, number 905 and.

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Expenditures of transferred funds synopsis reads as follows: this resolution is submitted in accordance with ordinance 1810 additional fiscal oversight by the common council and proposes the transfer of.

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250 thousand dollars from line 399 other services and charges to line.

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396 grants within the housing trust fund in the expenditure of those funds to support an affordable housing project.

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This received no committee recommendation thank you.. Mr. president., I moved that resolution 1912 be adopted. good night.

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All right, miss simpson,. Will you be presenting.

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Since the director of housing, neighborhood development department.

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And as you know,, the city council passed a resolution last year requiring any intro category transfers of.

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$100,000 or more, to approved by the city council.

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So I'm here tonight asking your approval for the inter.

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Intra category transfer of funds within the housing trust fund.. I am requesting a transfer of.

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$250,000 from other services at charges line.

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399 to line 396 the grants line item, this request is.

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Being requested due to the funds being dispersed can be reported to the state board of accounts as a grant.

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Versus a loan or any other type of.

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Funding these funds will be used for as you know, the project there's currently under construction on.

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Crescent road to mecca companies.

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We awarded five hundred thousand dollars in funding to that project.

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Two hundred fifty thousand of that will be in the form of a grant and the other.

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$250,000 will be in the form of a loan that project has over a hundred or forty six units of one two and three-bedroom.

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Units of those seventy percent, or one hundred two of the units will be.

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Affordable to households at sixty percent or less a median income for thirty years and then another.

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Fifty of those units would be affordable to households for the next sixty nine years,. So.

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I'm available for any questions that you might have as well as members from the controller's office.. Thank you.

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Thank you., miss simms. Are there questions for the resolution?.

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1919 12 any questions? okay. we'll go to the public. Then any public comment.

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Made far less public now. we're back to council for a final comment or a recommendation.

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Councilmember sandburg.

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We need this is a commitment we've already made, and so this is housekeeping as far as I'm concerned, thank you., I.

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Agree compliment people on samantha. I.

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Knew the name was jeff,, but I didn't know your last name.

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Anybody from the staff who is here after three and a half hours of our other business tonight.

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So I do appreciate you being here in case of questions.

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And I think it is important that we have this public process when there are funds that.

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Will be used at this level that were not in the previous budget.

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So in this case, I agree with councilmember sandberg. That is pretty much a housekeeping issue.

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But I think it's an important process to have because there may be other issues where their transfers.

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Which have much more interest.

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From the public., so thank you for.

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Great, is there a recommendation?.

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Call a question. okay questions, pecan segment on record resolution: 1912 will the clerk please call the roll.

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Councilmember sims. yes, sandburg., yes, ruff., yes,, piedmont, smith., yes,, rallo.; yes,.

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Resolution 1912 has adopted 5-0.

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Who is serving this parliamentarian?.

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Mr. president, I moved that resolution 19-0.

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9B introduced by the clerk written introduced by the clerk by title and synopsis only. yeah., I knew I'd get it.

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It's been moved in second, at the resolution 1909 be introduced and written by the clerk by talents and ops.. It's only almond favorites who say aye.

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Any opposed with the clerk please read?.

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Resolution 1909 authorizing the allocation of jack hopkins social service program funds for the year.

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2019 and related matters, the synopsis reads as follows:.

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This resolution brings forward the recommendations of the 2019 jack hopkins social services funding program committee.

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The principle task of the committee is to recommend funding for local.

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Social services agency proposals that best meet program criteria and best meet the needs of the community. This resolution.

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Allocates a total of three hundred and thirteen thousand one hundred and ninety three dollars to.

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27 27 different agency programs. The resolution also approves the funding agreements with those with these agencies.

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Accepts the report of the committee and authorizes the chair of the committee to resolve any questions regarding the interpretation of the agreements.. This had no committee recommendation.

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Thank you that resolution 19-0. nine had be adopted. Second,.

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Okay, who shall present counselor piedmont smith in the absence of the jack hopkins committee, chair?.

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Chopra, I will just give a very brief summary.

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So the committee met several times this spring.

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Issued a call for applications in march received 30 applications,, I believe and heard from 27 agencies and then granted funds to 27 agencies.

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In the amount of 313131.

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Drive thousand dollars of budgeted for.

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2019, but it also includes some leftover funds from previous years in.

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The amount of eight thousand one hundred ninety three dollars from last year.

