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A
B
B
A
A
D
Us
that
the
buildings
are
on
the
traditional
homelands
of
the
Miami,
Delaware,
Potawatomi
and
Shawnee
people,
and
we
acknowledge
they
are
past
present
and
future
caretakers
of
this
land.
We
also
acknowledge
that
much
of
the
economic
progress
and
development
in
Indiana
and
in
Bloomington
resulted
from
the
unpaid,
labor
and
forced
servitude
of
people
of
color,
especially
enslaved,
African
labor.
A
Thank
you
very
much
this
evening.
Our
third
night
of
budget
presentations
will
include
the
Bloomington
Housing
Authority
housing
and
neighborhood
Development
Department
economic
and
sustainable
development
department,
community
and
family
resources
and
the
Parks
and
Recreation
Department.
Before
we
proceed
with
presentations.
As
a
reminder,
we
adopted
two
motions
on
Monday
evening.
One
concerns
time
limits
and
the
other
concerns
the
purpose
and
effect
of
recommendations
on
the
budget.
A
The
votes
taken
this
week
on
each
Council
on
each
each
department
budget
our
non-binding
recommendations
that
reflect
the
council's
position
on
the
presented
budgets
at
this
time.
The
council's
adoption
of
the
2024
budget
will
not
include
Department
by
Department
votes.
The
council
is
scheduled
to
consider
and
vote
on
three
appropriation
ordinances
and
three
salary
ordinances.
Later
this
fall.
The
three
appropriation
ordinance
include
the
Civil
City
budget
utilities,
department
budget
and
the
budget
for
Bloomington
Transit.
A
So
we
will
now
go
to
the
Bloomington
Housing
Authority
for
their
presentation,
Kate,
kazunas,
I,
hope,
I'm
pronounced
that
correctly
and
as
a
reminder,
we
don't
approve
this
budget
as
a
council,
it's
approved
by
their
board,
but
they're
kind
enough
to
present
it
because
it
concerns,
of
course
City
matters.
So
thank
you
for
coming
and
please
proceed.
I
have
10
minutes
for
your
presentation.
Thank.
E
F
E
That
better
all
right,
so
we
start
with
our
mission
statement
to
strengthen
opportunity,
beginning
but
not
ending
with
housing,
because
we're
doing
more
than
housing.
So
we
administer
public
funds
in
a
manner
that
allows
us
to
provide
affordable
housing
opportunities
and
a
very,
very
robust
service
program,
encouraging
self-sufficiency
for
our
residents
and
our
voucher
holders
and
partnering
with
all
of
our
partners
in
the
community
and
with
service
providers
and
to
a
great
extent
with
our
residents
and
our
voucher
holders.
E
E
Project-Based
vouchers
are
where
we
are
supporting
housing
in
other
people's
buildings,
but
we're
also
in
our
own.
Now
that
we've
converted
our
public
housing
to
low-income
housing,
tax
credit
Partnerships.
We
have
single
room
occupancy
vouchers.
We
have
Veterans
Affairs
vouchers.
We
have
emergency
housing
vouchers
and
we
run
a
family
self-sufficiency
program
which
basically
helps
people
where
they
are
and
then
makes
them
more
economic
self-sufficient.
Over
time.
We
can
convert
a
voucher
into
a
home
ownership
and
help
pay
mortgage
expenses
for
someone
who
is
able
to
enter
into
the
home
ownership
program.
E
E
We
are
increasing
our
payment
standards.
We
had
a
window
of
opportunity
that
the
Board
of
Commissioners,
some
of
who
are
with
me
tonight,
took
advantage
of
to
increase
how
much
we
are
paying
to
the
landlords
and
we
are
now
paying
a
hundred
and
twenty
percent
of
what
is
called
fair
market
rents
established
by
Hud
and
so
now.
E
Just
to
give
you
an
example:
we're
able
to
pay
a
thousand
one
hundred
and
forty
eight
for
a
one
bedroom
and
a
thousand
three
forty
eight
for
a
two
bedroom
which
makes
us
competitive
with
the
fair
market
rents
that
other
landlords
are
charging,
and
so
we
actually
now
have
an
opportunity
to
move
very
low
income
people
into
when
considered
neighborhoods
of
opportunity
and
have
mixed
incomes
throughout
the
city.
That
was
a
very
big
accomplishment.
E
In
my
opinion,
we
also
used
a
particular
tool
to
analyze
how
many
people
were
on
our
Voucher
Program
once
they're
on
the
program.
We
no
longer
have
a
lot
of
control
over
their
rents
going
up
and
what
they
can
pay
and
if
they
choose
to
stay
in
a
particular
apartment
they
stay
there
and
their
rents
then
exceed
that
30
percent
limit
what
is
considered
affordable
to
anyone
that
any
income
rate,
and
so
by
increasing
our
payment
standards.
E
E
The
owners
at
the
Woodbridge
Apartments
decided
to
take
it
to
Market,
but
the
people
who
were
in
there
as
a
multi-family
HUD
subsidized
property
are
entitled
to
protections
to
stay
there,
and
so
we
are
now
absorbing
that
subsidy
through
this
voucher
program
and
they
can
stay
in
place
and
at
any
time
they
decide
to
move.
They
can
move
with
continued
assistance
anywhere
in
the
United
States
and
its
eight
territories.
E
We
have
a
very,
very
low
interest
rate
we
negotiated
our
financing,
for
this
is
Reverend
Butler
and
Walnut
Woods,
and
the
federal
government,
in
their
wisdom,
decided
to
abandon
the
Libor
basis
and
go
to
something
called
sopher
and
tie
the
bank
rate
no
longer
to
Treasury
Department,
but
to
a
more
market-based
rate
for
Lending
and
I
have
never
done
a
credit.
Swap
I
have
never
dealt
with
hedge
fund
managers.
E
The
rent
the
rates
have
now
gone
higher
in
the
mortgage
industry,
and
so
we
are
now
getting
refunded
an
amount
and
we're
taking
that
money
and
we're
putting
it
in
a
reserve
account.
So
when
the
tax
credit
period
has
expired,
we
will
have
a
substantial
down
payment
for
absorbing
the
debt
at
the
end
of
the
first
15
years
and
then
just
because
it's
kind
of
fun.
E
An
under
harder
house
would
be
people
that
may
not
have
any
credit
and
therefore
the
landlord
says
I
can't
run
a
credit
history
on
you,
I.
You
don't
meet
my
qualifications.
So
in
lieu
of
a
a
very
good
credit
report,
we
are
offering
an
insurance
policy
for
them
to
pay
if
they
so
that
they
will
not
lose
money.
On
a
voucher
holder,
we
initiated
a
shuttle
service.
E
E
We
also
took
we
received
some
arpa
money,
and
that
was
four
capacity
building
at
Summit
Hill
and
we
have
already
created
a
land
trust
with
that
and
we
are
in
the
final
stages
of
having
the
land
over
at
Arlington
Park
transferred
to
us,
and
we
hope
to
make
an
announcement
for
sort
of
a
grand
opening
on
that.
On
that
property,
we're
going
to
have
45
for
sale,
single-family,
affordable
housings.
E
There
will
be
probably
four
to
five
market
rate
housing
units
anywhere
from
four
to
possibly
nine
Habitat
for
Humanity
units
at
that
location
and
the
rest
will
be
Land,
Trust
properties
that
we
will
sell
and
I
know.
There
was
an
article
recently
in
the
newspaper
if
you
have
any
additional
questions
about
that,
we'll
be
glad
to
follow
up
with
you.
Thank
you.
We
have
already
installed
solar
panels
at
the
Walnut
Woods
Apartments.
E
Well,
just
jump
ahead
because
you
all
have
access
to
this
and
I
just
want
to
show
you
that
out
of
our
properties-
and
this
is
all
three
of
our
properties-
we
will
have
approximately
five
million
dollars
in
rental
income.
We
will
have
expenditures
of
twenty
eight
hundred
dollars.
We
will
have
Debt
Service.
This
number
is
based
on
these
figures.
We
will
have
additional
Debt
Service
before
the
end
of
the
year,
but
the
bottom
line
on
this
is
that
we
have
a
1.2
debt
coverage
ratio
which
we
are
easily
meeting.
E
We
have
a
budget
program
that
is
also
taking
money
to
the
bottom
line
of
only
about
thirty
thousand
dollars,
but
we
also
have
HUD
held
reserves
which
is
another
cushion
so
that,
if
landlords
need
the
money
that
we
have
that
money,
our
main
admin
which
we
call
the
cocc,
will
have
net
operating
or
total
operating
income
of
686
thousand
dollars,
but
six
hundred
and
fifty
six
thousand
dollars
of
expenses.
So
the
margin
is
pretty
thin
with
a
thirty
thousand
dollar
in
the
black
to
our
bottom
line.
A
G
H
Member
Sandberg,
as
Eunice
I,
see
from
one
of
the
slides
that
just
kind
of
said
by
that
you
didn't
get
a
chance
to
address
was
a
mention
of
the
core
building
and
Bryn
Shore
Development
Corporation,
which
you're
partnering
with.
Could
you
talk
just
a
little
bit
about
that
and
when
we
might
see
that
come
online,
we.
E
Submitted
the
application
for
low-income
housing
tax
credits,
the
difference
between
this
one
and
what
we've
done
in
the
past
with
our
own
public
housing
is.
This
is
a
nine
percent
tax
credit
application,
we're
hoping
to
have
38
units
of
permanent
Supportive
Housing,
we're
partnering
with
Centerstone,
where
they
will
be
a
handful
of
eight
or
nine
nine.
E
What
is
called
811
we
in
HUD
world.
We
have
a
bad
habit
of
naming
everything
after
the
funding
source,
so
those
will
be
very
intense,
permanent
Supportive
Housing,
but
we
will
have
other
support
for
the
balance
of
the
residents
there
and
that
will
be
prom
predominantly
hard
to
House
people
as
well
with
the
award
which
we
anticipate
in
November.
I
E
E
So,
let's
say
in
120
days,
64
of
the
people
who
we
give
vouchers
to
are
able
to
secure
housing.
That's
a
number
that
we
consider
a
Target,
it's
up
from
60
percent,
but
we
just
adopted
the
120
percent
of
Ami
starting
the
1st
of
August,
and
what
we
are
hoping
with.
The
higher
payment
standards
is
that
people
will
be
far
more
successful
in
securing
housing
with
more
money
to
shop
with.
I
I
E
We're
now
actually
having
in
fact
there
was
a
landlord
breakfast
this
morning
and
we
hosted
a
bunch
of
landlords.
I
did
not
attend,
but
I
had
board
members
there
and
the
staff
that
is
actually
running
that
program
there
I
find
sometimes,
when
an
executive
director
attends
things,
they
tend
to
then
defer
to
the
executive
director
when
the
stars
really
need
to
shine
on
their
own
with
the
people
that
are
doing
this
program.
J
Thank
you,
Miss
casunas.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation.
Can
you
hear
me?
Okay?
Yes,
since
my
time
when
this
council
is
my
second
term,
BHA
has
grown
and
evolved
and
developed
and
we're
doing
some
great
things
so
I
just
want
to
thank
you
and
your
staff
and
all
these
programs
and
everyone
you
work
with
to
keep
us
on
that
upward
Trend.
But
my
specific
question
has
to
do
with
the
Arlington
Lots.
Yes,
and
if
I'm
correct,
you
said
there
were
going
to
be
four
or
five
market
rate.
J
Yes,
single
well,
first
of
all,
they'll
all
be
single
family
homes,
yes,
so,
okay,
so
four
or
five
market
rate
and
up
to
nine
Habitat
for
Humanity
homes,
yes,
sir,
and
by
my
calculation,
I'm,
not
a
math
whiz,
but
that
leaves
about
29
lots
for
the
land
trust.
So
do
you
have
developers
or
home
builders
lined
up
or
working
with
him
to
all.
D
E
Has
been
some
discussion,
we
don't
have
a
final
plot
to
submit
yet,
but
there
has
been
some
discussion
about
duplex.
As
you
know,
it's
laid
out
in
a
grid
with
alleys,
and
so
there
has
been
some
discussion
on
whether
or
not
we
would
combine
and
have
a
duplex
situation
on
some
of
the
corner.
Lots,
where
the
front
of
the
house
would
of
one
house
would
face
one
street
and
the
front
of
that.
Other
house
would
face
the
other
street,
but
that
has
not
actually
been
decided.
D
I
see,
thank
you
and
then
my
other
question
is
in
your
memo,
where
you
reviewed
your
2023
accomplishments.
You
said
that
you
continued
to
award
over
a
quarter
of
the
construction
and
contract
work
to
section
three
or
wmbe
contractors,
so
this
this
is
really
interesting
to
me.
I
was
recently
at
a
conference
where
the
city
of
South
Bend
discussed
their
wmbe
program.
Women
and
minority-owned
businesses.
Is
this
section
three?
Is
that
something
required
by
the
federal
government
or.
E
E
And
that's
an
opportunity
for
them
to
learn
a
construction
skill.
One
of
our
minority
businesses
is
a
flat
work,
a
concrete
and
there's
a
huge
demand
for
flat
work
and
skilled
flat
work,
and
so
that's
an
opportunity
for
some
of
our
residents
and
voucher
holders
to
learn
a
skill
in
a
trade
that
they
could
be
then
employed
in
the
ideal
would
be.
We
would
match
them
with
our
family's
self-sufficiency
so
that
they
would
eventually
no
longer
need
subsidy
at
all.
A
C
J
You
just
one
more
thing:
jogged
my
memory
where
we're
talking
about
wmbe
and
section
three
I
had
to
play.
No,
it's
not
a
question,
it's
a
comment,
but
I
just
had
an
opportunity
to
visit
the
site
and
talk
with
some
of
the
workers.
Look
at
the
work,
the
actual
walks
that's
been
doing
in
some
of
the
Ada
adaptations
and
talk
with
some
of
the
folks
there
and
and
talked
about
their
future.
And
what
do
you
think
and
how
do
you
see
this?
Your
life
moving
forward?
Getting
this
scale
and
I
I?
J
Just
think
that
was
wonderful,
so
I
mean
we
talked
about
it
a
while
back,
but
to
see
it
in
fruition
to
see
people
working
to
see
hard
hats,
and
it
was
hot
that
day
too,
so
I
really
felt
for
them.
But
I
think
that
was
a
very
good
thing.
I
did
talk
with
the
contractors
or
actually
it
seems
like
the
head
guy
but,
and
he
mentioned
they
will
be
doing
the
work
at
the
Hopewell
project
at
the
core
building.
J
Is
that
correct
so
and
that
intrigued
me
even
more
to
talk
with
him,
so
I
just
wanted
to
mention
that
there's
a
lot
of
progress
going
on
there,
a
lot
of
work
to
go,
but
I
think
this
is
a
very,
very
good
program
for
our
community
and
I'm,
just
very
thankful
for
everyone
as
a
part
of
this.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Chair.
A
A
M
Thank
you,
councilmember
Rollo,
as
we're
teeing
up
the
slides
here.
Let
me
just
thank
the
council
members
for
your
years
of
service,
especially
those
of
you
that
are
going
off.
The
council
I've
known
most
of
you
for
a
long
time
since
my
hair
was
a
different
color,
and
so
it's
been
my
pleasure
to
work
with
you
over
all
these
years
in
different
capacities.
M
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
what
you've
done
for
the
city
of
Bloomington,
so
starting
off
here
with
the
hand
Department
we're
glad
to
present
our
budget
to
you
for
the
2024
calendar
year.