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I really don't think that I need to read through all of the awards,, but I will point out that we did have several.

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Collaborative proposals which we always like to see and that there were a few new agencies that applied for funding and received funding.

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Made up mind courage to change sober-living.

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These are ones that we haven't heard from in the past.

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St. vincent de paul society, and also the special olympics of indiana, so.

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It was a good process, always difficult when you have a lot more requested than you have to give.

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But I also you know open it up to councilmember sandburg and councilmember ruff, who also served with me on the committee. If they want to add anything.

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Please do thank you.. We've heard some very important things this evening.

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And so I don't want to give this short shrift,, even though the hour is late.

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Serving on the jack hopkins committee., I think this is another very important funding that the city does.

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These are bloomington tax dollars that go to support.

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Nonprofit organizations that are helping with the social equity piece that we all talk about with respect to.

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Quality of life in this community and what I was most struck by in this year's round of jack hopkins and it's these are always.

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Hard decisions, but as we have a good amount of money to allocate actually more than we have in the cdbg funding.

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There was a lot of variety in the request this year and well,. We don't want to read the entire list.

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It does run the gamut from support to older adults in this community. Very.

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Interesting to be able to help support the new community center, the senior center that will be opening out.

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I believe it's still going to be on the east side. We always have good youth development programs that come before us and that is so critically important, as we've seen tonight.

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The young people in our community that really do contribute to our.

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Quality of life and our future we've had programs that provide food.

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That are always the mainstay of social service provision.

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Housing projects that are working very diligently to make sure.

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Our our housing stock is an increased.

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Workforce development programs- and this is one of the new ones where we're dealing with a.

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Center, that's going to help with helping people get employed, who have a difficult time getting employed.

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Obviously, new leaf new life has been doing anti-recidivism programs for a while,, but we have a newcomer in made up mind.

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We have recovery community services in here special populations.. Again, special olympics was new this year.

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Volunteers and medicine wheeler mission, homelessness, provision.

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The whole range of social need in this community is met in a fairly.

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Significant way by the public investment in the jack hopkins social services fund., it's important.

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It's another important investment in the kind of community we want and.

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Again, just just goes to speak to bloomington's commitment and.

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And that's that's a definite source of pride for all of us up here. On the council.- thank you.

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Thank you customer rough to you anything to add. yeah, thank you.. Okay,.

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Are there questions from council members?.

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Comes member zsimmons,, do you have any questions?? I had one about the total.. What was the total request?, so the.

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Funding was 313 that was a little over.

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What was the total request that was made and just.

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Trying to determine the percent that we I know were able to know that that's in this packet anywhere- and I don't have my jack hopkins.

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Information with me.

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It's always obviously more than the three intersecting thousand that we have.

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And so what we often have to do as we eliminate some of the agencies that did come forward because they didn't quite meet the criteria.. It's for low income.

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Individuals and it's for bloomington residents, primarily.

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But then we have to go about the business of looking at their priorities that they asked for in their grant.

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And then kind of cutting, and maybe only given them their top tier asks as a way to get it down to where we.

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Allow as many of these organizations to get funded as we possibly can.. I don't know if you remember the figure.

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Well, I was able to pull up the figure from the 27 agencies that we.

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That made it to the second round so to speak, and that was four hundred sixty two thousand eight hundred forty-five dollars. uh-huh., okay.

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Well,, that's a so. We did a good chunk of it.. Yes,.

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By the time of our deadline, application request mounted to six hundred and seventeen thousand three hundred ninety four dollars.

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That's the original request., yes, the second. According to the resolution. yeah,, okay,.

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Other questions,, okay.

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Public,, you know public. we're back to call the question.

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Second okay.: the question was ten calls and seconded on resolution.

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1909 with the clerk. please. call the roll.

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Councilmember sandburg., yes, ruff., yes,, piedmont, smith., yes, rallo.

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Yes, simms., yes,.

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Resolution 1909 has adopted 5-0.

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Mr. president, I move that resolution nineteen dash ten be read by the clerk by title on the synopsis. Only.

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Second, it's been moved and seconded that resolution 1910 be introduced in read by the clerk by kettleman and synopsis. Only.

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All in favor, say aye.

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Any post will the clerk please read?.

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Resolution 1910 waiving current payments in lieu of taxes pilot by the bloomington housing authority to the city.

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Synopsis reads as follows: just resolution waives the right of the city of bloomington to receive payments in lieu of taxes from the bloomington housing authority for the year.