Just
to
restate
our
mission
as
we
always
do
that
the
hand
department
is
here
to
enhance
the
quality
of
life
for
Bloomington
residents
by
developing
programs,
services
and
Partnerships,
with
public
and
private
organizations
to
preserve
Community
character,
promote
safe
and
affordable
housing
and
protect
neighborhood
Vitality.
M
We
also
staff
four
commissions:
the
Redevelopment
commission,
the
historic
preservation
commission,
the
board
of
housing
quality
appeals
in
the
cdbg
citizens
advisory
committee
that
some
of
you
sit
on
each
year.
A
little
more
background.
We
have
19
staff
and
I
want
to
thank
the
hand
staff.
Many
of
whom
are
online
or
in
the
room
tonight
and
I
want
to
thank
other
departments.
None
of
us
in
hand
could
do
what
we
do
without
the
other
departments
in
the
city
and
I
am
at
least
once
a
day.
M
M
I
want
to
talk
a
minute
about
efficiencies.
This
was
in
the
council
memo,
but
we
always
try
to
keep
an
eye
on
this
in
the
department
and
what
are
we
doing
to
be
more
efficient
with
the
things
we
do
and
we've
been
working
still
to
to
digitize
our
rental
files?
We
are
about
58
percent,
complete
with
digitizing
11,
000
rental
files
that
are
in
the
office
we
have
are
implementing
this
year,
new
software
for
our
HUD
programming.
M
That
will
be
a
better,
more
efficient
interface
for
organizations
and
others
that
want
to
apply
for
dollars
like
cdbg
it'll,
be
more
of
a
website
interface
rather
than
email
and
sort
of
the
former
kind
of
paperwork,
heavy
that
we
did
previously
and
keeping
an
eye
on
Equity.
We
need
to
keep
talking
about
that
and
making
sure
that
we
are
what
are
we
doing
to
help
Advance
equity
and
certainly
our
rental
housing
program.
M
As
we
say,
and
then
on
sustainability.
We've
identified
12
goals
in
the
city's
climate
action
plan.
Where
hand
has
alignment
so
everything
from
food
security
to
helping
just
general
Community
Social
Service
advancement.
We
also
have
our
neighborhood
neighborhood
cleanups,
which
I'll
talk
about
and
our
efforts
to
help
remove
invasive
species
from
our
our
city.
M
One
of
the
things
I've
talked
to
a
number
of
council
members
about
primarily
council
member
Piedmont
Smith.
This
year
is
how
we
are
aligning
with
the
2020
housing
study
that
was
done
back
during
the
pandemic.
The
city
commissioned
this
study
and
I'm
there
were.
There
were
13
sort
of
goals
out
of
that
study
that
that
came
away
and
so
I'm
going
to
just
highlight
three
for
you
tonight.
Just
to
give
you
a
an
idea
of
where
we
are
so
one
of
the
goals
was
to
secure
and
conserve
existing
housing.
M
One
of
our
big
priorities,
something
we
are
always
trying
to
improve-
is
our
home
rehab
program
to
protect
our
existing
housing
stock.
Let
people
age
in
Place,
Preserve,
home
ownership.
We
have
our
program,
our
program,
rental
operation,
to
preserve
rental
housing
and
then
our
down
payment
and
our
shared
Equity
programs.
How
do
we
secure
home
ownership?
How
do
we
keep
it
and
how
do
we
grow
it?
M
Establishing
education
programs
for
tenants
and
landlords?
This
has
taken
on
a
new
sort
of
Flair
in
the
last
few
years
with
some
action
by
the
general
assembly,
but
we
have
strong
Partnerships
with
the
apartment
association
at
IU
through
our
b-town
neighboring
project,
which
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
and
how
we
get
students
and
residents
to
live
together.
More
cohesively
and
Kate
kazuna's
talked
about
the
landlord
risk
mitigation
fund
and
how
we
can
help
educate
tenants
about
what
they
need
to
do.
M
The
housing
study
called
for
2592
units
of
Housing,
and
so
the
question
I
think
councilmemberlin
asked
me
last
year.
How
are
we
doing
on
that?
On
the
rental
side?
We've
there
have
been
around
3
650,
mostly
rental
units
approved
since
2020,
of
course,
prior
to
the
that,
since
since
2016
during
this
Administration,
more
than
5
000
units
10
000
bedrooms-
and
we
count
about
645
of
those
36.50
to
be
affordable
at
rental.
M
Homeownership
side
is
where
we
need
to
grow
we've
had
my
estimation
is
about
250
or
excuse
me,
215
new
single-family
units
approved
in
the
city.
This
is
when
you
look
at
building
permits
from
the
county.
The
approvals
that
have
come
through,
like
Arlington
Park
Drive
Park
Drive
Osage
place
that
Habitat
for
Humanity
is
building,
so
we
need
a
lot.
We
have
a
lot
of
room
to
grow
on
the
home
ownership
side,
but
that
gives
you
a
snapshot
of
where
we
are.
M
There
is
quite
a
few
numbers
coming
down
the
pipeline
6
000
units,
if
you
count
hope,
will
we
are
being
conservative
on
our
estimate
of
the
summit
District
project
and
those
are
the
primary
numbers
where
the
6000
will
show
you
what
we
have
coming
down.
The
pike
and
Roi
Regional
opportunities
initiative
initiative
is
updating
their
Regional
study
that
was
done
in
2019
and
we
should
see
numbers
from
Monroe
County
coming
soon
and
we'll
certainly
incorporate
that
into
everything.
We're
doing
so.
2023
has
been
a
year
of
change
for
the
hand
Department.
M
We
have
a
new
assistant
director,
Anna
Hansen,
is
in
the
room
tonight
and
want
to
thank
her
for
her
hard
work.
Thus
far,
we
have
an
affordable
housing
program
manager
that
you
all
approved
last
year,
Stephanie
lafontaine's,
also
in
the
chamber
tonight,
and
has
been
able
to
really
tackle
and
dive
in
on
some
of
our
housing
programs
and
figure
out
how
we
make
these
work
and
how
we
grow
them
and
and
make
them
sustainable
our
Hopewell
site
a
lot
of
Outreach
there.
M
We
were
awarded
a
ready
Grant
hand
in
the
engineering
department,
primarily
worked
on
an
application
that
was
awarded
1.8
million
dollars
for
the
construction
of
a
portion
of
Jackson
Street.
That
will
be
directly
behind
the
core
building,
which
some
of
you
asked
miss
gazunas
about
previously
Arlington
Park
project
agreement
between
the
city
and
the
Summit
Hill
Community
Development
Corporation
was
an
activity
this
year,
more
Federal
funding
coming
two
million
dollars
from
the
home
American
Rescue
plan
allocation.
This
will
be
targeted.
M
I
spoke
to
the
council
about
this
earlier
this
year,
where
we
will
have
two
million
dollars
to
assist
four
qualifying
populations
of
people
who
are
either
homeless
or
at
risk
of
being
unhoused,
and
so
we
look
forward
to
Rolling
that
out
we're
putting
those
pieces
in
place
now
to
see
that
program
roll
out
over
the
next
five
years,
and
then
we
are
continuing
to
monitor
our
affordable
and
Workforce
housing
and
more
globally
in
the
department.
We
are
going
through
program,
evaluation
and
auditing
in
partnership
with
HUD
I'll,
say
also
amongst
our
staff.
M
M
As
far
as
our
budget
goals
for
23
We
are
continuing
our
cycle,
inspections
of
new
and
expiring
permitted
units
and
we're
continuing
to
train
and
implement
the
enterprise
software
in
the
department.
We
are
continuing
our
Partnerships
with
neighborhoods
and
landlords.
I
mentioned
some
Partnerships
earlier,
but
really
focusing
in
on
title
VI
and
title
16,
which
is
of
course
neighborhood
compliance
in
our
rental
program.
Title
six
during
this
time
of
year
is
quite
heavy.
M
We
have
a
lot
of
activity
in
the
across
the
city
for
title
VI,
with
move-ins
and
just
the
growing
season
continuing
and
our
neighborhood
cleanup
so
I'm,
proud
to
say
that
we
had
a
goal
of
reading
at
least
10
tons
from
two
neighborhoods.
This
year
we
removed
nearly
19
tons
of
waste
from
the
neighborhoods
we
had
recycling
at
one
of
those.
M
M
Whenever
we
can,
we
want
to
keep
making
measurable
contributions
to
climate
action
team
through
cleanups
and
removal
of
invasives,
our
partnership
with
MC
Iris
and
our
partnership.
Our
pilot
program
with
the
Indianapolis
Zoo
has
resulted
in
some
donations
going
up
to
help
feed
the
animals
and
put
otherwise
invasives
in
their
habitats,
which
has
been
great,
and
then
we
funded
seven
neighborhood
projects
thus
far,
and
we
want
to
continue
engagement
with
neighborhoods,
For,
Hopewell
and,
of
course,
the
b-town
neighboring
project.
M
From
the
HUD
side,
we
want
to
keep
providing
housing.
Counseling
we've
provided
housing
counseling
to
about
60
individuals.
This
year,
45
of
those
folks
have
gone
through
our
home
buyers
club,
and
we
have
done
five
foreclosure
conferences
where
we've
helped
people
avoid
foreclosure.
We've
talked
about
evictions
before
and
those
are
still
going.
Steady
I
want
to
thank
Tonda,
ratawan
and
sea
jam
and
Hep
for
all
their
work,
but
our
program
manager
here
has
done
five
foreclosure
evictions
thus
far
this
year.
M
We
continue
with
your
help
to
provide
a
Community
Development
block,
grant
assistance,
the
social
service
agencies
both
for
programming
and
for
a
construction
activity.
I
want
to
thank
the
Redevelopment
commission
for
their
representation
on
that,
as
well,
providing
affordable
housing
opportunities
through
home.
We
have
down
payment
assistance
that
we
offer
and
we've
done
two
of
those.
This
year
we
have
four
that
may
be
in
the
pipeline
on
down
payment
assistance
and
one
pending.
M
So
our
budget
request
this
year
is
a
little
over
3.2
million.
It's
an
overall
decrease
of
nearly
1.5.
This
is
reflected
through
a
reduction
in
our
request
for
eating
lit
dollars
and
the
Housing
Development,
Fund
and
I'll
explain
that
it
doesn't
mean
nothing's
going
on,
but
it
just
is
a
matter
of
how
we
appropriate
dollars.
Personnel
Services.
We
are
requesting
a
full-time
position
as
a
program
specialist
that
can
help
out
with
a
lot
of
our
housing
programming,
so
we're
up
there
on
Category
2
up
a
little
bit.
M
We
think
due
to
fuel
costs
on
our
supplies
and
then
other
services.
This
is
where
our
additional
housing
money
would
come
in
where
it's
a
decrease,
but
we
are
still
requesting
money
from
the
Housing
Development
Fund
to
be
appropriated,
as
well
as
an
allocation
of
Edie
lit
dollars,
and
we
do
that
with
sort
of
three
main
buckets
and
categories
that
I've
talked
to
you
about
now
for
three
years:
our
increasing
housing
security.
How
do
we
do
that?
M
We're
talking
about
the
home
art
dollars
that
will
help
in
a
specific
way
for
specific
populations,
but
in
the
past
we've
allocated
money
in
this
bucket
to
heading
home
of
South
Central
Indiana.
How
do
we
help
sustain
housing,
whether
it
be
rental
for
low
to
moderate
income
or
housing
first
or
permanent
Supportive
Housing?
How
do
we
do
that?
To
increase
housing
security?
How
do
we
help
people
make
or
pay
less
less
than
30
percent
of
their
income
on
rent,
and
that
encompasses
a
lot
of
things,
developing
rental
housing?
M
We
are
working
hard
on
that
with
the
development
of
the
Hopewell
property.
The
core
building
has
been
a
major
activity
and
I
again
want
to
thank
departments
for
their
work
on
that
and
pushing
that
through
to
get
the
tax
credits
applications
submitted
in
July
with
all
their
help
and
then
advancing
home
ownership.
Last
year,
I
told
you
that
the
challenge
is
greater
to
figure
out
how
to
get
home
ownership
at
the
volume
that
you
get
rental
housing
and
so
we're
looking
at
more
ownership
opportunities
at
Hopewell
and
at
Arlington
Park
Drive.
M
Here's
our
budget
summary,
as
you
see
in
your
in
your
memo
compared
to
previous
years,
so
total
request
is
3
million
two
hundred
eleven
thousand
nine.
Ninety.
So
in
conclusion,
before
I
take
questions
just
want
to.
Thank
you
again
for
your
time.
Our
efforts
to
preserve
Community
character,
protect
neighborhood
vitality
and
plan
for
and
promote,
affordable
housing.
Now
and
in
the
future.
We
do
this
again
with
a
lot
of
sense
of
urgency,
with
people
calling
the
office
asking
about
housing,
and
we
appreciate
your
your
consideration
of
our
request
tonight.
Thank
you.
D
M
Well,
I
think
we,
you
know
the
code
I
think
when
we're
that's.
First,
we
look
at
how
what
our
community
character
is.
We
I
think
it
comes
from
the
community.
The
comprehensive
plan
I
think
it
comes
from
the
Udo
I
think
it
comes
from
our
elected
officials,
the
public.
Obviously,
in
our
department
we
look
at
what
is
our
basic
statutory
Duty
that
we
do
every
day.
M
What
are
those
basic
services
that
we
provide
and
I
think
at
the
at
the
basic
level
when
we're
looking
at
something
like
code
enforcement
or
the
rental
program,
those
help
sustain
sustain
the
community,
provide
opportunities
for
people
to
concentrate
on
community
character.
For
instance,
I
think
we
look
anytime,
there's
a
new
development
coming.
Certainly
a
lot
of
talk
about
that
and
discussion
in
the
community.
The
master
plan
for
Hopewell
I
think
is
helping
determine
the
character
of
a
new
neighborhood
when's.
M
The
last
time
we
created
a
neighborhood
in
Bloomington
and
when's
Last
when's,
the
next
time
we'll
have
the
opportunity
to
create
one
in
the
middle
of
our
city.
So
there
I
think
a
lot
of
different
things
that
that
make
that
contribution
toward
Community
character,
but
it
is
at
the
end
of
the
day
up
to
us.
D
M
I'm
sorry
up
to
our
elected
officials,
the
public
people
who
live
in
Bloomington
like
myself,
all
of
us
in
the
room.
So
I
do
it's
a
and
it
doesn't
it's
not
consistent
right.
It
changes
with
elections,
it
changes
with
programs,
it
changes
with
plans
and
that's
that's.
What
part
of
being
a
community
is?
Are
you
just
it's?
It's
always
changing
and
I
think
people
adapt
to
that
some
adapt
better
than
others.
D
M
Yeah
I
think
you
have
to
continue
to
ask
the
questions
right
Dei.
If
I
may,
it's
not
something
that
is
intuitive
to
everyone
and
we
come
at
it
from
different
places,
different
backgrounds,
and
so
you
have
to
continue
to
talk
about
it,
though,
and
ask
the
questions
and
have
those
sort
of
uncomfortable
moments
and
give
each
other
Grace
and
talk
about
what
we
need
to
do
to
advance.
That
and
I
think
the
hand
Department
I
think
the
city
has
a
role
to
play
and
the
communities
future
when
it
comes
to
Dei
separately.
M
I
will
also
say
that
when
it
comes
to
sustainability
and
I,
don't
want
to
speak
for
ESD,
but
I
think
we
all
have
a
role
to
play
right.
Every
little
bit
is
going
to
make
things
more
sustainable.
If
you
keep
on
it,
you
keep
after
it
and
I.
Think
that's
why
it's
important
for
the
hand
Department
to
be
a
part
of
that.
Thank
you.
J
Thank
you
for
the
presentation.
Mr
Zodi
I'll
tag
on
a
little
bit.
We're
council,
member
Piedmont
Smith
with
Dei
and
all
I
simply
want
to
know,
and
I
am
aware
of
the
training
that
we've
all
did
the
city
so
graciously
provided
for
department,
heads
and
elected
folks,
but
one
of
the
things
that
I've
been
talking
with
all
department
heads
is:
how
do
we
get
that
training
and
that
information
filtered
down
through
our
our
staff?
Our
field
staff.
F
J
M
Well,
I
think
we,
you
know,
first
of
all,
council
member
Sims
I'll,
look
at
here.
We
don't
want
to
focus
on
just
what's
required,
but
I'll
tell
you.
We
need
to
do
more
there
and
getting
it
down
to
the
program
level
and
at
the
staff
level
and
I
think
it
comes
first
from
those
conversations
how
we're
spending
our
staff
time
and
I'll
admit
that
a
lot
of
our
staff
time
has
been
extremely
busy
on
programmatic
functions
and
we
haven't
spent
enough
time
on
Dei,
but
I.
M
I
will
say
that
with
the
different
functional
areas
in
the
department,
people
come
come
to
the
Dei
discussion
from
different
places
and
we
have
to
I
think,
have
deliberate
discussions
and
make
sure
we're
committing
the
time
that
it
takes
to
bring
people
to
maybe
the
same
place
initially
and
say.
Where
are
we
going
to
go
from
here
and
we
haven't
done
that
yet
and
I'm
happy
to
commit
to
do
it.
M
No
I
think
look
I,
think
it
would
be.
We
have
to
set
aside
time.
We
are
looking
at
this
fall,
for
instance,
doing
some
training
blocks.
Now
we
haven't
talked
about
Dei,
just
full
transparency
as
part
of
those
training
blocks,
but
something
we
feel
like
we
need
to
do
better
in
the
department
is
setting
aside
staff
time
for
trainings.
It's
pretty
rare
that
everybody's
in
the
office
they're
two
hours
a
week
that
everybody's
scheduled
to
be
in
the
office
together
and
that's
Wednesday
mornings
when
we
have
our
staff
meetings.
M
Introduce
this
topic
with
a
group
of
people
at
my
last
job
I
believe
it
does
require
a
lot
of
introduction
and
what's
the
purpose,
what
is
it?
What
isn't
it?
What
are
we
talking
about
when
we
talk
about
Dei
and
I?
Think
that
needs
to
be
a
really
deliberate
discussion?
I,
don't
think
it
can
be
rushed,
so
I
think
I
need
to
work
a
little
harder
at
putting
that
in
place.
A
Opposity
of
of
single-family
homes
being
built
in
the
community
relative
to
demand
and
I
wondered
if
you
had
any
further
comment
about
that,
and
maybe
a
corollary
or
some
something
related
are
I'm
sure,
there's
an
incentive
to
buy
homes
in
Bloomington
and
rent
them
as
our
airbnbs.
Do
you
do
you
track
airbnbs.
M
We
don't
track
them
formally
in
the
office,
we
track
them
through.
We
we
talked
to
visit
Bloomington.
For
instance,
the
number
fluctuates,
so
we
don't
enforce
any
regulation
on
on
what
are
called
short-term
rentals
in
Bloomington
right
now,
other
than
their
their
necessity
to
comply
with
historic
preservation,
guidelines
or
title
VI,
which
is
overgrowth,
and
things
like
that.
I
need
a
little
help
clarifying
you.
The
first
part
of
your
question
council
member
on
the
the
construction
of
of
single-family
homes,
I'm,
not
sure,
I,
understood
that.
M
M
Well,
I
think
they
would
have
something
to
say
my
take
on
it
would
be
in
the
city
of
Bloomington.
Has
there
been
an
average
of
32,
I
would
say
50
building
permits
for
what
can
generally
be
defined
as
single-family
homes
over
the
last
three
years?
Okay
and
so
I
think
that
amounts
to
what
it
costs
to
build.
I
think
during
the
pandemic,
construction
costs
have
been
up.
I
think
land
is
a
is
a
factor.
M
M
On
the
on
the
back
end,
the
city
can't
control
the
market,
but
we
can
influence
the
market
by
helping
people
get
to
a
point
of
opportunity
to
buy,
and
so
the
the
shared
appreciation
program
that
the
city
created
a
few
years
ago,
in
addition
to
down
payment
assistance
programs,
can
help
get
people
into
a
competitive
position
who
might
not
otherwise
be
especially
for
first-time
home
buyers.
That
may
not
have
a
lot
of
cash.
F
A
M
M
We
have
the
new
software
we're
implementing
when
we
talked
about
this
talk
about
this
today,
in
fact,
I
sort
of
anticipated
this
question
and
I
think
into
next
year,
and
maybe
next
year
we
may
come
back
to
you
and
say
it's
time
for
another
rental
inspector.
Now
I've
told
you
before.
If
annexation
were
to
be
or
to
go
through,
we
it
absolutely.
M
We
would
need
more
rental
inspection
staff,
but
when
we
look
at
what
those
efficiencies
efficiencies
are
with
the
schedule
as
well
as
software,
what
does
that
do
to
our
sort
of
Staff
time?
And
so
we're
not
quite
there
yet
for
me
to
say
yeah
we
need
another
one,
but
I
think
we
need
to
keep
having
that
discussion.
G
M
M
Too
far
there
but
I
will
say
land
is
a
factor
and
when
we
look
at
our
four
zoning
council
member
Piedmont
asked
about
the
Arlington
Park
project
and
could
we
do
duplexes?
Could
you
know
it's
R4?
So
there
is
density
there
at
Hopewell
we
have
R4
zoning
on
parcel
10,
which
is
that
thin
strip
on
First
Street,
where
there
are
11,
Lots
or
so
with
R4,
so
I
think
to
the
extent
possible.
We
want
to
see
density
there.
Now
that's
in
the
middle
of
three
historic
neighborhoods,
so
the
master
planning
process
involved
those
neighborhoods.
G
Like
granted,
I
grant
you
that
I
think
but
I'm
trying
to
distinguish
between
Council
member's
concern
for
single-family
housing
versus
ownership
of
Housing,
and
to
that
end,
is
there
something
that
hand
can
do
to
stream,
streamline,
simplify
or
otherwise
make
it
easier
for
people
to
own
housing,
particularly
housing?
That
is
not
single
family
sure.
M
A
C
Yes,
if
there
are
members
of
the
public
joining
us
online,
that
would
like
to
speak
to
this
budget.
Please
raise
your
hand
and
zoom.
You
can
do
that
by
clicking
the
reactions,
tab
or
the
more
tab.
You
can
also
send
a
chat
to
the
meeting
host
to,
let
us
know,
I'd
like
to
speak
and
I
see
one
one
hand
raised
right
now:
okay,
let's.
A
N
N
Following
the
policy
enacted
by
The
Parks
Board
many
bloomingtonians
are
forced
to
ask
themselves.
Are
we
doing
enough
to
help
our
unhoused
neighbors
I'm,
now
working
with
a
local
non-profit,
spearheading
solutions
to
economic
and
environmental
challenges
in
relation
to
the
unhoused
community
in
affordable,
Eco,
housing
options,
blue
b,
ecological
Endeavors
or
bbee
is
a
501c3
organization
preparing
proposals
for
both
a
sanctioned
crisis
Campsite
in
a
tiny
home,
Eco
Village
that
will
provide
entry-level
green
color
jobs.
N
This
is
being
done
as
part
of
their
holistic,
affordable
housing
program.
Blue
b
is
working
with
Eco
Architects
other
groups
and
concerned
citizens
and
will
be
organizing
planting
charrettes
as
part
of
a
living
homes.
Conference
Mark,
Lakeman
of
communion
texture
in
Portland,
Oregon
City
repair
project
will
be
presenting
on
Dignity
Village,
a
long-standing
transitional
housing.
Intentional
Community
built
from
reused
materials
touted
by
Portland
Police
as
a
peaceful
site.
The
residents
pay
50
a
month
to
live
in
tiny
homes
situated
by
the
city's
Leaf
composting
operation
on
city
property,
dignity.
N
Blueby,
holistic,
affordable
housing
will
be
integrating
Urban
agriculture,
solar
power
and
cottage
industry
as
a
means
to
generate
income
to
maintain
the
project
and
provide
green
jobs
for
the
economic
refugees.
We
intend
to
house
we'll
be
submitting
budgets
and
logistical
specifics
to
County
and
city
government
and
look
forward
to
collaborating
with
you
to
realize
this
Progressive
and
vital
program.
N
O
Thank
you
so
much
on
behalf
of
the
Bloomington
Economic
Development,
Corporation
or
bedc
I'm,
here
to
speak
in
support
of
housing
investments.
As
you
consider
the
city
budget,
which
relates
to
hand
as
well
as
several
other
departments.
The
bedc
is
a
non-profit
that
advances,
Economic
Development
strategy
and
the
retention,
expansion
and
attraction
of
quality
jobs
across
all
of
Monroe
County
housing
is
a
critical
element
of
quality
of
place.
O
It's
also
one
of
the
areas
of
focus
in
our
economic
Vitality
project
to
ensure
that
Monroe,
County,
Bloomington
Ellisville
all
become
the
community
of
choice
for
employers,
innovators,
individuals
and
Families.
Housing
costs
and
availability
remain
a
challenge,
especially
for
single
family
homes.
According
to
the
Indiana
Association
of
Realtors
Monroe
County's
July
median
year-to-date
sales
price
for
homes
was
over
two
hundred
and
ninety
thousand
dollars
that
compares
to
over
a
hundred
ninety
three
thousand
dollars
in
Owen
County
and
175
000
in
Lawrence
County,
our
home
Sales
Inventory,
has
also
remained
low.
O
Workers
and
employers
both
lose
out
due
to
lack
of
attainable
housing.
Monroe
County's
largest
employers
report
pulling
half
of
their
employees
from
outside
of
the
county
commuting.
Employees
pay
more
in
transit
and
in
time
when
moving
outward
to
find
attainable
housing.
This
challenges,
employers
that
are
seeking
staff
and
commuting,
has
an
environmental
impact.
Bloomington
also
loses
out
on
the
income
taxes
of
these
individuals,
which
are
paid
based
on
where
they
live.
We
look
forward
to
seeing
the
growth
of
housing
of
all
needed
types,
especially
for
the
workforce
at
Hopewell
and
elsewhere
across
the
community.
A
C
J
A
G
A
P
Minutes
great,
thank
you
good
evening.
Council
members,
my
name
is
Holly
Warren
I'm,
the
interim
director
of
Economic
and
sustainable
development
or
ESD
I'm,
also
the
Department's
assistant
director
for
the
Arts.
It's
my
pleasure
to
present
esd's
2024
budget
request
for
your
consideration.
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor's
office
and
the
controller
team
for
their
help.
Preparing
our
budget
I
also
want
to
thank
our
former
ESD
director,
Alex
Crowley
and
the
amazing
current
ESD
staff
for
their
support.
P
This
is
my
fourth
week
in
the
interim
role
and
they
have
been
indispensable
in
bringing
me
up
to
speed
on
their
current
work
and
their
plans
for
2024..
They
are
the
true
experts
in
their
fields:
sustainability,
Small,
Business,
Development
and
transportation,
demand
management
or
TDM.
They
will
be
on
hand
to
help
answer
any
questions
you
have
about
their
current
and
proposed
programs,
and
I
can
do
the
same
for
the
Arts
this
evening.
I'm
going
to
highlight
some
recent
ESD
accomplishments
and
goals
for
2024.
I'm.
P
Also
going
to
summarize
the
significant
changes
in
our
proposed
2024
budget
all
right,
so
our
mission
is
to
cultivate
a
resilient
Community
built
on
shared
Prosperity,
inclusive,
Economic,
Opportunity,
environmental
stewardship
and
a
thriving
arts
and
culture
ecosystem.
In
other
words,
we
enhance
the
quality
of
life
and
place
for
all
residents
in
Bloomington,
with
a
particular
emphasis
on
underserved
populations.
P
P
So
a
little
bit
more
about
us,
there
are
eight
full-time
staff
positions
in
ESD.
Currently
we
are
operating
as
a
team
of
seven
who,
as
I
mentioned
before,
focus
on
environmental
and
economic
sustainability,
support
for
arts
and
culture,
entrepreneurship,
development,
small
business
support
and
more
extensive
Economic
Development
projects.
Since
last
year's
presentation,
we
have
welcomed
two
new
awesome
team
members,
Dita
LaRosa,
our
assistant
director
for
Small
Business,
Development
and
Sean
Maya,
our
assistant
director
of
sustainability.
P
It
is
my
distinct
honor
to
serve
alongside
these
dedicated
public
servants
to
focus
on
their
long-scale
initiatives
and
the
Myriad
duck
size
horse
challenges
that
come
with
the
day-to-day
before
I
get
into
the
details
of
our
2023
accomplishments
in
our
proposed
2024
budget.
I
would
like
to
reflect
on
this
moment
in
time
and
share
how
it
informs
esd's
current
work
and
our
goals
for
2024..
P
We
continue
to
benefit
from
a
federal
Administration,
substantially
better
aligned
with
our
priorities.
Esd
intends
to
continue
to
successfully
pursue
and
secure
Federal
funding
this
year
and
next
we
also
appreciate
council's
ongoing
support
of
Ed
lit,
which,
as
you
will
see
later
in
my
presentation,
will
allow
us
to
take
significant
strides
to
implement
the
climate
action
plan
among
other
priorities.
P
Despite
these
opportunities,
we
continue
to
face
significant
hurdles
that
prevent
our
city
from
thriving
as
a
model
Innovative
and
resilient
Community.
The
climate
crisis
is
affecting
all
aspects
of
Our
Lives,
particularly
devastating
those
of
us
at
lower
income,
levels
least
able
to
absorb
climate
impacts.
Inflatiary
pressures
and
increased
material
costs
are
also
significant
in
real,
impacting
people
and
businesses
and
causing
hardships
across
the
community.
P
On
top
of
this,
we
find
ourselves
at
odds
with
some
actions
taken
by
the
Indiana
legislature,
including
the
sb1
law,
taking
effect
last
week,
this
and
the
passing
of
laws
preventing
health
care
for
transgendered
youth,
put
our
populations,
health
and
safety
at
risk
and
deter
talented
individuals
from
moving
to
our
community
to
contribute
to
its
economic
growth.
We
Face
a
challenging
present
and
an
uncertain
future
in
spite
of
this
ESD
is
Keen
to
navigate
the
critically
important
years
and
decades
ahead.
My
colleagues
and
I
are
committed
to
taking
action
to
help
our
community
thrive.
P
Here
are
some
of
the
ways
we
have
manifested
that
work
through
2023
ESD
initiatives.
I
want
to
know
what
I'm
about
to
talk
about
is
a
mere
slice
of
our
overall
work.
So,
starting
with
arts
and
culture,
we
have
worked
diligently
to
advertise
art,
grant
opportunities
to
a
larger
and
more
diverse
population.
As
a
result
of
this
effort,
the
number
of
applications
to
our
2023
arts
project
Grant
cycle
nearly
doubled,
going
from
35
to
67.,
roughly
37
of
the
Arts
or
37
I'm.
P
Sorry
of
the
Arts
projects
grants
were
awarded
to
artists
of
Colors
and
artists,
identifying
as
lgbtqia
plus
our
emerging
artist
Grant
cycle
opened
last
week
and
we
are
anticipating
a
record
number
of
applications
for
this
opportunity.
We
were
able
to
be
this
ambitious
in
our
marketing
and
awarding
because
of
the
additional
funds
allocated
to
us
as
part
of
the
2023
Ed
lit
fund.