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2018 I received no committee recommendation. thank you.. I move that resolution 19 10 be adopted. Second.

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Again,, I'm doris simms with this city of limited housing, neighborhood development, department. and also here tonight is ambrose kobi?.

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Who is the director of the housing authority?

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and this resolution, as one that is bring forth to you every year, is to forgive the pilot payment of the bloomington housing authority. The manner of the pilot payment that is.

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Requested for this year is thirty. Five thousand three hundred sixty-five dollars.

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As you know,, you could send the translation later on after this one to do a continuous.

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Forgiveness of the pilot, so this will be the last time you see me presenting this.

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Very good,, I think this year. yeah miss scobie.. Do you have anything to n?.

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Amber jacobi executive director of the bloomington housing authority.

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So we are subject to calculate the pilot and ask for forgiveness as long as we continue serving low-income families, for which we do.

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We maintain almost full occupancy in our public housing about. Eighty-Five percent of our households are considered extremely low-income.

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With a median income of around $7,000, we spend this money on resident services such things as supporting our crest mount ferguson, boys and girls club our back to school bash, which gives school supplies to.

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Kids in the public housing communities, we support a woman's only health, fair, called wonder. Women.

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We're supporting some summer camp scholarships for our kids this year and also a new one, is.

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Providing free wi-fi access to about 15 of our families., it's something that we're.

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Piloting right now.! So by forgiving this pilot,, it's more money that we can put back into those residents, service programs.

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So thank you for the consideration.

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Thank you. are there any questions from council?.

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Okay, seeing none public seeing no public any comment from council.

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Customer, monsanto- this was all very thoroughly discussed at our last committee of the whole and.

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So please forgive us if we don't have questions or a lot more to add, but it was very well explained and sounds like a.

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Very good thing for us to do.. Thank you.

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Any other comment?.

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Second question of been called seconded on resolution: 1910 clerk.. Please call the roll.

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Councilmember ruff. yes,, piedmont, smith., yes, rallo.; yes, simms., yes,, sandburg., yes,.

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Resolution 1910 is adopted, 5-0.

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Resolution 1908, you read by the clerk by title and synopsis only second.

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It's been moved and seconded that's resolution. 1908. they were introduced in read the liquor.

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That's the title and synopsis only all in favor., please., say: aye aye any opposed.

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Will the clerk please read the resolution?.

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1908 to approve a revised cooperation agreement between the city of bloomington city and a bloomington housing authority, bha.

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For provision and operation of low-income housing units and associated payment in lieu of taxes by bha in exchange for city services,.

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The synopsis reads as follows: the bloomington housing authority is requesting the council's approval of a revised.

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Cooperation agreement between the city of bloomington and the bloomington housing authority, bha.

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The revision is required because the vha will be participating in the federal rental assistance demonstration.

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Rad program, which will allow the vha to secure funding for necessary repairs and renovations to its units. The rad program.

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Requires the vha to change its owner structure and the cooperation agreement has been revised to reflect that change in structure and.

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Extend the tax savings provided for in the cooperation agreement to the additional owner entities.

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Cooperation agreement also provides for the city.

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To waive its right to payment in lieu of taxation pilot for a period of 40 years,.

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This received a committee recommendation of do pass, 7-0.

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Thank you., I move resolution. nineteen eight be adopted. Second,.

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Amber scobie executive director of the bloomington housing authority., I'm bringing this cooperation agreement for a revision.

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It was first drafted in 1961 and just to quickly summarize the need for the changes.

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One: it's outdated, there's language in there that talks about the development of public housing in the early.

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1960S and as an agency were just in a lot different point right now,.

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We're renovating that housing and we're also using some financing tools that aren't just strictly money. Coming from the us department of housing and urban development.

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Or maybe city resources which were used at the time.

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Another piece is adding different partners to the cooperation agreement., so we're asking to add our.

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501 c 3 summit hill community development corporation.

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Which is wholly owned and governed by the housing authority, the same board of commissioners also serve as directors for that.

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And also adding a tax credit investor, that's to be determined to that agreement, just so that they're also.

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Being able to have the pilot forgiveness and then lastly,.

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One of the main reasons that we use the cooperation agreement. is that pilot, which we just had the resolution. For?.

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So by allowing that 40-year forgiveness.

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It gives us a lot of predictability and certainty in the financing as we're getting ready to go through.