We
are
grateful
for
this
infusion.
P
In
November
22,
we
released
an
Arts
feasibility
study
that
included
several
recommendations
for
invigorating
arts
and
culture
in
Bloomington.
Among
the
recommendations
was
the
establishment
of
more
spaces
for
artists
to
create
and
exhibit
work
to
begin
tackling
this
initiative.
We
have
partnered
with
secretly
group
to
set
up
temporary
artist
Studios
for
four
local
emerging
artists
to
create
work
as
part
of
this
program.
Artists
will
showcase
the
work
at
this
Friday's
gallery
walk.
P
Our
small
But
Mighty
sustainability
team
continues
to
make
strides
in
their
initiatives
focused
on
energy
conservation,
renewable
energy
and
waste
reduction.
Their
work
has
helped
establish
Bloomington
as
a
model
in
sustainability
for
the
rest
of
the
state
and
eidmark.
In
much
of
the
nation,
we
have
created
several
successful
programs
to
reduce
energy
burdens
on
residents
and
institutions
alike.
We
have
provided
rebates
and
low
interest
loans
to
four
residents
to
invest
in
solar
and
Energy
Efficiency
upgrades
in
their
home.
P
We
have
also
completed
12
solar
installations
at
Community
institutions
as
part
of
the
Solar
Energy
Efficiency
and
lighting
program,
which
provides
grants
to
non-profits
and
small
businesses
investing
in
Energy
Efficiency
systems
on
their
facilities
by
the
end
of
2023.
The
program
will
have
provided
645
thousand
dollars
in
Grants
to
local
organizations.
P
Additionally,
we
have
provided
a
one
hundred
thousand
dollar
Grant
and
300
solar
panels
to
Blooming
housing,
Bloomington
Housing
Authority,
for
a
solar
power,
generating
system
on
Walnut
Woods
apartment
units
and
in
an
effort
to
support
businesses
that
produce
and
distribute
healthy
food
in
Monroe
County.
We
have
executed
Grant
agreements
with
Hoosier
Hills
food
bank
and
Mother
Hubbard's
cupboard
to
support
their
efforts
to
distribute
locally
grown
food
to
low-income
residents.
P
Our
climate
action
plan
strives
to
ensure
all
Bloomington
residents
have
access
to
Safe,
affordable
and
low
carbon
Transportation
options
that
support
healthy,
active
Lifestyles.
To
make
this
possible,
we
created
a
transportation
demand,
Management
program
to
review
single
occupancy
vehicle
or
sov
travel.
We've
developed
the
Glo
go
Bloomington
initiative
to
encourage
residents
to
take
and
track
their
sov
alternative
trips
and
to
build
awareness
about
sustainable
Mobility
options
in
our
community.
P
Go
Bloomington
has
registered
1
444
individuals
to
the
city's
TDM
program
to
date,
and
we
are
continuing
to
advance
marching
marketing
initiatives
to
reach
new
groups
of
participants,
including
local
businesses,
like
hotels
and
MCCSC
students,
teachers
and
parents,
as
we
continue
to
ramp
up
participation
in
go
Bloomington,
we'll
turn
our
attention
to
developing
solid
performance
measures
for
the
program.
This
will
include
tracking
the
total
number
of
sov
alternative
trips
taken
and
user
feedback
as
we
head
towards
go
bloomington's
September
6th
one
year
anniversary.
P
Esd
continues
to
focus
on
making
Bloomington
a
great
place
to
work
and
build
a
career
in
order
to
encourage
entrepreneurial
growth.
We
have
entered
into
agreements
with
Ivy
Tech
and
the
dimension
Mill
to
provide
Workforce
and
Entrepreneurship
training.
We
have
also
continued
to
conduct
Outreach
to
local
businesses
to
ensure
they
have
the
resources
and
support
networks.
They
need
to
survive
and
thrive
and,
as
I'm
sure
you'll
recall,
we
came
to
an
agreement
to
close
portions
of
Kirkwood
Avenue
and
install
parklets
of
businesses
around
downtown
in
order
to
further
covet
recovery
and
economic
growth.
P
P
P
We
have
continued
to
collaborate
on
the
implementation
of
the
city's
3.5
million
dollar
Economic
Development
Administration
Grant
to
funded
trades,
District,
Technology
Center,
and
we
are
happy
to
share
that.
The
bid
package
for
the
center
is
now
live.
We
anticipate
selecting
a
contractor
for
the
project
in
the
coming
weeks
and
breaking
ground
on
the
center
in
in
early
October.
P
We
are
deeply
involved
in
plans
for
the
development
of
the
Hopewell
site
a
once
in
a
century
project
that
will
create
significantly
housing
and
other
opportunities
in
Bloomington.
We
contributed
to
the
creation
of
the
RFI
for
three
blocks
in
Hopewell,
ensure
and
ensured
that
it
included
principles
of
sustainable
development,
design,
excellence
and
affordability.
We
will
do
the
same
for
future
rfis
released
in
relation
to
the
development
okay.
So
this
is
just
a
tiny
slice
again
of
a
number
of
long-term
goals.
The
ESD
team
is
currently
focused
on.
P
It
serves
as
a
reflection
of
a
fantastic
base
of
arts
and
culture,
sustainable
practices
and
entrepreneurial
efforts
that
have
long
existed
in
Bloomington.
However,
there
is
still
much
to
do
where
an
ambitious
bunch
and
have
plans
to
grow
our
work
to
honor
the
potential
of
the
community
and
its
residents
in
2024.,
starting
again
with
arts
and
culture
for
24.
I
am
Keen
to
use
the
Arts
as
a
way
to
build
bloomington's,
unique
identity
and
to
Foster
the
creation
of
more
artwork
that
reaches
all
our
residents
and
that
inspires
Community
connections.
Joy
and
surprise.
P
P
Not
only
will
a
centralized
plan
shape
bloomington's,
unique
identity,
it
will
contribute
positively
to
downtown
bloomington's
cultural
and
economic
development
and
increase
bloomington's,
Regional
and
National
develop
disability
and
at
the
recommendation
of
the
2022
Arts
feasibility
study
next
month,
we
will
release
a
revised
public
art
master
plan.
This
is
going
to
act
as
a
tool
kit
for
neighborhoods
and
small
businesses
to
initiate
their
own
public
art
projects
to
bolster
their
sense
of
community
and
creativity,
and
we
don't
just
want
to
give
our
residents
a
road
map
to
do
this.
Work.
P
We'll
install
we'll
install
shelters
at
two
bus
stops
to
increase
ridership
and
protect
residents
from
high
heat
and
Rain,
we'll
also
aim
to
plant
100
trees
along
corridors
to
protect
citizens
from
extreme
heat
and
to
improve
air
and
water
quality
will
continue
to
boost
residential
engagement
with
sustainability
through
the
use
of
the
zero
in
Bloomington
website
and
launch
two
community
group
challenges
and
other
incentives
for
participation.
We'll
also
engage
with
local
Partners,
including
Ivy
Tech,
to
develop
a
Workforce
training
and
apprenticeship
program
targeting
50
workers
within
the
clean
energy
sector.
P
In
order
to
build
Workforce
resilience,
our
TVM
program
will
continue
to
play
a
significant
role
in
our
sustainability
effort
in
2024.
We'll
continue
to
develop
programs
to
reduce
the
number
of
single
occupant
vehicle
trips
by
supporting
the
formation
of
25
carpools
and
the
formation
of
five
interested
vanpool
groups.
We'll
continue
this
and
other
incentives
to
get
more
folks
registered
for
and
using
the
go
Bloomington
program
and
will
continue
to
develop
performance
measures
and
an
impact
model
of
TDM
efforts
on
sov
travel.
I
have
learned
a
lot
of
new
acronyms
in
the
past
three
weeks.
P
Okay,
we'll
also
to
continue
to
empower
our
Workforce
and
support
the
success
of
innovative
businesses
in
entrepreneurs
in
Bloomington.
We
will
develop
an
issue,
a
quarterly
newsletter
for
Bloomington
businesses,
focusing
on
marginalized
community-owned
businesses
to
share
networking
tax
rebate
and
grant
opportunities
to
support
our
residents
in
reaching
their
Highest
Potential
in
the
workforce
and,
as
entrepreneurs
will
continue
to
provide
funds
to
support
job
training
and
Workforce
re-entry
for
at
least
50
participants
through
x-stamp
programs,
including
reboot
at
the
Mill.
P
And
finally,
we
will
continue
our
work
on
major
Economic,
Development
programs
and
Investments
to
position
Bloomington
for
economic
vibrancy
for
the
next
decades.
We'll
provide
the
infrastructure
necessary
for
folks
to
live
and
work
in
the
trades
and
Hopewell
areas
by
aligning
with
existing
Talent
attraction
efforts
offered
by
Our
Community
Partners,
including
the
Bloomington
Economic
Development
Corporation.
Through
these
efforts
and
others,
our
work
will
be
focused
on
expanding
housing
and
Workforce
opportunities.
Continuing
the
strong
wage
growth
we
have
seen
in
Bloomington
over
the
past
several
years
and
help
improve
the
built
environment.
We
experience
every
day.
P
The
Department
of
Economic
and
sustainable
development's
total
budget
request
for
2024
is
7
million.
Seventeen
thousand
dollars
three
hundred
seven,
seven
million
seventeen
thousand
three
hundred
eight
dollars.
This
is
a
decrease
of
two
hundred
thirty
seven
thousand
eight
hundred
sixty
seven
dollars
or
three
percent
from
2023..
What
follows
are
category
specific
highlights
of
significance
in
category
1
Personnel
costs.
The
request
is
for
786
501,
which
is
an
increase
of
nineteen
thousand
two
hundred
sixty
five
dollars
or
two
point:
five,
one
percent
from
2023..
P
We
are
not
proposing
to
add
any
additional
staff
positions
at
this
time
in
Category
2
for
supplies.
We
have
a
2024
request
for
ten
thousand
four
hundred
dollars,
which
is
an
increase
of
two
thousand
dollars
or
twenty
three
point.
Eight
percent
over
last
year
to
help
us
show
our
up
supplies
for
community
art
projects.
P
Category
three
is
where
we
have
the
majority
of
our
budget.
Esd's
Category
3
request
is
six
million
220
407,
which
is
a
decrease
of
two
hundred,
fifty
nine
thousand
one
hundred
and
thirty
two
dollars
or
about
four
percent
from
2023..
We
are
requesting
category
three
funding
from
two
sources
for
general
fund.
Our
request
is
540
300
307
and
our
Ed
lit
request
is
five
million
six
hundred
eighty
thousand
one
hundred
dollars.
There
is
no
change
between
the
amount
of
money
we
requested
last
year
for
23
and
for
24
in
Ed
lit.
P
Again,
we
are
requesting
the
same
amount
of
funds
from
Edie
lit,
as
we
did
in
23..
Ed
continues
to
allocate
transformational
funding
for
the
implementation
of
our
climate
action
plan.
The
funds
will
also
enable
us
to
support
Workforce
and
economic
development
and
support
the
implementation
of
public
art
programs
in
collaboration
with
small
businesses
and
neighborhoods,
and
provide
more
grants
and
professional
development
opportunities
for
emerging
artists.
In
addition
to
the
1.87
million
dollar
we've
advocated
for
these
expenses,
3.81
million
dollars
is
targeted
for
Bloomington
Transit,
focusing
on
climate
action
plan
implementation
funding.
P
P
To
recap
here
are
the
2024
ESD
budget
requests
by
fund
and
in
total
we're
requesting
1
million
three
hundred
thirty
seven
thousand
two
hundred
eight
dollars
from
the
general
fund
and
5
million
680
100
from
Ed
lit
for
a
total
of
seven
million
seventeen
thousand
three
hundred
and
eight
dollars.
Thank
you
again
for
your
time
and
attention
this
evening.
Esd
is
committed
to
our
mission
to
cultivate
a
resilient
Community
built
on
shared
Prosperity,
inclusive,
Economic,
Opportunity,
environmental
stewardship
and
a
thriving
arts
and
culture
system.
P
Since
beginning
my
interim
role,
I've
thought
a
lot
about
the
meaning
of
the
phrase:
economic
and
sustainable
development.
How
is
that
translated
by
folks
not
involved
in
the
everyday
minutia
of
city
government
in
economic
management?
How
the
heck
did
these
three
buckets
of
work
get
clobbered
together?
J
Thank
you
Sams
or
Smith
I'm
Sam's.
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Miss
Warren
for
your
presentation
and
I
will
be
sending
questions
as
we've
all
discussed
before,
but
you
mentioned
the
low
interest
loans
to
lower
income
families
with
regard
to
solar
installation.
Can
you
be
a
little
bit
more
specific
with
that?
Tell
us,
for
example,
how
many
families
have
we
helped.
J
J
Q
What
you're
referring
to
is
our
Bloomington
Green
Home
Improvement
program
residents
can
apply
for
a
loan
for
projects
such
as
solar
installations,
Energy
Efficiency
projects
and
geothermal
projects.
They
can
receive
a
thousand
dollar
rebate
from
our
program
and
that
funding
comes
from
Edie
lit
and
so
far
this
year
we've
had
four
applicants.
J
D
Yes,
thank
you
for
your
presentation.
So
the
one
of
your
goals
for
next
year
is
to
grow
a
downtown
public
art
program,
including
the
creation
of
five
new
public
artworks,
which
is
a
great
goal.
I'm
wondering
how
that's
different
from
the
bead,
the
B
district
and
whether
this
is
kind
of
a
continuation
of
that
or
is
bead
still
running
concurrently.
Or
can
you
speak
to
that.
P
But
as
we
are
thinking
about
where
we
are
going
to
put
these
pieces
of
public
art
and
who
they
are
targeting,
we
are
definitely
thinking
of
it
as
part
of
a
larger
holistic
vision
for
how
inviting
peoples
to
come
experience,
these
public
artworks
downtown
is
integral
to
then
going
into
business
and
putting
money
into
those
businesses.
We
are
already
in
conversations
with
downtown
Bloomington
Inc
to
think
strategically
about
what
this
program
will
look
like.
P
I
would
say:
I
would
say
there
are
definitely
some
things
from
the
bead
plan
and
the
Strategic
initiatives
and
goals
within
that
plan
that
we
will
be
pulling
from,
but
I
think
a
lot
is
also
different.
Now
I
think
we
have
a
lot
of
different
factors
that
we
want
to
work
with.
So
I
think
you'll
see
maybe
like
a
50
50
new
things
versus
50
50
things
that
are
reflective
of
what
the
average
the
bead
Pine
from
2019
had
a
striped
for.
Okay,.
D
Thanks
and
then
another
goal
you
had
was
to
create
a
beat
the
Heat
Program,
with
a
collaboration
from
IU
and
including
bus
shelters,
so
I'm
curious
about
the
collaboration
with
IU
and
about
the
bus
shelters,
how
they
will
are
they
enclosed?
Do
they
have
air
conditioning?
Can
you
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
that.
Q
Sure
so
I
have
been
in
a
collaboration
with
Dr
Dana
Habib
she's,
a
professor
with
the
IU
School
of
informatics.
She
has
created
a
beat
the
Heat
program
before
for
the
cities
of
Richmond
and
Clarksville,
and
it
it's
really
a
comprehensive
approach
to
looking
at
extreme
heat
and
how
it
affects
your
community.
Q
I
Thank
you
I'd
appreciate
a
chance
to
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
the
trades
District
I
appreciate
the
work
we've
done
with
the
tech
center
and
and
so
forth,
but
in
some
ways
the
trades
district
has
been
built
out
a
little
more
slowly
than
we
originally
anticipated.
Could
you
talk
more
about
challenges?
We're
encountering
I
note
also
that
it's
included
in
your
goals
to
sell
at
least
two
lots.
Are
there
deals
in
the
works?
Could
you
talk
more
about
that.
P
Sure
so
I
think
I
I
do
acknowledge.
Yes,
there
were
some
things
that
were
slowed
down
in
the
past
couple
of
years,
but
we
are
very
happy
now
we
have
appointed
John
Fernandez.
He
is
an
employee
of
the
mill
to
kind
of
oversee
all
development
in
the
trades
District.
So
having
this
one
person
whose
role
is
solely
to
oversee
that
development
has
enabled
us
to
be
able
to
expedite
both
the
construction
of
the
tech
center,
but
also
for
the
development
of
other
plots
in
that
land.
I.
P
K
K
Q
Q
Q
Q
Waste
refers
to
composting,
and
so
last
year
we
had
funded
a
compost
up
downtown
program,
and
so
we
don't
have
a
composting
company
at
the
moment,
but
I'm
working
with
the
Monroe
County
Solid
Waste
District,
to
find
one.
We
should
be
issuing
an
RFQ
soon,
where
we're
going
to
be
working
together
to
to
possibly
subsidize
a
program
where
we
can
haul
waste
food
waste
and.
R
Q
A
Questions
from
Council
on
this
budget,
the
economic
and
sustainable
development
budget
I'll
take
one.
Thank
you
for
your
presentation.
Director,
Warren
I
was
I,
asked
this
perennial
question
and
it
has
to
do
with
your
Department's
expenditures
and
prioritization
of
local
food
and
I,
see
that
something
that
you
covered
was
relevant
to
that.
But,
specifically
your
department
under
Mr
Crowley
facilitated
the
of
farmstop
I
wondered:
if
is
that
still
something
ongoing
administered
by
your
department,
or
is
that
self-sustaining.
P
My
my
understanding
is
when
that
initiative
was
started.
There
was
a
two-year
contract
that
went
through
ESD
to
fund
the
position
for
someone
who
was
affiliated
with
ESD
to
get
that
initiative
and
the
storefront
off
the
ground
that
ended
I
believe
at
the
end
of
last
fiscal
year.
I
might
be
wrong
about
that.
It
might
have
been
the
previous
fiscal
year.
But
at
this
point
the
farm
stop
is
self-sustaining
and
there
is
not
a
budget
line
in
our
department
to
fund
that
any
longer.
A
C
Yes,
if
members
of
the
public
are
watching
on
zoom
and
would
like
to
speak,
please
raise
your
hand
and
find
the
race
hand
button
in
your
control
bar
under
the
reactions,
tab
or
the
more
tab.
You
can
also
send
a
chat
to
the
meeting
host
to.
Let
us
know
you'd
like
to
speak,
see
one
hand
raised
at
the
moment.
A
C
A
O
Thank
you
very
much.
I
am
back
on
behalf
of
half
of
the
bedc
I'm
here
to
speak
in
support
of
Economic
Development
Investments.
As
you
consider
the
budget
Economic
Development
Fosters
conditions
for
prosperity
in
a
community.
We
know
that
communities
Thrive
when
they
have
a
shared
vision
for
their
future.
They
lean
into
what
makes
them
great
and
they
coordinate
their
Investments
to
realize
that
future.
O
So
I'm,
here
back
to
comment
in
support
of
Investments
for
economic
development,
our
community
has
a
once
in
a
generation
opportunity
to
launch
ourselves
into
a
strong
future,
we're
a
hub
on
the
Innovation
Corridor
that
runs
from
Indy
to
Crane
following
Investments
such
as
the
U.S
chips
and
science
act
and
Indiana
ready.
The
bedc
is
already
seeing
an
uptick
in
business
attraction
projects
in
such
Industries
as
Tech,
microelectronics
and
defense.
One
just
did
a
ribbon
cutting
in
the
trades
District
weeks
ago,
but
these
opportunities
don't
just
land
on
their
own.
O
The
city
of
Bloomington
needs
to
invest
in
academic
development
to
ensure
that
we
are
capturing
as
many
opportunities
as
possible
for
employment
and
wage
growth.
First
is
support
for
economic
development
projects
through
major
Economic
Development
projects
such
as
catalan's
recent
investment
of
350
million
dollars
in
Bloomington.
It
also
means
working
with
ESD
planning
and
utilities
to
ensure
that
sites
have
the
infrastructure,
zoning
incentives
and
streamline
processes
that
enable
their
targeted
development,
whether
in
the
trades,
District
or
larger
sites
like
Fullerton.
Pike.
O
Second,
is
support
for
business
relations
through
ESD
to
ensure
we
continue
to
develop
in
our
community
ability
to
welcome
employment
and
investment
growth.
These
can
connect
with
efforts
such
as
sustainability,
Dei
and
the
Arts
as
well.
According
to
the
ibrc
employment
and
our
Target,
Industries
can
grow
by
250
jobs
per
year
across
the
community
through
our
focused
efforts,
but
it's
critical
to
Foster
future
employment
growth
through
these
Investments,
as
I
already
mentioned,.
O
M
G
A
brief
sort
of
philosophical
comment
based
on
the
turnover
in
ESD
and
the
turnover
of
the
administration
I
recall
vividly
Council
Morales
original
bringing
of
the
sustainability
ordinance
in
2006,
and
that's
when
I
first
learned
the
definition
that
he
put
in
the
ordinance
that
sustainability
is
economic,
environmental
and
social,
and
when
I
think
this
Council
put
pressure
on
the
administration,
then
to
do
something
more
about
sustainability.
The
term
was
grafted
into
the
economic
development
department
when
it
seems
that
really
and
I
still
believe
this
sustainability
should
be
a
direct
level
position
like
innovation.
G
G
I
would
assume
that
an
economic,
developed
Department
would
be
making
an
effort
to
do
so
sustainably
that,
where
all
the
Departments
are
trying
to
be
sustainable,
but
that
there
be
somebody
at
the
equal
level
to
the
director
to
ensure
that
sustainability
is
a
part
of
everything
we
do
certainly
I
think
that
it
dovetails.
Now,
with
a
much
greater
focus
on
on
climate,
maybe
it's
rearranging
deck
chairs.
G
You
know
I
I'd,
like
to
think
that
it's
not,
but
I
do
think
that
in
the
New
Year
in
the
new
term,
with
the
new
Administration
that
the
Department's
title
and
function
be
rethought,
not
a
reflection
at
all
on
any
particular
employee
of
the
department,
it's
more
a
high
level
thing,
but
this
is
the
most
appropriate
moment
to
say
it.
I
still
think
that
we
haven't
done
enough
as
much
as
Ms
as
Maya's
doing
much
as
her
predecessors
have
been
doing.
G
D
Yes,
thank
you.
Thank
you
to
all
the
ESD
staff,
and
especially
interim
director
Warren,
who
did
a
wonderful
job
despite
being
thrown
into
the
budget
process
late.
So
my
main
concern
is
with
Transportation
demand
management,
and
it
just
seems
to
me
in
the
last
year
it's
mostly
been
a
matter
of
publicity
which
of
course
is
a
good
thing,
but
I
really
am
eager
to
see
some
reduction
of
vehicle
miles,
traveled
in
single
occupancy
vehicles
and
some
actual
results
for
that
project
or
program
area.
D
I
also
noted
that
there's
a
ten
thousand
dollar
increase
for
Consulting
on
tax,
abatements
and
Enterprise
zones
and
I
will
be
asking
follow-up
question
to
see
exactly
what
that's
about
Elsa
Charlotte
zitlo
would
be
mad
at
me,
because
she's
always
talking
about
Consulting
fees,
so
I'm
going
to
get
to
the
bottom
of
why
we
need
that,
but
overall
I'm
very
pleased
with
the
budget
and
excited
about
the
the
continued
Investments
through
Edie
lit
for
sustainability
and
the
the
new
downtown
arts
program.
So
thank
you.
J
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
miss
Warren
for
the
presentation
too,
and
I
too.
Thank
you
kind
of
did
a
good
job
just
getting
started.
I
remember
when
I
joined
this
Council.
My
first
meeting
was
budget
meeting
very
first
meeting,
but
my
comment
is
I.
Think
we're
doing
some
really
good
things.
My
view
of
the
budget
in
many
cases,
is
about
re-prioritizing,
some
of
the
dollars
that
you
have,
as
opposed
to
increasing
and
and
grabbing
more
dollars
and
doing
other
stuff.
J
But
what
I
also
want
to
hear
more
about,
and
particularly
from
ESD
may
be
in
combination
with
innovation
is
incentivizing.
Our
citizens
I
think
there
are
some
things
we
can
do
in
the
areas
of
composting
in
the
area
of
some
other
things.
That
would
help
incentivize
people
to
do
what
it
is
that
we're
trying
to
get
them
to
do
it
might
take
a
small
investment
of
we've
talked
about
this
for
a
couple
years.
J
Maybe
there's
a
small
thing
that
we
could
Supply
to
certain
folks
to
to
get
that
rolling,
but
I'm
interested
in
looking
for
incentives
and
I'll
send
some
questions
your
way
as
well.
I,
don't
know
what
this
will
cost,
but
I
do
know.
We
can
probably
rearrange
some
funds
in
order
to
help
meet
some
of
our
climate
initiatives.
So
thank
you.
K
A
Anyone
else,
okay,
I
I,
would
like
to
say
it
was
an
excellent
presentation.
Thank
you,
director,
Warren,
there's
a
lot
of
good
things
that
your
Department's
doing,
I
I
have
I
have
one
gripe,
but
before
I
get
to
the
gripe,
you
might
be
able
to
anticipate
what
it
might
be
I'd
like
to
respond
to
council
member
volin,
because
I
think
it's
very
it's
very
interesting
debate
and
I
I
think
for
some
of
us
that
have
been
around
since
the
beginning
of
integrating
sustainability
in
the
early
Arts.
A
The
question
was:
should
it
be
placed
in
the
mayor's
office,
or
should
it
be
with
an
economic
and
sustainable
development?
At
the
time
it
wasn't,
sustainable
development
was
Economic.
Development
Economic
Development
seemed
to
be
a
good
place
for
a
couple
of
reasons.
One
is
prior
to
that
Economic
Development
was
seen
in
a
very
narrow
lens
of
essentially
you
know.
Growth
in
local
industry
attracted
or
created
had
beneficial
was
beneficial
to
the
community
at
large.
That
wasn't
necessarily
the
case.
A
It
often
just
Economic
Development
went
to
some
key
players
within
the
community
and
the
wealth
wasn't
spread
throughout
the
community,
so
that
needed
to
be
really
revised
and
and
attended
to.
So
that
was
one
aspect
of
it.
That
was
welcome.
The
other
is
that
just
in
an
aggregate
sense,
you
know
the
economic
system
is
a
driver
for
ecological,
the
ecological
crisis,
so
we're
hitting
limits
like
the
climate
limit
is
just
one.
It's
symptomatic.
Climate
change
is
a
symptomatic
of
hitting
limits.
A
There
are
other
limits
that
we're
hitting
and
that's
because
of
the
way
we
design
the
economy
being
economic
and
financial,
exponential
growth,
wedded
with
a
linear
materials
economy,
not
a
closed
loop,
so
those
things
seem
to
be.
It
seemed
to
be
important,
then,
to
pause
it
in
the
economic,
create
sustainable
development
and
with
my
colleague,
Isabel
Piedmont
Smith,
we
advocated
for
a
sustainability
director
and
that
seemed
to
be
it's
been
very
satisfactory.
A
I
think
that
overall
I
think
both
mayor,
kruzan
and
mayor
Hamilton
have
taken
sustainability
very
seriously
and
have
done
some
very,
very
good
things
to
turn
our
city
into
a
more
sustainable
community
and
actually
a
model
for
others
and
I
credit
them
both
for
doing
that.
My
one
gripe
with
30
seconds
remaining
is
that
I
see
a
missed
opportunity
in
really
jump
starting
a
local
food
economy
which
would
build
resilience
of
the
community.
Local
food
I.
Think
is
something
that
you
know.
We
import
a
lot
of
food.
A
J
D
B
G
A
T
T
Promoting
engagement,
enhancing
Community
Wellness,
coordinating
public
safety,
education
initiatives
and
addressing
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion,
belonging
and
justice
are
a
few
of
the
ways.
Cfrd
staff
work
to
promote
and
enhance
quality
of
life
for
all
Bloomington
residents
and
visitors,
and
help
to
build
a
strong
and
vital
community
cfrd
operates
with
nine
full-time
employees
and
currently
with
five
interns.
Our
divisions
include
the
Bloomington
volunteer
network,
which
is
staffed
by
Michelle
Moss,
who
joined
us
on
a
permanent
full-time
basis.
This
year.
We
also
welcome
to
Mena
Martinez
Ruiz.
T
T
Earlier
this
year,
the
city
of
Bloomington
and
Monroe
County
government
entered
into
an
interlocal
agreement
to
join
their
two
human
rights
commissions,
resulting
in
the
newly
formed
Bloomington
Monroe
County
Human
Rights
Commission,
which
has
oversight
for
all
of
Monroe
County
Michael
shermis
is
giving
excellent
leadership
to
this
newly
formed
Commission.
In
addition
to
the
council
for
Community
accessibility,
Marissa
Parr
Scott
coordinates
activities
for
two
commissions
and,
along
with
Aubrey
Cedar,
helps
to
keep
our
office
running
smoothly
and
our
finances
in
order.
T
I
want
to
take
a
quick
moment
this
evening
to
express
my
gratitude
to
the
cfrd
staff
for
taking
their
roles,
taking
on
their
roles
with
creativity,
commitment
and
compassion,
and
for
working
to
ensure
that
our
offerings
are
always
educational,
inspirational
and
meaningful
they're.
A
great
group
cfrd
began
2023
with
41
budget
goals.
I
will
highlight
a
few
of
our
outcomes.
This
evening,
I
mentioned
Bloomington
Monroe
earlier
with
support
from
the
Bloomington
Health
Foundation.
T
This
online
Hub
is
becoming
the
go-to
resource
not
only
for
people
in
need
of
Health,
but
also
those
community
helpers
supporting
them
this
year.
So
far,
cfrd
has
conducted
five
trainings
for
helpers,
including
an
hbm
on
the
go
training
for
the
Monroe
County
Fire
Protection
District,
which
helped
firefighters,
learn
to
access
the
resource
on
their
mobile
devices
and
provide
assistance
on
the
spot
to
families
in
crisis.
T
We
are
in
the
process
of
standing
up
two
dedicated
helping
Bloomington
Monroe
kiosk,
one
in
the
Monroe
County
Public
Library
and
the
other
at
Monroe
County,
United
Ministries.
This
will
increase
public
access
to
helping
Bloomington
Monroe
working
with
Centerstone.
We
hosted
Mental,
Health,
First,
Aid
mental
health,
101
and
QPR
training
for
75,
City,
County
and
Retail
staff.
T
Qpr
stands
for
question,
persuade
and
respond
and
helps
Learners
know
the
appropriate
ways
to
respond
if
they
are
confronted
with
someone
who
is
suicidal
participants
who
complete
these
sessions
are
not
substitutes
for
mental
health
professionals,
but
they
are
equipped
to
help
keep
themselves
and
others
safe.
Until
professionals
arrive,
the
2023,
b-more
Awards
return
to
an
in-person
format
this
year
and
recognize
10
outstanding
community
volunteers.
Through
a
partnership
with
the
Community
Foundation
of
Bloomington
Monroe
County,
each
agency
represented
received
one
thousand
dollars
in
honor
of
their
volunteer
service.