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Some major renovations and putting the financing plans together through the rental assistance demonstration program.

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So last week I brought to you a presentation, and I have a paper copy of that available which we can go through. If you have any.

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Questions and I'll submit it for the for the minutes for their record.

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Pretty good., thank you and then I also want to add that we did have a slight language change.

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On page 3 of the cooperation agreement and amanda stephens.

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Housing authority attorney will talk about that. Just briefly,.

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Good evening, amanda stephens from ferguson law and also representative of the bloomington housing authority with respect to the cooperation agreement.

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So if you go to the 2019 cooperation agreement in your packet, and you go to page three section.

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Five, you will see where it says: cooperation agreement between.

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Municipality and local authority for project.

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So, as amber has amber, scovia has discussed this cooperation. Agreement only covers the renovations.

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At this time that this agreement was drafted, 1961 you can imagine at the time baa was acquiring property.

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So this agreement only covers renovations, hence.. This is a language that needs to be taken out.

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So where it says in the first and under section five on page three during the period?.

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Commencing with the date of the and then strike, acquisition of any part of the site or sites or.

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So it will read during the period commencing with the date of the.

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Renovation of any project, so that is the change that needs to be made before this is signed.

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So I just wanted to bring that to your attention. thank you. thank you. mr. stevens. procedurally., mr. sherman.

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Do we need to act on that??

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Do we need to offer an amendment to change or not? no.

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It was mentioned now,, so it's on the record and there'll be.

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An agreement that's signed by the president of the council and the mayor and other parties, and that one will be correct. that'll, be attached to the.

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Resolution, so no there doesn't have to be any formal motion. Accepting that change. okay, very good.

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Simple, then, are there questions for miss coby, miss stevens or miss guthrie?.

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Any no public, so it's a council for any final comment.

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And resolution 1908 councilmember simpson.

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Thank you. again.. This is a something else that I'm happy to support.

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And I want to thank the staff for explaining and making the changes and making it clear to us as council member sandburg as.

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Previously stated, this is the type of housing that we're looking for in order to help our housing inventory.

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One of the different many different sections or type of housing that we need- and I.

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Know it's a lot of hard work for staff out there and it's a from the federal government down.. That's a whole new process.

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Something I think we're getting used to initially,. I wasn't as comfortable with the 40-year agreement is.

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But I don't see a real reason not to because I think it enhances what we're trying to do.

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So, thank you very much and.

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I'll support, thank you. Councilmember piedmont, smith,.

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Yes., I also want to thank miss coby and miss stevens for.

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Making clear a very convoluted process with numerous acronyms and.

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Processes that most people cannot.

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Understand sometimes, I think that in the realm of affordable housing,, you know people try to kill you with a thousand cuts, because it's.

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So dense in bureaucracy that it.

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Deters all but the most determined. So thank you for being among the most determined, and I think this will be a good a.

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Good way for you to continue providing quality housing for people who need it in our communities,, so I'm very much in support.. Thank you.

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Question well, I have nothing to add, but just to remind us, you did.

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Councilmember sandburg that this was reviewed at a council work session, and it was also reviewed, as at a committee in the whole.

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Last time so we had a sense of common conversation.. So with that recommendation.

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Questions been called in second and on resolution 1908 with the clerk.. Please call the roll.

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Councilmember piedmont, smith., yes, rallo.; yes, simms., yes,, sandburg., yes, ruff.. Yes,.

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Resolution 1908 is adopted 5-0.. Thank you very much for your patience this evening.

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We have no legislation for first reading. We have no public, I think, for additional public comments on items not on our agenda.

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No,, no, no takers. all right. well darn. It.

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Council schedule, mr. sherman.

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This committee is meeting tomorrow night at 6 p.m. in this room to continue its.

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Discussions and decisions regarding how they're going to handle the public safety.

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Local income tax.

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Actions or this review this summer and otherwise.

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After a very long night, in a very long.

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Spring and winter session you are going into your recess, tonight. and yeah.

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And we'll come back with a regular session. excuse, me, a council work session on july friday, july 19th.

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There will be deadlines for legislation on the 22nd.

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Packet that goes out on the 26th of july, in a regular session, followed by committee, the whole on july, 31st.

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So that's our known schedule for after the recess.. Thank you.

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Terrific,, do we have a motion for adjournment?.

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All in favor, say aye, I mean bost.

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