T
The
commission
on
the
status
of
black
males
will
be
hosting
a
blackmail
Summit
for
middle
and
high
school
mail,
identifying
students
on
September
14th
returning
to
an
in-person
format
at
City
Hall.
The
commission
anticipates
an
increase
in
participation
from
last
year's
95
students,
which
it
was
a
virtual
format.
At
that
time,
the
commission
also
hosted
the
million
father
march
to
welcome
students
on
the
first
day
of
school
45,
adult
mentors
were
present
a
15
percent
increase
over
2022.
T
In
the
area
of
diversity,
cfrd
is
partnering,
with
the
U.S
Department
of
Justice
to
host
United
against
hate,
a
hate
crimes,
Outreach
Forum
that
will
take
place
September
7th
here
at
city
in
council
chambers
of
City
Hall.
We
hope
you
all
can
join
us
and
we've
also
provided
support
to
The
Exodus
Refugee
Network,
as
they've
worked
diligently
to
resettle
individuals
and
families
in
Bloomington.
T
In
the
area
of
safety,
Civility
and
Justice
cfrd
administer
the
downtown
Outreach
Grant
process
and
awarded
320
thousand
dollar
320
600
to
12
non-profits
working
with
bloomington's
unhoused
residents
or
those
at
risk
of
becoming
homeless.
The
budget
at
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
was
supplemented
by
opioid
settlement
funds
to
enable
recipients
a
greater
chance
at
success.
T
We
also
administer
the
new
violence
reduction
grants
awarding
98
689
dollars
to
six
community-based
efforts
to
prevent
intervene
and
reduce
violence
in
Bloomington,
based
on
our
experiences
with
the
divided
communities
project
out
of
the
Moritz
School
of
Law
at
Ohio,
State,
University
I'm,
sorry,
the
Ohio
State
University
members
of
the
city's
DCP
team
have
worked
with
the
Ohio
based
group
to
provide
education
and
support
to
other
communities.
Preparing
for
crises.
T
Bringing
the
United
against
hate
form
to
our
community
is
one
of
the
results
of
our
continued
work
with
the
divided
communities
project
through
a
partnership.
A
new
partnership
with
South
Central,
Community
Action
Agency,
low-income
residents,
who
have
been
impacted
by
the
local
income
tax
increase,
will
be
assisted
with
medical
debt,
elimination,
housing
costs
such
as
rental
deposits,
late
fees,
property
taxes
and
food
for
medically
specific
diets.
We
also
anticipate
other
initiatives
to
support
those
struggling
with
the
cost
of
child
care
and
a
menstrual
Equity
program.
T
Bloomington
Monroe
will
increase
Public
Access
by
standing
up
an
additional
kiosk
in
a
high
usage
Agency
for
a
total
of
three
public
kiosks.
Making
access
to
this
resource
easier
for
residents
with
limited
resources,
the
Bloomington
volunteer
network
will
increase
nominations
by
20
percent.
As
we
are
firmly
back
into
our
in-person
format.
T
T
The
commission
on
the
status
of
Children
and
Youth
will
invest.
I'm
sorry
will
coordinate
the
read
for
the
record
in
collaboration
with
MCCSC
read
for
the
record
is
the
world's
largest
shared
reading.
Experience
that
celebrates
children's
early
language
and
social
emotional
development
volunteers
will
read
to
elementary
students
and
copies
of
the
designated
book
will
be
donated
to
the
school
media,
centers
and
classrooms.
T
The
community
and
family
resources
department
budget
request
is
for
two
million
seven
hundred
thirty,
eight
thousand
four
hundred
and
six
dollars
that
ref
reflects
an
increase
of
428
694
dollars.
Significant
changes
are
in
the
area
of
category
one
in
the
amount
of
109
754
dollars,
representing
a
new
staff
position
and
the
cost
of
living
increases
for
non-union
staff
in
Category
3.
T
D
T
U
T
D
L
J
J
Don't
know
how
best
I'm
not
saying
that's
your
job,
I'd
like
to
give
it
to
you
but
I
know.
That's
not
my
call,
but
one
of
my
questions
might
have
to
do
with.
If
you
have
any
ideas
on
how
best
to
just
monitor
that
that's
been
happening,
and
this
isn't
a
slide
toward
any
Department
here,
but
I
know
we're
so
busy
doing
other
things
that
that
might
be
something
that's
falling
or
not.
Do
you
have
any
thoughts.
T
On
that
yeah
and
I
can
talk
about
cfrds,
specifically
one
of
the
things
that,
in
addition
to
the
trainings
that
HR
provides,
we
also
have
our
monthly
staff
meetings
and
and
an
annual
Retreat
and
and
diversity.
Inclusion
and
Equity
is
just
a
part
of
everything
that
we
do,
and
so
we
talk
about
these
things
all
the
time
we
have
when
I
run
across
trainings
or
someone
other
staff
run
across
trainings,
we've
done
several
online
trainings,
and
so
that's
all
a
part
of
what
we
do.
In
answer
to
your
question.
T
I
think
the
other
department
has
would
probably
also
know
the
kinds
of
things
that
their
departments
are
doing,
and
so,
if
there
were
just
a
way
to
document
that,
then
we
could
see
how
many
hours
are
being
put
into
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion,
training
that
may
not
be
what's
coming
out
of
HR.
It
may
not
be
you
know
something,
that's
overall
and
and
then
we
could
also
share
those
resources
that
we
have,
which
I've
done
with
other
department
heads.
J
Yes,
and
and
thank
you
and
and
some
department
heads
are,
you
know
it's
no
one's
at
fault,
I'm,
not
saying
that,
but
it
has
to
be
a
higher
priority.
I
think
for
this
city
to
get
to
where
we
want
and
I
think
examples
like
what
you
just
stated
on
our
our
meetings,
our
Retreats
ways
that
you
get
it
done
through
your
department.
Maybe
we
could
share
that
with
others,
I
think
and
I.
J
Don't
really
want
to
particularly
beat
it
to
death,
but
we've
got
a
lot
of
city
employees
and
I'm
talking
about
even
down
to
the
levels
of
the
man
or
woman.
That's
working
at
the
counter
at
Cascades
the
person,
that's
in
the
truck
the
sanitation
truck
that
slams
our
containers
and
you
know-
and
it
has
to
help
the
the
disabled
lady
down
the
street.
You
know
these
are
the
interactions
from
our
city,
things
that
I
think
is
most
important
and
I
just
don't
want
that
lost
in
particular
sense,
at
least
in
this
position.
J
I
Yes,
thank
you
for
the
presentation,
I'm,
always
in
awe
of
the
range
of
things
you
include
in
your
portfolio,
in
particular,
I'm
interested
in
hearing
more
about
the
Ed
lit
economic
Equity.
Fund
did
I
understand
correctly
that
that's
kind
of
co-administered
with
scat,
yes
got
it,
and
can
you
talk?
You
gave
some
examples
there,
but
can
you
talk
in
more
detail
about
what
that's
been
funding
actually
been
funding
this.
T
Year
so
so
the
actually
it
hasn't
started
yet
I
mean
we've.
We
have
our
memorandum
of
understanding
signed
and,
and
it
will
be
funding,
but
first
of
all
it
will
be
funding
medical
debt,
elimination,
and
so
we
know
that
so
many
people
are
acquire
medical
debt
and
then
that
then
affects
their
housing.
T
That
affects
something
else,
and
so
because
of
the
increase
in
the
income
tax
and
people
having
less
disposable
income,
without
helping
to
eliminate
that
medical
debt
and
then
getting
them
into
the
programs
that
cap
already
offers
to
keep
from
getting
back
into
debt.
In
that
way,
whether
they're,
uninsured
or
you
know,
whatever
caused.
The
problem
in
the
first
place
would
be
the
first
thing,
so
medical
debt
elimination.
T
We
have
not
talked
about
application
fees,
but
yeah,
but
we
can
and
then
we're
also
looking
at
and
we
haven't.
We
don't
have
the
agreement
on
this
yet,
but
one
the
next
thing
we've
been
talking
about
is
helping
with
child
care
costs,
because
those
those
are
sort
of
the
three
things
that
are
so
costly
to
people.
T
A
I
have
one
or
maybe
two
thanks
for
your
presentation:
I
was
I
was
looking
at
yesterday.
I
was
looking
at
Human
Rights
Commission
hate
hate
incidents,
report
reports
over
time
and
I
noticed
that
the
general
trend
is
declining,
although
now
that
it's
expanded
to
include
the
county,
I
assume
that's
going
to
increase
any
any.
Is
too
many,
of
course,
and
we've
had
that
terrible
attack,
anti-asian
attack,
that
was
a
federal
hate
crime,
I
understand
and
the
assailant
was
prosecuted
for
that.
A
A
T
F
T
I
said:
I
know
that
we
we
have
funded
programs
through
downtown
Outreach
and
also
through
the
violence
reduction
Grant
refund
at
Middle
Way
house,
for
for
a
teen
program.
That's
another
one
I
thought
of
but
to
reach
out
to
teens,
but
you
know
how
well
it's
being
addressed
and
and
whether
you
know
other
governmental
entities
other
than
the
city
are
addressing
them.
You
know,
I,
don't
know.
Okay,.
A
A
C
R
This
is
kind
of
a
code
to
Mr
spoonmore's
comments.
Last
night
and
I
don't
want
to
make
platitudes.
But
if
you
look
at
the
safety,
Civility
and
Justice
portion
of
your
memos,
there
is
the
after
hours
ambassadors,
where
I
know
Mr
Kolb,
who
does
a
lot
of
that
and
I
just
want
to
commend
his
work
and
what
he's
been
doing
with
Outreach
with
the
business
community
through
de-escalation
through
a
lot
of
being
mindful
of
the
services,
he
collaborates
with
the
Bloomington
Police
Department
with
social
service
providers
as
well.
R
It's
important
that
you
know
when
we're
talking
Public
Safety,
it
kind
of
goes
to
this
department
as
well,
and
what
they've
been
able
to
do
on
that
with
that
Outreach
and
sort
of
sort
of
that,
de-escalation,
which
the
department
did
as
well
a
fine
training
with
regards
to
that,
so
I
think
it's
important.
We
sort
of
look
at
that,
specifically
as
other
means
of
Public
Safety.
Having
that
person
on
the
beat
who's
there.
R
S
Everyone
on
behalf
of
downtown
Bloomington,
we
appreciate
the
professionalism
of
all
the
Departments
and
appreciate
the
mayor
and
city
council
with
all
the
work
that
you
do.
It's
been
impressive
listening
tonight
and
all
the
different
topics
and
initiatives.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
your
focus
and
help
with
downtown.
S
You
know
all
of
the
focus
and
all
the
work
we
do
can
be
overshadowed
if
we
don't
keep
things
clean
and
safe
and
we've
got
a
very
active
downtown.
Now
13
000
employees,
ten
thousand
residents
got
a
heavy
special
event
calendar
there's
just
a
lot
going
on
in
the
downtown
and
I
think
extra
eyes
and
ears.
Just
kind
of
watching
things
to
be
preventative
is
super
helpful.
S
L
S
This
summer
it's
been
a
little
bit
more
intense
than
it
has
been
in
the
past,
we've
seen
aggressive,
more
aggressive,
behavior,
so
I
think
anything
we
can
do
to
help
with
cleanliness
and
safety
is
going
to
be
really
important
for
our
downtown
and
keep
people
excited
about
being
here
and
feeling
comfortable
and
anything,
especially
that
we
can
do.
That
is
more
preventative
like
this
Ambassador
position.
I
think
is,
is
really
helpful
and
you
know
it's
one
of
those
things.
S
L
L
V
Thank
you,
Mr
chairman
I,
just
wanted
to
express
my
very
strong
support
for
the
funding
request
of
an
additional
after
hours.
Ambassador
I
also
want
to
express
my
deep
gratitude
to
Beverly
calendar
Anderson,
a
paragon
of
leadership
and
city
government
and
has
been
for
many
years.
My
only
gripe
with
this
request
tonight
is
that
myth,
calendar,
Anderson,
didn't
request
more
of
those
positions.
I
think
we
could
use
as
many
as
we
can
possibly
get.
V
We
all
know
that
there's
more
to
Public
Safety
than
just
the
police
department,
as
my
colleague
Mr
mg
mentioned
earlier,
the
the
current
after
hours,
Ambassador
Mr
Culp,
has
been
terrific.
We
could
use
so
many
more
of
these
positions,
and
so
I
would
encourage
you
to
put
pressure
on
the
administration.
To
add
more
of
these
positions
to
the
budget
also
really
pleased
with
Ms
calendar
Anderson's
report
on
the
Human
Rights
Commission.
V
Well,
there
they
will
be
making
some
awards
on
civility
and
earlier
a
couple
weeks
ago,
I
had
sent
an
email
to
our
top
two
elected
leaders
and
city
government
mayor's
office
on
city
council
and
disappointingly
did
not
get
a
response
to
that.
But
I
had
asked
for
them
to
stand
with
the
chamber
and
calling
out
acts
of
aggression
in
public
meetings
and
to
encourage
more
civility,
appreciate,
Ms
calendar
Anderson's
leadership
on
that,
and
the
Chamber
will
certainly
be
standing
up
for
civility
in
these
public
meetings.
V
G
D
A
C
A
W
Great
good
evening,
council
members,
I'm
Paula,
McDevitt
I,
am
the
director
of
The
Parks
and
Recreation.
Department
and
I
am
pleased
to
be
here
this
evening
to
present
the
2024
Parks
and
Recreation
general
fund
budget
request
before
we
get
started
this
evening,
I'd
like
to
thank
the
controller's
office
and
staff
for
their
many
hours
and
reports
that
I
request
back
and
forth
over
the
budget
preparation
period.
And
I'd
also
like
to
introduce
members
of
our
leadership
staff
that
are
joining
us
this
evening.
W
Becky
Higgins,
our
Recreation
services
division,
director,
Satoshi
keto,
our
Sports
division,
director
and
Tim
Street.
Our
operations
and
Development
Division
director
like
to
start
this
evening
with
our
mission
statement
that
we
equitably
enrich
Community
well-being
by
providing
quality,
Parks,
Trails
facilities,
programs
and
services
and
through
the
stewardship
of
natural
spaces.
We
also
do
our
work
through
our
values,
these
both
of
these
Mission
and
the
value
were
put
together
by
our
staff
two
years
ago.
W
The
first
quarter
of
every
year
staff
come
back
from
a
holiday
break
and
they
put
together
an
annual
report.
These
are
the
covers
from
the
past
couple
of
years.
All
of
these
reports
are
available
on
the
city
website.
The
two:
the
2022
annual
report,
is
a
report
card
to
the
community.
It
has
our
financial
information,
a
report
by
program
area
with
accomplishments
of
the
year,
and
the
2022
annual
report
also
includes
a
report
from
the
Bloomington
Parks
Foundation,
which
is
a
board
of
22
community
volunteers
that
support
the
work
and
initiatives
of
our
department.
W
So
if
you
haven't
checked
that
out,
that
is
on
our
website,
the
Parks
and
Recreation
Department
is
managed
and
operated,
and
we
make
our
decisions.
Our
project
goals,
our
five-year
Capital
Improvement
plan
under
a
master
plan.
We
are
in
the
middle
of
our
current
master
plan
and
each
master
plan
that
we
have
managed
to
over.
The
many
many
decades
has
goals,
and
these
are
goals
that
I
shared
last
year
and
we'll
share
another
couple
of
years,
but
we
really
focus
on
maintaining
and
enhancing
those
82
million
dollars
in
assets.
W
We
are
staffed
by
62,
full-time
employees
and
over
350
seasonal
employees,
so
I'm
sure
you
have
seen
us
out
and
about
this
is
the
picture
taken
at
our
annual
staff
Retreat
where
we
celebrate
the
year
and
we
plan
for
the
next
year.
Our
Retreat
theme
this
past
year
was
inclusive
leadership,
where
we
spent
the
day
talking
about
how
to
be
a
more
inclusive
Department
in
all
of
the
programs
and
services
and
Facilities
that
we
run.
The
team
also
works
in
action
teams.
We
are
so
large
and
so
separated
that
we
oftentimes
don't
see
each
other.
W
W
Of
course
we
have
challenges.
We
continue
to
see
an
increase
of
cost
in
supplies
and
services.
When
we
put
out
a
project
for
bid,
we
keep
our
fingers
crossed
that
we
get
at
least
two
or
three
bids.
Sometimes
we
have
to
rebid
a
project.
We
continue
to
be
challenged
with
recruiting
and
hiring
seasonal
employees.
W
We
also
study
the
trends
very
closely,
and
these
are
top
trends.
Golf
is
Alive
and
Well
in
this
community
and
our
golf
Services
numbers
report
that
you
must
be
living
under
a
rock.
If
you
don't
know
that
pickleball
is
a
hot
Trend,
not
only
in
this
community,
but
across
the
country
trail
usages
up.
Our
community
continues
to
attend
in
record
numbers,
our
community
events
and
our
nature
programs.
This
is
a
picture
of
Griffey
Lake,
Nature
Preserve,
where
a
lot
of
our
nature
programs
take
place.
W
We've
also
done
a
lot
of
work
this
year
in
sustainability
and
climate
action.
Climate
action
is
one
of
the
action
teams
and
it's
been
really
rewarding
to
watch
staff
work
cooperatively
to
assess
what
their
needs
are
and
meeting
the
challenges
and
the
goals
of
the
city's
climate
action
plan.
This
is
a
picture
of
solar
panels
and
then
some
new
battery
operated
equipment.
I
thought
you
would
be
interested
to
see
the
Investments
that
this
action
team
has
made
this
year
alone,
and
hopefully
you
have
seen
one
of
our
battery
operated
mowers
out
on
our
park
properties.
W
We
now
own
three
a
couple
of
battery
operated
vehicles
and
we
have
replaced
numerous
pieces
pieces
of
equipment
with
battery
operated
equipment.
This
is
another
project
that
we're
very
excited
about.
I
can
say
that
I
have
worked
for
the
city
long
enough
to
remember
where
we
used
to
write
out
on
a
piece
of
paper,
our
work
orders
to
the
maintenance
to
our
operations
staff.
This
project
is
being
headed
up
by
Tim
Street
and
is
a
new
software
package
called
City
Works,
currently
working
with
GIS
in
the
I.T
department.
W
They
are
GIS
mapping
all
of
our
properties
and
the
assets
in
all
of
our
properties.
The
first
quarter
of
2024
all
of
our
staff
will
begin
to
use
City
Works
to
generate
work
orders.
This
will
give
them
live
updates.
When
they're
out
in
the
field,
they
can
submit
a
work
order
when
they're
on
out
in
the
field
on
their
phones
or
on
a
tablet.
We
can
collect
amazing
data
off
of
this
track
costs
and
keep
ahead
of
our
maintenance
requests,
we're
doing
a
lot
of
work
in
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion.
W
We
do
this
with
a
lot
of
community
organizations
as
well
as
a
community
and
family
resources
department.
As
I
mentioned,
our
staff
retreat
was
inclusive
leadership.
We
do
events,
the
International,
Food
and
Arts
Festival
is
super
popular
coming
back
for
a
third
year
performing
art
Series
in
our
movie
series
continue
to
have
a
nice
diversity
of
performers
and
selection.
W
Bilingual
services
are
offered
for
print
materials
and
if
you
are
a
follower
of
the
department
on
Instagram,
we
describe
every
picture
that
we
post
on
Instagram
I'm,
just
going
to
give
you
a
brief
update
on
some
projects
that
are
underway.
The
first
is
the
2022
Parks
General
obligation,
Bond
projects,
the
Griffey
loop
trail,
Dam
Crossing
is
underway
under
construction,
and
this
is
a
great
picture
of
the
work
that's
being
done
out
there,
and
then
we
are
currently
replacing
a
little
bit
of
sidewalk
on
Roger
Street,
just
west
of
the
switchyard
park
entrance.
W
W
Bicentennial
bomb
projects
continue
Griffey
loop
trail.
This
is
a
Four
Mile
Trail
on
the
south
end
of
the
Griffey
Lake
that
will
connect
to
the
new
Griffey
Dam
Trail
crossing
the
power
line.
Trail
is
across
the
street
from
the
switchyard
park
entrance
on
Rogers.
It's
an
East-West
Trail,
that's
about
30
percent
design,
we're
still
working
through
some
final
approvals
to
move
that
trail
forward
and
the
Miller
showers.
W
Gateway
I
can
tell
you
the
Gateway
projects
for
the
bicentennial
hit
a
major
delay
with
coven,
but
we're
back
on
track,
and
you
will
see
our
construction
crews
out
next
week
as
soon
as
next
week
breaking
ground
for
this
40-foot
monolith
in
Miller
showers
park
on
the
North
tip
of
the
park
and
the
finished
product.
This
will
light
up
at
night.
W
It
includes
Limestone
blocks
native
plants
and
trees
and
will
be
interactive
and,
of
course,
we
plant
trees,
we're
planting
a
lot
of
trees
and
currently,
if
you've
been
downtown,
we
are
doing
a
major
90
tree
planting
project
in
the
downtown
area,
which
also
includes
replacing
some
tree
grates.
Several
tree
grates
are
four
feet
wide
and
they
need
to
be
five
feet
wide.
W
So
you'll
see
a
lot
of
work
taking
place
here
in
the
next
couple
months
and
I'd
like
to
take
this
opportunity
to
publicly
thank
the
Rogers
family
for
our
newest
ribbon,
cutting
Park
that
we
opened
this
August.
This
donation
was
made
possible
by
the
Rogers
family
through
to
the
Bloomington
Parks
Foundation.
It's
a
beautiful
passive
recreation
park,
with
a
beautiful
Prairie
offset
by
a
newly
painted
Barn,
there's
a
limestone
benches
to
sit
on
and
just
a
wonderful
place
to
enjoy
nature,
just
a
quick
update
on
the
2023
budget
goals.
W
W
We
have
three
of
them
that
we
roll
out
at
events
to
message
information
about
that
particular
event,
but
we
also
promote
upcoming
events
and
that
has
greatly
reduced
all
the
number,
the
number
of
large
print
posters
that
we
use
to
print
off
and
put
on
sandwich
boards
and
the
Operations
Division
again
in
August,
we
opened
the
scatter
Garden
at
Rose,
Hill
Cemetery.
It
is
right
in
the
middle
of
the
cemetery.
W
It
is
a
beautiful,
peaceful
place
and
offers
a
new
alternative
for
family
members
to
honor
their
family
members,
who
have
passed
also
in
the
Operations
Division
trees
and
more
trees.
We're
in
year,
one
of
the
15-year
calorie
pair
replacement
program.
We've
been
doing
a
lot
of
education
on
that
and
we
have
replaced
50,
city-owned,
calorie,
pear
trees
and
the
recreation
division.
Banneker
had
a
wonderful
summer,
but
they
only
had
one
week
off
before
they
opened
up
with
the
Fairview
after
school
program
with
about
45
children
every
day
after
school
and
also
in
the
recreation
division.
W
W
At
out
at
switchyard
Park,
our
health
and
wellness
program
area
instituted
a
Health,
Fitness
class
punch
pass.
This
summer
we
held
classes
out
at
switch
yard
Park
and
had
between
50
to
60
participants
every
week
out
at
the
classes
on
the
stage
and
in
the
Pavilion,
and
this
continues
to
through
the
fall
and
into
the
winter,
in
the
Pavilion
in
the
sports
division,
I'm
going
to
say
it,
but
Frank
Southern,
Ice
Arena
opens
in
five
weeks
believe
it
or
not.
W
So
we
are
busy
getting
that
facility
ready
to
go
and
Aquatics
learn
to
swim
was
very
popular.
This
year
we
don't
have
our
final
numbers
yet,
because
we
have
one
more
weekend,
Labor
Day
weekend
to
go
three
more
days
of
operation
at
Bryan,
Park,
Pool
and
again,
as
I
said,
golf
Services
is
doing
very
well
and
also
in
the
sports
division.
We've
seen
an
increase
in
membership,
since
covid
people
are
coming
back
and
more
people
are
finding
their
way
to
Twin
Lakes
rec
center
and
both
Twin
Lakes
Sports
Park
and
Winslow.
W
Sports
Complex
had
a
huge
increase
in
facilitating
youth
tournaments
this
year,
where
we
work
with
tournament
directors.
We
have
the
facility
ready
for
them
to
to
use
and
they
come
in
with
all
their
teams,
so
focusing
on
the
2024
budget
goals,
again
I'm
just
going
to
highlight
a
few.
There
are
more
outlined
in
your
memo,
but
in
community
relations
we
are
going
to
be
making
five
of
our
most
used
forms
accessible.
W
This
is
a
big
undertaking,
but
we
feel
that
that
will
be
very
advantageous
for
many
people
who
access
our
programs
and
our
fee
waiver
and
our
scholarship
program
in
the
Operations
Division
again,
activating
the
new
asset
management
software
program
and
working
with
the
out
at
the
Rogers
family
park
vegetation
management
plan,
as
we
have
Acres
of
Prairie,
to
manage
out
there
in
urban
forestry
year
two.
This
will
probably
be
an
annual
goal,
but
we're
going
to
continue
to
replace
those
cattle
repair,
trees,
working
on
a
management
plan
for
Leonard
Springs,
Nature
Park.
W
That
gets
a
lot
of
visitors
and
all
the
fourth
graders
at
MCCSC,
rotate
through
Leonard
Springs
too,
and
at
the
cemeteries
again
reference
to
the
scatter
Garden.
Just
our
our
first
go
around
with
this,
so
really
promoting
and
making
that
available
to
the
community
out
at
switch
Yard
part
I
can't
say
enough
about
our
Pavilion
Rentals.
We
are
booked
every
weekend,
sometimes
multiple
events.
W
We
are
already
booking
well
into
2024,
so
we
want
to
keep
that
Revenue
stream
going
and
inclusive
Recreation
aiding
power
assist
door
open
openers
to
make
that
facility
more
accessible
in
community
events.
I
hope
you
all
have
Monday
April
8th
2024
marked
on
your
calendar
for
the
solar
eclipse.
Our
program
committee
is
already
planning
a
weekend
full
of
events.
This
is
going
to
be
the
mecca.
W
So
if
you
haven't
heard-
or
you
want
to
engage
just
reach
out,
we're
happy
to
give
you
an
update,
but
that's
going
to
be
a
big
day
in
this
community
in
Banneker
Community
Center,
putting
some
focus
on
preschool
programming
on
their
wonderful,
lovely,
well-stocked,
preschool
toys
and
books
area
at
Banneker,
Community
Center.
Also
at
Banneker,
our
health
and
wellness
coordinator
in
partnership
with
Purdue
Extension
using
the
newly
renovated
Banneker
license.
Cooking
kitchen
is
fabulous
and
it's
very
interactive.
W
So,
just
really
using
that
asset
and
making
that
available
to
the
community
and
I'm
going
to
give
a
little
shout
out
here
for
the
Allison
jukebox.
That
is
a
facility
that
is
available
for
Community
use.
It's
a
beautiful
facility,
two
rooms
we'd
like
to
see
more
communities
at
that
facility
next
year
and
in
golf
Services
we
have
some
capacity.
W
We
feel
that
we
can
fill
with
golf
outings,
so
bumping
that
number
up
a
little
bit
and
the
ice
arena
just
in
continuing
to
interest
youth
in
hockey
in
Aquatics
again
Bryan
Park
Pool
does
generate
general
fund
Revenue.
So
that
is
why
we
always
have
an
attendance
goal
there,
along
with
our
swimming
lesson
goals
and
at
Twin
Lakes
Recreation
Center
facility
rental
Revenue,
our
staff
out
there
are
very
creative.
They
facilitate
many
many
rentals
again.
W
We
do
a
great
business
by
facilitating
tournaments
and
user
groups
at
this
facility
and
many
others,
and
that
goes
for
the
same
at
Twin,
Lakes,
Sports,
Park
and
Winslow
again
realizing
the
past
couple
years.
We
have
capacity
to
fill
there
and
we're
seeing
a
really
good
response
to
some
of
the
changes
and
and
field
maintenance.
Upkeep
that
we
have
implemented
there
so
taking
a
breath
and
looking
at
our
2024
budget
request
on
category
one
Personnel
request
is
an
increase
of
670,
675
or
10
percent
increase.
This
goes
to
three
new
positions
in
the
department.
W
One
is
a
special
projects.
Data
analyst
manager
again
I've
been
with
the
Department
long
enough
to
remember
when
we
had
a
special
projects
manager
about
12
years
ago,
and
when
that
position
was
not
filled,
those
duties
were
divvied
out
to
several
staff.
We've
grown
in
size
that
number
of
assets
that
we
manage
have
certainly
increased.
So
there
is
a
need
to
bring
this
position
back
and
add
the
data
analyst
manager
to
it.
W
Digital
content
coordinator,
this
is
currently
being
done
by
11
staff
members.
We
have
a
big
presence
in
social
media
and
it
takes
a
lot
of
time
so
we'd
like
to
remove
that
responsibility
from
these
11
staff
members
and
consolidate
it
into
one
position
and
then
again,
operations
labor
again
to
support
our
many
new
properties
in
sanitation
and
grounds
and,
of
course,
the
increase
for
full-time
non-union
staff.
Five
percent
and
the
living
wage
increase
for
our
seasonal
staff.
Category
2,
is
a
decrease
of
six
percent,
and
this
is
mainly
in
fuel
office
supplies.
W
Some
building
materials
supplies
that
make
up
that
decrease
in
Category
3.
We
have
an
increase
of
136,
380
or
4
percent
and
I've
just
outlined
a
couple
of
areas
where
we
have
seen
increased
water
and
sewer
the
farmers
market
turns
50
next
year
and
we
have
never
done
a
master
plan
and
it's
time
to
take
a
deep
dive
and
take
a
look
at
that.
Machinery
equipment,
repairs
at
Bryan
and
Mills
pool
are
mechanical.
W
Mechanical
rooms
at
those
pools
take
a
beating
and
we
need
to
replace
some
pumps
and
make
some
improvement
on
the
deck
and
then
contractual
services
for
Frank
Southern
Center
website.
That
is
a
revenue
generating
facility.
So
we
want
to
have
a
website
there
and,
as
I
mentioned
it's
time
for
the
gold
medal
round,
three
video
and
capital
category
four
Capital
outlays.
This
is
a
decrease
of
853,
100
or
80
percent.
We
accomplished
a
lot
last
year
in
this
category
and
we
have
some
equipment
Replacements
in
the
2024
budget.
W
So
overall,
our
budget
request
is
11,
867
242..
This
is
a
decrease
of
146
463
or
an
overall
one
percent
decrease
and
there
it
is
again
in
summary,
and
just
concluding
with
again
our
master
plan
goals
that
guide
our
work.
Our
decisions,
our
community
engagement,
our
Capital
Improvement
plans.
We
will
continue
to
work
to
these
goals
until
our
new
master
plan
in
2026.
D
W
W
Their
cost
recovery
goal
every
year
is
85
percent
and
we
still
have
about
three
more
months,
so
it's
definitely
recovering
its
cost
and
then
some
and
staff
are
working
really
hard.
I
think
it's
a
nod
to
the
investment
that
we
made
with
the
last
General
obligation
bond
package,
where
we
replaced
the
fairways
with
Zoysia
new
Clubhouse,
new
Pro
Shop,
and
we
have
just
staff
there
that
are
truly
engaged
and
enjoy
welcoming
people
so
they're
very
busy,
and
we're
really
pleased
with
the
business
out
there.
W
Thank
you
for
the
question
we
a
couple
of
years
ago,
moved
to
DNR
program.
That
was
a
no
longer
did
we
contract
with
the
Sharpshooter.
That's
how
this
all
started
several
years
ago
and
so
DNR
implements
a
program
where
Hunters
are
put
through
a
very
robust
assessment
and
they're
assigned
areas,
and
that
and
we've
continued
that
for
the
past
three
years
it's
called
the
chat
program,
the
community
hunting,
Access
program,
I,
think
that's
correct,
and
last
year
we
took
46
deer.
Two
years
ago
we
took
46
and
in
22
we
took
47.
K
W
Thank
you
for
asking
me
council,
member
Smith
we
are
currently
taking
quotes
for
that.
Keto
has
had
a
couple
of
vendors
come
out
and
take
a
look
at
it.
So
I
don't
have
an
actual
figure,
but
it
is
in
process
we're
taking
a
look
at
how
far
we
have
to
run
electrical
where
we're
going
to
hook
into,
but
it
is
definitely
on
the
to-do
list
for
yet
this
year.
K
I
W
Could
you
comment
on
that?
Absolutely.
Thank
you
for
the
question.
The
2024
budget
is
for
366
000
for
MSI
security.
It's
a
private
security
company.
We
went
to
this
model
A
couple
of
years
ago.
This
contract
covers
the
majority
of
our
Parks
I'd,
be
happy
to
provide
you
with
specific
parks
that
they
go
to
they're
on
the
B-Line
Trail,
but
essentially
we're
getting
24-hour
coverage
and
there's
a
couple
of
shifts
where
we
actually
have
two
security
Personnel
on
site.
W
They
assist
with
the
Locking
restrooms
after
11
pm,
making
sure
there's
no
one
on
Park
property.
After
11
pm,
they
moved
to
a
pretty
in-depth
incident
report
Software
System
about
a
year
ago,
so
staff
get
very
detailed
reports
from
them
and
what
we're
finding
is
absolutely.
It
is
worth
the
investment
in
the
money
that
we're
spending
is
eyes
on
the
park.
The
incident
reports
are
not
not
only
if
we
are
having
an
incident
or
an
act
of
vandalism,
but
they
also
report.
If
we
have
lights
out.
W
Quite
often
they
are
the
first
people
to
come
upon
an
emergency
situation.
I
can't
tell
you
how
many
I
have
read
where
they
were.
The
ones
who
came
upon
someone
called
EMS
and
were
the
personnel,
and
so
we
were
just
thankful
and
sometimes
that's
in
the
middle
of
the
night
or
very
early
in
the
morning
staff
told
me
today
that,
after
the
big
concert,
Thursday
night,
two
of
their
staff
were
helping
a
concert,
goer
trying
to
find
their
keys
and
they
had
their
phones
out.
W
So
they
they
are
a
presence
and
they
circulate
on
foot
and
in
their
small
vehicles
and
I
think
just
provide
a
sense
of
security.
They
answer
questions
and
they
keep
staff
updated.
So
we're
very
pleased.
We
have
a
great
working
relationship
with
them.
That
also
includes
BPD.
Our
staff
and
MSI
security.
I
W
That's
that
that's
a
lot
of
question,
because
we're
still
you
know
trying
to
see
our
way
through
pickleball
I
can
tell
you
with
courts.
Multi-Use
courts
are
starting
to
Trend
a
lot
so,
instead
of
it
just
being
one
sport,
it
may
have
a
couple
of
different
lines
drawn
on
it.
To
increase
that
use,
but
gosh
give
me
24
hours,
I'd
be
happy
to
look
into.
It
sounds.
J
When
I
think
of
quality
of
life
in
Bloomington,
a
big
part
of
what
I
think
about
is
park
and
rec,
and
all
the
programs
and
some
of
the
amenities
and
the
properties.
So
thank
you
for
that
and
since
you're
the
last
person
tonight
and
I
won't
have
an
opportunity
to
do
this
next
year.
I
really
do
appreciate
you
part
of
your
memo.
It
says:
prioritize
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion,
and
that's
the
kind
of
details.
J
I
think
that
I'm
looking
for
from
a
department
standpoint
and
how
it
filters
down
to
even
our
most
impressionable
most
vulnerable
customers,
our
kids,
our
Multicultural.
But
it
says
you
have
an
international
festival
or
cultural
awareness,
encouraging
cross-cultural
engagement,
celebrating
diverse
cultures
representing
the
community.
Can
you
take
a
second
and
just
to
kind
of
explain
you
guys,
planning
and
the
results?
Absolutely.
W
Is
this
part
of
our
program
and,
as
I
said,
I
can't
commend
our
staff
enough
for
their
creativity.
If
they
don't
have
the
answers
they
they
find
it
or
they
find
a
community
organization
or
they
find
someone
to
partner
up
with
or
they
ask
the
questions.
What
are
we
missing?
Community
and
Family
Resources
has
been
a
great
sounding
board
for
us
and
if
they
haven't
joined
us
on
a
program
that
we're
contemplating
usually
that's
what
happens.
They're
like
oh,
that
sounds
like
fun.
W
Let's
do
it
together,
but
if
not
they'll
connect
us
up
with
people
just
to
make
sure
that
we
are
continually
keeping
that
in
in
our
focus
and
I
did
appreciate
your
comment
about
Frontline
staff.
That's
really
important
to
us
that
every
person
that
walks
into
our
facilities
participates
is
a
Community
member
and
is
treated
so
and
is
welcomed.
Okay,.
J
W
It's
one
of
the
highlights,
as
I
said,
we
don't
get
together.
Often
this
last
year
it
was
inclusive.
Leadership
was
the
topic
and
I
had
Dr
Gina
Forrest.
If
you
know
who
she
is,
came
I've
known
her
for
many
years
and
she
was
entertaining
but
really
addressed.
The
issue
and
the
whole
morning
was
sent
spent
on
talking
about
different
situations
that
staff
encounter
at
their
facilities
and
having
some
really
heart-to-heart,
Converse
conversations
about
it
and
it
was.
It
was
a
great
day.
F
A
W
A
A
A
A
I
really
appreciate
City,
landscaper,
Joanna
Sparks
and
her
work
to
put
in
native
perennials.
Some
are
really
interesting
plants,
I
think
they're,
very
ornate.
Of
course
they
Sines
and
then
people
go.
What's
that
ugly
mess
right,
but
their
habitat
they're
providing
seed
Etc?
Is
there
a
way
in
which
you
know
that
everybody
can
be
happy
here?
Because
there
is
a
you
know,
I
think
there.
This
is
a
great
lesson
for
people
it
could
be.
There
could
be
interpretive
signage.
What's
your
feeling
about?
Do
you
get
complaints
and
what's
the
curtain
status?
Thank.
W
You
for
the
question
the
opportunity,
because,
yes,
we
do
get
complaints,
we
get
questions
and
just
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
Tim
and
I
walked
Kirkwood
and
took
a
look
very
specifically
at
the
Planters,
and
it
is
a
big
part
of
that
is
education,
just
educating
people
about
the
different
plants
and
the
importance
of
native
plants
and
the
habitats
that
we're
growing
in.
As
you
can
see,
it's
working,
and
it
really
is.
W
It
is
a
beautiful
thing,
but
one
of
the
ideas
that
we
are
going
to
implement
are
just
some
more
educational,
bigger
signage,
actually
on
the
Planters
themselves.
We
currently
have
little
little
signs
that
are
in
posts,
and
you
know
sometimes
actually
it's
hard
to
see,
but
we
feel
like
that
is
a
key
component
just
to
explain
what
we're
doing
in
the
in
the
various
stages
that
these
plants
go
through.
A
Just
as
an
aside,
maybe
something
to
add
might
be
a
a
QR
code
where
people
can
observe
pollinators
or
caterpillars
or
whatever
and
report
back
to
the
city.
That's
something
I
notice
in
a
town
in
Michigan
and
I
was
like
really
impressed
because
you,
it
invites
people
to
participate.
Suggestion
great.
A
C
A
R
Good
evening
again,
chairman
Rallo,
this
is
Christopher
mg
from
the
greater
Bloomington
Chamber
of
Commerce,
also
a
resident
here
and
frequent
user
of
the
award-winning
parks,
department
and
I
think
sort
of
piggybacking
on
council
member
Sims.
It
is
the
quality
of
life
and
it
is
amazing
what
they're
able
to
do
and
what
history
and
memories
we've
created
within
our
household.
R
Just
this
summer,
we
at
Winslow
Park.
We
were
in
baseball.
This
on
Sundays
were
flag
football
at
Bryant
Park
and
on
Tuesday
we'll
be
starting
Twin,
Lakes
basketball,
with
recently
two
weeks
at
Kid
City
this
past
summer
and
a
history
of
Tuesday
and
Thursday
mornings
at
Banneker
Center
for
early
childhood
development,
not
to
mention
my
eight-year-old
learned
to
swim
at
Bryan,
Park
Pool.
So
this
is
a
huge
sort
of
quality
of
life.
R
Piece
and
I
just
want
to
thank
the
staff
for,
as
someone
else
mentioned
being
so
hospitable,
I
mean
the
key
with
the
parks
is,
and
these
public
spaces
is
accessibility
and
cleanliness
and
I
want
to
commend
the
parks
board
for
recently
Banning
the
enclosures
in
Parks
I.
Think
that
has
gone
a
long
way
with
both
the
safety
issue
and
the
cleanliness
and
I
think
it's
important.
We
stress
the
cleanliness
of
the
parks
to
make
them
more
accessible.
R
I
still
get
a
few
times
on
people
a
little
bit,
weary
of
switch
yard,
Park
and
I
want
to
commend
the
MSI
security
for
the
work
of
Adu.
We
did
a
business
expo
there
in
April
and
they
helped
out
out
quite
a
bit
I
think
that's
helping
so
I
think
moving
forward.
We
just
need
to
make
sure
we're
keeping
the
parks
clean
the
best
we
can
with
those
seasonal
workers
that
we
are
making
sure
those
assets
that
we
have.
R
H
Thank
you.
We
know
that
Disneyland
has
been
branded
as
the
happiest
place
in
America.
Some
people
say
that,
and
likewise
you
know,
our
parks
department
should
certainly
be
the
happiest
place
in
Bloomington
and
and
I
believe.
It
is
thanks
in
large
part
to
your
leadership,
your
wonderful
staff
and
your
your
board.
H
We
certainly
appreciate
any
department
head
that
is
concerned
about
the
morale
of
your
staff
and
I
do
appreciate
that
that
is
a
big
part
of
what
you
do
again
when
you're
dealing
with
a
quality
of
life
issue
like
Parks,
which
should
be
fun
uplifting.
You
know
a
place
where
everybody
can
go
to
feel
safe
and
secure
and
and
have
a
good
time
so
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
I
know.
H
D
I
understand
there
are
concerns
about
Public
Health
about
possible
crime
occurring
intense,
although
I've
received
no
data
to
back
that
up.
So
I
think
the
problem
is
one
that
can
be
addressed
in
other
ways:
investing
more
in
cleanup
or
in
trash
receptacles
in
community
outreach
but
outlawing
tents.
Again,
it's
not
it's
it's
addressing
a
symptom
and
not
addressing
root
causes,
which
we
must
do.
D
I
think
that
it's
again,
this
means
that
many
people
who
are
unhoused
will
simply
go
and
try
to
hide
in
places
where
social
service
agencies
cannot
find
them
and
cannot
help
them.
During
the
parks
board
meeting
there
was
a
somebody
from
the
public
health
Outreach
team
from
Health
Net,
who
said
you
know
we.
We
build
connections
with
people
who
are
unhoused.
We
you
know
know
where
to
find
them
switch
yard
or
seminary.
D
Where
often
they
are
have
tents,
and
we,
you
know,
try
to
help
them
get
a
hold
of
their
medical
needs,
be
they
physical
or
mental
health
needs,
and
now
people
will
be
God
knows
where,
because
they'll
be
hiding,
because
they
won't
have
any
kind
of
privacy
in
Parks,
they
won't
know
what
to
do
with
their
belongings
and
I
think
it
just
opens
up
a
whole
new
set
of
issues
for
individuals
in
our
community.
So
I'm
opposed
to
this
decision
by
the
administration
in
the
Parks
Board.
D
L
G
So
that's
a
testament
to
the
certainly
ambition
of
the
Parks
and
Rec
Department
I
agree
with
my
colleague,
councilor
repeatman
Smith
on
the
unfortunate
decision
of
the
Parks
Board
I.
Do
think
that,
while
the
park
support
made
that
decision,
it
is
something
that
could
be
changed
from
above
the
parks
boredom
by
that
I
mean
the
mayor's
office.
G
G
I
think
that
one
of
the
things
we
need
to
think
about-
and
it's
not
something
we
would
expect
to
see
in
a
Parks
and
Recreation
budget-
is
a
city-run
shelter.
If
the
only
shelters
we
have
require
a
certain
amount
of
proselytizing,
then
we
effectively
don't
have
a
solution
and
it's
an
issue
that
we
as
a
city
have
avoided
for
for
decades,
honestly
and
add
to
that,
the
normalization
of
public
bathrooms
is
another
thing
that
transcends
the
park
department,
but
is
something
that
we
need
to
be
thinking
about.
I
mean.
G
Maybe
we
need
a
department
for
the
public
right-of-way
for
the
public
for
public
spaces,
that
Parks
is
only
a
part
of,
but
we're
the
the
the
Dilemma
we
face.
Every
time
we
look
at
a
budget
is
we
have
to
to
do
it
according
to
the
Departments
that
the
Administration
has
set
up
and
problems
like
this
transcend
those
departments.
I
wish
I
had
a
better
solution,
I,
don't
thank
you.
A
Further
comments,
I
will
just
add
that,
first
of
all
you,
your
department
does
extraordinary
things
and
an
amazing
array
of
things
and
some
of
the
decisions
that
you
make
are
very
difficult
clearly
a
couple
of
years
ago
it
was
the
decision
about
Griffey
and
deer
that
that
divided
the
community.
The
decision
about
tents,
open
tents
in
in
city
parks
is
another
I.
I
have
sympathy
to
the
people
affected.
A
Certainly
I
also
was
quite
alarmed
to
hear
about
the
various
reports
that
I
did
I
heard
from
police
about
activities
in
those
tents,
and
so
any
any
information
that
you
could
share.
I
think
that
would
be
helpful
for
us
for
Council
I
would
be
interested
as
council
member
Piedmont
Smith
just
alluded
to
I
I,
don't
have
any
specific
data.
I
just
have
sort
of
anecdotal
information,
but
overall
I
think
your
budget
is
extraordinary.
You
do
amazing
things,
so
I
happily
support
it.
So
with
that,
let's
have
a
motion.
D
D
B
A
Yes,
that
motion
is
adopted.
Eight
zero
one.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
presentation,
and
that
concludes
this
evening's
2024
City
budget
presentation,
we'll
reconvene
tomorrow,
Thursday
August
31st
for
planning
and
transportation
engineering
and
all
Associated
Public
Works
budgets.
Thank
you.
We're
adjourned.